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POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Business gets some legislative loving
ST. PAUL -- Republicans who control the Minnesota Legislature are showing the importance they place on businesses.
Soon after the Minnesota Legislature started its 2011 session, the state Chamber of Commerce was testifying. The two top chamber officials told the Senate Jobs and Economic Growth Committee about the importance of improving the state business climate.
The early-session business hearing was not an accident. Republicans who run the House and Senate base their economic improvement plans on making things better for businesses, so they can create more jobs.
"We will start with things we ran on," House Speaker Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, said just before the session. And most Republican campaigns featured ways to help business.
Issues like reducing regulation and cutting permitting times are not sexy, Zellers said, "but to business owners it is the world."
In a recent interview, Zellers was asked if he minded looking very pro-business. After a moment of thought, he said that he was happy to leave that impression: he got into politics because government interfered too much with business.
If businesses felt the Legislature was not giving them enough love, enter Gov. Mark Dayton. He spoke to the two largest business-oriented organizations on Thursday and has promoted the need to help businesses, even though his ideas often do not mesh with those of Republicans.
Zellers, raised in rural North Dakota before becoming a suburban Minnesotan, wants to continue the Job Opportunity Building Zones program, designed to help rural economic growth by giving new businesses tax breaks. He suggested looking at what other states are doing that Minnesota could follow to make JOBZ more successful.
He also wants to see more cooperatives beyond the successful model established by ethanol plants.
"We need to diversify," Zellers said, saying that new types of mining on the Iron Range are examples of what the state needs.
Sen. David Tomassoni, DFL-Chisholm, noted a contradiction in the GOP-business love fest. Business leaders told lawmakers that one of their highest priorities is to improve education, which most people think takes more money.
"They don't want to pay for it," Tomassoni said.
Good and bad
Some opponents to the state getting more involved in a federal health-care program receive veterans' benefits funded by Washington, which led state Rep. Tom Huntley, DFL-Duluth, to question their effectiveness in advocating against federal money.
One was Leon Moe of Cottage Grove, one of three people Gov. Mark Dayton let speak Wednesday against an executive order he was signing to take part in the new federal medical program.
Moe said he has received medical care from the Veterans Administration for 41 years.
"I totally understand what government health care is all about," he said. "I oppose this legislation."
Some Democrats said that those opposed to Washington-funded health care also should turn down other federal assistance such as veterans' care and Medicare.
Not just president
Minnesota Republicans are excited to have two of their own being discussed for the 2012 presidential race.
Tim Pawlenty, who just left the governor's office, says he is considering running for the job and will announce his plans in March or April. U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann has been discussed as a potential candidate and in recent days admitted that it is a possibility.
Pawlenty plans Iowa stops on a book tour this month and Bachmann will be in that first-caucus state for a major speech.
But what many do not discuss is what happens if they do not make the presidential cut. They could run against each other for U.S. Senate.
Many people already were discussing a Bachmann challenge for U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar next year.
For Pawlenty, a U.S. Senate race could be a natural. He planned to run in the 2002 contest, but then-President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney intervened and convinced him to stay out of the race -- on the night before he planned his announcement -- so Norm Coleman would have an open highway to the GOP nomination.
Food safer
A food safety proposal with Minnesota roots is federal law.
President Barack Obama signed a measure that will increase federal officials' ability to ensure a safe food supply.
"The first responsibility of government is to protect its citizens," said U.S. Sen. Klobuchar, D-Minn., a primary sponsor of the legislation. "Ensuring a rapid response to outbreaks of contaminated food is critical to maintaining public trust in our food supply. This law will make necessary changes to help keep consumers safe and improve the security of our food supply."
Three Minnesota deaths, including ones in Perham and Brainerd, were attributed to a 2008 incident in which a deadly organism found its way into peanut butter made in a Georgia plant.
Minnesota state health and agriculture investigators found the link between deaths and the peanut butter, which caused at least nine deaths in the country.
Jeff Almer, whose mother Shirley became was in a Brainerd nursing home when she became ill from a bad batch of peanut butter and later died, testified in front of Congress as the Klobuchar legislation was being considered.
Paying counties
A Minnesota Republican spokesman said the party is paying counties for copying and related costs incurred during the Mark Dayton-Tom Emmer governor recount.
Some counties complained that the Emmer campaign had not paid its bills, while Dayton did. Republican officials coordinated the Emmer recount effort.
Overall, the state pays for the recount, but when the campaigns sought copies of documents they were billed.
Ritchie leads
Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie will lead the National Association of Secretaries of State until July 1.
"This is an opportunity to foster cooperation between the states and share Minnesota's successes in election administration and business services," Ritchie said.
Four other Minnesota secretaries have led the 107-year-old organization, including Mary Kiffmeyer in 2003-04.
Follow 'Courage'
Minnesotans who want to follow their just-former governor's book tour can visit www.CouragetoStand.com.
Tim Pawlenty launches the tour Tuesday, when his book "Courage to Stand" hits the bookstores. Among his appearances is on "The View" television show. He will sign books two places in Minnesota: Woodbury and St. Cloud.
Most political observers think the book tour is a prelude to Pawlenty running for president in 2012.


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NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded toward the Gulf Coast yesterday with 100 mile-per-hour winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges.
A hurricane watch extended over more than 200 miles of coastline across southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle, meaning hurricane conditions were possible in the next day and a half.
Governor Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency in Louisiana as the Gulf Coast braced for the arrival of Hurricane Ida, which was making its way across the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 storm.
The emergency declaration is a precaution that frees up state resources for any emergency situations. The National Guard and state agencies have been put on high alert so personnel and vehicles are available if needed.
Coastal stretches of southeast Louisiana, particularly areas outside levee protection, are the main concern. Forecasts indicate those areas could see winds, rains, and high tides that could create localized flooding.
No emergency declarations or other measures had yet been issued in the other states. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Ida's winds could get stronger overnight.
The hurricane was moving to the northwest near 10 miles per hour lastnight, and Ida was expected to pick up steam as it moved over open waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The center of the storm was 95 miles west-northwest of the western tip of Cuba and about 510 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Ida was expected to reach the Gulf coast by tomorrow, said Jack Beven, a hurricane specialist at the center. It will probably interact with a weakening cold front over open seas and will most likely be a tropical storm or a low-level hurricane when it gets there, Beven said.


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DaVita, Fresenius Medical Care Announce Partnership
DaVita®, the kidney care division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA) and a leading provider of kidney care services, today announced an agreement to provide certain pharmacy services to Fresenius Medical Care (FMC).
FMC, a leading provider of dialysis services and maker of dialysis products, will use DaVita Rx® prescription drug services for its Medicare patients in the United States.
Congress required that beginning in 2011, some oral medications will be included in the bundled payment model. By 2016 all oral end stage renal disease medications will be included in the bundled payment. FMC's contract with DaVita Rx will help implement that requirement by using DaVita Rx's state-of–the-art pharmacy to fill and ship oral medications to FMC Medicare patients. DaVita Rx service for FMC will begin in late 2013.
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Improving care for people with sickle cell disease in the emergency departmentShare This
Jan 22, 2013
Adapted from Winter 2013 Duke Nursing Magazine
Remember the worst headache you've ever had.
"Multiply that times 100, and you get an idea of sickle cell pain," says Darryl Smith'T90. If Smith visits the emergency department in a sickle cell pain crisis, he's already spent at least an hour trying to control the stabbing pain with the prescriptions in his medicine cabinet. He will need a serious dose of intravenous pain medication.
The most common inherited blood disorder in the United States, sickle cell is most prevalent among African–Americans and is caused by a genetic defect in hemoglobin. The defect causes red blood cells to form an abnormal "c," or sickle shape, which prevents those cells from easily passing through small blood vessels. When they accumulate and form a blockage, they can cause tissue damage and unbearable pain; some have described it as feeling like all their bones are breaking.
On the emergency department triage list, such patients are ranked just one position below people with an immediate life-threatening condition, such as a gunshot wound. But at times, Smith has sat in the emergency room for three hours or more, waiting. "You rock, you hum. If you can go to sleep, you do that. You just stay there in pain until you get seen," Smith says.
It's a story that Duke School of Nursing associate professor Paula Tanabe has heard over and over and she wants it to change. In 2011, Tanabe was awarded a three-year, $865,365 grant from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to apply evidence-based guidelines to improve emergency-room care for people with sickle cell disease.
For more than two decades, Tanabe has focused on helping patients in pain. Her 1995 PhD dissertation showed that pain was the main complaint of 70 percent of emergency room patients, but the only factor that was linked to getting treated was having chest pain.
"We had a perception before that we couldn't treat pain because we were going to make people addicted. I've always fought that myth and said that we need to listen to the patient, and we need to treat their pain," Tanabe says.
In the years since her dissertation, Tanabe saw big improvements in pain treatment in the emergency department -- except for people with sickle cell. "To see pain management get better, but not for this population, that really frustrated me," she says.
Tanabe says there are several reasons behind the poor treatment patients with sickle cell receive in the emergency department. Overcrowding is one. "Overcrowding is very real. Sometimes patients are going to have to wait," she says.
But racism and lack of education about the disease play a role too, she charges.
Studies have shown that a high percentage of doctors and nurses have the perception that many patients with sickle cell are addicted to opioids (63 percent of nurses surveyed believed this in one study). But rates of addiction among sickle cell patients are no greater than the rates of addiction among the general population.
"I see these patients being selected out, and they're not getting care because we have a perception that they're addicted," Tanabe says. "Having been an emergency department nurse for over 25 years, I know that if you want a bed for somebody, you go find one. Some of it has to start with, 'I need to find you a bed.' And if I think that you're just addicted, my effort isn't going to be so good. I'm going to let you sit there."
Health providers receive special education about caring for hypertension and diabetes, but not often about sickle cell disease. Yet sickle cell is life threatening. The average life expectancy for men with the disease is age 42; for women it's 48. "The crux with this whole disease is a problem with the hemoglobin, and hemoglobin delivers oxygen to every part of your body. So in the end, every part of your body can have organ damage," Tanabe says. "It's this really complicated disease that health providers don't know too much about."
"Sickle cell is the most prevalent genetic disease among African Americans in this country, but we don't talk about it," Tanabe says. "Why is that?"
Tanabe's new project will operate at Duke University Hospital and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC, focusing on improving four areas of care—triage upon arrival, pain management, follow-up medical care for high-risk patients, and referral of patients for support services.
If emergency department providers learn more about sickle cell disease, and about the lives of people who suffer from it, they may be more likely to find creative ways to help. Smith, for instance,has a wife, a German shepherd, and a job as a pharmaceutical salesman that he wants to return to. But caregivers in the emergency department don't know any of that. All they see is that he's African American and is asking for a high dose of pain medication.
Tanabe's final advice for caregivers is simple. "Just talk to these patients and hear their stories," she says. "They're just people."
For more on this story, please go to Page 15 of Duke Nursing magazine, Winter 2013. http://nursing.duke.edu/sites/default/files/alumni/magazine/1203_dukenursing_lorez.pdf
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Quentin slated to see game action in Minors
Quentin slated to see game action in Minors
Quentin, who earlier this month had a setback in his recovery from March surgery on his right knee, will play for Class A Lake Elsinore on Friday, Padres manager Bud Black said.
Quentin, who had arthroscopic surgery on his knee on March 19, experienced soreness in his knee the week of May 7, saying that he felt pain when he got into his hitting stance. Quentin returned to San Diego to be examined.
This week, Quentin appeared in three games in extended spring action, playing in the field twice and serving as the designated hitter once.
"Now he feels good in his stance, and we think the time off gave him what he needed," Black said. "It's very encouraging how he's feeling right now."
To date, Quentin has played in seven Minor League games, hitting .286. He last appeared in a game on May 10.
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With Snow White remake, Mirror Mirror out in theaters, it's only fitting to imagine a Snow White/Mirror Mirror inspired wedding! Below are some gorgeous ball gowns that would definitely make you feel like a fairytale princess on your wedding day. Dress your bridesmaids in a red shade of cranberry or ruby to resemble that infamous poisonous apple, and for the icing on the cake serve miniature caramel covered apples for dessert! The beautiful dresses from Mirror Mirror shown below were designed by costume designer Eiko Ishioka.
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LOS ANGELES — Stanford coach David Shaw said Thursday he had "no issues" with renewing the series against San Jose State and playing the Spartans at Levi's Stadium.
Shaw's comments came in response to the news, courtesy of SJSU coach Ron Caragher, that the schools have engaged in preliminary discussions about playing at the 49ers' new facility in Santa Clara.
Stanford and San Jose State have met 67 times but are not scheduled to play in the future because of conflicting interests.
The Spartans want home games against Stanford, while the Cardinal sees little benefit to visiting Spartan Stadium.
Three of the previous matchups have been played at SJSU.
"I never wanted to stop the series," Shaw said. I hope we get back to it."
He declined to characterize the nature of the discussions.
"It's an administrative decision, it's a financial decision, and if it works out it would be phenomenal for the Bay Area," he said.
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Lieberman at opening of fraud trial pleads not guilty
Former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman at the opening of his trial for fraud and breach of trust pleaded not guilty on all counts.
The trial opened Sunday afternoon in front of a three-judge panel in Jerusalem District Court.
Witnesses will begin testifying after the Passover holiday, in late April. The timing of the trial means Liberman cannot be appointed as a minister in the new government being formed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Lieberman, head of the Yisrael Beiteinu Party, ran second in last month's national elections to Netanyahu.
Lieberman resigned as foreign minister at the end of December, shortly before his indictment for fraud and breach of trust for allegedly advancing the position of Zeev Ben Aryeh, Israel's former ambassador to Belarus, in exchange for information on an investigation against Lieberman. The charges came after Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein closed a 12-year probe of Lieberman in other cases.
Lieberman has said he would resign from politics if he were convicted. If he were convicted and his actions were determined to involve moral turpitude, Lieberman would be forced to resign from the Knesset and to stay out of politics for at least seven years.
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon reportedly is the state's key witness in the Ben Aryeh case and reportedly will testify against Lieberman during the trial. Shortly before the indictment was formally issued, Lieberman announced that Ayalon would not be included on the Yisrael Beiteinu Knesset list for the national elections.
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For the first time this season, the Padres are making a change in their infield Thursday night.
First baseman Adrian Gonzalez, who is 4-for-23 lifetime against Rockies left-handed starter Jeff Francis, is getting his first night off in the rubber match of the three-game series. Switch-hitting Tony Clark will start at first.
Until tonight, Padres manager Bud Black had started Gonzalez, second baseman Tadahito Iguchi, shortstop Khalil Greene and 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff in every game.
Clark for Gonzalez is not the only lineup change for the Padres. Center fielder Jim Edmonds, who is 1-for-12 with five strikeouts against Francis, is also getting the night off. Scott Hairston moves to center and Justin Huber gets the start in left.
Padres RHP Jake Peavy (3-0, 1.64) vs. Rockies LHP Jeff Francis (0-2, 9.53 ERA)
Peavy has allowed one run on five hits over 16 innings in two previous starts at Petco Park this season. The Rockies have given Peavy trouble over the years, and not just at Coors Field. His ERA against Colorado in San Diego is 4.26. Overall he is 4-4 lifetime against the Rockies with a 4.45 ERA. He didn't have a decision against Colorado last year with a 3.54 ERA in three starts. Hitters currently with Colorado have a .279 collective batting average against Peavy.
Francis is off to a rocky start, allowing 12 runs on 19 hits over 11 1/3 innings. But he's always been a slow starter with a 2-7 career record and 5.74 ERA in April. Francis has struggled against the Padres after several impressive outings early in his career. He was 1-3 with a 6.61 ERA in five starts against the Padres last season and is 5-10 lifetime with a 5.83 ERA. The Padres hit .320 against Francis last season, who had a 2.25 ERA over his last two starts against the Padres in 2007.
Rockies vs. Peavy
Garrett Atkins: .389 (7-for-18, 2B, BB, 4 SO)
Clint Barmes: .200 (2-for-10, SO)
Brad Hawpe: .375 (6-for-16, 2B, 3B, HR, 3 BB, 2 SO)
Todd Helton: .342 (13-for-38, 6 2B, 3 HR, 3 BB, 5 SO)
Matt Holliday: .389 (7-for-18, HR, 5 BB, 4 SO)
Chris Iannetta: .333 (1-for-3, SO)
Scott Podsednik: .333 (2-for-6, SO)
Ryan Spilborghs: .000 (0-for-3, SO)
Willy Taveras: .375 (6-FOR-16, 4 SO)
Yorvit Torrealba: .353 (6-for-17, 2B, 2 HR, BB, SO)
Troy Tulowitzki: .333 (3-for-9, 2B, 3B, BB, 2 SO)
Padres vs. Francis
Josh Bard: .385 (5-for-13, BB, 3 SO)
Tony Clark: .111 (1-for-9, BB, SO)
Jim Edmonds: .083 (1-for-12, 5 SO)
Brian Giles: .225 (9-for-40, 2 2B, 3B, 7 BB)
Adrian Gonzalez: .174 (4-for-23, HR, BB, 9 SO)
Khalil Greene: .323 (10-for-31, 2 2B, 3 HR, 3 BB, 6 SO)
Scott Hairston: .300 (3-for-10, 2B, SO)
Justin Huber: .333 (1-for-3, SO)
Tadahito Iguchi: .500 (1-for-2, 2B, BB)
Kevin Kouzmanoff: .467 (7-for-15, 3 2B, 2 HR, SO)


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One of the top ten most visible network reporters, CBS's David Martin is this week's Separated At Birth.
According to MyHeritage.com's nifty face recognition database:
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…Kevin Costner?
And, Donald Rumsfeld?
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If 2012 was the year of mainstreaming for over-the-top (OTT) services, 2013 will bring a new wrinkle to the game as streamers like Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and Amazon all begin rolling out original television series in earnest in a bid for differentiation in an increasingly crowded market. The question is: a differentiator against whom (besides, of course, each other)? Rather than taking on traditional TV operators like cable, IPTV and satellite, the original content gambit sets the services up to square off more directly with premium cable nets.
For instance, Netflix has been investing in original content with a strategy to tap high-profile partners to create and/or star in the vehicles. After dabbling in the space with Lilyhammer (a police drama starring Bruce Springsteen guitarist Little Steven) this year, in 2013 the streamer is gearing up to release werewolf drama Hemlock Grove from horror personality Eli Roth, and is spending $100 million on the drama House of Cards, which has a pilot directed by David Fincher (The Social Network) and a star named Kevin Spacey in the lead role. It also plans to launch the hotly anticipated fourth season of Arrested Development.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has famously called HBO his company's biggest competitor, clearly looking to position Netflix as a premium network. And it's not alone in wanting to add that characterisation to brand identity.
Not to be outdone, YouTube began investing $100 million per year in original content to run a slate of 100 channels meant to give the service a higher-end mien. It's also a way to command a better advertising rate than what its bread-and-butter user-generated amateur videos can offer. As incentive to produce compelling content, the channels have performance targets to meet in order for YouTube to continue funding them. But in practice, a full 100 channels of top-end original content has the potential to lure consumers away from the likes of HBO, Starz or Showtime (all of whom eschew making their content available on the streamers' services).
Hulu meanwhile has 10 series planned, including movie showcase show Spoilers, featuring Clerks director Kevin Smith, and the Up to Speed travel show starring another cult favorite: Dazed and Confused director Richard Linklater.
Meanwhile Amazon.com earlier in the year said that it would leverage Amazon Studios, which it launched in one form in 2010 to produce cheap films for a variety of distribution methods, to produce original shows for streaming through Amazon Instant Video and Amazon Prime. First up is a children's show and three comedies.
Amazon has thrown its original content strategy open to anyone to submit a script idea, bucking the trend of showcasing hot talent and Hollywood names. After a 45-day option period, winners gain the initial $10,000 to flesh out their ideas. Then, if the shows are selected to run on the Amazon Instant Video service, creators get $55,000 more, and are guaranteed 5% of the proceeds from related merchandise in a 360-degree-style deal.
HBO, Starz and Showtime command around $15 per month extra on top of a pay-TV subscription in the US domestic market, compared to the $8-$10 per month cost for a typical OTT service. But the amount of production money being poured into the likes of True Blood, Game of Thrones, Homeland and Californication far, far outstrip what the streamers are spending. "$100 million per year" may sound like a lot in Silicon Valley terms, but in Hollywood terms, that's chump change.
To put it in perspective, a source with close ties at YouTube told paidContent over the summer that Google is funding original YouTube content at a rate of about $1,000 per finished minute. That's a rate that doesn't fly in Hollywood, the exec said, adding that it means that producers are pulling "favours every time you do a shoot. If you're just pulling a location permit in L.A., it's going to cost you $900."
A bare minimum for industry-standard production is about $2,100, the source added.
Meanwhile, the premium cable nets that the OTT guys are trying to emulate are far, far outspending that. Showtime's breakout hit, Homeland, costs $3 million to produce per episode, coming out to around $50,000 per minute.
In fact, despite the hype surrounding the OTT launches in the new year, TV execs themselves seem unimpressed. At the recent Business Insider IGNITION conference, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes noted that the media company will spend $5 billion on original content, including for HBO premium series, terming YouTube's multi-million dollar effort "cute." Ouch.
Andy Forssell, the executive in charge of content at Hulu, said that his company has a $500 million annual budget—and no set number of shows to launch. That, he explains, is a big advantage against the big boys. "We're quality-gated," he told the Daily Beast. "There's no quota that I want to go hit. We don't have a set number of hours to fill, like a lot of traditional networks do—that's actually an advantage I want to jealously guard."
Also, the OTT guys can be more flexible in terms of how they leverage the content. Multiplatform and multiscreen from the beginning, Netflix is able to do things like make whole seasons available to stream at once, giving viewers the flexibility to schedule their video viewing time. And now that anyone with a mainstream gaming console (Xbox, Wii), connected Blu-ray player or a myriad of other STB options can stream these services seamlessly to the living-room set, they are less of an "other" than they have been in the past, making it more feasible to see them as an HBO-esque add on to an existing subscription.
Regardless, it's a space that will continue to develop in 2013. "The phrase that I keep hearing a lot is that it's the Wild West," said J.D. Walsh, the showrunner behind the original Hulu series, Battleground, speaking to the Daily Beast. "And I think that it is the Wild West. What that connotes to me is that nobody really knows what the rules are, what's going to be stable, or who is going to [emerge as] the leaders. But even within the Wild West, you did have some major cities—and that's what you're seeing with these platforms."


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FIVE police officers are facing a misconduct probe over the search for murdered teenager Jayden Parkinson.
The investigation is concentrating on the period of December 4 to 12, 2013.
On December 4, her ex-boyfriend Ben Blakeley was arrested in connection with an outstanding allegation that he had taken indecent images of Jayden and threatened to put them online.
He was arrested again on December 10 on suspicion of kidnapping Jayden and bailed before being arrested on Decemeber 12 on suspicion of murdering her.
Unknown to the police, Blakeley had murdered her on December 3 and buried her in a ditch in Upton before burying her in a grave in Didcot on December 8.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is looking at whether the police who interviewed Blakeley on December 4 knew Jayden had been reported missing the same day. It will also investigate her case being registered as medium risk – meaning she could be in danger – initially and not upgraded to high risk – meaning there was a real chance she was the victim of a serious crime – until six days later.
The IPCC yesterday revealed it had begun investigating and interviewing the five officers it has served with misconduct notices.
The watchdog is also looking into the force's response to fears raised about Blakeley and alleged threats he made against Jayden and her family in the months before she was killed.
And it is investigating complaints from Jayden's mother Samantha Shrewsbury that police did not deal with her daughter appropriately before her murder.
Blakeley, 22, was last month sentenced to life in prison and will serve at least 20 years.
IPCC associate commissioner Guido Liguori yesterday said: "As well as examining the individual actions of officers and staff in response to Jayden being reporting missing and whether these were appropriate, our investigation has also been looking at the force's policies and systems around missing person reports.
"It is vital that we establish as full a picture as we can as to how the force responded to Jayden being reported missing, and the contact officers and staff had with her and Ben Blakeley in the months before her murder."
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Brain+ wants to dethrone the smartest kid on the block. The Copenhagen, Denmark-based maker of brain-training games is expanding to the U.S. in hopes of unseating Lumosity, which has had more than 60 million registered users for its games that help people exercise their minds.
The company aims to create a mobile app that provides scientifically proven, effective, and engaging brain-training exercises that adapt to the needs of individuals. Of course, Lumosity is doing much the same, and it has a massive head start. Brain+ is now competing with Lumosity in its home territory of North America.
The startup came from a book. In May 2011, Brain+ co-founder Kim Baden-Kristensen was sitting in a London café reading The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge. The book made Baden-Kristensen realize that the convergence of technology and neuroscience holds great promise for improving the quality of life for many people.
Baden-Kristensen received positive feedback from Derk Krieger, a professor of neurology at the Danish National Hospital, and then Baden-Kristensen connected in April 2012 with his longtime friend and colleague Ulrik Ditlev Eriksen. They started Brain+ with the aim of improving people's mental abilities.
In December 2012, Brain+ began several major research studies on human-computer interaction and cognitive rehabilitation. The project was funded with €1 million from The Danish Ministry of Business and Growth, along with €700,000 from angel investors. To date, the company has raised almost $4 million.
Brain+ partnered with software companies AppMonk ApS and Clockwork Consulting ApS to build a prototype iOS app with exercises that focused on memory and attention. They launched the app in January 2013 in Denmark for beta testing.
In the fall of 2013, game developer Rasmus Højengaard joined Brain+ as chief creative officer, and he began refining the app. Now the app has been tested, and it is launching in the North American market. Brain+ continues to refine it. Today is the formal launch for iPhone and iPad users in the United Kingdom and North America. All together, Brain+ has 25 employees.
Besides Lumosity, rivals include Fit Brains, Cogmed, and even Nintendo, which has said it will make games that improve quality of life.


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1812 Timeline
|T he United States declared war on Britain on June 18, 1812 and word reached Fort Amherstburg several days later. With this information the Commander of the fort, Lieutenant-Colonel St. George, scored one of the first British successes of the war. On July 2, 1812 the American schooner Cuyahoga sailed up the Detroit River loaded with supplies, a military band and numerous sick troops belonging to Brigadier-General William Hull's North-Western Army.The occupants of the vessel were unaware of Washington's declaration of war. As the Cuyahoga passed the fort a mixed force of soldiers, sailors and natives lead by Lieutenant Frederick Rolette of the Provincial Marine rowed out and forced the schooner to heave to. The startled Americans put up little resistance.
Of vital interest to the British was the discovery of Hull's papers outlining scenarios for a campaign against Fort Amherstburg. To oppose Hull's 2500 strong army St. George had about 300 regulars of the 41st and Royal Newfoundland Regiments stationed at Fort Amherstburg and the support of approximately 850 local militia and 400 Native Allies. On paper the Militia was quite numerous, but it was largely untrained, unequipped and unarmed. Essex County supplied most of the militia, though counties farther east, such as Kent, contributed men for the defence of Fort Amherstburg.
The best Essex militiamen were grouped into two "flank companies" (approximately 40-60 soldiers in each company) which had some training and arms, and were perhaps 1812-Aburg-Navy-Yardbetter motivated. The Native Allies numbers varied greatly from engagement to engagement, but their skill in guerrilla warfare was to be a great equalizer against the Americans.
On July 12, 1812 Hull invaded Upper Canada crossing the river between Detroit and Sandwich, about 35 kilometres above Fort Amherstburg. The Essex Militia stationed in Sandwich scattered allowing the Americans to firmly establish themselves on Canadian soil. The opposing forces first clashed south of Sandwich at the bridge over the River Canard on July 16, 1812. Here the Americans threw the British back from the last natural obstacle before Amherstburg. Hull did not fully exploit this victory. He was concerned with his supply situation and the lack of serviceable heavy artillery to batter Fort Amherstburg. When Provincial Marine vessels anchored near the mouth of the River Canard further hindering the advance on Amherstburg, Hull let the initiative slip from his grasp.
The British at this point could not hope to directly force the Americans off Canadian soil. Instead, with great success, their military effort was directed against Hull's supply lines. Groups of British regulars, Cannon Linda StanleyCanadian Militia and Native Allies sortied from Fort Amherstburg threatening the American lines of communication on the west bank of the Detroit River. At the battles of Brownstown, August 5, 1812 and Monguagon, August 9, 1812, the British attempted to sever Hull's supply route to Ohio. On July 26 Hull learned of the fall of the American fort at Michilimackinac, located in northern Michigan. He now greatly feared British and Native attacks from that direction cutting off his army from its base of operations at Detroit.
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The capitulation of Hull's army at Detroit was a boon to the British. The numerous cannons, muskets and supplies stored in the town were used to equip and feed the Canadian Militia and the Native Allies. The elimination of a major American army lessened the immediate threat to Fort Amherstburg and south west Upper Canada. It also meant the occupation of Michigan territory by the British and Canadians. Secure on this flank, Brock now shifted forces away from the Detroit River region to the next pressing theatre of operations, the Niagara Peninsula.
With the departure of Brock command of the troops at Fort Amherstburg devolved upon Colonel Henry Procter, a career officer of the 41st Regiment. Procter's dilemma was this: how does one hold on to Detroit, Michigan territory and southwest Upper Canada with very limited forces? His answer was a defensive strategy coupled with limited offensive actions to disrupt the build up of new American armies.
Though humbled at Detroit the Americans were not easily discouraged. They formed a second North-Western Army under William Henry Harrison, Governor of Indiana Territory and future President of the United States. He planned a winter campaign to recapture the lost territory and to attack the British installations at Amherstburg. Harrison hoped the frozen Detroit River would immobilize the vessels of the Provincial Marine and that the ice in the river could be a bridge for his army of 4000. Harrison's force began its advance late in the year and the first major clash with Procter came early in 1813.
The Battle of Frenchtown, January 22, 1813, was the first test of Procter's defensive strategy. The leading elements of Harrison's army, approximately 1000 troops under General James Winchester pushed north along the west side of Lake Erie. Canadian militia and Natives driven out of Frenchtown by Winchester's troops sent warning of the American approach and Procter quickly dispatched all available forces for a counter-attack. His troops included about 500 regulars and militia and approximately 400-500 Native Allies under the command of Wyandotte Chief Roundhead. The ensuing battle was hard fought with heavy casualties on both sides. Procter's troops prevailed and most of Winchester's men were either killed or captured. The British victory was marred when the following day numerous American wounded and prisoners were killed by Native Warriors.
The victory at Frenchtown ensured the safety of Fort Amherstburg until the Spring of 1813. By April Harrison had reorganized an army of 2000 at Fort Meigs in northern Ohio. Once again Procter set out from Amherstburg to disrupt this concentration. He sailed across the recently thawed Lake Erie with approximately 2000 regulars, militia and Native Allies and began a siege of the American fort. From the end of April to early May the bombardment of the Americans continued. However, Fort Meigs could not be taken. A relieving American force, while eventually defeated, disrupted the siege. Some of the Natives left after the defeat of the American relieving force, believing that they had achieved a victory. Also, the Canadian Militia, which contained a large number of farmers, clamoured to return to Essex County for Spring planting. Procter, faced with these circumstances reluctantly ended the operation and returned to Amherstburg.
During the Summer of 1813 Procter made his last efforts to stop the American buildup. Leaving the militia to guard Fort Amherstburg, Procter's regulars and Native Warriors attacked Fort Meigs from July 26-28 and Fort Stephenson, a few miles from Meigs, on August 2. Both attempts were futile resulting in costly losses to the British Regulars. There were no further allied efforts south of Lake Erie.
A new threat to Fort Amherstburg developed during 1813. Through the winter and spring the Americans constructed a fleet at Presqu'ile, Pennsylvania and by August this fleet was ready for action. Oliver Hazard Perry, the commander of the American squadron, used his vessels to cut the British supply route across Lake Erie. By September the Commissariat at Amherstburg was empty. Starvation threatened the garrison and the numerous Native Allies encamped around the town. In a desperate attempt to break the American blockade Captain Robert H. Barclay, a Royal Navy veteran of the Battle of Trafalgar, lead six vessels out from Amherstburg to engage Perry's nine vessel fleet. On September 10, 1813 the two forces clashed. At first, Barclay's squadron had the upper hand disabling Perry's flag ship, the brig Lawrence. Perry transferring his flag to the Brig Niagara, recovered the initiative and the Battle of Lake Erie was a complete American victory. All of the British ships were captured.
The loss of the British Fleet meant Fort Amherstburg was now defenceless against an American amphibious invasion. Procter ordered the destruction of the fort, the naval-yard and all government buildings in Amherstburg rather than have them fall into American hands. By late September the British regulars, and what Native Allies that would follow, began the retreat from Amherstburg. Their goal was to reach other British forces at Burlington Heights, about 400 kilometres to the east. The dilatory nature of Procter's retreat allowed Harrison's army, which landed south of Amherstburg on September 27 to catch the British. The Battle of the Thames, on October 5, 1813 was another decisive American victory. The bulk of Procter's troops, dispirited by the retreat quickly surrendered and the Native leader Tecumseh was killed. The defeat meant Fort Amherstburg and most of South-Western Upper Canada would be occupied by the Americans for the rest of war.
The Americans entered Amherstburg at the end of September 1813 and slowly set about constructing a new fort on the ruins of Fort Amherstburg. They encountered many of the same problems as the British in attempting to build a fort: shortages of manpower, materials and tools. The US troops erected several structures inside the new fort and were able to complete a palisade by the end of 1814. American and British diplomats signed the Treaty of Ghent on 24, December 1814 bringing the war to a close. While fighting continued in some areas until well after the ratification of the treaty Fort Malden, as the Americans now described it, remained a sleepy backwater. The Americans returned control of the partially reconstructed post to the British on July 1, 1815.
JUNE 18 US Declaration of War against Great Britain
JULY 5 Bombardment of Sandwich, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN) Guns from Detroit and batteries along the river open a general barrage on Sandwich
JULY 12 US General Hull invades Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN) Hull crosses in the area of the current Hiram Walker offices and marches along the river toward Sandwich Town. The small British force and Essex militia retreat across River Canard.
JULY 16 Skirmish at Canard River, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN) The first engagement in the area results in the first British casualties of the war. Privates Hancock and Dean heroically defend the Canard bridge but are wounded and captured. Hancock dies later the same day. The American advance is stopped by a British gun boat, the HMS Charlotte.
JULY 17 Capture of Fort Mackinac / Michilimackinac (Michigan, US)
AUGUST 5 Battle of Brownstown (Michigan, US) Small skirmish on American supply lines by natives and militia launched from Canada.
AUGUST 9 Battle of Maguaga (Michigan, US) Small skirmish on American supply lines by natives and militia launched from Canada. Hull becomes nervous about his exposed supply lines and retreats back to Fort Detroit. Brock arrives at Fort Amherst with a force of 300 Royal Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, 400 militia and 800 natives. He meets Tecumseh and they become great allies.
AUGUST 16 Capture of Fort Detroit (Michigan, US) Brock and Tecumseh capture Fort Detroit.
NOVEMBER 22 Skirmish at Maumee River (Ohio, US) Natives and militia attack a US supply line.
JANUARY 18 Battle of French town/River Raisin, (Michigan, US). The Royal Newfoundland Regiment, 41st Regiment of Foot, militia and natives defeat an army of 1000 American soldiers. The Kentucky militia are massacred by the natives after the British leave the next day.
APRIL 28 – MAY 9 Siege of Fort Meigs (Ohio, US). General Proctor lays siege to Fort Meigs in Toledo, Ohio. The siege is not successful.
MAY 5 Battle of Fort Meigs (Ohio, US). A force of Light Infantry and several hundred natives attacks a relief column coming to aid Fort Meigs. The column is almost completely wiped out. May 5, Fort Miami (Ohio, US) Natives attack Fort Miami
MAY 15 Raid of Mink River (Illinois, US)
MAY 25 – 27 Capture of Fort George, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
MAY 29 Battle of Sackets Harbor, (New York, US)
JUNE 1 HMS Shannon vs USS Chesapeake (Atlantic, off coast of Massachusetts)
JUNE USS Growler and USS Eagle captured (Richelieu River, Quebec, CAN)
JUNE 6 Battle of Stoney Creek, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
JUNE 8 Battle of Forty Mile Creek, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
JUNE 22 Battle of Craney Island, (Virginia, US)
JUNE 24 Battle of Beaver Dams, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
JUNE 26 Hampton, (Viginia, US)
JULY 5 Raid on Fort Schlosser (New York, US)
JULY 8 Fort George, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
JULY 11 Raid of Black Rock (New York, US)
JULY 20 Battle of Cranberry Creek/Goose Creek (New York, US)
JULY 21- 28 Second Siege of Fort Meigs, (Ohio, NY). Proctor again lays siege to Fort Meigs. Again they are unsuccessful.
JULY 27 Battle of Burnt Corn (Alabama, US)
JULY 29 Plattsburg (New York, US)
JULY 29 Burlington Beach, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
JULY 31 Raid of York , Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
AUGUST 2 Battle of Fort Stephenson (Ohio, US). Proctor assaults the fort but is repelled with horrendous losses. This ends the invasions in the North western territories.
AUGUST 7 -10 US fleet vs. British fleet, Lake Ontario
AUGUST 8 USS Hamilton and USS Scourge sunk in Storm Lake Ontario
AUGUST 10 Raid of St Michaels (Maryland, US)
AUGUST 10 USS Julia and USS Prowler captured (Lake Ontario)
AUGUST 13 Raid of Queenstown/Slippery Hill/Hall's Landing/Blakeford Shore (Maryland, US)
AUGUST 14 HMS Pelican vs. USS Argus (Irish Sea, off coast of Wales)
AUGUST 24 Fort George, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
AUGUST 30 Battle of Fort Mims (Alabama, US)
SEPTEMBER 5 USS Enterprise vs. HMS Boxer (Atlantic, off coast of Maine)
SEPTEMBER 6 Skirmish at Ball's Farm, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
SEPTEMBER 10 Battle of Lake Erie/ Put-in-Bay (Ohio, US). The British fleet is defeated on Lake Erie. General Proctor finds his position untenable and on September 27th with an impending invasion by the Americans Proctor orders Fort Amherst and all of the stores that could not be moved burned. He retreats from the area along the Detroit river and then inland.
SEPTEMBER 20 Skirmish at Odeltown, Lower Canada (Quebec, CAN)
SEPTEMBER 28 Burlington Races, Lake Ontario Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
OCTOBER 1 near Chateauguay, Lower Canada (Quebec, CAN)
OCTOBER 4 Battle of McGregor's Creek/Mills/Chatham/ the Forks of the Thames, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN). A small skirmish is fought at the mill by Canadian militia and the advanced guard of the invading US army.
OCTOBER 5 Battle of the Thames/Moraviantown/Thamesville, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN). The 41st Regiment of Foot is defeated and either flees or is captured. Tecumseh is killed.
OCTOBER 12 Massequoi Village, Lower Canada (Quebec, CAN)
OCTOBER 26 Battle of Chateauguay, Lower Canada (Qubec, CAN)
NOVEMBER 1-2 Battle of French Creek (New York, US)
NOVEMBER 3 Battle of Tallushatchee (Alabama, US)
NOVEMBER 9, Battle of Talladega (Alabama, US)
NOVEMBER 11 Battle of Crysler's Farm/Williamsburgh, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
NOVEMBER 29 Battle of Autosse/Tallahassee (Alabama, US)
DECEMBER 10 Burning of Niagara, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
DECEMBER 19 The Capture of Fort Niagara, (New York, US)
DECEMBER 19 Burning of Lewiston (New York, US)
DECEMBER 23 Battle of Eccanachaca, (The Holy Ground) (Alabama, US)
DECEMBER 25 HMS Belvidera vs. USS Vixen II (North Atlantic)
DECEMBER 29 – 30 Lewiston, Fort Schlosser (New York, US)
DECEMBER 31 Burning of Buffalo & Blackrock (New York, US)
JANUARY 22 Emuckfau Creek (Alambma, US)
JANUARY 24 Battle of Enotachopco Creek (Alabama, US)
JANUARY 27 Calabee Creek (Alabama, US)
FEBRUARY 14 USS Constitution vs. HMS Pictou
MARCH 4 Longwood/Long Woods/Battle Hill, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN). A large patrol in force of British regulars, militia and naives "bump" into a large patrol in force of American regulars. The battle is essentially a stalemate with the arrival of nightfall ending the skirmish. The Americans claim victory due to shear number of casualties inflicted. Both sides retreat.
MARCH 27 Battle of Horseshoe Bend/Sehopiska (Alabama, US)
MARCH 28 HMS Phobe & Cherub vs. USS Essex & Essex Junior (Pasific, off coast of Chile)
MARCH 30 Second Battle of La Colle Mill, Lower Canada (Quebec, CAN)
APRIL 20 HMS Orpheus vs. USS Frolic (Caribbean)
APRIL 29 USS Peacock vs. HMS Epervier (Caribbean)
MAY 5-6 Attack on Fort Ontario/Oswego, (New York, US)
MAY 14 Raid on Port Dover/Long Point/Campbell's Raid, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
MAY 30 Battle of Sandy Creek/Oswego Falls (New York, US)
JUNE 1 Battle of Cedar Point/St. Jerome'sPoint (Maryland, US)
JUNE 22 HMS Leander vs. USS Rattlesnake (North Atlantic)
JUNE 26 Second Battle of St. Leonard's Creek (Maryland, US)
JUNE 28 USS Wasp vs. HMS Reindeer, (North Atlantic)
JUNE 28 Skirmish at Odelltown, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
JULY 3 Capture of Fort Erie, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
JULY 5 Battle of Chippawa, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
JULY 11 Fort Sullivan, (Maine, US)
JULY 12 HMS Medway vs. USS Syren (off coast of South Africa)
JULY 18 Burning of St Davids, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
JULY 18-19 Raid of Champlain Village, (New York, US)
JULY 20 Siege of Prairie du Chien, (Wisconsin, US)
JULY 21 Battle of Rock River, (Illinois, US)
JULY 18 Burning of St David's, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
JULY 25, Battle of Lundy's Lane, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
JULY 26, Mackinac (Michigan, US)
AUGUST 1 – SEPTEMBER 19, Siege of Fort Erie, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
AUGUST 3 Battle of Conjocta Creek/Black Rock (New York, US)
AUGUST 4, Attack on Mackinac/Michilimackinac Island, (Michigan, US)
AUGUST 9 -12 Battle of Stonington, (Connecticut, US)
AUGUST 11 Attack on St Micheals, (Maryland, US)
AUGUST 12 USS Somers & USS Ohio captured (Lake Erie/Niagara River)
AUGUST 14 HMS Nancy destroyed (Lake Huron)
AUGUST 15 Battle of Fort Erie, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
AUGUST 24 Battle of Bladensburg, (Maryland, US)
AUGUST 25 Burning of Washington, (DC, US)
SEPTEMBER 1 USS Wasp vs. HMS Avon (North Atlantic)
SEPTEMBER 4 Battle of Rock Island, (Illinois, US)
SEPTEMBER 6-11 Battle of Plattsburgh, (New York, US)
SEPTEMBER 12 Skirmish at North Point, (Maryland, US)
SEPTEMBER 13, Bombardment of Fort McHenry, (Maryland, US)
SEPTEMBER 15, Battle of Fort Bowyer/Mobile Bay, (Alabama, US)
SEPTEMBER 17, US sortie from Fort Erie, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
OCTOBER 15 Skirmish at Chippawa, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
OCTOBER 19 Battle of Cook's Mills/Lyons Creek, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
NOVEMBER 6 Battle of Malcolm's Mills, Upper Canada (Ontario, CAN)
NOVEMBER 7 Occupation of Pensacola, (Florida, US)
DECEMBER 6 Battle of Farnham Church (Virginia, US)
DECEMBER 14 Battle of Lake Borgne, (Louisiana, US)
DECEMBER 23 Battle of Villere's Plantation, (Louisiana, US)
DECEMBER 24 Treaty of Ghent, Belgium ending the War of 1812
JANUARY 1 Battle of Rodriques Canal, (Louisiana, US)
JANUARY 8-9 Battle of New Orleans, (Louisiana, US)
JANUARY 9-18 Battle of Fort St. Philip, (Louisiana, US)
FEBRUARY 11 Siege of Fort Bowyer, (Alabama, US)
FEBRUARY 16 President Madison ratifies Treaty of Ghent, War of 1812 officially ends.
FEBRUARY 20 US Frigate Constitution vs HMS Cayne & Levant, (off coast of North Africa)
FEBRUARY 24 Battle of St. Mary's River (Georgia,US)
MAY 24 Battle of Sinkhole/Fort Howard (Missouri, US)
JUNE 30 USS Peacock vs East India crusier Nautilus, last battle of the War of 1812 (Indian Ocean)


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A couple of months ago, Sarasota Magazine called and asked to feature me as their "NoiseMaker," quite appropriate as I can be a pretty gregarious, controversial gal. You see, I live in a city where the average age of the patrons at Outback Steakhouse is twice mine. This land of Sarasota is paradise. It's where the rich retire. It's a city full of restaurants where you're guaranteed that 3 out of the 5 appetizer specials are "gummable."
OH GOSH. I'm just kidding.
I do love this area, even though I miss my San Francisco grocery stores and ethnic corner eateries, living here actually inspired my cooking career, a fun story for another time.
So when John, the photographer for Sarasota Magazine showed up at my doorstep, I already had rehearsed in my head how I was going to convince him not to take a boring ol' shot of me smiling-happy-holding-a-wok-spatula-pretending-to-cook-in-the-kitchen pose. YAWN. Thank heavens John was cool. In fact, he suggested that we photograph me eating on my Balinese day-bed.
We had to take several shots before John and I were happy with the lighting, pose, setting and of course, my LOOK. Because I had to decide if I was going to look:
a) Giddy
b) Hungry
c) Insane
We chose the "Draping Seductively Over the Balinese Love Lounge" look.
I'm a thirty-frickin'-five year old mother of two and I can still look hotter than habanero sunbathing in july.
oh and yeah, THAT is how Scott, Nathan, Andrew and I eat dinner every night. On dry-clean only embroidered silk.


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An estimated 28,000 jubilant Gator fans took over W. University Avenue again Thursday night - the second such celebration in about a month.
Gainesville police estimated the crowd to be the largest of the four national championship celebrations that have occurred on University Avenue over the past three years.
After the Florida Gators scored their last touchdown in Thursday night's BCS Championship Game and the defense subsequently forced Oklahoma to turn the ball over on downs, just minutes before midnight fans began racing out of their homes around campus, running in the direction of W. University and then streaming into the streets.
Fireworks were going off behind The Swamp restaurant in the College Park area and across the street near the Murphree area dorms.
It's the kind of celebration that is getting quite familiar to Florida faithful - but likely never will it become old hat. With its victory over Oklahoma on Thursday night, Florida has now won two football national championships and two basketball national championships within a three-year period. In early December, fans also took over W. University celebrating Florida's SEC football championship, which propelled Florida into Thursday night's BCS game.
By 12:30 p.m., the local law enforcement helicopter was overhead shining its spotlight into the crowds, and there had been four people arrested, including one for battery on an officer, Gainesville police said.
Despite efforts to grease utility poles and lamp posts along W. University, fans were climbing the poles and then jumping into the crowds below, police said. Fans were also climbing trees in the area.
Students were being hoisted onto one another's shoulders; one fan waved a large American flag, another waved a big Gator flag.
"This is my welcome home gift," said Jackie Beavers, a celebrating UF student who just returned to Gainesville from studying abroad. "I don't know what I'd have done if we'd lost, because all I've known is winning."
Charles Davis, a UF senior, has been on campus for all four of Florida's recent national championships. "I don't think I can explain how this feels," he said.
Mike Engle, a UF faculty member, was pleased with the celebration. After all, he said, "We've had practice, now we know how to do it."
In fact, Jared Spears, assistant producer for a local business called Gator Vision, said the atmosphere along University Avenue was more fun during Thursday night's celebration than for previous street parties because he thought police had better control over things. Spears said he appreciates "the fact that Gainesville is a small town that can produce talent that can create a night like this."
Earlier Thursday night, as fans throughout Gainesville cheered the start of the game, preparations for a possible outdoor celebration were under way.
Crews checked the street for garbage; police officers on foot, in cars and riding motorcycles scattered down side streets; and workers positioned concrete barriers at key intersections.
Overhead, the law enforcement helicopter flew; on the road, tow truck drivers removed improperly parked cars.
Early in the evening, police reported no problems in the downtown area - except for a few large parties in College Park before halftime.
When the Gators scored a third-quarter touchdown to take the lead, the crowd at Xs, a bar off W. University Avenue, erupted in cheers.
"I hope so," said Crystal Sleeman, 22, a UF graduate student, when asked if the Gators were going to win. "They've got enough support right here. They're the Gators. They can do anything."
Soon after, with the start of the fourth quarter, police blocked off W. University from 13th Street to 22nd Street. All side streets were blocked with hard barricades.


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UPDATE: Teva Posts Upbeat Q1 Profit, Declares Dividend
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (NASDAQ: TEVA) posted a rise in its first-quarter profit.
Its quarterly profit climbed to $859 million, or $0.97 per share, versus $761 million, or $0.84 per share, in the year-ago quarter. Excluding one-time items, Teva earned $1.47 per share, up from $1.04 per share. Its revenue climbed 25% to $5.1 billion.
Analysts were expecting earnings of $1.44 per share on revenue of $5.5 billion.
U.S. sales surged 46% to $2.8 billion. European sales fell 2% to $1.3 billion.
Teva also declared a quarterly cash dividend of 1 shekel (26.3 cents) per share.
Teva shares closed at $44.47 yesterday.
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...power, water is collected or stored at a higher elevation and led downward through large pipes or tunnels (penstocks) to a lower elevation; the difference in these two elevations is known as the head. At the end of its passage down the pipes, the falling water causes turbines to rotate. The turbines in turn drive generators, which convert the turbines' mechanical energy into electricity....
A water turbine uses the potential energy resulting from the difference in elevation between an upstream water reservoir and the turbine-exit water level (the tailrace) to convert this so-called head into work. Water turbines are the modern successors of simple waterwheels, which date back about 2,000 years. Today the primary use of water turbines is for electric power generation.


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Two teams will have reasons to believe they're playing right in their own backyards today.
Savannah State will be the home team tonight at 7 in Tiger Arena, but the Miami Hurricanes and former Liberty County High School star Rion Brown won't feel like visitors.
Brown said he acquired tickets for 57 family members and friends for tonight's game.
"I told my teammates it's going to seem like a home game tomorrow night," Brown said Wednesday.
The Tigers will have some familiarity with Miami. Three SSU players are from Florida, including head coach Horace Broadnax, who starred at Plant City High School.
"Miami is going to be tough no matter where we play them, but, hopefully, we'll be a little more mentally engaged to get it done," Broadnax said. "They're in the ACC for a reason. We'll still have to play well, even if it's on our court."
The opportunity to see Miami should be a treat for Savannah's basketball fans. The Hurricanes won the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title last season, then the conference tournament before advancing to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.
This season, Miami is just 5-5.
But it's still Miami.
"It'll be fun to play against a team from my home state," said SSU guard Alante Fenner, from Lake Wales, Fla. "They're playing against the big Division I schools, but we've been playing the big schools and we're getting better every day."
SSU (2-9) hasn't fared very well against the bigger schools, partly because it plays most of those teams on the road. Already this season, the Tigers have played at Pittsburgh, Robert Morris, Utah, Northern Iowa and Arkansas.
"They've challenged themselves and have been in tough venues and played well," Miami coach Jim Larranaga said.
Larranaga said he scheduled the game as a homecoming for Brown, who was born in Savannah and played his high school ball in Hinesville, about 40 miles away.
"We wanted to go some place where we'd accomplish more than playing a game," Larranaga said. "With Rion being a senior and being such an instrumental part of our championship team last year, we thought this would be a good treat for Rion and his family."
It turns out to be a good treat for SSU's players as well.
"Being from Florida and playing against another Florida team is always big deal," said Tigers forward Patrick Hendley from Orange Park, Fla. "We always want to make a statement."
Hendley said a key to the game will be slowing down Brown, who is averaging 13.3 points a game. Brown had a career-high 25 points against Nebraska on Dec. 4.
"He's on the scouting report," Hendley admitted.
Brown has played at Tiger Arena before. He participated in the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association North-South All-Star Game at SSU in 2010.
"It's definitely very exciting to give all my family a chance to see me play and those who couldn't travel all the way down to Miami to see me play," Brown said. "I'm looking forward to seeing everyone."
For SSU, it's all about defending turf.
"We want to stand our ground," said SSU small forward Javaris Jenkins from Deerfield Beach, Fla. "We've been playing (tough competition) to prepare us for the MEAC, but this is home."
Records: Miami (5-5, 0-1 ACC), SSU (2-9, 0-0 MEAC)
When: 7 p.m. today
Where: Tiger Arena on SSU campus
TV/radio: CSS/WBMQ 630 AM
How much: General admission $5, reserved seats $15, on the floor tickets are sold out.


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Do you remember the days when you knew the names of your neighbors? Maybe you and the kids next door got together for a game of "tag" or maybe the families got together for kids' birthday parties or other social events. Are those days long gone? Today, some of us don't even know our neighbors by name (I'm guilty of this too). In today's society, people are more open to making a "friend connection" over Facebook versus face to face.
But it really does not have to be that way. One way to start bringing back that neighborhood hospitality is to make a new neighbor a "Welcome Home Kit". Now, before you stop reading this and list all the reasons why you don't have time or the money make one…I will make a promise to you. This kit is really quick, easy and does not cost much to make.
For the Welcome Kit, you will need a candle, printer, 8'11 printer paper, address labels, envelope, gift bag liners, string/ribbon and some coupons.
Make a List
Make a document that lists your family's favorite restaurants along with their addresses and phone numbers. It's also helpful to add things like favorite menu items (that you recommend) or tips like "Ask for Suzie, she always gives extra rolls with our dinner". On this same document include favorite parks, recreational activities, community information (how to get pool passes, date of summer block parties, date and time trash collection) etc. Print this document and entitle it ( Things We Heart about "insert your city or neighborhood here"). Include fancy font or clipart if you like. At the bottom of the document, include you name and your spouse's name and contact numbers.
Clip Some Coupons
Clip or gather some of the coupons from your favorite local restaurants. Put them in an envelope for your neighbor's "Welcome Home Kit". Write something cute on the envelope like "Because sometimes you just want dinner to be a phone call away".
Create Some Address Labels
Hopefully, before you embark on creating this welcome kit, you would have spoken to the neighbors at least once to find out their names. Once you have done that, go to your favorite office supply store and purchase some return address labels. You can make them as simple or fancy as you want. You can even buy them in the plain or transparent variety. Jazz them up by uploading free colored templates and printing the labels from your home computer.
Give the Gift of Ambiance
There is nothing like walking into a home that welcomes you with open arms. The way to do that is to create an inviting ambience. And one of the simplest ways to do that is to light a candle. Pick a soothing yet universal scent like vanilla or clean linen to put in the welcome kit. Scents like pumpkin pie spice, and lavender may be too strong and even offensive to some.
Once you have all of the elements of your kit together, roll your list up in a tight scroll and bind it with a brightly colored ribbon.
Line the gift bag with a colored paper liner.
Place all the other elements of the bag neatly inside and deliver it to your new neighbor with a smile.
Neighbors are usually strangers, that become acquaintances that can possible become friends. The way that we navigate these strangers has the possibility to propel us, to enlighten us, to enrich us.
So who are your neighbors?
Feeling hospitable? Then you won't want to miss another post on The Domestic Life Stylist. Drop your email here so you can get on the list and never miss another post. By the way, if you're looking for more ways to be hospitable, you should really read my "How to Make House Guests Feel at Home".


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"Even if you are not asked anything, you just have to speak something to make someone believe that you are still a fool."
"Walk away from anything or anyone who takes you away from your joy. Life is too short to put up with fools."
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The second written offer is in the books for Midwest City (Okla.) defensive back LaRon Moore who has added to his first from Oklahoma State.
From a distance, Stanford became the second team to offer the 5-foot-9, 179-pound cornerback and Moore says he has verbal offers from Notre Dame, Nebraska, Kansas, and Wyoming. However, Moore isn't counting anything until it's on paper.
"I've got a lot of people saying that an offer is coming but it's not good to me unless it's in writing," Moore said. "Some of the schools will probably offer if I come up to their summer camp. That's what happened to my teammate Bradley Dedeaux when he went to the Oklahoma State camp."
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"He showed up, did really well, and it was there for him."
Considering Moore is determined to see some of those verbal offers turn to written ones, his visit schedule takes a new level of importance. However, this prospect is taking his time before rushing into anything.
"We're still trying to see who recruits me the hardest and where I'll best fit in," Moore said. "I know I want to see Stanford for sure. As for camps, LSU, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Texas are all possibilities."
Iowa State and Baylor have also expressed interest in offering Moore. There will be plenty of time for numerous others because this will not be a quick decision.
"I really want to see who all comes after me," he said. "Another school could come at me if I'm already committed and I'm a man of my word and do not like going back on what I've already said I would do."


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A Progressive Agenda
On August 7, 2010, President Juan Manuel Santos took the helm of a nation that has recently undergone great change and experienced significant progress. President Santos is continuing to move Colombia forward on the path to peace and prosperity through domestic policies that promote economic growth, national unity and social development. President Santos has achieved several milestones of his progressive agenda, including:
- Three new Ministries have been created: Labor, Justice and Housing.
- In June 2011, a bill providing reparations for victims and specific measures for land restitution was signed into law by President Santos. As a result, the government will return almost 5 million acres (2 million hectares) to victims over a 10-year period, and victims will receive compensations totaling $25 billion during the same period. The law addresses the diversity of the victims by providing different remedies according to age, gender, and ethnicity.Colombia has a new an anti-discrimination bill, which criminalizes acts of racism or discrimination, and for the first time in Colombian history, the National Development Plan included a specific chapter dedicated to Afro-Colombians.
- In June 2011, Congress approved a reform of Colombia's Royalties that will increase the funds available for less developed areas of the country to achieve sustainable economic growth. Under the new system, the Pacific Coast region, one of the less developed areas in the country, will receive $852 million per year, compared to $40 million received annually, on average, during 2002-2010.
On the international front, President Santos has elevated Colombia's role as a regional and global leader through a foreign policy guided by the principles of respect, cooperation, diplomacy and willingness to provide aid to other nations.
Colombia is using its past experience and expertise fighting terrorism and drug trafficking to help nations facing similar challenges today – Afghanistan, Mexico, Guatemala, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay and other countries throughout Central America and the Caribbean. Aside from working to defeat organized crime and transnational threats, Colombia is also lending support in the development of biofuels to El Salvador, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Honduras. Colombia also leads the United Nations (UN) committee implementing sanctions against Iran and Sudan, and has partnered with the United States to provide counternarcotics training and assistance to governments from Afghanistan to Haiti.
State Restructuring
The Santos Administration has enacted far-reaching reforms to meet the challenges of a fast-growing nation. The reforms are aimed at creating a more efficient and transparent institutional framework. These are some of the most significant changes:
Three of the preexisting Ministries were divided to create three new ones:
- The Ministry of Interior and Justice was divided into the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Justice;
- The Ministry of Social Protection has become the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection; and
- The Ministry of Housing and the Environment is now the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Housing, Cities and Territory.
New agencies were created to strengthen social inclusion and reconciliation:
- The new Department for Social Prosperity develops, coordinates and enacts all governmental policies that aim to compensate victims of conflict, reduce poverty and consolidate peace.
- Under the structure of this entity there are now a new Agency to Overcome Poverty and an Agency for National Consolidation.
New agencies were created to make Colombia a more competitive nation:
- There is now a new macro structure for the mining and electricity sector, which differentiates three sub-sectors with specific functions: mines, hydrocarbons and electricity.
- The key institutions for these sub-sectors are now the new National Mining Agency, National Hydrocarbons Agency, and for electricity, the preexisting Institute for the Planning and Promotion of Energy Solutions (IPSE).
- The new Agency for International Cooperation will coordinate the cooperation that Colombia receives from another nations as well as the cooperation it provides to other countries.
New Units were created for the implementation of the Victims Law:
- The Victims Unit, under the Department for Social Prosperity, implements and coordinates reparations for victims.
- The Land Restitution Unit, under the Ministry of Agriculture, administrates, executes and coordinates the restitution of lands from the dispossessed.
Colombia's New Ministry of Labor:
- Colombia has created a new Ministry of Labor, with a designated Vice Minister for Labor Affairs and a Vice Minister for Jobs and Pensions.
- The Ministry promotes the creation of dignified jobs, formalized labor and good relations between workers and employees by guaranteeing respect and protection for unions.
Three of its core areas are:
- Working to end the practice of certain industries of hiring subcontracted labor through "cooperatives," in favor of direct hiring by employers;
- Strengthening the labor inspection system; and
- Promoting labor rights and social dialogue.
- The ILO has played a key role in the design of this new and powerful Ministry of Labor.
For more information, visit the US-Colombia FTA section of this website.
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Appearing like a winged fairy-tale creature poised on a pedestal, this object is actually a billowing tower of cold gas and dust rising from a stellar nursery called the Eagle Nebula. The soaring tower is 9.5 light-years or about 57 trillion miles high, about twice the distance from our Sun to the next nearest star.
Stars in the Eagle Nebula are born in clouds of cold hydrogen gas that reside in chaotic neighborhoods, where energy from young stars sculpts fantasy-like landscapes in the gas. The tower may be a giant incubator for those newborn stars. A torrent of ultraviolet light from a band of massive, hot, young stars [off the top of the image] is eroding the pillar.
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The edge of the dark hydrogen cloud at the top of the tower is resisting erosion, in a manner similar to that of brush among a field of prairie grass that is being swept up by fire. The fire quickly burns the grass but slows down when it encounters the dense brush. In this celestial case, thick clouds of hydrogen gas and dust have survived longer than their surroundings in the face of a blast of ultraviolet light from the hot, young stars.
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I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year As a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High (Crown Archetype)
Beloved actor and rookie high school teacher Tony Danza will discuss and sign his new book about his year of teaching tenth-grade English at Philidelphia's largest high school.
"In this endearing memoir, Danza defies expectations…[filled with] refreshing honesty…provides insights into a teacher's daily life." --Publishers Weekly
"It takes a lot of courage to stand in front of a group of teens and proclaim yourself their teacher. It takes even more to be a good one -- someone who sees each student as an individual with a unique life story. Tony Danza put himself forward to teach children and learn from them, knowing that the more he really understood these kids the better teacher he could be for them. We easily forget how truly difficult it is to be a transformational teacher and in these pages you can see that's what he became." --Rosalind Wiseman, New York Times bestselling author of Queen Bees & Wannabees
We're expecting a crowd, so due to time constraints, here are some guidelines for the event:
Tony Danza, before he grew up and starred in such classic TV series as Taxi and Who's the Boss? as well as on Broadway, was a "discipline problem" at Long Island's Malverne High School, for which he is deeply apologetic. These days, he divides his time between New York City and Los Angeles.


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The Common Admission Test (CAT) has yet again given the IIMs a cause for concern.
Though the examination has managed to regain most of its credibility after a successful run last year, almost 60 management institutes, intriguingly, have chosen to not register for CAT 2011. The IIMs are now keen to assess why.
This year, 145 business schools (excluding 13 IIMs) will consider CAT 2011 score for admitting students.
Though the total number is not too different from last year, what has turned out to be a cause of concern for the organisers of this test is that 58 institutes, which were registered with CAT last year, have dropped out.
"Institutes leaving or joining CAT is nothing unusual. Though our core group of institutes is still with us, we have noticed that a large number from last year's list is missing," said Jankiraman Moorthy, CAT 2011 convenor and faculty member of IIM-Calcutta.
Some of the prominent Bschools which have dropped out include Fostima Business School (New Delhi), Institute of Management and Development (Delhi), J.K. Padampat Singhania Institute of Management and Technology (Gurgaon).
Moorthy, however, dismissed the 2009 debacle as a reason for this. In 2009, CAT switched from the pen-and-paper-based format to a computer-based format. But that turned out to be a disaster as it was riddled with technical glitches which forced the IIMs to reconduct the test.
For more news from India Today, follow us on Twitter @indiatoday and on Facebook at facebook.com/IndiaToday
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PARIS, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- A French court says a woman's fictionalized account of an affair with ex-International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn can be sold with a disclaimer.
Although Strauss-Kahn's attorneys had sued to stop Marcela Iacub's book, "Beautiful and beastly," from going on sale, they also praised the court's ruling, calling it "an excellent decision," Radio France Internationale reported Wednesday.
The court ordered the magazine Nouvel Observateur, which published excerpts from the book, to pay Strauss-Kahn $32,700 and print a statement of correction on its front page.
The author and the book's publisher were ordered to pay Strauss-Kahn $982,750.
Iacub had a seven-month affair with Strauss-Kahn in 2012. Her book is a fictionalized report of their relationship, RFI said.
Strauss-Kahn was director of the IMF when he was accused of sexual assault by a hotel maid in New York City in May 2011.
Until that point, he was a highly respected economist and politician who was frequently named as a possible candidate to run for a term as the president of France.
Since Strauss-Kahn stepped down from his role at IMF shortly after the incident in New York City became known to focus on his legal problems, other allegations of sexual promiscuity have surfaced.


text: I carry almost everywhere I go, this includes to and from work. I commute to South Phoenix...at night....driving a very nice truck. Hence my packing the Glock. Anyways, when I travel to and from work I don't conceal. I actually have it sitting barrell down in my cup holder with the handle up (holstered). It fits very nicely in there and allows for instant access. Here's my question... If I am pulled over, my plan is to immediately keep my hands on the wheel and notify the officer of the weapon in plain view. If you are an LEO, is this what you would want me to do? Is this a smart way for me to be carrying? Would you yank me out of my car at gunpoint to secure my weapon? Sometimes I think that what I'm doing would cause an aggressive response by an LEO.


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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will ban imports of U.S. turkey due to concerns about the use of the feed additive ractopamine, Russia's Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) said in a statement on Monday.
The service will impose a temporary ban on U.S. turkey starting from February 11, it said.
It earlier decided to ban imports of U.S. beef and pork from the same date for the same reason.
Ractopamine is a growth stimulant used to make meat leaner and which is banned in some countries because of concerns that it could remain in the meat and cause health problems, despite scientific evidence showing that it is safe.
Russia imported 356,800 tons of poultry worth $516 million from non-CIS countries between January and October 2012, customs data showed.
Reporting by Polina Devitt; editing by Jason Neely


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The Florida Music Festival boasts a history of connecting a 'Who's Who' of Music Industry Guest Speakers with students, musicians and aspiring industry players. Everyone on this list was made available to the Registered artists, bands, music company reps, students and UCF Rosen College students, to network, drop a demo or hand off a resume. Check out the Panelists links to learn more about this year's speakers, and we encourage you to attend each session to maximize your FMF2017 experience! (All registered FMF2017 Attendees, Artists, Students granted admission both days.)
Saturday, April 22nd
The Legendary Cheyenne Saloon
12:00pm – 1:30pm:
BMI presents The Business of Music
moderated by: Arthur D. Sims • Rosen College
Lou Plaia • Reverbnation.com founder
Brandon Mauldin • Conway Entertainment Group
Stephanie Christie • Stephanie Christie Management
Jeff Hanson • Silent Majority Management
Melissa Garcia • Whitesmith Entertainment
Andrew Lane • Drew Wright Music
Ethan Curtis • Plush Studios
2:00pm – 3:30pm:
BMI presents Book My Band
moderated by: Tom Player • Player Entertainment Law
Mike Feinberg • Subversive/Form Acosta
Alec Vidmar • UTA Agency
Joan Lee • APA Agency
Dan Larson • Soundslinger / Okeechobee Festival
Jesse Stoll • AEG presents
Dave Marren • JOOX Music / Alliance Events
Chris Goyzeta • Ever 7 Management
Friday, April 21st
UCF Rosen College Campus (Darden Auditorium)
11:00am – 12:00pm:
Keynote Interview featuring Kevin Lyman
A conversation and audience Q&A with the founder of The Warped Tour, a seminal figure in the concert touring business and the man that has believes in youth onstage and off.
12:00pm – 1:30pm:
Festival Roundtable featuring Kevin Lyman, Dan Larson & David Beame
A candid dialogue between the minds behind The Warped Tour, Okeechobee Festival and Global Citizens movement worldwide. Followed by audience Q&A.
1:30pm – 2:30pm:
BMI presents The Business of Music
moderated by: Arthur D. Sims • Rosen College
Jim Mallonee • House of Blues / Live Nation
Colleen Flynn • Hard Rock Live
Brandon Mauldin • Conway Entertainment Group
Alec Vidmar • UTA Agency
Joan Lee • APA Agency
Lou Plaia • Reverbnation.com founder


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More than 500 researchers, federal contractors and venture capitalists are expected in the Reno-Sparks area next week to attend a business, energy and technology conference.
The convention entitled "Re-Energizing America" runs Monday through Thursday at John Ascuaga's Nugget in Sparks. It will include workshops intended to help businesses access more than $2 billion in federal grants and contracts for energy-efficient technologies.
The sponsors and exhibitors include Boeing, Lockheed Martin, NASA, the Desert Research Institute, Nevada Commission on Economic Development and the U.S. Departments of Defense, Energy and Homeland Security.


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