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The unusual blend of reality and fantasy found in the novels of Gabriel García Márquez can be transferred to Hollywood's big screen with palpable realism. But translating the literary style known as magical realism into the language of the stage isn't so easy. Like Greek tragedy, grand opera prefers the superhuman to the human, the mythical to the mundane.
Four seasons after its world premiere here, Houston Grand Opera has revived Mexican composer Daniel Catán's Florencia en el Amazonas, an unusual Spanish-language opera about a small party that journeys along the Amazon River toward a legendary opera house in Brazil. The tale is derived in part from Márquez's fantastical book Love in the Time of Cholera. Piecing together bizarre, slightly surreal happenings in the life of average folks still presents a challenge for Francesca Zambello, who conceived the original 1996 production.
In translating the supernatural elements written into Marcela Fuentes-Berain's libretto, the HGO creative team must have struggled with the obvious limitations of the stage. Still, their choice of props to represent key motifs connected to nature and the Amazon prove disappointing. Fortunately, conductor Patrick Summers's confident handling of the cast and HGO Orchestra and Andrew Morton's expert direction of the ensemble scenes undercut the distortion of some fantastical elements.
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Set during the early 1900s, Florencia follows a small party of travelers aboard a steamboat that travels along the Amazon bound for the celebrated opera house in Manaus, Brazil. The passengers include a bickering middle-aged couple, Paula (American mezzo-soprano Suzanna Guzmán) and Alvaro (American baritone Hector Vasquez); Rosalba (American soprano Ana Maria Martinez), a journalist working on a biography of famed opera diva Florencia Grimaldi (American soprano Patricia Schuman); as well as Grimaldi herself, who is traveling incognito.
In making the journey, Grimaldi hopes to reunite with Cristóbal, a butterfly hunter she once loved but then abandoned to the jungle in favor of her career. Riolobo (American bass-baritone Mark S. Doss), a supernatural spirit of the Amazon, acts as the narrator who conveys the travelers' motives, fears and desires, and reminds us that the journey itself is also an interior, psychological one for Grimaldi and the others.
Although it eventually grows static, set designer Robert Israel's rotating steamship effectively communicates movement downriver. But as the story slips into the fantastical realm, the production occasionally falls short. Killer piranhas are represented by camouflaged dancing "river" characters who carry flags painted with garish red fishes. While the movements of the river people are well choreographed by Angela Scimonelli, their props corrupt the mood. Rather than inspire fear, they project a cartoonish image.
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In another scene, square boxes with cutouts of the sun and moon detract from lighting designer Paul Pyant's multicolored horizons. And what's supposed to be cherry-colored rain appears instead as glittering bits of confetti, and as such, shatter the mystical illusion that builds during a perilous lightning storm.
What redeems this cascade of ill-chosen props is Pyant's use of vivid hues and dappled effects, which manage to preserve the illusive qualities of the story. Also satisfying is English director Morton's clever staging, which comically juxtaposes the quibbling Paula and Alvaro against the budding romance between Rosalba and the captain's nephew, Arcadio (former HGO studio member Chad Shelton).
Memorable musical moments include the well-timed comic strains of Guzmán and Vasquez at their most miserable. As Rosalba, Martinez's soprano sounds especially alluring in her duets with Shelton, whose facile tenor converts his frustration with riverboat life into fiery expressions of love for the journalist. Schuman's carefully modulated soprano balances melancholy moods early on with hopeful optimism toward the story's end. The timbre of Doss's bass-baritone nicely evokes a mythical world of conjuring spirits and surreal adventure. He easily fits into the type of supernatural character that has paraded on the stage for three centuries.
Unlike those who adapt magical realism to film, theater producers struggle to find a way to render the real alongside the surreal. For all of its visual confusion, Catán's tuneful opera, with its hypnotic instrumental coloring, achieves a sort of primacy that no props or set design can ruin.


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Mesut Özil voted as the worst player tonight by German TV audience. Really?— dan_bu (@dan_bu) June 22, 2012
Voting the player with the best ideas on the field - and that's exactly what Ozil always is unless he happens to be on the same field as Iniesta and Messi - the worst performance of the match is beyond blinkered. So what if not every brilliant flick, through ball or volley came off? Ozil put the Greeks under pressure for the full 90 minutes, and was the primary reason they had to drop their line 10 yards deeper than they wanted to within the first 15 minutes of the game. Germany set up shop in Greece's penalty area, and the German No. 8 is the primary reason why.
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Kid Cudi Shoves Fan Off Stage at Houston Concert
By Matthew Jacobs
Most artists rely on security to tame unruly fans during concerts. Not Kid Cudi, who is perfectly capable of handling that himself, as evidenced at the rapper's Houston gig.
Cudi was performing "Cudi Zone" when the incident occurred. Clad in a space-suit onesie with flames erupting behind him, the rapper appears fully immersed in his performance until, out of nowhere, a man is spotted making his way across the stage. Without missing a beat, Cudi hurls his way toward the man and shoves him repeatedly until the fan tumbles to the floor. By that point, security guards can be seen dashing across the stage to intervene. "Not on my watch," Cudi declares as he turns back to the crowd.
The rapper already had a reputation for lashing out at boisterous fans, including punching someone who tossed a wallet onto the stage at a 2009 show. We'd say this is comparatively tamer, but still — security is on hand for a reason, so let's bring it back down to Earth, Cudder.


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While most folks in Washington fled the summer heat and humidity for the August recess, a little-known special interest stayed behind to plot strategy. And so far it's working like gangbusters.
The National Cotton Council of America lobbies on behalf of cotton producers, ginners, warehousemen, merchants, crushers, cooperatives and manufacturers. During the recess, "King Cotton" declared war on Rep. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture. And last week, it paid off.
The Council's efforts were instrumental in defeating in committee Roberts' attempt to end 60 years of failed New Deal agriculture policies. His farm-reform bill, the "Freedom to Farm Act of 1995," would have ended a special deal cotton producers enjoy. By allowing them to receive federal crop-support payments as three separate entities -- as individuals, corporations and partnerships, for example -- a mile-wide loophole in the current farm program lets cotton producers pull down two-and-a-half times the national average per-capita income.
Roberts' plan was simple: Get the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of the business of deciding what farmers grow on their farms, and instead let individual farmers decide what they want to plant based on what they think they can grow profitably for markets around the world. The bill also would have eliminated the various government-reserve programs that encourage farmers to idle potentially productive farm land.
Of course, since the Roberts bill would have cut off the money spigot for the Cotton Council, an army of lobbyists descended on the capitol. The Council insisted that nothing less than keeping the status quo was "acceptable." In a recent "Action Request," the Council urged its members to tell their congressmen that Roberts' bill "abandons U.S. agriculture, will depress land values and will discourage new investment."
In fact, the American Farm Bureau Federation estimates farmers would have actually gained more than $7 billion extra over seven years as a result of the Roberts bill than they would under the current farm program. This is because the Roberts plan would have provided generous transition payments to help farmers switch from the current system to a free market, and because of increased sales as farmers were freed from federal limits on how much they can plant.
Of course, the battle isn't over -- the House Budget Committee may take up farm reform next. It's members should be interested in a report released earlier this year by the General Accounting Office (GAO), which characterized the cotton program as a costly, complex maze of domestic and international price supports that benefit a small group of wealthy cotton producers. Cost to the taxpayers: more than $12 billion since 1986.
A privileged 300 cotton producers received between $250,000 and $1 million apiece in taxpayer dollars in 1993, and about 2,000 got between $100,000 and $250,000, thanks to the cotton loophole, according to GAO. The rest of the cotton industry's 95,000 participants have little to show from this sweetheart deal with Washington.
In fact, if the majority of America's cotton farmers knew the truth, they would be outraged. It so happens that of the 35 board members who attended the Council's June meeting in Charlotte, N.C. -- the group pushing hardest for the status quo -- only five actually were cotton farmers. The rest were ginners, warehousemen, merchants, crushers, heads of cooperatives, and manufacturers. In other words, 86 percent of the Cotton Council's top leaders don't even grow cotton. The processors and marketers who fill the majority of the board's seats want to keep nearly $1 billion in payments the Roberts bill would give to actual cotton growers to help them transition to a free market.
A simple question needs to be asked: Why does the government even have a price-support program for cotton at all? The argument typically put forward for having agricultural price-support programs is so that America will have "a stable food supply." But cotton isn't food. Besides, worldwide demand for cotton is at record levels. Cotton prices are higher than they have been at any time since the Civil War.
Like so many government programs, the cotton subsidy, originally intended to help small farmers, has turned into another special-interest boondoggle. Pat Roberts took a courageous stand against corporate special interests who have wrapped themselves over the years in federal largesse, and lost.
Now the House Republican leadership should give the Budget Committee a shot at deciding whether American farmers will be set free to compete in world markets, or stay chained to the special interests.
Note: John Frydenlund is former director of the Agricultural Policy Project at The Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based public policy research institute.
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Perimeter Loop Hike is a 24.3 mile loop trail located near Mount Hamilton, California that features a lake. The trail is rated as difficult and primarily used for hiking, walking, and trail running. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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This loop hike across parallel ridges of Joseph D. Grant County Park offers sweeping views of the wild, mountainous terrain nearby and occasionally looks out over the southern end of Silicon Valley to the west. You'll see the usual Grant County Park attractions -- wildflowers in spring, tarantulas in the fall, raptors and coyotes all year -- while joining the elite few who have finished one of the Bay Area's most strenuous hikes. Best done in winter when the weather's cool but the trails aren't muddy (provided you can hike this many miles before sunset). Next-best time is spring, when the hills are green and the wildflowers are out. It's too hot in summer, and probably not worth risking in fall if you can't carry enough water for the entire day. This route goes to Antler Point, highest in the park; climbs Washburn trail, steepest in the park; and follows a long stretch of the Bay Area Ridge Trail, which has some of the best views.


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7 But if nthe ministry of death, owritten and engraved on stones, was glorious, pso that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, 8 how will qthe ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? 9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry rof righteousness exceeds much more in glory.


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Suspect 1: Black male, 20 years, 5'10" 160lbs. Black hooded sweatshirt, a collared shirt with horizontal stripes, blue jeans, and black shoes.
On October 26, 2007, at 2220 hours, the victi who is confined to a wheelchair, was riding the Muni T line in the area of 26th / 3rd St. The above pictured suspect approached the victim from behind and grabbed a bag from vicitm's lap and fled the train.


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The Sixers signed James Nunnally to a 10-day contract on Sunday, according to a league source. They released reserve point guard Eric Maynor to make room on the 15-man roster.
Nunnally is a 6-foot-7 forward for the Texas Legends of the NBA Developmental League. The Sixers acquired Maynor from Washington in a three-team trade on Feb. 20. He averaged 3.8 points, 1.5 assists and 1.5 turnovers in eight games with the Sixers.


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While the Los Angeles Review of Books won't officially launch until late 2011, the literary criticism publication unveiled a preview site today.
The site opened with "The Death of the Book" by Ben Ehrenreich. The site will be updated with daily content, including Geoff Nicholson writing about silent film star Buster Keaton, Jane Smiley exploring the work of novelist and biographer Nancy Mitford, and Jefferson Hunter writing about private detective novelist Ross Macdonald and oil spills.
Here's more about the new site: "The complete Los Angeles Review of Books site, launching in late 2011, will be much more complex and multidimensional, featuring reviews and essays, reader discussion forums, video of author interviews and events, an IMDB style archival reference database for the book world, and much more, taking full advantage of the latest web technologies. Reviews of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, memoir, philosophy, art, science fiction, young adult, children's and more, will have multiple links leading through the site, allowing readers to follow their inclinations into new territories, finding new books, authors, and genres."


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For an auto-parts company, Midas-International used to be a remarkable place to work. At its Chicago headquarters, Bach chamber music wafted from hidden loudspeakers, while Technicolor-plumed finches twittered in a giant cage. The boss, bumper-bald Gordon Sherman, 43, was in the office round the clock some daysand other days scarcely at all. A man of intense energy and occasional brilliance, he often worked at home, where he also liked to tend his orchids and hummingbirds or tootle his oboe and English horn. Occasionally he held executive meetings at a zoo, or in the office by candlelight. "A certain truth...
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Kai Ryssdal: Onward now to the actual economy, the one that exists outside the Washington Beltway and those weeks of debt ceiling discussions. Surely now that there's a deal, it's time to break out the champagne, toast the end of uncertainty, onward and upward, all that?!
Yeah, no. Let's not get carried away. Investors certainly didn't today. We got fresh evidence of our economic quandary this morning. And there's some hand-wringing about whether this debt deal that we got and the deficit cutting that comes with it are good for what ails us.
Marketplace's Jeff Horwich has that story.
Jeff Horwich: Sorry to dim the post-deal-making glow, but it's bad out there. Last week, we learned GDP is barely growing. Today we found out a major index of U.S. manufacturing is slowing down. Here's economist Sean Incremona of 4Cast.
Sean Incremona: To be frank, it was a terrible number. It really only shows that there was marginal expansion in the manufacturing industry -- which, as the sector that the economy is sort of relying on to pull itself out, is very disappointing.
And here's Frank Fantozzi of Planned Financial Services, with some more pick-me-ups.
Frank Fantozzi: Slow growth in consumer spending, depressed conditions in the housing sector, dismal employment reports over the last two of three months. You still have limited access to credit for households and small business.
Whatever the merits of the debt ceiling plan, few people are touting it as a solution to the present malaise. Some economists argue federal spending and borrowing do weigh on the economy, and reigning them in is an important step to restoring business confidence. Others say cutting the deficit in the midst of a wilting recovery is about the worst thing we could do.
Mike Konczal is a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.
Mike Konczal: The bigger problem is we really need the opposite of it -- we need to expand the deficit, through hiring people to do things, through short-term targeted tax cut to put money in people's pockets; spending more money to rebuild this country and get the economy going.
Former Federal Reserve Governor Randy Kroszner, now at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, says whether the deal is a job killer or a job creator depends on the execution. In particular, he says it could be a boon if it leads to real reform of the tax system.
Randy Kroszner: The structure could be implemented in a way that will lead to pro-growth and pro-jobs tax reforms. Or it potentially could be implemented in a botched way which doesn't build any credibility.
And while government may be tying its hands in terms of further stimulating the economy with money, Kroszner says there are other critical things it can do -- like advancing free trade agreements held up by the debt ceiling debate.
I'm Jeff Horwich for Marketplace.


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Posted: Nov 02, 2011 at 11:08 AM (Last Updated: Nov 15, 2011 at 1:30 PM)Tevolution's take on the classic mixture of black tea and lemon is well-executed,but fairly standard, both in terms of flavor and branding. And that seems to be exactly what they were striving to create, with the bigger purpose of this product being an emphasis on charity (they give 25 cents to charity when you submit a code found under the label). However, our feeling is that consumers are not going to be compelled to switch to an "adequate" product to participate in this type of campaign. That said, we'd like to see a more developed and appealing brand than what they've created so far (it lacks a personality that consumers can associate with). With the success of the charitable efforts ultimately being predicated on sales of the product, we think that making the brand feel like something that could stand on its own will help the real purpose of the drink more than promotion of the cause itself. Overall, a very novel concept, but further developing the product's identity will help it achieve its goals.


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by Marc Bastow | October 24, 2012 7:30 am
For investors needing retirement stocks in their portfolios, one rule stands out, especially in times like these with the recent tumbles and dips: Slow and steady wins the race.
Now may just be a great time to buttress damaged portfolios with names beyond the usual (and worthwhile) stalwarts such as Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM[1]), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ[2]) and Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO[3]).
What we're looking for are names within an industry that are perhaps a bit down on disappointing news, but not the kind that might sink the boat. We need to find stocks where the drop in price provides a nice entry point, and very nice, steady dividend yields.
So, where should we go prospecting? Well, how about in the machinery, farming and engine businesses? The overall machinery and power technology industry is certainly staggering a bit, as companies retool their earnings guidance based on a multitude of factors. Among them: falling worldwide commodity prices and demand, drought in the U.S. heartland and abroad, and the dicey economy in China — with far worse in Europe.
But don't despair. These conditions also creating some good buys for your retirement portfolio. I can think of at least three solid players, all of which will reward your patience: Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT[4]), Deere (NYSE:DE[5]) and Cummins (NYSE:CMI[6]).
Let's take a look:
As the world's largest producer of heavy equipment, Caterpillar is in a unique position as both market leader and industry bellwether. CAT announce[8]d strong third-quarter earnings on Monday, posting EPS up almost 50% from second quarter, with sales up 9% in North America and 8% in Asia on a quarter-over-quarter basis. Sounds great, right?
Well, yes. But Caterpillar also announced lowered guidance for the year[9] and almost into 2015. The company is looking at much slower growth based on a global economic expansion rate of 2.5%. So, while the stock rose a tad after a quick drop, it's still trading well below it's 52-week high.
Here's the good news: CAT pays a dividend of 52 cents per quarter with a 2.44% dividend yield, on a stock trading at a measly 8x trailing earnings. CAT has paid a dividend since 1914, and despite the current slowdown, that history should continue.
Deere (NYSE:DE[5]) is the world's largest farm machine producer (notice the pattern?), and it's also big in construction and earth-moving equipment. Deere missed earnings estimates[10] in the third quarter by nearly 17%, and won't announce fourth-quarter results until November. But like CAT, it telegraphed lowered expectations for fiscal 2012, with net income expected to come in around $200 million below analyst estimates.
Deere generates nearly 60% of its revenues from the U.S. and Canada, but it's trying to get into China, Brazil and India, markets where tractor usage isn't nearly as widespread as in North America. The problem is that, at least in the case of China, the economy is slowing. But the bottom line is people need to eat, and tractor technology can make large-scale crop and food production more efficient.
So, while you wait for these markets to ripen, Deere will provide you with a dividend of 46 cents per share per quarter, and with a P/E of 11x trailing earnings and a 2.14% dividend yield, it's a good time to take a nice long look.
An InvestorPlace Real America Index[11] component, Cummins (NYSE:CMI[6]) is the world's leading (there's that moniker again) diesel engine manufacturer, which also happens to manufacture power-generation equipment like generators, both small and humungous.
Like the other two companies, Cummins came through its most recent earnings release a little bit wobbly, warning investors that it expects revenue to be approximately $17 billion compared to previous guidance of $18 billion. It also estimated EBIT to be approximately 13.5%, compared to prior guidance of 14.25% to 14.75%.
CMI has basically acknowledged that growth will be slow, and it's taking steps to reduce costs[12], including planned work-week reductions, shutdowns at some manufacturing facilities and targeted workforce reductions of up to 1,500 employees by year-end.
The stock is trading well below its 52-week high of nearly $130 per share. With the warnings weighing on the stock, now is a great time to get in at an entry price of just over $90 a share. Keep in mind that a 50-cent dividend gets you a 2.16% dividend yield. Not too shabby for a 9x trailing earnings opportunity.
One caveat: It might pay to wait just a little bit more because Cummins announces earnings on Oct. 30, and a bigger window might open soon thereafter.
Marc Bastow is an Assistant Editor at InvestorPlace.com. As of this writing he is long XOM and JNJ.
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Report: NFL insistent on HGH testing in new agreement
As if there weren't enough back-and-forth, he said/he said between the NFL and the NFL Players' Association, now there's today's news that the league is insisting that testing for human growth hormone be part of a new collective bargaining agreement.
Alex Marvez of FoxSPorts.com spoke with NFL vice president and general counsel Adolpho Birch, who oversees the league's drug-testing program. Birch said that the league feels testing for HGH is a "necessary" component of a new CBA.
"We want it. We think it's necessary. We're going to ensure that it's done," Birch said. "That's something very important to us and the integrity of our game. We believe some of the basis for going slowly on it before has been addressed. At this point, it's proper for it to be an active part of our program."
According to Birch, the NFL had discussed the matter with NFLPA representatives before labor talks ended on March 11.
An NFLPA source did not confirm or deny that testing-related discussions had taken place, telling FoxSports.com that an agreement for HGH testing "would have to be part of settlement discussions with the class," referring to the attorneys representing 10 NFL players in an antitrust lawsuit against the league.
The NFLPA decertified as a union hours before the previous CBA expired in anticipation of an NFL lockout.
Under the now-expired CBA, human growth hormone is banned but not tested for in the NFL. Part of the reason is that HGH can only be detected through blood testing. The late NFLPA executive director Gene Upshaw, writes Marvez, resisted blood testing for the players he represented – in part, he said, because of a fear of needles.
"We've got a lot of big, tough guys, but even they don't like to be pricked on the finger to give blood," Upshaw said.
Currently, there is no urine test that can reliably detect HGH; the substance is thought to help accelerate healing, increase muscle mass and lower body fat.
Patriots fans will remember that safety Rodney Harrison was suspended for the first four games of the 2007 season after admitting to purchasing HGH; Harrison told the media that he took the drug to accelerate the healing process from injuries he sustained while playing football and never to gain a competitive edge.
The International Olympic Committee began blood testing in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and currently it is tested for at baseball minor league levels but not the Major League.


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Beltangady: Kishan (14), son of Kinni of Nelligudde of Kashipatna village, had been critically injured in a lorry-bike collision that took place near his house earlier this week.
Pawan, who was riding the bike with Kishan in pillion, was also severely injured and had a fracture too. Both of them were admitted to a hospital in Mangaluru.
The mishap has been blamed on the driver of the lorry who drove rashly while arriving from Shirtady.
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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The annual Cape Fear Comedy Festival kicks off tonight with a big performance by headliner and superstar comedian Judy Gold.
The laughs begin at downtown Wilmington's City Stage, and the fun continues all weekend as comics take the stage at various venues around town to give comedy lovers a good laugh.
This is the fifth year the event has hit the Cape Fear area, bringing together dozens of the area's funniest comics, all to keep audiences in stitches over their humor.
Timmy Sherrill, who makes the festival possible each year, stopped by Good Morning Carolina to tell everyone what to expect. Watch the full interview to hear all about it, or check out showtimes and ticket information at capefearcomedyfestival.com.


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Jason Maas will officially be announced as the new quarterback of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats today.
The Sun has learned the paperwork for the trade has been forwarded to the CFL head office, with the deal being formally unveiled today.
The trade involves Maas going to Hamilton with QB Danny McManus, offensive lineman Tim Bakker and the first pick in next year's Canadian college draft coming to Edmonton.
However, Maas will not be in Steeltown this afternoon. Instead he will remain in Edmonton waiting to fly with his daughter to Indiana tomorrow for a previously planned vacation.
To no one's surprise, the Eskimo organization is remaining tight-lipped on the trade.
"I can't confirm or deny the trade will be consummated," said Dave Jamieson, the Eskimos' director of communications and marketing late yesterday.
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats' brass is also declining to confirm the deal.
When the trade is announced it will end months of speculation. As Edmonton's backup QB, Maas repeatedly faced questions this fall about his future as rumours circulated.
The rumour mill hit its peak this week.
Along with constant talk of the McManus-Bakker-draft pick scenario, a report from eastern Canada stated the Toronto Argos and Saskatchewan Roughriders made a major effort to pry Maas from the Green and Gold.
One reported rumour suggests the Argos offered six-time all-star punter/kicker Noel Prefontaine and two other players to the Eskimos in a straight exchange for Maas.
This marks the first time Maas has ever been traded, but it's the third stop in his professional career.
After signing with the NFL's Baltimore Ravens and appearing in one preseason game in 1999, he moved north to play six years in Edmonton.
The 30-year-old Wisconsin native leaves the Eskimos while sitting eighth on the team's all-time list for passing yards and passing touchdowns.


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"Congress-these, for the most part, illiterate hacks whose fancy vests are spotted with gravy and whose speeches, hypocritical, unctuous and slovenly, are spotted also with the gravy of political patronage."
"Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret."
"In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons."
"Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field, this product of human activity requires still more labor, incessant, tireless labor, to maintain its identity as a ''work'' of man."
"The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at any rate, a greater humanity than the European, which even among its beggars has an all too professional air."
"The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth; like canasta, it does away with the brother of talk after dinner."
"I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that. . . you really must make the self."


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"The basis for Richard Melville Hall -- and for Moby -- is that supposedly Herman Melville was my great-great-great-granduncle."
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"I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel's suitcase."
"We've scouted Central Catholic twice and they've changed their system from last season. They've moved their post player (Herman) to the wing, maybe because of graduation. They've lost some talent and aren't of the same caliber they were last year. But that doesn't mean they don't have talent."


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PICAYUNE — Picayune Mayor Ed Pinero Jr. has endorsed a proposal for a 1-cent countywide sales tax, which would also be applied in the Pearl River County's two municipalities, Picayune and Poplarville.
The tax was initially proposed by county Supervisor Anthony Hales Sr.
Pinero tells the Picayune Item his support depends on whether or not a portion of the sales tax would be used to partially offset property taxes paid by homeowners as proposed by Hales.
Board of Supervisors president J. Patrick Lee has said he was amenable to placing a nonbinding resolution on the tax proposal on the November general election ballot to learn how Pearl River County voters feel about Hales' proposal.


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Zachary Green performed well at the New Level Athletics Elite 7on7 in Las Vegas and the Los Angeles NIKE Camp so the Ventura (Calif.) St. Bonaventure running back hopes to see his recruitment take off soon.
"I was doing really well," Green said of the NIKE Camp. "I felt like I got it after the passing drills. Michael Hutchings called me out in front of everyone and I went up and I just jammed him. After that I was just killing it the whole day.
"I'm getting more comfortable. I'm hopeful my recruitment picks up and I think this will help it a lot."
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Green, a 5-foot-9, 210-pound three-star prospect, is visiting Arizona this weekend and then will take an unofficial trip to USC as well. The Wildcats have offered and Green said USC, Alabama, LSU and Boston College are all showing interest.
The upcoming trips to Arizona and USC could be crucial as Green's recruitment moves forward.
"I'm really excited because (USC) is down on running backs this year, too, so I could actually get some playing time," Green said. "The last few years they were stacked at running back but now they need some so that's a real consideration to go there.
"(Arizona) was the first to offer me and I've talked to the coaches and they said they're taking three running backs this year. I have to see my choices."
Green's plan is to wait things out until after spring practice at his high school. That way college coaches can come see him work out and the three-star running back will figure out if he's going to land any other offers.
At this point, the Ventura St. Bonaventure standout would like to make his decision sometime before the season.
"After spring practice when all the coaches come out and everything and somebody offers I'll make my decision after spring practice is over and before the season starts," Green said. "I want to give the coaches time to come out and see me."


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Water found on Moon
There's an old Russia song that goes, "There could be apple trees on Mars". That might be the stuff of a legend, but a recent discovery of water frozen in the pools of Earth's closest neighbor, the Moon, means the idea of growing trees in space may not be so farfetched. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter discovered the presence of water ice in polar craters that sit in the Sun's shadow and Russia's Space Research Institute is developing the Lunar Globe Probe which will examine the content of that water and whether it can support life. It's been some 41 years since the last time that human being scuffed lunar soil. But Igor Mitrofanov is the Head of the Lunar Program at Russia's Space Research Institute. He says there's a new focus in getting people there.
"There's a large difference between the lunar exploration in the 20th century and in the current century. I think that Moon projects of the last century were mainly motivated by the political competition between two major space states. I remember that President Kennedy said once that he would never give even single buck for the Moon exploration if it were only for science. I think that in this century people probably begin to consider Moon more pragmatically, but they're considering that probably Moon will be important part of the future civilization."
Lunar Globe 1 will be the first of four missions planned before the creation of a fully robotic lunar base. The orbiter will have a payload of 120 kg which will include astrophysics equipment, dust monitors and plasma sensors to study ultrahigh energy cosmic rays.
"Polar regions have never been visited before, so study of these regions, study of the possibilities of resources utilization is the objective of Moon exploration in this century."
The long-term goal is for permanent manned mission to the Moon as a stepping stone to further space exploration. In 2016 it's hoped that the Lunar Globe 2 orbiter will be launched and in the following year a landing module with huge range of scientific equipment including a rover will be ready.
"Because if people will decide to build sometime space stations on the Moon, it is very important that water is there. Using this natural resource people may develop oxygen for breathing. H2O water just to have something to drink and also though various chemical process we may produce the fuel for the rockets."
But it's not just scientists going for a moon shot. Sergei Kostenko is the head of the Moscow office of Space Adventures. That's a U.S. company that already sent seven people to the international space station, including the first-ever space tourist Denis Tito. It currently offers suborbital and orbital flights. But he says that the next logical step is to take tourists to circumnavigate the Moon within five years.
"The Moon will be the first point for humankind in the space. It's not far – just three days of flying. So probably Moon will be first stop in the space for people. Just to create circumlunar mission complex and to fly around the Moon – it's like the first step, the entrance to our Moon odyssey. And we still don't have plans to build something on the Moon – maybe in the future."
Also possible is the idea of a roundtrip to Mars, as put forward by the space tourist Denis Tito.
"I like this concept – inspiration Mars, it's very clever to inspire people for something new, for new technology and so it's not easy to realize this project, but it's feasible. My opinion is that it takes a lot of energy, takes a lot of money, but in five years theoretically it's feasible."
There have been setbacks in Russia's space program. The most recent was a botched launch of a Telecom's satellite last year, while in 2011 the Fobos-Grunt probe got stuck in the Earth's orbit and crashed into the Pacific Ocean, but Igor Mitrofanov from Russia's Space Institute says that lessons have been learned. It's important to remember that the Moon is not really that far away.
"We all agree that it's probably too early to send humans to Mars. What we have to do is that we have to start this in the vicinity of the Moon. I'd say that if Moon is our island, Mars is another continent. So we have to cross a large ocean of space between Earth and Mars. And in case of Moon it's so close, it's just three days of flight. Probably by train to Vladivostok it will take longer than by spacecraft to Moon."
And it'll be Russia's Far East where the Lunar Globe will leave off with a launch to take place at the Vostochny Spaceport.


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Well, it's not perfect by any means, but I got it finished!! Unfortunately the red material (which I pre-washed, but obviously not enough) bled. You can see it settled in the quilted "x" on a couple of the squares....oh well, I would make another t-shirt rag quilt again any time! It was fun and my daughter really likes it.
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Minnesota's Otter Tail County braces for flooding
High water table conditions, above normal rainfall over the past year, and heavy snowfall this winter may result in significant spring flooding in Otter Tail County. The Otter Tail County Emergency Operations Team is urging all residents to prepare for the possibility of significant spring flooding. Areas that have not typically experienced flooding in the past may be vulnerable this spring. During a flood, the Federal Emergency Management Agency recommends that you:
Install and maintain a sump pump
Have your furnace, water heater and electrical panels elevated (if susceptible to flooding)
Install "check valves" in sewer traps to prevent flood water from backing up into the drains of your home
Construct barriers (levees, beams, floodwalls) to stop floodwater from entering buildings -- call the Otter Tail County Land and Resource Department at (218) 998-8095 for information on proper construction
Seal walls in basement with waterproofing compounds to avoid seepage
Anchor fuel tanks (indoors and outdoors) to prevent contamination and damage to property
Familiarize yourself with the process of turning off the electricity and gas to your home (this may be necessary in the case of a flood)
Move important documents, valuables, and irreplaceable items to a second story (if possible)
Store household chemicals (from your home, garage, and out buildings) above flood levels
Consider purchasing flood insurance -- keep in mind that many policies require a waiting period before flood insurance goes into effect, so do not postpone your purchase
Always have emergency supply kits on hand, including:
1. A three day supply of water (one gallon per person per day), non-perishable food (with a manual can opener), and infant formula (if applicable)
2. A first aid kit (which includes prescription medications) and personal hygiene products
3. A battery powered radio, flashlight, and extra batteries
4. A waterproof container filled with dry clothing and dry matches


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SHould we ban these?
I understand a bit the gist of most of them but we can't moderate if there is issues.
As an example, the last post by Zamolxis108 looks suspicious to me, not bad language per say, but condescendant. Yet it may be perfectly fine. Who am I to say?
SHould we ban these?
I understand a bit the gist of most of them but we can't moderate if there is issues.
As an example, the last post by Zamolxis108 looks suspicious to me, not bad language per say, but condescendant. Yet it may be perfectly fine. Who am I to say?
If you can't understand it, I certainly can't. I don't think we can properly moderate a thread like this on an english speaking forum. I had asked previously for a thread to continue in english to give everyone a chance to join, and the thread died. No reason to keep this one going, so I locked it.
I would however like to hear some feedback on what some of our private members feel about a decision like this. That would help in further decisions that affect the forums.
Ok, I talked to another person who has a great deal of experience with this sort of thing and she said give them a chance and let them have fun. Only close if there are reported problems. So I reopened the thread.
( I can be such a newbie )
I know this a bit of a stretch to say, but I think that was the most hare-brained idea for a thread yet over there on the public board. Now if they wanted a Russian thread or a Romanian thread or something like that, a thread for one particular language, that would almost make sense (still no reason why they can't take it somewhere else, however.) But a tower of Babel thread where anything goes except the one language that people are the best off using if they want to be understood in an international setting, that's not much more than an excuse to make annoying, pointless posts. Though I can see how they think it's cute in a way (so I went ahead and joined in...)

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I know this a bit of a stretch to say, but I think that was the most hare-brained idea for a thread yet over there on the public board.

I think he took it from the CH board, where there is such a thread. Basically, there you would see different languages taking turns of being the one discussed in since, so when one discussion in a particular language died, another one in another language would soon start. It has the advantage of not cluttering the forum with a plethora of one language threads that dies after a while.
Whether it's good from a mod's point of view would most likely depend on the forum- there is seldom much to do in that regard over at CH anyway, since people there are usually polite.
It's true that things would get cluttered up pretty badly if there were a thread for every other language, it's just in this case I don't see whay bother posting here in the first place if you only want a few of all the people posting here to be able to understand it. It just seemed to me like the thread was made as a reaction against the impression that we are arbitrarily being forced to use English when actually that's simply the practical thing to do when a lot more people from all over the world know English than Russian or French, for example. Like Devilish Gring said, why segregate yourself unnecessarily? It just seems pointless to me.
So here is the problem, do we stop the thread that no one can read, or do we keep it going because we know no one can understand it. I have been using a translator, and did not get the impression that the Russian posts were that bad. But than we all know the reliability of Babel fish . Alote of slang would not get translated and meanings may not be right.
So the dilema, if the bad language was in english, I know everyone may be offended, but since it is in Russian, is anyone really affected. I told them to contact a mod if there are any problems. I can trust you Astor (could you send me an actual translation via the systems messageing system so I can findout what I have been translating), but maybe we should wait until it becomes a problem over there. What do you think Kingo? Did I make any sense?


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Skip to comments.Waste Management Case Finally Ends
Posted on 01/04/2008 7:53:45 PM PST by em2vn
The former CFO of Waste Management must pay more than $4 million as part of a final SEC judgment on one of the largest accounting frauds of the 1990s.
The judgment also permanently bars James Koenig from acting as an officer or director of a public company and enjoins him from future violations of the antifraud and other provisions of the federal securities laws.
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Some of those "good times" that were enjoyed under Clintons watch.
I believe the 1992 to 1997 time frame would fit entirely within the span of the Clinton administration.
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text: Irish essayist Jonathan Swift is famous for having said, "He was a bold man that first ate an oyster." But to those of Western persuasion, oysters are the most common animal often eaten raw and alive. In fact, oysters are considered the healthiest when eaten raw on the half shell.


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TORRANCE, Calif., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- After years of conflicting stories, a California man admits killing his wife, but insists it was an accident.
Over 32, Michael Lubhan Clark told authorities a number of conflicting stories about the 1981 disappearance of his wife Carol from their Torrance home. After being convicted of her murder, Clark returned to court Monday and promised to show where he dumped her body, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.
Clark was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, and explained his actions in a Dec. 14 letter to his wife's mother, which Deputy Assistant District Attorney John Lewin read aloud in court.
Clark pushed his wife during an argument, and she struck her head on a coffee table, Clark's letter read.
Believing she was dead, he hid her in the garage, then sank her body in the Pacific Ocean near Rancho Palos Verde, Calif., with a cinder block as weight, Lewin said. Her body was never recovered.
Prosecutors said they do not believe Clark is telling the full truth yet.
His wife's sister, Terri Meyer Samuelson, said it is unlikely the body will ever be found.
"We found part of the truth today. No we want the other half," she said.


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In another report this week, we get good news. According to data from August, The Nielsen Company has determined that Android is the most popular mobile operating system among people who purchased a smartphone in the last 6 months. While this isn't shocking, Android sure covers a lot of devices, it is even more proof of what we saw happening as Android makes it's way to the number one mobile operating system.
Apple and RIM's Blackberry OS are now in a statistical dead heat for second. It's worth a note that the iPhone 4 was available for one month in this timeframe, it was launched in June.
Overall Blackberry still holds the top position with 31-percent of the market, Apple gaining ground at 28-percent, and Android at 19-percent. However, if you look at the graph below, which is operating system share, clearly Android is the one seeing the most growth among all mobile operating systems.
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The bridge to the Texas League championship series may be crossed today by the Springfield Cardinals, who can advance with a win against Northwest Arkansas' Naturals in a 2:10 p.m. start at Hammons Field.
It's easier said than done.
The Cardinals are matched opposite a left-hander they have never seen before, an arm who dropped in and then out of the league in mid-season, got packaged in a late July trade and then took up residency the past six weeks in the high Class A Carolina League.
But it's not just awkward for Springfield. Will Smith — the pitcher, not the movie star — takes the hill in what has to be one of the more awkward starts of his young career.
A seventh-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Angels in 2008 and acquired in the Alberto Callaspo trade with the Kansas City Royals, Smith is making his Naturals debut.
Funny thing, they haven't seen him this year, either.
But thanks to the Internet and a St. Louis Cardinals front official in town, the Cardinals believe they have some semblance of a scouting report on Smith, who struck out 51 in almost 55 innings the past six weeks, issuing only four walks.
"We'll have to make adjustments accordingly," Springfield manager Pop Warner said just after batting practice.
Those adjustments, of course, being based on scouting reports, four in all collected this season by the St. Louis scouting department and accessed late Saturday night by John Vuch, their director of minor league operations.
Warner is keeping the hot bat going — Jermaine Curtis is back batting leadoff a night after he made his Double-A leadoff debut, getting two hits and giving a flow to a stagnant offense — and hopes the scouting reports offer his stable of hitters something of an advantage.
"It gives you a little bit of a game plan," Warner said of the scouting reports. "But some game plans change. You can go by the book and then the guy come out and changes.
"But most lefties, you've got to stay on the ball anyway. There's not a whole lot that come inside. He might try to do that but he could go away."
Smith, who turned 21 in July, was rated No. 15 in the Angels system in Baseball America's preseason handbook. Seems standard-issue enough: Fastball ranges from 88 to 90 mph generally, and he adds and subtracts with it and apparently does the same on his curveball.
The same could be said, too, of Springfield's starter today, left-hander Nick Additon.
He won six of seven starts in late July/early August but has hit a rough stretch of late, owning a 8.37 earned run average in his past four starts.
Asked Saturday if he would have a short leash on Additon, should his lefty run into trouble, Warner cracked, "Don't they all have short leashes in the playoffs?"
But one name to keep in mind today is that of Kevin Thomas, a right-hander who spent all season at high Class A Palm Beach this season — winning 10 games, nine after shifting from the bullpen to starting rotation on June 21 — and made his Double-A debut in Game 1 of this series, getting a ground-ball out.
Thomas could be an interesting figure today, or Monday, should the series reach a winner-take-all Game 5 in Springdale, Ark.
He's 6-foot-3, 215 pounds and really developed his sinker, according to Warner, who spoke recently with his former pitching coach, Palm Beach's Brian Eversgerd.
Thomas was a 33rd-round draft pick in 2008 out Stephen F. Austin, or Steven Hill country, and has come a long way this year. Still doesn't quite have his changeup where he wants it, but the curveball is coming along and so is his confidence.
With that, here are the lineups:
NW Arkansas
Derrick Robinson, CF
Johnny Giavotella, 2B
Eric Hosmer, 1B
Clint Robinson, DH
Nick Van Stratten, RF
Paulo Orlando, LF
Manny Pina, C
Anthony Seratelli, 3B
Chris McConnell, SS
Vs. Springfield LHP Nick Additon (9-6, 4.43 ERA)
Jermaine Curtis, 2B
Pete Kozma, SS
Matt Carpenter, 3B
Andrew Brown, 1B
Aaron Luna, RF
Chris Swauger, LF
Xavier Scruggs, DH
Daryl Jones, CF
Nick Derba, C
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Profitability Efficiency Analysis of Methyl Bromide Fumigants and Mulch Systems Alternatives for Pepper Production in Georgia
With the goal of looking for the best fumigant substitute not only effective to production yield but more importantly to profitability and its excellent corresponding mulching option, this study used the complete factorial treatment analysis approach. Seven fumigant options and four mulching alternatives were included in the study and results showed that 1,3-dichloropropene plus chloropicrin and metam sodium (TELPICVAP) and smooth low density black on black polyethylene mulch (METAL) are the most profitable fumigant and mulch option.
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Here are some of the most talked about sensitive plants that respond to different stimulus.
Top 4 Plants That Are Sensitive:
1. Touch Me Not: This is probably one of the most famous shy plants. It is so well known that even the scientific name, Mimosa pudica might ring a well. It is known by different names like Tickle Me plant or Shame plant and there are also various species of this plant. The standard Touch me not plant is a legume from the bean family but it has an special trait. As soon as you touch the leaves, the shredded leaves droop or 'close in'. The leaves retract after a certain time interval that is different for different species (about ten minutes usually).
2. Sunflower: This is a flowering plant that is extremely photosensitive. Not only does the flower owe its name to the sun because it looks like it but also because it turns its head to face the fun wherever it is. If you map the turning of the flower from morning when the sun is in the east to the evening when it sets in the west, the movement is very apparent.
3. Water Lilies: This is shy plant of the night. This plant displays a phenomenon called nyctinasty that means 'movement at night'. If you notice, the petals of the water lilies close during the night. Even if there is bad weather and the sky clouds densely, the water lily will draw its petals together. This is an example of photo sensitivity but of another kind.
4. Venus Fly Trap: Contrary to popular notions this carnivorous plant is a great choice for indoor gardening. You will get rid of flies and mosquitoes without any chemicals and it is not strong enough to eat humans! This plant is sensitive to touch just like the Mimosa pudica but it doesn't close on touching, it swallows. It is in fact called the Venus Fly trap because it eats small insects like flies when the sit on its hairy flowers. It is not like these plants cannot survive without meat; you have to cultivate them in soggy soil to make them hunt.
Use these gardening tips to grow these sensitive plants in your garden. Not all of these you may consider appropriate for your apartment gardens but it is worth the try to experiment with a 'mobile' or 'sensitive' garden that is dynamic not stagnant.


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Hawks vs Bulls tonight. Our perfect record is on the line. You can enjoy a live blog of the game over at Za Za's Playground.
Drew was also big enough to give Mike Woodson credit for a job well done. I'm not there yet. Yes, I'm probably being petty, but still. I have four loooooong years of frustration I'm dealing with. I'll be the first one to write a post criticizing him when he starts mismanaging minutes, fouling players out of the game in the first half and insisting on playing Randolph Morris meaningful minutes, but I'm only human. Forgive me. I will give him credit for inspiring them to play defense. That's as far as I'm willing to go right now.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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Hey Co Co,
I've never heard of Zaza's Playground. Do you contribute there?
- 11 November, 2008
- CoCo said...
I contribute my two cents to the comments, but that's about it. Haha. Drew is the creator of Za Za's Playground. He's just a really big Hawks, Dawgs and Jesus fan. Good guy.
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MINNETONKA, Minn. (November 5, 2013) – Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII) today announced that Jeff Liebl has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Marketing Officer. A Silicon Valley veteran, Mr. Liebl brings twenty years of B2B marketing leadership experience and a track record of growing high technology companies. His diverse industry background includes working with corporations across enterprise networking, wireless telecommunications hardware and software, predictive analytics and cloud-based software as a service.
"Jeff's track record in helping to evangelize solutions and develop new markets is perfectly suited for our plans to educate the world's leading organizations on the power of end-to-end M2M solutions," said Joseph Dunsmore, president and CEO of Digi International. "This is an incredibly exciting time for Digi International, and we're thrilled to add Jeff to our executive leadership team."
Mr. Liebl's previous executive roles include Chief Strategy Officer for eBureau, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for TST Media, and Vice President of Global Marketing and Product Management for Ubiquity Software, which successfully went public in 2005. Mr. Liebl earned his Bachelors degree at the University of St. Thomas and his MBA from the University of Michigan.
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QInvest, Qatar's leading investment bank, has launched a Sharia'a Compliant Enhanced Yield Note that has been met with great enthusiasm by investors, with the bank raising significantly more than expected.
"The subscription for the Note has been closed" QInvest CEO, Shahzad Shahbaz, said. "We have seen an overwhelming response from the market as investors look to maximize returns whilst maintaining capital protection", he added.
The note is one of a series of Islamic investment products QInvest is planning to bring to the market in the coming months, and demonstrates QInvest's strong Islamic structuring capabilities and commitment to meeting client needs.
Further commenting on the success of the note, Shahbaz said "the reaction of clients shows they were delighted with the risk/ return balance that the enhanced yield note achieved and reflects our belief that there is increasing client appetite for innovative products that comply with Islamic Sharia'a."
Based on a philosophy that "with trust comes sharing, through sharing comes partnership and through partnerships, value is created", QInvest has created a unique platform with strategic partnerships in the region and beyond. The platform offers a broad range of expertise which enables QInvest to deliver a high value service to clients, seamlessly covering advisory, financing and investment needs. The business lines include investment banking, investment management, brokerage and wealth management; with dedicated origination and placement teams.
As part of its important activities in developing the financial services industry and in reflection to the firm's commitment to Qatar's National Vision, QInvest organized Qatar's most high-profile investment focused event, 2nd annual Qatar Global Investment Forum (QGIF 2010), that was attended by 350 delegates from 30 countries. In addition to QInvest Chairman's welcome address, H.E. Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Jaber Al Thani, the Minister of Economy and Finance in Qatar and the Governor of Qatar Central Bank delivered key note addresses about Qatar's role as a prominent financial hub for this region.
QInvest is committed to contributing to the communities in which it operates. It has developed a program of corporate social responsibility activities that includes funding for a range of charitable, educational, social, cultural and sporting organizations and events. The firm designed and launched the "Qatari Development Program (QDP)", in line with other training and development programs under the QTalent theme, exclusively for Qatari Nationals offering recruitment opportunities for a generation of world-class Qatari investment banking talent preparing them to compete within a dynamic local and regional investment banking industry.
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Falkirk has a fascinating history. It was here, at the impressive Antonine Wall, that the Roman occupiers drove back the warlike Picts. You can visit parts of the wall and imagine the fierce battles over this strategic location.
In the late 18th century Falkirk was an important industrial town because of its network of canals linking Glasgow and Edinburgh. But with the arrival of the railways, Falkirk's fortunes flagged. The canals have been brought back to life with the £78 million Millennium Link Project, which added cycling and walking routes, the new Kelpies nature park, and the spectacular Falkirk Wheel, a boat lift.


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KISSIMMEE -- Need a reliable starting pitcher? Chuck James is your man.
Looking for someone to install a set of double-pane windows or put in a new door? He can handle that, too.
In a throwback to the era when baseball players routinely worked during the offseason to make ends meet, James worked until January at a blue-collar job, getting up at daybreak and not returning home until long after the sun went down.
Never mind that he was coming off a strong rookie season with the Atlanta Braves. Never mind that he now makes a six-figure salary. For James, it just seemed natural to return to the job that he's had during past offseasons.
"I don't like being in the house very much," said James, who went 11-4 with a 3.78 ERA in 2006. "Working a job keeps my mind off baseball and gets me out into the real world a little bit. I realize this is kind of my vacation. I treat my other job as work."
The 25-year-old left-hander was employed by a family friend who contracts with Lowe's to install windows and doors for the home improvement store. It was hardly a glamorous job -- James had to set his alarm for 6 a.m. so he could make a long drive through Atlanta's notorious traffic to meet his crew, clean out the truck and pick up supplies.
Only then would he actually begin a project, staying at it as long as there was daylight. James would usually get home around 8 p.m., giving him a couple of hours to eat dinner, work out and spend time with his new wife before he headed to bed.
"Putting in windows is kind of easy," he said. "Doors are a little tougher. You've got to make sure you get them straight and all."
If there's anyone who appreciates the perks of being a major league player, it's James. He can't believe that someone is always standing by in the clubhouse, ready to take care of his every whim. Heck, he's still amazed at how many pairs of cleats everyone gets.
"I'm not going to say we came from the poor part of town. We did all right. But we got a pair of cleats and a glove, and we had to go out there and play all year," said James, who grew up in a rural area northwest of Atlanta. "When I got two pairs of clears in the minor leagues, I was pretty pumped up about that. When I came into spring training this year, it was like Christmas all over again."
With his homespun demeanor and simple approach to life, James is a constant source of amusement in the Braves clubhouse.
"Did you hear about the time he was bitten by a snake?" manager Bobby Cox asked reporters.
OK, we'll bite: Chuck, what happened with that snake?
James recounted how he was walking through the woods at 4 o'clock in the morning -- that's another story -- when he felt a piercing pain in his right leg. He took another step and felt an even stronger pain. Finally getting into the light, he saw one fang mark on the outside on the ankle, two more on the inside and blood pouring everywhere.
There wasn't a hospital nearby, and it didn't matter anyway because heavy rain had turned the road into a muddy mess.
One of his friends looked at the wound and declared, "If it hasn't killed you yet, you're not going to die." Even though his leg was badly swollen the next day, James didn't even bother going to a doctor.
He did need medical attention when he attempted to leap from a roof into a swimming pool a few years ago. Needing to get a running start, James broke through the shingles on his final step, fell short of the water and broke both wrists.
"I would like to get something straight: There was water in the pool," James declared Tuesday, drawing plenty of laughs in the clubhouse. "I sort of bounced in."
On the mound, James is all business. While he wasn't viewed as one of the Braves' top prospects coming through the minor leagues, he made the team as a reliever last spring and wound up starting when the rotation ran into all sorts of injury problems.
Overcoming a hamstring problem of his own, James was brilliant down the stretch.
He went 7-1 in his final 11 starts, allowing two runs or less in nine of those appearances.
He wound up third on the team in wins behind John Smoltz and Tim Hudson, even while making just 18 starts.
James has drawn comparisons to former Braves star Tom Glavine with his ability to fool hitters without reaching 90 mph on the radar gun. Generously listed as 6-feet tall and 190 pounds, he hides the ball in his windup and seems to hold it a split-second longer than most hurlers, which makes his pitches look faster than they really are.
"If you stand in on him during batting practice, you realize why hitters don't hit him," said catcher Brian McCann, a teammate all through the minors. "He only throws 88, but it's a hard 88, a deceptive 88. You can't teach that."
James was a 20th-round draft pick in 2002, which meant it took a while to convince the higher-ups that he was a legitimate prospect.
"I definitely think it's my size," he said. "I don't have that crazy, 98 mph fastball."
As for his other job, James intends to stay at it even if he wins 20 games this season, as long as he's not a distraction to those around him. So far, so good -- he made it through the winter without anyone recognizing him.
Then again, who expects a major league player to be putting in their windows?
"He is by far one of the cooler dudes that I've played with," McCann said. "He could be a billionaire and he would probably still have a job."
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It's one of those hard days. It's rainy and gloomy, and it has been 6 months since I lost Doug. I try not to remember the date, but every 20th of the month, it just hits me in the face. I have always made a point of not remembering the dates my friends and loved ones died, but I guess this one is just too close. I even only put the years on his stone. I guess, too, because my birthday is on a 20th, it just sticks. I am participating in our Relay for Life this weekend. Our church has a team. I know some times there will be rough. Doug loved it and we participated together for 5 years. Last year he used a walker to do the survivors lap. It is something positive I can do. Our community really supports it. I don't even care how much of the money goes where it should. I just know that Doug enjoyed the community support, love, and sense of hope he found there. Take care everybody. I will try not to wallow too much, but I think, maybe, we have to do that once in awhile. Two steps forward, one step back. Blessings, Fay
Apr 20, 2010 - 12:54 pm
The only good part is knowing that when we say good-by on this earth it is only for a short time for all who believe that Jesus came to give eternal life. We as Christian have a hope and sure faith in what we believe, I don't understand how someone could live with out Faith. I have faith that my parents and brothers and sisters who have passed on before me will all someday be together again.
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Apr 21, 2010 - 11:15 pm
Thanks for the support. I made it through the day. I think the weather had a lot to do with the original gloom. We had hail, rain, and even snow. Today I had a massage and lunch with friends. I'm looking forward to the weekend. Mainly, I just need to keep busy. Fay
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Hi Fay
Apr 30, 2010 - 12:41 pm
Thanks for the update. I am glad you now have a place to go. I understand how you felt about making the decision to buy the house without your husband's input to a smaller degree. I bought a car and had second thoughts. My son was there which helped a lot, though. Yes, going through stuff is hard. I have a garage full of stuff that I haven't tackled yet. I keep telling myself that it is just stuff, but that doesn't help a whole lot. Again, I am blessed with sons who will help me. Take care of yourself and your family, Fay


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European Environmental Policy And The Strategy 'Europe 2020'
The evolution of European environmental policy is examined in this paper in conjunction with the objectives of developmental strategy 'Europe 2020'. The possibility of being mutually supportive with the objectives of environmental policy is a key issue in this paper. It might be argued that the current economic crisis has negative impacts upon the overall achievements of the European Union. In this light, the success of the implemented strategy can be said to be a necessity. The approach in this paper is based on the contention that adopting environmental protection objectives, apart from moral and sustainable reasons, is amongst the most important apparatus for overcoming economic downturn, given that the European Union is able to reduce its dependence on imported energy resources and take advantage of its leadership on environmental technology.
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