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D-backs working to ease Bell in
In the last seven games, however, Bell has started just three of them, though he was in the lineup Tuesday.
What happened? Partially it was the fact that Roberts took some advice from Gibson to heart and started playing better, and it was also the realization on Gibson's part that there were still some things that Bell needed to work on.
"Things change, you try to evaluate and you try to do what's best for the team," Gibson said. "I just felt Ryno was going in a good direction and I wanted him to go down that direction. He did what we asked him to do and he's played very well."
Meanwhile, Bell has been out working earlier defensively with infield coach Matt Williams, who won four Gold Gloves as a third baseman during his playing career.
Williams has worked with Bell on his footwork, how the D-backs position themselves in certain situations and how to approach balls.
"We wanted to give Josh some work on some things as well," Gibson said. "He's been working, getting him a little more comfortable, a little more acclimated. I think it's a lot for him, too. He came up here, new team, new organization. Like anybody he wanted to impress and sometimes you just kind of, like, slow down and catch your breath and make sure we all understand how we're going to do things and how we integrate into the system. [I] probably didn't plan on sitting him out that long."


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Mountain bike track at Movil Maze under construction
Wearing heavy cotton twill pants, a long-sleeve shirt covered with a mosquito net coat, mosquito head gear and gloves, Tom Damon has spent every free moment in the woods at Movil Maze since the end of March.
He has a goal to bring a single-track course to Bemidji.
Single track is a trail system for mountain bikers. It is about two feet wide, and the terrain at Movil Maze is a perfect location.
Carrying a grubber, a weighted tamper, a flat pan shovel in a wheelbarrow, Damon will put Bemidji on the map with a technical hilly course to challenge mountain bikers.
"Twenty years ago, I lived and worked out west working on ski trails," he said. "Summers were spent on mountain biking trails. I've always wanted to bring that here."
Damon approached Beltrami County Recreational Resource Manager John Winter and received approval for stage one, a three-mile course. Once that is complete and if it is approved by the county, Damon said stage two will bring an additional five miles.
"I'm really impressed with his work; he really knows what he's doing," Winter said. "Developing a mountain bike trail at Movil Maze was in the county's facilities plan and along came Tom.
"We decided to start with a small area. The trail is very well designed, little impact, you can hardly tell it's there and there is no erosion."
Damon has been clearing a two-foot-wide course in the deep woods of northern Minnesota.
"If this was a sport, it would be extreme gardening," Damon said. "I cleared a section, then work got in the way, and I left it for two weeks and came back to see it totally grew back."
A friend at Lake Concrete suggested covering the trail with crushed granite rock dust. Lake Concrete has donated enough yards of product to nearly complete the three miles.
Movil Maze already has a network of snowmobile and cross country trails, but using the existing trails was not an option, Damon said.
To avoid erosion, he uses the natural contour of the land to build the trail.
"I've seen heavy rain hit the trail and seen no erosion," he said. "I want this to last for years. I initially walked it forwards and backward until I was confident to flag it."
As the word of the project spread, more individuals have aided Damon in his dream. If the single track receives the green light for stage two, he said he hopes to write a grant to help speed up the building of the additional five miles. That would mean less time he has to wear mosquito netting.


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Del Norte Junior Kelsy Hintz finished in sixth in the elite division in the girls pole vault at the Stanford Invitational Track meet in Palo Alto on Friday.
Hintz made a jump of 11 feet.
On Wednesday at the Del Norte Track Meet, Hintz was able to jump 12 feet.
Warrior track and field head coach Scott Lindsay said it was not her best jump and andquot;she just had an off day.andquot;
Today, Hintz will be participating in a pole vault camp in the San Luis Obispo area.
She was the only Del Norte team member who competed on Friday.
Today, several other Warriors will compete.
Taylor Duncan, who finished in first at the Del Norte meet in the boys pole vault will compete in that event in Palo Alto.
Rebecca Cink will take part in the discus throw, while Rachel Cink will partake in the 400-meter relays.
Jessica Slayton, who won the high jump at the Del Norte meet, will compete in the event at Stanford.
Bailee McCulloch will participate in the 400-meter dash. She won the event on Wednesday in Crescent City.
Bryce Lund was going to participate at the meet, but a tailbone injury is keeping him out, Lindsay said.


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Our annual Irish Study Morning returns with a special screening of documentary feature The Pipe, which recounts the experiences of three inhabitants of an Irish village as they protest against a Shell oil pipeline which threatens their land and livelihoods. The screening will be followed by a bi-lingual post-screening discussion, all levels of Irish language welcome.
Part of this year's Irish Language Arts Festival supported by the Government of Ireland.
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Dir Risteard Ó Domhnaill/IE 2010/83 mins
In a remote corner of the West of Ireland sits Broadhaven Bay. It is the perfect picture postcard, where the high cliffs of Erris Head and the Stags of Broadhaven stand sentry at the mouth of the bay against the mighty Atlantic. However, this peaceful tranquility belies the turmoil that lies beneath, and the unique nature of the coastline which has sustained generations of farmers and fishermen has also delivered to Shell Oil the perfect landfall for the Corrib Gas Pipeline.
On 29th June, 2005, five men from the townland of Rossport, Co. Mayo, were imprisoned for 94 days for defying a court injunction allowing Shell Oil workers to enter their land to lay a pipeline close to their homes. The community reacted against this aggressive 'invasion' by blockading Shell's multi-billion refinery, bringing the project to a complete halt. In an area which previously had only one policeman, this forced removal of local people from the gates of the refinery set in train a cycle of conflict which goes on to this day.
This captivating documentary follows three members of this small community from a quiet rural life to the arrival of Shell into their community, and the fear and anxiety which the impending project brings – forced to battle with elements within their own campaign who seek to divide and control, as their community is torn apart by the stresses of choosing to support or oppose the oil company.


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All of Don Drummond's suggestions for the Ontario economy are wonderful -- in theory. But too many of these recommendations are platitudinous -- what one might get after a brainstorming session with a grade-six class. Too many are incremental rather than revolutionary, when a revolution is what we require.


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Hello, I will relay the genealogical information that my mother's aunt, Lilla Bullington Brackeen, published in her book "All in Our Family" in 1976.It may not offer you any additional information, though.
"John Halbert, b. 1781/82, Stokes county, N.C.; married 5 Oct. 1805 to Susanna Higgins b. 1789/90 in Ky. (sister of hiram Higgins architect who designed Founders Hall at Athens college and early buildings at Athens, AL.)john Halbert and family moved from Lincoln County, Tn to Limestone County, Al in 1820.He inherited a portion of land on N. side Elk River in Limestone Co., Al via his father's estate.He built their log cabin home there.In later years it was moved to Brown's Ferry St. Athens,by the mcEniry family and is one of the town's historic landmarks.his death was after 1860; and susanna's death after 1850, likely both in Limestone County.
"Athens Post" 1967 in June used an item that in 1818 the father of susanna Higgins and her brother Hiram H. Higgins, built a two-story edifice in Cottonport (Mooresville-Belle Mina area now) using 400,000 bricks.That was the first brick edifice of the county.This item was reprinted in "Scraps" written in Limestone County years later by the late Dr. Thomas Stith Malone and prepared by Miss Mary Malone."
She then lists children and later states that by 1855 after his wife's death he sold some Limestone County land.By 1857 or 1858, he moved to TX and died at Sabine County, TX after 1860 (contradicting what she earlier wrote about them dying in Limestone Co.)
Aunt Lilla listed the genealogy as follows:
William Halbert, b. Essex County, VA 1790 d. before Oct. 18, 1718.
Joel Halbert (son) b. 1712, d. ca 1762m. Frances Elizabeth Jones, 1740 daugter of John Jones, Francis Randolph Jones.
Joel Halbert, jr. b. 1749, VA d. 1818 m. Hannah (Zwing?)
John Halbert.
I realized you may already have this information or it may have been disproven in the years since my great-aunt published her findings.I apologize if it is of no value to you.
Incidentially, there is a Higgins cemetery very close to my home.I can check there if you have an interest.


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Microsoft's Bing search engine is taking its first steps to implement the so-called "right to be forgotten" for European users: People who want to have information about themselves removed from online search results can now submit a request to block searches through a four-part Web form.
In May, the European Union's top court ruled individuals have a right to request the removal of Internet search results, including their names, that are "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant, or excessive."
But the court left the implementation of the decision up to tech companies -- putting them in the somewhat uncomfortable position making the call about what information may be important to the public. When search engines strip a result from their records, it remains hosted in its original location online but is potentially much harder to discover.
The Bing online form notes that making a request does not guarantee the service will block a search result. Instead, the information submitted will help the company "consider the balance between your individual privacy interest and the public interest in protecting free expression and the free availability of information, consistent with European law." Microsoft did not immediately return a request for comment.
Search giant Google launched a form for requests to block search results after the May ruling, which it opposed, and started removing them in late June. In a recent column published by the Guardian, Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond said the company has received more than 70,000 take-down requests covering 250,000 Web pages since May. Among the requests were some stories from the Guardian, which the search giant later reinstated after a public outcry.
"The examples we've seen so far highlight the difficult value judgments search engines and European society now face: former politicians wanting posts removed that criticise their policies in office; serious, violent criminals asking for articles about their crimes to be deleted; bad reviews for professionals like architects and teachers; comments that people have written themselves (and now regret)," Drummond wrote in the Guardian, adding "no search engine has an instant or perfect answer."
The Wall Street journal reported Thursday that E.U. privacy regulators are set to meet with Google, Microsoft and Yahoo about the right to be forgotten next week. Yahoo has yet to start accepting requests.


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She is known for her enthusiastic recycling of dresses from the royal wardrobe.
But the Queen may be surprised by the latest fashions this summer, when outfits made from leather car seats and steering wheels will be modelled at the Palace to celebrate her Coronation.
The innovative designs will be shown during a series of fashion shows for the Coronation Festival, a four-day event at the Palace championing Royal Warrant holders.
The Queen and senior members of the Royal family are expected to attend the fashion shows, telling the story of British style during her reign, including a show entitled "reinvention".
It will feature leather dresses made using car upholstery from Bentley and Jaguar Land Rover, suppliers of cars to the Queen. The dresses will be embellished with screws and bolts, and accessorised with steering wheels and hub caps in place of hats and fascinators.
A Royal Mail dress will also be among the designs. Made from recycled plastic shower curtains, it will be embroidered with stamps bearing the Queen's image from every decade of her reign.
Outfits will feature Royal Mail stamps, left and car upholstery and steering wheels
Joey Bevan, 27, a fashion designer specialising in using recycled and sustainable materials will create the outfits, which will also include origami paper dresses using materials sourced from royal stationers.
Mr Bevan said: "I want to use fashion in a very different way to show the wide variety of Royal Warrant holders, and also champion the evolution of design and technology during the Queen's reign.
"The designs will include everything from plastic car indicators and dresses embellished with metal nuts and springs, to outfits using samples of carpets and wallpaper from Buckingham Palace. I hope the Queen will be pleasantly surprised."
The fashion shows will also feature more traditional designs from Royal Warrant holders including the royal couturier Stewart Parvin and the bespoke shirt and suit makers Kent Haste & Lachter, who design for the Duke of Edinburgh.
Other themes for the shows will be "Vintage Picnic", "Best of British" and "Diamonds & Pearls", which will feature couture outfits for a "day at the races" and evening wear for a "masquerade ball".
There will also be a tribute to James Bond, including designs from the Savile Row tailors Thresher & Glenny and Gieves & Hawkes.
A horticultural-themed catwalk will be built within the Palace grounds, featuring a paved stone runway with topiary-style benches surrounded by flowers from the Palace gardens.
More than 200 Royal Warrant holders will take part in the Coronation Festival, which will feature four main areas divided into the themes of design and technology, food and drink, style pursuits and pastimes and homes and gardens.
Exhibitors hosting stands at the festival will range from Prestat, the royal chocolatier, to Roberts Radio and Hunter Boot, who supply Wellington boots to the Royal family.
The Queen will attend with senior members of the Royal family on July 11 and the grounds of Buckingham Palace will then be open to 60,000 ticket holders from July 12 to 14, with a Coronation gala performance of music and dance held each evening.
Members of the Royal family are also expected to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen's official accession to the throne on June 2, 1953, with their own personal tributes.
However, Buckingham Palace has said that official events to commemorate the Coronation will be much more low key than last year's four-day Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
A service of thanksgiving will he held at Westminster Abbey on June 4, attended by the Royal family, members of the Government and dignitaries from across the Commonwealth.
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JEREMY HOBSON: Where's the beef? Apparently not at Arby's. The chairman of the Wendy's Arby's group said this morning he's considering selling Arby's and putting the focus on Wendy's.
Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer is on the roast beef beat for us this morning and she joins us live. Good morning.
NANCY MARSHALL GENZER: Good morning.
HOBSON: Nancy, Why is Wendy's Arby's trying to sell the Arby's chain?
MARSHALL GENZER: Arby's has been struggling. Sales have been lagging. The recession took a big bite out of the entire fast food business. Arby's was hit especially hard because it didn't introduce "value" meals until last year. Consumers went to cheaper chains. But Arby's isn't the only brand in limbo. Yum Brands announced yesterday it was splitting off the A&W and Long John Silvers chains. It wants to focus on Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell.
HOBSON: Alright before we make the listeners too hungry, why is there all this upheaval in fast food industry?
MARSHALL GENZER: I'm already hungry Jeremy. As I mentioned the tough economy has made consumers less likely to eat out at any chain. But, it's also becoming harder for these chains to grow. The only way to do that now is to steal customers away from competitors or grow internationally. Wendy's is better known than Arby's and in a better position to expand around the world. That's the same issue Yum Brands faced. KFC is growing fastest in China. Long John Silvers and A&W are more niche brands, and they've had trouble getting traction abroad.
HOBSON: Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer, thanks so much.
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The world lost a unique leader this week when Steve Jobs died. Apple Inc., the company he co-founded and led for most of its existence, has changed the world and it is hard to argue that the changes were anything but for the better. We have intuitive computers with touch-screen interfaces and elegant personal devices for entertainment and communications, largely because Mr. Jobs willed it to be so. His devices make hundreds of millions of people around the world productive and happy simultaneously – not an easy trick to pull off. They are happy because Mr. Jobs made sure that his company felt what the user felt and anticipated what the user wanted but could not articulate. If it was that alone, Mr. Jobs would go down in history as a great man.
But I think the many spectacular products that Apple brought to market account for only a portion – and quite possibly the smallest portion – of Mr. Jobs' positive impact on the world. The bigger impact he had was on the thinking of both consumers and corporate leaders.
Through their experience of his products, consumers have been emboldened to both pressure and encourage companies to step up their game. Consumers are less likely to accept products that are only somewhat functional, or functional but drab, or functional only after a steep and painful learning curve. How many times do you hear the wistful lament: "Why can't this work like an Apple?" But consumers don't send only tough, demanding messages to producers. Because they pay a steep price premium for every Apple product they buy, they send a powerful message of encouragement: "Give us something awesome and we will be happy to pay up for it!"
Corporate leaders have been influenced by this consumer pressure. But over and above that, Mr. Jobs has provided vivid and compelling evidence that it is the job of corporate leaders to imagine what does not now exist but would be adored, and invest in bringing it to life. In a world in which corporate leaders increasingly let themselves be ruled by quarterly profits, quantitative customer research, competitor benchmarking and cost-reduction targets, Mr. Jobs demonstrated that you could become the most valuable company in the world by refusing to pay attention to any of these things. Rather, there was money to be made – lots of it – by investing in user experiences that were sublime but utterly untested and unproven.
Did they all work out swimmingly? Far from it. But those that worked paid multiple times over for those that didn't.
In the wake of Apple's resurrection, it has become much more difficult for corporate leaders to say to themselves, or their management team or their board of directors: "It is too risky to try something entirely new, even if we think we could do better if we went in a different direction." That doesn't mean that none of them say those things – plenty still do.
But in my travels around the global business world, I see executive after executive feeling uneasy about the status quo: They are more willing than ever to at least try to reinvent their industry. I attribute this almost singularly to Steve Jobs – and this has had a huge positive impact on the world. Because of his influence, I believe that countless billions of dollars will be invested in inventing the future rather than maintaining the status quo.
That said, it is still nerve-wracking for most. And, in this respect, Mr. Jobs was a polarizing character. The status quo always has a warm, embracing feel. We often stick to it for longer than we should because of that warmth. He was forever disrupting our world. It seemed never to be a satisfying, cozy place for him. After we had a chance to get used to each disruption – whether learning to use a computer mouse or an entirely new way to buy our music – we almost universally said: "Wow. This is a much better experience." So he did us all a favour, even though it might not have seemed so at first blush.
Mr. Jobs was famous inside his company for his bombast and his deprecation of what existed. Perhaps that is what drove him to disrupt our world – to make it better again and again. The ripples will continue to widen even after he is put to rest.
Roger Martin is dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.


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POLICE officers are swapping their pint glasses for tea cups and going sober for January to raise money for charity.
Officers from Darlington's North Road beat police team have pledged to stay sober for the month to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.
While a national campaign is urging people to stay sober for January in aid of Cancer Research - dubbed a 'Dryathlon' - the officers have chosen to support the British Heart Foundation in memory of their colleague, Detective Constable Vince Myhan, who died of a heart attack almost two years ago.
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Ten days into their teetotal challenge, PC John Forster said: "We are enjoying the challenge, but Match of the Day won't be the same without a drink.
"It is all for a good cause and will hopefully make us start the new year a bit healthier as well.
"We don't drink a lot, but enjoy the odd few drinks after work. Although I have to say, I am looking forward to February."
To donate to their challenge, send them a message on Twitter @Darl_NHPT_north or contact them on the non-emergency number, 101.


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Rene Syler: Making her mark on morning news
Determination. Fate. And help from a stranger. It took a little
of each for René Syler ('87, Psychology) to make
the leap from psychology grad student to network morning anchor.
Syler was still at Sac State, supporting herself with shifts
at the local TGI Friday's, when she made a radical turn
in her career path. That turn eventually led to the
"city that never sleeps" and a co-hosting role
on CBS News' "The Early Show."
Along the way Syler earned a Gracie Award for excellence in
broadcasting for her work in breast cancer awareness and prevention.
And this spring she will be honored by Sac State with a Distinguished
Service Award at the annual ceremony during April's
Alumni Month.
Syler didn't grow up dreaming about becoming an award-winning
broadcaster—that didn't happen until grad school.
The Sacramento native had earned her bachelor's degree
in psychology at Sac State and was pursing a master's
degree. "My goal was to work in psychology and I was
moving in that direction," Syler says.
That all changed one night when, while working the overnight
shift at a suicide prevention hotline as part of her psychology
studies, she came across a newspaper article on Liz Walker,
who at the time was the highestpaid black anchorwoman in the
"The light bulb went off. I said, 'This is what
I want to do,'" Syler says. "The very next
morning I was on a new path, a new career."
Syler picked up the phone, and called the weekend weather
reporter—an African American woman—at Sacramento's
Channel 13. "I told her 'I'm interested
in going into television.' She spent so much time with
me, telling me what classes to take, how to get a resume tape
Syler immediately landed an internship with Sacramento's
Channel 40 and eight months later she had a weekend reporter
job in Reno, at a decidedly entrylevel salary. "I was
happy to take it, even though I made more waiting tables in
Sacramento," she says.
She advanced to weekend anchor at another Reno station, spent
two years in Birmingham, Ala. and then went on to Dallas where
she pulled her first morning anchor duty—which didn't
come naturally in those days. "Morning is a different
animal. I was young and I still needed nine hours of sleep,"
she says.
In Dallas, Syler faced her first major career challenge. "I
had been on a pretty rapid ascent," she says. The Dallas
station had decided it didn't want to renew her contract.
At the same time, she found out she was pregnant with her
"It was a big crisis in my life at the time,"
she says." "But it was also a powerful learning
experience—the old adversity is the breakfast of champions.'
I learned that TV is what I do, not who I am."
After a year out of television, she got a position at Dallas'
CBS affiliate where she worked for four years. Then she got
a call that signaled that her rise was about to continue.
Driving back from a dental appointment her agent called to
say CBS was recasting its national morning show. Would she
be interested?
Her response: "Are you crazy?"
Syler and her husband had just built their dream house in
Dallas and were prepared to stay for the long haul. In fact,
the night before her interview with the network Syler and
husband Buff Parham stayed up until 4 a.m. arguing about the
potential move to New York.
After the interview, she didn't hear back for two weeks.
Both Syler and Parham were convinced she hadn't gotten
the position, and just when her husband had agreed to promise
that the next time she had a chance for a big break he would
be more supportive, Syler got a call asking her to meet with
network president Les Moonves.
A week later she had the job.
Now Syler is part of a four-person anchor team with veteran
newscaster Harry Smith, Hannah Storm and Julie Chen.
At the time it was launched, "The Early Show"
represented a daring switch from the typical morning format
of an anchor duo—usually a male and a female—conducting
the interviews, and a separate news desk anchor delivering
the morning's headlines. Critics weren't sure
if the "Early Show" format, which had the co-anchors
sharing responsibility for news, interviews, even weather
would cut it.
"The Early Show" has since ceded weather duties
to a weathercaster, but a rival morning show, perhaps following
"Early's" lead, has added a third anchor.
And "Early" continues to make its way in the competitive
morning television world. While it still lags behind powerhouses
"Today" and "Good Morning America,"
its November 2005 sweeps numbers were the highest in nearly
a year.
Syler says their multiple-anchor format works because they
are all working toward the same goal. "We're on
the same boat, singing from the same hymnbook," she
says. "And for me, it's because I don't
know any different. Harry and Julie have done network morning
before, but Hannah came from sports and this is new to me.
We're in this mission together."
When she joined the show Syler, the daughter of two breast
cancer survivors, had hoped that at some point she would be
able to use her family's experiences to help others.
"With a network program there's a capacity to
affect change," she says.
"Then three years ago, I had my own breast cancer scare."
Syler took the challenge as an opportunity—writing a
story about it, filming a video diary and interviewing her
mom about her experience. Syler won a Gracie Award for her
work but says that's not why she did it. "It was
cathartic," she says. "I wanted people to see
that if this could happen to me—a woman in decent shape,
relatively young—it could happen to you."
The results were overwhelming, Syler says. "Women e-mailed,
they wrote. Strangers told me they were praying for me. I
was literally moved to tears by that." And scores of
women told her they got a mammogram after seeing that story.
"It underscores the power of the medium," she
Syler remains involved with the Susan G. Komen Foundation
and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. "My goal
is that by the time I'm done with television—and
I plan to be in television for a long time—that people
will no longer be dying of breast cancer."
That story turned out to be an uplifting one, but others aren't
so easy. "Sometimes you have to step away," Syler
says, such as the time she interviewed Rusty Yates, whose
wife Andrea drowned their children, or when she would break
down while reading tributes to soldiers who died in Iraq.
"People sometimes think that people in this business
are around bad news so long that they no longer have feelings.
They absolutely do."
Syler has long since passed the days when she needs to sleep
nine hours—a good thing since her day starts in the
wee hours of the morning. "I don't think you ever
get 'used to it' but you can tolerate it,"
she says. To get to the studio by 5 a.m., she gets up at 3:40
and has a 40-minute ride into Manhattan. "The good thing
is I don't have to dress. I can wear sweats,"
she says. "My clothes are waiting for me at the studio
and my hair and makeup are taken care of. That way I can concentrate
on my work."
That's crucial because making the conversational style of morning show television look so easy takes preparation. "So
much of the interview is off-the-cuff," Syler says. "It's much more conversational than other interviews. You need to be able to call up a lot of information."
In April, Syler will receive a Distinguished Service Award from the University. Getting the award from Sac State means a great deal, she says. "I'm here because of what I learned at Sacramento State even though I didn't go through the
normal journalism ranks. It speaks volumes about the quality of education that I got at Sacramento State.
"Whenever I get an award I'm humbled because I'm just like everyone else. Sometimes I forget people are watching—I don't
mean watching TV—but that people are following my progress and are proud. I am very grateful, very humbled and very honored. As my career continues, I hope to continue to make Sacramento State proud."
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text: Oh…. I should have known that the hibiscus would ruin this one :( The dry tea smells just like sangria, and is oh so sweet and winey and delicious, but steeped up, it's a whole host of tart, overwhelming hibiscus (with a background of fruity flavours, and a definite citrus twist). And that's only with a three-minute infusion. Think of the horror it could be at 5 minutes. Or more! It was certainly still drinkable, for sure, but as a newly realized hibiscus-disliker, it's a bit much. I tried sweetening it with a bunch of sugar, and the result (while hot) was a bit too reminiscent of vomit for my liking. I left the cup sit while I went to work, and drinking it now, it's actually really not so bad. Tastes much, much more like sangria. The hibiscus is tamed a bit, so the result is fruity and citrusy, with a bit of a fruity wine flavour. So, lesson learned, this one's best for icing, with sweetener. (However, I'd much prefer to get rid of it, so if anyone's interested….?)


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Notes: Lilly continues productive spring
Veteran left-hander using camp to tweak delivery mechanics
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
Toronto's left-hander missed the last two Spring Trainings due to various injuries, but he reported healthy this year, a reality that has allowed him to work on a few leftover problems. On Monday, Lilly made his fourth start of the spring and threw five scoreless innings against the Reds.
"It is nice to try to figure some things out right now, especially coming off the year I had last year," said Lilly, who went 10-11 with a 5.56 ERA in 2005. "I needed to have a full Spring Training to come out here and kind of get tuned in and to try and get back to where I was in '04."
Lilly, who was an American League All-Star in 2004, said that he's been working on his stride towards the plate. Last year, he said he had a tendency to have a "stiff" landing with his right leg, which put unnecessary strain on his throwing shoulder. Perhaps not coincidentally, Lilly sat out last spring with a shoulder injury.
Missing the last two springs with the Blue Jays might have taken a toll on his performances in April. Lilly went 2-4 with a 5.48 ERA in that month between 2004-05. He's hoping that being at Spring Training this year will help him get off to a better start.
After the outing against Cincinnati, Lilly has a 3.21 ERA with 10 strikeouts and five walks across 14 innings this spring. He gave up six hits against the Reds, but Lilly worked out of jams in the first and second inning -- stranding two runners in scoring position in both frames.
Lilly threw 88 pitches, including 56 strikes, and said that despite the high pitch count, he felt good enough to stay in the game if Toronto wanted him to.
"I think the one thing is, I was throwing the ball correctly as far as what [Toronto pitching coach Brad Arnsberg] and I were talking about," Lilly said. "Today, I felt like I was getting over my front side better and taking some of your work out of your arm."
Airing it out: Reed Johnson was in center field on Monday -- his second straight day playing the outfield after missing most of Spring Training with a strained right elbow. Johnson also had the opportunity to really test his recovering arm for the first time in a game.
In the fifth inning, Cincinnati's Felipe Lopez tried to stretch a single to center into a double, but Johnson fielded the ball and threw Lopez out at second base. Then in the sixth, Rich Aurilia attempted to score on a single to center by Reds' catcher Jason LaRue. Johnson made a perfect throw to the plate, nailing Aurilia and recording his second outfield assist on the day.
"I was more concerned with that first assist to second base, because I kind of threw it off my back foot," Johnson said. "It was almost all arm. I didn't get much body behind it. I felt good, surprisingly.
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Frank Catalanotto was in left field for the first time since March 13 due to the sore shoulder he suffered while playing for Italy in the World Baseball Classic. Catalanotto didn't have any plays that forced him to throw the ball hard, but he said that was a good thing. He wants to gradually build his arm back up to 100 percent before testing it like Johnson did on Monday.
Center of attention: Toronto center fielder Vernon Wells didn't make the trip to Sarasota on Monday, but Ken Griffey Jr., who played alongside Wells on Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, was in the lineup for the Reds.
Getting the chance to play with Griffey was one of the main reasons Wells opted to play in the Classic.
"Griffey was the one person I was able to watch as a kid growing up," Wells said on Feb. 28. "I didn't watch too much baseball, but if the Mariners were playing, the game was going to be on. ... He's the guy I tried to model my game after as much as possible."
Wells replaced Griffey in center field a handful of times during the tournament and he also had the opportunity to play right field when Griffey was in the game. When he returned to Knology Park on Saturday, Wells said that playing with the 10-time Gold Glove winner was a great experience.
"It was fun. Going and watching him on a day-to-day basis and seeing what he's able to do still at the age of 36, it's amazing," Wells said on Saturday. "He's arguably one of the top 10 players to ever play this game and put a uniform on."
Quotable: "That was pretty much an embarassment. If Mickey Brantley can teach me how to hit, he'd be the greatest hitting coach alive."--Lilly, on striking out twice against the Reds
Coming up: After Toronto's off day on Tuesday, left-hander Gustavo Chacin will make his first start of the spring when the Blue Jays host the Pirates at 1:05 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Knology Park in Dunedin, Fla. In two appearances, Chacin has given up one unearned run and four hits with two strikeouts across four innings.
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Invincible Iron Man #506 (Preview)
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- Matt Fraction
- Art by
- Salvador Larroca
- Cover by
- Salvador Larroca
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
FEAR ITSELF TIE-IN! As Tony Stark falls apart and struggles to rebuild, the world needs Iron Man in action, in battle, out there saving the day. Tony's constructing the future of Asgard and the Marvel Universe, but if he can't even save himself…how can he save anyone else? It all gets personal, as Tony has to face his greatest fear once and for all.


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Inside the Market's roundup of some of today's key analyst actions. This file will be updated during the trading day. For breaking analyst actions prior to market open every day, read our Before the Bell morning report.
CIBC World Markets upgraded Bank of Montreal to "sector performer" from "sector underperformer" after seeing signs of progress in its latest quarterly results.


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Online marketplace souq.com raises $275m investment
As we continue to watch on emerging online markets overseas, recent news that a Dubai based seller and market souq.com has raised $275m in investment certainly piqued our interest.
Apparently they currently sell 400k items online and bring in over 24 million unique visitors to the website monthly. Which`s not to be sniffed at https://gigleague.com/ .
Souq.com sells everything from phones and customer electronics right through to clothing and accessories. The financing round of $275m is billed as the largest financing of an e-commerce company in the Middle East. The backers include Naspers Ltd. and hedge fund Tiger Global Management.


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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted to September for final hearing on whether stray dogs can be exterminated by authorities if they caused "nuisance" to people.
A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan told senior counsel Raj Panjwani appearing for Animal Welfare Board of India and others that it would hear the matter at length and pass appropriate orders.
The apex court had on January 23, 2009 stayed a Bombay High Court judgement which had allowed municipal authorities in Maharashtra to kill stray dogs causing "nuisance". The board in its appeal had maintained that unless the term "nuisance" was clearly defined the order of the high court cannot be implemented.
It was pointed out that two sets of legislations existed on treatment of stray dogs in Mumbai. The Animal Birth Control Rules (ABC rules) formulated under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1960 mandated killing of only rabid, incurably ill or mortally wounded dogs. On the other hand, the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act gave discretion to the civic commissioner to exterminate the animals.
Counsel for the board had argued that there are broad apex court guidelines for resorting to killing stray canines. It was contended that if a dog is rabid or mortally wounded or incurably ill it has to be taken and euthanised by the authorities by following the rules and guidelines. Further it was submitted that stay dogs biting people should be sterilised and not exterminated.
The high court had passed the impugned order on a petition filed by a Goa-based organisation People for Elimination of Stray Troubles which had sought killing of stray dogs to rid the society of their menace.


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Friday February 10, 2006 7:44 pm
Prime Cuts: Your Best Bets in Prime Time For Friday, 2-10-06
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, FOX, NBC,
It's an exciting night for Arrested Development fans! A four-episode marathon completes the beloved series.
Arrested Development, 8pm, FOX. Catch the final four episodes of this cherished comedy.
Dancing With the Stars, 8pm, ABC. Learn the results of the latest dance-off.
The Olympics, 8pm, NBC. The ceremonies start with much fanfare tonight. Say hello to thrilling action and athleticism; say goodbye to your favorite shows that will sink to repeats to avoid competing against the games. EndScore will have coverage.
In Justice, 9pm, NBC. We can't decide what's worse: the hokey title, or Kyle's hideous haircut.
Obviously, a less than thrilling night for television, with all the repeats and the heralding in of tepid weekend entertainment. Unless you're an Arrested Development fan, of course.
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text: Chronicle of Higher Education, Jennifer Howard: "Fair use and electronic course reserves are back in court. A keenly watched copyright case that pitted three academic publishers against Georgia State University has entered the appeals phase, with a flurry of filings and motions this week and more expected soon. One surprise motion came from the U.S. Department of Justice, which requested more time to consider filing an amicus brief either in support of the publishers or in support of neither party…he case in question is Cambridge U. Press et al. v. Mark P. Becker et al. In 2008, Cambridge, Oxford University Press, and SAGE Publishers sued Georgia State, asserting it had committed widespread copyright violations when it allowed some of their content to be used, unlicensed, in e-reserves. The Association of American Publishers and the Copyright Clearance Center, which specializes in licensing content to universities, bankrolled the legal action."


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Management noted salary packaging systems were being delivered progressively, driving improved service and greater productivity. There has also been promising growth in assets under finance and management.
The company has identified what it believes is a good low risk growth opportunity to build an integrated model in the United Kingdom. Management highlighted there are 4.5 million private sector businesses in that region and 6320 of those businesses have 250+ employees, but between them employ 9.6 million people.
The UK company car fleet size is in the vicinity of 2.3 million with annual new car finance for business and consumers standing at about GBP18 billion. But the financial sector is still recovering and the market remains fragmented with many providers that offer few points of difference.
In particular, there are no providers in the UK with an integrated offering such as McMillan Shakespeare's, and from an overall perspective the salary sacrificing market remains relatively immature.
SI view: McMillan Shakespeare will reap the full benefits of a recovery in its novated lease business in 2014-15, and analysts are tipping year-on-year growth of more than 30 per cent, perhaps assisted to some extent by overseas expansion.
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The Fuji X-pro 1 was beyond my budget so I'm happy with this X-E1. I have the black one with the zoom lens and use it together with my GF1+20mm pancake. Most of the online reviews were read before I bought the Fuji and it strikes me that nobody mentioned the sharp edge of the plastic control wheel that you use to change settings.The sharp edge is noticed when you press this little grey wheel to activate the zoom function like you do in manual focus.
I found a very nice tip by another user to use manual focus with 3x zoom and focus lock on Fuji lenses. You first press 3x zoom and aim at the spot you want to put focus on, then push AE-L/AF-L and the lens will focus tack-sharp in manual focus mode. You can also adjust with minimal rotation of the lens barrel to another spot. Press shutter for one or multiple shots. The focus distance will not change. Wish that Fuji comes with a Firmware update where the Fn button can be used for the 3x zoom. That would make me forget the sharp edge.
I have seen amazing "Fuji X pro1" samples on Scoop.it, don't think there is anything wrong with this sensor after seeing beautiful red tulips, (pre) wedding shots, long exposure times, street photography and many other great "real life"examples...
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Type 2 animal transporters: contingency plan template
- From:
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Part of:
- Guidance on importing and exporting live animals or animal products
- Published:
- 30 March 2011
- Last updated:
- 29 June 2017, see all updates
Template for animal transporters to document contingency plan in the event of an emergency.
WIT27: Contingency plan template for type 2 transporters
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Animal transporters who hold type 2 (long journey) authorisations must have in place contingency plans to deal with emergencies that can arise during a journey such as animals falling ill or injured, unforeseen delays, breakdowns or accidents.
The regulations require transporters to document their contingency plans in case of emergencies and to make these available to the competent authority on request.
This form must be submitted with all new Type 2 applications. Transporters who applied for authorisation before 1 November 2010 must complete and submit this form when you apply for your first journey log. Once the Animal and Plant Health Agency have this document on file, it will not be requested for each journey.
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Endo and BioDelivery Sciences Announce Phase III Results for BEMA buprenorphine in Opioid-Experienced Patients with Chronic Pain
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of Endo International plc and BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. announced today positive top-line results from its pivotal Phase III efficacy study of BEMA buprenorphine in opioid-experienced patients. BEMA buprenorphine is being developed for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate in both patients who are opioid naive and opioid experienced.
The trial successfully met its primary efficacy endpoint in demonstrating that BEMA buprenorphine resulted in significantly (p<0.0001) improved chronic pain relief compared to placebo.
Additional secondary endpoints were supportive of the efficacy of BEMA buprenorphine compared to placebo. The most commonly reported adverse events in patients treated with buprenorphine compared to placebo were nausea (7.5% vs. 7.4 and vomiting (5.5% vs. 2.3%).
"We are highly encouraged by today's announced study results, which we believe are meaningful for appropriate patients requiring an opioid," said Dr. Susan Hall, executive vice president, chief scientific officer and global head of research and development and quality. "And we look forward to now focusing on our upcoming pre-NDA meeting this month with FDA followed by the preparation and submission of our NDA for BEMA buprenorphine as soon as possible." "We are extremely pleased with this robust and significant outcome from this trial in opioid-experienced patients and look forward to sharing more of the results from this study and the positive results from the earlier opioid-naive study at upcoming medical conferences," said Dr. Mark A. Sirgo, President and CEO of BDSI. "In addition, the locking of the database for the opioid-experienced study has triggered a $10 million milestone payment from Endo per our licensing agreement.
We look forward to working with Endo toward the completion of the NDA." "BEMA buprenorphine is an important development program for Endo," said Rajiv De Silva, President and CEO of Endo. "Our U.S. Branded Pharmaceuticals team has extensive experience supporting pain therapeutics and this program represents a significant opportunity to continue to leverage our commercial capabilities, if we are successful with our application for approval." About the Phase III BEMA buprenorphine trial in opioid-experienced patients
The Phase III clinical trial was an enriched-enrollment, double-blind, randomized withdrawal study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of BEMA buprenorphine in the treatment of chronic lower back pain in opioid-experienced patients. A total of 511 patients who titrated to a well-tolerated, effective dose were randomized to either continue on that dose of BEMA buprenorphine, or receive placebo (BEMA film with no active drug), with treatment continuing for 12 weeks. The primary efficacy endpoint was the mean change in the daily average pain numerical rating scale (NRS-Pain) scores from baseline (just prior to randomization) to week twelve of the double-blind treatment period.
Pain was self-reported daily on an 11-point numeric rating scale (daily NRS; 0=no pain, 10=worst possible pain).


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The World Water Day, which was celebrated on March 22, was a time to reflect on the importance of water in our lives. Safe drinking water is a vital factor that ensures the health of children and their families. Just as essential is access to basic sanitation.
Every 24 hours, 320 children die in Pakistan from diarrhea — the result of a deadly combination of unsafe water and poor sanitation conditions. Similarly, water and sanitation-related diseases in the country are responsible for some 60 per cent of the deaths of children under five years of age.
Diarrhea contributes to, and aggravates malnutrition, which is an underlying cause of over half the deaths of children under five. Poor sanitation also has a serious impact on children's attendance at school due to water and sanitation-related diseases. In addition, girls tend to drop out of school and female teachers may not work where there are no gender-segregated toilets. Women, as the primary caregivers of sick children, have less time to care for other children and to do other work, when they have to care for the ill.
Water, sanitation and hygiene-related diseases cost Pakistan's economy an estimated Rs112 billion each year, according to a 2006 World Bank study. This economic loss is due to labour hours lost or reduced productivity, with household and public resources being diverted to curative services.
Although the world has met the global UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the proportion of people without access to improved water sources, progress towards sanitation access remains the most off-track of all the MDGs in Pakistan. With over 40 million people lacking access to basic sanitation in Pakistan, children continue to pay with their health and lives, according to the new 2012 Joint Monitoring Report by WHO and Unicef.
Sanitation means access to and the use of functional toilets, that ensure privacy and dignity, contributing to a hygienic living environment for all. Apart from the health consequences, lack of access to bathrooms takes a heavy toll on human dignity. In order to make progress towards universal access to sanitation, it must be recognised as a basic human right.
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, ratified by 158 countries, recognises that "everyone has the right to an adequate standard of living". In addition, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women obliges governments to ensure that rural women have access to sanitation.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child notes the right of all children to an adequate standard of living, which includes access to clean drinking water and latrines.
In July 2010, the UN General Assembly recognised the right to water and sanitation. Addressing sanitation as a human right helps to move the focus from technical solutions to ensuring that the political and legislative frameworks are in place to ensure its access.
Encouraging progress is being made through the Pakistan Approach to Total Sanitation, endorsed by federal and provincial governments. One component of this is government facilitation of access to sanitation by ensuring that appropriate standards are in place to assist individuals in constructing and maintaining toilets, while promoting hygiene education. Following the 2010 and 2011 floods, the Unicef has worked with the government and civil society partners to scale-up rural sanitation in flood-affected areas. By the end of 2012, 7.6 million people in 34 flood-affected districts will be reached through hygiene promotion, model latrines and drainage and wastewater improvements.
There is still much to be done to ensure that every individual in Pakistan has access to improved sanitation facilities. The aim must be to have affordable latrines that provide privacy, a safe and dignified environment accessible to all, with sustained maintenance.
Ensuring sustainable access to sanitation is a priority that is absolutely central to the health and well-being of children and their families in Pakistan.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 23rd, 2012.


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Above she is rocking of course her amazing designer Twisted Silver Bracelet. She will be wearing it all throughout the show. She loves twisted and brought a load of it for the show.
Some Fashion Finds from Michelle Money this week…. Here way cute Ripped up blue top from Arden B
Rose Cermony night was a crazy one this week. And of course my cute client looked amazing with those red lips and in black. It looks like a one piece but there are two the top is Pencey brand and the pants are from Bebe. And she looked amazing….
So who loved michelle date night top?? I sure did!! Just to let you know the first week she wore that amzing black dress and it had amazing straps and I blogged about it…well it was a dress with a amazing new bra that has amazing crazy straps you can change around and make fun to your liking and your style and you can change them up to your own personal design. Well she was wearing it again on the date night again with different straps. If you loved?? Here is the info you can find them under Estilo Boutique 801-363-9300 Tell them Jen Clyde sent you and they will get you the info you need to order them. They are so new and fresh their website is still under construction.


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König Ludwig Bike
Discover on your mountain bike the Ammergauer Alps in the footsteps of King Ludwig II. We will offer you three different courses and distances. Traverse the Ammergauer Alps with your mountain bike and discover the Ammertal from above, past monuments and churches. Start and finish will be in the city center of Oberammergau.
König Ludwig Lauf
Germany's biggest cross-country race invites you in the Ammergauer Alps. Immerse yourself in an unforgettable winter experience in the Valley of King Ludwig II. Passing the world famous abbey Ettal through the Graswangtal, the castle park of Linderhof to the finish at the Passion Play village in Oberammergau. Experience unique cultural highlights at one race in the most beautiful high valleys in Europe. Be a part of WORLDLOPPET.
König Ludwig Cross
Unfortunately we have to cancel the König Ludwig Cross Cup 2017. The König Ludwig Cross Cup 2018 will take place.


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A woman in her 50s had to be freed from her car by firefighters using hydraulic cutting equipment after an accident on the M40.
A Volkswagen Golf saloon and a BMW crashed at about 9.40pm on the northbound carriageway of the motorway at Junction 11, near Banbury.
Two people were taken to the Horton Hospital with minor injuries.
All three emergency services attended the scene. One lane of the motorway was temporarily blocked off.


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Value investor Arnold Schneider's Value Fund has gained more than 9% year to date. It averaged 28% per year over the past 5 years. This is the buys and sells of Arnold Schneider during the first quarter. Arnold Schneider owns 173 stocks with a total value of $4.1 billion.
Arnold Schneider buys Arch Coal Inc., Consol Energy Inc., Motorola Inc., Standard Pacific Corp., Beazer Homes Usa Inc., Radian Group Inc., Smithfield Foods Inc., Gemstar-tv Guide International, Central Garden & Pet Company, Redwood Trust Inc., Employers Holdings I, Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Sonic Automotive Inc., Bankunited Financial Corp., Uap Holding Corp., Virage Logic Corp., Homebanc Corp., Bfc Financial Corp, C&d Technologies Inc., sells Activcard Corp., Ishares Russell 1000 Gwth Index Fd, Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., Hilton Hotels Corp., Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc., Gamestop Corp. Class B Common Stock, General Motors Corporation, Friedman Billings Ramsey Group, Dr Horton Inc., Caraustar Industries Inc., Corn Products International In, California Coastal Communities, Activision Inc., American Power Conversion Corp, Aetna Inc., Associated Estates Realty Corp, Advanced Energy Industries Inc, Jones Lang Lasalle Inc., St. Joe Co., Wabash National Corp., Washington Mutual Inc., Washington Group International, Wci Communities Inc., Valero Energy Corp., Triad Hospitals Inc., Technical Olympic Usa Inc., Spy, Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., Post Properties Inc., Liberty Global Inc., Lear Corp., La-z-boy Inc., Mosaic Co., Micron Technology Inc., Orient-express Hotels Ltd. during the 3-months ended 03/31/2007, according to the most recent filings of his investment company, SCHNEIDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT C. Arnold Schneider owns 173 stocks with a total value of $4.1 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells.
- New Purchases: ACI, BFF, BKUNA, BZH, CENTA, CHP, CNX, EIG, GMST, HMB, MOT, RDN, RWT, SAH, SFD, SLXP, SPF, UAPH, VIRL,
- Added Positions: AHM, AMMD, ASX, BLG, BSX, CEI, CFC, CHCI, CLS, CTX, FBN, FED, FRE, GME, GNSS, IN, IWS, KBH, LPX, MEE, MGA, MHO, MPG, OPX, RCL, RPB, STC, ZLC,
- Reduced Positions: AXL, BEAV, CGT, CHB, COF, CSX, GFF, IPCR, IWN, LBTYK, LNCE, LUV, TRY-B,
- Sold Out: ACTI, AEC, AEIS, AET, ATVI, CALC, CPO, CSAR, DHI, FBR, GM, HEB, HLT, HOV, IWF, JLL, JOE, LBTYA, LEA, LZB, MOS, MU, OEH, PPS, SFE, SPY, TOA, TRI, VLO, WCI, WM, WNC,


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Darsanalaya Society (Regd)
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Fr. Aji Sebastian CMI, widely known as 'Isai Baba' (Christian Guru), the Acharya of Darsanalaya Ashram and disciple of Fr. Swamiji Michale Sadhanand. He is a member of the Kochi Province of CMI Congregation. From the very young age he has an attraction for Indian Sanyasa life. From the very childhood he practiced yoga. Later during his studies he adopted yoga for treatment and enlightenment. He has a deep rooted knowledge in different religions and he is a seeker of truth. Since he opened his mind to every religion, people form all walks often visit him and discuss about the truth.
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Fr. Aji Sebastian took 'Indian Sanyasa Diksha' from Guru Samiji on 14th February 2007
During the philosophical studies, his quest for herbal medicine and inclination towards serving the poor needy people in a special way made him to explore more on power of herbal medicine. Inspiration and motivation of Guru Swamiji helped his voyage.
In addition to his priestly ordination as per Christian Tradition at CMI Ceminaries; He has a Diploma in Naturopathy, Bachelor of Alternative System of Medicines (BSAM), Doctorate in Medicine (MD) and PhD in Alternative Medicines. He is a member of Baratha Parambarya Vaidya Sangam (BPVS) and Gen. Secretary of National Coordinating Committee (BPVS). Presently he is pursuing a course in Bachelor of Electropathic Medicines & Surgery. More than his bookish knowledge, he acquired knowledge in different types of tribal medicines and Herbals from the Tribal doctors and Sadhus. He learned all these through the risky journeys to the interior forests and living with the Tribal people and Sadhus.
His experience opened the way towards a unique system called, 'Sheethali Chikilthsa' (Heat Reduction Therapy). He treats all diseases with this unique theory, which is harmless. His treatment is based on Yoga, Meditation and different types of herbals and alternative medical systems.
He is the founder and the principal of the Darsanalaya Institute of Alternative Medicines and Research which is affiliated to Indian Board of Alternative Medicines. Darsana Arogalaya is the Fifteen Bed 'Sheethali Chikithsa Kendra' (hospital) where he treats the patients with this system. People from different parts of the country and abroad visit this place for treatment. Darsana Arogyalaya is also having different centers in Delhi, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Thamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jarkhand, Orissa, West Bangal, etc. He gives training in Herbal Medicine, Yoga and conducts Health Camps in different parts of the country.


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The new movie ?Star Trek? may have launched into theaters to reveal the origins of Capt. James Kirk of the starship Enterprise, but director J. J. Abrams relied on a veteran planetary scientist to make sure the film?s strange, new worlds were more science than science fiction.
To add a touch of reality to the planets in ?Star Trek,? Abrams sought advice from Carolyn Porco, the imaging team leader for the Cassini spacecraft currently studying the ringed planet Saturn and its many moons.
?They were very sincere about trying to get things as right as possible,? Porco told SPACE.com, adding that it would be impossible to show Saturn?s true face since the sunlight there is 100 times dimmer than it is on Earth. ?With that in mind, I think they?ve done a very nice job here while still maintaining all the whiz bang and adventure of the Star Trek story.?
Porco joined the Star Trek team as a science consultant for planetary science and imagery after Abrams saw her presentation on Cassini?s Saturn science at the 2007 TED conference in Monterey, Calif. The new ?Star Trek? film, which updates the iconic television and film franchise, chronicles the first meeting of the U.S.S. Enterprise?s future Captain Kirk, science officer Spock and other crew as young Starfleet officers.
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Porco heads the Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations (CICLOPS) at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo., where images of from the international Cassini probe are received and processed. The center releases high-resolution views of Saturn and its rings via its Web site: http://ciclops.org.
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By ROBIN FINN
Published: August 3, 2007
ONCE one accepts the premise that addictions are as unique as snowflakes or thumbprints, the addiction confessed by Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo, commissioner of the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, seems practically legitimate.
Ms. Carpenter-Palumbo's personal, private until now (hey, it's her own fault that she's a stickler for full disclosure) addiction goes by a deceptively nutritious-sounding name, Blackjack Cherry. And, talk about convenience and enabling: It is delivered right to her doorstep in Bethlehem, an Albany suburb, by Schwan's, a local ice cream company.
Blackjack Cherry is the culprit behind her decision to shed 30 pounds by November. She figures her goal is doable if she patronizes her treadmill for a half-hour each morning and maintains a two-pounds-per-week shrinkage rate. Much like Eliot Spitzer, the governor at whose pleasure she serves (last time it was Mario M. Cuomo, for whom she was an assistant secretary and senior policy adviser on mental health and substance abuse issues), Ms. Carpenter-Palumbo, 44, is very enamored of statistics.
One particularly harsh statistic -- nearly 92 percent of the 110,000 clients her agency serves are smokers -- motivated Ms. Carpenter-Palumbo's recent announcement that by July 2008, New York intends to be the first state to require all addiction treatment centers to provide clients with a program to cure nicotine dependence as well. Participation by smokers, and employees of the treatment centers, will be mandatory: The facilities will be smoke-free. There have already been complaints about the rule being too onerous. What if it discourages smokers from seeking treatment for alcoholism or drug addiction?
Ms. Carpenter-Palumbo, sitting in a borrowed corner office in the agency's Midtown outpost (headquarters are in Albany), has a ready answer.
''I've heard the complaints about my 'Big Sister' approach,'' she says, ''but nobody can tell me smoking is good for you, and everybody knows it's a trigger to other addictions. My clients are dying 25 years younger than you or I will, and what kills them is tobacco. I can't in good conscience tell our clients, 'We're here to help you recover from your drug and alcohol addiction but guess what, you're going to die of cancer anyway.' ''
The state's Department of Health has committed $8 million to the antismoking initiative: $4 million to train clinicians and $4 million for nicotine replacement devices.
Ms. Carpenter-Palumbo, an upstate native with a downstate metabolism -- she talks fast, walks fast and shops fast (a capacious $40 Prada knockoff is her latest quick pick) -- was raised in laid-back Horseheads, near Elmira. Her father sold insurance by day and drank to excess most nights. He wound up at a treatment facility in 1984 during Ms. Carpenter-Palumbo's senior year at Rochester Institute of Technology, where she trained to become a social worker; she received a master's degree in social work from Adelphi University. Her father is, she says, ''in recovery.'' He even quit smoking.
HER mother, also a smoker, was a nurse at the Elmira Psychiatric Center. Her parents divorced when she was 10, right around the time she got caught stealing and puffing her mom's Kent Golden Lights. She was grounded for a month, sufficient incentive to kick smoking before it became a habit. Her mother was less fortunate. She survived a major heart attack at age 52, and has not smoked since. Consider her parents' history of addictive behavior cautionary tales that they have lived to tell.
Nineteen years ago Ms. Carpenter-Palumbo married Bob Palumbo. He manages the emergency room at Albany Medical Center, prefers diagnosticians to politicians, and does the cooking. ''I would rather give a speech in front of 5,000 people than cook a meal,'' she admits.
Her husband, too, has battled a nicotine addiction, not only in deference to her career (before joining the Spitzer squad, she was a regional vice president of the American Cancer Society), but for the sake of their two children, aged 11 and 7. The older, Kyle, received a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis when he was 3, just six weeks after his little sister was born. Ms. Carpenter-Palumbo, a repository even of facts that cause her pain, notes that the median life expectancy for those with this disease, curable only by a lung transplant, is 35.
It's not surprising that in addition to being a past president of the Make-a-Wish Foundation of northeastern New York, she is president of the region's Cystic Fibrosis Association. When it comes to missions, she is a certified multitasker.
''After we found out about my son's illness and I was kind of falling apart, my father took me aside and told me, 'You're a fighter, you've been a fighter all your life for people with addictions and disabilities who can't fight for themselves, and now you've got to fight for your son,' '' she says.
Ms. Carpenter-Palumbo's pert pug nose reddens, and her eyes drip, when she discusses the life-threatening disease her son is coping with. But she is a pragmatist: ''I tell him, 'Everybody's got something, this is what you have, and we as a family are going to get you through it.' ''
Having a pair of rowdy Old English sheepdogs to wrestle around with helps. Ms. Carpenter-Palumbo fixated on the breed decades ago after seeing the sitcom ''Please Don't Eat the Daisies.'' Had to have one. Now she has two. Three cheers for harmless addictions.
And don't get her started on her tireless campaign to reconcile the gray hair that hit at 30 -- genetics can be cruel -- with the robust rest of her. Simply put, her hair is in perpetual rehab.
Photo: ''Nobody can tell me smoking is good for you, and everybody knows it's a trigger to other addictions.'' KAREN M. CARPENTER- PALUMBO (Photograph by Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times)


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From: "J.D.McEachin" <>
Subject: [MCEACHIN-L] Re: Lauchlin McLaurin
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 10:20:29 -0700
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At 11:13 PM 3/31/01 -0600, Martha Cofield wrote:
>The following information is in regard to Lauchlin A. McLaurin, son of
>Lauchlin (I)McLaurin and Nancy McEachin. Lauchlin McLaurin (I) listed
>by Banks McLaurin as son of Daniel McLaurin.
Martha and I have been discussing this off and on for weeks, so I will try to provide a summary and some context for Martha's information.
We've been trying to figure out what we REALLY know about John and Nancy McEachin (who we believe are the oldest son and daughter of Alexander McEachin), what can be deduced from what is known, and where we can look for more information.
> Estate of Alexander McEachin Lafayette Co MS list as heirs of a 1/7
>share of estate: L. A. McLaurin, John M. Gillis, Mrs. Janie Tucker.
As Martha wrote, we believe these 3 must be the children of Nancy, since they each inherited 1/3 of 1/7 of Alexander's estate, and Alex had 7 children (that we know of).
Working backwards, we find L(aughlin) A. McLaurin and John M. Gillis together in the 1850 Census of Richmond Co. NC:
> Malcolm Gillis 27 NC Carpenter
> Nancy 21 NC
> John 4/12 NC
> Laughlin McLaurin 7 NC
> John Gillis 45 Scotland
Now, what has thrown every other researcher is Nancy's age. Thinking her too young to be Laughlin's mother, most have assumed that she is Laughlin's sister, and that their parents were deceased. It is my contention that Nancy lied about her age, as SOME women are wont to do. Nancy is in fact Nancy McEACHIN, who was born abt. 1820. She married Laughlin McLaurin Sr. abt. 1840, and had Laughlin Jr. by him. He died sometime between 1845, when his father Daniel's will was written, and 1849, when Nancy married Malcolm Gillis. That is the SIMPLEST explanation for how Laughlin McLaurin, John Gillis, and Mary Jane Gillis Tucker (who was born after 1850) could inherit property as equals.
PROBLEM: The only mention of the name of Alexander's first daughter that we know of is by a niece. Since Nancy was the firstborn daughter, and Alex's wife was named Nancy, it seems likely, but is hardly proven.
PROBLEM: There is no record of who Laughlin McLaurin Sr. married. Laughlin was not in his father's household in 1840, but neither was Nancy. Where were they? I've been through the 1840 Census and can't find them.
PROBLEM: I don't know what, if anything connects Laughlin Sr. to Laughlin Jr. - I'm just going on what I've heard from McLaurin researchers. One thing that I find curious - according to a granddaughter of Laughlin Jr., Vivian Hess, Laughlin A. was the son of John McLaurin and Margaret McEachin. I think Vivian is wrong, but I believe that there must be SOME piece of knowledge in her family that says they have a McEachin ancestor. I WOULD DEARLY LIKE TO CONTACT VIVIAN AND FIND OUT WHAT SHE KNOWS. (There IS a Margaret McEachin mentioned in the will of Daniel McLaurin, the father of Laughlin, but I'm sure she's the daughter of Daniel and sister of Laughlin. I'll detail my theories on her in my next email.)
PROBLEM: We need to confirm that Mary Gillis is the same as Janie Tucker. I've looked through Richmond Co. marriage records, and can't find a Tucker man marrying a Jane. Next I'll look at the 1860 & 1870 Censuses, to see if there's a Mary Jane Gillis. And I'm also trying to find out who the heirs of Malcolm's father, John Gillis, and grandfather, Malcolm Gillis are.
I'm hoping that somebody here can add to our knowledge base. I don't know that we'll ever gather enough evidence to prove conclusively that Laughlin McLaurin m. Nancy McEachin and had Lauchlin Jr., but maybe we can get enough to say that this explanation is the simplest one that fits all the facts.
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