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Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Parr of Lubbock, a boy weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces at 4:23 p.m. Dec. 20 at University Medical Center.
Geither under probe over bailout of AIG
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner came under increased scrutiny Tuesday when a key congressman said he would subpoena the Federal Reserve Bank of New York about bailout decisions made on Geithner's watch.
LG projects 2010 mobile phone sales at 140 million
LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday that it expects a significant increase in mobile phone sales this year as it rolls out 20 new smartphones and aims to become one of the world's top two sellers by 2012.
Super Bowl ad prices fall; still most expensive
The economic slump appears to have taken a toll on Super Bowl ads, pushing the price down for only the second time in the game's history, though they're still the most expensive on television.
Apple may wipe slate clean for new tablet computer
SEATTLE — Apple has a knack for spotting problems we didn't know we had. It can leave us wondering how we survived without vast libraries of music and TV shows in our pockets or the comfort of knowing "there's an app for that."
Wii becomes third console to stream Netflix
It's a triple crown for Netflix. Beginning in the spring, the Wii will become the last of the three current video game consoles to get instant viewing of Netflix movies and TV shows over the Internet.
American automakers show signs of comeback
DETROIT - The vital signs are improving for American automakers.
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Financial institutions may be hit with levy
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is weighing a levy on financial institutions to help recover shortfalls in a $700 billion bank bailout fund and to help balance a budget that is looking increasingly grim amid an ongoing economic crisis.
Domino's comes clean with new pizza ads
CHICAGO — For a pizza joint, it's a bold move to tell customers your crust tasted like cardboard and your sauce was like ketchup.
Second chain opts to pull cadmium-tainted items
LOS ANGELES - A second international chain store said it is pulling from shelves jewelry that lab tests show contained high levels of the heavy metal cadmium, and Chinese regulators said they will investigate dangerous levels of the toxin in children's jewelry being exported to the United States. Also, a U.S. senator called for hearings.
Gasoline prices may be heading back toward $3
The average price of gasoline is heading back toward $3 per gallon nationwide, sapping strength from the economic recovery as consumers spend roughly half a billion dollars more on energy each day than they did a year ago.
Walmart pulling jewelry cited in AP cadmium report
LOS ANGELES — Federal and state watchdogs opened a new front Monday in the campaign to keep poisons out of Chinese imports, launching inquiries into high levels of cadmium in children's jewelry while Walmart pulled many suspect items from its store shelves.
Barnes & Noble launches text rental service
NEW YORK — Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. is launching a textbook rental program for college students, making it the newest entrant in a growing field.
Talks resume between AA, flight attendants
DALLAS — American Airlines and its flight attendants are back at the bargaining table, with the union raising a strike threat if the two sides can't agree on economic issues within two weeks.
AOL to lay off up to 1,200 workers to reach target
SAN FRANCISCO — The struggling Internet company AOL was laying off up to 1,200 workers this week because it didn't get enough volunteers to accept buyouts.
Wal-Mart to close 10 Sam's Clubs stores in U.S.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Wal-Mart said Monday it will close 10 money-losing Sam's Club stores and cut 1,500 jobs to reduce costs.
Wal-Mart to close 10 Sam's Clubs stores in U.S.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Wal-Mart said Monday it will close 10 money-losing Sam's Club stores and cut 1,500 jobs to reduce costs.
From Our Courts
Grand jury indicts man for murder
A Lubbock County grand jury on Tuesday indicted a 24-year-old Lubbock man on a murder charge stemming from a December shooting at an East Lubbock night club.
Darnell case goes to judge in Midland
It is now up to a Midland judge whether fellow jurist Jim Bob Darnell must recuse himself in all criminal cases involving the Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney's Office.
Grand Jury Indictments
A Lubbock County grand jury issued the following indictments Tuesday:
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City should follow state's example
in opening all transactions to public
As long-standing advocates of transparency in government, we believe state Comptroller Susan Combs is on the right track in encouraging cities and other public entities to follow her state agency's example of making public records more easily accessible.
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Leach firing labeled rush to judgment
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Justice cuts both ways in Leach firing
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"Out of all the mess that has been made out of the Texas Tech football game over the past couple of weeks, I can finally applaud the administration for making a great hire in Tuberville."
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"Get over it. What's done is done and nobody can undo it. We now have a widely-respected head coach who has been there and done that ... several times."
Quick opinion
In the never-ending race to protect our country from those who want to destroy us, we believe airport security agents need training and access to the most sophisticated detection devices available. The failed airliner bomb plot proved conventional procedures, X-ray machines, and metal detectors are woefully inadequate.
Senior Safety: Understanding how diseases affect elderly can help protect them
About five years ago, when Sgt. Ross Hester was working patrol, a cashier at a local convenience store asked him to check on an elderly couple who had pulled in for gas. They seemed disoriented, the cashier said.
Fund set up to help house fire victims
Neighbors have banded together to help a family of six who was left homeless after a fatal fire this past weekend.
Community Briefs
Applications being taken for local pageant
Faith Briefs
Jampa to lead meditation class at Unitarian church
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Tech, Pantex sign agreement to create research wind farm, electricity source
AMARILLO - Texas Tech and Pantex officials announced Tuesday they have signed an agreement that could help create a Pantex research wind farm and provide electrical power for the Energy Department weapons facility.
Out of the Ashes
LOCKNEY - Students have moved back into their science labs a year after flames consumed Lockney High School's main building.
Vroonland selected as vice chairman of state's Fast Growth School Coalition
David Vroonland, superintendent of the Frenship Independent School District, has been appointed vice chairman of the Texas Fast Growth School Coalition.
Could designer doughnuts edge out cutesy cupcakes?
CHICAGO (AP) — Pomegranate thyme and bing cherry balsamic may sound like salad dressings, and lemon chamomile creme custard may evoke thoughts of fancy teas, but they're actually cutting edge flavors in the latest fad to hit the baking scene — doughnuts.
O'Brien gets interest from Fox officials
PASADENA, Calif. - If "Tonight" show host Conan O'Brien decides he doesn't want to shift back to a post-midnight time slot at NBC, Fox executives have a clear message for him: We love you.
Masks can boost daily skin-care routines
NEW YORK — You swear you're getting in shape in 2010. Your body. Your soul. Your skin? A mask could jump-start a healthy routine, say experts, giving a boost beyond daily washing and moisturizing (both of which you should already be doing).
New Years resolutions for the home
It's the season for resolutions, and for many people that means vowing to get their home in the best shape possible.
Senior Safety: Understanding how diseases affect elderly can help protect them
About five years ago, when Sgt. Ross Hester was working patrol, a cashier at a local convenience store asked him to check on an elderly couple who had pulled in for gas. They seemed disoriented, the cashier said.
Physicians up price for special care
Over the counter cold-and-flu remedy: $5.99.
Asian manufacturers warned about cadmium
LOS ANGELES - The top U.S. consumer product regulator is warning Asian manufacturers not to substitute other toxic substances for lead in children's items, a message that follows the launch of a government investigation into Chinese-made jewelry that lab tests showed was laden with the heavy metal cadmium.
Study: Logging hours in front of TV can shorten lifespan
LOS ANGELES — Watching television for hour upon hour obviously isn't the best way to spend leisure time — copious inactivity has been linked to obesity and heart disease. But now a new study quantifies TV viewing's effect on risk of death.
Too much flu vaccine? Shot push this week to tell
WASHINGTON — First there was too little swine flu vaccine. Now could there be way too much? This week will tell.
Report: Tof hepatitis B, C overlooked
WASHINGTON — They're the overlooked viruses: Hepatitis B and C together infect three to five times more Americans than the AIDS virus does, and most don't know it.
Study: Health care providers lacking knowledge of hepatitis
LOS ANGELES — Hepatitis B and C remain serious threats to public health, but many health care providers fail to screen at-risk patients and don't know how to treat those infected with the viral diseases that can cause liver failure and cancer, according to a report released Monday by the National Academy of Sciences.
Drug benefit expanded to 1 million more seniors
WASHINGTON — In case the prospect of nearly $4,000 in prescription assistance isn't enough to perk up low-income seniors, the government is using '60s singer Chubby Checker to publicize "the twist" in the Medicare drug program.
'09 Road Deaths: Past year included fewer traffic fatalities than 2008
Lee Castle did nothing wrong while riding his motorcycle to work on a recent September morning when he died.
Out of the Ashes
Students have moved back into their science labs a year after flames consumed Lockney High School's main building.
Beane schedules town hall meeting
City Councilman Paul Beane will host a town hall meeting for District 4 residents at 6 p.m. today in the Honey Elementary School cafeteria, 3615 86th St.
Fund set up to help house fire victims
Neighbors have banded together to help a family of six who was left homeless after a fatal fire this past weekend.
Fundraising efforts in House District 85 race show no surprises
AUSTIN - Reports of money raised in the second half of 2009 - which all candidates for office must make public by no later than midnight Friday - are slowly coming in. And in the Republican race in Texas House District 85, there have been no surprises.
Jailers complete management class
Lubbock County commissioners have given recognition to two jailers who completed a national academy for jail management.
Police continue hunt for robber
Lubbock police continued Monday looking for a man who robbed a local Dollar General Store over the weekend.
Leach's lawyers fire new salvos
Team Leach - his legal team, not the ever-growing Facebook group - took its game to the next level Tuesday.
Supporters take issue to gov's office
AUSTIN - The governor's office has been flooded with comments about fired Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach, but the governor and his potential Democratic rival are not planning to get involved in the issue - which is exactly what the callers want.
Vaccination rules displace Tech students
New state health mandates prevented a handful of Texas Tech students from moving into their residence halls when doors opened Sunday.
Darnell case goes to judge in Midland
It is now up to a Midland judge whether fellow jurist Jim Bob Darnell must recuse himself in all criminal cases involving the Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney's Office.
LISD administrator, retired teacher earn state honors
Lubbock Independent School District administrator Denise Mattson and retired teacher Carla Moore have received statewide honors from the Texas Classroom Teachers Association for the 2009-10 school year.
Woman can't remember night's events
The woman said she didn't remember talking to anyone at a Lubbock bar in 2005 and certainly didn't remember leaving with anyone.
City of Lubbock in strong financial shape
Lubbock managed to save millions while weathering an economic downturn and kept pushing forward major city projects last year, Mayor Tom Martin said Tuesday in an annual state of the city address.
Testimony to resume in bar rape trial
Testimony is to resume today in the trial of a man accused of raping an unconscious woman outside a Lubbock bar in 2005.
LISD board expected to hire new AD
The Lubbock Independent School District board of trustees is expected to hire a new athletic director at its regularly scheduled board meeting Thursday.
Young dad victim of fatal blaze
A single red rose dangled from a porch on Duke Street in memory of a young father killed there Sunday.
District 83 candidates meet in Levelland forum
While each of the three District 83 state representative Republican candidates agreed on their positions on issues, they emphasized how their different personal experiences and backgrounds would make them the ideal candidate.
McClendon seeks district judge seat
First appeared on lubbockonline.com: 2:04 p.m. Tuesday.
Men of various faiths to take part in Walk to Emmaus retreat
Some are Methodist. Some Catholic. Some Baptist. Some are members of a nondenominational church.
Name of former first lady to grace new Lubbock-Cooper middle school
The new middle school under construction in the Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District will be named after Laura Bush, the wife of former president and former Texas governor George W. Bush.
Evaluations differ on Fort Hood shooter
WASHINGTON - In late December 2004, one of the officers overseeing Army Maj. Nidal Hasan's medical training praised him in an official evaluation as a qualified and caring doctor who would be an asset in any post.
Negotiators ready to drop parts of health bill
WASHINGTON - House and Senate negotiators working on President Barack Obama's health overhaul bill appear likely to drop a proposed income tax increase on high-wage earners and possibly jettison a requirement for large businesses to offer coverage to their employees, Democratic officials said Tuesday.
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FORT COLLINS, Colo.
Across the Nation
Lawmakers trying to cut costs on health overhaul
WASHINGTON - Short of rationing, lawmakers have pulled nearly every available cost-control lever in the sweeping health care overhaul President Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders are pushing to finish.
Poll: Hispanics more skeptical about race relations
WASHINGTON - One year after the election of President Barack Obama, black optimism about America has surged, while Hispanics have become more skeptical about race relations, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Tuesday.
O'Brien rejects NBC's plans
O'Brien rejects NBC's plans
Death Notices
Eddie Joe Barber, 74, of Lovington, N.M., died Jan. 7, 2010, at his residence. Rosary will be 7 p.m. Friday at St. Thomas Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the same church. Kirby-Smith-Rogers Funeral Home of Lovington.
Death Notices
Evelyn Boren of Floydada died Jan. 11, 2010, at Lockney Rehab & Care Center. Services are pending with Moore-Rose Funeral Home of Floydada.
Raymond Maurice Wood
Memorial services for Raymond Wood, 75, of Ransom Canyon and formerly of Slaton, will be 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 at Slaton's First Baptist Church with Dr. Cleve Kerby officiating. A private family committal service will precede the memorial service.
Florine Brown
Florine Brown, 84, of Shallowater, went home, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, to be with her heavenly Father, mother and father. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 at First Baptist Church, Ratliff City, Okla., with the Rev. Bill Choate and the Rev. James Morris officiating. Interment will follow at Griffin Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla., under the direction of Don Grantham Funeral Home, Duncan, Okla. All visitations will be at the funeral home in Duncan.
Otilia E. Brown
Otilia E. Brown, 67, long time resident of Lubbock, passed away on Jan. 11, 2010. She was born in Robs Town, Texas, on April 20, 1942 to Maclobio and Jovita Escobedo. She spent most of her time in Lubbock. She married John Brown on Jan. 14, 1972.
Antonio M. Garcia, Sr.
Funeral services for Antonio M. Garcia, Sr., 89, of Lubbock, will be at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 at Guajardo Funeral Chapels with Samuel Garcia officiating and Pastor Tony Garcia, Jr. assisting. Wake service will be this evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at First Apostolic Church, 1501 17th. St. Burial will be at the City of Lubbock Cemetery under the direction of Guajardo Funeral Chapels.
Elsie Burgy
Elsie Burgy, 84, former Lubbock resident, passed away on December 12, 2009 in Gainesville, Florida after a short illness. A memorial service will be held at Resthaven's Mausoleum Chapel at 2 p.m. on January 15, 2010.
Phil Garrett
Chapel service for Phil Garrett, 76, of Muleshoe, Texas, will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 at Ellis Funeral Home Chapel, with Dr. Stacy Connor of Muleshoe officiating. Burial will be in the Bailey County Cemetery under the direction of Ellis Funeral Home of Muleshoe.
Jim Hardy Clary
Jim H. Clary passed away on Jan. 11, 2010. He was 70.
George Jiri Hlousek
George Jiri Hlousek, 78, of Las Vegas, Nev., passed way on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.
Eva Villegas Dezern
Funeral services for Eva Villegas Dezern, 85, of Lubbock, will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, with Father Teresito Paqueo officiating. Rosary will be this evening at 7 p.m. at Guajardo Funeral Chapels. Burial will be at City of Lubbock Cemetery under the direction of Guajardo Funeral Chapels.
Margaret Louise Johnson
Margaret Louise (Talley) Johnson was the special guest at a heavenly family reunion when she passed from this life on Jan. 9, 2010, at her home just west of Idalou. Greeting her was her husband of 51 years, W. J. "Red" Johnson; a daughter, Lajuana June Johnson; her parents, James and Alma Talley; and a sister, Shirley Ann Talley.
Jose A. Diaz
Funeral services for Jose A. Diaz, 63, of Lubbock, will be at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 15, 2010 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, with Father John Chero officiating. Rosary will be at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 at Guajardo Funeral Chapels. Burial will be at Peaceful Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Guajardo Funeral Chapels.
John Mark Jones
Funeral services for John Mark Jones, 61, of Seminole, Texas, will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 at 2 p.m. at Doss Community Chapel with burial to follow in Gaines County Memorial Cemetery (north). He passed away on Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 at Lubbock Heart Hospital. All services are under the direction of Boyer Funeral Home of Seminole.
Steven Keith Felton
Steven Keith Felton, 58, of Tool, Texas, died on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010 in V.A. North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, Texas.
W.A. McGwier
W.A. McGwier, 83, was born on Oct. 8, 1926, in Paris, Texas, to the late Wiloughby and Elizabeth McGwier. He was a Veteran of the Army. He married Bonnie Edwards on March 2, 1970 in Lubbock. He was a member of New Covenant Baptist Church and loved to fish. Will passed away on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010.
Rose Jean Rodgers Griffith
Rose Jean Rodgers Griffith passed away peacefully the afternoon of Jan. 11, 2010, at her beautiful home at Windsong, Carillon, Lubbock. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at Neil Chapel, 16th and Norfolk on the Carillon Campus, with the Rev. Keith Wiseman officiating. A burial service at Resthaven will precede the service at 12:30 p.m., and a reception at the Caprock Room of Windsong will follow the memorial service. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 at Resthaven Funeral Home.
Inez Inglis Ramirez
Funeral services for Eunice "Inez" Inglis Ramirez, 80, will be tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at the Memorial Baptist Church in Lubbock, with the Rev. Bob Fagan officiating. Burial will be at Earth Memorial Cemetery, Earth, Texas, following lunch for family and friends at the church. Inez passed away on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, in Enid, Okla. There will not be a formal visitation; however, friends are welcome to come by Rix to pay their respects.
Donna Leta Smith
Donna Leta (Robison) Smith, was born in Fielton, Texas, on Jan. 12, 1926, and departed from this life on Jan. 9, 2010, in Lubbock. A son, John Leroy Smith, preceded her in death.
Tuberville hires offensive coordinator
Tommy Tuberville's plan for the closely watched Texas Tech offense is starting to be revealed.
Lady Raiders seek good start to conference play
Texas Tech women's basketball coach Kristy Curry won't say tonight's meeting with Colorado is any more of a must-win game than any other on the Lady Raiders' Big 12 Conference schedule.
McKinnie vs. Ware will be key matchup on Sunday
MINNEAPOLIS - When Carolina defensive end Julius Peppers had a field day against Minnesota left tackle Bryant McKinnie in a nationally televised game three weeks ago, you can bet DeMarcus Ware was watching.
Sports Briefly
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.
Sports Rail
LCU second in SAC softball poll
Chicago, San Francisco get World Cup boot
NEW YORK (AP) - Chicago's World Cup bid met the same fate as its try for the Olympics when the Windy City was dropped Tuesday from U.S. plans for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.
Wildcats pick apart Aggie defense on way to big win
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Denis Clemente scored 20 of his 24 points in a dominating first half and No. 13 Kansas State rode its stifling defense to a 88-65 rout over Texas A&M Tuesday.
Sources: Greene agrees to deal with Rangers
ARLINGTON (AP) - Two people familiar with the negotiations tell The Associated Press that free agent infielder Khalil Greene had agreed to a one-year contract to fill a utility role for the Texas Rangers.
Sports briefs
Fans can vote on greatest moments
Jackson's career game propels Bobcats past Rockets
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Stephen Jackson scored 16 of his career-high 43 points in the fourth quarter and the Charlotte Bobcats clamped down on defense after halftime to rally past the Houston Rockets, 102-94 on Tuesday night.
Area high school basketball linescores
Sports Briefly
Lady Raiders bounce back with win over Colorado
Texas Tech wasted little time getting back on track in the Big 12 on Tuesday night.
Young coach enters Tech picture
When Lincoln Riley took a prominent role in helping coach Texas Tech to 41 points in an Alamo Bowl victory, a segment of Red Raider fans thought the idea of an under-30 offensive coordinator sounded intriguing.
Tigers' tenacious D will test Tech
Missouri's game plan against Texas Tech will seem simple: force turnovers. But coach Mike Anderson said his team's ability to strip the ball is more a product of its defense than an intentional effort against its opponents.
Monterey girls plan to build on last year's success
In some ways, the 2009 soccer season was a successful one for the Monterey girls. They finished with a winning overall record for the first time in at least five years, and they outscored their opponents 62-22.
OSU loss mostly a mind game for Tech
Texas Tech didn't lose a basketball game on Saturday. It lost a tug of war.
Schneider's, Smallin's heroics lift Monterey past Amarillo, 40-38
Leave it to one of the biggest girls on the floor to hit the biggest shot of the game - from the farthest distance she could.
Lady Plainsmen aim for win this time against Amarillo
As well as the Monterey girls basketball team has played through the first half of the District 2-5A season, it has lamented the one that got away.
City boys hoops roundup: Coronado beats Lubbock High
Quay Johnson scored a game-high 24 points Tuesday night, and Coronado drained seven 3-pointers to outdistance itself from Lubbock High in a 75-63 win over the Westerners in a District 2-5A clash.
City girls hoops roundup: Cooper rolls past Estacado
WOODROW - Cooper took a 68-50 win against Estacado on Tuesday, thanks in large part to Ashley Parr's 18 points and 15 each from Kirstie Edwards and Hannah Limmer.
SPC deals Howard second loss
LEVELLAND - South Plains College post player Kelsey Canavan had 10 points and 10 rebounds, and the Lady Texans beat Howard College 51-44 Monday to open Western Junior College Athletic Conference play.
Westerners rally from three goals down, win District 2-5A opener
AMARILLO - Matthew Sanchez slid home a dramatic goal with 11 seconds left as Lubbock High overcame a three-goal deficit to beat Tascosa 5-4 Tuesday, giving the Westerners their first District 2-5A soccer victory since 2008.
Guerrero completes deal with Rangers for one year
ARLINGTON - Vladimir Guerrero will now be hitting in the middle of the lineup for the Texas Rangers instead of doing damage against them.
At age 47, Walker ready for MMA debut
MIAMI LAKES, Fla. (AP) - Even Herschel Walker's mother apparently isn't too keen on her son's latest competitive venture.
NFL's Supreme Court case could have wide-ranging impact
A lawsuit pitting an Illinois sports merchandise company against the National Football League goes before the U.S. Supreme Court today, a case that could have a profound impact on the way the NFL and perhaps all sports leagues do business.
Gossage wants steroids users barred from Hall
NEW YORK (AP) - Goose Gossage watched Mark McGwire's televised confession to steroids use and was happy his former teammate came clean. That's where the praise ended, with the Hall of Fame reliever saying there should be no place in Cooperstown for McGwire or any other player who used performance-enhancing drugs.
Griffin scores 26 in Nebraska's win over Texas women
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Kelsey Griffin scored 26 points, including six in a row after Texas pulled close late in the game, and No. 11 Nebraska remained unbeaten with a 91-79 victory over the No. 19 Longhorns on Tuesday night.
Texas & Region
Killer of Katrina refugee in Houston loses appeal
A Houston man condemned for fatally shooting a Hurricane Katrina evacuee during a carjacking has lost an appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Former minister in Texas on trial for wife's death
A former Baptist minister in Texas went on trial Wednesday in the death of his wife, whose body was found next to a typed suicide note and a bottle of sleeping pills.
Hutchison claims to have momentum before debate
DALLAS - Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Monday that her campaign had momentum and that she was "peaking at the right time," as her debate with Gov. Rick Perry loomed.
Penn St. volleyball player Hodge wins Honda Award
Megan Hodge of Penn State has won the Honda Sports Award for volleyball.
Texas and Region
Key Panhandle reservoir sets new record lows
Backup plans take shape as Lake Meredith drinking water slips out of reach.
Sarah Palin takes Fox News commentator job
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, will return to her broadcast roots and take her conservative message to Fox News as a regular commentator, the cable channel announced Monday.
Darnell will continue his duties as 140th District Judge
Judge Dean Rucker, of Midland, signed a written order denying a motion asking him to force Lubbock judge Jim Bob Darnell to recuse himself from criminal cases.
Leach's lawyers fire back against Tech
Leach's legal team, in another set of amendments filed in a Lubbock County court, claim that Texas Tech wrongfully terminated the coach.
A-J parent will file prepackaged reorganization plan
Morris Publishing Group, owner of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, announced today it received overwhelming support for its prepackaged plan of reorganization, which will be filed on or before Jan. 19.
New school's name to be a tribute to Laura Bush
The new middle school under construction in the Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District will be named after Laura Bush, the wife of former president George W. Bush.
Some see racist theme in alien adventure 'Avatar'
Near the end of the hit film "Avatar," the villain snarls at the hero, "How does it feel to betray your own race?" Both men are white — although the hero is inhabiting a blue-skinned, 9-foot-tall, long-tailed alien.
Analyst firm says tech sector to recover in 2010
The tech downturn is over and a recovery is on the way after a "dismal" 2009, as companies resume spending on computers and software, according to a new analysis.
Kiffin leaves Tennessee, returns to USC
Lane Kiffin is returning to Southern California as the Trojans' coach after just one season at Tennessee.
Tech, Pantex have plan for potentially cost-saving wind farm
Texas Tech University and Pantex officials today announced they have signed an agreement that could help create a Pantex research wind farm and provide electrical power for the Energy Department weapons facility.
Correction: Sunday bank chart had wrong information for Western Bank
Western Bank gained deposits year over year
John McClendon announces candidacy for judge of 137th District Court
Supporters gather at Science Spectrum to help launch candidacy of John McClendon.
Martin touts economic survival, progress on water in annual address
State of the city address covers economic stability and progress potential on major projects.
Lubbock residents displaced in apartment fire
Residents in three West Lubbock apartment units were displaced Tuesday night after a fire that caused in excess of $50,000.
Burned-out family getting help, needs more
Neighbors have banded together to help a family of six who was left homeless after a fatal fire this past weekend.
Tech's Hance wins state leadership award
Kent Hance, chancellor of the Texas Tech University System, is the 2009-2010 winner of the Outstanding Texas State Leader Award from the John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute.
Drought siphons drinking supplies
Drought could force Lubbock to siphon drinking supplies from the depths of its sole source of surface water by the end of the year, according to new estimates from reservoir managers.
Breedlove Foods Inc. serves 1.5 million in Haiti
Lubbock's nonprofit Breedlove Foods Inc. has readied 1.5 million servings of food relief for Haiti and is attempting to find a way to get the aid to the earthquake-stricken country.
New Deal, state school experience power outage
30-minute outage blamed on faulty metering equipment
Keep Lubbock Beautiful has logo contest
Keep Lubbock Beautiful is accepting entries for a logo for an anti-litter campaign.
Former employee files suit against Tech Health Sciences Center
The former director of communications for Texas Tech's Health Sciences Center filed suit against the Tech System on Monday, claiming gender-based discrimination led to her involuntary resignation.
Workshop about sacredness in work
Covenant Health System will host a workshop called Recognizing Meaning, Sacredness and Value in Our Work from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at Covenant Women's and Children's Arnett Room.
Swinford endorses Leal
Retiring state representative supports Amarillo restaurant owner for state representative in District 87.
Police looking for shoplifting suspects
Lubbock police were looking for a couple who stole $500 worth of perfume and cologne from a local business last year.
Free workshops to help people quit smoking
Each clinic includes a presentation by a tobacco treatment specialist trained by Mayo Clinic and a former smoker who shares his or her story about quitting with the help of a prescription treatment option and support.
Cold imperils Florida's fish, fruit and veggies
FROSTPROOF, Fla. — Here's something you don't often see in this town at the heart of the state's $9 billion citrus industry: a sign at the public library that says, "ICE! On sidewalk. Be careful!"
Mexican troops capture brutal drug lord while storming resort
TIJUANA, Mexico - Federal troops stormed a seaside vacation home and captured one of the country's most brutal drug lords Tuesday, the second time in less than a month that Mexico has taken down one of its most powerful traffickers.
Yemeni cleric warns of foreign occupation
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - Yemen's most influential Islamic cleric, considered an al-Qaida-linked terrorist by the United States, warned Monday that the U.S.-backed fight against the terror group could lead to "foreign occupation" of the country.
Chinese manufacturers say profit is top priority
YIWU, China - For China's low-cost jewelry makers, it was an open trade secret: The metal cadmium is shiny, strong and malleable at low temperatures, regardless of its health hazards. And it's cheap.
Around The World
Three Americans among six killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) - Six NATO service members, including three Americans, were killed in Afghanistan on Monday - the deadliest day for the international force in more than two months, underscoring fears that casualties will rise as more foreign troops stream into the country.
Strongest quake in 200 years hits Haiti; thousands possibly dead
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The strongest earthquake in more than 200 years rocked Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help and heavily damaging the National Palace, U.N. peacekeeper headquarters and other buildings.
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Canal+ Comedy was launched on November 1, 2007.
The 2007 identity for the Canal+ channels was created by Dallas Sthlm.
Canal+ Series
Canal+ Comedy was replaced by Canal+ Series on April 1, 2010.[1] The launch identity was created by Dallas Sthlm and is brighter than the other Canal+ channels.

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PTDA names 2013 board, Manufacturer Council
Chris Bursack of ISC companies to lead association in 2013
The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) elected its 2013 Board of Directors and Manufacturer Council at the Industry Summit in Dallas, Texas.
Chris Bursack, director marketing, ISC Companies, Inc. of Plymouth, Minn., will become PTDA's president in 2013. He succeeds Mitch Bouchard, secretary treasurer, General Bearing Service Inc. of Ottawa, Ontario.
Bursack has been active in PTDA since 2005, when he joined the PTDA Marketing Committee where he worked on projects such as the Engineering and Logistics Value Calculators. He joined the Board of Directors in 2009.
"It is my distinct honor to serve as the 2013 President of PTDA," said Bursack. "Now that we've rolled out a brand-new website, and as we move into the second year of our revised strategic plan, we hope to continue to grow membership and engagement by all our members, and look forward to some great new programs in the months to come,"
Joining Bursack on the 2013 PTDA Board of Directors will be:
- First Vice President Ken Miko, director strategic accounts, BDI, Cleveland
- Second Vice President Harold Dunaway, executive vice president finance and administration, Motion Industries Inc. (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Treasurer Keith Nowak, president, MPT Drives, Inc. (Madison Heights, Mich.)
- Immediate Past President Mitch Bouchard, secretary treasurer, General Bearing Service Inc. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
- Ajay Bajaj, president, Rotator Products Limited (Woodbridge, Ontario)
- LeRoy Burcroff, vice president sales, Bearing Service Inc. (Livonia, Mich.)
- Bill Childers, president, C&U Americas (Plymouth, Mich.)
- Thomas Clawser, sales & marketing manager, Brown Transmission & Bearing Co. (Lancaster, Penn.)
- Carlton Harvey, vice president ind. sales & corp. quality, Jamaica Bearings Co., Inc. (New Hyde Park, N.Y.)
- David Mayer, vice president marketing, Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation (Bloomfield, Conn.)
Michael Dolpp, vice president sales Americas, Thomson Industries (Amherst, N.Y.), assumes the duties of the PTDA Manufacturer Council chair in 2013, succeeding George Rizza, president Rossi Gearmotors Division, Habasit America (Suwanee, Ga.). Dolpp has been an active PTDA volunteer since 2003 having served on the Employee Development, Marketing and Industry Summit Planning Committees prior to joining the Manufacturer Council in 2009.
"It's a real honor to be working with my business colleagues through the Manufacturer Council," said Dolpp. "I'm excited to be the next Manufacturer Council chair for PTDA because there's not a better place to understand the power transmission/motion control distribution channel than through this organization."
Joining Dolpp on the Manufacturer Council for 2013 will be:
- Vice Chair Brian Kolman, vice president, Brewer Machine & Gear Co. (St. Louis)
- Immediate Past Chair George Rizza, president Rossi Gearmotors Division, Habasit America (Suwanee, Ga.)
- Cliff Bannon, eastern sales manager, Isostatic Industries Inc. (Chicago)
- Michael Cinquemani, president & CEO, Master Power Transmission (Greenville, S.C.)
- Sean Hickey, president, Lafert North America (Mississauga, Ontario)
- Don Lanser, director marketing, U.S. Motors/Nidec Motor Corporation (St. Louis)
- Tony Martell, vice president and general manager, aftermarket business unit, NSK Americas (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
- Mike Power, distributor sales manager, Lovejoy Inc. (Downers Grove, Ill.)
- Kevin Powers, president, U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission LLC (UST) (Wheeling, Ill.)
A U.S.-based trade association, PTDA represents 171 power transmission/motion control distribution firms that generate more than $11 billion in sales and span 3,400 locations in the United States, Canada and eight other countries. PTDA members also include 183 manufacturers that supply the PT/MC industry.
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Metro may cut service to Southeast bus routes over rock-throwing incidents
Metro may halt service to two Southeast D.C. bus routes because of several rock-throwing incidents.{ }
The DCist reports that the transit agency wants to cut a segment of the routes run by the W6 and W8 buses because of multiple incidents in which buses have been pelted with rocks, endangering the welfare of bus drivers and customers.
Several buses would stop turning into two residential neighborhoods off of Stanton Road, where the rock-throwing incidents would occur, after 8 p.m, the DCist reports.
Metro spokesperson Dan Stessel told the DCist, "We don't have exact statistics, but it would be safe to say that rock-throwing incidents occur several times a week, and sometimes on a daily basis. These incidents pose a safety risk to our customers, employees and vehicles."
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Anesthesia of the testicle and epididymis is best understood starting from the embryological origin of the respective structures. The testes are embryologically derived from the same level as the kidneys and, therefore, share a common level of innervation, that being the T10-L1 level for pain conduction and T10-L2 for sympathetic innervation. As the fetus matures, the testes descend into the scrotum. The scrotum is innervated anteriorly by the ilioinguinal and genitofemoral nerves, while the posterior portion of the scrotum is innervated by the perineal branches of the pudendal nerves. Anatomy is shown in the images below.
The afferent fibers for the internal contents of the scrotum run in the spermatic cord. It is at this site that an anesthetic nerve blockade is best approached, as the nerves are relatively superficial to the skin as they run through the spermatic cord. With a relatively noninvasive and simple technique, anesthesia of the testicles and epididymis can be achieved.
In the images below, note that the nerves that are involved with the innervation of the scrotal sac include the iliohypogastric and ilioinguinal nerves and the genitofemoral nerves, along with a branch of the pudendal nerve on the posterior surface of the scrotal sac. Therefore, administration of local anesthetic to the spermatic cord itself, while establishing anesthesia of the testicle and epididymis, does not establish anesthesia of the overlying skin. [1]
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Surgery on the testicle or epididymis
Chronic pain states of the testicle or epididymis
Diagnostic blocks prior to a neuroablative procedure to relieve pain associated with the respective structures
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Absolute contraindications
- Patient refusal
- Active infection over the site to be entered with a needle
- Coagulopathy
Relative contraindications
- Systemic infection
- Allergy to medications to be used during the procedure
- Gross abnormality in the anatomy of the region to be entered with a needle
General anesthesia
If surgery is indicated on the testicle or epididymis, then certainly a general anesthetic is always an option. Obviously, this may be one of the only feasible options if the patient refuses to undergo a regional technique for the surgical intervention.
A patient's refusal to undergo regional anesthesia for surgical procedures of the testicle and epididymis may often be rooted in the belief that he will be awake during the procedure and would just rather be "all the way asleep" for a surgery in this sensitive region. This can usually be addressed with some discussion of the block and the assurance that every effort will be made to make the patient comfortable, generally including monitored anesthetic care or conscious sedation. Again, note that patient refusal is one of the few absolute contraindications for performing any regional anesthetic technique.
For more information, see Procedural Sedation.
Spinal or epidural anesthesia
Anesthesia for surgery on the testicles and epididymis can easily be obtained by performing either a spinal anesthetic (with an insensate level of at least thoracic level 10) or an epidural anesthetic.
Often, a spinal anesthetic is chosen because of the short duration of most surgical procedures involving these anatomic structures, the low failure rate of neural blockade, and the avoidance of the sacral nerve root sparing that is associated with epidural blockade.
This last point is relatively important because the posterior elements of the scrotum are innervated by the perineal branches of the pudendal nerve, which are derived from the S2-S4 levels.
In adult patients, caudal anesthesia is generally not performed because of a high failure rate in this population. However, caudal anesthesia is a viable and often used option in the pediatric population for postoperative pain control.
Spermatic cord block
A spermatic cord block is a relatively simple procedure that can be performed to provide anesthesia to the testicle and epididymis. The relatively superficial position of the spermatic cord near the external inguinal ring makes this an ideal position for placement of local anesthetic and anesthesia of the testicle and epididymis. Note that a spermatic cord block offers anesthesia to only the testicle and epididymis and not the overlying skin, including the scrotum and suprapubic region.
The spermatic cord block may be repeated as necessary for orchialgia. [2]
Ilioinguinal, iliohypogastric, genital branch of genitofemoral nerve blocks [3, 4]
Anesthesia to the overlying skin, scrotum, and suprapubic regions is achieved with the ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve blocks. [2]
The pulsed radiofrequency procedure has been successfully used for chronic groin or orchialgia originating from the above nerves. [5]
Patients who do not respond to spermatic cord block may benefit from the following blocks:
Periprostatic nerve (pelvic plexus) block: The plexus lies anterior to the rectum at the prostatovesical junction. Transrectal ultrasonographic guidance aids in the localization of the nerves. Major sympathetic and parasympathetic efferent input to the testis is provided by the pelvic plexus. [6, 7]
Superior hypogastric plexus block: Long-lasting pain relief is obtained by neurolysis of this plexus in patients with testicular cancer pain. [8]
This procedure is relatively straightforward and requires a minimal amount of setup to be performed.
Sterile 10-mL syringe
Small gauge needle (25 ga) that is 1.5 to 2 inches long
Solution for sterile preparation (eg, chlorhexidine [Hibiclens], povidone-iodine [Betadine])
Pair of sterile gloves
Sterile towels to set up the field
Local anesthetic of choice, 10 mL
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The patient should be positioned comfortably in the supine position.
Placing a firm board or support underneath the buttock for the period during the block may be helpful. This accentuates the area and facilitates palpation of the spermatic cord, particularly in patients who are obese.
Spermatic cord block
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Prepare and drape the patient in a sterile fashion.
Palpate the pubic tubercle on the side that is to be blocked.
At a point that is 1 cm inferior to and 1 cm medial to the pubic tubercle, make a needle puncture with the attached syringe and local anesthetic solution. (While an overlying skin wheal of local anesthetic can be raised, with a small-gauge needle and slow injection of the infiltrate, a relatively pain-free injection can be performed.)
In most patients, the spermatic cord can be palpated. Immobilizing the cord during the block with the nondominant hand, between the thumb and index finger, can be beneficial.
Pass the needle directly downward in a vertical fashion, which brings it into the spermatic cord.
After a negative aspiration for blood, inject approximately 3 mL of the solution into the cord. Repeat this step with some cranial and then caudal angulation of the needle so as to fan out the medication within the cord itself. Aspirate before each successive injection.
Ilioinguinal nerve block
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Place the patient supine with a pillow under the knees.
Palpate the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS).
Prepare the skin with antiseptic solution.
Infiltrate the skin with lidocaine 1% 0.5 mL at a point 2 inches medial and caudal to the ASIS. Then insert a 25-gauge 1.5-in needle at that point and advance it at an oblique angle toward the pubic symphysis. Take care to not advance the needle too deep, into the peritoneal cavity. The image below indicates positioning.
After negative aspiration, inject 5-7 mL of lidocaine 1% in a fanlike manner as the needle pierces the fascia of the external oblique muscle.
Iliohypogastric nerve block
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This procedure is the same as the procedure for the ilioinguinal nerve block except that the needle entry point is 1 inch medial and caudal to the ASIS. The image below indicates positioning.
Genital branch of genitofemoral nerve block
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Identify the pubic tubercle and the inguinal ligament.
The needle entry point is just lateral to the pubic tubercle and just below the inguinal ligament. Take care not to advance the needle too deep, into the peritoneal cavity. The image below indicates positioning.
After negative aspiration, inject 5-7 mL of lidocaine 1%.
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Retraction of the abdominal pannus is occasionally needed during this procedure in patients who are obese. This can be accomplished with the aid of an assistant or some appropriately placed tape.
Aspiration prior to injection of local anesthetic is an integral part of this procedure. If aspiration is noted to be positive, withdrawal of the needle with application of pressure for 2-3 minutes can often prevent the formation of a hematoma.
Good patient communication and a description of what is happening during the procedure is paramount in helping the patient relax during the procedure. It also can help decrease the patient's movement; this, in turn, decreases the risk of inadvertent puncture of alternative structures and helps ensure the success of the block.
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Intravascular injection
Failure of the block
Vasovagal reaction during the block or procedure itself: This mandates prior intravenous access before the procedure is performed.
Puncture of the surrounding structures is possible, including the ductus deferens and the vasculature in the spermatic cord and the unlikely puncture of the bladder, bowel, and femoral vessels.
A temporary or sustained neurapraxia is a possibility, as with almost any procedure involving a regional anesthetic technique.


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Chambal River, river, northern India. The Chambal is the chief tributary of the Yamuna River and rises in the Vindhya Range just south of Mhow, western Madhya Pradesh state. From its source it flows north into southeastern Rajasthan state. Turning northeast, it flows past Kota and along the Rajasthan–Madhya Pradesh border; shifting east-southeast, it forms a portion of the Uttar Pradesh–Madhya Pradesh border and flows through Uttar Pradesh to empty into the Yamuna after a 550-mile (900-km) course. The Banas, Kali Sindh, Sipra, and Parbati are its chief tributaries. The Chambal's lower course is lined by a 10-mile (16-km) belt of badland gullies resulting from accelerated soil erosion and is the site of a major project in soil conservation.
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Mobile platforms, agencies or both: Which is the right choice?
It happens all the time. An innovative technology is developed, creating a new business or marketing channel. In the late 1990s, it was email marketing and ecommerce. In the 2000s, it was social marketing. Now, we are seeing it all over again with mobile.
With time, these market evolutions take on a natural pattern.
Stacking up
At first, it is an empty space without reliable product solutions that organizations can buy and deploy on their own. As a result, services firms rush in to fill the void.
These agencies provide expert know-how and low-risk vehicles for enterprises to experiment and implement first-generation solutions.
Agencies were the first to manage email marketing, build Web sites, conduct social marketing campaigns and, most recently, build many of the first wave of mobile experiences.
As the market opportunity grows and demand heats up, the market begins to mature.
At this point, some companies strike out on their own, building custom solutions that allow them to take complete control of their own technology destiny, believing that custom equates to competitive advantage. If no one else has my custom stack, it must be better, right?
Well, not necessarily. Building everything from scratch inherently increases complexity, costs, risks and required investment.
Nevertheless, some businesses pursue a direct path to full ownership, building solutions entirely in-house despite these significant challenges.
Platform shows
As markets mature even more, reliable products and platforms emerge that empower organizations to achieve channel ownership in a way that leverages shared technology, reducing the overall complexity, costs, risks and required investment.
We call this subsequent and natural market evolution ?the rise of the platforms.?
We have seen platforms emerge many times before.
There was the rise of email marketing platforms such as MailChimp and SendGrid. There was the growth of ecommerce engines such as Demandware, ATG and Magento.
Most recently, there was the launch of social marketing platforms such as HootSuite.
All of these platforms provide companies with the means to efficiently manage their channel strategies in a way that aligns with their overall business goals.
The explosive growth of mobile demand is driving a very familiar pattern.
The first wave was dominated by the agency approach and many companies turned to agencies to design, deploy and maintain their mobile sites and applications.
Technology was thin and change orders piled up as businesses tried to quickly evolve their mobile experiences. But this approach reduced risk and provided a tactical stopgap while the market matured.
Now, mobile is no longer a curiosity. It is a business imperative.
Many companies are seeing more than 40 percent of their desktop traffic coming from smartphones and tablets. This means that tactical approaches to mobility are no longer viable for many businesses.
Direct control, predictable costs, increasing business agility and keeping mobile experiences in constant sync with the desktop are critical business requirements.
Most organizations do not outsource their desktop site. Outsourcing their mobile strategy no longer makes sense.
Additionally, innate attributes of the mobile medium make it ideal for platforms.
Casing it
The mobile space is made up of many different endpoint formats, including smartphone sites, tablet sites, mobile apps and in-store kiosks.
Even more, there are many different mobile operating systems layered onto these endpoints, including iOS, Android, Windows, BlackBerry and emerging products such as Tizen and Firefox phones.
Market-proven mobile technology platforms solve many of these issues.
The right platform can help retailers and other organizations unify their desktop, mobile and apps strategy, saving time and money.
Unification also means that all your experiences are automatically in sync with each other, enhancing your brand and customer experiences.
Look for a platform that is cost effective, one that does not force you to rewrite your current technology stack, does not force you into mobile silos, and where changes can be easily made.
Your mobile platform should also be easy to try, easy to learn and leverage existing standards that your Web team already uses.
The right platform approach will provide valuable future proofing and ongoing business agility that can deliver a sustainable competitive advantage for years to come.
Agency of change
To be clear, mobile agencies are not going out of business anytime soon.
Adapting what Mark Twain once said, reports of their death have been greatly exaggerated and their expert and unique creative talents will long be needed.
That said, the role of mobile agencies will evolve substantially in the next few years.
No longer will businesses look to outsource their mobile platforms to third parties that are not experienced in building technology platforms.
Instead, like email marketing, ecommerce, social marketing and so many other channels before, businesses will leverage agencies for their expert know-how and design talent in combination with powerful, off-the-shelf technology platforms.
This proven combination will give these enterprises incredible time to market advantages, reduced costs and complexity and accelerated business agility.
Jarret Cuisinier is senior director of mcommerce at Moovweb, San Francisco. Reach him at .


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This Day in Jewish History 1940: Immigrant Sons Make Biochemistry Breakthrough
Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben identify the isotope carbon-14, making it possible to date artifacts.
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OFDM Modulated Cooperative Multiple-Access Channel With Network-Channel Coding
In this paper, the authors consider the half-duplex Cooperative Multiple-Access Channel (CMAC) with frequency-selective block-fading. Each link employs an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system, where modulated symbols are drawn from a finite constellation set. They first obtain the diversity order of the CMAC, as a function of the time sharing variables of the users and the rates of the codes. To achieve this rate-diversity tradeoff, they use the principle of network coding where messages of the two sources are jointly encoded. Both separate and joint network-channel coding approaches are considered. Specifically, they design multiple turbo codes that minimize the outage probabilities of these approaches.


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Reflections on Newtown
"Police and other first responders arrived on scene about 20 minutes after the first calls."
This figure needs first to be verified and then hammered home HARD.
At Columbine, a Deuty Sherriff arrived about 5 minutes after the shooting started though I think that he happened to be nearby at the time. After exchanging shots with one of the killers he called for backup, which didnt arrive until almost 40 minutes later along with the SWAT team. Then the SWAT team didnt enter the school until almost a hour after that, after the killers had already offed themselves.
I found this out while looking for info that there was a armed guard at Columbine, like the libtrash claim to support their hallucination that armed guards would'nt make schools safer, and could find no mention of one. I posted this info on Yahoo forums to point out that there was NO armed guard at Columbine and that relying on the police to quickly respond and save the day dos'nt work and, surprise! surprise! Yahoo deleted the post.
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March 8, 2013 BY John Kim
Four colorways of the Nike Kobe 8 are releasing tomorrow, so you'd better find at least one to cop. Some have spurned the 'Year of the Snake' trio for the classic Grey/Volt colorway, featuring the multi-layered polygonal upper in several tones of grey and a stand-out Volt on the outsole, Swoosh, and heel counter. While not an official 'Dunkman' colorway (that's a LeBron thing), but remember that Kobe participated and won an NBA Dunk Contest! Cop these Dunkman-esque Kobes tomorrow at Nike Basketball retailers.
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Lora Lacey-Haun, dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing, has been appointed by Kansas City Mayor Sly James to serve as co-chair of the Kansas City Health Commission.
The Health Commission consists of 17 members, all appointed by the mayor. Lacey-Haun was appointed as a three-year member in 2012. The other chair position is City Councilman Michael Brooks. Lacey-Haun's chair position represents a community health leader.
"I am honored to receive this position," said Lacey-Haun. "The mission is to provide healthy solutions for Kansas Citians, and I take that very seriously."
Lacey-Haun is already taking action in her new role that she was appointed to in January. She and other health leaders nationwide recently signed a petition asking the Food and Drug Administration to regulate the amount of caloric sweeteners in sodas and other beverages, arguing that scientific consensus is that the level of added sugars in the products is unsafe.
"We felt it was very important for us to make a statement that the FDA should be making policy about what the appropriate level of sugar consumption is," she told The New York Times this month, noting about 30 percent of Kansas City's population was overweight and another 30 percent was obese.
With the Affordable Care Act and changes in Medicare, Lacey-Haun envisions the next few years on the Health Commission will be busy ones. The charge of the Commission is to provide structure and oversight for the cyclical development, implementation and evaluation of the Kansas City-Community Health Improvement Plan, and to advise the mayor and City Council on health-related programs and policies. The Health Commission's mission is to achieve a citywide collaboration and partnership of organizations and individuals to work together to build a healthier community.
The Commission's committees:
- Health Planning
- Minority Health and Health Equity
- Tobacco Use Reduction
- Women's, Infant's and Children's Health
Among other items on the Commission's agenda for 2013: vending machines throughout Kansas City with healthier offerings.
Lacy-Haun came to UMKC in 1981 and has been a professor, assistant dean and, since 2004, dean. She's long pushed for greater student-body diversity in gender and ethnicity. In January, Ingram's magazine named her as one of nine "2013 Icons of Education." She's scheduled to retire from UMKC later this year.
About the UMKC School of Nursing
The UMKC School of Nursing offers a full range of education programs including a four-year bachelor's degree (BSN), an RN-BSN, a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), a Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) and the Ph.D. in Nursing. Research at the UMKC School of Nursing is focused on Women's and Children's health and the school is a center of excellence in the provision of health care and education in these areas, emphasizing urban health care and wellness. For more information about the UMKC School of Nursing, visit http://nursing.umkc.edu/. You can also find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
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The University of Missouri-Kansas City, one of four University of Missouri campuses, is a public university serving more than 15,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students, and celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2013. UMKC engages with the community and economy based on a four-part mission: life and health sciences; visual and performing arts; urban issues and education; and a vibrant learning and campus life experience. For more information about UMKC, visit www.umkc.edu. You can also find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and watch us on YouTube.
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Ron Francis pondered the list of inductees into the Hall of Fame: "MacInnis, Messier, Gregory, Stevens. It's an okay class."
And, then, he laughed. As always, he was being the master of the understated. Why change now? In 23 seasons in the hurly-burly, macho world that is the NHL Francis quietly and resolutely made his mark on the game, on the Stanley Cup and, perhaps most impressive of all, on the minds and hearts of fellow players and coaches.
It may be possible to find someone who doesn't like Francis, although you'd have to look long and hard, but the next time someone says they don't respect him will be the first time.
In Hartford, where he became known as Ronnie Franchise, his sweater hangs in the rafters alongside Gordie Howe's. In Pittsburgh, Mario Lemieux might've been the heart of two Stanley Cup teams, but Francis was its soul. All he did for Carolina was resurrect an entire franchise.
"He'd be the smartest player I've ever coached and that's not a knock on any of the other guys," said Toronto Maple Leafs coach Paul Maurice, who was four years younger than Francis when they began a six-year run together in Carolina in 1998. "He'd go to a spot you didn't think he should be and then, the puck was there! That's fine once. But he'd do it over and over again."
In many ways, he likens Francis' approach to the game and life with that of Mats Sundin. "They're both closet preparers. Both didn't make a big show of how hard they work. Didn't make a big show of how badly they want to win ... they'd both be happier if everyone else got the credit for what they did," Maurice said. "The numbers say they're clearly the elite and most important part of the team and franchise but they allow the people around them to be noticed when they could command the attention if they wanted to.
"I think they both quietly love the game more than anyone else who's running around telling you that they love the game. They love everything about it -- coming to the rink. Ronnie was never looking for a day off. He always wanted to be on the ice. He liked being around the room. He loved all parts of the game."
Francis was a model of consistency, averaging more than a point a game. Three Lady Byng trophies attest to his gentlemanly conduct. He is second to only Wayne Gretzky in assists.
"Playing in the Sault we used to watch the Leafs every Saturday night and I guess like lots of kids I dreamed of the NHL, but I never dreamed I would be in the Hall of Fame," Francis, now an assistant GM in Carolina, said. "It's tough to describe in words how I feel. It's such a small, select group."
Francis considered himself a blue-collar player and he did win the Selke trophy for his outstanding defensive play. That, says Maurice, makes his legacy all the more impressive.
"He's considered one of the best defensive players ever and yet he's a producer. There are very few people who did that. To be able to do both is really incredible and he did it for a long time. The year we went to the final in 2002 he led our team in points in the season and in the playoffs and he was also leading our shut-down line. So, he had a lot going. That's his greatness, and, he did both quietly."
Quiet. It is often mentioned in connection with Francis. "It's more my personality but I don't think it translates into my being any less competitive," Francis said. "I just went about things differently."
Better, some might say. "He's unassuming. He's very socially aware," Maurice said. "As a captain he's one of the few leaders I've known who would treat players differently based on their personality. Certain guys he'd get after directly and others he knew he'd have to handle differently. Usually, the leaders in sports don't change their personalities. They're either a hard-driving guy or they're not. but he has a really good sense of people and could find a way to get to a player."
The two Cups in Pittsburgh are his bright and shiny moments. "That's the ultimate but after you retire there are many small things you treasure, too," Francis said. He's still friends with Dave Keon, his first roommate in Hartford. "We still talk a lot. He was 41 and I was only 18, but we built a great friendship. It's interesting because I remember my last year in Carolina and one day I'm sitting in the dressing room and the guy next to me is Eric Staal; kind of a circle of life moment."
Regrets? Well, there were those 12 games with the Leafs in 2004 that marked the end of his career. "It was a thrill to wear the sweater, but when a guy goes into a market like that he wants to go when he's 23 not 43 -- I probably didn't have my best game anymore."
If he had played in New York, Toronto or even Los Angeles earlier in his career, Maurice said, "I do think he would've been looked at completely differently. But not necessarily because he was a flamboyant person. But by the people who really watched and studied the game and know the intricacies that come with being a great defensive player. He would've been appreciated more. It wouldn't have been just, well, he played with some great players."
Francis says he's "comfortable" that the bright lights of Broadway never shone his way. "It probably suited my personality," Francis said. "I don't like the limelight."
But, for one night in November, he will smile and make an exception as he steps into hockey immortality in the centre of the hockey universe.
- Selected fourth overall at the 1981 draft by the Whalers, who initially wanted to pick American-born Bobby Carpenter. But Washington, picking third, took Carpenter and the Whalers took the 19-year-old from Sault Ste. Marie.
- In his first season scored 25 goals and 68 points.
- Midway through the 1984-85 season, he was made Hartford's team captain when incumbent Mark Johnson was traded to St. Louis. At 22, Francis became one of the youngest captains in NHL history,
- Francis was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991 with Ulf Samuelsson for Zarley Zalapski and John Cullen; his trade from the Whalers to the Penguins was considered a coup for Pittsburgh, where he centred a formidable second line behind Mario Lemieux's first line.
- Won Cup titles in 1991 and '92 with Pittsburgh.
- Named captain of the Penguins in 1994-95 and had first of three Lady Byng Trophy seasons.
- In 1994-95 won the Frank Selke Trophy for his outstanding defensive play.
- In the summer of 1998, at age 35 and an unrestricted free agent for the first time, he signed with the Carolina Hurricanes, who had relocated from Hartford the previous season.
- In 2002 Francis led the Hurricanes to their first Stanley Cup final, losing to the Detroit Red Wings, and was the recipient of the King Clancy Memorial and his third Lady Byng Memorial.
- He surpassed the 500-career goal mark in 2002, finishing his career with 549 goals (21st in the NHL) and is second in career assists to Wayne Gretzky with 1,249.
"We went to the same high school (in Sault Ste. Marie). He was a big name guy in my hometown ... the first time we met was when we were talking about signing him (in Carolina) and all the coaches were watching the Pittsburgh-Montreal series and he sat down and dissected the entire series like a coach might, which is really rare."
-- Paul Maurice on the first time he met Ron Francis.
"He's a class act on and off the ice. He was a clean player and a great all-round player. He's very worthy of entering the Hall."
-- Scott Stevens on fellow inductee Ron Francis.
"When you talk about the total professional, someone who takes everything about his game seriously and who is a true team player, that's Ron Francis."
-- Mario Lemieux, the only teammate during Francis' two decade-long NHL career good enough to relegate Francis to the second line.


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Hundreds of scooter enthusiasts are set to descend upon Scarborough this weekend for an annual Easter scooter rally.
The weekend will feature a ride out organised by Scarborough Castle Coasters Scooter Club, starting from Weaponness Valley coach park at 1pm on Saturday.
Scooters will be arriving from noon if members of the public would like to come down and see the bikes.
The route will be along Valley Road, along the seafront and Marine Drive to the Hayburn Wyke for a halfway stop, then back to the Newlands for food.
The weekend will also feature entertainment on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night at Boleyns in St Thomas Street.
The scooter rally usually draws a big crowd and spectators are expected to line the seafront on Saturday.
For more details about the weekend's events, please call Mandy on 07772 123310.


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I've spent a lot of time with the Amish these past few years.
I first encountered Amish outside of Arthur, Illinois, a rural community where the corn towers overhead and buggy traffic can outnumber the cars.
I was working for a Nashville publisher, where I spent the better part of 10 years in sales and management. I ended up selling a Bible product in Amish communities, a set of books called the Family Bible Library, a job which took me to over a dozen Amish communities from Pennsylvania to Iowa, and thousands of Amish homes.
As I experienced my firsthand look into the culture, I came to appreciate Amish for the reasons many do—their admirably simple lifestyle, focus on the family, enduring faith. But I also couldn't help but notice one other thing: their booming businesses.
One image always sticks out in my mind: the late-model Mercedes with out-of-state plates, parked outside of a plain-looking Amish cabinet shop, one of the many which populate the Arthur area. What a contrast.
Wealthy suburbanites were traveling from places like Chicago and Indianapolis—hours away—to buy furniture from modest Amish businesses—shops which, as I often found when I tried to get the attention of their owners, were busy.
Clearly, the Amish were doing something right. I started to wonder if Amish businesses had any ideas to offer the non-Amish world, and thus was born the idea for my book Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive.
Just what does this idea of "success" really mean? Amish run 9,000 companies across North America, from the family-operated roadside stands to multi-million dollar furniture dealers and manufacturers.
They've seen 5-year survival rates upwards of 90 percent. Amish millionaires, once unheard of, are hardly uncommon nowadays (though you certainly wouldn't think it by the way they dress or the vehicles they drive).
One Amish business owner I came to know put it well. Alvin Hershberger runs a flourishing furniture shop in Ohio's Holmes County community. Alvin is gregarious and easygoing, but clearly serious and committed to his business.
He also happens to be a minister in his church, home to a high proportion of thriving businesspeople like him. "If I'm a millionaire, you won't notice it," Alvin explains. "If I make $50,000 a year, it's still the same. It's what I do with it."
It's what I do with it. In the Amish equation, just as in any one else's calculus, success can mean a number of things. The money part matters for the obvious reasons. But most often I found "success" for the Amish means a few ideas:
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Skiing on Earth Day
Today is Earth Day, a day to treasure our natural resources, and to think green. But there are a few ski resorts still thinking white, snow and skiing. Carving turns on Mother Nature's snow gifts is surely a good way to spend Earth Day and April Vacation week.
After an amazing Easter weekend of sun, fun and corn snow in New England's ski mountains, only four ski resorts are still spinning their lifts.
Sugarloaf has the most terrain open, 976 acres with three lifts operating -Double Runner East, Skyline, and the Superquad.
Jay Peak has 67 trails open for skiing and riding. Sugarbush has 23 trails open.
Killington has two lifts, K1 Gondola and the Superstar Quad with 17 miles of skiing.
Wildcat plans to re-open for the weekend on Saturday April 26.
You may recall Killington, Beast of the East, kept skiing through Memorial Day in May last year. Get out there and enjoy the ski slopes while they last!
Photos of Sugarloaf and Killington by Greg Burke


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Simlat Delivers Mission Training System for Maritime UAS ApplicationsSimlat Ltd. has delivered its maritime training system to a European customer. The new Maritime capability bolsters the proven ground and urban training solutions already provided by Simlat. This newly introduced system will be featured at the upcoming AUVSI 2009.
(Herzliya, Israel, June 18, 2009) -- Simlat Ltd. announces delivery to a European customer of a newly introduced maritime training capability as an upgrade to its UAS Simulation System (Simlat's STS-Pro). This new capability provides a wide range of cutting-edge maritime scenarios, including but not limited to a variety of island and seashore terrains, marinas, harbors, vehicles and combatants.
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"We are proud to provide our customers with the versatility of training for maritime, ground and urban scenarios, all in one system, "says Elad Zurgil, STS-Pro Product Manager. "This is a vital tool for customers who strive to obtain optimal performance at low cost of ownership in various situations by training their operators in a realistic environment".
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By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times, published November 8, 2000
LUTZ -- Newcomers led the four-way race early Tuesday night for the board of supervisors of the Cheval West Community Development District.
The race's only incumbent, Earl Burley, trailed behind Ray Miller, David Rankin and Lori Lencioni, with absentee ballots counted.
Voters were asked to choose three supervisors for the five-member board, which oversees the upkeep of the community's common areas.
The race was an important one for the district since residents will now control the majority of the seats, instead of the builder and developer. Residents currently control two seats.
The top three vote-getters will serve on the board in the 500-home community, which represents about half of the Cheval development.
The candidates were Burley, a 64-year-old retired Army pilot and president of the Cheval West Community Association; Lencioni, a 41-year-old former sales executive and community volunteer; Miller, a 56-year-old who markets equipment and services to the bridge and dam building industry; and Rankin, a 48-year-old Carrollwood lawyer, who is concerned about fiscal conservatism.
The development district is generally located west and south of the Tournament Players Club.


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Thursday 27 May 1965
It was Thursday, under the sign of Gemini. The US president was Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic).
Famous people born on this day include Jacob Brumfield in Bogalusa and Todd Bridges in San Francisco.
In that special week of May people in US were listening to Help Me, Rhonda by The Beach Boys.
In UK Ticket To Ride by The Beatles was in the top 5 hits.
Shenandoah, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1965
while Up The Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Meine Melodie.
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- Jacob Brumfield in Bogalusa: Louisiana, USA; outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays).
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According to Sidney Winter, an entrepreneur has a specific "viewshed" — what he or she can see from the current vantage point. Is the entrepreneur's vision distinctive or does someone share the viewshed? If the view is distinctive, what is it worth?
A distinctive viewpoint can give an entrepreneur the ability to visualize the unimagined and move the unimagined from concept to reality. Winter says that products and services move from unimagined to imagined to existing.
The Deloitte and Touche Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Winter believes that current pricing systems are incomplete because they don't adequately account for business innovation. Winter presented the business administration strategy seminar on April 22 on "The Basic Economics of Strategy: Time for Rethinking?" He covered the basic economics of strategy, noted his "complaints" about the existing frameworks, and offers the principles and elements of a new framework.
Current economic costs concepts, he continued, are not helpful when trying to understand where wealth — your grandchildren's inheritance — comes from. Winter highlighted the case of a company that pioneered a new technology, but failed after 10 years when new entrants came to dominate the segment. While current strategy analysis might treat this company as a failure, he proposed that we could understand the relative success of the firm by tracking the wealth it generated over that 10 years.
His new framework has three principles :
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- realistic views of pricing, private costs, and cumulative scorekeeping
- a look at cumulative effect over time
Implementation depends on the recognition that entrepreneurs perceive opportunity from idiosyncratic viewpoints.
Co-Director of the Reginald Jones Center for Management Policy, Strategy, and Organization at the Wharton School, he is the author of the influential book, "An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change," as well as many articles on the economics of technology and strategy.


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IT and Panchayat Raj Minister KT Rama Rao today said that they could make Telugu Desam supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to run away from the city as the bifurcation compelled him to shift to Vijayawada. On his campaign spree at Attapur, Rajenderanagar and Mailardevarpally areas for civic polls the minister made a reference of how bifurcation that forced the TD boss to leave Hyderabad for Vijayawada. He said not just local MLA Prakash Goud alone, the TRS made Chandrababu to leave the city he said sarcastically.
In an earlier public meeting he said that bifurcation helped both Telugu States to develop. During his road show KTR made a fervent appeal to the people to vote the TRS candidates for development. Taking a dig at the TD national general secretary N Lokesh comments that his grandfather NT Rama Rao and father Chandrababu developed the city, KTR said that such leaders are indulging in carrying out a false campaign against the government which is implementing many welfare schemes. Though the Congress, TD and its ally BJP leaders making false promises the voters of the greater limits will stand by the ruling party he hoped. He slammed the previous governments for not developing the city for sixty years.
Now that the TRS came to power for 18 months and making all efforts to address the problems he said. If we get majority seats and Mayor Seat the development will take pace he said. He also minced no words against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for neglecting Telangana and Hyderabad. Modi did give nothing for Amaravathi the capital of AP and will not give anything for Telangana or Hyderabad, he charged. The six decades long misrule made no significant development and it is time to give the TRS a chance to hoist pink flag on the GHMC he said. (NSS)


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LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline chief executive Andrew Witty has an eye for a bargain. Despite paying a 99 percent premium for Human Genome Sciences, he is still getting the biotechnology company for less than half what it was worth 14 months ago.
In exchange for his $3 billion cheque, which GSK can pay out of existing cash resources, Witty gets full control of a clutch of new medicines finally starting to flow from the decoding of human DNA.
The two highest profile drugs, lupus treatment Benlysta and darapladib for heart disease, both have the potential to move the dial significantly for Britain's biggest drugmaker, if they deliver on their promise.
For Witty, who has eschewed large-scale acquisitions in favor of smaller bolt-ons, the opportunity to buy Human Genome while the stock was down in the dumps was too good to miss.
He and his predecessors have certainly bided their time -- GSK first began working with Human Genome in 1993 when the U.S. biotech firm was one of first to try and exploit the mapping of all the genes in the body.
The mission of the Rockville, Maryland-based company has been to isolate genes and identify their function to develop new drugs. Realizing that goal has proved a long haul.
Gaining 100 percent of Benlysta, the first new drug for the autoimmune disease lupus in 50 years, is GSK's most obvious win as it will no longer have to give half the profit to its partner and can also cut costs by doing away with separate sales forces.
"Benlysta is going to be a big winner and GSK is going to make a lot of money from it," said Mark Evans, a fund manager at Taube Hodson Stonex, a leading investor in Human Genome with a 5.5 percent stake.
Evans, also a holder of GSK, thinks Witty has got himself a great deal.
Benlysta first went on sale last year and analysts have said it launch has been slow -- the main reason for the 75 percent fall in Human Genome's share price prior to GSK's initial takeover approach in April.
Despite the market's pessimism, GSK has not changed its internal forecasts for the intravenous drug which sells for $35,000 a year in the United States.
GSK has always expected sales to ramp up gradually and, longer term, the medicine could get a fresh impetus with the development of a more convenient under-the-skin version. Benlysta also has potential to treat some other rare diseases.
Industry analysts, on average, expected Benlysta to have annual sales of $2.3 billion by 2016, according to Thomson Reuters Pharma. A year or so ago, the market expectation was $3-$4 billion.
Darapladib is far more of a wild card. On paper, it is the biggest ticket item in the Human Genome pipeline, with up to $10 billion annual sales potential, according to Deutsche Bank.
But GSK -- already in charge of developing the drug and which has a dominant economic interest of around 75 percent -- will not find out if it actually works until it gets results of pivotal clinical trials in 2013 or 2014.
Many analysts have not yet entered sales forecasts for darapladib into their models. Their caution has been underlined by the failure of past experimental drugs from Pfizer and Roche that have tried to tackle heart disease in new ways.
A third Human Genome-derived drug, albiglutide, for type 2 diabetes, looks likely to make it to market by early 2014, after GSK -- which is also in control of this project -- said last week it would seek approval to market the drug from regulators early next year.
Albiglutide belongs to the same class of injectable GLP-1 medicines as Novo Nordisk's Victoza and Amylin Pharmaceuticals' Bydureon and Byetta.
Analyst forecasts point to modest annual sales for the newcomer of around $292 million by 2016, given the growing competition in the diabetes space.
Further back in development, Human Genome also has an experimental drug called rilapladib in mid-stage Phase II testing for Alzheimer's disease, a notoriously difficult area of drug development.
Products rather than people are the main driver for this deal and, analysts believe, many staff at Human Genome will likely lose their jobs, though a number of respected scientists will probably be retained.
Human Genome had sales last year of $131 million, including $52.3 million from Benlysta and $52.5 million from deliveries of anthrax treatment raxibacumab to the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile. It made a net loss in 2011 of $381 million.
Editing by Dan Lalor