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Michael Moran's McDynamo earned an unprecedented third consecutive victory in North America's richest steeplechase, the $200,000 Breeders' Cup Steeplechase (NSA-I) at a rainy Far Hills Races in New Jersey.
Michael Moran's McDynamo earned an unprecedented third consecutive victory in North America's richest steeplechase, the $200,000 Breeders' Cup Steeplechase (NSA-I) at a rainy Far Hills Races in New Jersey.
For most of the week leading up to Saturday's Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I), most of the focus had been on colts trained by Sir Michael Stoute and Aidan O'Brien.
Hardwicke Stable's Spite the Devil wore down Organizer inside the final furlong to win the $250,000 Empire Classic Handicap for New York breds Saturday for the second year in a row at Belmont Park.
John Oxley's For All We Know came from off the pace to pull away from Flying Glitter in deep stretch for her first graded stakes victory in the $300,000 Raven Run (gr. II) for 3-year-old fillies at Keeneland Saturday.
High Fly was injured at Belmont Park Saturday morning and will miss the Oct. 29 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships. He was to have started in the TVG Sprint (gr. I).
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium expects to have enough money to carry it through 2006, but an official with the group indicated it's imperative more racetrack and horsemen's associations commit funds to the organization.
Godolphin's Punctilious heads a field of 12 fillies and mares for Sunday's $1 million E.P. Taylor Stakes (Can-I), at 10 furlongs on the turf at Woodbine, part of the undercard on Pattison Canadian International day.
Perfect Drift, pre-entered in the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic, Powered by Dodge (gr. I), breezed five furlongs at the 'sloppy' Churchill Downs Training Center in 1:01 1/5 Saturday morning.
Rock Hard Ten, one of the favorites for the Oct. 29 Breeders' Cup Classic – Powered by Dodge (gr. I), has had his shipping plans to New York delayed because of a small bruise on his left front foot.
Kinsman Stable's Military Major rallied past rivals in the stretch to win the $150,000 Oklahoma Derby on Friday night at Remington Park.
Magna Entertainment Corp. and Forest City Enterprises have entered into a partnership on the proposed Village at Gulfstream Park, a retail, entertainment, and residential development that will dovetail with racing and gaming operations at the Hallandale Beach, Fla., racetrack.
The Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships lost one of its European stars Saturday when Vodafone Epsom Derby (Eng-I) winner Motivator came up lame following a workout.
Despite the driving rain that inundated Belmont Park Saturday morning, trainers continued to work their horses in preparation for next Saturday's Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships.


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An Escondido convenience store clerk was stabbed several times in the back early Sunday morning during a money and cigarette heist.
At about 2 a.m., two men, described to be in their 20s, entered the 7-Eleven on East Grand Avenue. One man attacked the clerk while the other collected the loot.
The victim was taken to a hospital, and the stab wounds were not considered life threatening.
According to Escondido police, the suspect who stabbed the clerk was a heavyset black man of roughly 6-foot-4 height. He had a shaved head and was wearing dark jeans, a white T-shirt and a San Diego Chargers jacket with a lightning bolt on the back.
The other suspect was a white man, about 5-foot-10, wearing a black and white-pattered cap tied beneath his chin.
Any person with information is asked to call Escondido police at (760) 743-8477.

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Cassandra was adopted from us 11 years ago and was recently returned after her family had to move and couldn't take her along.
Cassandra is a sweet and gentle 12-year-old lady looking for a home. She's happy to nap the day away in a cozy bed and receive cuddles and pets when you're ready to give her love. Once she gets to know you, she's very affectionate and generous with her purr. Cassandra has a sweet and mellow disposition and will not trouble you by jumping on counters, climbing your curtains or generally acting like a kitten. She's a mature, well behaved, and even-keeled cat. She would do well in most home environments given a proper introduction.
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Grand Blanc (Mich.) junior linebacker Luke MacLean has attended several college games this fall. On Saturday he was in Ann Arbor to see the Wolverines host Nebraska, and spent time talking with their coaching staff.
"I got to go into the Champions Center and talk with Coach [Greg] Mattison, Coach [Mark] Smith and Coach [Fred] Jackson," MacLean said. "Coach Jackson has been my recruiting coach since I was younger and we had a really good talk. He said they really want me to come play for them."
The 6-3, 233-pound MacLean has already picked up an offer from Buffalo. He has had talks with several more schools, including Michigan, about where things stand with an offer.
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"I've got to get my junior film together, and once I get that I will send that in and see what that does," MacLean said.
MacLean attended Michigan's opening game of the season as well, and commented on the progression he has seen between the two games.
"I think overall their team this year has matured," MacLean said. "Their defense is really coming into their own, then Denard [Robinson] has been sitting in the pocket and throwing a little more. Yesterday the defense was phenomenal against a really good run team."
MacLean has also attended several games at Michigan State this fall, and has received strong feedback from their coaching staff.
"I feel like Michigan State is really close to offering," MacLean said. "About three weeks ago Coach [Mark] Dantonio came into our school and talked with my head coach. The last time I visited was for the Wisconsin game and I didn't get to see him after the game just because of how late the game got over with, but he said he wants to sit down and have a meeting with me about playing for them."
Other teams showing strong interest in MacLean as the fall has progressed include Georgia Tech, Florida State, Oregon, Boston College, Wisconsin and Nebraska.


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I was sent a fun new cookbook from Taste of Home (LOVE, as you already know) to try out and tell y'all about. I have flipped through it, but I haven't really tested it out. This week, you will find me using some recipes from this cookbook (Taste of Home: Cooking School Cookbook: 400 + Simple to Spectacular Recipes ) and next week, I will be giving you a full review! I think I might also have a giveaway! Excited? Yeah, me too!
Monday: Crockpot Pizza (determined to get this made before the boys eat all the pepperonis!)
Tuesday: Oven Fried Parmesan Chicken (Taste of Home: Cooking School), and Copycat KFC Cole Slaw
Wednesday: Glazed Pork Chops with Corn Bread Dressing (Taste of Home)
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Jerk Chicken Nachos and some other finger foods for Movie Night!
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Can social networking sites help people make wise health decisions? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says it depend on people's willingness to take action on the information they gain from the sites.
Using social networking sites to obtain health information and advice is controversial. Critics say the sites can confuse, give inaccurate information, or prevent people from seeking professional advice. They doubt consumers can carry the burden of complex medical decisions, and worry that social networks can actually harm naïve consumers by encouraging them to engage in self-diagnosis and self-treatment.
Authors Rama K. Jayanti (Cleveland State University) and Jagdip Singh (Case Western Reserve University) closely monitored use of an Electronic Bulletin Board dedicated to thyroid disease and treatment over the course of ten months. Based on random selection, they analyzed six threads representing 392 distinct postings with 7,825 text lines by 80 unique individuals. They sought to determine if consumers can learn from these sites, how they learn, and how the learning empowers them.
In general, they found many benefits to using online communities for health advice. A three-stage process of reflecting, refining, and exploring is the key to effective use of the online sites, they say. The value of the online community is that it "facilitates learning by collectively transforming everyday individual experiences into usable knowledge," they write.
"We found that the community can collectively enable learning for individual members who often fail and falter on their own." By sharing their experiences, participants enlarge their repertoire of actions that affect their health. "Together these characteristics transformed helpless individuals into empowered patients who effortlessly changed physicians, switched medications, and modified diets."
However, the value of online community depends on how individuals choose to act on the information. "Productive inquiry alone is not sufficient to empower individuals," the authors write. "Community inquiry broadens the action choices available to its members. Action, however, is an individual choice."
The authors advise policymakers to lead the way in promoting learning in social communities so that consumers can empower themselves for informed decision-making and a better quality of life.
Rama K. Jayanti and Jagdip Singh. "Pragmatic Learning Theory: An Inquiry-Action Framework for Distributed Consumer Learning in Online Communities." Journal of Consumer Research: April 2010 (to be officially published online soon at http://journals.


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Eldorado youth dies; suicide suspected
ELDORADO---Another young person in Saline County has died, and it appears that it was by his own hand.
According to sources, Eldorado resident Tyler Goldsberry, 18, was found hanging by electrical cord this afternoon, January 7, 2012.
Another resident had gone by the young man's house at about 11:30 a.m. today and thought they had seen him talking on his phone near the ditch that runs behind his house. The resident reported that nothing was thought of it, as Goldsberry often went out there to talk, although whether it was for privacy or for better reception, remains unknown.
However, prior to this, a message appeared on his Facebook page, reportedly at 12:18 a.m. The message read "Look by the ditch." When friends became concerned about him, there was a brief investigation, and he was subsequently found by the ditch that runs near his house. The resident who had seen him earlier apparently hadn't gotten a very good look and had incorrectly assumed that he was just out there on the phone and was alright.
The tragedy apparently had no warning other than the Facebook message, as Goldsberry was preparing to go into the military according to not only his Facebook, but sources who knew him.
Here's the screencap of the message and the ensuing responses to it:
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SKYO wrote:We'll have to wait till next year to see the magician Shinkaruk play on this team.
Yeah, too bad BoHo and Shinky were sent back to juniors. I was looking forward to seeing them play in a couple NHL games. In the end, it's what's best for them. Juniors to NHL is a big jump, not many guys can do it right away after being drafted. They need to play a ton, get more xp and get stronger. If they can can make the Canadian juniors, it would be a great experience too; it'd be awesome if Boho, Shinky, Gaunce and maybe even Subban were on that squad.


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(UPI) -- Jenni Rivera's daughter has denied rumors that she had an affair with her stepfather Esteban Loaiza.
In an interview with Azteca América Janney "Chiquis" Marin said her fallout with her mother was due to a "misunderstanding" that took place on October 2, 2012.
"My world ended that day," Marin said.
Rivera, who died in a tragic plane crash in December of 2012, filed for divorce from Loaiza on October 1, 2012. However, she was legally married to the former MLB pitcher at the time of her death.
Though Rivera never publicly spoke of the affair, she reportedly performed her hit "Paloma Negra" -- a song about a fight and reconciliation -- hours before her death and dedicated the song to her daughter.
"I don't understand how the rumor got started," Marin said. "This horrible thing that has caused so much suffering. [My stepdad] has always been very respectful towards me and me with him."
"There were so many people filling her head with things," she said. "If there's a problem with someone you should ask them directly, and that's something she didn't do. To this day, my mother, in her heart, thinks I had something with Esteban."


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A kernel approach for semisupervised metric learning
Yeung, Dit-Yan
Chang, Hong
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|While distance function learning for supervised learning tasks has a long history, extending it to learning tasks with weaker supervisory information has only been studied recently. In particular, some methods have been proposed for semisupervised metric learning based on pairwise similarity or dissimilarity information. In this paper, we propose a kernel approach for semisupervised metric learning and present in detail two special cases of this kernel approach. The metric learning problem is thus formulated as an optimization problem for kernel learning. An attractive property of the optimization problem is that it is convex and, hence, has no local optima. While a closed-form solution exists for the first special case, the second case is solved using an iterative majorization procedure to estimate the optimal solution asymptotically. Experimental results based on both synthetic and real-world data show that this new kernel approach is promising for nonlinear metric learning.
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Public lands advocates hopeful that bipartisan support will help move some measures through the House
By Bob Berwyn
FRISCO — Public lands advocates are hopeful that Congress will advance at least some of the public lands wilderness bills that have been bottled up by a partisan divide the past couple of years.
The 112th Congress was the first in in almost 50 years that didn't add to the National Wilderness Preservation System, but several pending bills that have already gained approval from a key U.S. Senate committee have bipartisan backing and solid local support.
This week, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee cleared measures to safeguard public land in Colorado, Oregon and Nevada. These join five measures approved earlier. The eight bills together would safeguard nearly 300,000 acres, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts public lands program.
Altogether, 16 wilderness bills have been introduced, slightly more than had been introduced at the same point two years ago. The early action taken by Senate committees in this session increases the odds that some of these bills will find their way to the president's desk for signature.
On the House side, both Natural Resources Committee Chairman Hastings and Subcommittee Chair Bishop have made public statements that indicate a greater willingness to move this type of legislation than last Congress.
"We've come to believe he (Hastings) will process some of the wilderness bills, based on what we've heard," said Tim Mahoney, a public lands program director with the Pew group.
He singled out the Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act, which is co-sponsored by Republican Rep. Scott Tipton, as one of the bills that may see the president's pen by the end of the session. Two other wilderness bills in Nevada also have bipartisan support, Mahoney said, adding that the GOP representatives from that state are serious about wanting the measures to move.
"We have a new chairman (of the Senate committee). He has met with Hastings .., they agreed they should work toward passing some of these bills," Mahoney said.
On the House side, the Republican leadership in the current era has never been enthusiastic about creating new wilderness. The opposition is based in part on ideology and in part on the overall tactic of obstructionism that has blocked progress on many other fronts.
But some recent statements by House GOP leaders suggest that the committee and subcommittee charged with public lands oversight will look at some of the measures.
According to Pew, Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) is on record as saying, "It's our intention, in this subcommittee, to begin consideration of some of the wilderness proposals that have been languishing out there. The proposals will be given conscientious examination to see if there are areas which meet the standards that are set forth in the Wilderness Act, whether or not wilderness designation is the wisest course for managing these areas, and the extent to which the bills appropriately balance conservation and non-conservation goals."
A week later, on the House floor, Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) said, "… (I)in July the subcommittee plans to hold a legislative hearing on wilderness proposals. Congressman Dan Benishek's Sleeping Bear Dunes legislation and Congressman David Reichert's Alpine Lakes legislation will be considered at this hearing.
"These and other proposals will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mr. Speaker, Congress has the sole authority to decide which of our lands should be included in the wilderness system," Hasting said.
"Establishing wilderness is the most restrictive land-use designation that Congress can apply to our nation's lands. It greatly limits the American public's access. The committee will, therefore, carefully and thoughtfully examine wilderness proposals to determine if the designation is appropriate and listen to local citizens and community leaders whose livelihoods and recreational opportunities could be affected. The committee will also consider proposals to ensure multiple uses of our public lands so that they provide a full range of recreational, economic, conservation, and resource benefits."


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Are you running Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) / Applications and want to get an operating system level environment variable value from a database table, for example for use in PL/SQL? Or perhaps to default a concurrent program parameter? Didn't think environment variables were stored in the database?
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VServer vs Xen vs UMLinux: Mail, LAMP and Samba on one Server
Hi all,
I've been using gentoo for 5 years or so as of now but I always have been the desktop kind of guy. Somehow, I convinced my employers that we could use one server to accomplish multiple tasks at our company, mainly:
1) Provide file share through the network (Samba)
2) Host our website (LAMP); and
3) Our e-mail (Probably qmail)
4) Host a mysql based application that I'm developing.
The server is a Dell Poweredge T410 with Intel Xeon 5600 series, Two 1TB hitachi sata 2 hd in RAID 1 via sas i6R and 8 GB Ram (The best we could afford).
The thing is that I used to think that partitioning would be ok for host our website and our e-mails and our files in one single server, but thing is I figured (with help from another thread) that this would not be secure and now I can't decide if I should use user-mode linux, vserver or even use Xen to virtualize the web site host and the mail server.
So, which approach is more suited to this?
Thanks for all help in advance
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Thomas Beatie, the 34-year-old delusional attention-whore who made international headlines and a six-figure book deal by reporting himself as 'a pregnant man' on the Oprah show, gave birth Thursday to what doctors could only describe as a "cross between a tribble and Michael Jackson", ABC News reported.
The birth of Beatie's child concludes a 'male pregnancy' circus stunt that shocked the globe and sold a shitload of newspapers. The photo image of Beatie fully pregnant, but sporting facial hair and a flat chest, confused those not familiar with photo-cropping and tabloid-style reporting.
The photo tended to accompany an advertisement to preorder the overpriced book in which Beatie described his experiences as 'a pregnant man'.
Beatie told Oprah Winfrey on her show that he always wanted children and, after this propagation stunt, will become the first man to attempt to 'become his own grandpa'.
"I feel it's not a male or female desire to get rich by telling lies," Beatie told Winfrey. "It's a human need.
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Sierra does not recommend using their Matchking bullets for hunting, they are for target use only.
OK, I've got a new reloading project coming up. Been looking for a left hand bolt gun for a long time, and so when a fellow INGOer had a LH Savage 110 in .30-06 for sale, I couldn't pass it up.
The only time I've shot this gun was just before I bought it. With the factory iron sights, I got a sweet group at 100 yards with the standard American Eagle 150gr ammo.
Next I'd like to see what this gun can do with a custom hand load. Since it liked 150gr so well, I thought that would be a good place to start. Also, I have a Garand, and it would be a good thing if my reloads would be Garand compatible.
Primary purpose of this load will be range fun, to see how accurate I can get with this gun. That got me thinking Matchkings - always had good luck with those.
On the off chance I might take this gun hunting some time, I was wondering if it might be a good idea to play around with Gamekings instead.
If you've loaded both, how do they compare for accuracy? If it helps, I don't anticipate shooting beyond 300 yards.
If you have another favorite 150gr bullet for .30-06, please share.
Appreciate any other tips or suggestions that might apply. I do know I will be playing around with the COL so ideas about where to go with that would be appreciated too.
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Sierra does not recommend using their Matchking bullets for hunting, they are for target use only.
I guess I wasn't being very clear...
I'm not talking about hunting with match bullets, I'm talking about punching paper with hunting bullets.
If there's a noticeable drop off in accuracy, I'll just stick with the MKs with the realization that I'd have to change to something else if I ever go hunting with this rifle. If there isn't much accuracy difference, I'd go ahead and use the more versatile bullet to begin with.
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For a dual purpose load, Garand and bolt gun, I would use either 150 Gamekings or 150 Matchkings. I think Sierra still makes the Matchkings.... I don't think you will see a nickle's worth of difference between the two bullets given the rifles you will be shooting them out of. I have never seen any bullet shaving when shooting Soft Point's out of any of my Garands.
There is no way for me to know if a 150 load for the Garand is optimum for your bolt gun though. It should be pretty good though.
I would work up a good load for the gas gun then try it in the bolt gun.
Good luck.
The Garand probably won't notice the difference, but the Savage might.
SMK and GK are also in 168/165 gr. I wouldn't count on the Garand to stabilize the heavier bullets (180+)
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"I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I'm rooting for the machines."
"Our goal was to compete with a working robot. We were already victorious when we got there, and we ended up taking it all."
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SigmaTel cuts Q4 outlook as CEO resigns
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SAN FRANCISCO Troubled media IC vendor SigmaTel Inc. Thursday (Jan. 4) slashed guidance for the recently concluded quarter and announced the resignation of the company's top officer.
SigmaTel (Austin, Texas) said it now expects revenue for the fourth quarter of 2006, ended Dec. 31, to be roughly $37 million to $38 million. The company had previously said it expected fourth quarter revenue to be between $41 million and $46 million.
SigmaTel said Ronald Edgerton resigned as SigmaTel's chairman, president and CEO and left the company's board in order to spend more time with his family. Edgerton had been CEO for seven years. Last month, Ross Goolsby, SigmaTel's chief financial officer, abruptly stepped down from his post.
SigmaTel blamed the revenue shortfall on soft demand from OEM customers and a slowdown in sales late in the quarter by Chinese original design manufacturers, whose customers are European brands. The company is scheduled to release its fourth quarter 2006 financial results on Feb. 1.
William Osborne, a member of SigmaTel's board since 2001, has been elected chairman and Phillip Pompa, senior vice president of the company's portable systems group, has been appointed as the interim CEO, SigmaTel said. Pompa was formerly a vice president of marketing at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Osborne is dean of the college of engineering at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
SigmaTel has been in a tailspin since last year, when it reportedly lost a coveted MP3 decoder chip socket in Apple's iPod shuffle music player to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Last October, the company cut 14 percent of its workforce.
Craig Berger, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan Securities, issued a research note stating that his firm view's Edgerton's resignation as a negative that suggests near-term turnaround for the company remains unlikely.
"We believe that SigmaTel's market opportunities continue to erode at a worrisome pace given continued commoditization of the MP3 chip market by [Chinese IC provider Actions Semiconductor and Taiwanese chip set house Ali], and given Apple's continued dominance of the U.S. market using Samsung and PortalPlayer decoder solutions," Berger wrote, adding that Wedbush recently said the company would be challenged to meet its fourth quarter revenue guidance.
Berger said Wedbush has increased its estimate of SigmaTel's 2006 loss per share to $1.33 from $1.26. The firm also expects a higher SigmaTel loss per share of 95 cents for 2007. Wedbush maintained its "hold" rating on SigmaTel stock.


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The St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District has retained RJN Group to perform combined sewer inflow/infiltration service area investigations in the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County, Mo.
The project entails investigating, identifying, quantifying and recommending improvements or rehabilitation techniques to eliminate or reduce rainfall dependent I/I within the sanitary and combined sewer systems. As one of several projects encompassing the St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District Capital Improvement and Replacement Program that will provide the basis for design and construction for many years to come, the project begins in July 2003 and continues through July 2006.


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The trouble with Oracle's password security
November 1, 2005[From SearchOracle.com]
By making their findings public, two researchers hope to pressure Oracle Corp. into fixing flaws in its password-hashing algorithm. The vulnerabilities could be exploited for brute force and dictionary attacks, and they said the database giant has known about it since July.
Until the security holes are fixed, they said there are steps IT administrators can take to protect their databases.
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Utkir A. Rozikov
U.A. Rozikov is a professor in Institute of Mathematics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He has graduated the Samarkand State University (1993). He got Ph.D (1995) and Doctor of sciences in physics and mathematics (2001) degrees from the Institute of Mathematics, Tashkent. He is known for his works on the theory of Gibbs measures of models on trees of statistical mechanics. He developed a contour method to study the models on trees and described complete set of periodic Gibbs measures. Rozikov has (with F. Mukhamedov) an important contribution to non-Archimedean theory of phase transitions and dynamical systems. He has important results on non-Volterra quadratic operators. N. Ganikhodjaev and Rozikov gave a construction of a quadratic operator which connects phases of the models of statistical mechanics with models of genetics. The result allows use thermodynamics in physical biology. His most recent works are devoted to evolution algebras of sex-linked populations. He was invited to several leading universities and research centers in the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain etc. His more than 90 papers are published in front-line journals.
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The Children's Nature Academy has collaborations with other programs in the community. Find out more about the programs we work with
- Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) - a federal program that provides healthy meals and snacks to children receiving day care.
Eau Claire for Tomorrow
The Program is a contracted Eau Claire for Tomorrow (EC4T) partner provider with
the Eau Claire Area School District's 4-year-old kindergarten program.Children enrolled must be 4 on or before
September 1st. They must reside in the school district's boundaries
and meet minimum hour requirements to be eligible to participate. We continue
to place first priority on children of university students, faculty, and staff
and then children from the community. The Academy registers those children who want 4K with extended
care.The school district registers
those children who want only 4K after the deadline date for priority
enrollments.If a child resides in
another Wisconsin school district that provides four year old kindergarten,
families may apply for open enrollment before the February deadline of the
preceding school year with their home school district.Please contact your home school district for
their policy and procedures.
Eclipse, an AmeriCorps program, recruits UWEC students to work with some of the children
in the Program.Eclipse's goal is to
meet the needs of young children by providing partner sites with enthusiastic
and well-trained young adults to assist in our classrooms.They provide children with one on one
attention to build on the development of language, literacy, and social skills.
Each school year the UW-Eau Claire Children's Nature Academy partners with UWEC
Eclipse to serve children who qualify for the program.
Additional collaborations have been established within various departments at the university.Volunteers, university student observers,
student teachers, and practicum students as well as personnel from the
partnering agencies are seen at the Academy at various times throughout the
year.Staff is always present when these
visitors are with children.Exceptions
occur to this only with signed and written permission from a parent or guardian
for a specific activity.
Beaver Creek Nature Reserve
Beaver Creek Nature Reserve is located just outside Eau Claire and is known for its diverse
natural habitats.Located on 400 acres
of natural beauty, the reserve has abundant resources to offer children and
families.Beaver Creek's naturalists
have developed a nature immersion curriculum which the Children's Nature
Academy utilizes within their program. As a collaborative partner who shares a common mission with our program
we appreciate their help and support as we establish ongoing programming.
The Bluebird Experience Project
Thanks to the Bluebird Experience Project, the UW-EC Children's Nature academy is proud
to host a bluebird trail on the Priory grounds. The trail offers children the opportunity to become "citizen scientists"
as they tend to the care and monitoring of the bluebird houses.The program tracks data to send to Cornell
Lab of Ornithology.The project teaches
children that they can make a difference in helping the environment as they
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Political rhetoric
To the Editor:
Regarding article on Rick Santorum's comments on Prop. 8 ruling in the Feb. 14 edition of The Union Democrat.
When a Republican Presidential candidate calls the Proposition 8 ruling by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals a case of "judicial tyranny" and when he insists on letting " the people decide with respect to what the Constitution says," it just reconfirms that the Republican Party has been taken over by political extremists. As Rick Santorum well knows, or should know, in Marbury vs Madison in 1803 the prerogative of judicial review was enunciated. As Chief Justice John Marshall put it: "It is, emphatically, the province and duty of the judicial department, to say what the law is." Apparently, Mr Santorum, like other Republican candidates, is basing his campaign on emotional rhetoric and extremist ideology, such as proclaiming that the President is waging war against Christianity, that he is a socialist, that he lacks American values, that he is threatening our freedoms. Such ranting one would expect from an inmate in a lunatic asylum, not, however, from one hoping to be our next President.
Another example: Pharmacies in Catholic hospitals in Australia routinely fill prescriptions for birth control pills. Same Church, same Pope, what's the problem? In Australia there is none. But then their political parties are capable of acting in a rational manner.
Daniel Connell
Bush and Pendley
To the Editor:
Your obsession with John Pendley reminds us all of the media's obsession with President Bush. Let's blame him for all of our problems. How about the roads for a starter? As we look at that money pit next to Highway 108, called the Law and Justice Center, we foam at the mouth looking at that freshly paved blacktop as we dodge the holes on Woodham Carne Road. We could also blame him for the Jamestown Mine, Tuolumne General, and the West Side RV Park. Is Tuolumne County going to file for bankruptcy along with The Union Democrat? The Trojan Horse called the Law and Justice Center may be the key to making it happen. Instead of wasting space over old news with a personal vendetta, why doesn't The Union Democrat dive into the insane decisions by a few arrogant individuals that affect all of the taxpayers of the county instead of a minority of people in a rural area? Anybody that can stand up to constant media bashing while the Walls of Jericho are falling is a hero in my mind. The Union Democrat's comments epitomize the self-indulgent hypocrisy of the media. In the name of moral superiority and academic certainty, you keep the real issues abstract in support of your intellectual conceits and prejudices. I hope Mr. Pendley doesn't give up. Bush didn't.
Tom Birks
Gov. Brown's
education cuts
To the Editor:
Our governor has stated he's a proponent for education. Yet, his recent actions prove otherwise. Gov. Brown has cut funding to education so severely that many of our school districts will suffer more lay-offs and elimination of programs. He has eliminated all transportation funding that will cost our rural districts approximately $100,000 each. Not only does this place the burden on schools to try to create a program to get kids to school but it eliminates jobs. Bus drivers, mechanics, and others associated with transportation will no longer be needed.
After-school programs will be deeply cut. This is where students can go to get extra help with homework and take part in several activities such as art, music, and drama not available to classrooms.
Jobs will also be lost. Gov. Brown has eliminated transitional kindergarten, which prepares our young children to be ready to enter the school system where academic standards have been greatly increased. Money received for each student attending schools will also be greatly reduced creating a hardship on districts to keep schools going. More people will lose their jobs.
Gov. Brown recently signed the Dream Act providing funding to illegals to attend college and is now pushing a high speed rail system that is laced with problems with overruns in the billions. If there isn't any money to transport children to school, keep them at school, and provided a safe place to go after school, then there shouldn't be funding for these other projects. Using education as a political pawn has to be stopped. So,one has to ask, what is truly Gov. Brown's intentions? I hope you will ask.
Barb Birks
Frog extinction
Al Duncan, 2/12 mocks protection of the yellow-legged frog suggesting it's an intrusion of government that a healthy environment interferes with securing private property and the wealth it represents. We've heard it before with the little delta fish and the horned-beetle.
During the next 30 years, half of the world's animal species will be extinct. Not since the dinosaurs extinction have species died off this fast. The cause is 7 billion people all competing for resources and by 2050 the population will be 11 billion, while "religious" organizations resist contraception.
Every 24 hours, 200,000 acres of rain forest disappear, not for the lumber but for grazing land to produce cheap beef for the American fast food industry. Thirteen million tons of toxic chemicals are released. 25,000 people die of starvation, 16,000 are children. More than 130 plant or animal species go extinct - every day!
Before the discovery of oil, the planet could support about 1 billion people. By 2050, we will have exhausted the known oil reserves on the planet. See Wikipedia "Oil Depletion."
According to the United Nations half the world's wetlands and forests are gone. Eighty percent of the grasslands and 40 percent of the land suffer from soil degradation. Seventy percent of the major marine fishers are depleted. Only 1 percent of the planet's available water is "fresh" water but drinkable only after treatment - it's polluted.
Frogs are indicator species because frog extinction represents the collapse of many inter-dependent species. Just one species might not matter. But one third of all frog species are on endangered list. Frog species are going extinct at 211 times the normal rate. And Mr. Duncan is worried about fencing?
Robert Carabas
Gas prices
To the Editor:
On Thursday, Feb. 16, our East Sonora Arco gas was $3.71. The best I saw in the valley was at the Oakdale Arco for $3.69 (notice no real price gouging). I think gas prices will use the same concept as postage stamp prices: If consumption goes down, just raise the prices to keep the profit up. As people keep using less gas, I'm afraid prices will go up to keep profits up. The results would be that people who cut down on their consumption will in fact not save money. At least our price gouging seems to be going down. Keep up the good work Union Democrat.
Roy Jueal
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Diva Coffee: Dial up a Coffee with New App
Use your Android phone to control your coffee machine
Nov 29, 2012, 09:00 ET from Diva Coffee
SYDNEY, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When Jim Storey, self professed IT geek, started Diva Coffee, he knew the world needed a way to make consistently good coffee. So he invented an app where the user can make a coffee with their phone.
"If you run your life on a smartphone, it needs to know how you like your coffee," said Jim, owner of Diva Coffee.
The app talks to a controller that plugs into the back of a home coffee machine, allowing full control through Android phones or tablets. The user can then get a great coffee by precisely setting the temperature and even programming the size of the coffee. Each drink can be individualised to suit your preferences, and stored in your phone.
"Having precise control over your coffee making process gives you flavours you won't get from standard coffee machines," claimed Jim. "Putting the control into a smartphone app allows for easy updates and new functionality, without having to buy a new coffee machine."
The app is designed to work with a wide range of home coffee machines using a plug-and-play wiring system. Each machine can be controlled by the app to suit the environment and usage of that coffee machine.
"This app lets you turn a mid-range coffee machine into a top-of-the-line machine," said Jim. "The app brings coffee machines 10 years into the future."
The app software also adds power saving and boiler protection features to coffee machines, saving on electricity and repair costs.
With specialty coffee now representing 37% of all cups of coffee drunk in the US, there's a powerful trend towards quality. Consumers now want to be able to replicate that same quality at home.
There's also a process of integration occurring with smartphones and everyday items. Toyota has recently introduced the Touch Life in-car system, and LG is releasing the Thinq range of smartphone connected appliances. According to Moon-bum Shin, CEO of LG Electronics Home Appliance Company, "Device-to-device connectivity with smartphones and among LG appliances is a new and exciting way for us to realize this goal, helping consumers handle housework in a smarter manner by saving time, money and energy."
To see the coffee app concept in action, head over to divapid.com.
About Diva Coffee
Diva Coffee have believed in Excellence with Attitude for over 8 years. They are an Australian franchise chain based on the Northern Beaches in Sydney, Australia. Diva Coffee are the exclusive importers and distributors of Italian HLF coffee machines. They are also multi-award winning coffee roasters.
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Mar 5, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Starting next fall, how will the healthcare system get influenza vaccine into the arms (or noses) of tens of millions of additional children each year, given that the vaccination season is limited and many children don't have regular medical checkups?
That's probably the central—though not the only—question raised by last week's recommendation by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to vaccinate all school-aged children against influenza.
"I think it will be difficult," said Deborah Wexler, MD, executive director of the Immunization Action Coalition, a St. Paul–based nonprofit group that campaigned for the ACIP recommendation.
Until now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is advised by the ACIP, recommended flu vaccination for children from 6 through 59 months old. The new ACIP recommendation expands the target groups to include children from ages 5 through 18 years. That adds about 30 million children to the groups targeted for flu shots, the CDC estimates.
The advisory group endorsed the change on the grounds that it will reduce flu and related medical needs in children and may limit spread of the disease in the community. In a nod to uncertainties about the adequacy of the vaccine supply next fall and winter, the CDC said the recommendation "is to take effect as soon as feasible, but no later than the 2009-2010 influenza season."
Immunization advocates and primary care physician groups say it will be a challenge to immunize millions more children, because many of them rarely visit a doctor and because the timing of flu vaccination season doesn't mesh well with the timing of routine checkups for the children that do have them. Some experts say vaccines will have to be offered in settings other than physicians' offices.
In addition, one primary care group, the American Academy of Family Physicians, worries that providers may not have enough vaccine next season and has questions about the cost-effectiveness of the new policy.
How much of a demand surge?
Although an additional 30 million children are now advised to get flu shuts, the CDC expects only a fraction of that number will seek vaccination next season. "It takes a while for uptake to reach levels we'd like, but based on experience with childhood vaccines, we estimate about 7 million [more] doses will be used next year," said Curtis Allen, a spokesman for the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD).
Allen said vaccine company representatives who were at the ACIP meeting all promised to do "everything possible" to produce adequate supplies for next season. He said their major concern was their ability to change all three flu strains in the vaccine, as recommended recently by the World Health Organization in light of suboptimal matches between this year's vaccine and the viral strains in circulation.
Even assuming the doses are available, Allen acknowledged that immunizing 7 million additional children will be a challenge. "One reason is that vaccine typically reaches the market in late September or early October. Most children start school earlier, and many will have visited their pediatrician or family physician in August," he said.
Allen added that children and adolescents are "notoriously difficult to reach in that, once a child reaches a certain age, they rarely see a physician unless they're sick. So this is a whole new cohort we'll have to reach with information about the importance of flu vaccination."
Lance Rodewald, MD, head of the immunization services division in the NCIRD, said the need for flu immunization might be seen as a tool to push for annual medical exams for children. But that may not be practical, because the flu immunization season runs only about 3 to 4 months. "For pediatricians to see all their patients once a year, they are going to have to be scheduled throughout the year," he said.
Alternative vaccination venues
"Pediatricians and family physicians are probably going to do a fair amount of vaccination, but this would really stress the office capacity to vaccinate everyone in this narrow time frame," Rodewald said. "Probably a lot of the adolescents and school children will have to get their vaccines at places other than a provider office."
One way pediatricians might meet an increased demand for flu shots would be to offer special Saturday or evening clinics where children would be immunized without undergoing a full medical checkup, Rodewald suggested.
Another possible option is school-based immunization, a topic that was discussed at the ACIP meeting, he said. Schools, like medical clinics, face limitations because many of them no longer have a staff nurse, but they could work with public health agencies or other partners to vaccinate students, he said.
"We're looking for sustainable methods to use schools and community vaccinators to partner together to reach schoolchildren, because it's a promising working venue," Rodewald commented.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which supported the ACIP recommendation, is open to the idea of children receiving flu shots elsewhere than their regular clinic if need be, said Henry Bernstein, DO, a member of the AAP's Committee on Infectious Diseases and chief of general academic pediatrics at the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth in Lebanon, N.H.
"Certainly the AAP supports the concept of a medical home, so we'd like children to be immunized in their medical home," he said. "But if there are other opportunities or places for people to get flu vaccine in a given season, that's good. What's critically important is that if they get it outside their medical home, it gets into their medical record with their primary care provider."
Bernstein said pediatricians feel there is "huge value" in expanding the flu immunization to all children. "But everyone is certainly aware of the fact that implementation and logistics need to be closely examined to really make this happen," he added.
AAFP leader concerned
Jim King, MD, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), voiced concern about the cost-effectiveness of the ACIP recommendation and its possible impact on family physicians next season.
King, who practices in Selmer, Tenn., said the AAFP has long recommended voluntary flu shots for children older than 6 months. However, he said, "It's already past the point for physicians to order flu vaccine [for next fall], so getting the amount of vaccine is going to be difficult for most family physician offices."
Commenting that about 76 million children nationwide will now be covered by flu vaccination recommendations, King said manufacturers may not be able to make enough vaccine to meet the increased demand.
"Are we going to do this on an annual basis, and how much money is this going to cost the healthcare system?" he said. "We haven't seen the outcome data to show that it's cost-effective for us to do this." He added that he has seen many patients this year who contracted flu even though they had been vaccinated.
King said he also expects some parental concerns about the cost of immunization and whether insurance will cover it, though he doesn't expect a big backlash so long as the vaccination is not required.
He said the AAFP would reexamine its policy on flu immunizations for children in light of the ACIP recommendation.
Modest expectations
Wexler, of the Immunization Action Coalition, counseled modest expectations about the early impact of the ACIP recommendation.
"I don't think we should expect that we're going to be reaching the kinds of rates we achieve with other vaccines, because there's no catch-up period—this is a year-after-year thing. It's going to be different," she said. "I think the goal is to do the best you can and every year you do a little better."
"We're never going to achieve 90% [coverage], and I don't think we should expect to," she said, adding, "We have to think about alternate venues, not just the practitioner's office."
Wexler said anti-vaccine groups have already begun expressing opposition to the new recommendation. "I think because flu vaccine is the only one other than Japanese encephalitis that has some thimerosal [a mercury compound] in it, that's a big issue for anti-vacciners. This has been going on for many years now, and I don't' know that it's going to be any more difficult than it's already been."
She said she doesn't expect much opposition from parents—"not with children dying of influenza. Parents want to protect their children, and they hear the stories, and they mostly trust their physicians."
Wexler also said the effort to immunize more children offers a good opportunity to prepare for a flu pandemic—a view also voiced by Bernstein. "How do we mobilize, how do we reach the most people in the least time?" she said. "It's going to be a learning curve, but it's not too soon to start."
Numerical perspectives
Bernstein said that, while the move to immunize school children is a major step, it doesn't add as many children to the target groups as may appear at first glance.
"Medically I think this is an important step to take; it really adds a number of children to the ranks," he said. "But to be perfectly honest, essentially half of them should already be getting the flu vaccine every year, because 10% of them have conditions that warrant it, and another 40% of them are household contacts of someone who would not do well if flu was brought into the home." The CDC currently recommends flu immunization for close contacts of people at risk for serious complications of flu.
Wexler observed that the ACIP recommendation pushes the country closer to embracing universal flu vaccination. Previously, flu immunization recommendations covered groups constituting about 74% of the US population, she said. Now, "it's probably up to 90%, or at least up to 85%."
In light of those numbers, she said, "I think it would be better to recommend vaccination for everyone. It's much simpler. . . . It's going to save clinicians a lot of time, instead of having to wade through and figure out who's supposed to be vaccinated. It'll be much easier for [insurance] coverage to be ascertained. . . . And I think it'll reduce influenza in circulation."
See also:
Feb 27 CIDRAP News story "ACIP recommends flu shots for all school children"


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Mayberry wasn't the only town to have a Barney Fife.
I remember a real-life deputy who could have been Barney's twin on Sheriff Andy Taylor's fictional squad. But I'm not going to name him. Instead, I'll dial up — from 40 years ago — a couple of his legendary capers in a non-fictional community.
Here's the first one: A new branch bank created a stir of excitement in the small town. It also created a training opportunity for area law enforcement, including state and federal agencies. The sheriff called in the big guns — the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation — for a simulated bank robbery.
The plan was simple — no Bonnie and Clyde show. A man, armed with a pistol, was to don a bandana, walk into the bank and demand money from the tellers. Robberies were happening everywhere, and these new bank employees needed to be ready in case a bandit showed up.
And what better way to prepare the law enforcement agencies, too?
The sheriff laid out the plan. Officers were scattered across the county and warned to be on alert. The heist happened. The alarm sounded. The "robber" was caught.
A radio message signaled: "Meet at the office for a debriefing."
One by one, the lawmen gave accounts of how they performed during the drill. When time came for the could-have-been Barney to report, he announced, "Yeah, I was ready at the crossroads. I had my shotgun loaded and two pistols ready. If that robber had come my way, I would have nailed him. By the way, sheriff, what does simulated mean?"
After the visiting GBI agent, who was also the "simulated robber," caught his breath, the session continued.
And now, one more: Barney was at the gas station, bragging about how he could stop speeders. As they say, he was a legend in his own mind. And he was always regaling listeners with his tales.
"Yeah," he drawled, "I really know how to pull 'em over."
When one of his buddies quit crunching on Tom's peanuts, he put down his Coke and issued a challenge: "Well, let's see how you do that."
Barney jumped to his feet and said, "Let's go!"
Before long, a sedan whizzed by. Barney turned to his friend and said, "Watch this. I'll show you how it's done."
With its lights flashing, the patrol car spun off the grassy shoulder and onto the two-lane asphalt. Within a quarter-mile, Barney was pointing to the car ahead, "Pull over."
Both cars pulled over. Barney put on his hat, stepped out of the car and hitched up his pants as he approached the other car.
Looking back at his buddy, he winked as he took a slow stroll around the suspect's car. He made one more lap, stopping to write down the tag's information. When he walked up to the driver's window, the glass spooled down.
"Mister," Barney said, "you were going kind of fast back there. Where are you from, anyway?"
The driver said, "Cincinnati."
Angry, Barney snapped, "Don't lie to me, mister, I saw that Ohio tag!"
• Dink NeSmith is president of Community Newspapers Inc. and represents the 10th Congressional District on the University System of Georgia Board of Regents. His column appears each Saturday. Send email to email@example.com.


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Excite@Home raises $35m in greetings goodbye
Not a bad return for $750m investment
Troubled dotcom Excite@Home has flogged its online greetings card business bluemountain.com to the American Greetings Corporation for $35 million in cash.
The deal will save ExciteAtHome a fair wedge in overheads, and it will also deliver much-needed liquidity at a time when hard cash is in short supply.
Excite@Home said the sale "maps to our action plan to focus on broadband and to bolster our cash position and lower operating costs."
For the American Greetings Corporation, the deal has added yet another dotcom operation to its ever-growing portfolio - it has already snapped up Egreetings.com and BeatGreets.com.
However, to put Excite@Home's sale into perspective, you need only look back at the recent past to see the scale of its problem. In October 1999 Excite@Home announced its intention to buy Bluemountain.com for a whopping $780 million in cash and stock.
In those far-off crazy days Excite@Home blew £350 million in cash on the operation. Today, it's only managed to claw back a tenth of that investment.
And there was even a caveat that if BlueMountain.com hit certain performance-related targets Excite@Home would fork out an additional $270 million in shares. Madness.
Last week, CFO Mark McEachen resigned from the company to pursue other interests.
And last month the company warned it didn't have enough cash to last the end of the year. ®
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"It didn't go over big with my daughters, either, okay?" he said when "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" crowd booed a recap of his controversial NPR interview.
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EY acquires Greenwich Consulting as we continue our market leadership drive
EY is pleased to announce the acquisition of Greenwich Consulting, a move that will consolidate its service range worldwide notably in growth strategy, marketing, digital and data-analysis. The 130 Greenwich Consulting employees will now be working with EY Advisory's teams (30,000 worldwide) to strengthen EY's strategy, customer and innovation capabilities in helping clients transform their businesses. This acquisition is part of EY's global growth strategy.
Of particular relevance to EY Africa is the integration of part of Greenwich's telecommunications industry team into its Africa firm. This will contribute significantly to the solutions and expertise EY offers in this important sector.
Greenwich Consulting specialises in strategy consulting and has developed unique skills in the fields of marketing, distribution, client relationships, digital transformation, data analysis and growth strategies.
Ajen Sita, CEO for EY, Africa says, "On behalf of the Africa region, I would like to warmly welcome the people from Greenwich Consulting to the EY family. We know that the success of our business is built on having the best people who deliver exceptional services and solutions to our clients."
Viv Oates, EY Africa Advisory Leader says, "Greenwich also has significant capabilities in the financial services sector and will be working closely with our leaders in banking and insurance across the African continent. Overall, our combined operation will mean we are better equipped to meet our clients' expectations and able to offer some unique capabilities in innovation, market growth and business transformation."
About EY
EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.
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Following on from EY's successful integration in 2008 of 87 countries into one area from across Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA), the firm has launched its Africa Business Center™ (ABC), which aims to enhance the effective and efficient links between its geographic reach and areas of expertise. The firm enjoys representation in 33 countries across Africa.
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Ari, who comes from a loving family that has had more than its share of difficulties, is faced with the possibility of losing the love of her life. All she dreams of is growing old and having children with Jeff, but a family history and a conniving Rebecca could shatter that dream.
Trying to support Jeff and cope with all the truths and possibilities of her own destiny may prove to be more than Ari can handle.
Jeff's dream is to raise horses on his ranch in Mason with the only woman who has ever filled his heart and soul. But he's running the risk of losing her by trying to be the man he knows he should be. He's completely bewitched by the passionate and ever outspoken Ari, but needs to do right for the child that could possibly be his.
Despite all the odds stacked against them, can their relationship be saved?
©2013 Kelly Elliott (P)2013 Tantor
"prepare to need a roll of antacids"
Who ends a book like that ? Ohh wait Kelly Elliott does , that was no epilogue that was the worse Teaser EVER! Saved starts off exactly where Wanted ended. With a whole bunch of drama! Up. Down. Up. Down. It has hook ups, break ups, discovering new loves, losing your first love, birth, death…well you get the picture…up…down. What an emotional roller coaster!! This story will bring to the highest highs and then BAM, you are hit with the lowest lows. And just when you think there is no hope, there you go back up on those highs. A complete bunch of emotions run through you with this book. In this book, Ellie and Gunner are happily married. Ari and Jeff are determined to live a life together, which is easier said than done when Rebecca is equally determined to snare herself a baby daddy. Meanwhile, another pair of secondary characters, Josh and Heather, are flip flopping in a love/hate relationship themselves. Basically, some important storylines are neatly tied up with a bow, but at the same time, there is a whole new gift box full of questions and what ifs. This is a good book and an angst lover's dream. Elliott has really stepped up her game with Saved.
"Good But SO MUCH DRAMA!"
If you're looking for easy romance to listen to, this one's not for you. About half of the characters have had car accidents and about a dozen misunderstandings that almost end relationships between the 2 books in this series. (And there's still one more book to go) Just when you're setting in from one drama another happens. It's too much. However as one feels when a train wretch happens I can't look away even though I should. Perhaps this shows how great the author is in developing the characters that you can't help but follow them. So if you can handle drama and non-stops roller coaster rides, and not necessarily the fun kinds, then give this series a try.
"Lacks creativity repeated of dialogue"
A lot of the story line repeated it self in different ways from the first book. The irony of similarity between Jason and heather relationship and Ari and Jeff from book one. To the accidents such as Eli and then josh, Josh's had a bit of a twist but then heather's mess up similar to jeffs just not as extreme as jeffs the story was a lot alike. Some of the love scenes seemed to lack creativity in difference from other scenes. Apparently everybody in the book loves the same and has the same moments.
"A must READ"
This is the best series I've read in a long time. I love how all the characters follow up in each book!
"Another great story!"
Kelley Elliot delivers again. I'm like a chain smoker with this series. Once I finish one, I have to listen/read the next book. Get hooked!
"Horrible Narrators"
The narrators have the same tone and voice for the guys and girls. The women narrator sounds like a raspy older lady when the characters are in their early 20s. Most of the characters have the same sayings and do the same things. I understand that a few may be the same every once in a while but seriously it's over done.
"The narration is perfect!"
The narration sets the story and brings that characters to life! I love it! So much suspense, romance, and a blender of raw emotions! This book made me laugh out loud, cry and get so angry I had to put it down and cool off! :-D
"Hot damn gunner"
i love gunner
broken. Great romance
How great gunner is. N I want heather to open her eye's and be with josh
i like this series
"Sometimes Gut-wrenching, but worth it in the end"
Hilarious, Tearful and Hot!
Kelly did a great job of showing how even through all the ups and downs that Jeff and Ari experienced, their love won out in the end and it truly conquers all!
The voices of the characters add that extra something especially when Jeff and Ari are arguing or making love. It just adds that extra oomph to experiencing the story.
Ari - she's a real fire cracker. She says what she's thinking when she's thinking it and you better watch out!
"Cut Short"
Not sure what to think, one minute Heather is racing to Josh's side, the next minute he is proposing to someone I never heard of.
Now I have to wonder, did I get the whole download????
Because it's started as a love hate relationship step up in wanted
And now things and gotten better but there still big lumps in the road ahead
I know friends who will love this kinda love story
Kelly Elliott's Broken book 2 the love Story of Reid and Courtney set up in broken 1
They at first have the same love hate relationship before getting together as a couple
more realistic emotions and reactions
Together Saved
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Younger brother of Sri Rama, Lakshmana personifies brotherly love
and self-effacement. When Sri Rama, in fulfillment of father Dasharatha's promise to queen
Kaikeyi, set out for the forest with Sita, Lakshmana followed him. When Sri Rama had to
wage war against Ravana to rescue Sita, Lakshmana whole-heartedly collaborated in the
venture. His devotion to his elder brother and to Sita, whom he looked upon as his mother,
has made him unique; and his spirit of sacrifice is esteemed as of the highest kind.
Author - Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
The person of Bharat down the ages has worshipped Sri Rama as an incamation of God. In
our tradition, he is extolled in reverence as "Sri Sita Lakshmana Bharata Shatrughna
Hanumatsameta Sri Ramachandra Swamine
." (We salute you, Sri Rama, accompanied
by Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna and Hanumanta). It means when we offer our
obeisance to Sri Rama, we also salute his consort Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna and
his devout attendant Hanumanta also. Among these who command our worship, Sitadevi
occupies the first place and brother Lakshmana the second. Here is an attempt to inform
our young readers about the chief incidents in the life of this illustrious brother of Sri
Sri Ramachandra was the eldest son of emperor Dasharatha. Lakshmana was probably his
second son. Ramas mother was Kausalyadevi. Lakshmana and Shatrughna were born to
Dasharathas second queen Sumitradevi while Bharata was the offspring of the
juniormost queen Kaikeyi.
Lakshmana grew up with Sri Rama, as the latters constant companion since early
Childhood, so much so that it appeared as if he was the outer soul of Sri Rama. Child Rama
would not go to sleep unless Lakshmana also slept by his side. Even when offered most
delicious sweets and dishes, he would not touch them until Lakshmana came to join him. As
they grew up, Lakshmana became Ramas inseparable companion and follower. They lived
together thus till the end. Lakshmana came to be recognized as an ideal younger brother.
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Biden: I hope you saw what I saw
Vice President Joe Biden, in post-debate comments streamed to campaign watch parties across the nation, reiterated some of President Obama's points and urged supporters to "press even harder" in the weeks ahead.
"Folks, I hope you saw what I saw tonight: two candidates with fundamentally different visions and a fundamentally different set of values," he said. "And I hope and appreciate that, that you know just how, how, how high the stakes are, that you all appreciate it."
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The vice president said he thought the president "made it absolutely clear that he believes hard work should be rewarded, that accountability should be demanded and that everyone, everyone who works at it, should have a fair shot at a better deal.
"I also thought the president did an excellent job in laying out his specific concrete, plans for restoring the middle class, from ending tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas to giving tax credits to companies who bring jobs home, to preparing 100,000 new math and science teachers and training two million workers at our community colleges so we can continue to have the best, most productive work force in the world."
Obama spent a good chunk of time on facts, figures and policies -- including an in-depth description of Obamacare's Independent Payment Advisory Board -- and did not include many of the major points in his stump speech, including women's issues or the death of Osama bin Laden, nor did he include attacks, such as on outsourcing or his familiar "forward, not back" refrain.
(Also on POLITICO: Obama's 5 best debate lines)
But Biden filled in some of the void, and he said Obama "showed his commitment to move this country forward rather than going back, time and time again."
"We're not going back to those failed polices that gave us this Great Recession," he said. "Gov Romney laid out a fundamentally different philosophy. He called for a tax plan that would mean massive cuts for the wealthy, but he refused to explain how he could possibly pay for them without raising taxes on middle class families. Instead he just denied how big these tax cuts were," Biden said.
The vice president also slammed Romney for not detailing how he would replace Obamacare - how millions would find affordable health care if it was repealed -- or how he would prevent another financial crisis if Wall Street reform is repealed.
"Well, as the president made clear, we have seen this movie before, and we all know how it ended, and how it will end again," Biden said. "It ends in a catastrophe for the middle class. It ended in the Great Recession of 2008, and the president and I are determined absolutely determined not to go back to that."


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TAMPA — The David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts needs more parking, but it has concluded that building a 600-car garage is not the way to go.
The center's board recently discussed a study it commissioned on the feasibility of putting a $10 million to $12 million garage next door on a parking lot that serves the Times building.
"They decided that it looked challenging, and it's not something they're going to pursue themselves," said Paul Bilyeu, the center's director of public relations.
But the developers of a proposed 36-story apartment tower near the Straz still have an interest in doing the garage as a project that's separate from their high-rise. Developer Phillip Smith said Friday that they are looking at the Straz's feasibility study and have commissioned one of their own. He's confident that a garage would solve many of the Straz's ongoing problems with parking and access.
"I don't think there's really any debate about how clean a solution that is for that area, particularly for the Straz," he said.
Still, he said the idea is a long-range pursuit, with no announcements expected in the near future.
Presumably, city officials have said, building a parking garage would allow the owner of the Times building, Denholtz Associates, to consolidate parking now spread across two lots — the one next to the Straz Center and a second one north of W Fortune Street, next to the Howard Johnson Plaza Tampa. That, in turn, would allow Denholtz to develop the lot next to the hotel.
"If it's doable, it's a win-win for everybody," Mayor Bob Buckhorn said. "It makes sense for a lot of reasons, and it doesn't matter to me whether or not the Straz chooses to do it or whether a private entity does it."
But the city, which has an operating deficit of $5 million to $6 million a year in its parking division, is not in a position to participate in the project.
"More parking garages are not on my agenda right now," Buckhorn said. "I'm still trying to fix the ones I've got."
Meanwhile, Smith and his partner on the tower, Greg Minder, have said they don't expect their tower, with an estimated 500 new residents, to aggravate the parking shortage in the area immediately around the Straz.
That's because the high-rise is expected to have a garage with 635 parking spaces of its own — enough for residents, merchants on the ground floor of the building and even some people going to the Straz.
The tower would rise on a spot just south of the Straz, behind the annex to the John F. Germany Public Library. As part of the project, the city plans to reconfigure Cass and Tyler streets into two-way streets. That would create the site for the tower development, plus be expected to improve the flow of traffic in the area and create more on-street parking for the Straz and the library.
Smith said a rezoning petition for the tower has been filed with the city, and he expects it to go to the City Council in the third week of May. Construction to realign Cass and Tyler could start this summer and take about 90 days. Once that's done, work on the tower would begin, with an opening in late 2014 or early 2015.
"Everything's on track," he said.


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I have to apologize for the inconsistent posting lately. I started a new job few weeks ago, and had been going through an adjustment period, mostly with managing my time more efficiently so that I wouldn't have to bring work home. It also didn't help that I was nursing a cold while this was going on. I gave myself free reign to snack all day long and drink diet coke for dinner, and honestly, hadn't been too diligent on the writing and photo-organizing front. Things are definitely looking better now, and I promise I'll post more regularly.
By the way, I'm still practicing law so I'm not going through some super exciting career change (like to become a cookbook author or food stylist… some day, maybe). And yes, I have a snack stash at the office already.
Anyhow, spring is almost here. It's been a tease, though, especially because I was still donning snow boots and avoiding slipping on snow last week, and today, it's supposed to be warm and sunny. It's been a long and rough winter, and I always feel sluggish and gloomy towards the very end of winter, so I can't wait till it gets warm. But, it's still winter. I better show you this soup before it is too late!
I've been experimenting a lot with soups that are loaded with vegetables and legumes. This smoked sausage and lentil soup makes for a wholesome one-pot meal, and you can be completely flexible with the ingredients. Next time, I will try using spicy Italian sausage, and maybe add a red pepper. Since the soup freezes well, it's a good idea to pack away some for when hunger renders you incapable of even thinking about what it is that you'd want to eat. It's quick and easy to whip up a batch on Sunday afternoon for healthy and hearty lunches and dinners during the week.
Smoked Sausage and Lentil Soup
(Serves 6)
2 tbsps olive oil
2 carrots, diced
2 celery stalks, diced
1 onion, diced
1 tbsp garlic, finely chopped
1/2 pound smoked sausage, casings removed
1 cup dried French or brown lentils, picked through and rinsed
1 cup crushed tomatoes, with their juice
6 cups chicken broth
1/2 tsp dried thyme
2 bay leaves
Salt and pepper, to taste
Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add carrots, celery, onion and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. Add sausage and cook, breaking into small chunks, until it begins to brown. Add lentils, chicken broth, tomatoes, thyme, and bay leaves. Cover pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until lentils are tender, about 45 minutes.
Remove bay leaves before serving. Season with salt and pepper.
*Unlike beans, lentils do not need pre-soaking and cook much more quickly.


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There is something unique when a championship team loses because their previous success automatically suggests a repeat victory.
More often than not the victor will be vanquished, through no other reason than the law of averages. Few teams repeat, even the great ones, because of the enormity of the task.
A year ago the Argonauts were cleaning out their lockers after winning the Grey Cup, followed by a parade through downtown Toronto. On a bitterly cold day yesterday, the Argos were cleaning out their lockers, still smarting from a crushing 33-17 loss to the Montreal Alouettes in the East Division final the day before.
"It's the complete other end of the spectrum," linebacker Ray Mariuz said. "We knew how good of a team we were. We know we should have been in the Cup. It makes it that much harder, I think, to accept the way things turned out.
"A lot of people go through it. People say it's harder on the players, but for the fans, the coaches, everyone involved with the team, it's tough for everyone. Everyone handles it a different way."
This was more than just a loss for a football team. It was the loss for an organization that had come so far since the dark days of the 2003 season when the ownership collapsed. A year later under a new masthead, the Argos won the Grey Cup. And this year, the team became the talk of the town, as much for what it did off the field with its Stop The Violence campaign as for its success on the field winning the East Division.
Now it is over. The champions dethroned.
"It was a little bit of a surreal experience," head coach Pinball Clemons said. "As an organization, we have grown so much and it is great to be in a situation where we expect to be in the Grey Cup. A lot of times (in the past) we were hoping to get into the playoffs and put up a good showing and now we have gotten to the point where we expect to be in the Grey Cup and expect to win. We had a great opportunity to do that this year.
"As an organization it is hard to grow after a Grey Cup victory. It is hard to find an upside after a Grey Cup victory, but we did that. We bettered ourselves in the regular season, we hosted the Eastern Division final for the first time in eight years. We came in first place for the first time in eight years. We beat Montreal in the season series for the first time in eight years. We did a lot of really good things, and not only that, our desire is to be Toronto's ultimate role model -- Toronto's community team -- and I think we took some great strides in that area this year.
"Although we had a great year as an organization, as a team we suffered a loss that will never change. It's permanent."
Quarterback Damon Allen, a veteran of 21 seasons, understood the feeling as well, if not more, than anybody.
"When you think about the support you have from the city, the type of year we had as a football team, it's just disappointing and you'll feel that way a long time until you start playing again," Allen said. "You'll obviously have a bad taste in your mouth throughout the year and hopefully that will motivate guys to want to finish it the way we should finish it."
Clemons, as always, tried to sum up the situation in philosophical terms.
"Ten per cent of life is what happens to you, the other 90% is how you deal with it," he said. "We're looking forward to coming back strong and to get this chance to not have this feeling again. We want to use this to drive us, not to bury us."


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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn told Bloomberg News that he's endorsing Donald Trump because he's the sort of leader the US needs at this time.
"I disagree on certain points I don't want to get into, I'm sure those can be worked out, but the basic thing is, you need somebody that can get things going in Congress, and I think he can do it. You need somebody that understands business, and I think he understands it," Icahn told Bloomberg.
Shortly after Trump launched his campaign, the candidate appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." On the show, the billionaire real-estate magnate said that he knows "the smartest guys on Wall Street" and the "best negotiators."
When asked who he would pick for Treasury Secretary, Trump responded: "I'd like guys like Jack Welch. I like guys like Henry Kravis. I'd love to bring my friend Carl Icahn, you know, I mean, we have people that are great...we don't use them, Joe. We use people who are soft, and weak, and frankly, stupid and incompetent."
Icahn initially declined Trump's proposal, noting that he "not get up early enough in the morning to accept this opportunity."
However, after the first Republican debate, Icahn seemed to have changed his mind.
1/3 After last night's debate I decided to accept @realDonaldTrump offer for Secretary of Treasury.
1/3 After last night's debate I decided to accept @realDonaldTrump offer for Secretary of Treasury.— Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) August 7, 2015
2/3 Seriously, the methods of electing our corporate and political leaders have become completely dysfunctional.— Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) August 7, 2015
3/3 In both areas, we are in dire need of a breath of fresh air.— Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) August 7, 2015


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Jury resumes deliberations in trial
(AP) — A jury has adjourned in the murder trial of a former Iowa jail guard accused of fatally shooting his pregnant wife.
The Ottumwa Courier reports a judge granted the adjournment Thursday. The Henry County jurors will return Friday to resume deliberations.
The jury is trying to reach a verdict in the case of Seth Techel. He is charged with first-degree murder in the May 2012 death of his wife, Lisa Techel. She was found shot in the couple's Agency trailer in southeast Iowa.
Prosecutors say Seth Techel killed his wife to pursue a relationship with another woman. Defense attorneys say a former neighbor, who is now deceased, was a better suspect in the case.
This is Seth Techel's second trial. A judge declared a mistrial in March.


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So wait, in Matthew Vaughn's sorta/maybe/not-really-kinda prequel to the "X-Men" films, Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) and Beast (Nicholas Hoult) are like, secret lovebirds? Or something like that? Cause that's what it looks like in this latest photo from the movie. I mean, did Mystique and Beast even meet in the original three movies? I honestly can't recall.
"X-Men: First Class" charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men.
Starring Michael Fassbender, January Jones, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Bacon, Jason Flemyng, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Lucas Till, Zoë Kravitz, Oliver Platt, Morgan Lily, Edi Gathegi, Caleb Landry Jones, and directed by Matthew Vaughn.
Beast and Mystique hides out June 3, 2011.
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