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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly three weeks after Eugene Palmer parked his pickup truck along a densely wooded state park 30 miles from New York City and vanished, the whereabouts of the elderly man considered the prime suspect in the killing of his daughter-in-law remain a mystery.
The morning of Palmer's disappearance, his daughter-in-law, Tammy Palmer, 39, was shot to death at her home shortly after her children left for school. The New York Times reported that Palmer, 73, was upset with her over a restraining order she had filed against her husband, who is Palmer's son.
Local police, who declined to comment further on the September 24 killing near the town of Haverstraw, have been unable to find Palmer, an experienced outdoorsman, despite a search of Harriman Park's 46,000 acres of mountainous woods, streams, lakes and caves. The manhunt involved officers in bulletproof vests, tracking dogs and helicopters with thermal imaging equipment.
Although he is a diabetic, Palmer is described as the sort of hardy woodsman who could plausibly survive for weeks in the wild, armed only with his wits and, possibly, a gun or two, according to police and local residents.
"He hunted, he ate off the land as his forefathers did, he lived that type of life. There are so many places, so many caves in the mountain he could hide in," said Brenda Earl, a warden at St. John's in the Wilderness, a 19th-century church in a desolate section of the park.
Earl told Reuters on Friday that life was beginning to return to normal in the area after a period in which the missing suspect seemed like an ominous, lurking presence.
About 85 people attended Sunday's service at her church, she said, and "it was happy and joyous, and nobody seemed to be afraid that he was lurking in the corners or anyplace."
Hikers and fishermen, who three weeks ago were urged to steer clear of the park, have returned in their usual numbers, park officials say, even if they may still encounter Palmer's bearded face on posters dotting the trails.
"People should still use caution, we just don't see any reason for extraordinary measures," said Jim Hall, executive director of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, who doubts anyone could survive long in the park without "a fair amount of equipment and wherewithal."
Survivalist experts say Harriman would not have to go hungry if he is as skilled a hunter as he is said to be. The park has plenty of deer, raccoon and rabbits, although other creatures - poisonous rattlesnakes and copperhead vipers - pose a threat.
Even Palmer's diabetes may not slow him down since a fugitive surviving in the woods would maintain an active, meat-rich, low-carb lifestyle.
"What he's done here is gone on a perfect dietary treatment regimen, the sort before we had medicines," said Daniel Lorber, a doctor and diabetes expert at the New York Hospital of Queens.
Haverstraw police would not discuss the case on Friday other than to say authorities were still looking for Palmer, declining to elaborate on whether he may be dead or alive. Police said previously that Palmer might have fled the area long ago, perhaps leaving his truck at the park as a ruse.
"People will always be looking even if they don't find him," said Earl. "Maybe it's always going to be a mystery - the mystery of the mountain."
(Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Peter Cooney)


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PRATT — The Alexander Ranch in Barber County has been selected as the 2010 Kansas Wildlife Habitat Conservation Award winner. The annual award program receives nominations from wildlife biologists from across the state. All nominations are reviewed by committee, and a winner is selected based on overall wildlife habitat quality, quantity, maintenance, and enhancement of the property. Additionally, the state wildlife habitat conservation award winner is then nominated for the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' National Private Lands Fish and Wildlife Stewardship Award. The Alexander Ranch is owned and operated by Ted and Brian Alexander.
"The Alexanders' decades of dedication to the improvement of native grasslands in an area once over-grazed and degraded by the encroachment of eastern redcedar deserves statewide recognition," said Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) wildlife biologist Chris Berens, who nominated the Alexander Ranch for the award. "The Alexanders' management efforts created a heterogeneous grassland that benefits livestock and a diverse group of wildlife species."
The ranch covers more than 7,000 acres and has flourished as a custom grazing operation for the past 27 years. Partnering with several agencies, the Alexanders have leveraged resources to optimize the land's environmental capabilities. As a result of these partnerships, the ranch operates on a rotational grazing system with three grazing cells, each split into many smaller paddocks. This number of paddocks allows 40-45 days post-grazing recovery time for the grass in each paddock.
Additionally, a cooperative effort with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and KDWP was key to many of the accomplishments on the ranch, which is home to many wildlife and aquatic species considered at-risk or in need of conservation. This partnership helped the Alexanders interseed forbs on old cropland acres previously converted to native grass, enhance water developments, restore riparian areas, and expand the grazing system. The Alexander Ranch has also entered into a "Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances" with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. This voluntary agreement guarantees to address the conservation needs of a species before they become listed as endangered or threatened by specifying actions that will remove or reduce threats to the species.
These stewardship practices have drawn many accolades for the Alexander Ranch. In 2001, the Alexanders were presented with the Rancher Wildlife Conservationist of the Year Award from the Kansas Wildlife Federation. In 1987, they received the Excellence in Grazing Management Award from the Society of Range Management and the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts Grasslands Award, and in 2007, they were awarded the Region VI Environmental Stewardship Award from the National Cattleman's Beef Association.
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Last year, the annual conference of the Financial Services Institute attracted a record 608 attendees; this year the number stands at 743 registrants for the OneVoice gathering, to be held Monday through Wednesday in San Diego.
According to Chris Paulitz, FSI's senior vice president for membership and marketing, there are 352 executives attending from the home offices of independent broker-dealers, out of whom some 80 are CEOs of those IBDs. Why the jump in attendance? "Our firm members are more highly engaged than they've been in the past," says Paulitz, citing the regulatory environment for BDs, "which has gotten worse," but also notes that "over half of our firms are in a mass campaign with us," meaning that they supplement partly or fully their individual financial advisors' membership in FSI. FSI counts 100 financial-services firm members and 35,000 financial advisor members.
(See this AdvisorOne article on two broker-dealers—Cetera and IEP Financial—who announced in January that they will sponsor membership of 500 of their representatives into FSI.)
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This year's conference includes a leadership development workshop that precedes the formal opening of the conference on Monday, Jan. 28. That workshop—designed for both current and future leaders—will be led by author, and founder of Movenbank, Brett King, who will have a continued role later in the conference. On Tuesday, King will discuss in the morning what the world of financial advice will look like 10 years from now, and will close out the day by moderating a general-session panel discussion with the leaders of three differently sized BDs: Adam Antoniades of First Allied; Stephen Chipman of Foothill Securities and Amy Webber of Cambridge Investments.
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The media won't be allowed to attend what is one of the highlights of every FSI OneVoice conference: Wednesday's closed-door discussions, which Paulitz says FSI considers the "think tanks of the industry." The four-hour-long discussions include separate sessions for CEOs, compliance, marketing, technology and other topics. Paulitz said similar discussions held on a regional basis last August in Boston, Omaha and San Diego "were packed," leading FSI to plan larger venues for similar regional discussions in 2013.


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The House and Senate-passed fiscal cliff bill (H.R. 8, American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012) extended the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-246) in general through Sept. 30, 2013. The bill authorizes direct payments at no reduction for the 2013 crop year, retains the Market Access and Foreign Market Development Programs at mandatory funding levels and makes no crop-insurance-program changes.
In response to completion of the budgetary-and-tax-policy negotiations, the USA Rice Federation issued a statement that urged lawmakers to "include a five-year farm bill in broader deficit-reduction legislation this year." USA Rice also said that a farm bill would "offer farmers and ranchers necessary long-term certainty, but it would also yield taxpayers substantial budget savings and help tame our country's deficit spending."
Lawmakers should not allow to go unfinished three years of hard work devoted to writing the next farm bill, USA Rice said. The Federation pointed out that House and Senate Agriculture Committees have developed a set of budget-saving policies that still meet the needs of rural America.
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Last month, Aldean revealed that he'd chosen the airplane graveyard at the Smyrna, Tenn. airport to film the majority of the video. "We always seem to find stuff like this," Aldean told the Tennessean. "My director, Wes Edwards … is really good at finding stuff like this that looks like crap and making it look really, really cool on film."
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Bad form, Lenovo. Returning this machine.
Too bad, because it's otherwise a great computer.
07-11-2011 02:17 PM - edited 07-11-2011 02:20 PM
I'm returning my x220i because the right USB port stopped working, and they're going to send me a new one. I'll bet that the new one also has this digitizer issue too though.
What really frustrates me is that BOTH my HP TM2 and HP TX2 (both $1000) work absolutely great on the edges - this issue does not exist AT ALL on them. And yet on the supposedly superior x220i ($2500 tablet) this issue is rampant, and not on only it but its predecessors. :/ Makes me question why I should buy Lenovo again, when they can't get a $2500 tablet right but HP can get a $1000 one perfect.
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A bit more calibration seems to have helped along the horizontal bezel. Reset pen calibration in control pannel and then enter the below into the command prompt.
tabcal lincal novalidate xgridpts=5,230,454,681,908,1135,1360 ygridpts=5,133,261,389,517,645,761
So what's up Lenovo? What are those engineers doing? Surely it can't take them this long to diagnose a problem on your NEW FLAGSHIP TABLET PC? What a joke. I'm badmouthing Lenovo whenever I get the chance on other forums now, this is unacceptable.
Don't hurt the engineers, they have souls too. Seriously, it's not a job with instant gratification. It involves a lot of tinkering, putting up with others' crap work. What I would like to see (which is not going to happen) is an official message from Lenovo saying that, we are sorry, we are going to fix it, here's a coupon. Instead they make a cool video about how a laptop can survive a freefall by booting up fast, implying that all the models (X220 included) boot up in 15 seconds. Uh, marketing people...
To me a large portion of the problem here is a callibration issue.
I have used linux solely for the first month owning this laptop and have only recently played with windows.
It is possible to fairly accurately callibrate the touchscreen in linux. On the other hand windows callibration is way way off by comparison.
I tried using Linux without satisfactory results. If you're considering buying a tablet pc, don't be misled by comments from people that managed to get half way to ok results by doing random stuff under Linux. FWIW I did a hundred+ point calibration in windows with high density in the corners and edges with no benefit. The x220t is a mess and NOT worth the money with no fix in sight.
It was too bad, but I sent back my x220T. Everything was great, except the terrible pen performance.
On the same day I sent the x220T back, I ordered a new Fujitsu T901. The T901 arrived today, and it is fantastic. The sceen is every bit as vibrant and clear as the x220T's, the pen in amazing, and there are many features built-in that make it a better tablet, like a physical scrolling area that works in tablet mode, a CD Drive, customizable tablet buttons, and more.
I like Lenovo but wish it wouls look to Fujitsu for how to build a GREAT convertible tablet PC.
Whats up Lenovo? Do your engineers have holidays? Or do they just sleep on their laurels?
I have played around with this more. I Installed the Wacom drivers from their website and used their callibration utility and got much better results.
It gives me hopes that what people are seeing is a combination of poor callibration and the parallax effect. This doesnt account for the edge sensitivity but at least now I have a tablet that functions in both windows and linux.


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AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands nationalized its fourth-largest bank on Friday, injecting €2.2 billion ($3 billion) to recapitalize SNS Reaal NV and head off any chance of a messy collapse that would threaten the country's fragile economy and financial system.
The total cost to the Dutch government will be at least €3.7 billion, Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem told a press conference. That's enough to ensure that the Netherlands' budget deficit in 2013 will be higher than the 3 percent allowed under EU rules, unless the Cabinet — which has already taken a series of unpopular tax hikes and spending cuts — comes up with further austerity measures.
"This isn't what we wanted," Dijsselbloem said. But he added that, without the nationalization, SNS "would have gone irrevocably bankrupt," with dire consequences.
Although the bank's failure had been long-coming, it carries the added embarrassment for Dijsselbloem that he has recently been chosen President of the "Eurogroup," the regular meetings of eurozone finance ministers. The Netherlands has been among the loudest in demanding that other countries adhere to the 3 percent rule.
Costs from the nationalization "must not lead to new spending cuts that will hurt the taxpayer further," said Carola Schouten of the opposition Christian Union Party. "Dijsselbloem must go directly to Brussels to ask for an exemption" to the 3 percent limit.
SNS has insurance and banking operations, including about 10 percent of Dutch retail deposits. Its total balance sheet was around €134 billion. Its decline and fall happened over a period of years, rather than as a result of any acute crisis, as falling property values in the Netherlands and Spain continually eroded its portfolio of real estate loans month after month.
SNS Depositors and senior creditors won't lose any money in the nationalization, the Finance Ministry said.
However, SNS shareholders will be wiped out, along with some junior creditors, including the state itself. SNS owed the government €800 million, including interest, left over from a 2008 bailout. Other junior creditors will lose around €1 billion, the ministry said. The three biggest Dutch banks, ING Groep NV, ABN Amro, and Rabobank will contribute a combined €1 billion to help save SNS .
The nationalization shows the damage the crisis has wrought on the oversize Dutch financial sector and means that three of the five biggest banks in the country have now come under state control since the start of the crisis: ABN Amro was merged with the former Fortis and both were nationalized back in 2008. In addition, ING received several bailouts which have still not been fully repaid. Only Rabobank, a banking cooperative, has not yet needed state aid.
In July, SNS began warning that its equity — or net worth — was sinking below legally permissible levels and it would likely need some kind of restructuring. In November it acknowledged its survival was uncertain. Efforts to find an investor willing to take over the bank continued up until Thursday afternoon but proved fruitless.
Documents released by the Dutch government showed that while SNS had made provisions of €700 million for bad loans on its €9 billion real estate loan portfolio, the bank said the portfolio was worth only €6.2 billion in a worst-case scenario. External auditors Cushman & Wakefield, hired by regulators, found the real worst-case scenario value was €4.9 billion.
SNS paid ABN Amro €840 million in 2006 to take over the loan portfolio.
SNS's own banking and insurance operations remained profitable throughout the crisis and Dijsselbloem said they will continue — under new management. Executives resigned Friday, rather than waiting to be dismissed.
Jan Sijbrand, the head of regulatory operations at the Netherlands' Central Bank, said there was no full-fledged run on the bank, but "there was a continual flow of money going out, of varying intensity" in January. That was greatly influenced by news articles in the Dutch press speculating on whether the bank would survive, he said. Depositors pulled around €1.4 billion in the second half of the month, he said.
Unlike the decisions made during the crisis of 2008, Friday's nationalization came only after the bank, regulators, and external investors considered various other scenarios.
"This is a unique situation and we have prevented worse outcomes with this solution, but it is nothing to be satisfied about," Sijbrand said.


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Manchester coverups: School board needs to come clean
Another Manchester high school principal has abruptly resigned with no explanation provided by the school board or superintendent to the parents, voters and taxpayers.
The board refers all questions to Superintendent Debra Livingston, who says, essentially, that the public should go away. This, after all, is a "personnel matter." And such things are just not to be discussed.
School board members including Mayor Ted Gatsas and Vice Chairman David Wihby apparently like this arrangement. And why not? If the people are not to be told why an individual suddenly "resigned" in the middle of the school year, then anyone who approved the hiring - and the resignation - might avoid having their own judgment questioned.
Gatsas, Wihby and the rest of the board can't hang the Mailhot matter on Dr. Livingston.
She wasn't in office when Mailhot was selected at Central; nor was she here when West High Principal MaryEllen McGorry "resigned" under similar murky circumstances.
Clearly, neither of these well-paid and key school administrators decided to just up and retire. Had that been the case, a banquet and parting gifts would have ensued.
The school board and Livingston may think they are doing the correct and legally safe thing with these "resignations" and "personnel matter" coverups. They are not. They are sorely undermining public confidence and allowing the worst possible rumors to spread like poison.
They need to stop doing these secret deals behind closed doors.
If that means airing dirty laundry and spending money on litigation, so be it.
The people would rather have that than be patted on the head and told to run along, there is nothing to see here.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told lawmakers on Wednesday that a limited military strike against Syria was expected to cost "tens of millions" of dollars.
"We have looked at the different costs, depending on the different options," Hagel told a hearing in the House of Representatives. "It would be in the tens of millions of dollars, that kind of range."
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A time of untold chaos has come. Mighty forces clash behind the scenes in a struggle for power and influence. Northern Kingdoms mobilize their armies and prepare for war. But armies on the march are not enough to stop a bloody conspiracy. Someone is hunting crowned heads.
Every assassination attempt intensifies the chaos, and might truly does make right these days. Cruelty and violence have become daily fare... Do you dare stand alone among the mighty forces that are fighting for power over the Northern Kingdoms? Do you truly dare?


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NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey has stepped down as president emeritus of the New School, a university in New York City.
The Nebraska Democrat had led the school for nine years after serving in the senate for two terms.
Kerrey recently agreed to become executive chairman of the San Francisco-based Minerva Institute for Research and Scholarship.
The New York Times reports (http://nyti.ms/YrtHYF ) that Kerrey initially planned to stay on at the New School and felt he could do both jobs at once, but the school announced he had resigned Friday.
The university had been paying him $602,000 per year. He will remain a consultant to the school through the end of the academic year.
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Crocodylus rhombifer
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807
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|There is strong evidence, based on morphology and genetic analyses, that widespread hybridization is taking place with Crocodylus acutus in the Zapata Swamp (Targarona et al. pers. comm.).
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|Critically Endangered A2cde ver 3.1
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|Targarona, R.R., Soberón, R.R., Cotayo, L. & Tabet, M.A. and Thorbjarnarson, J. (IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group)
|Collen, B. and Ram, M. (Sampled Red List Index Coordinating Team)
Crocodylus rhombifer has been assessed as Critically Endangered. A decline greater than 80% in the population over the last three generations has been inferred due to the decline in habitat quality, exploitation, and effects of hybridization. Illicit hunting of crocodiles for meat has rapidly increased causing the resultant population decline. It is also highly likely that the percentage of hybrids in the population has increased. Therefore the risk of extinction has increased since the previous Red List assessment. There are conservation measures in place, however, further actions are required to reduce the illegal hunting that occurs within this species' range.
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|Range Description:
|This species is no longer found in most of its historic range and is currently restricted to two relatively small areas in Cuba. Its principal distribution is in the Zapata Swamp, where it occupies an area of 360 km². In the Lanier Swamp on the Isle of Youth its present distribution is 35 km².
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|The only population estimate available is from a study by Ramos et al. (1996). Based on this study the population of crocodiles in the Zapata Swamp is 3,000-5,000 individuals. The number in the Lanier Swamp has not been evaluated but is known to be much smaller than that in the Zapata Swamp. The total population size is likely to be 4,000 (Targarona et al. pers. comm.).
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|The Cuban Crocodile is a medium-sized crocodile found in freshwater marsh and inundated shrublands where it preys to a large degree on small mammals, particularly the native hutias (Capromys spp.) and freshwater turtles (Trachemys decussata). Females make mound-type nests at the beginning of the annual rainy season (May-June) and lay 20-40 eggs.
|Terrestrial; Freshwater
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|There are two main threats: illicit hunting and hybridization with native American Crocodiles. Hunting increased substantially from the 1990s to the present and is principally for the sale of meat to private restaurants serving the tourist industry or for local consumption. Hybridization has long been suspected but poorly understood. Recent genetic studies provide preliminary evidence that extensive hybridization is taking place in the wild. A captive population is present in two areas (in the Zapata Swamp and in the Lanier Swamp) but hybrid animals are strongly suspected in these populations as well. Neither of these threats has been resolved.
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|This species is listed under Appendix I of CITES. There are also direct conservation measures, including captive breeding programmes, reintroductions and protected areas. Illegal hunting continues to occur, therefore further harvest management is required to reduce the rate of population decline currently occurring. Further research and monitoring of the population, taxonomy, harvest levels, and threats to this species should be carried out.
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|The assessment was published with the incorrect publication reference attached to it (the 1996 reference was attached instead of the 2008 reference) hence the year published appeared as 1996 instead of 2008. This errata version corrects that error.
|Targarona, R.R., Soberón, R.R., Cotayo, L. & Tabet, M.A. and Thorbjarnarson, J. (IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group). 2008. Crocodylus rhombifer (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T5670A112902585. . Downloaded on 22 September 2018.
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Two women protesting France's new ban on Islamic face veils have been arrested after taking part in a demonstration in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
The law, which was approved by parliament in September, went into effect Monday. Police say the women were not arrested for wearing the veils, but for taking part in an unauthorized protest.
Under the new law, veiled women can be fined $215 or assigned to take special citizenship classes, but it is not a jailable offense. However, people who force women to wear a veil are subject to up to a year in prison and a fine of $41,000. Police have been ordered not to force anyone to take off the veil in public.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said the measure is critical to ensure the respect of women's rights and the separation of religion and state. Advocates argue the legislation is necessary if the country's estimated five million to six million Muslims - many of them immigrants - are to integrate.
Muslim women who object to the new law call the veil a statement of their Islamic faith. In a media release Monday, the human rights organization Amnesty International condemned the arrests and said that women in France have the right to freedom of religion and expression.
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Five simple guidelines for social engagement
Monday, December 14, 2009
I have talked about the importance of developing and implementing social media policies within organizations previously on this blog. These policies not only protect the company, but go a long way to educating its employees on what the implications and ramifications are of engaging in social channels.
I've seen a number of instances where seemingly harmless information is posted on blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc. and that person was not aware of the connectivity of the medium. Soon, people find out what they said and share it. In an age when the "delete" button means nothing (everything is stored forever in most cases even if you do delete) it's crucial to have informed employees.
In college, I had a professor who suggested that when making a tough decision that we look in the mirror and see if we believe what we're saying. Here are the five guidelines that I think are the core of social engagement when you are working within a company. They are my mirror test.
Five guidelines/questions before posting:
- Assume your Mom reads/sees everything that you post
- Assume your boss reads/sees everything that you post
- Assume your biggest client reads/sees everything that you post
- Assume your biggest competitor reads/sees everything that you post
- Assume your children will read/see everything that you post
I run through these filters myself when I post things as a final checklist. If something doesn't pass, then it's out the window.
What guidelines would you add to the list? How do you make content decisions?
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's health chief on Wednesday called for bigger warnings on cigarette packs and bans on certain flavorings like menthol, strawberry and vanilla, which can draw youngsters to smoking.
EU Health Commissioner Tonio Borg said legal proposals for a bigger crackdown on tobacco were aimed at reducing smoking-related deaths, which stand at around 700,000 a year in the 27-nation EU.
Borg said that "a city the size of Frankfurt of Palermo is wiped off our map every single year," necessitating a tougher crackdown on smoking.
His proposals now go to the EU member nations and parliament for possible adoption in 2014.
Borg insisted youngsters should not be duped into smoking by new, fancy packaging or exciting flavors that could get them hooked.
"Tobacco should look like tobacco and taste like tobacco to protect the youngsters," Borg said.
He said that beyond the attractive packages, "even more worryingly, smoking has been made more attractive with the use of strong flavors, e.g. vanilla or strawberry."
Borg wants the health warnings, which already take up a sizable part of a pack, to increase to 75 percent on the front and backs, and 50 percent on the sides, plastering them with such warnings "Smoking kills — quit now" and pictures of cancer-infested lungs. Individual member states could push the labeling restrictions even further.
Tobacco companies increasingly rely on their packaging to build brand loyalty and grab consumers since it is one of the few advertising levers left to them after authorities have curbed their presence in magazines and on billboards and TV.
Borg said treating smoking-related diseases cost about €25 billion ($33.26 billion) a year and resulted in annual productivity losses of €8 billion.
He said the proposals were specifically targeting the young since 70 percent of smokers start before their 18th birthday.
In a survey two years ago, just less a third of the 500 million EU nationals still light up.
Borg is hoping that once his plans are adopted, the new legislation will kick in as of 2015.


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49ers Chris Culliver Gets Schooled by Trevor Project
In an ironic twist of events, the 49ers -- everyone's favorite to win the Superbowl -- were defeated at the claws of the Ravens. This defeat comes at the heels of an already trying season for the 49ers resulting from cornerback Chris Culliver's anti-gay rant on Artie Lange's radio show.
"I don't do the gay guys, man. I don't do that," he said. "No, we don't got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here if they do. Can't be with that sweet stuff. Nah...can't be... in the locker room man. Nah."
Was this karma? Perhaps. The loss, after all, came at the hands of the Ravens: home of linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo who is one of the NFL's most outspoken champions for gay rights and gay marriage. While the backlash for Culliver's statements has been severe, he admittedly did do the gay community one favor. His controversial statement created a nationwide discussion on homophobia in sports and an opportunity for learning.
Culliver is one of many public figures whose behavior is emulated by kids everywhere and in an effort to make amends for his recent misstep, he reached out on Feb. 1 to the Trevor Project for sensitivity training.
"As an African American male, I should know better. Hate and discrimination have a lasting effect, and words matter. I also have a responsibility to myself, and especially to my young fans to be a better role model," said Culliver in a Feb. 2 release. "I was wrong, and I want to learn how to make it right. That's why I reached out to The Trevor Project... No child should ever feel like they are less than anyone else, and God has put me through this storm so I can learn from my mistakes and help make sure no child has to feel that way again."
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. Abbe Land, CEO and executive director of Trevor, admitted that it was Chris Culliver and his family who personally extended a hand out to their community.
"Chris reached out to us for education, and that's what we're focusing on," said Land. "Chris has expressed to us that he recognizes his words were harmful to others, and that he doesn't like that he may have caused harm. From what he shared with us, that is why he came to Trevor, because every day we hear from LGBTQ youth about the challenges they face and empower them to find ways to handle those challenges."
Land said that the Trevor Project offered adult-focused education programs for those who work with youth, parents and professionals, and that over the next several weeks, the organization would work with Culliver to help him understand more about LGBTQ youth and the power of words.
"He may eventually move to be an ally for LGBTQ youth and do work in the greater community, but that's up to Chris," said Land.
The Trevor Project is not new to the issue of homophobia in sports and its damaging effects on those who fall victim to it. They hope that out of pro football will emerge a role model for LGBTQ youth.
"It would be terrific if a marquee player in a professional sport who is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender were empowered to come out and to be a role model for LGBTQ youth," said Land, who told EDGE that they would celebrate and be proud of that person for their bravery, and thank them for being a hero to their LGBTQ fans.
"That said, just like we tell the young people who contact us, coming out is a process, and it's different for everyone," she added. "There is no right or wrong way to come out, and there is not one single path to follow. At The Trevor Project, we respect everyone, no matter where they are on their personal path to coming out as LGBTQ or as an ally."
But how ready are the NFL and the public to receive an active openly gay athlete? Jim Buzinski from Outsports.com believes that while we are on our way to getting there, we are not near yet.
"It's getting more ready as more players are publicly affirming they would support a gay teammate. However, it is impossible to predict when a player will come out since the coming out process is so personal for everyone and there is still a stigma in sports, though the stigma is fading," said Buzinski.
Professional football is undoubtedly the most testosterone-fueled sport in the country. And while a few players like Wade Davis and Kwame Harris have come out, they did so after retiring.
While the admission of an active player is probably still a long way from happening, the immediate outpouring of support for closeted players from their fellow teammates is certainly a step in the right direction towards creating an environment where they feel safer about coming out. There is hope that a Jackie Robinson will emerge for the gay community and turn the tide of public opinion positively towards the LGBT community.
In the meantime, the opportunity to learn more about the LGBTQ community and how to help out is not reserved solely for those with exceptional athletic prowess. The Trevor Project holds CARE Webinars every Wednesday, focusing on how to reduce the risk for suicide, promote resiliency and incorporate the best practices to create positive environments for all youth.
For more info, visit www.thetrevorproject.org/webinars


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By Edith Honan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - If Anthony Weiner remains a contender in the New York City mayor's race after admitting a second time he sent lewd pictures to women he met online, he will have his wife, Huma Abedin, to thank, political watchers said on Wednesday.
Weiner, who resigned from Congress in disgrace two years ago and is now attempting a political comeback, acknowledged on Tuesday that he continued having sexually charged chats for more than a year after his tearful resignation.
Abedin, 36, a longtime aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, broke from the usual playbook of supporting wives when Weiner resigned in 2011 and was conspicuously absent from her husband's side.
But the couple stayed together and Abedin has played a critical role in rehabilitating Weiner's image by sacrificing her well-guarded privacy to publicly support him.
On Tuesday, after a website published a new series of online chats and pictures in which Weiner reportedly used the pseudonym "Carlos Danger," Abedin smiled as she told voters the scandal was behind them and this was a personal matter.
"Anthony's made some horrible mistakes, both before he resigned from Congress and after, but I do truly believe that that is between us and our marriage," Abedin said, allowing she was "a little nervous" about her first press conference. "I love him, I have forgiven in him, I believe in him."
Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, gave Abedin high marks for her appearance on Tuesday.
"I think she did exactly what she needed to do," Miringoff said. "Without her, he was walking to a trapdoor and his candidacy was over. She provides credibility for the changes that he says he's gone through. If you don't believe him, maybe you'll believe her."
Others questioned her decision.
The New York Post ran a photograph of Abedin, her head bowed, on its cover, saying Weiner had sent her to "new depths of humiliation." In its editorial calling on Weiner to step out of the race, the New York Times wrote that it was difficult "not to feel for Ms. Abedin."
In an essay to be published next month in Harper's Bazaar magazine, Abedin writes of her long-held reluctance to call attention to herself and why she believes she is doing the right thing in standing by Weiner.
"Quite simply, I love my husband, I love my city, and I believe in what he wants to do for the people of New York," she wrote, according to an excerpt posted on the magazine's website.
Born to an Indian father and a Pakistani mother, Abedin began working at the Clinton White House as a intern in 1996. A decade later, she was featured in a photo spread in Vogue magazine under the headline, "Hillary's Secret Weapon." The weaponry appeared to be her fierce but appealing protectiveness toward the candidate coupled with a distinctive fashion sense.
Often described as Hillary's second daughter, the two remain close.
When she joined Clinton on the presidential campaign trail, the New York Times wrote that Abedin, a practicing Muslim, enjoyed "semi-legendary status for maintaining an improbable level of chic on the campaign trail with a wardrobe of Yves Saint Laurent, Prada and Marc Jacobs."
The image of the hurt but resolute spouse has a secure place in the history of American political sex scandal, at least since Hillary Clinton famously stood by Bill Clinton, then a presidential candidate, in 1992 to defend him against allegations of infidelity.
More than a decade later, when U.S. Senator David Vitter of Louisiana admitted he had paid for prostitutes but said he would stay in office, his wife, Wendy, stood at his side.
And in 2008, when Eliot Spitzer resigned as New York governor after admitting he paid prostitutes for sex, the image of Silda Spitzer standing at his side became the inspiration for the hit TV show "The Good Wife."
On the streets of New York, voters said they were as conflicted in their view of Abedin's role in Weiner's comeback as they were by Weiner's candidacy.
Not Carla Mannino, a Manhattan psychotherapist. "Leave him," she said, echoing several New Yorkers questioned by Reuters. "If I was his wife, I would walk out that door."
(Editing by Dina Kyriakidou and Prudence Crowther)


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When gas first hit $4 a gallon back in 2008, I ditched my car and started commuting by bicycle. I realized the benefits immediately; increased energy, weight loss, a better attitude and more money in my pocket. I joined bicycle organizations, bought more bikes and rode everywhere.
Five years and thousands of miles by bicycle later, I found myself struggling to keep it going. Not because of limitations: I could ride 82 miles at a time. I got racks and panniers that could carry a case of wine. I made trips to Costco and loaded up. My transportation life revolved around the bicycle. I equipped myself with rain gear, got a bike with disc brakes and did all my chores by bicycle. When my parked car was totaled by a drunken driver three months ago, I wasn't even fazed.
I had nearly removed myself from the transportation-by-oil equation, and I prided myself on it.
Along the way I had encounters that gave me pause and caused me to question the safety and sanity of my newfound passion. As with many cyclists, I had multiple encounters that could only be described as negative and harrowing. I crashed into a car that made a turn in front of me. I hit an oil slick and went down hard. And I experienced a multitude of close encounters, perhaps 100, that were so close they left me scared, shaken, angry and frustrated.
Over time, with riders being mowed down almost monthly, I became more vigilant. I always wore bright colors, used hand signals and anticipated the actions of unsafe drivers. But what began as a healthy activity started turning into something else. Almost daily, my rides featured incidents that could only be described as terrifying. Although my carbon footprint was low, along with my resting heart rate, I would arrive to work angry, ranting and raving about bad drivers, then come home to dinner and describe how I almost got taken out.
My commitment to cycling was strong, but in the back of my mind I wondered, was I pushing my luck?
I remembered the stories of Kathryn Black, Danny Trujillo and the Kaiser nurse, among others.
Then, two weeks ago, just a few blocks from my house, I signaled to make a left-hand turn and a car traveling 30 mph hit my hand and went around me into the oncoming lane. Had I made the turn one second earlier, I would have been creamed.
I was in shock. I went home and trembled for 30 minutes. Then I stuffed thousands of dollars into my backpack and walked over to the Sears parking lot and bought an SUV from a Craigslist ad.
My cycling career is over. I'm sick of entitled red-light runners (I once counted six blatant violations at consecutive intersections). I'm sick of unlicensed and illegal drivers who can't read the signs and don't know the rules of the road. I'm sick of dope-smoking, 40-ounce-swilling slackers drifting into the bike lanes, and I'm sick of texters and cellphone talkers, who think your conversations take precedence over safety.
I can't tell you how comfortable and safe I feel now with 3,000 pounds of metal protecting me. No one will ever be able to convince me that cars and bicycles can coexist. And thank goodness no one will ever have to tell my kids, "He was run over by a texter."


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Dribble — er, drum — roll please: Amar'e Stoudemire's new baby boy has a name!
The New York Knicks forward and his wife Alexis have chosen Alijah Carsares Stoudemire for their fourth child, his rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
The proud parents' newest addition was born Tuesday, May 21, weighing 7 lbs., 3 oz. and measuring 19½ inches.
Staying true to the family's first initial trend, Alijah's moniker follows in the footsteps of his older siblings, sisters Ar'e, 7, and Assata, 5, and big brother Amar'e Jr., 6.
"We are proud to announce we added a healthy baby boy to the Stoudemire team," the doting dad Tweeted following the birth. "Alexis and the baby are doing great. #Blessed"
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MANATEE -- With a baby in her lap, Jenni Stahlmann is helping her teenage daughter write an essay.
"The first point should be the strongest point you have to make," she says at the kitchen table. "You open it with your topic sentence, the next should be support for that topic sentence, some details and you finish it off with a clincher."
Not giving her mother a pinch of attitude, Skyler, 14, begins to write.
Elsewhere in the Stahlmanns' 3,300-square-foot Bradenton home, four other children, all home-schooled, are completing their work for the day. Stahlmann meets with each one in the morning, gives them their task list, then checks in every hour or so to monitor their progress.
The climate on this Friday morning: organized chaos.
"Going to the pond, Mom," says Seth, 11, as he zips out the door on his skateboard.
Griffyn, 16, bounds down the stairs and heads to the kitchen.
"Who ate my pizza?" he asks, slightly angry.
"Dad ate it for dinner," Stahlmann shouts right as 1-year-old Matty Jay leaps off her lap.
She tells Griffyn to go read two chapters of his book.
"That's too long, Mom -- one."
He strides back to his room knowing he better read two.
Instead of sending her children -- spanning ages 1 through 16 -- to a public or private school, Stahlmann, 39, gets up at 5:30 a.m. each day to teach them from sunrise to sundown at their home.
And she's not alone. According to the Florida Department of Education, 75,081 students were home-schooled in the state last school year. Of those, 1,053 were in Manatee County and 1,081 in Sarasota County.
Parents say they choose to home-school their children for many reasons: dissatisfaction in the school district, foster more family time or to simply be in control of the education experience.
"Home-schooling has created a lifestyle of learning," said Stahlmann, who has been home-schooling since the early 2000s. "They're cooking, they're knitting. We never stop. They might be reading in their room, they might be making signs for their little business. We never cut them off."
Stahlmann home-schools Monday through Saturday all year long. There's no spring break, no summer break, none of those early release days.
"Do you get summers off?" Stahlmann asks. "No. In the real world you work all year long. Well, we teach all year long."
Parents say they create a customized education plan for their child through home-schooling rather than relying on the cookie-cutter curriculum found in traditional schools.
Consider Courtney Fenech, a Manatee eighth-grader whose greatest passion is tennis. She attends a home-school facility that teaches the A Beka Academy curriculum, where she takes required classes (English, math, science) three days a week. She also takes daily private and group tennis lessons at Longwood Athletic Club in Sarasota.
"The beauty in us doing home school is that you eliminate a lot of the things during a traditional school day that takes up valuable time, like the study halls and the lunch period," said her mother, Beth Fenech.
When Courtney got serious about tennis, school began to interfere with training. But with home schooling, she's able to work at her own pace.
"She wanted to devote more time to tennis and when you go to traditional school, there's not enough time in a day," Fenech said.
Jody Hagaman of Bradenton has two home-schoolers with big dreams. Lexi, 17, wants to be an interior designer, so she goes to Booker High School's visual performing arts program each day and takes her required classes at home.
"What she's doing at Booker, I could never give her because the teachers at Booker are teachers at Ringling (College of Art and Design) also," Hagaman said. "Because we know that's what she's going to get into, we did it so she can get that in-depth study to get ahead of her peers in other high schools."
Jenni Stahlmann and Hagaman own a statewide nontraditional private school called Generation Harvest, which provides home-school opportunities to parents and monitors their progress.
These two moms often home school together. Stahlmann's five-bedroom, four-bathroom home serves as the perfect venue to teach eight students.
Diana Greene, Manatee County Schools District deputy superintendent of instructional services, said many aspects of a public school day would be hard to replace through home schooling.
"We are a microcosm of our society as a whole. We have children from diverse backgrounds that represent the same diversity that we see in society everyday and students are able to socialize and work together," Greene said. "We have to do these same things as adults. We have to come to work. We have to work with people that we don't know."
The American Experience Club starts at 9 a.m. Thursdays with a pledge and a prayer.
"Please stand," says 11-year-old Sara Yoder.
Benjamin Adams, 9, leads the prayer.
"Dear God, thank you for this day. I hope it will be a great day because we're going to learn about Josephina, a new American Girl. Amen."
Each week, about 10 children and their parents meet in a classroom inside the Central Church of Christ in Sarasota to study American history.
The first week of the new unit has just begun. Stahlmann, who started the club with Hagaman, is teaching the 1800s with a focus on New Mexico history. To help promote interest, she teaches through the American Girl books.
"Josefina speaks Spanish and because of that, the 'j' is pronounced like an 'h,'" Stahlmann tells her students. "Ho-sefina."
There's a certain stigma about home-schooler socialization being insufficient. But the average home-schooler gets just as much as any student in a traditional school, parents say.
Home-school parents all around Sarasota-Manatee meet in churches, on playgrounds and ball courts to socialize their children.
Christi Bowers enrolled her two teenagers in sports at Manatee HEAT, a sports program for home-schoolers. Her daughter is a captain on the volleyball team and her son plays junior varsity basketball. Between Manatee HEAT, internships, community service and youth groups, Bowers has never been concerned about her children being cut off from the rest of the world.
"The social issue makes me laugh -- that people still even consider it an issue," said Bowers, a Sarasota resident. "Are there people who struggle with it? Probably, yes. But there are home-schoolers who bury their heads in the ground and don't do anything. My kids are out there."
Home schooling also provides a way for families to bond, to spend eight hours a day together rather than apart.
Freda Yoder of Sarasota said she home schools her three children to gain extra time with family.
"I'm big on family and time with parents," Yoder said. "By the time other kids come home, do their homework and eat supper, it's time for bed and they don't get to see their parents. That's why I've always done this."
Seth Stahlmann sits on a skateboard in grass wet with morning dew. The sixth-grader writes what he sees, hears, smells and feels. It's called sensory writing. He's required to do it five times each week.
This is his first time writing at the pond down the street from his Bradenton home.
"If you look you can see fish jumping out of the water," he says.
The fish send bubbles up from below, while birds sing loudly to each other.
"I love the noise that the birds make," he says. "Amazing ... it's like their own little instrument. Us, we have to practice for years to get that good."
Seth likes the freedom of being home-schooled. The variety of assignments never leaves him bored.
"We learn a lot more because we're not doing the same thing every day," he says. "We're doing all kinds of different stuff."
Sabrina Rocco, Lakewood Ranch reporter, can be reached at (941) 745-7024. Follow her on Twitter @sabrinarocco.


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Upcoming Genre Movies That Aren't Sequels, Remakes or Reboots
Sometimes it seems like every movie is either a sequel or a reboot. They remade Robocop and Godzilla. They're releasing sequels to the reboots of Spider-Man and Planet of the Apes. But there are still tons of original films in the pipeline. Here are over 50 forthcoming movies that aren't sequels, remakes or prequels.


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Kansas City Chiefs backup QB Ricky Stanzi and FB Braden Wilson were among 14 players cut by the team Sunday, Aug. 25. Wilson was the team's sixth-round draft pick just this year, while Stanzi had a following in Kansas City despite limited play. Also cut were WR Terrance Copper, DB Neiko Thorpe, CB's Vincent Agnew, Otha Foster III, and Kamaal McIlwain; OL Ryan Durand, A.J. Hawkins and Hutch Eckerson; DE's Miguel Chavis and Rob Lohr; RB Jordan Roberts; and WR Tyler Shoemaker.
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The Kansas City Chiefs have signed undrafted free-agent LB Darin Drakeford (Maryland), DB Otha Foster (West Alabama), WR Frankie Hammond Jr. (Florida), OL A.J. Hawkins (Mississippi), OL Colin Kelly (Oregon State), DE Rob Lohr (Vanderbilt), DL Brad Madison (Missouri), LB Josh Martin (Columbia), S Bradley McDougald (Kansas), WR Rico Richardson (Jackson State) and WR Ridge Wilson (West Alabama). Terms of the contracts were not disclosed.
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Eclipse DemoCamps Kepler 2013/Copenhagen
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- Werner Keil , Creative Arts & Technologies, Eclipse UOMo Team Lead
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- Lars Hupfeldt Nielsen, Devops and Build specialist at A.P. Moller - Maersk Group – Kokki, Multiconf, Hudson - slides from Eclipse Day Delft
- Werner Keil, Creative Arts & Technologies - M4M 2 the Rescue of M2M - slides from Eclipse Stammtisch Zürich 2013
- Tonny Madsen - Beware - Testing RCP Applications in Tycho can cause Serious Harm to your Brain - slides from EclipseCon Europe 2012
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Nearly three years ago to this day, the Miami Hurricanes played 2,000 miles from home on a bitter-cold afternoon in El Paso, Texas — their coach-in-waiting watching from a stadium suite as his future team was dominated by Notre Dame in the Sun Bowl.
At 6:45 p.m. Saturday, that same coach, Al Golden, will lead the program he has painstakingly shaped into his own in Miami's first bowl since self-imposing NCAA postseason sanctions that broke the Hurricanes' hearts but ultimately not their spirits.
On Saturday night, the shackles rip free as the Hurricanes (9-3) face the No. 18 Louisville Cardinals (11-1) in the Russell Athletic Bowl at Citrus Bowl Stadium — 240 miles north of the Coral Gables campus.
"We're going to try like heck to send them out the first 10-win team in a decade,'' Golden said. "We're grateful for all they endured and what they went through to get us where we are.''
The teams feature dozens of South Florida players who grew up with each other, including Miami-Dade-raised quarterbacks Teddy Bridgewater of Louisville and Stephen Morris of UM.
Bridgewater, a junior who starred at Miami Northwestern High and was committed to the Hurricanes before Randy Shannon was fired, could be playing in his last college game — he said he'll decide in the next several days whether to enter the NFL early. If he leaves, he's projected as a top-10 pick and the first quarterback to be taken in the draft.
Morris, a senior who played at Miami Monsignor Pace, has one of the strongest arms in college football but endured a rocky season in part because of an ankle injury that is now healed but set him back considerably.
Bridgewater and Morris know each other from their early years in youth sports.
"Louisville is a great program, and Teddy is a great quarterback,'' Morris, third on Miami's career passing list with 7,736 yards, said the day before the matchup was announced. "It would be a great opportunity for two Miami kids to shine on a big stage. I wish him all the best.''
Said Bridgewater, ranked second nationally in completion percentage (70.2) and fifth in passing efficiency: "Stephen and I grew up playing baseball against each other in the inner-city league in Miami. He was a great pitcher and from the games I've watched, he's a very tough football player — strong arm and a proven leader.''
The Cardinals, coached by Charlie Strong, play in the American Athletic Conference. They will join Miami's Atlantic Coast Conference next season and play UM in Louisville. The Canes are 9-1-1 in the all-time series but were hammered by the Cards 31-7 in Louisville the last time they played. Miami, ranked 17th at the time, fell to 1-2 and dropped out of the rankings for three years.
Now, the immediate goal is to end the season with 10 victories for the first time since 2003. UM had a chance to do the same in 2005 but lost miserably to LSU in the Peach Bowl, precipitating the firings of several UM assistant coaches — including current Canes offensive line coach Art Kehoe.
The last time the Canes had a chance for 10 wins was in the same bowl in 2009, then called the Champs Sports Bowl. Miami lost to Wisconsin on a cold night, 20-14.
"Double digits is always better than single digits,'' said senior Pat O'Donnell, the nation's third-ranked punter. "As Coach Golden has been preaching all week, it's fundamental for our program. It's moving forward. It's past all the dark clouds that have been hanging around. It's a move in a positive direction for the young guys and for all the seniors.''
UM's last postseason victory came against Nevada in 2006 in the MPC Computers Bowl in Boise, Idaho. The drought for the five-time national champions has stretched longer than probably most could have imagined.
A win Saturday would be a significant step in the journey back.
"We're in one of the greatest places that there is in college football, and we've gone through a really hard time,'' Golden said Friday, referring to the NCAA case that involved now imprisoned Ponzi-schemer and former UM booster Nevin Shapiro. "We know we're not where we want to be, but we know we're not where we were.
"It was pretty dark days, as you remember. We were on the cover of Sports Illustrated … and it wasn't because we were holding up a trophy. But we had a lot of young men that stood with the University of Miami. We had a lot of coaches and staff that stood with the University of Miami through really, really dark times, dark days, and we're excited about moving the program forward.''


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The Houston Texans should have been spending this week enjoying a bye.
Instead, a late-season collapse where they lost three of their last four games has left them with a short week to fix many mistakes before hosting Cincinnati in a first-round playoff game Saturday.
Houston had two chances to secure a bye and home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. Consecutive losses to the Vikings and Colts to end the regular season kept the Texans from getting either.
Coach Gary Kubiak believes his team will turn things around this week. He says, "We didn't handle the end of the season the way we wanted to handle it, but that doesn't mean that we can't handle these playoffs the way we want to handle it. We understand how we have to play."
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The Case for Black With a Capital Bmore
Chez Vous
Chez Vous
by Alesha Gunn
I am no stranger to Chez Vous skating rink. In fact, the 77-year-old Dorchester Family Fun Center was the core of my social existence as a teenager. I can vividly recall phoning my friends to plan an evening out at the popular rink. We would coordinate rides from our parents, chit chat about what we were going to wear, but most importantly strategize about how to persuade our romantic interests to skate with us during "couples skate". I had a ritual of devouring a basket of french fries from the snack bar before I slipped into a pair of tan and orange size 8 skates.
Chez Vous was the only place in our community that we could go to have fun, socialize among our peers, and feel at home. That was 14 years ago. Since then, not much has changed. Chez Vous remains one of the few social havens for black youth in Boston's neighborhoods.
On the Saturday evening I visited the rink to conduct interviews, I was astonished at the sight of countless teens lined up around the corner to get into the institution. Upon entering the rink I was greeted by everyone I walked pass with a "hello" or a smile. It was the same kind of friendly atmosphere that I had become accustomed to 14 years ago. There were kids everywhere; they were ordering food at the snack bar, getting skates at the skate exchange, stuffing their belongings into lockers, and whizzing around the rink on their roller skates.
I interviewed a few patrons and asked them what Chez Vous meant to them. They each responded using the same word to describe essence of the historical rink: family. Upon mentioning the possibility of the rink shutting down, they all expressed a deep sadness. One patron in particular, Dominic Smith of Dorchester, 23, stressed the importance of Chez Vous as a means to keep young kids off of the streets and away from the violence that has plagued Boston neighborhoods over the last several years. Unfortunately, the closing of the center could become a reality since the rink has been experiencing some financial trouble for quite some time.
Greer Toney, the owner of Chez Vous, spoke candidly about her passion for the kids in her community, and her dedication to improving the lives of those she comes into contact with. She also spoke about the various support programs Chez Vous offers to children and adults. The "Homework Dinner" Club is an after school program that provides kids with homework assistance and meals. There are also weekly self-improvement groups for men and women.
Chez Vous proves to be more than just another staking rink. It is a true asset to the black community and serves our youth in ways that encourage them to think positive, value education, and respect themselves and others.
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The Joy Formidable, "Wolf's Law" (Atlantic)
Two years after The Joy Formidable barreled to the fringe of the rock mainstream with the lush and brute "The Big Roar," the Welsh trio returns with an even bigger and squalling encore. "Wolf's Law" is the arrival of a headliner.
It's a deserved reward. This is wonderfully noisy and hooky, shimmering with guitar-pop accessibility. So what if standouts such as "Maw Maw Song" and the whirlwind "Bats" have the nagging feeling of sounding familiar — maybe a head-bopper from the alt-rock heyday of the '90s or another Brit rocker making massive songs for arenas like touring mates Muse. In the voice and guitar-hammering hands of frontwoman Ritzy Bryan, surprises (usually loud ones) are around every corner.
In the opener "This Ladder is Ours," Bryan begins with an inviting "Let's take this walk/It's long overdue." She isn't kidding. Where was an exciting rocker like this in 2012, and how soon before we can have another?
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Send Some Hope to Sandy Hook Elementary with "To Newtown with Love"
It is so hard to figure out what to do to comfort a community after an unthinkable tragedy. Many of us have been posting pictures on Facebook, but does that really get the message of hope and love to the people who are mourning?
So, the Townsquare Media stations are asking listeners to send us cards for Sandy Hook Elementary School. Buy a card or make a card and add a personal message to someone who really needs to be uplifted.
We are calling this project "To Newtown, With Love".
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In conjunction with discussions on atmospheric CO2, timescales, and proxy data, students will make, dissect, and analyze an ice core. The activity allows students to study changes in Earth's atmospheric composition and temperature on millennial to... (View More) orbital timescales. The lesson includes instructions for making the ice cores (requires up to a week), worksheets, resources and a short assessment. (View Less)
This quantitative experiment involves lab teams in comparing a sample of room air with one of the greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or methane - and measuring their heat capacity. The activity requires an infrared heat source, such... (View More) as a heat lamp, two 2L beverage bottles, #4 one hole rubber stoppers, and a thermometer or temperature probe, volumetric flasks, a graduated cylinder, and tubing. Nitrous oxide can be obtained from a dentist, methane from gas jets in a chemistry lab, and becomes CO² can be generated using vinegar and baking soda. A worksheet guides student calculations of heat capacity of the different samples. The investigation s is supported by the textbook, Climate Change, part of the Global System Science, an interdisciplinary course for high school students that emphasizes how scientists from a wide variety of fields work together to understand significant problems of global impact. (View Less)


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Mattel (NYSE: MAT) is the world's largest toy manufacturer.[1] Mattel makes some of the best known brands in the toy industry, including Barbie, Matchbox, Fisher-Price and Hot Wheels. In fiscal 2010, Mattel reported net sales of $5.856 billion and net income of $684.9 million.
In addition to the threat from video games, profit margins at Mattel and other traditional toy manufacturers are being squeezed by macro-economic factors largely out of their control, including pressure from retailers and rising input and distribution costs.[2] The retail landscape for toys has shifted and specialty retailers such as Toys'R'Us and FAO Schwartz are slowly adopting to the shift in childrens' entertainment towards video games. Behemoth discount retailer Wal-Mart (WMT) is currently the largest retailer of children's toys in the U.S., a shift which has pressured Mattel's margins as Wal-Mart demands low prices from its suppliers. Additionally, fluctuations in oil prices affect input costs for making plastic-based toys as well as distribution costs for transporting products from factories in Asia to other parts of the world.
Mattel groups all of its products into three major brand groups:
Mattel divides its business into two primary sectors: Domestic/North America and International. Mattel products are sold directly to retailers in most European, Latin American and Asian countries; in Australia, Canada and New Zealand, its products are sold through agents and distributors (Mattel has no direct sales presence). Except for American Girl, which is not sold internationally, Mattel offers the same products in both domestically and abroad. It does tailor product mix to regional fads and the quality is varied due to price sensitivity. International net sales were $2.92 billion in fiscal 2010, up 6% from fiscal 2009.[4]
In these days of austerity and revalite anxiety about getting debt, some people balk about the idea of having a credit card in order to make acquisition of merchandise or pay for a holiday, preferring, instead only to rely on the particular tried and also trusted approach to making transaction raw cash. However, if you possess the cash available to make the purchase completely, then, paradoxically, that's the best time just to be able to use the cards for several good reasons.
A considerable amount of Mattel's manufacturing cost comes from plastic resin, which accounts for approximately one-quarter of cost of goods sold. In recent years, resin prices have soared because of a rise in prices of its key component: petroleum. These price movements cause the price of manufacturing plastic-based toys rise, in turnhurting Mattel's profit margins. This effect is augmented because oil prices play a primary role in Mattel's distribution costs related to transporting its products from manufacturing plants in Asia to customers and retailers around the world. Conversely, a return to rising oil prices would put downward pressure on Mattel's profit margins.
The toy retailing environment has changed greatly in recent years. Specialty retailers such as Toys'R'Us and FAO Schwartz have faced difficulty in the current decade. The latter has already been in and out of several bankruptcies and Toys'R'Us has flirted with bankruptcy. Part of this change has been driven by the slow growth of the traditional toy market and the rapid rise of video games, a category that toy stores were slow to adopt. Instead, the video game market became dominated by electronic retailers such as Best Buy (BBY). Compounding the woes of toy stores is that growing dominance of large discount retailers such as Wal-Mart (WMT) and Target (TGT), both of which have captured a significant chunk of both the traditional toys market and the video game market.
Secondary competitors of Mattel include LEGO (toy brick building sets), Bandai (Japanese action figures and video games) and video game manufacturers such as Electronic Arts (ERTS). None of these companies compete directly in the toy market for the same demographic of customer as Mattel, however.


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