text:
Communicable Diseases Policy
The University Committee on Communicable Diseases is responsible for promulgating policies, ensuring the provision of educational programs and adjudicating questions relevant to the prevention of and response to communicable diseases within the University community of employees and students. Certain units of the University such as those on the Health Sciences Center Campus or the Madrid Campus may require additional or different policies in response to regulatory agencies or governmental status; in such instances, the individual unit shall have jurisdiction in the promulgation and enforcement of those policies. The Committee on Communicable Diseases is appointed by the President of the University.
HIV disease is causing a world-wide health crisis of tragic proportions. As one of the countries with a significant incidence of HIV, the United States continues to evidence an alarming increase in HIV infection and in the illnesses and death associated with this disease. Unfortunately, the health crisis caused by HIV has been compounded by the ignorance and discrimination that has characterized the response by some segments of our society to the people suffering from this disease. As a result, physical and psychological suffering are often accompanied by prejudice, recrimination, rejection, isolation, injustice and condemnation.
The tragedy of HIV has touched and will continue to touch the Saint Louis University community. As a Catholic University in the Jesuit tradition, Saint Louis University believes that it can express its personal care of students and employees by providing operational procedures which manifest justice and compassion in matters relating to HIV disease. The University recognizes and affirms its responsibility to:
Respond to its students and employees with HIV in a manner consistent with the best medical and scientific information available.
Provide educational programs about the medical aspects of the disease and legitimate ways of preventing it in a manner consistent with its Catholic Jesuit identity and in ways that are appropriate for the diverse populations of our university community.
Stand in solidarity with and reach out with compassion and understanding to those with HIV disease and their loved ones, especially if they are members of our university community or people in the care of our professional schools and clinics.
Respect the rights of persons with HIV that flow from our human dignity.
Discrimination against persons with HIV is unjust and immoral, and it will not be tolerated at Saint Louis University.
In the words of the American Bishops in their document, Called to Compassion and Responsibility: A Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis (November 30, 1989):
Our response to persons with AIDS must be such that we discover Christ in them and they in turn are able to encounter Christ in us. Although this response undoubtedly arises in the context of religious faith, even those without faith can and must look beyond suffering to see the human dignity and goodness of those who suffer.
1.0 Definitions:
Human immunodeficiency virus is a transmissible viral agent which primarily infects the human species and usually results in a gradual progression of manifestations of impaired ability to resist infection. After initial acquisition of the agent, there is a spectrum of manifestations from being infected without recognizable disease (seropositive) to having manifestations of HIV infection without a serious complicating unusual infection or cancer (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome related complex-ARC) to having manifestations of more severe immune deficiency characterized by unusual infections or cancers (AIDS).
HIV - human immunodeficiency virus - the name given to the viral infectious agent which is responsible for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The term immunodeficiency refers to the manifestations of the viral infection. Other terms are AIDS virus, lymphadenopathy virus (LAV), and human T-cell lymphotropic virus III (HTLV-III).
Seropositivity - the laboratory condition in which a person who is infected with HIV has a blood test which demonstrates acquisition of an infection with HIV. People infected with HIV can be symptom free or have manifestations due to HIV, including fever, swollen glands, and weight loss.
AIDS - (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) - the presence of a complicating unusual infection or cancer in a person infected with HIV and a marker of significant immune suppression (the body's inability to fight off infection).
2.0 Mode of Transmission and Prevention:
HIV has been demonstrated to be transmitted by the exchange of blood and other body fluids from infected individuals to uninfected individuals. The major identified routes of transmission include sexual contact (both homosexual and heterosexual), sharing intravenous drug equipment, transfusion of infected blood or blood products, and mother to child (either prior to or at birth). In addition, health care workers have acquired infection due to work related accidents. There are presently no data to support transmission of HIV by casual contact.
3.0 Education:
As noted in the Preface, the University affirms its responsibility to provide education about AIDS to members of the University Community. Such education may be included in the orientation program routinely offered for new students and new employees, and special education programs may be scheduled as needed to provide the latest information to all students and employees.
Orientation programs for new undergraduate students, including the AIDS education component, are the responsibility of the Office of Student Life. Additional programs may be offered for residence hall students through the office of the Director of Housing, and for International Students by the Director of International Student Services.
The Dean/Director of each undergraduate, graduate and professional school or Center within the University shall be responsible for ensuring that his/her students and faculty have access to an orientation program as well as to any special AIDS education programs that may be relevant.
The University's Department of Human Resources is responsible for Employee Orientation Programs, including the AIDS education component, and shall ensure that all University employees have access to periodic AIDS update sessions.
1.0 Applicability and Basis
1.1 This policy applies to all University staff, faculty and students. Vendors/contractors operating University functions and using University facilities shall be in compliance with the law.
1.2 Health Sciences Center academic, research, and service units, or other University units significantly at risk, may develop more specific policy statements to address the special needs of their students and personnel.
1.3 Saint Louis University policy shall be based upon current recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control, from the U.S. Public Health Service, from the American College Health Association, and from documents of the United States Catholic Conference and other resources of Catholic moral teaching on AIDS. This policy should be reviewed annually by the University Committee on Communicable Diseases, and changes should be proposed according to the latest available information.
2.0 Disabling Conditions: Persons with HIV infection are considered as disabled under federal and state laws and the University will take such action as is necessary to insure the protection of their legal rights.
3.0 Confidentiality
3.1 People known or suspected to have HIV infection, whether or not they have symptoms of illness, have sometimes been victims of discrimination and physical or psychological abuse. The potential for discrimination and mistreatment of these individuals, or of persons thought to be at risk of infection, requires that confidential information concerning any aspect of HIV infection be handled with extraordinary care. Therefore, information concerning the existence and/or identity of a student, faculty member or staff member with HIV infection shall not be divulged, except to the extent required or permitted by law. The number of persons to be so advised shall be kept to a minimum and shall be limited to those with a need to know.
3.2 There is no medical or other reason for institutions to advise students living in a residence hall of the presence there of students with HIV infection
3.3 To preclude the accidental disclosure of personal health information, employee and student health records of any kind may not be kept in publicly accessible University files. Personal health information belongs to the individual and may be released with the permission of that individual, subject to the limited exceptions set forth in subsection 3.1, above.
3.4 All inquiries from the public or media regarding the presence of HIV infected individuals in the Saint Louis University community shall be referred to the President's Office.
4.0 HIV Antibody Testing
4.1 The University shall not mandate the testing of its students, faculty or staff for the presence of antibody to HIV. Those desiring HIV antibody testing, however, are encouraged to contact the student or employee health services or the Employee Assistance Program for information about the availability of such testing services in the St. Louis Area. All requests for information and referrals for testing are to be held confidential.
4.2 Missouri law requires that "all physicians, hospital, or other persons authorized by the department of health who perform or conduct HIV blood sampling...shall report to the department of health the identity of any individual confirmed to be infected with HIV," subject to exceptions for research projects, anonymous testing sites and testing solely for the purposes of assessing fitness for insurance purposes.
5.0 Health Care Service
5.1 Student Health Services Screening for HIV infection is available for all students through the Student Health Service located in Marchetti Towers East, 3518 Laclede and the Doctors' Offices/Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center. Diagnosis and referral for treatment are also available for individuals who are seropositive for HIV, or who have AIDS. Medical and psychological counseling is given to any individual presenting to the Student Health Service requesting screening or diagnosis of HIV related disease. Counseling is available regarding HIV infection and transmission through the Counseling Center on Frost Campus.
Information regarding the student and diagnostic information is maintained confidentially in the medical record system at the Student Health and Counseling Center, per established policy but subject to the requirement of state law referred to in Sub-section 4.2 above, that the identity of any individual confirmed to be infected with HIV be reported to the Department of Health. A consent to undergo serologic testing is obtained prior to diagnostic testing, during the medical counseling session. Information about anonymous testing sites is also available. These health care services are performed within the scope of the Student Health Center. These services are available on a discounted fee-for-service basis. Payment for services may be cash at the time of service, or billed to the student's insurance. It should be noted, however, that charges billed to an insurance company require release of diagnostic information. Medical students, and graduate students of the Medical School, receive comprehensive medical services through the Saint Louis University Health Plan, a pre-paid self-insurance plan of the Medical School organized as a staff-model H.M.O. HIV counseling, screening, diagnosis, and treatment are covered benefits of this Plan. Care is provided at Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, and confidentiality is maintained as per the Student Health Center.
5.2 Employee Health Service. Screening for HIV infection and associated medical counseling is available for all University employees who might have acquired HIV infection through their work on a Saint Louis University campus. These services are provided at Healthline/Occupational Health located on the Health Sciences Center campus. Employees who are considered "at risk" include biomedical researchers, clinical laboratory personnel, janitorial staff at facilities where bodily fluids and/or HIV are handled, physicians, nursing staff, and health care students (Allied Health, Nursing, Orthodontic, Medical, etc.). Initial screening and counseling are provided as part of the occupational benefit of the University. Employees are followed by Employee Health, as well as referred for specialty care in the event they develop HIV infection. Further counseling is also available through the Employee Assistance Program of the University.
Record of potential exposure is maintained in employees' files, as well as documentation of referral to Employee Health. All subsequent records are maintained by Healthline/Occupational Health per established policy. All records are subject to the requirements of confidentiality set forth in Subsection 3.1 above.
6.0 Responsibility of Infected Individuals
Individuals who are infected with HIV or who have a reasonable basis for believing that they are infected must conduct themselves responsibly for their own protection and that of other members of the University community.
7.0 Safety Precautions and Procedures
Each School, College and Department of the University should become familiar with the safety guidelines proposed by the CDC for the handling of human blood and body fluids. These safety guidelines apply to blood and blood -containing fluids of all persons, not just persons known to have HIV infection. Body fluids such as tears, vomitus, urine, and feces are thought to confer very low or no risk or HIV infection unless they contain apparent blood. However, when in doubt, use gloves when handling or disposing of such materials. Although exposure to blood should be rare outside of the Health Sciences Center Units, certain laboratories, and the Athletic Department; accidents or injuries resulting in the shedding of blood or other body fluids can happen anywhere. Each School, College, and Department should have procedures in place for responding to such accidents and injuries in a manner consistent with the CDC's recommendations. The most basic of these recommendations is that surfaces contaminated by human blood or other body fluids should be cleaned with detergent and disinfected with commercial disinfectant solutions or with 1 part household bleach freshly diluted with 9 parts water. Individuals engaged in cleaning and disinfecting these surfaces should wear either latex or plastic gloves. Students enrolled in laboratory courses requiring exposure to human blood, such as biology courses, should use appropriate barrier techniques and disposal equipment. Lancets and other blood-letting devices must not be re-used or shared. For additional information and guidance, contact:
Frost Campus: Risk Management
Health Sciences Center Campus: Director of Safety
1.0 Admissions
The University will not deny admission to an HIV-infected applicant on the basis of his or her HIV infection unless the University has concluded, on the grounds of sound medical and scientific evidence, that the applicant's HIV infection would prevent him or her from completing essential program requirements, and that no reasonable accommodation could be made that would enable the applicant to complete such requirements.
2.0 Access to Campus Facilities
Infection with HIV, per se, will not restrict a student's access to campus dining facilities, student centers, recreation or sports centers or fields, swimming pools, or other common areas.
3.0 Residence Halls
3.1 Decisions about housing for students with HIV infection must be made on a case-by-case basis. The best currently available medical information does not indicate any risk to those sharing residence with infected individuals. In some circumstances, however, there may be reasonable concern for the health of students with immune deficiencies (of any origin) when those students might be exposed to certain contagious diseases, such as measles or chickenpox, in a close living situation. Single-occupancy rooms are therefore recommended for those students with immune deficiencies, for their own protection.
3.2 Room Changes. This policy shall be consistent with that stated in the Residence Hall Guide, in the "Room Change" policy, which states that a room change must be approved by the Assistant Director of Housing.
3.3 Residence hall staff shall receive education about AIDS and related concerns as part of their regular annual training prior to the arrival of students.
4.0 Classroom Attendance
Individuals with HIV infection, whether symptomatic or not, should not be restricted from regular classroom and laboratory attendance so long as they are physically and mentally able to attend class.
5.0 Athletic Facilities and Activities
Individuals should not be restricted from participating in the University's intercollegiate, intramural, recreation or physical education programs because of HIV infection as long as from a medical perspective they are able to do so. Such individuals are encouraged to seek medical advice before participating in programs requiring vigorous physical activity to ensure that such activity will not be deleterious to their health.
6.0 International Students
In general, the provisions of the University's Policy on Aids will apply to international students in the same way they apply to American students. The International Student Services Office, located in DuBourg Hall on Frost Campus is available to foreign students as an additional source of information and support.
Nonimmigrant aliens in this country on foreign student visas are entitled to remain for the period they are pursuing a full course of studies. The regulations specifically provide that the student's visa status is not affected if illness or a medical condition interrupts or reduces the course of study, so long as full course of study is resumed upon recovery.
7.0 Health Sciences Center Students
Health Sciences Center Students are subject to these general University policies as well as any specific policies promulgated by the Health Sciences Center. If there are any inconsistencies between this University-wide policy and the Health Sciences Center policy, the Health Sciences Center policy shall control with respect to students, employees and activities within the Health Sciences Center.
1.0 Employment
1.1 The University will not deny employment to an HIV-infected applicant on the basis of his or her HIV infection unless the University has concluded on the grounds of sound medical and scientific evidence, that the applicant's HIV infection would prevent him or her from performing essential job duties and that no reasonable accommodation could be made that would enable the applicant to perform such duties.
1.2 Faculty and staff with HIV infection should not be restricted from regular employment activities and shall be evaluated like all other employees.
1.3 Current medical evidence indicates that there is no danger to employees who work with HIV infected individuals under ordinary working conditions. If an employee expresses fears or concern, the supervisor will refer that employee to an appropriate source for education to allay fears. Requests for transfer will be handled on an individual basis with the understanding that employees do not have a right to reassignment. Refusal to work with a person with AIDS does not excuse an employee from fulfilling assigned duties.
2.0 Sick Leave and Disability
Sick days and leaves of absence will be granted to all eligible employees with illnesses, including AIDS, in accordance with the University's regular policy on leaves of absence and sick leave as summarized in the Staff Handbook and Faculty Manual. Long Term Disability benefits are provided for full-time employees with one year of service as described in the Summary Plan Description.
3.0 Health Sciences Center Employees
Health Sciences Center faculty and staff, including resident physicians and fellows, are subject to these general University policies as well as any specific policies promulgated by the Health Sciences Center. If there are any inconsistencies between the this University-wide policy and the Health Sciences Center policy, the Health Sciences Center policy shall control with respect to students, employees and activities within the Health Sciences Center.


text:
Internal Documents Reveal Extensive Industry Influence Over EPA's National Fracking StudyRead time: 9 mins
Sharon Kelly | March 2, 2015
By Sharon Kelly • Monday, March 2, 2015 - 05:14
In 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched an ambitious and highly consequential study of the risks that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, poses to American drinking water supplies.
"This is about using the best possible science to do what the American people expect the EPA to do – ensure that the health of their communities and families are protected," Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator for the agency's Office of Research and Development, said in 2011.
But the EPA's study has been largely shaped and re-shaped by the very industry it is supposed to investigate, as energy company officials were allowed to edit planning documents, insisted on vetting agency contractors, and demanded to review federal scientist's field notes, photographs and laboratory results prior to publication, according to a review by DeSmog of over 3,000 pages of previously undisclosed emails, confidential draft study plans and other internal documents obtained through open records requests.
Company officials imposed demands so infeasible that the EPA ultimately dropped a key goal of the research, their plans to measure pollution levels before and after fracking at two new well sites, the documents show.
All told, the documents raise serious questions about the study's credibility and they highlight a certain coziness between the EPA and Chesapeake Energy, one of the most aggressive oil and gas companies in the shale gas rush.
"[Y]ou guys are part of the team here," one EPA representative wrote to Chesapeake Energy as they together edited study planning documents in October 2013, "please write things in as you see fit".
Chesapeake took them up on the offer.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Sorry but this item is currently unavailable.
Please check back at a later stage.
869/4 M 6.0x65mm Nut Setter Magnetic
Strong magnet holds hex headed bolts, screws and nuts in place. Sold in packages of 5
Click the button below to add to your wish list.
All prices are in USD Copyright 2018 Carbide Processors. Sitemap | Website by oBundle


text:
Response to The New York Times Article, "Clients Worried About Goldman's Dueling Goals"
Today, The New York Times published an article, "Clients Worried About Goldman's Dueling Goals," describing certain transactions in which it alleges the firm did not treat broker-dealer clients appropriately. We disagree.
The article includes grave inaccuracies, cites accusations from anonymous sources and is fundamentally misleading.
The inaccuracies begin with the lead anecdote about certain positions the firm held in Washington Mutual. The article implies that the firm made a profit on these positions – in fact the firm had a net loss. This, and other facts, was pointed out to the Times.
In addition, a fundamental premise of the story, that Goldman Sachs made a directional bet on the housing market, is wrong. The fact is we lost $1.2 billion in our residential mortgages business during the 2007-2008 period.
As it was preparing the article the Times asked us a number of questions. The relevant questions and our answers are provided below. The selective portions of our responses which the Times chose to use are shown in bold.
Q. The first of Goldman's 14 business principles states that the firm and its employees must put clients first. Such a principle sounds to some like an expression of duty to Goldman's clients and yet the firm's executives in testimony before the Senate last month said they did not have a duty to customers. What is Goldman's view on this?
A. Of course Goldman Sachs has obligations to all of its clients. What is important to recognize is that our clients look to us to perform different roles in each of our businesses. The question put to some of our executives at last month's Senate Subcommittee hearing was whether, as a market maker, we had a fiduciary duty to our clients. The answer to that question is no, market makers do not have a fiduciary duty to their clients.
Market makers are primarily engaged in the business of assisting clients in executing their desired transactions and are responsible for providing fair prices. This business is client-driven and serves an intermediary function, and in this role we are not giving our clients advice -- a fact our clients understand.
Q. In addition to the 14 principles, former employees contend that there is an additional, unwritten principle urging workers to embrace the conflicts of interest inherent in the firm's business model and to consider such conflicts to be part of a healthy tension between client and firm. Could you comment on this?
A. We're not aware of this so-called "unwritten principle", but every large financial institution, in fact virtually any business in any industry, has potential conflicts and we all have an obligation to manage them effectively.
Q. On the topic of putting clients first, Goldman's Mortgage Compliance Training Manual from 2007 notes that putting clients first is "not always straightforward" because the firm is a market maker for a wide variety of companies, and because the firm's traders are in a position to gather and use information from a variety of sources— a mosaic constructed of all of the pieces of data received, is how the manual describes it. How does the firm, in practice, address this nuance? And what does Goldman mean by "not always straightforward"?
A. We strive to provide all our sales and trading clients with excellent execution. This manual recognizes that like many businesses, and certainly all our competitors, we serve multiple clients. In the process of serving multiple clients we receive information from multiple sources. This policy and the excerpt cited from the training manual simply reflects the fact that we have a diverse client base and gives our sales people and traders appropriate guidance.
Q. At the Congressional hearings in April, documents were produced showing that Goldman's mortgage department put on short equity positions in securities of four big clients in the mortgage arena: Bear Stearns, National City, Washington Mutual, Countrywide Financial. Were these clients aware at the time that you were betting against their stocks? Because of Goldman's dealings with these companies in the mortgage area, was Goldman using nonpublic information (the 'mosaic') about these companies' weaknesses when the firm put on these negative trades? Does Goldman have internal guidelines about when the firm can and cannot take short positions in a client's stock? How does shorting a client's stock or buying puts on it comport with Goldman's goal of putting clients' interests ahead of the firm's?
A. One of the important functions we perform is to allow clients to increase or reduce various types of risk and we need to stand ready to allow them to accomplish that objective. Another very important obligation for any financial institution is to ensure its safety and soundness. To that end, it is essential that we appropriately manage our risks. It is only by doing this that we can continue to provide liquidity to a market place. Clients understand this. What is important is that we have the policies and procedures in place to ensure that we are conducting ourselves in an appropriate manner. Our goal is to always be best in class in this regard.
Shorting stock or buying credit protection in order to manage exposures are typical tools to help a firm reduce its risk. The intent is not to disadvantage anyone. In this regard, it is important to note that many institutions have long exposure to Goldman Sachs and it would be entirely consistent with prudent risk management practice if they bought credit protection or had a short position on our stock.
Q. Our article will cite several examples of situations where it's unclear whether Goldman is placing its clients' interests ahead of its own and we'd appreciate receiving some very specific guidance from you to help us sort that out. One involves UPMC, the Pittsburgh healthcare concern that was a Goldman client from 2002 until 2008. The firm advised UPMC to issue auction rate securities, which it did. After ARS spreads began to widen in late 2007, UPMC asked Goldman if it should exit the market. In mid-January, 2008, Goldman advised it to stay in. Less than a month later, Goldman was the first dealer to withdraw support from the market and ARS froze up. UPMC tried to redeem the securities it had issued and submitted a redemption notice to the trustee. Goldman advised the trustee not to honor it, saying that the contract it had struck with UPMC required 30 days to pass before a redemption request could be honored. This forced UPMC to pay very elevated interest rates on its ARS for another 30-45 days and allowed Goldman to continue earning auction fees and to generate commissions selling the securities to its hedge fund clients. UPMC officials felt that Goldman put its interests first in this instance and fired the firm. What is Goldman's view of these events?
A. Goldman Sachs was not the first dealer to withdraw support for the auction rate securities market. The legal agreements that governed UPMC's ARS securities did not allow UPMC to bid for its own securities in the auctions. The bond trustee has its own fiduciary responsibility to investors to interpret the provisions on redemptions.
Q. Another case we cite involves Thornburg Mortgage, which had a line of credit with Goldman in the summer of 2007. That August, Goldman began aggressively marking down the collateral held on behalf of Thornburg and began calling for margin. Shortly after, a Goldman investment banker began pitching Thornburg on helping it raise capital. In making the margin call, Goldman cited transactions it had seen in the market as justification, but according to Goldman employees, the firm had not seen those trades. Instead, the Goldman employees said, the valuations used to call for margin from Thornburg were the result of Dan Sparks' demands that his traders mark their books down significantly. After arguing over Goldman's marks, Thornburg capitulated. But some of its employees believe Goldman may have had an interest in depressing prices on its marks to generate margin calls for the firm's other counterparties. What is Goldman's response to this contention of client arbitrage?
A. We are a "mark to market" institution and we mark our positions on a daily basis to reflect what we believe is the current value for a security if we decided to sell it. Those marks are verified by our Controllers Department, which is independent from the Securities Division. We use consistent marks for multiple purposes across the firm, including for our own books and records. Subsequent events clearly indicated that our marks were accurate and realistic.
Not all institutions mark their positions to market and, as a result, it is quite possible that our marks differed from those of others.
Q. We will also mention complaints made in late 2008 by Gary S. Schaer, a New Jersey Assemblyman, about Goldman's recommendation to buy protection on NJ bonds even as the firm has managed the state's bond issues since 2002. We intend to quote from the letter Mr. Schaer received from Kevin Willens in your public finance unit but if you have any other comments on this interaction please let us know.
A. As we said in the letter we sent to Mr. Schaer: "Keeping trading and investment banking origination functions strictly separated by a "Chinese Wall" is important both for regulatory reasons as well as to maintain trusted relationships with both investors and issuers."
* Q. Does Goldman see any conflicts in the fact that it offers countries like Greece financial advice and help raising funds in the capital markets while also simultaneously engaging in trades that profit from financial woes in those same countries? Does Goldman have internal guidelines detailing when the firm can take negative trading positions on the debt of sovereign entities when Goldman is also advising those states?
* A. We have an obligation to our shareholders and, more broadly, to the financial system, to manage our business prudently. We, and other financial institutions, aggregate our risk exposure and hedging. This is considered prudent risk management. The fact that we may hedge our exposure is well known to our clients.
Implicit in the question is the suggestion that we have been "shorting" Greece. We have, in fact, had a generally net "long" bias in our exposure to Greece for a number of years, and that has also been the case recently.
Q. Goldman has said that it bought CDS protection on AIG to protect itself if the insurer failed. Goldman purchased this protection when it had information about margin calls it was making on AIG and which AIG was resisting. Did Goldman tell the counterparties from whom it bought the CDS protection on AIG about the margin call information Goldman had on the insurer? Does Goldman feel that there were any conflicts involving its purchase of protection on AIG at the same time that it had nonpublic information about the insurer's financial position?
A. The premise of the question is wrong: we did not have material non-public information about AIG's financial position. We had a series of disputes with AIG about the valuation of assets for which they were providing protection. That is quite different from having material non-public information about the financial condition of the company.
Also, if we had told another counterpart about our dispute with AIG, we would have been violating the confidentiality obligation we had to AIG.
* Q. What does Goldman think of Senator Levin's legislation on client conflicts?
* A. We have no comment on this matter.
Q. Would Goldman's forthcoming business review committee likely find what occurred with UPMC, Thornburg or N.J. to fall below Goldman's standards of serving clients first? Will the committee be reviewing the firm's policies regarding shorting or betting against its clients, as it did with several players in the mortgage space?
A. We believe that our practices were appropriate and consistent with our obligations to our clients. It would be premature to comment on the work to be conducted by our Business Standards Committee.
* Q. Also wanted to ask you about whether Goldman gained helpful info on Litton Loans in its role advising MGIC and Radian on sale of stake in C-Bass. The stake in C-Bass was never sold, but Goldman bought Litton. Was there a conflict in that situation?
* A. No. We participated in negotiations to purchase Litton as part of a competitive auction established by C-Bass and their advisor, and only did so after it was clear that the sale of the stakes held in C-Bass would not proceed. As part of the auction process, C-Bass and their advisors made available to bidders information relevant to a purchase of Litton.
Q. Also, we forgot to ask re the negative bet on Bear Stearns shares in the Mtg NYC ABS Equities Portfolio: how much did GS make on that bet? And was GS still holding a negative position on Bear stock when it collapsed in March 2008?
A. In the month of March 2008, our trading activity in Bear Stearns shares and options was very balanced. We had no directional positions, just normal two-way market making activity.
Regarding the mortgage desk trading portfolio, we had no positions in Bear Stearns at the beginning and end of March and there was no meaningful trading during the month.
Q. We would like to know how much Goldman's mortgage unit made on the short bets it had on WaMu (puts and credit protection evidenced in documents from early 2007) and whether those or similar positions were still on Goldman's books when WaMu failed.
A. We closed out our puts months before WaMu filed for bankruptcy and we lost more money on WaMu's bonds than we made on the credit protection we'd bought.
* As we said above, The New York Times asked us a number of questions. We posted the questions and our responses related to their story published on May 19, 2010. Subsequently, the Times has asked that we post their other questions and our answers. Even though these questions relate to topics which are not mentioned in the story, we are happy to do so.


text:
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no muxer in java.library.path
Searched on Google with the first line of a JAVA stack trace?
We can recommend more relevant solutions and speed up debugging when you paste your entire stack trace with the exception message. Try a sample exception.
Recommended solutions based on your search
Samebug tips
This is a sub-class of the LinkageError class and indicates that the JVM cannot find an appropriate native-language definition of a method declared as native. Install the CDF Software Distribution on your system.
Add an Application.mk file next to your Android.mk file and make APP_PLATFORM to be equal to your minSdkVersion.
Solutions on the web
via Google Groups by Ramesh, 2 years ago
via Oracle Community by 3004, 2 years ago
via Stack Overflow by Programmer, 2 years ago
via GitHub by xubo245, 2 years ago
via GitHub by snjagadale, 2 years ago
via Google Groups by Art Clarke, 1 year ago
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no muxer in java.library.path
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1312)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:749)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:820)
at weblogic.socket.PosixSocketMuxer.<init>(PosixSocketMuxer.java:90)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Native Method)


text:
Chief Wild Eagle: This funny country, once only buffalo live here, Indian come, then paleface come, now paleface give $300 for land Indian take away from buffalo…could only happen in America.
F Troop Iron Horse Go Home 1965
I've been very busy with the new Syndicated Radio show so I haven't had a lot of time to finish the excellent book my son gave me for Christmas Ships of Oak Guns of Iron on the War of 1812. The book jumps from land to see (the land war is often ignored In the 275 pages that I've finished as the chapters jump from land to sea there was a note concerning the Creek Indian Wars that leaped off the page 261:
The southern tribes were incurring burdensome trade debts with the United States in exchange for manufactured goods and foods and land concessions had become a common mechanism to extinguish the debt.
And that's when it hit
Every day the Federal government, states and cities seize land from individuals and corporations for unpaid taxes, illegal activities etc etc etc.
All we have to do is, at fair market value, cede said land on the federal, state and city level to the recognized tribe whose lands at the time of the foundation of the nation were closest to the said land while the tribes assume a portion of the city, state or federal debt equal to the value of the land ceded.
In every public school our liberal friends inform our children how HORRIBLE we are, how America is built on land stolen from the American Indian, well under this plan the American Indian can get their land back piece by piece while retiring debts that our government can't hope to repay otherwise.
Here's the big chance for Barack Obama, Andrew Cuomo, Pat Quinn, Jerry Brown and Martin O'Malley to not only get their fiscal houses in order but to strike a blow for justice for the American Indian.
And for American Indians, here is a chance to get back the land of your ancestors and prove that you can certainly do better with it than a bunch of Europeans or even better to eschew all that nasty non-stone age technology and mechanics those interlopers brought with them and get back get back to nature with no carbon footprint for the eye to see.
Environmentalists, and Animals lovers will adore you as will the bear, wolf, and the bobcat who can return to those areas without worrying about those nasty evil guns used to drive them out in the first place.
It will be wonderful, Unless of course today's American Indian has picked up certain bad habits:
Chief Wild Eagle:We can not lose business or my people will starve!
Corporal Agarn:What are you talking about chief? The woods are full of game, fish in the streams, nuts berries…
Roaring Chicken:Hekawis never learn to live off land
Chief Wild Eagle:Last time we have hunting party have to send out search party to find them
Roaring Chicken:Still waiting for search party to come back
F-Troop The Girl from Philadelphia 1965
Now I know what some of you are thinking: Such a deal gives an unfair advantages to tribes like the Narraganset, Delaware, Paiute, Mohave, the Winnebago, Miami, Shawnee, Chickasaw, Susquehannock, Powhatan and the Iroquois, whose ancestral lands are in blue states where budgets are doing poorly as opposed to tribes like the Apache, Comanche, Wichita and Kiowa, Dakota Sioux, Menominee, Creek and the united Seminoles as their states governed by people like Scott Walker and Rick Perry.
Have no fear thanks to the Urban areas run into the ground by Democrats who have an iron grip upon them those Red State Tribes can make deals with large democrat cities like Detroit to get prime spots in cities that were once Indian settlements in days past.
After all I'm sure the UN would approve.


text:
There are lots of signs in my garden that spring is on the way. Hooray! I haven't been able to resist bringing a few stems inside to brighten up the house and they are making me smile every time I look at them.
What is your favourite spring flower?
Clare x


text:
Citizens Deposit Bank's easy-to-use Online Banking gives you greater control of your finances. You may access your account information at your convenience 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Business Online Banking is fast, free and completely secure. You can:
Please note that all transactions entered after 5:00pm will take place on the following business day. Imagine banking anytime and anywhere you choose.


text:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tugging a huge red sack stuffed with toys, Michelle Obama thanked military families for inspiring her as first lady as she delivered about 900 gifts Tuesday from White House employees to the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots campaign.
"Military families are what inspires my work," Mrs. Obama said at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.
She along with Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, started the Joining Forces campaign in 2011 to honor and support military families.
Mrs. Obama said the annual toy drive— which was started by a Marine reservist and his wife— is just one example of how military families go the extra mile to serve their communities and country. The first lady said military families, who face hardships, struggles and constant deployment, are always first to step up and volunteer.
"Somehow you're always the ones who find the extra hours in the day to give back, above and beyond what life has thrown your way anyway," she said.
Mrs. Obama wished volunteers and service members at the military base "Happy Holidays" as she helped sort unwrapped toys into bins marked for boy and girls by different age groups.
She noted that most toy drives are often short on gifts for older children.
"A lot of times when we do the shopping we like to reach for the cute little bear or the little doll, but the truth is that they also need gifts for older kids as well," she said.
For children ages 11 to 14, she suggested books, games, backpacks and clothes "because if your teens are like mine, they want some clothes, something cute to wear."
Mrs. Obama is the mother of daughters Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11.
Retired Marine Lt. Gen. Pete Osman, president and CEO of Toys for Tots, said the demand for gifts seems to go up every season, especially in the Northeast after this year's "curveball" Superstorm Sandy.
Osman thanked the first lady for being the program's "No. 1 volunteer" since she has enlisted public support and rolled up her sleeves to help in each of her four years in the White House.
"When Michelle Obama leads, the American people follow," he said.
Presents collected from the White House toy drive included school supplies, books and toys by K'NEX Brands. President Barack Obama picked up the toys last month when he visited a suburban Philadelphia toy factory as part of his campaign to get the public to pressure Congress to act to prevent the so-called "fiscal cliff."
Toys for Tots: http://toysfortots.org


text:
How Apple revived publisher-set pricing and got sued for it
But DRM got off, scot-free
Comment In the beginning there was the Net Book Agreement. The NBA, a gentleman's accord 'twixt publishers and retailers, ensured that prices set by the makers of books were respected by the sellers of the same.
Then it was realised that this was a form of 'price maintenance' and that this was anti-competitive. Quite right, said many in the book industry. The NBA means big companies can't use their financial clout to undercut smaller firms, ensuring business for all and that none need tremble at the door of the bankruptcy court.
And barely read authors of a literary bent could continue to find publishers for their work. The NBA ensured penny dreadfuls were not the only fruit.
But not all in the book game were keen, and they did whisper into the ears of civil servants and ministers. And the government of the day did abolish the NBA.
And so it came to pass that big chains buying in books in bulk were able to gain volume discounts and undercut smaller, weaker booksellers, a fair few of whom went to the wall.
And then the supermarkets did enter the fray and undercut the big chains, some of whom also went to the wall. Even some from across the great ocean.
But the public were able to buy books more cheaply than before. More books, of all kinds, were published than ever before. More books were purchased than ever before. And no one was forced to read Dan Brown because John Banville couldn't get a publishing deal, because he could and did.
And there was much rejoicing.
Not that the closed bookshops went unmourned, but many did realise that rather a lot of them would have collapsed anyway. The emerging virtual marketplace of the internet had quickly proved more convenient to buyers tired of being forced to buy dusty, dogeared, yellowing and sometimes already well-thumbed books from high street shops as if they were new.
And then the books themselves did become virtual, covers and pages being transmuted into bits and bytes. And this was good, because it is a book's ideas - and the words that convey them - that matter, not from what kind of cloth the binding is cut.
And the greatest among the sellers of the electronic tomes was Amazon, already the greatest seller of books formed from paper. And it saw that the e-book was the future and, despite e-books commanding a sales tax and paper books being free of this surcharge, did its utmost to bring the prices of the two into harmony.
And the abolition of the NDA made this possible.
But one firm, whose symbol was the very fruit used by the serpent to tempt Eve, did seek to do battle with Amazon. And, to encourage publishers to sell their offerings through its new store in return for the mere token of a 30 per cent cut of the purchase price, it allowed publishers to themselves set the price of their books.
In the Land of the Free, this was named the Agency Model, but to learnéd minds it was the NBA by another name. And the publishers were keen. And many did agree to Apple's sales terms. And they did force (allegedly) Amazon and others to do the same.
And so retailers were no longer able to compete by charging less than their rivals, or by offerings services of the value-added kind. And in America, the forces of law and order did question this change, and did accuse Apple and others of colluding to fix the price of e-books for the benefit of themselves and not their customers.
Yet some pundits did claim that the Agency Model was good. That it prevented a big chain - Amazon - from sweeping aside smaller rivals. And that argument might carry weight were not one of those 'smaller rivals' a $600bn maker of iWare and one of the world's biggest sellers of digital content.
And Apple and many publishers did reject the allegations of collusion.
And the higher counsels of the law did withdraw to consider their verdict.
What will their judgement be? Who can say, but to be sure they will not come to the consumer's aid to block the evil magic of DRM, which prevents consumers from buying a book from the store of their choice and reading in the application and on the device of their choice, no matter how much the book costs. And which prevents a true and open market for digital books more than any pricing model may. ®


text:
Norman Reedus, 'The Walking Dead'
You know him as: Daryl Dixon. Why we like him: In the AMC show's first season, Daryl was just a hot redneck who happened to be handy with a crossbow. In Season 2 his character is developing into a nuanced guy who, it turns out, has a gooey cpre underneath the "Deliverance"-inspired exterior. It also helps that he's ridiculously easy on the eyes, even if he does sometimes accessorize with zombie ears. Where else you've seen him: Reedus starred in the cult classic "Boondock Saints" movies, in which he plays one of two Irish twins (opposite Sean Patrick Flanery) who deliver lethal justice to evil-doers. He's also a photographer, writer and artist who has a kid with supermodel Helena Christensen. --Liz Kelly Nelson, Zap2it
Copyright © 2018, Orlando Sentinel


text:
Multitasking Machine Increases Efficiency on Angular Features
The Nakamura-Tome NTJ-100 multitasking turn-mill center from Methods Machine Tool is designed for medical, aerospace and general job shop components applications.
Related Topics:
The Nakamura-Tome NTJ-100 multitasking turn-mill center from Methods Machine Tool is designed for medical, aerospace and general job shop components applications. The machine accommodates as many as 54 toolstations for turning and 24 toolstations for milling. Two high-rigidity turrets facilitate pinch turn and pinch mill operations, each with a Y axis of 3.5" (80 mm) on the upper and 2.6" (65 mm) on the lower. An upper turret swiveling B axis with a range of 182 degrees enables the production of angular features, such as those found on medical and aerospace components.
Two milling-tool motors provide 9.5/3 hp each. The twin 6,000-rpm spindles are said to improve efficiency with faster motor acceleration and deceleration. Synchronization of the left and right C axes is offered for parts simultaneously clamped by the left and right side chucks. The maximum turning diameter is 6.9" (175 mm) and maximum turning length is 26.7" (678 mm). Maximum bar capacity is 2.6" (65 mm). X- and Z-axis speeds are 787 and 1,574 ipm, respectively. A minimum 7.9" (200 mm) distance between spindles is said to eliminate tooling interference during multitasking and accommodate multiple tools in the cut simultaneously.
The machine is equipped with a 19", high-resolution touchscreen LCD panel and a PC-based Nakumara-Tome Intelligent Programming System (NT-IPS) control that works in conjunction with a FANUC 31iB-2 controller. CAMplete TruPath turn-mill software is included for G-code editing, optimization, analysis and verification.


text:
You can read Human Kinetics e-books on desktop, laptop, and various mobile devices, as long as you have authorized the device or e-reader app to read e-books protected by Adobe's digital rights management (DRM).
Formats available: PDF, ePUB
Bret Contreras, PhD, MS, CSCS, has become known in the strength
and conditioning industry as the Glute Guy because of his expertise in
helping clients develop strong, shapely glutes. In 2015 he earned his
PhD in sport science from the Auckland University of Technology in New
Zealand, where he studied under biomechanics expert John Cronin.
Contreras has conducted numerous electromyography experiments in his
As the former owner of Lifts Studio in Scottsdale, Arizona, Contreras
worked closely with hundreds of clients ranging from sedentary people to
elite athletes, and he invented a glute-strengthening machine called the
Hip Thruster. He currently trains figure competitors, writes programs
for clients from all over the world, and consults for various
professional sport teams. He is the author of the bestselling book
Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy (Human Kinetics, 2014) and
coauthor of Strong Curves (Victory Belt, 2013).
Contreras is a distinguished lecturer in strength and conditioning,
presenting at many conferences throughout the United States, including
those hosted by the National Strength and Conditioning Association
(NSCA). He is editor in chief of the NCSA's Personal Training
Quarterly and cofounder of Strength & Conditioning Research Review.
He is a peer-reviewed author and regular contributor to well-known
industry publications including Men's Health, Men's Fitness,
Oxygen, and MuscleMag. Oxygen magazine voted him the
Glute Expert in their 2010 glutes edition. Contreras maintains the
Strength of Evidence Podcast, where he discusses important topics in
strength and conditioning.
"Bret Contreras is hands down one of the top fitness professionals.
If you want to learn the science and art of bodyweight training, there
is no better resource than Bret's book, Bodyweight Strength Training
Brad Schoenfeld, MSc, CSCS, CSPS-- Author of The M.A.X. Muscle
"Bret Contreras is extremely knowledgeable about biomechanics, and Bodyweight
Strength Training Anatomy is a tremendous resource for anyone wanting
a better understanding of performing bodyweight exercises."
Joe Dowdell, CSCS-- Founder and Owner of Peak Performance, New
York City
Get the latest news, special offers, and updates on authors and products. SIGN UP NOW!
About Our Products
Book Excerpts
News and Articles
About Us
Career Opportunities
Business to Business
Author Center
HK Today Newsletter
Exam/Desk Copies
Language rights translation
Associate Program
Rights and Permissions
Certifying Organizations
Continuing Education Policies
Connect with Us
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Safe Harbor


text:
Morilee Bridesmaids 694
- Brand: Morilee Bridesmaids
- Style #: 694 - In Stock*
- Availability: In Stock
- $168
Flowy Chiffon Bridesmaid Dress with a Hi Low Hemline. Designed by Madeline Gardner. Zipper Back. Shown in Grape.
In Stock:
- Claret: 12 , 16
Items available in store
*A style on our web site listed as in-stock can usually be shipped today or next day for immediate delivery or quick delivery. An item listed as "Ships Today" can be sent the same business day as long as the order is placed before the cutoff time.


text:
Feast of Theophany at the Phanar
On Sunday, January 6, 2012, His All-Holiness celebrated the Divine Liturgy with members of the Holy and Sacred Synod, as well as other members of the Hierarchy, on the occasion of the Feast of Theophany at the Patriarchal Church of St. George.
Among those in attendance were the former Greek Minister, member of the Parliament and Archon of the Great Church of Christ, Mr. George Kalantzis, the Consul General of Greece in Istanbul, the Hon. Nikolaos Matthioudakis, and his wife, the Greek Consul in Edirne, the Hon. Catherine Varvarigos, member of the Greek Parliament, Ms. Elena Rapti, as well as Archon and Professor of Theology at the University of Athens, Dr. Constantine Delikonstantis.
Following the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, the Ecumenical Patriarch led the traditional blessing of the waters and the throwing of the cross at the Golden Horn in the Bosphorus Sea.
Source: Ecumenical Patriarchate


text:
In 1989/90 I had a character for a stop animation a friend and I did. This figure is based off the original. Here is the evolution of the customization pertaining to one particular figure.
The break down: In 1989/90 the figure on the right was the extent of a purist minifig. 20 years later, thanks to the progress of Lego, the creativity of Customizers, and the birth of Brick Forge, I was able to update my original bad wizard.
Head gear:
89/90 - I had the option on a hair in black or brown, or a few different helmets. I went with the bullet helm.
Present day - I can use an official hood that came out in 1999 and modded it to accommodate another modded piece that was unavailable previously.
89/90 - The first faces that were not just classic smilies had just surfaced. I had about 4 choices now. Oh boy ;9
Present day - I used the eyes with pupils that first surfaced with the Dino Attack sets. Regardless of the date, 2005 is about when pupil eyes became available. The one I used came out in 2008 or 09.
89/90 - A black torso, plain and simple. I think I originally took a black classic space man and turned his torso around. The print best suited like the Star Wars print didn't surface till 2002.
Present Day - I used a template made by Anthony Sava I discovered around 2002 and added details from various customizers like Joey Finnel and Legofreak. I think I designed this one 2 yrs ago at the most.
89/90 - No beard, no cloth cape, makeshift staff using an antenna piece and a trans green round 1x1 plate.
Present day - Beard is modded and first became available in 1993. Cape first became available in the late 90's. We had the one holed ones with the Dragon Masters on them in 1993 and the plastic version from the mid 80's. Staff I used was designed by Armothe and Red Bean and produced in 2009.
As you can see, look how unimpressive he would be without an upgrade. Nostalgic, but not really anything unique.


text:
Four months ago, Deena Cortese was still a star. She had appeared on Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno, "The View" — just about every talk show there is. She was a tabloid staple, had presented an award to Lady Gaga and met Beyoncé, who said she was "a big fan."
Today, Deena is 26. She lives at home with her mom in New Egypt, NJ, about 2 1/2 hours outside of the city. She has a small menagerie of animals (including a blind puppy), a new nose and teeth, and a glass cabinet full of Hummel figurines surrounding glamour shots from her glory days.
"It was a whirlwind," she says. "I wasn't ready for it. [But] there are a million upsides."
Deena had been a late Season 2 addition to MTV's "Jersey Shore." Premiering in December 2009, it quickly became the highest-rated show in MTV's history, turning a motley crew of drunken, crispy, super-gelled guidos and guidettes into America's sweethearts. Snooki, The Situation, Sammi, Pauly D, Ron-Ron, Vinny, JWoww, Angelina, Deena all became instant stars, name-checked even by the president.
Portrayed by Bobby Moynihan on "Saturday Night Live," Snooki became a recurring character, rolling into "Weekend Update" with a beehive and a beer — or sometimes "just V8, Red Bull and Jacuzzi water."
The cast of "Jersey Shore" became a great, beloved national joke — until they began, as reality stars do, to outgrow the very entity that spawned them. In December of last year, due to declining ratings, ballooning salaries and a sort-of-maturing cast, MTV pulled the plug.
Now, four months after the show has gone off the air — it seems eons ago! — most of the stars of "Jersey Shore" are struggling to find their way. Deena says that, unlike most reality stars, she is happy to return to civilian life: The psychological stress of filming and the public scrutiny became too much for her. She is happy to hang out with Chris, her boyfriend of a year and a half. They go to clubs and Six Flags Great Adventure, and out to eat at a supersize log cabin of a place called the Plumstead Grill, where she used to waitress and everyone on staff knows her still.
"Normal people who are on reality shows don't want to go back to normal life," Deena says as she picks at a grilled-cheese sandwich over lunch with Chris at the Grill. "I'm one of the rare ones."
Just then, a bulky young man approaches with a camera and says he's sorry to interrupt, but could he possibly get a picture.
"Oh," Deena says, slightly embarrassed. "Sure."
"Hey, Chris," the interloper whispers. "I know you, bro."
He laughs; Chris looks down. Cover blown, Deena plays along, posing for a quick iPhone shot.
"Lucky for me," she says, "I always kept in my head: 'This is gonna be over soon. I'm not gonna forget who I am.' "
The biggest stars of today tend to be reality stars — our Real Housewives, Bachelors and Bachelorettes, Kardashians and Mob Wives and Honey Boo Boos. Unlike actors, however, once their shows have ended, these people rarely have another role to play. Kate Gosselin, Richard Hatch, Paris Hilton, Heidi and Spencer — all attained a rare level of fame, and all have virtually vaporized.
"The vast majority of people on reality shows are not paid and end up briefly known for negative reasons," says Jennifer Pozner, author of "Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV." "The folks from 'Jersey Shore' are a rarefied breed — eventually, they were paid really well. They were in the tabloids, they had spinoffs. I'm sure the return to Earth is even more jarring for those folks."
It is: Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino entered rehab last March and is being sued by a vodka company. Angelina Pivarnick is on the Internet, asking for donations to fund a new reality show. Jennifer "JWoww" Farley co-starred on the MTV spinoff "Snooki & JWoww," which aired its second-season finale last week but is unlikely to be renewed. The original concept was a drunker, wilder "Laverne & Shirley," but since Snooki gave birth last summer, that conceit is dead. JWoww's most recent TV appearance was on "Stars in Danger: The High Dive."
Even Paul "Pauly D" DelVecchio, who has built a lucrative post-"Jersey Shore" career as a DJ and is signed to 50 Cent's G-Note label, has had a hard time adjusting. His first few weeks after "Jersey Shore" were so disconcerting that he'd find himself waiting to leave the house, convinced a camera crew was getting ready to film him.
"Then you realize," he says, "that no one's waiting for you."
MTV has given four cast-members spinoffs. "The Show with Vinny," premiering May 2, will feature celebrities coming to dinner at Vinny's family home on Staten Island, and the network hopes it will fare better than its predecessors: "The Pauly D Project," which ran for one season in 2012, and "Snooki & JWoww."
Since becoming a mom, Snooki has extended her tabloid narrative but has had trouble lining up another job.
Once among the highest paid reality stars — for the first season, MTV paid the cast no salary, but by the end, Snooki, The Situation and Pauly D made the most, with $2.5 million each for Season6 — Snooki is attempting to transition. She prefers to be called by her real name, Nicole, and is living with her baby and her fiancé, Jionni LaValle, in his parents' home in northern New Jersey. Like most of the female cast members, she has gotten plastic surgery and lost weight and she sells perfume, bronzer and jewelry on her Web site. "I love my career and my products," she says. "I feel like this is just the beginning for me."
At the height of her fame, Snooki published three books: "A Shore Thing," "Gorilla Beach" and "Confessions of a Guidette." She's now working on a fourth, about her pregnancy, but has no publisher yet. She and Jionni would love to do an MTV reality series around their upcoming wedding, but the network has yet to bite. She would like to get into hosting and thinks she would be perfect for late-night TV, but otherwise does not know what it feels like to be normal because, she says, nothing has changed.
"I still haven't really had real life, because 'Snooki & JWoww' has been so good," she says. "It hasn't really stopped, yet. Hopefully, it'll never stop." She still does the red carpet occasionally, and on Thursday night, Snooki attended a Wrestlemania Sandy relief benefit at Cipriani Wall Street. Also, there were her former co-stars and real-life couple Ronnie and Sammi, who now live together in a condo rental in White Plains. Ronnie occasionally films movie promos for MTV and is hawking a liquor line called Smush cocktails, while Sammi has three perfumes and a clothing line.
Sammi thinks she and Ron should definitely have an MTV spinoff — "I think a lot of people love our relationship" — but again, the network hasn't expressed any interest, so she'd like to get into hosting. "I want to be the next Giuliana Rancic," she says. "I love reading off prompters." This will be the first summer in nearly four years that she's not reporting to the Jersey Shore for filming. "It's been very different. No more cameras in my face," she says. "I kind of miss them."
For Deena, the end of the show is a bit more complicated. She was brought in toward the end of Season 2 after troublesome original castmate Angelina was expelled. At first, Deena was excited: Here she was, a small-town girl who had been bored senseless working as a dental assistant, flailing around and never interested in school — and now she was guaranteed to become a star. But on her first night in the house, she was so nervous that she got incredibly drunk, and then she was getting slammed online for the way she looked, for being another short, boozy guidette who toppled over in public and was nothing more than Snooki's sidekick — "the meatballs," she says.
"For a while, I didn't care," Deena says. "But then I was like, 'You know what? I'm unhappy with myself.' "
Losing weight and changing her appearance helped, but it wasn't enough. During filming — which could last anywhere from six to 12 weeks — the cast was kept isolated, away from computers, cellphones, family. While shooting Season 3, the producers sat the cast down each week and made them watch Season 2 in real time with the rest of the world, and everything that aired, the lying and the backbiting and the cheating, caused major eruptions in the house. Deena began having panic attacks, which she hid from producers, knowing they'd turn it into a storyline. She wound up drinking even more to cope, and says she couldn't wait for her parallel life to come to an end.
"I was crying a lot," she says. "I felt very sick this last season. I wasn't myself. I'm kinda happy it's over now."
She still has her Web site and likes getting recognized, which happens anywhere that's "populated by people," but prefers living out in rural New Jersey. She wants to go back to school to study hair and makeup, and her biggest conundrum now is whether to go work for someone else, or maybe open up her own salon, where she can regale teenage girls who want extensions with tales of her moment in time on "Jersey Shore."
"It was awesome. I got the taste of it, and it was great," she says. "But now, I'm back to reality. Real reality."
* Paul "Pauly D" Delvecchio, 32: NowaDJ, his first single, "Back to Love," hit No. 4 on the iTunes dance chart in January.
* Deena Cortese, 26: Lives with her mom, sells T-shirts, hair products and jewelry at deenanicole.com.
* Vinny Guadagnino, 25: Only one still on TV. His talk show, "The Show with Vinny," debuts May 2.
* Jennifer "JWoWW" farley, 27: Has the lifestyle site jwoww.com and a small recurring role as a bartender in the Web relaunch of "One Life to Live."
* Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, 31: Sued by Devotion Vodka. Sells the "GTL Lifestyle" at officialsituation.com
* Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, 25: Gave birth to son in August, engaged to boyfriend Jionni LaValle. Sells perfume, bronzer and more at thesnookishop.com.
* Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola, 26: Sells perfume, cologne and clutches at sammisweetheart.com
* Ronald "Ronnie" Ortiz-Magro Jr., 27: Lives with Sammi in a rental in Westchester. Hawks Smush cocktails and Ron-Ron Juice.


text:
Taking place in Vangvieng on 20 May 2011, the Nam Xong Clean Up Day brought together more than 400 people to learn about water resources management and to collect garbage and waste from along the river.
Participants in the event included representatives from local government, the Nam Ngum River Basin Committee Secretariat, local villages, business associations, students and tourists.
The objectives of the Clean Up Day are to reduce water pollution in the Nam Xong, improve the surrounding environment and build a common understanding on the importance of water and the environment of the Nam Xong for local livelihoods.
The event was officially opened by H.E Mr. Phonekeo Khounphon, Vangvieng District Vice-Governor, and included an exhibition on the Nam Ngum River Basin Committee, as well as the proposed Nam Xong river sub-basin committee, a quiz, and the launch of a short film on the Nam Ngum River Basin, produced by the Asian Development Bank- supported Nam Ngum River Basin Development Sector Project by.
Six main clean up teams then used 100 tubs, 30 kayaks, 10 motor boats and a garbage transport truck to collect garbage in and along 20 kilometers of the Nam Xong River, removing a total of 1.1 tons of waste.
The Nam Xong Clean Up Day was made possible this year through the support of the Vientiane Provincial Authority, the Vangvieng District Governor, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Mekong Water Dialogues project, The Mekong River Commission (MRC) Basin Development Programme, AusAID, The Mekong Futures Project, Nam Ngum 2 Hydropower Company, Phubia Mining Company and the valuable contributions of local businesses.
About the Nam Xong River Basin:
The Nam Xong River Sub Basin (NXRSB) is one of 18 sub-basins of the Nam Ngum River Basin (NNRB). Located in the central-northern Lao PDR, the Nam Xong basin is 83 km north of Vientiane and 14 km south of Kasi District. The central and largest town in the basin is Vangvieng, which is well known for its beauty and tourist attractions. The Nam Xong and its tributaries are vital for income generation, particularly fisheries, tourism, mining and agriculture.
Like the rest of Lao PDR, the Nam Xong basin is developing rapidly, with an increasing population and growing agro-forestry, tourism, hydropower, mining and fisheries industries. Improved monitoring, information and understanding of developments along the river are needed to minimize adverse effects on the communities, economy and environment of the area.
Therefore, in order to help strengthen public awareness and build a common understanding about the need to protect the Nam Xong river basin, the concerned authorities organize the Nam Xong River Clean Up Day each year for a cleaner and healthier river.
About the Mekong Water Dialogues:
The Mekong Water Dialogues Programme (MWD), convened by IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and supported by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, was initiated to work with countries of the Mekong Region - Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam - to improve water governance by facilitating transparent and inclusive decision-making to improve livelihood security, human and ecosystem health. www.iucn.org/asia/mekong_dialogues
About IUCN
IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges by supporting scientific research; managing field projects all over the world; and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN, international conventions and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice.
The world's oldest and largest global environmental network, IUCN is a democratic membership union with more than 1,000 government and NGO member organizations, and almost 11,000 volunteer scientists and experts in some 160 countries. IUCN's work is supported by over 1,000 professional staff in 60 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world.


text:
Hey pal...just wanted to say hello.
Heh. . . I can hardly wait ;-)
regarding your comment: I tried my best. Trust me--my reaction was similar to yours at first. I have to practice restraint sometimes. lol
hehe thanks for the comment! Yes, it is!
Hey i like u
JUB Addict
Contra Spem Spero


text:
Re: Lightweight Touring Considerations
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:20 pm
RonK wrote:Very impressive way to quiet the doubting Thomases. Can't really see what brand/model your bike is James. What wheels are you using - they look to have plenty of spokes?
Disc brakes should not have that problem.
The bike is a re-stickered standard Taiwanese frame imported by a bike shop in Perth. It has been impressively strong actually.
The wheels are a combination of Easton Vista and Easton EA50. The older Easton Vista with Velomax hubs are tougher than a panzer. I picked up a set of EA50 for like $200 from CELL bikes, but they're not as good as the VISTA, in my opinion. I'm sure there are many cheap strong wheelsets out there. Not sure the spoke count exactly, just take some spares, although I've never broken one.
Yes disc brakes should sort out the rock issues.
I guess the thing for me is, I want a bike I will use at home as well. Seems a bit silly to have a dedicated touring bike. I might decide to go bushwalking and not go touring for a few years.
Ronk, is there much gravel in NZ?


text:
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says it found desperate conditions in the Syrian city of Homs, where thousands of people are living in unheated shelters and quarter of million people displaced from their homes.
The agency's spokeswoman Melissa Fleming says an assessment team visiting this week saw half the city's hospitals shut down and "severe shortages of basic supplies ranging from medicine to blankets, winter clothes and children's shoes."
Fleming said Friday there were a quarter million people displaced in and around the city with thousands in unheated communal shelters and many children unable to attend school.
But she says the agency delivered nine trucks of quilts, blankets, mattresses and other supplies and more will be sent soon.


text:
Skip to comments.Support for Dorner Troubling (Dennis Prager)
Posted on 02/12/2013 4:35:26 PM PST by beaversmom
Just when you thought youve seen it all with the Sandy Hook murders of a classroom full of children, America experiences another new low: A man named Christopher Dorner murders (as of this writing) three innocent people in order to air personal grievances. And his grievances are given serious attention by the national media, not to mention left-wing websites.
To better understand this, imagine the outcry if, let us say, a white student who was certain that he was denied admission to a prestigious university because of affirmative action, murdered a university official and the daughter of the dean of admissions and her fiance.
Imagine further that this man had posted a lengthy manifesto delineating how unfairly he had been treated by that university, and that he would continue to murder admissions department officials until the university admitted he was wrongfully rejected.
And imagine if the murderer had listed Fox News and conservative talk show hosts as media personalities he admired, as Dorner listed Chris Matthews, Tavis Smiley and Soledad OBrien, among others, nearly all on the left.
Finally, imagine how the media, and perhaps the president himself, would have reacted.
A tsunami of vilification of conservatives and of conservative media would have ensued. We would be told 24/7 that talk radio is hate radio and that Fox News should be ostracized from civilized company. We would be told how right-wing hate had produced such a murderous man.
Moreover the murderer would be labeled exactly what he was, a murderer, and would not be regarded by any conservatives as in any way heroic. Conservative commentators would, rightly, outdo one another in condemnation of the murderer.
This has not been the case with Christopher Dorner. He is widely depicted as a man with legitimate grievances that caused him to snap. His manifesto is widely read and often praised, a Facebook page has been set up to defend him, and thousands of commentators on left-wing sites concentrate their fury on the Los Angeles Police Department, while portraying Dorner sympathetically.
It is important to remember that Dorner murdered a young woman and her fiance simply because she was the daughter of a cop the man who acted as Dorners defense advocate in the LAPD proceedings against him. But as one comment on a left-wing site noted, that was a good idea because if the cop had been murdered, he wouldnt have suffered, but if his daughter and her fianc? are murdered, then the cop would experience real pain until he died.
Any public figure, especially any member of the clergy, who does not unambiguously condemn Dorner as a psychopathic murderer, is failing in his or her duty. This is not the time to discuss allegations of racism in the Los Angeles Police Department. For one thing, being wrongfully dismissed from a job if, indeed, that is what happened to Dorner inhabits a different moral universe than murder. For another, the more the public pays attention to this murderers manifesto, the more murders-for-attention will take place.
How could any number of self-pitying angry individuals who see themselves as victims not get the idea that murdering people is a great way to get people to take you and your grievances seriously?
Constance Rice, a prominent Los Angeles civil rights attorney, a black woman called by NPR last year the Conscience Of The City [Los Angeles], wrote in a Los Angeles Times op-ed column about the disturbing support for Dorners manifesto from the black community on the Internet and on black radio.
And Rice, who has said that she woke up every day for years wondering how she could sue the Los Angeles Police Department for alleged abuses, went on to write, Dorner is absolutely wrong when he states in the manifesto that the department has not changed since the Rampart and Rodney King days. ... The good guys are now in charge of LAPD culture.
But that apparently does not matter to the many black Americans who have so much anger and so clearly define themselves as victims that they will, in too many cases, support black murderers from OJ Simpson to Christopher Dorner.
What we have here is another proof that nothing leads to murder and other evils more than a sense of victimization. This is true for nations, just as it is for individuals. The German sense of victimization led to World War II. Dorner believes himself to be a victim and consequently feels entitled to murder.
But the real victims are decomposing in their graves.
I would burn the cabin down And light his @ss up when he ran for it
One victim that few are mentioning is officer Michael Crain who was killed while sitting at a red light. Crain was a former Marine and father.
From what I've read, Crain was a training officer due to his even temper and ability to spot potential problems with recruits.
My feelings on the LAPD are directly related to their willingness to take away my 2A rights.
If they, like the NYPD are anti-2A, then I can't really bring myself to care whether some crackpot lights them up.
Thank you for pointing that out.
Those who support Dorner most likely also support Obama.
I can't get along with either one.
I don't particularly have a fondness for the LAPD...especially after seeing that truck those two women were in. I'm sure it's a corrupt political organization. But this man is a murderer. He killed innocents unless we are going to be like Ward Churchill and figure they deserved it.
Reminded of Unforgiven:
The Schofield Kid: [after killing a man for the first time] It don't seem real... how he ain't gonna never breathe again, ever... how he's dead. And the other one too. All on account of pulling a trigger.
Will Munny: It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.
The Schofield Kid: Yeah, well, I guess they had it coming.
Will Munny: We all got it coming, kid.
Excellent movie.
I disagree with Prager, I don't find it troubling at all, it should be expected.
the LAPD burned its bridges with the black community long, long ago, and we're all familiar with that aspect.
But now the LAPD and other local LE communities are burning their bridges with the liberty/freedom loving communities as well as they are all too willing to use any and all means to uphold the wishes of the (liberal) governing class. Drones, stop and frisk, only we get guns, red light cams, you name it, they'll do it.
If any actual oathkeepers exist things might get really interesting.
It's not all that surprising. Disturbing, yes, but not surprising.
It's no coincidence that the leftists in this nation are conspicuously silent or subtly applauding when it's a lefty running around murdering people.
It's also no coincidence that the left screams bloody murder every time one of their own is in the crosshairs, it's no surprise that they scream to high heaven about a "culture of violence" and "incitement" when they think a right-winger is responsible.
These are the same people feeding mentally deranged failures like Dorner a constant, 24/7 dose of vitriol and race-hate. Dorner learned from left-wing hatemongers in the media, and left-wing academics and politicians as well, how to blame his every failure, every inconvenience, and every setback on the fictional boogeyman of white racism. When Dorner finally and predictably went off the deep end, the media was right there to glorify his actions and make them seem appealing to any other seething left-wing racists out there waiting to snap.
I think the black community has burned its own bridges. They are their own worst enemy and they are so deep in dysfunction and hate and incivility that there's no hope for them. We saw it in the aftermath of Rodney King, O.J., Katrina and countless other cases, and we are seeing again.
But that's neither here nor there. The organization may be corrupt, but it doesn't mean everyone that works there is corrupt and deserves to die.
If those people that Dorner killed deserved it then you and I deserve it too.
Yes it is troubling and even more troubling when you realize the President has set up an organization to exploit this type of thing.
As a matter of fact, with his victims piling up, this is an argument against gun control because citizens may need guns in case members of the government blow their stack and start killing police and civilians.
I'd say not just exploiting it, but actively inciting it.
I don't think that the leftist support for Dorner has as much to do with LAPD as is does with the left's agreement with the evil spewed forth in the manifesto. Frankly if Dorner had killed a random group at starbucks I think you would see the same level of support. The left worships at the alter of depravity.
The things you point out are why many on the right don't care (or are happy) that he has killed a couple of LAPD cops. There is no support for Dorner but there is no concern for the jackboots either. It is just two enemies fighting each other.
We all deserve it, that's beside the point. but if they want my sympathy they should be willing to uphold the constitution.
If they aren't at some point it's going to be our California brothers who are looking down the business end of their guns and getting their cabins burned down.
And when this happen the media will be on our side right? unlikely.
The enemy of my enemy is, well, probably just another enemy.
Wow, burn some one else property just because you have an emotional outbreak>?
Support the Costitutiton much do you?
Even though this is an allegedly conservative site, there's not a lot of support for the Constitution here. Hard to figure.
They're going to burn him alive and everybody will cheer. So much for innocent until proven guilty.
The lying thugs will keep their secrets.
Big Bump here.
I can't believe what I'm reading here.
Next thing I expect is apllauding drone attacks.
Better said.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.


text:
This is a Graduate program.
Looking for ways to fund your education? Check out UBC's scholarships page.
Applicants also have to satisfy UBC's Institutional Admission Requirements.
One of the following (minimum scores):
Admissions details for BC & Yukon high school students can be found on the BC High School Requirements page and the Yukon High School Requirements page.
Also visit University of British Columbia's web site.
Related Occupations information is not available for this program.


text:
If no possible legal or liability problems are identified, the phrase "In God We Trust" will be placed on the Anderson County Courthouse in coming months.
If no possible legal or liability problems are identified, the phrase "In God We Trust" will be placed on the Anderson County Courthouse in coming months.
By a 12-4 vote Tuesday night, the Anderson County Commission approved scores of local pastors' request to put the motto on the Courthouse.
Private citizens, businesses and organizations will donate to pay for the materials, and Commissioners Tim Isbel and Zach Bates are even donating the services of their businesses to place it on the Courthouse.
The vote came at the end of an emotional and convoluted meeting with the standing-room-only crowd spilling out into the Courthouse's third-floor hallway.
Two attempts to move the issue to the Operations Committee for study prior to voting on the matter failed before Tuesday's final vote to allow the motto to be placed on the Courthouse.
"I can't believe we're even talking about it," said Commissioner Steve Emert. "I think our country has got in a terrible place in that people are even afraid to speak of the Lord."
Conversely, Commissioner Harry "Whitey" Hitchcock argued, "There are people in the county who have to come to the Courthouse and they equate 'In God We Trust' as a Christian thing.
"Why do you want to put it on the Courthouse?"
First-term Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank said she supported the measure, even though it wasn't her idea. She said the request had been brought to her and pastors of 46 churches were supporting it — with at least 16 additional pastors having later told Clinton Baptist Association's director of missions Tom Byrge that they also support it.
Frank said she'd received a few letters and emails about the issue since it was published in the media, most of them in favor. She read letters in support from Pastor Luke Kidwell and from Clinton Police Chief Rick Scarbrough.
Commissioner Hitchcock said the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge had heard a presentation on "the separation of church and state" during a Lunch With The League event held in Oak Ridge earlier Tuesday.
An Oak Ridge resident, Hitchcock said the 50-plus people there had asked him how they could get their input in before Commission's decision and he'd told them to go to the county's next Operations Committee — thinking the issue would be referred to committee before a full County Commission vote.
He asked that the issue be referred to Operations Committee to "give his constituents a chance," and his motion was voted down by a 7-9 vote.
Commissioner Robert McKamey then made the motion to allow the words to be placed on the Courthouse, and then send the matter to the Operations Committee for the committee and County Law Director Jay Yeager to research any legal or liability issues, as well as specifics related to the project such as design and size.
The Operations Committee will meet 6 p.m. March 11 in the Courthouse, followed by another County Commission meeting on March 18.
Following McKamey's motion, citizens were allowed to speak — with the majority of them speaking in favor of placing the motto on the Courthouse.
"I do not believe 'In God We Trust' is a violation of the Constitution," Byrge said.
A retired Air Force veteran with a son who is now in military special operations, he pointed out when the military are sworn in they take an oath that includes the words, "So help me God."
"I respect your right to disagree with me," said Byrge, adding: "I spent 22 years (in service) to defend your right."
"We believe (the phrase) speaks to who we are," said Pastor Mike Thompson of Second Baptist Church in Clinton. And the minister thanked the Commission for considering it.
Commissioner Hitchcock pointed out there's no mention of God in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence. He said the League speaker pointed out you cannot have freedom "of" religion without having freedom "from" religion.
In response to his question about "why" put the words on the Courthouse, Jerry Daughterty of Oliver Springs stated that "if it wasn't for the God I trust, I wouldn't be here today."
A self-professed alcoholic who has been sober 31 years, Daugherty said the way he was before … he would have been thrown out of the Courthouse before he'd had a chance to speak.
"If people don't want to look at that (the words), they don't have to look up," he said.
Oak Ridge City Council member Anne Garcia Garland, who noted she is an officer in her church, said that "church belongs to God and God is the ruler of our souls. Government is … among men."
She called attention to the Holy Bible's passages that tell of Jesus denying Satan's offer of being given the power to rule over all the world's kingdoms, but Jesus refused the temptation and chose to be about his Father's business.
Garcia Garland also mentioned the Bible passage that states: "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's."
Kelly Bates of Lake City called attention to a verse in the national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner" — "And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust!'"
"God cannot be separated from my life," said Bates, the mother of 19 children. She said the role of God in society and what was written by the nation's founders about God can be explored at the website wallbuilders.com.
Her husband, Gil Bates, said by putting the words on the outside of the Courthouse, people will read it and decide "if you're for this — this is the place to live." The Bates are parents of Commissioner Zach Bates and their lives have been profiled in a reality television series on The Learning Channel (TLC).
"I am opposed to this," Oak Ridger Ruth Young said. "I see it as an intrusion into government." She said the county mayor should have also read letters she received in opposition.
Commissioner Steve Mead of Oak Ridge said the reference to God isn't specific to Christianity. He said he would oppose it if it was being paid for with taxpayer money or if a symbol specific to one religion was being used.
The motion to place it on the Courthouse was approved by a vote of 12-4 with Commissioners Hitchcock, Jerry Creasey, Robin Biloski and Myron Iwanski voting against it. All four represent the city of Oak Ridge.
Commissioners Mead and John Shuey, who are also both of Oak Ridge, voted in favor; however, Shuey offered some words to the audience prior to his vote: "I don't like the way this happened. This isn't best government."
He said the matter could have been delayed 30 days without harm.
"Christians don't have to be afraid of anybody — where's your faith? As Christians we can afford to be charitable," he said.
"I am trusting in God, (but) I'm not sure the government I'm watching here tonight is the government I like."
Anderson County Commission currently has 16 members and six of those are from Oak Ridge. Collectively, the Oak Ridge commissioners voted 4-2 against the "In God We Trust" measure.
Donna Smith can be contacted at (865) 220-5502.


text:
MEMPHIS (AP) – The Memphis Grizzlies wanted to make sure they maintained the momentum they had before the All-Star break.
They did it by turning back the defending champion Mavericks on Wednesday night – albeit with Dallas getting little production from Dirk Nowitzki, who left with a balky back.
Marc Gasol had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Mike Conley added 20 points and 10 assists as the Grizzlies won 96-85 in their first game after the All-Star break.
"We all told each before the break that when we came back, it was a sprint to the finish line," Conley said. "Each game is going to be big, especially starting off against the defending champions. I thought we showed we were hungry and wanted to get off to a good start."
Rudy Gay added 18 points for Memphis, despite hitting just eight of his 19 shots. Dante Cunningham was 5 of 6 from the field and scored 10 points as the Grizzlies won their fifth straight home game and their eighth in the last 10 overall.
Jason Terry led the Mavericks with 18 points, while Rodrigue Beaubois scored 16. Brendan Haywood had 10 points for Dallas, which lost its third straight.
The Mavericks played most of the game without Nowitzki, who averages 19.7 points a game. Nowitzki scored only one point before leaving early in the second quarter with lower back tightness. He did not return.
"He felt something in warmups and tried to play," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. "He clearly wasn't moving the way he needed to be moving, so we pulled the plug."
The Mavericks also were without Lamar Odom, who missed his third game for personal reasons, and Delonte West, who is out with a fractured right ring finger.
"I thought we had some good stretches," Carlisle said. "Our second quarter was great. The start of the third was OK. Then, in the third, we had some opportunities to score, but couldn't cash in. Then they made a run."
Memphis led by as many as 15 in the second half and maintained a nine- to 11-point lead most of the way down the stretch.
Beaubois gave the Mavericks good minutes off the bench in the first half scoring 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field. He was part of the Mavericks hitting 13 of their 20 shots in the second quarter, taking a 49-47 lead into halftime.
Memphis built the lead to as many as 10 early in the second period, but Dallas outscored the Grizzlies 32-22 in the quarter.
"It was slippage," Memphis guard Tony Allen said of the second quarter. "Coach (Lionel Hollins) came to the sideline, threw that clipboard down, and I think guys looked at that as a time to respond."
Both teams shot well in the half, Dallas connecting on 54 percent of its shots, the Grizzlies hitting at a 50 percent clip. But the Mavericks were hampered by 10 turnovers.
Gasol led Memphis with 12 points in the half.
The Mavericks extended the lead with four points from Haywood to open the second half, but Conley sparked Memphis to retake the lead. The Grizzlies relied on their defense to compose an 18-2 run in the period.
"When you've got five guys out there focused on the defensive end, great things happen," Allen said. "We got deflections, steals, we kind of won the 50-50 balls."
The defensive stance and the rally weren't enough to hold Dallas completely at bay, however, as the Mavericks picked their way back. Still, Memphis led 74-67 entering the final quarter.
"The third quarter definitely put them in a great position to win the game," Haywood said. "They had a good run. In the second half of the third quarter, we were really on a tough drought where we couldn't really get good shots or just get a good offensive feel."
Memphis opened the fourth with four straight baskets, including a pair by Gasol, to reach its biggest lead at 82-67.
"I think our tempo was better in the second half," Conley said. "Defensively, we did a great job on them, running them off the 3-point line, getting out in transition, playing our style of defense. Getting steals and getting out and getting easy buckets.
"When we play in a comfortable zone like that, we're hard to beat."
Notes: The Mavericks were playing the second game in a run of nine in 12 nights. ... Grizzlies G Josh Selby, recalled from Reno, after the All-Star break, was used as a backup to Conley at point guard, displacing Jeremy Pargo. ... The Mavericks' 17 points in the first quarter matched Dallas' season low for the opening period. ... Memphis F Quincy Pondexter had a career-high eight rebounds.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text:
Matchmaker.com is your source to meeting attractive Union Corner Women. Single and available Union Corner girls are just a few clicks away. Matchmaker has hottest Union Corner women on the Internet from young Union Corner girls available looking for dates to maybe visit the Union Corner nightlife or one of the top Union Corner restaurants. Find Union Corner single women and meet Union Corner single girls, sexy single women, Union Corner women who are looking for a date through our trusted Union Corner matchmaking site. We have thousands of Union Corner babes to female models to classy mature ladies also know as sexy Union Corner cougars looking for toy boys. If you are looking for a wife for a happy marriage, serious girlfriend, or friend, create a free dating profile today.
Union CornerJoin Now Free!
Union Corner | Union Corner Men | Union Corner Gay | Union Corner Lesbians
More Union Corner Links:
Senior Dating | Catholic Dating | Christian Dating | Muslim Dating
Black Singles | Asian Singles | Latin Dating
Whether you are looking for a few fun nights out to a Union Corner night clubs with hot Union Corner girls on the town or a long term relationship, keep things fun and light for now. If you seem too serious in an introductory email, it can scare her off. The thrilling part of matchmaking online dating is that it takes the impersonal and gives it real potential. Meeting Union Corner women for online can be easy. Two strangers who sending each other letters through their computers might actually meet in person, start dating and end up in a real relationship!


text:
This pamphlet is from the Hall of Fame Dinner for Jackie Robinson. It features several ads from organizations supporting the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Digital Archive brought to you
by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Enjoying the Digital Archives? Help us maintain and expand the collection. Donate to The King Center