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First comes the baby, then the baby-naming bureaucrats.
Our Cassie has always been direct and to the point, not one to beat around the bush. Always spoke her mind, always did what she wanted to do, always walked to the beat of her own drummer. Raising Cassie was all about unconditionally loving and supporting her — and frequently about staying out of her way when she was on a mission to complete something.
And so it went Sunday, Sept. 26, when Cassie was wheeled into the delivery room after a half-day of contractions and, with four strong pushes, presented Grant Geldhof, front and center. Jeanne took the photos and Kurt shot video (I stayed in the waiting area) and the event was over in less than eight minutes. Ba da bing. Looking at the photos of the doctor and nurse grinning, apparently they too enjoyed the easy delivery — or the jokes Cassie was cracking between pushes.
The stats: 7 pounds, 10 ounces; 20 inches, and enough brown hair to comb. He scored a 10-out-of-10 on a post-birth assessment and, aside from a swollen face suggesting he had gone a round or two in a boxing ring, he was beautiful.
And now Jeanne and I are in awe. Both of our children — Paul, 35, who lives near us in Las Vegas, and Cassie, 30, who lives in Antwerp, Belgium — are themselves parents of beautiful babies.
In other words: it's payback time. Heh heh heh.
Not that we're not filled with warm joy for our children. For Paul and Sarah (right), who married January 8, 2000, their Kieran is nothing short of a miracle baby, and he glows like the angel he is. For Cassie and her Kurt, who became engaged in July 2009 while traveling with us through Europe in an RV and who are getting married Dec. 31, the baby making wasn't nearly as challenging.
Each couple has adapted to parenting quickly, easily and with confidence. And that pleases us immensely. Our grandchildren are in the best possible hands.
But for Cassie and Kurt, dealing with the bureaucracy was a bit of another matter today. It had to do with naming the baby.
Cassie had considered naming the boy "Green," being raised as a steward of the environment, conscious of the welfare of the planet we all share. We were fine with that, but suggested — as did others — that Green might encounter some playground teasing. So Cassie and Kurt settled on "Grant," which means "great." And to pay tribute to Cassie's family name, Grant's middle name would be Gorman.
On Thursday, Cassie and Kurt headed to the Belgian government office that deals with people data — from passports to immigration to deaths and births. And they were told in no uncertain terms that "Gorman" wasn't permitted as part of Grant's name. The reason: Gorman is the mother's name, and a parent's name can't be contained in the child's name.
The parents came home and we pow-wowed. We suggested she try to win the Belgian government approval to have "Green" be Grant's middle name. That would preserve the aliteration, and Cassie's desire that her son have a name that reflected a certain consciousness about the world.
Cassie and Kurt drove back to the government office. Yes, the woman said, "Green" was alright. So let us introduce to you Grant Green Geldhof.
But the whole episode does raise the question: Your child's name has to be approved by the government? Indeed. And here is the back story:
In 1810 Napoleon had annexed the area that is now Holland, and a year later he decreed, among other things, that all citizens' names be recorded. Well, not all Dutch used last names, which Napoleon demanded, so tens of thousands of them made up last names that were vulgar or funny, partly to protest the new bureaucracy.
Among the new last names: Suikerbuik (Sugar belly), Spring in 't Veld (Jump in the Field), Uiekruier (Onion-crier), Naaktgeboren (Born naked), Poepjes (Little sh*t), Schooier (Beggar, bum, tramp), Scheefnek (Crooked-neck), Piest ([he] urinates), Zeldenthuis (Hardly ever at home), Rotmensen (Rotten people)– and De Keizer (The Emperor) —ostensibly to mock Napoleon himself.
Today, the government wants to halt such craziness, and must sign off on names just as a Department of Motor Vehicles back in the States must approve a personalized license plate.
Clearly this particular bureaucrat on Thursday saw the value of Green.


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A flurry of appointments at the economic regulatory bodies are expected to begin almost as soon as the new government takes charge at the Raisina Hill.
There are 19 such positions that have become vacant or are due to become soon in the 14 key financial and real sector regulators.
Topping the list is the appointment of two deputy governors at the Reserve Bank of India. These will be the two successors to KC Chakrabarty and HR Khan.
The deputy governors will, in turn, be members of the selection committees that will recruit public sector bank chairmen and executive directors. Around 12 such posts will come up till March 2015.
Analysts and markets will also keenly watch who moves into the corner room at the Forward Markets Commission, the regulator for the commodity futures market.
On April 15 the government has issued advertisements for the appointment of a new chairman to clear up the debris post the collapse of NSEL, the arrest of Jignesh Shah and to set a path for the eventual merger with the securities market regulator. A member too has to be appointed to the commission.
Even the appointments to the pension regulator will be another hot spot. The outgoing government held interviews for the chairmanship and three full-time members but none has been appointed so far. For the new government promising to expand the social security network for workers in the unorganised sector, these appointments will be important. The position of the chairman has been lying vacant since Yogesh Agarwal resigned from PFRDA chairman's post in November 2013, almost 20 months before his term expired.
Similarly, as the government plans to bring in legislation to raise the foreign investment in the insurance sector to 49 per cent from the current 26 per cent, it has to also fill up the gaps in the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority. The regulator has not been able to appoint a member-actuary since 2011; it also has to fill the position of member-life. With reforms in the electricity sector becoming critical, the appointments to four vacancies at the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission will be closely watched. Members at the Competition Commission of India, the Warehousing Development Regulatory Authority and at Inland Waterway Authority too have to be named.
Each of these bodies will play an important role in the policy domain of the new government. All the major parties have flagged these sectors for major investment and reforms.
The government also has to fill two vacancies at two appellate tribunals as a member each has to be appointed at Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal and Cyber Appellate Tribunal.
Other than these, the new government will also have to appoint a chairman and four members for the coal regulator whose formation was been cleared by the UPA II government and is now awaiting clearance from Parliament.
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Hanover's Kearney is thinking about skiing, not securityBy ALAN BALDWIN
February 04. 2014 12:25AM
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia — Olympic moguls champion Hannah Kearney, a Hanover, N.H., High School product, has plenty on her mind as she prepares to defend her title in Sochi but security is not one of the freestyle skier's bigger concerns.
"I truly feel just as safe and secure here as I have at the previous two Olympics," she told reporters on Monday after her first few days in the athletes' village in the mountains.
"We've never stayed in the athletes' village before while we're competing and actually that adds an element of comfort because you are already in the secure zone. So we're just walking up the hill right to our mogul course ... It's been wonderful."
Security at the Winter Games has been likened to a sixth Olympic ring around Sochi, which lies on the western edge of the mainly Muslim North Caucasus where an insurgency is aiming to create an Islamist state.
Concern about potential attacks on a showcase event for Russian leader Vladimir Putin grew after twin suicide bombings in December killed 34 people in Volgograd, which is about 400 miles northeast of Sochi.
President Barack Obama has said he believes Sochi is safe. Kearney, focusing on her training, agreed that it felt that way so far.
In Vancouver four years ago, getting to the Olympic competition venue at Cypress Mountain involved the stresses of traveling by van through repeated security checks and metal detectors.
"Clearly there have been a lot of questions about security and a lot of focus on it, and with that (we) came in with some expectations that it would be different and more stressful and it has not," said the 27-year-old.
Kearney, who lives in Norwich, Vt., and attends Dartmouth College, is the overwhelming favorite to return home with a second title. She won the test event in Sochi last year as well as world championship gold.
She said the Olympic moguls piste should suit her style even if conditions have changes since last year when they were warm and slushy and similar to Vancouver. Now the snow is firmer and more like it was in Turin in 2006.
"I think that bodes well for a strong technical team like us," she said. "Having the firmer base is a great thing for the course."
The physical characteristics have changed because of the extra snow, with more rolls and a steeper top section, and there is far more at stake now.
"There was absolutely nothing on the line technically a year ago and now everything supposedly is on the line," Kearney said of her prospects.
"I know that everyone wants to beat me even more and there's no place to go from the top but fall or stay there.
"If you are wearing the number one bib and are the Olympic gold medalist, no matter what happens on the day you are never going to be the underdog. So it sort of changes your mentality a little bit."
Kearney, however, said her approach remained the same and there would be no complacency and although her rivals might be younger, and maybe hungrier, she is feeling strong.
"Have you seen my thighs?," she laughed. "I am built for mogul skiing."


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Source : http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5278572.htmlThe SCO Group, a struggling company with a loud campaign to profit from Unix intellectual property, has largely lost a case it brought against DaimlerChrysler.
In a hearing Wednesday, Judge Rae Lee Chabot of Oakland County Circuit Court in Michigan granted most of DaimlerChrysler's motion to dismiss the case, SCO and DaimlerChrysler representatives said.
SCO sued DaimlerChrysler in March, alleging that it hadn't certified compliance with its contract with SCO to use the Unix operating system. In April, DaimlerChrysler moved to dismiss the suit, arguing it had in fact provided certification.
The case "for the most part probably is" over, SCO spokesman Blake Stowell said.
"We're satisfied that DaimlerChrysler did finally certify their compliance with the software agreement, but we are still interested in gaining some information on why they didn't certify within the allotted time," Stowell said. The case "is not completely over yet, because the judge still held out the possibility that we could pursue trying to find out information from DaimlerChrysler on why they took so long to certify."
DaimlerChrysler said in a statement, "We are pleased with the judge's ruling, and we look forward to finally resolving the one open issue."
SCO had alleged DaimlerChrysler violated the Unix software agreement by refusing to certify it was in compliance with the contract. DaimlerChrysler was required to certify it was using the Unix software only on specific computer processors, according to the contract.
When SCO sued, DaimlerChrysler hadn't certified that it was in compliance with the agreement, but it had done so by the time it responded in April--saying it had completely stopped using the Unix software years earlier.
The judge's decision marks a significant setback in SCO's efforts to profit from Unix intellectual property, often at the expense of Linux. Other setbacks include assertions by earlier Unix owner Novell that it still owns Unix copyrights, an almost complete failure in convincing Linux users to buy SCO intellectual property licenses, a countersuit by IBM accusing SCO of patent infringement, and a partial stay in SCO's case against AutoZone that argues Linux infringes Unix copyrights.
The DaimlerChrysler case centered on Unix and only brushed up against Linux, but SCO has considered a strategy to expand from the Unix contract into Linux. "Say they have a license for the Unix source code to be on 10 boxes. If they have 2000 boxes that have Linux source code on it that is duplicative of our Unix source code, they are breaking the contract they have with us," SCO Chief Executive Darl McBride said in an earlier interview.
SCO sent letters to 3,000 Unix licensees in December demanding they demonstrate compliance with their contracts within 30 days. In a court filing, SCO said it took DaimlerChrysler 110 days.


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Buying Property For Dummies, 2nd Australian Edition
Table of Contents
Author Information
Part I: The Great Australian Dream.
Chapter 1: Assessing the Dream: Buying Property.
Chapter 2: Squeezing Your Foot onto the Property Ladder.
Chapter 3: The Position or the Property.
Chapter 4: Dealing with Property Professionals.
Part II: Finding Your Dream Home.
Chapter 5: The Search Is On.
Chapter 6: Buying a Piece of History.
Chapter 7: Renovator's Dream (or Nightmare).
Chapter 8: Nice and New.
Chapter 9: Building from Scratch.
Part III: Borrowing For, Buying and Protecting Your Home.
Chapter 10: Climbing Aboard the Mortgage Merry-Go-Round.
Chapter 11: Going, Going, Gone: Buying at Auction.
Chapter 12: Making an Offer: Buying Through a Private
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Chapter 13: Sold to the Highest Bidder! Now What?
Part IV: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 14: Ten Things to Remember as a First Home Buyer.
Chapter 15: Ten Areas (Almost!) to Check at Open Homes.


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The young men had clearly been having a party in the moments before they fled. Half-eaten pizzas and beer bottles cluttered the tables, and the place smelled of old food and trash that had not been taken out for a week.
The apartment on Boylston Street was vacated in minutes on April 15 after the blasts hit the finish line of the Boston Marathon, and when a city official took its residents back through for the first time this morning, everything was exactly where they left it.
"Pompeii comes to mind," said Richard O'Brien, who works for the Department of Neighborhood Development. "They kind of got up, and just left."
At 10 a.m. today, Back Bay residents evacuated from their homes after the two blasts near the Boston Marathon finish line killed three and injured more than 280, began to be allowed back for the first time. Every hour, another block of Boylston Street opened up, beginning with the block betwen Hereford and Gloucester, and residents were led in small groups from the Hynes Convention Center to their doors by city employees.
The streets remained empty. At Whiskey's, the big front windows had been opened, and employees were hanging out of them, cleaning. In the distance, police lights flashed.
City blocks were still barricaded by Boston police. While residents and business owners are allowed back into homes and storefronts, the area is still off-limits to the general public for a while, according to Sheila Dillon, director of the Department of Neighborhood Development.
"It depends on how people are feeling," said Dillon, of when the area could reopen to the public. "We have to give people time."
A spokeswoman for the city said Census data showed about 2,200 residents lived and 400 businesses operated in the originally impacted area, though the crime scene was later collapsed.
Remnants of the marathon from before the bombs went off could still be seen in store windows: signs cheering on runners, and wrinkled, deflated balloons in a window display.
Bicycles were locked to posts on the sidewalk. At one outdoor restaurant, the tables were still neatly set, though the silverware rollups were soggy and unraveling from the rain; a single beer glass had been overturned.
On the doors, city inspectors had written notes about the status of the buildings, noting, for example, that they were "cleaned" or "locked."
One concern people have: pets.
"Potentially, pets that may be deceased," said city official Richard DeRosa, who was manning a table offering counseling for residents struggling to return. DeRosa is normally the director of behavioral health for the city's healthy baby program.
Lindsay Donnellan, and her fiancé Chris Mahoney, both 29, were watching the marathon on Monday outside their home on Boylston Street between Gloucester and Fairfield, and were only about a block from the blasts. They could see the second bomb go off – and when it did, they fled.
"Terrifying," said Donnellan.
They have been staying with friends, Mahoney said, in Brookline and Allston. They left with nothing: they have been buying clothing. As the front door to their apartment building opened, the smell of stale trash filled the air. On the steps, a Boston Marathon bell on a lanyard sat abandoned.
Donnellan and Mahoney were lucky. Their windows had been flung wide open when they left, and while their apartment was chilly, it smelled like springtime and rain.
City officials with flashlights checked for signs of pests attracted by food, or structural issues. There were none.
"It's a relief," Mahoney said of being home again.
As he walked back to the Hynes from the couple's apartment, O'Brien, the city official, said that the abandoned streets and apartments frozen in the moments of the blast were eerie.
"You're struck, when you walk out the doors, it's a canyon. It became real," he said.


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Apple wilts under iPhone upgrade strain
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Owners of Apple's iPhone, desperate to be the first to upgrade to version 3 of the OS, are hitting certification problems. Some are reporting that their beloved handsets refuse to work after an attempted upgrade.
The problems seem to be down to Apple's certification service, though the details are far from clear. It is refusing some upgrades and leaving a few users with unusable handsets - though hitting the upgrade button repeatedly for hours seems to clear the problem.
More laid-back iPhone owners might like to just give it a few hours for the rush to die down, or (if they really must have the update immediately) they could try mucking about with the Internet Explorer security settings (switching off "Check for server certificate revocation" apparently clears the problem for some).
This fashion for big-bang launches is always going to cause traffic issues, and we look back fondly on Netscape's practice of slipping out new versions on a Saturday morning to spread the load, but with Twitter, blogs and social networking that probably wouldn't help as much as it did. So the best advice is to have another cup of tea and relax for a few hours before upgrading to version 3 and enjoying the delights of a newly polished iPhone. ®


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#RSL Tweets of the Day (@RealSaltLake)
#RSL year-end Award section: 10 videos, stats & prose: //www.realsaltlake.com/content/end-year-awards … VOTE 4 @NickRimando @KyleBeckerman @javi_mo11 @tonybeltran23
Congrats to #RSL GK @NickRimando for another @MLS Save of the Week honor ... http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/10/25/real-salt-lake-goalkeeper-nick-rimando-wins-eighth-save-week-award-incredibl …
With the regular season done, RSL now plays the waiting game, glued to the TV this weekend to see who they'll draw. http://bit.ly/18gEI1H
Setting the Table @settingthetable
#RSL on 56 points at top of the Shield table after 34 games. And this was supposed to be a rebuilding year. Impressive. #MLS
That was a much needed 3pts last night. Thanks you #RSL faithful for your support. Now let the chips fall where they may this weekend.
RealSaltLake.com: End of the year awards
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Eyes may provide new insight into brain problems
By Sandi Doughton
EATTLE (MCT) The eyes may be the window to the soul, but researchers are finding they also provide a view into the brain that could help detect neurological damage from bomb blasts, sports concussions and a wide range of diseases, including Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis.
If initial results are borne out, it might eventually be possible to use simple eye tests to evaluate soldiers, athletes or accident victims and to monitor the effectiveness of drugs and other treatments, several scientists said at a meeting of the world's largest vision-research organization.
More than 12,000 researchers and clinicians were in Seattle this week for the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
One session brought together some of the nation's top researchers on brain injuries in veterans and athletes, including psychiatrist Elaine Peskind, of the University of Washington and the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System.
Nearly 2.4 million U.S. troops have served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. About 20 percent of them were exposed to blasts from roadside bombs and other explosives, Peskind said.
The veterans she studied experienced an average of 14 blasts, though some were exposed to 100 or more.
Many reported symptoms that include memory loss, headache, muddled thinking and irritability.
Though Peskind has used sophisticated brain scans to document permanent brain damage among blast-exposed veterans, there's no easy way to tell which soldiers may go on to develop more severe problems, including dementia, as a result of their injuries.
The most definitive test for the type of advanced brain injury common to some soldiers and concussion-prone athletes can only be done after death, when brain-tissue sections reveal tangles of abnormal protein deposits.
That's why the possibility of using the eyes for diagnosis is so exciting, the scientists said.
Peskind got interested because so many blast-exposed veterans told her they had trouble reading. When she tested their vision, she noticed unusual movement patterns in their eyes.
It's not surprising that trauma severe enough to damage the brain would also affect the eyes, said Dr. Randy Kardon, director of Neuro-Opthalmology at the University of Iowa and leader of a Veterans Affairs center on vision. The eyes develop from the same kind of tissue as the brain, and contain many of the same types of cells.
"By measuring things in the eye, perhaps we have a barometer for what might be happening in the brain," he said.
Kardon used new a new type of eye scan, called optical coherence tomography, or OCT, to probe the retinas of blast-exposed veterans. He found thinner cell layers than in normal subjects.
He also developed a test that validated the most common complaint among blast-exposed veterans: that their eyes had become extremely sensitive to light.
By hooking up small electrodes to the muscles around the eye, Kardon documented higher levels of involuntary blinking and squinting among veterans with traumatic brain injury.
A third indicator is how fast the pupil contracts in response to a burst of light, he said. In studies of 140 people treated in a hospital emergency room after car accidents and other head trauma, Kardon and his colleagues found that slower pupil contraction was a sign of more serious brain injury.
Dr. Lee Goldstein, of Boston University, who helped pioneer studies on brain damage in athletes, described experiments where mice exposed to a single blast exhibited damage to their retinas.
Other studies have shown an abnormal buildup of specific proteins in the lenses of people who suffer from some brain disorders, like Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome, said John Clark, director of the Department of Biological Structure at the University of Washington and an organizer of Sunday's session.
"The lens is a very sensitive indicator for neurodegenerative diseases," he said.
There now are few effective treatments for traumatic brain injury or brain disorders. Eye scans could help change that by providing a way to tell whether a treatment or therapy is leading to improvements, said Dr. Ann McKee of Boston University.
McKee and her colleagues have examined scores of brains from deceased veterans and athletes, including some like former Chicago Bears defensive back David Duerson who killed themselves. Many other athletes now live in fear that the blows they absorbed over their careers will blight their futures, she said.
"We really owe it to them, as well as to our many, many military veterans, to work on this problem as quickly as we can and with as much funding as possible," she said.
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Beavers open up second half of Pac-12 play with victory
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) Joe Burton says he doesn't pay much attention to his stats. The Oregon State senior post is concerned only about the wins.
Burton filled up the box score Wednesday night, helping the Beavers pull away from Utah in the second half for an 82-64 win.
Burton finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists as Oregon State (12-11, 2-8 Pac-12) recorded its highest point total in a conference game this season against a Utah team that was allowing only 60.9 points per game.
Burton has found his stride in the middle of the conference season, averaging about 16 points, eight rebounds and eight assists the past three games.
"I just like to get the win. I just try to do what's best for the team and do whatever I can," said Burton, who clogs the lane at 6-foot-7 and 295 pounds. "I just take what's given, I give (teammates) the right pass and they make the shot. I'm thankful for them making the shot."
Burton, averaging a team-high 3.3 assists coming in, is on pace to become the first non-guard in school history to lead Oregon State in that category three straight seasons.
Roberto Nelson added 26 points and five rebounds for the Beavers.
Brandon Taylor had a season-high 21 points and six assists, and Jarred DuBois scored 20 points, for Utah (10-12, 2-8), who felt they'd missed an opportunity.
"Look forward to the next game, look forward to the next practice and the next play. And move on," Taylor said.
Oregon State bumped its nine-point halftime lead to 18 less than 7 minutes into the second half. The Beavers scored eight straight points, the last two on a Challe Barton lay-in off a Burton assist with 13:20 left, to make it 47-29. Utah came back with a 12-2 run, the last five points by Taylor, to close within 49-41.
Nelson, who had his third straight game of 20 points or more, scored the next five points to give Oregon State a 13-point lead with 8:52 remaining. The Utes got no closer than nine from there, and the Beavers pushed their lead to 18 in the closing minutes.
Oregon State shot 26 of 57 overall, while Utah was 20 of 56. The Beavers had a 41-33 rebounding edge, led by Eric Moreland, who had 15 to go with nine points and four blocks.
Nelson, who was 7 of 10 from the field, had 12 points at halftime and helped the Beavers close out the Utes with 14 more in the second half.
"The screens I was getting, it just made those easy shots for me," Nelson said.
The game was tight throughout the first 7 minutes, with five ties and no lead bigger than three points. Oregon State later scored 10 straight points, with Barton's three-point play giving the Beavers a 22-12 lead.
Utah answered with an 11-1 run to tie the game again, with Glen Dean and Jordan Loveridge scoring three points apiece in that stretch. Nelson made nine straight free throws in the final 5 minutes of the half to help Oregon State lead 34-25 at the break.


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A federal court in Illinois has dismissed a defamation case brought by Scottie Pippen against various websites for saying he was broke. The reason Pippen lost is because he failed to allege the actual malice hurdle required by the First Amendment for defamation cases brought by public figures.
This looks less like a win for the defendants and more like a withdrawal by Pippen. I'm not sure why Pippen couldn't have kept going with this lawsuit – at least for a little while – by amending his complaint.
My guess is that Pippen probably had a lousy case he wasn't going to win. So that begs the question, why did he file in the first place? Well, I think this is probably a typical celebrity-blowing-off-steam lawsuit. Throwing the lawyers around makes the celeb feel good and provides a way to try to blunt bad press with the news that the celeb is going to court. But, in this pattern, the case doesn't go anywhere. The celeb just gives up after a little while. It's kind of an obnoxious use of the judicial system.
Ready to roll your eyes? Here's the first paragraph of Pippen's complaint:
It is a most foul libel indeed to be falsely accused of being bankrupt.
Oh, for crying out loud. Then look at the next paragraph:
That is what happened to Scottie, and the malicious libel was disseminated across the nation by the media.
Ooooh. I love the arm-over-shoulder cooing of his first name.
Then comes the third paragraph. It's over 900 words and reads like a Wikipedia entry about Pippen that was written by his publicist. It starts by saying where he was born and then goes through his whole career, bestowing one accolade on the Pippen after another.
Then, at the end of the complaint, there is a prayer for relief asking for $1 million from each defendant.
Sometimes a complaint isn't written for the court so much as it's written for the media – what is sometimes called a "press release complaint." Those are bad enough. But Pippen's complaint appears to be the kind that is actually written for the client. Ugh. It's lawyer-mediated self-affirmation. And it's a colossal waste of time. Courts ought to feel more comfortable sanctioning this kind of thing.
At any rate, Pippen proved one thing in countering rumors of his insolvency: He at least has enough money that he can waste bags of it on a pointless lawsuit.
From a legal angle, the lawsuit is well-summed-up in the court's minute order:
MINUTE entry before Honorable Sharon Johnson Coleman: In its order of 8/02/2012, the court dismissed plaintiff's complaint, but allowed him to seek leave to file a complaint that made allegations that were legally sufficient under constitutional and defamation principles. The complaint that plaintiff now seeks leave to file alleges with more detail the recklessness of defendants' publications regarding his financial status. However, as the court has observed, the malice required to establish liability for defamation of a public figure such as famed and well-respected athlete Scottie Pippen is greater than the mere failure to investigate, no matter how allegedly egregious that failure may be. The court concludes that plaintiff's proposed amended complaint cannot be considered a sufficient allegation of defamation against a public figure. Plaintiff's motion for leave to file that amended complaint is accordingly denied, and this action is dismissed with prejudice. Plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment is denied. Civil case terminated.
Some case documents for your reference:
- Minute Order of September 26, 2012 dismissing lawsuit [pdf]
- ORDER of August 2, 2012 granting motion to dismiss [pdf]
- ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS' INDEPENDENT MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF'S AMENDED COMPLAINT[pdf]>
- COMPLAINT [pdf]


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The price of oil dropped below $101 per barrel Friday after disappointing earnings in the U.S. prompted declines in the stock market.
Benchmark U.S. crude for June delivery shed $1.34 to close at $100.60 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil finished the week with a decline of $3.70 a barrel, or 3.5 percent.
Brent crude, an international benchmark for oil, fell 75 cents to $109.58 on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
Weak earnings from Ford and Amazon, in particular, helped dent sentiment in U.S. stock markets. A drop in Ford sales in the U.S. suggested consumer spending on transportation and fuel in the world's largest economy might not remain as strong as expected. The Dow Jones industrial average and the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index each dropped about 0.8 percent.
At the gas pump, U.S. drivers are paying an average of $3.69 a gallon heading into the weekend. That's up about 14 cents from a month ago and is 18 cents higher that at this time last year.
In other energy futures trading in New York:
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At last year TMS, the author presented the electrical design of a cell operating at 500 kA, 0.8 A/cm2 of anode current density and 3.2 cm ACD. This cell is predicted to have an energy consumption of about 11.2 kWh/kg [1]. That cell would only dissipate 700 kW while a cell design of the same "platform" was previously designed to operate at 600 kA and 13.26 kWh/kg comfortably dissipating 1140 kW [2]. Reducing the cell heat dissipation by about 40% is presenting a tremendous cell lining design challenge. This paper is describing it and is trying to address it.
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Alumina Dissolution - A Critical Step in Aluminum Electrolysis
Anode Bottom Burnout Shape and Velocity Field Investigation in a High Amperage Electrolysis Cell
AP44 Development at Alma
APXe Cell Technology: 7 Years of Low Energy Operation
Bubble Dispersion States in the Zinc Oxide Desulfurization Injection Blow Tank
C-33: Current Distribution on the Anode Bottom of the Aluminium Cell in the Complicated Conditions of Electrolysis
C-34: Investigate the Causes of Hole in Pots
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C-36: Restarting Electrochemical Cell with a Cold Metal (D18 Cell)
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C-38: The Influence of Potassium Additive on Cryolite Molten Salt Structure and Transport Properties
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Current Efficiency in Hall-Héroult Cells: The Role of Mass Transfer at the Cathode
Decision Criteria for Pneumatic Conveying and Distribution of Material
Development and Industrial Application of NEUI600 High Efficiency Aluminum Reduction Cell
Discussion on Alumina Dissolution and Diffusion in Commercial Aluminum Reduction Cell
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Investigation of Alumina Concentration Gradients within Hall-Héroult Electrolytic Bath
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MHD Generation of Liquid Metal Droplets in Aluminium Reduction Cell
Numerical Simulation Study on Gas Collecting System of 400kA Grade Aluminum Electrolytic Cell
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You might remember that we teased you last month with the petite sportbike of Megelli, that we'd never get to see here in the states. Well, all that has changed now. Megelli has confirmed with Asphalt & Rubber that a 250cc version of its road bike is scheduled to land on American soil soon.
The Megelli 250r will be distributed through QLINK, which means you can order it from the convience of your computer screen. No word on shipping times yet, as Megelli is still waiting for the green light from the EPA (how much smog can a 250cc motor make?), but the 250r is expected to sell for $3,500, with another $220 to ship it to your doorstep.


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The Carmi City Council met briefly for its regular meeting Monday evening and voted to approve renewing the employee health insurance with no increase in the premium for the city.
The Carmi City Council met briefly for its regular meeting Monday evening and voted to approve renewing the employee health insurance with no increase in the premium for the city.
The city's health insurer is Mutual Medical, which the city switched to from Blue Cross/Blue Shield in 2010, resulting in some substantial savings since making the switch. The premium for this year was estimated at $886,314, which was in line with the 2013 premium. The city utilizes a minimum/maximum premium, which can fluctuate based on the amount of claims. The maximum for the city will be $1,020,314 if the city sees a substantial increase in claims.
However, the city posted an 81 percent loss ratio for 2013, and if that holds true for 2014, the minimum cost to the city could be as little as $803,631.
In other council news, Mayor Jeff Pollard announced the city was the recipient of an anonymous donation of a swing for handicapped children. The council briefly discussed where to locate the swing, with Bradshaw Park being decided upon due its likely greatest use at the north side park.
Some talk was traded about getting similar swings for Eckerle Park and Burrell's Woods and Alderman Mike Knight said he has been studying pricing for similar swings and also wants to talk to the city's welder about fabricating a new frame for perhaps better placement for the specially designed swing.
The mayor added weather has delayed progress on new installing new playground equipment at Burrell's Woods.
And, a private resident claimed an alderman had stopped the placement of gravel in a neighbor's alley due to the alderman's alleged dislike of the resident. The resident claimed the neighbor had told him he couldn't get gravel because of a personal beef.
The alderman, Mark Blake, denied he had said anything of the sort and quipped that he usually gets into trouble for using too much gravel.
Other aldermen also pointed out the area of concern was not in Blake's ward. Pollard said the allegation of a personal beef had been brought to his attention, though he was told it was a city employee who had said he would deny the request for the gravel.
Either way, Pollard said once he was made aware of the need for the gravel, it was promptly delivered and placed in the alley. He said employee behavior that involved personal beefs in city decisions would not be tolerated.


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Community pharmacies could be NHS 'third tier'
18 January 2013
At the 2013 UCL School of Pharmacy annual lecture, Sue Sharpe, the Chief Executive of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC), presented a blue‐print for community pharmacies to serve as a 'third tier' in the NHS, alongside GP practices and hospitals.
During her lecture, entitled From Making Medicines to Optimising Health – Pharmacists in the 21st Century, she suggested that innovations like Healthy Living Pharmacies can provide better and more affordable care in areas ranging from the prevention and early detection of obesity and smoking related problems such as cancers, strokes and heart disease through to ensuring good treatment for people with raised blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and some emergency needs.
She called on Ministers and new health service bodies such as the NHS Commissioning Board to champion ways of enabling community pharmacists to contribute more to the economic provision of well integrated, easy‐to‐access health services for people at all stages of life.
"The primary care progress the NHS needs to survive through the next decade of austerity can only happen through strong partnerships between community pharmacists and professionals like GPs, community nurses and social care providers. Building on the good relationships that already exist between doctors and pharmacists is vital, although when patient and public interests can be better served by extending service users' choices or closer working across traditional boundaries we should not be afraid of radical change. Better medicines taking alone will generate £100s of millions of benefit and saving."
The primary care progress the NHS needs to survive through the next decade of austerity can only happen through strong partnerships between community pharmacists and professionals like GPs, community nurses and social care providers.
Sue Sharpe, CEO of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
Other key messages from contributors to a UCL School of Pharmacy meeting held at the Royal Society today to discuss Sue Sharpe's analysis and promote the achievement of better pharmaceutical care following the implementation of this year's NHS reforms in April 2013 include:
More effective medicines taking support for vulnerable people living in their own homes will save lives and preserve independence
Leading independent pharmacist and NHS Future Forum member Ash Soni said: "There are risks of 'back ward' neglect in the community, and failures to help people take their medicines to best effect. This causes needless illness and waste. The new Clinical Commissioning Groups should work to extend the primary care role of community pharmacists, and more effectively combine social care provision with help
in medicines taking."
The importance of professionalism in the twenty first century
Helen Gordon, the Chief Executive of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, argued that: "Recent events at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust and elsewhere in the NHS have shown that professionalism – putting the patient at the heart of decisions ‐ isn't a "nice to do", it is a prerequisite for safe and effective healthcare. Pharmacists contribute through applying not only their knowledge of medicines, but also compassionate insight into how and why individuals behave as they do. They are striving to achieve excellence through professionalism in the face of unprecedented demand and at a time of financial constrain within the NHS. The lesson from other high risk industries is that the system and culture in which people operate must allow professionalism to flourish. "Organisational professionalism", making sure that boards and managers prioritise the quality and safety of care above everything else, is also essential."
Public health programmes to curb problems like excessive drinking, obesity and the consequences of physical inactivity and poor diet need to be complemented by support for individuals
Professor Richard Parish of the Royal Society for Public Health, who chairs the DH's Pharmacy and Public Health Forum, noted
that 'community pharmacy has led the way in smoking cessation, and encouraging the use of medicines that help people who want to change their behaviour to stop using tobacco. Members of bodies such as the new Health and Wellbeing Boards should support pharmacy service developments across the spectrum of public health activities. I also believe that community pharmacists should be able to refer people directly to diagnostic services, as and when they have reason to believe this could bring benefit.'
Wider and more cost effective use of medicines that can prevent disease would save thousands of lives and disabling events every year
'Providing more convenient, less costly, population access to medicines that can prevent strokes, heart attacks and conditions such as colon cancer will become an increasingly important NHS and global goal', noted polypill pioneer and Royal Society Fellow Professor Sir Nicholas Wald. 'Community pharmacists have a key role to play in achieving this, and promoting future health gains in ways that avoid harmful medicalisation, and are consistent with free and informed individual choice.'
Better ways of predicting non‐adherence in medicines taking and enabling patients to use medicines as effectively as possible will also save lives
UCL School of Pharmacy researcher and specialist HIV physician Dr David Pao said: "Today's medicines can allow people with HIV to live long and fulfilled lives, and stop disease transmission. But they do not work if they are not taken properly, and we need to be able to predict this problem. The same is true in other areas, like cancer treatment. Pharmacy is at the cutting edge of helping to optimise the nation's health through better medicine taking – it is a key area for research and better practice."
Dr Devyn Smith of Pfizer presented new information about the development of treatments by the research based pharmaceutical industry and universities such as UCL. He described current progress in molecular and regenerative medicine in the UK and elsewhere that promises better treatments for conditions ranging from lung cancers (over 10 per cent of which happen in non‐smokers) to ulcerative colitis and macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness.
Professor David Taylor of the UCL School of Pharmacy said: "Austerity or not, continuing to invest in new and more effective treatments is a vital public interest. So too is improving access to medicines and the professional care needed to use them to optimal effect, nationally and globally. Pharmacy and pharmaceuticals have important roles to play in the twenty first century, as integrated parts of care systems aimed at meeting human need and helping individuals achieve their goals."


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2013-11-27 / Schools/Sports
Massapequa HS Varsity Soccer teams are New York State Champions!
It was a historic day for the Chiefs as both the boys and girls varsity soccer teams capped the season with state championship titles. The win was the first state championship for the boys, who defeated Fairport, 1-0 at SUNY Cortland, and the fifth for the girls, who beat North Rockland, 2-1 in Middletown.
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By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday invalidated a new military policy dealing with searches of detainees at Guantanamo Bay before and after their meetings or phone calls with attorneys.
Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in Washington, said the search procedures, in place since May, "actively discourage petitioners from taking phone calls or meeting with counsel."
The U.S. military holds 166 foreign captives at the detention camp on the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba.
The searches, which include frisking of the groin and anal areas, are conducted on detainees before they are taken from their cells to buildings for meetings or phone calls with their lawyers, and after they return.
Previously, a less invasive search procedure was used to avoid appearing disrespectful toward the detainees' cultural or religious sensitivities, the judge said.
Detainees Mahmoud al Shubati, Fadhel Hussein Saleh Hentif and Saeed Mohammed Saleh Hatim had all complained about the policy, saying it unlawfully inhibited their right to speak with their lawyers.
Lamberth agreed, noting that detainees have said they are searched up to four times during the process.
"The motivation for the searches is not to enhance security but to deter counsel access," he said.
A Pentagon spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Todd Breasseale, said the military is reviewing the decision. "We will of course continue to follow the law," he said.
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15 Ways to Eat More Beans with Dinner
Beans! Whether we're talking black beans, white beans, or even heirloom beans, beans make up some of the most satisfying meals in our repertoire. Add this to the fact that these humble legumes are packed with protein and cost much less than meat, and we have to wonder why we don't eat them more often. Well, here are 15 very tasty ways to stop wondering and start eating!
Savory Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with White Beans and Kale
If you have the time over the weekend, making a pot of beans from scratch is very easy and gives you beans with much better flavor and texture than you'll get from a can. Our favorite method is this stove-top technique:
This said, cans of store-bought beans are often what make a quick and easy weeknight meal truly quick and easy. If cooking meals with beans is a new thing for you, try a few different brands to find the ones you like the best -- not all canned beans are created equal and not everyone has the same preferences for taste and texture.
Once you have your beans, it's time to start using them. Soups are often the first things that come to mind, and Cuban Black Bean Soup and Melissa Clark's Ham Bone, Greens, and Bean Soup are two of our favorites. But beans can be used in surprising ways too, like on a Southwestern-inspired pizza or mixed with shaved fennel for a side salad.
What are your favorite meals with beans?
Southwestern Pizza with Black Beans and Corn
- Crispy Pan-Fried Beans with Wilted Greens
- Savory Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with White Beans and Kale
- Black Bean Edamame Burgers
- Cuban Black Bean Soup
- Lemon-Braised Chicken & Beans with Mint Pesto
Ham Bone, Greens, and Bean Soup
- Southwestern Pizza with Black Beans and Corn
- How to Make a Very Good Chili
- Cheesy Panade with Swiss Chard, Beans, and Sausage
- Ham Bone, Greens, and Beans Soup
- Chipotle Chicken Fajitas with Creamy Black Bean Spread
- Spinach, White Bean, and Taleggio Pizza
- One-Pot Pasta e Fagioli
- Slow-Cooker Black Bean Enchiladas
- Cauliflower, Fennel & White Bean Winter Salad
- Bean, Bacon, and Butternut Squash Soup with Swiss Chard
Related: Cheap, Convenient, and Better Than Canned: Freezer Beans
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Impressive Pura Kehen in Bangli, On The Road To Kintamani
Travelling from the southern lowlying coasts of Bali up the mountainous region of Kintamani overlooking spectacular Mount and Lake Batur, one passes the town of Bangli. Once a very important town in the kingdom of Bangli, today Bangli is a quiet town that comes alive only on busy market days and temple ceremonies, when people from surrounding areas converge in the town's market place and temples.
Bangli is an old city believed to have been built as early as AD 1204 judging from a stele found in the famous Pura Kehen temple, which is believed to have been built even before construction of the town, and now lies at the outskirts of the city. The town itself is dominated by the royal houses spread around its main square.
Pura Kehen is the royal ancestral temple of the Raja of Bangli, one of the eight most important royal houses on Bali. Literally meaning the Temple of the Hearth or the Household, this refers to Hyang Api or the God of Fire, symbol of the Hindu god Brahma. Here worshippers burn offerings on a small hearth.
Pura Kehen is one of the most beautiful temples on Bali standing above a steep slope. To reach the entrance gate one must climb a stone staircase with 38 steps guarded by stone statues on either side, all the way up to the gate.
Unlike other Balinese temples where the entrance is a split gate, not so at Pura Kehen, which has a large triangular shaped gate similar to that of a mountain, where on Java, such shape is called gunungan ('gunung' meaning mountain).
Passing the gate, a large, old banyan tree with wide protecting foliage and hanging roots dominates the outer courtyard. A kulkul or bamboo drum hangs from its branches and among its roots is a stone altar for offerings.
Like Pura Besakih, Pura Kehen is built on several levels. Here are eight stepped terraces, where the top level is the most sacred sanctuary. There are no less than 43 altars on the various levels of Kehen with the most prominent covered with a tower that has 11 thatched roofs or meru, dedicated to Sang Hyang Api. While at the northeastern corner there is a huge three-compartment stone throne, carved with intricate reliefs.
During the temple's anniversary, called odalan, devotees from around Bali come to pray in this temple.
Bangli is also known for its Arts Center, or the Sasana Budaya, where regular kecak or wayang performances are held.
Typical to Bangli is the Baris dance, or the dance of the warriors. Although also known in other regions, Bangli has developed its special Baris choreography, known as the Baris Jojor (8 men carrying spears), the Baris Presi or Tamiang (8 men in a circle carrying leather shields) and Baris Dadap, all of which are performed especially during odalan.
As Bangli-Kintamani is reachable within a day tour, you do not need to seek special accommodation from the one you are already staying in. Bangli is within a few hours distance from the beach resorts or from Ubud.
As Bangli lies on the day-tour loop to Kintamani from Kuta, Sanur or Nusa Dua, most travel agents offer this day tour, although not all offer Bangli on the itinerary. So if you are particularly interested to visit Bangli, please make sure that the tour bus passes Bangli.
Or else rent your own car so that you will be freer to determine your own program. Cars in Bali can be hired by the hour or by the day. Most hotels and agents have a clear map of Bali, so it is easy to determine time, distance and mileage.
For lunch you can take your meal in the many restaurants around Ubud, both simple or luxurious, or else pack a lunch box.
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On the road: Sky-high skating
Skating up, up and away
While it may not be the city's tallest building, the John Hancock Building and Observatory can certainly brag about having the world's highest ice skating rink. Offering 360-degree views of Chicago, the lake and even Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin on a clear day, the 900-square-foot skating rink has a synthetic surface so you don't even have to bundle up to make your figure eights. You can still have a hot chocolate, a bite to eat or a cocktail at the Lavazza Espression Café after you take a spin around the rink.
9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily through April 8 at the 94th floor observatory, 875 N. Michigan Ave. Each 25-minute skating session is $5 (admission to the observatory is a separate fee) and skate rental is $1. (888) 875-8439 or JHOChicago.com.
Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People
Miguel Gutierrez and his six dancers, the Powerful People, will hit the stage at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Gutierrez and the troupe have been working together for several years on the connections between dance, neurology and paranormal circumstances.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, and Saturday, Feb. 2, and 3 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, at 220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago. Tickets cost $28, $22 for MCA members, $10 for students. (312) 397-4010 or mcachicago.org.
Déjà vu all over again
Visit the historic town square of Woodstock for Groundhog Days, an annual event that includes a Shake Off the Winter Blues Dinner Dance, the Awakening of the Groundhog ceremony at the historic 1889 Woodstock Opera House; and "Groundhog Day" movie trivia. There also will be family activities including storytelling, a chili cook-off, walking tours of the filming sites and free showings of the movie.
Event times vary Thursday through Sunday, Jan. 31-Feb. 3. The annual prognostication takes place the morning of Saturday, Feb. 2, when Woodstock Willie looks for his shadow. woodstockgroundhog.org.
Nice ice, baby
The historic Baker House is home to Wisconsin's first 10-foot custom-carved ice bar as the Lake Geneva lodging transforms its lakefront garden into a winter wonderland and the third annual Fire and Ice Lounge. Festivities at the historic hotel and restaurant coincide with the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competition in downtown Lake Geneva. Enjoy fireside drinks in cups made entirely of ice, savory delights, hot toddies and the Baker House's signature snow-cones topped with flavor-infused vodkas. Warm up in Fancy Shanties in the ice sculpture garden with fur-covered benches and fireplaces.
4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, is the ceremonial first run of the SKYY vodka ice luge. 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, there will be an ice sculpting show. The Fire & Ice Lounge will be open weekends through February at Baker House, 327 Wrigley Drive, Lake Geneva. (262) 248-4700 or BakerHouse1885.com.
Crazy shade of winter
Door County rocks in the winter as well as the summer. Historic Fish Creek's 26th annual Winter Festival has a sled-full of activities for the whole family. Enjoy games, music, food and a festive atmosphere under the large heated tent overlooking the frozen waters of Green Bay. There will also be a human foosball tournament, chili cook-off, minnow racing, a bike toss and the Fruit Loop fun run. Other activities include wine tasting, trolley rides, ice sculptures, a winter parade and candlelight cross-country skiing.
1 to 10 p.m. Friday, Feb 1; 9 a.m. to midnight Saturday, Feb 2; and 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3 in Fish Creek. (800) 577-1880 or visitfishcreek.com/event/winter-festival/W.


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UH Manoa to create a new cosmochemistry laboratory
Lab will be amongst the world's most advanced researching star and planet formation and evolutionUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
External Affairs & University Relations
HONOLULU — The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will create a new cosmochemistry laboratory that will enable researchers to build on the success of its cosmochemistry program. Its center piece will feature a state-of-the-art ion microprobe, an instrument that allows not only determination of the trace element contents of microscopically small samples, but also their isotopic compositions. The laboratory will be amongst the most advanced of its kind in the world, enabling UH's internationally renowned scientists to work on problems such as the formation and evolution of stars, planets and the solar system.
The new instrument and laboratory will be located in the Hawaiʻi Institute for Geophysics and Planetology of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at UH Mānoa. Installation of the ion microprobe will take place in 2006 and research will begin that fall. The new ion microprobe is anticipated to ignite research among cosmochemists and astronomers to fuel studies of the origin of the solar system, including the Earth.
Cosmochemistry focuses on laboratory analyses of meteorites, lunar samples, interplanetary dust particles, and interstellar grains, as well as experimental simulations of planetary, nebular, and circumstellar processes. A great deal of what is known about the origin and evolution of extraterrestrial bodies is due to these efforts.
The cosmochemistry program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has direct connections with many current and planned spacecraft missions that will return samples, such as Genesis, Stardust, and Mars sample return missions. The program also provides information critical for the interpretation of remote sensing data. In addition, the program addresses questions posed by materials derived from places where no spacecraft could ever go, such as into the deep interiors of stars or planets, or back in time.
"With the funding for the Cameca ims 1280 ion microprobe secured, it will be possible for our research group to really make a quantum leap forward in the field of cosmochemistry," said Dr. Klaus Keil, interim dean of SOEST. "We have a stellar group of core investigators and are particularly excited that we were able to add Dr. Gary Huss, formerly of Arizona State University, and Dr. Kazu Nagashima, formerly of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, both world-renowned experts in ion microprobe analysis and cosmochemistry, to our team."
The new cosmochemistry laboratory is being built with the support of a $1.5 million grant the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation received from the W.M. Keck Foundation and a one-time $1 million commitment from the University of Hawaiʻi. In addition, acquisition of the ion microprobe for the laboratory was selected as one of seven proposals, out of a total of 17 submitted, approved for funding in 2004 through NASA's Sample Return Laboratory Instruments and Data Analysis Program (SRLIDAP). This program has provided an additional $1.4 million grant to support the new laboratory.
About the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
The School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) was established by the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaiʻi in 1988. SOEST brings together in a single focused ocean, earth sciences and technology group, some of the nation's highest quality academic departments, research institutes, federal cooperative programs, and support facilities to meet challenges in the ocean and earth sciences, including the Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP). Scientists at SOEST are supported by both state and federal funds as they endeavor to understand the subtle and complex interrelations of the seas, the atmosphere, and the earth.


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The source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/67/30849.html
Think credit card companies have an incentive to crack down on credit fraud think again. If you ask me its time to replace credit cards with something a little more secure.
Credit card firms 'profit from Net fraud'
By John Leyden
Posted: 23/05/2003 at 13:04 GMT
A class action lawsuit against credit card firms alleging merchants are unfairly left to shoulder the burden of credit card fraud has begun in the US.
The suit, filed by North Carolina-based law firm Triangle Law Center, in the US States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, alleges all manner of misdeeds on the part of credit card companies. Visa, MasterCard International, American Express and Discover Financial Services are all named in the suit, which certainly doesn't pull its punches.
The complaint charges that "Visa, MasterCard and their co-conspirators (i.e., their issuing and acquiring banks) violated Section 1962(c) and 1962(d) of the Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act, Section 16 of the Clayton Act, Section 2(a) of the Robinson-Patman Act".
Credit card firms and banks engaged in "unlawful business practice violations by conspiring to commit fraud and theft through means of wire and mail when processing merchants' Internet, telephone and mail order transactions," it is alleged.
According to the suit, the "Defendants breached their contract, their implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, duty of care and fiduciary duty as a banking institution by failing to take appropriate measures in addressing fraud and theft in the Internet, telephone and mail order industry".
The complaint further alleges that Visa and MasterCard failed to disclose certain transactional and penalty fees to merchants and forced retailers to pay such these fees using an "abuse of their monopolistic powers".
Furthermore, the complaint alleges that in "cyber-shoplifting" scenarios, there "are virtually no set of facts or documentation in which an Internet, telephone and mail order merchant could argue to prevent defendants from debiting penalty fees from their merchant accounts".
As a result of these "unlawful acts", according to the complaint, merchants have been forced the bear the burden of credit card fraud while credit cards firms and banks made millions of dollars from their transactional and penalty fees.
The Honorable Terrence W. Boyle has been appointed as judge in the case (number 5:03-CV-372-BO(3)).
Lawyers in the case are inviting merchants to join the class action lawsuit online or by contacting attorney Mark W. Ishman, of Ishman Law, directly. His number is +1 919 942-1410. ®


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Capturing the Human Dramas at County Fairs
Greg Miller isn't really interested in fairs, per se—at least not the rides or the colors or the lights. He's more interested in the people you find there.
He first became interested in these events after stumbling upon the National Date Festival in Indio, Calif.
Miller eventually pitched the idea of photographing county fairs to Life's newspaper supplement, and it was approved. His travels took him all over the country, from California to Florida, from rural fairs with farm animals to slicker setups in urban areas with spectacular rides that Miller said resembled Transformers.
Miller said he'd watch visitors walk around and around the fairgrounds. After a while, some people would inevitably capture his attention. "It's a recurring theme in the pictures," Miller said. "People are either breaking up or they're on the verge of a new relationship or you can't tell which way they're going."
Miller used an 8-by-10 view camera, which required him to stop and talk to every person he wanted to photograph. He said he had to work up the courage to get the photo he wanted. "The person you want to photograph the most is the person that's scaring you the most. You're like, 'Oh God, I can't photograph that person.' For me, that's the alarm going off that I need to photograph this person," Miller said.
Generally, Miller said, people were happy to have their photos taken. In fact, the people he met at one fair were so friendly that they asked him to judge a lemon-baking contest.
Many of Miller's photos have a thoughtful, brooding, or even melancholy quality to them. When he came back to Life with his photos after a year of fairs, his editors were confused. Where were all the photos of the food, the fun, the people smiling and enjoying themselves? Life only ended up running one of the photos, but Miller said he's ultimately happy with the series, which he has continued for years since.
"I felt bad because I'd been working so hard on it, but at the same time maybe I'd nailed it in some way, maybe I'd served the right purpose," Miller said.
Miller's work is currently on view at the Alice Austen House in Staten Island, N.Y., and the the Fence exhibit in Brooklyn, N.Y.


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There's gold in them thar eels
There's gold in them thar eels
Christine Keene of Lubec, Maine, checked one of her mother's glass eel nets in the Penobscot River.
Coveted by the Japanese, small glass eels have made a number of Maine fishermen rich. These glass eels were caught in Maine's Penobscot River.
Marine Patrol Specialist Colin MacDonald monitored eel fishing activity near the Penobscot River.
MacDonald stands by the Penobscot River in Brewer, Maine, looking toward the Bangor side.
Nathan Murphy, of Princeton, Maine, checked his net for glass eels in the Penobscot River.
Eel buyer Joe Peaslee, of Jefferson, Maine, waited all night for eel fishermen to sell their catch.
Harvey Curtis, 66, hopes the state's eel fishery will remain open because of the "poverty down this way; people need the money."
Darrell Young of Waltham, Maine, held a small glass eel he had caught in the Penobscot River in Veazie, Maine.
Angela Young and her husband, Darrell, checked a glass eel catch on the Penobscot River last week.


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OTTAWA – Two paramedics were seriously injured while two Ottawa police officers sustained minor injuries Wednesday during a training exercise that involved the use of explosives to practice forced-entry techniques, police say.
The officers and paramedics were part of an exercise using explosives to force their way into an abandoned residence when the accident occurred, Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau told a news conference.
A third paramedic also sustained minor injuries, Bordeleau said. All five victims were immediately transported to hospital.
"There were three paramedics also that were injured, two of them more serious than the third one," he said.
"Their injuries are serious in nature, but I am told they will recover."
The exercise — part of a regular training routine that involves Ottawa police working closely with the RCMP and other emergency services — was taking place in Kanata, a suburb west of Ottawa.
Bordeleau would provide only scant details of exactly what happened.
"The training exercise revolved around forced-entry explosives, which involves the use of small charges of explosives to open up doorways and windows," he said.
"They were in proximity of the detonation and the ensuing gases that would have been released."
Bordeleau said because the paramedics are considered civilians, the Special Investigations Unit is involved in the investigation.
"Explosives are used in training exercises and real live operations to assist officers to forcibly enter into residences or businesses to assist them in getting access to those buildings," he said.
"What type of explosives, how it was detonated I can't comment on because that will be part of the Special Investigations Unit investigation."


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Already hammered by a series of recalls that have so far involved well over a million vehicles since the beginning of the year, Honda has added another 200,000 sedans, crossovers and minivans to the list, the newest recall involving problems with the maker's shift-interlock system.
The new recall comes as a particular embarrassment for the maker's luxury drivision, affecting the recently launched Acura RDX, which was intended to put a high-tech halo around the brand.
About 17,500 of the 2013 Acura RDX sedans are covered by the recall, along with 128,000 Honda CR-Vs and 59,000 Odyssey minivans, the latter two models sold during the 2012 and 2013 model-year.
Analysts say the breadth of the recall reflects the fact that automakers today try to share components among a wide range of products to reduce costs. But the strategy can backfire if a problem occurs.
In this case, Honda says that, "In sub-freezing temperatures after initial use of the vehicle's gear-shift mechanism, it may be possible to shift the vehicle's transmission out of the Park position without depressing the brake pedal."
The problem is a particularly sensitive one for Honda which was forced to recall 870,000 "runaway" Odyssey minivans last December because they could inadvertently be shut off without the transmission being shifted to Park. A similar recall two years earlier involved 370,000 Honda vehicles.
This latest recall comes exactly a week after the Japanese maker announced it would recall 470,000 older sedans, minivans and crossovers due to defective airbags that could misfire or even lead to a vehicle fire.
In this case, Honda was one of four manufacturers using airbags supplied by Japanese parts maker Takata. In all, more than 3 million vehicles worldwide are covered by that recall.
Meanwhile, in January, Honda announced another airbag-related recall, this one because of missing rivets that could lead the safety devices to improperly deploy in a crash.
Though known for its quality and reliability Honda has been one of the top two brands in terms of the number of vehicles recalled in the U.S. market for the last four years.
The Japanese maker says it has received no customer complaints, nor word of crashes or injuries related to the shift-interlock problem. But the situation could cause runaway problems if not corrected. It plans to notify affected customers directly by mid-May and will complete repairs at no charge.
Owners can also find out more, the maker says, by "going on-line to www.recalls.honda.com and www.recalls.acura.com or by calling (800) 999-1009 for Honda owners or (800) 382-2238 for Acura owners, and selecting option 4.
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Maybe LGD threads should all be titled after movies
Disclaimer: One thing I'd prefer not to do in this preview is discuss the fate of a certain former Leaf centreman, his merits or his flaws, with respect to the reader, he is a member of the Washington Capitals now, and he plays on a line with Jason Chimera and Joel Ward, and that is all that matters.
It must be hockey season, since the Washington Capitals are a bit of an on-ice disappointment. I projected them to be pretty high in the standings at the start of the season, but they're 16th in the league with 25 points, and I'd think part of that success is a bit of an illusion. I thought they'd be towards the top of the table in the Eastern Conference, but they're already five points back of first in the Metropolitan (or PatrickPlus) and 16th in the league, well-back of contender status.
Of course, I've also learned that when a team betrays your expectations, usually it's because your forecasting methods were off, not because there's something wrong with the team or players.
|Corsi Close %
|46.5% (24th)
|43.5% (29th)
|5v5 GF/60
|2.38 (11th)
|2.20 (16th)
|5v5 GA/60
|2.61 (23rd)
|1.90 (8th)
|100.6 (12th)
|103.2 (2nd)
|5v4 GF/60
|11.70 (1st)
|8.14 (7th)
|5v4 SF/60
|60.1 (4th)
|60.0 (5th)
|4v5 GA/60
|4.65 (5th)
|5.87 (12th)
|4v5 SA/60
|64.7 (27th)
|62.9 (26th)
|Penalty Differential
|-1 (14th)
|-13 (28th)
via Extra Skater and NHL.com
The Washington Capitals are the statistical brethren of the Toronto Maple Leafs: they're a poor possession team coasting on very strong special teams, and while they're powerplay success looks legit, on the penalty kill they've been giving up a lot more shots than you'd expect from their goal total. Washington have a .928 save rate on the PK, tops in the entire National Hockey League, so when Jim Hughson tonight remarks that the Capitals have "the fifth-ranked penalty kill" when the Leafs get a man-advantage for the first time tonight, don't worry about it too much. I suspect they'll begin to show weakness in that regard, just as the Leafs did when they were giving up lots of shots and not a lot of goals.
In the offseason, the Capitals didn't replace too much. They were 48.1% in Corsi Close last season, and I believed replacing Mike Ribeiro with Mikhail Grabovski would be enough to bring them up to even possession-wise, and that powerplay would take over and the Caps would be dominant, but evidently I was a little wrong in that regard. Grabovski's had a fine season offensively, but it's been mostly percentage-driven. Him, Chimera and Ward are all above 11% in on-ice shooting percentage, and the line's individual Corsi Close rate is hovering around 46-47%.
(Okay, maybe I'll discuss him a little, because he's a fascinating case study.)
The big question would be whether Tyler Bozak would draw into the lineup tonight, but reporters noticed he wasn't taking part in line rushes at practice, and Trevor Smith had been swapped out for Frazer McLaren:
James van Riemsdyk – Peter Holland – Phil Kessel
Joffrey Lupul – Nazem Kadri – David Clarkson
Mason Raymond – Jay McClement – Nik Kulemin
Frazer McLaren – Jerred Smithson – Colt Knorr
Carl Gunnarsson – Dion Phaneuf
Jake Gardiner – Cody Franson
Morgan Rielly – Paul Ranger
With the exception of Smithson in for Smith, and McLaren in for Carter Ashton (who is with the Marlies for some reason) this is a good-looking lineup. I think Holland has a lot of potential alongside JvR and Kessel, and a combination of injuries and suspensions has kept that 19-43-71 line that everybody wanted to see in the offseason separated through the first quarter of the season.
Also, I'd like to use the space to talk about how well Morgan Rielly played against Nashville. After consulting the numbers the next day, I noticed that the Leafs out-attempted the Predators 15-11 with Rielly on the ice, despite him starting ten shifts in the defensive zone and just one at the offensive. He saw some good competition too, with the top five Predators he faced, in order, being Shea Weber, Roman Josi, Gabriel Bourque, Kevin Klevin, Viktor Stalberg and David Legwand, all players with fairly good underlying numbers.
So now that Ranger's settled in, though he's still prone to the odd gaffe, him and Rielly have become a pretty capable bottom pairing.
Although… just as I write this, I check Twitter and see that Mark Fraser may come back into the lineup, which displaces Rielly, and displeases me, rendering that entire paragraph useless. Come on.
Marcus Johansson – Nicklas Backstrom – Alex Ovechkin
Martin Erat – Brooks Laich – Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera – Mikhail Grabovski – Joel Ward
Aaron Volpatti – Michael Latta – Tom Wilson
Karl Alzner – John Carlson
Cam Schilling – Tyson Strachan
Alex Urbom – Mike Green
And here I was thinking Urbom was a planet…
Ovechkin and Backstrom have been the Capitals best possession forwards, a little under 52%, but they've been beset by some unlucky shooting rates (the Capitals have scored on 6.4% of shots with Ovechkin on the ice) with them on the ice, so people may mention Ovechkin's minus-7.
He's minus-4 in 5-on-5 situations, but one thing to consider is that he is on the ice for every empty-net and powerplay situation, so his plus-minus rating suffers from the odd shorty against but doesn't factor in just how terrific he is on the powerplay. Great statistic here: he's been on the ice for 93.9% of Capitals powerplay minutes so far this season. Second in the NHL is Erik Karlsson (87.2%). First on the Maple Leafs is Dion Phaneuf (62.3%).
At home, coach Adam Oates likes to use his second line with Brooks Laich and Martin Erat as a checking unit, but teams match up power-on-power on the road, which is a pretty good strategy. I think the way to beat players like Ovechkin is to skate with them and expose their weaknesses defensively rather than try to shut down his offence. When you have the puck, he doesn't, and I look forward to watching him and Kessel have competing rushes tonight.
Alzner and Carlson are the top defensive pairing, and they've kept the opposition relatively close to even. Oates doesn't appear to do a lot of zone matching, but Ovechkin and Backstrom do get a good share of offensive zone opportunities. They have a few set plays off of faceoffs which are always dangerous.
Capitals Extra Skater page
(and a paragraph about at useful as most goalie statistics)
James Reimer vs. Braden Holtby. It's the Grey Cup tomorrow, which I still think qualifies as Canada's largest single-game television audience (or some other excuse that discounts the Stanley Cup Final). I'd like to see the Argonauts get a little more fan support. I had season tickets last year, and the team was a lot of fun to watch with Ricky Ray and Chad Owens, but on games I couldn't make it, it was tough to even give them away. Anyway, CFL football is better played in smaller, more-packed venues than gigantic stadiums. Molson Stadium in Montreal is a great example, which seats like 25,000 people but always a tough ticket. Cavernous stadiums like Skydome look empty even when there are 25,000 people that show up.
Anyway, both teams are a nice story. Bruce Arthur wrote a fantastic story about what the Roughriders mean to the province of Saskatchewan. I think Hamilton winning would be a great story as well: they haven't won since 1999, which is an eternity in an 8.5-team league. Hamilton Coach Kent Austin won a Cup with the Roughriders in '89 as a quarterback, and current Ti-Cats QB Henry Burris used to play for the Riders, left as a free agent, and is still booed in Regina when he plays. That was, like, eons ago.
I would recommend tuning in, if only because there's a chance it could be like 30-below if the game runs long, and part of the charm of the CFL is the bizarro weather that kicks in for playoffs. Americans are a bunch of wimps and send their Superbowls to warm venues every year, but any Western playoff game is going to be played under silly temperatures unless in Vancouver. It starts getting cold in mid-October, starts getting incredibly cold in November and starts snowing in mid-November. Unpredictability due to playing conditions is my favourite thing about sports.
Leafs and Capitals play at 7:00 Eastern on CBC.