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Levi Peters made an impact at Iowa State
By Phil Monson
Back in August at Iowa State football media day, Gilmore City native Levi Peters vowed to make an impact on the Cyclone football team in the 2013 season.
Did he ever.
The 5-foot-10, 213-pound reserve linebacker quickly earned a spot on Cyclone special teams and grabbed attention with his aggressive, bone-jarring tackles on the field and fun-loving approach to life off the field.
"My role was to play special teams and I took the opportunity and ran with it," Peters said. "I ended up getting a lot of reps and a lot of playing time on special teams."
"I took it and ran with it because the opportunities aren't always there. But I got the chance and ran with it," Peters said during an interview with the Independent last week while home on winter break.
When starting linebacker Luke Knott saw his season end pre-maturely because of an injury, Peters moved up to No. 2 on the defensive depth chart behind Jevohn Miller in late October.
"I got a few reps at linebacker in the Kansas State and TCU games," Peters said.
Peters, a human missile on kickoffs, described the adrenaline rush going downfield on kickoffs and dialing in on making a block or tackle.
"My coach always told us before the season, 'it's a violent play so you guys better be ready.' I was ready for that. I wanted to make a big collision. Every time I was running down the field. I wanted to at least hit someone, whether it was the wedge blocker, off-returner or the guy returning the ball," Peters said.
Peters' impact was obvious as he received the Jim Doran Outstanding Special Teams Player Award at the team banquet last month. He finished the year playing in all 12 games and recorded 15 tackles, including 10 solos and one fumble recovery.
Peters turned heads when he made a pancake block on a 270-pound lineman in the Baylor game on a kickoff play.
"There was an offensive tackle of theirs in the wedge. I just ran down there and put him on his butt. My teammates thought that was pretty cool doing that on the first kickoff," Peters said.
Iowa State's season didn't go as planned, finishing with a 3-9 overall record. But the Cyclones suffered the consequences of playing a young team that was also decimated by injuries.
Peters himself played the final half of the season with a heavily bandaged hand as he broke a thumb against Texas Tech.
"I don't think the record shows what type of football team we actually are. A couple of games could have gone either way. We are young and we have a lot of guys coming back next year," Peters said. "I think we're all looking forward to it. I don't see any reason why we won't have a great season next year."
Off-season conditioning begins this week and classes resume Jan. 13, so Peters and the Cyclones are already setting their sights on 2014.
"We'll be in the weight room lifting and running five days a week," Peters said.
"My goal is to be a four-year contributor here at Iowa State. My one year of contributing is completed. So now I want more. I want more than special teams. I want to be out there playing defense. I'm going to put forth all the effort to get on defense and do whatever I can do," Peters said.
The red-shirt freshman has settled on an academic major.
"It's a full-time job playing football and you have to mix your classes in with it," Peters said. "But I'm glad I'm here and I'm going to make the most of my opportunity in front of me."
See complete story in the Jan. 2 issue of the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Subscribe for complete access to both print and electronic issues of the Independent.


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A Lauderdale County nurse has been arrested on a charge of illegally obtaining drugs from the nursing home where she was working.
The Mississippi Attorney General's Office says 36-year-old Shannon Bomar, of Lauderdale, was recently indicted on a charge of acquiring or obtaining possession of a controlled substance or prescription by misrepresentation or fraud.
The indictment alleges that Bomar, while working as a nurse at the Golden Living Nursing Center of Meridian, illegally took a quantity of Lortab tablets from the facility.
If convicted of the charge, Bomar could face up to 5 years in prison.
The case is being investigated and prosecuted by the AG's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
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Falling Short: Obama Again Fails to Reveal Mitt the Monster
US President Barack Obama's performance in Tuesday's debate was much improved, but he continues to miss the target. Even as his campaign ads attempt to paint challenger Mitt Romney as a cold-hearted capitalist, Obama allowed Romney to present himself as Mr. Average. This opens a door of opportunity for the Republican challenger.
On Tuesday evening in America, there were two different Mitt Romneys on display. One Romney stood on the stage at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York for the televised debate with President Barack Obama, watched by a TV audience of 60 million. The other appeared in campaign spots both before and after the debate, in the endless attack ads that the Obama campaign has been airing for months.
From the first minute onwards, Obama reproached his rival for being untruthful and deceptive. He blasted the Republican candidate for promising a tax model that can't possibly work. He accused him of criticizing China even as he has been active in the country as a private investor. And he attacked him for trying to attract female voters even as he intends to treat them unfairly on the labor market.
In short, the president meticulously laid out why he believes that Willard Mitt Romney is an untrustworthy, perhaps even a brazen, politician. Obama made clear that he sees Romney as little more than average. Even conservative Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, speaking to Fox News, said that "on points, Obama came out ahead."
But the president has a problem. The Mitt Romney that he vanquished in Hempstead has little to do with the Romney in the attack ads aired by the Democrats. In the spots, Obama's campaign team doesn't portray him as Mr. Average. Rather, he is depicted as Mr. Monster.
No Follow-up
In the ads, they indirectly accuse the Republican of having stopped at nothing when buying and selling companies as the head of Bain Capital. They accuse him of being a cynical politician who simply ignores the concerns of half of the electorate and sees nothing wrong with paying a lower tax rate than the average secretary. They portray him as a hypocrite who belts out "America the Beautiful" while bunkering his millions in tax havens around the globe.
But did Obama present this Romney on the stage in Hampstead? No, and that is his greatest failure. When Romney, worth an estimated $250 million, dodged the question as to why he thought his lower tax rate was justified, the president didn't follow up. He failed to land a blow aimed at Romney's car elevator in his beach-front home in La Jolla, California, or at the sinfully expensive dressage horse belonging to his wife Ann. He even waited until the very end to mention the secretly taped video in which Romney seems to accuse 47 percent of the American population of being lazy.
This Romney, the evil candidate from the campaign ads, was not unmasked on Tuesday night.
Whereas Obama may have won "on points," he didn't follow his campaign's plan of attack. Early on, it was clear to the president that he couldn't win re-election on the strength of his White House accomplishments alone -- his record is simply too mixed. Instead, his advisors are determined to "frame" Romney, to paint an image of him as an ice-cold capitalist who can't be trusted by average Americans.
It is a strategy that George W. Bush pursued to perfection in 2004. Even then, he was unpopular, but his Democratic challenger John Kerry couldn't capitalize because the Bush campaign was successful in painting him as a "flip-flopper."
Might Be Enough
During the campaign, Bush stayed on message, even in the debates. But Obama seems to be veering back and forth. In the first televised debate, he didn't come close to presenting Romney as Mr. Monster, in the second he did so only half-heartedly. If Obama had kept true to the kinds of attacks aired in his ads, the public would have come away wondering if Romney was indeed cold-hearted, the candidate of the 0.1 percent who would divide America.
There is an historical parallel for that scenario too. In the 1980 campaign, the Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter was in trouble. Gas prices were rising, the unemployment rate was on the upswing as well and US hostages were imprisoned in Iran. Nevertheless, Carter was slightly ahead in the polls until the very end because many Americans didn't trust Ronald Reagan, who Carter's campaign tirelessly portrayed as an unpredictable Cold Warrior. But in televised debates, Reagan came across as harmless, in contrast to the image Carter's ads painted. And Reagan ended up winning in a landslide.
That isn't likely to be the outcome when Americans go to the polls on Nov. 6. Obama is a stronger president than Carter was and Romney is a weaker candidate than Reagan. The margin on election night will be razor thin. Partly, that is because Romney has the easier task. He doesn't have to present himself as a new political messiah, as the second-coming of the candidate Obama. For Romney, refraining from frightening the electorate could be enough.
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Last weekend my partner and I travelled 160 miles to get our dog spayed. It's not unfamiliar for a Canadian to make an impromptu three-hour car journey to their friend's house. Back in Britain, the hour-long trip to my grandma's house in Bury used to be planned at great length by my mother, and included emergency supplies like ham sandwiches. Most Brits approach car journeys with a great deal of caution, so a trip of this length to deny my eight-month cockapoo the chance of procreating seemed a bit much on the face of things – but Toronto can be a very expensive city.
My local vets quoted a price of $750 for the spaying. With the additional costs of pain-killing medication, the demoralising "cone" and tax, the price would have been over $1000. The crazy thing is that people pay this. The Dog Bowl, the off-leash dog park down the road, is full of pups wearing well-insulated winter jackets and sporting haircuts that are sure to be more expensive than mine. There are also pooches who have had the privilege of having their testicles or ladybits skilfully discarded for the cost of their owner's last all-inclusive holiday to the Dominican Republic.
So we shopped around and were surprised with how much cheaper this routine surgery is just a car journey away. Pop into the suburbs of Toronto and it's around half the price. Go even further out and it's cheaper still. We opted for one nearby to where Lindsay's mother Ankana and her dog Oliver live, and we made a weekend of it.
Economical pricing spreads further than vet bills too. Normally when we go on a visit to Ankana's house, Lindsay will fill the car boot full of tins of chopped tomatoes and huge bags of pasta as if we're stocking up a tornado shelter. The supermarkets there, even if they're of the same chain as a Toronto grocery store, are significantly cheaper. It makes sense to hop in a car and purchase your larger expenses – be it baked beans or removing your dog's beans – out of town.
Georgi the dog loves it at Ankana's house too. It's mainly because she can do what she wants there, be it pounding around the back garden or irritating her Uncle Oliver. He's a shih tzu and it's rare that she's considerably bigger than another dog, so she revels in this by stealing his treats and jumping on his face. On this visit, from when we opened the front door, normal service resumed.
But then she got spayed and her womanhood was gone. Her femininity just-about intact with the most girly name I could recall from my all-time favourite Manchester City players: Georgi Kinkladze. I am pushing it a bit.
I walked her around in the snow post-operation and it was soon apparent it would take her a while to become accustomed to the force field around her head. She sniffed the ground but became irked when the bottom of the cone dug into the snow and halted her progress. She corrected this in a way that irritated her further: with great force and anger she pulled her head up and flicked the snow the cone had shovelled back into her own face.
When she temporarily lifted herself from the throes of her disability and became a little animated, the cone framing her excitable face was reminiscent of one of the characters announcing themselves in the middle of Looney Tunes's concentric circles. It didn't last long though, and soon she was back to her mopey self after banging her cone on a door-frame. That's all folks.
You may think it's a little disheartening to see a usually hyperactive dog look incredibly sorry for herself, but the operation both in Toronto and 160 miles away would have had identical results. Well, the same results with one exception: Lindsay and I are $600 better off. Quids in.


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Gung Hay Fat Choy!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome to the year of the Rabbit.
Gung Hay Fat Choy!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome to the year of the Rabbit.
I almost forgot about it. Isn't it tomorrow? I'll have to order Chinese for dinner.
So that's why there's bunnies on my stamps
Ah ha! Gung Hay Fat Choy, y'all, especially to my friends in the Middle Kingdom.
In our house, Chinese/Lunar New Year means it's birthday time for the little one. He was born an Ox, 3 short days before the year of the Tiger started up.
Carrboro Bike Coalition - putting the "bike" in "CARrboro" :)
2011 Motobecane Fantom Cross Uno, 2009 Motobecane Fantom CX, and a Bakfiets
Previously: 2000 Trek 4500 (2000-2003), 2003 Novara Randonee (2003-2006), 2003 Giant Rainier (2003-2008), 2005 Xootr Swift (2005-2007), 2007 Nashbar 1x9 (2007-2011), 2011 Windsor Shetland (2011-2014), 2008 Citizen Folder (2015)
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oh yeah, i should go get chinese in honour!
I'm a pig...this is supposed to be a good year for pigs, but nothing super good OR horribly bad. PHEW!
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New-look Grizzlies begin home portion of post-Rudy era with a victory
Just 24 hours after the Rudy-less and shorthanded Grizzlies got thumped in Oklahoma City on national television, they beat the Washington Wizards 85-76 Friday night before one of the smallest crowds of the season at FedExForum.
While fans and media have been debating all the Grizzlies' changes under new ownership — the trade with Cleveland that sent out three players and a protected first-round draft pick, and the anticipated but still shocking trade of Rudy Gay to Toronto — those on the inside have turned the page because that's what professional players and coaches have to do.
"We won," coach Lionel Hollins said when asked his reaction to Friday's game with several new players. "I'm happy."
The most recognizable name and face in the contingent coming to the Grizzlies — 11-year Detroit Pistons veteran Tayshaun Prince — introduced himself to Memphis with 14 points on an efficient 7-of-11 shooting performance. He moved within the flow of the offense and defense like he'd been here two months, not two minutes.
"Marc Gasol was directing me every time Mike (Conley) called a play and that helped," Prince said. "It was tough, but I tried to keep it as simple as possible for the first game."
All of the change has been tough on the entire team but Conley, who had a game-high 18 points, said he felt a bit of normalcy returning on Friday night; the victory improved their record to 30-16.
"We're not all the way there," Conley said. "We're just now coming out of the smoke, the haze of that trade. But tonight, for the most part, it felt like we were back."
The Grizzlies' next game is at home, on Tuesday, Feb. 5, against the Phoenix Suns.


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According to Dr. Mordechai Kedar, European softening, together with demographics, is leading to 'abysmal' change. Dr. Avika Libman: Riots start with preachers demanding Muslim state
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"Europe has lost its will to live as Europe," said Mideast expert Dr. Mordechai Kedar to Ynet. "It is gathered into museums, into history. If the leaders will not put an end to immigration, we will soon be hearing the death throes of the continent as we know it."
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Dr. Zvika Libman studies the effects of the Muslim minority in Europe in light of the radical Islam on European countries. When he sees the reality, he said, there is no alternative interpretation for the events. "There is no doubt that the unemployment and the economic hardships lead to rioting, as happened in France. And yes, there is a disadvantage compared to the European bourgeois, but this is not solely bitterness due to the economic situation – because there is unemployment among youngsters who are not Muslim, like in Spain for example.
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The Muslims have a fertile ground of mosques that awaken them, preach to them that they are deprived, that they don't belong, that they're not wanted and that the only solution is a country with an Arab majority. This is the starting point for these riots."
According to Dr. Libman, Sweden is an example of the situation in Europe. Penniless immigrants coming from weakened and colonized countries, get housing, education and solid foundations from European welfare countries, and still express their anger at the establishment.
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"The foundations they received could not exist in other countries," he said, "the conditions are much better than before, and it is true there is a great gap from the weaker classes, there is bitterness and deprivation – but the economic gap also existed in the countries of origin, under rich tyrants who ruled them. In Sweden, where the stronger classes are citizens and not tyrants, theoretically they have a fair chance to reach that level if they're lucky, some even managed to integrate in local and national politics. There is no depression aimed at the Muslims, it's the opposite. And still we witness such violent outbreaks."
Dr. Kedar claimed that this is a process known in advance, ending with the disintegration of Europe in its current state. "It is all a result of a European softening, which the Muslims see as a weakness, as if they received Europe in their hands for free. They do not voluntarily blend in, entire neighborhoods perpetuate the culture they brought with them, they are not aware of the language and economy and stay in their enclaves. Once a French man of Algerian descent told me that they didn't move from Algeria to France, they brought Algeria to France.
According to many, demographics, which is the topic for many studies, is the red light. It points to the path in which the continent is headed – the European birthrate is at a continuous standstill while Muslim immigrants are doubling their rates.
"If they wanted to integrate within the society, as European leaders had hoped, this wouldn't be an issue," said Keidar. "But since they want to keep their identities and change Europe, it is obviously a big issue. Every year more Muslims than non-Muslims are born in France. Japan has no Muslims because they don't allow them in. Racism? Maybe. Superiority? Maybe. They don't care. They want to sustain Japan and are looking down on everyone."
How long will Europe contain the situation? "Good question," said Libman. "After WWII Europe is extra careful about anything that has to do with human rights and right to freedom. On the other hand, it absorbs aliens that do not integrate within the community. Europe needs manpower because the birthrate is low, they need those immigrants that seek to change the religious identity of the continent. It is an interesting time."


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The episode begins with Taylor calling it a day and leaving from work, when he receives something on his cell phone. It makes him curious and goes to the research library to check on few cases. He finds that the picture he received on his phone is similar to the Lana Gregory homicide that took place in 1957. He goes to the spot to examine it. at the same time, we are taken back to 1957 , same place; and a detective is inspecting the crime scene. The other detective working on the case arrives with the victim's purse that was found and she is identified as Lana Gregory and he says that she was almost home. Cut to the present, Taylor observes that the murder weapon was almost identical. He calls Jo and learns that she too had received the picture.
They were sent that picture as the victim was one of their lab technicians. We see that as the episode progresses, the scenes from the 57 alternates with the present. It's as if they entire thing is happening all over again. The reason is why? The entire murder scene was repeated. It also snowed this day. Don brings in a shoe found in a dumpster. The present day victim is Jessica Drake. The apartment 1818 has been vacant since last 9 months. Her eyes, Taylor notices is one brown and the other blue. Don wonders as to why the killer wanted Taylor and Jo to be the first ones to notice the murder. Taylor says that there I s a big difference between the first case and this one; the prior was unsolved and this one, they are going to find the killer. Finally, the killer did get their attention.
Hawkes tells Danny and Lindsay that the time of death was two hours ago and that she had been stabbed with a wine glass base. Seeing the signs, Hawkes also affirms that the attack took place right on that spot. Moreover, it started snowing after the murder took place, blurring any evidence of footprints etc. Mother Nature seems to be an accomplice. But Lindsay declares that since the snow is powdery, the evidence is concealed under the snow. They begin to blow away the topmost layer of the snow and also collect the rest of the evidence. At the lab, Sid is examining the body. And this is seen alternating with the doctor from the 57 examining Lana's body. 55 years! Sid tells Jo that their murder weapon is a broken champagne flute, same dimensions as the paper weight used to kill Lana. Now comes the eerie part. Our present victim Jessica had heterochromia, with one eye blue and the other brown; and Lana had sectoral heterochromia; that is a part of one eye was brown and she basically had green eyes.
So it appeared that both her eyes had different colors! So this is no coincidence. The killer must have known about this feature. So Jo wonders that if the killer wanted to duplicate a murder then why he would choose a different murder weapon. A spiked paper weight could be found at any store. Sid also tells Jo that he found impressions of Greek letters on Jessica's wrist. Phi Gama Alpha. This could belong to a fraternity and the letters are carved on a ring. Meanwhile, Don is talking to people who knew Jessica. He learns that a guy from ballistics, Harlan Porter really liked her and he had given her a nickname; Lana. The people from the lab say that Harlan knew everything about that unsolved case as it was his thesis or something. He told Jessica that how they had a similar feature of different colored eyes.
They say that they tried to reach him to inform him about Jessica, but no one could and no one has heard of him since. Don asks everyone from the team about Harlan. Taylor meets Christine at her coffee shop. He tells her that he feels bad that he never thanked Jessica for all the work she did for him as a technician. He picks up his lunch and leaves. The kids at the lab pay a beautiful tribute to Jessica. Jo takes this opportunity to express her feelings to Taylor and tells him how much she adores their friendship. Back to the case, Taylor informs Jo that Jessica had appeared for an exam and she scored very well. And with that she was eligible for the position of a criminalist. He also tells her that the murder weapon from Lana's case is missing. It was evidence in the previous case and now it's gone. He shows her a picture from the present crime scene. He tells her that the only people who take photos are Danny and Hawkes, and they too are in the picture.
Then who took it? Also who could access their phones and leave no trace behind? And now the killer is playing 'catch me if you can'. So now, it appears that even the killer is part of the crime lab. And the most obvious doubt, Harlan. Adam tells the group that Jessica was a friend to him. Danny calculates the approximate height of the photographer. Adam is analyzing a stick that was found on Jessica's body. He calls Hawkes and asks him to look at it. It's a stick with an eye ball on it. its phasmatodea, stick insect. And it is found no where around New York. Meanwhile Lindsay is analyzing the tread patterns of the footwear. Danny helps her with it. They eliminate the unwanted prints and are left with two sets of prints. And the man's prints matches with the approximate height of the guy who clicked the photo. Just then he gets a call saying that Harlan is found and also his connection with the fraternity.
Don and Danny interrogate Harlan. They ask him about moving the evidence but he says that he did do it. They ask him about the bruising on Jessica's wrists. He tells them that Kim, Jessica and he had cleared the test and so they went out to celebrate. But Jessica and Kim were on the bar table, dancing like idiots and so he was trying to pull Jessica down. She got angry that he pulled her so hard and the two girls left him at the bar. He tells them that he never got a chance to tell her that he loved her. Jo asks Kim as to why she didn't mention that Harlan was with Jessica that night. She tells Jo that she didn't want Harlan to get in trouble, as it was their idea to sneak out of work, just for one drink and it lasted more than that. But then she tells Jo that she went home and left the two of them together. Adam appraises Taylor about the insect theory. He tells him that the insect could not be found in New York in this season and reveals few facts which said that one of the departments was researching on phasmatodea.
He also shows him the list of the people who had signed in that night. Taylor tells him that he has narrowed down the suspect list. Next, Paul, the detective who was investigated Lana's case, meets Taylor. Paul tells him that he retired from his service without finding an answer to that case. He asks Taylor if he remembers what shade of lipstick Jessica was wearing at the time of the murder. He tells Paul that they did not find any tube of lipstick in the victim's handbag. Paul tells Taylor that Lana wore a particular shade of red lipstick that night and also that he remembers reading that Jessica too wore a shade of red. Paul tells him that the color was Stormy Red. Paul infers that if Jessica wore a similar lipstick then the killer knew someone who had that piece of information.
Meanwhile, Danny tells Jo that the set of female footprints found at the scene did not indicate struggle but also did not go towards the apartment. He feels that there is no reason for anyone to be present there if they weren't going to see the apartment as it was up for rent. He feels that their murderer is a woman and since she was wearing high heels, her height appeared to be 6.1 as calculated by Danny. Next, Taylor and Jo are interrogating Kim. Taylor tells her that it was her grandmother who told her about the color of Lana's lipstick as she worked for the Secretary Pool. Moreover she inspired Kim to go into Law Enforcement. She wanted to eliminate Jessica as she knew that there were only two positions open for the Grade ll technician and that she was jealous.
She tried to frame Harlan. Taylor also shows her the murder weapon from Lana's case in her apartment. She had scribbled Harlan's signature on property. She admits to her crime. She tells them that everyone was captivated by her and she felt that she was eligible for that position. So she took Jessica to the Lana murder scene and then stabbed her with the champagne flute she found in the pub. She is taken into custody. With this case solved, Jo takes up another challenge; to solve the Lana Gregory murder case. The episode ends.
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Investors fear established drug manufacturers are poorly positioned to cope with the pressures of a changing world, in which the demand for wider access to an acceptable level of healthcare is growing year on year. A continuing supply of innovative, life-enhancing – and affordable – prescription drugs is clearly vital to realising this goal. If the industry fails to deliver them, more government intervention is inevitable. Last year a group of 15 private-sector industry 'stakeholders' undertook a detailed investigation into the challenges that confront the sector and its likely future direction. The Pharma Futures group was set up and sponsored by three of the world's largest pension funds – Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds (ABP) of the Netherlands, the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System, and the UK's Universities Superannuation Scheme, which – as long-term owners of pharmaceutical stocks – have a substantial interest in the sector's continuing profitability. The findings of the Pharma Futures report, published in December last year, made uncomfortable reading for everyone involved in the business. The report finds that fundamental change for the industry is inevitable since "muddling through" on the basis of the current business model will mean increasingly unsuccessful fire-fighting on a growing number of fronts. The report also highlights ways that the sector can manage this change and emerge profitable and successful. Critically, the report shows that these challenges will only be met if both the sector and its institutional investors change their thinking and adapt to the new circumstances.
It concluded that unless the companies manage to bring innovative treatments to the market more quickly, the decline in the sector's value will continue – as will the growing pressure from a broader society to see it overhauled. As well, the report said investor confidence in the sector's ability to deliver sustainable shareholder value had eroded. Perhaps most worryingly – the report added that "trust is a key issue for this highly regulated sector and is under serious threat".
"People really are going through a crisis of confidence with this sector," says Stewart Adkins, senior pharmaceuticals analyst at Lehman Brothers and one of the 15 members of the Pharma Futures panel. "In a global context, I think it is going down." He suggests that annual growth rates in the sector will drop from 10% to 6-7%, unless the big companies make drastic changes to their business models.
The companies are all too aware that a watershed looms. As Hank McKinnell, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the US world-leader Pfizer, told his shareholders in February at the presentation of the company's 2004 results, "there can be no doubt that Pfizer, along with other research-based pharmaceutical companies, is facing the headwinds of an operating environment quite unlike any we have ever seen." McKinnell explained that "We face severe pricing pressures, a contentious political atmosphere, and a maze of new regulatory demands. We are in a period of 'discontinuous change' – where many of the assumptions of the last half century no longer hold true".
Bizarrely, the sector's current financial performance gives no inclination of such impending crisis. Pfizer and the other three US and European giants – GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, and Merck – collectively made profits of over US$30bn in 2004 on a combined turnover of more than US$130bn [see table]. Furthermore, Pfizer's net income of US$11.36bn came from sales of US$52.5bn – double the level of just five years ago – and the sector continues to command high credit ratings. "The highly rated US pharmaceutical industry reflects strong credit profiles due to healthy balance sheets, superior margins, excellent liquidity and solid cash-flow generation," Fitch concluded in a report on the sector at the end of last year. "Even the more troubled credits are still in the single-A category," adds Michael Zbinovec, the Fitch analyst in Chicago who wrote the report.
So why does this performance fail so utterly to impress the investment community? Despite its figures for 2004, Pfizer's share price dropped 24% over the year. According to Adkins at Lehman Brothers, the disparity between the sector's financial performance and investor sentiment reflects the difference between its last 10 years and future prospects. "They've got huge legacy balance sheets and huge legacy cash flows from the glory years," he explains.
Looking forward, by contrast, investors see mounting pressures on drug company revenues and profits from a number of sources – the fast-approaching expiry of patents of a number of 'blockbuster' drugs, increasing pressure to regulate prices in the US and a proliferation of expensive lawsuits – arising from both civil litigation and regulatory investigations. "Longer term, I do not have a positive view in pharmaceuticals," says Martin Eijgenhuijsen, the senior portfolio manager at ABP Investments who is responsible for the fund's equity investments in healthcare (about 4% of ?156bn) and was another member of the Pharma Futures panel. "I think it is a lot more attractive than a couple of years ago, but I don't see real signs that the industry is recovering."
The big concern on the near horizon is the expiry of patents, which undoubtedly represent a clear and present danger to companies' earnings. The loss of revenue on an 'expired' drug is now estimated to be between 70% and 80% within a matter of months, as opposed to the figure of around 50% that was generally assumed a few years ago. "Investors and analysts consistently underestimate the impact this can have on earnings," maintains Adkins at Lehman Brothers. He adds that there has been no "meaningful pick-up" in new patent approvals to replace the revenue streams that are about to be lost. Zbinovec at Fitch, on the other hand, says expirations will not be too much of an industry-wide issue this year. The loss of patent protection for Abbott Laboratories' immediate-release form of Biaxin and Johnson & Johnson's Duragesic are likely to be the two largest instances. However, he acknowledges, there will be a large number of significant expiries in 2006. "That concerns me quite a bit," comments Eijgenhuijsen at ABP. Affected companies will include Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer. McKinnell warned his shareholders in February that the company would "lose patent protection on several of its best-selling medicines between this year and the end of 2007".
The impact of expirations will not be uniform across the sector, however, and Zbinovec at Fitch says: "You almost have to look at it on a company-by-company basis."
At the same time, the companies will have to face up to a big change in the drug-purchasing arrangements in the US. This is significant. The US alone accounts for 48% of the industry's global sales and probably nearer two thirds of its profits. Further, it is the only significant market that is not subject to price controls
The Medicare Drug Improvement and Modernisation Act (MMA) will offer senior citizens – who are incurring increasing out-of-pocket expense for their medications – a comprehensive drug benefits package for a premium from the beginning of 2006 and is expected to lead millions of retired people to abandon the private pension plans that presently meet part of their requirements. This will, in effect, turn the Federal government into the drug companies' biggest customer in the US. "The Government will become the largest funder [sic] of drugs from 2006," says Adkins. "That changes the outlook for the market quite considerably."
Although the Bush Administration is not in favour of the government setting drug prices and believes the task is better left to the private sector – and the MMA restricts government interference in pricing decisions – it does seem inconceivable that the government will hand over tens of billions of dollars to the industry without some scrutiny of costs.
Adkins says the federal authorities are unlikely, for example, to pay the prices needed to support the massive sales operations that the drug companies currently maintain – the sector spends twice as much on marketing as it does on research and development. "It will define corporate strategy [going forwards]," he says. "I think the industry has backed itself into a corner."
While the pricing model for the MMA has yet to be determined, Fitch suggests that the pressure for price cuts should be offset in part by the greater volumes of drugs that will be distributed through the programme. However, it concedes that the overall effect on earnings remains "uncertain". Meanwhile, product liability claims against drug manufacturers continue to rise and the trend shows no sign of abating. The litigation industry received a big boost from Merck's decision to withdraw its Vioxx COX-2 selective inhibitor for arthritis and pain in September 2004, after studies showed that the remedy increased risk of heart attacks and strokes. The company is now facing more than 800 individual law suits over Vioxx, and the number of claims could expand exponentially. Allegedly officials at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) estimate that up to 55,000 deaths may be attributable to the drug. Testimony by the FDA's deputy director, Dr Sandra Kweder, to a US Senate panel on March 2 seems unlikely to help the company's cause. Kweder reportedly indicated that it had taken over a year for warnings about the increased risk to appear on Vioxx labels because of protracted negotiations with the company over the wording. Zbinovec at Fitch observes that product liability awareness in the industry had already been heightened in 2004 – by Wyeth's ongoing litigation of its diet drug, Bayer's continuing liability for Baycol, and Pfizer's agreement in July to pay US$60m to settle a class action for the diabetes drug Rezulin (which it inherited when it acquired Warner-Lambert in 2000). Further says Zbinovec, the overall level of litigation is now at record levels. "I would say it far exceeds the norm for the industry." In terms of its financial impact on the sector, however, Zbinovec says one encouraging sign is that the drug companies are adopting a tougher stance to such claims. "Now the industry is fighting these cases tooth and nail." Official investigations into industry practices are also rising sharply. Through 2003 and 2004 the US government secured penalties and fines totalling US$2.5bn from the sector. Elsewhere, it is a similar story. In the last week of March, for example, police in London arrested Ajit and Kirti Patel, respectively chief executive and chief executive officer of the Goldshields Group. Their arrest and release on police bail was the latest development in an investigation the Serious Fraud Office began in 2002 into suspected price fixing of generic medicines by companies supplying the National Health Service.
Zbinovec says the increasing number of investigations (the US Attorney's office is currently looking into claims against Pfizer, Schering-Plough, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson and Wyeth) will inevitably raise the industry's exposure to fines. But he adds that the impact of an adverse ruling on the companies' credit rating would be minimal in most cases.
The only way the industry can sustain its long-term profitability in the face of these internal and external pressures is to develop – and secure approval for – new patented drugs. However, there has been a marked decline in applications and approvals over recent years. The number of new molecular entities (NMEs) approved by the FDA fell from 35 in 1999 to 21 in 2003, while the total of new active substances (NAS) sanctioned by the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products dropped from 27 to 17 over the same period.
The trend led the European Commission last year to investigate whether there was a "worldwide crisis" in innovation in the pharmaceutical sector. It commissioned a study from Charles River Associates, which concluded that the downturn was cyclical rather than permanent and that the level of authorisations was likely to pick up in 2005. However, investors still have reservations about the market value of the drugs that companies are currently developing. Eijgenhuijsen at ABP Investments worries that most are "product-line extensions" that will not provide the sort of returns that companies look for. "If I look at the potential profitability of the pipeline, that may be an issue going forward," he says. "The industry really has to be innovative."
Adkins at Lehman Brothers says another problem is that the research is now going into new areas, where the failure or "redundancy" rate is much higher. He points to genomics as an example where it is taking much longer than first thought to develop treatments because there are so many "blind alleys" for researchers to follow. "Has the low-hanging fruit been plucked?" he asks. "Getting a biologically valid target for a drug is getting very difficult these days." In the shorter to medium term, the drug companies also need to reduce their costs. Part of this will involve reducing overheads, and several companies – including Merck, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Schering-Plough – have embarked on restructuring exercises that include scaling back the large sales forces in primary care. Pfizer announced a big restructuring plan at the beginning of April, and Fitch's Zbinovec says he expects more to follow throughout this year. "It's moving in the right direction," agrees Eijgenhuijsen at ABP. "All the others are following as well."
The other way for the industry to make meaningful savings will be to outsource more of its operations to low-cost, but fast-developing pharmaceutical jurisdictions such as China, India and Eastern Europe. The huge cost differentials have led most of the big companies to set up manufacturing operations in these countries – Adkins points to the example of a Czech generic drug producer that can manufacture products for 20% of the price of a German counterpart yet still make a 60% gross margin – but there is scope to farm out a lot more.
Adkins says, for example it would be quite feasible for US companies to conduct the Phase I and II clinical trials in Asia – and achieve an overall saving of around 3% of ultimate sales. "You could still probably do 25% of your research and development in India at 20% of the cost."
If the short-term horizon looks bleak for the sector, however, long-term demographics are certainly in its favour as a continually ageing global population should ensure a growing demand for a vast range of existing and new treatments.
As Pfizer's chief McKinnell observes: "Widespread chronic conditions such as hypertension, depression, and lipid imbalances remain largely undiagnosed and untreated. People are beginning to realise that it makes far more sense to invest in disease prevention and early treatment rather than to accept the human misery and high cost of events such as heart attacks and strokes."
This has led some analysts to take a bullish view of the sector in the longer-term. "I think the demographics really look good for the pharma companies," says David Schwartz, the independent stock market historian who wrote a strong recommendation for the sector on the London Stock Exchange's web site in February.
"I think these things go in cycles," Schwartz says. "Pharmaceuticals were riding high for a long time and then they hit a bad patch, but all the reasons for these companies to fly as they did in the 1990s are still with us. I think for a long-term player this is a great place to be."
For an experienced investor like Eijgenhuijsen, however, the key to success in the sector will depend on the development on innovative – and more sophisticated – treatments that will be able to maintain attractive profit margins for a considerable length of time. "If you look at specific cancer drugs, if the industry develops a diagnostic tool with the drug then I think there will not be price pressure on the product."


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Trey Hillman Media Session: Joe Mauer, Luke Hochevar
Mister .400?
It's getting later in the season, we are almost into September and Joe Mauer is hitting .378, do you think he can bat .400? Well, Royals manager Trey Hillman doesn't quite think it's possible in today's baseball. "Listen, I got to know this young man during the All-Star break, it couldn't happen to a nicer guy and no one is more capable, but I just don't see it happening. There are lots of games left in the season, the video these guys watch on each player is astounding, and let's not forgot how often he is going to be pitched around. It would be fantastic to see, but I would be shocked."
Luke Hochevar
Hillman was asked what do we need to see from Luke tonight to get him back on track. "What he needs to do is be more consistent with his command and locate his fastball effectively. Luke needs to keep the ball down and induce groundballs, that is when he is dominant. He knows how to attack hitters, he just needs to pitch where he knows he can in the zone. These are bumps in the road that most professionals will go through, but he is growing as a pitcher."
Trey Hillman Media Session: June 29
Manager Trey Hillman was asked about Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer possibly being able to hit .400 for the entire season. "He is an excellent hitter, man, I mean he is really good, but it is doubtful he will able to continue this pace for a full year," said Hillman. Trey stated, "There are just too many variables, an amazing amount of good things have to go right for something like that to happen again. The wear and tear of a season, playing enough games, injuries, the weather, staying healthy, all play a serious factor, it's not just about your hitting ability," said Hillman.
Who's on the mend and who isn't
Royals outfielder Jose Guillen has been given the day off with a sore left side and his time off could be extended a day or two depending on how he feels tomorrow. Gil Meche threw in the bullpen and everything should be good for his start on Wednesday. Alex Gordon has been striking the ball well on his rehab stint in Arizona, the same can not be said for his ability to run and maneuver as of yet. According to Hillman, he is, as expected, having considerable trouble planting his feet, running, and maneuvering in the field and on the base paths. "He is having difficulty running, we all knew this was going to be a slow and arduous process, he is doing as well as can be expected, and when he comes back it is still going to take time, and there will be day's where Alex will need time off," says Hillman.
Goin' to roam in the dome before coming home
We've come to that point. Just three games left and one final full-length regular season post. The Royals already closed out their home schedule and now they begin their final series of the regular season inside the Metrodome.
It's going to be a playoff atmosphere in the dome as both teams are in a race of sorts. The Twins and the Royals hold leads in their respective races and control their own destiny, let's control the destiny of this post and go Around the Horn…
To set things up right, here's a quick team profile for the series:
The Twins: They are 5-5 over their last 10 and 8-7 in their last 15, boasting a current four-game winning streak. However, the three most important victories of the season – to this point – were their last three.
Their sweep of Chicago took them from 2.5 games behind the White Sox to a half-game lead for the divisional crown. Minnesota's magic number is four. That means any combination of four White Sox losses and wins for the Twins gets them into the playoffs without a tiebreaker or a make-up game (Chicago has played one less than Minnesota). Chicago is back at home playing out the season versus the Indians. A sweep by Cleveland means the Twins need just one win over the weekend. Likewise, if the Sox sweep their series and the Twins lose one game, Chicago is in. If the two teams are separated by a half game, the White Sox have to make up their rainout on Monday. Should the teams tie, they will play a tiebraker on Tuesday in Chicago. The Twins have been playing playoff baseball for about a week and they are tough in the dome, owning a .667 winning percentage at home.
The Royals: They've been as tough as any team in the Majors this month. After sweeping the Tigers under the rug for the third time this season,
the Boys in Blue are riding a three-game winning streak and are 8-2 in their last 10 and have taken 11 of their last 13. September has been good to the Royals who have posted a 16-7 record. It's their highest win total for the final month since the 1985 World Championship team won 18. The Royals race has much less riding on it, but its become big news over the last few weeks. The team's goal is to finish out of last place for the first time since 2003. As it stands, Detroit is half a game back, and would only have to play the missed date if the Sox are within a half game of the Twins. Without taking into account their possible game against Chicago on Monday, the magic number for the Royals and Detroit is also four. So scoreboard watching is a must this weekend as the Tigers welcomed Tampa Bay to Comerica yesterday, winning the first of a four-game series.
It will be a playoff atmosphere (in more ways than one) with large crowds on hand in the Metrodome. For their crucial series with the White Sox, the Twins hosted 120,952 fans. They drew no less than 35,000 each game and posted consecutive games with 42,000-plus.
So there it is, the final showdown of the season. The red-hot Royals versus the streaking Twins. Minnesota holds the season edge with a 11-4 record and a 4-2 mark in the Metrodome. But they haven't faced the September Royals, featuring the second-highest team batting average in the Majors (.299), the second lowest ERA in the American League (3.71) and the Majors' second lowest opponents' batting average (.237). Other notable September figures include: David DeJesus leading the A.L. in hits (33), while hitting .388 (fifth in the A.L.) and he's tied for fifth in triples (2). He's ninth in on-base percentage (.443). Alberto Callaspo is also tied for fifth in triples, as is Mike Aviles, who is second in runs (19). Jose Guillen is tied for fourth in doubles (8). Ryan Shealy's seven homers are tied for the A.L. lead and his .661 slugging percentage is fifth-best.
This team also knows a thing or two about playing well in the final series of the season and keeping divisional crown hopefuls from achieving their goals. The title spoiler is bittersweet, but the Royals played it in 2006 when the Tigers needed one win for the Central Championship. Instead, the Royals swept them and the Twins snuck by.
Mitch Maier had a career night two days ago. His bases-clearing triple – just the second extra base hit of his career – helped the Royals in producing their biggest inning of the season during the fifth, when they plated seven (it tied their other seven-run inning on July 3 at Baltimore during the sixth).
Maier joined Mark Teahen as the only Royals to get two hits in a single inning this season. In fact, Teahen joined that club only a week prior versus Seattle. Previous to Teahen, the Royals had not accomplished the feat since Tony Pena, Jr. did it in 2007.
Maier, a Petoskey, Michigan native, had at least one fan in the crowd on Wednesday. His father stood up from his seat to cheer his son after the big triple – he was the lone fan in his section applauding the hit. Maier graduated from Novi High School – a suburb of Detroit, approximately 35 minutes from downtown.
Maier has played in 12 games since returning from the three facial fractures he suffered in August. While his average is not high in his return, his production has been there. In games when he's registered at least four at-bats, Maier has five hits, four runs and five RBI. His three RBI night on Wednesday was a new career high. The only double and triple during his career have come since returning on September 13.
David DeJesus' 13-game hitting streak came to an end on Wednesday. He tweaked his right hip flexor and was taken out of the game after one at-bat…
Alberto Callaspo's career high 16-game streak is still alive and he is likely to make his return this weekend…Alex Gordon has hit in 10 straight, including all nine since returning from the Disabled List…Mike Aviles leads all rookies in batting average with just three to play (.322)…DeJesus, who may not see playing time this weekend, leads the Majors in batting with runners in scoring position (.419)…Kyle Davies will have his last start tonight, looking to build on two lights-out performaces during his last two starts in which he compiled a 15-inning scoreless streak, a season-high for a KC starter…The Royals pitchers have had 10 quality starts in their last 11 games.
Dear fans,
I am going to be a tad bit selfish right now, something I have never tried to do while writing and covering the team for this blog. But it was suggested to me to be a little self-indulgent with my final entry (by our team President Dan Glass, no less). I am going to "out" myself as one of the team's bloggers to say good-bye (don't worry, the blog isn't going anywhere, just one of its writers). I have taken a position at the National Baseball Hall of Fame (and I'm hoping I can blog there too).
From my days on K Crew, shooting T-Shirts and running in the Hot Dog Derby to working under the great people in my department, my time with the team has been amazing. It has been a privilege working on Around the Horn all summer and I've gotten the chance to meet some amazing people and tell the story of this team each and everyday. It's been a lot of work but to sound a bit cheesy, it's been a labor of love (for this team).
Thanks for reading. (Again, please keep checking the site. This is not the end of ATH, just the end for one, singular writer. In fact, I will even have one more post sometime next week. It's one last Touch 'em All interview for the 2008 season.)
– Trevor Hayes, Media Relations Assistant (that's my K Crew picture from 2007)
Couple quick notes: Just one more FSN-KC game left, with coverage starting today at 6:30 pm. Tomorrow is the Royals final televised game of 2008, with a 2:55 start scheduled on FOX.
Election Season: Mike Aviles for the Hank Aaron Award. Mark Teahen for the Roberto Clemente Award. And Buddy Blattner, Fred White and Ryan Lefebvre for the Ford C. Frick Award.
Please dont forget: The Royals Charities car auction is on September 26. And lastly: Fan Photos from the field after Sunday's game are up and available right here.
Today's lineup: Check back later today…and all weekend…Go Royals!
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What advice do you have for students who aren't sure of what major to choose just yet, but are looking to intern, build their resumes, and gain experience?
The internship is the best way to find out where your interests really lie. I remember when I was a freshman, I printed out a list of all the majors that my university had to offer and I just started circling, and what I noticed was that all of the things that I was circling were all within the communications world. So when I went after that first internship, I said, "Okay I'm going to get an internship that has something to do with communications, and from there, I will learn more about what I like to do and don't like to do and I can kind of fine-tune what I'm looking for."
What should someone expect out of an internship? Some people may be fearful of internships, while others feel "too good" to do certain work.
Well, I think everyone is going to be a little nervous before the first day of an internship or maybe before even starting to apply for internships. That's natural. You take deep breaths, you slowly build that confidence up, and you see your way through it.
In terms of people that may approach an internship with a more entitled sort of attitude, I say "Chuck the attitude! This is 2013." You gotta go out there and take initiative. You have to go after what you want, and you have to start somewhere. [W]hen I look at where a lot of successful people got started, [and] when I look at where I got started, it was at that very first internship, and I'm telling you, these internships can be magical. And yes, it is an investment of your time now, but I'm telling you that these internships are going to pay off in the future. And studies are showing that students with internship experience land jobs faster and at a higher starting salary than those without.
What's the best way to handle a difficult internship situation?
I think there are a couple of tips that I can add in there just on how to make that internship process run smoothly once you're inside of the position. First, if the company doesn't give you a professional email address, you should have a professional email address of your own. It's not hard to do, but you have to make sure that you come across as a professional.
I also think it's important that you have your technology. Everyone today needs things right now or they needed it five minutes ago, so you always want to ensure that you're connected and you have all of your documents and everything from your internship on you at all times. So again, it's about being connected and […] having all of your tools synced up at the same time.
You mentioned, "What do you do when you get into a difficult internship situation," and I think as soon as the student says the word "uncomfortable," that's a big red flag to me. If you're uncomfortable, that's when you talk to someone. If you feel uncomfortable, you bring someone else into the equation -- that could be your immediate supervisor, the HR representative from the company, it could be someone at your school or your school's career center, or it could be a parent. But the second that anything happens that makes you feel uncomfortable, you have to do something about it at that moment. You don't want that to continue to go on.
How do you get the most out of your internship?
Two big points there. I think that you need to go into that internship every single day asking yourself, "What do I have to do to get the most of this opportunity?" That is huge. And then, the other is making sure that you're networking with as many professionals inside the company as you can, because when you do need that job, it's going to be those people that you want to stay in touch with. And remember, you gotta stay in touch with employers once you leave the company, and a great way to do that is by connecting with them on all of their social platforms. Today, people are on Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and the list goes on. You have to stay in touch.
For young ladies looking to enter the workforce, what piece of advice do you have for them for juggling work, career, and raising a family?
Women should not feel limited by anything. You gotta take a stand on your own and show the world that you can do it. You can do whatever you want to do. You can have that great family and find a way to be a great mom and be a great CEO if you want to. I don't have a family yet, but I definitely plan to someday, and I think it can be done. I never take no for an answer and it's gotten me this far, and I'm going to continue to not take no for an answer for the rest of my career. I am confident that I am going to be successful in that. I really encourage other women to take that advice, to never take no for an answer, and to find a way to make things happen. It can be done.
Knowing the right technology and knowing how to work them is just going to help you along the way. They are going to help you get organize, they're going to help you balance everything, and they're going to help you land and continue to land the kind of jobs you want.
What advice do you have for landing your dream "career" (not just dream job)?
I keep talking about getting organized. When you're looking for a job, you have to take yourself seriously, and so many people aren't able to do that. And what I mean is, every day you need to devote a certain portion of your day to the job search. Your job is to find a job, and don't be afraid to think big and reach out to people. Setting informational meetings with people who you admire or companies that you admire is a great way to get your foot in the door and to get real advice on how someone that is doing what you might want to do got started.
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China Grows Cyberspying Capability: Theft of US Defense Technology Data
October 24th, 2009
According to a report cited in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, China has geared up its ability to steal valuable technology data over the Internet. "…Chinese cyberspies who in total steal $40 to $50 billion in intellectual property from U.S. organizations yearly…" according to a source cited in the article.
It goes on to detail how one corporation was robbed of valuable defense related R&D data and how the effort was tracked to computers in Beijing.
This clearly has a military intent and reduces our ability to effectively defend ourselves and world freedom, not to mention the theft of billions of dollars worth of research. Oddly, this important story barely reaches our media!
The article did not really touch on it, but these efforts clearly forewarn of an eventual cyber attach on our computer systems via the Internet in the event relations with China turn sour. If they did not want to do it directly, they could easily turn over this ability to countries Iran or North Korea as a proxy.
This is a gaping hole in our security the government must stand up and address. Also, as individuals I can say as a form tech executive that we each need to have the very latest anti-virus security software on our computer, should use complex passwords on important files and change them occasionally, allow Microsoft, etc. security updates as soon as they are released (often they fix the many security holes in Vista), not leave unattended computers on all night, and should keep at least one copy of key files saved on something other than our computers.
Not to mention, that when we buy products made in another country, we are transferring money there that helps pay for these antics.
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I can still run zmtrainsa manually, but I would like my users to be able to train SA on their own. Is it possible to recreate the spam and ham accounts somehow ? I haven't been able to find this out..Learned from 0 message(s) (0 message(s) examined).
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Many thanks and praises to everyone involved with Zimbra - v4 has taken it to a whole new level
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The sixth-ranked Georgia men's tennis team suffered its first loss of the season Sunday, falling to No. 4 Ohio State, 5-2, at OSU's Varsity Tennis Center.
With the win, Ohio State extended its home court winning streak to 156 matches.
"I have to give all the credit to Ohio State," said UGA head coach Manuel Diaz. "They are a very talented and seasoned team. Having said that, I thought we still did a great job coming in here where they've won 156 matches in a row. We played a tough, competitive match against a very good team. I assure you our team is going to benefit from this match. You never enjoy coming out in the losing end, but I think we improved as a team."
Georgia's points came at Nos. 1 and 6 singles. Eighth-ranked KU Singh knocked off the nation's top-ranked player, Peter Kobelt, 7-5, 7-6(8), and freshman Nick Wood won for the second time this year with a 6-7(5), 6-4, 1-0 (10-3) super tiebreaker victory over Hunter Callahan at No. 6.
Singh improved to 11-4 on the season and picked up his eighth win over a ranked opponent.
The Buckeyes (8-0) won doubles matches at Nos. 1 and 3 to take a 1-0 lead. At No. 3, Georgia's Garrett Brasseaux and Eric Diaz fell to Kevin Metka and Blaz Rola, 8-3, then OSU clinched the point at No. 1 where Kobelt and Connor Smith topped the fifth-ranked Bulldog tandem of Hernus Pieters and Ben Wagland. Nathan Pasha and Singh led Devin McCarthy and Ille Van Engelen, 6-5, when the match was suspended.
In singles, McCarthy extended the Ohio State lead to 2-0 with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Wagland at No. 3, and No. 30 Chris Diaz defeated freshman Austin Smith, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 5 to make it 3-0.
No. 13 Connor Smith clinched the match for the Buckeyes at No. 4 with his 6-4, 6-1 win over 16th-ranked Pieters. At No. 2, 19th-ranked Pasha fell to Blaz Rola, 6-3, 7-5. Georgia (3-1) then closed out the match with wins by Singh and Wood.
Up next, the Bulldogs will face Georgia Tech in Atlanta Friday at 4 p.m.
Tennis Match Results
Georgia vs. Ohio State
Feb 3, 2013 at Columbus, Ohio
(Varsity Tennis Center)
#4 Ohio State 5, #6 Georgia 2
Singles competition
1. #8 KU Singh (UG) def. #1 Peter Kobelt (OSU) 7-5, 7-6 (10-8) 2. Blaz Rola (OSU) def. #19 Nathan Pasha (UG) 6-3, 7-5 3. Devin McCarthy (OSU) def. Ben Wagland (UG) 6-3, 6-3 4. #13 Connor Smith (OSU) def. #16 Hernus Pieters (UG) 6-4, 6-1 5. #30 Chris Diaz (OSU) def. Austin Smith (UG) 6-1, 6-4 6. Nick Wood (UG) def. Hunter Callahan (OSU) 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 1-0 (10-3)
Doubles competition
1. Peter Kobelt/Connor Smith (OSU) def. #5 Hernus Pieters/Ben Wagland (UG) 8-3 2. Devin McCarthy/Ille Van Engelen (OSU) vs. KU Singh/Nathan Pasha (UG) 5-6, unfinished 3. Blaz Rola/Kevin Metka (OSU) def. Eric Diaz/Garrett Brasseaux (UG) 8-3
Match Notes:
Georgia 3-1; National ranking #6
Ohio State 8-0; National ranking #4
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (3,5,4,2,1,6)
Official: Vince Solomon T-3:30 A-505
University of Georgia


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So today I had a great day at work for the most part. It was slow, but not too slow where I didn't make money, just the kind of slow where I could totally VIP every table. You know where you have those days when you are like …Damn I'm a good server, yeah it was like that. Until this two top ruined my buzz. I had given them excellent service the whole meal, ran their card and asked if they'd like more coffee anything else yadda yadda. No, they didn't, eveything was great thank you blah blah. So the gentleman left and the lady stayed at the table talking on the phone. Her back was to the restaurant facing out the window. I had one other table at this point directly beside them that I was periodically checking on but other than that nothing else at the moment. So at our restaurant our managers like us to stay visible and not in the back so I was at the front talking to my hostess, greeting other guests as they walking in or out. As I stood up at the front I was facing my section so I could see the tables in my peripheral because the second table was eating still and I wanted to know when to clear the plates. The lady at the first table continues to talk and talk on the phone with her back to us. Then my hostess gets a phone call from this particular lady who says she's been trying to flag someone down for 20 mins and wants assistance. I obviously know this isn't true because I have been staring at her back for 15 -20 mins at least. I go over and ask her what I can assist her with and she proceeds to reem me for not coming over to her for 20 mins and not paying attention to her flags. I explained that I had been up at the front watching my section the whole time and had not seen her make a gesture and also had not wanted to interrupt her phone call after she had said she didn't need anything else. She had wanted a box for her minuscule cookie shards left over. WTF?? I just don't understand why people think I don't pay attention to what they are doing and feel the need to lie about things. I am paid to take care of guests and basically the only thing I have to do is be responsible for my section which I was watching like a hawk the entire time and had visited the table right next to her numerous times while she was on the phone, she made no effort to flag me down at all. So I brought this beezy a box and she left after I picked up the check I noticed she had furiously scratched out her original tip and lowered it 5 dollars. Kinda ruined my day, sorry lady don't blame me because you have poor communication skills.
Furthermore, cell phone use in restaurants pisses me off, you aren't getting greeted until you get the F$*#K off the phone and don't even think about answering your phone when I'm taking your orders and you make me wait. I have definitely gotten the one minute finger more than once, no not one minute I'm walking away and coming back when you are done .


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The UCR Libraries now offer assistance by text messages. This is a new pilot service available during Reference Service Hours. By using Text-a-Librarian, you can get quick answers to all library related questions, such as hours, call numbers, etc.
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Korean news website announced that the iPhone 4S and 5 will be shelved in favor of the new flagship, titled the iPhone 5S, and the company plans to put all its efforts on the new model. This hasn't been historically true, as the iPhone 4 is still available for free with a 2 year contract; the 4S for $99 with a year contract and the 5 is available with a slashed $199 price tag.
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iPhone Dev Team's Redsn0w has released the the jailbreak codes for iOS 6.0.1 and we have confirmed it with Developer Redmond Pie today after he tested the update. The only downer to this update is that it's only currently available for iOS devices powered by an A4 chip or lower.
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Food Heroes: Barossa Farmers Market
Real Food From the Homes and Farms of the Barossa
Established in 2002, the Barossa Farmers Market is an all-food market, guaranteeing the Barossa community and its visitors have access to seasonal produce from the region.
The Product: Seasonal vegetables, herbs and fruit, meat and poultry, smallgoods, milk, cheese, eggs, olive oil, pickles and preserves. Artisan breads, pastries, homemade pies, speciality flours and grains, muesli. Live plants and cut flowers. Biscuits, cakes, cupcakes, chocolates, fudge and puddings. Coffee roasted in the region and tea blended in the region. Oh, and there are sometimes a few guests stalls to surprise the locals.
Each Saturday, the market opens from 7.30am to 11.30am although many stalls sell out before closing. Locals in the know understand the limited availability of many items, and there is often a queue outside the shed at 7.15am.
Tracing the Hands: The market stalls are manned by the farmers and producers themselves.
Why Barossa: The region has a rich narration of farming that precedes vineyard development. Stone
fruit and citrus orchards still thrive and mixed farms produce a range of meats, poultry, vegetables and fruit.
"We can offer you choice, we can offer freshness and an explanation of how and where the food you feed your children comes from. We can guarantee the money you spend on food will be spent again somewhere in this community before it leaves, making us all better off. We can offer a real community space, supported by real Barossa companies, and manned by real Barossa volunteers who live, love and work here." Angela Clifford, Market Founder, Barossa Farmers Market Newsletter Spring 2003
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Reign Spoilers: 5 Teases for Mary's Wedding — Everything Changes! (VIDEO)
During this Thursday's Reign, Mary will finally choose between her two suitors, Francis and Bash... in the most permanent way possible. The future Queen of Scotland and France (and, hey, possibly even England) will tie the knot before the episode is done.
The March 6 installment is Season 1, Episode 13: "The Consummation," and yes, we will get to watch the intimate act before the night is up. Wetpaint Entertainment had the chance to watch the episode beforehand, and while we won't reveal the identity of the groom — and ruin the huge surprise? Never! — we have collected some very spoiler-y teasers for what you can expect.
1. Mary will pick between Francis and Bash. She will marry one of them before the episode is up. But the decision won't be entirely her own. Her mother shows up unexpectedly in court toward the beginning of the episode, and her opinion on which man Mary should wed carries some pretty strong weight.
2. Her marriage will have very permanent consequences that will forever change the lives of both Bash and Francis. Both of their destinies will shift as a result of Mary's choice.
3. Expect no less than three huge twists before the night is up. Included among them: One character we've assumed dead turns out to be very much alive. (Think carefully. A lot of people have died so far this season.)
4. Though Mary loves her mother, the two do not have the best relationship. Don't expect to see them hugging it out or braiding each other's hair by the fire.
5. That much-hyped consummation? You'll get to watch the whole thing. As will Mary's ladies-in-waiting. And one really unexpected character.
Reign Season 1, Episode 13: "The Consummation" airs on Thursday, March 6, at 9 p.m. on The CW


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Oct. 26, 2007
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DeKALB, Ill. - The Northern Illinois women's soccer team put on one of their best offensive showings of the season, Friday, beating Central Michigan, 3-2.
The three goals ties a season high for the Huskies (7-5-4, 4-3-2 Mid-American Conference) and brings the season goal total to 16.
"Our girls are fighters," head coach Marci Miller Jobson said. "They're never going to quit and they're never going to give up. That's what I'm most proud of what we've built here at NIU."
Central Michigan (7-9-0, 3-6-0 MAC) got ahead early on a score by Molly Gerst, who scored both Chippewas goals. That ended Lindsey Curnock's (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) scoreless streak at 242:05 over the past four games. NIU answered back with first half goals by Kelly Mullany (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) and Thea Johnson (Homewood, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) to tie the match at 2-2 heading into halftime.
Late in the second half, junior Maddie Lehman (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North) scored what proved to be the game winner on a free kick from Jenna Clausen (Racine, Wisc/Horlick), one of her two assists in the match.
The Huskies host Eastern Michigan Sunday at 11 a.m. Prior to the match, five Huskie seniors, Michelle Christian, Elaine Eliadis, Karen Enockson, Marisa Oriente and Katie Sturges, will be honored as part of Senior Day festivities.


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Hi guys,
need a little help here. I have tried to tweak my zimbra 7 install with the following tweaks:
zmlocalconfig -e ldap_common_threads=16
zmlocalconfig -e ldap_common_toolthreads=8
zmlocalconfig -e ldap_db_cachesize=50000
zmlocalconfig -e ldap_db_idlcachesize=50000
All is running smoothly, but I think the above changes made LDAP behave a little crazy as for example when I try to change signature, save new preference settings, create filters - the changes are not written properly and basically they are forgotten.
I have seen the same behaviour in zimbra 7 on ubuntu ant centos 64bit.
Does anybody know what are the default values for the above so I can change them back, please?
Many thanks.


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Surprise to see where all the PDiR bashers have went. A weekend without compromise or problems really and he had a perfect opportunity to just get his head down and get on with it. Must be applauded really for a great effort and I can see this as a turning point for him.


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Elk Lake stages "Dressed to Kill"
Ready for a silly who-done-it?
The Elk Lake Drama Club is back with "Dressed to Kill," a fashion industry murder mystery, with shows this Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.
The plot: life is not easy for a fashion designer trying to needle her way into a house of haute couture. Alexandra Daniels, better known as Lexie, is stuck stitching at the famous House of Van Gore, where her friend, Mona works in the stockroom and yearns for her big break on Broadway. Although the fashions they construct are colorful, their lives are dull.
Then, the late Tor Van Gore makes a spirit's visit in angel/ghost form, and requests the two help him solve his murder.
They only half-heartedly agree until the body of Miss Rushton, secretary, is found in the workroom.
Now, Lexie and Mona must find the killer, or be the next victims.
The show is directed by Ina Bradish, with assistant director Rita Spila, and technical director Melanie Transue. Paintings on the set are by Rachel Saint Pierre.
Bradish said that the play has similar elements to the popular "Who Poisoned His Meatball?" staged two years ago, and that it was a simple feat to cast, with the drama club talent available.
Haley Skinner and Sam Stevens are loyal drama club members with hopeful, engaging roles; Kevin Burns has risen to the lead male roles at Elk Lake, but is cast as a dead man seeking answers in his own death.
According to cast member and senior Veronica Head, the really cool part of the play is the character of Mr. Van Gore, who is a ghost visible only to us, which is a really unique plot twist and adds humor."
And she adds, "Samantha Stevens and Haley Skinner are always fun to watch."
Head also notes that Chris Kinder, a seventh grader, is doing a good job as Jasper Jacobs, who 'my character is in cohorts with. He shows a lot of natural ability for his first time on stage."
Cast list:
Tor Van Gore: Kevin Burns; Ryan Sacks: Kyler DeGrote; Eddie O'Neil: Justin Cobb; Jasper Jenkins: Chris Kinder; Clayton Billingsly III: Travis Tewksbury; Bugsy Calzone: Zachary Sigirci; Nan Van Gore: Veronica Head; Mona Faye: Haley Skinner; Alexandra (Lexie) Daniels: Samantha Stevens; Weeza Devries: Sarah Shuren; Miss Rushton: Shanice Warner; Martha Billingly: Natalie Newhart; Lady Slipping-Stork: Madeline Spila; Cissy Calzone: Tala Trowbridge; Dora Hart: Cydney DeWitt; Giovana: Rachel Zayleskie; Pepper: Shannon Murphy; and Ilsa: Allyssa Hewitt.


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XXL has created a list of "20 Hip Hop Songs About Specific Relationships."
The publication explains that "Hip Hop has plenty of love songs written for specific significant others" and that "many top hits in Hip Hop have an underlying reason as to why they happen to connect with listeners so well—fans can identify with both sides." As a result, the publication's list includes several tracks, including Nas' "Getting Married" and "Bye Baby." Both songs were written about Kelis, though one was done before the two were married and one was crafted after the couple went through a divorce.
The publication also highlights OutKast's "Ms. Jackson." XXL says Andre 3000's verse is about Erykah Badu. "Between the trio of Common, Andre 3000 and Jay Electronica, Erykah Badu may be the most sought-after woman Hip Hop has ever seen," the site says. "Andre hasn't always been one to put romantic emotions on wax, but this was an anomaly in the catalog, as he brought up his relationship with Badu and his deteriorating one with her mother. It's one of the greatest and most popular tracks in the OutKast discography, and it's probably most notable for Big Boi's verses than Andre's, but it was Andre's story that the duo was telling, and it came across like few other songs ever have within Hip Hop."
Another Badu-inspired track on the list is Common's "The Light," according to XXL.
"Common and Erykah Badu dated from 2000 to 2002, and their breakup left the Chicago MC heartbroken," XXL says. "In a 2011 interview with morning talk show Wendy Williams, Common revealed that Badu broke up with him over the phone. 'I was in my hotel room on tour and....she called me and was like, "Hey, I don't wanna be in this relationship no more. I'm liking somebody else." That was my first love and my first heartbreak.' Still, he never acknowledged that the song was about Badu specifically—even though she appeared on the remix and in the music video—until 2012, when he admitted she was the inspiration behind it."
In September 2011, Common spoke about relationship-based tracks.
"I feel like this is the medium to do it," he said at the time. "When I'm in a relationship, I'm not going to parade that relationship. It's not for public consumption. It's my life. But when I'm talking about things that happened in the past, this is perfect for me.
"The stories I'm telling are not only to entertain," he continued, "but they're there to inspire and to relate to and to say, 'Man, this guy is not perfect, this guy been through some of the same things I've been through and he just decided to make some choices and is doing well. But he's still a work in progress."
Several other tracks appear on the list, including Puff Daddy's "I Need A Girl," which the site says is about Jennifer Lopez. To view the full list, click here.
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Watching The Tropics
Posted: 05/22/2010 - With an active tropical season expected for the Atlantic, there is a possibility of a named system before June 1, the official start to the hurricane season.
Posted: 05/22/2010 - With an active tropical season expected for the Atlantic, there is a possibility of a named system before June 1, the official start to the hurricane season.
Posted: 05/21/2010 - The weather pattern is becoming very wet after enduring a long dry spell.
Posted: 05/20/2010 - The new summer forecast has been issued by the Climate Prediction Center.
Posted: 05/19/2010 - Showers finally arrived in eastern North Carolina after taking a vacation for the past several weeks.
Posted: 05/15/2010 - Although the official start to summer is still over a month away, it's never too early to talk about heat safety tips.
Posted: 05/14/2010 - A cold front will become stationary over the Carolinas giving us the best chance for widespread rain in weeks.
Posted: 05/13/2010 - Last year's El Nino is being replaced by La Nina in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
Posted: 05/12/2010 - Eastern North Carolina could use a few showers as the dry weather pattern continues.
Posted: 05/08/2010 - More dry weather is in store for the east, with very little relief in sight. As a result, the fire danger could intensify as we head into next week.
Updated: 05/08/2010 - Typically March, April, and May deliver strong thunderstorms to Eastern Carolina but so far this year has been very quiet.
Posted: 05/07/2010 - Gusty winds and dry ground will lead to an increased fire danger across eastern North Carolina this weekend.
Posted: 05/06/2010 - Once again eastern North Carolina has been placed in abnormally dry conditions.
Posted: 05/05/2010 - Temperatures will hit the upper 80s to near 90° over the next few days in eastern North Carolina.
Posted: 04/30/2010 - Eastern North Carolina will experience the warmest weekend so far this year.
Posted: 04/29/2010 - El Nino is fading away in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
Posted: 04/28/2010 - April will be the first dry month of the new year.
Posted: 04/22/2010 - Soil conditions across eastern North Carolina are near average for this time of year.
Posted: 04/21/2010 - After a long dry spell across our area, it now appears a wetter weather pattern on the way.
Posted: 04/16/2010 - A major volcanic eruption in Iceland is likely to send ash particles around the Northern Hemisphere.
Posted: 04/15/2010 - A new forecast for May suggests near normal temperatures and rainfall for May.
Posted: 04/14/2010 - Weather conditions over the next week should be close to what we normally expect in April.
Posted: 04/08/2010 - The pollen count reached a record high in portions of North Carolina on Wednesday.
Posted: 04/07/2010 - It looks like an active tropical season across the Atlantic Basin this year.
Posted: 04/03/2010 - Some clouds are expected on Easter Sunday, with a slight chance of a shower, but nothing major expected. Around sunrise, temperatures will be in the middle 50s, with a bit of patchy fog possible.
Posted: 04/02/2010 - A new forecast suggests a warm April across North Carolina.