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Cable Glossary
An office for gathering or distributing news. Similar terms are used for specialized bureaus, often to indicate geographic location or scope of coverage: a Tokyo bureau refers to a given news operation's office in Tokyo, Japan; foreign bureau is a generic term for a news office set up in a country other than the primary operations center; a Washington bureau is an office, typically located in Washington, D.C., that covers news related to national politics in the United States.
Cable system
A video distribution system that uses coaxial cable and optical fiber to deliver multichannel service to households within a geographically defined franchise area (Webster, J. et al., from Ratings Analysis: The Theory and Practice of Audience Research).
The cost an advertiser pays for every thousand viewers who watch a 30-second television ad (cost per thousand, in industry terms). For example, if Nielsen estimates that 1 million people watch Fox News on a given day, a 30-second ad would cost $3.97 times a thousand (or $3,970 per ad). These costs vary depending on the show and day part.
Cumulative audience measurement
A way of measuring audience. "Cume" is short for cumulative audience. This calculation refers to the number of individual (or "unique") viewers who watch a channel for at least a minute over the course of a span of time, such as a week or a month. Cume is sometimes referred to as "reach" in the industry.
Daytime refers to the hours between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., in which the average cable audience for that time period is measured by Nielsen Media.
Prime time
Prime time refers to the hours between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m., in which the average audience is measured by Nielsen (on Sundays, the prime-time hours are 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.).
Programming costs
The expenses incurred by a cable programmer in the production of original programming and the purchase of rights to non-original programming.
Selling, general & administrative expenses. These include any overhead costs not directly associated with programming at a cable channel.
Subscriber fees
Also known as license fees, subscriber fees come to cable channels indirectly from viewers. The channels are paid the fees by cable systems (in exchange for their programs), which in turn recoup that money in cable bills to consumers. The amounts of those fees are negotiated with the cable systems based on an estimate of how many subscribers the system will have during the life of the agreement.
Measurement of how many people are in an audience.
Leadership Directories staffing estimates
One rough proxy for cable news staff is to examine the numbers that the channels provide to Leadership Directories, an electronic database containing lists of key personnel in United States government, business, professional and nonprofit fields, including the news media.
These lists are self-reported by the channels. The people listed are all news people, including top management, staff assigned to various desks such as national, international, and medical, as well as national bureaus, and staff assigned to specific national programs, such as The Situation Room or Anderson Cooper 360. (It does not include technical, sales and promotional staff.)
In past years, PEJ has made use of the News Media Yellow Book, a quarterly released print version of Leadership Directories. The Web database is the electronic version of the Yellow Book.
Median vs. mean in audience measurement
Audience trends in television can be measured using one of two calculations: median and mean.
This report offers the numbers in both forms.
The cable news channels prefer to calculate their year-to-year ratings by converting the Nielsen ratings data into annual "averages" using the mean. Academic advisers to the Project have persuaded us, however, that the median is a better indicator of core audience.
Here is why.
Mean, or simple average, is calculated by taking each month's ratings, adding them together and dividing by the number of months. By that accounting, wild fluctuations in the audience due to occasional events can heavily influence the numbers.
Median examines all the monthly numbers in a year and identifies which one is most typical, or falls in the middle (the middle value).
Esther Thorson, associate dean for graduate studies for the University of Missouri's School of Journalism, explains the choice of median rather than mean this way: The median is a better indicator of central tendency when there are extremely high or extremely low observations in the distribution. Those greatly influence the mean, but have little effect on the median. In other words, the median is the closest on the average to all of the scores in the distribution. Very high levels of cable viewing during a big event pull the mean too far away from realistic viewing scores. For that reason, the median is the better indicator of typical viewing levels.
For instance, in 2003, when the war in Iraq began, mean viewership numbers showed the cable news business booming — up 34% for daytime and 32% for prime time from the year before. But using the median, the middle value of the 12 months of that year, the picture that emerged was that cable viewership was basically stable. It showed no growth during the day and a gain of just 3% in prime time. How can that be? The reason is that cable news did not retain the audience that it gained during those first weeks of the war. Median was a better reflection of a year in which viewership spiked only for two months and then fell back down again.
In 2006, the median numbers actually meant better news for cable channels. Taking the average viewership for 2006 and comparing it to 2005 shows a significant decline in the cable news audience — down 11% for daytime and 12% for prime time. But using the median, there was a decline of just 4% during the day and 8% in prime time. Thus in times of major breaking news, mean can help the numbers. But in years when there are fewer major events, the mean will suffer. The spikes, when using mean, can cut both ways.
In short, our research team and the staff at the Pew Research Center believe the median is the fairest way to try to understand the core audience for cable, given the volatility of ratings spikes. The mean, or simple average, tends to be disproportionately inflated by the spikes and, consequently, also exaggerates any declines in cable audiences when those spikes do not occur. In contrast, median offers a truer sense of the core or base audience, those people who are watching day in and day out, without ignoring the cumulative effect of the size of the audience that gathers momentarily if extraordinary things happen.
The two revenue streams of cable
Cable TV channels generate revenue through two streams: advertising and subscriber fees.
Advertising makes up roughly half of the revenue the channels generate each year.
Cable news channels do not earn as much from advertisers as the broadcast networks or some sports or niche entertainment networks. In large part, this is because the ratings for cable news for any one program are fairly low. The ratings of the highest-rated cable show, Bill O'Reilly, are still only about a quarter of that of the lowest-rated evening network newscast, the CBS Evening News With Katie Couric, for instance, and most cable programs are only a fraction of that.
In general, analysts view advertising as having greater potential than subscriptions for long-term growth. That is because it is harder to sign new cable subscribers, or get existing ones to pay substantially more each month for the cable bill, than to generate more ad revenue.
Ad revenues are the total number of ads sold, multiplied by the average number of viewers (in thousands), which is then multiplied by the CPM.
The other source of revenue is subscriber fees, also referred to as license fees.
The viability of subscriber fees as a strong area of future growth, though, may be threatened by the emergence of broadcast networks commanding costly retransmission fees. If cable operators must pay broadcast networks to carry their programming, the operators may then decide to keep the subscriber fees of smaller, niche cable channels — which draw smaller audiences than the networks — flat, or even reduce them.
The highest fees are typically paid for sports and general entertainment channels. The highest is the $3.77 per subscriber per month, commanded by ESPN.
If Fox's audience is so much larger than CNN's is, then why are the average license fees almost identical for these two channels? Part of the answer is that not all of Fox's contract negotiations have fully kicked in. SNL Kagan projects that 2010 will be another year of much higher license fees for Fox as more contracts come into play. Second, CNN brings a "two channels for the price of one" advantage to the table. The fee for HLN is rolled into one single fee for the two channels.


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If the JBoss log is no longer logging activity you should check the following:
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The jboss-log4j.xml file is located in <JBOSS_HOME>\server\lc_turnkey\conf and controls logging in JBoss. If there is any problem with this file then logging may stop working. You can download this file (jboss-log4j-working) from a fresh LiveCycle installation on JBoss and replace the original (make a backup first). Restart JBoss after swapping the log4j file and logging should switch to the server1.log file.
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ASCO Annual Meeting
May 16, 2012
In an early study with the targeted therapy drug crizotinib (Xalkori), researchers found that it stopped the growth of neuroblastoma, anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), and inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT), and in some instances, removed all signs of the cancer.
Neuroblastoma is a tumor that develops in the nerve cells. ALCL commonly begins in T cells, and rarely B cells, which are types of white blood cells that help the body fight infection. IMT is a rare tumor that often begins in the lungs, soft tissues, and other organs. Targeted therapy is a treatment that targets a cancer's specific genes, proteins, or the tissue environment that contributes to cancer growth and survival. Specifically, crizotinib targets genetic mutations (changes) in the ALK gene, which is found in each of these cancers. The drug was also recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adult lung cancers that have mutations to the ALK gene.
The 70 children who participated in this study had neuroblastoma, ALCL, or IMT that had worsened while receiving the standard treatments. They received one of six different doses of crizotinib twice a day and continued taking the drug as long as they had no side effects. When possible, the cancers were tested for a change to the ALK gene to find out if the crizotinib worked better to treat cancer with a changed ALK gene.
Researchers found that most (7 out of 8 patients or 88%) of the patients with ALCL had no evidence of the cancer for as long as 18 months, and most of the patients with IMT had the tumor shrink or disappear for up to two years. For neuroblastoma, researchers found that three out of the 27 patients who participated in the study had the disease disappear, and eight had the disease stop growing. For the eight patients who had neuroblastoma with mutations to the ALK gene, two had the disease disappear. The findings for children with neuroblastoma are particularly important because the benefit lasted from nine months to more than two years, and generally neuroblastoma that has already been treated with all the standard therapies usually worsens within one to two months.
What this means for patients
"It's remarkable that this targeted oral medication provided such a benefit for these children with highly aggressive cancers, most of whom had already received every available therapy," said Yael Mosse, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania and recipient of a Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Young Investigator Award in 2003 and a Career Development Award in 2004. "Now that we know more about factors that drive cancer growth in children, we can target those changes and give treatment in a much smarter, and potentially safer, way." Talk with your child's doctor about all treatments available for these cancers, including clinical trials.
Questions to ask the doctor
- What type of cancer does my child have?
- What is the prognosis (chance of recovery)?
- Will testing of the cancer's genes be needed to help determine the best treatment options?
- What are my child's treatment options?
- What are the risks and benefits of this treatment?
- What clinical trials are open to my child?
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Sunitinib (Sutent®)
Pronounced: soo-NI-ti-nib
Classification: Multikinase Inhibitor
About Sunitinib (Sutent®)
Sunitinib is a type of targeted therapy. This means it targets something specific to the cancer cells, therefore decreasing side effects caused by damage to the healthy cells. Sutinib works by blocking 2 processes that allow cancer cells to grow. First it interferes with a protein that promotes cell division. It also works by blocking the VEGF receptor, which is responsible for angiogenesis, or the development of a blood supply to the tumor. This removes the tumor's source of nutrients.
How to Take Sunitinib
Sunitinib comes as a capsule to take by mouth with or without food. The dose and schedule is determined by your healthcare provider and is based on the type of cancer you have. Take sunitinib at around the same time every day. If you forget to take your sunitinib take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose skip the missed dose and resume your regular schedule. Do not double up your dose.
The blood levels of this medication can be affected by certain foods and medications, so they should be avoided. These include: grapefruit, grapefruit juice, dexamethasone, carbamazepine, rifampin, phenytoin, St. John's wort, and phenobarbital. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider about all medications (prescription and over the counter) and supplements you take.
Storage and Handling
Store your medication in the original, labeled container at room temperature and in a dry location (unless otherwise directed by your healthcare provider or pharmacist). This medication should not be stored in a pillbox. Keep containers out of reach of children and pets.
Where do I get this medication?
Sunitinib is available through select specialty pharmacies. Your oncology team will work with your prescription drug plan to identify an in-network specialty pharmacy for distribution of this medication and shipment directly to your home.
Insurance Information
This medication may be covered under your prescription drug plan. Patient assistance may be available to qualifying individuals without prescription drug coverage. Co-pay cards, which reduce the patient co-pay responsibility for eligible, commercially (non-government sponsored) insured patients, may also be available. Your care team can help you find these resources, if they are available.
Possible Side Effects of Sunitinib
There are a number of things you can do to manage the side effects of sunitinib. Talk to your doctor or nurse about these recommendations. They can help you decide what will work best for you. These are some of the most common side effects:
Fatigue is very common during cancer treatment and is an overwhelming feeling of exhaustion that is not usually relieved by rest. While on cancer treatment, and for a period after, you may need to adjust your schedule to manage fatigue. Plan times to rest during the day and conserve energy for more important activities. Exercise can help combat fatigue; a simple daily walk with a friend can help. Talk to your healthcare team for helpful tips on dealing with this side effect.
Nausea and/or Vomiting
Talk to your doctor or nurse so they can prescribe medications to help you manage nausea and vomiting. In addition, dietary changes may help. Avoid things that may worsen the symptoms, such as heavy or greasy/fatty, spicy or acidic foods (lemons, tomatoes, oranges). Try antacids, (e.g. milk of magnesia, calcium tablets such as Tums), saltines, or ginger ale to lessen symptoms.
Call your doctor or nurse if you are unable to keep fluids down for more than 12 hours or if you feel lightheaded or dizzy at any time.
Your oncology team can recommend medications to relieve diarrhea. Also, try eating low-fiber, bland foods, such as white rice and boiled or baked chicken. Avoid raw fruits, vegetables, whole grain breads, cereals and seeds. Soluble fiber is found in some foods and absorbs fluid, which can help relieve diarrhea. Foods high in soluble fiber include: applesauce, bananas (ripe), canned fruit, orange sections, boiled potatoes, white rice, products made with white flour, oatmeal, cream of rice, cream of wheat, and farina. Drink 8-10 glasses on non-alcoholic, un-caffeinated fluid a day to prevent dehydration.
There are several things you can do to prevent or relieve constipation. Include fiber in your diet (fruits and vegetables), drink 8-10 glasses of non-alcoholic fluids a day, and keep active. A stool softener once or twice a day may prevent constipation. If you do not have a bowel movement for 2-3 days, you should contact your healthcare team for suggestions to relieve the constipation.
Decrease in Appetite
Nutrition is an important part of your care. Cancer treatment can affect your appetite and, in some cases, the side effects of treatment can make eating difficult. Ask your nurse about nutritional counseling services at your treatment center to help with food choices.
- Try to eat five or six small meals or snacks throughout the day, instead of 3 larger meals.
- If you are not eating enough, nutritional supplements may help.
- You may experience a metallic taste or find that food has no taste at all. You may dislike foods or beverages that you liked before receiving cancer treatment. These symptoms can last for several months or longer after treatment ends.
- Avoid any food that you think smells or tastes bad. If red meat is a problem, eat chicken, turkey, eggs, dairy products and fish without a strong smell. Sometimes cold food has less of an odor.
- Add extra flavor to meat or fish by marinating it in sweet juices, sweet and sour sauce or dressings. Use seasonings like basil, oregano or rosemary to add flavor. Bacon, ham and onion can add flavor to vegetables.
Mouth Ulcers (Sores)
Certain cancer treatments can cause sores or soreness in your mouth and/or throat. Notify your doctor or nurse if your mouth, tongue, inside of your cheek or throat becomes white, ulcerated or painful. Performing regular mouth care can help prevent or manage mouth sores. If mouth sores become painful, your doctor or nurse can recommend a pain reliever.
- Brush with a soft-bristle toothbrush or cotton swab twice a day.
- Avoid mouthwashes that contain alcohol. A baking soda and/or salt warm water mouth rinse (2 level teaspoons of baking soda or 1 level teaspoon salt in an eight ounce glass of warm water) is recommended 4 times daily.
- If your mouth becomes dry, eat moist foods, drink plenty of fluids (6-8 glasses), and suck on sugarless hard candy.
Avoid smoking and chewing tobacco, drinking alcoholic beverages and citrus juices.
Hand Foot Syndrome
Hand and foot syndrome (HFS) is a skin reaction that appears on the palms of the hands and/or the soles of the feet as a result of certain chemotherapy agents being absorbed by the skin cells. HFS can begin as a mild tingling, numbness, pins-and-needles feeling, or pain or swelling of the hands and/or feet. This can then progress to painful swelling, blistering or peeling skin that can interfere with your ability to do normal activities. Be sure to let your oncology team know right away if you notice these symptoms, as they may need to adjust the chemotherapy dose or take a break to allow the skin to heal. Some tips to help prevent HFS include:
- Avoid tight shoes or socks.
- Avoid activities that put pressure on the palms or soles for 1 week after treatment.
- Apply moisturizer liberally and often.
- Avoid hot water for baths and showers.
Skin, Hair & Nail Changes
You may develop a yellow discoloration of the skin and/or hair. This is thought to be related to the yellow color of the medication. However, yellowing of the skin or eyes can be a sign of liver problems and should be reported to your healthcare team. Some patients may develop a rash, very dry, or itchy skin. Use an alcohol free moisturizer on your skin and lips; avoid moisturizers with perfumes or scents. Your doctor or nurse can recommend a topical medication if itching is bothersome. Your nails may become dark, brittle or fall off. If your skin does crack or bleed or you lose a nail, be sure to keep the area clean to avoid infection. While receiving this medication, the hair on your head may become curly, fine or brittle. You may experience patchy hair loss or thinning. This tends to resolve once treatment is stopped.
Be sure to notify your healthcare provider of any rash that develops, as this can be a reaction and can become very severe. This includes blistering and peeling of your skin or the inside of your mouth. They can give you more tips on caring for your skin, hair and nails.
Blood Counts
Your blood counts can be affected by this treatment, though the affect is usually mild. This can cause lower numbers of the following cells:
- White blood cells (WBC): important for fighting infection. You should let your doctor or nurse know right away if you have a fever (temperature greater than 100.4), sore throat or cold, shortness of breath, cough, burning with urination, or a sore that doesn't heal.
- Red blood cells: responsible for carrying oxygen to the tissues in your body. You should let your doctor or nurse know if you experience any shortness of breath, difficulty breathing or pain in your chest. If the count gets too low, you may receive a blood transfusion.
- Platelets: help your blood clot, so when the count is low you are at a higher risk of bleeding. Let your doctor or nurse know if you have any excess bruising or bleeding, including nose bleeds, bleeding gums or blood in your urine or stool.
Liver Toxicity
This medication can cause liver toxicity, which your doctor may monitor for using blood tests called liver function tests. Notify your healthcare provider if you notice yellowing of the skin or eyes, your urine appears dark or brown or pain in your abdomen, as these can be signs of liver toxicity.
High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure (hypertension) occurred in clinical trials with sunitinib. Patients should have their blood pressure checked periodically during therapy. Any hypertension should be treated appropriately. In cases of severe hypertension, sunitinib should be stopped until blood pressure is controlled. Signs of hypertension to report to your team include: blurry vision, nosebleed, headache and fatigue.
Heart Toxicity
Some patients may develop heart failure or weakening of the heart muscle while taking sunitinib. Patients with a history of cardiac problems should have their heart function tested prior to starting this therapy, as well as during therapy if any symptoms arise. Symptoms include: shortness of breath, weight gain or swelling, cough or weakness, and should be reported to your healthcare team.
This medication can cause heart rhythm abnormalities (arrhythmias) caused by a prolonged QT interval. If you are at risk for this, your healthcare provider will monitor you for heart problems through electrocardiograms. Notify your healthcare provider right away if you feel abnormal heartbeats or if you feel dizzy or faint.
Hormone Levels
This medication can affect the thyroid or adrenal glands, resulting in abnormal hormone levels, including hypothyroidism (under active thyroid) and hyperthyroidism (over active thyroid). Your doctor will perform blood tests to check the function of your thyroid and adrenal glands. Symptoms to report to your care provider include: tiredness, feeling hot or cold, change in your voice, weight gain or loss, hair loss, muscle cramps or weakness, lightheadedness, and excess urination.
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is a rare side effect, however, it is important that you know about it and take steps to protect your dental health. It is most common in people who are also taking a bisphosphonate medication (for osteoporosis or bone metastases).
The maxilla (upper jaw bone) and mandible (lower jaw bone) are normally covered by gum tissue. In the case of ONJ, this tissue is gone and the bone is exposed. Typical symptoms associated with ONJ are: pain, swelling or infection of the gums, loosening of the teeth, exposed bone (often at the site of a previous tooth extraction). Some patients may report numbness or tingling in the jaw or a "heavy" feeling jaw. ONJ may have no symptoms for weeks or months and may only be recognized by the presence of exposed bone. ONJ most often occurs soon after a dental procedure, though not always. Stop treatment with this medication several weeks prior to any dental procedures.
- Prior to starting therapy, you should have a complete dental exam, cleaning, and removal of any teeth in poor health.
- Dentures should be checked for proper fit.
- Brush your teeth after meals and at bedtime with a soft brush. Floss gently once a day. If your gums bleed, talk with your healthcare team to see if you can continue to floss.
- Check your teeth and gums in a mirror daily for any sores, swelling, loose teeth, pain or numbness, or other changes and report these to your dentist or oncology team immediately.
Wound Healing
This medication may interfere with wound healing. The manufacturer recommends stopping the drug before any surgical procedure and not restarting until there is adequate wound healing.
Bleeding & Stroke
Bleeding has occurred in patients taking this medication, including bleeding in the GI tract, lungs, urinary tract and brain (stroke). Let your healthcare provider know if you develop any bleeding, including nosebleeds, coughing up blood, vomiting blood or coffee ground appearing vomit, blood in the stool or black stools. If you experience changes in your speech or balance, confusion, difficulty walking, vision changes or numbness on one side of the body, call 911 right away.
Damage to Small Blood Vessels
This medication can cause damage to small blood vessels called thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), which can result in blood clots. Symptoms of TMA include fever, fatigue, bruising, swelling, confusion, vision loss, and seizures. Report any of these symptoms to your provider right away.
Tumor Lysis Syndrome
If there is a large amount of tumor cells in your body prior to treatment, you are at risk for tumor lysis syndrome. This happens when the tumor cells die too quickly and their waste overwhelms the body. You may be given a medication (allopurinol) and IV fluids to help prevent this. If you experience nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or become lethargic (drowsy, sluggish), notify your oncology team right away.
Other Side Effects
Other reported side effects include:
- Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). Diabetic patients may need to monitor their glucose more often and/or change their diabetes medication.
- Excess protein in the urine. Your care team will monitor for this.
- Swelling in the arms, feet, ankles and legs. While swelling is a common reaction to this medication, it can be a sign of a serious heart problem and should be evaluated by your provider.
Reproductive Concerns
Exposure of an unborn child to this medication could cause birth defects, so you should not become pregnant or father a child while on this medication. Effective birth control is necessary during treatment and for at least 6 months after treatment. Even if your menstrual cycle stops or you believe you are not producing sperm, you could still be fertile and conceive. You should consult with your healthcare team before breastfeeding while receiving this medication.


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To mark Alcohol Awareness Week, which runs until November 25, Wiltshire residents are being encouraged to pledge not to drink alcohol for at least two days a week.
From today, to help promote a healthier lifestyle, Wiltshire Council and NHS Wiltshire want residents to sign a pledge committing to staying alcohol free for at least two non-specific days a week.
The pledge is to coincide with Alcohol Awareness Week which is an annual campaign to highlight the dangers of consuming too much alcohol. For more information and to sign the pledge people should visit www.wiltshire.gov.uk/alcoholanddrugsadvice.
During Alcohol Awareness Week a series of road shows are taking place throughout the county to offer confidential advice on the potential dangers of alcohol and enable people to sign up to the pledge.
There will also be an opportunity for people to have their cholesterol and blood pressure checked both of which are important indicators of possible risk in relation to key alcohol related conditions such as hypertension.
The road shows are taking place from 10am to 3pm on the following dates and venues: Trowbridge- town centre – November 20; Amesbury – Central car park – November 21; Devizes- outside the Bear Hotel – November 22 ; Chippenham – outside the Angel Hotel – November 23; Salisbury – outside the Guildhall – November 24.
Keith Humphries, cabinet member for public health and protection, said: "Signing this pledge will emphasise people's commitment to wanting to lead a more healthier lifestyle. We want people to drink responsibility and have more awareness of the damage that regular drinking can cause.
"We recognise staying alcohol free for at least two days a week might be a big commitment for some, but one that will be really worthwhile."
Maggie Rae, corporate director ofpublic health & public protection, said: "This is another example of a positive project which will improve the health of our residents.
"Alcohol Awareness Week provides us with another opportunity to raise important issues and highlight key messages in relation to alcohol; it is something we are proud to support".


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The Major Flaw with The WWF/WWE Championship?
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Hi guys this would be the second blog I have done this week and I look to stir the pot a little here and see what happens.
Now for years i have been wondering when the WWE will crown an African American WWE Champion. This has bothered me quite a bit. If you look through the 90's and today WWF/WWE has had many Great African American professional singles wrestlers. Now many will probably say "The Rock" was the first African American WWE Champion which I would love to agree with but he is mixed and is American Samoan according to his birth record. So i'm not sure you can call him the First not that WWE ever has.
Mark Henry
Dee Low Brown
Ron Simmons
Shelton Benjamin
R-Truth/ Kwik / Ron Killings
The Godfather
Bobby Lashley
and perhaps 2 of the most capable were
Ahmed Johnson: He was a major power house was pretty well skilled, had decent mic skill and had the build of a WWF Champion, But even after becoming the First WWE IC Champion he never got any further then stuck in the middle of the Mid Card and Main Event Status. This is unfortunate for me because i was a huge Johnson fan and he clearly deserved to be put in the Main event for the WWF Championship even if it was a short "Miz or Del Rio like" run.
Booker T:Now there is absolutely no reason for Booker not to have been crowned a WWE Champion. This guy paid his dues in WCW and WWF/E and won the World Heavyweight Championship, World Tag Team Championships, WCW World Tag Team Championships, Intercontinental Championship; United States Championship; WCW World Television Championship; Hardcore Championship; 2006 King of the Ring. Now tell me with a resume like that and being one of the all time most successful wrestlers in history why isnt Booker T a former WWE Champion? He had it all in ring ability, Mic Skills, a great character along with a huge following of fans and a great mind for the business. I have heard Booker say on many occasions that his biggest regret is never holding the WWE Championship which to WWE is the holy grail of the company.
Now im not trying to hate on WWE most know im a huge WWE sympathizer and fan. But we have all heard the rumblings of maybe some Racism behind the scenes. Michael Hayes the reason Bobby Lashley and Krystal left for rumored verbal very racist assaults on Bobby and Krystal which im sure doesn't go along with the B.A.Star Campaign. Now something says to me that something must change within the WWE. John Cena never counted as an African american BTW.
So i guess i ask all of you am i wrong? Is this ok? Do you count Rock as the first WWF/E Champion? Out of all the things WWE has done to make me kinda make a face and say wow not sure this is a good thing. This has been a major flaw within WWE for years in my eyes.
Ok so i was just bringing to light a subject i feel pretty strongly about and ask how some of you guys feel on this very subject and i wanna know am i wrong about this?
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BRING your pans, pots and anything that will make a loud noise along to the Dunster Community Orchard Wassail on Friday, January 17.
The evening will involve 'The Wassail', firing of shotguns, music, stories and refreshments.
The Wassail is a tradition used to scare away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest of fruit in the autumn.
This will be followed by a flaming torch procession around the village stopping at various points for more stories and songs.
Parking is free at Dunster Steep car park and everyone is invited to meet at the Buttercross Orchard, St Georges Street, Dunster at 7.30pm.


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Eriska prides itself in the use of the very best local produce to provide our guests with fresh, high quality food and ensure the best dining experience possible. Ross works closely with neighbouring businesses, where possible, and has recently added the Oban Bay Brewery to his list of suppliers – ordering in some of their fine ales to use in our homemade Beer Bread (or so he tells managment!)
The use of the ales from Oban Bay Brewery was a natural choice for Ross who believes that it's "important to use as local as possible". With the Brewery located only 12 miles from the hotel it's transport in better for the environment and boosts local economy.
Why Beer?
We asked the team in the kitchen about the use of beer in the bread. They explained to us that beer can be used to enhance the flavour of bread, giving it a richer taste. The alcohol is burned off in the baking process and leaves behind the flavours of the malts, which can make such an enjoyable difference.
Here on the Island bread is used every night as an accompaniment with dinner. We believe good bread and butter is an essential part to a good dining experience and should stand out as a key feature to any meal. Ross has devised a recipe which involves adding beer to a sourdough starter as well as oats to add to both flavour and texture.
Oban Bay Brewery
Obay Bay Brewery branched from the Mull Brewery, based in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, in 2009. They are committed to designing the best quality and tasting ales using 100% natural ingredients.
The beer used in beer bread makes a difference to the flavour; light ales will yield a lighter flavour than the darker varieties. With this in mind, Ross has picked the Oban Bay's "Skelpt Lug" which he believes will produce the tastiest bread for our guests.
Skelpt Lug is the darkest ale available from Oban Bay. It has a reddish-brown tone and complex taste stemming from the use of both coloured and wheat malts which produces a refreshing, fruity flavour with a 'hoppy' finish.
Our beer bread is just one of many things that Ross has introduced to the kitchen since he joined us in the summer. With his passion for food and creativite mind we don't doubt he'll be adding new recipes to his repetoire in the future. So next time you're with us why not give our beer bread a try and let us know what you think!!


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Conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks argued today that the Obama administration's clean energy investments have been "a wasteful disappointment," citing a figure that his own paper called "outrageous" to downplay the number of jobs created in the clean energy sector.
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Obama's stimulus package set aside $90 billion for renewable energy loans and grants, but the number of actual jobs created has been small. Articles began to appear in the press of green technology grants that were costing $2 million per job created. The program began to look like a wasteful disappointment.
But the $90 billion figure -- which Mitt Romney cited in the first presidential debate -- has been repeatedly debunked, including by Brooks' own New York Times. As the Times' Matthew Wald explained after the first debate, not all the money went to renewable energy, not all of it has been spent, and much of it was authorized under the Bush administration:
The $90 billion is a real number drawn from the 2009 stimulus package, but it wasn't all spent, as Mr. Romney said, and a lot of the green energy spending that went out the door on Mr. Obama's watch was authorized during the Bush administration.
The biggest component of the $90 billion was $29 billion for energy efficiency, of which $5 billion involved improvements in the homes and apartments of low-income households. There was also $18 billion for fast trains and $21 billion for wind farms, solar panels and other renewable energy. Supporters point out that much of the energy spending drew in private capital.
Another New York Times fact-check called the number "outrageous" and "a piece of masterful spin."
The paper was ridiculed earlier this year when then-public editor Arthur Brisbane questioned whether reporters should be "truth vigilantes." The resounding answer was "of course," yet the Times and other leading newspapers continue to leave misleading claims unquestioned, even when their own fact-checkers have debunked them.
Which is why we can't trust Brooks' unnamed media reports that stimulus grants for clean energy cost "$2 million per job created."
These calculations are problematic because they often count loans as if they are grants, and assume that all the money has been spent, development is complete and no new workers will be hired. A more accurate accounting of the jobs impact of clean energy investments might note that a Brookings Institution study found clean energy jobs grew at an average annual rate of 11.1 percent between 2003 and 2010, "more than twice as fast as the rest of the economy."
Brooks went on to argue that unlike private investments gone bad, high-profile failures like Solyndra "tarnish" the government's record on clean energy:
The federal agencies invested in many winners, but they also invested in some spectacular losers, from Solyndra to the battery maker A123 Systems, which just filed for bankruptcy protection. Private investors can shake off bad investments. But when a political entity like the federal government makes a bad investment, the nasty publicity tarnishes the whole program.
But as Clean Technica pointed out after Solyndra declared bankruptcy, "the Obama administration is batting a much better average in "picking winners and losers" than the private Venture Capital (VC) market itself." Clean energy consultant Richard Stuebi expects just 3 out of 10 private investments to succeed -- a 70 percent failure rate. By contrast, only three of the 26 companies that received Department of Energy 1705 loan guarantees have filed for bankruptcy, amounting to about 6 percent of the loan guarantee funds.
And as economist Dean Baker noted, Brooks suggested that solar energy is faring poorly because "Panel prices have fallen by three-fourths since 2008." But that drop has actually made solar energy more cost-competitive and helped fuel a boom in installations, even if some high-profile manufacturers like Solyndra have not been able to survive making higher priced panels.
Brooks' column also perpetuated the conservative "crony capitalism" narrative by highlighting a Washington Post article on Al Gore's clean energy investments. But that article failed to note that Gore testified before Congress that he has donated "every penny" he has made on green investments to his nonprofit organization, the Alliance for Climate Protection.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will on Friday announce plans to scrap caps on rice imports from the start of 2015, instead managing shipments into the country using a system of steep tariffs, domestic media including the state Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.
While the possible move is unlikely to spark a short-term surge in rice imports as hefty tariffs would deter buyers from making overseas purchases, it marks a key psychological shift in a politically sensitive sector and will anger farmers worried it could pave the way towards lower duty down the line.
The ministries of trade, agriculture and finance will hold a joint briefing on Friday on the country's rice import policy, spokesmen for the bodies said, declining to give details. Yonhap did not cite sources in its report.
The shift has long been expected as a 20-year-old agreement on rice import quotas with the World Trade Organisation expires at the end of 2014, with the nation under pressure to take bigger steps to open its markets for the staple grain.
"This one-sided, sudden notice without discussing with farmers is the kind of announcement you would expect in a dictatorship," said Park Heong-dae, an official from farmers' group the Korean Peasants League.
"Some managers of our group are setting up a street strike in front of the government complex to block the (agriculture) minister's announcement tomorrow."
The government has held a series of public consultations on the outlook for its rice policy.
The level of any import duty is yet to be finalized, but government officials and industry experts have said it would likely be around 300-500 percent, bringing prices for imported rice in line with local grain.
Under the current WTO agreement, South Korea must buy 408,700 tonnes of foreign rice this year, or 9 percent of its demand. The amount that must be purchased abroad has gradually increased from 51,000 tonnes in 1995.
China usually accounts for 50-60 percent of total imports, the United States for 20-30 percent and Thailand for 10-20 percent, government data shows.
Of the 159 WTO members, only South Korea and the Philippines have tight controls on rice imports. The Korean government, farmers and civic groups have been closely monitoring negotiations between Manila and WTO members on the future of its restrictions.
Opponents led by left-wing farmer groups have said the tariff would eventually fall via free trade deals, opening the door to more imports and hitting domestic growers hard.
"We have many concerns about whether the duty can really stay at 300-500 percent levels as the government now vows, because the agriculture ministry's roles include not only stabilising production but also helping provide food at low cost for the country's people," a farmer said at a public consultation in June.
A free trade agreement between South Korea and the United States took effect in March 15 last year, while Seoul has been in talks with China on a similar deal and also wants to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.
Officials at the agriculture ministry have said, however, that rice would be excluded from any free trade agreements.
South Korea aims to produce 4.15 million tonnes of rice in the crop year that ends in October 2015, down 2 percent from a year earlier as the number of rice fields shrinks, a government official said in April. Its appetite for the grain is estimate at 4.07 million tonnes during the crop year.
An eventual pick up in imports has the potential to benefit Chinese growers, who produce the glutinous Japonica variety of rice preferred by South Koreans and found in traditional dishes such as bibimpap.
But a source at China's agriculture ministry has said the country would focus on its own food security and would not increase rice exports to South Korea even if caps were removed.
The United States also exports Japonica, although market participants in South Korea said Chinese rice is closer in flavor to locally grown grain. According to South Korean customs and government data, Thai rice in 2013 fetched an average of $566 per tonne on a cost, insurance and freight (CIF) basis - about a quarter of South Korean rice prices. U.S. rice cost $723 per tonne and Chinese $972, the numbers showed.
Meanwhile, some experts noted that any policy change would come against a background of gradually declining rice consumption in Asia's fourth-largest economy, as more Western foods creep into diets.
Data from the national statistics office showed the country's per capita rice consumption has dropped nearly a fifth in the last decade.
"South Korean eating habits are changing, we are seeing a move away from traditional rice consumption," said David Charlwood at rice industry publication Live Rice Index in Singapore.
Reporting by Meeyoung Cho; Additional reporting by Ju-min Park, Christine Kim, Chris Lee in Seoul, Naveen Thukral in Singapore and Niu Shuping in Beijing; Editing by Joseph Radford


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The fashion brand Lilly Pulitzer is known for its #Resort365 culture — aka when wearing your vacation attire year-round is the norm. Through a special collaboration, Lilly Pulitzer has teamed up with two Rhode Island Ocean House Management properties — the Forbes triple five star-rated Ocean House resort and its sister hotel, the Watch Hill Inn, a historic landmark. Lilly Pulitzer has transformed one luxury suite at the Watch Hill Inn, adorning it with custom-printed pillows, bedding, and curtains.
The annual Cannes Film Festival plays host to one of the most glamorous red carpets in the world. So of course the celebrity attendees arrive in France already prepared for the glitz by wearing their best travel looks. From Emily Ratajkowski in a crop top to Hailey Baldwin's Clueless-inspired blazer dress, an airport has never looked this good. Check out what all the A-listers are wearing as they touch down in Nice.
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Traveling in style takes some serious commitment. Unsurprisingly, style icon Kate Middleton pulls it off almost effortlessly. Prepared for everything from rigorous hikes in the mountains to elegant black-tie engagements, she is always consistent when it comes to looking her best. We might assume that her royal wardrobe is filled with only the most exceptional of pieces, but it is actually well-balanced with designer pieces and affordable finds. What could make this insanely well-dressed duchess even more endearing? She is never hesitant to rock her favorite essentials more than once . With the duke and duchess's visit to Paris today, we felt inspired to take a look at Middleton's most noteworthy travel attire. Read more: Kate Middleton Re-Wears Michael Kors Coat for the Third Time Kate Middleton Glitters in 2 Metallic Looks Follow us on Instagram , Facebook , and Pinterest for nonstop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed, every day. For Twitter updates, follow @YahooStyle and @YahooBeauty .
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By Christina Pérez, Photos: Courtesy. While the details of event are so far under wraps — the staff of the hotel was reportedly asked to sign non-disclosure agreements — judging by photos of Round Hill Villa, it's easy to imagine that the wedding weekend will be pretty dreamy. The sprawling property, with its verdant landscaping, white-fenced porches, and green-and-white striped awnings looks like the ideal place to host an elegant, tropical destination wedding. This story originally appeared on Vogue.
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As Aurora Tower navigates her red Jeep up the snaking dirt road to Dove Cottage, the villa she began building six years ago in St. John, it's easy to see why the two-bedroom hideaway is an ideal place for the New York–bred Vanderbilt descendant to sidestep the society-pages lifestyle. As the sun begins to set, a warm Caribbean breeze is drifting in through the block-printed paisley curtains, and gentle rays reflect off the infinity pool's surface, blanketing the home's white interior in lazy afternoon light. "I guess I came here to grow up a little bit," says Tower. "I just wanted the time to be with myself. Coming from such a structured, achievement-focused background, it's something that appealed to me."
In 2005, Tower was a Brown University senior looking forward to a career in urban planning, her major. But after traveling to St. John for spring break, a different path beckoned, and she decided to relocate to the Virgin Islands and choose the Ivy League–alum road less traveled: Live in an eco-home on the island and study astrology. (Now an astrologer by trade, she's done chart readings for actresses Lake Bell, Mena Suvari, and Michelle Trachtenberg.)
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The most interesting thing about today's session of prime minister's questions was not the contest between Nick Clegg and Harriet Harman (although Harman was, as always, an impressive stand-in, and Clegg did better than he previously has), but the reaction of Tory backbenchers, who were given their chance to put the deputy PM on the spot.
Clegg always struggles a bit in PMQs, partly through no fault of his own – his parliamentary party is simply not big enough to give him loud support against the heckles of Labour and the silence of many of the Tories who enjoy seeing him squirm.
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Butler Emery Marble listed on War of 1812, Bicentennial Monument
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Butler Emery Marble, one of 16, War of 1812 Veterans, who settled and died in Washington Territory. War of 1812 Bicentennial Monument, sponsored by The Washington State Society U.S. Daughters of 1812, which was erected near the base of Bell (Memorial Chimes) Tower at the Veteran's section of the Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery in Seattle, King County, Washington (known as the Arlington Cemetery of the West). The ceremony took place on June 23rd, 2012. GPS Coordinates for War of 1812 Bicentennial Monument: Latitude: 47.708940 Longitude: -122.341565 Or Latitude: 47 Degrees 42 Minutes 32.1834 Seconds Longitude: -122 Degrees 20 Minutes 29.634 Seconds Source: http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html


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I have to admit: I was comically perplexed when I read about Coca-Cola's recent assignment of 16 million MAC addresses. As I looked further into it, I saw all kinds of speculation that the company would build out a huge network of Internet-connected vending machines or go after an Internet-of-things play. All that might be true, but none of it requires Coca-Cola to be assigned its own MAC addresses.
Briefly, if you don't already know, MAC addresses are unique identifiers assigned to every network card or networked device that will connect via Ethernet. Wired, wireless, physical, virtual, router, switch, laptop, or phone, all connected devices need a unique MAC address.
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However, MAC addresses are generally useless to anyone aside from network device manufacturers. Thus, a company producing its own networking hardware for sale would need a large number of MAC addresses, but a company building a PC with commodity parts would not. Instead, the company will use a network card built by another manufacturer, and the MAC assigned to that card will be pulled from the card manufacturer's cache. This is how it is and how it always has been.
Unless Coca-Cola has its sights set on manufacturing and selling its own network hardware, this is a very perplexing turn of events. The company could build and distribute any kind of networked machine it likes without needing its own MAC range. It could place wireless devices in random cases of soda for some sort of contest without needing its own MAC range. It could Wi-Fi-enable every vending machine out there without needing its own MAC assignment -- yet the IEEE has assigned the company the smallest block available, 16 million addresses.
Perhaps this is a prophylactic move made to ensure that in the event the world suddenly runs out of MAC addresses, Coca-Cola will have some socked away, like a stockpile of aspartame or polar bears.
(Warning: Pure speculation ahead.) But what if Coca-Cola in fact is getting into the networking business? What if it has decided to produce Coca-Cola-brand coolers with integrated network connectivity that will tell you when you're low on cola? Or a refrigerator monitor for the same? Free Wi-Fi from a vending machine for 10 minutes with a purchase of a can of soda? Or maybe the concept of a contest isn't so far-fetched and there will suddenly be network-connected cases of Coke floating around the United States? Essentially, that would mean those 16 million addresses will be taken up quickly, forever unusable after the promotion.
Considering MAC addresses are 48 bits, this means we have roughly 281.5 trillion MAC addresses available. We're nowhere close to that number right now, but if the proliferation of MAC address assignments continues, and we go from assigning MAC addresses to phones, laptops, and Bluetooth devices to assigning them to individual cans of soda ... well, 281.5 trillion looks a lot smaller all of a sudden.
If we're moving to a place where MAC assignments to individual cans of soda is actually possible, we may need to start rethinking networking in general. Sadly, we haven't been all that successful in conserving finite resources over the years. The IPv4 address assignments made back in the day look pretty ridiculous now, with organizations like the U.K. Work and Pension Department receiving its own Class A (that's another 16,777,216 public IP addresses for those playing at home). Heck, even Halliburton and Prudential Insurance have their own Class A. I just hope that we're being a little more conservative with finite network resources based on prior experience.
Whatever the outcome, the IEEE has granted Coca-Cola's request, and at some point in the future we may see the multinational sugar-water behemoth producing its own network gear. Hey, stranger things have happened.
So keep on the lookout for MAC addresses with a FC:D4:F2 prefix. If one of those shows up in your ARP table, you just might be looking at a connected can of Coke III.
This story, "Supersize me: Coca-Cola's network binge," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Read more of Paul Venezia's The Deep End blog at InfoWorld.com. For the latest business technology news, follow InfoWorld.com on Twitter.


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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Southfield police are investigating a fatal crash that happened around 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning on Telegraph north of 8 Mile Road.
Police tell Local-4, a man traveling northbound on Telegraph Road hit two cars that were also driving northbound.
One of the vehicles hit was a white SUV driven by a woman in her early 50's.
The woman struck a tree in the median and police say she has died from her injuries.
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CINCINNATI (AP) -- The new owners of a downtown Cincinnati office building plan to convert it into a mixed-use space that will include apartments.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports (http://cin.ci/WR3F2b ) that Indianapolis-based Anderson Birkla Investment Partners see the 17-story 580 building at Sixth and Walnut streets as a prime spot for redevelopment. Some 176 high-end apartments are envisioned, along with office and entertainment space.
More details are expected in two to three months. Sales terms weren't released this week.
Downtown Cincinnati residential rentals have been doing well, boosted by an influx of new restaurants, bars and other entertainment around the city's riverfront. One building has a dozens-long waiting list.
The residential rental vacancy rate is estimated at about 2 percent for the southwest Ohio city's downtown. That's far below office space vacancies.
Information from: The Cincinnati Enquirer, http://www.enquirer.com