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ELKINS PARK, Pa., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Headquartered in Osaka, President & CEO Kunio Yamada) is delighted to announce its agreement with Dynamis Therapeutics Inc. (Dynamis), a venture company engaged in the R&D of drugs for the treatment of diabetic complications, to be granted the exclusive use rights of Supplamine(TM), patented by Dynamis, and its appertaining technology. In conjunction with the signing of this contract, Rohto will take a capital interest in Dynamis in order to put the partnership on a firmer footing.
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1. Background to Exclusive Contract
Rohto has been conducting research into skin aging as one of its key skincare product development themes. Consistent efforts had been directed toward the identification of agents effective in preventing skin aging. It has been proven by clinical studies that Supplamine(TM), the subject substance of this contract, is effective against skin aging (wrinkles, slackening) and restores skin elasticity. Its efficacy was presented at the American Academy of Dermatology. After the presentation, Dynamis had been looking to form a strategic partnership that would allow it to diffuse Supplamine(TM) and to acquire funding for its diabetes research. Highly impressed with the growth potential of Rohto in the cosmetics field and its corporate activities imbued with entrepreneurialism, Dynamis agreed to sign the exclusive use contract.
Rohto is eager to begin widely applying Supplamine(TM) and its know-how, from developing cosmetic products that utilize Supplamine(TM) to incorporating it into nutritional supplements.
2. About Supplamine(TM)
Supplamine(TM) is an anti-skin-aging substance that reduces the effect of 3-deoxyglucosone (3DG), a harmful substance that is involved in the skin's aging process. 3DG is found in high levels in patients suffering from diabetes or its complications. Thus, research had been ongoing on 3DG as a diabetes marker. Dynamis, however, recognized that 3DG was found not only in the kidneys but also throughout the skin. It discovered that inhibiting the generation of 3DG was effective against diabetes complications and that this played a part in restoring skin elasticity as well. Supplamine(TM) is a promising substance that reduces the generation of 3DG and inactivates the 3DG that has already been generated, thereby preventing skin aging.
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Two key events led to Japanese trainer Hideaki Fujiwara being here for tomorrow's QE II Cup with one of the strongest chances, Eishin Flash.
For the first, turn the clock back 12 months to a hollow QE II Cup victory by a Japanese horse and an Italian jockey. The second came six months ago at the Autumn Tenno-Sho in Tokyo, when Eishin Flash won the Group One at the expense of that horse, Rulership, and parallels have not stopped.
"Rulership and Eishin Flash have raced each other several times in Japan and they are the same standard," said Fujiwara yesterday. "That gave me confidence to look at this race and it has been our target since the Tenno-Sho. Also, Eishin Flash is a 2,000m specialist."
This made the QE II Cup obvious in terms of distance and level and Fujiwara had indications that travel offered no hurdle to the son of King's Best, whose progeny are often noted for a fizzier temperament.
"I took Eishin Flash to the Dubai World Cup last year and he finished sixth," Fujiwara said. "But he arrived there in good condition and showed me that he is a horse who can go overseas again. On this trip, he has also travelled well."
Fujiwara's preparation of the six-year-old has mirrored Rulership's - one start for third in a Group Two at the end of March his only race this year - and like Rulership, Eishin Flash was the best worker this week, though the bar has not been set very high.
"I saw him today for the first time here, everything looks good. Before he flew out, we gave him a strong workout and he had been almost set up for the race at home," Fujiwara said. "What he has done this week was only to keep him holding condition - it was nothing special."
One day short of the 10-year anniversary of Eishin Preston's second QE II Cup win for owner Katsuhiko Hirai, his Eishin Flash has yet another similarity to Umberto Rispoli-ridden Rulership as he seeks the Group One prize.
He, too, will have an Italian jockey, Mirco Demuro, a competitor in the 2002 International Jockeys' Championship at Happy Valley but a first-timer at Sha Tin with a wide draw an extra test of his mettle.
"An inside gate would have been preferred, but we will make a strategy with Mirco about how to give the horse his best opportunity," said Fujiwara yesterday, who made sure Eishin Flash did not get any other little surprises at the gates.
Twice, Fujiwara played barrier attendant and loaded Eishin Flash into a bank of stalls at the top of the straight, near the quarantine stables.
"I walked with him and got him in the gate because he might be surprised by the stall handler, without any practice, but he did not have any problem," he said.


text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- You'll recognize a theme in a recent article I wrote on Hewlett Packard ( HPQ) as well as one this morning on Netflix ( NFLX).The young inexperienced CEO at Facebook ( FB), Mark Zuckerberg, has plenty to offer older, apparently more seasoned veterans such as Meg Whitman and Reed Hastings. He can certainly teach Whitman a thing or two about shooting straight in public and not coming off drier and less inspiring than a politician. As for Hastings, young buck Zuck could help him not be quite so stubborn. It's one thing to adhere to your mission; it's completely another to be so rigid with your model that you're unwilling to make minor tweaks to it. I haven't quite determined the lesson Zuckerberg can teach Intel ( INTC), but I have to assume he has some wise nugget -- a nickel's worth of free advice from his old dorm room -- to pass on regarding mobile troubles. I have serious respect for Intel. I have been long the stock several times over the years, most recently bailing just before it imploded. It hurts to be bearish, but there's really no other choice. Facebook's miss on mobile pales in comparison to Intel's. Granted, in one way we're talking about two different things; however, I'm not sure that matters. Facebook was slow on the uptake vis-a-vis user migration from desktop to mobile. Twitter, Pandora ( P) and venture-backed newbies such as Kabam saw it coming, beating Facebook to the punch. That's bad, but it's not even close to the end of the world. Facebook has the pieces in place to recover rapidly. It has a massive user base that is on mobile and, as Zuckerberg adjusts on the fly, he and COO Sheryl Sandberg have obviously stepped up monetization plans. Wanting, Collecting, Promoting and Buying probably were not supposed to follow up Liking quite so quickly, but Facebook had to make the move. It takes one look at eMarketer's mobile ad revenue projections to realize that, by 2013, only Google ( GOOG), and maybe Twitter, will separate Facebook from being the king of mobile revenue.


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Keira Knightley has revealed that despite her huge earnings she restricts her spending to £30,000 a year.
The Hollywood actress and Chanel model, 29, said she didn't want to alienate herself from people who don't command the same pay packets as her.
She told US Glamour magazine that she set herself the allowance.
"I think living an (expensive) lifestyle means you can't hang out with people who don't live that lifestyle," Keira, who married Klaxons' musician James Righton last year, said.
"It alienates you. Some of my best most hilarious times have been in the least luxurious places."
But Keira admitted that she wasn't that strict about keeping to the allowance.
"I mean, if I want or need something that goes over that (her yearly allowance), I get it," she told the magazine.
Keira, who next stars alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game, about the English mathematician and logician Alan Turing, also admitted that she suffered from stage fright or " camera fright".
"You are presenting layers and layers and layers of pretending," she told the mag.


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Cars! Babes! Money! Explosions! You'll get all of these in one huge dose in "Driven," a film that dares to flaunt all the things feminism has been trying to stamp out for the past 20 years.
|Sylvester Stallone and Kip Pardue in "Driven"
But that's OK, since no feminist will be watching this anyway. Directed by Renny Harlin ("Cutthroat Island," "Cliffhanger") and penned by/starring Sylvester Stallone, "Driven" is a cliquish, boys-only kind of movie you wouldn't want to take your date to for fear of being labeled dumb, prehistoric and chauvinistic — all of which apply to Sly himself. A girlfriend of mine says that if terrorists ordered her at gunpoint to go on a date with either Sly or George W. Bush, she'd go for George. If it was Sly or ex-Prime Minister Mori, she'd beg for time to think about it.
Oh, Rocky, you were real cute when it was just you and Yo! Adrian in that rinky Philadelphia apartment. Now you've become like a salesman who's doomed to make the same pitch over and over, trying to convince us that a man's gotta do what he's gotta do and you're the man to do it. You could at least change the mantra a little. Change it to: Boys will be boys. That's the bottom line for this movie.
"Driven" is the second Stallone/Harlin collaboration since "Cliffhanger," and, as you might expect from the duo, there's a lot of budget dollars splashed all over the screen — a lot of explosions, glass smashed into smithereens, flames rising and blackening the sky. A lot of provocative babes saying things like: "So? Do I look good? Huh? Do I?" with hands on hips.
The pride and glory of an F-1 racing team is what this is all about. Besides Stallone, there's Til Schweiger, Burt Reynolds and Kip Pardue, among others, all of whom look gorgeous in racing gear, have just the right hair for helmets and aren't required to say much. In fact, one of the first scenes in the movie has Schweiger ditching his girlfriend because he wants to concentrate on racing for now (or something). She cries and makes the usual passionate speech, demanding to know what she had meant to him all the time that they were together. His response: "Distraction." Ooh! Boyspeak.
Having said all this, one can't help loving "Driven" for the same reasons one can't help loving boys. A terrible truth, but there it is. Can't help loving Harlin for inserting shots of braless racing groupies blowing kisses every 10 minutes, or being touched when Stallone gives Pardue a tiny, cheap trophy and delivers the line: "I got that for the first time I won, when victory was pure for me, real pure." And even if you're not a racing fan, Harlin plays up the glamour until he almost convinces you you should be: the incredible turnout in the stadiums, the hair-raising hairpin curves, the do-or-die aesthetics of the drivers. As for those giant mosquito noise that the cars make on their laps — well, you may not learn to love it, but you will certainly learn to forgive it.
The other thing about boys is that they will always be in close range of girls. And Harlin made sure he had just the right number and variety: Estella Warren (former face of Chanel No. 5) as a team staff member (what kind of work she actually does remains a mystery); Gina Gershon as the mean and saucy ex-wife of Stallone, now remarried to a rival driver; and Stacy Edwards as the cool, smart journalist who becomes Stallone's new love object. These women never stray from their neat, boxed-in roles, but it's a positive pleasure just to watch them for their skintight outfits, their gestures, the way they always seem to pout, whether they're pouting or not. They are at once the products and purveyors of boy fantasy, and, boy, do they look good in this backdrop of cars and cash and firework displays. Warren is especially a vision of tumbling golden hair and half-closed blue eyes and other things that could send the less hardy shakily to a chair, handkerchief pressed to damp forehead.
The trouble with "Driven" is that it never gets beyond this point and this point peaked in the second reel of what is a two-hour movie, leaving you plenty of time to ponder about what in the world induced you to see the thing in the first place. By the time the credits roll, you will have exhausted all the possibilities for joking with the title: "Driven Nuts," "Driven to Tears" (courtesy of Giovanni Fazio), "Driven Off the Cliff-Face of Sanity," "Driven Around and Deposited on the Curb by Dumb, Chauvinistic Ape." Still, if nothing else, it's a ride. Seat belts, please.


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One by one, the records toppled or were matched Saturday at the Coliseum.
And ever so coarsely, the grumpy bear that is the USC offense began to roar and growl as if to remind everyone the Trojans still have the resources, resolve and impulse to strike quickly and forcefully enough to bury someone.
Yes, the opponent was hapless Colorado, one of the worst college football teams we've seen in quite some time.
But the 50 points and 44-point margin of victory USC laid on the Buffaloes was a lethal reminder that Matt Barkley and his bevy of weapons still are capable of dropping the hammer on people.
While that ability - or will - wasn't entirely in doubt the first half of the season, there certainly was cause for hesitation based on the subdued game plans over recent weeks. The Trojans were so concerned with making critical mistakes Lane Kiffin whittled his playbook down to short, high-percentage passes and clock-draining run plays.
That all changed Saturday, with Kiffin jacking up the pace with a no-huddle offense and letting Barkley and his friends have some fun.
In the doing so, they obliterated the USC record books.
Barkley tied his own school record with six touchdown passes and soared past former Trojans star Matt Leinart on the Pac-12 leaderboard for most touchdown passes in a career with 102.
Barkley completed a remarkable 19 of 20 pass attempts, which established a new conference mark for completion percentage in a game with a minimum of 20 attempts. His quarterback rating of 319.16 broke the Pac-12 record previously held by UCLA's Drew Olson.
The seven touchdown passes between Barkley and backup Max Wittek also were a school record.
With numbers like that, the touching scoreboard video tribute to Barkley from Leinart, Carson Palmer, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, among others, almost seemed inadequate.
Retiring his number seemed a more appropriate homage.
Barkley was clearly moved with the tribute and elite company he is joining.
"It's special," he said. "It's definitely an honor to be among names like that."
Woods can relate.
The graceful wide receiver had eight catches for 132 yards and passed Dwayne Jarrett on the school's all-time career reception list.
Meanwhile, his four touchdown grabs established a new school record for a single game.
Woods also was treated to a video tribute, with Trojans great Keyshawn Johnson speaking last.
"I grew up watching those receivers," Woods said. "Ever since I understood USC football and growing up watching them play. I don't see myself above them but part of an elite group."
Marqise Lee didn't set any records but still caught six passes for 103 yards and hooked up with Barkley on a 55-yard touchdown.
In all, the Trojans gained 460 yards, 340 through the air, and by the early moments of the third quarter Barkley, Woods and Lee were watching on the sideline, their work for the afternoon finished but their message delivered loud enough to be heard all the way from Eugene, Ore., to South Bend, Ind.
But felt most in their own locker room.
"It was a good turning point," Barkley said. "I don't think we've made a complete turnaround but we're starting to turn the ship around."
And just in the nick of time as USC begins navigation of the choppy waters that await them over the final five weeks of the regular season. Arizona is up next Saturday in Tucson, but looming are Oregon, Arizona State, Notre Dame and UCLA.
The final four all occur in Los Angeles, with everyone but UCLA venturing into the Coliseum.
The Trojans welcome them all knowing they still possess one of the most electrifying aerial attacks in the country, with Barkley's big, accurate arm the perfect complement to the speed and athletic ability of Woods and Lee.
"I wouldn't say we're there, yet," Barkley said. "We still have some work to do. But it's a good starting point for next week."
Perhaps evidence to support Kiffin's belief that every season unfolds at its own pace and the reluctance or inability to aggressively attack in Week 5 isn't necessarily a prelude to a year-long unwillingness or weakness.
"Like I tried to say all year long, you have to take the whole year (to evaluate)," Kiffin said. "You have to wait for the whole thing to come together."
Just past the halfway mark of the season, things are beginning to come together.
Clearly, though, the meagerness of the opponent cannot be understated. The Buffaloes are that rare team that is woefully inept in every aspect of the game, and if they win another game from here on out, it might be the biggest surprise in college football.
Barkley, in particular, likes playing against them, too. Saturday marked the second time in as many games against Colorado he's burned the Buffaloes with six touchdowns passes.
So yes, the Buffaloes are a special kind of bad.
But between the no-huddle offense providing a steady, rhythmic pace and Barkley finding open receivers on long, medium and short throws the Trojans played with an offensive flow and imagination that recently was lacking.
And it resulted in a much more satisfied team afterward.
"I think we have a better feeling in our stomachs after this win," Barkley said.
One they hope to carry over the final five weeks and beyond.
"We have a lot of games left," Woods said. "We just have to keep producing."


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Dividend Yield: 10.1%
Even to those who know have been following it for a while, Penn West Petroleum (NYSE:PWE) — which operates as PennWest Exploration — is something of an enigma.
It was a trust, but became a corporation in early 2011. Even before (and after) the conversion, though, the company went through a few rounds of debt-based (and convertible-based) financings, and tapped bank-credit facilities. That matters, because to this day the market still isn't entirely sure how to value — or evaluate — Penn West.
Be that as it may, it might be good that PWE still acts somewhat like a trust, in that it shares its capital spending plan for the year before that particular year starts. For 2013, Penn West reported it was going to reduce its capital spending from 2012's $1.7 billion to $900 million this year (though it might spend another $300 million if crude prices behave favorably). It also has worked down $1.3 billion worth of long-term debt last year.
That's the good news.
However, the reduced capital spending plans — even with the reduced debt load — plus the current dividend payout is still greater than Penn West's cash flow. Some analysts even explicitly hope the company will ratchet down its double-digit yield.
Indeed, it might have to do so at some point in the near future — just to survive.


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BRASILIA, July 29 (Reuters) - Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Tuesday he hopes that Argentina will not default on part of its debt as the neighboring country holds last-minute talks to avert its second moratorium this century.
"A default is not good for anybody," Mantega told reporters in Brasilia. (Reporting by Nestor Rabello; Writing by Alonso Soto)


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Johannesburg - Shoprite Checkers is considering applying for e-toll exemption, saying its additional distribution costs caused by the SA National Roads Agency's controversial tolls on Gauteng roads could cause food prices to rise.
At a presentation of Shoprite Checkers' interim results for the six months ending in December last year, the retailer said calculations showed the e-toll fees would add about R4 million to distribution costs each year.
The company operates 529 food distribution trucks, which travel 140 000km a day on average.
Group spokeswoman Sarita van Wyk said: "Shoprite will obviously try to absorb the additional expense for as long as possible."
"But it will not be feasible to absorb the impact on retail prices in the long run."
"While we support public-transport exemptions for buses and minibus taxis as a means to support the workforce of this country, it is our contention that our food-distribution vehicles should not be subjected to additional costs because of the impact on the price of basic food for the country's most vulnerable consumers.
"We are thus considering making representations to the South African National Roads Agency for exemption from e-tolls."
Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona said he could not pre-empt an application and that exemptions were granted by the transport department.
Justice Project SA's vocal anti-e-toll advocate, Howard Dembovsky, doubted Shoprite Checkers would be successful in its application.
"I can't see on what grounds they would have the legal right to make an application for exemption."
Currently, police and defence force vehicles, metro police vehicles, emergency vehicles and qualifying public transport vehicles are exempt.
DA premier candidate for Gauteng Mmusi Maimane said: "This information reveals the true cost of e-tolling - the fact that the system impacts everybody, whether they are road users or not.
"If this is the impact of tolling on one of the biggest produce suppliers in the country, it is likely that many others, both big and small, will also be forced to increase expenses across the board."
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Help! How To Bake In 4Qt Glass Bowl???
Decorating By FH_Cakes Updated 29 Apr 2009 , 2:49pm by TheCakeDude
I am making a giant earth for a gradutaion party on Saturday. I figured I would give the glass bowl a try, but after looking at it more I am realizing it won't bake all the way through without some type of core. I need help ASAP!!!! Should I scrap this idea and just go with a layer cake and carve the globe shape?
thats a pretty big bowl, i just baked one in a 1 qt and was worried it wouldnt get done in the middle, but it did at the last minute. How full are you making it?
Do you have a wonder mold pan? If so, you could use the heating core/rod from it and just place it into the middle of your batter. I have done this, but it was a pretty thick batter. I don't know if it would work for a thinner one.
Maybe drop a flower nail or two in the bottom for a makeshift heating element....


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For Mike Smith, a venture capital veteran at CVC Partners, Friday morning won't be one he forgets in a hurry.
From 7am, calls to his mobile phone started raining in from City traders, journalists and - alarmingly - the Takeover Panel. The City watchdog had been monitoring the startling rise in Sainsbury's share price in recent months, and it was forced to contact Smith on Friday morning after newspaper headlines suggested that CVC was on the point of mounting a bid for J Sainsbury.
Smith was asked to clarify the situation. He revealed that CVC, along with Blackstone Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts - two of the world's most aggressive buyout firms - had formed a partnership, and that their target was Britain's third biggest grocer.
As a courtesy, Smith, who was heading the CVC team, ordered a junior to alert Sainsbury's that a stock market announcement was imminent. Privately, though, he was furious to be forced into this position. He knew that, once traders had digested the news, Sainsbury's shares would fly into orbit. He was right. At one point, shares in the supermarket giant climbed by 18 per cent. They then edged down slightly to close up 61.75p at 507p.
Friday was the moment when the secretive world of private equity bared its teeth for what could be the biggest leveraged buyout Europe has ever seen. A sum in the order of £10bn would be needed to take the company private - and with it the glittering prize of a £7.5bn property portfolio.
Sainsbury has 479 supermarkets and 290 convenience stores. It owns the freehold of 260 of those supermarkets. Last year, in a remortgaging exercise, it valued half of those at £3.55bn. Analysts from Numis Securities think that, as the property market has increased since then, a £7.5bn overall valuation gives bidders scope to mount a £10bn bid.
This would be financed by dividing Sainsbury's in two: a property vehicle and an operating company. The property would be sold to pay down debt and give the venture capitalists massive windfall dividends. The operating company would then rent the stores.
Sources close to CVC are keen to suggest that they are not asset strippers. Their vision is to inject Sainsbury's with fresh capital to accelerate its move into non-food areas like clothes and electrical retailing. Sainsbury's has lagged behind Tesco and Asda in diversifying.
The potential bidders are also keen to praise the job done by Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King in turning round a business that had slipped from being the nation's favourite grocer to third place - again, behind Tesco and Asda. However, it is unclear whether they would let him retain control of the firm should they buy it.
But by Friday night insiders close to the consortium were starting to downplay the chances of a bid materialising. The share price was in danger of running too far ahead of what they were prepared to pay.
Other observers were not convinced. A well placed source said: 'This is serious. I believe they will make an indicative offer to the board.' If they do, one man stands to make close to £1bn: Lord Sainsbury of Turville. The former science minister and Labour party donor owns around 10 per cent of the company. His portfolio is currently held in a blind trust to prevent conflicts of interest arising while he was at Westminster.
As he resigned from the government last November, that blind trust is wound up at the end of the month. It is understood that Sainsbury wants to concentrate on his charitable interests and that he will sell down his stake. Last Thursday he reduced his holding and netted £200m - an event that saw shares in the supermarket group leap 3 per cent.
The Sainsbury family as a whole still owns in excess of 14 per cent of the company, but they do not speak with one voice. Arguments are rife - although one source familiar with the situation suggests that, should an offer be made, they will defer to the company's board rather than act unilaterally.
But given that Sainsbury's shares have risen 50 per cent in a year, there is an expectation that Judith Portrait, the lawyer who controls 13.9 per cent of shares on behalf of the Sainsbury family, including Lord Sainsbury, will take advantage of the massive uplift and further reduce their holding.
While various venture capital firms are considering whether to bid for the firm, a number of big-hitting investors previously linked with the company are ruling themselves out of the running. Friends of Sir Tom Hunter and Sir Archie Norman distanced both former high-street giants from any deals. And Sir Philip Green, Britain's most powerful retail tycoon, this weekend said he was not contemplating a bid.
Green believes that the potential to sell on Sainsbury's property would be restricted because of competition issues. In addition, he believes that having a single tenant cuts the value of the portfolio.
Whatever materialises, even talk of a bid for the firm is confirmation of Sainsbury's rehabilitation. Under Sir Peter Davis, Sainsbury's fortunes collapsed. A mismanaged logistics overhaul emptied shelves of food. It was once the UK's top grocer; but Davis failed to understand how new planning laws had changed the rules of British retail.
A rival executive says Sainsbury's thought that, after out-of-town supermarkets were banned, there was no potential to expand its store portfolio and so Davis effectively disbanded its property arm. While Sainsbury's stagnated, Tesco went on a massive property acquisition spree, taking options on sites. It made a beeline for in-town stores and quickly overtook Sainsbury's.
Under King, Sainsbury's is making up for lost time. It is now buying up potential store sites as aggressively as Tesco. It is set to leapfrog Asda to become the second biggest grocer in Britain, having smashed through City forecasts last Christmas. But now the barbarians are at the checkout, King may have a new fight on his hands.
Venture capital firms
They are notoriously secretive, with no obligation to account for themselves in public, but venture capital firms are beginning to dominate British business.
Companies backed by private equity generate total sales of £424bn, exports of £48bn and account for about 2.8 million jobs, equal to 19 per cent of private-sector employees. If a private equity consortium is successful in buying Sainsbury's it will be the most significant purchase this sector has seen.
It will also thrust the industry into the spotlight at what is a sensitive moment. Unions and MPs are increasingly uncomfortable with how many firms effectively asset strip their prey, throw thousands on the unemployment register and quickly sell off businesses to generate windfall profits.
Many of the biggest buyout firms are American. Last year, US-based Kohlberg Kravis Roberts was the biggest European dealmaker. Its European chief Johannes Huth stumped up £13bn in five major deals, which included German chemicals company Linde.
Other major buyers include the secretive Carlyle Group, which last year floated Qinetiq - formerly a UK state-owned defence research organisation - and Blackstone Group, headed in Europe by Chad Pike.
British businesses owned by private equity include Formula One motor racing, insurance and holiday company Saga, and the AA.
Many believe that private equity firms are creating a debt bubble which could have significant adverse economic implications. Firms tend to borrow aggressively to fund purchases and, as interest rates rise, this places businesses under severe pressure to meet tough financial targets.


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Last week I posted on my Posterous (my unedited, whenever I feel like posting, random thoughts "diary") about the 5 Levels of Fluency. As you already know if you pay attention to Benny (Happy Birthday Benny!), a lot of learning a new language is confidence and making mistakes in conversations with native speakers.
My lack of confidence in speaking Polish has always been due to the fact that I should know how to speak well (I was born here!) and I was embarrassed that, while I could easily get around in Poland, I stammered, stumbled, and misspoke. (I still stammer, stumble, and misspeak.) I wasn't giving myself any slack for having no real practice with the language for a good 10 years. I mean, I speak with my Parents regularly, but that is not nearly enough.
And yes, I may have been born here, but my family left to Austria when I was 6 months old, and then the US when I was 1. Not much language practice there. ;)
I know quite a lot of people who have Parents who speak other languages but they don't speak a word themselves. I should have given myself credit for at least being semi-fluent. The first 6-7 weeks were somewhat of a struggle none-the-less because I was too far into my head. That is all neither here nor there now. I'm really happy I decided to come back here and I am falling in love with this city. If it wasn't for the fact that it has a Fall/Winter/Spring that are not up to my temperature requirements I would definitely stay longer.
More on confidence:
If you didn't read Thursday's article How To Be More Confident I highly suggest you read it as well as all the comments. Lots of good stuff in there. If you're into that article, a tweet or a facebook share would rock my Saturday.
Links 2, 3, 4 … (I probably shouldn't throw an old Rammstein reference into my article without making it known, so … made known!)
8 Ways To Be More Confident: Live The Life of Your Dreams by Lori Deschene
In keeping with the confidence theme here is some more great advice about confidence. Lori and I planned this. Kidding. I don't know Lori. Hi Lori! I love TinyBuddha. Blog high five.
How To Stop Living For Others' Approval by Tammy Strobel
Ja to kocham. ;)
The 20 Essential Habits of Highly Passionate People by Henri Juntilla
A great list here from Henri. I have nothing of consequence to add. :)
Start Before You're Ready by Steven Pressfield
"By the time we're ready, it's too late."
I've stated it before, but as far as Wednesday blog articles go, there is none better than Steven Pressfield's. If I was only allowed to read one blog on Wednesdays it would be this one.
The Best Way To Deal With Loss by David Cain
David writes the blog Raptitude and I love it. He's at a few thousand readers right now. In one year I suspect he'll have exponentially more. :)
This is the story of his ruined laptop and how, in the grand scheme of things, life is amazing.
Vegan and Vegetarian: Questions and Answers by Niall Doherty
Although these are specifically Niall's answers and mine would be different, I get enough questions on this topic to warrant sending you here to get Niall's perspective.
On Monday I'm posting an article about Stress Free Vegan Travel. It's an epic at ~2,500 words. It might piss you off if you're vegan, and you probably won't read it if you're not. Sweet! ;)
That's all for this week.
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Necklace: Primark
Shoes: Linzi
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Belt: Evans
Glasses: London Retro*
Hello lovelies! This is another review post, as due to a delay earlier in the year Lovedrobe said I could choose two items. This is from their Koko range, which is stocked at New Look. I love all the wine and berry tones of autumn so I had to choose this dress, and it's just gorgeous. I have no problems with it! It's going to get so much wear, I know it! The dress isn't on site yet, but it will be soon. You can also keep an eye out for Lovedrobe and Koko at One Stop Plus, Evans and House of Fraser.
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Communication Networks, Hegemony, and Communicative Action
Communicative action now commonly takes place in electronically mediated global networks and the networks are a powerful form of social ordering. This article analyzes the different forms of power that operate in communicative networks and how these alter communicative action. It suggests that the more optimistic literature on global and network governance, arguing and bargaining, and soft norm generation has not taken these new modes of hegemony fully into account. An analysis of the possible forms of communicative freedom in networks rounds off the article.
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Mamadou Sakho completed a £15m move to Liverpool
Liverpool FC have completed a hat-trick of transfers on deadline day, with Mamadou Sakho, Tiago Ilori and Victor Moses completing their moves to Anfield.
All three new arrivals were present at Anfield to witness Liverpool's 1-0 victory over Manchester United, and will cost a combined total of around £23.5 million.
Centre-backs Sakho and Ilori both agreed personal terms and passed medicals on Saturday itself. The Reds paid PSG £15 million for France international Sakho, while young Portuguese defender Ilori was signed for a fee of around £7 million.
Victor Moses arrives on a season-long loan from Chelsea, and Liverpool will pay the London club a fee of around £1 million.
Afterwards, Ilori told Liverpoolfc.com: "It feels great being a Liverpool player – coming to the Premier League has always been a dream for me.
"I'm going to try and achieve everything I can. I want to play as much as possible and we'll see what the future holds. I will give my all and try my best to help the team."
Though born in London, Ilori has represented Portugal at U18, U19 and U20 level.
He also has experience of playing at Anfield in the 2011-12 NextGen Series for Sporting.
"I know the history of the club and the Premier League is the best league in the world, in my opinion," said Ilori. "Liverpool, have a great team and I think it's the place for me to be at the moment.
"I know there have been some great teams here in the past and the club has won a lot of trophies and I want to be a part of it."
Sakho's revealed he wants to help Livepool reach the Champions League again, and his arrival will strengthen Liverpool's defence.
"My aim while I am here is to play in the Champions League with Liverpool," he told Liverpoolfc.com. "I remember their teams when they were in the competition when I was younger.
"The Champions League is a tournament that all the great clubs in Europe participate in and that's where we need to get to.
"With the team we have, and the means put at the disposal of the players, the technical support and the whole club and its supporters are in a good position to get there. This is our objective.
"With regards to the history of Liverpool, the thing that struck me most was the victory in the Champions League final when I was very young. I don't remember how old I was but I was very young and I remember this fantastic event, which always impressed me.
"I hope to create a new piece of history with our supporters at Anfield."
And while the 23-year-old already has bags of experience that belie his tender years – he's not fazed by competing with older, more established centre-backs for a place in Brendan Rodgers' side.
"I've been at Melwood for a day and it's very good. The training areas are impressive and everything is in place for the players to keep in top condition.
"Everything is adapted for professional sports-people and it really gives a good image of a club like Liverpool."
Brendan Rodgers strengthened his squad further by agreeing a loan deal for Chelsea winger Moses. The Nigeria international completed his medical earlier today.
After completing the move, Moses told Liverpoolfc.com: "First and foremost, I'm delighted to have made the loan from Chelsea to a big club like Liverpool.
"The most important thing is for me to be professional about it and I'm here to do a job for the club.
"The target is to get into the top four and for the club to compete in the Champions League – and I'm delighted to be here.
"The manager has done very well and the formation and players here will help me and I just want to gel in, get to know the players and play with them.
"There are a lot of quality players here – they're winning games and creating chances. It's a massive thing for me to be here."
Rodgers is still interested in Aston Villa keeper Shay Given as cover for Simon Mignolet, but there are no assurances by Villa that a deal will materialise before tonight's 11 pm deadline.


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Hey everyone,
I just moved to SF with my husband and our 10 month-old. I've found the city very friendly and fun -- but I have yet to figure out where to meet the moms: most of the caregivers on the playground are nannies and so far most of the people I share interests with are young and single. Which is great, but I'd love to meet someone who's also covered in spit-up, you know? Basically, I miss my Montreal support network so much! Do you have any suggestions for places to go/groups to join?
We're AP people, doing a lot of babywearing and BFing right now (yes, I'm a member of the La Leche League!), also a lot of building block towers.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions -- or if you live in the city and like to meet up. :)
All the best,
Hi and welcome!
You might check out the book Babies By the Bay and I know there is at least one meetup group for new moms (http://www.meetup.com/Carmel-Blue-Mommy-Group/) - I'm in the East Bay so I haven't been to it, but you might want to check it out.
If you're into yoga (or even if you're not :)) you might also check out Jane Austen's mom/baby yoga class at the Yoga Tree - it gets great reviews and she and the other teachers there are very knowledgeable about mom/baby groups and activities in the City.
Good luck and let me know if I can answer any other questions! If you tell me what general area you're in, I might be able to let you know about some other more local things going on.
Carmel Blue is a great place to go. Also, check out Natural Resources in the Mission: http://www.naturalresources-sf.com - they are a wonderful place. You can change your baby there and they have diapers for you to use (disposable, compostable, and cloth), breastfeed and drink free tea and water, take classes, and go get a cup of coffee and pastry at Arizmendi Co-op Bakery across the street! I just left the city and am currently staying in San Rafael (homeless and drifting from house to house with my baby right now) but I really do miss the resources in SF.
Yes, there are a lot of nannied babies in the city. I'm a low-income mama and don't really relate to the wealth in SF and much of comes with it.
Another thing I loved to do with my baby is go to Baby Rhyme and Playtime at any of the public libraries there. Every day of the week you can find one of those happening in the city at one of the libraries, and they are usually mixed with nannies, moms, and dads.
If you're willing to leave the city, there's a Bay Area Babywearing Group that meets every month.
South Bay Meeting: 2nd Tuesday of the month, 10:30am-12:30pm
East Bay Meeting: 3rd Saturday of the month, 11:00am-1:00pm
Contra Costa Meeting: 4rd Monday of the month, 11:30am-1:30pm
There are also quite a few MDC mamas in the area, both in SF and the surrounding area.
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Check out Golden Gate Mothers Group. They arrange playgroups. Not a huge number of the moms are AP but there are some. Great network with very active chat forum, etc. and arranged outings. You just have to live or work in SF to become a member.
Mama to my veggie girl (1/09) and my sweet rainbow baby (9/12).
There's also APSF. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/APSanFrancisco/ . There are a few members that are also on mothering (besides me:))
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Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
Here's another simply great picture. I am amazed that you managed to have such a lengthy description of it. Honestly, we do not need a literature portal. I just love this two headed design. It's not two heads in the traditional sense, it's more like Professor Quirrel and Voldemort. The claws are just done wonderfully. I've always been a fan of those.
You really get the idea of the monstrous vampire down. You rarely see those anymore. I love how you made devils the vampire's greatest enemy. I could spend a lot more time just talking about the description. It's all so wonderfully organized.
Thank you very much! Im glad you enjoyed their story too! And as far as vampire design goes , i always liked to imagine them as the incarnation of gothic horror and nocturnal evil. Im not a big fan of vampiric pretty boys :P
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This is Really Cool..
Haha! The Head Creeps me a Lot.. xD
Thank you!
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Very awesome!
I remember seeing this on a video by Jazza and then you responded to my forum post and I was like:
"Holy crap! Its that guy who did the freaky vampire drawing!"
Now,just a few things:
I love the way you draw the hands.
Your artstyle overall is really fun to look at
And I really like the story in the description,pretty damn creative.
Thank you mate , im glad you liked it! Dont be surprised to see me in the forums , i creep around the place so much that im afraid ill be forced out hahaha !
Rated 5 / 5 stars
This is so retarded awesome I can't even
Hahah at first i read "so retarded" and i got worried but then i was like " fuck yeah :D ". Thanks mate!
Rated 5 / 5 stars
SOOO glad I clicked on this piece... where to begin... ?
In your comment section you've outlined a detailed plot synopsis for your characters' world and lore, something that is EXTREMELY rare to see in art submissions and quite frankly it was an incredible read my friend. The names you've given the race and council all sound exotic and "alien" as they should and really gives the viewer something to sink their brain in while soaking up the imagery.
The design itself is magnificent, I mean... elongated skull purple alien vampire creatures? Bloody genius! Their hands/claws are a polar contrast to the rest of the body (that is visible anywho) and makes me REALLY want to know his anatomy under the cloak. The mutated second face on his head reminds me of many B rated Sci-Fi films I've seen :P What do the ladies think of him? How is a fella gonna get any lady action with such a deformity? YOU ARE SO INCONSIDERATE FOR HIS SEXUAL DRIVE MAN. (Although judging by the number of rings, he's either swimming in divorce papers or is quite fond of his jewelry)
If I HAD to nitpick and it really pains me to even criticize so harshly given the passion displayed here, but an ongoing problem I have with a lot of submissions here on Newgrounds is a bland and tasteless background. In this case it gives a Mars theme/atmosphere -I can just envision a giant castle in the sands- but it lacks any detail whatsoever. I understand the focus IS the character(s) as they're in your face up close and personal in the foreground, but there's always room for improvement. Regardless you earned 5 stars from me.
You've managed to stimulate the imagination in such a refreshing way... I WANT MORE, this DESERVES to be made into a full fledged movie animation or comic or SOMETHING, ANYTHING.
You admirable human being, you.
Ahaha this has to be one of the coolest comments i received on my work! Not only an incredible critique , it also had me roll laughing!
First of all , yes , the background is indeed graphic and does not match the effort i put on the brothers. If you check my gallery you will notice that this is my weak spot atm and its something im trying to overcome.
Im so very happy that you enjoyed the story as much as the characters my friend! It is important to me , especially since i want to start composing my own comics soon. I was very surprised to see that many people asked me to continue creating these folks , both here on NG and in my DA. I like to play with my fans' imagination , give people an image and a story that is a fragment of a whole world. The trick is that , there is only the fragment , so , the watcher gets to create the world in his mind , as he wishes it to be. I think it is both inspiring and interesting.
So , again , many thanks ! I will create more of the DiMorteli for sure , cant let down the people who support me :)


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2012: An Elijah on Mount Carmel Year
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? If the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
First Kings 18:21
When the Supreme Court begins oral argument on ObamaCare on March 26, the White House is unveiling a new secret weapon: Prayer.
On Wednesday, White House officials summoned dozens of leaders of nonprofit organizations that strongly back the health law to help them coordinate plans for a prayer vigil, press conferences and other events outside the court when justices hear arguments for three days beginning March 26.
The acolytes of the South Side Messiah have long known that their strongest adversaries are among Christians who take their faith seriously. That is why they are promoting a de facto schism in the Catholic Church, and why they have attempted to promote Sandra Fluke, that summary of all that is wrong with Jesuit run Georgetown, as the White House sponsored symbol of an alternate magisterium for American Catholics. Religion in this country is to be transformed into a useful auxiliary for the President, spearheaded by astroturf pro-Obama "religious" groups like the George Soros funded Catholics United and the interdenominational Faith in Public Life, and dissenters will be silenced through mockery by the mainstream media which is overwhelmingly on the side of Obama, and propaganda campaigns led by the Obama administration and its allies to undermine leaders of any denomination who do not toe the line.
Pope Benedict warned us about all of this earlier this year:
In the light of these considerations, it is imperative that the entire Catholic community in the United States come to realize the grave threats to the Church's public moral witness presented by a radical secularism which finds increasing expression in the political and cultural spheres. The seriousness of these threats needs to be clearly appreciated at every level of ecclesial life. Of particular concern are certain attempts being made to limit that most cherished of American freedoms, the freedom of religion. Many of you have pointed out that concerted efforts have been made to deny the right of conscientious objection on the part of Catholic individuals and institutions with regard to cooperation in intrinsically evil practices. Others have spoken to me of a worrying tendency to reduce religious freedom to mere freedom of worship without guarantees of respect for freedom of conscience.
Here once more we see the need for an engaged, articulate and well-formed Catholic laity endowed with a strong critical sense vis-à-vis the dominant culture and with the courage to counter a reductive secularism which would delegitimize the Church's participation in public debate about the issues which are determining the future of American society. The preparation of committed lay leaders and the presentation of a convincing articulation of the Christian vision of man and society remain a primary task of the Church in your country; as essential components of the new evangelization, these concerns must shape the vision and goals of catechetical programs at every level.
In this regard, I would mention with appreciation your efforts to maintain contacts with Catholics involved in political life and to help them understand their personal responsibility to offer public witness to their faith, especially with regard to the great moral issues of our time: respect for God's gift of life, the protection of human dignity and the promotion of authentic human rights. As the Council noted, and I wished to reiterate during my Pastoral Visit, respect for the just autonomy of the secular sphere must also take into consideration the truth that there is no realm of worldly affairs which can be withdrawn from the Creator and his dominion (cfr. Gaudium et Spes, 36). There can be no doubt that a more consistent witness on the part of America's Catholics to their deepest convictions would make a major contribution to the renewal of society as a whole.
This year is no longer just an election year for Catholics in this country. It is an Elijah on Mount Carmel year. A time for choosing is upon all American Catholics.
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The analogy with the 450 prophets of Baal is most appropriate. BTW, their fate did not end well.
Also this:
Numbers 16
Korah, Dathan and Abiram
1 Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—became insolent[a] 2 and rose up against Moses. With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had been appointed members of the council. 3 They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, "You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the LORD's assembly?"
4 When Moses heard this, he fell facedown. 5 Then he said to Korah and all his followers: "In the morning the LORD will show who belongs to him and who is holy, and he will have that person come near him. The man he chooses he will cause to come near him. 6 You, Korah, and all your followers are to do this: Take censers 7 and tomorrow put burning coals and incense in them before the LORD. The man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. You Levites have gone too far!"
8 Moses also said to Korah, "Now listen, you Levites! 9 Isn't it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the LORD's tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them? 10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too. 11 It is against the LORD that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?"
12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. But they said, "We will not come! 13 Isn't it enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? And now you also want to lord it over us! 14 Moreover, you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you want to treat these men like slaves[b]? No, we will not come!"
15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, "Do not accept their offering. I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, nor have I wronged any of them."
16 Moses said to Korah, "You and all your followers are to appear before the LORD tomorrow—you and they and Aaron. 17 Each man is to take his censer and put incense in it—250 censers in all—and present it before the LORD. You and Aaron are to present your censers also." 18 So each of them took his censer, put burning coals and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 19 When Korah had gathered all his followers in opposition to them at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the entire assembly. 20 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 21 "Separate yourselves from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once."
22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and cried out, "O God, the God who gives breath to all living things, will you be angry with the entire assembly when only one man sins?"
23 Then the LORD said to Moses, 24 "Say to the assembly, 'Move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.'"
25 Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 He warned the assembly, "Move back from the tents of these wicked men! Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins." 27 So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children and little ones at the entrances to their tents.
28 Then Moses said, "This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things and that it was not my idea: 29 If these men die a natural death and suffer the fate of all mankind, then the LORD has not sent me. 30 But if the LORD brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt."
31 As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, and all those associated with Korah, together with their possessions. 33 They went down alive into the realm of the dead, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community. 34 At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, "The earth is going to swallow us too!"
35 And fire came out from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
36 The LORD said to Moses, 37 "Tell Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, to remove the censers from the charred remains and scatter the coals some distance away, for the censers are holy— 38 the censers of the men who sinned at the cost of their lives. Hammer the censers into sheets to overlay the altar, for they were presented before the LORD and have become holy. Let them be a sign to the Israelites."
39 So Eleazar the priest collected the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned to death, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar, 40 as the LORD directed him through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one except a descendant of Aaron should come to burn incense before the LORD, or he would become like Korah and his followers.
AS for me and mine, I will serve God.
Yes, the devil can pray also to mislead people…truly the evil one is prowling very hard.
So the new secret weapon of the White House is prayer! Oh, the absolute irony of it!!!!
"So the new secret weapon of the White House is prayer! Oh, the absolute irony of it!!!!"
But its okay because it is under the guidance of our god-Pharoah. Perhaps he will send Jannes and Jambres to help.
Fluke : "All that's wrong with Jesuit run Georgetown" ?????
How can that be given that she's running a campaign against Georgetown's faith-based refusal to fund her contraceptive appetite? She's an example of how Georgetown is challenged as it tows the line, not the opposite.
Excellent: I see I'm not alone in thinking of Elijah lately. John the Baptist is another prophet who comes to mind—as the priests who worshipped Baal (and those that rebelled against Moses) are analogous to modern-day libertine Catholics, so the Pharisees and Sadducees are to the heretical "theologians" who thrive in American schools, even ones that are nominally Catholic.


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The quality of a parent can often be measured by the amount of sacrifices they are willing to make for the betterment of their children. For Don Larson, formerly of the New York Yankees, he crossed the line from being a good parent, or grandparent in this case, to being a great one when he recently announced that he would be auctioning off his most prized possession to pay for his grandchildren's college education.
The item he is selling is as one of a kind as you can get — the uniform he wore when he pitched the only perfect World Series game in MLB history back in 1956. Playing for the Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers, Larson was as lights-out as any pitcher has ever been. In fact, even Larson didn't know he was pitching a perfect game, he just thought it was a no-hitter.
He found out the awesome truth of it later in the locker-room.
Early estimates have the uniform selling for as high as $2 million dollars, according to Steiner Executive Vice President Brett Schissler. Schissler also stated that his company has already fielded several seven digit offers already.
Larson announced his intention to sell his famous off-white uniform with faded Yankee pinstripes in a press conference that featured announcer Bob Wolff playing a grainy audio recording of his broadcast from the perfect game. Listening to the 56-year-old play-by-play of Wolff calling out after out, Larsen stared off into the distance as his wife, Corrine, held his hand under the table and smiled.
Larsen said that after he struck out Dodgers pinch-hitter Dale Mitchell on a called third strike to end the game, "it felt like the world left my shoulders then."
"When Yogi jumped on me, I probably still haven't woken up yet," Larsen said, recalling the iconic moment after the game when the Yankees catcher leapt into his arms.
Steiner Sports Memorabilia will conduct the auction beginning Oct. 8, the 56th anniversary of Larsen's perfect game. Baseball enthusiasts worldwide will have the opportunity to place bids online or via phone for 56 days afterward.
James LeBeau is a sports contributor for CraveOnline Sports and you can follow him on Twitter @JleBeau76 or subscribe on Facebook.com/CraveOnlineSports.
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Team Mexico needed four pitches to figure out Panama starter Daniel Fernandez in their second game of the Little League World Series Sunday,
Tijuana Municipal leadoff hitter Brandon Montes lined the fifth pitch from Fernandez just over the left field wall to set off a 13-run offensive onslaught that included five home runs and gave Mexico its second mercy rule win of this World Series.
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Mexico started doing its heavy damage in the second. Leftie Luis Corral singled past the shortstop to lead off the inning, Montes pulled another single through the same hole, and Martin Gonzalez walked to juice the bases before third baseman Ramon Mendoza pulled a breaking ball from Rafael Eysseric just over the left field foul pole for his first of two home runs.
"At first their pitcher was very strong and threw me a lot of fastballs," Mendoza, who drove in six runs, said through interpreter Sergio Guzman after the game. "After they had a new pitcher I thought they're going to start working me with curveballs and I better start focus on hitting the ball to the opposite field."
The whole Tijuana lineup took the four Panamanian pitchers all over the park to earn their 14 base hits. Left-handed Martin Gonzalez hit a massive solo shot in the third to left-center, and two batters later leftie first baseman Saul Favela laid a long flyball in nearly the same spot.
"We've always practiced hitting going to the opposite field during our practices and our games," manager Francisco Fimbres said. "It's a lot easier if you get an inside pitch to hit it. These are strong kids."
Starter Luis Manzo went four scoreless innings with three strikeouts and allowed one hit. He stranded a runner at third in the first inning and had to work around some wildness: he walked one batter and hit three.
"I was very nervous at first," Manzo said. "As the defense was supporting me and backed me up I got more confident and it worked out."
"Luis is a great pitcher, but he starts a little slow," Fimbres said. "If the other team doesn't take advantage soon enough it will be too late."
Fimbres was concerned about some of his hitters who didn't get in on the action in Mexico's 12-0 waxing of Australia on Thursday. After Sunday's game, he seemed satisfied with his offense.
"I feel more confident now," he said. "Some of those who were left behind in our last game against Australia woke up and hit the ball well."
Mexico plays the winner of tonight's game between Asia-Pacific and Japan for a slot in the International Championship at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.


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Exporting a Model to an Image File
You can export a MapleSim model to a .png, .gif, .jpg, or .bmp file if you want to insert an image of that model into another document (for example, a slide show or a design document). In the image file, the content is exported exactly as it appears in the Model Workspace.
To export a model to an image file:
1. Browse to the Model Workspace view that you want to export to the image file. You may want to zoom into or out from the model or display the detailed view of certain components.
2. In the File menu, select Export as Image > 2-D.
3. In the Select File dialog box, navigate to the directory in which you want to save the image.
4. Enter a name for the file and click Save.
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A NEW storage facility has been installed as part of a council crackdown on roadside bins during the Open Golf Championship.
In January, traders in Hoylake were told they must find somewhere else to store their waste containers for the whole of July when the tournament rolls into town.
Shops and bars who leave bins in Charles Road – which runs parallel to the main thoroughfare of Market Street – received letters from Wirral Council informing them their trade-sized wheelies would be removed from July 1.
More than 200,000 golf fans are expected to flood into the area when the tournament kicks off next week and the issue of the Charles Road bins was identified as something that "must be addressed" following the last Open in 2006, when police and fire services reported it as "potentially posing a hazard" to pedestrians.
Some shopkeepers had an agreement with the council to leave their bins on Charles Road, as there is no practical alternative place to store them.
After receiving the letter in January, Kate Verdin-Walsh, proprietor of Vanilla Lounge, said she would struggle to find an alternative.
She told the Globe she had been "battling" with the town hall over bin storage for several years and said she did not know what the council expects businesses to do.
Stuart Hallam, owner of Maccomb's Pet Store was in a similar position.
He said: "We have been told to shift the bin for the golf – or else – but we don't have anywhere else to put it."
But the new bin storage area is set to put an end to the disruption and will be used by businesses that back onto Charles Road for a trial period to see if it reduces the problem.
If it does, planning permission will be sought in the hope of making it a permanent solution.
A spokesman for Wirral Council said: "All businesses were consulted, as were many local members of the public attending information events as part of preparations for the arrival of the golf.
"At each of these events, the council explained the plans for the Charles Road bin compound and received very favourable and supportive comments."
"Although it is the businesses' responsibility to make appropriate arrangements for the storing and disposal of their waste, the council hopes that identifying and providing an alternative and practical location for their bins will help to resolve the issues that have been raised and make sure that visitors and residents can enjoy Hoylake in the best possible light."
Residents in areas next to the course and associated zones affected by The Championship will have their bin collection rescheduled to Saturday, July 12.
Residents affected in this way will be directly notified of this change.
The remaining collections in the West Kirby and Hoylake area will take place on the normal day, although the council's waste contractor Biffa will be visiting as early in the day as possible.
All residents are advised to present their bins no later than 7am to avoid missing the collection.
No collections will be cancelled.
Residents are also asked to make every effort to bring their empty bins back on to their property as soon as they are able and should be aware that bins left on the highway and causing an obstruction, either post collection or presented on the wrong day, are at risk of being removed by the council.
If you have any concerns regarding waste or litter left by visitors during the event, please do not hesitate to report these to Streetscene on 0151 606 2004.


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This article will help you to organize your dissertation project. You should be attentive to complete all of the requirements, and then you will certainly manage to do your dissertation projects perfect.
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- You should produce a dissertation project plan. It will be helpful both for you and your readers. It will help you to organize your research and not to loose line of thoughts. Your reader will be able to find the answers to the particular questions, as well.
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Now, if you complete all of these rules, you will certainly succeed in doing perfect dissertation projects. Do not forget to revise and correct the work before presenting it to the teacher. It will improve the quality of your dissertation project.


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Check conversion via Back Office Conversion (BOC) has significant advantages, particularly over the Point of Purchase (POP) check conversion method, and is widely regarded as NACHAs reaction the merchant disappointment with POP transactions.
Back Office Conversion benefits for merchants and retailers are as follows:
Increased efficiency: Rather than converting checks one at a time at the point-of-sale retailers can scan batches of checks at regular intervals throughout the day or at the end of day. This streamlined deposit preparation vs. traditional paper processing. Avoid courier pick ups or visits to the local bank branch.
Less hardware: Because BOC deposits are scanned at the end of the day, store locations only need one scanner instead of multiple scanners in order to equip each cashier station.
Less training: With POP all cashiers needed training on the transaction process and check eligibility. With BOC a small number of employees need training.
Faster funds availability: Merchants that submit their back office conversion files directly to a bank (rather than via a third party provider) will benefit from faster funds availability compared to making a physical deposit at a local branch. In addition, the Sunday evening ACH clearing window will be a benefit for those retailers and merchants that receive a large number of checks over the weekend. They will now enjoy funds availability on Monday morning.
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Reduced risk: BOC transactions are processed via the ACH network and settle the following day. Merchants and retailers will be notified of returned items the next day; returned item notification for paper checks can take several days. As ACH transactions the items are eligible for re-presentment, thereby increasing the odds that a transaction will be successful.
Opportunity to consolidate banking relationships: Back office conversion enables merchants to make deposits regardless of the distance between their store location and the closest bank branch. Merchants and retailers with limited cash deposits are more likely to achieve consolidation than those that continue to have cash processing needs.


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StereoKiller Productions has started a movement on the third Thursdays of every month at Hydrate nightclub: Binary, A Bisexual night for all. Whether you are single or coupled, bi, gay, straight, poly or queer; out and proud or quietly supportive, looking for friends or out on the prowl or simply looking for a fun night out - Binary is for YOU! No judgments, no criticisms, and no limitations; Binary is the event that Chicago has been begging for. Binary is so much more than a simple club night.
On Thursday, June 16th the movement continues at 9PM at Hydrate nightclub. Join us early at 9 for a cocktail or two. Have a drink and socialize in a sensuous lounge environment. Meet some new, like-minded friends and play some games in a friendly, welcoming atmosphere.
AT 10 O'clock the party really intensifies and takes off. Move on back into the club to begin a nightlife experience the likes of which Boystown, nor the rest of Chicago, has never seen. Witness as SKP transforms Hydrate into an erotic Carnival of wonders. Feast your eyes on the hottest male and female bodies our city has to offer as the Angels of Ecstasy writhe the night away on the dance floor for your viewing pleasure.
Think that this couldn't sound any better? Have you heard about Binary's DJ's yet?
Jim Marcus: Singer/Songwriter and founding member of the seminal band Die Warzau, he has worked with artists in all genres, from Björk, to Pansy Division, Chris Connelly, George Clinton, KMFDM, and many more. SKP has been lucky enough to bring him in as a special guest DJ at several events to rave reviews and packed dance floors. Binary now gets to experience his exclusive live remixes that push limits and rewrite what is the "norm" in club DJ sets.
[email protected]: This current Carnal and Neo Chicago resident is a performance artist, DJ, and front-man of The Dead Room with a love for true Live DJ sets that include live sampling, the use of synthesizers and many different types of media.
Napalm Bettie: Bettie's musical influences, selections and style may change about as frequently as she changes her clothes but that seems to be overlooked depending on the clothing she chooses. When asked where she sees herself in five years she says, "I don't know, I've been digging this DJ thing alright, but it just doesn't feel all that important to…. Ooooo! That's shiny!!!"
DJ Licious: The DJ formerly known as Lick-Me-I'm-Delicious likes to throw in a bit of the unexpected which has allowed him to master a very eclectic and broad style. One of the founders and current resident of Nexus 6.
On June 16th, be a part of a club experience that is destined to go down in Chicago history alongside such names as U Bahn, Medusa's, & Glee Club.
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It's a relatively minor consideration in the wake of one of the worst natural disasters in Japanese history, but Japan's storied auto industry has already been significantly affected by the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on Friday.
In the short term, most major Japanese auto companies were reportedly forced to shut down at least some of their manufacturing plants, and at least some of those will need extensive repairs, according to media reports. In the long term, damage to Japanese ports may significantly slow shipping traffic out of the country, hindering exports to the U.S.
Many Japanese manufacturers have moved some or all of the production for many models to the U.S., so that should help them keep cars supplied to U.S. dealers. Ironically, several of the affected plants manufacture exactly the types of electric and high-mileage vehicles that are currently in high demand thanks to skyrocketing gas prices in the U.S.
Here's a look at how Japan's largest car makers have been affected by the disasters.
1. Honda -- According to Associated Press reports, thirty Honda workers were injured at a Honda research facility in northeastern Tochigi prefecture. One worker was killed at a Honda assembly plant. As of this writing, the company's Sayama plant remains closed, which could impact several models exported to the U.S.
Models potentially affected: Honda Fit, Accord and CR-V, Acura RL and TSX.
2. Toyota -- Toyota's website lists four factories that had been forced to shut down production, although the company says many of the affected facilities have already resumed production, according to MediaPost.
Models potentially affected: Toyota Yaris, Scion xB and xD.
3. Nissan -- Nissan reports five plants closed, with fires being reported at two of those plants. One of the facilities affected, the Iwaki Plant, produces many of the company's V-6 engines, which appear in a wide variety of vehicle platforms. Another affected facility, the Oppama Plant, builds parts for Nissan's electric vehicles, including the all-electric Leaf.
Models potentially affected: Infiniti G37, Nissan 370Z, Nissan Murano, Nissan Maxima.
4. Subaru -- Reuters reports Japanese manufacturing giant Fuji Heavy Industries, which builds Subaru-brand vehicles, has halted production at all five of its Japanese plants.
Models potentially affected: Nearly all models. There's one Subaru manufacturing facility in the U.S., which assembles the Outback, Legacy and Tribeca models, but it's likely dependent on parts manufactured in Fuji's U.S. facilities.
5. Mazda -- Mazda's Japanese facilities are concentrated in the southwestern corner of the country, which was not as hard-hit by the tsunami. No word yet from the company on whether any plants have closed.


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Ironclad Games has released the first in-game shots from their upcoming free-to-play strategy/MOBA hybrid title, Sins of a Dark Age. Announced last month, today's shots include some of the beasts of war, monsters, and human soldiers that players will have at their command.
Sins of a Dark Age is scheduled to enter beta later this summer.
Sins of a Dark Age pits online teams against one another in short head-to-head matches, or as allies against an AI opponent in custom scenarios. Players choose a commander for overseeing the army and base building, while their heroes lead the charge into combat. Heroes are selected from an increasing pool of power-wielding warriors who level up with experience and act as rallying points for the troops. On a slight twist to the free-to-play model, powers are free, with heroes, commanders, factions, and skins costing real-world bucks.
Official Site: SinsofaDarkAge.com