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Child speech experts say don't worry if your toddler's language regresses
The language development of 20-month-old "Annie" is coming along brilliantly. Words are spewing fast and furiously, and not only that, they're coming out correctly. Her parents have even wondered whether they have a genius on their hands.
But then the about-turn happens, nearly as abruptly as those first words tumbled forth: a return to "baby talk," a disconcerting regression, or so it seems.
The anecdotal scenario has played out time and again in homes of typically developing toddlers and their parents, who have found themselves scratching their heads when language development in their young children seems to rise, only to take a drastic dip.
To parents observing this apparent reversal of language mastery, a local linguistics expert suggests taking a deep breath and not pushing the panic button. In most cases, it's all as it should be.
Erin Conwell, researcher of language acquisition in young children at North Dakota State University, says changes in speech such as this are most often signaling a profound and exciting time in a child's language development.
Conwell, who completed her doctorate work in cognitive and linguistic sciences at Brown University and post-doctoral research at Harvard, has watched the transformation in others' children as well as her own preschooler.
Her reactions to such changes tend to be atypical - more celebratory than cautionary.
Much like a parent cheering a child's a first step, Conwell called her mother in a burst of excitement the moment she recognized her daughter Blaise's first intentional "misuse" of language.
"She was 22 months and she said, "Daddy tumble monkey on the mat," meaning, 'Make the monkey tumble,'" Conwell recalled. "We would call that a 'causative overgeneralization' or using a verb that typically doesn't have any kind of object and making it a causal verb."
It was an exciting time - a huge step in her daughter's development. "It meant she was opening it up; she was ready to go and was starting to play with language on her own."
Blaise had just moved into a whole new phase of language processing, going from a mere mimicking of the speech patterns she'd been hearing to applying "rules" of language she'd learned by listening to others to form her own word structure.
The resulting verbal expressions, though not following the sometimes illogical rules of the English language, are actually quite logical. Conwell knew exactly what her daughter was saying even if it wasn't grammatically pure.
Another common "misuse" of language at this stage includes overusing the plural. "We say dogs and cats but we don't say mouses, we say mice," Conwell said. "But we say houses, not hice, right? Mouses makes a lot more sense than mice when you get right down to it."
Especially to a toddler who has yet to learn the exceptions to the rule.
Overuse of past tense also occurs frequently at this phase, such as in the made-up words of toddlers like "goed," "falled" and "runned."
"I heard one the other day - 'beed' instead of were or was," Conwell said. "What's interesting, though, is that this will disappear in time. Typically developing children do find (their way to the word) mice, and they eventually learn it's knew and not knowed."
The exceptions to the rule, by and large, have to be learned one at a time, she said. "There's no rule you can learn that tells you that mouse is irregular and has to become mice. You just learn it by case."
Some children will produce overgeneralizations, especially on rare words, into kindergarten and first grade, she said, while occasionally, such words show up as late as age 10 for more uncommon words. "They don't have the experience to know that they are irregulars in the first place."
The process that brings children back to regular verbs rather than overgeneralization is "a big open mystery," Conwell said.
As one invested in breaking open the big mystery, Conwell spends many hours in her NDSU lab - a temporary location at the Technology Incubator off 19th Avenue North. There, she goes deep into her studies with the help of her assistants and local children, whose parents volunteer their time to the cause.
Most of their visits take place inside what is, essentially, a large metal box with a door and walls made of soundproof foam. The interior is fairly simple - a small table and chairs, along with a laptop computer and several research tools.
The most obtrusive is a wooden "stage" encompassing four shelves with a hole cut in the middle for a video camera to peek out, along with various objects or toys on the shelves.
The camera tracks a subject's responses to verbal instructions, specifically facial reactions. "People tend to make anticipatory looks, which tells us what predictions they're making about how sentences are going to end, which tells us how they're processing them," Conwell explained. "Made-up words also tell us a lot about what kids understand about language."
Warren Christensen's 4-year-old son, Owen, is among the children who have been inside the laboratory as a participant in the study. One of the instructions Owen likely received was, "Put the cow on the couch."
Conwell would have been interested in where his eyes went as she said the words, because it would provide information about how he was processing those particular words.
As a parent of two, Christensen said he's been fascinated by his children's developing speech patterns, and as a fellow scientist, he'd already done some of his own reading about learning and knowledge acquisition before becoming familiar with Conwell's work.
"It's interesting to see how kids acquire knowledge and learn stuff from zero. Seeing how they communicate and what words they choose is fascinating," he said.
Language development seems to be something that intrigues more than just those trained in linguistics.
"When I talk about this and give these examples, I'll start getting lots of emails and Facebook messages from people wanting to share what their kids have said," Conwell said. "Once you know what it is, all of a sudden you start hearing more and more of the examples yourself."
The knowledge also helps parents realize this stage is normal, not a deficiency.
Conwell said the current project attempts to zero in on how children become productive users of their language. "How do they make the shift from being listeners and maybe mimics to ... taking the language and using it on their own terms, to begin processing it more like adults do?"
It's the kind of question Conwell has been asking ever since high school, when she volunteered at a therapeutic preschool center for children with developmental disabilities.
"I spent a lot of time with the speech pathologist who had all of these wonderful techniques for unlocking children who were not speaking on time or who had various delays," she said. "I'd taken for granted how fast and easily language appears to come to typically developing children."
What she's learned since then is that children who are spoken to more tend to have larger vocabularies as adults. At the same time, even in cultures where children aren't typically spoken to all that much, they eventually catch up with their peers, indicating that while environment is a factor, there seems to be a strong biological component as well.
In addition, it's been found that when parents correct their children's language, it doesn't do much to hasten language development. "But it's hard not to do it," Conwell said. "I have a 3-year-old and I find myself correcting her, even though as I'm doing it I know it's a waste of time. But there's sort of a knee-jerk reaction."
And certainly, there's no reason to quit talking to your children and asking them to elaborate on what they are thinking. "That, at the very least, improves conversational skills, not necessarily grammar, but the ability to take turns in conversation."
Finally, it's important to remember that every child develops in the area of language at a different pace. Conwell said there was a worrisome period when Blaise spoke only 12 words. But about a week after the worrying started, 300 words poured out of her mouth. "Some kids just wait until they can do it, to start talking."


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Boatman: Washington needs to get its act together
There are many things going on in the world today that could have a major impact on financial markets.
Some will be positive and some will be negative. The government shutdown occurred Tuesday and neither side is budging.
As usual, there is enough blame to go around. Washington does not seem able to do anything other than kick the can down the road. Without a continuing resolution, non-essential services will not have funding to pay employees or pay their bills. There will probably be a 30- or 45-day extension to try and reach a compromise.
If the shutdown is only a few days, the market will not be as affected as with one that lasts several weeks. Some analysts think that could cause a 7 percent drop.
The new employment report is due out on Friday. If that is delayed, there could be even more of a market hit. Times like this demonstrate why your non-market money can never be in the market and your market money must always be in. No one can time the market and most people miss big swings because they do not believe this.
The bigger battle will most likely come in a couple of weeks when the debt ceiling is reached. The government does not have authority to borrow money without an extension being passed.
The government needs to keep borrowing because of all of the deficit spending. To get a scope of the size of the borrowing, visit www.usdebtclock.org.
It is unclear how the government can prioritize its hundreds of thousands of invoices. While the President insists that he will not negotiate, he will have no choice but to negotiate on some issues.
That is the only way there can be any agreement.
Possible changes to quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve have increased volatility in the stock market.
There has been a lot of downward pressure on stock prices and we are witnessing bigger daily swings than there have been for some time. Questions about who will be the next Fed chief are also causing concerns. Obamacare moves into a new stage.
Many companies are not hiring new employees and are reducing hours of part-timers because of the cost. More and more companies are discontinuing retirees' health care and moving them to the exchanges. The latest is Walgreens.
There are some positive things happening in the world.
If Syria follows through on its commitment to destroy its chemical weapons, the world will be a better place.
This will take time and be very complicated with a civil war going on in that country.
The U.S. is having discussions at a high level with Iran for the first time since the hostage crisis during Jimmy Carter's presidency.
This could help bring down oil prices and the cost of gasoline. Oil companies are currently switching to the winter blend, which is also lower cost and Americans drive less in the fall and winter so demand is lower. These lower prices will help the economy since consumers will have more money to spend on other things.
Washington needs to get its act together soon.
Problems cannot be solved by pretending that they do not exist. We are spending too much money and have too many costly policies and unanswered questions for companies to hire new employees.
The best way to get out of economic problems is to have robust growth.
Gary Boatman is a certified financial planner and a local businessman who serves as president of the Monessen Chamber of Commerce.

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We've known for some time now that Google intends to bring out an incremental Android software update, expected to be Android 4.4.1. What it addresses exactly is still a mystery, however we know it will probably address some issues with the transparent soft keys on Nexus devices. The update hasn't had a date set for it yet, but according to 9to5 Google, there has been an increase in Android 4.4.1 activity in Google's natural habitat of Santa Clara which suggests that testing of the new update is fully underway.
Known devices that will be getting the update are naturally Nexus devices; 9to5Google noticed that the Nexus 4, 5, and 7 were among the devices being tested, and the Nexus 10 has been known to be getting the update for some time now. Prominent HTC dev LlabTooFeR also posted the following tweet which suggests that Android 4.4.1 will also reach the Google Play Edition devices soon too:
HTC One GE will get 4.4.1 (KOT49E) in near future…
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Dear Dr. Don,
I lived with a man as his common-law wife for 10 years in Michigan. We have a son. The man died in 1991 at a time when we were no longer living together. I moved to Georgia and took Social Security at age 62 in 2005. I've since been told that I could have filed for Social Security benefits as his common-law spouse and collect retroactively. I know neither Michigan nor Georgia recognize common-law marriages. But I hear that as a resident of Georgia, I can be "grandfathered in." What would you advise.
Thank you,
-- Joy Jointly
Dear Joy,
I think you need a lawyer, not necessarily a financial advice writer. Social Security does recognize common-law marriages, but only as determined by state law. Here's what it presents on its FAQ page on the topic. "Social Security follows the state laws. So, check the laws in your state. To get survivors or spouses benefits you generally must live in a state that recognizes common-law marriage. However, most states (even those that do not recognize in-state common-law marriage) will recognize a common-law marriage entered into in another state that does."
Michigan hasn't recognized a common-law marriage that was created within its borders since Jan. 1, 1957. Georgia requires that you met its standards for common-law marriage before 1997. I have a sense that you want the 10 years you were with your son's father in Michigan to count toward Georgia's standards. It doesn't sound right to me, but that's why you might want to hire a lawyer.
Even if you are able to make your case for survivors benefits as a common-law spouse, Social Security has limitations on how far back it will go to make retirement benefits retroactive. Typically, that would be just six months.
Thanks to Edward Lafferty, spokesman for the Social Security Administration, for helping me with this reply.
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Delaware store still spinning records in the digital age [video]
You might call Steve Zimmerman a little crazy for opening a record store in this age of digital downloads.
Steve would respond, "It's no more crazy than working in a cube."
Jupiter Records in Wilmington opened last August. It's the kind of place I (and probably your parents) grew up in. Back in those days, record stores were everywhere; both national chains and tons of mom and pop shops.
I worked in a record store as a teenager in high school, but by then records were only for DJ's, as you only got a few singles on them. LP's were on the wane. CD's and, to a lesser extent, cassette tapes ruled the roost in those days. If you don't know what an LP is, don't tell me, I feel old enough, thank you.
What's in a record store?
Well, records of course! Lots of them. Steve has about 15,000 of them in the store's collection, and hopes to grow that number to about 20,000.
According to Steve, you can still get the music of today in addition to the classics.
"Every kind of music that comes out today comes out on vinyl again for the first time in 20-something years, so if any single band that you hear on the radio puts out a new single, it's going to come out on an LP again," he said.
And the market for records isn't relegated to just collectors or professional Ebay-ers looking for a find that they can make money off of. Steve said, "There's always been a collector-end of it, you know, people who want rare records, old records, but now people want new records again, so there is a demand for it".
The clientele of Jupiter Records runs the gamut.
"We get a lot of 20, 30, 40-year-olds, collectors...we get a lot of older...40, 50, 60, and up. We get parents bringing in their 10-year-olds buying them a turntable and a pile of records," he said. "We get kids after school that come in here. Sometimes, they just come in to hang out, flip through records, and maybe buy something. They come for the atmosphere, or conversation. It's just a whole social experience coming to a record store."
The social experience
If you've never walked through the endless aisles of a record store and flipped through its bins, hunting for that great find, you are really missing out. People actually go to record stores to socialize. It's like Facebook, but in person. You tell someone what you like, not just post about it. The music store is a place for people who love music, and love to discuss it.
Something is lost when it comes to digital downloads, Steve maintains.
"You lose the social experiment that kind of happens when you go to a record store," he said. "You don't know who you're going to meet, who you're going to find, what music is going to be playing, what somebody right next to you is going to be talking about musically. The social aspect of it is dying, but we're trying to keep it alive."
"With downloads, you pop your earbuds in and sit in a room and don't talk to anybody," he continued. "With records, you're sitting on the couch or something with three or four other guys, you're flipping records, talking and hanging out, so vinyl is a much more social experience than downloads could ever hope to be".
Why a record over a CD or digital?
Audiophiles will tell you there is no comparison between records and basically everything else. Steve describes the sounds as warm.
"You hear the word warmth," he explained. "The sound is just uncanny... the fullness is unbelievable, like, CD's and MP3's will chop off high and low ends of music, but it's all there on the analog recordings; the bass, the high-ends...it's unbelievable".
And it's not just the sound itself, it comes back to the experience. Actually being able to hold a physical product in your hands, actually owning something.
"That's absolutely true," he said. "Like, today with iTunes and all of the stealing on the Internet, you're getting a digital file that doesn't exist. When you buy an album, you can open it up, you got liner notes, cover art, inserts...we found a copy of Kiss's "Love Gun" and it still had the cardboard cut out of the gun inside, and you don't get those types of things with downloads."
I liken it to buying books. I hate digital books. I want to go to the bookstore and look, find, buy a physical book and take it home to put in my collection.
Steve concurred, saying, "You want to hold it, smell it, touch it, and sometimes, even taste it."
The hunt
Business at Jupiter Records doesn't just revolve around selling records, but buying them as well, and apparently it's a major part of a record store's business plan.
"Yeah, our main business, besides selling, is buying," Steve said. "To us, that's the main thing because that's what keeps record stores, us in particular, afloat. People constantly are bringing in trades [after] clearing out attics, clearing out basements, garages, storage units, and bringing us boxes and boxes of records. That's what we're about. That's the main thing that we need to keep going, and we do. We got five to ten people doing that per day usually."
It also is a great way to get a look at someone's history and musical tastes.
"When someone brings in a box to trade in, going through the box and seeing what's in there, because you can tell a lot about people when you flip through their records, because you can see what kind of records they had. Sometimes you can see the obvious, like their father's records, or their wife's records, or their kid's records mixed in. Sometimes, people draw on album covers, and they draw funny things, especially in the sixties, you know, hearts around all of the Monkeys and the Beatles, with McCartney as their last name, so it's fun to look through people's record collections when they come in."
As bookstores are slowly disappearing, it seems like record stores are fighting to come back, so maybe there is hope for the bookstore as well. Steve and his crew will keep doing their best to keep the past alive and keep it new.
"I love music, people, and I just enjoy flipping through records," he said.
Stop on by Jupiter Records if you are in the area. The staff is great, and I think you will find the store a really eclectic mix of old and new, and you may discover a sound that is out of this world. Some of the new records hitting their shelves are: Syd Barrett, William S. Burroughs, Betty Davis, They Might Be Giants, Old Dirty Bastard, James Blackshaw, Daft Punk, Cradle Of Filth, Echo and The Bunnymen, Ministry, Joe McPhee, Goatwhore, Judas Priest, Lamb Of God, Stiff Little Fingers and more!
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Has anyone had any success in getting wordpress to work with Google Apps (particularly gmail)?
I have tried 3 different plugins to no avail and have tried SSL and TLS also. My last attempt involved installing sstmp on the linux box and using it to replace sendmail but I still can't get it to interface with gmail. However I can send emails via gmail from the command line now.
Has anyone had wordpress able to send out status emails via gmail?
You'll need to use this plugin in order for wordpress to send email using an external SMTP account:
Have you tried that plugin? The problem is that most don't support TLS.
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Town and Wiltshire councillor Simon Killane could find himself under scrutiny following the launch of an official complaint against him by a fellow town councillor.
Coun Julie Exton said she decided to submit an official complaint to the Monitoring Officer at Wiltshire Council after what she says was an abusive phone call from Coun Killane on Good Friday.
She says Coun Killane demanded she support him publically on social networking site Facebook or he would not support any grant applications for Malmesbury Vics Football Club, where Coun Exton is treasurer.
This comes as an online petition calling for Coun Killane's resignation reaches nearly 150, while a hard copy version handed out in local pubs and door-to-door has reached the same figure, according to Coun Exton's son Chris who set up the petition after the alleged phone call.
Coun Killane, who chairs Wiltshire Council's scrutiny committee and is vice chair of Malmesbury Area Board, described the petition set up calling for his resignation as a 'hate campaign' against him.
In an email he wrote: "Since I have been supporting Guy Franklin for the council position (for last week's by-election), I have had to put up with constant abuse from a certain faction in the town."
But former town councillor Brian Slade, who now lives in Royal Wootton Bassett, said: "The Malmesbury petition is absolutely nothing to do with his support for Guy Franklin in the recent town election but all to do with his rude, arrogant, self-righteous manner he shows to anyone who dares to hold a differing view than his on any matter."
Prominent community member Alison Cross-Jones, who said she was speaking as an individual rather than in her role with community support charity HEALS, said today: "Whether Chris's motivation for starting the petition was 'hate' the majority of people who signed it have nothing to do with the Exton family or the football club.
"The majority of people have given a sensible argument and say this is about a councillor who isn't prepared to listen to other people's point of view."
And petitioner Rebecca Deacon said today: "I find his behaviour totally unacceptable for a man in his position.
"On the occasions that I have had dealings with Mr Killane he has become verbally aggressive and resorted to name calling when I have disagreed with him.
"I'm sure that I'm not alone in saying that this isn't the kind of behaviour that should be displayed by a counsellor.
Coun Exton said: "I think it's very true what people are saying in the petition.
"It's taking people a lot of courage to come forward and say how they feel."
Coun Killane was not available for comment but a Wiltshire Council spokesman said today: "We can confirm that a complaint has been received and will be dealt with in accordance with the council's arrangements."


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On Wednesday, March 9, in federal court in Minneapolis, a 27-year-old Isanti man pleaded guilty to using stolen identification information to create counterfeit checks to obtain cash from financial institutions and merchandise from retail outlets.
Appearing before United States District Court Judge Joan N. Ericksen, Nathan Allen Miller pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud. Miller was indicted Dec. 7, 2010, along with co-defendants Kari Lynn Goodman, 40, of Savage, and Michelle Rae Schneider, 35, of Minneapolis.
In his plea agreement, Miller admitted that from November of 2006 through February of 2009, he conspired with others to commit bank fraud in order to obtain money and property. In addition, Miller admitted forging stolen checks and producing counterfeit checks, which were used to purchase items from retail stores. Specifically, on Feb. 16, 2009, he attempted to use a fraudulent check in the amount of $1,262.15 at a store in Shakopee.
On Feb. 25, 2011, Goodman pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud. In her plea agreement, Goodman admitted that from November of 2006 through February of 2009, she, too, conspired to commit bank fraud. She also admitted forging stolen checks and producing counterfeit checks for use in buying retail merchandise. Specifically, on Aug. 3, 2008, she used a fraudulent check in the amount of $428.64 at a store in Owatonna.
On Dec. 17, 2010, Schneider pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the U.S. In her plea agreement, Schneider admitted that from December of 2006 through February of 2009, she also conspired with others to commit bank fraud. Moreover, she admitted stealing mail in order to obtain personal identification information and using that information to create false means of identification and counterfeit checks. Schneider, too, used those counterfeit checks at retail businesses. In addition, on Sept. 20, 2008, Schneider used the stolen identity of one victim to obtain money at Mystic Lake Casino in Shakopee; and between Dec. 1, 2008, and February of 2009, she racked up more than $19,000 in fraudulent charges with the identity of another person.
For their crimes, Goodman and Miller each face a potential maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, and Schneider faces a potential maximum penalty of five years. Judge Ericksen will determine their sentences at a future hearing, yet to be scheduled.
This case is the result of an investigation by the Minnesota Financial Crimes Task Force, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and other state and local law enforcement agencies. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney William J. Otteson.
The Financial Crimes Task Force was established pursuant to state law. It is comprised of local, state, and federal law enforcement investigators, who work to combat the growing trend of cross-jurisdictional financial crimes. The task force is overseen by an advisory board, also created under state law.
The USPIS and the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office want to remind people to protect themselves from identity theft. For more information, visit http://www.stopfraud.gov/protect-identity.html.
This law enforcement action is in part sponsored by the Nation Interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. The task force was established to wage an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes.
It includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general, and state and local law enforcement who, working together, bring to bear a powerful array of criminal and civil enforcement resources. The task force is working to improve efforts across the federal executive branch and, with state and local partners, investigate and prosecute significant financial crimes, ensure just and effective punishment for those who perpetrate financial crimes, combat discrimination in the lending and financial markets, and recover proceeds for victims of financial crimes.


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CHAMONIX, France -- Through six knee surgeries and debilitating back problems, Jan Hudec never lost faith.
Having struggled so long during a career that reads like a long orthopedic report, the 30-year-old from Calgary won a World Cup downhill on a great day for Canadian skiing.
Teammates Erik Guay finished third and Ben Thomsen was fifth as part of the Maple Leaf surge on a piercingly cold day when temperatures sank to - 26 C.
Hudec, whose career has been blighted by knee injuries and operations, won for the first time in more than four years. He thumped his chest with his fist when he realized his long wait had ended.
"It's amazing, living a life of mostly rehab can get tedious after awhile, and really frustrating and it's just such a weight off my shoulders," Hudec said. "I never stopped believing I could be back, I just had no idea how long it would take or when it would happen."
Hudec finished in two minutes 3.25 seconds, followed by Austria's Romed Baumann in 2:03.78. Guay, the reigning world downhill champion from Mont-Tremblant, Que., was 0.63 seconds behind the winner.
Thomsen, from Invermere, B.C., snuck into fifth despite being the 50th skier to go down, adding to Canada's most successful day of men's ski racing since 1994 when Edi Podivinski and Cary Mullen finished 1-2.
"For us to have a race like this with three guys in the top five, I think we blew everybody out of the water and I think everyone that was up on the hill was either impressed or stoked for us -- some both," Hudec said. "It's incredible."
Switzerland's Beat Feuz was fourth, with Austria's Klaus Kroell sixth and Switzerland's Didier Cuche seventh.
This was Hudec's second World Cup victory and first since his downhill triumph at Lake Louise, Alta., in November 2007. Hudec had started that year promisingly with a silver medal at the worlds in Are, Sweden, and ended it with a third-place finish in a World Cup downhill at Bormio, Italy, a month later.
Then his career plummeted -- he tore ligaments in his right knee and needed repeated surgery. His body was so bashed up he had full reconstructive surgery on his knees four times, three times on his right and once on his left. What's more, he had two further knee operations and twice severely injured his back.
"Physio has obviously been a huge part of my life, almost a bigger part of my life than skiing," Hudec said. "I herniated a disc in my back, first time 10 years ago and then it was OK for about 10 years, and then two years ago -- at the beginning of last season -- it happened again.
"Basically it was just patching things together," he added. "I didn't ski all summer because of my back."
Hudec never once considered retiring.
"The love of the sport, the passion in my heart, the faith that I knew I could come out on top at some point," Hudec said, on why he opted to keep skiing. "Just knowing that you can do it without having the tangible evidence to help you with that... I just had to keep going and I knew eventually it would happen."
Canadian coach Paul Kristofic has been through the highs and lows with Hudec.
"His recoveries are a challenge, but this is one of the guys who has the best natural talent and incredible skill to carry speed on the skis, and he's determined," Kristofic said. "It's always special when you see a guy who's struggled with injury and other things to succeed and really triumph on a day like today."
Hudec, who said he woke up Saturday morning feeling the best he has in 10 or 12 years, had been close in Friday's downhill race, holding the leading time early on before slipping to sixth place.
He was trailing Baumann on Saturday until he reached the mid-section and then started shaving huge chunks off the Austrian's time.
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The crowd at Temple's Cultural Activities Center Saturday night was in a party mood. The complimentary ale and beer from Blanco's Real Ale Brewing Company combined with burgers and chips provided by West Burger Shack even caused a few in the audience to take their seats late. But that laid-back vibe is part of the patented ambience of a Rodney Crowell concert.
Crowell, 63, hails from Houston and lost little time reminding the house of that fact.
After his first song, "Anything But Tame," performed sans band, he waxed nostalgic — recounting some of those bittersweet memories from his past between tunes. The down-home mega-folksiness of his spoken comments clearly resonated with the mostly 50-plus audience, some of whom said they'd enjoyed his memoir, "Chinaberry Sidewalks."
This was a make-up date for Crowell, who rescheduled his appearance at CAC from May. He got a better deal: a tour with his old boss lady Emmylou Harris. "They (the CAC) were kind enough to change the date, which I appreciate," he said.
Crowell's first three songs took nearly 35 minutes due to his extemporaneous remarks: acknowledgment of two diehard fans from Scotland, a warm hello to Danny Dunn, mayor of Temple and his wife, and miscellaneous ramblings describing his four daughters.
By the fourth tune, "Come Back Baby," Crowell was joined by guitar, bass, drums and keyboard players and the temperature began to rise as a harder-edged sound predominated. The crowd of 400-plus clearly knew the lyrics to his tunes, singing along on many of the evening's offerings.
"I've been on the road more than I've been home," Crowell said. "I live in Thompson's Station, a part of Greater Franklin, Tennessee, and this is my regular band. We've been traveling all year together." And that was obvious from the tightness and rhythmic precision of the group on the CAC stage.
Part of Crowell's quirky charm, while sometimes difficult to translate, came across in his story about the Valentine's song he composed for his wife. "As a songwriter, a gun to your head (deadline) sometimes works, but not always. That's how I came up with 'I'm Gonna Be There For You Baby'."
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Dogu: Trump will focus on security, prosperity and democracy in Nicaragua
The US ambassador refers to the situation of cooperation programs with the new government in the United StatesKeysi García
US Ambassador to Nicaragua Laura Dogu said today that with the arrival of Donald Trump to the White House, some cooperation programs could be changed, although they will focus on three areas: security, prosperity and democracy.
"We will continue to focus on security, prosperity and democracy here. These are very fundamental things. Our programs may change under a new president, but I think we will continue to focus on the same three themes, "Dogu said today during her participation in the 2017 Nica Tech Summit in Managua.
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On the other hand, the diplomat described as "important" that the Nicaraguan government work in conjunction with the Organization of American States (OAS), in improving the democratic system, regarding an agreement released yesterday.
"It is important for Nicaragua, the government and the OAS to work together to open more democratic spaces here in Nicaragua," Dogu said.
She added that her country is "focused" on democratic, open, fair and transparent systems.
"The most important thing is that this system is accepted by the citizens of this country," she said.
Nicaragua and the OAS yesterday announced an agreement in which they pledge to debug the electoral roll , improve the standard regarding transfusion and follow up on municipal elections next November.
"I am sure that the US government will continue to focus on democracy and the importance of this in the world," concluded Dogu.
The United States is the country where Nicaraguans migrate the most and, therefore, where more remittances are sent to Nicaragua.
Source: Dogu: Trump se enfocará en Nicaragua en seguridad, prosperidad y democracia • El Nuevo Diario
While I rarely get into the Nicaraguan national politics, I think it should be okay to talk about how the new president, Donald J. Trump might make some changes to the current position of the US government towards the Nicaraguan government. From the sounds of this article, not too much changes should be expected. I suppose Ambassador Dogu wouldn't really have much in the way of any details and perhaps they just get a sort of general message from the State department to sort of cover any inquiry they might get at this stage.
But in looking for an image of "Trump Nicaragua" on Google, I found this article that is an obvious parody of Trump coming down to Nicaragua to buy the country, move all the current inhabitants to Corn Island and do something with the country…here it is in the original Spanish if interested.
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Live Volume
September 2001
Released: 2001, Sanctuary Records
Rating: 3.5/5
Reviewer: Pete
Stripped down and raw is the way a live album should be, and COC don't disappoint on Live Volume. Recorded at Harpo's Concert theatre April 20, 2001, this disc offers over 75 minutes of live COC, as they are. Not only is this COC's first live release, but it's their first release with new drummer Jimmie Bower's, formerly of Down and Eyehategod. These 15 tracks are comprised from the band's last four CDss with five tracks coming from last years AMERICAN VOLUME DEALER and only two tracks from BLIND (one of those being an instrumental/intro). "King of The Rotten", "Whose Got The Fire", "Clean My Wounds" - COC plow through these like the well-oiled touring machine that they are. Any faults??? Well, some COC fans have complained that AMERICAN VOLUME DEALER was too polished and unfortunately that shows at times, particularly "Congradulations Song" just sounding flat and empty. Some of the drum tempo's are a little sluggish compared to the studio versions ("Wiseblood" in particular), but these things are what make a live CD "live." All in all, a great effort from one of the hardest working bands on the raod today. Expect a DVD/video release later this month.
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Challow & Childrey won a thriller by nine runs at home to Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts on Saturday and so move above their opponents in the Cherwell League Division 2 table.
Nondies needed 11 to win from the final over, with experienced skipper Mark Strong's and an injured Chris Day at the crease.
But they managed only a single before Strong was caught behind to hand Challow maximum points.
After electing to bat, the home side had started brightly through opener Ryan Gordon (31), but he fell in Strongs first over and Nondies wrestled back control. However, Challow plundered 41 from the last six overs to reach 195-8.
Luke Stutter top-scored with 36 for Challow, while Strong returned 6-53. Nondies were well-placed while Pablo Mukherjee (44) and Owen Venables (38) were togethe
r. But the match was back in the balance after Mukherjee was stumped and then the big-hitting Venables fell to an outstanding catch on the boun-dary by a leaping Alex Lynch.
Nondies suffered another setback when Chris Day had to retire hurt, and they were left requiring 28 from the final three overs with four wickets in hand.
Day returned to the crease after the fall of the ninth wicket, but Strong perished to leave Challow, for whom Olly Dimbylow took 4-32, celebrating after dismissing the visitors for 186.
Challow & Childrey 25, Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts 6
David Dyer notched 111 as Abingdon Vale racked up 210 at Bledlow Village, the club's highest score of the season by far.
Veteran opener Tom Pollard scored 37, while Mark King claimed 3-41. The division's most prolific batting line up then went up against its most miserly bowlers, with the latter coming out on top.
Adam Mould (47) and Charlie Downes (43) got starts, but seamer Graham Charlesworth (6-21) and spinner Paul White (3-42) worked their way through the card to reduce Bledlow to 136 all out.
Bledlow Village 5, Abingdon Vale 25
Martin Shepherd hit a superb 142 not out to cement his place as the highest run scorer in the Cherwell League's modern history.
Shepherd is the only batsman to pass 9,000 league runs since the Cherwell was reorganised in 1994.
His effort took Kingston Bag-puize to 220-8 at home to Chearsley in Division 4 and overshadowed Ken Baker's figures of 7-64. Matt Warner (4-32) and Ben Jefferis (4-36) then dismissed the visitors for 143.
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Didcot stay top after edging Buckingham Town 2nd.
Ben Stafford hit 51 while David Slade took 3-33 and Jordan Morrison 3-36 in Town's competitive 176 all out.
Ian Demain (47) and Simon Pritchard (32) then steered Didcot towards 177-7. Didcot 25, Buckingham Tn 2nd 10
Wallingford were indebted to Ben Denton (64) for their 167 all out at home to East Oxford. Ali Malik (4-37) and Ejaz Khan (3-40) took wickets at regular intervals.
The visitors then used only 31.1 overs in reaching 168-5, with Man-zoor Abbasi (34) and Mursaleen Siddiqi (32) on song.
Wallingford 8, East Oxford 25
Promotion-chasers Abingdon Vale 2nd and Oxford 3rd lost ground on the Division 5 leaders after playing out a draw.
Oxford's 162-9 featured 44 by Mark Sheehan and a spell of 3-19 from Jason Cardy. Sam Chilvers (63) and Andrew Price (32) kept Vale interested, but Gareth Langley (3-18) and Mark Murfett (3-44) kept them to 143-8. Abingdon 2nd 8, Oxford 3rd 15
Abingdon Vale 3rd suffered a comprehensive seven-wicket defeat against Long Marston 2nd.
Dennis Lanham top-scored for Vale with 42 as they were dismissed for 115, Conor Dale taking 4-25. Long Marston eased home on 119-3.
Abingdon 3rd 4, Long Marston 2nd 25
Kingston Bagpuize 2nd just fai-led to beat Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts 3rd.
Harrison Ward (82) led Kingston to 187-7, while Nondies were struggling at 153-9 at the close after a spell of 4-28 from Phil Hickman.
Oxford & Bletchingdon 4th 3rd 5, Kingston Bagpuize 2nd 18
In Division 10, fine bowling by Ben Cox (5-12) shot out Shipton-under-Wychwood 4th for 55 to set up a six-wicket success for Challow & Childrey 3rd.
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Barcelona's Lionel Messi has claimed that Celtic were 'lucky' in their 2-1 midweek victory over the Spanish giants in the Champion's League.
The Ballon d'Or favourite for the fourth year in succession dealt Celtic an insulting blow after their triumph, which I believe they fully deserved.
The Group G fixture at Parkhead will go down in history as one of the club's most astonishing victories against arguably the best team in the world – and the best player in the world.
"They were very lucky. It's a shame but we just couldn't do anything about it. We did everything in the game but just couldn't get past them," claimed the Argentine.
He continued,
"Celtic came at us twice and got two goals from it. When they scored they just locked their defence. The first goal from the corner arrived because they are a bigger team than us - it was the same as their goal in the Nou Camp."
But Messi's comments do Celtic an injustice – they weren't simply 'lucky'' – they worked incredibly hard as individuals and as a collective on Wednesday night. They weren't 'lucky' to take the lead in the 21st minute from a Victor Wanyama header, which had clearly been practiced in training.
Their in-demand 21-year-old midfielder drove his run in at the back post for the corner – isolating Barcelona's smallest defender Jordi Alba by design.
Nor were they 'lucky' to retain their lead for the subsequent seventy-odd minutes, their goalkeeper Fraser Forster was impeccable and deserves the acclaim he is duly receiving in retrospect. Barcelona had 25 shots in the game, 14 on-target and all but one of them was parried by the young keeper.
They weren't 'lucky' at all that right-back Mikael Lustig picked up an injury in the second half and had to be substituted for an inexperienced Champion's League debutante in 18-year-old striker Tony Watt.
Tony Watt wasn't 'lucky' with his finish – a ball sent high and long from the goalkeeper bounced awkwardly in the Barca half and the young man got the better of the not unlucky but rather unprepared Javier Mascherano, subsequently slipping the ball into the bottom left corner of Victor Valdes' net.
At 2-0 up on 83 minutes they surely felt unlucky to go behind on 91 minutes to the best player in the world, just as they had been very very unlucky to concede a late winner to Jordi Alba in the 94th minute in their fixture at the Nou Camp last month.
They had taken the lead in the 18th minute of that game via Georgios Samaras who demonstrated his worth to his team in both fixtures chasing down every ball thrown at him as Celtic resorted to clearances which he still managed to hold up, work off and take the pressure off his side's wearying defence.
Celtic deserved their historic victory at Parkhead and shame on the best player in the world for dismissing their industry and endeavour, which earned them their win.
If Celtic manage to proceed to the knock-out rounds of the competition, I have no doubt they will grab their opportunity with both hands – you could see on Wednesday night what it means to the players, the fans and the manager.
They should all feel incredibly lucky to be part of a club that shows such passion and dedication.
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So I have a 2015.5 and so does my step dad. Both are 3500 duallys I have 226k miles and he has 254k no problems. His buddy has a 13 or 14 2500 with well over 300k with no probs but my brother has a 15.5 2500 with 140 and his just took out the whole motor from what I heard yesterday....... all the trucks are used to transport campers all over the country. Mine and step dads have been tuned for the past 40-70k miles just for fuel economy and emissions. Was told it was a 40-50hp tune
just so there is no confusion. bosch made no meaningful "updates" to these pumps since their introduction to correct the problem.
the biggest updates was coating changes to the roller follower and new body alloy (high silicone cast aluminum). the issue of the roller getting jammed up and not rolling on the cam will not be solved by this. also the bigger issue that seems to occur is the roller (and follower) turns 90 degrees to the cam and has no way to roll. this grinds a groove in the roller and cam sending metal into the fuel system.
all CP4s suffer from these failure modes, whether it is a CP4.1 or CP4.2. the design of the pump is the problem here. added lubrication MAY help extend the life of the pump but it seems that pumps still fail regardless.
the TDI club has this well documented with the CP4.1 used on the VW TDI
and of course my thread
the best guess and evidence as to why Bosch would make this change is to lower the cost of manufacturing. the CP3 has an almost all high strength steel body to handle the pressures, plus three precision ground/machined pistons, valves and related parts. in the CP3 each piston only makes one pressure stroke per a revaluation. the CP4 piston makes two. this is twice the strokes
the CP4 only has a steel piston head that retains the pressure. the body is all aluminum. there is only one piston in the CP4.1 and two pistons in the CP4.2. the parts count on the CP3 is several times higher than a CP4. being that a CP4 retails for roughly the same cost as a CP3 this was likely a way for bosch to increase profits. bean counters likely designed this pump.
what doesn't make sense is now they are paying more on the HPFP warranties along with replacement of contaminated parts as a result. whether they come out ahead is anyone's guess
luckily i am still driving an LMM so i don't have to worry there but i did experience a CP4.1 failure on my VW TDI. right now i am in the process of collecting the parts needed to convert that over to a CP3/R70 pump.
If my duramax had a CP4, converting it to a CP3 would be one of the first upgrades i did after the warranty was up
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One thing Ive always wondered about the CP3 swap is how does a CP3 maintain the higher PSI that the LML requires (not to mention the fuel volume) when its essentially "half" a CP4?? Just curious.
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"The CP3 is a radial-piston pump that can supply up to 29,000 psi in some applications and is perhaps the most well known and most modified high-pressure pump on the market."
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i sent emails to the NHTSA and GM about it, and filed a formal complaint with the NHTSA. granted it's probably not going to be found as a "safety" issue, just trying to ruffle feathers at this point. I was in AZ for the weekend and got a call from someone at GM, and she asked me some questions, apologized for the inconvenience, blah blah, then she said she was going to reach out to my local dealer where I bought the truck and start a reimbursement claim process. not sure if anyone else has gone through it or been successful, but at this point, any money back in my pocket and I'd be happy. final bill was $8979 with the sdp cp3 kit, airdog 4g, and new injectors, the rest of the fuel system was fine, no contamination back to the tank. I'm friends with a few of the guys at the dealer, since we get all our personal and company vehicles there, so i'll follow up with them today and see what's going to happen with that claim.
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McDaniel senior History student wins regional honor
Senior Jessica Fry of St. Marys, Ga., was awarded the top prize at this year's Phi Alpha Theta Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. Fry was one of 11 McDaniel seniors who delayed their spring break to attend the conference held at Towson University.
Fry's paper "The Isthmus of Corinth and the Abortive Projects for Digging a Canal: Displays and Perceptions of Power" was derived from research she conducted last semester for the History Colloquium. A Classical Studies major, Fry worked primarily with Donna Evergates, professor of History, who also attended the conference held by Phi Alpha Theta, the national honors society for historians.
Her classmates at the conference praised Fry's work. "I had a feeling she could win," said Linsey Turkett of Riva, Md. "When she read her paper I was blown away." Nathan Wuertenberg of Big Cove Tannery, Pa., added, "Jessica deserved to win, her paper was excellent."
Bryn Upton, associate professor of History and advisor to Phi Alpha Theta, served as respondent for one of the conference panels titled "American Visions and Reality," and also had a good feeling at awards time.
"I thought there was a good chance one of our students could bring home a prize," he said. "Our students really represented themselves, the History department, and McDaniel College very well at this conference. All day, people from other institutions have been telling me how impressed they are with the papers our students have been presenting."
Megan McCole, a History major from Hanover, Pa., was inspired by the diaries of Dorothy Elderdice housed in the McDaniel archives. Her paper "Dorothy Elderdice: Patriotic Example of the National Bicentennial" was well received.
"After my session the professor who was commenting on our papers told me she fell in love with Dorothy Elderdice and wanted to know more about her because of my paper," said McCole, beaming. "That just made my day."
Accompanying the students were Evergates, Upton, visiting senior lecturer Jakub Zejmis, who served as respondent for the panel "State Power and Nationalism." Other seniors at the conference and their papers included:
- Missy Black of Atglen, Pa., "Change in the Kitchen: Altered Culinary Styles and the Evolving American Lifestyle"
- Anna Cueto of Hagerstown, Md., "And then my needles seem to fly': World War I and the Journey of Knitting from Necessity to Hand-Craft"
- Daisy Kron of Upperco, Md., "The Southern Mistress and Female Slave Relationship"
- Scott Oliver of Millville, N.J., "The Evolution of Jamestown: An Institutional History of the Virginia Company's Failed Goals"
- Shelby Parenteau of Denton, Md., "A Lesson in the Importance of Genocide Education"
- Michael Pugliese of Macungie, Pa., "The Rural Free Delivery: Process, Importance, and Influence"
- Linsey Turkett, "Calling All Artists: The Social Legacy of the Federal Art Project, 1935-1943"
- Steven Wheeler of Hanover, Pa., "Morality and the Characterization of Cicero in Sallut's Bellum Calitinae"
- Nathan Wuertenberg, "I sometimes think thee does not bare the sepperration as well as I': Quakers, the American Revolution and the Birth of Reform."
In addition to McDaniel, this year student papers came from Bowie State University, Catholic University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, Frostburg State University, Howard University, Mount St. Mary's University, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Shepard College, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Towson University, University of Baltimore, and Washington College.


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L'ISLE-VERTE, Que. -- A son struggling to deal with his father's death in a fatal fire has been forced to assume another burden: that some people in the community believe his dad's cigarette may have sparked the inferno.
Police said Saturday that 10 people are dead and another 22 residents were still missing after the fast-moving blaze consumed the Residence du Havre in the tiny Quebec community of L'Isle-Verte.
Jean-Andre Michaud's father, Paul-Etienne, 96, was among those who vanished in Thursday's fire and are believed to be entombed in mounds of rubble and thick slabs of ice.
But as Jean-Andre, 68, tries to mourn the loss of his dad, people in the community have begun to believe one of his father's cigarettes may have triggered the disaster.
He has faced questions about this possibility from police investigators and journalists. A media report has also led the town, including members of his extended family, to believe it all began with the cherry of his father's cigarette.
TVA quoted the building's night watchman on Friday as saying he believes the blaze was caused by a lit cigarette in the section of the building where Paul-Etienne Michaud lived.
Police are taking a more cautious tack.
"What's been said is one hypothesis among many," Quebec provincial police Lt. Guy Lapointe told a news conference.
"When you conduct an investigation of this magnitude, you have to determine all the facts and not simply just one or two in order to achieve a conclusion.
"For us, there are still many hypotheses on the table."
At a later news conference, Lt. Michel Brunet was cautious about attributing the cause to anything in particular.
"It could be a cigarette, it could be a small heater, it could be an electrical problem," Brunet said. "We have to be sure at 100 per cent."
"We're going to take the time we need."
An emotional Jean-Andre Michaud said in an interview Saturday at his farmhouse that he's not buying the argument his father might have started the fire, even though he acknowledged his dad was, at times, a determined smoker.
"My father smoked a bit, but would he get up in the middle of the night to go for a smoke?" he said as a tear rolled down his cheek inside the house where his father was born, just outside town.
"No, it's impossible... It would be a bitter pill to swallow to start saying, 'Look, your father started the fire...'
"It's not my father, leave me in peace, damn it."
Jean-Andre Michaud discussed his father's lifelong smoking habit, which he said only amounted to about a pack of cigarettes per week.
But he also described how his father, well-known in the family for his stubborn streak, would sometimes go to great lengths to get his fix.
He said his dad had been caught lighting up inside the seniors' residence a couple of times shortly after the building became smoke-free a few years back.
Jean-Andre Michaud also said his dad had his own makeshift smoking shack in the residence's parking lot: an old, rusted jalopy.
In colder weather, he said, his father would climb into his beat-up, undrivable minivan to smoke. The vehicle became a more-permanent fixture last summer after his son removed two of its wheels, so that his licence-less, elderly father could no longer take it for rides around town.
"You can see that the windows are pretty much tinted (from the tobacco stains)," Jean-Andre Michaud said of the minivan.
An employee at the residence told The Canadian Press she often saw Paul-Etienne Michaud, who lived at the home since its 1997 opening, head out to the lot to smoke in his vehicle.
The staffer said the elder Michaud was one of only two smokers she was aware of who lived in the building.
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One of them, Mr. Pyott said in a letter to Valeant chairman and CEO Michael Pearson, is that they do not believe Valeant's business model is sustainable. This is bold talk about a company that has delivered shareholder returns of more than 1,000 per cent over the past five years.
But while Mr. Pyott may be the most prominent Valeant skeptic, he is not the first. The company's philosophy of growth through relentless acquisition, coupled with its messy financial reports, have given conservative investors heartburn throughout Valeant's period of rapid growth. So far, they have been wrong – or, perhaps, they've just been right too early, which is often the same thing.
Count me among them. This column first expressed doubts about Laval-based Valeant in April, 2012, sharing the concerns of the analysts at Veritas Investment Research when Valeant traded at around $50. I reiterated them in June, 2013, with the shares at $85. And we will do it again today, with the shares at $138.22.
The original Veritas critique was of a company that had made a series of choices in its accounting and its financial presentations that boosted sales-growth and earnings numbers. While Veritas observed that the company's formal financial statements are compliant with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, its news releases have emphasized a number of non-GAAP metrics. Unsurprisingly, bad stuff, such as expenses, got excluded, and good stuff, such as one-time gains, got included. Strip away many of Valeant's adjustments, and the sheen on the growth story faded away. (Valeant has repeatedly declined to comment on analyst opinions.)
Veritas's criticisms are not as sharp these days, for a number of reasons. One is that as Valeant has continued to grow rapidly, the accounting choices of 2011 make far less of an impact on the Valeant of 2014. Another is that Valeant has dialled back some of its more aggressive choices in calculating the numbers it emphasizes. And, yet another is that, to Valeant's credit, its cash flow now more closely matches its preferred profit metrics, giving more legitimacy to Valeant's chosen numbers.
There remains, though, the matter of Valeant's "organic" growth, or the year-over-year sales of its existing pharmaceutical products, independent of all the deal making that's driving the top line. Valeant reported organic revenue growth of 1 per cent in 2014's first quarter, which was better than expected. But Veritas' Dimitry Khmelnitsky says a better measure of organic growth should also reflect the prior-year sales of products that have since been discontinued. (Look at it this way: If McDonald's stopped selling the McRib in September, we should still include all the sandwiches sold in last year's first quarter in assessing the change in restaurant revenue.)
When Mr. Khmelnitsky includes those sales, he figures Valeant's organic revenue declined at a 2.5-per-cent rate in the first quarter. This is remarkably uninspiring for what is supposed to be the pharmaceutical industry's big growth story.
Few investors have listened to these criticisms, and even fewer have cared, as evidenced by the performance of Valeant shares. The rising stock gives the company a powerful acquisition currency, in conjunction with historically low interest rates on its junk-rated debt.
It is a currency, however, that Mr. Pyott and the Allergan board are unwilling to accept. Mr. Pyott's letter says the Valeant offer's "large stock component … is a risk for Allergan stockholders." They've been around long enough to know that companies who buy rather than build have to keep seeking bigger and bigger prey, until one day the acquisitions are just too big to properly integrate. The history of investing is littered with failed merger-driven enterprises.
It is Valeant's view that this time is, well, different. Mr. Pearson, in his response Tuesday, said: "Allergan offered a business-as-usual strategy while attempting to discredit our company. The silver lining of such an approach is that Allergan shareholders now have two very different options to consider and choose between."
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Appearing on today's "Morning Joe," CNBC's John Harwood made a strong defense of Rudy Giuliani's announcement that the avid Yankee fan is rooting for the Red Sox in the World Series. And by the end, he even got University of Alabama alum Joe Scarborough to admit that under certain circumstances he would root for Auburn -- the Tide's arch in-state rival. Then again, Harwood failed to persuade at least one Bronx native . . .
The issue arose in the context of Hillary's campaigning.
JOHN HARWOOD: You notice she got in a little dig about Giuliani and the whole Red Sox thing.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Yeah, I like that. Tell our viewers about that.
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HARWOOD: Well, Giuliani the other day said he was rooting for the Red Sox. and people thought it was a flip-flop because he's a famous Yankee fan, who was citing the Hillary Clinton episode where Hillary Clinton used to say that she was a Cubs fan and also a Yankees fan [before she ever moved to New York]. I've got to say that I've been with Giuliani in New Hampshire when he was needling Red Sox fans for the Yankees while the pennant race was going on. So I don't think this is as much of a flip-flop. He says he's an American League guy. Do you think that's a reasonable argument?
SCARBOROUGH: I actually do. A lot of my friends growing up would always cheer for the AFC [was Joe mixing baseball and football?] Now Willie you're shaking your head because you just simply don't root for the Red Sox.
WILLIE GEIST: There's an exception to that rule: Red Sox/Yankees. You wouldn't root for Auburn if they were playing somebody.
SCARBOROUGH: No, I definitely would not.
GEIST: See?
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SCARBOROUGH: OK, that is a good point. Especially if they were playing somebody in the Big Ten. Actually, you know, if it were, if Auburn was playing Ohio State, I would be wearing my War Eagle [Auburn] blue and orange. No doubt about it.
Harwood made his case impressively, and did wangle that admission from Joe. But I'm going with Willie on this one. Speaking as someone born in the Bronx and raised till age seven just off the Grand Concourse so close to Yankee Stadium we literally could hear the cheering, and despite generally being an American League fan, there is no way -- no way! -- that I would root for the Red Sox in the World Series. Roll Rockies.
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I have been a fan, and I remain a fan of the New York Yankees — no changes, no looking to curry favor with anyone else.
On this afternoon's "Hardball," Chris Matthews described Hillary as a "phony" over the issue. For that matter, NB readers might recall that I'm not a huge David Shuster fan. But in his "Hardball" set-up report, Shuster pointed out that before she ran for the senate, Hillary was a Cubs fan, and even flashed a photo of Clinton in a Cubs hat.
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Michael Hawkes believes it will be "scary" to see how good Entirely Platinum will be next preparation after he toyed with his rivals in the Sky High Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.
The in-form Hawkes stable was once again in the winner's circle but punters were left stunned as Diametric finished midfield after being backed from $13 earlier in the week to start a $4 equal favourite.
"He is on the learning curve and will learn a lot from that," jockey Brenton Avdulla said of the Chris Waller-trained import.
Hawkes and jockey Corey Brown said Entirely Platinum would not be at his best for at least six months, but he was still good enough to cruise to a 1 ¼ lengths win from Midsummer Sun at his first try at group 3 level.
"When he came around the corner and hadn't moved on him I knew it was all over," Hawkes said.
"He's a lovely horse, handles 2000m, loves the wet and he's only a horse you could dream of.
"The journey was never a factor today, it was more about getting the grade as far as the group race was concerned.
"He's probably six to 12 months away and it's quite scary really to where he could go. He takes a stride 10-foot longer compared to theirs and he's an athlete."
Brown said the race could not have panned out any better for his four-year-old, and warned rivals to watch out for him in the spring.
"When I straightened I could hear all the whips slapping, but I didn't want to go too soon. Once I pressed the button, nothing was going to beat me," Brown said.
"He had a perfect run. Jimmy [Cassidy] made the race for me with the tempo and I got onto his back at the 1000m and gave him a breather until the 500m, then I came off his back.
"Once the penny drops he could be the real deal. Next time in he's going to measure up and be a really good horse."
Hawkes wasn't giving anything away with the rest of Entirely Patinum's autumn program, but hinted he could be a two-mile horse once he learns better race manners after Brown said he was racing awkward at times.
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"He's got the ability to get to a really good race but we're keeping a lid on him. We probably could have raced him in better grades a few preps ago but we're just taking him through the grades.
"We'll go forward, but today we just wanted to see how he'd take the company rise. There's a lot of options around 2000m so we'll just see what happens."