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SAN DIEGO (March 17, 2003) - CART Toyota Atlantic Championship team owner Allen Berg announced today that European driver Romain Dumas will race under the Scuadra Fortia banner at CART's Toyota Atlantic season opener on March 23, 2003 in...
SAN DIEGO (March 17, 2003) - CART Toyota Atlantic Championship team owner Allen Berg announced today that European driver Romain Dumas will race under the Scuadra Fortia banner at CART's Toyota Atlantic season opener on March 23, 2003 in Monterrey, Mexico. Dumas, from Ales, France, will join teammate Eduardo Figueroa of Mexico City at Fundidora Park. This will be Dumas's first Atlantic competition.
The versatile 26 year old Dumas has raced and done well in many different types of cars. In the 2002 European F3000 series he won three of ten events and finished second in the Drivers' Championship. He also recently tested the Renault F1 Team, impressing the team by running within half a second of F1 veteran and Renault driver Fernando Alonso.
"This will be the first time for me to drive an Atlantic car," said Dumas. "We did not have time to test or shake it down before the first practice in Mexico. This is a new team to me; it is important to get good results for Scuadra Fortia. To stay in shape for the 2003 season, I tested in Europe over the winter and also drove a prototype this last weekend at Sebring. This week there will be many first time experiences for me: first trip to Mexico, a new track, a new series and a new team. I am looking forward to it all. I've been watching the CART Atlantic series and have wanted to race there."
Berg understands what it takes behind the wheel; he is a versatile driver who has competed in Formula One, Atlantics, Indy Lights and Prototypes since 1977. He formed Scuadra Fortia in 2001. Team headquarters is in San Diego, California near the Mexican border. All commercial, promotional, marketing and public relations efforts are split between the San Diego facility and satellite offices in Mexico City and Guadalajara, Mexico. In 2001, Berg won the Drivers' and Team Championships in the Indy Lights Pan-American Series with four wins and seven podium finishes in nine races, acting as both driver and team director. Additionally, Argentina driver Waldemar Coronas, driving for Scuadra Fortia in 2001 won one race in three starts. The team ran a two car effort in CART Toyota Atlantics in 2002 and had two top-five finishes and six top-ten finishes with drivers Figueroa and Coronas. Berg won the 1993 Mexican F2 Championship. He is a two time Canadian racing champion, the 1982 Canadian Rookie of the Year, 1983 New Zealand Tazman Series Formula Atlantic Champion and was also twice named the Canadian Driver of the Year.
There are several "driver development" series in North America, but the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship remains unparalleled in its rich 30-year history of providing one of the most recognized stepping stones to a career in international motorsports competition. The CART Toyota Atlantic Championship is the final rung in the "Champ Car Ladder System," designed to develop the continent's best young open wheel racing talent. New and returning teams, drivers and tracks will highlight what is shaping up to be one of the series' most promising seasons Series information www.toyotaatlantic.com.


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Fingering the next serial killer might sound like a job best suited for CSI, but in the organized chaos that is the typical healthcare organization, the best gumshoe might just be you.
At least the Hospital Association of Southern California thinks so. The association recently held a daylong workshop titled "Detecting and Preventing Serial Murders in Hospitals." It is not a topic that immediately springs to mind when one considers healthcare human resources.
The agenda included classes on the demographics of serial murder by healthcare professionals, case studies of nurses charged with serial murder, tips for evidence collection, early identification of potential serial murderers, prevention, risk management, working with law enforcement, and media relations.
In the pamphlet promoting the workshop, the association says it felt compelled to sponsor the event because of the widespread media attention focused on Charles Cullen, a nurse now serving 11 consecutive life sentences after he confessed to killing more than 40 patients in 10 hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
"As hard as it is to believe, this is not an isolated incident. Over 90 nurses and other healthcare professionals have been prosecuted for serial murder of patients in their care in 20 different countries," HASC says.
The serial killer workshop got me thinking about some other, albeit less striking, healthcare human relations trouble spots I'd read about in recent weeks. There was the case of the "rising star" hospital executive in South Florida who omitted from his resume his conviction and dishonorable discharge from the U.S. Navy for credit card theft. Rodney E. Miller also failed to tell his superiors at Memorial Healthcare System about an ongoing criminal investigation in the U.S. Virgin Islands that includes allegations of fraud and theft at a hospital Miller ran on St. Thomas.
On another topic, we have come to learn that peeking at celebrities' confidential health records has become a popular pastime at UCLA Medical Center, where so far 127 hospital employees have been named in a growing scandal. The list of celebrities whose files were compromised and whose privacy was violated includes California First Lady Maria Shriver, pop singer Britney Spears, and actress Farah Fawcett.
And then we have the heartwarming story of the hospital CEO in Los Angeles who allegedly orchestrated a scam that billed the government for bogus medical treatments performed on homeless people recruited from nearby Skid Row.
Of course, these tawdry stories do not provide an accurate snapshot of the state of the healthcare industry today. The reason they attract so much media attention, in fact, is because they happen so rarely.
But they do provide cautionary tales. Lessons can be learned from each of the examples. In the case of Cullen, for example, nurses at many of the hospitals where he committed his crimes frequently complained about his aberrant behavior; but no one listened. Does your healthcare facility have an outlet for staff to raise concerns about colleagues' behavior? Is anyone listening? Better yet, is anyone responding?
Memorial Healthcare System found out too late that its routine criminal background check on Rodney Miller did not cover his military career. Do your HR background checks provide for such contingencies? Have you look lately to see exactly what your background checks encompass and what they leave out?
What security measures do you have to ensure that patients' records remain confidential? And who is watching your CEO? What checks and balances are in place in your hospital to ensure C-Suite compliance?
Generally speaking, the healthcare industry attracts a particularly professional, disciplined, and noble breed. Whether they are involved directly in patient care or serve in administrative and leadership roles like human resources, these are people committed to the mission of healing. They understand and take quite seriously their vital role in their communities. With that burden of responsibility, people inside the healthcare industry share a common bond. They may be inclined to think that charlatans or criminals could not breach that bond. But the stories just noted show that it can happen, albeit rarely. There are wolves out there and all of us need to remember that.
John Commins is the human resources and community and rural hospitals editor with HealthLeaders Media. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Tried to go to 88 Palace this Sunday for dim sim and it appeared to be closed. Lights were on but the gate was halfway down & escalator not on, and along with several posted flyers on the wall I could see the word "closed." Any news?
Went to Golden Bridge instead. Not good. But I like dim sum enough that like pizza, I'd rather have it than not have it.


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Raleigh, N.C. — State officials said Tuesday that no new benefits under a federally funded program designed to ensure proper nutrition for pregnant women and their young children will be issued because of the ongoing government shutdown.
The state Department of Health and Human Services said it doesn't have enough money to issue food vouchers to participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, which is also known as WIC.
The WIC program provides food vouchers, nutrition education and health care referrals for 264,000 women and children monthly in North Carolina, including 19,000 in Wake County. The federal government pays $205 million to run the program.
About 80 percent of participants statewide have been issued food benefits for October, according to DHHS, and officials said federal funding available to the state is sufficient to cover those vouchers.
"Some of our most vulnerable citizens – pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants and young children – will be affected by the interruption of WIC services due to the federal shutdown," DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos said in a statement.
Officials encouraged WIC participants to apply for food stamps, and some county offices are referring them to local food pantries for help.
WIC participants should keep their nutrition appointments and continue redeeming October vouchers, and WIC vendors should continue accepting existing vouchers, officials said.
DHHS also started sending "Dear Provider" letters to various contractors, ordering them to stop work on projects because the federal grants that pay for their work are caught in the middle of the budget impasse in Congress. More letters will go out in the coming days, as DHHS addresses the issue division by division.


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Hi all, I am planning on using MOD,XM,IT as the primary music interface for my game engine. Problem is there arn't much resources about the file formats and how they are used. If anyone have some information about them please let me know! Or even better Tracker Players source codes in windows platform..
I personally have used quite a few audio modules in some of my past projects. There are quite a few audio libraries out there that will enable you to very easily play back these files, with a considerable amount of control over the process. You don't actually *need* to learn the format, as long as you have the audio-modules you alread need (there are quite a few good trackers for modules. If you would like a list of some of my favorites, just reply =) ).
Consider using Bass (http://www.un4seen.com/bass.html) It has very accurate playback, and is rather simple to use.
Fmod(http://www.un4seen.com/bass.html) also is rather popular, and has a larger user base, but doesn't play modules "perfectly" =)
There are a few other decent ones (mpp sdk comes to mind), but they arn't nearly as widespread.
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Ahh i checked out the websites, but problem is i keep on running into sdk's that require licencing for commercal products.. Something i planned for this project of mine to go into the market. So that it's a no go'. Im not even sure if using other file formats but building your very own player is even legal.. Since some trackers like MODTRacker are free i wouldn't have to program a tracker all together. I even ran apon the Scream Tracker SDK licenced under non-commercial products.. ahhhh well i may just reinvent the wheel all together based on MIDI *sigh*


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The question of what Stephen Colbert is without the pundit character of "Stephen Colbert" was asked a lot in the run up to the new Late Show. One essential element of The Colbert Report was play. Viewers were invited to play along, to "Yes And" the character of "Stephen Colbert." Become one of the "heroes", to join the Colbert Nation and celebrate Truthiness. To watch the show was to play a character too. The Colbert Report audience was a part of the character.
The audience for Late Show will be different. The Colbert Nation throws open its doors to a broader group of entertainment-seeking immigrants. The invitation to play with Stephen is extended to more folks. Folks who might be very different from those who played with "Stephen Colbert."
There was no clear thesis statement like "Truthiness" in the first episode of this new show to unite the new audience. But there was lot of individual elements that I felt added up to more than themselves to reflect a new viewpoint that celebrates differences.
The show was book ended by two songs. The first being pure patriotism - Colbert singing the Star Spangled location with other Americans in locations across the country. The second, "Everyday People" with a variety of musicians, underlining the lyrics of "different Strokes for different folks" and "we've got to live together." Beyond these two songs however, are Jon Batiste and Stay Human as the house band. The group regularly created what they called "Love Riots" - spontaneous musical parties on street corners and other unlikely locations. Musically the thesis is clear. A Late Show should bring people together.
Loving one another despite out differences is something that came through in one key moment last night. During Colbert's interview with Republican candidate for President Jeb Bush. Colbert refererences his own brother Jay, who was attending in the audience. Colbert mentions he and Jay do not see eye-to-eye politically. Jay shakes his head in agreement. Colbert follows that with "But we love each other", causing Jay reach out his arms in expression of that love.
Lest anyone thinks this neuters Colbert, the host used this moment to ask Bush to detail how he different from his own brother George politically. It's probably the critical question that Jeb needs to answer to reach that moderate middle of the country that isn't reflexively one party or another. It was a brilliant bit of verbal judo.
Even with his competition, Colbert's Late Show is going to be about love. While checking out the new TVs on set, Colbert set his own DVR to record Jimmy Fallon's show for the night. In a short coda for the first episode, Colbert and Fallon get dressed post show in the same locker room. Just two guys who happen to work the same shift.
Filed Under Late Night, Satire
This story about Jon Stewart having playing good host with neo-conservatives reminds me of that joke that ends "But you fuck one sheep…" Not that Jon's a sheep fucker, but it's assumed that he's supposed to be a confrontational partisan. I think it's because of his infamous Crossfire appearance which ultimately destroyed the show. A single, out-of-character conversation colors the expectations for what people think Stewart is doing.
It's amazing how much the media avoids understanding that the most constant target of the Daily Show is the media itself. Particular the constant yelling and screaming of positions with attempts to score points without any attempt to understand, to bring clarity and focus to the people at home. If there's any one thing Stewart will not do with his guests, even those with views he disagrees with, is add to the frustration that passes for political discourse on TV. Just like he's shown the news media that they can play a clip that demonstrates a politicians lie, he's also demonstrating how to make entrancing, education and often, still funny, talk about the issues of the day.
But it often seems many media folks just assume he's just as much of an assertive pundit as Limbaugh, Hannity or Olbermann. Like what feel like 99% of our news media sometimes. They're so involved with this sheep, they can't imagine anyone else doesn't want to fuck it too.
Filed Under Late Night, Stand-Up Comedy
Tonight on Letterman's Late Show, the long censored permorfance by the late Bill Hicks finally was shown. Though David Letterman certainly may have failed in 1993, he demonstrated a level of class tonight. Simply admitting by his error, sincerely and completely, he's shown himself to have grown into one of our most authentic and human comic voices. I imagine some will wonder if Letterman is taking the fall for a short-sighted CBS decision. I can't see that. Letterman's never been one for the company line, frequently teasing his home network. Perhaps CBS was bothered by the content, but Letterman likely didn't disagree at the time.
Of course, Letterman didn't dwell a lot on the whys of the decision to censor Hicks. I wasn't disappointed by that. Any attempt to point out the sensitive part of the act (likely the "pro-life" material) could have come off as an excuse. Better to just own up completely, and let any rationale proven wrong become an internal guide for how to run your show.
It was wonderful to see Mary Hicks talk about her son. It reminded me a lot of when Johnny Carson would have regular folks on his show. The authenticity of how people respond to a conversation makes for something often memorable, rather than just a celebrity relating a packaged anecdote. Mary's simple "OK, what else you want to know" was a simple human and very funny moment after a slight bit of tenseness where she let Letterman know simply, how difficult of a time that was. If Jimmy Fallon's producers were watching, here's a unique late night tradition that's been lost in the past decade or so, and would be a welcome return for a new show.
As for the performance by Hicks himself, it's aged pretty well. It the audience he performed for that hasn't. Even in today's world where gay marriage is the front lines of our culture wars, I have a hard time imagining any late night audience so vigorously whooping and applauding a facetious suggestion that a book about a gay couple is disgusting. (Although arguably, Hicks hit the idea awfully hard to set up his preference for the Two Mommies book.) Bill's comedy may have been before his time, but at least a part of that audience is still there in 1993.
Update: Here's the Late Show's video, featuring highlights of Dave's conversation with Mary Hicks and the full version of Bill Hicks's act:
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The past couple of days have seen more than a few stories talking about how the new incoming Obama administration will not be great fodder for American's comedians. But any one of those who talk about The Daily Show hasn't been watching the show for the past eight years. Because while George Bush was a frequent target for the show, an almost equally bigger target has been the mainstream media which asks questions like, "Can 'The Daily Show' survive Barack Obama?"
Modern news, with its obsession with balanced punditry, data overload and technological tricks isn't going anywhere. Anyone who watched CNN coverage last night where Wolf Blitzer talked to Dana Bash via "holographic projection" knows that the news media will give the Daily Show plenty of grist for building jokes in the future. The only question I have is if Comedy Central will give the Daily Show the budget to make fun of such brazenly inane technological innovation.
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The ubiquity of digital cameras may be a bane for some, but I kind of dig how you can see how thanks to web video you can see Robert Smigel at work as Triumph. Watching this you realize how much of a remote like this can come together in the editing.
First up, the actual piece as it aired on Conan:
Now, here's some footage taken of Smigel while he looked for lines to lay on these guys. Turns out he wasn't prepared for the guys dressed as Spartans from 300.
So, no gay jokes on his assorted pages of notes. I'm not sure how common it is that he needs those pages. Smigel may not have all that instantaneous knowledge of the fandom that makes for speedy recall of one liners. But he definitely would always be prepped with some pre-written lines based on whoever he expected to show up at any event Triumph was covering. Do you think he needs those notes on other Triumph shoots?
I'm sure it's also pretty obvious from other remotes but the great thing about having a puppet character means that Smigel can drop in a better line later or, in the case of this clip, cut in the second time he told the joke. You can do that with coverage and editing with a live person, but so much easier here. No need to sync with Triumph's lips whatsoever.
Next more of the Bomber-Man character.
And someone who didn't make the cut of the finished piece (along with a piece at the beginning of a different big guy not in costume).
I love how he repeats the same "goo" punchline - he's not going with laughs from con-goers. He's going for laughs from the studio audience. So if it falls like a brick here, who cares? They're cutting the next second anyway (if, or course, they had used that).
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With David Letterman having a deal for his writers and Jay Leno having to go without, I've been hopeful that it'll become clear what writer-less television is like. An obvious gap in quality would do a lot to end the strike.
The first night, I don't think that gap was there. As Johnny Carson said, talk shows are really about the guy behind the desk. That's the center of the show. Letterman, though he obviously supports the writers, doesn't necessarily need them. He has the energy to respond to the unexpected, explosively dropping an equally surprising line immediately after. A little bit like Carson, there some fun in watching him recover from a bit gone awry. The writing for the show naturally matches these gifts of Letterman and is sometimes, a bit looser to allow Dave be Dave.
Leno, on the other hand, is a gag man. He obviously reveres the art of joke writing. If only he had the same respect for joke writers. Much of his monologue was, self-admittedly, written by himself. As a WGA member, Leno is not supposed to be writing. I'll be charitable though, perhaps the rules from the WGA are a bit unclear. But even so, if you're in favor of the strike and support your writers and their cause, it seem to me that you would err on the side of no prepared material. The uncharitable parts of me wants to draw Leno's monologue up to ego and competitiveness; he can't stand to have Letterman have a leg up on him. The comments about "one man against the CBS machine" - it sounds as if he only thinking of himself here, rather than the writing team who works very hard for him. This is what the Late Night ratings competition does to people.
Leno also mentioned about coming back to support the other staffers, upon which the camera cut to a person who supposedly handles the lighting - a slovenly guy sitting in a chair holding up a flashlight. It's the sort of joke that a lot of comedy writers have made about the make-up of other unions for a long time. A joke is a joke, but I found it bizarre to stick in an anti-union joke in there when you're supporting the rest of your staff. Is that just me?
With Letterman's performing style and Leno's WGA rules flaunting (or unawareness), I'm not sure that the public will be able to tell the difference between a show with writers and one sans writers. Again, I hope it becomes more apparent. Was there enough of a difference? Will there be one?
Update: The ratings are in and Leno beat Letterman last night with a rating of 5.3 to Letterman's 4.3. I don't think the strike-aware population is large enough to credit that to "wanting to see a train wreck." However, I think maybe - maybe - my question is being answered as, according to some earlier notes on Hollywood Reporter, Leno's numbers fell off as the show went on in some markets and Letterman's went up. A good sign for television created by writers?
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One of the things people wonder about "The Colbert Report" is: "How long can they keep this joke going?" At almost two years now, the character of "Stephen Colbert" shows very few signs of wear. The book "I Am America (And So Can You!)" is a little risky to the persona. You don't have the contained screwball charm of Stephen Colbert, the person, to back up the jokes. For more than a few of the jokes to land, you have to have that character in your head and read in his cadence. The writers even somewhat acknowledge this in the second chapter:
"That was a joke, in case you couldn't tell. I don't blame you if you couldn't. Can't tell if someone's making a joke if you can't see that person's face. Big reason I don't like books. No faces. Can't tell when they're being funny."
Of course, quite brilliantly, they put a picture of Stephen's smiling face right in the margin there. Still, I wouldn't necessarily recommend this book as someone first exposure to Colbert. But for members of the Colbert Nation, this book is just about perfect.
The book is constructed as opinions on facets of American life (including Family, Religion and Sports) and everything considered to oppose it, which is roughly every other chapter. The essays have plenty of lists, pull quotes and factoids - making it perfect for jumping right in anywhere instead of reading cover to cover. In keeping close to the show's segment "The Word", the margins of the text have additional jokes in red - although these are more throwaways rather than counterpoints as they often are in the show. It can get a little distracting going back and reading each little joke as you go through the text, but if you're reading in nuggets rather than chapters, tracking down every joke should be just fine.
Probably because I did read it straight through, some of my favorite parts of the book are the breaks from the character in Stephen Colbert via essays from characters who agree with Stephen Colbert. My favorites among them are God on why he doesn't answer prayers and the reader's soulmate who tortures us with the knowledge that she/he would have been right there if we had just made a different choice with our lives. Perhaps some of the most brutal gags in the book are in "The Fun Zone" section particularly in a word find for racist words and a match the ball sack to the neutered dog game which includes Bob Barker as one of the choices.
Not every Colbert show joke makes it into the book - particularly surprising is the lack of an "Alpha Squad 7 Tek Jansen Adventure" - I don't think it's even mentioned in the book. Maybe this might take away from Colbert's calls on publishers to pick up the unpublishable book on the show. Or perhaps, it's just perfect for the sequel.
One of the most valuable parts of the book is the complete transcript of Colbert's now legendary address at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner. It's one of the shining lights of satire in this century and done straight in the face of those who needed to hear it most. This book's not for them, but for those who recognize truthiness when they see it and find reveling in it, rather than cursing it, to be the best way of getting through to 2009.


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DecWindows Mail window keeps exiting if I use the Pick Menu and then later use the "receive mail" button. I am using the "new" desktop interface for DEC 3000 Model 300. I believe the problem started when I upgrade to VMS 7.1-2 but I have now upgraded to VMS 7.2-1 and applied patches and the problem is very repeatable. Process quotas are generous. I have defraged the mail.mai file. The accounting records do not reflect any problems. There are no error messages. I have not found any reports of others w ith this problem.
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Please contact the Compaq Customer Support Center, as additional research into the current process quotas, system parameter settings, the "exit" referenced (any messages seen, etc), and the details of the local configuration will be required. Also expect to be asked details of the installed DECwindows version and any ECOs applied.


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Every four years when the men's World Cup rolls around, there are hand-wringing questions about whether this will finally be the time that Americans fall in love with soccer, and whether the American soccer team will provide enough sustained success for that to happen. Already, we're asking it again: will John Brooks' goal against Ghana or the thrilling draw with Portugal or something else from Brazil be the moment that the United States falls in love with soccer?
There are numerous fallacies in this argument, one of which is that we already had that moment. The U.S. hosted the 1994 World Cup and turned it into a rousing success, setting attendance records that no other host has matched since and setting soccer on a slow but steady path into the American mainstream.
The most glaring problem with the question, however, doesn't even involve the U.S. Men's National Team, because the United States has already fallen in love with an American soccer squad that achieved ultimate success. And it has remained in love with them since. It happened on July 10, 1999, 15 years ago yesterday, when Brandi Chastain buried a penalty kick, ripped off her shirt, and set off a raucous celebration at the Rose Bowl. The United States Women's National Team had won the World Cup on American soil.
Chastain's celebration is the defining moment of that 1999 World Cup, but even before that, the tournament was a huge success and a major turning point for both soccer and women's sports in our country and the world. The U.S. entered the tournament as the favorite and followed through, romping through the group stage and outlasting Germany, Brazil, and China on the way to victory, drawing massive crowds along the way. The national team captured the hearts of the country. Its appearance in the finals drew more than 90,000 fans, an all-time record for attendance at a women's sporting event and one of the largest crowds to witness a soccer match involving an American team, men's or women's, in our nation's history.
And yet, because it involved the women, it is too often left out of the conversation about soccer's success in America.
The absence of women in that conversation is still evident today. Jezebel's Valerie Alexander noted last week that our soccer commentators often refer to Landon Donovan as the "all-time U.S. leading goal scorer," except that he isn't: that honor goes to Abby Wambach, the current star of the U.S. Women's National Team who has 167 career goals. Wambach is the world's all-time leading scorer in international play. Donovan, meanwhile, doesn't even rank in the top five American goal scorers once women are included. It is apparent when we talk about other iconic moments in our somewhat youthful soccer history too. Donovan's goal against Algeria in the 2010 World Cup is seen as one of those instances; Wambach's improbable 122nd-minute equalizer against Brazil in the 2011 Women's World Cup rarely shows up.
Still, while the non-soccer media and the conversation about whether the sport has or will arrive on American shores ignore the women, the country itself does not. The USWNT's loss to Japan in the 2011 World Cup final drew an average of 13.5 million viewers across the country; at the time, it was the largest television crowd to ever watch a soccer telecast (men or women) on ESPN, and it was the second most-watched daytime telecast in cable history. Only men's matches broadcast over-the-air on ABC — USMNT losses to Ghana and Brazil in 2010 and 1994, respectively and a few matches not involving the U.S. — and the 1999 women's final had bested it (the USMNT's tie with Portugal re-took the ESPN record this year).
In 2012, meanwhile, the women were back. While the men failed to qualify for the Olympics, the women avenged their World Cup loss and captured the nation's attention again on the way to winning the gold medal. That match, shown on the comparatively humble NBC Sports Network, drew 4.3 million viewers on a Thursday afternoon and registered as the largest broadcast in NBCSN history. While it paled in comparison to other soccer matches, it drew more viewers than the 2009 and 2010 Stanley Cup finals and more than a Team USA basketball game from the same Olympics.
One reason why that 1999 match and its aftermath — the '99ers, as they are colloquially known, spawned another Golden Generation of American stars like Wambach and Alex Morgan, who is on pace to break the all-time scoring record before her career is over — may fall absent from the broader conversation about soccer in America is that we haven't capitalized on it as we did after the 1994 World Cup. As part of giving the U.S. hosting duties in 1994, FIFA required us to establish a sustainable professional league. Major League Soccer came along in 1996. It has since passed the NBA and NHL in attendance figures and found its own niche in the American sporting conscience.
The women haven't fared quite as well. The hope that the 1999 World Cup win would foster its own domestic league never truly materialized, as the Women's United Soccer Association folded just three seasons after its first match in 2001. The second attempt, Women's Professional Soccer, met the same fate. We're now in year two of a third edition, the National Women's Soccer League, which finally has the full buy-in of the U.S. Soccer federation and national federations in Mexico and Canada. The NWSL may have what it takes to achieve sustainability, but it has received little attention from the media or sports-watching public. The American women will travel to Canada as a favorite to win the 2015 Women's World Cup — it would be their first victory since 1999 — but turning NWSL into a sustainable league where women can earn real salaries is a virtual requirement to ensuring that the U.S. continues to develop the talent necessary to maintain its place among the world's best teams, especially as other countries begin to give their national teams better funding, better training, and even leagues in which to play. A common trope among soccer skeptics is that Americans forget about the sport in between World Cups. MLS proves that isn't necessarily true for the men. But take away the most die-hard fans and it has been all too true for the women.
This is of course well-known and established in soccer circles, and U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati has helped make forming such a league and development structure for women a priority in recent years. But as soccer continues to grow in the United States, the ultimate success on the women's side also relies on mainstream fans and media figures — the type talking about and selling soccer to wider audiences — remembering that they exist too, and that over the last 15 years, the U.S. Women's National Team has given us victories and transcendent moments that the men have yet to achieve.


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CFP certificants will be held to one of two standards.
We think we know the all the rules, but every year we are required to complete a two-hour ethics review course, anyway. If we were lucky, we might have attended a very interesting presentation by our favorite convicted felon, Patrick Kuhze. More often than not, we spend two hours looking at dreadful slides and listening to someone droning on about the seven principles, the six steps of the financial-planning process and their related areas of best practices. Then, they usually throw out some scary example of a CFP practitioner being fed to the dogs for some seemingly minor infraction of the rules.
When I was asked to deliver an ethics presentation to my local FPA chapter using prepared materials, I thought, "How hard can this be? After all, it's not like there is anything new from the last session I attended a year ago, right?" Well, for this CFP practitioner there were a few surprises buried in the new standards. On the off-chance that you may have dozed off during your ethics review, allow me to share some of the more important changes that were adopted last year.
More of the F word
Not to be left at the dock, the CFP Board of Standards has weighed in with their own definition of fiduciary. Now CFP certificants (it dropped the term designee) will be held to one of two standards, depending upon whether or not they are providing financial-planning services.
If they are NOT considered to be providing financial-planning services, the standard of care required by the board is that a CFP Certificant "shall at all times place the interest of the client ahead of his or her own." While not as high as a fiduciary standard, it is arguably higher than the "suitability" standard required of registered representatives.
If they ARE providing financial-planning services, they must adhere to the board's new fiduciary standard, "One who acts in utmost good faith, in a manner he or
she reasonably believes to be in the best interest of the client." They must also provide additional disclosures to the client, and there must be a written agreement governing the financial planning services being provided.
What Constitutes 'Financial Planning'
According to the board, financial planning can be an engagement that includes, but is not limited to, the six steps of financial planning:
* Establishing and defining the client-planner relationship
* Gathering client data including goals
* Analyzing and evaluating the client's current financial status
* Developing and presenting recommendations and/or alternatives
* Implementing the recommendations
* Monitoring the recommendations
The subject areas of financial planning have been further revised in the technical corrections (adopted in July 2009) to the Revised Standards. You can obtain a redlined copy of the revised standards with the technical corrections here:
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On 9 May 2014, LCCT officially closes as KLIA2 takes over.
The new Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) is built to replace LCCT, with bigger and better facilities.
As a result, the information posted here is no longer relevant to the KLIA2.
For the latest information on the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2), please visit the www.klia2.info.
Have a nice trip!
Designed as an "airport in the city", the Kuala Lumpur City Air Terminal (KL CAT) at KL Sentral station is truly an extension of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). The KL CAT is officially recognized by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as a city destination with the code XKL.
The KL CAT is favoured by business travellers both local and foreign, the high-speed KLIA Ekspres train service provides the convenient link between KL Sentral and KLIA.
The high degree of reliability and the quick 28-minute trip offers those who value time guaranteed control over their travel schedule.
At KL CAT, you can check-in for your flight, just like in an airport, and enjoy free porter service. Regarded as a premium value-added service, passengers traveling with Malaysia Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, Royal Brunei Airlines and Emirates are able to check in at KL CAT.
The minimum check-in time is 2 hours before flight departure time (1 hours for those on Malaysia Airlines' domestic flights without luggage). Your luggage will be tagged to your destination and automatically transferred to your flight at KLIA.
Every piece of luggage is bar-coded for easy tracking, and is integrated with the KLIA baggage handling system.The check-in service is provided for air travelers who hold valid KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit tickets.
You will also find a unique ambience of food and retail outlets as well as travel-related services at KL CAT such as airline ticketing, travel boutiques, banking kiosks, bureau de change, telecommunication and taxis. Travellers upon checking-in for their flights here then are free to walk around, have a meal or do some shopping either before they depart from KL Sentral or upon at KLIA.
As Malaysia's largest transit hub, KL Sentral is Kuala Lumpur's integrated rail transportation centre, offering interconnectivity and seamlessly linking to all urban and suburban residential, commercial and industrial areas. KL CAT is within the same building with KL Sentral where it is easily accessed by road, and is supported by other public transportation systems such as the RapidKL LRT, KL Monorail, KTM commuter, KTM Intercity, feeder buses and city taxis.


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Westpac is sharing few details about a breach involving customer details, Stuff.co.nz reports. "The bank will not confirm if it has told affected customers what happened," the report states, noting a newspaper has seen the documents that were given to a customer by a bank employee in error. The documents "spelled out customer account numbers, term deposit start and maturity dates, interest rates and balances," according to the report, which also cites the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's recommendations that it is generally "a good idea for organisations to notify affected parties of any potential privacy breach."
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The woman who created beauty.
Set against the glamorous skylines of 1950s Manhattan, world-leading cosmetics entrepreneur Helena Rubinstein is locked in a power struggle with rivals Elizabeth Arden and Revlon.
From humble beginnings as a Polish-Jewish immigrant, this is the story behind one of the best-known faces in the world of beauty. But as her professional and family conflicts reach fever pitch, will the ghosts of a turbulent past topple one of the world's richest businesswomen?
Starring BAFTA award-winning Miriam Margolyes (Harry Potter, Romeo And Juliet, The Age Of Innocence) and directed by Jez Bond, Madame Rubinstein is a bright new comedy where the nails are painted and the gloves are off.
Yet when the lipstick bleeds and the makeup fades, what is there left to hide behind?
Cast & Creatives
- Cast
- Miriam Margolyes, Frances Barber, Jonathan Forbes
- Author
- John Misto
- Director
- Jez Bond
- Producer
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The X-12 standard RWS is another perfect product from DT Swiss. It allows the use of the X-12 standard dropout rear end to be used with the RWS thru axle design. It is one of the quickest rear mounting systems on the market and will definitely ensure a solid connection for the rear wheel. So you get the stiffness of a Thru axle with the user friendliness of a quick release.
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The greatest risk factor — inactivityThe rejuvenation process started by your cardiac caregivers needs to be carried on after you leave the hospital to ensure a full and healthy life. Inactivity is now your heart's greatest enemy.
SSM Health Heart & Vascular Care's Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation program starts you out on the right path with a safe and personalized fitness program that is supervised by registered nurses, respiratory therapists or exercise specialists. Our gradual but progressive program is divided into three phases:
Phase 1 Phase 1 begins with the education you and your family receive in the hospital and the walking exercises your physician may prescribe during your stay.
Phase 2Once you are discharged from the hospital, your physician may refer you to cardiac rehab to manage your heart's future health. Based on the personalized exercise prescription written by our medical directors, this program combines supervised exercise and educational instruction in one-hour sessions, multiple times a week for up to 36 visits, depending on your health plan. You'll exercise in a safe environment with others who have had similar health experiences.
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This week, a friend of mine agreed to write a guest post about what motivates her to eat well and exercise daily. Meet Samantha Trenerry! Sam lives in Australia, with her son Cadel and husband Phil. She's super fit (CrossFit will do that for you!), a fabulous mama, and a knitter too (I met her first on Ravelry and we bonded over exercise and yarn!).
Hello fellow fitknitchick fans!
I am an Aussie stay at home mama to 4-year-old Cadel and am married to Phil who is a shift worker. Cadel's story is a blog post in itself, so I am going to do my best to sum him up in a paragraph. Cadel is a sweet, loving, cheeky little boy, he is the light of my life and I am incredibly lucky to be his mama. Cadel lives with Spastic Quadriplegia, a form of Cerebral Palsy so debilitating that he needs help with all aspects of daily living, he is also severely impaired intellectually. Cadel is in a wheelchair and unlike the average 4 year old Cadel cannot take himself to the toilet, fix himself a snack, feed himself, sit himself up or move from one activity to the next without our help. We build therapeutic activities into each day and he visits regularly with a team of therapists at our local disability service. Medically he has a lot going on too, but the main condition he has that affects his daily life is an acute form of Epilepsy, despite being on 4 different medications he has dozens of visible seizures each day and has many more we cannot see. Our days are busy, and although they are filed with fun and laughter they can be draining both physically and emotionally for all 3 of us.
Tamara asked me to talk about what motivates me to lead a healthy lifestyle, and the first big motivator for me is the most obvious, my family! Phil works outside the home as a Police Officer and I care of the little guy, when Phil is home we share the role taking care of Cadel. This gives us both time to work out and a little time to chill out too. The three us make a great team! Knowing that Cadel and Phil are relying on me is all the motivation I need. I want to eat right so I have the energy to power through my day and still have a bit left in the tank for a workout. I want to workout so I can get the 45kg wheelchair in and out of the car on my own and so I can lift Cadel up and down all day without a second thought. Let's face it, strong, healthy people are far more useful, and I want to know that I will be strong enough to take care of Cadel for a long time to come. Having a child who is disabled also motivates me because it makes me realize how lucky I am to have a fully functioning body, it would be a shame to waste it sitting on the couch all day with a big bag of chips, I want to make the most of it!
The second big motivator for me is that I have found a sport I LOVE. If there is one piece of advice I can give you it is to keep trying different activities until you find something you really want to do. If you want to make a lifelong commitment to exercising you need to be enthusiastic about what you are doing or it will become a chore, and soon after it will become just another failed exercise program. I do CrossFit, it makes sense for me because it challenges me physically and mentally, I am able to set goals for myself and I leave every session knowing I have nothing left to give. I have also made some wonderful friends at the gym, they inspire me, push me to reach my goals and they make working out fun.
Other than my family and the sport I love, I find motivation the same way everyone else does, I want to look in the mirror and feel good about what I see, I want to set a good example for Cadel and for the other children in my life, I want my husband to think I am still as hot as I was the day he married me and I don't want to see the number on the scales go up unless I know it is because I am getting stronger!
Having said all that I have to confess that I have a downfall, and I am sure it is one many of you share, FOOD! I bet a lot of you fail in that area at times for exactly the same reason I do, I forget about myself! I manage to eat a healthy breakfast every day and dinner is usually something wholesome too, but I can be hopeless during the day unless I really plan for it. This is something I am working really hard on, but on really busy days, especially when we have a lot of appointments to get to, I find myself hungry at 3pm and suddenly realize the last thing I ate was my oats for breakfast. I am getting better, and I have Tamara to thank for introducing me to clean eating and some wonderful websites that inspire me with tasty recipes. I have a lot of work to do though, and if there is one thing I want to achieve in 2012 it is to make planning my own meals a habit every single day. Let's make that something we work on together okay? I am getting back on track after the holiday madness with a sugar free February, with the exception of one (portion controlled!) treat on a Saturday, if you care to join me let me know via Tamara's comments!
So that's a bit about me, my life has a little extra drama, but I am still able to make my own health a priority. I hope you have found something in my story that helps inspire you to do the same. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them below. Thanks for reading!


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Meanwhile, Alexis is honest with Sonny. Sonny gives Ric an ultimatum. Alexis is grateful when Sam eases Kristina's fears.
At the same time, April's death hits Robin hard. Patrick refuses to allow Robin to push him away.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth clashes with Maxie. Elizabeth stays by Lucky's side as he begins to experience the pain of withdrawal. Maxie buys more pills from a drug dealer.
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[url=http://www.bungie.net/7_Best-games-Story-wise/en/Forum/Post?id=61548170#referred-OffTopic%20%28Offtopic%29]Not properly tagging your thread is only going to derail your thread from any real discussion.[/url] "You can juts hide the thread!" There's nothing wrong with the thread that would make me want to hide it, but that doesn't excuse people from not putting video game threads in #Gaming. What's worse are the OP's who do it and blatantly do it for no reason. Not to mention I don't see Mods force tagging people's threads anymore. Notice how I properly put this thread in #Community, this is not a difficult concept.
English#Community #tags #rant
Should I move this to #Support?
It's not a big deal for me. I'm used to Video Gaming threads being in the Off Topic/Flood forums of Bungie.old, so it doesn't really matter to me if someone wants to post one there. So yeah. I don't give a -blam!-
That's what the forum ninjas' job is now.
What is the big deal OP? Hell some people don't even tag their threads. At the end of the day the only person it is really hurting is the OP.
Edited by Old Papa Rich: 8/15/2013 2:36:06 AMI move threads with some regularity. I honestly don't see that many issues.


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On TV this week
SEASON FINALE How I Met Your Mother, 8 p.m., CBS There's a wedding, but it isn't Ted's. Some people may be getting sick, though.
SEASON FINALE 90210, 8 p.m., CW Liam doesn't want to go to college, while Naomi may not graduate at all. What positive role models for the high-schoolers!
SEASON FINALE Chuck, 8 p.m., NBC Chuck needs his wedding party to stop Vivian from ruining the party. Well, who invited her in the first place?
SEASON FINALE Mad Love, 8:30 p.m., CBS Are Ben and Kate going to finally hook up? Given Sarah Chalke's track record on Scrubs, we'd say not yet.
SEASON PREMIERE The Real Housewives of New Jersey, 9 p.m., Bravo Two of Theresa's relatives join the cast. Because there aren't enough cackling middle-aged women on this show already, see.
SEASON FINALE Gossip Girl, 9 p.m., CW Hope you got a good look at Taylor Momsen and Jessica Szohr, because they ain't coming back next season.
Freedom Riders: American Experience, 9 p.m., PBS Wipe your mind of all this other drivel, because here's a special that focuses on people who really mattered.
SERIES PREMIERE Off Limits, 9 p.m., Travel Don Wildman goes to a city and explores the little out-of-the-way spots that no one likes to talk about, whether it's a former Nazi military compound in L.A. or Tropicana Field in St. Pete.
SEASON FINALE Mike & Molly, 9:30 p.m., CBS Are these two getting married? Sheesh, they've only been together a year.
SEASON FINALE Hawaii Five-0, 10 p.m., CBS Wo Fat tries to take down Five-0 for good, but since this show will likely be back next year, we're not all that worried.
SEASON FINALE Castle, 10 p.m., ABC Hal Lockwood escapes from a court hearing and is on the loose, giving rise to the possibility someone will end up dead in this episode.
SEASON FINALE NCIS, 8 p.m., CBS Finally, they find the Port-to-Port killer. What are the chances it was Mark Harmon this whole time?
SEASON FINALE One Tree Hill, 8 p.m., CW Chase is off to the Air Force, upsetting Chuck and Alex. They really wanted him around when Karen's Cafe reopened.
SEASON FINALE NCIS: Los Angeles, 9 p.m., CBS Why did Hetty resign from OSP? Too many acronyms?
SEASON FINALE Raising Hope, 9 p.m., Fox Maw Maw kicked Jimmy out of the house when he was 18, we find out in a flashback. And it turned him into such a responsible young man!
SEASON FINALE Traffic Light, 9:30 p.m., Fox A deliveryman catches Callie without any clothes on during a delivery. He covered the C.O.D., though, which is a bonus.
SEASON FINALE The Good Wife, 10 p.m., CBS Alicia and Kalinda must work on a case together. We sure hope there are no charges of infidelity involved.
SEASON FINALE Criminal Minds, 9 p.m., CBS A.J. Cook's new two-year deal kicks in, so her character J.J. is back starting tonight. Then you'll have to wait until next season to see her again.
SEASON FINALE America's Next Top Model, 9 p.m., CW Will the overanalyzing control freak or the irrational, emotional cripple win? LOL JK, they're both like that to some extent.
SEASON FINALE Breaking In, 9:30 p.m., Fox Cameron has to go back to his high school to track down a bully. Mike Tyson is guest-starring, so we hope he's not the bully, for Cameron's sake.
SEASON FINALE Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 10 p.m., NBC A witness in a rape trial is murdered while she's out shopping. She obviously didn't find the kind of deal she wanted.
SEASON FINALE The Big Bang Theory, 8 p.m., CBS Now that Bernadette has her doctorate, Howard is the only one without one. Sheesh, these underachievers are so annoying.
SEASON FINALE Rules of Engagement, 8:30 p.m., CBS Russell books a trip on a cruise thinking it's full of "red hot" chicks, only to find out it's full of women over the age of 50. Well, it depends on whether you catch them at happy hour or not.
SEASON FINALE Grey's Anatomy, 9 p.m., ABC Meredith comes clean about screwing up the clinical trial. At least Derek can't just tear up the Post-It anymore. Oh, and we're pretty sure Teddy is moving to Germany after the chief resident is announced.
SEASON FINALE Bones, 9 p.m., Fox A body is found in the pinsetter at a bowling alley. Boy, he really struck out.
SEASON FINALE Private Practice, 10 p.m., ABC Some of the docs at Oceanside Wellness may be getting the boot as the practice restructures. Please say that means Addison is headed back to Seattle Grace.
SEASON FINALE Parks and Recreation, 10:30 p.m., NBC Leslie arranges a memorial service, because funerals always play well for laughs.
Flashpoint, 8 p.m., CBS Spike has to investigate his former training officer after two prisoners escape from the guy's vehicle while he's transporting them. That's right, another episode about lost innocence. Man, it's hard to be a cop.
Dual Survival, 9 p.m., Discovery Dave and Cody pretend to be two ranchers stranded out on the plains in the middle of winter with only a bison hide, an ax head and a glass jar. Dibs on the bison hide.
Camelot, 10 p.m., Starz Morgan hatches a plot to hurt Arthur's relationship with his men. Who knew Morgan was such a witch? Oh, wait.
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The infamous "Cinna Episode," featuring lots of screaming when Lionsgate announces during the show that Lenny Kravitz will be playing Cinna. We also talk to author Ned Vizzini about his contribution to The Girl Who Was on Fire.
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We welcome Woody Harrelson to the cast, wonder whether or not Foxface killed herself, and learn how to make Prim's goat cheese with the help of Crystal Watanabe.
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Video games, prequels, awards, and Wes Bentley's face are all up for discussion, and we interview fan artist Kate Wheeler about her beautiful work.
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The primary outcome of this study is the detection of lung metastases comparing Low dose CT (LDCT) and Minimum dose CT (MnDCT) with CXR.
- LDCT and MnDCT have similar sensitivity for the detection of lung nodules (metastases).
- MnDCT of the thorax detects a larger number of nodules (metastases) than CXR.
|Soft Tissue Sarcoma
|Procedure: low dose CT
|Phase 1
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|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
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|Surveillance Low Dose Computed Tomography of the Thorax in Patients With High Grade Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
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A 3-year prospective phase II non-randomized study commenced May 2003 enrolling 60 high-risk patients with Intermediate and High Grade STS. Each patient is kept under radiological surveillance for 3 years unless lung metastases are detected. Conventional thoracic imaging for staging and surveillance of STS patients is shown in Figure 1. In the trial, LDCT and MnDCT are added to each imaging visit (Figure 1). A 2-view CXR (CR) is performed (Direct View, Kodak, Rochester) followed by thoracic CT scans performed on a Siemens 16 row MDCT (Sensation 16, Siemens, Erlangen), CT acquisition; 120kVp, 5/2.5/2.5mm. Images are reconstructed with high and low spatial frequency filters and soft copy viewing is performed on a standalone PACS workstation using standard mediastinal (w 350, l 40) and lung (w 1500, l -600) settings. Examinations are performed with varying mAs; SDCT 120 mAs, LDCT 40 mAs and MnDCT 20 mAs. The examinations are evaluated, blinded to the results of the alternative and previous studies, for the presence of nodules (defined as a non-calcified focal opacity ≥3 mm < 3 cm). Surveillance imaging is commenced 3 months post surgery.
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand's economy grew a better than expected 0.8 percent in the March quarter, despite a deadly earthquake, data showed Thursday, sending the local dollar up to a record against the greenback.
Finance Minister Bill English said the fourth quarter figures — double the forecast 0.4 percent — showed the resilience of the economy in the face of the February earthquake, which shattered Christchurch and left 181 people dead. The Statistics New Zealand data also revealed full year growth of 1.5 percent, also above expectations.
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Raleigh, N.C. — Two days after he took office, Gov. Pat McCrory hit the ground running Monday, issuing his first executive order and declaring that the computer systems in various state government agencies need a serious overhaul.
McCrory cited audits of the effort to consolidate state information technology systems in his determination that the systems "are broken in almost every department." IT problems are most alarming in the Department of Health and Human Services, he said, where they could affect the distribution of food stamps and Medicaid.
"If this new system is not implemented in the way it was initially designed, then we're going to have some major issues in July regarding our citizens getting the needed services from state government," he said at a news conference.
Agency heads are looking to hire IT contractors to assist with the consolidation and to work out bugs in the system, said McCrory, who also named Chris Estes as the state's chief information officer, putting him in charge of IT operations.
McCrory, cabinet quickly find problems to fix
Estes most recently served as a principal at strategy and technology consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. He previously worked as business development manager at consulting and accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and at IBM.
"It is clear we have to modernize and digitize state government," McCrory said in announcing Estes' appointment.
Some computer systems aren't working properly, and no back-up systems are in place, he said.
McCrory also named former Rep. Fred Steen, R-Rowan, as his legislative liaison and Tony Almeida, a former colleague of McCrory's at Duke Energy Corp., as his top economic adviser.
In his first official action as governor, he issued an executive order rescinding an order last year from Gov. Beverly Perdue that created a judicial nominating commission. He said he planned to use his constitutional authority to name qualified candidates to open judgeships.
Perdue herself rescinded the order in December to allow her to fill an opening on the state Supreme Court on short notice before leaving office.
McCrory said he met Monday morning with his cabinet, and they discussed the "thin" budget surplus the state has through the end of the fiscal year in June. He advised the agencies to watch their spending but said they are finding it difficult to track revenues and expenses because many departments don't issue monthly budget reports.
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A "cash-flow crunch" is expected to continue through May as the state tries to process income tax refunds while other collections are in a lull, he said.
"Money is not going to drop out of the trees. There is no new money at this point in time. We've got business that are barely hanging on," he said.
The cabinet also talked about problems with state government buildings. McCrory said many offices are "in total disrepair" after years without adequate maintenance, and some departments are so scattered among different buildings that they cannot work efficiently.
Some buildings also have security concerns that need to be addressed, but he declined to be more specific.
"The longer it takes to maintain and fix these buildings, the more expensive it's going to get for the taxpayers," he said. "Before we build new buildings like we have for the last five years in state government, we better take care of the ones we have. ... We build new things without having sufficient operations money to run them."
McCrory said the IT and infrastructure issues weren't the result of the Perdue administration. Rather, they were problems decades in the making.
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Trained to Kill: Soldiers at War
Nadelson, who died in 2003, was a psychoanalyst who taught at Boston University School of Medicine and headed the Boston VA Medical Center's psychiatric service unit for two decades. This close examination of how civilians are turned into soldiers (everything from TV to gym class plays a role), and how war veterans then cope when re-entering society, is based on Nadelson's extensive work with Vietnam veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Nadelson himself was drafted into the army and served during the Korean War, and he combines analysis of clinical studies with empathetic insights into the personal experiences of the men he treated. The resulting narrative is by turns dryly academic and compellingly journalistic. One interesting confirmation of long-held beliefs: a major reason that those who served in Vietnam have suffered disproportionately high incidences of PTSD, Nadelson says, is that the nation was so deeply and bitterly divided over that war. (June)
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Well......I didn't see that coming
I'm pleased for Grant Potulny, and it makes me feel good that so many Northern fans are thrilled with this hire.
But honestly, I'm a bit surprised. Grant is young, and has no head coaching experience.
This could be a home run for NMU, but it could just as easily be a big miss. Really hard to say at this point. Grant has had success in pretty much every role he's held in hockey and that bodes well, but it's a different animal when you have an entire program of your own you are responsible for running.
No matter what, I hope he does well at Northern and wish him all the luck in the world. I've just picked up another college hockey team to root for.
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MG talks about his son's Stanley Cup playoff success with the Penguins, Grant Potulny's departure, incoming recruits and Novak and Lindgren's rehab progress. INTERVIEW
Need to step away from hockey game to let the adrenaline settle a little.
Was watching parts of U-18 game. Why was Reedy not playing, or was he and I just missed him?
Gophers have named All-American Tyler Sheehy to lead the team as Captain for the 2017-18 season. The Gophers will go with three Alternate Captains next season: Leon Bristedt, Mike Szmatula and Ryan Lindgren.
"We're really excited about the guys we have in the locker room next year, and that starts with our captains," Minnesota head coach Don Lucia said. "Each of them is 'all-in' on being a Gopher, and they are terrific representatives of our program and the University of Minnesota."
Excellent choices. Top notch job picking their leaders.
Interesting quote on Casey Mittelstadt:
SOURCE: Casey Mittelstadt 2017 NHL Draft Prospect ProfileCasey is one of these anomalies that comes along every few years. Weve watched him play against his peers in international tournaments and seen him play in the USHL and various camps, and he always makes a difference. It doesnt really matter where he plays, because you get the same game from him, no matter the environment. Mike Morreale, NHL.com
Not sure if anyone hasn't seen it yet, but they're selling naming rights to Marriucci. As_holes.
I mean I hate it in general but $$ talks.
No matter what they call it you still have the excitement of walking from your car to the arena, seeing all the other fans walking in decked in their Gophers gear, moving through the entrance, up the escalators, seeing all the murals, hearing the band, seeing the banners, smelling the food....
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- Star TribuneA Gophers athletics official told me the U of M (much like other schools) is looking at various potential revenue streams. While there are no plans anytime soon to remove Mariucci and Williams from the building names, the official said adding a sponsor name to those buildings and their existing names is a "possibility" that would be determined on a case-by-case basis. So yes, it does sound like naming rights could be coming to those hallowed arenas — not as a replacement for the existing names but rather in addition to them.
Sheehy Hoping to Lead Minnesota to Greater Heights
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Ted Nugent Brings his Unquenchable Spirit to Cleveland Concert
Ted Nugent and his newly expanded four-headed monster of a band took the House of Blues in Cleveland by force last night (Aug. 4), with original singer and rhythm guitarist Derek St. Holmes returning to the fold and helping the Motor City Madman re-state his case as one of the best live rock 'n' roll performers of his or any other generation.
We'll admit, we were a little bit nervous about any changes to the supremely fine-tuned power trio lineup Ted's been touring with for the last few years, even if it was to bring back the original voice of 'Stranglehold' and 'Hey Baby.' Well, silly us for not trusting 'Uncle Ted' without reservation.
St. Holmes fit in perfectly with Nugent's "Funk Brothers," bassist Greg Smith and drummer Mick Brown, showed that his voice is still in fantastic shape, and provided solid rhythm guitar support that freed Nugent up to add extra dramatic flourishes to songs like 'Just What the Doctor Ordered.'
Still, let's make no mistake about exactly who's show this was. "The Nuge" is quite simply a force of nature, leading his dexterous band with repeated jaw-dropping displays of furious, seemingly half-improvised and somehow tasteful guitar exploration. It's really remarkable; he plays roughly the same dozen songs in concert year after year, but breathes enough new life into them each time so they never sound stale or over-rehearsed.
Nugent repeated the secret ingredient to his sound many times through the night: "What kind of music is this? Soul music! No s—!" He repeatedly gave shout-outs to Chuck Berry, James Brown and Wilson Pickett, and did his heroes proud by never letting the pyrotechnics get in the way of the almighty and ever-present grooves that make songs like set-opener 'Free for All' so powerful.
He's also without a doubt of of the best talkers in the game, stating unequivocally that he and his band were the last men standing, that he'd keep bringing his music to the people because he didn't trust anybody else to do it, and that if there were one band he'd want to go see, it'd be… himself. He did mention his political views a couple of times, but less than say, Bono or Bruce Springsteen are known to do.
Actually, in a nice and possibly (ehh.. doubtfully) symbolic change, Nugent was surrounded by a wall of guitars rather than guns on stage this time out. Any conversation we have about the Nuge is always gonna start and end with his music. He's a living legend with two fistfuls of forever-classic songs to his credit, and he puts on, without a doubt, one of the most energetic, skilled and rousing live performances you're ever going to see. Miss him when he comes to town at your own peril.


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"I sit down wit da guy, and I ask him, 'You want I should order us some food, or you already know what da answer to my question is gonna be?' You know what the question is, right?" -- Rocco from Da Bronx.
When men want an answer to something of importance, it is best to ask it face-to-face, eye-to-eye. Direct questions work best. The less jive, the better. It gets you a real answer quicker. (Of course if you want to stretch the evening out and wait until dessert and coffee to pop the big question, that's your call.)
The above scenario works best when you're looking to make a deal and all that's left is determining what the margins are going to be. What's your cut going to look like?
When you need to know what's in someone's heart, the song and dance is best avoided. If she said she wants out of the relationship and her mind is set, getting down on your knees telling her, "I can change!" only entertains those who are trying to listen in on your conversation. Her expressions and mannerisms reveal the truth.
The sit-down with Eric Gordon will tell the New Orleans Hornets all they need to know.
Gordon knows if this was just a business ploy -- as planned by his agent -- to assure himself of an $8 million bump in pay (he turned down $50 million), or maybe he's a player who just wants a lil' love thrown his way. There's nothing wrong with needing a lil' validation once in awhile.
Nobody needs to be mad at anybody.
"Never let your money get mad."
Professional sports has an ice pick for a heart. It's about making money and winning games.
Gordon knows if he is mentally already out the door. The picture in his mind has already been painted and framed.
A more formal conversation (head coach Monty Williams and Gordon spoke briefly on the phone) doesn't require an elaborate set of gestures and facial expressions.
"We'd like you to be a part of what we're building here; you're important to us. Do you feel the same way?"
A "yes" or "no" answer will suffice.
Just make sure you get your money's worth from the language in whatever deal you make.
Gerry V has been a sports commentator for 21 years. Listen to Gerry V Mon.-Fri. from 4-7 p.m. on 106.1 Sports Radio "The Ticket." Listen during all Hornets Radio Broadcasts on 106.1 New Orleans and after every game for "Hornets O.T." Watch for his commentary on FOX 8 TV. Follow him on Twitter @gvtalk.


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