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New Delhi: The 2012 Formula One season so far, ahead of the Indian Grand Prix on Sunday:
Australian Grand Prix: 18 March
McLaren's Jenson Button threw down the gauntlet to two-time defending world champion Sebastian Vettel as he relegated the German to second in a flying start to the season. McLaren had locked down the front row of the grid and it was Button who nipped past pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton at the start and went on to dominate. Vettel grabbed a giant slice of luck when a timely safety car intervention allowed him to steal second from Hamilton late in the race. Mark Webber was fourth for Red Bull and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso finished fifth.
Standings: Button 25 pts, Vettel 18, Hamilton 15
Malaysian Grand Prix: 25 March
A nearly hour-long storm interruption threw the race into confusion and left drivers fighting just to stay on the track. Alonso emerged from the chaos at the head of the field and drove his unrated Ferrari brilliantly to win the unpredictable race, chased all the way by Mexico's Sergio Perez who claimed a career-high second place for Sauber. Hamilton, heading another grid one-two for McLaren, was happy to settle for third again after an early crash left Button outside of the points alongside Vettel, who suffered a late puncture following a collision with Narain Karthikeyan.
Standings: Alonso 35, Hamilton 30, Button 25
Chinese Grand Prix: 15 April
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg claimed what he termed an "amazing" first victory in 111 attempts as he led from pole position to take the Chinese Grand Prix in style. The German's faultless drive in Shanghai saw him home more than 20 seconds ahead of the McLarens of Button and Hamilton, for what was also Mercedes' first victory since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix. Webber was fourth and Vettel fifth after some frantic jostling for the other podium places. Alonso trailed in ninth.
Standings: Hamilton 45, Button 43, Alonso 37
Bahrain Grand Prix: 22 April
Bahrain's controversial race went off without incident after a week of angry protests away from the desert circuit that put the non-sporting focus on reform demands in the Gulf state. Vettel led from start to finish to claim his first win of the year to take over as leader of the title race. He registered his 22nd career victory with a near-flawless drive from pole position. In second came Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 champion, and the Finn's Lotus team-mate Romain Grosjean.
Standings: Vettel 53, Hamilton 49, Webber 48
Spanish Grand Prix: 13 May
Pastor Maldonado became the first Venezuelan to win an F1 race by triumphing at the Spanish Grand Prix — before going on to play an heroic role in a dramatic blaze in his Williams team's garage. Maldonado's win, in just his 24th race, was also the team's first victory since the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix and came on the weekend of team founder Frank Williams' 70th birthday. He later carried his young cousin to safety after the team garage was engulfed by flames, injuring 16 people. On the track the Venezuelan produced a flawless race, holding off Alonso. Raikkonen was third.
Standings: Vettel 61, Alonso 61, Hamilton 53
Monaco Grand Prix: 27 May
Webber steered his Red Bull to victory and claimed his first win this year and his team's third successive Monaco Grand Prix victory. Webber's second win in the race and the eighth of his career also meant six different drivers had won the opening six races of this season, for the first time in Formula One history. Webber started from pole to finish six-tenths of a second clear of Rosberg with Alonso third for Ferrari. Vettel was fourth ahead of Hamilton and Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari.
Standings: Alonso 76, Vettel 73, Webber 73 1
Canadian Grand Prix: 10 June
Hamilton made it seven different winners in seven races when he drove with flawless speed and control to win in Montreal. He produced a magnificently judged performance in a race that passed off smoothly despite a weekend of student protests and police action resulting in around 60 arrests, to seize his first win of the year. Grosjean of Lotus came home second after an equally well-judged race to finish ahead of Perez. Hamilton's 18th career victory came five years to the day after he had claimed his maiden win at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Standings: Hamilton 88, Alonso 86, Vettel 85
European Grand Prix: 24 June
Local hero Alonso became the first man to win two Formula One races this year by driving his Ferrari to victory in Valencia. Alonso, who won superbly from 11th on the grid, was followed home by Raikkonen of Lotus and seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher of Mercedes. The race was punctuated by incident, with Hamilton crashing out after a final lap collision with Williams's Maldonado. Red Bull's defending world champion Vettel was forced to retire despite dominating most of the race after starting from pole position, as was his nearest challenger Grosjean of Lotus.
Standings: Alonso 111, Webber 91, Hamilton 88
British Grand Prix: 8 July
Red Bull's Webber dragged himself into contention for the drivers' world title by winning a dramatic race at Silverstone. The Australian posted a near-flawless performance to come in ahead of Ferrari's Alonso, with Webber's team-mate Vettel third. There was an acrimonious collision when Maldonado of Williams drove into Perez's Sauber, and a pit-lane accident when Kamui Kobayashi braked late and hit his own mechanics at a pit stop. McLaren duo Hamilton and Button — the home favourites — finished eighth and 10th.
Standings: Alonso 129, Webber 116, Vettel 100
German Grand Prix: 22 July
Alonso started from pole position and dominated the race in consummate style, leading from start to finish. Local favourite Vettel was handed a 20-second penalty for running off the track at a hairpin exit as he tried to pass Button on the penultimate lap. The penalty bumped him from second to fifth and left Button in second. Button's McLaren team-mate Hamilton had hoped to make his 100th Formula One race a memorable one, but had to retire after a series of problems including a puncture caused by debris left on the circuit following an early crash involving Massa, Grosjean and Bruno Senna of Williams.
Standings: Alonso 154, Webber 120, Vettel 110
Hungarian Grand Prix: 29 July
Hamilton delivered a flawless drive from pole position to the chequered flag to revive his title challenge, resisting strong late pressure from former world champion Raikkonen. Hamilton's win was his second of the year and the 19th of his career. Raikkonen's Lotus team-mate Grosjean and Red Bull's Vettel came in third and fourth, with Alonso in fifth. As they climbed the podium, a grinning Hamilton said to Raikkonen: "It's just like old times, Kimi."
Standings: Alonso 164, Webber 124, Vettel 122
Belgian Grand Prix: 2 September
Button claimed his second win of the year and 14th of his career in a race marred by a horrific first-bend crash that took out Hamilton, championship leader Alonso, and Grosjean. Grosjean's Lotus went airborne as he tried to get past Hamilton, a move that earned the Frenchman a one-race ban and fine. Vettel took second with Raikkonen third to complete a podium of world champions. Schumacher, in his 300th Grand Prix and back at his favourite circuit where he made his debut in 1991, finished seventh.
Standings: Alonso 164, Vettel 140, Webber 132
Italian Grand Prix: 9 September
Hamilton won his third race of the year with a commanding drive from pole position which moved him up to second in the drivers' standings. Sauber's Perez roared through the field to finish second, with Alonso claiming third to extend his championship lead. But a retirement dashed the title hopes of Hamilton's McLaren stablemate Button. The race was also overshadowed by speculation over Hamilton's future after he admitted his team for next year was undecided.
Standings: Alonso 179, Hamilton 142, Raikkonen 141
Singapore Grand Prix: 23 September
Vettel roared back into the title race as he survived two safety cars and capitalised on the retirement of race leader Hamilton to claim his second win of the season. The two-time defending champion moved up to second in the standings behind Alonso, who finished third. Button was second. Hamilton went out with a gearbox failure on the 23rd lap, and later put an end to intense debate about his career plans as he confirmed he would leave McLaren for Mercedes at the end of the season.
Standings: Alonso 194, Vettel 165, Raikkonen 149
Japanese Grand Prix: 7 October
Vettel slashed the title race to just four points as he stormed to victory at Suzuka after championship leader Alonso span out on the first turn. The German escaped a chaotic start and sped away to win by more than 20 seconds ahead of Ferrari's Massa and home favourite Kamui Kobayashi, whose first podium received huge roars from the capacity crowd. Vettel became the only man this year with back-to-back victories. Alonso was eliminated when he was hit by Raikkonen's Lotus at the first corner and suffered a puncture.
Standings: Alonso 194, Vettel 190, Raikkonen 157
Korean Grand Prix: 14 October
Vettel leapfrogged Alonso at the top of the world championship with victory at Yeongam. The German led from the first corner to seal a Red Bull one-two, the first of the season, ahead of his team-mate Webber with Alonso finishing third. Vettel's third win in three races made him favourite for the title with strong momentum heading into the final four races in India, Abu Dhabi, the United States and Brazil.
Standings: Vettel 215, Alonso 209, Raikkonen 167


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Single Daily Dosage of Trientine for Maintenance Treatment for Wilson Disease
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Hypothesis: The investigators postulate that patients with Wilson disease who are asymptomatic or who have been effectively treated for their symptoms and are in a maintenance phase therapy can be safely and effectively treated with a single daily dosage of the chelating agent trientine.
Specific Aims: To demonstrate that a single daily treatment with trientine is as effective or better than a patient's current maintenance therapy. This will be accomplished by performance of a case control prospective study of patients on their prior therapy, and during a period of treatment with a single weight based dose regimen of trientine.
The primary endpoint for this study is the demonstration of equivalence to a patient's prior therapy. Secondary endpoints include: 1) demonstration of stability or improvement in parameters of copper metabolism; 2) improvement in adherence to therapy; 3) no progression of liver disease (defined by changes in synthetic function, albumin and INR, and fibrosis by Fibrotest).
|Wilson Disease
|Drug: Once a day Trientine
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Single Daily Dosage of Trientine for Maintenance Treatment for Wilson Disease
- ALT [ Time Frame: Pre Treatment (mean) ]Alanine transaminase
- ALT [ Time Frame: Months 1,2,3,6,9,12 (mean) ]Alanine transaminase
- Cu Serum [ Time Frame: Pre Treatment (mean) ]
- Cu Serum [ Time Frame: Months 1,2,3,6,9,12 (mean) ]
- INR [ Time Frame: Pre Treatment (mean) ]The International Normalized Ratio (INR) is a standard way to describe the time it takes for blood to clot; an INR range of 0.8 to 1.2 is considered normal for a healthy person who is not using oral anticoagulant therapy
- INR [ Time Frame: Months 1,2,3,6,9,12 (mean) ]The International Normalized Ratio (INR) is a standard way to describe the time it takes for blood to clot; an INR range of 0.8 to 1.2 is considered normal for a healthy person who is not using oral anticoagulant therapy
- Albumin [ Time Frame: Pre Treatment (mean) ]
- Albumin [ Time Frame: Months 1,2,3,6,9,12 (mean) ]
- Cu Urine [ Time Frame: Pre Treatment (mean) ]
- Cu Urine [ Time Frame: Months 1,2,3,6,9,12 (mean) ]
- Zn Urine [ Time Frame: Pre Treatment (mean) ]
- Zn Urine [ Time Frame: Months 1,2,3,6,9,12 (mean) ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Once a day Trientine
Patients receive once a day trientine
Drug: Once a day Trientine
Trientine at a dosage of ~15 mg/kg rounded upwards to the nearest 250 or 300 mg in a single daily dosage. The entire daily dosage will be taken at once in the AM an hour before any meal. Duration of the study is 1 year.
Other Name: Syprine
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Established diagnosis of Wilson Disease:
- That have been treated for at least 1 year
- Compensated liver disease and/or stable neurological or psychiatric disease.
- Normal or minimal elevation of serum ALT (<2 times upper limit of normal)
- Non-ceruloplasmin copper <25 mcg/dl
Exclusion Criteria:
- Wilson disease diagnosis not well established Wilson disease treated for less than one year Decompensated liver disease (ascites, jaundice, encephalopathy, bleeding due to portal hypertension) Liver disease with elevations of ALT > 2 times upper limit of normal A female who is pregnant or intends to become pregnant
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01472874
|United States, Connecticut
|Yale University
|New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael Schilsky, MD
|Yale University
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Michael Schilsky, Assoc Prof Int Med Digestive Disease and Surg Transplant, Yale University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01472874 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 11, 2011
|Results First Received:
|April 21, 2014
|Last Updated:
|May 19, 2014
Keywords provided by Michael Schilsky, Yale University:
Wilson Disease
One Daily Dosage
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hepatolenticular Degeneration
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Basal Ganglia Diseases
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn
Brain Diseases, Metabolic
Movement Disorders
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Metal Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Metabolic Diseases
Chelating Agents
Sequestering Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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2007-05-08 — 4 minutes to read
SOX Section 404 Postponed for Some U.S. Registrants

The SEC has set the extension of compliance dates for Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 reports by non-accelerated filers until their first fiscal year ending after July 15, 2007.

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as implemented by the SEC, requires that every public company provide a report, as part of its annual report on Form 10-K, of management's assessment (and an accompanying auditor's report) of the company's internal control over financial reporting. It also requires quarterly evaluation of changes in internal control over financial reporting, and CEO and CFO certification of related disclosures. The implementation of adequate internal controls is expensive and time consuming, and can impact a company's decision to go public.

2007-05-03 — 14 minutes to read
Private Equity From Two Sides

A number of factors are coming together to create a combustible atmosphere for private equity ... including particularly buyouts and hedge funds but potentially dragging venture capital funds into the mix as well. Witness the decibel level of media criticism, fueled in part by reports of the perfectly extraordinary amounts of money the principals of buyout funds took home last year. And factor in a Democratic Congress, the members of which are concerned with typical Democratic issues ... including the widening gap between the rich and the middle class/poor in this country.

The lower tier may be holding its own if one looks at historical levels of poverty versus affluence; but the absolutely spectacular upwards spike in compensation (ordinary income and capital gains) to private equity and hedge fund managers necessarily widens the gap to extraordinary levels. Accordingly, there are three (at least) clouds on the horizon as plaintiffs and Congress take up the challenge.

2007-05-01 — 5 minutes to read
New Definition of Accredited Investor: VC Funds Not Included

The definition of accredited investor is scheduled to be revised in the case of private equity and hedge funds.

The SEC was obviously frustrated by the Court of Appeals decision in Goldstein, which vacated its rule intended to regulate hedge funds as Investment Advisers under the 1940 Act. The Commission continues to feel that the investing public needs protection. There is laundry list of proposals regarding the "accredited investor" standard. This week, Editor in Chief Joe Bartlett, formerly Of Counsel at Fish & Richardson, PC reviews its potential application to alternative investment vehicles.

2007-04-24 — 12 minutes to read
East Coast vs. West Coast - Seed and Early Stage Investing Supremacy: Has the West Won?

What is the reason for the tremendous disconnect between geographic regions when it comes to seed and earlier stage investments; is it the amount of capital, is it the culture of innovation, is it the university system?

This week, New York-based attorney Paul J. Marino conducts a cursory examination of the data (thanks to our friends Thomson, PWC and NVCA at the MoneyTree survey) and attempts to answer the question: has the West won?

2007-04-17 — 2 minutes to read
Lightening SOX Burden on Smaller Companies: Advisory Committee Report

When the Final Report of the Advisory Committee On Smaller Public Companies, under the chairmanship of Herb Wander, was received by the SEC in April 2006, it was anticipated that the Commission might continue to exempt small cap and micro-cap companies from obligations to comply with Section 404. However, Chairman Cox quickly disabused the profession of that notion. Alternatively, he has made several speeches, indicating that the Commission would tweak the issuer's responsibilities under 404 so that excessive accounting costs are not required. How effective that will be in reducing the burdens of Sarbanes-Oxley and particularly Section 404, remains to be seen. Want to know more about what the Chairman has been hinting at?

2007-04-10 — 7 minutes to read
Compelling Arbitration of Stockholder Class Actions Based on Federal Securities Law

Will the SEC ever relax its informal opposition to corporate charter provisions which provide for compulsory arbitration of shareholder lawsuits, including class actions, against US public companies registered with the SEC?

Two influential advisory bodies, i.e., the Paulson Report, formally the Interim Report of The Committee on Markets Regulation and McKinsey Consulting (author of a report sponsored by Mayor Bloomberg and Sen. Schumer, "Sustaining New York's and the US' Global Financial Services Leadership") have called for the SEC to change their stance. Can Hank and Mike be wrong?

2007-04-05 — 14 minutes to read
Papering the Deal: Analysis of Term Sheets

The term sheet is the first step in the process leading to definitive agreements that will reflect the terms of the venture capital or other private equity transaction. A term sheet is the "agreement to agree" on the main points of a deal. There is always a tension in the preparation of the term sheet between whether to have a tightly negotiated, detailed term sheet, with most of the terms explicitly spelled out, or to have a more generalized term sheet, with the understanding that significant terms will continue to be negotiated during the due diligence process.

Even though not all provisions in a term sheet are binding, the former approach can make drafting the definitive documents easier because the parties have spelled out the specific terms of the transaction, although it may be more difficult to re-negotiate key terms as the parties go through the process of conducting due diligence and documenting the transaction. On the other hand, a simpler term sheet requires that more effort be expended during the final documentation phase of the transaction. This week, VC Experts soft-launches a new web tool for deal terms (any user feedback welcome) which goes hand in glove with Jannat Thompson's, corporate/securities attorney in the Dallas office of Andrews Kurth LLP, substantive overview analysis of term sheets.

2007-04-03 — 13 minutes to read
Note on the Plan Asset Regulation and VCOCs

In organizing an investment partnership, the sponsors are compelled to take into account the identity of certain types of investors, principally pension funds and offshore entities. A dramatic, at least in relative terms, rise in investment partnership investing is largely traceable to the infusion of pension assets, as the managers of tax-exempt funds have discovered the attractiveness of private investment capital returns.

2007-03-27 — 7 minutes to read
United States: An Introduction to the World of Intellectual Property and Antitrust

Studies from as recently as two years ago indicate that the U.S. generated the most patents per capita in the world and conducted far more research and development than any other country. Given the key role of intellectual property, providing practical advice on intellectual property arrangements while steering clear of antitrust pitfalls remains an important and often challenging exercise.

This column is the first in a series that provides practical advice while examining the main points of convergence, divergence, and continuing uncertainty that exist at the intersection of intellectual property and antitrust law.

2007-03-20 — 4 minutes to read
Patentability of Software in India

Software patents are one of the most contentious issues in Intellectual Property Rights worldwide, and increasingly, in India. The growing economic significance of computer programs gives software patents this controversial status. It can be noted that after biotechnology patents, it is software patents which really attracts major public discussions on IP rights. This precisely was one of the reasons for the Indian Parliament to take cautioned steps with regard to software patents, while bringing in amendments to the Indian Patents Act in 2005.

This discussion assumes special significance considering software giants like Microsoft are holding, as of 2005, 6,130 patents in India alone. As new private equity investors plow their way into India, and new software giants build up their research and develop centers in Mumbai, Hyderabad and other India tech centers, it is helpful to understand IP protection around software in India.

2007-03-13 — 4 minutes to read
ERISA Update: Good News For Fund Managers

Generally speaking, when legislators pass new law without considering the needs of the private equity industry, it is bad news. However, this past summer, the new US Pension Protection Act of 2006 bucked the trend - tucked away in the legislation was a provision that will benefit many private equity fund managers who take commitments from US pension fund investors.

2007-03-06 — 9 minutes to read
Summary of Israeli High-Tech Company Capital in 2006

The Israel Venture Association (IVA) reviews capital raised by private Israeli high-tech companies from Israeli venture capital funds and from other investors. Showing how resilient the Israeli economy remains, despite last Summer's military turmoil, seventy-three companies attracted more than $1 million each in Q4. Of these, 11 companies raised between $5 million and $10 million each, 8 companies raised between $10 million and $20 million each, and 5 companies raised more than $20 million each. The average company financing round was $4.5 million, compared with $4.4 million in the previous quarter and $3.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2005.

Read more stats, as well as the most active venture funds for 2006.

2007-02-27 — 8 minutes to read
Fenwick & West: Trends in Legal Terms in Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (Q4 2006)

Trends. It's something that investors and entrepreneurs look to when negotiating a term sheet and stock purchase agreement. Needless to say, fundraising is often time-consuming and painful.

But entrepreneurs can celebrate, knowing that private equity and venture GPs must go through similar time and pain as they raise capital from their institutional LPs. VC Experts recently held a Roundtable on Deal Terms for Portfolio Companies, as well as Deal Terms between LPs and GPs.

The Buzz today is focused solely on these trends. We have an update from Fenwick and West on the Bay Area trends. We also have a recently recorded conference call from VC Experts on terms that company managers, fund managers, and LPs want.

2007-02-20 — 4 minutes to read
European Private Equity More Information - Or More Understanding?

It has been an interesting few weeks for European private equity: unions in London protested at the launch of a charitable foundation established by leading funds, and attacked the industry's investment methodology at Davos; (some) journalists have enjoyed a new bout of private equity bashing, and (a few) politicians have joined in.

None of this is new, or surprising. But there is little doubt that - over time - the intensity of these public rumblings is growing, and the industry knows that it has to respond. With Republicans no longer in control of the U.S. political system, is this an issue the U.S. will have to start dealing with? Maybe so, maybe not; either way, London-based law firm SJ Berwin paints an interesting picture of how the politicians and the EU private equity pro's have been addressing each other.

2007-02-13 — 7 minutes to read
Fees, Fees and More Fees--PE and VC Fee & Expense Data Comparison from 2004 to 2007

Management fees are necessary to pay for the ongoing operating expenses of the partnership. Of course, all investors feel that the management fees should be reasonable to assure the ongoing operation of the partnership.

There has been some criticism of management fees, especially in light of the larger funds raised because excessive fees can potentially represent a misalignment of interests. The argument is that an annuity stream of undue management fees can reduce the financial motivation of general partners to achieve high risk-adjusted returns.

The typical arrangement is for a fund to charge an annual fee of 1.5% to 2.5% of total committed capital. Management fees seldom fall below 1.5% and the carried interest to the general partners seldom rises above 25%. There are alternatives: budgeted fees are perceived by many LPs to be an improvement over the flat management fee structure. Indeed, budgeted fees rose significantly (as a percentage, but not as an absolute number) from our 2004 data until our most recent 2007 data.

Additionally, scaled fees are also useful for reflecting the higher level of effort by the general partner during the earlier years of the partnership, when the deal-making and due diligence efforts are more intense. Most funds polled had some sort of scaled fee structure, and due to the varying range of responses we received in the data, it follows that management fee structure remains an area of negotiation.

Get a sneak peak on the VC Experts 2007 GP/LP Terms and Conditions report. (Editors note: VC Experts is having a conference call/podcast today at 2:30 EST, 1:30 CST, click here to sign up. Topics are portfolio company deal terms, as well as fund partnership deal term trends. Please note that there are only 10 slots remaining, click here to sign up now.)

2007-02-06 — 4 minutes to read
The Economic Impact of Private Equity in Europe

Private equity is now much better understood than it was a few years ago, but recent calls for even more engagement will not go unheeded by the industry's representatives. In fact, only this week, in a meeting with politicians in London, the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) re-affirmed its commitment to that process as it unveiled the results of its latest survey on the economic impact of private equity. Among the highlights of the survey, by the way, were faster employment growth among private equity backed companies than in the publicly-quoted sector, and a higher rate of export growth and investment. All other national associations, and the European Venture Capital Association itself, have such campaigns at the top of their agendas too.

2007-01-30 — 6 minutes to read
SEC Issues New Soft Dollar Guidance

Last Summer, the SEC issued new guidance on the scope of permissible commission practices, better know as "soft dollar" guidance. Do these new rules affect the core activities of brokers, traditional advisors to pension funds, or hedge fund managers? No, but it does formulate new standards for analyzing many different products and services common in the investment industry.

2007-01-25 — 9 minutes to read
Survey on Private Equity Valuation Methods (Part 2)

Interested in the following:

How much cash-for-equity investment does a PE or VC firm invest over the life of a given company?

How many companies does a PE or VC invest in each year?

What valuation method(s) does a PE or VC firm use when evaluating an initial investment?

Despite lack of public information, VC and PE firms would use comparable transactions and comparable multiples for valuation. In addition, most of the firms would consider stock options & warrants, anti-dilution and ratchet clauses when valuing the company. As VC & PE firms rarely change their interim portfolio company valuation, it may be important for the industry to come up with fair value pricing guidelines and standards going forward.

In the second of a two part series, VC Experts, in conjunction with Cornell Business School, reviews a survey on private equity valuation metrics.

2007-01-23 — 5 minutes to read
Survey on Private Equity Valuation Methods (Part 1)

Interested in the following:

How much cash-for-equity investment does a PE or VC firm invest over the life of a given company?

How many companies does a PE or VC invest in each year?

What valuation method(s) does a PE or VC firm use when evaluating an initial investment?

Despite lack of public information, VC and PE firms would use comparable transactions and comparable multiples for valuation. In addition, most of the firms would consider stock options & warrants, anti-dilution and ratchet clauses when valuing the company. As VC & PE firms rarely change their interim portfolio company valuation, it may be important for the industry to come up with fair value pricing guidelines and standards going forward.

In the first of a two part series, VC Experts, in conjunction with Cornell Business School, reviews a survey on private equity valuation metrics.

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"The IBM Cloud Service Provider Platform is a comprehensive set of hardware, software and services to help providers rapidly deliver cloud computing on their own. It includes the most advanced, carrier-grade technology with all the essential security and service management capabilities to ensure reliability essential to their own customers."
It is an interesting strategy. IBM could have started it's own Cloud Hosting facilities in competition with Amazon, GoGrid, and the rest. It would have been easy since they already have the data centers. Instead, they are partnering with the owners of the pipes. In the meantime, they will them a lot of disk, CPU, routers, and services to figure it out.
Cloud technology is not simple. There are only a few leading edge cloud providers and they are improving rapidly. Telephone companies like AT&T are not innovative. There is no way that they would have been able to develop their own cloud operating systems. They will have to buy the systems then pay somebody to show them how to turn them on.
IBM is essentially going up against the cloud operating system vendors like Eucalytus, Enomaly, Joyent, etc. None of the them can provide a customized high performance HW stack like IBM can.
This is essentially why HP went all out to buy 3Par. They wanted to be able to provide a turn-key data center for cloud companies. They will probably buy a Cloud Operating system company soon.
It is very expensive in R&D and scale to assemble a turnkey system. There will not be a large number of these companies. Startups have a hard time dealing with the sales cycle of selling to multi-billion dollar companies that are risk adverse.
It looks like IBM has a good first mover advantage. It will take awhile for the communications companies to buy so there is still time for HP, Cisco, etc to make some moves.
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Re "Why John Kerry thinks climate change is the 'most fearsome' weapon" and "California's past points to extremes" (Feb. 16):
Too bad the U.S. secretary of state is not a subscriber to the Daily News and is apparently devoid of understanding of the climate-change history of the Earth. The Daily News article about California's historic droughts was a splendid tutorial.
Mankind has little or no influence on the causes of current changes and has no ability at all to modify them. The real dunces of the world are those who have no knowledge of what has been occurring since the Earth's beginning and will continue to the Earth's end. If John Kerry truly believes the BS of those claiming otherwise, I question his ability to recognize BS from foreign nations with whom he deals.
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My DS just turned 2 and my aversion to my cat has not gotten any better. In fact, it's gotten worse. I used to LOVE her... she literally came everywhere with me. I've had her for I think 6 years now, but when I got pregnant I just couldn't stand her. I didn't want her on or near me. I think it's partly my allergies... I have always been a little allergic to cats but in the past few years my allergies to everything have gotten way more severe (I now suddenly have a huge list of foods I cannot eat, for example) and it's hard to breathe when she's near me... plus with a high-needs kid I'm very touched-out too.. But I also think something inside me changed pretty much the moment DS was conceived. I can't figure it out exactly what it is, but it's like my Mama Bear instinct kicks into overdrive & I don't want the cat near us, especially when DS is nursing or sleeping, even though she's not a threat. It's to the point that it's pretty much intolerable. I actually feel rage when she comes near us. I feel crazy. Intellectually I still love her but in practice I just can't stand her. She's such a good cat (and DS adores her!) and I feel like there's something wrong with me that I don't want to be with her. What the heck is going on??
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Seriously... I have someone interested in the cat. I have no idea what to do, this is the third time I've almost rehomed her and every time as soon as I get someone really really interested I back out... which obviously is not fair to everyone involved but I just don't know what to do, and if this guy is really a good home for her I don't want to burn another bridge. I can't bear to part with her but keeping her is driving me insane, making me angry, etc. and I don't get it. Maybe it's a hormonal thing??? Am I nuts?????? I try being more affectionate toward her, and I can't breathe. I try staying away from her, and that just destroys our relationship.
I know. Everyone here is going to say that 'pets are not disposable' and I should have thought about all the life changes and potential allergies and how pregnancy would affect this etc. Yeah, you're right. To be honest, I thought cats only lived 1-3 years max (we had indoor/outdoor cats growing up & none of them lived very long obviously). So I'm a total failure at the pet thing. I feel horrible. Oh and my grandmother bought me this cat... not long before she died... so that complicates my feelings too. I know I'm a terrible person for even considering rehoming her. I just don't know what to do.
Hmm. . my dd1 was pretty high needs and one of our cats (who was pretty attached to me before kids) would always try to crowd in because I really didn't give her attention the first 3 years of dd's life and it would make me really angry at her - so I get that. I'd guess that my anger/annoyance subsided a lot when dd was around 3 and we were working on her sleeping on her own in her room, and this cat (who is very tolerant and friendly to kids) would come up to lay in her bed in the evening every night. We'd both pet her, dd would fall asleep, cat would stay there all night. It was a very good thing for dd.
I think those first few years can be very intense and it isn't weird at all to not really want to give out more attention to your pet - even if you like them.
My dh does have asthma and cat allergies - we don't allow them in our bedroom (a change like that might help your situation? - it's one of the biggest recommendations if you're going to keep a pet), he does take medication which helps with the cats though due to the severity of both asthma and allergies. Something homeopathic might be worth trying it out if you didn't want something more serious. If that wasn't an issue (as in, if you had a medication or something that fixed it) would you feel differently?
I don't think it's terrible to consider passing your cat on to another family - you can't really control allergies or your family's needs, or your own. Finding another good home is not treating your cat as 'disposable'. Go easy on yourself about that.
We decided to rehome our cat because he was scratching and otherwise behaving aggressively towards our 2.5 yo son. He never tolerated him well, and when we had a second child it put him over the edge. But I can tell you that even with that behavior aside I had a lot of the feelings you're describing. I would get so upset when the cat would sleep in one of the baby's spots and get hair everywhere. Normal cat things, like cat litter sprinkled outside the box or hairballs thrown up in the corner, would fill me with so much rage. It was hard for me to go through because I've always loved animals, especially cats. I guess motherhood is such a global change that it can even change that.
If it had just been a few months I'd say wait and see, but I think you've tried long enough. I was so happy when we found a new, loving, kid-free home for our kitty, and he is a LOT happier too. Just my two cents.
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I said this before on MDC - I think is a dirty little secret that people don't want to admit publicly but having a human child does, for many people, change the way they think about their fur children.
I remember long before I had DS, my BF and her DH had a dog. This dog was their entire life, no dog was more loved and adored. Everything revolved around doggy. They would not take vacations because doggy wouldn't eat for the first day or two when doggy went to Grammy and Grandpa's house - thats how much they loved doggy.
It was probably a month after they had their first child, BF tells me how she wishes Grammy and Grandpa would keep doggy full-time, how she can't stand the hair, the slobber, the way he scratches and makes his collar tags jingle, etc. Her dislike of doggy grew and grew and no matter what she did, she couldn't change her feelings. I was floored by her attitude. All she said was "just wait, you will understand..."
And now I do. I love my cat and was absolutely heartbroken when we had to put his sister down a couple months ago but in our house, after DS was born, I simply did not have the time to devote as much attention to their care as I did pre-DS. (They are/were very well cared for but not at the same "never miss a weekly brushing/nail clipping, buy them Christmas presents level)
I understand your feelings about rehoming but if you truly don't want to care for kitty, maybe that is the best option now while your DC might not remember?
Good luck, I wish I had better advice.
I said this before on MDC - I think is a dirty little secret that people don't want to admit publicly but having a human child does, for many people, change the way they think about their fur children.
Sorry, quote not working right. I totally agree with this.. I used to call my cat "the baby", but after DD was born, I wanted nothing to do with her. This was a cat that I LOVED..I still love her, and it has gotten better as DD has gotten older. But I don't feel the same way that I used to about her, and I am very guilty about that. I have had this cat for 14 years, fwiw.
Agreed with Caneel. Pre-DS, I loved, loved my kitty. Once I had DS - and he turned out to be allergic to cats - thank GOODNESS my parents were willing to take her. If you have someone willing to take her, I would jump on it.
Similar ot Caneel, I had friends whose dog was their life - went to work each day with the husband. They really re-arranged their life for the dog. Once they had a child, and I think the dog showed a bit of aggression(?) to the child, they had the dog put down. At the time, I was SHOCKED. But, I didn't have a child at that point. Your world does change.
Also agree that you might try something homeopathic for yourself. Bioallers makes a pet formula. (We've had luck with their dairy formula.) And you might try a flower essence for the "acceptance" part and emotional reaction to the cat. Not sure which one, though.
DS, 10/07. Allergies: peanut, egg, wheat. We've added dairy back in. And taken it back out again. It causes sandpaper skin with itchy patches and thrashing during sleep. Due w/ #2 late April, 2012.
We had to rehome our two cats when DD1 was born. Like you, OP, I just couldn't stand them anymore. In theory, I knew they were awesome cats, and I still love them and miss them 7 years later. I still think about Callie and Dicey and know that they were the perfect pets for me, how awesome they were, and still feel intense shame over how they repulsed me after DD1 was born, in return for how loving they were towards me and DD. To add salt to the wound, the woman we rehomed to had just had a baby too, almost the exact age as DD1 and I felt like such a failure and like such an insensitive evil person. Why did I despise my cat while this woman was looking for one, being in the same boat as me with a newborn? They both wound up in fabulous homes (although we had to separate them, they weren't "best friends" anyway) and that's what comforts me. You know what helps me? Knowing that Dicey was a wild feral kitten who hissed and spit and scratched, and through love and patience I was able to turn her into an awesome housecat. So what if her ultimate home did not end up being mine? She would have had one helluva terrible life if she remained feral, and probably would have died young after likely adding dozens and dozens of her own kittens to the homeless pet population. So, she got a good life with a loving family, and they got an awesome cat.
Don't feel bad. The cat needs a loving home. If it's not yours, there is nothing at all wrong with finding one for her. Treating her as disposable would be dropping her off in a field. Taking the time to find the perfect home for her is commendable, so don't feel ashamed! We very recently adopted our first cat since Callie and Dicey, and she's here for the long haul! No more human babies for me!
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It sounds like giving your kitty to a loving home would be the best thing for her. Keeping her in a home with no affection to make yourself feel like you're doing the "right" thing is probably the worse option for the cat. I know it must be really hard for you to come to this realization, and although I'm in favor of people keeping animals for their whole lives in general, I do applaud you for recognizing your limitations and wanting to do what's best for the animal.
I'm not sure if you intend to get more pets in the future, but if you do I'd definitely recommend doing some research about the animal first so you know what you're getting into. I had indoor/outdoor cats as a kid too and they all lived for 10+ years, as cats should.
I'm not sure if you intend to get more pets in the future, but if you do I'd definitely recommend doing some research about the animal first so you know what you're getting into. I had indoor/outdoor cats as a kid too and they all lived for 10+ years, as cats should.
When I was growing up, we lived on a very VERY busy street. I saw my favorite cat get hit by a bus & die when I was in 5th grade & I've never forgotten it. I was in college when I got this cat I have now, and didn't research it at all... though now I know that cats can have very long lives!! Anyway, I do not plan to get another pet ever again, I can't do that to the pet or myself, apparently DH & I are just not cut out to be pet-owners. Honestly, that's part of why this decision is so hard for me -- because this is our last chance to have a pet. I don't know what I'll tell DS when he asks for a pet one day. :(
Thank you everyone for the thoughts. I think I may meet with the potential new owner this weekend... and if I get a good vibe, I guess that's what I need to know that it's the right decision. Obviously if I get a bad vibe he is not taking the cat -- but I also think it might be harder for me to keep offering her to people if this option falls through. *sigh* I keep thinking if I try harder, I can make things "right"...
This has been a rough day. DH is laid off & just got turned down by another potential job, I just got a BFN (been TTC for over a year ), today was supposed to be DS's birthday party but we had to cancel because of the snow/ice storm & now we are stuck inside all day, and DH stepped on a nail while cleaning up the basement this morning. That's all just making me even more emotional about the cat. :(
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DH thought he was OK with rehoming her, but once we had someone really interested in her, he realized he didn't want to give her up.
I realized that my desire to rehome her was largely selfish. It was nothing like with the dog, where I needed to keep my DS physically safe from him -- the cat was doing nothing wrong and I was just not putting enough effort into making this 'relationship' work. My life would likely be easier & more peaceful without her, but that was not a lesson I wanted to teach my DS -- that when things get hard in a relationship, you give up... I'm sure there is some kind of hormonal issue going on & I'm supposed to get my hormone levels tested next month anyway for other reasons...
Not sure what I'll do about my allergies, I guess look into homeopathic remedies.
when i had my dd1, i was nursing her one day and the dog licked me... omg, couple that with her hairy toes, and i about damn-near threw up!!! so i had my dh take her to to a groomers, and get her shaved, which helped my aversion to her hair everywhere. i agree with whoever said that everything the dog did was annoying (the jingle of her collar, etc.). that being said... as the years passed (dd is now 8yo), i've come to love her all over again. i sit and pet her alot now, she was my first baby, and i love her very much.
i'm sure that one day when your hormones calm down, you will fall in love with her again! i wouldn't be too hard on yourself. just go with the flow, appreciate the wonderful pet she is for your child, and once in a while give her a little love. it'll all work out! (sorry for the allergy thing though! maybe your body is trying to tell you something!)
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Kansas released its nonconference basketball schedule Thursday, with coach Bill Self saying it could be as difficult as any he's had at KU.
How tough will it be? It's too early to get a truly accurate gauge, but based on KenPom data from the past decade, next year's nonconference slate could be significantly tougher than any the Jayhawks have played since 2005.
Using year-end data from each season, I calculated the average and median KenPom rankings of KU's nonconference opponents during the Self era. The toughest year was 2005, when KU's average opponent had a KenPom ranking of No. 48 -- basically the equivalent of Kentucky from this past season. KU's easiest schedule, interestingly enough, was the national title season of 2008, when the average was No. 159, the equivalent of North Carolina Central this past year.
To project next year's schedule, we'll have to use year-end data from 2012-13, which doesn't factor players leaving or players improving. We'll also have to guess at who KU might play in Atlantis since the pairings haven't been released. (I picked Iowa, Xavier and Wake Forest, which are roughly representative of the field.)
Assuming the opponents are precisely as good as they were this past season, the average ranking would be No. 88 and the median would be No. 46. (For those a few years removed from stats class, the median will mute the effect of one or two really bad teams that drag down the average.)
Here are KU's nonconference schedules by degree of difficulty since 2004.
1. 2005 | Average: 48 Median: 53
Marquee games: Villanova, Kentucky, Georgia Tech
2. 2012 | Average: 110 Median: 46
Marquee games: Kentucky, Duke, Ohio State
3. 2004 | Average: 109 Median: 70
Marquee games: Michigan State, Stanford, Nevada
4. 2013 | Average: 126 Median: 84
Marquee games: Ohio State, Michigan State, Saint Louis
5. 2009 | Average: 130 Median: 117
Marquee games: Syracuse, Michigan State, Washington
6. 2010 | Average: 136 Median: 130
Marquee games: Cal, Temple, Tennessee
7. 2011 | Average: 145 Median: 107
Marquee games: Arizona, Michigan, UCLA
8. 2007 | Average: 143 Median: 132
Marquee games: Florida, DePaul, Southern Cal
9. 2006 | Average: 143 Median: 141
Marquee games: Arizona, Arkansas, St. Joe's
10. 2008 | Average: 152 Median: 159
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text: Pedrosa Leads Repsol Honda Sweep of Front Row Henny Ray Abrams | October 22, 2011SEPANG, MALAYSIA, OCT 22 – Repsol Hondas swept the top three places in qualifying for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix on the hot and greasy Sepang International Circuit outside of the capital of Kuala Lumpur.Dani Pedrosa recovered from an early harmless get-off to top teammate Casey Stoner by .029 sec. Andrea Dovizioso, the third member of the team, qualified third fastest. All three had been fastest at one point during the session.The pole was Pedrosa's second of the season and denied Stoner the chance to set a new record for poles in one year. Stoner currently has 11 poles and needs 12 to tie fellow Australian world champion Mick Doohan. With only the Valencia season finale remaining, Stoner won't be able to set a new pole record.Pedrosa finished with a lap of 2:01.462 mins., about a second off the pole record set by Valentino Rossi in 2009. Stoner was second at 2:01.491 mins., with Dovi third at 2:01.666. The front row was covered by .204 sec."At the beginning of the session I had a small crash on the front, so then I had to get back on the bike and I was still able to go good," Pedrosa said after his first pole since the Czech Grand Prix in Brno. "I'm testing the two tires for tomorrow's race, so it's still not clear. I think everybody still has the same thing."But yeah, of course, working a lot on the suspension, on the chassis to get the best setup possible for tomorrow's race. And, yeah, try hard on the pole. I was in one section coming faster but then I got some traffic; I couldn't improve my lap time, but still able to be on pole for the second time is good, but hoping to do even better tomorrow in the race."Having clinched the 2011 MotoGP World Championship last week, Stoner was no longer under pressure, which wasn't a good thing. A day earlier he'd said he performs better under pressure."I didn't do as many laps as I'd like to, but it might be better for me tomorrow to have a few more and we'll see what we can do," he said. "But all weekend we've been working with the hard tire trying to get it working. We seem OK on it, but we're struggling to really get the balance between the bike. We get the rear a little better, but then we lose the turning in the front and a little bit of instability on these bumps. So I think once we put the soft tire on we found a huge improvement."Everybody else, most people, have been running quite a lot the soft tire this weekend. And I think it's still capable of doing the race distance, so everybody's going to be choosing between the two tomorrow. But in general, yeah, we seem quite happy. I think we can improve a little bit before tomorrow, but our race pace is OK."Dovi expressed surprise that he was "fastest with the soft and hard tire in the middle of the session. So sure, Dani crashed, so we can't know exactly the rhythm of him about this qualifying, because it was hotter and it was really difficult for everybody to do the lap time. Anyway, we made a really good improvement from the first free practice."I'm happy to be on the front row. It's always difficult to do a fast lap here. I don't want to take more risk that what I already take on the last lap. The front was on the limit. Maybe I can make a little bit better, but I don't know if I can do the pole position."Monster Yamaha Tech 3's Colin Edwards was the first non-Honda, the first non-factory bike, and the first Yamaha. It added up to his best qualifying effort of the season in fourth place. His previous best was sixth, which he did twice. It was his best qualifying effort since Valencia 2008.With the problems of the factory team, Edwards was Yamaha's standard-bearer. Jorge Lorenzo is recovering at home in Majorca from his severe finger injury. And teammate Ben Spies was at well less than full strength after his crash in qualifying in Australia. Spies crashed in the morning and could only manage the 16th fastest time in qualifying. Only Yamaha test rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga was behind him.San Carlo Honda Gresini's Marco Simoncelli was fifth fastest, narrowly in front of Ducati Marlboro's Nicky Hayden. Hayden equaled his best qualifying mark of sixth, which he first did last week in Australia.Hiro Aoyama (San Carlo Honda Gresini) was on the third row with Rizla Suzuki's Alvaro Bautista and Ducati Marlboro's Valentino Rossi. Bautista was Suzuki's lone rider after John Hopkins was forced out with his lingering finger injury. Rossi hit a bump and crashed in qualifying, but he recovered to set his best time on his last lap.Malaysian Grand Prix MotoGP Qualifying:1. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 2:01.4622. Casey Stoner (Honda) 2:01.4913. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 2:01.6664. Colin Edwards (Yamaha) 2:02.0105. Marco Simoncelli (Honda) 2:02.1056. 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Logging out of my email this morning, some fashion wisdom popped up on my computer screen. The editors at MSN have listed their picks for the five wardrobe essentials (and wanted me to go shopping right then and there).
It got me thinking. What are my five essentials?
Here's MSN's list: the little black dress, the classic coat, the perfect pair of jeans, the essential white shirt and the flattering black pants.
I agree with one, three and four. But living in Florida, I have little interest in a classic coat. More versatile is a throwback jean jacket, which I can pair with everything from a sundress to my working girl slacks. I also could live without black pants, but not without a stylish black pencil skirt.
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July 22, 2014
HARRISBURG – The City of Harrisburg has received more than $1 million in grants and donations in the first six months of 2014, more than double its grant revenue in the previous year, Mayor Eric Papenfuse has announced.
"This additional revenue has provided support for vital city services," the Mayor said. "It is another sign of public confidence in our administration and in Harrisburg's future."
The new grants and donations came from a variety of sources and will support the city's Police and Fire Departments, Public Works and programs to repair city playgrounds.
New revenue from grants and donations from January-June 2014 total $1,036,800.31 Revenue from similar sources during the same period in 2013 totaled $425,950.67.
New grants and donations include:
Hershey HBG RV Bureau – $100,000.00
Hotel/Motel tax funds to be used to attract visitors and tourism and promote the City of Harrisburg
State Fire Grant – $13,619.31
To purchase firefighting equipment for the Fire Department
Dauphin County/Police – $78,843.00
Harrisburg Bureau of Police – To pay for the In-Sync Records Management System to allow Harrisburg Police to participate in the county-wide information sharing system
Dauphin County/Fire – $466,998.00
Harrisburg Fire Department – To pay for a new fire truck
PA DEP Section 902 Recycling Grant – $250,000.00
Public Works – To purchase a Leaf Collector Truck and other equipment
AFG Grant – $114,840.00
Harrisburg Fire Department- to provide assistance to firefighters Grant to provide training for firefighters to meet NFPA Standards
Walmart – $2,500.00
Grant to assist in purchasing new playground equipment for 4th and Emerald Street
DCNR Peer-to-Peer Grant – $10,000.00
To complete an assessment of five city playgrounds.
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The moment you've got accomplished your best to apologize, it is really time for you to give the ex girlfriend some space. It may well be tempting to textual content, connect with or e-mail her. You could even believe it really is a good idea to send out bouquets; but this is not some time. It is best to go away the ball entirely in her court docket.
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Once your ex contacts you, tend not to carry up what went incorrect except if she decides that she would like to chat about it. Receiving again with the ex girlfriend involves displaying her that you are the just one. This is certainly whatever you need to focus on.
With the first chance, deliver up something that triggers an excellent impression of one's connection collectively. It could be something which happened on your own initial date, anything you saw the other working day that reminded you of her, or a time once you both laughed right up until you just about cried. Whatever it truly is, just consider of something that was special for equally of you and casually remind your ex girlfriend of that instant.
It can be essential to not deliver this up in a very desperate style these types of as, "I considered you another day and recognized that i can not live without you." Most women don't need a man who would seem weak and needy. What's significantly much more effective should be to say anything like, "It feels so fantastic to hear your voice again" or "I miss out on keeping you close to me."


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Amidst a bit of a health scare involving two players stricken with MRSA, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will head to Miami to face the Dolphins on Saturday in the third game of the preseason, a game widely-regarded as the most important of all preseason games.
It's when starters will see the most action and both teams will implement a 'dry-run' with some actual game-planning. In the case of Josh Freeman, it's an opportunity to reassert himself, at least in the public's eyes, as the leader of the offense and appease those calling for more playing time.
In two preseason games, he's played a total of four offensive series with 21 plays, completing 6 of 10 passing attempts with zero touchdowns and zero interceptions. This time he'll stick around longer, although head coach Greg Schiano wouldn't provide an exact snap count for his fifth-year, franchise quarterback.
Getting off to a fast start and sustaining drives are both goals, along with correcting execution errors from last week. The Bucs struggled with protections and surrendered three sacks — all drive-killers.
"Any time you have negative football plays – you don't convert on third down – it's frustrating," said Freeman on the team's performance against New England. "You go out there with a goal in mind, and you want to see it through; but it's the preseason, and it may not count, but it does – it still matters."
"Getting over to the sideline, everybody was a bit frustrated, because we were not wanting to go out in that situation; we wanted to sustain something, get a drive going."
That includes pushing the tempo this week and making it a physical game, whether it's running behind Doug Martin, whose game status is up in the air after sustaining a head injury against the Patriots, rookie Mike James, or Peyton Hillis.
James had an 81-yard rushing performance last week with 15 carries, and currently leads the team in rushing this preseason with 96 yards. Peyton Hillis was also impressive last week, with 73 rushing yards.
It also means finding the end zone, something the first team offense has yet to do this preseason, although the unit did manage three against the Ravens.
"The Dolphins last year were tremendous in the red zone defensively, so any time we get in the red zone, we're wanting to come away with seven (points) instead of three," said Freeman.
On defense, the Bucs hope to see improvements in pass rush. Through the first two games, the defensive line has yet to register a single sack with the lone takedown coming from WILL linebacker Lavonte David.
Adrian Clayborn hopes to build on his outing against the Patriots, his first game of the preseason, while defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and rookie nose tackle Akeem Spence hope to improve their on-field chemistry.
Defensive end Da'Quan Bowers will likely continue his heavy-workload in his efforts to become an every-down defensive end, and he'll have his chance against a Dolphins' offensive line that has undergone a fair amount of shuffling due to injuries this preseason.
Dekoda Watson and Jonathan Casillas will continue to battle it out for the strong side linebacker role and have each taken turns with the ones. A big performance against Miami could solidify a starting job for one of them.
"It's a great competition," Schiano said of the two. "They're driving each other, and if we play two of them, that's fine with me, too, because they're both key special teams contributors."
"Jonathan does a little more in our sub-package, too. I think there's going to be plenty of plays to go around for those guys, but they're two key guys in our entire picture there."
The defense could also yield a big name that has yet to play this preseason — Darrelle Revis, although given Schiano's recent comments about his Pro Bowl cornerback, it doesn't appear likely, even after four continuous days of practice.
"I wouldn't say it's been eliminated, but again, I'll just say I don't need to see it," said Schiano on the possibility of Revis playing.
As of Thursday afternoon, Schiano had not made a decision on starting right guard Davin Joseph either, although he too had a promising week of practices that included more action.
Kicker Rian Lindell, who signed to the team this week to take the load off of the lone healthy kicker, Derek Dimke, is also a possibility.
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FORREST CITY (Times-Herald) - The Forrest City School Board is in the process of evaluating interim superintendent Joye Hughes, and the results of that evaluation will determine if Hughes will continue as an interim, be named superintendent or if the search for a superintendent is reopened, according to board president Joey Astin.
The process of finding a new superintendent began nearly a year ago when former superintendent Dr. Jerry Woods announced in March he was leaving the district at the end of the 2011-12 school year. Woods had been superintendent since the 2008-09 school year.
Woods' announcement prompted the board to begin a search for a replacement. The board met several times concerning the search, outlining how they would go about advertising the position and the qualities they were looking for in candidates. That search resulted in 16 people applying for the job, with one from as far away as Alaska.
Hughes, who was the deputy superintendent at the time, did not submit an application for the position.
During a called school board meeting in May, the board narrowed the applicants down to five before Astin announced that the group had decided not to interview any of the five remaining candidates.
At that time, Astin suggested that Hughes be appointed the interim immediately, which was unanimously approved. It was also unanimously approved to provide Hughes a $10,000 stipend to her contract for as long as she served as interim.
Regarding the applicants, Astin said that while they were all qualified, they did not "fit our needs at this time." Astin cited Hughes' familiarity with the district among the reasons for choosing her.
"We're fortunate that we do have Joye," Astin said at the time. "She's familiar with the district, she's familiar with the staff and our financial situation. In concert with the board, I think moving forward right now, it appears to be the best fit for us."
During the discussions at that time, board member Larry Jayroe asked if the superintendent selection process would be reopened. Astin said then that he felt it might be reopened in "December or January."
Contacted this week for an update on the superintendent search, Astin said there had been no problems with Hughes' performance since she took over, but said it had been discussed by the board to reevaluate the superintendent search either in late 2012 or early 2013.
"We were going to review evaluations done by each board member this week during the called meeting we had set for (today), but we have moved that meeting to Monday, Feb. 4," said Astin, who stated that the reviews would be discussed in executive session since the issue concerns personnel. "By this week, we should have all of the evaluations done.
"My desire is for the board to complete its evaluation process and then discuss where we would like to go from there," Astin said.
Any vote held regarding the superintendent matter will have to be held in open session per the Arkansas Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.


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Our little friend, Jasper, requested a new explorer vest for his birthday. He's already outgrowing blue one posted last year, and with reports from his mom that he wears it all the time, I just couldn't resist. It also doesn't hurt that this vest is one of my favorite boy sewing projects.
The explorer vest is a pattern included in the book, Oliver + S: Little Things to Sew, by Liesl Gibson (it's the best resource ever for finding little kid gift ideas). I made the bellowed-pocket version, which makes the pockets extra roomy for storing treasures. I like to to use a contrast fabric on the bellow piece, so they stand out more.
But my favorite part of these particular pockets is hidden inside. I found an adorable crocodile ribbon at a local fabric shop and thought it would be the perfect peek-a-boo surprise inside the pocket. It's a little extra fun without being too cutesy.
To add the ribbon so it has a clean seam, I recommend sewing it to the front pattern piece before adding the bellow piece in the bellow section of the pattern, step one. To find the right placement on the pocket, do the pressing from step 2, and use the press line to line up the ribbon. With the fabric still open (you don't want to sew it down yet), sew the ribbon to the front pocket piece along the top only. Then begin the pattern steps at the beginning again, adding the bellows. When you hem the pocket, you'll sew along the bottom edge of the ribbon. I hope that makes sense to anyone following the pattern!
I also made Jasper a little explorer ID and stuck it in the pocket. Heidi, at Sew.Craft.Create recently posted an FBI dress up ID (there is a printable!), and I practically copied her point by point, substituting explorer stuff. I used picmonkey.com for the fonts and little graphic - it is such an awesome replacement for picnik!
Of course, there are more crocodiles inside the big back pocket. They are just too cute.


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Albert Pujols Walks Again, and Other Reflections on Earlier Articles
July 18 is as good a time as any to go back and read old pieces to see whether they make a lick of sense in hindsight. It is as good a time as any because there is, from the writer's perspective, no good time to do this without wondering why that thing was written in the first place. Baseball is really just a lifelong project to break down any sense of certainty you might have about cause and effect.
Topic: Albert Pujols was hitting poorly, but beyond that was the continuation of a trend that started the previous year: Few walks, less plate discipline, lot of swings at sliders outside.
Excerpt: "The Angels signed Albert Pujols for 10 years because even the decline phase of a .328/.420/.617 hitter should be pretty good. It turns out they're getting a different hitter entirely. Probably a great hitter, maybe still the best hitter, and if there's anything you take from this piece, I really hope it's not that Albert Pujols is anything less than awesome still. He is awesome still, and I hate all of you who quit reading way up there and think that I'm giving up on Pujols. But he's a different hitter."
Update: Since April 24, Pujols is hitting .279/.347/.496, but I don't mind using a more generous endpoint for this. Going back to the midway point in May, Pujols is hitting .317/.397/.603 in 53 games, with 20 unintentional walks. Over a full season, 60 unintentional walks would be at the low end, but not the lowest end, of his career norms.
So Pujols doesn't quite have the same patience he used to have, and the Angels probably wish he did, but he has mostly gone back to the swing rates and walk rates he had during his MVP seasons. Optimistically, you could look at his performance since mid-May, and the underlying swing rates he has since then, and conclude that Albert Pujols was merely going through a really weird phase and that he is still mostly the hitter we thought he was. Swing rate is about the fastest measure to stabilize, so you might say he is stable huzzah. But you might also note that even measures that stabilize quickly can fluctuate quite a bit.
Topic: Who will win more games going forward: Mark Prior, Scott Kazmir, or Jamie Moyer.
Excerpt: "Jamie Moyer is still Jamie Moyer: the worst bet of the three to win 50 more games in the majors, but the best bet to win one."
Topic: Brandon Wood's age-27 season is friggin' depressing
Excerpt: "(Colorado Springs is) the craziest place to hit in the craziest league to hit, and it's where Brandon Wood is hitting .253/.289/.418, with 19 strikeouts and three walks. It's his age-27 season."
Update: Through 80 games, Wood was hitting .250/.297/.398 with the Sky Sox. Six home runs, 64 strikeouts, 15 walks. Despite the months-long injury to Troy Tulowitzki, he hasn't been promoted to Colorado, and so, my original piece would argue, this is officially the end of hoping Brandon Wood's career turns into a thing. More interesting than Wood's performance is Colorado Springs' performance. The club started using a humidor this year, and offense is way down at the park. The team's home ERA has dropped by nearly three runs.
Topic: Because we get to see Kenley Jansen become a closer from scratch, we get to see Kenley Jansen develop a save celebration from scratch.
Excerpt: "What's interesting is that Kenley Jansen is building a save celebration as he goes. Over the course of two years, Jansen has hit most of Sullivan's closer-celebration categories at least once. He has acknowledged. He has been indifferent. He has pumped his fist. He has done an adorable tiny hop. He came pretty close to a showstopper on his most recent save. He hasn't glove-punched, but he has done everything but glove-punch....My guess, based on what we've seen from Kenley Jansen so far, is that Kenley Jansen will eventually be a showstopper."
Update: Jansen has actually gone the other way, getting calmer with his post-save routine and seeming to settle in as an indifferent hand-shaker. This is save no. 15, his most recent save that ended with a strikeout.
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Topic: Josh Harrison swings at way more pitches than you realize.
Excerpt: "Harrison now has 64 plate appearances and nine two-ball counts. There are 35 major leaguers (minimum 50 PA) with a higher walk rate than Harrison's two-ball-count rate. He has reached three-ball counts twice this season, once every 32 plate appearances. As I write this, 405 players have more than 50 plate appearances, and 382 of them have walked more frequently than Josh Harrison has reached three balls in a count.Aaron Heilman, the pitcher Aaron Heilman, is 1-for-47 in his career. His career walk rate is higher than Josh Harrison's three-ball-count rate this year. His walk rate is higher than Josh Harrison's three-ball-count rate."
Update: Harrison has 78 plate appearances since that ran, and he has 19 two-ball counts in that time. He has seven three-ball counts in that time. Those rates aren't much, but Josh Harrison isn't much, and those rates are much for Josh Harrison. He has two-ball counts in 24 percent of his plate appearances, compared to a league average of 40 percent. he has three-ball counts in 9 percent of plate appearances, compared to a league average of 19 percent. Josh Harrison, with his .222/.279/.373 line, is now just conventionally unproductive.
There was also the one where I considered the anonymous GM who told Jon Heyman that Mike Trout and Mark Trumbo were already better than Albert Pujols. I dismissed the idea, especially regarding Trumbo. Over and over I've been wrong about Mark Trumbo in my life, so I'm not surprised that I may have been wrong about him again.
Sam Miller is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @SamMillerBB
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This is awesome. Especially the Josh Harrison note. Thanks Sam.
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