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TEL AVIV (Jun. 25)
Five high ranking Syrian intelligence officers captured by an Israeli patrol inside Lebanon near the Israeli border Wednesday have admitted they were on a joint military mission with Lebanese officers, Chief of Staff Gen. David Elazar disclosed today. He said the admissions belied claims from Beirut and Damascus that the officers were merely sight-seeing and were "kidnapped" by the Israelis.
He said the officers revealed that they were on a joint reconnaissance mission aimed at pinpointing targets in Israel. Gen. Elazar coupled his disclosure with a warning to Lebanon to block further terrorist activities against Israel from Lebanese soil. He said that unless the Beirut authorities take drastic action Israel will continue to take whatever measures it deemed necessary.
On Friday night an Israeli naval patrol encountered and sank a boatload of terrorists off the Lebanese town of Tzor. Gen. Elazar dismissed claims by the Lebanese authorities that they were unaware of the existence of terrorist training camps in Lebanon. He said Lebanon is an eager host to the terrorists. Their headquarters are located in Lebanon and conditions still exist in that country which allow the terrorists to train for their missions, he said. Referring to the three Japanese "kamikaze" gunmen who killed 26 and wounded more than 70 in the Lydda Airport massacre May 30, Gen. Elazar said he knew exactly where they had "trained, ate and slept" in Lebanon prior to embarking on their assassination mission.
(Reports from London yesterday said Lebanon might try to avert further retaliatory action by Israel by modifying its Cairo agreement with the Palestinian guerrillas. The agreement gave the terrorists leave to use Lebanon as a staging area for incursions against Israel but not to fire at Israeli targets from Lebanese soil. The agreement is not likely to be abrogated, given the internal political conditions in Lebanon, but there is strong pressure on the Beirut authorities to get the terrorists to leave Lebanon for another Arab country once they have completed their training, the reports said.)


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Elected in 1988, Representative Nita Lowey represents New York's 18th district. Congressional Quarterly has named her one of the fifty most effective Members of Congress. In 2001, Lowey was the first woman to chair the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. In Congress, Lowey has been a leading advocate on a broad range of domestic and human rights issues. She is largely credited with preventing Republicans from shutting down the Public Broadcasting System in the mid 1990's by bringing Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie to a congressional hearing. Lowey authored the first bill to mandate food manufacturers list common allergens on their labels. She is responsible for the 500 million dollar aid package to Darfur and has continued to push further U.S. action in the region. Lowey is also a leading supporter of a strong U.S.-Israel relationship and continuously pushes for U.S. aid to Israel. She currently serves on the Appropriations Committee and Homeland Security Committee. Lowey lives in Harrison, New York with her husband Stephen Lowey. They have three children and eight grandchildren.
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(This is only an idea for content) Model specs & User Reviews/comments Electronic dictionaries: G70
G70 Specs
English-Japanese Dictionaries:
- English-Japanese Kenkyuusha's English-Japanese Unabridged Dictionary and Collocation guide
- (like the Oxford dictionary, it gives examples of English words that are often found together) 380,000 words
- Genius English-Japanese Unabridged Dictionary
- 255,000 words
- Reader's English-Japanese Dictionary
- 2nd Edition 270,000 words
- Reader's Plus
- (new words, slang, place names and jargon are collected in this companion dictionary) 190,000 words
Japanese-English Dictionaries
- Japanese-English Kenkyuusha's Japanese-English Dictionary
- 5th Edition (A favorite among translaters! The original edition began nearly 30 years ago and has been constantly updated since) 480,000 Entries
Katakana Dictionaries
- Katakana Dictionary
- 3rd Edition, 55,200 Words
Kanji Dictionaries
- Kanjigen Kanji Dictionary
- Revised Edition, 13,112 characters with 48,000 jukugo (kanji combinations)
Japanese-Japanese Dictionaries
- Super Daijirin Japanese-Japanese Dictionary
- 2nd Edition, 250,000 entries
- Japanese Synonym Dictionary
- 79,000 Entries
English Dictionaries:
- The New Oxford American Dictionary English-English
- 2nd Edition 250,000 Words
- The Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
- 310,000 Entries
- New Oxford Dictionary of English
- 355,000 Words
- Oxford Thesaurus of English
- 2nd Edition 600,000 Words
- Oxford Guide to British and American Culture
- 2nd Edition 9,000 Entries
- Oxford - A Dictionary of Business
- 3rd Edition 6,500 Entries
- Oxford - A Concise Encyclopedia
- 12,000 Entries
- Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- 6th Edition 80,000 Words
- Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English
- 9,000 Words/Linked words about 150,000 (9,000 words but a total of 150,000 examples are given of common compounds or words used together)
- Asahi's Colloquial English Dictionary
- 23,000 Entries
- USA Today's American Culture and History
- 12,000 Entries
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- Menu Messages in Japanese or English
- You can change the messages on the screen to English
- Kanji stroke animation display
- watch the correct stroke order stroke by stroke for most kanji
- Stylus On-screen tapping
- Use the stylus to easily navigate through any menu. Makes jumping a snap (actually a tap)
- Real-Time Search
- Possible 'hits' appear automatically as you type your query. This makes it possible to find the desired word rapidly
- Search multiple dictionaries
- Preview function
- When searching and highlighting each hit, a 'pop-up' window appears that gives a brief explanation of that word. Your search list remains at the top while the pop-up window is used to quickly browse through the list to find the right word. See example to the right for the popup window.
- Super Jump Function
- Allows you to jump from any dictionary to any dictionary. If you find an unknown kanji, simply select it and jump to the Japanese-English dictionary to discover its meaning and pronunciation.
- Example Sentence Search Function
- You can search directly for example sentences using a word or words entered in English from the English-Japanese, Japanese-English, and Longman Essential Activator dictionaries.
- Word Book
- Holds words for each dictionary mode
- History Function
- Holds previously searched words can be kept in memory. You can review the list and jump to any previous search. Up to 50 past screens remembered
- Spell Checker
- Very Yousfull. Entering a misspelled word in the English dictionary will give the correct spelling.
- Variant from Search Function
- Entering a word's variant form will give the dictionary form
- Explanatory Notes
- Explains all about each dictionary
- Hyperlink Function
- (switching between dictionaries during operation)
- Allows you to transfer a previously entered series of characters into another dictionary mode.
- Character Size
- Makes the font size larger or smaller
- Basic Settings Function
- The operational settings can be changed to make it easier for you to use the unit
- And yes, you can turn off the beep
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Product Specs
Size & Weight
148×104×19 mm (size when closed)
About 288g with Batteries
2 Standard AA Batteries
About 100 hours life.
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30 characters x 14 lines at 16 dot
40 characters x 40 lines at 12 dot
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ODOT to close 1 lane of I-5 near Albany Wednesday afternoon
ALBANY, Ore. - One lane of Interstate 5 northbound will close at 1:30 p.m. so Oregon DOT crews can repair a small area of failed pavement, the agency said.
The closure south of the interchange with Oregon Highway 34 should be over by 3 p.m., ODOT said.
Motorists will be directed to merge left at the location to allow ODOT crews to repair the small area of failed pavement.
The lane closure should result in no significant delays, ODOT said.


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I had a commission from a photographer who wanted a small logo for his website and business. He wanted something simple but a little quirky. When I asked him an example of what he thought when 'irrational' came up he explained how he always thought of the Alice and Wonderland original illustrations. I started playing the idea without being to cliché. My sketches lead me to a kangaroo rat holding a camera, and then I suggested a simple silhouette of a kangaroo rat with the flash symbol of a camera in it. The kangaroo rat symbolizes that this photographer is going to go far with his work. and the flash symbol of the camera signifies that he is a photographer. Simple and clean this symbol can be easily recognized.
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It could be argued that the most excruciating negotiations in the world have been the twice-monthly sessions of the Korean armistice commission in Panmunjom. Over the years the stalemated talks have turned into something of an endurance contest, with national honor at stake. After sitting down at 11 a.m. in their meeting rooms, the ten delegatesfive representing North Korea and five (a South Korean, an American, a Briton, a Thai and a Filipino) for the U.N.would not budge until one of the squirming participants broke down and in desperation moved for adjournment, usually late in the afternoon. On one particularly truculent...
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A brilliant return to Montreux from Bill Evans – working here with a trio that includes some killer bass work by Eddie Gomez! The set's an acoustic one – despite its appearance on electric powerhouse CTI – but Evans' work on the piano has an electricity that's all its own, magically crafting waves and shapes of sound and tone. And despite the CTI setting, there's a nicely spacious sound to the way the album was recorded – one that's got a bit less of the "perfection" than on some of Bill's other 70s live dates – a sense of humanity that comes through wonderfully, and which makes this one a very special record! Titles include "Very Early", "34 Skidoo", "Israel", and "Peri's Scope". © 1996-2017, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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Pharmacokinetics of Hydrocortisone After Subcutaneous Administration in Chronic Adrenal Insufficiency (PHYSCA)
This study has been completed.
Bruno Allolio
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Bruno Allolio, University of Wuerzburg
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 29, 2011
Last updated: July 31, 2012
Last verified: July 2012
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Patients with chronic adrenal insufficiency need to adapt their hydrocortisone replacement dose in conditions of physical or psychological stress to prevent life threatening adrenal crisis. In cases of more severe impairment or unsecure gastrointestinal absorption (e.g. gastroenteritis, severe infectious disease), parenteral administration of the hydrocortisone dose is crucial. The study is conducted to offer patients the possibility to perform hydrocortisone self administration in emergency situations in a way of administration which is easy to perform and accepted by the patient. Therefore, pharmacokinetics and safety of subcutaneous hydrocortisone administration will be studied and compared to intramuscular administration.
|Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
|Drug: Hydrocortisone intramuscular first Drug: Hydrocortisone subcutaneously first
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Pharmacokinetics of Hydrocortisone After Subcutaneous Administration Compared With Intramuscular Injection in Chronic Adrenal Insufficiency
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: autoimmune Addison disease familial glucocorticoid deficiency
MedlinePlus related topics: Addison Disease
Drug Information available for: Hydrocortisone acetate Hydrocortisone Hydrocortisone sodium succinate Hydrocortisone cypionate Hydrocortisone valerate Hydrocortisone probutate Proctofoam-HCU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Bruno Allolio, University of Wuerzburg:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Bioequivalence Study [ Time Frame: 4 hours ]pharmakokinetic data (Cmax, time to Cmax, area under the curve of serum/salivary cortisol levels)
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- safety [ Time Frame: 3 days ]number of adverse events after subcutaneous administration of hydrocortisone
|Study Start Date:
|November 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Hydrocortisone subcutaneously first
Hydrocortisone subcutaneously first
Drug: Hydrocortisone subcutaneously first
Hydrocortisone subcutaneously first
Other Name: 100 mg hydrocortisone (Pfizer®) in 2 ml solvent
Active Comparator: Hydrocortisone intramuscular first
Hydrocortisone intramuscular first
Drug: Hydrocortisone intramuscular first
Hydrocortisone intramuscular first
Other Name: 100 mg hydrocortisone (Pfizer®) in 2 ml solvent
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 64 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Primary adrenal insufficiency under standard glucocorticoid replacement therapy due to autoimmune adrenalitis or bilateral adrenalectomy (disease duration at least 12 months),
- age ≥ 18 years,
- Patient´s written informed consent,
- Ability to comply with the protocol procedures
Exclusion criteria
- Diabetes mellitus,
- Infectious disease with fever at time of investigation,
- Known intolerance to the study drug or constituents oft he study drug,
- Oral contraception,
- Known pregnancy or breast feeding,
- Renal failure (creatinine > 2.5 ULN)
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01450930
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01450930
|Dept of Medicine I, Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Hospital Wuerzburg
|Wuerzburg, Germany, 97080
Sponsors and Collaborators
Bruno Allolio
|Principal Investigator:
|Stefanie Hahner, MD
|University Hospital Wuerzburg, Germany
More Information
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by Bruno Allolio, University of Wuerzburg:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Bruno Allolio, MD, Professor of Medicine, head of the Dept. of Endocrinology and Diabetology, University of Wuerzburg, University of Wuerzburg
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01450930 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2011-002687-25 ( EudraCT Number )
|Study First Received:
|September 29, 2011
|Last Updated:
|July 31, 2012
Keywords provided by Bruno Allolio, University of Wuerzburg:
Adrenal insufficiency
Addison's disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Addison Disease
Adrenal Insufficiency
Adrenal Gland Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Hydrocortisone 17-butyrate 21-propionate
Cortisol succinate
Hydrocortisone acetate
Epinephryl borate
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Adrenergic alpha-Agonists
Adrenergic Agonists
Adrenergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Adrenergic beta-Agonists
Bronchodilator Agents
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Anti-Asthmatic Agents
Respiratory System Agents
Vasoconstrictor Agents
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Homo oeconomicus vs. homo academicus - provocări și dileme din perspectiva globalizării
[Homo oeconomicus vs. homo academicus - challenges and dilemmas in a globalized world]
Structured as an essay, this workpaper aims to present sui generis one point of view on the relationship between two models of the social-human typology in the context of globalization: homo oeconomicus and homo academicus. Being only a starting point for futher research into a tripartite structure, the paper preliminary presents views on views of MAN's multivalent positions between vocation and the adaptation to globalization flows, the dilemmas and paradoxes between the oeconomicus and academicus models which I consider inherent into a higher education's biography in a globalized world. Developed from hypothesis to conclusion, the assertion that homo academicus is deeply involved in mundus academicus, while homo oeconomicus stimulates in a global manner the whole mundus academicus, generates various approaches in which the economic and the academic either mingle or dissociate, but the conjunction or disjunction cases unavoidably lead to outlining the postulate that no architecture on a world academic map is built without "Development through Innovation and Innovation through Education" and that leads to an absolutely justified interrogation in the globalized present: Will homo academicus be able to adapt to the values of homo oeconomicus, sell its know-how and produce conveniently?
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Saginaw Co. leaders hold off on city's public safety proposal
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:03:27 GMT —
Saginaw County leaders decided once again to hold off on moving forward with a police contract proposal from the city of Saginaw until more questions are answered.
Commissioners on the Courts and Public Safety committee asked Saginaw Assistant City Manager Phil Ludos to return next month, after the city negotiates with the local police and fire unions.
Wednesday afternoon, Ludos approached the committee to again ask for their support to outsource police services in the city to the county sheriff. Ludos reiterated what City Manager Darnell Earley told the council Monday, that such a contract is their best bet to close a $3 million budget gap.
â??This is not about a takeover. This is about a proposal and approaching and asking for the assistance,â?? Ludos told commissioners.
Sheriff William Federspiel has said he won't support the idea without the union's or people's support first.
â??We provide a service. We're a backup agency, sometimes we're a primary agency. That's the nature of a sheriff's office. That's what we do,â?? he explained Wednesday.
Ludos and other city leaders will sit down with the police and fire unions Thursday morning.
The countyâ??s Courts and Public Safety committee will meet next on Wednesday, Feb. 6.


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Here is a brief Q&A with Dow Chemical's Jeff Wooster, global sustainability leader, regarding the company's views on bioplastic. Some of these will be included in my bioplastic article that will be published next week Monday, November 21 on ICIS Chemical Business.
As a background, Dow has partnered with Japan chemical firm Mitsui this year on sugarcane ethanol and bio-polyethylene plastic in Brazil. Feel free to read ICB's latest article on the Dow/Mitsui JV.
Q: It seems like increasing branded companies are increasingly promoting the use of bioplastic, how are they benefiting from using bioplastics and has these already translated to increase in their demand/sales profit?
A: Brand owners are eager to provide consumers with packaging made from bio-based plastics because the use of those materials offers several potential benefits. Among those are reduced use of fossil fuels and reduced greenhouse gas emissions during the manufacturing of the packaging materials.
In each case those benefits need to be confirmed through the use of scientific methods such as the completion of a full life cycle assessment. If a particular bio-based material provides the right combination of performance attributes for a specific application then its use can provide meaningful environmental benefits as well.
Q: What are the challenges/complaints that consumer products and food/beverage companies relay to bioplastic producers/compounders when it comes to using bioplastic?
A: Bio-based materials must meet criteria for performance and cost as well as provide a scientifically verifiable environmental benefit. As with materials that are not bio-based, not all materials are suitable for use in all applications. The needs of a particular application need to be met in each case, which means designing packaging for individual applications rather than simply picking a material and then using it across the board.
When materials are not drop-in replacements for existing materials they may require capital investments or significant changes in operating procedures, both of which are barriers to adoption. The application of sound scientific principles and use of fundamental criteria for consistently evaluating performance can help assure that the proper materials are selected for use.
Q: Do you see these branded companies paying for premiums for bioplastic?
A: Yes, there are certainly cases where companies will pay a premium for improved performance. If a bio-based plastic offers meaningful environmental benefits and improved performance in use then it may command a premium in the market place.
It is worth noting that a material need not be bio-based to offer improved performance and environmental benefits. High performance plastics from conventional feedstocks – such as our current DOWLEX® LLDPE, ELITE® EPE, and AFFINITY® POP – may also provide lifecycle environmental benefits, for example by increasing the shelf-life of perishable food, which reduces the environmental burden associated with growing food that spoils before being eaten.
Q: Are there any particular type of bioplastics that already show high growth in terms of usage in consumer products/food/beverage packaging?
A: The use of bio-based plastics is growing rapidly, but is currently limited by availability, performance, and cost. Drop-in replacements that minimize capital investment across the value chain are in particularly high demand.
Q: What important points will you advice for companies who are looking to use bioplastics for their packaging?
A: Consider bio-based packaging with the same criteria as used to evaluate all types of packaging. For example, does the packaging provide the needed product protection and marketability at good overall value? If a bio-based material provides excellent product protection and increased opportunities for consumer marketing then paying a premium to use that material will improve business results, which is something that we can all agree is good advice.
Other recent "renewable chemical" updates from Dow:
- Dow has developed soybean oil-based acoustical foam formulation under the the tradename BETAFOAM Renue. Dow said it is currently in trials with a major North American OEM (original equipment manufacturer) and will be commercialized starting December this year.
- Dow has partnered with Solazyme on the development of algae oil-based dielectric insulating fluids (DIFs). Dow said this $2bn market represents more than 500m-gallon opportunity for the companies.Dow and Solazyme are expecting to soon start testing and scale-up trials for the algae-based DIFs. Commercialization is expected in 2013.
- Dow has developed a range of impact modifiers and process aids for polylactic acid (PLA) that enable and extend the applications open to bio-plastics.


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Jul 19, 2010
Happiness Elsewhere
A recent post over on the Wired Science blog reminded me that I have been neglecting my favourite subject lately, discussing as it does the way in which happiness and sadness appear to fit the infectious disease model in large social networks. The Wired article leans a little far towards generalisation and pop-science for my taste, but the original study looks quite interesting and has made me wonder about the underlying assumptions, methodology and data set.
Looking through my bookmarks, it turns out that over the past few months I've hoarded quite a number of interesting articles on life, happiness and well-being. In March, Scott Berkun wrote something that really challenges me to read, dealing as it does with being unbusy, being still and cultivating time. It's called The Cult of Busy.
Last month Dave Navarro (no relation) from Rock Your Day posted How To Stop Telling Your Sad, Sad Story, which I really loved; it's such an ass-kicking.
Over at Fora.tv, you can watch Is The Pursuit of Happiness Making Us Miserable (which is probably is, if we take 'happiness' to mean hedonic pleasure).
Tim Ferris has written an epic piece on vagabonding, simplicity, travel and well-being.
Everyone's been writing about Stuff versus Experience this year. There are posts on Unclutterer and CNN and The Frontal Cortex. This is something I wrote about some time ago, at least in relation to my personal experience, and it's interesting to see it unfolding elsewhere.
On a slightly bigger scale, The Atlantic has an article from back in February on What Makes Cities Happy.
And lastly, the FlowingData blog has these two wry charts: Flowchart to lifelong happiness, and Path to happiness gets complicated and confusing. FlowingData blog, you make me happy.


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Will The Dotcom Kingdom Collapse?Naseem Javed (50 pencils) | Mon, 2011-03-14 17:48
Once ICANN approves the new super-powered gTLD domain names, what will happen to the some 200 million strong dotcom domain name kingdom? Will the new gTLDs and their massive sub-domain traffic of unlimited brand extensions create global cyber identity chaos? Will global trademark wars erupt on several legal fronts? Will cyber-squatting hit the fan? Relax no such things.
Surely, the sudden influx of 1000 new powerful gTLDs will create the biggest buzz, as overnight hyper-visibility and marketing coups of various old and new brands will steal the show. Currently, a regular dotcom costs USD $10, but this new gTLD about USD $500,000 each. However the markets will face some serious questions about this new style of hyper-cyber-branding poised for global market domination.
After all, the new gTLDs are never supposed to be for everyone, as they can only be custom fitted to very special type of business ventures with very specific features and combinations. On the other hand, the fanfare of massive influx gTLDs will further infuse renewed interest in global cyber branding expansion, enticing new ventures, putting higher demands for regular domain registrations. The dotcom kingdom will shine even more. The drama of gTLD approval will unfold making front page stories around famous and unknown name identities incubated to their overnight meteoric successes showcasing their smart strategies; equally some failures will also provide disastrous experiences and separate the winners and losers.
The other primal fear of dotcoms losing their power is based on the structural differences between the two types of domain names. Current $10 dollar domain like Sony.com is a suffix-based name, while a $500,000 GTLD, is a suffix-less, domain root like dotSony. No need to worry as the global markets will learn very quickly as they did in differentiating the @ symbol for email and the .com as a suffix of a URL. A good educational campaign from ICANN is anticipated to educate the global audience. How and why the usability of this new type domain will bring revolutionary powers to a brand, huge savings of costs and image expansion time, while changing the future of the internet requires a very special knowledge.
Nevertheless, the gTLD game is sophisticated and requires a strong qualified team to play. Branding industry and trademark professionals, over and above their special craft should consider acquiring world-class nomenclature skills, to manage name usability, suitability and marketability issues with deeper understanding of global naming in order to have any authoritative say in this competitive arena.
The Trembling Trademark Owners
Why so much fear is being created against the gTLD in the name of protecting global trademark owners? Say, if ICANN, somehow, allowed a third party a gTLD called .panasonic, will the sky fall? No, not at all, as Panasonic, the true and rightful trademark holder will hit the unauthorized gTLD with a club and no judge would oppose issuing a cease-and-desist order. So are there enough empty headed candidates to apply for such globally recognized and protected names? No, why would someone spend USD $500,000 and months to get such a name approved? The problem is not here, it is on the other side of the trademark spectrum where weak and deadbeat trademarks based on diluted names, but protected in narrow classification in search of a global presence are clashing with each other all over the world.
When ICANN issues a third party a gTLD 'dot united', will all of the 113,647 existing large and small businesses worldwide using 'united' name panic? No they cannot. Exclusive global ownership of the word 'united' was never their cup of tea in the first place. It was always 'disclaimed' in each and every one's trademark application for being a dictionary word.
They knew all along that there are over 100,000 identical names floating in the market place; United Airlines, United Bank, United Church, United Way, United Trust, United Bakeries, United Taxis, United Trucks, and United Logistics. Why will they hit the ceiling in rage now? They will not. Coy they will be, and embarrassed as they are, aware of the high dilution of their name they will stay mum. They will simply protect their own basic turf, under their specific classifications of trademark 'wares', they simply cannot declare war and stop anyone using the name 'united'.
This is how the majority of the business names are. Open any trade directory in any city and the proof is right there. Somehow, the senior management always buries the name-weakness issues under the rug and keeps pushing the brand name even if it means losing its exclusive ownership in the long run. So long you can open a hotdog stand in the lobby of United Airlines, called United Doggies, as United Airlines has no exclusive ownership to the name 'united' like ironclad exclusive marks Rolex, Panasonic or Sony, diluted names are becoming a joke and a total waste of branding budgets.
So of the 100 thousand major businesses using United, who will end up owning dot-United gTLD and what will the other 99% do for their long term image expansion on the global front poses some very serious questions. The answer may not be forthcoming as the management of these organization were always convinced that they have been the true 'united' name brand leaders, whether they exclusively own the name or not. Currently, 94% businesses around the world have such dysfunctional names and their branding agencies and law firms both have some serious responsibilities and challenges to find them the right strategies
Showrooms, not garages
If ICANN creates a gTLD garage, agencies should create cyber showrooms. ICANN, rightfully from its inception, is a very superior technical organization, surrounded by teams of highly intelligent people working on the long-term integrity of the Internet. Like a real high-tech garage full of engineers and mechanics designing high speed luxury cars, they are rolling out the great new gTLD program.
But what the image brokers and ad agencies now need are not garages but rather showrooms, where prospective customers could comfortably see the finished models, smell the interiors and take the cyber vehicles for the test drive. But there are two serious lingering questions, first, how to approach it with all the special prerequisite necessary to articulate such topics and what to recommend with solid and proven strategies to complete the full circle and close the deals.
It's all about this colossal shift of the old methods of branding and marketing communication to globally accessible, instantly scalable and almost free digital medium where the domination of globally workable world-class cyber name identities provide the spearhead and hyper-visibility. To play the modern games of massive new customer acquisition, it's about, eat-sleep-work-local & think-market-play-global. Unfortunately 99% businesses names are not capable to expand globally. This creates a major opportunity to educate the corporate leadership on this new global reality and bring in positive changes.
Therefore, as a starter the global corporate landscape urgently needs professional Name Evaluation Reports to professionally lay out senior level discussion contents and openly tackle the name identity issues. What better way for branding agencies to bring in a massive re-organization of the corporate nomenclature on a grand scale and start helping clients with new vigor and power, and assist them professionally with right world-class tools to win the next layers of global wars of image and name identity domination?
Naseem Javed, widely recognized a world-authority on global naming strategies and corporate nomenclature issues. Author of Naming for Power, Naseem introduced The Laws of Corporate Naming in 80s and currently he is advising corporations and lecturing on global cyber branding and the ICANN's new gTLD platforms.
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Fear by trademark owners of new gTLDs is understandable, nevertheless, issues in this arena are really a matter for the Courts of Law. By its nature, the law always find itself one or two steps behind innovation (ie: no 70 MPH speed limit or drink drive enforcement team necessary when riding chariots through Roman Forum in 44 BC). Ultimately the law will catch up with the Internet and make resolution of trademark and other such matters a simpler and cheaper process. Perhaps this is the time to throw the spotlight towards those who fear (and in some cases, those who look to instil fear) whenever there is the slightest mention of real evolution and expansion of the World Wide Web.
With over 205 million dot domain names already registered, trying to find a unique, relevant and memorable address for less than a few million Dollars, has become an almost impossible task. This is all about giving Internet users the opportunity to compete on reasonably equal terms with the minority of Corporations/Multi-Nationals that seem to hold all the cards.
For the man/woman who simply wants to order a pizza on-line, it's not about knowing he/she can access 205 million plus websites (visiting each site for just a few seconds would take several years...without a pizza break). This is all about memorability...ie: trying to remember the net address of that place you saw advertised last week somewhere that looked quite good. In simple terms, Internet users want equal access (at low or zero cost) to Domains and TLDS that are easily remembered by other people.
Sites like Dashworlds.com provide brand new Dashcom (not Dotcom) domain names completely free. Dashcoms are addresses in format business-com, paris-fashion and social-network (Examples Only). Totally outside the realm and control of ICANN, anyone can create any domain or any TLD in any language, instantly and at no cost. With users and members in over 90 countries worldwide, resolution is via an APP; although new ISP Link-Ins are available to make the APP unnecessary (ISP Link-Ins that are also available to ICANN).
Things change and grow. Not-so-long-ago, people would have thought the Internet itself to be a complete waste of time effort and money. Surely a retailer, ANY retailer, (eg: a certain bookstore) would be mad to waste time, money and resources trying to sell anything over the Inter-Something? After all why would any consumer in their right mind even consider purchasing a vastly expensive computer, install/rent new phone lines, buy a modem (what's a modem?), buy an OS (what's an OS??), learn how to use it all.....Just to buy a book???.....All they had to do was pick up a phone.
Having just one Internet floating in infinite cyberspace is like saying you can go anywhere in the USA as long as you only use route 66. So now, just as in the USA (and everywhere else in the world) the Internet has more than one option.
Ya'll is really twisting my mellon man.
Unless I'm missing something (quite likely) you are claiming the desirability of the web address '.com' suffix could be diminished with the addition of more suffixes?
Not likely.
Without my sense of direction, I don't know where I'd be.
Yes, yes the end is near!
I am not Steve Ballmer pretending not to be me!


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A 23-year-old Marin County man is in custody after police say he tried to rape his ex-girlfriend in a car while her two-year-old son was in the back seat.
San Rafael police say Pablo Esteban Ceballos-Caamal was arrested on suspicion of assault to commit rape and other charges after the alleged incident last week.
Police say Ceballos-Caamal initially fled when officers responded to a 911 call, but was arrested about five hours later.
The alleged victim did not require medical treatment. The toddler was not injured.
Authorities say Ceballos-Caamal is being held on a federal immigration hold while his citizenship status is investigated.
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Raleigh, N.C. — The American Dance Festival is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a season packed with excitement.
The schedule, announced Monday, includes 25 companies and choreographers from across the globe taking the stage from June 13 - July 27. Performances will take place at the Durham Performing Arts Center, Reynolds Industries Theater at Duke University and Motorco Music Hall.
In addition to the performances in North Carolina, there will also a collaboration between the ADF and Lincoln Center Out of Doors co-commission of a new site specific performance by Mark Dendy. The work will premiere in New York City during ADF's season and will feature 80 dancers in honor of the festival's anniversary.
Tickets go on sale May 13 on the ADF website. They range from $15 to $54.
"During our 80th anniversary season we will celebrate the critical role ADF has played in the development of one of our indigenous American art forms, modern dance. Additionally, we will continue to embrace the role we play in supporting talented artists of the field," said ADF Director Jodee Nimerichter.


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Perdue vetoes repeal of death-row racial bias bill
Posted December 14, 2011
Updated December 15, 2011
RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov Beverly Perdue vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have essentially repealed a 2009 law designed to address alleged racial bias in death penalty cases, saying it is essential the legal process isn't tarnished by prejudice.
Perdue, forced to wade into a controversial topic two weeks ago when the Republican-led legislature approved the repeal bill, signed the Racial Justice Act into law shortly after taking office in 2009.
The Democratic governor said she's vetoing the bill "for the same reason that I signed the Racial Justice Act two years ago: it is simply unacceptable for racial prejudice to play a role in the imposition of the death penalty in North Carolina."
The law says a judge must reduce a death sentence to life in prison without parole if he determines racial bias was a significant factor to impose the penalty. It creates new kind of court hearing where prisoners can use statistics to make their case to a judge.
Perdue said in a statement that she supports capital punishment and is committed to keeping it "a viable punishment option in North Carolina in appropriate cases." But she also said it's essential that the death penalty be carried out fairly because it's the ultimate punishment and she feels the 2009 law did that.
Prosecutors who pushed the repeal said the act would clog up the court system with new appeals, creating a permanent moratorium on capital punishment. Nearly all of the 158 prisoners currently on death row have filed papers under the Racial Justice Act.
Perdue rejected arguments from prosecutors that the 2009 law could allow some death-row inmates to be paroled if their crimes were committed before 1994.
"Both my own legal counsel and legal experts from across the state have assured me that even if an inmate succeeds on a claim under the Racial Justice Act, his sole remedy is life in prison without the possibility of parole," Perdue said.
Johnston County District Attorney Susan Doyle, who heads the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys, said she and her colleagues were disappointed by Perdue's veto. All of the inmates who have filed appeals under the law have already had their death sentences upheld by courts that have reviewed discrimination claims and other facts, she said.
"The Racial Justice Act is obviously not working as it was intended. The governor's veto creates yet another de facto moratorium on the death penalty," Doyle said in a statement. "North Carolina citizens support the death penalty and do not support a continued moratorium. ... There is no justice in Gov. Perdue's decision for victims and their families."
Meanwhile, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, a group of trial lawyers and defense attorneys, applauded the veto.
"The governor has done the right thing by allowing courts to hear the evidence and make informed decisions," the group's statement said.
Perdue's decision means she must call the legislature back to Raleigh by Jan. 8 to consider an override. Lawmakers may find that difficult to do, especially in the House, where it passed in June along party lines. Republicans are a few votes shy of a veto-proof majority in the chamber.
"I am disappointed in yet another decision by Gov. Perdue to put politics ahead of principle," House Speaker Thom Tillis said in a statement. "The governor has turned her back on the families of victims across this state and a vast majority of prosecutors who need every available resource to crack down on violent criminals."
Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger said that the veto ignores justice and public safety concerns, and he predicted an override in the Senate.
"Gov. Perdue has a moral duty to uphold public safety for the people of North Carolina and preserve justice for the families of victims murdered in the most heinous crimes, and she has failed," Berger, R-Rockinham, said in a statement.
The state chapter of the NAACP urged lawmakers not to attempt an override of the veto.
"The Racial Justice Act is a modest piece of legislation created to defend against any racial bias playing a role in a death sentence," the group said in a statement. "We call on justice-loving and forward-thinking legislators of both parties to uphold the veto and continue to move North Carolina forward rather than backward."
The veto came two days after Perdue met with relatives of murder victims and victims of violent crimes at the old State Capitol in Raleigh. Some of those relatives asked her to keep the act on the books.
"We applaud her for understanding that racially-biased justice is not justice at all and for reaffirming that she values the lives and the safety of all citizens regardless of race," said a statement from Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, which asked Perdue for a veto.
North Carolina and Kentucky are the only states in the country with these types of laws.


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Young's double chocolate stout wrecked me one night camping.
Never suck off the head of a several freshly opened nitro cans as the beer is still doing its mixing thing...unless you want to be sicker than a dog all night in an outhouse or in the freezing rain all night.
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Buying a dream motorhome has turned into a nightmare as online fraudsters have swindled a Bedford woman of £12,000.
Chef Trudy Cosgrove spotted the vehicle for sale on an internet classified advert site and contacted the vendor.
She said: "It was a large RV motorhome, advertised in excellent condition.
"I have been living on a narrowboat for years and sold that in the hope of moving into a motorhome, doing a bit of travelling and working along the way. I've never been able to buy a house so this would have been my home."
The 38-year-old said she exchanged emails with the seller, who said her name was Anna, over the course of a day and carried out a vehicle information check based on the number plate.
As the RV was in Scotland, Anna said she would organise a transporter to bring it south, and arranged a PayPal transation to pay for it.
Mrs Cosgrove said: "When the PayPal information was sent through, I checked it thoroughly and even had an online chat with a PayPal rep."
She transferred the money, and it was agreed the vehicle would arrive the following day but when it didn't arrive, Mrs Cosgrove became concerned.
She said: "I began emailing Anna but there was no reply. I contacted PayPal but they said they had no record of any transaction."
By now, Mrs Cosgrove realised she'd been scammed and called the police and contacted Barclays Bank, which held the account the money was transferred to, and PayPal.
She said: "I reported the incident to the fraud agency, and the banks but I've heard nothing.
"Not only did these people rip me off for £12,000, they've left me homeless. I spent the last of my money on a caravan to live in but I am worried about the winter months.
"I wake up feeling sick every morning with the emotional and financial stress."
Mrs Cosgrove, who is now living in Wyboston, called Action Fraud which passed the details to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), both divisions of the City of London Police.
An Action Fraud spokesman said: "We have received this report and passed it to the NFIB, which will analyse the information and identify any lines of inquiry. This will then be passed to the relevant local police force to carry out an investigation."
Barclays Bank said the funds were transferred to an account but the money was immediately withdrawn and the account closed.
A spokesman said: "Barclays complies with all regulatory requirements and has robust identity and verification process. Where we are alerted to inappropriate activity we act swiftly to investigate and if necessary to close the account. Customers who transfer funds into an account after a fraud has been detected would receive a refund.
"Unfortunately in the case of Ms Cosgrove, it was not reported until after the funds had been removed from the account. Incidents of this kind should always be reported to the police and we will assist with their investigation in any way we can."
PayPal confirmed its customer service team is working directly with Mrs Cosgove "in order to review her transaction history and help resolve the issue".
Its spokesman added: "Providing a trusted and secure payments service for our customers is our number one priority at PayPal. As with any customer enquiry or report, we are conducting a thorough investigation into this matter to resolve it as quickly as possible."
Barclays and PayPal have issued the following advice to help customers avoid being ripped off:
Barclays said: "Banks try to protect their customers where possible, but it's really important that people are aware of these scams and take steps to protect themselves. For fraud prevention advice and tips on keeping your money safe, go to www.barclays.co.uk/fraudprevention."
It also issued this car purchasing advice: "There are various websites where cars can be purchased, including online car dealers, internet auction sites and private sellers. The following simple tips will help to make sure buying a car over the internet is from a genuine seller and will ensure you are better protected if there's a problem later:
• Once you have found the car you want to buy online, you must go and see it in person before paying a deposit or agreeing to buy it
• Always meet at the seller's home or business premises. Otherwise, it could be difficult to find them again if things go wrong later
• Check you are dealing with a reputable online car company. Look for the ISIS logo, which means an online dealer must meet certain standards
• There are various car checker sites that will let you know if the car has previously written off, has any outstanding finance or if it's been stolen
• Test drive the car, buying a car off the internet doesn't automatically mean it will drive well
• Think about getting an independent report into the car's condition and a history check into its background
• Using PayPal, Verified by Visa or a credit card provides better protection against fraud or problems when making an online purchase
• Don't be fooled by auction site sellers that claim their PayPal account isn't working or use other reasons why PayPal cannot be used
• Be cautious if the internet seller asks you to send money direct to their bank account for a high values items that you haven't seen in person
• You can consider using cash to purchase the car but don't carry large quantities around with you
• When choosing to buy an item on an auction site, complete the transaction on the site's recommended secure payment method. Sending money to auction site sellers that are operating outside of the sites rules and policies could result in the buyer not being eligible under their Buyer Protection scheme."
PayPay said: "We go to great lengths to protect our customers in the UK, but there are a few, simple precautions we should all take to avoid online scams.
1. Be aware of any emails that ask you to provide any personal information directly in response
2. Look out for spelling mistakes, which are a common tell-tale sign of a fraudulent email or website
3. A genuine PayPal email will only ever address you by your first name and surname at the beginning of the email – anything that starts 'Dear customer' should immediately raise your suspicions
4. Scammers often use a false sense of urgency to prompt you to act on a phishing email. If you want to check that PayPal has tried to reach you, go to PayPal.co.uk and log into your account. You will have a secure message waiting if PayPal does need you to take any action
5. If you have any concerns regarding any fraudulent email or website, you should send it to email@example.com"


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Dear Editor:
When it comes to doing the right thing, one business has "stepped up to the plate" concerning traffic safety. It has been brought to my attention that the Isanti VFW is rewarding customers who opt to take a safe cab ride home instead of driving impaired. It happens that customers who leave their car behind and take the safe cab will now find a voucher for $5 on their windshield which can be redeemed for food.
This is an excellent activity for the VFW to do to help ensure our roads are safe. This is also one very good way to take care of their customers. The Isanti County safe cab program would like to applaud this business for taking this step for safety and hope that others will follow this example.
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text: Rick Steelhammer: Hello again, cruel world By Rick Steelhammer December 22, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Being a skeptic, I missed out on all the fun and excitement of hoarding supplies and planning how to keep them out of the hands of my neighbors during the Y2K meltdown that failed to materialize.Since I wasn't entirely convinced that the end of the 13th 5,125-year cycle of the Mayan long-count calendar would bring about the end of the world as we know it, I missed out on the liberating chance to say goodbye to all that is wrong with humanity and party like it was 1999 -- or, to the Mayans, 66625.But I couldn't help imagining what my life might have been like had I bought in to the latest end-of-time scenario. And when Dec. 21, 2012, rolled around, there would have been hell to pay -- and an extensive to-do list to make things right. Below is what my list might have looked like. And before I get sidetracked, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, everyone!***Things to do the day after the Mayan Calendar Apocalypse fails to materialize:Call Rent-A-Center and arrange pickup of 60-inch plasma TV, generator, ATV and living room suite for bunker.Release Trump from human sacrifice ready room.Drive Escalade back to Hertz.Get to office early to intercept heartfelt critique sent to boss. Resume membership in Weight Watchers and Nautilus. Put Mayan headdress and agate dagger on eBay.Stop payment on check to Doomsday Supplies; return MRE cache. Drain moat around compound. Return all 155 how-to books "borrowed" from library.Cancel $5,000 Public Radio challenge pledge.Make appointment to start laser treatments on condor chest tattoo.Sell gold bullion stash to restore 401(k) fund.Recalculate Mayan Long Count Calendar to see if its Dec. 21 aligns with our April 1.Start Christmas shopping.Write another damn Sunday column.Reach Rick Steelhammer at email@example.com or 304-348-5169. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 DHHR report: No neglect, criminal charges in death of ResCare client 2 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 3 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 4 Derek Redd: Marshall thinks outside the cable box for broadcasts 5 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield Alabama trucker killed by police officer in Huntington Previous Story Rockefeller nominates 39 students to U.S. Service Academies Next Story


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Bananas Foster Cupcakes
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READY IN:55mins
YIELD:16 cupcakes
Ingredients Nutrition
For the Banana Mixture
- 3⁄4 cup unsalted butter
- 1⁄2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 ripe but still firm bananas, quartered (halved crosswise, then lengthwise)
- 2 tablespoons dark rum
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Cupcakes
- 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 1 1⁄2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dark rum
- 3⁄4 cup sour cream
For the frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 3⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dark rum
- For the Bananas:.
- In a saute pan over medium heat, combine the butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
- Cook until butter melts and sugar is dissolved (4 to 5 minutes).
- Add the banana slices and cook until tender, turning once for 1 to 2 minutes per side.
- Stir together rum and vanilla.
- Turn off the burner and add the rum mixture to the pan.
- Using a long match, light the alcohol by placing the flame just in the outer edge of the pan.
- Stand as far back as possible. The flame should extingish in a few seconds.
- Gently shake the pan from side to side to coat the bananas with the sauce.
- Spoon the bananas into a bowl and set aside.
- For the Cupcakes:.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Add eggs, vanilla, rum and banana mixture. Mix well.
- Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream; blend thoroughly but do not overmix.
- Pour into prepared cupcake pans.
- Bake 20 - 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool for 1- minutes in pan on rack. Remove and cool completely before frosting.
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- Beat together cream cheese, butter, cinnamon and vanilla on medium speed until light and fluffy.
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So at the time when Luffy becomes the Pirate King do you believe he will have a big group of people like Roger,WB and many others had.
Basicly too many to name,fodders in the back.Or will he stick to a small group?
Honestly I would love for them to introduce a big crew but it would be a pain to have all the nameless characters so close to luffy so it would have to be done near the ending.Maybe he will take over WB's crew :p


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Gov. Corbett's use of outside legal counsel tops $100 million in 3 years.
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Corbett is a classic example of a man who never hires people who are more intelligent or accomplished than himself, and that sets the bar pretty damn low, as witnessed by the 2 guys he's appointed as General Counsel and First Deputy Counsel of the Governor's Office of General Counsel. (These appointments are not subject to State Senate approval.)
For the past 30 years, there has been an absolute glut of law graduates from top tier law schools: lawyers who were Law Review editors, Moot Court champions and clerked for state supreme court justices or federal appellate judges. Corbett avoided this impressive and accomplished pool of candidates and chose James Schultz and Jarad Handelman to head this agency which bills itself as:
Pennsylvania's Law Firm
But hey - they both played undergrad football! From their photos, looks like they were fullbacks and are both still on steroids. Schultz has the chutzpah to include in his professional bio that he was a "student law clerk" for a state supreme court justice. That is not a REAL law clerk - REAL law clerks are full time employees of judges and actually write opinions. I was a student law clerk for a Third Circuit Appellate Judge. Easy peasey, boys and girls. I signed up for the opportunity at registration time, and one afternoon a week, for one semester, I got to sit in (with my mouth shut) on the judge's conferences with his REAL law clerks. Easiest 2 credits I earned in law school. I have never seen any lawyer include such a student situation in a resume. That would be a lawyer's equivalent of "I'm not a real doctor, but I played one on TV." Pathetic!
Full disclosure - (Dem.) Rendell made copious use of outside law firms as well, and (GOP)Dick Thornburgh was even investigated for this while governor. When a governor is a lawyer, they like to grease that old revolving door to their former or future employers.
Corbett is a crap lawyer who lets his ego, uninformed by legal acumen, dictate his choice of legal battles. He has employed lawyers lacking the balls and/or the brains to persuade him otherwise. This has resulted in the loss of millions of taxpayer dollars. My suggestion: Outside counsel should be hired on the basis of no win/no fee. The Edgar Snyder approach: "No charges unless we get money for YOU!"
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania employs 498 attorneys at $46 million, but taxpayers spent $32.7 million last year on outside lawyers and recently ponied up $2 million for private firms to handle three high-profile cases the state lost, records show.
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Photo: Dr. Anthony Galea.
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And Galea has admitted to using one of the drugs found in his bag, human growth hormone (HGH), on himself and other patients, but not on professional athletes.
"He looks forward to being vindicated," attorney Brian H. Greenspan said. "He's a physician who has always engaged in lawful practices. He's never been involved in any improprieties, any misconduct, any unlawful conduct."
Greenspan said he expects Galea will face three charges in Canadian court Friday: one charge would be for conspiracy, with the other two coming under the Food and Drug Act and the Controlled Substances Act. He did not know the specific charges.
"We can't conceive of them being anything other than minor," he said.
An American official familiar with the investigation said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have been investigating Galea, who was arrested Oct. 15 in Toronto, and the FBI has been brought into the case. The official was not authorized to discuss the case and therefore spoke on condition of anonymity.
Greenspan said he was unaware of the FBI's involvement.
RCMP spokesman Sgt. Marc LaPorte said Galea was arrested after a search warrant was executed at the Institute of Sports Medicine Health and Wellness Centre near Toronto.
Greenspan said the investigation began when the doctor's assistant, who often drove Galea, was stopped at the Canada-U.S. border. Human growth hormone and Actovegin, a drug extracted from calf's blood, were found in Galea's bag in the car, The New York Times reported.
Using, selling or importing Actovegin is illegal in the United States.
Greenspan confirmed Galea has used HGH himself and prescribed it to non-athlete patients over the age of 40 to improve their quality of life, but said he has never given it to athletes.
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"It's a therapeutic substance that extends life, and in his view the literature supports the prudent use of HGH in older people that enhances their general health," he said.
The FBI has opened an investigation based in part on medical records found on Galea's computer relating to several professional athletes, people briefed on the inquiry told the New York Times on condition of anonymity because they did not want to be identified discussing a continuing investigation.
The anonymous sources did not disclose the names of the athletes, and Galea told the newspaper "it would be impossible" for investigators to have found material linking his athletes to performance-enhancing drugs.
The New York Times reported that Galea visited Woods' home in Florida at least four times in February and March to provide platelet-rich plasma therapy after his agents at International Management Group became concerned by the golfer's slow recovery from June 2008 knee surgery.
In an e-mail to the AP, agent Mark Steinberg said: "No one at IMG has ever met or recommended Dr. Galea, nor were we worried about the progress of Tiger's recovery, as the Times falsely reported. The treatment Tiger received is a widely accepted therapy and to suggest some connection with illegality is recklessly irresponsible."
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In the therapy, the patient's blood is drawn and put through a centrifuge that separates out the platelets, which are then injected into the area of the injury. The platelets contain growth factors that can heal tissue, said Dr. Allan Mishra, an orthopedic surgeon at the Stanford University Medical Center and one of the leading researchers in the field.
Mishra said research is ongoing, but the therapy has proved successful at treating ailments such as tennis elbow. Starting Jan. 1, the World Anti-Doping Agency is banning the re-injection of platelets into muscles because that may aid in building muscles. But athletes can still inject them into joints and tendons to help recovery from injury if they follow procedures to declare the use to WADA.
Woods announced Friday that he was taking an indefinite leave from golf to concentrate on his marriage after he admitted to marital infidelity. Greenspan suggested his client's case was receiving outsized attention because of the scandal swirling around Woods.
"It's tragic that it happens to come unfortunately at a time when one of his patients is suffering through a media frenzy, which as a result has put him in the eye of the storm as well," he said.
Swimmer Dara Torres told the Times that Galea found a previously undiagnosed tear in her quad tendon.
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"Excluding draining my knee, he has never treated me, but I did see his chiropractor who did soft-tissue work on my leg," she said in an e-mail to the newspaper. "That was the extent of my visit with him."
Her agent, Evan Morgenstein, told the AP that Torres was not available for comment Monday night.
The Times reported in a story on its Web site Tuesday night that three Major League baseball players — New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes, Colorado Rockies pitcher Huston Street and former Washington Nationals pitcher John Patterson — also were treated by Galea.
The International Olympic Committee became concerned about Actovegin in 2000 after it appeared during that year's Tour de France, said Dr. Gary Wadler, who leads the committee that determines the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned-substances list.
The drug was placed on the banned list, then removed a year later because more evidence was needed as to whether it was performance-enhancing or damaging to athletes' health, he said.
"It doesn't seem to have been a major issue in recent times," Wadler said.
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GDF Suez takes over Britain's International Power
French utility group GDF Suez will take a 70-percent stake in British competitor International Power, the groups said Tuesday, creating what they called the world's top independent power company.
GDF Suez will pay a dividend of 92 pence per share to International Power stakeholders for a total price of 1.4 billion pounds (1.68 billion euros, 2.2 billion dollars), the two groups said in a joint statement.
The merger would create "the global leader in independent power generation," said the companies.
The French giant was formed in 2008 by the fusion of the public enterprise Gaz de France and privately held company Suez. It specialises in processing liquefied natural gas and energy production.
International Power runs power plants worldwide.
The announcement came as GDF Suez reported its first-half results of a net profit of 3.6 billion euros, up 9.3 percent on a year earlier, due mainly to a particularly cold winter, the company said in a statement.
The deal "creates the leading global energy player in IPP with strong market positions in Latin America, North America, UK-Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia," GDF Suez's chief executive Gerard Mestrallet said.
International Power's chairman Neville Sims added: "The combined company will benefit from significant synergies, a strong pipeline" of new projects and "broader access to high growth markets for further expansion."


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Looks like Rihanna is tired of just making newspaper headlines; the sexy songstress now wears them on her world-famous legs! Last night, while heading out from her Paris hotel, RiRi was spotted sporting a pair of skin-tight, bright-white leggings covered in reproductions of newspaper stories. Of course, Rihanna recently made the news herself when she had her personal motto tattooed onto her chest in mirror writing.
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Young Men vs. Young Women: Who gets more hurt in a breakup?
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Given the large number of young men and women living and working in Washington, D.C. area, I hope this article becomes handy to those who are just about to breakup.
A new study by Wake Forest University and Florida State offers new insight into the emotional effects of relationship strife on young singles, and is prompting discussion about the veracity of long-standing gender stereotypes. The survey was done on 1,611 single twenty and found that the support and strain of a relationship were more likely to piss off the man's mental health than a woman's. Read more of this post


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Health Check: New combined hip replacement surgery
Walking is a pretty big deal for Sandra Lato of Warwick. For years she had some pretty severe hip pain.
"The past two years I had most of my pain. I couldn't go upstairs using both legs," Lato said. "Bending was really difficult. Walking was terrible."
That all changed a few months ago when she went to see Dr. Bob Marchand, an orthopedic surgeon at South County Hospital. He performed her hip replacement, something he calls a hip trifecta.
"Now you can combine the robotics to get the precision, the anterior approach so you can spare muscles and a mini-stem so you can preserve more bone," Marchand said.
Marchand also performed Sandra's hip surgery anteriorally, which means instead of performing the surgery through the back and cutting through muscle, her surgery was done through a smaller incision in the front.
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Lato was a good candidate though. She said it's what she wanted.
Lato had her surgery in February, was in the hospital only a few days and walking without the help of a walker or a cane a few weeks later.
Now she said she's doing things she couldn't do for the longest time.
"Going upstairs with two feet, which is a miracle, getting up from a seated position, all of those things, walking. You know, just everyday life has been 100 percent improved," Lato said.
Marchand said he's done this type of hip replacement a dozen times in the last three months with good results.