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Rookie center Nerlens Noel has tentatively agreed to an endorsement deal with Reebok, according to sources within the company.
The confirmation comes hours after Noel, best known for his dynamic shot-blocking skills and flat top haircut, was spotted at a photo shoot for the Reebok Q96 and Pumspective in Los Angeles.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, and the Canton, MA, based company has not issued an official statement. When reached on the phone earlier today, however, Noel confirmed that he has aligned himself with Reebok.
"I don't think I'm just a prototypical big man," Noel said when reached on the phone at the shoot. "I think I'll be able to sell shoes."
Noel, who was projected by many to be the top selection in the 2013 NBA Draft, went No. 6 to the New Orleans Pelicans, before being traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Jrue Holiday. A McDonald's All-American in 2012, Noel averaged 10.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.4 blocks and 2.1 steals per game in 24 games as a freshman at Kentucky, where he also picked up SEC Rookie of the Year and Freshman All-America honors.
He joins a Reebok Basketball team that includes Brooklyn Nets guard Jason Terry, Sacramento Kings guard Isaiah Thomas and Orlando Magic guard Jameer Nelson.
"Growing up, I liked a lot of old school shows like Fresh Prince and Martin," Noel said. "And what they (Reebok) really want to do is bring it back to retro—like, I have a flat top. So going retro, with not only the shoe but even off-court style."
Reebok's signing of Noel is apparently just the beginning of a Reebok Basketball reboot. According to a source, the company is expected to announce an expanded roster of NBA talent in the coming weeks. They're also expected to roll out a revamped line of sneakers.
Earlier this year, amid rumors of Reebok exiting performance basketball, the company assured us they'd be back with new athletes and a new approach.
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Yes, we've heard about the individual mandate — er, tax. A lot. And we know about Medicaid expansion. And the free birth control. And the state exchanges.
But there's a lot to President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. After all, the law is 2,700 pages long. Its provisions — and overall effects — will not only change America's health care landscape, but will have ripple effects in all other sectors.
See also: PPACA: A History
With regulations that began back in 2010, when the law was passed, and dozens more being implemented through 2018, there's a lot to keep up with.
Here are some of the lesser known effects of the law.
Domestic violence help
Health care reform brings attention to a subject that usually doesn't get much.
As of Aug. 1, 2012, the law requires that all insurance plans cover screening and counseling for domestic abuse, a provision found under preventive services for women's health. (The other women's health benefits are more widely known and include contraceptives and routine breast and pelvic exams, pap tests and prenatal care.)
The law also will also prevent domestic violence from being considered a "pre-existing condition."
During a WedMD seminar in July, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius praised the PPACA for bringing attention to "an issue that's off the radar."
"It's an unfortunate equal opportunity [issue] for victims—all races, ages, ethnic backgrounds and income levels are at one point or another victims of domestic violence. And often people feel ashamed or feel they've done something to cause the violence to occur," Sebelius said. "But this is a situation in the health insurance market. Prior to the Affordable Care Act being law, it was legal for an insurance company to deny health coverage to a domestic violence victim because she was a domestic violence victim. Because that's considered a pre-existing condition. That will no longer be legal by 2014."
For victims of domestic violence, access to health care is critical, Lynn Rosenthal, White House adviser on violence against women, wrote in a blog post.
"They need treatment for immediate injuries and ongoing care for related health problems. They need to be able to talk to their health care provider about the cause of their injuries without fear of losing their health insurance," she said. "Most importantly, they need our compassion and support."
Domestic violence causes 2 million injuries and more than 1,200 deaths every year, Rosenthal says.
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Fake tanners will pay
This has really been a hot-button issue, so to speak: Since July 1, 2010, Jersey Shore-looking wannabes have to pay a 10 percent tax every time they visit an indoor tanning service.
The reason for the tax is twofold: It makes a dent in the huge price tag of reform, while discouraging indoor tanning for health reasons. Indoor tanning has been linked with skin cancers including melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and cancers of the eye, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But the tax has left tanning salon goers and owners outraged. And controversy hasn't cooled down, either.
After the Supreme Court upheld PPACA back in June, the Indoor Tanning Association said, "As the thousands of business owners in this industry can attest, taxes have serious consequences for small businesses and their employees."
"These businesses have paid this unfair tax for the past two years," the association said, "and the results are in: Over 3,100 tanning businesses closed; over 35,000 jobs were destroyed. Since the tax went into effect, we estimate $145,000,000 has been taken out of the pockets of consumers and main street businesses and remitted to the federal government. "
Photo: "Tan Your Buns" owner caleb Hoag shows North Dakota State University student Miranda Fahey one of the tanning beds at his salon in Fargo, ND. (AP Photo/Dave Samson)
Smokers need not apply?
Under a provision of the law, smokers can be charged up to 50 percent more than nonsmokers for health insurance beginning in 2014. Current regulations allow companies to require workers who fail to meet specific standards to pay up to 20 percent of their insurance costs.
George Washington University law professor John Banzhaf helped persuade HHS and Congress to include the surcharges for smokers in the law. "The largest totally unnecessary expense that most corporations and employers bear—which unfortunately are largely passed along to their employees—are the unnecessary medical and other costs [of] smoking," he says.
The surcharge is an effective method of discouraging smokers. It also may result in more wellness programs aimed at reducing the number of workers who light up, Banzhaf says.
But as an alternative, some employers have decided that the best way to avoid such costs is to not hire smokers at all. Though there are laws in place in some states prohibiting that, he argues they're rarely enforced. Hiring only nonsmokers eliminates the time and money to establish a wellness program to help smokers.
Photo: Bill Longshaw
Workplace breastfeeding support
Breastfeeding advocacy groups are praising a provision in PPACA that supports women who chose to breastfeed.
The provision states that employers shall provide reasonable, unpaid break time and a private, non-bathroom location for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for up to one year after the child's birth. Employers with less than 50 employees are not subject to the requirement if it would cause "undue hardship."
"Mothers, babies and employers all win with breastfeeding support," says Joan Younger Meek, a doctor and chair of the United States Breastfeeding Committee.
"Research clearly demonstrates the value of breastfeeding for the health of women and children, and medical experts agree with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in recommending exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continued breastfeeding for the first year of life and beyond," Meek says. "But returning to work can be a major hurdle for new mothers struggling to balance working and breastfeeding without the simple support measures this law ensures."
The group argues that in addition to recognizing the health benefits of breastfeeding, the new rule also financially benefits employers.
Meek says with minimal effort on the part of employers to provide "a clean place in privacy" and break times, there will be an impressive return on investment for employers that provide workplace lactation support, including lower health care costs, absenteeism and turnover rates.
Photo: David Castillo Dominici
Caloric reality
Have you ever ordered a Big Mac and large fries and thought to yourself, "I don't even want to know how many calories this is"?
You're out of luck from now on. Now you'll be hit with caloric reality at every major chain restaurant.
The law requires restaurants with 20 or more locations to list calorie counts on menus, menu boards and even drive-throughs. The entire nutrition label—cholesterol, sodium, carbs, sugars, etc.—would also have to be available in writing upon request.
But there has been some contention with this. Some politicians and the Food Marketing Institute say the law can prove tricky because places like grocery stores serve ready-to-eat food, but caloric information can differ between stores and regions. It also can prove costly.
In June, the FMI endorsed new legislation that will support Congress' original intent on federal restaurant menu labeling by ensuring that regulatory protocols intended for restaurants are not expanded to mainstream grocery stores, thus saving food retailers and their customers from unnecessary regulatory consequences costing in excess of $1 billion.
By the way, a Big Mac is 540 calories and 29 grams of fat; large fries are 500 calories and 25 grams of fat.
Photo: In this July 18, 2008 file photo, calories of each food item appear on a McDonalds drive-thru menu in New York. (AP Photo/Ed Ou, File)
Greater mental health attention
PPACA mandates coverage parity, putting mental health treatment on par with medical care, which means deductibles, copayments and doctor visits can't be more restrictive for mental illnesses than medical and surgical coverage.
Mental health advocates praise the changes.
"I would say no single piece of legislation has had as much of a potential impact on the lives of people with mental illness as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," says Bill Emmet, a mental health advocate who works as a consultant and senior policy adviser in Los Angeles.
"The end of restrictions on coverage of people with pre-existing conditions will have a disproportionate benefit for people with mental illnesses, resulting not only in greater access to care for their mental health disorders, but—more important—in better overall health, as many will have access to health insurance for the first time," he says.
Similarly, Emmet says, the provision allowing young people to remain on their parents' insurance plans through age 26 will have a great impact because "mental illnesses often reveal themselves just as young people are making their way in the world, and this provision will ensure they have coverage at a critical time for early intervention and treatment."
According to the CDC, about one in four Americans have a mental illness. Additionally, people with a mental illness are more prone to other costly problems: They are more than twice as likely to smoke cigarettes and more than 50 percent more likely to be obese compared to the rest of the population.
Photo credit: Ambro
A pricier pizza
Papa John's CEO John Schnatter got national attention in August when he said that health reform will cause consumers to pay more for their pizza.
He estimates that the law will cost 11 to 14 cents more per pizza, or 15 to 20 cents per order. That's because, under the PPACA, the company will have to offer health care coverage to more of its 16,500 total employees or pay a penalty to the government.
"We're not supportive of Obamacare, like most businesses in our industry," Schnatter said. "But our business model and unit economics are about as ideal as you can get for a food company to absorb Obamacare."
The National Restaurant Association said the law may adversely affect restaurants' ability to maintain already slim profit margins because it requires companies of more than 50 employees to provide affordable health insurance.
Papa John's wasn't the only restaurant to bemoan costs that will come due to health reform. Chains such as White Castle, McDonalds, Burger King, Quiznos and Dunkin' Donuts have all expressed concern the law may hurt their bottom line.
Your flexible spending account
A popular consumer-driven health care tactic is also changing, due to the PPACA.
As of Jan. 1, 2011, flexible spending accounts may no longer be used to purchase over-the-counter drugs or medicines. Most retailers can identify items that could be reimbursed at the time of purchase, so the flexible spending account debit cards will pay for only the eligible items, Cigna says. Individuals must pay for over-the-counter drugs and medicines another way.
But the most significant change to FSAs under the law will be the implementation of the $2,500 cap on health care FSA contributions beginning in 2013, says Jody Dietel, chief compliance officer at WageWorks and executive director of Save Flexible Spending Plans, an advocacy campaign to protect the accessibility and use of flexible spending accounts.
Previously there was no cap.
"While the new cap may require an adjustment from FSA participants, the accounts are still a can't-miss savings opportunity," she says.
Photo: Generic over the counter medicines are seen in Philadelphia on Monday, Feb. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
For more on PPACA, see:
PPACA Decision: The PDF, with Interesting Parts Highlighted
5 Things I Learned from the Supreme Court Ruling

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"I'm not doing the Rush Limbaugh thing, where my opinion drives the show," says Moore. "I'm much more of a moderator than someone who just shouts out their opinion all the time."
Moore, host of the "Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call" on 91.9, WNRN-FM, is more than happy to answer the call of duty by serving up a weekly brunch of lively debate and commentary, the only break in the station's otherwise all-music programming.
He opens the hour-long show with a five-minute monologue of his own views, but he's usually more interested in opening up lines of communication than in preaching.
"For every five phone calls I get that are of the liberal, open-minded persuasion, I'm really asking for at least one from the other side," he says. Response from right-wingers has recently started to drop off somewhat, occasionally leaving Moore feverishly searching for ways to spark debate.
"I think I've turned most of the conservative Republicans away... or maybe they're in church," he laughs. "They're welcome to call.
"I beg them to call sometimes," he continues. "It's a community radio station, and it's meant to be a community oriented show. It doesn't do any good to present the same side of an issue all the time."
Moore, whose day job is managing Tiger Fuel's Forest Lakes Market (a sister store of Bellair), started as a one-shot guest co-host with the show's original emcee, Coy Barefoot, shortly after the station's 1996 launch. But his appearance went over so well that he was soon asked to come back. Permanently.
"After he asked me to come on one Sunday in June, I was there the next week. My first guest visit immediately turned into permanent co-host," Moore recalls. When Barefoot moved to New York in 2000, Moore became the only host, and he has reveled in the artistic, political, and journalistic freedom the show provides.
"A majority of people would kill to have a one-hour open mic radio show and get to pick the guests and the topic every week," he says, "but a majority of them would also fool themselves about how hard it is."
The unpredictable nature of call-in shows can make the work tricky at times. "I'm much more of an abstract personality, and the same thing happens to the show within the hour," says Moore. "I can make my outline, but then I'm pretty crappy about following it."
From time to time, his abstract personality also likes to dabble in more than just radio. "I always joke about wanting to be a renaissance man, even if I do only one thing one time. A little TV, a little video, I'm on the radio, used to write movie reviews for the University Journal... nobody will let me sing, though."
Moore just might have his chance if you don't call him this week, as he'll likely find himself facing a live mic and dead air. And nobody wants that.
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Why here? Charlottesville is the black hole for UVA grads who are more in love with the interesting people in the area and the four seasons of the climate than any particular job that may carry them elsewhere. That's me.
Worst about living here? One daily newspaper, one local TV station (the new ones don't yet count), one large home improvement store.... so little competition in major areas.
Favorite hangout? Martin's Grill or Bang! for food or cocktails, my covered porch for interesting weather.
Most overrated virtue? Temperance. Remember to enjoy life without too many restrictions.
People would be surprised to know? I once spun around inside a dryer 80+ times.
What would you change about yourself? I'd be more confident in my talents.
Proudest accomplishment? Having gallery shows and selling some of my abstract art.
People find most annoying about you? I can be too quiet and moody.
Whom do you admire? My maternal grandfather and my parents
Favorite book? Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano had a big influence on my life at the time I read it.
Subject that causes you to rant? Cigarette butts casually tossed to the ground as though they're not litter!!!
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Biggest 21st century creep-out? Patriot Act, loss of privacy
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Hourly employees make up about 60 percent of the workforce in the U.S. These are often high-turnover jobs, where management is difficult and the results uneven. But the fact that it's so big makes it a prime target for the kind of predictive analytics that are becoming so fashionable these days.
That's exactly what Evolv does, and today it announced it had landed a $15 million Series D round of venture capital funding led by VantagePoint Capital Partners. Previous investors GGV Capital, LightSpeed Venture Partners and Khosla Ventures also participated in the round.
Evolv uses big-data techniques to predict whether or not an employee is likely to be a successful, effective and efficient employee. Among other things, it tracks which training techniques work and which don't, charts overall performance of the workforce and creates profiles of employees who perform well and those who don't.
In the end, it's about keeping employees working for the company over a long period of time, shrinking that turnover rate. After all, it's expensive to bring on new employees and train them. On that front, Evolv has some stats to brag about: Its customers, on average, see the tenure of their hourly employees increase by about 15 percent. And its 19 customers, with a combined workforce of about 750,000, see an average improvement of $10 million to the profit and loss statement. Xerox is one customer that has been publicly named so far.
It's not as though other companies haven't sought to tackle this problem with software. Evolv CEO Max Simkoff told me that when Evolv wins a deal, it's usually displacing on-premise software from the likes of SAP, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft or SAS. Collectively those five control more than half of the market for performance management and analytics tools.
"The first generation of these apps are cumbersome and clunky to use," Simkoff said. "A lot of them focused on creating really big, complex reporting engines. We set out to build an insight engine. Companies don't want reports. They wan't conclusions."
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Rejoice! For the Church of the Holy Brick is here. Called Abondantus Gigantus, it was built in 2011 around a 65-foot (20-meter) spire for the Grenswerk Festival, in the town of Enschede, Netherlands.
The church was not really a church. Although a mass was celebrated there at one point, it was created as a public venue designed to celebrate all sorts of things, from town meetings to raves to Lego building contests.
The spire and all its structure except the roof were constructed using concrete blocks similar to Lego or Duplo bricks. They were painted in the same five primary Lego colors that the Danish manufacturer uses on its basic sets.
After the festival ended, the building was disassembled and the blocks were safely stored. They will be reused in a new type of building in the 2012 edition of the festival.
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So I'm a fan of the nightcrawler, or earthworm in general. I think it comes from a golden age in my childhood, when my grandpa was still alive, that I used to go nightcrawler hunting at night. We'd take coffee cans full of earth from the garden, flashlights, and take off across the spacious backyards - traipsing through the vineyard row and the daffodils, running up and down the rows of corn looking for the wiggling fellows. We were hunting for nightcrawlers for fishing bait. Picking them up as they tried to shove back into the earth away from us, watching the wriggle in our hands.
We never hurt them (well okay it probably hurt going on a hook the next day), and we'd check them out - looking at their length, their shape and the way they would flip and flop to get away. I loved watching them.
Since then, I don't ever shy away from picking up an earthworm who is stranded on pavement. It sometimes surprises people - especially people at work - to see a lady in a suit and heels pick up an earthworm carefully and redeposit him in the grass.
And don't be fooled, I'll smash a bug in a heartbeat. I'm not some "small icky creatures lifesaver".
I just like the earthworms.
Yesterday I was sitting at a stoplight on my way home, and I noticed something jumping. I couldn't figure it out at first. I thought it was trash or a fuzzy or something....and then as I watched it twisst in midair - and turn......I realized. It was an earthworm.
I sat there, in my airconditioning in the hottest day in Atlanta in 7 years, wondering what the hell that worm was doing on the pavement. And as it stopped jumping and then stopped moving it occurred to me.......
It was cooking.
On the hot pavement.
Poor Worm.
I was thinking about the worm today, when I was getting a lovely/horrid/torturous shot of corticosteroid into the very tender place in the heel of my foot for my long bout of plantars fasciitis. Ever had a BIG needle jammed into the bottom of your foot?
It hurts, a lot. But if you check the date in the original post, I've been living with this since MARCH or earlier. So I needed the shot. It hurt, it burned. It made me really unhappy. The doctor and nurse said that not only was I the only person they ever gave one of those shots to that didn't SHRIEK, the nurse said most people move and she has to hold down the leg.
I sucked it up I'll admit. I didn't cry or even make a sound. It hurt A LOT. If you think I didn't want to flop away in pain as they were doing it you'd be wrong. I'd have flopped away from that needle in a second.
Like a worm on a hot tin roof.
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Worm on a Hot Tin Roof
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- tammy said...
I must have a great dr. When I asked if the shot would hurt, she said only a little & she was right. The pain is just now starting to come back & it's been 1 & 1/2 years.
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Updated: Jan. 8, 2013, 9:10 p.m. E.T.
A U.S. military helicopter crashed off the coast of Virginia on Wednesday, the Navy said, killing at least two, according to the Associated Press.
The Navy confirmed that search-and-rescue operations were under way off the coast of Norfolk, Va. Five people were aboard the MH-53E helicopter, the Associated Press reports. Four had been rescued by early Wednesday afternoon, the Coast Guard said. Two of the rescued crew died later in the hospital, and a fifth member was still missing.
The Navy updated the public on the accident in a series of tweets:
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Kudos to Verizon for snagging the coveted J.D. Power award for best call quality. The award confirms what many former AT&T customers have probably known for some time now. J.D. Power's testing was done between July and December and found Verizon to have the best/tied for the best scores in categories like customer satisfaction, dropped calls, texting quality and voice call echoes, to name a few. In other unsurprising news for today, in this same story we learned T-Mobile consistently ranks below average for call quality, nationwide. [Electronista]
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Parker Schultz to get award at Rosehill Elementary
A 7-year-old girl at a Lenexa school will be honored Thursday for the calm, cool way she called for help when her father needed it.
Parker Schultz was with her father, Matt Barr, a Type-1 diabetic, when his blood sugar dropped to dangerous levels. When he went into an insulin reaction and collapsed at home, Parker jumped on the phone to call 911.
"My dad has low blood sugar," she told the dispatcher.
The dispatcher asked her age and asked if she was with her father. After getting the information, the dispatcher told her that help was coming.
"I want you to know we have an ambulance on the way, OK?" the dispatcher said.
That ambulance arrived in time and helped her father, who is doing much better now.
Her parents said they've been teaching her what to do for about four years, just in case she ever needed to make a call to help save her father.
"(The dispatcher) told me, 'You need to tell me where you live and what address,'" she said. "I had to go outside to see my address."
"I can't even put it into words," said Barr. "The English lexicon has no language for the pride I feel."
Parker said there was no question that she would make the call.
"There's no one else who could call 911," she said. "I'm the oldest kid that was there."
Parker Schultz will be honored in a 9:30 a.m. ceremony Thursday at Rosehill Elementary School. The Mid-America Regional Council honors young people for learning 911, in hopes of raising awareness about 911 education.


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Cuddling in bed, Jack tells Carly he loves her smile. She asks what else he loves and he pulls her in for a kiss.
This Time We Can Get It Right.
Jack and Carly discuss marriage, Janet experiences pregnancy pains, Dusty discusses paternity with John and Faith makes a play to get Liberty out of the picture.
In Dusty's suite, Janet tells Dusty she is there to nurse him back to health. He hopes she will wear a sexy nurse's outfit and tells her to have her way with him. He pulls her into bed. Dusty wants to make out, but Janet wants him to rest. Janet is apologetic for the men in her life hurting Dusty. Dusty isn't fazed by it, but Janet all of a sudden experiences pain similar to a contraction!
Sage has prepared a romantic breakfast for her parents. Sage wants Jack and Carly to get married again, but Parker doesn't want them to mess things up since they are getting along. Jack and Carly come downstairs to see Sage's breakfast and their wedding album. After Parker leaves, Carly notes that Sage is not very subtle. Jack thinks Sage is onto something! Carly doesn't want to get Sage's hopes up. Jack points out that they passed a test at Avalon castle and haven't been falling into their old patterns. Jack asserts he is incomplete without her. Carly agrees, but wonders how many times they have made the same speech to one another. Jack believes this time they can get it right if they quit focusing on the negative and focus on what is right about them. Carly finally says, "It's you and me forever, no matter what." Jack wants to make it official. As he gets down on one knee, his phone rings with a call from Janet. She informs him she is at the hospital because she had some pain. Carly offers to accompany Jack to the hospital.
At the farm, Faith is surprised to learn that Liberty doesn't want to go to fashion school. Liberty doesn't want to leave her mom alone with a new baby. Parker arrives and Faith boasts that Liberty is about to ruin her life. Parker is thrilled that Liberty got into fashion school, but Liberty refuses to abandon Janet. Faith asks Parker to join her for a swim, but Parker wants to talk with Liberty alone. The pair leaves a disappointed Faith.
At Al's, Liberty lists off the many reasons she can't go to school right now. Parker admits he has decided not to go to college. As he whispers his future into Liberty's ear, a jealous Faith looks on outside the window.
At the hospital, John pulls Dusty in for a hug. Dusty introduces Janet to John. The pair leaves to talk to Janet's doctor. The doctor informs them that she is experiencing Braxton-Hicks contractions and may have to induce labor because the baby is so big. Jack and Carly arrive to learn it was a false alarm.
Dusty takes Janet back to the farm. She wants Dusty to get some rest. Dusty admits he's having lunch with John first and leaves. Faith enters and tells Janet that Liberty is out with Parker talking about fashion school. Faith begs Janet not to tell Liberty that she told her. Liberty and Parker return and Janet angrily asks Liberty what she thinks she is doing! Liberty is angry that Faith blabbed. Faith and Parker leave the ladies alone to talk. Janet reminds Liberty that she has tons of help and doesn't want her to sacrifice her dreams. Janet asserts Liberty has been given the gift of time and needs to make the most of it.
Over lunch at Java, Dusty shows John the sonogram picture. Dusty thinks that because the baby is so big, Janet might be further along. John wonders if he is indulging in wishful thinking. Dusty wishes John would stay permanently, but John laughs that there is too much drama in Oakdale for him. After Dusty leaves, John swipes Dusty's coffee mug. When John returns to the hospital, he orders a paternity test!
An angry Liberty finds Faith and Parker outside and rips into Faith for telling Janet about school. Liberty accuses Faith of wanting her to leave town so Faith can have Parker all to herself. Parker agrees with Liberty and leaves. Liberty reminds Faith that Parker hates dishonesty and she is going to wind up turning Parker off for good!
Dusty returns to the farm and Janet tells him about Liberty not going to fashion school. As the baby kicks, Dusty reminds her they are also beginning a new life and he isn't going anywhere.
Jack and Carly return home. Carly points out that they have the house to themselves and wants to finish their conversation. Jack worries that maybe he had no right to ask her to make plans for their future right now. Jack points out he's about to be a new father again, which will cause a lot of distractions. An angry Carly reminds him that he said they could get through anything if they focused on their love. Jack softens and thinks everything sounds better coming out of her sexy lips. Carly tells Jack she wants a commitment. She admits the new baby will be challenging, but thinks they can conquer whatever life throws at them. Jack tells Carly she is perfect and pulls her down to sit on his knee. He asks her to marry him one more time and she agrees. Sage and Parker return home and are thrilled that their parents are getting married again! Jack and Carly promise they will be together forever this time. Carly thinks they should get married tomorrow and the happy family embraces.
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Ulysses Gomez isn't putting too much stock into his status as the No. 10 flyweight in the world.
Informed that he holds that spot on current rankings issued by the UFC, he dryly said, "Yeah. Finally, right?
Gomez (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) knows his paper status won't much help him beat Phil Harris (21-10 MMA, 0-1 UFC) when the meet on the FUEL TV-televised portion of UFC on FUEL TV 7, which takes place Feb. 16 at London's Wembley Arena.
"Ultimately, the rankings don't mean nothing, because anybody can beat anybody on any given day," Gomez recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio).
The UFC caused a stir earlier this week when it released the rankings, which upended several well-established hierarchies in the divisions it promotes.
Gomez's division was spared much of the criticism that followed, but that's because the flyweight division is the UFC's newest class, and thus, it's still taking shape. A handful of top-tier competitors are established, and the division's champion, Demetrious Johnson, is the dominant presence. However, the lower half of the top-10 ladder is more flexible.
Harris, who's touted as a top prospect on the European circuit, isn't included on the list. But Gomez said that doesn't much matter, either. It's about who's the better man that night.
Gomez admits he wasn't that guy in his octagon debut, which came on short notice against John Moraga at UFC on FOX 4 in August. When he got the call, he was splitting training time with 30 hours a week at a day job.
When he steps into the cage next Saturday, he will do so as a full-time fighter.
"It's nice to know that Phil is going to fight the best Ulysses, and if he beats me, it's because he was better," Gomez said. "It's not because of short notice. I thought I would be more excited, because it would be my real UFC debut, but it just feels like another fight. That's good because it feels like there's no expectations."
Despite losing to Darren Uyenoyama in his octagon debut at UFC on FX 5, Harris could threaten Gomez's status if the fight goes to the ground. The Brit boasts 13 submissions on his professional resume, several of which came in the first round.
Gomez said the fighter's coach intimated that he would shoot directly for a takedown, which he interpreted as a trick to get him to stand and trade punches.
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"I'm just going to put constant pressure on him and force him to make the mistake," Gomez said. "I'll let him pick his poison."
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- 1 Final Logo & Poloshirt
- 2 Modified Logo (Modified by Dora)
- 3 Modified Logo (year added)
- 4 Polo suggestion
- 5 New Draft
- 6 Tom Draft
- 7 Second Draft
- 8 Design 1
- 9 Design 2
- 10 Design 3
- 11 Design 4
Final Logo & Poloshirt
Modified Logo (Modified by Dora)
Modified Logo (year added)
Polo suggestion
what is our decision now? i need it asap! Thanks
- by jimmy
- Men-Poloshirt - edit the number of size you want (UK sizes):
- 1 x Small (Jonny)
- 1 x Medium (JohnC)
- 1 x Large (John Sy)
- ? x XLarge
- Women-Poloshirt - edit the number of size you want:
- ? x Small
- 1 x Medium (Christin)
- ? x Large
- Whoever does not respond is being allocated a size...
Color of polo & logo
- JohnS and Deepti expressed their preference for blue&yellow.
- Vincent for blue&blue.
- Christin for red&white.
- Colour of polo - a dark colour I would say, except if we take the blue&blue logo
- Since you are the one in charge of ordering, Jimmmy, you can make the final decision.
Position of Logos
- As outlined in the picture - additionally, we could have the logo printed in bigger in the middle of the back of the shirt.
Logo itself
- Should include the year
We need to decide on several points:
- color of the Polo (I would say white or dark blue)
- color of the I.Coli logo (I would say the blue one, maybe different background if polo is dark blue)
- size and position of both logos
We need to provide ASAP to Jimmy:
- a mock-up of the Polo with clear position of the logos
- very high resolution of both logos (>300-400dpi)
URGENT-T-shirt(25 Sept 2006)
- see suggestion IGEM:IMPERIAL/2006/Logo
- I am looking for our team t-shirt now... farah have suggested polo shirt, with school name on the sleeve, logo on the chest, but i need more info if u all want me to settle the t-shirt in china, i only have 10 days left!!!
- I need the following: number of t-shirts, size, colour, expected pattern and anything u want for the t-shirt, and i do not want to collect ideas. I need the definate answer, so i could go and look out to order them, state your expected price as well, we only order a very small amount, so do not expect it to be very cheap.
- time is running out, if possible, i wish i could have an answer before wednesday if u all are expecting me to make and bring the shirts to london. cheers :)
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Special thanks to Dora Dong Weijia for designing this set of Logos!
Personally don't think it's nicer than before though because it is not so compact... open to suggestion
- Should highlight "Imperial COllege London Igem"(all the capital letters should be in different colours from the other letters)
Christin 18:05, 7 September 2006 (EDT): Hope these comments come still in time....
- I think we should also include the year - Imperial College London Igem 2006
- For the blue and yellow one (I think the yellow writing and blue DNA is much nicer than vice versa) - could we get a lighter blue for the DNA? For example that light blue of the blue-coloured logo suggestion.
- Johnsy 09:57, 7 September 2006 (EDT): I personally like the blue and yellow one....
- Da104 04:54, 8 September 2006 (EDT): Yellow and Blue is also my favourite. I agree with Christin;s comments though- all capital letters in a stronger shade of blue, the small letters in a lighter shade perhaps? Keep it subtle though- we don't want tacky!!!
- Version 1
- Version 2
Tom Draft
Hi guys, did a little photoshopping on the logo to show off some ideas of how I think it should look
Idea 1
Same as Jimmy's friend's one really, except the DNA has been rotated and englarged to make the I look better.
Idea 2
I didn't think the DNA was easily distinguisahble as DNA on idea 1, so extended it out of the box. I think this one looks really nice (well, if my photoshop skills could clear up the rubbish) with the box highlighting the I as an I. The C would have to change colour though as its not in the box anymore
What do you think?
- Da104 05:14, 31 August 2006 (EDT) I like it!! I'm with Christin in saying little "O", "C" the same colour as "oLi" and please please please let's get rid of the awful brown!!! (ask Jonny for colours!!!)
Second Draft
Specail thanks to Dora Dong Weijia for refining the logos!
Christin: Good job! I really like the new design.
- Some suggestions for amendments:
- Small 'o' in I.CoLi
- Shifting the I a bit downwards and making the contrast a bit more obvious
- iGEM in a new line and add 2006 to it
- Colours: dark red, red/orange, periwinkle/blue
- Perhaps a shade of the colour within the rectangle with the upper part being more intense, the lower part being lighter ?! (or vice versa)
Johnsy: It might be nicer to move the Imperial College iGEM part closer to the I.Coli part. They seem very far apart. Also, the first I needs to be darker, since you have a light background for the DNA. Overall, quite a nice design though
Tom: Yeah, I agree with Christin's comments. Not sure about the idea of shading though.
- I think the DNA needs to be tilted clockwise more, so we can get a straigher I. If that means some kind of overlap of DNA with the C of Coli then so be it.
- It might mean having to crop the top of the brown box down a bit, and moving the 'Imperial college..' thing below the logo.
- And I also think the I should be bigger, should be the biggest letter!
Design 1
Specail thanks to Huang Xiaonan for designing this set of Logos!
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Specail thanks to Huang Xiaonan for designing this set of Logos!
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Specail thanks to Huang Xiaonan for designing this set of Logos!
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Well technically not me, but my Uncle fell for the "your pc is infected call this number now (1-800-xxx-xxxx) scam.
he paid them, and gave them access to his computer so the scammer in India could "fix" the problem.
he has closed his card and filed a fraud report, so hopefully he will get the money back. ($395.52)
how should I go about checking to see if his computer is safe to use?
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They used to have a "HELP, I think im infected" forum, but for some reason I don't have access to it anymore.
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Report: Robinson Cano was fed up with Yankees manager Joe Girardi
Robinson Cano had 240 million reasons to bolt the Yankees for the Mariners as a free agent. As a bonus, he no longer has to play for manager Joe Girardi.
At least that's impression some people are giving the New York Post (anonymously) — that Cano was no fan of the New York skipper.
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"He told me he didn't want to play for (Girardi)," the Post quoted one of the sources as saying.
The supposed rift may have centered around where Girardi put Cano in the batting order. Girardi batted Cano second early last season, a decision that would please many an analytical type. Cano, according to the sources, wanted to hit third or fourth and pad his RBI total so he could command a larger salary.
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"Robbie didn't like batting second, he wanted to bat in the middle of the order," a source told the Post. "The Yankees wanted him second because that was best for the team. He wanted to hit in the middle of the order to drive in runs."
Cano finished with 107 RBIs overall, but he appeared to be more productive as a No. 2 hitter. He compiled a .955 OPS (164 OPS+) in that spot, compared with an .886 OPS (122 OPS+) in the 3-hole.


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With the new Star Wars movie coming out, spoilers and attempts to avoid them are flying furiously across the face of the Internet and perhaps because Star Wars is one of those franchises I am most nostalgic about (right up there with Harry Potter behind the Lord of the Rings), this has put me in a commemorative mood and I want to talk about spoilers.
N.B. This thread is not about Star Wars, nor about spoiling that or any other movie.
Specifically, I want to see if anyone here can dredge up memories of being spoiled for The Lord of the Rings or Tolkien in general. I suppose I'm thinking more about the movies than the books, since people tend to talk less about spoilers in the context of the written word, but either would apply.
The reason I'm curious is because, in general, I entered Middle-earth completely unspoiled: I discovered the books on my own and read them all before ever finding someone to talk to who knew them, but in other contexts I've run into spoilers and (with some exceptions) I kind of enjoy them--when I get excited about a movie or TV show I haven't seen before, it's using not because I've been unspoiled with generic "it's good" or "it's about this... vague thing," but because I've delved into articles and TvTropes and summaries and more. I tend to be more eager to see a thing if I already know the big Plot Twist than if I go in as a blank slate.
And, actually, it's not QUITE true to say I remember no spoilers for The Lord of the Rings movies. Before FotR came out in 2001, I remember reading all kinds of articles and such about the movie. I was trepidatious as only a 14 year old could be about his favourite book and some of the articles did absolutely nothing to allay my concerns: There's no Glorfindel in the movie! Arwen's getting an expanded part! Are they trashing the story? How will they condense twenty-plus chapters into three hours? (Basically, my mental image of what PJ would do to the story in FotR is what we ended up getting in The Hobbit movies.) So when I went into the theatre, I was already spoiled for Arwen's replacement of Glorfindel and arguably, because I'd had some months to stew and worry over it, I was far more irritated when it actually happened on screen than if I'd gone into the movie only an hour after learning they were making a film adaptation of the book.
Does anyone else remember being spoiled for the movies or books? If so, how did that affect you once you did experience the story?
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None of my family were remotely interested in Tolkien. They were readers but just not their thing so I was a blank slate pretty much. I saw the Jackanory Hobbit, and had to read the book to find out what happened as I missed the last episode. I remember crying at Thorin's death. However I might just have been a bit dim.. when I read the LOTR a few years later I didn't twig that the title of the third volume was a bit of a clue to the outcome... Actually it is probably just as well that my Dad wasn't remotely interested in Tolkien given how he reacted when he discovered I was riveted by the Day of the Jackal because I wanted to know if the assassin succeeded...
These I seldom read a book I don't have an idea about from a review or browsing though last year "We are all completely beside ourselves" was one since I was given it and it was a particularly good one to read in initial ignorance.
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Regal Dwarven Shade
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My first exposure to Tolkien was when I saw the Rankin-Bass cartoons when I was in fourth grade, before I was too cognizant of the concept of spoilers. For all of their flaws, they got the gist of the plot across.
After that my Dad read the books aloud during family reading time (which, looking back at it, was a pretty interesting way to "read" Tolkien for the first time).
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Aug 2012
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I'm fairly sure that when I first read The Lord of the Rings (at age 10, far too young to truly appreciate it) the manner in which the Ring itself is destroyed (ie Gollum seizing it and falling in) was spoiled for me, but I think I was too young to appreciate that something significant had been given away.
I've never been that fussed about "spoilers", however. I'm very much a re-reader and re-watcher, and I feel that often a text takes multiple readings/viewings to be fully appreciated, so I'm not especially concerned about knowing what happens in a narrative as long as it happens in an interesting or impressive way.
When I watched the "Hobbit" films, I deliberately spoiled them for myself so that the changes from the book would be less frustrating.
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"On foot?" cried Éomer.
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I don't remember any spoilers from the LotR movies, as I'd gone in pretty much blind to the first two movies, devoured the books, and then saw the third movie.
For the Hobbit films, I think I read some fellow Downers' reviews and commentary on them before seeing them, but I had no personal/emotional investment in those movies whatsoever, so I wasn't bothered.
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I've never really got into the spoilers thing--I find it difficult to appreciate how it affects some people. This perhaps is because, as a student of early literature, I was accustomed to reading literature that was not valued for novelty or newness but for aesthetics--that is, how the author put the story together rather than what the story was about. (The novel starting in the 18th century blew this away.) Although there are sixty plus years between my education and Tolkien's, essentially I was trained in the similar historical method that he was.
I suppose in one way I was spoiled for the movies by having seen a live theatre performance of The Hobbit. The actor who played Gollem was superb--both an actor and a gymnast--and no matter how well Andy Serkis portrayed Gollem, I had in my mind vivid memories of an actual person who surpassed and exceeded the CGI antics, with all the tangible immediacy of live performance.
But I have to admit that watching the first Hobbit movie definitely spoiled the following two for me--I haven't had any interest in seeing them.
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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My LOTR timetable went approximately like this (give or take a year in age):
5 y/o: My mother reads LOTR aloud to me in Russian. I understand very little because I can't even keep track of the nine names of the Fellowship (I recall asking her at the end of the Fellowship who was Boromir. Somehow I thought he was one of the bad guys - I think I mixed him up with Sauron or Saruman - and I was glad that he died).
6-9 y/o: I watch the movies. I understand very little because my English is horrible, but it helps clarify the basic plot. Unfortunately, it also implants several physical images into my head.
9-12 y/o: I reread LOTR several times, know what goes where, who is who, etc. Movie images still stick.
12-13 y/o: I become obsessed with LOTR and won't read anything else. I read the First age stuff and The Hobbit. I try to memorize every detail of everything in the books. I join the Downs.
13-15 y/o: I am on a quest to reread everything in English and augment my Tolkien with non-canonic material.
As of now, if I concentrate, I am able to override the movie images of LOTR with more accurate ones. This isn't a problem for TH - my mental pictures were too set to be perturbed by the movies. But I've noticed even recently that occasionally little things like the appearance and number of orcs, or like the looks or voices of some characters, are still closer to the movie than the book. So in that sense, the movies spoiled the book for me, but not in the plot or character development sense.
"Surely you dont disbelieve the prophecies, because you had a hand in bringing them about yourself?" - Gandalf
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If you are interested in Hobbits you learn a lot more about them in The Lord of the Rings:Little did I know! That was the postscript at the end of the incredible story I'd just read, when I was nine or ten. Not much of a hint, really, let alone a spoiler, but enough to make me race back to the library as soon as I could to seize these additional three--three!--books the author had promised me. The problem was, they had #1 and #3, but #2 was on sabbatical. When was it coming back? It didn't matter, it wasn't there then...and by 'then' I mean 'now' or rather, 'NOW'. I took what I could, and told myself that by the time I was done with the first book, the second would certainly be available.
But I read Fellowship in about a day, and I don't think I really considered for more than a moment waiting to start Return. I finished that the same weekend, untangling the knotted plot strings as best I could, knowing where the ends were, but very unclear about the middles. By the time the missing book finally came into my hands, a long time (by my standards) had passed, and I'd read the other books at least once more.
I've read The Two Towers many times now, but there's still a little bit of a strangeness to it that I don't get from the other books. I don't truly know if or how much of that is due to me jumping ahead back at the beginning, but it does feel like maybe a little spark of unfamiliarity is still smoldering there.
Anyway, that's the story of how I spoiled the entire middle portion of LoTR for myself, back in the depths of time.
(I'm glad this topic has come up. Among other things it has made me ponder a bit on how ridiculously tempting spoilers are for me in general, and how much my pleasure in rooting about in HOME might be coming from a neighborhood in my heart just a few blocks over from that.)
From without the World, though all things may be forethought in music or foreshown in vision from afar, to those who enter verily into Eä each in its time shall be met at unawares as something new and unforetold.
Wisest of the Noldor
Well, my mother certainly did her best to "spoil" The Lord of the Rings for me, but due to my tender years and her rather unique explanatory style, the impression I got was that it concerned Bilbo's nephew running away to join a circus. I was really quite surprised when I got around to reading it...
"Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." Elmo.
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I don't recall being spoiled for a LotR movie. I don't know if spoilers have that big of an effect if you've read the story some movie is an adaption of, Hannibal, Dune, LotR, etc.
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Transit assets in this report are determined through a query of spatial data representing the locations of transit assets and the boundaries of the geographic area of interest. This spatial data is not 100% accurate. Therefore, the spatial query performed for this report may result in an inaccurate selection of transit assets near the boundaries of the geographic area of interest. A one-tenth of a mile buffer around the boundary of the geographic area of interest is used for this spatial query.


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Google has begun replacing the chunky, black drop-down menu of services it launched in November as part of an effort to integrate Google+ across its whole platform.
In response to user feedback, the company is replacing the drop-down menu with a static menu running across the top of its pages, according to a blog post last week.
The new menu provides a list of some of Google's most popular services -- including Search, Maps, and YouTube -- across the top of its pages and gives users faster access to them than having to click the drop-down menu and then scroll through the list. The new menu does still have a drop-down menu for "more" services including Translate, Blogger, and Reader, among others.
The roll-out will take a few weeks, according to the company blog post. "We are going to first roll out the new Google bar quickly to everyone using Google products in English, followed by our international and Google Apps users over the next few weeks," a Google representative said.
"The new design retains many of the feature changes we made in November that proved popular," the blog post says, "including a unified search box and Google+ sharing and notifications across Google."


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Timeline: Mars swingby at 36 000 km/hr
The timeline for Rosetta's speedy swingby of Mars on 25 February includes a series of slew manoeuvres, an occultation and signal blackout, an eclipse and some excellent opportunities for scientific observations.
Rosetta's Mars swingby kicks off today with a series of complex slew manoeuvres to enable instrument calibration. The spacecraft has been correctly lined up on the proper trajectory since a series of engine firings in the past several weeks.
Rosetta is expected to pass the Red Planet at 250 km altitude and 36 191 km/hr with respect to Mars at closest approach. The swingby should reduce Rosetta's velocity with respect to the Sun by 7887 km/hr, and the spacecraft should depart Mars travelling at 78 779 km/hr relative to the Sun.
Timeline of major activities
Note: Times shown are ground event times in Central European Time, equivalent to UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) + 1 hour. Spacecraft event time is 17 mins 33 secs earlier.
23 February
|First of a series of slew manoeuvres to perform instrument calibrations
|Flight Control Team in ESOC's Main Control Room (MCR) around the clock
24 February
|Webcam in MCR switched on (access via link at right)
|Additional slew manoeuvres to perform Mars observations with onboard instruments
|End of observations until after Mars swingby
25 February
-- All payload instruments switched off; CIVA camera (onboard lander) remains in operation and scheduled to take images
-- Loss of telemetry; S-band carrier signal remains
-- Occultation starts; Rosetta behind Mars
-- Loss of S-band signal; no communication with spacecraft
-- Closest approach to Mars (250 km)
-- Start of eclipse; no visibility for camera; no sunlight on solar panels
-- End of occultation; S-band carrier signal back
-- Receipt of S-band carrier signal provides initial technical confirmation of swingby success
|End of eclipse; sunrise above Mars
|Start of Phobos and Mars tracking with additional scientific observations
-- Acquisition of telemetry (radio signal & data); full technical confirmation of swingby success
-- Downloading of science data begins
|After 13:00
|Results expected to be available on ESA portal
ESA/NASA interagency cooperation supports Rosetta
Increased ground tracking support has been scheduled throughout the swingby period.
In addition to ESA's 35m deep-space station at New Norcia, NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) stations at Goldstone, Canberra and Madrid will participate.
The two agencies often work together and regularly share tracking station resources.


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This week in new hires, Robert Murphy was named chief investment officer of Hatteras Alternative Mutual Funds; Steven Lofquist went to JHS Capital Advisors; Franklin Square welcomed Mike Gerber; and John Brown went to Intech.
Also, Altegris welcomed Edgardo Goldaracena, Jennifer Shasky Calvery joined the Treasury Department, John Welch joined CLS Investments, and John Murphy went to NAMIC.
Hatteras Funds Names Robert Murphy CIO of Hatteras Alternative Mutual Funds
Hatteras Funds announced Monday that Robert Murphy has been promoted to CIO of the Hatteras Alternative Mutual Funds. In this role he is responsible for leadership and strategic direction of the investment team, in addition to his continued role as director of risk management. He continues to serve as co-portfolio manager of the Hatteras Alternative Mutual Funds alongside Mike Hennen.
Prior to joining Hatteras in 2009, Murphy was with Ivy Asset Management Corp., a division of BNY Mellon Asset Management, where he served as a managing director in the investments group and in the investment products and strategy group. He was also previously a partner and director of risk management at Meridian Capital Partners and held senior fixed-income investment banking positions with A.G. Edwards; Cowen & Co.; Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; and Bear Stearns & Co.
JHS Capital Advisors Adds Steven Lofquist in Kansas Office
JHS Capital Advisors has appointed Steven R. Lofquist as a first vice president, financial advisor. He is based in the company's office in Leawood,Kan., and manages $40 million in client assets.
Lofquist, a 26-year veteran of the financial services industry, joins JHS from RBC Wealth Management, where he spent three years as a vice president. During his tenure at RBC, he was selected to join the firm's consulting group. He previously worked at Smith Barney for 23 years.
Franklin Square Welcomes Mike Gerber
Franklin Square Capital Advisors announced Monday that it has hired Mike Gerber as senior vice president of public affairs, strategy and product administration. In this role, he will lead the firm's government and regulatory affairs group. Gerber previously served on the board of directors for the firm's third fund.
Since 2004, he has served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and, since 2007, as a trustee of Pennsylvania's State Employees' Retirement System (SERS). He will step down from both posts in November, and is also leaving Drinker Biddle & Reath. Gerber formerly chaired the Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee and served as treasurer of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, a national political organization that supports House and Senate campaign committees across the country. Prior to serving in elected office, he served as counsel to the transition team of former Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania.
Intech Adds John Brown as Head of Global Client Development
Intech Investment Management announced Tuesday that it has expanded its executive team with the addition of John Brown, senior vice president, head of global client development. In this newly created role, he will be based in West Palm Beach, Fla., and will lead the firm's client and consultant relations teams. In addition, he will work closely with its distribution teams.
Prior to joining, Brown spent six years at Hartford Investment Management Co., where he served as a managing director on the sales, marketing and product development team. Before that, he was with Fortis Investments in Boston, where he was an executive vice president and head of customer service and business development for North America. He also spent time as director of sales at Panagora Asset Management in Boston and 11 years with Fidelity Investments in both San Francisco and Boston; there he served in various sales and client development roles including vice president of the Fidelity Management Trust Co. He began his career in 1986 at Aetna Capital Management in both San Francisco and Seattle.
Altegris Adds Edgardo Goldaracena
Altegris Advisors, a division of The Altegris Companies, has added Edgardo Goldaracena to its research and investment group as senior analyst. In this position, his responsibilities will include qualitative and quantitative analyses of alternative investment managers, building new investment manager relationships within the firm's industry network, writing research reports related to manager due diligence and general alternative investment industry topics, and participating in due-diligence meetings with hedge fund and managed futures investment managers.
Previously, Goldaracena served as a research analyst in the hedge fund Research group at Albourne Partners, where he worked for four years. Prior to that, he was a junior analyst in the fund of hedge funds group at Pictet Alternative Investments, a division of Pictet & Cie, in Switzerland.
Shasky Calvery Named Director of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that Jennifer Shasky Calvery has been selected as the new director of the financial crimes enforcement network (FinCEN). Shasky Calvery is expected to begin her duties in September and will replace Jim Freis, who has served for the past five years.
Shasky Calvery joins Treasury from the Department of Justice, where she has served since 2010 as chief of the asset forfeiture and money laundering section (AFMLS), overseeing a 150-person staff and a program responsible for the annual forfeiture of more than $1.5 billion in criminal assets, which are used to compensate victims and support law enforcement efforts. Shasky Calvery served at the Justice Department for 15 years, and served as a prosecutor with the organized crime and racketeering section prosecuting cases targeting international organized crime groups and particularly the professional money launderers who supported them. She also spent two years in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, serving as senior counsel to deputy attorneys general in two different administrations.
CLS Investments Appoints John Welch
CLS Investments announced Tuesday the recent hire of John Welch in the position of regional vice president of sales. He will be serving the Northeastern states region. He takes over for Michael Caplin, who will become divisional manager for the Western states region. Brian Ragle has also been promoted to the position of divisional manager, overseeing the Eastern states territory. Both Caplin and Ragle will continue to serve certain portions of their former territories as active wholesalers. Welch brings more than 18 years of tenure in the financial services industry. Prior to joining, he worked as an institutional wholesaler for MFS Investment Management in the mid-Atlantic area. Caplin joined in 1992 and previously worked as a financial advisor, as well as owning a financial planning practice. Ragle holds more than 20 years of prior experience in the financial services and banking industries, including working as an independent financial advisor, and came to CLS in 2000.
Palladiem Names Former Lockwood Exec Lake as National Sales Director
Palladiem, an independent investment advisory firm that focuses on the development and execution of customized investment strategies and services for independent financial advisors, broker-dealers and institutions, has appointed John A. Lake national sales director.
Prior to joining Palladiem, Lake served as regional director for Loring Ward and as assistant vice president and senior regional director for Lockwood Advisors, an affiliate of Pershing, a BNY Mellon company. During his time at Lockwood, Lake was responsible for wholesaling discretionary unified managed account (UMA), mutual-fund wrap, and separately managed account (SMA) products to independent advisor and RIA channels in 14 states.
"As we enter our second year as an independent RIA firm, and as we continue to build our offerings in key product and service areas such as outsourced CIO, I believe John brings the right mix of experience and relationships to support and sustain our growth," said Donald Robinson, Palladiem's CEO and co-CIO.
Lake began his financial services career as an advisor with Dain Bosworth Inc., and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech communication from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.
NAMIC Appoints John Murphy State Affairs Manager for Northeast
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) recently named John Murphy as its state affairs manager for the Northeastern U.S. He will represent NAMIC members in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont on legislative matters. Murphy replaces Paul Tetrault, who now serves as NAMIC's state and policy affairs counsel. State assignments have been reconfigured to accommodate this staff change.
Murphy is an insurance government affairs professional who comes from Hanover Insurance Co., where he served as vice president and counsel. He previously spent six years at the American Insurance Association as regional vice president. While at AIA, Murphy managed the association's government affairs activity in nine states. Prior to this, he spent 15 years at Liberty Mutual.
Read the Aug. 16 New Hire Roundup at AdvisorOne.


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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Disney is mining The Force for even more new films.
Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger says screenwriters Larry Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are working on standalone "Star Wars" movies that aren't part of the planned new trilogy.
Iger told CNBC on Tuesday that the standalone movies will be based on "great 'Star Wars' characters that are not part of the overall saga." The films would be released during the six-year period of the new trilogy, starting in 2015 with "Star Wars: Episode VII."
Disney confirmed last month that "Star Trek" director J.J. Abrams will direct the seventh installment of the "Star Wars" saga.
Disney bought "Star Wars" maker Lucasfilm last year for more than $4 billion.
The "Star Wars" prequel trilogy was released from 1999 to 2005.


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The Seneca Township board voted Feb. 8 to send three residents to educational sessions.
Planning commission member John Martinez will attend a Citizen Planner Workshop at a cost of $350. The workshop teaches fundamentals of planning and zoning.
Rich Simpkins and Bob Walton attended a board of review school Feb. 12, at a cost of $10 each.
The March board of review is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon and and 1 to 4 p.m. March 8, and 2 to 5 and 6 to 9 p.m. March 9.
Walton was re-appointed to a two-year term on the planning commission and Scott Zuvers to a one-year term.
Simpkins was appointed to the board of review, with Burdette Bovee named an alternate.
Lori Drogowski was re-appointed as the township representative to the Morenci Area EMS board.
Construction board of appeals appointments will be made in the future.
REFUND—The board voted 4-1 to deny a request by Dayna Cordts for reimbursement of a special use permit ($250) and for attorney fees ($300). Township supervisor John Gould cast the "no" vote.
TRASH COLLECTION—Gould will call Allied Waste to obtain information about another option for garbage collection. Residents could buy tags and place them on garbage bags, using them only as needed. Allied would collect trash on a weekly basis, but residents would pay only for their tagged bags rather than a set monthly fee.
Gould said there's a concern about the availability of tags since the township hall isn't open on a regular basis. The board will continue discussion on the issue.
Gould will also inquire about the annual spring clean-up that he expects to be scheduled in April.
INSPECTION—Gould and building inspector Kevin Arquette were to inspect Sharon King's property for an occupancy permit Feb. 11. Gould said later the permit was approved.


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Iomega announced new NAS devices called the StorCenter Pro ix4-100. The ix4-100 is available in both 2TB and 4TB capacities and both models offer the same features and make adding external storage for backing up files to a multiple computers on a network easy.
Both versions use four internal hard drives that are all SATA hot swappable units and feature support for multiple RAID configurations. Supported configurations include RAID 5 (the pre-configured set up), RAID 10, and JBOD.
The ix4-100 NAS devices connect to wired networks via a Gigabit Ethernet connection. Four USB ports are offered on the case of the NAS device that allow for additional storage capacity via external USB hard drives and can be used for connecting a network printer if desired.
The storage company says that both drives are intended to support up to 25 users and requires no IT staff to manage the appliance. Supported operating systems include Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. Other features include Windows Active Directory Support, UPS support, and the ability to be used as an UPnP AV Media Server.
An optional Bluetooth dongle is available that allows files to be uploaded from Bluetooth phones and other devices. Video surveillance is supported with up to three Axis Network video cameras at once. Ix4-100 devices can also send system status notifications via email and SNMP and data stored to the appliances can be encrypted with RSA BSAFE encryption. The 2TB ix4-100 device is available now for $799.99 and the 4TB version will be available later this month for $1,299.95.
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The film picks up where Sadak left off, revolving around the journey with a young girl who becomes an important character in the life of the protagonist, and the reason for him to stay alive.
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