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New Alfa Romeo and Fiat models set for Australian market
ANYTHING within the Fiat Chrysler Group in right hand drive that presents a compelling case will be considered for Australia.
A raft of product is already earmarked for Australian market.
Most notably is the Fiat Panda city car that's due to arrive in the last quarter this year. Next year a cross-over four-wheel drive version of the Panda will be considered.
We saw the Panda in the metal last week, and it's an amazingly spacious offering.
It also features some quirky internal styling which is sure to appeal to fashion-conscious city car buyers.
One of the most exciting introductions is the four-seat, rear-wheel drive 4C. The sporty model, which resonates Alfa Romeo style, is forecast to arrive early in 2014.
But first cab off the rank this year is the Fiat Freemont sports utility vehicle which has seven-seat capability. The Freemont should be launched in April.
Other offerings planned are:
- Abarth limited editions
- Doblo van, and possibly Fiorino van in 2014
- Fiat Grande Punto, four-door hatch in the second half of this year
- The four-door version of the Fiat 500, next year and then an SUV variant of the pint-sizer in 2015
- Then in 2015 will see the return of the Spider, a car being developed in conjunction with Mazda.

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Lupin Receives FDA Approval for Generic LYRICA(R)
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MUMBAI and BALTIMORE, July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Pharma major, Lupin Ltd., announced today that its subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (collectively, Lupin) has received final approval for its Pregabalin Capsules, 25 mg, 50 mg, 75 mg, 100 mg, 150 mg, 200 mg, 225 mg and 300 mg from the United States Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to market a generic version of C.P. Pharmaceuticals C.V., LYRICA® (Pregabalin) capsules.
Lupin's Pregabalin Capsules, 25 mg, 50 mg, 75 mg, 100 mg, 150 mg, 200 mg, 225 mg and 300 mg are the AB-rated generic equivalent of LYRICA® capsules, which is indicated for neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, post herpetic neuralgia, adjunctive therapy for adult patients with partial onset seizures and fibromyalgia.
LYRICA® Capsules had annual U.S sales of approximately $1.8 billion for the twelve months ending March 2012 (IMS Health Sales Data).
About Lupin Limited
Headquartered in Mumbai, Lupin is an innovation led transnational pharmaceutical company producing a wide range of generic and branded formulations and APIs. The Company today has significant presence in the Cardiovascular, Diabetology, Asthma, Paediatrics, CNS, GI, Anti-Infective and NSAID space in addition to holding global leadership positions in the Anti-TB and Cephalosporin segments.
Lupin is the 5th largest and fastest growing generics player in the US (5.3% market share by prescriptions, IMS Health), the only Asian company to achieve that distinction. The company is also the fastest growing top 10 pharmaceutical player in India, Japan and South Africa (IMS).
For the financial year ended March 2012, Lupin's Consolidated Revenues and Profit after Tax were Rs.70,829 Million (USD 1.42 Billion) and Rs. 8,676 Million (USD 190 million) respectively. Please visit http://www.lupinworld.com for more information.
Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is the wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Lupin Limited. Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is dedicated to delivering high-quality, affordable generic medicines and branded formulations trusted by healthcare professionals and patients across geographies. For more information, visit http://www.lupinpharmaceuticals.com.
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FARMINGTON, Conn. — A former teacher at a prestigious all-girls boarding school who was charged last month with sexually assaulting a student may have had inappropriate conversations with five other teenagers, according to a newly released affidavit.
Joseph Rajkumar, 42, taught physics and coached soccer and track at Miss Porter's School in Farmington, whose alumnae include Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis and Gloria Vanderbilt. Employed at the school since August 2009, he was fired March 4 and charged March 25 with two counts of felony second-degree sexual assault and one count of misdemeanor fourth-degree sexual assault.
Farmington police said the allegations date back to 2010 and involve a now-former student who said that Rajkumar started groping her when she was 15 and that they had sex after she turned 17. The girl told police that she and Rajkumar had sex several times during some weeks, and that they had sex in a closet in his classroom.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit released Tuesday, a guidance counselor at the school learned about sexually inappropriate conversations and text messages between Rajkumar and at least five students ages 15 to 18 and alerted the state Department of Children and Families. Police began investigating March 6, two days after he was fired.
Rajkumar declined to comment after a brief appearance in Hartford Superior Court on Tuesday and hung up the phone when contacted at his Farmington home Wednesday. He has posted $500,000 bail and is due back in court April 22.
Rajkumar told police that he had a sexual relationship with the one girl and sent other students emails that authorities say were sexually inappropriate, the affidavit says. Rajkumar signed a statement for police after confessing to his wife, according to the document.
In a statement Wednesday, Miss Porter's officials said they fired Rajkumar the same day they learned about his conduct.
"There is no time in which a sexual relationship between a student and a teacher can be considered consensual," the statement said.
The age of consent in Connecticut is 16, but state law specifically makes it illegal for teachers to have sex with students. Conviction of the crime carries one to 10 years in prison.
School officials also said there is no evidence of sexual activity between Rajkumar and any current student.


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According to Breitbat editor Mike Flynn, the Romney campaign has internal polls that now show the Romney-Ryan ticket ahead of President Obama in two important battleground states… Ohio and New Hampshire. According to two tweets posted by Flynn on his Twitter feed, Romney's internal polls have him beating the President in New Hampshire by 3.0%, and an almost unimaginably wider margin of 4.5% in Ohio.
If these numbers are true, this would suggest that my own estimation of a Romney victory that will be much bigger than most people think possible, could be shaping up. Especially if Mitt Romney is ahead in Ohio.
While I have sensed that this race is not quite as close as most polls indicate, my inability to totally discount the preponderance of public polling numbers that are out there has been leading me to conclude that in 2012, the G.O.P. may win the White House without Ohio for the first time in history. Part of the reason for that opinion has been due to the available polling data. The other part is my knowing that President Obama is going to do everything possible to win the Buckeye State for himself. Doing so would leave Romney with significantly fewer paths to victory. But aggressive campaigning by Romney in several other key states, specifically Iowa, Colorado, New Hampshire, Nevada and of course Virginia and Florida, has led me to conclude that while Team Romney has by no means written off Ohio, they are actively working on Plan B…. the plan to win the election without Ohio if necessary.
But if these leaked internal polls are accurate, Mitt Romney is currently on his way to being able to carry out his preferred plan of winning the election with Ohio and the way I see it, if he can do that, Americans will be stunned to find out on November 7th that Romney beat President Obama by far more than anyone predicted.
If the Romney-Ryan ticket can win Ohio, that bodes quite well for additional victories in swing states like Florida, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado, and New Hampshire. Given the make-up of Ohio, it is very good bellwether of the sentiments that exist in those aforementioned states. Furthermore, a lead in Ohio would also indicates that Nevada is quite winnable. Even more stunning is that it could be a sign that Romney is in contention for wins in other states like Wisconsin, which according to most polls is currently slipping away from the G.O.P. presidential ticket. No matter what though, a lead in Ohio would significantly turn the tables on the Obama-Biden ticket by suddenly making them the ticket with fewer paths available to them to reach the magic number of 270 in the Electoral College.
Unfortunately for Romney backers, the reliability of this second and now third-hand information is not enough for us to hang our hats on yet.
While all campaigns conduct internal polls, they do not spend much time publicly talking about them or releasing the data and information contained in them. By law, if a campaign releases any numbers from their internal polls, they must release the entire poll. However, as is always the case with politics, campaigns can and do find ways to see that certain tib-bits somehow leak out for public consumption without being caught. In this case, no one can be sure of where or how Mike Flynn got hold of these numbers. But if he did somehow get a look at the Romney campaign's actual internal poll numbers for Ohio and New Hampshire, the news contained in his two tweets changes the narrative of this election by turning President in to the underdog in the race.
If the numbers Flynn released are actually from the Romney campaign's internal polls, you can rest assured that they are accurate. Mainly because of Neil Newhouse, the man who put those numbers together.
Neil Newhouse is Romney's chief pollster and globally, one of the best pollsters around. He is a co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies, a national political and public affairs survey research firm that has been described as "the leading Republican polling company" in the country and in 2011 he was named "Pollster of the Year" by the American Association of Political Consultants for his work on Scott Brown's winning Senate campaign in Massachusetts.
At Public Opinion Strategies, Newhouse developed a culture and approach to winning that is practically unsurpassed as he successfully helped political candidates win tough campaigns and scored hard-fought successes in the public affairs arena for some of America's leading corporations and associations. Through his polling efforts Newhouse has been a master at taking accurate polls and using the information derived from them to successfully tailor the type of winning messages that have allowed his candidates to get elected. So if Neil Newhouse's polling does actually have Romney up by as much as 3.0% in New Hampshire and 4.5% in Ohio, chances are that the vast majority of public polls which are basing their models on outdated 2008 turnout models, are offering us a very misleading perception of just how tight the election will actually be.
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A producer who worked on the upcoming documentary on Joaquin Phoenix, "I'm Still Here, the Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix" has sued the film's director, celebrity baby-brother Casey Affleck, for $2 million.
Amanda White, in her lawsuit filing, painted a picture of a documentary production run amok, replete with hookers, transvestites, and sexually coercive behavior, Reuters reported.
White said in the suit that Affleck became "hostile and aggressive" when she turned down the "Gone Baby Gone" actor's advances, People wrote. According to the suit, when White declined an offer to get in bed together, Affleck "violently grabbed her arm in an effort to intimidate her into staying."
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The two were working together on the a film documenting the transformation of Joaquin Phoenix, the former A-list Hollywood actor, into a bearded hip-hop artist. Casey Affleck is married to Phoenix's sister.
White alleged that the work environment ran raunchy almost immediately.
"On one occasion, Affleck instructed a crew member to take off his pants in order to show (White) his penis, even after (White) objected," her complaint alleged, according to Reuters. "Affleck repeatedly referred to women as 'cows'; he discussed his sexual exploits and those of other celebrities that he allegedly witnessed; and asked (White), after learning her age, 'Isn't it about time you get pregnant?"'
White, who formerly worked with the Affleck brothers on 'Good Will Hunting,' compiled a laundry-list of allegations in her 19-page lawsuit, including sexual harassment, breach of oral contract, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
White's lawsuit also claimed that Affleck set up an unscheduled scene that included dozens of prostitutes and male transvestites crowded together in a hotel suite. White alleged the bizarre gathering had nothing to do with the actual documentary and was set up by Affleck "for his personal gratification."
The shooting of the project coincided with Joaquin Phoenix's extremely uncomfortable appearance on David Letterman's Late Show, in which the "Walk the Line" lead mumbled one-word answers and forgot his co-stars names. Letterman concluded the interview saying, "Joaquin, I'm sorry you couldn't be here tonight."
Amanda White walked off the set of the documentary, but said she has not been paid any of the $50,000 fee that Affleck and his production company had given her an oral agreement on.
Lawyers for Affleck vowed a countersuit, People reported.
Michael Plonsker, an attorney for Affleck, said: "The allegations brought upon our clients are preposterous and without merit."


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There's nothing like an almond cake in the Spring. Great with berries!
Serves 6 to 8
1/2 cup fine yellow cornmeal
1/2 cup cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup almond paste, cut into half-inch pieces
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting
4 egg yolks
2 eggs
1/4 cup sour cream
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Butter and flour an 8-inch round cake pan.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, cake flour and baking powder. Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and almond paste on high speed until smooth, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low and add vanilla extract and slowly pour in confectioners' sugar. Mix until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Raise speed to high and add the egg yolks and whole eggs, one at a time. Reduce speed to medium and add the sour cream and dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated.
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the surface with a spatula. Bake in the lower third of the oven for 35 minutes, or until the cake is golden and pulls away from the sides of the pan. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cool. Remove from pan and dust with confectioners' sugar.
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The man behind the largest financial con of all time is playing Grinch this holiday season, decrying what he calls a lack of transparency in the financial markets, and says the growth of hedge funds is forcing market players to take outsized risks in order to earn decent returns.
In a Christmas Eve jailhouse letter to CNBC, Benard Madoff says that insider trading has been around "forever."
"(O)ne would be led to believe that with the recent spate of insider trading prosecution that insider trading is a new development," Madoff writes the network. "This is false. It has been present in the market forever, but rarely prosecuted. The same can be said of front running of orders."
Madoff says markets are suffering from a "lack of transparency" created by the growth of so-called "dark pools"-arrangements outside the established stock exchanges that allow parties to trade stocks privately, with trades and prices only disclosed after the fact.
"Institutions have always attempted to guard this buy and sell information from exposure to the market for fear of being front run," Madoff writes. "Certainly they are entitled to have this right of confidentiality. That being said, the more secret this information, the more valuable this information is to those that can obtain it. Therein lies the problem. It is naive to think that there will be no leakage of this information."
As CNBC notes, Madoff built his fraud on one of the largest hedge funds on Wall Street, which attracted investments from individuals as well as a series of so-called "feeder funds." But Madoff now says the rapid growth of hedge funds and feeder funds-and their commissions and fees-have created a problem for investors and regulators.
"It has been this additional layer of costs that have created the need for more risk to be taken to earn worthwhile returns. This has created a minefield of regulatory problems involving the very reasons that the desire for a lack of transparency has grown. Both of these areas are going to be the greatest challenge that both the industry and the regulators are going to face."


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Aggressive driving behaviour has many different causes. It may be linked to emotions, time pressures, the consumption of alcohol or drugs or to the attitude of other road users. It may involve speeding, making unsafe lane changes, running red lights, lack of respect for traffic signs and signals, making rude hand gestures, aggressive use of the horn, etc. Aggressive driving behaviour leads to road accidents.
The objective of the Fourth Road Safety Week is to discourage aggressive driving and encourage courteous driving and respect for other road users.
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Andy Murray retired from his second-round match with Spanish opponent Marcel Granollers at the Italian Open on Wednesday with lower back pain and considers himself doubtful for the French Open.
Murray, who was celebrating his 26th birthday, walked off the court after winning the second set to even the match.
"I have an issue with my lower back," Murray said. "It's been an issue for a while."
Murray took a long injury break early in the second set, getting his left thigh and lower back massaged.
Granollers won the first set 6-3 and Murray won the second 7-6 (5).
This tournament is a key warm-up for the French Open, the year's second Grand Slam, which starts on May 26.
"I would be very surprised if I was playing in Paris," Murray said. "I need to make a plan as to what I do. I'll chat with the guys tonight and make a plan for the next few days then make a decision on Paris after the next five days.
"I want to make sure it goes away," Murray added. "It's been a problem since the end of 2011 but it got bad during last year's clay season."
Murray called for the trainer while trailing 2-1 in the second set. He then lost the next two games to trail 4-1 before battling back to force a tiebreaker.
"He is a good player and he can do well in Roland Garros and if he has a problem then I can understand he is thinking of Paris," Granollers said. "I think he played better at the end of the second set but he knows his problem."
The match was played in difficult conditions, with rain drops falling at one point then wind whipping the clay up into the air and players' eyes at other points as the sun also went in and out.
While he is ranked second this week, Murray is seeded third in this tournament.
At last week's Madrid Open, Murray was beaten by Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals.
Murray's best result in Rome was reaching the semifinals two years ago, when he lost to Novak Djokovic in a third-set tiebreaker.
Murray didn't know if the injury would require surgery.
"I'll try and get home tonight or tomorrow but I also want to see if I can get treatment because sitting on the plane is not perfect," Murray said.
Murray retires with back pain; doubtful for Paris
Andy Murray retired from his second-round match with Spanish opponent Marcel Granollers at the Italian Open on Wednesday with lower back pain and considers himself doubtful for the French Open.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Federal prosecutors announced an aggressive crackdown against California pot dispensaries Friday, vowing to shut down dozens of operations and saying that the worst offenders are using the cover of medical marijuana to act as storefront drug dealers.
Officials described it as the first coordinated statewide offensive against marijuana dealers and suppliers who use California's 15-year-old medical marijuana law as legal cover for running sophisticated drug-trafficking ventures in plain sight.
"California's marijuana industry supplies the nation," said U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner, citing a 2009 federal study that 72 percent of marijuana plants eradicated nationwide were grown in California. "Huge amounts of marijuana grown here in this state (are) flowing east to other states, and huge amounts of money are flowing back in the opposite direction."
The actions were geared toward stopping a trend that has seen hundreds of pot shops open their doors across the state.
One example cited by the prosecutors Friday: In one Orange County strip mall, eight of the 11 second-floor suites are occupied by dispensaries and doctors' offices where healthy individuals obtain "sham" recommendations to use medical marijuana.
It is "a Costco, Walmart-type model that we see across California," said Andre Birotte Jr., U.S. attorney in the Los Angeles area. Some people making money from medical marijuana openly revel in what some have called "the new California gold rush," he said.
Landlords leasing property to dozens of warehouses and agricultural parcels where marijuana is being grown, and retail spaces where pot is sold over the counter, are receiving written warnings to evict their tenants or face criminal charges or seizure of their assets, the state's four U.S. attorneys said.
"The intention regarding medical marijuana under California state law was to allow marijuana to be supplied to seriously ill people on a nonprofit basis," said U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, the top federal law enforcement officer for the San Francisco Bay area. "What we are finding, however, is that California's laws have been hijacked by people who are in this to get rich and don't care at all about sick people."
The crackdown comes a little more than two months after the Obama administration toughened its stand on medical marijuana. For two years before that, federal officials had indicated they would not move aggressively against dispensaries in compliance with laws in the 16 states where pot is legal for people with doctors' recommendations.
The Department of Justice issued a policy memo to federal prosecutors in late June stating that marijuana dispensaries and licensed growers in states with medical marijuana laws could face prosecution for violating federal drug and money-laundering laws. The effort to shutter California dispensaries appeared to be the most far-reaching effort so far to put that guidance into action.
The crackdown will likely unify marijuana growers and sellers in a drive to change federal policy, said Melissa Milam, spokeswoman for the National Cannabis Industry Association.
"We're not going anywhere. We're mothers, we're patients, we're family members of patients," she said. "We want to pay taxes, we want to be able to make deposits at our bank, we want to be a business."
Not all of the thousands of storefront pot dispensaries thought to be operating in the state are being targeted in the crackdown, which also involves new indictments and arrests of marijuana growers throughout the state during the past two weeks, said Wagner, who represents the state's Central Valley.
The strategies law enforcement is using vary, with warning letters issued by the U.S. attorney in San Diego giving recipients 45 days to comply and property owners in Los Angeles and the Central Coast given just two weeks to evict pot dispensaries or growers.Haag said she is initially going after pot shops located close to schools, parks, sports fields and other places where there are a lot of children.
Wagner also is targeting what he termed "significant commercial operations," including farmland where marijuana is being grown. Birotte is prioritizing dispensaries in communities where local officials have been trying unsuccessfully to shut down marijuana businesses.
The attorneys said their warnings were aimed at cities and counties that have started licensing and taxing marijuana shops.
"The ordinances are illegal under federal law," Haag said, citing an appellate court ruling this week against Long Beach's ordinance that charged shops fees to operate.
The California Board of Equalization has estimated that medical marijuana generates $53 million to $104 million in annual taxes on sales of between $700 million and $1.3 billion.
Three of the four prosecutors declined to reveal how many dispensaries are subject to closure orders, saying only there were dozens in each of their four districts. Birotte said 38 property owners in his district were sent warnings.
Birotte said his office already had initiated property forfeiture proceedings involving three properties whose owners had received prior warnings.
The effort was criticized by two Democrat state legislators who represent San Francisco.
Assemblyman Tom Ammiano said the crackdown "means that Obama's medical marijuana policies are worse than Bush and Clinton. It's a tragic return to failed policies that will cost the state millions in tax revenue and harm countless lives."
"I don't understand the politics of it, and certainly if we (have) learned anything over the past century, it's that Prohibition does not work," said state Sen. Mark Leno, who has worked to safeguard and regulate medical marijuana in California.
Haag said the move is not designed to clamp down on patients who grow their own marijuana for medical use. But dispensaries that were not part of the initial wave of warning letters "shouldn't take any comfort," she said. "They are illegal under federal law."
"I understand there are people in California who believe marijuana stores should be allowed to exist, but I think we can all agree we don't need marijuana stores across the street from schools and Little League fields," she said.
Wagner said individual U.S. attorneys general in other states including Nevada, Oregon and Washington have also coordinated actions with the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Starting a game
After launching the application, the main Lobby will appear. It is divided into two sections: 'My profile' and 'Room list'. Above these sections you will find a shortcut to Tournaments (if they are available at the moment), a 'Play Now' button (the shortest way to start playing Yatzy) and a 'Buy GameChips' .
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1984: Sophomore
1984: Sophmore
Ooo, boy -- check out my spiked hair. I forgot how popular that hairstyle was back then. And notice that the photo is tinted lighter -- I forgot it was Photo Day (again) and for some stubborn reason I REALLY wanted my photo in the yearbook that year. Don't know why. So I talked my mom into taking me to an independent photographer to get one done. Kind of embarrassing now that I think of it, but oh well. What could you do? You can't see it because of the close crop, but I had a Gumby pin on my Polo shirt. (Not Izod -- I vehemently opposed the alligator-labeled shirts back then for some reason.) The shirt was bought at Muse's -- the only place in my mind at the time where you should buy Polo shirts. It was the shiz-nit back in the day, believe it. And Polo cologne? You couldn't go anywhere without that crazy scent in your nostrils. Very much an 80's thing. For the record, I didn't wear it. Never was a cologne guy.
I'm going through my yearbook and checking out all the photos, reading up on all the signatures and I'm thinking about how much fun my sophomore year was. But for some reason I can't really pinpoint why. I mean, there's the usual: I had a great time hanging out with a fun core group of friends, I was involved with various groups and activities, and I was listening to a broader range of music. But I can't think of any major events that changed my life forever.
I do remember how surprised I was by the number of times my face appeared in the 1984 yearbook when I first opened it up at the Yearbook Signing Party later that year. My buddy Loren was beaming. I think he was more excited for me than I was. Here:
Someone on the yearbook committee thought it would be funny to poke fun at me. And that scribbled-in quote up there by me says it all. Check it -- Polo shirt (it's a different one from my school pic).
For Homecoming Week, our school had this thing where each class would make their own float and then present them all during the Pep Rally at the end of the week. What you see here is the sophomore float-making party of that year, which ended up being just another excuse for a party. During the week, no less. Look at me -- I'm directing already at such a young age. Actually, we're posing here -- that's Loren with oddly-held paintbrush. He and I were inseparable that year. Can we talk about the fashion here? OP: Ocean Pacific shirts. 'Nuff said.
Here's another shot of the sophomore float making party. I was going out with that chick on the left -- very risqué of me to pose like that. Definitely last minute. Don't you just love how short I was compared to her? Tessa was her name. Funny story: it was after school one day and she and I were hanging out in the hallways with a couple of our friends. One of the football coaches asked if we could clear the hall. As we were walking away, he pulled me to the side and said, "Hey, are you going out with that girl?" "Yes." "Really? A guy like you? With her? Wow. Okay." I was too naive to figure out exactly what he was getting at there. Too young and stupid, I guess.
Back to the picture, I love how the yearbook staff missed the hand to the crotch shot over there to the right.
I somehow made another appearance in the Homecoming section, this time during the dance itself. Sporting a skinny cloth tie -- remember those? Sadly, my date, Erin, was cropped from the original shot. She's on my left. That's Mike on the left there -- he and I go way back to grade school. Mike's date doesn't look all that excited.
Typical quotes from classmates who signed my yearbook:
"Hey! I'm really glad I met you this year and got to know you better! You are really sweet!" (girl)
"You're one wild n' crazy guy. It's been great getting to know you through soccer and school. And where did you learn to draw. Now that's where you've got some real talent." (guy)
"I really enjoyed being w/ you even if it was only for a short time. And I'm so sorry it was such a bad break-up." (Tessa)
In the back of my 1984 Yearbook:
In The News:
Jesse Jackson
Space Shuttle
Korean Flight 007
Sally Ride into space
GA 49th in SAT
Musical Notes:
Michael Jackson
Boy George
The Police
Billy Joel
Duran Duran
Lionel Richie
David Bowie
Irene Cara
Men at Work
Adam Ant
My sophomore year might've been my salad year, but my junior year was a doozy. Stay tuned.
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These are awesome posts, Ward! Makes me want to dig out my yearbooks...[shudder]ReplyDelete
ahhhh the 80s...ReplyDelete
The tension is palpable as we march towards Senior Year! I can't wait until we get to the prom where you use your telekenesis to slaughter your tormentors (wait...that was Sissy Spacek, wasn't it?) Anyhoo, thank heavens I never had one of those damned cloth ties!ReplyDelete
I would have blogged 1984 as "1984: Seniors ROCK!!!" as I was a senior that year. Still the memories you had in the back of your yearbook for that year certainly line up with the ones I have written in mineReplyDelete
How funny - This was like a piece of soap that's too small to use but too big to throw away. I am glad to know you're doing well and thanks for the walk down memory lane.ReplyDelete
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CHICAGO (AP) Edwin Jackson keeps bouncing around, and he thinks he knows why.
``I think everybody likes me,'' he said.
The 29-year-old right-hander might find some stability now that he has a four-year, $52 million deal with the Chicago Cubs.
The team announced the move on Wednesday after reaching an agreement last month, giving the Cubs a durable starter to add to their rotation as they try to dig themselves out from a 101-loss season.
Jackson is now on his eighth team in 11 years, including a run with the crosstown White Sox, and is 70-71 lifetime with a 4.40 ERA. He made the All-Star team with Detroit in 2009 and pitched a no-hitter for Arizona in 2010. He has also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay, St. Louis and Washington, going 10-11 with a 4.03 ERA for the NL East champion Nationals last season.
He has made at least 31 starts in each of the past six seasons while reaching double digits in wins and exceeding 180 innings the past five. That includes three straight seasons of at least 199 2-3 innings from 2009 to 2011, and the Cubs believe he will still be effective once they're ready to contend, which they hope is sooner than later.
``I think we've been really consistent in saying the value of every individual season is precious,'' general manager Jed Hoyer said. ``We want to put a great team on the field every year. We've also been clear that we're building for something we think is going to be very special, and we want to make sure that any free agent signings of this magnitude really fit in with this plan. Like I said, Edwin is 29 years old. He's already had six consecutive seasons making 31-plus starts. He's proven his durability. He's proven his durability. He's proven his talent, but he's also still at an age where we think he can get even better and at an age where he fits right in with what we're trying to do, age-wise and talent-wise with our roster.''
The fact that Jackson's played on so many teams? That didn't bother the Cubs.
Hoyer said Jackson probably wasn't ready when he debuted at age 20 with the Dodgers, and he attributed the more recent moves to the inability to sign him to an extension.
Now, maybe, Jackson can settle in. The son of a retired Army sergeant, he's no stranger to big moves and along with this deal, he's about to make another one. Jackson is getting married this weekend.
``You look at the team on paper, there's a lot of potential there,'' Jackson said. ``I've been on a lot of teams that you look on paper, nobody expected you to do anything. You end up going to the World Series or making the playoffs. It's definitely one of those teams where it's a few pieces away from being where you want to be. I feel like with the additions that we have and the team that we have right now that we can go out and win ballgames and have fun and definitely have the city of Chicago behind us.''
In Chicago, he'll be reunited with Matt Garza, his teammate in Tampa Bay. Those two and Jeff Samardzija figure to lead a rotation, with Travis Wood and newcomers Scott Baker and Scott Feldman. The Cubs are also working on a deal with pitcher Carlos Villanueva that's pending a physical.
They also tried to land Anibal Sanchez, but he wound up staying in Detroit with a deal that guarantees $80 million over five years and could be worth $91 million if the Tigers decide to keep him for a sixth year. The same day Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and chairman Tom Ricketts were wooing him in Florida, Hoyer and manager Dale Sveum met with Jackson in Newport Beach, Calif.
The Cubs probably would not have signed both pitchers.
``But all along, we sort of operate on parallel tracks,'' Hoyer said. ``Both guys fit what we're looking for as far as them being (in their late 20s) and being part of our core. It was interesting how (we had) sort of two camps. It just sort of ended up that way, schedule-wise. It wasn't intentional.''


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BS-TBS, the satellite broadcasting arm of the Tokyo Broadcasting System network, is joining with publisher Shueisha and Panasonic to simulcast a fashion show in 3D at three theaters in Japan on March 14. The fashion simulcast is aimed at widening the market for 3D beyond conventional pics.
Shueisha is recruiting the 2,200 aud members from readers of its fashion mags while exhib giant Toho is supplying the screens and Panasonic the 3D gear. The show is being staged by Nozomi Sasaki, a local supermodel.
The fashion biz has begun to embrace 3D telecasts.
Burberry streamed a 3D event last month from Fashion Week in London to screening spaces — designed by Burberry chief creative officer Christopher Bailey — in New York, Paris, Dubai, Los Angeles and Tokyo.
Canadian label NADA will launch a 3D video later this month in the runup to Canada Fashion Week, which starts March 28.
The video was produced by Tim Dashwood and directed by Grant Padley; Dashwood is a cinematographer who has published stereoscopic 3D tool plug-ins for Final Cut Studio and After Effects.
According to a NADA spokesman, the video has a "martial arts meets gladiator vibe. It's part of a larger campaign for a fashion line described as having a "futuristic feel, very fembot."


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After all the madness since Twilight first debuted, Kristen Stewart should be aching for a nice, hot bath and some time off the grid. Surprisingly, the actress has something else in mind.
RIP Jelena and TomKat! Check out the most shocking celebrity splits"I'm kinda desperate to get a job right now," Stewart told E! News. "I'm itching to get back to work."Five movies and four years later The Twilight Saga is coming to an end with this Friday's release of Breaking Dawn — Part 2. And though Stewart has not always appreciated the media attention the series has brought to her life (especially after tabloids exposed her affair with her Snow White and the Hunstman director), she's going to miss it. "I'm feeling really good," she said. "I'm trying to take in every single one of these moments. I don't want to miss one."


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Need proof that some Londoners are mad enough to have a Westfield as their daily driver? Look no further.
In the preface to the book Speed, Style and Beauty about his bollocks car collection, Ralph Lauren wrote that his first car was a Morgan. He chose it because, as he put it, it was driven by the kind of people who leave the canvas top down even in the driving snow. Lunatics, in other words, but lunatics of the most agreeable kind.
Morgan is, of course, a British carmaker, and in its home country, an even more poignant example of said lunacy is on display: a Westfield Seven parked right out on the street.
With patches of moss thriving where the front fenders meet the hood—an environment made especially pleasant by the warmth of the exhaust pipe and the regular rains that soak London. The next one, in fact, was about to arrive.
It is no wonder Britain once built the world's mightiest empire. Who else would be tough enough to drive a car in the city whose driver's seat is millimeters from the asphalt and requires you to embark kayak-style: foot-ass-foot, that is.
These are also the people who have their water pipes running on the outside of walls. Toughness and lunacy are, indeed, not very distant cousins.
But as far as those cupholders go? You already know the answer.


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Over a base field $k$, linear $k$-groups stand for affine algebraic $k$-groups. For simplicity take $k$ to be a field of characteristic zero, as in this case one has the correspondence between connected linear $k$-groups and finite dimensional Lie $k$-algebras.
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be the Lie algebra of a connected semi-simple linear $k$-group $G$. It is known that a (non-trivial) parabolic $k$-algebra $\mathfrak{p}$ of $\mathfrak{g}$ can be obtained as follows: there exists a (non-trivial) grading $$\mathfrak{g}=\oplus_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\mathfrak{g}(n)$$ respecting the Lie bracket $$[\mathfrak{g}(m),\mathfrak{g}(n)]\subset\mathfrak{g}(m+n)$$ and that $\mathfrak{p}=\oplus_{n\geq 0}\mathfrak{g}(n)$. The grading on $\mathfrak{g}$ amounts to an action of $\mathbb{G}_m$ on $G$, which is given by conjugation through a co-character $\mu:\mathbb{G}_m\rightarrow G$, justified by the condition on Lie bracket. For convenience denote also by $\mu$ the grading on $\mathfrak{g}$, and $\mathfrak{p}=\mathfrak{p}^+(\mu)$ the parabolic Lie $k$-subalgebra associated as above, and $P^+(\mu)$ the corresponding parabolic $k$-subgroup. $\mu$ is only unique up to conjugation by the Levi $k$-subgroup $L(\mu)$ of $P^+(\mu)$, whose Lie algebra is $\mathfrak{g}(0)$.
My question is to extend these arguments to $k$-subgroups and Lie $k$-subalgebras. Keep the previous notations, and take $H\subset G$ a connected $k$-subgroup, with Lie $k$-subalgebra $\mathfrak{h}$. Then by restriction one gets a grading $$\mu_H:\mathfrak{h}=\oplus_n\mathfrak{h}(n)$$ with $\mathfrak{h}(n)=\mathfrak{h}\cap\mathfrak{g}(n)$. This grading satisfies $[\mathfrak{h}(m),\mathfrak{h}(n)]\subset\mathfrak{h}(m+n)$, hence is also given by some co-character $\mu_H:\mathbb{G}_m\rightarrow H$.
Assume that $\mu_H$ is non-trivial, and $H$ is reductive itself, how should one compare the two co-characters $\mu_H$ and $\mu$? From the arguments above one sees that $\mathfrak{p}^+(\mu_H)=\mathfrak{h}\cap\mathfrak{p}^+(\mu)$ and $P^+(\mu_H)=H\cap P^+(\mu)$, but if one extends $\mu_H$ to the cocharacter $\mathbb{G}_m\rightarrow H\rightarrow G$, what kind of difference might one find between $\mu_H$ and $\mu$?


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Judging from their consistently outstanding work, the grass seems to be greener at award winning SF shop Goodby Silverstein and Partners.
But recently, their smokin' creative got to be a bit much for Jeff Goodby himself.
To get wind of what got him out of joint, read this blunt memo leaked to Fuckedcompany
---- Original Message ----
Subject: Wanted Dead or Alive, Part II
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:25:07 -0800
From: Jeff Goodby
Organization: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
To: All Agency
Around 10:00 AM this morning, someone lit up a joint on the third floor, north side, strongly suggesting that it was someone from, say, the creative department.
Why is this a problem?
Well, for one, we had two clients and an important new business prospect in the building (something for which a number of people had worked well into the night). All the visitors were of an age that suggested they would easily identify marijuana, if encountered.
In short, this could have resulted in some serious financial setbacks, threatening people's jobs and well-being.
Beyond that, however, I am concerned for the person or people who feel it necessary to light up at such an hour. This is not good for you -- in either a personal or a professional sense.
Please note that we emphatically pay you for what you do STRAIGHT here -- no matter what you may deliriously believe. We expect you to act accordingly, keep up your end of the deal, and will ask you to leave if you don't.
It's that simple.
The price of freedom, lack of censorship, and a championing of strange behavior is a little bit of fucking judgment.
Please pay that price for me. For us all. Thank you.


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Jackie Chandiru Battling With Drug Abuse.
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News from Mulago hospital indicates that Gold digger hitmaker Jackie Chandiru is admitted in the rehabilitation department following laboratory tests that revealed that her sickness stems from drug abuse and not cardiac case.
The singer is said to have slipped into depression after succumbing to back-breaking load of recurring "personal problems".
Drug abuse is a compulsive behaviour exhibited by individuals who try to escape the reality of their situation. Like any other form of abuse, drugs are extremely detrimental to health and gradually leads to addiction.
Rapper Keko recently recovered from drug abuse after enduring a mirage of fame with Sony Music. The rapper bounced back stronger and is currently reaching out youths to desist from drug abuse.
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Gagamel singer, Allan Masengere better known as Shortkut is battling for his life in hospital.
In a Facebook post, Bebe Cool who is the CEO Gagamel revealed that Shortkut has been in hospital for a month now and is seriously sick.
"My son Allan Masengere aka Shortkut, a young talent in the music industry of Uganda has been bed ridden for nearly a month now fighting for his life. Friends and family, your prayers are welcome. Get well in the name of Allah," wrote Bebe Cool.
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Female rapper Felista Di Superstar and her father are reportedly facing eviction over rent arrears.
Early this week, reports came in indicating that the "Nawambye" singer and her father received an ultimatum from their land lord that they should pay their arrears in two weeks or else they will be evicted.
Speaking in an interview, Felista's landlord said that his patience is running thin after the pair defaulting on rent for 8 months. He stressed that he had earlier advised them to move to a cheaper house but they didn't listen.
Felista's family rents a 200k house. Their debt sums up to 1.6 Million. They have tried explaining to their landlord that everyone is going through some financial distress but this has fallen on deaf ears.
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The sudden breakup between NBS TV's Zahara Totto and her boyfriend, Don Solomon Ugwu alias Big Papa (Oga) continue to surface with more secrets spilled regarding their one-year old relationship.
Issues seem not light at all as we may have earlier anticipated, for the motor-mouthed media personality after another video storming social media today showing a bitter fight between Zahara and now ex-boyfriend, Don Solomon.
In the video, the mother of four is seen ridiculously nagging and clinging to her boyfriend as she begs him not call it quits in their relationship.
She is later thumped to the ground continuously by Big Papa giving her no chance again in his life.
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In the comment, the artiste stressed that Bobi Wine diverted from the real cause because of greed and ego.
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The latest mid-century motel to meet its maker? The Town and Country on Pantops, part of which is slated for demolition in the next two weeks, according to Albemarle planner Julia Mahon. Albemarle Hotel LLC, a holding company for developer Charles Hurt, owns the nearly 16-acre site, which will become a mixed-use commercial site with offices and restaurants.
Though some might call the 1955 structure an eyesore, those with an appreciation for mid-century building see it through a different lens.
"It's probably one of the best examples of roadside architecture in that region," says Marc Wagner, the National Register manager for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. He cites the motel's "classical pastiche" and the "vaguely Jeffersonian" portico.
The motel was designed by mid-20th century architect and UVA professor Stanislaw Makielski, who also designed the Jefferson-inspired Aloha restaurant building next door, now home to a Kia dealership.
Wagner lauds Makielski's "almost tongue in cheek" nod to Jefferson, and believes Makielski made the Town & Country cupola over the portico so prominent to attract eager lodgers.
It's increasingly hard to find such buildings along the nation's highways, says Christine Madrid French, vice president of Preservation Piedmont. Locally, roadside architecture is a "disappearing breed," she says, citing the upcoming demolitions of the nearby White House Motel as well as the Airport Motel on Route 29 near Forest Lakes. (A CarMax is planned for the White House Pantops site, and Madrid French says Walgreen's pharmacy is eyeing the Airport Motel site.)
Since the February 3 demolition plan filed with the County names only the westernmost "cottage," French hopes there's time for an in-depth historic study of the entire complex.
And French hopes developers will consider reusing the main structure as part of the development. What are the chances the 50-year-old building will win a reprieve?
"My suspicion is that the entire site will be demolished and restaurants and retail space will be built there some six or eight months down the road," says Katurah Roell, vice president of Hurt's C.W. Hurt Contractors.
Lest anyone accuse his company of historic insensitivity, Roell insists it does take a building's historic value into account before beginning any demolition. As proof, he cites his company's careful restoration of the Aloha.
"That cost more," says Roell, "than tearing it down and putting up a new building."
Roell says several possible tenants have contacted him about the Town and Country site, including grocery stores, car dealerships, and at least one well known restaurant, Guadalajara, whose fourth location could join Pantops newcomers Applebee's, Sticks, Starbuck's, and the Everyday Cafe.
While Wagner says the Town and Country may never earn historic status, he does hope the building will be photographed and otherwise documented before its destruction.
"It's difficult to make a case for keeping it," says Wagner, "but it's probably something you could consider other uses for."
Roell sees the Town and Country a bit differently.
"That," he says matter-of-factly, "is a poor example of any architecture."
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The westbound lanes of "O" Street at 11th Street will be closed beginning at 6 p.m. today for the replacement of water main valves. This work will require the lanes to be closed through tomorrow and possibly over the weekend. Motorists are advised to avoid the area if possible and use alternate routes. Traffic is expected to be restored by the Monday morning commute.
Business along "O" Street from 10th to 11th and along 10th Street from "N" to "O" will experience some disruption of water service beginning at 9 p.m. this evening and lasting for about six 6 hours.
This work is part of a water main project that has been under construction in "N" Street over the last few months.
For more information on City projects, visit lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: projects).


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Matthew Perry to Guest Star in an Episode of TBS's Hit Series "Cougar Town," Starring Courteney Cox
Four-time Emmy(R) nominee Matthew Perry is set to reunite with Friends co-star Courteney Cox this winter in an episode of the TBS's hit comedy Cougar Town. The series, which also stars Christa Miller, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd, Ian Gomez, Josh Hopkins and Brian Van Holt, centers on a tight-knit group of friends who keep things funny while supporting each other through the challenges and pitfalls of life. Details about Perry's role will be announced soon. TBS is set to launch the fifth season of Cougar Town on Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).
Perry most recently starred in the NBC comedy series Go On, in which Cox made a guest appearance this past March. Perry also guest-starred in a multi-episode arc on The Good Wife and starred in, executive-produced and co-wrote the series Mr. Sunshine. Perry's additional television credits include Aaron Sorkin's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip; a memorable recurring role in Sorkin's The West Wing, which earned him two Emmy nominations; and an Emmy, Golden Globe(R) and Screen Actors Guild Award(R)-nominated performance in the TNT original movie The Ron Clark Story.
On the big screen, Perry has starred in such films as 17 Again, Birds of America, Numb, The Whole Nine Yards, The Whole Ten Yards, Three to Tango, Almost Heroes, Fools Rush In and Serving Sara. In 2003, he made his stage debut in the London production of David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago, which broke the record for the largest box-office advance for a West End show at the time.
Perry is an advocate for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP), serving as an All Rise Ambassador for the organization. Perry also supports the Lili Claire Foundation, which raises funds for those born with Williams Syndrome and other neurogenic birth defects.
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Cougar Town joined TBS's original comedy lineup in January 2013 for the show's fourth season, averaging 2.6 million viewers and 1.7 million adults 18-49 in Live + 7 delivery. The series was co-created by executive producer Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, TBS's Ground Floor) and consulting producer Kevin Biegel (Scrubs). Cougar Town is produced by ABC Studios, with Lawrence, Cox, David Arquette and showrunner Blake McCormick serving as executive producers.
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- The Brotherhood for the Fallen is having a benefit for Officer Flisk Wednesday after the funeral. We will be at the FOP hall from 1800-2300. Officer Flisk leaves behind a wife and four children, we would like to raise whatever we can to help them in this time of need. Pizza and adult beverages will be served we just ask for donations at the door.
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The previous answer says that God created religion. Why did he create many religions, most of which have no followers? I read that of all the religions known to modern western historians, over 99% have no followers. Even so, there are a huge number still practiced. As you must know, they are highly geographical. Anyone born in Iran will almost certainly practice a different religion from someone born in Italy or India. In addition, anyone born more than 2,000 years ago could not have been a Christian or a Muslim. How can we make sense of such puzzling facts?
All of the world's religions, except for one, were created by sinful people. The Bible clearly says that man was not a sinful being when he was first created. At that time there was already religion because God created Adam and, in him, all mankind to be religious beings. As wise Solomon put it: "God made man upright, but they sought out many inventions" (Eccl. 7:29).
It is true that someone born in Iran will "almost certainly practice a different religion from someone born in Italy or India." But almost is not the same as all. There are Christian believers in Iran (dangerous as it is to be one) as in virtually all other countries. God has his elect in every place. He promised Abraham that in "his seed" (that is, the Messiah) all nations of the world would be blessed. I've been in some places in the world where the number of Christians is small, but that was once true of the part of the world where my ancestors lived (Scotland). And of one thing I am certain. When Christ returns there will be a multitude that no man can number, made up of people from every tongue, tribe and nation. They will all be there to celebrate the victory of Christ and to live with him in a renovated world through all eternity. Read your Bible more and more and you will see more and more clearly that the future belongs to Christ and his people.
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Kleiner is NOT saying that you should predict the future and then invest accordingly. That may be what you'd expect a "smart investor" to say, and that's probably what the world expects successful investors -- whether private venture cap or public equity -- to be saying and doing. No, sir.
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Turn this phrase on its head, and I think you've reached an equal truism: "The worst way to accurately predict the future is not to invest in it." If you have no skin in the game, you have much less incentive to learn and stay informed. Consequently, you are much more likely to operate off poorer information and faultier assumptions than the investor, who has real incentive to stay current and knowledgeable. Who's going to win that battle of the brains?
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USA Today explains its 'cool balls' — Gannett chief marketing officer Maryam Banikarim sent a memo to employees this morning with USA Today artist/illustrator Sam Ward's explanation of his paper's new logo and "cool balls." — He writes: — "Just what are our balls? Well, they are what we will make of them.
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The USA Today Redesign: Too Little, Too Early?
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USA Today's new design debuts in print today
USA Today's new design debuts in print today
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Matt Mansfield / @mattmansfield: Wanted #newusatoday to be a beautiful newspaper throughout. Interior disjointed, despite refreshed graphics style (like that).
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Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:
'Village Voice' editor Tony Ortega quits the paper; it's Maura Johnston's last day, too — Tony Ortega, editor of The Village Voice, just announced on the weekly's news blog Runnin' Scared that he's leaving the paper. — "Next week will be my last as editor of the Voice," Ortega wrote.
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Camille Dodero / @camilledodero: Petition to make @NickGreene editor-in-chief of the @VillageVoice begins here
Foster Kamer / @weareyourfek: Also, had you polled 50 VV staffers about how Tony's time at the paper would end, at least 45 of them would have answered "kinda like that."
Will Sommer / @willsommer: .@maura leaving the Village Voice seems more indicative of problems than @VoiceTonyO http://is.gd/d5CquE
Foster Kamer / @weareyourfek: If you want to draw conclusions about the current state of The Village Voice, don't start with Ortega, but the fact that @maura is now out.
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Choire Sicha / @choire: So basically Tony Ortega wrote a nice "leaving to write a book" blog post at the Voice while staffers were getting canned?
Jason Zinoman / @zinoman: Village Voice editor leaves, more lay-offs rumored today. Oy. http://bit.ly/PpUHT3
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Village Voice Is Losing Its Editor in Chief and Music Editor — After five-and-half-years as editor of The Village Voice, Tony Ortega announced in a by-the-way blog post that he will be leaving to work on a book about Scientology while music editor Maura Johnston took to Twitter to say she was leaving the paper as well.
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Tony Ortega / Runnin' Scared: Scientology Watchers: A Message from Tony Ortega
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: Village Voice Editor Tony Ortega leaves the alt-weekly
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Runnin' Scared: Was Tony Ortega Pushed Out at the Village Voice?
Runnin' Scared: Was Tony Ortega Pushed Out at the Village Voice?
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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY: Tony Ortega Quits The Village Voice
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Google's Islam-Baiting Video Censorship: A Well-Meaning Mistake — The line between responsibility and censorship can be hard to make out at times. Google just tripped over it. — The decision to block access on YouTube to an inflammatory movie trailer in countries where it has already …
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Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: White House Asks YouTube to Review Anti-Muslim Video; YouTube Says It Already Did
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast: Anti-Muslim Film's Bogus Jewish Roots
Dawn C. Chmielewski / Los Angeles Times: YouTube's role at issue over video that incited Mideast violence
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: What you need to know about that anti-Islam video that contributed to U.S. embassy attacks
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White House asked YouTube to review anti-Muslim film — The White House has asked YouTube to review an anti-Muslim film posted to the site that has been blamed for igniting the violent protests this week in the Middle East. — Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the National Security Council …
Discussion: Mashable!, Mediaite and Los Angeles Times
Alex Fitzpatrick / Mashable!: White House Asks YouTube to Review 'Innocence of Muslims'
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: White House Has Asked YouTube To Review Anti-Islam Film
Dawn C. Chmielewski / Los Angeles Times: 'Innocence of Muslims': Administration asks YouTube to review video
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Confirmed: The Director of Innocence of Muslims Is a Schlocky Softcore Porn Director Named Alan Roberts — The anti-Islam film that's set off a firestorm in the Middle East was directed by a 65-year-old schlock director named Alan Roberts, we've confirmed. He's the creative vision behind …
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Albert Samaha / The Snitch: The Innocence of Muslims Stars Amina Noir, Local Fetish Model
Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing: Man believed to be "Innocence of Muslims" filmmaker once arrested for making PCP
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
AP issues correction for misidentifying director of 'Innocence of Muslims' film
AP issues correction for misidentifying director of 'Innocence of Muslims' film
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Twitter surrenders Occupy protester's tweets — (Reuters) - Twitter handed over tweets from an Occupy Wall Street protester to a New York criminal judge on Friday after months of fighting a subpoena from prosecutors. — The company surrendered the micro-blogging posts …
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Don Reisinger / CNET: Twitter hands over Occupy protester's tweets
Tiffany Kary / Bloomberg: Twitter Turns Over Wall Street Protester Posts Under Seal
Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM: Twitter turns over OWS tweets after threat from judge
Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine: Twitter Gives Up Occupy Wall Street Tweets Rather Than Face Fine
Brendan Sasso / Hillicon Valley: Twitter hands over protester's tweets to police
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
BuzzFeed Hires Web Video Pioneer Ze Frank — Here's a good chocolate/peanut butter combination: Buzzfeed, the click-factory that has figured out Facebook and Twitter, plus Ze Frank, the guy who figured out Web video back in its infancy. — Together they're going to try to figure out modern-day YouTube.
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Wall Street Journal removes two Jonah Lehrer essays, corrects two others
Wall Street Journal removes two Jonah Lehrer essays, corrects two others
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'The Wall Street Journal' pushes its glossy magazine to monthly (almost)
'The Wall Street Journal' pushes its glossy magazine to monthly (almost)
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Arif Durrani / Media Week: Kate and William begin legal action against Closer France
Stuart Kemp / Hollywood Reporter:
Topless Pictures of Kate Middleton Published in French Magazine
Topless Pictures of Kate Middleton Published in French Magazine
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Steven Baxter / New Statesman: The Kate Middleton topless photos are the grossest invasion of privacy
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Drew Grant / The New York Observer: French Being Very French, British Being Very British About Kate Middleton Topless Photos
Roy Greenslade / Guardian: Kate photos: Paparazzo accused of invading her privacy condemns publication
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Ann Gripper / Mirror.co.uk: Be ashamed! Twitter reaction to French Closer over Kate sunbathing photos
Paul Harrison / Sky News: Kate Topless Photos Are 'Grotesque Invasion'
Tim Carman / Washington Post:
Producer of 'pink slime' textured beef suing ABC and ABC News — Of all the media outlets that have taken shots at Beef Products and its "lean, finely textured beef," the South Dakota-based company apparently feels slimed by only one: ABC and its ABC News division.
Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Rural Blog, AdAge, TVNewser and Eatocracy
Ivy Brashear / The Rural Blog: 'Pink slime' maker suing ABC for defamation
E.J. Schultz / AdAge: Does the Maker of 'Pink Slime' Have a Case Against ABC News?
Chris Ariens / TVNewser: 'Pink Slime' Case Against ABC News May Be Difficult to Win
Dean Starkman / CJR:
The hamster wheel vs. the quality imperative — The real problem with JRC/Advance free model and the unappreciated benefit of a paywall … The Journal Register Company has cast itself as an avatar of the future of news, making tough decisions now that other, less stout-hearted …
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