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ASCAP's Desire To End Antitrust Agreement Leads DOJ To Investigate Latest Collusion Between Music Publishers
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The attempt to ditch the consent decree seemed especially odd, given that just months earlier, a court had called out the clear collusion by ASCAP and a bunch of music publishers to try to artificially jack up Pandora's rates. The details were a little convoluted, but basically certain publishers "withdrew" certain music from ASCAP, claiming they wanted to negotiate directly with Pandora. They didn't negotiate in good faith, and basically waited right up until the deal was about to expire. They then refused to even name what songs would no longer be covered, leaving Pandora at a very real risk of streaming songs it no longer had the right to (without even knowing which songs were being "pulled.") Because of this, Pandora was forced to sign exorbitantly high rates, which ASCAP and others then used to try to get even higher rates for others. It was clearly collusion, because while ASCAP should have been upset about publishers withdrawing music, it clearly was not. Furthermore, there were clear discussions between ASCAP and the publishers about all of this.
The end result of that case was that ASCAP lost its attempt to really jack up rates to Pandora much higher, but many people wondered how ASCAP could get away with doing that without any sort of punishment. Well... new reports say that the Justice Department is investigating ASCAP, BMI, Universal Music Publishing and Sony/ATV over possible collusion. This is being done as part of the DOJ's review of the consent decree, but ASCAP's decision to attack the consent decree right after a court called it out for collusion may backfire badly:
The CID requests are seeking documentation across a lot of particulars, including the effect of the consent decrees on rates, whether partial withdrawals of digital rights should be allowed, and plans to license other rights beyond the public performance rights that PROs handle today. However, a memo obtained by Billboard that was sent to employees by ASCAP senior VP of legal Richard Reimer began by noting that the CID is connected to the DOJs review of the consent decree. And, as a possible reminder to be careful of what you wish for, the DOJ is also investigating of alleged coordination among ASCAP, BMI, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, and Universal Music Publishing Group.In the Billboard article, the publishers and ASCAP insist they're not worried about all of this because they believe the judge in the Pandora rate setting case "got it wrong." That's quite a bit of hubris to have, given all of the evidence of collusion that was presented in that case. It seems quite possible that rather than ending the consent decree, as ASCAP and publishers would like, the DOJ may actually come down on all of them for some fairly serious antitrust problems.
That aspect of the DOJ investigation was mentioned in a note to ASCAP employees telling them to "preserve all documents, whether in paper or electronic format, on all the CID-related topics."


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Prof. Farida Majid
on: We Urgently Need Religious Reforms!, interview with Muhammad Shahrur
I am familar with the good work Dr. Fadl has done to battle the fundamentalists. Yet, like many among us, he is misdiagnosing the disease. And, as such his prescription for the cure is wrong. The fundamentalists are ultra-modern and they are already using all the advanced technology available and then some to spread their message of "oneness" of Islam under the sun. My campaign to battle them is the opposite strategy. I am appealing to the reality of cultural diversity within the vast, wonderful world of Dar-ul-Islam. Each Muslim community in the world has its own local cultural heritage, some centuries old and full of color and passion. We should celebrate our unique Muslim cultural character that were blended and bonded with other local cultures. This was the glory of Islam. Not destroying the local cultures wherever it went was how Islam became a World Religion before Christianity could claim a global status.

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With less than a year to go before voters choose the state's next governor, Florida Democrats are tipping their hand on an issue they think could move the needle in the election: the failures of the state's child welfare system.
"The sad state of affairs in Florida is that we have a crisis, and it's a crisis of children dying under the custody of the state of Florida and under the radar of the state of Florida,"' Rep. Perry Thurston, leader of the Democratic Caucus in the state House of Representatives, said Thursday afternoon at a news conference.
Hours earlier, Thurston delivered a letter to Gov. Rick Scott blasting the governor for proposing cuts to the budget of the agency that has failed to prevent the deaths of scores of children whose families had come to the state's attention because of prior complaints. Scott is seeking re-election, but faces unfavorable poll numbers.
"In view of your abject failure to protect these vulnerable children, I plead with you to avoid in your forthcoming budget recommendations any additional spending cuts to your Department of Children & Families," Thurston wrote. "When you have failed to protect Florida's most innocent residents, it would be abhorrent to ask the agency you have tasked with their protection to make budget cuts."
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The latest shortcomings at DCF first came to light this past summer, when the Miami Herald reported on the deaths of four children DCF had previously investigated. Amid a loud outcry from children's advocates and community leaders, then-DCF Secretary David Wilkins resigned.
But the deaths continued. At the urging of interim Secretary Esther Jacobo, who had headed the agency's Miami outpost before being tapped for the statewide job, a team of consultants from Seattle-based Casey Family Programs reviewed 40 child death cases from this year.
Thurston is running for the Democratic nomination for Florida attorney general against George Sheldon, a former DCF secretary. Thurston said he held the Fort Lauderdale news conference to reiterate the need to "fully fund" DCF along with related domestic violence, substance abuse and mental health programs. He was joined by Rep. Elaine Schwartz, D-Hollywood, and Barbara Watson, D-Miami Gardens.
Standing outside in front of a large Christmas tree at a plaza on Sistrunk Boulevard, the three Democrats talked about three children who had died by abuse or neglect this year and had been on the radar of DCF: Ezra Raphael, 1; Michael McMullen, 3 and Tamiyah Audain, 12, a severely disabled girl who was starved or neglected to death while under the care of a privately run foster care agency under contract with the state. She died in September as at least two agencies quarreled about her care.
"The bureaucracy killed this young girl,"' said Schwartz. The cases of all three of the children — and DCF's handling of the cases — had been detailed in the Herald.
The Casey report, which studied the agency's child death cases, was released in November, and said investigators often failed to assess and understand the dangers children faced with violent, drug-abusing parents, often left children in troubled homes without developing a meaningful plan to protect them, and often relied on nothing more than a parent's promise to alter dangerous behavior.
Even with the continued scandals, DCF's proposed spending plan for the next budget year contains cuts to several child protection programs.
"Funding does matter, and under your administration, hundreds of employees charged with protecting and caring for abused and neglected kids have been laid off," Thurston wrote. "This year, I urge you to listen to the child-advocacy community and to take the necessary steps to stop children from dying."
At the news conference, Thurston added, "all of what we are hearing as the governor goes on his tour is about cuts, is about incentives for corporations, is about givebacks, and we want to make sure that the governor understands that the agency that is the most critical for the most vulnerable children needs to be fully funded."
Scott's office responded to the funding demands.
"We are prioritizing spending on critical services as we craft the budget, and vital child protective services will not be reduced,'' John Tupps, Scott's deputy press secretary, said in a statement.
Interim Secretary Jacobo agreed that child welfare is a priority.
"We, in partnership with the governor's office, have been working tirelessly to address gaps in our processes, increase resources and improve services to vulnerable children and families across the state," Jacobo said in a statement. "I can assure you that we will not be proposing any budget cuts to child welfare. On the contrary, we are working closely with the governor's office and the Legislature to prioritize funding for child protection services."
Jacobo also pointed out that two years ago, DCF along with Scott supported a bill that provided "salary increases and a career path for all child protective investigators," and other reforms.
Among 13 specific recommendations, the Casey report suggested the state restore lost dollars, set aside more money for drug treatment, mental health and other programs that can help unfit parents improve, and develop a system for "flagging" children who return to the state's abuse hotline again and again in need of intervention.
Referring to the Casey Families' report, Thurston wrote: "I caution you and my colleagues in the Florida Legislature that, in light of these recommendations, it would be patently reckless to consider further budget cuts to DCF — and it is time to invest in the needs and priorities of our most vulnerable residents."


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In all the hullabaloo over Gen. David Petraeus' dramatic fall from grace by having an affair (or affairs), I'd forgotten about his fundamentalist Christian leanings and his connection to the Pentagon's spiritual fitness program. Chris Rodda, of course, did not forget.
And what's one of the big goals of all this "spiritual fitness" stuff? Strong marriages, of course! And who was a big proponent of this "spiritual fitness" stuff? Yeah, you got it – General David Petraeus…
Gen. Petraeus first came on MRFF's radar back in 2007, when we were looking into the completely unconstitutional practice of soldiers being forced to attend mandatory Christian concerts during basic training at several of the Army's largest training installations. That's when we found Petraeus's photo and endorsement of these concerts on the Eric Horner Ministries website, praising Horner's military base concerts.Then, in August 2008, Mikey Weinstein, the founder and president of MRFF, noticed a half-page ad in the Air Force Times for a book by Army chaplain Lt. Col. William McCoy. Chaplain McCoy's book, Under Orders: A Spiritual Handbook for Military Personnel, a manual promoting Christianity and asserting that non-religious service members had no defense against sin and could therefore cause the failure of their units, was endorsed by none other than Gen. Petraeus, whose blurb on the book's cover read:"Under Orders should be in every rucksack for those moments when Soldiers need spiritual energy." This completely inappropriate endorsement of a book that denigrated the 21% of our military who don't happen to be religious led Keith Olbermann to name Petraeus one of his "Worst Persons."
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Good news! The Hawaii Karate Museum was very fortunate to acquire Karate-Do Ichiro (Karate-Do One Road), by Gichin Funakoshi. October 1, 1956. 212 pages. Japanese language.
This appears to be a first edition of the book, not a reprint.
This book was acquired with a donation by Sensei Fumio Nagaishi.
What a great way to start the new year!
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Karate-Do Ichiro
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Jurgen Klopp insists that he has no intention of leaving Borussia Dortmund any time soon, and he would not even consider moving on if Real Madrid or Chelsea came knocking.
The 45-year-old has been touted as a possible replacement for Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez at the end of the season, while he has also been linked with the position of Madrid coach amid ongoing speculation that Jose Mourinho could leave Los Blancos come June.
However, Klopp is determined to respect his ongoing contract with Dortmund.
"I have a contract until 2016. I have said 20 times I'll definitely stay until 2016. Everybody thinks I say it but that if a club like Chelsea or Real Madrid come in for me, I will go. This is something I can't change but they will see," the BVB boss told the London Evening Standard.
"It is a really big honour for me, coming from a small village called Bretten in the Black Forest where 1,500 people live, that somebody thinks I can train Chelsea. It's not a normal story, it's a special story. But I don't think about it.
"I was the coach at Mainz before Dortmund for seven years. Each year I could have left for a Bundesliga club but I said 'no, I have a contract, I will stay'. I enjoy what I'm doing here at Dortmund. It's a great club, a great city, everything is okay."
Klopp hinted that he could be tempted to move to England in the future, but that he would only considering doing so once he has mastered the native tongue.
He told Goal.com: "Not at this moment but I don't think about anything else but Borussia Dortmund at this moment.
"Language, to speak with the team, is very important for me, and I don't speak perfect English but it would be enough to speak to most of the players."
The Schwarzgelben boss also stated his belief that the Bundesliga is rapidly improving in comparison to the English top-flight, hailing the boosted technical skill on show in Germany in recent years.
Klopp added: "It's not so easy for me to compare them [the Bundesliga and the Premier League] because I only watch the Premier League on television and one or two times when I've been in England to watch a game.
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NEW YORK, NY – After a season of achievements and memorable competition, the payoff for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers came Friday in the form of the presentation of the final point fund awards.
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet) will collect a point fund award of $7,317,499, bringing his 2007 total winnings to $15,313,920. The back-to-back champion has won more than $59.5 million during his NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series career.
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An affiliate of Oklahoma City-based Champion Hotels has paid $2.1 million for the 103-room Baymont Inn & Suites Memphis East hotel at 6020 Shelby Oaks Drive in Northeast Memphis.
Champion Regional Development LLC – in care of Champion Hotels CEO Champak B. Patel – bought the 41,280-square-foot hotel in an Aug. 7 special warranty deed from BRE/LQ Properties LLC.
The seller had acquired the property from La Quinta Properties Inc. for $4 million in 2006 when it was branded as a La Quinta Inns & Suites.
Built in 1985, the low-rise motel sits on 2.3 acres at the southeast corner of Shelby Oaks Drive and Sycamore View Road. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2013 appraisal is $1.4 million.
In conjunction with the purchase, three entities related to the buyer – Sunny Management LLC, KNSB LLC and Jansa LLC – filed a $2.1 million loan through InterBank. Champak B. Patel, Bharat Patel and Pankaj Patel all signed the trust deed.
Champion Hotels operates a variety of branded hotels throughout Oklahoma, Missouri, Florida, New York, Texas, New Mexico, Illinois and Kansas.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports
– Daily News staff
In a five-minute special meeting Wednesday, Aug. 14, Shelby County Commissioners approved a timeline for filling the vacant District 6 seat on the countywide school board.
The commission will interview applicants for the appointment during its Aug. 28 committee sessions and make the appointment at its Sept. 9 meeting.
The vacancy was created when school board member Reginald Porter resigned this month to become chief of staff to interim schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson.
As of Wednesday afternoon, no one had applied for the vacancy.
– Bill Dries
Eight years after it was closed to the public by the city of Memphis, the Magevney House will reopen Sept. 7.
The limited opening of the historic home at 198 Adams Ave., part of the city's museum system, will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month. Tours of the house and garden will take about 40 minutes.
The house was built in 1852 and was the home of Eugene Magevney, who was a school teacher during his first years in Memphis and later became wealthy from real estate holdings in the city.
Tours of the historic Magevney House were one of the first casualties of city budget cuts in 2005 during the administration of then-Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton.
The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority board is expected to formally vote on Scott Brockman as the new president of the airport authority Thursday, Aug. 15, at its regular board meeting.
Brockman, who currently serves as executive vice president and chief operating officer, came to Memphis and airport operations in 2003. He would succeed Larry Cox, who retires effective July 2014.
The District 91 State House seat, formerly held by the late Memphis Democrat Lois DeBerry, will be filled with a special primary election Oct. 8 and a special general election Nov. 21.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam issued the election writ Tuesday, Aug. 13, in Nashville for the seat, following DeBerry's death last month from pancreatic cancer.
DeBerry was the longest-serving member of the House and of the Shelby County delegation to Nashville. She was first elected in 1972.
Candidates for the seat have until noon Aug. 29 to file their qualifying petitions with the Shelby County Election Commission.
The winner of the special general election in November will serve to the end of 2014, which is the remainder of DeBerry's term of office. All state house seats are on the 2014 ballot for regularly scheduled elections to two-year terms of office.
Memphis-based MRI Interventions posted record disposable product revenue, added to its installed base, advanced its activities in drug delivery trials and continued to expand its sales and marketing platform in the quarter ended June 30, the company announced.
MRI is a commercial-stage medical device company focused on creating innovative platforms for performing the next generation of minimally invasive surgical procedures in the brain and heart.
The company reported $497,000 in total product revenue in the second quarter, up 71 percent from $291,000 in the second quarter of 2012. MRI Interventions CEO Kimble Jenkins said the company's ClearPoint installed base also continues to expand, as it added three new installations in the second quarter.
– Andy Meek
Following the zany "Sharknado" movie on the Syfy Channel and Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, the Urban Land Institute Memphis and the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council will be pitting real estate projects against investment predators in the area's first Shark Tank event.
The event, tailored after the popular television shows, allows real estate professionals to present project plans to a panel of "sharks," investors who will provide feedback on the proposals.
The Shark Tank event is scheduled for Sept. 24 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Theatre Memphis. Only two projects will be selected to take part. Go to memphis.uli.org/events to register, or call 264-0579 for more information. Proposals should be submitted by Monday, Aug. 19.
– Amos Maki
Gallery Ten Ninety One at the WKNO Digital Media Center is featuring the Memphis/Germantown Art League's biennial National Exhibition through Aug. 29.
The exhibit features 66 pieces from artists across 14 states. Works include two-dimensional art displayed in a variety of mediums, including oil, watercolor, acrylic and mixed media. They'll be juried and judged by Leslie Frontz, an artist and instructor from North Carolina.
The Memphis/Germantown Art League is a nonprofit organization that supports artists and others interested in visual fine arts with contributions to individuals and to the community.
A Mississippi official says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has failed to distribute $100 million to 39,000 investors in several states who lost money because of fraud by a financial firm.
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says the federal agency has ignored inquiries about the money. He filed a brief last week supporting a federal suit that seeks to force the SEC to distribute the funds.
Memphis-based Morgan Keegan & Co. agreed in June 2011 to pay $200 million to settle civil fraud charges that it overstated the value of mortgage investments as the housing market collapsed.
Hosemann says Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina distributed $100 million to victims in 2012, but the other $100 million remains in a fund at the SEC.
– The Associated Press
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Just some interesting stats from today's game (at least, interesting to me). Especially if you think the Patriot and Tom Brady had their way with this defense.
(Shoot, I just noticed these stats are for all 6 games, so the Seahawks game is included, which means things WERE even better than they are now).
Brady and the Pats are #1 in the league in Yards/gm at 440. They ended this game at 473, slightly above their average.
Not a win for the Seahawks defense, but not a loss either, but here is where things get interesting.......
Patriots are #4 in the league in rushing yards per game at 152. The Seahawks held them to 85.
Patriots are 1st in the league in scoring per game at 31. The Seahawks held them to 23, more the a touchdown below average. Only Arizona held them to less.
Patriots are #7 in the league at 7.8 yards per pass attempt. The Seahawks held them to 6.6 per attempt.
Patriots are #9 in the league in rushing yards per attempt at 4.3. The Seahawks held them to 3.3 per attempt.
Patriots are #3 in the league in 3rd down conversions at 47%. The Seahawks held them to 44% (not much, but still a win).
Brady came into the game with 1 Int, or .2 per game average. The Seahawks had 2 interceptions, and dropped 3 more.
So, no matter how the national media spins it, this was a HUGE WIN for the Seattle defense.


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Television Critics Assn. 2010: Hit
The summer Television Critics Assn. press tour might have come and gone, but the two-week preview left us ready for fall. Although some shows fared better than others with critics (sorry, "Outsourced" and "Running Wilde"), there is more promise than peril this fall as dramas outshined their comedy counterparts. Juice up your DVRs, and make sure not to miss NBC's "The Event" (especially if you're still mourning the loss of "Lost") and "Undercovers," CW's "Nikita," ABC's "No Ordinary Family," Fox's "Lonestar" -- also "Mike & Molly" and " Hawaii Five-O," both potential big winners for CBS. If broadcast doesn't tickle your fancy, there is a slew of cable shows set to make a splash: Showtime's "The Big C," FX's "Terriers" and HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" should be on your radar. And if you're a fan of HBO's " Big Love," TLC has the real thing with "Sister Wives," a series about a polygamist family in Utah.
Clockwise from top left: NBC ["The Event"]; CBS ["Mike & Molly"]; Showtime ["The Big C"]; HBO ["Boardwalk Empire"], CW ["Nikita"]
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Allstate Sugar Bowl to Sponsor Crosstown Basketball Classic park
The Allstate Sugar Bowl will sponsor the 2009 Crosstown Classic, a collegiate basketball doubleheader slated for Saturday, Jan. 24 at the New Orleans Arena. The Classic features longtime New Orleans, HBCU and Gulf Coast Athletic Conference rivals Xavier University of Louisiana and Dillard University. The event tips off with the women's teams playing at 5 p.m., followed by the men's game at 7 p.m.
Tickets are available through Ticket Master (504-522-5555 or www.TicketMaster.com) at $12 for general admission seats or $20 for special courtside seats. General admission tickets will also be on sale for $12 at both university campuses. A portion of ticket revenue will fund a general scholarship at each university.
This will be the sixth Xavier-Dillard doubleheader in the New Orleans Arena, and the first sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The schools met there in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2008. The doubleheader attracted a record 7,189 fans on February 1, 2003.
The historic rivalry between the two schools began on Jan. 17, 1948 when the men's basketball teams clashed on the hardwood. This year's meeting with be the 116th in history between the Gold Rush and the Blue Devils. Xavier and Dillard first met in women's basketball action during the 1977-78 season. The Gold Nuggets and Lady Blue Devils have played 67 times.
Three players in the XU-DU men's series reached the NBA. Xavier's Donald "Slick" Watts played six seasons with three NBA teams from 1973-79. Watts was the first to lead the NBA in assists and steals in the same season (1975-76). Gold Rush teammate Bruce Seals played three NBA seasons (1975-78) after two seasons in the ABA. And Dillard's George Johnson played 13 seasons with six NBA teams from 1972-86 and ranks 13th in the NBA with 2,082 career blocked shots. Johnson was a member of the Golden State Warriors' 1975 NBA championship team, and Seals played in the NBA Finals in 1978 with the Seattle SuperSonics.


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Ask Dr. Bea: Could mom's vein condition keep her from wedding?
Q: I would like you to help me with my mom's problem. She is 84 and doing well. About two years ago, out of the blue, she had a clot in her right leg. Doctors told me this was due to the fact that she was not walking much and that she was obese. She ended up on a blood thinner for some time, and then it was stopped. She continued to live alone throughout all of this. Now the whole family is worried. My brother is finally getting married and everyone got invited. My mom is the guest of honor. The only thing is, my brother lives in Hawaii! Cost is not an issue, since my brother will pay for all of the family to come, but I do worry about my mom. When I mentioned the wedding to her doctor, he was not too happy. He said that my mom is at the higher risk now, having had one clot already, and that the long flight would not be good for her. My mom, of course, is dying to go. What do you think? Can my mom go safely for the wedding and not get a second clot?
A: I am confident we can come up with a good strategy to help your mom and you. First, let's talk about leg clots and why they can be a serious problem. I suspect that your mom has previously been diagnosed with and treated for a deep vein thrombosis, or DVT. That means a clot formed in one of the deep veins in her leg. Normally, these veins carry blood away from the body's organs, back to the heart to get saturated with oxygen.
We have superficial veins and deep veins in our legs and it is the bigger, deep vein that can cause trouble when clogged by a blood clot. Half of clots are asymptomatic, meaning people even do not realize they have them. There are about 300,000 to 600,000 cases of these clots a year in the Unites States. The biggest danger of a clot formed in the leg is that it can be carried from that leg through the heart to the lungs and cause a dangerous condition called pulmonary embolism. This is when a blood vessel in the lungs gets blocked. The part of the lung where this happened will not get enough oxygen and, if the clot is big enough to block a large enough artery, it can be fatal.
Those with vein clots who have symptoms may experience pain, swelling, redness and warmth over the affected area. Some people get what is called postphlebitic or postthrombotic syndrome. Those with this syndrome can have pain, skin discoloration and swelling long after an episode of DVT. In some cases, sufferers experience these symptoms as much as a year after the original incident.
People who get clots are those who have inherited predisposition through some abnormality in the clotting process. This is usually combined with another issue. Having had one clot already or having a first degree relative who has had a clot will make you more likely to have one as well. Older age, prolonged bed rest, inactivity, long travel, obesity and smoking are all risk factors for clots. Birth control pills and pregnancy are also clot culprits, due to the hormonal disregulation. Finally, certain chronic diseases like congestive heart failure, inflammatory bowel disease and cancer have been implicated in deep vein thrombosis.
If a clot is suspected, doctors can use ultrasound to determine whether it's present. Sometimes this test has to be done more than once to make sure that there is no clot. As far as a treatment goes, blood thinners are used to prevent the clot from traveling with the blood to the lungs. Usually, a liquid medication called heparin is used through the vein or shots and pills of warfarin or Coumadin are added later.
Once it is determined that the blood is thin enough, the patient can just stay on pills and be discharged. Patients on blood thinners do need to get their blood checked and dose adjusted to protect them from possible complications.
Some of you might have heard of the newer drugs available, which can be given as shots or pills. New drugs do not require blood drawing and monitoring, but these are only recommended for patients in whom older drugs cannot be used. These new medications are deceiving since, once used, their effect is permanent.
This means that, once someone starts having excessive bleeding on new drugs, there is no treatment available to stop it. In some serious cases, strong medications designed to dissolve the clot are used carefully, as they can cause dangerous bleeding. Big clots also can be removed surgically.
If a patient can't take blood thinners due to a prior history of bleeding or another issue, doctors will recommend that a special device be placed inside the large vein. It acts as an umbrella to stop the clot traveling from the leg to the lungs. Doctors will also recommend tight knee length stockings to help with swelling and to prevent clots.
What can be done for someone like Kate's mom? The official recommendation of American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) for patients with prior history of clots who want to travel is frequent walking, calf exercises, and seating in an aisle seat to make walking easier. Compression knee stockings are also encouraged but aspirin or preventive blood thinners are not recommended. If possible, avoiding long flights is a good idea.
This may mean stopping in California on the way to Hawaii or, for some of us, a car trip instead of flying and frequent stops. I do believe that Kate's mom should go to the wedding escorted by a family member who can help her follow the above recommendations. Walking as much as possible has been listed by multiple organizations, including the American College of Physicians, as one of the best means to prevent clot formation. Hope you all have a great time at the wedding.
Dr. Beata Skudlarska is a Bridgeport geriatrician. Send questions to Bridgeport Hospital Center for Geriatrics, 95 Armory Road, Stratford CT 06614 or email@example.com.


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For handguns, Sierra's Pro-Hunter design is generally considered too "hard" for all but the most powerful of the 30 caliber handgun cartridges. Handguns chambered for the 308 Winchester cartridge or cartridges of similar size can use these bullets over maximum hunting loads at short range. Due to their flat base design, Pro-Hunter bullets are an excellent choice for a cartridge with limited powder capacity and a short neck, because these bullets intrude into the powder space less than a boat tail.
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Another Country in London is a fantastic award wininng play about betrayal by Julian Mitchell. Book tickets for Another Country in London here!
A Chichester Festival Production of Another Country by Julian Mitchell. Director Jeremy Herrin and Designer Peter Mackintosh.
What would lead a man to betray his country? What would lead a boy to betray his friends? In Julian Mitchell's award winning Another Country, which won an Olivier Award for Play of the year and helped launch the careers of Kenneth Branagh, Daniel Day- Lewis, Rupert Everett and Colin Firth , these questions become fatally entwined.


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The U.S. is a mere three months away from choosing who will be its leader for the next four years. The semantic web is a supporting player in the action. This week, of course, saw the debut of the Twitter Political Index (Twindex), a joint effort between Twitter, Topsy, and the Mellman Group and NorthStar […]Read More →


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Those who can magically turn a 'C' into an 'A'
Last year in Indiana, a charter school called Christel House had a small problem. Students' poor algebra test scores had dragged down the school's overall letter grade in the state system to a "C," which in turn put state funding in jeopardy.
At the same time, Republican politicians saw a related problem. Christel House is owned and operated by Christel DeHaan, a major Republican donor with great influence in Indiana's GOP circles.
And that's when things got interesting. The Associated Press reported yesterday that Tony Bennett – Indiana's former schools chief who has since become Florida's education commissioner – "frantically overhauled" its school grading system last fall in order to ensure the Republican donor's charter school got an "A," even though it earned a "C."
[T]rouble loomed when Indiana's then-grading director, Jon Gubera, first alerted Bennett on Sept. 12 that the Christel House Academy had scored less than an A.
"This will be a HUGE problem for us," Bennett wrote in a Sept. 12, 2012 email to [then-chief of staff Heather Neal, who is now Gov. Mike Pence's chief lobbyist]. Neal fired back a few minutes later, "Oh, crap. We cannot release until this is resolved." […]
A weeklong behind-the-scenes scramble ensued among Bennett, assistant superintendent Dale Chu, Gubera, Neal and other top staff at the Indiana Department of Education. They examined ways to lift Christel House from a "C" to an "A," including adjusting the presentation of color charts to make a high "B" look like an "A" and changing the grade just for Christel House.
Wait, did that say Bennett and his team looked at "adjusting the presentation of color charts" to make a "B" look like an "A"? Yes, yes it did.
Oh, and did I mention that the Republican donor in question had directly contributed $130,000 to Bennett before he scrambled to improve the donor's school's grade? Because that happened, too.
In the end, Bennett solved the problem by shifting the scale in Christel House's favor. The emails obtained by the Associated Press didn't detail how, exactly, the books were cooked, but the materials show "DeHaan's charter was the catalyst for any changes," and the emails "do show DeHaan's grade jumping twice."
And just like that, the "huge problem" went away.
It's quite a story on its own, but this is also the sort of story that may linger. For one thing, Bennett is still hard at work in Florida, helping Gov. Rick Scott (R) "reform" education in the Sunshine State.
For another, don't be too surprised if this comes up in a 2016 context.
Bennett rocketed to prominence with the help of former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and a national network of Republican leaders and donors, such as DeHaan. Bennett is a co-founder of Bush's Chiefs for Change, a group consisting mostly of Republican state school superintendents pushing school vouchers, teacher merit pay and many other policies enacted by Bennett in Indiana.
Keep in mind, Indiana is a pretty Republican state, but when voters went to the polls last year, they chose a new superintendent of public instruction, giving Bennett the boot. Why Florida Republicans welcomed him is unclear, but I'd love to hear whether Jeb Bush helped get him the job.


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Adam Rubin of ESPN NY writes that left-hander John Lannan passed another test in his transition to a relief role, he entered mid-inning and inherited runners on base, for not only the first time in his career, but also the first time working on consecutive days.
Since switching roles, Lannan, has tossed two perfect innings in relief.
"That's exactly how I envisioned it," Collins said. "… I was glad we had the opportunity to get John in there with guys on base to face some lefties. That's what I wanted. He did what he did yesterday. He came right at them, threw strikes and really had a good outing."
"The adrenaline was definitely there today, more than yesterday, just because of the situation," Lannan said. "I was still able to throw strikes. I faced two lefties in there, so it was a good experience."
"It's a start. It's back-to-back days. I mean, it's a hard thing to do. It's going to be work, but I'm up for the challenge. The first two days have gone pretty well. I just have got to keep on learning and figure out a routine to be able to go out there back-to-back days on a consistent basis."
If he continues to pitch this way once the season starts, the Mets could have one of the better bullpen's in the National League, something that will help if they're serious about competing for a wild card.
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From HaskellWiki
Note: There are two GLFW hackage packages GLFW and GLFW-b. This article is about GLFW (except for bottom paragraph).
1 About
This is a Haskell module for GLFW OpenGL framework. It provides an alternative to GLUT for OpenGL based Haskell programs.
2 Status
The library is being used by the Haskell School of Expression (SOE) code to render Graphics in a cross-platform manner. It currently interfaces with GLFW version 2.7.2, works on Windows, Linux (i386) and Mac OS X.
GLFW itself is well documented (see GLFW website), and the Haskell module API is documented via Haddock.
Not all functions are fully tested, and there are still a few GLFW C functions missing from the Haskell module, namely the image loading functions. They are excluded because image handling is a separate issue, and low level buffer manipulation would obscure their use further. Texture loading from TGA format is supported both from file and from memory (via a string buffer)..
The Haskell module also provides basic text rendering while GLFW doesn't. It comes from a free 8x16 font which is made into a TGA texture, stored as a Haskell string in the file GLFW.hs. Text rendering is only possible with Alpha enabled. Again, see SOE.hs from the SOE package for sample usage.
GLFW may not work well with GHC threads, forkIO or threadDelay. So avoid them if you can.
3 Download
Current version is GLFW-0.5.0.0. It works with Cabal 1.10 or later. It compiles GLFW C source code as part of the building process, please report to the package maintainer if you have build problems.
4 More information
5 Sample Program
To demonstrate the usage of GLFW for OpenGL based Haskell applications, here is a sample program that allows user to draw lines by holding the left mouse button and move the mouse.
import Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL as GL import Graphics.UI.GLFW as GLFW import Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL (($=)) import Data.IORef import Control.Monad import System.Environment (getArgs, getProgName)
data Action = Action (IO Action)
The main program is mostly book-keeping such as initializing OpenGL and GLFW, creating window, setting up viewport, etc.
main = do -- invoke either active or passive drawing loop depending on command line argument args <- getArgs prog <- getProgName case args of ["active"] -> putStrLn "Running in active mode" >> main' active ["passive"] -> putStrLn "Running in passive mode" >> main' passive _ -> putStrLn $ "USAGE: " ++ prog ++ " [active|passive]" main' run = do GLFW.initialize -- open window GLFW.openWindow (GL.Size 400 400) [GLFW.DisplayAlphaBits 8] GLFW.Window GLFW.windowTitle $= "GLFW Demo" GL.shadeModel $= GL.Smooth -- enable antialiasing GL.lineSmooth $= GL.Enabled GL.blend $= GL.Enabled GL.blendFunc $= (GL.SrcAlpha, GL.OneMinusSrcAlpha) GL.lineWidth $= 1.5 -- set the color to clear background GL.clearColor $= Color4 0 0 0 0 -- set 2D orthogonal view inside windowSizeCallback because -- any change to the Window size should result in different -- OpenGL Viewport. GLFW.windowSizeCallback $= \ size@(GL.Size w h) -> do GL.viewport $= (GL.Position 0 0, size) GL.matrixMode $= GL.Projection GL.loadIdentity GL.ortho2D 0 (realToFrac w) (realToFrac h) 0 -- keep all line strokes as a list of points in an IORef lines <- newIORef [] -- run the main loop run lines -- finish up GLFW.closeWindow GLFW.terminate
-- we start with waitForPress action active lines = loop waitForPress where loop action = do -- draw the entire screen render lines -- swap buffer GLFW.swapBuffers -- check whether ESC is pressed for termination p <- GLFW.getKey GLFW.ESC unless (p == GLFW.Press) $ do -- perform action Action action' <- action -- sleep for 1ms to yield CPU to other applications GLFW.sleep 0.001 -- only continue when the window is not closed windowOpen <- getParam Opened unless (not windowOpen) $ loop action' -- loop with next action waitForPress = do b <- GLFW.getMouseButton GLFW.ButtonLeft case b of GLFW.Release -> return (Action waitForPress) GLFW.Press -> do -- when left mouse button is pressed, add the point -- to lines and switch to waitForRelease action. (GL.Position x y) <- GL.get GLFW.mousePos modifyIORef lines (((x,y):) . ((x,y):)) return (Action waitForRelease) waitForRelease = do -- keep track of mouse movement while waiting for button -- release (GL.Position x y) <- GL.get GLFW.mousePos -- update the line with new ending position modifyIORef lines (((x,y):) . tail) b <- GLFW.getMouseButton GLFW.ButtonLeft case b of -- when button is released, switch back back to -- waitForPress action GLFW.Release -> return (Action waitForPress) GLFW.Press -> return (Action waitForRelease)
Another optimization we can do is to use a dirty marker to remember whether the screen really needs to be redrawn. This'll not only save CPU cycles but also speed up event processing to avoid piling up events in the event queue. Similar tricks can be done to optimize the active polling approach.
passive lines = do -- disable auto polling in swapBuffers GLFW.disableSpecial GLFW.AutoPollEvent -- keep track of whether ESC has been pressed quit <- newIORef False -- keep track of whether screen needs to be redrawn dirty <- newIORef True -- mark screen dirty in refresh callback which is often called -- when screen or part of screen comes into visibility. GLFW.windowRefreshCallback $= writeIORef dirty True -- use key callback to track whether ESC is pressed GLFW.keyCallback $= \k s -> when (fromEnum k == fromEnum GLFW.ESC && s == GLFW.Press) $ writeIORef quit True -- Terminate the program if the window is closed GLFW.windowCloseCallback $= (writeIORef quit True >> return True) -- by default start with waitForPress waitForPress dirty loop dirty quit where loop dirty quit = do GLFW.waitEvents -- redraw screen if dirty d <- readIORef dirty when d $ render lines >> GLFW.swapBuffers writeIORef dirty False -- check if we need to quit the loop q <- readIORef quit unless q $ loop dirty quit waitForPress dirty = do GLFW.mousePosCallback $= \_ -> return () GLFW.mouseButtonCallback $= \b s -> when (b == GLFW.ButtonLeft && s == GLFW.Press) $ do -- when left mouse button is pressed, add the point -- to lines and switch to waitForRelease action. (GL.Position x y) <- GL.get GLFW.mousePos modifyIORef lines (((x,y):) . ((x,y):)) waitForRelease dirty waitForRelease dirty = do GLFW.mousePosCallback $= \(Position x y) -> do -- update the line with new ending position modifyIORef lines (((x,y):) . tail) -- mark screen dirty writeIORef dirty True GLFW.mouseButtonCallback $= \b s -> -- when left mouse button is released, switch back to -- waitForPress action. when (b == GLFW.ButtonLeft && s == GLFW.Release) $ waitForPress dirty
The rest of the program goes below.
render lines = do l <- readIORef lines GL.clear [GL.ColorBuffer] GL.color $ color3 1 0 0 GL.renderPrimitive GL.Lines $ mapM_ (\ (x, y) -> GL.vertex (vertex3 (fromIntegral x) (fromIntegral y) 0)) l vertex3 :: GLfloat -> GLfloat -> GLfloat -> GL.Vertex3 GLfloat vertex3 = GL.Vertex3 color3 :: GLfloat -> GLfloat -> GLfloat -> GL.Color3 GLfloat color3 = GL.Color3
6 More examples and external links
A number of famous NeHe OpenGL tutorials have been translated into Haskell using GLFW-b (instead of GLFW) and made available in the nehe-tuts package by Jason Dagit. Code as well as executables are available via the package page.
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I awoke to the sound of the rain this morning, just a few musical drops at first and then a hearty splash as it rained in earnest – for all of 15 minutes. Now it has stopped.
I worry about all the living things beneath the grass, only a little damp from the fast melted snow. The plants and the animals down there need rain; a good deluge lasting a few hours would soak the ground and clean the dusty trees.
It is very dry. Already this year, there are wildfires sweeping across the prairies and destroying homes and machinery. One man, 72, who lives near the peat bogs of eastern Manitoba, lost his 100-year- old home and outbuildings. He had no insurance because who would insure property beside a burning peat bog? And yet, the farm was fine for a century. Now he is homeless. The land that nurtured him for so long turned against him. It is that kind of year.
I gaze out the window above my desk. Raindrops cling to the window and to the leaf bud tips of the old cottonwood. And now – how lovely – the watery benediction has started again in a nice steady, gentle way, so good for the earth. The grass is flushing green in the dawn light and the earth is black with gratitude.
Teeming with life as it is, the rain must send shivers of delight deep beneath the surface, waking up the dormant bulbs and teasing into action the hair-like feeder roots of the trees and perennials. There are 600 million microorganisms in one gram of soil; what a party must be going on right now. All the tiny voles and moles, the snails and slugs and sleepy beetles, the worms and grubs coming out of their estivation will be stirring with a tingle of excitement, like a small electrical shock waking them from their long rest.
The frog-sicles, the frozen wood and tree frogs, will be thawing and the male frogs will be urgently looking for females. In Manitoba, a whole list of frogs – the boreal chorus frog, the gray tree, the spring peeper, to name some – overwinter above ground and freeze into these frog-sicles each year.
It is quite an amazing thing: the heart slows, the blood stops flowing, there is no breathing, the eyes turn dead white, little frozen marbles in the frog's head; 65% of the water in the body becomes ice. They start freezing, thanks to the aid of special ice nucleators – bacteria or blood proteins – before it even reaches 0 degrees C (32 F). This slow freezing gives the metabolism time to adjust. At the same time, high concentrations of sugar alcohol are forming in the cells. It works like antifreeze, creating a syrupy solution in the cells, which, surrounded by a protective layer of ice, do not completely crystallize.
Procreation is their first urge after the big thaw, coming even before food each spring. The urgency of this need has them singing now in ditches and other wet places, a sure sign that spring is here to stay – the frogs seldom get it wrong.
We are doing a television show
This spring, we will be starting a garden television show on our local community access channel. On Saturday, we filmed the first segment of the first show. We went to the garden center of our friend and client, Kevin Twomey of T & T Seeds and explored his seed catalogue operation. We also planted the first few trays of seeds that we will grow in his greenhouses and which will become part of the show.
Both the show and the planting party this weekend were spearheaded by our sales leader, Ian. The camera work this time was done by our manager, Steven. The planting was being done by members of the staff and Steven's daughter, Kate. Several of our other staff was there for the planting and many of them will be part of working on the show – editing, filming, and setting up venues as we explore some of the city's loveliest gardens during our 13-week season.
We'll share some of the segments with you here. We hope we can capture the magic that makes Manitoba such a special place.


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Friday, April 07, 2017 - art theft,Art Theft Alert,Gottfried Lindauer,New Zealand 1 comment
CCTV footage released of suspects who stole two iconic Māori paintings in Auckland, NZ
|Image Credit: Auckland City Police
CCTV footage released by Auckland City Police shows blurry images of two men, wearing bandanas, black gloves and dark sweatshirts involved in the smash and grab burglary at Parnell's International Art Center last Saturday.
According to eyewitness testimony, a stolen Ford Courier ute (utility vehicle) drove up Parnell Road between 3:30 and 4:00 am on April 01, 2017 to the front of the gallery, where it then turned and reversed into the plate glass window at the front of the gallery allowing access to the artworks.
|Image Credit: Auckland City Police
One suspect exited the ute at or near the same time a second vehicle, a white 2016 Holden Commodore, pictured below, arrived driven by an accomplice. Both men then entered the gallery through the broken window and made off with two iconic Māori portraits of Chieftainess Ngatai – Raure and Chief Ngatai-Raure, by Gottfried Lindauer.
|Image Credit: Auckland City Police
Lindauer, a Czech-born Kiwi artist painted in the the late 19th and early 20th century. He is famous for painting detailed portraits of Māori in customary Māori attire, often with pounamu toki ornaments.
The signed and dated oil on canvas portrait of Chieftainess Ngatai – Raure was painted in 1884 and is valued at $350,000 - $450,000 NZD. It shows the Māori chieftainess wearing a cloak. Her hair is adorned with two Huia feathers and she is wearing a hei-tiki necklace with one visible pounamu earring.
The signed and dated oil on canvas portrait of Chief Ngatai-Raure was also painted in 1884 and has the same estimated value. This portrait shows the Māori chief adorned with two Huia feathers and a pounamu earring holding a greenstone mere.
Earlier this week a third Gottfried Lindauer portrait, of Chief Renata Kawepo sold for $227,000 at Dunbar Sloane, New Zealand's leading and largest auctioneer of fine art and antiques showing the value of this artist's portraiture. Previously, the highest price paid for a Lindauer portrait sold was $198,000.
Any information on the thieves or the white 2016 Holden Commodore should be reported to Auckland City Police on (09) 302 6832, or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
By: Lynda Albertson
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Actress Who Wished To Remain Anonymous And Under 40 Is Now Officially Neither
from the it's-tough-to-remain-anonymous-while-blowing-things-out-of-proportion dept
Huong Hoang is the actress who sued claiming the Internet search database had violated her right of privacy and opened her up to rampant age discrimination in Hollywood by telling everyone she's 40 years old. She says in an amended complaint filed today in Washington that she typically goes by her Americanized stage name, Junie Hoang, because her Asian name is difficult to pronounce and has led to discrimination in Hollywood.Junie Hoang has amended her complaint and is proceeding with her lawsuit, holding IMDB and Amazon responsible for the damage done to her career by revealing her age, allegedly by pulling the information from her credit card. Of course, all the information she wished to keep hidden is now public knowledge, but on the Pyrrhic-esque bright side, this situation may allow her to increase the potential damages claimed. After all, everybody knows now, including the people who only thought they knew and the people who knew it wasn't Lucy Liu but secretly hoped it was. (That might just be me.)
But you know who knew before anyone else? An unregistered Techdirt reader commenting under the name "Paul." That Anonymous Coward also pointed out in his submission that Paul (real name unknown) nailed it, with a short, Holmesian blast of logic:
Junie Hoang seems more likely as her resume lists her as 26-33 and her bio lists her year of birth as 1971.So, pre-SOPA internet kudos to both Paul for his prescience, and TAC for remembering everything that has happened on Techdirt ever. Now, for your viewing pleasure, I present to you Junie Hoang, appearing as herself on Penn & Teller's Bullshit!. Starting at 8:09, Hoang appears onscreen in a bathing suit and shortly thereafter, has a toilet plunger applied to her. The clip would be totally Safe For Work, if only Penn Jillette didn't swear like a ponytailed sailor.


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PARIS (AP) -- Andre Pierre-Gignac profited from a defensive error to score an injury-time winner as Marseille came from behind to beat defending champion Montpellier 3-2 and move to within one point of French leader Lyon on Saturday.
Marseille bounced back from last weekend's 3-1 defeat at Sochaux with a crucial win, but left it late with two goals in the last 10 minutes.
"We suffered a lot against Montpellier but since the start of the season there is a real solidarity in this team,'' Marseille coach Elie Baup said. "It was a hard game, we didn't play very well but in the end we won with heart and courage.''
Also, Sochaux followed up its win over Marseille by beating Reims 1-0 at home to climb out of the relegation zone and send Reims there instead.
On Friday, Lyon dropped points when it drew 0-0 at home to struggling Evian.
Paris Saint-Germain, which was in third place, can move atop the league on goal difference if it wins at Bordeaux on Sunday. A minute's silence will be held before the game in memory of Nick Broad, PSG's performance director, who died as a result of injuries he sustained in a traffic accident on Thursday.
At Stade Velodrome, winger Andre Ayew gave Marseille the lead in the 14th when he headed in Joey Barton's curling cross from the right, but the lead lasted only two minutes as Emanuel Herrera equalized after being played through by John Utaka.
Montpellier winger Remy Cabella was a constant thorn in Marseille's side and he set up Utaka in the 57th as Montpellier took the lead.
But Marseille equalized with 10 minutes left when Andre Ayew ran onto Gignac's pass and squared the ball to his younger brother, Jordan Ayew, who got to it ahead of defender Mathieu Deplagne and poked the ball into the roof of the net.
Starved of service, Gignac had a quiet game but that did little to affect his scoring instincts as he proved with a razor-sharp finish.
The ball came in from the left and center half Daniel Congre failed to see Gignac lurking behind him on the edge of the penalty area. Congre's weak clearance hit Gignac and he reacted quickly to advance before driving a low shot past goalkeeper Geoffrey Jourdren.
"It was a very hard game for me as I was up against two massive defenders. You only need one chance to put it away,'' Gignac said after scoring his seventh league goal. "We had to make up for our bad start. Even though we gave ourselves a scare, we have the courage we need to come back and that's a great thing.''
Having lambasted his players after the midweek loss to Rennes in the League Cup semifinal, Montpellier coach Rene Girard was angry with them again.
"We played like a junior team. Marseille was incapable of scoring without our help,'' Girard said. "With all due respect to Marseille, we made too many errors of youth. We wanted to score three, four, five goals and we ended up losing. Football requires more brains, vigilance, intelligence.''
Earlier, midfielder Loic Poujol scored Sochaux's winner in the 15th and admitted afterward that his hand had turned the ball in from a corner.
Later, it was: Ajaccio 1, Valenciennes 1; Brest 0, Saint-Etienne 1; Lorient 3, Troyes 2; and Toulouse 2, Nancy 1.
Lorient's win moved it up to fourth place and five points behind PSG.
Forward Kevin Monnet-Paquet and midfielder Enzo Reale scored for Lorient in the first half and center half Gregory Bourillon made it 3-1 in the 83rd after veteran defender Jeremie Brechet pulled a goal back for the visitors. Midfielder Fabien Camus gave Troyes hope with a goal in the 88th, but Lorient held on.
Brandao scored as Saint-Etienne won 1-0 at Brest to secure its first league win in seven games and climb up to eighth place. Winger Franck Tabanou scored both goals for Toulouse, which is a point and a place behind Saint-Etienne.
Veteran striker Adrian Mutu's fifth goal of the season put Ajaccio 1-0 up. Valenciennes center half Benjamin Brou Angoua was sent off midway through the second half but it equalized soon after through 18-year-old midfielder Opa N'Guette's first senior career goal.
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A month-long delay will push the previously scheduled February 26, 2013 release of BioShock Infinite back to March 26, 2013, as Irrational Games' Ken Levine confirmed earlier this week. The recommendation apparently came from former Epic Games guy Rod Fergusson shortly after he joined the BioShock team in August. The extra month will be used to polish up Infinite and make absolutely sure that everything is in working order.
Levine revealed the news in his opening remarks at a BioShock Infinite preview event that was held in Los Angeles, California this week. It was the media's first hands-on crack at the game, serving up roughly two hours of play starting from the very beginning. I'll be bringing you more detailed impressions later today, but here's the gist: it's pretty kickass. The floating paradise of Columbia may seem like a big step away from Andrew Ryan's failed utopia from the original BioShock, but the DNA of that earlier game runs strongly through Infinite.
Stay tuned for more details soon, but rest easy for now in the knowledge that the added wait will be worth it.


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Sun Valley is one of the Bride's favorite places on the planet and with good reason... it's crazy gorgeous. For this celebration, it's all about rustic elegance and embracing the beauty of the Idaho mountains with the help of Debbie Geller Events and Tara Bella Flowers. And after poring through the images by Kendra Elise, you would never guess that the wedding dress almost didn't make it. (Yikes!) When the dress wouldn't fit on the plane, the planner jumped in her car and drove all the way from Los Angeles to deliver the gown. We're officially voting her MVP of this celebration.
From the Photographer... In June, two Los Angeles lovers tied the knot in the idyllic setting of Sun Valley Idaho. It was a location chose by the bride as she has spent her summers since childhood exploring, hiking, and falling in love with the wood river valley. The venue, Trail Creek Cabin, has a stunning view of Bald Mountain which offers some of the finest skiing in the area. The wedding planner drove, yes drove, from LA to Sun Valley with the brides beautiful dress because it wouldn't fit on an airplane, oh my gosh... Dedication!! The florals were romantic, lush and added a pop of fun color to this elegant event. The wedding rings were custom made by a local artisan and the entire wedding day was filled with laughter, dancing and hugs! Thank you Nic + Gavi for having one of the most romantic, heartfelt and stunning celebrations


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Gareldine Adams dedicated 40+ years to the genealogical research of her book, "the Adams Family: Ancestors & Descendants of Frederick Shields Adams", copyright 2000. 'Garry' Adams spent these years in contact with family members, libraries, churches, distant relatives, generous volunteers and historians all over the United States and Europe. She traveled both continents to visit the historical locations outlined in her research and was passionate in her pursuit of every detail.
Her efforts resulted in the thorough documentation of fourteen Adams generations, originating with Robert Adams of Newbury, Essex, MA, (born 10 October 1602) and an additional genealogical record of Robert's ancestry which goes back as far as 1296, to Sir John Ap Adam.
Garry's book was her gift and legacy to our family. She passed away October 26, 2007. This blog was created in her memory, to continue her work and pass on the history that is much beloved to the descendants of John Amos Adams.
John Amos Adams
b. 10 January 1883, Haverhill, Essex, MA.
m. Helen Belle Shields 16 July 1914, Bernalillio, NM
d. 27 July 1968, Albuquerque, NM
John A. Adams was a direct descendant of Robert Adams of Newbury, Massachusetts. Robert Adams landed in Ipswich in 1635 from England within two years of his cousins' arrival in Braintree – Henry Adams, ancestor of the American Presidents, John and John Quincy Adams.
Here will be told the stories of John A. Adams' ancestors and descendants*, the stories and lives that have shaped us and strengthened us. These are our trials and adventures, our character and faith, our history and cherished coat of arms.
To aspire, persevere and indulge not.
About the Blog Author:
Jules Maas is the granddaughter of Frederick Shields Adams and Gareldine Adams. In 1991, she traveled with Garry to England and Germany on a genealogical research trip, shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. She is currently updating Garry's book with developments and births that have occurred since publication in 2000, as well as developing an expanded section on the Family's history in Jemez Springs, NM.
This work is made possible by the participation of many Adams descendants and the generous help of Frederick Shields Adams, Sr; Elizabeth Adams; Frederick Shields Adams, Jr; Paul Adams Sr; Paul Adams, Jr.; Amie Adams Green; and Helen Adams Wicker.
*To protect and respect individual privacy, biographical information of living relatives will not be posted here. Anyone with questions or concerns can contact the author at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Sunday, June 08, 2008
Computer issues :/
Ever since I bought my Dell XPS M1710 a year ago it has been troublesome. It is supposed to be their gaming machine, a "beast", but not mine, oh nooo. Contacting Dell didn't help much (at all), nor did installing XP instead of Vista. I bought more RAM, but that didn't help either. But after a while I got used to it being shitty. I don't know what triggered it into new levels of shitty, but now I can't even stay logged into SL for more than 3 minutes before it freezes up and crashes. Programs like Blender and World of Warcraft (my latest obsession) are acting strange too, but not as bad as SL.
So untill I get this sorted out new releases will have to wait. Customer service will also be slow, but I will do my best, even if it takes me 10 crashes a day to get it done. But please send me a notecard instead of IMs, it makes it so much easier for me to keep track of things. I know I have missed some IMs because of crashes, if you have contacted me and I haven't replied, please send a notecard.
Thanks for your patience! :)
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- Samara Kasshiki said...
If you haven't tried the release candidate, that might be worth a try. It is currently the ONLY LL client I can log in with :) but works very well. Also there is an OnRez client (from the CSI era) that works much better for some people. Good luck.
- 22:00
- Shenandoah Saintlouis said...
Yes, the RC client works best, I have a DELL XPS as well, and it runs smooth with SL. Hope you got those issues solved quick..;)
- 22:16
- Noam said...
My beast was acting up recently too. Have you cleaned out the inside of your machine recently?
My problem was it would run SL and then shut down like it was over heating. It turned out my graphics card fan was caked with dust.
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- Kesseret Steeplechase said...
Noam said what I was going to say, however it's kinda difficult on a laptop (I don't know dell's systems off the top of my head so can't tell what is yours) but a good inside cleanup will help it, but also you just may have a lemon and need a lot of it replaced. Sometimes bad batches happen (I recall in 2000 I had to help dell run around my college campus to replace 4500 bad floppy drives- that was fun. NOT). I hope it gets sorted soon though, for your sanity! :)
- 23:04
- Emme Mannonen said...
That sucks, when I got my XPS they had put in a bad graphics card in it, I had thought it had something to do with the fans. I'm not that tech savvy.
I only figured it out by having someone (not from Dell) take a look and then I called Dell and told them what the problem was. Hopefully you get it fixed soon.
- 23:47
- Ana Lutetia said...
I second Noam. Try to remove the dust. When I accessed SL in a laptop, I had to do it all the time to improve performance.
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- Mariya Nesiote said...
Aw, sorry to hear this Antie - and I feel your pain, trust me. I'm on a Dell XPS m170 now and it's been all kinds of trouble since last summer (I've had it for longer), when the HD totally fried. The customer service wasn't particularly helpful at ALL. Now SL is a very bumpy ride and I ordered a new laptop less than a week ago. Jag hoppas att det löser sig snart, och att du har en underbaaaar sommar och njuter av vädret!
- 09:07
are you running dual video cards in SLI? If so go in and take the brackt off to take themout of SLI and run both cards seperately
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- antonia marat said...
Thanks everyone! Seems a lot of people can relate to computer issues! :D
I have tried cleaning out the computer, but either that's not the problem or I am crappy at vacuuming. And like Kesseret said, cleaning up a laptop isn't that easy.
Max has said he will but on his fight face and call Dell for me tomorrow. I don't want to call them myself because their HQ is in Ireland and I dread speaking in English, especially when I have no clue what I am talking about.
Anon: "Dual video cards in SLI"...? I have no idea. I know where the power button on the computer is, and that's about it.
The specs:
(I have 3GB RAM, not 2)
- 23:55
- kyutie said...
hi! awww. that sucks.. I hope that everything turns out fine for you.. how are you doing?
take care,
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- Azia said...
I'm so sorry to hear you are having so much trouble with your laptop, Antonia. I can totally relate. The latest release candidate will let me log in but there is still a memory leak big enough for homeless people to shack up in. The memory leak seems to be less of a problem (though still there) if I don't play the streaming media.
Taking a laptop apart and giving it a good cleaning is something which can best be done in a shop where they have the proper tools (there are a lot of little springs and such..you don't want to do it at home). I take my laptop to be cleaned about every 6 months to a computer place in my neighborhood. They charge about $25 USD to clean it. If your laptop is still under warranty and you take it to a Dell authorized shop, they may not have to charge you at all. I hope it all works out for you soon!
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- Amber said...
Hmm very strange, I have the same computer too, and Beasty is working just fine for me. Maybe something as simple as updating your drivers? I have no idea really :/ That sucks!!
- 08:27
aww well i have the same lappy as u and its wonderful but.. a frined of mine has it as well and has issues it's like every other one they made turned out shitty and its the luck of the draw on who gets on funny.. idk... but i have had mine for almost 3 years now and it's actting funny but right off the back it was nice. i hope it gets better for you
- 00:27
even the best computer in the world has problems with SL.
But it sounds like you could have a virus.
Only way to know is make a backup of everything you want to save and reinstall your system. Takes several hours.
Windows is archaic, reinstalling needs to be done every 6 months or so.
- 20:21
- Antonia said...
Read the post from August 18th and you'll see that the computer has been fixed. :) A guy from Dell came by and switched out the comps insides, and it is working like a charm now. :) YAY!
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Hornish to Start 29th in Season-Finale Race at Homestead
November 20, 2009
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (November 20, 2009) - Sam Hornish Jr., driver of the Penske Racing No. 77 Mobil 1 Dodge Charger, will start the season-finale Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway from the 29th starting position on Sunday.
The 34th competitor to make a qualifying attempt, Hornish posted a fast-lap time of 31.617 seconds at a speed of 170.794 miles per hour capturing the 29th starting spot for the No. 77 team.
"The Mobil 1 Dodge was pretty good in practice today but was really tight during qualifying," said Hornish. "This is the second year in a row that we have felt good following practice and ended up way too tight during qualifying. Luckily, we have two practice sessions tomorrow to work on the Mobil 1 Dodge and prepare for the race. We'll just put this behind us and focus on Sunday."
Coverage of the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway will air live on the ABC television network on Sunday, November 22 beginning at 2:30 p.m. EST and will also be broadcast live on MRN Radio.
Driver: Sam Hornish Jr.
Position: 29
Time: 31.617
Speed: 170.794
Pole: Jimmie Johnson
Time: 31.049
Speed: 173.919
Penske Racing Teammates:
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AFL grand final: No distance too far for Tiger fanatic Emily Dowling
Emily Dowling, formerly of Albury, might just be the most dedicated Richmond supporter at the 2017 AFL grand final, having travelled more than 16,600 kilometres to watch her team.
Three years ago, Ms Dowling packed up her family and life to move to Belgium for work, but after years of early-morning lonesome footy matches she decided no amount of distance was too far to travel to see her Tiges in the finals.
"When I left for Belgium I actually thought, well there's no chance we'll be in a premiership for three years so it'll be OK," Ms Dowling said.
"After the Geelong game a mate sent me a video of Swan Street, I saw the atmosphere and decided I couldn't miss it."
That night Ms Dowling booked tickets across the world for herself and her daughter Imogen, 4.
While her family understood her split-second decision, her dedication baffled Belgian friends and work colleagues.
"People here know I'm so crazy for the Tigers that they weren't totally surprised, but they were a bit shocked I went ahead with it," Ms Dowling said.
"In Belgium no one knows much about football so they don't understand.
"Usually I watch the games first thing in the morning with a cup of coffee, by myself and just decided enough is enough."
For daughter Imogen, 4, who's grown up predominately away from Australia's football obsession, the grand final will be her 'first big game'.
Ms Dowling booked her flights to attend the preliminary finals, flying back to Belgium a day after the grand final in the hope Richmond would go all the way.
It's been a long and sometimes difficult road for the lifelong Tigers supporter.
"The last premiership was the year before I was born," she said.
"I figured I'd waited my whole life I wasn't going to miss this and I don't want my daughter Imi to wait another 37 years.
"Growing up as a Tiger supporter you live through years of heartache and when we made it everyone was embracing and crying – it was worth it."


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By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 30 Dec 2010
41 Ways Museums Are Merging Social and Tech to Engage Audiences - a great blog post that summarises the latest global museum activity in this space.
As stated in Colleen Dilenschneider's blogpost: "Technology is a powerful tool for cultivating community, and the merging of social and tech in museums is occurring more and more frequently. Here are my 41 favorite examples of museums building social capital through social media and technological endeavours."
Well worth a read and have been meaning to post this for ages so here it is!


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OpenBritain is your one stop shop for accessible tourism in the UK providing you with a simple way to find accessible destinations and places to stay.
This allows you to create the perfect holiday for you, tailored specifically to your access requirements, whether this means wheelchair access or just having good lighting.
All of the properties on our site are self-assessed, however if you are looking for some extra assurance look out for the VisitEngland logo on venues that have been professionally assessed.
Unique Derbyshire holiday cottage disabled access specialist wins Britain's best rural business 2017
A Derbyshire farm with cosy holiday log cabins specialising in high quality disabled access is officially Britain's countryside-based business of the year after being crowned "champion of champions" at the prestigious UK-wide Rural Business Awards 2017. At a glittering ceremony on October 5 hosted by Jules Hudson of BBC Escape to the Country fame, Hoe Grange Holidays at Brassington, near Matlock, won Best Rural Tourism Business, before going on to win the coveted overall "champion of champions" accolade after judges deemed Hoe Grange's entry the best they received. The only UK-wide programme dedicated to showcasing the success of rural businesses, the awards are now in their third year and are run in partnership with the CLA and Amazon.
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Computers of the future could be controlled by eye movements, rather than a mouse or keyboard. Scientists at Imperial College, London, are working on eye-tracking technology that analyses the way we look at things. The team is trying to gain an insight into visual knowledge - the way we see objects and translate that information into actions.


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9 Killer Interview Tactics for Pitching YOU and Your Business!
Does this describe you? You're an expert, author, speaker, CEO, showbiz pro, creative-entrepreneur, speaker – who charges a fee for providing a product, service, content or consultation in a particular industry or field? Someone with a good deal of firsthand knowledge, experience, training, or experience in a particular field or activity? If it is, then you need to get the word out! By using media, you get to tell the world who you are, what…Read more