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In another surprise move, SAP has confirmed that newly-appointed top cloud guy, Shawn Price, is out.
Sources told Recode's Arik Hesseldahl that Price was fired and that his departure was announced internally on April 30.
James Dever, an SAP spokesman, confirmed to us that Price is gone, although he said that Price resigned and was not fired. No one is being promoted to take over his job:
"His role was a transformational role, and we're at a point where we're a leading cloud player. There will no longer be a single individual to be a cloud executives. His responsibilities will be divided among other executives."
The news comes two days after SAP announced that its top engineer, Vishal Sikka, has left and that SAP was promoting several executives to its top management boards to run the cloud business.
One of them was Rob Enslin, who leads global sales. Price's departure is due to Enslin, who is hand-picking his own team, sources told us.
Price was appointed just five months ago in January, when the company reshuffled its cloud computing leadership. At that time two of SAP's top cloud executives resigned: Bob Calderoni and Kevin Costello. Both of them left a little more than a year after they joined the company. They came on board as part of SAP's $4.3 billion acquisition of Ariba. SuccessFactor's founder Lars Dalgaard left SAP about a year after his company was acquired, too.
Before joining SAP, Price was president of Zuora, a hot cloud startup that competes with SAP in its bread-and-butter financial apps market.
This reshuffling is part of a bigger transition at SAP. On May 21, SAP will get rid of its dual CEO structure and make American Bill McDermott sole CEO. Co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe will stay at the company as a member of the supervisory board.
McDermott is putting his team in place.
With that, there's an internal power grab going on in the company, from what sources have told us. There is concern among the German contingent that too much power was in the hands of SAP's American contingent, who have been pressuring the board to move faster in the cloud computing market.
McDermott, an American, is clearly trying to build bridges with the Germans.
A source close to Price tells, "It just shows how hard a journey this is for SAP [cloud computing]. ... This affects who they can hire and keep, which becomes a vicious cycle."

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Join us for an informative webinar with renowned atmospheric scientist, Professor Brian Toon, as he discusses the environmental risks and global impacts of a nuclear war. Despite the potential damage caused by the blast from even small nuclear weapons, many countries continue to invest in and expand nuclear arsenals. Professor Toon will provide a scientific assessment of civilian fatalities, agricultural failures, climate concerns, and complications with food supply that would follow any international nuclear conflict. We need to plan how to prevent nuclear conflict and avoid catastrophe. Politicians and military planners must be made aware of global climate and agricultural complications that would ensue. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from, and engage in, this vital conversation
The Road to War brings a sharp focus to why it is not in Australia's best interest to be dragged into a war with China which will almost inevitably go nuclear very quickly. The filmmaker has interviewed some of Australia's senior foreign policy analysts who have vast experience behind them in analysing what really is going on here as the United States rattles its sabres with China. And sets us up to be its proxy, like the poor Ukranians have been fed into the Meatgrinder. So America can remain the Top Dog. The Road to War reveals how the United States through its spy base at Pine Gap and by stationing six nuclear capable B52 bombers in the Top End (without permission from the traditional owners) is making Australia a prime nuclear target if the current war of words suddenly melts down into full scale war.
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The pragmatic approach we adopted as our organizational strategy is to align and enhance existing networks and bring leading "hubs" together with linked satellites across the EU. The overall objective is to strengthen coherence and synergies. This will allow us to cost-effectively include individuals and organizations from diverse geographic and cultural backgrounds across Europe. For example we incorporate the patient organization Autism Europe, the COST network in early autism science (40 scientists from over 20 countries (http://www.cost.esf.org/domains_actions/bmbs/Actions/essea)), BASIS (the leading European infant at-risk autism study), and the ECNP paediatric psychopharmacology network (www.ecnp.eu Co-chair Prof. Buitelaar (RUNMC)). Importantly also we link to other international efforts through our partner ASP.


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Finale Preview: NCIS Pays Tribute to Ralph Waite
If there's anything you thought you could count on with NCIS, it's that the show wouldn't send its principal characters into their annual summer hiatus peacefully. Never in 10 previous seasons did the series finish without at least some cliffhanger elements in play. But there won't be any loose ends or jangled nerves at the close of May 13's finale, which honors the late actor Ralph Waite and sends his character, Jackson Gibbs, to his final resting place. That calm will also allow the series' team of investigators to catch their breath over the summer for once.
"It goes out on an emotional note," instead of a suspenseful one, showrunner Gary Glasberg confirms, sitting in his Los Angeles office with his cowriter on the finale, Gina Lucita Monreal, and leading man Mark Harmon. "Season 11 has been anything but traditional, and what appealed to me was the idea of closing it properly, on solid ground, and not feeling like we were dangling carrots and playing games in any way.
"This is life and death," he continues, "and real characters, and people dealing with real things. But I don't necessarily see it as a downer."
That phrase, real characters, may be, by definition, an oxymoron, but not to the millions of viewers who consider the fictional folks on NCIS to be family. The clan took an off-screen hit in February with the unexpected death of Waite, the Waltons patriarch who played papa to Harmon's Leroy Jethro Gibbs in occasional appearances since being introduced in 2008. The producers had already written out one major character this season - Ziva, who exited in the second episode, due to actress Cote de Pablo's decision to leave - and it wasn't a given they'd want to devote a storyline to explaining another loss. Yet, symmetrically, if hardly by design, the season has ended up being bookended by beautiful fare thee wells.
"I got a call from Liam, Ralph's son," Harmon says, remembering the suddenness of February's news. "I ran into a group of writers and Gary up here and then made an announcement to the crew" - which had still-fresh memories of working with Waite on his final episode, "Better Angels," broadcast in November. "And then, right away, you say, 'How do we honor this?' Do you put an 'In memoriam' at the end of the next episode? Do you go back and put it on the crawl of 'Better Angels,' if that had to be the farewell?"
Quickly, they decided Waite deserved more than a featured rerun or nominal dedication, even if that meant putting off an homage for three months. The storyline that was tentatively planned for the finale - Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) goes to Marseille - was bumped up a week to the penultimate slot (May 6) to accommodate a tribute to Waite. Now the concluding episode hinges on Gibbs learning of his father's death and feeling torn between staying on a case and going home for funeral preparations. NCIS Director Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll), who lost his wife a year ago, urges him away from D.C. and toward Stillwater. The episode will contain brief footage of Waite from previous episodes, along with newly shot flashbacks showing the two as young father and son.
Monreal wrote Waite's swan song, "Better Angels," and was subsequently drafted to work on this posthumous finale, since she had spent so much time with the actor last fall. "I knew coming in that I wanted to write a Jackson story," she says, "because, like probably all of America, I was in love with that character - this very vulnerable but strong being who is difficult and complex and wonderful."
Says Harmon, "Ralph loved Gina. He certainly had an eye for the ladies and beauty, but he also recognized her writing right off, and during 'Better Angels,' he talked about her to me. I said, 'She's a playwright.' And he knew that, from the words. I'll always remember the two of them sitting on the porch on location, just having a gay old time talking. He loved being here, and we loved having him." Off camera, there was no escaping that the 85-year-old was feeling his years. "You'd see little crinkles, little skips, little different things - nothing too bad," Harmon says. "But when someone said, 'Action,' and the camera got turned on, you'd better be bolted to the floor, because he was going to take you into the next county."
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The posturing and politicking is finished. The field has been chosen, the bracket has been set and the madness of March has finally arrived in college basketball.
Having trouble making sense of it all? No problem. Here are 10 things you should know about this year's NCAA tournament:
FIRST FOUR: The NCAA tournament hasn't started on Thursday for years, but there may be more interest than ever in the four "First Four" games played Tuesday and Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio. Sure, Albany and Mount St. Mary's are probably playing for a chance to be whipped by overall No. 1 seed Florida, and the winner of Cal Poly-Texas Southern will have to face unbeaten Wichita State. But the other two games feature some notable names: Iowa and Tennessee are vying to be the No. 11 seed and North Carolina State and Xavier will battle to be the No. 12 seed in the South Region.
"It didn't matter what seed or where we were going, I'm just excited for the opportunity," said the Hawkeyes' Aaron White. "We're in. That's all you can ask for."
LAST FOUR: The drama of Selection Sunday often centers on the teams that were left out, and this year was no different. SMU didn't have consecutive losses until ending the regular season with defeats to Louisville and Memphis, but a loss to Houston in its AAC tournament opener bumped the Mustangs from the NCAA tournament to the NIT. Florida State, Green Bay and Georgetown were also left hanging when the final teams were placed in the bracket.
REGION TO WATCH: Even coaches who landed in other regions pointed to the Midwest as the most brutal road to the Final Four in Arlington, Texas. Along with the top-seeded Shockers, you have two of the hottest teams in the country in Louisville and Michigan - who played in last year's national title game - and perennial powerhouses Duke and Kentucky.
"You can analyze it a lot of different ways," said Kansas State coach Bruce Weber, whose team will face Kentucky in the 8-9 matchup on Friday in St. Louis. "We're going to have to play and it doesn't matter who you play. You've got to play good basketball."
BEWARE THE 12 SEEDS: Just about every year, it seems a No. 12 seed rises up to knock off a No. 5 seed. Three of them did it last year in Oregon, Mississippi and California. And each of the 12-5 games in this year's tournament offers reason to be wary. Stephen F. Austin, which plays VCU, hasn't lost since November. North Dakota State heads into its game against Oklahoma featuring a dynamic playmaker in Taylor Braun. The winner of North Carolina State-Xavier will have some momentum heading into a game against No. 5 seed Saint Louis. And Ivy League champ Harvard has won eight straight as it prepares to face Cincinnati.
IF THE SHOE FITS: Sure, the notion of a "Cinderella" has become cliche, but it's also one of the endearing elements of the NCAA tournament. So is there a team seeded lower than 12 that has a chance to make some noise? How about Tulsa, led by Danny Manning, in its opener against UCLA? After all, they called his 1988 championship Kansas team "Danny and the Miracles" for a reason. And don't forget the Golden Hurricanes upset the Bruins in the first round of the 1994 tournament.
"UCLA is a very talented team," Manning said. "They ended up winning the (Pac-12) tournament title. They played very well in that game and they've got really good players that I've seen and watched for a very long time. We've got our hands full, but I like the matchup."
POTENTIAL REMATCHES: The NCAA selection does its best to make sure teams that faced each other in the regular season, such as conference rivals, don't meet early in the NCAA tournament. But that doesn't mean there aren't some tasty potential rematches. Kansas could face New Mexico, a team it beat in December, if both win their opener in the South Region. Saint Joseph's could get a chance to avenge a 30-point whipping by No. 2 seed Villanova in the third round, and fifth-seeded Saint Louis could get another crack at Wichita State in the Sweet 16.
BLUE BLOODS: There are 14 schools that have won multiple NCAA championships. All but two of them - Indiana and San Francisco - are in this year's field. The list is topped by UCLA, the fourth seed in the South, with its 11 national titles. The Bruins are joined there by No. 1 seed Florida and second-seeded Kansas. Oklahoma State won its titles as Oklahoma A&M, and is the No. 9 seed in the West. Cincinnati, UConn, North Carolina and Michigan State inhabit the East, and Duke, Kentucky and North Carolina State resides in the Midwest.
NEWCOMERS: There are two newcomers to this year's party, Cal Poly and North Carolina Central. Cal Poly got in despite its 13-19 record when reserve guard Ridge Shipley hit a 3-pointer with 13.7 seconds left for a 61-59 victory over Cal State Northridge in the Big West title game, and NC Central punched its ticket in only its seventh season in Division I by beating Morgan State 71-62 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title game.
"It's a testament to what these guys do - emotional stamina and mental toughness," said Cal Poly's Chris Eversley. "It started with the coaching staff and the guys we brought in - guys that were willing to buy into our program both offensively and defensively."
ODDS: It was no surprise that Florida was installed as the early favorite to win the national championship by the Las Vegas casinos. Several that put out lines immediately after the bracket was revealed had the Gators at 4-1. Michigan State, Arizona and Kansas were in the next tier of favorites, followed by a group that included Wichita State, Virginia, Duke, Syracuse and Louisville.
HOME COOKING: Several teams are going to feel right at home for their opening games of the tournament. And several teams are going to feel like it's a road game. Florida plays the Albany-Mount St. Mary's winner in Orlando, and UCLA takes on Stephen F. Austin in San Diego. Syracuse heads down the road to Buffalo for its game against Western Michigan. Baylor will face Nebraska in San Antonio, Wisconsin plays American in Milwaukee, and Duke will open against Mercer in Raleigh, N.C.
"We're just excited to be in the tournament, first of all, and then being a 2 seed in Milwaukee, I mean, it's going to be playing close to home, just means you did something good this year," said the Badgers' Josh Gasser. "You get rewarded for what you've done."


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Silvio Berlusconi to pay ex-wife $50 million a year
- Berlusconi retains $100 million home
- Divorce paperwork filed on Christmas Day
- Former prime minister intends to seek 2013 office
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister, has been ordered to pay close to $50 million a year to his ex-wife as part of a divorce settlement, the BBC reported, citing the Corriere della Sera newspaper.
However, Berlusconi, who said recently he intends to again seek office in 2013, has been allowed to retain the $100 million home he once shared with former actress Veronica Lario and their three children, according to the report.
He is said to have offered Lario around $5 million a year, while she asked for $56 million a year.
Corriere della Sera said the divorce paperwork was filed on Christmas Day.
Berlusconi was Italy's prime minister three times, and the nation's long-serving prime minister in the post-war period.
He was last in office in 2011.
He has been the subject of various allegations and investigations to do with his sex life and financial dealings for some time.
Berlusconi, who is 76, currently has a partner nearly 50 years his junior.


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Detective Mitch O'Neill is the ideal man to infiltrate the Soldiers of Fury Motorcycle Club. His ex-boyfriend, Peter, is pledged with the club, which provides Mitch with the perfect cover. Despite the relationship ending badly, he's come to terms with Peter's drug addiction and his inability to help. All Mitch wants now is to bring down the Soldiers and the club president, Rocky Cummings, once and for all.
Finn Cummings hates everything the motorcycle club stands for, but he's unable to escape his brother's clutches. When Mitch is assigned as Finn's driver, they spend countless hours together, and the saying proves true—opposites do attract. Finn agonizes over his feelings for Mitch—the last thing he wants is to involve himself further with criminals, not when he wants to leave that world. Mitch tries to come to terms with falling for a member of the outlaw club he's determined to destroy.
If they can survive the fallout from Rocky's violence and the investigation, they might discover it's not a case of opposites attract after all.
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Average earnings: up to $85,000 per driver transporting security-sensitive cargo for the Department of Defense
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- Average yearly earning between $65,000 to $85,000 per driver
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What is a Team Driver?
A team driver is a driver operating with a partner who shares driving duties and other tasks with the other partner. Delivery is much faster than utilizing a single driver, as Hours of Service regulations can be met for one driver while the other is resting. Team drivers often consist of spouses driving together or partners in an owner-operator situation. Likewise, an owner-operator may hire on another driver for the sole purpose of serving as part of a two-man team.
In some cases, a team can be formed by two individuals who may own a truck together or when one works for the other driver. But more frequently team drivers are the result of carrier or company programs that pair up drivers to provide the benefits a team arrangement offers. Of course, these teams must be carefully selected and monitored. People do not get along for a variety of reasons. A team that gets along well, communicates, and has similar goals and expectations of the job is going to be far more efficient and productive than a team that does not like driving together.
What personal characteristics are need for Team Drivers?
There is nothing as important to team driving as the personal relationships built between the partners. Aside from the personal characteristics needed to be a good truck driver, a Team Driver must be able to work day-in and day-out with a partner. You'll likely recognize that a team driving arrangement complicates and trumps any other issue you may run into in terms of personal characteristics.
For additional information about Team Drivers, including what is a Team Driver, pathways to securing a driving job, financial investment requirements, personal characteristics, average salaries and compensation structures of Team Drivers, visit Truck Driving Job Resources.
Different types of materials require different types of trailers, and each type of trailer offers drivers its own challenges. Therefore, it is important to understand what is required to not only drive your truck and your freight, but the trailer you are pulling as well.
What is Dry Van hauling?
Dry vans are likely the most basic type of trailer in the industry and the type beginning drivers are likely haul upon gaining their first jobs. A dry van is normally a 53-foot box-like trailers loaded with non-perishable good (think of the historical term of "dry goods store," and the type of products they sold).
What are requirements necessary to haul dry van equipment?
Typically, dry vans can be hauled by anyone holding the appropriate classification of CDL.
What endorsements are need for dry van hauling?
If the cargo is considered hazardous or includes hazardous materials, an (H), Hazardous Materials, or (X), Hazardous Materials/Tanker endorsement is needed.
For more information about Dry Van Hauling, including what type of companies hire, job requirements, compensation structures, what endorsements are needed, visit Truck Driving Job Resources.
Endorsements are required "permissions" for CDL holders driving and hauling various types of equipment and freight. You can earn endorsements at the same time as your CDL, or you can apply for them after you have been driving for a while.
Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Endorsement: the (H) endorsement. This endorsement is required if you are transporting hazardous materials such as flammable liquids, combustible liquids, gases, and other explosive materials. The (H) endorsement is available and is required of all CDL holders transporting these materials, even at the Class C CDL level.
To earn and maintain the HazMat (H) endorsement, drivers must successful complete the following: (1) written knowledge test, (2) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Threat Assessment application, (3) submit fingerprints along with two forms of ID (Driver's license, DOT medical card, etc.) and (4) periodic written knowledge retest.
Truck driving jobs requiring endorsements may offer opportunities for increased per mile, hourly, or route-specific compensation. Extra compensation based on endorsements will vary by the carrier. For more information about endorsements and what is required to obtain a Hazardous Materials (HazMat) endorsement, visit Truck Driving Job Resources.
Truck driving route type vary within the industry and are dependent on several factors including interstate trucking requirements, route planning, type of cargo hauled, frequency, hazardous materials restrictions, driver experience, etc.
Dedicated Routes are most often assigned to specific drivers who drive the specifically assigned routes and no others. Dedicated route drivers are often regional or local and have more opportunities for home time. They are also frequently reserved for drivers who may find OTR routes more difficult.


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The Sixth Crusade Begins
Emperor Frederick II had repeatedly vowed a crusade but failed to live up to his words, for which he was excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX in 1228.
He nonetheless set sail from Brindisi, landed in Palestine, and through diplomacy he achieved unexpected success: Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem were delivered to the crusaders for a period of ten years.
In 1229 after failing to conquer Egypt, Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire, made a peace treaty with Al-Kamil, the ruler of Egypt. This treaty allowed Christians to rule over most of Jerusalem, while the Muslims were given control of the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aksa mosque. The peace brought about by this treaty lasted for about ten years. Many of the Muslims though were not happy with Al-Kamil for giving up control of Jerusalem and in 1244, following a siege, the Muslims regained control of the city.
The Sixth Crusade started in 1228 as an attempt to reconquer Jerusalem. It began only seven years after the failure of the Fifth Crusade.
More information
Wikipedia: Crusades
Wikipedia: Sixth Crusade


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Ozenfant, Amédée
Ozenfant, Amédée ämādā´ ōzäNfäN´ [key], 1886–1966, French art theorist and painter. He criticized the cubists after 1912 for creating a merely decorative art form. Ozenfant advocated a disciplined geometry known as purism. With Le Corbusier he wrote Après le cubisme (1918) and La peinture moderne (1927). His painting The Vases is in the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. Ozenfant's book Foundations of Modern Art (1931) is well-known.
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Butalbital and acetaminophen combination (Oral)
Commonly used brand name(s)
In the U.S.
- Anolor 300
- Cephadyn
- Dolgic LQ
- Esgic
- Esgic-Plus
- Ezol
- Fioricet
- Geone
- Margesic
- Orbivan CF
- Phrenilin
- Phrenilin Forte
Available Dosage Forms:
- Tablet
- Capsule
- Solution
Uses for butalbital and acetaminophen combination
Butalbital and acetaminophen combination is a pain reliever and relaxant. It is used to treat tension headaches. Butalbital belongs to the group of medicines called barbiturates. Barbiturates act in the central nervous system (CNS) to produce their effects.
When you take butalbital for a long time, your body may get used to it so that larger amounts are needed to produce the same effects. This is called tolerance to the medicine. Also, butalbital may become habit-forming (causing mental or physical dependence) when it is used for a long time or in large doses. Physical dependence may lead to withdrawal side effects when you stop taking the medicine. In patients who get headaches, the first symptom of withdrawal may be new (rebound) headaches.
Some butalbital and acetaminophen combinations also contain caffeine. Caffeine may help to relieve headaches. However, caffeine can also cause physical dependence when it is used for a long time. This may lead to withdrawal (rebound) headaches when you stop taking it.
Butalbital and acetaminophen combination may also be used for other kinds of headaches or other kinds of pain as determined by your doctor.
These medicines are available only with your doctor's prescription.
Before using butalbital and acetaminophen combination
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to medicines in this group or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
For butalbital:
- Although barbiturates such as butalbital often cause drowsiness, some children become excited after taking them.
For acetaminophen:
- Acetaminophen has been tested in children and, in effective doses, has not been shown to cause different side effects or problems than it does in adults.
For caffeine:
- There is no specific information comparing use of caffeine in children up to 12 years of age with use in other age groups. However, caffeine is not expected to cause different side effects or problems in children than it does in adults.
For butalbital:
- Certain side effects, such as confusion, excitement, or mental depression, may be especially likely to occur in elderly patients, who are usually more sensitive than younger adults to the effects of the butalbital in this combination medicine.
For acetaminophen:
- Acetaminophen has been tested and has not been shown to cause different side effects or problems in older people than it does in younger adults.
For caffeine:
- Many medicines have not been studied specifically in older people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly the same way they do in younger adults or if they cause different side effects or problems in older people. There is no specific information comparing use of caffeine in the elderly with use in other age groups.
For butalbital:
- Barbiturates such as butalbital have been shown to increase the chance of birth defects in humans. Also, one study in humans has suggested that barbiturates taken during pregnancy may increase the chance of brain tumors in the baby.
- Butalbital may cause breathing problems in the newborn baby if taken just before or during delivery.
For acetaminophen:
- Although studies on birth defects with acetaminophen have not been done in pregnant women, it has not been reported to cause birth defects or other problems.
For caffeine:
- Studies in humans have not shown that caffeine (contained in some of these combination medicines) causes birth defects. However, use of large amounts of caffeine during pregnancy may cause problems with the heart rhythm and the growth of the fetus. Also, studies in animals have shown that caffeine causes birth defects when given in very large doses (amounts equal to those present in 12 to 24 cups of coffee a day).
For butalbital:
- Barbiturates such as butalbital pass into the breast milk and may cause drowsiness, unusually slow heartbeat, shortness of breath, or troubled breathing in nursing babies.
For acetaminophen:
- Although acetaminophen has not been shown to cause problems in nursing babies, it passes into the breast milk in small amounts.
For caffeine:
- Caffeine (present in some butalbital and acetaminophen combinations) passes into the breast milk in small amounts. Taking caffeine in the amounts present in these medicines has not been shown to cause problems in nursing babies. However, studies have shown that nursing babies may appear jittery and have trouble in sleeping when their mothers drink large amounts of caffeine-containing beverages. Therefore, breast-feeding mothers who use caffeine-containing medicines should probably limit the amount of caffeine they take in from other medicines or from beverages.
Interactions with medicines
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking any of these medicines, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using medicines in this class with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with a medication in this class or change some of the other medicines you take.
- Riociguat
- Viloxazine
Using medicines in this class with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Alfentanil
- Alprazolam
- Amobarbital
- Anisindione
- Aprobarbital
- Butabarbital
- Calcium Oxybate
- Capmatinib
- Carisoprodol
- Chloral Hydrate
- Chlordiazepoxide
- Chlorzoxazone
- Clarithromycin
- Clonazepam
- Clorazepate
- Dantrolene
- Darunavir
- Diazepam
- Dicumarol
- Doxorubicin
- Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome
- Esketamine
- Estazolam
- Ethchlorvynol
- Etonogestrel
- Flunitrazepam
- Flurazepam
- Givosiran
- Halazepam
- Imatinib
- Iobenguane I 131
- Isoniazid
- Ketazolam
- Lorazepam
- Lormetazepam
- Magnesium Oxybate
- Medazepam
- Mephenesin
- Mephobarbital
- Meprobamate
- Metaxalone
- Methocarbamol
- Methohexital
- Midazolam
- Nifedipine
- Nitrazepam
- Oxazepam
- Peginterferon Alfa-2b
- Pentobarbital
- Phenindione
- Phenobarbital
- Phenprocoumon
- Piperaquine
- Pixantrone
- Pneumococcal 13-Valent Vaccine, Diphtheria Conjugate
- Potassium Oxybate
- Prazepam
- Primidone
- Quazepam
- Secobarbital
- Sodium Oxybate
- Temazepam
- Thiopental
- Trazodone
- Triazolam
- Ulipristal
Interactions with food/tobacco/alcohol
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
Using medicines in this class with any of the following is usually not recommended, but may be unavoidable in some cases. If used together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use your medicine, or give you special instructions about the use of food, alcohol, or tobacco.
- Ethanol
- Tobacco
Other medical problems
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of medicines in this class. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
- Alcohol abuse (or history of) or
- Drug abuse or dependence (or history of)—Dependence on butalbital may develop. Also, acetaminophen may cause liver damage in people who abuse alcohol.
- Asthma (or history of), emphysema, or other chronic lung disease or
- Hepatitis or other liver disease or
- Hyperactivity (in children) or
- Kidney disease—The chance of serious side effects may be increased.
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus or
- Mental depression or
- Overactive thyroid or
- Porphyria (or history of)—Butalbital can make these conditions worse.
- Heart disease (severe)—The caffeine in some butalbital and acetaminophen combinations can make some kinds of heart disease worse.
Proper use of butalbital and acetaminophen combination
Take butalbital and acetaminophen combination only as directed by your doctor. Do not take more of it, do not take it more often, and do not take it for a longer time than your doctor ordered. If butalbital and acetaminophen combination is taken regularly (for example, every day), it may become habit-forming (causing mental or physical dependence). The caffeine in some butalbital and acetaminophen combinations can also increase the chance of dependence. Dependence is especially likely to occur in patients who take these medicines to relieve frequent headaches. Taking too much of butalbital and acetaminophen combination may also lead to liver damage or other medical problems.
Butalbital and acetaminophen combination will relieve a headache best if you take it as soon as the headache begins. If you get warning signs of a migraine, take butalbital and acetaminophen combination as soon as you are sure that the migraine is coming. This may even stop the headache pain from occurring. Lying down in a quiet, dark room for a while after taking the medicine also helps to relieve headaches.
People who get a lot of headaches may need to take a different medicine to help prevent headaches. It is important that you follow your doctor's directions about taking the other medicine, even if your headaches continue to occur. Headache-preventing medicines may take several weeks to start working. Even after they do start working, your headaches may not go away completely. However, your headaches should occur less often, and they should be less severe and easier to relieve than before. This will reduce the amount of headache relievers that you need. If you do not notice any improvement after several weeks of headache-preventing treatment, check with your doctor.
The dose medicines in this class will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of these medicines. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
- For oral dosage forms (capsules or tablets):
- For tension headaches:
- Adults—One or 2 capsules or tablets every four hours as needed. If your medicine contains 325 or 500 milligrams (mg) of acetaminophen in each capsule or tablet, you should not take more than six capsules or tablets a day. If your medicine contains 650 mg of acetaminophen in each capsule or tablet, you should not take more than four capsules or tablets a day.
- Children—Dose must be determined by your doctor.
- For tension headaches:
Missed dose
If you miss a dose of butalbital and acetaminophen combination, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing.
Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
Precautions while using butalbital and acetaminophen combination
Check with your doctor:
- If the medicine stops working as well as it did when you first started using it. This may mean that you are in danger of becoming dependent on the medicine. Do not try to get better pain relief by increasing the dose.
- If you are having headaches more often than you did before you started taking butalbital and acetaminophen combination. This is especially important if a new headache occurs within 1 day after you took your last dose of butalbital and acetaminophen combination, headaches begin to occur every day, or a headache continues for several days in a row. This may mean that you are dependent on the medicine. Continuing to take butalbital and acetaminophen combination will cause even more headaches later on. Your doctor can give you advice on how to relieve the headaches.
Check the labels of all nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) or prescription medicines you now take. If any contain a barbiturate or acetaminophen, check with your health care professional. Taking them together with butalbital and acetaminophen combination may cause an overdose.
The butalbital in butalbital and acetaminophen combination will add to the effects of alcohol and other CNS depressants (medicines that slow down the nervous system, possibly causing drowsiness). Some examples of CNS depressants are antihistamines or medicine for hay fever, other allergies, or colds; sedatives, tranquilizers, or sleeping medicine; other prescription pain medicine; narcotics; other barbiturates; medicine for seizures; muscle relaxants; or anesthetics, including some dental anesthetics. Also, drinking large amounts of alcoholic beverages regularly while taking butalbital and acetaminophen combination may increase the chance of liver damage, especially if you take more of butalbital and acetaminophen combination than your doctor ordered or if you take it regularly for a long time. Therefore, do not drink alcoholic beverages, and check with your doctor before taking any of the medicines listed above, while you are using butalbital and acetaminophen combination.
Butalbital and acetaminophen combination may cause some people to become drowsy, dizzy, or lightheaded. Make sure you know how you react to butalbital and acetaminophen combination before you drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are dizzy or are not alert and clearheaded.
Before you have any medical tests, tell the person in charge that you are taking butalbital and acetaminophen combination. Caffeine (present in some butalbital and acetaminophen combinations) interferes with the results of certain tests that use dipyridamole (e.g., Persantine) to help show how well blood is flowing to your heart. Caffeine should not be taken for 8 to 12 hours before the test. The results of other tests may also be affected by butalbital and acetaminophen combinations.
Before having any kind of surgery (including dental surgery) or emergency treatment, tell the medical doctor or dentist in charge that you are taking butalbital and acetaminophen combination. Serious side effects can occur if your medical doctor or dentist gives you certain medicines without knowing that you have taken butalbital.
If you have been taking large amounts of butalbital and acetaminophen combination, or if you have been taking it regularly for several weeks or more, do not suddenly stop taking it without first checking with your doctor. Your doctor may want you to reduce gradually the amount you are taking before stopping completely in order to lessen the chance of withdrawal side effects.
If you think you or anyone else may have taken an overdose of butalbital and acetaminophen combination, get emergency help at once. Taking an overdose of butalbital and acetaminophen combination or taking alcohol or CNS depressants with butalbital and acetaminophen combination may lead to unconsciousness or possibly death. Signs of butalbital overdose include severe drowsiness, confusion, severe weakness, shortness of breath or unusually slow or troubled breathing, slurred speech, staggering, and unusually slow heartbeat. Signs of severe acetaminophen poisoning may not occur until 2 to 4 days after the overdose is taken, but treatment to prevent liver damage or death must be started within 24 hours or less after the overdose is taken.
Butalbital and acetaminophen combination side effects
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
- Bleeding or crusting sores on lips
- chest pain
- fever with or without chills
- hive-like swellings (large) on eyelids, face, lips, and/or tongue
- muscle cramps or pain
- red, thickened, or scaly skin
- shortness of breath, troubled breathing, tightness in chest, or wheezing
- skin rash, itching, or hives
- sores, ulcers, or white spots in mouth (painful)
Symptoms of overdose
- Anxiety, confusion, excitement, irritability, nervousness, restlessness, or trouble in sleeping (severe, especially with products containing caffeine)
- convulsions (seizures) (for products containing caffeine)
- diarrhea, especially if occurring together with increased sweating, loss of appetite, and stomach cramps or pain
- dizziness, lightheadedness, drowsiness, or weakness, (severe)
- frequent urination (for products containing caffeine)
- hallucinations (seeing, hearing, or feeling things that are not there)
- increased sensitivity to touch or pain (for products containing caffeine)
- muscle trembling or twitching (for products containing caffeine)
- nausea or vomiting, sometimes with blood
- ringing or other sounds in ears (for products containing caffeine)
- seeing flashes of "zig-zag" lights (for products containing caffeine)
- shortness of breath or unusually slow or troubled breathing
- slow, fast, or irregular heartbeat
- slurred speech
- staggering
- swelling, pain, or tenderness in the upper abdomen or stomach area
- unusual movements of the eyes
Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:
Less common
- Confusion (mild)
- mental depression
- unusual excitement (mild)
- Bloody or black, tarry stools
- bloody urine
- pinpoint red spots on skin
- swollen or painful glands
- unusual bleeding or bruising
- unusual tiredness or weakness (mild
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
More common
- Bloated or "gassy" feeling
- dizziness or lightheadedness (mild)
- drowsiness (mild)
- nausea, vomiting, or stomach pain (occurring without other symptoms of overdose)
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
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SELMA, Ala. (AP)—Thousands of marchers marked the 46th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" voting rights confrontation in Selma.
Activists staged the annual commemoration of the historic demonstration by walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River on Sunday afternoon. Participants included U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, who was injured in the melee in 1965, as well as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Law enforcement officers attacked civil rights demonstrators marching toward Montgomery across the bridge on March 7, 1965. The movement only grew, and the Selma-to-Montgomery march was held later in response.
The march is credited with helping build momentum for passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.


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ActiveTrak has released an updated version of its GadgetTrak anti-theft app for iOS. Like previous versions of the app, version 2.5 helps you recover your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch if it gets stolen. You install the app on the device and register the hardware on the GadgetTrak Website. Then, if your phone or tablet is stolen, you notify the site, and the service begins to track the device.
The updated app adds a couple of new features. It now supports cameras; if you have an iPhone 4, it'll use both front- and back-facing cameras, so you can take a picture of the perp as well as his surroundings. It uses push notifications, so you can send the miscreant a message. And you can set up an e-mail account to which all of the tracking details will be sent. The app's settings are password-protected; even if the jerk who stole your phone gets that password, he can't turn off tracking unless he can also log into your account on the GadgetTrack Web site.
GadgetTrak 2.5 costs $4 regularly; for a limited time, ActiveTrak is selling it for $1. It requires iOS 4.0 or later.


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We have had several good threads over the years, filled with advice and suggestions on "tingly" legs and aching backs. I will first link to this book on posture during Zazen ...
Usually, legs which tingle or "fall asleep" are due putting some pressure on the sciatic nerve ...
My friend, the late Rev. Nonin Chowaney (Nebraska Zen Center), wrote this ...
When my legs begin to "fall asleep", I lightly shift my weight on the Zafu to the left or right (or front or back) as needed to slightly take my weight off the top of my thigh. That seems to work. Also, if sitting in Full or Half Lotus, I will "gassho" and untangle my legs (usually into Burmese) about a minute or two before I need to stand up. The feeling is usually back by that time.
There are many ways to sit zazen: full-lotus, half-lotus, quarter-lotus (with foot on calf), burmese (with both feet on the floor), seiza (Japanese kneeling posture) with the zafu on it's side, seiza on two zafus (one on top of the others), seiza on a bench, and sitting in a chair (this is frequently necessary for those who have injured themselves or with joint replacements). Also, some people with severe physical problems or illness sit zazen lying down.
I recommend to all beginners that they sit as close to full lotus posture as they can for as long as they can. I also suggest that they sit somewhere between wimp and macho. Sit until it becomes uncomfortable, and then sit a few minutes more before you change postures. If you change too soon, you won't stretch out. On the other hand, don't tough it out for so long that you do yourself damage.
Also, learn the difference between soft tissue or muscle pain and nerve pain. Everyone's legs fall asleep from time to time. Sometimes bending forward will take the pressure off the sciatic nerve and the legs will wake up. If your legs are asleep at the end of a sitting and they come back quickly as you stretch them out and get up, I wouldn't worry about it. If they don't and the numbness persists for some time, don't sit the way you have been. You can damage nerves. If you damage 1/8" of a nerve, it can take months to heal.
Anytime you hold the body in a specific position, it will hurt. Just try holding your arm out parallel to the floor for any length of time. Sitting zazen for any length of time will hurt most people, although some can without pain. I have never been very limber, and I sat seiza for three years when I first started while I did exercises and stretched out. Then, I was able to sit burmese style. Eventually I was able to sit quarter-lotus and then half-lotus. I've never been able to sit full-lotus, and as I've aged, I've gone back to quarter lotus. Also, I have a knee problem, and when it flared up severely a couple of years ago, I spent six months sitting in a chair.
Also, is you underwear too tight, your pants pinching your upper thigh or circulation? (This is one reason that we wear loose fitting trousers in Zazen ... and avoid Jeans and such).
Here are some other helpful threads on the subject ...
I might just add that our Zazen is often practice in microcosm for experiencing our whole life. Our lives are sometimes pain, including physical pain. Zazen recognizes that fact. We have to embrace that fact.
So, nothing wrong with trying to make the pain or other unpleasantness go away. We move our legs, shift our posture, do whatever we can. Still, we accept it is there, whether it goes away or not (acceptance without acceptance). No running from the pain, even as we try to walk away from it. If it really will not go away no matter what we do, that is just our life. We just sit with it.
We also learn that, in all cases, there is a great degree of "mind over matter" to pain. Our minds magnify the pain, focus on it. Our minds can also do the opposite. It may not make the pain go away, but mind and body are one.
Remember, pain is not suffering without more ...
All that being said, we also do not do Zazen to the point that there is a real risk of damage to the body. If you overdo with the pain, nerve damage and the like is possible. Even if you need to stand up in the middle of Zazen and do Zazen that way, as walking meditation, no problem. But, to be with a reasonable bit of pain now and then is part of Practice.
Gassho, Jundo


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Stuxnet: Ahmadinejad admits cyberweapon hit Iran nuclear program
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that a computer worm incapacitated some centrifuges of the Iran nuclear program. The worm was surely Stuxnet, experts say.
Iran's president Monday appeared to confirm what cybersecurity experts have been saying for weeks: that a new type of malicious software – a cyber guided missile called Stuxnet – has hammered that nation's nuclear-fuel centrifuge facilities.
Although he did not mention Stuxnet by name, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the first time admitted that malicious software code had damaged the nation's centrifuge facilities. The statement, cybersecurity experts say, makes it all but conclusive that Stuxnet caused problems for Iran's centrifuges. In a seemingly related move, Iran temporarily halted its nuclear fuel enrichment processes, according to a report issued earlier this month by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
"They succeeded in creating problems for a limited number of our centrifuges with the software they had installed in electronic parts," Mr. Ahmadinejad told reporters at a news conference, Reuters reported. "They did a bad thing. Fortunately our experts discovered that and today they are not able [to do that] anymore."
The admission seemed to directly link problems at Iran's centrifuge facilities to the Stuxnet worm. California antivirus company Symantec and German researcher Ralph Langner, among others, had previously concluded that Stuxnet was designed specifically to target power supplies that control the motors in centrifuge plants of the precise type and configuration that Iran uses – and to cause them to spin out of control.
Prior to Ahmadinejad's statement, Iranian officials had admitted only that Stuxnet had infiltrated computers at its nuclear facilities, denying that Stuxnet or any other software code had harmed its Natanz centrifuge nuclear fuel-enrichment facilities. Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, in mid-November denied that the nation's nuclear program had been harmed by the Stuxnet computer worm.
"Fortunately the nuclear Stuxnet virus has faced a dead end," he told Iran state media. But Ahmadinejad's comments appeared to experts to trump Mr. Salehi's claim and further confirmed that Stuxnet had indeed wreaked havoc on Iran's centrifuges.
"Combined with the analysis that Symantec did ... we can now pretty much close the case on who [was] the target," Eric Byres, a Vancouver-based industrial control systems expert who has created software to counter Stuxnet, wrote on his blog Monday.
Mr. Byres and other cybersecurity experts told the Monitor they believe the ultra-sophisticated Stuxnet worm was developed by a nation state with major cyberweapons expertise. The United States and Israel are often cited as likely suspects, although there is no conclusive evidence aside from hints in the code that appear to point to Israel – but which could have easily been placed by another nation state that wanted to deflect blame.
"It is unlikely that there is another [nuclear centrifuge] site that would use the specific Vacon and Fararo Paya drives in the configuration that Stuxnet expects," Mr. Byres noted, referring to power supplies and motors targeted by Stuxnet and reportedly used in Iran's centrifuge plants. "Since Iran admits that their centrifuges were damaged, then that particular attack sequence must have been designed for the Natanz nuclear site and other sites copied from it."
In an intriguing but unconfirmed footnote, Byres's blog cites an anonymously sourced report on the DEBKAfile, a Jerusalem-based website that reports on intelligence matters and military affairs. It reported that the Iranian scientist assassinated in Tehran on Monday was Iran's leading Stuxnet expert.
While the claim that the dead scientist was a Stuxnet expert could not be immediately confirmed, Byres noted it as a reminder that when cyberwarfare breaks out and encroaches on the real world, it's not just industrial equipment that breaks.
"If this is true, then Stuxnet is moving from a cyberwar to a shooting war," he wrote.


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Hounds beat WT in overtime
Freedom correspondent: Karl Terry Hound senior Equs Darby goes up for a layup over the defense of West Texas A&M University junior Joe Mincey.
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PORTALES — Jimmie Marshall scored the last four points of overtime and Eastern New Mexico University beat West Texas A&M 61-58 Wednesday in a Lone Star Conference South men's game at Greyhound Arena.
Reggie Nelson scored 19 points and Tyler Jefferson added 18 points, including a layup that sent the game into overtime, as ENMU (8-12, 3-3 LSC South) ended a 10-game losing streak to the Buffs.
The win gave the Greyhounds sole possession of fourth place in the LSC South Division.
The teams will square of again at 5 p.m. (MST) Saturday in Canyon
LaDarius Hall led the Buffaloes (11-10, 2-4) with 13 points.
The Hounds' last win over WT was a 77-72 overtime decision in Canyon Feb. 9, 2004.
The Hounds rallied from nine points down in the second half to end a three-game LSC South skid.
"I don't we played offensively for most of the game," Greyhounds coach Andrew Helton said. "We were able to get pressure to the inside to make things happen and we got a couple of stops on defense. It was a huge win for us."
West Texas coach Rick Cooper gave ENMU credit for hanging being tough.
"It was a hard-fought game that came down to overtime," Cooper said. "We really didn't pressure well. We would like to try to got out and pressure and deny, but we struggle with that as a basketball team at times."
With West Texas A&M up 52-44 with 6:12 left in regulation, Nelson scored four points to ignite an 8-0 ENMU run to knot the score at 52-all with 2:53 left on the clock.
After an Alex Davis layup gave WT a 58-56 lead with eight seconds left, Marshall found Jefferson for a layup with two seconds left to end the game into overtime.
ENMU held a decisive edge at the free-throw line, converting a season-high 84 percent of their 25 shots.


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Bangalore: Five people, including a woman and a girl, were killed Monday when lightning struck them at a village in Raichur district of northern Karnataka, an official said.
"The incident in Kurudi village in Manvi taluk occurred around 4 p.m. when the five were standing under a tree near their fields to avoid getting drenched in a sudden downpour," Raichur Deputy Commissioner S.N. Nagaraju told IANS.
The victims were identified as Nirmala (30), Chaitnya (9), Chandru (22), Huligappa (40) and Nagaraj (22).
"Though about 20 other people under the tree escaped unhurt, three peoples, including two girls were injured in the incident. They were rushed to a government hospital at Manvi for treatment," Nagaraju said.
"When ever lightning occurs, people should not take shelter under a tree as they will be vulnerable to such strikes. They should have been near power lines, which absorb its (lightning) effect and dilute the impact of its charge," he added.
The official announced a compensation of Rs.1.5 lakh to the five families of each victim as they were not related.
Raichur is 450 km from Bangalore.


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NCAA Football Preview - Hawaii Warriors
Philadelphia, PA – 2012 SEASON IN REVIEW: Hawaii brought in a new head coach for 2012 in Norm Chow, the former offensive architect for all of those highly successful USC squads only a few short years ago, but it made little difference for the Warriors.
Coincidentally, Hawaii had the pleasure of opening up the season against said Trojans and were blown away on the mainland, 49-10. Two weeks later the Warriors did pick up their first win of the campaign, albeit against Lamar at home in a 54-2 rout. Unfortunately, from there the next two months were all down hill for Chow and his players as the team suffered through an eight-game slide, the bulk of those setbacks coming against new conference foes from the Mountain West Conference, after the program made the switch from the Western Athletic.
The team was able to put an end to the swoon with a 48-10 romp over UNLV in late November, marking the first win against an MWC opponent as well as another program from the Football Bowl Subdivision. A week after, the squad also claimed a 23-7 triumph over South Alabama outside of conference play in order to finish with a very disappointing 3-9 record overall and a 1-7 MWC mark, leaving the Warriors in a tie for ninth place in the standings.
After having one of the most aggressive passing offenses in the nation over the last decade, the Warriors found themselves languishing in the seventh spot in the MWC and 98th in the country overall in 2012 with a mere 188.8 passing ypg. Put that together with a traditionally weak running game and it is no surprise that Hawaii ended up 118th in total offense with a mere 297.4 ypg, leading to just 21.2 ppg (tied for 100th), a number that was significantly skewed by the 102 combined points tallied against the Cardinals and Rebels. Add to that a scoring defense which was last in the league and 104th in the country with 35.7 ppg allowed and Hawaii was a disappointment from all angles.
OFFENSE: Even before taking the field, the offense for the Warriors has taken a significant hit, with coach Chow dismissing offensive coordinator Aaron Price already. Price only joined the program in February, but Chow chose to cut ties with the Washington State product due to issues that were not divulged. Instead of filling the position, Chow plans on expanding the roles of two graduate assistants who will be working with the quarterbacks and wide receivers and will himself oversee the offense as a whole. Prior to taking over the Hawaii program, Chow was an offensive coordinator himself, most notably with the high-powered USC Trojans under Pete Carroll.
Following Chow's pro-set offense, Sean Schroeder was expected to be reprising his role as the team's starting quarterback. After spending two years at Duke, Schroeder earning the starting job last year and threw for close to 1,900 yards and 11 touchdowns, but he converted fewer than 50 percent of his attempts and was picked off 12 times, so there's still plenty of growth to be made.
However, Schroeder is coming off back surgery and missed the entire spring, opening the door for Ohio State transfer Taylor Graham to compete for the starting job.
"All the QBs are doing a good job of pushing Taylor and we're breeding good competition within the group," noted quarterbacks coach Jordan Wynn the first week of August.
The good news for whomever is under center is that there's a laundry list of returning starters along the offensive line to provide protection and give the signal-caller time to seek out receivers such as Billy Ray Stutzmann who led the group with 35 catches for 447 yards a year ago. However, Stutzmann never made it into the end zone, something he and the coaching staff would like to see change.
"I believe, in every team it all starts up front, the O- and D-line," notes offensive line coach Chris Naeole about the importance of players in the trenches.
Keeping the ball on the ground has never been a strong suit for the Warriors, but the team still has a decent threat in Joey Iosefa who is the top returning ball carrier after producing 463 yards and a score on 125 attempts through eight games a season ago.
DEFENSE: Opponents jumped all over the Hawaii defense in the first half a year ago, scoring not only 118 points in the first quarter, compared to a mere 55 points for the Warriors, but also adding another 139 in the second frame which means those foes combined for more points in the first 30 minutes (257) than Hawaii had in all four periods (254).
The unit really didn't have a single, standout performer on the defensive side of the ball, as no one recorded more than 56 total tackles. However, that's not to say that guys like Art Laurel and Beau Yap cannot be decisive factors from one play to the next. Credited with 21 starts over the last two years, Laurel is the leader of the linebacking corps, having posted four sacks and 13.5 tackles for loss in 2012.
Now a junior, Yap led all linemen with 10.5 TFL and three sacks, but he'll need support from the interior guys if he hopes to get off the end quickly and once again cause havoc in the backfield.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The bad news for the Warriors is that they need to find a replacement for all-American punter Alex Dunnachie, who averaged an impressive 46.2 yards per punt a year ago. Oddly enough, the likely substitute should be Scott Harding who stepped in and punted 15 times in 2012, but averaged only 34.7 yards per kick. It is an odd transition based on the fact that Harding was also the team's top punt returner a year ago, bringing back one of his 23 tries for a touchdown. Harding will again be penciled in as the top returner and could also find himself on kickoff returns as well, as long as it doesn't become an issue with his other primary duties.
The placekicking will be handled by Tyler Hadden once again. Perfect on his 29 PATs, Hadden did have some issues with field goals overall, connecting on only 13-of-21 chances, with just three makes on six chances between 30-39 yards.
OUTLOOK: For a multitude of reasons, Hawaii was picked to finish last in the West Division of the MWC this season. The coaching staff is still settling in and trying to find a comfort zone in Honolulu and it certainly didn't help that Price was sent packing so close to the start of the season.
As they did last year, the Warriors will again open against USC, albeit at home this time around. Unfortunately, after that the team travels to both Oregon State and Nevada. Playing on the road is never easy for Hawaii, considering the heavy burden of long distances to locales on the mainland, but facing off against Navy in Annapolis the second week of November will surely be a tough test. Conversely, for programs to travel to the island, that sometimes works in favor of the Warriors, but there are few weak visitors on the schedule this year.


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Amherst schools closed because of slick floors
22 falls reported throughout district
A Massachusetts school district has canceled classes for the day because floors are too slippery.
The Amherst Regional School District announced on its website that all six of its schools are closed Thursday because of "weather-related building issues."
Amherst Regional High School Principal Mark Jackson said there had been 22 reported falls throughout the district on Wednesday because of slick floors. He had not heard of any serious injuries.
He says the schools' floors were waxed during the summer and Wednesday's high temperatures melted the wax and made the floors slick.
The superintendent made the decision to close the schools. The district serves children from Amherst, Pelham, Leverett and Shutesbury.
Middle and high school students in the Mount Greylock Regional district in Williamstown were dismissed early Wednesday for similar reasons.


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Tasting Flights Take Off
From: Hotel F&B Marketing: Sprucing Up F&B Sales
Hotels find effectively merchandising food and spirits and getting staff involved in the story behind the product directly affects the bottom line.
By Mary Boltz Chapman, Contributing Editor — Hotels, 6/30/2009 11:00:00 PM
When The Peninsula Chicago began offering single-malt scotch flights, its public relations staff spread the word through local newspapers and magazines. Its finding, however, was that the best marketing is the buzz that spreads through the bar when someone orders it: Three 1-ounce pours in etched glasses are stacked on a handcrafted wooden ladder.
"We knew it would take off," says Director of Food & Beverage Pradeep Raman. "We started getting regular guests ordering it, which attracts onlookers."
The Peninsula created the flights and added them in October to try something unique for its guests, whom Raman describes as "urban yuppies. A mixture of affluent younger generation who come in with friends and businessmen entertaining clients." Nine flights, ranging from US$25 to US$95, were assembled to take customers "on a journey." Each flight holds three scotches ranging in complexity. They are grouped by region, body or tasting notes.
Raman says the flights are selling well, at a pace of about five to 10 on weekdays and 20 or more on weekend days. He credits in part the merchandising that happens when a guest sees someone else drinking it. The server or bar manager will walk customers through the experience, discussing each single malt and its characteristics. Guests also receive a card listing details on each scotch.
The handcrafted, etched glassware bearing the hotel's name is prominently on display behind the bar, and bartenders are happy to tell inquiring guests about the flights.
Home-Grown Merchandising
Executive Chef Scott Walton grows vegetables and herbs in a deck garden for the hotel's Markethouse restaurant. Taking a cue from the restaurant's seasonal slant, Walton began infusing vodkas with fruits from local purveyors for the hotel bar, which was completed in December. A recent US$15 flight included raspberry, vanilla and pomegranate.
This summer, Walton will include infusions from the fruits of his own labor, such as lemon balm, chocolate mint and tomatoes. He also is planning a bacon-infused vodka with pork from a local farmer. Flights combine flavors from savory to sweet.
Walton says depending on flavor, the bar goes through a decanter of infused vodka every seven days. As at The Peninsula, glassware set out on the bar and customer buzz act as merchandising.
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A Bridge Too Far1977 Action/Adventure | Drama | War
It's late 1944, and the Allied armies are confident they'll win the World War II and be home in time for Christmas. What's needed, says British general Bernard Law Montgomery, is a knockout punch, a bold strike through Holland, where German troops are spread thin, that will put the Allies into Germany. Paratroops led by British major general Robert Urquhart (Sean Connery) and American brigadier general James Gavin (Ryan O'Neal) will seize a thin road and five bridges through Holland into Germany, with paratroops led by Lieutenant Col. John Frost (Sir Anthony Hopkins) holding the most critical bridge at a small town called Arnhem. Over this road shall pass combined forces led by British Lieutenant Gen. Brian Horrocks (Edward Fox) and British Lieutenant Col. Joe Vandeleur (Michael Caine). The plan requires precise timing, so much so that one planner tells Lieutenant Gen. Frederick Browning (Dirk Bogarde), Sir, I think we may be going a bridge too far. The plan also has one critical flaw: Instead of a smattering of German soldiers, the area around Arnhem is loaded with crack SS troops. Disaster ensues. Based on a book by historian Cornelius Ryan, A Bridge Too Far is reminiscent of another movie based on a Ryan book, The Longest Day. Like that movie, it is loaded with more than 15 international stars, including Sir Laurence Olivier, Robert Redford, Hardy Krueger, Gene Hackman, Maximilian Schell, and Liv Ullman.~ Nick Sambides, Jr., All Movie Guide


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Barker would not be denied in hard-fought title win
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Looking up from the canvas, Darren Barker felt that they were looking back at him – his wife, his family, his daughter. One of those life-flashing-before-your-eyes moments. Only this was happening with a searing pain ripping through his right side and a live audience watching.
Barker got up. He had to get up.
His sides burning with each painful step to his feet, Barker gathered himself firm in knowing something greater could be ahead – and it was.
It's why the kisses felt so sweet as they spilled over from everywhere. His mom, his sister, his promoter, Eddie Hearn, all laid one on the "new" IBF middleweight titleholder after Barker pulled off a hard-fought, rugged 12-round split decision over Daniel Geale Saturday night at Ovation Hall at the new Revel Resort.
Barker (26-1, 16 knockouts) won by scores of 114-113 on judge Carlos Ortiz's scorecard and 116-111 on Barbara Perez's card; while judge Alan Rubenstein had it for Geale, 114-113.
Barker survived a vicious knockdown in the sixth round after taking a hard left hook to the liver.
"I started loading up and I got careless and got hit too much, and got knocked down," Barker said. "The occasion kind of got to me a little. If I would have stuck to my game plan and boxed, I would have won easily. But when I was knocked down, it was all going through my head – my wife, my family, my daughter. I knew what I was up against."
Barker knew he had to get up.
Composed, regaining control, he went on to win five of the next six rounds on each of the judge's scorecards.
A disconsolate Geale (29-2, 15 knockouts) just shook his head after the decision was announced.
"I thought I won the fight – I was never hurt," said the Australian veteran, who had made four defenses of the IBF title. "I definitely want a rematch."
Much of the fight was sloppy, with both fighters falling into each other and swatting at air. Geale actually landed the higher percentage of total punches, connecting on 259-693, while Barker threw and landed more, 292-862, according to CompuBox.
The real difference was in power shots.
Barker connected on 244 of 582 power shots, and Geale scored on 211 of 503 of his power punches thrown.
Martinez surprises Romero with sixth TKO
From the opening bell, Kiko Martinez kept plowing forward, head down, burrowing in on Jhonatan Romero. Martinez (29-4, 21 knockouts) never let Romero (23-1, 12 knockouts) get into a rhythm, never let him use his considerable reach.
Martinez, 121.5 pounds, chopped down the taller Romero, and then finally stopped him, under a fusillade of punches, forcing referee David Fields to step in and wave it over at 2:40 of the sixth round.
Martinez wrested the IBF junior featherweight belt from Romero, the first major title in the Spaniard's career.
"I felt very strong tonight," Martinez said. "Today is a great day. I'm going to have a big party when I get back home. I had to keep throwing punches, because I knew the referee would eventually stop the fight, because I had him hurt. I want to fight Nonito Donaire next."
Martinez set the pace in the opening round, pinning Romero against the ropes and firing away to the body. In the second round, Romero used more lateral movement to get away from Martinez, but fell back under Martinez's pressure again in the third.
Romero began using his reach and height a little more in the fourth round to stay away from Martinez, but Martinez's shots began taking a toll on Romero's face. Romero's left eye was swollen and by the fifth, closed almost shut – setting up the dramatic sixth.
The sixth round was a classic.
Martinez kept coming forward, borrowing in, and Romero was fighting back, making Martinez pay each time he drew within punching range. Then finally, in the last minute of the round, Martinez, head down, threw himself at Romero, and pinned him against the ropes.
Martinez kept smashing away, until finally referee David Fields intervened and ended it.
In the first fight of the six-fight card, lightweight Jonathan Maicelo (19-1, 12 knockouts) stopped the very game Jose Rodriguez (19-12, 11 knockouts) at 22 seconds into the 10th round, in a fight originally scheduled for eight rounds.
Junior welterweight prospect Thomas Dulorme (19-1, 14 knockouts) stopped overmatched Frankie Figueroa (20-5-1, 15 knockouts) in the eighth round of a scheduled 10 rounds. Dulorme tallied knockdowns in the third and fifth rounds before referee Ricardo Vera stopped it 47 seconds into the eighth.
In a spirited battle between two tall junior welters, Yordenys Ugas (15-1, 7 knockouts) won a unanimous 10-round decision over John Williams (11-3-1, 5 knockouts) by scores of 98-91 (twice) and 99-90.
Ausie featherweight Olympian Joel Brunker (27-0, 15 knockouts) overcame a cut left eye and a swelling under his right eye to beat Mike Oliver (25-5, 8 knockouts) to win an eight-rounder by unanimous scores of 78-74 on all three scorecards.
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The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.
~Barbara De Angelis
The quality of your food determines not only your physical health, but also your state of mind. Your state of mind can affect your relationships.
To strengthen a budding relationship, avoid these three foods that affect mental health:
1. Alcohol
Consuming large amounts of sugar not only exhausts your body but also blurs your judgment. Alcohol, which is a form of refined sugar, distorts thinking.
2. Meat
When you take in excess alcohol, you may crave plenty of meat, and meat makes your mind restless and cloudy.
3. Restaurant food
Although you may choose healthy food from the menu, restaurant food carries the energy of the chef, which affects the energy of the relationship.
Traditionally, a woman would cook for the man, contributing her loving thoughts to the meal. They would share the energetic quality of this food and be united through their state of mind. Today, if they eat out in a restaurant, they take in the chef's energy and thoughts, and they become united with the chef. Can you imagine this three-way affair? To build a strong bond within a relationship, it is best if the couple eat only the food prepared at home with their loving thoughts.
So, to keep your mind clear and your relationship strong, avoid alcohol, meat, and restaurant food. This practice will also improve communication and understanding, because you and your partner share the same state of mind.
Healthy Relationship Tip
To strengthen communication, use the Active Listening Method. To clarify what your partner is saying, follow this script:
Active Listening Method
- Check in: "I'm checking in."
- Ask for clarification: "I am hearing you say . . ."
- Then listen for feedback as to your perception of your partner's words.
- Thank your partner: "Thank you."
Until you can repeat what your partner is saying on their terms, you haven't heard him or her. To gain better understanding, follow this script again.