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LINE: "My wife is an alcoholic. Best person I ever met. She has 600 different smiles. They can light up your life. They can make you laugh out loud, just like that. They can even make you cry, just like that. That's just with her smiles. You'd have to see her with her kids. You'd have to see how they look at her, when she's not looking. To think of all the things she lives through, and I couldn't help her."
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Monday, May 19, 2008
The case for testing and more testing
Footstrap positions- so far my back feet want to pull forward in the straps- so I inched them forward one position but then back again as it didn't feel like I was putting enough fin pressure on.
Waist harness- believe it or not it seems to be working- a bit uncomfortable but it keeps the rig more upright in the light stuff. I wasn't dragging my ass in any waves at all.
Uphaul: there's some debate on this one. Tuck it in the wide sleeve to avoid unnecessary drag all together or use it to your advantage by sailing upwind with your front hand on it to keep the rig upright.
Wide Tail booms: still waiting on construction of mine this week but the theory here is- especially on the fuller body sails like North and Maui Sails- you can create a smoother airfoil downwind so that the sail isnt draping over the booms when you blow the outhaul off downwind.
The wider end should allow you to hike further to windward as well.
Boom height: higher is better for unloading the weight of the rig off the board.
Too high and you begin to loose control. Ive been running mine at nose to forehead level.
Fins: Been trying as many as I can to find the fastest setup. So far, in the lighter stuff, the Ifju fin is going well. I am playing with different rakes in the box to find the fastest setting.
All these small details add up to a big difference in terms of performance!
Here in Holland, a lot of guys are still using their 05 and 06 boards with much success proving it is nether the Indian nor the arrow but rather how well the Indian can make his arrows go!
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Steve, I need your advice very much:)
I sail 07 F2 formula board, R17 +8 soft fin and 11 NS Warp2008.
When wind becomes stronger than 16-18kts it becomes difficult to keep the boards speed upwind. Every small chop slows the board. Looks like I'm not able to hold the power and keep the gap closed.
I am 77 kg, 1,78m
Boom - L mark. Works very good on light wind.
I'm loosing a lot on upwind. What can I do?
Thank you in advance.
- May 26, 2008 at 12:15 AM
- USA-4 Steve Bodner said...
My advice- get the 08 F2 board- it seems to track better upwind.
Otherwise if you're stuck with the 07 board- try making some changes to the mast track position to see if you can improve your upwind settings.
Perhaps also ease up on your outhaul to give the sail some more upwind range. I noticed that when it got windier and I cranked the outhaul to get more control- my angle would also suffer.
One final bit of advise- might be to try 1-2cm more of downhaul- this could improve your top end speed as the wind comes up.
You never know if you dont try.
Good luck
- May 26, 2008 at 3:27 AM
Thank you. Will try tommorow.
- May 26, 2008 at 5:40 AM
Wind - 18-20 kts. Sailed with 1 cm more downhaul and moved mastplate 3-4cm forward. Board is more controlable, but camber under the boom "clicks" every 5 seconds. Looks like it can't fix itself at the end position and tries to move back a bit. "Clicking" appears on port tack.
Control and speed increased very significant after I've changed outhaul to a lower hole. Everything is perfect on starboard tack, but sail is uncontrolable at port tack and tries to "cover" me.
What are the problems and what to do?
- May 28, 2008 at 4:15 AM
- USA-4 Steve Bodner said...
Make sure all the cams rotate during the tack for best performance.
When you flatten the sail too much, the bottom cams tend to stick after tacking.
You can reduce the chances of sticking if you get a powerful pump as the sail rotates.
I also have learned to kick the cam over and even punch it over with the palm of my hand while hooked in after the tack
- May 28, 2008 at 6:49 AM
Sail was touching boom in clamcleat fixator area.
I'm well trained at camber kicking from other brand sail. Problematic camber isn't sensitive to kicks. It moves back after kick.
Are there other ways to make camber move to the end position? Rotation isn't a problem. Cambers rotate very well. But camber stops at 10 degrees from the end position on the port tack. This creates enormous difference on different tacks.
Softer batten front peace, uclosed camber zipper, shortened, grinded camber?
- May 28, 2008 at 8:39 AM
Found that picture with port tack. Look at the two bottom cambers. Do you think they are fully rotated?
Comparing to the starboard tack photos the sleeve on that photo is very flat.
Maybe I'm not right.
- May 28, 2008 at 8:58 AM
- USA-4 Steve Bodner said...
Some spacers might help the bottom cam gain better shape and proper rotation.
I will try it out.
- May 29, 2008 at 1:13 AM
Camber rotation is better with one narrow spacer.
Everything is working good.
I think that board control problems comes from too forward rake of the fin.
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Mini Maker Faire was a success!
Tech enthusiasts, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science club members, authors, artists, students, teachers, entrepreneurs, crafter, and makers of any kind—came together on November 11&12 for the 3rd annual Mini Maker Faire!
Around 200, possibly future RVC students, ranging in ages 5-90 visited the Rock Valley College table at the Mini Maker Faire last weekend. This is the third year Professor Konkol from Rock Valley College CIS Department has been invited to host a table at the Mini Maker Faire.
Learning Code For The FIRST Time
Those who attend local K-12 schools, were asked "How many computer or coding courses are offered at your school"? About 90% of the responses said their school offered ZERO computer or coding types of courses. According to Professor Chuck Konkol, "The goal of the "RVC Hour of Code" is to help K-12 students in the Rockford Region receive basic training in coding skills and STEM with monthly workshops like the "RVC Hour of Code" and "Learn Coding with Robots". The ultimate goal is to see Computer Science curriculum required in all K-12 schools in the Rockford region. To find out more about these events click here to view the MyCIS@RVC event calendar.
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Professor Chuck Konkol and RVC students taught attendees how to control an Ozobot robot with colored lines and drag and drop coding. Everyone had fun watching the eyes of a young person light up with excitement after they completed a coding task that caused the Ozobot robot to move across the table.
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Thanks to all the RVC students who came out and volunteered their time to help make this event a success!
Looking forward to Mini Maker Faire 2018!
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Swedish industrialist rock band Deathstars will be returning with a huge blast with the release of their highly anticipated upcoming album The Perfect Cult. The album was documented in several studios: drums, guitars and bass were recorded in Bohus Sound Recording, Kungälv Sweden, vocals in Gig Studios in Stockholm, Sweden and keyboards, orchestration and editing was done in Black Syndicate, Stockholm. Mixing was handled by legendary Stefan Glaumann (Rammstein, Within Temptation). For the drum, guitar and bass-production, guitarist/keyboardist Nightmare worked together with Roberto Laghi (Emtombed, In Flames) at Bohus Sound Recording. The Mastering was done by Svante Forsbäck (Volbeat, Rammstein) at Chartmakers, Helsinki, Finland.
Commenting on the theme of the lyrics, vocalist Whiplasher said:
All the tracks are about our lives. Each song is a reflection on a situation or a topic that deals with our experiences, usually from a jet black perspective.
The tracklisting for The Perfect Cult is as follows:
01. Explode
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05. The Perfect Cult
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08. Temple Of The Insects
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Daily School Journal Day 163- Can I quote you on that.
It's That time of year again. It's time for meaningful quotes from student papers.
The movie is Master and Commander.
iThe official lookout thought he seen a sail.i
iIn the movie I didn't really get anyobodys name. But there was a little boy named will. I don't know why but he got his arm cut off. They were cutting his arm off with a saw. It was pretty narly.i (Wow, this might be the best opening paragraph ever.)
iAnother part in the movie they were battling. They were shooting off cannons and the ship was rocking back and forth almost going overboard.i (I think we can all conclude, that when the ship itself goes overboard, you're in serious trouble.)
iThe people on the ship thought they saw battleships so they started shooting at each other then the battle was over.i (Oh how simple war is..)
iIt shows all the characters as pretty couraigous. The captain tells orders and knows what he is doing.i (Well, isn't that why he's the captain?)
iA kid got shot in the arm and had to have it amputated. Even the kids were important, they all knew what they were doing.i (You have to be important to have your arm cut off, only VIP's can do that. It's better that you know what you're doing as well, because if you didn't, you might not get shot in the arm.)
iThe name of the movie was Master and Commander. It was about a bunch of guys on a ship.i (I'm glad he reminded me, I had forgotten what movie I rented.)
iThey were always fighting and exploring islands. Not really like pirates, but more like Colombas.i (Who is this Colombas… .and what did he do?)
iaxidentlyi (hahaha)
iThey went to the Clopicas Islandsi (I hear it's nice there… very sunny)
iHe collected birds and then dissected them to learn more about him.i (It's really special when cutting open a bird helps you find out more about yourself.)
iThey were headed for the Colapus Gardens.i (OOOh isn't that one of the wonders of the world)
iOn April 1805 they salled the great blue waters of the ocean. The people on the ship saleing it had chickens, a cow, or two, and a few goats. They used them for there eggs, milk and there meat, also for there fur.i (Hey captain, are those Chicken fur boots you're wearing?)
iJack the captain was looking out over the see if there were any boats out there with a tesoscope.i
iMaster and Commander is a great story of courage, authority, and action. Friendship hangs in the balance, as war is affront.i (I'm speechless… )
eiIn the end the captain does find out about the cheat and intercepts the Akron. As you can see Master and Commander is a great film, filled with action and excitement. But don't take it from me, see it yourselfi (I'd have to… )
iI really didn't and don't get why people start battling. Its like when someone sees a ship they'll start shooting and bombing at them.i (Yeah, war is funny that way… but when you DIDN'T AND DON'T get something, it's really a struggle)
iIn the beginning of the movie they introduced everyone on the ship..i (AT CAPTAIN… .6'3 PLAYED BY Russell Crowe… .CAPTAIN JACK… ..AT FIRST MATE… A 6′ 4i Actor… ..)
iEarlyer in the movie, around the middle… i (?)
iIt was a okey movie in the end but I couldn't really get into it though. The end was the best part of the movie.i
iThe movie is located on water most of the time… i (Ships have a lot of trouble land sailing..)
iThe captain of the English ship was name captain… because that's all I heard his men call him..i (Man, it'd suck if they called him A**hole)
iThe commander started rowling up his men to fight… i (Did he smoke them afterwards?)
Wow. After all of that, my head hurts too bad to read the next batch of iessays.i I'll press on though. Maybe when I'm done I can get a trip to the Clopicas Islands. I think I've earned that at least.
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Her advice covered a wide range of topics from marital problems, to drug abuse, to everyday annoyances and irritations.
Here is an excerpt from a piece of advice she gave to a reader on how to get along with people.
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The Ventura Orthopedics Athletes of the Week
School: Oaks Christian
Class: Junior
Sport: Football
Comment: Just as he has throughout postseason, Calvert played a key role in the Lions' 20-19 victory over host Valencia in CIF-SS Division 2 title game on Friday. The quarterback/linebacker threw for 138 yards and one touchdown, and led Oaks Christian on two fourth-quarter drives that ended in field goals and delivered the championship.
School: Hueneme
Class: Sophomore
Sport: Basketball
Comment: The 4.6 student-athlete averaged 15.2 points, 7.2 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 4.0 steals to lead Hueneme to the Fillmore Tournament title and a 4-0 start to the season.
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On Friday, the 28th of June, a whole day filled with programs for children, the newest park of Târgu Secuiesc, built by the Wegener Pro Sanitate Foundation, opened it's gates for the public. Various associations attended with a lots of interesting activities, the stage was occupied by dancers, singers, and magicians as well, when the weather let it. Photos can be seen on the Facebook page of the association.
On the opening event, the Green Sun Association also attended with upcycling handicrafts. The crindren could create "Tick-tack-toe" bags with painted small stones, which they can easily bring on a holiday or in a park to play with their friends. They could also make little worm dolls out of wooden sticks, crepe paper and yarn, to promote these animals' important rule in the natural nutrient breakdown cycle.
Families could attend different things around the park, such as create clay objects, the kids have face paintings, paint on glass, play with giant chess, on the new playground, or even with the therapeutic dogs. The almost whole day of raining and only small sessions of sunshine didn't discourage the families to attend, an incredible amount of people filled up the park. Due to this whimsical weather, the closing concert was held in Vigadó. We would like to thank everyone who participated in our activities, hope to see you next time somewhere else!
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Shannon's sweet and Southern accent swept Ryan off his charming Northern feet. I loved this wedding, because it represented in so many ways how two become one, how two people can love and appreciate different upbringings and make it work beautifully in their own relationship. I loved watching all the Southern belles break it down on the dance floor with all the Northern gents. Ryan and Shannon are completely smitten by one another, and it was so fun to capture them together!
Shannon's love for all things cotton fit perfectly at The Cotton Room – one of the most beautiful venues in Durham. Her classic style fit beautifully with this venue, and I adored watching all the details come together.
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New Years Gifts!!!!!! YAAYYYYYYYYY!!!
No, you're not getting this response from her with the cliché chocolates and teddies and flowers! NEVER!
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It is again the same time of the year when the glitter of New Years Eve and Valentine's Day overshadows the cold climate, the time when it is all merry and joyful. The time when we have to get our brains ticking and think of the perfect gift for the special people in our lives! Are you one of those who initially thought of presenting a banging spot on, unique present; but end up gifting the cliché ones simply because you could not come up with anything innovative? Whether it is your mom, wife, sister, girlfriend, or even the shy Janice who you have to be Secret Santa for because fate did that to you at the cosmic lottery, you simply need some inspiration to come up with a present that will bring a hearty smile on her face.
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- After you are done watching a movie of her choice surprise her with a pretty dress and dance with her to your favorite tunes.
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Metal roofing's most significant plus is its durability vs asphalt shingles. Shingles need regular replacement and if just one shingle gets damaged, that could equal immediate water damage. The strength of an asphalt shingle also leaves much to be desired. You can also navigate to this website to get professional metal roofing services in London.
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If you want an alternative that does not use tar and asphalt, metal roofing is a green roof alternative. The fabrication of metal sheeting certainly has its environmental effects, but those effects are minuscule compared to using asphalt. Asphalt is basically just oil residue, but it does not last very long.
The amount of maintenance required of metal roofing makes it much cheaper over time. Correctly constructed, metal roofing should be like a shield, protecting your home for years. Most homeowners do not replace their roof or realize there is a problem until there is a leak causing damage in the home.
With replaceable shingles, this means possible roof damage every few years, instead of ever half-decade with a metal roof. Asphalt roofing is becoming obsolete because there are so many roofing materials now that do the job better, with less labor required.
Asphalt is still the cheapest, but as a property owner, you should be looking at the house as an investment. Over time asphalt will require many repairs and it will not increase the value of the house like metal roofing can.


text: Apologies for sporadic posting here during a whirlwind couple of work weeks. Next week won't be much better, as I finish up various matters and then head to ABA Techshow, where I expect and hope to see each and every one of you. I am on a panel Friday and presenting 60 Sites in 60 Minutes Saturday at 11 a.m. Meanwhile, I've managed to squeeze in regular posts to Legal Blog Watch and yesterday recorded a Coast to Coast program on law firm Web sites with really great guests that should be ready to release soon. Is it Friday yet? Hey, it is!


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Murray believes that scope should exist for Craft Lodges to relax some of their rules during the Installation Ceremony to allow those brethren whose partners would like to be involved to do so. Murray argues that we have relaxed our rules to allow women to attend the entire Grand Installation ceremony - this would just be a natural extension of that. If an incoming master didn't want the 'alternative installation' - then the ceremony would proceed as normal.
I actually think Murray is on to something here. As long as it is managed via dispensation; and in accordance with regular protocols - how does it vary from allowing women into the Lodgeroom for a 50 year jewel presentation.
Perhaps something for Rick Masterton to think about for the next Te Puni Installation. Click here to read Murray's opinion and to have your say. You can also click on the picture to read Murray's opinion.
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We lost Opie the goat last week.
It seems that he ate something, or too much of something, while browsing in the woods, and got bloat — a condition that basically comes down to a dangerous accumulation of gas in the rumen (goat stomach, basically). He was fine Monday, then oddly fell Tuesday while running with the herd back up to the shed for a few days (they'd exhausted their most recent area in the woods).
He picked himself up and got up the hill to the shed, so we just chalked the fall up to a misstep and decided to keep a close eye on him. By the morning, it was clear that something was wrong – he wasn't really able to stand at all. The vet got here in time to prevent his immediate death (which was near imminent at that point). Amy learned how to give injections via YouTube and nursed him through Wednesday and Thursday (I was out of town, unfortunately).
By Friday when he was still not eating, drinking, or standing, the vet didn't see a feasible path to recovery. Based on her observations of him on Friday she suspected that he suffered neurological damage. All parties easily agreed that putting him out of his suffering was the only real option.
The goats are in this funny place as animals. They're definitely not pets, but they're not just numbered livestock either. They've got personality, and as mammals I think draw a greater bond than, say, a chicken. Opie was calm, friendly, and in my mind was the chill partner to Jax's more chaotic leadership in the herd. I thought of Opie as the consigliere of the group. He'll be missed.
After the vet put him down the other three goats came over to sniff Opie. Maybe they were saying goodbye, maybe not. Now there are three.


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USD law students change party theme after 'Hawaiian Day' deemed 'culturally insensitive'
A student organization at the University of South Dakota has been told that holding a "Hawaiian Day" social event violates the school's policy on inclusiveness.
As a result, the Student Bar Association of the USD School of Law changed the name of the event to "Beach Day." In a Facebook message to its members, the group said: "We greatly apologize to those we offended; it was unintentional."
In the same message announcing the change from Hawaiian Day to Beach Day, members were told that the dress code was the same – floral shirts – and that leis, the traditional flower garlands that are often given to tourists in Hawaii, would also be handed out. But in a second message that went out to members on Wednesday, bar members were told that leis had been nixed from the event.
"It was determined that these are culturally insensitive by the administration after doing research based off of the essay written by the initial complainant," the message said.
"All in all," the message continued, "please try to just enjoy the event tomorrow – no matter what side you are on. Free food is still free food!"
Michelle Cwach, the university's director of marketing communications and university relations, said the law school's interim administration advised the Student Bar Association not to distribute leis because using items of cultural significance might be viewed as inappropriate. However, students were not told they couldn't wear leis.
The event started as a pre-spring-break morale booster in what has been a brutal run of cold and snow in the Upper Midwest.
But after the event was announced as Hawaiian Day, SBA leaders were approached by another law student who expressed concern about the use of indigenous cultural symbols, Cwach said in an email.
A group leader met with school administration to discuss the issue. The administration reviewed an essay submitted by the concerned student and advised that the Hawaiian Day theme be changed, Cwach said.
The decision to change the event Wednesday came on the same day that South Dakota lawmakers killed a bill that would have mandated free speech on the state's college campuses and required the Board of Regents to promote intellectual diversity among college faculty and staffs. Paul Beran, the CEO and executive director of the board, urged lawmakers to kill the bill, which had already passed in the House. A Senate committee voted the bill down.
Last fall, the board revised its policy on free speech to in what Cwach said was a "strong commitment to the First Amendment."
"USD has already addressed this issue with interim law school administration and the SBA to clarify its commitment to the First Amendment," she said. "USD continues to seek new ways to educate its campus community and current and incoming leaders on its responsibility to the First Amendment."
Janelle Toman, the spokeswoman for the Board of Regents, described the review of the Hawaii Day party as an "isolated instance."
"There is no system-wide review of university social events by the Board of Regents, and we have no such plans to do so going forward," she said in an email.


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Forbes: Papa John's suffers from a 'toxic' culture
Papa John's International and a lawyer for deposed Chairman of the Board John Schnatter on Thursday dismissed a Forbes report describing a "toxic" work environment at the headquarters of the Louisville-based pizza giant.
The business news organization reported that problems at Papa John's extend well beyond the founder's public relations gaffes. Last week Schnatter resigned as chairman of the board after Forbes reported that he had used a racial epithet in a conference call with a Minneapolis-based public relations firm.
"Based on interviews with 37 current and former Papa John's employees — including numerous executives and board members — Schnatter's alleged behavior ranges from spying on his workers to sexually inappropriate conduct, which has resulted in at least two confidential settlements,'' Forbes reported.
The company said it was already looking into the issues raised by Forbes.
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" ...A special committee of the Board of Directors, comprised solely of independent directors, has retained an outside firm to oversee an audit and investigation of the culture at the company and to make recommendations for whatever changes may be necessary,'' Papa John's International said in a statement. "We take this matter seriously. If anything is found to be wrong, we are determined to take appropriate action."
Schnatter's attorney, Patricia Glaser, also dismissed the report.
"The story contains numerous inaccuracies and misrepresentations,'' Glaser said in a prepared statement. "It's easy to make false statements when one hides behind the cloak of anonymity."
Papa John's CEO Steve Ritchie, who was blamed for failing to intervene as workplace decorum deteriorated, also addressed the report on Thursday.
"Frankly, it's hard to read," Ritchie told the company's roughly 22,000 employees in an internal memo obtained by the Courier Journal. "To be clear, I do not permit, condone or tolerate any form of harassment or sexism in the workplace or at work-related functions...
"I'm personally offended by the actions of Mr. Schnatter as depicted in the story, and it is clear to me that his departure from the company gives us the opportunity to make sure that our culture is aligned with the right values."
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Glaser criticized the company's actions to date as excessive and premature, claiming the board and the special committee had "repeatedly acted without an investigation of the facts and contrary to their fiduciary duties to the shareholders. It's a perfect example of ready, shoot, aim."
Danette Rhoads, who was senior director of human resources at Papa John's until she left in 2015 to join another company, said that she was never a victim of sexual harassment but that she is "not surprised by the allegations" in the Forbes account.
She said she got along with Schnatter in her dozen years with the company but that "he is not a very warm individual and if he doesn't like you, it is not very comfortable."
Former University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, who clashed with Schnatter during his time as a university trustee, said Schnatter's claim of a rush to judgment echoes his own treatment and that of former U of L athletic director Tom Jurich.
"Isn't it ironic that pizza boy is claiming that his board ousted him without an investigation?" Pitino said via text message to the Courier Journal. "Wonder what he thought when he booted Tom (and) me."
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► Colonel Sanders' family calls 'Papa' John a 'weasel' over N-word scandal
► Papa John needs to 'look in the mirror' over N-word, Andy Beshear says
► Vince Tyra: U of L will think about accepting donations from Schnatter
Pitino and Jurich were forced out last October after a string of scandals that included providing strippers and prostitutes for players and recruits, which resulted in the university vacating its 2013 national NCAA basketball championship.
In a separate scandal, the university was implicated in an ongoing FBI investigation of bribery in recruiting.
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text: Mitochondria are vital organelles to eukaryotic cells. in human metabolism, which play a critical role in apoptotic cell death1,2. Since the damage of mitochondria could induce the dysfunction of mitochondria and then trigger the cell death signaling cascades and the mitochondria-dependent apoptosis, mitochondria are recognized as an important therapeutic target in cancer therapy3,4,5,6. In the past few decades, many pathological stimuli against mitochondria or mitochondria-dependent apoptosis agents have been developed for cancer therapy7,8,9. A typical example is the amphiphilic -helical pro-apoptotic peptide, KLA with the amino acid sequence of (KLAKLAK)2, which can disrupt the mitochondrial membrane and induce mitochondria-dependent cell-free apoptosis, while remains relatively non-toxic outside of cells10,11. It is known that selective deliver of therapeutic agents to cancer cell mitochondria presents a significant influence on the programmed cell death in cancer therapy. However, many obstacles are generally encountered when specifically delivering the therapeutic agents to cancer cell mitochondria. To overcome these obstacles, an ideal delivery system should have good stability in the bloodstream, and specifically target cancer cells to efficiently avoid the nonspecific uptake by normal cells. In addition, the system should readily penetrate the cell membrane barrier, escape from cytoplasm, and target mitochondria to exert their pharmacological functions. To improve the specificity of therapeutic agents for cancer cells and achieve the optimized therapeutic efficiency, active targeting strategy is a practical and attractive strategy. In this way, targeting ligands such as cytokines, monoclonal antibodies, aptamers and peptides are usually employed to specifically bind antigens and receptors overexpressed on cancer cells12,13. However, it can only enhance the relative cumulative amount of therapeutic agents in cells, but not accurately deliver therapeutic agents to a particular subcellular organelle of action. As we know, to enhance the therapeutic effect, many therapeutic agents need to be localized in particular subcellular organelles14. For example, the anticancer drug doxorubicin, which intercalates into DNA to induce cell apoptosis, should be delivered to cell nucleus to achieve effective cell growth inhibition15,16. Therefore, besides the active targeting function, subcellular organelle-specific target is also significantly important for improved treatment efficiency and an ideal therapeutic effect can be accomplished if combining the active and subcellular organelle-specific targeting functions together. Here, a VX-222 new dual-targeting pro-apoptotic peptide (DTP) was designed and prepared. As illustrated in Figure 1, the FA moiety (targeting agent I) of DTP has the reported ability to specifically recognize the folate receptor (FR) overexpressed on cancer cells17, meanwhile the lipophilic and positively charged TPP moiety enables the DTP to targetly accumulate in mitochondria (targeting agent II)18,19. After VX-222 incubation with cells, the dual-targeting property could targetedly transport DTP to the mitochondria of cancer cells. Thus, the dual-targeting strategy could effectively delivery the pro-apoptotic peptide to targeted cancer cell mitochondria, inducing the dysfunction of mitochondria and triggering the mitochondria-dependent apoptosis. Figure 1 Dual-targeting pro-apoptotic peptide to selectively target cancer cells and specifically damage mitochondria to lead the programmed cell death. Results Synthesis and characterization Starting from the commercial N-fluorenyl-9-methoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) protected D-amino acids, the peptide (KLA) and its analogs (TPP-KLA, FA-KLA and DTP) were synthesized via Fmoc standard solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) technique (Supplementary Fig. S1). D-Amino acids were used to synthesize peptides for avoiding degradation by proteases in VX-222 some extent20. It is known that the biological activity of KLA is dependent on the specific -helical conformation21. Therefore, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and circular dichroism (CD) were employed to examine the secondary structure of DTP. As shown in Fig. S2 and Fig. S3, the absorbance of amide I at around 1658?cm?1 in the FT-IR spectra and the characteristic positive bands at around 222?nm and 208?nm in the CD spectra indicate the typical -helical conformation adopted by DTP. Evaluation of specific dual-targeting ability of DTP To VX-222 investigate the targeting capacity of DTP for FR ligand, cancer cell lines of KB and HeLa cells with overexpressed FR (Supplementary Fig. S4) were respectively incubated with DTP22. The FR-negative normal cell line of COS7 cells was also used as control. As shown in Figure 2, both DTP and FA-KLA exhibit strong inhibition of KB and HeLa cells with overexpressed FR. In contrast, due VX-222 to the low level FR expression, DTP and FA-KLA do not show apparent cytotoxicity against COS7 PTPRC cells. And also, because of the similar reason, KLA and.


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Before Texas begins its first season under Charlie Strong, we're taking a deep dive into all the talent he inherits in 2014. Our Burnt Orange Breakdown series takes a closer look at each scholarship player returning this fall and what we can expect from him. We're going down the roster from No. 1 Shiro Davis all the way to No. 99 Desmond Jackson.
No. 86 Jake Oliver
Redshirt freshman wide receiver
Recruitment rewind: The record-setting ESPN 300 receiver from Dallas Jesuit was the second member of Texas' 2013 class after Jake Raulerson and chose UT over Oklahoma and more than 50 other offers (no, really, check that list). He caught a whopping 93 passes for 1,354 yards and 18 TDs as a senior and broke Jordan Shipley's Texas high school state record with 308 career receptions, which ranked second all time nationally.
Career so far: Oliver redshirted as a freshman in 2013, and an injury prevented him from making his debut this spring. He suffered a minor elbow injury that did not require surgery but was held out of the Orange-White game and should be fully recovered by now.
Best-case scenario for 2014: Oliver could push his way up to the No. 4 receiver spot behind Jaxon Shipley, Marcus Johnson and Kendall Sanders. He's a big 6-foot-4, 216-pound target who can be an impact blocker immediately in the run game, and Oliver should see a decent amount of targets. He has some of the best hands on the team and could team with Jacorey Warrick to give Texas some exciting options beyond the starting trio.
Worst-case scenario for 2014: To get that kind of playing time, Oliver will have to hold off the new freshmen -- namely Armanti Foreman and Lorenzo Joe -- and he'll also get some strong competition from fellow second-year receiver Montrel Meander. As we've acknowledge throughout this series, Texas has so many options at receiver and it's going to be a wide-open battle until the end of August.
Future expectations: Oliver has four years left in the program, and there's really no telling what that position group will look like a couple years from now. Texas inked nine wideouts in its last two classes (now eight, because Chevoski Collins moved to DB) and you figure the best of the bunch will rise up. Oliver can develop into a multi-year starter and a nice red-zone target if he plays his cards right and shows the new staff what he's capable of this fall.


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Pebble is still one of the most prominent faces in wearable tech, even with Google launching Android Wear and a seemingly endless amount of wearables launched at Mobile World Congress and the Consumer Electronics Show.
In order to maintain its key position, Pebble will look towards sparking developer interest, by launching a third-party smartwatch band store.
The bands will be removeable on the Pebble Time and recently announced Pebble Time Steel (opens in new tab), meaning band makers could launch their own unique versions. Most of the revenue will be given to the developer, as an incentive to keep working on the store.
It is one of the first moves by a smartwatch brand to integrate smaller accessory companies. Sensor modules could be a big thing in the future for users who want to check heart-rate or calories burned in a running session.
Having these sensors on the band instead of the smartwatch means Pebble can continue iterating the design to be thinner, hopefully making it less like a geeky digital watch and more of a standout classical watch.
Pebble Time has already raised $12 million (£7.8 million) on Kickstarter, where the first batch will launch. The second batch should be ready shortly after, and the amazing turnout from the Kickstarter crowd might mean increased sales worldwide.
Still, the Apple Watch launch is only around the corner and while the band store might interest a few buyers, the Pebble Time will live or die depending on the early success of Apple's own wearable.


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(by Mary Bowerman, USA Today) – A U.S. Coast Guard cutter intercepted a semi-submersible vessel* filled with thousands of pounds of cocaine off the coast of Texas last month, according to an official statement. [*Self-propelled semi-submersible vessels are low profile vessels designed to navigate low in the water to avoid detection.]
On Nov. 12, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Air Marine Operations (AMO) along with other agencies including the Coast Guard and the US Navy tracked the self-propelled semi-submersible vessel through international waters, according to a CBP statement.
A day later, a Coast Guard vessel intercepted the drug smugglers, arrested the three-member crew and seized 3,800 pounds of cocaine. The three suspects will face charges in the U.S.
Marine Operations have aircraft that operate from Corpus Christi, Texas, and Jacksonville, Fla., according to the CBP statement. They patrol the borders in transit zones in Central and South America and the aircrews can often detect and disrupt drug smugglers before they reach the U.S. borders, according to the statement.
Allen Durham, the National Air Security Operations Center Corpus Christi Director, said in a statement that drug cartels are "relentless and extremely innovative."
"Interdicting self-propelled semi-submersible vessels requires expertise and the right aircraft," Durham said. "Air and Marine Operations will continue to beat the cartels at their own game to protect our borders."
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1. The first paragraph of a news article should answer the questions who, what, where and when. List the who, what, where and when of this news item. (NOTE: The remainder of a news article provides details on the why and/or how.)
2. Which government agencies tracked and then intercepted the vessel?
3. a) What is the role of AMO?
b) Where do Marine Operations station the aircraft that participated in the mission?
c) What do the crews of these aircraft do?
4. a) What is a drug cartel?
b) How did Allen Durham of the National Air Security Operations Center describe the drug cartels' attempts to smuggle drugs into the U.S.?
5. What assurance did Mr. Durham give?
6. How would you describe the work of our U.S. Coast Guard, CBP, Marine Ops, etc. in searching for drug smugglers? (challenging, impossible, inspiring, skillful, etc. …) Explain your answer.
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5 Diffuser Blends for Bedtime
Hello Friend,
Today I want to share with you a few things that have worked for our family when it comes to bedtime. Let me first say that last year Ava (who was 5 at the time) was going to bed anywhere from 8:00 pm – 11:00pm…. We did not have a routine, rhythm, and to say it plainly, I did not have my shit together!
Buttttt, since last Fall (around Novemberish) we have worked extremely hard to change that. As I dive deeper into the Waldorf homeschooling world, I find that rhythm in all parts of our day are so so important for the girls. This provides them structure and a sense of "everything is good and as it should be", this also really helps with the flow of things, such as bedtime!
These few things that have helped me the most with getting them ready and in bed before 8:30pm!
This is the most important, every night needs to be the same, so they know what to expect next and there is less of a fight to get in the bed laying down.
Allow plenty of time
For us, this starts after dinner, I will put the diffuser on to start the calm down process in the living room. We have a family activity that we do each night (these are the only events that are different each day, but the same each week).
After our family activity the girls spend some time with Shane while I clean the kitchen and get the diffusers set up in their room.
They brush teeth, get PJs on, go potty and get a cup of water to bring in the room.
Once In the bedroom
Their diffuser is already going, but I also like to spray their pillows and dolls with a lavender spray so their snuggle time stays sweet and relaxing.
I then have a lavender roller that we rub on their feet (this turns into a tickle time for a few moments, but soon changes into a calm down time once I massage the oil into their little feet.) I also rub the roller on their bellies, and foreheads.
I read a book (right now we are currently reading a chapter a night, from the Twenty Jataka Tales)
After that, I turn the lights off and nurse Luna, while singing 3 songs twice.
Once all that is done, I say good night and give them their kisses then leave the door cracked on my way out. Most of the time at least one of them has fallen asleep while the other is very close to drifting off into the dreamworld.
5 Diffusing Blends we use for bedtime
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- This is one of Young Living's blends, and let me tell you that this is one of our newest favorites! Ava
useto suffer from nightmares on almost a daily basis and within the first week of using this blend, they STOPPED!! Yes myfriends, I said that her nightmares are a thing of the past now! This is such an amazing oil blend and I highly recommend to all who have littles suffering from bad dreams!
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4 drops peace and calming
3 drops lavender
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3 drops lavender
4 drops frankincense
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3 drops vetiver
5 drops lavender
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3 drops lavender
3 drops cedarwood
4 drops ylang ylang
I hope that these tips and blends help you with your nighttime routine and getting those crazy little ones peacefully in bed night after night!
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The Tony Awards saw ratings tick upward with a Sunday night show highlighted by a Bruce Springsteen performance and big wins for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."
The 2018 Tonys scored a 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demo, according to Nielsen overnight numbers, up one tenth of a point from last year's telecast. Hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban, the show also averaged 6.3 million total viewers, up 5% from last year. Ahead of the telecast, "60 Minutes" drew a 0.7 rating and 7.9 million viewers.
ABC's "Celebrity Family Feud" season premiere was the night's top show in the demo, hitting a 1.7 rating — a three-year high. The episode, which featured the family of Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, and Kris Jenner, averaged 7.4 million viewers. The season premiere of "The $100,000 Pyramid" averaged a 1.2 rating and 5.9 million viewers. "To Tell the Truth" at 10 p.m. attracted a 0.9 and 4.2 million viewers.
NBC's "Dateline" at 7 p.m. pulled in a 0.5 and 3.5 million viewers, and was followed by reruns. On Fox, documentary the "One Strange Rock" drew a 0.4 and 1.5 million viewers. "Ghosted" on Fox at 9:30 p.m. reeled in a 0.4 and 1.1 million viewers.
ABC was the evening's highest-rated broadcaster in the demo, averaging a 1.1 rating and 5 share. CBS averaged a 0.9 / 5. NBC averaged a 0.6 / 3. Fox averaged a 0.4 / 2.


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Today was the "General County Meeting" in Győr. I have seen Mosonmagyaróvár town flag - horizontal red-blue-red-blue with silver wolf teeth on the three edges with the coat of arms.
István Molnár, 17 August 2001
Mosonmagyaróvár town, Győr-Moson-Sopron county. Before 1925 it was the capital of Moson county. Image based on a photo taken by me on 17th August 2001.
István Molnár, 10 September 2001
Photo taken by me on 17th August 2001 at "General County Meeting" in Győr .
Istvan Molnar, 6 September 2001
At http://www.mmovar-ph.hu/menu1/cimerren.html, there is the Res. No. 9/1991.(IX.1.) of the town about the flag of the town. This resolution was modified in 2000 by Res. No. 21/2000.(IX.29.). The town has got vertical flag too.
Istvan Molnar, 6 March 2002
image by Antonio Martins, 28 February 2001
This flag appears at Dr. Széll Sándor: Városaink neve, címere és lobogója (1941) as "Mosonmagyaróvár, Győr, Moson and Pozsony Co.".
István Molnár, 20 October 2000
Four blue and white horizontal stripes.
Antonio Martins, 28 February 2001
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Source: A magyar városok címerei (coats of arms of the Hungarian cities and towns); 1975
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'The Pale King'
By David Foster Wallace
Little Brown, 560 pages, $27.99
"The Pale King" is composed of parts of the "something long" on which 46-year-old David Foster Wallace was working before he hanged himself at his home in Claremont, Calif., on Sept. 12, 2008.
Wallace - author of fictions such as "The Broom of the System," "Girl With Curious Hair," "Infinite Jest" and "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men," not to mention a score or so of wonderful loopy discursive nonfiction essays - left more than 200 pages of typed manuscript for "The Pale King" in a neat pile on the desk in the garage that served as an office. Thousands of other pages and fragments were later found elsewhere in the garage.
It's hard to define exactly what "The Pale King" is, let alone judge it - are we talking about an unfinished novel, or just a version of an unfinished novel, or a fine and necessary tribute to a writer whose pain, genius, and, yes, tragic glamour, have touched so many? The book, as here published, has been assembled by Michael Pietsch, Wallace's longtime editor at Little, Brown. Pietsch has accomplished the task with diligence and even, I'd venture to say, love, though the 500-plus page result is inevitably just a guess at the intentions of a writer who was an obsessive reviser and a notoriously reluctant finisher of his work.
"The Pale King" opens beautifully, elegiacally, in the landscape of the Midwest, where Wallace spent his boyhood.
The bulk of "The Pale King" then swings between the lost childhoods and current daily grind of a group of characters who work at an IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Ill.
The time is 1985, a moment when the culture's balance tilts away from civic responsibility and toward mechanized dehumanization and a corporate menace that will be aided and abetted by changes in the tax law. "Something's happened to people," says one unnamed character, trapped in the dark in an elevator stuck between floors, during a long chapter which Wallace turns into a dialogue on the question "whither America?"
Wallace's subjects in "The Pale King" are loneliness, depression and the ennui that is human life's agonized bedrock, "the deeper type of pain that is always there, if only in an ambient low-level way, and which most of us spend nearly all of our time and energy trying to distract ourselves from."
"The Pale King" dares to plunge readers deep into this Dantean hell of "crushing boredom," suggesting that something good may lie beyond. "Pay close attention to the most tedious thing you can find (tax returns, televised golf) and, in waves, a boredom you've never known will wash over you and just about kill you," Wallace writes in a note at the end. "Ride these out, and it's like stepping from black and white into color. Like water after days in the desert."
"The Pale King" uses the IRS as a metaphor for American sadness and loss, and American heart too.
Much of the "The Pale King" is a shadow of the now lost "something long" that Wallace might or might not have completed but is still brilliant, a book that barely achieves takeoff but glimmers and sparkles with sufficient suggestions of the grandeur that might have been.


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This course is intended for anyone who works with children or adults where there is a need to understand the Sexual Offences Law and how to refer to the Sexual Assault Referral Centre.
The aim of this course is to enable participants to describe the Sexual Offences (Jersey) Law 2018 and know how to refer to the Sexual Assault Referral Centre.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course the participants should be able to:
- Explain the meaning of consent in relation to the Sexual Offences (Jersey) Law 2018
- Describe the 5 key aspects of the Sexual Offences (Jersey) Law
- Explain the 'abuse of trust' offences against persons aged 16 or 17 years old
- Respond effectively to disclosure of a sexual offence and know what to do next
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Digital Coupon Marketing – Statistics and Trends [Infographic]By Khalid Saleh+
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Did you know 31 Billion eCoupons will be redeemed worldwide in 2019, up from 16B in 2014 and there will be 1.05 Billion mobile coupon users worldwide by 2019, up from 560M in 2014. More than 57.5% of US internet users have redeemed a digital coupon or code at least once in 2016 and is expected to reach 59% by 2016. Check out our infographic on "Digital Coupon Marketing" for latest statistics and trends.
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%age of US companies using mobile coupons for marketing
Year %age of US companies (100+ Employees) 2014 36.5% 2015 40.5% 2016 44.5% 2017 48.0%
68% of Consumers Believe That Coupons Build Brand Awareness, 68% Also State Coupons Generate Loyalty
60% of Consumers Love To Receive Digital Coupons; 50% Are More Likely To Visit A Store If They Have Received One
77% of consumers spend $10-$50 more than anticipated when redeeming mobile coupons, compared to 17% who spend over $50
59% of consumers state that out of all the different types of promotions a retailer can employ, digital coupons still sway them the most when it comes to influencing a purchase decision
62% of smartphone owners are extremely or very likely to use digital coupons in the future
Emails that contain a coupon have an open rate of more than 14%, an increase in unique clicks of 34%, a transaction completion rate increase of 27%, a 48% increase in revenue per email sent
55% of consumers use a smartphone to find a coupon while shopping in-store
83% of all digital coupon users will be using mobile coupons by 2015
39% of shoppers who receive personalized coupons, promotions, or recommendations while shopping in-store spend more
18% of worldwide online consumers use online or mobile coupons while shopping in stores, and 65% are willing to use them
49% of US smartphone owners have used mobile coupons on their devices, compared to 10% for tablet owners
Nearly 54% of smartphone users obtain their digital coupons directly from the business offering them, followed by 31 percent at daily deal sites.
Approximately 40% of smartphone users will redeem a mobile coupon at some point during 2016.
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Is Mass Tourism good for Kenya?
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Transfer-Encoding: chunked Is Mass Tourism good for Kenya? Mass tourism is tourism on a large scale, involving large numbers of visitors resulting in great concentrations of hotels and other tourist facilities. Countries which are mass tourist hotspots tend to be in the Development or Consolidation stages of the Butler Life Cycle Model. Kenya has recently become a major tourist destination for a variety of reasons. Kenya is located in mid-eastern Africa, meaning that it has a tropical climate. However, due to its elevation, the temperature tends to be moderate, meaning that the country is very attractive to British tourists. In addition to this, Kenya, being a former British colony, has long-standing ties to Britain, and as a result of this, a large quantity of the Kenyan population can speak English, meaning that Kenya is an even more accessible holiday option for the British people. ...read more.
in reserves such as the Masai Mara reserve and is used to fund the building of infrastructure in places such as Bamburi Nature Trail near the tourist hotspot Mombasa and to aid the development of medical facilities and schools in the area. Increased tourism in the area also promotes awareness and understanding of the culture and endangered wildlife in the game reserves. Tourism also brings business to other related economic sectors and is overall beneficial to Kenya?s economy. However, there are also some downsides. Many of the jobs created are poorly paid, unreliable and only get business during popular months. In addition, much of the money from tourism is lost via leakage to the large business hotel operators, package holiday organisers and airlines, and therefore, only 15% of the income actually reaches Kenya. ...read more.
Because these national parks are such attractive tourist destinations, they also result in overcrowding, as 90% of tourists visit the south and east of Kenya, resulting in an even larger impact and strain on the environment, infrastructure and resources in the area. In popular tourist seaside resorts such as Mombasa, swimsuit-wearing tourists wander about the streets, acting as a direct opposition to the strong Muslim following?s clothing traditions and beliefs. In addition to this, seaside tourists trample over the coral reefs in the area, killing the sensitive coral, and the increasing number of tour boats in the area drop their anchors onto the reef, further damaging it. Overall, I would say that Mass Tourism is not good for Kenya. Although the economic bonus is significant, and undoubtedly beneficial to Kenya, at this stage, despite efforts to make tourism more sustainable and environmentally-friendly, the large numbers of negative environmental and social impacts results in Mass Tourism in Kenya not being good for the country in the long term. ...read more.
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Why the valuation and Action Scores will not always match
Why does a stock get an "A" grade when the valuation shows it is overvalued and vice versa?
Quick answer: The Action Score rating is not based on the valuation models.
Look at this stock PGNT.
The valuation shows that the stock price is WAAAY above the fair value.
However the Action Score shows that it is one of the top stocks.
Here's the key point to understand.
The fair value chart is based on the default DCF calculations.
Just because the stock is overvalued in the fair value chart, it does not mean it should be an F.
The Action Score rating is not based on the valuation models.
If a stock is not suited to a DCF, it will show the stock to be off and adjustments are needed. That is why the Action Score is there as the wise elder.
For PGNT, the valuation is off, but the Action Score is excellent.
From this, I can assume a couple of things.
- PGNT is not suited to a DCF
- or PGNT is losing money on the income statement (because the default DCF selection is net income)
- but PGNT must be cheap and have a lot of P/FCF because that's what the Value Scores are based on
- PGNT could be misunderstood by the market judging by the difference between the DCF and other OSV Rating numbers.
- Most A & B grade stocks have a Piotroski score of 8 or 9. Does the high Piotroski score properly reflect the fundamentals of the business?
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My father is a dead father; my mother is a dead mother
and I, a child-victim left to wander the rat-infested streets of
New York with you, my villain
the cloak of ordinary shrouds your eyes (the tanked-up bum waves his dirty arms)
pure white, my face
useless chatter of you and me and the future we both have
while you chase a dream in the moneyed city
to say we'd always spend our lives together but to what end?
A house in Scarsdale with drugged up kids and the right numbers on our phone?
I'd rather be having a heart attack in a Brooklyn car crusher
or slam dancing with a spiked iron subway grate
left like a rabid dog to squeal and claw
a layer of white hiding red-soaked eyes leaves me bleeding to death
you're a tear in the fabric of my existence
the demon knocking on my thoughts
the sound of a car crash on a dead end street
the nightmare inside a dream
the splatter against the wall.
You're negative space.
Jill Evans lives on Long Island and has worked in the magazine publishing industry for many years as a writer and editor. She is currently enrolled in the MFA program at Lindenwood University and teaches creative writing for a local community college. Her work has been published in regional papers such as Newsday and The East Hampton Star.


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Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer takes charge of retail division as search for Ron Johnson replacement continues
The Grand Central Terminal store opening had Steve Cano and Bob Bridger in attendance
Until November 1, 2011, Apple's widely successful retail branch was headed by Ron Johnson, J.C. Penney's new CEO. Since announcing his leave in June of this year, discussion has run ramptant in regards to the successor of Apple's vital retail division's leader. Under Ron Johnson sat three central executives responsible for the upkeep and success of Apple's retail business: Jerry McDougal, Vice President of Merchandising; Bob Bridger, Vice President of VP of Real Estate; and Steve Cano, Senior Director of International Retail Operations.
In early November, a report claimed that Steve Cano was tapped as the successor of Ron Johnson, but Apple quickly shot down this report and provided comment to 9to5Mac on the situation:
The search for a replacement for Ron Johnson continues, and Apple has nothing to announce about this subject at this time.
With Apple yet to announce a successor for Ron Johnson, the above comment still stands true. Apple has been actively searching for a new retail chief and according to a report from August, Apple has been working with world-renowned executive search firm Egon Zehnder International to find their new retail chief. At this point, it also appears that Jerry McDougall and Bob Bridger won't be running Apple retail as neither of them are running the retail show right now.
So, who is running Apple retail? expand full story


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Claire came into my office last week, for the fourth time in two months. She was sad, very sad, actually clinically depressed. She's 32, works as a waitress, and couldn't face another shift. She wanted a note off work for two weeks to focus on battling her dark mood.
This is the fifth time in the last year she has had to take time off work. That's what depression can do. It can descend like a heavy, dark cloud. It's mostly invisible to everyone else but can stop people in their tracks — for days, weeks, even months.
I have been trying to help Claire through her depression for a decade. Medications have helped, but not enough. She has done months of therapy, but her illness keeps breaking through.
She needs to work. She barely makes $25,000 a year. She has savings to take her through two months off work. She has no one else to ask for help. After that she'll be on the streets. This stress doesn't help her illness.
Last week I suggested she apply for the Ontario Disability Support Program. ODSP would give her something to fall back on when she can't work. And it will allow her to earn money when she can.
She'd resisted this before, because she didn't want to feel dependent on the system, but this time she agreed to let me fill out the application. She's been through this cycle enough times that she can see she needs to plan for a future with periods of disability.
And if she doesn't apply now, she might not be able to in the future.
The government of Ontario is looking to change the definition of disability for ODSP so it would stop people like Claire from applying.
Right now, people can apply for ODSP if they have a disability that is expected to last at least a year and affects them all the time or intermittently.
Under the government's expected new definition, people will only qualify if they have a disability that is "severe and prolonged." This means they can't work now and it is unlikely they will ever work again. This new definition would leave Claire, and tens of thousands like her, without support.
Claire will have to depend on Ontario Works, basic welfare, when her savings run out. OW will give her half the income of ODSP and force her to spend her time showing she is looking for work rather than healing from her illness.
The deep poverty and intrusiveness of OW will condemn her to an even deeper cycle of desperation, and make it much, much harder to return to a functioning life.
The government is holding consultations on these changes right now. We do not know who has been invited. And we have no commitment that what they are told will be made public.
From what I hear, these discussions are not focused on whether the change to "severe and prolonged" should be made, but on how to bring it about.
I am nervous that the government has already decided to change the definition of disability, and that people like Claire are going to be left without the supports they need. This will leave Claire, who has every potential for recovery, to focus not on her mental health, but rather on a desperate battle for survival — just to pay her rent and buy food.
And it should leave anyone who cares about those who suffer from arthritis, multiple sclerosis, cancer, mental illness, addictions, and many other conditions that can disable people intermittently, or from which they may recover in a few years, extremely worried.
ODSP is nowhere close to perfect. There are lots of changes that would make the program better able to support the recovery and lives of those living with disabilities. Changing the definition of disability would do the opposite.


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I was really surprised to discover that not one, not two but three Paris hotels with heated pool have opened very recently! I do like the idea of relaxing with a long swim after a day walking in Paris. What about you?
Here they are in budget order
Laz Hotel
- 56 rooms
- From 125 Euros
- Click here for the latest prices and book*
This cool little hotel close to Saint-Lazare station likes to be known as an "urban house". It has an industrial-chic, Manhattan loft style with a stark black and white colour scheme, directional lighting and the odd splash of contemporary art. There's a hip cocktail bar as well as a swimming pool and spa treatments.
Parister hotel
- 45 rooms
- From 200 euros
- Click here for the latest prices and book
They didn't do things in half here and the indoor pool is really long for a hotel: 18-meter-long! It's also bathed with natural light and is part of the wellness centre where you are encouraged to attend a yoga or cross training class with one of their instructors in residence. Upstairs, you can enjoy fancy cocktails in the cocktail bar or take a look at the works of art graciously lent by art galleries.
Maison Breguet
- 53 bedrooms
- From 300 Euros
- Click here for the latest prices and book
I was first alerted to this new hotel by another travel blogger, Marie-Faure, who collaborates with them. She chose well! This new luxury boutique hotel aims high with the desire to be like a private house for their guests. The indoor heated pool adds that touch of luxury and the restaurant already is starting to get good reviews.


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It was a few minutes after 1:000 p.m. central time, 29 October, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri: Game 7 of the World Series. Madison Bumgarner, who was dominant all postseason, was one out away from giving the San Francisco Giants their third championship in the past five years.
The only person in his way was Kansas City outfielder Alex Gordon, who represented the tying run. On a 1-1 pitch, Gordon laced a line drive into left center field, but the ball skipped past Gregor Blanco, going to the fence. Left fielder Juan Perez bobbled the ball on the warning track, possibly giving Gordon time to come all the way around to score. Gordon was stopped at third, though, as third base coach Mike Jirschele did not want to risk the tying run being thrown out at home to end the game and the season.
Now Bumgarner, with the tying run ninety feet away, faced All- Star catcher Salvador Perez. He made Perez pop out to third base, and the Giants won the World Series in suspenseful fashion.
The Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants each had to go through their league's respective Wild Card games to reach the final eight teams in the Division Series. Both teams were coming into the playoffs with different postseason backgrounds. The Royals were making their first postseason appearance since their World Series title in 1985.
Kansas City stormed through the ALDS and ALCS, sweeping both series en route to becoming the first team ever to win eight straight games to start the playoffs. A rock solid bullpen, fantastic defense, and plenty of speed helped propel the Royals.
Meanwhile, the Giants were making their third playoff trip in five seasons. The Giants had a slightly tougher road, including an eighteen inning marathon win against the Nationals in the NLDS, where unsung playoff hero Yusmeiro Petit hurled six strong innings in relief. The Giants' run to the National League Pennant was capped by journeyman Travis Ishikawa's walk-off home run in Game 5 of the NLCS.
Game one of the 2014 World Series was a match-up of two aces: KC's "Big Game" James Shields and San Francisco's dominant lefty Madison Bumgarner. Bumgarner continued his dominant playoff form and was backed by a Hunter Pence homerun in a 7-1 Giants win. The Royals would come back strong in Game two, including Billy Butler's go ahead single and Omar Infante's home run in a five-run 6th inning that led to a 7-2 victory.
The series moved to San Francisco for Game three, and Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar did not waste any time settling in, doubling on the first pitch of the game and later scoring on Lorenzo Cain's RBI ground-out. The Royals would add two more runs in the top of the sixth. The Giants would cut the lead to 3-2 in the bottom half, but Kansas City's dominant bullpen squelched the rally, later sealing the victory and a 2-1 Series lead for the Royals.
Game three featured a local product on the mound for the Giants in the form of Kutztown University alumni Ryan Vogelsong. Despite his past postseason success, Vogelsong was mediocre, and the Royals took an early 4-1 lead. The Giants would come back, however, with the big blow being Pablo Sandoval's two-run single in the sixth that put the Giants ahead for good. Madison Bumgarner returned to the hill in Game 5, dominating the Royals with a four-hit shutout for his fourth win of the postseason.
Facing elimination, the Royals sent twenty-three-year-old Yordano Ventura to the mound in Game three. Ventura dedicated his start to his late friend, Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras, who was tragically killed in a car accident just two days before. With a tribute to Taveras written on his cap, the fireballing Ventura mowed down the San Francisco lineup, surrendering just three hits in seven shutout innings. The Royals scored seven runs in the second inning, and they easily forced a climactic game seven.
In the final game of the year, both teams scored twice in the second inning. In the top of the fourth, hard-throwing right-hander Kelvin Herrera came out of the bullpen with two runners on base, trying to stymie a Giants rally. Instead, Michael Morse singled in Pablo Sandoval to run the score to 3-2. In the bottom of the fifth, Madison Bumgarner came out of the Giants' bullpen, trying to preserve the lead. As he had been all postseason, Bumgarner was masterful, tossing five scoreless innings on two days' rest, giving up just two hits to secure the World Championship for San Francisco.
Bumgarner was named World Series MVP, going 2-0, with a 0.43 ERA and the save in game seven, which capped a historic postseason overall for the left-hander. He finished with a 4-1 record, a 1.03 ERA, and a playoff record 52 2/3 innings pitched.
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I mentioned yesterday, I finally got the tree up and I have to admit that between taking on a new client, school work, holiday shopping and battling a cold the tree almost didn't get decorated. Fortunately, I found a small window late one evening and just plowed through it thanks to Theraflu and Pandora radio streaming Christmas music at full blast.
I opted to not do a real Christmas tree this year. The thought of a live tree seemed too overwhelming, so I opted to use the white plastic tree I picked up at Wal-Mart last year for $20. Last season I become obsessed with having a white tree and rushed out and found this one on clearance. It's 6'5″ tall and the perfect size for our living room which was not the case when we bought a live tree 2 years ago – that sucker was HUGE. Because it was the wrong size getting it out of the house once the season was over was a nightmare. Once it was unfurled, it couldn't fit down the staircase, so we had to hoist it over the loft into the kitchen and spray the entire first floor in a rain shower of pine needles (not fun).
Fortunately, the artificial white tree proved to be quick and easy to assemble and provided the perfect back drop to the bronze, brown and gold color scheme I envisioned. However, I did sneak in a few colorful accents to spice things up……
I could not find a tree topper in gold that was not an angel or an extremely clichéd looking star. So I opted to create my topper out of a stuffed owl and two gold candle wreaths. I simply wired the two wreaths together and with some fishing line added the owl. It took about 10 minutes total to do and I am quite pleased with how it turned out.
Don't these ornaments remind you of something Jonathan Adler would do for his stores? Surprisingly, they are some off-market brand that I was able to pick up at Marshalls for about $1.50 per ornament. I am totally scouting out my local Marshalls to see if they go back on clearance this year so I can scoop up some more.
Told you that I snuck in a few hints of color like these fantastic peacock ornaments that I found on clearance at Marshalls last year.
I even bribed a certain adorable dog to get in on the Christmas action. It's amazing what Scruffy will do for a well-placed (and well-timed) doggie treat.
I think I may be a full convert to artificial trees after this year with one caveat. I think fake trees should look, well fake, hence why I love the white tree. There is no way in hell unless you are Helen Keller that you would think my white plastic tree is real. So where do you stand on white trees artificial trees? Yay or nay?


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Television series based on popular films are always a sketchy proposition. It's no guarantee that the magic that made a film connect with audiences in a two-hour, contained format can translate into a long-form, weekly storyline. Shows like Stargate SG-1 and, more recently, Limitless have proven that it most certainly can happen very successfully. Syfy now has a show that has not only honored the original, but expanded and surpassed the it in provocative and unexpected ways.
12 Monkeys begins with the basic premise of the film, but becomes its own thing by the first season finale. In the year 2043, James Cole (Aaron Stanford) is sent back in time by Dr. Katarina Jones (Barbara Sukowa) to discover the origin of the plague, the only clue they have leading him to 2015 and a Dr. Cassandra Railly (Amanda Schull). Cole also encounters the seemingly-deranged Jennifer Goines (Emily Hampshire), daughter of the man possibly responsible for originally creating the plague. Cole's best friend, Jose Ramse (Kirk Acevedo) is conflicted about the whole mission as stopping the virus and rewriting history also means that Ramse's son will most likely be erased from history. In the meantime, the facility where the time travel machine is housed is a prized sanctuary under threat from a gang lead by the brutal Deacon (Todd Stashwick).
As the first season ends, Ramse has betrayed the future by travelling to the past and helping further the agenda of the Army of the 12 Monkeys with his knowledge of the future. It is revealed that the group has created the time machine used 30 years hence and, in a final confrontation, Ramse and Railly are shot, the latter seemingly mortally so. Cole uses the machine to send her to the future in the hopes that Jones can save her and then he and Ramse escape the destruction of the facility that will make the machine inaccessible for a few decades. Railly arrives in 2043 just as Deacon and his crew attack and seize the facility. While that may read like a confusing scenario, it satisfactorily ended the first 13 episodes while tantalizingly leaving everything up in the air.
Season two picks up a few months after the first finale. In 2016, Cole and Ramse have an uneasy truce, with both being on the run from the Army while still trying to find the origin of the virus. A similar truce holds in 2044 as Deacon and his gang have basically become the armed security for the time travel facility while Jones and Railly plan their next move and best point to go back to the present. A new mystery and quest is put into play as group seizes control of the time machine to send teams of acolytes into unknown points in the past for undisclosed, but definitely malevolent, reasons. By the end of the season premiere, all the characters are in different places than they were when the show began and alliances are shaken and rearranged. Things only get crazier from there.
The first eight episodes of this season contain more twists and turns, not to mention deep, philosophical examinations of the nature of time travel, than most shows accomplish over multiple seasons. Indeed, there is point at which you realize that time itself has evolved from a concept to a character and may actually have more to do with some craziness going on than previously thought. This season explores the ramifications of changing the present by showing how and why it affects the future. This was touched on last year, but has more permanent effects this time around. We get to see what paradox means in this universe and how it affects our main characters or, more accurately, how it doesn't affect them as they are not changed, but the world around them is. And just when things seem their darkest, there is a moment of renewed hope that is one of the most beautiful things ever done on television.
The writing for season two is phenomenal on this show. You can tell the writers have a clear destination in mind, but are following an intricately entertaining roadmap along the way. All of the actors do a wonderful job with their characters, especially as they are all allowed to grow and be changed by the continually changing circumstances around them. These are not cardboard people whom you can expect to behave the same week after week; there is no big reset button at the end of the hour. You have to pay attention and keep up with the story and the characters, but that is what makes each episode so fascinating. This is a high-concept series that rewards the faithful and lures in new fans in equal measure. I have no idea where the show is headed at this point and that only makes the wait between episodes more agonizing. Expect the unexpected and tune in to a truly original show.