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- State & County:Texas - Dallas
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- Phone Number:214-414-3881214-414-3881
Capital One Lovers Lane branch is one of the 472 offices of the bank and has been serving the financial needs of their customers in Dallas, Dallas county, Texas for over 5 years. Lovers Lane office is located at 5814 Lovers Lane, Dallas. You can also contact the bank by calling the branch phone number at 214-414-3881
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Maddon's Maniacs Video Shoot
When you get to the Trop. on Thursday, do not be surprised that a few of the Maddon's Maniacs show up on the Jumbotron in a short "feel the Heat" video. The vocal and cowbell-oriented group at the Trop., were busy at work on a short video for the Rays shot before the Rally on Monday on Bayshore Blvd in St. Petersburg.
The video will be set to the Rays theme music, "feel The Heat" and took about 25 minutes to complete. As susal, we all had a wild time and look forward to seeing our mugs up on the screen again.
I would estimate that a group of 60 or so maniacs showed up for the shoot and had a wild time interacting with friends about the recent Rays surge into the Playoffs, and the upcoming games at the Trop. If you have not heard of the Maddon Maniacs, let me tell you a short bit about this unique group in Rays history. The Maniacs were invented to act as the Trop's unofficial fan cheering leaders to get the crowd motivated and into the games at the Trop. The group first met back in 2006 and was attended by about 5–60 fans picked by the Rays to promote this new arm of the Fan Experience wing of the Rays. It consists of meetings attended by active members were important events and upcoming tidbits of information are given to the group to intice the Rays fans into trying new cheers or to teach basic cowbell ethics to the new Rays faithful.
When Rays current Manager, Joe Maddon came here he wanted the Rays to have an enviorment that other teams would consider hostile without violence. A great example is the University of New Mexico Lobos basketball arena, which is considered by many to be the loudest and rowdiest arena in the NCAA. Maddon wanted to gain that type of advantage over the opposition by imposing the noise and cowbells to mess with the mental and concetration levels of our visiting teams.
The Cowbells became a fast identifier of the small group, and them blossomed into most of the Rays fans faithfully joining in the Cowbell Army and raining noise down on all visiting teams and during great plays either offensive, or defensive for the Rays. The group is identified by their bright yellow shirts with a cartoon likeness of Maddon on the front of it. The character, known as "screamer" was actually adopted as a symbol of the fan's screaming and supporting the Rays squad.
So if you see one of the memeber of this Rays society. Be sure to thank them for their support and ask about joining the Maddon's Maniacs group in 2009. If you are interested in becoming a member, you can consult any of the maniacs, or contact the Rays front office and ask for the Fan Experience department and they will get you on the mailing list for upcoming events. To give you an example of how far this group has come since 2006. I was at that first meeting with about 60 other people, and it has grown to over 500 people at the last count.
We usually meet before select home games in the Trop. and have guest speakers beside our faithful leader, Joe Maddon. Usually the team is out stretching in the field when we begin, and it is not unusual for us to give a loud cheer to show of support for the guys on the team. First and foremost, the group is for the bonding of fellow Rays fans to support and have a common bond in the Rays development. A second, and something great reason to join is to be a part of the early history of this franchise. In 10 years you can tell people you were on the ground floor of an organization that one day might rival the Red Sox Nation. So be sure to support the team as they ready themselves for the fight for the American League Divsional Series, and be sure to show your Rays colors and support loud and proud in the Tampa Bay area and at the Trop.
Go Rays!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Taking the division this season was a darn big accomplishment. Take it from me, I'm a Jays fan. Didn't think it would be you guys to do it first, and trounce the top two giants (payrolls) from there, but you did it. No matter how the playoffs go for the Rays, winning the division, 'that right there', is one great thing.
Good Luck, I really am pulling for the Rays.
Alot of people with the Rays and supporting them did not give the shot at the AL East any real attention until we left after that Jays series when Navarro hit that Grand Slam. It got the Rays back into a positive mindset after the 7-game losing streak before the All-Star game.
If you guys just add a few people on offense, you got a great pitching staff that will get better with some time off to heal and to grow. Jesse Litsch is a frind of mine, and I think he made a huge stride this year to become a dependable pitcher for the Jays for years. With your pitching ERA, you showed that your team has the arms. I honestly think the next 2 years will be down years for Boston and New York in terms of true talent to last, but you never know what will happen anymore. I would put your team at the top of the list, with the Rays to be favorites for a 2009 A L East title. Cito Gaston has the mind to get them back into that frame of mind and playing like the glory teams of the Jays' past.
2009 will be an even wilder time in the AL East…………that I think is a given after this year.


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Nicole Kidman Says Keith Urban Has Been Her 'Rock' Since Her Father Passed Away
Nicole Kidman says her husband, Keith Urban, has been a constant source of support since her father passed away in early September.
According to Time, Antony Kidman was visiting Nicole's sister Antonia in Singapore when he died unexpectedly after a fall. Urban canceled a show at the Washington State Fair and rushed home to be with his grieving wife, who says the experience has brought the family even closer together.
"I know now more than ever how precious time is, more than anything I just have this desire to be very very tight with my family and my children," the actress tells Mama Mia. "I'm incredibly fortunate that I've managed to find an extraordinary man in Keith."
"He has been such a rock for me, through everything, particularly the last few weeks," she adds. "He's just been divine; so full of love and support, as have my children, as has my sister and my mum, we've been through a lot. We've really had to lean on each other and support each other and hold each other close. But having small children and having Keith has been just wonderful. To hold onto Sunny and Faith, I just feel so glad that I was able to have them. It took a long time to get there but I have a 6-year-old and a 3-year-old and this really, really great guy. I'm lucky."
The 47-year-old actress says her famous husband shares many of the same traits as her beloved father.
"Seeing our two little girls climbing all over him and seeing him take care of them and hold them and be there for them, he's just such a responsible, great man in their life," she gushes. "Hopefully we'll give them that chance to go and find that themselves, in their relationships, because that is passed down."
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SUNY Canton Scholarly Activities Celebration and Juried Art Show, May 4
SUNY Canton will be displaying unique and innovative student research projects at the annual Scholarly Activities Celebration from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 4, in the College's Southworth Library. The event is free and open to the public.
"Scholarly Activities Celebration allows us to showcase all of the wonderful innovations and exciting research our students are doing," said Carli C. Schiffner, SUNY Canton provost and vice president for academic affairs. "In many cases, students submit exceptional projects that stem from their entire education."
At past celebrations, the College has displayed a wide array of entries from technical, health, liberal arts, and public service disciplines, demonstrating the diversity of educational options available to students.
In tandem with the scholarly activities celebration, the College's graphic and multimedia design program will be displaying "Optic Appeal" juried student art exhibition in the library. Students from all disciplines submitted digital images, videos, drawings, and mixed media artwork for display.
Media inquiries should be directed to Gregory Kie, Media Relations Manager, or call 315/386-7527.
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Understanding the battery status light
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Dogs are turning blue in Mumbai because of contaminated water
A factory accused of dumping dye into a river in Mumbai where several dogs turned blue has been shut down.Share16 Tweet
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Poll: Will you go to a pub/restaurant when they're permitted to open on 29 June?
THE PLAN TO re-open Ireland has accelerated rapidly, after the Taoiseach yesterday announced a string of guidelines that had been brought forward.
One of those guidelines concerns pubs. The original plan had been to re-open them at the beginning of Phase Five in August, but under the new plans pubs that serve food will be permitted to open when Phase Three begins on 29 June.
They do not require a restaurant licence to open but must comply with strict social distancing protocols which would prohibit gatherings around the bar and require people to be served at appropriately spaced tables.
Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan urged pubs to be "sensible" yesterday, and added that a few "fellas drinking pints and eating a packet of peanuts" will not constitute a pub operating as a restaurant.
Restaurants will also be permitted to open from this date, as long as they adhere to the above protocols.
So, today we're asking you: Will you go to a pub/restaurant when they're permitted to open on 29 June?
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Opinion: Entrepreneurs with a disability need support to compete - and it's just not there
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Bernard Joyce of the Irish Traveller Movement says more needs to be done to protect Travellers during this pandemic and beyond.
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Law firm Piper Alderman has announced plans to serve Vodafone with a class action following years of collecting customer experience stories through its online survey.
The class action is being led by Amanda Burkett, a former Vodafone customer.
"Vodafone is aware that a law firm which is known for promoting class actions plans to announce tomorrow that it plans to proceed with a class action," a Vodafone spokesperson said in a statement.
The spokesperson said Vodafone has not yet been briefed about the class action.
As per law, Piper Alderman will engage with Vodafone ahead of proceedings being filed, the law firm told Computerworld Australia.
The class action refers to network problems which dogged the telco in 2010 and 2011.
Vodafone Hutchison Australia reported in its preliminary final report on Monday that it lost 443,000 customers for the 12 months ending 31 December, 2012.
In 2011, Vodafone lost more than 375,000 customers following customer service issues and network problems.
The litigation has been in the works for several years, with Piper Alderman putting a call out to Vodafone customers to complete an online survey about the telco's network issues, such as poor reception and poor data performance.
"Vodafone, however, has continued to charge customers on its mobile plans, without providing the service it promised," the law firm states on its online survey.
"Customers who signed up with Vodafone over the last three years may be entitled to compensation if they were misled into signing contracts or if Vodafone did not live up to its end of the bargain."
The law firm has stated more than 23,000 people have expressed interest in joining the class action.
In October 2011, the lt;igt;Sydney Morning Heraldlt;/igt; reported the class action had failed to attract funding, with Piper Alderman looking overseas for funding for the litigation.
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Greece has become the focus of a battle between European nations and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The economically struggling nation that is drowning in debt will not receive any additional aid from the IMF, according to a senior International Monetary Fund official, unless Greece's creditors in Europe agree to concise debt relief terms.
Unfortunately, for Greece, to date, those European creditors have refused to commit to such detailed debt relief plans, leaving Greece in the middle of a power struggle between the IMF and the Eurozone.
What European finance ministers believed to be an agreement between their nations and the IMF that would have led to the IMF releasing additional bailout funds for Greece fell apart on Wednesday when they failed to provide the IMF with concrete details of their debt relief plans.
The IMF maintains that the creditors' role in assisting Greece is just as important as its own, and that Greece will never escape its current debt spiral without such relief.
The tentative agreement, however, may have paved the way for Germany to step up and provide some additional funding. Still, negotiations on that front will likely be very tough, and are scheduled to take place later this year.
If it goes through, it may lessen the burden on the IMF when it comes to propping up Greece's beleaguered economy. Nevertheless, these plans remain too ethereal for the IMF's tastes.
The IMF's representative said on Wednesday, "Fundamentally, we need to be assured that the universe of measures that Europe will to commit to…is consistent with what we think is needed to reduce debt…We do not yet have that."
Still, he acknowledged that Greece desperately needs debt relief and financial aid if it is to survive. "All the stakeholders now recognize that Greek debt is … highly unsustainable. They accept that debt relief is needed; they accept the methodology that is needed to calibrate the necessary debt relief.
They accept the objectives of gross financing needs in the near term and in the long run. They even accept the time tables."
Many economists feel this latest scuffle between the IMF and Eurozone is merely the latest in a long list of battles that have no effect other than to harm Greece. Who should move off their position, however, is hotly debated.
Megan Greene, Chief Economist at Manulife and John Hancock Asset Management Tweeted: "Summary of Eurogroup: Germany always wins, IMF caves under pressure from Germany and U.S., no one does what's in Greece's best interests." On the other hand, Marc Chandler, Global Head of Currency Strategy for Brown Brothers Harriman, said the negotiations amount to a "paper charade" that serves Eurozone interests at the expense of Greece.


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I was the winner of Mexico's Benetton Blog among others!!! The giveaway consisted on a pair of amazing Headphones, you had to sent your most colorful outfit, so I did and I won this yellow ones! I love them, so in order to show them to you I made this silly but really fun photo shooting with my husband! Have a great Weekend!
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Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona has paid a visit to retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Official Cuban media have published a photograph of a smiling Maradona shaking hands with Castro, who is wearing a sporty blue jacket.
Communist Party newspaper Granma said Monday that it was an "animated and fruitful exchange between two old friends."
The two have known each other since Maradona first visited the island in 1986.
The soccer great also lived for several years in Cuba, where he came in 2000 for treatment for substance abuse.


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The term moderate is used to describe a political view that is neither consistently conservative nor liberal. RINOs will sometimes refer to themselves as "moderate conservatives". In an attempt to deceive viewers into believing that their beliefs are in line with what "average" Americans believe, the liberal media will also use the term "moderate" as a more popular label for themselves and their friends. Often, moderate politicians accept abortion and same-sex marriage.
Historically in France, moderates were a middle-of-the-road political faction or group during the French Revolution. The French National Assembly established a constitutional monarchy and, in 1791, adopted a new constitution that created a Legislative Assembly. Three factions quickly formed in the new Legislative Assembly, known as the radicals (liberals), moderates (centrists) and Conservatives, similar to those political movements today in the United States.
The three factions sat in different sections of the large assembly hall, with the radicals (liberals) sitting on the left, the moderates sitting in the center, and the Conservatives sitting on the right. That gave rise to the left-center-right terminology that we still use today in the United States to describe these three political groups.
The number of people who consider themselves moderates in the United States historically ouweighed those who consider themselves liberal or conservative, and that number remained constant since the middle 1970s.[1] A more recent Gallup poll from 2009 showed that that has changed, though, and more people identify as conservative now.[2]
Quotes about Moderates
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."-Barry Goldwater
God's position on "Moderates"
""'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.-Revelation 3:15-16 [3] (see also Conservapedia Bible Project)


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Full disclosure here: I have yet to read Derek Sanderson's new book, "Crossing the Line: The Outrageous Story of a Hockey Original,'' but I'm willing to bet my mint 1963 Mickey Mantle card that it's a page-turner. I've been around Sanderson for more than 30 years, often on a daily basis when we both regularly traveled the Bruins beat. As icons go, he is both a delight and a wonder, as well as a riddle, a mystery, and an enigma just to name a few of his side attributes.
"Hey, how's it going, Turkey Pie?'' I'd greet him, using the nickname attached to him during his broadcast days with Channel 38.
"Kevin Dupes!'' he'd holler back with dismay and wonderment, even if I'd seen him, oh, six hours earlier in the hotel lobby, coffee shop, or rink. "Whaddya hear, big fella? Any trades? Signings? I think the boys could use a little help! Scratch that, hey-hey. I know they could use a little help!''
And from there, the one-time NHL bad boy, once the owner of the richest contract in pro sports (bless the WHA) routinely would go on to explain why the Bruins power play was a mess, why the game was better when no one wore a helmet, how league bosses were bleeping up the game. Then it would be off to politics, medicine, rock stars, czarist Russia, pop culture, lunar landings, and who knows what else.
Before there was the Internet, laptops, and iPads, there was a chance encounter with Turkey Pie, the speed and dimension of his bandwidth mesmerizing and infinite.
Sanderson is 66 now, and some three million tales later, as well as at least a couple of extra lives, there remains an impish, engaging freshness about him. Not an ounce of naivete, but a startling and ever-embraceable freshness. I suspect he's a genius, be it measured by conventional IQ testing or the checklist to be found in "The Book of Street Smarts.''
Which brings me to my call to Sanderson late last week, upon reading that the Red Sox finally made public the diagnosis of Mike Napoli, their new catcher/first baseman. Sanderson has had 10 hip replacement surgeries over the last 3-4 decades, and I remembered him telling me years ago that doctors told him, in his words, that his hip joints died because of a lack of blood flow. It all sounded very much like the Napoli diagnosis.
"Haven't followed the story, Kevin Dupes,'' said Sanderson, when I related that Napoli's symptoms sounded eerily familiar. "Are they saying he has avascular necrosis?''
And there we have it. Napoli, 31, suffers from the same disease that factored mightily into Sanderson's steep decline. Sanderson said he has learned over the years that the condition can be triggered a number of ways, including steroid use, alcohol abuse, even deep-sea diving.
"From what I've been told, if you're a diver and you get the bends twice,'' said Sanderson, "you're guaranteed to end up with avascular necrosis. The disease attacks the tiny veins of your bones. The veins die, the blood flow stops, the joints die. The largest joints go first.''
In Sanderson's case, he believes the cause was prescription steroids. Suffering with severe colitis in his early years with the Bruins, he was treated with what he says were massive doses of prednisone, a corticosteroid that in those days was a newly developed drug. He was also an alcoholic, which could have contributed to the condition, but Sanderson remains convinced that it was the steroid use and not his abuse of vodka that killed his hips — eventually leading to the joint replacements, six on the left, four on the right.
"Hey, the stuff worked,'' said Sanderson, referring to the prednisone. "I was healthy enough that we won the Cup in '70, and I spent a lot of that year on prednisone at MGH, just getting out for practices and games. No regrets. But about 10 years later, the hips began to give out.''
The alcoholism began at age 7, his uncle Warren introducing him to beer during a Christmas party at the Sanderson home in Niagara Falls, Ontario. "Uncle Warnie," noting that his brother Harold's kid was getting big, handed him a beer that the future NHL Rookie of the Year quickly downed, much to his father's chagrin.
"Oh, my dad was wild,'' recalled Sanderson. "He turns to Warnie and says, 'You gave my son a beer!?' Then he grabs him by the throat, drags him out the front door, and heaves him over the railing and into a snowbank. Thank God we didn't live in a condo!
"But that was it. I was on my way with booze and I never saw Warnie again. 'Don't you dare darken this door again!' my dad yelled at him. And he didn't."
The book is loaded with similar stories, all told, said Sanderson, in a spirit of recovery and perseverance. He has lived to the tell the tales, now available at all major bookstores and possibly to be made into a movie.
In times of darkness, he said, friends like Harry Sinden, Bobby Orr, Johnny McKenzie, Ken Hodge, Phil Esposito, and others kept him going. But the biggest assist of all, he says, came at a hospital in St. Catharines, Ontario, in 1980, a hospital employee at his bedside after he was brought there after suffering an alcoholic blackout.
"He asked how bad I was,'' said Sanderson, referring to the bedside attendant. "I told him, 'If I drink, I puke the booze right out. I black out. I'm subject to seizures.' And he says to me, 'OK, on your knees and pray.'
"And that was it. I spent the next half-hour on my knees, praying to God. No formal prayer or anything, just, 'God, help me. I don't deserve to live, but if you can, please . . . help me.'
"A half an hour later, I was back on the bed and the DTs never came. From that day on, I got better. I haven't had a drink since, and I haven't stopped praying.''
Shared blame on the lockout
Not surprisingly, Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs, talking extensively about the lockout for the first time last Saturday, assessed the players with most of the blame for the protracted job action.
In Jacobs's eyes, the players for too long weren't interested in making a deal, paying little heed to, or ignoring outright, some of the harsh economic realities of the business. Too many teams, he said, only break even or lose substantial dollars.
The 73-year-old Jacobs expressed surprise over how convinced the players were that they came out of the last lockout with a bad deal (one that guaranteed them 57 percent of all dollars generated) and noted the players remained a firm, united bunch right to the end of the recent talks.
Asked if Don Fehr, executive director of the players' union, deserved credit for galvanizing his rank-and-file, Jacobs said flatly, "I wouldn't credit him for anything.''
Again, some critical dollops of truth to remember:
■ The players, by Fehr's design, for months refused to come to the table to start the bargaining process. That's a very old strategy, torn from the Labor 101 text. Be that as it may, the approach frustrated owners, who knew the players eventually came to realize in the last year or two that a 57 percent take was the sweetest in the industry. Which is why the players didn't want to sit down for so long, and also why they kept saying they preferred to start the season with the old deal in place while talks continued. Shazam.
■ The owners, frustrated by labor's refusal to come to the table, eventually made their punitive, if not Draconian, offer in July. Was it what they truly wanted? Of course not. One only has to look at what made them finally lift the lockout to figure where they wanted to be: with revenues split at 50/50 like the NFL and NBA, with limits on contract length, with roadblocks on back-diving contracts, with a CBA term length of at least eight years, maybe 10. For all that, the whole thing had to go KABOOM! for the better part of four months? Ridiculous. The owners in July should have led with something far more akin to what they knew they needed.
■ What it all says, peeling away the rhetoric of both sides (including that of Jacobs), is that both sides failed miserably at creating and nurturing a true business partnership. They talked about doing so upon the conclusion of the 2004-05 lockout, then, once again, retreated to their respective corners to count every nickel, dime, and angle. If they could ever figure out how to manage the relationship, build trust and respect, foster innovation and vision, then they wouldn't get into these public, embarrassing knife fights every few years.
Both sides were wrong. Both sides badly hobbled the industry and their images. They've made a habit of doing that for a very long time. Can their leaders (Gary Bettman with the owners and Fehr with the players) finally take their heads out of their equipment bags and develop a true mutually beneficial relationship? Based on history, there is no reason to think so. They have decades worth of collective failures and mistrust to guide them, and saddest of all, they perpetually allow all that to happen.
Quite a start for Thornton
Big bolt out of the gate by ex-Bruin Jumbo Joe Thornton, who has connected for a league-leading 2-9—11 (on only seven shots) over his first four games. Such a blistering pace over 48 games would bring the former No. 1 pick a total of 132 points. Back in 1994-95, the other season trimmed to 48 games by a lockout, the scoring parade was led by Jaromir Jagr (70), Eric Lindros (70), and Alexei Zhamnov (65). For a full season, no one has put up 132 since Mario Lemieux (161) and Jagr (149) in 1995-96.
Respect yourselves
NHL director of discipline Brendan Shanahan to The Hockey News's Adam Porteau, on the general governance of aggressive hits and head injuries: "It will always be up to the players.'' No question. Change must come from within. The game's overall seek-and-destroy ethos has been out of control in the post-2004-lockout era. The players can't forever be looking to the league office to address what comes down to basic respect for one another on the ice. We'll find out now if nearly a half-season lost to labor strife has the working help less inclined to keep up the cannibalism. Possible, but doubtful. The new CBA, by the way, allows players to appeal Shanahan-ordered suspensions of six games or more to an independent arbitrator. Another positive, much-needed move.
Back on Broad Street
Ex-Bruin Mike Knuble, his contract not extended in Washington, reported to Detroit's camp as an invitee, failed to land work, then hitched back on with the Flyers Thursday. Now 40, the ex-Michigan star displayed little pop with the Capitals last season (6-12—18), but he is still a big (6 feet 3 inches, 230 pounds), smart, and durable winger who can supply the Flyers with needed support among their bottom-six forwards. If called upon, he also can cruise the top of the crease for power-play nuggets. "A good, heavy player,'' said Flyers GM Paul Holmgren. "I think he's good to throw in our mix right now.'' Because? Injuries. Danny Briere returned from his Euro tuneup with a fractured wrist. Scott Hartnell went down the first week with a fractured bone in his left foot, possibly sidelining the gritty winger for eight weeks. Knuble picked up an assist at Grand Rapids (AHL) prior to hooking back on with the Broad Streeters. It was his first AHL action since joining the Wings out of Adirondack in 1996-97.
Jersey boys
Not to apply any unnecessary pressure, but Bobby Orr briefly wore No. 27 upon reporting for Bruins duty at their London, Ontario, training camp in September 1966. In case you missed it, rookie defenseman Dougie Hamilton wears the same number this season. Heidi Holland, the club's director of publications and information, confirms that the Causeway Street archive has a picture of Orr wearing No. 27. Orr, though, switched to No. 4 prior to his first regular-season game (Oct. 19 vs. Detroit), when the Bruins sold Al "Junior'' Langlois to the Los Angeles Blades (WHL) and gave his No. 4 to the Parry Sound kid with the buzz cut. Orr's No. 4, of course, is among the 10 Bruins numbers retired in the Garden rafters.
The Chief takes a bride
Hall of Fame winger John Bucyk, still going strong at 77, Friday night married for a second time, with Paul Kelly officiating as a justice of the peace. The lucky woman is Terri Reinbach, a Delta flight attendant from Texas. Kelly, a longtime attorney and former executive director of the NHL Players Association, said that Bucyk and Reinbach wanted the ceremony conducted by someone who was a friend to retired hockey players and always looked out for them. "Likely the first and only time that I'll serve as a justice of the peace,'' Kelly said. "And I am privileged to do so.'' Bucyk's first wife of 50-plus years, Anne, died just over a year ago after battling a rare form of colitis. Bucyk still serves as the Bruins' coordinator of road services.
Loose pucks
Love that Blueshirts Brothers trio of Marian Gaborik-Brad Richards-Rick Nash, but hard to imagine coach John Tortorella going all season (short as it may be) with all his big boys on one line. More balance needed . . . Maple Leafs fortunes ultimately will be determined by whether they have a real goalie (sound familiar?), but their offense took a heavy hit Wednesday when Joffrey Lupul, looking to make a goal-mouth tip, had a forearm fractured by a Dion Phaneuf slapper. Friendly fire. It's dirty work in front. Lupul's previous three seasons were diminished by various injuries and surgery, including back and shoulder . . . Mirroring the Boston payroll paradigm, the Stars ponied up a new five-year deal for C/LW Jamie Benn, age 23, worth a total $26.25 million ($5.25 million cap hit). Benn connected for 26-37—63 last season and carried a 70-90—160 career line into this season, with but 222 games on his résumé.
Kevin Paul Dupont can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @Globe KPD. Material from interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and team sources was used in this report.


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Before Thursday night's vice presidential debate, we outlined six things that Vice President Joe Biden and Republican VP nominee Paul Ryan needed to accomplish at the encounter in Danville, Ky. Here's a quick report card grading their efforts:
★ Stop the bleeding.
Biden definitely shored up his base with strong appeals on Medicare, Social Security and tax cuts for the rich. Even if it wasn't a knockout, it was a draw.
Grade: B
★ Attack, attack, attack!
Joe Biden was the happy warrior, a smile on his face and an attack line on his lips. President Barack Obama was listless and passive. If anything, Joe Biden was hyper-aggressive.
Grade: B
★ Win the budget/tax battle.
He made his points, repeatedly accusing Ryan of proposing a budget and tax plan with numbers that don't add up. But Ryan didn't give an inch. Your view of the Romney-Ryan plan at the end of the debate is probably the same as it was going in.
Grade: C
★ Look like the only grown-up on the stage.
If being grown up means that you are knowledgeable, then Biden was grown up. If it means that you don't make faces or say that people are full of "malarkey," he wasn't so mature.
Grade: C
★ Don't be a bully.
After Obama was pushed around by Romney, Biden wasn't going to let that happen to him. He played offense with a relentless determination. But his repeated interruptions can't have played well in living rooms across America.
Grade: C
★ Don't commit a major gaffe that will dominate the headlines.
A gaffe-free performance by Biden. That's news these days, isn't it?
Grade: A
★ Keep the momentum going.
Like Biden, Ryan played to his base. On issues ranging from abortion to small business, the Wisconsin congressman gave answers that will cheer Republicans. He may not have won many converts to the cause, but he didn't have any Dan Quayle moments.
Grade: B
★ Avoid wonkishness.
Ryan loves power-point presentations. Today, he needed to use words instead. His approach was to speak in talking points, not power points. Not too wonky.
Grade: B
★ Pay attention to details.
Ryan avoided details like they were a communicable disease. When asked whether his numbers add up on taxes, he said to trust him. Do you?
Grade: D
★ Fight to a draw (or win) on Medicare and Social Security.
Ryan did about as well as he could on Medicare and Social Security. His retort to Biden's attack on his support for Medicare voucherization and partial privatization of Social Security will reassure many seniors: "This is what politicians do when they don't have a record to run on." Good sound bite.
Grade: B
★ Sound competent on foreign policy.
Biden dominated the discussion of Iran and Libya, which have been Republican strong points in recent weeks. He seemed better informed and faster on his feet. But Ryan came back with a detailed response on Afghanistan.
Grade: C
★ Look like he could be president.
Biden looked more presidential but Ryan was no Dan Quayle or Sarah Palin. After the debate, most Americans could imagine him in the Oval Office if the unthinkable occurred.
Grade: B


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Visual C++ 2010 comes with new features and enhancements to simplify more native programming. The Concurrency Runtime (CRT), for instance, is a framework that simplifies parallel programming and helps you write robust, scalable, and responsive parallel applications.
The CRT raises the level of abstraction so that you do not have to manage the infrastructure details that are related to concurrency. The Concurrency Runtime also enables you to specify scheduling policies that meet the quality of service demands of your applications.
Here's the architecture of Concurrent Runtime Framework:
In this article I discuss the ResourceManager layer and examine how it works internally. To do so, I use CppDepend, an analysis tool that makes it easier for you to manage complex C\C++ (Native, Mixed, and COM) code bases.
ResourceManager Design
Which classes are used by ResourceManager to achieve its responsibility?
SELECT TYPES WHERE IsDirectlyUsedBy "Concurrency.details.ResourceManager"
The first thing to note about this design is that it enforces:
High Cohesion: Many classes and structs are used by ResourceManager and each one has a specific responsibility.The single responsibility principle states that a class should have more than one reason to change. Such a class is said to be "cohesive". A high LCOM value generally pinpoints a poorly cohesive class. There are several LCOM metrics. The LCOM takes its values in the range [0-1]. The LCOMHS (HS stands for "Henderson-Sellers') takes its values in the range [0-2]. Note that the LCOMHS metric is often considered as more efficient to detect non-cohesive types. LCOMHS value higher than 1 should be considered alarming.
WARN IF Count > 0 IN SELECT TYPES WHERE LCOMHS > 1 AND NbFields > 10 AND NbMethods >10 AND !IsGlobal ORDER BY LCOMHS DESC
So among classes used by ResourceManager, only UMS is considered as class with a poor cohesion.
Low Coupling:Many interfaces and proxies are used to isolate ResourceManager from other components. The Scheduler communicates with ResourceManager but there's no direct link between two components. So how the scheduler communicate with ResourceManager? To answer to this question let's discover classes using ResourceManager:
SELECT TYPES WHERE IsDirectlyUsing "Concurrency.details.ResourceManager"
Only these classes use the ResourceManager, and the Scheduler doesn't know the ResourceManager directly. So how it interact with it? Let's add to dependency graph the scheduler and interfaces used by it.
As shown in the dependency graph the Scheduler communicate with ResourceManager using interfaces
ISchedulere, and
Where is the ResourceManager created?
SELECT METHODS WHERE DepthOfCreateA "Concurrency.details.ResourceManager" = = 1
Only ResourceManager create an instance, and since it's a singleton only one ResourceManager exist for the whole process.


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As companies increasingly migrate to software defined environments, automating hybrid cloud infrastructure across multiple platforms through open technologies becomes essential. Open technologies can make it easier for businesses to adopt a cloud model and integrate it with their existing IT infrastructure and applications to meet their evolving business needs.
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack provides support for the latest operating system release, Icehouse, and full access to the complete core OpenStack API set to help clients ensure application portability and avoid vendor lock-in. It also extends cloud management support to System z, in addition to Power Systems, PureFlex/Flex Systems, System x, or any other x86 environment. The new solution also provides support for IBM z/VM on System z, and PowerVC for PowerVM on Power Systems designed to add more scalability and security to Linux environments.
Built on the foundation of IBM SmartCloud Entry, IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack offers a modular, flexible design that enables rapid innovation, vendor interoperability, and faster time-to-value. It is an easy-to-deploy, simple-to-use cloud management offering that can deliver improved private cloud and Service Provider solutions with features like security, automation, usage tracking metering, and multi-architecture management.
The technology can be accessed at OpenStack Marketplace, an online resource where organizations wanting to build or use OpenStack clouds can easily discover and compare products and services that best meet their business requirements.
IBM also announced IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack is available as a bundled offering with the new IBM Power Systems servers announced just last month. Called the IBM Power Systems Solution Edition for Scale Out Cloud, the offering combines a one or two socket system running Linux built on IBM's latest POWER8 processor technology with new PowerKVM hypervisor, and OpenStack cloud management tools and APIs. The combination allows open infrastructures to scale out intelligently, with less hardware, power and cooling requirements, and better economics leveraging over twice the bandwidth from previous generations. This is also an advantage for those cloud services that demand exceptional compute power and memory bandwidth for Big Data and analytics.
IBM also announced it is beta testing a dynamic, hybrid cloud solution on the IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack platform. Workloads requiring additional infrastructure resources can expand from an on-premise cloud to remote infrastructure on SoftLayer to meet resource demands. This can allow IBM clients and Business Partners to perform self-service provisioning of IT services across multiple environments with an easy-to-use interface.
"IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack provides the openness and flexibility to increase a business' ability to capitalize on opportunities by quickly delivering new cloud services," said Jane Munn, IBM Vice President and Business Line Executive for Cloud. "In addition, open community development facilitates vendor interoperability, allowing IBM clients and Businesses Partners to adapt their cloud assets in response to changing business needs."
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack is designed to help ensure that mission critical applications running in the cloud are managed effectively. Clients including Hubei RCCB, managed services provider Zetark, SAP integrator and IT hosting company AGENTIL, and the University of San Francisco have all adopted IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack for their cloud development and deployment strategies.
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The Get Up Kids
Wed night- Attempted to ride Jordan Woods with my long-time BMXer turned flat-track racer friend Mark, but had some mechanicals and darkness. Rode through Allentown in the dark sort of street riding.
Thursday- Salsibury Mountain in am with John from Action Wheels and John from Steel City Tattoo. Fuuuuuuun. Some BMX-y sections with berms and drops, fast parts, tight turns and packed dirt. Good times. Thanks Johns!
Attempt to ride trails behind Lehigh in pm, but Steevo hit a grey chain over a grey road that should not of been there. He kept all of his teeth, but we still had to fix his face. See his post (with photos) about it or my previous post.
Friday- Jacobsburg Park in am. This is where I rode when I was in High School, also on a rigid! Really fast-packed over-maintained trails. Got a little lost in the rain. Didn't matter. In the parking lot a kid in a Audi recognizes me from BMX. Small world.


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Here are some helpful books for new dads of daughters and sons.
See Also:
The Stay-at-Home Dad Handbook
By Peter Baylies with Jessica Toonkel/Chicago Review Press/2004
Written by a stay-at-home dad for other stay-at-home dads, this handbook addresses the particular parenting issues men face when they become the primary caregivers. This "man-friendly" resource offers practical solutions to such challenges as living well on one income, understanding the wife's breadwinner status, cleaning the house without feeling overwhelmed, and networking in a female-oriented community. This advice-oriented guide also offers a special section of newsletters, online chat groups, playgroups around the country, and stay-at-home dad organizations. Book Details
101 Ways to be a Terrific Sports Parent: Making Athletics a Positive Experience for Your Child
By Joel Fish and Susan Magee/ Fireside/2003
In 101 Ways to be a Terrific Sports Parent, Dr. Joel Fish, a sport psychologist who is also the dad of three young athletes, shares both his clinical expertise and practical experience to help parents develop a deeper understanding of the many issues that surround the young athlete.
Dads and Daughters: How to Inspire, Understand, and Support Your Daughter When She's Growing Up So Fast
By Joe Kelly/Broadway/2003
Kelly, executive director of the national advocacy group Dads and Daughters, shares his perspective on raising girls (he is the father of twins)…he ultimately delivers an effective message: fathers can take an active role in raising confident daughters. The teen years are especially trying for dads because of sexual issues, and Kelly expertly shows readers how to deal with them.
Father Courage: What Happens When Men Put Family First
By Suzanne Braun Levine/Harcourt/2000
Suzanne Braun Levine, a founding editor of Ms. magazine, gives voice to a largely unsung revolution--uplifting the nurturing role of men--in her wisely written first book, Father Courage. Drawing from social science, anthropology, media, psychology, and many other sources, Father Courage wades into the currents of modern society, not only to recast our understanding of fatherhood, but to remind us that changes in fatherhood also alter motherhood and the very fabric of family life.
The New Father: A dad's guide to the first year
By Armin Brott/ Abbeville Press/2004
The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the First Year, answers hundreds of questions, such as, How can you become an effective, involved father when you see your baby for only half an hour after work every day? and What is the best way to start saving for your child's college education? Author Armin Brott charts the physical, intellectual, verbal, and emotional changes the child is going through, and examines the emotional and psychological developments the father may be experiencing. He suggests activities appropriate to each month and covers such parenting issues as finding quality child care and understanding changes in the relationship with one's partner.
The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the Toddler Year
By Armin Brott/ Abbeville Press/1998
In The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the Toddler Years, the third book in his New Father series, Brott takes on the second and third years of life from Dad's perspective - what he's experiencing, and what he should know. Rather than focusing solely on kids, Brott discusses the larger experience of being a father, in a well-crafted, sensible manner. The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the Toddler Years gives contemporary fathers their own comprehensive reference to the challenging and delightful toddler years.
Fathers of a Certain Age: The joys & problems of middle-aged fatherhood
By Martin Carnoy and David Carnoy/ Fairview Press/1997
More and more men in their forties and fifties are having children, either for the first time or in second families. In Fathers of a Certain Age, father and son Martin and David Carnoy interview dozens of fathers, exploring how they feel about parenting small children. The result is an evenhanded assessment of the challenges and rewards of older fathering that will reassure anyone contemplating or coping with having children in late middle age.
Dads, Toddlers and the Chicken Dance
By Peter Downey/ Fisher Books/2000
Hilarious and helpful book for fathers explains the reality of toddlerhood. Downey's hilarious no-nonsense style makes Dads, Toddlers and the Chicken Dance a refreshingly politically incorrect but informative guide for dads whose babies have metamorphosed into a creature known as toddlerus destructivus.
Marathon Dad: Setting a pace that works for working fathers
By John Evans/Harper Perennial/1999
Every man who struggles to be a good husband, father and professional knows the feeling. Now, for the first time, here is practical and psychologically sound advice toward combining a career and fatherhood. Psychologist John Evans, himself a Marathon Dad of three, shows that a working father doesn't have to sacrifice what is most important in his career or his home to be successful on both fronts, but he needs to make significant changes in the way he does things.
The 7 Worst Things Parents Do
By John and Linda Friel/ HCI/1999
Psychologists John and Linda Friel have written an enormously readable and infinitely practical book that digs into some of the worst mistakes that parents make, with suggestions on how parents can change immediately. Whether readers are contemplating starting a family, have children who haven't entered school yet, are struggling with rebellious teenagers, or are empty-nesters wondering how they can be better parents to their grown children, they can't afford not to read this book.
The Joy of Fatherhood: The first twelve months
By Marcus Jacob Goldman/ Three Rivers Press/2000
This well-indexed guide to a baby's first year walks fathers through everything from taking a child's temperature to processing complicated emotions with their (exhausted) partners. Written by Marcus Jacob Goldman, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, the book efficiently addresses nuts-and-bolts concerns such as bathing, diapering, feeding, and child-proofing.
Father to Son: Life Lessons on Raising a Boy
By Harry Harrison Jr./Workman Publishing Company/2000
A boy comes with boundless love and enthusiasm, but no instructions. In this little book of wisdom for fathers, discover hundreds of succinct thoughts - practical and intangible, lighthearted and serious, all supported by a strong moral backbone - to guide, to remind, to teach, and to inspire.
Father to Daughter: Life Lessons on Raising a Girl
By Harry Harrison Jr./Workman Publishing Company/2003
As a former boy, a father immediately understands why his son builds a tower of blocks, calls it a boom crane, and then knocks it down. But why does his daughter build the same tower, call it an ice-cream cone, and then offer a taste? As Harry Harrison, author of the chunky little bestseller Father to Son, would suggest, fathers of daughters should simply enjoy that imaginative treat, and every other she's likely to dream up. Filled with short, sweet, inspirational words of wisdom, Father to Daughter is a book of guidance for Dads on loving, shaping-and learning to comprehend-their inscrutable little girls.
Becoming a Father How to Nurture and Enjoy Your Family
By William Sears and Gwen Gotsch/ La Leche League International/2003
This book, written especially for the often-neglected male half of the parenting team, is a father's guide to making wise investments in his children and family. This book discusses the father's role during childbirth, different ways a father can interact and bond with his child, discipline, balancing the demands of a job with the needs of a family, and more!
Live-Away Dads: Staying a part of your children's lives when they aren't a part of your home
By William Klatte/Penguin/1999
Klatte, a psychotherapist, social worker, and divorced father of two grown daughters who lived with their mother, offers solid advice and encouragement to men facing life apart from their children. He stresses the importance of staying involved with your children despite personal difficulties or the challenges of working with their mother. This is an especially useful book because Klatte strives hard to maintain a neutral position on many issues.
Working Fathers: New Strategies for Balancing Work & Family
By James Levine and Todd Pittinsky/Harvest Books/1998
It's about time corporate America and the workplace started taking fathers and fathering seriously. The book includes practical strategies for reducing "DaddyStress," "Creating the Father-Friendly Workplace," "Breaking the Culture Collusion," and "Connecting with Your Family." This book, based on a decade of research, should find a solid readership among managers and mothers, as well as fathers.
Fathers' Rights: Hard-Hitting & Fair Advice for Every Father Involved in a Custody Dispute
By Jeffery Leving/ Basic Books/1998
Jeffery Leving has spent more than a decade in the trenches of domestic law. From that perspective, he gives men embroiled in custody disputes a powerful and impassioned voice in Fathers Rights. Arguing that men are disenfranchised and stigmatized by a biased legal system, Leving promises help through such difficulties as finding empathetic attorneys, avoiding unhealthy custody arrangements, protecting the child-parent relationship, and remaining financially solvent.
The New Dad's Survival Guide: Man-to-Man Advice for First-Time Fathers
By Scott Mactavish/ Little, Brown and Company/2005
Mactavish presents a useful-though by no means comprehensive-guide for any dad-to-be who doesn't care about details and just wants to learn what's going to happen when his partner gives birth and how he should go about changing a diaper. The book covers the most basic of parenting skills from birth through three months, with a few toddler tips thrown in. It's humorous (or insensitive, depending on one's point of view) in its approach.
Crouching Father, Hidden Toddler: A Zen Guide for New Dads
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This handbook for first-time dads contains brief, basic facts about pregnancy, birth, and its aftermath. It cuts to the chase of the major milestones, such as the positive pregnancy test, the actual day of birth, and the baby's one-month mark. Fathers without prior exposure to pregnancy, childbirth, or child rearing will find this book very helpful.


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This is the Chevy Volt of helicopters. Excuse me, it's not a helicopter, it's a Volocopter. It's the result of German company e-volo, which has decided that the helicopter as we know it needs some rethinking for the 21st century.
e-volo says the Volocopter takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter, but lacks the mechanical complexity of one, and is therefore safer for its two occupants. Those arms surrounding the passenger compartment have propellers without the pilot having to worry about pitch and angle like on a conventional helicopter.
You should hope wherever you need to go is close by, though, because the batteries in the current version undergoing testing last just 20 minutes, according to the company. They blame the batteries that are available now, so the Volocopter is being developed with a range-extender, sort of like how the BMW i3 is available with one.
The company says the VC200, the most advanced version they've tested, will achieve a maximum altitude of 6,500 feet, be able to carry almost 1,000 lbs. and have a flight time of at least one hour before necessary recharging.
There's no word on when it'll be available to the public, but it looks cool in flight. So if you're in the market for a helicopter of your own, it might be worth it to wait.
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"Marvelous. . . . Very moving. . . . Duffy persuasively penetrates the layers of myth and produces characters who suggest the real people they once were." —The New Yorker
"Astonishing. . . . Exquisite. . . . Breathlessly absorbing." —The Boston Globe
"Duffy has found a subject whose ability to fascinate rivals that of Wittgenstein's, and the literary results, once again, are impressive." –San Francisco Chronicle
"Entertaining. . . . [Duffy's] raucous, bawdy and ultimately worshipful take on the infamous poete maudit—as in cursed poet—offers histrionic scenes of pain, degredation, sheer madness and intermittent danger." —All Things Considered, NPR
"A fiery mosaic of brilliantly conceived and written pieces. . . . The adorned texture of Duffy's writing becomes addictive. . . . Among other things, Disaster is the rare example of a page-turner whose pages are richly weighted." —The Boston Globe
"Disaster Was My God is a demanding book…but these difficulties are not only compensated, they are essential to the novel's success. The book's chaos is true to the mental and emotional chaos of the elusive man who inhabits its center, a man whose ultimate unknowability is perhaps the most modern thing about him." —San Francisco Chronicle
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LITTLE ROCK — A task force studying the issue of damages in civil cases likely will recommend some limits on punitive damages, a member of the panel told lawmakers Monday.
LITTLE ROCK — A task force studying the issue of damages in civil cases likely will recommend some limits on punitive damages, a member of the panel told lawmakers Monday.
Little Rock lawyer Paul Byrd said he expects the task force, created by Supreme Court in August to study tort reform, to include punitive damages in civil lawsuits in any recommendations, but with restrictions.
"I hope that what the Supreme Court task force committee can do, and what I expect to come out of that committee with punitive damages, is that there's going to be some very tight procedures that when you have the right case that has the right kind of behavior that presents a punitive case, that there's going to be certain steps that have to be taken before that goes to a jury," said Byrd, a member of the Task Force on Practice and Procedure in Civil Cases.
"And then, once it goes to a jury, a judge has the right under his or her powers to prevent (a punitive damage award), or to lessen it," Byrd said during a joint meeting of the Senate and House Constitutional Issues Subcommittee of the State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee.
He said the 2003 Civil Justice Reform Act, which capped punitive damages in plaintiffs' lawsuits at three times the amount of compensatory damages, with a maximum of $1 million, was passed by the Legislature in response to jury award of $78 million against a Mena nursing home in a resident's death. The state Supreme Court reduced the award to $26 million in May 2003.
In 2011, the state high court struck down some provisions of the 2003 law, including the cap on punitive damages.
"I think those problems are going to go away and hopefully we can say that Arkansas is not the hell hole of judiciary demise but that it's a business-friendly state," said Byrd, a personal injury lawyer.
The subcommittee spent about two hours Monday learning about the state's tort reform law and state Supreme Court rulings.
Byrd and Brian Brooks, who is also on the 10-member Supreme Court task force, discussed the task force and its approach to reviewing tort reform laws in the state.
Along with the 2011 Supreme Court decision that struck down the provisions capping punitive damage awards in civil courts, the high court in 2012 struck down a provision of the 2003 law that limited who could testify as an expert witness in medical malpractice cases.
During the legislative session earlier this year, some lawmakers said their goal was to put in the Arkansas Constitution parts of the tort reform law that the state Supreme Court said did not meet constitutional muster. They hoped to refer their proposed constitutional amendment to voters in the 2014 general election.
However, battle lines were drawn during the session between two different approaches to address the issue. Neither received enough support to be referred to the 2014 ballot.
After the session, the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce-Associated Industries of Arkansas and the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association both said they were considering working on competing tort reform ballot initiatives for the 2014 election.
In August, the state Supreme Court created the task force and said it would review the tort reform debate during the legislative session, the state's current laws and the provision of the 2003 law that was struck down. The task force is to submit recommendations on possible changes to the high court.
Leaders of both the state's leading business organization and the state's trial lawyers said last week they would decide on whether to pursue ballot initiatives after the task force makes its recommendations at the end of the year.
Rep. Linda Chesterfield, D-Little Rock, said during Monday's meeting that the task force must make sure there is fairness in the state's tort reform laws.
"We do not want to create an atmosphere that is unfriendly to business, but must make sure the rights of the people are protected as well," Chesterfield said.


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COLUMN: I guess I am my Big Brother's keeper, after all
"I can't believe the government is invading my privacy! We might as well be living in Russia!" said the guy in aisle 3 into his cellphone. I don't know if the NSA could hear him, but everyone else in the Shop and Go Away could. And he's worried about his privacy?
The guy was still ranting and raving about his privacy at the checkout counter where he pulled out his Shop and Go Away "loyalty card" to save 35 cents on a can of tuna. The loyalty card will instantly tell the Shop and Go Away's giant computer that he likes tuna and that he shops at 5:35 p.m. on Fridays, which it will add to all the other information they've collected on him over the years.
"The government's got everyone's phone number and they're spying on us," he whined into the phone at the top of his lungs. Of course, every telemarketer in the world has his phone number, as well as every credit card company, bank, insurance company and every other business he's ever dealt with. And, unless he's asked for an unlisted number, it's in that super-secret document called a phone book.
Did he forget that he gave Shop and Go Away his very private name, address and phone number when he signed up for their card? By the time he's left the store, their computer will have sold his name to every tuna distributor in the country, and in a couple of weeks he will start wondering why he's getting a glossy, two-page flier called "Tuna and You" in the mail. When he drives away from the store, it will be in a car with state-issued license plates on it and with a state-issued driver's license in his back pocket, which has his height, weight, eye color, address and picture on it.
When he gets home, he'll sign into his Facebook account -- which lists his birthday, all his friends, his hobbies and pictures of every place he's ever been -- to complain about how his privacy has been invaded. He may blog and tweet about it, too.
While he's Googling the words "invasion of privacy," little ads will show up on the side of his search window featuring products he's searched for or read about in the past because they keep track of that so they can sell ads. Then he'll relax a little in front of the TV, watching the very private Kardashians or the very private "Duck Dynasty" guys or the very private Real Housewives as they reveal the most intimate moments of their lives in front of millions of people. His cable company will keep track of what he's watching so it can figure out a way to charge him more to watch his favorite shows someday.
What's really odd is that the NSA knows much less about you than your grocery store, your cable company, your credit card company or the DMV -- and the NSA tried to keep the little they did know about you, well, secret. Until a privacy advocate told everyone. It seems the one thing that privacy advocates aren't very good at is keeping things private.
Anyone who goes on national television to talk about how much he loves and respects privacy is doing it wrong. It's like streaking to protest nudity.
Within a day we'll know where you went to middle school, who your girlfriend was, how much you made, that you never finished high school and what hotel you're staying at. At this point, you should be more worried about CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC than the NSA.
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Jack Fisk nominated for an Oscar
Look out, Sissy Spacek. You may not be the only Oscar winner living in your own house for much longer. Jack Fisk, a.k.a. Mr. Sissy Spacek, has won an Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction, for his work as the production designer on the turn-of-the-century California oil drama There Will Be Blood. It is Fisk's first nod from the Academy in his more than 30 years in the movie business.
Moviegoers may not know Fisk's name, but they undoubtedly know his work. As a production designer and art director to the likes of David Lynch, Brian De Palma, and Terrence Malick, he has created many a memorable movie image. After the high school horror classic Carrie launched both his and his wife's career, he worked on such films as The Thin Red Line, Mulholland Dr., The Straight Story and The New World.
There Will Be Blood is tied with the Coen Brothers' thriller No Country For Old Men for the most nominations this year with eight. Fisk's competition includes the teams from American Gangster, Atonement, The Golden Compass, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. This bodes well for Fisk, in that There Will Be Blood is
the only one of only two Best Picture nominees in the category, and the Art Direction Oscar has gone to a Best Picture nominee in seven of the last ten years.
Oscar's Charlottesville digs have not been limited to the Spacek-Fisk household over the years. In 1985, local documentary filmmaker Paul Wagner won the Academy Award for Best Documentary, Short Subject for his film The Stone Carvers.
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This honor is long overdue. Jack Fisk is a brilliant art designer and no, he's not Mr. Sissy Spacek.While they met on the set of Badlands, the married pair has each worked constantly. Jack is simply the best in the business, so intelligent and gifted and deserves the Oscar.
He and Sissy do not run in Hollywood circles; they opted out for a horse famr in Virginia and have raised two wonderful daughters.
Goes to show: talent does win out in the end.


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The Contraceptive Misnomer: Why Evangelicals Need to Re-evaluate Their Stance on Birth Control
With all the furor generated lately concerning contraception and abortion, it would be very difficult for anyone who is even paying the slightest attention to not at least minimally reflect on these hot button issues. As Christ followers, it is not an unhealthy exercise to evaluate our own views on these topics.
Although the Catholic Church has traditionally viewed both abortion and most forms of contraception with the same disdain, most Protestants, including many evangelicals, have attempted and, to the most degree, succeeded in conveniently separating the two into two very distinct categories. There is, however, more overlap than most are aware.
Most Bible-believing, evangelical Christians would agree that the act of abortion is wrong and in essence equates to murder. Likewise, this same group would generally agree that the use of true contraception (meaning the actual prevention of conception) is not in and of itself wrong or sinful. Contraception has grown in scope as well as cultural acceptance over the span of the 20th and early 21st century. And while there is some disagreement amongst evangelicals concerning its appropriate (or inappropriate) use, the general consensus is that if conception does not take place, no harm was necessarily done.
Conception occurs when the sperm fuses with the ovum to create a fertilized egg, an independent genetically complete living entity. A contraceptive is anything that prevents the sperm from being introduced to the egg. There are many different physical and chemical types of contraceptives. The chemical contraceptive can be delivered by intramuscular injection, implantation, intrauterine device (IUD), topical patch, intravaginal ring, or most commonly an oral tablet.
Estrogen and/or progestin containing types usually prevent pregnancy by one of three different ways. The first and main way is by preventing ovulation, which in essence means no egg will be available to be fertilized by sperm. However, there are a few other ways in which they may work to achieve their goal. Cervical mucus may be changed which in turn increases the difficulty of sperm entry into the uterus. And finally, the one Christians need to take note of, these agents may alter (or thin) the endometrium of the uterus, which in turn may prevent implantation of the fertilized egg. This occurs after the actual conception has already taken place. Hence the term contraceptive is not entirely accurate in each and every circumstance.
What was intended to be a contraceptive has now indirectly become an abortifacient. Although this may be a review for many, there is no doubt a majority that is completely oblivious to how this type of birth control works in its entirety and its potential ramifications. The emergency contraceptive Plan B has earned itself a negative reputation amongst the Catholic Church as well as many in the protestant faith as it's been deemed an equivalent to the abortion pill RU-486. However, Plan B works almost exactly the same as the contraceptives just discussed. Therefore, the two cannot logically be separated. Either the individual needs to accept both as morally acceptable or both as equivocally unacceptable. So do we as Christ followers accept a chemical technology that is more often than not used for the sheer convenience of "family planning," yet has the blatant blemish of potentially taking innocent life?
Concerning these types of contraceptives, the question is not one of probability. The probability lies with the prevention of ovulation and hence true contraception. Rather the issue is one of possibility. Although the probability may not be high, the possibility that innocent life is lost is a chance that we as Christ followers have no right to take. We are called to a much higher standard.