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SIR Ian Blair, former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, has called for fewer forces and a Royal Commission to assess the dated structure and role of policing across the UK. Sir Ian, arguably one of the most high profile and controversial officers of recent times, told The Sunday Herald that the role of officers needs to be redefined. He suggested that more roles could be given to civilians and that a federal structure, such as that of the FBI, should be considered. Speaking in advance of his talk at the Aye Write! literary festival in Glasgow this afternoon, Sir Ian said: “It is over 50 years since we have seriously looked at the structure and activity of policing. When the Royal Commission of 1962 took place, we were in a very different world. At that time the police did not even have radios. “As time has gone on, we have ended up with a lot of piecemeal reform. It might be better to have less forces but we cannot look at whether we need one police force, for example in Scotland, until we have addressed accountability.
SIR Ian Blair, former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, has called for fewer forces and a Royal Commission to assess the dated structure and role of policing across the UK. Sir Ian, arguably one of the most high profile and controversial officers of recent times, told The Sunday Herald that the role of officers needs to be redefined. He suggested that more roles could be given to civilians and that a federal structure, such as that of the FBI, should be considered. Speaking in advance of his talk at the Aye Write! literary festival in Glasgow this afternoon, Sir Ian said: “It is over 50 years since we have seriously looked at the structure and activity of policing. When the Royal Commission of 1962 took place, we were in a very different world. At that time the police did not even have radios. “As time has gone on, we have ended up with a lot of piecemeal reform. It might be better to have less forces but we cannot look at whether we need one police force, for example in Scotland, until we have addressed accountability.

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Digital Content Retailers worldwide, has completed a project to digitize
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using Brocade’s NetIron MLX routers and FastIron SuperX switches.

With clients including Universal, Sony and Warner Digiplug is at the
forefront of an online and mobile revolution. The boom in digital
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funded, manufactured, marketed, distributed, monetized and consumed. For
the media and entertainment industry, recorded music was the first to go
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content.

The existing twin data centres could not cope with the sudden traffic
growth. With clients like the Universal Music Group International
relying on the firm to distribute content across the globe, Digiplug
needed to invest in a new, highly available and scalable network, with
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In order to choose the new infrastructure, Digiplug – through local
channel reseller, BSO – compared vendors on two levels: projected total
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NO ONE EVER ASPIRES to be one-dimensional. Just as youd never want to be known for having a huge upper body and no leg development, you probably dont want big muscles that arent strong and powerful, or strong and powerful muscles that cant endure a set of more than 15-20 reps. We dont want you to be a one-trick pony, either. After all, having functional muscles means being strong, powerful and built to last, not just big. Enter the MF DO-IT-ALL PROGRAM, which combines all the benefits of power and strength training, muscle-building and endurance into one routine. This six-week plan will help improve your overall conditioning, so no one aspect of your training is a weak link. In your checklist of physical attributes, this program does it all. * Each workout starts with dynamic stretching, not the static variety in which you hold a stretch for 20-30 seconds. Dynamic stretching has you perform rapid movements through an exaggerated range of motion (ROM). Think arm circles, arm swings, running butt kicks and other rapid moves that your high school football coach had you do at the beginning of practice. Therell be no traditional hurdler stretches or other stretch-and-hold exercises for a couple of key reasons: For one, static stretching has been shown to reduce strength by up to 15% when done preworkout; and two, dynamic stretching can enhance strength and power when performed at the beginning of a training session. But dont just go through the motions on these stretches. Do each rep through a full ROM and in an explosive manner. For example, dont let momentum do all the work during arm swings. Rather, initiate each circle by explosively contracting your pecs, shoulders and back. Think of these exercises as working sets, not just a warm-up that you breeze through with little focus.
As a competitor, bodybuilding has been a source of strength. My faith in God and my strong belief in a healthy lifestyle and proper supplementation were all contributing factors in my fight to overcome cancer at a young age. With the help of FLEX, the NPC and role models such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Frank Zane, Lou Ferrigno and Reg Park, I was able to stay focused and continue fighting my disease. As I underwent chemotherapy, they were constant inspiration. Now, at age 28, I help people overcome obstacles and reach their physical and mental goals. Working with my clients in their homes or at the Jewish Community Center of Manhattan is always a rewarding experience. My coach, Dr. Michael Feulner–who helped me improve my diet, exercises and posing–has played a tremendous role in my life and in my upcoming film, United States of Atrophy. The movie traces my lifes events–from battling cancer to where I am today–and the influence that a healthy lifestyle has had on me. Without the heroes of yesterday, the influence of the NPC organization and FLEX, I dont know where I would be today. Thank you!
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GBI Research, the leading business intelligence provider, has released its latest research “Stem Cell Research — Market Trends, Investment Trends and Pipeline Analysis.” It is an essential source of information and analysis on global stem cell research and development. This pharmaceutical and healthcare report identifies the key trends shaping and driving stem cell research and development. The report analyzes investment decisions within the stem cell research market by providing information on pipelines, federal spending, investor perspectives, regulatory environment, competitive landscape and market potential. The study also provides insight on the prevalent competitive landscape and the emerging players expected to significantly shift the market positioning. Most importantly, the report provides valuable insight on the pipeline products within the global stem cell industry.

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The Tax Accounting business of Thomson Reuters announced today that Heckler Koch and Planar Systems are among the companies migrating from their on-premise software solution, the Sabrix Application Suite, to Sabrix Managed Tax Service™ (MTS), the companys outsourced managed services solution.

Sabrix MTS combines an on-demand version of the same trusted tax platform used by leading global companies, combined with service from a multidisciplinary team of tax experts and SAS 70 certified processes. Customers of Sabrix MTS benefit from the millions of dollars invested in technology, security, tax content and industry proven best practices for a simple subscription price.

“Revenue deficits are resulting in more complex and aggressive tax burdens from state and local governments. Yet companies are still expected to remain in compliance and balance their need to limit audit liabilities and preserve cash flow,” said Mark Montgomery, director of Tax Treasury for Planar Systems, Inc. “By moving from Sabrixs on-premise solution to their outsourced service, we have reduced IT costs and can now free up our staff by relying on their tax experts.”

The Tax Accounting business of Thomson Reuters announced today that Heckler Koch and Planar Systems are among the companies migrating from their on-premise software solution, the Sabrix Application Suite, to Sabrix Managed Tax Service™ (MTS), the companys outsourced managed services solution.

Sabrix MTS combines an on-demand version of the same trusted tax platform used by leading global companies, combined with service from a multidisciplinary team of tax experts and SAS 70 certified processes. Customers of Sabrix MTS benefit from the millions of dollars invested in technology, security, tax content and industry proven best practices for a simple subscription price.

“Revenue deficits are resulting in more complex and aggressive tax burdens from state and local governments. Yet companies are still expected to remain in compliance and balance their need to limit audit liabilities and preserve cash flow,” said Mark Montgomery, director of Tax Treasury for Planar Systems, Inc. “By moving from Sabrixs on-premise solution to their outsourced service, we have reduced IT costs and can now free up our staff by relying on their tax experts.”

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Primaris Retail REIT (TSX: PMZ.UN) is pleased to report solid financial results.

President and CEO, John Morrison, commented “2009 was a milestone year for Primaris. We successfully completed the transition to the internalized management model and are well positioned for a bright future. Late in the year we completed the most significant investment ever made by Primaris, and indeed, it was the largest real estate transaction of the year in Canada. Operationally 2009 will be remembered as a year that challenged consumers, retailers and landlords alike. It was demonstrated in lower tenant sales and fewer new store openings by tenants. However, occupancy rates remained strong in our properties and we continued to achieve rent increases on lease renewals, thereby underscoring the strength of our assets.”

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“Uncovering the Holy Grail of Real-Estate Management” Webinar
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e.Digital Corporation (OTCBB: EDIG), a leading innovator of dedicated portable entertainment systems and patented flash memory-related technology, announced today that it has entered into a license and settlement agreement with Roland Systems Group and Roland Corporation (Roland). Under the terms of the confidential agreement, Roland obtained a license and release on the Companys Flash-R™ patent portfolio and paid e.Digital a one-time licensing fee.

e.Digitals Flash-R patent portfolio is comprised of fundamental technology related to the USE of flash memory in the large and growing portable electronic products market. The Company introduced the first portable recorder with removable flash memory in 1993 and believes its patent portfolio to be essential to many consumer electronics products that utilize flash memory including cell phones, digital cameras, camcorders, PDAs and other popular devices.

“We are pleased to have entered into our 10th Flash-R portfolio related licensing and settlement agreement,” said Fred Falk, president and CEO of e.Digital. “We anticipate additional licensing revenues and additional Flash-R patent portfolio business developments throughout this year.”

WET REPUBLIC at MGM Grand , the “it” party pool, will present the ultimate poolside experience with non-stop parties, premium entertainment and an unrivaled atmosphere when its doors open for the 2010 season Friday, March 12. Over the past two years, WET REPUBLIC has offered partygoers the most scintillating pool party scene and once again will be setting trends across the Vegas valley, raising the standards for entertainment, style and luxury.

WET REPUBLIC will kick off the 2010 season with a dazzling party hosted by Kendra and Hank Baskett Saturday, March 27, followed by its industry preview of Daylife Sundays with Sharam and Roger Sanchez Sunday, April 11. The ultra pool will launch its grand opening celebration Saturday, April 17. The party will carry over into the next weekend as Kim and Khloe Kardashian host Kourtneys 31st birthday Saturday, April 24 sponsored by Bombay Sapphire.

“WET REPUBLIC offers the most luxurious amenities, complemented by a fun party vibe. We offer guests an intimate atmosphere which is why they chose to come back to us year after year,” said Anthony Olheiser, director of nightlife for MGM Grand. “WET REPUBLIC has transformed the Vegas party pool scene and has quickly become the summer destination to see and be seen. We pride ourselves on offering one-of-a-kind experiences for guests from all over the world, while continuing to uphold a commitment of hosting action-packed parties.”

The weekends will be packed with non-stop festivities beginning on Fridays as WET REPUBLIC plays host to the hottest weekly competition, HOT 100 sponsored by SpyOnVegas.com . The unmatched pool destination will crown the hottest females in Las Vegas with cash prizes totaling $100,000. Last year during the summer contest series Cisco Adler, Shwayze and LMFAO performed live for the poolside crowd. Saturdays will continue to provide world-class entertainment for A-list celebrities and musicians. Beautiful people will revel from the VIP bungalows and cool off in the private saltwater dipping pools, while admiring the panoramic view of the hottest eye-candy in town. P.Diddy, Jay-Z, Rhianna, AnnaLynne McCord, Lauren Conrad, Kim Kardashian, Reggie Bush, Pete Wentz, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, Jessica Simpson and Lindsay Lohan are just a few of the celebrities who partied in WET REPUBLICs VIP bungalows last season. The dynamic weekends will culminate with Daylife Sundays, the weekly industry party that will have some of the worlds best DJs mixing the latest beats. Last year, WET REPUBLIC welcomed music legends Armand Van Helden, Behrouz, Boris, Cedric Gervais, Chris Lake, Chus Ceballos, Ferry Corsten, Roger Sanchez, sander kleinenburg, Sharam, Steve Angelo, Tom Stephan, and Victor Calderone. On select Sundays WET REPUBLIC also will be home to the monthly house-music event Juicy Vegas with resident DJ Robbie Rivera.

The summer oasis delivers a variety of experiences for its guests, whether they want to chill over cocktails in the poolside lounge, relax in exclusive VIP bungalows or bask in the party scene on the main pool deck or cabanas. Elite VIP service, high-end amenities and renowned entertainers are standard at WET REPUBLIC. Sophisticated and stylish designs make WET REPUBLIC a lush playground for privileged partygoers. Glitterati and celebrities flock to the sexy adults-only venue where the best elements of Vegas nightlife are combined with ultimate poolside amenities to create the definitive daylife experience.

Truesport Alliances Entertainment, Ltd.s (OTCBB: SEWE) TapouT RD Training Center is proud to house Brad Tavares of Team Tompkins, who was recently named as a fighter on Spikes, “The Ultimate Fighter — Season 11.”

As the youngest fighter of the show, Tavares recently moved from Hilo, Hawaii to train at the TapouT RD Training Center with professional fight team, Team Tompkins.

The TapouT RD Training Center is the worlds first fully functional MMA facility dedicated to testing MMA specific equipment and training methods. Built by a brand that has become synonymous with the attitude and prominence of mixed martial arts, TapouTs distinctive, authentic logo graces everything from clothing to equipment.

Designed for everyone at all fitness levels, the TapouT RD Training Center is predominately a class-based training facility with a full schedule that features a variety of MMA themed classes. In addition to a broad spectrum of martial arts instruction, the majority of the cardio/fitness classes are non-contact.

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I was a skinny kid who had a rough childhood. Health and fitness–more specifically bodybuilding–have been important outlets for me in handling the many things Ive been through in my life. Although I did some weight training as a kid, it was when I became a U.S. Marine Corps Body Bearer that I was “bitten by the bodybuilding bug.” Unfortunately, over the next several years, I spent a lot of time overseas, but it didnt stop me from continuing to hang on to ray dream of becoming a bodybuilder, which came to fruition in 2009. I set my sights on competing as a heavyweight in the 2009 All Forces National Military Bodybuilding Championships on October 10, in Tampa, Florida. I connected with Tim Gardner and joined his team, Team Body*Tech, based out of Tampa. At the time, I was in Iraq working as a contractor, so we communicated on a weekly basis via phone and e-mail. When I returned to the States, we jumped into precontest mode. I was very motivated, because so many people over the years said that I didnt have what it takes. Although I didnt carry the level of mass I needed for my height, I felt my conditioning would make up for some of that. I had started to do a lot of online social media networking before I returned to the United States and, over time, I created a large friend/fan base of people who began following and supporting me. It was a great feeling and, as it grew closer to the competition, I felt a huge sense of pride. Everyone was able to watch my transformation take place as I posted pictures, and blogged about my life challenges and the pursuit of my dream to become a bodybuilder.
When you diet to either lose fat or gain muscle, you should maintain a food log of what you eat and how much. This can be critical in keeping you eating enough (or not too much) food, and eating the appropriate amounts of the right kinds of foods at the right times. Research confirms that those who track their food intake in a journal better maintain their diet. In fact, one 2008 study funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health reported that those who consistently kept a food log for 30 months, lost twice as much weight as those not keeping a log. To make that food diary even better, consider photographing your meals, as well. University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers had subjects record what they ate for one week in words or in photographs. They found that those taking photos of their food made a more critical evaluation of the items on their plate before eating them, which caused them to make better food choices. With the help of camera phones, photographing your meal is as easy as pressing a button. Adding photos to your food log can help you better evaluate your diet and keep you on the right track–whether that track is a one-way ticket to massville or a fall on the bodyfat scale.
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Every girl dreams of being a Disney character, but for 21-year- old Utah native BreAnn Brown, the dream comes true every time she takes the stage in “Disney on Ice Presents Worlds of Fantasy.” Brown, who graduated from Jordan High School in 2007, has spent the past two years touring with Disney on Ice as Tinker Bell and said portraying the iconic fairy was an unexpected twist in her career. “I sent in some videos when I heard they were casting and didnt hear back,” Brown said. “Then I got a call asking if I would be willing to quickly fly to Florida to try out.” “I still see it on TV sometimes,” she said. “Its funny.”
MILWAUKEE — The
Marcus Corporation (NYSE:MCS) today announced it will participate in Gabelli
Company’s Second Annual Digital Cinema and Movie Conference in
New York City on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 10:45 a.m. Eastern
Time/9:45 a.m. Central Time. Gregory S. Marcus, president and chief
executive officer of the company, and Douglas A. Neis, chief financial
officer, will present an overview of The Marcus Corporation’s operations
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Reservoir Capital Corp. (the “Company” or “Reservoir”) (TSX VENTURE: REO)(FRANKFURT: ROC)(BERLIN: ROC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Winston Bennett to its Board of Directors, and Milan Cusic to the role of Deputy Director of its Serbian subsidiary Renewable Energy Ventures D.o.o.

Mr. Bennett is the Vice-President and Director of Helios Energy Inc. (”Helios”), a developer of large-scale solar energy systems based in Toronto. His primary responsibilities at Helios include corporate and project finance and strategic development. Prior to joining the management and ownership team at Helios, Mr. Bennett was the Vice-President Banking at one of Canadas leading independent investment dealers. In this role, Mr. Bennett was involved in public and private equity transactions, structuring corporate and project debt offerings and negotiating mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Bennett holds an Honours Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and is a CFA charter holder.

Mr. Cusic joins the Company from Serbias State-owned utility Elektroprivreda Srpska (”EPS”), where he was Chief Hydro Engineer, responsible for EPS strategy on hydropower and renewable energy development, revitalization of existing hydropower facilities and construction of new hydropower projects. Mr. Cusic holds a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Belgrade.

Reservoir also announces the resignation of Mr. Nenad Radoja as Vice President of the Company. The Company wishes Mr. Radoja well with his future endeavors.

HARTFORD, Conn. — Leigh Keno was sprawled on the floor of the upstairs landing, twisting his body to get a good look at the bottom of a walnut lowboy and shining a small, hand-held yellow flashlight for a clearer view of its underside. He pulled out some small drawers to see what kind of wood had been used inside the piece. It was hard yellow pine, a wood that he said pretty much had been cut down in New England by about the 1730s. He figured the piece was from Philadelphia, possibly from 1770 to 1790. The lean, wiry antiques expert and dealer — well-known with his twin brother, Leslie Keno, for their appearances on 14 seasons of “Antiques Roadshow” on PBS — visited West Hartford and Bloomfield recently. He said he typically visits eight to 10 homes a month; sometimes he is contacted by collectors who have something to sell, sometimes by family members who want to liquidate an estate. And occasionally, as at this home in West Hartford, it was simply a chance to meet someone with an exceptional collection.

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A FREAK hailstorm hit the Australian city Melbourne yesterday causing widespread damage and floods. Horse-racing was cancelled as hail buried the course. And in the city centre shoppers waded knee deep in water as 25mm of rain fell in an hour. A train station had to be evacuated after the storm tore a hole in its roof. “It was a very dangerous thunderstorm,” said fore- caster Richard Carlyon.
Does God cause natural disasters? They are questions that have troubled human beings since long before the Flood. Last week, in the “Voices of Faith” feature in the Kansas City Star, two prominent spiritual leaders took a run at dealing with the questions. Raymond Davis Jr., Greater Corinthian Church of the Christ, Kansas City, Mo.:
LEICESTER 35 LONDON IRISH 19 TOBY FLOODS hopes of ripping the No10 jersey off Jonny Wilkinsons back were dealt a blow at Welford Road. The Tigers star sustained an injury during this comprehensive win over Irish – ruining his latest chance to shine in front of Martin Johnson. The England Team Manager looked on as Flood sat with his head in his hands in the dugout, despairing at his unfortunate latest injury setback. He had taken an off-the-ball blow in the first half, and finally withdrew after the break unable to continue. Tigers scored four tries to increase their lead over Northampton at the top of the Guinness Premiership.

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Memeo today announced its recently released Memeo Connect® for Google Apps is now available on the Google Apps Marketplace™, Googles recently launched online storefront for Google Apps™ products and services. Memeo Connect is a new desktop service that offers business customers an easy way to access, migrate, and synchronize all files types, including Microsoft Office files, with Google Docs™. With the Google Apps Marketplace, Google Apps domain administrators now have a convenient way to add the Memeo Connect desktop service to their domain.

“The SMB market is a massive but highly fragmented market,” said Spencer Chen, director of business development at Memeo. “By integrating Memeo Connect into the new Google Apps Marketplace, we have found a very efficient way to bring our latest offering to the lucrative SMB market. As a third-party developer, we are thrilled to have a single platform that enables us to provide SMB customers with an easy way to find, try, and purchase Memeo Connect.”

The Google Apps Marketplace makes it easy for more than 2 million Google Apps customers to discover, purchase and deploy integrated business applications and related professional services. By integrating with user accounts and application data stored in Google Apps, these cloud applications provide a simpler user experience, increase business efficiency, and reduce administrative overhead. To learn more, visit google.com/appsmarketplace.

“We are very excited to have Memeo in the Google Apps Marketplace,” said Scott McMullan, Google Apps Partner Lead for Google Enterprise. “Through the Google Apps Marketplace, software vendors like Memeo are helping us build a rich ecosystem of integrated apps that work seamlessly with Google Apps, allowing IT administrators to leverage the benefits of cloud computing and extend Google Apps to meet more of their business needs. We are happy to offer Memeo Connect to the millions of Google Apps users who have embraced the cloud.”

Memeo Connect has enjoyed tremendous adoption since its introduction, resulting in technical evaluations with more than a dozen of the largest deployed Google Apps sites. Memeo continues to solidify its commitment to the business application market with this integration with the Google Apps Marketplace.

Hope that you never need to use an AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill, but if you do, be thankful that modern technology has created a way to reduce your gravitational pull. It sounds like science fiction, but tech developed by NASA and AlterG incorporates a plastic air chamber sealed around your waist and encapsulating your legs, which, in effect, reduces your bodyweight by as much as 80%.
NO ONE EVER ASPIRES to be one-dimensional. Just as youd never want to be known for having a huge upper body and no leg development, you probably dont want big muscles that arent strong and powerful, or strong and powerful muscles that cant endure a set of more than 15-20 reps. We dont want you to be a one-trick pony, either. After all, having functional muscles means being strong, powerful and built to last, not just big. Enter the MF DO-IT-ALL PROGRAM, which combines all the benefits of power and strength training, muscle-building and endurance into one routine. This six-week plan will help improve your overall conditioning, so no one aspect of your training is a weak link. In your checklist of physical attributes, this program does it all. * Each workout starts with dynamic stretching, not the static variety in which you hold a stretch for 20-30 seconds. Dynamic stretching has you perform rapid movements through an exaggerated range of motion (ROM). Think arm circles, arm swings, running butt kicks and other rapid moves that your high school football coach had you do at the beginning of practice. Therell be no traditional hurdler stretches or other stretch-and-hold exercises for a couple of key reasons: For one, static stretching has been shown to reduce strength by up to 15% when done preworkout; and two, dynamic stretching can enhance strength and power when performed at the beginning of a training session. But dont just go through the motions on these stretches. Do each rep through a full ROM and in an explosive manner. For example, dont let momentum do all the work during arm swings. Rather, initiate each circle by explosively contracting your pecs, shoulders and back. Think of these exercises as working sets, not just a warm-up that you breeze through with little focus.

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LEICESTER 35 LONDON IRISH 19 TOBY FLOOD gave England an injury scare as he took a bash on the head during the crushing win over London Irish. But the Tigers fly-half should recover in time to take his expected place on the bench in Saturdays Calcutta Cup clash at Edinburgh. Flood -aiming to shine in front of watching Martin Johnson -lost his chance to impress because of a first-half collision. It was a pity for Flood, who is so desperate to rip the No.10 jersey off Jonny Wilkinsons back. But Flood kicked two penalties and two conversions before going off, leaving his teammates to steal the show. Tries from Alesana Tuilagi (above), Scott Hamilton, Martin Castrogiavanni and George Chuter gave Tigers a bonus point win and stretched their lead at the top of the table over Northampton.
Does God cause natural disasters? They are questions that have troubled human beings since long before the Flood. Last week, in the “Voices of Faith” feature in the Kansas City Star, two prominent spiritual leaders took a run at dealing with the questions. Raymond Davis Jr., Greater Corinthian Church of the Christ, Kansas City, Mo.:
While much of the United States is still
awaiting the thaw from a particularly bad winter, the days of spring are
just ahead and for many that means its time to get back into the garden
and prepare the soil for their fruits and vegetables.

This can be a confusing process for gardeners who want to take a natural
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claiming to produce superior fruits and vegetables. The organic gardening market is big
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effective tools to producing a healthy garden.

As many gardeners know, the most important aspect of a garden is the soil
that will be growing the planted seeds and if this soil isnt cared for
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It was with this understanding that the natural fertilizer ProtoGrow was
developed. Blended with a unique mix of micronutrients from a special kelp
extract and the macronutrients from North Atlantic fish, ProtoGrow is a ” superfood ” that can stimulate the
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A tremendous benefit of ProtoGrow is how easy it is to use. Despite
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The first time that Michael Hicks was frisked by airport security, he cried–like any 2-year-old would. He shares a name with one of the 13,500 people on the watch fist of the the F.B.I.s Terrorist Screening Center, so frying is always tricky for Mikey–now an 8-year-old third-grader and Cub Scout from Clifton, New Jersey. His family travels frequently, and Mikey is often stopped for extra screening. On a trip to the Bahamas in January, he was frisked both going and coming home. Mikey isnt the only one whose name makes it hard to get on a plane: Hundreds of others also get caught up because they share a name with someone on the watch list. In the past three years, 82,000 frustrated fliers have asked to be removed from the list. Now, under a new Secure Fright Program, airlines will collect passengers birth dates and gender, along with names–so Mikeys date of birth should prevent his being mistaken for a terrorist. “We cant just throw a bunch of names on these fists and call. it security,” says William J. Pascrell Jr., Mikeys Congressman. “If we cant get an 8-year-old off the list, the whore list becomes suspect.”
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Manicouagan Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: MAM) is pleased to provide this exploration update.

Pickle Lake Gold Properties, Ontario – Pickle Lake East Property

In December 2009, Manicouagan completed an I.P. Resistivity Survey over the western portion of its Pickle Lake East Property where the Pickle Crow – Central Patricia Gold Mine trend crosses onto the claims optioned by Manicouagan. The final report has now been received.

The survey was successful in identifying nine significant anomaly trends. In addition, several isolated moderate to strong I.P. anomalies were also mapped. The depths of the identified I.P. anomalies are interpreted to be less than 15 metres from surface.

Based on a review of public documents available in the provincial assessment files, none of these priority anomalies have been drill tested in the past.

Along with Proposed Brookfield Investment, Proposal if Accepted Would
Provide More Than $6.5 Billion of New Equity Capital

To Facilitate Pershing Square’s Participation in Connection with the
Proposal, William Ackman Resigns from GGP’s Board of Directors

CHICAGO — General Growth Properties, Inc. (NYSE: GGP) today announced that it has
received a proposal from Fairholme Capital Management, LLC, one of its
largest unsecured creditors, and Pershing Square Capital Management, one
of GGP’s largest equity holders and a significant unsecured creditor, in
which Fairholme and Pershing Square would commit $3.925 billion of new
equity capital at a value of $15.00 per share to facilitate GGP’s
emergence from bankruptcy. Together with the previously announced $2.625
billion proposal from Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., this proposal,
if accepted, would provide GGP with more than $6.5 billion of committed
equity capital. The Company believes that this combined equity capital
along with its anticipated new $1.5 billion debt issuance – or the
reinstatement of a comparable amount of existing debt – would, if
accepted, deliver substantially all of the cash required to fulfill the
Company’s capital needs in connection with its emergence from bankruptcy
and provide unsecured creditors with par plus accrued interest in cash.

The GGP Board of Directors will study the proposal consistent with its
fiduciary duties. The proposal remains subject to approval by the Board
of Directors, approval by the Bankruptcy Court of proposed fees in the
form of warrants and higher and better offers.

“The proposal from Fairholme and Pershing Square builds on the
significant momentum we have created to return GGP to a strong financial
foundation for the future,” said Adam Metz, chief executive officer of
GGP. “Our goal is to raise capital in the most cost-efficient way to
maximize value for all of our stakeholders. We are pleased with the
support shown by one of our largest unsecured debt holders and one of
our largest equity holders.”

Exclusive Property Developments

Sothebys International Realty Affiliates LLC today announced the signing of an exclusive 25-year licensing agreement for the United Kingdom with Countrywide, the U.K.s largest estate agency and property services group.

Under the agreement, Countrywide has the exclusive license to the Sothebys International Realty® brand across the United Kingdom and Channel Islands. Countrywide will create a new subsidiary called United Kingdom Sothebys International Realty to operate its new luxury brokerage business in those regions. As part of the transaction, Countrywide acquired the Sothebys International Realty – London office in Mayfair, previously owned and managed by NRT LLC, the largest owner and operator of real estate brokerages in the United States. The office will be renamed London Sothebys International Realty.

“This is a major step forward in our worldwide growth plan,” said Michael R. Good, president and chief executive officer, Sothebys International Realty Affiliates LLC. “This agreement will enable the Sothebys International Realty brand to expand significantly in London and throughout the United Kingdom. The leadership of Countrywide is very talented and committed to growing our presence steadily over the next several years.”

The Sothebys International Realty network has approximately 500 offices in 38 countries and territories worldwide. Franchise affiliates benefit from an association with the world-renowned Sothebys Auction House, established in 1744.

“Countrywide moves more people than any other agent in the United Kingdom through a network of 1,200 offices with 41 leading estate agency brands,” said Grenville Turner, Countrywide Group Chief Executive. “We plan to expand the presence of the Sothebys International Realty brand in central London and across the United Kingdom and to capitalize on the renewed sense of confidence we see in the property market. While this new business will be run separately from our other brands, we intend to leverage the support of our existing business structure. We also look forward to collaborating closely with the Sothebys Auction House in London as we develop our strategies.”

GGL Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE: GGL) (”GGL”) is pleased to report that Rio Tinto Canada Exploration Inc. (”RIO”) (formerly, Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc.) has instructed GGL to prepare and implement the 2010 diamond exploration program on the CH Project Area (”Property”) about 250 kilometers north of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Ground gravity surveys are scheduled for the later part of this March 2010 to be followed by a drilling program, in April of this year.

Under the direction of RIO, GGL has contracted Aurora Geosciences Ltd. (”Aurora”) to conduct the gravity surveys.

Approximately ten drill holes are planned for the March/April drill program. The drill targets have been and will be selected from the results of this years and last years ground gravity surveys as well as data from GGLs previous airborne/ground geophysical surveys, indicator mineral sampling and diamond drilling.

In February 2009, GGL and RIO signed an Exploration and Option Agreement which gave RIO the sole and exclusive right and option to acquire, subject to Royalties, a 100% interest in the Property by incurring expenditures of $10,000,000 on or before December 31, 2016, of which $900,000 is a commitment and must be spent on or before December 31, 2011. In order to exercise the option, RIO must pay GGL additional yearly payments beginning in 2013, to total $1,000,000 on or before December 31, 2016.

Manicouagan Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: MAM) is pleased to provide this exploration update.

Pickle Lake Gold Properties, Ontario – Pickle Lake East Property

In December 2009, Manicouagan completed an I.P. Resistivity Survey over the western portion of its Pickle Lake East Property where the Pickle Crow – Central Patricia Gold Mine trend crosses onto the claims optioned by Manicouagan. The final report has now been received.

The survey was successful in identifying nine significant anomaly trends. In addition, several isolated moderate to strong I.P. anomalies were also mapped. The depths of the identified I.P. anomalies are interpreted to be less than 15 metres from surface.

Based on a review of public documents available in the provincial assessment files, none of these priority anomalies have been drill tested in the past.

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What started with the slogan “Living Where the Fun Is” for young single professionals in Southern California is well known now as the leading provider of temporary furnished and serviced apartments worldwide. Oakwood is proud to celebrate their 50th year providing housing solutions to travelers looking for reliable, flexible and comfortable accommodations for short and long term stays.

“We are extremely appreciative to be in our 50th year of business,” says Howard Ruby, Founder and Chairman. “Over the years weve hired over 36,000 professionals and served thousands of clients — all of whom we thank for being part of this milestone celebration. The foundation of our success is our culture which is centered on our Associates who passionately strive to meet the needs of our clients and guests every day.”

Ruby started it all in 1960 with two business partners when he realized there was a need for custom-designed housing for young singles in Los Angeles. The concept was a smash success and soon developed into housing exclusive to professional business travelers. Full-size apartments with furnishings, home electronics and other amenities services proved to be the perfect alternative to hotel stays for extended business trips. Expansion throughout North America and into EMEA and APAC in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s solidified Oakwood as a recognized brand and market leader.

“This year, Oakwood celebrates a milestone of not only founding an industry but of evolving to meet emerging market needs,” says Ric Villarreal, President. “Our success is a direct result of Howard founding the company and maintaining his entrepreneurial spirit that has lead our growth and adaptability over the years.”

Oakwood wont go down in history for industry leadership and innovation alone — a commitment to greening the company and to Associate growth and development are key to the culture. Rubys personal interest as a wildlife photographer led him to spark a greening initiative at the company and eventually partner with the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). The recently launched Climate Classroom Kids website grew out of Oakwoods early success of engaging Associates in teaching young students about the effects of climate change.

The first time that Michael Hicks was frisked by airport security, he cried–like any 2-year-old would. He shares a name with one of the 13,500 people on the watch fist of the the F.B.I.s Terrorist Screening Center, so frying is always tricky for Mikey–now an 8-year-old third-grader and Cub Scout from Clifton, New Jersey. His family travels frequently, and Mikey is often stopped for extra screening. On a trip to the Bahamas in January, he was frisked both going and coming home. Mikey isnt the only one whose name makes it hard to get on a plane: Hundreds of others also get caught up because they share a name with someone on the watch list. In the past three years, 82,000 frustrated fliers have asked to be removed from the list. Now, under a new Secure Fright Program, airlines will collect passengers birth dates and gender, along with names–so Mikeys date of birth should prevent his being mistaken for a terrorist. “We cant just throw a bunch of names on these fists and call. it security,” says William J. Pascrell Jr., Mikeys Congressman. “If we cant get an 8-year-old off the list, the whore list becomes suspect.”

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WALTHAM, Mass. — ImmunoGen,
Inc. (Nasdaq: IMGN), a
biotechnology company that develops targeted anticancer products using
its antibody expertise and Targeted Antibody Payload (TAP) technology,
today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has
granted orphan drug designation to its IMGN901 compound when used for
the treatment of Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). Through a separate
process, the European Union (EU) Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products
(COMP) concurrently also granted IMGN901 orphan medicinal product
designation for the treatment of MCC.

“IMGN901 has shown promising activity among the small number of MCC
patients treated to date, suggesting this is a potential registration
path for the compound,” commented Daniel Junius, President and CEO.
“Metastatic MCC is a rare and highly aggressive cancer with no approved
treatments today. We are preparing to be ready to initiate pivotal
testing of IMGN901 in MCC in 2011 and will make the final decision based
on expanded clinical experience and regulatory input. Gaining orphan
drug designation for IMGN901 in the US and Europe is an important step
in this process.”

Six patients with metastatic MCC had received IMGN901 at the time of the
AACR-NCI-EORTC meeting in November 2009.1 Among these, two
patients had an objective response – including a patient who has had a
sustained complete remission – and a third patient had clinically
meaningful stable disease.

In the US, the Orphan Drug Act is intended to encourage companies to
develop therapies for the treatment of diseases that affect fewer than
200,000 people in this country. Orphan drug designation provides
ImmunoGen with seven years of market exclusivity that begins once
IMGN901 receives FDA marketing approval for the treatment of MCC. It
also provides certain financial incentives that can help support the
development of IMGN901 for MCC.

Similarly, in the EU, orphan medicinal product designation is intended
to encourage companies to develop therapies for life-threatening or
chronically debilitating conditions that affect no more than five in
10,000 people in the EU. Orphan medicinal product designation provides
ImmunoGen with ten years of market exclusivity that begins once IMGN901
receives European approval for MCC. It also enables access to certain
financial incentives as well as to protocol assistance.

* DELAYED-ONSET MUSCLE SORENESS (DOMS) is a double-edged sword. On one hand, muscle damage and soreness promote intracellular repair processes that make your muscles bigger and stronger. On the other hand, when DOMS is extreme, it can limit your range of motion and affect how often you train. Enter BounceBack, a blend of proteolytic enzymes, cur-cumin and phytosterols from avocado and soybean oils, resveratrol and vitamin C. Researchers from the UCLA School of Medicine (Los Angeles) recently reported that in a small study of 10 men and women, 30 days of BounceBack supplementation significantly reduced pain and tenderness induced by Smith machine squats. A small improvement in range of motion (knee flexion) was also noted, along with trends for decreases in serum markers of muscle damage. * CREATINE CONTINUES TO IMPRESS. In addition to improving muscle strength and size, bone health and even cognition in vegetarians, it now appears to help lifters recover their strength faster after a hard workout. Researchers from Australia, Baylor University (Waco, Texas) and Tasmania teamed up to study the effects of creatine monohydrate administered five days before and 14 days after a standardized lower-body resistance-training session (four sets of 10 reps of the eccentric-only leg press, leg extension and leg curl). Five days before exercise, subjects took about 20 grams of creatine and 84 grams of glucose or a placebo. Fourteen days later, they took about 7 grams of creatine and 28 grams of glucose or a placebo. The effects of creatine were dramatic: a 21% greater recovery of strength and 84% less muscle damage compared to the placebo group. This study underscores the importance of daily creatine supplementation, especially on “off” days, to accelerate recovery from intense weight training.
WALTHAM, Mass. — BG Medicine, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement
with Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) to extend its current development
and commercialization collaboration to include the development of a
galectin-3 test for Abbott Point of Care’s i-STAT® System.
Galectin-3 is a novel biomarker that may play a role in detecting the
development and progression of heart failure.

Under the agreement, Abbott will be responsible for the development of
the test in accordance with certain plans and milestones, and BG
Medicine and Abbott will collaborate in support of regulatory filings
and studies to support the clinical utility of galectin-3 in the
management of patients with acute decompensated heart failure.

“Heart failure is one of the most costly medical conditions. Despite
important advances in diagnosis, there remain significant unmet needs in
assessing patients with heart failure and selecting a course of action
both in emergency room and non-acute care settings,” said Pieter
Muntendam, M.D., President and CEO of BG Medicine. “This collaboration
is an important step toward determining the exact role this test can
play in assisting physicians in their efforts to improve outcomes and
reduce cost of care.”

The i-STAT System from Abbott Point of Care is at the forefront of
patient-side point-of-care testing with the industry’s most
comprehensive menu of tests in a single platform. The i-STAT System is
an advanced, handheld, diagnostic tool that provides real-time
lab-quality results within minutes to accelerate the patient care
decision-making process. Lightweight, portable, and easy-to-use, the
i-STAT System features single-use disposable test cartridges that can be
used throughout the hospital to perform a broad menu of critical care
tests, including cardiac markers, blood gases, chemistries and
electrolytes, lactate, coagulation, and hematology. The i-STAT System is
currently in use in one out of every three U.S. hospitals and more than
500 emergency departments. With more than 50,000 placements in
high-acuity settings worldwide and 35 million test cartridges produced
annually, the i-STAT System has a global impact on point-of-care testing
at the bedside.

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70.6% of Americans say future generations will
have to settle for less as a result of rising national debt, according to
the latest American Pulse™ survey of 5,311 Americans. Further, 70.4% say
theyve lost their voice when it comes to how the U.S. is being run and
that too much is being dictated out of Washington. 68.4% say the U.S. is
losing its position as a world economic power.

66.2% of Americans think Congress and President Obama should solve the
jobs/economy issue now while healthcare is a distant #2 (16.3%). President
Obamas recent push to pass healthcare reform appears to be out of line
with Americans priorities and as a result, his report card is suffering.

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Onward Healthcare , Inc., one of the nations largest providers of healthcare staffing services, announced today that it has signed an exclusive vendor management services agreement with Good Shepherd Penn Partners (GSPP), a healthcare rehabilitation leader in the greater-Philadelphia marketplace.

GSPP is a joint venture between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network in Allentown, PA, and Penn Medicine located in Philadelphia, PA. GSPP is a patient-centric rehabilitation services organization, and the physicians and staff of GSPP provide comprehensive rehabilitation and specialty services, including: inpatient rehabilitation care at the Penn Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine; long-term acute care at the Specialty Hospital at Rittenhouse; outpatient rehabilitation care at Penn Therapy Fitness; and physical, occupational and speech therapy services within three acute-care hospitals of Penn Medicine (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hospital and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center).

“The demand for rehabilitation professionals needed to meet the challenges of todays patient care environment is considerable. After conducting a lengthy and in-depth review of the market offerings for a preferred vendor, we are pleased to exclusively engage Onward Healthcare to provide GSPP with a customized service offering. Working with Onward, a long-time vendor, will allow us to focus on providing the highest quality care to our patients,” said Kim Grosch, Interim Director of Therapy Services for GSPP.

“We are very respectful of GSPPs rich tradition of providing quality and compassionate care to their patients, and we are excited to advance our relationship from vendor to preferred partner,” stated Nicole Poore, Vice President of Allied Operations for Onward. “In the current economy, we are committed to efficiently and cost-effectively managing GSPPs workforce solutions so that they can focus on delivering world class patient care.”

ABOUT ONWARD HEALTHCARE
Onward Healthcare is a leading provider of integrated travel and local contract staffing for travel registered nurses and allied health professionals , as well as vendor managed services for large health systems. Onward is fully certified by the Joint Commission and currently staffs clients in all 50 states including hospitals, outpatient clinics, magnet facilities, government facilities, schools, and long-term care facilities. Founded in 2002, Onward Healthcare is headquartered in Wilton, CT with local staffing offices in Encinitas, CA, Louisville, CO, Deerfield Beach, FL, Cherry Hill, NJ, Livingston, NJ and Melville, NY.

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With no smoking day back again on 10th of March the incentive is there for smokers to finally kick the habit. There are many dangers to smoking and those who have smoked and those who still do so are well aware of how difficult it can be to quit. Many smokers have the genuine intention of quitting but struggle due to a lack of assistance.

Fortunately Semichem can help, as on top of its range of fragrances it also supplies a selection of products to help you on your way to quitting smoking for good. Semichem provide a range of NiQuitin nicotine patches proven to help reduce cigarette cravings as well as NiQuitin gum as an alternative to patches, depending on your preference. Unlike other nicotine gums, NiQuitin doesnt have the unappealing aftertaste and comes with a fresh minty flavour. For extra motivation Semichem are currently providing NiQuitin gum from as little as GBP 1.

If youre looking to stop gradually, Semichems range of stop smoking products also includes Crafe Away Mini Filters which can reduce your intake of tar and nicotine without changing the taste of the cigarette. They also come in a roll-up variety. The Crafe Away Cigarette can also help with the habit of smoking which can be almost as addictive as the nicotine itself.

A spokesperson for Semichem, Malcolm Figures explained: “We are all aware of the dangers of smoking, but also know how addictive it can be. At Semichem we strive to give our customers all the assistance we can to finally kick the habit. Everyone quits smoking in their own way so we maintain a range of quit smoking products from gum to patches to cater for everyone.”

Semichem has an ever growing reputation across its 143 stores and through its website it provides customers with access to a range of perfume online including Hugo Boss perfume as well as its quit smoking and beauty ranges. With 2000 products available online, Semichem makes it as easy as possible to get exactly what you are after.

Thanks to loyal customers and employees, Pumpelly Oil has been able to gain a successful foothold in the Acadiana area, one that has continued to grow since its establishment 25 years ago.

The current Pumpelly Oil location in Lafayette began as a Conoco-owned/consignee-run operation many years before Conoco sold the operation to a private owner in 1977. Bob Pumpelly, owner of Pumpelly Oil in Sulphur at the time, purchased the location in 1985.

Steve Broussard started as manager of the privately-owned Conoco Jobbership in 1981 and stayed when Bob Pumpelly bought the business. His wife, Barbara, continued as administrative assistant. The couple has worked side by side throughout the years. “There arent many married couples than can work closely together,” states Steve Broussard during a recent interview. “We knew that help was around the corner if we needed it. All it took was a phone call.”

One of the toughest situations, Steve recalls, was when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005 causing Pumpelly Oil to take notice of its emergency response situation. “We were probably one of the closest places to help furnish fuel to the New Orleans area,” says Steve, “and lots of folks drove in with buckets and drums, anything to put fuel in.” The Lafayette location stayed busy during the Katrina aftermath when Rita hit three weeks later causing near devastation to their home office area not far from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “Our Sulphur location needed all the equipment they could get, and we were in the perfect position to help in both directions.” Steve goes on to explain the hard work ethic of Pumpelly employees. “No one complained about the extra work. We all just wanted to help people.”

In 2008, the Lafayette bulk plant faced Hurricane Gustav, which hit near Baton Rouge just an hour away. There was no question that the company as a whole was much better prepared for this natural disaster with the emergency generators on hand and fuel tanks fully stocked to avoid supply interruptions.

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KYOTO, Japan — OMRON Corporation (TOKYO:6645)(ADR:OMRNY) has announced donation of JPY
2 million to support victims of the massive earthquake that struck Chile
on February 27.

The donation, which will be made through Japan Platform (JPF), will be
used to support rescue efforts and provide emergency medical care to
victims.

OMRON wishes to express its sincere condolences to all those who have
been affected by the disasters.
RESTON, Va. — QuadraMed® Corporation (NASDAQ:QDHC), a leading provider of
healthcare information technologies and services that help turn quality
care into positive financial outcomes, today announced stockholder
approval of QuadraMed’s acquisition by Francisco Partners, one of the
world’s largest technology-focused private equity firms.

At the March 9, 2010 special meeting QuadraMed’s stockholders approved
the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 7, 2009, by and
among QuadraMed and acquisition entities formed by Francisco Partners.
QuadraMed previously announced its entry into this Agreement on December
8, 2009. The all-cash transaction for all of QuadraMed’s stock is valued
at approximately $126 million.

With this approval, Francisco Partners will acquire QuadraMed via its
acquisition entities with QuadraMed remaining as a wholly owned
subsidiary of Francisco Partners. The acquisition is expected to close
next week, subject to the satisfaction of various closing conditions of
the parties pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.

“We are pleased that QuadraMed’s shareholders have approved the pending
acquisition,” said Duncan W. James, QuadraMed’s President and Chief
Executive Officer. “Francisco Partners brings QuadraMed extensive
resources and a proven track record of helping hospitals and health
systems execute on their strategic and operational goals. We look
forward to working with Francisco Partners on our priorities, which
include helping our clients meet their ARRA Meaningful Use goals,
preparing for ICD-10, and leveraging improvements in care quality to
improve their bottom line.”

In connection with the merger, QuadraMed has submitted a request to the
NASDAQ Global Market for withdrawal of the listing of its common stock.
QuadraMed’s proposed delisting is contingent, among other conditions, on
the closing of the merger. To effect the delisting, NASDAQ will file a
Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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NEW YORK — Fitch Ratings affirms the following Indiana Health and Educational
Facility Financing Authority hospital revenue bonds as part of its
continuous surveillance effort:

–Approximate total of $52.8 million for series 2006A, 2006B and 1998,
issued on behalf of the Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital
(JCSMH), affirmed at A.

–JCSMH has a strong financial profile, which is characterized by
excellent balance sheet measures, very robust operating profitability,
and good debt service coverage.

Zion Platform Features Industry’s Highest Compression Ratio for Optimum
Visual Experience;CalSys Exhibits New Product in Techwell Booth
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — CalSys,
Inc, a provider of advanced system solutions for digital video
surveillance and networked video communications, will unveil its new
Zion Platform multi-channel digital video surveillance platform at
Tokyo’s Security
Show 2010 in Techwell
Booth SS1224. Powered by CalSys’ patent-pending VClearTM and
JSCATM Technologies, the Zion Platform achieves the highest
possible compression ratio (up to 50 percent bit rate reduction) without
degrading the visual experience.

The Zion Platform features an H.264 encoding/decoding capability of 720
frames per second at D1 resolution and the industry’s lowest
encoding-decoding latency. It is configurable for DVR-, DVS-, NVR- or
Hybrid DVR-systems, supports 1080p/720p IP cameras in both NVR and
Hybrid DVR configuration, and provides reliable network transmission for
any given network bandwidth. Zion integrates Techwell’s TW2880l video
matrix and advanced OSG chip and Cavium Networks’s PureVu H.264 ASIC.
The platform is available immediately to OEM/ODM customers, with turnkey
solution also available.

“We’re pleased to count CalSys among the first mass-production customers
using Techwell’s TW2880 advanced MUX/record/HD display controller
product. CalSys’ Zion Platform takes full advantage of the TW2880’s
advanced capabilities. Their aggressive RD efforts will help bring this
product to market quickly and ensure its success,” said David Nam,
Techwell’s VP of Sales and Marketing.

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RESTON, Va. — QuadraMed® Corporation (NASDAQ:QDHC), a leading provider of
healthcare information technologies and services that help turn quality
care into positive financial outcomes, today announced stockholder
approval of QuadraMed’s acquisition by Francisco Partners, one of the
world’s largest technology-focused private equity firms.

At the March 9, 2010 special meeting QuadraMed’s stockholders approved
the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 7, 2009, by and
among QuadraMed and acquisition entities formed by Francisco Partners.
QuadraMed previously announced its entry into this Agreement on December
8, 2009. The all-cash transaction for all of QuadraMed’s stock is valued
at approximately $126 million.

With this approval, Francisco Partners will acquire QuadraMed via its
acquisition entities with QuadraMed remaining as a wholly owned
subsidiary of Francisco Partners. The acquisition is expected to close
next week, subject to the satisfaction of various closing conditions of
the parties pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.

“We are pleased that QuadraMed’s shareholders have approved the pending
acquisition,” said Duncan W. James, QuadraMed’s President and Chief
Executive Officer. “Francisco Partners brings QuadraMed extensive
resources and a proven track record of helping hospitals and health
systems execute on their strategic and operational goals. We look
forward to working with Francisco Partners on our priorities, which
include helping our clients meet their ARRA Meaningful Use goals,
preparing for ICD-10, and leveraging improvements in care quality to
improve their bottom line.”

In connection with the merger, QuadraMed has submitted a request to the
NASDAQ Global Market for withdrawal of the listing of its common stock.
QuadraMed’s proposed delisting is contingent, among other conditions, on
the closing of the merger. To effect the delisting, NASDAQ will file a
Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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MarineCFO Inc., the leading provider of On-Vessel, Marine Operations, Personnel, Fleet Maintenance and Financial Management Software Solutions to the Global Marine Transportation Industry, announced today that MarineCFO has been nominated for the Louisiana Governors Technology Company of the Year Award.

The Governors Technology Award honors organizations for their innovation and progress in the past year. MarineCFO has been nominated for the Technology Company of the Year Award, which recognizes those companies that demonstrate corporate leadership through the innovation of its technology products or services, sustained growth of its corporate assets and its dedication to community involvement. The Award highlights companies where technology is the innovative energy fueling or expanding the organization.

“Being nominated for Technology Company of the Year is a great honor and is a validation of our technical achievements,” says Dean Shoultz, Chief Technology Officer of MarineCFO Inc. “The Marine Transportation Industry has recognized the value of MarineCFO since we now have over 1,000 vessels being managed by our technology. Recently MarineCFO released the first web-based SaaS (software as a service) application called MarineCFO Live!, which allows organizations to streamline their business processes by eliminating manual inefficient procedures while only requiring Microsoft Internet Explorer. We have made a positive impact for our clients and it is nice to have further acknowledgement of our contribution to this valuable industry.”

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The MarineCFO Business Framework is the toolset used to develop and enhance all of the MarineCFO products. This “secret sauce” allows for rapid development and consistency across the interfaces and coding methodologies. With a strong Microsoft relationship, all products are built with mainstream Microsoft technologies. This includes the .NET framework, SQL Server, the Windows Communication Foundation, and Microsoft Office for productivity, analysis, and heavy data entry tasks.

The DCIG report points out that first-generation iSCSI storage systems are now starting to show their age, and as a result, manufacturer warranties are expiring, resulting in expensive support and maintenance contracts.

“This is prompting more mid-size organizations to start product refresh cycles for their existing iSCSI storage systems to get newer systems,” said Jerome Wendt, president of DCIG. “But as they do, the costs and disruption associated with this transition to a new system start to rear their ugly head.”

According to DCIG, the cost and disruption may occur in one of two possible ways: If mid-size companies decide to remain with their existing storage solutions such as Dell EqualLogic or HP LeftHand, they can leverage the migration software that may be available for their existing hardware to migrate data from the old to the new hardware so disruption generally is minimal. But there is a catch — companies are required to purchase all of their new storage from those providers to take advantage of the data migration features, leaving them with little flexibility or negotiating power when it comes to acquiring new storage since they can only buy storage from these providers in whatever storage configurations and prices they make available.

The second scenario involves switching to another storage provider, which can be “just as bad if not worse.” While organizations are always free to buy from any iSCSI storage provider, migrating their data from an older system to a new one becomes a costly and disruptive proposition. Some of the data migration difficulties may include:

The DCIG report points out that first-generation iSCSI storage systems are now starting to show their age, and as a result, manufacturer warranties are expiring, resulting in expensive support and maintenance contracts.

“This is prompting more mid-size organizations to start product refresh cycles for their existing iSCSI storage systems to get newer systems,” said Jerome Wendt, president of DCIG. “But as they do, the costs and disruption associated with this transition to a new system start to rear their ugly head.”

According to DCIG, the cost and disruption may occur in one of two possible ways: If mid-size companies decide to remain with their existing storage solutions such as Dell EqualLogic or HP LeftHand, they can leverage the migration software that may be available for their existing hardware to migrate data from the old to the new hardware so disruption generally is minimal. But there is a catch — companies are required to purchase all of their new storage from those providers to take advantage of the data migration features, leaving them with little flexibility or negotiating power when it comes to acquiring new storage since they can only buy storage from these providers in whatever storage configurations and prices they make available.

The second scenario involves switching to another storage provider, which can be “just as bad if not worse.” While organizations are always free to buy from any iSCSI storage provider, migrating their data from an older system to a new one becomes a costly and disruptive proposition. Some of the data migration difficulties may include:

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LONDON — Emulex
Corporation (NYSE:ELX):

Emulex
Corporation (NYSE:ELX) is proud to announce that the readers of
Network Computing magazine have voted its OneConnect™
10Gb/s Ethernet-based Universal Converged Network Adapters (UCNAs)
as both the 2010 New Product of the Year and the Network Infrastructure
Product of the Year. Voted for by the readers of the magazine, the
awards recognise the products, service and companies, which have
impressed them the most throughout the last year. Emulex was presented
with these awards at The Network Computing Awards Ceremony on 4 March
2010.

Emulex’s single-chip, high-performance OneConnect UCNA is the only
server adapter with full hardware protocol offload support for
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), iSCSI and
FCoE; the
world’s fastest 10Gb/s Ethernet performance according to IT Brand Pulse;
and enables the ability to efficiently consolidate network and storage
infrastructures without changing management domains.

Agreement Will Take Partnership into Third Decade

DALLAS — Affiliated
Computer Services, Inc. (ACS), A Xerox
Company (NYSE: XRX), has been awarded a competitively bid contract to
provide parking citation processing and collections services for the Los
Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD). The five-and-a-half year
contract extends one of ACS’ longest client relationships, now in its 27th
year.

As part of the new contract, ACS is providing continued innovation to
the department through updated technology, including handheld devices
for Sheriff Parking Control Officers to issue citations, as well as a
fleet of automated license plate recognition units. ACS collects
approximately $9.5 million annually in parking citation fines and
penalties on behalf of LASD.

“Since 1983, ACS has committed itself to providing superior service to
the LASD, the largest sheriff’s department in the world,” said Mark
Talbot, senior vice president and managing director, ACS Transportation
Solutions. “This fifth consecutive competitive procurement is an
important and strategic win for ACS and strengthens our position as the
premier provider of citation processing and collections services in
California.”

ACS is the nation’s leading violations processing company, processing
nearly 15 million parking and moving violations, and collecting $818
million annually.

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Hiring process is underway for restaurant and retail associates

BETHESDA, Md. — HMSHost, a world leader in travel dining and shopping, will hold two job
fairs for a variety of positions at its restaurants and retail locations
opening soon at Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC). The new
HMSHost operations at SJC have created 150 new jobs and job fair
applicants will be immediately considered for opportunities with brands
including Author’s Bookstore, Mojo Burger, Sonoma Chicken Coop,
Starbucks Coffee, Una Mas and more.

Managers will be on-hand to interview applicants for the following
positions: baristas, bartenders, cashiers, cooks, retail associates,
servers and shift supervisors. The starting hourly wage is approximately
$9.80 with full benefits.

Applicants are advised that HMSHost associates employed at Mineta San
Jose International Airport are expected to join UNITE HERE Local 19
within 30 days of their hiring date.

Travels to Ancient India—a Land of Honor, Danger and the Magic of
Talking Animals—Begin at Children’s Theatre Company

MINNEAPOLIS — You’ve wagered a bet. The stakes are high. The roll of the dice is all
that lies between precious fortune and forfeiting your life to the
ownership of a powerful king. As young Tamar, the central character of Children’s
Theatre Company’s (CTC) production of The Iron Ring learns,
honor holds more weight than, perhaps, one man alone can carry.

So starts the stage adaptation of Lloyd Alexander’s fascinating
adventure set deep in ancient India. In a quest to honor his debt to the
powerful King Jaya, Tamar, the young king of Sundari who was born to the
warrior caste, sets out to repay his debt and save his soul. Along the
way, he is joined by a cast of comic characters—a mischievous monkey who
finds himself wrapped in danger, an overgrown bird (of sorts) that has
lost its memory—and the lovely, but courageous Mirri, a love interest to
which young Tamar is oblivious.

Joined by the beautiful artistry of Ragamala
Dance and the work of acclaimed Twin Cities’ choreographer Ranee
Ramaswamy, The Iron Ring is an epic tale infused with humor and
the fascinating movements of Bharatanatyam dance, a 2,000 year-old dance
form originating in India.

“Ranee introduced me to The Iron Ring and this has been an
amazing partnership. She brings a deep love of storytelling, and the
Ragamala dancers are so exquisitely talented,” says Peter C. Brosius,
artistic director for CTC and director of The Iron Ring. “I am
dazzled by the dance form: its fierceness, delicacy and precision.”

The first time that Michael Hicks was frisked by airport security, he cried–like any 2-year-old would. He shares a name with one of the 13,500 people on the watch fist of the the F.B.I.s Terrorist Screening Center, so frying is always tricky for Mikey–now an 8-year-old third-grader and Cub Scout from Clifton, New Jersey. His family travels frequently, and Mikey is often stopped for extra screening. On a trip to the Bahamas in January, he was frisked both going and coming home. Mikey isnt the only one whose name makes it hard to get on a plane: Hundreds of others also get caught up because they share a name with someone on the watch list. In the past three years, 82,000 frustrated fliers have asked to be removed from the list. Now, under a new Secure Fright Program, airlines will collect passengers birth dates and gender, along with names–so Mikeys date of birth should prevent his being mistaken for a terrorist. “We cant just throw a bunch of names on these fists and call. it security,” says William J. Pascrell Jr., Mikeys Congressman. “If we cant get an 8-year-old off the list, the whore list becomes suspect.”

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New Program Provides Unparalleled Hands-On Training Experience For
Aspiring Artists Taught By Industry Leading Experts

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Gnomon
School of Visual Effects, the industry leader in professional
training for artists in the entertainment and design field, recently
announced its first full-time three-year curriculum for aspiring artists
wanting to work in production for movies, games and television.
Beginning in summer 2010, the Entertainment
Design and Digital Production Program blends one year of foundation
art and design classes with two years of digital production to prepare
students for a career as a digital artist in the film, video game or
broadcast industries. As with all of Gnomons programs, the goal of the
new comprehensive curriculum is to develop the digital entertainment
industry’s most well-rounded and production-ready artists.

“The Gnomon School has long been recognized as a leading institution for
advanced training within the digital entertainment industry, and we are
now proud to expand access to Gnomon though the new Entertainment Design
and Digital Production program,” said Alex Alvarez, Founder of Gnomon
School of Visual Effects. “With the new three-year program, students
without a foundation in art can now quickly and affordably develop their
skills to begin a career in one of the most exciting and lucrative
fields for artists today. As Gnomon instructors are working
professionals in the industry’s leading studios, our students receive
exclusive hands-on instruction that makes them ideal job candidates upon
graduation.”

Unlike some conventional curriculums, Gnomon’s Entertainment Design and
Digital Production Program is blended to provide both a core foundation
of toolsets, as well as specialized tracks that prepare students to work
in the field of their choice. Gnomon’s curriculum is geared towards the
development of both artistic and cutting-edge technical skills to ensure
that students’ skills can be applicable to all industries of
entertainment, including games, broadcast or film. In addition, Gnomon
uniquely provides an advanced learning experience with classes taught by
leading visual effects artists that specialize in each field of study.

Entertainment Design and Digital Production Program Curriculum

“Consumer network storage (CNS) devices increase the content that can be
stored and distributed via the home network,” says Norm Bogen, In-Stat
analyst. “This increases the value of the entire home network to its
users, as well as enabling new applications and capabilities.”

Recent research by In-Stat found the following:

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A FREAK hailstorm hit the Australian city Melbourne yesterday causing widespread damage and floods. Horse-racing was cancelled as hail buried the course. And in the city centre shoppers waded knee deep in water as 25mm of rain fell in an hour. A train station had to be evacuated after the storm tore a hole in its roof. “It was a very dangerous thunderstorm,” said fore- caster Richard Carlyon.

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CONCERN that nurses who have had no face-to-face dealings with patients for years are working for the helpline NHS 24 are being raised by Scottish doctors. GPs are expected to condemn the use of nurses with no recent experience of meeting patients to assess people over the telephone, at a major medical conference later this week. She said nurses would send people to hospitals or out-of-hours centres when they did not need medical treatment. Dr Brown, a GP from Springburn in Glasgow, said: “They are an extremely committed group of nursing staff but a lot of them had not seen a patient in years and I felt it was inappropriate.
GENESCREENING has been used to identify women most likely to benefit from one type of breast cancer chemotherapy. The technique could lead to a simple test enabling doctors to administer personalised treatment, say researchers. In future the same method may offer a way of predicting which patients will respond to other cancer drugs. This in turn could make expensive new treatments more costeffective and available on the NHS, say researchers. The international team of scientists scanned 829 genes in breast cancer tumour cells. They selected out six which if missing or faulty would prevent the chemotherapy agent paclitaxel working properly. A patient study then showed how the genes could reveal in advance which women were likely to respond best to the drug.

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Research Study for Top 20 CPG Confirms Actionability of Mid-Flight
Attitudinal Data, Brand.net’s SalesLink Now Offers First
Fully-Integrated Media/Measurement/Optimization Solution to Drive
Increased Offline Product Sales

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Brand.net,
the leading independent demand-side platform for Brand advertising,
today announced the results
of a joint research study with Vizu
and Nielsen demonstrating that increased purchase intent during an
online campaign translated into significant increased in-store product
sales for up to six weeks after the campaign completed. The delivery of
actionable Brand impact data during a SalesLink™
campaign gives advertisers and agencies the first fully-integrated
media/measurement/optimization solution to drive increased offline
product sales.

This pioneering measurement program was conducted with a Top 20 CPG
company’s leading beauty brand on a Q4 2009 media campaign across 46
high-quality, contextually relevant publisher websites. Media was
managed and optimized by Brand.net, purchase intent measured using
Vizu’s Ad Catalyst solution, and offline sales impact measured by
Nielsen.

“Our Brand customers
have a clear business challenge: up to 95% of their revenue is generated
from products sold offline in brick and mortar stores. They need to know
that their online campaigns are driving increased offline sales, period,
and they want data mid-campaign allowing in-flight optimization to drive
that offline sales figure even higher,” said Elizabeth Blair, CEO and
Co-Founder of Brand.net. “SalesLink™ delivers this comprehensive
media/measurement/optimization solution. And unlike portal-based
solutions, Brand.net manages, measures and optimizes campaigns across
dozens of independent, top comScore sites, within contextually relevant
channels. Our campaigns are driving real offline sales ROI for our
customers, and we prove it to them.”

Brand.net’s SalesLink™ results for this study included the following
insights:

Outsell Forecasts Advertising/Marketing Spending to Grow, But Only
1.2 Percent

BURLINGAME, Calif. and LONDON — For the first time, spending on digital/online advertising and marketing
will overtake print in 2010, according to new projections from Outsell,
Inc. In an industry crossover event, companies will spend $119.6
billion on online and digital strategies, from search engine keywords to
webinars, while committing $111.5 billion to print methods such as
newspaper and magazine ads. Overall, U.S. spending on advertising and
marketing will increase in 2010, but by just 1.2 percent to $368 billion.

Outsell’s “Marketing and Ad Spending Study 2010: Total US and B2B
Advertising,” forecasts spending, share, and growth for five media
types—online, events, print, TV/radio, and PR/other—and methods used
within each, from social networking to mobile/wireless marketing.

“Advertisers are directing dollars toward the channels which generate
the most qualified leads and most effective branding. As they emerge
from the recession, they need more accountability, and they’re spreading
their spending over a widening set of options,” said Chuck Richard, Vice
President and Lead Analyst, Outsell.

Among findings:

Internet Dinner and Panel Discussion to Kick-off Track

“We’ll start this track off on the eve of the conference with a special
Internet Dinner,” said Richard Ingrassia, Senior Research Analyst at
ROTH covering Advertising, Media Internet. “The evening event for
Internet companies, investors and entrepreneurs will include a panel
discussion entitled “Surviving and Thriving Web 3.0” which will
address such industry topics as social networks and new online business
models.”

The panelists include: Bant Breen, President, Worldwide Digital
Communications of Initiative, a subsidiary of Interpublic Group; Matt
Coffin, Internet investor and Founder of LowerMyBills.com; and Bill
Strauss, CEO of Provide Commerce, a subsidiary of Liberty Media.

The three-day, institutional investor conference will be the largest
ROTH conference ever and will feature management presentations from more
than 370 small cap public companies, including 90 Chinese companies. The
broad spectrum of presenting companies will represent the following
sectors: Healthcare (Biotech, Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals),
Media Internet, Enterprise Software, Gaming, Semiconductors, Global
Energy and Industrials and Retail Consumer.

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Crypto-Gram Editor Bruce Schneier coined the term security theater to describe intrusive but pointless rituals that provide the illusion of safety. After the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) unveiled new travel regulations in response to the failed bombing of Northwest Flight 253 in December, we asked Schneier, a consistently persuasive voice when it comes to rationally assessing relative risks, to list three things that would make Americans genuinely safer from terrorist plots. 1 Reduce the TSAS budget, and spend the money on intelligence. Security measures that focus on specific tactics or targets are a waste of money unless we guess correctly, and the terrorists choose plots that deliberately avoid our guesses. Security that just forces the terrorists to make a minor change in their tactic or target is not money well spent. 2 Reduce the TSAS budget even further, and spend the money on investigation. Since the terrorists deliberately choose plots that were not looking for–and we cant keep weapons out of prisons, let alone airports–the best way to secure airplanes is to stop them before they get to the airport. Remember the arrest of the London liquid bombers.
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the Rubicon Project Partners with mOcean Mobile to Provide Premium
Web Publishers With Mobile Ad Optimization

LOS ANGELES — the Rubicon Project, the digital advertising technology and data
company, has partnered with mOcean Mobile, an independent mobile
advertising platform, to provide premium Web publishers with a unified
view into monetization across their display and mobile platforms with
REVV for mobile (RFM)™. Available through the company’s REVV for
publishers™ advertising platform, RFM offers publishers a complete
platform that includes mobile ad serving, campaign management and ad
network optimization to match every mobile ad impression with the
highest paying demand source. Through the REVV Marketplace, premium
sales channel partners will now have access to unique mobile and display
inventory in one place – helping maximize ad revenue.

“As our customers continue to expand their advertising channels, it’s
our goal to provide them with a single digital advertising technology
and data platform, engineered exclusively to empower publishers to
monetize content and data across all digital media,” said Craig Roah,
COO and Founder of the Rubicon Project. “Mobile inventory is growing
quickly as a contributor to our publishers’ overall advertising revenue,
so it was imperative we select a partner that could deliver the right
technology and services. We chose to work with mOcean Mobile because
they offer the most mature mobile ad serving product on the market, a
best-in-class user interface and a team that is staffed with industry
veterans. Our partnership will provide our publishers with a platform
that meets all their mobile needs.”

“The release of REVV for mobile is a giant leap forward in the maturity
of the mobile medium, as it will bring a needed level of ad serving
efficiency,” said Dave Gwozdz, CEO of Mojiva, Inc., parent company of
mOcean Mobile. “the Rubicon Project is an important monetization partner
to many top publishers and mOcean Mobile is excited to be a part of
their move toward mobile ad optimization.”

REVV for mobile, integrated within the REVV platform, features:

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- Calder Bateman Communications , one of Albertas largest advertising and public relations agencies, won a total of 9 ACE Awards and 16 Awards of Distinction – winning nearly half of all awards presented – across a variety of categories at the 31 Annual ACE Awards Gala Saturday, March 6 at the Shaw Conference Centre.

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Long-Time Walnut Creek Campus Volunteer Organization Names
Architectural Focal Point

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — John Muir Health Foundation, the charitable fundraising organization for
all John Muir Health programs and services, has received a $1 million
installment from the John Muir Medical Center Auxiliary, Walnut Creek
towards their $2.5 million Capital Campaign pledge to support the
current $621 million hospital expansion at the Walnut Creek Campus. In
recognition of their leadership Campaign gift, a central rotunda in the
new patient care tower will be named in honor of the Auxiliary.

“The Auxiliary has played a pivotal role in the establishment and
development of the Walnut Creek Campus,” said Sis Connolly, president,
John Muir Medical Center Auxiliary, Walnut Creek and member of the
Foundation’s Board of Directors. “We are proud to continue our
enthusiastic support of the medical center and its extraordinary
commitment to our community. We look forward to the opening of the
rotunda as the centerpiece of the expanded medical center.”

“We greatly appreciate this donation and the ongoing support we receive
from the Auxiliary,” said Jane Willemsen, president and chief
administrative officer, John Muir Medical Center – Walnut Creek Campus.
“The rotunda’s symbolism – joining the existing hospital lobby with the
new main lobby – is a fitting tribute to the Auxiliary. Its members led
the drive for the construction of John Muir Medical Center more than 50
years ago and continue to support the Walnut Creek campus in many ways
as we move into a new chapter of our history.”

Designed by Ratcliff Architects, the rotunda will be an architectural
focal point as well as a useful wayfinding feature in the new patient
care tower. The rotunda will be enclosed in a glass atrium and will
feature lush bamboo stalks and running water, providing a light-filled
garden sanctuary for patients and their families in the center of the
hospital. Construction for the rotunda and the expanded hospital is
currently underway and will be completed in December with an anticipated
opening in the spring of 2011.

Long-Time Walnut Creek Campus Volunteer Organization Names
Architectural Focal Point

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — John Muir Health Foundation, the charitable fundraising organization for
all John Muir Health programs and services, has received a $1 million
installment from the John Muir Medical Center Auxiliary, Walnut Creek
towards their $2.5 million Capital Campaign pledge to support the
current $621 million hospital expansion at the Walnut Creek Campus. In
recognition of their leadership Campaign gift, a central rotunda in the
new patient care tower will be named in honor of the Auxiliary.

“The Auxiliary has played a pivotal role in the establishment and
development of the Walnut Creek Campus,” said Sis Connolly, president,
John Muir Medical Center Auxiliary, Walnut Creek and member of the
Foundation’s Board of Directors. “We are proud to continue our
enthusiastic support of the medical center and its extraordinary
commitment to our community. We look forward to the opening of the
rotunda as the centerpiece of the expanded medical center.”

“We greatly appreciate this donation and the ongoing support we receive
from the Auxiliary,” said Jane Willemsen, president and chief
administrative officer, John Muir Medical Center – Walnut Creek Campus.
“The rotunda’s symbolism – joining the existing hospital lobby with the
new main lobby – is a fitting tribute to the Auxiliary. Its members led
the drive for the construction of John Muir Medical Center more than 50
years ago and continue to support the Walnut Creek campus in many ways
as we move into a new chapter of our history.”

Designed by Ratcliff Architects, the rotunda will be an architectural
focal point as well as a useful wayfinding feature in the new patient
care tower. The rotunda will be enclosed in a glass atrium and will
feature lush bamboo stalks and running water, providing a light-filled
garden sanctuary for patients and their families in the center of the
hospital. Construction for the rotunda and the expanded hospital is
currently underway and will be completed in December with an anticipated
opening in the spring of 2011.

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ROCKVILLE, Md. — Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: RNN), a clinical stage
pharmaceutical company commercializing potential best in class oncology
and CNS therapeutics, today announced that the Japanese Patent Office
has issued a patent for its novel anti-cancer compound, Archexin®.

“The Japanese patent award is another step forward in the development of
one of our lead clinical drug candidates, Archexin,” said Dr. Chang Ahn,
Rexahns Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “In addition to
strengthening our intellectual property portfolio, we are pleased with
the progress of Archexin’s ongoing Phase II clinical trial for the
treatment of pancreatic cancer. Patient enrollment continues at multiple
sites in the US and abroad and we expect to have preliminary results in
the fourth quarter of 2010.”

Archexin is a first in class, potent inhibitor of Akt protein kinase in
the treatment of cancer. Akt regulates signal processes of cell
proliferation and survival, angiogenesis, and drug resistance in cancer.
Archexin is being developed to treat solid tumors and has FDA Orphan
drug designation for RCC, pancreatic, stomach, glioblastoma, and ovarian
cancers. Archexin is in Phase II clinical development for pancreatic
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Market Leading Organizations to Unite Comprehensive Data Sources,
Predictive Analytics and Advanced Claims Decision Support Technologies

NEW YORK SAN DIEGO — At the 2010 Mitchell Property and Casualty Conference, LexisNexis®
Claims Solutions and Mitchell International today announced plans to
join forces to address the challenges associated with handling severe
auto injury and other difficult and expensive “special needs” claims
situations. The agreement between firms combines the unique data and
predictive analytics of LexisNexis® Claims Solutions with
Mitchell’s market leading medical bill review and decision support
workflow solutions. The 2010 Mitchell Property and Casualty Conference
is being held at the US Grant Hotel in San Diego, California today
through March 10.

Spiraling medical costs, increased regulation, high adjuster caseloads,
claims litigation, a rapidly diminishing adjuster work force, and
insurance fraud are several of the challenges facing today’s property
casualty insurers. Responding to these challenges, the combined
resources and expertise of Mitchell and LexisNexis Claims Solutions will
provide insurers with innovative new approaches to enable proactive,
efficient claims handling, and obtain maximum value from specialized
claims handling resources while controlling indemnity and loss
adjustment expense.

“In today’s challenging market, property casualty carriers are looking
for every opportunity to improve loss ratios and operational
profitability,” says Karlyn Carnahan, a principal in analyst firm
Novaricas insurance practice and a keynote speaker at the conference.
“Combining predictive analytics with powerful and flexible business
process systems has the potential to create tremendous value in this
area.”

Initial solutions will be centered around early recognition and control
of severe bodily injury and special needs claims. Mitchell and
LexisNexis Claims Solutions are actively exploring additional ways to
blend Mitchell’s expertise in medical bill review and claims decision
support with predictive analytics, public records data and other
specialized LexisNexis® data to provide insurers with more
insight into individual claims – and their book of claims. The objective
is to anticipate and effectively manage claims severity, potential fraud
and recovery opportunities and other issues earlier and more accurately
in the claims process.

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A my Fuller wanted to earn more money in her finance position at a leading national bank, so she had gastric bypass surgery, a circumvential abdominoplasty and a breast lift. And her salary at the bank doubled. “Before my transformation, doors werent being held open for me. I suffered from the taboo of being overweight and didnt appear to be a confident person,” she says. “When you are in the running for a job and the other candidates happen to be cute, thin and current, their chances are higher.” Following her bypass surgery, Fuller visited plastic surgeon Dr. J. Gregory Kjar in Bountiful, Utah. She told him, “I want you to make my outsides match my insides.” Looking back, she recalls, “After plastic surgery, I got exactly the result I wanted.”
Abdominoplasty is an important and common operation in aesthetic surgery. Since its original recorded description, several technical improvements have been made. Fundamentally, however, there has been no change in the essential concept of extensive undermining almost to the costal margin, followed by appropriate resection and closure. The operation is still associated with a significant complication rate, morbidity and prolonged convalescence. [1],[2],[3],[4] Complications have included flap necrosis, seroma, haematoma, infections, fat necrosis, dehiscence of wound and delayed healing. There is also a high incidence of aesthetic flaws and need for secondary correction, rates as high as 27.9 % being reported. [1] Extensive undermining causes denervation and reduction in the vascularity of the flap. There is thus an intrinsic design flaw in the traditional operation, namely, a large random pattern skin flap, partly deprived of blood supply and innervation is stretched maximally and sutured under tension. [3],[4] This accounts for ischemia related complications. The lower abdominal skin also remains permanently numb. [5] The traditional technique also results in several lymphatics being divided. Despite routine use of drainage, a high rate of postoperative seroma is still accepted as unavoidable. Despite such high complication rate even the end results may not be always aesthetically pleasing. [6] The problems increase significantly in obese subjects and hence patients are told to lose maximum weight in order to “earn” their abdominoplasty. [7] The best indication for abdominoplasty is still a patient with plenty of loose skin, rectus muscle diastasis and without too much fat in the local area. With the rising incidence of obesity in the world, such patients are rare in todays practice [Figure 1]. Many obese patients are unable to lose weight especially in the abdominal area and hence are denied abdominoplasty. In obese individuals unable to lose weight, a two step approach has been advocated consisting of abdominoplasty followed by liposuction six months later or vice versa. Both approaches are less than ideal. Reducing excess fat in abdominal wall by prior liposuction will induce fibrosis, making subsequent abdominoplasty difficult. Performing abdominoplasty first in these obese patients is associated with more complications and still leaves behind a fatty abdominal wall; subsequent liposuction can cause secondary skin laxity. To circumvent these problems a new operation called Lipoabdominoplasty (LABP) has been practised by the author since 1995 with surprisingly low complication rate. Techniques have been refined over this period and in its present form it has proven to be trouble-free and versatile. Historically the concept of combining liposuction with abdominoplasty seems to have been proposed first by Cardoso de Castro in 1987 [8] with later contributions by several surgeons. [9],[10],[11],[12] However this procedure has not been adopted universally yet. Part of the reason for reluctance is the fear that combining the two operations may be risky as was suggested in earlier writings where the concept of “danger zones” was proposed. [12] Modern LABP is an entirely new operation and is not merely a combination of two procedures; this is important to understand in order to attain efficacy with safety. [13],[14],[15],[16] In this article the author explores the philosophy of this new procedure, laying emphasis on the essential steps for safety to shorten the learning curve. Personal experience with a consecutive series of over 120 mostly obese patients is used to illustrate the points.
INTRODUCTION In the last few decades, abdominoplasty has become an increasingly popular and satisfying method of body contouring (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8). Factors that may have contributed to the popularity of abdominoplasty include: the societys emphasis on youthful appearance, increased awareness of self-image and fitness and the growth of aesthetic surgery in general (1). The usual candidates for abdominoplasty are women in their fourth through sixth decades, which had completed their families and left with lax abdominal wall, striae of pregnancy, or scars of previous surgical operations (1), (9). Another group of patients seeking for abdominoplasty among other body contouring procedures are those patients who had successful gastric bypass surgery with massive weight reduction. These patients are left with redundant skin, so abdominoplasty aims to improve post-weight reduction body aesthetics and function (2), (9), (10), (11). Although many investigators have reported on the complications of abdominoplasty (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), the risk factors associated with post abdominoplasty wound complications were not adequately addressed in the literature. Identification of these risk factors is considered a crucial issue for surgeons who perform abdominoplasty. It would help them in accurate patient selection and counseling. In addition, they may consider adopting prophylactic measures against proven risk factors. In this retrospective study we report our experience with 116 consecutive cases of abdominoplasty procedures. The objectives of the study are to report the incidence of post-abdominoplasty wound complications and to assess the influence of different possible risk factors on incidence of these wound complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS

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CARLOS Tevez flew his secret lover halfway round the world for a 2am hotel tryst – on the day his premature baby was allowed home from hospital. Man City star Tevez, 26, sneaked into glamour model Mariana Paesanis hotel room as his on-off partner Vanesa nursed their baby Katie, born six weeks early, 7,000 miles away. The hotel meeting came at the climax of a week of complicated planning by pounds 30million striker Tevez, whose childhood sweetheart Vanesa is recuperating from Katies traumatic birth. Tevez spent 12 days with Katie in intensive care as she fought for life.
When you start breastfeeding your newborn baby, youll get lots of advice from lots of people. Perhaps the favorite piece of advice from grandmothers and random women on the street is that nursing should come naturally. Just let your baby and your body do what they were made to do, theyll say. Well, heres my advice: Look straight in that womans face and say, “Nice try, lady. Nice try.” I gave this cautionary advice this week to a friend of mine who is expecting her first child. I encouraged her to take it slowly, get as much help as she needs and to never fall into the trap of thinking she is doing something wrong if nursing doesnt come naturally.

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JUST two months ago Christian Mayse couldnt open a door, or turn on a light switch, but that all changed when he got a new pair of hands. or should that be paws? Christian, 11, suffers from Duchene Muscular Dystrophy, a rare muscle wasting disease. His hands were so badly affected that simple, everyday tasks, like picking something up off the floor, became impossible. But now the brave boy has a new best friend to lend a helping paw – Adam the Golden Retriever. Amazingly, Adam can turn on and off lights, open and close doors by pulling on strings attached to the handles, and even bring Christian the TV remote. She said: “Christian walked until the age of seven, but Duchene Muscular Dystrophy is a progressively weakening disease, and hes lost a lot of the strength in his hands.
SALT LAKE CITY — An event about commerce with China will take place from 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Thursday, March 11, at the offices of law firm Jones Waldo, 170 S. Main, 15th floor. “Doing Business in China: Developing Your China Strategy” is free. It is a joint educational effort by Jones Waldo and Faegre Benson in connection with the recently announced Jones Waldo correspondent relationship with the Shanghai office of Faegre Benson LLP.

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NEW Doctor Who Matt Smith has split from his long-term girlfriend. Matt, 27, who makes his debut as the Timelord at Easter, is now single after ending his long-distance romance with Brazilian singer Mayana Mauro, 27. Asked if the couple, who began dating two years ago, were still together, the star said: “No, no, no, no.” Matt, who will be the youngest actor yet to play the part, went on to describe co-star Karen Gillan, who plays the Doctors assistant, as “very beautiful”.
The virtuosity was unanticipated. AC Milans renown centered on the stringency of their defence. It was Barcelona, managed by Johan Cruyff and with Romario and Hristo Stoichkov up front, who were held up as the definition of beauty. The 1994 European Cup defied expectation. All the same, the final was an apogee for Milan. Capello took charge of the team in 1991, after Arrigo Sacchi had enforced a revolution. Sacchi dispensed with the idea of catenaccio and arranged his team around the concepts of compressing space and pressuring opponents high up the field. The attacking flair was unnerving to Italian football. With Frank Rijkaard, Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten central figures, Sacchis Milan won the 1989 and 1990 European Cups. The approach was engrossing, but physically demanding and, like Sacchi, the team began to weary. The arrival of Capello was a stark amendment. A former youth coach at Milan, he was managing one of Silvio Berlusconis firms when the club owner summoned him to take charge at the San Siro. An authoritarian, who imposed a stern regime of discipline and order, Capello renewed the clubs eminence. Even his own instincts were tightly governed.
Rwanda, a beautiful country of rolling green hills in the heart of Africa, veers wildly between deepest tragedy and sheer comic opera. Tragedy arrived in 1994 when Hutu tribal extremists began one of the most terrible genocides of the twentieth century. Some 800,000 of their fellow Tutsi countrymen, along with many Hutu moderates, were slaughtered in just 100 days: a killing rate three times that of Nazi German butchery at its height. French police arrested 67-year-old Habyarimana at her home, south of Paris, on a seven-count international arrest warrant issued by the Rwandan government. The charges were genocide, complicity in genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, creation of a criminal gang, murder and conspiracy to commit murder, extermination, and public incitement to commit genocide. For France, this was a diplomatic climb-down of giant proportions. Its President in 1994 – François Mitterrand – had protected Habyarimana after the genocide began and used French paratroopers to whisk her into exile. French courts had also blamed the Tutsis, and most notably current Rwandan President Paul Kagame, for the events that triggered the genocide.

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BENEFITS cheat Peter Ollerton-Wright claimed thousands of pounds in England – while relaxing in Thailand.
pounds A NEW report by Direct Line reveals that 660,000 motorists have got their nearest and dearest to take the rap for their motoring offences in order to avoid licence points. pounds SMOKERS quitting this No Smoking Day, March 10, could save an average pounds 6,044 on combined critical illness and life cover. pounds WITH Good Friday falling on April 2, savers have less chance to beat the deadline and pay into a tax-free ISA this year. ISA providers also have two days less to process applications and transfers.

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HARRY Potter has worked his magic on Floridas struggling tourism industry as British holidaymakers flock back in their thousands. Visitor numbers to the US state – the UKs sixth favourite holiday destination – dropped by four million last year thanks to the credit crunch and the value of the pound collapsing against the dollar. But Floridas new Harry Potter theme park, due to open this spring, is already helping to drive up summer bookings. Trevor Davis, of tour giant Co-operative Travel, says family bookings are up seven per cent compared with last year. “The better exchange rate is also helping families looking for greater value with the relative weakness of the dollar giving UK holidaymakers up to 15 per cent more spending power.”
HARRY Potter has worked his magic on Floridas struggling tourism industry as British holidaymakers flock back in their thousands. Visitor numbers to the US state – the UKs sixth favourite holiday destination – dropped by four million last year thanks to the credit crunch and the value of the pound collapsing against the dollar. But Floridas new Harry Potter theme park, due to open this spring, is already helping to drive up summer bookings. Trevor Davis, of tour giant Co-operative Travel, says family bookings are up seven per cent compared with last year. “The better exchange rate is also helping families looking for greater value with the relative weakness of the dollar giving UK holidaymakers up to 15 per cent more spending power.”

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The portents were not promising for Partick Thistle ahead of this trip to Palmerston, given that the Glasgow side had neither tasted victory at Queen of the South since December 2007, nor gotten the better of Gordon Chisholms side in the previous five encounters. Thistle dominated this encounter to such an extent that they pinned the home side in their own half for large periods, but in keeping with many of their matches this season, were unable to cash in and were undone by a set-piece header from Stewart Kean in the second half. Keans superb header from Bob Harris corner left Jonny Tuffey with no chance in the Thistle goal. The Maryhill sides hopes of promotion could now be similarly described.
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ATTEMPTING to cut the SNP out of the leaders debates which will be a central focus of the forthcoming General Election is more that just unbalanced treatment of a political party, it is fundamentally unfair to the people of Scotland. By definition these debates, which will take place in three English cities in front of local audiences, are incapable of reflecting what is happening north of the Border. Indeed, there are rules in place to ensure that the different politics in Wales and Scotland are reflected but the BBC and ITV, the two broadcasters with public service responsibilities, stitched up a deal with the London parties months ago. Ironically, only Sky, which is under no such obligation, has made efforts to ensure balance. The SNP does not want to prevent these debates from happening – we want to participate in them – but if they go ahead as currently proposed, the views and interests of the people of Scotland will be marginalised. Scottish voters know this too. Sixty per cent of those polled are opposed to the exclusion of the SNP from these election debates – yet the broadcasters and other parties have simply ignored their opinion.
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Edinburghs Standard Life and Glasgow engineer Weir Group will usher in a fresh era for corporate Scotland this week when their new chief executives both outline their visions for the future as they announce yearly trading results. The two bosses will stress that they have inherited their jobs from positions of strength with robust trading news, but will be expected to step out of the shadows left by their predecessors to announce their own plans for future expansion. That is because the groups share price has done little more than mark time over the past year despite the improved trading climate with brokers at Bank of America Merrill Lynch describing them as the “ugly ducklings” of the life assurance world. “The low level of expectations should work in Nishs favour if he comes up with the right noises on future expansion on Wednesday,” commented one analyst.
Easy Plant out autumn-sown sweet pea seedlings. If they are being grown for cutting, plant them out in double rows against canes tied to posts and wires for support. Put slug traps in place to reduce losses. Scrape the top inch or so of compost from mature houseplants and replace it with fresh compost. Setting the standard It is not only standard roses (left) and fuchsias that need be a focal point in a flowerbed or container. Many other shrubs such as wisteria and Buddlejia alternifolia can be trained to become a “minitree”.
Colin Fleming has waited several years to make an impression in the Davis Cup but yesterday he made up for lost time as he and Ken Skupski put Britain in a winning position in their Europe/Africa Group II tie in Vilnius. Flemski, as the pair are affectionately known on the tour, survived a courageous challenge from Dovydas Sakinis and Laurynas Grigelis to win 6-0, 6-7, 7-5, 6-3 and put Britain 2-1 up. Having most of his family, plus a travelling brigade of fans from Linlithgow who did their best to drown out the locals inside the Vitus Gerulaitis Memorial Tennis Centre, to support the AEGON GB team clearly helped their cause. But they were fully deserving of their win, even if it took longer than they might have expected. When they raced through the first set it looked as if they would cruise to victory but in the end, the way they shrugged off the loss of the second set to eventually clinch a convincing triumph gave captain John Lloyd more pleasure than if they had breezed home.

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A FREAK hailstorm hit Melbourne yesterday causing widespread damage and flooding. Horse-racing was cancelled as hail buried the course. And in the city centre shoppers waded knee deep in water as 25mm of rain fell in an hour. A train station had to be evacuated after the storm tore a hole in its roof. “It was a very dangerous thunderstorm,” said fore- caster Richard Carlyon.
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LOS ANGELES — An often-overlooked deduction may help turn a major property-casualty
loss into a tax time gain. The standard deduction for unreimbursed
casualty and theft losses allows taxpayers to include certain uninsured
property losses among their itemized deductions.

In the past, qualifying for the disaster loss deduction meant that the
taxpayer had to have sustained substantial financial losses. Insurance
deductibles or gaps in insurance coverage — from fire, flooding or
earthquake, for example — could qualify for tax deductions.

For a short time, however, homeowners with losses from any federally-declared
disaster may also qualify for additional benefits under federal
legislation available only for the 2008 and 2009 tax years. The National
Disaster Relief Act of 2008 allows all taxpayers, not just those who
itemize, to claim a deduction for catastrophe losses regardless of their
income level. The legislation also eliminates the requirement that
taxpayers qualify for the deduction only if the disaster loss exceeds 10
percent of their adjusted gross income, plus $500. If the property is a
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A FREAK hailstorm hit the Australian city Melbourne yesterday causing widespread damage and floods. Horse-racing was cancelled as hail buried the course. And in the city centre shoppers waded knee deep in water as 25mm of rain fell in an hour. A train station had to be evacuated after the storm tore a hole in its roof. “It was a very dangerous thunderstorm,” said fore- caster Richard Carlyon.
A FREAK hailstorm hit Melbourne yesterday causing widespread damage and flooding. Horse-racing was cancelled as hail buried the course. And in the city centre shoppers waded knee deep in water as 25mm of rain fell in an hour. A train station had to be evacuated after the storm tore a hole in its roof. “It was a very dangerous thunderstorm,” said fore- caster Richard Carlyon.
A FREAK hailstorm hit Melbourne yesterday causing widespread damage and flooding. Horse-racing was cancelled as hail buried the course. And in the city centre shoppers waded knee deep in water as 25mm of rain fell in an hour. A train station had to be evacuated after the storm tore a hole in its roof. “It was a very dangerous thunderstorm,” said fore- caster Richard Carlyon.

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LEICESTER 35 LONDON IRISH 19 TOBY FLOODS hopes of ripping the No10 jersey off Jonny Wilkinsons back were dealt a blow at Welford Road. The Tigers star sustained an injury during this comprehensive win over Irish – ruining his latest chance to shine in front of Martin Johnson. The England Team Manager looked on as Flood sat with his head in his hands in the dugout, despairing at his unfortunate latest injury setback. He had taken an off-the-ball blow in the first half, and finally withdrew after the break unable to continue. Tigers scored four tries to increase their lead over Northampton at the top of the Guinness Premiership.
Deduction Qualifications Eased for 2009 with National Relief Program

LOS ANGELES — An often-overlooked deduction may help turn a major property-casualty
loss into a tax time gain. The standard deduction for unreimbursed
casualty and theft losses allows taxpayers to include certain uninsured
property losses among their itemized deductions.

In the past, qualifying for the disaster loss deduction meant that the
taxpayer had to have sustained substantial financial losses. Insurance
deductibles or gaps in insurance coverage — from fire, flooding or
earthquake, for example — could qualify for tax deductions.

For a short time, however, homeowners with losses from any federally-declared
disaster may also qualify for additional benefits under federal
legislation available only for the 2008 and 2009 tax years. The National
Disaster Relief Act of 2008 allows all taxpayers, not just those who
itemize, to claim a deduction for catastrophe losses regardless of their
income level. The legislation also eliminates the requirement that
taxpayers qualify for the deduction only if the disaster loss exceeds 10
percent of their adjusted gross income, plus $500. If the property is a
trade or a business, slightly different rules may apply, so it’s
important to seek assistance from a qualified tax preparer.

A FREAK hailstorm hit Melbourne yesterday causing widespread damage and flooding. Horse-racing was cancelled as hail buried the course. And in the city centre shoppers waded knee deep in water as 25mm of rain fell in an hour. A train station had to be evacuated after the storm tore a hole in its roof. “It was a very dangerous thunderstorm,” said fore- caster Richard Carlyon.

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FARGO, N.D. — Salesmen in Fargo are hawking products with names like the Muscle Wall and the Sandbagging Buddy. Emergency workers in Keokuk, Iowa, are planning to barricade the water treatment plant with limestone boulders. The farmers cooperative in Quincy, Ill., is moving grain inland to keep it dry. Spring could bring disastrous flooding again to the Upper Midwest, government forecasters are warning. And folks along the Red, the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers are taking precautions, especially after calamities last year and the year before. The National Weather Service said heavy snow cover and ground that is already saturated could lead to severe flooding in as little as a few weeks. Exactly how severe will depend on how fast the snow melts and how heavy the spring rains are. In Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn., an area of about 200,000 people, the chances of major flooding were projected Friday at about 90 percent. The probability of record flooding was put at 19 percent. Elsewhere across the Upper Midwest, the threat is less dire but still serious.
Does God cause natural disasters? They are questions that have troubled human beings since long before the Flood. Last week, in the “Voices of Faith” feature in the Kansas City Star, two prominent spiritual leaders took a run at dealing with the questions. Raymond Davis Jr., Greater Corinthian Church of the Christ, Kansas City, Mo.:

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