Tuesday, July 23, 2013

NFL Communications - NFL Launches Legends Program for Former ...

WARRICK DUNN, CHAD PENNINGTON and ROD WOODSON among 19 Former Players to Serve as Legends

The National Football League today launched its Legends Program, the newest step in a series of programs designed to help former NFL players connect with each other, their former teams and the NFL.

Nineteen former players, including two Hall of Famers, form the first class of NFL Legends who will participate in this multi-faceted program developed by NFL Player Engagement and the league?s Marketing Department.? The Legends will develop, foster and manage national and local alumni relations to deepen the relationship and communication between the league office, teams and former players.? They also will participate in the league?s calendar events and fan platforms as additional ways to remain connected to the game.

NFL Commissioner ROGER GOODELL and NFL Senior Vice President of Player Engagement TROY VINCENT kicked off the program on Monday, the first of two days of training at the NFL office in New York City.

?Based on our peer-to-peer model, the Legends Program will reach out to our former players, and let them know that their contribution to the game we love is appreciated and their voice is welcome,? said Vincent. ?We are a brotherhood, a family. We need to strengthen our relationships across the generations of our alumni, stay connected, and continue to contribute to this game and to each other.?

The Legends Program is built on a peer-to-peer model used in other NFL Player Engagement programs, fostering deeper relationships between generations of NFL players.? Legends commit to a three-year term during which they will work to connect the 32 teams and the league with more former players.? Legends will work closely with existing club-designated alumni directors, communicate with groups representing former players, and help develop and participate in team and league events.

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Source: http://nflcommunications.com/2013/07/22/nfl-launches-legends-program-for-former-players/

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Monday, July 22, 2013

Texas research chimps face retirement, relocation

BASTROP, Texas (AP) ? About 160 chimpanzees kept at a University of Texas animal research facility are slated for retirement at a federally funded sanctuary in Louisiana as part of the National Institutes of Health's recent decision to end almost all medical research on the apes.

The NIH's decision to phase out medical testing on chimps, save for in a few cases in which the animals are indispensable, was made because new research methods made using the animals unnecessary.

Chris Abee, the director of the university's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center's animal research facility in Bastrop, opposes the plan to move the chimps to the Louisiana sanctuary. He told the Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/129drSm ) that the research center would provide better care for the retired animals and that moving them would disrupt their social groups.

The decision to move the primates to Louisiana isn't final and NIH officials have said it could take years to happen.

Kathleen Conlee, the president for animal research Humane Society, which has pushed for the retirement of chimps to a federal sanctuary, said she thinks the retired chimps shouldn't continue being kept at a lab.

The center's Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research, which was founded in 1975, is a continuous recipient of federal funding. It spends about $17,000 a year on each chimp and devotes about 12 of its 381 acres to the animals, including open-air corrals and geodesic domes in which the chimps can play and forage.

The center's chimps are from 11 to 51 years old and come from all sorts of backgrounds. Some were pets, others were used to perform in circuses and about 100 of them were born at the research center, mostly in the 1980's when the government encouraged chimp reproduction because it was believed they could be used in AIDS research. The idea was abandoned after it was shown, at least on tests done at the time, that apes did not develop the disease after being infected with their species' equivalent of HIV.

Abee said apes have been crucial to research and development of hepatitis vaccines.

"We wouldn't have a vaccine for hepatitis B without chimpanzees," Abee told the newspaper. "Our best hope for a hepatitis C vaccine is chimpanzees since there's no other animal model for it. If a loved one of yours is one of the 15,000 people in the United States who die annually of hepatitis C, the research might be more important to you."

A small percentage of Keeling's chimps at one point were infected with hepatitis C. However, Abee said the center's veterinary care involves issues of aging - arthritis, heart disease - not any effects of research. He said the chimps are the subjects only of studies observing their behavior.

Before the chimps could be moved to the Louisiana sanctuary, Chimp Haven, it would have to be expanded. That could take years, said NIH program director Jim Anderson. "There are a lot of options to be considered."

The NIH's decision to retire the chimps to Louisiana will affect about 50 employees at the Keeling center. With about 1,000 rhesus monkeys, 530 squirrel monkeys, 350 owl monkeys, sheep, geese and mice, the center will remain open for the foreseeable future.

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Information from: Houston Chronicle, http://www.houstonchronicle.com

Source: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/texas/article/Texas-research-chimps-face-retirement-relocation-4677790.php

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Geraldo Rivera: Nude on Twitter!

So, Geraldo Rivera posted a nude selfie on Twitter.

Last night, the TV personality went on Twitter to post the above photo, writing "70 is the new 50 (Erica and family are going to be so pissed... but at my age...)."

That would be his wife, Erica Michelle Levy, whom he married in 2003 and with whom he has a daughter, Solita, 8. He has four other kids ages 19-34.

The three main takeaways from this story:

  1. Geraldo does look good for 70
  2. He really needs a new phone
  3. It's a slow news weekend

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/07/geraldo-rivera-nude-on-twitter/

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Yellow Pages owner Hibu rumoured to be in debt-for-equity talks with creditors

By This Is Money Reporter

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Yellow Pages owner Hibu is reportedly on the brink of being seized by lenders in a deal set to wipe out shareholders.

Hibu - which changed its name from Yell last year - is in talks over a complex debt-for-equity deal that will see creditors such as Wall Street hedge funds and banks take control of the phone books giant, according to The Sunday Times.

It is believed the agreement will reduce its debts from around ?2.3billion to less than ?1billion.

Trading history: Yell borrowed heavily to fund a raft of overseas acquisitions before the credit crunch struck and has also fallen foul of competition from internet search rivals

Trading history: Yell borrowed heavily to fund a raft of overseas acquisitions before the credit crunch struck and has also fallen foul of competition from internet search rivals

Once listed on the FTSE 100 Index, Hibu is now worth a fraction of its former ?5billion market value.

The group, which has 13,000 staff, borrowed heavily to fund a raft of overseas acquisitions before the credit crunch struck and has also fallen foul of competition from internet search rivals, such as Google, which has slashed earnings.

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It is thought the debt restructuring details will be announced when it reports annual results on Thursday.

Hibu had 1.2million small firms as customers and revenues of ?1.6billion in the year to the end of March last year.

But it is struggling to sustain interest payments on its mammoth debts, said to be more than ?150million a year.

The firm has already warned that any debt restructuring deal would likely leave investors with little or no value on their shares.

Shareholders have already seen the value of the stock decimated - with shares worth just 0.3p, having plunged by 85 per cent in the past year alone.

Hibu's biggest creditors are thought to include Soros Fund Management, Deutsche Bank and US private equity firm Blackstone.

Hibu declined to comment.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-2372321/Yellow-Pages-owner-Hibu-rumoured-debt-equity-talks-creditors.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

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Pop! Pop! 'Community' returns to Comic-Con

This publicity photo released by NBC shows Joel McHale as Jeff and Alison Brie as Annie in Episode 411 "Advanced Intro To Finality" from the TV series, "Community." (AP Photo/NBC, Vivian Zink)

This publicity photo released by NBC shows Joel McHale as Jeff and Alison Brie as Annie in Episode 411 "Advanced Intro To Finality" from the TV series, "Community." (AP Photo/NBC, Vivian Zink)

SAN DIEGO (AP) ? "Community" mastermind Dan Harmon is back at Comic-Con ? albeit in cheap Iron Man costume.

Harmon was replaced as showrunner for the fourth season after a clash with then-cast member Chevy Chase. NBC announced in May that the show had been renewed for a fifth season, and Harmon was reinstated.

He kicked off Sunday's presentation for the quirky NBC sitcom by lunging onto stage in cardboard armor, which cast members Danny Pudi and Jim Rash slowly ripped off.

Harmon was also joined by former "Community" producer Chris McKenna and co-stars Nicole Yvette Brown, Allison Brie, Ken Jeong and Gillian Jacobs.

Joel McHale is shooting the film "Beware the Night" and wasn't present. Neither was Donald Glover, who will only star in handful of new episodes.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/4e67281c3f754d0696fbfdee0f3f1469/Article_2013-07-21-Comic-Con-Community/id-7a0c6c0fdc224602a856ea871e839bc9

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Tornado causes damage in Pepper Pike area

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PEPPER PIKE -- Neighbors who woke up this morning in Pepper Pike began counting the signs of damage to yards and homes.

On several streets near Lander Road, trees are split or bent in the direction the wind blew.

The National Weather Service confirms a high-end EF1 tornado, up to 200 yards wide, blew a path 1.3 miles from Ursuline College to residential streets.

The college was hardest hit. The?gymnasium wall was ripped off in the 110 mph winds.

The science center and college library were damaged, too.

About four or five people were on campus at the time. On Friday afternoon, the college was full of summer campers earlier in the day.

"Nobody was injured. Nobody was hurt. We feel great blessings for that. God was looking out for us," said Sister Diana Stano, President of Ursuline College.

Much of the lush landscaping and age-old trees surrounding the pond on the campus were destroyed in the tornado's path.

"I've been president for 17 years and I've never seen damage like this," Sister Diana said.

Less than a mile away, neighbors on Plymouth Road spent the day counting blessings, too.

Large trees in Lorie Hollington Smith and Katie Outcalt's yards are littered about like twigs.

The first hole of The Country Club is covered in debris as well. Some power lines on Plymouth were brought down in the storm, but no one in the area was injured.

"A lot of really close calls," said Hollington Smith.

The winds sent one branch straight through the dining room wall of Lorie's home. Both women said, another five feet over, and the trees could have landed on bedrooms where parents and children were sleeping.

On Saturday, neighbors found what appeared to be pieces of insulation from Ursuline buildings in their yards.

"I think it picked up a prayer at Ursuline and put a bubble over our houses,?because if you look how close these huge trees are to our homes. It's a miracle," said Outcalt.

WKYC-TV

Source: http://www.wkyc.com/rss/article/307282/226/Tornado-causes-damage-in-Pepper-Pike-area

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