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It appears one of the biggest hurdles left for the NFLPA is gone, as Chargers WR Vincent Jackson has agreed to withdraw his claim for compensation.
ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Saturday morning that Jackson has given up on his request for compensation in the form of $10 million or not having the franchise tag for life. Jackson, one of the 10 plaintiffs in the Brady antitrust lawsuit, was the last to relinquish his claim.
The lockout will be lifted once the players agree to ratify the new Collective Bargaining Agreement that the owners approved with a 31-0 vote Thursday evening. The NFLPA executive committee first needs to agree to settle the lawsuit and recommend it to the 10 plaintiffs to sign off on.
The players are working through the weekend, but it's unclear when a vote can take place. The Hall of Fame game has been canceled, and if the players take until Wednesday, the first week of the preseason will be in jeopardy.
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Jackson had denied asking for any compensation earlier in the week, and it was likely his representatives, not him, holding things up, but this is a big development bringing players closer to a potential vote.

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The Journal Sentinel sports staff brings fans the latest news, notes and analysis on the Marquette men's basketball team
My top 25 ballot
After the LSU game Saturday, a Louisiana writer told me some web site had been ripping both of us for our AP top 25 college basketball ballots.
The thought amused me.
First, it's just a vote, my vote, somewhat subjective and way emperical. It can't be right or wrong, just one of 50-something opinions.
Second, it means very little this time of year. You could argue it means nothing any time of the season except right before the teams settle amongst themselves which is No. 1. But for some reason, people seem to be drawn to rankings of any sort.
The ballots are due each Sunday night and I typically don't give mine a lot of thought until the time I spend trying to make sure I write down 25 teams without duplication. Other than that, I couldn't imagine why anyone would be interested in my vote. Apparently, somebody is or that web site would not be giving me and the Louisiana guy free publicity.
I'm certainly not going to make this a habit because it's not terribly interesting. But in the spirit of full disclosure after I was outed for turning in a "silly" ballot at some point during the last month, here is my most recent silly ballot for the week of Dec. 23-30:
1. Duke
2. Michigan
3. Arizona
4. Louisville
5. Indiana
6. Syracuse
7. Kansas
8. Cincinnati
9. Missouri
10. Minnesota
11. Illinois
12. Ohio State
13. Florida
14. Gonzaga
15. Georgetown
16. Creighton
17. Kansas State
18. San Diego State
19. Butler
20. Michigan State
21. Nevada-Las Vegas
22. Notre Dame
23. Oklahoma State
24. North Carolina State
25. Temple
Of course, Marquette received zero votes after getting whacked by UW-Green Bay. It will certainly get my vote if it beats Connecticut and Georgetown next week to open Big East play.
Speaking of, the coaches and players are off essentially until Thursday. They're supposed to meet back on Wednesday night for practice, but Buzz Williams has already written that session off as "terrible." Just about every post-break practice is bad. And there's a chance that someone will miss their flight or weather will keep the whole team from reassembling until Thursday. Point being, this blog will likely be idle for the next few days unless something extraordinary happens.
Happy holidays.
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Nice job, Mike. "Some web site" is only the most knowledgeable college basketball writer in the country (Gary Parrish)...who network (CBS) is synonymous with college basketball. Seriously, if you don't care about your AP ballot, have some intern fill it out because obviously, you don't care. And you should.
"The ballots are due each Sunday night and I typically don't give mine a lot of thought until the time I spend trying to make sure I write down 25 teams without duplication." if it means that little to Mr. Hunt they should take away his ballot casting ability!
Your ballot is fine. You're outlook is terrible. I've lost a lot of respect for you as a writer and source of information.
It's one thing to not care. It's another thing to tell all your readers you don't care.


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Pressler: The first step in treating renal secondary hyperparathyroidism is normalizing the serum phosphorus concentration, as hyperphosphatemia
increases serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentrations. This is best done first by transitioning to a renal-formulated diet.
If the serum phosphorus concentration is still increased or in the upper end of the reference range, then an oral phosphate
binder should be administered; I most commonly use nonflavored, powdered aluminum hydroxide. Only once phosphorus has reached
this target do I measure serum PTH concentrations in patients with azotemic chronic kidney disease. If the concentration is
increased, then it is the most likely cause of decreased active vitamin D production by the diseased kidneys, and calcitriol
should be considered.
Specifically, how and when do you use calcitriol?
Unfortunately, the true benefit of calcitriol administration has not been determined as of yet through prospective studies,
so the veterinary nephrology community is still not unified as to when and how best to incorporate calcitriol in the management
of patients with chronic kidney disease. For example, azotemic patients with normal serum PTH concentrations still have intracellular
biochemical alterations consistent with renal secondary hyperparathyroidism. However, although this does suggest that earlier
use of calcitriol than what I suggest could eventually prove to be beneficial, in most nephrologists' opinions, these are
outweighed at this time by the safety and cost considerations I outlined above.
Thank you, Dr. Pressler, for your time and detailed answers regarding several controversial areas of renal disease treatment.
There are always new avenues of interest coming out of human medicine, and only time and research will tell if they prove
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Barrak Pressler, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, is an assistant professor of small-animal internal medicine at Purdue University
in West Lafayette, Ind., where he is the principal investigator in the Comparative Nephrology Laboratory. His main clinical
and basic science interests are veterinary nephrology and urology, particularly the pathogenesis and immune dysfunction of
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Maybe this is the time to start writing or start the prep to that process. Anyway I hope you find a satsifying solution.
Some of the cause for the "unrest" might be that you have 3 people in your home and that is alot of different energy going on, plus what energy they create with you and Michael.
Hope all is well. Do create some "me" time, even if it's going to Wally World and people-gazing by YOURSELF.
P.S. You are taking care of alot of people and that can take a toll. I always feel a bit drained after my daughter leaves from a visit.
Yesterday, I skipped Hobby Lobby and went to Hancock Fabrics, set up a lot like a JoAnne's fabrics. I decided to pull out my "older than dirt" portable sewing machine I inherited from my paternal grandmother. I never did have a manual with it and so it's always been a learn as you go experience, especially since I don't really know how to sew.
Anyhow, I pulled it out, found that I was missing the spool pin, the plastic part that holds your thread spool on top, and went in search of a replacement.
Hancock's didn't have it so I found a singer sewing machine repair shop. Weird guy, shop looked like it was just a hobby with him and he didn't have the best "customer attitude" , but I got what I needed plus 2 extra bobbins for $2 so I left as a happy camper.
As cramped as my living situation is, my only sewing room option is the kitchen table... problem two, my kitchen in this rental only has a ceiling fan for light and it only has ONE bulb space AND that bulb space is for a Chandelier sized bulb.... hence the biggest , brightest bulb I can get for it is 35 watt which isn't bright enough to find my way out of a small paper bag. So today , now actually, I'm getting around to go to Home Depot to scope out fan light kit options that may give better light source, hopefully without breaking the bank....
huggs to all, have a good day, at least till I can get back to you and lend another spot of humor as , right now, my life is a friggen laugh riot
If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution.---author anonymous
What doesn't kill us makes us stronger---Friedrich Nietzche
Kim, you can come here.. I have an extra room for my sewing! I had pulled out a skirt and dress that need repairs and have them on my kitchen table too... I like the view from the kitchen window so I I set up my machine out there I do wish I had the money to get some fabric. I went through the rest of the yarn I had, so now I have to do something different.
OHHH, I wanted to let you know Kim, the pic I posted is not current. It was one taken before my knee surgery! I do not have a current pic, I'm afraid I'd break the camera I should get one though, just to see the difference as time passes. Just wanted to clarify that fact so you didn't think that was me now. In that pic, the walker is hidden and all I did was stand up from my computer chair and then sit back down. My neighbor took it so I could update my FB page back then.
~~ Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein ~~
Anyhow, I do have fabric. My mom passed away about 13 years ago and I still have almost ALL of her fabric still in it's original fabric cabinet. All folded nice and neat and just sitting there waiting for me to get with it.
Monica is busy knitting a lap blanket for her mom and I keep wondering if I have the wherewithall to actually start AND FINISH any project.
Well, I got a new bulb for my ceiling fan. Took looking in 3 different stores. Can you believe it? It's not even a chandelier bulb, it's a friggen APPLIANCE bulb. The highest and the ONLY one I found is a stupid little bitty and I mean LITTLE bitty 40 watt. It's round and about the same size as a stupid night light bulb. At least it's a clear bulb so even at 40 watts it is way way brighter than the last one I had which was frosted white. THAT one truly sucked lemons.
This am, have already walked my mile and am contemplating what to fix for breakfast. Lately I've been taking Helene's quote to heart. It sounded like the right equation.
remember it? Eat like a King at breakfast, like a Prince at lunch and a Peasant at dinner. It makes sense since you need more energy earlier in the day and you tend to settle down and relax from 5pm on.
Meh, maybe , maybe this am , down to 182.6 will update my signature in a few. Perhaps I will actually reach my Oct goals. That'd be a kick for once.
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About that picture.... do you have an eyeball camera either built into your computer or a small plug in one for it? You can take a snap that way,save it to your "puter pictures " file and then upload it here, or if you maybe have browser service on your phone, you could take a phone pic and email it to your fb that way.... just thinking.
Anyway, I like this pic you have up now. It may not be current but it sure makes you look like WonderWoman
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My photo is over a year old gotta get a new one soon ..
about the sewing I used to sew but my eye issues make it hard to see exactly what I am doing my hand eye coordination is gone . can;t even thread a needle ... for hand sewing ..
I might try crocheting again or knitting those are bigger tools .
You can get back into that look again over time with a sense of commitment to a better lifestyle be aware as we age our bodies burn less calories. So weight lifting can help preserve the muscles to help to burn calories..
Happy thinking thin thursday!
Hugs Judy:)
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Oh, and despite everything that I have done, cholesterol still 226, but good cholesterol has gone up. giving me 3 more months and then dr. said meds (he thinks it's hereditary and there's not much else I can do). Sadly, I think that I have to agree because there's not much more I can do food wise to make a difference. On the bright side, I know that I feel like a different person in so many ways.
they are supposed to help Cholesteral and what were your trigliserides? because if they are low your ldl cholesteral maybe miscalculated .
I know the total number maybe a borderline high but the ratio is more important
getting mufas helps monounsaterated fatty acids
Hugs Judy:)
Remember the Gold is not in the prize it's in the Journey
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Hugs Judy:)
Remember the Gold is not in the prize it's in the Journey
life may not be the Party we expected but while we are here we may as well dance
I guess if I went vegan it might help, but sadly, I think I'd rather be on meds than live the rest of my life on a vegan diet.
so my LDL was just over 100 and it is supposed to be under 100 if I had more of the trygliserides mine would have been under 100 // so the figureing is ify there is a more complete test that they usual wait till you have a heart attack to order it.
Hugs Judy:)
Remember the Gold is not in the prize it's in the Journey
life may not be the Party we expected but while we are here we may as well dance
Grats on your weightloss, doing good girl! WTG!
Now, let's get on those blood chol numbers. I'm gonna ask EVERYONE here on this page to find a link for Debbie that maybe sounds obscure, but may work to her benefit. This is a community site and I'd expect participation from everybody if it was MY problem, and can count on you guys whenever it has been, lol, so I know you will all come through for Debbie..... That was a comical poke in the butt to everyone, don't take it seriously, I know you will help, because that's what we do here.....
my contribution is this Debbie, found it and think it may be worth a look see.. you have 3 months so let's get on it and try our absolute best to try to change those "hereditary numbers." and maybe just maybe prove it wrong.
I know you have been eating well. Your weighloss proves it. But it may be time to rethink some things in order to further your recovery from high cholesterol.
If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution.---author anonymous
What doesn't kill us makes us stronger---Friedrich Nietzche
Glad you are monitoring that cholesterol. My aunt was very petite and watched her food intake and still had high cholesterol. Some people just manufacture it, GRRRR.
Good for you to focus on your positive changes. I, too, feel like a different person by making this a journey.
Just remember:
Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life IS about CREATING yourself.
(Can't give credit to who thought of this, don't know).
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Tonawanda News — Frank Budwey said it was a strange feeling when he received a check the first day the newest Mighty Taco franchise had opened on Monday along Division Street.
The Budwey's Supermarket owner has spent most of the last year trying to do the same with his previous tenants who ran the short-lived Valenti's Italian Restaurant before collapsing amid legal troubles and delinquent payments prior to a court ordered eviction in January.
But a month later, when Might Taco representatives contacted Budwey to express interest in anchoring the local chain's first location in North Tonawanda, things began to look up.
"It's come full circle from where we were," said Budwey, who's father opened the supermarket 87 years ago.
A complete renovation on the corporation's dime ensued during the last several months in front of the Budwey's store, where dozens lined up before it officlaly opened at 10 a.m. Monday.
Budwey said the building that he originally had constructed in 1997 for an Anderson's restaurant has had a trove of food-specific business since then, though this time he sees a more sustainable relationship, one that should be favorable for both parties.
"I'm optimistic that we're both going to benefit because of our proximity and traffic in the plaza," he said.
Russ Jasulevich, chief operating officer for the chain, who was at the Payne Street location on Tuesday said part of the reason the company chose that area of the city for its 21st fast food restaurant in the Buffalo and Rochester markets was because of its' centralized position in a commercial district.
He said the first day went off without a hitch.
"The word was out and people have been waiting ever since," he said. "It was constant all day long."
Budwey, who was an outspoken opponent of a North Tonawanda Walmart, has had other worries to contend with. He said while sales at his store have dropped since the mega store opened in August, the financial repercussions haven't been as severe as he initially anticipated.
"We started a rewards program knowing that Walmart was being built," he said. "The customers (are) getting 3 percent back through a gift card. I believe it's part of the reason for sales."
Budwey said he is still fighting to regain roughly $5,700 in back payments from the Valentie's owners, with the recent city court appearance of one former owner postposted. Terry Valenti was extradited to Texas earlier this year to face forgery charges stemming from Florida.
But Budwey said his focus now is less on the past than the present and future.
"We're just totally delighted with the new tenant and very happy with how sales have been," Budwey said.Contact reporter Michael Regan at 693-1000, ext. 4115.


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Chris Stroud's normal Monday after playing 72 holes in a golf tournament would be to rest, regroup, then prepare to go back on the road for whereever the next PGA Tour stop might take him. This week, however, the routine has changed, and it's only partly because he's got a home game.
Not long after landing in Houston, Chris was headed to Redstone Golf Club, site of the Thursday through Sunday Shell Houston Open. Although he was coming off another impressive performance — a tie for 15th in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando — and knows Redstone better than any course the pros play, the former Lamar University All-America understood he needed extra time on the practice range.
Why? Because he's making what many would consider a major equipment change, to compensate for past problems in an event where he's made the cut only once in six tries. And he had to sink a pressure-packed 6-footer on the 36th hole in 2009 to make that one cut on the number.
"At Redstone, you need to be able to move the ball right to left," Stroud said. "You absolutely can't miss to the right. If you do, you are going to make double bogeys and worse. My normal driver, the one with the purple shaft, is difficult to turn over. My miss is almost always to the right.
"I've put a lot of thought into this. With Redstone in mind, I've been working with Kevin Kirk (his instructor) on drawing the ball. Every shot after No. 3 you need to draw the ball. I have one driver that's decent as far as trying to hit a draw. But it's still not what I want. We'll be working on what I need early in the week."
Tinkering with his equipment is nothing new for Stroud. Thus far this season, he's used four different sets of irons, four 3 woods and five drivers. The only clubs he doesn't mess with are his wedges.
"I know that probably sounds a little scary," he said. "There's a fine line and you can't be changing clubs if you don't know what that club is going to do, what a certain shaft is going to do. You have to understand how that club is going to react and you have to trust the mechanics of your swing."
Stroud says he's made equipment changes, most of them subtle, because experience gained on the various tournament courses has helped him understand what can work best for him at those locales.
"It's something that might not work for everybody," he said. "You have to be confident in what you are doing. I started thinking about this when Phil Mickelson used two different drivers at the Masters a couple of years ago.
"I really believe going with a different driver is going to make a difference for me at Redstone. The main thing is that I just can't miss right. If I miss, it has to be left. I've done a lot of homework on this. I have enough trust in myself to believe it will work."
While Stroud has had few memorable moments at Redstone, he's never come into the SHO playing at such a high level. In his last three tournaments, he's finished T5, T9 and T15, and he's placed in the top 25 in five of eight starts. He's No. 41 on the money list with $605,129 in official earnings and he's No. 48 in Fed Ex Cup points.
By comparison, a year ago he came into the Shell Houston Open with only $199,727 in winnings. Perhaps even more noteworthy, a column leading into the 2011 SHO noted he was "up to No. 92 in putting."
Now, after finishing first in the field at Bay Hill in the PGA Tour's new and most significant stat — strokes gained putting — he's climbed to No. 9 in that category for the year. Some guy named Tiger Woods is right behind him at No. 10. He's also T2 in one putts from 15 to 20 feet.
Thanks to his dramatically inproved putting, Chris is No. 9 on the tour in stroke average at 69.67. The overall tour average is 71.31.
With better putting leading to higher finishes, Stroud's mindset is markedly different than in his first five years on tour. He was actually disappointed over finishing T15 at Bay Hill, despite the fact he beat a lot of the game's best players.
Much of the disappointment stemmed from numerous missed opportunities on the way to a final round 74, including three back-nine bogeys that kept him from moving as high as third. The fact that scores for the entire field soared on Sunday, with nobody in the top 16 shooting lower than 70, was of little consolation.
"I did myself in with poor wedge play, which was really surprising," he said. "I had great chances in the middle of the round to make a move and didn't get the ball close to the hole with my wedge. But the fact that I didn't have a good ball striking week, and still finished T15 in such a strong field, reinforces how far I've come.
"A year ago I would have been thrilled to finish T15 at Bay Hill. Now I'm disappointed."
Stroud has one goal, and one goal only at Redstone, and it's not to just make the cut.
"I want to win," he said, "and I think I can. It's the only way I can get into the Masters. Well, there might be a possibilty I could get high enough in Fed Ex Cups points by finishing second, but I'm not sure about that. I just need to put everything together for a full tournament and I can win."
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For years, residents in the Wedgwood neighborhood have complained about traffic dangers along Northeast 75th Street.
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This weekend, crews installed a two-way turn lane and bike lane that neighbors had requested.
"You see the right hand pass, people honking at cyclists," said Brent Starace, who lives nearby.
Residents previously referred to the street as the "wild west."
"Get to where you need to go as fast as you could and if someone was going slow you pass them on the right," said Starace.
With up to 10,000 cars passing through Northeast 75th Street a day, the street is considered a major thoroughfare.
With just one stripe down the middle, some drivers treated it as a one lane road, others a two lane.
"Essentially it was two lanes in each direction, no bike lane, no turn lane," said Starace.
Parents were so worried a Facebook page was set up to connect the community about the issue.
"It's stupid," said Jane Newman, who lives nearby.
Others aren't happy with the changes and have put signs in their front yard that say "STOP SDOT" to show their frustration.
"Nobody rides bicycles on this street; it's heavy traffic all the time," said Newman.
According to Newman, safety is a concern, but feels this is the wrong way to solve it. Children walking from nearby Eckstein Middle School have been hit.
"They've only changed street lanes, they didn't put crosswalks in," she said.
Newman expects extra congestion and is angry that there's no longer street parking.
"I think it's Mayor (Mike) McGinn. Everything has to have bicycle lanes whether it makes sense or not and this does not make sense," said Newman.
Among the other Department of Transportation changes: A new marked crosswalk on 28th Avenue Northeast and a school zone photo enforcement camera at Eckstein Middle School.
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I'll preface this review by stating a plain opinion: I am not a fan of the films directed by Mr. Jonathan Liebesman. One was a flaccid PG-13 wankfest (Darkness Falls) and the other was the grungy-yet-way too familiar Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. But I respect the fact that this director stays in the horror field, because that tells me he's a fan of the genre and he's intent on making some good films. And hey, at least for me, the third time is the charm, as far as Liebesman is concerned.
The filmmaker's latest is a rough and tough psychological thriller called The Killing Room, and it's about a group of four strangers who are brought together for a paid experiment -- but they're actually in for a whole lot more anguish than they expected. Turns out the testing is overseen by a devious scientist who works well outside the realm of government control and law enforcement. And simple morality. Basically, the goal here is to see how human lab rats react when confronted by a shocking bit of violence followed by a lengthy stint of incarceration.
The script is canny enough to keep you guessing throughout the plot's more conventional contortions, but The Killing Room earns some fair praise for actually TRYING to keep you guessing. That's not to say that the flick hinges entirely upon some big, shocking twist, but one feels a sense of gratitude when a horror-thriller even bothers with unexpected divergences or surprises that feel relatively satisfying. Plus the final zinger is actually pretty cool, albeit in a very dark and cynical way.
And even when the flick slows down (which, to be honest, it does once in a while), the good news is that Liebesman is working with a colorful ensemble that has no trouble keeping the action interesting. Timothy Hutton, Shea Whigham, Clea Duvall, and Nick Cannon are the lab rats, and the overseers are played by a villainous Peter Stormare and an unsure Chloe Sevigny. Not a weak link among the cast, if you ask me, and they do a fine job of keeping a potentially outlandish concept grounded in a reality we can actually recognize.
The film's best moments come during the opening set-up and the closing sequences, but there's certainly enough here to warrant a look. The Killing Room feels more like a surprisingly engaging cable flick / DVD rental than it does a full-bore "Friday Night Out" sort of movie, but genre fans who like a little psychological mayhem mixed in with their more traditional carnage should find something to like in this scrappy little chiller.


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JELLICO, Tenn (WVLT) - Town leaders in Jellico will vote on changes to an ordinance on packaged beer sales during a special meeting Monday night.
Last Thursday, the board passed the first reading of an amendment to a 1968 ordinance that would ease some of the restrictions for businesses that sell beer in Jellico.
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Gov. Beverly Perdue 's decline in the polls appears to be bottoming out.
In fact, Perdue has had a slight up tick in her polling numbers, according to the latest survey by Public Policy Polling , a Democratic polling firm in Raleigh.
The firm found that 27 percent of North Carolina voters approve of the job she is doing, while 52 percent disapprove.
Those are still poor numbers, but better than last month when she had a 25 percent job approval rating.
Like most governors, Perdue's popularity has badly sagged during the deep recession as she has proposed major cuts in government spending, furloughs for state employees, and tax increases, reports Rob Christensen.
But Perdue has improved her standing among Democrats in recent weeks after rejecting a budget proposal because of deep cuts in education and a proposal to tack an income tax surcharge on all taxpayers.
Her positive/negatives among Democrats rose from 38/40 in July to 42/36 in August, according to the survey.
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By KATE COIL
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The Democrats are running largely unopposed in several local races Tuesday in McDowell County.
Three candidates are vying for the three open magistrate seats in the county. Incumbent Democrats Steve Cox of Welch and Richard VanDyke of Welch as well as present county sheriff and Democrat Daniel W. Mitchell are running unopposed for the three magistrate seats.
Several candidates are also running unopposed in various local races. Incumbent Democrat and County Commission President Gordon Lambert of Pageton is running unopposed for re-election to the McDowell County Commission while Democrat and current Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Ed Kornish of Welch is running unopposed for election in the prosecuting attorney race. Sid Bell, the county's current prosecuting attorney, is not seeking re-election.
Former magistrate and Democrat Martin B. West of Roderfield is running unopposed for the position of McDowell County Sheriff and incumbent Democrat Dennis Altizer of War is running unopposed for re-election as county assessor. Incumbent Democrat Randy Mullins of Welch is also running unopposed for re-election as county surveyor.
As of the Aug. 20 deadline, no Republicans had filed to run for the county commission, sheriff, magistrate, prosecuting attorney, assessor or surveyor races in McDowell County.
Democrat incumbent Mark Wills of Princeton is running against Republican challenger Bill Cole of Bluefield for the 6th Senatorial District seat. Democrat incumbent Daniel J. Hall of Oceana and Republican challenger Epp E. Cline, also of Oceana, are vying for the 9th Senatorial District Seat.
Republican challenger Roger Stacy of Paynesville is running against incumbent Democrat Harry Keith White of Gilbert for the 21st Delegate District seat. Incumbent Democrat Clif Moore of Thorpe is running unopposed for the 26th Delegate District as is Incumbent Democrat Linda Goode Phillips of Pineville, who is running for the 25th Delegate District.
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Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Review
- Posted June 30th, 2009 at 21:30 EDT by Steven Williamson
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The Old West is brought to life in Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, the finest Wild West shooter in town.
We like
- The beautiful landscapes and shabby towns
- The intuitive and responsive control scheme and weapon handling
- The engaging Wild West-themed action sequences and shoot-outs
We dislike
- Having a brother with a poor shot tagging along
- How the showdowns lack excitement and tension
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The movies would have us believe that the Wild West was full of tobacco-spitting, gambling, whiskey-drinking males who regularly got involved in saloon brawls, slept with hookers, robbed banks and took to the deserted streets for high noon showdowns. It's this romanticized, clichéd version of that era with all its murder, suspense and skulduggery that draws us towards any Wild West themed videogame that sees a console release. After all, hasn't every man once dreamt of being an outlaw?
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood certainly gives you a flavor of what being an outlaw is all about. This first person shooter provides every gun-toting, cinematic action sequence that we'd expect from this violent era, and also delivers a very appealing visual depiction of the Wild West. Soak up a 360 degree view while out in the wild and you'll witness some dazzling views that stretch as far the eye can see, complete with rich vegetation, grazing cattle and deep red sunsets. Alternatively, ride your horse into one of the towns and you'll be greeted with a highly detailed Wild West set that comes complete with grubby saloon and well-stocked weapon store. While Bound in Blood doesn't push the PlayStation 3 to its absolute graphical limits, it does present one of the finest recreations of the Wild West on any console thus far.
Indeed, Bound in Blood plays to its strengths admirably and leans heavily on its Wild West theme for its thrills. If developer Techland had created a shooter with a World War II theme then we'd probably have talked about the lack of innovation and the run-of-the-mill shooter gameplay. As it stands, however, the Wild West theme ensures that there are enough entertaining scenarios to make some familiar gameplay ideas feel fresh and exciting. It also helps immeasurably that Techland has got the basics spot on. Bound in Blood has an accessible and smooth control scheme, an enticing game world design and some challenging gameplay. Throw in the fact that there's an immersive (albeit clichéd) storyline and you've got an extremely appealing Wild West package.
Bound in Blood tells the story of Ray and Thomas McCall, two brothers who leave their posts in the Confederate army during the Civil War in order to rescue their mother and their brother from invading Yank forces. The brothers are labeled as deserters and their commanding officer then spends his post-war years in pursuit of them while they go on the search for Aztec treasures in the foothills of Mexico. Despite the inconsistent quality of the cut-scenes, the archetypal 'good vs. bad' storyline drives the gameplay sufficiently with both a strong script and some believable voice acting. The brotherly-themed storyline also makes for a very good excuse to play through the campaign as either one of the two brothers and also switch characters at certain points in the game.
The campaign storyline isn't affected by your character choice; however, the two outlaws do boast different skill sets, so the experience is slightly different depending on which outlaw you choose. Ray, for example, is good at close range fighting and planting dynamite, but he also has the special skill of being able to carry a Gatling gun. Thomas, on the other hand, is better at shooting from long-range distances and at using his lasso and bow. Whoever you decide to play as, the other CPU-controlled brother often stays by your side, and you need to team up together to trigger brief cinematic scenes in order to progress.
These teamwork objectives don't require any brain power at all to execute -- they're a bit of a gimmick more than anything -- but they do help to keep you immersed in the game and ensure that you always have to keep close tabs on your brother and make sure you have his back. You'll help your brother out by covering his back while he attempts to achieve an objective, or vice versa, and you can expect times where you have to move into the correct position to give him a leg-up onto of roof, or another action that's just as menial. More often ... (continued on next page) ----


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By Caleb Slinkard
The Commerce Journal
The final game of the 2012 Texas A&M University-Commerce football season, and perhaps the last one with Guy Morriss as head coach, will begin Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. The Lions (1-8, 1-6 LSC) have had another frustrating year, and their season isn't getting any easier. West Texas A&M (8-2, 6-2 LSC) has been a force in the conference, averaging more than 40 points a game while allowing only 336 yards per game, second least in the LSC.
Senior running back Khiry Robinson is second in the LSC with 905 yards and nine touchdowns, while junior Dustin Vaughan is leading the conference with 3,274 through the air and 33 passing touchdowns. A&M-Commerce's fourth-ranked defense, led by senior linebacker Danny Mason (100 total tackles) will have their work cut out for them.
The Buffs' junior linebacker Taylor McCuller (110 tackles) will lead the second-ranked defense against a Lions' offense that struggled last week against Eastern New Mexico, only scoring three points. Senior quarterback Kevin Vye has been mediocre for the Lions, recording only 723 passing, two touchdowns and five interceptions in six games. A&M-Commerce continues to struggle on the ground, although they had one of their best outputs of the year with 94 against the Greyhounds last week. Wide receiver Garrett Smith (46 receptions, 530 yards) has proven to be a reliable target, despite the midseason quarterback change.
The Lions have gone 2-17 in the past two years, and 10-30 in Guy Morriss' four years as a head coach. A&M-Commerce has only won one game against Texas teams in that span, and zero at home. West Texas A&M has won four straight games against the Lions.


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It may not have been a massive surprise, but ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet had an unwelcome message for hedge fund managers today.
The current crisis is, apparently, "a loud and clear call" to roll out regulation to all important market players, "notably hedge funds and credit rating agencies".
For those hedge fund managers who felt, perhaps with a degree of justification, that their industry had been relatively blameless in precipitating the current crisis, that call may have been somewhat quieter and more muffled.
But the drumbeat of those calling for greater hedge fund regulation is growing and it seems increasingly likely that hedge funds will face a new raft of rules in the not too distant future.
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Bringing You The Bull And Bear Case From The Markets Desk
With the Federal Reserve firmly in support the housing market continues to show signs of substantial improvement. The most widely followed measure of home prices, the S&P/Case-Shiller indexes, rose at its fastest rate since the summer of 2006 in January, data released Tuesday showed.
While prices remain nearly 30% off their pre-housing bubble peaks, a drawing down of the shadow inventory and a continued positive trend in home sales point to further strength ahead, with Barclays Barclays' economic research team estimating home prices will gain between 6% and 7% this year. Still, investors should recognize the market remains clogged, that foreclosures in many states remain stalled by judicial processes, and that banks are sitting on thousands of properties that will have to make their way through the sales channels.
Case-Shiller data for January showed the 10-city composite jumped 7.3% over the past 12 months, while the 20-city index surged 8.1%, its fastest levels since before the housing collapse. On a yearly basis, all cities posted gains in January while 19 of the 20 showed acceleration (Detroit slowed down but still posted double-digit increases).
Index Chairman David Blitzer appeared excited in his comments, highlighting New York's trend reversal (after more than two years posting negative yearly performance) and strength in the Southwest (Phoenix and Las Vegas), which along with San Francisco were the strongest performers ("they were also among the hardest hit by the housing bust").
The Case-Shiller data was complemented by February new home sales numbers, which point to an upward trend. While the number fell 4.6% to 411,000, home sales had soared 13.1% from December to January, prompting Barclays' analysts to "not read much into the […] decline." Plante Moran's CIO, Jim Baird, was also bullish, noting "conditions remain favorable in the housing market, with prices rising and sales volume still on an upward trend, last month's results notwithstanding." Baird added "the market still has a long way to go nationally, but the healing process – and a return to a normalized housing market – is definitely well underway."
A housing recovery is most definitely a positive thing for the economy, as it was one of the major missing legs in the tepid recovery the Bernanke Fed has been trying to spark for the past five years. Indeed, the Fed has spent those years buying up residential-mortgage backed securities in their attempt to take toxic assets out of the market and push down mortgage rates.
This, for example, has made the RMBS trade 2012's best investing move, as the hedge fund world has proven, with mortgage funds like Steve Kuhn's Pine River delivering returns approaching 40%. In the equity markets, homebuilders have been all the rage, with the XLH homebuilders ETF up 39% over the past 12 months. Individual names like Lennar and Toll Brothers are up between 40% and 60% in that time, while KB Home has returned more than 120%.
The housing market is clearly on a northward trajectory, but it's by no means out of the woods yet. Real estate intelligence firm CoreLogic released its latest shadow inventory numbers on Tuesday, indicating that there are still 2.2 million residential properties that are "seriously delinquent, in foreclosure and held as real estate owned by mortgage servicers, but not currently listed." The number was down 18% in January from a year ago, and 28% from its 2010 peak, but still had a monetary value of about $350 billion.
At the same time, major banks are still spooked by their mistakes during the financial crisis. Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Ally Financial reached a $19 billion settlement with the Attorneys General of 49 states about a year ago, yet only Ally Financial has fulfilled its obligations. Banks are still sitting on properties and RMBS which they need to offload, added to their mortgage relief obligations tied to the settlement.
Some suggest the current state of the housing market is artificial, and that it will eventually face a correction. Peter Schiff, of Euro Pacific Capital, believes a housing collapse is in the cards as the Fed will eventually have to exit its accommodative stance. "We are building more homes than we can afford," Schiff told Forbes, adding that the Fed will crash the market by tightening its policy stance.
Baird, of Plante Moran, has a different view, attributing the improvement to the wealth effect, which Bernanke has actively pursued. "Although the residential housing market represents less than 3% of GDP today, improvement in housing is still viewed as a key bellwether indicator of the impact of the wealth effect, the health of the consumer sector, and the ripple effect into the construction industry and retail sector," he explained. Baird concluded:
In the near term, the ability of the consumer sector to remain resilient in its spending habits will be critical to supporting growth given the headwinds of higher taxes, elevated prices at the pump, and modest wage growth. Given the mixed picture painted by economic data, it's easy to understand the case made by either the "glass half full" or the "glass half empty" crowds. In aggregate, it seems to point to a continued modest expansion, and an economy that is neither falling off a cliff nor firing on all cylinders.
The return of housing is a welcome sign. It is also a reflection of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's attempts to jump-start the economy through monetary easing and QE. While the shadow inventory and a clogged up foreclosure pipeline present challenges, if the economy improves to the point where the labor market begins to seriously recover, it should be possible to overcome those obstacles in the medium-term. Yet, the risk of rising interest rates lurks in the horizon.
The unhinged pessismism on the right is truly dismaying, you people need to stop wasting your time on talk shows, you have no idea what you're talking about. I don't like Obama either and believe this recovery is happening in spite of him, not because of him, but you're really sounding delusional. It's not healthy to waste your time listening to these agony aunts on the radio.
Just as people thought that home prices could go up forever, they think interest rates can stay low forever. Peter Schiff is right, as usual. Once the world demands higher interest rates, the party's over. The Fed can't print money and lower nominal rates, but they can't force China to sell us consumer goods in exchange for dollars, and they can't force Venezuela to sell us oil for dollars. Our military could do that, and that's where I fear we're heading.
U.S. politicians in 2020: "China took advantage of us through predatory lending. We need their products and the oil from those oil-rich nations to continue on as a free people. It's unfair, and the American people deserve better. That's why we must wage this war against the immoral nations of the world…"
Actually the housing market is down 4%. This information is wrong.
Just something to remember, don't listen to the news. It's not correct.
It's a fact, check for yourself.
The article does not mention number of units sold. Prices may rise, but until numbers of units sold climbs to a ratio that is "normal" for a given area, the price climb does not mean much. For instance, if only one home sold for 30% more, where in a normal market, 100 homes would have sold during that time frame; it would indicate that the prices have not finished plummeting.
There is no doubt that the government induced bubble is lifting prices. But "strength in the Southwest (Phoenix and Las Vegas)… were the strongest performers" can be attributed to bouncing off the bottom and hedge fund purchases. SF increases are due to recent high tech M&A (think FB) and NY is now a global center, thus relatively insulated from geographic economic cycles. I see banks still sitting on properties they can't sell and lots and lots of homes for sale with no takers. Housing numbers can be skewed any way you want but rest assured, if the housing market is finally rising so will interest rates, thus killing the rally. The largest purchaser of mortgages is still Uncle Sam, and he will fudge it all up again. GUARANTEED
Can you say POP?
Case Shiller Chairman Blitzer is excited?? It's funny that he's so out of touch as Robert Shiller himself, founder of the index, is much more cautious: http://www.cnbc.com/id/100589622
Shiller, of course, called both the housing bust, and before that the internet stock bust – in subsequent editions of the same book "Irrational Exuberance". So who's opinion do you think I value more…
Shiller's points I agree with fully, and to list out some of the risks for individual home-buyers or real estate investors:
- artificial real estate financing environment from fed buying up $40B/month of mortgages – when this stops interest rates will rocket up and prices will drop
- Freddy and Fanny being – again – easy with their mortgage terms – when this stops interest rates will rocket up and prices will drop
- long-term interest rates and inflation likely to go up from various factors – same effects
- banks will lose patience and release all their withheld shadow inventory of millions of homes – and prices of course will drop
- institutional investors will discover that renting homes is a crappy business model and will stop buying homes for all cash – and will dump their inventory for better investments – and prices will drop
- unemployment will continue to linger for many more years – and middle-class incomes will either stall or even decline relative to inflation – so who can buy these increasingly pricey homes – prices have to drop accordingly
- smart people will realize that diversified stock index funds held for long periods continue (as they have been shown for the past 200 years) to crush all other "investments" such as real estate, bond, treasuries, gold, commodities, etc – and decide not to put money into investment rentals – and will put their $$ into the stock market – and with reduced institutional and individual investors there will be fewer buyers chasing excess inventory and prices will drop
Home prices have already dropped 30% from their 2006-7 peak – but have farther to drop based on the ratio of median incomes to median home prices. Folks who bought anywhere near the peak, say from 2004-2009, may never recoup their losses when inflation is considered.
And what, again, are the forces behind increasing home prices? I'll continue to follow Shiller's words of caution and continue to stay out of both real estate and real estate stocks.
Best of luck to all,


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It had started out well enough. Gaining entrance to Duke Arisor's palace had proven trivial. This was peaceful, ordered Fairhaven, after all. The duke trusted the queen's law and the governor's vigilance. Kalev only needed to bribe one guard to leave one gate in the outer wall open. After that, he had scaled the palace's ivy-covered wall so swiftly not even the nesting sparrows stirred. The laughter and music from the grand reception in the ballroom covered any stray sounds he made, and the hired patrol tromping through the gardens had completely failed to look up to see the extra shadow moving across the stones. Duke Arisor had become too cavalier about his own safety of late. He was not the first of Fairhaven's prosperous citizens to assume that because the city was well-ordered it was essentially safe. It was but one of his mistakes.
About the Author
Sarah Zettel is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author. She has written nineteen novels and a roughly equal number of short stories over the past ten years in addition to founding the author cooperative Book View Cafe, practicing tai chi, learning to fiddle, marrying a rocket scientist and raising a rapidly growing son. She is very tired right now.


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A new study suggests that a mother's weight during pregnancy could play a role in her child's development. A new study of one thousand mothers and their children finds that women who are obese during pregnancy are sixty percent more likely to have a child with autism. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports.
The children of mothers who are obese while pregnant may be at a much greater risk for autism, a new study suggests.
The research published Monday in the journal Pediatrics found that children born to mothers who were obese during their pregnancies were 70 percent more likely to be diagnosed with autism and more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with some other neurodevelopmental disorder.
Maternal diabetes, by contrast, seemed to put children at only a slightly elevated risk of autism, MSNBC reported. It elevated risks of another neurodevelopmental disorder more, with diabetic mothers twice as likely to have their children diagnosed with one, the study found.
The study tracked 315 children who were developing normally as well as 517 with autism and 172 with other developmental disorders. It examined the impact of their mothers' obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure on their pregnancies — and on the children.
The authors of the study, led by Paula Krakowiak at the University of California, Davis, stressed that it was unclear whether obesity were actually affecting fetal development or the obese mothers had something else in common, too.
They also said that if maternal obesity during pregnancy were affecting fetal development, it was unclear why that might be the case.
They said that inflammatory proteins produced by fat cells or elevated blood glucose levels in moms could possibly interfere with fetal brain development.
Diagnoses of disorders along the autism spectrum as well as diagnoses of obesity have both been rising in recent years.


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With the recent indictments of top editors at News Corporation's News of the World, analysts say the company will eventually pay out over a billion dollars in fines and lawsuits related to the phone hacking scandal.
The effect on British newspapers will be long lasting.
Via the New York Times:
What is becoming clear, media analysts say, is that the push-the-legal-limits newsroom culture that has gone untrammeled for years at the British tabloids and has even found its way into some of the country's upmarket broadsheets, including Mr. Murdoch's Times and Sunday Times, could be a casualty of a new culture of caution…
…Already, some who work at British newspapers say, the scandal has had a chilling effect on newsrooms, with editors, reporters and their proprietors less eager to trumpet splashy exposes that might involve, or be perceived to involve, less than ethical standards of news gathering…
One tabloid journalist, who insisted on anonymity because of concern for his job, lamented what he called the end of the "anything goes" era. "Before, it was a case of 'Don't tell me how you get it, just get it,' " he said. "Now things are looked at differently."…
…Media critics say the legacy of the "yellow journalism" of turn-of-the-20th-century America has migrated in recent decades to Fleet Street, the traditional home in London of many of Britain's most powerful papers. Many editors and reporters nurtured in that culture have migrated abroad, some of them to Murdoch-owned papers in America, Australia and elsewhere, taking their no-holds-barred attitudes with them.
Some critics say Mr. Murdoch's London tabloids, The Sun and The News of the World, and rivals here that compete for the same scoop-hungry readership of millions, have set a grim and degrading standard of journalism that will not be missed.
Interestingly, some media analysts from both the left and right urge caution as England reviews its journalism culture and regulations.
They fear that overaggressive prosecutions on journalism practices will creep their way up the publishing hierarchy, affecting not just the tabloids behind the phone hacking and checkbook journalism (ie, paying sources for scoops) scandals, but also the aggressive — and legitimate — journalism practiced by more staid broadsheets.
New York Times, Phone-Hacking Charges Seen as Chill on British Journalism.
I am not guilty of these charges. I did not authorise, nor was I aware of, phone hacking under my editorship. I am distressed and angry that the [Crown Prosecution Service] have reached this decision when they knew all the facts and were in a position to stop the case at this stage. The charge concerning Milly Dowler is particularly upsetting not only as it is untrue but also because I have spent my journalistic career campaigning for victims of crime. I will vigorously defend these allegations.
Statement from Rebekah Brooks, former News International chief executive, reacting to news that British prosecutors believe they have enough evidence to charge her along with others with criminal conspiracy in the ongoing phone hacking scandal.
The Guardian, Phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson and six others face charges [live blog].
Background via the Guardian:
British prosecutors say they have the evidence to prove there was a criminal conspiracy at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World newspaper involving former senior executives, including Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks, to hack the phones of more than 600 people including the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
Announcing the charging of eight people over the phone-hacking scandal on Tuesday, prosecutors alleged the tabloid's targets ranged from a victim of the 7 July 2005 terrorist attacks to celebrities and senior Labour politicians.
Coulson left the editorship of the News of the World in 2007 after a journalist and private investigator were convicted of phone hacking, and would go on to be appointed as director of communications for the Conservative party. After the 2010 election Coulson worked in Downing Street for David Cameron, who said he deserved a "second chance", as one of the prime minister's most senior advisers, before Coulson resigned as renewed controversy over phone hacking grew.
Prosecutors say other victims of hacking include former senior Labour cabinet ministers such as the former deputy prime minister John Prescott, two former home secretaries, David Blunkett and Charles Clarke, and the former culture secretary Tessa Jowell.
Via the New York Times:
In a damning report after months of investigation into the hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's newspapers, a British parliamentary panel concluded on Tuesday that Mr. Murdoch was "not a fit person" to run a huge international company.
The startling conclusion about the world's most influential media tycoon went much further in criticizing Mr. Murdoch than had been expected from Parliament's select committee on culture, media and sport, which has conducted several inquiries into press standards, the most recent starting last year.
Via the BBC:
After initially claiming that malpractice was limited to one "rogue" reporter at the News of the World, News International has now settled dozens of civil cases admitting liability for hacking between 2001 and 2006.
More than 6,000 possible victims have been identified and the police have so far made a number of arrests in connection with an investigation reopened in January 2011 - although no charges have yet been brought.
Via the Guardian:
Rupert Murdoch, the document said, "did not take steps to become fully informed about phone hacking" and "turned a blind eye and exhibited wilful blindness to what was going on in his companies and publications".
The committee concluded that the culture of the company's newspapers "permeated from the top" and "speaks volumes about the lack of effective corporate governance at News Corporation and News International".
That prompted the MPs' report to say: "We conclude, therefore, that Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of major international company."
Via Journalism.co.uk:
The "current crisis" engulfing UK newspaper journalism has inspired a new fast-turnaround theatre production that will launch in Glasgow at the end of April.
The National Theatre of Scotland and the London Review of Books have teamed up to produce Enquirer, which will be performed in an empty floor of an office block in Glasgow's digital media quarter at Pacific Quay, before moving to London later in the year.
It is based on more than 50 interviews with people working in the newspaper industry - from reporters to printers and newsagents - conducted by journalists Paul Flynn, Deborah Orr and Ruth Wishart.
The transcripts from the interviews will be edited into a script, and the project will be updated throughout the rehearsal and performance period to reflect the current state of events in the phone hacking story and the Leveson inquiry.
Maybe "scheme" rings better in the English ear but it sounds a bit "off" (read: scamish) to my American one.
Anyhoo, via the New York Times:
News International announced Friday that it had set up what it called a "speedy, cost-effective alternative to litigation" that would allow phone hacking victims to apply for swift out-of-court settlements through a company Web site. The purpose of the program, called the Voicemail Interception Compensation Scheme, is to "process good claims quickly to an award of compensation, not to get bogged down in complex legal arguments and speculative requests for disclosure of documents," the company says on the site.
People claiming to be victims and wanting compensation are asked to fill out and submit electronic forms detailing their claims.
News International has already set aside more than $30 million to pay phone hacking victims; this move is intended to contain its legal costs as it deals with an increasing number of claims.
The above is buried near the end of an article published Friday about the arrest of a journalist at the Murdoch-owned Sun for making illegal payments to police officers.
The journalist, Jamie Pyatt, won the 2006 Scoop of the Year prize at the British Press Awards for his reporting on Prince Harry dressing as a Nazi at a costume party.
The decision is perverse in that the actions leading to this criminal charge were carried out with the full knowledge and support of [redacted].
Payment for Glen Mulcaire's services was arranged by [redacted].
British Parliament most likely will recall James Murdoch to further testify about the phone hacking scandal that's roiled News Corp/News International.
A primary reason for doing so is this 2007 letter from Clive Goodman, the former royal correspondent for News of the World, to News International questioning his termination.
Goodman was arrested in 2006 and, along with the private investigator Glen Mulcaire, was later convicted for intercepting mobile phone messages.
At the time News International said Goodman was a lone rogue, and that phone hacking was not a common practice.
The letter is available via the Guardian which writes in a note alongside the redaction:
Goodman identifies staff at the News of the World who he says knew about and encouraged phone-hacking. Their names have been redacted because Operation Weeting, Scotland Yard's investigation into the practice, is ongoing.
Via Columbia Journalism Review:
Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal, unsurprisingly, hasn't done a whole lot of digging on the News Corp. hacking scandal. Or perhaps it has dug, but it's been so far behind on the story that it hasn't been able to advance it.
But today it has a scoop on the hacking scandal—one that implicates a non-News Corp. paper, suggests in the lede that bribing cops may not have been unusual, and raises questions about a man who will help determine the professional and, possibly, the legal fate of James Murdoch, Son of Rupert.
What's the scoop that "suggests that the practice may not have been unusual," as the WSJ writes in its lede? That twelve years ago, a Sunday Mirror reporter testified in a libel case that he paid a cop £50 (about $82 at current exchange rates) for a story tip.
To put that in context, which the Journal utterly fails to do, recall that Murdoch's News of the World paid a minimum £100,000 ($163,000) in bribes to police officials, according to The Guardian. That, of course, and perhaps 4,000 cases of phone hacking—crimes, folks—plus the payment of hush-money settlements and other cover-ups involving figures at the highest levels of News Corp., the Journal's owner.
The AP has a nice story about many other standard, shameful practices at News of the World. It's a blood-in-the-water kind of moment for the mainstream press. But the mainstream press should not throw stones. This kind of stuff happens everywhere, including at the AP. I know. I used to work there.
Via the Guardian:
Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbiz reporter who was the first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead, the Guardian has learned.
Hoare, who worked on the Sun and the News of the World with Coulson before being dismissed for drink and drugs problems, is said to have been found dead at his Watford home.
Hertfordshire police would not confirm his identity, but the force said in a statement: "At 10.40am today [Monday 18 July] police were called to Langley Road, Watford, following the concerns for welfare of a man who lives at an address on the street. Upon police and ambulance arrival at a property, the body of a man was found. The man was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after.
"The death is currently being treated as unexplained, but not thought to be suspicious. Police investigations into this incident are ongoing."
We are sorry.
The News of the World was in the business of holding others to account. It failed when it came to itself.
We are sorry for the serious wrongdoing that occurred.
We are deeply sorry for the hurt suffered by the individuals affected.
We regret not acting faster to sort things out.
I realise that simply apologising is not enough.
Our business was founded on the idea that a free and open press should be a positive force in society. We need to live up to this.
In the coming days, as we take further concrete steps to resolve these issues and make amends for the damage they have caused, you will hear more from us.
Rupert Murdoch
There are plenty of examples of reporters going to extreme lengths to satisfy exacting news desks without quite veering into obvious criminality. There was the tabloid freelancer who hid in a church organ for several days, defecating in a plastic bag, to get pictures of Madonna's baby's christening; there was the time Rebekah Brooks, then a lowly reporter, disguised herself as a cleaner to infiltrate the newsroom of a sister publication and nab a copy of their scoop.
But the great tapestry of tabloid infamy has always been viewed as an entertaining appendage to public life, mischievous rather than malicious. The UK press looks across the Atlantic and—with, to my British sensibility, some justification—views a moribund print culture that spends more time pontificating about morals than getting stories and making them interesting to readers. As the former Times editor and Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins once put it, "I was trained as a reptile lurking in the gutter whose sole job was 'to get the bloody story.'" Not for nothing does the trophy for the country's most prestigious investigative journalism award, the Bevins Prize, show a determined rat nosing up a drainpipe.
In the May/June issue of the Columbia Journalism Review, Archie Bland wrote about the News of the World phone-hacking scandal and why there was relative silence in the English media about it over the past few years.
In doing so, he explores the country's cutthroat media culture and suggests that most ignored the issue because most were most likely doing the same.
Archie Bland, Columbia Journalism Review. Anybody There? Why the UK's phone-hacking scandal met media silence.
Via the Guardian:
Police are investigating evidence that a News International executive may have deleted millions of emails from an internal archive, in an apparent attempt to obstruct Scotland Yard's inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal.
The archive is believed to have reached back to January 2005 revealing daily contact between News of the World editors, reporters and outsiders, including private investigators. The messages are potentially highly valuable both for the police and for the numerous public figures who are suing News International.
According to legal sources close to the police inquiry, a senior executive is believed to have deleted 'massive quantities' of the archive on two separate occasions, leaving only a small fraction to be disclosed. One of the alleged deletions is said to have been made at the end of January this year, just as Scotland Yard was launching Operation Weeting, its new inquiry into the affair.
The allegation directly contradicts repeated claims from News International that it is co-operating fully with police in order to expose its history of illegal news-gathering. It is likely to be seen as evidence that the company could not pass a 'fit and proper person' test for its proposed purchase of BSkyB.
Takeaway: Things can always get worse.
No, I'm not, frankly. It doesn't do the newspaper industry any good; it doesn't do the credibility of journalism any good.
New York Daily News publisher MORT ZUCKERMAN, when asked on CNBC if he's reacting to competitor Rupert Murdoch shutting down the News Of The World.
From a business POV, Zuckerman added that the newspaper industry in the U.S. was "challenged" in terms of profitability, and added that the term "newspaper business" was an "oxymoron."
James Murdoch, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, News Corporation, and Chairman, News International in an announcement to staff today.
Via Adweek:
You do not need to be told that The News of the World is 168 years old. That it is read by more people than any other English language newspaper. That it has enjoyed support from Britain's largest advertisers. And that it has a proud history of fighting crime, exposing wrong-doing and regularly setting the news agenda for the nation…
The good things the News of the World does, however, have been sullied by behaviour that was wrong. Indeed, if recent allegations are true, it was inhuman and has no place in our Company.
The News of the World is in the business of holding others to account. But it failed when it came to itself…
Having consulted senior colleagues, I have decided that we must take further decisive action with respect to the paper.This Sunday will be the last issue of the News of the World.


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March 31, 2010: Document Freedom Day
International free software organizations have declared the last Wednesday in March to be Document Freedom Day (DFD). Activities and information events will take place all over the world, including Canada, United Kingdom and the United States.
"Will you be able to read your documents 20 years from now?" ask the organizers in their rally cry for DFD 2010. Their claim is that only open standards like the Open Document Format offers a guarantee. Everyone can use these formats without restrictions or implement them in software.
The Document Freedom Day on March 31, intends to draw attention to the important role played by free formats in the exchange and saving of information. The organizers, Free Software Foundation Europe, ANSOL and Fundacion Via Libre offer many suggestions for support activities, from web banners, blog entries, letter/postcard campaigns to public information events. Help can be found on the DFD action page.
The DFD blog has information to planned events. The Document Freedom Wiki reports of more activists.
Issue 166/2014
Tag Cloud
Password Management Services Vulnerable to Attack
Should you trust an online service to store your online passwords?
New Raspberry Pi Adds Two USB Ports
New B+ board lets you build cool things without the complication of a powered USB hub.
Microsoft Grabs No-IP.com Domains
Redmond rushes in to root out alleged malware haven.
Firefox Steps into 3D
New initiative will bring futuristic virtual reality effects to the web surfing experience.
New Trojan Targets Online Banking
Dyreza malware launches a man-in-the-middle attack that compromises SSL.
HP Rolls Out Massive Cloud Network
New cloud combines worldwide access with local attention to data security.
New Attack Targets Wireless Logins
A first cousin of the recent Heartbleed attack affects EAP-based wireless and peer-to-peer authentication.
Geeks Petition for Free Lenovo BIOS
FOSS community acts to protect freedom of choice for laptop devices.
Firefox Says Yes to DRM
Quintessential open source browser shores up its market share with a step toward the proprietary dark side.
Webcam Hijackers Busted
Authorities in 16 countries take action against users of the imfamous BlackShades malware tool.