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Three defendants in the murder of Monte Sereno businessman Raveesh "Ravi" Kumra delayed entering pleas Friday afternoon and will return to court at 2 p.m. Feb. 4.
Wearing red Santa Clara County Department of Correction jail uniforms and shackled at the hands and feet, they appeared briefly before Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Jerome Nadler in Department 23 of the San Jose Hall of Justice to waive their time for their preliminary hearing.
The men—Javier Garcia, 21, of Oakland; Deangelo Joseph Austin, 21, of Sacramento, and Lukis Delorean Anderson, 26—are each charged with six felony counts of murder, assault, criminal threats, false imprisonment, robbery and residential burglary in the murder-robbery of Kumra, who was killed Nov. 30 in his Monte Sereno mansion on Withey Road.
Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Anne Seery appeared on behalf of prosecutor Kevin Smith, who's trying the case. She said the DA's Office is hoping to try all men together with one jury for judicial economy's sake. "It would have to be a strategic decision to separate them, but ... they should be tried together," Seery said.
Attorney Melissa Adams, who's representing Austin, asked Judge Nadler to waive her client's appearance, but the magistrate denied the request. Attorney Chris Givens, with the Santa Clara County Alternate Defender Office, is representing Garcia and Santa Clara County Public Defender Kelley Kulick is representing Anderson. The latter two lawyers declined comment. Adams referred all calls about Austin to attorney Timothy B. Rien.
Documents related to the investigation in the high-interest case are sealed, Seery explained, adding that the investigation into the murder and assault of Kumra's wife, Hariner Kumra, is still ongoing and the matter is considered serious. "You need to keep the documents sealed to make sure the investigation is not disturbed," she added.
Seery said it's most likely the men will enter pleas on Feb. 4. after more discovery is conducted in the case. About the connection between the three men and a fourth suspect, 22-year-old Raven Chanel Dixon, the prosecutor declined to offer any information saying the case is still ongoing.
Dixon has been charged with felony conspiracy to commit murder with a gang enhancement, narcotics possession, misdemeanor prostitution and public intoxication.
Kumra, 66, the former owner of The Mountain Winery in Saratoga, was found dead inside his residence in the 18000 block of Withey Road near Beck Avenue early Nov. 30 at about 1:30 a.m. His wife contacted the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department to report that a burglary had taken place and their home had been invaded with her being attacked.
The three men are being held without bail at the Santa Clara County Jail. Dixon bail has been set at $1 million.
Adams suggested her client be greeted by Judge Nadler in the doorway of courtroom's inmate entrance saying she didn't want her client's face video-taped or photographed by the media. After the judge denied her request, he stood close to the doorway with Adams directly next to him obstructing his view to about seven television cameras in the room.
The suspects had rights to a preliminary examination within 60 days of their appearance and were asked if they understood what that meant. When they answered in the affirmative, they gave up that right.


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If Sonnanstine is in the top 6 pitchers the Rays have available to them they are in deeper trouble than anyone thinks….
Edwin(we don't need you) Jackson were are you???? Oh, I forgot just another win for Detroit yesterday…and fans get upset with dumping Kazmir…
Rays are out of it. Why not let Davis see what he can do? It can't hurt anything.

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The Colby Nordic ski team will be competing and practicing at the new Quarry Road Recreation Area in Waterville for the 2013 season and beyond.
The Mules will be hosting the Colby Carnival on January 26-27. The venue is within walking distance of Colby and is now set-up for four-season use for skiing, running, hiking, and mountain biking.
"It's one of the best, if not the best, competition venues in New England," Colby head coach Tracey Cote said. "This venue is incredible for my team and for the College."
All the trails at Quarry Road are now in, including the competition loop where the Mules will host their Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) races. The venue also has snowmaking ability.
The Mules still plan to groom the Campbell Cross Country Trail on the Colby campus for use and the men and women also could practice at the Bond Brook facility in nearby Augusta. However, the Quarry Road venue is their primary training and racing facility.
For more on the Quarry Road Recreation Area: http://www.waterville-me.gov/
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We last heard from Grammy nominee Al Jourgensen's industrial sleaze-rock combo Revolting Cocks (also known by the more headline-friendly title RevCo) on the recently-released soundtrack to Wicked Lake (check out the review), which included a new track from their upcoming album Sex-O Olympic-O. Today Uncle Al and the gang formally announced that album's February 29 release via Al's own label, 13th Planet Records.
Since the industrial-metal pioneer more or less retired as a touring performer (his flagship act Ministry is now officially disbanded), Al's also stepped down as RevCo frontman, with most of the main vocals on this project supplied by Josh Bradford… though Al has suggested he may step in from time to time during the promotional tour.
The follow-up to 2006's Cocked and Loaded will contain 11 tracks with titles like "I'm Not Gay," "Lewd Ferrigno" and "HookerBot3000" (which we heard previously in Wicked Lake).
More details coming soon at RevCo's official MySpace.


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the problems of predatory lending industry a few weeks ago and now, problems
are coming to light with the student loan industry. In one of the more
egregious examples, Student Loan Express, a student loan company that is a
unit of CIT Group, Inc, is alleged to
have paid
more than $21,000 for Johns Hopkins University's director of student
financial services to attend graduate school. Coincidentally (or not),
Student Loan Express happens to be on the preferred lender list at Johns


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The authors are down 2-0 in this series between the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins.
Washington coach Bruce Boudreau isn't much of a book reader, having admitted to pretty much limiting his literary tastes to pro wrestling books.
But Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma is a literary machine — a writing team with his father Jay, having authored four books, geared toward young adults and sports parents — two about hockey and two novels, one about baseball and the second about basketball.
One book is called, "So You Want to Play in the NHL," which, according to www.danbylsma.com, "whether you play hockey just for fun, or if you aspire toplay at higher levels, I think you will find this book helpful. It doesn't have any hints about improving your slapshot or increasing your speed. But it will improve yourunderstanding of your participation in youth sports in general and hockey in particular. I think it will inspire you to be a better player and a better person. It won't help you play the game better, it will help you live the game better."
Here is an excerpt from a chapter:
"What are some of the things every coach likes? You can put hard work on the top of your list. And the list will also contain things like these:
· hard work when you practice.
· hard work when you play.
· being courteous, that is: being on time, telling him in advance if you cannot be at a game or practice, listening when he speaks.
· being respectful of him, the officials, your teammates, and equipment, both yours and theirs.
· being coachable by doing what he asks you, following his game plan, taking suggestions as to how you can improve.
· being in control by not taking retaliating penalties, coming off the ice promptly when a line change is made on the fly, watching your temper and your language.
· being helpful by cleaning up your share of the tape balls after practice and taking your turn at being water boy or picking up the pucks after practice.
• being selfless by passing the puck to a teammate on a 2-on-0 with an open net, welcoming new players to the team, correcting the score sheet if you are credited with an assist that belongs to someone else.
· being ready to play by having all your equipment, being sure your skates sharpened, and having enough tape."
Yes, it is important to have enough tape — to cover Sidney Crosby's mouth.
The other hockey book by Bylsma and his father is for parents, and it is called, "So Your Son Wants To Play In The NHL," which, according to the web site, "offers practical advice to parents who are faced with the complex challenges of raising children in sports. How much should they practice? What level of competition is appropriate? How hard do you push? What can you do to avoid burnout? Why stress education?"
It is important to stress education to know when to shut up — a lesson Crosby might benefit from.
Another book is a basketball novel called, "Slam Dunks Not Allowed!", about a former high school basketball player named Woody Nelson who rode the bench as a player but becomes a World War II fighter pilot.
"'Slam Dunks Not Allowed' portrays American life during the war and writes itself on the hearts and minds of its readers," the web site states.
The baseball novel is called, "Pitcher's Hand Is Out!," and it features a main character named Scooter, Satchel Paige, a refugee family from Hitler's Germany, and experience the strangest play in baseball history, according to Bylsma's web site.
Here's an excerpt from the book, where Scooter's grandfather is explaining to him the color line in baseball at the time the book takes place:
"Life isn't fair," the old man said with a sad note in his voice. "And life isn't gonna be fair. There are gonna to be times when someone thinks you're too young, other times when you'll be too old. Times when you wish you were a man, others when you wish you were a woman. And all the time, you have to play the cards He deals you. Being successful and happy isn't about getting a good hand, it's about playing the cards you're dealt the best you can.
"Take Satchel Paige, for example. Would he like to play in the Majors? I'm sure he would. But he's not sitting around pouting."
Sidney Crosby is no Satchel Paige.
I look forward to Bruce Boudreau's first book.
I will be on The Sports Reporters on ESPN 980 AM Washington on Wednesday, May 6, from 5 to 7 p.m.
To learn more about Thom Loverro, go to www.thomloverro.com.


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The 50 Shades of Grey movie chatter has lately turned to which starlet could best embody Anastasia Steele, although it seems some of the hottest actresses have been none too willing to take on the role. Not so for their hunk-star counterparts the likes of Matt Bomer, Ian Somerhalder, Alexander Skarsgard and Henry Cavill who all seem ready and willing to embrace the challenge and channel all their provocative energy into the millionaire business tycoon character that is Christian Grey.
Emma Watson has skirted the Ana casting rumors; Selena Gomez has said no way no how; Elizabeth Olsen apparently has no desire to play the part; and Keira Knightley has lately declared absolutely not--with some choice language added for effect.
Talk about some serious Grey area when it comes to the girls!
But one surprising starlet has a bit more of an open mind when it comes to the film adaptation of E.L. James's erotic best-selling book. She's Lauren Watson. Lauren, who?! Yes, she's a relative unknown, especially compared to the other bold names on the Hollywood scene who have been bandied about in the 50 Shades of Grey talk. But she has enthusiasm in spades.
"Yes, I have read the books! I got them and read them all within the week! I was hooked," Watson admitted of her 50 Shades obsession, as Books & Review reports. "It is definitely a role I would consider," she also gushed, when asked about having a Steele moment.
She even has her Grey co-star all picked out. "I'm a big fan of Chace Crawford. He could play anyone and it would work for me! I really like Matt Bomer's look and Jessie Pavelka is another top candidate for me when I think of Christian's physical image." It's hard to argue with her hot and handsome list of guys, but Crawford and Pavelka may both be long shots. Grey needs a bit of hard edge with his hotness, and like another fan fave--Ryan Reynolds--the Gossip Girl boy may not have enough of it. As for fitness buff Pavelka, he may not have enough acting experience and silver-screen time to make it past the casting couch.
As for Watson's own prospects for this big screen endeavor that's sure to be a blockbuster, they seem iffy at best. But it's possible James and the filmmakers could be intrigued by a newbie. It would certainly prevent a comparison trap that could plague a more notable actress like, say, Kristen Stewart who is so well known for her Bella Swan character in The Twilight Saga. And, as Books & Review points out, Watson does have the Ana "look;" she has those big, striking blue eyes and brunette locks, similar to Alexis Bledel, another possible prospect for the role.


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2004: A 2004 NFCA 2nd Team and Easton 1st Team All-American...the first FSU pitcher since Toni Gutierrez in 1992 to put together back-to-back sub 1.00 ERA seasons...selected as a member of the 2004 NFCA All-Southeastern Region team...named 2004 ACC Tournament MVP...completed 2004 with a 33-4 record and an average ERA of 0.63...had a 21-game winning streak during the season that ended in a loss against LSU at the WCWS...was third in the nation in ERA and fifth in the nation in wins...half of the No. 1 pitching staff in the NCAA...became just the sixth 30 game winner in FSU history this season...recorded wins against (ranking at time of the game) No. 15 Texas, No. 20 South Carolina, No. 23 Arizona State and (current rankings) No. 20 Notre Dame, No. 23 Georgia Tech (three times) and No. 21 Florida...issued three or less walks in 33 of her 37 starts...went a perfect 6-0 with a 0.00 ERA in ACC games. In conference play she has five complete game shutouts, 39 strikeouts and just four walks while not allowing a single run...first in the ACC in wins, second in ERA, second in innings pitched, second in starts, third in shutouts, third in complete games, third in opponent batting average and fifth in strikeouts...Hunter allowed just eight earned runs in her last 170.1 innings...she has had streaks of 51innings and 86 innings without allowing an earned run this year. In her first 10 appearances of 2004, Hunter didn't allow an earned run in just for of those games. since then she appeared in 31 games and did not allow an earned run in 25 of those appearances...the senior has never given up a triple in her career and that spans over 1800 at bats...she recorded four no-hitters in 2004, and five total in her career.
2004 WCWS Highlights: Started in Florida State's final WCWS game against LSU...pitched five innings and watched her 21-game win streak come to an end in a 2-1 FSU loss...stuck out two batters.
2004 NCAA Regionals Highlights: Earned a 4-0 complete-game victory over Long Island in FSU's first game of the regional...struck out six batters in recording her fourth no-hitter and 14th shutout of the season...now has five career no-hitters to her credit...started and pitched three innings in FSU's 5-4, 12-inning come-from-behind win over Oregon.
2004 ACC Tournament Highlights: The Most Valuable Player of the ACC Tournament...won two games - both against No. 23 Georgia Tech - in leading the Seminoles to the ACC Championship...allowed only one earned run in 14 innings pitched...struck out 17 batters in 14 innings (1.2 strikeouts per inning)...recorded three 1-2-3 innings in game one against Georgia Tech and three against Georgia Tech in the championship game...carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning of the championship game and set down 12 batters in a row at one point during the game...allowed only six hits against 54 batters faced in her two appearances...held opponents to a .111 batting average in her two appearances...had an 8.5:1 strikeout to walk ratio with 17 strikeouts and only two walks.
2004 Game Highlights: She began the season in a way that would be familiar throughout the year, with a win. In the season opener, she pitched a five-inning victory over Illinois State (2/7) with six strikeouts...pitched six strong innings allowing only two hits and no earned runs in a win against Florida A&M (2/8) at the Seminole Classic. In her second start at the Seminole Classic she struck out nine in a victory at Mercer (2/11)...hurled her first no-hitter of the season while striking out 11 batters vs. Southern Miss. (2/15)...continued her winning ways with a six-inning, one hit, seven strike out performance against Georgia Southern (2/17)...sat down six batters on strikes in seven innings at Jacksonville (2/20)...began the NFCA Leadoff Classic in impressive fashion vs. Texas (2/27). She struck out a season-high 13 batters in the eight-inning win over the Longhorns. In her second start at the Classic she earned a no-decision after 4.1 innings against Oklahoma (2/28) with six strikeouts. Made a relief appearance vs. South Carolina (2/29) dominating three innings with no-hit softball along with seven strikeouts to earn her eighth-straight victory. Earned her first loss of the year in the final NFCA Leadoff Classic game vs. LSU (2/29) despite striking out 11 in seven innings...avenged her loss with an impressive no-hitter vs. Rhode Island (3/5) in five innings with nine strike outs at the Seminole Challenge. The victory would embark her on a career-high 20-game win streak. She later pitched the Seminoles to a victory vs. St. John's (3/6) to round out her performance at the Challenge...pitched a seven-inning win over UConn (3/9)...worked overtime to earn a 10-inning victory against Notre Dame (3/11)...turned in a stellar performance at the Florida State Invitational. She pitched 19 innings in three starts allowing only three hits and striking out 25 batters. She began the Invitational with wins over Robert Morris (3/12) and St. Joe's (3/13). In her second start of the day vs. St. Joe's, she pitched her first career perfect game striking out nine in five innings...pitched six innings in a win vs. Troy State (3/16)...she entered the prestigious KIA Classic with 16 wins and left with 19. Her first victory was a seven-inning, seven strikeout, two-hit shutout vs. Arizona (3/18). Next was a nine-strikeout performance against UNLV (3/19). She rounded out the Classic with a four-hit shutout with eight strikeouts vs. Cal State Fullerton (3/20)...struck out eight in seven innings against Florida International (3/25)...shutout Florida A&M (3/30) in a four-inning complete game...had a strong performance in a double header vs. Georgia Tech (4/3). She started the first game, pitching a shutout and then made a three-inning relief appearance in the second game allowing no hits to earn the win...started vs. Florida (3/7) pitching seven shutout innings and striking out 11 for the victory...pitched one inning in a start at UCF (4/10) for a no decision and started the second game to earn a win after four innings of work...turned in seven shutout innings accompanied by nine strike outs in the first game at Virginia (3/17)...worked seven innings to earn her second-straight shutout as she struck out 10 batters in game one at Maryland (4/18)...earned her career-high 28th win in a seven-inning shutout over North Carolina (4/24)...pitched a one-hitter while striking seven batters and issuing no walks as she beat NC State (5/1) and improved to 6-0 in ACC play...versus No. 14 Auburn (5/3) Hunter was a hard-luck loser as she pitched 7.2 innings and didn't allow an earned run as she fanned nine batters and walked none in an eight inning, 1-0 loss in international tiebreaker...after getting tagged with a loss to No. 6 Michigan (5/8) despite once again not allowing an earned run, Hunter finished the regular season by setting a new career high with her 13th shutout in a 2-0 win over Eastern Michigan (5/10). She struck out 10 batters and once again did not issue a single free pass.
2003: Named All-ACC and second-team NFCA All-Region in her first season as a starter ... sophomore hurler had one of the most dominant seasons in the nation inside the circle ...ace of an FSU pitching staff, which had the nation 's fourth-best ERA (0.86)...the Millstadt, Ill. native finished fifth in the nation in ERA (0.67)and 14th in the nation for wins (27)...one of just three sophomores in FSU history to lead the team in wins, ERA, strikeouts, shutouts and appearances ...had the best season by a sophomore pitcher at Florida State since Julie Larsen in 1986 ...just the third Seminole in the last 10 years to finish the season with an ERA below 1.00 ...won 15 straight decisions and had a streak of 28 scoreless innings during FSU 's 27-game winning streak ...allowed more than two earned runs just once in 38 appearances and didn't 't allow a single earned run in 24 of those outings ...allowed three hits or less in 18 of her 31 starts and threw thee one-hitters and a no-hitter ...registered seven or more strikeouts in 15 of her 31 starts and had six double-digit K games last season ...set a career high for Ks (15) against Pacific who was ranked 20th in the nation at the time ...didn't 't walk a single batter in four of her starts ...led FSU in ERA, wins, starts, appearances, complete games, shutouts, innings pitched and fewest earned runs ...named ACC Player of the Week February 24th after throwing her first career no-hitter (Florida A&M ),winning her first ever start versus a Top 25 team (No. 20 Pacific )and striking out 15 batters in a game (Pacific )for the first time in her career. ACC REGULAR SEASON: Led the conference in ERA, shutouts and wins in both overall and ACC games ...had the most wins and lowest ERA of any FSU pitcher in team history in ACC games ...in the top three of every overall pitching category amongst ACC players ...allowed just two earned runs in ACC play ...second in the ACC in opponent batting average and complete games ...had a 4 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio in ACC games ... completed a perfect ACC season (5-0)with a 0.24 ERA. GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Started 2003 by throwing a complete game against Georgia Southern and striking out a career high 13 in picking up her first victory of the season ...pitched her first shutout of the season in an 8-0 victory over Auburn allowing only two hits over six innings ...picked up her second victory in the same night against the Tigers as she pitched two innings in relief, striking out four batters ...allowed just two earned runs in 14 innings of work versus Oregon and SE Louisiana ...at the Sunshine State Tournament and against FAMU , Hunter pitched 21 innings, posted a record of 3-0,didn 't allow a single earned run, struck out 28 batters, walked just four, held opponents to a .116 average and threw the first no-hitter of her career ...struck out 11 and threw the first no-hitter of her career versus FAMU ...at the 2003 NFCA Leadoff Classic, the reigning ACC Player if the Week recorded her first top 25 win and set a career high with 15 K 's in a game. Her ERA for the tournament was just 0.89 and opponents hit just .064 against her ...started the tournament off with the most dominant performance of her career against the best team she has ever started against. Hunter allowed then-No.18 Pacific just two hits and struck out 15 batters en route to a 8-1 win ...turned around and one-hit then-No.25 UMass ...shut out Rutgers by allowing three hits and one walk on top of striking out 13 ...was the hard luck loser versus Penn State as her defense let her down. She pitched 10.1 innings and didn't 't give up an earned run ...named to the 2003 Seminole Invitational All-Tournament team ...started Kia Klassic play with a dominating performance against Long Beach State .The sophomore struck out eight batters and issued just two walks as she recorded her sixth shutout of the season ...in a 5-1 win over Princeton at the Buzz Classic she retired 15 straight batters at one point...then took the hill against Middle Tennessee and picked up her seventh shutout and 16th complete game of the year ...won three games in a week as she recoded both decisions against Maryland and another win over FAMU ...against UNC , Hunter out dueled Tar Heel ace Crystal Cox as she shut out UNC for the first time all season in Chapel Hill. She struck out seven more batters and limited the potent UNC offense to just five hits. Also held the Heels without a homer in their own park for the first time in 2003 ...upped her consecutive win streak to 10 games including her ninth shutout of the season in a win versus UCF in which she allowed just one run and had a no-hitter through eight innings ...was dominant against Furman as she didn't 't allow a run or issue a walk in the seven-inning win ...won her 11th and 12th in a row as she posted a 2-0 record and a 0.00 ERA against No.22 Florida and a hard- hitting Virginia team ...pitched back-to-back shutouts in two big time games including her first- ever start in the park of an opposing Top 25 team. Add to that it was the Gators in Gainesville. Walked just two batters, struck out nine and went the whole way allowing just four hits in the 5-0 win ...dominated again in her next start against a UVA team hitting almost .300.She didn't 't walk a single batter and picked up three Ks in the seven-inning,5-0 shutout win ...completed a perfect ACC season as she limited Georgia Tech to just two hits in a 4-0 shutout ...earned two wins in the 2003 ACC Tournament including the championship-clinching victory over Virginia in the title game ...first Seminole pitcher to earn multiple wins in the ACC Tournament since Leslie Malerich won two games against Maryland in 2001 ...appeared in all three games during the tournament with two starts (both wins against Virginia )and one relief appearance (in the Seminoles ' victory over Georgia Tech )...allowed only one earned run in 10 innings pitched with the only earned run allowed coming in the fifth inning of the Seminoles ' first game of the tournament ...faced 45 batters during the ACC Tournament and allowed only six (13.3 percent)to get to third base and only three to score (6.7 percent).
2002: Went a perfect 4-0 in her freshman campaign as she learned from two of FSU's all-time greats (Leslie Malerich & Jessica van der Linden)...will be counted on to make a major contribution this season due to the departure of all-time FSU wins leader Leslie Malerich...led all FSU pitchers by holding right handed hitters to a .176 batting average...also tops on the team in opponent batting average with runners on base (.183)...averaged an amazing 8.59 strikeouts per game, which led all pitchers...didn't give up a triple or a home run in 36.2 innings last year...made her first collegiate start against Syracuse in the Seminole Classic where she pitched a complete game allowing only three runs while striking out six batters for her first collegiate victory...against St. John's, Hunter pitched 3.2 innings striking out three in picking up her second win of the year...in a relief appearance against Dayton at the Troy Cox Classic, she pitched two innings, striking out six of the seven batters that she faced...collected her first collegiate save against Pittsburgh going three solid innings, allowing only one hit and striking out three Panther batters...at the Kia Klassic, Hunter pitched four innings in relief versus Rutgers to collect her third victory of the year...she allowed only one run on four hits, while striking out five...versus cross-town rival FAMU, she amassed her second save in three strong innings of no-hit ball...she went on to strike out four Rattlerettes...her best relief performance of the season came in a 7-1 defeat to Florida...she shut down the Gators, striking out seven batters, giving up no runs on only one hit in five innings of relief for the Seminoles...had a great performance in the 2002 NCAA Tallahassee Regional versus Georgia Tech...pitched two innings in relief of Jessica van der Linden and Leslie Malerich...allowed zero runs and only two hits in two complete innings pitched while striking out two and walking two...faced 10 batters...struck out the first batter she faced and allowed only two singles...allowed only one runner to reach third base.
High school: Considered one of Illinois' top high school pitchers...named the Bellville News-Democrat Class AA Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year by the Journal Newspaper of Southern Illinois...as a junior for the Bellville West Maroons, Hunter posted a 15-2 record with a 0.35 ERA...in 120 innings of work, she struck out 225 batters and issued only 31 walks...a three-sport star, Hunter was also a middle blocker for the school's 28-1 volleyball team and she also played basketball during her junior and senior years
Personal: Member 2002-2003 ACC Honor Roll ...Follows in the footsteps of Seminole great and former high school rival Natalie Bennett who played her high school softball at Bellville East ...majoring in communication disorders ...born July 30,1983.


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Alnoor Ebrahim is an Associate Professor in the General Management Unit, and in the Social Enterprise Initiative, at the Harvard Business School. His research and teaching focus on the challenges of performance management, accountability, and governance facing social sector organizations. He is also affiliated with the Hauser Institute for Civil Society at the Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University.
Professor Ebrahim is author of the award-winning book, NGOs and Organizational Change: Discourse, Reporting, and Learning (Cambridge University Press, 2003 and 2005), and is co-editor, with Edward Weisband, of Global Accountabilities: Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2007), which compares accountability dilemmas in nonprofits, business, and government. He has been the recipient of awards for best article in the journals Nonprofit Management and Leadership, and the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.
He teaches the MBA required course, "FIELD 3" and an elective course "Managing Social Enterprise." He has previously taught "Leadership and Organizational Behavior" (LEAD), and "Leading and Governing High-Performing Nonprofit Organizations." In the HBS executive education portfolio, Professor Ebrahim servers as faculty chair of "Governing for Nonprofit Excellence" and co-chair of "Performance Measurement of Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations" while also teaching in "Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management."
Through his research and case writing, Ebrahim examines the challenges of performance measurement and accountability facing social sector organizations, impact investors, and their boards. He is currently involved in research with a range of social sector organizations, from new socioeconomic hybrids to well-established global NGOs and foundations. His professional work has included commissioned reports on civil society relations with the World Bank, on NGO accountability at the Inter-American Development Bank, as well as projects with a number of nongovernmental organizations over the past two decades, such as CIVICUS: The World Alliance for Citizen Participation, the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C., the Tata Energy Research Institute in New Delhi, and the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme in western India.
Prior to joining the faculty of the Harvard Business School, Alnoor Ebrahim was the Wyss Visiting Scholar at HBS, and a Visiting Associate Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also taught at Virginia Tech for several years, where he was a founding codirector of the Institute for Governance and Accountabilities. He holds a BSc degree from MIT (1991) in civil and environmental engineering, and a PhD from Stanford University (1999), where he studied environmental planning and management.
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News and notes on the restaurant scene from dining critic Carol Deptolla
Wauwatosa's Mobile Days today
It's don't-bother-packing-a-lunch-day in Wauwatosa today: It's the first of the city's Mobile Days, a gathering of more than a dozen food trucks and other businesses from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Milwaukee County Research Park.
The gathering will be in a Crowne Plaza parking lot on Innovation Drive, off Watertown Plank Road.
The number of food trucks and carts has grown exponentially since I first wrote about them in 2009. This gathering rounds up quite a few of them -- those expected for lunch today include Street-za Pizza, Satellite Crepes, Pita Brothers, TigerBite, Fast Foodie and Haute Taco's brand new Haute Wheels truck.
Mobile Days is sponsored by the Wauwatosa Chamber of Commerce and Crowne Plaza Milwaukee West.
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Disclaimer: My wife wanted me to tell you that I was not a loser in High School. In fact I was awesome, awesome I tell you...
When I was a teenager I was into Stephen King. I was a sad, lonely boy and I used to read his books between sessions of Dungeons and Dragons and being rejected by girls. In hindsight it seems pathetic. But what you don't know is that I was actually preparing for my inevitable confrontation with a parallel universe.
While other young men were enjoying the superfluities of life (dating, driving, not living with their mother), I was developing the psychological resilience needed to function in another world - a world similar to our own but profoundly different. After all these years, my journey to the hinterlands of space and time is finally complete. I give you, my intrepid readers, .
It opened last month, innocuously enough, where the old Circuit City used to be near Smith Haven Mall. There was little fanfare and I don't remember seeing even the standard "grand opening" signs posted on the sidewalk out front. It was just there one day; doors open for business, as if it has been there all along. I found myself drawn to the place, pulled there by some strange gravity, until I finally wandered in.
In one of Stephen King's novel, I believe it was a Dark tower book, the main characters travel into another book, The Stand. I know it is convoluted, but bear with me. The Stand is set on earth, but a version of reality slightly different than our own. For example, in the scene I remember, they are walking through a deserted supermarket parking lot. Most of the population has been wiped out by a plague and all the cars are simply abandoned. One of the characters, who is from our reality, starts to read the names of the cars. He notices that there are Toyotas and Fords, but also made up ones like Stewarts or Maharishi (I don't remember the exact names, but you get the gist). They looked like our cars, the lines were the same, the colors and shapes, but they were also horribly wrong and alien because they were so different and yet so mundane.
By this point you are probably saying, jeez he was a loser in high school. That's mean. It is also beside the point. You should be asking what does all this have to do with the new supermarket that opened in Smithtown? Well read on...
When we walked in, all the products looked like the stuff you would see in any normal store on Long Island. The isles were Spartan, they had a BJ's or Costco feel, but for the most part if looked like an ordinary supermarket. It had perfectly normal displays, things groups together in a logical way, even the colors and packaging was correct. But there was something very, very wrong.
My daughter was the first to notice it. She picked up the familiar yellow and blue jar of Hellmann's mayonnaise. Only it wasn't Hellmann's, it was Bermans. Berman's mayonnaise - right there on the label - the Hellmann's label. Even the font was the same. It took a moment to sink in. I looked at the Gatorade display - but it wasn't Gatorade. Same thing with the saltines, baked beans, chips, you name it. It was one of those moments where the world spins and all the air gets sucked out of the room. My mind simply couldn't comprehend what is happening, it had to reboot itself.
I must have lost consciousness for a few seconds, I don't know. The next thing I remember was feeling cold. I came to lying on the ground, my cheek pressed up against one of the meat refrigerators. I staggered to my feet and picked up a package of chop meat. It was very cheap, an excellent deal, but I didn't trust it. All I could hear was alarm bells in my head - MAD COW, MAD COW - over and over in the singsong rhythm of a claxon. My wife was online, buying something that looks disturbingly like cheerios. I rushed over to her just as she finished paying - by debit card or cash since they don't take credit cards. She was handling it better then I was.
They say women are more mentally tough than men, something to do with childbirth. I don't know if that is true, but she didn't even bat an eye when the cashier told her that they don't supply shopping bags. If you wanted them, you have to pay for them a la carte. I almost stabbed the cashier with one of the imitation slim jims by the register, as I was convinced she was some inter-dimensional monster (think Cthulhu), but my wife simply said thank you and calmly walked out of the store with the box under her arm.
It took a few minutes for me to calm down. It is jarring to fall into a wormhole. They say most people throw up the first time they travel between dimensions, I am happy to say that I managed to keep my lunch down. In reality I was bemused by the store. I had this smug superiority and I felt like I was better then shopping at Aldi's. Yes, part of me wanted to shop here, because it was really, really cheap. But I also felt that people like me don't shop at discount food stores. I knew that I wanted to write a blog entry on this. When we got home, while my wife cooked dinner, I went on Google and did some research.
I was shocked at what I found. Aldi's is a subsidiary of ALDI Einkauf GmbH, a German company that was founded by Karl and Theo Albrecht - the two richest men in German. They have since retired (one died), but Aldi's, which is divided into two operating regions Nord (North) and Sud (South), is one of the largest supermarket chains in the world. I was sure their products came from the most exploitive factory in China, but they are actually mostly European. Their business model is to keep costs low cost by eliminating extras, like bags and paying fees to credit card companies. They even make you put a quarter into a receptacle on the shopping cart to release it. Your money is then refunded if you return the cart to the kiosk outside the store. This eliminates the need to pay someone to collect the carts from the parking lot. The only place they don't take short cuts is with the quality of the food.
How do I know this, you ask. Well, I went into the store feeling like that condescendingly smug girl who sings "The People of Wal-Mart" song. I can't stand her, but I finally understood her. It was comical watching all the plebeians scurry about for their discount crusts of bread. I was more accustomed to eating organic, free-range cake. This self-aggrandizement lasted until I learned that ALDI Einkauf GmbH is also the parent company Trader Joes.
Yes, that Trader Joes - Mecca of suburban bourge-ness and edgy alternative to Whole Foods. The store staffed with college hipsters and stocked with tapenade and wild caught / flash frozen king salmon. According to the Internet, the food is sourced from the same vendors and shipped from the same warehouses. Aldi's uses a different private label name and packaging then the products destined for Trader Joes. The only material difference is that the priced are jacked up because the latter is "gourmet."
Two things occurred to me. First, I am shockingly easy to manipulate. I like to think of myself as this worldly, urbane, New Yorker. I am smarter then the average sheep and far to sophisticated to fall prey to some marketing campaign. I am proud of my on my counter culture rejection of popular opinion and dedication to intellectual non-conformity.
I have to be honest, it broke me down when I found out that is all crap. Some very smart people, smarter then me apparently, design a food store that caters to my specific self-image, and I didn't even know it. My own self-importance and Trader Joes's fancy labels and cute hippy cashiers blinded me. I also realized that if I shop at Aldi's I could save about 40 percent of my weekly food budget.
Between being manipulated and the chance to save money, I feel like I should apologize to Aldi's. I don't know how to perform an act of contrition to a supermarket, but it is a good start is to say that I am going to try to do my weekly food shopping there this weekend.
I call on you to abandon your illusions of supermarket privilege and join me on the barricades of brand liberation. Be the Marius to my Val Jean, and let the people sing the songs of hungry men - just sing them at 40 percent off at Aldi's. Viva La Revolution!
I hope you enjoyed this week's entry. Please check out my other blog at http://littlejimmysfood.blogspot.com. I am currently publishing a series on my favorite places on the East End of Long Island. Part two of my East End trip should be up shortly. Please let me know what you think about Aldi's and anything else that is on your mind. I look forward to hearing from you and responding to you comments.
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By Doug Hill
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NORMAN — Albert Steele is the original owner of a 1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S automobile. Not even 21 yet he was already a U.S. Air Force veteran and needed a new ride for his job with Rainbow Baking Company in Oklahoma City.
Also he was traveling to Dalhart, Texas every other weekend to visit his folks who'd moved there to operate the town's motion picture theater.
"I found my Barracuda at Gil Cables dealership on North May parked in an odd place with a bunch of Chrysler New Yorkers around it," Steele said. He traded in a 1966 Dodge Charger and drove away in his new Plymouth. Steele gives the car credit for contributing to his successful love life.
"I wouldn't have gone out on a blind date with a young woman named Virginia if I hadn't got that Barracuda," he said. Not long thereafter he proposed to her in front of a closed flower shop.
Virginia became Mrs. Steele in 1969 and remains so today. The car has been on and off transportation for them since that first date. It has over 390,000 miles on the odometer. Not a show car in its present condition, the Barracuda starts easily, runs well and the engine sounds full of powerful vigor.
There's a 2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8 in Steele's driveway but the venerable Barracuda has a special place behind their home. The family currently own 15 vehicles housed at three properties around the metro. Most are in running condition. The oldest is a 1950 model but those from the late 1960's with names like Satellite, Dart and Road Runner predominate.
One eye-catcher in this stable of rolling stock is a shocking pink 1969 Dodge Dart Swinger. "The official paint color is called Moulin Rouge," Steele said.
He has lost count of how many cars they've had over the years.
"I started working when I was 8 years old which is a no-no today," Steele said. "I was tall enough to be able to stand behind the popcorn machine at the theater." He was employed at the 77 drive-in movie on South Shields and the Sooner Twin at 29th and Sooner Road. Most people remember their first automobile and his was a 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air two-door hardtop.
"I intend to restore the Barracuda back to its original beauty," Shields said. This will entail body work, a new paint job and new interior. He also has some modern improvements in mind. "The handling department includes needing better brakes," he said. "That car was not noted for brakes when it was brand new, especially with that 340 V-8 engine in it."
Although he's a Chrysler-Dodge-Plymouth guy through and through, Steele admits that occasionally his knuckles have turned white on the steering wheel wondering if he was going to stop.
"The drum brakes was real, real bad on them cars," he said. "They build up too much heat. Chrysler should have gone with bigger brakes like on the Road Runner."
Although the Barracuda's engine has never been rebuilt, four timing chains and gear sets have been replaced. The car is on its third transmission and second rear end.
"Mostly I have just driven it on the highway," Steele said. "It's been out to the Las Vegas strip." The bumpers have been re-chromed and tail lamps replaced. A new Legendary Auto Interior is waiting to be installed. The car's handling characteristics and body lines are what appeal to Steele most.
"Mine has the close-ratio power steering and sway bar," he said. "There's a 150 mph speedometer and also a 'performance indicator' which is a fancy name for vacuum gauge."
Steele admitted to maxing out the speedometer on some of those seemingly endless stretches of panhandle straight-aways. Following Greyhound buses would make his mama carsick so he'd regularly run 95 mph to keep them from passing him.
"My Barracuda is pretty much like a time capsule," he said. "I haven't butchered up anything on it." He has a poly-graphite front end rebuild kit waiting to be installed. Ease of maintenance and repair allows him to do the work himself. "It's not that hard," Steele said.
"Nothing like these new cars with their computer control on everything."
Pulling the instrument cluster has been the biggest challenge to date. "My hands are big and some of those bolts inside are small," Steele said.
"When I come across other panels I buy them because some of those parts aren't being produced anymore." Steele retired from Kerr- McGee a few years ago. These days he doesn't drive the old Barracuda very often, sometimes months will go by without taking it out for a spin. But when he does it reminds him of being just a kid and that first blind date with Virginia.
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|Seahawks, Lumberjacks Collide Tonight
UNCW Vs. Stephen F. Austin
THE TIP-OFF: The UNCW men's basketball team wraps up its appearance in the Roundball Classic exempt event tonight when Stephen F. Austin visits Trask Coliseum for the first time. Coach Buzz Peterson's club snapped a two-game losing streak Tuesday with an easy 72-55 victory over NAIA member Campbellsville.
THE COACHES: UNCW's Buzz Peterson is in his 16th season with a 262-210 (.555) overall record and 37-63 (.370) mark in four seasons with the Seahawks. Stephen F. Austin's Brad Underwood is coaching his 8th season overall with a 136-86 (.613) record overall, including a 4-2 (.667) mark in his first season with the Lumberjacks.
THE PLAYERS: The probable starters for the Seahawks include Ben Eblen (6-1, 185, Gr., Guard), Addison Spruill (6-4, 225, Jr., Guard), Chris Dixon (6-0, 190, Sr., Guard), Shane Reybold (6-8, 238, Sr., Forward) and Cedrick Williams (6-9, 225, Jr., Forward). The probable starters for the Lumberjacks include Desmond Haymon (6-3, 190, Sr., Guard), Trey Pinkney (5-9, 160, Soph., Guard), Thomas Walkup (6-4, 195, Soph., Guard), Jacob Parker (6-6, 210, Jr., Forward) and Nikola Gajic (6-5, 200, Sr., Forward).
JUMP BALL: UNCW concludes a brief two-game homestand tonight when Stephen F. Austin of the Southland Conference visits Trask Coliseum for the initial pairing between the Seahawks and Lumberjacks. Coach Buzz Peterson's team stands .500 for the third time in the young season.
FAST BREAK: The Seahawks are playing their fourth and final game in the Roundball Classic, which guarantees UNCW four games - two home and two away - this season.
THE SERIES: UNCW and SFA are squaring off for the first time tonight and Buzz Peterson is facing Brad Underwood for the first time as well.
ABOUT THE BULLDOGS: Stephen F. Austin improved to 2-0 at home by breezing past Samford, 98-78, Tuesday night at WRJ Coliseum in Nacogdoches, Texas. The Lumberjacks shot a blistering 57.1 percent, went 22-of-27 at the free throw line and led by as many as 25 points in the second half. Four of SFA's starters reached double figures, topped by junior forward Jacob Parker's 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting.
TIP-INS: The Seahawks and Lumberjacks have had one common opponent this season - Marshall. UNCW dropped a 96-78 verdict to the Thundering Herd in Huntington, W.Va., while SFA knocked off MU in overtime, 80-73.
FACING THE SUN BELT: Stephen F. Austin is only the second opponent from the Southland Conference the Seahawks have faced. The Seahawks lost a second-round game of the 2008 South Padre Invitational to TAMCC.
FACT OF THE GAME: The Seahawks have struggled mightily from long distance this season, shooting just 20.4 percent behind the arc. In fact, over the last three games, UNCW is just 4-of-45 from deep.
NON-CONFERENCE STREAK: Spanning over to last season, the Seahawks have won nine consecutive non-conference games at Trask Coliseum. UNCW's last non-conference home loss was two years ago via a 70-67 defeat to Davidson on Nov. 26, 2011.
BIG BEN: Graduate student Ben Eblen was all over the floor in Tuesday's win over Campbellsville, scoring 13 points, grabbing seven rebounds and dishing out four assists. The Isle of Palms, S.C., product has started all eight games for UNCW and ranks third on the team in scoring (7.0 ppg) and first in assists (3.9 apg).
LONE STAR RECORD: Stephen F. Austin is the seventh opponent from the Lone Star State the Seahawks have faced. UNCW has compiled a 4-5 record in nine games against Texas opponents. Senior guard Tanner Milson hails from Cedar Hill, Texas, near Dallas.
VALUING THE BASKETBALL: The Seahawks have committed less than 10 turnovers five times already this season and are averaging just 10.4 miscues per game. UNCW averaged 14.3 turnovers one year ago.
HOW TO CATCH THE GAME: If you can't make it to the game, there are several ways to follow the action. Twitter: @UNCWmenshoops; Live Stats: UNCWsports.com; Internet: UNCWsports.com; Radio: Sunny 104.5 FM-Wilmington, N.C.
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Letter Of Refusal For An Internship
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If you have been offered an internship by more than one organization, it will be necessary to choose one and accept the position. At the same time, it will also be necessary to inform the organizations whose internships you do not accept that you will not be interning with them. The most appropriate way to do this may be with a phone call or a letter. The following letter is a sample and should be modified to suit your particular situation.
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Michael Jackson, Thriller (1982)
When I was 9 years old, I received a yellow plastic turntable and a gift certificate from Sound Warehouse for Christmas. I had grown up listening to my parents' albums, and music was always playing in our house. I was so excited to go to buy my very own albums. I ended up getting Thriller, The Go-Go's Vacation, and a K-tel sampler. Thriller is such a perfect album. It's packed with hooks and hit songs. The performances are incredible, but even at 9, it was the sound that drew me in. [Producer] Quincy Jones is a genius musician and arranger. It ended up being one of the biggest pop albums of all time.


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MSU has an amazing advocacy program. I highly encourage anyone accepted to try out for the Trial or Appellate Moot Court Board, the Arbitration Team, or any of the ADR or other Moot Court teams. Participating in competitions is what makes law school fun and exciting. It gives you the opportunity to travel the country, meet other law students, and become a more well-rounded attorney.
How did extracurricular activities influence your success?
My extracurricular activities were probably one of the main reasons I was accepted into the Honors Program. MSU offers an incredible amount of clubs, teams, and organizations that touch on almost every aspect of the law. Being on a nationally ranked Moot Court Board, winning national competitions, and becoming a better advocate helped me become a better candidate for employment.
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In the past, the German government has often caused a (positive) stir due to its activities with free software. The Federal Ministry of the Economy (BMWi) sponsored Gnupg [1], for example. Add to this a number of accompanying activities, such as a report by the Bavarian Accounts Office, the KBST letter, and the highly acclaimed migration guide by the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI). Kolab Besides dedicated sponsorship, the Federal Office for Security in Information Technology (BSI) part of BMI launched the Kroupware project in 2002. The public tender by the BSI was aimed to produce a groupware solution that would support strong cryptography and integrate seamlessly into a heterogeneous environment.
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HOUSTON—A 22-year-old man, who was jealous that his ex-girlfriend was in a new relationship, kidnapped the woman and her young son at gunpoint from a home in northwest Houston early Tuesday, according to Houston police.
NIna Merino and her seven-year-old son returned safely to her current boyfriend's family's home looking tired, but relieved.
"I just want to say we're fine. It's done with," she said.
When detectives dropped her off, she hugged everybody.
Her current boyfriend was confronted as they slept in the pre-dawn hours in the 1700 block of Ojeman in northwest Houston. The family said the ex-boyfriend, Joseph Vallejo, had a gun and a bad attitude. But the family resisted.
"'Shoot me. Shoot me. I ain't got nothing to lose.' I said, 'Just don't point the gun toward my parents,' And he pointed the gun at everybody in the house," said Gloria Avendado, the sister of the current boyfriend. She said that included children.
The family said Vallejo took Nina and her son to a motel on Houston's northwest side. An Amber Alert went out because of the boy. Police were not releasing details on how they found the mom and son. But the family said Vallejo was about to take the boy to school when police surrounded them.
The boy said the kidnapper did not hurt them.
"No, he just had a gun in his hand," the boy said.
Police arrested Vallejo, but they were talking to the district attorney's office about possible charges, including kidnapping.


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Rudder High School in Bryan flipped out on Friday.
It held an invitational gymnastic meet for 7 high schools.
That included Highland Park High School, Saginaw High School, Kingwood High School, Round Rock High School, A&M Consolidated High School, College Station High School, and host, Rudder High School.
This is the 25th year for the meet.
Results for Boys: 1. Saginaw 2. Rudder 3. Round Rock
Results for Girls: 1. Round Rock 2. Highland Park 3. Kingwood
Rudder Gymanstics Coach J.T. Fletcher says this gave the teams a chance to warm-up for their district, regional, and state meets.
The BCS Gymnastics Club and BISD Gymnastics are also holding a meet and fundraiser on Saturday at the Rudder High School Gymnastics Gym for 280 students from across Texas.
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Don't tell sandforbrains, but the distribution announcement was just made and they didn't raise it. We are now 8 months removed from the Berry closing and the $3.08 still hasn't happened, as the pompous arrogant twit kept promising. Perhaps he is still working on a finviz chart trying to explain why he was wrong...
It is indeed a good opportunity to pick up some nice yield.
ARP has never been a well run E&P MLP, but the recent Rangely acquisition, the mature Barnett production coupled with the Mississippi Lime and Marble Falls oil/liquids potential does make for a decent pick up at these prices.
I think Leidy is probably hammering them hard and thus why we saw such a miniscule distribution increase.
Long term, this is a decent play on gas prices. Anything materially above $4 and ARP can layer on very nice hedges.
I don't expect major capital gains in this name or names like Linn, but rather slow, plodding progress and slow capital appreciation.
Leidy differentials continue to be a major problem. I suspect the Rangely deal was accretive, but it is likely filling the gaps that Leidy issues created. Of course, if Leidy issue is resolved, those differentials should contract.
Long term, I think ARP is a decent buy...but clearly, Cohen has never learned, and likely never will learn, that you under-promise and over-deliver. He always does the opposite and then blames things that are "out of his control". The story remains the same though, it's a very interesting play on natural gas price recovery over the next few years. Current rig counts and storage numbers bode well for a bounce and a chance to layer on more $4+ hedges in '16-'18.
Actually sand was the lowest form of life that exists. As for you, you make accusations but never follow through with facts. It's your m.o. It's old and tired.
And the kicker is you frequently use at least 2 sign-ins, norrishappy and dadnorris1...total lack of credibility.
And Linn bond still isn't at $40 son.
It is you that has the problem. You've disliked my comments for many years. I, correctly I might add, predicted many of the problems Linn is now finally professing and working diligently to remedy. They let their focus shift from being an operator of mature, stable, low decline properties that were hedged out 5 years providing very high visibility into DCF as lease operating expenses were predictable..into a hybrid with an overall decline rate of 35% and heavily dependent on having high success in drilling in the Granite Wash and the Hogshooter. Your boy sand nearly wet himself talking up the GW and then the Hogshooter. Then, when things went south, he talked up the Oklahoma Hogshooter (despite Linn having a much lower working percentage). Sand made so many bombastic and lunatic statements, mostly in blind defense of management, that he had no alternative but to tuck tail and run. Virtually every single thing he predicted was wrong. Virtually every single one!
On the other hand, old jack saw the writing on the wall and promptly moved his capital. Now we see Linn FINALLY recognizing that they cannot be a hybrid, especially when they operate with no coverage ratio and with a bloated balance sheet. All of the pie in the sky Hogshooter hooey, all of the arrogant snobbery that sand possessed could not hide the truth, that Linn could not and did not successfully execute the development of the GW and Hogshooter plays. When sand finally realized his folly, he moved over to touting the Wolfberry and always the "next well results to be released". He was nothing more than a snake oil salesmen, high on his own supply. But to summarize, the reality is in the numbers. Linn could barely cover 1.0x coverage ratio even with fabulously accretive Berry, with Goldsmith, with the East Texas acquisition...not to mention XOM and Devon deals, which should FINALLY get them above 1.0x on a sustainable basis...and we are still waiting on sands distribution increase...
The board mooncalf is sandforbrains. His totally flawed nature, and condition and inability to learn finally resulted in him tucking tail and running off, unable to cope with his inaccurate predictions.
His copy and paste skills were his one true skill. Of course, the board is much better smelling with him gone.
I'm surprised you have resorted to using you dadnorris1 alter ego this early in the morning. Must have taken your meds.
Yawn. Endless prattle. Too bad your braindead friend sandforbrains isn't here to hold your hand.
Linn bond still not at $40...
Yawn. At the very least, we managed to run off the board clown (sandforbrains). Ever since, the quality of discussions on this board have been much higher (his departure raised the average IQ!).
Good riddance to the knuckle dragging Neanderthal.
Linn bond still not at $40? How many more billion dollar deals will Linn need to make to finally get a handle on the untenable decline rate and bloated balance sheet?
sandforbrains was an amusing clown. He was good for copying and pasting, especially out of date, irrelevant articles, usually in an attempt to save face for the countless foolish projections he made that seldom came to pass. I usually gave him an "E" for effort. Overall though, he was a dimwitted sloth.
I see you are upset that you did not realize that steam injection could be viewed as tertiary recovery! Nice try by you trying to slip out of that gaffe. Although the board can see you are nothing more than a hate filled nut that has taken his medicine. You should try enjoying life instead of wallowing in angst and hatred. I pity the quality of your life, how shallow and empty it must be.
Of course, you probably weren't aware of the numerous methods of tertiary recovery, with CO2 and steam injection being just 2 of them. You also likely haven't heard of high pressure air injection which is employed by Denbury in some of the fields they acquired from Encore years ago. Or perhaps some of the surfactant injection plays. But it should be expected for someone like yourself that has to be spoon fed by Clay.
You've been moping ever since the degenerate sloth sandforbrains finally departed. I doubt we will see ilk of his nature return to this board. He got terribly mocked for his distribution projections and his thin skin couldn't take the mockings he received. The poor, poor dumb nervous twit sandforbrains had to run off like a little baby whose diaper was full.
By the way Norris, are you still upset that Linn bond isn't at $40? I mean, with, you know, record DOW JONES closings nearly every week and Linn still sort of just lingering around $30ish, despite Linn closing billions upon billions in deals (Berry, Goldsmith, XOM swap, Devon deal)....kind of makes you realize just how untenable the decline curve got and how overly dependent management got on "hoping" that things would go well in Granite Wash, Hogshooter etc....and we all know that their "ex ante" returns were...ahem...just a little off target. Sorry, couldn't resist.
Of course, it should be expected when Ellis decided to deviate from the original business model of buying mature, low decline properties with predictable annual declines and manageable operating costs and then hedging them out for 5 years and running with a prudent coverage ratio. Abandoning that model for pie in the sky growth thru the drillbit wasn't successful and now they are finally returning the company back to its roots, divesting Wolfberry, Granite Wash etc. Back to basics. A tough pill for the "rock stars" to swallow, but they did swallow their pride and have given their mea culpa. Their next project will be to restore the balance sheet to something that isn't so bloated now that Linn's fabulous hedges are nearly all run off the books. Gas hedges tapering down in '16, management still playing games and rolling the dice on crude hedges ...but, I firmly believe management has seen the light and will shape up soon. They might even get coverage ratio to 1.10x..certainly once they divest their GW and perhaps if they divest the remaining Wolfberry (latest company announcement about paying for Devon deal with proceeds of GW/Cleveland Sands can only cause speculation that Wolfberry 2 isn't going to happen in time for 1031 exchange)..
Sorry Norris, you are wrong. You let your hatred and anger get the best of you (as always).
See copy and paste from SEC filing by Berry....tertiary recovery is real.
Enhanced Oil Recovery Tax Credits
In 1990, President Bush signed into law the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990 which included a tax credit for certain costs associated with extracting high-cost marginal oil which utilizes at least one of nine designated "enhanced" or tertiary recovery methods. Cyclic steam and steam drive recovery methods, which Berry utilizes extensively, are qualifying EOR methods. Hydrocarbons produced from primary or other secondary recovery methods are not eligible for the credit. In 1996, California conformed to the federal law thus, on a combined basis, the Company is able to achieve credits approximating 12% of its qualifying costs. The credit is earned by investing in a qualified EOR project which includes three distinct costs: (1) drilling new wells, (2) adding facilities that are integrally related to qualified production, and (3) utilizing a tertiary injectant, such as steam, to produce oil. This credit is significant in reducing the Company's income tax liabilities and effective tax rate.
As for sandforbrains, he was a dumb, hyper, strung out nervous twit that was overly concerned with what others thought of him. A real knuckle dragging Neanderthal. In other words, low life #$%$.
I based it on the SEC.gov filings as of several days ago, so I believe inside monitor to be incorrect since PSTR shows their holdings as of just a few days ago at 3.3 million units and volume over the last few days has not been meaningfully higher than normal.
The SEC filings actually show the daily sales. However, PSTR did originally have around 5.5 million units and are now down to 3.3 million, so since earlier in the year they are down 2.2 million units.
It is somewhat of a moot point. PSTR is getting out, which will boost liquidity and remove the cloud of uncertainty that they brought with them as a less than friendly sponsor and stalking horse bidder.
The removal of Exelon also clears things up.
Now we need to see Sanchez make a decent sized drop-down and a renaming of the company and those should be decent catalysts, with a distribution being reinstated as the ultimate catalyst.
I think NAV is presently well above current market price (depending on strip prices and cost controls). The platform they have can and should handle much more volumes without meaningful SG&A increases (the game plan at least). If they can succeed in doing that, it should mean cash falling to the bottom line and DCF being sufficient to distribute. I'm expecting an initiation of $.04/unit annually, with, hopefully a series of $.01/q increases. That would put them at $.32/unit in 2 years. Sanchez has a tremendous opportunity to use CEP as a roll-up vehicle and to drive appreciable cash and fees back into SOG/SEP I.
I think if you look closely at Linn's Brea-Olinda operations, you will realize that they are not presently being frac'd and that it is largely PDP with few remaining PUDs (the company site lists 20 drilling locations). Think more along the lines of conventional, in-fill drilling than what is typical in unconventional shale drilling (horizontal & frac'd). Not likely a material event here, even if they were not able to develop those 20 remaining locations. Remember, this field has been producing for 120+ years, well before hydraulic fracturing...
The Berry operations are primarily steam/water flood operations (secondary and tertiary recovery) so not as much of an issue there either, though clearly more legislation will likely make doing business as usual more difficult...but that shouldn't be anything new for companies that regularly operate in the republic of Kalifornia.
I believe the operators that have holdings in the largely undeveloped/untested Monterey Shale will find themselves far more vulnerable/impacted if the measures pass. Also of interest are the California offshore operations (Memorial Energy [MEMP]) owns several offshore platforms and the old PXP (now part of BHP) owns the old Point Arguello platform. I doubt those are impacted materially, which is surprising given how sensitive the issue but it remains to be seen. MEMP's buy of those properties a few years ago was well timed, with them getting the benefit of excellent pricing (above WTI) but long term it remains to be seen if it was worth it.
Overall, Linn's California operations may exhibit moderate growth, but it isn't the primary growth driver for the company and thus measures passed by the kooks in Kali aren't likely to have a major impact on Linn long term. California is more of a hold steady and extract/exploit. I'd expect to see more of their growth capital deployed in other oily basins.
Today's SEC filing shows PostRock is making excellent progress in divesting their CEP holdings. Their position is now down to 3.3 million units, meaning a divestiture of 450,000 units over the past several weeks.
Looks like at current pace, they will be complete by year end, which was the original stipulation, but it certainly will keep downward pressure on the price. The market is going to have to absorb quite a bit of volume.
Of course, we likely also have a general uptrend in our favor as the market is slowly starting to see the value creation opportunities from having a strong supportive sponsor.
I'll be glad to see PostRock out of the picture.
Do you mean a reverse split? It would be a good idea, since this is in essence a phoenix. A reverse split of 1:8 would be indeed a very good idea, giving them a price above $20/unit.
Of course, liquidity is also an issue. The divestiture of the remaining 3.7 million units owned by PostRock should greatly improve liquidity. If future drop downs are effected, it remains to be seen if CEP would issue equity directly to Sanchez or pursue a secondary offering.
Of course the best thing that could be done would be the initiation of a distribution, even a modest one of $.01/unit per quarter. That would be a great starting point upon which they could grow the payout as they acquire mature properties and roll them into the fold.
I think people would give your simple minded rants more serious consideration if you learned to use punctuation.
Looks like from SEC filings, PSTR is making good progress on divesting their CEP units. They look to have 3.75 million units remaining and it appears that they are committed to divesting by year end as stipulated in the settlement.
This should provide some much needed liquidity to PostRock. As a CEP owner, I am pleased to see PSTR no longer meaningfully in the picture. While I believe that a combination of PSTR and CEP made a lot of sense, especially considering their common Cherokee Basin asset positions, the heavy involvement by White Deer made it a no-go. The Cherokee Basin is in need of consolidation to drive synergy given the generally poor economic returns of the coal bed methane wells at current prices. Field volumes should continue to decline, putting more pressure on management to cut costs in order to keep per unit margins.
White Deer made an investment in PSTR that should have never been made. They have compounded that investment repeatedly and now essentially control PSTR. That being said PSTR must now find a way to reverse its fortunes.
I am interested in the SCOOP drilling that PSTR is doing and also in what they receive for the Appalachia properties. I am not sure that these moves will be enough to save PSTR. I believe another infusion of capital is likely needed..but it remains to be seen if White Deer is willing to continue to invest into PSTR.
I'm expecting a name change any time now for Constellation Energy Partners.
With the lawsuit settled and the class C & class D units now repurchased from Excelon and subsequently cancelled, the former sponsor is completely out of the picture.
With the would be stalker PostRock now effectively relegated to a holder of common units (class A units transferred to Sanchez) and as a further stipulation to the settlement, PSTR will be divesting their remaining class B ("common") units on the open market over the next 6 months.
With Sanchez Oil & Gas and Sanchez Energy Partners I now firmly entrenched as the sponsor, it seems likely that CEP will shortly change their name. I'd expect something to the effect of Sanchez Production Partners or Sanchez Partners.
Regardless of what name is ultimately decided upon, it remains clear that rebranding is vital as it draws a close to the Constellation era that was a disaster. CEP went from a high flyer to what essentially amounted to a run-off mode in a few short years time. Now with Sanchez looking to drop down producing mature assets into CEP, it is likely that the worst days are behind them.


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I am concerned that the City of Edmond, at some future point, will adopt "smart meters" implemented by a Wi-Fi meshed grid system, as recommended by their hired consultant. I have studied this technology and have clients with actual health problems from exposure to "smart meters." Therefore, I must ask, "Do you want to take the risk of allowing your city to irradiate everyone in Edmond?"
You do not have to take my word on this matter; the truth is out there. You can find it and learn for yourself. Once you start searching, you will get an overwhelming amount of information but very little will be good news about the "smart meter."
Here is some of what you can expect to find about "smart meters": The United States is the only major advanced nation pursuing their wireless use; some states won't allow them, they generate radiation and make people sick; they present a Fourth Amendment hazard to your privacy; a fire hazard to your home; and the FCC standards for these meters do not protect biological life.
There is no known safe levels of radiation. Smart meters in Edmond will kill the quality of life you have come to expect and make you sick. To verify, please do your own independent research.
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SHIT HALLOWEEN COSTUME SK8 SESH24.10.10 - We continue our fun Halloween skateboarding event, skating in costumes and having a good time on the skateboard. This time we visit a new city, bringing tricks, inspiration and Team skaters. Which city will we visit this year?
SHIT HALLOWEEN COSTUME SK8 SESH 2010 poster. (Artwork by Remi Juliebo)
This is a annual event for motivating skateboarders, having fun and PUSHING SKATEBOARDING FORWARD.
The Halloween costume sk8 is a happy gathering in the spirit of Halloween. And we will have a lot of fun and a lot of laughts skating in scary and funny costumes.
Skateboarding in a Halloween costume is hillarious and also a bit difficult. And the most fun part is that you sometimes can not tell who is behind the costume.
This year we will visit HAUGALAND SKATEPARK in Haugesund. Mentzoni´s hometown.
Mentzoni is the host and we hereby announce that some crazy and fun contests will be down.
We will also have a contest where the skateboarder in best costume skating best will be the winner.
A special prize for the guy with the best costume as well.
Cover charge is 30Kr for members and 50Kr for non members. The cash goes to the park.
Doors open 18:00. Event starts 19:00.
Bring some cash to buy hotdogs, chocolate, coffe and soda in the park by Haugaland Skate.
We insist in parents showing up and dressed up as well. Bring a chair for your own comfort!
We bring the red SHIT tent and have special prices on lot´s of stash. You can pay with cash or credit card.
Pic: Remi Pedersen
Last year we visited Fredrikstad, and we hope they continue the HALLOWEEN costume sk8 this year, and many years in future. Cause it is a whitty gathering bringing a new fun thing into skateboarding.
Our BRO Team skater Mentzoni is especially interrested in Halloween. And in 2008 we let him make a limited edition SHIT® HORROR BRO Deck Series that we launched upon Halloween in 2008.
It is Mentzoni himself that did the graphics by hand.
This idea became an success for the company so we continue with a new series of decks every year.
This year we launch two new HORROR decks and make a new little twist - GLOW IN DARK printed decks.
Stay tuned for product pictures out here soon.
We do a Halloween costume sk8 every year, and you can read about previous events here:
-Pics and story about the 2009 event
-Pics and story about the 2008 event
-Pics and story about the 2007 event
Saturday 30.October 14-16 we will hang out at Beatboard in Strandgt 116 downtown Haugseund.
Tonnesen hurt his leg during the Tromso camp and will most likely not make it in terms his doctor recommend him no skateboarding.
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