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Funeral services for Luther "Mutt" Shelby, 89, of Webbers Falls, OK, will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, July 1, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Webbers Falls with Reverend Jason Ravan and Reverend Wendell Cox officiating. Pallbearers will be James Ward, Jerry Ward, Tommy Ward, Larry Ward, Michael Ward, Darrell Ward, Steven Edwards, Gary Edwards, John Sheffield, Greg Vann, and Rick Shelby. Burial will be in Fort Gibson National Cemetery under the direction of Millsap Funeral Service of Webbers Falls.
Luther was born June 30, 1923 at Webbers Falls, OK, the son of Roy Lee and Trucie Elizabeth (Turner) Shelby and died Thursday, June 27, 2013 at Muskogee. Luther entered the U.S. Army in 1943 and served his country until 1946. On November 6, 1946 he married Daisy Ward in Webbers Falls. Luther farmed and worked in civil service for 20 years. He was a lifelong resident of the area and member of the First Baptist Church in Webbers Falls.
Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Daisy of the home; son, Kenneth of the home; brothers-in-law, Eddie Ward and LouAnn, Wayne Ward and Shirley; Joe Ward and Lucy; sisters-in-law, Billie Edwards and Jean Vann Coburn; cousins and other loved ones.
In memory of Luther, the family prefers memorials to the First Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 156, Webbers Falls, OK, 74470.


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Voices and Faces of the Adhan: Cairo
A muezzin calls Islamic worshippers to prayer from the minaret of a mosque five times a day, in a 1,400-year-old tradition called the adhan. In Cairo, a city of 4,000 mosques, that tradition is about to disappear.
In 2006, the Egyptian government approved a proposal called the Adhan Unification Project to systematize the call to prayer. Under this plan, set to go into effect in 2010, the adhan will be reduced to a single recording of one muezzin reciting the adhan, which will then be broadcast throughout the city using wireless receivers.
The filmmakers plan to document and honor the tradition of the adhan before it ceases to exist, by filming in the myriad neighborhoods of the 83-square-mile city of Cairo the five daily calls to prayer. They will juxtapose interviews with muezzin and religious scholars with interviews with people on the street.
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On Look Films is currently in preproduction for Voices and Faces of the Adhan: Cairo. They are identifying experts and scholars and planning a research and development trip to Cairo to finalize location scouting and secure housing, equipment and other necessary elements for principal photography, which must be completed by the end of 2009. On Look Films is actively pursuing production funds for this project.
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Demand for toys this year is at a record high at The Salvation Army. In 2009, over 8,600 kids 14 and under received gifts.
This year that number is over 11,000, a 30% increase.
Angels can be picked up at Towne East and Towne West. Gifts need to be turned in by Monday, December 13 at Towne East or Towne West, December 14 at The Salvation Army downtown, 350 N. Market or The Salvation Army's Christmas Distribution Center at 1806 W. 2nd St., 2nd and Vine.
The Salvation Army is also accepting cash donations, which is used to fill the Angel Tree requests.
The Salvation Army also needs an "army" of volunteers (700 to 1,000) for distribution day, December 16, and on the days leading up to the 16th, and clean up on the 17th, to help serve over 4,000 families, distributing gifts and turkeys for Christmas.
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No big surprise
I recently marked a "special" birthday. I am unsure why people make such a big deal out of turning 35, but so be it. Not being much of a "party person," I gently reminded loved ones — many times — that I really, really didn't want a party on my behalf. Cake was another story, though.
Long & winding road
Dedicated fans of this column, Scoopies, as they like to be called, were fairly quick to notice that the News was Scoop-less for a couple of weeks recently.
Animal rights. And Wrongs.
A few weeks back, our "Cub Reporter" outgrew her title. What started as an innocent tip about a prospective story ended happily a few days ago with another fine piece of journalism by our new "Buffalo Reporter." Quite a promotion.
Apparently, bear stories in the Catskills have become a bit boring. Even the tale of a bear breaking into a home and chugging down some champagne doesn't grab folks like it used to when bear sightings were relatively rare.
A real turnoff
Like most people, I am frustrated and angered by the spiraling rise in oil/gas prices. Do I think it's all a scam? Yes. But my conspiracy theories don't help fill the gas tank.
Long before prices started cranking up about every 15 minutes, I always believed in driving fuel efficient cars. And not keeping the thermostat at 82 degrees.
It's finally becoming clear that many folks who were driving vehicles the size of a football field are "trading down" for rigs that can be filled for less than an entire week's paycheck. Still, one has to wonder if drivers could be doing more to cut gas usage.
Easy as PB&J
Somewhere along the line, I've pretty much become a "brown bagger." I think that "somewhere" was when gas hit $3 per gallon. It's not that I don't enjoy buying my lunch — I do — but when necessities start costing way more than is reasonable, adjustments must be made. Therefore, my solution to the absurd cost of fuel is peanut butter!
Let's rest every week
Well, we have officially kicked off the start of the "summer season" with the Memorial Day weekend. Don't get me wrong, I like three-day weekends. A lot. It's just kind of amusing what a frenzy it causes by giving many folks an extra day off. No matter how somber the occasion that results in the three-day weekend, it seems like the sales have come to outweigh the real reason for many holidays. For Columbus Day, that works. For Memorial Day, it's wrong on many levels.
Mail Supermodel
It's not often that I get to do a follow-up column, but I think it's justified in this case. For anyone who may have missed last week's Scoop (I can e-mail copies to one for $1 each. Pre-paid), let me bring you up to speed. Supermodel Elle McPherson recently spent a day at the Delaware & Ulster Railroad in Arkville for a photo shoot. Despite my vast journalistic experience, I was unable to cover this bit of breaking news. I detailed my efforts in this space.
As it turns out, the column was just the start of something. Big.
Supermodel sighting
When I heard the news, there was no hesitation. More than a quarter-century of news reporting had honed my instincts to become highly sensitive to "breaking news." Therefore, when I was told that "Elle McPherson is shooting a commercial at the Delaware & Ulster Railroad," I instinctively grabbed my camera. This was newsworthy.
That's easy to remember
Simple. In an ideal world, life would be easy. We all know that's not the case.
Sometimes things are just plain hard. Of course, there are things that are tough by nature (for example, geometry, for most of us) and other areas that are made much more difficult by — people.
The next big thing
My new theory is that the Internet and e-mail will soon be going the way of the 8-track tape player. Surprisingly, when I tell people this, they often look at me like I possess some privileged information about the technology revolution. And, frankly, many people seem a tad embarrassed that they are not hip enough to be aware of "the next big thing."
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Louise Lecavalier was born in Laval, near Montréal, the eldest and only girl in a family of four children. Her mother was a teacher and her father a carpenter. It was in secondary school at the Collège Regina Assumpta where she learned dance. She continued her studies at Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne de Montréal.
Louise trained in classical and modern dance in Montréal and New York. At 18, she joined the Nouvelle Aire troupe after a stay in the company's "professional school". She also worked briefly with Pointépiénu. While she was preparing to leave for New York to study modern dance, choreographer Édouard Lock, her colleague at Nouvelle Aire, invited her to dance for his company.
This was the start of a dazzling career with La La La Human Steps. Édouard Lock's choreography allowed her to push back the boundaries of modern dance. In an article published in L'Actualité, Yan Muckle wrote: "Between her and him, the alchemy is certain. They speak the same language. And both thirst to give everything of themselves." [translation] (Muckle, p. 90.) Louise Lecavalier became an emblematic figure in Quebec modern dance and gained international recognition.
Above all, the dancer loved to work in the studio, searching for the perfect move, looking for innovation. Endlessly repeating the same move led to higher levels of interpretation and comprehension of a piece.
Recognition and awards were not slow in coming, giving legitimacy to the innovation and passion that characterizes and emphasizes her contribution to dance.
She received the Bessie Award in New York in 1985, becoming the first Canadian female recipient. The Jean A. Chalmers National Dance Award, the greatest award for dance in Canada, followed in 1999. In February 2003, she received a career bursary from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
The London periodical Melody Maker sees in her the most brilliant and tragic dancer of our time, a dancer with legs of fire. Without diminishing in any way Édouard Lock's talent and search for innovation, one can agree with Yan Muckle's article "But when thinking back today to Human Sex, New Demons, Infante c'est destroy or yet again to 2, it is not him [Édouard Lock] that we see but Louise Lecavalier, with her white mane and legs of iron. It is she who allows Lock to give shape to his internal visions. Without the legendary passion and determination of this dancer, one could even ask whether La La La Human Steps' performances would have taken such an extreme turn." [translation] (Muckle, p. 90.)
Together, Édouard Lock and Louise Lecavalier have given La La La Human Steps its status. Without Ms Lecavalier, this company's last eighteen years would have taken another tangent. Louise Lecavalier is not, and will never be, a replaceable dancer. She left the company in 1999 after eighteen years as Édouard Lock's principal dancer and muse.
Here is a partial list of the pieces she created, many with La La La Human Steps:
La La La Human Steps, choreography by Édouard, national and international tours: Oranges, Dishes, Businesman in the Process of Becoming an Angel, Human Sex, New Demons, Infante, c'est destroy, 2 and Exaucé (Salt), 1981-1999
Sound and Vision, 10 shows with David Bowie, 1990
Non, non, non, je ne suis pas Mary Poppins, solo choreography by Louise Lecavalier, 1983
Le Sacre du printemps, choreography by Daniel Léveillé, 1982
Groupe Nouvelle Aire, national and European tours, 1978-1981
Inspirations, full-length, produced by Michael Apted, 1996
Strange Days, film, produced by Kathryn Bigelow, 1994
Le Petit Musée de Vélasquez, mid-length, produced by Bernar Hébert, 1993
Fame, David Bowie music video, 1990
Danse avant de tomber, Carole Laure music video, produced by Lewis Furey, 1989
Wrap Around the World, televised international show, duet with David Bowie, choreography by Édouard Lock, directed by Nam June Paik, 1988
Human Sex duo no 1, film short produced by Bernar Hébert, 1987 David Bowie's Sound and Vision tour, video CD, 1990
Louise Lecavalier works on a regular basis at the University of New York where she gives master classes and workshops in modern dance. In March 2003, she presented a piece by the Canadian choreographer, Tedd Robinson. She has also danced with Louise Bédard over the course of the last two years.
Ms Lecavalier took a break of about one year during which she gave birth to twin girls. She already has a number of plans for the future. We eagerly await her next creations.
Bazzo, Marie-France. — "Louise Lecavalier : déesse destroy". — Elle Québec. — No 26 (octobre 1991). — P. 34
Bréniel, Pascal. — "Danser le risque". — La gazette des femmes : Conseil du statut de la femme. — (Janvier-Février 1992). — P. 5
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. — "Quatre créateurs renommés reçoivent des bourses de carrière du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec : Louise Lecavalier." [online]. — [Cited August 5, 2003]. — Access : www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/9/communiques2003.htm#carriere
La La La Human Steps. — "Les interprètes : Louise Lecavalier" [online]. — [Cited August 5, 2003]. — Access : http://epidemic.cicv.fr/geo/art/lll/interp.html
_____. — [Louise Lecavalier] [online]. — [Cited August 5, 2003]. — Access : www.lalalahumansteps.com/htmfr/3_1_4_1.htm
Muckle, Yan. — "Danse : L'ange noir". — L'actualité. — Vol. 26, no 19 (1er décembre 2001). — P. 88-92


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As you are sworn in today as the 44th President of the United States I ask that you remember your campaign promise to your loyal Hmong American supporters.
Many of them have relatives who continue to suffer overseas in Thailand and Laos. You have pledged that, "The U.S. must be clear in calling for all parties to respect international law and ensure that displaced Hmong are not placed in harm's way. As President, I will restore America's commitment to human rights abroad…"
Well, there is a group of 158 UNHCR recognized refugees currently in urgent need who are being held hostage under torturous conditions at Nong Khai immigration jail, Thailand. For over two years now, a group of mainly young children have been forced to live inside two tiny 9 by 9 meter mosquito-infested cells for 22 hours a day. Most animals could not survive these inhumane conditions. The group has become chronically sick and is on the verge of committing a mass-suicide any day now because of the U.S. government's silent complicity in their torture.
You talk about respect for international law and human rights, well I can think of no other example where these values are being so obviously ignored and blatantly disregarded as in the case of our former allies, the Hmong. In fact, international law is being made a complete mockery out of due to the Lao and Thai governments holding these Hmong refugees hostage and not allowing them resettlement in a third country.
Some two years ago, during a failed forced deportation attempt, the United States boldly stepped forward volunteering to resettle many of this group but have since remained ominously quiet. Meanwhile, mothers hold their sick infant babies hoping that the outside world will hear their cries.
By continuing to remain silent the US becomes totally complicit in the physical and psychological torture of these innocent women and children who are told on a regular basis by Thai authorities that no third country is willing to accept them, an outright lie. The refugees are told that if they refuse to return to Laos then they will spend the rest of their lives in this overcrowded immigration jail.
If we continue to treat our former Hmong allies in such a cruel way what kind of message are we sending to our new Iraqi and Afghani allies? They're going to think that we may abandon them at some point, as we are now doing with the Hmong. To add even more insult to injury, the US and Laos are now exchanging military attaches while at the same time the Lao military continues to hunt down our former allies hiding in the jungles.
This past June, eight of your former colleagues in the US Senate wrote a joint letter to the Secretary of State urging the U.S. to rapidly intervene with the Thai Prime Minister to avert forced repatriation of Hmong refugees to Laos where many face legitimate fear of persecution.
Just today, Amnesty International has released another damning report on the cruel treatment of these Hmong refugees. They along with many other international organizations such as the UNHCR, Human Rights Watch, Doctors without Borders (MSF), and Refugees International have all voiced their serious concerns for these refugees.
As our new President I feel it's high time to show the world our respect for human rights and upholding international law. Let's send a clear message to our allies that we will not abandon them, and immediately engage the Thai government to stop forced repatriation of the Hmong.
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EYEWITNESS SPORTS2013 WV Girls State Tournament-Day 3
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Friday Winners Advance To Championship Saturday
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March 8, 2013
It was Semifinal Friday inside the Charleston Civic Center Coliseum.
Awaiting the six winners was a spot in Championship Saturday at the 2013 West Virginia Girls State High School Basketball Tournament.
In the first game of the day the Lady Blue Devils from St. Marys knocked off Wheeling Central, 45-43. St. Marys was the No. 3 seed while Central entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed.
Freshman Ashley Hall scored six of her eight points in the final three minutes to help propel the Lady Blue Devils to the win. St. Marys is now 25-1 on the season.
St. Marys' Kendra Walker had 14 points and 16 rebounds, while Audra Clark had 15 points before fouling out.
Emily Bucon had 19 points and 14 rebounds in defeat for the Lady Knights.
The second game of the day saw a record-breaking performance from Bridgeport's Miki Glenn as Bridgeport defeated Nicholas County, 57-48, in the first Class AA semifinal.
Ritchie County's Missy Spangler in 2001 and Scott's Makenzie White in 2011 shared the old mark of 37 points.
Glenn made 11 of 17 field goals and 17 of 18 free throws. She also had eight rebounds and six steals.
Bridgeport, the No. 2 seed, moved to 24-2 and returns to a title game for a second straight year. Last season the Indians lost to Greenbrier East for the Class AAA crown.
Shealyn Shafer had 26 points and 12 rebounds for No. 3 Nicholas County. The Lady Grizzlies ended a great season at 21-4. Nicholas won its first-ever State Tournament game on Thursday over North Marion.
In game three of the day's first session, four-time defending Class A champion Huntington St. Joseph knocked off Tucker County, 67-31. The top-seeded Irish downed the No. 4 Lady Mt. Lions behind the 23-point performance of Notre Dame recruit Mychal Johnson. The junior got scoring help from her younger sister, Mychelle, and Griffin Dempsey, who each scored 12.
St. Joseph will try to match Summer County's string of five straight state titles on Saturday against St. Marys. The Class A championship game will tip at noon.
The evening session at the Civic Center Coliseum started with a Class AAA semifinal and No. 1 Spring Valley fell victim to No. 5 Logan, 52-49. Logan, with a rich tradition in boys basketball with multiple titles, will play for its first crown on the girls side Saturday evening.
Shayna Gore paced Logan's attack with 17 points. Spring Valley got 20 from Brooke Heck.
The other Class AA semifinal had No. 1 Westside stopping No. 5 Fairmont Senior, 51-41 Hope Lester led the way for the defending AA state champs with 15.
Parkersburg South, the No. 3 seed of AAA, won the nightcap with a hard-fought, 54-51, win over No. 2 Morgantown.
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Barney Rosset (1922-2012)
"I feel, personally, that the word has never been written or uttered which should not be published."
-Barney Rosset
It's been a rough few weeks for smut peddlers and the devotees who took a shining to their licentious outpourings. First, Jackie Treehorn died, then publishing icon Barney Rosset, and finally, the purveyor of the filthiest, raunchiest pornography in recent memory, Andrew Breitbart, dropped dead of a heart attack or utter shame (we're awaiting the autopsy).
Since Jackie Treehorn was a fictional pornographer played by Ben Gazzara (R.I.P.) and Andrew Breitbart was a lying sack of shit political sadist who enjoyed watching liberals squirm, our focus today will be on Barney Rosset.
The backwardness and puritanical tinge that American culture has always suffered from was made a lot less embarrassing for some of us due to the efforts of Rosset. Few people outside of literary enthusiasts knew his name, but he certainly played a large role in redefining this nation's social mores and what Americans considered acceptable art. He dragged a slouching behemoth, kicking and screaming all the way, into the world of modern aesthetics. And he did it primarily through publishing books.
Rosset was an eccentric. His first passion was for the cinema, but finding little headway in that pursuit, he turned to the written word. He was a fan of good literature and bad. He possessed a Bohemian flair for life and a schizophrenic business sense that saw his publishing house (Grove Press) through booms and busts throughout the 1950s, '60s and '70s. At his core, however, he was a crusader against censorship and a champion of the fringe elements of our society.
He served as a photographer in China for the U.S. Army Signal Corp. during World War II. Army Intelligence wrote three letters that described him thusly:
1.) A communist and a monster
2.) The greatest patriot that ever lived
3.) A nice boy who's worried about poor people who don't have the things that he has.
Rosset later joked that all three letters were likely true, simultaneously.
After the war, he produced a documentary called Strange Victory which dealt with racial bias in America after WWII. Finding no further inroads into Hollywood, he moved to France and married Joan Mitchell, an abstract painter and friend from his high school. Their open marriage failed and Rosset returned to New York where he purchased a press on Grove Street in Greenwich Village (assisted by a tip from Joan) for $3,000 in 1951. It was there he began publishing his literary magazine Evergreen Review. It was also at Grove Press where his numerous battles against censorship began. So many battles, in fact, that Rosset referred to his publishing firm as "a breach in the dam of American Puritanism."
The first fight was to publish D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover in 1959. The Postmaster General had refused to allow it to be shipped through the mail despite the book being in circulation (in other countries) since 1928. Rosset won. Emboldened, he took on the obscenity laws for Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer and William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch. He won again. A flood of the Beat Generation's works followed through Grove Press and the torrent of the counterculture began to flow through the crumbling edifice of America's stone wall of hypocritical piety.
Rosset turned even more political in the mid to late '60s by publishing The Autobiography of Malcolm X and the writings of Che Guevara and Ho Chi Minh. He had a knack for sensing revolutionary trends in the culture and was often beautifully situated just ahead of the curve with the right property when they broke. He even scored a sensation as a film promoter in 1967 with the stateside release of the Swedish film I Am Curious (Yellow) which was like voyeuristic catnip to movie audiences that had not yet seen the influx of porn theaters on their downtown block. The film is laughingly tame by any standards now.
To give you an idea of the man behind the writers, take a gander at the list of artists that Rosset published:
Samuel Beckett
Henry Miller
Jean Genet
William S. Burroughs
Jack Kerouac
Eugène Ionesco
Tom Stoppard
Allen Ginsberg
John Rechy
Pablo Neruda
Octavio Paz
Kenzaburō Ōe
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Harold Pinter
Hubert Selby, Jr.
Not a bad scorecard of widows and orphans that gunslinger Barney Rosset defended against the swarming hordes of pinch-faced, priggish god-fearers and their abiding lawmen, eh? He received his share of death threats (even a grenade detonation in his office, presumably by the FBI), bad press, slander, ridicule and ignominy during his time here on the big rock. But, for such a scrawny and odd little fellow, he went toe-to-toe with the giants of his day – and kicked every one of their motherfuckin' asses. That's a hero to me. Now, I'm not about to mourn like an Italian widow over an 89 year old man who died relatively impoverished and underappreciated despite being the most innovative publisher of the 20th Century but, again, that's a hero to me. We need more the likes of Barney Rosset. My life is richer for him. Our libraries are more full due to him. And we are a better, more open nation because of his efforts.
For those who prefer their info visually, check out the documentary Obscene. A well done synopsis of his life and contributions to our culture. Available for streaming on Netflix.


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If you're looking for a very good sound analog synthesizer you may want to check out the new Analogue Solutions SEM clone Telemark. I can think of a long list of main brand synthesizers that cost around the same price ($1250) or higher than the Telemark that don't have 1/10th of it's character. Check out the video and audio sample below:
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"Don't throw your trash in my back yard, my back yard, my back yard. Don't throw your trash in my back yard "" my back yard's full."
My kids learned that catchy tune in music class as kindergartners, and it popped into my head the other day as I was reading a New York Times article on the success of trash-burning energy plants in Denmark.
Unlike conventional incinerators, these waste-to-energy plants have a high-tech system of filters and scrubbers that removes pollutants and toxic chemicals while converting household garbage and industrial waste into heat and electricity for nearby homes. Proponents cite several reasons for the rise in popularity of these plants (Denmark's 29 plants are among about 400 throughout Europe) "" including reduced trash hauling costs, less reliance on oil and gas, diminished landfill use and lower carbon dioxide emissions.
Cheaper energy costs have made the plants attractive to homeowners, too. In Horsholm, Denmark, for example, a plant is located literally in a neighborhood's back yard "" about 400 yards over a fence that borders the homes' carports "" and 80 percent of the town's heat and 20 percent of its electricity come from burning trash.
The issue of turning trash into energy raises some important questions about the hard choices we are facing. Most can agree that the ideal systems for creating and transporting goods, producing energy and disposing of waste need to be, first and foremost, safe, posing little or no risk to the air we breathe and the water we drink.
Are waste-to-energy plants safe? I've seen conflicting reports. The Times article says the plants are so clean that they emit lower levels of cancer-causing dioxins than a home fireplace or backyard barbecue. However, some environmentalists claim the chemicals these plants emit still pose a serious public health threat.


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MOVE stands for Many Opportunities for Volunteering and Employment. At Teens MOVE, local businesses and organizations host tables to introduce their programs and job opportunities to local teens. Crescenta Valley High School students are encouraged to attend starting 6th period and other area high school students are invited to come as of 3:00. There will be music and raffle prizes. Students can accumulate raffle tickets by getting their passports stamped at the approximately 30 tables. Past exhibitors include employers such as Six Flags Magic Mountain and Universal Studios as well as non-profits like The Red Cross and the LA Zoo. This year's exhibitors are yet to be confirmed.
Teens MOVE is sponsored by the Crescenta-Canada YMCA, the Community Center of La Canada Flintridge and the CV High PTSA. It's been very successful for the past 5 years at La Canada High School. This is the first year it will be held at Crescenta Valley High.
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Florence I. (Casper) Hazel, longtime resident of Niagara Falls, passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2013 in Arizona under the loving care of her daughter Patricia and East Valley Hospice. She was 93. She was born in Bellefonte, PA on August 26, 1919, a daughter of the late David E. and Sadie (Rider) Casper.
She moved to Niagara Falls in 1940 and worked for the Niagara Falls Board of Education for seven years and then in the cafeteria at Hooker Chemical Company for 24 years until her retirement in 1980. She married the Reverend Harry F. Hazel on October 25, 1938 and they remained happily married for 66 years until his passing in 2004. Mrs. Hazel was a longtime member of the Cataract City Church of the Nazarene and most recently a member of Forestview Church of God. She was also a member of the Hooker Chemical Retirees Club, and A.A.R.P.
She is survived by her two children, Patricia (Paul) Gilmore of Mesa, Arizona, and Warren (Nancy) Hazel of Niagara Falls. She is also survived by her sister, Kathryn Rollis of Florida; fourteen grandchildren and many great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased by her son, David (Norma) Hazel; brothers, David, Russell, George, Frank, and Frederick Casper; and sisters, Clayre Singley, Sarah Bachman, Margaret Young, Mary Sunday, and Mabel Wolfgang.
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Mayor Joseph C. Sullivan and Veterans Officer Richard Walsh invite you to attend the Town of Braintree's Veterans Day ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 11 at East Middle School.
There will be coffee and donuts in cafeteria at 9:30 a.m. and ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. The Guest speaker is CW4 Thomas McNulty, a 28-year military veteran who flew Blackhawks in Afghanistan and graduated from Braintree High School in 1974.
McNulty is currently an Instructor Pilot and Safety Officer at the Army Aviation Support Facility at Quonset Point in North Kingstown, RI.
Also featured on Sunday will be Braintree's various veterans organizations, the East Middle School Choir, the Braintree High School Concert Choir & Chamber Singers and remarks by Michael L. Munroe, Past Commander D.A.V. Chapter 29.


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I analyze corporate HR, talent management and leadership.
Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of speculation that Facebook will build out its own recruiting application platform, similar to LinkedIn. (Speculative article here.)
As an analyst who covers this space in depth, I'd like to help people understand this topic in more depth:
1. LinkedIn and Facebook serve different users.
While both networks do some similar things, the demographics of Facebook and LinkedIn are very different. LinkedIn users are older, college-educated professionals (for the most part), and they use the site for professional networking. According to the latest data I could find, only 22% of Facebook users are older than the age of 45.
So while Facebook has 8X as many users, these people are generally not looking for jobs (or are looking for different types of jobs).
2. LinkedIn has become Uber-Optimized for professional development and recruiting
Unlike Facebook, LinkedIn is now uber-optimized for recruiting. The company has many advanced capabilities you cannot find anywhere near Facebook: company pages, optimized resumes, scientifically placed ads, skills analysis, integration with slideshare, and the LinkedIn Recruiter application (which alone is a tremendous application for recruitment).
In the Facebook network, tools like Branchout, Jobvite, and dozens of other tools exist to mine the database – but none have the power and utility of LinkedIn Recruiter. LinkedIn Recruiter is the secret weapon to find, contact, and recruit passive candidates. Most of the tools for Facebook are designed to place ads.
3. LinkedIn has a major sales force and global brand for recruiting.
Most recruiters today already know how to use LinkedIn well, and they're learning faster and faster. There is a big ecosystem of consultants and recruiters being created every day to help make it easier and easier to use LinkedIn. Big companies like Pfizer tell me that they find as many as 40% of their candidates on LinkedIn now.
This is not to say that Facebook couldn't become the same tool for hourly workers and lower level positions. But so far its an advertising platform, and data shows it's not generating the candidate flow that LinkedIn is today. If Facebook does launch its own aggregated job board service, this will compete with companies like Indeed.com and Monster.com, both of which offer aggregated job listings already.
The market for "job listings" isn't the future – it's job targeting, candidate tools, and more data science and marketing tools for recruiters. While LinkedIn is trying to be more careful with its API, its database is far more powerful for these applications today.
"The problem is that your Facebook social graph is totally misleading…"
Exactly. It seems like every day Facebook shares more information that I don't want to be shared. Consequently, my Facebook page is almost devoid of any meaningful information about me. I'm constantly on the verge of deleting my account entirely; how in the world do they expect people to give them MORE personal information, much less build an entire professional profile?
I agree as well. One of the other big problems is your limited by the number of connections you can make on these sites unless you are willing to shell out the big bucks. The other problem is corporations do not own their recruiters network of connections so as soon as that recruiter leaves the company so does that network they have developed.
Totally agree with you Josh. LinkedIn has a significant foothold in the market, solid solutions, a great field team and a very strong brand. Leveraging Facebook's value in recruiting for our clients has been much more focused around the ability to target passive candidates with the consumer ad tools and telling Employer Brand stories through Fan Pages.
Facebook or its partners will have a different offering to HR & recruiting compared to the sophisticated LinkedIn solutions.
Excellent points. In working with Dallas IT Recruitment agencies, many have found that LinkedIn is much more comprehensive as a résumé database. Although candidates tend to value referrals from Facebook connections more, and are also easier to reach on Facebook since they spend much more time there than on LinkedIn.
Than Nguyen
I think Facebook could be the new frontier for recruiting. Check out what the founders of Glassdoor and Branchout had to say about the potential for Facebook recruiting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCAx5Koh3-k&feature=plcp
Let us clarify one thing first; Facebook is much larger company than Linkedin. The writer seems to look at the topic as black or white, where things are usually tend to be grey. Linkedin has so far provide that they are a smart company which is organized and has a strategy in place. Saying that, many companies get rattled once a 'new kid in the block' enters the picture. Yahoo and Google, RIM and Iphone, are just few examples of the rattling effect and I am sure there are many more. My worry about LinkedIn is that it starts to panic once FB enters with huge amount of cash and many partnerships, basically trying to invade LinkedIn territory.
It is during this step when we will be able to judge Linkden leadership and flexibility. It is good to have a strategy in place, but you have to also be a great tactician in this fast based era. The worst thing Linkden could do (and I hope they won't) is to challenge FB in its domains. If this happens than that will be the demise of Linkden, because size wise and based on its infra structure, LinkedIn does not have the capacity to challenge FB in its many "projects". If they do then they will get distracted and lose the company's' identity.
For Linkedin, FB entering the job recruitment market should actually be of great benefit to LinkedIn. We all need some challenges to progress, but FB can offer LinkedIn more than that, providing that Linkden realize its capabilities and put more effort on the brand. It is the ability of LinkedIn to brand itself to be associated with Job recruitment that what the company should aim for. They need to make the association so strong that the word job comes hand in hand with the word LinkedIn. Google and search engine where able to that, until we reached now the stage of "why don't you Google it?". This serves as a powerful example to what LinkedIn ought to aspire to.
The mistake and even demise of LinkedIn will be when they company think that it should retaliate against FB by creating products which could challenge FB. If they aim for that, then they would not only lose focus, but tarnish the brand. So in summary for Linkden to be able to survive and progress, they should keep building and reinforcing their brand regardless of whom enter their domain. They are already ahead of FB, however their Brand is yet to reach the desired association with the word job, because it is relatively young and it is more under the umbrella of social network than job.
With many companies now hiring and realizing the advantage, quality and cost cutting in using a site like LinkedIn, there is an enormous growth opportunity, especially if the brand association is managed to be achieved. The day when one asks" I am LinkedIn to find something which I enjoy", will be the day when LinkedIn could be an integral part of both the internet and the job market. If the brand keeps getting stronger, then LinkedIn should not panic if FB, Google. Amazon or even Apple try to enter their domain, to the contrary, it could be an opportunity for LinkedIn to flex its muscle and since it is one brand focused company; it would be able to outdo all the contenders and in the process strengthen its reputation, brand and share value. Let's hope that Linkden does the right thing and not end up being impulsive because fear and panic entered their mindset.
Josh, lots of great points in your article. The question of whether Facebook could unseat LinkedIn isn't a question of whether or if…it's simply a question of how and when.
Facebook's leadership under Zuckerberg to date has shown an amazing ability to take on and surpass most any challenge it has come to. The 800million + users give facebook the weight to take on any social company there is…IF they want to.
In the case of LinkedIn it would make a lot of sense for facebook to integrate a professional profile system tied to your private profile that allows you to separate or join as much as you want. Adding search features, and making it recruiter friendly would kill linked in. Less than 1/4 of facebook users would need to sign up and start using the professional side to simply equal linkedin, let alone surpass and put out of business.
Check out my latest blog for more on exactly this topic
I would think LinkedIn will have a more significant impact on recruiting agencies such as Robert Half, etc as it seems more corporate HR professionals can now source their own talent vs hiring consultants. I am interested in your thoughts on how LinkedIn will impact traditional recruiting as well as the temp business. Any important trends to watch for here? Thanks for your insights.


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The Supreme Court decision to uphold the Affordable Health Care Act affirms a new national entitlement –
- the primary objective of Congress while they hastily cobbled the Act together.
We've seen all the carrots –
- Children on parent's insurance to age 26
- Pre-existing condition coverage
- Elimination of life-time limits
- Seductive temporary tax credits for businesses with less than 25 employees.
But we haven't seen the sticks!
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is —
- an affirmation of expanding government control
- less reform
- more cost shifting
But, if wisdom, good governance and adapting modern business techniques
- modular
- incremental
can still prevail; we can have the benefits while avoiding a fiscal disaster.
That's not going to be easy. It's a 3000 page patchwork of
- taxes
- fees
- tax credits
- budgetary gimmicks
- and backroom deals with insurance and pharmaceutical industry lobbyists.
At a minimum, the Affordable Health Care Act will cost $1T in the first 10 years.
- Half from new taxes
- Half from reductions in Medicare.
The Congressional Budget Office can't estimate what it's going to cost over a generation – or how it will be paid for.
There are just too many variables in the legislation.
- The biggest of those variables are so-called insurance mandates. A topic for another day.
- Then there are the low-income tax credits –
- Why an income cliff, and not a sliding scale?
- What if the estimated 96,000 small businesses choose to pay the lesser $2000 penalty for each employee and shift millions more into the state insurance exchanges?
- How will a potpourri of tax credits complicate or be changed in subsequent fundamental tax reform legislation?
- Will Medicaid mandates overwhelm individual state resources?
- Medicaid costs versus K-12 education funding versus higher taxes?
- Will "Don't touch Medicare" or the Medicare Cost Reduction Board prevail?
- Revenue raised through excise taxes on prosthetics, FDA drug approvals fees etc.. will result in higher insurance claims that will raise premiums. A circle that makes no sense!
Congress must address these variables by simplifying and restraining the Affordable Health Care Act while there is still time.
The American people must have an opportunity to affirm both their priorities and their sense of limitation on unilateral government action before Health Care becomes the
- Unaffordable,
- Non-Competitive
- Job Outsourcing (Health Care) Act.
Justice Roberts wrote that not even the Supreme Court can save the "people from the consequences of their political choices".
Only the people can and we must insist!


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• Damage to a police speed sign was discovered at noon on Jan. 8 on Sheep Pasture Road in East Setauket.
• A resident of Stony Road in Stony Brook reported Jan. 5 that someone drove onto his property, damaged a fence and shrubbery, then drove away at approximately 11:35 a.m.
• On Sunday afternoon, Suffolk County police responded to a report of a large fight involving approximately 20 people that damaged a car outside Kohl's on Nesconset Highway in East Setauket. The vehicle, a 2012 Acura, sustained a small dent and scuffs on the hood, according to a police report. Police said the fight was reported at 4:07 p.m. and it broke up before they arrived.
• Two masked, armed robbers held up a Riverhead CVS early Monday morning, police said. Riverhead police responded to the store, located at 1140 Old Country Rd., at 3:37 a.m. According to police, employees told officers that two men entered the store, one displaying an unknown type of handgun, demanding cash.
The two suspects allegedly forced an employee to open the store safe and then fled on foot in a westerly direction with an undetermined amount of money.The two suspects were described as wearing hooded sweatshirts, masks and gloves.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Riverhead detective division at 631-727-4500 ext. 289.
• Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota claims the man who struck and killed Scott Wayte on his 50th birthday outside Cliff's Rendezvous in Riverhead had been drinking vodka out of a water bottle since approximately 7 that morning. Joseph D. Plummer, 48, of Middle Island, fled the scene, and set out to concoct a scheme to hide his crime, Spota said. He was arrested days later.
To that end, Spota is calling for tougher penalties for those who flee the scene of an accident that results in death or serious injury. Those who flee, he said, make it impossible to not only help the victim immediately, but to determine if the defendants were driving while intoxicated or impaired by drugs, and to subsequently charge them with more serious crimes.
Plummer was arraigned on Wednesday. Bail was set at $500,000 cash or $1 million bond. He was remanded to the Suffolk County Correctional facility.
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• Southold Town police said a Riverhead man was charged with felony driving while intoxicated after he struck a North Fork Sanitation garbage truck on Route 25 in Laurel on Tuesday at about 2:30 p.m.
According to police, 67-year-old Tomasz Myskow was driving a cargo van when it was involved in an accident with the garbage truck. Myskow was transported to Eastern Long Island Hospital , as was the passenger in the van. Police did not mention whether or not anyone in the sanitation truck was transported to the hospital. Mysko was charged with felony DWI and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
Editor's note: This report previously stated that a man was shot on the leg on Wilson Avenue in Port Jefferson. Police told Patch that there was an error in the reporting, and that the incident occurred in Centereach.


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COWAN, Tenn. (AP) -- Police in Franklin County say a body found in a field was that of a man reported missing hours earlier.
According to WTVF-TV, searchers found the body of 26-year-old Corey Matthews in a cornfield, off a gravel road near Cowan.
Sgt. Chris Guess with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said after Matthews' family reported him missing Sunday morning, police decided to search the area around Cowan because Matthews was familiar with it. Matthews' body was found about 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Authorities declined to say how Matthews died, but said they were awaiting autopsy results.
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Today, colleges and universities across the nation are facing greater competition in attracting and retaining quality students and faculty, securing financial resources, and communicating their mission and distinctives to their key audiences. Traditional recruitment, fundraising, and communication need to be more strategic and effective than ever before. As a result, there is an emerging interest among institutions of higher education to develop a strong "brand" to help them become the top choice among their most important audiences. A brand is a word, phrase, visual image or a position an organization has adopted to convey its identity to internal and external audiences. What a college stands for, and aspires to be, is the best starting point for creating a strong and meaningful brand. The spiritual and academic commitments and distinctives of Messiah College have always contributed to its brand and are an essential part of the College's visual identity.
II. Messiah College Visual Identity Goals & Objectives
The Visual Identity Team was tasked with the goal of developing a graphic icon to be used in conjunction with the existing wordmark as a new logo that would communicate the academic and spiritual distinctives of the College. Effectively strengthening the brand (spiritual and academic distinctives) of Messiah College requires a consistent and institutional approach to the use of the new logo. The tier system as described below was approved by the College Council in March 2002 to help strengthen the Messiah College brand.
III. The Tier System
A. Tier 1: Strongest Messiah College Identity
The overwhelming majority of the entities on campus are represented visually by the Messiah College logo, customized to the name of their individual entity (see examples below). This includes the following entities in addition to any entity that has not been granted an exception under Tier 2 or Tier 3:
Tier 1 entities include:
Tier 1 entities are highly visible and have an immediate and powerful opportunity to strengthen the spiritual and academic distinctives of Messiah College.
B. Tier 2: "Grandfathered" Exceptions (with the exception of Tier 1 entities)
The Visual Identity Team recognizes and affirms the significance of certain logos that currently exist on campus. These entities have unique cultural or historical significance, funding provisions, or have established a strong identity with certain key audiences. Therefore, these entities are considered "grandfathered" exceptions, enabling them to continue to use their existing logos and/or wordmarks. However, to demonstrate a close connection to Messiah College, the College's logo must also appear on its stationery package and all promotional/communications materials. If a Tier 2 entity does not currently have letterhead, they must use the College's Tier 1 letterhead design.
The following list of Tier 2 entities is intended to be exhaustive. As a result, if an entity is not listed and does not meet the Tier 3 exception, it will be considered a Tier 1 entity. Questions regarding the comprehensiveness of the list should be directed to the Director of Publications, who will consult with the Chair of the Visual Identity Team.
Tier 2 entities include:
• Agape Center for Service and Learning
• Auginbaugh Art Gallery
• C-Store
• Early Learning Center
• EpiCenter
• Falcon Express
• Friends of the Library
• Genesis Solar Racing Team
• Issachar's Loft
• Life Groups
• Messiah College Cultural Series
• Messiah College Choral Arts Society
• New Light
• Nursing Department Seal
• Outreach Teams
• Service Teams
• Summer Dinner Concerts
• Summer Service & Missions
• Susquehanna Valley Lyceum
• The Annex
• The Boyer Center
• The Alley
• The Oakes Museum
• Wilbur's Café
• World Christian Fellowship
• WVMM-FM, The "V"
Please Note: The Visual Identity Team strongly encourages "Tier 2" entities to transition to the new logo because it would further strengthen the brand (spiritual and academic distinctives), visibility, and name recognition of Messiah College.
C. Tier 3 Student-Funded Clubs & Organizations
Due to their nature and frequent changes in leadership, student clubs or student organizations recognized by Messiah College and funded primarily by students may use their own logos when communicating with an on-campus audience. When communicating off campus, they must use either the College's logo, or the phrase "A Student Organization of Messiah College" in conjunction with their individual logos.
Decision Making Process for New Logos
The Visual Identity Team is comprised of a diverse group of faculty, staff, and administrators, as well as an alumna and a student of Messiah College. The Team has invested many hours discussing Messiah's approach to branding. Research, focus group observation, surveys, and campus forums guided this discussion. As a result, the Team endorses a consistent and institutional approach to the use of the College logo because it will strengthen Messiah's brand.
In order to maximize the strength of the College's name and reputation, the number of new logos created for individual entities will be limited. The College's name and reputation are strong, and as such they are an asset to entities on campus, a fact that reduces or eliminates the need for individual departmental logos. Any entity wishing to develop a new logo must first receive the approval of its respective senior administrator. Once the senior administrator approves the entity's proposed logo, the senior administrator will then forward the request to the Chair of the Visual Identity Team. The Visual Identity Team will use the following "Basis for Appeals" to evaluate the proposed logo. The team's decision regarding the proposed logo will be returned to the senior administrator. If the senior administrator decides to appeal the decision of the Visual Identity Team, the matter will be forwarded to the College Council. The decision of the College Council will be final.
Basis for Appeals
Possible basis for appeal must include an affirmative response to the majority of the following questions:
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Defending Southwestern League champions, the Murrieta Valley Nighthawks, have been No. 1 during four of the past five seasons. Coach Steve Tarabilda has shaped a basketball dynasty at Murrieta Valley that has dominated opponents in the area.
The Nighthawks now find themselves in an unfamiliar position. They are smack dab in the middle of the pack as the season's first half comes to an end Wednesday. With a 2-2 record league play, they will play Temecula Valley.
The Golden Bears are also 2-2 in league play. Temecula Valley split its Southwestern League games last week, defeating Murrieta Mesa 64-63 while losing to league-leading Great Oak, 65-60.
Great Oak and Chaparral have emerged as the league leaders thus far with identical 3-1 records. Coach Robert Hickey's Wolfpack's only loss came at the hands of the Pumas from Chaparral. This week they will play Murrieta Mesa and Murrieta Valley.
Coach Russell Ham's Murrieta Mesa Rams will host Great Oak and take on Chaparral this week. Chaparral had two huge Southwestern League home victories last week knocking off Great Oak 47-44 and stunning Murrieta Valley 52-50.
Vista Murrieta will be looking for its first league win this week. The Broncos play Chaparral Wednesday and Temecula Valley Friday. Coach Andy Rucker is looking to turn things around on the second go-around.
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By Phyllis Zorn, Staff Writer
Enid News and Eagle
ENID, Okla. —
Enid legislators hold divergent views on both state money given to Oklahoma Youth Expo and on a lawsuit filed in Oklahoma County District Court last month because of the money.
Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, said although he disagrees with the Department of Agriculture appropriating $2 million for Youth Expo, the lawsuit filed by Mike Reynolds and Mike Ritze is not the way to handle it.
"I don't know what they're going to accomplish with the lawsuit," Anderson said.
Anderson said his understanding of the scenario is the money already has been paid out, so a lawsuit will not bring it back. He points instead to a better way to handle the matter.
"I think at this point in time, the most appropriate thing to do is take measures to keep this from happening in the future," Anderson said.
The legislature will go back into session in two months.
"This issue will be addressed quicker in the legislature than it will be addressed in the courtroom," Anderson said.
In Anderson's view, state dollars should not be used to fund a private endeavor.
"We shouldn't be appropriating $2 million to a private entity, a private livestock show," Anderson said.
Anderson speculates the lawsuit might bring needed information to light.
"I think there are questions to be answered as to what this money is being spent on, and perhaps that will happen with the lawsuit," Anderson noted.
Rep. John Enns, R-Enid, said he has no dispute with the Department of Agriculture giving $2 million to Youth Expo.
"Youth Expo is something that needs to be around," Enns said. "It's good for the youth of Oklahoma and it's something I consider education."
On the lawsuit itself, Enns was blunt.
"I personally don't think they have a case," Enns said.
The money was under the Ag Department, and Youth Expo is an agriculture endeavor, Enns said.
Rep. Mike Jackson, R-Enid, agrees with Anderson the legislature should look at the manner in which appropriations are being done.
"We need to make sure we are very transparent in terms of what we spend and allowing all the membership in having a voice along the way," Jackson said.
Jackson said he voted in favor of the appropriations bill, but there was little discussion of the $2 million for Youth Expo.
"I haven't read all the paperwork in terms of the lawsuit," Jackson said. "I don't know how much of a case there is for the lawsuit."
Jackson said he does not oppose the Youth Expo in principle, but does not know what the need was or why Youth Expo was asking for funds.
"As a youth, I participated in the Youth Expo and believe it is a valuable thing for the state of Oklahoma," Jackson said.
It's spending that is not properly vetted Jackson objects to.
"As we move forward, we need to make sure we are as transparent as possible in all funds expended," Jackson said.


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Price Informativeness and Investment Sensitivity to Stock PricesCoauthor(s): Qi Chen, Itay Goldstein.
Stock prices and real investments are highly correlated. Previous literature has offered two main explanations for this high correlation. The first explanation relies on price being informative about investment opportunities, the second one is based on financing constraints. In this paper we empirically examine the effect of price informativeness on the sensitivity of investment to stock price. Using price non-synchronicity and PIN as measures of price informativeness, we find that the degree of informativeness is positively correlated with the sensitivity of investment to stock price. Since, according to previous literature, these measures reflect private information, the result suggests that prices perform an active role, i.e., that managers learn from stock price when making investment decisions. This result is robust to the inclusion of various control variables (such as controls for managerial information) and to changes in specification.
The PDF above is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of the article published in the Review of Financial Studies 20, no. 3 (May 2007): 619-650, following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at: < http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhl024 >.
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Jiang, Wei, Qi Chen, and Itay Goldstein. "Price Informativeness and Investment Sensitivity to Stock Prices." Working Paper, Columbia Business School, February 2005.
Date: 2 2005


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Na een goeie nacht slapen, ging ik op zoek naar iets voor het ontbijt. Dus wierp mijzelf om 8.30 uur tussen snel lopende mensen die op weg waren naar hun werk. Tim Hortons bleek een goede keuze voor het ontbijt. Dus met verse croissants terug naar het hotel! Deze dag besloten we de highlights te bekijken en omdat er veel leuke zaken waren, ook …
Van Quebec naar Montréal
We hebben besloten om onze route aan te passen zodat we volgende week eerder terug zijn in Amerika. Dit omdat de herfstkleuren doorkomen! Daarom vertrokken we vandaag vanuit Québec naar Montréal en slaan we Ottawa over. Eerst een stop gemaakt bij de watervallen net buiten de stad, de Montmorency Falls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ …
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Small but servicable
I've stayed here before, usually on the same weekend. The rooms at the Europa are small. Just barely big enough for the bed with minimal walk around room. The bathrooms are oddly laid out. Finding foot room when you are sitting on the toilet is a challenge. If you are looking for a view from your room, look elsewhere. The gargantuan AC unit juts into the room to an alarming degree. As far as conveninence sake, the Europa is well placed in the downtown about a block and a half to the Metro. Parking is an outright rip off. I paid $17.00(CAD) a night. The beds were comfortable though, especially when one stumbles in at 4am. The night spots close at 3 in Montreal!
Small with Big Attitude
The positives, good location to Ste. Catherine & area, close to the main train station. However, the rooms remind me of Paris, that's not a good thing. They are very, very small - hope you don't have long legs in the bathroom (you'll understand later). The staff was very standoff-ish & provided very little assistance. Rooms were not ready on time. If your in Montreal to party, stay at this hotel, if not stay in old Montreal.
Excellent location
We stayed at the Europa just a few weeks ago for 3 nights and couldnt find much wrong with it. Okay, so the rooms were a bit caustrophobic and the window was tiny but for the price that was paid, it would be wrong to expect anything more. The hotel was clean, staff friendly and breakfast was provided so we were happy! And the location is excellent, very central!
All in all I would recommend it as long as you arent expecting sheer luxury.
Good Place to Stay
This here hotel is a real winner. The price was fair and the hotel was nice. Its location is the thing i liked the most considering it is in downtown montreal. The rooms are ok and the staff is quite nice but they are French. The hotel has two good restaurants inside it offering very fancy chinese cuisine and a steak house which makes good steak but not like you find here in Texas. All in all a good hotel.
Don't stay here
This is a dreadful place to stay. My boyfriend and I drove up from Boston and chose what we thought was a moderate class hotel. We were not expecting anything that superior, but even still we were disappointed by Hotel Europa. The hotel's decor is very tacky - the moment you step in the lobby you have the feeling of being in a bordello. The hotel's rooms are even more disgusting...small, dirty, and a window facing the other side of the hotel's back wall. The bathroom is so claustrophobic that you will have a problem to close the door - literally. If you bring your car be aware that parking is outdoors, across the street from the hotel. Very inconvenient. Staff is rude and unaccomadating. The only thing that redeams this hotel is its location - central downtown and directly off of Saint Catherine Street which is one of the main shopping areas.
Fair hotel
Excellent location in the city center, providing good facilities. Some of the staff could be more polite to costumers. Inside the hotel there is a steak house with good prices and nice food.
Never Again!
This hotel and it's staff has got to be posted as the worst of the worst. I have never been so badly treated as I was during my stay on Aug 2 - Aug 4. The hotel staff including their management need a long lesson on how to treat their customers...the people who are contributing to their paycheques...their own fellow Canadians!! Our 3 rooms were prepaid through a travel agent, and the hotel insisted that one of the rooms were not paid for and that we would have to pay again. Not to mention that we did not get our rooms until 4:30pm...and we were waiting since 3pm, which is supposed to be their check in time. I had to call my own travel agent...luckily they were open...and resolve this smack in the face myself. Not once did the hotel manager offer assistance...he did not care...according to him, he did not receive payment. Then, the staff started speaking in french thinking we did not understand....it's a bilingual country buddy....we all took french in school. SO RUDE, SO INCONVENIENT, NEVER NEVER WILL I, OR THE OTHER 5 PEOPLE WITH ME STAY AT A BEST WESTERN AGAIN.....AS FOR MONTREAL CITY...GOOD RIDDENS!!!
Bug alert!
We stayed at the Best Western at June 17th, 2003. Roomrate $129,- for a double (ex. tax). On arrival the room was okay, although a bit tacky.
At night though, after being in bed for about half an hour, we felt something creeping on our pillows. Some sort of flees!!! At reception they looked at us with disbelief, but luckily we had caught some of the little critters in a teabag. Although we were given another room (just as tacky) we didn't sleep a wink. We shortened our stay in Montreal because of it. Michael from the Netherlands
Would never stay again
We just stayed here in October and they only good thing about the place is the location. The room I stayed in was DIRTY. The wallpaper was halfway ripped off and many stray hairs found in the bathroom . Various debris sticking to the walls in the sleeping area as well. The carpet was gray and stained. I was afraid to touch the bedspread. The decor was a tacky midasian decor that did not appeal to me but was not clean!
Great location. Prices too high. Room ok. Staff ok. Breakfast buffet a rip off. Located near other great dining establishments.


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As Barack Obama becomes the third US President to visit India in the last decade, C Raja Mohan looks at why the visit is different from previous ones and what to expect. In The Indian Express:
When Barack Hussein Obama arrives in Mumbai next Saturday, he will be launching only the fifth presidential visit from America since India gained independence more than 60 years ago.
The fact that Obama is the third president to travel to India in the last decade, however, shows how much Washington and Delhi have begun to matter to each other. The 'wasted decades'—former foreign minister Jaswant Singh's description of the prolonged period of estrangement between India and the United States during the second half of the twentieth century—are now behind us.
Beyond the new intensity and frequency of bilateral engagement, Obama's visit underlines one little-understood but fundamental change in the context of the India-US relations.
Until recently, Delhi constantly worried about how the United States, the world's foremost power, might hurt India. On the eve of President Clinton's visit to India in March 2000, Delhi was concerned that the United States will ramp up the pressure against India's nuclear weapons programme. It was also afraid that Clinton will side with Pakistan on the question of Jammu and Kashmir. More:
Obama should visit Tawang monastery
Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar in The Times of India:
Visits that are remembered are gamechanging ones, like the George W Bush-Manmohan Singh nuclear summit. Can President Obama make his visit a gamechanging one? Here are two suggestions. First, he must visit the Tawang monastery in Arunachal Pradesh. Second, he must declare emphatically and repeatedly that the US will do everything it can to stop China from supplying two new nuclear reactors to Pakistan.
Obama wishes to have good relations with China and Pakistan, not just India. Politics dictates that he will try to be all things to all the countries he visits, and avoid statements and policies that may strengthen relations with one country at the expense of the other. Yet, if the longterm strategic partnership proposed by Bush and supported by Obama has substance, it must include the vision of India as a democratic counter to an economically and militarily powerful China that might throw its weight around aggressively in Asia. Hopefully this will not lead to hostilities, and neither India nor the US should even remotely think of any sort of military pact.
What is needed is a US gesture that will show strategic support for India without totally alienating China or creating the potential for military confrontation. An Obama visit to Tawang will be exactly such a gesture. It will be an effective way of signaling US support to India's claims in Arunachal Pradesh.
China will of course express outrage, since it claims that Tawang is part of Tibet and hence of its own territory. China even objected to the Dalai Lama visiting Tawang. More:


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The incentive introduced to attract First Time Buyers (FTBs) to the market is soon to be retracted.
What was termed the "Stamp Duty Holiday" in last years' budget is due to come to an end on 24th March 2012.
Under the scheme, FTBs are able to claim relief from paying any Stamp Duty at all when they purchase their first property with a value of below £250,000.
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By Richard De Crespigny (Macmillan, $34.99, softcover, 358 pages)
On November 4, 2010, a near-catastrophic air disaster involving Qantas flight QF32 was averted by the quick-thinking, composed captain Richard de Crespigny and his experienced crew.
Four minutes after taking off for Sydney from Singapore's Changi Airport, an explosion shattered engine 2 of Airbus A380, but de Crespigny landed the plane safely on the tarmac with all its 469 passengers and crew.
"…everyone on board was lucky that they had a crew full of knowledgeable, case-hardened, experienced pilots who worked effectively as a team as we wrestled to keep Nancy-Bird Walton in the sky then bring her back to earth".
Two lessons have held the 55-year-old in good stead: to "fly the plane to aviate because no standard operating procedure will replace the key responsibility of keeping the aircraft flying in one piece in the air and never, ever become complacent about aviation".
The QF32 "warts and all" story gives the well-rounded picture from what was going on in the flight deck and concern for the welfare of passengers to the activity undertaken by the ground staff in traffic control, crisis centre and emergency response units.
Decisions he made on that fateful day were, in part, influenced by his earliest flying lessons at the RAAF Academy in1976 when instructor Bill Evans directed him "into a spin at the controls of the Winjeel … he shook me out of a contented world of stable flight and the romance of air travel, and brought me face-to-face with gravity, velocity, weight and catastrophic forces that, if not handled correctly, result in death".
In what was one of the toughest challenges of his professional life, de Crespigny—with 35 years of aviation training—overcame what seemed like insurmountable odds to give a gripping account of an extraordinary journey of direction and compelling spirit.
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In a presidential race in which the importance of foreign affairs has been eclipsed by the domestic economy, President Obama has scored a popular success with his pledge to withdraw nearly all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year, according to the Gallup poll released Wednesday.
The poll found that Americans overwhelmingly approved of bringing the troops home by 75% to 21%. Those results are consistent with polls showing Americans eager to wind down the Iraq war, which began with a U.S.-led invasion in March 2003. Last August, about 60% of Americans said they opposed renewing U.S. combat operations even if the Iraqis were unable to keep a lid on violence.