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District of Texas Labor Cases
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Abbott v. Complete Packaging II, L.L.C. et al
as 1:2014cv00669
Plaintiff: James Abbott
Defendant: Complete Packaging II, L.L.C., Danhill Containers II, L.T.D.
Cause Of Action: Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards
Tasby v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
as 1:2014cv00662
Defendant: Aetna Life Insurance Company
Plaintiff: Letha Tasby
Cause Of Action: E.R.I.S.A.-Employee Benefits
Perez v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
as 1:2014cv00666
Defendant: Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Plaintiff: Veronica Perez
Cause Of Action: E.R.I.S.A.-Employee Benefits
Burditt et al v. Coors of Austin, L.P. et al
as 1:2014cv00665
Plaintiff: Rashon Brent, Malcolm Burditt, Octarious Wilson
Defendant: Coors of Austin, G.P., L.L.C., Coors of Austin, L.P.
Cause Of Action: Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards
Administrative Review Board, United States Department of Labor v. McFarland et al
as 3:2014cv00266
Plaintiff: Administrative Review Board, United States Department of Labor
Defendant: Chae S. McFarland, SK Gateway Cleaners
Cause Of Action: Appeal of Decision - DOI
Type: Labor > Labor: Other
Butler v. Ascension Health
as 1:2014cv00649
Defendant: Ascension Health
Plaintiff: Verl Dean Butler
Cause Of Action: Petition for Removal - ERISA
Torres v. Greystar Management Services, L.P.
as 1:2014cv00642
Defendant: Greystar Management Services, L.P.
Plaintiff: Fabiola A. Torres
Cause Of Action: Maximum Hours
McCloud v. McClinton Energy Group, L.L.C. et al
as 5:2014cv00620
Defendant: Jaycar Energy Group, L.L.C., McClinton Energy Group, L.L.C.
Plaintiff: Laron McCloud
Cause Of Action: Denial of Overtime Compensation
Bond et al v. Navika Capital Group, LLC et al
as 1:2014cv00627
Plaintiff: Rosa Joanne Alvarado, Ramario Armstrong, Brandon Batchelor and others
Defendant: Garnet Hospitality, Inc., Kohinoor Hospitality, Inc., Lotustel Group, LLC and others
Cause Of Action: Collect Unpaid Wages
Roque v. Le et al
as 1:2014cv00621
Defendant: Kevin Le, New 888 Restaurant, L.L.C., Lien Tran
Plaintiff: Jaidro Roque
Cause Of Action: Petition for Removal - Fair Labor Standards
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|0. SkyTools - Database management tools from Skype: WAL shipping, queueing, replication. The tools are named walmgr, PgQ and Londiste, respectively
|Activity Percentile: 94.53
Activity Ranking: 8.00
Registered: 2006-07-10 14:02
|1. PostgreSQL Loader - The PostgreSQL Loader project is a fast data loader for PostgreSQL, with the ability to generate files of rejected rows. It currently requires Python and Psycopg (version 1 or version 2, latter prefered).
|Activity Percentile: 91.41
Activity Ranking: 12.00
Registered: 2005-03-29 01:35
|2. PL/Java - PL/Java is a free add-on module that brings Java™ Stored Procedures, Triggers, and Functions to the PostgreSQL™ backend via the standard JDBC interface.
The source code for PL/Java has been moved to https://github.com/tada/pljava
|Activity Percentile: 89.84
Activity Ranking: 14.00
Registered: 2004-08-30 17:26
|3. Indexable IPv4 range / CIDR type - ip4 and ip4r are types that contain a single IPv4 address and a range of IPv4 addresses
respectively. They can be used as a more flexible, indexable version of the cidr type.
|Activity Percentile: 87.50
Activity Ranking: 17.00
Registered: 2005-03-09 18:37
|4. textsearch-ja - Integrated Full-Text-Search for Japanese language using morphological analyze.
|Activity Percentile: 86.72
Activity Ranking: 18.00
Registered: 2007-09-06 11:12
|5. PGCluster - PGCluster is the synchronous replication system of the multi-master composition for PostgreSQL
|Activity Percentile: 83.59
Activity Ranking: 22.00
Registered: 2005-02-10 09:59
|6. Table Audit - PostgreSQL Table Log uses a trigger to log any INSERTs, UPDATEs
and DELETEs on a specific table into another table.
The second part of tablelog is able to restore the state of the
original table or of a specific row for any time in the past.
|Activity Percentile: 82.03
Activity Ranking: 24.00
Registered: 2005-02-20 11:52
|7. PL/Proxy - PL/Proxy is database partitioning system implemented as PL language.
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|8. pgSphere - pgSphere is a server side module for PostgreSQL. It contains methods for working with spherical coordinates and objects. It also supports indexing of spherical objects.
Registered: 2006-11-12 17:25
|9. DBI-Link - DBI-Link is a partial implementation of the SQL/MED portion of the SQL:2008 specification written in PL/PerlU. The official SCM is at http://github.com/davidfetter/DBI-Link
|Activity Percentile: 66.41
Activity Ranking: 44.00
Registered: 2004-10-21 20:01
|10. pgTAP - Write TAP-based unit tests for your database! pgTAP is a suite of database functions that make it easy to write unit tests in psql scripts suitable for harvesting, analysis, and reporting by a TAP harness, such as those used in Perl and PHP applications.
|Activity Percentile: 64.06
Activity Ranking: 47.00
Registered: 2008-06-09 17:10
|11. Veil - Veil is a database security add-on for Postgres. It allows databases to be created with efficient row-level access controls: different users can access different subsets of data.
|Activity Percentile: 63.28
Activity Ranking: 48.00
Registered: 2005-09-13 18:45
|12. DBLink and Materialized Views - Fully functional Materialized Views and Materialized View Logs on Pg (Pg/Oracle FAST REFRESH and Sybase/MSSQL/ODBC/MySQL COMPLETE REFRESH). It has CREATE/DROP DBLINK,CREATE/DROP/REFRESH SNAPSHOT,CREATE/DROP SNAPSHOT LOG.
|Activity Percentile: 57.03
Activity Ranking: 56.00
Registered: 2006-05-01 01:20
|13. PLPerl NG - This project is intended to remove the limitations on PLPerl for PostgreSQL, and make it a fully featured server side programming language. It is sponsored by Command Prompt, Inc. (http://www.commandprompt.com) and other PostgreSQL project members.
|Activity Percentile: 34.38
Activity Ranking: 85.00
Registered: 2004-04-21 00:04
|14. pllua-classic - pllua-classic is a procedural language for PostgreSQL using Lua.
It allows using records, arrays, arrays of records as correspondingly nested lua hashes.
|Activity Percentile: 31.25
Activity Ranking: 89.00
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|15. Field Level Multilingual Support for PG - With combination of plpg, array suppurt and types one can define mulitilingual support at field level, the main goal is to explore what this sulotion is best for, like porting old db model to multilingual model as well as model design for light dbs.
|Activity Percentile: 30.47
Activity Ranking: 90.00
Registered: 2006-02-12 21:51
|16. APLoader - APLoader, or Another Postgres Loader, is a front-end to the Postgresql COPY command written in Ruby. Features include: fault tolerance, a progress meter, failed batch logs, minimal requirements, a programmable API, and excellent performance.
|Activity Percentile: 21.09
Activity Ranking: 102.00
Registered: 2006-10-24 02:08
|17. Python - Driver and PL/FDW. See http://github.com/python-postgres
|Activity Percentile: 18.75
Activity Ranking: 105.00
Registered: 2005-04-06 17:02
|18. Tree structure manipulation functions - A functions library to manipulate trees
and hierarchical structures under PL/pgSQL.
Some Features: add/remove Nodes, tree traversal, tree level traversal, xml/html tree conversion, get path from root to node, get anchestor of 2 nodes
|Activity Percentile: 12.50
Activity Ranking: 113.00
Registered: 2007-10-01 18:38
|19. Round-Robin SQL - Round-Robin SQL is a SQL implementation of a round robin database.
|Activity Percentile: 9.38
Activity Ranking: 117.00
Registered: 2004-12-03 06:53
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AC/DC - For Those About to Rock We Salute You
NME.COM feature on AC/DC - For Those About to Rock We Salute You album including album review, artwork, tracks, listen now, tour dates, discography and more.
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Let's not piss about. You can debate this and argue that but certain things we hold to be self-evident and one of those things is that [a]AC/DC[/a] are the fuckin' greatest.
- Feb 24, 2000
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AC/DC - For Those About to Rock We Salute You: Wikipedia Album Entry
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) is the eighth album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in 1981. The album was a follow-up to their highly successful album Back in Black. For Those About to Rock has sold over 4 million copies in the US. It was AC/DC's first, and to date only, No. 1 album in the USA, the first hard rock album ever in history to debut at #1 in the Billboard top 200. In their review, Rolling Stone magazine declared it to be their best album.
The album was the third and final produced for the band by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.
The name of the album was inspired by a book Angus Young read, entitled For Those About To Die, We Salute You, about Roman gladiators. The gladiators' final words to the emperor were "Ave Caesar morituri te salutant" - or, "Hail Caesar, we who are about to die, salute you." The album was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.
Track listing
"For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" – 5:44
"Put the Finger on You" – 3:25
"Let's Get It Up" – 3:54
"Inject the Venom" – 3:30
"Snowballed" – 3:23
"Evil Walks" – 4:23
"Breaking the Rules" – 4:23
"Night of the Long Knives" – 3:25
"Spellbound" – 4:39
All songs composed by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Brian Johnson.
Recorded in a rehearsal space on the outskirts of Paris. The band had found it difficult to come up with their desired sound while on their previous rehearsing location (an abandoned factory in France).
The album became AC/DC's first (and only) US No. 1 album. After its release the band embarked on its first arena tour of North America (late 1981 through early 1982). For the title track, large cannons were placed on stage, set to go off in accordance with the song on the album.
In Spain, early copies of the album featured a sleeve with the colours reversed, i.e., a gold cannon on a black background.
The title track's popularity was such that in every live concert AC/DC has done thereafter, the song is performed as an encore and is always accompanied by firing cannons on stage.
It was re-released in 2003 in CD format. That edition consisted of digitally remastered material from the original masters.
References in popular culture
In the video game Guitar Hero II, the Gibson SG's description has a line which reads: "For those about to rock, we... give you the Gibson SG".
On Nintendo's website, the ad for the Wii version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock states "For those about to rock, Wii salute you".
In the movie School of Rock, Jack Black says to the class: "In the words of AC/DC: We roll tonight... to the guitar bite... and for those about to rock... I salute you"
The album was referenced by Beastie Boys on their 1989 single "Shadrach."
Main article: For Those About to Rock (film)
For Those About to Rock was also the name of a movie including live performances by AC/DC, as well as Metallica, The Black Crowes, and Pantera.
Brian Johnson - lead vocals
Angus Young - lead guitar
Malcolm Young - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Cliff Williams - bass, backing vocals
Phil Rudd - drums, percussion
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
1981 Pop Albums 1
Singles - UK(United Kingdom)
Year Single Chart Position
1981 "For Those About To Rock We Salute You" UK Pop Singles 15
1981 "Lets Get It Up" UK Pop Singles 13
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text: The God of War Collection wiki last edited by ReverendHunt on 03/04/14 09:58PM View full history OverviewGod of War and God of War II originally debuted on the PlayStation 2, and the God of War Collection brings both games to the PlayStation 3 on a single Blu-ray Disc. Both games have received high definition re-mastering & 2X anti-aliasing, and they output at a consistent 60 frames per second in up to 1080p (though it's rendered in 720p). Some in-game cutscenes did not receive a graphical upgrade, providing a stark contrast between the updated graphics and the classic ones.Each game has a Platinum Trophy for players to earn. The God of War Collection became part of the PS3 "Greatest Hits" catalog in April 2010.God Of War III DemoThe God of War Collection originally shipped with a voucher code that allowed gamers to download the demo that was originally shown to the press at E3 2009. The demo has since become available for download from the PSN for everyone.SoundtrackGod of War Soundtrack1."Escape from Madness"Marino0:382."The Vengeful Spartan"Marino1:213."Kratos and the Sea"Marino2:214."Have Faith"Marino1:215."The Splendor of Athens"Reagan2:096."This City Will Be Your Grave"Marino0:247."Ares Destroys Athens"Reagan1:138."Mind the Cyclops"Reagan2:099."Athenian Battle"Reagan3:0710."Exploring the Ruins"Phillips2:0211."Athens Rooftops Fighting"Marino2:3912."Save the Oracle Challenge"Marino1:3513."Kratos' Evil Past"Marino2:0114."Too Late"Marino1:5815."The Great Sword Bridge of Athena"Marino2:1716."What the Oracle Spoke"Marino1:0917."The Story of Chronos"Marino1:1718."Battle the Lethal Sirens"Reagan2:2819."The Temple of Pandora"Fish0:3620."Pandoran Cyclopes Attack"Fish1:4221."The Architect's Mysteries"Fish2:0022."Zeus' Wrath Divine"Velasco3:0423."The Underwater World of Poseidon"Phillips3:0424."Minotaur Boss Battle"Velasco1:5725."Burning Visions"Fish1:1526."Pandora's Box"Phillips1:0027."Hades, God of the Underworld"Velasco1:1328."The Fury of Ares"Fish1:2629."Duel With Ares"Reagan, Velasco2:2630."Enthroned on Mount Olympus"Phillips1:5731."God of War End Title"Marino5:06God of War II Soundtrack1."Main Titles"Marino2:592."The Glory of Sparta"Reagan3:103."The Way of the Gods"Marino2:134."Colossus of Rhodes"Marino2:225."The Bathhouse"Reagan2:026."Death of Kratos"Marino4:127."The End Begins"Marino1:578."Typhon Mountain"Reagan3:149."Waking the Sleeping Giant"Velasco1:4910."Battle for the Skies"Reagan2:1211."Exploring the Isle"Marino2:1912."The Isle of Creation"Velasco3:2013."The Summit of Sacrifice"Fish2:3514."An Audience with Cronos"Fish2:0715."The Barbarian King Returns"Velasco2:0016."Bog of Lost Souls"Fish2:1917."Battle in the Bog"Reagan2:0018."Crossing the Lowlands"Marino2:0719."Atlas"Fish3:3720."Palace of the Fates"Fish2:4621."Phoenix Rising"Velasco2:1622."Ashen Spire"Marino1:0623."Athena"Marino0:5624."The Battle for Olympus"Marino3:1125."Junkie XL Colossus Remix" Junkie XL4:2426."Blood of Destiny" Shadows Fall2:4327."God-Like"George "Tragic" Doman2:1428."Atlas Remembers (Bonus Track)"Marino4:1129."Kratos and Atropos (Bonus Track)"Fish1:3330."Pursuing Destiny (Bonus Track)"Velasco3:3631."Theme Of Fates (Bonus Track)"Marino2:11


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Young Democrat organizations will sponsor a debate Tuesday at 7 p.m. between three Democratic candidates for the 5th District seat.
Those scheduled to attend the debate are:
- State Rep. Chris Donovan, D-Meriden
- Elizabeth Esty of Cheshire
- Dan Roberti of Kent
The race promises to be eventful one because incumbent Congressman Christopher Murphy is running for a U.S. Senate, leaving an open seat for the congressional race.
The debate will be moderated by Scott Bates, a member of the Democratic State Central Committee.
The debate will be held at Chase Collegiate School, 565 Chase Parkway, Waterbury.


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Reason.tv: Interview with Reason Cartoonist Peter Bagge
Peter Bagge is the preeminent libertarian cartoonist. An intelligent, anti-authoritarian streak runs throughout his canon, especially in his hit comic book from the 1990s, HATE, a hilarious and politically incorrect series focusing on the semi-autobiographical slacker-misanthrope Buddy Bradley. Bagge frequently contributes his own brand of "cartoon journalism" to the pages of Reason magazine where he also serves as a Contributing Editor.
Bagge discusses how he came to define his libertarian political worldview at a young age, and laments his frustration at being an artist who's political views are frequently mischaracterized as "right wing" by other artists, simply for failing to be in lock-step with the rest of the predominantly progressive-left art world.
He also discusses a recent Reason assignment which took him within the walls of a women's prison, and how the experience led him to question his own preconceived notions about the drug war and involuntary incarceration for drug users.
His funny, outrageous and often introspective anthology of Reason cartoon journalism, "Everyone is Stupid Except Me (And Other Astute Observations)" is available from Fantagraphics.
Shot by Alexander Manning. Interview by Nick Gillespie. Edited by Anthony L. Fisher.
About 5 minutes.
Go to http://Reason.tv for downloadable versions, and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube Channel to receive notifications when new material goes live.
Editor's Note: We invite comments and request that they be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of Reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment for any reason at any time. Report abuses.
This man is talented.
Last seen here desperately white-knighting a "Why aren't there more female libertarians?" thread.
Swell dude.
Good to "meet" you, Peter. Thanks for all you do!
I was a fan of HATE back in the 90's, so I'm quite tickled to stumble upon good ol' P. Bagge at Reason.
Can I count on your vote again Mr Bagge ?
Bagge works in the great tradition of Soviet satire--target only official enemies.
"Bagge works in the great tradition of Soviet satire--target only official enemies."
Absolutely true! Why he targeted a guy handing out dope to sick people! There's an "official enemy" right there!
Peter, that strip has *got* to be available with the drawings! Fantastic!
Oh, and max? Stuff it up your butt.
Click Staff on the black bar on the top of the page, then Peter Bagge. His Reason cartoons are all there and they're all fantastic.
My favorite Reason interview in some time.
Peter isn't how I pictured him. Actually, he seems more personable and down-to-earth than I expected, and I already expected him to be kind of personable and down-to-earth.
Has Bagge ever done anything on Ron Paul's strange inability to remember who wrote those racist newsletters he published for 20 years?
How about Ayn Rand's getting Medicare under her married name?
Does Bagge find anything in right-wing libertarianism worth making fun of? His is "humor" in the service of a narrow ideology--the stuff real satire satirizes.
I remember Mr Bagge finding himself in trouble with angry feminists when he advertised a competition in HATE as open to anyone with a hole and a heart (ah, the wonderful early '90s) Still he had plenty of practice handling difficult people when he edited WEIRDO. Not a pinch on Dave Sim's CEREBUS though in terms of arousing lefties to squeals of outrage when viewing violations of their idols. I can only laugh at anyone thinking Mr Bagge right wing. He may as well be polishing Che Guevara's Kalashnikov next to a real rightist. He did look the poster boy for libertarianism in his younger days however. Now he sort of resembles Henry Rollins.
Tell him to get back to his drawing board; he has deadlines to meet. And he should mow the lawn as well.
What's up with The Comics Journal connection with Reason? Bagge, Beato, & Doherty.
No complaints, as I'm a comix guy....
TCJ used to be a puritanical dink-hole.
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About 900 Port Chester Middle School students and faculty members – most dressed in blue and white, the Port Chester Middle School and High School colors – will leave their school for a Homecoming Parade to Port Chester High School on Thursday.
"I want our middle school students to take pride in being Port Chester Rams and in wearing the blue and white," said Middle School Principal Patrick Swift.
This is the first time the middle school will hold a Homecoming Parade through the village. A previous attempt two years ago was thwarted by bad weather. The forecast for Thursday predicts sunny fall weather.
The parade is scheduled to start at 1:48 p.m., with the route taking the students and teachers up South Ridge Street to Neuton Avenue and then up to Port Chester High School's Ryan Stadium. There, the middle school students will participate in the high school Fall Sports Pep Rally, which will start at 2:00pm.
"We are all part of the same school family," said Mitchell Combs, Port Chester High School principal. "This is a terrific event to spread school spirit throughout our community."


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Frank B. Holman, the auditor of the Toms River Regional School District, gave the district a "clean audit opinion" of its $233.3 million budget for the year ended June, 30, 2012.
"The most important thing was the adherence to the budget," Holman told the Board of Education at Tuesday night's meeting.
He said 2.5 percent of the budget was unspent and the district was "very tight with its surplus position."
The district's revenue exceeded spending by $3.35 million for the fiscal year ended in June, compared with the prior year when it spent $1.05 million more than its revenue. The "excess surplus" totaled $174,783 for the fiscal year ended 2012. The district had fund balances, which includes restricted funds for capital improvements, maintenance and emergencies, of $7.55 million at June 30, compared with $4.2 million on that date in 2011.
The school's debts totaled $99 million, but Holman, who is president of Holman & Frenia, said that figure is less than half of the district's assets.
Holman also presented a report about the finances of the Bennett Complex and the Pine Belt Arena that showed the two buildings had a combined increase in net assets of $162,504 for the year ended June 30.
"Neither building is being subsidized by tax revenues," Holman said.
The school board accepted the auditors report for the budget, as well as the report on the Bennett Complex and Pine Belt Arena, with seven votes and two abstentions.


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First Solar Inc. /quotes/zigman/102025/delayed/quotes/nls/fslr FSLR -0.21% shares climbed almost 4% after the energy company said it would construct two plants in the U.S. and Vietnam to hike capacity.
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Zagg Inc. /quotes/zigman/105703/delayed/quotes/nls/zagg ZAGG -0.37% shares soared more than 42% after the Salt Lake City producer of mobile-phone accessories said it expects full-year revenue to rise 70% compared with its previous estimate of a 30% increase.
Shares of for-profit schools fell after Apollo Group Inc. /quotes/zigman/57542/delayed/quotes/nls/apol APOL 0.00% said its fourth-quarter profit fell 55%, sending its stock down 23%. American Public Education Inc. /quotes/zigman/107827/delayed/quotes/nls/apei APEI +4.05% dropped 6.3%; Bridgepoint Education Inc. /quotes/zigman/536718/delayed/quotes/nls/bpi BPI +0.08% shares were off almost 15%; Capella Education Co. /quotes/zigman/96529/delayed/quotes/nls/cpla CPLA +13.52% declined 15%; Career Education Corp. /quotes/zigman/66286/delayed/quotes/nls/ceco CECO +1.61% fell 15%; and Corinthian Colleges Inc. /quotes/zigman/54226/delayed/quotes/nls/coco COCO +0.86% shares were down 20.4%. Also, DeVry Inc. /quotes/zigman/224420/delayed/quotes/nls/dv DV -0.55% fell almost 17%; Grand Canyon Education Inc. /quotes/zigman/110535/delayed/quotes/nls/lope LOPE +0.13% shed 12.7%; and ITT Educational Services Inc. /quotes/zigman/138719/delayed/quotes/nls/esi ESI -1.02% shares were off 14.4%. Shares of Washington Post Co. , which owns the Kaplan for-profit educational business, fell almost 9%. Read more about school stocks.
Charming Shoppes Inc. shares fell 21.6% after the operator of the Fashion Bug clothing chain said Chief Executive Officer James Fogarty was stepping down after less than two years.
H&R Block Inc. /quotes/zigman/219890/delayed/quotes/nls/hrb HRB -0.74% shares lost 10% after the tax-preparation company said late Wednesday that it would acquire TaxAct software creator 2SS Holdings Inc. for $287.5 million.
St. Joe Co. /quotes/zigman/162468/delayed/quotes/nls/joe JOE -2.60% shares declined almost 11% after hedge-fund operator David Einhorn said the real-estate company would have to take large asset-impairment charges. Read more about Einhorn's comments.
Sierra Bancorp /quotes/zigman/86450/delayed/quotes/nls/bsrr BSRR +0.70% shares fell 15% after the Porterville, Calif.-based parent of Bank of the Sierra reported third-quarter net income of 8 cents a share, or break-even on an adjusted basis.


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Marco's, Opening Next Month, Is Franny's, All Grown Up
It's taking over the original Franny's space.
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It's taking over the original Franny's space.
From Per Se to Chinatown.
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SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. - A Shelbyville man running for city council was charged with forging signatures of registered voters on his qualifying petition to get his name on the ballot.
"I've been administrator for five years and it has not come up in Bedford County before," said election administrator Summer Leverette on Tuesday.
A grand jury in Bedford County last week indicted 44-year-old Jimmy Neal Anderton with false entries on a registration or election document and he has been barred from seeking the position on the council.
Anderton reportedly told police he had hurt his ankle and simply ran out of time to get the required 25 signatures he needed. Election officials found 10 of them had been forged.
"They all looked the same and when we checked them in the computer system with signatures we had on file for those people it was totally different," Summer added.
Officials said Anderton didn't make up names, rather he forged signatures of other registered voters in his district.
"It is a felony that he's charged with. At first Mr. Anderton denied it, but later he confessed," explained Shelbyville Police Chief Austin Swing.
Anderton turned himself into police and posted a $3,000 bond.
"It's pretty much for certain you're going to get caught at least in my opinion if you try this," the Chief added.
NewsChannel 5 attempted to contact Anderton multiple times on Tuesday but he wasn't home.


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Earlier this week, the Florissant City Council approved
The council also approved a few bills and postponed one of them. Here is the rundown of the latest laws:
- Florissant City Council unanimously approved a special use permit transfer for the operation of a cell phone tower at 62 Grandview Plaza.
- The council approved Bill 8899, which reduces the residential fees for the Zykan-Behlmann Nature Lodge.
- The council approved a postponement on the third reading of Bill 8900. The bill will allow for the transfer of $10,300 from the capital improvement fund to capital additions for the purchase of fleet management software. Ward 6 Councilman Pat Stinnett had additional questions regarding the software, such as does the price include updates and compatible apps. He requested the IT director attend the next meeting to better answer questions regarding the purchase.
- The Florissant City Council unanimously approved the transfer of $40,000 for the contracting with the St. Louis Metro Softball Umpires Association for umpires for the summer and fall softball leagues.


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some cholesterol in it.......except for fruits and vegetables! I'm not buying anything that contains cholesterol. Am I doing right - or does
the body need some cholesterol? HELP! I'm hungry!!!
Just, take a walk (even if it's just for a lousy 10 minutes!), everyday.
Many years ago, I couldn't sleep one night, so I took a walk around the neighborhood in the middle of the night. I took my dog with me for company. When we got back, I was exhausted and fell asleep in minutes. That was the night my life changed, for good. From just that one sleepless night, I've walked well over 10,000 miles over the last 5 years. Sadly, not with the same dog but with 2 new ones, now.
The ratio between Total Cholesterol over HDL is the key indicator. The goal is to get that ratio below 4 to 1. Once achieved, your risk of stroke or heart disease becomes miniscule. As your walks progress and gain in distance, your HDL will start to noticeably rise and, transversely, your LDL and triglycerides will fall, too. After a year, or so, you'll finally "get it". It's the everyday focus on ever-increasing movement that's key to lowering cholesterol. Every doctor encourages all their patients to exercise a minimum of 30 minutes/day. And, most overweight patient goes out, joins a gym, brutalizes themselves for 3 or 6 months, then, "quits"...
Relax, take it slow and, most of all, don't worry!...
...and, don't quit!
I'm 56, btw. At 4:30 this morning, "we" got chased by two magnificent, beautiful male coyotes...We got away! My cholesterol ratio is 3.8. Oorah!
allowed to eat foods that contain cholesterol? I'm not
worrying, I'd just like to know because I want to do the
right thing!
A person with high cholesterol is advised to significantly LOWER their consumption of foods that have cholesterol in them.
Does it mean that you have to go without whole eggs? As long as you don't eat WHOLE eggs every day you will be ok.
Instead of making an omlette with , say, 3 eggs, make it with 1 whole egg and 2 egg whites. Use Fat Free cheddar cheese instead of whole fat or even "made with 2% milk" cheese , and load up on the veggies in it, instead of adding high fat meats like bacon or ham, try some precooked chicken or turkey breast(NOT processed lunch meat stuff, use the real thing)
Start to develop a sense of what "heart healthy" really means.
It doesn't mean using NO OILS or NO FATS, it means using the good for you fats and oils.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, Walnut and Grapeseed Oils are all good for you fats, IN MODERATION, because they still have quite a few calories.
Nuts , THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE PEANUTS, like walnuts, almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, all have good for you fats in them. HEART HEALTHY ones.
Cholesterol is made in your body. It's a necessary part of a healthy body in fact, and it makes enough ON ITS OWN to keep it healthy. The trick is to not ADD too much more with the foods we eat.
Remember that Cholesterol in your arteries acts like plaque on your teeth. It builds up over time if you don't "brush" some of it out, it clogs up.
FIBER is the key to brushing your arteries. That's the reason that Quaker Oatmeal is so gung ho about their cholesterol fighting properties. IT WORKS.
Google foods with HIGH FIBER and start incorporating more and more into your diet.
Reducing your meat consumption to the 4-6 oz serving size makes you feel like you are punishing yourself, fill that extra space with high fiber foods and you won't miss the high fat meat.
Eating more fiber only works if you also INCREASE your WATER consumption. FIBER absorbs that water, bulks up and unclogs arteries even better. If you eat alot of fiber without the water it can't do it's job as well.
Think of it as Liquid Plummer for your arteries.
hope this helps some. You don't have to starve. You just have to be willing to do some work with your existing diet.
What doesn't kill us makes us stronger---Friedrich Nietzche
that I've been saving to ask my doctor in June.
I had read about the importance of fiber, nuts & oatmeal and the only meat I've been eating is baked chicken breast. I've always been a hearty eater and I miss foods like pizza, hamburgers & all kinds of cheese! I'm 5'3" and weigh 115 lbs.
I'll be 70 years old June 18!!!
I do a 30 min. walk every day......sometimes twice a day!
Happy Mother's Day!
Isn't aging fun??
I'm 48 and had amazingly high blood pressure in January 2012. With a change in diet to heart healthy foods, by May I was off my bp meds and now have normal bp.
As for pizza. Don't go without. Skip the white dough, buy some whole wheat english muffins and top with your regular pizza stuff , using canadian bacon, or chicken for your meat if you want some, and veggies with low fat or skim mozzerella. Drizzle with some Extra Virgin Olive Oil and bake at 400 for 8 min or so.
With Hamburgers, buy the 85% lean, take a ball of burger between the size of a golf ball and a tennis ball (Raquet ball sized) . Either grill or fry in a nonstick pan with cooking spray.
OMIT THE BUN, and use a romaine lettuce leaf, pile on the condiments, but leave the FULL FAT may off. Use only light mayo or none at all.
Cheese is a bit trickier. Just find the lowest fat choices of the ones you like. Fat Free Cottage cheese is great, btw, and so are those Laughing Cow Light wedges of spreadable cheese.
Thanks for the Mothers day wish. Hope you had a good one too. And if I don't catch you before... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
What doesn't kill us makes us stronger---Friedrich Nietzche
My daughter gave me a pedometer for Mother's Day & I walked off over 200 calories yesterday! If you conquered your bp problem, I know I can do this.....just needed some planning & encouragement!
Thanks again!
Thanks to brunosbud, totallywiggedout & abnersmom - I know I'm on the right track!
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By Marcus Boocock
A CITY college has launched a degree in heavy metal music performance.
The two-year course at New College Nottingham has already come in for stinging criticism from some circles.
But college bosses say they are training people up for one of Nottingham's growing industries – live music.
Students will study a number of strands, including the history of heavy metal and its relationship with religion.
They will also look at the composition of a heavy metal film soundtrack.
Performance, recording and promotion will also feature heavily, with students having career options with recording companies, teaching and performance.
"You can study music at Oxford, Cambridge and in cities all over the UK, but here in Nottingham we wanted to offer something special," said course lecturer Liam Maloy.
"Nottingham's music industry is becoming stronger each year. Our students aspire to work in metal music marketing, at festivals and as promoters - this course will make that happen for them."
More than 20 students have already signed up for the course, which launches in September.
It is a two-year foundation degree with the chance of a further year at the end to get a full degree. Fees from 2013-14 will be £5,750 per year.
Heavy metal has a big following in Notts, with many fans watching bands at Rock City in the city centre, while the Download Festival at Donington Park attracts more than 75,000 rock and metal fans every year.
But in spite of that, the value of the course has been questioned.
The Campaign for Real Education, which works to increase standards in education, has labelled it a "waste of time".
George Akins, owner of Rock City, added: "I know this will create some interest but I'm not sure how many people will think you need a degree in heavy metal. I wouldn't want my son doing that.."
Mr Maloy responded by saying: "We understand the Campaign for Real Education is based in Sussex so it might not be familiar with Nottingham's thriving creative economy.
"This foundation degree has been developed due to student demand and we have aligned the curriculum to jobs in Nottingham's growing industry."
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The Associated Press reported Thursday night that Dr. Sanjay Gupta, well known as the host of CNN's "House Call" and President Barack Obama's first pick for the post of surgeon general took himself out of the selection process. What a ridiculous choice that was, President Obama, I have to say.
Gupta cited personal reasons, like wanting to spend more time with his family. Personally, I think the 39-year-old neurosurgeon, who also practices surgery at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital, saw the political clouds of opposition forming.
He apparently didn't have skeletons in the closet like tax issues, but was he really appropriate, given his age, and given that he is a TV celebrity with an active practice? Was he ready to become the talking head in Obama's important and radical healthcare reform plan? I doubt it.
The AP said House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., circulated a letter saying that Gupta was inexperienced and urging Obama not to name him.
I'm glad Conyers did that. And personally I wish Obama would just slow down. Fix the economy, create jobs, untangle the mortgage/bank problems and then give healthcare more time to rationalize into a real policy.
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Obamacare's changes to Medicaid will cost North Carolinians close to a billion dollars through 2019. And that's with "free" federal money covering a lion's share of the costs. When the federal government realizes it is going broke and pulls its share of funding, North Carolina taxpayers will be saddled with the entire colossal bill.
The claim that Medicaid expansion extends government insurance coverage to 500,000 uninsured citizens across the state is not true, according to a study conducted by Harvard, Boston University and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Their researchers found that only 14 percent of new Medicaid recipients would come from the ranks of the uninsured, while as many as 80 percent are currently covered by private insurance. That's as many as 400,000 people leaving private insurance and going to the government plan.
These projections about the abandonment of private insurance are scary – but they are consistent with Medicaid expansions of the past. Take the federally mandated State Children's Health Insurance Program as an example of the threat of government subsidized health coverage to private insurance. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that up to 50 percent of SCHIP enrollees came from the rolls of the once privately insured.
North Carolina's hospitals say they make money on privately insured patients but lose money on Medicaid patients. According to the Harvard study, with Obamacare's Medicaid expansion moving a significant number of citizens with private insurance onto the government-run program, a serious financial threat is added to our already troubled health care system.
Finally, a damning audit of North Carolina's current Medicaid program released in January found systemic failures including cost overruns of $1.4 billion, a failure to adhere to budgets and, most troubling, an inability or unwillingness to follow the law. The report confirmed what many already suspected – North Carolina's Medicaid program can't manage the 1.6 million people it is already supposed to serve. Adding 500,000 people to this system is foolhardy.
Senate Republicans are dedicated to improving health care outcomes and access in North Carolina. But counting on a federal government that is $16 trillion in debt to pay for the expansion of a Medicaid system that doesn't work at the expense of the private insurance market is not the way to do it.
Phil Berger
Senate President Pro Tempore, Eden
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A.K. Jain, R. Hoffman, "Evidence-Based Recognition of 3-D Objects," IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 783-802, November, 1988.
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An evidence-based recognition technique is defined that identifies 3-D objects by looking for their notable features. This technique makes use of an evidence rule base, which is a set of salient or evidence conditions with corresponding evidence weights for various objects in the database. A measure of similarity between the set of observed features and the set of evidence conditions for a given object in the database is used to determine the identity of an object in the scene or reject the object(s) in the scene as unknown. This procedure has polynomial time complexity and correctly identifies a variety of objects in both synthetic and real range images. A technique for automatically deriving the evidence rule base from training views of objects is shown to generate evidence conditions that successfully identify new views of those objects.
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We recently spent a day on the set of 7500, the new thriller from The Grudge director Takashi Shimizu. While we can't give you any of the details on that project just yet (give us a few months), we were able to spend some time with Shimizu's long-time producer, Roy Lee. Lee spilled on a few very high-profile genre projects coming up, including Old Boy, Poltergeist, The Grudge reboot, The Ring reboot, and Battle Royale. Check out what he has to say after the jump.
What do you have coming up after 7500?
We are planning to shoot Old Boy in March. That should start pre-production in January.
Are there any aspects of the original Old Boy that you kept, or is this completely separate?
This is completely separate. A brand new script by Mark Protosevich.
Can you tell us anything about the approach or style you are going to take with Old Boy?
It is very similar, but we've added new elements to it that will throw off the audience who has seen the original. There are new characters and new situations that present themselves in a way that change the story, but eventually go in the same direction.
The ending of the film isn't the same as the ending of the manga on which it is based. Are you going to maintain some of the more controversial original's last act?
The ending will be something that audiences - especially fans of the original - will be very happy with. In fact, some may consider it to be a bit darker. And there is a different interpretation of that hallway scene that will hopefully be Spike Lee's signature moment in the movie.
Are you looking to revive The Grudge or The Ring?
We are looking to do a new version of The Grudge but we haven't decided on exactly what it will be. We just put it out to the film community that we are hearing takes from writers on what they could bring to the table with a new The Grudge.
And The Ring? Are you planning a third or a reboot?
It's the same as with The Grudge. They are hearing takes and also having a script written to see if it works in terms of restarting a Ring franchise.
How do you make something fresh when it is a reboot of a remake?
We hear different pitches from people who have their ideas. When one of us hears an idea we really like, we potentially execute it. They would be considered open writing assignments.
What excites you about horror nowadays? I am seeing your name attached to a lot of horror projects.
I'm constantly looking for something that will push audiences to new scares in horror movies. Jason [Blum] has been doing a tremendous job with the Paranormal Activity movies. He has this movie called Sinister coming out, which is a hybrid of found footage and live action. Scott Derrickson directed that. I've just been reading scripts and hoping to find something. I have a couple scripts in mind that we are planning on doing in the same budgetary range as [7500] and just continue to experiment. Hopefully one will be made right after this one. We are in the negotiation stage right now.
Will we ever see the Battle Royale U.S. Edition, or has Hunger Games killed that?
Hunger Games took a lot of the wind out of the sails because it has a very similar story line. I'm not even sure if any studio.... Even before Hunger Games would have been able to take the creative risks you need to make the movie right, now it would be even harder.
Have you seen any parodies of some of your movies? What do you make of them?
I enjoy them. I find them quite funny. But I do think that once a horror [sub-]genre is commonly parodied in other movies, it starts to kill that particular take on that genre. So once you see it it kind of becomes a jerk in and of itself.
Were you attached to The Swarm remake?
That was one of those things where, like The Grudge reboot, we were just hearing takes on it; nothing further than that.
That one could stand a reboot.
I think the one I am most excited about updating is Poltergeist. That is something that, hopefully sometime next year, someone will be able to accomplish. I am in talks to produce that one.


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Austin's Alamo Drafthouse has offered countless treats to movie geeks over the years, so what better time than Halloween to offer another one? This Sunday, October 30th, the Alamo will premiere a brand new score from composer Graham Reynolds for F.W. Murnau's silent film classic Nosferatu (the first feature-film adaptation of Stoker's Dracula), performed live by Reynolds himself. Check out a preview clip from the film with the new score after the jump.
Visit the Drafthouse website for more info on the new Nosferatu score. Here's Graham Reynolds' bio straight from the Alamo:
Austin, Texas based composer-bandleader Graham Reynolds creates, performs, and records music for film, theater, dance, rock clubs and concert halls with collaborators ranging from Richard Linklater to DJ Spooky to the Austin Symphony Orchestra. As bandleader of the jazz-based but far reaching Golden Arm Trio, Reynolds hasrepeatedly toured the country and released three critically acclaimed albums. As Co-Artistic Director of Golden Hornet Project with Peter Stopschinski, Reynolds has produced more than fifty concerts of world-premier alt-classical music by more than sixty composers, as well as five symphonies, two concertos and countless chamber pieces of his own. Reynolds music has been heard through-out the world on TV, on stage, in films, and on radio, from HBO to Showtime, Cannes Film Festival to the Kennedy Center, and BBC to NPR. His score to the 2006 Robert Downey, Jr. feature "A Scanner Darkly" was named Best Soundtrack of the Decade by Cinema Retro magazine. His awards include the Lowe Music Theater Award, four Austin Critic's Table awards, the John Bustin Award, an Amp Award, five Austin Chronicle Best Composer wins, a B. Iden Payne Award, Meet the Composer and Map grants, as well as support from the National Endowment for the Arts for several projects.


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By Joe Pinchot
Herald Staff Writer
With better-than-expected tax revenues, a one-time spike in state pension aid and lower operating costs in several departments, the city of Hermitage is ending the year with more money in the bank than usual.
The proposed 2013 general fund budget – introduced a week ago – projects to carry over $1,647,988, up from $867,686 this year and $356,587 in 2011.
"What it allowed us to do was to shift more money over to our capital programs," said City Manager Gary P. Hinkson. "We will be doing a significant amount of infrastructure work in 2013, and buy some equipment."
In the 2013 general fund budget, 18.5 percent – about $2.1 million – will be transferred to the capital budget.
With that money, Community Development Block Grant funds, grants and the proceeds of borrowed money through a bond issue, the city will be investing significant dollars in street paving and sealcoating, storm water drainage improvements and recreation projects in 2013 and 2014, he said.
The proposed $11,376,998 budget is up 2 percent over this year's $11,157,833 budget. The spending plan proposes no increase in city taxes and fees, other than the third and final annual hike in sewer user fees – from $42 a month to $47.50 – to pay for the expansion of the water pollution control plant.
Tax revenues were strong this year, especially in earned income tax and the realty transfer tax, although officials remain conservative in their estimates for 2013.
Hinkson said the realty transfer tax can fluctuate widely from year to year, and officials are not sure if the better-than-expected EIT revenues are from more people working or better, more timely collections due to the transition from local tax collection to a countywide collection system.
However, those advances, along with new development, have officials optimistic.
"We're encouraged that the economy has stabilized and shown signs of improvement," said Assistant City Manager Gary M. Gulla.
Last year, the city raised the Local Services Tax on people who work in the city – the old Occupational Privilege Tax – to $47 from $5, and the money raised by the tax, about $400,000, will be going to the Neighborhood Investment Program.
Having completed work in the NIP area bordered by East State Street, North Buhl Farm Drive, Highland Road and the Sharon border, officials will now focus on the area north of Highland, west of Buhl Farm Drive with Buhl Farm park and Sharon to the north and west.
Under the program, the city paves streets, improves storm water drainage, replaces signs, reviews street lighting and looks at other issues in a specific area.
There likely will be no NIP projects undertaken by the city in 2013 – although money will be spent on engineering – as Aqua will replace water lines and Hermitage Municipal Authority will replace and repair sanitary sewer lines.
"Much like the last one, it makes sense to have them get in there, do their work, and follow them," Hinkson said, adding work likely will take two to four years.
The part of the NIP funded by CDBG funds will be looking at the Patagonia area north of Orangeville Road.
Storm water improvements – estimated to cost about $1 million – planned for 2013 include projects on Butterfly Lane, Ridgewood Drive and Llodio Drive and restoring the Indian Run stream between Sunset Drive and Easton Road.
The city will continue sealing recreational trails and expects to begin the development of the Stull Farm on Sample Road for recreation.
Capital purchases will include a new telephone system for the city building, a truck and snow plow for the street department and fingerprinting and video arraignment equipment for the police department. Money also will be set aside for the fire department for a future purchase.
A retirement incentive this year resulted in a handful of city workers retiring and allowed for a restructuring of duties for some employees.
Neil Hosick, hired to oversee storm water projects, is taking on new duties as facilities coordinator to oversee all city-owned property, including buildings and grounds, trails, parks and storm water detention basins.
Sherry Iversen, the former earned income tax collector, has been named finance supervisor and her duties include the solid waste recycling program, city-owned vehicle management, monitoring municipal assessments, collecting old delinquent wage taxes, monitoring wage tax receipts and keeping the tax rolls current.
The city will be hiring a new lab technician for the water pollution control plant due to increased water testing requirements – the city will have to test seven days a week instead of five – and will share Ian Garfoli with Hermitage Municipal Authority.
Garfoli was hired by the city in 2005 as special projects director to design and oversee construction projects and was laid off in 2009 when the recession hit city finances. HMA picked him up shortly after his furlough to oversee the water pollution control plant construction, but as that project winds down, he will spend 60 percent of his time working for the authority and 40 percent with the city overseeing projects.
Even when the lab tech is hired, the city staffing level will be less than last year and at the same level as 15 years ago.
"We've grown, we're spending more money on infrastructure than we did 15 years ago, but we've restructured the organization in a way that gives us the best bang for our buck," Hinkson said.
Commissioners also introduced these budgets last week: capital reserve fund, $564,000; construction fund, $2,267,161; sanitary sewer utility fund, $6,997,738; highway aid fund, $410,820; LindenPointe facilities fund, $85,484; vested sick leave, $239,359; Pennsylvania Emergency Management loan, $39,443; and capital improvement fund, $265,548.
Commissioners are expected to approve a budget Dec. 28.


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BMW has announced it is recalling a whopping 1.3 million 5 Series and 6 Series vehicles from the 2003 to 2010 model years. Of those, Reuters notes that some 368,000 examples were sold in the U.S. – most of them sedans like the one above.
It doesn't sound like too difficult of a problem to fix, but the automaker says the cars' battery cable covers could be incorrectly mounted. BMW says no accidents or injuries have occurred because of the issue, but there is the potential that affected models may fail to start, or worse, catch fire.
Owners will be receiving a letter soon and will be asked to visit a BMW dealer for about a 30-minute repair session.
A company spokesman tells The Wall Street Journal that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been notified. Just 9 months ago, BMW was penalized $3 million for failing to report safety defects to NHTSA quickly enough. It looks like they may have learned their lesson. Read the full press release after the jump.
Related Gallery2007 BMW 5-series sedan
In order to carry out a quality measure, the BMW AG is re-calling all BMW 5 and 6 Series models of the previous generation, built between 2003 and 2010 and still on the market for repair at authorised dealers.
In some remote cases, the battery cable cover inside the boot of these vehicles may be incorrectly mounted.
This can result in the electrical system malfunctioning, the vehicle failing to start and, in some cases, to charring or fire.
We are not aware of any accidents or injury to persons resulting from this fault.
Vehicle owners will be notified in writing. Affected vehicles will remain at the respective BMW
Partner repair workshop for approximately 30 minutes, the service, of course, being free of charge to the customer.
Approximately 1.3 million vehicles worldwide are affected.


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Our tree is the centre piece of the Christmas celebration. It's filled with decorations collected over the years. This is an ornament I've had for years, given to me by my dad when we moved into a new house long ago.
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