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SALT LAKE CITY — There were sequins and smiles, cheers and applause and a whole lot of enthusiasm at the Utah Democratic Party's Legislative gala Saturday — its biggest to date.
"This is the largest fundraising event in the history of the Utah Democratic Party," party chairman and state Sen. Jim Dabakis announced to the attendees at the Marriott at City Creek.
The hundreds of attendees dined and mingled and donated. They applauded those elected officials who will represent the party at the Legislature and heard from keynote speaker, Sacramento Mayor and former NBA athlete, Kevin Johnson.
"I believe the support and energy we see in this room today… (means) there is a strong and vibrant future for the Utah Democrats," Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams said.
He said that despite predictions for a rough year in 2012, the party moved forward with a great year and plans for another in 2013. The focus at this point is the Legislative session beginning Monday, where Democratic leaders said they will make education their priority.
"We need to make sure that we increase the amount that we're giving to ensure education," Sen. Gene Davis, D-Salt Lake, said. "We can't shortchange it anymore. If we're one of the best managed states in the nation why are we number 49 when it comes to our children's education?"
He said the Democrats have a number of education-focused bills in the works and that they will hope to get more money committed to education than is currently allotted in the governor's budget. He said it's a necessary investment to reach future goals, such as the Prosperity 2020 initiative that seeks to have 66 percent of Utah adults holding some form of post-secondary degree or certificate by the year 2020.
"I think the economy in the state of Utah is growing, I think that as we look at our prospects in the future, that our state is poised to do well," Davis said. "What we need to do, then, and this will be the Democrats move forward, is to make sure we address the needs of our people. I think we have a great business climate in the state of Utah, but what we need to do is make sure that the working family gets what they need and that children receive the education and educational opportunities that we should be affording them."
This was echoed by House Minority Leader, Jennifer Seelig, D-Salt Lake, who said that Democrats also want to focus on healthy communities by targeting environmental health and access to healthcare as well as safety in the state's schools and communities. Small businesses, built and operated locally, are also a priority, but she said education is crucial in Utah's future.
"The Utah House Democrats are working on making sure that Utah stays competitive," she said. "And by doing that we're focusing on different areas like education, because we look at education as providing opportunities for all of our children across the state … to have an opportunity at an education so that they can be self-sustaining and help take our communities on into the future with their creativity and handwork."
Dabakis said this session, and year, will be important as Utah Democrats seek to inform Utahns about their identity and personality, which he said is markedly different than the polarized "catastrophe" in Washington, D.C. He said both parties in the nation's capitol are "completely out of touch" with the American people and are paralyzing the country. In Utah, he said, it's different.
"Utah Democrats are moderate, they're common sense, they're not ideological and they want to solve problems," Dabakis said. "We, as Utah Democrats, are the opposite of Washington and we are the opposite of the ideologues who have taken over the Republican party. We're just there to solve problems for the people of Utah."
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South African authorities have advised the NZRU and Harris that after investigating the complaint, they will not be prosecuting.
Nathan Harris said: "I am obviously pleased and relieved I have been cleared.
"The past three months has been an incredibly difficult time for me and my family and now I want to put this matter behind me.
"I want to thank my family, friends and rugby community for supporting me during this time.
"I am disappointed that my special experience with the New Zealand Under 20 was marred by this allegation. My focus is now on getting on with playing rugby and I'll be working hard to prove that I can be a good asset for any team I am lucky enough to be involved in," he said.
NZRU General Manager Professional Rugby Neil Sorensen said the NZRU was pleased that the South African authorities had now closed this matter.
"Nathan has already publicly acknowledged that he breached team rules when he allowed a woman to come back to his room after the Final of the Junior World Cup in South Africa in June.
"We consider Nathan's actions in breaching the team rules to be misconduct, and after considering all the circumstances we have decided that the matter will be recorded as a warning on his file.
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Check out the brand-new website for the church I have attended for over 13 years now. It is a marvelous building, built in 1873, near downtown Detroit, with some of the most gorgeous stained glass in America, and a great tradition of liturgical music. The website provides several fascinating pages about the history of the parish, lots of photographs, and information about the German community in Detroit. St. Joseph's is a wonderful, holy place, and the worship is just as reverential as the surroundings.
Sure a long way from my old non-denominational, Jesus Freak church meeting in a boring hall in the YMCA . . . I always loved the traditional cathedrals and medieval architecture, though. Some aspects of me have always been Catholic, whether I knew it or not.
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Brief Description
A cross-site scripting and path disclosure vulnerability exist in the WebReporting module of F-Secure Policy Manager.
Mitigating Factors
The WebReporting interface is typically used internally in corporate networks which limits the number of remote hosts that can attempt to exploit this vulnerability.
Affected Platforms
All platforms supported by the affected products.
Risk Level: MEDIUM (Low/Medium/High/Critical)
• F-Secure Policy Manager versions 7.x, 8.x and 9.x
F-Secure recommends that administrators of the affected systems patch or upgrade their systems.
F-Secure Corporation wants to thank Sow Ching Shiong for bringing this issue to our attention.
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F-Secure Policy Manager for Windows | 8.00 | ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/support/hotfix/fspm/fspm-8.00-windows-hotfix-2.zip |
F-Secure Policy Manager for Windows | 8.1x | ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/support/hotfix/fspm/fspm-8.1x-windows-hotfix-3.zip |
F-Secure Policy Manager for Windows | 9.00 | ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/support/hotfix/fspm/fspm-9.00-windows-hotfix-4.zip |
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Oversized African American Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Leigh Anne and Sean, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
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The Cheltenham Gold Cup is once again almost upon us and once again it's Bobs Worth who is the horse to beat. Just a little under two months away, the nine-year-old heads 36 entries for the Cup and is unbeaten at the Festival in three successive races, taking the 2011 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle and the 2012 RSA Chace, before taking the cup in an astonishing win last year.
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The wait for the fourth league game of the season is nearly over. Club historian Rick Glanvill and club statistician Paul Dutton point the way to the north of the borough for this re-established west London derby…
An unforgettable summer of British sport drew to a close this week, but let's not forget that it really kicked off on 19 May, when the start of the London 2012 torch relay was marked by London's first ever triumph in the Champions League by Chelsea.
The European Cup has been around since 1955, so a win for the capital was almost as overdue as a male Brit winning a tennis major. This week Chelsea were also named the European Club Association (formerly the G-14) 'Club of the Year' for 'outstanding achievement during the 2011/12 season on European and domestic level.'
Yet following the international break we have to remember that our last match was a hugely disappointing 1-4 defeat in the UEFA Super Cup to Atlético.
Last season on the odd occasion the Blues played as they did in Monaco, the media singled out the 'old guard' - they were said to be 'resisting' the manager's strategies, or only rousing themselves for the big occasions.
With several former stalwarts departed, and another trophy on offer, those seem even hollower suggestions.
However, more potential silverware was surrendered and Roberto Di Matteo will have been paying specific attention to defensive organisation after Falcao's performance. There is, of course, the possibility that the league leaders will hand a debut to exciting full-back signing César Azpilicueta (pictured below) and Victor Moses too.
Given that the last two matches between our two sides at Loftus Road have been decided by a penalty, there must exist the possibility that Chelsea will extend the club record for penalty goals in successive matches from the start of a season. It is presently three on the spin.
Although the Rs have looked leaky so far this season they have only dropped three points from their last 18 on home soil.
To many Chelsea fans this is about the club standing first in the Barclays Premier League visiting the 19th, but to the hosts this is W12 versus SW6. Some Queens Park Rangers supporters are calling this the match of the season, yet at the time of writing it had still not quite sold out.
Barclays Premier League fixtures
Norwich v West Ham 12.45pm - Sky Sports
Arsenal v Southampton 3pm
Aston Villa v Swansea 3pm
Fulham v West Brom 3pm
Man Utd v Wigan 3pm
QPR v Chelsea 3pm
Stoke v Man City 3pm
Sunderland v Liverpool 5.30 - ESPN
Reading v Tottenham 4pm - Sky Sports
Everton v Newcastle 8pm - Sky Sports
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1 | Chelsea | 3 | 6 | 9 |
2 | Swansea | 3 | 8 | 7 |
3 | West Brom | 3 | 5 | 7 |
4 | Man City | 3 | 3 | 7 |
5 | Man Utd | 3 | 1 | 6 |
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16 | Reading | 2 | -2 | 1 |
17 | Aston Villa | 3 | -3 | 1 |
18 | Liverpool | 3 | -5 | 1 |
20 | Southampton | 3 | -4 | 0 |
Supporters attending the game are asked to note that as last season for this fixture, no alcohol will be served in the away section at Loftus Road.
The Blues' last visit brought a 1-0 FA Cup win in a tense but turgid encounter. Juan Mata sent the goalkeeper the wrong way (his only success from the spot last season) after Daniel Sturridge had been bundled over in the box.
The league meeting in W12 has gone down in notoriety. Seeking our 6,000th goal in league football, Chelsea, in black, went behind after nine minutes when David Luiz shoved Heidar Helguson in the area and the Icelander tumbled. Cech reached the ball with his hand but could not keep Helguson's penalty out.
The visitors then suffered two sendings-off before half-time (José Bosingwa, now of Loftus Road, and Didier Drogba), plus seven bookings from referee Chris Foy, but still often outplayed the hosts.
No league club has played at more different stadiums than QPR, though we have only met them at their present home. '"Fans" Turn On Poor Rangers' was one of the headlines when this fixture was first played in September 1968 (pictured below with brothers Ron and Allan Harris the captains of the two sides). Rs goalie Ron Springett was beaten four times and a crowd of supporters screamed abuse at manager Bill Dodgin and his side at the end.
Tommy Baldwin capped the Blues' bright opening when he tapped in after Bobby Tambling had hit a post. Handball by Bobby Keetch led to Chelsea's second, the spot-kick duly deposited by Peter Osgood.
A third came when Springett's poor throw was intercepted and Charlie Cooke set up Baldwin for his second. Hard-working forward Alan Birchenall completed the 4-0 scoreline in the dying minutes with a smart header from Johnny Boyle's cross.
Loftus Road has rarely been a lucky ground though, whether the match has been played on plastic or grass, though the plastic was sometimes better than bad grass.
Our win at Loftus Road in January 1996 is our only league win there in 12 attempts, in a run stretching back to December 1982. QPR have won six of the other 11 matches with five draws. We have won our last two FA Cup fixtures in W12 - in 1996 and last season.
Our last 10 league games against QPR at Loftus Road
1986/87 - Drew 1-1
1987/88 - QPR won 3-1
1989/90 - QPR won 4-2
1990/91 - QPR won 1-0
1991/92 - Drew 2-2
1992/93 - Drew 1-1
1993/94 - Drew 1-1
1994/95 - QPR won 1-0
1995/96 - Chelsea won 2-1
2011/12 - QPR won 1-0
Other matches last season
28 January 2012 FA Cup fourth round
QPR….…..………..….0 Chelsea………..……1
Mata pen 61
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29 April 2012 Barclays Premier League
Chelsea..………..….6 QPR……………..……1
Sturridge 1 Cissé 84
Terry 12
Torres 18, 24, 63
Malouda 79
Att: 41,675
Chelsea v QPR in all competitions
Games played 51
Chelsea wins 20
Rangers wins 14
Draws 17
Head to head in the league at Loftus Road
Games played 21
Chelsea wins 4
Rangers wins 8
Draws 9
Biggest league win at Loftus Road for each team
QPR 6-0 Chelsea 31/03/1986
QPR 0-4 Chelsea 14/09/1968
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Dawes, Glenn Desmond (2011) The challenges of reintegrating Indigenous youth after their release from detention. Journal of Youth Studies, 14 (6). pp. 693-707.
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Cunneen, Chris (2009) Law, policing and public order: the aftermath of Cronulla. In: Noble, Greg, (ed.) Lines in the Sand: the Cronulla riots, multiculturalism and national belonging. Institute of Criminology Series , 28 . Institute of Criminology Press, Sydney, NSW, Australia, pp. 220-231.
Cunneen, Chris (2008) State crime, the colonial question and Indigenous peoples. In: Smeulers, Alette, and Haveman, Roelof, (eds.) Supranational Criminology: towards a criminology of international crimes. Supranational Criminal Law: Capita Selecta, 6 . Intersentia , Antwerp, Belgium, pp. 159-179.
White, Rob, and Cunneen, Chris (2006) Social class, youth crime and justice. In: Goldson, Barry, and Muncie, John, (eds.) Youth Crime and Justice. Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 17-29.
Cunneen, Chris (2006) The criminalization of Indigenous people. In: Maaka, Roger C.A. , and Andersen, Chris, (eds.) The Indigenous Experience: global perspectives. Canadian Scholars Press, Toronto, Canada, pp. 189-205.
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Last week the Commonwealth Fund released a new report which reveals that premiums for employer-sponsored family health insurance plans have increased by 50 percent from 2003 to 2010. The report presents a state-by-state analysis of employer-sponsored family health insurance costs between 2003 and 2010—before the Affordable Care Act was passed.
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Identity theft and fraud are a threat to many people these days, but seniors can be especially vulnerable. Yesterday members of Florida's Department of Financial Services visited the Sunshine Center in St. Petersburg to help seniors stay alert.
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Many homeowners in the Tampa Bay region could face steep rate hikes on sinkhole insurance premiums. This afternoon there is a hearing at the Tampa Convention Center on proposed rate increases by state's government-backed insurance program. State legislators held a press conference to voice opposition to the hikes this morning.
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More than a hundred furious protestors shouted and waved signs outside Pasco County government offices yesterday. They rallied to protest massive rate hikes proposed for sinkhole insurance coverage.
Last year there were far more sinkhole rate claims in the Tampa Bay area than in previous years. While many say the drought is to blame, some politicians in Tallahassee think fraud is at work. So State Senate Bill 408 was written to address the fraud, but also did away with a 10% annual rate h...
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Our guest Adam Weinstein, a reporter with Mother Jones Magazine, wrote this last week about Florida Governor Rick Scott: "Last year, political neophyte Rick Scott spent $73 million of his own money to bring the tea party's anti-government, pro-privatization agenda to the Florida governor's office. Today, the former executive pays just $30 a month for health care—and lets taxpayers cover the rest.
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Today the White House emphasized health care reform, for the third straight day this week.
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A new report from a health care advocacy group says that almost two of every five Floridians under the age of 65 were uninsured for some period of time in the past couple of years.
Ron Pollock is executive director with Families USA, the organization that released the study. He said approximately 5.8 million Floridians were uninsured for at least six months within the past two years, that's 38 percent of the state's population.
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PAWTUCKET тАФ The Lincoln/Cumberland Co-op girlsтАЩ hockey squad had just suffered a tough 5-2 decision to the combined Barrington/Mount Hope/Portsmouth club on Thursday night, March 7, at Brown University.
That, coupled with the LionsтАЩ 6-5 double-overtime defeat in the first game of this-best-of-three R.I. Division II Tournament championship series, meant the second-year program hadnтАЩt captured its dream of capturing the state crown.
In the Meehan Auditorium foyer after the final tilt, senior goalkeeper Ashley Devolve approached head coach Dick Ernst looking rather glum, but thatтАЩs when he leveled the news: That his netminder would be the recipient of the Rhode Island Reds Heritage SocietyтАЩs prestigious Gil Mayer Award during the Mount St. Charles-La Salle boysтАЩ finals clash at Brown on Saturday evening.
Devolve at first seemed puzzled. тАЬMe? Why?тАЭ she asked, and Ernst explained to her who Mayer had been тАУ for years a superb goalie representing the Reds. He noted she was the lone female keeper in the Ocean State to win it, that she had been chosen by a special selection committee made up the society, R.I. Hockey Coaches Association and Interscholastic League officials.
тАЬI was shocked, and really excited,тАЭ Devolve grinned while seated at Lynch Arena on Tuesday afternoon. тАЬMy mom (Diane) actually had told me on the Tuesday night before that I was going to find something out Thursday, but that she couldnтАЩt tell me. I kept asked her what it was, but she said, тАШAshley, no, youтАЩll find out when itтАЩs time,тАЩ I was dying to know!
тАЬI mean, we had just lost the second game of the finals, and I was bummed, but I wasnтАЩt too upset,тАЭ she added. тАЬI was kind of disappointed we didnтАЩt win the championship, but when Coach Dick told me about it, honestly, I was speechless. I donтАЩt remember much about it; I had a lot on my mind, but I was thinking, тАШWow! Yea!тАЩтАЭ
Six individuals, three girls and three boys, were honored at Meehan Auditorium last Saturday evening, including Devolve and Mount St. Charles senior captain Brian Belisle.
According to committee members, these тАЬUnsung HeroтАЭ awards were issued for a playerтАЩs contributions to high school hockey; demonstrated acts of sportsmanship, leadership and community involvement; academic performance; talent and ability; and challenges coping with personal obstacles and hardship.
According to that committee, тАЬHer teammates have referred to Ashley as тАШMiss BlankтАЩ because of her diving, acrobatic saves. Besides her academic prowess, she has been involved in numerous extracurricular activities, including field hockey, lacrosse, Girl Scouts (and) school bands. As an accomplished member of the Jazz Band, she has traveled the country extensively for both performances and competitions.тАЭ
MayerтАЩs son, Andre, gave her a heavy plaque, and the two immediately posed for photos.
тАЬI canтАЩt believe how official it looks,тАЭ Devolve smiled again while holding the coveted momento of her phenomenal campaign. IтАЩve gotten other little trophies, stuff like that, but this is my first real award, and I love it.тАЭ
ItтАЩs so easy to understand why the society and other powers-that-be chose Devolve for the accolade; after all, she had never before played ice hockey before her junior winter season. Sure, she had protected her cage as a three-year member of the LionsтАЩ varsity field hockey squad, but on the ice? Never.
тАЬIt all started last year, with Jean Bray; she was trying to form a girlsтАЩ varsity hockey team,тАЭ Devolve mentioned. тАЬIтАЩve always been friends with Jean, and I knew she was trying to start one at our school. She told me she didnтАЩt have a goalie, and I immediately was interested.
тАЬI had liked hockey because I saw the movie тАШMiracleтАЩ (about the astonishing gold-medal run the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team made at Lake Placid), and I thought it was really cool,тАЭ she added. тАЬEver since I watched it, I thought about playing тАж Still, I was pretty nervous because I had never really skated before. IтАЩve gone with friends to the outdoor rink in Providence, but that was it.
тАЬJean asked me to go to the meetings she had set up, so I did. I remember the first one, that was in, like, mid-November (2011), and only three of us went тАУ Jean, me and Alison Jeffrey. My mom told me afterward that she wasnтАЩt too keen on my starting a new sport; she wanted me to focus on my schoolwork. I told her that I knew where she was coming from, but I was still upset about it.тАЭ
A few days went by, and Ernst phoned Diane to convince her he needed Devolve to play.
тАЬI was at a friendтАЩs house, and Coach talked to my mom for about 45 minutes,тАЭ she giggled. тАЬShe called me at my friendтАЩs house that same morning and said, тАШYouтАЩre playing ice hockey.тАЩ I was thrilled!
тАЬI wasnтАЩt really nervous about the goalie part of it, but the skating? I was, like, тАШHow am I going to do this?тАЩ I didnтАЩt even know how to put all the gear on. Jean had to help me.тАЭ
She attended her first practice at the Rhode Island Sports Center (on Route 146) on a Tuesday, and was told she would start in net on Friday night.
тАЬRight when I got on the ice, I fell, and most of the girls were laughing; they thought it was funny,тАЭ she continued. тАЬI did, too. I didnтАЩt know what I was getting into. Most of the girls had been playing hockey since they were little, and here I was 16 and playing for the first time.
тАЬThe skating was the toughest part, working on angles with skates on instead of spikes and keeping my balance. And, definitely, I had to get used to the glove. I had never really used one before. I played Little League baseball when I was younger (she played shortstop), but we donтАЩt use one in field hockey. We have a blocker to knock the ball away.
тАЬMy father would pull out his baseball glove and me my goalie glove, and weтАЩd go outside and play catch with a tennis ball. That definitely helped me get my hand-eye coordination down. Learning how to get into the тАШbutterflyтАЩ position was pretty easy. As time went on, I ended up getting so used to going down to the ice to block shots, my field hockey coaches told me to get back on my feet and into field hockey mode.тАЭ
With a laugh, she noted, тАЬThey did that in a joking way, but they made their point.тАЭ
That squad finished 2-14 in its initial season, and Ernst continued to inform his crew that, if they worked really hard and followed his lead (not to mention his crazy sense of humor), they could go out and win the D-II state championship in its second year.
Thanks to Ernst, BrayтАЩs leadership and talent, a first line also consisting of sophomore Cassidy DiPaola and freshman Cassidy Simanski and two outstanding defensemen in junior Lauren Hervieux and sophomore Marissa Mancini, the Lions cruised past Cranston East in a semifinal sweep before battling the co-op squad based in Barrington.
In the end, Lincoln/Cumberland had finished with a 9-12 mark.
тАЬSaturday night at Brown, I was really excited,тАЭ Devolve stated of the awards ceremony. тАЬEverything went as I expected, but I didnтАЩt know how many people would be there, so I was kind of nervous,тАЭ she stated. тАЬI actually had to leave our schoolтАЩs Variety Show right after the first act; I had to be there for that because I had a saxophone solo, but then I got out of there to get to the arena.
тАЬAs for our record, IтАЩm just really proud of everyone,тАЭ she added. тАЬEven the girls who had been playing forever, they improved, especially the ones who had only played a year or two. Just like me, my friend Tayla Omar started last season, and sheтАЩs already an alternate for the first line.
тАЬI couldnтАЩt have done it without my defensemen; they played every minute of every game, and they were amazing! If I gave up a goal, theyтАЩd come up to me and say, тАШAsh, donтАЩt worry about it. YouтАЩll get тАШem the next time!тАЩ TheyтАЩd also apologize, and IтАЩd just say, тАШNo, no! IтАЩm the last line of defense. I shouldтАЩve had it.тАЩтАЭ
Devolve, who has snared three letters in field hockey and will bring home her second in her тАЬcolderтАЭ sport at a team awards banquet this Thursday night at Village Haven restaurant, juggled her time in athletics with playing in the LHS Concert, Marching and Jazz bands, helping out in the famed Variety Show and being a camp counselor for the Lincoln Parks & Recreation Department.
As for scholastics, she completed her fall semester with a stellar 3.9 GPA; on the ice, she earned third-team All-Division honors.
тАЬI think her receiving the Gil Mayer Award is wonderful,тАЭ Ernst offered. тАЬItтАЩs amazing that she never really skated before November (2011). SheтАЩs a fantastic young woman, and a goalie who carried us through the playoffs (with a .908 save percentage). She was sensational in all of our games, and itтАЩs because of her complete dedication to the program.
тАЬAll the girls gave their hearts and souls to each other, and to me and my assistants (Tom Pereira and Bob OтАЩDonnell),тАЭ he continued. тАЬThey developed it all into us being the state finalist.тАЭ
Last winter, ErnstтАЩs bunch captured just two post-season laurels тАУ Bray first-team All Division and DiPaola third-team. Following this campaign, they raked in several: Bray snagged a Hobey Baker Award, and was also first-team All Division; Simanski brought home a first-team All-Division honor and was second in the league scoring with 32 points (20 goals, 12 assists); Mancini took second-team All Division and DiPaola third-team; and Hervieux, the alternate captain in 2012-13, will be the chief of her squad next year.
Devolve hasnтАЩt decided where she will attend school next year, but has been accepted by the University of Maine at Orono, Rhode Island College and URI.
тАЬI donтАЩt really know what I want to major in; IтАЩm going in undecided,тАЭ she said. тАЬI might minor or double-major in the field of music, but IтАЩm not sure. I will say IтАЩm thinking about being a dietician or nutritionist.тАЭ
As for Brian Belisle, he received the Chuck Scherza Award as the Reds Heritage SocietyтАЩs тАЬR.I. Unsung HeroтАЭ for forwards.
After the second period of the contest in which he had been competing, he was presented the award by ScherzaтАЩs son, Rick.
The announcer read the following to the audience at Brown: тАЬThe name Belisle has been synonymous with high school hockey for more than six decades тАж Brian has distinguished himself as a role model and leader even during a period when he could not play after sustaining a concussion in the first game of the season. After being cleared to practice and play, Brian (registered) seven goals and six assists in MountтАЩs final seven games. Brian was also the stateтАЩs leading scorer and a first-team All-State selection as a junior.тАЭ


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CNBC Transcript: Warren Buffett on 'Slowing' Global Economy and 'Salivating' For Deals
JOE: Warren, you like to buy. You just said you like to buy. Peter Sellers liked to watch, but you like to buy. I remember that.
BUFFETT: Yeah, yeah. Well, buying doesn't —buying doesn't preclude watching.
JOE: No. No, I know. Not with you, I'm sure. But —so that —I figure anything that moves the market higher, you know, you're not going to —it's like, you know, better than a sharp stick in the eye. So QE3 is great; market's been going up. But if you were a voting member and their —I don't know, they got another one of their meetings today, two-day —their —yes —I don't know. They come so quickly, I don't even remember. But I know I've been reading something about that. If you were there when they voted for QE3, would you have voted yes for QE3 if you were a voting member?
BUFFETT: No, I haven't thought about that, but I would say this: I would listen very carefully to Bernanke, but my instincts would probably be to go the other direction. But I —but I would listen to his arguments. And...
BECKY: But wait a second.
BUFFETT: Yeah.
BECKY: You said with QE2 you thought maybe it was going too far at that point.
BUFFETT: Yeah. That's why...
BECKY: So QE3 is doubling down on that.
BUFFETT: That's why I'd listened carefully. But my instincts are to go against it. I think it's much easier if you're —if you're a central bank and you could print money. It's much easier to acquire 2.6 or 7 billion or trillion, actually, of securities than it will be to unwind that operation.
BECKY: Yeah.
BUFFETT: And you can expand it indefinitely. I mean, if you wanted QE2 to be, you know, 100 billion a month —or QE3 —100 billion, it —he's the one guy that can do it. He has unlimited buying power. Unlimited selling power could be a little different. You need some cooperation on that.
ANDREW: Warren, you're supportive of the president, though. Governor Romney suggested that he would —I wouldn't suggest he would fire Bernanke, but he wouldn't pick him up for a third term. Not clear, by the way, that Bernanke wants a third term even under Obama. But how does —how does that affect or impact your thinking in terms of politics?
BUFFETT: I think Bernanke has done an absolutely superb job. I mean, what he did in the fall of 2008 was gutty. It was —it was basically right. You know, everybody talking about tinkering at the edges. But I will say this: If Ben Bernanke hadn't been there in 2008, I'm not sure where we would be now. So I have enormous respect for him. I —he's a very, very intelligent man. I don't know if you've ever read his four lectures that were given at George Washington U about a year ago. He —you've got to respect him enormously. And, you know, he sees an economy that he's sort of fighting by himself to get started when he looks over —you look over at Congress that's more or less paralyzed. And I would never bet against him. I still would say that I get a little worried about continuously expanding the balance sheet of the Fed. You know, we now are getting 3 percent of our revenues from the profit of —that the Fed is running out as carry trade, if you look at the...
BECKY: The United States gets 3 percent of its revenue?
BUFFETT: Yeah, the United States —that 2.4 or 5 trillion of revenue, the third —the third-biggest —the fourth-biggest item. The first item is personal income taxes and then payroll taxes, then corporate income taxes. The fourth is dividend from the Fed.
BECKY: Wow.
BUFFETT: Yeah, he made 70 or 80 billion last year. This is —this is unheard of, you know, if you go back a few years. So he's got the perfect carry trade. I mean, when he —when he —when he borrows —he's got a trillion and a half borrowed from the banks, which he pays them a quarter of a percent for. Then he's got a trillion in money in circulation, which he doesn't pay anything for, except the cost of the paper.
BECKY: But do you worry about inflation down the road? Is this something that we'll see coming? Will we be able to put the brakes on in time and try and get some of that liquidity back out of the system?
BUFFETT: Well, I —there's nobody that understands that problem better than Bernanke.
BECKY: Yeah.
BUFFETT: But that doesn't mean that I necessarily think that the solution is going to be perfect. I'd rather have him thinking about it and trying to modify the impact of...(unintelligible).
BECKY: But to Andrew's point, if he doesn't have another term, or if he chooses not to stand for another term and there's someone else there, that person's going to have a pretty difficult job.
BUFFETT: Yeah, it depends who it is, but I would vote for Bernanke again. I'd —you know, and I'd get my kids out and everybody else to vote for him.
BECKY: But if Bernanke says that he's not even interested in staying —because they're —the people...
BUFFETT: Well, then you get worried because —maybe that he knows what he's leaving behind.
BECKY: Yeah. People like (former Fed governor) Kevin Warsh, who knows him closely, has said that, you know, he may have done enough time there.
BUFFETT: Yeah, well, I think he feels that way, particularly after his congressional testimony. But I do think if the president of the United States asks somebody like Ben Bernanke to stay on, I think he will stay on. I think he's —I think he's that devoted to the country.
BECKY: Hm.
JOE: All right...
BUFFETT: And I would rather have him there than anybody else.
BECKY: Mm-hmm.
JOE: Warren, do you...
BECKY: Joe:
JOE: Do you think that where the bond market is right now, given the extraordinary action by the Fed, do you think it's not that far from where it would be if they hadn't been as active? And then I guess it's OK. But if it be a long way from where it is without them, doesn't that sort of cause some dislocations that eventually are going to come back to haunt us? I like when stocks go up, too. And I can see it in your eye, you like it when the market's going up. But I'm just wondering, is it —is it worth it with...
BUFFETT: No, no, no.
JOE: Huh? You do. And who doesn't like when the market goes up for whatever reason?
BECKY: (As Buffett raises his hand) You.
JOE: But if it gets to a point where it's not up —where it's not up based on the underlying fundamentals, it seems like sooner or later something has to happen. No?
BUFFETT: Interest rates are to the prices of all assets, you know, like gravity is to the function of the Earth. I mean, everything is based off interest rates. It may not seem obvious, you know, and —that the value of some, you know, plantation in Brazil or something is geared off it, but everything relates to interest rates. I mean, you start with what you can get from a risk-free interest rate.
JOE: Right.
BUFFETT: And so there —it has a huge, huge, huge gravitational pull. It affects what I'm doing, you know? It affects —it affects what everybody's doing. So...
BECKY: It affects what you're doing at Berkshire?
BUFFETT: Oh, yeah. I mean, if I'm —if I'm getting zero percent on money, I am going to look at other assets somewhat differently, whether it's buying a farm or an apartment house or anything else. And, of course, the people who will lend money to me to buy the apartment house are going to lend it to me cheaper. It's one of the reasons I recommended housing six months ago, because the low interest rates had caused low mortgage rates, and low mortgage rates, when you can sign up for 30 years off a policy that may be —only be in effect for another year or two...
BECKY: Mm-hmm.
BUFFETT:...you're getting a tremendous deal. But no, Joe, the Fed has had an enormous effect on interest rates.
JOE: Is it —but it's OK?
BUFFETT: Now —well, I don't know if it's OK or not, but I know that...
JOE: You like the prices going up.
BUFFETT: I know that it's being —well, I would say that it's marvelously OK if you're buying a house or something like that now. But in terms of policy —in terms of policy, the chairman of the Fed and the members of the Fed made a decision that this economy needed enough of a jolt and it wasn't going to get it through enlightened fiscal policy and that they were going to basically carry the whole load themselves. I don't —I don't think they enjoy it...
JOE: Right.
BUFFETT:...but I think that Bernanke —I think he's a very responsible guy. Now, it doesn't mean he calls them all right, but I think he's a very responsible guy and a very smart guy.
ANDREW: OK, Warren.
BECKY: Andrew ...
ANDREW:...we're going to slip in a quick break, try to make some money ourselves during the commercial. We're going to have a lot more to come from Becky and, of course, Warren Buffett. Plus, we've got earnings from aircraft giant Boeing ahead. The numbers and market reaction. We'll talk to Warren about that, as well. And then at the top of the hour, GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt's going to join the conversation. "Squawk's" back in two minutes.
ANDREW: Welcome back to "Squawk Box" this morning.
(Headlines and earnings news)
ANDREW: But as I was making my way to the AT&T news, that popped off the screen.
JOE: Are you avoiding AT&T?
ANDREW: I'm not avoiding AT&T.
JOE: OK. Would you like to take a shot at that? Or —I'm going to look at it right —no. You —OK, Becky, good, save it.
BECKY: I have it. AT&T earnings. They came in with an adjusted 63 cents. That was 3 cents ahead of consensus. Consolidated revenue up 2.6 percent when you exclude —or the divested Advanced Solutions***(as spoken)***unit. That was the Yellow Pages one. Company had record cash flow, cash from operations of 11 1/2 billion, free cash flow of 6 1/2 billion in the third quarter. And it's increasing its full year of free cash flow guidance by more than $2 billion. IPhone is always a big deal when it comes to AT&T. They had 4.7 million activations in the third quarter. I'm not sure what the analysts were looking for. But they also are saying that they had the best ever third quarter churn, postpaid churn of 1.08 percent. So again, a beat by 3 cents, and it looks like some pretty strong numbers also increasing their free cash flow guidance by more than $2 billion.
JOE: Yeah. So the lowest churn, is what you mean, not the —yeah, so the...(unintelligible).
ANDREW: The lowest churn...(unintelligible)...right.
JOE: Yeah, churn.
BECKY: Yeah, best ever, lowest —best ever meaning lowest churn.
JOE: Yeah. Yeah, with...
BECKY: Postpaid churn of 1.08 percent.
JOE: At this point, with AT&T, people just look at how they do in terms of wireless and wireless ads...
BECKY: Yeah.
JOE:...and how much people are spending for...
BECKY: And iPhone.
JOE: Yeah. And then, of course, you know, you watch —what unbelievable yield, 5 percent yield. I don't know why Buffett doesn't put all his money in Verizon and AT&T. I'd get —I mean, when you're getting...
BECKY: Warren, you want to answer that? Verizon and AT&T, you ever look at those companies?
BUFFETT: I don't know what it'll look like five or 10 years from now.
BECKY: All right...(unintelligible).
JOE: There he goes again.
ANDREW: (Unintelligible)
JOE: Wow. You get a hundred years from now, five or 10.
ANDREW: Hundred years from now, right.
JOE: So 5 percent in the meantime. You know, that's true, though, Warren. People would say, 'Wow, you got a 5 percent yield.' Doesn't take much for stock to go down 5 percent, does it? I mean, that yield doesn't necessarily hold up if the markets had its...
ANDREW: But these things are like tollbooths, so...
JOE: Yeah.
ANDREW: Right?
JOE: Yeah.
BUFFETT: Yeah. Yeah, we mostly buy stocks for future earnings. And if they use the money to —if you used all the money to repurchase shares like Henry Singleton did with Teledyne years ago, that could be even more advantageous.
JOE: Yeah.
BECKY: Because you end up owning a bigger and bigger chunk of the company.
BUFFETT: Bigger, bigger. IBM spent 3 billion in each quarter this year, almost to the dollar, buying in stock. The cheaper they buy it, the more our interest goes up.
BECKY: You still like IBM even after all the troubles technology companies have seen?
BUFFETT: Well, they're struggling a little, and it was kind of interesting, in the —we owned —we own a little more than we owned at year-end, and we got great confidence in that over the years. But in the third quarter, they had a sale of a subsidiary, RSS, that produced about 288 million, I think, after tax, which was all the gain. And to my knowledge, The New York Times did not have a line on it, The Wall Street Journal did not have a line on it, the FT did not have a line on it. Didn't get discussed. It was one line in the report and it accounted for all the gain and earnings, and it was a sale of a part of a business.
BECKY: Hm.
BUFFETT: You know, I think the reporting missed the boat on that one.
ANDREW: Yeah.
BECKY: OK, we're going to talk more about IBM and some of your other investments when we come back. And, Andrew, we'll send it back over to you guys.
ANDREW: OK, thanks, Becky. Still to come from GE's Middle Market Summit in Columbus, Ohio, we've got more of Warren Buffett. And then later, General Electric chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt on business conditions, avoiding the fiscal cliff and much, much more. You don't want to go anywhere. We've got a big show ahead.
JOE: We got a new —there's a new picture.
ANDREW: And we got a new picture.
BECKY: Welcome back, everybody. We are with Warren Buffett this morning in Columbus, Ohio, at the National Middle Market Summit, which is sponsored by General Electric and Ohio State University's business school here. You know, Warren, we've talked an awful lot about businesses. I want to get back to IBM in a little bit. But the reason we're here today is because of this focus on midsized businesses. There's been an awful lot of questions about jobs and the jobs picture out there. Midsized companies account for a lot of the job growth that we have seen over the last several years. They've been net adders of jobs. Can you talk to us a little bit about what Berkshire's been doing in terms of jobs?
BUFFETT: Well, yeah. Berkshire probably has at least 50 of its 75 companies that would fit the —fit the middle market 10 million to 1 billion of sales category. It looks to me —there's a few months left —but it looks to me like we'll add at Berkshire, on a base of 270,000, we'll probably add about maybe 8,000 jobs organically, and then we'll probably add another 10 or 15,000 on acquisition, so...
BECKY: For this year that we're in right now?
BUFFETT: This year, yeah, yeah, yeah. Certain businesses like GEICO and Burlington Northern add people and then we bought —we bought a fair number of what we call bolt-on acquisitions, not big deals but they bring with them a thousand or 2,000 people sometimes.
BECKY: In terms of the jobs growth, what about the companies that are related to housing? You've been talking about how you've seen a turn there. Has that translated into any jobs growth and...
BUFFETT: There's some jobs growth. I mean, you know, our Clayton Homes is going to produce maybe 15 percent more homes or something like that this year, and that takes more people. And GEICO is going to sell more insurance policies and that takes more people. And the —our furniture businesses are doing very well. We're selling a lot of carpet and furniture. And so we add people, but we've also going to add quite —we've made more bolt-on acquisitions this year than ever before in our history by some margin. And they bring with them thousands and thousands of people.
BECKY: How much cash do you have on hand right now?
BUFFETT: We probably have at least 40 billion.
BECKY: Are you in the hunt —on the hunt for another big acquisition?
BUFFETT: I'm salivating, yeah. A fellow handed me a card last night and he said, `This will cost you 6 billion.' And he didn't give me the financials, but I'm going to call him when I get —I know the company so when I get home I'll call him and I'll ask him for the financials and...
BECKY: What —have you looked at any other big acquisitions?
BUFFETT: We had two acquisitions this year, possibilities, that were plus and minus 20 billion and where the CEO wanted to do it but it didn't get done. Prices are tough.
BECKY: Prices are tough right now.
BUFFETT: Yeah.
BECKY: All right. We're going to...
BUFFETT: And cheap money makes that —that's a factor in there.
BECKY: We're going to talk more about that in just a moment. We're going to slip in a very quick break right now. When we come back, we'll talk a little bit more about the market for acquisitions and why there's so much money around out there. By the way, tomorrow is a big day for Joe. He's going to be hosting "Office Hours" after the show. You can like our Facebook page, you can send him comments and questions, and he'll be responding starting at about 9 AM Eastern time. "Squawk" with Warren Buffett back after this quick break.


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Safety Brian Dawkins notched his 26th career sack and 36th career forced fumble when he strip-sacked Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder on Sunday. That play moved him into third place all-time in forced fumbles (since the statistic was tracked, starting in 1994). He also ranks third all-time among defensive backs in career sacks.
Kicker Matt Prater kicked his third game-winning field goal in overtime or as time expired on the road this season. He is the first player to accomplish that feat since Carolina's John Kasay, who did so in 2003 — the Panthers' Super Bowl season under Head Coach John Fox.
Sunday's 35-32 comeback win at Minnesota marked the fifth consecutive road win for the Broncos. That ties for the second-longest road winning streak in team history. The club also won five straight on the road in 1984 and '98.
Quarterback Tim Tebow and running back Willis McGahee rank second and third, respectively in yards per carry in the second half and overtime this season. Tebow has 51 attempts for 298 (5.84 avg.) and McGahee has carried 84 times for 488 yards (5.81 avg.) in the second half and overtime this season.
McGahee notched his sixth 100-yard rushing game of the season, finishing with 111 yards on 20 carries (5.6 avg.) against the Vikings. He is tied with Buffalo's Fred Jackson for the most 100-yard games in the NFL this season.
Linebacker Mario Haggan became the eighth player to lead the team in tackles in a game this season. Haggan finished with 12 tackles (7 solo), including a game-high three tackles for a loss, along with an interception returned 16 yards for a touchdown. The interception was the first of his nine-year career.
Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas registered a career-best 144 yards and two touchdowns on four receptions (36 yards per catch). The 36.0 average marked the fourth-highest figure in franchise history (min. 4 catches) and the highest since Steve Watson (36.4 avg.) in 1981.
Punter Britton Colquitt registered the second highest single-game net punting average (48.8 yards) in the NFL this season (min. 6 punts). Colquitt also owns the top single-game mark this season with his 51.0 net against Cincinnati in Week 2.
Colquitt has punted for a total of 3,547 yards and Prater has kicked off for 3,547 yards thus far in 2011.
-Stuart Zaas
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*****Fearless Leader of the 2012 HawkeyeNation Trolling Invasion***** Originally Posted by Londo If neither Texas and Oklahoma finish in the top 2 and we finish 7th or higher (all in the BXII of course) , I will legitimately cover myself in feathers, tape myself doing the chicken dance for no less than 3 minutes in the Iowa snow, and post the video to CF in a new thread on Dec. 14th. Book it. Quote me. Do whatever you need to do
Not our day. Still hung in there well
OU is a good football team. Jantz looked good today. Drops did not help. Bundrage looked good. I like our chances next week against the Horns.
Just couldn't get over the hump. As gay as OU is, pretty damn good football team.
Jantz played very well. That last INT wasn't very good but we were basically in desperation mode at that point so chances had to be taken. I wish Knott woulda been out there
injuries hurt the defense especially Watson
Oklahoma's receivers can catch the ball. Ours are not as good.
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Offense is killing the defense. I was not a fan of todays defensive strategy. The defensive startegy works for some teams. OU has to much talent. Just my opinion though. I am not a coach.
Nobody but HB knows for sure. You pretty much know nothing....like Knownothing would like to say. Word
Thoughts? I still think we win 7 games this year. Texas and KU.
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Originally Posted by KFitzy87 Jantz played very well. That last INT wasn't very good but we were basically in desperation mode at that point so chances had to be taken. I wish Knott woulda been out there The receiver didn't help Jantz out on that pass. He got blown off the route. If he shows any speed and/or toughness, that could have been a TD.
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Solidifies the fact that we can play with anyone in our conference. I think we win out.
I would've felt a lot better if we could've scored on that last drive..but it was a hard fought game against a very good team. Got a big one next week though.
my thoughts? oklahoma is better than iowa state at football. our offense cannot be effective against a quality defense unless we can establish the run AND pass...such as oklahoma did today. you break off good runs, moves the safeties up, beat the defense over the middle.
We got nothing for playmakers in comparison to OU. It is eye opening watching the athleticism of the two teams. You just almost never see an ISU player make an extraordinary catch, run or pass defense play. We do a good job of getting where we need to be for the most part but that is not nearly enough in this conference. Great kick by Edwin in the first half, happy for him to make that one.
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