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Revenue powers to make extra-statutory concessions are wider than the Revenue thought.
A 50-year old widower from Essex has won the right to take the Revenue to the Court of Appeal over their refusal to grant him the same tax allowance as if he had been a widow. The High Court in R (on the application of Wilkinson v IR Commrs [2002] BTC 97 has ruled that the legislation that granted a tax allowance to widows, but not to widowers in the same situation, was incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) because it was discriminatory in nature. However, the Revenue were under no duty to make an extra-statutory payment to widowers (although they did have power to do so). The case was heard just before a social security case in which certain widowers claimed that they should be given the same bereavement benefits as they would have received if they had been widows.
The discrimination is real, not merely academic. These days, widowers can face the same financial difficulties as widows in bringing up their family bereft of the support of their spouse, regardless of what happened in times when the man tended to be the sole breadwinner.
Until recently, the only course open to a widower denied a tax allowance or social security benefit on those grounds was to accept the injustice, or to take the government to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg. If he did the latter, the government would pay him the full amount claimed, and costs, on a 'friendly settlement' basis, but no payment would be made to other widowers.
The charity TaxAid has been running a campaign to encourage widowers whose bereavement fell within the previous six years, but before 6 April 2000 to write to the Inland Revenue claiming a widower's bereavement payment (see TaxAid).
The law
This case was essentially about the interaction of provisions of the taxes acts with human rights law.
Under Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (ICTA 1988), s. 262, a tax allowance was available to a widow in the tax year in which her husband died, and the following tax year. The legislation made no equivalent provision for widowers. Section 262 was repealed by Finance Act 1999 (FA 1999) for deaths occurring after 5 April 2000, so that the widow's bereavement allowance (as it was called) was no longer available after the end of 2000–2001. The Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 has now put in place social security bereavement benefits which are available equally to widows and widowers.
The main human rights issue was whether granting a tax allowance to widows, but not to widowers in the same situation, was incompatible with Art. 14 of the ECHR, read with Art. 1 of the First Protocol.
Article 14 of the Convention provides that:
'The enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in this Convention shall be secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex ... '
But article 14 cannot be relied upon in isolation: it must be shown that one of the 'rights and freedoms set forth in [the] Convention' (or 'Convention rights') has been effectively denied because of discrimination on the grounds set out in Art. 14. Among the Convention rights is that in Art. 1 of the First Protocol, 'Protection of Property':
'Every natural or legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions. No one shall be deprived of his possessions except in the public interest and subject to the conditions provided for by law and by the general principles of international law.'
That right is subject (among other things) to the right of a state to secure the payment of taxes, contributions and penalties.
The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1988) incorporated the terms of the Convention into United Kingdom (UK) domestic law with effect from 2 October 2000. Section 3 of that act requires that, so far as it is possible to do so, legislation must be read and given effect in a way that is compatible with the Convention rights. Section 4 enables a court in the UK to declare that a provision of UK primary (or secondary) legislation is incompatible with a Convention right, while s. 6(1) makes it unlawful for a public authority to act in a way which is incompatible with a Convention right. Section 6(2), however, lays down circumstances in which it is not unlawful for a public authority to act incompatibly with the Convention, as follows:
'Subsection (1) does not apply to an act if – (a) as the result of one or more provisions of primary legislation, the authority could not have acted differently; or(b) in the case of one or more provisions of, or made under, primary legislation which cannot be read or given effect in a way which is compatible with the Convention rights, the authority was acting so as to give effect to or enforce those provisions.'
It was on the construction of s. 6(2), and the extent of the Revenue's powers of 'care and management' under Taxes Management Act 1970 (TMA 1970), s. 1 (the provision generally cited by the Revenue as giving them authority to make extra-statutory concessions), that the arguments mainly turned.
The facts
The claimant was Mr Adrian Wilkinson, whose wife died in June 1999. In November 2000, he claimed from the Revenue a sum equivalent to the widow's bereavement allowance (WBA), a 'widower's bereavement payment'. He was prompted to do so because shortly beforehand, the government had settled with another widower, Mr Crossland, who had brought a complaint before the ECtHR in Strasbourg on the same issue. Mr Crossland's claim was declared admissible (the government had not contested that) and the government paid him, by way of 'friendly settlement', a sum representing the full amount he would have received had the WBA been payable to widowers, and his costs in addition.
The Revenue rejected Mr Wilkinson's claim. They said that their care and management powers did not allow them to contradict unambiguous primary legislation, such as the provisions that governed entitlement to the widow's bereavement allowance. They added that the HRA 1988 made it unlawful for a public authority to act in a way that was incompatible with a Convention right unless it was required to do so by primary legislation.
Mr Wilkinson applied to the High Court for judicial review of the Revenue's decision, on the grounds that they had acted unlawfully in refusing his claim. He was supported by Liberty, formerly the National Council for Civil Liberties.
The issues
The question was: could the Revenue use their powers of care and management to make Mr Wilkinson an extra-statutory widower's bereavement payment? Or could HRA 1988, s. 3 apply to enable ICTA 1988 s. 262 of to be read and given effect in a way which was compatible with the Convention?
The Revenue offered no justification for the fact that ICTA 1988, s. 262 was discriminatory in giving a tax allowance to widows, but not to widowers.
As shown above, s. 6(2)(a) excuses a public authority from acting in a way that is incompatible with a Convention right if, because of a provision of primary legislation, it could not have acted differently. The question here was, could the Revenue have acted differently? If so, could the legislative provisions be read so as to impose on the Revenue a duty to make the extra-statutory payment to Mr Wilkinson?
A further question was whether the Revenue had acted unfairly or abused its power in granting a payment to Mr Crossland, but not to Mr Wilkinson.
The decision
The judge (Moses J) decided, no argument having been proffered to the contrary, that s. 262 was incompatible with Article 14 read with Article 1 of the First Protocol. He made a declaration of incompatibility under s. 4 of the HRA 1988, although the Revenue tried to argue that to do so would be pointless.
Secondly, he decided that the Revenue did indeed have a power to make an extra-statutory payment to Mr Wilkinson. He rejected the Revenue's view that they could not exercise their powers of care and management so as to contradict primary legislation, because they had done precisely that in various extra-statutory concessions (ESC) which the court considered. In particular ESC A82, which extended the right to repayment supplement to residents in a member state of the European Union (EU), was an example of the exercise of the power to remove a breach of Community law. The judge saw no reason why the power could not also be used to rectify a breach of Convention law. Therefore, the Revenue could not rely on section 6(2)(a).
Could they, though, rely on section 6(2)(b)? The judge said that ICTA 1988, s. 262 ofcontained no prohibition on the Revenue's exercise of the power to make a payment to widowers. Indeed, when read with TMA 1970, s. 1 it gave the Revenue power to do just that. But section 262 could not be read in a way that was compatible with the Convention, because to do so would be to construe it as imposing a duty to make such a payment, and that was impossible. A statutory provision containing a power could not be 'read down' in such a way as to extinguish the power and replace it with a duty. Accordingly the Revenue could rely on s. 6(2)(b) because in refusing the widower's payment, they were simply giving effect to a provision of primary legislation that could not be read or given effect in a way that was compatible with the Convention rights.
Finally, there was the question whether the Revenue were obliged under common law to treat Mr Wilkinson in the same way as Mr Crossland. On this the judge said there was a difference between bringing proceedings in Strasbourg and seeking an extra-statutory allowance in the UK. In this respect the Revenue did not act with unfairness or abuse its power by failing to treat Mr Wilkinson in the same way as Mr Crossland.
Whither the widower's bereavement payment?
So what options are now open to Mr Wilkinson and other widowers like him?
First, Liberty has won leave to appeal. One issue that the Court of Appeal might consider is this: can the Revenue really escape the duty not to act in a manner incompatible with the Convention, if the Court has already found that they have power to give extra-statutory relief? Put another way, once it is established that the Revenue have power to grant an extra-statutory concession, do they not have the duty to act in a way that is compatible with the Convention when deciding whether or not, or how, to exercise it?
Secondly, the Strasbourg route is still open. It is disappointing that, if this judgment stands, we seem to be no further forward than we were before the enactment of HRA 1998, when widowers like Mr Crossland could go to Strasbourg and be paid out of court by the UK Government. But perhaps herein lies the significance of the declaration of incompatibility made in Wilkinson. If the legislation in question has been declared incompatible by a UK court, how can the government feel so sure-footed about denying to other widowers what it is prepared to grant, by way of 'friendly settlement', to widowers with the wherewithal and pluck to pursue them to Strasbourg?
If the High Court decision in Wilkinson is upheld, HRA 1998 will, to this extent, be shown up as something of a white elephant. Someone who complains that UK law is in breach of Convention rights will be able to go to a UK court to get a declaration to that effect, but will not be able to enforce their rights in the UK. The only way in which they could do so is if Parliament were to change the law. As things stand, the individual complainant must still go to Strasbourg to get justice. And the government will pay the individual the amount of their claim, but need do nothing further.
Steve Webb, the Liberal Democrat Social Security Spokesman, has tabled an early day motion in the House of Commons, in the following terms:
'This House notes the longstanding injustice whereby widowers have been denied benefits and tax allowances that are available to widows; notes that the Government chose to settle out of court in a recent [social security] case in order to avoid creating a precedent for other widowers; calls on the Government to recognise that the families affected have already suffered enough and to actively identify and compensate widowers who may have missed out on benefits and tax allowances that would have been available to widows in the same circumstances'.
TaxAid is encouraging supporters of its campaign to write to their Members of Parliament (MPs) asking them to sign this motion. Steve Webb has told the charity that that the more MPs sign, the more the government will see how people feel about the issue. If enough MPs do sign, is it too much to hope that Parliament will retrospectively amend the law so that it is compatible with the Human Rights Convention?
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Several projects and renovations have transformed the 58-year-old Law School building this past year as part of a long-term plan to enhance its facilities. "The condition of the space in which we learn and work can communicate a great deal about the Law School's commitment to the success of its students, faculty and staff," said Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer Michael Dean. "I think the most recent renovations, and those forthcoming, are a reflection of our priority at the Law School to continuously improve our learning and working environment."
5,000 square feet on the third floor, previously occupied by a Medical School laboratory, has become a small conference or seminar room, a 40-seat courtroom flexibly designed to double as a classroom, storage space, nine additional faculty offices, and a lobby and seating area.
The front lawn now has new brick and mortar signage matching the architecture of the building. The sign includes a bronze plaque in memory of Lauren Giddings '11. The plaque and sign were funded through donations from her classmates, faculty and staff.
The new trophy case outside the first-floor courtroom holds more than 140 awards. The case is 10.5 feet high and 18 feet long, with crown molding and mirrored glass to reflect the "green" halogen lights, using less electricity and producing less heat.
State-of-the-art, touch-free Brita Hydration Stations have replaced water fountains on all three floors of the south wing of the building.
Additionally, the south wing restrooms on all three floors have been entirely redone to reflect a more modern design.

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I haven't posted most draft posts with the same velocity that I used to. (In fact, I don't post nearly as much as I used to. I'm gradually turning over the bulk of the writing duties here to the larger staff, but more on that later). Let's face it, with those two first rounders and a second rounder, the Rams can do just about anything they want. But out of all the mock drafts I've seen so far, the latest from Dane Brugler at CBS Sports might be the closest I've seen to what I'd call a dream scenario.
Starting in Round 1 ...
No. 16 Tavon Austin, WR, West Virgina
With Danny Amendola jumping to New England, the Rams are in the market for a speedy inside receiver. Austin has the speed and quickness to make plays at all levels of the field and can be a difference-maker for an offense that needs some life.
No argument here. The case for Austin speaks for itself. I know many of our readers feel the same about Cordarrelle Patterson. For me, Austin's much more polished, and I think has a clearer path to success than his bigger counterpart from Tennessee.
It seems doubtful that Austin will be around, but you never know. His size might be the deciding factor that keeps him out of the top 15 picks.
No. 22 Jonanthan Cyprien, S, Florida International
The Rams upgraded their cornerbacks last season through free agency (Cortland Finnegan) and the draft (Janoris Jenkins), but still need help at safety. In 2007 with the Titans, Jeff Fisher drafted a Texas safety in the top-20 (Michael Griffin), it wouldn't be surprising if it happens again in St. Louis this year.
Vaccaro is off the board in this scenario. I like Cyprien, but drafting him would leave me wondering about getting solid coverage at the position. Vaccaro's a super coverage guy; Cyprien is more like Quintin Mikell with more upside, not that that's a bad thing.
The more I look at the safeties, the more I'm starting to like what I see from South Carolina's D.J. Swearinger. Most draft watchers seem to have him pegged as a second-round pick, but he is starting to seep into the first round in some projections. I'm a fan of what he does in coverage, and it seems like a natural fit for the Rams defense.
No. 46 Larry Warford, OG, Kentucky
The Rams upgraded their tackle situation with Jake Long -- time to add young talent at guard.
I like Chance Warmack and Jonathan Cooper a lot. I'm less crazy about using the 16th pick on either one of them, because I'm still under the belief that the Rams can find guard value elsewhere later in the draft. Could they find Larry Warford waiting for them in the second round? It might not be possible at No. 46, but a trade up in the second for Warford would be a worthwhile move.
Alright, you see why I'm spending 500 words on this mock draft ... it would be a dream come true for the Rams with their first three picks.


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Welcome to the Hollywood Hills Retreat. Located above the world famous Hollywood Sunset Strip just west of downtown Hollywood. The Hollywood Hills Retreat is the perfect destination for hip travelers looking for relaxation and comfort, while just a stone's throw from adventure.
Whatever you are looking for, The Hollywood Hills Retreat is the perfect choice for your visit to Hollywood and Los Angeles.
The Hollywood Hills Retreat is just minutes away from some of Los Angeles' finest attractions, fabulous restaurants, shopping, museums, and the famous Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame.
Independently owned and operated, The Hollywood Hills Retreat offers travelers a comfortable, enjoyable, and restful stay. A Beautifully appointed room and nearby amenities makes The Hollywood Hills Retreat a desired travel destination.
Conveniently centered between Hollywood and Beverly Hills, The Hollywood Hills Retreat is a short drive to downtown Los Angeles or the beaches of Santa Monica.
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Sit start at the low right end of the arete with right on a jug sidepull and left on the arete, pull straight up to a crimp and match. Start making your way left on crimps on the overhanging face underneath where the boulders meet. (There is a hold on the arete where the boulders meet that is a jug if your thumb is on the other boulder, which is off for the full value.) Move left on crimps and gastons to a throw to a jug and mantle over left. Watch the block behing you, don't hit your head or use it.
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Along with your service learning project, you will be required to register for a core course taught by lecturers from the Department of Sociology at the University of Cape Town. The course will consist of a series of seminars in which you will develop insight into the conceptual issues around development, poverty, and power, as well as an understanding of the theories and practices of development in the context of post-apartheid South Africa. You will also attend weekly reflective sessions in which you will discuss your field work and learn skills to support your teaching as well as relating your experiences to the overall themes of the core course.
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Lincoln: A city of contrasts
From its iron age origins to its contemporary edge, this stunning cathedral city offers something for everyone. Here are our suggestions for the top places in Lincoln for sightseeing, eating, drinking and shopping.
Here are the best things to see and do in Lincoln, the great places to grab some grub, the perfect places to pitch up for a pint and where to head for some retail therapy. Plus the secret spots you might never have heard of…
With a magnificent cathedral, a bracing waterfront marina and a charming historic city centre, Lincoln makes a perfect family day out.
Things to see and do in Lincoln
Put Lincoln Cathedral right at the top of your list. The gothic building, ranked as one of the finest cathedrals in Europe, dominates the city's skyline and dates back to 1088. And it looks stunning at night. Cathedral tours run Monday through to Saturday.
Elsewhere, check out Ellis Mill, the last of several working windmills in Lincoln (it is still used today to mill flour), enjoy a stroll along the beautiful marina Brayford Waterfront and find out more about Lincoln with a trip to the Museum of Lincolnshire Life (it's free to enter). Take a look at our upcoming events in Lincoln for choice cuts of what's happening over the next few months.
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Lincoln's Cathedral Quarter is a melting pot of independent retailers, well-known names and backstreet boutiques.
Pad the cobbled streets of Bailgate and sample more or less everything – crafts, books, gift shops and much more. The quirky home accessories and gifts at Follie, the malts at Lincoln Whisky Shop and the offerings of cool alternative food shop Yellowbellys are among our favourites – but you're bound to discover your own. By the way, people from Lincolnshire are known as Yellowbellys – find out why here.
Lincoln's two big shopping centres – St. Marks and Waterside – are the places to head for big-name retailers such as Gap, Toys R Us, Debenhams and La Senza.
Food and drink in Lincoln
Lincoln has food and drink to suit all tastes and budgets. For fine dining, head to the Green Room at the Lincoln Hotel. Set in the shadow of the cathedral, this restaurant offers modern cuisine (we like the red snapper and Kalamata olive puree) in sophisticated surroundings.
Churchills is a great little eatery serving traditional British food using locally sourced ingredients. It's also got a nice outdoor area – perfect for an afternoon in the sun.
Gastro-cuisine abounds at the Wig & Mitre (think beer-battered salmon and slow-cooked lamb) – why not pop in for a pint of ale and some good grub? The Adam & Eve Tavern (thought to be the oldest inn in Lincoln) serves salt-of-the-earthpub meals like burgers, chilli con carne and lasagne.
As for pubs, you should pay a visit to the Magna Carta, one of Lincoln's most historic pubs. Enjoy cocktails at Bar '67 and The Appletree.
Hidden Lincoln
Here are three spots in Lincoln you might not have heard of…
The Dog & Bone on John Street is an out-of-the-way little pub widely regarded as one of Lincoln's best-kept secrets. Enjoy a few drinks in the beer garden and say hello to landlord and landlady Chris and Sarah (and their dog Blade).
Bishop's Palace is an English Heritage site, but it is dwarfed by its bigger sister, the cathedral. The palace's heritage building and beautiful garden are open to the public every day until the end of October.
The Little Red Gallery is a real gem, hosting contemporary artworks by independent artists and up-and-coming talents.
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After Adrian Beltre hit a solo home run in the second inning, the TBS camera feed went out after he rounded third base, and there was an audible gasp from the crowd. The imagination ran wild. Did Beltre bowl over the cameraman, Chris Chambliss-style, determined to get to home plate any way he could? Did the cameraman cave in to temptation and touch Adrian Beltre's head, which is something that every single one of us would do if we had the chance?
Nah. He just ate it.
Now there's no way to know just yet what Beltre said when he pointed at the cameraman. It was most likely some variation of, "Hey, you okay?" But there's at least a 3% chance that Beltre did a full Nelson Muntz. Beltre is widely reported to be a class act and one of the nicer players in the game, but if he openly mocked the cameraman like that, I think we'd all understand.


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ESPN College GameDay aired its preseason special with news, analysis, and predictions.
Do you dream of bathing in an unending wave of college football goodness? Do you ever feel like you just see too much of your girlfriend, the sun or your Jack Russell, Bo? If so, do we have...
South Carolina has never defeated a good Arkansas team. Can the Gamecocks do it this year before the annual series ends?
Bobby Petrino will coach again, but it won't be in a major college football job.
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Arkansas needed a new offensive coordinator after Garrick McGee took the job at UAB. So, meet the new coordinator, same as the old(er) coordinator: Paul Petrino is back in the Natural State. It never made sense to me that he left Fayetteville to go to Illinois. I can understand him wanting to get a job that allows him to shine without being overshadowed by his brother, but hitching your star to Ron Zook is a questionable decision. In any event, the continuity in the offense should be no problem with Paul coming back to work with Bobby. UPDATE The staff changes continue as defensive coordinator Willy Robinson is out. I never got the sense he was a bad coordinator, but I also never got the feeling the Razorbacks were going to win many championships with him.
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Lenovo agrees to buy IBM's server business for $2.3 billion
Lenovo expects the acquisition of IBM's low-end x86 server business to raise its profile in the enterprise market
IDG News Service - Lenovo Group has agreed to buy IBM's x86 server hardware business and related maintenance services for $2.3 billion, it announced Thursday.
The deal encompasses IBM's System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers and associated software, blade networking and maintenance operations. IBM will retain its System z mainframes, Power Systems, Storage Systems, Power-based Flex servers, and PureApplication and PureData appliances.
Lenovo will pay $2.07 billion in cash for the IBM business unit, topping up its offer with shares.
Although it is ranked as the world's largest PC vendor, Lenovo has seen demand for PCs shrink and has begun diversifying, developing smartphones, tablets and smart TVs to maintain revenue and earnings. Acquiring IBM's low-end server business will give Lenovo a new foothold in the enterprise hardware market, putting the Chinese PC maker in tighter competition with rivals Dell and Hewlett-Packard.
In its home market of China, Lenovo has also found some success in selling servers. In 2012, the company partnered with EMC to sell servers and storage there.
However, Lenovo has struggled to gain a footing in the international server market, said Rajnish Arora, an analyst with research firm IDC.
Unlike its competitors, Lenovo has yet to establish strong ties with software makers such as Microsoft, Oracle or VMware to create an ecosystem around its servers, he said. Currently, HP, IBM and Dell lead the market, together accounting for over two-thirds of all server sales.
"The server business is not just about producing hardware at the lowest price point and selling it," Arora said. "You need to have a very robust ecosystem of solutions and partners that you can work with to drive the business."
Lenovo's planned acquisition from IBM, however, will give the company added credibility among enterprise customers, according to analysts. In addition, selling servers is a higher-margin business than consumer gadgets.
Due to its PC business, Lenovo possesses the manufacturing capability and the sales channels needed to sell servers, Arora said. But to compete with its rivals, Lenovo will have do more than just sell hardware, instead building solutions tailored for its enterprise customers.
"As long as they can think differently, I think they will become formidable competition in the server space," he said.
If the deal goes through, Lenovo's planned acquisition will end up becoming the second time its bought a hardware business from IBM. In 2005, the company purchased IBM's ThinkPad division, which helped Lenovo expand in the business PC market.
On Tuesday, IBM said that hardware sales fell 26 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to the same year-ago. Increased competition from low margin X86 server vendors was a factor, IBM said.
"IBM has not made very good margins on its low end servers for several years," wrote Jack Gold, of the analyst firm J.Gold Associates, in an email. IBM has too much overhead and not enough volume to compete with Dell and Hewlett-Packard, the two largest x86 server vendors.
Lenovo has honed its computer manufacturing efficiencies and so could potentially squeeze more profit from server sales than IBM has not been able to do, he said.
Lenovo "has really demonstrated their ability to scale out to the world in a high-volume business," said Tom Rosamilia, IBM senior vice president of the company's systems and technology group, in a press conference about the sale.
Many of Lenovo's enterprise customers have been asking about the possibility of Lenovo supplying servers as well, said Peter Hortensius, Lenovo senior vice president, also at the press conference.
The company does have a line of x86 servers already, but the IBM purchase will accelerate the company's plans to become a powerhouse in the industry. When the acquisition closes, Lenovo will move from being the sixth largest server vendor to the third largest, with 14 percent of market share, Hortensius said. It will enlarge Lenovo's business by a "factor of 10," he said.
"For us, it was a fast way to do something we were already planning to do. It gives us total end-to-end capabilities in development, sales, and ... a very strong supply chain that would, frankly, would take us five years to build up something similar," Hortensius said.
The deal is also good for IBM in that "it allows us to focus our investments on high value segments for enterprise clients," Rosamilia said. IBM will also get increased exposure through Lenovo to the growing Chinese market for system sales.
As part of the deal, IBM will provide Lenovo with the rights to resell, at the OEM or retail level, IBM entry and mid level Storwiz storage systems, as well as IBM's GPFS (General Purpose File System) and related software, allowing Lenovo to create bundled packages around the x86 servers. IBM will also purchase Lenovo x86 servers for its own system sales.
IBM will continue to provide maintenance on behalf of Lenovo for the x86 servers, for the foreseeable future. "Customers will see very little if any change in terms of their maintenance and support delivery," said Adalio Sanchez, the IBM general manager for System x systems, during he press conference.
The deal is expected to close within six to nine months, pending regulatory approval.
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12:10pm Thursday 30th August 2012 in Hyndburn
A COUNCIL leader Miles Parkinson has called on a national campaign group to 'correct its figures'.
The Taxpayers' Alliance accused councillors of increasing their allowances by more than inflation when they actually cut them by five per cent in March.
Coun Parkinson, of Hyndburn, is angry that the Taxpayers' Alliance produced a press release including a table of councils which put his authority among a 'dirty dozen' of those that awarded the biggest rises.
The figures — based on changes between 2010/11 and 2011/12 - put Hyndburn at 12th in the table with a 4.7 per cent increase from £4,498 a year to £4,709.
The incoming Labour group reduced the allowance by five per cent to the original £4,498 in March.
The Taxpayers' Alliance table ignores Labour Blackburn with Darwen's 2010 decision to reduce basic pay for members by 10 per cent to £5,392.80 a year.
It also ignores Tory Ribble Valley's increasing their basic councillors' allowance from £2,685 annually by five per cent to £2,844 from this April, the first rise since 2008.
Lancashire county council and Chorley, Pendle, Burnley, and Rossendale have all frozen their allowance in recent years.
Coun Parkinson said: "I shall be writing to the Taxpayers' Alliance and asking them to correct their figures. Although the Conservative leadership did increase allowances in April 2011, Labour took the first opportunity to reduce them. The alliance ignored this, giving totally the wrong impression of Hyndburn council."
Former Tory leader Peter Britcliffe said the council followed independent advice over the 2011 increase and supported the 2012 reduction.
Lancashire County Council last increased its basic allowance for councillors by £100, from £10,039 to £10,139, in 2009 as a result of a one per cent staff pay increase and has kept it the same since.
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Original post made by Cindy Cross on Oct 31, 2011
A huge drug smuggling ring in Arizona was broken up by Arizona police with over 76 people arrested. The bust netted over $2 billion worth of drugs which included marijuana, cocaine and heroin.
The bust leading up to the arrests, named Operation Pipeline Express, was from Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel. The cartel used trucks and people with backpacks to travel through though the desert at night.
Virginia Kice, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said, "The smugglers succeeded at first because they had established control over an 80-mile stretch of the border from Yuma to Sells, Arizona. They had gained a virtual monopoly over a swath of the Arizona border."
Eighty miles is a large expanse. From Pleasanton to Hollister is over 70 miles away. Imagine this huge area unchecked by any border patrol? For Mexican drug runners using this as their personal drug highway.
Many believe building a fence along the border with Mexico would quell such blatant drug trafficking. A nationwide poll done by the Rasmussen Report found that 68% of Americans polled agree that a fence should be built along the Mexican border.
A group of militia from Arizona, tired of the ineffective border patrol, has set up their own surveillance of the border where they apprehend and contact border patrol to make the arrest of those they find crossing the border illegally.
What are the options? A fence that would costs millions? Or an increase in border patrol agents? Either way, someone will complain.
The Obama administration seems to be doing little or nothing to address this issue.
on Oct 31, 2011 at 7:37 pm
I wouldn't be surprised if every Plutonian neighborhood is involved in purchasing illegal drugs from the Americas.
No free flow of drugs is gonna increase the price of what's already here.
Have US officials ever considered deporting all the addicts in the US back to where their ancestors came from?
Where would they all fit in? Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America...etc. etc. etc...oh my goodness!
Then, more desirable folks could pop in and take over the vacancies left by the addicts...just another one of my cool solutions to "illegal immigration"!
on Oct 31, 2011 at 8:47 pm
Drug smuggling from Mexico has been news since the 80s, when Obama was a young pup just out of high school; but I get your point about his being responsible for not solving a problem that the last five presidents failed to put much of a dent in either.
on Oct 31, 2011 at 10:06 pm
Wow ! Arizona law enforment ! Great job! I wonder at what point they had it scoped out. Feds usually don't like to share the glory.
I wonder where all the guns are that our 'Fast and Furious' justice dept. took into Mexico ? ? unbelievable. I hope they weren't used on any of our guys.


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According to public court documents, a motion to dismiss the charge against A.J. Sellers was filed on Friday.
That motion will be discussed on July 5 in Buchanan County Court.
Sellers, Kelsey Block and Ty Hickman all face charges of animal torture after a dog was found starved to death and left covered in feces in a crate in Jesup in February.
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Another law that banned abortions 20 weeks after fertilization has been put on hold by a Fulton County judge while it is determined if the law is constitutional.
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A white buffalo is a sacred image for Native Americans.
Recently, a young white buffalo named Lightning Medicine Cloud was slaughtered in Hunt County along with its mother.
But now, the Lakota Ranch near Greenville will be getting a replacement white buffalo — all the way from Oregon.
News 8 spoke with Cynthia Hart-Button, who is sending a 3,000 lb. white buffalo named Chief Hiawatha from her own sanctuary to Texas. He will be seven years old on Wednesday.
But details of Chief Hiawatha's arrival in North Texas are being kept a secret.
"That's why I have screened over 30 trucks," said Hart-Button, president and founder of the Sacred World Peace Church and Alliance. "Part of me just wants to go down with him to make sure he gets there."
There are obvious security concerns after what happened to Lightning Medicine Cloud. The rare non-albino white calf was found dead nearly two weeks ago — skinned.
It is a tragedy, considering Native Americans believe the Goddess of Peace once appeared in the form of a white buffalo calf.
"I felt that the nation lost their hope and part of their faith in somebody killing, and I just thought in my heart, I have the abundance of 13 and I just want to restore hope," Hart-Button said.
On Saturday, there was a pow-wow at Lakota Ranch to honor Lightning Medicine Cloud, the calf that should have been celebrating a first birthday.
Now, everyone attending this ceremony can celebrate the arrival of Chief Hiawatha, who could produce another white calf. The ranch's owner, Arby Little Soldier, sees this as a sign the killer who skinned his white baby buffalo and poisoned her mother did not win.
"The people thought they were going to stop legacy and stop history, but it didn't stop," he said. "It put in everybody's mind that we carry this message on."
The message is one of hope, as the bull named Chief Hiawatha is being sent to Texas to protect the the other buffalo at Lakota Ranch until the killer is found. There's a $50,000 reward to make that happen.
Cynthia Hart-Button's sanctuary in Oregon has a record 14 white buffalo. She says her facility has also received threats.
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That thought had to be with the Louisiana College Wildcats and their six seniors who were honored before their 92-91 loss to the University of Texas-Tyler Saturday at H. O. West Field House.
One more free throw in a game where LC shot a collective 11-for-20 at the charity stripe could have sent things into overtime and perhaps given the Wildcats the chance to win.
One more basket would have given LC the win and the chance to play their way in to the American Southwest Conference Tournament with a showdown game at Mississippi College Monday night.
Instead, the Wildcats came up one short – both in points and wins - and coupled with MC's 74-68 victory over East Texas Baptist University Saturday, it means LC has just one game left in their 2012-13 season and will not make a second straight trip to the ASC Tournament. LC dropped to 8-12 on the season, 8-10 in conference play.
"It hurts," senior forward Danny Sumner said. "Obviously, the goal is to get to the tournament because once you get to the tournament, anything can happen. It hurts, especially being a senior, to come up short. One more win and we'd be sitting in a lot better shape."
"I told my guys I really appreciated their effort," LC head coach Gene Rushing said. I thought they gave a tremendous effort, we just came up a little bit short."
"The game came down to the free throw line, and that was really the difference in the game. They got more opportunities than we did, and the made more of them than we did."
The Patriots, who improved to 18-7, 13-6 in the ASC, would finish 18-for-31 in free throws. Hitting a number of key free throws down the stretch, Texas-Tyler would lead 91-88 with under 20 seconds left.
LC freshman Kevin Cottonham, who led all scorers with 20 points, came up short from behind the three-point line on his attempt to tie the game. Senior Phillip George just missed saving the basketball before it went out of bounds. The Patriots would then hit one-of-two free throws to make the score 92-88 before George, who finished with seven points, hit a three at the buzzer to make the final a one-point difference.
"It's a tough league, and you have to be ready to play every night, and I believe we were ready to play," Rushing said. "I can't find any fault in our preparation, and I can't find any fault in the way they played."
"We were hungry," Sumner said. "We just wanted to get to the tournament."
Also hurting LC in the game as foul trouble. Senior center Romanaski Williams, who finished with 14 points and two rebounds, was limited to just four minutes of play in the second half after scoring 9 points in the first half. And Cottonham had to take a seat on the bench after picking up his fourth foul with 7:20 left and the game tied at 77 with LC seeming to grab so momentum. He would return for the final four minutes.
Offensively, LC played one of its best games of the season. The Wildcats finished 35-of-68 from the floor for 52-percent and 10-for-24 for 42-percent from three-point range. But, Tyler matched LC's effort with a strong game of their own as the Patriots hit 32-of-58 shots for 55-percent and 10-of-16 three-pointers for 63-percent. The Wildcats also held a slight edge in rebounds, 36-35.
Joining Cottonham and Williams in double figures was senior Derrick Gardner who chipped in 10 points along with four rebounds and five blocks. Texas-Tyler was led by Travis Dykman and Billy Hopson who both had 17 points. Darren Houliston added 15, Tyler Hysell 14 and Tre Potter with 12.
In addition to Williams, George, Sumner and Gardner, playing their final home game for the Wildcats were Edward Atkins and Shaun Johnson. All six were joined by their families in the pre-game ceremony.
Now, after Monday's game at MC, all six will become part of LC Basketball history and make way for a talented crop of freshmen, six of whom played significant minutes this season and nearly got LC into post-season play.
"We'll miss these seniors immensely," Rushing said. "They'll be very hard to replace, not only in their skill level, but for their leadership both on and off the court.
"We'll have a lot of experience coming back out of that freshman class, so we can build on that also."
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Chances are ex-teen heartthrob David Cassidy wont sing I Think I Love You to BankUnited bigs any time soon!
The star of The Partridge Family and the Miami Lakes bankers are entangled in a tug-of-war over a $1.35 million-condo that Cassidy bought in Fort Lauderdale in 2005.
BankUnited drew first blood by filing a foreclosure action against Cassidy when he stopped making payment on its $900,000-exotic mortgage.
Its a strategic default, says Cassidys lawyer, Jeff Harrington. It just so happens that Mr. Cassidy is not your typical client.
And Cassidys fighting back. Hes counter-suing for fraud. Bank officials declined comment. In their court action, they claim Cassidy now owes $916,488.62.
Cassidy listed the 34th floor condo at the Las Olas River House for $1.1 million.
Jeremy Pivens channeling Ari Gold again!
Piven, whose portrayal of greedy agent Gold on HBOs Entourage won three Emmys, was asked to appear at Wednesdays South Florida celebration of Marshall Faulks induction into the football Hall of Fame. The wingding, at Gulfstream Parks Playwright Irish Pub, is to benefit the running backs youth foundation.
But, a Faulk insider tell me, Piven messaged that itd set the charity back $10,000 for his showing up!
Piven, who didnt respond to a text message asking for comment, wanted the money for his parents Piven Theatre Workshop in Chicago. Still, miffed organizers told thanks, but no thanks.
Scheduled to appear, for free, alongside Faulk: NFL legends Lawrence Taylor, Warren Sapp and Michael Irvin, and ex-Matchbox Twenty guitarist Adam Gaynor.
Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasses is getting a kick in the behind on his way out of South Beach.
A racial discrimination lawsuit was filed against the Creole cuisine kings chi-chi eatery Emerils as it serves its last dinners tonight. Its lease at the Loews Hotel on Collins wasnt renewed.
Sous-chef Brian Buckner, 38, claims the Good Morning America foodies managers here failed to promote him because hes black. He eventually got fired after questioning a kitchen managers un-Emerilesque purchases of gasp! FROZEN squid instead of the fresh stuff.
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Sensory cues will help patients and families more easily navigate the hospital
Seattle Children's today unveiled a new hospital-wide directional wayfinding system to simplify the way patients, families, staff and visitors navigate through the expanding campus. "Wayfinding" includes anything that helps people identify where they are and gets them to where they want to go – such as signage, maps, floor numbers, room numbers and design schemes.
In April 2013, Children's will add 330,000 square feet of space to the hospital's campus with the opening of the Building Hope expansion for cancer, critical and emergency care. While Building Hope will increase the complexity of the hospital layout, the wayfinding system will make it easier to get from one location to another.
"Building Hope provided us with the perfect opportunity to update Seattle Children's wayfinding system," said Todd Johnson, wayfinding project lead and vice president of facilities at Seattle Children's. "Its consistent themes and visual cues will streamline the way patients and staff move through the hospital, saving time and easing stress for visitors."
The wayfinding system was designed to intuitively and logically organize and divide space within the hospital. It consists of four new Pacific Northwest-themed zones: Forest, Mountain, Ocean and River. The Forest zone exclusively includes the new Building Hope location and will be accessible in April, while the other zones encompass the existing building. Artwork, including colorful murals and carved surfaces, correspond with zone themes and support a healing environment intended to calm anxieties and offer discovery, amusement and positive distractions.
Various aspects of the wayfinding system such as zone names, icons, signage and art, went through testing with patients, families and staff. Testing helped uncover which design themes would be most universally understandable and culturally acceptable by the various populations Children's serves.
Children's has been preparing for wayfinding changes for more than two years. During this time, hospital staff and emergency response teams took part in special simulation and training exercises to ensure they were well prepared for the changes and new structure. The final conversion steps took place over the weekend which included overnight updates made to 41 information systems such as Children's electronic medical records system. Fire and elevator systems were also reprogrammed, and smaller changes were made to several other hospital systems.
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Former ASU student Mariah Myers died from injuries sustained in a head-on collision Tuesday night in rural McIntosh County.
Myers, a 2011 graduate of Albany State, died on the scene, and her mother is in the hospital. Two men in the car that struck Myers' were airlifted to a hospital in Savannah.
The SCRT unit of the Georgia State Patrol is being brought in today. The women were headed west Highway 99, the other car was heading east.
Sheriff Steve Jessup confirmed that the driver of the other car in the McIntosh wreck, Timothy Scott, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in 1996 for stabbing a man at the Ponderosa Club in McIntosh. Corrections records say he was released in June, 2011.
As of 1:30PM Friday, Tim Scott and Andre Jackson were in critical condition, and there was no condition report on Claudia Myers.
The Darien News reports: According to the McIntosh County Sheriff and the Georgia State Patrol, Mariah, of Crescent, were driving west on Hwy. 99, with her mother, Claudia Myers, and was hit by a Crown Victoria headed east driven by Tim Scott of Crescent, with his passenger, Andre Jackson, of Meridian.
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Spokane County Major Crimes detectives arrested a pair of men in connection with a stabbing outside a Chattaroy restaurant on Wednesday morning.
Dwayne Hackley, 42, and Brian Reinhart, 25, were arrested later in the day and charged with first-degree assault.
Spokane County Sheriff's deputies responded to the 4200 block of East Westwood Avenue on a possible stabbing call at 2:15 a.m. Deputies found a male subject with apparent stab wounds lying unconscious on the ground in the parking lot of the Prime Tyme Restaurant and Lounge. He was transported to a Spokane hospital in critical condition.
A short time later, the two adult males contacted 911 and said they had been attacked by the male who turned up unconscious in the parking lot. Both subjects were detained.
The Sheriff's Department asks anyone who may have witnessed this altercation to call Crime Check at 509-456-2233.
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While an end-of-summer heat wave might be sweeping the country, it's never too early to start thinking about the holiday season. Time after time this wonderful part of the year seems to sneak up on us and before you know it you're swamped with last-minute shopping and organizing. The Emerald Scarab is here to help! Not only can our services be enlisted for a shopping solution to your outfit and gift needs, but here are a few tips on preparing for the busy (and joyful!) holiday season ahead.
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Take a look at last year's calendar to get a rough projection of what may be ahead. Of course there are all the major holidays, but you might be forgetting about your friend's annual Halloween party or that it's your turn to host your family's Thanksgiving. Taking a look into last year's schedule can help you get an idea for what kind of time and financial commitments you might have coming up, giving you a much-needed heads up. Once you have this list of potential events, you may feel a bit overwhelmed. This is the perfect time to enlist some experts and get a head start on styling and gifts! The Emerald Scarab is here to furnish all your party needs for the upcoming holiday season.
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The varsity-style bomber jacket was seen on almost every catwalk this season. With plush fabrics and a slim cut, this is one of the season's easiest trends to master whether worn in the workplace or on the weekend. Our favorite? Missoni's suede number with signature striped paneling, which looks perfect paired with slim, grey wool trousers. Grey worn head-to-toe made an appearance at the likes of Bottega Veneta, Viktor & Rolf, and Wooyoungmi and really popped when worn with contrasting hues and patterned underpinnings. Take your charcoal trousers to evening attire by adding the already infamous leather baseball jacket seen at Calvin Klein Collection. The loudest plaid you've ever seen, coined by many as "oversize squares", will be in full swing this fall as well. If the full-check suits at Valentino are a bit strong, try a supersize square sweater from Jil Sander. Swapping a sweater for your usual shirt and tie is an easy wardrobe update that is stylish without trying too hard. Other overarching themes for fall- turtlenecks, hiking boots, and head-to-toe blue- will make clients notice and colleagues kowtow. Last but not least, invest in a camel outerwear jacket or a motorcycle leather. Either choice will elevate your 9-5 outfit and also make you stand out at dinner and drinks. If you're feeling really daring, dawn a Salvatore Ferragamo or Maison Martin Margiela cape. It's a bold look, but, hey, it's time to stand out.
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The Patriots' biggest Achilles' heel in 2010 was their miserable third-down defense, which ranked 32nd in the league. Teams converted 47.1 percent of their third-down opportunities against New England.
Heading into 2011, with such a high-octane offense, an improved third-down defense could greatly increase the Patriots' chances at getting back to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2007, as it would improve the defense as a whole, which ranked 25th overall.
The Patriots' defense lacked experience and was debilitated by injuries last season. Three rookies started, and a total of seven rookies could see action on defense in a given game.
The experience and health issue should be taken care of in 2011, as CB Leigh Bodden and DL Mike Wright will be back, and the rookies who got so much playing experience last season have another year to learn Bill Belichick's defensive schemes.
However, it appears those schemes are changing, and it could be the recipe to curing last season's third-down woes. The Patriots cut DE Ty Warren and traded for DT Albert Haynesworth, whose struggles in the Redskins' 3-4 were well publicized. The Pats most certainly will be employing a "40" front more often than not in 2011, and the hope is that Haynesworth can spark an interior pass rush, especially on passing downs. It's easy to forget, considering his tumultuous 2010 campaign, but Haynesworth has 30½ career sacks.
In a 4-3 defense, Belichick can put Jermaine Cunningham and Eric Moore at their college positions at defensive end. The team likes Cunningham, but he recorded only one sack in his rookie season playing outside 'backer. Moore made two sacks in four games with the Pats, mainly rushing off the edge in the nickel.
OLB Tully Banta-Cain, while his numbers had tailed off, was the team's best pure pass rusher, but he was cut when the lockout ended. At outside linebacker, the team has Rob Ninkovich, who overachieved last season and showed he is able to get after the quarterback. Jerod Mayo could factor in, as well, in the 4-3 from the outside, as could Gary Guyton.
Another potential way to aid the pass rush on third down could be utilizing S Patrick Chung, who is better in the box than he is in coverage. He could be a factor, especially if the edge rushers aren't getting the job done.
In the secondary, the Patriots need to do a better job of keeping receivers in check on third down. Having Bodden back should help, as he will be an upgrade over Darius Butler and Kyle Arrington. Rookie Ras-I Dowling has good size and physicality, and he could become the team's nickel corner, and that might improve the third-down "D."
Belichick's schemes and the defense's disguises at the line of scrimmage certainly aid the third-down defense and mask any personnel deficiencies. With more experience and skill, the third-down defense should be improved in 2011, but the players in the Pats' nickel will have to step up, otherwise New England again will have to count on winning shootouts.


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Mary Hasson and Michele Hill have prepared a Preliminary Report on their study, "What Catholic Women Think About Faith, Conscience and Contraception". We are very blessed to have Michele as our Guest on the Quest this week to share the sometimes surprising results of their study. Michele will lay out the study results, and the opportunities that the study identifies for increasing acceptance of Church teaching.
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