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SAN JOSE, Calif., January 22, 2014 – LSI Corporation (NASDAQ: LSI) today reported results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2013.
On December 15, 2013, LSI entered into a definitive agreement with Avago Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: AVGO) under which Avago has agreed to acquire LSI for $11.15 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6.6 billion. In anticipation of this transaction, which is expected to close in the first half of 2014, LSI will not issue financial guidance for the upcoming quarter or conduct a fourth quarter results conference call. LSI has also discontinued its quarterly dividend and stock repurchases.
"We ended the year on a strong note, with solid quarterly results and the announcement of Avago's proposed acquisition of LSI," said Abhi Talwalkar, LSI's president and CEO. "Our employees did a great job in the quarter and in the year, bringing several exciting new products to market and expanding our capabilities to better serve our growing customer base in flash storage, datacenters and mobile networks."
Fourth quarter 2013 revenues were $605 million, compared to $600 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 and $607 million in the third quarter of 2013.
Fourth quarter 2013 GAAP net income was $45 million or $0.08 per diluted share, compared to fourth quarter 2012 GAAP net income of $23 million or $0.04 per diluted share. Third quarter 2013 GAAP net income was $37 million or $0.06 per diluted share.
Fourth quarter 2013 GAAP net income included a net charge of $68 million from special items, consisting primarily of approximately $30 million of amortization of acquisition-related items, $21 million of stock-based compensation expense, and $17 million of net restructuring and other items, including merger-related costs.
Fourth quarter 2013 non-GAAP net income was $113 million or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to fourth quarter 2012 non-GAAP net income of $101 million or $0.18 per diluted share. Third quarter 2013 non-GAAP net income was $93 million or $0.17 per diluted share.
Our tax provision on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis can vary significantly quarter to quarter based on our profitability in different geographic tax jurisdictions and certain discrete items. We experienced such events in the fourth quarter with the expiration of certain statutes of limitations that resulted in a non-cash net tax benefit of $2 million for the period versus the provision of $7 million we guided to in October.
Server and storage semiconductors represented 80% of total revenues for the fourth quarter.
Cash and short-term investments totaled approximately $810 million at quarter end. LSI did not repurchase any shares in the fourth quarter.
* Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.** Excludes stock-based compensation, amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, purchase accounting effect on inventory, restructuring of operations and other items, net, gain on remeasurement of a pre-acquisition equity interest to fair value, and gain/loss on sale/write-down of investments. It also excludes the income tax effect associated with the above-mentioned items.
Forward-Looking Statements: This news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on the current opinions and estimates of management. These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause LSI's actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the risk that the conditions to the closing of the merger of LSI and a subsidiary of Avago are not satisfied (including a failure of the stockholders of LSI to approve, on a timely basis or otherwise, the merger and the risk that regulatory approvals required for the merger, including clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, are not obtained, on a timely basis or otherwise, or are obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated); litigation relating to the merger; uncertainties as to the timing of the consummation of the merger and the ability of each of LSI and Avago to consummate the merger; risks that the proposed transaction disrupts the current plans and operations of LSI; the ability of LSI to retain and hire key personnel; competitive responses to the proposed merger; unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the merger; the failure by Avago to obtain the necessary debt financing arrangements set forth in the commitment letters received in connection with the merger; potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the announcement or completion of the merger; legislative, regulatory and economic developments; our ability to achieve anticipated synergies and to develop integrated new products following our acquisition of SandForce; our reliance on major customers and suppliers; our ability to keep up with rapid technological change; our ability to compete successfully in competitive markets; fluctuations in the timing and volumes of customer demand; the unavailability of appropriate levels of manufacturing capacity; and general industry and macro-economic conditions. For additional information, see the documents filed by LSI with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and specifically the risk factors set forth in the company's most recent reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q. LSI disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About LSI
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LSI, the LSI & Design logo, Storage.Networking.Accelerated., SandForce and Axxia are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSI Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
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This communication is being made in respect of the proposed transaction involving LSI Corporation ("LSI") and Avago Technologies Limited ("Avago"). The proposed transaction will be submitted to the stockholders of LSI for their consideration. In connection with the proposed transaction, LSI will prepare a proxy statement to be filed with the SEC. LSI and Avago also plan to file with the SEC other documents regarding the proposed transaction. LSI'S SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT REGARDING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. When completed, a definitive proxy statement and a form of proxy will be mailed to the stockholders of LSI. Investors will be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the proxy statement and other relevant documents (when available) filed with the SEC from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. Investors will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the proxy statement and other relevant documents (when available) by going to www.lsiproxy.com, by writing to LSI Corporation, 1110 American Parkway NE, Allentown, PA 18109, Attn: Response Center, or by calling 1 (800) 372-2447.
LSI and Avago and their respective directors, executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from LSI's stockholders with respect to the meeting of stockholders that will be held to consider the proposed Merger. Information regarding LSI's directors and executive officers is contained in LSI's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, the proxy statement for LSI's 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 28, 2013, and subsequent filings which LSI has made with the SEC. Information regarding Avago's directors and executive officers is contained in Avago's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 28, 2012, the proxy statement for the Avago's 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on February 20, 2013, and subsequent filings which Avago has made with the SEC. Investors may obtain additional information regarding the interests of LSI and its directors and executive officers in the proposed Merger, which may be different than those of LSI's stockholders generally, by reading the proxy statement and other relevant documents regarding the proposed Merger, when it becomes available. You may obtain free copies of this document as described in the preceding paragraph.
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ODU Engineering Receives Multimillion Dollar Software Grant From Tech Giant Siemens
Old Dominion University has received a $746 million in-kind software grant from Siemens PLM Software. The grant provides state-of-practice software for managing every aspect of product information from its development, design, manufacturing, to its support and maintenance. ( More )
ODU Peninsula Workforce Development Center Hosting Open House March 27
Old Dominion University's Peninsula Workforce Development Center in Hampton will host a Technology Showcase, featuring interactive technology demonstrations and facility tours, on Thursday, March 27. ( More )
Welcome Lindsay Davis of Teacher Education Services
Tri-Cities Higher Education Center students and staff would like to welcome Lindsay Davis of the Teacher Education Services and Advising Office. ( More )
Skip the Tolls - Take Your Classes at the Tri-Cities Center
If you live, work or play in Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, and surrounding areas you can "skip the tolls" by taking your classes at the Tri-Cities Higher Education Center. ( More )
Dr. Konstantin Cigularov Lecture
Dr. Cigularov presented his recent research on what it takes to be a successful leader. ( More )
ODU - Virginia Beach Literary Festival featuring Rick Alley
ODU - Virginia Beach hosted poet Rick Alley as part of the 36th annual ODU Literary Festival on October 10, 2013. He read poems from his two books "The Talking Book of July" and "August Machine." ( More )
ODU Virginia Beach Homecoming Car Decorating Contest
Students from Patti Edwards' ARTS 305 class participated in this year's Homecoming Car Decorating Contest ( More )
Groundbreaking Technologies, Research to Be Featured at ODU Peninsula Center Open House
The groundbreaking technologies of Old Dominion University's Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology and Department of Computer Science — along with the research of several leading companies in visioning future technologies — will be on display at an open house Thursday, Oct. 3, at the ODU's Peninsula Higher Education Center in Hampton. ( More )

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Daniel Cormier drops down to LHW for a bout against what was to be Rashad Evans. With only 10 days notice, NCAA standout Patrick Cummins fills in at UFC 170 in a bout many predict to be a massacre,...
Admit it: some of you thought you would never see this again, right? Here's Josh Barnett rocking some UFC gear while filming for "Countdown to UFC 164" on Wednesday. Photo courtesy: Josh Barnett.
Ronda Rousey's interview from Strikeforce: Barnett Vs. Cormier
What I wish Josh Barnett would have tried last night
Josh Barnett broken hand x-ray pic from Daniel Cormier fight at last night's (Sat., May 19, 2012) Strikeforce event in San Jose, California. "The WarMaster" tweeted the photo saying, "Here's what happened in the first :30...still threw it though. Of course that might not have so wise LOL." Indeed. For more on Barnett's loss to Cormier click here and here.
On the off chance Daniel Cormier mounts Josh Barnett tonight, he's not in the clear if Barnett's been drilling this at all.
Main Event: 265 lbs.: Josh Barnett (248) vs. Daniel Cormier (238) Main Card (Showtime): 155 lbs.: Gilbert Melendez (153) vs. Josh Thomson (153) 205 lbs.: Rafael Cavalcante (206) vs. Mike Kyle (203) 170 lbs.: Nah-Shon Burrell (170) vs. Chris Spang (169) Preliminary Card (Showtime Extreme): 155 lbs.: Gesias Cavalcante (156) vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg (156) 205 lbs.: Virgil Zwicker (204) vs. Guto Inocente (205) 205 lbs.: Derrick Mehmen (205) vs. Gian Villante (205) 170 lbs.: Quinn Mulhern (170) vs. Yuri Villefort (170) 155 lbs.: Bobby Green (155) vs. James Terry (156.25)* *Scale issue, reportedly won't have to cut any extra weight ht:Allelbows.com
Earlier this week Strikeforce put out a HWGP Final promo featuring Josh Barnett titled "I Am A Fighter". His opponent Daniel Cormier gets the treatment this time around, and his story is inspiring. Check it.
Interview with Josh Barnett prior to the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finale.
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During Lane Kiffin's media session Tuesday during which he all but openly recruited Penn State's Silas Redd to USC, one crucial question remained: do the Trojans have room to add the talented running back?
The NCAA had previously said that a school may exceed its total scholarship limit of 85 to add a Penn State transfer, provided the school dock itself a scholarship in the subsequent year.
But did that exception apply to schools like USC, Ohio State and others operating under scholarship caps previously reduced by NCAA sanction?
No, the NCAA said late Tuesday.
Official word from NCAA: #USC and other schools subject to scholarship limits b/c of infractions cases CANNOT go over prescribed limit.— Michael Lev (@LevOnUSC) July 24, 2012
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Update (below): HBGary Federal among bidders
These days, with Facebook and Twitter and social media galore, it can be increasingly hard to tell who your "friends" are.
But after this, Internet users would be well advised to ask another question entirely: Are my "friends" even real people?
In the continuing saga of data security firm HBGary, a new caveat has come to light: not only did they plot to help destroy secrets outlet WikiLeaks and discredit progressive bloggers, they also crafted detailed proposals for software that manages online "personas," allowing a single human to assume the identities of as many fake people as they'd like.
The revelation was among those contained in the company's emails, which were dumped onto bittorrent networks after hackers with cyber protest group "Anonymous" broke into their systems.
In another document unearthed by "Anonymous," one of HBGary's employees also mentioned gaming geolocation services to make it appear as though selected fake persons were at actual events.
"There are a variety of social media tricks we can use to add a level of realness to all fictitious personas," it said.
Government involvement
Eerie as that may be, more perplexing, however, is a federal contract (PDF) from the 6th Contracting Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, located south of Tampa, Florida, that solicits providers of "persona management software."
Update: The contract has since been taken off FBO.gov. The link above has been updated.
While there are certainly legitimate applications for such software, such as managing multiple "official" social media accounts from a single input, the more nefarious potential is clear.
Unfortunately, the Air Force's contract description doesn't help dispel suspicions. As the text explains, the software would require licenses for 50 users with 10 personas each, for a total of 500. These personas would have to be "replete with background , history, supporting details, and cyber presences that are technically, culturally and geographacilly consistent."
It continues, noting the need for secure virtual private networks that randomize the operator's Internet protocol (IP) address, making it impossible to detect that it's a single person orchestrating all these posts. Another entry calls for static IP address management for each persona, making it appear as though each fake person was consistently accessing from the same computer each time.
The contract also sought methods to anonymously establish virtual private servers with private hosting firms in specific geographic locations. This would allow that server's "geosite" to be integrated with their social media profiles, effectively gaming geolocation services.
The Air Force added that the "place of performance" for the contract would be at MacDill Air Force Base, along with Kabul, Afghanistan and Baghdad. The contract was offered on June 22, 2010.
It was not clear exactly what the Air Force was doing with this software, or even if it had been procured.
Manufacturing consent
Though many questions remain about how the military would apply such technology, the reasonable fear should be perfectly clear. "Persona management software" can be used to manipulate public opinion on key information, such as news reports. An unlimited number of virtual "people" could be marshaled by only a few real individuals, empowering them to create the illusion of consensus.
You could call it a virtual flash mob, or a digital "Brooks Brothers Riot," so to speak: compelling, but not nearly as spontaneous as it appears.
That's precisely what got DailyKos blogger Happy Rockefeller in a snit: the potential for military-run armies of fake people manipulating and, in some cases, even manufacturing the appearance of public opinion.
"I don't know about you, but it matters to me what fellow progressives think," the blogger wrote. "I consider all views. And if there appears to be a consensus that some reporter isn't credible, for example, or some candidate for congress in another state can't be trusted, I won't base my entire judgment on it, but it carries some weight.
"That's me. I believe there are many people though who will base their judgment on rumors and mob attacks. And for those people, a fake mob can be really effective."
It was Rockefeller who was first to highlight the Air Force's "persona" contract, which was available on a public website.
A call to MacDill Air Force Base, requesting an explanation of the contract and what this software might be used for, was answered by a public affairs officer who promised a call-back. No reply was received at time of this story's publication.
Other e-mails circulated by HBGary's CEO illuminate highly personal data about critics of the US Chamber of Commerce, including detailed information about their spouses and children, as well as their locations and professional links. The firm, it was revealed, was just one part of a group called "Team Themis," tasked by the Chamber to come up with strategies for responding to progressive bloggers and others.
"Team Themis" also included a proposal to use malware hacks against progressive organizations, and the submission of fake documents in an effort to discredit established groups.
HBGary was also behind a plot by Bank of America to destroy WikiLeaks' technology platform, other emails revealed. The company was humiliated by members of "Anonymous" after CEO Aaron Barr bragged that he'd "infiltrated" the group.
A request for comment emailed to HBGary did not receive a reply.
Update: HBGary Federal among bidders
A list of interested vendors responding to the Air Force contract for "persona management software" included HBGary subsideary HBGary Federal, further analysis of a government website has revealed.
Other companies that offered their services included Global Business Solutions and Associates LLC, Uk Plus Logistics, Ltd., NevinTelecom, Bunker Communications and Planmatrix LLC.
A quick visit to any yahoo board on their news articles will confirm this technology is already being used by our government as well as interest groups such as the Tea Baggers.
It would be curious to know why exactly the military, corporate identities, and conservatives are so frightened of a progressive viewpoint that they'd be willing to go through all this trouble to sway the percentage of people of whom can be swayed by such things as the bleating of the herd.
This disturbs me to my core.
We, each as individuals, must stop succumbing to hyperbole, fear, paranoia and religious doctrine and start dealing only with provable facts.
We, as a species, as a herd, are irresponsible with our imaginations.
Only Bieber fans would add people they don't know;)
Fraud and waste wrapped up in software. Charges, dismissals, jail time. clean house. Lock up the real bandits.
All this work by the mititary to subvert actual democracy. Must be very lucrative for them, betraying their own supposed principles, country, and all.
Who the fuck is in charged of this god damned country?
Check out the Wisconsin protest thread right now on Yahoo… Its sickening what gets posted there.
And like the piece quoted above says, it's interesting to note how many of these 'personas' came out of the woodwork during the Olympics in China, or when any topic concerning Israel comes up, or health care. No doubt these personas have been trolling the comments in Raw Story; often trying to inflate how 'influential' the Tea Klux Klan is.
It's revelations like this that make me proud to be a supporter of the President as he feeds the bloated Pentagon budget through the buzzsaw.
(That's sarcasm, for all you tea baggers out there)
neocons inside USAF have been very busy bees
good find webster
good find raw
Well, speaking for Fred, Bill, Alice, Frank, MoJo, Hooter, ProudPatriot, Dojo and all the gang, this is Specialist First Class Amos Andy thanking you for your support! I mean, how do you think those crowds in Egypt turned up so quickly? Tunisia? Bahrain? Paving the way to democracy, one Twit at a time.
Thats what you get when you get rid of the conscript (draft) military and replace it with a all volunteer professional military, It draws in like minds and creates a group think mentality it becomes a state within a state working for its own interests separate from any other national good.
This is news?
Right wing organizations and corporations have been doing this for YEARS.
Web site operators can fight back by tracking multiple user names posting from the same IP address. They can use software to analyze the writing style in comments and find correlations. They can also use timestamps to notice that the "same" people always post together. They can use google to find people who paste the same comment over and over again on different sites. They can write perl scripts to automate the whole process with ease. Web site operators can easily ban the sockpuppetting motherfuckers if they think about it.
Of course the big sites like Facebook will never do anything about it because more users mean more ad impressions and more checks from advertisers.
Facebook users can FIGHT back by establishing a trail of real trust. Make a list of the people that you actually know and trust. Don't take new friends without getting one of your existing friends to vouch for them. Hold your old friend to their word and bounce both of them if your new friend turns out to be a loser.
WOW. Just Wow. And I thought I was just paranoid because I noticed on many political boards such as Yahoo the comments section of a news article being flooded by neocon comments and all of them being eerily similar.
Its likely they have been using this software for sometime and we are only finding out about it now.
Talk about an absolute MindF@&#.
It was once called the Idiot box for good reason
So THAT's why we are suddenly noticing a shortage of IPv4 addresses! ;-)
They're spending our money to deceive us. Nothing new there. But in the end, the similarities will be noticed. Anyone that frequents a forum starts to notice when someone has multiple handles, if by writing style alone, not to mention political view and idioms. However, what they are trying to do is go after the bulk of Americans that will instinctively follow the herd, and the stronger the herd seems, the more they'll be driven to follow. Quite a powerful tool, that.
Almost forgot: If they were caught with proposals for management software, it's a certainty that they're already doing it and want to be more efficient or are not satisfied with their current software solution(s). What they are doing is no different than infiltrating a crowd at a rally. My guess is that they are learning how to incite radicals to action. Or they already know how and have a plan…
And as a herd, we follow what we perceive to be the movement of the group. Without it, we are vulnerable. We must repress all individuality in the name of safety for all.
Read all the articles about HBGary and you will see that if they wanted to friend you for instance they would do background research, which here in the states can be as simple as going to classmates.com and then making a FB profile for a person you went to school with that was not already on FB. Instantly you think you are connecting with an old friend, or at least an acquaintance. All suspicion removed.
I always thought it was just organized groups of teabagger trolls doing that …but now I realize there's another more insidious hand behind these.
No one truly knows, that's what is so godamn scary.
Well, if the question wasn't rhetorical, the country is largely led around, owned and manipulated by a surprisingly (in proportion) small group of people that sit at the top of the largest Corporations and have almost total immunity to anything beneath them. They utilize tools such as Religion, the Two Party System and price control to manipulate the masses of humans that feed them and without which they would not survive as such. Think predator-prey model, and they have a long way to go before they become threatened by lack of "food".
Soylent Green *is* the people, it's just that we aren't invited to the meal…
Yeah, it's news. Because this story actually contains leaked emails and proof.
Traitor! Communist! Terrorist! Marxist! Godless Pagan! Jewish-Muslim! Liberal!
Yet another reason to cut defense spending.
Thanks for hashing out the spec's for version 2.0. Just as all those things are scriptable to detect, they are also scriptable to undetect. Welcome to the new cat-n-mouse game for the Intelligence community, only now the free human citizens are the "enemy"…
I would just like to tell everyone here that I am a real person real person real person real person per per per per son son sonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeee
Then again they can just ignore all the morons.
Reading through the comments here, how do you know I'm not a 'bot? Maybe I'm just trying to stir up an underlying level of dissent so that with a little external prompting, you'd be ready to actually act & not just complain online about things? If I were someone trying to quietly overthrow the way our country used to operate, that's how I'd do it. Set the scene by invoking 100′s if not 1000′s of new laws and regulations restricting movement, communication, all those things that free human citizens could use to cause trouble. Then I'd infiltrate the infrastructure, everything from Religious structures to banking to food supply and transportation. Oh, and communication of course. And the Government itself. Then I'd make sure that everything within the system was set up to handle dissent, and newly legally, too. Finally, I'd start slapping a stick on the hornet's nest until people started losing it…then I'd act in the name of order and public safety.
Best part is, this plan totally nullifies the effect of true progressives. It focuses any dissent and will we might have been able to organize among the masses or radicals and neatly uses it to it's own disadvantage.
Godwin had no idea.
great reply
"Facebook users can FIGHT back by establishing a trail of real trust. Make a list of the people that you actually know and trust. Don't take new friends without getting one of your existing friends to vouch for them. Hold your old friend to their word and bounce both of them if your new friend turns out to be a loser. "
Geeze, that sounds almost the way underground societies and groups are forced to survive…have we really come to this?
you know when you post a comment and you have to enter those words that are written all weird-like…..that;s because there are programs like this that flood message boards, polls, and other interactive features. Its not new. I run a blog for my university's library and we dont have the "weird word thing." As a result, the first part of my day is to delete the spam from the comment board. If the Air Force wanted to do this, they have probably been doing it for years.
William Gibson eat yer heart out :-)
Once again, our tax dollars being used as weapons against us.
The next step would be to get all these virtual citizens enrolled to vote…
Nah, the next step is to give each Corporate Citizen a block of votes equal to the number of employees they pay. Same end result, but this way is easier to get through the legislature.
"A request for comment emailed to HBGary did not receive a reply."You emailed HPGary? Havent you heard? HPGary can only be contacted from the outside world through Snail Mail now -if then.
Engaging in this kind of phony baloney behavior to inflate your numbers is an admission that you know your political ideas are not popular with the voters.
Like when the tea baggers tried to pass off phony photos of their Washington rally a couple years back.
Paid for with YOUR tax dollars, this pro-militarist propaganda has bipartisan support.
Hope you like it, you voted for the people that did this (or you voted third party, thanks).
Well, I got news for you. Since RS changed the format, we've got all of those "personas" here. Holy shit! Any of the RS regulars notice the amount of trolls? It's an army of them.
And here's one more thing we must thank Israel for as this is an original idea of theirs. Somehow, flooding the internet with trolls to accuse of anti-semitism™ anybody that criticizes Israel after they attack and mass murder civilians is supposed to take care of the problem. Everything is treated as a PR campaign.
This wasteful (and probably illegal) horseshit, but when Democrats want to cut "defense" "spending," it's because they want to "weaken America." But, after all, this is the Air Force whose "Academy" allows upperclass "christian" males to rape underclass females.
If we just closed the Air Force, we'd save a lot of money.
Yes, it's an old idea. It's called "an agent saboteur." If you had followed the G-20 protests in Canada & the student protests in the UK, you would have seen that at work.
I stay away from Yahoo for that reason. Can always find news stories somewhere else. Yahoo is a cesspool of ugly.
You mean offense spending, right?
i usually go there and give a thumbs down to as many comments as i can or thumbs up to the few i agree with, and after a while it just stops responding to my clicks or i get an error before i can even get started.
i agree i'm usually pretty shocked at the amount of disgusting comments that are there
Thats what you get when you get rid of the conscript (draft) military and replace it with a all volunteer professional military…
You mean, mercenaries?
i still call it an idiot box … that's one reason i never made the "switch" to the box or cable. theres many sites like hulu that have any program i want to watch when i want to watch it, sports might be a problem though
well now i know where spalins base comes from … they're all fake virtual people
Ive been saying this for years after reading on http://www.infowars.com that our defense dept and Israel's have blogging units with fake personas that troll the internet and write fake blog comments to manipulate public opinion. On the corporate, sleazy HuffPost they made some of these community moderators who can censor and ban people especially if they focus on the police state or 911.
Its true…Israel did this first!
They will if online voting ever occurs. Only a damn fool would support that but like they want to get rid of paper money they also want to get rid of paper ballots. Shuffle the IPs and one guy can have 500 votes.
Rawstory and Huff(total censored crap)Post need to have the scribble word verification.
This is the hugest story…send the link to other sites.
…..and always remember that one in every ten people you meet, is a psychopath.
that's why i stay in the basement…
"agent provocateur" – Guess it's late at night for you. ;)
I am a coward & am shamed. I use TIVO for Jeopardy & a series of poor but better-than-nothing CBS comedies. I see no commercials for pills & crap. I am very well off, give to Two families directly I know very well & drive a 15 year old Toyota.
……some people say sopcast is good for soccer. I'm just sayin'.
I got bumper stickers. I look for them.
Yeah, I've noticed the amount of trolls. Also, Israel considers itself to be engaging in a "public relations war" to influence world opinion in its favor–I remember reading an article a while back at Haaretz and that's exactly how it was phrased. (It seems these days, everything is framed as being a war of one kind or another.)
Oh ye of little minds … Thou it notf depense ye naves know what ye turn, may turn about ..
Bunch of fucking idiots, who who they can control the world.
How's that working out for you so far???
"and after a while it just stops responding to my clicks or i get an error before i can even get started"
happens to me everytime as well.
Yep. To those bastards life is battleground. Everything is war. They live by the sword and they will die by the sword too.
Yes, yes, yes. Duh!
And with this, the government has successfully deligitimitzed "anyone" who makes a pro-corrupt government/pro-corporate comment on any site anywhere. Anyone who loves freedom and liberty should posts links to this article, or one like it, under the pro-corporate/pro-corrupt government comment, and tell the poster of the comment to crawl back to his government/corporate masters and inform them that his attempt at propagandizing has failed.
These companies, combined with their collaborators and enablers, are the very gears of the war on Us.
This is really going to challenge the commentsphere. Will it force us to think critically and expect more intellectually or will we follow our emotions and stoop to the antics of robots?
I agree with you, but prefer the following view on the Nader question: Any vote not for a 3rd party, and for the preselected criminals, is a wasted vote. Both will sell you out to their benefactors. Neither has really changed the system for the better for flesh-type people in a well over a half-century.
Tell the truth, are you guys CIA robots just jerking each other off on here everyday? Because the value of your contributions are always of government caliber.
Single serving friends.
Durden for Treasury!
Dude, an astute observation, I thought the same thing, but then convinced myself I was just paranoid. Everyone should start out their comments from now on with "First thing I want to say, mutherfuck the global corporate banker cleptocrats and their whore the USA" and then what ever follows will be taken seriously.
interesting comparison, the fed doesn't really print that much money anymore, they just keep hitting zeros on their balance sheet and then bam, more money.
Good points, but religion? seriously? Dude religion is dead.
The whole social networking thing has been an information gathering operation from Day 1.
@Fedupin10 – What tax dollars? They don't need your tax dollars. The U.S. survives by looting the world.
OMG what if it turns out that I am only a fake online persona ?! What the hell am I going to tell my wife and kids?
Do you think an email would convince them?
I stopped using Facebook. Not sure of its usefulness. And I'm tired of reading about people eating a donut or taking a p00p.
Good luck getting that past censors on HuffPo. That site is so disappointing.
A friend of mind worked in the PsyOps(Psychological Operations) for the military and told me of the type of actions they do to convince people of their viewpoint(or make the case for all that money and unending wars). He said they can use some insidious means to 'convince' people of their intentions or try to slant the thinking their way. This was back in the 70s that he was deep in this so I'm sure they've been using our money to make this even more onerous since then. I believe it was aimed solely at the enemy back then, not at the American people. When Eisenhower warned of the military-industrial complex, he had a lot of foresight into what was coming. I'm sure they've been using this on a lot of senators and representatives(who knows how many letters and emails they receive from 'the public' that is really them behind the scenes).
We need a Toto to pull the curtain on this to all of America, not just those that are wise enough to come to sites such as Raw Story where we can learn the real truths behind what we see going on in our own country(as well as other countries that this one wants to control).
Funny, when I comment at some sites, where I have to sign in to comment- not this one, but like this- there are times when other people I talk to show different comments than what I see. It's as if they tailor the comments to the person signed in.
I'm telling you I have a SIXTH SENSE! Since last year I was posting all over that I did NOT believe that 60% of the "PRO GOVERNMENT" posts were actually citizens. I said they were Black OP contracts or virtual programs. I just got this feeling after reading the posts. They seemed too stupid or "LIFELESS".
I SWEAR I KNEW this was happening!
" not only did they plot to help destroy secrets outlet WikiLeaks and *discredit progressive* bloggers,"
Bullshit. It doesn't take an Army experiment to discredit progressives…
Oh, look here is one of the Air Forces bots now!
Here is some more information on this phenomenon from a story over at Daily Kos:
WOW! That would be weird, much stranger and more creepy than just following you around with those creepy ads. What sites does this happen on?
No, *I'm* the real Air Force 'bot!
Seriously, I used the term too, but "bot" is short for robot, indicating a fully automated (or primarily autonomous) agent. These are humans, each reflected in 100′s of mirrors. We need a better name for them, something that is accurate yet slightly implies that they are ominous or at the least, distasteful.
Update: 'Replicant' works…
Welcome to the brave new world of Total Information War.
Total War started with Napoleon treating the entire nation, its populace and resources, as war materials. Total War expanded during the 20th century World War, Phase II, with the attempted destruction of civilian populations because their very existence were thought to contribute to an enemy's military efforts.
Now, every keystroke and brainwave is used for military purposes. And we are all targets — of propaganda (lies), of dirty tricks (rat-focking), of ID theft and manipulation, and eventually of segregation and isolation. When will YOUR online persona be co-opted by the regime's software? When will YOU face house arrest for thinking bad thoughts?
Information control. Thought control. Behaviour control. We are focked.
I've heard other people mention that, too. Then again I've noticed that some of my own Disqus comments get disappeared, yet I can find them in Google's cache. I figured it was simply imperfect technology.
Hey, how do we even know RawStory is legit, with all the changes to it lately? I mean, Denny isn't quite as snarky and well, raw, as he was on the old RS… ;)
Since the early days people have adopted multiple handles & we've dealt with them. It's a matter of building up a form of "trust" that a particular login is familiar and consistent. So far we're still ahead of them & able to weed out the replicants.
Nice to see others who have also noticed this about yahoo. I have no doubt that this is what's happening on there. I thought it was a bunch of paid (live) psyop agents though…. Cyberwarfare against the citizenry of the US and the world this is.
I was on there countering the many ignorant comments about the Wisconsin protests last night too,when I finally quit in frustration. ( How to compete with this BS ?) As well,it's difficult to find a previous comment and respond accordingly.
And what about the red thumbs down numbers? People can't be this fucking stupid can they ???
Not in the south unfortunately…
This is why you have to know what you believe in and believe in what you know! And not be swayed by bullshit that is spouted by several people at once on message boards just because several people are saying it. I don't care how many Ron Paul supporters tell me how cool he is I will never, ever think for a minute that he is.
There are others who aren't as strong in their rejection and get all warm and fuzzy because he is supposedly anti-war or he is supposedly principled. But it doesn't matter to me, his arguments even for the positions I might believe in or agree with are coming from the right not the left.
That is why I find all this progressive libertarian convergence screwy. Who does it help-progressives-no–the libertarians are a far more marginalized group an for good reason than progressives. In any alliance with anyone they are going to be helped. But they are uber conservatives and their arguments and positions are continually emerging from a conservative principles.
And there are so many who say that it doesn't matter why Paul is against war as long as he is against war. I say bullshit it does it matter it matter immensely to me. Those who think it doesn't matter are the most likely to be fooled into supporting his other idiotic positions. I use to get into arguments with supporters of Dylan Ratigan, too–his arguments come form the right. What's wrong with that?
We all want to belong to a larger group an we want to find more people who agree with us. And we want to form alliances etc. But there is a huge gulf between what Ron Paul's utopia and what my utopia looks like. And that really is all I care about. What kind of world does Ron Paul want, no unions, no minimum wage, no campaign finance laws, no bank regulations, the list goes on and on. The question I ask myself is would his world be a better world and for whom. And I gotta tell ya it wouldn't help me. Ron Paul, Dr. No voted Yes to defund Planned Parenthood! And he will vote for every other defunding bill that the Republicans march out.
Yeah….chatterbots have been around forever. The National Association of Manufacturers has long used them, along with the Business Roundtable, Financial Services Roundtable, whatever gangs work for the US Chamber of Commerce, and on and on and on.
One wonders why they simply can't purchase it off the shelf? To cheap, I'd guess…..
Hear, hear! And, if it wasn't extreme sarcasm (hard to tell in black & white), I appreciate the vote of confidence. I've been pounded with nothing but insults, threats and the like for the past 24 hours. The entire army of trolls has zeroed on me with a vengeance. I feel like the Egyptian protesters they night they were attacked by Mubarak's thugs on Tahrir Square.
Years ago, Dr. Peter Rost caught HuffPo red-handed manufacturing comments. HuffPo should have sold itself to the Air Force.
You need to venture outside the coastal metro areas more.
That's why Yahoo is going belly up. That is why AOL is betting on Huffo before it goes belly up. Conservative blogs tend not to do well overall unless they are over the top hate cesspool and it is a small group talking to themselves.
Geebus, 700 comments now. Kinda unusual. Wonder how many are individual non-Air Force people?
All that the Government of the Pentagon does is good for its citizens, of Pentagonia that is, not you others. The Pentagon is at war with everything; real, imagined, in outer space, in the depths of the seas, economies, and the minds of people.
If you want to know how far the Air Force is infiltrated with double agents and controlled by a proxy, go read this:
google: Who's Afraid of Sibel Edmonds?
Big Brother is going beyond Fox Noise and is spewing constant bile on the interwebs to convince us that war is peace, love is sin, and up is down.
Is there little wonder why the Constitution bans a standing army? .. this rubber stamp Congress that goes out of its way to find wars to justify re-funding… the empire.. all things the Founding Fathers warned about.
Yet, here we are with a $700 billion a year military budget while crying about $10 million dollar social programs we have to cut to make ends meet… while telling multi-billionaires to go ahead and upgrade that 75′ yacht to the 100′ option, the tax cuts are safe.
If Watson was in charge, there'd be some logic and reason behind policy.. That's what computers DO.
1.5 billion Muslims, 1.3 billion Christians, and hundreds of millions of Hindus disagree with you.
What a strange list of opposing views (with 4 of them being logically 'good')
it only works if they imagine a synthetic voice saying that.. :D
And isn't it strange that people who are counted to be of a particular faith in a god, actually believe and follow "the small group" of men? This is what I mean by religion is dead.
Shit, I might have to change my name back to sincereo.
We are. Time to do some firing. If you want to be in political office, you're fired. If you make a million a year, you're fired. If you're a lawyer, you're fired. Or you'd better start doing good. We have put up with this for way too long. It is my fault, and your fault.
Maybe we should start eating republicans… and corporatists…
I agree. No more democrats, no more republicans. The problem, though, is that I don't think we can trust the vote counts any more.
What are you saying? Democrats want to weaken America? Are you a troll? Or was that sarcasm?
I say cut the Army, the Navy, the Air Force and the marines, and get them back home, out of other countries' business. Make the draft come back, and national service, and keep our citizens involved and armed. And term limits – one term only.
And no corporate personhood. And no enormous candidate ad campaigns – only in newspapers, one week before the elections; and the winners have to retire after they do their time.
Maybe a lottery; unfortunately, we can't trust the vote counts any more.
No no. Everyone here is a fake online persona. All the real people were gathered up last week, and locked in FEMA camps.
The Asch Conformity Experiments show us that if they can create the perception of popular support, many will fool themselves into actually believing in the cause because Conformity is wired into their survival circuitry and at that stage they actually will achieve a genuine popular support.
What authority does the military have to manipulate the opinions of a civilian population in a civilian democracy?
Who gave the military this authority?
This applies not only to fake opinion people, but to retired generals working as analysts on civilian news media.
The Pentagon military analyst program was launched in early 2002 by then-Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Victoria Clarke. The idea was to recruit "key influentials" to help sell a wary public on "a possible Iraq invasion."
( http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pentagon_military_analyst_program )
Who gave the Pentagon the authority to be "selling" wars to the public? The military is under the authority of our civilian government which The People elected to decide about matters of war! Nobody elected the military to tell us what our foreign policy should be. If the military convinces the public to consent to a war, and that war turns out to be a big mistake, do the public have authority to fire the military like elected politicians?
There are already Teabaggers using software that lets them manage multiple accounts.
"He said they can use some insidious means to 'convince' people of their intentions or try to slant the thinking their way."
there has been many times i've read a comment and as i'm reading i keep saying "yea that's right … that's true" then i get to the last sentence and all of a sudden it "wait a minute what the hell are they saying ?"
that's why before i hit the like or don't like i read the full comment, and sometimes i have to read it twice
I'd say, it's more the military contractors/corporate heads/neo-confundies that are leaving skid marks in their tighty whities. The "Republican Party" is now no more than a hysterical mob of fanbois/fangirlz being whipped into a frenzy by the fevered likes of Rush Limbaugh, defacto head of the RNC (Sorry, Rience), the Fake citizen Murdoch (only became a citizen to buy American media outlets and spew his PRC rhetoric. YEAH, I am calling him a willing tool of China), and his lapdog, Glenn Beck.
Psy-ops warfare tactics aimed at US citizens for political purposes. Color me surprised. And here I was thinking everything on the internet is true.
I imagine it'd be very easy for all sorts of nefarious types to contact people via facebook/classmates and pose as an old friend. A con man who can work a crowd, like those TV shows that say they contacting a dead relative of yours, could easily 'social engineer' all sorts of information out of you.
I hope religion becomes irrelevant but it doesn't matter when the people you speak of have control of the media. Your world view is shaped by the info that you take in. If people choose to sit in front of a TV and be spoon-feed nonsense all day then they are going to have a very warped view of reality. A view controlled by the mega-corps. Like they say in computers, garbage in — garbage out.
The saddest part is a lot of this is about vanity. Because when you get down to it, after a certain point they become nothing more than numbers in a bank account. What's the difference in your lifestyle between making 40 million a year and 100 million? After all the toys and houses and yachts have been bought, there is little else. We as a country recognized that after the Great Depression. And we stopped the inequality by imposing a 90% tax on the upper one percent. The role of taxation is to equalize the excesses of capitalism. Concentrated wealth destroys markets, capitalism and eventually democracies. There is no market if it can be manipulated by the big players. There is no market if the mega-corps have control of the government and your money. There is no market if they have control of the media that the public gets its education from.
What happens when you play the game Monopoly? Somebody eventually wins as the money is transferred from the players whose roll of the dice was unlucky to the richer players. This is what we are seeing in our economy now. That shift will become exponential, as all steady growth becomes. We can do something about it now or we can do it later when it will have caused much unnecessary pain and death.
although i didn't buy into commercial tv i do go to hulu to watch the rifleman, wkrp in cincinnati, and bones we all need to do what we enjoy to be individuals, and i actually drove my 1973 bought in 1974 pinto until 1984, but i live in chicago and we now have a car sharing program that works well along with the public transportation. and giving to two families seems to outweight the stuff you feel like a coward & shamed about
It takes too long to clean them.
Yeah, quite sickening. It seem like all the comments on the Yahoo boards are done by people under the age of 16 and with a limited education and devoid of the reality that surrounds them.
True; and composting them might hurt my garden. Launch into the sun? Don't
care if the craft runs out of fuel – after all, gravity sucks.
I think the sale of HuffPoo might be the trigger – hard to tell since they happened at the same time. OMG! OMG! Is this really just a coincidence?
Don't say that, that's scary thought.
Am I real or am I memorex?
This explains a lot of the idiot right wing bloggers that take over forums making it impossible to get real ideas out there. I've noticed it more than once. I always wrote it off to Pentagon "steam rooms" of hired gunslinger bloggers. Now all they have to do now is let computer programs destroy communication.
Very high chance of fecal and botulism poisoning. Not advised. In a pinch it is better to eat dirt.
Search to your hearts content
Won't it be cool when the personas rebel and take over the government!
Many years ago, I had to edit a technical paper about psyops. It was stated in terms of using deceptive communications to trick a battlefield enemy, and pretty much the sort of thing any moron could have dreamed up. When I asked how such a simple subject could be such a big deal that it warranted a technical paper, I was told "There's much more about the subject that we can't write about because it's highly classified." So thanks, Raw, for the article; you've given me a clue about why.
These bastards, by doing crap like this breed distrust among the people. Again, their divide and conquer tactics are working flawlessly. Look around at the people, they are divided. You all remember the saying right? United we stand, divided we fall? We're fallin hard.
dude please, there isn't any public groups using this software, it's on the feds at this point. They are trying to drive a wedge between different groups to further their agenda and by the looks of your post, they are doing a bang up job at it.
You are right on the money there Paul, the Yahoo crowd are just young people who's parents failed in teaching them how to be humans. There's a lot of that out there, it's really sad. Those in power are laughing all the way to the bank as their divide and conquer tactics are working. They fight overseas to lose but use the principals of Sun Tzu against their own people with suprising results. They that are in power are cold and calculated and are going to remain in power while we fight amongst ourselves.
The Legislative Branch should draft a bill to ban the domestic use of such software by any US government institution, agency, contractor, or proxy.
they are probably using it to troll…
Remember that it was that so-called intellectual Al Gore that claimed to have invented the internet. And it was that same so-called intellectual, Al Gore, who gracefully left the political arena after the Florida debacle of 2000; I guess because he got caught.
Just looked through your posts on DISQUS and didn't see one 'real idea.' Just alot of the usual hate rhetoric that is becoming more and more common amongst the disgruntled supporters of President Obama.
As the 2012 elections draw nearer, we 'idiot right-wing bloggers' are finding more and more potential candidates worthy of our consideration who will uphold the will of the American people and represent our conservative ideals.
Unfortunately for you 'smarties' on the left, you will be stuck with Obama and his failed experiment with Socialism.
But do not lament; wisdom often springs from disillusionment.
You must be hell in real life to have an arguments with.
What does your Al Gore statement have to do with some Tea Baggers on Twitter using multiple accounts to spread opinion/disinformation? And what happened in Florida has nothing to do with the Al Gore claiming he invented the internet?
In real life people hate when you argue points that had nothing to do with what people are talking about. You should remember that because it would help you in for future relationships.
The point is; Tea Party members aren't the only people with internet access that can spread disinformation.
If your brain wasn't an X-file you could read between the lines, but…………..
trolls sound and act like teens from Israel
The neo liberals and the neo cons have morphed into one party, the War Party, Democraps and Repubicans.
Interesting, some sites won't let me sign in.
To paraphrase the Cheap Trick song from the 80′s, The Dream Police, we have the Thought police get inside of my head, the Though police get inside of my head, the Thought police do arrest me,the thought police, police, police, the thought police, police, police………………..!
The Pentagon is bribed by those that profit from war, including the Pentagon.
The U.S. Air Force, uh? What a coincidence! They were instrumental in the 9/11 false flag operation, "coincidentally" staging an exceptional number of simultaneous exercises that would divert fighter jets away from the Boston-New York-Washington corridor and confuse civilian and military air controllers alike, criminally delaying their responses to the FAA's calls for help–OK, this was the early version of the official story, which got "corrected" later to blame the FAA–and having nothing to do with the multiple coincidences and outright enigmas related to the Shanksville catastrophe.
Let us rejoice! If planting naughty bots on the web is their new way of waging domestic terrorism, it is good news, and certainly more benign than blowing up an atomic bomb in Houston and tracing it to a joint project by Osama bin Laden and Ahmadinejad.
I was wondering if this is being done in WI. I'm in WI and really haven't seen or talked to too many people who support our governors bill but I do find some people in support of the governors bill in forums who seemed very misinformed or just would not engage in discussion about issues. I thought these people were brainwashed because of the lies bring told by every talking head on TV with the exception of Ed Schutlz and Rachael Maddow on MSNBC. Now that the fight here is Wisconsin has hit national TV they are all disparaging our government union workers. There is a coordinated effort by these uber right wing governors that got into office because of the money poured into Wisconsin between September and the election. These people on TV who make millions of dollars are telling the poor of our country that the middle class is to blame for the financial crisis. A lot of them seem to be buying it. I think the people ( real not the paid hacks ) have be so marginalized and tramped down they are looking for anything that to hold on to, they voted for this guy and feel as if they finally won something, I don't think they can take that bring all BS and really they were just used.
The bill has provisions to give our governor unlimited power to sell out our State ( he's changing the legislative process ), gut medicaid and many other things that will bankrupt our state. People need to wake up and realize that Glen Beck, Joe Scarborough, Greta Van Sustrin and all of these extremely wealthy corporate drones not only don't have their best interest in mind but also have a disdain for them. It's very disheartening to hear our government workers disparaged and called lazy, not willing to pay their fair share and are people who just take taxpayer money. On the dole as joe called it. So how do we counter these people that have taken over our media through corporate consolidation? Hope someone figures it out. I my self will be at my capitol until my voice is heard and these bums are out of office. For anyone interested in helping lawyers, analysts or others who can help documents can be found on thewheelerreport.com the bill is called Text of SS-SB-11. it's right under the red line. Other documents are also there. If anyone can figure out a legal way to stop these guys please come to Madison. My family and I have been through 2 layoffs and although my children are grown I know how this effects children, families and communities. Many of these people being disparaged are the ones who coach the little league, are our hospice volunteers, girl scout leaders etc. This is the ripping of the very fabric of our society apart, the damage will be great. Coming to a state near you. WAKE UP AMERICA WE ARE UNDER ATTACK FROM WITHIN BY SOME VERY WEALTHY PEOPLE WITH AN AGENDA TO TAKE APART OUR GOVERNMENT AND THEY ARE STARTING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO PROTECT AND SERVE.
Which socialism would that be? The one for the billions of dollars to corporations and Wall street or the one where he cuts heating aid to the poor? Yeah, I didn't think so.
You are still an idiot. You can't slice your way out of that skin.
What is the big news? Liberal progressives and the DNC have been using the same software since before comrade 0bummer was crowned king of the world. How do you think DailyKos and the other marxists blogs sites have so many people? It runs continuously in the background of lots of chat sites and others spreading the message of hope and change and other glad tidings of the handlers of comrade Hussein 0bummer
So whats new? Progressives and liberals and marsixts are using it all the time and have been for three years. How do you think comrade 0bummer got elected? Popular liberal consensus of liberalism resides in a website.
This would explain a lot as to why you see more and more human bots in Second Life. Many banned individuals come back within minutes with virtually the same name and avatar but with spoofed IP addresses and also why you see many many avatars just standing in one location in a sim for days at a time without moving. They must be spying on the people that actually participate in the site. Perhaps this is part of Homeland Security and how they gather information.
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CROWN POINT — A lawsuit filed by two Crown Point Board of Assessment Review members, whose appointments were rescinded by the new supervisor, has been decided in the town's favor.
Acting State Supreme Court Justice Richard Meyer ruled that Glenn Russell and Ronald Clarke didn't take their oaths of office for the Town Board of Assessment Review within the required 30 days of being appointed, so their posts were legally vacant.
The Town Council had named Joseph Duval and Douglas Woods to take their places, and those appointments will now stand.
Russell and Clarke had been appointed by the outgoing town supervisor, Bethany Kosmider, in 2011.
But when newly elected Crown Point Town Supervisor Charles Harrington came into office last year he made a successful motion to invalidate the appointments of Russell and Clarke.
Evidence was introduced in State Supreme Court of Essex County that no one, including longtime members, could ever remember taking an oath of office for the Board of Assessment Review within 30 days.
But Meyer said state law was still clear that the oaths had to be taken.
"While it may well be that all members of the Board of Assessment Review do not legally hold office because they did not take and file their respective oaths of office within the 30 days required by the Public Officers Law, that issue is not before the court," Meyer wrote.
The attorney for Russell and Clarke, Dominick Viscardi of Ticonderoga, said he will file an appeal of the decision to the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court in Albany.
"It was a purely discretionary enforcement (of the Public Officers Law) by the town. The town knew full well the process."
Harrington, however, said said the town's actions have been vindicated by Meyer.
"It was so very evident from the start that the prevailing issue was the failure of Russell and Clarke to take their oaths with a 30-day window from the day of appointment. New York state law is specific in regards to that."


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---- — GREENSBURG – The Kids' Closet, a not-for-profit organization that provides free clothing to children, saw a massive turnout for their opening session Wednesday.
The doors opened at 4 p.m. and by that time, there were already well over 200 people lined up in a queue that stretched across the parking lot and around the corner of a neighboring building. The overwhelming response proves that the need for clothing among area schoolchildren is extensive.
Anyone who was unable to stay until the long line died down was given a voucher that will earn them entry to a second free clothing session next week. The second date will be accessible by voucher only and is not meant to be a replacement for attending Wednesday's session.
The Kids' Closet will be open four times this year- July 31, October 9, December 11, and April 9. Families may visit all four dates as there is no limit to the number of times a child may receive clothes at the Kids' Closet.
Sue Abplanalp, one of the founders of the Kids' Closet, said they were inundated with donations in the last few days. She continued to say that she, and all the volunteers at the Kids' Closet, wish to extend their heartfelt gratitude to all who donated.
The Kids' Closet is currently located in the basement of the First Christian Church. The halls in the basement were filled with eager, excited children as they shopped for new school clothes. Each child received six clothing items, four of which could be brand new, one pair of shoes, one new pair of socks, and one new pair of underwear.
Greensburg Fire Chief Scott Chasteen has designated the Greensburg Fire Station as a drop-off point for donations intended for the Kids' Closet. Chasteen said the station is always open and there will be someone awake and able to accept donations twenty four hours a day. The Kids' Closet is still in need of new and gently used clothes and shoes of all sizes for children.
Abplanalp, a former kindergarten teacher, said that her dream is to see the Kids' Closet housed in its own building, though she is extremely grateful to First Christian Church for allowing the use of their basement. Abplanalp said the Kids' Closet is actively looking for a larger building and anyone with contacts to a local building for rent or sale is asked to contact her at 812-663-2084. Donations to fund the move into a new building are also being accepted and are extremely welcomed.


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A Christian councillor is consulting lawyers about a human rights claim after losing an appeal against expulsion her from her group.
Christina Summers was banned from sitting with her Green Party colleagues on Brighton and Hove City Council in September after voting against a proposal to lift the ban on same-sex marriage.
The decision, which was approved by 13 of the city's 23 Green councillors, was upheld by a panel of senior members of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Coun Summers, who now represents Hollingdean and Stanmer as an independent, received notification of the letter yesterday.
She told The Argus: "Disappointed? In every way. Surprised? No. I am now consulting with lawyers over a fundamental breach of a human right and will be issuing a full statement soon."
The original decision to expel her was taken in September after an internal inquiry by Brighton and Hove Green party.
At the centre of its inquiry was a vote in July where the local authority's councillors were asked if they supported a motion to lobby the Government on changing the law.
Coun Summers was the only member to vote against the proposal.
A Green Party spokesman confirmed yesterday's ruling did not affect Coun Summers' membership of the party.
Rob Shepherd, chairman of Brighton and Hove Green Party, said: "We welcome the conclusion of Christina Summers' appeal, which has upheld the findings of the original inquiry panel."
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Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons
Ha Ha Tonka, "Usual Suspects" from Bloodshot Records on Vimeo.
These artists will join previously announced MPMF.13 performers like The Breeders, The Head and The Heart, Warpaint, Shuggie Otis, Youth Lagoon, Cody ChesnuTT and many others. Visit MPMF.com and follow MPMF's social media accounts for the latest artist additions and other MPMF news.
Tickets for 2013's MidPoint Music
Festival are available now at mpmf.cincyticket.com, where you can
purchase three-day passes for only $69, the music fest bargain of the
Several of the national/international acts booked for the upcoming MidPoint Indie Summer concert series (where an average of three bands team play for free on Fountain Square every Friday throughout the summer) were announced a week ago at the MidPoint "Reveal Showcase" at the Contemporary Arts Center. Check out a review of the Reveal concert here at Each Note Secure and some thoughts on what was revealed here at Broken Mic. UPDATE: The full summer lineup is now posted here.
The lineup for this summer's MidPoint Indie Summer series — every-Friday free concerts on Fountain Square — features another strong mix of solid national headliners (many are MidPoint Music Festival alumni) from as far away as Australia and Timbuktu and local favorites. Stay tuned for additions and updates.
Friday, June 1: The Bright Light Social Hour (Austin Tex.); Buffalo Killers; The Kickaways
Friday, June 8: The Dynamites (Nashville); Khaira Arby and her Band (Timbuktu, Mali, Africa); The Pinstripes
Friday, June 15: The Seedy Seeds; Wymond Miles (of The Fresh & Onlys, San Francisco); Belle Histoire
Friday, June 22: Art vs Science (Australia); You You're Awesome; Shadowraptr
Friday, June 29: psychodots (openers TBA)
Friday, July 6: Lydia Loveless (Columbus); Patrick Sweany (Nashville); The Ready Stance
Friday, July 13: Seabird; The Harlequins; Jon Drake and The Shakes (Chicago)
Friday, July 20: Ha Ha Tonka (Springfield, Mo.); Izzy and the Catastrophics (New York); The Ridges (Athens, Ohio)
Friday, July 27: Orgone (Los Angeles); The Cliftones; Eclipse
Friday, Aug. 3: Bear Hands (Brooklyn); Lightning Love (Ann Arbor, Mich.); Fort Lean (Brooklyn)
Friday, Aug. 10: Budos Band (New York); Kansas City Bible Company (Nashville); Sidewalk Chalk (Chicago)
Friday, Aug. 17: Class Actress (Brooklyn)
Friday Aug. 31: Wussy; R.Ring
The MidPoint Indie Summer concerts start at 7 p.m. each Friday this summer. Music lovers of all ages are welcome to attend.
An avalanche of information about this year's MidPoint Music Festival reveals the event's growth and focus entering its 10th year. The full schedule of performances — from an eclectic assemblage of artists that includes Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Booker T. Jones, rising Australian Indie Dance champs Cut Copy and clever Pop duo Mates of State — is available now at mpmf.com. Many of the popular features from recent MPMFs are returning Sept. 22-24, but there are plenty of brand new ones being introduced, all designed to make the MidPoint experience even better.
Some sad news on the MidPoint front. Chicago "Chamber Pop" band The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir were involved in a serious highway accident on the way to their MPMF show last night at the Contemporary Arts Center. The Seedy Seeds, playing to a packed room in the slot right before SYGC's, said a few words about the accident during their set (and played a little longer, to the disappointment of no one) and the news has hit the media in the Bloodshot recording artist's hometown.
Invitations to the performers chosen from online music submissions are set to begin rolling out soon, but today, the first artists coming to Cincy for this September's MidPoint Music Festival were announced. Below are the initial 20 national artists booked for the fest, which runs Sept. 22-24 in various venues in Downtown and Over-the-Rhine, as well as a few more acts for the MidPoint Indie Summer series on Fountain Square.
I love the first night of MidPoint; the anticipation, the excitement, the friends, the music, the potential for getting wetter than you've been since the birth experience. It's magic, a sensation perhaps intensified on Thursday, being the first night of the festival's tenth anniversary.
Three of the finest music festivals in the region — spring's Nelsonville Music Festival in northeastern Ohio, summer's Forecastle Festival in Louisville and Cincy's own MidPoint Music Festival, returning Sept. 22-24 — have made recent announcements concerning their 2011 events.
One of the bands on my MPMF.11 itinerary is The Ridges, a Chamber/Folk/Indie/Pop ensemble from Athens, Ohio. They have interesting instrumentation (cello, trumpet, accordion, etc.) and their songs are remarkably infectious. Read what I wrote about them in the MidPoint guide here. The group just sent us an MPMF promo video in advance of their performance Thursday at the Cincinnati Club (9 p.m., followed by The Sundresses and Those Darlins) and have graciously allowed us to "world premiere" it right here. The clip features The Ridges — who played the MidPoint Indie Summer Series in August on Fountain Square — performing acoustically outside of its MPMF venue. You can check out some more music by The Ridges here. Enjoy!
Though it feels like we're just getting over the glorious musical hangover caused by the 2010 edition of the MidPoint Music Festival, today marks the beginning of MPMF's 2011 cycle. Starting today, artists interested in performing at this year's MidPoint can begin submitting press kits.


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President Charles E.P. Simmons, Ph.D.
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The College is saddened to report the passing of Dr. Charles E.P. Simmons who served as president of Lake Erie from 1977 – 1984. He died on August 4, 2009.
Simmons received his B.A. from Seattle University in 1960 and a M.A. from Drake University the same year. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in South American Religion in 1965 from Washington State University, completed post doctoral studies at Dalhousie in Canada and then began a long and distinguished career in Academe. He served as a professor of history at The University of Idaho, history department chair at Bradley, dean of the faculty at the University of Minnesota and vice president at Evansville University before being named the seventh president of Lake Erie College.
After leaving Lake Erie, Simmons joined the faculty at Midland College in Midland, Texas where he taught courses in American history and government from 1985 until his retirement in 1997. He was named a Sesquicentennial Fellow by Lake Erie College during commencement 2006, when he was present to accept the award.
Simmons is survived by his wife, Peggy, seven children, three sisters and nine grandchildren.
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Ananda received her master's from Georgetown University and her bachelor of arts from Mount St. Mary's University where she received the honors of a Distinguished Portfolio of her work in journalism.
Before WHAG, Ananda interned at WBAL TV in Baltimore, Maryland and served as Metro TV's bilingual reporter for "Indonesia Now" in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Farmers and local industrialists on Sunday took to streets protesting against erratic power supply and unscheduled power cuts in various parts of the State.
There have been reports of farmers locking up some electricity department officials and tried to lay siege to substations in some areas of the State. There have been isolated incidents in Guntur district including at Rentachintala where there has been unrest.
There have been reports of similar concerns by farmers who want proper power supply to run pump sets to draw underground water for farm operations. Incidents from Nalgonda and Warangal districts have also been reported. Member of Legislative Assembly, Seethakka, staged a sit-in along with her supporters at Mulugu.
Some women entrepreneurs in Hyderabad surrounded a substation.
Demand supply gap
The demand supply mismatch of the power sector has shot up to 48 million units today with the energy requirement at about 260 million units as against available supply of 212 million units. The demand has come down today a bit as the gap was as high as 65 million units when the overall requirement was 270 million units on Saturday.
Farm operations hit
With monsoon continuing to be erratic with excess rains in some districts of the State, where farm operations have commenced, in other parts where there is deficit, farmers are agitating for proper power supply to support sowing requirement.
The State Government is also in a piquant situation with the High Court directive on maintaining water at a specific high level in reservoirs. Therefore, the Government is contemplating seeking court permission to let out water to enable farm operations.
The power supply gap has recently widened with the natural gas supplies from KG Basin coming down and low water levels in hydel reservoirs hampering power generation. However, good inflow into Jurala facilitated some hydel power generation. But this has come down in the past two days.


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EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH OCTOBER 12: Free Pilates Fusion Class
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 3:00am
EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH OCTOBER 12: Free Pilates Fusion Class
Toning up has never been this easy! Build strength, flexibility, and endurance with this innovative 45-minute workout. Instructor Frederick Schjang combines Pilates, flexibility, and strength elements to create a total body experience.
Location: Chelsea Market Passage on the High Line, between 15th and 16th Streets.
FREE, no RSVP required. Appropriate for all ages.
Please note the final class on the High Line will take place on Tuesday, October 12.
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Leaky Giveway: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" BluRay/DVD Combo PackDH Film
What scene/sequence are you most excited to see in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2?"
What scene/sequence are you most excited to see in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2?"
Oh so many end of story things I'm looking forward to. How do I narrow it down. I guess I'm most looking forward to having Hary waking from the AK and returning to Hogwarts/protecting his fellow students and friends/and facing off with ol' Volde, one, final, time!
ohhh my word…so many things! (but I don't even live in the US ;( )
The Molly / Bellatrix duel, Snape's memories recalled (that one the most, I think), Snape's death, the epilogue…
I was going to say watching Molly deliver "the line," but I think I'm most excited to see the Epilogue at the train station. The four principals in that scene have grown so much as actors over the years, and it will be cool to see the culmination of that, at least in HP terms, in that scene.
I can't wait to see the scene of Snape's memories! Should be pretty awesome. I'm also curious how the fight scene at the end will play out compared to the book.
I can't wait to see the epilouge. And the Molly/Bellatrix duel. And Neville killing Nagini. And the trio breaking into Gringotts.
So pretty much everything! Most of all the epilouge though,
the duel between Mrs Weasly and Bellatrix of course
I am really EXCITED to see Harry kill Voldemort, I also want to see the epilogue it GOING TO BE SO COOL
Harry's "death". Definitely. I want to see if they screw it up or not. I really hope they at least for once stay true to that. I'm also looking forward to Neville. He does so much in this book! I really hope they show just how important he is.
"The Prince's Tale" – without a doubt!
I'm looking forward to the final duel between Harry and Voldemort because that is what the whole series has been about in the first place: good triumphing over evil.
The part where Harry brings back his parents, Sirius, and Lupin with the Resurrection Stone!
I can't wait to see the epic Ron/Hermione kiss, Harry's death scene, and, of course, the epilogue!!
Every part of this is going to be exciting!!
The sequence that I am most excited to see in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" is the Prince's Tale. I am really curios to see how Lily, Petunia, Severus, James, Sirius, and Lupin looked like when they were young.
I am excited to see Ron and Hermione's kiss. This has been a long time coming. Can't wait.
Oh yeah I almost forgot about Neville's shining moment when he slaughters Nangini. Neville has always been portrayed as the coward, but he gets to be the hero in this moment


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Last Chance to See: YARD
It's the last week to interact with almost 3000 tyres in The Calder before Allan Kaprow: Yard closes on Sun 31 Aug.
Family Workshops
Drop-in this Tues - Fri and have fun making a body sculpture using the works of Franz West as your inspiration!
Speed Drawing
Planning your weekend? Visit us this Sat & Sun to experiment with drawing techniques to create exciting and colourful artworks.
Franz West Where is my Eight?
Don't miss the largest exhibition to date at The Hepworth Wakefield dedicated to one of the most prominent artists of our time.
Making a modern collection
This exhibition features some of the most significant works from the Wakefield Collection, including Barbara Hepworth, L.S. Lowry, Henry Moore and Ben Nicholson.
The Gott Collection
This summer, discover how Yorkshire has long been a place of artistic inspiration by visiting The Gott Collection exhibition.
I'm Yours
Help us care for, research and develop Wakefield's nationally important art collection. We can double your donation, with all new donations being match-funded by Arts Council England.
Shop The Gott Collection
The Hepworth Wakefield shop is selling a new and exclusive range of reproduction prints from The Gott Collection featuring Yorkshire landmarks.
Heritage Weekend
This September discover more about the Gott Collection and the history of the gallery's setting on Wakefield's waterfront.
This summer, (4 July - 31 August) The Hepworth Wakefield presents the UK's first reinvention of Allan Kaprow's seminal 'Environment...
The Portrait Sideshow: Back by Popular Demand
Roll up! Roll up! Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, The Portrait Sideshow will be back at The Hepworth Wakefield on …
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- An Indiana man is dead after his car crashed into a tow truck.
It happened about seven last night on US 50 between Seymour and North Vernon in Jennings County, Indiana.
Police say 36-year-old Scott Lucas of North Vernon crossed the center line, and slammed into a tow truck driven by a Shepherdsville, Kentucky man. Lucas died at the scene, and the tow truck driver had only suffered from minor injuries.
Police don't know why Lucas crossed the center line, but are investigating.
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Vicksburg Police have arrested two men in connection with two armed robberies over the weekend. Nineteen-year-old Jonathan Clark, Jr. and a 16-year-old juvenile are charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault, kidnapping and armed carjacking.
Clark is also charged with being a felon in possession of a weapon. He was convicted of house burglary in 2011.
The two were arrested in Mounds, Louisiana, with assistance from the Madison Parish Sheriff's Department.
Police say on Saturday afternoon, in the 2800 block of Valley Street, two persons were robbed at gunpoint and one person shot through the left hand but the bullet wound up his left shoulder.
The pair is also charged with an armed robbery of a cab driver Sunday. During the robbery, the victim received head injuries when he was struck with a handgun. They took his vehicle and put the driver in the trunk, but he was able to escape a short time later.
Clark is being held in the Warren County Jail after waiving extradition. The juvenile is being held pending a youth court detention hearing.
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Super Vision International, Inc., has claimed record sales for the year ending December 31, 2000. The Orlando, FL-based company designs and manufactures LED and fiber optic lighting products, signs, and displays for applications in the signage, swimming pool, architectural and retail industries.
Total revenues for the three months ending December 31, 2000, were $4,005,636, an increase of $1,150,338 or 40% as compared to the fourth quarter of 1999. Revenues for the year ending December 31, 2000, were $11,654,167, an increase of $1,844,907 or 19% as compared to 1999.
Super Vision generated operating income of $166,692 for the fourth quarter of 2000 as compared to an operating income of $97,826 in the same quarter last year. Operating loss for the year ending December 31, 2000, was $42,100, as compared to an operating loss of $40,600 in 1999.
Net income for the fourth quarter 2000 was $74,691 compared to a net income of $18,808 in 1999, an increase of 297%. For the year ending December 31, 2000, the net loss was narrowed to $259,211 from $355,741 for 1999.
Earnings per share for the fourth quarter 2000 were $0.03 as compared to $0.01 for the same period of 1999. For the year ending December 31, 2000, the net loss per share was $0.10 as compared to a net loss per share of $0.14 in 1999.
For the full year 2000, Super Vision also generated cash from operating activities in the amount of $798,719 compared to $57,574 in 1999, an increase of $741,145.
Larry Calise, chief financial officer of Super Vision, stated "The operating loss remained unchanged from 1999 mainly due to the increase in legal fees and inventory reserve for potentially slow moving inventory."
Said Brett Kingstone, president/CEO of Super Vision, "Although we are very proud of having the best sales year in our company's history we are re-dedicating our focus to growing our profitability as well. Super Vision went into the year 2001 with the largest backlog in our history of approximately $1.5 million. Our staff will continue their efforts to make 2001 another record year."


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6And of Course, the 5 Worst Dressed at the 2012 American Music Awards
Whee for awards show fashion! I just love it. I can barely function when I'm not wearing some kind of sweatshirt material or Lycra, but hey. A girl can admire that what she doesn't have, right? Sure.
Here's the list for Worst Dressed, and in all honesty, even the worst dressed weren't all that bad (well, some of them were CHRISTINA AGUILERA).
Number five, Ke$ha. Which is disappointing, because sometimes girl looks amazing, and sometimes she looks like a bag of squashed balls. And in this case, it's the squashed balls thing:
Four, Pink, because she's just too short and compact a girl to wear such high-necked frocks, and also, Kim Kardashian wore that same dress not all that long ago:
Three, Carrie Underwood. I know, to some of you, Carrie Underwood can do no wrong. But this dress? It's all, all wrong and there's no amount of right that can make it right again:
Two, Jordin Sparks, because while girlfriend is undeniably gorgeous, this dress looks like something that she needs rescuing from. It looks like it's devouring her. It's like a bondage outfit that grandma might wear:
And in first place, as you all know, Christina Aguilera. Because what the hell color spray tan is that? And the dress? I don't know whether to blow my nose in it or borrow it for my little cousin to wear to her first semi-formal:
Worst? Best? Who did it for you guys?
November 19, 2012 at 10:30 am by Sarah
6 Responses to "And of Course, the 5 Worst Dressed at the 2012 American Music Awards"
Poor Kesha. There's really nothing you can do. She just has that really wide frame. Other than that, I'm actually sort of impressed with Aguilera. Granted, she went way overboard with the spray tan but honestly, I think it's the best her body has looked in months. I'm not a fan of the spray tan, hair, makeup or shoes but in terms of complimenting her shape, I think she did a good job.
Wow I never realised how super skinny Carrie Underwood is
I have to disagree with two ladies on this list – Christina Aguiliera and Kesha.
Christina – Yeah, the tan is a bit much and I think her bangs are too blunt for her face, but the dress is very flattering on her.
Kesha – The choice of shoes ruins it for me. She actually looks very pretty all cleaned up. The dress isn't the best choice I've ever seen, but I can't help but think with a nicer pair of shoes, red lipstick, and maybe a bright accessory, that the look would be awful. Overall, nice job.
And you were spot on with everyone else.
I think Kesha and Pink look fine. Christina doesn't look that bad either, considering.
Kesha looks like she's from the ghetto. Is that her "look"?
I really like what Pink wore and don't remember seeing it on Kim. Kesha would look better with a belt but I think she looks pretty good. Agree on Carrie – only because she could look SO much better, and usually does. Christina…. no words. She needs to hire a stylist who knows how to dress her body. And lay off the makeup.