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WASHINGTON - If you're looking for a husband, go where single men outnumber single women.
That way you have better odds, according to the new book "Where To Find A Husband: Census Statistics For Finding Places Where Single Men Outnumber Single Women" by Andrew Dolan.
Dolan used U.S. Census statistics to compare the number of unmarried men and women in the 374 largest metropolitan areas in the country. His findings may help women on the husband hunt.
Surprisingly, New York City is not so great for love -- with 86 men to every 100 women. Forget Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore too. Men still outnumber us in those cities, and the District doesn't rate much better, offering 87 men to every 100 women.
But don't leave town just yet. Even if there are more men than women, factors like the unemployment rate in a city can impact the number of datable bachelors on the market, Dolan says.
"It's a little hard to look for love when you're looking for a job," he says, "so do some homework before taking out the luggage."
If you want better odds, try places like Miami, where there is sun, surf, and yes, more men than women. If you're a fan of a colder climate, try the entire state of Alaska.
San Diego also has good prospects, with 139 men to every 100 women. Dolan attributes that pool to the big naval training base there.
Still wondering if you should cash in your frequent flyer points?
Dolan says Fairfax County, Va. is a good place to explore, with 95 men for every 100 women. Pretty good odds within driving distance!
Editor's Note: View from Venus is a regular blog by Randi Martin, who shares her thoughts on lifestyles and relationships.
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New Mac malware found in the wild has been linked to the Syrian Electronic Army, but the mysterious hacker group is denying any involvement in making, or spreading, the trojan. On Tuesday, a researcher at security firm Intego revealed in a blog post that a new Mac trojan virus that disguises itself as a picture of a kissing couple was found by a user in Belarus. See also: Syrian Electronic Army: If U.S.


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Queensland's State Archives was not told in early 1990 that a law firm wanted to look through the evidence gathered through the Heiner Inquiry before Queensland's State Archives approved the documents' destruction.
Kenneth Littleboy, in 1990 a senior public servant, who was second in charge of the Queensland Cabinet office, told the Carmody Inquiry that he did not mention this fact in a letter he wrote to the Queensland State Archivist in February 1990.
Mr Littleboy agreed with counsel assisting the inquiry, Michael Copley, that the letter written to the then State Archivist was a gross over-simplification of the facts at the time.
"This archivist, she was misled by what was in this letter, wasn't she," Mr Copley said.
"She wasn't given all the facts," Mr Littleboy told the inquiry on Monday morning.
The letter contains a sentence that says "the notes are no longer required or pertinent to the public record."
However Mr Copley said documentation showed there had been "requests from solicitors" on behalf of certain staff to view the material.
"Now in your letter you did not tell her that solicitors wanted access to these records did you? How could you assert that."
Mr Littleboy said he could not recall.
The letter, drafted by Mr Littleboy, was signed by then cabinet secretary Stuart Tait.
Mr Copley said the letter was a gross oversimplification of the position at the time.
"Material was apparently being sought by solicitors," Mr Copley asked Mr Littleboy.
"It would be fair and in the interests of the new government that was going to be all open and accountable, wouldn't it?"
Mr Littleboy said someone may have asked him not to include the information in the letter.
"I drafted it, so it can only have been Stuart."
Mr Littleboy said he regarded himself as an ethical public servant, who would have left "solicitors interest" in the Heiner material out of the letter only on advice.
Mr Copley said in summary that the Queensland State Archivist was not made aware that solicitors were interested in viewing the Heiner evidence before the Queensland State Archives approved their destruction.
"No," Mr Littleboy said.
"And she should have been, shouldn't she," Mr Copley asked.
"Yes," Mr Littleboy said.
Former John Oxley Youth Centre manager, Peter Coyne, told the hearings before Christmas that he had asked a law firm to get access to the Heiner documents.
The Carmody Inquiry is investigating the reasons why the evidence gathered by former magistrate Noel Heiner was ultimately shredded in March 1990.
Meanwhile, the woman who helped shred the Heiner documents 23 years ago said the action was unusual.
Queensland State Archives officer Katherine McGuckin was closely questioned after she and a senior officer from the Families Department in March 1990 put a sealed box of cassette tapes and transcripts through a shredder in March 1990.
She said she wrote a memorandum the next day explaining her concerns at her involvement in the destruction of the documents.
"I wasn't uneasy about it, but it was unusual," Ms McGuckin said.
She told the inquiry that she was acting in the position at the time.
The evidence gathered during the Heiner investigation into the John Oxley Youth Centre at Wacol were shredded by Ms McGuckin and Trevor Walsh from the Families Department at the Families Department offices on March 23, 1990.
Ms McGuckin said the decision to destroy the documents had already been made by Cabinet.
However she disagreed with a subsequent memo from Mr Walsh that she alone had destroyed the documents in his presence.
She said she and Mr Walsh had both shredded the documents.
Also this morning, Mr Littleboy told of carrying a sealed "rattly box" of evidence from his office in the Executive Building down George Street to be shredded by Ms McGuckin and Mr Walsh.
He was also closely questioned by Michael Copley, Counsel Assisting Inquiry, about the source of memo to that senior Families Department officer, Trevor Walsh on January 19, 1990 about the Heiner inquiry.
Meanwhile a senior Families Department public servant, Myolene Carrick, also said that she found it "highly unusual" to be asked to sign a Cabinet Submission on February 13, 1990, for then director-general Ruth Matchett.
"I signed because I was asked to," Ms Carrick told the inquiry.
She said she was "fairly certain" she was asked to sign the submission by Mr Walsh, who worked in Ms Matchett's office.
Ms Carrick said it was unusual for her to sign the submission because she did not deal with youth centres as part of her job.
She believed Ms Matchett was not available to sign the submission.
"I would only have signed it if I had been asked to sign it because I had no knowledge of it whatsoever."
She said she would have questioned Mr Walsh why she was being asked to sign the submission.
Timothy Carmody was appointed in July 2012 to head the Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry into the system, including revisiting the Heiner Affair.
It is the long-running controversy surrounding the Goss cabinet's 1990 shredding of documents relating to child abuse - including the rape of a 14-year-old girl - after it aborted an inquiry into the former John Oxley Youth Detention Centre.


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BOSTON — Imagine if you could stitch together all the video footage from the Boston attack to form a single immersive narrative. CoSync has the ability to link video and audio from a multitude of cell phone cameras to provide a picture that functions, in theory, like 3-dimensional "bullet time," useful for building an interactive panorama of any public event.
At a large public gathering like the Boston Marathon, there are thousands of eyes: solitary recordings from closed circuit television video, TV broadcasters, and civilian mobile devices that generate reams and reams of footage of potential suspects. After gaining access to that data, it falls to weary investigators to analyze that footage, from all directions at once, in search of a common thread.
As authorities have discovered during more than a decade of urban terrorist attacks, scouring through what is thought to be the thousands of hours of video taken in the minutes surrounding any incident is a logistical nightmare. Due to be released in June as open source software, CoSync will allow other developers to build their own uses on top of CoSync's networking technology.
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Finely was able to pull out the Typhoon 125 and SportCity 125 for a quick run. It had been a month since either one had been ran. First I took a 3 week vacation to Europe then came home to some serious weather that grounded even the most seasoned riders. Finely got a break this afternoon and was able to run them up. My primary concern was the carbs running dry and being a PITA to start. I am using a bit of TCW3 oil and a high quality stabilizer so I am not concerned about gumming up the carbs just drying out and being a pain to start. Some bikes can sit a long time and fire right up but others its like waking the dead. I am happy to report both scooters fired up on first crank and despite the ambient temperature being in the mid 50's they actually ran really good out of the gate with little warm up time. It seems the jetting may in fact be set up for cooler riding and not warmer riding. Even the SportCity 125 ran without drama out of the gate and its the picky one.
Hopefully our break in the weather holds so I can run the Agility 125 tonight. Not sure if its going to be drama free or not. I also hope we get more breaks in the weather this fall and winter and I can ride as much as possible. The cost savings is pretty huge. Since getting back I have filled up both my cars and already burned through most of that gas. It cost over $100 just to keep the cars going. For some stuff I need the cars but for 80% of what I do any bike will do and the more economical the bike the more $$ in my pocket. During May-Aug I was spending about $20 per month on fuel and now all of a sudden I am spending $400 average on fuel if the weather does not break.
As it looks right now we are quickly heading for another deluge!
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Took the Typhoon out and ran over to the selling dealer to inquire about the broken horn that is to be replaced under warranty? The new horn did in fact come in and they tried contacting me a few times but I was in Europe so I never got the calls or messages. Being October they were not really busy and they just went ahead and replaced the horn today. Kudos to Lynnwood Vespa/Triumph for the fast service. New horn works great and sadly needed!
While waiting I took out a Factory Demo Triumph Tiger 800. It is a really nice bike but a bit out of reach. My trades did not help much in the equation. Was not really serious at this time anyway. I am looking to reduce the fleet but kind of waiting for just the right bike to come along.
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The only dealers nearby, as in the next town 25 miles away, are Suzuki/Kawasaki and Honda/Yamaha. Of course they sell Honda and Suzuki scooters but they won't touch anything else. 90 miles away is Tucson and a dealer there (Scoot Over) sells Kymco and Genuine, and they always have a couple of slightly used SYM's and some other used brands. They claim they are not a SYM dealer but they will service them and they do stock some parts.
Oddly, they also sell Royal Enfield motorcycles. I'm currently lusting after the new Royal Enfield Continental cafe racer - in red, of course - and it will be soon released for sale here in the US. If you haven't seen one, google it.
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It has been a while since I updated this thread.
Took the SportCity 125 and Typhoon 125 out of winter storage and they seemed to have survived winter untouched. Only issue over the winter is we had an extended cold streak and the unheated storage unit down the street turned into meat locker for an extended amount of time. Despite keeping the standard lead acid batteries trickle charged the one in the Typhoon 125 shorted out. Likely more from improper dealer prep then the cold but I am sure it did not help. Probably could have warrantied the battery but I just took the opportunity and replaced the old school battery in both bikes with a Scorpion AGM battery. Scorpion is the only manufacture that makes an AGM battery in the size needed. I prefer Yuasa but so far the Scorpion's are working great and I get faster cranking with the AGM's.
One thing that amazed me is despite the cold blooded nature of these bikes and being carbureted they both fired up on first crank. Other then the need for a slightly longer warm up they ran like they were ran yesterday.
I should indicate that I actually pulled them out of storage last week. Today I ran the rest of the gas out and filled with fresh fuel. Looks like both bikes are now averaging 61 MPG now witch is a slight improvement from when they were brand new. I expect it to be even better once it gets warmer during the summer and no stabilized fuel sitting all winter. However for a 125cc scooter this is not exactly great fuel economy. Yeah its better then just about any car on the road still but not great. Sure would be interesting where the extra fuel is going?
Today I also took the Agility 125 out of storage. No issues with the battery as it was tendered over the winter. It took about 3 cranks getting it going witch is not all that bad. However it was a picky beast and it took a long time of just idling away before it would go and run smoothly. At first it would just die but slowly it wanted to play a little more. Once up and running all is well.
Also noticed that the clock on the Agility is no longer working. Not sure what that is all about and I really don't need it. In fact I don't think I even set it. Its either a loose connection in the dash or it just went tits up. Next time I am at the dealer I will mention it and probably get them to look at it. Its still under warranty for 16 months.
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Part II of the Haifa food tour with Yael and Erez Ruder. Read about part I here.
It's always a good idea to start a street food tour hungry, in retrospect perhaps even fasting a day or two before the event. When Erez Ruder told us we would be exploring the flavors of his childhood, I never realized just how well he ate.
Our first stop was Suidan, a family food store that has grown with the neighborhood, selling everything from luffa sponges to gourmet chocolate. Bags of dried chili peppers, legumes and grains are still in their industrial sacks near the sidewalk entrance, but within is a cathedral of food from floor to ceiling. Spices and herbs are stored in a worn apothecary cabinet, still identified with hand written labels in three languages. In one corner a coffee grinder is pushed against the wall, dusted with the black grains, the same used to read the future. Shelves are stacked with imported sauces, jams and marinades from Asia to American, in step with the changing times.
Left, Fatayer pastry, Right, draining yogurt to make homemade labneh
In the back, pots of tiny stuffed vegetables, cabbages, squash and grape leaves, were arranged on a table near the olives and pickled artichokes. I eyed a large tray of fatayer, a triangular pastry popular in the Levant. "It's filled with Swiss chard" explains Pierre, the owner of the shop "and it's sour from lemon juice" as he handed us a few. My eyebrows rose in surprise as I bit into the soft yeast dough, revealing the tangy greens. "It's good", I say even before swallowing. In response he apologized for having so little on offer and tells us to come on Friday "There will be kibbeh" he promises. I bought several containers of vegetables listening to Pierre recount how his four year old granddaughter is learning how to fold grape leaves as well as dance ballet. It's nice to know that at least here food tradition will continue and new ones will begin.left, Akub, top right green almonds
We stepped out, laddened with more than we expected and headed to the vegetable market of Wadi Nisnas stopping at a falafel stand along the way. In spring a myriad of wild greens are available from the vendors; fresh za'atar, chicory, mustard greens, chamomile, wild beet leaves and mallow were piled high on the tables. Akub, an indigenous thistle, were still stacked in boxes and the first green almonds were making their appearance. In the shade a women was coring zucchini, perhaps for the restaurant nearby?Coring vegetables Nadima's Restaurant
Nadima, a fixture of Wadi Nisnas, cooks traditional Arab food using these wild edibles during its prodigious but short season. With nothing but a cutting board and knife she fills a row of identical pots that simmer from the early morning. We ordered the mallow and chicory cooked in olive oil and garlic, rice spiced with allspice and cinnamon and a plate of okra in tomato sauce. "I started this restaurant when I was young" she laments "and now I am old". But the food she prepares is ageless, passing from one generation to the next.
We sat longer than we needed to, having eaten too much. On the way back we entered an olive store I remember from my previous visit. I asked for a small container of picholine olives but the merchant refused, he won't sell me any until I have sampled them first. There are bowls of souri olives, in different stages of ripeness, from green to black mixed with lemon wedges, garlic and herbs. These are water cured olives, with a bitter edge and a strong olive flavor.
Pictures of Madonnas and icons adorn the store and with Easter approaching and I asked him if they celebrate a carnival. "No, but we have lent", he tells us "and the observant must sacrifice something that they love", He doesn't drink beer but others forgo all animal products, become vegans during this holy period.
On the way out we heard the incessant ringing of church bells.
"A wedding!" announced Erez but as we approached it was obvious that the celebration was not a family affair; School children were holding banners and flags, spectators crammed the sidewalks and a marching band waited impatiently for the conductor's signal. In the church yard I spotted the official bell ringer, doing all the work while his compatriots were celebrating. Erez disappeared into the crowd and soon returned to inform us that we were witnessing a parade for Saint Therese of France who was visiting Haifa on a world tour. Although she has been dead for more than one hundred years, her remains were carried in a decorative box with full honor and festivity.Emile, Shawarma
As would have it, the best place to enjoy all the commotion was a shawarma spot right in front of the parade. Despite its run down appearance and the tractor in front lifting up a dust storm, Emile has quite a reputation. And for good reason, it is one of the better shawarma places in Israel, with just tender meat without the gristle and strange bits found in inferior sandwiches. We left as helium balloons were released into the sky, floating away like some sort of fertility ritual. Even more surreal was a truck I hadn't noticed before.Hungry? Noooooooo! Baklava and a tour of the back room of Hamizrach bakery
Of course such a food tour must end with something sweet. As we dutifully wobbled after Erez we passed a store front with an amazing collection of Baklava but didn't go in. Instead Erez took us to a smaller bakery he frequented when he was a child. I could manage only a tiny bite but bought an assortment of baklava and knafeh to bring home.
Read more about Wadi Nisnas from other Israeli food bloggers:
Hope it will rain (Erez's post): Flavors of childhood
Cafe Liz: A culinary spin through Wadi Nisnas
Israeli Kitchen: Shuk: Wadi Nisnas, Haifa
37 Saint John Street, Wadi Nisnas
39 Allenby road, Haifa
Emile's Shawarma:
33 Allenby road
HaMizrach Bakery: 34 Allenby roadA bakery in Wadi Nisnas were maneesh (flat bread with za'atar) and other Arab breads are available.


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Planning a fiesta night? These authentic-tasting enchiladas in spicy green sauce will please the whole family and you'll be thankful for turkey leftovers.—Karyn Power, Arlington, Texas
16 Servings
Prep: 45 min. Bake: 30 min.
32 corn tortillas (6 inches)
1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon canola oil,
1 medium onion, chopped
3 cups cubed cooked turkey
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) Mexican diced tomatoes, undrained
1 tablespoon chopped pickled jalapeno slices
1 envelope taco seasoning
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
3 cans (10 ounces
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1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
3 cups (12 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Sour cream and additional pickled jalapeno slices, optional
In a large skillet, fry tortillas in batches, using 1/3 cup oil, for
5 seconds on each side or until golden. Drain on paper towels.
In the same skillet, saute onion in remaining oil until tender. Stir
in the turkey, tomatoes, jalapenos, taco seasoning, cumin, oregano
and basil; heat through.
Combine enchilada sauce and soup. Spread 1/2 cup mixture into each of
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jalapenos if desired. Yield: 16 servings.
Nutritional Facts:
2 enchiladas (calculated without optional ingredients) equals 350 calories, 17 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 40 mg cholesterol, 906 mg sodium, 33 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 18 g protein.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) When rain falls on dry land, it activates certain compounds in the soil that release a distinctive aroma. "Petrichor" is the word for that smell. If you ever catch a whiff of it when there's no rain, it's because a downpour has begun somewhere nearby, and the wind is bringing you news of it. I suspect that you will soon be awash in a metaphorical version of petrichor. A parched area of your life is about to receive much-needed moisture.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Forty percent of Americans do not know that the dinosaurs died out long before human beings ever existed. When these folks see an old cartoon of caveman Fred Flintstone riding on a Diplodocus, they think it's depicting a historical fact. In the coming weeks, you need to steer clear of people who harbor gross delusions like that. It's more important than usual that you hang out with educated, cultured types who possess a modicum of well-informed ideas about the history of humanity and the nature of reality. Surround yourself with intelligent influences, please.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Supreme Court says non-citizen immigrants can appeal their guilty or no-contest pleas on grounds defense lawyers failed to warn them that they'd face almost certain deportation.
The justices, though, also ruled on Thursday that their decision cannot be applied to retroactively to convictions before a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision in a similar case from Kentucky.
As a result, they denied appeals by two immigrants from Nicaragua and Cuba convicted on drug and burglary charges. They ruled that a third immigrant, Claudia Vergara Castano, could continue with her appeal because she filed it before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
Castano, a native of Colombia, pleaded guilty to child neglect after a child wandered away from her home day care center in Orlando.
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CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (CSA) today congratulated the Castle Lager Proteas on their 1-0 victory over India in the Sunfoil Test Series and on extending their lead at the top of the ICC World Test Championship standings.
"This has been as near to perfect a Test match as anybody could have asked to see," commented CSA Chief Executive, Haroon Lorgat. "The Proteas have given Jacques Kallis exactly the farewell send-off that the entire nation wanted and Jacques, of course, was right on top of his game with yet another memorable century, not to mention his 200th catch and his achievement of becoming the third leading Test runs scorer of all time.
"Above all, the Proteas have beaten their closest rivals on the ICC World rankings to consolidate their position as the world's top Test team and this is an important result as we work towards the World Test Championship.
"We have also been able to celebrate Dale Steyn becoming the second fastest player of all time to take 350 Test match wickets and AB de Villiers setting an SA record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a two-Test series.
"Even the Durban weather played its part and we saw five days of competitive and enthralling Test match cricket.
"It has been an excellent Sunfoil Test Series if one reflects both on this match and all the drama that surrounded the final day of the previous match at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium. I would like to congratulate both teams for playing it hard but fair and living up to the best traditions of the spirit of cricket.
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MAJOR LEGAL NEWS – There's a working draft among the UN's climate "experts" calling for the establishment of an international climate court, which would compel Western nations to pay ever-larger sums to the "third world" as part of our "climate debt." The court would have no power over third-world countries. I want you to know right now that I'd be in favor of it if the court was televised, had Judge Judy presiding, with each program introduced by Cole Porter's "It's Too Darned Hot," from "Kiss Me, Kate." What do you think are the chances?
MAJOR ACADEMIC NEWS – New York University will offer a course next semester on Occupy Wall Street, and may even offer two. The course will be offered by NYU's Department of Social and Cultural Analysis. We think this is a wonderful idea. The course could begin with a social and cultural analysis of the federal education budget, and what percentage goes to make courses like this possible. It could excitingly continue with readings from longshoreman/philosopher Eric Hoffer, who wrote that all movements begin with high ideals, become businesses, and then become rackets. Why do I think I wouldn't be welcome to take this course?
PATH TO CITIZENSHIP FOR ILLEGALS? – A new Fox poll reveals that most Americans believe there should be a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, as long as they meet certain requirements, like paying back taxes and learning English. Even a majority of Republicans, 57%, agree with that position. From what I've seen, this is now the trend in public opinion, and the GOP must recognize it. Simply being against "illegal immigration," (as am I), or securing the border (which I surely favor) are no longer enough. An immigration policy must be thoughtful and practical, and recognize that we're just not going to deport 12 million people.
BROWN DOWN IN MASS. – Republican Senator Scott Brown, whose victory in the Senate race to replace the late Senator Ted Kennedy was heralded as one of the great moments in modern Republican politics, is falling behind Democrat Elizabeth Warren. The two will compete next November in an election to a full Senate term. A new poll has it Warren, 49%, Scott, 42%. Warren, a Harvard law professor and self-described consumer-rights advocate, has turned out to be an effective, down-to-earth candidate. Brown's tenure in the Senate has been less-than-distinguished, and he hasn't emerged as the national figure we'd hoped for. We have to fight for this seat, but I wouldn't be shocked to see Warren win.
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ANOTHER GREAT MOMENT IN JOURNALISM – AT 9:24 A.M. ET: Reader Errol Phillips alerts us to another journalistic adventure guaranteed to run the profession deeper into the ground:
NBC-owned television stations in cities across the nation just teamed up with a nonprofit "journalism" group funded by a billionaire husband-and-wife team who not only spent millions campaigning for President Obama but also topped donor lists to groups such as ACORN and MoveOn.org.
COMMENT: This will certainly work wonders for NBC's credibility, already facing considerable strain over the behavior of its MSNBC division. You'd think some common sense would have prevailed here, with NBC trying to forge links with organizations of impeccable neutrality. There is a mindset in mainstream journalism that just doesn't see the pitfalls, and mainstream journalism is paying the price.
December 9, 2011 Permalink
DANGER TIME – AT 9:05 A.M. ET: This story is neither shocking nor surprising. It follows a dangerous trend:
The skeptics are right.
The Human Rights Council , which the Obama administration mistakenly rejoined, regularly gives important roles to dictators. Hey, they're all in the club.
COMMENT: This is creeping restriction on free speech, and why should we be surprised? There is today an informal alliance – we see it regularly – between Islamists and the Western left. And the Western left is exactly that grouping that has invaded college campuses and imposed speech codes and other restrictions, all in the name of promoting a more "civil" society and protecting against "hate speech."
The Obama administration is filled with trendy leftists.
Some years ago a civil liberties lawyer I knew worried about what was being taught on college campuses, particularly the imposition of restrictions on speech. He felt, correctly, that these practices would become public policy in 20 years, when college students became national and international leaders. His prediction has come true, as political correctness has crept even into our Defense Department.
Words are weapons. And restrictions on words can leave us at a disadvantage. Many colleges have been forced to drop or amend "speech codes" under assault by true civil libertarians. Now we must be on guard against similar efforts, always draped in the "respect" agenda, to prevent discussion of religious movements and their implications.
December 9, 2011 Permalink
REPUBLICAN TAX STRATEGY MAKING DENTS – AT 8:35 A.M. ET: The Republican strategy of tying an extension of the Social Security tax break and extension of unemployment benefits to approval of the Keystone pipeline from Canada is making dents among the Democratic opposition. This could be a fascinating fight...if the Republicans can articulate their views to the public. From The Politico:
COMMENT: I like the Republican plan. Keystone must be approved. It is in our national interest, and our national security interest, and is being held up only by the demands of radical environmentalists in the President's base. We care about the environment, but believe any environmental concerns can be alleviated effectively.
Republicans must do much more to publicize their plan, their benefits/pipeline package, and must do so imaginatively, possibly a first for the party. I believe many Democrats can be swayed, including Democrats in the Senate, making the president think twice about a veto and possibly forcing him into negotiations.
December 9, 2011 Permalink
WHERE OBAMA STANDS – AT 7:58 A.M. ET: A new Fox poll shows that Mitt Romney would do better than Newt Gingrich in a general election run against Barack Obama.
COMMENT: The poll was conducted among randomly selected registered voters. The GOP candidates probably would do better among likely voters. But still, these are not spectacular numbers for the Republicans, and they show how tough this race will be. True, Obama's policies are not popular, but Obama personally is still liked by the public, and that counts for a great deal in politics. Polls showed that many Reagan policies, especially those dealing with the economy, were not popular, but Americans liked the man, and liked him considerably more than the incumbent he ran against, Jimmy Carter.
And this Fox poll was taken before the Democrats rev up their attack machine.
I am not enthusiastic about any of the leading Republican candidates, but we have to choose among them. I believe Romney is the more electable, and wears better over time. Gingrich is sharper on policy. Romney would have more appeal, over time, to the critical independents, and that appeal is likely to hold. Gingrich clearly appeals more to the Republican base.
This is not a pleasant choice. There is an enthusiasm deficit in the Republican Party, and deficits like that don't win elections.
December 9, 2011 Permalink
EUROPE ACTING ON IRAN – European leaders will call for greater sanctions on Iran at a summit meeting in Brussels tomorrow. While the ministers are not expected to call for a boycott of Iranian oil, that prospect is on the table. The Europeans are placing themselves in a leadership position on Iran, at the very time that the Obama administration is actually asking Congress to soften sanctions on Iran that are proposed in a Senate bill.
ASSAULT ON GINGRICH BEGINS – It was inevitable once he started rising to frontrunner status in the polls, but the attacks on Newt Gingrich are taking on an intensely personal tone. For the second time in two days, a current or former Republican member of the Senate has severely criticized him. Former Senator Jim Talent of Missouri led the charge, orchestrated by the Romney campaign. Among other things, Gingrich is being accused of being selfish, erratic, and irrational, and a man who will lose the general election by making the race about himself, rather than about Obama. The fact is that Gingrich burned many bridges while serving as speaker of the House in the 1990s, and the bridges haven't been repaired.
LIGHT IN THE TUNNEL – A leading candidate for the Venezuelan presidency says he will reverse the anti-American policies of Hugo Chavez. Pablo Perez, governor of Zulia, Venezuela's most populous state, said he would end alliances with autocratic Middle Eastern regimes, work for a democratic Cuba and improve relations with the United States, if elected president. While polls show that Chavez would still win the next election, scheduled for October, he is seriously ill with cancer, and there is heavy speculation that he might not survive to see the vote. If Chavez passes, the opposition is in a good position to see its candidate succeed to the presidency. Venezuelan policy after that is likely to become more pro-American.
EXXON MOBIL PREDICTS FOSSIL FUEL FUTURE – Exxon Mobil is predicting that fossil fuels will dominate the world's energy picture for the next three decades, with natural gas challenging coal as the main source of electric power. Exxon Mobil has a vested interest in fossil fuels, of course, but its predictions ring true. It will be a long time before new energy sources prove themselves, and developing nations, in particular, will be unwilling to wait for untested energy methods as they rush to raise their own living standards and productive capacities.
December 8, 2011 Permalink
GOOD NEWS, BUT VIEW WITH CAUTION – AT 9:31 A.M. ET: There's been another drop in applications for jobless benefits, but we have to consider all progress temporary until we get a more complete picture, which is months away. From Bloomberg:
COMMENT: Obviously, a revival of the job market would benefit Obama immensely, possibly securing his reelection. But I think we're a long way to recovery, and the problems of Europe loom. Further, people are less interested in statistics than in what they see around them, and what they see isn't good. When people see recovery in their own neighborhoods, then they'll react.
December 8, 2011 Permalink
GREAT CHOICE – AT 9:20 A.M. ET: We still retain doubts about Newt Gingrich here, but he's made one choice that deserves cheers. From Fox:
COMMENT: Bolton is a great American, and would be a secretary of state in the mold of George Shultz or Daniel Patrick Moynihan. When George W. Bush nominated him for ambassador to the UN, Bolton couldn't get confirmed by the Senate. The Democrats hated his straight-talk pro-Americanism, and a few shrinking violets on the Republican side joined in, especially George Voinovich of Ohio. Bolton served as ambassador through a recess appointment, which automatically expired in a year, and he served with distinction.
When he was Reagan's secretary of state, George Shultz would call newly appointed U.S. ambassadors into his office, take them to a world map on the wall and ask them to point out "your country." Inevitably, the new ambassadors would point to the nation to which they were being sent. "No," Shultz replied, pointing to the United States, "that is your country."
That's the kind of secretary John Bolton would be. He'd understand which country he was representing. Compare please to our present, vastly overrated secretary of state.
December 8, 2011 Permalink
THE CLASS ACT – AT 8:46 A.M. ET: The prime minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, is one of the class acts of modern international politics. A true conservative, he has gone far toward reforming Canada's government, which had been slipping into the European welfare-state model.
More important, Harper is a true friend of the United States and of freedom around the world. His comment in Washington yesterday, "Canada has no friend among America's enemies," is typical.
It's sad, though, that our own president, who is not a class act, has never reciprocated. Obama doesn't care much for Canada, or Britain, or Israel, or any of America's stalwart allies. He put off a trip to Australia three times, and finally dragged himself there. But he made sure to deliver a speech in Cairo. He has been utterly indifferent to the needs of the newly free East European nations, but made sure to "reset" our relations with Moscow, for which we've gotten nothing.
Obama has been indifferent to Canada's needs, and is damaging this special relationship by holding off on the vital Keystone pipeline, which would bring Canadian oil to our Gulf Coast refineries. It is vital for Canada, just as vital for a United States trying to free itself from the grip of Mideast oil. But Obama is bowing to his radical leftist base, which opposes the pipeline on phony environmental grounds. If it wasn't that, they'd figure out something else. Some of Obama's base want to repeal the 20th century.
If Canada cannot sell the oil destined for the pipeline here, it is in their own vital interest to sell it elsewhere...which means China. No matter how close an ally he is, Harper must still tend to Canada's economic needs. So, imagine the situation: a failing American president, trying to hold his nutbag base, delays a vital pipeline of great value to our two countries, forcing Canada to sell more oil to China, which is building its forces to oppose America.
Smart move, Barack. As Mitt Romney said yesterday, you don't understand your own country.
Now, in a truly good move, Republicans in Congress are trying to link approval of the pipeline to the proposed extension of the Social Security tax break. Obama says he'll veto any such linkage, but Republicans may have him on this, as the pipeline is very popular. Does Obama want to be in the position of denying the middle class the tax-break extension in order to appease the Aspen loonies in his base? What excuse would he give? That the pipeline requires more study? It's been the most studied piece of pipe in history.
Could a veto be overturned by Congress? It might be. Democrats are not all that dumb.
This could be exciting politics. The Republicans are showing a sense of strategy, for a change.
December 8, 2011 Permalink
WHERE HAVE ALL THE VOTERS GONE? – AT 8:33 A.M. ET: A unique new study points out that voters in battleground states are deserting the Democratic Party in droves, a fact that could overwhelm even the smooth operations of the Obama political machine. From National Journal:
COMMENT: It isn't all that shocking, given that the Obama administration has produced so little. But we will have to see if the Republicans can exploit this opportunity. The election battle will be won or lost among the independents, where Republicans have a substantial chance.
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NASHVILLE — Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey today blamed the failure of Gov. Bill Haslam's school voucher bill on a fellow senator he says was "bound and determined" to expand the measure over the governor's objections.
"Honestly, I disagree with that," Ramsey, R-Blountville, said of amendments attempted by Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown.
"I think something's better than nothing. Sometimes, the search of perfection stands in the way of good. At least we should have had good and moved forward some," Ramsey said.
Haslam pulled his voucher proposal Wednesday, saying he would not let Kelsey and fellow Republicans on the Senate Education Committee amend it.
Kelsey has said he has a backup to the governor's bill, but Ramsey told reporters it won't pass.
"This is too big an issue to fight about on the Senate floor," Ramsey said.
Haslam's bill would have created a limited voucher program that would allow children in the state's 83 lowest-performing public schools to use tax dollars to pay private school tuition.
Kelsey and Senate Education Committee Chairman Dolores Gresham, R-Somerville, wanted to set income eligibility limits significantly higher than Haslam called for, to about $75,000, and to allow students attending any public school to qualify.
Andy Sher is a Nashville-based staff writer covering Tennessee state government and politics for the Times Free Press. A Washington correspondent from 1999-2005 for the Times Free Press, Andy previously headed up state Capitol coverage for The Chattanooga Times, worked as a state Capitol reporter for The Nashville Banner and was a contributor to The Tennessee Journal, among other publications. Andy worked for 17 years at The Chattanooga Times covering police, health care, county government, ...


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The Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 Sunday night to win Super Bowl 45 in Arlington, Texas. Aaron Rodgers threw for 304 yards and 3 touchdowns and Jordy Nelson led the Packers with 9 catches for 140 yards and a touchdown. Ben Roethlisberger threw for 263 yards and 2 touchdowns with 2 interceptions.


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Civil War Graves Found in Washington, D.C., Park
While repairing a park wall about five years ago, workmen discovered bone and coffin fragments. At the insistence of local residents, city officials stopped the work and an archaeological team from nearby Howard University was brought in to investigate.
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As you may have noticed, Paris Fashion Week is already underway, with sartorial treats being delivered by Balmain and Balenciaga already today. And the fun continues as Karl Lagerfeld presents his latest collection for Hogan in the French capital any. minute. now. And guess what? Grazia Daily has been given an exclusive sneak preview of the Autumn Winter 2012 campaign. Yeep!
Have a scroll through the gallery above and you'll see the gorgeous Saskia De Brauw striking a fierce pose for Unkle Karl. As we've previously reported, Herr Lagerfeld is currently OB-sessed with the stunning model-of-the-moment, having already shot her for Chanel's Spring Summer 2012 campaign as well as the Resort 2012 collection. With that fusion of Stella Tennant-meets-Freja Beha attitude, we can hardly blame him.
So it's unsurprising to see Saskia's androgynous prettiness looks fabulous through Karl's lens and complements Hogan's urban-chic aesthetic — see her working lashings of black and white patent leather covered in pyramid-shaped studs. And the puffa trend we spotted at London Fashion Week is still going strong — note the luxury label's interpretation of this season's super-cosy jacket shape.
As for the accessories, we're seriously coveting that black leather tote with an embossed 'H' and a zipped pocket. Plus, this season, the designer is reinterpretating the iconic Hogan InteraKtive footwear to make the high-top trainers that much cooler.
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The majority of BGCSC members are at high risk, because their home situations are often dysfunctional, family incomes are low and/or they are in single-parent homes. If they did not attend the Clubs, 98% of the children in our care would be "latchkey kids" – home alone, unsupervised, unlikely to do well in school and extremely likely to engage in crime, violence, drugs, and sex.
- 62% of Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County members come from non-traditional families
- 98% of our members have no parent home during the day
- 76% of our members' families have an annual income of $42,000 or less
- 41% of our members' families have an annual income of $23,000 or less
- 45% of our members are on a free or reduced-lunch program at school


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Where Sherpas and Rockets collide! This week we've got four hosts covering sixteen stories. It's two episodes in one!
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RubyConf 2014 wrap-up, accelerating your Rails app, RubyGems.org gets redesigned, Heroku wants you to try HTTP Git, and new versions of Rails were released
This episode covers Ruby 2.1.5, the templating libraries Scribble and Curly, a statically-typed Ruby called Rubysierung and Minitest-Reporters.
Tail call optimizations, keeping migrations healthy, how raptor is so much faster, the psychology of SAAS products, and Ru for your CLI all in this episode of the Ruby5!
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Splendour: Interlaken, Switzerland
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A Dowagiac teenager accused of bringing guns and ammunition onto school property earlier this year, took a plea deal this week in the case.
Phillip Kocsis, 17, pleaded guilty to an added count of carrying a concealed weapon and one count of disturbing the peace.
The Dowagiac Union High School junior was originally facing eight weapons-related charges, five of them felonies.
As part of a plea agreement, those charges were dismissed in exchange for Kocsis pleading guilty to the two counts.
Back in September, Dowagiac school resource officers received a tip that a student had weapons inside his car on campus.
They searched Kocsis's vehicle and found a 12-gage shotgun, an M1 rifle, ammunition for both and a KA-BAR knife.
Kocsis is scheduled to be sentenced on January 25.
The penalty for carrying a concealed weapon is five years, while disturbing the peace is a 90-day misdemeanor.


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Background: Twice in 2007 and once in 2008 our hospital experienced a power failure that resulted in a conversion to our back up generator, the 3 to 7 seconds that it took to transfer the power supply were enough to shut down our Sensormedics Oscillators that we had running; the ventilator had to be manually restarted by a therapist which resulted in a slight delay.
Methods: In conjunction with BioMed it was decided to add a Liebert GP1270 F2FR UPS (uninterruptable power supply) to each of our oscillators to ensure that they would not experience a shutdown with an AC power loss.
Results: For the purpose of testing, standard settings for the performance check were placed on the Sensormedics oscillator and a Liebert GP1270 F2FR with a full charge was utilized. A power test performed with loss of AC power and return to AC power was done with no interruption to the oscillator. In a separate test the UPS unit lasted 40 minutes before the yellow LED or stage 0 (the last of 5 stages) came on.
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Inside Marie Claire's Golden Globes After-Party
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Pop icon-turned-filmmaker Madonna celebrated her win (she took home the Best Original Song prize for "Masterpiece," which was featured in her movie) alongside W.E.'s star Andrea Riseborough.
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Events for April 2012.
Belleville Chamber Annual General Meeting
The Belleville & District Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 147th Annual Meeting and Banquet on January 27th at The Banquet Centre in Belleville. A great time was had by all 257 a...more
Effective Speaking Contest
The Lions Club of Belleville held the Effective Speaking Contest on February 11, 2012. Twenty speakers representing five local schools participated in a well contested event. Partn...more
Savour the Chill
The weather brought the chill for "Savour the Chill" event on February 25 in Downtown Belleville. Front Street was crowded as the throngs checked out the $1 cups of soup from 13 co...more
Downtown DocFest
Belleville celebrated two days of outstanding documentary films that celebrate life and human dignity around the world on March 2-3. A committee of six local film enthusiasts with ...more
Learn to Skate Program Trenton Awards
The Learn to Skate program, sponsored by McDonald's Restaurants in Trenton, has run for many years in the Trenton Arena. It teaches young children how to skate. Every year, at the ...more
Kindness Awards
Kindness Week was from March 5-11. The VARAK (Violence Awareness and Random Acts of Kindness) committee was set up in Kindness Court in the Quinte Mall. There were Blue Ribbons of ...more
Celebrating International Women's Day
With the theme of "Connecting girls, inspiring futures," community members, men and women alike, turned out at Bridge St. United Church to celebrate International Women's Day. The ...more
International Women's Day
An overwhelming crowd of approximately 400 enthusiastic women and men gathered at Sans Souci March 8 to celebrate International Women's Day with style. The free event was the brain...more
3-3 Basketball Tournament
Loyalist Post-Graduate PR students ran a 3 on 3 basketball tournament to help raise money to send the "Quinte West Rock" Special Olympic Basketball team to the provincial tournamen...more
Jack About the Beanstalk
The Belleville Public Library kept kids and families well entertained this March Break including a Family Theatre presentation of "Jack About the Beanstalk" on March 12. This sold ...more
Pizza-cato Fest
Boston Pizza believes strongly in supporting their community and they proved it once again by hosting The Quinte Symphony fundraiser "Pizza-cato" on March 12. Over $400 was raised ...more
WSACB March Meeting
Women's Sales & Ad Club of Belleville recently welcomed 1 new member! The March meeting at Bay of Quinte Golf and Country Club heard from Yvonne Weatherell, financial advisor for...more
Driving Dreams For Our Youth Scholarships
Medigas was pleased to present the winners of their 2012 scholarships at the Belleville Bulls game on March 17. Each applicant had to be proceeding forward with health care educati...more
Shamrocks on the Wall - Quinte Mall
Many supported Gleaners Food Bank during their ever-popular Shamrocks on the Wall event in March in Kindness Court, Quinte For more events at Quinte Mall check out www.quintemall.c...more
Bridges to Better Business
The Small Business & Enterpreneurship Conference was held at the Travelodge in March. This was a valuable opportunity for entrepreneurs and business owners to hear valuable first-...more
JDRF - Haircuts & Feather Extensions for Diabetes Research
The staff of Jazz Hair Studio took their cutting skills to Loyalist College on March 20. The fundraising event took place at the Shark Tank Pub. Jazz Staff provided haircuts and fe...more
Vote Stirling Hockeyville
With Stirling doing all it can to get people voting for its bid to be the next Hockeyville, the team at Hastings Veterinary Hospital supported the cause with some young pups that c...more
Volunteer Week Challenge
The Community Care Agencies of Hastings County (South Hastings 613-969-0130, Quinte West 613-392-8852 and Central Hastings 613-473-9009) need volunteers for their programs. These p...more
Creative Hastings
Hastings County hosted a Creative Hastings Networking event to celebrate local entrepreneurs and their creative businesses. Andrew Redden, Hastings County Economic Development Mana...more
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Ryder Cup European Development Trust Fund
Funding Grass Root Aid Across the Continent
When the Ryder Cup was restructured in 2004 with the formation of Ryder Cup Europe LLP, in partnership between the European Tour (60%), the PGA (20%) and the PGAs of Europe (20%), one of the important outcomes was the formation of the Ryder Cup European Development Trust.
The purpose of this UK-registered charity is to ensure that a portion of the net profits accrued from the Matches is absorbed into the Trust, thereby allowing aid to be distributed by means of grants for grass root schemes throughout Europe.
As a result of this initiative, a total figure of some €2.5M was available after the 36th matches at the K Club, Ireland, in 2006. Similar sums would confidently be expected to accrue in the future as an on-going means of community golf aid for this and future generations.
The first significant income accrued in the Ryder Cup European Development Trust in 2006 and as a result funding has now having been granted to projects of varying size in seven countries.
Once these resources were in place, applications were invited from all relevant countries, to be considered by the Trust committee. A number of PGAs, Federations and Unions responded to the request to formulate appropriate schemes and apply for a grant.
Prior to this, grants had been provided already in Germany and Ireland and subsequently in the UK, though the priority need emerged in the former Eastern Bloc, where golf is enjoying an enormous period of growth following the political changes that led to market economies being created.
Bulgaria and the Czech Republic have both been supported by the Trust in junior programmes that specifically encourage and help young people, boys and girls, to participate in golf while receiving basic coaching, either provided by, or supervised by, PGA professionals.
The Bulgarian scheme is regarded as an ideal insight to the purpose of the Trust and could be seen as role model for how the Ryder Cup surpluses can most effectively be used.
It was designed to "Introduce a new sport into the country to coincide with the popularity of the game world-wide". The Junior Development Programme's official brochure states that: "We believe that the game of golf (in Bulgaria) is ready to explode…"
Two PGA professionals, Neil Turley and Pascal Simard lead the coaching aspect of the scheme, which begins with youngsters at their earliest days of sporting development in schools. Among the comprehensive programme's aims are:
- Provide support for golf sessions at schools
- Develop a systematic and organised approach to junior golf
- Develop individuals and teams to compete at international & European level.
- Make the game accessible to all
A whole 'way ahead' road map has been constructed, giving time scales under a 'Junior Golf Passport' idea. It starts with introducing the kids to golf with special appropriate clubs and balls for the very young and leading all the way, step by step, to possible selection for national teams.
Meanwhile, the vast majority who simply learn to play golf for fun, relaxation and exercise helped by the incentive of there being new golf course developments on stream and the hope of many more in the future…thereby providing a lasting international legacy from the success of the Ryder Cup.
View our Ryder Cup European Development Trust Fund case studies to date...
- Funding Grass Root Aid Across the Continent - 20 Oct 2010
- How Faldo Series has Helped Grow Golf in Russia - 20 Oct 2010
- How France Pursues its Inner-City Golf Scheme - 20 Oct 2010
- Ryder Cup Influence has Spread Throughout the Continent - 20 Oct 2010
- Ryder Cup Aid For Swedish Junior Pro-Am - 23 Jan 2010
- Free Golf Coaching…Thanks to Ryder Cup Trust Funding - 23 Sep 2009
- Now Hungary Gets Golf Aid for New Development Plan - 23 Jul 2009
- RCEDT Supports Faldo Project in Russia - 23 Jul 2009
- Mobile Coaching Clinic's Free Lessons Around Europe - 23 Jul 2009
- 'Putting something back into golf...' with Paul Lawrie - 23 May 2009
- Ryder Cup Grants Help Iceland to Chill-out - 23 May 2009
- More Countries to Benefit from Ryder Cup Profits - 23 Apr 2009
- Providing Funds for Disabled Coaching Programmes - 23 Nov 2008
- Italy Opens its Doors to its Golfing Public - 23 Nov 2008
- European Golf Reaps €2.2m Benefit of Ryder Cup Success - 23 Mar 2008
- Aid for UK Junior Golf Academy - 23 Aug 2007


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Carlyle May Have Lost Out, But Nasdaq Is Still Ripe for the Picking
Carlyle Group (NYSE:CG) engaged recently in talks with Nasdaq OMX Group (NASDAQ:NDAQ) about taking the latter private, but talks between the private equity firm and the exchange runner reportedly broke down due to price disagreements.
It was in the early stages of due diligence that differences emerged, according to a Fox News report citing people familiar with the talks. Management at Nasdaq is said to have felt they were being undervalued compared to their peers, and were prevented from moving forward by their fiduciary responsibility to consider all offers, though such reports are thus far unconfirmed, as neither company will comment on the matter.
Carlyle is the only private equity firm listed on the Nasdaq, and one of only four private equity firms publicly traded in the U.S. market. Carlyle went public in May of last year, with new CFO Adena Friedman leading the way. Before joining Carlyle in 2011, Friedman had been at Nasdaq since 1993…