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Indonesian palm oil industry would support land swaps to protect forest, while expanding productionRhett A. Butler, mongabay.com
April 19, 2013
GAPKI General Secretary Joko Supriyono and Executive Director Fadhil Hasan said the Indonesian palm oil industry would support a mechanism under which palm oil companies could swap high carbon stock (HCS) and high conservation value (HCV) forest in so-called "APL" areas — lands zoned for conversion — for the equivalent area of non-forest lands that are part of the national "forest estate" if such exchanges were permitted by law. As much of 40 million hectares of Indonesia's "forest estate" — land controlled by the powerful Ministry of Forestry — consists of land that is either stripped of forest or heavily degraded.
"GAPKI does not support the forestry moratorium because it makes APL land off-limits to oil palm expansion," Joko told mongabay.com, referring to the current two-year ban on new plantation and logging concessions in some 14 million hectares of previously unprotected forest and peatland. "But GAPKI would agree to land swaps [where APL land with high carbon stock] is exchanged with degraded forest in the forest estate."
Oil palm estate in Sumatra.
Under the current forestry law, degraded and non-forest land in the forest estate can't be used for non-forestry uses unless the Ministry of Forestry relinquishes control of it. The GAPKI officials added that to meet government production targets of 40 million tons of crude palm oil by 2020, the Indonesian palm oil industry would need to both increase productivity of existing plantations Ô especially low-yielding smallholder lots — and expand the extent of plantations beyond the current 9 million hectares (34,700 square miles) in the country. Gapki's 570 members control million hectares of that area.
Land swaps has been previously proposed by palm oil companies in Indonesia, but progress had been slow due to the complexities of competing and overlapping bureaucracies, unclear land title, and confusing regulations. The World Resources Institute (WRI), a U.S.-headquartered NGO, has tried to move the effort forward by mapping non-forest areas for potential expansion. It estimates that there may be some 50 million ha suitable for plantations without the need to clear carbon-dense forests.
New oil palm plantation on peatlands in Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo in March 2013.
The palm oil paradox
Palm oil is widely acknowledged as one of the most important drivers of deforestation and forest diminishment in Southeast Asia. Conversion of forests and peatlands for oil palm plantations is both a substantial source of greenhouse gas emissions and a major threat to biodiversity — one study called palm oil the "single most immediate threat to the greatest number of species".
Yet palm palm production generates tens of billions of dollars per year for the economies of Indonesia and Malaysia and is the most profitable form of land use across large swathes of Borneo, Sumatra, and New Guinea. Oil palm plantations also yield more edible oil than any other major crop, providing a cheap source of cooking oil for the poor.
Joko and Fadhil said they felt much of the criticism levied at the palm oil industry was unfair and failed to consider the context.
"Oils and fats demand is growing by 5-6 million tons per year globally and palm oil has the highest yield. Other crops take up more land to produce the same amount of oil," said Joko, pointing to maize (corn) and rapeseed (canola).
In their view, conversion of forests outside the officially recognized forest estate shouldn't count as deforestation because clearing is sanctioned by the government. In other words, it is legal, planned deforestation. Still, Joko and Fadhil admitted that there are some bad actors in the industry.
"The majority of palm oil plantations have already adopted palm oil sustainability schemes," Fadhil asserted. "In some cases there is a violation but to generalize that all palm oil companies are bad and destroying [the environment] is baseless and wrong."
When asked whether they thought Indonesian palm oil producers could suffer should Brazil successfully meet its ambitious expansion targets, Joko and Fadhil said they didn't see the South American giant as a threat, citing the annual 5-6 million ton growth in vegetable oil demand. Brazil is aiming to convert up to 5 million hectares of degraded cattle pasture to oil palm plantations by 2020, which if achieved, would represent about 30 percent of current acreage worldwide.
Joko and Fadhil also downplayed the potential impact of the emergence of synthetic oils, like those derived from algae.
"Other oils have been popular at points in the past," said Fadhil. "Palm oil's advantage is it is highly productive, profitable [and] the supply chain is integrated from small farmers to big companies."
Malaysia and Indonesia are the largest palm oil producers in the world, accounting for 83 percent of global market share combined in 2011 according to the FAO.
|AUTHOR: Rhett Butler founded Mongabay in 1999. He currently serves as president, head writer, and chief editor.
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(01/26/2011) The commercial shows a typical office setting. A worker sits drearily at a desk, shredding papers and watching minutes tick by on the clock. When his break comes, he takes out a Nestle KitKat bar. As he tears into the package, the viewer, but not the office worker, notices something is amiss—what should be chocolate has been replaced by the dark hairy finger of an orangutan. With the jarring crunch of teeth breaking through bone, the worker bites into the "bar." Drops of blood fall on the keyboard and run down his face. His officemates stare, horrified. The advertisement cuts to a solitary tree standing amid a deforested landscape. A chainsaw whines. The message: Palm oil—an ingredient in many Nestle products—is killing orangutans by destroying their habitat, the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.
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— Posted by Park City Mountain Resort on August 12, 2011
We have been busy this summer working on improvements for the 2011-2012 Winter Season. Year after year, Park City Mountain Resort finds ways to make a great resort even better! The improvements include a new chairlift for 3 Kings Terrain Park, a dedicated learning area with conveyor lifts for beginner skiers, a wind turbine, solar panel kiosk, more snowmaking and grooming equipment and more! We are so excited about these additions and hope you will be too! Be sure to purchase your 11-12 Season Pass to cash in on early bird rates and get the most out of these improvements.
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Snowmobile Adventure and Tubing at Gorgoza Park are just few activities that I like most in Park City.
— Posted by Ski Vacation Trip on August 23, 2011 11:24 PM MDT
I actually disagree about the Motherlode lift. I normally only get up to PCMR during super busy times, and I know that I can always ride Motherlode without any lift lines. If you make it a high-speed....it will bring the crowds with it.
— Posted by James on August 23, 2011 10:41 AM MDT
How about more glading like was done by the old Ski Team lift? Would love to see similar tree work done by Thaynes chair.
— Posted by Jim on August 22, 2011 1:55 PM MDT
I have to agree. The town lift needs to be improved and so does motherlode.
— Posted by David Mellor on August 16, 2011 7:23 PM MDT
that is great news about improvements ....but.... comments overheard consistantly on mountain by season pass holders : 1. Update the town lift - why not make safer/faster like Telluride? 2. Update other on mountain lifts - if they would only make the MOtherlode into a high speed six pack it would help the mountain flow sooooo much!
— Posted by l s on August 12, 2011 8:40 PM MDT
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|RadioShack Corporation Reports Second-Quarter 2011 Results
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH), a leading national retailer of innovative mobile and technology products, services and accessories, today reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011.
Total net sales and operating revenues from continuing operations for the 2011 second quarter were $941.9 million, compared to $962.3 million for the 2010 second quarter. Net income was $24.9 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, for the 2011 second quarter, compared with $53.0 million, or $0.41 per diluted share, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.
Net income in the 2011 second quarter included one-time costs associated with two initiatives designed to enhance growth and streamline operations: a charge associated with phasing out T-Mobile inventory ($3.0 million pretax or $0.02 per diluted share) and costs associated with closing the Company's manufacturing plant in China ($8.7 million pretax or $0.05 per diluted share). Excluding these one-time items, net income would have been $32.6 million, or $0.31 per diluted share.
As disclosed in a separate announcement issued today, the Company has entered into an agreement with Verizon Wireless to provide postpaid and prepaid wireless products and services in more than 4,300 RadioShack U.S. company-operated stores beginning Sept. 15, 2011. In addition, effective Sept. 14, 2011, the Company will cease offering T-Mobile wireless products and services in its U.S. company-operated stores.
Jim Gooch, president and chief executive officer, said, "Our second-quarter results reflect a number of short-term transitional changes related to our wireless carriers. We are working diligently to position RadioShack for future growth in the wireless space, and our new relationship with Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless provider, is an integral piece of that program. With our new portfolio of carriers, we are delighted to offer customers what we consider to be the best mobile offerings on the market.
"While it is difficult to predict the pace of improvement we will see in our business as we add Verizon Wireless to our offerings, we are comfortable with the range of analysts' earnings estimates for the remainder of 2011. We are aware of the challenges that remain given the current consumer climate, and we believe we are taking the right steps to move forward with new initiatives that build on our strengths while addressing the changing needs of our customers," Mr. Gooch concluded.
One-time Items
In conjunction with the Company's wireless carrier transition, RadioShack will recognize a one-time $3.0 million ($1.9 million after tax), or $0.02 per diluted share, non-cash inventory valuation charge in the second quarter. Furthermore, in the third quarter, the Company will recognize a one-time charge of approximately $23 million relating to a payment to T-Mobile and an additional inventory valuation charge.
During the second quarter, RadioShack ended operations in its Chinese manufacturing plant and notified employees that it would outsource the plant's production. The Company's transition to an outsourced arrangement for these products is expected to be complete by the end of September 2011, and it is not expected to have an impact on the sales or profitability of those goods. As a result, RadioShack recognized plant-closure-related costs of $8.7 million ($5.8 million after tax), or $0.05 per diluted share, in the second quarter. The Company expects to incur remaining plant closure costs, which are expected to be immaterial, in the third and fourth quarters.
Balance Sheet Update
During the 2011 second quarter, the Company repurchased $101.4 million, or 6.3 million shares, of its common stock. RadioShack ended the second quarter with a cash balance of $552.2 million. Inventories stood at $727.2 million at the end of the quarter, up $81.0 million compared to the end of the 2010 second quarter, reflecting the increased investment in mobility products, particularly smart phones. Capital expenditures in the 2011 second quarter totaled $27.0 million, compared to $13.4 million in the 2010 second quarter. The Company continues to anticipate capital expenditures will be in the range of $100 million to $125 million in 2011.
Second-Quarter Results from Continuing Operations
The decrease in total net sales and operating revenues for the 2011 second quarter was driven by a $76.1 million decrease in sales generated by U.S. company-operated stores. This decrease was partially offset by a $55.7 million increase in other sales to $144.1 million. The "other" category now includes the results of the Company's Target Mobile wireless centers. The other sales increase reflects the rollout of the Company's Target Mobile centers to 1,481 locations at June 30, 2011, compared to 104 locations at June 30, 2010. Other sales also reflect sales growth in company-operated stores in Mexico, partially offset by decreases in sales to independent dealers.
Comparable store sales for company-operated stores and Target Mobile centers decreased 7.8% during the 2011 second quarter. The decline was primarily attributable to the decline in Sprint and T-Mobile postpaid wireless sales. Lower sales of digital-to-analog television converter boxes and related television antennas, digital cameras and camcorders, and digital music players also contributed to the decrease in sales. These decreases were partially offset by higher postpaid wireless sales from AT&T.
The Company's Sprint postpaid wireless sales were negatively affected by a nationwide change to Sprint's upgrade program, which delayed upgrade eligibility for certain customers. RadioShack anticipates increased Sprint sales from upgrading customers in future quarters as these customers become eligible for upgrades. Based on results so far in the 2011 third quarter, Sprint postpaid wireless sales are positive compared to same period a year ago and trending strongly positive compared to the 2011-second quarter. The Company's T-Mobile postpaid wireless sales were negatively affected by actions taken to minimize the risks of the Company's uncertain relationship with T-Mobile.
Consolidated gross profit for the 2011 second quarter was $432.1 million, and included a one-time charge of $4.2 million associated with T-Mobile inventory and the manufacturing plant closure. Excluding one-time items, gross profit would have been $436.3 million, or 46.3% of net sales, compared with $457.2 million, or 47.5% of net sales, for the 2010 second quarter. The second-quarter gross margin was negatively impacted by a lower Target Mobile center gross margin in the 2011 second quarter, compared to the 2010 second quarter, reflecting changes in service provider compensation terms.
Consolidated selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses for the 2011 second quarter were $364.3 million, and included $7.1 million of one-time costs associated with the manufacturing plant closure. Excluding one-time items, SG&A expenses in the second quarter would have been $357.2 million, or 37.9% of net sales, compared with $347.0 million, or 36.1% of net sales, for the 2010 second quarter. This increase in SG&A expense in the second quarter resulted primarily from higher employee compensation costs to support the Target Mobile rollout, which was partially offset by lower advertising and lower rent and occupancy costs.
Second-quarter 2011 operating income was $48.9 million, and included one-time items totaling $11.7 million, compared with second-quarter 2010 operating income of $90.6 million.
Discontinued Operations and Segments
During the second quarter, RadioShack transitioned all remaining kiosks located in Sam's Club stores to Sam's Club. The operating results of these kiosks were reclassified from the kiosks segment to discontinued operations in the second quarter. Results of these kiosks are presented in the consolidated statements of income as "Discontinued operations, net of income taxes," and such results for all prior periods have been reclassified. In addition, the results of the Company's Target Mobile centers are now included in the "other" category.
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes, was $1.4 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, for the 2011 second quarter, compared with $3.5 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010. Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes, for the first six months of 2011 was $5.1 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, compared with $8.3 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the same period last year.
Additional information regarding the classification of discontinued operations, including historical consolidated statements of income reclassified for discontinued operations, are available on the Company's Investor Relations website at http://ir.radioshackcorporation.com/ and in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2011, which was filed today.
Six Months' Results from Continuing Operations
Total net sales and operating revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2011, were up $5.3 million to $1.96 billion, compared with $1.95 billion for the same period in 2010. Comparable store sales for company-operated stores and Target Mobile centers decreased 4.1% in the first half of 2011.
Consolidated gross profit for the first six months of 2011 was $886.5 million, and included a one-time charge of $4.2 million associated with T-Mobile inventory and the manufacturing plant closure. Excluding one-time items, gross profit would have been $890.7 million, or 45.5% of net sales, compared to $923.7 million, or 47.3% of net sales, for the same period of 2010.
Consolidated SG&A expenses for the first six months of 2011 were $734.9 million, and included $8.6 million of one-time costs associated with the manufacturing plant closure. Excluding one-time items, SG&A expenses would have been $726.3 million, compared to $710.4 million in 2010. As a percent of net sales, SG&A expenses, excluding the one-time costs, in the first six months of 2011 were 37.1% of net sales, compared to 36.4% in 2010.
Operating income for the first half of 2011 was $114.0 million, and included one-time items totaling $13.2 million, compared to the first half of 2010 operating income of $173.5 million.
Net income for the first six months of 2011 was $60.0 million, or $0.57 per diluted share, compared with net income of $103.1 million, or $0.81 per diluted share, for the same period last year. Net income in the first six months of 2011 included the following one-time items:
Excluding these one-time items, net income for the first six months of 2011 would have been $71.3 million, or $0.67 per diluted share.
Webcast, Conference Call and Form 10-K
RadioShack will host a live Internet webcast of its investor conference call at 8:30 a.m. EDT today. The Internet broadcast may be accessed from the investor relations home page of the RadioShack corporate website at http://ir.radioshackcorporation.com/.
An archived replay of the conference call will be available in the investor relations section of the RadioShack corporate website. A telephone replay will be available beginning at approximately noon EDT today and will remain available until midnight EDT on Aug. 9, 2011. The telephone replay can be accessed by calling toll-free at (888) 286-8010, or via toll call at (617) 801-6888. The replay pass code is 39386390.
Shareholders may obtain a hard copy of RadioShack's fiscal 2010 complete audited financial statements free of charge by calling RadioShack Shareholder Services at (817) 415-3021, or by writing to Shareholder Services, Mail Stop CF4-324, 300 RadioShack Circle, Fort Worth, Texas 76102.
Explanation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Management measures and reports RadioShack's financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). In this release, RadioShack highlights certain items that have significantly impacted the Company's financial results and uses non-GAAP financial measures to help investors understand the financial impact of these items. Information concerning the reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to their comparable GAAP financial measures is included to this release.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains or may contain forward-looking statements, as referenced in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect management's current views and projections regarding economic conditions, retail industry environment and Company performance. Factors that could significantly change results include, but are not limited to, the underperformance or loss of certain of our important vendors, we may experience delays in our transition to an outsourced arrangement for the production of products we previously manufactured at our Chinese manufacturing plant and our transition may adversely impact our sales or profitability, our addition of Verizon Wireless to our offerings may disrupt improvement in our business or may not impact our sales and profitability as favorably as we anticipate, our sales in this quarter or in any future quarter from upgrading Sprint wireless customers may not increase or may not increase as much as we anticipate difficulties associated with profitably operating our new Target Mobile centers, a breach or termination by one of our wireless carrier providers of its agreement with us, overall sales performance, economic conditions, product demand, expense levels, competitive activity, interest rates, changes in the Company's financial condition, availability of products and services and other risks associated with the Company's vendors and service providers, the regulatory environment and factors affecting the retail category in general. Additional information regarding these and other factors is included in the Company's filings with the SEC, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on Feb. 22, 2011.
About RadioShack Corporation
RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) is a leading national retailer of innovative mobile technology products and services, as well as products related to personal and home technology and power supply needs. The Shack® offers consumers a targeted assortment of wireless phones and other electronic products and services from leading national brands, exclusive private brands and major wireless carriers, all within a comfortable and convenient shopping environment. RadioShack employs approximately 33,000 people globally, including a team of friendly and helpful sales experts who are recognized for delivering the best customer service in the wireless industry. RadioShack's retail network includes approximately 4,675 company-operated stores in the United States and Mexico, more than 1,475 wireless phone centers in the United States, and approximately 1,140 dealer outlets worldwide. For more information on RadioShack Corporation, please visit http://www.radioshackcorporation.com/; to purchase items online, please visit http://www.radioshack.com/.
RadioShack® and The Shack® are registered trademarks licensed by RadioShack Corporation.
Financial Tables Follow
Sales for the U.S. RadioShack company-operated stores segment decreased $76.1 million to $797.8 million in the 2011 second quarter when compared with the same period last year. The table below provides a breakdown of sales drivers for U.S. RadioShack company-operated stores in the 2011 second quarter compared to the same period last year for each product platform.
Explanation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures that exclude the impact of the certain one-time costs from a financial measure computed in accordance with GAAP. Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of RadioShack's business that, when viewed together with RadioShack's financial results computed in accordance with GAAP, provide a more complete understanding of RadioShack's historical financial performance, greater transparency of underlying profit trends and greater comparability of results across periods. These non-GAAP financial measures are not intended to be a substitute for the corresponding GAAP measures and should be read only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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By Cliff Peale, John Erardi and John Fay
Enquirer staff writers
An ownership group led by local businessman Robert Castellini is expected to buy a majority stake in the Cincinnati Reds and will likely assume operating control of the team, sources said today.
The team is expected to issue a press release at 4 p.m.
Under terms of the agreement, it's believed that Reds owner Carl Lindner will give up control of the team.
Castellini, 64, is the president of Castellini Co., a fruit and vegetable wholesaler, and has ties to baseball. He is part of the St. Louis Cardinals' ownership group headed by Cincinnatian Bill DeWitt, who is that team's chairman. Castellini and DeWitt previously invested in the Baltimore Orioles.
Sources say brothers Thomas L. and W. Joseph Williams are in Castellini's ownership group. Tom Williams is the president of North American Properties, which is headquartered in Cincinnati. Joseph Williams is the chairman.
North American Properties has offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Ft. Myers and Minneapolis.
It was started in 1954 by William J. Williams, who owned the Reds with his brother James from 1980-84.
Three minority owners of the team put shares totalling 51.5 percent up for sale on March 8. That consortium included the Louise Dieterle Nippert Trust, local investor George Strike, and a subsidiary of Gannett Co., which owns The Enquirer.
Although more than 50 percent of the team went up for sale, owner Carl Lindner is "CEO for life" of the Reds, per his ownership agreement. Lindner owns 37.5 percent of the club.
Lindner has first right to match any offer for the shares on sale, along with William Reik, an investment manager in New York who controls about 11 percent of the team. A source today said Reik will retain that percentage of ownership in the team. It's not known whether Lindner will keep his share of the team.
Assuming an agreement is reached with the Castellini group and a contract is signed, the next step in the deal requires approval by Major League Baseball owners.
While the sale would end the mystery of who controls the Reds, only time will tell the answer to this question: How much money will the new owners spend on the Reds, and what is the status of chief operating officer John Allen, general manager Dan O'Brien, and manager Jerry Narron.
O'Brien and Narron each have one year remaining on their contracts.
In 2005, the Reds' payroll was just under $62 million. Although that represented a $16 million increase over 2004's payroll, the returns were modest. The team finished 73-89, good for fifth place in the six-team National Central League Division. Cincinnati has not had a winning season since 2000. It's the longest losing streak since the team endured 11 straight losing seasons, from 1945-55.
By way of comparison, the New York Yankees' payroll last year was the highest in the league at $208,306,817. The World Champion Chicago White Sox's payroll was just over $75 million.
Tom Williams became president of North American Properties in 1991. He was a lawyer at the law firm of Frost & Jacobs, has a bachelor of arts degree from Georgetown University, and a law degree from the University of Cincinnati.
Joe Williams has a bachelor's degree from Xavier University. The brothers were also part of the Cardinals ownership group.
Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
Cincinnati Reds - 75, 76, 90
Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
Chicago Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
I don't know what to say. It's another local guy, and while I don't know if that's necessarily bad, it gives me the immediate negative vibe. Hopefully they'll dispell that vibe swiftly though with mass firings of current FO people.
Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
Cincinnati Reds - 75, 76, 90
Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
Chicago Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
Being part of the Cardinals' ownership group can't be a bad thing, can it?
My dad got to enjoy 3 Reds World Championships by the time he was my age. So far, I've only gotten to enjoy one. Step it up Redlegs!
Let the firings begin!
What if this wasn't a rhetorical question?
All models are wrong. Some of them are useful.
If IIRC the Reds haven't been owned by a non local owner since John Brush owned the team in the 1890's and early 20th century, and he was in Indy.It's another local guy,
You may well be correct, I haven't gone researching it myself. My reasoning for my statement is that there is obviously the room to now say the best option wasn't chosen because Lindner etal pushed for local rather than best. I don't know that is the case, just saying this choice leaves that speculation open. I hope they are the best choice and turn things around and build something here. I hope no one took my comments as intentionally negative, because I'm glad the news is out finally.Originally Posted by westofyou
Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
Cincinnati Reds - 75, 76, 90
Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
Chicago Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
This is GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i like the fact they are local. i wanted it, i just didnt want it at the expence of a better option. i like the fact that they were part of the cardinal organization. hopefully, even though just owners, they share and bring the same views of how to RUN a team from top to bottom.
im pissed its only minor ownership and lindner didnt sell his shares. hopefully in time he will. i like that he gave up control, but thats just words. ill believe it when i see it
I would be happy for the Reds and it would certainly signal to the fans thatOriginally Posted by paintmered
"business as usual"
will not be tolerated.
What are you, people? On dope? - Mr Hand
i agree, and we dont know all options. but I THINK this was the best option of the ones i know ofOriginally Posted by Joseph
one can only hope. every front office guy should get the axe. anyone who had decision making powers, gone. scouts, gone. minor league guys, gone.Originally Posted by Ricardo Cabesa
can you tell i dont like who is here anywhere
Before they were part owners of the Cardinals, the Castellini's were minority owners of the Orioles. This was around the time Camden Yards was built. They sold out to Angelos shortly after or during the strike (1995). The O's were a good time back then.
This is great news, not just because they are local, but because they have experience with franchises that know what to do to put a good product on the field. I don't think they'll put up with the nonsense that has gone on at the Great American Ballpark for the last few years, Linder or no Linder.
I think it goesOriginally Posted by Joseph
Flieschmen/Herrmann Machine
Central Trust Bank
Williams Bros
Well, it's 4:28 pm...
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Out with the banana man, in with the vegetable man.
Makes all the routine posts.
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The incredible (stupid) motorized beer cooler
By William Brand
Monday, March 5th, 2007 at 6:34 pm in Uncategorized.
Cruisin' Beer Coolers
Are you someone whose idea of exercise is a long, downhill bike ride? Then the motorized beer cooler may be for you.
This Youtube video's so stupid, it's outrageous. Follow the link to "motorized" cruisin' beer coolers.
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July 26, 2006 4:00 AM PDT
FAQ: Behind the stock options uproar
Last week, federal investigators announced criminal charges against former executives of Brocade Communications Systems, and they're hinting that more cases may be on the way. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley's top lawyers are scrambling to assuage their clients' fears, and the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission has said that the investigation will expand beyond technology companies to other publicly traded outfits. Already, some companies have begun restating years worth of financial results.
To try to answer some questions about what's going on, CNET News.com has compiled the following list of frequently asked questions.
Q: What is stock option backdating?
Backdating, which refers to the practice of altering the dates of grants, is a way for employees of a company to make additional money from stock options. While it's not necessarily illegal, in many cases it could be.
Q: Which companies are under investigation?
The Securities and Exchange Commission said last week that at least 80 companies are the subject of a probe.
Also, some companies have independently confirmed that they've been contacted by federal investigators. Those include Altera, Applied Micro Circuits, Asyst Technologies, CNET Networks (publisher of CNET News.com), Equinix, Foundry Networks, Intuit, Marvell Technology Group, RSA Security and VeriSign. In addition, other companies, such as Apple Computer and The Cheesecake Factory have announced their own, preemptive investigations.
Q: How do stock options work?
Stock options give the recipient the right to buy a share of a company's stock at a price called the strike price, which is equal to the value of the stock on a certain date. If, for example, the strike price is $10 and the shares now trade at $15, each option would be worth $5. (The options would be worthless if the stock fell to, say, $7.)
Think of options as coupons you can sell. If you have a coupon to buy a Ferrari for $110,000, and the market price of the car is $120,000, your coupon is worth $10,000. But if you're lucky enough to have a coupon that lets you buy a Ferrari for a mere $50,000, your piece of paper would have a far more handsome market value of $70,000.
The same goes for stock options. If an executive is able to change the grant date of an option retroactively--for instance, to when the stock was trading at a lower price--the options become more lucrative. That's what some corporations allegedly did.
Stock options by themselves are not problematic or controversial. They're a way to recruit and retain good employees, and they tend to align employees' interests with those of shareholders. Millions of Americans hold stock options. What's at issue here is whether some top executives--typically CEOs--committed fraud when obtaining them.
Q: How widespread is the practice of backdating?
Nobody knows for sure. One method academics have used to measure the pervasiveness of backdating is to review stock option grants to executives to see if an unusual number are clustered around dates when the stock is trading at a low value. Then, when the stock increases, the executives benefit.
Q: What has this technique shown?
Erik Lie, a finance professor at the University of Iowa's College of Business, has evaluated thousands of option grants and found that it was statistically improbable for them not to have been backdated at many companies.
A paper (click for PDF) that Lie and Randall Heron, an associate professor at Indiana University's business school, published on July 14 estimates that 18.9 percent of unscheduled grants to top executives from 1996 through 2005 were backdated or manipulated. The pair estimates that 29.2 percent of firms manipulated grants to top executives at some point between 1996 and 2005.
Q: Under what circumstances is backdating legal or illegal?
Backdating is not necessarily illegal. If a company's executives are up-front about it with shareholders and the government, everything's probably fine.
The problem, though, is that the allegations that have come to light have not included full disclosure to shareholders, payment of extra applicable taxes, and earnings statements that reflect the modified grant dates. Any of those three categories could yield civil (and perhaps criminal) legal action.
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- Microsoft & Stock Option Back Dating Scandal 1990s : $217 million charge
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San Francisco Gate
Options scandal grew out of 1990s strategy
Many Silicon Valley businesses offered the incentives to attract
and retain their top employees in a competitive market
- Carolyn Said, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Stock options were the crack cocaine of the late 1990s.
"It's the new American dream, getting rich off your company's
stock," Forbes magazine gushed in 1998. "And it's a dream
that's becoming ever more real.
"Were those who backdated stock options out to steal from the
company and shareholders?
Some experts say, in many cases, the explanation is more
benign. Sloppiness and ignorance rather than perfidy underlay
the practice at many companies.
"Because of the very rapid growth (in granting of stock options),
the infrastructure for administering and dealing with it didn't
grow as quickly," said Corey Rosen, executive director of the
National Center for Employee Ownership.
"To put it simply, you had a lot of amateurs. Professional
advisers were giving advice that may not have been very good
and stock plan administrators made mistakes."
Bottano said the software commonly used in the 1990s to
administer options grants made it easy to change records,
facilitating backdating. "You could make an edit, the program
didn't ask for any verification," he said. "It was more a tool than
an auditing mechanism. The systems weren't very advanced
because options weren't."
Some tweaking of options grants may have been inspired by a
sense of fairness.
From 1992 through 1999, Microsoft Corp. awarded employees
options that were retroactively keyed to its stock's monthly lows.
Annual awards were given in July, at that month's low point.
Awards to new employees were given at the lowest closing price
during the month after they were hired.
Microsoft disclosed and ended the practice in 1999, taking a
$217 million charge. The revelation raised nary an eyebrow.
"When Microsoft said it had to restate its earnings for
backdating, the reaction of the market was ho-hum," Koenen
Microsoft's motivation appeared innocent, Rosen said.
Evening out the rewards "They were saying, 'Well, look,
someone comes to work here and the stock is $17 and someone
comes two days later and it's $24. They both do the same job
and get the same number of options. Let's try to even this out
and we'll just give everybody who comes that month the lowest
price of the month.' "
Last month, Microsoft said in a statement that its practice "did
not involve 'backdating' as we understand that term is being
used in current reports of investigations of other companies"
and said it believed its approach was legal.
Several tech insiders said Microsoft's scheme was common
knowledge and may have inspired other companies to follow
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Oct. 26, 2012
by Dave McMahon
Georgia/Florida week! It's always big and always important and this season it can be one of the most big (did I really write most big??) and it is one of the most important! If the Bulldogs win, they'll control their own fate in the SEC East. It will be tough - Florida is ranked #2 in the current BCS poll. I remember back in 1985 when Florida was ranked #1 in the polls. Georgia was led by two freshmen running backs that season as well. The Dawgs dominated that game 24 to 3. So who knows what will happen? That is why we will watch and/or listen or read about all the action.
So for all you passionate fans, here are some more notes, nuggets and tidbits of information all things Georgia Bulldogs, statistically speaking of course. For the most complete information on a specific upcoming game please check out the individual sport and game you are looking for on www.georgiadogs.com and for even more statistical insights you can follow me on twitter @dave_mc_stats.
And now for the extra stuff...
Football ---
This is the 91st meeting between the Bulldogs and Gators (even though Florida says it's the 90th.) The majority of the games have been played in Jacksonville, but they haven't all been played there. Recently two games were played at the school's home sites during the years when the stadium was under renovation for the Jaguars. Games were played in other sites as well. Here's Georgia's record against Florida in each site this game was played at.
UGA Record
|Last Meeting
|Jacksonville, Florida
|Athens, Georgia
|Savannah, Georgia
|Gainesville, Florida
|Tampa, Florida
|Macon, Georgia
Aaron Murray had a huge game vs Kentucky. He completed 30 of 38 passes for 427 yards and 4 touchdowns. He was also named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week. The 30 completions were the most since Cory Phillips vs Georgia Tech in 2000. That was before Mark Richt was in charge. Here are the top-5 most completions in a game under Mark Richt.
|Aaron Murray
|2012 vs Kentucky
|30 completions
|David Greene
|2004 vs Purdue (2003 season)
|David Greene
|2002 vs Northwestern State
|David Greene
|2001 vs Florida
|Matthew Stafford
|2008 vs Tennessee
The 427 yards passing was the 4th most in Georgia history, no matter who the head coach was. Here is the Top 5.
|Eric Zeier
|1993 vs Southern Miss
|544 yards
|Eric Zeier
|1994 vs South Carolina
|Eric Zeier
|1994 vs Vanderbilt
|Aaron Murray
|2012 vs Kentucky
|Eric Zeier
|1993 vs Auburn
In this past game against Kentucky, Murray broke the Georgia all-time record for most career touchdown passes with 75, passing (pun intended - GET IT?) David Greene. He also passed another Georgia quarterback Eric Zeier in another category (most games with 4 or more touchdown passes.) Here are players that have at least 4 or more touchdown passes at least twice in Georgia history.
|Aaron Murray
|5 times
|Eric Zeier
|David Greene
|D.J. Shockley
Since Murray had a great game it is obvious that some of the wide receivers had great games. Two of the receivers that did were Tavarres King and Malcolm Mitchell. Both of these Bulldogs had nine receptions. That many receptions have happened just six times under Mark Richt. Here are those times.
|Michael Johnson
|2002 vs Auburn
|13 receptions
|Mohamed Massaquoi
|2008 vs Georgia Tech
|Fred Gibson
|2001 vs Kentucky
|A.J. Green
|2010 vs Auburn
|Tavarres King
|2012 vs Kentucky
|Malcolm Mitchell
|2012 vs Kentucky
The 188 receiving yards by King is in the top-10 all-time by a Georgia player in a single game. King is also number one on that list. Here is that top-10 list.
|Tavarres King
|2012 vs Michigan State (2011 season)
|205 yards
|Fred Gibson
|2001 vs Kentucky
|Lamar Davis
|1942 vs Cincinnati
|Terrence Edwards
|1999 vs Utah State
|Pat Hodgson
|1963 vs Miami
|Mohamed Massaquoi
|2008 vs Kentucky
|Hason Graham
|1994 vs South Carolina
|Tavarres King
|2012 vs Kentucky
|Hines Ward
|1996 vs South Carolina
|Mohamed Massaquoi
|2008 vs Georgia Tech
Volleyball ---
The Georgia volleyball team dominated Missouri on Wednesday and swept the Tigers 3-0. That's revenge for their earlier meeting this season, when the Bulldogs were swept 3-0 back on September 30th. It was the 4th straight conference win for Lizzy Stemke's bunch. It was also the 7th time Georgia had a 3-0 sweep (last season, Georgia had just 4.) Here are those seven times.
August 25th vs Troy
August 26th vs Georgia State
August 31st vs Florida International
August 31st vs Florida A&M
October 12th vs Auburn
October 21st vs Alabama
October 24th vs Missouri
Soccer ---
Georgia concluded their season on Thursday with a loss to Tennessee in Knoxville 3-2. Goalkeeper Ashley Baker added 9 saves to her already impressive total and ends with 112 saves on the season, That's the 4th highest total by any Bulldog in a season. She also ends with 305 career saves and is 1 of just 4 Bulldogs to reach 300 in a career. Here are the top-5 single-season save numbers by a Georgia Bulldog.
|Nicole Williams
|170 saves
|Nicole Williams
|Michelle Betos
|Ashley Baker
|Ashley Lindley
Bulldogs on the Web.com Tour ---
In August, Russell Henley was ranked 88th in earnings. Since then, he has had six top 10 finishes, including wins in two of the last three tournaments. Earlier he won the Chiquita Classic, and last week winning the Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open Presented by Planters. With one more tournament remaining, Henley currently stands in 3rd place on the money list.
Bulldogs in the NFL ---
With Ray Lewis out of the lineup for the Ravens, former Bulldog Dannell Ellerbe will be one of the main players that Baltimore will look for to make some tackles. Ellerbe stepped up last week, racking up a career-high 12 stops against the Houston Texans. Since 1994, a former Bulldog has notched 12 or more tackles in a NFL game 30 times. Randall Godfrey had the most with 17, but here is the amount of times each player had at least 12. Some of these players could have had more than 12 before 1994, but I couldn't get that info (sorry.)
|Will Witherspoon
|7 times
|Randall Godfey
|Mo Lewis
|Champ Bailey
|Todd Peterson
|Thomas Davis
|Jermaine Phillips
|Sean Jones
|Terry Hoage
|Boss Bailey
|Reshad Jones
|Dannell Ellerbe
Drew Butler has continued his kicking, and is now punting for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Last week he punted twice for an average of 47 yards which included a 55-yard blast. Butler is just a rookie, but it made me wonder which former Bulldogs have the most career punts in the NFL. Here is the top-5. (I can go back further than tackles, all the way to 1939.)
|Bobby Walden
|974 career punts
|Spike Jones
|Bucky Dilts
|Joe Geri
|Charley Trippi
Bulldogs in the Majors ---
The World Series is underway and the Detroit Tigers are taking on the San Francisco Giants. There are no Bulldogs on these rosters, but there is a historical connection dating back over 100 years. Hughie Jennings led the Tigers to their first three World Series (1907-09.) Detroit lost them all, and Jennings not only managed, but he played a little as well. Earlier in his major league career he had another job on the side-he was the first official head coach for the Georgia baseball team. He was the Bulldog head coach from 1895 to 1899.


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A Conversation with Lawrence Levine
The author of The Opening of the American Mind, Lawrence W. Levine, talks with NEH Chairman Sheldon Hackney about openness in higher education.
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His unorthodox ways in the classroom changed the course of history for generations of Harvard students.
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2012 will mark the end of Toronto's current contract with the Las Vegas 51's of the Pacific Coast League. Forced with not having another option at the time, Toronto selected the Las Vegas franchise as their home for AAA baseball following the team's departure from Syracuse in 2008.
At the time of the move the Blue Jays had what many considered a weak farm system and it was reflected in the AAA team's record over the years. In Syracuse, the Skychiefs had failed to obtain a Division Championship since 1989 and a League title hadn't been won since 1976, a year prior to the city adopting the expansion Blue Jays as their AAA suitors.
(The 1989 Chiefs line up would include future Jays in Glenallan Hill, Luis Sojo, Todd Stottlemyre and Ed Sprague to name a few)
Attendance was beginning to fade and had fallen from 446,025 in 1999, when the team featured a 20 year old Vernon Wells, to 392,038 by 2008. A season highlighted by top prospect Russ Adams.
Understandably, the Skychiefs ownership and fan base had grown tired of losing seasons and when the Washington Nationals came looking for a city to host their AAA club, team owner Anthony Simone welcomed the Nats with open arms.
2013 finds the New York Mets in the same situation as the 2008 Blue Jays. Mintorleagueball.com ranks the Mets Farm system (2012) at 15th in the Majors. Ironically they are 1 position under the same Washington Nationals that snagged the Syracuse franchise from the Jays in 2008.
Toronto checks in at number 1 on that list.
Bisons owner Bob Rich Jr has been vocal about his desire to bring a championship caliber team back to Buffalo and reports indicate that he no longer believes the New York Mets can achieve this task within his timeframe.
With the AAA contracts of both the Blue Jays and Mets set to expire following the 2012 season, the transition from Las Vegas to Buffalo seems all too perfect for Toronto and a return to the International League will serve the team well.
Since joining the PCL,Toronto has opted to call up a number of pitchers directly from AA New Hampshire, skipping Vegas altogether en route to making their Major League Debut.
Shielding such arms as Kyle Drabek, Joel Carreno and Aaron Loup from the rigors of pitching in the PCL has made a clear statement in regards to how the Toronto brass feels about exposing their young talent to the league.
The general consensus around baseball is that you can get a truer read on a player's talent when he is playing outside of the small, rock hard infields and thin air that the Pacific Coast League is known for.
Enough about the PCL.
Geographically, having a Toronto affiliate situated a few miles off the Canadian border would make perfect sense if you are an owner trying to fill the seats. Nestled in the heart of downtown Buffalo, Coca Cola Field is one of the nicest ballparks in the Minors. I suggest you check it out regardless of what happens between the Blue Jays and the Bisons.
Aside from the location, the Blue Jays organization offers some familiar faces for the Bisons faithful.
The last time Buffalo made the post season, they were managed by current 51's field boss Marty Brown. In fact, the last time Buffalo captured a league championship was under Brown, sweeping the Richmond Braves 3-0 in the International League final.
Brown was replaced by Torey Lovullo who was at the helm of the team for the following 3 seasons, guiding the Bisons to a 75-67 mark in 2007. Lovullo is now the Blue Jays 1st Base Coach, working under team manager, John Farrell.
For now, we wait. The results of the Buffalo sweepstakes should be made public come September (end of the AAA season). Although Toronto looks like a solid fit for the Bisons, this is Baseball and in Baseball, nothing is guarnteed.
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August 21, 2012 at 12:14 pm
great article andy dandy! u are a tru baseball insider! hahaha


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#1 2011-03-30 09:53
Glad to see your crew made a road trip of the California Coast.
When I started selling my canned tomatoes I would load up my SUV in San Jose (40 mi. south of San Francisco) and head toward Los Angeles via Hwy 101. The trip took me thru Castroville, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Yanez, Ventura and Malibu. After a day in Los Angeles, I'd u-turn and head home.
What started as a day to get to Los Angeles turned into two as I discovered unique restaurants, delis and artesian commercial manufactures along the route.
As my business in Los Angeles grew, I gave up the drive and began flying.
I miss all the food and friends along Hwy 101. Fried Artichokes, Madonna Inn pies, Fresh Mozz at DiPalo Deli and Clam Chowder at Brophy Bros.....
#2 2011-03-30 19:50
Thanks Rob -- we'd love to hear more about some of the great places you discovered on your circuit. I know you're also up to some interesting work with tomato sauce--feel free to write about it here. Thanks!!
#3 2011-05-01 22:04
Hi Peter
thank-you for your webisode on the Castro. I took my family to Delfina and we were not disappointed at all. This will certainly be put on the top of our list for our quest for the best Pizza.
We then also had icecream at BiRite. We stood in the line at 10.30pm (50 degrees), and were again happy with the "salted caramel" ice cream. Congratulations on your webisode.
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Commodity commission adds controversial memberWASHINGTON — The Senate on June 3 confirmed a new chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and two new commissioners, bringing the agency to a full complement of commissioners to regulate the commodities and futures businesses that play a major role in agriculture.
By: Jerry Hagstrom, Agweek
WASHINGTON — The Senate on June 3 confirmed a new chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and two new commissioners, bringing the agency to a full complement of commissioners to regulate the commodities and futures businesses that play a major role in agriculture.
The Senate first confirmed Sharon Bowen by a vote of 48 to 46.
After approving Bowen, the Senate proceeded to vote on Timothy Massad, a Treasury official and Democrat, to become a commissioner and chairman of the commission, and Christopher Giancarlo, a Republican, to fill open positions.
Massad succeeds Gary Gensler, who served as chairman until his term was up at the end of 2013. Bowen succeeds Bart Chilton, whose term ended, and Jill Sommers, who resigned last year.
For the past several months, the commission has been composed of only two members, Mark Wetjen, a Democrat who has served as acting chairman, and Scott O'Malia, a Republican.
Futures Industry Association President and CEO Walt Lukken, a former commissioner, congratulated all three nominees immediately after their confirmation.
"I'm pleased that we now have a full slate of commissioners to take on the important work ahead for the CFTC," Lukken said. "The derivatives industry plays a vital role in hedging risk and reducing price volatility, so it's important that CFTC rule-making ensures a heal-thy, well-regulated and dynamic futures market."
Only Bowen's nomination was controversial. During her service on the Securities Investor Protection Corp., SIPC denied a request from victims of the $7 billion Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Allen Stanford, who is serving a 110-year prison sentence.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., defended Bowen's nomination before the vote, noting that during her tenure SIPC has returned $24.5 billion to more than 9,000 investors, that she would be the first African-American female to serve on the CFTC and the only woman commissioner among the current group.
"I'm proud that my colleagues in the Senate gave their support to confirm Sharon Bowen as commissioner for the CFTC," Stabenow said.
"Ms. Bowen is an accomplished public servant who recognizes the urgency and importance of protecting the markets and ensuring they are transparent and working as intended. The commission will benefit from Ms. Bowen's experience and expertise, as will the farmers, ranchers and small businesses across the country who rely on the markets to hedge risk and continue growing their businesses."
In remarks on the Senate floor after Massad and Giancarlo were confirmed, Stabenow praised the other commissioners.
Massad "has a sterling record of public service," Stabenow said, noting he had been confirmed unanimously three years ago as Treasury assistant secretary for financial stability and in that position has overseen the wind-down of the assest relief program.
"It's a tribute to Mr. Massad's leadership that the banks that benefited from TARP have repaid nearly every dollar," she said.
During his confirmation hearing testimony, Massad had signaled that he would be a strong enforcer and "will be an advocate for strong international regulatory standards in a global derivatives market," Stabenow said.
She also noted that Giancarlo has worked in companies that focused on swaps markets regulated by the CFTC, particularly the G.F.I. Group.
During his testimony, Giancarlo emphasized the value of transparency in the swaps market and said he agrees "with most" of the provisions in the Dodd-Frank bill.
Stabenow also noted that the commission needs bigger appropriations to do its job properly and that the Senate Agriculture Committee is working on legislation to reauthorize the commission.
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Snapshots – Heat – Backwoods Gallery – Collingwood
Next up on Friday night was Heat at Backwoods Gallery. The line up was Tom Civil, Stewart Cole, Stabs, Dexter Fletcher, Dave McDonald, M.P Fikaris, Fred Fowler, Nixi Killick, Al Stark, Niels Oeltjen, Joseph Flynn, E. Davidson, Izabel Caligiore, Psalm, Hamishi, Regan Tamanui, Luke You & Mayo. A great show with a massive turn out. Thanks again to David Russell for the flicks.


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A general view of the village of Arsal, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. (The Daily Star/Nidal Solh)
BEIRUT/BAALBEK: Members of the Free Syrian Army attacked a Lebanese Army post Friday night near the northern border with Syria, the Army said in a statement Saturday.
No causalities were reported.
"For the second time in under a week, a unit from the Free Syrian Army [consisting of] a large number of gunmen entered Lebanese territory overnight via the outskirts of Arsal, where it attacked one of the Lebanese Army's posts," the statement said.
Following the incident, Army reinforcements were dispatched to the area, while soldiers began pursuing the assailants who escaped toward the mountains as well as some border towns, according to the statement.
"The Army's leadership affirms that it will not allow any party to use Lebanese territory to implicate Lebanon in ongoing events in neighboring countries," the Army said.
Residents in Arsal, located 10 kilometers from the border with Syria, told The Daily Star that earlier Friday the Army caught an unspecified number of members of the Syrian rebel group, but released them hours later due to pressure by the town's notables
Tensions have been running high on the 550-kilometer-long Syria-Lebanon border since the uprising began against President Bashar Assad's government in mid-March of last year.
Syria has repeatedly claimed that rebel groups are operating in Lebanon's border towns, and have asked authorities to crack down and prevent the smuggling of arms and gunmen.
Earlier this year, Lebanon's Cabinet asked the Army to deploy heavily along the border and take all necessary measures to prevent smuggling. The government's decision in July came after Syrian shelling killed two Lebanese in the northern Wadi Khaled border region and in light of repeated Syrian incursions into Lebanese territories.
In its statement Saturday, the Army reiterated its determination to protect Lebanese territory, adding that it would respond with force to any violation regardless of the party behind it. -With additional reporting by Rakan al-Faqih
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Phegley Adds Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America Honors
Dec. 24, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Junior catcher Josh Phegley has been named a Louisville Slugger First Team Preseason All-American, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper announced. Phegley, who was also recently named to the Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award Watch List, was named a preseason All-American by the National College Baseball Writers of America last week.
Phegley, who collected All-America honors from the National College Baseball Writers of America, the American Baseball Coaches Association and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper in 2008, finished off one of the best offensive seasons in IU history in 2008. The Terre Haute native posted a .438 average - the second-best clip in the nation - to go along with 15 home runs, 80 RBI and 20 doubles. He also finished second in the Big Ten with 69 runs, trailing only teammate and Cincinnati Reds draftee Andrew Means in that category.
Phegley - one of four unanimous selections to the Big Ten's first team a season ago - is one of just two conference players to garner preseason All-America honors from the publication. Junior pitcher Chris Fetter of Michigan was a second team honoree.
The Hoosiers will begin their 2009 campaign against West Virginia in the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge on Feb. 20 in St. Petersburg, Fla. IU will also play Georgetown and South Florida in the three-day event.
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On Monday, in blistering cold, protesters stood out in front of town hall in East Hampton with signs announcing that they are not eating for three days and were asking the town board to reverse a decision to expand the areas for deer hunting within the town.
Members of the East Hampton Group for Wildlife (EHGW), who organized the protest, held the hunger strike on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Protestors propped up signs on easels and strung posters around their necks reading, "Stop the Killing" and "Hunger Strike for Wildlife."
They have abstained from eating food, and have been drinking just water since 7 p.m. on Sunday. The fast will end today, Thursday morning.
"The town board has a poor record with respect to wildlife," president of the EHGW Bill Crain said on Monday.
"Because the defenseless animals cannot speak on their behalf, it's up to people to call attention to their plight," he continued. He also said that he believes the bulk of hunters do not hunt because they need food, but as sport.
The protest on Monday had about 10 participants, and shortly after the group convened in front of town hall, local hunters came and offered their own —Â contrary —Â opinions.
"I enjoy eating what I shoot and I enjoy being out in the woods," said 72-year-old Springs resident and local hunter Hugh Miles.
"Nothing goes to waste when I kill a deer, I eat the meat and my children eat the meat," the hunter and father of three girls said on Monday.
That day marked the beginning of the special shotgun season for deer hunting in East Hampton, the season goes until January 30. During this time, hunters are allowed to shoot in the approved areas using shotguns during weekdays.
The EHGW is a non-profit organization that explores alternative solutions to human-wildlife conflicts.
Last January, the town agreed to install reflectors along Stephen Hands Path in East Hampton. According to Crain, the reflectors have reduced the number of deer hit along that road. The idea was created by EHGW members, and funded solely by the organization. The group would like to see more reflectors put up and see the town possibly engage in a contraception program for deer to reduce the population.
 "It has been proven by the State of New York and Pennsylvania that the reflectors don't work," countered Miles, "so why waste the money?"
Crain maintains they work.
The total expanded town hunting areas total some 62 acres in Wainscott, East Hampton and Springs. The majority of the expanded shotgun hunting area is in Wainscott.
Crain said his intention is to get the town to reduce the area.
"I personally wish we would get rid of all hunting," said Crain, "But we are asking the board to reverse the decision."
"That would be a good step," he said.
East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill McGintee said he does not have any plans to reverse the decision to expand the hunting area which was made in August.
"We review the hunting areas every two years and I don't think there has been a big increase in the amount of hunters," the supervisor said. "The expansion of land doesn't encourage more hunting."
Further, McGintee said that there should be a fair sharing of open space.
"There are those people that hike and those that mountain bike and those people that hunt. Everyone has a different reason for utilizing the trails and no group should be excluded," he said.
If the hunger strike proves unsuccessful, Crain said he will be planning a different way to raise awareness. On Wednesday Crain delivered a letter to the supervisor asking for four specific goals including the examination of contraception and roadside reflectors as well as asking the town to set a goal of eliminating the hunting of all wildlife on 50 percent of town nature preserves and to reverse the decision made on August 5 that expanded the hunting areas.
McGintee said that he respects Bill Crain and his wife Ellen and adds they are "sincere in what they do." But, he said, "They are under the assumption that by expanding the area it will increase the number of hunters and that doesn't prove true."
Crain said he wishes the community could learn to "live in harmony with the deer and all wildlife."
"Our group is not disapproved to the expansion of hunting, but there is already too much hunting going on. This puts pets, hikers and residents in danger," he said, and believes this is "practically shooting in the suburbs."


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Rumphi — President Dr. Joyce Banda says her Government is geared to empowering families in the country to own livestock in addition to crop farming as one way of reducing poverty in the country.
Dr. Joyce Banda was speaking Friday at Mhuju Primary School ground in Rumphi district when she was presenting 30 cattle to vulnerable households in the area through the "a Cow a Family initiative programme."
The President said the initiative which is under the Presidential Initiative on Poverty and Hunger Reduction targets vulnerable households to own cattle in the rural areas.
"I am committed to reduce poverty in the country through the initiatives I have set aside because to me, when we talk of reducing poverty is when people in the country more especially in the rural areas, have got enough food, health facilities and portable water," said Dr. Banda
The Malawi leader said the livestock industry is very important as it provides food in form of meat, eggs and milk production noting that the consumption of these products at household level is most effective in reducing incidences of malnutrition.
"My government knows that only healthy people can assist government in different programmes, as such we will continue empowering people more especially in rural areas." She said.
Speaking earlier, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Dr. James Munthali said his Ministry will continue working hand in hand with Presidential Initiative on Poverty and Hunger Project in order to make the one cow per family programme a success.
Dr. Munthali said if well taken care of the "a cow a family programme" can tremendously transform lives of the people in the country especially in the rural areas.
He therefore called on the beneficiaries of the programme to take care of the cattle so that a lot of people can benefit.
According to Dr. Munthali 450 cattle have been distributed to vulnerable households since the initiative started in Phalombe some few months ago.
In his remarks, Sub- Traditional Authority Mwahenga who was also elevated to Full Traditional Authority during the function thanked the Dr Joyce Banda's administration for introducing a Cow a family programme, which she said will tremendously transform the lives of the people in his area.
Traditional Authority Mwahenga said the programme( A cow a family) will also assist the people of the North in paying dowry (lobola) when performing the marriage rites.


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UTSA alumna Mitra Miri awarded $182,500 from NSF and Ford Foundation
(Nov. 4, 2010)--UTSA alumna Mitra Miri '08 was admitted in 2009 to the Yale University interdepartmental neuroscience program, a highly competitive graduate program that accepts only a handful of new students each year. Over the last several months, Miri has received two grants totaling $182,500 to support her graduate studies.
Over the next three years, she will receive $122,500 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship program, which offers competitive funding to graduate students in the United States and abroad. The program has supported numerous Nobel Prize winners including past fellows U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Google founder Sergey Brin and "Freakonomics" co-author Steven Levitt. The award includes a $30,000 annual stipend, $10,500 annually for tuition and books, and $1,000 for international travel.
Additionally, Miri won a three-year, $60,000 Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship, one of 40 awarded annually. The Ford Foundation pre-doctoral fellowship program encourages diversity in higher education by supporting promising American students from diverse backgrounds with $20,000 annual stipends for their graduate studies. Fellows are chosen based on academic achievement and commitment to a scholarly career incorporating diversity in the classroom.
Miri, an Honors College student, transferred to UTSA in 2005 after taking classes at the University of Texas at Austin and Amherst College. From 2005 to 2008, she worked as a research assistant in UTSA's neurobiology of aging laboratory under the mentorship of Edwin Barea-Rodriguez, UTSA associate professor and chair of the Department of Biology.
During that time, she also gained research experience through the UTSA Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, Harvard University's Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program, the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Minority Health International Research Training Program and the National Institutes of Health summer internship program.
In 2008, Miri graduated with honors, earning a bachelor's degree in biology with a minor in political science. Ultimately, she hopes to build an academic career in science policy and translational research.
"When I was looking to transfer out of Austin, I knew San Antonio was really building up its research, and I was interested in getting in on the ground floor," said Miri. "The Honors College and Dr. Ann Eisenberg were instrumental in making sure that I pursued different summer opportunities in research. Those experiences have helped me tremendously in my graduate studies."


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Today's kids aren't doing as well as dear old dad (or mom) when it comes to physical fitness.
Ryan Jaslow at CBS.news.com reports on new research that analyzed 50 fitness studies done over the past 50 years. The researchers found today's kids run slower and have less endurance than kids from their parents generation.
The studies included fitness results on more than 25 million kids from 28 countries. Researchers focused on cardiovascular endurance, in particular, how far kids could run in a set period of time, or how long it took them to run a set distance.
The results--kids' cardiovascular fitness has declined by about 5 percent every decade since 1975. In a one mile run, children are about a full minute and a half slower than children were 30 years ago.
Overall, kids were 15 percent less fit than their parents were as children.
The research team warns that these generational declines in running fitness may predict an unhealthier life ahead—with a higher risk for heart problems.
Lead researcher Grant Tomkinson, at the University of South Australia, says the study found between 30 and 60 percent of the fitness declines may be attributed to increases in children's fat mass.
He calls on children to exercise for 60 minutes a day, focusing on activities like running, swimming or cycling.
For some guidelines on kids physical fitness, visit the American Heart Association's website at heart.org and click on "Getting Healthy."


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You may have heard this ring tone…or rather txt tone during the first episode of season 2 of Sherlock which aired on the BBC last week. I couldn't help but try my hardest to track down the same moan so I could have it on my iPhone. So here you have it. Now you can SMS your friends into embarrassment.
Ringtone aside…the series is supremely excellent. I absolutely recommend you grab it on Netflix or wherever you can and watch it. Episode 1 of Season 2 was damn good!
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