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COLUMBUS — No team this postseason made Ironton sweat a game out until the final moments of the game.
Ottawa-Glandorf not only did it once Thursday morning, but they did it a second time and succeeded. T.J. Metzger made the second of two free throws with 1.1 seconds left in overtime to lift the Titans to a 61-60 win over the Fighting Tigers in front of announced attendance of 10,742.
"I thought we played with a lot of aggressiveness throughout the game in a physical game," Ironton coach Mark LaFon said. "We got down to the end (of regulation) with a six-point lead under a minute and didn't take care of things the way we needed to even though we had chances to do that."
The lead LaFon referenced was a 54-48 advantage with 56 seconds to go when Josh Glover connected on two free throws. Ottawa-Glandorf raced towards the end of regulation with a 7-1 run capped off by a Matt Kaufman open layup with a second remaining.
"Sometimes I think we lose sight of what a leader is and sometimes I think people think leaders are the guys who score the big buckets," Titans coach Tyson McGlaughlin said. "Well, he doesn't make a ton of buckets but there's not a bigger one in O-G basketball right now than the one he made at the end of regulation."
Despite a turnover to start the game, the Fighting Tigers had a fast start, making their first four shots and showing signs of their second half form in their two regional games. Ottawa-Glandorf kept within striking distance at 19-12 after the first quarter.
The Titans took their first lead with 3:27 left in the half thanks to a Metzger 3-pointer in the final stages of a 15-2 Titan run. Tristan Cox responded with his only three points in the game to finish the first half scoring at 28-28.
During the run, Ironton lost the services of Trevor White because of foul trouble while Division III First Team All-Ohioan Zac Carter was held to three points on 1-of-4 shooting.
"It did hurt hurt us (losing White), it hurt our rhythm because they did not let up on Zac one bit defensively and hats off for them," LaFon said. "It definitely changed the game for us."
Carter felt their long frames made turning the corner a challenge for the 5-10 guard.
"Even when you go to pull up for a jump shot, every shot is contested," Carter said. "They did a good job of helping and getting back to their man. They all played great defense."
LaFon didn't know whether Carter or Trey Fletcher would be the focal point of McGlaughlin's defensive scheme.
"We've seen that all season, one of the two, sometimes trying to take both away," LaFon said. "Our other guys, the starters and the guys off the bench, have always done a good job where they couldn't take both away from us. Tonight, they weren't going to let Zac have many good looks at all and I thought Trey did an excellent job of stepping up and filling that void in the scoring section because he played very strong down inside."
McGlaughlin explained the rationale for the focus on Carter.
"Every coach I talked to about Ironton made the comment that was going to be the best player we've seen all year and we play a pretty doggone good schedule, we play some very good individual players," McGlaughlin said. "I think I said the best player numerous times throughout the week, trying to just (tick) these guys off. So they rise up to the challenge."
It was revealed in the post game press conference that Carter missed practice all week with a deep thigh bruise he sustained in the opening minutes of last Saturday's regional championship win over Oak Hill. He suffered leg cramps during the overtime session.
While the second half has traditionally belonged to the Fighting Tigers during the postseason, Ottawa-Glandorf gave them a taste of their own medicine, building their lead to five, the highest it would get for the Titans.
Ironton retaliated with a 6-0 run of its own to regain the lead but the two teams would alternate possession of the lead three more times before the quarter ended 41-38 in favor of Ottawa-Glandorf.
The fourth was a more condensed version of the third as the lead kept bouncing back and forth, eventually giving the Fighting Tigers the six-point lead with under a minute to go.
White picked up his fifth and final infraction with 41 seconds to go, giving Caleb Siefker the opportunity to knock down all three free throws and cut the deficit in half.
"I don't know which one is worse, the 3-point shot or stopping the clock," LaFon said. "That didn't help us."
He would cut the lead to a point off a Carter turnover.
Fletcher split a pair of free throws on the next possession to bump the lead to two and force a Titan timeout. Protecting the 3-point line, Ironton gave up the entire paint area, letting Kaufman to break through and make the necessary basket to send it into overtime tied 55-55.
Kaufman described the layup as a stunning development.
"I was surprised, it was almost too easy of a layup," Kaufman said. "I was kind of nervous on that one."
The first three points went to Ottawa-Glandorf before Carter tied the game for a sixth time with a 3-pointer. Carter tied it again at 60-60 with a pair of free throws but Ironton would not have the lead again.
"When we got to overtime, I thought our kids battled there as well," LaFon said. "Overtime, I know all that is, it's just one or two possessions all that is. Even though it's four minutes, it doesn't take much."
Metzger cleaned up his own mess on the next possession and was rewarded with foul shots. He missed the first, setting up the most nerve-racking moment of the contest as he told reporters afterwards that he no longer had his legs underneath him.
"I was just lucky that it went in and then my teammates played good defense at the end," Metzger said.
After he made the shot, Fletcher's baseball pass to Carter tipped out of bounds and ended Ironton's chances of advancing to its first state final since 2005. Instead, it ended the careers of Carter, Fletcher, White, Glover, Aaron Stephens, Darrius Boykin and Jalen Schweickart.
Fletcher led all scorers with 27 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the field while White had 14 and Carter rallied to end his high school career with a dozen.
"I thought everything went pretty good," Fletcher said about his offensive performance. "I got in a good rhythm at the beginning of the game and they started pressuring me more.
"Once they picked up the pressure and Trevor was in foul trouble, we needed some guys to step up. They did but we just didn't get the job done today."
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Ottawa-Glandorf 12 16 13 14 6 — 61
Ironton 19 9 10 14 5 — 60
Ottawa-Glandorf—Kaufman 5-1-11, Leopold 1-2-4, Rosebrock 3-2-8, Siefker 1-3-5, Bramlage 4-0-8, Metzger 7-7-25, Totals 21-15-61.
Ironton—Cox 1-0-3, Carter 4-2-12, Glover 0-2-2, White 3-8-14, Fletcher 11-4-27, Stephens 1-0-2, Totals 20-16-60.
3-Point Goals—Ottawa-Glandorf 4 (Metzger 4); Ironton 4 (Carter 2, Cox, Fletcher).
Records—Ottawa-Glandorf 25-3; Ironton 23-3.


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"How-to" financial books continue to proliferate, flooding Barnes & Noble and other outlets – determined to guide people on investment issues essential to their lives and prospects. There's little doubt they do play an important role in this information-hungry world as some of these well-intentioned books provide information and, more importantly, insight into issues that befuddle a big part of the non-Wall Street populace.
The ubiquitous advice books attempt to identify landmines in the many aspects of investing. But if they are worth paying attention to, they should also provide solutions or at least alternative routes to avoid the hazards the authors seek to illuminate.
So initially, the recently released book, "Pound Foolish, Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry," by free-lance journalist and Forbes contributor Helaine Olen focusing on an area that undoubtedly needs enlightened discussion, looked encouraging as timely reading material.
The book seeks to "expose the myths, contradictions, and outright lies it (the personal finance industry) has perpetuated," according to the book's description of Olen's purpose in writing "Pound Foolish." Unfortunately, however, the book neglects to propose, much less provide solutions to the very problems it highlights.
Indeed, Olen tries her best to write off the personal-finance industry as peopled with hucksters, if not outright frauds. She depicts the world of investment professionals, from the stock brokers and insurance agents to practically every men and women in the industry, as driven mainly by greed, mendacity, and the exploitation of those in the dark about money and investments.
Those who read this book possibly may never again trust anybody having to do with the investment business. That's partly because this collection of hard-luck anecdotes about people disillusioned by their encounter and experience with the unscrupulous in financial organizations is hardly welcome news.
One interesting chapter is its re-telling of horror stories about several once-glorified investment gurus who have since been swept off the stage as a result of the colossal failure of their forecasts. Before their fall, those investment predictions created headlines that turned them into instant multi-millionaire celebrities. Among them: Howard Ruff, Robert Prechter, Peter Schiff, and Harry Dent Jr. The book also takes a swipe at current investment celebrities still holding sway, but whose tactics and antics don't thrill the author at all, such as Suze Orman and CNBC Mad Money's Jim Cramer.
But the major thesis of the book is all about Olen's argument that the personal finance industry as a whole delivers misleading messages, if not downright false promises, that result in investors ending up holding the short stick.
She asserts that many, if not all, of the lunches, breakfasts or dinners lavished on would-be investors by financial organizations, promise unreachable financial nirvana mainly to line their pockets with unethically gained profits.
"The personal finance industrial complex continues to prosper… Everyday our e-mail boxes and Facebook and Twitter feeds overflow with come-ons, appeals, and pithy advice ranging from savings strategies to sure-thing stock tips. Books are released by the truckload purporting to share the secret of successful investing while experts prattle away everywhere, from the Today Show to CNBC. These experts paint themselves as our financial saviors, while often neglecting to mention they are making a living (and a good living!) not just from their television appearances and books, but by their agreements with everyone and everything from mutual fund companies and credit reporting agencies — not to mention the 'host' of 'products' they try to sell us. This sets up a basic conflict. These experts need to sound authoritative to get our attention and convince us they alone have the answer. But if they actually had the answer, we would no longer need them, effectively ending their reason for business. So much of the advice we receive is suspect, but in our desperation, we take it anyway.
"I wish all we have been told about their world were true. Imagine what a wonderful world it would be if Suze Orman and the folks at CNBC really could solve all our financial problems! I simply want to help people realize that just because they're not millionaires, doesn't mean they're failures."
Unfair and untrue? That's what several investment professionals say about the book. My overall assessment is the book is an entirely negative and dour perspective, riddled with a multiple of omissions," says Nick Stuller, CEO of Advice IQ, an organization that helps investors avoid falling into the clutches of fraudsters, like the Bernie Madoffs of the investment world.
There are two million licensed financial and insurance professionals and based on the book's own numbers, notes Stuller, only 2% of advisors and agents do investment lunches or dinners to promote their services and products — and most of them are sponsored by honest, dedicated professionals aimed at helping the less-informed about investing.
Stuller is a credible source on the subject because Advise IQ's privy to crucial information about many investment planners, advisors, and securities brokers based on its work as the only financial service and database company that performs advisory due-diligence work across all primary U.S. regulators.
The company has an online directory of financial advisors (FAs) who have been checked against the records of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), as well as the investment advisor and insurance regulators in all 50 states. In other words, investors can check out any financial planner or investment pro through Advice IQ with the assurance that the advisers are in good standing and have not committed any regulatory infractions.
"Pound Foolish" pretty much rambles on and on, jumping all over the place and pointing only to the negatives and omits any balance to any of the author's assertions, says Stuller. "The book is definitely devoid of balanced research as the anecdotes in the book are nearly 100% negative, and ignores a lot of facts about the industry," argues Stuller.
As an example, it claims that countless studies have been conducted about Americans and retirement plans post 2008, and they all say the same thing:"We're petrified and getting more scared by the day." The book quotes pollster Bill McIntruff as stating that "if we find a consensus about anything in America, this is it." McIntruff's 2011 annual National Voter Survey found almost nine out of ten people worried.
That's quite a ridiculous assumption — that nobody has been a winner in investing, says Stuller. He says the book would have had some semblance of credibility if it had presented a fair and balanced perspective. Consider: Not one successful investor was quoted in the book, laments Stuller. Instead, it brings up "a selection of misstatements and distortions," he says.
One of the book's many misstatements, says Stuller, is the book's claim that although investing is very risky, "this is not what many people (in the industry) will tell you." But that's totally wrong, counters Stuller. "Every advertisement by brokerage houses and mutual fund companies warns against the "potential risks and danger of losses, including the loss of one's principal investment," he notes.
Stuller takes particular umbrage at Olen's assertion that "there is no personal finance or investment scheme that can fully protect us from downward spirals or plain old ill luck." That statement was premised on her observation that personal finance advisors aren't able to do it all. "As an adjunct, it can make a valuable contribution, allowing us to plan, to get out of and stay out of debt, and to hopefully better our position when the time comes for retirement and other long-term goals." For that, says Olen, "we need family, friends and finally, the government, the back-step enforcer of everything, from the rule of law to insurer of last resort."
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French aerospace agency ONERA has tested a tiny combustion chamber for use in a prototype micro gas turbine that could be built by 2010 for a miniature unmanned air vehicle.
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March is National Peanut Month
Peanut Butter. Spending approximately $800 million a year on this spread, it is safe to say it is a love of many, if not most, Americans. Through its various applications on toast, in a sandwich, in a pie, and the always-favorite: with chocolate, peanut butter has stolen the hearts of the American public. What about the nut behind the spread? Texas Peanut Producers Board and others celebrate the nut everyday of the year, but for the month of March, the peanut stands in the spotlight, away from the shadow of the beloved spread. March is National Peanut Month and a perfect time to recognize all the peanut can do.
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Peanut insurance, market outlook meeting for farmers
The Texas Peanut Producers Board in cooperation with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is hosting an industry meeting in Seminole, Texas, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10 in the Ambassador Room at 101 East Ave A in Seminole. Read more
TPPB seeks nominees for National Peanut Board
The Texas Peanut Producers Board seeks eligible peanut producers who are interested in serving on the National Peanut Board. TPPB will hold a nominations election to select two nominees each for member and alternate to the National Peanut Board during a meeting at 10 a.m. on Feb. 10, 2015, in the Ambassador Room at 101 East Ave A in Seminole. Read more
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Texas peanut farmers announce new website for parents, educators and others with allergy questions
With the school year in full swing, many districts face challenges in how to best manage peanut and other food allergies in a school setting. While more than 98 percent of children in America can safely enjoy peanuts and peanut-containing foods, according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, managing food allergies — particularly in schools — can often be an emotional and contentious issue. That's why Texas Peanut Producers Board, representing all Texas peanut farmers, is pleased to announce the launch of PeanutAllergyFacts.org, a new website for schools, parents, food service executives and manufacturers. Read more
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Presentation from TPPB industry meeting Feb. 10
The Texas Peanut Producers Board in cooperation with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service hosted an industry meeting in Seminole, Texas, on Feb. 10 featuring guest speakers on the peanut insurance provisions and a market outlook.
Marshall Lamb, Ph.D., the supervisory research food technologist for the National Peanut Research Laboratory, presented a market outlook for 2015 and 2016.
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With the Agriculture Act of 2014, the farm bill, signed into law, Texas farmers should now be looking ahead at the impact the new legislation could have on their farms.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has unveiled its highly anticipated new programs to help farmers better manage risk, ushering in one of the most significant reforms to U.S. farm programs in decades. Along with these programs, new tools are now available to help provide farmers the information they need to choose the new safety net program that is right for their business.
The new programs, Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC), are cornerstones of the commodity farm safety net programs in the 2014 Farm Bill, legislation that ended direct payments. Both programs offer farmers protection when market forces cause substantial drops in crop prices and/or revenues. Producers will have through early spring of 2015 to select which program works best for their businesses.
Starting Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, farm owners may begin visiting their local USDA - Farm Service Agency offices if they want to update their yield history and/or reallocate base acres, the first step before choosing which new program best serves their risk management needs. Letters sent this summer enabled farm owners and producers to analyze their crop planting history in order to decide whether to keep their base acres or reallocate them according to recent plantings. (Additionally, farmers are encouraged to use resources such as the decision aid below that can help with this.)
The next step in USDA's safety net implementation is scheduled for this winter when all producers on a farm begin making their election, which will remain in effect for 2014-2018 crop years between the options offered by ARC and PLC.
Read the USDA's announcement HERE. Additional information from USDA related to the farm bill is available HERE.
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The National Association of Agricultural and Food Policy, led by the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University and the Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri have released its farm bill and insurance decision aid tool for farmers. The tool is now available online HERE.
Farmers should review THIS DOCUMENT prior to beginning to work with the decision aid, as it will outline the resources farmers need on hand.
Farm bill overview
The Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University has prepared a general overview of the 2014 farm bill, which is available online HERE.
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Pablo Osvaldo has accepted Zdenek Zeman's decision to drop him for Roma's game against Atalanta, according to the player's representative.
The Italy international was left out of the starting XI on Sunday, but the club's top goalscorer this season will hold no grudge with the Czech Coach says Filippo Fusco.
"I do not see the problem," he told Vocegiallorossa. "Zeman is the Coach and he makes the decisions. Roma's strikers are all quality.
"Erik Lamela is one of the best young Argentine talents, and Francesco Totti is one of the greatest Italian footballers.
"Zeman has stressed what a quality footballer Pablo is, and we just have to accept the choices of the Coach. Rotation is normal."
The Giallorossi ran out 2-0 winners against Stefano Colontuano's side – Michael Bradley and Erik Lamela with the goals that took the capital side up to seventh position.
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The Vila Piranesi Apartments are superbly situated on the harbour front, with both sea views and overlooking the old town. They offer spacious, modern accommodation with every comfort provided including air conditioning, a dishwasher and a flatscreen TV. There are a wealth of alfresco restaurants serving delicious seafood or Slovenian delicacies right on your doorstep.
· superb position in Piran, adjacent to the waterfront in the old town centre
All apartments have a fully equipped kitchenette with 2 hot plates, fridge, coffee machine and dishwasher, air conditioning, flat screen TV, shower room and WC, hairdryer and towels (changed daily). Type A apartments - sleep 2: have a living area and a separate double bedroom.
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Get a 'boring' meal on the table prepared via traditional means 10 times out of 10 or to risk a spectacular crash and burn by trying an as yet unproven (but potentially better) cooking method for an important part of an important meal?
Speaking for myself, I will be butterflying my bird this year before roasting but can safely say that grilling, confitting, steaming(recommended by Jacques Pepin in the NY Times), or turduckening will not be anywhere close to my radar screen this Thanksgiving.
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St. Louis Record Store Day 2014: A Comprehensive Guide
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2) Euclid Records Record Store Day Weekend
Live Music Schedule
Friday, April 18
5 p.m. Willy Vlautin (of Richmond Fontaine)
6 p.m. The Feed
7 p.m. Big Brother Thunder & the Master Blasters
8 p.m. The Company She Keeps
Saturday, April 19
9:30 a.m. Grace Basement
10:30 a.m. Edward Burch
11 a.m. Supe Granda (Ozark Mountain Daredevils)
noon: Fumer
1 p.m. Middle Class Fashion
2 p.m. Bible Belt Sinners
2 p.m. Bella & Lily
3 p.m. The Minus Five
3:30 p.m. Schwervon!
4 p.m. Sleepy Kitty
5 p.m. The Adoring Heirs
6 p.m. Soma Jet Set
7 p.m. Bottle Rockets
DJs TBD
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Stag Beer
Highway 61 Roadhouse
Reasons not to miss it: Euclid's two-day live music schedule resembles a mini-festival, with sets by out-of-towners the Minus Five, Schwervon! and the bassist from the Ozark Mountain Daredevils ("Jackie Blue," still one of the 1970s' spookiest hits), as well as some of the city's best bands.
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Johnny Likes To GambleSubmitted by boloo2 on Sun, 08/10/2008 - 13:14.
Little Johnny likes to gamble.
One day his dad gets a new job so his family has to move to a new city.
Johnny's daddy thinks, "I'll get a head start on Johnny's gambling."
So he calls the teacher and says, "My son Johnny will be starting your class tomorrow but he likes to gamble so you'll have to keep an eye on him."
The teacher says OK, she can handle it.
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One night Little Johnny was really scared sleeping by himself at camp, so he sprints out of his tent and runs to his teachers tent and asks "Miss can I please sleep with you tonight ?".
His teacher replies "NO"
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Little Johnny comes home from school one day and asks his mother what "shit" meant.
Thinking fast she replied "food on the table".
Next day he comes home and asks his mother what does "son of a b*tch" mean.
Again, thinking fast again she says "It's a priest".
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The recruitment of guestworkers is a lucrative business for the companies that help U.S. employers obtain cheap foreign labor.
A lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) opens a window into this world, in which workers pay thousands of dollars to recruiters in their countries for the right to work in unskilled and semi-skilled jobs in the United States.22
The lawsuit, filed in 2008, contends that the marine fabrication and services company Signal International, and the company's labor recruiters and lawyers, violated anti-racketeering, anti-trafficking, and wage and hour protections by charging guestworkers exorbitant fees based on false promises, refusing to reimburse those fees, and then using the guestworkers' resulting debt as a tool to prevent them from leaving, effectively forcing them to put up with dismal working and living conditions.
Following Hurricane Katrina, Signal sought to take advantage of a windfall of rig- and ship-repair jobs, but it lacked the necessary workforce. Signal hired Global Resources, a Mississippi-based labor broker, and Dewan Consultants, a Mumbai-based labor recruiter, to recruit and provide 590 Indian welders and fitters to Signal's Texas and Mississippi shipyards to allow it to take advantage of the business opportunity created by storm damage.
Sachin Dewan, director of Dewan Consultants, testified in a deposition that his firm collected between $11,000 and $18,000, and sometimes more, from each person recruited to work for Signal. These charges covered the exorbitant recruitment fees, and additional amounts for travel, immigration applications, and visas. In order to raise the money, the workers took on staggering debt at high interest rates, typically mortgaging the family home and land and pawning personal possessions. According to Dewan, the fees were the equivalent of two to three years' salary for a welder in India. The workers paid so much because the recruiters had told them that Signal had agreed to sponsor them for permanent resident visas that would allow each worker to settle in the U.S. permanently with his wife and children.
Upon arriving at Signal, the workers were distressed to find that conditions were not what they had been led to believe. The guestworkers were housed on Signal's work site in guarded labor camps, housed in cramped 24-by-36-foot trailers, each holding 24 men who shared two toilets. Signal deducted more than $1,050 per month from each worker's paycheck for room and board, further heightening the workers' stress over whether they could afford to service their debts. Worse yet, Signal eventually announced that it would not apply for the permanent residency visas the workers had been promised.
Because the workers had entered the U.S. on 10-month H-2B visas, they could not earn enough to pay back their debts. Although conditions at Signal were bad, the workers were prohibited by law from seeking alternative employment. Nor could they leave Signal; in the words of one worker, "I couldn't go back to India, still carrying the massive amounts of debts I had incurred to come to the United States. If I was forced to go back, I planned to hang myself once I landed in India, at the airport."
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The Milwaukee Art Museum has made the most expensive art acquisition in its history – and gained a new art icon for its permanent collection galleries.
The portrait of a young woman by John Singleton Copley was unveiled over the weekend at a fete to mark the 10th anniversary of the Santiago Calatrava-designed expansion and attended by current and former museum staff, civic leaders and donors.
"I just dreamed big," said William Rudolph, curator of American art and decorative arts, who started at the museum this spring and engineered the acquisition. "I wondered if we could go after this particular painting."
The work of a young girl in sumptuous blue silk, with lace billowing from her sleeves and a ruby choker at her neck, was acquired for about $3.5 million, according to museum sources. The most expensive acquisition of art by MAM prior to this was an untitled abstract painting by Jasper Johns, which was purchased for $1 million in 1993.
"Copleys are rare," said Rudolph, adding that they don't come up for sale or auction often. "He is one of the best American painters ever, period."
This particular painting, titled "Alice Hooper," was owned by a descendent of the sitter. Rudolph had known of the painting for years. He called a dealer who had the artwork for safe keeping and and inquired about the seller might ever part with it. Coincidentally, the family had just decided to sell, opening an opportunity for MAM.
Copley is a blue chip artist, to be sure, but this was a pivotal painting for the young 24-year-old Boston painter, too. Copley, who began work as a professional artist at 15, was nine years into his career when he was hired to do it, around 1763.
Alice was the 17-year-old daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the colonies when the work was commissioned on the occasion of her engagement. In other words, it was a coup to hook the Hoopers. The painting pleased the family so much that they commissioned nine more portraits. With that, Copley's success was secured. People were flocking to him for work, Rudolph said.
Alice's luxurious gown and jewels reference the family's wealth, though her pensive gaze and half-shadowed face are meant to allude to her graciousness and modesty, Rudolph said.
The painting also provides vivid evidence of Copley's abilities with the brush, Rudolph added.
"One of the things that I love about Copley is that he is one of a handful of artists who can take oil paint and make you believe you are seeing something else," Rudolph said, referring to the textures of fabrics, the supple skin and the hair in the image of Alice.
"He just had that in him. He was a natural painter in that sense. You cannot teach that, you either have it or you don't."
Both Rudolph's hiring earlier this year and the acquisition of "Alice Hooper" are signs of the museum's reinvigoration of the American art program, one of the longstanding strengths of the museum's holdings.
The acquisition was purchased with funds from the estate of Leonard and Bebe LeVine, what was the largest bequest in the museum's history. That $7.6 million gift is restricted for the purchase of art. Funds from the Virginia Booth Vogel Acquisition Fund were also used, among a few other established funds at the museum. Vogel was a long-time museum supporter, as are her son and grandson, Fred and Eric Vogel.
"Alice Hooper" is now on view in the museum's permanent collection galleries.
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The Brazil international only signed for the Bundesliga outfit in the summer, after leaving Bayern Munich in the search of more regular first-team football.
Arsenal looked set to capture the 26-year-old, but he decided to stay in the Bundesliga in order to improve his chances of selection for this summer's World Cup.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post8595028328525406758..comments2015-07-28T10:25:46.235-04:00Comments on Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: Alvin Plantinga's Decisive Refutation of the Atheist Use of the Problem of EvilDave Armstronghttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-35733525297441144872013-04-20T22:31:15.057-04:002013-04-20T22:31:15.057-04:00I would add also that the "All Powerful Defen...I would add also that the "All Powerful Defense" (no pun) places the issue on much more solid ground. It addresses the charge that evil is incompatible with an all powerful/all good God, but it also preserves the mystery of the issue and implies a clearer notion of freedom.

God cannot be considered merciful or powerful, if he was not able to conquer evil; he could not be considered "all" powerful, if he was not able to triumph over the worst kinds of evil. It seems fitting then, for the glorification of God, that He permit evil- the worst of evil and suffering (the crucifixion of His own Son)- so that in the end those who persevere will see that God triumphed over wickedness through goodness.

Joseph Saffiotihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-47876033152617406442013-04-20T22:20:39.766-04:002013-04-20T22:20:39.766-04:00As a theist and catholic, I've always found di...As a theist and catholic, I've always found difficulty in the "free will defense". This is partly because of the fact that it doesn't appear biblical nor does it seem to factor into the teachings of the early church fathers; but at the same time it also doesn't seem to offer a sufficient explanation as to why God permits sin/evil.

Biblically, and in the tradition of the Church, the supposition has always been that God permits evil for a greater good: "Where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more" and "God works all things unto good for those who love him". St. Augustine notes that only an all merciful God would allow evil to run its course, only to show the triumph of God's mercy.

All this would seem to imply that God could have created a world, with free agents (men and agents) who were not permitted to fall into sin. But God did permit man to fall into sin.

But I think lurking within the problem evil is the flawed modern notion of human freedom. Freedom need not be defined in a voluntarist way that involves choosing between good or evil. Freedom is oriented towards the good; it doesn't necessarily involve a choice or option for evil. God is supremely free, yet he cannot sin. We would not conclude that he is without freedom on this account. The same is true fro the angels and saints of heaven- they remain "free" but are not capable (for lack of better words) of sinning in their current state of glorification.

The free will defense supposes that in order for man to be truly free, he must have the option of choosing evil. It's on this point that I object. I think this is flawed, and this leads to further questions. If God desired to be loved of our own free accord, why did he not endow all men with sufficient grace to resist sin (such as with the Immaculate Conception), so that all could love and obtain salvation?

Undoubtedly, proponents of the free will defense (particularly Christians) will respond that God did grant sufficient grace to all, but some refused "of their own free accord". But in my opinion, this is again to confuse the issue or beg the question: the response ignores the objection. It assumes that "free will" involves an option to choose evil, or else there is no freedom. However, as already noted, freedom does not necessarily imply an option to choose evil. It also raises other theological problems, such as how does one accept grace without first being moved to by grace? And why do not all individuals have this prevenient grace- or maybe they do?

I see the free will defense as more of a temporary fix to get the atheist off one's back. But I don't think it truly addresses the issue in an vigorous way. I also think it runs the risk of rationalizing what is ultimately a mystery: God's ways are not are ways.

For whatever reason, it was better that mankind as a whole fell into sin than if we had not sinned (since God is all good, I don't believe this can be denied). And, (and this is the hard truth), for whatever reason, God ordained that some should be given more grace than others (i.e., Mary, the saints, etc) for the purpose of executing God's plan, though each is given sufficient grace for salvation.

Last, I believe St. Augustine best addresses the challenge of God's omnipotence: God could not truly be said to be all powerful or all merciful if he did not at least permit evil, so as to conquer it with good.

The paradox is that if evil were not permitted (which it is possible that God preserved our freedom as he did the Immaculate Conception), we could not really say with certainty that God was either all powerful or all merciful.

Undoubtedly, the atheist will remain unsatisfied, but as Cardinal Newman once said, "a thousand difficulties don't make for one doubt." We cannot answer to all specific manifestations of evil as to why they had to happen, but we can say with St. Paul, "God works all things unto good for those who love him."Joseph Saffiotihttp://email@example.com


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It is with extreme excitement, passion and humility that I write my first letter as the new principal of William H. Loesche Elementary School. It is my privilege and honor to join such a wonderful community. I look forward to partnering with each of you to ensure that our students are provided with the best opportunities possible. I have spent the last few days working closely with Principal Velazquez and the staff to be fully assimilated to our school. Victoria Velazquez worked tirelessly for the students, staff and community members of Loesche, and her contributions will live on. Her compassion, intelligence and leadership have helped shape Loesche into a school full of leaders. She will be missed in the Loesche community, and we wish her success in her future endeavors. She has established a strong foundation for us to build on. With your support, we can transition smoothly into the new school year and make greater strides.
I am committed to ensuring that our students receive the highest quality of education possible in a safe and supporting learning environment. My experiences working in the Multilingual Office with students and families will help serve as a bridge in a community so richly diverse. In addition, my experiences as an Assistant Principal as well as many other leadership roles have equipped me with skills that will help ease the transition.
As educators, parents, and community members, it is our responsibility to ensure that we are providing our children with the resources and skill set to succeed in this world. We have many of the finest teachers and many of the most involved parents in the district. Let us collectively strive to foster a culture of learning, safety and excellence. I look forward to working with all of you as we embark on this journey together.
Loesche Elementary School holds a special place in our family, as my husband is a proud graduate, and to this day still talks about his time here. I will work hard to ensure each one of our students will look back at their time at Loesche with the same fond memories.
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I still don't understand why there hasn't been more written about the possibility of this franchise being relocated down the road. Why does a billionaire from Tennessee buy a team from Cleveland? Just to be an NFL owner? What else is there to? Everyone keeps pointing to the lease agreement, but as we've seen in the past, it means nothing. This needs to be investigated further.
"Since Al Lerner bought the expansion franchise in 1999, no team president, general manager or head coach has lasted more than four years. No matter who owns the team, that has to stop."
Really? Well, Terry, if you want to know why this franchise has sucked since returning, this is it. If the new management team makes wholesale changes in not only administration but philosophy (say switching to a 5-2 on defense and trashing the WCO) then this team will continue to suck.
So the lease is ironclad. Oh, well, that's different then. Now where did I here that before?
I don't know why people aren't more worried about being moved? Contracts mean nothing, promises mean nothing, lies mean nothing. If the Browns were relocated to a new stadium in Los Angeles, the franchise value would double. Hard to get past that fact, lease or no lease.
So they are not going to move, huh? And we know this why? Because they pinky-swore not to do it? The franchise value doubles by calling the moving company.
That's the point billmesh. I know it's difficult to understand for some, but cracking down on illegal trafficking of weapons would be one way to take action.
The Va. Tech killer was in the city's mental health system and still was able to get an arsenal. Great gun laws we have here. Next massacre is just down the road.
Remember, guns don't kill anyone. It's the CRIMINALS that do, you know, the people who have CRIMINAL written across their forehead so we can tell them apart from the other law-abiding people.
As disgusting as this case is, the death penalty should not be considered because programs never recovers. Look at SMU. It is still a shell of itself nearly two decades after it happened. Two or three years of probation would be enough.
I wouldn't make too much of Waiters being a sixth man. He was the second leading scorer on the Orange. That tells me something.
And if a current coach or scout talked to any columnist about who their team is considering or what they feel should happen, they would get fired. Any former coaches or scouts are probably far removed from the game so their opinion is no likely better than Pluto's.
You know, I don't remember LeBron thanking any of his coaches in Akron in the postgame interview or what I read in the papers and on the web. Must have really made an influence on him.
See my post above.
If you have been dumped by someone you loved, then move on to another one the next week, you never loved the first one. If you have no emotion about this situation, then you aren't really a basketball fan because it doesn't hold meaning for you. When you say move on, you are simply saying that you are not that emotionally attached to the team.
If he were a talented 7-0 center, you can be sure that I'd be pissed.
Sports is the epitome of choosing sides. Maybe you don't care about one of your own slamming the city and disparaging the team he plays for, but a lot of us do. You think it's a shame to root against someone, fine. You're opinion is just like a belly button: everyone has one.
When the Browns and Steelers play next season, watch in front of your TV set emotionless and sedate, like someone just gave you shock therapy. If that's how you choose to enjoy sports, fine. But that is not how many others choose to do it. It's emotional and you don't understand that.
You shouldn't be drinking this early in the morning.
But he still quit. And there ain't no way getting around that little title, is there?
Did you not see him in that ugly shirt on ESPN saying he was "taking his talents to South Beach?" That's like going on TV and telling everyone you are leaving your wife "and here is my new girlfriend."
If I were Gilbert, I wouldn't ever mention him again.
The point is that a title does not make you the most respected man in your field of work. Sagan, Steve Jobs, whoever. LeBron is still a classless bum who won an NBA title. And isn't that what they were supposed to do? No great accomplishment in my eyes.


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Florence M. Brand Pfeiffer, 91, widow of Curtis Edward Pfeiffer Jr., died Friday morning, Nov. 8, 2013, at Augusta Health in Fishersville. She was born in Staunton, a daughter of the late William A. Brand and Norma Bean Brand.
She was the last remaining member of her immediate family, preceded in death by her brother, William F. Brand, and sister, Jean Brand Meyers.
Graduating from Robert E. Lee High School in Staunton in 1940, she then attended Madison College (now JMU) and later graduated from Dunsmore Business College. She was a homemaker and frequently worked in the secretarial field.
Mrs. Pfeiffer was a member of Second Presbyterian Church in Staunton, and during a 30-year residence with her husband and daughters in Richmond, she was a member of Forest Hill Presbyterian Church.
Family members include two daughters, Kathryn P. Holsinger of Staunton and Nancy P. Walden and her husband, Mack, of Springfield; a grandson, J. Scott Holsinger of Reston; a granddaughter, Lauri H. Painter and her husband, Chris, of Wilmington, N.C.; great-granddaughters, Lanie K. Painter and Karlee A. Painter of Wilmington; and nephew Charles Brand, niece Susan M. Wills and nephew Don Meyers; sister-in-law, Virginia C. Brand; and brother-in-law, Allen W. Pfeiffer, all of Staunton.
She will be well remembered by friends and acquaintances as a sweet, kind and gentle lady and by her family as the beautiful thread which lovingly created the fabric of our family, a moral compass and role model for her children and grandchildren. Her special interests included travel, movies and Broadway musicals, bowling, crosswords, Jeopardy and Wheel and the culinary arts.
A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, in Thornrose Cemetery by the Rev. Harry Johns.
The family will receive friends from 2 until 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, at Henry Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Second Presbyterian Church, PO Box 175, Staunton, VA 24401 or to a charity of your choice.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.henryfuneralhome.net.


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WILLIAMSON — The Williamson Police Department raided a house on Vinson Street yesterday, leading to the arrest of four people.
Robert Wilson, a fugitive from justice; Albert "Trey" Childress; Christina Tidwell; and a man known only by his streetname, "Black," were arrested and charged with possession with intent to deliver for both cocaine and marijuana. "Black," whom Chief of Police C.D. Rockel said was being uncooperative, was charged as a John Doe until he could be identified.
Rockel told the Daily News that the house was initially raided "for surveillance equipment used in another crime and suspicion of drugs."
He would not go into detail on the former, but did share the details of the drug raid.
"Myself and sheriff-elect Eugene Crum worked most of today (Thursday) and about a week on this," Rockel said. "We got a search warrant from Magistrate Dallas Toler."
The WPD and Crum executed the warrant at 6:15 p.m.
After the raid, items from the house, which, according to Rockel is a rental property owned by current Mingo County Sheriff Lonnie Hannah, were placed onto the table at the police station:
Three baggies of marijuana weighing in at approximately 30 grams, two baggies of crack cocaine weighing in at approximately 25.7 grams, a bottle of unknown pills, scales, synthetic marijuana, a loaded .22 caliber handgun, multiple cell phones, recording devices and cash totalling $646 were confiscated.
Officer Jeff Taylor said that the cocaine was "pure," and "fresh off the brick," pointing out the edges and shape of the drug within the baggie.
"That's about $5,000 worth of crack cocaine right there," Rockel said.
During the item count, the confiscated cell phones were often ringing and receiving texts. Crum answered one and asked the caller, "What's up?"
The caller quickly hung up.
"Residents of the neighborhood complained of traffic in and out of that residence at all times of the day and night," Rockel said. "With Eugene and the city police, we're going to be working with the sheriff's department when he gets in. This shows that we're going to work together. This will be good for all of Mingo County."
Rockel said that each of his officers participated in the case.
Crum, who takes office in January, told the Daily News that he was working as a special investigator for Prosecuting Attorney C. Michael Sparks.
"I appreciate Rockel for all his help," Crum said. "This was one of my promises to the people. This is just the beginning. If you're dealing drugs, you better beware."


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Weiner has a surprisingly mixed image in his district. Forty-four percent of voters rate his job performance as "excellent" or "good," with only 38 percent saying that Weiner is a "fair" or "poor" member of Congress. He scores slightly lower on personal favorability, with 38 percent of voters having a favorable opinion of Weiner, and 42 percent have an unfavorable opinion. The poll may further galvanize Weiner against calls for his resignation. CNN reported Thursday that Weiner, in a conversation with an anonymous fellow New York Democrat, was citing polling data saying he should not resign. Weiner was likely referencing another NY1-Marist poll conducted Monday that showed a majority of voters citywide did not think Weiner should resign. But that poll was conducted just hours after Weiner's tearful press conference, and many respondents may not have been aware of the latest developments. Since this new poll in his congressional district was conducted Wednesday, it is unlikely that voters in his district are unfamiliar with Weiner's foibles. But one note of caution: The poll was conducted the same evening that various news sources reported that Weiner's wife, State Department aide Huma Abedin, was pregnant. Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, told Hotline On Call that phone calls began around 6 p.m., which would have been roughly an hour after the news of Abedin's reported pregnancy began to break. Miringoff doubts that the pregnancy news would have a big effect on public opinion within his district, however. "I'm not sure it's very event-centered right now," he said. Looking ahead to 2012, 30 percent of voters say they definitely plan to vote for Weiner in the next election, while 31 percent say they definitely plan to vote against him; 38 percent of voters are undecided. Voters may not have that choice even if Weiner stays in office, however: The Empire State must eliminate two congressional districts as a result of reapportionment, and Weiner's district has been named as a prime target to be swallowed up, particularly after recent events. The NY1-Marist poll surveyed 411 registered voters, for a margin of error of +/- 4.8 percent.
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When Apple had originally announced the iPad, I had no plans of getting it. However, after seeing all the brilliant apps available for it, and the huge potential it had, I had to buy it. I primarily used my iPad for browsing and watching movies. Since I had a 16GB variant, I was pretty much limited on space, and converting and then transferring movies to the iPad before watching them was kind of cumbersome and time-consuming.
Then one day, I found out about Air Video. The app allows you to stream videos from your PC or Laptop to your iPhone/iPad, over a Wi-Fi or 3G network. I have been a long time Android user, but NEVER found an app until today that could match Air Video in functionality.
Today, I came across Air Playit for Android. The app is similar to Air Video, and is also available for iPhone and iPad. The developers recently released a beta version of the app for Android handsets as well. Since its in beta, the app has not been released on the Android Market.
Air Playit will allow users to stream movies and music from their PC to their Android handset over a Wi-Fi or 3G/4G network. As with all other streaming apps available, there is a server app for Air Playit, which users need to install on their PC. The server app is available for Mac and Windows, with no Linux version planned. Air Playit can convert videos on-the-fly before streaming them, so users don't need to convert a video beforehand. Keep in mind that converting videos on-the-fly, and streaming them to your phone requires you to have a pretty powerful PC.
Another nifty feature of the app is that it allows users to download a movie on their SD card so that they can watch it later. The app works flawlessly, and I was successfully able to stream a 6GB MKV file from my Mac Mini using Air Playit to my Galaxy S II.
Air Playit will work on any of the latest gen Android handsets sporting at least an 800MHz Cortex-A8 processor or higher. Interested readers can download Air Playit for their Android handset, and the required server app for their PC from here.
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By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia
Hart County has agreed to lease two parks on Lake Hartwell from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
At their regular meeting last month, the Board of Commissioners voted to lease both Long Point and Milltown Parks.
Both parks were scheduled for permanent closure by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers due to federal budget cuts.
Milltown is a primitive campground at the end of Milltown Road off Reed Creek Highway and is on a peninsula.
In addition to campsites, it also has one boat ramp. But County administrator Jon Caime says for now, there are no plans to very much with Milltown.
We looked at trying to get somebody to come in and do something with Milltown, but we had a short period of time and nothing came up," Caime said. "We're hoping that some third party will come in and show an interest in the park and sublease it from us and develop it. It's a beautiful park."
But there are long range plans for Long Point Park. Long Point Park is located at the end of Old Highway 29 just outside of Hartwell.
"Long Point is in our strategic tourism corridor," he said. "To get to the mega ramp, to get to Long Point, you have to come through town and that's by design. So people are going to spend money in town, buying gas, buying groceries, staying at the hotels, it's all there."
Caime said Long Point is already a very popular day use facility, and he said the County hopes to use it as another major point of interest for visitors.
Efforts are underway to move this year's Hartwell Music Fest from the mega ramp to Long Point Park.


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Health o Meter HDC100KD-01 Review
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Read the review below for a complete overview.
This means that as your child grows, this infant scale converts from using a tray to lay the little one in, to a platform the toddler can stand on, making it versatile as well as saving you money. It has a large 1.2-inch LCD display that is easy to read. And nice for weighing toddlers – it weighs in increments of 0.5 ounces up to 60 pounds.
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Note that Health o Meter "Grow with Me" Teddy Bear Scale has a "zero out" feature so that you can adjust for the weight of clothing or a diaper. The infant scale has a replaceable nine-volt battery (Note: it is not included), and an added bonus of a growth chart to track height and weight to check weight against the averages.
- It saves you money as you will be able to convert from a tray to a platform to accommodate your growing child, rather than buy a different scale
- The 1.2-inch LCD display will be easy to read
- If you have a squirmy child or pet you will be happy to know the"Hold" function delivers an average weight for a squirming child
- Health o Meter "Grow with Me" Teddy Bear Scale weighs in increments of 0.5 ounces up to 60 pounds
- It is backed by a five-year limited warranty
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Cons: I had to really search for any negative customer comments. One person mentioned that he had some parts problems and had to send the scale in, which was inconvenient.
The Health O Meter HDC100KD-01 (formerly HdC100-01) has an average customer review of 4.6 stars out of five stars on Amazon.com – very good. This is on my best selling baby scale list.
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Lawsuit: "Notorious Overseas Oligarch" Trying To Buy Rare Earth Mine in Missouri
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|Ahti Vilppula made his millions in media and metals in Europe.
The suit, first filed in July, alleges that St. Louisan Jim Kennedy and his wife Nina Abboud secretly negotiated to sell the Pea Ridge Mine in Sullivan, Missouri, without seeking required permission from their business partner, Thayer Land Development.
In court filings last month, Thayer claims it has now identified the intended the new owner of the mine: Ahti Vilppula, identified as a "notorious overseas oligarch" who "has been under investigation by international law enforcement relating to his various involvements with insider trading, election fraud and other activities."
Kennedy purchased the abandoned iron mine in 2001. A few years later he made headlines with a controversial plan to process iron-ore from the mine in Crystal City. But before that could happen, Kennedy needed to get the old mine back in operation, so he contracted St. Louis-based Aberici Constructors to work on the site.
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|Nina Abboud and Jim Kennedy in 2007.
Thayer now alleges that Kennedy tried to secretly sell the Pea Ridge Mine earlier this year without its approval to a company called PRM that is controlled by Vilppula. The suit claims that Vilppula is now trying to recruit other unsavory international investors including the "Kazakh Trio" -- a group of financiers said to control Kazakhstan and suspected of money laundering and organized crime. Vilppula, meanwhile, currently resides in England, in a mansion reportedly worth tens of millions of euros, and can be seen driving through London in his Bentley and Ferrari, according to the lawsuit.
On September 1, a judge in Washington County court entered a preliminary injunction ordering that Kennedy cease any transaction with Vilppula. In its federal case, Thayer now accuses Kennedy of interference of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and intent to defraud. The suit further suggests that transferring a mine of rare earth elements to unsavory businessmen could affect national security as the compounds can be used for weapon systems.
Attorneys for Kennedy, meanwhile, deny that his Pea Ridge Mining LLC has entered into a contract with Vilppula, much less that it has breached any contracts with Thayer. Neither Kennedy nor attorneys for either side immediately returned calls for comment.
A hearing on the case is slated for Thursday.
|Pea Ridge Mine in Sullivan lies approximately 55 miles west of Crystal City, where Kennedy planned to process the iron-ore extracted from the mine.
Correction: This article originally described the Pea Ridge as originally being a lead mine. It was actually an iron mine.
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