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WALLA WALLA — Walla Walla Community College has been selected to enter The Achieving the Dream National Reform Network as a result of its strong commitment to student success and completion.
The network is a comprehensive, non-governmental reform organization for student success in higher education. Each year, the network selects a few community colleges around the United State and dedicates their time, energy, and money to further improve the institutions. WWCC was among 13 schools chosen this year.
"This has been a milestone year for Walla Walla Community College," said WWCC President Steven VanAusdle. "We look forward to continuing this critical work as an active participant in the Achieving the Dream National Reform Network."
Walla Walla Community College will immediately begin the challenging process of closing achievement gaps and increasing student retention, persistence and completion rates.
The process got under way this week with participation in the 2013 Kickoff Institute in Orlando, Fla., where representatives of WWCC will learn how to work with their appointed leadership and data coaches in the network.
"Over the last 10 years Achieving the Dream has collected important information about interventions that should be shared more broadly so that colleges can learn from one another," said Nicole Melander, chief technology officer for Achieving the Dream.


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Queen Elizabeth 2 Ocean Liner to Anchor Port Rashid Makeover
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- By Asa Fitch
Dubai's decision to turn the Queen Elizabeth 2 into a floating hotel has ended years of uncertainty about the fate of an asset snapped up at the height of the global economic boom.
Istithmar World, the investment arm of the state-owned Dubai World, purchased the vessel in 2007 for $100 million from the cruise operator Cunard. The original plan was to turn it into a luxury hotel docked off of the Palm Jumeirah, one of Dubai's artificial palm-shaped islands and one of its most sought after locations.
Then the crisis intervened, and that plan was delayed and finally abandoned. As it sat idle in Dubai's Port Rashid, presently a less glamorous site, the QE2 became a hulking reminder of the effect of the financial crisis on the emirate's business empire.
The warning bells about Dubai's debt pile have started to ring again.
Ratings agency Moody's on Tuesday flagged refinancing headwinds that some of Dubai's state-owned corporates face next year.
Some $3.8 billion worth of debt held by three government-related entities matures in 2012. This needs to be refinanced or repaid, Moody's said.
On the face of it, this doesn't look like a big problem. After all, Dubai managed to restructure a much bigger pile of debt earlier this year, after its flagship company Dubai World shocked the markets in late 2009 by warning of a possible default on its debt obligations.
These days, Dubai has several options. It could use the Dubai World restructuring as a benchmark in future refinancing negotiations. Or it could use the cash its holds on a sovereign level or in the banking system to help these entities repay. The emirate also has the option of raising more cash via its financially stronger entities, or could go back and borrow some more from its oil-rich neighbor Abu Dhabi.
But all of these options come with caveats.
[More over the jump]
The revelation that hedge fund Aurelius Capital Management is one of the creditors holding Anglo Irish Bank's subordinated debt threatens to make it even more difficult for the Irish government to reduce the lender's debts through an agreed bond exchange.
Aurelius, a U.S. based distressed debt fund, would most likely prefer to remain beneath the radar but pops up in the most contentious situations.
It managed to hold out on Dubai World's $25 billion restructuring with its miniscule $5 million slice of debt, so will be closely watched for tactics in the Anglo Irish debt drama.
Anglo Irish, the bank bailed out by Irish taxpayers at a cost of almost €30 billion, is attempting to reduce some of its debts by offering an exchange to holders of its Lower Tier 2 paper at 20 cents in the euro. The proposed deal has an added kicker, with those not participating redeemed at one cent in every €1,000.
And so the rhetoric is ratcheting up, with a creditor group threatening to block the deal, the bank refusing to budge, and suggestions of legislation should the deal not go through.
As Ireland faces a €50 billion bill for propping up its banking system, public sympathy is unlikely to lie with distressed debt investors.
But that's never counted for much in previous stand offs of this kind.
Call it coincidence, but ever since the sequel to iconic '80s flick Wall Street was released in the Middle East, corporate activity around these parts has sky rocketed.
The Gordon Gecko effect, you could say, is in full swing.
In the space of two weeks we've seen the United Arab Emirates' biggest mobile-phone operator, Emirates Telecommunications Corp., or Etisalat, table an $11.7 billion bid for 46% of Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Co., or Zain.
Not to be outdone, outspoken Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris agreed to combine his highly-indebted telecom assets, including 51.7% of Egypt's Orascom Telecom, with Russian mobile operator VimpelCom in a $6.5 billion stock-and-cash deal. Read our coverage here.
Stock market investors, of course, need only the whiff of a meaty deal or two to disregard fundamentals and pile into equities.
To a large extent this has already happened in the Gulf. During September, Dubai's stock exchange put on close to 14%, Abu Dhabi's 7%, Saudi Arabia's 5%, Qatar's 6.5% and Egypt's 3.5%.
Read on here.
The Dubai World debt saga is finally about to end. At least so the troubled conglomerate would have us believe, after claiming support from a majority of creditors for restructuring the billions of dollars it owes them. Read our coverage here.
Admittedly the claim came a day after the deadline late last week for Dubai World's senior creditors to accept a lock-up agreement. But, still, Dubai's powers that be clearly reckon the development warrants celebration and they may be right, at least in the near term.
The local stock market rallied 2.4% Monday. But it's still down more than 22% since the end of November when Dubai World initially shocked global markets by announcing the freezing of its debts. Dubai's government has said creditor support for Dubai World's restructuring plan would be a key step towards putting the company on a sound and stable financial footing. But neither the emirate itself nor its other big companies can be said to be there yet.
By Andrew Critchlow in Dubai
The tantalizingly close restructuring of Dubai World's $23.5 billion debt has provided the United Arab Emirates with a rare Dunkirk moment.
In 1940, the British snatched victory from the jaws of defeat and certain invasion by evacuating 300,000 troops from the beaches of northern France. As we all know, Britain with the help of its allies recovered from the near disaster to eventually defeat Hitler's Germany and the Axis powers. The rest is history.
Officials in the U.A.E. are now claiming a similar turning point in Dubai's battle to defeat the all out assault on its economy by the dark forces of the global financial crisis. The scale of the estimated $100 billion of debt racked up by Dubai, and its so-called government related entities, has presented the biggest challenge to the U.A.E.'s hereditary rulers since the nation emerged from its colonial past into an uncertain future in 1971.
Monday saw officials across the emirates proclaim final victory within their grasp after the announcement last week of a deal in principle with Dubai World's main creditors. Sultan Said al-Mansouri, the country's finance minister, called the agreement a "critical step in the right direction." Juma Al Majid, chairman of the Dubai Economic Council and one of the emirate's most respected businessmen, said that banks were now "sure they will get their money." Skeptics say the deal will do little to bolster Dubai's fragile defense against a second assault of global economic turmoil that may be on its way, this time from Europe.
By Andrew Critchlow in Dubai
So Dubai World and its major creditors finally agreed Thursday to a deal that could draw a line under its restructuring of $23.5 billion of debt. [Read our coverage here.]
Traders and bankers across the emirate were relieved to hear the news after months of uncertainty had punctured the emirate's once vibrant image as the financial and investment hub for the oil-rich Persian Gulf.
Ironically, perhaps the only group of people who aren't so happy to see a deal in place are the officials responsible for the mess in the first place. Many influential locals blame the heads of some government companies for racking up the estimated $100 billion of debt in the first place.
Expensive projects such as The World, an archipelago of artificial islands dredged in the Persian Gulf, have become an embarrassment instead of a symbol of pride in the city-state. It didn't take long for the government to send out a message that heads are about to roll.
Things that caught our eye around the finance and business-related web. Think you've got something for tomorrow's list? Email Lauren Mills or direct message us on Twitter @wsjthesource
Sharing Risk dot Org blog: Dubai World, Saad Group
"The Dubai World debt negotiations hit another potential snag with the repayment of the Nakheel sukuk maturing in May becoming more likely even without a restructuring deal."
Zero Hedge: The client always comes first at Goldman…except when he doesn't, which is also always
"One day after the Goldman hearings, we were left with the warm and fuzzy impression that the whole Goldman farce was for nothing, and that everything the firm had been doing for the past 5 years was perfectly legitimate."
Infectious Greed: Nouriel Roubini and Mike Milken on what's next
"There was some good stuff in the lunch discussion between Nouriel Roubini and Mike Milken at the Milken conference…"
Naked Capitalism: Banks runs in Greece – harbinger of Euromarket risk?
"Money is flying from Greek banks, which makes sense, as how can a bankrupt Greek government guarantee Greek bank deposits?"
Introducing Andrew Critchlow, Managing Editor, Middle East & North Africa, for Dow Jones Newswires
By Andrew Critchlow
After months of anguish caused by the revelation that Dubai World almost defaulted on some of its $26 billion of debt, the conglomerate finally came out Thursday with a plan to dig itself out of a tight spot with its creditors.
[Full story over the jump.]
The markets are buzzing with news about Dubai and Cadbury, the UK chocolate maker.
Dubai said today that it has received a $10 billion of emergency funding from its oil-rich neighbour Abu Dhabi. The much-needed cash will be used to pay down part of government-owned Dubai World's debt and to help its struggling property unit Nakheel. [Read the statement.]
Of the total, $4.1 billion of the eleventh hour funding will be used to repay Nakheel's Islamic bond, or sukuk, that matures today. Nakheel said it will repay its $3.52 billion over the next two weeks.
The bulk of the money will be used to finance Dubai World's needs up until the end of April 2010.
"We are here today to reassure investors, financial and trade creditors, employees, and our citizens that our government will act at all times in accordance with market principles and internationally accepted business practices," Sheik Ahmed bin Saaed Al Maktoum, chairman of the Dubai Supreme Fiscal Committee, said in a statement.
News of the financing sent shares on local stock markets soaring, a situation which is likely to be reflected in European markets today.
Dubai also announced a bankruptcy framework in case Dubai World can't reach agreement with creditors to restructure $26 billion of the conglomerate's debts.
Meanwhile, traders are licking their lips over the prospect of a fierce takeover battle for Cadbury taking place in the run-up to Christmas. [Read on over the jump.]


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Before last weekend, the Illinois State gymnastics team had finished in last place in all competitions it had participated in this season with three teams or more.
That changed Saturday when ISU took fifth place out of six teams at the Midwest Independent Conference Championships at Redbird Arena with a score of 192.45.
Southeast Missouri State took first place with a score of 195.275, Texas Woman's finished in second with a score of 194.5, Lindenwood took third with a 194.25 score, Illinois-Chicago finished in fourth with a 193.525 score and Centenary took sixth place with a score of 191.45.
ISU earned a season-high score of 48.65 on the vault in the first rotation. Five ISU gymnasts notched season-high scores, including sophomore Sarah Fisher earning the highest score for ISU at 9.825, freshman Kristyn Bossle recording a 9.775 score, senior Jenna Bossle earning a 9.75 score and senior Elise Gray posting a 9.65 score.
The Redbirds recorded a score of 48.95 on the uneven bars in the second rotation. Jenna Bossle tied a school record with a season-high score of 9.9 and Kristyn Bossle posted a season-high score of 9.825.
"We started on vault and we were excited because we actually had all start values at ten except for one," ISU head coach Bob Conkling said. "Kim Caron threw a new vault and Kristyn Bossle hasn't twisted her vault all year and she did, so we were very excited with the vault results. During the next rotation, we moved to the bars and we had an awesome bars performance."
The Redbirds posted a 46.95 score on the balance beam in the third rotation. Jenna Bossle recorded a season-high score of 9.8 and junior Sami King earned a season-high score of 9.875.
ISU earned a score of 47.9 on the floor exercise in the fourth and final rotation. Fisher headed the Redbirds on the floor exercise with a score of 9.7.
For the third year in a row, the all-around title at the MIC Championships went to a Redbird. Jenna Bossle earned the all-around title with a season-high score of 39.075.
Three ISU gymnasts emerged victorious in various events and were also named to the all-conference team. All gymnasts that finished in the top three in any event at the MIC Championships were named to the all-conference team.
Jenna Bossle earned all-conference honors thanks to her first-place finish in the all-around, first-place finish on the uneven bars and third-place finish on the balance beam.
King received all-conference honors thanks to her first-place finish on the balance beam and Sarah Fisher earned a first-place finish on the vault to earn all-conference honors.
"Individually, I could not be happier for Jenna," Conkling said. "She hasn't competed in the all-around since the beginning of the year and to win conference is so exciting for her in the last meet of her career. I'd have to say we were disappointed with the team results, but we are very happy with the individual performances and what they did."


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People fall in love with what they work on, or so research by Michael Norton, Daniel Mochon and the ubiquitous Dan Ariely reports. They discovered that when people have to work to create something — like an IKEA bookshelf — they see it through rose-colored glasses. It's not that you do what you love but that labor leads to loving what you do. It becomes part of your self-esteem.
Project Management
The Powerful Are Lousy Planners
The University of Kent is reporting a forthcoming research article by social psychologists Mario Weick and Ana Guinote of University College London on how feeling powerful affects one's estimates. The more people felt powerful, the more optimistic their completion dates were. And it's not just a small effect: "power drastically reduced the accuracy of forecasts with error rates soaring up to…
Does Cost Determine Value?
Just because you got me to spend $65M on a project doesn't mean that its value isn't a tenth of that. Costs do not determine value but can determine the value of replacement.
Project Management vs. Getting Something Done
When Project Management goes sour, it does so because it becomes more about completing the items on the list rather than accomplishing the end goal. Software engineers have made this such a regular lament that you have to believe it has entered into folklore as a song cycle.
Requisite Organization Lens On Software Development vs Maintenance
Some time ago, Gordon had an interesting comment about a couple of posts (see "Getting Work Done at the Right Level" and "Ready, Fire, Aim": Intuition, Analysis and Tacit vs. Explicit Knowledge). I wanted to finally get around to addressing some of his points.
I'm reading this just after reading your "Ready, Fire, Aim…" post, and just wondering "how do you tell what level certain tasks…
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning… and project planning, too
Mintzberg makes some scathing remarks about the Strategic Planning industry. A lot of it seems to come down that the planners are (A) taking the power away from managers and (B) it doesn't work in practice. I'm wondering if a similar argument can't be made about software project management.
Some Change Management articles
When I did the work for CSC, I boned up on these issues because I knew absolutely nothing. I actually read all of this so that I could put together a working change control process for the IT environment. Really. I could have simply made the guess without reading and would have produced the same process. But this was pretty fun.
Goodstein, Leonard D. and Howard E. Butz, Jr. (1998). "Customer…
Start with opinions
I hope that this citation is correct. I think this comes from Peter Drucker's Effective Executive (1967):
Most books on decision making tell the reader: "First find the facts." But executives who make effective decisions know that one does not start with facts. One starts wit…
Project Portfolios Require High-Level Capability
In Waltzing With Bears, Lister and DeMarco describe the benefits of running IT projects within a portfolio. Not every one of them would have to succeed: you could take on several very high-risk (but high-payoff) projects and balance it with several low risk / low payoff projects. Having low-risk/high pay-off projects would be great, but most of the time those have already been done. You have a…
You Need All Levels of People For Success
People who can see the whole complexity of the project "need to be paired with people that can deal with the details at other levels," says Jack Vinson.
Looking back on what I have written, I haven't made that entirely clear.
Everyone is important and necessary for the group to succeed. We need each other, each of us working at the level that challenges us, yet still within…


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Watch The Alphabet Get Giffy With These Animated Line Drawings
Print will not die, but the web can do lots of things that paper just plain can't. Like Anitype, a very literal interpretation of that ol' revolutionary concept of moveable type. The online project invites coding-inclined folks to animate the alphabet using JavaScript, then post their entries on the site to create a… »


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Wednesday, May 4th, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Thursday, May 5th, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
It may only be two days a year, but this is THE BEST PLACE to find an abundant variety of flowering plants and herbs in Center City!! This year, we're bringing back the nostalgic red-and-white striped tents of yore and introducing the "Children's Resource Center", which showcases numerous other charities providing services, education and/or recreation to at-risk children in our area. It will ALL be there…………..plants, herbs, flowers, food, beverages, our signature lemon sticks and non-stop, excitement-packed entertainment. Bring your mom, bring your kids and buy a plant to beautify Philadelphia and benefit children, too. Also, perfect Mother's Day shopping!


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GARDEN VALLEY — Golden Sierra's first of only two appearances on the home mat Tuesday lasted all of three matches.
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GARDEN VALLEY — Golden Sierra's first of only two appearances on the home mat Tuesday lasted all of three matches.
Visiting San Juan brought just a handful of wrestlers and went 1-2 — the one loss locking up the Grizzlies' 42-18 Sierra Delta League win.
Forfeits ruled the day. Neither squad fielded grapplers for the 106, 112, 143 or 152-pound weight classes, shaving four bouts at the start. Of the 10 left, Golden Sierra forfeited at 138 and 220 pounds while Grizzlies Brenden Orliczki (132), Jordan Miyara (160), Holly Mason (170), John Grover (182) and Tristin Short (195) went unopposed.
Of the actual wrestling, Joseph Herrera (120) opened but fell victim to Alex Baker's head and leg pin with 32 seconds left in the first period.
Next at 126s, Patrick Lewis, who also wrestled an exhibition match, built a 10-0 lead on Spartan Graden Norquist before a snap-down led to a pin with 78 ticks into the second.
"Coach told me to drag out my first match to get some mat time so I worked on tilts and other stuff I'll need later in the season," said Lewis who balances wrestling with a job at Mar Val.
In the last official varsity match, Will Echeveria (HWT) snapped Brandon Brojas to the mat for the take down and then to his back for the fall 33 seconds after the whistle.
In the exhibition matches. Coy Collins (120) and Orliczki were pinned, Lewis impressed with a 17-2 technical decision and Short used a head and wrist to turn his opponent for the second-period pin.
Lewis is the team's lone senior and one of five returning Grizzly wrestlers for second-year coach Tony Arena.
"We're young with a lot of new and first-year wrestlers," Arena said. "We'll look to stay competitive the best we can. Mostly it's teaching them the discipline of the sport."
Rounding out the roster is Mikayla Schnepel, Robert Teal, Matthew Freas and Elijah Perez-DuFault.
Golden Sierra defeated Encina last week 33-24. Due to a lack of confirmed teams, this weekend's Dan Arena Tournament has been cancelled.


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INDIANAPOLIS -- The lightning-fast 40-yard dash times posted by Arkansas Pine-Bluff's Terron Armstead, among others, will get plenty of buzz but it is important to keep a bit of perspective on a style of sprint no player will ever be asked to make in a game -- especially offensive linemen. As such, throw out the "slow" times from Alabama right tackle D.J. Fluker, NFLDraftScout.com's No. 4 rated offensive tackle and No. 24 overall rated prospect. At 6-feet-5 and 339 pounds, Fluker's game is based on power. So, when he was credited with an unofficial 5.32 second time in the 40-yard dash Saturday, scouts were hardly dropping his stock. After all, the Falcons' Sam Baker (5.43), Ravens' Michael Oher (5.34), 49ers' Anthony Davis (5.36) and Browns' Mitchell Schwartz (5.38) all posted similar times over the past five years and yet wound up among the top 37 picks of their respective draft classes. Each has since emerged as a quality starter for his respective NFL team. Jake Long, the last non-quarterback to be drafted No. 1 overall, was clocked in at 5.22 seconds in 2008. If there is a concern with Fluker's athleticism it is that he has limited initial quickness and flexibility. Speed rushers will give him problems off the edge. In the running game, however, he is a brutal assignment for defenders as he consistently is able to control the edge with his extraordinary reach (36 3/8 inches) and functional strength, including an explosive initial pop that simply doesn't translate well in the bench press, the only strength drill currently used at the combine. As such, the relatively low 21 repetitions Fluker posted Friday in the bench press won't harm his stock, either. Assuming teams are satisfied with his medical (he missed the Senior Bowl with a groin pull), Fluker is a rock-solid first round prospect. Rob Rang is a Senior Analyst for www.NFLDraftScout.com, published by The Sports Xchange.
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FalconStor Certifies QLogic Adapters
MELVILLE, N.Y. and ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC), the premier provider of TOTALLY Open data protection solutions, and QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), a leader in networking for storage and high performance computing (HPC), today announced that FalconStor has certified QLogic® 8Gb Fibre Channel adapters and SANbox® switches for use with the FalconStor® Virtual Tape Library (VTL), FalconStor Continuous Data Protector (CDP), and FalconStor Network Storage Server (NSS) solutions, to deliver enhanced performance and scalability of FalconStor storage virtualization, data protection, and disaster recovery solutions.
Adding support for the QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel infrastructure reiterates the FalconStor Software commitment to deliver highly integrated and TOTALLY Open solutions. Thanks to rigorous testing for complete interoperability, mutual customers can now easily and affordably deploy QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel products across FalconStor solutions. QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel end-to-end solutions are designed to fulfill the ever-increasing need of enterprise-class business applications for maximum performance. 8Gb Fibre Channel doubles the performance of todays 4Gb Fibre Channel products while maintaining full backward compatibility with the large installed base of 4Gb and 2Gb Fibre Channel solutions.
"FalconStor Softwares solutions for data protection, optimized backup, and virtualization have always leveraged the fastest Fibre Channel speeds available," said Frank Berry, vice president of corporate marketing at QLogic. "Our QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel adapters and switches qualified by FalconStor are fully backward-compatible with 4Gb and 2Gb Fibre Channel legacy products. Today, FalconStor customers can confidently begin to migrate to 8Gb Fibre Channel storage networks, doubling the performance of their current infrastructure."
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SAN DIEGO – July 19, 2012 – Mitek Systems (NASDAQ: MITK, www.miteksystems.com), a leading mobile imaging software solutions provider, today filed a motion to amend its complaint to include the claims of defamation and violation of the Lanham Act for unfair business practices in its lawsuit against United Services Automobile Association (USAA) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
"We believe these misrepresentations are damaging to our company and are designed to inhibit Mitek's ability to compete in the marketplace," said James DeBello, Mitek CEO and President. "Mitek is a known innovator and pioneer in the mobile banking sector with a substantial list of patents and trademarks to our name. Our team worked hard over many years to create Mobile Deposit® and was awarded five U.S. patents related to this technology."
"Ironically, USAA's efforts to malign Mitek stand in stark contrast to the core values it so strongly espouses. We have given USAA every opportunity to correct their misstatements, but, unfortunately, it has steadfastly refused to do so. By unfairly using its power and size to try to intimidate Mitek, USAA is in effect threatening the very spirit of innovation so critical to the success of smaller companies around the country. Mitek takes great pride in being an ethical and responsible business partner to the financial services industry, and we are prepared to do what is necessary to defend our reputation and our inventions," continued DeBello.
In a press release issued on April 2, 2012, USAA falsely accused Mitek of misappropriating USAA's proprietary and confidential information while under contract with USAA and claiming it as its own. Mitek flatly denies these allegations and believes that it fully complied with its contractual obligations to USAA and did not misappropriate any confidential USAA information to develop its first-to-market product.
To date, USAA has not provided any evidence of wrongdoing by Mitek, nor has it identified the proprietary and confidential information that was allegedly misappropriated. Mitek launched Mobile Deposit in January 2008 with USAA's full knowledge, and USAA did not launch its competing product until August 2009. USAA first accused Mitek of wrongfully taking information from USAA to develop a product in April 2012—more than four years after first learning about Mitek's mobile technology.
On April 12, 2012, Mitek filed a lawsuit against USAA for patent infringement and breach of contract. Mitek believes USAA is infringing upon five of Mitek's patents related to its Mobile Deposit® product. Mitek is also alleging that USAA breached the parties' license agreement by using Mitek products beyond the scope of the agreed-upon license terms, and by disclosing confidential pricing and other confidential information for a Mitek legacy product installation in a complaint filed in Texas by USAA against Mitek. USAA's complaint is seeking a declaratory judgment that some of Mitek's Mobile Deposit patents do not apply to USAA or, alternatively, cannot be enforced against USAA. USAA is also falsely alleging that Mitek took unidentified information from USAA and incorporated it into a Mitek patent application in January 2008 and launched its Mobile Deposit based on such information.
In its lawsuit against USAA, Mitek seeks monetary damages, injunctive relief and a finding that USAA willfully infringed Mitek's patents, breached the parties' license agreement, defamed Mitek and violated the Lanham Act. For more information concerning the litigation, go to: http://www.miteksystems.com/usaa-litigation.
About Mitek Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Mitek Systems (NASDAQ: MITK) is a mobile imaging software solutions provider that allows users to remotely deposit checks, pay their bills, get insurance quotes, and transfer credit card balances by snapping a picture with their camera-equipped smartphones and tablets instead of using the device keyboard. Mitek's technology increases convenience for the consumer by eliminating the need to go to the bank branch or automated teller machine, and dramatically reduces processing and customer acquisition costs while increasing customer retention. With a strong patent portfolio, Mitek is positioned as the leading innovator in mobile imaging software and currently provides its solutions to Fortune 500 financial services companies. For more information about Mitek Systems, please visit www.miteksystems.com.
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The Boston Red Sox continued their impressive recent run with a 14-1 mauling of the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre - all of the runs coming between the second and fifth innings.
David Ortiz went deep twice to pass Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski for 36th on the all-time list as the reigning World Series champions made it five wins on the trot to close the gap on third-placed Toronto in the American League East division.
They also eased a step closer to the second-placed New York Yankees after their arch-rivals slumped to a 4-2 defeat to the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium.
Monday's MLB results:
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The Washington Nationals recorded a third successive victory after seeing off the Colorado Rockies 7-2, Ian Desmond contributing five hits including a two-run homer to help put his side clear at the top of the National League East.
The Nationals are now a game clear of the Atlanta Braves, who were beaten 3-1 by the Miami Marlins after Garrett Jones hit a two-run single in the 10th inning to seal victory at Turner Field.
In the NL Central, the Milwaukee Brewers earned a half-game lead over the non-playing Cardinals with a 5-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds, while there was no change at the top of the NL West as both the San Francisco Giants and LA Dodgers picked up victories.
Pacesetters the Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 for their fourth triumph in five games while the Dodgers were 5-2 victors over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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The Queens store was small, but the building, which contained Spiratone's main offices, was fairly big. And the nearby warehouse was also big. The Manhattan operation was quite small by comparison. The store may have been bigger, but the whole thing was 1/20th the size of what was in Flushing.
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With the Lakers hitting over 50% of their shots on Tuesday night, it wasn't hard to get a 122-99 victory over the Pacers.
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We will have to see which Oakley's fit us and check out that lens.
It sounds like we will have to find a women's board for her for sure. Can you walk into most store and ask to demo a new board? Is there usually a pile or something to choose from or can you ask to demo a specific new board? I think I have a pretty good idea of what I want, that is why I was looking at the TRS, but we don't have a clue as to what she wants to ride.
Do most brands of bindings fit on most boards? I know wake-board bindings were pretty much universal, is this the same for snowboards? I wouldn't want to find a pair of bindings I like then find out they don't work with the board I want.
well, where I ride the shops have a selection of demo boards, all the big names and models. It's 20ish a day to demo and up to 3 or so days of demo will be credited towards a purchase.
i just looked at evo.com in the outlet section. They have quite a range of womens boards from for under $200. A lot solid entry level models. If your gf is a beginner boots are a way more important purchase then board. Look at whats in your price range, you should be able to get something for 200ish that will easily get her thru her first season. Also you know her. Is she going to pick it up super fast and want to go all agro? Or is she going to be mellow and cruise?
A good general all mountain would board would be enough to get thru your first season. By the end of the season you'll know where your board is holding you back and what do you like/don't like about it and what you ARE looking for in a board. And? then this year models will be on sale. March is a good time to buy boards as they tend to go on sale
and then you now have a rock board for early season.
What have you been using this far? Rentals?
I think outside of burtons slot thingie bindings are universal.
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SAN FRANCISCO — The putrid stretch at AT&T Park hit a new low Tuesday night.
A 3-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates dropped the Giants to 0-5 on the homestand. They had not dropped the first five games of a homestand since their first one at AT&T Park, April 11-15, 2000.
A night after getting shut out on 100 pitches, the Giants mustered just six hits and struck out 13 times against former San Francisco farmhand Francisco Liriano and two Pirates relievers. Liriano struck out 11 in seven strong innings.
Tim Hudson got off to a rough start but had a solid night overall. Josh Harrison kicked things off with a leadoff homer to right, and Travis Snider hit a two-run shot in the second, but Hudson would allow just two hits the rest of the way while getting through seven innings for the 13th time in 21 starts.
Mark Melancon worked the ninth for his 20th save.
Buster Posey had three of the Giants' six hits, including a leadoff single in the ninth. Pablo Sandoval followed with a deep fly out to right before Melancon struck out Morse and pinch-hitter Travis Ishikawa.
Hudson (8-8) allowed six hits over seven innings and took his sixth loss in the last eight starts.
While the Giants weren't able to give Hudson any help, they surely are encouraged by the way he feels as the weather heats up. Hudson has thrown a season-high 114 pitches in each of his last two starts and has given up just four earned runs in three starts.
The Giants made another flurry of moves. Veteran first baseman Travis Ishikawa had his contract purchased, and outfielder Juan Perez was recalled from Triple-A.


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The Office of Student Life provides crisis services 24 hours a day for undergraduate, graduate, and medical students who may be dealing with personal or family emergencies. Support services are available to students who have had an incident of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking regardless of whether the complainant chooses to report the incident to Student Conduct, campus police, or local law enforcement. Through a Dean of the Day (business hours, 863-3145) and Administrator-on-Call (evenings and weekends, 863-4111) system, students can receive immediate support and resource information. The Office of Student Life can also contact faculty members when appropriate and at the request of a student. Residential students have the additional support of residential peer counselors and live-in Community Directors for crisis support in their residential living areas.
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No Contact Orders (Or No Communication Orders) are temporary directives issued by the Office of Student Life prohibiting communication between or among designated students. No Contact Orders (NCOs) are issued when, in the judgment of a Student Life dean, there is reason to believe that an order would be in the best interest of all parties and the community for promoting peace and civility. NCO's do not become part of a student's conduct record unless he or she violates the order as determined by the student conduct system. NCO's prohibit all forms of communication between designated students, direct or indirect, written, electronic or through a third party. The duration of a NCO is determined by the Office of Student Life, and students may request to have a NCO lifted after an appropriate sustained period of compliance. No Contact Orders are not similar to court imposed restraining orders and do not guarantee that designated parties will avoid sightings or passing interactions on the campus or local community. In some circumstances, a No Contact Order may restrict a student from parts of the campus where he/she would not have to engage in required academic activities. Students who are concerned about their personal safety or need further information about public safety services and options should contact the Department of Public Safety or the Providence Police Department. Students who have questions about NCO's may speak with an Office of Student Life Student Conduct Dean during business hours or with an Administrator On-Call during evenings and weekends.
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I know my weighty opinions/recommendations will be worth nothing after this admission but I was reading comics occasionally during the Clone Saga (being in school etc) and was totally taken in by the whole thing. I haven't read the thing end-to-end but the whole wheels-within-wheels-within-even-more-wheels-and-no-end-in-sight thing actually appealed greatly to me.
I haven't actually read One More Day. I have read Sins Past & Sins Remembered (yes, the storyline is referred to in another trade - it appeared in a different monthly comic book than TAS, I think). I think my friendly neighborhood librarians do not want to admit that OMD happened. And there are no TAS trades since that storyline either. Hmm - jokes apart - I wonder whether they decided to drop those trades because of that storyline. It's pretty bad if libraries refuse to partake of Spider-man because of OMD....
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From Loss to Learning: Executive Summary and Introduction
Amanda, Savannah, Rowen and Serena:
From Loss to Learning
April 2008
April 16, 2008
The Honourable Bill Barisoff
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Suite 207, Parliament Buildings
Victoria BC V8V 1X4
Dear Mr. Speaker,
I have the honour of submitting Amanda, Savannah, Rowen and Serena: From Loss to Learning to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
This report is prepared in accordance with Section 16 of the Representative for Children and Youth Act, which makes the Representative responsible for reporting on reviews and investigations of deaths and critical injuries of children receiving reviewable services. In this instance, the report deals with the April 26, 2007 referral made by the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth.
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Representative for Children and Youth
pc: Mr. Ron Cantelon, MLA
Chair, Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth
Mr. E. George MacMinn, QC
Clerk of the Legislative AssemblyExecutive Summary
In April 2007, the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth asked the Representative to investigate the deaths of four Northern B.C. children who died between 1999 and 2005. Amanda Simpson, Savannah Hall, Rowen Von Niederhausern, and Serena Wiebe were all between the ages of seven months and four years at the time of their deaths. Each had a family history of involvement with the child welfare system.
Their names are used in full in this report because all were the subject of coroner inquests in 2007. However, their names also form the title of this report to focus us all on the heart of this investigation – four young B.C. lives whose voices are no longer heard.
The death of a child affects everyone, whether as a personal loss or a collective sadness. As individuals or as a concerned community, we not only ponder how and why a child died, we also ask if there is anything that could have been done to prevent it.
That essential question drives this child death investigation. By looking closely at the lives and deaths of a number of children, the Representative's report moves from a detailed look at individual cases towards overall analysis of system of supports, whether significant improvements have been made in the years following their deaths, and eventually to what remains to be improved. It serves a crucial public accountability function.
The Representative's role is not one of fault-finding. In this report there are occurrences where it is clear that errors or misjudgements by individual service providers or their supervisors are a crucial part of the unfolding story. There is no easy way around this, nor should there be. However, where this arises, the greater good can be served by also assessing broader issues of supervision, quality assurance and operation of the child protection system.
The work of the men and women on the stressful front lines of the child protection system must always be honoured. When a child dies who has been involved with the system, people at all levels of the system experience a deep emotional impact and sense of loss. We owe them all a genuine commitment to acknowledge the challenges and complexities confronting families and professionals, while at the same time ensuring death reviews are allowed to be a respectful opportunity for learning. The surviving siblings, parents and extended families require our compassion and support. Ensuring that the death of their loved ones not be invisible may be one of our most effective expressions of that compassion.
…the primary purpose for reviewing injuries and deaths of children and youth who are in care or receiving Ministry services is to point the way to continuous improvements in policy and practice, so that future injuries or deaths can be prevented…
A secondary purpose…is one of public accountability…the government has a responsibility to account to the public as to whether it has met its responsibilities to that child. The purpose is not to assign blame to individuals but to learn from mistakes and understand what went wrong and what went right.
– Honourable Ted Hughes, QC, BC Children and Youth Review
The Representative's investigation has determined that the system failed these Northern B.C. children on numerous levels. This knowledge must drive us to seek out the enduring lessons for today's practitioners. The silencing of these children's voices must stir us to move from loss to learning.
This report is the first external, independent and completely comprehensive investigation relating both to the services these children and their families received, and the circumstances relating to their deaths.
Although these deaths occurred before the creation of her new independent office, the Representative determined – and the Select Standing Committee agreed – that these particular deaths raised questions around systemic issues that warranted further investigation.
Given the time span of the involvement in the child–serving system of the children and their families (in excess of a decade), the Representative's office conducted extensive evaluation of the practice and policies during the entire period. Specific efforts were made to identify shifts in policy and practice, where the system has improved and strengthened, and where ongoing challenges remain.
The Representative's process examines broad issues, for example (but not limited to) child protection practice issues during the child's life, and communications between parties involved in the child's life and after the death. These can include police, the medical community, the Aboriginal community, teachers, child care workers, coroners, and the government.
The first stage of this investigation involved a review of all records for each of the four children and their families. Materials and transcripts from the coroner's inquests were analyzed, and Ministry staff interviewed. Experts on the Representative's Multidisciplinary Team then analyzed data and provided valuable advice for the Representative with respect to recommendations. The investigation also involved looking at the patterns, trends and risk factors which may have contributed to the deaths. Themes identified by the review of material, interviews and investigation, as well as those highlighted by the Multidisciplinary Team, were explored.
In addition, the Representative met with family members who wanted to discuss the death of their relative. Siblings, parents and other relatives of these children maintain a profound and personal interest in seeing improvements to B.C.'s child serving system. The Representative is deeply honoured by the trust some family members have placed in her, by their honesty and willingness to share their pain.
Issues identified in the lives and deaths of these four children that present challenges in current child and youth practice include:
• assessments of the children's safety falling below accepted standards
• significant guardianship practice deficiencies
• lack of thorough medical assessments for vulnerable children
• weaknesses in clinical supervision and case consultation
• lack of cultural planning for Aboriginal children in care, and cultural context in assessing safety
• insufficient communication between the Ministry and professionals in the community
• human resource challenges impacting the ability to provide safe and effective child welfare services
• uneven quality assurance practices not sufficiently focused on outcomes/results for children.
Examining these four deaths does not provide information to make sweeping conclusions on the child welfare system. It does identify systemic failings and cracks these children and their families fell through at the time, which leads us to examine progress to the current situation.
The detailed analysis that follows in this report focuses on identifying those enduring lessons that can be used to inform improvements to the child serving system and child protection.
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Sony is selling its New York HQ, then re-renting it
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??? Did you guys even read the news? I mean come on, who would think that sony could get bankrupt.
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- rbsony
> In reply to Xperiaan @ 2013-01-18 18:55 from fv}6 - click to readI agree...he sounds BITTER and UNREASONABLE...I think he is experiencing a big problem with his life lol
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> In reply to ashuishere @ 2013-01-18 18:49 from TL5a - click to readNice words man,
I never liked Nokia, but i really hope they come back.
I hate to see it in this position
- 2013-01-18 18:58
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- rbsony
> In reply to [deleted post]With all the UNPARALLELED-QUALITY products they produce, shame on you. You're not helping do you? just keep quite and eat your words. Thanks! lol
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> In reply to [deleted post]really?? well, that's a new level of hating!
did it hurt u when u were a little kid? or u just can't afford Sony premium devices? hmmm.....
- 2013-01-18 18:55
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going same way as nokia,
u lose smartphone sales,
u do not lose quality,
u lose critical acclaim in tech sites,
u do not lose die heart fans,
u lose employees and sell headquarters and rent them
u make a bang with the 920 and 820;u make a bang with xperia z and zl
while samsung and apple (fans) stare at the old piece of techs in their hands.
Surely nokia is on correct track wid asha and the 920,i hope the same for sony(i love sony products too).
I guess sony gets enough resources and teaches android better core and battery management!!
- 2013-01-18 18:49
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Nokia : Hi Sony
Sony : Hi Nokia
(they both sleeping under somewhere bridge) LOL
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> In reply to rbsony @ 2013-01-18 18:36 from Kg%m - click to readso true
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dont worry sony. 2013 will be yours. With the two amazing devices you have started with that is for sure,
- 2013-01-18 18:40
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> In reply to m1l4droid @ 2013-01-18 18:35 from JLRQ - click to readI'm sorry? Are you implying something? lol
- 2013-01-18 18:38
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What's good about Sony, they are transparent on what's going on within the company...but they never fail to produce QUALITY products despite odds :-)
- 2013-01-18 18:36
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Following in Nokia's footsteps, I see.
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One casualty of space travel, even for rigorously trained astronauts, is physical deconditioning from the effects of no gravity, or microgravity. These effects, including loss of muscle mass, body density, and overall decreased fitness, are temporary making walking initially tricky for astronauts after they come back to earth, for example but could be serious in an emergency landing requiring agility to escape.
Topologist and Albany mathematics professor Edward Thomas is one of the recent innovators of methods to combat astral flab. As a visiting scientist sponsored by the Houston-based Universities Space and Life Sciences Consortium, he developed the mathematical model for the Resistive Exercise Dynamometer (RED), an exercise machine for astronauts designed by a scientist at the Johnson Space Center. NASA was to debut the exercise device on the space shuttle that was launched this month. It was detained for another, unspecified flight.
In-flight fitness apparatus has been evolving since Skylab 2. Thomas's task was to combine resistive and aerobic exercises and adapt them to newer, smaller shuttles requiring more compact REDs that crew members can adjust and that still achieve the earth-like gravitational forces needed to be effective.
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I've always felt that Red Soda was the most New York of all the Florida bands I've heard, so it was no big surprise when I found out that they were relocating to Brooklyn. They've put together a new lineup with a sound very different from that of any of the group's previous incarnations. After years of releasing underground tapes, Red Soda has finally made its CD debut with the release of this 5-song EP. On this venture, the group has had the good fortune of being co-produced by Jerry Teel, who has been an important figure in New York's underground music scene for many years.
The CD starts off with "Drivin'," a song that captures the mood of driving down a desolate country highway at night without the car lights on, with only the light of the full moon as a guide. It features light and twangy, VU-ish guitar and expert use of dynamics that help relate the disturbed mini-drama that unfolds inside the driver's mind. The blending of guitarist Adriaan Mol's expressive baritone and bassist Tasha Drazich's clear-as-a-bell alto produces some interesting harmonies. "Beneath," the instrumental that follows, sounds like the Church gone haywire. Its mystical mood and unusual guitar overdubs and effects make it sound like a warped, noisy outtake from Gold Afternoon Fix . "When Judy Goes to Hell" starts out with another taste of weird, effects-drenched guitar that grabs your attention like an eerie, desolate wind. The guitar creates a mood similar to that produced by Allen Ravenstine's EML synthesizer on old Pere Ubu albums. As the music builds around the despairing drama of the lyrics, Mol's voice conveys a Frank Black-like hysteria, and his guitar erupts like a sandstorm on Jupiter. Red Soda, like most restlessly creative groups, are constantly evolving. While this EP gives a pretty good taste of what Red Soda are about today, it provides only a hint of even better things to come.
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Ambulance Garage Opening To Be A Two-Day EventFriday, October 17, 2014
Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps members have moved in to their new ambulance garage with its driveway on Wasserman Way, and have already held training classes there. After more than a year of construction, the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Association's (NVAA) Board of Trustees received the official certificate of occupancy for its new home of operations, and welcomes officials, first responders, and the public during two days this weekend.
Ambulance Garage Grand Opening Celebration To Be October 18 & 19Friday, October 3, 2014
Stepping back for a better view of the new Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Association (NVAA) garage at Fairfield Hills, Board of Trustees President Robert Grossman, MD, watched contractors finish floors in the entryway.
Wasserman Way To Close To Through-Traffic During August 10-11 OvernightWednesday, August 6, 2014
In conjunction with the construction of a new ambulance garage at Fairfield Hills for the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps, a section of Wasserman Way will be closed to through-traffic for an estimated nine-hour period from the night of Sunday, August 10, until the morning of Monday, August 11, officials said.


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A manifesto, a manhunt, and a murderous mess
Cops across California are looking for Christopher Jordan Dorner, a former Navy lieutenant and ex-LAPD police officer who has declared 'war' against his former law enforcement brothers and sisters.
In a manifesto posted to his Facebook page, Dorner vowed to "bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in LAPD uniform whether on or off duty."
If there had ever been any doubt as to the conviction with which Dorner wrote those words, it was erased this morning when Dorner reportedly ambushed police officers in two separate shootings in Riverside County, killing one and injuring two more.
Armed and Extremely Dangerous
Quan was the daughter of former LAPD officer Randal Quan, who Dorner claimed in his so-called manifesto bungled his LAPD termination appeal.
According to FOX News, Dorner had made false statements about his training officer Sgt. Teresa Evans, alleging that during a 2008 call for service, she kicked "suspect Christopher Gettler, a schizophrenic with severe dementia."
Dorner's accusation against Evans ultimately resulted in his own dismissal in 2009.
Apparently, he's been stewing on that ruling ever since.
Dorner's manifesto threatened more than two dozen people, some of whom have relocated for their safety while others are guarded by more than 40 armed LAPD protection details.
"This is a vendetta against all Southern California law enforcement," said Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck in describing the manifesto.
"He knows what he's doing," Beck added. "We trained him."
BOLO, Christopher Jordan Dorner
During one of his news conferences today, Chief Beck urged Dorner to turn himself in, but nobody with whom I have spoken today on the matter believes that's even remotely possible.
The consensus among me and my contacts — active duty and retired cops from several western states — is that Dorner has gone to ground and will only resurface for future attacks. Dorner is...
• A 33-year-old black man — six feet tall weighing 270 pounds
A Blue-on-Blue Nightmare
Just under a year ago, I and several of my PoliceOne Columnist colleagues decided to tackle the delicate topic of blue-on-blue shootings.
We looked at the issue from a variety of angles, from accidental shootings of plain-clothes and off-duty cops, to incidents like this one where a good guy wakes up one day and elects to become a bad guy.
We discussed issues like:
• Adding worst-case-scenario visualizations to your mindset training — seeing, in advance, situations in which you'd have to take on someone you'd previously considered a friend
I realize, of course, that Dorner is no longer sworn, nor is he even POST-certified, but he once was.
By all available indications, he was a hard-charging cop — the kind of guy who went to additional range training even though he didn't need to.
It's abundantly clear that Dorner — an ex-cop and a former Navy lieutenant — presents officers pursuing him with great risk.
A Wily Fugitive
"Fresh tracks" have been found in the snow.
Teams are apparently following those tracks.
If Dorner is hiding out in the woods — who among us doesn't immediately think of the classic David Morrel novel First Blood, which became a movie of the same name — we could be looking at a long-term operation.
His military E&E training will serve him well.
Then again, warm bodies tend to stand out in cold temperatures when you're using the right equipment.
I've been a longtime advocate for police use of UAVs equipped with thermal, IR, and other sensors for precisely this type of situation.
There are doubtlessly LAPD and other law enforcement helicopters already deployed in the search. I wonder if there are also UAV systems in play as well.
This is why I personally tend to believe that he parked the truck, torched it, and reversed direction back toward a more-populated urban area. In essence, the truck would be a feint, in my opinion. He'd know about IR and thermal, and he'd know enough to stay out from under the eye, so to speak.
Whether he is found in the hills, in an urban area, or someplace else, it's safe to say that there will be more gunfire before this whole thing is over. And that brings us right back to mental preparation for a blue-on-blue confrontation — or in this case, blue-on-ex-blue confrontation.
My reminder to every officer out there — whether or not you have to contend specifically with Dorner, or face a similarly-dangerous duty today — is that when the time to physically perform arrives, the time to physically prepare has passed.
However, your mental-preparation drills may continue every moment of every day up to and including that moment of truth on the streets.
Stay safe, my friends. You are in my thoughts and prayers... always.
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29 May (116lbs) Joe Bowker w pts 20 Pinky Evans, NSC, Covent Garden, London, England
29 May (116lbs) Joe Bowker w pts 20 Pinky Evans, NSC, Covent Garden, London, England. Referee: J. H. Douglas. Billed for the world 116lbs title, Bowker (116) got down to work immediately at the opening bell, firing in blows to head and body to leave Evans (115) slightly nonplussed. With Evans receiving serious damage to his left eye in that session it became even more difficult for him than it already was. Despite that, Evans soon showed that he was almost as fast as Bowker but took a pounding in the fourth before coming back to hold his own for a short while. Twice in the ninth Evans came close to reaching the Englishman with solid rights to the jaw, but after the 11th it was almost all one way. Even when Bowker was rattling in punches on Evans' damaged eye for round after round the game American did all he could to resist defeat and at the final bell he was warmly applauded.
Immediately following his latest world title success, Bowker moved up in class on a more permanent basis and the 116lbs title was claimed by Jimmy Walsh, Digger Stanley and Owen Moran. Other men who claimed the 116lbs title without any tangible support included Bill Stonelake (June 1905), Ted Moore and Darkey Haley (May 1906), Young Lilley (January 1907), Harry Thomas (October 1909) and Young Snowball in December 1909. Snowball, whose real name was Ted Broadribb, would eventually become a leading manager and matchmaker.


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George Ball, as we all know, was a good neighbor to every man and woman he ever met. But he was especially dear to those of us fortunate enough to live close to George and Nancy on Fulton, Stanton, University, Brookside, Clinton Streets, and beyond.
To us, George and Nancy were the gathering spirits of the neighborhood. For years, they opened their home every summer to welcome new residents with an annual feast. And every summer from the time he began gardening a small plot of land on Fern Street until this past summer, George would appear regularly at our doors with sack loads of fresh vegetables, all washed clean, to share with the neighbors. "Take more, take more," he would say with an encouraging smile, and then ride off with a cheery "I'll be back," moving on to his next delivery.
Being a good neighbor was never just local with George. How many times early Saturday or Sunday mornings we saw him come rocketing out of the alley on his bike, off on his rounds to pick up empty aluminum cans, first on the Whitman campus, then throughout the neighborhood in an ever-widening quest, so that eventually you might see him anywhere in the city, miles from home, picking up cans. And then later that day, we would listen to the familiar ring of George out behind his house, flattening cans with a mallet, one by one. For George and Nancy, being a good neighbor was part of being a citizen of the world, a duty to care for the planet itself, to make it a bit more habitable, and to help sustain the land that gives us sustenance, bounty, and beauty.
As no doubt George himself was sustained by the love and strength of his loving wife Nancy and his family. One of the last times I saw George out in the front yard, he was helping Nancy clean up after she had raked leaves into the street. I watched him as he ever so slowly, ever so carefully, bent down to pick up a few remaining leaves, first one, and then another. This is what George liked to call, in his self-deprecating way, "making small gestures". He made a million of them in his life, a lifetime of "small gestures" that added up to a miracle of love, compassion and faith in the human community.
George passed from us during the season of Christmastide, and so it was impossible not to be mindful of how much he embodied the essence of the Christmas message — of "peace on earth to men of good will". George was not a Pollyanna or Pangloss who thought this was "the best of all possible worlds". From his experience, he knew better. But he never failed to act on the firm possibility of a better world. He was a man of peace who made peace wherever he went and with whomever he met, because he was a man of "good will" whose love and generosity seemed boundless. And he was ever a bringer of "glad tidings". You always felt better after encountering George, better about yourself, and better about life too. He had an infectious goodness about him, a spirit of hope without shallow optimism that was true to his nature and to our best nature, a spirit that, once you knew him, could not be denied.
So go in peace, good and gentle neighbor. We will miss you, but we will all remember how you and Nancy taught us and continue to teach us the meaning of community, and be better off for the lessons learned.
John F. Desmond
Mary A. Denny Professor Emeritus of English
Whitman College
Neighbor of George and Nancy Ball


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African American Civil War Memorial
By supporting the Union, slaves and free blacks, living in the North and South, courageously advanced the cause of freedom for more than four million enslaved people. The African American Civil War Memorial commemorates the military service of hundreds of thousands of Civil War era African American soldiers and sailors. Etched into stainless steel panels of the memorial are names identifying 209,145 United States Colored Troops (USCT) who responded to the Union's call to arms.
Click here to begin browsing the Gallery.
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Last year, I singled out Michael Ruhlman's Ratio as my cookbook of the year. I still stand by that decision.
Today, Michael Ruhlmam announced the release of the Ratio app for Android devices. I quickly downloaded it, and it is pretty keen. It seems to include a lot of the content from the book. More importantly, it has an interactive tool that is incredibly useful.
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Enjoy the waterview and simple elegance of this traditional, coastal Massachusetts guest house nestled in the activity of a busy working harbor, and experience the ambiance of this quaint town. Directly across the street from the harbor; relax on the porch while you watch the lobster and sail boats come and go. View the spectacular sunsets on the water, and listen to the musical sounds of the sea. Appreciate the beauty that has drawn so many artists and crafts people to this area. It is only a short walk to town down Atlantic Avenue which spans the inner harbor. There for your enjoyment are the many galleries, fine restaurants, and shops of Rockport. I welcome you to this lovely region and to the beauty and peace of the Halyard Guest House.
Old Garden Beach, The Headlands Ocean View, Downtown, Vista oceano
Boston, MA (BOS-Logan Intl.)
Route 128 North to Gloucester. At the first set of lights in Gloucester, take a left on to Route 127 to Rockport. You will enter Rockport down Broadway until it ends, take a left on Mt. Pleasaant and another left on Norwood Avenue followed by a left on Clark Street. We are located on the end of Clark Street where it connects to Atlantic Avendue
Antique Shopping, Art Galleries, Beach, Gourmet/Fine Dining, Historical interests, Live Music, Movie Theater, Museum, Nature area, Ocean, Performing Theater, Picnic area, Religious Services
BBQ grill, Satellite/Cable TV
Air conditioning, Alarm clock, Fridge, Internet Service, Microwave, Private entrance, Radio, TV, Wired internet
Bird watching, Boating, Fishing, Golfing, Hiking trails, Horseback riding, Whale Watching, Whale Watching, Sailing, Shopping, Sight-seeing, Swimming, Tennis courts
Dawn Cunningham
Dawn has worked as a Realtor, Nurse, and Innkeeper. Jon has taught school, coached, worked as a Realtor, and commercially lobstered.


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Stephen J. Lacey, JD, LLM-Tax is a member in the law firm McClelland Jones LLC.
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There are few things in life that are as stressful as when a loved one must move to a nursing home. And even more stressful is figuring out how to pay for such care.
There are basically three ways to pay for nursing home care: long-term care insurance, out of pocket until all the money has been spent, or Medicaid planning.
There are so many myths when it comes to Medicaid. I want to dispel one of the greatest myths surrounding Medicaid: If you give your assets away, you must wait 60 months to be qualified for Medicaid. ...


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November 29, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) - As diplomats from the United States, South Korea and Japan prepare for talks today in Washington on North Korea's recent actions, President Barack Obama has been on the phone with his counterpart in China.
The White House says he asked that China let North Korea know that its aggressive moves are unacceptable. That includes not just the artillery fire that killed four South Koreans last month, but also the North's expansion of its nuclear program in a way that could boost its atomic arsenal.
China says President Hu Jintao appealed for restraint on all sides.
South Korea's Foreign Ministry says senior envoys from Washington, Seoul and Tokyo met yesterday to prepare for today's conference in Washington.
South Korea, meanwhile, has begun naval firing drills, despite a warning from the North that those drills would heighten tensions. It's firing artillery into the waters off the Korean peninsula, as part of exercises that are set to continue through the week.
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The Sheriff's Office reported the following:
10:05 a.m., San Andreas — Someone was causing a disturbance at a business on Mountain Ranch Road.
11:49 a.m., San Andreas — Someone reported a suspicious woman in black sitting in front of a store on East Saint Charles Street.
12:29 p.m., West Point — A break in and theft was reported on Skull Flat Road.
1:37 p.m., San Andreas — A break in was reported at a business on West Saint Charles Street.
8:51 p.m., Hathaway Pines — A truck was found with its windshield and side window broken out at Glen Echo Drive and Hillcrest Drive.
9:49 p.m., Murphys — Someone reported a disturbance on Williams Street.
9:58 p.m., Mokelumne Hill — An arrest was made for violating a restraining order after a disturbance involving a backhoe on Rich Gulch Court.
10:24 p.m., Wallace — Multiple gunshots were heard over the last 10 minutes near Limestone Drive.
11:47 p.m., San Andreas — An altercation was reported at a business on West St. Charles Street.
Felony bookings
10:22 p.m., Mokelumne Hill — Tabitha Marie Huntley, 24, of the 8900 block of Mokelumne Hill, was booked after an arrest on the 9000 block of Center Street.
Cited on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs:
12:43 a.m., Arnold — Michael Charles Colston II, 21, of the 800 block of Summit View Road, was arrested on the 100 block of Highway 4. He was also booked on a misdemeanor charge of violation of probation.
The Sonora Police Department reported the following:
11:08 a.m., traffic accidents — A semi-truck hit a sign at West Stockton Street and Highway 108.
12:40 p.m., battery — A woman was arrested after an altercation including throwing things at her roommate's boyfriend on Mono Way.
2:06 p.m., drugs — An officer responded to a drug call on Sanguinetti Road.
4:13 p.m., warrant arrests — A man was arrested on warrants for drug charges on North Stewart Street.
6:33 p.m., theft — A woman was cited and released for larceny on Sanguinetti Road.
7:46 p.m., suspicious circumstances — A young man was digging through a trash bin on Ponderosa Drive. Officers concluded he was collecting recyclables with permission.
The Sheriff's Office reported the following:
3:53 a.m., Twain Harte — Someone called in a verbal argument between several people at East Avenue and Sequoia Drive.
7:38 a.m., Sonora — Someone reported 30 Tramadol and 30 Oxycodone pills stolen from his bathroom on the 11700 block of Campo Seco Road. He believes it was one of the young men that helped renovate his house.
8:09 a.m., Sonora — A man said he was threatened by another man on the 22600 block of Wildcat Ridge Road. The one making threats said the other would be hurt by multiple people.
8:11 a.m., Jamestown — Several cars were ransacked overnight, but nothing was taken, someone reported on the 10300 block of Willow Street. Also, someone was ringing doorbells and running away between 1 and 7 a.m.
8:18 a.m., Jamestown — Someone reported two signs on the 10300 block of Preston Lane were graffitied recently. He believes overnight.
10:30 a.m., Sonora — A woman has been receiving harassing phone calls from an ex-family member through marriage on the 15500 block of Buena Vista Avenida.
10:37 a.m., Mi-Wuk Village — A man decided he wanted to report an assault from a week and a half ago when his neighbor slapped him on the 23900 block of Redwood Court.
10:48 a.m., Sonora — A son is reporting that his father is "in his face and attacking him" on the 19300 block of Susan Way.
10:53 a.m., Jamestown — A tire was slashed on the 18100 block of Sixth Avenue after 10 p.m. the night before. Someone said youths may have slashed others that night.
11:12 a.m., Jamestown — A woman said a man called threatening her about his car parked at her house on the 9000 block of Friendship Hill Road. The man has also threatened the man who brought the car there, who he was in a fight with before.
12:48 p.m., Sonora — Someone reported damage to a back door and the back door being wide open on the 20700 block of North Sunshine Road.
12:56 p.m., Sonora — Two women blamed each other for starting an argument on the 20100 block of Cedar Road North.
2:22 p.m., Jamestown — A man reported his daughter's boyfriend made threats while being kicked out of a residence on the 18100 block of Ninth Avenue. He told the caller's son he will be "the first one I take care of," and that "he's gone."
2:31 p.m., Jamestown — Someone said a man and woman were arguing at Third Avenue and 10th Street. Others nearby didn't hear anything.
2:54 p.m., Sonora — A woman said she was being harassed by another woman by phone, email and Facebook on the 16600 block of Creekside Drive. She didn't know why she was being harassed, but said this woman may have spoken to her boyfriend.
3:15 p.m., Twain Harte — Someone reported his or her home broken into on June 12 on the 23500 block of Middle Camp Road. The locks were changed and $20,000 worth of property was stolen. It is part of a mortgage fraud, they said.
3:33 p.m., Sonora — A man said vehicles had driven to his house twice, with suspicious people getting out and looking at his house on the 14500 block of Booker Road. When he confronted the people, both times they said they were looking for "Nick."
4:11 p.m., Jamestown — Someone reported ATM fraud at a business on the 14500 block of Mono Way.
4:24 p.m., Sonora — Someone said a house may have been burglarized on the 14100 block of Oak Knoll Road.
5:33 p.m., Sonora — Medication was reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle on the 20000 block of Cedar Road North.
6:51 p.m., Jamestown — Someone heard a man yelling for help, then yelling "get off of me" and heard someone getting hit. Horns honking and cars coming and going were also heard at East Brookside Drive and Kewin Mill Road.
8:48 p.m., East Sonora — A call was transferred to California Highway Patrol regarding a driver hitting a wall at a business on the 14200 block of Tuolumne Road and driving off.
8:49 p.m., Jamestown — Someone reported being harassed on the 18500 block of Rawhide Road by the same two men harassing each other over the car.
9:51 p.m., Jamestown — A suspicious red pickup truck was reported on the 10700 block of Wigwam Road.
10 p.m., Sonora — Someone requested a patrol check on a smaller truck with loud exhaust driving around the neighborhood on the 21800 block of Paseo De Los Portales.
10:16 p.m., Tuolumne — A man was arrested for suspicion of domestic violence after a disturbance on the 18900 block of Mill Site Road.
Felony bookings
12:58 a.m., East Sonora — Carlos Rene Canez, 24, of the 13200 block of Arnistead Circle, was booked on suspicion of drug possession after an arrest at Highway 108 and Draper Mine Road.
7:55 p.m., Tuolumne — Ryan Ray Timmons, 26, of the 19300 block of Portofino Court, was booked on suspicion of battery with serious bodily injury after an arrest at his home.
Cited on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs:
2:26 a.m., Sonora area — Taylor Ellis Rose, 24, of the 22600 block of Bret Harte Drive, was booked after an arrest on Phoenix Lake Road, east of Silver Trail. She also was held on a misdemeanor charge of hit-and-run property damage.


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Comodo Internet Security 4.0
Comodo Internet Security 4.0 : Serious Scan Errors On my non-infested physical test system Comodo identified several perfectly valid files as malware. Had I believed its erroneous report I would have wiped out my Drive Image backup system, among other things.
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Simon Property's shareholders rejected David Simon's $137 million pay package by a large margin: 73 percent of the votes cast for or against were against.
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Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs.
The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.
That was up more than 6 percent from the previous year, and is the second year in a row of increases. The figure is also the highest since the AP began tracking executive compensation in 2006. ...


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The Lobster Pot Restaurant - Kennington
Situated in Kennington, close to Elephant and Castle, The Lobster Pot is a highly recommended and nautical-themed testament to Brittany-born owner and head chef Hervé Régent's love of lobsters. The Lobster Pot is recommended by the Hardens, Square Meal, Good Food and Via Michelin guides. Established over 15 years ago by Hervé and his wife Nathalie, The Lobster Pot is committed to serving fresh dishes that taste delectable in an atmosphere that is truly unique and fun. To ensure that only the finest quality produce is used in the kitchen, Hervé goes to Billingsgate and New Covent Garden markets early and insists on bringing only the best back to his kitchen. The Lobster Pot's specialities are, naturally, fish and seafood, however a selection of meat dishes are offered and vegetarians can be catered for. The famous 8-course Surprise Menu is always a hit and the splendid French wine list has something for everyone.
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