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IRS says airlines can refund expired ticket taxes
The Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday issued an update concerning refunds for recently expired air transportation excise taxes or "ticket taxes."
Consumers who bought tickets on or before July 22, 2011, for travel starting July 23, may be entitled to a tax refund, the IRS said in a statement.
The agency also said that airlines that collected this tax should be able to process refunds. It also advises passengers to submit a claim to the IRS if they fail to receive a refund from the airline.
Here's an excerpt from the IRS statement:
Passengers who paid for tickets on or before July 22, 2011, for travel beginning on or after July 23, 2011, may be entitled to a refund of the tax. Airlines are permitted to refund the tax to the passenger, just as they do in the ordinary course of business when issuing refunds for unused refundable tickets (including the associated taxes).
Because the airlines and travel service providers already have the information about passenger ticket purchases and travel, and in many cases have payment card information that may facilitate streamlined refunds, the IRS has asked the airlines to provide refunds to eligible passengers when requested.
However, passengers who are unable to obtain a refund from the airline may obtain a refund by submitting a claim to the IRS. Because the IRS has no information about passenger ticket purchases or travel dates, travelers who are unable to obtain a refund from the airline will be required to submit proof of taxes paid and travel dates to the IRS under procedures that are under development. The IRS will provide additional guidance at a later date."
JetBlue Airways also issued an update Wednesday regarding its refund process. Read it here.
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Feb. 22, 2014
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Northern Illinois Huskies (12-13, 6-7 MAC) at Central Michigan Chippewas (9-16, 2-11 MAC)Date / Time: Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014 / 1 p.m. CT (2 p.m. ET) Site: McGuirk Arena • Mt. Pleasant, Mich. Radio: WLBK 1360-AM, 98.9-FM in DeKalb, Ill. • WJOL 1340-AM in Joliet, Ill. • NIUTube (NIUHuskies.com)Live Video: mac-sports.comLive Stats: CMUChippewas.comTwitter Updates: @NIUscoresAll-time Series: NIU leads 51-46Last Meeting: Feb. 12, 2014 • NIU, 88-63DID YOU KNOW?• NIU's 61-59 double overtime win over Eastern Michigan (Feb. 20) was the first multiple overtime game for the Huskies since falling in two overtimes to Kent State, 86-83, on Feb. 10, 2009. • The Huskies have won seven games this season by seven points or less, NIU won just one game by seven or fewer points all of last season. • Jordan Threloff has scored in double figures in seven of the last nine games and is averaging 13.2 points per game over the last nine, shooting 54.1 percent from the field and 79.6 percent from the free-throw line. • Jordan Threloff (27 points, 18 rebounds) and Aaric Armstead (13 points, 10 rebounds) each recorded their first career double-double last time out against Eastern Michigan. • NIU is ranked 40th nationally in scoring defense (64.0 ppg) and 44th in rebounding margin (+4.7). The Huskies also rank 64th in three-point field goal defense (32.0 percent). • Aaric Armstead is averaging 8.7 points per game in 14 games since replacing an injured Dontel Highsmith in the starting lineup. In league play, Armstead is fifth among freshmen in scoring (8.5 ppg) and third in rebounding (4.2 rpg). Armstead is the only player that ranks in the top-five in both categories. • Darrell Bowie has grabbed seven-or-more rebounds 16 times this season. Bowie ranks ninth in the MAC in rebounding (7.0 rpg).• Travon Baker is also averaging 2.2 steals per contest in league play, third-best in the MAC. • Pete Rakocevic is shooting 71.4 percent (15-of-21) from the field over the past eight games. • NIU's 12 wins this season are more than double its total from the two previous years combined (10). The 12 wins are the most for a Huskie team since going 17-11 during the 2005-06 season. • Aksel Bolin has appeared 107 games during his NIU career, but saw his streak of 86 consecutive games snapped at Ball State due to illness. The NIU record for career games played in 117, by Anthony Maestranzi and Todd Peterson (2002-06). • NIU has won nine of the 10 games this season in which it has had a better field goal percentage than its opponent. • The Huskies have won five road games this season, the most for the program since winning six in 2005-06. • The Huskies have lost 51 man games due to injury this season, not including redshirts, and are currently dressing nine scholarship players. ABOUT CENTRAL MICHIGAN• Central Michigan brings a 9-16 overall record, 2-11 in Mid-American Conference play, into Sunday's contest under second-year head coach Keno Davis. The Chippewas are coming off a 101-95 triple overtime win over Ball State. • CMU has three players scoring in double figures as Chris Fowler (18.0 ppg), John Simons (11.0 ppg) and Braylon Rayson (10.5) are all scoring in double figures for the Chippewas. • Central Michigan ranks second in the MAC in scoring offense, averaging 74.8 points per game. The Chippewas have attempted 624 three-point field goals, 63 more than anyone in the MAC (Kent State, 561). THE LAST MEETING• NIU claimed an 88-63 victory over Central Michigan in the first meeting of the season on Feb. 12 at the NIU Convocation Center. The Huskies shot 57.7 percent from the floor in the contest, including 66.7 percent in the second half. • Darrell Bowie scored a game-high 19 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out four assists to lead NIU. • Aaric Armstead added 17 points, Jordan Threloff had 14 points and Daveon Balls chipped in 11 points. • NIU's 88 points is the most against a Division I opponent since scoring 99 on Jan. 6, 2010 against Chicago State.• The 25-point margin of victory is NIU's largest over a conference foe since defeating Eastern Michigan 94-61 (33) on Feb. 26, 2006. THE ALL-TIME SERIES• NIU holds a 51-46 advantage in the all-time series against Central Michigan, but the Chippewas have a 31-15 edge in meetings played in Mt. Pleasant. • Last season's 74-61 win in Mt. Pleasant was NIU's first road win against Central Michigan since 2006. • The Huskies and Chippewas have split the last six overall meetings in the series. THRELOFF LEADS HUSKIES IN DOUBLE OVERTIME THRILLER• Jordan Threloff recorded his first career double-double with a career-best 27 points and a career-high 18 rebounds as NIU defeated Eastern Michigan, 61-59, in double overtime on Feb. 20. • Threloff capped his monster night with a tip-in to win the game in double overtime with 0.8 seconds to play. Threloff's tip-in was No. 9 on SportsCenter's Top 10 plays of the night. • Aaric Armstead also recorded his first career double-double with 13 points and a career-high 10 rebounds. • Four Huskies played over 40 minutes in the contest, with Aaric Armstead playing a team-high 44 minutes. Darrell Bowie, Jordan Threloff and Travon Baker each played 42 minutes. Eastern Michigan's Mike Talley played a game-high 47 minutes. • NIU outrebounded the Eagles 63-42; the Huskies also had a 20-10 edge in second chance points and a 34-14 advantage in points in the paint. • The contest was NIU's first multiple overtime game since falling in two overtimes to Kent State, 86-83, on Feb. 10, 2009. THE TURNAROUND• Third-year head coach Mark Montgomery has NIU headed in the right direction, after two years of laying the foundation of his program; the fruits of that labor are starting to show. Consider the following…• NIU's 12 wins this season are more than double its total from the two previous years combined (10). The 12 wins are the most for a Huskie team since going 17-11 during the 2005-06 season.• The seven-win improvement over last season's five wins is already NIU's ninth-best single season win improvement in school history. With two more wins, NIU would tie a school record for the biggest single-season turnaround in program history. • NIU's six conference wins are also the most for the Huskies since recorded 12 during the 2005-06 season. • NIU currently has a RPI of 198; the Huskies have not finished with an RPI above 260 since the 2005-06 season. • The Huskies currently rank 221 in the KenPom ratings. NIU has not finished a season above 230 since the 2006-07 campaign. • The Huskies have won five road games this season, the most for the program since winning six in 2005-06. • The Huskies finished the non-conference portion of the schedule with a 6-6 record, marking the most non-conference wins for NIU since winning six in 1999-2000. • NIU has had 64 double figure scoring games this season, NIU had just 46 such performances last year. • The Huskies have had 38 seven-plus rebound performances this season, NIU had just 22 a year ago. • In NIU's 88-63 victory over Central Michigan (Feb. 12), the Huskies recorded their largest margin of victory over a conference foe (25) since defeating Eastern Michigan 94-61 (33) on Feb. 26, 2006. NIU's 88 points is the most for the program against a Division I opponent since defeating Chicago State 99-93 on Jan. 6, 2010. • NIU had a three-game winning streak from Jan. 29-Feb. 4, winning at Kent State and Ball State along with a home win over Miami (Ohio). The three-game winning streak is NIU's longest since winning six-straight in the 2009-10 season (Jan. 2, 2010-Jan. 20, 2010). • NIU defeated Bowling Green, 45-36, to record its first victory at Bowling Green since 2006. The 36 points allowed by the Huskies were the fewest allowed by NIU since holding Akron to 30 in a 48-30 victory on Jan. 26, 1991.


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TC TO JAMES JOHNSTON; 20 December 1823; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18231220-TC-JJ-01; CL 2:487-490.
Kinnaird House, 20th December, 1823—
My dear Johnston,
If you ever think of me at all, you must have formed some strange conjectures lately about my walk and conversation. I should have written to you several weeks ago. Doubtless, however, you are now too old a correspondent to think such occurrences miraculous; or even to impute my silence to any blameable feeling,—unless in a cynical mood you include among the list of crimes that amiable habit of indolence and ennui and dulness, which circumstances like mine are apt enough to engender. The truth is since I parted with you, I have been very much baited by sickness and business and stupidity; I have often thought of you, tho' till now I have never been able to muster the little particle of resolution necessary for writing you a letter.
Perhaps I should hardly have ventured even now had it not been for anxiety to learn how it fares with you in your new situation. I need not say that I felt gratified at hearing of your settlement, so respectable and so opportune: I trust it more than realizes all your hopes. These I can gather from your letter were not of the most sanguine kind; indeed it is easy to perceive that such a place is not formed to content you: nevertheless it is a city of refuge in the mean while; you may save a few pounds in it; and be constantly on the outlook for some better and more permanent engagement, which you will then be in a case to undertake under far better auspices. I have no shadow of doubt that you will ultimately, and that ere long, be provided for according to your wish. The proportion between your qualities and your hopes assures me of this. You are gathering experience and getting knowledge and making friends. Did Irving ever write to you? He had some notable project in his head about setting you into some school at Haddington; which I had little faith in. Of course he will not have written: he writes to none. Tell me, by the first opportunity, how all things are going with you in the General's.1 Stupid boys are a dreadful curse; and foolish mothers often make it worse: there is no remedy but patience—the moral panacea, patience; let things take their train without struggling too fiercely against them, you will find it best. There is a text, not quite scriptural, but which suits you exactly in its purport. A minister in the Middlebie pulpit was attempting to preach upon these words: "He that is unholy, let him be unholy still." The poor man as you know perhaps could do nothing but repeat and rerepeat the verse, He that is un&c, having totally forgotten the beginning of his sermon. An upland Proprietor listened to him with increasing impatience reiterating the words; till at length another he that is unholy drove the worthy Laird out of all composure; he started up, squeezed on his hat, and stalked gruffly along the passage muttering: "He that is a confounded Jackass let him be a Jackass still"!— There is much truth in that prayer, much good sense.2
I have been in Edinr, since I saw you: I returned from it only ten days ago. The increasing pressure of Dyspepsia and discontent were afflicting me to such a degree that I came to the resolution of giving up my situation here, of retiring into Annandale and trying for six months by all means under heaven if health of body could not be regained: in the affirmative case, I should be the happiest man alive; in the negative, it was but to go distracted and take a dose of arsenic and so be done with it. The people of the house advised me that it would be better to consult a Doctor; they seemed also to think it would be using them rather scurvily if I went away at this season. I accordingly delivered my introductory letter to George Bell,3 who examined me and prescribed to me secundum artem [according to his art]. He has given me mercury and solemnly commanded me to abstain from tobacco in all its shapes. Snuff he says is as pernicious as any other way of it. Do you mark that Master Brook?4 I have tasted no morsel of the weed for nearly three weeks. On the whole I cannot say that I am perceptibly better; [yet] I have returned hither, to stay with the worthy people till the end of February, when they leave the place for Edinr, and thence for London. Whether I shall accompany them must depend on the state of my "outward fellow," and several other circumstances. In the mean time I exercise no small philosophy. The aspect of things is dreary and dull; it is all one can do at present to keep from dying of the spleen. These wild moors are white as Millers; the roads are ancle-deep with half-melted snow; the very Celts are going about with livid noses and a drop at the end—the picture of cold and destitution. I read nonsensical books and talk insipidities and walk to and fro with a great coat, galoches and a huge hairy-cap. I ought likewise to be busy: but Satan is in me; I cannot work a stroke. The second Part of Schiller is printed, yet I cannot for my heart begin the third. This will never do.
Brother Sandy was in Edinr, meeting me to take down the horse. He had little that was new to report from Annandale: Parliament Geordy5 he met a[s] he was returning in a sleety day beside Tweedshaws. Parliament was flying to [the] North to avoid the destroying Angel, the Constable snatching at him for debt. It is some [scheme?], I understand, in which he had engaged himself for Calvert and a number of others joined in a sort of copartnery for borrowing money from the Bank. Calvert is now in Annan jail. I am sorry for Parliament; tho' he is a littleworth. How would you or I do if we could no longer keep the crown of the causeway? Let us never complain. Jack had a letter from you, which he meditates answering: he is at present staying with Duncan Church; their address is Mrs Robertson's, 35. Bristo-street. They are diligently studying medicine, and reading poetry and general literature. Duncan poor fellow was not well—troubled with that infernal business, diseased digestion. If ever I get rich I will institute a hospital for cacochymous [cacochymic] patients specially: there shall be nurses and leeches to watch over them for twelve months each; after which, if no cure appear, there shall be a fund of Prussic acid, and other necessaries to put them out of pain. I found a letter lying for me at Edinr from Kirkchrist: they asked very kindly after you. There was also a short and shallow epistle from Mitchell, who seems to be going on in the usual mediocre style, smothering a fair allowance of uneasiness and discontent under the dictates of worldly wisdom sanctioned by a decent modicum of every day enjoyment. Mitchell has no warm heart; otherwise he is a worthy man.
The "Literary news" of Edinr were of very small account. Blackwood's Magazine is said to be going down; the sale is lessening I hear; and certainly the contents are growing more and more insipid. I hope yet to see it dead: it is a disgrace to the age and country. Talent joined with moral baseness is at all times painful to contemplate. The New Edinr Review, Waugh's6 is with the spirits of its Fathers! They gave it up last number: so perish all Queen Commonsense's enemies! There is a phrenological Journal—a journal of Spürzheim's scull doctrine:7 Error and stupidity are infinite in their varieties, eternal in duration. I wish you would write to me as soon as possible, and try to predict when we shall meet. It is mournful to think how few friends one has. I am always your's
Thomas Carlyle—


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Visiting Anchorage this summer and looking for a place to celebrate? There are some great restaurants to choose from for your summer holiday dining experience. If you only have one day in Anchorage it is a tough decision to just pick one. The bad news is that food—any kind of food—in Alaska is expensive. Here are the places that come to mind first.
Glacier BrewHouse
737 W. 5th Avenue, Suite 110
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Glacier BrewHouse is located on 5th Avenue between H. and G. Street.
First on the list is the Glacier BrewHouse centrally located and modern. It specializes in seafood and pizza with a gourmet presentation. The reviews say that it is loud, there is a long wait and the service was slow. I seem to remember that too, although it is probably a result of its great popularity. Check out the menu and see what you think.
Bridge Seafood Restaurant
221 W Ship Creek Ave
Anchorage, AK 99501
Cross Streets: Near the intersection of W Ship Creek Ave and N. C. St
I found this unique and fun location for fresh Alaskan seafood, the Bridge Seafood Restaurant, built spanning across the waters of Ship Creek that runs through town. Anchorage's urban salmon stream is a place you can watch anglers catch fish during the season while you dine. It also has easy access from town. Click Menu here
5200 Juneau St., Anchorage, AK 99518
Reservations: 907.563.2272
The Sourdough Mining Company Restaurant is fun too, a replica of an old mill house that has more the style and atmosphere you expect from Alaska. The service is good; the helpings are large and served in a basket on rough tables. Though the quinine is not exceptional the menu offers a variety of selections; Fresh Alaskan Seafood, Barbecued Specialties, Salads, Sandwiches, and famous homemade Korn Fritters with Whipped Honey Butter. Menus a click away
Cattle Company Steakhouse
300 West Tudor Road
Anchorage, AK 99503
Phone: (907) 562-2844
It seems odd to eat steak in Alaska but this was one of the best steaks I ever had. The grilled Artichoke appetizer is worth the trip for me and they have soup, sandwiches and other choices on the menu as well. It is not close to downtown but not hard to find. It is a known product being one of the Stuart Anderson companies. The Menu
Seven Glaciers at Alyeska Resort
1000 Arlberg Ave, Girdwood, AK
If the sky is the limit then go to the Alyeska Resort located just 40 miles south of Anchorage, to the town of Girdwood. From this mountain-top perch 2,300 feet above sea level, Seven Glaciers Restaurant is surrounded by nature from every direction. Every table features panoramic glacier and water views for a unique memorable Alaskan dining experience. The chefs menus have an emphasis on locally available produce, seafood and game, and include a famous dessert; the Baked Alyeska. A complimentary tram ride comes with advance reservations just stop by the Tram Ticket Office on the second floor to pick up your ticket.
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Today the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity released a report on how Super sizing your take-out meal can have negative impacts to your health.
The group says the growing portion sizes are causing Americans to have growing waistlines. That may not come as much of a surprise, but what might is how bad the problem is.
In fact, obesity rates in adults rose by 60 percent between 1990 and 2000, but what's even more startling, childhood obesity rates have doubled over the last 20 years.
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What Causes Obesity
The causes of obesity are complex and include genetic, biological, behavioral and cultural factors.
Basically, obesity occurs when a person eats more calories than the body burns up. If one parent is obese, there is a 50 percent chance that the children will also be obese.
However, when both parents are obese, the children have an 80 percent chance of being obese. Although certain medical disorders can cause obesity, less than 1 percent of all obesity is caused by physical problems. Obesity in childhood and adolescence can be related to:
What Are the Risks and Complications?
Ways to Manage Obesity
Source: http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/79.htm (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry).


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Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
June 24, 2016
The founder of a San Diego-based business has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he stole more than $2 million from infertile clients who sought his help in finding surrogacy services.
When children learn at an early age that their parents used an egg donor, the disclosure process is easier than when the kids don't hear the facts until they're older, a recent study suggests.
Our mitochondrial DNA accounts for a small portion of our total DNA. It contains just 37 of the 20,000 to 25,000 protein-coding genes in our body. But it is notably distinct from DNA in the nucleus. Unlike nuclear DNA, which comes from both parents, mitochondrial DNA comes only from the mother. Nobody fully understands why or how fathers' mitochondrial DNA gets wiped from cells. An international team of scientists recently studied mitochondria in the sperm of a roundworm called C. elegans to find answers.
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed an appropriations bill that includes a provision to pay for assisted reproductive technology for veterans who suffered injuries that prevent them from having a child naturally.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
June 23, 2016
The first and only published papers to describe genome modification in human embryos have come from Chinese laboratories. For some, this is another signal of China's successful transformation from a closed society focused on farming and the manufacturing of commodities to a world leader in innovation. For others, these studies are the latest in a list of feats reported over the past decade that reflect the country's lax regulation or cultural indifference to fundamental ethical tensions.
Twins born after fertility treatments may be susceptible to different -- and fewer -- birth defects than other twins, new research suggests. The study confirms that twins have a higher risk of birth defects than singletons, but it questions the notion that fertility treatments contribute to those abnormalities.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
June 22, 2016
Infertile women could be implanted with new wombs grown from their own stem cells within 10 years, the doctor who achieved the first uterus transplant has predicted.
A prominent conservative group hopes to derail a congressional effort to give wounded veterans access to fertility services through the VA, saying it could lead to human cloning and three-parent embryos.
Just three weeks ago, on Memorial Day, we honored our service members who gave the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country. Soon we will celebrate our National Day of Independence. Americans will take time to enjoy their families on this federal holiday.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
June 21, 2016
Sperm are the cheetahs of the microscopic world: Made of little more than molecular muscle and batteries, tipped with a payload of genetic information, they are optimized for speed. But to orient themselves before their epic, seven-inch sprint (it's more impressive if you're less than one three-thousandth that size), they first need to sniff out the location of the egg—and, it turns out, the analogy to the sense of smell may be particularly apt.
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Ron Cain, Jr. - present
Margaret Miller-Sanders
– present
Everett Vreeland - present Deane Driscoll - present
Ron Soussa - present Kevin Seidel, Alt. #2 - absent
Horowitz - absent Arnold
Schancupp – alt #1 - present
Alexander Kachmar -absent
Committee: Jim Sandham - present; Deb Nielson (alt) - absent
Planning Board Liaison: Tony
Speciale - absent
Environmental Commission: Monica Mianecki - present
Meghan Hunscher, PP - absent
Board of Adjustment –
Deane Driscoll
Deane reported that the Lake Valhalla Club application has
been postponed. Deane also reported that Mr. Patel's
application for a second floor addition was denied.
Planning Board – Jim
Tony was absent at the last Planning Board meeting. Jim Sandham reported that not much has
happened. At the state level, COAH has been abolished and absorbed into the
DCA. Montville's Housing Plan designates 14 rehab
rental units to be funded by the Township at a minimum of $10,000 each. The
Planning Board recommended that a residential fee ordinance, approved by COAH,
be adopted by the Township Committee to generate revenue to meet this
obligation. The Township Committee
debated the issue and on a vote of 3 to 2, did not introduce the ordinance to
create the impact fee.
Speaker - TOM
MAZZACCARO - Department Director, Montville
Water and Sewer / Department of Public Works
Tom discussed the new ratable chase and the policy of water and sewer hook-up
(connection) fees. He explained that there is a separate budget for the water department
and the sewer department which are self-liquidating through quarterly charges.
The revenues and expenses of each utility are separate by law. Tom indicated that the town is essentially
"built out" in terms of residential development. Most of the activity going forward is rehabilitation
of existing structures and redevelopment of areas.
Some areas in town are not connected to the water main and
are on wells but generally 90% of residential properties have public water and sewer and almost all commercial
properties are connected to both water and sewer. Development is restricted in
the Highlands area. The current excess capacity
for water is approximatley 700k gallons and sewer is 300k gallons. This excess capacity is useful for
redevelopment in situations like Lowes.
Tom discussed the application of connection fees. Development projects that do not existing
water and/or sewer connections must pay a one-time connection fee based upon
the type of structures.. Most rehab places, i.e. Rt. 46 and Rt. 202, have no
connection fees since they have existing utilities.
In response to a question Mr. Mazzaccaro indicated that all
prior MUA debt to the Township was paid back between years 2000 and 2005. The amount was approximatly $7 million
The connection fee is based on the state formula. Water is
based on an EDU (equipment dwelling unit) measurement. For example, in an office building the
formula is 3000 sq. ft. per equals one EDU. If one EDU pays $5,000 then 2 EDU's pays
$10,000. For the water connection fee an EDU = $3460, For sewer and EDU = $6429. Combined water and sewer is thus $9,889
under this scenario.
Tom indicated that an automatic tax lien is placed on
property if water and sewer quarterly charges are not paid. Water rates are the same for residential and
commercial. Sewer rates are the same for residential and commercial up to
20,000 gallons/quarter. 50% more is added for gallons over 20,000.
Tom indicates that an advocate is recommened to asssit new
development in town.
Mayor Sandham indicates that Montville needs to be more "user friendly" and
that the website needs to be more interactive.
He recommends that that an Ombudsman position be created to speed up the
land use process for applicants and construction applications. This would also help residents with other
matters in the Township. He indicates
that the Land Use Review Committee is evaluating how to make things easier for
Ron Soussa indicates that the Montville Construction office
is very efficient. He indicates that the
overall system needs to be improved.
EDC Business Inventory Survey
Mayor Sandham indicated that the Township committee thought
this was a great idea. The Mayor impressed upon the Committee the need to do
this sooner rather than later. In his
opinion there is no need to wait for county.
He requested an endorsement from the EDC. The Township Committee members would conduct
the interviews.
The EDC discussed the survey. Ron Cain indicated that businesses may be
hesitant to respond. Jim said that the
return postage could be paid and the responses could be anonymous if the
businesses choose. Maggie wants the
businesses to feel that the Township cares.
Deane felt strongly that follow-ups would be important to the success o
the survey.
Ron Soussa is concerned about the blighted properties in
town. These include the All Brand
Site. He asked if the property should be
condemned. He suggests that the
redevelopment of the Sunoco site get endorsed by the EDC.
The EDC members were polled and they approved the survey.
Mayor Sandham will speak with the Township Administrator
(Frank) to advise him regarding the EDC's ideas and to advocate a person to
help with the application process. The Mayor suggested Adam. Ron C. felt that Adam
holding this position would be a conflict of interest.
The EDC members discussed the Money Magazine article. Suggestions included a sign on the welcome
signs, have the Chamber of Commerce "run with it."
The EDC discussed applications that are "going
nowhere." These include Bill O'Dowd's
property on Route 202, Romola's development on Changebridge, the redevelopment
of the Sunoco site, the redevelopment of GI Auto, and Rails.
Jim discussed the need for a study to investigate revising
the charter to allow the Mayor more flexibility in making unilateral outreach
initiatives, including reaching out to the Township Administrator and
businesses. In his opinion, the role of
the Mayor is too restrictive (e.g. just to run meetings). He indicates that the Township Committee is
generally opposed to this idea.
No applicants were scheduled to appear.
Adoption of EDC minutes of 7-20-11
– Eligible: Ron Cain, Jr., Margaret
Miller – Sanders, Deane Driscoll,
Alexander Kachmar, Kevin Seidel
(alt), Arnold Schancupp (alt)
Motion made to approve as presented by Deane Driscoll and
seconded by Ron Soussa. So carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Dick Vreeland
Meghan Hunscher, PP
Principal Planner


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Reliving our 50th anniversary
Sept. 24, 2010, was a momentous day for MTSO.
Enjoy the sights and sounds of our Day of Celebration through the links below.
Video: Reflections on 50 Years
This presentation, shown during the celebration, features insights and recollections by members of the MTSO community.
Video: Installation of John Kampen in the Van Bogard Dunn Chair of Biblical Interpretation
Hear the remarks of Dr. Kampen and other speakers during his installation in the chair named for MTSO's first academic dean.
Video: Anniversary Evening Program
This program capped the Day of Celebration. Hear the speakers who inspired the audience.
Photos from the Day of Celebration
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Sophomore Paige Callahan is a two-time All-Louisiana through her first two season at Tulane.
Dec. 29, 2012
New Orleans - The Tulane Green Wave cross country trio of junior Emmi Aguillard and sophomores Paige Callahan and Mark Manion were each named to the 2012 Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana women's and men's cross country teams, respectively, as it was announced by the LSWA.
A native of Annapolis, Md., Callahan is a repeat performer to the LSWA team and was the Conference USA co-Athlete of the Week and Tulane Performer of the Week on Oct. 9. She claimed one individual title and finished three of six races among the top-5 runners. Callahan captured her first title and led Tulane to second place finishes at the Disney Classic 5K and the Screamin' Eagle 5K Festival. She placed fourth at the South Alabama Azalea City Classic 6K in a time of 22:23.83 and turned in a 17th place finish at the Crimson Classic. Callahan recorded a season-best time of 17:48.80 at C-USA Championships.
Aguillard, who hails from Baton Rouge, ran in all six meets this fall and posted a pair of top-20 finishes, including a season-best seventh-place effort at the Screamin' Eagle Classic. She recorded her personal-best time in the 5K of 18:21.30 at the C-USA Championships and posted a 16th place finish in a 6K race at the South Alabama Azalea Classic.
A native of Tampa, Fla., Manion was Tulane's top performer this fall and was an all C-USA Athlete of the Week and Tulane Performer of the Week on Sept. 25 and was also tabbed to the All C-USA Cross Country Academic squad.
This fall, he recorded a first place finish and led the Green Wave to its first team title in eight years at the Screamin' Eagle 5K. Manion posted three top-15 finishes in six events, including a 12th place finish at the Disney Classic and was 15th at the South Alabama Azalea Classic 6K. He ran a season-best time of 26:21.90 at the C-USA Championships.
2012 LSWA All-Louisiana Women's Cross Country Team
Laura Carleton, LSU
Paige Callahan, Tulane
Tessni Carruthers, Nicholls
Anna Katherine Devitt, Louisiana-Lafayette
Zahri Jackson, Xavier
Fionnuala Ross, McNeese State
(Tie) Emmi Aguillard, Tulane
(Tie) Allison Crawford, McNeese
RUNNER OF THE YEAR: Laura Carleton, LSU
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Jessica Stone, New Orleans
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Anna Katherine Devitt, Louisiana-Lafayette
COACH OF THE YEAR: Joseph Moses, Xavier
2012 LSWA All-Louisiana Men's Cross Country Team
David Rooney, McNeese
Daniel Mutai, UL-Monroe
Alex Bruce-Littlewood, McNeese
Jarrett LeBlanc, McNeese
Alex Kiptoo, McNeese
Hillary Kirwa, UL-Monroe
Mark Manion, Tulane
RUNNER OF THE YEAR: David Rooney, McNeese
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Hillary Kirwa, UL-Monroe
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Stephen Kerr, McNeese
COACH OF THE YEAR: Brendon Gilroy, McNeese


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This year, the Children's Theatre of Charlotte presented entertaining shows for families with children of all ages. From mice to Beasts to Shakespeare, there has been something for everyone. The final show of the 2009-2010 season will run from April 23-May 2 and it is called "The Commedia King Arthur."
"The Commedia King Arthur" is a humorous look at the legendary Kind Arthur before he became so famous. Specifically, when squire Arthur forgets his master's sword, he needs to find a a new one quick to keep his squire job. Can you guess the sword he finds? Perhaps it is stuck in a stone? The Children's Theatre comments that the "production features many well-known Arthurian tales, making it a perfect introduction to an English classic."
Of note, this production is meant to be funny and has much slapstick comedy to keep children of all ages engaged. "The Commedia King Arthur" is directed by Tarradiddle Manager and former Tarradiddle Player Steven Ivey and stars the 2009-2010 Tarradiddle Players company: Salvador Garcia, Leslie Ann Giles, Darlene Parker and Stephen Seay.
Tickets are $18 for the main section and $14 for the general section. The show is performed at the Wachovia Playhouse at ImaginOn, 300 East 7th Street. Performance times and dates:
Friday, April 23 7:30 pm SOLD OUT
Sunday, April 25 2:00 pm SOLD OUT
Sunday, April 25 4:00 pm SOLD OUT
Friday, April 30 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 1 1:00 pm
Saturday, May 1 3:00 pm
Sunday, May 2 2:00 pm SOLD OUT
Sunday, May 2 4:00 pm (ADDED PERFORMANCE)
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Burning the Clocks to Welcome Longer Days
Light from lanterns floods the night sky to celebrate the winter's solstice and the lengthening of the days to come. A parade of lanterns some more large and extravagant than others files through the city. Each lantern reflects its maker's ideas about and wishes for the coming year. Once the parade reaches the beach, the beautiful pyrotechnic display begins, as each lantern is set ablaze. The burning of the lanterns is accompanied by a fireworks display. All the of the fire rises into the night sky to celebrate the winter solstice and the coming of the sun and longer days.
People across the city are encouraged to make their own lantern for the event at one of the many workshops offered. However, due to safety regulations only individual lamps made at one of these workshops can be brought to the event. The winter solstice is on the 21 of December this year. The festivities are expected to begin around 6:30 that evening. The parade will end on the beach just across from umi Hotel Brighton. The best spot to watch the parade is on Madeira Drive just down the road a block or two from the budget seafront hotel.
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text: Leo Cuypers, pianist and composer from southern Holland, is one of the great unsung heroes of Dutch creative music - as a bandleader, solo pianist and member of the first incarnation of the Willem Breuker Kollektief. Heavy Days Are Here Again was a project that brought Bennink and Breuker (who made the first ICP record, New Acoustic Swing Duo, together as a twosome back in the '60s) back together after a somewhat fractious split, and reunited Cuypers with Breuker as well. The band toured, made a national TV appearance, then recorded this absolutely killing studio LP in 1981 for reedist Breuker's label, BVHAAST Records


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There's the usual brunch shindig every Mother's Day, and come June for Dad- well, another tie or shaving kit. But why not go above and beyond this year? No, not a six-pack and marinated steaks for him to grill, but how about literally going above and beyond. In a hot air balloon, for instance?
Every year, on Father's Day weekend, there is a magnificent Hot Air Balloon Festival held in Quechee, Vermont, just a 2 hour drive from Boston. The festival kicks off Friday afternoon, and continues all day Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for children, and free for the wee little ones (under 5), and available for purchase at the gate. There are even some discounts for dad on his big day. Valid for the entire weekend, admission includes parking, with school bus shuttles to and from your car to the festival. Just remember to keep that bracelet on.
Balloons ascend at 6:00 am and 6:00pm, weather and wind permitting. With the blow of a whistle, tens of balloons are inflated and one by one they take off. You can purchase a balloon ride online in advance or onsite, and ride over the Quechee Valley in a wicker basket. Enjoy views of the Connecticut River, Quechee Gorge, and the lush Green Mountains from the heavens. Sure, it's no Kansas; it's the land of Oz.
Balloon rides can be pricey. Instead, try a tethered balloon ride for $20, again, wind and weather permitting. Heights not your thing? There is plenty else to do. Pose as a Mafia crime family for an Old Time photo, enjoy a cooking class, or get a henna tattoo. But bring cash- many activities come with a price, despite the entrance fee. Kids will love the dinosaur bouncy house, train rides, and making crafts. There are comedy and juggling acts, frisbee catching dogs, and always live music. And there's plenty to eat and drink, from your typical concession snacks like fried dough, barbecue, and pickles on a stick, to local craft beers and woodfired pizza, and the best dumplings you've had up East. Or, pack your own picnic, lay on the lawn and enjoy the view as over 20 colorful balloons take flight and decorate the blue summer sky.
Next Father's Day treat him to something spectacular. Because, because, because, because, because. Because of the wonderful things he does.


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While shares of Energy XXI (NASDAQ:EXXI) plummeted after its purchase of EPL Oil & Gas (NYSE:EPL) was announced, the selling might have been overdone. Factors related to the merger and a compelling valuation when compared to Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold's (NYSE:FCX) recently acquired oil-exploration unit suggest the stock price retreat might be an excellent buying opportunity. Here are four reasons why.
Making a good acquisition
Energy XXI's buyout of EPL Oil & Gas looks like an acquisition that could provide many benefits. For around $2.3 billion, including the assumption of debt, Energy XXI acquires an additional 7.3 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) of annualized production. That production is located mainly in the Gulf of Mexico, where the company already has most of its properties.
The centralized location of these oil and gas fields should deliver meaningful cost savings. Overall operating costs can be pruned as duplicate expenses are eliminated. Developmental expenditures will also be more effective, producing more oil per dollar spent via a focus on developing only the best of the combined fields.
The transaction also brings more than cost savings. EPL's seismic data and field study abilities should fit nicely with Energy XXI's production expertise. EPL recently committed to $45 million worth of new 3D seismic mapping projects, a critical tool for finding oil and gas under the sea floor. The resulting data should assist in determining the amount of reserves available and which are the most advantageous to develop.
While paying a reasonable price
The fact that Energy XXI didn't overpay for these benefits enhances the deal significantly. At an estimated enterprise value, or stock market worth plus total debt, cost of around $2.3 billion, the purchase came to roughly $315 per BOE of EPL production based on the latest quarterly figures annualized. On an annualized sales basis, the transaction was worth about 4 times revenue.
These valuations aren't a bargain but seem fair. They are very close to what Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold paid for Plains Exploration & Production and McMoRan Exploration in 2013. Freeport, trying to diversify away from its core mining business, obtained an entire oil and gas division with the buys, receiving substantial oil and gas assets in regions such as the Eagle Ford shale in Texas, onshore and offshore California, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Paying about $6.6 billion for Plains and $3.1 billion for McMoRan, with the assumption of around $11.2 billion in total debt, Freeport's total cost came to near $316 per BOE of annualized production; that's approximately 4.3 times yearly revenue on an enterprise value basis.
Good prospects in the Gulf of Mexico
Besides undertaking a good merger at a decent price, Energy XXI's exploration prospects are encouraging. One area of focus is Gulf of Mexico salt domes. Salt domes are large, thick mineral beds that can hold oil and gas reservoirs. Though discovering these reserves can be difficult, they have been known to contain world-class resource amounts. In partnership with Freeport-McMoRan's oil and gas operations, Energy XXI is involved in two promising salt-related plays.
The first is called the Davy Jones field, where two wells have already been drilled. The Davy Jones No. 1, drilled to a depth of more than 28,000 feet, logged 200 net feet of pay. That's a hopeful sign since pay is the thickness of a potentially viable reserve base. The Davy Jones No. 2, located 2.5 miles away from the first well, seemed to confirm the field's potential when it found 120 net feet of potential pay in one area and 192 net feet of pay in another section.
The Blackbeard East ultra-deep field is another discovery. An exploration well drilled to a depth of more than 33,000 feet indicated the presence of hydrocarbons below the find's salt weld. Still in early days, further testing in the field's upper area is planned for 2014, and actual development of the shallowest zones could happen later this year.
The EPL purchase might add another potentially lucrative find. Investigation into EPL's Ship Shoal 208 field began in late 2013 with an exploratory well making a possible oil sand discovery. A currently running test well is expected to provide additional information by mid-2014, and further developmental steps are anticipated once new seismic data has been received.
Trading at an attractive valuation
Energy XXI's attractive valuation may be the company's most appealing feature, however. On a combined pro forma, or post-merger, basis, the company currently trades at an enterprise value of around 3.3 times its $1.7 billion in expected revenue. On an oil-deliveries comparison, Energy XXI is valued at around $243 per BOE from an anticipated 23.7 million BOE in annualized production.
Pricing is noticeably lower than Freeport-McMoRan's 4.3 times revenue and $316 per BOE acquisitions price tag from last year. While some discount may be justified, the current cut appears excessive. Given potential merger benefits, plus meaningful oil and gas discovery possibilities, Energy XXI looks like it could deliver considerable share price appreciation on any sort of unexpected good news.
Bottom line
The recent sell-off in Energy XXI shares may have been overdone. The company's acquisition of EPL Oil & Gas looks a good one, and its market valuation seems significantly discounted when compared to Freeport-McMoRan's recently acquired energy business. Of course, an energy company's worth will ultimately depend on how much oil and gas it can find. If Energy XXI can deliver -- even slightly -- on its exploration potential, the stock price may react with a substantial rise.
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By MIKE MILLER
OSU Extension
The services of an arborist may be required if a tree is in need of pruning, fertilizing, weather-related damage assessment or other problem diagnosis. The homeowner should have an idea of what needs to be done to a tree before hiring an arborist. Full-service arborists are professionals who possess skills in planting, transplanting, pruning, fertilizing, pest management, disease diagnosis, tree removal and stump grinding. Consulting arborists are experts who offer advice, but do not perform services. They specialize in tree appraisals, diagnosing problems and recommending treatments.
o Check in the phone directory, usually under "Tree Service.†Although anyone can list themselves in the yellow pages, a listing at least indicates some degree of permanence. Beware of door-knockers, who are especially common after storms, when nonprofessionals see a chance to earn some quick money. Often, storm damage creates high risk situations for both workers and homeowners, as well as the opportunity for more damage to trees and shrubs if work is not done correctly.
o Never be rushed by bargains and never pay in advance. Ask for certificates of insurance, including proof of liability for personal and property damage (such as your house and your neighbor's) and worker's compensation. Phone the insurance company to verify current policy information.
o Ask for local references of jobs the company or individual has done. Take a look at some, and if possible, talk with the former client.
o Determine if the arborist is a member of any professional association(s). Membership does not guarantee quality, but lack of membership may cast doubt on the person's professionalism.
o If inquiring about a company, ask if they employ certified arborists. The International Society of Arboriculture consists of individuals who have demonstrated their skills and have been recognized nationally.
o Have more than one certified arborist look at the job and give estimates. Don't expect one to lower a bid to match another's and be willing to pay for the estimate if necessary. Two or three opinions and cost estimates are worth the extra effort. A good arborist will offer a wide range of services such as pruning, fertilizing, cabling/bracing, lightning protection and pest/disease control.
o A good arborist will recommend topping a tree only under rare circumstances, such as to save the tree after severe physical damage to the crown, or for the decorative effect of pollarding in a formal setting or restricted space. Pollarding is a severe form of heading that produces knobs at the ends of branches.
o Beware of arborists who offer to service trees in curb lawns. The trees may be the responsibility of the local tree authority.
o A conscientious arborist will not use climbing spikes if the tree is to remain in the landscape.
o Beware of an arborist who is eager to remove a living tree. Removal clearly should be the last resort.
o Reputable arborists have made large investments in equipment and training. Trucks, hydraulic booms, chippers, sprayers, stump cutters and chain saws represent major capital investments and maintenance costs. Labor, insurance, safety training and continuing education add to the overhead. The price charged for a job reflects all these costs as well as a reasonable margin of profit. Work is usually priced one of two ways: as a single price for the job; or on an hourly basis plus materials. Remember that pruning is an art. The arborist's skill and professionalism may be more important than a low bid.
o Schedule work well in advance. Allowing the company to plan for your work may provide an opportunity to save on cost.
o Talk with neighbors about tree maintenance needs on their properties. An arborist may be interested in a group job rather than a single small job.
International Society of Arboriculture offers various membership categories for professionals, students and interested lay citizens. ISA promotes the improvement of arboriculture among its members and the public, sponsors research, produces educational materials and maintains a computerized information service.
The group may be contacted at International Society of Arboriculture, P. O. Box 908, Urbana, IL 61801. A list of certified arborists in the United States, sorted by zip code or state, is available on the Internet at www.ag
.uiuc.edu/~isa/arborists/arborist.html. Information was taken from: The National Arbor Day Foundation, Tree City USA Bulletin No. 6, "How to Hire an Arborist,†100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, NE 68410.
Miller is the agriculture and natural resources agent of Ohio State University Extension, Medina County. For more information, call Ohio State University Extension Medina County at 330-725-4911, 330-336-6657 or 330-225-7100, ext. 9237. Visit the Extension's Web page at www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~medi.


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Jun 23, 2012 9:15 AM
We may have fewer notches on our bedposts and more frequent moral qualms, but we agree with Barney Stinson on one thing. Suiting up is always the best option. So whether we're in the office, visiting friends at the drop of a hat, or hitting a charity event on the weekend, the JOU JOU Knit Boyfriend Blazer ($35) is coming along. It's appropriate for a slew of occasions, and doesn't require a sacrifice of personal style the way a stuffy grey blazer would. Nothing like being the best dressed in the room, right, Barney?
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Liaw's 71 anchors solid effort on a rain-soaked moving day
Arizona's three-over effort inched the Wildcats two spots up the leaderboard and into a tie with Texas A&M, UCLA and Kentucky for 10th place at six-over 870 in the field of 30 teams.
Once again, it was ebb and flow for
Junior Henry Liaw was the only UA golfer to finish under par on Friday, posting a one-under 71. He heads into Saturday's final round tied for 63rd place at four-over 220.
Sophomore Travis Esway remains the top-placed Wildcat, as he is tied for 16th place at one-under 215. Esway shot a one-over 73 in the third round. He is two strokes ahead of teammate Brian Prouty, who is tied for 39th place at two-over 218.
Ben Fox and Josh Esler are tied for 82nd and 103rd places, respectively. Fox carded a two-over 74 and stands at six-over 222, while Esler tallied a five-over 77 Friday and is at eight-over 224.
The 2006 NCAA Championships conclude Saturday at the Crosswater Club at Sunriver Resort, a par 72, 7,630-yard layout.
Top-Five Teams Top-Five Individuals
Lamar 865 (+1)
T16. Travis Esway.............................................. 74-68-73=215 (-1)
T39. Brian Prouty............................................... 74-71-73=218 (+2)
T63. Henry Liaw................................................ 76-73-71=220 (+4)
T82. Ben Fox...................................................... 72-76-74=222 (+6)
T103. Josh Esler................................................. 76-71-77=224 (+8)


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Beverage company Dr Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE:DPS) represents the little brother in the land of the carbonated soda titans. Over the past five years, Dr Pepper Snapple Group only grew its revenue 8% versus 51% for rival Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) and 54% for beverage and snack giant PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP).
However, all may not be lost. Dr Pepper Snapple Group has four compelling ways it can boost top line growth and make shareholders even richer over the long-term.
Purchase international trademarks
Dr Pepper Snapple Group derives 88% of its revenue from the United States. By contrast, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo derive only 40% and 51% of their revenues from the United States, according to Morningstar. Dr Pepper definitely needs to expand internationally.
Dr Pepper faces a significant barrier on this front -- other companies including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo own the trademarks to Dr Pepper Snapple Group's core brands. One of the things Dr Pepper Snapple Group could do is purchase all of these trademarks back and set up an agreement with PepsiCo and Coca-Cola to distribute these products abroad. This certainly beats having the competition benefit from Dr Pepper Snapple Group's name.
Expand distribution infrastructure
In addition, Dr Pepper Snapple Group could also expand its own distribution infrastructure so it wouldn't need to depend on competitors for its domestic distribution needs. Doing this in combination with the purchase of its international trademarks could go a long way in widening the company's moat. It could help finance these initiatives by lowering share buybacks, outside finance, and by lessening the pace of dividend increases.
Enter the home carbonation market
Dr Pepper Snapple Group possesses an agreement with Coca-Cola to distribute Dr Pepper and Diet Dr Pepper brands through Coca-Cola's fountains and freestyle machines. Coca-Cola wants to enter the home carbonation market. Dr Pepper Snapple Group could form an agreement with Coca-Cola to distribute its syrups through the new home carbonation machines. Coca-Cola certainly possesses resources and the distribution backbone to pull it off on Dr Pepper Snapple Group's behalf.
Increase its still beverage portfolio
With the health concerns surrounding carbonated soda beverages, it's essential that Dr Pepper Snapple Group expand its still-beverage portfolio. Still beverages only comprise 20% of Dr Pepper Snapple Group's revenue. For example, Dr Pepper Snapple Group could expand on its Snapple Tea portfolio. Moreover, since Dr Pepper Snapple Group has its hands tied due to a lack of trademark ownership in the international arena, maybe it could develop and expand the distribution of its still-beverage portfolio in that part of the world.
Moving forward
In the first quarter of 2014, Dr Pepper Snapple Group's executives said that the company wants to expand and build a distribution network in Singapore and Hong Kong. The company hopes to see some meaningful results from its Asian business in 2015. Overcoming hurdles in the international markets represents a must if Dr Pepper Snapple Group hopes to give its shareholders superior shareholder returns over the long term.
Foolish takeaway
Investors should keep an eye on Dr Pepper Snapple Group's international efforts. If the company falls further behind on that front then investors should take their investment dollars elsewhere. As always Foolish investors should do their own research before making any investment decisions.
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Posts Tagged 'James Wolcott'
The Open Book Book, and Other News
August 8, 2014 | by Dan Piepenbring
- James Wolcott on the scourge of nineties nostalgia: "Mostly a white people's pastime, nostalgia used to be a pining for an idealized yesteryear, for a prelapsarian world tinted in sepia … the Internet and cable TV have colonized the hive mind and set up carnival pavilions. Now every delight is obtainable and on display at an arcade that never closes … This anxious, ravenous speedup of nostalgia—getting wistful over goodies that never went away—is more than a reflection of the overall acceleration of digital culture, a pathetic sign of our determination to dote on every last shiny souvenir of our prolonged adolescence, and an indictment of our gutless refusal to face the rotten future like Stoic philosophers."
- With the Open Book project, two professors held "experimental book workshops … to help define what the classic book—and the new book—could be." Now there's the Open Book book, "an amalgam of essays on and artwork made from books. 'Not all of these books are made from and with paper-based books … We purposely sought book-like work for the Open Book exhibition that transcended paper media.'"
- What does a minute feel like? Sixty seconds. What does sixty seconds feel like? A minute. "I was a lab rat in a performance-art piece on the High Line. The artist, an Argentinian named David Lamelas, arranged forty-odd people—friends, tourists, commuters, passersby—shoulder to shoulder, like an extra-long police lineup. 'The time is now six-thirty-five,' he announced, looking at his phone. Starting at one end of the queue, we were each supposed to wait for what we estimated to be one minute and then call out the time."
- In the UK, a new edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has a remarkably creepy cover. "It features a cover photograph of a young girl in make-up and marabou feathers, perched on her mother's knee with the blank-eyed expression of a doll."
- Eighteen months ago, Steven Soderbergh retired from filmmaking. Now he's made The Knick, a grisly TV drama series about a hospital in the earliest days of the twentieth century: It's "a gritty glimpse of Gilded Age New York … The first ten minutes of the premiere are among the most gruesome I've seen this year, as [the doctors] attempt an emergency C-section on a woman with placenta previa, an operation they have already failed at twelve times before."
Barnaby Conrad: Author, Matador, Bon Vivant, and Thorn in Hemingway's Side
March 4, 2013 | by Lesley M.M. Blume
My brief acquaintance with Barnaby Conrad, one of the bon vivant-iest of all modern bon vivant writers, happened because a stranger decided to wear a certain necklace one evening last fall. I'd been invited to a Fashion Week trunk show in one of New York City's trendier hotels. I almost didn't go. I hate trunk shows. But I did go, and the designer greeted me at the door. There was a lovely starkness about her: those gaunt cheekbones and long hands and limbs; Modigliani likely would have loved her. Dangling from a chain around her neck: a charming little brass charm in the shape of a bull.
"My father was a bullfighter," explained the designer, who'd created the charm herself. "American. You're an author, right? Then you probably know him: Barnaby Conrad, the writer."
I did not, as a matter of fact, know Barnaby Conrad. Shame on me: as it turned out, Truman Capote had known Barnaby Conrad. So, for that matter, had Noel Coward and Eva Gabor and William F. Buckley. Sinclair Lewis, John Steinbeck, Alex Haley, and James Michener: they all knew him well. And Hemingway too—although, at one point, he apparently wished that he'd never even heard of Barnaby Conrad.
The first thing that you learned about Mr. Conrad, even when you met him in abstentia: he was charming and very appetite-driven. Two weeks ago, he died at the venerable age of ninety, having authored more than thirty-five books detailing, among other topics, his descent into alcoholism, the secrets of Hemingway's Spain, and the hijinks of the international bon ton in midcentury San Francisco. He was a Renaissance man with a talent for dwelling at epicenters of rarified, exclusive realms: as one of history's few high-visibility American bullfighters (while in Spain, he went by the name "El Niño de California," i.e., the California Kid), the proprietor of a who's-who nightclub, and also as an accomplished artist (several portraits of his famous friends hang in DC's National Portrait Gallery). Read More »


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Let $L$, $M$, and $N$ are subspace of some vector space. Show that following equation need not be true.
$\begin{equation} L \cap (M + N) = (L \cap M) + (L \cap N) \end{equation}$.
I am trying to prove it by using 'if belongs to LSH then show that it belongs to RHS' argument. I start with the assumption that $v_1 \in M$ and $v_2 \in N$; therefore $v_1 + v_2 \in M+N$ and $v_1 + v_2 \in L$ i.e. $v_1 + v_2 \in LHS$. Now if $v_1 + v_2$ is to belong to RHS, it must happen that $v_1 (v_2) \in (L \cap M)$ and $v_2 (v_1) \in (L \cap N)$ (right?); therefore $v_1$ and $v_2$ both must belong to $L$. This may not be the case.
Is this proof correct? I am confused because the equation looks true and I can not cook-up an example which shows that this may not be the case.


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The Big Fat Yen Flop
What ever happened to the Big Yen Downtrend of 2010?
At the start of this year, the Japanese currency was seen as in line for a thorough thrashing. Only the euro could possibly beat it to the top of analysts' and investors' most reviled currencies list.
Get set for a huge slide in the yen, everyone seemed to be saying. The dollar started the year at Y92 or so. A climb to ¥110 was seen, even among some of the market's smartest cookies, as easily possible.
The rationale ran like this: The U.S. is set to streak ahead of other economies, tugging itself out of its recessionary swamp nice and quickly, so that the Fed has to raise interest rates much sooner than the doomsayers predict. Japanese investors, always hungry for safe investments that offer higher returns than their own rather soggy government bonds, will flock into U.S. debt, and the yen will fall as a result.
Meanwhile, the Japanese economy is set to struggle, the yen bashers insisted, and the country's enormous debt burden poses a big risk in a world where investors are obsessed with sovereign borrowing levels. Sell that yen.
It all made sense at the time. And yet, fast forward to August, and the yen is the best-performing major currency in the world.
Measured against a basket of currencies from Japan's biggest trading partners, the yen has climbed by a chunky 10% so far this year, data from Deutsche Bank show. That's streets ahead of the Swiss franc, which takes the second-place slot at 6%. The yen is not a million miles away from its highest level against the dollar in 15 years, with the dollar trading below ¥87 Monday.
"God, I hate that currency," says one switched-on analyst. "It's just impossible to forecast."
How did so many smart people get it so wrong?
A few reasons. One is the euro-zone debt crisis. While a lot of traders sold the euro as that issue ballooned, few correctly predicted that the fiasco would become, in the market's parlance, a "global risk event" that spooked investors badly enough to spark a general rush towards safe bets. Rightly or wrongly, the yen counts as one of those safe hidey holes in times of stress, so it has been well supported for months.
Another reason is that too few predicted a fresh bout of nerves over the U.S. economy — an unsettling episode that has simultaneously fueled the yen-boosting flight to safety and pushed down the yields on U.S. Treasury bonds, pinching their allure for Japanese investors.
You win some, you lose some. Analysts and investors make good calls and bad ones, and no-one can see into the future.
It's not just the yen, though. Where is the widely-predicted collapse in the euro to parity against the dollar, or at least to $1.15? Where is the rout in sterling that we were reliably informed was just around the corner at the time of the U.K. election? What are currencies analysts and traders putting in their tea?
Either the market is in a whole new paradigm that really is more difficult for even boffins to understand, or crystal ball gazers need to rethink some of the almost emotional inputs that go into their views.


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One of the most popular awards on Club Nintendo, the Link Between Worlds poster set, has returned for the order form for members.
The poster set originally made its way up in November, around the release of the game. They were clearly in high demand as they went down rather quickly.
If you want to order the posters, you will have to dish out 500 of your Club Nintendo coins. That equates to registering around 10-15 games, which is a pretty steep price for some pieces of paper.
That being said, the set includes three really nice pieces of paper. You have the view of the Master Sword, Link looking toward Hyrule and my personal favorite which is all the characters of the game in their paint form.
Luckily nintendolife realized earlier today that the poster set had popped back up and brought it to our attention. Obviously it would be smart to order quick, as we have seen these things can be gone before you know it.


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Stardream Crystal is white with a lovely lustre. It is the whitest card in the Stardream range and in bright sunlight it really sparkles – like crystal.
Stardream Crystal is quite a bright white and both the card and paperweights were used in making this card. Sorry, no sparkles as this photo was taken in Northumberland in February and the sky was leaden grey and the sun nowhere to be seen.
We did, however find a bit of a sunnier day to photograph this Stardream Crystal wedding invitation.
These cards can be found in Card Making Projects.


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Jeffery Allen Coykendall
Published: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 3:02 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 3:02 p.m.
Jeffery Allen Coykendall, 50, of Lexington, died Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, at Hinkle Hospice House.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Freedom Baptist Church, 214 Hillcrest Road, by the Revs. Clyde Akers and David S. Kolb.
Mr. Coykendall was born Oct. 23, 1962, in Galion, Ohio, to Alva Coykendall and Bernice Lamoureux. He was co-owner and operator of Jeff and Steven Drywall. He was preceded in death by his parents; and grandmother-in-law Lois Wilson Quigley on Dec. 1, 2012.
Left to cherish his memories are his loving wife and caregiver, Becky Herring Coykendall, of Lexington, whom he married June 8, 2013; three brothers, Robert Coykendall and wife Joyce and Steven Coykendall, all of Lexington and Douglas Coykendall and wife Marlene of Roanoke, Va.; sisters Cathy Bullock and husband Clifford of Pensacola, Fla., Julie Klieves and husband William of Land of Lakes, Fla., and Trudy Sloop and husband Joey of Salisbury; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Hinkle Hospice House, 202 Hospice Way, P.O. Box 1941, Lexington, NC 27292.
A special thank you to the staff at Hinkle Hospice House.
Online condolences may be made at www.lyerlyfuneralhome.com.
Lyerly Funeral Home is serving the Coykendall family.
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Fuhu Nabi JR vs Vtech Innotab 3s: Android vs Tech Toy Learning Kids Tablets
Introduction to the Vtech Innotab 3s
This new tech toy is a great addition and upgrade to previous models for the 3 to 9 age group. One of the noticeable upgrades is the landscape setting by default on the 5" improved resolution screen. They have also added a rechargeable battery which has been a major complaint of parents for the Innotab and LeapPad in previous years.
They have also reintroduced WiFi after it failed in the 2s model and was excluded in the 3 model. This new WiFi enable tablet also has a web safe browser and a kids connect subscription included. They will be able to text you and view parent approved web sites on the internet.
Now you have the option to buy cartridges, download content, or play on Kids Connect for even more fun. They offer a wide range of learning games by Disney, Nickelodeon and many more great publishers. It includes more than 20 apps and can be used as movie viewer or music player.
Introduction to the Nabi JR Android Kids Tablet
The Fuhu Nabi JR tablet is the only Android tablet I would recommend that is under $100. It has the learning capabilities of tech toys like the Vtech Innotab or LeapPad but is so much more as well. It is running the 4.1 Android Jelly Bean and built by a company(Fuhu) in the top 10 for top growing companies this year.
The major reason this is happening is because they paired with a couple of great component companies like NVIDIA who has been a top producer in CPU's and other computer components.
They offer a learning center and great parental controls including a kids safe web browser. They have a really cool learning center that lets kids earn coins for completing learning games so they get more games for free just by learning. You can also download from the Nabi or Amazon store where they also offer tons of learning games and books for free.
Let's Compare Specs on these Kids Tablets
Screen Size
Battery Life
EXP Memory
Included Apps
Web Browser
5 stars
5 stars
8 hours
350+ apps
20 apps
Swivel 2 MP
5 Stars
5 Stars
8 hours
30 Apps
4 or 16 GB
Swivel 1.3 MP
Digesting the Information
These two kids tablets are very similar in everything from price, to expandable memory, and even music playback options. The biggest difference is going to be the fact that the Nabi Jr is and Android tablet and it has a lot more options as far as content. You can read a full review on the Innotab 3s if your interested in one of the best tech toys available today.
If you want to view the best tech toy then check out the LeapFrog LeapPad Ultra. It has better software for parents and over double the content for $50 more.
If you want to try out the best Android kids tablet for under $100 then you should get the Nabi JR. It is far better than the Ematic and other Android tablets for kids.
I appreciate your reading my comparison review between the Fuhu Nabi JR and the Vtech Innotab 3s. If you have questions or comment about either of these tablets feel free to leave them below or contact me on the contact us page and I will get back to you promptly.