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All Signs Point to Talented Class of 2015
Published: Thursday, August 21, 2014 at 12:01 a.m.
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I remember the afternoon two years ago when Luke Hiers from Lake Wales and Derwin James, then with Auburndale, were named to the Maxpreps Sophomore All-America team.
That was the first harbinger.
A year later, I was talking to Rod Shafer, then with Lake Wales, about his top seniors. But he kept referring to his juniors and the fact he had more talent in that class.
That was the second harbinger.
As the 2013 football season unfolded, rows of signs seemed to grow instantaneously right out of the gridiron like a cornfield at every school, and they all pointed to the Class of 2015 — quite possibly the best and most talented football class in Polk County's history.
As I began to talk to more coaches last year, a validating consensus grew: The junior class was indeed more talented than the senior class. And the senior class was pretty darn good, too.
Over the next year someone would inevitably approach me and begin talking about high school sports — specifically the 2015ers.
I remember my eyes popping out of my head when Dream Team head coach Gary Lewis emailed me his star-studded seven-on-seven football roster with rising-senior names like Kaleel Gaines, Marcus Walker, Caleb Lewis, Cecil Cherry, Derwin James, Darion Staton, Justin Henderson, Tre Jordan, Darius James, LeRoy DeShazor, Trevor Campbell and the three Lake Gibson players — Chris Clarke, Sammy Carter and Demetrius Brown — all on one team.
No more harbingers were needed. I had to see this team play.
And the Dream Team was just a sprinkling of the rising-senior talent in Polk.
During the next few days Lakeland Christian's Christian Alexander committed to Florida International followed by teammate T.J. Simmons, who committed to UCLA.
Then, out of the blue, if we didn't have enough 2015 talent, A.J. Harper — son of former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Alvin Harper — arrived from Virginia.
With all the skill-position talent flying through the air making acrobatic catches at seven-on-seven tournaments this summer, I tried to imagine what a county dream team would look like with some local senior enforcers on it, like Winter Haven lineman Michael Arnold or Lake Gibson defensive end Reuben Jones, who both have numerous offers.
It was all good fun until this past June when I stared down a list of 30-plus Super 16 candidates. Had it been any other year, or in any other county, every one of them would have easily made the cut.
Though the list was whittled down to 16, they are all super and by consensus the most talented group in recent memory.
But as football fate would have it, a coach stopped me last week and started talking about all the super in-coming freshmen talent in the Class of 2018.
The harbingers were popping up again.
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Welcome to the official website of Whisky Live Singapore 2015, South-East Asia's premier whisky and spirits event . This event gathers some of the rising stars of the whisky industry as well as some of the world's most famous distilleries. After the great success of 2014 edition, Whisky Live will now be over a full week-end, and move to a bigger venue, the beautiful Capella Hotel.
The event is dedicated to whisky and spirit tasting , with booths from close to 100 brands, from well-known brands to confidential distilleries, all offering free tasting drams as well as their passion and experience.
Over the tasting experience, expect a pop up bar with some of the best bars in Singapore, food partners, edible garden and many more.
Discerning drinkers will enjoy the advanced experiences: the masterclasses and the Collector Room. The masterclass sessions will be a special time to learn further from the experts of the industry, as well as enjoying selected drams. The Collector Room will gather over 40 of the world's most sought-after bottles for an unprecedented experience. From closed distilleries to old vintages, single casks and age statements from decades ago, there will be a masterpiece to engage everyone.
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Posted: 11/19/2007 - There was a fire at Burton Brothers Grinding and Mulch on Gordon Highway Sunday night. Investigators say it could have started from overheated machinery.
Posted: 11/17/2007 - A shooting in Augusta sends two men to the hospital.
Posted: 11/17/2007 - A late night fire destroys an Aiken apartment building.
Updated: 11/18/2007 - Four days and fifteen tire shop burglaries and Richmond County investigators say the same man responsible for those is also responsible for two more this month alone.
Updated: 11/16/2007 - Jail overcrowding; students arrested; Aiken County superintendent candidates; District 25 recount.
Updated: 11/14/2007 - Once you're in a gang, it can be hard to break free. News 12 has the story of those who say it may be hard...but it's not impossible.
Updated: 11/14/2007 - The Associated Press is reporting that United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have been discussing combining.
Updated: 11/13/2007 - Autopsy results on the skeleton found in North Augusta last week are inconclusive according to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton.
Posted: 11/12/2007 - Barnwell County deputies are searching for the person behind a shooting that left a D.J. dead.
Posted: 11/09/2007 - Neighbors are upset about the noise in one neighborhood. They want the Augusta commission to get involved. News 12 takes a closer look at Club Dreams.
Updated: 11/09/2007 - Investigators are looking into a warehouse fire in Augusta.
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Hello, Miss Dawson! After the morning I've had, I needed some pretty to perk me up. Rosario Dawson stars alongside James McAvoy and Vincent Cassel in Danny Boyle's Trance. Our lucky readers in the UK can look forward to a March 27th release date while everyone else will have to wait for their turn. McAvoy plays Simon, a fine art auctioneer that joins with Cassel's underworld boss Franck for the theft of a Goya piece. Simon pulls a double-cross, Franck knocks the sh*t out of him, and then Simon claims he can't remember where he hid the booty. Dawson plays a hypnotherapist recruited by Frank to recover the valuable memories in Simon's head. DUDE.
Jerry O'Connell had his last show, "Mockingbird Lane," cancelled before it could ever do anything more than serve as filler during the Halloween season. Now he's set with a new pilot for CBS created by Rob Greenberg ("How I Met Your Mother"). O'Connell joins Chris Smith (Paranormal Activity 3), Kal Penn and Tony Shalhoub in the untitled project. Smith plays a twenty-something that makes friends with more experienced dudes in his apartment complex. O'Connell plays a, I sh*t you not, "feisty conservative and a successful OB/GYN with a booming practice who is in the middle of his second painful divorce." Sounds like misogynistic comedy waiting to happen!
FOX has Conan O'Brien developing a medical comedy called, again I sh*t you not, "Bob's New Heart Show." Ben Wexler ("Community") is writing the sitcom about a doctor that receives a heart-transplant and then moves back to his childhood neighborhood to do his doctoring in a family-owned practice. Apparently Conan's production company is also producing the Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect, Bridesmaids) created vehicle "Super Fun Night." This ABC show centers around three friends that are described as nerds. They try to have super fun every Friday night. I just can't.
Starz has given Oscar winner William Monahan writing a series about crime and scandal in 1960s Great Britain. Monahan promises humor in the series, so I suspect Austin Powers makes a cameo. FINGERS CROSSED!
Finally, James Gunn (Slither) is adapting the Marvel comic "Guardians of the Galaxy" into a film. I know nothing about this comic. I can only report that rumors abound that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in consideration for the lead role of Peter Quill, along with Zachary Levi ("Chuck") and Jim Sturgess (Cloud Atlas). Quill is also known as Star-Lord and is half human and half alien. He has a ship he's psychically linked with, a super suit, and he's totally radical at fighting stuff or whatnot. The comic also has a character called Rocket Raccoon. This could be such an amazing movie but you would never be able to explain it to anyone without them thinking it sounds like a perfect storm of sh*t, drunken monkeys, and pickled assholes. Anyone out there in Pajiba-ville have some insight to make "Guardians of the Galaxy" sound not idiotic??
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Woody Allen has "so moved on" from his daughter's accusations and says he never even thinks about it. He equates her words about him to a bad review he won't read and comments on how wacky it is that Mia Farrow is his mother-in-law. He is the worst. (Celebitchy)
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For more than eight years, the executive has been running for something else.
Those were the approximate words of Republican state Senator Clint Harden as he fretted over the entry of Lt. Gov. John Sanchez into the GOP race for the U.S. Senate.
Harden thinks Sanchez should resign because of his important role in the redistricting process. The lieutenant governor presides over the senate and breaks tie votes.
Harden says Sanchez will be distracted from his duties. If Sanchez were to resign, the state would be without a lieutenant governor. The duty of presiding over the senate would be assumed by the president pro tempore, who is Sen. Tim Jennings, a Democrat.
This may not surprise most people: children and teenagers in the U.S. spend more time engaged with various forms of media than any other single activity except sleeping.
A recent study of 2,000 youth aged eight to 18, found that they spend on average seven hours with media each day. The "media" referred to includes TV, movies, video and computer games, the Internet, music lyrics and videos, magazines, books, advertisements and, yes, even the newspaper you hold in your hand.
When a friend gave me a stack of old New Mexico Magazines, I dove in.
The articles were entertaining enough, but the ads were the real attention grabbers. After World War II, communities didn't have many ways to promote themselves, so they touted their charms in the pages of the state's magazine.
Some wanted tourists: "Ruidoso, where outdoor fun follows the seasons around the year."
Others wanted residents: "Roswell, New Mexico, A Good Place to Visit – A Better Place to Live" and "Hobbs, The City with an Assured Future."
Idongedit. It's my students' favorite word. You have to let it drip out of your mouth when you say it. Idongedit. And when you say it, it helps if you slowly tilt your head sideways, then look upwards and stare at the ceiling.
Anyway, that seems to be the correct protocol.
It's been a while since I've spewed out a tirade about the declining math skills in our country.
With the school year behind us, I thought now would be as good as time as any to rant (as if I need a special time to do that?).
Okay, so now here's one of my standard "somewhat related" stories.
We whine about being a federal colony, but, by God, protect those federal laboratories.
Such ideas are what masquerades for deep thinking about the New Mexico economy.
Recent presentations from Gov. Susana Martinez and Jon Barela, secretary of the Economic Development Department, have considered economic development.
From both, the only specific was recruiting companies to the state.
Recruiting is good and necessary, but for that to be the only topic massively misses the point.
Recruiting companies, which is what "economic development" is about, is just part of developing the economy.
Further, recruiting companies only matters at the margin for New Mexico's 870,000 (or so) employees.
Last week I participated in a joint meeting of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to receive Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
This should have been a positive meeting with America's strongest ally in the Middle East.
Instead, the tension in the room was palpable, because everyone there was conscious of President Obama's speech on Israel last week.
I was shocked to hear the President make the unprecedented suggestion that Israel should revert to its 1967 borders.
This year continues on the path of solid gains, but it has certainly not been a smooth ride.
Stocks and bonds have had to steer clear of geopolitical risks, budget issues, natural disasters and the ongoing debt crisis in Europe.
In spite of these issues we have been able to generate positive returns.
Stocks enjoyed their best first quarter in 15 years, but, the question is, will we be able to continue on this pace the rest of the year?
Bonds hit some speed bumps in the first quarter, but low to middle single digit gains still looks possible. In any market, there are always opportunities, you just need to know where to look for them.
I've been reading the letters about the proposed changes to Trinity Drive; listened to people talking on the street; listened to county council meetings and agree there is a load of 11th hour people coming out; offering mostly complaints and not solutions.
My question: Has anyone looked at instead of making Trinity smaller by adding roundabouts that potentially cause emergency vehicles inability to get to their destinations timely, to put in overpasses that will allow even those with physical handicaps access? I've seen them in several places in Albuquerque so they must work. After all the ones on Diamond Drive seem to work pretty good and we aren't putting roundabouts there.
Talking about infrastructure planning for the future of New Mexico energy is a serious exercise in testing your ability to tolerate reality.
There is no pie in the sky. This is about how you and I will be able to turn the lights on, 20 years from now.
PNM is currently undergoing such an exercise, with a full complement of public participation. The participants are not a hand-picked group. Everybody who showed up got a place at the table.
Wherever you are in New Mexico, this affects you. You are part of the region and face similar cost issues and environmental trade-offs. You also breathe the same air.
The trade-offs look like this:
Did you know that Memorial Day is commemorated in different ways and on different dates throughout our nation?
The observance had its beginnings during the Civil War, which is a good hint that there would not be uniformity.
More than two dozen cities and towns lay claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day, and each had its own customs.
There is evidence that organized women's groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War.
Following the war, towns in the North decided it would be a good idea to honor their military dead also.
In 1868, "Decoration Day" was officially proclaimed. It was so named because the emphasis was on decorating graves of fallen soldiers.
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Former Los Alamos Hilltopper basketball standout Alex Kirk underwent back surgery Tuesday.
Kirk, who will be going into his sophomore year at the University of New Mexico, now plays for the Lobos.
The surgery was performed in Phoenix and the 6-foot-11 center was resting comfortably afterwards.
Lobo head coach Steve Alford said Tuesday Kirk had undergone "very successful back surgery to relieve a herniated disc….We fully expect that Alex will recover 100 percent."
Alan Kirk, Alex Kirk's father and his high school coach, is with his son in Phoenix and said the surgery went well, although it was unclear how much rehabilitation Alex would need before returning.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Before even getting down to work, members of Congress' new debt-reduction supercommittee face pressures to rally behind partisan principles and to find even more savings than planned.
House and Senate Republican leaders named their six appointees to the 12-member panel on Wednesday, a mix of partisans and pragmatists, veterans and freshmen. Senate Democrats named their three participants on Tuesday, leaving House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to make her selections by next week.
Members of both parties said the job of whittling down the government's enormous debt was urgent, yet critics expressed little hope that the bipartisan panel would be able to overcome stark political divides.
The Los Alamos National Laboratory will hold two public meetings in the next six days.
At 5:30 Wednesday night at Fuller Lodge, LANL will host an informational meeting, regarding the Hazardous Waste Permit Modification Request for the planned Transuranic Waste Facility. This meeting was originally scheduled for June 27 but was postponed because of the Las Conchas Fire.
LANL will submit a request to the New Mexico Environment Department to operate a transuranic waste container storage facility at Technical Area 63. The facility would replace current storage facilities at TA-54. The meeting will describe the planned facility and the permit modification system.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Though he's not officially a candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry's visits this weekend to three important presidential nominating states threaten to overshadow any lift his would-be rivals hope to gain from a big week in Iowa.
Perry's expected entrance into the Republican race looms large over Saturday's Iowa straw poll and a nationally televised debate two days earlier — and he's not participating in either event. His all-but-certain bid comes as polls show the GOP electorate underwhelmed with the current crop of candidates as they seek someone strong to challenge President Barack Obama next fall.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve sketched a dim outlook for the economy Tuesday, suggesting it will remain weak for two more years. As a result, the Fed said it expects to keep its key interest rate near zero through mid-2013.
It's the first time the Fed has pegged its "exceptionally low" rates to a specific date. The Fed had previously said only that it would keep its key rate at record lows for "an extended period."
The Fed announced no new efforts to energize the economy in its statement released after its one-day policy meeting. But the statement held out the promise of lower rates on mortgages and other consumer loans longer than many had assumed.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising at the closing of trading after the Federal Reserve said it has discussed policy moves it can make to spur the economy. The Fed also said growth has been slower than expected.
The Dow Jones industrial average is closing up 429 points, or 4 percent, to 11,239.77.
Stocks rallied in the last hour of trading. Stocks initially fell after the Fed made its statement, which included a pledge to keep interest rates at their record low until at least the middle of 2013.
The S&P 500 is up 53, or 4.7 percent , to 1,172.53. The Nasdaq is up 124, or 5.3 percent, to 2,482.52
Geekout game night will be from 5:30-8:30 p.m., upstairs in the Mesa Public Library.
Tsankawi Evening Walk, 6:30 p.m. Reservations required, call 672-3861 ext. 517. No charge.
Lunch with a Leader presents N.M. Rep. Jim Hall, from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. at Central Avenue Grill. Lunch is $15, reservations are required. Call Karyl Ann Armbruster at 661-6605 or send email to email@example.com.
Poetry gatherings will be at 6:30 p.m. in the small meeting room, main level, of the Mesa Public Library.
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The newly appointed representative to the New Mexico State House of Representatives, Jim Hall will be the speaker for the League of Women Voters' Lunch with a Leader from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Aug. 11 at Central Avenue Grill. The community is invited. Every meal is $15 and includes entree, tax and gratuity.
Hall did most of his "growing up" in Hobbs and Abiquiu. He went to college in Minnesota and graduate school in both Boston and New Mexico. He married his wife Janet in 1966, and they lived in Brazil, Argentina and the Boston area before moving to Los Alamos in 1976.
Happy Assets Month once again! A big thanks goes out to those that are helping to sponsor our efforts throughout the month. Smith's Food and Drug continues to collect your spare coins in our Change for Change campaign. The Best Western Hilltop House Hotel has one of our Healthy Community, Healthy Youth signs posted outside and the Betty Ehart Senior Center has followed suit.
The county stepped up, not only in issuing a formal proclamation, but has allowed a banner to fly high on the Diamond Drive overpass, beginning on the first day of school.
Mesa Public Library opens up the next venue to get the word out by allowing an assets display, in the cases located near the door.
Eli Chertkov was recently awarded a scholarhip from Kiwanis. Pictured from left to right, Kiwanis President Fran Berting; Eli Chertkov and Olga Chertkov. Eli plans to attend Priceton University and is also a Key Club member.
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BEETLE, Ky. (AP) -- The body of a northeastern Kentucky man who had been missing since Tuesday night has been found inside his submerged vehicle.
The Independent reported (http://bit.ly/1iOGRqk ) that 73-year-old Enoch McGinnis of Beetle, died after his vehicle was apparently swept off a low-water bridge during a period of heavy rainfall.
Law enforcement officials say McGinnis' car was found partially submerged in Little Fork Creek near the Carter-Greenup County line on Friday morning.
McGinnis was last seen on Tuesday night. Family members had been searching for him since Wednesday, but his vehicle was not visible until the creek began receding.
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Boys Jump Through Hoops for Sex in 'Lysistrata': Jeremy Gerard
A new musical based on an ancient sex comedy, "Lysistrata Jones" has transferred creakily to Broadway, losing its innocence along the way.
This is a dumbed-down spin on the 2,400-year-old comedy by Aristophanes about the women of Athens, who go on a sex strike until their men stop running off to war.
Here, it is set at "Athens U," where the basketball team is regularly rewarded for its unbroken losing streak with post-game scoring courtesy of the cheer-leading squad.
Enter Lysistrata Jones (perky Patti Murin), who thinks it's odd that the boys don't even try to win. Encouraged by a poetry slam-digging librarian (Lindsay Nicole Chambers) and the fleshy courtesan Hetaira (Liz Mikel), Lyssie channels her ancestral namesake and convinces the squad to "give up giving it up" until the teams puts a number other than zero in the W column.
When the show opened downtown over the summer, much of its charm derived from the setting, a real gym that turned the audience into spectators. The topical script was by Douglas Carter Beane; the score, a pastiche of contemporary styles from rap to torch, was by Lewis Flinn, and it all seemed pretty harmless, not to say toothless.
On Broadway, the show has lost the immediacy of the gym. Director-choreographer Dan Knechtges is hobbled by the proscenium and the energetic staging now appears two-dimensional. Beane, an exhausting punchline machine, has added references to the iPhone 4S's Siri concierge siren and Newt Gingrich's credit line at Tiffany. On the street where Sondheim, Loesser, and Kander and Ebb live, it's small beer.
Junk food at Broadway prices is a tough sell. Pumping up the volume to ear-splitting levels only heightens the show's irritation quotient. Don't blame the game young cast. Producers, on the other hand, ought to know better.
At the Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 W. 48th St. Information: +1-212-239-6200; http://www.telecharge.com. Rating: *1/2
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(Jeremy Gerard is the chief U.S. drama critic for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own.)


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Cerberus Bites at Europe
Private-Equity Firm to Keep Focus on Distressed European Property
Cerberus Capital Management LP, which completed raising a $1.4 billion real-estate fund this week, expects to keep a major focus on distressed European property.
"The pipeline in Europe is as big today as it's ever been," said Lee Millstein, Cerberus's head of European and Asian distressed debt. Banks want to sell loans before regulators force them to unload the bad debt, he said.
Mr. Millstein is especially bullish on German retail, which the firm believes is underserved in that country. Cerberus recently acquired from Wells Fargo & Co. a portfolio of nine German shopping centers at a price of about half the value of the original debt on the property, according to Ronald Kravit, the firm's head of real estate.
The real-estate fund was Cerberus's third and largest property fund to date, exceeding its fundraising goal of $1 billion and its previous funds' size of about $900 million. It is another sign that real-estate fundraising is picking up. These funds raised $46 billion over the first three quarters, up 21% over the same period in 2012, according to data tracker Preqin.
—Craig Karmin
Austin Gold Rush
The real-estate market in Austin, Texas, has been on a roll. Apple Inc. announced in 2012 that it was planning a $304 million campus in the city, doubling its presence.
Now, a Cushman & Wakefield report said that in the past year Austin has seen office-building investment volume increase in percentage terms more than in any other U.S. city. The total value of the properties sold in the 12 months ended June 30 was $2.1 billion, a 304% increase over the previous year.
The largest single purchase during the 12-month period was by Cousins Properties Inc., CUZ -1.73 % which bought a 434,000-square-foot building at 816 Congress Ave. for $105 million.
Demand for Austin office buildings is being fueled by the city's technology sector. The overall vacancy rate in the city fell in the second quarter to 11.6% from 15% a year before, according to Cushman & Wakefield. Rents rose to $27.60 a square foot on average, up 6.4% in the same span.
The Cushman report said New York was the leading city in office-building sales in terms of total volume, with $49.2 billion, up 39% for the 12-month period.
—Melvin Backman
Kaynesian Economics
Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors has made a big push into student housing in recent years. But its latest deal targets a different group of renters: retirees.
The private-equity firm recently paid an entity controlled by GE Capital Partners $404 million for its majority stake in six Florida apartment building complexes for seniors known as the Aston Gardens portfolio. This marks the first senior-housing investment for Boca Raton-based Kayne Anderson, which also owns apartments, self-storage units and medical office space.
Managing Partner Al Rabil said millions of baby boomers are hitting retirement age, and there hasn't been much senior housing developed since the financial crisis. "I don't think most people need to be convinced of the demographic trends," he said.
The Aston Gardens communities, which include nearly 2,000 units in cities like Tampa and Naples, offer different levels of care, so tenants don't have to move when they require more advanced treatment. Average monthly rents are about $3,000, and the communities are 97% occupied.
—Dawn Wotapka


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A 42-year-old man accused of kicking in the door of a New London home in December and threatening the occupant with a knife made his first appearance Wednesday in the New London court where major crimes are tried.
Mychael Wright, 42, of Norwich, also known as "Skillet," was charged Dec. 5 with home invasion after police said he broke into 25 Denison Ave. and threatened the adult male occupant, whom he knew, with a large knife. Two small children were in the home at the time, including one who was visibly shaken and said he was afraid "Uncle Skillet" was going to hurt him.
The 37-year-old occupant, looking pale and panicked, met Patrolman Kurt Lavimoniere at the door when police went to the home for a reported altercation, according to an incident report. He whispered that Wright had broken in and was inside the home with the children.
Wright seemed surprised that police had been called and said the male occupant let him in and that he was supposed to drive Wright to a dentist appointment earlier in the day, according to the report. Wright denied forcing entry into the home, even when confronted with his bootprints on the door, according to the report.
Police did not recover a knife at the scene, though they seized Wright's car after the homeowner told them Wright had returned to his car and returned without the knife after the incident.
Wright remains in prison in lieu of a $15,000 cash or surety bond. During Wednesday's court appearance, Judge Hillary B. Strackbein appointed attorney Linda J. Sullivan to represent him, entered a not guilty plea and continued the case to March 4. State court records indicate Wright was convicted of third-degree assault in 2009 and received a suspended prison sentence followed by 18 months of probation.
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From: Brian W. Barrett (brbarret_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-25 17:15:19
> We are trying to track down a problem with our network, the question
> has come up, if its posable that the mpi lib (OMPI) could be using
> ether multicast or broadcast (or both)
> In what cases could multicast traffic be seen if OMPI is our mpi lib.
At this time, Open MPI only uses point-to-point communication -- it does
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Pre-nom Lexxi's scene for Best Tease Performance.
Retailing: While not as much anal action as the previous volume, Jack fans will still love this one.


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We're a SaaS provider, setting up a IPSec VPN between our data center and a customer's site so they can directly access their hosted database server from their LAN.
Instead of exposing our internal LAN range to the customer, our 'reference design' is to NAT just the server they need behind another 'DMZ' private address within the VPN, and the customer does the same to keep from exposing their internal range to us.
So for example, in the 'reference' design,
Customer Server --> Cust VPN NAT ====== VPN ======= My VPN NAT --> My server
192.168.27.4 --> 10.10.10.4 =================> 10.20.0.5 --> 192.168.3.16
As long as we can agree to use non-clashing NATing IPs on private ranges (10.10. vs 10.20.), this works fine. We're only accepting inbound connections from the customer, and would see traffic only from 10.10.10.4 in the above example.
Today a customer says that they can only work with public IPs as NATing IPs on both ends to avoid any chance of a range collision. They are a major global corporation who have thousands of spare public IPs so no problem for them. We are a small colo-hosted SaaS provider who have to justify every public IP request to our providers.
Customer Server --> Cust VPN NAT ====== VPN ======= New Public IP --> My server
192.168.27.4 --> 126.96.36.199 =================> 184.108.40.206 --> 192.168.3.16
We have no problem helping out the customer, going through the process and getting public IPs for this but..
- Is this a common set-up?
- Is it the right thing to do technically given that the P in VPN stands for 'Private'?
- Is it the right thing to do 'morally' given the exhaustion of the IPv4 address space?
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Energy Saving and Cost Reduction in Multi-Granularity Green Optical Networks
With the energy consumption increase and the greenhouse effect becomes more and more serious, the energy saving has become the focus in the whole world. At the same time, as the network traffic largely growing, the size and the cost of network equipments keep increasing so that the network cost reduction is also very important. In recent years, the concept of green Internet was proposed to construct an energy-efficient and cost-optimal green network. In this paper, the authors firstly present the current studies working on the energy saving and cost reduction in multi-granularity optical network that is the convergence between IP network and optical network to support both the low-speed IP data and the high-speed optical transmission.


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I've got a gallery set up on one of my pages and I'm trying to find a way to float the caption to there right while keeping the image on the left.
I can see that that's a <p> tag for the caption but I'm not sure where I'd go to add a class so that I can define it via CSS instead of relying on coding something in the description.
The person I'm designing this site for sells her artwork via links in her information pages and I'd like to do something similar... click on the picture (http://www.laura.lucajo.com/artwork/) and then have all of the relevant information in the description including a link to the third-party site she uses for business transactions.
I like the gallery option setup and I'd like to keep the total number of plug-ins to a minimum.
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Nintendo Wii's price dropped to $169.99 all over US
The rumoured Wii price cut might have been put in place a bit early, several retailer listings suggest.
Most major retailers, including Gamestop, Amazon, Bestbuy, ToysRus and Target have slashed the Wii's price to $ 169.99, a $30 drop from its previous price of $199.99.
Engadget had reported that the Wii will be getting a price cut in May, down to $150.
Various reports also suggest that Nintendo's set to announce Wii 2 at this year's E3.
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Rosneft, Gazprom May Bid for Poland's Lotos Refiner
Russian companies such as OAO Gazprom's oil arm and OAO Rosneft are interested in acquiring Grupa Lotos SA, Poland's second-biggest refiner, and may team up to make a competitive bid, said Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko.
Russian oil producers may also bid separately or form ventures with foreign companies, Shmatko told reporters in Warsaw today, saying it's too early to give details.
"It's politically very important to signal that our companies are ready to come, and at least to hear from Poland that there won't be any discrimination in decision-making," Shmatko said. "It makes logistic sense," he said earlier in an interview.
Russian oil producers are seeking refining assets in Europe and Asia to boost the value of their crude supplies. Rosneft in October agreed to buy Petroleos de Venezuela SA's 50 percent stake in a German refining venture, following OAO Lukoil, which bought almost half of ERG SpA's Sicilian refinery in 2008, and OAO Surgutneftegaz, which acquired a stake in Mol Nyrt. Surgut has been barred from exercising its ownership rights in Mol as the Hungarian company termed the deal a hostile takeover attempt.
The Polish government is selling a majority stake in Grupa Lotos, which operates a refinery in Gdansk, as part of a $19 billion asset-sale plan. Poland's Treasury Ministry wants potential buyers to place preliminary bids by Feb. 4, it said in a newspaper announcement in October.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who is leading a Russian delegation for political and economic talks in Warsaw today, said "several" Russian companies are looking at Lotos.
State-controlled Rosneft is a major supplier to the refiner, and OAO Gazprom Neft has expressed interest in bidding, Shmatko said. Gazprom Neft Deputy Chief Executive Officer Anatoly Cherner said on Nov. 3 that the Polish market is "interesting," although a final decision on bidding hadn't been made.
Rustam Kazharov, a spokesman at Rosneft, declined by phone to comment on the company's plans regarding Lotos, as did Gazprom Neft's press service in an e-mailed response to questions today.
TNK-BP, the country's third-largest oil producer after Rosneft and OAO Lukoil, is also considering a bid, Rp.pl said on Nov. 3, without saying where it got the information. TNK-BP Deputy Chief Executive Officer Maxim Barsky is listed among delegates visiting Poland with Medvedev.


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Inaugural class of Academy of Upstate Educators announced
SYRACUSE, N.Y.— Upstate Medical University has announced its inaugural class of the Academy of Upstate Educators, which features a cross-section of faculty representing numerous academic and clinical specialties.
They are: Kwame Amankwah, MD, Surgery, College of Medicine; Dale Avers, PT, DPT, PhD, Physical Therapy Education, College of Health Professions; Ann Botash, MD, Pediatrics, College of Medicine; Margaret Maimone, PhD, Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Medicine; Sue Miller, PT, DPT, MS, Physical Therapy Education; Jennifer Moffat, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Graduate Studies; Carol Recker-Hughes, PT, Physical Therapy Education, College of Health Professions; and Margaret Wells, PhD, APN-BC, College of Nursing.
The announcement of the academy's first eight members was made by Paula Trief, PhD, professor and senior associate dean for faculty affairs and faculty development.
"These eight individuals have been leaders in, and made major contributions to, Upstate's educational mission," Trief said. "They are innovative educators, who as members of the Academy will serve as key resources to colleagues for education-related consultations."
Now that the inaugural class has been selected, Trief said four new faculty members will be inducted to the Academy each year going forward.
According to Trief, the idea of the Academy, to recognize excellent educators and to promote educational innovation, was raised first through President David R. Smith's Engaging Excellence program. After a great deal of discussion with faculty members, faculty governance groups, chairs, deans, and administrators who recognized the value of such an initiative the current model was developed
Members of the Academy will be recognized during Upstate's Fall Faculty convocation Sept. 19.
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By Andrea Sutherland (Fort Carson)February 28, 2013
FORT CARSON, Colo. -- 1st Lt. Jon Hoekzema said his unit is ready to deploy and, despite not knowing when or where their deployment might be, the Soldiers continue to train for every contingency.
"We are the most ready company this side of the Mississippi," he said.
For four weeks, Hoekzema and other members of the 663rd Ordnance Company, 242nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group (EOD), participated in a series of pre-deployment workshops including explosive event exploitation, weapons and technology intelligence, homemade explosive and drug lab exploitation and improvised explosive device electronics.
"(The training) is tailored for where we're going and for what we're probably going to be seeing," said Hoekzema, operations officer for the company.
Commanders for the 663rd Ord. partnered with AT Solutions, a contractor through the Joint Asymmetric Threat Awareness and Counter-IED training program, to provide realistic homemade explosive training lanes for Soldiers, Feb. 19-22.
"It's a 40-hour, college level course that provides a good foundation about the (homemade explosive) world," said Justin Anderson, instructor with AT Solutions. "It's designed to get as much information as possible to the troops, in the most cost-effective manner."
Contractors brought chemicals, powders, pressure cookers and fertilizer to help depict a lab typically seen in Afghanistan.
Working in teams, Soldiers inspected various labs, determining what chemicals enemy bomb makers may have been using and collecting evidence such as plastic gloves, containers and samples of ingredients.
"It's good to get out of the office to train and actually learn," said Spc. Nick Schroeder, 663rd Ord. "The contractor has the training aids down to the Oriental rugs."
"We brought six pallets, weighing just under 5,000 pounds," said Chuck Schaaf, team lead, AT Solutions. "The more realistic you make it, the better it will be. That way when they get into theater, it will be second nature."
A retired Navy EOD technician, Schaaf said he trains civilian bomb techs, but he enjoys working with the military.
"I'm able to give back to young warfighters going into harm's way," he said.
Combat-tested Soldiers said the training was helpful.
"I didn't receive this training prior to the last deployment. It would have been beneficial," said Sgt. Matt Hawkins, 663rd Ord., adding that he joined his unit after the training had been conducted. "Identifying how to differentiate between chemicals gives us a better idea of how to adapt to the situation at hand."


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Wed, 27 Jul 2016 09:40:44 -0700
New York Jets RB Khiry Robinson (leg) was placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list Wednesday, July 27.
Fantasy Tip: Robinson is working his way back from a broken leg, but he could be in position to take looks at the goal line. The team doesn't think he has reached his full potential, but they did sign Bernard Pierce for depth today. Robinson is one to watch in camp, but his value may be restricted to TD-only leagues.
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|Jets | Lots of rest for Matt Forte
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:42:46 -0700
New York Jets RB Matt Forte should receive plenty of rest this season with RBs Bilal Powell and Khiry Robinson also in the mix.
Fantasy Tip: It's to be expected that a running back at Forte's age and with Forte's workload wouldn't be a bellcow anymore. He's still the Jets' top option at the position, though, and should be viewed as a high-end RB2.
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|Jets | Two Jets RBs to compete for No. 3 job
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 13:07:22 -0700
New York Jets RBs Zac Stacy (leg) and Khiry Robinson (leg) will compete for the No. 3 running back job during training camp, but Robinson may have an edge because the team does not believe he has reached his full potential yet.
Fantasy Tip: Owners will need to keep an eye on the preseason to see if Stacy or Robinson will win the job. Whoever wins the competition likely will receive limited playing time during the season and should not be a fantasy option.
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|Jets | Khiry Robinson set for goal-line role?
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:29:09 -0700
New York Jets RB Khiry Robinson (leg) could be utilized as a short-yardage and goal-line back this season.
Fantasy Tip: Robinson is firmly behind Matt Forte and Bilal Powell in the pecking order for touches, and Robinson also needs to prove his health in training camp. Still, winning the goal-line duties would make Robinson a late-round flier in standard leagues and a viable option in touchdown-heavy formats.
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|Jets | New York backs should be ready for camp
Sat, 04 Jun 2016 11:38:30 -0700
New York Jets RBs Zac Stacy (ankle) and Khiry Robinson (leg) are both expected to be ready for training camp. Stacy suffered a broken ankle late last season, while Robinson broke his leg late in the year.
Fantasy Tip: Both Stacy and Robinson will probably play complementary roles behind Matt Forte and Bilal Powell. If healthy, they'll vulture some yardage and a touchdown here and there, but they aren't viable fantasy running backs in that situation.
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|Jets | One-year deal for Khiry Robinson
Thu, 10 Mar 2016 17:05:12 -0800
Updating a previous report, New York Jets RB Khiry Robinson's deal is one year in length and worth $1.18 million, including $80,000 guaranteed.
Fantasy Tip: Robinson will likely be the third running back in New York's backfield echelon behind Matt Forte and Bilal Powell. He'll play sparingly if Forte and Powell can stay healthy, but he's still worth a late-round draft pick.
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|Jets | Khiry Robinson joining Jets
Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:54:59 -0800
Free-agent RB Khiry Robinson (Saints) is signing with the New York Jets, according to sources.
Fantasy Tip: Robinson will likely battle Bilal Powell for touches alongside Matt Forte. He'll be an RB4 consideration depending on where he falls in the pecking order.
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|Saints | Khiry Robinson set to hit open market
Fri, 04 Mar 2016 15:07:23 -0800
New Orleans Saints impending restricted free-agent RB Khiry Robinson is not expected to receive a contract offer from the Saints, according to a source. That will allow Robinson to hit the open market after compiling 766 yards and eight touchdowns in the last three seasons.
Fantasy Tip: Robinson had 56 carries for 180 yards and four touchdowns and added 17 catches for 115 yards for the Saints in 2015, but he suffered a fractured leg in November. It remains to be seen what his fantasy value will be in 2016, but he could be worth a look as an RB4 or flex player in a third-down pass-catching role with a new team.
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|Saints | Won't use franchise tag
Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:53:44 -0800
The New Orleans Saints will not use their franchise tag this year. They don't have any premiere free agents that will require large deals. TE Benjamin Watson, RB Tim Hightower and S Rafael Bush may be priorities to re-sign. New Orleans may end up spending more to keep restricted free-agent RB Khiry Robinson and OG Tim Lelito.
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|Saints | Khiry Robinson making progress
Sun, 14 Feb 2016 19:21:06 -0800
New Orleans Saints RB Khiry Robinson (leg) was catching footballs while standing on one leg as part of the next step in his rehab from a broken leg he suffered last season.
Fantasy Tip: Robinson is part of a deep rotation at running back for New Orleans, and even if he is 100% healthy when the 2016 season rolls around, he likely won't have a steady enough role to be fantasy relevant.
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My problem is related to the one discussed here:
Is there a way that OpenMP can operate on Qt spanwed threads?
Upon trying to run my Qt-based program under Mac OS that has an OpenMP clause in a secondary thread, it crashed. After browsing through the web, now I understand that it is caused by a bug in the rather old version (4.2) of gcc supplied by Apple.
Then I downloaded the latest 4.6 version of gcc from http://hpc.sourceforge.net and tried to compile the project, but I got the following errors from g++ compiler:
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"Villazón" Villazón by simoncharris
Villazón Travel Guide: 2 reviews and 15 photos
Villazón is the main crossing point between Argentina and Bolivia.
The town has bus links to major towns nearby and rail link up the west of Bolivia to Uyuni and Oruro.
There is very little in this town to see. You should only stay here if you really need to.
To cross the border simply head from the main plaza down the main shopping street to the border. After imigration you just walk across the bridge to the Argentinian town of La Quica. It is essentially the same but slightly more expensive but the food and accomadation is a little better. From there you can get a bus to Jujuy which has links to the rest of Argentina.
The best place for food are the market stalls behind the bus terminal which do the usual almuerzos. Internet (where I am right now) can be found in front of the terminal.
The goods in the town are mainly for the cross border traffic for gifts and low in quality.
Accomadation and transport outside of public holidays, due to Bolivians going home from Argentina, shouldn't be a problem.
- Pros:Essential Transport hub
- Cons:Nothing in the town
- In a nutshell:Practical but not aesthetically pleasing
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TeliaSonera Leads Telenor in Clients for Faster Wireless Service
TeliaSonera AB said it has about 100,000 customers on its faster fourth-generation networks in the Nordic region, giving Sweden's largest wireless operator a lead over competitors such as Tele2 AB and Telenor ASA.
TeliaSonera began offering 4G in Stockholm and Oslo in December 2009, knowing that devices for users would be slow to arrive, Haakan Dahlstroem, head of mobility services, said in an interview at the company's Stockholm headquarters. After being late to market with 3G mobile broadband, the provider wanted to signal to business customers that it would invest to have the most advanced network for their laptops and tablets, he said.
"When we took the decision to be early with 4G it was based more on image than on network offload," Dahlstroem said. "We said we will never be late again and that gives the situation that we have a larger network than if you let the chief financial officer run it."
Fourth-generation networks offer speeds as much as 10 times faster than third-generation networks, permitting customers to watch movies and access databases without noticeable delays as long as their devices are fast enough. Phone companies are developing such high-speed services to offset declining sales from traditional landline offerings.
"Changes will happen over a long time," Haakan said. "The majority of terminals on our network are 3G but we still have a lot of 2G out there." The operator's first Samsung Electronics Co. 4G handset arrived in stores in Sweden this week and will accelerate uptake, he said without giving a specific forecast.
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Competitors Tele2 and Telenor each sell services on the same shared 4G network in Sweden. Tele2 has accumulated about 40,000 4G subscribers since starting its 4G service in November 2010 in Sweden, spokeswoman Pernilla Oldmark said. The company's most popular 4G product is a home router that creates a WiFi wireless field linked to the network, she said.
Telenor currently has subscriptions in "five figures," spokesman Andreas Hamrin said. More than 50 percent of the plug-in wireless modems, or dongles, sold during the Christmas season were for 4G, he said. Telenor hasn't yet introduced a 4G handset. Tele2 offered the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE handset before TeliaSonera.
3 Scandinavia plans to start a 4G service in Sweden by July, spokesman Erik Hornfeldt said by phone. The company probably won't sell 4G handsets immediately, he said, citing battery-life problems with early models.
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TeliaSonera's 4G network in Sweden covers more than 40 percent of the population and will expand to more than 90 percent by the end of 2013. Customers pay standard monthly charges for medium or large data packages of 249 kronor ($36.63) and 349 kronor, respectively.
The majority of Nordic 4G customers are in Sweden, Dahlstroem said. TeliaSonera also offers 4G in Finland and Denmark, and has very small numbers of 4G customers in the Baltics, he said.
Problems with low data throughput, dropped calls and poor coverage in the Danish network have been remedied, Dahlstroem said. TeliaSonera has 16.5 million wireless customers total in the Nordic and Baltic countries, and 3 million in Spain, where it hasn't announced a 4G network.
Capabilities for voice calls with 4G are likely to be added in 2013, Dahlstroem said. TeliaSonera is continuing to increase capacity in the 3G network while it expands coverage in the 4G network, he said.


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On the money: Thorntons eyes "slow" margin, profit recovery
By Michelle Russell | 12 September 2012
Thorntons said it expects margins to "continue to benefit the business" in the forthcoming year
Thorntons said it expects to see a "slow" recovery in profitability over the next two years after reporting a fall in annual earnings and as it battles a tough UK market.
In the 53 weeks to the end of December, underlying profit slumped to GBP2.5m (US$4m).
Including exceptional items of GBP3.1m, pre-tax profit plunged to GBP0.9m from GBP4.3m last year.
However, analysts were expecting Thorntons to just break even at the pre-tax level, and as a result, shares were up 4.25% in early trading today.
Investec analyst David Jeary said the results were "better than expected", compared with its break-even forecast. He maintained his 'hold' recommendation on Thorntons' shares.
Nevertheless, gross margins came under pressure during the year, falling to 44% from 46.2% in fiscal 2011.
Chief executive Jonathan Hart told journalists on the firm's earnings call that, despite the margin pressure, Thorntons expects margins to "continue to benefit the business" in the forthcoming year.
He added: "Not withstanding the uncertainty of how the economy will affect business, on balance we expect our overall margins and profitability to slowly recover over the next two years of our transformation plan. We haven't set any external targets with regard to that."
Hart suggested the improvement in margin will be down to the company's ability to adapt its products.
"Over the course of the last year we have made a lot of changes to our products ... all of these better practices and the engineering disciplines started to play their part in the second half and that will float through to the next financial year."
In the firm's trading update, Thorntons said it had achieved "further success" in growing its commercial channel, the only division to record a sales increase in 2011/2012. The unit now represents 39.1% of total sales.
The firm is aiming for the commercial business, which sells chocolate to retailers including UK supermarkets, to generate over half of its overall sales over the next two years, making it the largest channel.
Hart said promotional activity had generally become less "aggressive" but said the company was still seeing a "significant" amount of promotions in its commercial division.
"The nature of the current retail environment, whether it be in the grocers or indeed in our own stores, is that the consumer is seeking value and has constraints placed upon them in terms of the amount of money they are willing to spend. It's difficult to believe one can significantly fight against it," Hart told just-food.
"I don't think that as a brand we find ourselves any more or any less exposed to that particular requirement. Having said that, in our commercial channel there remains a very significant amount of sales that go through on promotion and we plan our business around that and plan our pricing and our margins around that so it's not a surprise to us."
Looking ahead, however, Hart said Thorntons' was cautious about the prospects for UK high streets and consumer confidence.
"We don't see that improving any time soon and we are planning for that continue to be weak and we have set out our plans accordingly. It's difficult to know what degree of headwind we will face heading towards Christmas, but are we in better shape than we were last year internally? Are we better planned than we were last year internally? Yes, and we have confidence that a number of the actions we took to improve margins over the course of the year are and will continue to float through into the course of the first half, but we remain cautious."
Despite the firm's optimism, Conlumino analyst Joseph Robinson believes Thorntons is on "an inevitable course of decline", from being a large retail player, to "smaller mid-market" retailer and wholesaler.
"In the short term, it will continue to experience difficulties in managing this transition," Robinson said in a note. "The brand is less relevant than it once was, and its decision to focus more strongly on the commercial side of its business – and in particular on selling its products via the grocers – has severely impeded on its ability to extract a premium on its product."
Separately, Hart touched on the company's international plans as it embarks on a strategic review of foreign business opportunities and said it will have a focus on Australia, the Middle East and South Africa.
Thorntons' share price climbed 5.3% to 28.70 pence at 12:57 BST.
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Les Trois Tilleuls Hotel & Spa An Ascend Hotel Collection Member
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River view rooms with free Wi-Fi, balconies and jetted tubs make guests feel pampered at Les Trois Tilleuls Hotel and Spa, an Ascend Hotel Collection Member.
Hotel Features
Les Trois Tilleuls Hotel has three floors with 39 river view rooms, both smoking and non-smoking, and each one has a balcony. The traditionally decorated rooms are outfitted with free Wi-Fi, HDTVs and jetted tubs, and some boast fireplaces. In addition to meals, the on-site restaurant serves up lovely river views and an extensive wine list. Active guests stay fit using the tennis courts and fitness rooms, and the indoor saltwater pool and treatments at the spa are perfect ways to unwind. Other amenities include babysitting, outdoor parking and room service. Pets are allowed for an extra fee.
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On Highway 223 about 40 minutes from downtown Montreal, Les Trois Tilleuls Hotel is perched on the Richelieu River, two miles south of the charming small town of Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu. Guests can practice their swings at Golf Club Vercheres, 20 minutes away, or hit the snowy slopes at Mont Tremblant, a 40-minute drive. Spend the day in Montreal visiting the Botanical Gardens, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Old Montreal. Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport is 38 miles away and Montreal's train station is 32 miles away.
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Les Trois Tilleuls Hotel impresses Priceline guests with its fabulous food, well-appointed rooms with free Wi-Fi and balconies, and welcoming staff.
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Hotel Guest Reviews of the Les Trois Tilleuls Hotel & Spa An Ascend Hotel Collection MemberOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
Tim from Plainville, CT
June 24, 2010
June 24, 2010
River views from every location and the salted pool.
There is a major road outside the front door! Dangerously fast cars!
Beautiful hotel with french paintings for sale on the walls. Room had a view of the river and a fireplace. The food was expensive, but tasted great. The service folks were friendly and professional throughout. The only negative was the major road in front of the door. You had to cross it from the parking lot and I couldn't believe the speeds the Canadians were hitting as they passed the hotel. There were no pedestrian crossing signs or speed bumps to warn them or slow them down. Hold your kids tight when crossing and run! ...
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New Berlin - With more than $22.6 million worth of facilities projects needing to be done over the next several years, the New Berlin School District is exploring a number of financing options, including selling off an estimated $3.5 million of unused property.
A combination of two or more would be the likely choice, said Roger Dickson, chief financial and operating officer.
Of the district's $3.5 million of unused property, nearly $1 million is in vacant land in parcels of 50.4 acres, 20 acres and 9.3 acres. The rest of the property is in the form of closed elementary schools - Glen Park, Prospect Hill and Little Grove schools.
There is also the Hickory Grove Center, an old school that was sold to the city for use as a recreational facility. The district would only regain ownership of the property if the city decides it no longer has a use for the building. In that event, the district could again sell the property.
Paying for part of the projects out of the district's operating budget is a possibility, Dickson said, but there isn't enough leeway in the budget to cover much. That's because borrowing for previous projects leave little room under state revenue limits in the operating budget to borrow more, he explained. As a result, the district has ruled out using the operating budget to finance additional projects.
The district could, however, go to a referendum to ask residents if it could raise the revenue limits to get the work done, Dickson said. Borrowing $10 million would likely add $20 per year in taxes for the average home, he added.
Refinancing the district's debt would help only a little, Dickson said.
"The underwriters would make more out of the deal than taxpayers," he said.
Using fund balance - unallocated reserves within the budget - is another option that could help pay for some of the projects, Dickson said. But the schools prefer to maintain a healthy fund balance because of the risk involved in self-insuring for health insurance, he said.
- Jane Ford-Stewart
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