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by Adam Proteau - November 18, 2010 3:08 PM UTC
The NHL's chief disciplinarian Colin Campbell has been in the news lately, which has led to questions about his job.
Modern society is of two minds when it comes to authority figures. On the one hand, we regularly sneer at and deride people who wield power over us and/or the things and people we love; think of the hapless principal in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the chorus of Rage Against The Machine's "Killing In The Name Of" and the general animus towards Gary Bettman.
by Adam Proteau - November 11, 2010 1:20 PM UTC
With the new blindside hit rule receiving positive feedback, the league's decision makers are looking at another area of concern.
Over the years, one of the biggest problems I've had with establishment NHL people is their willingness to blame the victims of on-ice incidents.
by Adam Proteau - November 9, 2010 6:23 PM UTC
Many ideas - coach's challenges, 3-on-3 OT - were shot down at the GMs meetings, but the group was in favor of changing up the annual showcase to make it more entertaining.
The format of the NHL annual All-Star Game is in for a significant restructuring. That was the most significant news coming out of the NHL GM meetings in Toronto on Tuesday.
by Adam Proteau - November 7, 2010 9:05 AM UTC
Comparing female hockey pioneers to NHL greats misses the point of Monday's long overdue enshrinements.
At long last, the Hockey Hall of Fame is inducting its first female members Monday. For its entire history, the HHoF's induction committee treated the Hall's highest honor as the sole property of those with both X and Y chromosomes.
by Adam Proteau - November 4, 2010 12:05 PM UTC
Former NHL official Andy Van Hellemond talks about how goalie pads have a bigger effect on scoring than the old problem of a lack of obstruction calls.
Andy Van Hellemond hasn't worked for the NHL for more than six years. And although he doesn't follow the pro game nearly as closely as he did as an on-ice referee or the director of NHL officiating, he doesn't lack forceful opinions about the direction of the sport at its highest levels.
by Adam Proteau - October 28, 2010 12:55 PM UTC
Andrew Verner was a draft pick of the Edmonton Oilers, but went on to have a long and successful career in Europe before retiring this season.
Because the Fall marks the beginning of another cycle of hockey, the season never fails to inspire feelings of rebirth and renewal among observers and players alike.
by Adam Proteau - October 21, 2010 2:30 PM UTC
Even though he has lived in Los Angeles for 10 years, Tom Green remains passionate about hockey and is hoping to get more involved with the NHL.
Tom Green became a mega-star for his boundary-stretching style of comedy. However, he remains a humble, friendly Canadian – and a hockey-loving Canadian – through and through.
by Adam Proteau - October 14, 2010 1:35 PM UTC
Adam Proteau talks to an NHL player development figure about players who are dedicated to the game or who don't work with desire.
A high-ranking player development figure for an Eastern Conference team had an interesting way to describe a key conundrum that faces every franchise: "I call it the hobby/horse decision," said the figure, who spoke on condition his name not be used.
by Adam Proteau - October 7, 2010 4:15 PM UTC
The NHL season is underway, but rather than ease into the competition, teams have to start strong to keep their playoff dreams burning.
Once upon a time, the beginning of the NHL's regular season was like your typical horse race. It would begin with a few seconds of intense pomp and excitement out of the gate, then be followed by a long stretch in the middle where the horses were as far from the fans as possible, and conclude with a furious battle at the end.
by Adam Proteau - September 20, 2010 1:40 PM UTC
Taking a page out of the NHL's new marketing campaign, we ask and answer four questions that will be answered this season.
According to Sports Business Journal, "Questions Will Be Answered" has been selected as the theme for the NHL's latest marketing campaign.
by Adam Proteau - August 23, 2010 1:42 PM UTC
At the NHL's Research and Development Camp there was a lot of frowning directed towards the shootout. But this scribe doesn't see what the big fuss is about.
Of all the themes that came out of last week's NHL Research and Development Camp in Toronto, arguably the biggest was the near-rabid anti-shootout sentiment.
by Adam Proteau - July 19, 2010 1:50 PM UTC
If time has taught us anything, it's to never underestimate the Devils' GM and the Kovalchuk signing is the latest example why.
It isn't easy to fall for the style of game Lou Lamoriello has created and honed in New Jersey. It's even more difficult to be a fan of the rigid, arm's length, colorless approach he's taken with the media.


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Today, Forbes released its 2013 "America's Most Miserable Cities" list. Stockton, after bankruptcy and a record-breaking year in homicides, is back in the Top 10.
Stockton is ranked No. 8 this year. Modesto, for the first time, is ranked higher at No. 5.
Other cities in the Top 10 include Chicago (No. 4) and New York City (No. 10).
Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva doesn't buy all the criteria used by Forbes, but he believes there's a reason the city keeps appearing on various negative lists.
"My goal is to get off all those lists," Silva said.
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New Lafourche government administrator to be nominated
Published: Monday, December 24, 2012 at 3:04 p.m.
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Lafourche Parish President Charlotte Randolph plans to name her parish administrator nominee at the Parish Council's next meeting.
Randolph wouldn't say who she is nominating for the spot. The parish administrator is the second in command in parish government administration and takes over in the president's absence. Daily duties include overseeing grants, contracts and personnel matters.
The administrator is nominated by the parish president, but her choice is subject to Parish Council approval.
The council meets again at 5 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Mathews Government Complex, 4876 La. 1.
Crystal Chiasson, the previous administrator, was ousted in November when voters approved a new law requiring that the administrator live in Lafourche. Chiasson is an Assumption Parish resident.
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Fernand Leger's (lay-ZHAYZ') "Three Women at the Red Table" will be offered May 7 at Sotheby's auction house. All proceeds will benefit the Ray of Light Foundation.
The pop diva says she wants "to trade something valuable for something invaluable" in countries where female education is rare or nonexistent.
She purchased "Three Women" at Sotheby's in 1990.
Leger created the work in 1921 as part of a series depicting women with still-life compositions.
Other examples from the series are in the Dallas Museum of Art and the Beyeler Foundation in Switzerland.


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Note: This appeared in the print-only TV Guide issue of The Marshall Independent.
�Red Dawn� is Dan Bradley�s remake of John Milius� 1984 original. So why remake a Cold War action flick after the Cold War is over, and how?
Why is easy. �Red Dawn� (1984) grossed $38 million, the 20th highest grossing film of that year, ahead of �The Terminator.� It made film history as the first U.S. released film rated PG-13, and a Guinness Book of Records nod as �most violent film.�
How is a problem. The Soviet Union is on the dust heap of history, and Russia doesn�t look in good enough shape to invade anybody.
The original set up the invasion of America with a disintegrating NATO, a communist coup in Mexico, and a famine in Russia. All too plausible, then and now.
Saboteurs from Cuba and Nicaragua sneak across the border, and paratroopers descend on Calumet, Colorado, via false flag commercial aircraft. A mixture of plausible and implausible. Our southern border is notoriously porous, but staging an invasion force in total secrecy strains credulity.
�Red Dawn� (2012) posits a nationalist coup in Russia which then invades the United States with a coalition of allies including North Korea, which is responsible for holding down Spokane, Washington.
The first draft had China invading the U.S., but the Chinese understandably objected. China is a huge market for action films no one can afford to offend. Note recent films that include Chinese characters and locations, such as �Skyfall� and �Looper.�
America is softened up with an EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) weapon that fries the power grid and all communications systems. The lights go out one night, next morning the paratroopers descend.
This plot device was also used in the mini-series Amerika (1987) and is terrifyingly plausible.
U.S. Marine Jed Eckert (Chris Hemsworth) is home on leave visiting his dad (Brett Cullen) the local sheriff, and his younger brother Matt (Josh Peck). Dad tells Jed to take his brother and whoever else they can find and head for his cabin in the hills.
After a period of chaos as the North Koreans clamp down and establish an occupation authority, Jed uses the knowledge of counter-insurgency he gained in Iraq to organize the Resistance.
This is where the remake is an improvement on the original. The resistance forms around a veteran with military skills who can train civilians. Attention is paid to training, tactics, and weaponry.
How do you get weapons equivalent to the enemy�s? You use what you have, kill some soldiers and take theirs.
It shows there�s a reason for military discipline, and a cost to ignoring it. Matt breaks cover during an operation to rescue his girlfriend Erica (Isabel Lucas) and gets a comrade killed.
The enemy is personified in Captain Cho (Will Yun Lee) as it was in the original by Russian Gen. Bratchenko (Vladek Sheybal), but there is no sympathetic Cuban Col. Ernesto Bella (Ron O�Neal) equivalent.
Two Hispanic characters are brought on as spear carriers, and you�d expect this to have a �we�re all Americans together� message. But then they�re given Anglo-Saxon names, Greg and Julie Goodyear (Julian Alcaraz and Alyssa Diaz) so the heck is the point?
The question of collaborators is brought up (�Had to happen,� Jed says) but the painful question of dealing with them is glossed over in the remake.
In the original the main character has to kill a traitor up close and personal. A comrade asks how they are different from their enemy if they do.
�Because we live here,� he replies, and shoots.
There�s none of that moral conflict in the remake.
The ending is kind of weak, without the resolution of the original.
But with all its weaknesses, it�s a pretty good action movie, based on a pretty good original.
Critical reaction was mixed about the original. One reviewer called it �John Milius� absurd war fantasy that has the Red Army shooting civilians and raping women in Colorado.�
(The Red Army killing and raping civilians? Heavens, surely not!)
Twenty-eight years later the remake is doing respectable box office but critics are far more down on it, and I�m wondering what that says about us? �Red Dawn� has an unusually large disconnect between its popularity with audiences and critics.
Is it that an invasion by North Korea is unbelievable? Well, they do have the fourth largest army in the world, rigorously trained, brutal, and fanatic. Their equipment is antiquated, but the premise implies they�re equipped by someone else.
Or does �Red Dawn� make some critics uneasy with its portrait of an America which is not in fact invulnerable, not immune to the forces of history, and perhaps dangerously naive about the rest of the world?
Some scenes seem to make this point, but don�t hit you over the head with it. So go ahead and enjoy.


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VAIL - For now, he's known to many as "that 14-year-old Japanese snowboarder kid," but make no mistake, Ayumu Hirano is well on his way to becoming a household name here in the U.S. He's been competing against adults and reaching the podium in big comps for a little while now, but he really caught the attention of Americans in January when he finished runner-up to Shaun White at the X Games superpipe, the marquee event in the sport of halfpipe snowboarding. A few weeks later, he was able to come away with a win at the Burton European Open - the European version of the event now happening in Vail - with Shaun White not in attendance."Their skills are similar," said Hirano's coach here in the U.S., Ski & Snowboard Club Vail's Elijah Teter. "He likes to go big. And if you look at Shaun White, he's a skater, too. Ayumu skates vert ramps real well. Being able to ride both well like that is typical (for halfpipe snowboarders)."Hirano's been living in Summit County with a manager and crew that Teter calls Hirano's "second family in the U.S."That family includes an actual family member, Hirano's brother Eiju, as well as some well-known names in the world of Japanese snowboarding, including Kazu Kokubo, Kohei Kudo and Taku Hiraoka."It's a cool crew, all great snowboarders who just love the sport," Teter said. Teter said he first took notice of Hirano at the Burton U.S. Open two years ago."I was just like, 'Holy cow, look at that kid go,'" Teter said. "He was just tiny, going so big for how tiny he was and oozing with style ... It was pretty cool to watch that a couple years ago and then have the opportunity to work with him this winter."Teter and Hirano have mainly been working on variations of the "double," a trick where two off-axis inverted maneuvers are performed in the same trick. Teter said as Hirano has been learning, so has he."It's been fun, working on coaching without as many words," Teter said. "Just explaining what you mean through gestures and having him understand, you know. It's pretty cool."But, Teter said, Hirano's been learning more than just variations of the double."His English is getting a lot better," he said. Check out Hirano in the halfpipe semifinals starting at 10 a.m. today.
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They are a part of the history of the Irish nation. Their relatives signed the Proclamation of the Republic and led the Easter Rising in 1916. And, these descendants of the executed leaders of the Provisional Government today are leading a different movement, one which seeks to preserve and protect the last battlefield of 1916 from the commercial interests and crass development which threatens to destroy the National Monument, which is Moore Street.
Just as their relatives joined together to fight the British forces in 1916, today the descendants of those brave leaders are members of the Save Moore Street Committee which seeks to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising by creating a living monument to the revolutionary era by preserving and restoring the street where the GPO Garrison sought shelter and five members of the Provisional Government made the decision to surrender to the British forces to prevent further bloodshed.
Right now, that street faces an assault by commercial interests which could destroy its remaining eighteenth century architecture and eliminate the small shops and street market flavor that has characterized Moore Street since the nineteenth century. And, most importantly, those actions could destroy an important historical treasure, making it simply a footnote in a Dublin guidebook.
"As you can imagine, our heritage was drummed into us at an early age. ", said Muriel McAuley, granddaughter of Thomas MacDonagh, one of the seven signatories of the Proclamation and Commandant of the Jacob's Biscuit Garrison, during the Rising, who was executed by British firing squad on May , 1916. "It was also suggested that we not speak politically, as it would not be seen as we speaking, but our forebears", she continued. "Many of the other descendants have the same attitude. We tend not to get involved in committees and organizations, but when it became obvious that not only the last headquarters of 1916, but also the last command headquarters which had not been either demolished or virtually rebuilt was about to be just about flattened, with just a cursory shell remaining, then we felt that we could not stand by and let it happen without protest. We owe this to coming generations. "
Mrs. McAuley, in fact, has connections to three of the executed leaders. Her mother, the daughter of Commandant MacDonagh, also was a godchild of Padraig Pearse, and a niece of Grace Gifford, who married Joseph Mary Plunkett, at Kilmainham Jail on the eve of his execution.
The 1916 relatives hope that their involvement in the campaign to preserve and protect the Moore Street Terrace will raise awareness of the significance of this area, designated a National Monument in 2007, and the events which occurred in the streets, shops and apartments of Moore Street on April 27 through 29, in 1916.
Joseph Plunkett's grand-niece Honor O Brolchain points out that, until she became involved in the Save Moore Street Campaign, she was unaware of the importance of the street to the story of the Easter Rising, despite the fact that Joseph and his two brothers all surrendered on Moore Street.
She believes that many Irish people simply presumed that the Rising ended when the members of the GPO Garrison walked out of that building and surrendered on what is now O'Connell Street, a presumption supported by Hollywood's version of events depicted in the movie Michael Collins.
But the GPO Garrison did not surrender as Hollywood tells the story. Rather, after days of bombardment from British guns, and with the GPO in flames, the garrison evacuated the Post Office, under fire, through Henry Place, and on to Moore Street. They first stopped at No. 10, but then broke through the interior walls of the attached buildings.
The provisional Government set up their last headquarters in the back room of No. 16, Plunketts Poulterers. The volunteers continued tunneling through to No. 25, thus occupying the entire block. Structural evidence of the rebels' tunneling remains in several properties within the terrace, according to Committee members. And the brickwork on some of the buildings reflects the scars inflicted by British ordnance.
James Connolly Heron, great-grandson of the Commander of the Irish Citizens Army and Proclamation signatory, the executed James Connolly, feels the fight to Save Moore Street, is very important because "it is incumbent on the State to honour the memory of all the men and women of 1916 through the creation of a 1916 cultural and historic quarter in this area - the very birthplace of our nation. They were, after all, our golden generation - a generation prepared to sacrifice their lives for their country unlike those of a later one - prepared to sacrifice their country for their lavish lifestyles."
And it appears that the government may be listening. On April 24th, the 96th anniversary of the start of the Easter Rising, Ireland's Minister for Tourism Leo Varadkar annonced that he plans to commission a feasibility study to determine whether the upper end of Dublin's O'Connell Street could be turned into a 1916 heritage quarter.


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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A strong wind storm pushed through the West Thursday, knocking downing numerous trees at the South Shore and wreaking havoc across several states.
The windstorms were the result of a dramatic difference in pressure between a strong, high-pressure system and a cold, low-pressure system, meteorologists said. The situation funnels strong winds down mountain canyons and slopes.
A weather station at Lake Tahoe Airport measured sustained winds of up to 25 mph, with gusts reaching 46 mph, Thursday afternoon. Wind speeds of more than 90 mph were recorded at the summit of Squaw Valley early Thursday morning.
The winds downed dozens of trees at the South Shore. There were several reports of trees falling on or near homes and a tree blocked traffic on Pioneer Trail near Al Tahoe Boulevard about 3:45 p.m.
Ed Cook's Tree Service alone had received about 20 calls for downed trees by Thursday afternoon.
"He's just running his little butt off, trying to save people's buildings and houses," said Cook's wife, Susan.
She's seen this before, saying the number of calls is "not common, but normal."
Ten trees had hit power lines by Thursday evening, with the first starting in the early morning hours, said Liberty Energy business manager Randy Kelly. Wind that was coming from the east likely played a role in the number of trees coming down.
"I think a big part of it is that we rarely see wind coming out of this direction," Kelly said.
The power company restored energy to about 600 customers in the Sierra Tract neighborhood at 9:42 a.m. after a tree downed power lines there.
A tree hit a power line on Angora Lake Road and caused a pole with a transformer on it to snap, Kelly said. Because it involves a transformer, the repair will take longer than most.
About 100 customers were still out of power Thursday evening. Energy should be restored by 5 p.m. Friday at the latest, Kelly said. A NVEnergy crew was brought up from Carson City to help Liberty Energy.
Blustery weather also contributed to a Lakeview Avenue boat house being knocked off its pier. Nearby resident Elias Klaich said he saw the boat house sitting upright, but partially submerged, Thursday morning. A pool table stuck out of the water nearby.
"I'd never seen anything like it," Klaich said. "I've never seen the waves that high either."
Up to five foot waves were expected through Thursday evening, with two to four foot waves Friday through Saturday, according to a wind advisory issued by the National Weather Service in Reno Thursday afternoon.
Northeast to east winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph are expected through 4 p.m. Saturday, according to the advisory.
Despite the downed trees and power problems, the South Shore fared well compared to other parts of the West.
High winds blew over at least six semitrailers before dawn on highways below the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County, said California Highway Patrol Officer Mario Lopez.
More than 200,000 Southern California residents were also without electricity Thursday. About 26,000 customers were without power in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California.
Police asked schools to close in the Central Valley city of Centerville, where the weather service reported a 102 mph gust. Mail delivery and trash pickup were canceled.
High winds ripped through Utah, overturning several semi-trucks on or near Interstate 15, and 54,000 customers were without power along the state's 120-mile Wasatch Front as high winds took down power lines.
Even some weather experts were surprised by the wind's force. "It's one of the strongest events that I can remember," said Brian Edwards, a meteorologist with Accuweather. "It's rather rare."
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A Monday news release says Franklin will need treatment during the time period shows were scheduled with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on May 20 and at Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Connecticut on May 26. The release doesn't specify what kind of treatment and her publicist did not immediately respond to a message seeking details.
Singer Janelle Monae will step in for Franklin for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Corporate Night fundraiser. The Grammy-winning singer will be playing orchestral versions of her songs that she'll first debut Thursday with the San Francisco Symphony.


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Prior to A&M – Corpus Christi: Played at Central Christian College in McPherson, Kan…two-year starter for coach Dave Bryant…as a sophomore, averaged 21.2 points, 9.66 rebounds, 3.45 assists, 2.69 steals and 0.62 blocks per game…recorded 15 double-doubles during her last year with the Tigers…scored 11.52 points as a freshman to go along with 5.52 rebounds, 2.23 assists and 1.74 steals per contest…two-year first-team all-conference selection and was honorable mention All-American following her sophomore season…scored a career-high 41 points in a game.
High School: Played at Brazosport High School in Freeport for coach Bill Johnson…named first-team all-country in her final three seasons…defensive all-county her junior year…lettered in track all four years of high school while also garnering letters for three seasons in volleyball and two years in soccer…qualified for regionals in track all four years while making state and finishing fourth in the 800m dash.
Personal: Born Inekka Stevenson on May 21, 1990 in Angelton…parents are Joseph and Delores Stevenson…majoring in kinesiology.


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Linebacker Brandon Marshall needed support as a floundering rookie for the Jacksonville Jaguars this season. So he turned to former Nevada teammate Colin Kaepernick for advice.
At the time Kaepernick was Alex Smith's understudy.
"He told me, 'I hate it, I know I should be playing,' " Marshall recalled this week.
But Kaepernick also had an important suggestion. He told his friend to stay patient and don't stop working.
"He was frustrated as well but the guy was ready," Marshall said of how Kaepernick seized his opportunity when Smith suffered a concussion in November. "That gave me courage to be patient. He's a quarterback in the weight room four times a week. That's crazy."
Marshall, a four-year Wolf Pack starter, got cut twice this season before appearing in his first late in the season.
"I was mad at everybody," he said of his situation. "Then I saw Colin excel against the Bears and that motivated me not to get down. That's not how you become a better person anyway."


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Thank you for the good job
Published: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 2:47 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 2:47 p.m.
I want to thank state Rep. Joe Harrison for his courage and for actually doing the job he was elected to do.
Thank you, Rep. Harrison for having a conscience, for staying true to yourself and to those you serve.
All of our elected officials should be this passionate about doing what's honorable.
Regardless of party affiliations, compromising should be a part of the legislative process, but not at the expense of power, greed and ego.
I am extremely proud to know you are truly representing all of us.
Carry on.
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Hess Corporation plans to spend $550 million to drill 35 Utica Shale wells in Ohio this year.
The New York-based company said it's appraising and developing the Utica's wet gas window, according to a press release.
Hess spent $455 million on the Utica Shale last year. So far, it has permits for 46 Utica wells, and 12 are already producing, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Spending will remain flat in North Dakota's Bakken Shale, where Hess plans to invest $2.2 billion.
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Motorcyclist Killed in Crash Identified
Published: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 10:13 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 10:13 a.m.
LAKELAND | Stephen Rosenquist, 36, from Pasco County, has been identified by deputies as the man killed when his motorcycle collided with a school bus Tuesday on Rockridge Road just east of Ranchland Drive in North Lakeland.
About 2 p.m. Tuesday, Rosenquist's 2008 Buell motorcycle was headed west on the Rockridge Road as a Polk County School bus driven by 75-year-old Thomas Murphy of Sandpiper Drive, Lakeland, was travelling east, approaching Ranchland Drive.
Murphy, who was wearing a seatbelt, stopped at the intersection of Ranchland Drive to make a left turn, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. Murphy waited for a car to pass through the intersection and made the left turn. In mid turn, the motorcycle struck the bus in the middle of the passenger side, deputies said.
The impact caused the motorcycle to break in half, sheriff's spokeswoman Donna Wood said. She said Rosenquist, who was wearing eye protection but no helmet, appears to have died instantly. Murphy and his two passengers were uninjured.
Deputies continue to investigate the accident.
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Currencies Pose New Risks
After taking steps earlier in the year to shield themselves from European banks and the collapsing Greek economy, some companies are using the summer months to fine-tune their approach to dealing with future volatility.
One strategy has been to sweep cash out of euros nightly and into other currencies to reduce foreign-exchange exposure, while others are looking at alternative payments in case customers flee the euro or run out of cash. Still more are trying to put in early-warning systems to identify risk.
Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC and a handful of other big European companies have been sweeping cash raised during the day out of euros nightly to hedge risks of overnight devaluation. But even companies farther away from the center of the euro zone are plotting out moves for a potential crisis.
At Santa-Clara, Calif.-based laboratory testing-services company Evans Analytical Group LLC, CFO Christine Russell has been preparing a version of the company's pricing list in pounds, betting that the British currency would be stabler than other currencies during a European crisis.
"We believe that our customers—especially our European customers—are just as willing to pay in pounds and may have more access to British pounds than dollars," Ms. Russell said. EAG, which runs much of its European business out of France, began looking at the possibility a few months ago when concerns about the Spanish economy escalated, she said.
Because the company doesn't run its finance operations out of the U.K., she said it would have to change its internal billing structure to handle payments in pounds. Ms. Russell said she has spoken with banks that could process transactions in pounds and checked how the company's French bank might process overnight funds and exchange rates if EAG needed it.
"We're keeping this on standby," she said. "If there was some disaster, we still have to be ready to do business tomorrow."
German chemical company BASF SE is going so far as to consider barter arrangements with companies in troubled countries. The company does about 6% of its sales in Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, but is mostly concerned about its distribution network in Greece.
"Greece is the only country where we have started to manage for the very short term," said Fried Muenstermann, CFO of BASF's North American operations. Like other companies, BASF has shortened payment terms in Greece over the past several months—sometimes requiring cash on delivery. Mr. Muenstermann says the company would also consider, as a last resort, bartering for goods in Greece or taking collateral from clients in the agriculture industry. "In the agriculture business, a farmer has no money until the harvest," Mr. Muenstermann said.
BASF has a history of accepting barter. In some Eastern European countries the company has traded chemical products for minerals and it sometimes accepts molasses as payment from customers in Brazil, Mr. Muenstermann said. He says the company would be selective in what it would accept for barter in Europe. "We don't need wine and olive oil," he joked.
The primary objective—and challenge—for most companies during the summer months has simply been identifying risks.
"One of the things we have started doing is surveys of the top management asking, 'What keeps you awake at night?'" said Rajat Bahri, CFO of GPS equipment maker Trimble Navigation Ltd. He said the company uses the survey results to help identify top risks within the company and its supply chain. Once it identifies them, managers meet with local staff to develop plans to attack the problems, he said. Trimble earns about a fifth of its sales in Europe, and the euro crisis has led to more conservative demand across the continent.
At chip-design software company Synopsys Inc. CFO Brian Beattie says the company earns most of its revenue in U.S. dollars, but since turmoil started to pick up three months ago it has been looking closely at how it would pay employees and fund operations in Europe in a crisis scenario. The company has offices in more than a dozen European countries, including Italy and Portugal, and about 13.5% of its revenue came from Europe last year.
"We've gone through each element where we could be exposed," Mr. Beattie said. As part of that process, he has been gathering information internally about how the company's revenues might be exposed to foreign-exchange rates, and external requirements for the company's hedging contracts. He is also focused on which countries and currencies he is holding cash in, and where he has to pay cash out.
"You don't know what's going to happen, so you just have to plan for it," Mr. Beattie said. "Risk is unknown by definition."


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A Southern Oregon gymnastics coach and sports photographer facing child pornography charges in Jackson County for allegedly videotaping girls while they changed for photo shoots may see additional charges in Josephine County, court officials said.
Prosecutor J. Adam Peterson said at a bail hearing this afternoon in Jackson County Circuit Court that Jeffrey Scott Bettman, 54, was a "flight risk," adding the District Attorney's Office has been cooperating with investigators in Josephine County regarding "11 different victims" there.
"He is looking at significant prison time," Peterson said.
Half of the courtroom was filled with alleged victims from both counties, their family members and concerned neighbors of Bettman. All declined to comment on the case in court or after the proceedings.
Bettman has been held in the Jackson County Jail on $2 million bail since his April 10 arrest at his home outside Medford. That amount was reduced to $500,000 today by Judge Lorenzo Mejia, who ordered Bettman to wear an electronic monitoring device and avoid all contact with minors should he make bail.
Bettman coached gymnastics at the Southern Oregon Gymnastics Academy and the shuttered Rogue Valley School of Gymnastics in the last decade. He most recently coached at Ultimate Sports Gymnastics in Grants Pass. Bettman also was a sports photographer, said Detective Josh Nieminen from the Southern Oregon High-Tech Crimes Task Force.
Bettman allegedly took videos of students while they were changing their clothes for private photo sessions at the gymnastics businesses over the past nine years. The images were taken without the victims' consent or knowledge, Nieminen said.
Bettman has been indicted on 30 charges: 10 counts of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct and 10 counts each of first- and second-degree encouraging child sex abuse.
Using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct is a Measure 11 crime that carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 70 months. Each Measure 11 charge is related to a separate underage victims.
Nieminen said police are still searching to determine whether there are more victims, but he stressed that investigators suspect only students who booked private photo sessions with Bettman were targeted.
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Dr. Eric Welch, formerly of Hannibal, was an invited speaker at the European Summit held Nov. 5-6 in Berlin. Welch's presentation was entitled "Managing to Make Diversity Positive."
Welch is head of talent management & organizational development at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. He is responsible for training, performance management and organizational design and development for NATO Headquarters International.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (January 22, 2013)--Abortion opponents marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling Tuesday with a push for yet more restrictions after a string of legislative victories narrowing access to the procedure.
The Supreme Court decision on Jan. 22, 1973 established the right to abortion.
Hundreds of anti-abortion activists were gathering Tuesday in Topeka, Kan., for workshops and prayer services.
They also plan to rally outside the Kansas Statehouse featuring Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican who signed tough, new anti-abortion laws during his first two years in office.
Much to the dismay of abortion-rights advocates, the pattern in Kansas has been repeated in other states.
Meanwhile, the anti-abortion group Kansans for Life plans to ask state lawmakers to enact legislation ensuring Kansas doesn't finance abortions, even indirectly, through tax breaks.


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Waterfowl seasons have ended for most, yet spring continues to elude much of the country. Luckily for those still focused on waterfowling, this is the time of year when many companies announce new gear for next season. The March Gear Guide contains new products from manufacturers that will be available for the 2014-2015 waterfowl season. It's only six months away – start planning now.
Hard Core Brands® has announced their new Snow Goose Blind Bag in time for mid-latitude hunters to put it to the test this year. The new bag is specifically designed for waterfowlers targeting snow geese, with added space for more shells and other spring-hunting essentials.
For more information, visit www.hardcore-brands.com.
A pair of seamless, insulated, flexible decoy gloves have a place in every waterfowler's blind bag. GreenHead Gear PVC decoy gloves offer protection from frigid temperatures and water to help you avoid the discomfort of cold, wet hands.
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While the wool sweater has been a mainstay of the waterfowler's closet for years, L.L. Bean has added technological advancements in moisture-wicking fabric to offer a versatile wool sweater for any situation. By adding Primaloft, a lighter-weight substitute to wool, L.L. Bean has decreased the garment's weight and improved its comfort.
For more information, visit www.llbean.com.
MOmarsh Company has launched a vertical-cover chair blind designed for comfort and concealment. The one-man chair blind features a spring-loaded top and allows a hunter to sit among vertical vegetation such as row crops. The tacked webbing provides ample slots for natural cover to be added to the exterior, and the adjustable legs allow for hunting water as deep as 34 inches.
For more information, visit www.momarsh.com.
Treat your dog to warmth and comfort after the hunt by using the new Dogsorber from Avery Sporting Dog. This towel is easy to stash in a blind bag or the truck for easy access following the hunt. The towels are multipurpose and come in a variety of sizes.
For more information, visit www.averysportingdog.com.
Bass Pro Shops brand RedHead took their classic blind bag back to the drawing board last year and is now offering a lighter, more durable waterfowling bag. The new water-repellent PVC construction offers protection from the elements, and improvements made to the carry handle and shoulder strap define the classic waterfowling bag.
For more information, visit www.basspro.com.
Vacuum bottles come in all sizes, colors, and shapes. But few bottles will be mistaken for the latest from Stansport, which resembles a shotgun shell. This bottle, cloaked in Mossy Oak camouflage, has a 25-ounce capacity, is rust-proof, and features a tip-proof cup.
For more information, visit www.stansport.com.
Having a dependable lighting source while in the field at zero-dark-thirty is invaluable. Streamlight has come out with the trident LED headlamp, which features C4 LED technology and three ultra-bright LEDs for a wide range of lighting applications. The headlamp is light weight, comfortable, adjustable, and boasts perhaps the longest beam in the business.
For more information, visit www.streamlight.com.
Cleaning ducks and geese on uneven surfaces is a difficult task. Seth McGinn's Plank foldable cutting board allows you to bring your cutting board anywhere. The Plank is .225-inch thick and is available in three sizes: 8" x 16", 9" x 19", and 16" x 32". Each folds to a quarter of its original width.
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Today's Top Reads: Last-Ditch Effort for Fiscal Cliff Deal
Fiscal cliff talks resume as clock ticks. We're entering the final throes of the fiscal cliff talks. Congressional leaders head to the White House for negotiations this afternoon and the House will come back into session on Sunday night — which could allow lawmakers to vote Sunday or Monday on a deal — if one can be put together, the Hill reports.
Republican aides tell the Washington Post that one option that could potentially win broad support is allowing taxes to rise on household income over $400,000 a year — President Obama's latest offer in negotiations with House Speaker John Boehner — rather than the president's preferred threshold of $250,000 a year.
But the chances of such a deal getting enough Republican support to win passage in the House appear slim. Boehner told House Republicans that he's "not interested" in passing a fiscal cliff deal with "mostly Democrat votes," his most direct comments about how he'll manage the remaining negotiations over tax increases and spending cuts, Politico says. And Roll Call says lawmakers are "as pessimistic as ever about averting the fiscal cliff."
Meanwhile, we're seeing more signs that the fiscal cliff impasse is taking a toll on economic growth. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to 65.1 in December from 71.5 in November – a much bigger drop than economists expected. "Expectations have certainly shifted and it seems like consumer attitudes have caught up with business confidence," Michael Griffin, executive director at Corporate Executive Board, tells the NYT. Surveys by the group have shown business sentiment weakening for three consecutive quarters, he said.
Retailers ramp-up same-day delivery push. Online retailers have been ramping up same-day shipping this holiday season – despite the fact that it's logistically complicated, generally unprofitable and may not even be a service that many consumers want. But fear of Amazon is driving companies to experiment with a service idea that was a spectacular failure during the dot.com boom, when companies like Kozmo.com and Webvan went under because the services simply cost too much to be profitable, write the NYT's Stephanie Clifford and Claire Cain Miller. Amazon has offered same-day shipping since 2009 in cities near Amazon warehouses. Other companies are trying different approaches. The eBay Now iPhone app lets customers choose items from physical stores and eBay sends a courier to the store to pick it up and drop it off for a $5 fee. EBay won't say whether it loses money on the orders, but analysts doubt it's profitable, Clifford and Miller say.
Chesapeake faces uncertain future. Reuters wraps up its aggressive coverage of Chesapeake Energy with a look at the fading fortunes of CEO Aubrey McClendon. Over the course of the year, the company's stock price has dropped nearly 30%, the board stripped McClendon of his chairmanship and his estimated billion-dollar personal fortune has shrunk by more than half, write Brian Grow, Anna Driver and Joshua Schneyer. With corporate, state and federal probes into McClendon and the company set to continue, 2013 isn't looking any easier.
Meanwhile, Chesapeake's cash crunch, "like McClendon's, is rippling through the company's operations." Charles Joyce, president of Otis Eastern, says he'll never do business with Chesapeake again. Otis is suing Chesapeake after it says the company fell behind paying its bills. "The impression you get is that Chesapeake slow-walks payments to its vendors," J.P. Morgan oil and gas analyst Joseph Allman says.


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Enterprise startup Zendesk opened its doors this week to celebrate the launch of its new office on San Francisco's Market Street.
The whole building was recently renovated to fit the Danish modern aesthetic of the company's CEO, Mikkel Svane.
The building dates back to 1909, when it was the Eastern Outfitting Co. department store.
The party was a success, due in no small part to excellent appetizers in a vibrant space.The first thing you notice about Zendesk's building are the 400 LED lights on the front facade, framed by Corinthian columns.
The lights look beautiful at night.
Time to go inside!
Zendesk's reception doubles as a bar (see the sink?).
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More gas pains
Rising pump prices put townships in a bind
February 6, 2013
Despite diesel and other fuel prices on an upward swing, local township officials have been hitting the roads for days, trying to keep them clear of ice and sno....
Mary... if you want to avoid coming across as a crazy nutter, try to avoid saying things like "the government controls everything" on a public forum.
Also, try not to do it when the very basic layers of economics have been explained to you ad nauseum.
It kinda deflates every statement you ever make from then on out, and every statement you made previously. Nobody's going to pay attention to the nutter that thinks the government is a conspiracy.
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I believe the government controls everything.
I know what the market does to prices, and I know the government if it wants to can regulate anything.
Just saying.
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Politicians do not control the price of oil, it's a free market. And although this is the product produced by oil companies , they do not control the price either .not everyone who works for an oil company is an oil baron, and most of them realize the price fluctuates wildly and do not drive large gas guzzling trucks and SUVs ,like I see all over the area. For a depressed area you all drive some very large vehicles but wait that 's your choice, so don t drive an energy efficient vehicle and the price will change next week. Or let the very efficient government control the price, it'll be so good kinda like the post office.
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Politicians do not control the price of oil, it's a free market. And although this is the product produced by oil companies , they do not control the price either .not everyone who works for an oil company is an oil baron, and most of them realize the price fluctuates wildly and do not drive large gas guzzling trucks and SUVs ,like I see all over the area. For a depressed area you all drive some very large vehicles but wait that 's your choice, so don t drive an energy efficient vehicle do get over thr prices which will chsnge when the oil price er barrel goes den or let the government control the market. I'm sure they will do a real great job kinda like the post office.
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What doesn't make sense is why politicians allow high prices.
No matter how much a gallon of gasoline costs us, approximately 40 cents goes to gasoline tax.
So; if I can afford 16 gallons at a lower price; rather than 8 gallons at a higher price; my local government gets more money.
So if the guys in Washington or Columbus gave two hoot for us locally, prices could be regulated more and held down.
And Harley....the guy who wonders why the prices are so high....so do we; no lesson on the process please.
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Ok by somes own stats only 53% of earners pays income taxes to D.C.,now I know there are more federal taxes, but the oil companies do not pay the gas tax we consumers do, so 53% of 150 million is roughly 80 million paying at least 15% of their income to govt., now Oil companies sell to billions so at 5% profit that still a good sum, I`d be more interested if those 53% would look up the cost of gas in 3rd world countries, dont tell me about Europe, or other industrialized countries, how many pennies per gallon are spent in Arabic states, Smaller economies of South America, why even the price in China and India, and see what % of income it is now it`s 4% In U.S. 30 year highs, while inventories are at 22 year highs....Just sayin.
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Harley, your condescension is surpassed only by your very own ignorance. Talk about gas pains!
Reggie, every single food item in the US has been marked up because of the increased transportation costs. It was a convenient excuse to raise food prices. Even if gas prices fall, food prices will not.
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3rd quarter 2012 net profits BP-----------------5.89% Chevron------------9.05% Exxon--------------8.43% Campbells soup-----10.49 Proctor and Gambol-50.0% Apple -------------23.99%
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MaryPoppins, I never defended high prices, I explained how it worked. The way that it has always worked, does not apply now.
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Tessie, this is not driven by big oil. You fail to even understand the market. How about this for greed, the evil oil company makes about 7% while the government makes 15% for not doing a darn thing. Who is the greedy one now?
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Not feeling sorry for them. If there weren't busy paying for all the damage they have caused in the past couple of years they would be making much higher profit margins. Take a look at Exxon and Chevron. Much different stories there. The price of gas and oil have NOTHING to do with US supply or demand. It's based on the world economy.. and by world, I mean China. As long as they continue to pollute their part of the world like it's going out of style, we will continue to pay for overpriced oil and gasoline.
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Those were averages I used but the highs were above the normals.
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Ok folks I ave heard enoutgh about big oil and their profits. BP had a profit of 5.89 percent in 3rd quarter of 2012.( last data I have) Since 2001 they have been between 5 and 8% with a high of 8.43%. I had Campbell soup for lunch today so I looked up their data. 3rd quarter of 2012-10.49% Range since 2001- 7%-13%. High 28.3%. Let's attack BIG SOUP!!!!!!!!!!!
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@ Harleyrider The reason is really simple the oil companies took a beating back in 2008 when oil went through the roof and gas prices stayed low for a while before they jacked up the price. So the oil companies aren't going to let that happen again.It's all about greed we can drill in the USA till we have oil up to our necks and it won't matter. Because the oil companies sell to the world and to the highest bidder.
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IMO...gasoline prices are only part of a well choreographed strategy to destroy America.
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Harley, you have defended high prices before.
I remember when others tried to complain you had very lengthy explanations of the market etc.
Glad to see you question the issue.
If we have to face these issues, it is another reason twonships need that 85% of the 1% sales tax. Smaller governments lose all the way around.
Kasick grabs local government funds, the Commissioners grab a HUGE portion of the sales tax and the townships, suffer.
If the larger forms of gov could only do as much as the twps do with so little money, we'd all be better off.
And if the Oil Barons big money people had to live as we did, we'd be better off. Money goes where money is.
Lots of people getting rich on shale these days.....soon natural gas will be sky high. Mark my word. Big glut right now, but when they get big surpluses, then the price will shoot for the moon.
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Harley I have been saying this for years only to be disagreed with, we use less oil, gas, and other petroleum products that we did in the 70`s. The law of supply and demand is no longer applicable. thing is the profits of the top 5 were over 35 billion last qtr. alone. and they still are subsidized by taxpayers, talk about welfare queens, and organized theft, or it could be Rexy couldnt handle being the no. 2 corp. in the world,behind some computer geeks.
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Harley the explanation is greed. Big oil holds "we, the people" hostage by keeping the prices high. And we are too dumb to develop alternative means of powering our vehicles and our homes.
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Ever stop and wonder why we don't see very many stories about the price of gas? I have followed this market for a few decades now, and what is happening as of late makes no sense. We have seen the price of oil at these levels before, yet the price of gas was far from this high. This has been the trend for several years and it defies explaination.
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DRAFTED: MTL: 1990-123 overall
Registered one assist in the home opening game on Oct.1 ... added an assist and a fight (vs. Gagner) on Oct.3 ... added a pair of assists on Oct.20 ... passed Doug Gilmour for 19th place on the Flames all time scoring list with an assist on Oct.28 giving him 296 career points as a Flame ... missed Dec.9-11 with an injury ... earned his 300th point (with an assist) with the Flames on Dec.28 ... scored his first goal of the season, game winner against former team (LA) on Dec.30 ... injured on Jan.2 and placed on IR ... taken off IR on Jan.12 after missing five games ... first game back (Mar.7) since being injured on Jan.25 ... scored his third goal on Mar.15 ... named as the Flames nominee for the Bill Masterton Award
2008-09:Finished 5th in team scoring with 48 points (12G, 36A) … finished 1st on team in plus/minus with +20 … scored his first goal of the season on Oct.14 COL 4 @ CGY 5 ... had a season high 3 points (2G,1A) on Nov.6 NSH 6 @ CGY 7 ... registered three assists on Nov.25 LA 2 @ CGY 6 ... registered his 500th career point with an assist on the game winning goal with 24 seconds remaining on Jan.3 CGY 3 @ NSH 2 ... registered a pair of assists and was a team high +3 on Jan.28 BUF 2 @ CGY 5 ... played in his 900th career game on Feb.11 CGY 2 @ ANA 3 ... scored the goal that Jarome Iginla assisted on to break the all time franchise point record at 831 on March 1 TB 8 @ CGY
2007-08: Played in 79 games scoring 12 goals and 22 assists along with 71 penalty minutes … T-3rd in game winning goals (4) … recorded five multi-point games ... registered his first multi-point game of the season with a pair of assists on Nov. 20 COL 1 @ CGY 4 ... registered his 300th career assist on Dec. 18 CGY 3 @ CLB 1 … had a season high three assists on Dec. 29 ANA 3 @ CGY 5 ... scored the game winning goal, and was 12/17(71%) in the face-off circle on Mar. 20 COL 1 @ CGY 2, and was named as the game's First Star for the first time this season … PLAYOFFS: played in all seven playoff games registering two assists and eight penalty minutes and averaging 16:42 in ice time … 2006-07: played 52 games with LA before being reacquired by the Flames and finishing the last 28 games with Calgary … Flames were 4-1-1-0 when scoring … had 5 MP games … scored two goals in his first game since being reacquired by the Flames, and set a season high in goals (2), points (2), and shots (4) on Jan.30 LA 1 @ CGY 4, and was named the games second star ... registered his second multi-point game as a Flame with two assists on Feb.13 ATL 1 @ CGY 4 ... had a season high three points (1G, 2A) on Feb.15 COL 7 @ CGY 5 ... tied a season high in goals (2) and points (3) on Mar.6 CGY 4 @ STL 2 and was named as the games 2nd star ... PLAYOFFS: played in all six games vs. DET … scored one goal (T-2nd) and added an assist along with 8 PIMs …
2005-06: Led the Kings with 20 multi-point games (the Kings were 15-5-0 in the 20 contests) … collected 20 or more goals for the third time in four seasons and surpassed the 60-point plateau for the second time in his career … finished second on the Kings with 66 points (22-44=66) and 44 assists and third on the club with 22 goals … also tied for second on the club with three shorthanded goals and tied for fourth on the club with three game-winning goals … his plus-13 rating ranked fourth on the Kings … led the Kings with 42 takeaways and finished second on the team with a 51.2 percent face-off winning percentage … named NHL Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending on Oct.23 with seven points (2G, 5A) in three games ... collected four points (1G, 3A) and the game-winning goal at Colorado on Oct.19 ... had a four-game scoring streak (2-5=7 during the streak) that lasted from Oct.25 – Nov.2 ... finished November with 14 points (7G, 7A) and a plus-13 rating in 14 games ... collected a career high five points (3G, 2A), recorded his second career NHL hat trick and finished with a plus-4 rating at Columbus on Nov.13 ... had 14 points (4-10=14) in 14 December games ... had a team-best 12-game scoring streak that lasted from Dec.17-Jan.12 (6-14=20 during the streak) ... collected his 400th NHL point with an assist vs. Nashville on Mar.25 … 2004-05: Represented Team USA at the World Cup of Hockey appearing in two games …
2003-04: Completed his third full season with Calgary and finished second on the Flames in scoring with 47 points (8G, 39A) … led the Flames with 39 assists and was fifth on the club with a plus-13 rating … was second to Jarome Iginla in ice time among all Flames forwards averaging 19:12/game … recorded his 300th NHL point with an assist vs. Vancouver on Nov.29 ... played in his 600th NHL game at Detroit on Mar.16 ...missed 19 games with a knee injury sustained vs. Minnesota on Dec.5 … returned to the lineup on Jan.17 and picked up 36 points (7G, 29A) in the Flames final 38 regular season games … PLAYOFFS: played in all 26 post-season games for the Flames, who advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals before losing to the Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games … finished second on the Flames and fifth in overall NHL playoff scoring with 17 points (6G, 11A)…ranked second on the Flames and third overall in the playoffs with a plus-12 rating …
2002-03: Appeared in his ninth NHL season posting his second highest career point total (59) … first on the team in assists (37), second in points (59) and third in goals (22) … scored 30 points (12G, 18A) at home and 29 points (10G, 19A) on the road … posted 40 points (17G, 23A) at even strength, 18 points (5G, 13A) on the PP and one SH assist … Flames were 11-6-3-0 when scoring a goal … posted 13 multiple point games including two multiple goal games and five multiple assist games - Flames were 8-4-1-0 for MP games, 2-0-0-0 for MG games and 4-1-0-0 for MA games … assisted on all three of Iginla's goals on Feb. 7 at EDM ... scored two goals and added an assist on Jan. 20 vs. EDM …
2001-02: Set new career highs in points (75), goals (27) and assists (48) … finished tied for 12th in the NHL in points (75) and tied for 9th in assists (48) … had the greatest point improvement of all NHL players from previous season (+43) … was 2nd on the Flames with 75 points, 1st in assists (48), 2nd in goals (27) and 2nd in +/- (+24) … posted 48 points (18G, 30A) at even strength, 24 points (7G, 17A) on the PP and three points (2G, 1A) while SH … scored 38 points (15G, 23A) at home and 37 points (12G, 25A) … Flames were 11-5-5-2 when scoring a goal … posted 21 multiple point games-Flames were 11-4-5-1 during these games, recorded four multiple goal games-team was 1-0-3-0 for these games and notched 12 multiple assist games-Flames were 7-3-2-0 for MA games … posted his 40th assist of the season on Mar. 13 at FLA ... scored his 20th goal of the season, added three assists and went +4 on Mar. 4 at NYR ... scored a goal and added an assist for his 50th point of the season (first time in his career) on Feb. 12 at PHX ... named a co-captain along with Bob Boughner on Feb. 4 ... matched a career high for goals in a season with his 14th (also his 200th NHL career point) while also assisting the game-winner on Jan. 3 vs. BUF ... posted two assists, including an assist on the game-winner, on Oct. 10 at DET - his second assist was his 100th assist of his career …
2000-01: Played in his seventh NHL season and his first with the Calgary Flames … split the season between Calgary and STL scoring seven points (3G, 4A) in 14 games with the Flames and 25 points (11G, 14A) in 69 games with the Blues … finished sixth on the team in points (23), first in short-handed goals (4–three with STL, one with Calgary) and tied for fourth in plus/minus (+4) … never missed a game during the season playing in 83 games (69 with STL and 14 with Calgary) … scored 15 points (5G, 10A) at home and 17 points (9G, 8A) on the road … recorded 25 points (10G, 15A) at even strength, three assists on the power play and scored four short-handed goals … Flames were unbeaten (2-0-0-0) when scoring a goal … scored two goals on Apr. 4 at CHI … scored his first goal as a Flame on Mar. 25 at CHI (SH) … posted his first point/assist as a Flame on Mar. 14 at CLB … one of only two Blues' to play in the club's first 69 games before being acquired by Calgary … was acquired by the Flames from STL on Mar. 13 … averaged 18:08 minutes of ice-time per-game …
1999-00: Played in his 300th NHL career game on Apr. 1 … recorded his 100th point as a member of the Blues on Oct. 16 against TOR … averaged 14:48 minutes of ice-time per-game … 1998-99: Finished second on the team in plus/minus (+14) … finished sixth in voting for the Selke Trophy … played in his 200th NHL career game on Jan. 30 against CGY … scored a career high three goals (also his first career hat trick) on Feb. 26 at CGY … posted a career high three assists on Dec. 19 vs. LA … averaged 16:39 minutes of ice-time per-game …
1997-98: Was a finalist for the Selke Trophy as the league's top defensive forward … was a career high +20 and posted a career high 43 points … played in his 100th NHL career game on Nov. 27 against Los Angeles … recorded a career high four points on Jan. 31 vs. Dallas …
1995-96: Played in his second professional season splitting time between Montreal and Fredericton … scored 69 points (31G, 38A) in 67 games in the AHL …
1994-95: Posted his first NHL career goal/point on Feb. 16 at NYR … played in his first NHL career game on Feb. 15 at Hartford … made his professional debut splitting the season between Montreal (NHL) and Fredericton (AHL) … scored one goal in six games with MTL and 44 points (26G, 18A) in 55 games in the AHL … also appeared in 11 playoff games with Fredericton scoring 10 points (7G, 3A) and six penalty minutes.


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As we consider the Alameda County transportation tax increase on the Nov. 6 ballot, we begin with the premise that smoothly functioning transit and road systems benefit our regional economy.
But that doesn't mean taxpayers should be boundlessly tapped for more bus service and street construction money. Unfortunately, that's exactly what Measure B-1 would do. And that's why we recommend that voters reject it.
For context, recall that county voters in 2000 approved Measure B, a 20-year extension of a half-cent transportation sales tax. Now, halfway through the extension period, the Alameda County Transportation Commission says it's almost done with the work but will, as expected, need all of the future Measure B money to help pay the tab. That's reasonable.
But the story doesn't end there. The commission has become like the kid who spent all his allowance before the end of the month and now wants his parents to double his monthly stipend -- forever.
Measure B-1 would increase the transportation portion of sales tax from a half-cent to a full penny on every dollar spent. Based on fiscal year 2011-12, that would boost the commission's annual sales tax revenue from about $113 million to $226 million.
In most cities in the county, the total sales tax would reach 9.25 percent. Here's the kicker: The measure would make the penny for transportation permanent. A temporary tax would morph into an unending levy.
There's a new list of expenditures that would be funded with the additional money. Thirty-five percent would go to operations of transit systems; the rest for construction projects, mostly roads.
Thirty years from now, voters would have a chance to weigh in again -- but not on the amount of the tax, only on which new construction projects would be funded. The money for transit operations would be untouchable.
The commission says it needs the money to make up for declining state and federal transportation funding in recent years. History shows us that those funds fluctuate. We should not be imposing a permanent local tax to cover the cyclical revenue reductions from other sources.
Backers of the measure also argue that the new tax money would go for critical projects essential to the well-being of the regional economy. That's what they said a decade ago. To us, this looks like a political wish list where everyone got a little something in exchange for support.
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Sales taxes disproportionately affect the less wealthy. They should be used with caution. Doubling the transportation portion and making it permanent goes too far. Vote no on Measure B-1.


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STOCKTON – Police arrested two Stockton men on kidnapping and other charges early this morning in east Stockton.
At 1:43 a.m., a 17-year-old girl was walking on Wilson Way when her sister's former pimp drove by, stopped and demanded she go with him to find her sister in order to collect a debt. He then grabbed the girl and forced her into his vehicle, according to a police report.
They then drove to a hotel on March Lane where the sister was staying and the man kicked in the door, took the sister's belongings and drove both females to a motel in the 2500 block of Piccoli Road off Waterloo Road, east of Highway 99, the report continued.
The victim was then able to talk with police by phone and meet with officers, and she directed them to the motel room where two suspects were. The officers arrested Denrick Robertson, 27, and Mario Adams, 20, both on suspicion of kidnapping, burglary and conspiracy.
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:00 pm
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Well a few of us have started to have our babies and Im sure it wont be long for the rest of us so I have started the thread, My little man Henry is doing well my only problem is he seems to be very hungry midwife said he should be on 1-2 ounce every 3 - 4 hours well the 2 ounce is only really settling him for a max of 2 hours and he is hungry again what should I do how much is everyone elses baby taking Henry weighs 9 pound 11 so maybe this is why he is hungry ?
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:24 pm
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If he is hungry every 2 hrs feed him x my boy was 9lb 7oz and he guzzles for the uk lol just go with what he wants and dnt listen to a txt book reading h.v
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:53 pm
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Can I continue to be an honourary january mum Clare? lol. Like everyone has said, feed what he needs. As a bigger baby he will clearly need more than a 7lb baby for example. Harry drinks 3-4oz every 3-4 hours, but he's not quite as big as Henry yet. An extra ounce in Henry's bottle might mean an extra hours kip for you! Take care xx
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:11 am
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Sorry to hjack your thread but just wanted to say my little man fed 2 hourly in the day for weeks. I just fed him when he wanted it. Jack is a big boy but i like him that way! When they get a little older you can give a couple of ounces of cooled boiled water to encourage them to go 3 hours xxx
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Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:09 pm
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thanks for hijacking sparky I really appreciate it, I seem to be the only jna mom struggling lol, I am sterilising bottles in a batch of 6 then adding the boiled water letting it cool and storing it in fridge until needed (but no more than 24 hours) I then add the powder and warm it is this ok ?
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Hello Jan mummies (and anyone else who is assisting)
Hope to be joining you in the not too distant future..........in the meantime I will check in every now and then to pick up some tips for when my time comes!!
Reading your thread has reminded me that I'm soooo close to the end prize now. I can't wait to be worrying about a whole new set of problems related to LO.............once I have survived pregnancy and labour!!
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:29 am
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Hi ladies
Well its day 3 and i've had to abandon all hope of breastfeeding as Mia is just far too hungry. My milk still hasn't come in and even when i was feeding her i don't think she was getting enough as she was getting hungry again 10 minutes after latching on and suckling for 30-40 minutes at a time. My nipples are sore to the touch and are scabbed. Yesterday i gave up and gave her formula. She takes 2oz every 3-4 hours and sleeps for about 3 hours with loads of awake time after about 7ish.
She's perfect and healthy and happy. I get loads of smiles and cuddles and noises too.
Me on the other hand am devastated that i can't breastfeed her. I soooo wanted to feed her but i'm trying hard to fix on the fact that i am doing what's best for Mia.
I think i've got a wee touch of postnatal depression too. i cry a lot!!!!! It feels harder this time and I'm really sore. My back, ribs, thighs, and tummy are really sore especially if i do more than 2 loads of washing and dishes.
Matt got annoyed at me last night saying i fuss too much and he wasn't happy that i wanted to change her into a sleepsuit before bed cause she'd had her outfit on all day and it was icked upon.
Does anyone else feel like this? I would like to know so that i can maybe mention it to the mw next time.
Sorry to bring the post down
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Deecee so sorry you are having a tough time but so happy for you mia is thriving I like you was so hung up on the fact I couldnt breast feed for the first 3 days I felt like a failure and that I had let my baby down but I realised soon that I was doing what was best for him and me and I had made my decision and I needed to stick by it and bne happy with it.
I did get a bit weepy the first few days but my Hubby has been wonderful and really looked after me again because I have been so ill he really had to which has helped, today is the first day I feel much better and slighlty human
I would definately mention it to your midwife though as although its totally normal to feel like this talking about it will; really help
Henry is doing wonderful he is taking 3-4 oz every 3-4 hours is awake for about an hour then sleeps for 2 hours on a night he feeds at midnight, 4 am and then around 9 am so we are so lucky at the moment touch wood he stays this good
I have really been struggling to get my head around the making up of bottle feeds so I found the World health organisation reccomendations on how to do it and although it tells you how to do it properly there is also a section on the way to do it if you need to make it in advance and basically it tells you to make it up as you would from fresh with water cooled to no more than 70 degrees and then let it cool on the side and refridgerate until needed but for no more than 24 hours - now Im more confused as I was going to store the cooled boiled water in the fridge and then make up but this is telling me to make the milk up and then put in fridge which is the way we used to do it - what do you think ? so sorry to keep harping on about it but Im really struggling with it lol
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heres the link for the who guidelines its quite a big document but the relevant bit is on page 13 onwards