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Stocks to Watch: Nokia, Tiffany, Herbalife
Among the companies with shares expected to actively trade in Thursday's session are NokiaAeropostale and Tiffany & Co.
Nokia Corp. said brisk sales of its new Lumia smartphone lineup has contributed to a better- than-expected result in the fourth quarter, sending shares sharply higher.
Nokia shipped 4.4 million Lumia devices in the fourth quarter, bringing total smartphone shipments to 6.6 million devices, the first increase in smartphone shipment numbers in a year. Shares were up 19% to $4.45 in premarket trading.
Shares of Aeropostale Inc. plunged as investors voiced disapproval with the teen retailer's holiday sales and fourth-quarter earnings update. Holiday same-store sales including e-commerce slumped 8% compared to year ago period. The company cut its earnings forecast for the fourth quarter, citing lower-than-expected sales and margins. Shares were down 11% to $11.85 in premarket.
Tiffany & Co. said its holiday sales came in at the low end of its expectations and that it now expects full-year earnings will be at the bottom range of its forecast. Shares sank 8.3% premarket to $58 on the weak outlook.
Herbalife shares were trading higher Thursday ahead of an analyst and investor meeting the company is holding today to address investor questions about its business model. Herbalife President Des Walsh earlier told CNBC that hedge fund manager Bill Ackman's claims that his nutritional supplement company was a pyramid scheme were a "gross distortion of reality," adding "product results drive sales" and provide a "tremendous business opportunity." Shares were last up 3.3% to $41.25.
PriceSmart fiscal first-quarter earnings rose 43% as the company's warehouse club sales continued to strengthen. The discount-club store operator's shares jumped 6.4% to $82.85 premarket as per-share results topped analyst expectations.
Newly-public restaurant operator Chuy's Holdings raised its full-year guidance and forecast a better-than-expected profit for 2013, pointing to strong same-store sales and a boost from new restaurant openings. Shares rose 7.2% to $24.60 in premarket trade.
Women's apparel retailer Ascena Retail Group cut its earnings view for the current fiscal year, citing a challenging holiday selling season. Shares fell 11% to $16.06 premarket.
EXFO swung to a fiscal first-quarter loss as the maker of telecommunications testing equipment posted lower sales.
Hanmi Financial, parent of California's Hanmi Bank, confirmed it is in talks to explore strategic options including a potential merger or sale.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s tab for its role in the recently settled case over foreclosure abuses is nearly $2 billion, including a $753 million cash payment, according to a company filing late Wednesday.
Chip maker QuickLogic cut its fourth-quarter revenue outlook, citing weaker-than-expected new-product sales.
Ruby Tuesday reported a wider fiscal second-quarter loss as the casual-dining chain took a hit from the closure of several restaurants. Results missed Wall Street expectations and the company trimmed its full-year same-store sales and earnings guidance.
St. Jude Medical raised its fourth-quarter earnings guidance, as the medical-device maker said preliminary sales results met or exceeded its previous view.
Thor Industries said it will relocate its corporate headquarters to Elkhart, Ind., a move that will bring the recreational vehicle maker closer to many of its subsidiaries and most of its suppliers.
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Union man arrested for speeding, transporting moonshine
Published: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 8:10 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 8:10 p.m.
A driver "with a need for speed" was charged with transporting moonshine Monday, according to deputies.
Joe Franklin Nichols Jr., 23, of 125 Wingfield Drive, Union, was charged with reckless driving, unlawful transportation of liquor and firearm possession during unlawful transport of liquor, according to online jail records.
An incident report states that a deputy clocked a 2006 BMW at 97 mph on Cross Anchor Highway. The deputy stopped the car near Meadowoods Road and asked Nichols, the driver, if he knew how fast he was going. Nichols said between 80 and 90 mph and when the deputy said it was 97 mph, Nichols said he "just felt a need for speed," the report states. He was arrested on the reckless driving charge.
Nichols showed the deputy his concealed weapon permit and gave deputies his .380 pistol, according to the report. When deputies asked if they could search the car, Nichols told them no, the report states.
Sheriff David Taylor said deputies obtained a search warrant for the car, and found two containers of equaling a 1/2 gallon of moonshine in the trunk. Due to having the illegal liquor in his car, Nichols will lose his concealed weapons permit.
"We've already sent the necessary paperwork in to SLED to get it revoked," Taylor said.
Nichols was released from the Union County Jail Tuesday on a $1,800 bond.
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Team Massachusetts Brings a Fourth Dimension to the Solar Decathlon
Team Massachusetts is bringing a unique perspective to the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 this fall. You might say it is a fourth dimension because of the team's newly constructed 4D Home. But it could also be argued that it is because the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and University of Massachusetts Lowell are collaborating for the team's first entry into the biannual competition, and they're both public institutions.
Team Massachusetts has created a compact, energy-efficient, sustainably designed house built for a family of three with two bedrooms, one bath, a kitchen, dining room, laundry/mechanical room and living room. At 945 square feet, the savvy, highly efficient house is aimed at reinventing the idea of New England architecture. Meanwhile, Team Massachusetts is adding the fourth dimension of "time" to the interior of the house (and in name), taking into account the transitions a family and home go through over the years. By using moving walls for adaptable living spaces, rooms can be opened for family gatherings and the extra bedroom removed once the youth has gone off to college. See the Energy Blog post.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Would your child be safer if principals, teachers and even bus drivers were allowed to carry guns? Right now, there's a bill that could allow that to happen.
It's at the top of everyone's mind, especially with the massacre that happened in Newtown, Conn., last month.
"I don't want my child in the classroom with a teacher who is armed," said Monique Braswell, president of the Richmond County PTA.
Packing lunches, packing book bags and if a new bill passes, school Administrators could possibly be carrying guns.
"I would not be in favor of that at this time," said Sen. Hardie Davis.
"Come on now, whose ridiculous idea is this?" asked Braswell.
It's part of a bill introduced by State Rep. Paul Battles. The bill would give school boards the choice to allow one or more administrators to carry a concealed weapon on a school campus. Click here to read the bill.
"You take prayer out of schools and replace it with guns. You don't allow us to discipline our kids, but it's OK for a teacher to shoot them," Braswell said.
The question is: How do we defend those who can't protect themselves? The bill also calls for training school officials before allowing them to enter the classroom.
"You let the teacher bring a gun to school and the teacher shoots a student. They'll be claiming self-defense," Braswell said.
Some say adding police officers to elementary schools is way too expensive and that it's simply cheaper to arm principals and teachers.
In South Carolina, a bill filed by Rep. Bakari Sellers ensures a continuous presence of a student resource officer at all public schools in South Carolina. It also gives them full arrest powers on campus. Read more here.


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Antonio Guerrero, the 21-year-old Milpitas resident arrested in connection with the fatal shooting last year of 18-year-old David Benavidez, was sentenced Friday to state prison.
"He was sentenced to 14 years," Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Chuck Gillingham said.
The prosecutor added the victim's family also made a statement to the court during the morning hearing at San Jose Hall of Justice.
Last November, Guerrero pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
On Oct. 15, 2011 at 1:08 a.m., Milpitas police officers responded to the 500 block of Heath Street on reports of a gunshot and a person down on the 400 block of Chestnut Avenue.
Officers found Benavidez, a Milpitas resident, had suffered a gunshot wound to the back of his head. The young father who worked at the Morrill Avenue Target store was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Within days of the shooting, Milpitas detectives developed information through witness interviews, recovered evidence and DNA testing conducted on that evidence that identified Guerrero as the suspect in the shooting, according to police.
On Feb. 11, 2012, Gilroy Police Department officers arrested Guerrero in that city, booked on a single count of homicide.
Police later determined that on the night of the shooting, Guerrero was riding in the back seat of a 1996 Honda Accord with Benavidez in the front passenger seat as they headed toward a house party. Guerrero was allegedly in possession of a silver Smith & Wesson .
"The best evidence that we had was that this was an accidental shooting," Gillingham previously told the Milpitas Post, adding the suspect had been putting the handgun inside his waistband and pulling it out again before the weapon fired. "It was not an intentional killing."
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Top brands: Humira ($3.5B), Tricor ($1.3B), Niaspan ($1.2B), AndroGel ($1.1B), Synthroid ($657M)
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The Moral Conundrum behind the Student Loan Process
October 14, 2012
Patricia Garza
The question of what to do about college student loans in the US has long been debated, even before things started getting really ugly for college grads. There's more urgency in the debate since the US reached the sad milestone of accruing over $1 trillion dollars in debt from student loans—surpassing the among of collective credit card debt held by people in country.
Some analysts say that potential college students need to be more educated about the brass tacks of the lending process. The idea is that students might make smarter financial choices if they're better informed about types of loans, interest rates, payment plans, private vs. federal funding, and so forth. A smart college freshman might avoid repaying a $60,000 loan if they knew more about what's at stake, right?
Maybe so, but many people aren't convinced. While a crash course in student loans could certainly benefit many college kids, it doesn't seem like improper education is what's to blame for the mess that millions of college grads find themselves in. Student loans are an inevitability for millions of students who lack the financial resources to pay their way through an institution whose tuition costs the equivalent of a luxury car every semester, not to mention living expenses. The logic behind the loan education argument seems to be that no one in their right mind would agree to build up so much debt for a college education, especially if they enter a field that offers not much in the way of salary.
But the fact of the matter is that millions of college students are taking out their loans knowing full well about the repercussions and what's at stake. Students who take out student loans essentially sign away their financial freedoms, understanding that repaying the loans will be a top financial priority for many, many years after graduation. Read more of this post


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In November of 2012, FDA issued Q11 Development and Manufacture of Drug Substances (1). The International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) Q11 Expert Working Group developed the FDA guidance (1). Additionally, the term "guidance" is a reflection of the agency's current thinking on this topic and should be considered as nonbinding recommendations only. Current FDA regulations for GMPs do not cover APIs specifically, so the adoption of ICH Q11 as a guidance document was deemed to be a reasonable approach by the agency. In accordance with this guidance, manufacturers can use alternate approaches needed in the development of drug substances. Q11, however, delineates two viable approaches for drug-substance development: traditional and enhanced (2). The traditional approach is premised on establishing set points and specific operating ranges for all process parameters (2). The control strategy for drug substances is predicated on process reproducibility and repeatability and the implementation of an effective program for drug-substance testing against predefined criteria. The enhanced approach entails the employment of risk-management strategies and the application of scientific knowledge to garner a better understanding of process parameters (2). The concept is to develop and implement control strategies and then employ these strategies over the drug-substance lifecycle to support a better understanding of critical quality attributes (CQA) needed to produce safe drug substances and the establishment of design space (as applicable).
To enhance the understanding of Guidance for Industry: Q11 Development and Manufacture of Drug Substances, it is important to have some basic knowledge of ICH and the interrelationship of guidelines published by ICH. The International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use was founded in 1990. Pharmaceutical industry regulators from the United States, Japan, and Europe were brought together for the succinct purpose of improving global harmonization of regulatory requirements needed to support the design and development for medicines that are safe and effective in their intended use (3). Guidelines developed by ICH Expert Working Groups are divided into four categories: quality guidelines, efficacy guidelines, multidisciplinary guidelines, and safety guidelines (3). Several countries have adopted ICH guidelines as law; however, FDA only considers the guidelines as guidance. Implementation of the guidance provided in Q11 requires knowledge of applicable ICH guidelines referenced specifically in of Guidance for Industry: Q11 Development and Manufacture of Drug Substances.
Manufacturing process developmentOne of the requirements needed for the manufacturer of quality drug substances are validated processes capable of providing repeatable results. In support of accomplishing the task of manufacturing a quality product, manufacturing process development requires adherence with six quality principles delineated within Q11:
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I have started C25K several times now, and I'm back again. This time I'd really like to try to stick with running more long term. I remember how awesome it was to be able to follow many other people doing C25K, I guess that was on the old coolrunning.com forums before they merged with active.com. There were check-in threads that TONS of people would post what day they were on, and how the run went. It helped so much, and I guess I'm just posting because I'm sad they're no longer here. I transitioned over to dailymile.com a while ago, but it's hard to find other runners that are doing C25K, and it's just not the same.
How are you getting on? I've just started it this week.
I just started this week as well. I've never been a runner before and have actively DISLIKED running so this is huge for me. I made the mistake of doing days 1 and 2 back to back and am a hurtin pup.
I don't know about the old C25K threads, but it took me three times (starting from scratch then quiting) to figure out I really do like running. I hated it at first (because it wasn't easy for me). I couldn't understand why my wife loved to run so much. Now I mostly like it, because I can run almost anywhere. My daughter swims three hours a day for practice, and it's too far away to drive back home, so I run while she swims. I also bike, but it's much easier to just take my running shoes while traveling instead of my bike.
Maybe the new C25K runners will check back into this thread that you created.
Michelle and all, this is great start for the thread you want!! Often folks will start a thread with a title like "Starting C25k on ..., anyone else?" and will draw a bunch together. Keep checking in on each other and you will be surprised how much easier getting your runs done will be when you do. Good luck!!
I completed C25k June 2011 and am still running. Had a crisis of doubt yesterday but posted about it, got a lot of helpful suggestions about how to deal and today am much more optomistic. Someone suggested mentoring newbies and I knew they were right so I checked out your thread. I will look back in on you so feel free to ask questions.
This stuff is not easy! When folks say the first step is the hardest, they aren't just talking about putting on your shoes and completing the first week. The whole program is a huge challenge and you can celebrate every run because it's a huge accomplishment to actually say, "No, today is not the day I quit." Many folks quit and restart so don't beat yourself up if you have. It happens and sometimes we have no control over it but if you've stopped in the past because the whole program seemed overwhelming, don't even think about finishing the program, you may or you may not finish. Just know that you started it because you want to do it and that means you need to complete your next run. That is all you have to do, just One run.
At some point most people experience a runner's high that boosts them ahead and you can have that if you keep going. My first *high* came sometime during W4 runs but it's different for everyone. I needed to repeat weeks in the beginning of C25k to get the confidence to keep going. The jump to a full three minute run was a huge struggle for me but then I noticed that when I expected myself to run five minutes, three became a lot easier. That's when I realized my mind was my biggest obstacle, my body could do a lot more than my mind thought it could do.
I'm getting too wordy but just wanted to say, there's a huge payoff if you stick with it. You break all those barriers you've been putting up, you learn a lot of good about yourself in the process, lessons that are useful in the rest of your life, and you become amazing. Hang in there!! Everyone has bad runs and they usually come right before really strong fantastic runs, which you will enjoy all the more if you keep at it. Trust the program. It works.
Mary Kay
Running: Started 5/6/2011; Graduated C25k - 7/21/11; Graduated B210k - 11/24/11;
PRs: 5k - 36:42; 8k - 1:10; 4.15 m - 53.41; 10k - 1:18; HM - 2:56:31
I may be slow but I'm persistant.
Goals: 5k under 30 min.; HM under 2 hr.; AG award in the USAF HM! and one full marathon.
It won't be easy but it will be worth it!
Hello, I'm on week 8 of the C25K but still feel very much like a newbie! Was really pleased to discover this thread, some of the others sound like real pros! I have never been a runner and am still trying to get used to the fact that actually I seem to enjoy it... though the idea of getting out in the cold after a day at work still doesn't have too much appeal. Fortunately the reality is better than the thought...
I know exactly what you mean about the biggest obstacle being your mind... I hit a glitch at W5 when one thing after another seemed to defeat me - my phone refused to play the podcast, I caught a hideous feverish cold, there were several days it was really icy under foot... I thought I would never get past that phase, until I relised it had become a bit of an ogre in my mind and decided that was ridiculous. Now I've also found (I'm using Robert Ullrey's podcasts) that the week 7 and 8 runs, where you just run with no walking, are actually easier than the week 5 and 6 ones where you still walk on some of the days, as I kept thinking "oh no, day 1 can stop here but I've got to carry on for ages...ugh". Without that distraction it's much easier just to...run! So I think I'd definitely agree 9without having got to the end yet) that yes, the programme really does work!
I'm officially now on week two although I have to confess to having skipped ahead to the week three workouts because week two seemed too easy for me. The three minute runs of this week are definitely testing my endurance and its kind of a thrill to be able to complete them. I have the C25K app on my phone and am using the trainer Sargent Block to tell me when to run and walk and he's kind of amusing to listen to:-) I will say though that looking at my pace which this app does somewhere along the line I'm going to have to pickup the pace or there's no way I'd be doing 5 K in thirty minutes. However I have eight more weeks of the nine week program so hopefully I'll get there.
Sarah, Congrats on getting past W5, D3!!! It's the hardest part of the program, IMHO. The second hardest for me was going from 3 min. runs to 5 min. runs (W4?). That definitely took me more than a week!!
Janet and all, very few people can actually complete a 5k in 30 min. after they've completed the program. Having that expectation is an unfortunate consequence of the name but it's unrealistic for most folks. You will be ABLE to run a 5k though, when you've finished and your pace is your pace. Completing the program is a huge accomplishment so don't sweat how fast you are running. I ran 6 HMs this year (2012) and still can't run a 5k in 30 min. but it's on my list of goals for the year.
I am not a spokesperson for C25k and in fact I coach a different kind of beginners program locally but I did C25k and it was perfect for me. The program starts you on a journey to building a good running base at hopefully a healthy aerobic pace. Your body will benefit more if you run at a comfortable pace than if you push yourself to meet the expectation of running a certain distance within the time period. If you look over the threads from folks who have finished you'll find a lot have chosen to redo C25k after finishing it, starting around W3 or W4, so that they can run it for distance. I tried that but the pace was too fast for me. It did give me the tools to build on for racing, though. I graduated in July 2011 and ran about 10 5ks before December. I was on a mission to finish one without walking and finially did in October, at a 15 mm pace. I was 62 so you all can do that and beat it easily.
Run strong and enjoy!
Mary Kay
Running: Started 5/6/2011; Graduated C25k - 7/21/11; Graduated B210k - 11/24/11;
PRs: 5k - 36:42; 8k - 1:10; 4.15 m - 53.41; 10k - 1:18; HM - 2:56:31
I may be slow but I'm persistant.
Goals: 5k under 30 min.; HM under 2 hr.; AG award in the USAF HM! and one full marathon.
It won't be easy but it will be worth it!
Thanks mkayc, that's really good to know. I had also wondered how I was going to manage 5K because I reckon I'm running about 3.6K atm in 28 minutes (guesstimate based on drawing my path on to google Earth so not very accurate!) It's encouraging to know I would be able to manage 5K though - I had wondered about working out a 5K route and just running it, once I get to that point and seeing how long it takes. Would that be a good idea? I might repeat weeks 8 and 9 a couple of times first though! I don't really mind if I'm slow, but I would like to be able to do the odd 5K run, even if I'm at the back of the field!
Sarah, running a 5k route sounds like a great idea when you think you're ready! As you near the end of the program, what you do next is all up to you. Definitely plan your journey!! Listen to your body. It will tell you what you can do and check back in with any other questions. These threads are full of helpful wisdom.
Strong runs, all!!
Mary Kay
Running: Started 5/6/2011; Graduated C25k - 7/21/11; Graduated B210k - 11/24/11;
PRs: 5k - 36:42; 8k - 1:10; 4.15 m - 53.41; 10k - 1:18; HM - 2:56:31
I may be slow but I'm persistant.
Goals: 5k under 30 min.; HM under 2 hr.; AG award in the USAF HM! and one full marathon.
It won't be easy but it will be worth it!
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I started on 1/21. I've run Wk1D1 and Wk1D2
I increased my distance 0.13 miles and increased my pace from 16:04 to 14:36 from day 1 to day 2
I'm super excited for Day 3.
I'm getting lots of encouragement from my family.
I'm 300+ lbs and pushing 40 (October). I'm running for my life. I'm runing to get health, lose weight, lower my BP and reduce my risk of type 2 diabetes.
Started Running C25K: 1/21/2013
First 5k Schduled for: 4/20/2013
Hi, I'm Maria I'm 45 and started running using this forum, I haven't ran for some time so I hope to start back this week
I did w2 D1 today.
Well done flamomof4! I have made it to the end of W9 (much to my surprise) and have since done a couple more runs still using the W9 podcast - I really need to get around to making my own playlists! Yesterday I managed 3 miles in about 32 minutes. I can't beleive I can actually run 3 miles - I have never been a runner!
I would definitely say to anyone startingt eh C25K and not sure if they can manage it that it really does work and eases you into running the distance. You really can do it!
Wow Sarah. Very impressive! I'm in week 7. Completing week 7 tomorrow! I'm still having a tremendous amount of tiredness in my legs during my runs... Any suggestions?
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An early cushion gave the Lady Rattlers enough room to work with as they held off the Lady Hornets en route to a 5-4 series-opening victory. San Marcos now has a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series, which returns to Lady Rattler Field tonight at 7 p.m.
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1B: Votto v Fielder ... wash (if anything, Votto)
2B: Phillips v Raburn, Santiago (or whatever scrub the Tigers are playing at 2B that day) ... Phillips
3B: Rolen/Frazier v Cabrera ... Cabrera
SS: Cozart v Peralta ... Cozart (we're not talking about last year)
LF: Ludwick/Heisey v Young ... wash (Young's numbers stink ... they're like spoiled milk)
CF: Stubbs v Jackson ... Jackson (but not by much)
RF: Bruce v Boesch ... Bruce
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Perralta has better numbers this year than Cozart so I would call that a wash also. Cozart would be better if this team had a legitimate leadoff hitter. Basically their about even but this Tigers team is an under achieving bunch which isn't like a Leyland team. When V-Mart comes back the lineup will be that much better. I still like their lineup even with the facts in front of my face. Over a 162 game season they will produce
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So now to the Colin Kaepernick flash re-assessments, I guess.
Like the entire 49ers offense, Kaepernick didn't have a good game Sunday vs. Carolina, there's little question. He was harried, he didn't run particularly well, he didn't look decisive with his throws, and when he did throw he sailed a few far and wide.
Any QB, and definitely a 49ers QB, is going to get scrutinized when the team can't score a TD and loses 10-9 at home, and puts up only 151 total yards and 10 first downs (both new statistical lows for the Jim Harbaugh era).
I am not going to go along 100% with Trent Dilfer's declaration last night that Kaepernick is essentially a one-read QB and if you take away his first read, he becomes "remedial" as a passer.
(No shock I don't buy into everything Dilfer says. I didn't when he was the 49ers' very chatty back-up to Alex Smith, I didn't when he has gushed about Kaepernick, and I don't now. Dilfer makes good points, but he makes a ton of them, and they go all over the place, all the time.)
Dilfer said it on ESPN, and 49ers fans are repeating it everywhere: Kaepernick is a "one-read QB" and somehow that is supposed to explain everything.
Dilfer knows this stuff; I'm not going to say his evaluation is all wrong.
Sometimes yes, it does look like Kaepernick is most comfortable in the Read Option, when the scheme itself limits what he has to think about and limits what the defense can do against him.
But I don't think that's the whole story here. What can Kaepernick do if his first, second and third options are all covered, all the time?
Even if he isn't getting through them like Joe Montana, I'm not sure it would matter with this set of receivers.
For one, the 49ers aren't running a lot of Read Option this season, which makes him more of a normal NFL QB, allows defenses to throw more complicated schemes at him, and though the 49ers offense has done some explosive things this season, it has bogged down, too — against Seattle, Indianapolis and most egregiously against Carolina.
My point is that I watched the 49ers receivers very carefully in the second half, especially when Kaepernick was pressured and had to move (and didn't have his first option open)... and I didn't see ANY receivers breaking open.
This has to partly be Greg Roman and Jim Harbaugh's fault for not putting the receivers into places where they could adjust and get to a spot Kaepernick could find them; it had to partly be Kaepernick's fault for not throwing them open.
Kaepernick just never really does the "throw the receiver open" thing that Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and Andrew Luck specialize at; it's a tricky very, very advanced thing to throw a pass before your guy breaks open, trusting that 1) he will get to that spot right when the ball arrives and 2) the DB won't get there first.
Kaepernick likes to see the WR open before he fires, and he usually throws it so hard it doesn't mess up any timing even if he waits.
And Kaepernick isn't very fluid as he goes through his reads. In the past, he has been able to take a quick look, then either rifle a pass or take off... and this year, the taking off part really hasn't been there except for a few games.
I've written that I believe he had a foot injury suffered in Week 1 and then eventually recovered from it recently. Did he get it hurt again? Is he hurt in some other way?
But mostly, I think this is a problem with the 49ers' receiving corps—and yes, we have been at this spot before, with Alex Smith in the playoffs and the loss to the Giants.
Without Michael Crabtree... and then without Vernon Davis in the second half... and with Mario Manningham just getting back in... and with Anquan Boldin not exactly a speed-burner, especially late in a route... and Kyle Williams out there for a few snaps who knows why... and Jonathan Baldwin doing nothing in his few snaps...
There was not a lot of separation out there, whether Kaepernick was on his first read, second read or 10th read.
And when he threw a deep one to back-up TE Vance McDonald down the middle... McDonald couldn't hold onto the ball. That was a play that could've turned the game, right there, and Kaepernick did his part.
Crabtree should be back in a couple weeks and Davis presumably will be back soon from his concussion.
Then maybe the 49ers offense will have the receivers Kaepernick needs to beat good defenses, and if the 49ers' pass game still struggles, I will start listening to Dilfer more. I guess.
But I don't think you can say you know for sure he would've gouged the Carolina D in the second half with 10 more carries, and I'm not sure how Gore would be feeling today—and the next few weeks—if the 49ers tried.
-- The 49ers' net passing total of 46 (subtracting the 45 sack yards) is lowest of the Harbaugh era and lowest net since they managed only 44 net passing yards on Oct. 9, 2005.
That was Alex Smith's first NFL start, when he had 74 gross passing yards, and was sacked for 30 yards in a 28-3 loss to the Colts.
-- Kaepernick had 91 gross passing yards (not subtracting the sack yards).
-- Again, the 10 first downs and 151 total yards are 49ers lows in the Harbaugh era.
151 yards is the 49ers' lowest total since they gained only 133 vs. Minnesota in Nov 2006, when the 49ers won 9-3.
It's the lowest first-down total since they also had 10 first downs in a 40-21 victory over Seattle in December 2010.
They had only 6 first downs twice in 2007—in that Minnesota game and in a 24-0 loss in Seattle. (And 9 two other times in that wonderful season.)
In 2005, the 49ers had SEVEN games with less than 10 first downs.
I haven't criticized Williams as much as many 49ers fans do, but it does seem like he has been gifted a roster spot and playing time on this team for some reason, and Sunday he didn't even return punts (after fair-catching like crazy all season).
It's not like Harbaugh to keep players on scholarship. Williams is on scholarship.
But you can't ever predict who else might get hurt, that's the point.
When you get back Mario Manningham and if you want to count Aldon Smith in this conversation, and are close to getting Michael Crabtree and Tank Carradine, then you still can lose Vernon Davis, Eric Reid and Ray McDonald.
Which is what happened to the 49ers Sunday, and now we shall see how Davis, Reid, McDonald and others feel over the next few days.
And after that, you could lose other key players in the back stretch of the season, the way the 49ers lost Justin Smith for a few late-season games last season and then when he returned he wasn't the same in the playoffs.


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"Why Say Yes to No?" is a book discussion that will be held in Sleepy Eye on Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 19 for three sessions. The time is 6-7:30 p.m. and the place is the Sleepy Eye High School Media Center. The discussion is based on the book of the same title by psychologist Dr. David Walsh.
Learning how and when to say no is critical for our children's success in school and life. With an average of 44.5 hours of screen time a week – the most significant lifestyle change for our children over the last decade - kids are exposed to over one million Yes messages a year. This constant barrage of yes messages undermine the crucial character traits children need for success, including self-reliance, perseverance, integrity and the ability to delay gratification. The social and economic ramifications of this shift cannot be ignored. Research shows that self-discipline is twice as strong a predicator of school success as is intelligence. Our kids may be as smart as ever, but a culture of More, Easy, Fast and Fun" is undermining what really counts in the classroom and in helping our children to become thriving, responsible adults.
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A series of workshops for parents and child care providers will start on Monday, Feb. 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m., in the Sleepy Eye School Lindahl Room. It is entitled "Tipping the Sales: Promoting Nutrition and Physical Activity." Learn how to help children develop a healthy lifestyle. CEU's will be available.
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Americans shed more credit-card debt in February, the latest sign of consumer caution about borrowing and spending since the recession.
Total outstanding consumer credit across the economy rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.4% in February to more than $3.129 trillion, the Federal Reserve said Monday.
But outstanding revolving credit, which includes credit-card debt, fell $2.42 billion from January, representing an annualized decline of 3.4% in February. Revolving credit also fell in January.
Winter weather, postholiday shopping fatigue and the arrival of tax-refund checks all have contributed to lower debt levels in recent months, said Randy Hopper, vice president of credit cards at Navy Federal Credit Union. But borrowers also have become more diligent about paying off their balances, he said.
"They are more considerate of the debt that they are putting on," Mr. Hopper said. "They're managing their budgets a little more rigorously."
Credit-card borrowing surged in the prerecession years before declining sharply during the downturn. After the economy bottomed out, consumers began to borrow again, albeit more cautiously.
Outstanding revolving credit has increased 0.5% over the last year. But it has been an uneven climb, with seasonally adjusted revolving credit rising just six of the last 12 months. It fell three of the last four months.
Total outstanding consumer credit, including student and car loans but excluding real-estate loans like mortgages, has increased 5.6% from a year ago. The volume of outstanding federal student loans has been climbing steadily, hitting an unadjusted $764 billion in February.
"Student loans have essentially been the story in consumer-credit growth," said Cooper Howes, U.S. economist at Barclays Capital.
The Fed has sought to stimulate the U.S. economy by lowering borrowing costs for consumers and businesses. The central bank has kept short-term interest rates near zero for more than five years and purchased trillions of dollars in bonds in a bid to ease credit conditions.
The latest Fed survey of banks' top loan officers found increasing demand at some banks for consumer loans. A separate report from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency found banks had relaxed their criteria for businesses and consumers to secure credit in 2012 and the first half of 2013.
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Two Minnesota women have been extradited to Wisconsin to face charges in a 2007 shooting death.
WBAY-TV (http://bit.ly/XKVSjQ ) reports 34-year-old Kandi Siveny and 38-year-old Rosie Campbell were brought to Outagamie (awt-ah-GAY'-mee) County from two separate jails in Minnesota Thursday afternoon.
Siveny and Campbell, along with Siveny's mother, Dianna Siveny, are accused in the shooting death of 30-year-old Lara Plamann. The victim's body was found in a shed near the home she shared with partner Dianna Siveny in Greenville.
A criminal complaint says Campbell told authorities recently that she watched Kandi Siveny kill Plamann for her mother, who thought Plamann was cheating on her.
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River otters are expanding in Indiana and now live in most of their historic range.
River otters were absent from the Indiana landscape for more than 50 years before the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) began releasing otters into areas of the state in 1995.
Over a five-year period, more than 300 otters were transported from Louisiana and released at 12 sites in northern and southern Indiana. The program was so successful that river otters were removed from the state's endangered species list in 2005. They now occur in 74 of Indiana's 92 counties.
The river otter is a true success story for wildlife conservation. However, the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife (DFW) knows that as river otter numbers rise, so does their impact.
"River otters are an important part of our natural environment, but as their numbers increase, so do conflicts with private pond owners and other fishery related interests," said Shawn Rossler, furbearer specialist with the Division of Fish & Wildlife.
In areas where fish are concentrated, such as a privately stocked pond, river otters can reduce the number of fish, causing recreational and economic losses.
In 2013, DFW district wildlife biologists received 86 complaints on river otters eating fish out of private ponds and commercial fish hatcheries or destroying private property. That's up from 69 complaints in 2012. The number of control permits that were issued or renewed nearly doubled, from 11 in 2012 to 21 in 2013.
As the otter population grows, wildlife managers must find balance to keep populations healthy while preventing conflicts with landowners.
Finding balance isn't always easy, but it's needed to ensure the continued success and acceptance of river otters in Indiana.
"We need to find balance to keep otter populations healthy while preventing conflicts with landowners and private fishery interests," Rossler said. "A closely managed, highly regulated trapping season is the best option to bring the needs of the public in balance with wildlife."
The DFW has looked into various options and reviewed current research and has determined a limited harvest will not negatively impact the state's otter population.
Earlier this year, the DFW proposed an otter trapping season as part of its biennial administrative rule making process.
The proposal is still under review by the Natural Resources Commission. If approved, the earliest a river otter trapping season would occur is 2015-16.
The proposed regulations identify when, where, and how otters can be trapped; limit the number of otters harvested; and require mandatory registration and check-in harvested otter.
Indiana would not be the first state to follow its river otter reintroduction efforts with a limited trapping season. Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri and West Virginia have done so and still have thriving river otter populations.
For almost 20 years, the DFW has worked closely with Hoosier trappers to collect biological data that show otter expansion throughout the state. A regulated season will allow more data on river otters to be collected while also allowing trapping and fur selling opportunities.
"Trappers throughout the state have a deep appreciation for all wildlife, especially otter," Rossler said. "We'll continue to work collectively with trappers to ensure responsible management of river otter for years to come."
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Here is the code for a full screen OpenGL window. It uses the powerful GameWindow class. I think the most significant feature is that it does not use Windows Forms. This means you do not need to include the Windows.Forms assembly. It also means that you are responsible for creating everything that appears inside the window using OpenGL.
using System; using OpenTK; using OpenTK.Graphics; using OpenTK.Graphics.OpenGL; class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { MyWindow N = new MyWindow(); N.Run(100.0); N.Dispose(); } } // This class is a powerful window that can be created without using any GUI library. public class MyWindow : GameWindow { public MyWindow() : base() { Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit."); KeyPress += HandleKeyPressEvent; Load += HandleOnLoadEvent; RenderFrame += HandleRenderEvent; } public void HandleKeyPressEvent(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e) { Exit(); } public void HandleOnLoadEvent(object sender, EventArgs e) { WindowBorder = WindowBorder.Hidden; WindowState = WindowState.Fullscreen; GL.Clear(ClearBufferMask.DepthBufferBit | ClearBufferMask.ColorBufferBit | ClearBufferMask.AccumBufferBit | ClearBufferMask.StencilBufferBit); } public void HandleRenderEvent(object sender, FrameEventArgs e) { GL.ClearColor(new Color4(1, 0, 0, 1)); SwapBuffers(); } }
Since I am coding my projects as console applications in Visual Studio, I had to explicitly include the System.Drawing assembly to get this to compile. It is needed to support the Color4 class (see
C:\opentk-0.9.9-3\Source\OpenTK\Graphics\Color4.cs). [see Comment below on this issue]
The main program creates a GameWindow, starts the rendering loop, then finally disposes of any system-dependent (non-managed) baggage before closing.
I used the NativeWindow properties to get rid of the window border and make the window full screen. You'll find the WindowBorder and WindowState classes in
A lot of this code depends on event handling which is a basic, but difficult, feature of C#. You can find out about the available events by looking in
C:\opentk-0.9.9-3\Source\OpenTK\GameWindow.cs (Load and RenderFrame) and
C:\opentk-0.9.9-3\Source\OpenTK\NativeWindow.cs (KeyPress). Particular attention should be paid to the UpdateFrame event which I didn't need for this example.
The SwapBuffers call is necessary because double buffering is built into the GameWindow class. (BTW, that's a good thing.)
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Au GRES — Since she was an elementary school student, Omer resident Cassidy Boensch has been into playing basketball.
She may have just joined the Au Gres-Sims varsity basketball team this year, but the 6'3" center and power forward has already been noticed —and not just by sports observers from throughout the state, but by Sports Illustrated, which listed her as part of the "Faces in the Crowd" section, which showcases amateur athletes, in its Jan. 21 edition.
Cassidy was also named to the top 100 preseason players list by the Detroit Free Press, one of only two freshmen to receive that honor this year, and leads the state in rebounds. Cassidy has remained modest about the recognition, however.
"I never thought that would happen," she said. "It's kind of crazy."
Cassidy said she first got into basketball in elementary school at the insistence of her brother, and has stuck with it.
"My brother pushed me to be better at it," the 15-year-old Au Gres-Sims freshman said. "I started in fifth grade with the Mio League, and went up there every Sunday for three years."
She eventually began participating in the Amateur Athletics League, which meets at Xpress Hoops in Midland, before joining the AGS team this season. She said as part of the AA league, she played teams from throughout Michigan — from Detroit, Grand Rapids, and elsewhere — as well as teams in Chicago and Cincinnati.
Her mother, Deb Boensch, serves as the AGS girls basketball coach, and said while she believed time with the league helped prepare Cassidy for the more intense play seen in varsity basketball, it was still a huge leap for her.
"Varsity is a major step up from eighth grade," Cassidy said. "It's way different. Every game has juniors and seniors that we play against, but the AA helped prepare me for that."
Deb pointed out that four members of the AGS lineup, including Cassidy, are freshmen, with one sophomore, one junior, and one senior who is a transfer student rounding out the roster. As a result, much of the team has been in the midst of a crash course in varsity play, but Cassidy said she has already noticed improvement on the court since starting on the AGS team.
"I've gotten more aggressive, my dribbling has gotten better, and my knowledge of the game — my court sense — has improved," Cassidy said.
While they are a young team, Cassidy said she's expecting them to continue to improve.
"We've all been best friends since kindergarten, and we play together, and mesh well together," she said. "We always have a lot of fun."
Cassidy keeps busy off the court as well, and is involved, or plans to be involved, in volleyball, softball, track, the jazz band, a youth group, and is a member of the science olympiad. She is also practically a straight-A student, so she spends time keeping on top of her schoolwork.
"It's tricky to figure out my schedule for each day," she said.
Cassidy quipped that a recent game was rescheduled due to illnesses on the team left her with an evening free, and she was not quite sure what to do with herself.
Despite being a freshman, Cassidy has already gotten contacted by colleges that have heard about her skills on the court and in the classroom. Deb said Michigan State University and Central Michigan University have both seen her play, at the very least, and have had representatives check in to see how she is doing.
"I plan to continue," Cassidy said. "If I get the opportunity (to play in college), I'd take it."
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SAN JOSE -- About every hour in San Jose, the Fire Department arrives late to a medical emergency, new data show.
For 14 straight months, the San Jose Fire Department has failed to meet a Santa Clara County standard to respond to at least 90 percent of emergencies within eight minutes. No other fire department in the county missed that mark for even one month since the targets took effect in 2011.
County officials didn't cite instances where delay affected a medical case, and suggested rapid responses weren't needed on many calls. But some said that's no excuse and threatened to withhold funding if the city doesn't improve.
"We know that those mere minutes are critical in terms of the outcome and whether or not folks live or die," said county Supervisor Joe Simitian. "We've got a problem here that is very real. And to add insult to injury, we're paying for that problem."
Simitian is leading the charge as the Board of Supervisors this month considers pulling $2.1 million in annual county funding from the San Jose Fire Department for failing to meet the standards laid out in an Emergency Medical Services contract with the county.
But city and even some county officials say that would only make the problem worse. Mayor Chuck Reed said the cuts would amount to losing a station or about a dozen firefighters at a time when the city already can't afford to hire more crews because of rising personnel costs.
"We'd like to be better," he said. But "I don't see how anybody would expect the service to our community to get better if we have $2 million less to work with."
From January through June of last year, San Jose met the 911 response time standard on 88 percent of emergencies, county figures show. By comparison, all other fire departments contracting with the county -- from Mountain View to Gilroy -- met the goal a combined average of 97 percent of the time.
The county data show San Jose fire paramedics last year were four times more likely to arrive past the eight-minute mark than other cities, and missed that target on about 6,700 emergencies over the year. About 95 percent of San Jose emergency calls are for medical service and the remainder are for fires. Figures didn't indicate how late the delayed responses were.
Deputy Fire Chief Juan Diaz blamed San Jose's response-time issues on budget cuts that have led to two dozen fewer firefighters on duty each day, heavier traffic stemming from the growing economy and a rise in low-priority emergency calls as the city's population swells. Medical 911 calls have shot up 36 percent in just five years.
Diaz said the department is now sending fewer trucks to low-priority calls and centralizing training in hopes of freeing up more firefighters, among other measures aimed at speeding responses.
Michael Petrie, the county's EMS director, said not all of the 55,500 emergencies that San Jose firefighters respond to each year require rapid responses.
"Yes, in San Jose sometimes it takes longer to get there than they should but that does not necessarily translate to a dangerous system or anything like that," Petrie said.
The response time performance standards are tied to a deal in which the county pays every fire department in the region except Palo Alto to respond to emergencies first before county ambulances arrive later. Fire departments that reach at least 90 percent of patients in less than eight minutes share a pool of $4.6 million funded by county ambulance provider Rural/Metro, but San Jose has continued to receive its share of the funds anyway.
The firefighters, locked in an ongoing labor battle with San Jose City Hall, said they had no chance to meet their response time requirements because of cutbacks made in recent years.
"City leaders continually tell residents that public safety is their top priority, but this episode clearly shows that those words are empty," union president Robert Sapien said.
The eight-minute response time is an industry standard. San Jose's internal goal is to meet that mark on 80 percent of calls, not 90 percent.
County officials cited a provision in the deal that allows cities to keep getting paid if they show they are trying to improve.
"If we do not pay those funds, we run the risk of sending the entire EMS system into an abyss," said County Executive Jeff Smith.
But when Rural/Metro missed its contract requirement that calls for ambulances to arrive in the second wave of emergency responses within 12 minutes at least 90 percent of the time, it was fined $4.7 million last year. While it's unclear whether the county supervisors will agree to withhold funds from San Jose at their Jan. 28 meeting, Simitian says the city's problem is just as bad.
"I think it would be unconscionable," Simitian said, "to continue looking the other way."
Contact Mike Rosenberg at 408-920-5705. Follow him at Twitter.com/RosenbergMerc.
Fire department response times
Rate of emergencies responded to within 8 minutes, January 2013 to June 2013
Countywide performance standard: At least 90 percent
Gilroy: 97.8 percent
Milpitas: 97 percent
Morgan Hill: 97.4 percent
Mountain View: 98.6 percent
San Jose: 88.3 percent
Santa Clara: 95.6 percent
Santa Clara County Fire: 95.6 percent
South Santa Clara County Fire: 95.5 percent
Sunnyvale: 97.1 percent
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113-year-old St. Clair Building gets $1.5 mill makeover
October 22, 2013
Marietta's 113-year-old St. Clair Building is receiving a $1.5 million makeover that will include upscale loft apartments as well as some commercial space, courtesy of Triad Hunter, LLC....
Can someone exlain why Green Hunter does not pay its bills?????
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Josh, your so positive...... Don't know how yourself or your family stands it. What a ray of sunshine you are.
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No, the city doesn't own the wall. The mayor doesn't own the wall.
But the mayor can lead. He's the one who has to look at it day after day. So he should get something done about it.
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Yes, Kendall78, the theater wall needs work. The former mayor gazed at it from his office window for years and did nothing about it. Looks like today's mayor, also, is oblivious. That mural started out as a shining testament to Marietta's history and beauty. But because of spalling bricks and no guardian, this orphan is now downtown's worst black eye.
The brick faces will, no doubt, continue to fall off. So until some artistic person devises a method of reconditioning the mural, our fireman mayor, once a month, can leave his office and grab his can of flat black paint, a brush, and a tall ladder. Once across the street, he can set the ladder, paint the holes left by any bricks which have just fallen apart, clean up the debris at the bottom of the wall, and then go back to his office. The first time he does this, he will need a lot of help. From then on, it will just be about a two-hour job.
Or sandblast the whole wall. The Wakefield Wall needs a fix.
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MURphy77 don't you ever have anything good to say about people? The ole saying is if you don't have something GOOD to SAY then DON"T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL. JOHN has done LOT'S for MARIETTA,has PEOPLE WORKING that's a big cross your fingers.Redid the HACKETT HOTEL plus the pizza shop next door. The 3 story TIBERWAY BUILDING with SHOP's on the 1st floor.Keeping people working. The large (PARKING LOT) across the street he cleaned up after the FIRE & everyone who sneaks in and does not pay the $2.00 charge,disgraceful.John does not supply parking free for the bars on front st.&the Pizza &Steak on front.You all discuss me.STOP PARKING in the (Tiberway & Galleys LOT)it's for their customers. Not the WineShop &Mexican Restarent.If you get a warning TICKET it's your fault.
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JoshBrown; Marietta dropped the ball many, many years ago by clinging to the past, not that aware or even willing to look beyond the horizon, no DNA left in the old money crowd which remained--not the people who would have packed up the wagon and headed West, certainly not those who braved the Atlantic in a small wooden sailing ship. Marietta College; a wasted resource in your cities front yard. So much like those small Liberal Arts Colleges in Northern Ohio or Northern New England but so unconnected to the life of the community beyond "Homecoming". What a waste. All those alumnus, some very prominent names scattered across the U.S. and in Ohio. No such luck or not much when the political system which manages Marietta heard the air going out of the tires, the water entering the lifeboat. The access to the right people, not that far away who might have been able to bring a new era of prosperity to the city--not even contacted for: Got any ideas?.
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I sure hope the oil company checked with John Lehman because he runs the town and will soon be running the schools.
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The chances of a high technolgy company or one with a serious resume of R.& D. coming into small communities anywhere, well unless your talking small in Connecticut; slim to less than none. Washington County, Ohio in 2013 is no different than Harrison County in 1913. Except that there are environmental safe guards in place, something that would have kept those small communities like Scio, Hopedale, Jewett and Cadiz with a better opportunity for growth out of extractive industries. For what those coal companies did to those counties where shale gas is a big item--the land was ripped up, some of it by my coal mining relatives, others in the late 19Th Century. Be glad that someone is bringing money and as for Texas--Dallas, Austin, Houston and San Antonio; some of the most sophisticated places in the U.S.
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@stonedparrotdude Yes if I'm against the oil/gas drillers I didn't make any money on it ............. Just another commercial by the oil/gas drillers promising everything and giving nothing in return
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sounds like ol' Josh ain't getting his fair share of the coming wealth and he's hoppin' mad!
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I want to move in there sounds like it will be very impressive when finished
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Keep drinking the kool-aid Marietta! Does the story of hansel and gretel resonate here? Unbelievable!!
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The theater across from the Colony could use a little bit of touching up on it's out brick wall.
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DevilsAdvocate I'm sure that being ftom Tx that they think Applebees is a upscale restaurant and wear their best clothing when they go a wife beater and unwashed jeans.
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Fantastic news!! All the more reason for revitalization council members. Bless it, and they will come. These folks are travelling in from some very large Texas communities. They want to have diversity to pick from when dining clients. Let them do so by approving the much needed revitalization district.
If you don't, then you definitely are sending a clear message to the citizenry that you don't give a da.mn about this city, but only the benefactors of good health insurance & another retirement source.
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I bet the tax break given to those who stay in hotels was some of the pork thrown in with purchase of this building...we all know what Pork is right?...and I bet we'll find out there's more pork to be cooked on the horizon ;)
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If they stay at hotels they wave tax after 30 days, from MT article dated Oct 16th...how can one complain about tax revenue being down when at the same time give tax breaks??...Knowlton attributed the tax revenue decrease to the number of extended stays by oil and gas industry employees at local lodging facilities. "After a continuous stay of more than 30 days you don't have to pay the city lodging tax," she said. "So that's a tax exemption for many oil and gas employees."
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@rollingrock Play nice or someone will put an oil well on your property and you will have a 66% greater chance of getting cancer
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I will be the first to call the IRS when the building is done and the workers are staying there. To make sure their taxed for housing computation wouldn't want them to get away with not payinh taxes on anything.
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Wonderful!! This not only imptoves the appearance of diwntown, but is bound to help more downtown businesses that will be patronized by those living and working there. Great job, Triad! Hope this catches on with other empty eyesores being restored and utilized!
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These loft apartments will most likely be for office personnel...the actual oil rig workers brought here will still need housing...
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This sounds great for Marietta, restore a beautiful downtown building and bring jobs to the area! Sounds like a win win.
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@Sounder you sound like an ad for the gas&oil companies .I would rather have high tec companies come town to stay than rape and pillage oil/gas drillers.
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This is great news for downtown Marietta. I follow shale gas developments in Harrison, Belmont and Jefferson counties having lived near the center of the action in Harrison County while I attended grade school in the small village of Jewett. In Scio, Harrison County, a village slightly larger than Waterford, the construction of that gas holding facility will bring over a hundred jobs to a small place which saw a large oil boom at the beginning of the 20Th Century. JoshBrown; the 18 year difference between 1995 and now; interest by companies with deep pockets, willing to spend money. Who cares when they leave, the buildings will remain.
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"Once you break a few hundred pancakes, you start learning," Brian said.
Brian makes hundreds of pancakes a week at Jimmie's Diner. But for those of us without a fluffed-up flapjack resume, we might get some help with the "Perfect Pancake Pan." You can get two online for $19.95, which does not include shipping and handling.
Brian sets the gas stove top to a low setting. Then, he pours the batter into the "Perfect Pancake Pan." Brian tries it without nonstick spray because the instructions say it's optional. Next, he closes the lid.
It takes about five minutes before Brian sees bubbles and the pancakes browning around the edges.
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The pancakes are far from perfect. Pieces of them are stuck to the lid. So, Brian makes another batch. But this time, he turns up the heat a little and uses nonstick spray.
Brian follows the same instructions. And, about seven minutes later …
"Oh, those look pretty darn nice," Brian said.
He cuts into them just to make sure they're done. And they are.
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The "Perfect Pancake Pan" says it also makes over easy eggs. We tried that too. Brian used the nonstick spray on the pan. About halfway through cooking them, he noticed all four of them were not cooking evenly. And, that was the case at the end. Two of them were over medium. Two of them were over easy.
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Hannibal-LaGrange University's third annual Alumni & Friends Work Day took place Aug. 17. Approximately 30 HLGU alumni and friends from across Missouri and Illinois joined together to help prepare the campus for students.
New students will be welcomed to campus from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, with the Swarm Squad welcoming them as they drive onto the HLGU campus. First-time students and their parents will receive a "welcome home" from the president and first lady, Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Allen, as they enter the main gate. Then the Swarm Squad, a group of over 40 upper classmen, faculty, and staff responsible for moving all new students into their dorm rooms, will swarm the vehicles and unload the vehicles for students and parents.
That same day, the annual Walk of Honor will be held at 5 p.m. following student and parent orientations. Faculty, staff, upperclassmen, alumni, and parents will line the walkway from the Roland Fine Arts Center to the Burt Administration Building. New students will walk single file as they pass parents and HLGU "family." The students will pass through the HLGU arch where President Allen will welcome them with a handshake. Students will then gather around the Trinity Tree, located between the L.A. Foster Student Center and the Burt Administration Building, for a final word of encouragement and a prayer of dedication.
HLGU Welcome Week and New Student Orientation are filled with activities, such as a downtown scavenger hunt, worship services, HLGU Activities Fair, the Matriculation Banquet, dorm parties, a marshmallow roast, and an Ultimate Frisbee Competition.
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SOCHI, Russia -- U.S. champion Jeremy Abbott fell hard on an attempted quadruple toe loop Thursday in the men's short program at the Olympics, yet finished the routine.
Abbott crashed to the ice on his first jump and slid into the padded end boards, staying down for an extended period, clutching his right hip. He looked like he wouldn't get up, and his coaches moved toward the entry door to the ice.
But Abbott, 28, struggled to his feet and, to the surprise of many and the applause of the crowd, resumed skating.
And he performed quite well, hitting the rest of his elements.
When his music stopped, the four-time champion drew a huge ovation from the fans. He hit himself lightly in the head while shaking it, as if to say he couldn't believe what had just happened.


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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- The field for the 2013 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Championship has been set on the final day of the regular season. Morehead State is the No. 5 seed and will open on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET.
Belmont will be the No. 1 seed after winning the OVC regular season championship in its first year in the league. Murray State took first place in the West Division and is the No. 2 seed. Under the league's merit-based bracketing system, both teams will receive double byes to Friday's semifinals.
The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds are Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee State. Both of those teams receive a single bye to Thursday's quarterfinals.
The field is rounded out by No. 5 seed Morehead State, No. 6 seed Southeast Missouri, No. 7 seed Eastern Illinois and No. 8 seed UT Martin.
For the third year in a row, all eight men's and eight women's team will play every game of the championship at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. The first round will match up the No. 5/8 and No. 6/7 seeds.
This year marks the 19th time in the past 20 years that the tournament has been held in Nashville.
This year is the eighth time the combined men's and women's championship has been held at Municipal Auditorium; the men also held tournaments at Municipal in 1967 and 1989.
This year marks the 50th time the OVC Men's Basketball Championship has been held; the event is the fourth oldest Division I basketball championship tournament.
This year's first round and quarterfinals can be seen for free exclusively on the OVC Digital Network (OVCDigitalNetwork.com), the league's web streaming platform. The games are available on any computer, tablet or smart phone without needing any special downloads, apps or registration.
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Extend the Wind Energy Tax Credit
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Wind energy holds the promise of helping the country move away from fossil fuels toward more sustainable means of energy production. Some forms of green energy are theoretical projects that are in practice implausible, but not wind energy. Wind farms in Colorado and throughout the county are established and growing contributors to power grids, and the wind industry employs tens of thousands of people.
But the wind will be taken out of the industry's sails if Congress fails to extend the federal wind-industry tax credit, which is worth up to $3 billion a year and is due to expire at the close of 2012. Many lawmakers, including eight of the nine-member congressional delegation from Colorado, support the extension. But they have not yet been able to push it through partisan logjams. Congress must find a way to pass the extension. Ryan Wiser, a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientist who studies the renewable energy market, told the New York Times that without the extension the wind industry "falls off a cliff."
Opponents of the extension say the government shouldn't prop up a business that can't succeed on its own. They say the government shouldn't pick winners. In extending the tax, however, what the government would really be doing is investing in America's future. The tax credit is a necessary boost to a young industry that is struggling against the trials of transition from fossil fuels and unfair competition from China. The future looks brighter with a robust and self-sustaining domestic wind-energy industry, and if the industry needs some early assistance to attain that state of success, it's in the public interest to help it get there.
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So glad the sun is out again today – suddenly picnics are the perfect laidback evening plan!
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The body of 19-year-old Petaluma resident Alyssa Byrne was found Friday morning in South Lake Tahoe.
In a Friday morning press conference, Douglas County Undersheriff Paul Howell said a utility worker in an elevated truck saw Byrne's body behind a high snow bank 10 feet off Pioneer Trail between Al Tahoe Boulevard and Black Bart Avenue about 8:30 a.m.
Police said her body was just off the roadway about 1 mile west of Lake Tahoe Community College, where the SnowGlobe Music Festival was held before and on New Year's Eve. Her body looked like it had been there for a couple days, he said.
According to the National Weather Service, the temperature dropped to 3 degrees Jan. 1 and fell to minus-1 degree on Jan. 2.
While Howell did not want to speculate on the circumstances, he said the location could have been along a route someone who missed the SnowGlobe passenger shuttle may have taken.
Earlier reports stated that Byrne had made it back to Horizon Casino Resort on New Year's Eve, but police were unable to spot her on security footage.
Howell said police do not have evidence of foul play, and there were no outward signs of trauma to the body. El Dorado County Sheriff's Office will conduct an autopsy.
Pioneer Trail was closed as of midday Friday between Al Tahoe and Black Bart Avenue.
The discovery of the body comes after a three-day search for Byrne, who was reported missing Jan. 1 after coming to South Lake Tahoe to attend SnowGlobe. Family members and friends helped officials from South Lake Tahoe Police Department, Douglas County and El Dorado County sheriff's departments, Douglas County Search and Rescue, FBI and Washoe County Sheriff's Office in the search.
On Friday, Kindred Murillo, president of Lake Tahoe Community College, said more facts are needed before the college discusses whether or not the case will impact the music festival's future in the South Shore.
The college was planning to discuss the event before Byrne was reported missing, Murillo said, and once the board has more information, officials will move forward with a decision.
Comment the college has received regarding the event have been mostly positive, said Murillo, and she hasn't heard complaints about transportation to and from the event.
"I think SnowGlobe did everything they could to make sure attendees were safe," Murillo said. "I don't think we'd be doing our job if we didn't look at this. It has to affect (the discussion) because the thing you always have to try to do when you're an educator and community member is provide the safest environment you can."


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Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) seeks to develop educational institutions in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, implement innovative educational policies, create plans and programs that improve education, and support educational institutions and staff to advance national development in accordance with the highest international standards. ADEC deployed Oracle E-Business Suite as the foundation for a shared services environment that provides more than 300 locations in three regions with identical enterprise applications and services, significantly reducing their IT infrastructure total cost of ownership. They unified their business logic and procedures by using shared Oracle E-Business Suite applications, which are hosted in a demilitarized zone—dramatically improving business performance and data availability and security. All this while consuming 95% less energy than before when delivering HR, procurement, and financial services.
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NJ, August 21, 2013– Princeton Theological Seminary's Department of History
and Ecumenics and the new Seminary library will cosponsor a lecture by Dr.
Peter Brown on Tuesday, September 24, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the Theron Room of
the new library. Brown, the Rollins Professor Emeritus of History at Princeton
University, will speak on the topic "Alms, Labor, and the 'Holy Poor': Early
Monasticism between Syria and Egypt." The lecture is open to the public free of
Seminary President M. Craig Barnes will welcome guests and
will introduce Dr. Brown. Following the
lecture there will be refreshments and an opportunity to look around the
library. "We are delighted to welcome Peter Brown,
distinguished historian and good neighbor to the Seminary, as we also welcome
the community to our new library," Barnes said. "His lecture concerns an
historical era he himself helped define, namely, 'late antiquity,' to mark the
crucial transition from early to medieval church history."
Brown is a renowned scholar and
historian, a graduate of Oxford University, and served on the faculties of the
University of London and the University of California at Berkeley before
joining the Princeton faculty in 1986. His principal concern is the rise of
Christianity and the transition from the ancient to the early medieval world.
Brown is currently working on the
problems of wealth, poverty, and the shift from an ancient to a medieval view
of society.
Among his many honors, Brown is a fellow
of the British Academy, of the Royal Historical Society, and of the American Philosophical
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The Seminary's new library, located on
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