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There were 50 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday. At that time, there were 1,460 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Arrest: Baney Phonexay, 31, was arrested on suspicion of drug and weapons charges about 4:50 p.m. Friday near Hammertown Drive and Montauban Avenue. Police said Phonexay was found in possession of a loaded and concealed handgun, as well as methamphetamine.
Carjacking: A man was sitting in his car about 8:10 p.m. Friday on the 2200 block of East Main Street when he was pulled from the vehicle and choked, police said. Two assailants took the car and drove east. Both attackers were described as Latino and 25 to 30 years old. The first was said to be 5 feet 9 inches or 5 feet 10 inches tall and 150 pounds, with curly black hair and a black polo shirt; the second was said to be bald with a white polo shirt.
Robbery: Two masked men with guns robbed a store about 8:15 p.m. Friday on the 2300 block of West Hammer Lane, police said. The men took an unknown amount of cash and fled east on Hammer. Both robbers were described as Asian men in their 20s, about 5 feet 4 inches tall. One of men wore a gray sweater and carried a single-barrel shotgun; the other wore a black sweater and carried a handgun.
Stabbing: Two men were stabbed during a fight about 9:20 p.m. Friday near Sutter and Hazelton streets, police said. The men were treated at a hospital. Vicente Lopez, 37, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
Stabbing: A man walking about 1:45 a.m. Saturday near San Joaquin and Church streets was stabbed by a large man who was yelling profanities, police said. The victim was treated at a hospital. The attacker was described as white, 40 years old to 45 years old, 6 feet tall and 300 pounds with a white shirt and blue jeans.
The California Highway Patrol did not report activity for the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 105 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday, including five vehicle accidents, 66 medical calls and two structure fires.
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breakreep wrote: I come here to vent, Crazy, not to educate. So no, I don't rehearse. Do you rehearse for your venting sessions? Sit in front of a mirror saying how much you hate things?
Besides, you're one of those middle-ground people that's happy for some science, scared of about as much other science. You've established that clearly enough in this forum. Of course I'm going to offend you. Or would you like me to rehearse my vents in a manner that tailors them to your liking?
C.R.A.Z.Y wrote: and the skeptical inquirer is not that great a magazine, but it makes you sound smart to name check it so oh well.
Quote: letting people think for themselves is dangerous isn't it? so many unsuitable ideas.
C.R.A.Z.Y wrote: plus i just don't like you. so i'm rarely going to like anything you say. and because i rarely like anything you say, i don't like you. it's a cycle.
C.R.A.Z.Y wrote: i didnt know the forum wasn't for an informative discussion in which someone might learn something.
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Conspiracy theorists do none of that. They read an article or meet some guy at a bar, hear about something that sounds a lot more sexy and exciting than a boring 9/11 Commission Report, and go research the fuck out of it from other sources that heard about it in the same way.
Then they fail to get basic engineering or medical or whatever educations--and with those the intellectual tools to test any of the claims they're making--and deny the consensus of experts.
The end result is shit like measles coming back to fucking first-world countries where it hasn't been seen in a statistically significant weight for decades. At that point it's no longer about you and your radically dangerous-to-the-system pothead friends "thinking for yourselves" (whatever the fuck you mean by that), it's a public concern of some kind or another.
Kind of like how saying people shouldn't burn libraries isn't the same as saying people shouldn't burn anything. Your counters here are both Red Herrings and Slippery Slopes rolled into one (Slippery Herrings?). But then, I already know that's how you roll, so whatever, Crazy. Your radical ideas are so Crazy! Fight your independently minded fight you brave radical.
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do you believe the 9/11 Commission Report? that nothing was left out?
I think your kinda misguided here, your idea of everyone who reads into conspiracies are like those people who live in shelters and dont believe in anything and that aliens are after them. I'm sure everyone who said they liked reading about conspiracy theories in this thread arent like what you just discribed, well maybe plum is. We're all skeptics to a degree, some people just read into these for kicks. You just did what you were arguing against, believing in claims where you have no facts on. Your presumption of people is what makes you from a a good skeptic to one blinded by their own ego and intellegence. Its easier, and feels better, to disprove people then to actually look for the truth.
breakreep wrote: Further, I'm a physics major and therefore perfectly willing to believe that some superheated steel bent than that bombs where planted in American buildings by an American president.

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A ghost with ears and a tail? Hmmm...something's fishy. Why, it's Bubble Puppy, all dressed up to celebrate Halloween with your little Guppy! Kids will be sure to get a giggle out of this fetching cupcake.
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Arrange the fondant circle on top of the lightly frosted cupcake. Make some ruffles around the base of the cupcake, leaving the top smooth. Repeat with the remaining cupcakes and fondant.
Cut twenty-four 3/4-inch triangles from the marshmallows as the ears. Cut twelve 1 1/2-inch strips from the marshmallows as the tails. Attach a tail marshmallow to the cookie under the fondant cover with a dot of frosting. Add two triangles on either side at the top of the cupcake as the ears with a dot of frosting. Roll out the soft caramels on a clean work surface. Cut the rolled caramels into the end of the tail pieces, ears, and dots. Attach with a dot of water to secure.
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Once Thanksgiving dinner is over and football is done and you've played card games with your grandparents and everyone is asleep, you begin to realize that being back at home (or somewhere else in the suburbs) can be pretty boring. What's there to do? How about the club? You know all those awesome clubs in your hometown, those little beakers of bubbling nightlife, full of so many great things (booze).
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During his trial, alleged mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger decided not to testify on his own behalf, calling the proceedings a "sham." But in the new documentary "Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger," directed by Joe Berlinger, Bulger defends himself against charges that he was a longtime FBI informant and that he killed two women.
Bulger was convicted of a racketeering indictment that included involvement in 11 murders, and controlling a web of drug-dealing, extortion, money-laundering and gun-running from the 1970s to the 1990s. He was missing for 16 years before he was arrested in 2011. In November, he was sentenced to two life terms plus five years in prison.
In the film, Bulger's voice is heard in recorded phone conversations that he had with his defense attorney, J. W. Carney Jr. The documentary, which premiered this week at the Sundance Film Festival, shows Carney directly asking Bulger if he was ever an informant. Bulger can be heard saying "I never, never, never cracked," and lists examples from his past when he refused to give names under pressure.
In a later scene, when Carney asks Bulger about a 700-page informant file that was kept on him, Bulger says, "I never knew it existed…I was the guy who was paying so I got the answers." The mobster goes on to say that he paid law-enforcement officials handsomely for information on wiretaps, surveillance and advance knowledge of search warrants and indictments.
In more snippets of phone conversations interspersed throughout the documentary, Bulger claims he once secretly met Jeremiah O'Sullivan of the Department of Justice New England Organized Crime Task Force, with whom he came to an agreement that resulted in mutual protection. In another recording, Bulger denies involvement in the murders of two female victims, Deborah Hussey and Debra Davis.
"Whitey" director Berlinger said including the phone recordings of Bulger's voice in the film is "historic." "We've heard James Bulger largely only in surveillance and wiretaps that were from a couple decades ago, and a little audio introduced at this trial — a few minutes of recordings of him talking to relatives, when he didn't know he was being recorded."
"I've never seen a case where someone has passed into such mythic cultural status — there are a dozen books and a number of TV shows," Berlinger added. "'The Departed' still claims to be referring to Whitey Bulger. There are two major features films in the works – a Matt Damon and Ben Affleck feature, where Matt will play Whitey, and a Scott Cooper film with Johnny Depp playing Whitey Bulger. Here's a criminal who has first name recognition, and yet we've never heard from the man himself."
The phone conversations with Bulger were recorded after the verdicts in the case had been reached, Berlinger added, and he marked the dates clearly in the film.
It was at Berlinger's request that defense attorney Carney agreed to arrange the recordings, and Bulger was aware that he was being filmed. "I see no impropriety in a defendant who's having a phone conversation with his lawyer allowing someone else to be present to overhear the conversation," Carney said. "This is frequently done when a defendant asks that members of his family be present when the defendant speaks to the lawyer."
Carney said he and co-counsel Hank Brennan had won Bulger's trust so that when Berlinger wanted Bulger to speak in the film, "[Bulger] had to know that the words would not be slanted or distorted, but would be used exactly as he said them."
He said that Bulger will never see the documentary, nor will he be interviewed in this manner again.
As for whether Bulger is to be believed, the director and the defense lawyers have differing opinions. Brennan, who is now working with Bulger to appeal the verdict (Carney has withdrawn from the case), said as an advocate who has spent thousands of hours with Bulger, "there's no doubt in my mind that he's telling the truth."
But Berlinger, whose previous documentaries include the "Paradise Lost" trilogy and "Brother's Keeper," said while he admires the defense lawyers, "these are advocates. I'm an objective storyteller. I have no idea if [Bulger] was telling the truth. The film does not purport that what anybody is saying is the truth. My style of filmmaking is to let everybody have their say."
To that end, Berlinger also interviews the prosecutors in the trial — Fred Wyshak, Brian T. Kelly and Zachary Hafer — and gives them a chance to respond to each of the defense team's claims in the film. For example, Wyshak calls the assertion that Bulger wasn't an FBI informant "preposterous," and says on camera, "He used the FBI and they used him. He doesn't mind being called a murderer, a criminal, a drug dealer, but he doesn't want to be called an informant."
In the film, Kelly also responds to claims that Bulger was enabled by widespread government corruption, saying an attack on the government by the defense team is "not a novel technique," and calls it "trying to confuse the jury. Trying to take jury's eye off the ball."
Berlinger for his part says he respects the prosecutors and defense attorneys equally. "The portrayal in the film is definitely questioning the ethics and procedures that have gone on in this case by the Department of Justice, but not personified by Wyshak and Kelly," he said. He added that the prosecutors weren't open to being interviewed during the trial, and wanted only to be interviewed together.
"They were initially a little distrustful of us because they saw we were spending significant time with defense," he said. "I was very honest. I was very clear that I think there will be things in this film when they see it that they won't like. I also wanted their point-of-view and I think the film fairly acquits their point-of-view."
Berlinger said one of his disappointments about Bulger's trial was its narrow scope. "That doesn't mean I'm siding with the defense. That doesn't mean that I want Bulger to get out of prison or believe what he's saying," he said. "But there are many family members interested in the truth who want to get to the bottom of what happened in Boston. The trial didn't allow a full and open airing of those issues. The goal of the film is to provoke the inquiry that was held at the trial."
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Former Bay Area comedian W. Kamau Bell says he's getting more comfortable as a late-night talk show host, thanks, in part, to the mentorship of Chris Rock, who he calls the "foul-mouthed Yoda."
"I'm still in the middle of learning curve," said the frontman of FX's "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell." "Nobody is born to be a talk-show host."
To which, Rock interjected: "Regis."
Both Bell and Rock, an executive producer, appeared at a media conference to promote the show that debuted last fall and returns with fresh episodes Jan. 17.
"It's all a bunch of separate skills that, no matter what you did before, you have to pick them up," said Bell, who less than a year ago was busy doing stand-up in the Bay Area and elsewhere. "The hardest part is putting it all together. If it was all man on the street (segments) or interviews, it'd be easy but the hard part is putting it all together."
Along the way, he has gotten plenty of advice from Rock, who has hosted his own late-night show.
"I'm trying to get him out of his young comic head, and to embrace comedy as a whole," Rock said. "I'm also trying him in other ways. Having a show like this is like being a CEO. I'm trying to get him to be a good boss."
Rock, who is busy preparing to shoot another movie and launch a stand-up tour in the fall, was asked if he would ever consider doing a nightly network talk a la Jay Leno and David Letterman. It's tempting -- but also daunting.
"There's a part of me that wants to do it but I don't know if I could do it all the time," he said. " ... And I just don't care about Lindsay Lohan."
Rock also had some lively comments on gun violence, which has been a hot topic on the tour. His idea for gun control?
"Most people who go on killing sprees live with their mother. You should have to have a mortgage to buy a gun," he said. "No one with a mortgage has ever gone on a killing spree. A mortgage is a true background check. You know that, even if you go to jail for 30 years, you still have to pay the mortgage."


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BAKERSFIELD – The Burroughs girls basketball team notched a pair of lopsided victories in the Bakersfield summer league on Wednesday, winning comfortably against Bakersfield Christian and Kennedy. The Burros remained undefeated in Bakersfield and pushed their overall summer record to 14-1.
"It was a good opportunity for some of the younger kids to play, because both of these teams were smaller schools and they were very young," head coach Robert Campbell said.
In both games, Burroughs relied on its pressure defense to build an early lead before backing off. The Burros ran mostly half court defense as they rolled to victory.
"They were smaller and we were just better than them," Campbell said.
Burroughs beat Baskersfield Christian 52-30 in the first game, paced by the sharp shooting of Aubrey Hayes. Hayes scored a team-high 17 points and made 5-of-6 three-point attempts.
Alex Simmons had six assists and three steals against Bakersfield Christian, and Chantia Jennings led the team with eight rebounds. Burroughs led 30-11 at halftime, a margin that was extended in the second half.
"Our focus (tonight) was pretty much working on the plays," Campbell said.
In the second game, Burroughs beat Delano Kennedy 48-19. Simmons led the team with 14 points – shooting 4-for-5 from downtown – to go along with four steals.
"It's good to see Alex shooting the ball well since she struggled in that game in Palm Springs," Campbell said, referring to Simmons' scoreless game against Westminster last weekend.
Madison Schiller had four assists against Kennedy. Jennings led the team in rebounding for the second straight game, pulling down seven boards.
"She usually does good job of boxing out," Campbell said of Jennings. "She's not tall, but she's strong and she gets after it inside.
Big margins of victory on Wednesday night allowed more players to get extended minutes, including Lexi Herrera, Metzli Heck and Madison Felix. Felix had two three-pointers against Bakersfield Christian.
"Madison played really well. She just has to get a little more aggressive," Campbell said.
Burroughs returns to action this weekend in San Diego, where it will play at Point Loma Nazarene's Summer Slam team camp. The Burros took second place in the Beach Division at last year's camp and will play in the higher Slam Division starting on Friday.
"It should be good tournament," Campbell said. "Usually we play pretty good teams down there."
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Fred/F wrote: Well I spent $112 + it was delayed a couple of weeks so I guess they made it up to me. And very well so.
Asterax wrote: Personally, I believe watching Joey Beats fall off of a stage over and over again is a goodie in itself.
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The Prickly Tree would not comfort the boy.
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Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: 1. Demonstrate how to apply dental dam effectively. 2. Describe the concepts and perform 4-handed dentistry. 3. Recognize the importance of infection control. 4. Perform basic chairside assisting skills. 5. Prepare/mix commonly used dental materials. 6. Explain the importance of dental radiation safety.
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PHOENIX, Ariz. — Jamie Flynn struck out 13 in a complete game win and Bryce Rogan had two hits, including a two-run single in the fourth, as Ashland completed a 3-0 week at the Greenway Festival on Thursday with a 6-3 victory over Widefield, Colo., at Moon Valley High School.
Flynn allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits and struck out five batters in the last two innings to help the Grizzlies (4-5) hang on for their third win in as many days in Arizona. Rogan was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run, Aaron Scott 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run and Flynn 1-for-2 with two walks and an RBI.
Ashland went ahead in the first inning when Rogan opened the game with a double and scored on Flynn's single to center. In the second, Steen Fredrickson scored on Aaron Scott's sacrifice fly to make it 2-0.
The Grizzlies pulled away in the fourth. Widefield starting pitcher Jake Volcic walked Eric Carlson, Fredrickson and Vince Cammarota to load the bases for Scott, who singled home Carlson. Ian Alpenia drove in another run with a fielder's choice ground out to third, and Rogan followed with a single up the middle to bring home Cammarota and Scott.
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Being hundreds of miles away from the ocean didn't stop Dillon Marina from gaining recognition as being one of the best in the country. Marina Dock Age magazine, a nationally recognized trade publication, recently named Dillon Marina as its Marina of the Year in the large category.
To earn the distinction, marinas must go through a long application process and are judged under 10 categories, such as facility improvements, customer satisfaction, environmental responsibility and more.
"I think we've got a lot going on and Bob Evans, our marina manager, is excellent and strives for excellence," said Susan Fairweather, director of economic development, marketing and communications in Dillon. "This certainly speaks to his commitment, as well as the town's commitment."
This marks the first time the Dillon Marina has won this award, though not for lack of trying. Evans said he has applied for the award for the past five or six years. While he feels that the recent improvements made to the marina have helped win the award, he also said it's more than that.
"It's not doing one thing well, it's doing everything well. That's what it takes to win this award," he said.
Evans likens Dillon Marina's win to that of a movie winning Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
"Everything has to be top notch or you don't win," he said. "It's based on all the players on the team. There are a lot of people behind the scenes. It's not just the marina, it's the town and all the help that the marina gets from all the departments. You couldn't just do it by yourself. You gotta have everything right."
The marina, which dates back nearly 40 years, has 260 long-term slips and 36 short-term slips, making it a "large" marina at more than 250 slips. Evans estimates only about 10 percent of the nation's marinas are considered large and many of those are along the coast. Dillon Marina occupies a 56-acre footprint with more than 6,000 feet of docks. In 2012, more than 55,000 guests visited the marina. Improvements to the marina, including the parking lot, longer ramps and utility lines, will continue in the spring.
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A new trailer for Zac Efron's upcoming We Are Your Friends has just been released. Zac's a DJ who lives in the Valley and wants to make it in LA. And Wes Bentley is the biggest DJ who decides to mentor him. Wes's girlfriend is Emily Ratajkowski who falls for Zac and then Wes gets pissed and it all goes to hell. Full Story
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Is this a gift for you? If not, it's a gift for me. I'm into Wes Bentley. Sarah's been texting me today about all the mystery around who's going to be Dr Strange per the big Marvel announcement coming tomorrow and all the speculation and my vote, although they've not spoken of him as a possibility, would be Wes Bentley. Full Story
Wes Bentley comes back for TIFF
Wes Bentley shot a movie here in Toronto called Weirdsville with Scott Speedman a few years ago. He wasn't well at the time. Bentley arrived in Toronto today with his wife and son to support a film called Pioneer. His life is totally different now. Now he's part of a film festival feature and hasn't stopped working, project after project after project after project. Full Story
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The Hollywood Reporter just posted a new interview with Wes Bentley in which he, once again, discusses his addiction and eventual comeback. RDJ had to do this for a while when he finally got clean and it's been the same for Bentley. Like RDJ, he wears it graciously, taking full ownership and accountability for what happened. Full Story
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I like to write about Wes Bentley every chance I get. Bentley was supposed to be a big deal after American Beauty. He had the talent, he had the looks, and he had a serious heroin addiction. As he revealed to the NY Times a couple of years ago, he'd lock himself in an apartment and just binge. Full Story
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This is my gift to you today, before you take off early for the Easter long weekend. You've seen The Hunger Games, right? How great was it to see Wes Bentley, back, healthy, and happy? Hot, right? And how great is it to see Wes Bentley messing around on the beach on location in Santa Monica with Christian Bale?Please. Full Story
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LAWTON — Funeral service for Ophelia Mae Higgins Favorite, 80, Lawton, will be 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Tom Willoughby officiating.
Mrs. Favorite died October 10, 2012, in Lawton.
Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service.
She was born October 21, 1931, in Woodford, Oklahoma, to Claude and Cora (Akers) Harper. She grew up in Ardmore and was a graduate of Plainview High School. She married Joe F. Higgins on March 19, 1949, in Montague, Texas. He preceded her in death on December 21, 1979. She was primarily a homemaker but had helped and supported her husband in his painting and dry wall business. She later married MAJ (retired) Ralph S. Favorite Sr., in Lawton. He preceded her in death on October 11, 2004.
She was a member of Northside Baptist Church. She was a bowler and enjoyed baking and fishing at Lake Texoma.
She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Natalie and Fred Fitch, Lawton; a sister, Oleta Faye Manley, Ardmore, Oklahoma; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Virgil and Betty Harper, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and Bob and Joan Harper, Ardmore; and many special nieces and nephews.
Her parents and three brothers, Jonny, Ralph and Earl Harper preceded her in death.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Leah M. Fitch Cancer Center of Southwest Oklahoma, 104 NW 31st. Street, Lawton, OK 73505.
An online guest book and sympathy cards are available at www.beckerfuneral.com.
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Yarn Profile: Polar
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Rowan has added an unusual twist, however, in giving the yarn a touch of alpaca and acrylic. The result is a buttery softness, slightly heathered effect, nice weight, and just the right amount of loft.
Rowan's new yarn is available in 10 colors, with pattern support beginning with the recently released Rowan Knitting Magazine #30 (Fall 2001).
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One word of warning: As with any single-ply, loosely spun yarn, you'll need to pay attention while you knit. I used Addi Turbos with a slightly dull tip that helped me avoid any significant snags or splits.
Eventually, I was able to knit by touch alone, with only a few pauses to make sure everything was intact.
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Washed, however, they became loose, relaxed, and unbelievably soft. The surface texture became a gentle fuzz after just a moderate amount of agitation in the wash, replacing the sharp stitch definition with a soft, cloudy look. The swatches themselves took on an exquisite drape that you normally don't see in this gauge yarn.
Even more surprising, however, was the fact that all this happened without any real change in gauge. Three stitches to the inch, right on the mark.
The average fiber staple length was five inches or more. If you unravel a six-inch section and pull, you'll be able to break a strand. Otherwise, while spun, it's surprisingly hefty.
As I already mentioned, the swatches developed a surface fuzz after a very basic wash. I happen to like this effect because it produces a cohesive piece of fabric.
Beyond this surface fuzz, however, Polar kept its strength through several thrashings. Finally the surface began to adopt small clumps that were -- for the most part -- easy to remove.
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Elton John and David Furnish have a second child.
I suppose they're going to want Jessica Simpson-like deals with a weight loss company to shed the baby weight.
The couple said they are "overwhelmed with happiness" at the birth of Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John.
John's spokeswoman Fran Curtis confirmed an announcement on the singer's website that the baby was born Friday in Los Angeles. The infant, born to a surrogate mother, weighs 8 pounds, 4 ounces (3.7 kilograms), according to the Huffington Post.
John, who is 65, and 50-year-old Furnish wed in a British civil partnership in 2005 and are parents to 2-year-old Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, born in California in December 2010, also through a surrogate mother.
John told the Guardian newspaper last year that he hoped to have a sibling for Zachary because "it's difficult to be an only child, and to be an only child of someone famous."
It would be tough to be the child of David Furnish.
John and Furnish told Hello! magazine Wednesday that "the birth of our second son completes our family in a most precious and perfect way."
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Man charged in Sunday hit and run
Published: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 6:43 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 6:43 p.m.
Michael Anthony Waycaster has been charged with felony hit and run after tips led troopers to seek a warrant for his arrest in regard to an early Sunday morning accident with a pedestrian on Souther Road.
N.C. Highway Patrol Sgt. B.E. Hipp said the case is still under investigation, but enough information was found to get a warrant for Waycaster's arrest. Hipp said Waycaster, 40, of Fletcher, turned himself in on Tuesday.
Brian Capps remains in critical condition at Mission Hospital after he was seriously injured in the hit and run. Callers told 911 dispatchers that Capps was walking home from a party down Souther Road in Fletcher at about 2:30 a.m. when he was struck by a vehicle, which left the scene.
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Nice solid Jim to open up. They sound fresh and ready. Right into a ripping Maze. Really good tonight. Bouncing is pretty standard. Rift is a little loose sounding. They didn't quite lock in on this one. Not sure how the monitors were, like they couldn't hear each other. This one is on fire too, super fast tempo. Cavern is standard plus a bonus vacuum solo, then the last note. I love Trey's story about wanting to play for the Bruins although in his older years he is quite the Flyers fan. Coil is pretty good. No real problems. Nice Page outro as usual. Stash is a really good jam. Well done tonight. Adeline has a funny intro as they get their voices ready. Almost sounds like a Somewhere over the Rainbow tease from Trey before the Simpson's theme. YEM has a few loose parts but is otherwise a pretty tight version. The vocal jam features the word "tobacco" and blatant yelling. Just enough fun to end a great set.
Overall, very well done for their first performance at the big Garden venue. Well played and very fresh sounding after the two months off.


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adjective (pottier, pottiest)informal, chiefly British
1Foolish; crazy: he felt she really had gone potty
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- He looked at me afterwards as if I had gone potty!
- Frank is on the carpet for charging £300 on his expenses for a kilt jacket and the hacks have gone potty.
- 'Such high handed and potty political correctness is a shabby way to treat a popular hero,' said the newspaper.
1.1 [predicative] Extremely enthusiastic about or fond of someone or something: I'm potty about my two sons
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- He has been potty about planes for as long as his parents can remember and continues to reach new levels in his love of all things flying.
- She's also a qualified trampoline coach, a former bank manager - and she's potty about country music!
- She's potty about her work with pets and longs to fill her home with four-legged friends.
2 [attributive] Insignificant or feeble: that potty little mower
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- Why couldn't be have gotten that potty little man we usually had as a substitute?
- But you've still got to climb a lot of stairs or go into a potty little lift and find your way around.
- It must have something enormously significant living, but we have reduced it to such a potty little affair
pottiness noun
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- The real reason, I think, behind his pottiness was that it helped him cope better with the demands and pressures of high-level sport.
- The essential pottiness of it all becomes more obvious when you consider what it is you're getting when you get a passport or an ID card, and the extent to which they differ.
Mid 19th century: of unknown origin.
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The annual Cost of Attendance is not finalized until the University Board of Trustees established tuition charges at their July meeting. This web site provides cost of attendance information for the current academic year. This information will be updated annually after tuition charges are established each July.
The cost of attendance is based upon educational expenses and modest, but adequate living expenses for the student.


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Nick Sturiale was a partner at one high-profile venture firm (Sevin Rosen) that stumbled after the dot-com bust, and he's now working to revive another (Ignition Partners, which was formed in Seattle by several Microsoft alumni, most of whom left early this year). But Sturiale's biggest claim to fame may be as the first investor in Splunk, whose IPO last year probably did more than any other company's to kick off the current renaissance in enterprise software investing.
In this week's Elevator Pitch, he calls buzzwords and bias some of the biggest threats to a startup's health.
Q How'd you get into this racket?
A In 1999 (remember that party?), I co-founded a manufacturing-analytics software company called Timbre, while at Haas Business School. Though not in the "petfood.com" genre, we won Berkeley's inaugural business plan competition. Sevin Rosen gave us Series A money, and I moonlighted as startup CEO while finishing my degree.
After 18 months, I recruited a real CEO and stayed on the board and when I graduated, Sevin Rosen hired me. In 2001, we sold Timbre to Tokyo Electron for $138 million.
Q What do you like about VC?
A I love the messy, creative work of venture. You help entrepreneurs create companies out of whole cloth -- a complex, noble and all-consuming way to spend your day.
In this business, it's an occupational hazard to become jaded, put a price tag on every encounter and obsess about money or your rank on the Midas List, but I think most entrepreneurs and startup employees seek more meaning than persisting in a transactional world. They want to create something the world values. They want to be on a winning team. I love being part of that development process.
Q What kinds of pitches are you looking for now?
A We don't evaluate pitches. We evaluate people. Silicon Valley produces a mountain of buzzword-compliant PowerPoint presentations, most of which are just trying to leverage the halo effect of hot new brands. Most business plans meet a shredder when confronted by market realities.
We look for disruptive narratives, but we look harder at storyteller than story. What did they produce previously that created value for all stakeholders? How tenacious and yet self-aware are they? What failures do they gloss over or accomplishments do they embellish? How would they course-correct if their fundamental insight proves false?
Q What's the biggest mistake entrepreneurs make?
A I've made more than my share of business-judgment mistakes. I do know, through hard lessons, that as a species, our brains are hard-wired with cognitive biases that undermine our decision making: Over-optimism, confirmation, loss aversion, self-attribution, social harmony, etc. These are vestiges of a time when we lived in caves (and I don't mean man-caves).
All startups perpetually run out of money. The game is to find a viable market before the hourglass runs out. Customers and prospects are always giving us feedback, often unspoken. Is the entrepreneur truly listening or stuck in a fixed mindset -- "Even though it's fourth and 10, I'm going to run it up the middle?"
Q What's the next big thing going to be?
A Prognosticating is a dubious art. If we knew the next big thing, returns for venture capital as an asset class would be materially different. That said, we are intrigued by sectors early in their life cycle: Machine learning, the Internet of Things, hybrid cloud, software-defined everything, mobile enterprise.
Q Sevin Rosen foundered in 2006, returning hundreds of millions of dollars to investors rather than trying to raise a new fund. Now you're largely trying to rebuild a new firm on the bones of an old one that had also struggled. What do these experiences tell you about the nature of the venture business post-dot-com crash?
A Fund size and partner age can dictate whether a firm thrives or falls victim to past successes. If you focus on early stage venture, allocate each partner $50 million per fund to invest; beyond that, your odds of "style drift" (taking too much fund risk) go up.
Separately, venture capital returns are propelled by category winners exploiting platform shifts, e.g. Internet, SaaS, mobile, social and cloud, which disrupt the old investing order. Rotating your sector bets from old platforms onto new ones often requires letting a new partner, one who is more generationally attuned to what "kids" use, do the new deals. They have no ego, social network or economic ties to the old platform.
Otherwise, you tend to keep funding aging sectors that have been good to you in the past, but no longer produce big, new hits. In many respects, Ignition is a vehicle to apply these lessons learned from past industry boom-and-bust cycles.
Q You were the first investor in Splunk; when did you know it was going to hit it big?
A To clarify, David Hornik of August Capital and I co-led the first round. Hindsight being 20/20, I'm tempted to create a story that exaggerates my visionary bona fides. The reality is I did not know Splunk would be big until we priced our IPO at $17 and trade No. 1 was in the mid-$30 range.
Splunk innovated in both product (making terabytes of raw machine data quickly and easily searchable) and business model (enterprise freemium), which created tremendous stakeholder value. More fundamentally, Splunk has a CEO and employees so remarkable that I feel lucky to be part of the team.
Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638. Follow him at Twitter.com/mercwiretap.


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- Jul 27:
- Michael J. Fox tries to find the funny in Parkinson's
- NBC producing Hillary Clinton miniseries
- Jul 26:
- 'Breaking Bad': Cast discusses 'unapologetic' ending
- Sean Combs hopes to start a television Revolt
- 'Shake It Up' canceled by Disney Channel
- 'Sharknado': Syfy sensation coming to movie theaters
- 'Doctor Who': Matt Smith parties with the TV critics
- Jul 25:
- Gandolfini pilot won't air on HBO
- 'Doctor Who': Matt Smith wonders if leaving show will be 'big mistake'
Mike O'Malley has a new job on the upcoming NBC comedy, "Welcome to the Family," but he insisted that he'll do everything in his power to maintain his connection to "Glee" -- and especially the tribute episode to the late Cory Monteith.
"Burt is a special part for me," he said of the character who was stepfather to Monteith's Finn. "I told those guys (producers) that I'll work early in the morning, late at night, on weekends to be part of the show and, specifically, to honor Cory. He is my stepson on that show and I certainly plan on being there."
O'Malley made his comments during an NBC panel at the Television Critics Association press tour. He remembered Monteith as a "warm and wonderful" guy and a natural leader on "Glee."
"He was the fictional quarterback on that show and the very real quarterback on that set," he said. "He was an incredibly warm guy -- welcoming to everyone who came on the show from the beginning through the new folks. He was a very hard-working actor, and I just loved working with him. He was a great guy, and I miss him very much."
O'Malley said the toughest scene he ever did on "Glee" was when he had to kick Finn out of the house for uttering a homophobic slur.
"He was remarkable when we were shooting that scene over and over," O'Malley recalled. "Just the depth of emotion he was able to portray -- the sorrow, the shame."


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2 Bikers Arrested in Crazy NYC Attack
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(NEWSER) – Police have arrested two of the bikers they believe took part in a chaotic road rage incident Sunday. Twenty-eight-year-old Christopher Cruz and 42-year-old Allen Edwards are thought to be just two of the more than 30 bikers who chased a Range Rover down a New York City highway and violently assaulted the driver after the SUV accidentally bumped into one of the motorcycle's back wheels. Newsy reports:


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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi women's tennis team wasted little time taking control of a non-conference match on Saturday, winning 6-0 over Texas – Pan American in the Islanders Women's Team Shootout.
The Islanders improved to 8-2 overall with the win, while UTPA fell to 2-7 this season. They did so in front of 109 people, continuing the Islanders tennis streak of having each match at the Thomas J. Henry with over 100 fans in attendance.
The Islanders completed the sweep without losing a set against the overmatched Lady Broncs.
At No. 1 singles, Mirna Cicak took a 6-1, 6-3 final over Dana Nazarova, with Doris Kuselj winning at No. 2 by an identical score over Wanda Beguelin.
Stefania Nicolae and Chelsea Horan each earned a 6-1, 6-0 victory, with Nicolae winning over Cindy Sands, while Horan beat Blanca Izaguirre to complete the sweep.
No. 5 and 6 singles were defaulted to the Islanders to finish the scoring at 6-0.
Next up for the Islander women's team will be another non-conference match on March 22, against Maryland – Baltimore County. The two teams are set for a 2 p.m. start at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
For all the latest on Islanders Tennis, like the teams on Facebook (Islanders Tennis), follow them on Twitter (@IslandersTennis) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.
Texas-Pan American vs Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
03/17/2012 at Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 6, Texas-Pan American 0
Singles competition:
1. Mirna Cicak (AMCC) def. Dana Nazarova (UTPA) 6-1, 6-3
2. Doris Kuselj (AMCC) def. Wanda Beguelin (UTPA) 6-1, 6-3
3. Stefania Nicolae (AMCC) def. Cindy Sands (UTPA) 6-1, 6-0
4. Chelsea Horan (AMCC) def. Blanca G. Izaguirre (UTPA) 6-1, 6-0
5. Mia Matuszak (AMCC) by default
6. LeAnne Mascall (AMCC) by default
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Texas-Pan American 2-7
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|Version 4 (modified by anonymous, 7 years ago) (diff)
Admin Panels for Custom Fields
The CustomSelectAdmin plugin generates custom admin panels for each custom ticket field that is of type 'select.' These custom panels look and behave very similar to the 'Components', 'Milestones', etc. panels.
Install CustomSelectAdmin
- By hand:
- Drop the compiled egg into the plugins directory of your Trac instance
$ svn export http://trac-hacks.org/svn/customselectadminplugin/0.11 $ cd 0.11 $ python setup.py bdist_egg $ cp dist/CustomSelectAdmin<ADDITIONAL-INFO>.egg <PATH-TO-TRAC-INTANCE>/plugins
- Drop the compiled egg into the plugins directory of your Trac instance
- Globally:
- easy_install the egg so it will apply to all Trac instances
$ easy_install http://trac-hacks.org/svn/customselectadminplugin/0.11
- easy_install the egg so it will apply to all Trac instances
Add the following lines to trac.ini (create [components] if it does not exist)
[components] customselectadmin.* = enabled
Bugs/Feature Requests
Existing bugs and feature requests for CustomSelectAdminPlugin are here.
If you have any issues, create a new ticket.
Download the zipped source from [download:customselectadminplugin here].
You can check out CustomSelectAdminPlugin from here using Subversion, or browse the source with Trac.
Within the [ticket-custom] section you can add an additional field, (FIELDNAME).panel = (PANELTITLE) to specify what string will display on the left-hand panel selection area inside the Trac 'Admin' section
For Instance:
[ticket-custom] workcode = select workcode.label = Work Code workcode.options = W001 | W002 workcode.value = Plugin workcode.panel = Work Codes
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gather in Idaho Springs at this weekend's Creek at the Peak 2012 festival for the U.S. National Championship downriver, slalom and sprint races. Each year, bids come in from festivals wanting to host the national championship races. Last year, the national championship race was held in Oregon, qualifying teams to head to Costa Rica's 2011 World Rafting Championships. This year, it's at Clear Creek somewhat by default, as there is no 2012 World Rafting Championships for teams to attend. However, they see it as a chance to compete and train for the 2013 world event. It's also a chance for locals to see what rafting competition is all about - and this whitewater festival features rafting and kayaking as much as it does free music - and proceeds benefit outdoor education programs on rivers through GOALS (Get Outside and Learn Something). Roughly 10 nationally ranked raft teams descend on the small city that sits along Clear Creek, including teams from Oregon and Maryland as well as four local teams. The eight team members from Behind the 8 Ball and the eight from Ark Sharks will be divided into two teams each, because this year features four-man crews instead of six-man crews. Women's teams include the Red Ladies and the U.S. Teva Whitewater Raft Team. "This is the only time of the year you can see all three raft disciplines," Behind the 8 Ball member and Breckenridge resident Joe Sialiano said. Kayakers also compete in the events, but the rafters are vying for the No. 1 position as they prepare for next year's world championships in New Zealand. Downriver races typically last 45 minutes, and courses are adjusted based on water levels (this year, Clear Creek's flows are minimal, even in the lower canyon). This year's race will end near the junction of highways 6 and 119 - approximately 6.5 miles of Class III and IV whitewater. "As a result of the low flows, the 2012 race course has been moved to Clear Creek Canyon," the Creek at the Peak website reads. "This is a 'blessing in disguise,' as the canyon offers a more beautiful and challenging race course than the upper stretch of Clear Creek where the race has traditionally taken place." Amateurs have the chance to race after the national teams run the course. It all starts at 5 p.m., with events launching a half hour apart until the amateurs push off at 7 p.m. Festivities continue Sunday, with the spectator-friendly slalom and sprint U.S. National Championships set at the Lawson play park and beginning at 9 a.m. The slalom course includes upriver and downriver gates, requiring navigation against the flow. "It's going to be pretty exciting because of the play park," Sialiano said. "There's some moves to be made through there. ... It's the pinnacle of how four (rafters) can move the boat. It's about speed, but it's also about technique." The sprint puts two boats head-to-head on the narrow Clear Creek current. Like a ski or boarder cross event, crews bump against each other, vying for position in the race that typically lasts two minutes. Because the event is so well-organized and it benefits a charity he believes in, Sialiano calls Creek at the Peak "the best whitewater event I've been to."
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PIEDMONT -- Student reporters for Piedmont High's student newspaper, The Piedmont Highlander, wanted to do their own report and investigation into the high school's highly publicized "fantasy slut league."
An online version of their story and editorial was released Wednesday. Based on interviews with more than 30 students, some of whom participated in the league, they found that aspects of the principal's advisory to 1,200 parents Oct. 19 were misleading or exaggerated, including the definition of sexual activity.
Most of the 25 sophomore, junior and senior girls interviewed for the story said that while they thought the league was degrading, they also believed Principal Rich Kitchens didn't properly define "sexual activity," or "hooking up," as it pertained to the league, in his letter to parents.
Of the 25 girls, 24 initially defined "hooking up" as making out, and not necessarily sexual activity, according to the student newspaper's report. Additionally, 23 of the 25 girls said casual sex is uncommon at Piedmont High.
The students interviewed for The Piedmont Highlander report also took issue with other conclusions about the league in the principal's letter, including the use of alcohol.
The "fantasy slut league" involved boys in varsity sports and girls who participated in "sexual activity" for "points" similar to fantasy sports leagues. A Facebook page devoted to the league was taken down quickly once word spread that the school discovered it.
The Piedmont Highlander reporters also interviewed eight junior and senior boys. Five of the boys said they participated in the league, and the other three were varsity athletes who were aware of it. The students are not identified in the school paper.
Kitchens had said in his advisory that alcohol was often used to pressure and manipulate girls into having sex for the "points league." Students responded that alcohol is often present at parties but is not used for that purpose.
"Girls have to make choices and be in control of themselves," a student said.
In earlier reports, Kitchens said information about the league came to light following a date rape assembly. He told The Piedmont Highlander staff, "It really had nothing to do (with it)." Apparently, on Oct. 1, a parent notified the administration that the daughter was mistreated by a male student, and that parent linked the incident to the purported sex league.
According to The Piedmont Highlander, the administration began investigating and holding meetings with faculty. On Oct. 19, Kitchens issued the advisory to parents informing them of the "league" and asking that they talk to their students about it.
Kitchens in his investigation talked to school athletes several times and was able to gather enough information that he thought an advisory was warranted. The school never came up with a definitive number of how many students were involved in the league.
The Highlander staff did speak with some fantasy league participants. Some refused to talk, others opened up, and some apologized.
One player said, "We all realized it was wrong and degrading to the girls involved. At the time, we never thought of it as being as bad as it really is and how it could hurt the girls."
The district is not planning any punitive measures for any students that were involved but instead is encouraging visits to the high school's Wellness Center for any students who want to talk about it confidentially.
Student editor Matt Leong said, "Our goal was not to tackle the whole media storm but just inform people at school and the parents. Many students were angry that Piedmont was put in this light."
The school newspaper editorial board sat down with their adviser, Beth Black, last week and plotted out their project.
"We spent time at lunch and every single day talking to students and reading up on the national publications that covered the issue," fellow editor Jack Hamner said.
"We thought we could do a much better report because we had the connections, and reporting from the ground you get the best information. Our main goal was to clear up misconceptions."
Black said she is proud of her students' work. They established their mission and allocated reporters to various tasks.
"Throughout the course of last week, they were respective of the news. They took this report to heart. They want to continue to talk about what this means to them journalistically," Black said.
Superintendent Connie Hubbard said Wednesday, "We are focusing on the positive, and seeing what we can do to improve."
School officials are meeting with every parent club, including elementary ones, to gather comments and reassure parents that the Piedmont schools are a safe place for all students.
Hubbard stressed that no criminal behavior has been identified, but if it was, "we do call police," she said. Interim police Chief Scott Wyatt had said that no reports have been made to the police related to the sex league.
Kitchens said Wednesday that the school now has plans to establish coaching alliance training and develop seasonal assemblies addressing all those involved in sports.
"So many kids play sports we want to integrate character education in the process, (stressing) sportsmanship and personal integrity," Kitchens said.
The school is also driving home the point that posts on social media can be hurtful and that a student should not say anything about another that they would not want to be said about themselves.
The district is working with teachers, students and parents to develop a special assembly in early December.
Leong said things have calmed down on campus.
"We think the shock value of the scandal has passed. But the issue of the league itself and general high school culture will stick around for a long time," Leong said.
"The bigger picture is moving ahead despite this thing. Everyone wanted to know the facts. That's what we did," Hamner said.
The Piedmont Highlander student report is at http://tphnews.com/.


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MARTINEZ -- A Contra Costa County jury has ordered a Pacheco landscape architecture firm and its Danville owners to pay $11.9 million to a Modesto man who was nearly killed in a motorcycle accident in 2007.
Sean Choy, 35, was riding his motorcycle to his construction job on Nov, 7, 2007, when he was broadsided on Pacheco Boulevard at South Buchanan Circle in Pacheco by a Mori Hatsushi & Associates pickup truck driven by employee Masaru Hatsushi.
Hatsushi, who died before the trial started, was the 72-year-old uncle of the firm's owners, Mori and Tomiko Hatsushi, and had been removed from the company's insurance policy five months before the accident because of his poor driving record, said Choy's attorney, Steve Kirby.
Choy was in a coma for six weeks after the collision. He suffered brain damage, facial and spinal fractures and a punctured lung. He lost his spleen and his left arm was paralyzed, Kirby said.
Attorneys for the Hatsushis and their company could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.
The defendants argued that the landscaping firm was not liable for Choy's injuries because Masaru Hatsushi had retired from the company a week before the accident and was in the process of returning equipment when he struck Choy, according to Kirby.
"The jury basically found that they lied," Kirby said. "He was on his way to a job at Kaiser (Permanente hospital in Walnut Creek). There was no documentation to support the claim that he had retired the Wednesday before."
The jury deliberated for six days before reaching a verdict Monday on behalf of Choy. The $11.9 million judgment covers past and future medical bills and lost wages; $9 million of it was for Choy's pain and suffering.
"I thought the verdict was in line with the injuries that Sean will live with the rest of this life," Kirby said. "He is going to need care when he is older, and the jury provided for that."
Contact Malaika Fraley at 925-234-1684. Follow her at Twitter.com/malaikafraley.


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The city of Canandaigua will have its first 2014 budget workshop Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the Hurley Building, on 205 Saltonstall St. The workshop is scheduled to run from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The meeting will focus on the general and capital funds, along with the water and sewer funds. City Council will also look at outside agencies including not-for-profits that provide services for low-income families, such as PathStone and Habitat For Humanity.
The next workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 12. Fire and police funding will be discussed that meeting.
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Streaming gaming company OnLive has disclosed that it went through a bankruptcy alternative late last week.
As part of the proceeding -- called an assignment for the benefit of creditors -- all previous OnLive shareholders, including its employees and founder Steve Perlman, lost their stakes in the company and OnLive laid off all its employees, the company said in a statement released Sunday.
The newly formed company that acquired Palo Alto-based OnLive's assets will operate under OnLive's name, continue to offer its services and operate its game service and has offered jobs to nearly half of the company's former employees.
"OnLive's board of directors, faced with difficult financial decisions for OnLive, determined that the best course of action was a restructuring," the company said. "The asset acquisition, although a heartbreaking transition for everyone involved with OnLive, allows the company's core innovation and ongoing offerings -- the product of over a decade of hard work transforming the OnLive vision into reality -- to survive and continue to evolve."
The OnLive game service has continued to operate through the transition. Customers who bought or rented games from OnLive before its insolvency process will retain rights and access to those games after it, the company said.
As this newspaper reported Friday, Lauder Partners, a venture capital firm run by Gary Lauder, provided the initial financing for the newly restructured company, OnLive confirmed. For now, Lauder is the only investor in the new OnLive, but the company expects to have more investors soon, company spokeswoman Jane Anderson said.
Perlman, CEO of the old OnLive, received no compensation from the acquisition of OnLive's assets and is receiving no cash compensation from the new company, according to the statement. He doesn't yet have a title or contract with the new OnLive, Lauder said in an email, adding that more urgent issues -- such as employee compensation -- took precedent over resolving Perlman's status.
"Since there is no one more committed to the company than Steve, I'm not too worried," Lauder said. "It is my hope that he will be the CEO going forward."
Other company executives saw their salaries slashed "to allow the company to hire as many employees as possible within the current budget," the company said in its statement.
OnLive plans to offer contract work in return for stock options to those employees who weren't immediately offered a job at the newly restructured company, the company said in the statement. With additional funding the new OnLive expects to hire back more of the former workers and make new hires.
An assignment for the benefit of creditors is a process for resolving the debts of insolvent companies that's similar to bankruptcy, but operates under state, not federal, law. Although much more obscure than a bankruptcy proceeding, the assignment process has a long legal history. In the proceeding, an insolvent company's assets are assigned to an entity of the company's choosing, rather than being determined through a bankruptcy court. The assignee is then obligated to pay the company's creditors from money raised by selling the company's assets.
Because an assignment can be speedier and less costly than a bankruptcy proceeding, it can help preserve a company's value and help it survive the restructuring, said Geoffrey Berman, senior vice president of Development Specialists, a consulting company that focuses on distressed businesses.
"It puts (a company's) assets back in the stream of commerce faster because you don't have a court overlay,"
In the OnLive restructuring, its technology, intellectual property and other assets were transferred to an assignee and then sold to a third party -- the new OnLive. In the email, Lauder declined to say how much the new OnLive paid for the old company's assets. He also declined to say how much money he invested in the new company, saying only that it has "more than enough (funding) until it has additional investors." OnLive has also not disclosed the assignee.
OnLive's game service streams console and PC games to subscribers over the Internet. Its games can be played on PCs, smartphones, tablets and televisions. It also offers an iPad app that lets users access a Windows PC desktop from their mobile device.
The high-profile company's former investors included AT&T, HTC, Autodesk, Warner Bros. and Maverick Capital.
In a separate statement, HTC said that it would recognize a $40 million loss related to its investment in OnLive. Representatives for AT&T, Autodesk and Maverick Capital declined to comment on OnLive's restructuring. A Warner Bros. representative did not return a call seeking comment.
Contact Troy Wolverton at 408-840-4285. Follow him at Twitter.com/troywolv.


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For many of us, the holidays means a lot of laughter, fun, love, and—of course—cooking! Now that the holidays are winding down, why not take a break with some easy, low-maintenance meals? Our guest blogger Tiffany from Peanut Blossom recently shared some great tips on how to spruce-up your frozen pizzas with fresh ingredients!
She also suggests having a pretend play food activity around to keep the kids occupied (yet engaged) in the process. Her little one enjoyed playing with our Felt Play Food – Pizza set, setting up pretend ingredients on her "pizza" while mommy placed her fresh ones on the pies!
Check out the entire post here, and share your tips for keeping post-holiday meals low-stress and low-key after the holidays!