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by Rory Boylen - November 17, 2009 1:10 PM UTC
Taking a look at the bottom half of past drafts, we construct some of the best two-line teams.
Every once in a while I like going back and looking at old trades or draft orders because there are usually a few things that lift the brow and have me thinking "Really!?" I especially like browsing over the late rounds of past drafts to see who got through, who had impactful careers and which teams were able to find that needle in a haystack.
by Rory Boylen - November 14, 2009 10:55 PM UTC
The power forward's development may have been a slow one, but good things come to those who wait.
When big-body players breakout after spending a few years in the development leagues, not only do they surprise commentators and fans, they give an unexpected boost and fortification of depth to the team.
by Rory Boylen - November 3, 2009 12:35 PM UTC
Hockey is a physical game and injuries are going to happen. And a much-ballyhooed head-shot rule isn't going to change that.
For lack of a better, appropriate term, crap happens. It's crude, harsh and to the point. And it's also an explanation for a lot – not all, but the majority – of hits in hockey that lead to injury and ensuing outcry.
by Rory Boylen - October 27, 2009 11:45 AM UTC
Overshadowed by the talent around him, including his defense partner, Brent Seabrook deserves more recognition.
Who is the most underrated player in the NHL? It's a tough question and one with many answers. In fact, everyone probably has their own favorite radar dodger and the variety of the type of player will span all spectrums and roles in hockey.
by Rory Boylen - October 13, 2009 12:00 PM UTC
In 2005, Sergei Gonchar's five-year contract seemed over the top, but time has proven it to be a wise investment.
It's tough to have a contract in the NHL these days that doesn't seem like an overpayment. Everyone knows the dangers that lie within the first few days of free agency, where Brian Campbell, a one-dimensional defenseman, once managed to squeeze a $7 million-plus per season contract out of Chicago for eight years.
by Rory Boylen - October 6, 2009 2:58 PM UTC
With a couple of the best players in the game, a strong goalie and excellent support pieces, the Penguins are easily the team to beat.
I'm not a big fan of making a Stanley Cup prediction in October – or November, December and January for that matter. So much can change and so much can happen that you're just setting yourself up for failure and smarmy "I told ya so's" from the peanut gallery.
by Rory Boylen - September 29, 2009 11:35 AM UTC
In the last of our look at the six NHL divisions, we examine the home of five teams with realistic playoff hopes.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS THN Prediction: Second in Western Conference Key additions: Marian Hossa, RW; Tomas Kopecky, LW; John Madden, C Key departures: Martin Havlat, RW; Nikolai Khabibulin, G; Sammy Pahlsson, C; Matt Walker, D Young teams that breakthrough generally take a step back the following season – even the Penguins were rough around the edges to start last year – so don't expect the Hawks to smoothly sail through a season of only good stories and overall improvement.
by Rory Boylen - September 22, 2009 11:30 AM UTC
The flashy Rangers rookie has scored a couple highlight-reel goals in the pre-season, setting the tone for a run at rookie of the year honors.
John Tavares. Victor Hedman. Ville Leino. Semyon Varlamov. Artem Anisimov? The Calder race is the most difficult trophy chase to predict because out-of-nowhere stellar performances are common.
by Rory Boylen - September 15, 2009 12:43 PM UTC
For selfish reasons, there are five players on roster bubbles who it would be great to see get an NHL job this season.
A year ago I wrote a training camp blog about five players I was eager to watch try and make their teams. Not necessarily because there were great, untold stories behind any of them, but because my fantasy pool team needed at least one of them to graduate.
by Rory Boylen - September 1, 2009 12:47 PM UTC
Enough with the bankruptcy belly-aching and preposterous posturing, let's just get this season started.
"Versus' numbers now are exceeding the numbers we were doing in the last few years on ESPN. Versus is getting traction, Versus is doing a great job, and we are doing absolutely fine.
by Rory Boylen - August 25, 2009 10:50 AM UTC
Because of an early injury, Zach Bogosian is often overlooked when discussing impressive rookie seasons, but his ranks up there with the rest.
There's one impressive rookie performance last year that was completely glossed over. It's not Derick Brassard, who bowed out of the Calder race early with a shoulder injury.
by Rory Boylen - August 18, 2009 12:15 PM UTC
Many players rely on cliches to deal with the media, but sometimes you find a player who's truly accommodating and happy to share his time.
There are a lot of neat perks that come with working at The Hockey News, but my favorite is the opportunity to talk to players. It's been nearly two years since I was hired here, but it seems like just yesterday I was an inexperienced, yet-to-graduate journalist toiling at a school newspaper.


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Apple and Samsung have dashed hopes that last week's peace treaty between the iPhone giant and Google might be a prelude to an imminent global settlement in their bitter 4-year-old global patent feud.
In court papers filed Monday night, Apple and Samsung traded hostilities as they accused each other of failing to be serious about settling ongoing litigation over allegations that the South Korean tech power has copied iPhone and iPad technology. The joint court filing came in response to U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh's request to address whether the companies would be willing to resume settlement talks in the aftermath of their most recent trial.
But both companies, while expressing willingness to discuss a settlement, made it clear they consider their competing positions incompatible with a resolution.
A federal jury earlier this month delivered a mixed verdict in the second trial between Apple and Samsung, ordering Samsung to pay about $120 million for infringing some iPhone patents -- a verdict that was far less than Apple sought in damages and that rejected a number of the Cupertino company's claims of copying. The jury also found Apple violated one of Samsung's patents.
A previous 2012 trial resulted in Samsung being ordered to pay nearly $1 billion in damages for copying iPhone and iPad technology in older lines of smartphones and tablets. A federal appeals court is now weighing appeals from both companies in that case; Samsung has appealed the verdict while Apple has appealed the judge's refusal to block the sales of Samsung products.
Given that Samsung has argued Apple's primary legal quarrel is with Google because its Android operating system runs the Samsung products targeted in the patent fight, there was some speculation that last week's settlement between Apple and Google could fuel a similar pact. Apple settled patent litigation with Google's Motorola smartphone unit, although the stakes in that court fight pale in comparison, given that Apple and Samsung are by far the top two players in the smartphone and tablet markets.
In the court papers filed Monday, Apple indicated Samsung is planning to exploit settlement talks to use as ammunition in ongoing court battles around the world, primarily to argue that such settlement negotiations show Apple would license its technology to its chief rival. This, Apple said in court papers, undermines efforts to reach a deal in the meantime.
Apple also cited remarks in the media after the recent trial from Samsung's lead lawyer, John Quinn, as evidence Samsung is not ready to settle, including his comment that "it's kind of hard to talk settlement with a jihadist."
"Apple remains concerned that despite protestations to the contrary, Samsung has adopted a business model that prohibits early or even timely resolution of any dispute involving intellectual property infringement," Apple reported to Koh.
Samsung, however, contends Apple is making unrealistic demands to even meet for settlement, asking Samsung to abandon legal arguments in the courts without a deal. Samsung said it "remains amenable to discussing settlement," but Apple is "attempting to extort an improper concession from Samsung."
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- Document: Improving oversight of for-profit schools, National Consumer Law Center
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- For-profit colleges soaking up tax dollars despite student loan defaults, low graduation rates -- and could be in trouble
With one of the country's biggest for-profit colleges suddenly threatening to shut down, thousands of Bay Area students are on edge after learning their costly pursuits of a degree are in jeopardy.
Corinthian Colleges Inc., the embattled corporate owner of Heald, Everest and WyoTech career colleges, warned Thursday that it could go under after federal regulators cut off its access to student loans, accusing the company of altering students' grades and falsifying its graduates' job placement claims.
The schools have 27,000 students in California and more than 70,000 nationwide.
"I'm very distressed," said Angela Keers, who is studying accounting at Heald College in Concord. "I've invested probably about $16,000 to $18,000 in my program so far, and I'm halfway done."
The company relies heavily on student aid dollars to stay in business -- $1.4 billion a year in federal student loans and grants, according to a Department of Education statement Thursday. But the department said it put a 21-day freeze on that revenue stream last week "after the company failed to address concerns about its practices.''
That delay will cause a cash-flow crisis the company might not survive, Corinthian reported in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday.
Keers said she frantically called Heald on Friday morning to find out what was happening, but got no solid answers. The 32-year-old Antioch resident said she went back to school last year after 15 years as a restaurant server and was counting on the accelerated 18-month program to get her back to work.
"It would be devastating" if her school shut down, she said.
There is a financial safety net for students whose schools close. The government forgives the federal student debt -- including parent loans -- of those enrolled in a school when it closes, or who withdrew shortly before. California students left stranded mid-program are also eligible for private loan relief through California's Student Tuition Recovery Fund.
"It's obviously upsetting for students," said Robyn Smith, of the National Consumer Law Center. "The good news is most students in California will be OK financially at the end of the day because they should get those loans discharged."
But students won't be able to recover the time they spent working toward a degree that suddenly vanished, and in most cases, their course credits won't transfer to community colleges or public universities.
Students and employees at Heald College's campus in San Jose are preparing for the possibility that they will return to locked doors after the weekend, said an employee who asked to remain anonymous because workers were told not to talk to reporters.
Staff members were told in a Friday meeting that even if the school stays open, they might not be paid until mid-July, the employee said.
A message to the school's director was not returned Friday.
Corinthian's practices and high rates of student-loan default have been investigated by numerous states and federal agencies in recent years. Last fall, California Attorney General Kamala Harris sued the company, saying it intentionally recruited poor and vulnerable students, signing them up for costly loans they had little hope of repaying and advertising programs that didn't exist.
The schools have already harmed too many students and should close immediately, said Krystle Powell. The South San Francisco resident says Heald lured her into an expensive program with a class that was no longer taught and later, after she complained, forced her to leave before she could finish her studies. Now, she said, she has a $29,000 debt she can't afford to repay.
On the other hand, Powell said, "I feel really bad for the people who are still attending and thinking they were going to get something, that they will get a degree. What happens to them?"
That's a question countless students are asking themselves this week. And it's why, if Corinthian closes, Smith said, the Department of Education should contact the company's former students and tell them they qualify for relief from their loan debts, called a "closed-school discharge."
Otherwise, she said, too many students won't know they have the right to relief, and won't apply for it.
Corinthian would be one of the biggest schools to ever close, if not the biggest, Smith said. "I don't remember anything like this."
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WILLIAMSTOWN - The City of Williamstown received a grant to build sidewalks from the West Virginia Division of Highways on Monday with the aid of the Federal Highway Administration.
The city received the $200,000 as part of a more than $7 million 2012 West Virginia Transportation Enhancement Grant Program, which is a federal-aid program of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration.
The program provides annual funding through the Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act to West Virginia communities for non-traditional transportation projects that include improving safety for pedestrians and bicycles through the construction of sidewalks and trails. It also involves the acquisition of scenic or historic sites and stimulating tourism development.
"We are ecstatic," said City Councilwoman Barbara Lewis, who has been working on the city's sidewalk projects. "This is something we really were pleased to receive."
Last year the city received a $245,000 grant from the state for a similar project, Lewis said.
"This is for another section of town," she said.
It is unknown where either of the two projects will be done, but Lewis said she believes this latest grant might go toward a section of Ninth Street.
"There are a lot of kids that walk to school there and there are no sidewalks on either side of the street," she said.
The city has planned a meeting with KCI Technologies of Morgantown, W.Va., later this month to discuss the engineering of the sidewalk projects and where they will be best located. The city has a large number of areas in need of sidewalk rehabilitation or full construction, which is why more than one initiative is welcomed, according to Mayor Jean Ford.
"We haven't come to a conclusion as to where either of the projects will be done," Lewis said. "After this meeting we should have a better idea."
In December, city council unanimously approved to accept an anonymous donation from a family in Williamstown for $5,000 a year for the next five years to create, repair, construct and maintain sidewalks.


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Editor's Note: The five House District 61 candidates' profiles will run in alphabetical order. Debra Irvine, Robert Petrowsky and Ellen Temby's profiles will run in Tuesday's SDN.
After being appointed to her current position nearly two years ago, state Rep. Millie Hamner is fighting three challengers to keep it because "there's a lot more work to be done."
"I've caught the bug and I see what the issues and problems are, and I have some ideas for solutions," she said.
If elected to continue representing House District 61, Hamner's top priorities are education, wildfire prevention and tourism. Two projects she's excited about - which she has already been approached about carrying legislation for - are improving the teacher and principal preparation programs and revising the school finance act, which governs how schools are funded.
Hamner, a Democrat, is also concerned with getting Interstate 70 flowing properly and safely - which she said benefits the state's tourism - and doing more to ensure public safety through wildfire mitigation and forest health projects.
"I've served successfully for the last two years," she said. "Almost every bill that I've introduced has been signed into law by Gov. Hickenlooper."
Among her past successes, she counts the K-3 literacy bill - which helps ensure children are able to read by third grade - and two more she said have a positive impact on the environment: one promoting beetle-kill wood for biomass energy, and another continuing a program providing resources for communities to use in wildfire mitigation and other forest-health projects.
Asked what she would regret if not elected come Nov. 6, Hamner said the inability to enact her ideas, like those in education.
"There's still more work to be done," she said.
On education issues, Hamner feels lucky to be able to have a positive impact on students across Colorado - when she started her career as a Colorado teacher in 1978 (she most recently served as the superintendent for Summit School District) that impact only reached the 20 or so children in her classroom, she said.
"I take that very seriously ... when I'm able to carry a piece of legislation for students and teachers that affects student learning, that makes me very proud," Hamner said.
In her almost two years as representative, Hamner said she's learned what it takes to be an effective legislator, something she feels gives her a leg-up over her competitors. That includes being able to get other legislators on her side - from across the aisle, or in the form of her own democratic colleagues. When she carried the literacy bill, she faced opposition at first from some Democrats, and had to work to build that support, she said.
Hamner said her record of getting "almost every bill that I've introduced signed into law" was no easy feat, especially considering she was a freshman and served in the minority party.
"I had to work extra hard with my colleagues, especially my Republican colleagues, to get anything passed ..." she said.
When it comes to creating jobs, Hamner ties both education and tourism into the mix. Colorado's students need to be prepared to effectively move into the workforce, which is tied to investing in Colorado's schools, she said. She feels the state also needs to find more ways to tap into the tourism market - attract more people to the state, and more from the Front Range to the mountain communities - in order to create more jobs. She fears if traffic flow isn't improved on I-70, it will have a negative impact on the tourism industry. Hamner pointed to a bill she carried in her first year on the job, which "put I-70 short-term solutions on the front burner."
Hamner supports the work Gov. Hickenlooper does to attract businesses to the state.
"When Colorado's economy is doing well, the state budget fares well," she said. "The more business that we can attract to Colorado, the more sales tax revenue that we have, the more income tax that we have ... that helps the whole state economy."
Hamner was born in Tokyo - her father was stationed there after WWII - but grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. Her two goals growing up were to become a teacher and move to Colorado; She's been in the state since 1978, and currently lives in Summit County. Hamner and her husband, Rich Holdman, have been married since 1985.
Summit County Commissioner Dan Gibbs, who previously served in the state House, is a supporter of Hamner's bid to keep her current position.
"Millie has a proven track record of working to find common sense solutions to our state's most pressing issues," Gibbs said. "She understands the importance of quality education for our kids, a vibrant economy and healthy forests. Millie has been a strong advocate for our mountain values."


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Publication Date: October 17, 2011
Citation: Watts, D.B., Torbert III, H.A. 2011. Impact of FGD gypsum on bermudagrass in Coastal Plain soil [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, October 16-19, 2011, San Antonio, Texas.CDROM. Technical Abstract: Use of FGD gypsum is thought to increase plant production. Thus, a study was conducted to evaluate the effects of FGD gypsum on bermudagrass yield. The study was conducted on an established bermudagrass pasture. Poultry litter was applied as the nutrient source at a rate of 8.8 Mg ha-1. Commerical gypsum, FGD gypsum, FGD gypsum + fly ash were applied on top of the poultry litter at rates of 2, 10, and 20 Mg ha-1. Slight increases in yield were observed with the use of the gypsum sources. Addition of gypsum, whether it was commercial gypsum, FGD gypsum , FGD gypsum + fly ash impact plant yield the same suggesting that FGD-gypsum and FGD-gypsum + fly ash could be alternatives for commercial gypsum. To understand the full potential benefits that FGD gypsum has on yield, more long-term evaluations are needed.


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CUISINE AND ATMOSPHERE: On the north end of the beaten path around Munn Park in Lakeland lies the Purple Onion. This lunch stop offers a variety of dishes, from soups and salads to burgers and specialty sandwiches. The restaurant interior is fairly basic — tables, chairs and some artwork on the wall. But the block glass windows, which illuminate the room, are a nice touch.
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316 N. Kentucky Ave., Lakeland, 688-5590.
Open 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays.
AMBIENCE: 3 stars
FOOD: 3 stars
SERVICE: 3 stars
WHAT'S NEW: New dinner hours on Fridays, now open until 9 p.m. and 12 new menu options, including Cuban Salad, Fried Pickles and Balsamic Grilled Chicken Sandwich.
WHAT I LIKED: My meal started with a bowl of French Onion Soup ($4.99), featuring a thick piece of mozzarella cheese. It was hot, perfect for cool days. The Bacon Cheeseburger was better than I expected. The bacon was crisp; soft bacon can ruin a good burger. My friend who dined with me had the Italian Melt. He said the banana peppers added a nice spice to the ham, pepperoni, salami and provolone on pressed Cuban bread.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: The main dishes were good, but the sides orders were far from perfect. My friend had tater tots with his sandwich, which were tasty, but the portion was very small. I had a side of fries with my burger and I wish I didn't order them. The fries were bland and not hot.
PRICE RANGE: $1.99-$4.99 appetizer, $3.99-$4.99 soups, $3.99-$7.49 salads, $6.99-$7.99 specialty sandwiches, burgers, wraps and subs.
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WASHINGTON (January 23, 2013)—U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the incoming Senate Budget Committee chair, says the Democrats who control the chamber will attempt to pass a budget for the first time since 2009.
Murray said Wednesday the measure will call upon the wealthy to pay their "fair share" in taxes and defend programs for senior citizens and middle-class families.
Democrats have come under attack from Republicans for failing to pass budgets, prompting the House to propose withholding pay for either House or Senate members if the chamber in which they serve fails to pass a budget plan.
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An Iranian news agency made some "alterations" to Michelle Obama's Oscar-night dress without her permission.
The first lady wore a Naeem Khan design Sunday night while announcing "Argo" as the Academy Award winner for best picture. The surprise presenter appeared on the ABC broadcast via satellite, as President Obama was co-hosting the Governors Ball in Washington, D.C.
When reporting on Michelle Obama's participation in the awards, Iran's Fars News added sleeves to her dress and raised her neckline, reports say, to comply with its local broadcasting guidelines.
"We've persistently seen Iranian news agencies, whether they're partially or fully state-run, use fabrication and use other means to distort images," deputy State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell told ABC News.
While they were at it, why didn't they just change the print on her dress to match the Iranian flag?
According to Us Weekly, Fars News criticized Obama's involvement with the program, saying, "In a rare occasion in Oscar history, the first lady announced the winner for best picture for the anti-Iran film, 'Argo,' which is produced by the Zionist company Warner Bros."
The Iranians weren't the only ones criticizing Obama's appearance.
MSNBC's Donny Deutsch said Obama's presence was "intrusive and not additive" when he appeared on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight." "There was an elitist flavor to it."
At FOX News, Bill O'Reilly slammed Obama's participation, describing it as "Hollywood left boosterism." The conservative pundit also said, "Laura Bush would never at any time have introduced any award."
Does O'Reilly realize he's siding with Iran on this one?
According to Us Weekly, Michelle Obama talked about the Oscar appearance -- but didn't address the controversy -- during an interview Tuesday with SiriusXM host B. Smith. "It was really a privilege to be able to announce the award and to do it at the White House with all those wonderful military aides," said the 49-year-old mother of two. "They were more excited than I could have ever imagined. We always love the chance to highlight them."
Contact Tony Hicks on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks, or on Twitter at twitter.com/insertfoot.


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Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The principal of Terrace Manor Elementary School was escorted out of the building Wednesday morning.
Principal Hartley Gibbons was taken out of the school by Richmond County Board of Education officers around 11 a.m.
The deputy superintendent says they cannot comment on personnel matters.
The daily operations of Terrace Manor Elementary School are on normal schedule.
Gibbons was also escorted out of the Richmond County Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. Gibbons lashed out, saying he had tried to contact the board on numerous occasions about maintenance requests at the school. To see the video of the outburst, click here to go to The Augusta Chronicle's website.
After being escorted out of Tuesday night's meeting, he started walking back and forth on the sidewalk in front of the BOE building wearing a sandwich board that said "TMES School Unsafe."
Cheryl Jones, executive director for elementary schools, says Gibbons received the same level of assistance that every principal receives.
Terrace Manor Elementary did not meet Adequate Yearly Progress for the 2010-2011 school year. It did meet AYP for 2009-2010 and 2008-2009.
News 12 will keep you updated on this story.


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Back to the Start for TNT
Now the brakes are on UPS's efforts to acquire TNT Express, it's back to scratch for the Dutch parcel-delivery company and its owners.
In an unexpected move, UPS Monday said it will abandon its 5.2 billion euro ($7 billion) bid for TNT due to unexpectedly tough regulatory hurdles. TNT shares plummeted, dragging down its main shareholder and former parent company PostNL with it. PostNL needed the cash from UPS's bid to bolster its balance sheet.
The share price fall also renews concerns about the intrinsic issues TNT is facing.
"Given its heavy European exposure, we think TNT Express is fundamentally more challenged than before, amplified by management having been focused on the deal," said Beat Keiser, analyst at Cheuvreux.
And the €200 million termination fee that UPS needs to pay to TNT Express doesn't make good for all the lost time and management attention, as well as the departure of its CEO according to Dieter Furniere at KBC Securities.
He said:
"Since the merger process has been a distraction for management, which saw its chief executive [Marie Christine] Lombard leave, the €200 million termination fee that is merely a consolation."
TNT management will now focus on the company's standalone strategy, initially presented shortly after UPS's bid interest became public. "We'll completely focus on the company and the execution of the strategy," interim chief executive Bernard Bot said.
TNT said Monday that management will now concentrate on:
- Reassuring customers of TNT Express' commitment to providing industry-leading services
- Ensuring engagement and commitment of employees
- Strengthening its strategy, including further steps to improve profitability.
TNT has a raft of problems to overcome. Apart from price pressure in Europe, TNT is struggling to turn a profit from its businesses in Asia and Latin America and is looking to sell those assets to focus on its European business.
On top, former parent PostNL's stake of just under 30% is hanging over the market
"We expect that we will monetize the stake over the medium term to create better value for shareholders, after we have seen stability return to TNT Express," said Herna Verhagen, chief executive at PostNL.
Ahead of UPS interest, TNT had been reeling from a series of profit warnings and facing rising pressure from shareholders calling on it to actively explore strategic options. A bidding war for TNT between UPS and FedEx may have been in the post, but when UPS took the stage and investors and analysts' estimates went up to €10 per share and beyond, FedEx didn't show.
Now that UPS's bid has failed, some return to where they started and note FedEx now won't face the prospect of being outbid by UPS. However, this will probably be another consolation prize for shareholders.
"The cancellation has put TNT Express back into play, albeit at a reduced valuation as the richest wedding candidate [UPS] has been removed from the ball," says Gert Steens, analyst at SNS Securities.


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First off - thanks for your work ctene!
So, I downloaded your zip file that included the PPC pre-compiled binaries and installed it... then I downloaded/compiled/installed lame and faac from http://stephenjungels.com/jungels.net/a ... wto.html... and tried playing an mkv on my PS3... no dice. It does get further than it did before - I can see it trying to transcode rather than just erroring out in the debug log, but it still fails.
I thought that my problem might stem from the multiple versions of lame and faac I have on my system. The (new/just compiled) ones I want this to be using are located:
...but I've also got:
however, a bit of poking around with opensnoop while trying to play an mkv seems to indicate that it's using the proper version of each:
501 16615 3 /usr/local/lib/libfaac.0.dylib mencoder\0
501 16615 3 /usr/local/lib/libmp3lame.0.dylib mencoder\0
I've attached the portion of my debug.log that is output when trying to play an mkv in hopes that it'll help someone that understands it better than I do!
Thanks in advance!
For the record - it did actually start to play the file once while I was mucking around... I don't have any idea what I did to make it work, but it appears that it just wants to tease me!
EDIT: I'm going to try to compile ffmpeg and mplayer myself to see if that has any effect... (I've got dual 1.8's, so I figured your binaries would work.) I had XCode 3.1.3 and got the same error reported by another use, "WARNING: GNU assembler not found, install gas-preprocessor" when compiling ffmpeg - downloading 3.1.4 now to see if that resolves it.
EDIT2: To clarify, the error comes up when trying to run the configure script. XCode 3.1.4 did not resolve the problem. I found the following:
http://ffmpeg.org/general.html#SEC19 that states:
MacOS X on PowerPC or ARM (iPhone) requires a preprocessor from http://github.com/yuvi/gas-preprocessor to build the optimized assembler functions. Just download the Perl script and put it somewhere in your PATH, FFmpeg's configure will pick it up automatically.
I tried putting gas-preprocessor.pl in my path, hardcoding it's path in the configure script, and setting its' permissions to 777 - none of that helped. I also added --arch=ppc to the configure arguments with no luck. I don't know if the configure script has changed since ctene compiled his version or what?
I was able to compile mplayer without any trouble, so I replaced ctene's versions of mplayer and mencoder with my own. I don't know where mencoder_mt comes from, but ctene's was the exact same file as his mencoder, so I just linked mencoder_mt to my new mencoder.
I still don't even know if compiling my own ffmpeg is going to help anyway...?
EDIT3: So, it turned out that the gas-preprocessor.pl script I downloaded was corrupt - downloaded a new copy and got past the configure error... it's compiling now - and my fingers are crossed that magic will happen for me!
EDIT4: The make resulted in an error:
"make: *** [libavcodec/ppc/fft_altivec_s.o] Error 1" (after lots of other libavcodec/ppc/dsputil_altivec.c warnings: http://ffmpeg.pastebin.com/QPpZaeF6)
After working with some folks in the ffmpeg irc channel, the only way I could get it to compile was by removing the '--enable-shared' arg - but using it with PS3 Media Server gave me the same (not working) results...


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Olympus to Drop Cheap Point-And-Shoot Cameras
When photo-sharing app Instagram said in February that its monthly users had surpassed 100 million, it was just one reminder of the changing world of photography. And with high-tech smartphones and numerous photos apps making it harder to convince people that they need point-and-shoot cameras, it's no surprise that Japanese camera maker Olympus is shifting focus away from that market.
Olympus said it will eliminate its V series of compact cameras – the cheapest in its lineup, selling for less than $200. Its camera business posted a loss in the last fiscal year through March, because demand for compact cameras turned out to be weaker than expected, the company said.
Low-end compact cameras typically don't offer much better picture quality than smartphones, and they make it less convenient to share photos online. Smartphone users already have various apps at their disposal to make photo editing fun and posting to sites like Facebook quick and easy.
Olympus said it will sell much fewer cameras and concentrate on high-end models with interchangeable lenses. It's a much-needed step for the company, whose biggest and most competitive business isn't cameras but medical equipment such as endoscopes.
After selling 5.1 million digital cameras in the last fiscal year, Olympus plans to sell only 2.7 million this fiscal year. In the high-end segment, Olympus focuses mainly on mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras, which don't have the conventional mirror-based viewfinders, making them smaller and lighter than most digital single-lens reflex cameras.
Other camera makers are also struggling to sell point-and-shoot models Canon last month reported a 34% decline in net profit for the first quarter even though the yen's weakness was working in its favor. Canon Chief Financial Officer Toshizo Tanaka said demand for compact cameras was shrinking due in part to the popularity of the smartphone. "We found it difficult to avoid that impact," he said.
"Low-end compact cameras that don't have obvious features that stand out will be eventually wiped out of the market," Canon Managing Director Hideki Ozawa told The Wall Street Journal in November.


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just tried the patch and it's really something, congrats for your work !!
I think it should be possible to use thumbnails rather than basic folder for imdb items though
What do you mean with thumbnails ? U mean that info can be on a "non folder' item ? If so, I try that and its very annoying to have that 9:59:59 and video type tag([MPEG-2])...it gets in the way of reading the text. Is it possible to change the icon of a folder ?


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Applause erupted through the usually somber chamber of the Frisco Town Council Tuesday evening, as Mayor Gary Wilkinson handed Bill and Karen Pelham a commemorative plaque.
"Bill and Karen have given so much to Frisco and have had a tremendous impact on the whole community," Wilkinson said. "They have made touched so many lives and have made Frisco a better place."
The Pelhams moved to Summit County 19 years ago looking for a place to satisfy their love of the mountains. Today, they said they couldn't imagine calling anywhere but Frisco their home.
"Looking at all the different places, Frisco was definitely the town we wanted to settle in," Karen Pelham said. "It's been a special place to live in."
Town officials said Frisco has been better off since the Pelhams arrived.
Karen Pelham started working for the Summit County School District in 1994.
"During her time at Summit County Schools, she helped many kids develop a love for reading as a literacy resource teacher and reading specialist," Wilkinson said. She retired from the district in 2007 but continued teaching as a substitute until last year.
"Karen continues to be a positive role model, volunteering her time reading to kids in the county and impacting their lives in a positive way," the mayor said.
Bill Pelham has a list of service so long, it took several minutes for the mayor to read it.
Bill Pelham worked on the Frisco town planning commission for 10 years, serving as chairman for six of them.
He also served at different times as vice president and president of the Summit County School Board.
He was elected as a Frisco Town Council member in 2004, and was mayor from 2008 to 2012.
Town officials credit Bill Pelham's leadership as the driving force behind the establishment of Frisco Adventure Park.
"It's been a great asset to the community and a great success, and we thank you for that," Wilkinson said. "Bill's commitment to community service is an example for us all."
Pelham is a member of the St. Anthony Summit Medical Center community board. He's been a member of the Summit Foundation Board of Trustees, Bristlecone Health Services Board and Communities Accessing Resources Effectively.
He's also active in the Rotary Club of Summit County and the Dillon Optimist Club.
Before moving to Frisco, Pelham said he had a career that didn't allow him to spend much time serving the community.
"One of my objectives when moving here was to spend some time and hopefully make a difference," he said.
"Frisco has been our town for the entire 19 years," Pelham said. "We've watched it grow, and I think we have made some positive strides in Frisco over the years."
The Town of Frisco chose to recognize the Pelhams as part of "Frisco's Finest." The awards were established to thank and honor citizens who are making a difference in the community.


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Dell Goes Private: The Details
As the WSJ's Anupreeta Das and Ben Worthen wrote yesterday, this is the biggest deal since the onset of the financial crisis.
It could also end up being seen as signpost at the end of the PC's decades of dominance, coming as Dell's core products become increasingly marginal to the real action in the computing industry.
Microsoft's role in this deal — a $2 billion loan — won't get it board seats, the WSJ has previously reported, but it comes with an agreement that "Dell would agree to use Microsoft's Windows software to power the vast majority of its devices". That is particularly notable in context of any move Dell might make into mobile or tablets.
In short:
- Dell shareholders will be offered $13.65 in cash for each share, a 25% premium to the share price when the deal rumours first surfaced
- Values the company at $24.4 billion
- Michael Dell first approached the board proposing the deal in August 2012
- For the next 45 days, Dell and advisors will "actively solicit, receive, evaluate and potentially enter into negotiations with parties that offer alternative proposals"
- The deal includes a $2 billion loan from Microsoft
- Deal expected to close by the end of the second quarter of Dell's 2014 financial year
ROUND ROCK, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Dell Inc. today announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement under which Michael Dell, Dell's Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, in partnership with global technology investment firm Silver Lake, will acquire Dell.
Under the terms of the agreement, Dell stockholders will receive $13.65 in cash for each share of Dell common stock they hold, in a transaction valued at approximately $24.4 billion. The price represents a premium of 25 percent over Dell's closing share price of $10.88 on Jan. 11, 2013, the last trading day before rumors of a possible going-private transaction were first published; a premium of approximately 35 percent over Dell's enterprise value as of Jan. 11, 2013; and a premium of approximately 37 percent over the average closing share price during the previous 90 calendar days ending Jan. 11, 2013. The buyers will acquire for cash all of the outstanding shares of Dell not held by Mr. Dell and certain other members of management.
The Dell Board of Directors acting on the recommendation of a special committee of independent directors unanimously approved a merger agreement under which Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners will acquire Dell and take the company private subject to a number of conditions, including a vote of the unaffiliated stockholders. Mr. Dell recused himself from all Board discussions and from the Board vote regarding the transaction.
A Special Committee was formed after Mr. Dell first approached Dell's Board of Directors in August 2012 with an interest in taking the company private. Led by Lead Director Alex Mandl, the Special Committee retained independent financial and legal advisors J.P. Morgan and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP to advise the Special Committee with respect to its consideration of strategic alternatives, the acquisition proposal and the subsequent negotiation of the merger agreement.
The Special Committee also engaged a leading management consulting firm to conduct an independent analysis, including a review of strategic alternatives for Dell and opportunities for the company as a public entity, and thereafter engaged Evercore Partners.
The merger agreement provides for a so-called "go-shop" period, during which the Special Committee – with the assistance of Evercore Partners – will actively solicit, receive, evaluate and potentially enter into negotiations with parties that offer alternative proposals. The initial go-shop period is 45 days. Following that period, the Special Committee will be permitted to continue discussions and enter into or recommend a transaction with any person or group that submitted a qualifying proposal during the 45-day period. A successful competing bidder who makes a qualifying proposal during the initial go-shop period would bear a $180 million (less than 1 percent) termination fee. For a competing bidder who did not qualify during the initial go-shop period, the termination fee would be $450 million.
Mr. Mandl, lead director of Dell's Board of Directors, said: "The Special Committee and its advisors conducted a disciplined and independent process intended to ensure the best outcome for shareholders. Importantly, the go-shop process provides a real opportunity to determine if there are alternatives superior to the present offer from Mr. Dell and Silver Lake."
Mr. Dell said: "I believe this transaction will open an exciting new chapter for Dell, our customers and team members. We can deliver immediate value to stockholders, while we continue the execution of our long-term strategy and focus on delivering best-in-class solutions to our customers as a private enterprise. Dell has made solid progress executing this strategy over the past four years, but we recognize that it will still take more time, investment and patience, and I believe our efforts will be better supported by partnering with Silver Lake in our shared vision. I am committed to this journey and I have put a substantial amount of my own capital at risk together with Silver Lake, a world-class investor with an outstanding reputation. We are committed to delivering an unmatched customer experience and excited to pursue the path ahead."
"Michael Dell is a true visionary and one of the preeminent leaders of the global technology industry," said Egon Durban, a Silver Lake Managing Partner. "Silver Lake is looking forward to partnering with him, the talented management team at Dell and the investor group to innovate, invest in long-term growth initiatives and accelerate the company's transformation strategy to become an integrated and diversified global IT solutions provider."
Following completion of the transaction, Mr. Dell, who owns approximately 14 percent of Dell's common shares, will continue to lead the company as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and will maintain a significant equity investment in Dell by contributing his shares of Dell to the new company, as well as making a substantial additional cash investment. Dell will continue to be headquartered in Round Rock, Texas.
The transaction will be financed through a combination of cash and equity contributed by Mr. Dell, cash funded by investment funds affiliated with Silver Lake, cash invested by MSD Capital, L.P., a $2 billion loan from Microsoft, rollover of existing debt, as well as debt financing that has been committed by BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse and RBC Capital Markets (in alphabetical order), and cash on hand. There is no financing condition.
The transaction is subject to other customary conditions, including receipt of required regulatory approvals, in addition to the Dell stockholder approvals described above. The transaction is expected to close before the end of the second quarter of Dell's FY2014.
For further information regarding all terms and conditions contained in the definitive merger agreement, please see Dell's Current Report on Form 8-K, which will be filed in connection with this transaction.
J.P. Morgan and Evercore Partners are acting as financial advisors and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is acting as legal advisor to the Special Committee of Dell's Board of Directors. Goldman, Sachs & Co. is acting as financial advisor and Hogan Lovells US LLP is acting as legal advisor to Dell. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is acting as legal advisor to Mr. Dell. BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse and RBC Capital Markets (in alphabetical order) are acting as financial advisors to Silver Lake, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is acting as legal advisor to Silver Lake.


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- Dec 18:
- San Jose's $324 million question: Who bought a winning lottery ticket?
- Saratoga couple still recalls joys and tribulations of winning the lottery
- Mega Millions lottery: Atlanta winner used family birthdays to pick her numbers
- Mega Millions lottery: Waiting for winner of jackpot ticket bought in San Jose
SAN JOSE -- Even though one of the two winning tickets for Tuesday night's $648 million Mega Millions prize was sold in San Jose, the city won't be hitting the tax jackpot.
It won't even get a dime -- and neither will the state government.
Sure, as many of you have realized while giddily planning out your fantasy lives as a super-millionaire, lottery winners lose a big chunk of the prize to taxes. And the store that sells the winning ticket is rewarded handsomely -- in this case, $1 million for Thuy Nguyen, who owns the East San Jose shop on Tully Road that produced one of the two winners.
But the tax revenue bonanza won't land anywhere near San Jose City Hall because the winnings are taxed as income, and California cities can't charge their own income taxes, unlike in New York or other states. Under New York City's income tax rate, for example, the city would get $6.7 million in taxes if one of the two winners hailed from the Big Apple and took the $173.8 million cash payout.
That's a bummer for San Jose, which is desperately seeking extra money to hire cops as crime continues to rise and officers flee for better paying cities. Just last week, city leaders approved $24 million in officer raises through 2015. The best city bureaucrats can hope for is a little trickle-down tax effect, if the winner goes on a spending spree by scooping up a Tesla on Santana Row or a mansion in Willow Glen.
Even the California budget, once famously in the red but now back on track, won't be winning it big.
California is one of the few states that exempt lottery winnings from state income tax -- unlike in Georgia, where the other winner will have to pay a 6 percent income tax to the state. If California taxed lottery earnings as income, the Mega Millions winner would have paid the top rate of 13.3 percent -- and forked over $23.1 million to the California state budget under the cash payout option.
So who gets all that tax money? The San Jose winner will only have to pay federal income taxes on the winnings, a rate that starts at 25 percent but can climb higher.
Contact Mike Rosenberg at 408-920-5705. Follow him at twitter.com/RosenbergMerc.


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CONCORD -- What happened to Lil Wayne?
He seemed well on his way to hip-hop immortality after the release of 2008's "Tha Carter III," which was one of the best albums of the decade. That offering, combined with his previous outings and his guest appearances on so many winning singles, left people talking about whether Wayne deserved to be ranked as one of the genre's all-time greats, right up there with Biggie Smalls, Eminem, Jay Z and Chuck D.
That talk is dead.
Since that third "Carter," it's been all downhill for Wayne -- artistically speaking -- in the studio. Sure, he's managed to deliver some commercially success efforts, but not a single one has ranked as a great -- or even good -- album. That includes 2011's "Tha Carter IV," which really doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same league as the other offerings from the series.
Fortunately, Wayne's problems in the studio haven't carried over to the concert arena.
He was as charismatic and powerful as ever onstage on Friday at the Sleep Train Pavilion. Lil Wayne was the biggest name on the bill for the America's Most Wanted tour, which drew some 9,000 fans to Concord. It's fair to ask, however, how many were there because they wanted to see the headliner?
Judging by the crowd reaction, it seems that a sizable contingent was at least as excited about catching the two openers -- T.I. and 2 Chainz -- as they were about watching Weezy. That's probably a reflection of the growing popularity of the supporting acts -- 2 Chainz, in particular, is one of the hottest players in the game -- as well as proper pay for the kind of mediocre recordings Wayne has given fans over the last five years.
First up was 2 Chainz, whose set wasn't nearly as enjoyable as the one he delivered at the Fox Theater earlier this year. The production felt scaled back from what we saw in Oakland, but that was just one of the problems that plagued 2 Chainz in Concord. He also seemed much more concerned about advertising his forthcoming album -- "B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time," which drops Sept. 10 -- than he was about putting energy into his performance. It was a flat, uninspired outing.
T.I. did better but still wasn't great. His set felt a bit disjointed, and the musical accompaniment (from a live band plus a DJ) was a little overbearing, but there were a handful of strong moments. The highlight of the set, although short lived, was a guest appearance by the Bay Area's own E-40.
Lil Wayne upped the ante in every fashion, starting with a dramatic opening segment that included oversized video elements and skateboarders gliding along a ramp at center stage. (Wayne, as you may know, is a major skateboard nut.)
His raps were strong, slung over the top of a powerful blend of DJ work and a rocking live band. He once again proved to be one of the most magnetic performers in the game, commanding our attention with the very first song and holding onto it throughout the entire set.
Wayne is also one of hip-hop's wackiest characters who dishes out bravado and gratitude with equal sincerity. He was particularly generous with the latter in Concord, outlining early in the show the three things that everyone needs to know about Lil Wayne.
"No. 1 is that I believe in God. No. 2 is I ain't (expletive) without you," Wayne told his fans. "The most important one is No. 3 -- which is I ain't (expletive) without you."
The fans were in his corner throughout the concert, even showing much appreciation for the newer songs -- all of which sounded stronger live than they do on record. Of course, the fans displayed the most enthusiasm for the older numbers, especially "Tha Carter III" tracks "Got Money," "A Milli" and "Lollipop."
Wayne brought out several guest stars -- including both of the tour's opening acts -- to perform with him. It was a nice touch, but it wasn't really necessary in order to make his set a success. That's because Lil Wayne still has such mighty mojo on the live stage.
Now, if he could only get some back in the studio.
Follow Jim Harrington at Twitter.com/jimthecritic, Facebook.com/jim.bayareanews and http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/category/concerts.


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Charges upgraded against driver in wreck that injured five
Published: Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 11:09 p.m.
A Lafayette motorist involved in an allegedly drunken crash that injured a Houma man and his granddaughters had his charges upgraded Friday, police said.
Lanier Soudelier, 51, now faces five counts of first-degree vehicular negligent injury from a September accident in which State Police say he drunkenly crossed the center line and hit another car head on.
He was previously charged with five counts of vehicular negligent injury.
The new charges bring the possibility of more jail time and is due to the severity of the injuries, State Police Sgt. Clifton Dupre said.
A conviction on five counts of the lesser charge could have netted Soudelier up to two and a half years behind bars. If convicted on five counts of the upgraded charge, Soudelier could get up to 25 years in prison.
Soudelier is currently free from the Terrebonne Parish jail on a $100,000 bond, according to jail records.
The driver of the vehicle hit by Soudelier, George Bergeron of Houma, said one of his granddaughter's discovered Friday she may need surgery to repair a fractured neck bone.
Soudelier was traveling north on La. 311 about 11:20 p.m. Sept. 28 near Ellendale Boulevard in Houma hen he veered across the center line and into the southbound lane, police have said.
Bergeron tried to avoid the Soudelier's car, police said, but was struck head-on, police said.
Soudelier refused an alcohol-breath test, but was charged with second-offense DWI based on the responding trooper's observations of his behavior, authorities said.
"Everyone is not well still," Bergeron said of the three other passengers in the vehicle that night. "We are still under doctor's care."
Dupre said he couldn't elaborate on the specific injury that led to the increased charges.
Bergeron also said he wasn't sure of the exact reason either. "I haven't talked to the (District Attorney)," he said. "I only talk to my attorney."
Bergeron's attorney, Hunt Downer of Houma, could not be reached for comment Saturday.
When asked whether he thought the more severe charge appropriate, Bergeron said, "I'll leave that up to the (District Attorney)."
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My request/question is for mms links that are required a username/passwords for authorization to view them. Normally this is handle by WMP.
I think that it will be a good options if you first authorize you self and after that just navigate from PS3 to see that live broadcast. I'm not sure how this can be archived but probably some options in to the one of the tabs to provide this login info will nice.
Right know I just see a black screen on my TV. It's look like that is hanging and waiting for those authorizations. No error messages just a black screen.
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There are -- dare we say -- a variety of definitions for the word "variety," and yet they all seem fitting for Gary Reiman and his store.
The retired teacher is once again playing shopkeep with Variety, which opened this summer in downtown Antioch.
The shop features an eclectic inventory, from Mexican pottery and handblown glass vases to wall mirrors and a retro dining set -- all at well-below-retail prices.
This is Reiman's fourth boutique-style store in Antioch. He's owned and operated Joy, the Pantry and another shop called Variety, which all featured consignment goods. Those shops did well, he said, but each time, he wanted to "move on." Before moving to Antioch 16 years ago, Reiman lived in Sausalito on a houseboat -- thus the draw to his current waterfront-view shop.
Up until last winter, he lived in the well-known Beede Manor (the Flamingo House), across from city park, for a dozen years.
After moving to smaller downtown digs, Reiman found himself with plenty of gently-owned goods that no longer fit his home. And so, Variety was reborn.
He delivers a resounding "no" when asked if hoarding spurred this latest venture.
"I'm a buyer," he said. "I've never held onto things for long. I like to change my house around (a lot.)"
Some of his charming scores are found at sales in Benicia and Berkeley, which he "loves," and nice consignment stores.
An instructor for 35 years, Reiman draws from his knowledge of marketing, advertising and business savvy for his store.
"I really don't follow the rules I teach, though," he admitted.
But, he does like to share his know-how with others, often with complete strangers. On many occasions, he has been known to chat it up with a restaurant owner or small business proprietor.
"They've been receptive and tend to listen," he said. "I enjoy helping," which is probably the teacher in him speaking. He retired from City College of San Francisco in 2009.
Although he'd prefer more customers at Variety, Reiman is too fond of the Delta to have his shop elsewhere.
"It's just slow down here. I've shared my ideas for getting more businesses (downtown) but...," he said. Still, Reiman loves his location and is starting to see more visitors at the cozy shop. "Word-of-mouth is the best." In the meantime, he said he will "continue to talk it up."
He said the store isn't about making big money. "I have a very good retirement." "It's something to do and I (enjoy) talking and meeting different people," he said. His shop includes a sitting area. "There's lots of visiting going on here."
Reiman enjoys staying busy with numerous projects and serving the community. Over the years, he has helped with the El Campanil restoration project and the Antioch Historical Society, and was part of the "original" Antioch Arts & Cultural Foundation.
Once the holidays are over, Reiman will revamp Variety's offerings again. And by spring, he plans to add fresh flowers and garden items to the buying mix.
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What: Variety
Where: 107 G St., downtown Antioch
Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays
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In a News 12 Special Assignment, we went undercover into a world made easy for online predators.
We logged on to MySpace.com, a website thousands of members strong, to expose the dangers of this popular place.
Posting personal information in a public way...a hot, new tool for long-distance friends....
But as you're about to see, MySpace.com is often a tool for criminals to track down teens.
As a culture, we've come a long way in communication.
Today's teens aren't sitting by a box radio...they're sitting at computers.
And oftentimes, they're sharing private information with the public.
"It's technology," says Investigator Jason Feemster of the Aiken County Sheriff's Department. "Somebody gets wind of it and then everybody wants to do it and be a part of it. So it's usually pretty neat."
Welcome to the world of web cams, downloads, uploads, chat rooms, and blogging.
It's fast, fun and at their fingertips.
Just one click away...at a website called MySpace.com.
Investigator Feemster tells News 12, "MySpace is a social network where it's kind of like billboards, where you can post information about yourself, and leave what they call blogs, which are basically inquiries about yourself where you can communicate back and forth to several people all over the world."
That's right: all over the world.
It's a forum of friends who share everything, from photos to journal entries.
Investigator Feemster specializes in online crime, tracking sexual predators.
He says MySpace.com is like their Internet playground.
News 12 found out just how easy it is to not only navigate the site but to step inside a criminal's mind. Using only the information 16-year old Arann Weatherman provided on her MySpace page, we tracked her down to her own front yard.
This is how we did it.
Arann has listed her age and hometown. She's also posted pictures of her car, a silver Kia with a unique license plate.
Kate Tillotson set out with photojournalist Elgin Traylor to North Augusta High School, where they spotted her car in the parking lot.
They waited five minutes before Arann arrived and led them straight to her home. She had no idea she was being followed.
Her family was surprised to learn how we'd tracked their daughter down.
"It's shocking to know it was that easy for you all to find her. That easy," said Leann Weatherman, Arann's mother.
"You definitely opened my eyes to things I needed to change on there and things I need to be more concerned with," Arann said.
Investigator Feemster was not surprised at Arann's vulnerability.
"Easily probably stalk her with the information she's got on here. She's got her last name on here," he pointed out.
Feemster says there are thousands of teenagers just like Arann, inviting the unknown into their lives.
"They shouldn't be uploading pictures of themselves on the Internet, should not be listing addresses, phone numbers...any of that information's sensitive. I mean, not only are you at risk for an online predator or something to that effect, you're also at risk for identity theft."
As for the Weathermans, previously in the dark about their daughter's website, they say they'll be making some changes.
"We've taught her, raised her to be cautious as to information she gives out on the Internet," Leann said. "You know, I live with the fear of every day something happening to my daughter, and I don't want to make it any easier for somebody to get a hold of her."
It's a reminder that things today aren't as black and white as they once were...and that while Internet safety may be a new concept, it's one that will never grow old.
Since we surprised Arann, she has made changes to her page. She changed her age to fourteen, which automatically sets it to private.
She also deleted some sensitive information like her last name.
However, parents should know once this information is posted, it's there to stay.
Even if Arann closed her account today, her pictures and comments wouldn't just disappear. That's because blogging providers archive everything for possible future use.
We've seen a lot of Internet predator arrests lately. Just last week, 32-year-old Anthony Odom was accused of soliciting a minor on the Internet. Odom is a former Aiken County assistant solicitor.
In April, the Aiken County Internet Predator Task Force netted two arrests. Steven Gunter and Sung Lee pled guilty to soliciting a minor after deputies posed as a 14-year-old girl.
And in Lincoln County, Michael Smith was arrested for allegedly stalking an underage girl online and making harassing phone calls.
Plus, in March, Steve Harrison of Beech Island pled guilty to enticing a minor across state lines for illegal sexual purposes. Investigators say a 13-year-old girl told 30-year-old Harrison she was a 29-year-old advertising executive on MySpace.com. They met and had sex.
Investigators say they are dealing with an increasing number of cases of sexual predators meeting teenagers online.
News 12's Richard Rogers did a story a few months ago about the danger of Internet predators.
He spoke to a couple of Internet security experts at MCG about how to monitor your child's Internet use while still respecting their privacy.
They told News 12 that Internet chat rooms are dangerous places for kids.
"If you walk up on your child and he's on the computer, watch for them switching screens real quick or minimizing the screen...that's real important right there," said James Van Meter, MCG network analyst.
A website called Perverted-Justice.com echoes this possibility for danger by turning the tables against the predators. They help catch pedophiles in the act, and post their pictures for the world to see.


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The Arts Council for Wyoming County, 31 S. Main St., Perry, will host the "Blue Cafe" concert at 7 p.m. Nov 7-8.
Musician and singer Ddendyl Hoyt of Castile will perform a variety of music including her own compositions.
Tickets are $15. For more information, call 585-237-3517 or visit www.artswyco.org.
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Organ Donation and Transplant
At this moment, more than 123,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ. One more person is added to the national waiting list every 12 minutes.
Each of these people is in desperate need of a kidney, liver, heart, or other organ. More than 6,500 people a year -- about 21 a day -- die before that organ ever becomes available.
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Organ donors are always in short supply. There are far more people in need of a transplant than there are people willing to donate an organ.
Most of the organs that are available come from deceased donors. When you fill out an organ donor card with your driver's license, you're agreeing to donate all or some of your organs if you die.
A smaller number of organs come from healthy people. More than 6,000 transplants from living donors are performed each year.
You might have wondered about donating an organ -- either to a friend or relative who needs an organ right now, or by filling out an organ donor card. Before you decide to become an organ donor, here is some important information you need to consider.
Organ Donation: The Facts
Here are a few questions you might be asking if you're considering organ donation:
Who can donate an organ?
Just about anyone, at any age, can become an organ donor. Anyone younger than age18 needs to have the consent of a parent or guardian.
For organ donation after death, a medical assessment will be done to determine what organs can be donated. Certain conditions, such as having HIV, actively spreading cancer, or severe infection would exclude organ donation.
Having a serious condition like cancer, HIV, diabetes, kidney disease, or heart disease can prevent you from donating as a living donor.
Let your transplant team know about any health conditions you have at the beginning of the process. Then they can decide whether you're a good candidate.
Do my blood and tissue type have to match the recipient's?
It's easier to transplant an organ if the donor and recipient are a good match. The transplant team will put you through a series of tests to determine whether your blood and tissue types are compatible with the recipient's.
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I still use the old freeware version. The new version is great, but it still lacks some features like adding a photo to more than one pool or set.
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EUGENE — Oregon's Jimmie Sherfy has been named a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) has announced. The Ducks' closer is one of 40 semifinalists for the honor.
The junior right-hander leads the nation in saves with 20, tying his school record of 19 on Wednesday against Gonzaga, while boasting a 2-0 record and a 1.00 ERA. He also led all active players in the country in strikeouts per nine innings (13.05) and was second in career saves (38) going into Friday's game against Oregon State.
Previously, Sherfy was named to the mid-season watch list for the Golden Spikes Award, which is sponsored by Major League Baseball and honors the top amateur baseball player in the country, as well as the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List and the latest Pitcher of the Year Watch List that was narrowed to 22 candidates this week.
Sherfy earned multiple postseason All-America honors as a sophomore after finishing the season with 19 saves and a 2.20 ERA. The right-hander claimed first-team ABCA/Rawlings All-America recognition, while being named second-team All-America by the NCBWA, Baseball America, and Perfect Game, and third-team by Louisville Slugger. Sherfy was also a NCBWA Stopper of the Year finalist and claimed first-team All-Pac 12 accolades after leading the league in saves.
Sherfy first set an Oregon record with 19 saves last season while finishing with a 5-3 record in 36 appearances. He struck out 93 hitters in just 61.1 innings (an average of 13.6 strikeouts per nine innings pitched) and held opponents to a .172 batting average.
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UPDATE *** 10u Pearland Panthers '02 *** Tryout added for August 18 **
We have added a tryout for this Saturday, August 18, 2012 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. on field 3 at the Pearland Dad's Club.
Location: PGSA, 5522 Fite Road, Pearland, Texas 77584.
Coach Tiffany Garcia (Former LSU pitcher 2004-2008)
The Pearland Panthers softball organization now has a 10u, 12u and 18u team.
All of our managers have NCAA Division I playing experience giving our girls the extra mentoring to grow individually and as a strong team.
We are looking for girls that are willing to work hard and develop their talents as well as dedicated families.
All girls must be able to play more than one position and be solid defensively. We invite all catchers and pitchers to come on out!
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I was at the Reginald Lewis Museum in Baltimore this past September, presenting my first lecture on using land records effectively. Because it's a museum dedicated to African-American history, I wanted to focus not just on genealogical use of the records, but also the unique history between land and African-Americans and its relevance to our family histories.
I started with the failure of Reconstruction to provide former enslaved laborers with land ownership, dooming most to decades of sharecropping and tenant farming. In spite of that, by 1910, African-Americans had amassed 15 million acres of land, a figure that astonishes me even still today. The great migration north, along with continual discrimination in agricultural subsidies and loans have decimated those numbers today. Obama signed the law in December 2010 that fully funded the landmark Pigman vs. Glickman case, which we should all know about. The Department of Agriculture admitted to historical discrimination, and black farmers were awarded billions in the largest class action settlement ever.
The subject fascinated me more and more as I researched in preparation for this lecture. As an agricultural nation, land was central to our experience. Heck, it's why we were brought here to begin with. In some of my slavery studies, I have found that some former slaves felt emotionally tied to the land they worked; some determined that it was as much theirs as their owners.
Think about how it wasn't enough to just buy the land: who was going to provide seed & fertilizer? How were you going to get animals and tools? Like everywhere else, the South moved on credit. These things lead you to see how hard a proposition it was to even approach independence. Never mind the racism and violence and illiteracy on top of all that.
I think about my 3rd great grandfather, John W. Holt, who was the largest black landowner in Hardin County, TN in the early 20th century. His first land purchase (with his brothers) was only 6 years out of slavery. All of this and at his death, his son sold most of that land out of the family. Also, consider that many families who later migrated North were simply not as connected to the land as their parents, and many lost it to tax sales or simply sold it because of that.
One thing that particularly struck me was the use of partition sales by speculators and developers to wrest control of inherited land from heirs. The majority of black farmers who owned land did not leave wills, so their land was inherited by spouses and children. All someone had to do was buy one share from one of those parties, and they could now force a sale of all the land. Some of these sad stories will take your breath away.
I don't think I'll ever think about land the same way again. Take a look at some of the links below, but more importantly, think about the history of land as it relates to your family lines. In what ways did it make or break their fortunes? Did some choose to stay on land owned by previous owners? For how long? Which lines were able to eventually purchase land, and did they end up losing it? Do you have pictures of the old homeplaces that no longer stand? What crop did your ancestors grow?
Black Farmers Win Settlement; Congress passes legislation
Homecoming: Black Farming and Land loss
A Vanishing Breed, Black Farm Owners in the South, 1651-1982
Tell me, what stories about your ancestors relationship to the land have you discovered in your research? If you haven't searched the records fully yet, what has been your biggest obstacle?
In Part 2 of this blog post, I'll provide some basic definitions and examples of deed types that we can build upon in future posts.