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For Immediate
May 24, 2012
Hartsfield-Jackson ushers in '100 days of summer'
Airport issues tips to prepare passengers for the year's busiest travel season
ATLANTA – Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is well-prepared for the increased volume of passengers during the "100 days of summer" and is offering simple tips to make travel convenient and pleasurable.
1. Arrive at the Airport early.
• Traveling internationally? The Airport now has a new front door to the world. All international flights will arrive at and depart from the international terminal complex, which is accessible off Interstate 75. www.atlanta-airport.com/internationalterminal
• Plan to arrive 90 minutes before domestic flights and two hours before international flights.
• Expect average wait times at the security screening checkpoints of less than 10 minutes during off-peak times and no more than 20 minutes during peak times.
• Check security wait times online at www.atlanta-airport.com, or register for Trak-a-Line to receive real-time wait times via e-mail or to your mobile device.
• Sign up for Trak-a-Flight, the Airport's free service that delivers updated flight information to e-mail accounts, PDAs or mobile devices.
2. Save time by parking at the Airport.
• Hartsfield-Jackson offers ample, convenient parking, with more than 30,000 on-site parking spaces in the hourly, economy, daily, and Gold and Park-Ride lots. The lots are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• More than 10,000 on-site Park-Ride spaces offer additional convenience and accessibility. They also are a bargain at just $9 per day at the domestic terminal and $12 per day at the international terminal.
• There are more than 40 express-pay stations inside the terminal and throughout the on-site parking decks that allow travelers to pay for parking in cash or by credit card before returning to their vehicles.
• Call 1-877-ATL-PARK or go online at www.atlanta-airport.com for updates on parking availability in all lots.
3. Renting a vehicle? Follow the signs to ground transportation.
• All rental car companies, customer transaction counters and vehicles have moved to the state-of-the-art rental car center.
• Follow the Ground Transportation signs and enjoy a scenic, five-minute ride on the ATL SkyTrain to the center.
4. Be prepared.
• Avoid wearing anything metal that will set off security sensors.
• The Transportation Security Administration asks travelers to follow the 3-1-1 rule for carry-on baggage: 3-ounce bottles or less (by volume); one quart-sized, clear, plastic, zip-top bag; and one bag per passenger placed in the screening bin.
• Wear shoes that are easy to slip on and off.
• Be careful on the escalators if children are wearing Crocs or flip-flops.
5. Shop, dine and explore.
• Hartsfield-Jackson has plenty of shopping options, including several top-name luxury stores, such as Ermenegildo Zegna and Salvatore Ferragamo. Shops at the international terminal include The Body Shop, Coach and Tommy Hilfiger.
• Grab a bite to eat! This summer, Hartsfield-Jackson is beginning to open new restaurants. During the transition, some food and beverage locations will be closed, but there always will be open locations on each concourse. Please pardon the progress and visit www.iflyatl.com to find a list of dining options on your concourse.
• Find summertime needs — including sunscreen and books for the beach — at multiple stores.
• Explore what Atlanta and Georgia have to offer by visiting Georgia-themed stores, including Piedmont Park TravelMart, Zoo Atlanta's Panda Veranda, Savannah's Candy Kitchen and the Georgia Aquarium's Beyond the Reef.
• Need a technical gadget? Several outlets are located throughout the airport.
6. Relax.
• If there is time for a little pampering before or after a flight, head to XpresSpa, a full-service spa on concourses A and C.
• Minute Suites on Concourse B offers passengers private rooms to nap, relax or work.
• Hartsfield-Jackson's compelling art program features nearly 250 eclectic, internationally focused pieces on display throughout the facility.
For more information about Airport events and happenings, please visit YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.
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CORPUS CHRISITI, Texas – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team was unable to handle the red-hot Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday night, falling 7-1 in the fifth game of the Kleberg Bank College Classic at Whataburger Field. The Islanders will face Utah in the finale on Sunday with a 3 p.m. first pitch.
The Islanders fall to 5-2 on the year, while Nebraska evens its record to 3-3 on the season. Starter Tim Keller was tagged with the loss to move to 0-1, pitching 5.0 innings while giving up four runs.
The Islanders threatened in the opening inning, loading the bases with just one out, but a popup and a strikeout looking ended the Islanders chances for the early lead.
Nebraska made the best of their opportunities in the second inning, scoring three runs on four hits, along with a passed ball and a pair of wild pitches by the Islanders for a 3-0 lead early on.
The Huskers added to the lead in the fifth, scoring a single run on back-to-back hits to extend the lead to 4-0 over Texas A&M – Corpus Christi.
Nebraska picked up three more runs in a sloppy seventh inning that saw three Islanders errors to allow the runs to score unearned.
Texas A&M – Corpus Christi pushed across a run in the eighth inning, scoring on a Bobby Buckner single to make it a 7-1 game. Jeramie Marek started the threat with a single to the shortstop, and advanced to second on an Eric Weiss hit to left field. Buckner followed with a singled through the right side of the infield to plate Marek and make it 7-1.
It would be all they could muster, however, as they fell by a 7-1 final.
Junior Daniel Minor will get the start for the Islanders against Utah as they look to bounce back from the loss. Game time is set for a 3 p.m. start.
Live stats and video will be available by visiting www.GoIslanders.com.
For all the latest on Islanders Baseball, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Baseball), and follow the team on Twitter (@CorpusBaseball).

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Committee to study agenda procedures
February 12, 2013
PARKERSBURG — Wood County commissioners decided Monday to appoint a committee to come up with proposed meeting agenda procedures....
they appointed a committee to report back to them. it appears that DUNN & GAINER don,t know what their doing.COUCH needs someone to work with him and that is not happening because the other two don,t know what in the world their doing
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Is a committee for determining agendas necessary? If the commissioners would simply follow state law on how they are to conduct meetings, there would br no need for at his committee. This seems to be a diversion tactic to remove attention from the actual issue, unless the committee is comprised of more of the good old boys. What is the commission attempting to accomplish and what are they trying it hide?
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Poll: Americans Lean Against Defunding Obamacare
By Allison Prang
According to a new CNBC poll, 59% of Americans are opposed to defunding Obamacare if it means defaulting and shutting down the government and 19% are in favor of it. Eighteen percent of people polled were unsure.
In regards to solely defunding Obamacare, 44% of Americans were against it and 38% were in favor, according to the poll, done by Hart-McInturff, the same pollsters that do the Wall Street Journal-NBC News polls. Broken down by gender, 47% of women are against defunding Obamacare and 33% are in favor.
For men, 43% are in favor of defunding Obamacare and 42% are against it, according to poll results. A total of 56% of men are against defunding Obamacare and 14% are in favor when the potential for defaulting and a government shut-down is brought in.
A total of 800 people were polled and the poll has a margin of error of 3.4%, according to CNBC. The poll was conducted Sept. 16-19.
The complete report is set to come out Thursday.


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Will Jimmy Fallon Get the Last Laugh on Social Media? #Hashtag #TonightShow
Comedy used to be about being a character. Now it's about 140 of them.
This week, Jimmy Fallon debuted as the host of "The Tonight Show." According to preliminary ratings released by NBC, Fallon attracted 11.3 million viewers, the second-biggest audience for the show since 2009. The network says the Olympic-supported ratings for the show were also strong on Tuesday and Wednesday.
But what's arguably more impressive is that a 2-minute and 55-second comedy segment spun off on YouTube from the show, "Evolution of Hip-Hop Dancing" featuring Fallon and Will Smith, so far has racked up almost 7 million views–and counting.
As the Fallon era begins, comedy is going through a digital shift. Only a few years ago, the first satiric barbs about any breaking news story were launched by the late-night comics. Back in his day, Johnny Carson was both the first word and the last word when it came to making fun of the headlines.
Now, humorous feedback is almost instantaneous as millions of professional and amateur wags have their say about trending topics on Twitter, Facebook, Vine and elsewhere on social media, hours before the late-night shows bat clean up.
Viewers have grown accustomed to tweet-size comedy–which helps explain why a brief excerpt from Fallon's show on YouTube attracted more viewers than the average "Tonight Show" TV broadcast.
Conan O'Brien, when he went into exile after being ousted from "The Tonight Show" in 2009, helped establish social media as an arena where comics could reach a mass audience. He pulled in 40,000 followers in his first hour on Twitter, and Twitter later listed one of his online quips as one of the 10 most important tweets of 2010.
"Saturday Night Live's" "SNL Digital Shorts"–which spawned such breakout clips as "Lazy Sunday" and "D— in a Box" helped pave the way for viral video-driven comedy by sites like "Funny or Die" as well as other comedians. The comedy duo Key & Peele's "Substitute Teacher" skit, uploaded last year, has been viewed on YouTube more than 45 million times.
O'Brien currently has 10.1 million followers on Twitter, Fallon has 11.6 million, Jimmy Kimmel has 3.6 million, and Seth Meyers has 2.24 million. By contrast, some of the comedy old guard is almost invisible on social media: Jay Leno has 670,000 followers on Twitter and David Letterman isn't even on the microblogging service.
According to Nielsen SocialGuide, tweets related to Leno's finale on "The Tonight Show" generated 9.9 million impressions. For Fallon's debut, the number rose to 15.6 million.
Social media humor is more democratic and diverse than the trickle-down comedy of the heyday of Leno and Letterman. All of the late-night network comedy hosts are white, male and middle aged (or a little older): Fallon is 39, Jimmy Kimmel is 46, Craig Ferguson is 51, and David Letterman is 66. (Outside the networks, Arsenio Hall has his syndicated show "The Arsenio Hall Show" and Chelsea Handler hosts "Chelsea Lately" on E!) On social media, however, anyone can have a say, and sometimes it seems as if everyone does.
Late-night monologues are typically fairly safe affairs, satirizing stories plucked from the mainstream news agenda with polite punchlines. On social media, fringe stories may be pulled into the spotlight, and comedic comments can be NSFW.
In his debut week, some of Fallon's best bits were aimed at viral video, including a clip in which he performed R. Kelly's sex-fueled song "Ignition (Remix)" as a member of a barbershop quartet, and another in which segments from "Nightly News" were spliced together to make it appear as if Williams was performing "Rapper's Delight." On "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," Fallon sent up Twitter by using hashtags in a real-life conversation with Justin Timberlake; the "#Hashtag" clip has pulled in almost 22 million views so far, and Fallon followed it on "Tonight" with a sequel featuring Jonah Hill and Martin Scorsese.
Kimmel has also looked to score with viral video–last year, he confessed that he was behind a popular-but-fake video in which a woman purportedly caught fire after twerking. The clip may have been a prank but the more than 18 million views Kimmel's confession video amassed were very real.
Jason Deal, Managing Director, Social Marketing, for Initiative, a media strategy and investment agency that looks to team up with companies seeking to monetize social media ties, said in an email that its partnerships in the area are growing. Studios and networks "are increasingly controlling (probably contractually) the monetization of these social audiences," Deal said.
The Wall Street Journal reported in 2012 that, according to a person close to the show, Kimmel's YouTube channel was producing annual revenue between $1 million and $2 million.
Fallon's Twitter feed mostly uses tweets not as a way to crack jokes, but as a means to promote things that are happening on the show. "Tonight on @FallonTonight is one of the best Brian Williams raps we've ever done. Tune in tonight (first 10 minutes)," read one recent tweet from @jimmyfallon.
Other humorists and satirists are finding ways to make tweets the focus of their comedy. "Doing a kickstarter to raise $ for rich kids who have never heard the word no. Please help!" comic Sarah Silverman (5.06 million followers) tweeted this month.
Ronan Farrow, the host of the coming MSNBC news show "Ronan Farrow Daily," has won more than 232,000 followers thanks to his clever tweets. "Putin currently figuring out how to crack down on human rights of Finnish hockey players," he tweeted in the wake of Finland beating the Russians in Olympic men's hockey.
Social media is allowing comics to crack jokes about anything at anytime–and in comedy, timing is everything. Fallon may have taken over the 11:35 p.m. slot at a moment when the late shift lasts all day.
Follow me @cjfarley on Twitter and check out my new book "Game World."


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facts and that those facts are admitted as true. You should therefore consider
those facts as proven without the need for evidence. It is still up to you to
decide what weight or importance those facts have, if any, in deciding the
issues in this case.
Rudder v. Mamanasco Lake Park Assn., Inc.,
93 Conn. App. 759, 769 (2006) (judicial admission dispenses with production of
evidence by opposing party as to fact admitted, and is conclusive upon party
making it); East Haven Builders Supply, Inc. v. Fanton, 80 Conn. App.
734, 744 (2004) (party's response to request for admissions is binding as
judicial admission unless judicial authority permits withdrawal or amendment);
Speed v. DeLibero, 23 Conn. App. 437, 440 (jury determines weight and
effect to be given evidence), cert. denied, 216 Conn. 832 (1990).
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Drenching rains, low temps dampen corn planting - Stick with corn for now, say MU specialists.
It's too early to call it too late to plant corn, says a University of Missouri cereal crops specialist.
With below-average temperatures and four months of above-average precipitation, corn planting remained stagnant statewide in the third week of April, said Brent Myers. The major exception was the state's Bootheel region.
Delayed planting doesn't mean yields are in danger of dropping just yet. Plenty of time for planting corn remains and Myers recommends that nervous grain producers wait before switching corn acres to other crops.
"There is still time to put corn out there," he said April 25 during a weekly meeting of state extension specialists.
Yield typically begins to drop when corn is planted after the third week of April, but only by 5 percent by May 5 and 13 percent by May 20, according to data from a four-year planting date study by MU Extension agronomist Bill Wiebold. Yield drops as much as 40 percent when corn is not planted by June 19.
"I would stick with corn through the end of May," Wiebold says. "With the high price of corn, there is financial incentive to stick with corn even with some yield loss."
Other factors, such as temperatures in July and August, often influence yield as much as planting date, Myers said.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's weekly weather and crop bulletin for April 14-20 reported rains of 2.78 inches statewide, with the northeastern and north central areas drenched by as much as 4 inches of rain, causing rivers and creeks to swell.
The USDA field office in Columbia reports 13 percent of Missouri's corn crop had been planted as of April 21, most of it in the southern part of the state. This is 17 days behind the historically early 2012 crop and nine days behind the average. Nationally, 26 percent of the corn crop was planted by this time during last year's unusually warm and dry spring, compared to 4 percent this year.
Pat Guinan, extension climatologist with the MU Commercial Agriculture Program, said levels on the Mississippi River north of St. Louis have not been this high at this time of year since 1973. "For the most part, we are saturated when it comes to moisture," he said.
From March 1 to April 24, temperatures around the state averaged 12-15 degrees lower compared to the same period last year, Guinan said.
Average bare soil temperatures in the northern part of the state are still in the 40s and low 50s, well below optimal temperatures for seed germination. Seeds planted when soil is too cool germinate more slowly and are more vulnerable to disease.
Despite rain and below-average temperatures, Myers remains optimistic. He notes, however, that field prep, nitrogen and burn-down applications also are waiting to happen.
Source: Brent Myers, 573-882-4257; William Wiebold, 573-673-4128 (cell); 573-882-0621; Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908


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With Washington County townships struggling with budget issues and the never-ending need to repair, maintain or replace roads and bridges, township trustees and residents were glad to learn that more money is on the way for their roads and bridge structures in 2013.
Washington County commissioners appropriated 24 percent of permissive sales tax revenues to townships in its 2013 budget, approved Monday, to be used for roads and bridges in townships county wide.
Under the 1986 tax code enacted by Washington County commissioners, 85 percent of annual 1 percent permissive sales tax revenues were to be used for bridge approaches, bridge and road maintenance, repair, replacement and improvement. The remaining 15 percent was for the county's general fund.
Over the years, the formula for annual allocation of county sales tax revenues has been at the discretion of the Washington County commissioners.
In 2011, 85 percent of county sales tax revenues went to the county's general fund and 15 percent to bridges and roads, according to Roger Wright, deputy engineer for Washington County.
"Once you cut funding down like that township roads are going to deteriorate over time if they aren't maintained," said Wayne Mulligan, 78, of Little Hocking, who said he supported more money going for that purpose.
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Revenue trustees received from the county's 1 percent permissive sales tax
- 1986: Washington County Commissioners enact tax code, with 85 percent of annual 1 percent permissive sales tax revenues to be used for bridge approaches, bridge and road maintenance, repair, replacement and improvement. The remaining 15 percent was for the county's general fund.
- 2011: 85 percent of county sales tax revenues went to the county's general fund and 15 percent to bridges and roads.
- 2012: Washington County Township Trustees Association met with commissioners to receive a higher percentage of 1 percent permissive sales tax revenues. Percentage increases to almost 15 percent.
- 2013: County commissioners' budget includes 24 percent for township roads and bridges. Twenty percent of 2013 permissive sales tax revenues, or $1,485,400, will go directly to Washington County townships. The remaining 4 percent of permissive sales tax monies, or about $300,000, will be in a special projects set-aside fund.
Sources: Washington County Commissioners, Washington County deputy engineer.
For 2013, the new 24-percent figure will be divided into two categories.
Twenty percent of 2013 permissive sales tax revenues, or $1,485,400, will go to Washington County townships, said Commissioner Tim Irvine.
An additional 4 percent of permissive sales tax monies in 2013, or about $300,000, "will be set aside in a special projects area," said Irvine.
"At this particular time I'm satisfied with the 20 percent," said John Karas, Muskingum Township trustee and member of the Washington County Township Trustees Association. "We've made a little bit of ground with commissioners in the past year and a half. I still think we have a long way to go."
Bill Bedilion, Sr., 83, of Little Hocking, said he is pleased with the commissioners' 20 percent figure.
"It just takes so much money to operate (roads and bridges). The road upkeep cost per mile is tremendous," Bedilion said. "I know the townships need all they can get to keep things going."
Mulligan was in agreement.
"Belpre Township roads are in fairly good shape, but I'm sure neighboring townships need more money than some of the townships like Belpre that are more prosperous," he said.
Karas said he also favored the idea of a special project fund.
"There's a need for some kind of money, should a township need some kind of matching funds and doesn't have it," said Karas. "It was a new twist and it (showed commissioners) thinking out of the box."
Irvine said his ears "perked up" when he heard about the special projects fund.
"There are some projects...that we come up against like emergencies of some sort," he said. "If we (township trustees) get into a bind that we really can't afford, they would help us out."
Bedilion also approved of the commissioners' move to create a special project fund.
"It's the right thing to do, to have that emergency backup," he said.
No structure or guidelines have been set for how the approximately $300,000 in special project monies will be accessed and disbursed.
"Should it be a formal application? Should trustees make a phone call?" Karas asked. "We're going to allow the township trustees association to help set up those guidelines."
Currently, neither Karas or Irvine feel the township trustees or its association will ask for additional percentages in 2013.
"The association and all the townships are willing to ride the wave with the county with 1 percent permissive sales tax revenues," said Karas. "When (county commissioners) are having a good year, we'll have a good year with them. When they're having a bad year, we're willing to go that route too."
However, all bets are off for 2014 for one township trustee.
"We will go back probably in September, and start talking with commissioners to get more money in 2014," said Asa Boring, Belpre Township trustee and member of the Washington County Township Trustees Association. "We're going to try to get back a few percentage points every year...until we get what we think is an equal share."


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News12 at 11 o'clock / Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Friday that bans the adoption of Russian children by U.S. families. The law goes into effect Jan. 1, and many families here in the States are in shock.
Linda and Ray Trumbauer are the proud parents of five Russian children. The Trumbauers adopted their first child, Ryan, from Russia in 1999, and it was true love from the start.
"We both had taken an evening and sat down and picked children out of these pictures. We each picked four. The only one we had in common that we picked was Ryan, " said the Trumbauers.
One child wasn't enough for the Trumbauers, though. Neither was two or three. All together they adopted five kids from Russia -- and at a high price.
"I would say probably about $100,000," he said.
While the cost may sound high to some, Ray says he doesn't care about the money. Instead, he is more concerned with what Russian President Vladimir Putin did, and Ray has just one question for him.
"If it were you, and you were a young boy in an orphanage, would you not want a family of your own? And just be honest with him," he said.
While the Trumbauers couldn't be happier with their children, they don't want other potential adoptive parents for Russian orphans to lose hope.
"It's a long haul. It's very frustrating. And I would just tell them to have faith and it's well worth it in the end," he said.
The Trumbauers have encouraged the children to learn about their Russian culture. While the kids enjoy that, two of the siblings had one answer when I asked if they liked America.
"Yea!" they responded.
And when I asked the parents if they are planning on adopting any more children ... "No. We've got grandchildren now and loving them," said the Trumbauers.
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama placed sanctions against Russia in a response to human rights violations, which many believe led Putin to sign this law in retaliation to America.


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Given the scale of what is happening in the Irish Catholic Church, the only meaningful departure would be that of the Pope himself.
As Cardinal Ratzinger he was probably the best informed man in the Vatican, being both Prefect of the powerful Congregation of the Faith and Dean of the College of Cardinals. These offices mean that he was privy to the ever swelling tide of reports on clerical sex abuse which poured into the Vatican during his tenure in office from every diocese in the world.
Even non-Catholics are free to access the vast accounts of clerical abuse, available on the web, like a vast open sewer.
But apparently the Pontiff has no intention of resigning. Instead, he intends to send Ireland a letter. Presumably it will be prepared by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, as were Pope John Paul II's Irish speeches prepared by the then Bishop Daly.
If that letter ever does get sent, it will be the most unpopular, and ineffective, Papal missive to arrive in Ireland since the Papal Rescript of 1888 which the British-inspired Pope Leo X111 issued condemning the Plan of Campaign, which was a plan to help tenant farmers.
Instead of arguments over whether or not a handful of bishops should be hung out to dry, the Irish public should be discussing how they, the people, who in the end pick up the tab for all that is happening in both Church and State, should be concentrating on developing a mechanism whereby the laity would henceforth have a say in the selection of future bishops.
I would strongly urge that our Government tell Rome that henceforth a small, but experienced, lay panel be appointed to vet any short list prepared to fill Episcopal vacancies. Ideally the panel should include a mother, preferably with some knowledge of psychiatry.
Secondly, as a direct response to the arrogance and tardiness of the Papal Nuncio in Ireland dealing with the Murphy Inquiry, that we close down our embassy to the Holy See and henceforth deal with the Vatican through our embassy in Rome.
These are not matters of faith. The question of clerical sex abuse is one which has serious financial, educational and emotional implications for an Irish society struggling to find a new economic and psychological identity for itself in the midst of chaos.
The money from the sale of the beautiful, but costly, Vatican embassy could go to restoring the Budget cuts in facilities available to blind persons for example.
Let us consider the present situation. Bishops are appointed to a diocese whose inhabitants are expected to shoulder 100% of their Lordships upkeep and that of their retinue. They are also expected to give 100% of obedience to his pronouncements, but they are not even given one per cent of input into his selection.
While from time to time the Vatican may have a particular candidate of its own for a vacant See it is normally the Papal Nuncio who has the major say in the appointment of bishops. He tells Rome which of the shortlisted replacements for any vacant see is likely to be the most reliable in implementing the Vatican's policies. His view totally outweighs the wishes of the priests of the diocese, and as for those of the laity…? Forget it.
Cardinal Desmond Connell, who played an inglorious role at the helm in Drumcondra while the gathering storm that led to the Murphy reports was building up, was appointed because he was a friend of the then Cardinal Ratzinger, not because of any reputation for his knowledge and involvement with the lives of the plain people of Dublin.
Similarly, the appointment of John Magee as Bishop of Cloyne, a post from which he has had to step aside, clearly owed more to his years as a papal secretary than to his services in Ireland.
We don't know yet what the ongoing examination of the affairs of the diocese of Cloyne is going to throw up, but, to put it mildly, there is very little evidence that the Cloyne Report is going to make better reading than the Murphy Report.
The plain fact is that the present crisis has arisen because bishops, appointed solely by Rome, were formed, and operated in a culture in which the Vatican policy worldwide was: Pass the Parcel.
Under infectious diseases legislation, there are severe penalties for failing to report certain serious illnesses to the authorities. But at under the Pass the Parcel policy, what most of us would call an appalling disease, that of pedophilia, was covered up and the infectious one deliberately sent off to another parish to abuse trust and children in a manner which had, and has, lifelong consequences.


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- BAR-10 G-SpecNote before i start this that i hate writing reviews for a gun twice, but there are some things that have to be said about this one VS the original(note that my friend bought this one after he saw how good mine was):
The mock silencer doesn't seem to do anything.
The range is slightly less.
Mock suppressor doesn't look like a real one (to me at least).
While FPS is lower, it isn't really a problem like some would like to think.
Shots are more consistent than the original.
Can be more compact.
NOTE: Yes i did Copy and Paste these, but it's still true, and i added some.
Quiet as ****!
Adjustable hop-up
Can use .28s
Nice metal content/parts
Comes with Weaver rails
Mag cap
Mags are cheap
Springs are easy to maintain and last a long time
Not too heavy, and lighter is better when you snipe - one shot, then leave.
Comes with a speed loader
Can use it with or without the mock suppressor
Comes with a mock suppressor
Smaller than most snipers and the original
Mags are hard to hold together. i duck tape 2 back to back so i just turn the mag around then keep shooting
Some installation required
Doesn't come with a scope (but hey most people have one)
Mock suppressor doesn't really do anything
Some people don't like small
Great gun. I still suggest the original over this one. Your choice though, they are both great guns, and basically the same.
- Awesome gun to start withThis gun is one awesome sniper. It is perfect if you are just beginning to snipe and want to get the hang of it. It's a pretty powerful gun, shoots straight through cans and cardboard. The accuracy on it is amazing! I've shot it up to distances of 150ft and it has hit the target every time and the trigger is as smooth as butter. One thing that I like about the gun is how quiet it is. Without the silencer it has a slightly loud quick blowing noise, but if you use the silencer, it is REALLY quiet. Stuff I don't like is that there is some assembly with very bad directions so it was hard to put together. Another thing is that the mags aren't the greatest. They break pretty easily and are hard to load. So here's the pro 'n cons to summarize:
Great Accuracy
Very Powerful
Good hop-up
Smooth Trigger
VERY quiet
Mags aren't the greatest
Some assembly which is annoying
Overall, I would say BUY THIS GUN!!!!
- Great gunThis is sweet. I recommend this over the larger guns like the mk 96 because the smaller rifles are easier to transport. I just carry it in an old guitar case because who will you call the cops on, a guy with a duffel bag and a guitar case or a guy in tac gear with a gun on his back? ( for those of you who can't tell, i pack my stuff like my sidearm, ammo, gas, mags, gear, etc.)
In short get a guitar case, a duffel bag, and this - i am serious - it will save you a lot of problems with people and it's cheaper.
- good gunthis gun is very accurate and shoots pretty strong with .20 bbs. the gun fits nicely in the hands while shooting and isn't too big or too small. but the only downside to the gun would be that the stock doesn't feel as strong of a plastic as most other airsoft guns. other than that the other parts are very strong metal, and i would recommend this gun.
- amazingThis gun is very nice. Very light weight; shoots a good distance. I bought it this summer. Don't use without a scope cuz it doesn't have a sight. So get it.
- good guni really love this sniper; it has great fps and very accurate if you have your scope set up right. hurts like a SOB.


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What's up?
This whole week has been a blur, with classes, practices, games and meetings nonstop. But I always make time to write our fans!
We left Tuesday afternoon for Texas State. We arrived in San Marcos at approximately 4 p.m. and had practice at six. So guess what I did?
You think I'm going to say I caught some zzzz's … but I didn't.
Instead, I watched TV with Alisa Roberts. After that we went to practice at 6 p.m. It was an OK practice … could have been better. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
After practice I had a burrito bowl again … it was delicious … a little spicy. Later on in the hotel room I chilled with Marquesha Anderson-Sparks (Q), talked a little bit and watched the show, The Game with Tia Mowry and Pooch Hall (he's so fine).
Then I went to sleep … woke up and ate breakfast. I ate a waffle with syrup … not the whole waffle just barely half and a cup of apple juice. So then we went and watched film on Texas State and after film we went to shoot around. It was a pretty good shoot around. We had a lot of energy to start the day.
We went to pregame meal and I had chicken fettuccine with shrimp (six of them). I was so full from the bread and the potato soup that I couldn't eat my chicken fettuccine, but no worries … I took it to go.
So then back to the hotel we go … shower ritual … sleep … wake up … GAME TIME!
It was a pretty good game for the most part. We just couldn't make shots when we needed to. That was the game basically. We'll bounce back on Saturday against SFA on the road.
Btw I played against my best friend. We have been friends since she was in middle school and I was a freshman in high school. We go way back. I couldn't believe we were on the court at the same time playing against each other and not on the same team. It was surreal. Lol. I got to see her mom and our other best friend. *Cheese* but our manager Da Da is still my best friend.
After the game we had Jason's Deli on the bus. I had a BLT and gumbo. It was so good. I'm a shrimp person. A grilled shrimp person not fried shrimp. I won't eat regular fried shrimp like the circles, but I'll eat the mini popcorn shrimp. They are gross. I can't explain it. I really don't like the regular fried shrimp. I will not eat jumbo fried shrimp. - _ - I'm a little random.
We got to Corpus around 1:15 a.m. I went home and went to bed and got up for class at 9:30 a.m. Back to the routine until tomorrow when we travel to Nacogdoches. I'll write you guys after Saturday's game.
*Fun Fact - No. 1: I've been No. 11 since high school. I picked it because it's my birth month and coincidently it was the month that I signed to be an Islander.
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Beginner excel: an electronic spreadsheet program whose options for manipulating numbers have made it the most popular spreadsheet program. Classes are from 3 to 5 p.m. on Jan. 17 (getting started), Jan. 24 (formatting a worksheet), Jan. 31 (charts), Feb. 7 (formulas), Feb. 14 (managing data), Feb. 21 (using tables), Feb. 28 (finding and filtering data), and March 7 (extracting data). Cost is $28 for Chamber members and $38 for non-members per session.
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New research suggests omega-3 fatty acids can help prevent retinopathy, an eye disease that can lead to blindness in premature babies and people with diabetes.
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Published: Monday, March 11, 2013 at 11:07 a.m.
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Changing the speed limit on a local road is among the topics to be discussed at today's Terrebonne Parish Council committee meetings.
The council will discuss raising the speed limit on Valhi Boulevard between Equity Boulevard and Savanne Road from 35 mph to 50 mph.
Valhi Boulevard was recently extended to Savanne Road.
The council meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Government Tower, 8026 Main St., Houma. A public hearing on the issue will also be held at 6:30 p.m. March 27 in the Government Tower.
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The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Left Hand of Darkness Introduction
In A Nutshell
Let's perform a little thought experiment. Imagine a planet in the middle of its ice age, snow blanketing everything, always seeing your breath puffed into the wind. Every aspect of life from traveling to housing to eating is dominated by just how frigid the world is. Drinks even come with little ice-picks so you can break up the ice that's constantly forming on top.
So, who do you imagine would live on such a planet? Probably some burly Viking-type dude who wears animals he personally killed, carries an axe instead of a cell phone, and listens to Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" on loop. Right?
That's what we thought, until we read Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness, one of her Hainish Cycle novels. (Don't worry; you can read this one without reading the others—but you might not be able to help it.)
Le Guin's novel tells the story of one Genly Ai, a human whose job is to convince the people of the planet Gethen to join the Ekumen (think United Nations but in space). But the Gethenians aren't the manly-men Vikings we might expect to live on such a planet. Instead, they're an androgynous race, neither male nor female but capable of being both (and neither), depending on the lunar cycle.
When The Left Hand of Darkness hit in 1969, it produced some huge waves both in and outside the science fiction community. It won both the Hugo and Nebula awards, which is like winning an Oscar and a Golden Globe in the sci-fi community. In fact, Le Guin was the second author—and the first female author—to accomplish this double-win feat, following Frank Herbert's double win for Dune and helping set the trend kept alive by William Gibson's Neuromancer, Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, and Gaiman's American Gods.
Beyond the awards and heaps of loving praise, Le Guin's novel was also a milestone for science fiction and feminist works in general. Before The Left Hand of Darkness, science fiction was mostly seen as a boy's clubhouse, the kind with a No Gurls Alowed sign crudely spray-painted on the door. Women (like Le Guin herself) certainly wrote science fiction before The Left Hand of Darkness came along, but there was a hush-hush understanding that the material should be aimed at boys. Le Guin helped break down this barrier, just when the Second-Wave Feminism movement was picking up steam.
Of course, when a major work is penned, controversy follows. Some critics argued the sexual ambiguity of Le Guin's Gethenians wasn't sexually ambiguous at all. They were just typical sci-fi bros who occasional took on female physical traits. And it turns out that Le Guin herself agreed: in 1987, she agreed that maybe she didn't do such a great job of dealing with the gender issues. But just the fact that she tried—totally radical.
Intrigued yet? Just wait until you read it.
Why Should I Care?
You're going to have to deal with other cultures in your life. Get use to the idea.
What's that, you say? You're nestled good and safe in your hometown in your own country? No foreign languages? No weird food? No strange mannerisms?
Yeah, we don't think that's going to work out for you. Here's why:
No culture exists inside a protective anti-foreign bubble. Thanks to the Internet and globalization and The World Is Flat, those bubbles have all popped, and cultures as distinct as America is from Egypt or Japan from South Africa are interacting with each other in ways never imagined. Even if you stay offline and never visit a foreign country, you'll still have to deal with the mini-cultures in your homeland. The American South has a completely different culture than its Northwest.
Believe us; we've lived in both.
So, you can think of Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness as a literary how-to guide for dealing with other cultures. Ambassador Genly Ai's struggle is a battle to connect his own understanding of culture and society with one utterly foreign and alien to him—and it doesn't get much more foreign than androgynous aliens.
Ai must learn to communicate and interact with the Gethen as they expect him to. He has to be willing to be changed by their differences and integrate those differences into his new and expanding view of the universe. If he can't, he'll fail at his mission and nobody, neither the Gethenians, the Ekumen, nor himself, will benefit as a result.
Of course, the ultimate culture lesson in The Left Hand of Darkness is that underneath the androgyny, we're all the same. Hey, there's a reason that phrase became cliché. It's pretty hard to argue with.


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I have a big collection of music, a big collection.
To be able to search and find a specific album it wold be nice if PS3 could present information based on, for example, MP3 tags. Is there any plans for this.
If so.. at the moment I am using Tversity and there is a lot possibility to improve the way tags are displayed.........
The fundamental problem is that the content of the tags are not defined. This means that different systems are using AlbumArtist and Artist with different content. My favorite rip program dbPoweramp puts "the person/group where you would find the album in the record store" in the AlbumArtist tag,,, and the person actually performing on a specific track, in the Artist tag. Tversity gives you the possibility to search using Artist, but this makes it hard to find a specific album.
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The Democratic National Convention had the indecency to use footage of Ted Kennedy to attack Mitt Romney. Are your pearls firmly clutched?
The tribute video to Ted Kennedy screened at the DNC uses footage from his 1994 debate against Romney, in which Kennedy said—
On the question of the choice issue, I have supported the Roe v. Wade. I am pro-choice. My opponent is multiple choice.
Naturally, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus is disgusted. Imagine the gall of using the words of a lifelong champion for civil rights and healthcare reform to support the Democratic platform. It's unconscionable.
Yes, surely Ted Kennedy is turning over in his grave, horrified at posthumously supporting the candidate he supported when he was alive.
Ezra Klein may have said it best:
Let's be honest, though — the Republicans are angry they couldn't get the ghost of Ronald Reagan to slam Barack Obama. Thanks for nothing, Gipper.


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As I began training for my first Sprint Triathlon, which will be held in mid April, I ended up having arthroscopic knee surgery on January 15th. Two weeks ago I began to start back with training, swimming and cycling, and walking only. I have two more weeks before I can start to even think about running. I have a fear of reinjury (after all, this is my 2nd arthroscopy). What is the best approach to beginning running so that I can avoid reinjury? I really want to make it to my first Tri in April!!
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How fast you come back depends a lot on what the orthopedic surgeon did during the arthroscopy. Was it a meniscal (cartilage) tear and they just trimmed out the bad part, did they trim or remove scar tissue, did they clean up they cartilaginous surfaces of the femur or patella, or did they have to repair a ligament? If it was one of the first 3 things I mentioned, you'll come back suprisingly fast but don't rush it. You may not reinjure your knee but it may swell and become painful. Continue to do your walking and build up slowly running. Increase your running mileage 1/2 mile every 2 weeks if you can until you are up to your Tri distance. For example: if you are walking 30 minutes, walk 15 minutes, run for 1/2 mile (5 minutes), then walk another 10 minutes. Do this for 2 weeks and then increase to 1 mile running (walk 15minutes, run 1 mile or 10 minutes, walk 5 minutes). Continue this pattern until you are up to your specific distance.
If it was a ligament injury, you will have to take it much slower.
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If it doesn't hurt, you're not going hard enough.
I had an acl replacement one year ago in January, I started to run very slowly kinda a old man shuffle after 3 weeks (against medical advice) but have not have had any problems you need to be sure that your leg is strong in the quads and the calf before trying any running though. I did a sprint tri in June of that same year and finish strong. Good luck to you!
Thank you, all, for your response!! I had a lateral release during my arthro. My six weeks are coming up this Friday, so this week I'm going to add a little "old man shuffle" jogging for about 30 sec/ 2 min walk. I am working on an inclined treadmill and I forgot how much that burns, and an eliptical trainer when I can. My PT's are really working with me in strenghtening my quads, hips, glutes, and calves. Cycling is going pretty good or better than I expected. Swimming just plain sucks, but I work on that the most so that I can try to like it more and build up more endurance. My knee still gets a little sore and a little weak after a good workout, but I continue to use ice, heat and a tens unit religiously. Anyway, I appreciate all your advice and encouragement and will take it with me during my training.
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August 17, 2009
To: Melanie Cary, Convener
Faculty Development Committee
From: Becky LeDocq, Chair
Faculty Senate
This memo is intended to serve as the initial charge letter to the Faculty Development Committee for the 2009-10 academic year.
In an effort to better orient new committee members and to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of committee work, the Senate Executive Committee (SEC) is incorporating the following ideas.
- The SEC will be holding a meeting of conveners at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 1 in 325 Graff Main Hall. Please plan on attending this meeting if possible. If you are unable to attend, please send another representative from your committee. An agenda will follow.
- The SEC will be holding a meeting of Chairs during the week before classes in January. The purpose of this meeting will be for committee chairs to report on progress on charges to date and discuss any problems committees may be experiencing.
Per Faculty Senate Bylaw II. (s): "Each faculty committee shall hold an organizational meeting and report the name of the chairperson to the senate office by October 1. (Joint Chairpersons are not permitted.)"
Therefore, as the convener of the CGAAF Committee, please arrange, as soon as feasible, an organizational meeting. In addition to a chairperson, please also elect a secretary.
Primary responsibilities of the chairperson include:
· promptly informing the Senate office (5-8018) the results of the election of officers and any changes in committee membership.*
· organizing and conducting meetings.
· completing a year end report on the Faculty Development Committee activities to be submitted to the Senate Office no later than May 31, 2010.
*The committee chairperson should carefully review Faculty Senate Bylaw II, "Faculty Standing Committees" for information on committee attendance and the role of alternates.
Primary responsibilities of the secretary include:
· recording minutes of each meeting.
· promptly sending meeting minutes to Sibbie Weathers (firstname.lastname@example.com) so that the minutes can be posted on the faculty senate website.
In the event the committee chooses to rotate secretarial duties, please designate one person to be responsible for e-mailing the meeting minutes to Sibbie Weathers.
In addition to the committee's normal duties, I ask that the committee consider and report on the following special charges:
- Consider establishing a tracking method of the various types of grants submitted, funding amounts, and semester applied.
- Consider possibility of having a single grant submission date for spring.
Please plan to provide a report on both of these charges to faculty senate at the March 11, 2010 meeting.
If you have any questions about the charges, please feel free to contact me.
Finally, if the Senate Executive Committee or I can assist your committee in any way during the year, please do not hesitate to ask.
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Definition of crystallography in English:
The branch of science concerned with the structure and properties of crystals.
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- She threw herself into science - physics, chemistry and crystallography.
- His interests were always wide and this is reflected in the range of courses that he was teaching around this time: descriptive geometry, crystallography, optics, mechanics and machine design.
- For such a comparison to be completed, the availability of the atomic structure from x-ray crystallography and/or from NMR spectroscopy is very helpful.
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- Despite the attempts of crystallographers to catch IGP synthase in its functional form, to date, the only movement reported in these four residues was the slight bending of the last carbon-nitrogen group of K99.
- Because many crystallographers have their preferred crystallization techniques, experimental work is needed to discern whether these patterns represent human preferences or real chemical associations.
- X-ray crystallographers determine the three-dimensional shape of a molecule by blasting a beam of X-rays through a crystallized sample of the molecule and then analyzing the pattern of the scattered beam.
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- These are called space groups, crystallographic space groups, or Shoenflies groups.
- They usually involve three numbers or, in the case of hexagonal and rhombohedral symmetries, four numbers, one for each crystallographic axis.
- It is pale pink and has physical, optical, and crystallographic properties similar to those of the other monoclinic members of the amphibole group.
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- In both cases an asymmetric unit composed of two crystallographically distinct molecules (A and B) was obtained, and the two units differ, with a root mean square deviation value of 0.6.
- The structural features of the intermediate structures described crystallographically are reproduced by the simulation, indicating that the intermediate structures are mechanistically and dynamically feasible.
- The molecular level conductance computations, although qualitatively of great interest, do not seem to imply the three-ion occupancies suggested both electrophysiologically and crystallographically.
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text: This unreleased dub rips off Madonna's "Into the Groove" quite explicitly, and I suspect that is the point. Considering that it's coming from one of the most encyclopedia minds in dance music today, Dimitri from Paris, this track reads more like a reference to the small rash of musical Madonna wannabes in the '80s. In the hierarchy, I think "Headphones" sits somewhere below Regina's "Baby Love" but above Alisha's "Baby Talk." This guy knows what I'm talking about.


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The Morning Download: Microsoft Earnings Reflect CIO Strategies
The Morning Download comes from the editors of CIO Journal and cues up the most important news in business technology every weekday morning. Send us your tips, compliments and complaints. You can get The Morning Download emailed to you each weekday morning by clicking here.
Good morning. Lackluster earnings reported Thursday by Microsoft Corp. underscore changes CIOs have been anticipating for the past year. The days when Microsoft could dictate prices for software running on desktop PCs and laptops predictably running Windows are clearly over; employees roam offices, office parks and playgrounds with smartphones and tablets running iOS and Android operating systems. As a result, CIOs have taken steps to make their IT systems more agnostic to device type and operating system. Microsoft still has one card left to play — the Surface Pro tablet, which it will begin selling on Feb. 9, and is meant to seduce CIOs with seamless integration to other Microsoft systems and tools most businesses already own. Forrester Research analyst David Johnson tells CIO Journal that, "from the corporate perspective… it is simpler to manage [Surface] devices." But most CIOs have already adjusted to a heterogeneity of device types. At $899 a pop, it's certainly not on price that Microsoft will have an edge.
In Microsoft's first quarter to include sales of Windows 8 and its new Surface tablets, it reported an earnings slip of 3.7%, to $6.38 billion, down from $6.62 billion a year earlier. The results underscore how Windows 8 hasn't taken the market by storm since it was released last October, reports the WSJ's Shira Ovide. Its Windows division experienced a 24% revenue increase in the quarter to $5.88 billion, or an 11% jump when adjusting for revenue recorded for early sales of Windows 8 copies. But the figures were lower than some analyst estimates and far below the 70% revenue jump that Microsoft's Windows group experienced in the quarter after it released its prior operating system, Windows 7, in 2009. Things are so tough, the company is hinting that some prices may go down. Its chief financial officer, Peter Klein, said the company would make adjustments to ensure that customers get "the right mix of devices" with "more varied price points," the FT's Richard Waters reports.
IT security becoming a board room concern. As the number and sophistication of hacker attacks on major corporations continues to increase, security is moving from a functional IT area, often below the pay grade of CIOs, to strategic importance at the highest levels of organizations. "IT security's rise from being a functional area to a board level concern is maybe the fastest I've ever seen," Thomas Sanzone, senior vice president of consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., tells CIO Journal. CIOs are investigating new analytic tools that take a more holistic approach to security than traditional antivirus protection offers, and doing more sophisticated risk assessments to determine which assets need the most protection. Celso Guiotoko, CIO of Nissan Motor Co., said the company has begun to invest more in security as "the level of targeted attacks is increasing." And to respond to the heightened security risk, Manish Kapoor, a senior vice president of information systems at pipeline operator NuStar Energy L.P ., said the company in November 2012 added a cyber security officer.
The coming collapse of tech startups. More than 900 tech startups are about to wither on the vine as they struggle to find follow-on financing, according to a new report from venture capital research firm CB Insights. To ensure they're working with likely winners, CIOs like David Smoley at electronics contract manufacturer Flextronics International Ltd. try to work with startups that have secured A or B rounds from established venture capitalists. "A-round funding by a proven VC tells you that knowledgeable, experienced individuals on the leading edge of technology and business have reviewed it and made an educated bet," he tells CIO Journal. "It's not perfect, but it weeds out a lot of the more risky firms."
Why business strategy matters. IT effectiveness is lower in businesses where strategy is unclear or inconsistently executed, write Gartner analysts Richard Hunter and Dorothy Yu in a guest post to CIO Journal. "IT spending accounts for about 3.5% of enterprise revenue, on average, but that spending produces a majority of enterprise productivity gains. In other words, effective IT is key to increasing enterprise effectiveness." But, they write, a lack of clear strategic direction "results in significant waste."
Xerox earnings slide, but says services shift paying off. The provider of printers and business services reported an 11% slide in fourth-quarter earnings, but said it had a good deal pipeline for the next year. Ursula Burns, chief executive, said that the "shift to a services-led growth portfolio is paying off," the FT reports. IT has had a significant role in slimming down the footprint of its traditional printer business while scaling its services business. Last year, its CIO, Carol Zierhoffer, told CIO Journal about her push to reduce excess inventory of toner and other supplies by making better use of digital and mobile technologies. "One of the glues is the architecture," she told CIO Journal in March. "You need a roadmap, not a plethora of systems with un-thought-through interfaces."
Samsung posts record profit. Samsung Electronics Co. said its fourth-quarter profit rose 76% to a record high on strong smartphone sales and higher margins in its chip business. Net profit was 7.04 trillion won, or $6.6 billion, up from 4.01 trillion won in the same period a year earlier and the record 6.56 trillion won set in the previous quarter. Samsung remained the largest seller of cellphones and smartphones in the quarter, but it showed signs of being affected by the same leveling of growth in the business as seen in the results of Apple Inc. a day earlier. Samsung's overall growth momentum is faster than Apple's, however, and analysts expect it to stay that way for much of the year due to a larger mix of products, the WSJ's Min-Jeong Lee reports.
AT&T's loss narrows. Brisk demand for Apple's iPhone 5 helped the telecom giant add 780,000 wireless subscribers and narrow losses, reports the WSJ's Kristin Jones. For the fourth quarter, the company reported a loss of $3.86 billion, compared with a year-earlier loss of $6.68 billion. By comparison rival Verizon Wireless reported Tuesday that it added 2.1 million in new wireless contract customers in the fourth quarter.
Morgan Stanley beefs up technology. Morgan Stanley plans to spend more than $500 million over the next 18 months to improve computer systems for the 16,780 financial advisers and support staff who work in its brokerage joint venture with Citigroup Inc., the WSJ's Brett Philbin reports. In a memorandum, brokerage President Gregory Fleming said the firm plans to make technology investments "above and beyond basic running costs" in order to "ensure and accelerate the improvement of our platform's stability and functionality." Last summer, Morgan Stanley was plagued by tech problems, including computer systems crashing and broken links between client accounts held in a single household. These issues were caused by a massive technology conversion as the firm moved the majority of the venture's brokers onto the same platform. Among future enhancements, Morgan Stanley plans to rewire its branch offices to give brokers better network capability and improve portfolio performance reports for clients.
Cisco to sell Linksys to Belkin. Cisco Systems Inc. is selling its home-networking business, including the well-known Linksys brand, to Belkin International Inc., as it continues to retrench around its core business of selling technology to businesses, the WSJ's Debbie Cai and Ben Worthen report. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in March, weren't disclosed. Closely held Belkin said it plans to maintain the Linksys brand of home and small-office networking products and will now have about a 30% share in that market. The companies intend to develop a strategic relationship on a variety of initiatives including retail distribution, strategic marketing and products for the service provider market.
Apple faces tougher smartphone fight. The iPhone ended the year with a blowout quarter in the U.S. market, but there are signs that Apple may have to do more to persuade shoppers to buy its priciest models, write the WSJ's Anton Troianovski and Thomas Gryta. The global smartphone market increased by 39% last year. But sales of the iPhone rose by 29% — the second time in the past year that the growth rate of Apple shipments dipped below the rate of the global smartphone market's growth. Even in the U.S., Apple faces increasingly tough competition from phones running the Android operating system, and Samsung's marketers have been successful in creating their own smartphone brand with the "Galaxy" devices.
Apple expands China audits. Apple expanded internal audits of suppliers and identified a Chinese labor agent hiring underage workers, Bloomberg's Tim Culpan and Adam Satariano report. One manufacturer employed 74 children younger than 16, and 158 facilities lacked procedures or didn't perform adequate audits of their own suppliers, according to the annual Supplier Responsibility Report released today by Apple. "Underage labor is a subject no company wants to be associated with, so as a result I don't believe it gets the attention it deserves, and as a result it doesn't get fixed like it should," Jeff Williams, the company's senior vice president of operations, said in an interview.
Gartner: More Hadoop coming to apps. Hadoop will become increasingly prevalent, according to research firm Gartner, as more IT departments conduct trials of the Big Data programming framework, and developers start to embed its analysis functions within packaged applications. Gartner said that by 2015, 65% of applications with "advanced analytics" will contain Hadoop, reports IDG's Chris Kanaracus.
Beijing PC maker considers RIM, other deals. Lenovo Group Ltd.'s CFO tells Bloomberg that the PC maker is looking at some sort of deal with Research in Motion Ltd. "We are looking at all opportunities — RIM and many others," Chief Financial Officer Wong Wai Ming said. "We'll have no hesitation if the right opportunity comes along that could benefit us and shareholders." RIM said last year that it was taking a look at all strategic options. Meanwhile Lenovo, the second-largest maker of PCs, has proven itself nimble in its nascent moves into mobile. The company is on track to be the top seller of smartphones in China.
Activists want Skype transparency report. A group of organizations that include the Electronic Frontier Foundation is asking Microsoft to make public details on who it shares Skype data with. The company purchased Skype last year, and a number of groups say the video chat service has become less secure, reports GigaOm's Stacey Higginbotham. Critics have also pointed to a Microsoft patent filing last June that allows the company to introduce undetectable eavesdropping tools.
Amazon buys text-to-speech software. Amazon.com Inc. acquired Ivona Software, maker of a text-to-speech technology found on the company's Kindle Fire tablets, reports the WSJ's Saabira Chaudhur. Ivona also delivers text-to-speech products and services for thousands of developers, businesses and customers around the world, Amazon said.
Owe money? Don't 'friend' anyone in a bikini. Collection agencies have taken to the social network to locate, cajole and sometimes harass individuals with rude postings on online message boards, say some debtors. "You get a friend request from some chick in a bikini," a lawyer with Morgan & Morgan P.A. in Tampa, Florida tells Bloomberg's Carter Dougherty. "You say yes, and then somebody says ''by the way, I'm a debt collector.'" Federal regulators are weighing new restrictions on how debt collectors use social networks as they work to impose federal oversight over the debt collection industry for the first time.
Viva la (Internet) revolucion! Cuba confirmed today the existence of its first hardwired Internet connection to the outside world. Until the activation of the fiber-optic cable between the island nation and Venezuela, Cuba's only Internet access was "via ponderous satellite links," reports the AP's Peter Orsi. According to government statistics, just 16% have Internet access, primarily to email capability.
Why Apple shifted its earnings guidance strategy. Apple has a history of beating its single-point financial guidance estimates by a wide margin in recent years, which usually resulted in its share price surging when it issued results. But Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said the company would cease offering a "conservative point estimate" and instead "provide a range of guidance," which it expects to fall within. The shift in guidance strategy came as it reported disappointing results that sent its shares down more than 10% Thursday. In this video, CFO Journal's Matthew Quinn says the move is likely meant to mute such wild swings.
Every week, CIO Journal offers a glimpse into the mind of the CEO, whose view of technology is shaped by stories in management journals, general interest magazines and, of course, in-flight publications.
What the port of Long Beach says about trade patterns. Activity at the nation's second-busiest port reveals changes in U.S. consumption patterns and illuminates emerging wealth oversees, writes the Economist. Last year, for example, agricultural products exported from West Coast ports exceeded recyclable scrap for the first time due to a rising Asian preference for meat. Container traffic through Long Beach has more than doubled since 1995, with China's emergence as a major trans-Pacific partner. Last year, Long Beach saw 5,000 vessels, and if politicians ease restrictions on the export of natural gas, of which Asia is already a major importer, the port will see many more. But it is not all smooth sailing. The growth of nontraditional trade routes such as China-Brazil, and the rising popularity of sending manufacturing work to Mexico instead of Asia, all threaten Long Beach's expansion efforts.
Why gloomy pundits are wrong about America's education system. A new study breaks down student performance by social class and finds great news, reports the Atlantic's Derek Thompson: "First, our most disadvantaged students have improved their math scores faster than most comparable countries. Second, our most advantaged students are world-class readers." Before putting junior on your shoulders for a quick round of "U.S.A!, U.S.A!", there are some things to note. Top-scoring math kids in the U.S. are still being out-performed by students elsewhere. And the U.S.'s high reading levels, relative to those of other countries, may at least partially reflect declines in Europe, which faces the challenge of educating an increasingly large pool of immigrant children. And finally, the decision to slice test scores by social class says something deeper about the challenges kids in the U.S. face. "In just about every country, poor students do worse than rich students," Thompson explains. "America's yawning income inequality means our international test sample has a higher share of low-income students, and their scores depress our national average."
How big should government be? A Republican mantra to lower federal spending to 18% of GDP is neither realistic nor wise, writes Harvard Business Review's Justin Fox. A recovering economy will likely draw federal spending below its current 24% level, but given this age of economic and technological disruption—and the coming Baby Boomer retirement apocalypse — "it's perfectly reasonable to argue that spending, and taxes will have to be higher going forward." But progressive taxation as practiced in the U.S., and the Democrats' call to raise taxes on the wealthy, will not cut it either, says Fox who has some praise for the flatter income taxes (and lower corporate tax rates) practiced by European social democracies. "If the U.S. is going to make it safely through the budget challenges of the next few decades, though, both parties are going to have to get over their phobias," he writes.
Davos round-up: Cameron takes aim at corporate tax avoidance. Corporate tax evasion took center stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos yesterday as British Prime Minister David Cameron's keynote speech attacked companies for avoiding taxes. "Companies need to wake up and smell the coffee," he said, according to the Guardian. In other Davos news, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned euro-zone leaders not to falter in their efforts to reinvigorate their economies now that they face less pressure from financial markets. She gave voice to widespread concern here that a tentative European recovery could be undercut by political complacency, DealBook says.
SEC choice signals tougher stance. President Obama signaled a get-tough policy toward Wall Street with his pick of former prosecutor Mary Jo White to head the SEC. "You don't want to mess with Mary Jo," Mr. Obama said as he announced his choice, adding that "it's not enough to change the law. … We also need cops on the beat to enforce the law." Ms. White is best known for prosecuting terrorists and mobsters, but the confirmation hearings will delve into her work at the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, where she's represented companies that frequently have come before the SEC, the WSJ reports, including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley. She also defended Bank of America's former CEO, Ken Lewis, against civil securities fraud charges. And her husband, John White, is co-head of Cravath Swaine & Moore, a law firm that advises companies on their public reporting obligations and corporate governance. She has also said that the government's prosecution of Arthur Andersen went too far, and tends to favor approaches that let companies take responsibility for wrongdoing, but doesn't cripple them. But CFO Journal's Emily Chasan notes that she has shown a willingness to go after corporate executives. She brought an indictment against former Aurora Foods executives who were charged with an earnings management scheme that led to $80 million of phony reported profits.
Procter & Gamble is expected to post a slight uptick in second-quarter earnings this morning. P&G should show progress in regaining U.S. market share and growth in its emerging-markets businesses. And its recent cost-cutting efforts should also help. But Ahead of the Tape's Spencer Jakabsays the real challenge for P&G – and other household product makers — is getting consumers to spend more again on premium-priced products.
CFTC official quits. CFTC Commissioner Jill Sommers is resigning from the agency after more than five years in the post. The surprise development has the potential to slow down the finalization of Dodd-Frank rules, the Journal says. Ms. Sommers was overseeing the CFTC's investigation of MF Global and she was also known for her interest in cross-border derivatives rules.
Securities fraud cases drop. Securities fraud class-action lawsuits dropped 19% in 2012 as the financial crisis impact waned and M&A litigation eased, according to a report by Stanford Law School and Cornerstone Research. "The question is if this is the beginning of a long-term trend or a reflection that there haven't been any market disruptions in the past year," Mark Holland, a partner at law firm Goodwin Procter, tells Bloomberg. "I think it's an aberration." Read the full report here (PDF).
Staple financing case casts shadow over Dell deal. J.P. Morgan Chase will not be offering staple financing in the potential Dell Inc. buyout, a possible ramification of a court decision criticizing what was once a common practice on Wall Street, the Journal's Anupreeta Das reports. Staple financing came to a near standstill after Barclays and Del Monte agreed in October 2011 to pay $90 million to Del Monte shareholders to settle a lawsuit alleging that Barclays, which advised Del Monte on a sale, was conflicted because it also arranged the financing for the buyers. The decision was a factor in keeping J.P. Morgan out of the Dell financing. Another factor was the expected ease of financing the deal, given debt investors' current hunger for such transactions.


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Newly-elected Washington County Commissioner Ron Feathers said he was glad the agenda was a light one for his first official commissioners' meeting Thursday.
Although he attended meetings as a candidate for Washington County Commissioner, "It's the first time I got a complete agenda instead of a cover sheet," Feathers said.
With helpful explanations from Commissioner Tim Irvine and clerk Rick Peoples, Feathers and fellow first-time commissioner David White were politely informed about when to say 'Aye," which agenda items were only for review and where to sign documents for approval.
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SHARON BOPP The Marietta Times
Washington County Commissioners Tim Irvine, Ron Feathers and David White work on county business at Thursday's commissioners meeting.
White, who sometimes did not add his "Aye" to Thursday's votes, said he was used to roll call votes from when he served as a member of Marietta City Council.
When Irvine first took office, "I spent a lot of time reading back through the minutes to get a feeling for the types of things that came through (at commissioners' meetings)," he remembered.
As his term as Washington County commissioner begins, White said he has no set plans for his work.
"I have no specific agenda of what to accomplish going forward," said White.
"I didn't come in trying to make any sweeping agenda. I want to have a good idea (of the work) before changing things," he added.
Feathers said he is concerned about spending during his term.
"I think there will be a lot of issues to face...over the next four years when it comes to spending," said Feathers. "We've got to make sure our townships are funded to our best possible abilities and be conservative fiscal stewards of the people's money."
Both White and Feathers want to continue keeping Washington County residents informed about county business, they said.
"I want to set (the commissioners' schedule) so we can be out in the community more," White said. "In this day of technology, I don't see that we need to be married to the courthouse."
During Thursday's meeting, commissioners reviewed two sets of comprehensive social service plans for Washington County Job and Family Services, for July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014 and July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.
The state-required plans show possible services the agency might develop during that two-year period. Services include adoption, case management, adult daycare, home-delivered meals, adult protective services and more.
On Jan. 15, Job and Family Services will host a public forum to discuss the social service plans and accept public input. No location or time for the forum has been set.
In other business:
- Commissioners were informed by two letters that former Washington County safety and loss coordinator Susan Burkhart will volunteer on an as-needed basis for the county's EMA, county commissioners and the county's director of human resources, safety and loss.
- During the Washington County Commissioners' organizational meeting, scheduled for 9 a.m. Jan. 14, the commissioners' appointments to boards, committees and positions in the coming year will be decided.
These include the Duck Creek Watershed Partnership, apiary inspector, Caring Connection, RSVP of Washington County and the Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce.
As Thursday's meeting wrapped, Feathers commented on lessons learned at Thursday's meeting.
"The first thing I learned today was that you have to use blue pens on official documents," Feathers laughingly said.


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Dizzeeyo, on 30 January 2013 - 01:22 PM, said:
congratulations there was a time in the world when i was 15 years old, i wont even bother to argue with you after this post because you are misinformed. there was rarely a carry in abn's group (if ever there was one) and yet his entire group got banned pls explain. have u never heard of deductive reasoning at all? the chances of the ban being for account boosting is so fucking little considering people that never account shared got banned yet you cant deny that everyone that rbgs above 2.2 has fought a exploit team
k u are 2676 rbg rating and not banned, lucky
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