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Ducks Unlimited recently completed work on a water control structure on what will be the Perch Waterfowl Production Area. The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc. completed the purchase and habitat restoration of 300 acres on Perch Lake, an important migratory waterfowl lake in Blue Earth County. The property will be donated to the US Fish and Wildlife Service for management as the Perch Lake Waterfowl Production Area. The Trust has retired the agricultural fields and completed major wetland restorations on the 150-acre parcels on the south end of the lake. The entire 300 acres have been planted with a diverse grass and prairie seed mix.
"Almost immediately after restoration was complete, the wetlands filled with water and birdsreturned to take advantage of the new habitat," said Deborah Loon, executive director of the Minnesota Valley Trust. "The two very large, connected wetlands will provide long-term high quality habitat for migratory waterfowl, including the Lesser Scaup."
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|The former Waterbury Clock Company building on Mill Street, in Waterbury has been sold. Christopher Massa Republican-American
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Research Update: Romanian Natural Gas Transmission System Co. Transgaz 'BB+/BBB-' Foreign/Local Currency Ratings Affirmed; Outlook Stable
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In our view, Romania's state-owned natural gas transmission system operator Transgaz should be able to absorb the financial and potential liquidity implications of an extraordinary one-off increase in its dividend payout, which the central government has mandated in its fiscal consolidation strategy. Due to continuing uncertainties about the Nabucco pipeline project, we do not factor its financial impact--apart from Transgaz's committed equity contribution--into our assessment of Transgaz's stand-alone credit profile. Despite the Romanian government's plan to sell a 15% stake in Transgaz, we continue to view the link between the government and Transgaz as "strong," assuming the state maintains effective control. The outlook is stable, reflecting that on Romania. On May 5, 2011, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its...
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World Cup Means a Few Time Outs for Coffee Industry
The World Cup is coming at an awkward time for Brazil's coffee industry.
The June 12-July 13 soccer tournament falls at the height of the coffee harvest in the world's biggest producer.
Coffee growers, roasters and exporters are already switching up their schedules to avoid delays in shipments. But in this soccer-mad nation of 200 million people, some disruptions are going to be tough to avoid.
"In Brazil, World Cup means a national holiday, so every day we have a Brazilian match going on, that's a national holiday," said Henrique Sloper de Araújo, vice president of the Brazilian Specialty Coffee Association and a farmer in the state of Espírito Santo.
Some traders are advising clients to avoid farm visits during the World Cup, fearing high airfares, traffic jams and other hassles as the world's soccer fans converge on Brazil. Those trips by roasters to what's known in the industry as "origin" are key business-building opportunities. Many workers will probably get time off to watch Brazil play, though it's too soon to tell whether that alone will delay the harvest or shipments.
Still, in a country known for shipping bottlenecks, some coffee buyers aren't taking any chances.
Vincent Iatesta, president of Annapolis, M.D.-based Ceremony Coffee Roasters, said he plans to have his coffee orders from Brazil expedited so they arrive before the World Cup.
"Uncertainty presents a risk," he said.
Gustavo Moretti, a trader at Ecom Agroindustrial Corporation Ltd., a Swiss trade house and one of the world's biggest coffee traders, said he has advised clients to postpone their visits.
"No one wants to stay in the airport for four or five hours," he said.
Staffing is another issue during game time.
Ecom's Mr. Moretti says most of the Brazil games are in the afternoon but some workers might be allowed to take half a day off.
"When Brazil plays, we usually take half a day and we watch the game in the office," he said. "We don't take the whole day off."
But it must be a Brazil match.
"If the boss sees us watching the Argentina game, we can be fired," he joked.
Paulo Martins, a trader at the Cooperative Regional de Cafeicultores em Guaxupe Ltda., or Cooxupe, said the coffee cooperative is considering allowing workers to leave early to watch some matches but "when Brazil is playing only."
Cooxupe is Brazil's largest coffee cooperative and grows about 10% of Brazil's crop.
But even then, mill operators or traders will likely have to make up for the lost hours.
"If it's necessary (our coffee plant is) going to be working 24 hours" a day, said Martins. "There's no World Cup clause in our contracts."


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Stockholm, Sweden, June 10, 2014 -- The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has sided with Kronospan and Swiss Krono Group in its shareholder dispute with Valinge Innovation, according to a report by Euwid Wood Products and Panels.The firms, which each hold a 20% stake in Valinge, had objected to certain financing issues over the last few years.
Counterclaims by Valinge Flooring Technology, which owns the remaining 60%, were rejected.Chief among them was the construction of a new office and administrative complex. The minority shareholders felt Valinge paid too much. In addition, they felt expenses related to developing new technologies, such as the wood powder technology, were too high.The firms were seeking damages resulting from a reduction in earnings. According to the story, citing unconfirmed reports, the firms were seeking about 17 million euros.


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Read more Alabama Higher Ed Now Part of a National… Alabama Higher Ed Now Part of a National Online Learning Agreement Senator Glover's legislation empowers state universities and colleges to reach more students MONTGOMERY, Ala. – On Tuesday, May 5th, Governor Robert Bentley signed into law legislation that will expand the ability... Read more UAH College of Engineering's Offering Fr… The College of Engineering at UAH is very pleased to announce the 3rd offering of Chemical Engineering: Review of Enabling Sciences through Problem Solving, beginning March 23rd. This is the 3rd offering of a MOOC by UAH's College of Engineering. Register for... Read more OL Students--GREAT news! The UAH Interactive Schedule: http://www.uah.edu/cgi-bin/schedule.pl now allows you to query classes based on course modality, including Online, Hybrid, and Traditional Instructional Methods. This should make finding the right online course for you at UAH much easier. Registration just opened Tuesday of this week, so check out the new search functionality now and let us know how you like it. Free Webinar on February 12! REGISTER FOR COMPLIMENTARY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FEATURED: Feb 12, 2PM ET - Accessibility Strategies for Educational Online Video LEARN MORE | REGISTER NOW It's National Distance Learning Week! Check back for updates on webinars, online events, and more! Check out these current Webinars! About United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) is a non-profit association formed in 1987 and is located in Boston, Massachusetts. The association reaches 20,000 people globally with sponsors and members operating in and influencing 46% of the $913 billion dollar U.S. education and training market. USDLA promotes the development and application of distance learning for education and training and serves the needs of the distance learning community by providing advocacy, information, networking and opportunity. Distance learning and training constituencies served include pre-k-12 education, higher and continuing education, home schooling as well as business, corporate, military, government and telehealth markets. The USDLA trademarked logo is the recognized worldwide symbol of dedicated professionals committed to the distance learning industry. http://www.usdla.org Celebrate National Distance Learning Week with QM and USDLA! Benjamin Daniel Communications Specialist at Quality Matters Learn what you always wanted to know about QM but were afraid to ask. During National Distance... NDLW Webinar: Continuous Improvement in quality course design - what is Quality Matters? Wednesday, November 12, 2014 9:30-10:30 Continuous Improvement in quality course design - what is Quality Matters? 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FWC: Illinois pondweed treatment going successfully
LAKE PLACID - Several herbicide treatments in public access and recreation areas of Lake June have been "successfully" conducted over the past two weeks to control Illinois pondweed, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission regional biologist Kelle Sullivan. Over the last few months, several residents who live on Lake June or use it for boating or water sports have been upset by what they say is an explosion of the aquatic plant, which is native to the state and apparently found in 10 percent of Highlands County lakes. Sullivan said the areas around Lake June boat ramps and Lake Henry canal are now clear. The swimming area at Bishop Park was initially missed so it was treated Monday. The areas at the south end of the lake near Catfish Creek and the north west cove at Sterns Creek were treated last week and "it has not been enough time yet to evaluate them."Weather permitting, FWC hopes to start treating larger areas starting Monday. "I fully expect these treatments to open up the public recreation and navigation areas. Unlike hydrilla, Illinois pondweed is not an extremely aggressive exotic aquatic plant that displaces other beneficial species. It is a beneficial native to Florida's fresh waters including Lake June," she wrote in an email. "FWC is striving to balance the competing needs of Lake June and its stakeholders, and is committed to working in a public/private effort to find a solution." At a public hearing held last month, Sullivan explained that Illinois pond weed has been found in Lake June since the late '80s. She said its recent proliferation in some parts of the about 3,500-acre lake could be because of all the rainfall we've been getting or the presence of certain nutrients in the lake. It could even be a cyclical phenomena, she explained at that time. Many people who had been present in the audience at that time were upset and said they wanted an aggressive treatment done to rid the lake of the pondweed, which they feared was bringing down their property values and could be a potential danger to boaters and swimmers. Wednesday, Lake June resident Al Pelski underscored that feeling. He lives by the cove and said the weeds were still growing rapidly and was hoping the cold weather dampens some of their growth. Some residents have applied to the FWC for a free permit to use herbicide or hire someone to do it. Pelksi said he was not paying to do that because the weeds are growing back after treatments are completed, he said. He and his wife, Sandy, instead, were going to pull the weeds from the beach area and hope it didn't grow back. Highlands County Lakes Association President John Ruggiero said he's heard from the state that these treatments take some time to show results and the pondweeds don't just die off after they are treated. "Nobody knows for sure what's causing this growth pattern this year," he said. Meanwhile, Highlands County Lakes Manager Clell Ford said Illinois pondweed grows in about 10 percent of Highlands County lakes. It has been "well-established" on the west side of Lake June for some time, he said, and grows in Lake Istokpoga, too, where it is considered "great for fishing." Since Illinois pondweed is not considered an invasive, exotic aquatic plant and is not on the county's treatment plan, local lakes officials are not involved in its current treatment efforts, which FWC is handling, he added. Meanwhile, Sullivan wrote that she has received a number of new FWC Aquatic Plant Management permit applications from lakeshore residents who have applied to use a herbicide to control the pondweed around their private docks and shorelines. "I am working on these applications to get them processed as soon as possible. Please remember that if you already have an FWC Aquatic Plant Management permit, but it does not have Illinois pondweed listed on it for control, you need to submit a permit modification to add Illinois pondweed and the herbicide to control it to your active permit before you treat around your dock or shoreline," she added. Those interested in more information or need help with a new permit application or modification should contact Sharon Stinson at (863)534-7074. Sullivan said she has also spoken with several residents who are interested in obtaining a group permit. "I have also spoken with contractors regarding quotes to support this option. Once the treatments are completed in the public access areas around the lake I will follow up further with more specific information regarding group permitting," Sullivan said. Meanwhile, those like Pelski who want to yank the weed by hand don't require permits. No permits are required for residents to manually remove the plants along 50 feet of their shoreline or a distance that is 50 percent of their lake frontage, whichever is less. "This clearing should be placed perpendicular to the shoreline and may extend as far out in the lake as necessary for a boat or swimmer to reach open water," Sullivan added. Permits can be applied for online at: https://public.myfwc.com/CrossDOI/PermitSystem/loginForm.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fCrossDOI%2fPermitSystem%2fDefault.aspx
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Terence, this is stupid stuff
by A.E. Housman
Analysis: Trivia
Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
The great love of Housman's life was his college roommate, Moses Jackson, who did not return his affection. Sad. (Source.)
Although he's famous as a poet, Housman's day job was being a college professor. He was a professor of Latin at Cambridge for many years. (Source.)
George Orwell, the author of 1984, was a big Housman fan when he was young. (Source.)


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The forecast for turkey hunting in Mississippi this spring is good, so says the new wild turkey project coordinator for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Dave Godwin.
Godwin says on a scale of one to 10, he rates the state's forecast an eight.
Mississippi turkey hunters don't have to be told what most affects a spring season, hatch success two years earlier. It is the number of 2-year-old toms, the most gullible of gobblers, that can make or break a season.
They also don't have to be told how miserable hunting has been the last two springs.
Following extremely poor hatches in 2003 and 2004, there were fewer mature gobblers to gobble, so the woods were extremely quiet and harvest rates down.
Meanwhile, a big change awaits hunters this year. An early switch to daylight savings time next weekend will cost some a few morning hunts.
Mississippi may allow military personnel on leave from active duty to hunt or fish in the state without being required to have a license. That's according to a bill working its way through the Legislature.
One version of the bill cleared the House last month and a revised version cleared the Senate Tuesday.
The two chambers will have to work out minor differences before the bill can go to Gov. Haley Barbour.
The soldiers would only be required to carry personal identification and proof of their military service while hunting or fishing. If Barbour signs the bill into law, it would take effect July 1.
Mississippi turkey seasons and regulations are listed below:
-- Youth season: Opens Thursday on private lands and state wildlife management areas, ends March 14. Only youths aged 15 and under can shoot, but they must be accompanied by and under the direct supervision of an adult 21 years of age or older. If a child is under the age of 12, the supervising adult must be a licensed or exempt hunter.
-- Regular season: Opens March 15 and ends May 1.
-- One gobbler per day, three per season per hunter. Only mature gobblers or gobblers with a 6-inch minimum beard are legal, except that youths 15 and under are allowed to take one immature gobbler. No hens allowed.
Legal shooting hours
-- 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset.
Legal weapons
-- Restricted to shotguns only with no shot larger than No. 2, compound, recurve and long bows. Any quadriplegic may use a rifle.
Closed areas
-- Desoto County: West of Mississippi 305, south of Mississippi 302, east of Mississippi 3, and east of U.S. 61.
-- Tate County: North of Mississippi 4 and west of Mississippi 305.
-- Tunica County: East of Mississippi 3
-- Humphreys County: East of Mississippi 7 and north of Mississippi 12.
-- Issaquena County: North and west of Willett Road and south and east of Mississippi 1.
-- Leflore County: West of Mississippi 7 and U.S. 49 East and north of Moorehead Road and south of Mississippi 442, and east of Mississippi 7 and south of Silent Shade Road and west of the Yazoo River.
-- Sunflower County: South of Mississippi 442 and east of Mississippi 3 and U.S. 49 West and north of Berclair Road.
Source: Mississippi Department of Wildfire, Fisheries and Parks.


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Mon, 19 April 2010 at 1:22 pm
Suri Cruise: Birthday Cupcake Party!
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
threw a cupcake decorating party on Saturday (April 17) in Los Angeles to celebrate their adorable daughter Suri Cruise's 4th birthday.
Sprinkles supplied the sweets — four dozen unfrosted cupcakes plus frosting (vanilla and milk chocolate). That's a lot of cupcakes for Suri and her friends to decorate!
Suri's actual birthday was on Sunday (April 18). HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SURI!!!
Last year, Suri celebrated her 3rd birthday with a big trampoline bash at her family's home in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Broughton ice cream social rescheduled
The Broughton Ice Cream Social scheduled for Sunday has been rescheduled for July 22 at the Washington County Fairgrounds. The date was changed due to the local power outages.
Williamstown VFD social set for July 20
The Williamstown Volunteer Fire Company's 68th annual ice cream social will begin at 6 p.m. July 20 in the Williamstown City Park. Proceeds will help pay for new firefighting equipment and upgrades to vehicles.
Food available will include hot dogs, soda, coffee, popcorn, cakes, pies and ice cream. There will also be a limited number of half-gallon containers for purchase.
Those who wish to donate cakes or pies for the social can bring them to the city building any time on July 20 or call (304) 375-7761 for pickup. Health regulations prohibit any kind of cream pies, which also includes pumpkin.
Dining With Diabetes class 3 days in Aug.
The next Dining With Diabetes three-part class will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 7, 14 and 21. Dining With Diabetes is a cooking school program for people with diabetes and their families or caregivers. The series is free and will be held at the Ohio State University Extension office at 202 Davis Ave. in Marietta. To register for the class, call 376-7431 by Aug. 3.
Bigfoot meeting at library in Cambridge
The Southeastern Ohio Society For Bigfoot Investigation will meet at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Crossroads Branch Library, 63500 Byesville Road, Cambridge. The meeting is free and open to the public.
- For information: Doug Waller, 740-624-5122 or Mary Jane Rhodes-Ellis, email@example.com.
Nazarene church to hold sevice in park
The Marietta First Church of the Nazarene will hold an evening service in Muskingum Park beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday. The community is welcome. Those attending should bring a lawn chair.
Devola pool offers swimming lessons
The Devola pool will offer swimming lessons in two sessions this summer, from July 9 to 13 and July 16 to 20. A junior lifeguard camp will also be offered July 25 to 29. To sign up, call 374-4140.


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Maryland State Police are investigating two incidents in which utility terrain vehicles were stolen from Antietam Tractor and Equipment, 20927 Leitersburg Pike, Hagerstown.
Three Kubota UTVs valued at more than $27,000 were stolen overnight April 2.
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Hey everyone. I'm a relatively new WP user, and I'm running into that horrendous HTTP error on image upload. I have:
1) read Otto42's article: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164999
2) deleted my wp-admin and wp-includes folders
3) downloaded a fresh copy of WP 2.8.2
4) uploaded the deleted directories fresh
5) changed permissions on my wp-content/uploads folder to 755, and then to 777 just to see if it helps
6) ensured that my Settings-Misc "store uploads" field is set to the default.
7) created an .htaccess file with the mod-security fix language in it and uploaded it to my domain root, the WP root, and the wp-admin directory.
8) set the permissions for the .htaccess files above to both 755 and 777
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99) sacrificed a few chickens for good measure.
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To throw a monkey wrench into your thought process, I have 2 blogs on 2 domains, both hosted on the same server - only 1 of them has this problem...
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Kittel took the stage – his third of the tour and third on the bounce - from Mark Renshaw (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) and Andrea Guardini (Astana).
Phinney survived the stage unscathed and finished safely in the peloton to secure the overall win, and puts his early-season form down to the hard work in the off-season.
"I haven't had a problem free winter, injury and sicknesswise, ever and this was my first really solid winter," he said.
"I had a really great time in the US back with my friends in Boulder, Colorado. Then I had a really solid month of training in San Diego."
Giant-Shimano rider Kittel was the beneficiary of some good luck along the way with two of his main rivals – Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish – coming unstuck.
Mark Cavendish dropped his chain having hit a bollard as the race drew to a close and while teammate Renshaw took up his mantle, he was no challenge to the in-form Kittel.
Peter Sagan also cut a frustrated figure as he came off his bike in the final 5km of the race as the jostling for position began to heat up.
The win continues Kittel's remarkable start to the season – he adds the three stages wins in Dubai to his Down Under Classic win.
"I'm super happy," said Kittel.
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I'd try our D300/D200/D100 Forum. This one is for the D5000/D3000
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Kanye West has compared himself to Steve Jobs and Jesus. He started public beefs with both Jimmy Kimmel and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. He insists his "Bound 2" music video is high art. He revels in his ego.
Advertising creative directors shape the public's tastes. They dismiss hours of work after a brief glance. They are aspiring Don Drapers. They revel in their ego.
Obviously not all creative directors are egomaniacs, but a new site is poking fun at the stereotype by asking if you can distinguish between an actual Kanye quote and an actual adman quote.
Here are some examples from "Kanye vs Creative Director," with the answer key at the bottom of the post:1. "If I haven't heard of it, it hasn't happened."2. "I think that's a responsibility that I have, to push possibilities, to show people: 'This is the level that things could be at.'"3. "I have a lot of time on my hands because I'm rich."4. "Sometimes I get emotional over fonts."5. "I have nothing left to prove."New York agency The Concept Farm created the site. Their own creative director John Gellos told Digiday that his team was inspired after seeing Kanye's power tripping interview with Jimmy Kimmel that settled their feud.Check out the full quiz experience at Kanye vs Creative Director's website. Visitors can also submit anonymous quotes said at their own agencyAnswer Key — Kanye: 2, 4. Creative: 1, 3, 5.See Also:
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At 2:15 p.m. today (Wednesday, Oct. 10), Pacific Gas & Electric Co. notified the city and responded to a gas outage for approximately 1,000 customers in the Starlite Pines community in southern Milpitas.
At 3:30 p.m., PG&E told the city the cause of the natural gas outage was loss of backfeed (pressure) in the distribution system during their tie-in of a gas main on Starlight Drive. PG&E has restored system pressure and began visiting each account address, checking the valves, and re-lighting pilot lights for the 1,000 customers, city reports state.
PG&E has set up a mobile command center in the Pearl Zanker Elementary School auditorium and mobilized multiple crews to do this work. The rough estimate to complete the pilot re-lighting is 12 hours. The affected area is bounded by Montague Expressway, Interstate 880 and South Main Street.
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RICHMOND, Calif. - SpeedMob Inc. said it has finalized distribution contracts for TechSpec Gripster Tank Grips, Fly-N-Hawgz products for Harley-Davidsons, and Dion Device brake lever protectors.
SpeedMob will now manage the distribution of TechSpec Gripster Tank grips as well as Fly-N-Hawgz saddlebag, fork and frame paint protectors for Harley Davidson. Both of these products utilize a unique "release and reuse" adhesive that allows riders to remove or reposition these products on the bike, tank or frame without leaving an adhesive residue. They offer superior grip and protection for riders and their motorcycles, SpeedMob announced.
Dion Device brake lever protectors have proven their worth over the last three years by saving riders lives and untold thousands of dollars in saved motorcycle components, SpeedMob said. Dion Device was named the official brake lever guard of the AMA in 2013.
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GRANDBURY, Texas -- Kitty Ann Perry, 72, died suddenly Oct. 14, 2007, in Roswell, N.M.
Born Catherine Alberson on Oct. 29, 1934, in Sikeston, Mo., she consdidered Sikeston home, although she lived away most of her life. She loved and was loved by many.
Survivors include: her husband of 28 years, Stan Perry of Grandbury; one goddaughter, Sharon Walker of Cleveland, Tenn.; lifelong friends Shirley Allen of East Prairie, Mo., Kathryn Barborek of Sikeston, Wanda Culp of Memphis, Tenn., Bonnie Dyer of Sikeston and Pat Parks of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; sisters-in-law Shirley Coleman and Wanda Dirickson, both of Sikeston, Carolyn Bourcier of Flint, Mich., Linda Dover of Manchaca, Sharlotte Ford of Murray, Ky.; and an aunt, Marilyn Alberson of Sikeston.
She was preceded in death by her beloved daughter, Laura Dawne.
A memorial dinner was held in her honor on Oct. 27 in Mineral Wells.
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We all love our pets and want to keep them safe, but even the nicest dogs can be aggressive when a stranger comes onto its owner's property. You can help Duke Energy keep our employees and your pet safe by containing your dog away from the meter on reading days, or when work is scheduled on your property. To find out when your next meter reading will be, look at your bill under "Account Information." Please note that while meters are normally read on the date listed, on occasion they may be read one working day before or after that date.
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Metabolomics: Identification of inducible bioactive plant metabolites: Novel acidic sesquiterpenoid phytoalexins, termed zealexins, were discovered in Southern Leaf Blight (Cochliobolus heterostrophus) resistant maize lines that were inoculated with this fungus. Additional zealexins were found to strongly accumulate in insect and fungal damaged kernels during development on maturing maize ears. Unknown members of this phytoalexin class were highly enriched in maize lines resistant to aflatoxin accumulation compared to known susceptible lines. Work on structure elucidation and antimicrobial assays began July 30th by grant-funded Research Associate. A time course of maize seedling scutella tissue, harboring high levels of kauralexins and zealexins, was subjected to whole transcriptome shotgun sequencing, termed RNA-seq. This defense enriched transcriptome is currently being screened for cytochrome P450s and other candidate phytoalexin biosynthetic genes which will be biochemically tested for enzyme activity following purification from bacterial and yeast heterologous expression systems.


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Virginia Tech has named the leader of its women's golf team.
The Hokies announced Monday that Tazewell native Carol Green Robertson will be the program's first coach. The women's golf program will begin playing in the fall of 2015.
Robertson spent the past two seasons as the coach at Old Dominion University. She became the head coach at ODU after spending one season as an assistant.
"We are extremely pleased to name Carol Green Robertson as our first-ever head women's golf coach," director of athletics Jim Weaver wrote in a news release. "She is regarded as one of the best and brightest young coaches in collegiate golf. She has done a tremendous job in just two years at Old Dominion, guiding that program to new highs. She is not only an outstanding coach and teacher, but her skill on the course and as an accomplished student helps her relate to today's student-athletes. Carol is the perfect fit for our budding program."
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Shares of Intel (INTC) are up 38 cents, or 1.6%, at $23.78, after Deutsche Bank's Ross Seymore today reiterated a Buy rating on the stock, and a $26 price target, following last Thursday's report byStrategy Analytics that tablets based on Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows 8 crept up in market share in Q1, to 7.4% from nothing a year earlier.
Seymore writes that Intel sells perhaps 90% of the microprocessors/application processors for Windows 8 tablets, with only Microsoft's original Surface carrying a processor based on the rival ARM Holdings (ARMH) architecture (from Nvidia (NVDA). Intel's chips are in the Surface Pro tablet subsequently released by Microsoft. The vast majority of tablet shipments, of course, from Apple's (AAPL) iPad to Google's (GOOG) "Nexus" line, to others, run ARM-based processors of one sort or another.
Seymore sees continued share gains for Intel, both in Windows tablets and in tablets running Google's Android operating system:
Intel expects tablet SoC shipments to double q/q in 2Q13 as the company
continues to ramp Clovertrail for Win8 and Lexington for Android. Overall tablet shipments are likely to be relatively flat q/q (iOS down sharply) which implies significant market share gains for Intel [...] Intel now offers a complete line of SoCs to address both the Win8 and Android markets and product competitiveness will continue to improve as the company brings new SoCs and basebands to market 2H13. Baytrail (2H13) should be a compelling product as it uniquely offers support for both Android and Win8 enabling tablet OEMs to simplify their platform designs and hit price points as low as $200. We note Intel had essentially no presence in tablets in 2012 and therefore any presence in 2013/14 yields share gains and a revenue generator to at least partially offset weakness in the traditional PC market. We continue to believe INTC's ability to profitability address these next-generation computing form factors (tablets, convertibles etc) is underestimated by investors.
Shares of smartphone audio processing technology vendor Audience (ADNC) were halted just after market close, right before the company reported Q4 revenue and earnings per share that topped analysts' expectations, and forecast this quarter's results significantly higher as well.
Revenue in the three months ended in December rose to $38.7 million, yielding EPS of 14 cents.
Analysts had been modeling $37 million and 20 cents.
For the current quarter, the company sees revenue in a range of $43 million to $46 million, and EPS of 15 cents to 19%. That is well above the consensus for $32 million and 1 penny per share.
CEO Peter Santos emphasized the company's involvement during the quarter with the development of several devices, including Google's (GOOG) Motorola-brand "Razr I," its "Nexus 10″ tablet, and Huawei's forthcoming "Ascend D2."
Audience management will host a conference call with analysts at 4:30 pm, Eastern time, and you can catch the webcast of it here.
As I wrote earlier this month, Audience has been on the comeback trail since last fall, when its shares tumbled after it disclosed Apple (AAPL) was dropping the company's audio-processing technology from the iPhone, after having used it in the iPhone 4 and 4S.
Shares are expected to resume trading at 4:30 pm, Eastern time.
Update: The stock has resumed trading and is up $3, or 25%, at $15.22.
Update 2: Audience's Santos was kind enough to chat with me by phone following the company's conference call to discuss the mobile field and the company's priorities. On the call, the company talked about how it is expanding beyond the phone and tablet market to new PCs from Dell (DELL) that will be coming out soon.
Will there gadget market continue to have the same ceaseless parade of new gizmos? I asked, choosing to start with a rather obvious question.
"We are working with a pretty broad-base of customers of quite significant platforms, and you will see a steady stream of things from us. I think you will see for at least the next couple of years and beyond that pretty regular innovation in the form of new types of devices and capabilities. I believe that there is significantly more potential in terms of the kinds of experiences and capabilities taht tech can provide to people on devices they use, and the investment to bring those to market is going to be made."
Is the smartphone market concerned about the steadily slowing rates of unit shipment growth?
"People are certainly concerned about it (shipment growth). Broadly, you are going to see slowing growth in smartphones, as we are approaching a point where in developed markets smartphone has swallowed the phone market whole; that does not conflict with the pattern of innovation that remains ahead of us in smartphone market. From our perch as a tech provider, while I think you will see tempering rates of growth in smartphone, because you will see high rate of innovation, you will see opportunities for us and OEMs who are winning the innovation battle to have really significant rates of growth."
On the dominance of Apple and Samsung:
"People tend to think that Apple and Samsung have won, and it's game over; I don't believe that's the case. There is so much pressure to innovate that it's going to be very hard for market conditions to remain static. I'm not predicting bad things for those two companies, but the view market share will remain static is not well-informed. You could see at the OS level that there will be a few people who will win, but there is room at the OEM level and the tech provider level for high growth rates."
We keep hearing about the rise of mid-priced and low-priced smartphones as being a crucial issue, especially in the emerging markets. Are you hearing a lot of talk about that, a lot of concern, from customers of yours?
"People are definitely preoccupied with questions of the mid-market. It is a topic that is very hotly discussed among OEMs today, and carriers around the world are paying attention. As an example, if you think about people using voice instead of touch to be able to interact with devices, that's something that could move quite far down into the mid-market and below. Because there are cost pressures in those segments, as you move down the portfolio, there tends to be a process of removing functions to make the device cheaper. But if you start to see expectations by users, or demands by carriers, to provide interactions with voice, what you could start to see is advanced voice becomes a feature that is not taken out as you waterfall down the market segments."
How should we think about Audience's profile?
"The way you should think about Audience is a voice and audio and sound processing company. I personally believe that user interface is the most exciting place to be in technology today. Audience has created a really unique position in the market and value proposition around sound. That's where all of our focus is today. Our view is that voice and audio and sound is going to have a very, very broad role in human interface on mobile devices. Anything you can think of in terms of sound coming into your device or coming out that would allow for interaction is somewhere in our road map and our portfolio. Put another way, if you think of the ability that humans have to comprehend and act on sound, or create sound, that's where we see the bar is for sound capability. So, there's a lot of headroom."
Pacific Crest analysts Michael McConnell, John Vinh, and James Faucette today offered up the latest installment of their "tablet tracker," with their predictions for the action in tablet computer sales this year.
The firm projects 172 million tablets will be sold this calendar year, up 61%, with Apple (AAPL) selling perhaps 86.3 million of those units, a 30% year-over-year increase.
"We continue to see Apple holding a share lead in the tablet market this year, with incremental share gains by Samsung [Electronics (005930KS)] and Google (GOOG).
Samsung, maker of devices such as the "Galaxy Note 10.1" and the "Galaxy Tab," will be especially aggressive this year, the trio believe, perhaps boosting its sales by 233% to 40 million units.
"Supply chain conversations indicate a goal of 40 million units for the Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Note 10.1 tablets in 2013 for Samsung," the authors write. "This would be alarge increase over our estimate of 12 million tablets sold in 2012. Supporting this goal is a significant increase in activity for 1Q13."
"Strong growth in Samsung tablet units would be beneficial for Atmel (ATML), Maxim Integrated Technology (MXIM), Synaptics (SYNA), and Broadcom (BRCM)."
Google, which sells its own "Nexus 7" and "Nexus 10" and such tablets, may have an even bigger jump, perhaps grabbing third place in tablet hardware sales away from Amazon.com (AMZN) with units of 15.3%, the firm believes, up 263%.
The analysts have an estimate of 6.3 million units of Microsoft's (MSFT) Surface RT and Pro tablets, which would be a quadrupling from the estimated 1.2 million the device sold in the December quarter, its first (partial) quarter on the market. But the analysts write that "We believe Microsoft's conservative approach represents a lack of confidence in x86 Surface Pro tablet and lower-than-expected demand for the original ARM Holdings (ARMH)-based Surface.
Oppenheimer & Co.'s Jason Helfstein today opines that Google's (GOOG) entry into selling its own tablet computer hardware, as opposed to merely licensing its Android operating system to Samsung Electronics (005930KS) and others, is a smart move, but that "the company will see margin dilution from these costs, as well as higher traffic acquisition costs (TAC) as the majority of tablet usage and mobile commerce is generated from iOS devices," referring to Apple's (AAPL) operating system for the iPhone and iPad.
Helfstein, who has a "Perform" rating on Google shares, and a $715 price target, writes that the company has been subsidizing tablet computers like the "Nexus 7," of which he thinks the company sold 3.4 million in Q4 at an average price of $136.
But in addition to fronting the cost of the hardware, Google must pay more money to acquire traffic, its so-called TAC, because Apple's iOS software and the devices it runs on generate the lion's share of e-commerce activity.
That reduces Google's overall profitability:
Industry reports suggest that the majority of mobile shopping was done on iOS devices (77% according to IBM Digital Analytics), suggesting that GOOG's TAC increased in 4Q, as eCommerce drives paid search traffic. Increasing 4QE and '13E TAC by 29 bps and 33 bps.
As a consequence of carrying higher cost of goods, Helfstein cut his estimate for this quarter to $9.62 billion in "net revenue," and an Ebitda margin of 40%, resulting in EPS of $9.62, which is down from his prior estimate for $10.15 billion, 44%, and $11.20.
Hellsten also cut this year's estimate to $41.46 billion, 42% Ebitda margin, and $44.10 in EPS from a prior $42.57 billion, 42.6%, and $47.56.
Google shares today are up $13.32, or 1.9%, at $720.70.
Barclays Capital's hardware analyst Ben Reitzes today offers his views on the outlook for the personal computer, cutting his estimates for the market from this year through 2016, warning that "PCs could decline for many years to come."
The PC industry is blind, he writes, to how the newer crop of mobile devices, especially tablet computers, that are eclipsing the role of the PC, and pushing out the replacement cycle for the category:
We believe a new generation of consumers and IT workers are figuring out how to compute differently than those that started using PC's in the 90's – relying more on mobile devices and the cloud – as PC's see significant "task infringement" by the day. As a result, it can no longer be assumed that the PC market can remain in the range of 350 million units a year – and we argue that the PC replacement cycle is in the process of being elongated by 1-2 years, resulting in the loss of 50-100 million units in annualized demand by 2015. After years of denial, most PC industry players still don't seem to realize what is happening – and don't have contingency plans. PC's are not the only subsector impacted in tech—as printing also is caught in the wake of mobility. Given these factors we are significantly cutting estimates for the PC industry to reflect further deterioration in PC related revenues.
Reitzes cut his 2012 forecast to 352.75 million PC units sold, down from 363.92 million, cut his 2013 model to 338.34 million, a 4% decline, down form 362.6 million previously, cut his 2014 model to 324.1 million from 360.1 million, and cut his 2015 model to 311.5 million from 351.4 million.
At the same time, Reitzes raised his estimate for tablet computers, both for Apple's (AAPL) models and for non-Apple models, projecting 182 million next year, versus a prior 146 million estimate, 230 million in 2014 versus his prior 139 million estimate, and 268 million in 2015, and 300 million in 2016.
Reitzes projects Apple retainig 61% of tablets next year, by unit share, up from 56% this year, 61% in 2014, 60% in 2015, and 59% in 2016.
Samsung Electronics (005930KS), Google (GOOG), and Amazon.com (AMZN) "have the ability to expand the non-Apple market quite a bit and we believe these 3 companies can sustain 30-40% share of the market (combined) over the longer term," he writes.
Reitzes also took a moment to cut estimates for Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Dell (DELL).
For HP, "we are cautious on HP's PC segment given secular pressures, share losses, market confusion over ultrabooks and Windows 8, and a slowdown in markets like China," he writes.
Reitzes cut his 2012 fiscal year estimate, for the 12 months ended in October, to $120.7 billion in revenue and $4.01 per share in profit, down from $121 billion and $4.03. He warns a weakness in PC sales could also impact the company's printer business. For 2013, he projects $113 billion and $3.25 per share, down from $115 billion and $3.35 previously.
For Dell, Reitzes cut his fiscal 2013 estimate to $57.1 billion, as before, but projects EPS of $1.71, down from $1.75.
Dell's PC business won't be saved by Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows 8, he believes:
It seems from our checks that tablets are having an impact on both corporate and consumer PC sales. We see tablets encroaching on PC sales in education and financial services verticals in particular of late. Also, we believe Dell saw a q/q uptick in federal government spending, but still down y/y – and not enough of a pick up to back upside to current quarter guidance for overall Dell revenues to be down 2-5% q/q vs. normal seasonality of flat-to-down 1% (5 year average). With respect to Win 8 tablets, we do not believe that Dell will see meaningful traction.
Analysts this morning were fairly encouraged by Apple's (AAPL) disclosure it sold 3 million iPads in the three days since the iPad mini went on sale Friday morning, as well as the fourth-generation of the regular iPad.
Keith Bachman with BMO Capital Markets reiterates an Outperform rating on Apple shares and a $730 price target, writing that the results support his view of 20 million iPad shipments this quarter in total, even though it was not immediately clear how many minis were sold versus how many regular iPads.
Says Bachman, "We believe pricing could potentially be an issue for the iPad mini," given the base model "is $80 more than the Google (GOOG) Nexus and $115 more than the Amazon.com (AMZN) Kindle Fire HD (without ads)." But the mini does have a larger display, and he thinks "Apple's app suite and hardware/software integration is far superior to comparable products in the market."
J.P. Morgan's Mark Moskowitz, who maintains an Overweight rating on Apple shares and a $770 price target, today writes that the 3 million figure "is significant, as it doubles the first weekend launch of the 3rd-gen iPad of 1.5M units (Wi-Fi only) in March 2012."
"This level of early adoption of the new iPad mini could restore significant upside potential down the road, as the product expands Apple's tablet market coverage."
The mini may help to cannibalize PC sales, he thinks:
In our view, the iPad mini stands to target price-sensitive users and the e-reader crowd. Given the global economic uncertainty, we think price-sensitive users could gravitate toward an iPad mini instead of making a PC purchase. Our view is that the incremental use case is more differentiated for first-time tablet users. In tough times, unique or "feel good" purchases can be more amenable to end users, which gives the edge to the tablet versus the PC, in our view.
Brian White of Topeka Capital reiterates a Buy rating on the stock, and an $1,111 price target, writing that the sales surpassed his expectation for 800,000 to 1 million units, and that "Overall, we believe this is a strong print and greater supply of the iPad mini would have allowed for greater sales."
White writes that his recent tour of Asia-Pacific suggested to him that the mini was in short supply as a result of "the complexity of certain components." White is sticking with a projection for 26 million iPads this quarter, with 7 million of those being the mini.
Apple shares today closed up $7.82, up 1.4%, at $584.62.
Although Google (GOOG) cancelled a media event scheduled for today because of Hurricane Sandy, that's slamming the East Coast of the U.S., the company just said in a blog post that it will offer three new "Nexus" phone and tablet devices based on its Android software.
The "Nexus 4" is the company's latest smartphone, with a 4.7-inch display, a quad-core microprocessor, and a new photo feature called "Photo Sphere" that it said lets people take "stunning 360-degree immersive experiences."
The company has also updated its "Nexus 7" tablet with a model that runs on "HSPA+" cellular service, for $299 with 32 gigs of storage. That will no doubt increase the pressure on Apple's (AAPL) iPad mini, which starts at $459 for the 16-gig model with cellular, or $559 for the 32-gig cellular model. The Apple models, however, use the faster "long term evolution," or LTE, form of 4G cellular, so one would expect they will be faster.
And Google announced the "Nexus 10," a 10-inch tablet, which it called the "highest resolution tablet on the planet," with a 2,560 by 1,600 pixel display, or 300 pixels per inch. Google says the tablet gets nine hours of playback. Google says it is the first sharable tablet, with the ability to easily switch between different user profiles on the device.
The devices are expected to e available in the U.S. and U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Canada and Japan starting on November 13th, and will be sold through retail chains such as Gamestop, Staples, and Wal-Mart, the company said. No specific availability date was given for the Nexus 7 with cellular, implying those units may be available now, or on the same date as the others.
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By Justin Creech, Belvoir EagleFebruary 8, 2013
The USO cut the ribbon on their new Wounded Warrior and Family Center at Fort Belvoir during the grand opening ceremony Tuesday.
The center, which is the largest in USO history, measures 20,000 square feet and has more than 20 unique spaces, is adjacent to Fort Belvoir's Warrior Transition Unit and will support wounded, ill and injured troops.
"It's been amazing watching it all come together," said Elaine Rogers, USO of Metropolitan Washington president and chief executive officer. "But, to actually be here watching it open and to know troops and their Families can come in and use it -- it's just an amazing moment."
While the primary function of the center is to provide a respite for Soldiers at Belvoir's Warrior Transition Battalion, all servicemembers at Fort Belvoir are welcome to use the facility.
"It's something for the Army to be proud of, that we have the premiere USO facility in the entire world," said Fort Belvoir Garrison Commander Col. Gregory D. Gadson. "The USO wants to get the word out that this belongs to the entire Belvoir community. That is really special that they don't see this for just one group of people."
The center offers a business center, dining room, healing gardens as well as a game room and music room that will provide a place for healing and relaxation.
Activities and programs at the center include physical health and recreation, Family strengthening, positive behavioral health, education, employment and community reintegration.
Command Sgt. Maj. David Perkins, Warrior Transition Unit, feels the quiet and counseling provided at the center will be the most effective healing tools.
"The quiet spaces for counseling and the opportunity to talk to a chaplain or Military Family Life consultant will be great," said Perkins. "The socialization will be very important for the Soldiers suffering from a traumatic brain injury, too. They tend to lose their social skills, so getting them into events that makes them socialize will be very beneficial to them."
Sloan Gibson, USO president and chief executive officer, gave the opening remarks for the ceremony. Gibson felt he didn't need to say much about the facility because the building speaks for itself and reflects the essence of USO's mission.
"It says thanks," said Gibson when asked what the building says. "The very essence of what we do is conveying to servicemen and women in uniform that America appreciates what they do for us. We look for the most powerful ways to say thank you and that's what we are trying to do right here."
The center had its first chance to say thank you to the Soldiers Sunday night during the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's Super Bowl Party. Gibson said the Soldiers were blown away when they walked into the facility and "couldn't believe this is here for them."
Perkins said the Super Bowl party showed the true power of the facility.
"To have it this close, and be able to get some of the guys out of the barracks who didn't want to get out, and bring them to a world-class facility was special," said Perkins. "It was a great event."
Gadson emphasized that the opening of the facility symbolizes a partnership between Belvoir and the USO in wanting to provide great services for all servicemembers.
"A partnership means we all have something at stake and we do," said Gadson. "As much as this is a USO Center, what we ideally want, as this whole concept grows, is to complement one another with the services we provide."


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"Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame," opens Saturday at the World War II Museum.
The presentation will give visitors a panoramic view of the history of professional football, starting in the late 19th century through today's game, which has become a cultural phenomenon.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame partnered with NFL Films to create the audio and video for the exhibit, which is a cornerstone event in the multi-year celebration of the hall's 50th anniversary.
In addition to WWII-related NFL artifacts, the exhibit will include historic items related to the New Orleans Saints.


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Organizers will gather Monday to provide details at the Dearborn headquarters of ACCESS, formerly known as the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services.
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London Fashion Week Live Stream
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Swinging London. Hip. Happening. Distinctly British, in that controlled, out-of-control way. (Even Mick Jagger seems to have become an aristocrat. Uncool.)
We hope to bring you free live stream coverage of London Fashion Week, and embed some live streaming video content of the runway shows here. London means quiet sophistication and elegance … except in the clubs, where it means the opposite. Oh well.
Please stay tuned.
It's almost time again for London fashion week live streaming video!
(You can also see NY, Paris, Milan and LA above, which is pretty handy.)
Ready for the interactive runway fun, from the comfort of your home? How great is it to enjoy London Fashion week's live streams?
Frankly, it's pretty darned great!
Interacting will be half the fun, thanks to the "magic and wonder" of live web video! Last year, you could see the streams over here, which was pretty cool.
And the official site has a lot more information, as well.
London's fashion week is second only to New York (chronologically, at very least), although London was the first to jump on the web streaming aspect last year. WATCH IT ON YOUR COMPUTER OR WEB TV The good thing about seeing on the computer is the interactive element. Speak to other fashionistas, fans and sometimes even have a Q & A with the designers themselves.
LFW is sophistication and haute glamour at its very best, and shouldn't be missed by anyone. Fortunately you don't have to miss the excitement of the catwalk and the shows; you can catch it all on your 'puter.
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A Sampling of New Facts From Twitter's IPO
Here are some of the key, and less key, updated facts:
Average monthly active users grew to 231.7 million in the September quarter, up from 218.3 million in the June quarter; year-over-year growth in MAUs fell to 39% for the period, compared with 44% in the June quarter.
Revenue from advertising: In the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2013, 89% of revenue was generated from advertising; the figure was 87% for the first six months of the year.
Revenue from Mobile: In the September period, over 70% of Twitter's advertising revenue was generated from mobile devices, up from more than 65% for the June quarter.
International revenue taking some share: Users outside the U.S. continue to constitute 77% of average MAUs, but international revenue ticked up to 26% for the September quarter versus 25% in the June quarter.
Accumulated losses grew to $483.2 million during the September quarter, reflecting the $64.6 million loss for the period.
Twitter's hiring: Twitter ended the September quarter with more than 2,300 employees, roughly 300 more than at the end of June.
It's also earning patents: The company had 9 issued U.S. patents and roughly 95 applications on file in the U.S. and abroad at Sept. 30, compared with 6 and 80, respectively, at the end of June.
Goodwill crept up slightly, to $183.1 million from $178.2 million.
Twitter is trimming capital expenditures budget: The new budget in today's amended filing plans 2013 expenditures of $215 million to $235 million, compared with the $225 to $275 million budget included in the original S-1 filed 12 days ago.
Watch here for news: Matching an SEC guideline to alert shareholders when news may be disclosed on social media, Twitter adds a self-serving line: "We also intend to announce information regarding us and our business, operating results, financial condition and other matters through Tweets on the following Twitter accounts: @dickc, @twitter and @twitterIR." (@dickc would be CEO Dick Costolo)
Twitter also unveiled details about its top shareholders and added J.P. Morgan to the list.
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Government Shutdown Hits CFTC, SEC
By Scott Patterson and Jamila Trindle
As the government shutdown rippled across Washington, one agency particularly hard hit was the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The agency's spokesman sent an email Tuesday saying that the agency's public affairs office "is now closed due to a lack of appropriations." The agency's enforcement division, which is juggling high-profile cases against firms such as MF Global Holdings Ltd. and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., has only eight permanent employees on staff, with others who can be deemed necessary for a particular case, according to a person familiar with the agency.
The CFTC's summary of operations during a shutdown, released last week, said the functions of the enforcement division will "largely cease." The agency's market oversight and surveillance functions also are expected to come to a halt, the summary said. Still, futures exchanges will continue to be able to monitor markets for any irregular trading activities.
At the Securities and Exchange Commission, regulators have enough leftover cash from the prior fiscal year to operate normally for "a few weeks," according to spokesman John Nester, who said the agency doesn't anticipate an interruption in any meetings of the five-member commission. He said the agency is considering freezes in hiring and travel to make the carryover funds last longer.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Friday that all regular season games will once again be carried live among four Canadian television networks and two radio stations.
On television, Leafs TV (LTV), Sportsnet Ontario (RSN), TSN, and CBC will carry the Leafs' action. CBC's Hockey Night In Canada begins its 60th season of Leafs' broadcasts this season.
Every Leafs' game will also be live on the radio – Sportsnet 590 The FAN and TSN Radio 1050 will divide the games on the radio for the first time.
There will be 10 regular season games carried exclusively on Leafs TV. The remaining regular season coverage breakdown is as follows: 14 games on Sportsnet Ontario, 10 games on TSN, 14 games on CBC.
Longtime play-by-play voice of the Leafs, Joe Bowen, will be behind the microphone for the 30th straight season. He will be joined on television by game analyst Greg Millen on midweek games on Leafs TV and Sportsnet Ontario. Bowen will be on the radio airwaves on Saturday evenings and during the week on nights when the Blue and White appear on TSN. Analyst Jim Ralph enters his 14th season in the Leafs' radio booth. Dan Dunleavy returns in a radio play-by-play role for a second straight season.
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The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende
The House of the Spirits The Supernatural Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
It was then that she began her first serious attempts to communicate with extraterrestrial beings and that, as she herself noted, she began to have her first doubts regarding the spiritual messages she received from the pendulum and the three-legged table. She often said that perhaps it was not the souls of the dead, wandering in another dimension, but rather beings from other planets who were trying to establish a relationship with earthlings but who, because they were made of an intangible matter, could easily be confused with souls. (7.4)
Clara expresses doubt as to the source of the spiritual messages she receives, but their authenticity is accepted as a matter of fact. This is just another example of the way supernatural or magical elements are taken to be realistic in the novel.
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[Nicolás] tried in vain to imitate her… Clara tried to console him for his failures.
"You can't learn these things or inherit them," she would tell him when she saw him going cross-eyed with concentration in his strenuous efforts to move the saltshaker without touching it. (7.49)
Nicolás's inability to learn or inherit his mother's psychic gifts raises questions about gender and spirituality in the novel – women tend to be more spiritually perceptive than men. Is supernatural ability a female trait, as Esteban Trueba asserts?
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Her mother replied that there was no reason to fear the dead, only the living, because, despite their bad reputation, there was no evidence that mummies had ever attacked anyone; if anything, they were naturally timid. (8.27)
The tone here is both humorous and ominous – the idea of timid little mummies skittering around is cute, but Clara's point about fearing the living is foreboding in light of the violent events that take place towards the end of the novel.


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Thanks to all those who entered, unfortunately there can only be one winner...
Congratulations Maurizio De Cecco of Paris, France!
Thanks to Maurizio's comment on our article on Wengophone he has won a copy of Learning Perl by Randal L Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy.
Thanks to all who commented this week.
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Mom wants to see courthouse in gold for cancer awareness
August 23, 2013
Gleaming gold lights could be adorning the Washington County Courthouse this September if one determined area mother gets her wish....
I would love to see the courthouse done in gold for childhood cancer awareness. I lost a grandson to cancer and would like to see more done for childhood cancer awareness month.
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Chad Marshall, Stefan Frei complete Ice Bucket Challenge
Along with Chad Marshall, Sounders FC goalie Stefan Frei completed the Ice Bucket Challenge on Aug. 14 to raise awareness for those who suffer from ALS.
We hear KIRO Radio's John Curley is going to either don his birthday suit or a tuxedo on Friday to answer the call.
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