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Anyone knows a pretty good financial news solution?
Question by fxeconomist: Any person understands a quite very good economic news resolution?
I'm trading rapid binary touch alternatives on DAX 30, FTSE a hundred and DJIA and I am frequently taken by surprise by sudden volatility. I use forex calendars but it's nevertheless not ample. I require a desktop news application to give me the financial news in true time, and with alerts. I don't need to have a specialist resolution to give me all sorts of charts and other details, I just want live fiscal news with alerts so that I can duck when volatility is incoming.
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Answer by greenglow560
You don't need to have a desktop application. What you want is an complete personal computer display focused to both or both CNBC/Bloomberg, a streaming news ticker for Dow Jones/Reuters, and a calendar of critical economic events.
Alerts are customizable through your trading platform also
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The Dow Jones Industrial has done a good job of shrugging off bad economic news lately. Is this a good sign?
Question by cannonball: The Dow Jones Industrial has done a great task of shrugging off poor financial news lately. Is this a excellent sign?
A sign of recovery?
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It's challenging to say. It's so volatile and goes on expectation occasionally rather of reality. But, I did hear a single finance person say that historically the marketplace goes up mid-way through a recession.
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Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The Richmond County Board of Elections has decided it's setting up hearings for 33 individuals who they say registered fake addresses to vote.
Board of Elections Director Lynn Bailey says 12 of those are registered from vacant lots, while 21 are registered from business/commercial lots.
The Board of Elections will be sending out letters to notify these people of the hearings. Hearings will take place at the next board meeting on Feb. 11.
After the hearings, the board will decide whether or not to keep them on the Richmond County voter list, which is not necessarily permanent.
Click here to see News 12's previous coverage of this story.

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By Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-NFebruary 14, 2011
JOINT SECURITY STATION INDIA, Iraq -- Iraqi Security Forces led a joint patrol with U.S. troops through the city of Qara Qosh, Iraq, to assess security in the northern Iraqi town, Feb. 9.
Soldiers assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, "Ghost," 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, assisted the Iraqi soldiers from the 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, as they walked the streets of northern Iraq together.
"We have learned a lot from the Americans and the training they have provided for us has allowed us to improve our military skills and relationships with the people here," said Sgt. Maj. Rasheed Soleman, an Iraqi infantryman from Dohk, Iraq.
Soleman, along with other Iraqi and Kurdish soldiers, work and live alongside the U.S. troops at a remote patrol base in northern Iraq.
Soleman said he has served in the military the past 20 years, and believes the U.S. forces and ISF partnership is one of the reasons the public opinion of the military is so positive in Qara Qosh.
"The people love to see us out here," said Soleman. "They know we are here to ensure their safety and they appreciate us.
"We have our U.S. partners to thank for our good checkpoint and patrolling skills that allow us to ensure safety for our people," he said.
The U.S. and ISF Soldiers took time out of their dismounted patrol to speak with local citizens of the heavily populated Christian city to make sure the neighboring areas and populace remain peaceful.
"I liked the way the Iraqis understood they were in charge of this mission," said Sgt. Sean Jones, a infantryman with Company B. "They really took control and displayed they are proficient in conducting a joint patrol."
U.S. Soldiers have conducted a mounted or dismounted patrol with the Iraqis every day since assuming responsibility for the patrol base last October.
"The ISF soldiers are really enthusiastic about learning, and it makes me feel good to train them and know I had a part in their overall success," said Staff Sgt. Antonio Cabrera, an infantryman assigned to Company B.
Working with their U.S. counterparts since October of 2010, the ISF have enhanced their military skills, now planning and leading every patrol with little assistance from the Ghost troopers.


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Should we eliminate the term "breathable" from our discussion of walls and buildings?
As much as building scientists and energy nerds hate it, "breathable" is a term that does not seem to go away. While this terminology is on the decline, its still a favorite for those interested in mostly natural building techniques.
This isn't a debate between natural building versus conventional methods as there are many paths to green and healthy building. Energy geeks point to a building's monthly energy use as the biggest source of our environmental footprints while its tough to beat the sustainability aspects of a small, owner-built home of natural materials that is easily changed or remodeled in the future.
What does breathable mean to you?
The biggest problem with breathable, is that it means different things to different people. Are we talking about air movement, moisture or Indoor Air Quality? Its common for proponents to make claims that breathable materials are the answer for all these characteristics. If so, its important to be able to measure said "breathability" to evaluate, duplicate or improve such breathable components.
I think the misuse of this terminology falls into two main camps: "buildings need to breathe" and "walls need to breathe". While most people accept the broad terminology replacement of "houses need to breathe" with build tight, ventilate right there is still plenty of confusion surrounding the benefits of wall and building assemblies that can dry out or "breathe".
"Buildings need to breathe" is extinct.. almost.
Its been an uphill climb but most folks now recognize the difference between houses need to breathe and build tight, ventilate right. This school of thought and direction of the building codes revolves largely around Indoor Air Quality IAQ. Reducing Indoor Air Pollution should be a major goal for anyone involved in building and remodeling even for those that don't care much for reducing environmental impacts. Everyone can appreciate healthy indoor air.
Building tight is one of the most cost effective approaches for reducing monthly energy use and it also gives us more control over how we ventilate a home or building to provide the best possible Indoor Air Quality. Control is the main goal and key word in this strategy. Random, uncontrolled air leaks reduce comfort and durability, increase energy costs and can negatively effect indoor air quality in some fairly serious ways.
"Walls need to breathe"
Other terms used for "breathable" walls include "air open" and "dynamic". Its tougher to dismiss the term "breathable" from our discussions of wall performance but most experts will avoid its use. To me, breathing involves two different but often related forms of physics when discussing wall properties: Air movement and moisture transport. One of them is generally a good guy while the other one is generally a bad guy (or girl). So much for the de-personification of the physics relating to our structures..
Uncontrolled air movement through walls is almost always a bad thing. Infiltrating and exfiltrating air can carry large amounts of water vapor which can deposit and accumulate on cold surfaces inside the wall or building assembly. This can result in mold, reduced durability and premature structural failure. Air movement is the second biggest moisture concern after bulk water leaks like leaky plumbing and poor flashing. Uncontrolled air movement is generally more dangerous than moisture transfer through vapor diffusion.
These diagrams are from Joe Lstiburek's Builder's Guides. This is a great visual representation of why vapor diffusion is almost irrelevant compared to uncontrolled air leaks.
Moisture transport or water vapor diffusion is where things get more technical and confusing to most people. The persistence of the term "breathable" is most often associated with these characteristics when discussing walls and building assemblies. The main thing to remember is that air leaks are the main moisture concern to be aware of when talking about the "breathability" of walls.
Change your terminology from "breathable" to "vapor permeable".
This is the easiest switch in terminology for those concerned with these issues. Vapor permeability is one of the most confusing and misunderstood properties in building science. The essence is this: the more vapor permeable a material, the easier it can dry out.
Other than below grade applications where you want to block moisture movement from the ground, vapor permeability is almost always a good thing. One of the biggest differences I see between natural focused builders and more conventional ones is that natural builders generally do not want ANY vapor impermeable membranes or layers in their above grade building assemblies. This is smart as natural materials are often more prone to damage from repeated wetting events and moisture.
Most building experts are fine with one layer of impermeable (semi permeable or semi impermeable) material along with the right details. The unanimous advice is to never create a sandwich of moisture intolerant materials between two layers of impermeable membranes. The wall or assembly should be able to dry to at least one direction.
I hope that wasn't overly technical but if you enjoy the technicalities of vapor permeability and desire a better understanding along with the appropriate concerns in our climate, be sure to check out Amy's blog entry on Hybrid walls.
The main idea of getting away from the term "breathable" is to use terms that have an agreed upon meaning and are easily measured.
Air movement is measured by CFMs (Cubic feet per minute).
Vapor permeability is measured in Perms. Building Science.com Info sheet on Perms
Its easier to have debate and discussions on wall and building performance when everyone is using the same language and has a basic understanding of the specific details being discussed. Now if we could only come to an agreement on what "green" means but I wouldnt dare touch that one.
Brian Knight
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"How much do we love Pippa in yellow cabs?" raves the New York gossip columnist Rob Shuter of Pippa Middleton's dashing around this week. Whatever else Middleton has done — found an apartment? A dishy boyfriend? — the one undeniable fact of her Manhattan birthday sojourn is that "New York's most eligible bachelorette", as Shuter calls her, does Good Yellow Cab.
Even seasoned citydwellers find its sunken back seat hard to disembark from gracefully. Yet all week "P Middy", as Middleton is known in the gossip magazines, has been emerging decorously, smiling from cabs into the glare of paparazzi flashbulbs in a


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Statoil Won't Back Extractive Rule Lawsuit
By Ben DiPietro and Samuel Rubenfeld
Norwegian state-controlled oil producer Statoil distanced itself from a lawsuit seeking to block rules mandating oil and mining companies to report payments they make to governments in the course of doing business.
The suit, filed by the American Petroleum Institute and U.S. Chamber of Commerce, challenged rules approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act. A hearing date on the lawsuit hasn't been scheduled.
"We have not supported the lawsuit and we have explained our reasons to regulators and within API and will continue to do so," Bard Pedersen, a Statoil spokesman, told Corruption Currents.
The business groups say in their lawsuit, among other things, the rules violate the First Amendment free-speech rights of companies if they are forced to disclose public payments. Resources companies have been fighting the provision since before it became law.
"Statoil has not supported the lawsuit initiated by API; in fact, Statoil explicitly withheld support for the litigation," the company wrote in a Feb. 5 letter signed by Baiba A. Rubesa, vice president for corporate social responsibility, to human rights organization Global Witness.
The oil company began in 2007 to voluntarily disclose the payments it makes to governments, it said in the letter. Statoil makes the disclosures on a country-by-country basis, and said it will continue to do so regardless of the results of the lawsuit. "Statoil is a strong supporter of transparency and we have done country-by -country reporting for several years," Pedersen said.
API says there are better ways to improve reporting than the rules put forth in the law. "We've been working hard to increase transparency for a decade, and we can accomplish our goals of disclosure in a much better way without losing our global competitive edge," said Carlton Carroll, an API spokesman.
Global Witness and other activist organizations have pressured Statoil, in which the Norwegian government owns a 67% stake, to speak out publicly against the lawsuit. The company is a member of the American Petroleum Institute.
"We are encouraged to see a major oil company with global operations in such places as Angola, China and the U.S. refusing to support a lawsuit based on unsubstantiated claims," said Ian Gary, senior policy manager of Oxfam America's oil, gas and mining program, in a statement. Oxfam America is intervening in the lawsuit.
Under the rule, approved in August 2012, oil, gas and mining companies must disclose in their SEC filings payments of more than $100,000 to foreign governments for things such as licenses or royalties. The rules don't contain exemptions for reporting "confidential or competitively sensitive information" or exemptions for instances in which reporting the payments might violate foreign laws.
API, the Chamber and the two other plaintiffs contend the SEC has exceeded the scope of its authority by passing the rules. They say coming into compliance with the rule will be very costly, and the SEC failed to consider the cost of the regulation, as is required by law.
The SEC has estimated the initial cost of complying with 1504 at between $44 million and $1 billion, and the cost for continuing compliance at between $200 million and $400 million. In their lawsuit, the business groups say it will cost $14 billion to comply with the rule.
In its letter to Global Witness, Statoil said the cost of reporting "should be reasonable and not outweigh the benefits." While the company supports transparency, Pedersen said it shares concerns the rule contains "very detailed reporting requirements that may include some challenges."
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Ducks Unlimited to host youth waterfowl hunting clinic Aug. 16 and 17
BISMARCK, N.D. – Aug. 5, 2013 – Children 16 and under are invited to join Ducks Unlimited for a free youth waterfowl hunting clinic on Friday, Aug. 16, at 8:30 a.m. This is the sixth year for the event, and children who have been waterfowl hunting are encouraged to bring a friend who has not.
"We are passionate about duck hunting and we want to help instill that passion in future generations of hunters," said Matthew Shappell, DU biologist and volunteer workshop instructor. "By teaching our youth the necessary skills for duck hunting, we hope they will take those to the field and experience the thrill for themselves."
During the clinic, participants will learn the necessary skills to enjoy waterfowl hunting safely. Activities include duck identification, decoy spreads, hunting gear, introduction to hunting safety, duck calling and retriever training. The first 20 kids (ages 9-16) to register will have the opportunity to participate in shooting training at
Capital City Sporting Clays Range
(12951 71st Ave. NE, Bismarck) the following day. The shooting training will include safe gun handling tips. A parent or guardian must accompany children at the shooting range and during the clinic.
The clinic will be held at the DU office at 2525 River Road in Bismarck. Activities will run on Friday, Aug. 16, from 9-11 a.m., with sign-in beginning at 8:30. The shooting activity will have two sessions on Saturday, Aug. 17, from 8:15-10 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. Registration is required for the workshop. To sign up, contact Jennifer Kross at (701) 202-8896 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Also available to families with young hunters is the opportunity to check out a trailer full of decoys and blinds to hunt waterfowl. The trailer and this year's workshop are sponsored by DU and the
North Dakota Game and Fish Department
. North Dakota Game and Fish purchased the trailer with funds from the Encouraging Tomorrow's Hunters special grant program, and Avery Outdoors donated the equipment.
By calling DU's Bismarck office at (701) 355-3500, families with young hunters can reserve one of three equipment packages: a fully equipped trailer with goose and duck decoys for field hunting or one of two bags of floating duck decoys and marsh seats for duck hunting on a wetland.


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The 26-year-old Australian, who has led or shared top spot after every round of the $1.3 million tournament at the Palmer Coolum Resort, fired a three-under 69 for a three-day total of 13-under par.
"I'm over the moon, I couldn't be feeling any better right now," Popovic, who won the 2012 Australasian PGA qualifying school, said.
"I knew that I had it in me and I still know that I do have one more good round tomorrow (Sunday) in me.
"I've just got to keep in routine... what I've been doing has been working this week and tonight's going to be exactly the same and so it tomorrow morning in my warm-up."
Fellow Victorian Anthony Brown scorched the course with a blistering eight-under 64 to climb up the leaderboard to second place at 11-under.
Brown, who trailed the leaders by seven shots at the start of the third round, offset nine birdies with a lone bogey on Saturday.
"I knew that there was a good round in me, I didn't really have any expectations at the start of the day but whenever you shot 64 in any tournament, let alone the PGA, you take it," Brown said. "I'm very happy with how I played today."
Australian Open champion Peter Senior (68) and Matthew Griffin (70) were tied for third at 10-under, while Brendan Jones (67) was in a pack of four players a further shot adrift.
Former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy and China's Zhang Xin Jun, who held the share of the lead at the halfway stage, were among four more players on 8-under for the tournament.
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The previous 14 days, the previous seven games, the previous 343 minutes, five seconds of game action, the Warriors had played without guard Monta Ellis.
But in the second half of Sunday's 120-117 win over the playoff-bound Oklahoma City Thunder, Ellis looked as if he was never gone.
"He's a guy that is somewhat on the side of a freak of nature when it comes to a basketball player athletically," assistant coach Keith Smart said of Ellis after serving as head coach on a whim by head coach Don Nelson. "A guy can be off for (two weeks) and ... you can see he lost some weight. I thought he showed some leadership out there."
In his first game back after a bout with the flu, Ellis played a tad more than 37 minutes. He scored 15 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Warriors rally after they trailed by 20 in the first half. It was the 13th time this season the Warriors have overcome a double-digit deficit and the second time they've won after trailing by at least 20.
Ellis also blanketed Thunder star forward Kevin Durant in the second half. Durant finished with 40 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, but he was 5-for-19 with 14 points in the second half.
Ellis said he hadn't touched a ball since exiting a 111-90 loss to Dallas midway through the third quarter on March 27. At one point, he said, Ellis feared he had more than just the flu. Blood tests came back negative for any abnormalities.
"I was too weak to do anything. I never really felt that way. Usually I gut it out," Ellis said. "But that last game I played, I just couldn't do it anymore. I didn't want to go out there and hurt my team anymore."
He said he started feeling ill around the Phoenix game on March 22. He was told to rest by the doctor, but he didn't and the condition got worse. Ellis said he had a persistent headache that traditional pain relievers couldn't cure.
Ellis said he regretted missing the road trip on which Nelson tied and broke Lenny Wilkens' record for most NBA coaching victories. He said he also missed his teammates. But he said he never considered shutting it down for the season.
"(Guard) C.J. (Watson) went down and I wanted to finish the season off and help my teammates," Ellis said. "The chemistry the last month or two has been great. Everybody is having fun, and it's a great thing."
Ellis said he wasn't sure if playing was a good idea. Initially, it didn't appear to be. He scored six points and committed three turnovers in his first 13 minutes.
The Warriors gave up 42 points in the first quarter and, after a James Harden 3-pointer to start the second quarter, trailed 45-25.
But as Ellis sat and watched, the Warriors rallied with a 3-point barrage. Over the next 4:22, the Warriors shaved 11 points from the deficit. Rookie guard Stephen Curry — who finished with 25 points, seven rebounds and seven assists — knocked down two of the Warriors' three 3-pointers during that stretch, and capped the run with a three-point play on a layup. His free throw made the score 47-38.
The Warriors had the lead down to seven points by halftime, close enough for Ellis to take over. Back-to-back 3s by Ellis had the Warriors' down 78-75 and got him going. Early in the fourth quarter, his layup put the Warriors ahead 95-94, their first lead since 3-2.
Down the stretch, Ellis made several key baskets, including a 3-pointer that gave the Warriors a 111-109 advantage with two minutes left.
"We got off to a slow start," center Ronny Turiaf said. "It was just a matter of weathering the storm. I think it was a matter of getting the right guys out there and getting the right personnel."
Notes: Nelson was honored in a pregame ceremony commemorating his record-setting victory last week. Video tributes from fellow coaches Pat Riley, Larry Brown and others also played on the scoreboard throughout the game. ... By going 3-for-6 from 3-point range Sunday, Curry set the record for 3-pointers made by a rookie. He has 162 with three games left. The previous mark was 159 by Portland's Rudy Fernandez last season. "It means a lot to me," Curry said, "because at the beginning of the year, I never thought it would be a possibility. One, I wasn't putting up too many 3s. Two, I wasn't making them." Curry is also the first rookie since Carmelo Anthony in 2004 to score at least 25 points in five straight games.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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Meet Ezra Stafford
- M.F.A. Visual Art, Vermont College of Fine Art
- B.A., Union Institute and University
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Bio: Ezra Stafford is a multidisciplinary artist whose work integrates elements of sculpture, photography and drawing. His work reflects on the concept of how time creates an inseparable bond between objects and their environment through documentation and process. Ezra has been working with youth in the community for the past decade and believes that it is essential for building a love of art and a foundation for creativity. His work is exhibited regularly, locally, and he has permanent sculptural installations on the west coast.
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My husband is a very successful air conditioning contractor and he
learned his trade at vocational school.One of his biggest beefs about
employees is A. they don't know how to work and B.they're not trained
A previous poster said that no one asks the teachers (which is true)
but also how about asking the students? Many people prefer working with
their hands, repairing or building stuff.Why can't we let them choose a
for the poster who commented about roofers: I've helped reroof my house
and it's an extremely difficult and laborious job. They desever every
penny they earn and then some!


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Lem's latest: Bradley-Peterson II, Rios Alvarado II could land in March
Tim Bradley-Lamont Peterson II and the anticipated Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado rematch could be in the works for March, according to Top Rank CEO Bob Arum.
Tim Bradley-Lamont Peterson II and the anticipated Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado rematch could be in the works for March, according to Top Rank CEO Bob Arum.
Junior welterweights Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado could fight again in March.
Former RING light heavyweight and middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins will be 48 years old by the time he enters the ring for a proposed clash with IBF 175-pound titleholder Tavoris Cloud on March 9.
Fights involving multi-belt winners Floyd Mayweather, Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley are part of the plans of Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer for the year 2013.
Brandon Rios: "I just want to prove everybody wrong and to show everybody that when I make my weight, and I'm where I'm supposed to be at, there's no stopping me."
Unbeaten lightweight contender Sharif Bogere has suffered a partial tear to his Achilles tendon that has forced him out of a Nov. 24 clash with Richard Abril for the WBA 135-pound title.
Bob Arum says Brandon Rios could get a shot at the WBO junior welterweight title against Ruslan Provodnikov, and a futer showdown with Manny Pacquiao is possible if the Filipino icon wins his fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez.
Unbeaten Yuriorkis Gamboa could land on the Dec. 8 Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez IV card opposite Miguel Beltran Jr.
Unbeaten junior welterweight contender Brandon Rios believes he can do to Manny Pacquiao what he did to Mike Alvarado — score a knockout.
Micky Ward on referee Pat Russell's stoppage of Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado: "You'd rather be a punch too early than a punch too late, so I think that the referee did a good job of stopping it."
Brandon Rios on facing either Manny Pacquiao or Juan Manuel Marquez: "You see what happened to Mike Alvarado? I think I could do the same thing to them to too."
Everyone is anticipating violence in the junior welterweight clash between Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado. As far as who wins, RingTV.com sought the opinions of several boxing insiders.
Micky Ward on Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado: "It has the makings of being a fight like the ones between me and Arturo Gatti…People should tune in to watch it, because it's going to be a classic."
Tickets are going fast for the fourth bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez that is scheduled for Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Two-time welterweight titleholder Andre Berto could challenge IBF junior middleweight beltholder Cornelius Bundrage on Nov. 24, although he's been mentioned as a potential rival to WBO 147-pound titlewinner Tim Bradley on Dec. 15.
Showtime's Stephen Espinoza once said of co-existing with HBO that "there is room for two very successful, very active networks in boxing."
Golden Boy Promotions CEO plans to sign several Olympic boxers prior to their pro debuts, but questions the relationship of AIBA, amateur boxing's governing body, with professional boxing.
WBC junior featherweight titleholder Abner Mares, lightweight contender Sharif Bogere and featherweight prosepct Gary Russell Jr. could be a part of a big weekend that includes 2012 Olympian pro debuts, Oct. 13-14, on Showtime and CBS.
Unbeaten former lightweight titleholder Brandon Rios on his Oct. 13 clash with undefeated 140-pound contender Mike Alvarado: "It's going to be a very violent, very bloody fight. It's going to be a can't-miss fight."
Nonito Donaire will face junior featherweight Toshiaki Nishioka after former lightweight beltholder Brandon Rios makes his junior welterweight debut in a clash of unbeatens with Mike Alvarado on Oct. 13.


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Now that the 2013-14 NHL season is officially in the books, there are a few loose ends to wrap up here at Puck Prediction. One part of this involves a last look back at the seasons of the four Conference Finalists. In recognition of their achievement in being the last team standing this season, I'm going out of order; today, I'll be writing about the 2014 Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings.
The week or so after the Cup is awarded is typically the time when we see lots of articles describing how the winner serves as a model for building future champions. In 2009, the key to winning the Cup was depth at center; in 2011, it was size and toughness. This year, fresh off of correctly predicting the Toronto Maple Leafs' collapse, many hockey analysts are pointing to the Kings' league-best Fenwick differential and positing a strong possession game as the reason for a parade in Los Angeles. One statistic I'm seeing bandied about a lot is that, of the five teams with a regular-season Score-Adjusted Fenwick over 56% since 2007-08, four (this year's Kings, the 2007-08 Red Wings, and the 2009-10 and 2012-13 Blackhawks) won the Cup, while the fifth (the 2008-09 Red Wings) came within a game of doing so. This sounds impressive until you remember that drawing broad conclusions based on five teams and one statistic usually isn't a good idea. If we lower that SAF threshold to 55%, we're still focused on outstanding possession teams, and I can't be convinced that a 56% team is meaningfully better in possession than a 55% team. But this gives us a sample of 17 squads, and a much murkier picture. This set of 17 includes the five teams mentioned above, but it also includes the 2008-09 and 2013-14 Blackhawks (lost in the Western Conference Final), the 2012-13 Kings (WCF loss), the 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2013-14 Sharks (2nd-round, 1st-round and 1st-round losses, respectively), the 2007-08 and 2008-09 Capitals (1st-round and 2nd-round losses), the 2007-08 Rangers (2nd-round loss), the 2011-12 Penguins (1st-round loss), the 2011-12 Red Wings (1st-round loss), and the 2012-13 Devils (failed to make the playoffs). Even if we discount 55% teams eliminated by teams with better possession numbers, two of every three teams with a SAF of 55% or higher has failed to win a Cup. Lower the threshold to 54% and the picture gets even worse. The point being that it helps to be a good team if you want to win the Stanley Cup, but in any year there are plenty of excellent teams in the NHL, only one of whom (maybe) wins it all.
Rather than being a magical key explaining their postseason success, LA's superb possession game had its biggest impact in the regular season: by consistently pushing the math of goals-for and goals-against in their favor, puck control enabled the Kings to withstand some extended spells of very cold shooting, as well as the variability in goaltender play that every team experiences. Their possession game was remarkably consistent throughout the regular season: in 82 games, LA controlled less than 50% of close-score Fenwick events just 18 times. A month into the season, their Fenwick Close sat at 56.7%, and would stay there pretty much the rest of the way. And through the first part of the campaign, their results reflected this consistency. From Opening Night until Christmas, the Kings won 25 of their first 38 games, and lost consecutive regulation contests only once. They achieved much of this success despite an injury that cost starting goalie Jonathan Quick almost seven weeks between November and January. Partly, this is due to the trememdous work of Ben Scrivens (0.942 Sv% at even strength before his trade to Edmonton) and rookie Martin Jones (0.947). Indeed, as of December 21, the Kings enjoyed a 0.947 team Sv% and a 1.022 PDO, which explains a lot about how difficult they were to beat. But partly it was due to the team's tremendous effectiveness in limited chances against; LA's 25 shots and 46.6 Corsi attempts against per 60 5-on-5 minutes were tops in the Western Conference, and second league-wide only to New Jersey and their narcoleptic home scorer.
Nevertheless, from December 23 until the Olympic break, the Kings hit a rough patch that saw them win just six times in 22 contests. Their goaltending during this stretch was a very healthy 0.936 at evens, but their shooting luck utterly vanished: in these games, LA scored on just 3.3% of their 5-on-5 shots. Combined with a lackluster power play, this extended spell of cold shooting ended their chances of challenging for the Pacific Division title. Upon returning from Sochi, their luck began turning around, and with the deadline addition of Marian Gaborik, the Kings shot over 8% and won 15 times to finish out the campaign. Nevertheless, only Buffalo finished 2013-14 with a lower even-strength Sh% than LA's 6.6%, and only four teams (none of whom made the postseason) scored fewer than the Kings' 198 goals.
All of which makes their run to the Cup, and the manner in which it occurred, look even more unlikely; if anything, LA's 2014 championship should serve as a reminder of how unpredictable hockey can be in short series. Facing another strong puck-control team in round one, and without the benefit of home-ice advantage, the Kings' possession numbers didn't help them against San Jose. By Fenwick or Corsi differential, possession in the series was essentially a draw; by 2-period SF%, the Sharks controlled almost 53% of the possession (obviously, the numbers are noisy in such small samples, so none of them is necessarily "correct"). Of course, we all know the real story of that series: behind 15.3% shooting and 0.921 goaltending, San Jose leapt out to a 3-0 lead before the PDO tables abruptly turned. In the final four games of the series, LA shot 10.1% and got 0.957 play from Quick, and a historic comeback was completed. A somewhat similar story played out in the next round, where the Kings faced the Anaheim Ducks for the first time in a postseason series. As expected, LA controlled the bulk of the possession; more surprising, however, is that they got the better of the PDO battle against the NHL's highest-scoring team in 2013-14. The Kings were very fortunate to take Games 1 and 2 in Anaheim, tying the series opener late in regulation on a fluky goal from Gaborik before winning in overtime, and taking the second contest despite being outshot 37-17. Interestingly, most of LA's possession advantage in the series came from their play in Games 3-5. All of which they lost. Their possession advantage in their two elimination games against the Ducks was far more modest, but a team that was snakebitten all throughout the regular season scored on 15% of 5-on-5 shots, and got 0.938 play from Quick. With that burst of PDO, the Kings were through to the Conference Finals, and a rematch with the team that eliminated them in 2013. To call the Hawks-Kings series a classic is, if anything, an understatement, but unlike their 2013 meeting, puck luck didn't desert LA this time around. As in round one, the Kings played to a draw in puck possession over seven games with Chicago. Quick was inconsistent throughout the series, and was a big reason that a 3-1 advantage turned into a Game 7 overtime for LA. The difference, once again was shooting luck. Keeping in mind, again, that LA had the second-worst Sh% in the league this season, the Kings shot 10.4% against the Blackhawks; in a tightly-matched series, that was the difference. After three seven-game series in the West playoffs, a five-game series against the Rangers probably felt like a relief. The Cup Final offered a few more unlikely surprises, such as Quick outdueling Henrik Lundqvist. Similar to the Anaheim series, the Kings' overall possession advantage was driven to some extent by their play in the game they lost (Game 4 was a 2-1 New York win despite LA's 41-19 shot advantage). Three of the Kings' victories against the Rangers required 14 periods of hockey to sort out; in the fourth, they were outshot 32-15. Nevertheless, they played excellent hockey throughout the Final, and got goals when they needed them.
As far as the immediate future, the Kings are a cap team, which means that they'll have decisions to make this offseason. Their two highest scorers, Anze Kopitar and Jeff Carter, are under contract for a while; unfortunately, so are Dustin Brown and Mike Richards, who combined for just 68 points in fairly easy minutes, and will each make almost $6M a year for a long time. Richards, who was demoted to fourth-line duty late in the year, could be the target of a compliance buyout. Despite his reputation as a shutdown center, Jarret Stoll was unremarkable (Corsi Rel -1.2%) against weak competition, and will make $3.25M for one more year. It will be interesting to see what LA does with Gaborik, who is now an unrestricted free agent. On one hand, Gaborik was outstanding in a Kings uniform, scoring almost a point per game in the regular campaign and exploding for 14 goals in the playoffs; on the other hand, he's 32 and notoriously brittle, he's been traded off of two teams in the past two seasons, and he may not want a big cut from the $7.5M salary he made on his last contract. All-Universe defenseman Drew Doughty is signed for five more years, as is Slava Voynov; the 24-year-old Voynov is skilled offensively, though he had the worst Corsi Rel % of all Kings blueliners not named Robyn Regehr (who will make $3M in Los Angeles next season despite being the team's worst defenseman). Willie Mitchell and Matt Greene are UFAs and are unlikely to return, as the Kings' dollars are likely to be better spent on extensions for defenseman Alec Martinez and Smythe winner Justin Williams, as well as new deals for pending RFAs like Jake Muzzin, Tyler Toffoli, and Jones. But those are worries for another day. For the time being, Kings fans will doubtless enjoy the satisfying end to a very interesting season, and look forward to being one of the NHL's best again in 2014-15.
Other season wrap-up posts: Buffalo, Florida and Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg and the NY Islanders, Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, New Jersey, Washington, Carolina, Nashville, and Phoenix, Tampa Bay, Detroit, St. Louis, Dallas and Columbus, Philadelphia, Colorado, San Jose, Pittsburgh, Boston, and Minnesota and Anaheim.


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STUDIO MOVIE GRILL will host a screening of Beauty and the Beast for children with special needs on Jan. 21 at 11 a.m. at 11170 N. Central Expressway at Royal, Dallas, and all other locations. Free for children with special needs; $5 for adults. Tickets can be purchased only at the box office.
THE DALLAS Theater Center Guild will host a screening of the documentary Return to Giant, timed to Giant: The Musical. (The musical runs through Feb. 19 at the Wyly Theatre.) Director Kirby Warnock will hold a question-and-answer session after the screening on Jan. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Magnolia Theater, 3699 McKinney Ave., Suite 100, in West Village, Dallas. $15, includes barbecue dinner. Tickets, available at dtcguild.org/3/then_and_now.htm, must be purchased by Jan. 20.
THE DALLAS premiere of horror movie The Theatre Bizarre (2011, not rated, 114 mins.), featuring six stories and deemed "demented" by more than one publication including Variety, will be held Jan. 27-28 at the Inwood Theatre,
5458 W. Lovers Lane at Inwood, Dallas. $8-$10. 214-764-9106. landmarktheatres.com; w2media.com/theatrebizarre.
DIRECTOR-writer Kevin Smith and podcast partner Jason "Jay" Mewes will be featured in more than 300 movie theaters as part of Kevin Smith: Live From Behind Featuring "Jay and Silent Bob Get Old" (not rated, 3 hours). Fans can submit questions live via Twitter (use hashtag #livefrombehind) on Feb. 2 at 8:30 p.m. at AMC NorthPark Center 15 and Galaxy Theatre in Dallas. $15. For a list of other theaters in the area showing the event, go to fathomevents.com. Tickets are available via the website and at participating theater box offices.
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For Robert G. Webster, Ph.D., the question is not if the world will see another flu pandemic, but when. And he wants to make sure we're ready.
Since 1999, this world authority on influenza at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, has been conducting a large-scale study, sponsored by the NIAID, to investigate changes in key avian (bird) flu strains in Southeast Asia. By tracking emerging flu strains in aquatic birds, domestic poultry, and other species in key Asian countries, Dr. Webster is keeping a watchful eye on those strains most likely to cause a global pandemic. His hope is that information he and his colleagues collect will enable health officials better prepare for the inevitable.
Of utmost concern to Dr. Webster is H5N1, a particularly dangerous influenza strain that has proven fatal in roughly 60 percent of the human cases so far. In 2004, H5N1 has caused outbreaks in domestic poultry in eight countries: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, South Korea, Thailand, Viet Nam, and Malaysia.
More worrisome, it has infected people in Thailand and Viet Nam. "This is very alarming, because H5N1 has learned new tricks," he says.
Recently, Dr. Webster and colleagues found strong evidence that H5N1 is undergoing antigenic drift (antigenic drift illustration), indicating that it has made a long-term home for itself in Asia. In viruses isolated from live poultry markets in Hong Kong and key Chinese provinces from 2000 to 2004, the researchers found variants of the H5N1 virus that could be traced to the virus that emerged in Hong Kong in 1997. These variants led to the emergence of a dominate H5N1 strain in chickens and ducks that was responsible for the 2003–2004 outbreak.
"H5N1 is becoming endemic in Asia, meaning it will continue to be a problem to human health," he cautions.
Another concern is that H5N1 strains are becoming increasingly deadly, even to aquatic birds, the natural reservoir for influenza viruses. "Before, wild ducks and shorebirds could carry these viruses and experience no disease," he says. "What's changed is that viruses have evolved in domestic poultry and these viruses are now killing ducks."
In addition, the discovery of H5N1 in some dead migratory birds, such as herons, sparrows, and pigeons, leads Dr. Webster to ask if the same H5 viral strain that is infecting poultry and people may be infecting wild migrating birds of the world, which could significantly increase the chance for a pandemic. To help answer this question, he and his research team are working with Canadian wildlife officials to test ducks migrating south from Canada.
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by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Ulysses Old Age Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Line Number
Quote #1
Matched with an aged wife (3)
Ulysses tells us that his wife is old, and though we might reasonably expect Ulysses to be around the same age as his wife, the tone of the opening lines suggests that he at least feels younger than her. He tells us, after all, that he gains nothing from sitting around with an "aged wife"; maybe Ulysses and his wife make a bad match because of their figurative age difference.
Quote #2
You and I are old;
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil (49-50).
Ulysses has no illusions about his old age, and he knows that the elderly are respected, but that they also have things to do (make wills, spend time with grandchildren, etc.). He tries to redefine the "toil" of old age, however, as something other than the mundane tasks of a grandfather; he wants "toil" to mean something like sailing to the ends of the earth.
Quote #3
The long day wanes; the slow moon climbs; the deep
moans round with many voices (55-56)
Even though Ulysses is describing the onset of night, the description doubles as a reflection on old age; one could say that Ulysses is in the twilight of his life. He's not dead yet, and the day hasn't completely given way to night yet; that middle space between day and night seems to be of indeterminate duration. The present tense verbs ("wanes," "climbs," "moans") suggest actions that aren't fully completed yet in the same way that old age isn't death but isn't youth either.


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any recommendations?
mom of annie born 2/16 at 29w6d
I did well with the Medela Pump in Style. Got me through twins in the NICU and when they came home.
Mommy to twins Edward & Jacob (12/5/04), and Isaac (2/13/07)
another vote for the Medela Pump In Style! I used the Symphony while at the hospital and noticed absolutely no difference in the amount I was able to express. I was worried about that so I paid close attention. It has gotten me through almost 3 months of around the clock pumping at home so it definitely gets my vote!
I have the one that is a backpack style and it came in handy when I was trying to get breakfast for my toddler and absolutely HAD to pump one morning. I threw it over my shoulder, hooked up with an extension cord, and used my hands free bra and VOILA - multitasking at a whole new level!
Good luck!
- Jennifer -
M (11/07) E (30 weeker - 1/09) M (5/11)
I used the Symphony while my LO was still in the NICU, but the bought a pump in style advanced. I've used it at least 8 times a day, everyday for 2 months and it works great, I'm actually getting more milk than the 2 months a used the symphony.
This is the one I have: www.onestepahead.com/catalog/produc...
CDing, EBFing, ERFing, Co-Sleeping, AP Mom to my super-strong 29 weeker who is now 2 and my sweet Mae-flower - VBAC after preemie!
Medela Symphony for NICU use!
Any suggestions for the best pump for when our LOs come home?
I started out on the Medela Symphony and rented that for the first month. It worked well and then I was given an Ameda Purely Yours and that works just dandy too.
Mom to Sion (our precious 33 weeker born 1/30/09)
I used the symphony while my little one was in the NICU as well. I rented it for three months. You might be able to get a better price if you rent it for a few months rather then just month to month. The tubing and all other parts can be used for the pump in style if you want to rent one of those for cheaper, or buy one. I bought a used one on craigslist. It works well but if it was my first child I would have liked to buy a new one. This is my 3rd and maybe last so the used one had to do. I like the quietness of the symphony and the easy attachments on top. Good luck and just know that once your baby comes home you will probably not need the pump as much but it sure is nice to have. IT was my security just in case we had a bad day or night. I actually only pumped for 2 weeks after she got home because I wasn't sure I wanted to continue BF.
mom to Brie 4yrs, Jesse 2 yrs and Kate 14 mo
Hospital grade rental to start with. Check with your insurance to see if they will cover the expense while baby is in the NICU. Ours did. Then I have an Ameda Purely Yours. Pretty good, but got better pumps from the hospital one. A lot of times if your insurance covers you don't get a choice of which one to rent, they just cover whatever the DME company has. If you can specify, rent the Symphony! Ours only had the Medela classic and it did the job, but I heard better things about the Symphony from the LC.
As long as you're exclusively pumping, I would recommend renting a Medela Symphony or other hospital grade pump. You get much better results. I rented a Symphony for a couple of months until I got my son transitioned to the breast, and then I just used a PISA for pumping at work.
~*~ Jenn ~*~
Mom to Carter Logan, born 1/8/08 at 29 weeks, after 8 failed IUIs and one successful IVF.� Still nursing and cosleeping!
I had used Symphony at the hospital. But I got my own Medela Freestyle which I love. It is handsfree (hooked to your bra) with a rechargeable battery pack, so you didn't have to be attached to a power socket at all.
I can multitask : surf the internet, cook, eat while pumping. And I recharge it once every 2 or 3 days.
It is rather pricy, but worth it, in my opinion. The suction power is very strong too. I usually use 6 out of the max of level 9 to pump.
Love the freedom to do my own stuff while pumping.
I am loving my Medela Symphony. I also bought a medela manual for on the go. Its been great!!!!
Christiana Joelle: Feb 18 2010
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I just downgraded my Wii from 4.3U to 4.1U and I tried using the Wii Shop Channel and it wanted me to update (duh) so I tried using WiiSCU to update it, after it finished I launched the channel and it still wanted me to update any help would be nice thanks.
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Diane Hadley
Published: Friday, September 17, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 17, 2010 at 10:22 a.m.
Diane Marie Hester Hadley, 58, a native and resident of Raceland, died Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to funeral time Saturday at Bell Baptist Church in Raceland. Religious service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with burial in the church cemetery.
She is survived by her husband, Quentin Hadley of Raceland; two sons, Chris Hester and wife, Lisa, and Lindsey Hester and companion, Kim Young, all of Raceland; one brother, Norris Hester of Raceland; two sisters, Eunice Wells of Raceland and Rose Mary Reed of California; and three grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Warren Sr. and Irene Hester; one sister, Sedonia Hester; four brothers, Norman Hester, Nolan Hester, Michael Hester and Warren Hester Jr.; and her grandparents, Walter Hester and Hattie Hester.
She was a member of Bell Baptist Church.
Kennedy Funeral Home of Raceland is in charge of arrangements.
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The sixth annual Tribute to the Troops motorcycle ride and benefit concert featuring Rockie Lynne will take place Sept. 11, 12 and 13 in Minneapolis.
The event raises funds and awareness for Minnesota's fallen military heroes and their families. Rockie, whose hits include "Lipstick" and "Do We Still," is one of the founders of this event and participates as a motorcycle rider all three days. On Sunday, Sept. 13, Rockie performs a concert with special guests Jacob Martin and the group Redpath. Since its inception in 2004, Tribute to the Troops has visited more than 60 families throughout Minnesota who have lost a loved one during military service.
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No Poop For You! DNA Swabs ID Doggie Droppings
Trying to control the burgeoning dog poop problem in her three condo complexes in Florida was getting a bit much, Tiffany Acosta said.
With about 360 units and 150 dogs, Ms. Acosta estimated that if each went out twice a day, maybe 300 piles were dumped on her grounds daily. "That's a lot of poop," said the property manager for Hollywood Station Residences in Hollywood, Florida.
Most owners do the right thing and clean up after their pooch. The thing is, not all do, and the nasty piles add up fast. Addressing and correcting this was a problem in itself. But how to identify the offending parties?
She'd encouraged residents to send her photos of the culprits in action. One week she even paid local police officers $1,500 to patrol the grounds.
But neither tactic worked. Every time there was a confrontation, the potential suspect asked her for proof.
Stumped, she found the answer at a trade show for property managers: BioPet Vet Labs, a biotech company based in Knoxville, Tenn. The firm specializes in animal genomics, and offers a DNA-based pet waste management program called, appropriately, PooPrints.
For saliva and $35 a dog, BioPet created a database with the DNA profile of each pup in Ms. Acosta's residences and a correspondingly unique identifying number.
This is to protect the identities of the pets and their owners as BioPet never learns the names of either, said Eric Mayer, the company's director of business development. "We don't want to be enforcers, big brother or policemen. It's just a management tool."
He said hundreds of communities across the U.S., as well as in Singapore and Israel use PooPrints. "For property managers, we like to say [dog poop management] is really the number two problem."
Today when Ms. Acosta encounters a steaming heap on her clean sidewalks, she collects a dime-size sample and sends it to the lab. The lab charges her $49 to test the sample, and in five to 10 days, sends her the identifying number of the offending dog.
Ms. Acosta then charges the identified culprit $150 for not collecting the feces.
"I told the board it's a small price to pay to be able to successfully determine who is not picking up their poop." Announcing the new program to her residents has had a powerful prophylactic effect alone, reducing the offensive piles by about 85%, she said.


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The deal will bring classics like George Orwell's "1984" and the recent literary phenomenon "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James under one umbrella. The merged publisher Penguin Random House is set to control about a quarter of the world's consumer book market.
Still, the deal does "not raise competition concerns, in particular because the merged entity will continue to face several strong competitors," the EU Commission said in a statement.
The decision follows a similar unconditional green light by U.S. antitrust authorities in February. The Canadian Competition Bureau and other regulators are still reviewing the deal's impact.
Random House's German parent company, Bertelsmann SE, welcomed the EU's decision in a statement, calling it "another important stage" toward completing the merger.
Bertelsmann will own 53 percent of the new company, which will encompass all of both companies' publishing units in the U.S. and six other countries.
Random House and Penguin, a division of Britain's Pearson PLC media group, are two of the so-called "big six" publishers in the U.S.
The merger is widely seen as an effort to counteract the power of Amazon.com, which has worried publishers by aggressively cutting prices on e-books.
Besides the U.S.
The combined company will control 26 percent of the global consumer publishing market, leaping ahead of the 17 percent share of French publisher Lagardere, according to analyst estimates.
The two media companies had announced the merger last October and expect to finalize the deal in the second half of this year.


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Panthers Acquire D Sean Sullivan from San Jose
Thursday, 01.26.2012 / 1:00 PM ET / Transactions
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Sullivan, 27, has played in 32 games with the Worcester Sharks (AHL) this season scoring five goals with 19 assists. The Boston, MA, native has appeared in 183 games with San Antonio (2006-07 & 2007-10) registering 89 points (21-68-89) and 69 PIM.
The 6-foot, 190-pound defenseman posted career highs in goals (12), assists (37) and points (49) while playing for San Antonio during the 2009-10 campaign. He was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the ninth round (272nd overall) in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
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PosiGen fined for falsified information on employment applicationUPDATED 6:30 PM CDT May 15, 2014
When asked on the application if he's ever been convicted of a felony offense, Neyhart checked "no." But in April, the I-Team confirmed that Neyhart pleaded guilty to a felony battery offense in Nevada from a fight at the Bellagio Casino in 2001.Video Transcript
NOW TO THIS I-TEAM UPDATE: THE STATE INVESTIGATION INTO SOLAR PANEL COMPANY POSIGEN IS OVER - TODAY THE CONTRACTOR'S BOARD FINED THE COMPANY FOR NOT DISCLOSING INFORMATION ABOUT A FELON CONVICTION OF ONE OF IT'S OWNERS. THAT ACTION DIDN'T GO OVER WITH LAWMAKERS AT THE STATE CAPITOL. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER TRAVERS MACKEL HAS MORE FORM BATON ROUGE. ... THIS IS LOUISIANA CONTRACTOR BOARD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MICHAEL MCDUFF ... travers chasing mcduff ... HE REFUSED TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS ON THE PENALTY HANDED DOWN TO POSIGEN BY HIS BOARD. BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE - THE 15 PERSON BOARD HIT THE JEFFERSON PARISH BASED SOLAR PANEL COMPANY WITH A $1500 FINE FOR FALISFYING INFORMATION ON IT'S APPLICATION FOR A CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE. AS THE I-TEAM FIRST REPORTED LAST MONTH POSIGEN CEO TOM NEYHART PLEADED GUILTY TO A FELONY BATTERY CHARGE IN LAS VEGAS STEMMING FOR A 2001 FIGHT AT THE BELLAGIO CASINO IN WHICH THE VICTIM LOT AN EYE. HE DID NOT DISCLOSE THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD ON HIS APPLICATION WHEN SHED IF HE'S A CONVICTED FELON. NEYHART TOLD US WHAT HAPPENED IN APRIL. when i signed the application i didn't review it properly and there was a box that said have you ever been convicted and i did not see that we checked it no. SO THE BOARD STARTED INVESTIGATING, AND THURSDAY ... NATS OF MEETING ... ADDRESSED THE MATTER. NO ONE FROM POSIGEN ATTENDED AND THE BOARD DID NOT PUBLICALLY ADDRESS THE ALLEGATIONS - NO BOARD MEMBER ASKED WHAT NEYHART WAS CONVICTED FOR, NONE OF THEM ASKED WHEN THE CRIME HAPPENED OR WHERE OR WHAT PUNISHMENT HE PAID. ONE BOARD MEMBER ASKED IF THE CRIME CENTER ON CONTRACTING ISSUES, WHEN THAT ANSWER CAME BACK NO, THE BOARD SETTLED ON A $1500 FINE. it's troubling ... i think it sets a bad president that you can basically do something wrong, cut a deal behind closed door and no one knows what happens - it's very disconcerting. THAT'S WHY SENATOR JP MORRELL SAYS TOUGHER PENALTIES ARE NEEDED. HE'S AUTHORED LEGISLATION TO ALLOWED THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE CONTRACTOR CLAIMS. and actually have someone face penalties for not following the law. IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT A POSIGEN SPOKESPERSON that the Board recognized that PosiGen voluntarily brought the issue to the Board's attention and that we acted immediately to remedy the error." TO READ THE COMPANY'S FULL STATEMENT LOG ONTO WDSU.COM. IT WAS A SLOW MORNING AROUND THE COUNTRY AT FAST FOOD
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A financial manager is being appointed by the state to oversee financial matters at Detroit Public Schools.
State superintendent Mike Flanagan said Monday the appointment is not a state takeover of the district. The local school board and superintendent will continue to handle educational matters.
The emergency financial manager will balance the district's budget, pay its bills, manage spending and establish strong and reliable financial systems.
Flanagan says the district failed to submit a revised plan for eliminating a $400 million deficit and that all budget documents submitted by the district have been unsatisfactory.
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North Texas Great Santa Run participants make their way to the finish line Saturday December 14, 201 . The event which had a 5K run and a ! miles walk was held at the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Headquarters in Plano.
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In Russia KPMG now has offices in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Perm and Rostov-on-Don. We also have offices in 7 CIS countries. In Russia and the CIS KPMG now employs together over 4000 people.
The KPMG International Transparency Report 2015 allows clear articulation of the steps that we take to uphold our professional obligations and responsibilities and make sure our services are consistently of the very highest quality.
The survey addresses the reasons why a gap exists between the key value drivers and the company's results disclosed in business reporting.
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KPMG presents its fifth annual survey of the Russian insurance market.
Even though the current economic climate is creating uncertainty in relation to the potential economic growth of some countries, another 194 hotels with a total room stock of nearly 37,300 units are due to open in the region
KPMG experts surveyed the major Russian banks and concluded that even in today's tough conditions the customer focus actually generates additional value.
79 leading Russian and foreign companies from various industries took part in the survey.
Graduates of 2016 can go through the selection process at KPMG during the spring months and get a job offer before graduation!
KPMG has career opportunities both for graduates and students, and also for experienced professionals.
Stay connected with KPMG and with your former colleagues. To keep you informed on KPMG news we publilsh K-Community quarterly on-line digest. We are also happy to hold annual Alumni meetings and offer our Alumni a broad range of career opportunities.
Many of our clients have representative offices and production facilities in different regions of Russia. Employees interested in work with a high level of mobility have the chance to get acquainted with the regional specifics of Russian business, and to visit faraway and exotic corners of our country that they might never see were it not for KPMG. This often becomes an interesting continuation of a young professional's student days, combining travel with work with leading Russian companies.
The specifics of audit are such that as you move up the career ladder, your job duties are not reduced to simply making administrative decisions. To a certain extent, my responsibilities now encompass all the previous stages that I've gone through, working as an auditor, senior auditor and my current position as an Audit Department manager, but the range of work has become broader and more interesting. I can now say with confidence that I know all areas of my job, and can easily find my bearings no matter what the situation.
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Police say copper theft is a growing trend throughout our region and now that trend is hitting a little too close to home.
Police say someone stole copper wire from the WYMT transmitter site causining more than $2,000 in damage.
Police say whoever stole the copper had to cut through a fence to get to the site.
They say pieces of metal were found nearby, which they believe were used to pry into the site.
The transmitter is located on top of Buffalo Mountain, just a few miles from WYMT.
"This is getting more and more common around here, I know Windstream has had some stolen, CSX Railroad has had cable stolen. What people are doing is they're taking it stripping it down recycling it for money," Trooper Jennifer Sandlin said.
WYMT engineers say the theft should not affect the air signal unless the tower is struck by lightening.
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When attorney David Karp reminisces about his time in the Cub and Boy Scouts, the good memories come flooding back. He remembers taking long nature hikes, making close friends and fashioning a pinewood derby car from a block of wood, four nails and four wheels. The Scouts, he said, taught him how to work well with others, play fairly and know right from wrong -- qualities that have served him well as an adult.
After the birth of his son, Samuel, in 1990, Karp decided that he would one day introduce the boy to the joys of scouting. But Karp wanted to touch more lives than just Samuel's. Through the Western Los Angeles County Council Jewish Committee on Scouting of the Boy Scouts of America, he has found a way successfully to combine his two great loves: scouting and Judaism, both of which shape his ideas, values and conduct. In the process, Karp, a Reform Jew, has done more than perhaps anyone in Southern California to bring local Orthodox Jews into the world of scouting.
"Once I accepted that I wanted to make a place for Jews in scouting, it was only a matter of time before I decided we had to be inclusive of all Jews," said Karp, who headed the Council Jewish Committee from 2002 to 2004 and remains treasurer.
Under his direction, Karp said he and other council members helped oversee the creation of a Boy Scout troop and later a Cub Scout pack at Shaarey Zedek Congregation in Valley Village. Subsequently, Karp's efforts have helped lay the foundation for other shuls to form scouting units.
"David Karp made it possible for us to have this program," said attorney Yacov Greiff, scoutmaster of Troop 613 at Shaarey Zedek. "Aside from personal kindness and modesty, exemplary menschlichkeit and tireless efforts on behalf of the Jewish community, he deserves particular recognition for going out of his way to reach across sectarian lines."
Karp also helped make it possible for Orthodox Jews to participate in the Kinnus weekend, an annual committee-sponsored event that attracts hundreds of Jewish scouts and their families from the Southland and beyond. At the suggestion of several religious Jews, Karp and others approved the serving of strictly Kosher meals, offered Orthodox Shabbat services and set up an eruv, or boundary, which permits the carrying of supplies and other goods during the Sabbath. The result: Orthodox Jews now account for more than half of Kinnus, participants, up from zero in 2001.
"David's been instrumental in uniting the three Jewish denominations into one identity as Jewish scouts," said Jeff Feuer, cubmaster of an Orthodox pack sponsored by Beth Jacob Congregation in Beverly Hills. "In my personal opinion, it's best if we work together and understand and learn to celebrate our differences."
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Posted by ballie on August 9, 2006, 3:17 pm, in reply to "What figure would you like to see "
alpha flight double packs with build-your-own box robot
northstar ans aurora
guardian and vindicator
shaman and puck
snowbird and polar bear and snowy owl
classic deaths head ( minion variant)
speedball with bubble stream
usagent with photon shield ( judge dredd ripoff variant)
solo with tons of weapons
inhumans double packs with build-your-own lockjaw
blackbolt and medusa
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triton and crystal with luna
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Ex-Goldman Programmer Aleynikov Arraigned in New York
Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. computer programmer Sergei Aleynikov was charged under New York law with stealing internal bank code after successfully fighting similar federal accusations.
Aleynikov, 42, was arraigned today in Manhattan criminal court on state charges of unlawful use of scientific material and duplication of computer-related material, both felonies, according to a statement from the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. He was released on $35,000 bail immediately after court.
"This code is so highly confidential that it is known in the industry as the firm's 'secret sauce,'" Vance said. "Employees who exploit their access to sensitive information should expect to face criminal prosecution in New York State in appropriate cases."
Aleynikov was freed earlier this year after his conviction in Manhattan federal court for stealing the bank's high-speed trading code was reversed by a U.S. Court of Appeals in New York. He had been convicted in December 2010.
Federal prosecutors claimed that, on his last day of work at New York-based Goldman Sachs in June 2009, Aleynikov uploaded hundreds of thousands of lines of source code from the firm's high-frequency trading system.
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The federal government alleged that he circumvented Goldman Sachs's security, sent the code to a server in Germany, compressed and encrypted it, and took it with him to a meeting with new employers in Chicago.
U.S. prosecutors said Aleynikov made about $400,000 a year developing computer code for Goldman Sachs from 2007 to 2009. They said he wanted the code as a "cheat sheet" to start a system at his new job with Teza Technologies LLC, a trading firm in Chicago that had offered him $1.2 million including salary, bonus and profit sharing. Teza suspended Aleynikov after his arrest and subsequently fired him.
The state allegations are similar to the federal accusations and are based on the "same basic set of facts," said his attorney, Kevin Marino, of the firm of Marino Tortorella PC in Chatham, New Jersey.
"Mr. Aleynikov spent a year in prison for a federal crime he did not commit," Marino said in an interview before the arraignment. "It's hard to imagine the authorities would find it appropriate to pursue state charges arising from the same set of facts. But apparently that is what they've decided to do. We look forward to defending him."
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Aleynikov, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Russia who now lives in West Orange, New Jersey, was serving an eight-year prison sentence at the time his conviction was overturned.
A smiling, handcuffed Aleynikov appeared in court today wearing a striped T-shirt, plaid shorts and sneakers. He declined to comment to reporters after pleading not guilty to the new charges before Judge Robert Mandelbaum.
Unlawful use of scientific material and duplication of computer-related materials are both class E felonies, which carry a maximum sentence of four years in prison, according to the New York state penal code.
Prosecutors asked the judge to impose $100,000 bail, arguing that they secured an arrest warrant because they had learned he was taking steps to recover his U.S. and Russian passports that had been seized.
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Marino asked Mandelbaum to release Aleynikov without bail, saying his client intends to appear in court to defend himself against the new charges.
Aleynikov hasn't been "gainfully employed" since he left Goldman Sachs and ran out of money to defend himself before trial, Marino, who said he's representing Aleynikov "voluntarily," told the judge. Aleynikov's marriage "disintegrated" after his arrest and he sees his children every other week, Marino said.
"It's clearly a vindictive prosecution and we cannot wait for the opportunity to first defend these charges and then finally go on the offensive," Marino said after the arraignment. "Right now if you're Sergei Aleynikov you're wondering, 'Why would I ever leave Russia to come to the United States?'"
Aleynikov is scheduled to return to court on Aug. 15, when he will learn whether a grand jury has decided to indict him on the new charges.
The federal case is U.S. v. Aleynikov, 11-1126, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Manhattan).


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Cigna (NYSE:CI) beat both revenues and guidance by a wide margin.
- CI reported 4Q10 adjusted EPS of $1.11 Headline adjusted EPS of $1.15 included a roughly $0.04 EPS gain from the sale of a workers' comp & case management business. Depending on which figure you use, you have a .09-.14 beat.
- Health segment earnings of $207 million were roughly 4% above Street estimates of about $200 million.
- Medical claims payable net of reinsurance were down about $52 million sequentially to $1 billion, with the decline resulting from the $42 million in after-tax favorable reserve development. Importantly, medical claims payable are up about 40% from a year ago with premium growth of 21.2%. Operating cash flow of $1.7 billion for the year reflected a 1.3x multiple to net income and CI ended the year with $810 million in cash at the parent, up 71% from year-end '09 levels.
- Revenue grew 17 percent to $5.43 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet forecast, on average, $5.38 billion in revenue.
Guidance - 2011 EPS range of $4.30-4.70 was below street expectations of 4.73. This is just a case of management being extremely conservative. (See also earnings call transcript.) This company is pulling an "Apple" (NASDAQ:AAPL) with guidance that does not likely reflect true earnings potential. My healthcare analyst friend with a top Wall Street firm (I cannot name names for confidentiality reasons) is maintaining his target of 4.83 for 2011 and recommending that clients ADD to positions here, not sell in a crazed frenzy because of conservative guidance. Cigna had a great quarter, I'd expect this to continue. I urge you not to be dissuaded as a result of this guidance.
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Fergana, oblast (province) eastern Uzbekistan, in the southwestern Fergana valley. The climate is continental with hot summers and moderately cold winters. The south is irrigated by streams descending from the Alay Mountains and by the Great (Bolshoy) Fergana and Southern (Yuzhny) Fergana canals. In the north the terrain is a combination of desert, semidesert, and marsh. Cotton cultivation and sericulture (raw silk production), with their attendant cottonseed-oil and textile industries, are important in the economy. There are cement and lime works at Quwasoy, oil fields at Chimyon, and sulfur and ozocerite mines at Shŭrsuw. Industry is concentrated in Fergana city, the capital, in Kokand (Quqŏn), and in the silk centre of Marghilon. The population was about one-third urban in the late 20th century. More than 90 percent of the inhabitants are Uzbek. Area 2,600 square miles (6,800 square km). Pop. (2007 est.) 2,788,476.
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Burne wins women's 1,000, meets ECAC standard at Saturday Night Shootout
Jan. 19, 2014
NEW YORK - In her first meet of the season, senior Olivia Burne of the Stony Brook women's track and field team posted an ECAC qualifying time of 2:51.50 and took first in the 1,000 at the Saturday Night Shootout hosted by NYU at Armory Track. Sophomore Bradley Amazan and junior Chris Hand highlighted the men's team's night. Amazan secured fourth in the 800 in 1:54.15, and Hand won the men's weight throw with a 16.64-meter heave.
Amazan's qualified him for the IC4As.
Burne teamed up junior Kate Pouder, freshman Elizabeth Caldwell and senior Robin Lynn to win the women's 4x800 relay in 9:25.64.
Pouder and Lynn joined Burne in the top 10 in the women's 1,000, with Pouder placing third in 3:01.06 and Lynn coming in 10th in 3:07.78. Caldwell was third in the women's mile in 5:09.17, while freshman Christine Eisenberg logged a time of 5:22.92 and placed seventh. Sophomore Tara Peck clocked in at 10:23.76 and was fourth in the women's 3,000, and freshman Megan Cooney finished sixth in 10:43.75.
Sophomore Sara Conway was eighth in the high jump in 1.55.
Senior Matt Zampariello ran the men's 3,000 in 8:55.50 and placed seventh. Seniors Sam Kimmey and James Snak took seventh and eighth, respectively, in the men's 1,000 in 2:35.76 and 2:35.79.
Snak and Kimmey joined sophomores Alex Lopresti and Tyler Keys on the men's 4x800-meter relay team that placed third in the event in 8:00.08.
The men's 4x400-meter relay team consisting of senior Robert Taylor, junior Adam Davies and sophomores Vincenzo Battaglia and Amazan finished eighth in 3:32.62. Davies, junior Frank Gravano, freshman Seth Williams and freshman Ryan Clarke placed sixth in the 1,600 sprint medley relay in 3:53.32.
In the men's field events, Williams finished seventh in the men's high jump with a 1.94-meter jump, and senior Anthony Fratto was sixth in the weight throw on a throw of 14.62 meters.
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Remaking a John Woo Classic
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How do you go about remaking the most iconic film to emerge from Asia in the past 25 years?
That's the challenge facing Korean-American director John H. Lee, who is preparing to shoot a 3-D English-language version of John Woo's ultraviolent 1989 Hong Kong movie, "The Killer" which starred Chow Yun-fat as a hitman with a conscience. The update will star South Korean actor Jung Woo-sung and is scheduled for release next year.
"When I was offered the film, I had to ask myself: Would I do a good enough job?" Mr. Lee says. "As a film director, I think I am very good with certain things. But it's not about predicting the outcome. It's the process of how you tell the story and how you'd go about it in making the film."
Mr. Lee's previous films include 2004's "A Moment to Remember" and last year's "71: Into the Fire."
Mr. Woo, who is one of the producers of the remake, says of Mr. Lee: "I like the way he expresses a feeling or emotion through powerful visual language" and that his vision is "faithful to the spirit of the original movie."
Mr. Lee spoke to The Wall Street Journal.
Many critics regard the original as one of Hong Kong's best films. What is your vision for the remake?
It's one of my favorite films of all time. Some fans, including myself, are asking: "As great as it is, why do a remake?" It's a retelling of this classic. I am not setting out to do a shot-by-shot remake of "The Killer." Fans of the original might be worried because I'm not John Woo. As the biggest fan of "The Killer," I am not less worried than anyone else. But it's not a question of whether you can top it or not. It will have a different DNA. I will do a film the way I see it — in the world that I see.
What will that world look like?
The thing that's the most important to me is the balance between style and substance — you can't make an action movie with just style. "The Killer" is an extraordinary existential story that talks about the duality of human soul — yin and yang. I relate to the characters' heartbeats and heartaches. I dare to say I have a vision for this film, with contemporary sensibilities, a philosophical marriage of the east and the west.
What appeals to you about the story?
It's an ultraviolent film, but it's not about killing — it's not about death. It's about living. In the end, I want the characters to realize how precious life is.
Please describe the decision to make the film in 3-D.
"The Killer" at its essence is a film noir — 3-D is another element that may well enhance the experience of this genre. But then, it's the story that matters. The process of telling a story on film over the past 100 years has evolved with technology. This is the next step of the visual experience.
How is your working relationship with John Woo?
I always get inspired whenever I meet or talk with him. It's like talking to a maestro. Once I asked him: "What kind of film would you like me to make?" He told me without hesitation: "It's your film. Do whatever you want." You learn more than a craft from a maestro. Humility is one of the many aspects of him that strike me the most. It's truly humbling to get to know him as a man.
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