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Amid the euphoria as stocks approach all-time record highs, new investors have started flooding back into the financial markets. Yet inevitably, many of those investors are making mistakes with their investments that could cost them substantial portions of their overall returns in the years to come. You need to make sure you aren't making the same mistakes.
One of the biggest false assumptions that less-experienced investors make is that whatever current trend exists will continue forever. Although some trends end up lasting a lot longer than skeptics would ever think possible, you nevertheless need to position yourself to understand the risks involved and have a viable exit strategy for how to handle the next trend change.
Let's focus on two areas where investors are relying too much on the past to guide their decisions and look at more viable and prudent ways of managing your portfolio.
1. Thinking that stocks will keep behaving the way they have since 2009.
Performance-chasing has always been a problem for investors of all skill levels, and you can see the same tendency to buy into high-performing asset classes in today's market behavior. Consider: Over the past four years, broad market benchmarks have more than doubled, yet it's only now that investors are getting back into stocks.
On one hand, that's a natural impulse. After all, those who liked stocks in 2007 when they were last at record highs saw the market's 2008 meltdown as a symptom of a broken financial system. Many of them were waiting for evidence that the system would fix itself before getting back into stocks, and watching the stock market reach toward new highs certainly seems like a sign of renewed health.
The problem with that theory is that in many cases, share prices reflect not only the past recovery but also huge expectations for the future. For instance, the multiples that Hovnanian (NYSE: HOV ) , Beazer Homes (NYSE: BZH ) , and a wide variety of other homebuilders' stocks now fetch are in part justified by the big increases in order and sales activity that the companies have seen. But they also carry positive expectations for continued growth forward, and anything that holds that future growth back could force those stocks back downward rapidly. To some extent, that situation is the same for the overall stock market.
2. Thinking that stocks will keep behaving the way they have since 2000.
At the same time, many investors have given up on stocks entirely. They argue that two major bear markets following the big boom of the 1990s has led to volatile markets that produce flat to lower returns for many stocks. With the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC ) still 40% below its all-time highs, these investors point to developments like high-frequency trading as rigging the odds against them and making it impossible for individuals to compete with Wall Street professionals.
It's true that markets will rise and fall. But assuming that overall returns will be flat forever is just as big a mistake as thinking that markets will soar without pause forever. In the past, long periods of relatively flat performance like the 1970s have given way to boom periods like the 1980s and 1990s. Volatility will never go away, but smart investors understand that volatility is what produces huge return opportunities for those willing to take risks at the scariest times.
Moreover, it's all too easy to neglect the impact of dividends in stock markets that appear to be flat or down. For instance, ignoring dividends, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) has seen its stock price fall almost 15% in the past five years, as slowing PC demand and some vulnerability in its core operating system and office software spaces has emerged. Yet when you consider the impact of dividends, the stock has managed to eke out a modest positive total return over that time frame. Similarly, Merck's (NYSE: MRK ) share price is down by a quarter over the past decade, as the company has seen many drugs recently fall off the patent cliff. Yet the stock has produced a 20% total return over that period thanks to high dividend yields.
What to do
History is useful in analyzing stocks and considering strategy. But if you rely too much on history, you'll make the huge mistake of assuming that history always repeats itself. By looking at history as a rough outline of possible outcomes rather than as a timeline that will inevitably play out again, you'll be best able to adapt to the new conditions that investors will face in the future.
Dividend stocks can help you get through tough times. For Merck, dividends have helped it overcome its patent-cliff headwinds and bring investors solid income. Find out whether Merck will weather its storm and head to new highs by reading our premium research report on the stock today. Inside, senior biotech analyst Brian Orelli, Ph.D., walks you through both the opportunities and threats facing Merck, and the report comes with a full 12 months of updates. Claim your copy now by clicking here.
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LISBON - A grievance has been filed against the sheriff by one of his deputies for writing traffic tickets.
The grievance filed last week alleges Columbiana County Sheriff Ray Stone was running radar, making traffic stops, and issuing citations and warnings on at least four occasions during the past month, all in violation of the union contract.
"We consider this bargaining unit work," wrote Deputy Wes Smith, who filed the grievance.
Stone admits writing traffic tickets but intends to deny the grievance because he sees it as an illegal infringement on his ability to function as sheriff, noting state law gives him broad powers, including the power to arrest.
"I'm not giving up any of my powers of arrest. That's what I'm elected to do," he said.
Stone had taken it upon himself to patrol Salineville during the period the village was without a police chief and officers, and sometimes this includes watching for speeders outside of town at the Southern Local school complex on state Route 39.
"I've been running radar in the school zone for the past of couple of weeks," he said.
According to the grievance, Stone did this on April 3 and possibly on March 12, 14 and 15 as well. The grievance alleges this was done in violation of a union contract provision requiring such work be done by deputies since they are bargaining unit members, and for the sheriff to perform these duties takes work away from them.
"I'm apparently the only sheriff in 88 counties who can't transport prisoners, and now they're trying to make me the only sheriff who can't make an arrest," he said. "I don't think they want me to leave the office."
Stone was referring to a grievance filed against his predecessor, former Sheriff David Smith, over his use of a private company to return arrestees to the county who were captured in other states. An arbitrator ruled this violated the contract, which requires such work be done by deputies. The arbitrator said his ruling also applied to the sheriff, who is not allowed to transport prisoners even if he was the one who made the arrest.
This particular provision was included in the original contract negotiated when the sheriff's office employees first voted to unionize in the 1980s, and it has been a sore spot with every sheriff since. Other grievances have been filed under this provision after the sheriff transported someone he had just arrested and for taking complaints directly from citizens and then typing up reports.
The grievance was filed as a group complaint, which means other deputies who signed on to the grievance will be entitled to compensation should the arbitrator rule in their favor.
Chief Deputy Allen Haueter was disappointed to see the first two deputies to sign up were two sergeants, both union members who also serve as shift supervisors.
"It's nice to see our middle managers standing up for us. They're supposed be our supervisors ... and they're the first ones to sign up," he said, adding that none of the other supervisors who are members of the union signed up for compensation.


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Anna never knew werewolves existed until the night she survived a violent attack…and became one herself. After three years at the bottom of the pack, she'd learned to keep her head down and never, ever trust dominant males. But Anna is that rarest kind of werewolf: an Omega. And one of the most powerful werewolves in the country will recognize her value as a pack member—and as his mate.
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The genesis of the Alpha and Omega series came in one of those serendipitous moments every writer loves and hates. I was halfway through Moon Called and trying to populate the city of Aspen Creek without adding too many more characters… when Charles walked on. Suddenly, I knew so much about him — all this background that didn't fit into the story.
Any experienced writer knows that the only thing to do with such a character, is to save him for another story. So I trimmed his bit to the barest minimum and put him aside for another time. When my editor asked me to write a story for an anthology, I knew I'd have to use Charles. When I told Anne, she said something like "Who's Charles?" Then she read the story and asked me to turn it into a series.
When I agreed, I had no idea that Cry Wolf would be the second most difficult book I've ever tackled. Steal the Dragon, which was the hardest, suffered mostly from the lack of skill (it was my second book). Cry Wolf, my twelfth published novel, was just tough.
From the start, I knew I had my work cut out for me. First of all, if I'd known I was going to use the short story "Alpha and Omega" as the beginning of a new series — I'd have ended it differently. I'd have left Anna and Charles on a more solid footing so I could just skip to a few months later instead of having to pick them up again in Chicago, directly after the events of "Alpha and Omega". I would have made Charles less powerful — high-powered characters are really tough to tell stories about, just ask the writers who work with Superman.
Oddly enough, some of the things I thought would be hard — like wandering around the forest looking for the bad guy — were just fun. The Cabinet Wilderness is wild, high and beautiful, a forbidding, remote wonderland well worth spending a few days in (though I recommend you explore it in the summer unless you're a werewolf). My husband grew up in that area and ran wild through it as a young man and we also tapped a forest ranger who'd spent most of his career taking care of it.
No, it was something that usually never bothers me that made this book so hard: Anna.
I never have problems with my characters, especially not my major characters. Throughout this book, Charles — who for some reason I really connect to — was easy, as were the various wolves who populate the Marrok's pack. It was Anna — who had been very well behaved during the short story — who gave me fits. She just wouldn't talk to me until after I'd already spent days writing a scene, and I'd have to scrap it and try again. It wasn't until the very last rewrite that Anna settled down and spoke to me.
And all those revisions? All those revisions made the story deeper, better.
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LISBON - Education, jobs, responsible spending, and breaking down party lines are on the minds of the two men running for state representative.
Craig Newbold, the Republican incumbent from Columbiana, faces off against Democrat Nick Barborak, of Lisbon on Nov. 6. Barborak is currently the county treasurer, a position he has held since 2007. It is his first time running for the state seat.
Newbold currently represents the 1st District and is seeking a second term. He is vice chair of the commerce, labor and technology committee, and member of the education, finance and appropriations committees and higher education subcommittee.
Over the last 44 years he has worked in management for several companies and created his own, including BEST Consulting, which he founded in Seattle, Wash. in 1990. He currently serves as founder of NewLife Academy of Information Technology, Newbold Technologies and American Spirit Initiative, all of which are located in his hometown of East Liverpool and geared toward helping people in economically distressed areas through information technology.
He is a Beaver Local High School graduate and graduate of the University of Cincinnati Executive Program. He also holds a degree in business administration from Aquinas College in Michigan.
Prior to being elected as treasurer, Barborak spent several years studying and practicing law and is a founding partner of the Barborak Law Offices in Lisbon. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Akron School of Law and has served on the Akron Law Review. After earning the doctorate he accepted a position as a law clerk to the 7th District Court of Appeals and later served as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Columbiana County. He is a 1993 graduate of Lisbon David Anderson High School and also holds a degree in political science from Kent State University.
Barborak said that if elected, he wants to focus on communities and making sure youths receive a good education, and that starts by talking "across the lines."
"It starts with discourse and dialogue. It's difficult to get things done with partisanship," he said.
He said the budget cuts enacted to offset the projected state deficit only hurt Ohio's communities, counties and schools and that instead, money could have been saved by eliminating tax breaks for special interests.
He added he doesn't believe the state legislature looked at what the cuts would do in the long run. He mentioned the Columbiana School District, which has not put a levy before voters since 2002 but this year requested a bond issue to pay for the refurbishment of the middle school. The issue was defeated by voters in May.
"All these cuts did was force schools and communities to ask voters to approve levies to make up for lost monies ... I think property owners feel like they are tapped out," he said.
He also said House Bill 136, which Newbold co-sponsored, would only allow for more money to go to charter schools. The legislation, currently stalled in the legislature, would expand the voucher program to allow parents earning up to $95,000 to send their children to a private school using vouchers and regardless of whether the current school was failing academically.
"It's really hurting our public school system, and it needs to be addressed," he said.
Newbold believes the education system is outdated and needs to be "rebuilt."
"We are falling behind nationally in math and sciences It penalizes our kids when they enter the job market," he said.
Improving the system would happen through the incorporation of blended learning concepts and less state control, Newbold said. Blended learning is a combination of brick and mortar learning and online schooling.
Less state control would allow school districts to meet their own needs and experiment with curriculum, he added.
"Each school's needs are different. One size doesn't fit all," he said, adding that less control wouldn't necessarily mean less state funding.
As for how the budget cuts affected school districts, he said the state legislature made the "best choices they could" by the deadline. He also said that while balancing the budget did "cause pain" it positioned the state to be more economically competitive.
He believes a "tremendous amount of money" could be saved through the consolidation of schools and their administration. He voted for Senate Bill 5, the legislation to limit collective bargaining among government employees, because he would like to see teachers who aren't doing their job properly paid accordingly and better teachers rewarded.
Although he didn't agree with everything SB5 contained or how it was presented, he said he approved because it was a means of balancing the budget.
"The public employees ended up looking like they were picked on. I don't think that was intentional," he said.
The legislation was later repealed by referendum vote.
Barborak said the bill was "completely lopsided."
"It leaves all the cards in the hands of the employer, and that is not bargaining. You need to give everybody a seat at the table," he said.
The candidates also differ on the matter of consumer sales practices and prison sentencing.
Barborak said the bills co-sponsored by Newbold are a "mistake" and allow for punishment for misbehavior to be "taken off the table."
He said the bill geared toward easing up the prison population "literally sends heroin pushers back out on the streets."
The bill allows for low-level offenders to be placed in halfway houses or community-based correction facilities in lieu of prison.
"I wouldn't have voted for it. I would not have allowed for a presumption of probation," Barborak said.
He added that while he understands why Newbold voted the way he did with regards to abortion (the Republican is pro-life), he believes it should "never be used as a form of birth control," but should be an option for life-or-death or rape cases.
"We need to streamline adoption and reduce the risk of unwanted pregnancy," he said.
Both candidates agree the oil and gas industry will be profitable for the county.
Barborak would like to see a minimum royalty law in the state and believes it would keep landowners, such as those who own property in the Brinker Storage Field, from being "bamboozled" out of a profitable lease agreement.
He said the minimum royalty should be tied to drilling permits, however.
With regards to surface drilling in state parks, he wants local people to have a say.
"I think Rep. Newbold has said he opposed surface drilling, but the bill he voted for allowed it," he said.
Newbold has attended meetings in the county to hear residents and local officials' concerns about drilling in Beaver Creek State Park. Whether drilling will actually take place there, through horizontal means or on the surface, has not been decided at this point.
Newbold believes the oil and gas activity will be a great source of revenue for the county - if the proper plan is in place. He said residents need to take advantage of the potential jobs created by the shale gas boom, and local vocational schools already offer welding programs, but they are "maxed out."
"I think we should be preparing ourselves for those things," he said.
He is against sharing the wealth across the state, as Gov. John Kasich has proposed.
"When they first introduced it at caucus I was very vocal that other counties weren't sharing their wealth. It should be reinvested back into our county," he said.
Some wealth, not necessarily related to the oil and gas industry, was kept in the county through the passage of the estate tax, he noted.
"Right after we passed that bill I had a few wealthy citizens call me and say 'Thank-you.'" The bill made a way for the citizens to remain in the county instead of moving out of state to retire, he said.
Barborak said keeping and attracting profitable business locally could be done through tax credits targeted toward those willing to create jobs, but only on the stipulation that if no job creation occurs, the credits be given back.
"The No. 1 issue is jobs and loss of jobs," he said. "(We fix that) by having good roads, schools and access to high-speed Internet."
According to Newbold, the state is making strides in job creation under Republican leadership and is currently listed as the No. 1 job creation state in the Midwest.
He also believes the state would benefit from less government control.
"The whole government-public pyramid has gotten flipped upside down. I think we as a people need to stand up and take control of the government at all levels," he said.
He added that shrinking the size of government would save money through less money being spent on overhead.
"That would free up money we could use elsewhere. Paying state overhead doesn't give you anything," he said.
Both candidates said that if elected they would work toward eliminating partisanship.
"I've never believed that good ideas come from party labels," Barborak said.


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Prius v, a larger variant of the popular Prius, back
in January. The Prius v is the latest effort by Toyota to expand its hybrid
reach and make the Prius nameplate its best selling model in the United States
(that honor currently goes to the Camry).
Ed Larocque, Toyota's Marketing Manager of Advanced
Technology, has confirmed
that the 5-seat hatchback will go on sale in October of this year. The
Prius v was supposed to go on sale this summer, but the earthquake
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Toyota hopes that it will find 30,000 buyers a year in the
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sold 140,928 Prii in 2010 alone.
The larger body of the Prius v allows it to have more cargo
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Japan which is made possible because the Japanese market vehicle uses a
smaller, lighter lithium-ion battery pack which is located between the front
seats. In an effort to keep costs in check for the U.S. market, Toyota decided
to use an older style nickel-metal hydride battery pack which is located in the
cargo area, robbing space for the third-row seat.
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that 60 mph comes up in a leisurely 11.5 seconds. The added weight and inferior
aerodynamic design mean that the Prius v can "only" muster 40 mpg
combined compared to 50 mpg combined for the Prius.
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quote: I just don't buy the belief that liberals are inherently wrong and that conservatives are inherently right.
quote: It is this sort of foolishness (from both sides) that is tearing this country apart.
quote: You are, in fact, a waste of space. Meaning that literally the world would be better off if the space you occupied were simply empty space. Take your moronic non-ideas and non-arguments and shove them some place else.
quote: Go crawl back under your rock. You're getting your stupid all over the internet.
quote: You're apparently retarded.
quote: You are dealing with one of the most irrational, out of touch anti-fanboys I've seen on any message board. Deal with him like you'd deal with an angry 4 year old, have a laugh, and move on.
quote: And not ONCE in this entire thread have one of you admitted the hypocrisy of slamming Fox when other networks do the same thing, if not worst.
quote: Absolutely, no documentary can be true because of Michael Moore's plentiful a$$.
quote: I'm sorry, but people that live life by absolutes are the true morons.
quote: I'm sorry, but people that live life by absolutes are extremists .
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on February 27, 2013 - 10:15 PM
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More than 550 people have signaled their intent to join a state court lawsuit alleging that toxic contamination from the Love Canal landfill has created a "public health catastrophe" for neighbors of the site in Niagara Falls.
"We've filed in excess of 550 notices of claim, and I believe the number is closer to 600," plaintiffs' attorney William H. Mack told The Buffalo News on Wednesday. "This is a mechanism for notifying municipal defendants that these individuals are contemplating filing complaints alleging that they have suffered damages as a result of exposure to Love Canal contamination."
Filing a notice of claim is a legal procedure required to file a lawsuit against a government agency in New York State's courts.
Mack said he anticipates that many of those 550 people will join a lawsuit filed lasy year that seeks $113 million in damages, year, alleging that toxic chemicals have leaked away from the 21,800-ton toxic landfill that is maintained – under government supervision – by a subsidiary of Occidental Chemical Corp.
Some of the 550 are current residents of the area that has been declared safe, while others have moved out.
An updated complaint filed by the plaintiffs Friday refers to the alleged new problems at Love Canal as a "public health catastrophe."
Government agencies deny that there is any health emergency.
Among the injuries that one or more plaintiffs suffer are birth defects, chromosomal abnormalities, bone marrow abnormalities, cardiac conditions, pulmonary symptoms, unexplained fevers, skin conditions, behavioral problems, learning disabilities and loss of teeth, according to the complaint.
Many of the plaintiffs' homes are "virtually unsalable" because of widespread contamination problems in the neighborhood, according to the latest court documents.
Some residents who live near the landfill have criticized the lawsuit as nothing more than a money grab orchestrated by attorneys seeking to cash in on events that occurred at Love Canal decades ago.
But supporters of the legal action, including Stephen U. Lester, science director of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, say that it was a huge mistake for government officials to allow resettlement of the neighborhood that was declared an environmental disaster area in the late 1970s, leading to the evacuation of hundreds of families.
The lawsuit, originally filed by three families who lived near the landfill, alleges that some people have been made seriously ill by exposure to chemical wastes that are supposed to be securely stored at the landfill.
Those allegations have been vehemently denied by officials of Glenn Springs Holdings, the Occidental Chemical subsidiary; in addition to the City of Niagara Falls, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Those government agencies insist that the neighborhood is safe – for hundreds of families who live nearby, for senior citizens who attend activities at a city-run senior citizens center directly adjacent to the landfill, and for children who use a playground next to a landfill and a nearby baseball/softball facility.
The early 2011 finding of toxic chemicals in a sanitary sewer line on Colvin Boulevard, just outside the landfill property, should not be viewed as an indication that chemicals are leaking away from the landfill, those government agencies contend.
The agencies do not see any specific environmental concerns "from the recent sewer repair work, from ongoing public water line repair work, or from the ongoing containment operations being conducted at the Love Canal site," said a federal attorney in a letter sent this month to U.S. District Judge John T. Curtin, who inquired about the status of Love Canal.
Curtin, who spent nearly 20 years overseeing a federal Love Canal lawsuit that ended in 1998, said he sent a letter to state and federal officials because he was alarmed by articles in The News on the new litigation in state court.
"Proper operation of the Love Canal containment and treatment system is an issue that DEC takes very seriously and monitors closely," said Emily DeSantis, a state DEC spokeswoman. "The protective systems in place are operating properly and monitoring data does not indicate any system failures or leaks."
The DEC said Wednesday that it has not changed its position, despite the news that 550 more people may join the lawsuit. Eric P. Moses, a spokesman for Occidental and Glenn Springs Holdings, had no immediate comment late Wednesday. He stated last month that the companies' top priority is making sure the landfill is operated in a manner to protect the public safety.
According to Mack, research and chemical testing done by the plaintiffs' legal team indicates that there are problems with toxic contamination in the neighborhood.
He declined to make public the notices of claim but said that most of the complaints made by potential new plaintiffs are similar to those made by the three families who filed the lawsuit last year.
The families who filed suit last year alleged that their residential properties are contaminated with toxic chemicals and said that they have suffered from respiratory ailments, skin rashes, severe headaches and other illnesses. One of the families said their baby boy was born last year with clubbed feet and other birth defects.
"We're still analyzing the new claims. We're not giving details of them at this time. We do anticipate filing additional complaints, and most of the complaints are similar to those we filed last year," Mack said. "No two stories are the same."
Mack added that the legal team still has experts conducting environmental testing in the neighborhood. He said details of what is found will come out later in the litigation.
"We do not solicit these cases," Mack said. "These folks come to us because they need help. Some of them are very emotional."
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on November 12, 2012 - 11:52 PM
, updated November 14, 2012 at 6:35 AM
It was late in the fourth quarter of last Friday night's Class A Far West Regional, and things did not look good for the Sweet Home football team. In my live blog, the situation was simply:
10:15 p.m. Eastridge 21, Sweet Home 14. 2:16 left. Sweet Home takes over on its 13.
What happened next will be remembered for a long time: by Western New York football fans, by the Sweet Home team, coaches and students, by the Torrillo family.
Take a step back and you could say that the drive started a long time ago, one that covered much more territory than 87 yards. It may have started when now-senior quarterback Michael Torrillo was in middle school. As soon as his own season was finished, he would hang around varsity practice, where father Michael Sr. has been an assistant coach for about the last decade.
The younger Torrillo would be a ballboy during games, including one muddy home victory that sticks out to him to this day. He ran balls in and out to quarterback Casey Kacz, who would help lead the 2008 Panthers to the team's first state championship.
"They were in the 'Big Bird' [the nickname for the Panthers' double-wing formation] the whole time, and there were a lot of fumbles," said Torrillo, whose duties had him drying the ball off and running it into Kacz. "At the end of the game, Casey goes, 'You were the MVP,' that he couldn't have done it without me, that it would have been a lot worse.
"That was my first real experience — it made me feel like part of the team. And back in middle school, that was special."
10:16 p.m. Shotgun Torrillo. Hits Brad Zaffram on left side, he steps out of bounds. 2:11 left. Second and 1.
10:16 p.m. Torrillo pressured, throws right, incomplete. Third and 1. 2:07 left. At Sweet Home 22.
Torrillo waited until his senior year to get his turn to quarterback the Panthers. He'd been working at it ever since he watched quarterbacks like Kacz and Pat McMahon, who led the 2009 state title team.
"It was just seeing how Casey and Pat conducted themselves," said Torrillo. "In [Friday's game], I threw an interception. They had just scored [Eastridge had a 21-7 lead in the third quarter], and they had the momentum after I threw that pick. But I knew we were going to have time to come back. I needed to keep these guys up. If my head goes down, their heads will go down. I learned that from Casey and Pat, about their character and how players basically looked up to them."
10:17 p.m. Torrillo shotgun. Runs to middle, then pitches wide right to Jordan Evert. First down and a lot more. 2:00 left. At Sweet Home 39. Clock running.
10:17 p.m. Torrillo shotgun. Hits Zaffram on right sideline, steps out of bounds. First down at the Sweet Home 49. 1:40 left.
"With the team that we have, we practice [the two-minute drill] all the time, so we felt comfortable with it," Torrillo Sr. said of the drive, which he watched his son lead from the sidelines. "There are really smart kids on this team. Three times, kids got out of bounds. I take pride in my job and I'm happy for the whole team, but this one was special. I've watched [Mike] look up to Casey and Pat and [current University at Buffalo player] Jordan Johnson. He's seen this tradition and he's lived it."
10:18 p.m. Shotgun Torrillo. Hits Carter Mann on right side. He keeps going, couple of cutbacks, BIG gain. Hello. 1:28 left. First down at 30 of Eastridge.
"Mann was in motion, he went across the field, and no one stayed with him," said Torrillo Jr. "I'm waiting, he gets open, I hit him, and I'm like, 'Get out of bounds.' He cuts back and I'm like, 'What's he doing?' But then he made a couple guys miss, and he got 15 more yards out of it. … After that, we mixed in some runs, and we had them on their heels."
10:19 p.m. Pitch left to Kahlil Humphrey. Hello. First down to Eastridge 14. Timeout, Eastridge with 1:15 left. Whoaaaaaa.
"I'm really proud of his composure," said Torrillo Sr. "It really impressed me how well he ran the ball [eight times for 62 yards]. That's another side of him. I knew he had it in him, but he hasn't been called too much to run."
10:20 p.m. Torrillo runs to the left. Out of bounds near the 5. 1:10 left. Second and 1.
10:21 p.m. Pitch right to Evert, fumble, covered. Whoa. Sweet Home timeout. 1:02 left. Third and 4 at the 8.
10:22 p.m. Sweet Home spread out. Torrillo shotgun. He keeps it to the right side, dives but he is ruled not in the end zone. First down at the 2. 53.7 seconds left. First and goal.
"Mike has known all the kids that have come before him," said Faller. "This was his chance to put a drive together, actually two drives — there was the one that got us to 14 [in which Sweet Home drove from its 25, with Torrillo completing a fourth-down conversion pass], then the one that tied it up. Your quarterback has to make the right decisions out there. Under pressure, he has to execute.
"We practice our two-minute offense quite a bit. They don't panic, we just call our plays, and they move the ball as best they can. They did that. The thing I'm most proud of, is the short passes and making the right decisions. Mike did a great job with that."
10:23 p.m. Timeout Eastridge as Sweet Home shows up in its Big Bird double-wing for the first time all game. 53.7 left.
10:24 p.m. Sweet Home out of the timeout, back in Big Bird. Evert TOUCHDOWN from 2 yards. Goodness. 49.8 left. 21-20. Timeout before extra-point kick. Kick is good by Sean Huebert. 21-21.
"Everyone knows their part, their responsibility, and if 1/11th of it breaks down, everything breaks down," said Faller. "We had to make a stop on their fake field goal [to get the ball back for the final drive]. Sean Huebert made all those extra points. Every snap was good. The plays Zaffram and Mann made, it just goes on and on. The defense stops them in four plays in overtime.
"A lot of things went into that game, and any coach will tell you, all the little pieces come together. It says a lot about those young kids, and their ability to play together. We're very proud of them. They showed us more than just winning the game, they showed us the makeup of the kids that are out there."
With the comeback complete, the game went to overtime and Sweet Home had the ball first. After an initial first down, Sweet Home had a penalty and was hit for a loss, eventually resulting in a fourth-and-goal from the 19.
The play call was one that Faller said he hasn't called many times since it worked against Grand Island in a playoff game in 2002. His quarterback knew it because he has memorized all the plays — no wristband cheat-sheet needed. The play is designed to result with one receiver in each third of the end zone, with crossing patterns hopefully confusing the defense. That's what happened. Senior Michael McCoy was left alone on the left side and Torrillo hit him just before getting hit.
Heubert nailed another kick, the defense stopped Eastridge in four plays, and Sweet Home had a 28-21 victory.
The Panthers have a state semifinal date with Section IV (Binghamton area) champion Union-Endicott Friday night at 8 in Rochester. A win would send Sweet Home to Syracuse for the state championship game for the third time in five seasons.
"I remember warming up with Mike at the Carrier Dome," Torrillo Sr. said of playing catch with the then-ballboy in 2008. "He said, 'Gosh it would be so cool to play here,' and I said, 'Hard work will do it.' "
That's a lesson that two more Torrillos are starting to absorb — Mike's younger brothers. Kevin, who quarterbacked the JV Panthers to an undefeated season, has been called up to varsity. Joseph, who is in middle school, is a quarterback, too.
But one Torrillo at a time. Mike Jr. is another scoring drive or two away from returning to the Carrier Dome — as a player.
"It's huge for our confidence to play a tough game when adversity strikes, that even though we might have some miscues we can overcome that," said Mike Jr. "We don't want to have the season end. We'll tone it down, make sure we're not too overconfident or overexcited, and hopefully we'll have another game next week."
Around the halls
• There is no Power 10 this week. A final Power 10 wrapping up the best of the fall season will be published after all teams have finished their seasons.
• The only other two times that Section VI football won four out of five Far West Regionals — 2008 and 2009 — all went on to win state titles.
• Six other Section VI teams made the state final four: Williamsville East boys soccer, Eden and Ellicottville girls volleyball, Lake Shore boys volleyball and Williamsville North and Barker field hockey.
• There will be gameday capsules for this weekend's state semifinals as well as Saturday's Monsignor Martin championship.
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LISBON — Two storms surging through Columbiana County and the area Tuesday evening produced damage and flooding across the southwest portion of the county....
To be clear, the dammage pattern doesn't necessarily have to be circular for tornadoes. What they will look for in damage is any indication that it was convergent (or stuff blown in toward one another), as the small area of rotation would cause the damage to pile up like that. If it'd divergent, or items blown away from one another, tornado is ruled out fast.
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Photographing Children
Most moms have everything, and with Mothers Day just around the corner you are probably receiving a lot of last minute photo session requests to be given as gifts. So here are a few helpful tips to creating timeless and unique family photos with children of all ages.
Babies, as much as they are cute and adorable, they don't do much. You'll have to be comfortable handling them, and if you're not, there is no harm in asking the mother to work with you. The best time of the day to shoot newborns is when they are the most sleepy, make sure the mom knows this and schedule the appointment at that time of the day. When booking the session, remind mom to dress the baby in something that will not disturb them if you take it off, maybe even just have them bring the baby swaddled or at least wearing something you do not have to pull over their heads.
Because baby is likely to be sleeping, it's a good idea to have a decent stockpile of blankets and fabrics of all colors and textures. Fabrics are great for backdrops (especially if you are into DIY), but can also be placed over a pillow for instant baby posing.
Get close to the baby, shoot all their features individually. Capture tiny fingers and toes, and wrinkled skin. When babies get older, the parents often like to look back at all those tiny details, see just how small they used to be. Having the parents hold the baby in their arms, or against dads hands, highlights their smallness.
If you've ever worked with children before you'll know that this is often the hardest age group to work with. Toddlers have a lot of energy and love to run around and get into things. So, be silly. Halloween isn't the only time of the year toddlers like to dress up! What could be more cute then the little princess or ballerina that she loves or the most adorable little boy baseball player. Talk with mom before the session to find out what the kids are interested in and bring enough props to keep them entertained. The last thing you want is a bored toddler.
Some toddlers are shy, help make them more comfortable by taking a few shots with mom in the picture. This is a fun way to make sure you get good natural smiles as well. If he is an active boy have him run as fast as he can towards the parents and give them a BIG hug. This is where you'll need to know your camera like the back of your hand. You never know if they'll change direction or laugh at something so be quick and always clicking!
Younger Children:
This is the age where kids have finally fine tuned their personality. They'll do what they want and nothing else. So let them go, they don't have to always do the very specific things they're asked. Don't boss them around, don't talk down to them and don't ask their parents to control them during the shoot. The best thing you can do is simply relax and be yourself.
Kindergarten aged children are used to getting their pictures taken, therefore as soon as you pull out the camera they automatically put on their "cheese" face. Cheese smiles are not real smiles, let the child run around and capture them having fun in their own ways. Remember, the subject doesn't have to be looking directly into the camera for your image to tell their story.
All kids get their school photos taken, but a lot of the time they are boring. If your client is looking for portrait photography, but wants something more than just face-on head shots that the school usually provides, use these few simple adjustments to get the exact portrait they are looking for.
Use a real background, unlike a backdrop this gives the image more depth. Just remember the person in the portrait is the main point of interest, but having a different background locations can dramatically alter the mood of the shot, and lets be honest, you never know what kind of mood this particular preteen will have.
A good rule of thumb is to have your subject turn ¾ from the cameras position. Have the subject flare their elbows away from the body a little to thin-out their silhouette.
Most teens are getting ready to enter the real world and want to be treated like adults, do that and they will have great smiles and photos that they won't necessarily be ashamed of showing off in 20 years.
Teens are interesting subjects. Encourage them to be themselves and not to worry about the camera or what they look like. These are the years where they are able to express their changing personality, they'll wear what they want to wear and do what they want to do. Don't try and stage photos, just be natural, casual and make sure they're comfortable. Try to avoid shooting with the flash. Just keep shooting pictures and they will eventually start to relax and become less self-aware.


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Fire at CATS burns 27 years of children's theater memories, Theatre Arlington steps up to help
Fire may have destroyed the longtime home of Creative Arts Theatre & School in Arlington Wednesday night, but executive director Heather Simmons insists the show will go on.
"We're struggling," Simmons says. "But if we've got children, we're going to keep teaching children. This is a snafu in a big way but we're going to practice what we preach to our children every day, which is to pick ourselves up, move on and persevere."
Stepping up to help is Theatre Arlington, CATS' neighbor, which produces shows aimed at adults, along with youth productions in the summer. Some may think of the two companies as rivals, but Theatre Arlington's executive producer Todd Hart says there's more than enough room for both and he values CATS's role as a full-time youth theater.
"They are a very valuable asset," Hart says. "We have told them we will help them out however we can. We know how important what they do is for our community. I know the value of youth theater because I grew up on it. It doesn't just teach you to be a good actor, but it teaches you life skills and how to be a good person in society."
Hart has offered CATS rehearsal and office space, even though Theatre Arlington is about to open their own youth production of Alice in Wonderland Friday. Simmons appreciates the offer but says she's negotiating to start rehearsals Saturday for her company's new teen show, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, in a new space, with a Hunger Games combat stage camp, taught by Joe Chapa, associate professor at the University of Arlington, still scheduled for July 23-27.
The irony is that the 33-year-old CATS, which had been in its Randol Mills home for the last 27 years, had planned to move to a new facility in August. They were in talks with a potential buyer for the theater as well as the space they hoped to purchase when the fire struck, sending all their dreams and everything they owned up in smoke.
"It was such a devastating sight," Simmons says. "We had students past and present all standing together. We said prayers, we hugged, we told stories, shared favorite memories and we all said goodbye to this building last night."
Thousands of children have studied at CATS for more than three decades, including Curt Mega of Glee and Jennifer Stone of Wizards of Waverly Place. Alumna Jenine Galante, the original Tommy Pickles on the Rugrats A Live Adventure tour showed up Wednesday to help out. Jenine's mother is still the company's registrar.
Even as CATS searches for a new home, Simmons says she keeps reminding the children that CATS is not just a building; it's the people that make up the organization and the people are not going away.
"I've had all of an hour and half sleep," she told me Thursday, sounding exhausted. "Every news station has been out here along with looters. We're trying to do our best to secure what we can."
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Source: The Official Microsoft Blog
quote: They don't even teach cursive anymore for crying out loud!
quote: Putting pen to paper stimulates the brain like nothing else, even in this age of e-mails, texts and tweets. In fact, learning to write in cursive is shown to improve brain development in the areas of thinking, language and working memory. Cursive handwriting stimulates brain synapses and synchronicity between the left and right hemispheres, something absent from printing and typing.
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Sources: The Authors Guild, The Christian Science Monitor
quote: they want a say in how their books are used as well.
quote: "Publishers did not surrender this level of control to the retailer.
quote: Publishers and record companies are vampiric dinosaurs that are on borrowed time. As the digital age progresses, authors and musicians should abandon these companies and publish their own work.
quote: you just have to "love" how they want more control over a digital copy then an actual physical book. and since in most cases you are paying the same for a digital copy as you would the actual book.. you should be able to do with it anything you can with the physical book.
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Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 provides you with a comprehensive time and information manager. Using new features such as Instant Search and the To-Do Bar, you can organize and instantly locate the information that you need. New calendar sharing capabilities, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 technology, and improved access to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 information enable you to safely share data that is stored in Office Outlook 2007 with coworkers, friends, and family, no matter where those people are located. Office Outlook 2007 makes it easier for you to prioritize and control your time, allowing you to focus on the things that matter most. This article provides an overview of Office Outlook 2007, with an emphasis on new and improved features.
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To help you better manage your time and information, Office Outlook 2007 offers a number of new and improved features, from Instant Search to integration of tasks on the calendar. These features make it easier for you to locate, manage, prioritize, and act on the volumes of information that you encounter every day.
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Instant Search Office Outlook 2007 provides a new fast way to find your information, no matter which folder it is in. Outlook now uses the same search technology that Microsoft Windows does, to deliver fast results regardless of mailbox size. In addition, an improved visual design displays each individual result of your search immediately, as soon as it is available, while the search is still running. Search now appears in the same place no matter where you are in Outlook. You can also forward your search query to Windows Desktop Search for a broader search of your entire computer. For more information, see Find a message or item by using Instant Search.
Color Categories New Color Categories give you a quick, visual way to customize items and to distinguish items from one another, making it easy to locate information. Suppose, for instance, that you want to assign a color category to all items related to a certain project. You can add the same color category to e-mail, calendar, and task items so that you can easily locate all items from that project at a glance. When you need to find the information later, you can search and sort by Color Categories to quickly and visually identify what you are looking for. For more information, see Assign a color category to an e-mail message.
Color Category roaming Color Categories are now saved in your default data file, instead of in the Windows registry. If you use a Microsoft Exchange account, your categories are now available on all of the computers that you work on.
Results-oriented user interface Office Outlook 2007 has a redesigned user interface that makes it easier and more intuitive for you to compose, format, and act on your e-mail. You can now access all of the rich features and capabilities in Outlook in at one easy-to-find location within your e-mail message.
Attachment previewing Using the new Attachment Previewer, you can view your attachments from within the Reading Pane by making only a single click. This improvement saves you time and allows you to view attachments in context with the e-mail message. For more information, see Preview messages.
Minimized Navigation Pane The Navigation Pane can now be minimized into a vertical button bar, to provide you with a larger work area while allowing quick access to Favorite Folders and other views. For more information, see Minimize or expand the Navigation Pane.
Yomi names Office Outlook 2007 supports Japanese Yomi names in Contacts.
Week view changed in Calendar Office Outlook 2007 features a new week view. The former week view was a two-column layout of days, similar to a day planner. The new week view is similar to the work week views in previous versions.
Default detail level The default detail level of the month view has changed.
Easily manage your daily priorities
To-Do Bar The new To-Do Bar integrates your tasks, e-mail messages flagged for follow up, upcoming appointments, and calendar information in one convenient place. It also includes tasks from the Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 note-taking program, Microsoft Office Project 2007, and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web sites. The To-Do Bar gives you a consolidated view of your priorities for the day. For more information, see Track your to-do and task items.
Flagging mail for follow-up Flags are now more useful throughout Outlook. You can use a flag to quickly create a follow-up item that can be tracked in the To-Do Bar, in your Inbox, and even in Calendar. They are also still handy for setting reminders for yourself and other people. For more information, see Track e-mail messages that require follow up.
Task integration on the Calendar Office Outlook 2007 integrates tasks on the calendar into the Daily Task List so that you see them displayed beneath your daily appointments and meetings. To allot time for working on a task, you simply drag the task onto your calendar. When you complete a task on a given day, the task sticks to that day, providing a visual record of the work that you performed. Tasks that you do not complete roll over to the next day, and accumulate until you mark them as complete. For more information, see View your tasks.
Improved scheduling capabilities Improved scheduling capabilities in Office Outlook 2007 and Exchange 2007 help you to schedule meetings easily and in less time. When you use Exchange 2007, attendee schedules are reviewed, and an ideal meeting time and location is recommended. A number of other improvements in Office Outlook 2007 make the calendaring experience easier for people who are using Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2007. When changes are made to the meeting location or agenda, attendees receive an informational update, rather than having to reaccept the meeting. Additionally, changes are highlighted in the meeting update, making it easier to locate the information that has been modified. For more information, see Schedule a meeting.
Connect across boundaries
To help you to connect with others who are working in other locations and on other platforms, Office Outlook 2007 delivers significant enhancements — from easier calendar sharing, to native Really Simple Syndication (RSS) support and the integration of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 information.
Put relevant information at your fingertips
By bringing relevant information directly to your Inbox, Office Outlook 2007 puts you in touch with the information that you need every day.
Connect Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Lists to Outlook Office Outlook 2007 allows you to interact from anywhere, anytime, with information stored in SharePoint lists. You can connect calendars, document libraries, discussion boards, contacts, and tasks into Office Outlook 2007, and then preview, search, or edit that content. Any changes that you make to this information is updated both on the server version and in your Web browser. New Office Outlook 2007 features (such as calendar overlay, electronic business cards, and the To-Do Bar) also incorporate SharePoint content. For more information, see Open, edit, and update files from a SharePoint site.
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Feeds RSS Feeds provide a convenient way for content publishers to distribute information in a standardized format. A common example of RSS content is the sources for information that is updated frequently, such as news headlines and personal Web logs (called blogs). The benefit of RSS is the aggregation of all content from multiple Web sources in one place, along with not having to provide your e-mail address to content publishers to receive the information. You no longer have to visit various Web sites to obtain the latest information on your topics of interest. For more information, see Introduction to RSS.
Auto Account Setup The new Auto Account Setup feature makes adding accounts to Office Outlook 2007 easy. You simply enter the account name and password from your Exchange, POP3, or IMAP e-mail account. Office Outlook 2007 configures the account for you. You do not have to remember your server name or any other arcane information, configure the ports, or do anything else. When you use an Exchange 2007 account, your account remains up to date because it has a dynamic connection to the server running Exchange. This way, if your mailbox is moved from one server to another,Office Outlook 2007 automatically detects the change and continues to support your daily work without any interruption. For more information, see Add or remove an e-mail account.
Easily share information with anyone, anywhere
Calendar Snapshots You can send your calendar to anyone in an e-mail message. The recipient can open the calendar either in their Web browser or in Outlook. For more information, see Share your calendar information.
Internet Calendar Subscriptions Internet Calendars are calendars that are shared over the Internet. These calendars, whether created in Outlook or in another application, are downloaded from a calendar publishing service or from a special Web site where people can host and subscribe to calendars. Included in the Internet Calendar Subscription is information for instructing Outlook about where and how often to query for updates. For more information, see Introduction to Internet Calendars.
Calendar overlays Viewing calendars in overlay mode enables you to navigate multiple calendars on top of one another, making it easier to compare your calendar with a coworker's or team calendar to find a free time to meet. For more information, see View calendars side-by-side or overlaid.
Electronic Business Cards You can create and share customized Electronic Business Cards, which provide a personalized way to communicate your information. You can share your card either as an attachment or as part of your e-mail signature. Electronic Business Cards allow you to customize your contact information, and also to add logos and photos, making contacts more personally relevant and easier to locate. Electronic Business Cards can be exchanged easily through e-mail messages, and can be saved to your Contacts folder. For more information, see Create Electronic Business Cards.
Save as PDF or XPS Office Outlook 2007 supports exporting your file to the following formats:
Portable Document Format (PDF) PDF is a fixed-layout electronic file format that preserves document formatting and enables file sharing. The PDF format ensures that when the file is viewed online or printed, it retains exactly the format that you intended, and that data in the file cannot be easily changed. The PDF format is also useful for documents that will be reproduced by using commercial printing methods.
XML Paper Specification (XPS) XPS is an electronic file format that preserves document formatting and enables file sharing. The XPS format ensures that when the file is viewed online or printed, it retains exactly the format that you intended, and that data in the file cannot be easily changed.
Note: PDF and XPS creation is available only when you open an item in Office Outlook 2007. The File menu in the main Outlook window does not provide access to this functionality.
You can save as a PDF or XPS file from a 2007 Microsoft Office system program only after you install an add-in. For more information, see Enable support for other file formats, such as PDF and XPS.
For more information, see Save as PDF or XPS.
Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 integration in Outlook The full integration of Office Outlook 2007 with Office InfoPath 2007 makes it possible to embed an InfoPath form within an e-mail message, and to send it to people along with a request that they fill in the needed information. The only actions required of the recipient are replying to your message and completing the embedded form. After you have collected the respondents' answers, you can export the data to Microsoft Office Excel 2007 for analysis, or merge the answers from the form that you distributed into one master form.
Out of Office Assistant Previously, when you started Outlook, and your Out of Office Assistant was turned on, an information alert dialog box appeared. In Office Outlook 2007, when you have Out of Office autoreplies turned on, a notice appears on the status bar. When you use an Exchange 2007 account, you can now schedule your Out of Office times in advance and not have to worry about forgetting to turn the Out of Assistant on or off. Additionally, when you use Exchange 2007 e-mail accounts, you can specify separate messages for recipients who are inside your organization and those who are outside of it. For more information, see Send automatic out of office replies from Outlook.
Unified messaging Using Exchange 2007, you can have voice mail and faxes delivered to your Office Outlook 2007 Inbox.
Support for Internationalized Domain Names Office Outlook 2007 now supports Internationalized Domain Names in e-mail addresses. Internationalized Domain Names support allows people to register and use domain names in their native languages instead of only in English.
Improved Data Caching Office Outlook 2007 now supports caching — or making a local synchronized copy — of shared data that you work with. For example, if you work with another person's shared folders, a copy of that information is stored on your computer. This provides better performance, and allows you to work with shared data even when you don't have a connection to the server running Exchange.
Remain safer and in control
To help you protect personal and company information, Office Outlook 2007 provides a number of powerful tools, from junk e-mail and anti-phishing technologies to new Managed E-mail Folders. As a result, you gain more control over the information that reaches you, so you stay safer and can focus on your daily tasks.
Effectively control which e-mail messages reach you
Outlook E-mail Postmark Outlook E-mail Postmark is a new technology from Microsoft to help stop junk e-mail. This technology asks the sender's computer to perform a computation or puzzle, and then assigns this work to the message as a token of legitimacy. Creating an Outlook E-mail Postmark makes it difficult and time-intensive for spammers to send mass e-mail messages, but it does not change your experience when sending legitimate messages. When a message that has a postmark is received by Office Outlook 2007, the system can easily verify the validity of that message. If the postmark is valid, that is evidence that the sender's computer incurred a certain cost in sending this message. As a result, messages that have a postmark appear in the Inbox, rather than in the Junk E-mail folder. For more information, see How Outlook E-mail Postmarking helps reduce spam.
Junk E-mail Filter/phishing protection Office Outlook 2007 features an improved Junk E-mail Filter that sorts out even more unwanted e-mail messages that before. There is also new protection against phishing (the use of fraudulent e-mail messages that might trick you into divulging personal information). Office Outlook 2007 tracks suspicious e-mail messages, and helps protect you by automatically disabling links within such messages until you approve them. You are warned from within the e-mail message of potentially threatening or malicious sites. For more information, see How Outlook helps protect you from viruses, spam, and phishing.
Keep personal and company information safer
Managed E-mail Folders When you use Exchange 2007, Managed E-mail Folders help companies to enforce e-mail retention and storage policies for workers' mailboxes, including ways of specifying other people's access to such mailboxes.
E-mail records repository You can save and archive e-mail messages in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library. Office Outlook 2007 provides you with access to these repository folders along with your mail folders, enabling you to use them just as you would other folders. However, these folders can be made publicly accessible to other people, and they are optimized for long-term archival and compliance purposes.
Information Rights Management (IRM) Improved IRM is a policy-enforcement technology available in the Microsoft Office System that helps protect documents, worksheets, presentations, and e-mail messages from unauthorized access and use. IRM allows you to specify who can access a document or an e-mail message, and to control whether each of these people is allowed to edit, copy, forward, and/or print the contents, including attachments. For more information, see Restrict permission to confidential information in e-mail messages.
Free/busy information management When you use an Exchange 2007 account, you can specify who can view your free/busy information, which keeps you in control of your personal data.
Trust Center The Trust Center is where you can find security and privacy settings for 2007 Microsoft Office system programs. The Very High, High, Medium, and Low security levels used in earlier versions of Office have been replaced by a more streamlined security system.
Help prevent losing work
Office Diagnostics Microsoft Office Diagnostics is a series of diagnostic tests that can help you to discover why your computer is crashing. The diagnostic tests can solve some problems directly and may identify ways that you can solve other problems. Microsoft Office Diagnostics replaces the following Microsoft Office 2003 features: Detect and Repair and Microsoft Office Application Recovery.
For more information, see Diagnose and repair crashing Office programs by using Office Diagnostics.
Program Recovery Office Outlook 2007 has improved capabilities to help avoid losing work when the program closes abnormally. Whenever possible, Office Outlook 2007 tries to recover some aspects of the state of the program after it restarts.
For example, you are working on several files at the same time. Each file is open in a different window with specific data visible in each window. Office Outlook 2007 crashes. When you restart Office Outlook 2007, it opens the files and restores the windows to the way they were before Office Outlook 2007 crashed.
For more information, see Help protect your files in case of a crash.
Send the correct message
Proofing Tools The following are some new features of the spelling checker:
The spelling checker has been made more consistent across the 2007 Microsoft Office system programs. Examples of this change include:
Several spelling checker options are now global. If you change one of these options in one Office program, that option is also changed for all the other Office programs.
In addition to sharing the same custom dictionaries, all programs can manage them using the same dialog box. For more information, see Use custom dictionaries to add words to the spelling checker.
An exclusion dictionary is automatically created for a language the first time that language is used. Exclusion dictionaries let you force the spelling checker flag words you want to avoid using. They are handy for avoiding words that are obscene or that don't match your style guide. For more information, see Use exclusion dictionaries to specify a preferred spelling for a word.
The spelling checker can find and flag some contextual spelling errors. Have you ever typed a mistake similar to the following? I will see you their. In Office Outlook 2007, you can enable the Use contextual spelling option to get help with finding and fixing this type of mistake. This option is available when checking the spelling of documents in English, German or Spanish.


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NEW RIEGEL - Valentine's Day is said to be a day of love, hugs and snuggling.
There were gifts and hugs exchanged before the Old Fort and New Riegel girls basketball game, as the host school honored Old Fort's MacKenzie Gillett as well as the home squad's Ebony Baynard, C'aira Conley and Abby Cassidy as it was the seniors final game at New Riegel game.
But no one likes people who are overbearing, clingy and smothering. Just ask Old Fort.
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The Blue Jackets' pressure defense blanketed Old Fort, which led to 29 turnovers and a 52-9 Midland Athletic League victory.
"You have to pleased with our defense. We got after it," New Riegel coach Steve Lucius said. "We kind of continued what we did Tuesday: we played hard defense and close outs were solid. I'm pleased with that part."
The victory also marked the 500th victory of Steve Lucius' coaching career.
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New Riegel 52, Old Fort 9
Old Fort (1-20, 0-10): Sammy Miller 0-0-0; Addi Reineck 0-1-1; Shelby Bilger 0-0-0; Krista Ward 0-0-0; Mackenzie Gillett 0-0-0; Sam Hertsel 0-0-0; Hali Kimmet 1-0-2; Sara Bell 1-2-4; Darby Walker 1-0-2; Michaela Davidson 0-0-0; Alyssa Pence 0-0-0. Totals: 3-3-9.
New Riegel (17-5, 8-2): Hailey Theis 2-0-4; Leah Bouillon 0-1-1; Lauren Zoeller 0-0-0; Taylor Arbogast 4-0-8; Taylor Kirian 2-3-7; Ruth Ann Schreiner 0-0-0; Kara Scherger 5-0-11; Lauren Ladd 2-1-5; Ebony Baynard 1-0-2; Abby Cassidy 1-0-2; Morgan Noftz 3-0-6; Kenzie Reinhart 1-0-2; C'aira Conley 1-2-4. Totals: 22-7-52.
Old Fort0243 - 9
New Riegel1417129 - 52
Field goals: Old Fort 3-38; New Riegel 22-59.
3-point goals: Old Fort 0-8; New Riegel 1-9 (Scherger).
Foul shots: Old Fort 3-8; New Riegel 7-10.
Rebounds: Old Fort 34 (Gillett 7, Bilger 5); New Riegel 39 (Ladd 8, Arbogast 6).
Turnovers: Old Fort 29; New Riegel 9.
"I'm kind of glad it's out of the way because the headlines after Tuesday's game were about me not getting 500 instead of the great game that our kids played. That's what the emphasis should have been on," Lucius said. "I'm glad this is out of the way so our kids can focus on playing good, hard basketball."
Old Fort coach Jennifer Miller said there's a reason Lucius has won so many games.
"Steve Lucius has a great program. They're a good team. They hustle. They're fast. They sit down and play great defense," Miller said. "They're not the best offensive team, league-wise, but they're at the top because their defense is great. That's why he got his 500th win tonight."
After losing three straight games, the Blue Jackets (17-5) put the foot on the gas pedal from the opening tip and didn't look back.
"For us, we talked about, you never know but Carey could possibly lose tonight up at St. Joe so we approached it like an MAL championship game," Lucius said. "These kids play hard. When we pick people up full court, that helps feed into our intensity and our defense. That's what we need to do against people: get after them full court."
But Carey did beat St. Joe, 62-29, leaving the Blue Jackets in a three-way tie for second place with Calvert and Mohawk.
Relentless pressure in the first half allowed New Riegel to jump ahead 22-0 midway through the second quarter, thanks to 12 Old Fort turnovers and 0 of 13 shooting by the Stockaders.
But Darby Walker ended the scoring drought with 3:05 to go in the second quarter, but 15 seconds later, Kara Scherger scored a bucket at the other end, making it 24-2.
"We've struggled with pressure all year," Miller said. "We're still learning. We have a lot of young girls out there. I've stressed to them all year that we need to be a team that when people look at us, they think of our defense. They say that offense sells tickets but defense wins games."
On the night, Old Fort was 3 of 38 from field with Sara Bell leading the scoring effort with four points. Conversely, New Riegel was 22 of 59 from the field with Scherger leading all scorers with 11. All three New Riegel seniors found the scoring column as well: Baynard (2), Conley (4) and Cassidy (2).
"It's nice they were able to get in and contributed (to the win)," Lucius said. "It's nice to see them go out in their last home game like that."
Lucius said becoming the 13th girls basketball coach in state history to reach the 500-win milestone was less him and more the others around him.
"It's about the kids. You think about not only these kids but all the kids who played for us through the years," Lucius said. "You also think about all the coaches, from fifth grade to the junior high to my assistants and all the people who have contributed through years. That's what I think about."


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"Should a contest be held to name the most credible private eye in mystery fiction, Kinsey Millhone would certainly rank at or near the top. The central figure in Sue Grafton's long-running series conveys a verisimilitude, in both her professional and private lives, that makes most of her competitors seem like cartoons." —The San Diego Union-Tribune
"Grafton, as usual, creates believable and enduring characters and a strong sense of place in her town of Santa Teresa circa 1987." —Publishers Weekly
"Sue Grafton is brillant. We'd follow Kinsey Millhone anywhere." —Newsday
"A tale of love gone right and wrong and every which way in between. R is for Ricochet will have fans purring contentedly." —Kirkus Review
Internationally acclaimed suspense author Sue Grafton is right on target with the powerful 18th volume in her bestselling Alphabet Mystery series featuring private eye Kinsley Millhone. InR Is for Ricochet, Kinsey is hired to help a young parolee make the tough transition back into the "real world." But riding herd on willful, rebellious Reba Lafferty proves to be a tougher job than anyone anticipated. Reba hasn't outgrown her taste for living life on the edge, and she's got a positive talent for taking other people along with her…including Kinsey. Sue Grafton spins a complex web of crime and passion in this tale of love, money laundering, and revenge. Here's what Grafton had to say when Ransom Notes asked her to talk about what she writes, and why…and how her most famous creation, Kinsey Millhone, fits into the big picture.
Sue Grafton: To me, mysteries are appealing because they have a strong story line — beginning, middle, and end — a hero, a villain, and (with luck) a satisfying resolution. Mysteries are designed to be read in one or two sittings, which is a blessing for busy people who don't have much time to themselves. My best moments with writing are those when I'm totally immersed in the scene in front of me. Most of writing is in the preparation; research, plotting, character development, and the outlining of sequences. I find the writing itself comes more quickly when I've done my homework in advance. Most of the cases I write about are fiction. In the real world, murder seldom makes sense, and the motives for such crimes are absurd, given all the pain and suffering involved. In a mystery novel, the killer generally has a strong reason for what s/he does. There's stealth and ingenuity, both of which Kinsey Millhone employs in her search for the truth.
Ransom Notes: : In Q Is for Quarry, the publisher included a forensically reconstructed portrait of the real murder victim that story was based on, in the hope that the victim might finally be identified. Has there been any progress on that real-life investigation?
SG: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department has had close to 150 calls about the Jane Doe I wrote about in Q. So far, none have panned out, but we're all still optimistic that one of these days someone will step forward with Jane Doe's real name.
RN: What you do think exploring romantic/personal story lines, as you do in R Is for Ricochet, adds to the mix in a mystery?
SG: In this day and age, the mystery novel doesn't have to be as plot-driven as it used to be. I think of Kinsey Millhone as literally a "private eye"…someone who observes and comments on society at large. Most of what she does is related to crime and criminals, but certainly her personal life and her personal development work hand-in-hand with her professional life. In many ways, R is about romance, which seems like the perfect counterpoint to murder and death.
RN: Do you plan to continue to write about Kinsey after you finish the Alphabet series, or in books outside of that sequence?
SG: I did a great deal of writing before I launched myself into the current Alphabet series. I wrote and published two mainstream novels, plus articles and short stories. I also worked in Hollywood for 15 years before Ms. Millhone came along. These days, I write one book at a time with no clear sense of where I'm heading. I discover as I go, which is anxiety-producing but keeps me on my toes. Certainly, I intend to go all the way to Z…at which point I may retire!
RN: Do you like readers to contact you?
SG: I'm always interested in hearing from my readers…unless they write to insult or berate me. I can be reached through my publisher, or through P.O. Box 41447, Santa Barbara, CA 93140.


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An Orlando family has its dog back after 900 miles in 13 different cars, thanks to some kind strangers.
"I was really amazed at just how much care and effort complete strangers really put into this. It was amazing," Matt Cogossi said.
Daisy Mae was greeted by her excited owners, Cogossi and Veronica Vera-Cogossi, on Sunday.
The 12-year-old pet vanished during a family vacation in Little Rock, Ark. nearly one month ago.
Last week, a woman called saying she found Daisy. Since then, volunteers from different states have taken turns to drive Daisy home.
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Detroit Public Schools just posted one of the worst record scores for children of Michigan's largest public school system.
Certainly this is not good news to ride home for the holiday season.
Most of the school's fourth and eight grade students failed to make it on a basic math level test on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The students scored for the most part 200 against the national average of 239 on a scale of 500 with about 1900 students from Detroit participating.
Mayor Dave Bing called it a "wake up call for our community and demonstrates the need for accountability at all levels. We cannot afford to lose another child."
Yes, that's how Bing is describing it because he knows that if we continue to fail our children and mortgage their future, certainly no one will be interested in moving their families to Detroit.
The mayor knows that if Detroit doesn't get it's A game tight it might as well forget about building the future for children.
It's almost 2010 and many of us are eager to enter the new year with stringent resolutions about what we want to see done in our lives and those we care about.
But before you start making resolutions that you most likely will break in the first six months of the year, think hard about the test scores revealing the academic inadequacies we've shamefully accepted as the educational moniker for children in Detroit.
Think about Detroit in the next 15 years and what that would mean to children born in this city.
Fifteen years from now when my son and other children born this year turn 16 they will expect their parents to buy them their first cars.
Will the auto industry in Detroit then be on life support or would it have reinvented itself to produce top cars that are affordable, eco-friendly, compact and widely liked?
As the year is coming to an end I'm projecting into the future, and worried about the future my son and other children will inherit. And the news from DPS this week doesn't help ease the climate of confusion that is forcing parents to choose between DPS and other districts.
What would the Michigan economy be like given that it is currently driving away graduates to other states because they find no greener pastures at home?
The economic situation in Detroit and the state places upon us a challenge to go beyond policy enactment to making deliberate choices, personal sacrifices that will secure a future for Michigan's children.