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The OnePlus One does NOT have a microSD slot
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1. Antimio (Posts: 313; Member since: 11 Nov 2013)
4. Leonis (Posts: 338; Member since: 08 Jan 2014)
USB or Micro SD card OTG is the way to solve this problem for sure :)
2. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1888; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
Didn't think it has SD card slot to begin with
3. alrightihatepickingusernames (Posts: 474; Member since: 29 Dec 2013)
Yeah I'm a little confused as to why this is here. It was evident early on it didn't have removable storage. At $350 for 64GB of storage it's not that bad.
12. Doakie (Posts: 2009; Member since: 06 May 2009)
With 64 GB of storage you don't need a sd card. I don't care how much someone feels they need to carry the whole series of Breaking Bad in 720p. You don't need 128 GB of storage on your smartphone yet.
13. moronman66 (Posts: 162; Member since: 09 Jan 2012)
But what will we do when boredom knocks???
17. elitewolverine (Posts: 5184; Member since: 28 Oct 2013)
play with your willy
27. Arte-8800 (banned) (Posts: 4562; Member since: 13 Mar 2014)
35. timepilot84 (Posts: 113; Member since: 16 Aug 2012)
Heck, I've got a 32Gb Note 3 and I only use the 64Gb card I have in there because I have it... With a USB 3.0 connection there's really no advantage to using a removable SD card for data transfer. Don't know if the One+One has USB 3.0, though...
38. emeshuris (Posts: 1; Member since: 20 Oct 2014)
Maybe you are right in your tiny little land. However, i switched from apple because i dont need self righteous pricks making decisions for me. Even if I don't need 128gb of storage, it is really cool to review my gopro videos on my phone, right after a dive in a bar over drinks with the crew. They 1+1=fail could have just charged 399$ with the sd card, and I would have ponied up the dough. There is no way I will purchase a phone that does not have expandable storage. Ok, I lied, if you give it to me for $50, I'll buy it.
41. Pooo1 (Posts: 1; Member since: 21 Jan 2015)
I'm laughing so hard at this, because my Galaxy phone actually has a 32gb card that is 75% full because I keep all 5 seasons of Breaking Bad on it for watching on planes LOL
18. JC557 (Posts: 1521; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
I think it had to do with the previous story on how the manual made reference to an mSD slot.
21. Adrian38 (Posts: 142; Member since: 05 Nov 2012)
Well there was a manual for the phone that said it had an SD slot. I think that caused some confusion. Also, I think the FCC listed the device with the SD slot.
5. Calm_down_mon (Posts: 43; Member since: 12 Dec 2013)
Did they ever anounce it having ? I don't remember such a thing.
26. 0xFFFF (Posts: 3806; Member since: 16 Apr 2014)
I think somebody at OnePlus got confused between "invite slot" and "SD slot".
6. Slammer (Posts: 1515; Member since: 03 Jun 2010)
---"There is a fairly small subset of mobileusers who are adamant that devices should have expandable storage (and will get quite rowdy when the feature is left off of a new smartphone)."---
There is a much larger portion of us than this leads believe. As a mainstream user with no employed ties to the wireless industry, I can safely say that many of us do no want to be tethered to cloud services which may cost us more money a month. We must observe the popularity of the Samsung line that has inherently recognized these wishes. We must also witness the lack of sale by those other than Apple that can't see this.
It amazes me that today's tech enthusiasts ignore the customer control and customization that consumers enjoy.
John B.
15. Commentator (Posts: 3692; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
Let's get rowdy!!!
19. elitewolverine (Posts: 5184; Member since: 28 Oct 2013)
I prefer cloud, I take to many calls a day of upset people that their SD card has failed and all their pictures are lost.
24. 0xFFFF (Posts: 3806; Member since: 16 Apr 2014)
---"There is a fairly small subset of mobileusers who are adamant that devices should have expandable storage (and will get quite rowdy when the feature is left off of a new smartphone)."---
Agree... this sounds like that telecom tool over at Anandtech, Brian Klug. He was always on the warpath against SD cards, saying you couldn't make a good phone if you had to support SD memory.
31. The13thKing (banned) (Posts: 849; Member since: 26 Feb 2014)
True 100%.
37. RandomUsername (Posts: 808; Member since: 29 Oct 2013)
If you could put a 128GB SDcard in there, what are you gonna do with 256GBs of storage???
39. beggerking (Posts: 4; Member since: 15 Oct 2014)
pictures, comic books, videos, roms, games, backup files
my music collection is 10 gb, movies is about 30 gb, comic book is about 30 gb, rom is about 2gb, misc files / back up is about 10gb.
7. AfterShock (Posts: 3698; Member since: 02 Nov 2012)
It will still be my back up phone later in year.
Hard to stay mad at this even with all the mis steps, hiccups an leaks.
8. Arte-8800 (banned) (Posts: 4562; Member since: 13 Mar 2014)
So their making around $70+ profit on this device
9. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
Well they were claiming this is a no compromise device, hell thats there whole marketing with the dont settle tag line.
10. Tsepz_GP (Posts: 987; Member since: 12 Apr 2012)
Well thats another reason not to bother with it. The more I've heard about this phone the less interest I've had.
32. The13thKing (banned) (Posts: 849; Member since: 26 Feb 2014)
Same here.
11. Totse2k15 (Posts: 458; Member since: 11 Feb 2014)
Just get a "Meenova Mini MicroSD Card Reader" or "Leef Access microSD Card Reader" and a 32GB/64GB/128GB MicroSD Card. Not that hard... No lame dingling micro USB cable too.
14. alvinsloan (Posts: 6; Member since: 02 Aug 2013)
why do phonearena has to announce it as if it such a big deal most more expensive flagship phones don't have microsd card slot. this company is setting a new standard in smartphone industry. and phonearena is bringing down the image by making the heading of this article like this. I use a windows phone but when I saw this phone and its price it made me want to Get an extra phone. THIS IS A BIG THUMBS UP TO THE COMPANY THAT MADE THIS PHONE AT THIS PRICE. other companies are just making too much profit.
22. Leonis (Posts: 338; Member since: 08 Jan 2014)
most other expensive flagships don't have sd card slot? Please give me some examples. Because samsung, sony, htc and LG got one. They made this article because yesterday OPO had sd card slot on their manual. This is for clarification.
23. alvinsloan (Posts: 6; Member since: 02 Aug 2013)
it is just a manual. atleast they would have put it more clearly in the heading pointing a mistake in the manual. the phone has always been advertised that it does not MicroSD.
and for those flagship phones i said some. Because only samsung s flagships and sony has microsd. LG G and HTC don't have MicroSD
34. Leonis (Posts: 338; Member since: 08 Jan 2014)
LG G2 has micro SD, HTC M8 has Micro SD. Now I just told you it was an article on this and they just want to make it clear that it doesn't have one.
Sometimes I just don't understand people like you. All flagships of 2014 and many from 2013 had micro sd card slot.
16. GreekGeek (Posts: 1276; Member since: 22 Mar 2014)
Can anybody pls. Explain how the stupid invite system works?
Its just the most ridiculous thing that I have ever heard
20. fzacek (Posts: 2486; Member since: 26 Jan 2014)
I don't understand either. Will they continue using this invite system indefinitely or is it only for a certain period of time?
25. 0xFFFF (Posts: 3806; Member since: 16 Apr 2014)
They will keep using it until they learn they did something stupid and alienated most of the world's mobile customers who were interested in their phone.
28. andynaija (Posts: 898; Member since: 08 Sep 2012)
Lol you sound just the way my dad would sound when someone does something very dumb.
29. fzacek (Posts: 2486; Member since: 26 Jan 2014)
That sucks...
30. The13thKing (banned) (Posts: 849; Member since: 26 Feb 2014)
"Fairly small subset of mobile users" what? Where? Who? With full hd and 4k recording and huge mp in cameras hell yes we need expansion. My 16 gbs absolutely mean nothing. A few apps, a hundred pictures and a video are enough for the phone to start crying for help. I got myself a 32 gb card.
33. tokuzumi (Posts: 963; Member since: 27 Aug 2009)
MicroSD cards on a device are now more trouble than they are worth. Back in the days of the Evo 4G, you had to be creative with your apps, because you only had around 1GB of space for apps. You needed the ability to install apps on a SD card. But my Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 are the 32GB models, and I have no space issues, even after putting a large number of MP3s, and installing some large apps. I use the google + auto backup of my pictures, so I don't need to worry about saving them if I switch phones, or my phone gets stolen/lost. If I want to consume media while on a plane, or car ride, I can just use a USB OTG cable, and a flash drive. Plus, Android is doing all they can to handicap SD cards, and relegate them to media storage drives.
40. beggerking (Posts: 4; Member since: 15 Oct 2014)
you CAN still use cloud to backup / store pix WITH microSD cards installed.
your argument is invalid. Microsd compliments cloud services, not mutually exclusive.
36. Dvoraak (Posts: 21; Member since: 14 May 2014)
Unfortunately SD cards bring their own issues. Samsung phones are notoriously boot loop prone (I've personally had 2 Note 3's and an S4 with this problem) and Samsung reps will tell you it's an SD issue. They only recommend 2 brands of SD cards for their phones and one of them is theirs (of course).
Kudos to OnePlus for having the most affordable storage upgrade anyone's ever seen.


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How many Premier League Chairmen does it take to change a lightbulb? Apparently, it only takes fourteen out of twenty.
Phil Gartside's latest proposal to makeover the Premier League, the most popular and financially robust competition in the world at the moment, has now done the rounds, everyone has had a say, and the verdict seems to be that it's not a good idea. I'd go a bit further; Gartside's plan is dangerously stupid.
I was recently asked, (by someone who doesn't really care), why I don't post more often. It's a valid question, and one I was struggling to answer. At least it was until that Portsmouth result. That was just awful.
The numbers don't lie. Just glance to the right of this at the Archive list. In February there were seven posts, but this will be just my sixth in the last two months. Compare that to Mark Payne (Man Utd) who has five posts in April, or Kevin Brodie (Liverpool) with four in April. Six in two months? Inexcusable.
Of course, my productivity might have been slightly higher if I had Champion's League Quarter-Finals to comment on or the 20th anniversary of Hillsborough, but that's not really fair. Can I really blame my low output on a lack of tragedy or midweek excitement?
So, this is what it feels like at the top of the league. After spending so much of the season struggling to get a foothold at the bottom of the table, to suddenly see the team in the bright sunshine and rarefied air of the title race was a little treat for any Bolton fan.
It was especially sweet because for seventy minutes Bolton were huffing and puffing as they failed to acclimatise to the change in altitude. Even if you forget about the dreadful penalty decision against Steinsson, nobody could argue with the quality of Chelsea's play. It seems obvious, but they are a really good team.
In fact, yesterday they were too good and Bolton didn't have any answers. I could watch Ballack's goal a hundred times and not get sick of it. They were majestic. It was all smiles and sunshine at the Bridge – Oh, except for the last twenty minutes.
When you're stuck at the bottom of the pile, it's natural instinct to look at the teams around you, to try to gauge who might be ready to make a run for safety or who might have a fork stuck in them. It's really simple: it's Survival of the Fittest, and it's nice to know when there are going to be some corpses to prop up the table and some weaklings to devour on the way to safety.
When you get used to it things become clear and easy. It doesn't seem difficult for me to follow and digest six or seven results a week and immediately compute what it means for Bolton. You develop a feel for the ebbs and flows, the tides of the relegation zone, as teams make a push only to be dragged back into the scrum, eyes and throat burning from the salt and excrement.
At the bottom there are usually a few things you cam bank on. Even when Spurs looked dead and lifeless at Christmas, nobody really believed that they were going to go down. They had too many players, too much money and too much invested to risk relegation. £40 million in parachute payments sounds like a lot, but it didn't go that far in Leeds or Southampton. Big clubs can't afford to go down, maybe moreso than the rest of the plebs in the Premier League.
That said, if any BIG team has been asking for relegation recently, even more than Spurs or Man City, it's been Newcastle United. I would love it, absolutely LOVE IT if Newcastle were relegated.
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At first, your child may have typical cold symptoms like a runny or stuffy nose and fever. As his throat and voice box become more swollen, your child may have a raspy voice and then develop a harsh, barky cough. This cough is often worse at night or when your child is crying.
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- hoarse, raspy voice
- cold symptoms — runny or stuffy nose, fever, feeling tired
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Sunday brought much of the same, her symptoms returned in the morning, then subsided – but this time they also came back in the evening. It was off to the doctor first thing yesterday morning. A quick talk, poke and prod of the doctor and she concurred with the obvious. Croup it was. She prescribed a one time dose of corticosteroids to reduce the swelling in her airways. All is well on the home-front now and boy are we glad it didn't get serious.
Serious Signs: (From The Canadian Lung Association)
Seek emergency medical help right away if your child has any of the following signs or symptoms:
- drooling or trouble swallowing
- blue lips/fingers
- high fever — above 39°C (102°F)
- difficulty breathing, the skin between the ribs pulls in with each breath
- a high-pitched, squeaking sound when your child takes a breath (stridor)
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By Victoria Howell
The school year is just about at an end and Stevensville High School Principal Brian Gum is assessing the completion of the first year of the Graduation Matters program at his school. The program, aimed at lowering Montana's high school drop out rate, was funded through a $10,000 grant from the state Office of Public Instruction.
A year of activities that focused on keeping kids in school through graduation culminated with a Business Roundtable at which representatives from 12 local businesses made presentations to the students about why a high school diploma really matters.
Gum says he was very satisfied with the event. "It went very well," said Gum. "I heard positive feedback from the kids. And some of the presenters told me they wanted to participate next year and were already thinking of ways to improve what they said."
Last year, Stevensville's drop out rate was 2.3%, about eight kids, down from 5.7% in 2011. Gum says he wants to make sure that Stevensville's rate doesn't go up again.
Gum said, "It's actually hard to beat that [2.3%]. To reach 0% would be very difficult. Our goal is between 1 and 2%. I would be pretty happy with that. That's our challenge."
Stevensville has close to 400 kids in the high school. The Graduate Matters program kicked off this school year with a fall pledging assembly in the gym where all students, grades 6-12, pledged to stay in school.
Gum also formed an advisory committee made up of community leaders to try to raise awareness and involve the entire community in the issue. Advisory committee members attended the pledge event.
"After that kick off, we're now reaching out to the elementary," said Gum. "We have starting instituting the program with the younger kids. Teachers are now doing targeted activities in the elementary school."
Through improved tracking of student progress, Stevensville found that students most often drop out after their 16th birthday. The Graduation Matters team determined that there were gaps in the school's efforts to track students once they leave the school. They have now implemented a more structured system with multiple checks built in. Additionally, they are collaborating with Job Corps and Montana Youth Challenge to ensure that at-risk students who enroll in those programs graduate with a Stevensville High School diploma rather than a GED. Stevensville has also initiated an advisory program in which all students' academic progress is monitored twice every quarter. Credit deficits are noted and evaluated and students are referred to an intervention team that implements the following strategies: morning tutorials, after-school remediation, and lab classes.
Additionally, Stevensville has introduced the Youth Enhancement Team at the secondary level to address the behavioral and emotional needs of at-risk students. The school found that some 8th grade students were struggling through the transition to high school, so the social promotion policy was modified and a summer school for students requiring remediation in core content areas is being implemented. Stevensville has also surveyed the students to get data on students' educational experiences and is initiating changes based on student input. Student government and club opportunities are being promoted through the advisory program and, as a result, the level of participation in these has dramatically increased. Additionally, the advisory program has implemented curricula and activities to create small-group communities in which students can have fun together, and student pride assemblies where students receive collectible Stevensville "dog tags" that reflect their involvement/ achievements in the school. Faculty is being given free admission to all extra-curricular events so that teachers and students can interact outside the classroom.
To encourage parental involvement with their children's education, the district has initiated student-led conferences, and last year's attendance by parents and students was 96%. Teachers now have 15 minutes of professional time each week to contact parents.
To further assist students in staying in school, for the first time in many years Stevensville will hold a summer school. Gum wrote a grant for a 7-12 summer school to teach math, reading and writing in the first three weeks after regular school gets out. The program will have four teachers and one director. Letters were sent out to the parents of 73 students who didn't receive passing grades in certain classes. The summer school classes will help those students to reach a passing grade and not have to repeat the class in the future.
"This is another way to help kids stay in the system," said Gum.
The Graduation Matters program ends on a very positive note this year, as Gum just received word that a grant that he and teacher Pam Johnson wrote to fund the program for another year was approved.
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Conservatives from across the country are in Washington to talk about ideas and strategy and to hear from the four candidates still in the running to become the Republican presidential nominee.
From video target practice, courtesy of the National Rifle Association, to chocolatey snacks mocking government bureaucracy - activists, students, and superstars attending this year's CPAC have one thing in common.
"We value conservative principles because we believe it's the truth and truth doesn't change," CPAC attendee Morgan Sweeney said.
This year there's a chance for a conservative to win the White House. And while conservatism is important for many voters, electability tops their list.
"I think we need to find whoever will best beat Obama," Tyler O'Neil, another CPAC attendee, said.
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"Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that health care should be run by the federal government," the Texas governor said.
That's also the opinion of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, whose legal fight against the president's health care law won him CPAC's "Defender of the Constitution" Award."
"That legislation represents one of the greatest invasions of liberty in the lifetime of anyone in this room, and that suit that we filed is not about health care, it is about liberty," Cuccinelli said.
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., is the only former GOP presidential candidate who's not made an endorsement. But she told CBN News she'll travel the country to help the nominee.
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Enda Stakes his Claim
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There's not much time left to the local and European elections which are set for June 5th. There is a strong possibility that the Dublin Central and Dublin South by-elections may take place on the same day – the writ can be moved as late as May 6th, or 30 days in advance.
With that in mind, perhaps, Enda Kenny opted to set out his stall in hard, practical terms in his ardfheis speech last night. There was little of the touchy-feely stuff that we had two years ago and no mention of the Contract for a Better Ireland – an idea that never took off.
Here's what you get if you vote Fine Gael, was his theme. Obviously the items on his list referred to what FG would do if it got to power after a general election. If the Government gets the Budget wrong and loses its majority, then we are in that kind of territory.
The key pledge for many voters will be his undertaking that current rates of income tax will not be increased. FG is planning to take the money in other ways through an increased levy and removing the upper limit on Pay-Related Social Insurance but the first would be intended as temporary and for some reason people get less excited about PRSI.
FG's plan is in contrast with the Labour and Sinn Féin proposals to introduce a third rate of tax of 48 per cent on incomes over €100,000. Indeed, the Government could perhaps be about to do the same in Tuesday's Budget.
This could become a critical election issue. Take your Garda-Nurse married couple or your Teacher-Teacher pairing. Earning more than €100,000 between them would be a given in many of these relationships. The Garda and the Nurse would be in line for overtime, I cannot speak of the teachers. People are more likely to vote for a temporary (in intention at any rate) levy than a new, higher rate of tax that would be more likely to be permanent.
This is the social group which generally earns too much for local authority grants and would have been dependent on the free frees system to send their children to third-level. Now that is in serious jeopardy. Kenny got a big cheer when he said he would not bring back fees although FG is promoting a system of graduate taxation tied to PRSI.
There are injustices in the grants system which can be gone into on another occasion. Classically, I have heard of a publican whose declared income was so low he could get grants for his kids while the bartender on PAYE was over the limit but was paying for his the education of his employer's children. The injustice of that cries out to the heavens.
Meanwhile there is a bidding war on the issue of junior ministers. Eamon Gilmore of Labour pledged to cut them from 20 to 15. Now Kenny has gone down to 12. Both parties as well as FF and the Greens were involved in the increase in numbers in this category in the past and some would say they should all apologise for it at this stage.
The mood at the ardfheis was upbeat, one would almost say expectant. There may have been mutterings in the past about Kenny's leadership but last night they were put to one side, for the moment anyway. Indeed one leading FG-er blamed the media and wondered when we were going to give the guy an even break. We're the cause of everything!
SUNDAY EVENING UPDATE: A row has broken out between Brian Cowen and Enda Kenny over the latter's ardfheis speech. Cowen is accusing Kenny of trying to "cod" the people by suggesting there could be recovery without tax increases. Kenny is on tonight's Week in Politics and, in an advance clip shown on the evening news, interviewer David McCullagh points out that the FG leader left out any mention of his "temporary solidarity tax" proposal from his ardfheis speech. Kenny maintains that he had to leave a lot of things out, due to shortage of time. La lutte continue.
Kenny was unwise, in this writer's opinion, to leave himself open to attack from Cowen: FF don't miss an opportunity like that. Likewise it was a bit strange that the only section of the speech in Irish dealt with the Northern Ireland situation. Great to see the cúpla focal but is this the best way to reach out to the unionists?


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Can a name change boost the bottom line?
European buyout firm Cognetas has decided to rebrand itself as Motion Equity Partners as it begins "writing a new page in the story of the firm". But is rebranding enough to boost the firm's fortunes? We profile five other private equity firms to have changed names and looks at their subsequent fortunes.
Cogentas, which is now on its third incarnation after beginning life as part of UK-listed private equity firm Electra Private Equity before spinning out in 2005, has by all accounts endured a difficult period since the departure of its managing partner and co-founder Nigel McConnell in June last year.
McConnell's departure triggered a "key man" clause which saw the firm's €1.25bn 2005 vintage suspended from making new investments. However the firm has since stabilised after agreeing with investors in December to restructure terms on the fund, lowering its management fee while resetting the rate of carried interest – its share of profits from its investments – to keep staff incentivised.
Current managing partner Patrick Eisenscheter said that the decision to change the name was driven by the "significant strides we have made in restructuring the business" in the past year. Eisenscheter said: "We are now moving forward and writing a new page in the story of the firm, which is reflected in our new name."
Financial News profiles five other private equity firms to have changed names and looks at their subsequent fortunes: The lesson for private equity, and indeed Motion, would appear to be that making a long term difference to a reputation rests more on the bottom line rather than marketing materials.
The former captive private equity arm of Barclays rebranded as Equistone Partners Europe last November following its spin-out from its parent.
The firm is now on course to meet its €1.5bn target for its first independent fund - Equistone Partners Europe Fund IV – having reached around €1bn in the past fortnight which one person familiar with the situation said was the firm's fourth close.
Equistone declined to comment.
Candover Partners
The staff at Candover Partners, the buyout arm of UK-listed Candover Investments, struck out on their own as Arle Capital Partners with the backing of fund of funds group Pantheon in December 2010, after the parent hit problems the previous year.
Arle has been focusing on generating value from its existing portfolio, selling Capital Safety, a large provider of safety products and equipment for construction and other workers, to peer KKR for $1.1bn last November, netting the firm a 2.2x return on its original investment.
The firm has since hired the former head of US manufacturing conglomerate 3M, Sir George Buckley, as its new chairman in anticipation of raising a new fund, which is expected to target £1bn. Speaking in February, Buckley said that the fundraising "wouldn't just be a case of [investors] walking in and writing a cheque. Investors need to be convinced that the model is correct".
Foursome Investments
London-based growth capital firm Foursome Investments, which is backed by the Engelhorn family of Germany, rebranded itself Frog Capital in April 2009 as the firm expanded. The firm hired Mike Reid from 3i Group as a managing partner and increased its funds available for investment from €60m to €100m.
The firm has continued to invest in its portfolio, most recently backing its portfolio company GB Group, an identity verification specialist listed on the AIM Exchange, to acquire peer Capscan £11.2m last November.
HSBC Private Equity
HSBC sold 80% of its European private equity business to management in March 2003, resurrecting the name Montagu Private Equity, which traces its roots back to the UK merchant bank Samuel Montagu & Co.
The firm has thrived over the past decade making a range of successful investments, including French medical diagnostics company Sebia, while raising €2.5bn for its latest Montagu IV fund last year without having to offer discounts to investors, despite the worst fundraising environment for a decade.
Earlier this month HSBC confirmed that it had sold its remaining stake to MLLP, a company indirectly owned by members of Montagu's management team.
Electra Quoted Management
Electra Quoted Management, the venture capital arm of UK listed Electra Partners, was rebranded as Acuity Capital in 2008 following a spin-out from its parent.
According to a source close to the situation, the company's portfolio, which was spread across five listed investment vehicles, "took a hell of a hit" during the economic downturn.
In 2009, Acuity merged two of its funds into a single vehicle to reduce costs, while a year later financial advisory firm Allenbridge ranked one vehicle – Acuity Growth VCT – one of the worst performing VCTs launched between the tax years 2001 and 2005 with a position of 28th out of 30 funds.
In January 2011, Acuity lost control of two holdings – Acuity Growth VCT and Acuity VCT 3 – to rival Foresight Capital. Last summer Acuity took its remaining investment vehicle, Acuity Environmental VCT, and rebranded itself as Iona Capital.
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Jennifer Aniston looked absolutely glowing in a black Derek Lam ensemble at yesterday's press junket for her new romantic dramedy, "Love Happens."
She's understandably excited to talk about her unclassifiable new Universal film, which also stars Aaron Eckhart.
Hint: It's deeper and more emotionally involving than your typical rom-com fare.
And she's also psyched about her upcoming singing role (she also produces!) in the prison musical "The Goree Girls," the true story of a Texas country band made up of eight female prisoners.
So can she sing? Find out….
"I can carry a tune," she said, admitting, " I don't know yet. Here's the good news…. They weren't musicians. They basically created a band in order to get paroled. So you are dealing with new singing, new instruments, and somehow they find a way to become a huge phenomenon."
Aniston claims not to have sung before. "Well, trying to think. I think one little thing in a movie a long long time ago…. Nope."
Wait, how could she forget singing "Happy Birthday" to Alec Baldwin's character on "30 Rock"?
We never will!
With "Love Happens," (due in theaters Sept. 18) rom-com queen Aniston was happy to have found a romantic script that doesn't play to preconceptions.
"So many times they come up with these high-concept formulaic ideas for a romantic comedy — how to keep them apart as long as possible, until the end when they can finally stop pretending to be my boyfriend and actually be my boyfriend, and we fooled everyone … Yeah, did that one about 10 years ago."
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JUST THE FACTS: The junior foilist helped Watchung Hills win its first District 2 title earlier this month before leading his team with a 3-0 performance in a 14-13 victory over Don Bosco Prep this past week in the quarterfinals of the NJISSA state team tournament.
TEAM GOALS: "Going into this season we were unsure of our goals because we had some key fencers graduate, but as the season began, we realized that the guys that had come back had improved a lot and that we would have a better team. We feel like we are good enough to have a good chance to win the state title."
PERSONAL GOALS: "The last two years I didn't qualify for state individuals so this year my goal was to qualify for states. At states I would like to make the final pool."
GETTING STARTED: "In sixth grade I was still playing baseball and my mom asked me if I wanted to try fencing. I gave it a try and it was a lot of fun. But I wasn't serious about it till I entered high school."
FAVORITE THING ABOUT FENCING: "I like how fencing combines physical and mental aspects. It is a test of both physical and mental endurance."
STRENGTHS: "I feel like I have good technique. This helps me maintain my level of fencing when other fencers might lose some technique when they get tired."
WEAKNESS: "My distance. I fall short sometimes."
IF I WASN'T FENCING: "I would probably be back playing lacrosse."
BEST THING YOU HAVE TAKEN FROM FENCING: "I think fencing has given me a mentality that helps deal with setbacks. If something goes wrong in a bout or a meet I can move past it. You deal with it and still reach your goal. You can apply that in a lot of areas in life."
FAVORITE FOOD: Sushi
FAVORITE MUSIC: "I listen to a lot of different types of music, anything but country."
FAVORITE TV SHOW: "Big Bang Theory"
FAVORITE MOVIE: "The Dark Knight"
FAVORITE BOOK: "Of Mice and Men," by John Steinbeck
FAVORITE SUBJECT: "Chemistry. I am looking at going into chemical or mechanical engineering in college."
SUPERPOWER: "Definitely the ability to control and manipulate time."
IF I COULD CHANGE THE WORLD: "I would like to see an end to racial discrimination."
IN MY SPARE TIME: "I enjoy eating and sleeping."
DINNER FOR FOUR: "Nelson Mandela -- it's very important what he did in the development of South Africa; Usian Bolt -- he's just a winner, an awesome personality; Beyonce, because no reason not to have her there, Beyonce for President 2016."


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The $210 million settlement over the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine disaster indeed sends a message to industry, as was emphasized recently. Undoubtedly it will do some good in making U.S. coal mines safer.
But the settlement, being paid by a coal company, is a warning to companies, not necessarily individuals.
U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin, of the Southern District of West Virginia, was among those announcing the settlement between the government and Alpha Natural Resources.
Alpha actually had nothing to do with the Upper Big Branch disaster, in which 29 miners died in April 2010. At the time, the mine in southern West Virginia was owned by Massey Energy, which was acquired earlier this year by Alpha.
Money from the settlement will be used for a variety of purposes, including new mine safety programs and compensating families of the dead miners. But the money will come from Alpha's corporate coffers, meaning the firm's earnings may be lessened and it may have to pass some of the cost on to customers.
Still, individuals responsible for the scores of mine safety violations uncovered at Upper Big Branch will not have to pay.
That doesn't mean they are off the hook. Goodwin stressed Tuesday his office, which already has been involved in some successful prosecutions of individuals for mine safety violations, will continue to pursue those responsible for the Upper Big Branch tragedy.
Again, the gigantic settlement will focus corporate officials - not just in mining but also in other industries - more on safety. No CEO wants to explain to stockholders why he lost a fifth of a billion dollars by cutting safety corners or winking at violations.
But on down the food chain, where lower level supervisors and perhaps even non-management personnel may decide the rules are not important, criminal prosecutions will be the only deterrent. Goodwin is right to continue investigating the Upper Big Branch catastrophe - and holding those responsible accountable.


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November is a great time for easy, hot casseroles and soups to combat the cold, the rain, and the wind outside.
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In fall, the bounty of fruit trees brings apples and pears for munching, canning, and freezing. Earlier in summer, plums, peaches, and nectarines from eastern Washington fill market baskets. Many gardeners begin to wonder about planting trees for home fruit production.
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A new automated service system enables Puget Power customers to quickly report outages and receive outage status information, without having to talk to a representative.
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My sister just came up to visit from South Carolina. I love her dearly, and am so glad she was here, for lots of reasons: it gave me an excuse to eat ice cream from Herrells, to eat cannolis from La Fiorentina, to take another Fenway Park Tour, to buy Yankee Candles...and to get swarmed by butterflies at Magic Wings!
I'd never been to Magic Wings, and I don't know if I would have ever gone if not for Camille's interest. (Justin is prejudiced against insects, so I woulda had to go all alone). I didn't know what to expect, but I was totally impressed. After we bought tickets ($12 each), we went through this little museum area, with fascinating freaks of nature on display--cool things like walking sticks and leaf insects. Then, we got to the actual butterfly conservatory, which is like a flower jungle with fluttery creatures all over the place. Gorgeous bright Hibiscus the size of your head, and what seemed to be thousands of butterflies flapping through the air...it was a little overwhelming, but in a "magical" way. We ended up staying for what seemed like a couple of hours.
If you visit Magic Wings, and you're easily amazed by nature, like me, you should also plan to stay longer than you'd expect. I also recommend that you wear bright clothing, if you hope to catch winged hitchhikers. It's also well worth it (just $1) to purchase the butterfly identification sheet, which you can find at the ticket stand. The sheet is a fun way to help identify, learn more about, and track the butterflies you spot (I'm sad to say we couldn't find the Blue Cracker and several others, but we did check off a respectable variety of butterflies). I highly recommend Magic Wings to everybody...if you have guests visiting, if you have children getting antsy this summer, if you're on a date... It really seems to be a great place for kids of all ages.
(Sidenote to "tough guys" and "dudes"-- we spotted burly bearded Harley dudes at Magic Wings. So, it seems that you can probably still like butterflies AND keep your tough guy street cred. If you're worried about that sort of thing. Also, if you are, magical butterflies will whisk your worries away.)


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Steelworkers join police patrols in east Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine -- Steelworkers employed by Ukraine's biggest tycoon have joined police on patrol in some disputed eastern Ukrainian cities, and the company said Thursday its officials had struck a deal with police and pro-Russian separatists in one of the cities for the insurgents to leave occupied government buildings.
It was unclear how significant the development was. Photographs posted by police did not reveal whether the steelworkers were armed, and it was unknown whether they intended to confront the armed separatists who have declared parts of eastern Ukraine independent.
But police said the patrols in Mariupol and Makeevka had helped solve or prevent crimes, including robbery. Mariupol, a city of about 495,000 in the Donetsk region, was gripped by violence last week when clashes between police and protesters killed at least seven people.
The steelworkers are from plants belonging to Metinvest, part of the business empire of Rinat Akhmetov, believed to be Ukraine's richest man. On Wednesday, Akhmetov issued a statement calling on Donetsk to remain part of Ukraine, arguing that independence or absorption into Russia would be economically catastrophic.
That warning did little to dampen separatist fervor in the Donetsk region, where insurgents announced a parliament on Thursday. After a weekend referendum, separatists in Donetsk and the neighboring Luhansk region declared themselves independent.
However, an insurgent leader in Mariupol was party to an agreement with steel plant directors and local police on improving security in the city and vacating separatist-occupied buildings, according to a Metinvest statement. That could indicate that Akhmetov, through his companies, could play an influential role in the crisis.


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Great Lakes program inspires rare bipartisanship
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Nowhere has the fervor to cut government down to size been more dramatically on display than in the industrial Midwest.
Republicans have seized control of statehouses across the traditional battleground region, where they've slashed budgets with a vengeance. Their counterparts in Congress have waged war with Democrats over federal spending, led by Rep. Paul Ryan, of Wisconsin, architect of blueprints that renounce "earmarks" for local projects and even target Social Security.
But there's a 94,000-square-mile exception to the Republicans' crusade to starve the federal beast: the Great Lakes.
For all their indignation about government overreach, Republicans in the eight-state region are matching Democrats' enthusiasm for an array of federal programs benefiting the inland seas, from dredging harbors to controlling invasive predators like the fish-killing sea lamprey.
When a House subcommittee this summer tried to cut 80 percent of President Barack Obama's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which has pumped $1.3 billion into 1,700 grants for cleanups and research since 2010, alarmed Republican freshman David Joyce, of Ohio, quickly weighed in to get most of 2014's money restored. A bipartisan parade from neighboring states is now backing his push to get the rest of the money or even increase it.
Where the Great Lakes are concerned, party politics really does stop at the water's edge.
It's a marriage of convenience, explained partly by the lakes' equal importance to the economy and the environment.
More fundamentally, the vast lakes are cultural icons, inspiring poetry such as Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha" and countless memories of fishing with grandpa or camping on the beach.
"There's just something about the Great Lakes that's part of our DNA, I think," said Rep. Candice Miller, a Republican from suburban Detroit. "It's hard to explain. It's about our way of life."
In Congress, vote-rich states such as Illinois and Ohio, along with neighboring Pennsylvania and New York, pack considerable punch when they stick together.
Other clean-water programs lacking such an impassioned constituency haven't fared as well. Federal funds that provide loans for drinking water and sewage treatment improvements also were cut 80 percent. No one has come to their rescue.
"The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is among the most fiercely defended programs in the country," said Andy Buchsbaum, regional director of the National Wildlife Federation. The irony isn't lost on some budget-cutting purists.
"It looks like a lot of so-called conservative Republicans have their sacred cows," said Jack Hoogendyk, a tea party activist and former Michigan legislator.


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Bay City in Bloom winners for September
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St John's Lutheran Church is the establishment winner for September's Bay City in Bloom. Recognition is given to businesses, residents and establishments throughout the summer for those who best beautify their yards and grounds.
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CC was designed by Bill Gates who's had no formal education on writing educational programs, it's not accountable to anyone and those running it have ties to Obama.
Your're led to believe it has State Standards but there are none! It's socialistically run by our govt. to control our children. The filed Race to the Top designed by Ted Kennedy being a disaster, our govt. told states they could op-out if they would take money and the yet written CC now being implemented in our schools.
It's a one size fits all, no incentive for brighter students, or slower students to catch up.
Professionals stated it's putting children 2 years behind in Math and English and won't prepare them for college standards only socialist workers.
English is 50% informational text describing how America is responsible for destroying the planet. In WI. a CC assignment was write a paper Why the Govt was a family only better. NY showed math and reading plummeting 30%.
Reading materials designed to have atheistic and sexual views. An 11th grade class read "Bluest Eyes" college professors said it was so violent and pornographic they wouldn't give it to their students. In KN. in a 6th grade hangs a poster How do people express feelings. The list, list explicit sexual ways! The school defended it as being Federally mandated.
CC makes math so complicated that a simple stacking problem taking 30 sec. now takes 8 min. In CA they found a 5th grade could not add or subtract independently.
Psychologist are finding students so dramatized by testing they are self mutilating, depressed with suicidal thoughts and no longer want to attend school.
CC is evil, dumbing our children and making learning something they loath. See Dangers and Threats to American Liberty and Education U-Tube.
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Borgo dei Fondi is a delightful village house surrounded by the countryside of Montagnola Senese.
It was built in late 1700 (it is surveyed and mapped in 1812 ) and consists of two spacious apartments totally independent, completely renovated in Tuscan style.
The property is surrounded by a large private park that offers peace and privacy, even the most discerning guests. City of Art and places of great scenic beauty such as San Gimignano, Volterra, Certaldo, Montalcino, Pienza, to say nothing of the major cities such as Florence, Arezzo and Pisa are within easy reach in a short time by car from Siena, by train and buses.
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WARREN - Despite the expected sale of its parent company, branch banking operations are not expected to change.
"First Place Bank, which operates separately from the holding company, is not part of the Chapter 11 process," according to Samuel A. Roth, chairman of First Place Financial Corp. "We will continue to process loan applications, fund commitments and conduct all other banking operations as we do every day."
Also, all deposits will remain FDIC-insured, the release states.
First Place Financial Corp. announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell all of the common stock of its subsidiary, First Place Bank, to Talmer Bancorp, Inc., a bank holding company based in Troy, Mich. for $45 million.
The sale will be implemented through Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
First Place Financial Corp. is a a Warren-based financial services holding company with two wholly-owned subsidiaries: First Place Bank and First Place Holdings, Inc. Through First Place Bank, the company operates 41 retail locations, 2 business financial service centers and 20 loan production offices.


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Someone who can't decide what his name is.
Puff Daddy? Sean "Puffy" Combs? P. Diddy? PICK A NAME
viết bởi CV 26 Tháng hai, 2003
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Can you define these popular missing words?
A useless big-lipped tongue rolling bigot that makes a lot of money. Has his own clothing line and likes to wear fur coats.
P.Diddy was admitted to a hospital yesterday after a bee stung his already enormous, ugly, and unsightly lips.
viết bởi Viggo 20 Tháng mười một, 2004
A Black Rapper who started the "Vote or Die" campaign in the 2004 presidential elections. However, P Diddy voted for his FIRST TIME in these elections, therefore making him a total moron.
"P Diddy does a great job making African Americans look like illiterate retards."
viết bởi Jake 13 Tháng hai, 2005
possessor of fishlips and butcherer of good songs
he should have faded into obscurity like the backstreet boys or bubba sparx
viết bởi Evil Tim 15 Tháng tám, 2003
The most goddamn worst excuse of ripoff. He rips other people's songs and ideas to make his own shit. He is ugly, stupid, mofo. The only good shit he did was that he fucked another slutty ho J-Lo.
viết bởi FUckDiSHit 23 Tháng mười, 2003
One of the biggest douche-bag sell-outs out there today; man-whore.
Daniel: Hey, did you hear what happened to P. Diddy?
Steve: No, what?
Daniel: He changed his name again.
Steve: Big surprise. I thought you were going to say he died. You got my hopes up.
Steve: No, what?
Daniel: He changed his name again.
Steve: Big surprise. I thought you were going to say he died. You got my hopes up.
viết bởi supernintendo_chalmers 25 Tháng mười một, 2005
A man no better then the group Mini Vanilli that "lives off of" and copies everyone elses music because he cant write his own.
Person 1: Dude you hear P Diddy's new song?
Person 2: Whos song?
Person 2: Whos song?
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September 2012: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in collaboration with the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), published a study on the impacts of marine debris on biodiversity, and suggesting strategies to address the challenge. The report focuses on four impact categories: entanglement and ingestion, including microplastics; dispersal via rafting; provision of new habitat; and ecosystem-level effects.
The study, titled "Impacts of marine debris on biodiversity: current status and potential solutions," and published as CBD Technical Series No. 67, reviews and synthesizes literature to describe the impact of marine debris on biodiversity. The report suggests that at present, even the best waste management practices may be insufficient to address the marine debris challenge on a global scale, and says there is a need for wider scale adoption of "green chemistry," environmentally friendly design and other complementary up-stream innovations to reduce the potential for items to become marine debris.
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A former Flyer is sharing his love of the sport with youngsters.
Bob "The Hound" Kelly took to the floor to teach local cub scouts some hockey basics.
Kelly led handling, passing and shooting drills for about 180 kids.
Monday's clinic was part of the Minsi Trails Council's "Hooked on Hockey" event.
Kelly says it's good to get kids involved in the sport.
"The whole thing is just to expose kids to the game of hockey, so we'll put a stick in their hand, run them through some drills, and have some fun with them out there. That's what it's all about, just getting the kids pick up a stick have some fun, follow sports," he said.
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In response to graffiti artist Banksy's Make this the Year YOU Discover a New Destination Gaza tourist video, the territory's parkour team show us what real life is like there and their dreams beyond the border. To the sounds of Palestine's biggest female hip-hop artist, Shadia Mansour, join Abdallah AlQassab and the rest of the free-running team as they flip, somersault and leap their way round the ruined city
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Jurors deliberated just 35 minutes Friday before convicting Bangaly D. Chelley of second-degree murder for firing the bullet that killed an innocent bystander - an 82-year-old grandfather.
Ansumane Kanneh was fixing his granddaughter's bicycle May 28, 2011, outside his apartment on the city's West Side when he was shot above his left eye.
Chelley, 29, fired a handgun at someone who had fought him a day earlier, prosecutors said. But Chelley missed the intended target near the Maryner Towers apartment complex.
"I was surprised but pleased by how quick the verdict came in," said homicide prosecutor Colleen Curtin Gable, who, with Assistant District Attorney Michael Smith, prosecuted Chelley.
Chelley was also convicted of criminal possession of a weapon.
Kanneh, a father of five, brought his family to Buffalo in 2004, fleeing from a violent civil war in his native Liberia. His widow and two of his children were in the courtroom for the verdict.
Prosecuting Chelley was not simple.
Witnesses did not come forward to help the police investigation until months after the shooting, and only when one of them ran into legal problems of her own.
The man whom prosecutors said Chelley was trying to shoot did not come to court at all, despite efforts by authorities to track him down the past two days.
Defense attorney Barry S. Dolgoff sought to discredit the testimony of several prosecution witnesses during his closing argument.
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"They believed a bunch of thugs and liars," Dolgoff said of the jurors. "It makes no sense."
Jurors' sympathy for the victim also hurt his client's chances, he said.
"I think they felt very sorry for the gentleman who was killed," he said.
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Davis succeeds Mark Evans, who was promoted to director of fiscal services for the Castaic Union School District.
Davis, a former middle- and grade-school teacher, has been waiting for the opportunity to lead a school.
"I didn't give up and was patient. I've been in the district since 1994, so I was well prepared," she said.
Superintendent James Gibson said he knew she had what it takes.
"Denise had been a serious candidate for principal at Castaic Middle School, so when the opportunity arose at the elementary school we knew she would be a great fit," he said.
Davis said she wants to continue the district's efforts to promote growth.
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"ExCEL is an educational program we are running, which is an intervention program for reading comprehension," Davis said.
Davis said she believes one of the biggest changes she can make for the school is through her personality.
"As a leader, you can effect change. I'm going to bring in change through energy, passion and school spirit," she said.
"The teachers at Castaic Elementary were thrilled that she was promoted," Gibson said. "She is quite a favorite among them, and she has the administration's support."


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TRENTON — Residents in South Trenton may have noticed brown water coming from the tap for about an hour yesterday, acting public works director Ralph Burzachiello of Trenton Water Works said.
"We had to open a couple gate valves. It caused a little dirty water in the south section, but we shut them back down and we're all right," Burzachiello said.
City spokeswoman Lauren Ira sent an e-mail yesterday afternoon, advising customers to shut off their water and to try turning it on again in one hour if their water was brown.
Another e-mail was sent shortly after, informing customers of the correction.
"A phone message was sent to all residents within South Trenton who may have been affected by the rust colored water. Residents were advised that the water quality is excellent, and the water valves should be turned off then turned back on within one hour," the e-mail said.
Burzachiello said the water valve opening, resulting in dirty, brown water to South Trenton residents was due to the weather and effects of Hurricane Irene last week.
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Burzachiello said residents do not need to boil their water, and it should be "all clear" at this point.
Similar dirty water and low pressure conditions plagued South Trenton residents and schools last October, when heavy rain storms caused an increase in river levels. Under Department of Environmental Protection guidelines they are required to stop pumping water from the river when it becomes too cloudy, Burzachiello said last fall.
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The Juan Williams debacle shows that flying-while-Muslim is the new driving-while-black.
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MARTINSBURG - Although enough money had been allocated during the Berkeley County Council's budgetary process in March, members recently decided if the $1,000 raise for county employees should included all employees or only ones who started before Jan. 1.
In Thursday's Berkeley County Council meeting, members approved presenting raises to all county employees, regardless of when the employee began work, as long as it is prior to July 1. The motion passed 4-1, with President Anthony Petrucci voting against the motion.
Petrucci presented the issue to the council in order to receive direction for the county's finance department on how to implement the employee pay raises authorized during the council's budgetary workshop session in March.
"Pertaining to our handbook, the employees who were hired on a particular date, if they were hired by Jan. 1 of a given year, certainly they would be eligible for that increase. If not, we normally haven't done that, so we need to direct the finance department," Petrucci said.
Since the funds were already approved for the elected officials' budgets, County Attorney Norwood Bentley said that the elected officials can allocate their budget however they deem necessary, without direction.
"If you institute or pass an order requiring that nobody hired after Jan. 1 get this raise, it can affect only county commission employees and won't have any effect on the constitutional officers," Bentley said.
During the budget process, each of the five elected officials - the circuit clerk, county clerk, assessor, sheriff and prosecuting attorney - lobbied for, and received, a $1,000 across-the-board raise for employees during their budget presentations.
The pay adjustment for full-time employees equals $1,222, including benefits, for a total cost of $279,724. The adjustment does not include positions that are currently vacant that may be filled after July 1.
"The intent was that everyone would get the $1,000. My intent was for all full-time employees to get the $1,000 increase in pay. They're still, in my opinion, a lot of them, underpaid," said member Doug Copenhaver.
Although Copenhaver's original motion for all employees to receive the raise died due to lack of a second, a subsequent motion passed once it was changed to include that the council is going against the handbook in this matter.
The last pay raise issued to county employees was in October 2010.
- Staff writer Samantha Cronk can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 132, or twitter.com/scronkJN.


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The "Mad Men" folks would have felt right at home Friday at the Blaffer Art Museum's gala, which had a "nod to mod" theme.
Co-chairs Cullen Geiselman, Ryan Gordon and Leslie and Mark Hull led the fab crowd of 275 in honoring Welcome Wilson, Sr. and Joanne Guest Wilson, raising about $300,000 for the University of Houston's museum.
With an eye-popping scene for dinner by CityKitchen downstairs, where the ceiling rained umbrellas, the museum's upstairs was transformed into a full-throttle disco. Along with an art auction, the attractions included cute Brittany Havican's PhotoMoto van, a 1978 VW van-turned-photo booth.
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