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William Butler Yeats
He Remembers Forgotten Beauty - Poem by William Butler Yeats
When my arms wrap you round I press
My heart upon the loveliness
That has long faded from the world;
The jewelled crowns that kings have hurled
In shadowy pools, when armies fled;
The love-tales wrought with silken thread
By dreaming ladies upon cloth
That has made fat the murderous moth;
The roses that of old time were
Woven by ladies in their hair,
The dew-cold lilies ladies bore
Through many a sacred corridor
Where such grey clouds of incense rose
That only God's eyes did not close:
For that pale breast and lingering hand
Come from a more dream-heavy land,
A more dream-heavy hour than this;
And when you sigh from kiss to kiss
I hear white Beauty sighing, too,
For hours when all must fade like dew.
But flame on flame, and deep on deep,
Throne over throne where in half sleep,
Their swords upon their iron knees,
Brood her high lonely mysteries.
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Below is the immediate report submitted today to the Israeli Securities Authority ("ISA") and the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange through the ISA's electronic submission system in accordance with the Securities Regulations (Periodic and Immediate Reports), 1970
Frutarom Industries Ltd.
Registration No.: 52-004280-5
The securities of the Company are listed for trading on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange
Name: Frutarom
25 HaShaish St, Haifa 26110
Tel: +972-4-846 2462, Fax: +972-4-872 2517, www.frutarom.com
Email: [email protected]
March 22, 2012
Israeli Securities Authority
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd.
Immediate Report Regarding the Change in quantity of Dormant Shares in the Corporation's Issued Share Capital
Regulation 31 (b) to the Securities Regulations (Periodic and Immediate Reports) 1970
Regulation 33 (a) to the Securities Regulations (Periodic and Immediate Reports) 1970
We hereby report that on March 22, 2012 there was a change in quantity of dormant shares in the Company's share capital.
Name of holder of dormant shares: Frutarom Industries Ltd.
Type of identity no: number registered with the Israeli Registrar of Companies.
ID no in the Israeli Companies Registrar: 520042805
Type of holder: the reporting corporation
Citizenship/ country of incorporation or registration: incorporated in Israel
Name of share: ordinary share
No. of security on the stock exchange: 1081082
Nature of change: Increase
Date on which transaction was performed: March 22, 2012
Rate of transaction: 35.66 Nis
Number of dormant shares held by holder before the change: 541,179
Number of shares involved in the change: +11,200
Number of dormant shares held by holder after the change is: 552,379
Rate of issued share capital in the corporation held by the holder in dormant shares after the change is: 0.96%
Were the shares acquired under a purchase plan approved by the company: No.
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Luxury Living 2
Plan ID Number: JR-022
Designed by: Jon Rentfrow
Rentfrow Residential Design
Square FootageTotal living area: 4,705
Main Level:3,936
Upper Level:769
Footprint: 113' 0" W x 50' 6" D
RoomsBedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 4.5
Master suite: Main Floor
AttributesLevels: 2
Parking: Garage
Number of car stalls: 4
House Height: 29' 6"
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Main level 10' 0" Vaulted Ceilings in the:
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This modified version of the extremely popular Luxury Living home is ideal for those who don't wish to build a lower (walk–out basement) level. Another bedroom has been added, while keeping the same square footage on the main level as the original house. Along with the removal of the basement level, the main level powder room is relocated to the front entry, which creates a more open and spacious breakfast area with clear views outward. On the upper level there is now a full bedroom suite with a full bath, and with the removal of one of the staircases, it allows for additional square footage for a loft area next to the library.
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The Walking Dead Spin Off Press Release From AMC09/16/2013
The Walking Dead Spin Off Press Release From AMC
The Walking Dead Spin Off Press Release From AMC
AMC announced today that the network is in the initial stages of developing a companion series to its original drama series The Walking Dead, which premiered on AMC in October of 2010. The Walking Dead is currently the #1 show on television among adults 18-49. Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd and David Alpert are on board as executive producers, with AMC Studios set to produce. The companion series has a target on-air date of 2015.
"Building on the success of the most popular show on television for adults 18-49 is literally a no-brainer," said Charlie Collier, AMC's president and general manager. "We look forward to working with Robert, Gale and Dave again as we develop an entirely new story and cast of characters. It's a big world and we can't wait to give fans another unforgettable view of the zombie apocalypse."
"After 10 years of writing the comic book series and being so close to the debut of our fourth, and in my opinion, best season of the TV series, I couldn't be more thrilled about getting the chance to create a new corner of The Walking Dead universe," said Kirkman. "The opportunity to make a show that isn't tethered by the events of the comic book, and is truly a blank page, has set my creativity racing."
In addition to Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Hell on Wheels and Low Winter Sun, AMC recently greenlit two new drama series for 2014,Halt & Catch Fire and Turn. The network today began shooting a new pilot, Line Of Sight, directed and executive produced by Jonathan Demme, and has a licensing agreement with Sony Pictures Television for a spinoff series of Vince Gilligan's landmarkBreaking Bad, based on the Saul Goodman lawyer character with the working title Better Call Saul.
Season four of The Walking Dead returns to AMC on October 13. The Walking Dead is based on the comic book series created and written by Robert Kirkman and published by Skybound, Kirkman's imprint at Image Comics.
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Warsaw (Jun. 18)
Spurred on by the assassination of Col. Bronislaw Pieracki, Minister of the Interio# and one of the dominant figures in the government bloc, Polish officials continued on a determined program of suppressing the anti-Jewish, anti-Pilsudski factions which have been responsible for the excesses of recent weeks.
The Polish government is determined on drastic measures to suppress criminal manifestations, Premier Kozlowski declared at the funeral services today for Col. Pieracki.
"Irrespective of who the criminal is or whence he comes, the moral blame for the murder falls on all preparing an atmosphere of terror," he declared.
"The arm of the State will reach all the guilty."
Arrests of Nara leaders continued today with most of the National Radical headquarters in Warsaw closed by the police. The grey Nara uniforms common in the streets a week ago had practically disappeared from the streets today.
The Gazeta Warszawska, organ of the National Democrats (Endeks) who like the Naras, have been making their attack on the government through the medium of assaults on the Jews, complained today that Endeks also were being arrested in the round-up of Naras.
The government will establish three concentration camps in the neighborhood of Brest-Litovsk, Losice and Olkusz to hold the arrested Naras in line with its determination to root out subversive activities. A decree to this effect, signed by the state president and members of the cabinet, was issued today.
Editors of the Stafeta, the Nara paper whose plant was closed down by the authorities last week, unsuccessfully tried to find another press in Warsaw but were given the cold shoulder by the printers in the city. It was reported tonight that they were seeking a printer in the provinces.
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Comparing it to the two previous installments, the actor who plays Captain Jack Sparrow said the new one 'has a freshness... less mathematics.'
Johnny Depp has vowed to bring a "freshness" to the next installment of the "Pirate of the Caribbean" franchise, after admitting the last two movies were confusing. The actor is reprising his famous role of swashbuckler Captain Jack Sparrow in the upcoming "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides", which Depp insists features a less convoluted plot than its predecessors.
He tells Britain's Empire magazine, "The things with Pirates 4, I felt like we owed it to people... You know? Pirates 2 and 3 became quite... sub-plotty (sic). The mathematics of it. All these people went to see them two or three times just to figure out what was happening. This one is a little closer in tone to the first: more character driven... more subject driven. It has a freshness... less mathematics."
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I was just reading some comments on dinner attire in the HAL forum and thought I would throw this out just as an F.Y.I.;
I was pleasantly surprised by the number of tuxedoes and white dinner jackets on the three formal nights on my recent Island Princess cruise. I debated getting one, decided not to, then rather wished I had. Not that I felt out of place or underdressed--I dare say I look pretty good in my charcoal pin stripe--but those that were dressed to the nines (I have never known what that means--I mean I know what it means but I don't know what it really MEANS; know what I mean? Why nines? Why not tens?) Uh, they were into it and really enjoying themselves.
Being a longer cruise with, shall we say more "seasoned" passengers no doubt had a lot to do with it; But it was really nice to see. I don't know what happened to all the guys with muscle shirts and camouflage shorts I saw during the day--the buffet I would guess--but it's encouraging to see that one of the more elegant traditions is still alive.
Know what Webster says about "tuxedo"?
"Semiformal evening clothes for men". Formal must mean tails.
Holy smokes!
I just stumbled onto GenCan's thread on the same subject in the Carnival forum. I think I'm in for a rough go!
At any rate it is nice to hear that formal night, still brings out the best in people. Any "leisure suits" in the mix?
So glad to hear that f-mattox and I'm sure you were well dressed which adds to the ambiance of the dining experience. Also glad to welcome you back from what I hope was a wonderful cruise!! Best wishes!
Traditional, Formal Evening: Black tails are worn with a matching trousers. A white pique wing collar shirt is adorned with a white pique vest and bow tie. Topping off the ensemble is a black top hat, white gloves and a black cane.
Traditional, Semi Formal Evening: A black tuxedo or white dinner jacket and black trousers with any style shirt, vest, cummerbund and tie.
Above from: http://www.tuxedopro.com/corp/service/etiquette.htm
I'm beginning to think I'll be under dressed in my black suit, white shirt and black or silver tie on our upcoming cruise! Maybe I'd better order a tux?
Todd, don't sweat it; you will not be underdressed. The majority were in dark suits and even a fair number with sport coat or blazer and no tie. I even had dinner with one fellow who had a plain black suit and added a tuxedo shirt and black bow tie; nobody even noticed until he mentioned it. No leisure suits, Ken. We all tossed them years ago. One pair of jeans--but he was completely outfitted with nice western shirt, boots, string tie, hat and coat--a genuine cowboy and he looked great. Guys with 30 inch waists and get away with that.
Don't get me wrong--I'm not advocating formal wear for everyone; just making the observation that those who were dressed up were really enjoying themselves--and getting some great photos too.
Yes, I was only kidding about the tux. If I had to wear a tux, I'd buy one since there are other functions on land I attend where a tux and dark suits are worn (kinda like formal night on a cruise!)
But, I'm being very strict about the dress code with my family about the formal nights on our cruise. I'd like to get some pictures of all 6 of dressed up. No sport coats, jeans, flip flops, etc. http://cruise-chat.com/groupee_commo...s/icon_eek.gif, and the men must wear a dark suit and tie. What other people are wearing won't bother me - they won't be our pictures! http://cruise-chat.com/groupee_commo...icon_smile.gif
Todd, we use cruises to update our family portrait. I can't imagine myself showing up in a studio dressed in a tux, but on a cruise, it just makes sense. With the backrounds and settings they have anymore, you really have so many options to pick from! And as Rick pointed out, you will not be underdressed in a dark suit.
And while you pay a little more for each photo, there is no charge for the sitting and you are under no obligation to purchase anything. On my recent cruise they had 4-5 different backgrouds each formal night--even a black and white option. We found one photographer the first formal night who's work we really liked and kept going back to her; and came home with some real treasures.
Just a heads up on the dark suit...try to avoid the black background...you may look like a bunch of floating heads!
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90% of smartphones will be cloud-connected next year says Qualcomm
Based on the premise that "local networks are in the home and relationships are in the cloud," Rob Chandhok, President – Qualcomm Innovation Center, stated that the smartphone has become the primary portal for the digital life. It is growing into activities like home HVAC control, smart appliances and the like. It is all controlled through the cloud via the smartphone.
For many regular readers, this may seem like stating the obvious in terms of technology, but the reality is that most people have not advanced their interactions to that extent...yet. There is no other device other than the smartphone in the foreseeable future that will assume this role.
Qualcomm, being on the cutting edge of LTE chipset technology sees this technological leap being made very soon. The company estimates that there will be a ten-fold increase in mobile traffic in Europe by 2015. That will be due, in part, to LTE networks lighting up across the EU in the near future.
Qualcomm COO, Stephen Mollenkopf said it succinctly, "We want devices to react to what's going on around you, to learn more about you, and then use it to improve your life."
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1. Captain_Doug (Posts: 1035; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
Relying on the cloud means relying on constant connectivity. That means paying way too much for a tiered data plan. I'll take 32gb+ of storage on my devices.
2. XiphiasGladius (Posts: 813; Member since: 21 Aug 2011)
Amen to that.
3. JoeBelfiore (banned) (Posts: 79; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
.... and 90% of the wasted bandwidth goes to malware/spyware on Androids
8. JC557 (Posts: 1794; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
Seriously, I don't like how many in the tech field are interested in Cloud computing when it costs the user in data usage and the increasing feeling that you don't own something you bought.
10. Captain_Doug (Posts: 1035; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
I do wanna say cloud computing has its place, but that place is just for backup. It is a very safe place to store files that say, if we killed our phone/tablet/laptop somehow, we'd have them somewhere. But not anymore than that.
4. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Not to mention the spyware from the feds
5. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
maybe yes maybe no!! iit depends on the network or how fast is one's place internet! as long as the world isnt fully LTE it might not be!
cloud needs fast internet speed and in my place...its really slow!!! i've been trick by my carrier!!!
6. bkb01 (Posts: 43; Member since: 21 Aug 2012)
never really liked cloud storage idea. 16gb on my sgs2 plus my 32gb microsd is a lot more convenient, no need to be constantly connected to data. everything is readily available,
7. tedkord (Posts: 14133; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
And won't it be a glorious experience, having blazing fast LTE on a cloud connected device. You'll be able to stream your movies and music in high definition from your cloud storage for three days, then you hit your data cap and wait 27 days to do it again!
9. speckledapple (Posts: 892; Member since: 29 Sep 2011)
I can certainly see the cloud being a major force, as evidenced by Win 8 and its sky drive offerings among others. But the thing I think that will hamper the extent to which the cloud will be effective is battery life. Regardless of the speed of the network, internal technology saving power with increased die shrinkage, the battery is the thing that is hurting long lasting connectivity on a massive scale.
If they can really put some serious effort into improving battery life beyond what is current today, the cloud will become more than just a standard, it will become a function of life.


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AN ELDERLY man woke to find a burglar in his home near Selby yesterday.
The man was asleep in his chair at around 3pm yesterday afternoon when a burglar came through an unlocked door at the house on Sutton Lane, Byram, and stole a mobile phone.
Although the burglar claimed to be looking for scrap, but the incident left the victim, who is in his 70s, shaken.
PC Nicola Gill said: "The elderly victim was startled to find a stranger in his front room and very shaken up by what happened.
"Targeting elderly and vulnerable people in this way is appalling. I am appealing to people who were in the area at the time, to anyone who recognises the suspect from the description and to anyone who has any information about the incident, to contact the police. "
The suspect is white, in his early 20s, around 5ft 7in tall, of slim build with light coloured short hair. He spoke with a local accent.
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Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Holiday or Festivus, I'm sure many presents were exchanged, much sugar was consumed, and tackiness abounded. At least, that's how it is in my world! I got out my ugly Christmas dress from last year and sewed sewed sewed! I made this new dress:
I also made some felt house hoops inspired by the artistic genius of Checkout Girl (pictures to come!) and a nerdy hoop for my Star Trek-loving lady friend:
My brother got the pink bunny pajamas from A Christmas Story. You know, the one where the kid shoots his eye out?
And for Mr. C, I did something a little different! Instead of sewing, I painted. I ordered a set of blank Russian nesting dolls, or "matryoshkas," from this site and painted them like Serenity and her crew from Firefly! He was stunned. At first, he thought I bought them already painted like that, but when I told him otherwise, his jaw dropped.
My favourite is little Jayne.
However, Mr. C had to one-up me by hand sewing me a bouquet of Mario flowers. Most guys just buy them from the florist. And most bouquets don't have piranha plants!
The work that went into these is unreal. I think Mr. C will have to post a tutorial, because he made the patterns all on his own! I just love them. They are in a place of pride above our Wii.
Here's hoping everyone had a magical holiday (even though it probably wasn't as awesome as ours).
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Mommy Workout: Fertility Cycle - Phase 2, Week 3
EDITOR'S NOTE: Nicole Crawford is a certified personal trainer and women's fitness specialist (NASM) and a pre- and post-natal fitness specialist (AFPA). Nicole thinks all moms should have the opportunity and support they need to stay fit. She volunteers at crisis pregnancy centers and is completing DONA International's requirements to become a certified birth doula. Connect with Nicole: email@example.com
How to maintain your fitness, and sanity, while trying to get pregnant.
During the second 28-day phase of the Fertility Cycle, we'll increase the frequency of your workouts without a steep increase in intensity. Starting with the first day of menstruation, I will take you through a day-by-day approach to exercise, with a daily schedule provided for your entire 28-day cycle. There is one rest day noted, but take a second day of your choice off for active or complete rest.
This cycle of workouts is intended for women who do intense exercise for five or more hours per week. It is based on my own research and experience. I used this approach to regain my own fertility after the birth of my second child, with great success.
You might find it challenging to cut back on the time you spend in the gym, but doing so will help your body establish regularity. It's understood that you want to continue being active while trying to become pregnant. The plan includes at least one sport or activity day per week, depending on where you are in your cycle, so you can continue the activities you enjoy while increasing your fertility.
Of course, not all women have the same cycle length, so repeat or skip days as needed. I recommend keeping a log of other markers such as energy levels, sex drive, and vaginal discharge to help you track where you are in your cycle.
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Using natural light to illuminate building interiors is a concept as old as the window itself. But with recent advances in lighting research and technology along with growing awareness of the vital need to reduce the carbon footprint of energy consumption, there are new horizons for daylighting.
"Daylighting also represents the single largest 'new' opportunity for energy savings in commercial lighting today and for the foreseeable future," explained Dale Brentrup, professor of architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Instead of just relying on a few windows or skylights, cutting-edge daylighting is shaped and delivered by the architecture itself. This is where the School of Architecture's Daylighting and Energy Performance Laboratory comes in. Equipped with a "sun machine" and "sky machine," graduate students and faculty crunch numbers to determine which designs work best.
The two instruments are used to assess the impact of sky luminance and solar radiation - the Artificial Sky, which allows simulates the average overcast conditions of the Piedmont region, and a Fixed Sun Movable Earth Heliodon, which simulates actual solar penetration.
Under Brentrup's direction, lab staffers are working with the University, as well as with local industry and government, to figure out how current practices have impacted the region's carbon footprint.
"Daylighting is directly related to the idea of carbon reduction," said graduate student Lindsay Frizzell, who is working on a project to quantify energy efficiency. "For every kilowatt hour of energy we save, we're cutting approximately two and a half pounds of carbon dioxide emissions."
While buildings can be retro-fitted to be more energy efficient, Brentrup said the greatest amount of energy savings can be achieved by designing new buildings in accordance with environmentally responsible practices.
In the last 15-years, as director of the Daylighting Lab, Brentrup also has developed numerous partnerships within Mecklenburg County. Local architects and government have consulted with the lab in the design of facilities including Imaginon, Freedom Center (400,000 square feet of County office space), the Health and Social Services Building, and the Renaissance Recreational Sports Learning Academy, a new project in the pipeline.


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Police have warned people to be on their guard against SMS scams after a woman was conned out of R1 850.
Detectives in Pietermaritzburg are making an urgent appeal for information regarding the whereabouts of the man pictured as they believe he can assist them with the case.
It is alleged that on January 28, a 48-year-old woman received an SMS saying she had won R350 000. To claim her prize, she was instructed to call a cellphone number supplied in the SMS.
"The victim contacted the number and the caller convinced her to pay R1 850 into an account to receive her winnings.
"The victim deposited the cash and contacted the number again to confirm payment," said the police's Thulani Zwane.
The woman was then told she had to wait for the claim to be processed. Later, the woman tried to contact the number, but the calls went straight to voicemail.
Police are appealing to anyone that can assist with information regarding the incident or information regarding the whereabouts of the man to contact the investigating officer, Detective Warrant Officer Mervin Anthony, at 033 845 2782 or 073 020 3520, or Crime Stop at 08600 10111.
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Frontman Adam Levine's abs aside, Maroon 5 is hot right now.
Thanks to the Billboard 100-topping, radio-dominating smash-hit single Moves Like Jagger and Levine's prime-time gig as a judge on NBC's The Voice, the Los Angeles-based pop act is riding a major career high at the moment. And if you ask any one of the 7,000 concertgoers (an overwhelming number of them female) who were at Wednesday night's co-headlining show with Train at the MTS Centre, Maroon 5 brought the heat.
The band wasted no time giving the fans what they wanted, launching right into the sexy, hooky Moves Like Jagger to ear drum-shattering screams of approval. The opening one-two punch was completed by a pounding, club-worthy take on 2002's hit Harder to Breathe, which was re-worked to sample Kanye West's Power. It worked.
Levine proved he does indeed have "the voice." His pipes were in fine form, and all the sing-along hits the fans came to hear -- Misery, Makes Me Wonder, This Love, Won't Go Home Without You -- were transformed into electrified workouts. Maroon 5 may write pop songs, but make no mistake: this show had no shortage of sweat-slicked rock 'n' roll. Radio staple Wake Up Call got the biggest makeover, complete with shredding guitar solos and monster drums. Again, it worked. For 75 minutes, right through until show closer She Will Be Loved, Maroon 5's energy didn't wane. Neither did the crowd's hysteria -- despite Levine never taking off his shirt.
If the teenage girls were there for Maroon 5, their moms were there for Train. While Levine went for full-on rock 'n' roll swagger, Train frontman Pat Monahan exuded nice-guy, aw-shucks charm. Taking the stage promptly at 8 p.m. to the chorus of train whistles (seriously) and screaming fans, the San Francisco radio stalwart kicked off its 75-minute set with the anthemic ballad Parachute. From then on, it was all about the breezy pop and big choruses, with chipper radio rocker If It's Love, laid-back ukulele strummer Hey Soul Sister and a soaring, arena-ready version of Train's mammoth hit Drops of Jupiter being the set's standouts.
Despite having a catalogue full of crowd-pleasers, Train relied heavily on cheesy gimmicks -- which included no less than five costume changes and serenading concertgoers from the stands with a candy-coated version of Marry Me. A crew of fangirls -- dubbed the Trainettes -- was pulled onstage for the 2001 hit She's On Fire, which featured background video of, you guessed it, an actual fire. But the biggest offender was also sadly the set's centrepiece -- a less-than-mind-blowing medley that included mediocre versions of Blondie's Heart of Glass, U2's Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For and Rihanna's Umbrella.
Train would have been better off sticking to their own hits. But that's just one curmudgeonly concert reviewer's opinion. The Trainettes were having the time of their lives.
Jen Zoratti is music editor at Uptown Magazine.
Concert review
- Sept. 7, 2011
- MTS Centre
- Attendance: 7,000
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(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) criticized the Senate Democrats' effort to pass a bill that would eliminate tax breaks for America's largest oil companies, arguing that the Democrats plan to combat high gas prices is to "find less" oil and "tax more."
"The Democrats want to raise gasoline prices by putting a tax on gasoline. So Republicans want to find more American energy and use less. Democrats want to find less and tax more," Sen. Alexander told reporters on Tuesday at the Capitol.
The bill, which was rejected by the Senate in a test vote last Tuesday, would end approximately $21 billion in tax breaks for the five largest oil companies in America –
Exxon Mobil, BP, Shell, Chevron and Conoco Phillips.
"The industry in which the administration would seek to tax employs over 9.2 million people in the United States and represents 7 and a half percent of our gross domestic product," said Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) on Tuesday.
"According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), this will increase, the Democrat bill would increase the price of gasoline and it would make us more dependent on foreign oil and so the question is, why would we want to support something that would literally export American jobs, reduce unemployment here at home and raise the price of gasoline?"
A CRS report from March 3, 2011 said that ending the tax breaks for oil companies would make gas more expensive for consumers.
"The Administration estimates that the tax changes outlined in the budget proposal would provide $22.8 billion in revenues over the period 2012 to 2016, and over $43.6 billion from 2012 to 2021," said the CRS in its "Oil and Natural Gas Industry Tax Issues in the FY2012 Budget Proposal" report.
"These changes, if enacted by Congress, also would reduce the tax advantage enjoyed by independent oil and natural gas companies over the major oil companies. On what would likely be a small scale, the proposals also would make oil and natural gas more expensive for U.S. consumers and likely increase foreign dependence."
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), however, said Republicans should support ending the tax breaks because it will reduce the deficit.
"I think that instead of defending oil companies, Republicans should be defending the American taxpayer," said Reid on Tuesday.
"They should, I repeat, stop defending the oil companies, join with us and cut the deficit by billions and billions of dollars, tens of billions of dollars. We believe this is the kind of wasteful spending that will lead to an agreement on reducing the debt."
The White House has vowed to continue the fight on the issue.
"The vote today — with support from over half the U.S. Senate — is an important step toward repealing these unwarranted subsidies for the oil and gas industry. The administration will continue to pursue this important reform," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
"It is disappointing that at a time when oil companies are posting near-record profits, Republican leadership in the Senate led an effort to protect billions of dollars in tax breaks for the oil and gas industry that even oil and gas CEOs in the past have admitted are unwarranted and unnecessary."


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WOMEN'S HOCKEY: Beavers looking for more intensity as they face Lindenwood again
BEMIDJI — Just three short weeks after traveling to Missouri to take on Lindenwood in their season opener, the Bemidji State women's hockey team returns the favor this weekend, hosting the Lions in their final weekend of nonconference action.
The Beavers (1-2-1) host the Lions (0-5-1) at 2:07 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Sanford Center.
BSU head coach Steve Sertich is looking for more intensity from the Beavers after a pair of losses last weekend against Robert Morris.
"I think we were all disappointed," Sertich said. "We expected a better weekend. Give credit to Robert Morris; some of their top players dominated the game at times.
"I just don't think we played hard consistently. And you can't play this game without playing hard."
The Beavers lost Friday's game 2-1 before being shut out 3-0 in Saturday's game.
Tess Dusik scored the lone goal for BSU in the waning seconds of Friday night's game. Other than that, scoring was hard to come by, even despite BSU getting eight power play chances over the weekend.
The Beavers went 0-for-5 Friday and 0-for-3 Saturday.
"We're struggling scoring a little bit and our power play hasn't been great," Sertich said. "We made some mental mistakes, took ourselves out of three power plays by taking a few dumb penalties. So there's some mental things we have to work on."
Last time out against Lindenwood the Beavers scored twice on the power play, going 2-for-3 in a 3-2 win Sept. 27.
The penalty kill was improved against Robert Morris, as the Beavers held the Colonials goalless in nine attempts on the man-advantage.
"Anytime you can go from where we were against Lindenwood to Robert Morris and shutting them down, is awesome," Sertich said. Lindenwood scored all three of their goals against BSU during that weekend on the power play.
"(Against Robert Morris) our kids did a good job stopping and starting and getting sticks on the ice, blocked a few shots. On the flip side our power play has to be a bit better."
Since forcing the tie with the Beavers Saturday, Sept. 28, the Lions have lost four straight games. They gave up 21 goals in four games against North Dakota and Minnesota State.
Sertich said he hopes his team can play much better this week against the struggling Lindenwood squad — especially considering the Beavers are playing Minnesota and North Dakota in the coming weeks.
"We know their lineup, obviously, but I'm more concerned that we're better this weekend than we were last weekend," he said. "I just want to see some improvement. But most of all I want to see the intensity. I want to see our team be more intense the whole weekend."
Mowat getting comfortable
Since being thrust into the net during the first Lindenwood series, freshman goaltender Brittini Mowat is getting more comfortable with the speed of the college game.
"It's really been good," she said. "Practice has prepared me a lot for the games. Lindenwood was a little slower, but Robert Morris came out a little faster so it was a little harder to get used to their pace. But I think I'll get used to it pretty fast."
With senior Jess Havel still out for another few weeks, Mowat is the go-to goalie for the Beavers for the foreseeable future.
Mowat has played 243 minutes, 17 seconds, in net and has a save percentage of .917 and a goals against average of 1.97. Not bad for a freshman who hadn't played a game in college before September.
"I still have a lot of learning to do," she said. "Everything is so different from what I'm used to in high school. Everyone is just bigger and there's more traffic in front of the net. I've played in big games but everything is just more intense here."
This weekend will be another building block for the Glenboro, Manitoba, native. She wants all the experience she can get before No. 1 Minnesota comes to town next weekend.
"I think it's going to be good for us, since we've seen (Lindenwood) before," she said. "We need a few wins here considering what we've got coming up. We need to build off of this."


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PREP GYMNASTICS: Worthington tops St. James for fifth gymnastics victory
WORTHINGTON -- With another season-high point total, Worthington won a non-conference gymnastics meet from St. James 133.075-102.300 on Tuesday at the Old Armory.
The Trojans (5-2 overall) claimed the top four all-around spots with Paige Kinley (35.500, first), Anna Koepsell (32.925, second), Maria Contreras (31.925, third) and Whitney Jenson (31.875, fourth) leading the way.
Kinley swept all four events, scoring a 91.50 in the vault, an 8.300 in the uneven bars, a 9.175 on the balance beam and an 8.875 during the floor exercise.
"We had very good bar rountines and very consistent vaults," Worthington head coach Joni Reitmeier said. "We're starting to puts those things together and we're being more consistent."
The Trojans took three of four spots in the vault competition with Kinley (9.150, first), Contreras (8.675, second) and Jenson (8.500, fourth) competing.
Worthington had four athletes provide top scores in the uneven bars with Kinley (8.300, first), Contreras (7.675, third), Koepsell (7.425, fourth) and Jenson (7.425, fourth) excelling.
The Trojans swept the balance beam and the floor excercise events.
Kinley (9.175), Koepsell (8.775), Liz Hayenga (7.725) and Jensen (7.300) were Worthington's competitors on the balance beam.
On the floor, Kinley (8.875), Jensen (8.650), Contreras (8.500), Hayenga (8.500) and Koepsell (8.350) led the Trojans.
Worthington was victorius in the junior varsity meet 115.100-67.650.
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LUVERNE -- Samantha Pierce was third in the all-around as Luverne won a Southwest Conference meet from Redwood Valley on Tuesday.


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By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 11/28/2011
Cathi Alden and Bill Alden were optimistic they could turn their luck around heading out from the ninth Pit Stop of
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However, the couple lacked opportunities to catch up to the other teams via tasks or traveling, and their competitors found success with minimal mistakes throughout the tenth leg -- forcing the couple to remain behind the rest of the pack and never recover from last place, resulting in their elimination from the around-the-world competition.
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Reality TV World: How far behind Amani Pollard and Marcus Pollard do you both think you finally arrived at the Pit Stop?
Cathi Alden:
You know, we had a hard time figuring that out, but it was probably 30-60 minutes. We're just judging that on when it got dark out.
Reality TV World: Cathi, in your final words after your elimination last night, you talked about how you had both decided to go on the Race because you felt older Americans are overlooked. Could you elaborate on that a little bit? And what were your mindsets going into the Race knowing that you'd be competing against younger teams?
Cathi Alden:
We are in our 60s and we still think of ourselves as being very capable and competitive, and yet in the larger world, sometimes people don't look -- They don't consult you. I mean, they kind of overlook you. And so, I think one of the things that we had hoped was that we would bring a positive, healthy attitude from an older perspective to the Race.
We compete in triathlons with people that are vastly younger than we are. We know we won't beat them, but we're competitive and we're respectful, and they're very respectful to us. So, I think that was kind of our mindset -- was that this would be kind of like any other race where there are more people that are capable physically, but yet there's room for everybody.
Reality TV World: We saw you guys make a comment earlier in the season about how you weren't concerned with [evenly] balancing who did which Detour tasks as you went from leg to leg because you didn't know how far you would actually get in the Race. Were you not expecting to get this far and if that was the case, then why? Did you think just the physicality of the Race would be an issue or were there other reasons why you questioned how well you'd do in the competition?
Bill Alden:
Expecting how far we would get was not a concern of ours. Every minute that we were still on was great and then we faced the next day and did our best.
As far as the task, we figured that the best strategy at first was to take our strengths and if it was a physical task that I could do using strength, then that would be the obvious and Cathi with the mental tasks. And then if we went far enough, then we'd sort it out. We'd start counting them out and divvying them up the way we had to.
Reality TV World: What was your reaction to how the other teams had perceived you throughout the Race? It seemed like you surprised a lot of people with how well you did in difficult tasks.
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seemed surprised with your standings at times, while other teams would often say they couldn't believe you guys beat them and passed them and such.
Cathi Alden:
Well, I think that speaks to kind of the stereotypes that people have of older people -- that they're not capable. And so, it was really fun, to be honest -- to kind of kick a few booties here and there. The teams were kind and gracious to us kind of throughout, but nobody ever sought us out as an alliance, and I think it's because they figured that we wouldn't be as strong as we were.
Reality TV World: You both seemed thrilled when you arrived at the Pit Stop during last week's episode in last place and learned it was a non-elimination leg where you would continue racing. Did you have any sense or idea while racing that you guys might luckily receive another chance to keep racing or were you convinced you'd be eliminated?
Cathi Alden:
I was so sure we'd be eliminated right after the bodybuilding. I didn't even put on underwear. (Laughs) I just put on my shirt and my pants because I was not wanting to get them covered with that tanning oil. So, no. We were absolutely floored when we got to keep on racing.
Reality TV World: The show last night made it look like you guys got a little lost heading to the location where you had to meet up with the pigeons. What happened there -- and since you started the leg in last place, would you attribute your last-place finish to being so far behind that you could never catch up to the other teams or would you say losing time from getting lost ultimately caused your elimination?
Bill Alden:
We knew that we were in the neighborhood of probably 15-20 minutes behind the other teams from our rowing around the canal, and so it boils down to those situations -- good directions, bad directions -- and the directions that we got to the wall were frequently not good. We stopped several times because we got out into some areas and just meandered around.
So, when we got to a little town to find the wall, the wall wasn't what we expected. It was a hill and there again, the street signs didn't make sense, and then when we got to the wall, it was dark and so we couldn't see the clues as easily as some of the other teams. So, it was just -- like the whole Race, little things accumulated to big things and so, we gave it our best.
We also got into traffic that we couldn't do anything about because we were following the routes that we needed and we got into the afternoon traffic. So, yeah. We got behind and so we did our best, but we knew that we couldn't change what is. If somebody else had a bad stroke of luck, then we'd have a good one. That didn't happen.
Reality TV World: Many team members looked like they had a little trouble during the slalom portion of the car racing Roadblock task. Bill, how many tries did it take you to complete that specific portion of the task? The show made it seem like you breezed through it with no problem.
Bill Alden:
Actually, the slalom was right up my alley. I had a ball! I did it. I never hit a cone. I did it perfectly every time as far as the time.
The problem (laughs) was that you had 20 inches to spare in that box and I had never driven a mustang, so I didn't know how far up it stuck. So, I was stopping too soon and so to answer your question, I think I did it four times before I got the car in the box. But I always did it in about 13 seconds.
Reality TV World: You both chose to forego the waffle-making Detour task and did the water one instead after a couple teams warned you it was really hard. You seemed to complete the water task with ease, but in hindsight after watching last night's episode, do you think you made the right decision or do you think you actually would have excelled at the waffle task?
Cathi Alden:
I think that we did make the right decision because what Bill and I did best is take a challenge at building whatever it is and just do it.
It looked like, both from [Cindy Chiang] and [Sandy Draghi] -- those teams doing the waffles that there was a requirement of precision in terms of getting the waffles correctly done and correctly placed that can take a lot of time in going back and forth, back and forth.
So, not only did they tell us that was hard, but Marcus and Amani called up to us from the canal saying, "This one's good!" So we knew that part of the Detour went fairly smoothly.
Reality TV World: We didn't see much of you guys during last week's Legoland task. How did both of you do during that task? Did either of you get a little queasy? How difficult was it for you and how did it go overall?
Cathi Alden:
It was a piece of cake, honestly. We just put our heads down and put that puzzle together. We did it once. We think that maybe it took us five or six spins, because we could only work when the ride was spinning, but we were great during that. It was as we were driving after that, that Bill got a little queasy. But it was great, because it was long after we needed to get the task done.
Reality TV World: You both got lost going to Legoland and that obviously put you into last place at the time, so what was your reaction when you discovered you'd all be taking the same train to Germany? Since you all basically ended up on an equal playing field at the bodybuilding task, were you even more disappointed you had finished in last place because of the fact you were given the opportunity to catch up to everyone by taking the same train?
Bill Alden:
Well, yeah. You're always disappointed when you come in last. (Laughs) But once again, it kind of boils down to our age and the era that we grew up in that we were very accustomed to following rules and so, as far as the speed of which I drove, I think that was our big problem.
I wasn't willing to let it all out on the autobahn [which has no speed limit] and once again, we got a map, but it was all written in languages we didn't read. So, that creates another problem. But yeah. It's frustrating. You're also getting more and more worn out from lack of sleep and other things, so overall, you're worn down and so forth. So, you probably lose your edge. I know I did, and so, that hurts too.
Reality TV World: Both of you seemed a little shocked last week when you realized you had to wear those skimpy bathing suits and do bodybuilding poses. What was your mindset going into that? Were you nervous or uncomfortable at all? Because it seemed like for the most part, you had fun with it.
Cathi Alden:
I don't always have a lot of foresight, and so when we went to the bodybuilding, it didn't dawn on me that we would have to put on anything different than what we had on. So, oh I just died when I looked at that tiny little thing. I mean, dear heavens. Yeah.
Bill Alden:
I'm not comfortable dancing anyway and so, then to learn a routine once again, I'm not really great at that. So, you put all that together and then having all those women out there yelling and booing and whatever else, yeah. That was...
Cathi Alden:
Reality TV World: How many times did you actually have to try to complete the bodybuilding task? The show made it seem like you attempted it twice, so was that accurate or did you have to do it more times than viewers got to see?
Cathi Alden:
What we did was, we took a great amount of time in between our trials to learn it and learn it and learn it, because we weren't really crazy about going out and doing it again.
Reality TV World: Okay, so it was only twice, right?
Cathi Alden:
It was only twice.
Reality TV World: Cathi, when you had to recite the poem during last week's episode, did you know immediately where you had messed up in the poem or did you not realize at all which part was wrong until you had to go back and read it again? How frustrating was that for you?
Cathi Alden:
No, I knew the minute I said the word "untold." I was like, "Where did that come from!?" So, I was so frustrated with myself, but again, that's the Race. You do what they tell you to. So, I went back to the statue and then back to the [stage].
Reality TV World: How much time do you think you lost having to go back and do it again?
Cathi Alden:
I would probably say maybe 20 minutes.
Reality TV World: Were you surprised that [Ernie Halvorsen] and Cindy had Double U-Turned you a couple of weeks ago when you had to do both the "Bunny" and the "Butter" Detour tasks? Were you confident you could still avoid coming in last place at that point or did you worry that would be the end for you guys in the Race?
Bill Alden:
We knew that we were right up near the top of the pack and in fact, we knew we were second, I think. So, we would -- well hell, in a perfect world, we wouldn't have U-Turned anybody.
But we were concerned about the rabbits. We hadn't seen anybody do it and we didn't know how tough it would be. So, that's why we U-Turned [Laurence Sunderland] and [Zac Sunderland] because it was a survival thing at that point.
As it turned out, the rabbits were fun and we got through it quick! To say we were surprised, in history -- I think we've watched almost all of the episodes -- and have never seen a front-running team U-Turn a team or even anybody. So, it was just a -- yeah if you're in first place, it seems strange -- or it seemed very strange to us. But no, that was it, and so we went on with life.
Reality TV World: If Ernie and Cindy hadn't U-Turned you two, do you think you still would have taken advantage of the U-Turn opportunity or would you have passed on it?
Bill Alden:
No, we would have passed.
Cathi Alden:
We would have passed. From the beginning, our strategy was that we were going to be unkind only if we had to for our own survival.
Reality TV World: When you guys arrived at the Double U-Turn board, what made you decide not to U-Turn [Andy Finch] and [Tommy Czeschin] since they had won most of the legs and seemed to pose the biggest threat in the Race? What went through your mind? Was it more of a short-term decision in choosing Laurence and Zac rather than considering more of a long-term fix with Andy and Tommy?
Cathi Alden:
To be perfectly honest, our fear was that we would U-Turn Andy and Tommy and they would beat us anyway. They had been so strong in every aspect that we knew that they were working on the butter task, because they had came in before we left that.
They just had been pretty flawless in all aspects, so you think, "Well you U-Turn them and then they whip right through the rabbits and have better luck driving than you do and you haven't gained anything." So again, it wasn't out of kindness as much as it was strategy.
Bill Alden:
Well, there was a little kindness because we knew that they had U-Turned Marcus and Amani. Even though they had done it wrong, they had done it, and we had kind of bonded with Marcus and Amani.
Reality TV World: Unlike you two, who basically never bickered during the Race, the show's episodes have made it look like a few of the other teams got along okay at the beginning but have been clashing more as the Race has continued. Was that consistent with what you guys saw during the Race?
Cathi Alden:
It was. Bill and I truly were so grateful for each other's strengths throughout the whole Race that we had no quarrel with the way things were going. We could see that the tension was getting to especially Sandy and Jeremy and to Ernie and Cindy. They didn't have a lot of depth to their capacity to be behind once things got tense.
Reality TV World: You two have been married for 42 years and are childhood sweethearts. What are your thoughts on whether Jeremy and Sandy and Ernie and Cindy's relationships could be long lasting? Despite the obvious tension, do you think they have what it takes to make it?
Cathi Alden:
Well, one of the things that Bill and I know is young relationships always have a lot more squabbling and bickering than mature relationships. So, I think they're probably right where it's appropriate given the amount of time that they've been together. I would hope that if they choose to stay together, that they put in the energy and the effort to learn how to communicate better.
Reality TV World: So you'd say the potential is basically there for them to last right?
Cathi Alden:
Yeah, for sure! They're decent people and they have good intentions. They just have a little feistiness on the surface.
Reality TV World: How were you cast on
The Amazing Race
? How did you end up on the show?
Bill Alden:
(Laughs) Well, I should probably pass that on to my wife. But we were watching for six years or so. We watched and we thought how we could do that and how fun it would be and so forth, and then the next thing I know, my wife has an application and then the next thing we know, we hear back from them.
And then the next thing we know, we're down in LA. I mean, it wasn't as easy as that, but Cathi's very persistent to say the least.
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HTC video shows the Making of the HTC EVO 4G LTE; was a 3D model scrapped?
not given up on the technology.
Moving back to the HTC EVO 4G LTE, the video shows some of the goals of the HTC designers including making the looks of the phone unique so that it can be instantly recognized as coming from HTC and the use of soft touch coating to make a two-tone design out of one piece of aluminum ("That's magical," says an HTC employee). 100 custom designed machine cutters were used in the process of developing the phone and while it looks like all the hard work has paid off, we won't know until the phone launches whether it is a success. Pre-orders are scheduled to start May 7th at the quite reasonable price of $199.99 with a 2-year pact.
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1. ddxmms (Posts: 170; Member since: 09 Feb 2012)
Well, we just heard back from HTC and the company confirmed that it's not a prototype of any future device. Apparently, it's just an early design when HTC and Sprint were considering carrying over the 3D feature, but it didn't make the cut. Mystery solved!
that was copied from engadget..
7. AndroidTroll (Posts: 359; Member since: 05 Mar 2011)
I'm glad they got rid of the 3D so they could focus on a quality display and high resolution camera quality.
At first I thought Jens Nielson is really handsome but then I realized that it is mostly due to his hair, clothes, and generally clean cut look. In summary, his grooming makes him more handsome than his genetics alone.
8. Cwebb (Posts: 501; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
How easy you forget that the 3D had top of the line specs, especially the screen. It hass a qHD display that was top of the line until the Rezound/Nexus came out a half a year later. Funny how you forgot to mention that it has almost the same screen as the Maxx, which came out over a half year later and is suppose to be one of the best phones out there
9. AndroidTroll (Posts: 359; Member since: 05 Mar 2011)
Chill, I have a 3D, I know all of this. The display is nice but the 3D tech is not quite there yet. The way the phone handles 3D effectively halves your horizontal resolution when viewing and recording 3D content. The way it shoots 3D videos is by squishing two 640 x 720 videos into a 1280 x 720 frame. When it combines it, it unstretches the two feeds. Do you understand that? It upscales 640 resolution video into 1280 resolution video. It does the same thing to pictures.
If it handled the 3D properly by layering 2 feeds of full res capture then I would be all for it. If this were the case, I could take all of my pics and videos in 3D and simply edit out one of the cameras if I wanted to convert it back to 2D (without suffering a loss in quality). However, since it does not, I always shoot in 2D because the quality it better.
6. Jonathan41 (Posts: 532; Member since: 22 Mar 2012)
I didn't know how I felt about the new EVO's design when I first saw it but, now I'm starting to like it. It's unique and functional just like what they were going for. I believe it's getting a bad rap just because most people haven't really seen a phone like this before so they just kinda go with the flow of the popular opinion. It's actually pretty cool to me.
12. TROLL.ISAHA (banned) (Posts: 535; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
3. QWIKSTRIKE (Posts: 1298; Member since: 09 Mar 2010)
Old news who cares!
4. solidsnakeduds013 (Posts: 219; Member since: 20 Oct 2010)
its going to have 3D and it will sell but the 3D will be trash
5. sid8911 (Posts: 54; Member since: 29 May 2010)
htc just brought the evo back too life
10. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
The EVO never died.
11. archangel9 (Posts: 233; Member since: 07 Feb 2010)
Heck I may just get the Evo 4g LTE instead . The kickstand definitely comes in handy when I want to watch videos.Android ICS on top of Sense 4.0(but I'll change that to GO Launcher). But I do want to see the Galaxy Nexus next week though.
Now here's something:You go to Sprint's website and look in the lower right corner where it says the ad for parental control,is it me or does that look like a Samsung Galaxy Note?A indication that may also be coming to Sprint too because I sure hope so.In the meantime,Samsung Galaxy S III !!!!
Good things are happening for Sprint as they upgrade their Vision Now or whatever they call it LTE. So like I tell myself chill be patient because it'll pay off in the long run.I left AT&T for them and glad I did .Not for unlimited but my bill is lower and here in South Florida that's perfect as well as anywhere else I travel.


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Emily Lewis had the lone goal of the match, in the second minute. When Logan Daulton advanced the ball toward he end line, an Osseo defender got the ball but wanted to avoid a corner kick s she sent it right to the middle, where Lewis was able to one-time it into the net, far post.
Brienna Dehkes in goal made seven saves.
"We struggled getting the last pass in behind them to break free the rest of the game," said coach Brian Stueter. "Our defense held up,"
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The Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund, The Carlyle Group and Standard Chartered Private Equity Invest $210 Million in Africa Export Trading Group
Date Posted: November 15, 2012
Dar Es Salam, Tanzania and Johannesburg, South AfricaThe Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund and Global Alternative Asset Manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) announced Nov. 14 that they will make a strategic minority investment $210 m in Export Trading Group (ETG), an African agricultural commodities supply chain manager.
This is the first investment by Carlyle's Sub-Saharan Africa Fund and the Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund.
Standard Chartered's Africa Private Equity division (SCPE), the first private equity investor in ETG, is increasing its investment from January 2012 and ETG's founders have also subscribed for additional equity.
The transaction is expected to close in November 2012.
Marlon Chigwende, Managing Director and Co-Head of the Carlyle Sub-Saharan Africa Fund, said "This is a remarkable opportunity to invest in a business with a proven model that is highly scalable, has delivered impressive financial performance and has tremendous development impact on Africa and its economies.
"Carlyle has a strong track record of helping companies in emerging markets become highly competitive, global companies. We look forward to accelerating ETG's growth, building value for its shareholders and supporting African smallholder farmers."
Herc van Wyk, CEO of Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Managers, said "ETG offers a unique combination of strong management and access to both the agriculture supply chain in Africa as well as key markets in China and India. We look forward to supporting the expansion of the company's supply chain footprint and believe that it offers an exciting growth opportunity."
Founded in 1967, ETG owns and manages a vertically-integrated agriculture supply chain with operations in procurement, processing, warehousing, transportation, distribution and merchandising.
ETG has more than 7,000 employees across 30 African countries and operates 26 processing plants and 600 warehouses.
ETG connects African smallholder farmers to consumers around the world by procuring, processing and distributing agricultural commodities including maize, pulses, wheat, rice, cashew nuts, soya, fertilizer, sugar, coffee and tea.
In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, ETG procured and distributed nearly 1.4 million metric tons of 25 different commodities.
Eighty-percent of the Company's Africa-originated stock was procured from smallholder farmers. Individually, these farmers have no opportunity to integrate into the global economy.
However, ETG consolidates hundreds of thousands of farmers into a supply chain and creates the scale and efficiency necessary to be globally competitive. ETG is committed to the economic and social development of the smallholder farmers and the regions in which they live.
Ketan Patel, Managing Director of ETG, said, "We are excited to partner with The Carlyle Group and Pembani Remgro and extend our relationship with Standard Chartered Private Equity. The new capital will allow us to expand operations across Sub-Saharan Africa, India, China and South-East Asia and create new markets for African smallholder farmers."
Ronald Tamale, a Director at SCPE, added "We are delighted to welcome The Carlyle Group and Pembani Remgro into the shareholding of ETG. As both a bank and private-equity investor, Standard Chartered has been supporting the growth and development of ETG for many years. The introduction of these two new shareholders will accelerate our collective efforts to build a world-class global business."
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Pretoria - One minute, a three-year-old boy was playing merrily on his scooter on the balcony of a flat on the corner Madiba and Sophie de Bruyn streets in the CBD – the next he had tragically fallen six floors to his death.
The preschooler had been racing with his friend in the passages of the sixth floor on Monday.
His uncle, who asked that his name not to be published, said he had gone to Pick n Pay to buy peach Tropika juice, which was the boy's favourite drink.
"It wasn't even 15 minutes after I left when I got a call from the caretaker saying to come quickly because my nephew had been in an accident," said the Zimbabwean man.
The boy's mother was still in shock and was not up to speaking.
When the Pretoria News went to the building on on Tuesday afternoon, a few residents had gathered at the flat for a short memorial which the caretaker had organised.
A young woman sat outside the door of the flat comforting a weeping boy.
A few young women could be seen wearing head covers and crying softly.
Not everyone was aware of the incident as a neighbour could be heard nearby playing a pop song loudly.
The toddler had apparently tried to climb over the scooter when he accidentally fell over the balcony to the courtyard below.
According to the uncle, a domestic worker usually kept an eye on the boy, but had called in sick.
"When I arrived at the flat I saw an ambulance and the fire brigade people. That's when it clicked that something fatal had occurred," said the boy's uncle.
He said they were waiting for the rest of the family to arrive from Zimbabwe to prepare the funeral accordingly.
The matter was being investigated, said police spokeswoman Captain Agnes Huma.
The child will be buried in Zandfontein on Friday.
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