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The showdown between three federal judges and Gov. Jerry Brown over California's overcrowded prison system is headed again to the U.S. Supreme Court.
With the threat of contempt proceedings hanging over his administration, Brown and top prison officials on Friday reluctantly offered a plan to meet a court-ordered deadline for ending the state's prison overcrowding crisis while at the same vowing to appeal to the Supreme Court. Jeff Beard, the state prisons chief, said the state plans to move within nine days to push the case to the high court.
In a 46-page brief filed shortly before midnight Thursday, state officials outlined how they would reduce the prison population by about 10,000 inmates in the next year, hoping to satisfy a three-judge panel that last month blasted the governor for failing to comply with a 2009 order requiring California to reduce its prison population to about 110,000 by this summer.
"We think this is an ugly plan, and anything we do is going to cause some problems," Beard said. "We don't think we should have to do that."
In the April order, the federal judges threatened the governor with contempt if he did not by Thursday devise a plan that would at least meet the cap by December. The judges previously found the state's prisons are so over capacity they failed to provide adequate medical and mental health care for the nation's largest prison population.
The administration's response presented options, such as slowing the rate of return for inmates held in out-of-state prisons, leasing beds from larger county jails, increasing good-conduct credits for nonviolent inmates and housing more inmates at firefighting camps.
But state officials made it clear all of the proposals, which would have to be approved by the Legislature, were undesirable, and rejected some suggestions from the three-judge panel, including the call to expand the governor's realignment program.
As a result, the state will present the plan to the Legislature "under protest," Beard said.
In court papers, the governor and prison leaders told the judges that California has addressed concerns that its medical and mental health care for inmates falls below constitutional standards, spending billions of dollars to expand medical facilities and improve treatment.
Democratic lawmakers signaled Brown's plan may be dead on arrival in the Legislature, which the governor does not appear to mind. Senate President Darrell Steinberg said he supports Brown's appeal to the Supreme Court, accusing the federal court of "ignoring the massive reform and reduction in prison population" in the past few years.
The state's response is the latest twist in a legal standoff that pits California's power to control its prisons against the federal courts' ability to force a state prison system to correct problems that date back decades. The judges in 2009 ordered the state to reduce its inmate population to about 110,000 inmates at its 33 prisons, well below highs that have reached 160,000 in the past.
The Supreme Court upheld those orders in 2010, although in a sharply divided 5-4 decision. Legal experts say that close vote may indicate some justices would be receptive to Brown's appeal, but predict the court may be reluctant to jump into the prison controversy again.
"Because it's fact specific and always evolving, I'd be surprised if they take it again," said Doug Berman, an Ohio State University law professor.
But state officials now argue they've done enough to comply with constitutional standards, shedding more than 30,000 inmates, primarily through realignment, which has shifted many low-level offenders, such as probation violators, to county jails to relieve state prison overcrowding.
The federal judges found the prisons remain overstuffed, warning the state that "California still houses far more prisoners than its system is designed to house."
However, the governor and prison officials argue that further steps could jeopardize public safety and cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars. The governor's plan would cut the number of inmates by about 7,000 by the December deadline, still a few thousand short of the federal judges' demands.
In court papers, the administration told the court that it would present the options to the Legislature, which would have to take emergency action to put any measures in place by a court-ordered December deadline to further reduce the prison population. But the governor made it clear it would do so without advocating actively for the solutions.
"The court's 'best efforts' directive certainly cannot mean that the governor must advocate for the Legislature to pass measures that would jeopardize public safety," the state said in court papers.
Lawyers for the inmates have accused the governor of defying the court orders and dragging his feet on the final steps needed to fix the state's prison overcrowding problem.
Michael Bien, a lawyer for the inmates, said the governor and prison officials are trying to reopen issues they've "already lost," rather than comply with the prison overcrowding orders.
"We've come a long way, yet there is more to do," Bien said. "Instead of doing it, we're at war."


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These announcers are talking like the Pacers players are bacteria or handicapped or something. "Well, that's what they do they leak out." "Granger and Foster nearly fumble that one to Joel." Wtf is wrong with this idiots?
Jeff! Seriously? You drive all the way down the lane, and then put the ball up like a pansy?
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Man, I like Foster's aggressiveness these last few games. He is possessed
R.I.P. Bernic Mac & Isaac Hayes
"Foster has missed a lot of pairs in his life" LOL
R.I.P. Bernic Mac & Isaac Hayes
shut up announcers your killing my ears you huge *** homersssss
Has Tinsley played the entire half? I don't recall seeing Diener or Owens.
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"Foster has missed a lot of pairs in his life."
Does this Jeff owe this guy money or something?
Aldridge with two good plays. Jumper and the charge taken
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Did Nate McMillan just win The Masters?
I didn't really care about this game one way or the other, but these announcers are really pissing me off. I hope we we destroy them in the second half.
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I'll take this. We'll win this game.
We need to come out of this half and break this thing open. We need to make some damn shots!
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Well, good thing Courtney Sims has a prospective tennis career...
Well, we played awful and are only down 4. That's all that really needs to be said for this half.
I have a feeling we are going to see a Murphy explosion in the second half.
omg these announcers at half time are killing me!! i need to drink more beer i guess
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I just switched channels to the Phoenix and Rockets Game BTW Houston won
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On Pope Francis' recent trip to the Mideast, the Israeli prime minister was keen to emphasize the strong ties between Jews and Christians.
According to Reuters, at a public meeting in Jerusalem Benjamin Netanyahu told the pontiff: "Jesus was here, in this land. He spoke Hebrew."
"Aramaic," Francis corrected him.
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A hair fetishist who murdered and mutilated a mother of two has won an appeal against an order which prevented him from ever being released.
Danilo Restivo had his "whole-life" tariff overturned by the Court of Appeal. He was ordered to serve a minimum term of 40 years instead.
Five judges in London also announced that they were reducing the whole-life order imposed on "Bermondsey Beast" rapist Michael Roberts to a minimum term of 25 years. But the court refused to quash the whole-life order in the case of killer David Oakes, who "sadistically tortured" his former partner before shooting her and their two-year-old daughter.
The panel, headed by Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, also upheld the 30-year minimum term imposed on Kiaran Stapleton, who was jailed for life after he "executed" a stranger in the street.
Although the judges overturned the whole-life orders in the cases of Restivo and Roberts, they announced that the imposition of such orders was not incompatible with Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights, which prohibits torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment.
The appellants are all still subject to life sentences. Those with a minimum term can apply for parole once that has expired, but they would not be released until they are deemed to no longer pose a threat to the public.
Lord Judge said he thought it was "highly unlikely" that any of the five would be released.
The minimum term imposed in the case of Restivo is the equivalent of an 80-year determinate term, with the 25 years in the case of Roberts being the equivalent of 50 years.
Restivo was given a whole-life tariff in June last year for the "depraved" and "callous" murder and mutilation of a mother of two in Bournemouth. The Italian national, now 40, was found guilty by a jury at Winchester Crown Court of the 2002 murder of neighbour Heather Barnett, 48.
Rapist Roberts, who terrorised elderly women in a London suburb for more than a decade, was jailed in January and told he would live out his days behind bars. Roberts, now 46, joined a small group of "life means life" prisoners after raping three victims - one aged 83 - and viciously attacking a fourth in Bermondsey, south London. He evaded justice for 15 years but was captured after a cold case review by Scotland Yard.


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MORGANTOWN — Roughly 5 1/2 weeks before it is set to begin, Dana Holgorsen removed much of the suspense from West Virginia's fall football camp Tuesday.
He did so by settling the team's quarterback battle even before it begins. He named Clint Trickett the team's starter.
"Clint is 100 percent healthy and is ready to play,'' Holgorsen said in a rather unexpected release issued by the school Tuesday afternoon. "He worked hard last season and showed a lot of ability and leadership and deserves the chance to lead the team as a senior. He will be our starter."
In truth, however, only the timing of the announcement was a surprise. While Trickett sat out spring drills after undergoing shoulder surgery, the team's other three quarterbacks did little to indicate they were ready to challenge him.
Senior Paul Millard, junior college transfer Skyler Howard and former walk-on Logan Moore split the spring reps almost equally, but none seemed to jump to the head of the line.
When fall camp opens at the beginning of August, freshman William Crest will join that group of quarterbacks, but with Tuesday's announcement it would seem that Crest and the others will merely be battling for the backup job, at least in terms of the Aug, 30 opener against Alabama in Atlanta.
Trickett is the logical choice for the job because, when healthy, he has displayed a knack for making plays. The Florida State transfer, who didn't practice with the team until the beginning of fall camp last season, got his first start in a home game against then-No. 11 Oklahoma State in the fifth game of the season and helped the Mountaineers to by far their most significant victory during a 4-8 season. He completed 24 of 50 passes for 309 yards in the 30-21 win.
The problem for Trickett, though, was that was the only game he was healthy all year. He was slammed to the turf by a tackle late in the game and injured his shoulder, which never fully recovered. He also suffered at least two concussions.
Still, he started six of the seven games after the win over OSU, finishing the season 123 of 233 passing for 1,605 yards and seven touchdowns.
In the final game of the season, he threw for a season-high 356 yards on 21 of 37 passing against Iowa State.
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Targeting consumers who like fresh and local produce but don't go to farmers' markets, Fresh Nation LLC wants to make the shopping trip an online experience for consumers.
Fresh Nation LLC delivers the produce of farmers' markets to customers' doors, said Tony Lee, founder of the Stamford, Conn.-based company that began in 2011.
Lee came out of the technology world and was set on the idea of opening his own farmers' market.
"I wanted a complete break from technology, so we opened a smaller farmers' market on the grounds of the Danbury Fair Mall in Danbury, Conn. Lee had worked in technology and e-commerce for about 20 years previous to that.
"At that point I didn't have a thought in my mind about the application of technology to farmers' markets, but at the end of that (first year) I just decided that the world didn't need any more farmers' markets, it needed better farmers markets," he said.
Lee said Fresh Nation has built the largest database of farmers' market vendors in the U.S. Fresh Nation now has information on 15,000 markets and vendors and is beginning to exchange that information with publishers whose readers want to know about where their local farmers' markets are.
After compiling the database, Fresh Nation began to digitize the farmers' market experience, so consumers could pick the foods they want from a farmers' market and place it in a virtual basket online. Fresh Nation sends its shoppers to the farmers' markets, collects the produce and delivers it to customers, Lee said.
"You can get fresh-picked fruits delivered to your home from the farmers' markets every day," Lee said.
Currently, Fresh Nation operates in Fairfield County, Conn., and will expand to Orange County, Calif., by about May, he said.
"We're expanding into New York on the East Coast and on the West Coast in Orange County, California. At the end of the summer, Lee said he expects the company will have 10 to 14 delivery areas.
Fresh Nation appeals to consumers who don't typically go to farmers' markets, he said.
"They are the people who want to eat fresh, local food who don't go to farmers's markets," he said.
Fresh Nation doesn't subtract from traffic at farmers' markets, he said.
"If you are the type of person who typically goes to the farmers' market, you will continue to go to that farmers' market," he said.
Many consumers can't make it to a farmers' market because of their schedule, or because of the operating hours of the market, he said.
"The (number) of people who want to eat fresh local produce is very large, it is just that they are not given the ability to get it, so those people become our customers," he said.
Vendors who work with Fresh Nation benefit from additional business, apart from their normal traffic at the farmers' market, he said. "They double their sales and get to the market already having sold a lot of food for that day," Lee said.
Fresh Nation makes money through a $5.95 delivery charge and commissions on the food they sell from the vendor, he said. The company's expansion has been funded by a group of investors, Lee said.
"Our goal is to create a brand out of Fresh Nation so that when you see fresh local food anywhere in the country, your automatic reaction is to reach out to Fresh Nation," he said.


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Weiss has no issue with Tulo's Bronx visit
CHICAGO -- Manager Walt Weiss declared injured shortstop Troy Tulowitzki innocent of any violation of team or baseball etiquette following his visit to Yankee Stadium to watch the Yankees and retiring shortstop Derek Jeter on Sunday -- while the Rockies were at home playing the Pirates.
Tulowitzki being photographed at the Yankees game created a firestorm among fans and left teammates answering questions, but Weiss understands the circumstances and has no issues.
"I don't think Tulo expected it to blow up like it did," Weiss said. "It was a pretty innocent situation that got carried away with all the interest, with him [rumored to be going] to the Yankees ... and all that stuff that fueled that fire.
"But he told me he was going to see his mom before he had [his] procedure done, and she is in New York. A lot more was made of it than there was. He was going to see a guy he has emulated for a long time, probably for the last time."
As for Tulowitzki's recovery, Weiss said that all went well on Monday with the dry needling procedure on his injured left hip flexor, performed by Philadelphia surgeon Dr. William C. Meyers. The procedure is designed to promote healing.
Tulowitzki is expected back by the middle of August.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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andre9999 wrote:Alex123 wrote:Even if humans have never appeared, the atmosphere would be 99.9986% the same.[/b]
I enjoy that you call your viewpoint "the truth", yet you honestly believe that you're able to determine the atmospheric impact of humanity to .0001%.
Is my math in viewtopic.php?f=12&t=6963&start=260#p118950 wrong? You are free to correct it and I'll gladly change the number.
In brief:
How much CO2 we put into atmosphere vs how much nature puts. ~3.76%
How much of CO2 is in the atmosphere. 0.039%
How much CO2 humans add to the atmosphere.. 0.0014664%
How much natural atmospheric fluctuations vs human CO2 addition gives. 99.9985336% (100-0.0014664)
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Why energy journalism is so bad
Chris Nelder, SmartPlanet, CNN
One of the questions that plagues me constantly is, "Why is energy journalism so bad?" Most mainstream articles about energy will leave you horribly confused at best, or horribly misled at worst. Today I will try to teach you how to read reports on energy without getting lost.
The topic came up again last week when my colleague Christopher Mims pointed up a sharp discrepancy between three recent stories by Reuters, published between November 21 and 24.
… Let's review a few of the common errors in energy journalism.
Uncritical acceptance of authority
Citing subject matter authorities is a necessary element of journalism, but so is casting a critical eye on what they say. Unfortunately, most journalists repeat what their selected authorities say verbatim, and rarely mention contrary views.
The main authority cited in nearly all articles about energy is Daniel Yergin, the Pulitzer-winning author of The Prize and an economist with the oil industry consultancy IHS CERA. Journalists love to quote Yergin. He always has an optimistic outlook on the future of oil, forecasting abundant supply and low prices. Editors love him too, and regularly grant him high-profile space in their publications (like this recent Wall Street Journal op-ed) to offer sunny pronouncements and spew invective on those who believe peak oil is a serious issue. The fact that his predictions have been continuously and badly wrong for the last decade straight doesn't seem to phase them in the least, nor does his cozy (and well-paid) business relationship with oil companies. Hey, he won a Pulitzer, and is regularly described as "one of the world's foremost energy authorities." Good enough!
Other authorities often cited are active traders and portfolio managers in the oil market, but it's a rare day indeed when the authors bother to ask whether those authorities might just be "talking their books."
… How to read energy journalism
I realize that this all may seem a bit wonky and hard to understand, so I'll finish with a few words to the wise for the unwary reader.
1. Be skeptical. You will have to make up for the missing skepticism and curiosity of the journalists you're reading. If the article is all sunshine and roses, and includes no caveats or alternative views, it will be more useful to you as fishwrap than information.
2. Discount the sources. If the cited authority represents the oil and gas industry, you should view their forecasts as propaganda, not truth. Particularly when the authority is from an OPEC producer. OPEC (like the IEA) is a fundamentally political organization, and everything they say in public has a political calculus behind it. For example, I read the unconventional oil optimism expressed by the Saudi official cited at the top of this piece as their way of jawboning down peak oil fears, and throwing analysts off the scent of a trail which leads to serious questions about whether Aramco can increase spare production capacity, and whether the world's most productive oil field, Ghawar, has indeed gone into decline.
3. Do the math. If the numbers cited don't add up, then you would be wise to question the validity of what you're reading. Most of the time it's simple arithmetic you can do in your head. More ambitious readers will want to bust out a spreadsheet and have a go at the details.
4. Look for context. If the article only talks about resources or reserves, and doesn't mention production rates, you can safely ignore it. Yes, America may have 1.5 trillion barrels of oil shale (not shale oil, which again is an entirely different thing), but right now we're producing exactly zero barrels of it, and for good reason: it's a highly marginal source of hydrocarbons, and too expensive to produce with today's technology. Remember this: Only flow rates matter, not how much is in the ground.
5. Look up the references. If you really want to know how valid the forecasts are, look up the original sources. Nearly everything is available for free on the Web (except for IHS CERA's data, naturally), and it's not hard to find. The crucial caveats are usually stated somewhere in the documents, but you might have to dig for them, and the Find function (Ctrl-F) is your friend when plowing through a 350-page PDF file.
6. Compare to reality. If a claim sounds outlandish, it probably is. Go have look at the data on the EIA's Web site, and if you're a beginner, start with their Energy Explained site. See if the forecast looks remotely close to reality. Caveat emptor.
Chris Nelder is a columnist for SmartPlanet.
(30 November 2011)
Great analysis! We've published and linked to Chris Nelder's work frequently.
Kevin Drum at Mother Jones gave this article a favorable write-up: Saudi Arabia Finally Gives Up
The myth of renewable energy
Dawn Stover, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
"Clean." "Green." What do those words mean? When President Obama talks about "clean energy," some people think of "clean coal" and low-carbon nuclear power, while others envision shiny solar panels and wind turbines. And when politicians tout "green jobs," they might just as easily be talking about employment at General Motors as at Greenpeace. "Clean" and "green" are wide open to interpretation and misappropriation; that's why they're so often mentioned in quotation marks. Not so for renewable energy, however.
Somehow, people across the entire enviro-political spectrum seem to have reached a tacit, near-unanimous agreement about what renewable means: It's an energy category that includes solar, wind, water, biomass, and geothermal power. As the US Energy Department explains it to kids: "Renewable energy comes from things that won't run out — wind, water, sunlight, plants, and more. These are things we can reuse over and over again. … Non-renewable energy comes from things that will run out one day — oil, coal, natural gas, and uranium."
Renewable energy sounds so much more natural and believable than a perpetual-motion machine, but there's one big problem: Unless you're planning to live without electricity and motorized transportation, you need more than just wind, water, sunlight, and plants for energy. You need raw materials, real estate, and other things that will run out one day. You need stuff that has to be mined, drilled, transported, and bulldozed — not simply harvested or farmed. You need non-renewable resources:
… The only genuinely sustainable energy scenario is one in which energy demands do not continue to escalate indefinitely. As a recent commentary by Jane C. S. Long in Nature pointed out, meeting ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gases cannot be accomplished with "piecemeal reductions," such as increased use of wind power and biofuels. Long did the math for California and discovered that even if the state replaced or retrofitted every building to very high efficiency standards, ran almost all of its cars on electricity, and doubled its electricity-generation capacity while simultaneously replacing it with emissions-free energy sources, California could only reduce emissions by perhaps 60 percent below 1990 levels — far less than its 80 percent target. Long says reaching that target "will take new technology." Maybe so, but it will also take a new honesty about the limitations of technology. Notably, Long doesn't mention the biggest obstacle to meeting California's emissions-reduction goal: The state's population is expected to grow from today's 40 million to 60 million by 2050.
(22 November 2011)
Renewable Power Trumps Fossils for First Time as UN Talks Stall
Alex Morales, Bloomberg
Renewable energy is surpassing fossil fuels for the first time in new power-plant investments, shaking off setbacks from the financial crisis and an impasse at the United Nations global warming talks.
Electricity from the wind, sun, waves and biomass attracted $187 billion last year compared with $157 billion for natural gas, oil and coal, according to calculations by Bloomberg New Energy Finance using the most recent data.
(24 November 2011)
Fukushima and the inevitability of accidents
Charles Perrow, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Governments regulate risky industrial systems such as nuclear power plants in hopes of making them less risky, and a variety of formal and informal warning systems can help society avoid catastrophe. Governments, businesses, and citizens respond when disaster occurs. But recent history is rife with major disasters accompanied by failed regulation, ignored warnings, inept disaster response, and commonplace human error. Furthermore, despite the best attempts to forestall them, "normal" accidents will inevitably occur in the complex, tightly coupled systems of modern society, resulting in the kind of unpredictable, cascading disaster seen at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Government and business can always do more to prevent serious accidents through regulation, design, training, and mindfulness. Even so, some complex systems with catastrophic potential are just too dangerous to exist, because they cannot be made safe, regardless of human effort.
The March 11, 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan replicates the bullet points of most recent industrial disasters. It is outstanding in its magnitude, perhaps surpassing Chernobyl in its effects, but in most other respects, it simply indicates the risks that we run when we allow high concentrations of energy, economic power, and political power to form. Just how commonplace — prosaic, even — this disaster was illustrates just how risky the industrial and financial world really is.
Nothing is perfect, no matter how hard people try to make things work, and in the industrial arena there will always be failures of design, components, or procedures. There will always be operator errors and unexpected environmental conditions. Because of the inevitability of these failures, and because there are often economic incentives for business not to try very hard to play it safe, government regulates risky systems in an attempt to make them less so. Formal and informal warning systems constitute another method of dealing with the inherently risky systems of industrial society. And society can always be better prepared to respond when accidents and disasters occur.
But for many reasons, even quality regulation, close attention to warnings, and careful plans for responding to disaster cannot eliminate the possibility of catastrophic industrial accidents. Because that possibility is always there, it is important to ask whether some industrial systems have such huge catastrophic potential that they should not be allowed to exist.
(November/December issue 2011)
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The field has been whittled down to three top contenders for the prestigious North American Car of the Year award that will be announced next week at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The field has been narrowed to the Cadillac ATS, the Ford Fusion or the Honda Accord.
New for 2013, the Cadillac ATS compact sedan has been designed with sporty luxury in mind. Sporty features includes rear-wheel drive, Cadillac's first five-link, independent rear suspension, and electric variable-effort steering, while luxury features include keyless access, push-button start, real wood accents and carbon fiber trim. It is available with a choice of three power plants: two four-cylinder-engine types and a V-6.
Redesigned for 2013, the Ford Fusion midsize sedan offers a long list of technologies to help drivers, such as adaptive cruise control, which can apply the brakes to slow the car if it senses a potential crash, and active park assist, which steers the car into a parallel parking spot while the driver applies the brake and accelerator. The 2013 Ford Fusion is available with a choice of three four-cylinder engines as well as a conventional hybrid and a plug-in hybrid.
Though the model has been on the market for 37 years, the Honda Accord has been redesigned for 2013. It is slightly smaller than the previous generation but has more interior volume, including more rear-seat legroom and a larger trunk. There are two power plants currently offered, a four-cylinder and a V-6, while a plug-in hybrid and a conventional hybrid will be offered later this year.
The Car of the Year award is given by a group of 49 automotive journalists from the United States and Canada. The group initially considers all cars that are new or substantially redesigned for 2013. For this year's award, that list was narrowed to 11 cars. The jurors then voted for the top three finalists. They use the same process to select the North American Truck/Utility of the Year, which will be announced at the same time.
Which car do you think deserves the Car of the Year award?
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Ashley Nee (Darnestown, Md.) closed out the Slalom World Cup No. 2 with a 28th place finish Sunday in the Women's Kayak semifinal. Nee finished in 218.13, including penalties for two missed gates. Nee and the rest of Team USA will look to finish the World Cup circuit strong next weekend in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.
Click HERE for complete results from Pau, France.
Ashley Nee (Darnestown, Md.) advanced to Sunday's semifinal for Women's Kayak with a 30th place ranking after the qualifying heats. Nee improved upon last weekend's 37th place finish with a penalty-free 1st run time of 106.76, +15.37 seconds behind the heat's first place finisher. Emily Jackson (Rock Island, Tenn.) finished 50th with a 2nd run time of 119.63.
Micki Reeves (Grand Junction, Colo.) reached the Women's Canoe final, where she finished 10th with a time of 296.71, including two missed gates. Colleen Hickey (Okawville, Ill.) placed 13th in the semifinal.
Michal Smolen (Gastonia, N.C.) is already moving up the ranks, finishing 27th, tops among U.S. Men's Kayaks this weekend. He finished the semifinal run in 118.78, +17.04 behind the first place finisher. Jim Wade (Boise, Idaho) placed 37th after missing three gates.
Men's Kayaks Jim Wade (Boise, Idaho) and Michal Smolen (Gastonia, N.C.) advanced to Saturday's semifinal with a 14th and 20th place finish, respectively, after the qualifying heats.
Click HERE for complete results from Friday at the Slalom World Cup No. 2 in Pau, France, June 15-17. Live video beginning Saturday.
Wade turned in a penalty-free first run time of 91.83, +4.14 seconds behind the first place finisher through heats. Two penalty seconds kept Smolen from a Top 10 finish. The 18-year-old finished in 92.43. Ricky Powell (Parkesburg, Pa.) placed 54th with a second run time of 98.75, including four penalty seconds.
In Women's Canoe, Micki Reeves (Grand Junction, Colo.) and Colleen Hickey (Okawville, Ill.) finished 11th and 15th, respectively, to advance to Saturday's semifinal. Reeves finished her first run in 142.48. Hickey will look to improve on Day 2 after missing gates on both qualifying runs.
In Men's Canoe, teenagers Zach Lokken (Durango, Colo.) and Tyler Hinton (Denver, Colo.) will turn their sights to World Cup No. 3 next weekend after just missing out on the Top 30 cutoff for the semifinals. Lokken's second run time of 104.22 was one touch penalty away from advancing. Hinton placed 36th with a first run time of 104.90.
In addition to the Men's Kayak and Women's Canoe semifinals, U.S. athletes Ashley Nee (Darnestown, Md.) and Emily Jackson (Rock Island, Tenn.) will take part in Saturday's Women's Kayak heats.
WHAT: 2012 ICF Slalom World Cup No. 2
WHEN: June 15-17, 2012
WHERE: Pau, France
WHO: Coaches Silvan Poberaj and Rafal Smolen
Men's Kayaks: Jim Wade (Boise, Idaho), Michal Smolen (Gastonia, N.C.), Ricky Powell (Parkesburg, Pa.)
Women's Kayaks: Ashley Nee (Darnestown, Md.), Emily Jackson (Rock Island, Tenn.)
Men's Single Canoes: Zach Lokken (Durango, Colo.), Tyler Hinton (Denver, Colo.)
Women's Single Canoes: Micki Reeves (Grand Junction, Colo.), Colleen Hickey (Okawville, Ill.)
Following a World Cup in which five paddlers were named to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team, the group at this weekend's competition is much younger. Leading the way are two veteran Senior National Team kayakers - Wade, 26, and Nee, 23. The rest of the athletes will look to gain valuable experience heading into the 2012 U23 and Junior World Championships in Wausau, Wis., July 11-15.
Click HERE for a recap of World Cup No. 1.
Wade, who finished 18th at World Cup No. 1, will be joined by kayakers Smolen, 18, and Powell, 21. The Polish-born Smolen placed 2nd behind 2012 Olympic nominee Scott Parsons at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in April, but citizenship issues prevented him from being eligible for Olympic selection.
Kayakers Nee and Jackson, 22, hope to improve upon their 37th and 43rd place finishes at World Cup No. 1. Canoeists Reeves, 22, and Lokken, 18, will look to do the same after placing 8th and 28th. Joining Reeves in the women's event is Hickey, who finished first at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Joining Lokken on the men's side is the 19-year-old Hinton.
William Irving, USA Canoe/Kayak National Teams Director: "The young team that we have in place for the next two World Cups are the future of USA Canoe/Kayak and are a competitive group of paddlers. With the 2012 World Championships for Junior and U-23 in Wausau, Wisconsin in July, these next two World Cups will prepare our athletes for the competitive competition that they will expect to see in Wausau."
USA Canoe/Kayak is a non-profit membership organization based in Oklahoma City, OK, promoting canoe and kayak racing in the United States. A member of the United States Olympic Committee, USA Canoe/Kayak is the national governing body for the Olympic sports of Flatwater Sprint and Whitewater Slalom and the official U.S. federation of the International Canoe Federation. Other paddling sports sanctioned by USACanoe/Kayak include Marathon, Freestyle, Wildwater, Stand Up Paddleboard, Canoe Polo, Canoe Sailing, Outrigger, and Dragon Boat. For more information about USA Canoe/Kayak, please visit us on the web at www.usack.org, on Twitter at @usacanoekayak and Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/USACanoeKayak.


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Just wanted to share my experience. My sister (who is only 45) was diagnosed with CC in October 2005. She received sirspheres in November 2005 which have seemed to work fairly well. She has received various chemo treatments, some have worked a little, others haven't but the big hurdle with chemo is that it knocks the stuffing out of her platelets so she has to stop the chemo! Unfortunately surgeons have told a resection of her liver is impossible as tumour is too extensive and now has gone into her right lobe of her liver as well as having a spot in her lung, sacrum and hip bone. She is now lining up for her first go of Taxotir next week. Has anyone had any experience with this drug with CC? Is there anyone else in Australia that has this disease and can recommend doctors etc? You know the funny thing about this disease is that she has it quite advanced and doesn't show any signs of jaundice!
The past month her tummy has been growing by the day with ascites and has just spent the past week in hospital having just over 4 litres drained (collectively)!
This we are finding so exhausting emotionally, you hang onto every word the doctor says.....
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WINDER - One of the twin brothers charged in the death of a former newspaper reporter whose body was found buried in concrete was denied bond Thursday by a Georgia judge, who said the man seemed to be a flight risk.
William Cormier III, 31, appeared in court dressed in an orange and white striped jail suit and with his ankles and wrists chained. Barrow County Superior Court Judge Penn McWhorter said it did not appear Cormier had significant ties to the community.
Cormier and his brother, Christopher, are charged with murder and concealing a death in the slaying of 30-year-old Sean Dugas of Florida. Christopher Cormier did not appear in court Thursday because he is awaiting appointment of a lawyer.
The brothers were charged last week after police in Winder discovered Dugas' body entombed in concrete and buried in the backyard of the twins' father's home. Winder police were led to the home after being contacted by police in Pensacola, Fla., who were investigating Dugas' disappearance. An autopsy determined that Dugas died from blows to the head about a month before his body was found Oct. 8.
Prosecutor Deborah Wilbanks asked the judge not to grant bond for William Cormier, saying he had no clear ties to the community and was likely a flight risk.
Defense attorney James Rogers asked the judge to set a low bond, explaining that Cormier had little money of his own and it was unclear whether his father would be able or willing to pay any sum for bond. Rogers argued that Cormier has lived most of his life in Georgia and that there was no evidence that he would flee.
Investigators say they have not yet determined a motive in the killing and do not know where it happened.
The next grand jury in Barrow County is set for the end of the month, and it seems unlikely prosecutors will be ready to present their case by then. The next grand jury doesn't meet until February, Rogers said. He argued that would be a very long time for his client to wait in jail.
Winder police Lt. Frank Farr testified that he was sitting outside the twins' father's home Oct. 8 while waiting for a search warrant to come through. The twins' father was talking on the phone when he pulled up in a BMW, saw the officers, started walking toward them and then suddenly turned back and got into a Chrysler Sebring and peeled out of the driveway and sped off, Farr testified.
Farr followed the father, William Cormier Jr., as he drove erratically around town, Farr said. Finally, he stopped and got out of the car, and his twin sons appeared. The younger William Cormier got in the driver's seat and his brother got into the passenger seat and they drove off, Farr said. Farr followed the twins, who appeared to be headed out of town, and eventually pulled them over, he said.
GBI special agent Liz Bigham testified William Cormier III has a Florida driver's license and his last known address was in Florida. Investigators have not been able to find a permanent address for him but have determined he has ties to both Georgia and Florida, she said.


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Celtics in: Jeff Foster, Louis Williams
Celtics out: Brian Scalabrine, Delonte West, Tony Allen
Sixers in: Jamaal Tinsley, Brian Scalabrine, Tony Allen
Sixers out: Kyle Korver, Kevin Ollie, Louis Williams
Pacers in: Kyle Korver, Kevin Ollie, Delonte West
Pacers out: Jeff Foster, Jamaal Tinsley
The principals are Korver, West, Tinsley, and Foster.
Sixers grab a true playmaker to run alongside AI in Tinsley, though they take on his contract and four years of Scalabrine to do it (this is probably why the deal wouldn't happen). Celtics get a big and clear up their PG situation. Pacers get some shooting with Korver and a little long-term salary relief, but have to commit to start West at PG.
I'm not saying I really like this trade, but I was playing around with Trade Machine and this at least seemed plausible.


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WOOSTER -- The 2012 top news story for The Daily Record area had its beginnings in Bergholz and ended in U.S. District Court in Cleveland. Daily Record staffers voted the story of the 16 Amish men and women who were convicted of hate crimes in a series of hair and beard cutting attacks as the No. 1 story.
The local portion of the story began in the fall of 2011 when it was reported that four men knocked on the door of an Amish home north of Mount Hope. The men later announced they were "here for Sam Mullet, in retaliation for the church shunning them." Holmes County Sheriff Timothy W. Zimmerly reported the foursome eventually pushed and shoved three men and then used scissors and clippers to remove the elder man's beard and a portion of his hair. Twenty-four other men waited in a horse trailer attached to a pickup truck.
The local victim was a member of a committee of Amish bishops from across Ohio that voted to shun the Mullet family when they fell out of favor with the church.
Mullet and his family eventually moved to Bergholz and became the self-proclaimed "Bergholz Clan." At the time of the Holmes County incident, it was reported that criminal reports had been filed in both Holmes and Carroll counties, and the clan had also reportedly traveled to Trumbull County where they attacked Mullet's father and mother. Similarly, a Morrow County man was also shorn of his beard during a visit to Jefferson County.
Charges of kidnapping and aggravated burglary were dismissed and the defendants and others were arrested again, and charged in U.S. District Court with hate crimes.
The story continued into 2012 when a federal jury found 66-year-old Samuel Mullet, the leader of the "Bergholz Clan," guilty of orchestrating the cuttings in an attempt to shame mainstream members of his community. His followers were found guilty of carrying out the attacks, which were classified as hate crimes due to the spiritual significance of hair/beards in their faith.
The No. 2 local news story, as chosen by staff at The Daily Record, was the death of 15-month-old Ella Young and the trial of Kelly Kline, 34, who was baby-sitting her. A preliminary autopsy report stated the child might have died from shaken baby syndrome, which prompted an investigation by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office.
During Kline's trial in Wayne County Common Pleas Court, two doctors testified that the child's injuries indicated blunt force trauma or shaking had occurred and both agreed the injury occurred on the day of her death. A third medical professional testified Ella's fall down a flight of steps six days earlier could have caused gradual brain swelling that eventually reached a threshold, ultimately causing her death.
At the end of a three-day trial and following little more than three hours of deliberation, a jury found Kline not guilty of one count of murder, child endangering, involuntary manslaughter and two counts of assault.
It was a series of changes in the Wooster City Schools District that caught the No. 3 spot on the list. Those changes included the district's moving of eighth-graders to the high school and fifth- and sixth-graders to the middle school, as well as the closure of both Lincoln Way and Wayne elementary schools.
Earning the No. 4 position on the local Top 10, was the story of a Wooster man sentenced to prison for the attempted murder of his wife.
Brian Barrington, 45, pleaded guilty in Wayne County Common Pleas Court to one count of attempted murder, one count of grand theft of a motor vehicle and theft of a license plate and was sentenced to 11 years in prison -- the maximum for attempted murder. He was also sentenced to 18 months in prison for grand theft and 12 months in prison for theft, to be served concurrently with the 11-year term.
The charges stemmed from a Jan. 21 incident in which Barrington stabbed his wife multiple times at their residence. According to police, he and his wife had argued the evening before and the next morning she awoke to Barrington repeatedly stabbing her. The report continued that Barrington apparently thought she was dead and he jumped into the shower. His wife was able to escape, but Barrington noticed her leave and chased after her and stabbed her again, in sight of neighbors. Barrington left the scene, but was pulled over four days later by the State Highway Patrol for a traffic stop.
Coming in at the No. 5 spot in balloting is the saga of LaShaun Reed, 23, formerly of Wooster, who was found guilty by a jury on Aug. 8 of murder and aggravated murder, specifying a firearm was used to commit the offense. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole in the December 2011 shooting death of Clifford "Gucci" Johnson, 21.
At the time of his shooting conviction, Reed was serving a six-year prison sentence for felonious assault as the result of stabbing two men in June 2011. Reed had been in the Wayne County jail, but following a plea on the felonious assault charge, was released on bond. During his release, he became the suspect in the shooting death. Reed failed to appear for his Dec. 21, 2011 sentencing for the stabbing incident, and was eventually located in Greenville, Miss., and returned to Wayne County to face the murder charge.
No. 6 on the Top 10 list is the new Holmes County fairgrounds at Harvest Ridge. The new 80-plus acre agricultural campus -- located 0.7 miles west of Millersburg -- will replace the current fairgrounds, which have been plagued by constant flooding and damage. In addition to hosting the Holmes County Fair, the all-purpose campus will also offer opportunities for year-round activities, shows and events.
The No. 7 news event for 2012 actually is from 1812 -- the founding of Wayne County -- and the celebration of the county's bicentennial with "When Wayne County was a Whippersnapper."
Voted the No. 8 news story was the political race that pitted Jim Renacci against Betty Sutton for Ohio's 16th Congressional District. It was one of three races nationally that saw two incumbents having to run against each other in the General Election. It was through the redistricting process that saw Ohio lose two House sets, dropping to 16 in all, that Sutton had to run for a district that encompassed only 20 percent of what was her 13th Congressional District, while the new district contains 50 percent of what had been Renacci's district. Sutton held her own in the early voting results and was up by about 5,000 votes, but that lead eventually disappeared and Republican Renacci was sent back to Congress. The 13th District covers all of Wayne County and parts of Medina, Stark, Summit, Portage and Cuyahoga counties.
No. 9 on the Top 10 list is the saga of a West Holmes bus driver who in November 2011 had drunkenly driven a bus full of students home from school. Kenyon Conner, 54, pleaded no contest to operating a vehicle while intoxicated and a charge of child endangering was dismissed. In February 2012 Conner was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 150 days suspended. He was also ordered to pay a fine and his driver's license was suspended for the maximum term of three years. He was placed on three years probation.
Conner's sentence was harsher than most drivers convicted of OVI and prosecutors said they thought the sentence would be effective. They were proven wrong when, four days after being released from serving his 30 days in jail, Conner was drinking and driving again. This time, Conner pleaded no contest in Holmes County Municipal Court to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, failure to control, leaving the scene of an accident and driving under suspension. He also previously admitted to a probation violation.
The second set of charges were the result of a March incident when he crashed his vehicle twice while running a virtual obstacle course with other drivers, according to the Holmes County sheriff's department. Witnesses said Conner crashed into several objects and went off the road multiple times before eventually losing control and ending up in a ditch. He was gone when officers arrived. One witness said that not only did Conner refuse help at the scene, but he drove straight at a couple and their children while attempting to flee.
As a result of the second set of charges, Conner was sentenced to an additional year in prison, fines totaling $2,000 and a five-year license suspension -- consequently, Conner will spend more than a year in jail.
The annual Top 10 ballot finishes with good news as Daily Record staffers chose the 25th anniversary of Main Street Wooster Inc. as the No. 10 story. Main Street Wooster is a nonprofit group that has focused its energy on making Wooster a better place to live and do business.
It was noted that Wooster's storefront vacancies fell from 42 percent in 1987 to 6 percent in 2011; during that same period, Main Street Wooster boasts 130 new businesses. Some of the most memorable projects have included streetscapes, the Everything Rubbermaid Store, the Wayne County Public Library moving to Liberty Street and the lighting of the courthouse.
In the 25-year period, Main street helped facilitate more than $140 million of downtown reinvestment, including infrastructure improvements and building renovations.


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(CNN) - Justin Bieber gives new meaning to the saying, "The show must go on."
The pop star got sick during the kickoff concert of his "Believe" tour Saturday night in Arizona.
According to E! Online, he was in the middle of one song when he suddenly turned around, threw up on stage and ran off.
A little bit later, during another song, Bieber ran off again, stopping the show for a few minutes, the report said.
Bieber eventually returned to the stage and explained to his fans that he wasn't feeling well.
He continued performing.
Later that night, Bieber tweeted a picture of himself saying he was resting up for the next show. He also joked about the cause of his illness, People reported.
"Milk was a bad choice! Lol," he wrote in a nod to the Will Ferrell comedy "Anchorman."
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I've been told that it ended with the Reagan administration. It could have been cabin fever or just my horrible habit of leaving clothes in the dryer to re-wrinkle, but this week, I ironed my clothes. And I'm feeling much better because of it.
Cities and counties, small and large, across Kentucky have big dreams for their communities - ideas that are transformative and can have lasting impact for generations.
Bardstown wants to build a YMCA to help keep its residents healthy. Eastern Kentucky communities dream of transforming the region into a destination attracting hunters, anglers, campers and adventure tourists. Louisville hopes to build a 100-mile hiking and biking path across the city - the type of amenity that attracts young people and entrepreneurs who start businesses and grow the state's economy.
As a teenager, I never asked for the opportunity. I sure hope others do and are quick to take advantage of it.
I recently spent a day with our legislators in Frankfort. I learned a lot and can certainly appreciate the hard work that's put into making new laws to help protect Kentucky residents.
A guest column by Richard Nelson
Every game has its rules, and politics are no different.
Here at the CKNJ, we have our own rules that we follow when it comes to politics and our coverage of political events. They are in place to help us be as fair as possible to each candidate.
When the political season rolls around, candidates begin by making an announcement of their intention to seek office. We welcome any candidate to do this, and we will publish one notice from each person declaring their candidacy.
If one Kentucky legislator has his way, many Kentuckians could lose access to public information related to their local governing bodies.
State Sen. Chris McDaniel, who represents District 23 covering a portion of Kenton County, filed Senate Bill 101 last Friday seeking to eliminate the requirement of public notices to be published in the newspaper.
"Welcome to the 1950s," he said, as he took my ticket and showed me to my seat.
For the following two hours, the comedy that was the extremely popular "I Love Lucy" show came alive, complete with actors who were dead ringers for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
I went with a friend to see "I Love Lucy Live" on Saturday. The theater was set as what I would imagine a television stage looked like in the 1950s.
How are those New Year's resolutions working for you? If you've already reneged on them, don't panic. You aren't alone.
According to a survey reported in Forbes magazine, 36 percent have broken their resolutions after one month, 54 percent have failed after 6 months and only 8 percent actually reach their New Year's goals.
British author and philosopher C.S. Lewis once observed, "Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive."
I thought of Lewis' statement after the University of Louisville hired Bobby Petrino as its head football coach for the second time. Not being a Cardinal fan, forgiving the coach for his past mistakes was easy for me.
They say those big nostrils can sense the fear in you. Given my fluttery disposition and general wariness of any animal that I have to look up to, I've always kept my distance from horses.
But take a drive around Taylor County and you are sure to see several breeds and colors of horses living here. Local horse enthusiasts take great pride in their horses' training, bloodlines that go back several decades or more and even the distinctive coloring that sets each one apart.
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CHICAGO -- Matt Garza threw 2 2/3 innings Wednesday in a rehab start for Double-A Tennessee and will make at least two more Minor League starts before the team decides whether he's ready to return.
Garza was the losing pitcher in Tennessee's 3-0 loss to Mississippi, giving up one earned run on a hit and two walks. He threw 42 pitches, 25 for strikes. The right-hander is rehabbing from a strained left lat suffered in February.
"Everything went good and he felt great after it," manager Dale Sveum said Wednesday about Garza's outing.
Braeden Schlehuber put Mississippi on the board first in the bottom of the second with a two-out RBI single off Garza that scored Christian Marrero.
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There are strong signs that Bahrain's luxury real estate sector is bouncing back, said an industry expert.The sale of initial 32 sea-facing villas on the man-made island off the coast of Muharraq, the first to be made available for sale, sold out in only three days marking a dramatic show of investor confidence both in the kingdom's economy [2] and in the project developer, Ithmaar Development Company [3] (IDC) chief executive Mohammed Khalil Al Sayed was quoted as saying by the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.The Seavilla project [4], the first residential offering at Dilmunia at Bahrain, a mixed-use development built on an island off the coast of Muharraq, consists of villas, each with its own sea frontage. The project, which is being built on a total area of approximately 20,000 sq m with a 500 metre shoreline, will take 18 months to be completed."Seavilla was announced on June 11 and all available units were sold out by June 15," he said."This dramatic success is clear, irrefutable testimony to growing investor confidence both in Bahrain's economy and, more specifically, in the kingdom's real estate industry."It is also a clear reflection of the market's confidence in our ability to deliver innovative, high-quality solutions in time and on budget."Al Sayed's announcement follows only days after the Central Bank of Bahrain [5] pointed to a rebound in profits across all sectors of the banking industry in the first quarter of 2013 as a reflection of the recovery of the kingdom's banking sector."The dramatic success of Seavilla could not have come at a better time for us in Bahrain [6]," said Al Sayed. "It is something we can all be justifiably proud of, and sets the stage for bigger, better things."Earlier, IDC announced it had awarded the infrastructure package, valued at $22.5 million, to Cebarco Bahrain [7] after completing a comprehensive tendering process.The package, relating to the first phase of the ambitious 125 hectare island's highways and roads, a distributor bridge crossing on top of Dilmunia's Grand Canal, landscaping, its power, water, sewerage, drainage, and telecommunications networks, will take 24 months to be completed, enabling the completion of various sub-developments within a similar timeframe. As a result, end-users can be handed the keys to their units by mid-2015.
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[2] http://www.albawaba.com/business/bahrain-economy-growth-491967
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[4] http://groupe-6.com/media/files/projects/4ea0321a63834Groupe-6_Bahrein_SeaVilla_eng.pdf
[5] http://www.cbb.gov.bh/
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Amid Hefty Yields, Greater Scrutiny for REIT-Like BDCs
With investors chasing yield, regulators are chasing a niche market that offers an abundance of yield but can come with hefty undisclosed fees and other risks. In recent years, private equity firms have been creating business development companies, or BDCs, as finance firms that lend to businesses and operate under REIT-like structures. Patrick McGee of Dow Jones Newswires recently wrote about bonds issued by BDCs:
Sporting the rare combination of 7% coupons and investment-grade ratings, "baby bonds" issued by business development companies are widening their audience as investors strive to marry yield with safety.
BDCs, an arcane category created by Congress in 1980, are heavily regulated investment companies that provide an avenue for mom-and-pop investors to access the equity and debt of private companies--investments typically open only to institutions or high net-worth investors.
BDC bonds are a tiny sector with just a few years of history and less than $1 billion of volume outstanding. But the bonds that are available give buyers 7% rates for 10 years--an almost unheard-of return when average high-grade yields are at record lows just below 3%, according to Barclays.
In today's Wall Street Journal, Matt Wirz reports that part of the sector is coming under greater regulatory scrutiny:
The companies pay out at least 90% of the interest they receive in cash dividends—much like real-estate investment trusts, or REITs. This has made them popular among individual investors seeking healthy returns at a time of historically low interest rates. BDCs currently pay dividend yields between 7% and 11%, according to analysts and public fillings.
But regulators are concerned that the upfront fees, which can be as high as 10%, aren't always fully disclosed to investors. In addition, they say brokers don't always report changes in the value of the loan portfolios.
Most BDCs trade on public exchanges without upfront fees, but a growing subset, sold through brokers who collect upfront fees, don't trade. Regulators are focused on the nontraded BDCs.
Since 2009, the story notes, Blackstone Group LP (BX) KKR & Co. (KKR), THL and TPG Capital LLP all launched BDCs, while Carlyle Group LP (CG) and H.I.G. Capital are currently marketing new BDCs to potential investors. Ares Management LLC, a private-equity and credit firm, runs the largest public BDC, Ares Capital Corp., (ARCC), which is paying investors a dividend yield of 9.9%. Blackstone and KKR's nontraded funds are yielding dividends and special distributions of 7.5% and 7% on average this year, the story says, while public BDCs have an average dividend yield of 9.5%.


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Behind door No. 3 is . . . Mike Brown?
Monday, May 30, 2005
Bill Livingston
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Let's give it up for Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert. After all these years of estrangement, Mike Brown is not only coming back to Cleveland, but as a coach, too!
Sure, it will be a tough transition from the NFL to the NBA. But his father made this city proud 50 years ago, so who's to say he won't, too? I say age doesn't matter. Look at what Jack McKeon did with Miami in baseball, while longer in the tooth than an extinct tiger.
Huh? What? Oh, you mean it's not that Mike Brown?
Oh. Neverrrr mind.
Mike Brown -- not the Bengals' Mike Brown; not Hubie Brown, now a television analyst; not Jim Brown, the Browns' legend; not Larry Brown, who's still coaching the Detroit Pistons and toying with Gilbert's affections; not Gilbert Brown, the former tackle for the Green Bay Packers; and presumably not Buster Brown, either -- is an assistant coach of the Indiana Pacers. Reports say he's all but signed, sealed and delivered as the Cavs' next coach.
Excuse me, but as Peggy Lee sang: "Is that all there is?"
No Zen Master, Phil Jackson? No local guy with experience with superstars, Flip Saunders? No Nate McMillan, coach of a dark horse contender in Seattle? No hot young head coach with Michigan State ties, Scott Skiles?
At any rate, Mike Brown is way better than John Calipari. If Gilbert gave more than a moment's serious consideration to Calipari, a flop in his only other NBA head coaching stint in New Jersey, as well as the overseer of one of college basketball's real underachievers in Memphis, then heaven help us all.
It's also better than hiring Memphis assistant Eric Musselman. In this market, the Musselman name will always be associated with the Ted Stepien era and the "Let's get ready to rummmmble" Minnesota Gophers of 1970s infamy.
But I have to think there's more than a whiff of Modellism to this hire. An exhaustive national coach search, glamour names dotting the list of possible candidates, and then, drum-roll please, Bud Carson steps from behind Door No. 3?
Modell never hired a coach with previous head coaching experience. He didn't like sharing the spotlight.
I assume other factors are at work with Gilbert.
Since front-office salaries do not count against the salary cap, and since Gilbert is better-heeled than the shoe factory that makes Buster Browns, the huge salary Saunders wanted shouldn't have been a problem.
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Maybe Mike Brown will be the up-and-comer under whom the Cavs arrive at greatness. You never know what a coach is going to do until he gets a chance. If Mike Brown were to do nothing more than throw darts at a list of NBA coaching staffs, he would probably still emerge with better aides than Paul Silas assembled in his first Cavs year.
You can find good coaches anywhere, of course. Mike Dunleavy got one of history's biggest promotions, from Milwaukee assistant to head coach of the Lakers, and contended until Magic Johnson came up HIV-positive. The Zen Coach himself was once Doug Collins' assistant. A generation ago, the Cavs found George Karl coaching what appeared to be a casino, the Mon^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^tana Golden Nuggets.
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Even if you disagree with the cause, it's usually easy to see why social conservatives involve themselves in certain LGBT issues. Typically it's because they think that marriage, the army, their own church, their talking point machines, fundraising efforts, smug heterosexism, etc., are under some sort of direct threat, and therefore they see a need to step in and run defense. It can be annoying, frustrating, *facepalm*-inducing, and oftentimes even deeply offensive. But at least the "why" is generally apparent, as far as that goes.
But other times, the involvement constitutes undeniable meddling in matters that are of absolutely no concern to the "pro-family" life. As is the case over at the the University of Southern California, where the school's library is receiving a large shipment of archival books, films, and magazines all about LGBT history. Now, even for those who don't have a need in their heart (or country) for LGBT lives and loves, the history of the people and the movement is obviously a concrete thing. And in fact, LGBT history also includes anti-LGBT history, something that has come to define the religious right over the past few decades. So it's no surprise that an educational library, the place where a plethora of information is something that is kinda, sorta valued, would see it in their interest to collate and house these resources. No controversy warranted.
At least it shouldn't be a surprise or a controversy:
Sarah Dean, a Christian who is on staff at USC, is encouraging students and parents to pray rather than react to the donation with hatred against homosexuals.
"I would hope parents would react in prayer and students would react in prayer, and just that they would be aware of it," she notes.
As a member of Campus Crusade for Christ at USC, Dean shares that she has seen the issue of homosexuality become more prevalent on campus. She believes Christians should care for and understand the pain that many homosexuals have experienced in their lives.
"The way that we're going to get at the heart of the matter is through love and discussing it…that way," she contends.
Dean feels that Christians should offer hope through Jesus to homosexuals who are looking for freedom.
LGBT donation more reason to pray, love [One News Now]
Hey, here's an idea: Why not react in intellectual respect, or at the very least, tolerance? Don't care to read the materials? Then don't visit the LGBT archives, the same way many evangelicals surely eschew the works of Christopher Hitchens or Sam Harris, ore that one-off edition of Curious George where the title monkey starts asking too many questions about evolution. Why must every little thing be seen as opportunity to pray for the socio-political adversary?! Especially on a college, where knowledge and the quest thereof deserves an even more heightened premium?
It's situations like this that have alienated so many people from the evangelical church, as well as opened so many others' eyes about the true goals of the organized "pro-family" movement. It's a generalization to say that theirs is an anti-"live and let live" force. But generalizations are formed based on demonstrated efforts — and far too many "pro-family" efforts seek to save the soul of anyone who so much as laughs at Cam's "Modern Family" antics without following it up with a "…sinner!" protestation.


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