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I had asked for advise concerning renegotiating alimony payments and changes to the divorce decree by a private judge. As of today I have informed my attorney that I will no longer require his services. I had not received my alimoney payment as of Friday, which is due on the first and received just received it today.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|12 Aug 1997
|Filing date
|26 Mar 1996
|Priority date
|26 Mar 1996
|Fee status
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|Publication number
|Charles A. Gillis
|Original Assignee
|Gillis; Charles A.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (8), Referenced by (60), Classifications (10), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention is directed to a keyboard tray particularly adapted for supporting any one of a variety of conventional keyboards and a mouse associated therewith.
The keyboard tray is preferably rigidly secured to a keyboard tray supporting arm which is articulately mounted relatively to a desk upon which is supported a conventional personal computer (PC). The keyboard tray houses a relatively flat mouse tray in slidable relationship thereto. The keyboard tray is preferably constructed from two pieces of compression molded, injection molded, vacuum molded or like formed polymeric/copolymeric synthetic plastic material which when united along a periphery thereof define upper and lower walls and a peripheral wall therebetween. The peripheral wall includes spaced opposite side wall portions each of which has a slot.
The peripheral wall maintains the upper and lower walls in generally spaced relationship and defines therebetween a relatively flat chamber. It is within the flat chamber that the relatively flat mouse tray is slidably housed with each of opposite side edges thereof being disposed generally adjacent the slots of the keyboard tray when the mouse tray is substantially housed within the flat chamber.
The mouse tray can be slid either to the left or to the right, as viewed from the perspective of the user thereof, such that opposite side edge portions and the upper surface thereof can alternately project beyond the slots and movably support thereupon a mouse while the associated keyboard is supported atop the upper wall of the keyboard tray. In this fashion a user can utilize an associated keyboard during the support thereof by the keyboard tray and can also manipulate a mouse associated with the personal computer upon either the left-hand or right-hand upper surface of the mouse tray.
Preferably, the mouse tray includes a projection for limiting the sliding movement thereof to the left and/or the right which assures that a limited predetermined area of the mouse tray can be slid either to the left or to the right which is sufficient to accommodate manipulation of the mouse, yet the exposure is not so large as to create an imbalance or undesired leverage should, for example, the user heavily rest his/her arm upon the exposed side edge portion of the tray which might tend to break the same or torque the keyboard tray sufficiently to break it away from the articulated mounting arm or at a minimum loosen the fastenings (generally screws) between the keyboard tray and the articulated mounting arm.
The upper surface of the mouse tray preferably has a relatively shallow recess in which is adhesively adhered a sheet of material having an upper surface of a high coefficient of friction which reduces mouse slippage and/or inadvertent mouse movement.
In further accordance with the present invention, the lower wall of the keyboard tray is preferably provided with a recess within which is secured a block of wood, composite board or a like piece of material for imparting reinforced rigidity to the overall keyboard tray. The block of wood is also relatively thick so that fasteners, such as screws, can be threaded therein to securely fasten an articulated or fixed keyboard tray support arm to the bottom of the keyboard tray.
In further accordance with the present invention, the upper wall of the keyboard tray is preferably reinforced at opposite side edges by upwardly projecting reinforcing ribs, whereas the lower wall is similarly reinforced by downwardly opening reinforcing channels.
Preferably, means are provided in the lower wall for providing universal mounting of the keyboard tray relative to a variety of a articulated and/or stationary keyboard tray mounting arms. These universal mounting means are a series of holes which selectively match holes a variety of conventional articulated and stationary keyboard tray mounting arms.
Prior art related to keyboards, keyboard trays, wrist rests and the like are reflected in the following United States patents:
______________________________________Taslitz U.S. Design Pat. No. 347,422 Issued: 05/31/94Vaule U.S. Design Pat. No. 352,933 Issued: 11/20/94Juster U.S. Design Pat. No. 352,934 Issued: 11/29/94Dickerson U.S. Design Pat. No. 356,785 Issued: 03/28/95Gart U.S. Pat. No. 4,862,165 Issued: 08/29/89Connor U.S. Pat. No. 5,165,630 Issued: 11/24/92Nash U.S. Pat. No. 5,265,835 Issued: 11/30/93Thomsen U.S. Pat. No. 5,335,888 Issued: 08/09/94Martin U.S. Pat. No. 5,340,067 Issued: 08/23/94Kaneko U.S. Pat. No. 5,414,445 Issued: 05/09/95Rice U.S. Pat. No. 5,433,407 Issued: 07/18/95______________________________________
This disclosure is directed to a keyboard tray particularly adapted for supporting any one of a variety of keyboards and an associated mouse. The keyboard tray is formed from two relatively shallow bodies of compression mold, injection mold or like molded polymeric/copolymeric material with the shallow bodies being united together by an adhesive along peripheral edges thereof to define a relatively flat keyboard tray having upper and lower walls and a peripheral wall therebetween with opposite side wall portions each having a slot. A mouse tray is housed generally within a chamber between the upper and lower walls of the keyboard tray, and the mouse tray can selectively slide through the slots to be exposed for right-hand or left-hand usage with an associated mouse. Preferably, a stop is carried by the mouse tray which limits outward sliding movement of the mouse tray relative to the keyboard tray. A wooden block is fixed within a chamber portion defined by the lower wall of the keyboard tray and functions to both rigidify the overall keyboard tray and provide sufficient material to achieve the efficient purchase or grip of screws which unite the keyboard tray to an associated articulated or fixed keyboard tray supporting arm.
With the above and other objects in view that will hereinafter appear, the nature of the invention will be more clearly understood by reference to the following detailed description, the appended claims and the several views illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a novel keyboard tray of the present invention, and illustrates in phantom outline a conventional keyboard associated therewith and a mouse associated with a mouse tray slid to its right-hand position of use.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the keyboard tray of the invention with a portion of an upper wall broken away for clarity, and illustrates an interior chamber of the keyboard tray within which can be substantially housed the entirety of the mouse tray.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken generally along line 3--3 of FIG. 1, and illustrates details of the keyboard tray including a piece of wood for rigidifying the keyboard tray and a stop depending from a lower surface of the mouse tray for selectively contactingly abutting one of two internal ribs to limit the outward projection of the mouse tray from either side of the keyboard tray.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken generally along line 4--4 of FIG. 2, and illustrates the mouse tray housed substantially within a chamber of the keyboard tray defined between upper and lower walls thereof with minor side edges of the mouse tray projecting slightly beyond side wall portions and associated slots of the keyboard tray.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken generally along line 5--5 of FIG. 2, and illustrates a plurality of upstanding channels formed in the lower wall of the keyboard tray for guiding the sliding movement of the mouse tray and offering supporting rigidity thereto.
A novel keyboard tray constructed in accordance with this invention is fully illustrated in the drawings and is generally designated by the reference numeral 10 which supports any one of a variety of conventional keyboards K (FIG. 1).
The keyboard tray 10 includes a slidable mouse tray 15 which can be housed substantially entirely with the keyboard tray 10, as shown in FIG. 2 in solid lines, or can be slid to the right, as shown in FIG. 1, and utilized thereat in conjunction with a conventional mouse M. The slide 15 can be slid to the left for left-hand use, as indicated in phantom outline in FIG. 2.
The keyboard tray 10 is preferably compression molded, injection molded or otherwise molded from polymeric/copolymeric synthetic plastic material into two body portions, namely, an upper body portion 21 and a lower body portion 22.
The upper body portion 21 includes an upper relatively flat surface or wall 30 of a generally polygonal or rectangular configuration defined by a rear edge or rear edge portion 31, a front edge or front edge portion 32, a side edge or side edge portion 33 and another opposite side edge or side edge portion 34. Each of the edge portions 31-34 terminate in a downwardly depending peripheral edge portion or peripheral wall 35 terminating in a peripheral edge 36. Hollow upstanding ribs 37, 38 are located adjacent the respective side wall edges 33, 34 and a hollow upstanding rib 39 is located along the rear edge portion 31. The height of the hollow upstanding rib 39 is slightly less than the heights of the side ribs 37, 38. There is no upstanding rib along the front edge portion 32.
The lower body portion 22 includes a lower wall 40 which is generally of a stepped configuration, as is best illustrated in FIGS. 3 through 5 of the drawings. The lower wall 40 is of a polygonal or rectangular configuration corresponding in outline to that of the upper body portion 21. The lower body portion 22 likewise includes as part of the lower wall 40 an upwardly projecting polygonal peripheral edge or peripheral wall 45 terminating in a terminal peripheral edge 46. The peripheral wall 45 includes unnumbered front and rear walls and side walls whose peripheral edge 46 mates with and is bonded to the peripheral edge 36 of the peripheral wall 35 of the upper body portion 21. In this manner the upper body portion 21 and the lower body portion 22 define an interior chamber 50 of the keyboard tray 10 which is essentially closed except for opposite slots or slits 51, 52 formed in the side wall portions 33, 34 of the upper body portion 21 and the like side wall portions (unnumbered) of the lower body portion 22. The slots 51, 52 function to permit the mouse tray 15 to be housed generally entirely within the chamber 50 (FIG. 4) or slid to the right (FIGS. 1 and 3) or slid to the left (phantom outline in FIG. 2) depending upon conditions of use or nonuse and whether the mouse M is to be used right-handed (FIG. 1) or left-handed (phantom outline, FIG. 2).
The lower wall 40 includes a generally centrally located shallow upwardly opening rectangular recess portion 60 within which is seated a relatively thick piece of wood, composite or like material which is generally designated by the reference numeral 61, The piece of material 61 is adhesively adhered within the recess portion 60 and/or fastened therein by wood screws W. The function of the piece of material 61 is to reinforce and rigidify the overall keyboard tray 10 longitudinally or lengthwise, which, as viewed in FIG. 4, is left-to-right and vice versa. Thus, the piece of material 61 extends a substantial distance across the overall length of the keyboard tray 10 and thereby significantly effects the rigidity thereof.
Another function of the piece of material 61 is to permit the keyboard tray 10 to be fixed to a conventional stationary or articulated keyboard tray supporting arm A by one or more relatively large wood screws S or the equivalent thereof which pass through holes 62 in the recess portion 60 and are threaded into the piece of material 61. The latter affords a rigid connection between the keyboard tray 10 and the supporting arm A.
A final function of the piece of material 61 is that of offering central support to the mouse tray 15 by means of a lower projection or block 70 of the latter (FIGS. 4 and 5) projecting downwardly with a surface 71 thereof in sliding contact with an upper surface 72 of the piece of material 61. As is readily visualized in FIGS. 2, 4 and 5 of the drawings, whenever the projection 70 is atop the surface 72, it will be supported thereby, particularly when the mouse tray 15 is partially projected outwardly of either of the slots 51, 52, as opposed to the full outward projection shown in FIG. 3. Thus, the piece of material 61 affords the keyboard tray 10 the functions of rigidity/reinforcement, rigid securement to the keyboard tray supporting arm A, and support for the sliding mouse tray 15,
The lower wall 40 also includes several upstanding ribs or downwardly opening channels which are identified by the reference numerals 53, 54 (FIG. 4) and 55, 56 (FIG. 5). The ribs or channels 53, 54 are located in generally parallel relationship to each other and each is adjacent its respective slot 51, 52. The upper walls (unnumbered) of the ribs 53, 54 underlyingly support the mouse tray 15 when projecting outwardly from the respective slots 51, 52, as is most evident from FIG. 3. Furthermore, the ribs 53, 54 function as abutments relative to the projection 70 depending from the mouse tray 15, as is best illustrated in FIG. 3. In this fashion, the projection 70 abuts the respective ribs 53, 54 to limit the outward projection of the mouse tray 15 from the respective slots 51, 52.
The ribs 55, 56 run longitudinally and generally normal to the ribs 53, 54, as is most apparent from FIG. 5. Upper walls (unnumbered) of the ribs 55, 56 support the underside of the mouse tray 15 respectively at the front edge 32 and centrally thereof. A ledge 57 (FIG. 5) lies in the horizontal plane of the upper wall portions (unnumbered) of the ribs or channels 55 or 56 and functions to support the rear edge (unnumbered) of the mouse tray 15. Thus, as is best illustrated in FIG. 5, the mouse tray 15 is supported longitudinally by the ribs or channels 55, 56 and the ledge 57 in any position of use (FIGS. 1 through 3) or storage (FIG. 4). The rib or channel 56 also functions as a longitudinal guide along which slides the projection 70, as is best illustrated in FIG. 5.
It is to be particularly noted that in the storage position of the mouse tray 15, the side edges (unnumbered) project slightly beyond the slots 51, 52. Therefore, the mouse tray 15 is never totally housed within the chamber 50 and a user need but push either edge to more fully expose the opposite edge so that the user can grasp the same and pull the mouse tray 15 to its desired position.
Preferably the upper surface (unnumbered) of the entirety of the mouse tray 15 is provided with a relatively shallow recess 80 (FIG. 1) of a generally rectangular or polygonal configuration. A piece of material having a high coefficient of friction, such as a piece of cloth 81 is seated within and is adhesively bonded within the recess 80. Since the mouse tray 15 is preferably constructed from molded polymeric/copolymeric plastic material and it's surface is thus relatively smooth or slick, the material 81 assures that the mouse M will essentially remain motionless when released by the user and will not, for example, inadvertently slide off the mouse tray 15 during the operation of the keyboard K.
Preferably, the openings 62 (FIG. 5) are so positioned and arranged that they will accommodate the fastener receiving holes in the numerous supporting arms A presently available in the market-place. For example, the holes 62 are so arranged that no matter the pattern of holes in the supporting arm A and no matter the make, model or manufacturer of the supporting arm A, the screws S will automatically fit the openings in the supporting arm A and those openings 62 in the recess portion 60 alignable therewith.
Although a preferred embodiment of the invention has been specifically illustrated and described herein, it is to be understood that minor variations may be made in the apparatus without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as defined the appended claims.
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|28 Jan 2011
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|28 Jan 2011
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|9 Oct 2013
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|248/346.01, 248/918
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|8 Feb 2001
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 4
|11 Feb 2005
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 8
|16 Feb 2009
|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|12 Aug 2009
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|29 Sep 2009
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
Effective date: 20090812


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text: Repositório Colecção: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/2112 2017-11-25T11:42:19Z 2017-11-25T11:42:19Z Learning in higher education: strategies to overcome challenges faced by adult students – lessons drawn from two case studies in Portugal Correia, Ana Maria R. Sarmento, A. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/4091 2014-05-30T01:19:22Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Título: Learning in higher education: strategies to overcome challenges faced by adult students – lessons drawn from two case studies in Portugal Autor: Correia, Ana Maria R.; Sarmento, A. Resumo: The development of a knowledge-based society needs a technological infrastructure and a workforce with the necessary knowledge and competences, supported by a well-structured initial education and a continuous learning program, available to all citizens, including those who did not have the opportunity to attend Higher Education (HE) when they were younger. We recognize that these students may be rich in experience but they also have some difficulties in adapting to the pedagogical approaches of learning and teaching. Furthermore, their attitudes and problems are not necessarily the same as those of traditional students but they are still expected to fit into educational institutions designed for younger students. The project LIHE – Learning in Higher Education aimed to improve the learning experience and environment of adults, particularly non-traditional adults as well as to promote lifelong learning in HE, within a European dimension. In this paper we will present this project together with some of the results. Descrição: This paper appears in International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education edited by Lawrence A. Tomei (Ed.) Copyright 2007, IGI Global, www.igi-global.com. Posted by permission of the publisher. URL:http://www.idea-group.com/journals/details.asp?id=4287. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Innovation through virtual communities of practice: motivations and constraints in the knowledge-creation process Correia, Ana Maria R. Mesquita, A. Paulos, A. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/4085 2014-05-30T01:19:08Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Título: Innovation through virtual communities of practice: motivations and constraints in the knowledge-creation process Autor: Correia, Ana Maria R.; Mesquita, A.; Paulos, A. Resumo: Communities of Practice(CoP) are places which provide a sound basis for organizational learning, enabling knowledge creation and acquisition,thereby improving organizational performance, leveraging innovation and consequently increasing competitiveness. Virtual Communities of Practice (VCoP) can perform a central role in promoting communication and collaboration between members who are dispersed in both time and space. The ongoing case study, described here, aims to identify both the motivations and the constraints that members of an organization experience when taking part in the knowledge creating and sharing processes of the VCoP to which they belong. Based on a literature review, we have identified several factors that influence such processes; they are used to analyze the results of interviews carried out in this study of three multinationals. Descrição: This paper appears in International Journal of Projectics. Vol 4(1), pp. 39-49 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z


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Um... yep. my friend and I went to the beach one day and the tide came in around us and we were stranded for a while... and we had to wade back to shore. lol!
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awww poor girl and ur mom just doesnt know what art is!! *10*
No offense though. ^_^
Oh! Now I see it! Great job on the pose as Yupanki said. It took me a while to see it because of the lack of darkness, but it's a great Pic! ^_^
This is really good.. and she is REALLY very stranded. Poor thing.
this looks very nice. love the pose!
not really, she's pretty nice, see? it's a girl crying on an island lol
wat iz it? no offence
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it's very nice, really...but need it a little more shadow or definition around the body...the pose is perfect ...you should try to do this drawing on a different sourranding or situation...


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NII Holdings Announces New Sale Of 11.375% Senior Notes Due 2019
Apr 10, 2013, 16:52 ET from NII Holdings, Inc.
RESTON, Va., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD) (the "Company") today announced the sale, through its wholly owned subsidiary NII International Telecom S.C.A., of an additional $150 million principal amount of its 11.375% senior notes due 2019. The issue price is 107.25% of the principal amount of the notes plus accrued interest from February 19, 2013. The notes were sold in a private placement pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The sale of the notes is expected to close on or about April 15, 2013. The notes will be issued by NII International Telecom S.C.A., a partnership limited by shares organized and established under the laws of Luxembourg, and guaranteed by the Company. The notes are an additional issuance of, will be fully fungible with, rank equally with and form a single series with the $750 million of 11.375% senior notes due 2019 initially issued on February 19, 2013.
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The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale for general corporate purposes, which may include, without limitation, expansion of its existing network, either through capital expenditures for organic growth or acquisitions of other operators; the acquisition of telecommunications spectrum licenses or other assets; the deployment of new network technologies; the refinancing, repayment or repurchase of outstanding indebtedness; or other purposes.
The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under, or an applicable exemption from, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act.
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Fearne Cotton wants low-key wedding
Fearne Cotton has said she will be designing her own dress for her "low-key" wedding.
The Radio 1 DJ got engaged to guitarist Jesse Wood, 37, the son of Ronnie Wood, in December.
And she told Metro that she had been looking at wedding dresses online before she even met the musician.
"Obviously I've been Googling wedding dresses for like five years anyway because I love them," Fearne said.
"I'd design my own. I'll be influenced by things I see and then design something nice."
Fearne, 32, who has designed clothing collections for Very, said she didn't want a lot of fuss when she ties the knot.
But she admitted that because the couple, who have a son, Rex, are so busy, they still haven't set a date.
"Whatever we do, it will be just simple and not too professional," she told the newspaper. "Just something that feels right and just for the people we really love and we want to be there.
"We've started talking about it. We'd love it to happen at some point but we're very busy so we're just trying to work out when.
"At some point we'll get round to it but in the meantime, I'll just keep Googling."


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Tick, Tick...Boom!
Apr 05, 2018
- Apr 08, 2018
Civic Center Music Hall
Freede Little Theatre
Presented By CityRep Theatre
Starring Mathew Alvin Brown
A co-production with the Tulsa Project Theatre
Before Rent, there was TICK, TICK...BOOM!
This autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning composer of Rent, is the story of a composer and the sacrifices that he made to have a life in theatre.
TICK, TICK...BOOM! takes you on the powerful and poignant journey that led to a Broadway blockbuster.
Set in the gritty New York City of 1990, this intimate and compelling tale of personal discovery is a rock musical filled with Larson's beautiful melodies and unique blend of musical theatre styles.
TICK, TICK...BOOM! embraces the universal ideal of holding onto your dreams through life's most difficult challenges.
Starring Oklahoma favorite, CityRep Affiliated Artist Matthew Alvin Brown.


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Thanks to Tom Clark for his exposure of the implications of the benefit cap the coalition is introducing in its welfare reform bill (The truly nasty cap fits, 16 June). On the government's own estimates, 50,000 families will have their benefits cut, even though they complied with every duty placed upon them to seek work. Many families with children who are already struggling on benefits will be forced into further poverty.
The Labour leadership declined to support my amendment to remove this dreadful proposal from the bill for fear of the reaction in sections of the media, which the Tories would exploit. If Labour is to restore its credibility with the electorate, we need to demonstrate that we have learned from the mistakes of New Labour, and show how we can lead this country once again.
There can be no better way to demonstrate that we have changed than standing up against media bigotry against the poor. Real leadership is sometimes demonstrated by standing up for what is right, and turning a minority opinion into majority support.
John McDonnell MP
Labour, Hayes and Harlington
• I am not a Tory supporter and not necessarily a supporter of a cap on benefits. However, as a full-time working mother of three children, with a husband who works part-time, I have worked out our daily budget after basic bills as just £2.20 per person per day, including all our food. And that's without milk tokens, school uniform tokens, free school meals, discounts on school trips, access to the social fund, and access to countless other benefits. I do receive working and child tax credits, which are included in this figure. Please could you cap my income at £26,000? Then maybe we could afford a holiday for the first time in years!
Cora Jevams
Rhyl, North Wales
• The Department for Work and Pensions continues to peddle the lie that the £26,000 total cap on benefits is necessary to ensure that people in work don't "earn less than those who are on benefits". This is simply not true.
A minimum wage employee with a partner and four children, working 36 hours a week and living in London, will receive £27,800 in benefits in addition to their £9,950 net earnings. If they lose their job, and are "on benefits", then their income will fall by over £5,000. The £26,000 cap is unnecessary to generate an incentive to work, and will push many families into real poverty.
Dr Tim Leunig
Chief economist, CentreForum
• Saturday's comment piece on welfare misunderstands our reforms (Cameron's bills may glide through, but reality will bite, 18 June). Our plan to reassess 1.5 million people who are absent from the labour market because of illness or disability will reduce the number of people locked out of the economy while we are exploring how to stem the inflow into long-term inactivity. Universal credit will reinforce the work ethic and lift 350,000 children and 600,000 adults out of poverty, while the Work Programme will provide support for people to enter the job market and stay there.
We are spending more than £40bn a year on disabled people's services, but the current system is not always reaching those who need it. Savings from abolishing adult disability premiums and changes in the child rate will be re-focused on the most seriously disabled.
David Freud
Minister for welfare reform
• The suggestion by Conservative MP Philip Davies that disabled people could be paid less than the minimum wage (Report, 18 June) is not only an insult to the disabled, but shows that some within the Conservatives still regard the weak with contempt. This party cannot be trusted to review employment law. I trust that Clegg and Cable have noted the willingness with which Conservatives would treat their vulnerable constituents, and will vote on the current bill accordingly – or will they continue to prop up this degenerating government, and face judgment by history, and possibly even sooner by the electorate?
Ian McNicholas
Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent
• All responsible workers should join Philip Davies MP's race to the bottom by competing for his job. By my calculations he is paid £26.29 an hour. I bid £15 an hour for his public-sector job and massive pension. Do I hear £12.57?
Noel Hodson
• Rather than asking employed and presumably healthy people how they would manage on employment and support allowance of £99.85 for just one week (Could you live on less than £100 a week, Work:Life UK supplement, 18 June), why not interview some of the many thousands of ill and disabled people who are actually struggling to get by on ESA? Not only are they short of the amount of money that makes life bearable but they also face a medical screening process which is not adapted to many medical conditions, especially those concerned with mental health. Citizens Advice bureaux are dealing with increasing numbers of clients who are having to appeal the medical fitness decisions; this adds extra stress and often makes their condition worse.
Margaret George
Truro, Cornwall
• It is a measure of the lack of knowledge and information about our social security system, fuelled by simplistic debates based on crude stereotypes of people receiving state benefits, that Simon Hoggart (Sketch, 16 June) feels able to write that Ed Miliband assailed the PM on a "fairly obscure topic".
The topic is about everyone in this country who has paid National Insurance contributions in good faith on the promise that they will receive some financial support when they fall ill. The government plans to break this promise by limiting support to a year, irrespective of health, causing the stresses and tension that follow a fall in household income. This cut will hit people with working partners or savings especially hard.
Social security, as the name suggests, is about providing some financial protection when we face loss of income through illness, disability, job loss, caring responsibilities and retirement. Let's put this basic message back at the heart of debates about benefits.
Jean Betteridge
• The debate over cancer patients missed a crucial piece of information essential to solving the puzzle of sensitive welfare reform. Figures from a Shaw Trust-run pilot project with The Christie Hospital and Macmillan Cancer Support show that two thirds of cancer patients need help for longer than a year. Capping employment and support allowance at 12 months is completely arbitrary and potentially very damaging. We find these people want to work. But forcing people to do so while they are still dealing with the emotional and physical effects of treatment jeopardises their long-term job prospects, and more importantly, their recovery. This cap may save money in the short term, but properly supporting and managing cancer patients into work is more cost effective in the long run. Crucially, it also ensures those who want to work can find employment and flourish when they do so.
Sally Burton
Chief executive officer, Shaw Trust


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In the ups and downs of the Vegas real estate market, a pleasantly landscaped yard can help tip the balance in favor of a property's owner.
"Landscaping helps sells houses," says Ginger Magleby, a real estate agent with Ameridream Realty who lives and works in Spanish Oaks. "Landscaping that is well-designed and well-maintained will create a positive energy as you enter the house," she says. "Potential buyers carry that cheerfulness with them into the residence."
But in addition to lifting the spirits, well-placed flora can help lower costs, too—by reducing water usage.
"In southern Nevada, a typical homeowner uses the vast majority of water—about 70 percent—for landscaping," says Hillery Francis with the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA). "In triple-digit weather, that figure can go up to 90 percent."
Francis is a conservation program coordinator who focuses on single-family residential properties at the regional water management entity. She names two issues that can cause landscaping to guzzle so much residential water:
To address those issues, and to cut back your water bill by reducing water consumption, Francis suggests the following:
Because of desert extremes, only a limited number of plants—including cottonwood trees, creosote bushes, Joshua trees, and juniper bushes—can thrive in our Mojave Desert climate, according to Franco Volpone of Chip-N-Dale's Custom Landscaping.
Volpone, who has more than 30 years' experience as a custom landscaper, says to find the best elements for landscaping, it can make a lot of sense to consult people with the right expertise. He says a mix of the right plants keeps landscaping looking beautiful 12 months per year, not just during the summer.
As you're planning or maintaining your home's landscape, keep in mind the following practices can help protect your home.
Whether you want to make an impression with your home, cut down on your water bill or protect your dwelling from a natural disaster, the right landscaping can go a long way in helping you reach those goals.
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Frame drum, double membranophone - Side view
Ojibwe, Used in Akwesahne ceremony Scraped rawhide used for heads but haired skin covers wooden frame and provides the lacings Purchased 1995 near Cape Croker Reserve, Bruce Peninsula, by Elaine Keillor Circular beater, wound with tanned leather at beating end 48 cm long. Made by Rohahes Iain Phillips.
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Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano IslandNintendo DS
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Join SpongeBob, Timmy Tuner, and Danny Phantom in an all out battle to stop the evil Mawgu from taking control of Volcano Island!
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• Find special objects and power ups to help your favorite Nicktoons character conquer each level
• Non-stop action and adventure battling Island monsters
• Three different game modes: Single Play, Download Play, and Wireless Play
• Multi-player capabilities
- Platform
- Nintendo DS
- Release Date
- Oct 25, 2006
- No. of Players
- 1 player
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Zilch on ABC, CNN & NBC on Huang/Riady Revelations; Helms' Women Problem
1) Tom Brokaw called a one percent spending cut "sweeping" and griped that "in this booming economy companies have done little to expand health care coverage." CBS nullified good GDP news.
2) The Gore-Bradley appearance in the CNN/WMUR town meeting generated much more network evening show coverage than the GOP gathering. ABC used two Clinton-Gore aides to assess Bradley and one hit conservatives. NBC's Today again advocated Dole for VP.
3) John Huang tied Harold Ickes to illegal fundraising and asserted that James Riady told Clinton of his fundraising plans, but only FNC ran a full story. 26 seconds on CBS. Zilch on rest.
4) The CBS Evening News promoted the cause of the pro-campaign finance "reform" Council for Economic Development.
5) Ten liberal Democratic women disrupted a hearing chaired by Senator Helms, but CBS failed to identify their party and faulted his attitude. Bob Schieffer claimed the women acted "proper as could be" and asked: "Do you think he has a problem with women?"
6) Three days until Gumbel's debut. In #1 of the MRC's "Top Ten Gumbel Stumbles," Gumbel claimed House Republicans wanted "to gut the Clean Water Act" so many would be "forced to boil water."
7) Only FNC picked up on James Woolsey's blast at Clinton's China policy as "appeasement....wrong-headed and dangerous."
8) One of Letterman's "Top Ten Things the Yankees Have Always Wanted to Say" hit Hillary.
ABC and NBC led Thursday night with a Kaiser Family Foundation study on how health care insurance costs are rising faster than inflation. ABC stressed how businesses blame the consolidation of insurance companies while NBC's Tom Brokaw bemoaned how "in this booming economy companies have done little to expand health care coverage."
CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather began with how "the government put out a glowing report on the U.S. economy, showing strong growth with low inflation," but CBS quickly put a damper on the good news by emphasizing lagging wage growth and a poll which found 27 percent think the lottery is the best way the gain a retirement nest egg. ABC anchor Jack Ford made passing reference to the latest GDP number while NBC Nightly News skipped it.
Here's how the three networks began Thursday night, October 28:
-- ABC's World News Tonight opened with Jackie Judd on how the Kaiser Family Foundation found health insurance costs are up 4.8 percent from a year ago. Bob Jamieson followed up with a story on how "many employers blame a handful of insurance companies for the significant increase in health care costs."
-- NBC Nightly
News took a harder edge. Tom Brokaw declared:
Mike Jensen illustrated the point by featuring anecdotal stories about companies raising the cost of health insurance and cutting off coverage for retirees, stressing that Kaiser's study "paints a grim picture for older Americans." Lisa Myers followed up with a look at growing voter "anxiety" that is driving candidates to address the issue.
Later in the show
Brokaw briefly noted movement on the budget, but labeled as
"sweeping" the GOP's passage of a piddling one percent reduction
in the planned increase in Labor and HHS spending:
-- CBS Evening
News. Dan Rather trumpeted the Clinton administration's good news, but
CBS's subsequent story took on a sour tone:
Roberts focused on
how wages have grown slower than expected and then moved on to a Consumer
Federation of America survey which determined half of U.S. households have
less than $35,000 in savings. Roberts concluded with a sad finding about
how pathetic many are, which suggests why many are so open to government
taking care of them:
On the New Hampshire CNN/WMUR town meetings front, the broadcast networks delivered a lot more coverage for the Democratic joint appearance by Gore and Bradley on Wednesday night than for the Thursday night Republican gathering; ABC had two former Clinton operatives assess Bradley's performance with George Stephanopoulos taking a jab at Republicans for appearing "too intolerant"; and NBC's Today again pushed for George W. Bush to pick Elizabeth Dole as his VP.
-- Wednesday night all three broadcast network evening shows aired a story previewing the Democratic event, but Thursday night only NBC previewed the Republican one, with David Bloom focusing on the controversy over George W. Bush's absence. CNN, which devoted the entirety of Wednesday's Inside Politics to the Democratic event, dedicated half of Thursday's show to reviewing it, leaving just the other half to preview the Republicans.
But those looking to the broadcast network evening shows to tell them what happened were disappointed as none ran a full story. Thursday's World News Tonight didn't report a thing about what happened with the Democrats Wednesday night and NBC's Lisa Myers, who insisted Bradley has the "boldest plan," ran a couple of soundbites from Gore and Bradley in a larger piece about public anxiety over health care. On the CBS Evening News Dan Rather introduced competing Bradley and Gore health care soundbites by noting: "There were few if any runs, hits or errors as a Yankee audience in New Hampshire attended the first joint appearance" of Gore and Bradley. "Gore and Bradley agreed on many other issues, including the need for campaign finance reform," Rather added approvingly.
-- So much for any concern about conflict of interest. At the end of Wednesday's World News Tonight ABC played this promo spot over a picture of George Stephanopoulos: "Tomorrow on Good Morning America, the Gore-Bradley face-off. He helped pull the strings in the Clinton White House. Now get his spin on their showdown."
Later Wednesday night, October 27, Nightline featured former Clinton-Gore aide Stephanopoulos analyzing the town meeting alongside former Clinton-Gore administration official David Gergen. Ever the liberal Democrat, Stephanopoulos criticized conservative Republicans over either of his party mates.
Asked by host
Chris Wallace, "George, can you see Bradley driving this whole debate
and driving the Democratic Party in the year 2000 to the left?,"
Stephanopoulos answered:
-- As detailed in the October 27 CyberAlert, on the October 26 Today Matt Lauer recommended to Pat Buchanan that Bush pick Elizabeth Dole as his VP: "How powerful a team do you think they'd be?"
Lauer's couch mate
Katie Couric chimed in with the same hope on Thursday's Today, observed
MRC analyst Geoffrey Dickens. Couric asked NBC News VP Tim Russert, who
came aboard to assess the Bradley-Gore joint appearance:
After the release Wednesday of some incriminating statements John Huang made to the FBI which implicated a former top Clinton aide now working for Hillary Clinton, on Thursday the House Government Reform Committee granted Huang immunity to testify in December. The Thursday, October 28 Washington Post ran a story on page two, which was plugged on the front page, outlining Huang's disclosures, but the ABC, CNN, MSNBC and NBC evening shows all skipped the latest in the Clinton fundraising scandal. The three morning shows also ignored the story Thursday morning.
To refresh your memory, John Huang is the man who worked at the Commerce Department where he had access to secret trade documents, and then went to the DNC as a fundraiser for the 1996 campaign. James Riady runs the Lippo Group and with Huang donated hundreds of thousands of dollars of illegal foreign contributions, some of which may have come from communist China.
Thursday's CBS
Evening News found two minutes to look at Marilyn Monroe property being
auctioned off, but just 26 seconds for Rather to announce:
Actually, it isn't
just what "Republicans say were questionable fundraising
tactics." So does the U.S. code. Washington Post reporters Lorraine
Adams and David A. Vise wrote in their October 28 story:
On FNC's Fox Report and Special Report with Brit Hume reporter David Shuster outlined Huang's testimony and the House committee's action. Shuster detailed what Rather only alluded to, explaining that Huang told the FBI that he began his illegal fundraising after Indonesian business operative James Riady told him that during a 1992 limo ride he, Riady that is, had told Clinton he'd raise $1 million for the Clinton-Gore effort.
Shuster then showed an under-reported event. Over video of the two men shaking hands back on September 12, Shuster explained the video: "Riady and Clinton were photographed last month in New Zealand."
Turning to the House committee hearing to grant immunity, Shuster observed: "Even Democrats seemed startled by Huang's allegations, but they denied his testimony would generate headlines." Shuster pointed out the possible illegality without resorting to a partisan dismissal as did Rather: "There is no evidence, said lawmakers, that the Jacksons knew about Ickes' request. Still, John Huang was working at the Commerce Department at the time and any attempt to enlist him to do fundraising would have been illegal."
After running a soundbite of Attorney General Janet Reno maintaining there was not enough evidence to justify an outside investigation of Huang and 1996 fundraising, Shuster concluded: "Republicans are convinced though that friends of the President get a free pass."
Instead of covering these developments Thursday night, ABC's World News Tonight ran three stories about Internet marketing and online buying, NBC Nightly News devoted a whole story to an underutilized parking garage in Rutland, Vermont, and MSNBC's The News with Brian Williams ran a full story on how Coca Cola plans to deploy vending machines which raise the price in hot weather as well as a panel discussion, featuring the discredited Mike Barnicle, reviewing the baseball season.
+++ See Riady and Clinton together in New Zealand just last month. Friday morning MRC Webmaster Sean Henry will place by this item, in the posted edition of this CyberAlert, a still shot of the video shown by FNC.
Catching up with the bias of ABC News, on Thursday night the CBS Evening News delivered a one-sided story by Eric Engberg looking favorably on the efforts of a business group to eliminate "soft money." Back on the October 14 World News Tonight, the October 15 CyberAlert outlined, ABC's Linda Douglass paid similar tribute to the Council for Economic Development.
Dan Rather introduced the October 28 CBS Evening News promotional piece: "When it comes to putting a lid on unlimited contributions from deep-pocket political donors, you might be surprised by some of the people who now favor closing those legal loopholes and why."
Eric Engberg didn't bother with any pretense of balance and so didn't address concerns about free speech or how maybe it's the onerous restrictions on direct contributions, including a ban on corporate donations to candidates, that has encouraged party groups to pursue soft money from businesses.
Engberg began:
"Jerome Kohlberg, father of the leveraged buyout, became a legend on
Wall Street. One thing that got him: a stream of calls from politicians
seeking campaign cash. It made Kohlberg feel like a mark."
A very nice in-kind contribution to the McCain, Gore and Bradley campaigns. But just the sort of media advocacy none of the "reform" bills would touch.
Ten liberal Democratic women members of the U.S. House of Representatives disrupted a China-related hearing on Wednesday being held by Senator Jesse Helms. They held up signs demanding he schedule a hearing on the 1979 United Nations Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
The CBS Evening News fell for the publicity stunt. Bob Schieffer failed to identify the women as Democrats as he incredibly portrayed Helms as the bad guy, maintaining the women acted "proper as could be" and later asked one: "Do you think he has a problem with women?" FNC's David Shuster noted that the women were all Democrats and weren't so proper as they initially refused to disperse.
ABC, CNN and NBC all skipped the stunt Wednesday night, though NBC's Today caught up on Thursday morning and featured a piece in which only Helms earned an ideological tag. As noticed by the MRC's Geoffrey Dickens, on the October 28 Today Joe Johns began a story: "Conservative Republican Senator Jesse Helms ordered police to evict a group of Democratic women, members of the House, from a Senate committee hearing, after they showed up waving signs and yelling at him."
The October 28 Washington Times listed the ten Congresswomen participating in the PR gimmick. In addition to Lynn Woolsey of California who led the group, there "were Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Lee of California; Nita M. Lowey of New York; Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin; Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas; Corrine Brown of Florida; Janice Schakowsky of Illinois; Patsy T. Mink of Hawaii and Delegate Donna M. Christian-Christensen of the U.S. Virgin Islands."
A pretty liberal group.
CBS turned the
stunt into an example a "gender gap" symbolized by a
chauvinistic Helms. Dan Rather declared in introducing the October 27
The same night on FNC's Special Report with Brit Hume reporter David Shuster observed how "the Congresswomen, all Democrats and led by Lynn Woolsey of California, at first didn't move." In contrast to Schieffer who said "the women showed up unannounced," Shuster reported: "The group warned Helms ahead of time they would be interrupting his hearing. Still, a spokesman for Helms suggested they were rude and said the lawmakers acted like campus protesters."
Quote number 1 in the MRC's "Top Ten Gumbel Stumbles," a quote countdown to Bryant Gumbel's return to morning TV on Monday as co-host of CBS's The Early Show, is now up on the MRC home page in RealPlayer format. In this latest highlight from Gumbel's career as a liberal advocate, on the June 1, 1995 Today Gumbel blasted the new House Republican majority for making drinking water dirty, asking Natural Resources Defense Council lawyer Erik Olson:
"This comes at a time when Republicans are looking to gut the Clean Water Act and also the Safe Drinking Water Act. What are our options? Are we now forced to boil water because bottled water is not an economically feasible option for a lot of people?"
To watch this quote and the other nine quotes via RealPlayer, go to: http://www.mediaresearch.org/news/gumbel/gumbelvideos.html
Only FNC picked up on James Woolsey's blast at Clinton's China policy. As detailed in the October 27 CyberAlert, the day before Clinton's first CIA Director, James Woolsey equated Clinton's China policy to how Britain appeased the Nazis, calling the policy "wrong-headed and dangerous."
The Washington Times put the charge on its front page on Wednesday, but so far not a syllable about Woolsey on ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC or NBC. Only FNC found his comments worth exploring. On Wednesday, October 27, Brit Hume interviewed Woolsey on his Special Report with Brit Hume show.
Finally, on the October 28 Late Show with David Letterman, Yankees baseball players fresh from their World Series sweep announced the "Top Ten Things the Yankees Have Always Wanted to Say." They got right to Hillary with number 10: "Take off the Yankee hat, Hillary."
Not the political attitude we would have heard if Ted Turner's Braves had won. -- Brent Baker
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A local illustrator has come up with a plan to promote cultural attractions in Douglas.
Alice Quayle has designed a map and leaflet and set up a facebook page for a new Douglas Arts and Culture Quarter. She's got the backing of the Arts Council and the local authority and will launch her initiative on Douglas Carnival day on July 19.
Alice said: 'It just struck me that the whole area made up by the Gaiety, Villa Marina, Villa Arcade and Gardens, the Museum, Sayle Gallery and St Thomas' Church with its beautiful murals together make a compact, walkable culture quarter, and that if these were promoted together then this could be more of a draw for visitors than any one venue by itself.
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Have to reprogram
Got no recollection of that. I format my brain every 24 hours :-)
I have to laugh when you said that as when I solved the first of your puzzles I was booted off the internet and It didn't post my score. I said he did it.
Admitting I'm human? pieeeep krieeuuwwww .... sorry, my batteries are dead.
One thing you can admit it. Some people can't
Indeed I'm human... more or less. But I do try hard not to ride Miss Takes :-)
Good morning or sorry afternoon. I see you are human after all. You can make mistakes. YEA
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Ever heard of Naw York? Me neither. The body was awake, the brain wasn't :-) Sorry for the typo, folks, but I'm glad you like it :-) Thank you, Kaliko.
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The idea of green investing to a large degree began with the socially responsible investing (SRI) movement. In its early years, SRI seemed to operate more from a moral imperative with investment performance a secondary rather than primary characteristic. Lately the emphasis among those subscribing to an SRI philosophy has been on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in the investments they make. It's under the environmental heading that green investing most closely aligns with SRI, but the two are not necessarily synonymous. Like beauty, green appears to be in the eye of the beholder and the definition depends on the speaker.
Christopher Walsh has been a V.P. and senior analyst with Fred Alger Management and the portfolio manager for the firm's Spectra Green Fund since its focus (and name) changed significantly in October 2006. He sometimes gets a little frustrated trying to explain to people just exactly what their investment approach entails. "I try to tell people, it's not an SRI fund at all, which kind of confuses them," he explains. "I tell them that if Budweiser came out with a plan to reduce its waste by 50%, that would make it a green company. It's obviously not socially responsible, but I'd buy it."
Perhaps the distinction between SRI and "green" is especially confusing in the case of Walsh's fund, since at its inception in December 2000 it was known as the Alger Socially Responsible Institutional Fund and it followed a somewhat different investment strategy. Since its re-launch with a green strategy, the fund has focused on investing at least 80% of its net assets in companies that conduct their business in an environmentally sustainable manner, while demonstrating promising growth potential.
"That's what I tell investors and other people that I talk to about it," Walsh continues. "I find I keep coming back to alternative energy, because as soon as you say green, people want to talk about solar. I get calls from people who are potential investors and that's the only thing they want to talk about, but even when it was a big part of my fund and solar was going crazy, it was only maybe 10%. Now it's maybe 4% or 5%."
In One Bucket . . .
When it comes to green investing, "there is so much more that's going on" than solar, Walsh says. "There are companies that are helping the environment in all these different ways," he points out. "I really try to focus people on that--this is not an alternative energy fund."
According to Walsh, he looks at the fund's investments as going into one of two buckets. The first is the most obvious and the one that most people think of when they think green--alternative energy and products and processes that reduce the use of petroleum products or that help reduce carbon emissions.
The second bucket is composed of companies that have incorporated environmental sustainability into their business practices by, for instance, cutting down on packaging and shipping or making their buildings more energy efficient.
One of the fund's holdings is Wal-Mart, which has taken gigantic steps toward making its stores and warehouses more energy efficient. "They are a very big [investment] for the green movement, but screen poorly for a lot of the SRIs," points out Walsh.
Having a two-bucket investment strategy has allowed Walsh to stay invested as the market has shifted while reducing the fund's potential losses. "When solars are down 60%, yes, we're going to be down, but not to that magnitude," he points out. "At the same point, if solars go up 70%, we're not going to catch all of that, but with the two buckets there, we try to move along with where we think the market will be.
"Two years ago we were split pretty evenly," he continues. "We had a lot of alternative energy, we had a lot of auto parts that are increasing the efficiency of miles per gallon and cutting down carbon emissions. Now it's kind of weighted toward the other side of it because of where the market is. We let the market lead us and right now, especially in the alternative energy space, there are a lot of problems getting funding because all these projects are so capital intensive." So that results in the fund being "heavily invested in some of the more mature companies in some of the more mature industries. That's not to say that we don't like the alternative energy space, it's just obviously a difficult spot to be in right now."
The first step in adding any company to the portfolio is for it to have a business model that passes muster with Alger's team of analysts. "We just take our research a step further," says Walsh. "We say, 'Okay, we like it as a company and as an investment, but does it fit my investment criteria? Is it a green company?'"
To make that determination, Walsh relies on both internal research and outside sources, such as Innovest Strategic Value Advisors (see "It's All About the Green," Investment Advisor, December 2008).
And in the Other . . .
In the current environment, Walsh has been investing in mature companies in mature industries, and at the end of last year his biggest sector was information technology. "I don't think the sector as a whole is green, but I think a lot of those companies are forward-thinking because that's really what technology is, the forefront of change." Therefore, he says, many IT companies "are at the forefront of what we're looking for in the green movement," adding that both Google and Microsoft have made significant investments in alternative energy. "Also, tech as an investment has been doing a little better over the last couple of months than many of the other categories, so it's also a good place to be."
As far as the alternative energy investment bucket, Walsh is still active, he's just reduced his exposure. "On the solar side, it's a tough business right now," he says. "I think the way to invest in this group is to stay with the winner. We think you really have to stay with the strong in alternative energy, and you'll be paid for that."
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Cubs plan on retooling, not rebuilding, for 2012
Cubs plan on retooling, not rebuilding, for 2012
"You can't rebuild with a big market," Ramirez said Friday. "When you get 40,000 [people] every day in the stands, you can't try to rebuild. You have to put a winning product on the field. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. You can't get rid of everybody and try to rebuild in a market like this."
Yet the Cubs will do retooling -- if that's a better word -- after this season.
"You always need some kind of rebuilding when you're in fifth place," Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said Friday. "But you don't look at it like we're not going to compete. When somebody says, 'Blow the place up and start over and do it right,' OK, does that mean we should get rid of the people who are young?"
Hendry said the team needs only to add a few pieces, continue the development of young players like Tyler Colvin, James Russell and Starlin Castro, and next year should be different.
"Why couldn't we be right back in it?" Hendry said.
The Cubs GM said chairman Tom Ricketts and his family have made a commitment to develop players in the system, investing more in scouting and the First-Year Player Draft.
"I've seen the long-term plan for player development and scouting and facilities," Hendry said, "and certainly I think Tom's well aware of the quality job [scouting director Tim] Wilken and [player development director] Oneri Fleita do in the two main departments. You're nothing down the road if your scouting and development people aren't good.
"We're having a bad year. There's no way around it, no excuses for it."
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Community Spotlight: Champions sports history as a winning suburb
Published 6:02 pm, Friday, August 22, 2014
As a community, Champions has seen phenomenal growth since former Masters and PGA stars Jackie Burke and Jimmy Demaret opened the renowned 36-hole Champions Golf Club in 1959.
What was once a rural farming community gave way to major residential developments, including Champions, Champions North, Champion Forest and Huntwick Forest. Additional golf courses opened, too, including private courses at Raveneaux Country Club and Northgate Forest.
Set in northwest Harris County, Champions' accessibility to the freeway system makes it an ideal suburban location, according to Linda Peters, a longtime resident of the area and an agent with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Anderson Properties. Champions residents can get to downtown Houston and the Galleria in 30 to 45 minutes, she said. The Woodlands shopping and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion are a 30-minute drive, as is George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The proximity to major employers, such as Hewlett-Packard and ExxonMobil, is also attractive to residents.
Nearby shopping includes Willowbrook Mall, Champions Village and Vintage Park, a collection of upscale, boutique shops.
Families enjoy having Wet 'n' Wild SplashTown close by. In addition to golf courses, the Cypress Creek Greenway and Meyer Park provide opportunities for outside activities. The Houston Audubon Society maintains a 13-mile bird sanctuary in the area. Peters also described a lively arts scene in the community, particularly the offerings of the Centrum Arts League and the Texas Repertory Theater.
"You can live within a 10-mile radius and do all the things you enjoy," she said, adding there are restaurants of every variety within the community.
Peters also praised the strong community groups within many of the area subdivisions. These local clubs organize events and foster neighborhood relationships. Peters listed examples as women's clubs, book clubs, wine-tasting clubs, young moms groups, garden clubs and more. Many neighborhoods host seasonal events, such as Easter egg hunts.
The Champions area is well-known for its huge, annual St. Patrick's Day parade.
"You can be as interested or as disinterested as you want to be," she said.
Peters described the lifestyle as casual and family-oriented. Most of the neighborhoods have amenities such as swimming, tennis and playgrounds. The older subdivisions have mature pine and oak trees.
"In the spring, when the azaleas are blooming, I feel like I'm living in a resort," Peters said.
The majority of housing options are single-family homes built before 2000, though there is some new construction. A general price range for the area is $250,000 to $400,000, though there are estate homes over $1 million, Peters said. Lots are typically 10,000 square feet, though there are larger and smaller. Prices are neighborhood dependent.
For example, Peters said homes in Memorial Northwest often have big yards, big kitchens, four or five bedrooms, game rooms and many have pools.
Prices in this neighborhood range from $65 to $95 a square foot and range from 2,500 to 6,000 square feet, she estimated. However, in Champion Forest, for example, prices run a bit higher at $75 to $115 a square foot.
The Champions area has two school systems, Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District and Klein Independent School District.
"If you are looking for a big, comfortable house with nice neighbors, places to go with no traffic, good schools and good value for your money, Champions is a good place to be," Peters said.


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Graduate award in poetry honors Alan Young-Bryant
By Daniel Aloi |
A new endowed fund and an annual award for Ph.D. students researching dissertations on poetry have been established in memory of a recent Cornell alumnus and poetry scholar.
The Alan Young-Bryant Ph.D. '11 Memorial Fund, endowed by Young-Bryant's friends, family and colleagues, and the Alan Young-Bryant Memorial Graduate Award in Poetry will provide support for Ph.D. students studying lyric poetry.
Jane E. Kim, a fifth-year Ph.D. student in English language and literature, has been selected to receive the inaugural award.
Young-Bryant, M.A. '07, Ph.D. '11, died in December at age 32. He was remembered as a "brilliant" scholar and teacher by his advisers, colleagues and students. He studied works by poets including Gerard Manley Hopkins and Algernon Charles Swinburne for his dissertation, "Perverse Form and Victorian Lyric."
The award in his name will provide a summer stipend each year for one or two graduate students completing a dissertation on poetry. The competitive award supports ongoing research after the completion of a fifth year of graduate study.
Ph.D. students typically receive five years of guaranteed support, including four summers. The additional support for those finishing their dissertations is "considered as an essential bridge between graduate study and embarking [on a] career as a literary scholar," said Marianne Marsh, Department of English administrative director.
Kim's research interests include 19th-century British literature, Romantic poetry and drama, allegory, and the Bible and literature. Her dissertation examines the influence of Dante as a poet-theologian on Romantic conceptions of the poet and poetry.
"Though Alan worked primarily on Victorian poetry and Jane's dissertation focuses on Romantic poetry, she shares his acute appreciation for the formal, stylistic and metaphorical richness of poetic language," said Roger Gilbert, Department of English chair and member of Kim's dissertation committee.
Kim has taught three first-year writing seminars at Cornell – Beginnings and Endings: Stories of Creation and Apocalypse; The Private Life: The Ordering of Inner Thoughts in Devotional Literature; and Great Books: Exploring the Literary Tradition – and served as a teaching assistant in the Department of English. She has published articles on Romantic poetry and drama in journals including SEL: Studies in English Literature and European Romantic Review.
"Jane Kim is one of the brightest graduate students I've taught and supervised in the last decade," said Professor Emeritus A. Reeve Parker, who chairs Kim's dissertation committee. "[She] has a remarkable ear for intertextual resonances, especially among Biblical and medieval texts and British Romantic poems and plays … [and a] deep interest in late 18th- and early 19th-century women writers … reflected in her successful freshman teaching at Cornell."
Award recipients are selected by the director of graduate studies in English. The memorial fund is administered by the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in consultation with the chair of the Department of English.
"Alan Young-Bryant was an immensely talented young critic of English poetry, and it is wonderfully appropriate that his family and friends have created this memorial in his honor," said his former thesis adviser, Jonathan Culler, the Class of 1916 Professor of English and Comparative Literature.


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