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Syngenta Acquires Goldsmith Seeds
A week after the announcement that Syngenta signed an agreement to acquire Goldsmith Seeds, the industry is still buzzing with questions: How will this affect Goldsmith's customers? employees? the industry as a whole?
The big reaction has been "surprise," Goldsmith President and CEO Joel Goldsmith told GPNlast week. "We are getting a lot of surprise initially – from employees, customers and the industry – but after hearing the details and thinking it over, it makes sense."
As part of the deal, Syngenta will pay $74 million, on a cash and debt-free basis, for the acquisition. Syngenta will maintain the Goldsmith brand in the market under the Syngenta Flowers umbrella. Goldsmith currently breeds, produces and sells a broad range of pot and bedding products, including major crops such as cyclamen, impatiens and petunia.
During these uncertain economic times, the agreement translates into a more secure future for the family business, Goldsmith said.
"It solidifies the future for our products and employees. This will allow us to do the things we want to do as a company without having to worry about unexpected hazards," he said. "The best example I can give is what we went through with Ralstonia in 2003 and 2004. That was a known problem, with a minor bacteria, that got out of hand due to circumstances outside of our control. We not only lost millions of dollars, but we also lost our confidence that we would always be around. We saw a very real possibility that everything we had worked for could be gone."
Although the agreement has been met with enthusiasm from both companies, Goldsmith told GPN, the decision to sell the family business is marked by "nolstagia and sentiment."
"This was the hardest decision that our family has had to make regarding our company. My parents started from nothing. My brothers and I grew up working in the business every summer, and decided to make this our career," Goldsmith said. "It is what we know, and is a significant part of who we are."
As for Goldsmith's employees – the heart of any business – not much is expected to change: "Because we are going to continue as an entity, under the Goldsmith name, by the way, all of our employees will continue to do the job they have been doing. It will also allow for even more growth, development and advancement opportunities for them," Goldsmith said. In fact, employees who participate in the company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan, a retirement plan through which employees own 20 percent of the company, will see a significant gain in their retirement portfolios, he added.
In a letter to industry partners, Syngenta Flowers President Gary Falkenstein acknowledged that the agreement would raise a lot of questions.
"To answer the most pressing, we assure you that Syngenta fully supports the open distribution channel through our broker networks and will keep those channels open for both Syngenta Flowers and Goldsmith Seeds," Falkenstein wrote. "We would also like to assure you that this event will not change how we each fulfill this season's orders – please continue to do business with Goldsmith Seeds and Syngenta Flowers, respectively, as you have in the past."
The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2008, pending regulatory approvals.
As with any acquisitions, change is inevitable, Goldsmith admitted:
"What they will be, we can't say at this time, but the most important element is that we will continue to do the work we have always done. Our customers and the growers that use our products will be our focus, and we will continue the innovative work we have been doing since 1962."
Goldsmith Seeds, headquartered in Gilroy, Calif., was founded in 1962. The Goldsmith family owns and operates the business, which has some 1,500 employees. The company has breeding and production facilities in Gilroy and production facilities in Guatemala. Reported sales in 2007-2008 were $50 million. Syngenta Flowers, a worldwide leader in the pot and bedding plant industry, breeds and markets seeds, young plants and cuttings for the ornamental industry. In 2007, Syngenta reported flowers sales of $272 million.


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Legal Question in Technology Law in Florida
u.s.a. lottery and gambling law on the internet.
what are the legal requirements for providing a gambling entertainment services on the internet; and in what state can I establish and/or service from. please send all information concerning this matter and any other related information.
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Re: u.s.a. lottery and gambling law on the internet.
DON'T do it. For reasons that quite escape me, the attorneys general of certain states (most notably NY and MO) are on a crusade against online gaming. So far, they are winning prosecutions against people over whom their states can assert jurisdiction.
This means, perversely, that Caesar's World can't operate an online casino even though it would be regulated by NV or NJ law, but a fly-by-night operation based in the Cayman Islands can do it. Is the NY customer better off? Clearly not. But the NY attorney general will go after any US person based upon offering gaming to NY residents.
Of course, if you wanted to emigrate to the Caymans and never return, you would be fine.
Re: u.s.a. lottery and gambling law on the internet.
The legal requirement is that you not provide online gambling. Don't gamble on online gambling.
Obey the law. "You've got to know . . .when to fold'em, when to walk away and when to run."

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Guillow's B-17G Electric Build
I've just started my build, and have gotten to the point where I have the left side fuse formers attached to the top/bottom/left side stringers.
I have not yet fully decided on power systems or covering, but I know I want 4 working motors (so I will probably go brushed to keep costs down, and use 2S TP1320 lipos). I'm hoping for a final AUW of no more than 24oz.
Now I need some advice. I have seen others talk about removing excess balsa from things like the fuse formers, wing ribs, etc. I'm wondering if I should do the same? It would be easy for me to still do the formers as I only have the left side attached at the moment. I can cut down the right side formers before attaching. I can also remove a lot of balsa from the main stringers as they are about 3/8" thick. I have a dremel and want to put it to good use.
Is this advisable? I want to come in as light as possible, but don't want to weaken the structure too much, or remove balsa where it might be needed later in the build. Also, I will have fixed gear, and don't plan on adding any extras other than what is included in the kit. I plan on using 4 channels only (speed, elev, rudder, ailerons).
Appreciate any suggestions you guys may have. I will post pics as I progress.
Last edited by crxmanpat; Apr 10, 2006 at 02:54 PM.
Here's a quick update on progress so far. The fuse is completely framed and ribbed. I will eventually take the dremel and slice off the top portion of the fuse for use as a hatch. It will be secured with small dowels in the front, and magnets in the back.
Working on the wings now.
Looking good Pat! I'll chime in here if it's not to late and say yes, you probably can take up to 50% off the inside of those formers, for starters. The strength would still be very adequate, IMO. I did the guillows Stearman and ended up removing lots of the rear formers, but kept the front ones mostly intact for strength. I also cut new ribs and tail feather parts using much lighter balsa. The wood in a lot of these Guillow kits is pretty heavy and they are often built heavier than they need to be. You shouldnt need to worry about extra strengthening except maybe around the landing gear or other areas that will absorb the impact of a hard landing. Guillows is right when they say "Build light to fly right"!
Keep up the pics.
Nev, search the Electric forums with the word "Guillow". I'm pretty sure I've seen at least one B-24 build thread in there somewhere.
Phil, I'm pretty much going stock build for now. I may dremel the wing ribs to take off a little weight. From what I've read, the weight savings is marginal. The fuse is nice and strong. Can't hardly twist it at all. I have a B-29 up next. If I come in heavy on this one, I will modify that build accordingly.
Well, back to cutting balsa...
Just discovered your thread and it's nice to see another B-17 under construction. If you're going to do yours pretty much stock from the kit, and mine will be built from the plans with a few mods, I'll bet we'll be able to commiserate and compare techniques .
Your fuse looks really nice. When I was a kid, I built the Guillow's B-25. It uses the same crutch and 3/32" stringer design as the B-17 and I remember how rigid that fuse was with all those stringers. Mine flew control-line with two Cox .049s and I still have it after 25 years, which is a real testament to the strength of the design given my flying skills back then .
I did a Guillow's Hellcat (the big one) a while back and went crazy with my Dremel, removing excess former and keel wood, and drilling a million holes in all the wing ribs. I wish I had weighed the airframe before and after, because that would have given me an idea of how useful all that extra work really was. If you decide to lighten yours up, maybe you could do before and after weigh-ins to give us all a better idea of whether the effort is worthwhile. Guillow's wood is often heavy (in my experience) so it might be a good thing to do. Then again, ESB (another E-Zoner) converted the Guillow's B-17 a few years back, and his AUW ended up around 35 ounces, if memory serves me, so you may not have to take heroic measures to keep the weight of yours reasonable.
Any thoughts on motor options?
Since I have all the wing ribs cut and prepped, I will weigh them as they are now, and after adding lightening holes to see how much of a difference there is. It may be a few days before I can do any more work though.
As for motors, I'm thinking of 4 250 brushed cans. I can run them all off a single ESC and a decent size lipo. Since all I will do is 4 servos and 4 motors, I will only need a single battery, which should help with overall weight. I have the GWS C-130 and it runs on 4 EDP-50s with a 2S TP1320 lipo. Flies nice and scale on this setup and will even do some limited aerobatics. Since the nacells are larger on the B-17, I can go with a slightly bigger motor.
Wow, I set this aside for a while in favor of some other builds, but I drug the wood back out today and am continuing the build. I will work on it here and there over the next few months.
Working on the wings now. Lot's of extra stuff to do as I will need to add the ailerons, decide on fixed gear or retracts, and figure out which motors to use and how to mount them. Not to mention wiring for the electronics.
I will post pics as progress continues.
I got most of the left wing framed up, then found out that I have to cut the leading edge stock down to a taper. Set it aside again until I get my scroll saw out. Garage is a mess, and a garage sale is happening next Saturday. Now that the weather is cooling off finally, I can stand to do some work out there. I have a feeling this will be my winter project this year.
Right now I'm being sidetracked by the GWS P-38 release. I'm on the early bird list, and it should be shipping next Friday. That's going to keep me busy for the next month.
Hi Pat,
Any news?
Oh btw, can anyone tell me the diameter of the main wheels on this kit?
Last edited by Smokin' Beaver; Jan 22, 2007 at 06:43 AM.
Wow, I haven't even touched it since my last post! And it'll probably be a little while before I get back to it again. This weekend is the 3rd Annual Arizona Electric Festival, and I'm signed up as a pilot.
Once that is over, I have one of Pat Tritle's DC-6's to build, a Strange Bird from BlueSkyRC, 3 GWS foamy warbirds (P-51, Me-109, Spitty) that will be my first glass/retract projects, plus whatever else I may pick up at the fest this weekend.
The DC-6 build will give me a good idea of how I will set up the B-17 as they are about the same size, although I'm sure the DC-6 will come out lighter. And I also have a Guillow's B-29 I got off eBay last year as the kit is out of production.
Man I've got a lot of building to do!
Cheers Pat.
It's on my to do list but the wheels need to be >1.75" for my park.
I'm hovering on E-bay to get one cheap but it could be a long wait.
Ta for the update & info.
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Please Help BSOD on Sons Computer
I think I attached all the needed information, please help, not very computer savy on fixing computers.
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Install SP1: Learn how to install Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
If that alone doesn't solve the problem, run driver verifier: Driver Verifier - Enable and Disable
You might also start on some hardware diagnostics:
RAM - Test with Memtest86+
Run each of the three Prime95 tests: https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...t-prime95.html
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Built by: 7600.16695.amd64fre.win7_gdr.101026-1503 Debug session time: Tue Apr 26 16:31:55.815 2011 (UTC - 4:00) System Uptime: 0 days 0:06:05.454 Probably caused by : win32k.sys ( win32k!TimersProc+197 ) DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT BUGCHECK_STR: 0xA PROCESS_NAME: csrss.exe FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_0xA_win32k!TimersProc+197 SystemProductName = Inspiron 570 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨``
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Viewers voice opinions on Alex Rodriguez suspension on Facebook; Yankees respond to ruling
THE BRONX - Alex Rodriguez still plans to fight on after an arbitrator reduced his MLB suspension to 162 games, down from 211 for his alleged link to a performance-enhancing drug firm.
Rodriguez's suspension marks the most severe punishment in the history of baseball's drug agreement.
The 14-time all-star admitted five years ago that he used PEDs while with the Texas Rangers from 2001 to 2003, but remains steadfast in his position that he has not used them since.
The MLB's drug rules were first agreed upon in 2002, as management and the Players Union attempted to combat the use of steroids and other PEDs.
By missing out on this year's season, Rodriguez stands to lose just over $22 million of his $25 million salary.
News 12 viewers took to Facebook to voice their opinions about the kerfluffle. They were split in their opinions, with many claiming Rodriguez is a cheater who is now getting what he deserves. Others say the punishment is too harsh and Rodriguez has every right to wish to take it to federal court.
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CSR commitments do pay off finds new study
A new study has identified three common factors that ensure CSR adds to a company's bottom line.
Academics reviewed 163 research papers from top-tier journals published from 2000 to 2014 on the link between CSR and company performance.
In A Review of the Nonmarket Strategy Literature: Toward a Multi-Theoretical Integration published in the Journal of Management, Kemal Mellahi, of Warwick Business School, Jedrzej Frynas, of Middlesex University, Pei Sun, of Fudan University, and Donald Siegel, of University at Albany SUNY, argue the proper use of CSR can improve a company's performance and so ensure that by doing good they also do well.
Professor Mellahi said: "It is clear that the results are far from consistent. A lot of firms haven't found the sweet spot of doing well while doing good at the same time. More than one third of CSR studies did not find a positive relationship between CSR and performance. Several studies found that CSR actually has a negative impact on performance. But some interesting trends can be observed."
The study identified three factors that moderate the impact of CSR on performance.
First, in order for CSR to pay-off, the organisation must be able to adapt and align its CSR activities with the concerns of key stakeholders. It must have the capacity to influence stakeholders by having the ability to "to identify, act on, and profit from opportunities to improve stakeholder relationships".
Secondly, communicating a company's CSR activity is another important factor. Professor Mellahi added: "The visibility of CSR is very important. While managers are right to worry about self-promoting and publicising their CSR activities as they can be seen as 'goodwashing' or 'greenwashing', they need to be transparent about what they are doing, where the investment is going and the impact it's having."
The third factor is that the CSR must be consistent with what the organisation does, it needs to be committed to CSR.
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The study also highlights the potential negative impact of CSR initiatives when they are driven primarily by a manager's ego or personal concerns. Business leaders who engage in CSR activities to boost their personal reputation and advance their personal career may hurt the bottom line.
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"Lily!" James called up the stairs happily. Lily left the room trying to catch Harry. He had now found that the best way to get away from her was by crawling, which he was very fast at. Before Harry had just figured out that crawling allowed a little freedom but recently he'd been trying to go on little adventures.
"Got you!" Lily said wrapping her arms around the baby. Lily held him tightly and went down the stairs. "You called James." She said smiling. He gave her a kiss and she grinned. "How was the meeting?"
"It was ok but guess what, we have an assignment." James said. Lily's smile disappeared.
"Wha-how could we?" She asked. "We're wanted by Voldemort."
"Don't worry. It's just a little recon. Watching some of Voldemort's people." James said. Lily's frown deepened. James kissed Lily's cheek. "We have Dumbledore's private box at the Divadion Theatre to watch Romeo and Juliet." He whispered. Lily smiled.
"The Divadion theatre?" She asked. The Divadion Theatre was a very famous wizarding Theatre that showed the best plays by the best wizard play writes. It was very difficult to get tickets to plays and to have your own box was a honour, an honour that was bestowed on Dumbledore.
"Yes, but he did say that in return we have to perform the fidelius charm." James said frowning.
"The Fidelius charm? But that would mean that we wouldn't be able to leave at all."
"No, it just means that we'll be safer. I agreed to it. It's for your own safety." James said running his hand down her hair. Lily frowned.
"Ok, but do we have to do it now?" Lily asked. James shook his head.
"When we're ready but Dumbledore wants us to do it as soon as possible." James said. Lily nodded regretfully.
"If he thinks it's best." Lily said.
"We're going to go and see Romeo and Juliet." James said quietly. This brought a smile to Lily's face again.
"I didn't know Shakespeare was a wizard."
"Of course he is." James said, "Do you think a muggle could have come up with plays like the Tempest, A midsummer-night's dream or Twelfth night?" Lily smiled.
"True." Lily said, "What's so different?"
"Well, apparently there's a lot of romantic magic in Romeo and Juliet, well the wizard version anyway." James said, his voice deepened slightly. Lily looked at him with a smirk.
"Ok, I'll get April around. She's been really depressed lately." Lily said.
"I'm not surprised. But it has been about four months now." James said. Lily sighed.
"If I cheated on you could you get over it?" Lily asked. James shook his head. "Exactly. How's Sirius?"
"A bit distant. So I'll tell Dumbledore we'll perform the fidelius charm?" James asked. Lily nodded. James grinned and gave Lily a kiss.
"Mum" Harry said as he opened and closed his mouth. Lily and James stopped in mid kiss to turn to Harry.
"Did he just-"
"Mumumumumumumum" Harry said. Lily smiled.
"He's just messing around." Lily said.
"Mumumumumumumumumummumum" Harry mumbled as he started playing with Lily's red hair.
"When are we going out?"
"Tomorrow night." James said. Lily grinned. Harry looked at James and held his arms out, his hands grabbing empty air. James took him and tickled his stomach.
"He is going to be a daddy's boy I think." Lily said. James smiled, "I'll go and owl April."
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"Ok, so Harry needs to be asleep by seven latest, his milk is in the fridge, just warm it up slightly with your wand but not to hot or you'll burn him." Lily said to April. April laughed at Lily's motherly panic.
"Just go, Harry's safe with me." April said. Lily stopped and turned to look in the mirror. Her hair fell in elegant curls over her shoulders and back. Her green eyes sparkled and was brought out by the colour of her robes. Harry made a noise of happiness and Lily picked him up off the bed, where he was playing with the bumps in the duvet.
"It's just that I've never left him on his own before." Lily said.
"He's not going to be on his own. He's going to be with me isn't he?" April said, "Now I believe that James is waiting for you downstairs." Lily frowned and looked into Harry's small green eyes.
"You behave for April now, ok!" Lily said to the baby. Harry grabbed Lily's nose and gave her a sort of sloppy kiss. Lily smiled and April took Harry off her.
"Go, before I kick you out of your own house." April said.
"Sorry, yeah, I'll go now. If you need to contact me you know where I'll be." Lily said. She gave Harry a quick kiss and left the room.
"Lily we're going to be late." James said. He stood impatiently on the landing.
"Sorry, coming." Lily said. She came out of the room and James felt a strange sense of de ja vu. The uncontrollable hormones, the circumstances, they were all very similar to when James had asked Lily to the Valentine's ball in their last year of Hogwarts.
"We should get going." James said. Impatient to be on his own with Lily. Lily smiled and turned to April
"Oh, and don't let Harry play with the snitch or watch the TV. If he wants to crawl then make sure the doors are shut and keep him away from the landing." April rolled her eyes and ignored Lily.
"Have fun tonight." She said smiling. "Say bye Harry." April lifted Harry's arm and waved it slightly. Lily smiled and turned to James.
"Shall we go?" Lily asked. James nodded quickly and they both apparated to the theatre.
There wasn't much of a queue and when James handed the doorman his ticket the doorman gave him a pleasant smile and escorted them to Dumbledore's box.
"Enjoy the play." He said as he handed back the tickets and closed the door to the box. Lily was quite excited, having not being allowed to go out for over a year, she thought that this was the best thing that James could have done.
"Excited?" James whispered to Lily. His face was right next to her ear. She turned and kissed him.
"Yes." She said happily. James smiled and gave Lily a deep kiss. Lily let out a girlish giggle as James' kisses strayed from her mouth.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the play is about to start, please take your seats." Said a ownerless voice that filled the theatre. James and Lily broke apart. James looked across the theatre to another box where three people sat. One of them had platinum blonde hair that fell to his shoulders and was wearing black dress robes. The other two were obviously a couple. The woman had dark hair and slightly hooded dark eyes. James knew her as Sirius' cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange. The man was her husband Rudolph Lestrange. Lily sat ready to watch the play but James got ready to watch the suspected deatheaters. The curtains opened and the chorus started their introduction to the play.
"Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny-"
James never had the patience for Shakespeare. Instead he settled on watching his wife, who looked quite happy to finally be out of the house. James hadn't noticed it before but Lily looked slightly thinner and paler then she usually did. He frowned slightly as he realised it must be the lack of her being able to go out. James immediately felt incredibly guilty about being able to leave the house while Lily was stuck at home looking after Harry. James put his arm around Lily and she gave him a quick smile and put her head on his shoulder.
The magic of the wizard version of Shakespeare wasn't lost on James or Lily. Even if James wasn't all that interested he felt the powerful romance spells that was weaved into the words of the play overpower his freewill. He looked at Lily longingly and saw her struggling against the spell. The play was coming to an end and James could see that Lily was enjoying herself despite her inner battle to try and refrain herself from doing anything too intimate with James right there and then. James held her hand tightly and glanced over to where the Lestranges and Malfoy should be sitting. He had to do a double take to realise that they weren't there. The magic from the play disappeared immediately.
"Lily, we have to go." James whispered. Lily looked at him thoroughly annoyed.
"Why?" Lily asked. James got up.
"Don't ask questions we have to go." James said. Lily got up reluctantly and followed James out of the box
"-This letter doth make good the friar's words,
Their course of love, the tidings of death-"
The Prince's words rang through the theatre. Lily followed James out into the end of the empty Diagon Alley.
"What are we doing?" Lily asked annoyed. James looked up and down the street and saw the back of Malfoy's head disappear around a corner. James took Lily's hand and started down the street.
"Get you wand out." James said, taking his wand out of his robes. Lily did and followed James reluctantly. "We have to follow Malfoy and the Lestranges" James whispered to Lily.
"I should have known. Why else would Dumbledore have given us tickets to Romeo and Juliet." Lily muttered under her breath. They went around the corner and found Bellatrix Lestrange laughing loudly with her husband. Rudolph gave her a quick kiss before Bellatrix noticed James and Lily, She didn't see their wands and they looked like they were going for just a causal walk after the play.
"Look it's Potter" She said with an evil smirk. "Enjoy the play?" Lily frowned.
"Yes I did in fact. How about you." James said a little too politely.
"It wasn't to my taste but I can still make an outing of tonight." She said as she pulled out her wand. Lily got her wand out and pointed it at Bellatrix in case she tried to do anything to James.
"Lily," James breathed. He held his wand out as well.
"Oo, scary a mudblood with a wand. You cant hurt me." Bellatrix teased, "but maybe you can, I suppose if I told you that the dark lord is, Rudolph what is it that the dark lord is doing again?" Bellatrix said to her husband. He smiled and causally pulled out his own wand.
"I think it was something to do with their son, Harry, I think his name was." Lily shook slightly.
"How do you know his name?" Lily asked him.
"What does it matter, all that we care about is that he dies. We can't have anyone killing the dark lord can we?" Bellatrix said. James threw a curse at Bellatrix and she fell to the floor with a large cut appearing across her body. Lily winced slightly at the sight of the blood. Rudolph Lestrange shouted a curse and it missed James by a few inches.
"You need to improve your aim Rudolph old boy." James said. Lily shivered as she felt a cold sensation run up her back. The hustling and bustling noise from the theatre was drowned out and she couldn't see the slightly clouded stars in the sky. She felt her happiness seep away from her slowly, bit by bit until she felt cold inside.
"James." Lily said worriedly as she took his arm and looked behind her. There were four figures dressed in cloaks, almost floating, towards them. As they came closer Lily could hear them rasping for air. She turned around again in fear and saw three of them approaching from in front of them as well. James had gone completely pale and he looked like he was going to be sick. He raised his wand.
"Expecto Patronum." He said weakly. A small wisp of silvery smoke shot out the end of his wand. Lily had to hold onto James tightly not to collapse. Rudolph Lestrange had gone completely pale as well and his knees were starting to buckle. The Dementors stopped about five feet away from Lily and James. There were a few cracks and they were surrounded by deatheaters.
"Ah, the Potters. We meet again. You are a slippery family aren't you?" said Voldemort as he stepped forwards and gave them a wicked smile.
"You planned this." Lily said. It was starting to make sense, there was obviously a mole in the order and they had told Dumbledore some information that Voldemort had told him to tell, how else would Lily and James be trapped in this situation? Voldemort smiled and looked directly at Lily.
"You are a clever young mudblood aren't you?" He said. Lily didn't take her eyes off Voldemort. James was looking at the circle of deatheaters and Dementors around them. It was going to be hopeless to get away. "You're a bit too clever." Voldemort said to Lily. He touched her cheek with one of his long bony fingers. Lily shivered at his touch and cuddled closer to James. "It will be a pity to waste such beauty, never mind-" A jet of red and green sparks exploded in the air. Everyone looked up and a few of the Deatheater's hoods fell back.
"Who did that?" Voldemort said angrily to his followers. James gave a small smirk in spite of the effects of the dementors around him.
"I did." James said. "Expecto Patronum." James thought of the first time he'd kissed Lily, the first time he'd held Harry. A large silver stage erupted from the end of his wand. It startled Voldemort and charged straight for the dementors. "Lily, think of something happy and say expecto patronum" James said urgently. He could feel some of the effect of the dementors lift. Lily held her wand up shakily.
Think of something happy, something happy. Lily tried but everything was gone from her mind. All she could think of was the night she had been told that her parents were dead and the night Jenny had died.
"I can't" She whispered. "Something happy." She tried to think of something again.
"You idiot!" Voldemort said. "Crucio." James was knocked back by the force of the spell and shouted in pain. Lily stood motionless. She stared at James, unable to move. "Now are you going to die quietly?" Voldemort asked Lily. Lily managed to look at Voldemort. A spell hit Voldemort from the side and two people came out of the shadows. Voldemort stumbled backwards and turned to see the Longbottoms with their wands out.
"Kill them all." Voldemort shouted. He disapparated and James was breathing deeply and painfully. Lily ran straight to his side.
"James, are you-" She didn't managed to finish as she was grabbed from behind and thrown towards a dementor.
"Mudblood don't deserve to die." Said a female, "Especially you Evans." Lily didn't have time to turn around to see who had said that as a dementor had hold of her shoulders with one hand and was pulling back it's hood with another. Lily felt her strength evaporating away and she was soon unconscious as the dementor pulled her face ever closer to it's mouth.
A/N:-i'm not sure if Romeo and Juliet will have anything to do with this story, i just needed a play and it was the first thing i could think of.
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"Apart from the global recession, there are other factors responsible for the contraction of the Romanian economy. The April statistics made public this week were generally weaker than we had expected: construction sector dropped 13.7%, industrial production by nearly 10% and retail industry by 10.3%. Except for the industry, the other sectors deteriorated compared to first quarter, heralding a further decline in the second quarter 2009", ING said.
On the other hand, ING's analysts outline the ongoing weakening of the lending activity, while outlook remains negative.
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Jackie Boatwright now has the ending she wants for the movie about her son.
Ms. Boatwright had delayed filming the story of her son's near-fatal drowning at an uninsured Hephzibah day care and her crusade to prevent similar accidents because the final scene was too ambiguous. It had her standing on the Capitol steps in Washington, hopeful that federal legislation would be passed to force child care providers to disclose whether they have liability insurance.
The scene will now have her watching the president sign into law the Anthony DeJuan Boatwright Act.
"How cool is that for an ending," Ms. Boatwright said Friday. "I'm satisfied now with my ending."
She said the Senate is expected to vote on the bill July 30. Sens. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Chris Dodd, D-Conn., both members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, introduced the legislation Thursday.
Sens. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Roland Burris, D-Ill., co-sponsored the bill. A companion bill, introduced by Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., passed in the House on June 2.
"It has been a very, very, very long journey," the former Augusta resident said. "I feel that I've taken it politically as high as I can to protect other children and families from what I've gone through."
DeJuan, called Juan, was injured in 2001 when he was 14 months old. He wandered into the kitchen of the day care and fell into a mop bucket filled with a mixture of bleach and water.
Juan suffered brain damage.
The day care didn't have liability insurance and wasn't required to have it. A $33 million judgment against the owner did her no good because there was no money to collect.
With the help of Augusta-area legislators, Juan's Law was passed in Georgia in 2004. The measure doesn't force day-care centers to carry insurance, but it requires them to tell parents whether they have it.
The federal legislation will require child-care providers that receive Child Care and Development Block Grant funds to disclose whether they have liability coverage. The bill also would require that states recommend such coverage in their licensing process.
"As the father of two young daughters, I understand the need for parents to be well informed when making decisions about child care," Mr. Dodd said in a prepared statement. "This bill will help to protect children and give parents peace of mind."
Ms. Boatwright said that is why she pushed so long and hard. Juan is now 9, having recently celebrated his birthday. He is in the third grade, being home-schooled by DeKalb County, where they now live, and is able to come off a ventilator every day to breathe on his own and is trying to talk, she said.
"He's surpassed everything that was predicted about him," Ms. Boatwright said. "He's gone above and beyond."
Ms. Boatwright, a former model and TV talk show host, said she hopes to soon resume shooting For the Love of Juan .
The independent movie will complete her mission of making sure what her son endured -- and accomplished -- is never forgotten, she said.
"For others, it's like a great feat. For me, it's been more like, 'See DeJuan, you are still somebody,' " Ms. Boatwright said. "As much as others think of what you can't do, look at what you've done with me being your legs and your eyes and your mouth and your arms and your heart. I became you to show the world who you are and what you are worth to me. So, if nothing else, you've got now two state laws, a federal law and a street named after you.
"How cool is that, huh? For a 9-year-old."
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The different specializations offered by US B-schools are Marketing, International Business, Corporate Strategy, Operations Management, Finance, Accounting, Computer and Information Systems, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Most students would grab the chance to join any of the aforementioned specializations.
The tuition fee for an MBA program in the US is very high. It ranges from US$40,000–50,000. Even though the fee is exorbitant, US B-schools are one of the most sought after places for MBA aspirants. Most of the students hold the view that investing in an MBA program from a top B-school in the US is worth it because they train you to become a future leader of the corporate world.
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GMAT Score: The Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) is taken by all MBA aspirants to obtain admission in a US B-school. The top B-schools offer admission to students with high GMAT score, i.e. above 700.
GPA score: The admissions committee evaluates GPA scores of the applicant. The top B-schools in the US mostly accept students with a high GPA score and an outstanding academic record.
Work experience: An applicant requires a minimum of two years of work experience to be eligible for admission in a top B-school. The admission committee also takes into account the leadership and managerial skills exhibited by the applicant in his/her organization.
Statement of Purpose: A B-school aspirant is also required to write a statement of purpose (SoP).The admission committee usually reads the SoP to assess the applicant's interest and potential. So this document has to be well-written and free of grammatical errors.
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I work for a new video game design company. We're releasing a social game (browser and tablet based) in less than a months time. The game has strong financial and celebrity backing, and we're expecting it to get extremely large. We're looking to create forums based around the game, and to provide the players with a community in which to discuss everything game related. I have been tasked to produce a document of recommendation regarding which forum software we should use.
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A Newport Coast man could face more than a year in prison for selling nonexistent items like Rolex watches online and using the money to fund his lifestyle, according to federal court documents.
Prosecutors last week asked a U.S. District Court judge to sentence Daniel Peter Brucato to 15 months in prison and order him to pay almost $120,000 in restitution to five small-business owners he has admitted bilking.
According to a plea agreement filed in January, Brucato admitted emailing his victims saying he had clothes, hats and watches available at wholesale prices.
But the items didn't exist, and when buyers wired Brucato money, he would use it for rent, credit card bills and payments on his Porsche SUV, prosecutors said.
As part of his guilty plea, Brucato said he used the scheme six times between April and December 2011. He was arrested in August 2013.
"Unlike frauds where the victim is a bank or large corporation, the defendant's crimes have a more pronounced effect because the victims are individuals that run small businesses," prosecutors said in a filing last week.
That document, however, requested a prison sentence on the lower end of the 15 to 21 months the law allows in such a case.
Prosecutors asked for the 15-month term partially because Brucato "admitted his conduct and has readily accepted responsibility, signing a plea agreement approximately five months after his arrest in this matter," according to their filing.
The document also asks that Judge David O. Carter order Brucato to pay restitution of $119,850, the exact amount of the fraud.
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Henry County teams go 1-2-3 at NL volleyball tournament
NEW LONDON — New London went undefeated to take gold at its home tournament Saturday, finishing 5-0 on the day.
Winfield-Mt. Union, whose only loss was to New London in the championship match, finished second, while WACO went 3-2 on the day, falling to the Tigers and the Wolves and finishing in third.
The No. 4 Tigers played a close match against WACO to open the day, falling in the first game by a score of 21-17 before claiming a 21-17 win in game two. The host team took the tiebreaker, 15-9.
New London went on to defeat English Valleys (21-13 and 21-11) and Louisa-Muscatine (21-15 and 21-6), going undefeated in the gold pool.
The Tigers topped Highland in the semifinals (20-25, 25-13 and 15-6) to advance to the championship against W-MU.
The Wolves claimed the first set of the match, 26-24, but the Tigers roared back with a 25-11 win in game two and a 15-4 win in the tiebreaker.
Morgan Christner led the Tigers with 42 kills in the tournament. Emily Parks added 36. Sarah Holtkamp had 112 assists.
Sami Koontz had a team-high 49 digs.
W-MU's path to the championship was an undefeated record in pool play and a three-set win over WACO in the semifinals.
The Wolves, who went 4-1 on the day, placed first in the black pool with wins over West Burlington (21-18 and 21-17), Harmony (21-13 and 21-15) and Highland (21-16, 18-21 and 15-9).
They lost to WACO in the opening set of the semifinal game, 25-20, but came back with a 25-22 win in game two and a 15-9 win in the tiebreaker.
Erica Robison had a team-high 34 kills and Shelby Therme added 28. Brooke Jennings had 54 assists and Taylor Rodgers contributed 46.
Therme led the team with 33 digs, followed by Layne Davis with 19, Robison with 18 and Darby Harris with 17.
Rodgers and Therme each served five aces on the day, while Robison and Lou Krieger-Coen had three blocks each.
WACO finished with a 3-2 record at the tournament, losing to host New London in the first set of pool play but topping its other two opponents in the gold pool.
The Warriors defeated English Valleys (21-19 and 21-9) and Louisa Muscatine (19-21, 21-12 and 15-7).
After falling to W-MU in the semifinals, the Warriors went on to win the third-place game over Highland. They lost the first set, 25-22, but came back for a 25-17 win in game two and a 15-10 victory in the tiebreaker.
Rosemary Skriver had a team-high 36 kills on the day and Aaliyah Brown, who's playing volleyball for the first time this year, had 35. Ashlyn Hammen had 78 assists.
Katelyn White had 31 digs, Erika Leichty had 26 and Leah McElhinney added 24.
The team had 28 blocks in the tournament, led by Bailey Graber with nine.
The Warriors are now 12-13 on the season and have a couple tough matches next on their schedule: they host Mediapolis on Tuesday and travel to W-MU on Thursday.
W-MU moves to 20-10 overall and plays at Lone Tree on Tuesday before returning home to play WACO.
New London is now 29-4. The Tigers will host No. 1 Holy Trinity on Tuesday and play at West Burlington on Thursday.


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Arwood, Shirley Faye, 53, of Helican Springs Road, Athens; 2 p.m. at Cabin Creek Church cemetery; Brown Funeral Home, Danielsville.
Cole, Irene, 84, of Commerce; 2 p.m. at Middle River Baptist Church; Little-Ward Funeral Home.
Crawford, Lena Lamkin, 84, of Bogart; 11 a.m. at Galax City Cemetery, Galax, Va.; Smith Funeral Home, Winder.
Frier, Florence W., of Athens; memorial services, 7 p.m. at Gordon's Chapel United Methodist Church; Lord and Stephens Funeral Home, East.
Pitts, William Clifton, 36, of Cornelia; 2 p.m. at Baldwin Church of God; Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Baldwin.
Randolph, Rosa Lee Elder, of Trenton, N.J., formerly of Athens; 11 a.m. at Campbell's Funeral Home, Trenton, N.J.
Stringer, Mary Leen Loggins, 81, of Austell; 2 p.m. at Center Grove Baptist Church, Pendergrass; Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson.
Taylor, Mattie B., 84, of Tignall; 1 p.m. at Reeves Chapel Baptist Church; Davenport-McLendon Mortuary, Washington.
Tiller, Lois Everest Tiller, 96, of Athens; 2 p.m. at Bridges Funeral Home.
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20 Years of Diablo: An IGN Retrospective
July 30, 2017 - A who's who of Blizzard past and present take us all the way from the very first design document.
Blizzard Seemingly Remastering Warcraft 3 and Diablo 2
June 19, 2017 - New job listings seem to suggest there are more classic games coming after StarCraft.
The Top 10 Dungeon Crawlers of All Time
July 7, 2016 - From ASCII roguelikes to colorful modern hits, we count down the 10 best dungeon crawlers ever.
Top 10 Secret Levels in Video Games
June 7, 2016 - From mysterious paintings to hellish cow farms, here are the best secret levels in games.
Top 10 Secret Bosses in Video Games
May 5, 2016 - We count down the most mysterious and elusive bosses in gaming.
Blizzard Hiring to Restore Warcraft 3, Diablo 2, and StarCraft 'to Glory'
November 4, 2015 - A job listing hints at the possibility of Blizzard remastering some of its most popular classic games.
IGN Presents the History of Awesome: 2000
October 28, 2015 - Take a trip down memory lane to the year 2000: The PS2 launch, Majora's Mask, X-Men, Diablo II, Shenmue, Jackass, and so much more.
The 8 Greatest Blizzard Games
August 27, 2015 - Blizzard is a rare developer that has almost never released a bad game. But which are the best of the best?
Chuck Osborn's 10 Favorite Games Ever
July 31, 2014 - The games that made IGN's Managing Editor the gamer he is today.
David Brevik And Blizzard Devs Clash Over Diablo III Criticism
August 21, 2012 - A war of words has broken out on Twitter and Facebook in the aftermath of an interview with David Brevik, creator of Diablo I and II.
The Most Evil Species in Gaming
February 8, 2012 - Aliens, animals, sentient robots, and more take a proud evil place on this list looking into the vilest species we've encountered in gaming.
Discovering Diablo II
September 11, 2011 - A Diablo II noob plays through Blizzard's masterpiece for the first time. Spoiler alert - it's still amazing.
BlizzCon 2009 Gaming Convention Begins This Week
August 18, 2009 - IRVINE, Calif. - Blizzard Entertainment's two-day gaming festival, BlizzCon 2009, begins on Friday, August 21, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The convention celebrates Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo game universes and the communities of players surrounding them. Attendees of the sold-out show will be able to play the latest versions of Blizzard Entertainment games as well as speak with developers in discussion panels, participate in tournaments and contests, and meet with fellow gamers and friends.
Gaming's Top 10 Easter Eggs
April 8, 2009 - Alright, so even if you're not of a Judaeo-Christian upbringing and you don't eat chocolate, Easter can still hold some significance to you – in the form of classic gaming Easter Eggs – the hidden rooms, subtle references and in-jokes left by developers in commercial release, put in there for gamers to stumble upon and wonder about. Join us as we take this religious holiday as a great excuse to re-examine some of the best Gaming Easter Eggs out there.
Diablo Revolution
June 30, 2008 - If you missed out on the original Diablo for any reason and are not quite sure why such hype and hoopla exists around the series, perhaps a little primer is in order. There are a number of reasons the game garnered enormous critical praise and commercial success (well over 2 million copies were sold in its debut year), such as the clever monster design and rollout as well as Diablo's ability to enable slavering dedication to collecting items in the dungeons.
Diablo II Patches to 1.12
June 17, 2008 - Blizzard has released patch 1.12 for Diablo 2 and along with it is a no-CD update. No longer will you have to insert a CD to play the eight year old RPG, better late than never. Patch 1.12 also resets the game's ladder. Here are more detailed patch notes from Blizz Planet:
Activision + Vivendi Games = Activision Blizzard
December 2, 2007 - Today Activision and Vivendi Games announced they have signed an agreement to combine forces and operate under the new company name Activision Blizzard. In a move that makes Activision Blizzard the world's largest online and console game publisher, the newly formed company will have access to $3.8 billion in pro forma annual revenue for 2007. As is evident under the new name, Blizzard, creators of the world's most popular MMORPG -- World of Warcraft -- will take a prominent position in the new company.
Diablo II
June 7, 2002 - Is Diablo II the greatest thing since sliced bread? No, that's Deus Ex. Is Diablo II an incredible improvement over the original? Yes. In typical Blizzard fashion, the company's listened to Diablo's fans and critics and comes back with a game that should satisfy both camps.


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Due to the large influx of refugees, sheet walls of many temporary houses have begun to wear out. And there are other major constraints. There's low water supply, deforestation, and extremely hot temperatures, and a rainy season which often results in heavy flooding. Plus Kalobeyei remote location creates many obstacles. There are no commercial flights to the area, and it can take up to 3 days to get there by road for the capital, Nairobi, where some materials may have to be sourced from. — UN-Habitat
Shigeru Ban has signed an agreement with UN-Habitat to design up to 12,000 new homes in the Kalobeiyei refugee settlement site in Northern Kenya. Commissioned in response to the settlement's rapid growth, which is expected to outnumber its original capacity of 45,000 within a year, the new... View full entry
Details are scant, there's only one rendering, and yet according to on-the-nose-named developer PortLiving, Shigeru Ban has designed the world's tallest timber hybrid apartment complex. Called Terrace House, the sloping glass-encased, timber-framed, concrete and steel-cored building will... View full entry
In this video that blends time lapse and slow-motion techniques to fully showcase the visual splendor of the building, director Heidi Zuckerman of the The Aspen Art Museum speaks about how the "modesty" of Shigeru Ban's signature preferred materials perfectly suited the Colorado-based institution... View full entry
This week on the podcast, Donna, Ken and I discuss the uncertain future of downtown Atlanta's brutalist Public Library (the last building Marcel Breuer designed), how Shigeru Ban's relief efforts in Ecuador relate to his celebrity, and the emergence of a heavy-hitting lobbyist group for driverless... View full entry
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban is once more jumping into disaster-relief efforts. The cardboard-wielding starchitect traveled to Ecuador earlier this week [...] to provide architectural training and brainpower in the wake of the deadly earthquake April 16 earthquake, which has killed more than 650 people and displaced another 26,000 from their homes. — curbed.com
The Colegio de Arquitectos del Ecuador Provincial de Pichincha issued this statement on its website (Google-translated from the original Spanish text):"The Association of Architects of Ecuador, Pichincha Chapter (CAE-P) and the Pan American Architecture Biennial of Quito, officially announced the... View full entry
Will Galloway profiles the work of Samira Boon who in in recent years "has turned to an interesting series of research-led design projects focusing on making 3D fabrics" and immersed herself "in research on structural textiles". Plus, Nicholas Korody rounded up the Critical Reaction to the... View full entry
After twin earthquakes in April and May claimed 9,000 lives and left vast swathes of Nepal in ruins, survivors worried if they reused the brick rubble, they would end up with the same vulnerable, seismically unsound structures.
[...] Shigeru Ban - who helped bring global attention to humanitarian architecture and continues to influence fellow architects and disaster-relief workers - devised a solution. [...]
"I'm encouraging people to copy my ideas. No copyrights," Ban said. — reuters.com
"While Ban said he enjoys working on grand projects commissioned by privileged people, he also wants to help people who have lost their homes, and is encouraged that many architects have followed in his footsteps."Previously in the Archinect news:Shigeru Ban: Beauty as a basic human needShigeru... View full entry
Julia Ingalls explored how a firm the size of Gensler manages to maintain a cohesive studio culture. midlander wondered "when did Gensler get so big? I feel like I never heard of them until 10 years ago, then suddenly they were everywhere? Was it organic growth or have they been buying up local... View full entry
Amelia Taylor-Hochberg penned What makes an artless museum?, which reviewed the February Sky-lit event/preview of the new Broad Museum. Therein she argues that it provided "an opportunity for the architecture to be treated as a relational art object, but not so it could be handled with velvet... View full entry
Aesthetics is a primary concern for Ban—not despite, but especially in humanitarian scenarios. He believes that beauty is a basic need, an aspect of a person's dignity. Erecting beautiful, if simple, structures can ensure that a refugee camp is not labeled a slum. So, when examining available materials in Kobe, he fussed about the color of the beer crates, choosing Asahi's more neutral plastic bins over Kirin's glaring red crates. — qz.com
Last week, Ban visited several U.S. cities on a brief lecture tour, captivating audiences with his thoughts about "the Temporary and the Monumental." Read Archinect's report from his Los Angeles lecture at LACMA here. View full entry
"I hate to throw things away," explained the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban to a packed audience at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art last night. On the projection screen, one of his first works as an architect was displayed: an exhibition of the work of Alvar Aalto, who Ban... View full entry
Pritzker Prize Laureate Shigeru Ban has announced plans to contribute to emergency relief efforts in Nepal after the April 25 earthquake reduced cities to rubble, killed more than 7,000, and left thousands homeless. In the short term, Ban's firm and his relief organization Voluntary Architects' Network (VAN) will distribute simple tents—supplemented with plastic sheets donated by contractors to serve as wall partitions—and assemble them onsite as temporary shelter and medical aid stations. — archrecord.construction.com
According to the report, VAN aims to partner with local universities, students and architects in the coming months to work towards create stable housing once conditions have stabilized. This is not the first time that Shigeru Ban, who won the 2014 Pritzker prize, has deployed his architectural... View full entry
Internationally renowned Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is one of the biggest names on the roster of New Orleans' international art festival, Prospect.3. But his exhibit at Longue Vue House and Gardens is a non-starter. [...]
Unfortunately, whatever plans Ban had for presenting a structure or artwork at Prospect.3 must have fallen through, because the exhibit at Longue Vue is comprised of nothing more than a sleepy selection of miniature architectural models and photos. — nola.com
[Shigeru] Ban in Aspen represents a high-culture culmination of this goodwashing force. His museum, a beautiful structure faced with a woven screen and featuring a timber truss, uses his signature paper tubes non-structurally, as decoration in the corporate board room and the gift shop—all the style of his humanitarian work with none of the substance. -Dana Goodyear — The New Yorker
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Quarterback Josh Nunes (6-4, 205, 4.8) from Upland, Calif., received another offer this morning and his second from a Pac 10 team. Nunes will definitely be one of the most sought after quarterbacks on the west coast. He will certainly see his offers climb as the spring progresses.
"Earlier this morning (Friday, Feb 22, 2008) Stanford's Inland Empire Football Recruiter Coach Tim Drevino called Upland Football Head Coach Tim Salter to leave some good news on his cell phone," Upland assistant coach Mike Esquivel said. "Minutes later Coach Salter with his quarterback by his side, Josh Nunes called back Coach Drevino and Coach Jim Harbaugh. Coach Harbaugh told Josh that Stanford University is going to offer the 6-foot-4, 205 pound Upland quarterback."
Nunes had the following to say about his latest offer.
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"I liked the atmosphere and the coaching staff when I was at their camp last summer," Nunes said. "They upgraded their facilities and it looks great. Coach Harbaugh has the Cardinal heading in the right direction."
Nunes was co-League Offensive Player of the Year as a junior after he threw for 2,105, 14 touchdowns and only five interceptions in 216 attempts. He completed 124 of his passes hitting on 57.4 percent.
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Michigan-Wisconsin Leads Week 12 CFB Ratings Big Drop For NASCAR Cup Finale On NBC Ovechkin's Support For Putin Raises Eyebrows Bears Announce Plans To Expand Halas Hall Penguins-Flyers Set For Lincoln Financial Field Louisville Refunds Basketball Season-Ticket Holders Some Fans Critical Of Crew Marketing France Optimistic About NASCAR's Future MLB To Debut Lighter Cap For BP, Spring Training Jones Calls Out NFL Compensation Committee
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Ed Roski Considers 49ers, Raiders Candidates For L.A. Stadium
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NOT FIT TO BE TOGETHER: In S.F., Ray Ratto wrote the NFL's "powers that be ... still think the 49ers and Raiders should share a new stadium," which is the "perfect solution if you know nothing about the two teams, the Bay Area or the fan bases." There are "reasons why the shared stadium is a good idea, but all of them are money-related," and the reasons "why it won't happen are more powerful." Neither team "wants to be perceived as the tenant of the other, and the location of the stadium would do exactly that." Also, neither team "wants to have the stadium farther from its fan base, which is why Santa Clara works to the 49ers' benefit but not to the Raiders," and "anywhere in the East Bay works to the Raiders' benefit but not the 49ers." Ratto noted Raiders' ownership situation also will be "in flux sooner rather than later," and new Raiders investors "may want to look toward Los Angeles at some future date." The Raiders "in their private moments" also "want the 49ers to lose the election, get angry at being scorned and look at Los Angeles, and the 49ers want the Raiders to leave for L.A. now" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 12/13).
EXPLAINING NEED FOR PUBLIC MONEY: Chargers Special Counsel Mark Fabiani wrote a letter to the editor in the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE in response to his comments Thursday that a downtown San Diego stadium would require public funding. Fabiani wrote it is "important for people to understand that a stadium downtown would require a funding plan very different from the plan they've been hearing about for the past several years." The downtown San Diego site currently being considered is "just over 10 acres -- making it the smallest stadium site" in the NFL -- and as a result, the site will "accommodate, at most, the stadium, without any opportunity for the related development to help pay for the stadium." For that reason, the "successful development of a stadium at the downtown site will require sources of funding other than what might come from a related development, in addition to a $250-300[M] investment by the Chargers and the NFL." But Fabiani wrote it "would be a mistake for anyone to cast this as a debate between taxpayer money vs. no taxpayer money," as taxpayer money is "going to be spent no matter what." Those who "say they are in favor of the status quo -- those who say that the Chargers should simply stay in Qualcomm Stadium and play out their lease through the year 2020 -- are in fact advocating the spending of more than $300[M] in taxpayer money between now and then just to keep the aging stadium operating" (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 12/12).
Jerry Jones Offers $25M For Mayweather-Pacquiao In Texas
Jones' Offer To Host Mayweather-Pacquiao
Bout Exceeds Staples Center Offer By $5M
AND THE WINNER IS ... Arum said that he "expects to settle on a site" for the bout by next week. While noting that Las Vegas is "the front-runner, Arum claims it still might be Dallas -- and it definitely won't be L.A." Arum: "I'm saying that Dallas is a real live possibility." When asked about truth of the rumored $25M offer, Jones said, "I'm not commenting on it, but it sure could be" (AP, 12/13). ESPN.com's Dan Rafael noted "unless some other place pops up, this is a two-town race: Vegas or Dallas, neither of which levy state income taxes" (ESPN.com, 12/12). In San Antonio, John Whisler wrote Mayweather-Pacquiao is a "fight fans' fight," so it "belongs to the masses, not the privileged few." Put it at the MGM Grand in Vegas, a venue that "barely seats 16,000, and the only people who will be able to afford tickets -- and can get them -- are the casino high-rollers, corporate muckety-mucks and Hollywood celebrity snobs." But put it in Cowboys Stadium, "which can hold up to 100,000 spectators, and suddenly John Q. Public has a chance to see the fight in person." Whisler: "Boxing hasn't been mainstream in ages, yet here is a chance to take it there, at least for a few weeks" (SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, 12/13).
Cowboys' 3D Videoboard Broadcast Ill-Received By Fans, Press
Writers, Fans Unimpressed By Cowboys'
3D Videoboard Broadcast Yesterday
FLAWLESS: In California, Scott Bair noted Chargers President Dean Spanos Saturday toured Cowboys Stadium, "inspecting a dream stadium he wants." Bair wrote of Cowboys Stadium, "This stadium is truly one-of-a-kind, a landmark that could've only been built in Texas. ... If this Death Star has a weakness, I haven't found it" (NCTIMES.com, 12/13).
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BRANTFORD, ONT. — A 900-kilometre round trip drive across Southern Ontario for a speaking engagement becomes a little bit easier for Syd Bolton when he knows he's coming home with a working Atari ST.
Last weekend, the 41-year-old IT manager climbed into his Hyundai Santa Fe and drove from his home in Brantford to Smiths Falls, Ont. near Ottawa, where he was speaking about using social media for small businesses at a conference.
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Apple Lisa
In 1983, the Lisa was Apple's first computer with a graphical user interface even before the Macintosh. But with buggy disk drives, and an exorbitant $10,000 asking price, it was eventually killed by Apple's first Mac, which did everything better (and cheaper) only a year later.
This was one of the earliest computers you could buy pre-assembled, not that it made its operation any easier. It didn't come with a screen or keyboard by default, meaning a user had to enter programs using a combination of front-panel switches and LED lights.
AES Word Processor
Montreal-based AES is credited as one of the first companies to develop a programmable video-screen word processor. But the company's success was short-lived, as competitors such as Xerox and IBM produced more powerful and cheaper machines of their own.
Commodore PET
Everyone knows the Commodore 64, but the company's first computer was the PET, or Personal Electronic Transactor. It was an integrated computer that combined keyboard, motherboard, cassette tape and screen, and helped launch the 8-bit era.
Atari ST
Developed, not as a game console, but a home computer, the Atari ST went head-to-head with Apple's Macintosh in terms of graphics, processing power and sound. It was used in everything from live concerts to computer-assisted design, much like computers of today but this was in 1985.
During his lunch break he went out to the parking lot to meet up with a man named Ted who had a trunk full of boxes, including an Atari ST, monitors, magazines and all the original boxes, this for a computer first built in 1985.
For Mr. Bolton, these sorts of trips to pick up donations have become commonplace ever since he founded the Personal Computer Museum in 2005. Over the past eight years, he has expanded his collection of vintage computer systems and video games from a hobbyists dream into one of the largest personal collections in Canada.
Currently, the computer exhibits at his museum are crammed into an old City Yards building located in the backyard of his home, while his impressive collection of console video games — for every system from Intellivision and Atari to the Nintendo 64 and Xbox 360 — line the walls of his basement.
While Mr. Bolton's efforts might seem quaint to some, he has big dreams for his passion, including finding a permanent, more public home for his collection. He is looking at potential sites in Brantford and hopes to establish plans for the relocation later this year.
"Basically, we're here to preserve and educate people about the history of personal computers," Mr. Bolton said in an interview.
"Everyone takes for granted today that we have a desktop or a laptop or some computing device, even in our pocket. But everything has a history, and with personal computers it's a very interesting history full of all kinds of interesting companies and products and people. So I thought it was very important to preserve that history from day one as much as possible."
Dozens of vintage computers line the tables inside the museum, each one switched on and running various games and other software. There's a Commodore 64, an Apple III device from the early 1980s and a Toshiba laptop from the mid-1990s running Tomb Raider II.
While there are roughly 50 working systems on the floor of the museum at any given time, Mr. Bolton estimates there are more than 1,200 systems in the museum's collection, and that including games, joysticks, magazines and other equipment, there are more than 25,000 artifacts in the collection.
"It's hard to know," he said.
"The new ones come in so fast that sometimes it's hard to keep track."
While some of the machines are from Mr. Bolton's personal collection, the vast majority have been donated by individuals from across Canada and as far away as the United Kingdom.
Unlike other museums where the exhibits are often shielded behind red velvet ropes and panes of glass, at the Personal Computer Museum visitors are encouraged to test out the machines on the showroom floor. Parents can even book birthday parties where kids as young as seven can come in and bash away on vintage games like Asteroids or Buck Rogers.
"We do focus only on personal computers in terms of computing history because the stuff that came before that is just way too big to try and manage," Mr. Bolton said.
"So we stick to the personal computers, because those are the things that most people actually remember."
Indeed, Mr. Bolton is quickly becoming something of a celebrity, not just in Brantford where he regularly does radio and television interviews as a gaming expert, but throughout the international gaming press, where his video game collection — including his complete collection of every game ever released for Microsoft Corp.'s original Xbox console — has been featured on some of the most well-read gaming sites in the world.
As the video game industry gears up for the release of the next generation of home consoles, Mr. Bolton believes it's important to preserve the history of the medium.
"If you look at the video game industry as a whole, it's actually overtaken revenues in terms of the film industry and really become a very important part of our economy," he said.
"So having such a great collection of the history of video games is great because it gives people the background of where games come from, how they were designed, why games are the way they are today as opposed to the way they were 15 or 20 years ago. Games have changed a lot, but in a lot of ways, they're still the same."


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JoCo Library forming focus groups
February 8, 2010
The Johnson County Library District will conduct focus groups to help determine priorities in response to budget cuts. Participation in each session will be limited to 12 members. Interested residents can leave contact information at (913) 495-7514. The one-hour sessions will be at:
• 6 p.m. Feb. 22 Gardner Library, 137 E. Shawnee St, Gardner.
• 7:45 a.m. Feb. 23 at Antioch Library, 8799 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Merriam.
• Noon Feb. 23 at the Central Resource Library, 9875 W. 87th St
• 6:15 Feb. 23 at Shawnee Library, 13811 Johnson Dr.
• 7:45 a.m.Feb. 24 at the Cedar Roe Neighborhood Library, 5120 Cedar, Roeland Park
• Noon Feb. 24 at the Corinth Neighborhood Library, 8100 Mission Road, Prairie Village
• 7:45 a.m. Feb. 25 at the Blue Valley Neighborhood Library, 9000 w. 151st St, Overland Park.
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