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UPDATE: Pershing Square Files Proxy Circular for Shareholders of Canadian Pacific
Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. today filed a proxy circular and accompanying letters to shareholders for the election of the Nominees for Management Change to the Board of Directors of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (NYSE: CP), in connection with Canadian Pacific's upcoming annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 17th.
The Nominees for Management Change, who will be proposed at the annual meeting, are: William A. Ackman, Gary F. Colter, Paul G. Haggis, Paul C. Hilal, Rebecca MacDonald, Dr. Anthony R. Melman, and Stephen C. Tobias.
The proxy circular and related proxy materials, including Pershing Square's letters to shareholders and a "universal" BLUE proxy or voting instruction form, will be mailed to shareholders of Canadian Pacific and will also be available via SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com.
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April 4, 2012
Dear Fellow Canadian Pacific Shareholders:
We seek your vote in support of all seven Nominees for Management Change and our mission to raise CP from its current position as the worst performing Class I railroad in North America to its rightful place as one of the best.
In the letter that appears at the beginning of the enclosed proxy circular, I have detailed our case for the election of the Nominees for Management Change and the replacement of current CEO Fred Green. To summarize: for the past six years, the Board and Mr. Green have led CP down the wrong track. Since Mr. Green became CEO:
CP dropped to dead last in operating performance among Class I North American railroads. CP's total return to shareholders prior to our investment was negative 18% while the other Class I North American railroads delivered strong positive total returns of 22% to 93%. Despite this poor record, the Board continues to support Mr. Green and the status quo. It's time for a change. With a revitalized Board and a new CEO, we are convinced CP will return to its position as a leader among Class I North American railroads. To help make this change happen we ask you to:
Vote FOR all seven Nominees for Management Change Vote AGAINST the advisory resolution on executive compensation Please vote your shares by completing, signing and returning the BLUE form of proxy or voting instruction form enclosed with our proxy materials by fax or by mail, or vote your shares on the internet or over the telephone (as available). Only our "universal" proxy and voting instruction form includes the names of all of the director nominees and other matters to be considered at the meeting. We urge you to IGNORE any white form of proxy or voting instruction form received from CP as it will not allow you to vote for all seven Nominees for Management Change. If you have previously voted on the white form of proxy or voting instruction form sent to you by CP, you may revoke your vote by executing the enclosed BLUE form of proxy or voting instruction form, or by voting on the internet, by fax, by mail or over the telephone (as available). Full instructions on how to vote are set out in the enclosed proxy materials and can also be found at www.CPRising.ca.
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When there is clock gating logic, do I have to define the gated clock as a generated clock in my constraint file for a proper STA?
I don't know if anybody is familiar with this great book, but my question came up because I saw an example in the book "Static Timing Analysis for Nanometer Design: A practical Approach". Figure 7-12 shows an example where a clock is gated by the output of a flip-flop and then they wrote a SDC constraint to define the gated clock. See below:
The book says: "Figure 7-12 shows an example where the clock SYS_CLK is gated by the output of a flip-flop. Since the output of the flip-flop may not be a constant, one way to handle this situation is to define a generated clock at the output of the and cell which is identical to the input clock."
Must I define all gated clocks as new generated clocks in my SDC file?
The book mentiones that is one way to handle the situation, what are other ways to handle this situation?
Your input is much appreciated.
Thanks, I appreciate the input. Can you explain more? these are obviously different commands and perform different tasks, so i don't quite understand how one may justify the absence of another in this case.
Unless I use create_generated_clock command, I wonder if the EDA tool will know the shape of the gated clock waveform to perform timing analysis on the subsequent timing paths. Many clock gating logic are too complex (eg.: mux, xor logic) for a EDA tool to infer the gated clock waveform. By using set_clock_gating_check command, I believe I only guarantee that the gate enable signal switches correctly to avoid clock glitches (which is very important), but I still may encounter problems for timing analysis because of an undefined waveform of the gated clock. (that's where the create_generated_clock comes in). Does anybody agree with my thoughts?
I am trying to find a reason why someone would define the output of a gated clock as a derived clock as shown in the book example. any more inputs? can anyone tell me if the book example is a common rule-of-thumb practice?


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I'm glad to hear that you have some experience soldering, trying to explain someone if a tough one. Teaching it is a visual thing.
LED's will emit most of thier light from the end in about a 30 degree angle/ cone. Regular light bulbs on the other hand emit most of thier light from the sides. Lightly sanding the sides of an LED with some very fine sandpaper will help with the light issue.
Use the http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz
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The wizard recommends a 1/8W or greater 39 ohm resistor. The color code for 39 ohms is orange white black.
Read post 10 in this thread again. Forward Voltage spec is available with new parts bought at Radio Shack, for example.
With an unknown LED: Use 6v, put a 220 ohm resistor in series with the LED. Turn the LED right way around (see post 11). Use a volt meter and measure the voltage dropped across the LED... that is your forward voltage, which will change only slightly if different resistors are used.
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thanks pat. i have actually read the posts, maybe i just didnt understand it, lol.. LEDs i bought don't have infos on them, so iguess forward voltage is usually 2-3volts with current in the 20mA range (from what i have read while trying to understand more).
for what its worth, i have read this site and found it useful and very knowledgable.
Has anyone opened up the kind of LED Christmas lamps that are shaped like faceted globes or icicles? I'm wondering if they all contain the "M5" LED as shown in post #1 here, and if so, do the colored bulbs have colored LEDs, or "white" LEDs and colored globes?
OK, I just answered one of my questions- I remembered I have some "white" bulbs outside (brrr!) with the pinecone-like globes. Inside- just a standard LED... all the "side lighting" is just from reflectance off the globe's facets.
The LEDs with the inverted-conical tip that directs light out the sides (post #1) are 5mm (or M5) bulbs, and seem to be distributed by Everstar. But not easy to find! However, they are a nice fit inside Robbe's nav lamp housings, once you drill out the clear housing to suit.
I'll try coloring some of their "white" bulbs red and green, will report later...
I have used them up, and am waiting for an order of LED to arrive.
But opening up demo strings at Target, the LED are colored. Sizes may vary.
I cast some of the white LED into colored resin for red and green.
It is not nearly as effective as a red or green led in colored resin.
The white LED create a hot spot that overpowers the color "gell".
May be better to color the outside of the lamp housing (like in the real world!)... I'm trying stuff made for doing colored window decorations... goes on opaque, dries clear-red or -green.
OK, I took a Robbe lamp housing (1:20 scale), and drilled out the lens to accept a "white" 5mm LED of the type shown back in post #1.
The lens is coated with red glass decoration paint from the craft store, which dries clear-red. It's a pain to put on uniformly, and it's kind of thick and soft when dry, easy to scratch off. Maybe something else is called for... plain red paint is too opaque, anyone have an idea?
But it works! The whole lens-housing glows red. The photo reveals a white hot spot, but it's not so obvious to the eye.
Pat M
I have a few bottles of the old Tamiya Clear paints.
Red, Green, and Yellow... That is what I used to paint all my bulbs with to get them
colored. Succesive coats of the gel would make the bulb look almost black, but
when lit at night, the colors were perfect.
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If the big one is a robbe floodlight, what the hell are the smaller ones?
self design?
resin duplicates?
I became desperatet searching for some 1/50 floodlights..
If you have seen it on my album, my floods are made of brass with 2 SMT LEDs in. Each of the LEDs has 5 chips, so u can drive it with a max. of 100 mA. Lightenig angle is 180° (no lenses). Heat discharge is the main proeblem, therefore the LEDs are only driven by 40 mA with an integratet mosfet transistor.
In the meantime white LEDs are available in many colour variations. From cold to steal to bright to warm, sunny and gold...
I used the cold to build the neon-lights, and a "warm" version for the floodlights. But i allso used the Revell #730 clear yellow paint to put a dot on the lense of the LED. Be carefull, sometime the effect drifts to green or violett (depends on the spectrum of the LED) !
In a sense...
you should decide betweeen a day-lightening and one für the night...
If i drive my neons with 10 mA, it's ok for the day-lightening. You can detect that light is switched on, OK.
But for night operation, relation between the neons and floodlight is not correct, my neons had to be dimmed..
Where did you get this housings of the floods?
Three of us have had the same issue with the Robbe Flood light,... it is really large.
So, I built one small master for the small flood light, made a mold and cast it a few times.
The pieces in the earlier picture are five castings, of the original, set up to make a mold for multiple castings.
With the larger mold, I can now take my clear resin, Fill the mold, vacuum de-air it to get the resin down into the detail. then push an LED into the resin and let it cure.
I get five floods a shot.
Your Abielle is beautifully lit. The attention to your lamp color/temperature does a lot toward creating a realistic presentation.
I feared as much,...
nothing to buy at a store...
Your negative is a two-part silicon rubbber mold?
Think, i should make a molding too. This will not be my last floodlights in 1/50 i will need, and the methode i worked it for the "Abeille" is too expensive to build 10 or 20 of it.
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This post describes some articles in AALL chapter newsletters that are
likely to be interesting to librarians outside those chapters.
The Fall 2013 issue of the MALL Newsletter, publication of the
Minnesota Association of Law Libraries, contains a number of detailed accounts
of members' experiences at the last AALL Annual Meeting. Anyone wanting a sense
of what to expect at Annual Meetings or a refresher on the past meeting would
find these accounts useful.
The September 2013 issue of Obiter Dicta, publication of the
Southern New England Law Librarians Association, has a profile of Judge William
J. Lavery, who was awarded the SNELLA Annual Law Library Advocate Award. The
piece illustrates very well the importance of strong advocates for libraries.
The September 2013 issue of ORALL Newsletter, publication of the
Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries, presents a brief introduction to
flipped classrooms, a teaching model in which prepared instruction is delivered
outside of the class session, and the class time is used for practice,
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In these times of savvy consumers, creating a brand name is essential to the long-term success of a product. Creating such a brand requires a team approach which exploits the varied talents of a diverse group of marketers
When Ocean Park launched their Halloween Bash in 2003, they already had a strong product and marketing plan. However, they also needed to convince consumers to buy into the Halloween experience and see Ocean Park as the venue at which to do so. In other words, they needed to create a brand.
"There is a big difference between a product and a brand," says Royce Yuen, managing director of Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, the company selected by Ocean Park as partner for the campaign. He explains, "A product is something that has been created or manufactured, but a brand is something the consumer actually chooses to buy. For example, when you choose to buy Coca-Cola, it is the Coke brand that you choose to buy, not just the sugar and water that make up the product."
Marketing angle
Ogilvy & Mather's account management team set about understanding the product and defining Ocean Park's needs. The "International Spirit Convention" event had been planned around a variety of Halloween attractions, including four haunted houses, a Scary Zone and a kids' attraction called "Pumpkins for Munchkins". However, Ocean Park is a well-established leisure attraction and most Hong Kong residents know what to expect if they go there. Even with such a unique product, the marketing team therefore needed to persuade people to revisit and experience Ocean Park in a new way.
"Our job was to rejuvenate the Ocean Park brand," says Mr Yuen. "The existing brand was about education, nature and excitement, so we focused on re-emphasising the concept of excitement." The strategic planning team worked on the idea that "the less you know [about the International Spirit Convention] the scarier it is and the more fun you'll have", and used their in-depth knowledge of consumer behaviour to create the angle, "Go to Ocean Park International Spirit Convention if you dare".
It is this ability to see a product from a customer's point of view that underpins a successful campaign. "Consumers are not just wallets on two legs," comments Mr Yuen. "As marketers, we need to understand their behaviour and motivation in order to encourage them to buy."
The media planning team worked out the best mix of media through which to communicate the brand concept. They chose a wide range of media, including interactive cinema adverts, in which an actress placed in the audience appeared to respond to the advert by running out of the audience screaming with fear. They also chose to broadcast TV adverts late at night, to better target the teenage audience and reinforce the fear factor.
It was then up to the creative team to build tools through which to communicate the brand angle. Art directors created graphic images such as the ouija board and ghostly portraits, and copywriters generated the text. They worked together to create integrated text and visuals which encouraged consumers to imagine they were communicating with spirits "on the other side" and built a sense of fear, excitement and anticipation. The results were spooky. For example, adverts placed beside MTR escalators generated ghostly apparitions which flashed momentarily in front of commuters' eyes, before disappearing again into the advert.
Finally, the concepts were brought to life by the production team, which created print, radio, TV and cinema adverts. There were also karaoke promotions, a mini web-page offering downloads of a ghostly "Screamsaver" and online games; and visual promotions such as in-park decorations.
Mr Yuen says that a successful marketing campaign is one that satisfies the consumer better than the competition could. In this case the consumer wanted a more exciting experience at Ocean Park. With anticipation built to fever pitch and an innovative product, the campaign generated record sales - proof that brands can be created for all manner of products, even ghosts.
Entering the field
Many fresh graduates see marketing as a glamorous career choice. However, Royce Yuen of Ogilvy & Mather is quick to point out that many aspects of the job can be tedious, particularly in the early years. To succeed, marketers really need to want to work in a creative environment. Mr Yuen explains, "Brands emerge through consideration of both hard data and intangible ideas. The process involves continuous negotiations and many disagreements. You have to be very professional, patient and willing to listen, whilst being assertive enough to present your own ideas."
Nonetheless, for those who are determined, there are a number of entry-level options. Graduates with a business or marketing degree might enter the field as an in-house marketing assistant and participate in marketing activities or research. Other options include joining an advertising agency as an account executive, where strong client relationship skills and business sense are key.
Also, within agencies, junior art directors or junior copywriters are likely to have specialist training in design or languages and literature. Strategic planners tend to build on a background in psychology or research and media planners utilise their numeracy skills and negotiation experience. However, producers tend to gain experience in TV and film production, or publishing, before joining an advertising agency.
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LOGAN — Utah State University director of athletics Scott Barnes announced Friday that basketball coaches Stew Morrill and Raegan Pebley have both signed contract extensions to remain at USU.
"We are delighted that Stew and Raegan will continue leading our programs for many years to come," said Barnes.
Morrill signed a six-year contract keeping him at Utah State through the 2016-2017 season, while Pebley agreed to a five-year extension running through the 2015-16 campaign.
"Two things I've said since I arrived at Utah State is that it's a privilege to coach here and that this will be my last coaching job, and 13 years later I feel stronger than ever about both statements," said Morrill. "I want to thank Scott Barnes and president Stan Albrecht for giving me and our staff the continued security of a long-term contract."
Morrill, the winningest basketball coach in school history, has led Utah State to a 324-103 (.759) record during his 13 years in Logan, including a 167-49 (.773) mark in the Big West and Western Athletic Conferences, and a 25-7 (.781) record in conference tournaments. USU has won six conference tournament championships and seven regular-season titles under Morrill.
During the 2010-11 season, Utah State won its fourth-straight regular season WAC title, advanced to its third-straight NCAA tournament and won its second WAC tournament championship in the last three years. USU ended the season with a 30-4 mark, which is the best record in school history and tied for the most wins ever, while finishing the year ranked 25th in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll.
Overall, Morrill has led Utah State to 12 straight 23-win seasons and 12 straight postseason appearances (8-NCAA, 4-NIT), both of which are school records. During the last 13 years, USU owns the fourth-best winning percentage in the nation with a 309-90 (.774) record and is one of just three schools nationally to win 23 or more games each season.
Along with all of its success on the court, Utah State has been just as successful in the classroom under Morrill as nearly 85 percent of his players have received degrees from USU. Morrill also had four players earn academic all-WAC honors in 2011 and Aggie players have earned a total of 25 academic all-conference honors during his 13 years.
"The achievements of our men's basketball program on the court during Stew's 13 years are laudable and rank at the very top in all of Division I. And we are very proud of our academic achievements having graduated 85 percent of our student-athletes during his tenure. I couldn't be happier that Stew will finish his career at Utah State and I know thousands of Aggie alumni and friends share my enthusiasm," Barnes said.14 comments on this story
Pebley, who is the winningest women's basketball coach in school history and the reigning WAC coach of the year, led Utah State to its first postseason appearance in 20 years during the 2010-11 season as it advanced to the second round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) after defeating Pac-10 foe Arizona (103-95) in the first round; its first postseason win since 1977. USU, which also advanced to the semifinals of the WAC tournament for the second time in the last three years in 2011, finished the season with a school record for wins as it notched an 18-15 record.
"President Stan Albrecht, Scott Barnes and our administration's commitment to our program's goals have been catalysts for our recent success and allow us to keep moving forward," said Pebley. "Professionally, we are excited about the future of our program and believe that USU can be the home of a WAC women's basketball championship. Personally, Keith and I love where we live. Our children were born here and we have amazing friends here. Cache Valley is our home."


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Boardwalk Fire trial witness testimony
Key moments in the Boardwalk Fire timeline:
- Oct. 7, 2005: Fire destroys apartment building
- Oct. 7, 2005: 6News video: Interim Fire Chief Mark Bradford talks with reporters at a mid-morning Friday news conference.
- Oct. 11, 2005: Family, friends identify three victims
- Oct. 12, 2005: Arrest made in deadly fire
- Nov. 15, 2005: Law firm: Fire alarms didn't work during blaze
- Feb. 23, 2006: Birthday cards may have sparked blaze
- Feb. 24, 2006: Agent: Design helped fire's spread
- More about Jason Allen Rose
Another victim of the Boardwalk Apartments fire told jurors this morning of the struggle to escape flames that were crawling into his apartment the morning of Oct. 7, 2005. He's the first of three victims expected to testify this morning.
Holding his arm out to his side, former Boardwalk tenant Demarquis Maybell showed jurors where shards of glass from a broken window sliced the tendons and arteries in his left arm - cuts he suffered just before he jumped from the broken window into a stairwell below.
In the middle of his testimony, Maybell rolled up his shirt sleeve and walked over to the jury. With little expression on their faces, jurors examined his black scarring, the unnatural bend in the middle of his forearm where it was injured in the fall.
Now, he testified, he has a steel rod from his knee to his hip, nerve damage throughout his arm that stops his thumb from moving and problems finding work he can do physically.
"Are you still suffering pain?" Assistant District Attorney David Melton asked.
"Yes, sir," Maybell said.
Maybell was the victim helped by several officers from the stairwell three floors below his apartment the night of the fire. Several officers testified Wednesday about their struggles helping Maybell, eventually setting him on half of an extendable ladder to get him away from the burning apartment.
Lawrence Police Officer Todd Polson, who testified yesterday, said that he believed for a time that Maybell wouldn't survive his injuries.
Update: 10:35 a.m.
The prosecution presented jurors with two more witnesses to the Boardwalk Apartments fire this morning, both painting a picture of the night of the fire and attempting to establish that the fire began on the second floor of the apartments.
Investigators have said that the fire began in the middle of the second-floor walkway, and police have previously testified that defendant Jason Rose had admitted to starting a fire there.
Fire victims Eli Greenbaum and his girlfriend Dawn Davis both testified this morning, describing the moments they realized their apartment complex was ablaze and their decision to jump from the third-floor window of their apartment.
Greenbaum and Davis testified that their apartment had quickly filled with smoke - giving them only one way out as fire crept toward their front door and explosions rattled the floor beneath them.
"One of these explosions could come through the floor and kill us," Greenbaum said. "I told Dawn: We have to jump or we're going to die."
Davis jumped first, she said, and quickly knew the extent of her injuries.
"When I hit the ground, I just knew my back was broken," Davis said.
Davis also broke her wrist, pelvis, heels and other bones. She had several surgeries for her injuries, as recently as October 2006, and is still in physical therapy, she said.
Both Greenbaum and Davis, along with witness Adam Washington, established that the fire began on the second floor from what they could tell.
Washington testified that he spent most of the night of Oct. 6, 2005, at his friends' house at an apartment across Fireside Drive. When the fire broke out, he described seeing flames coming from the middle of the second floor walkway.
"Where was the fire in that whole row of buildings?" Assistant District Attorney Amy McGowan asked.
"Probably in the mid-region." Washington said.
But according to a statement Washington gave police, he said at the time that the fire appeared to originate partially from a basement-level apartment. During cross-examination, Rose's attorney, Ron Evans, questioned Washington about his statement, but he said he made a mistake when he gave police his statement and didn't understand that the apartment he noted was on the bottom floor.
Update: 12:34 p.m.
Two cans of lighter fluid. Two lighters. A box full of old family photos, including a torn-up picture of a birthday cake.
These are some of the items police detectives confiscated from inside and around the apartment of defendant Jason Rose's apartment just days after the Boardwalk Apartments fire.
Rose is suspected of setting the fire that killed three people in the apartments Oct. 7, 2005 - a fire police have said could have started when Rose, who spent much of his childhood in foster care, lit a box of photographs on fire.
In testimony this morning, police detective Jim Martin told the jury of the searches of Rose's apartment, his SUV and the area around the burned-out complex. Inside Rose's water-logged apartment, Martin testified that he and agents from the Kansas State Fire Marshall's office and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives found two lighters and a can of lighter fluid - along with photographs in a cardboard box in the middle of Rose's living room floor.
"Photographs of him, basically, through his life," Martin explained to Assistant District Attorney Amy McGowan during questioning.
Those items were found during a second search of Rose's apartment on Oct. 13, 2005, after interviews with Rose pointed them in the right direction, Martin said. He said interviews revealed that Rose had days before the fire been shipped a box containing some old photos and other remnants of the then 20-year-old's past.
But Martin admitted under questioning from defense attorney Ron Evans that he couldn't tell if any of the photographs found in Rose's apartment had been burned, or if the cardboard box the photos were in had a shipping label on them.
As with most everything else in the apartment, the cardboard box was so damaged by water it fell apart when touched.
Martin also admitted he didn't know how much liquid was in the metal lighter fluid containers when police served the search warrant. ATF investigators kept only a sample of each liquid, then dumped out the rest, Martin testified. Also, Martin said dogs from the Fire Marshall's office found no sign of accelerants in both Rose's apartment and car.
Update: 3:50 p.m.
Fire killed all three of the victims trapped inside the Boardwalk Apartments the morning of Oct. 7, 2005, but Douglas County coroner Erik Mitchell said two of the victims had other health issues at the time of their death.
In testimony during the murder and arson trial of Jason Rose today, Mitchell said Yolanda Riddle, Jose Gonzalez and Nicole Bingham all ultimately died because of either burns to their body or carbon monoxide in their blood - both suffered during the apartment fire.
According to both Mitchell's testimony, along with gruesome photographs entered into evidence, both Gonzalez and Bingham suffered severe burns - so severe that Gonzalez weighed 87 pounds during his autopsy and Bingham had no liquid blood left to test for carbon monoxide and other toxins.
"He was quite charred," Mitchell said of Gonzalez during the autopsy, performed in the days after the fire.
Update: 4:45 p.m.
Brothers Joel and Victor Lamberto both leapt from their apartment's third story window the night of the Boardwalk Apartments fire - between saving Victor's wife and daughter from the encroaching flames.
The Lamberto brothers testified today in the trial of Jason Rose, who is accused of setting the fire that killed three and burned the 76-unit complex at Boardwalk Apartments.
Victor Lamberto told the jury that when he and his wife noticed an orange glow outside their door, then peeked out onto the wooded walkway of their third-floor apartment.
"It was all burning," Victor Lamberto said through a translator. "It was all coming and burning through the balcony."
Joel Lamberto jumped first, breaking his heels. But he got up and caught his niece, lowered down from the apartment window by her mother's outstretched arm. His brother and sister-in-law jumped next, then drug Joel Lamberto away from the flaming apartment.
Joel Lamberto also said he told police investigators the day after the fire that he believed the fire spread from the bottom floor, upward and outward. Lamberto's description, under questioning from defense attorney Ron Evans, contradicts the alleged confession Rose gave to police, where he said he set the fire in the middle of the second floor walkway.
But under new questioning from Assistant District Attorney David Melton, Joel Lamberto said he really didn't know where the fire originated.
"So you don't know where the fire started, correct?" Melton asked
"No," Joel Lamberto replied.
"And you don't know what floor it started on, correct?"
"No," he said.
The Lambertos' testimony capped a day where the prosecution called witnesses who painted a vivid scene of the night of the fire - victims jumping out of windows, slicing themselves on window panes and breaking bones on the concrete below.
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Regulars at the New Astley Club in Newmarket have been getting to grips with a new name calling in last orders.
In recent days, members at the Fred Archer Way club have been listening to the tones of Paul Burling following his appointment earlier this month as bar and events manager.
Prior to taking on his role at the New Astley Club, the 42 year old from Fulbourn has worked in a similar position for both Cambridge City FC and Histon FC, and at The Hawks' Club , a social club for elite sportsmen at Cambridge University.
"My background is in catering and hospitality and my passion is horse racing so the job is a great opportunity to combine the two," said Mr Burling.
"With the re-launch of the club later this year it looks to be the start of an exciting adventure."
Although only just settling into his new role, Mr Burling, who has two children, has already outlined some of things he is keen to promote in the coming months.
"There is nothing set in stone yet but with my music contacts in Cambridge I hope to be able to put on some Motown and Northern Soul music nights in the near future," said Mr Burling.
"I really am looking forward to the challenge ahead in helping develop the club."


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The Lone Ranger could have been a huge summer success story. With a large budget, direction from Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise helmer Gore Verbinski and the added credit of starring Johnny Depp, it looked so good on paper. After dealing with budgetary issues and getting its release date pushed back several times, however, the movie didn't make as deep of a box office impact as Walt Disney Studios was probably hoping. Now, the company is trying to make a little money back with film's home entertainment release. The Lone Ranger will hit Blu-ray, DVD, Digital and On Demand on December 17.
It's hard to put Armie Hammer in a lead role next to the loud, comical and wild Johnny Depp and expect the Social Network actor to stand out and play the hero. Orlando Bloom was able to step up and do it in Pirates, but that script made it a whole lot easier on him. Here, Hammer plays the title character alongside Depp's Tonto. Together, the two team up to take down some raider bad guys who are doing some dirty deals related to a silver mine in the wild west. There are explosions, plenty of cool camera shots and some fun to be had. You can check out the Blu-ray trailer, below.
It's an explosive couple hours of fun, and several times The Lone Ranger surpasses its lukewarm plotline and gives fans reasons to truly invest in the film. The Blu-ray release is for the fans who were more than luke warm, though. It lists for a rather expensive $39.99, although Amazon has it available for pre-order at a sale price. Those who haven't caught the movie may want to consider catching it On Demand or even via the easy breezy Digital Release.
The Blu-ray release will be the set that comes with all of the bonus features, although select Digital retailers will offer the occasional extra. Thus, if you plan to buy digitally and there's one bonus feature you are really excited about seeing, keep your eyes peeled for the right retailer. It's annoying, I know, but there's not a high chance that you're buying The Lone Ranger for its extras, which include a deleted scene and some behind-the-scenes featurettes. You can check out the full list, below.
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MARK AUSTIN THOMAS: The U.S. apartment market remained strong in the first quarter, however most areas of the country didn't show an impact from the recent mortgage crisis. The real estate analysis group Reis says nationwide rents rose an average 1 percent. Vacancy rates remained about the same. The study found that in some markets rental rates were restrained because condominiums were reconverted to apartments and then returned to the market as rentals.
Meanwhile, today the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing in Massachusetts about the middle-class housing crunch. Marketplace's Steve Henn reports that high housing prices aren't just a drag for first-time buyers they're also a drag on some regional economies.
STEVE HENN: Many economists are preoccupied with whether or not the housing bubble has burst.
Barry Bluestone is at Northeastern University. He'll testify that in places like Boston a sustained housing boom could have a bigger downside.
BARRY BLUESTONE: Controlling for inflation, median household income in greater Boston has essentially been flat for more than 15 years. At the same time, median home prices have risen by about 50 percent.
That's put the entire region out of reach for most first-time buyers.
In another study, Bluestone found that cities with the highest median housing prices have real economic problems.
BLUESTONE: The cost of living has finally caught up with those communities. They have been losing jobs, they have been losing population.
Turns out high housing costs are a quiet job killer, so slowly deflating the bubble might not be such a bad thing.
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Accounting information and excess stock returns: the role of the cost of capital -- new evidence from US firm-level data
The goal of this article is to investigate the impact of accounting information on the cost of capital as well as how the latter influences excess returns. The analysis has certain novelties: first, it extends prior works by investigating how certain components of accounting information affect stock returns through its direct effect on the cost of capital by incorporating influential components of accounting information; second, it makes use of a sample of 330 US manufacturing firms spanning the period 1990Q1 to 2009Q2, while it makes use, for the first time in this literature, of the methodology of panel cointegration. The empirical findings display that accounting information affects directly the firm's cost of capital. This, in turn, tends to exert a negative effect on the firm's excess stock returns, an empirical documentation not captured in case researchers attempt to directly link the cost of capital and excess stock returns.
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A riff almost copied from Accept's "Breaker" marks the start of Cauldron's sophomore album, "Burning Fortune". When I heard this opening for "All or Nothing" as a teaser of this record months before its release, I really thought that this second effort was going to widely surpass the averageness of Cauldron's debut, "Chained to the Night", and sometimes it does, but the album never starts to take off. For example, the sound is more adequate than in the debut, tending to have an organic and untriggered production (done by Jameson Elliot), but it leaves a slight sense of amateurism. Then there are the songs. Although having good moments here and there, they seem without punch, going for easy choruses, but without anything memorable. They pass around without being annoying, but you won't get hooked on them. In fact, the opening "All or Nothing" (with some guest vocals by Olof Wikstrand from Enforcer), the fast "Rapid City/Unchained Assault", and the cover of Halloween's "I Confess" would be the standout tracks, and if a cover stands beyond the rest of your songs, you have a problem. Another flaw would be Jason Decay's vocals. There's nothing wrong with them and at least they follow the music with correction, but that's it, so if they want to take things to the next level, I think they should better find someone else to sing. Overall, it's not a bad album, just correct, so you'd better don't trust the "real" media when they enthrone these guys as new heroes of traditional heavy metal.
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Gov. Quinn Still Considering Gaming Expansion
(With additional reporting from The Associated Press)
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn continues to meet with those who have an interest in gaming legislation lawmakers approved earlier this year.
Quinn said he is listening to both critics and supporters of a plan to add 5 new casinos in the state, including one in Chicago, Danville, Rockford, Lake County and Chicago's south suburbs. The measure would also allow slot machines at Chicago airports and at horse tracks, including the State Fairgrounds in Springfield.
"Last Friday I saw the Rockford people," Quinn said. "This Friday I am seeing the horsemen and people involved in raising horses. There are others who are interested in the bill, both pro and con. I think there are some strong critics of the bill that are on our schedule. I want to make sure everyone gets their voice heard."
Quinn has been critical of the gaming expansion, saying it is "top heavy." However, he has said he is willing to consider a Chicago casino if it is done properly.
Supporters say the gaming legislation will bring a revenue windfall to the state. But opponents warn it lacks regulatory safeguards and should be rejected.
The Chicago Crime Commission has criticized the legislation, calling it "flawed" and saying it will lead to corruption. The watchdog group said Wednesday that Quinn shouldn't sign the law because it cannot be successfully implemented.
Lawmakers passed the legislation in May, but Illinois Senate President John Cullerton has a legislative "hold'' on it so lawmakers can try to work out a deal. With that hold in place, Quinn cannot act on the bill.
"The senate president continues to talk to the governor about what specific concerns he there might be, if there is a need to go back in and tighten up various language," Cullerton spokesman John Patterson said.
But sources say Cullerton will send the bill to Quinn's desk by the end of the month, regardless of a possible veto from Quinn.
If Quinn vetoes or changes the bill, the General Assembly will need to pass it again. The veto session starts the last week in October.


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Rory trying to get the bounce back in his step
PITTSFORD — Rory McIlroy loves proving people wrong.
Good thing, because at the present time, he's got a lot of work ahead of him in that regard.
Seemingly everything about the 24-year-old Northern Irishman has been picked apart in the last ninth months. His equipment change (from Titleist to Nike), his high-profile relationship (to tennis star Caroline Wozniacki) and his work ethic (CBS announcer Nick Faldo said last month McIlory, in essence, needed to practice more) have all been mentioned as reasons the former No. 1 player in the world has looked nothing like the freckled-faced kid who won two majors by a combined 16 strokes in the last two years.
McIlroy himself called his game "brain dead" during last month's Open Championship. But the reason for his struggles inside the ropes has nothing to do with what's going on outside of them, he insisted Wednesday at a news conference on the eve of the 95th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club.
"I just haven't been swinging it the best this year," McIlroy said, offering a reason any 30-handicapper at Audubon could understand. "I got into a couple bad habits with my golf swing, and it's just taken me a little bit longer to get out of them. Obviously when you're fighting that so much, it's hard to play the golf that I want to play."
That golf catapulted him to No. 1 in the world and a record-setting victory in the 2012 PGA Championship, which he won by eight strokes at Kiawah Island to break the tournament record of seven set here by Jack Nicklaus in 1980.
In an effort to regain that form, McIlroy's been watching highlights from that tournament, along with some of his other best weeks on tour. The reason for that, he said, is two-fold.
It allows him to analyze the technical aspects of his swing, and also serves as a reminder of how he oozes confidence when he's going well.
"It's body language. It's how you carry yourself. It's all that sort of stuff," he said. "I think everyone sees when I walk and I'm playing well, I have that little bounce in my step. So just trying to get that going again and trying to get that positive energy back."
McIlroy sounded in the right frame of mind Wednesday. He said he's as confident as he's been all year, and enjoyed hosting the champion's dinner (goat cheese and beet root salad, Irish tenderloin, sticky toffee pudding) earlier in the week.
"For me this week, I'm feeling good," he said.
The down year so far has taught McIlroy two big lessons.
"There's been times where I've thought about my swing a little bit too much, and that's prevented me from playing the way I want to play, which is that care-free, free-flowing game that I usually have," he said. "Just not get too down on myself — that's the thing."
McIlroy also said that he should have played more golf at the start of the season.
"I didn't play and I needed to get into a run of events," he said. "That's something I should have done differently."
Six of McIlroy's tournaments have been the three majors and three World Golf Championship events this year. He's played in six PGA Tour events and three European Tour events, for a total of 15 global events.
He ranks 33rd in scoring average at 70.322 and is 143rd in driving accuracy, at just 57.69 percent — a stat that could be particularly troubling at tree-lined Oak Hill.
"I think they have set the golf course up fantastically well," he said. "It's not an overly long golf course, but you have to be really precise. You've got to hit fairways to give yourself chances going into the greens."
He hasn't done enough of that in his last five starts, failing to break par in all of them, and shooting a combined 36-over.
That's given the British tabloids plenty of fodder. After his opening-round 79 at Muirfield last month, the headlines screamed "Brainless" and "I Need A Shrink."
"Give him a break," said Englishman Ian Poulter, one of golf's more colorful quotes. "I think sometimes we forget how young he is and what he's been able to achieve at a very early age. So the second he feels comfortable again, whether that's with his swing or equipment or whatever it is, then, you know, Rory will be winning golf tournaments. That natural swing of his doesn't just disappear overnight."
McIlroy was later asked whether he agreed with Poulter's comments.
"Should you lay off me? That's not for me to decide," he said. "It would be nicer just to sit up here, talk about some more positive things, but the way this year's gone, it's understandable why I'm not."
One thing that can be ruled out as the source of his troubles, McIlroy said, is his equipment change.
"I think it was a valid point at the start of the year. I don't think it's a valid point now," he said. "I mean, it's nine months in. Of course there's going to be a transition period where you've got to get used to a few different things. … I'm really happy with everything that I've got in my bag."
McIlroy's slump has dropped him to third in the world, behind American stars Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. They have dominated much of the conversation this week, leaving McIlroy to go about his business in relative peace.
"I don't need any extra motivation to go out and try and play well," he said. "I want to try and be the best golfer in the world, and I don't need any extra motivation than that."
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Even with the cold-then-hot-then-cold again temperatures, fishing action is finally starting to heat up all over the Lehigh Valley.
Trout are biting, the shad are running, and walleye season is about to start.
Over at the New Jersey and Delaware shores, stripers are biting, bluefish are getting hungrier and shore shop owners are smiling broadly for the first time since pre-Hurricane Sandy fishing.


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I was one of the first however many people to sign up for a workshop, so I got this really great tote bag with some nice goodies:
|A skein of Vanna's Sequins, a fingerless glove pattern and a tape measure
I was also able to buy some Sheep and Wool Festival project bags (the smaller one is for my spindling projects and the larger one is a gift.)
After class, mom and I headed to the Everready Diner in Hyde Park for dinner (we're actually just calling this the weekend of the diner. We ate at three of them).
I had a milkshake, bacon cheeseburger and fries. YUM!!!!!
After dinner we went back to the hotel and hung out in the Holidome where we met the most lovely people! We spent the evening with the most lovely ladies: Spinknitty and [insert Rav name here] (um, can't remember her Rav name. Any help from my other Holidome ladies?), llamalady, crochetlaady, yet to be on Ravelry Jacquie, and author and designer Margaret Hubert. Margaret is the cutest and she was kind enough to give us a trunk show and a mini-version of her workshop!
|Margaret modeling one of her designs
|Why yes, now that you mention it, there is a purple theme going on
We were up far later than I had wanted to be, but we were having so much fun it was hard to leave and go to bed! And believe me, we were up bright and early on Saturday to go shopping!


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Athens Technical College may provide not only teachers but a director for the Classic City Career Academy next year.
Under a proposed administration reorganization of the months-old school, the district would eliminate the top administrative job at the academy, the CEO, Clarke County School Superintendent Philip Lanoue told the Clarke County Board of Education on Thursday night.
Instead, the school district will contract with Athens Tech for director services, he told the board.
Other administrative jobs, including an assistant principal slot at the career academy, will also change, he said.
Lanoue will explain the administrative changes he wants in more detail at the board's monthly voting meeting March 8, he told board members Thursday night. The board meets one week to approve an agenda for the following meeting, and voted to include the career academy reorganization on the March 8 agenda.
The administrative reorganization comes four weeks after the board approved a plan for Athens Tech instructors to begin teaching college and vocational courses at the career academy.
Students at Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central high schools will be able to get a head start on college with courses that will count toward high school requirements as well as college credit hours, Lanoue said when he asked the board to approve the agreement March 1.
Bridget Paul is now the career academy's CEO. The board voted in July to hire Paul, a former Madison County High School assistant principal.
Paul replaced the academy's first CEO, Mary Lou Frank, who unexpectedly resigned last spring to take an administrative job in higher education.
The academy opened its doors in August, with students from Cedar Shoals, Clarke Central and Classic City high schools attending half or full school days at the career academy.
The academy is in the H.T. Edwards Complex off West Broad Street.
The agreement with Athens Technical College changes the focus of the school more toward higher education and will save money for students and their families since they can take college courses for free, Lanoue told the board.


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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — As the race to the polls continues, a couple of candidates for governor came to Wilmington today to talk with voters.
Democrats Bob Etheridge and Bill Faison made stops in the Port City to campaign.
"It's a great day for democracy," early voter Tom Eagar said. "This is good stuff."
With early voting underway and Election Day a week away, candidates for governor are making their rounds throughout the state to campaign.
Faison dropped by Cape Fear Community College in downtown Wilmington to speak with students.
"Of the folks who are getting out of college, roughly half come out with a debt of between $26,000 and $28,000," the current state representative from Orange County said.
One student he spoke with appreciated Faison taking time to visit CFCC.
"This is a community college, which gets overlooked all the time, but yet here he is and he's got my issues at heart so he's got my vote," CFCC student Elizabeth Hinton said.
Etheridge, a former member of Congress, also stopped by the Port City. He went to the New Hanover County Government Center to talk to early voters.
"Was down here the other day and was in Brunswick County, Carteret County," Etheridge said. "All of them talk about the same thing along the coast: our environmental issues, educational issues, job opportunities, the whole future."
Voters we spoke with say they are impressed with the voter turnout and hope everyone takes advantage of the opportunity.
"Today, they had over 300, so I think that's a pretty good turnout, and certainly everyone needs to get out and vote," Eagar said.
Early One-Stop Voting ends Saturday. Election Day is May 8. Polls are open from 6:30 a.m. To 7:30 p.m.


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Cavs Report: Jack, Clark bring needed utilities
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Jarrett Jack and Earl Clark aren't names that will create utter bliss in the hearts of Cleveland Cavaliers fans. But they are important names, the type of names you need to win in the NBA.
Clark and Jack were introduced at a press conference at the Cavaliers' practice facility on Wednesday. Neither has ever been an All-Star, and they've usually been at their best coming off the bench.
So nothing fancy here, kids.
Unless, of course, you consider two guys who have displayed a true understanding of the game a big deal.
That defines Jack and Clark, and that defines what every team could use. That's especially the case for a team with a young core – as the Cavs have in Kyrie Irving, Dion Waiters, Tristan Thompson and others.
Let's start with Jack. He signed as a free agent after a strong season with the Golden State Warriors.
Jack is 6-foot-3 and while primarily a point guard, can play either guard spot fairly well. And at 29 years old, he's seen a lot and knows plenty about the league.
"There are two types of players in the NBA: Guys who love basketball, and guys who love the lifestyle," Jack said, before pointing out part of the reason he signed with the Cavs is because he feels they're the former.
When Cavs general manager Chris Grant spoke of Jack, he talked about Jack's leadership, toughness and "playoff experience." All of those traits count for a lot – especially the last part, considering few on this roster have tasted the postseason.
As for Clark, the Cavs envision him as a versatile athlete who can play either forward spot well. He also already knows what coach Mike Brown expects, as the two of them spent the entire 2011-12 season together with the Los Angeles Lakers.
"He's a defensive coach," Clark said of Brown. "So he likes me a lot."
Jack averaged 12.9 points 45 percent shooting last season with the Warriors. He could've started for a lot of teams, but came off the bench behind youngsters Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. So he knows the role well.
Meanwhile, Clark is 6-10 and 25 years old. He's arrives in Cleveland (also via free agency) following a career season with the Lakers, in which he started 36 games, averaged 23 minutes, scored 7.3 points and pulled down 5.5 rebounds.
Again, maybe the numbers aren't extraordinary, but with Irving at point guard, big free-agent acquisition Andrew Bynum at center and several others, the Cavs don't necessarily need stat stuffers. They need guys who offer the skills expected from Jack and Clark.
And now they have them.
It may not be spicy, but spice isn't always the answer. Sometimes, just straight-up professionals who know the game and their responsibilities are more than enough.
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• The Cavs aren't sure when a similar press conference will be held for Bynum, as his signing has yet to be made official. Both formalities are likely to take place by the middle of next week.
• Grant didn't rule out the possibility of Irving, Waiters and Jack on the floor together at times — although such a decision will clearly be made by Brown. "In the playoffs, you've seen multiple ballhandlers on the floor at the same time," Grant said.
• The Cavs began play in the Las Vegas Summer League on Friday against the Lakers. All games are televised by NBA TV.
• With the additions of Bynum, Jack and Clark, most Cavs fans are talking about a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2009-10.
"We feel like we have good momentum, and we're excited about that," Grant said. "But it's also gotta come together on the court and translate into wins."
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