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ATLANTA — The college town of Athens attracts hundreds of students to its well-worn bars each weekend, a music haven that launched the careers of R.E.M., The B-52s and countless others.
Now, it's the focus of a legal challenge before the Georgia Supreme Court that targets a local noise ordinance designed to crack down on all the after-hours racket. The lawsuit claims the law restricts free speech and flies in the face of the town's deep music roots.
The high court heard oral arguments on the appeal this morning.
Attorneys for Athens-Clarke County say the law doesn't prohibit music, just playing it loudly, and that the challenge lacks legal standing.
But at its heart is a question faced by college campuses and frustrated neighbors alike: College students can certainly be loud, but just how loud?
And the court's answer could help decide just how far noise ordinances in Georgia can go.
University of Georgia students Robert Manlove and William Hoffman filed the challenge after a police officer investigating a noise complaint at their eastside apartment complex warned them to turn the music down.
The officers were complying with a county ordinance that bans music, yelling and "party noise" that can be heard more than 100 feet away late at night through early morning. The noise restrictions are loosened during the day.
County officials were a bit startled by the challenge to the ordinance, which has been on the books for decades.
"It's been very successful without drawing much complaints," County Attorney Bill Berryman. "We've never had much public outcry about it."
A trial court dismissed the case on grounds that the students failed to prove the law violated their free speech as guaranteed by the state constitution. But the students appealed to Georgia's top court.
The plaintiffs' attorney, Charles Jones, said music is protected under Georgia's free speech laws and that the ordinance ignores the "pulsing downtown area serving as the heart of Athens' famous music and entertainment scene."
A ruling in favor of the county, Jones warned, would "conscript judges into the role of music and art critics. This opens the door to perhaps unconscious content-based discrimination."
Amy Gellins, an assistant county attorney, argued in court papers that if residents want to listen to loud music, they can always use headphones.
"We disagree that music, no matter what, is protected," Gellins said.
The judges, who did not immediately rule, seemed most interested in whether the students had legal standing to file the challenge since neither has been cited or prosecuted for the noise complaint.
Justice George Carley said the students advocated "a very loose standard" that could invite a slew of new challenges.
"It seems like anyone can challenge any ordinance at any time," he said.
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BSE raises stakes in battle with young rival
Asia's oldest stock exchange has selected 14 banks to press ahead with an initial public offering early next year in a move that could help it to compete against its biggest local rival.
Ashishkumar Chauhan, the chief executive of BSE, formerly the Bombay Stock Exchange, said that the listing would value the group at about $1 billion.
The funds raised could help BSE to take on newer and nimbler competitors, such as the National Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1993 and has already surpassed BSE in terms of trade volumes.
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C.J. Leggett had a nice showing at the UCLA camp recently and the Suwanee (Ga.) North Gwinnett running back thinks it could work out with the Bruins.
The 5-foot-10, 207-pound prospect isn't ready to make any decisions but Leggett spoke highly of UCLA and said it will be one of the schools he considers moving toward the fall.
"I really like it," Leggett said. "It's my second visit out here and I really enjoy the atmosphere and everyone. I think it would be a good fit."
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Not only does Leggett like it, by the sound of it, UCLA is also interested in the Georgia running back. Working with the coaches was a big part of Leggett's positive experience in Westwood and it could go a long way in his decision-making process.
"The coaches are highly interested," Leggett said. "They really liked me and liked working with me. They said I jumped high on the board and they'd really consider me coming here."
UCLA looks good but Leggett is not ready to make any decisions.
So far, the North Gwinnett running back has been offered by Miami (Ohio), Middle Tennessee State, Pitt, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Yale and Georgia State. He might want to take some other trips before making a commitment.
"I just want to see how my senior year goes," Leggett said. "I want to see how it turns out, what kind of season I have and what's best for me."
This summer, Leggett took unofficial visits to Duke, UCLA, Cal and Stanford.


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Katja Hall, CBI deputy director general, said the strong performance of the UK economy was down to rising confidence.
May 31, 2014 (Newswire.com) - The UK economy is growing at its fastest pace in more than a decade amid rising consumer and business confidence, according to a respected survey.
The Confederation of Business Industry (CBI) said the retail, manufacturing and service sectors registered record growth in May in a sign that the recovery is broadening.
In a triple boost for the Chancellor George Osborne, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) upgraded its UK growth forecasts last night, while a report by GfK, Germany's largest market research institute, showed that all five measures of consumer confidence surged in May.
Katja Hall, CBI deputy director general, said the strong performance of the UK economy was down to rising confidence, as well as "better credit conditions at home and [abroad]".
However, she said sluggish eurozone growth and rising tensions in Ukraine still posed risks to the recovery.
The CBI's survey of 726 businesses showed a balance of 35pc of respondents believed activity had increased in the three months to May, up from 25pc in April. This was the highest reading since records began in 2003.
The BCC upgraded its UK growth forecast to 3.1pc for 2014, from 2.8pc. The UK economy has not shown annual growth of more than 3pc since 2007.
Robust growth means the BCC now expects the Bank of England to start raising rates in the first quarter of next year, two quarters earlier than previously forecast. It also upgraded its 2015 forecast to 2.7pc from 2.5pc.
John Longworth, BCC's director general, described the upgrades as "great news", but warned that Britain still had a lot of work to do to secure the recovery. "Our forecast confirms that Britain is leading, rather than following, other major economies when it comes to short-term growth," he said. "The task at hand is to ensure that 2014 is not 'as good as it gets' for the UK economy."
GfK said that all five measures of consumer confidence increased this month, leading to an overall index score rise of three points to zero. Nick Moon, managing director of social research at GfK, said the most important development was "psychological" given that this is the first time since 2005 that the index has "left negative territory".
The index is calculated by adding up increases in the personal finance situation, general economic situation, major purchase index and savings index.
A spokesman from HM Treasury said that today's reports provide "further evidence that the government's long term economic plan is working".
Ukip is a "very intolerant" party and its appeal is not likely to last for a "long time" despite its success in the European elections, Sir John Major has said.
The former Conservative Prime Minister said Nigel Farage has been "very smart" and proved "good at exploiting grievances".
But he warned that the arguments for quitting Europe are "absolute nonsense" and said it would cost billions and leave this country in a "very isolated and very difficult" position.
He told BBC Radio 4's today programme: "Ukip are extremely good at exploiting grievances and people are very upset about Europe. Politically, Ukip have been very smart in exploiting those disagreements, but Ukip are not, frankly, a very tolerant party.
"I don't think their appeal is one that is instinctively likely to continue for a long time and I think we have seen that in some of the things they have done recently. So I think they are there and of course they are an impediment for the moment.
He added the investment which has helped Britain's economic recovery has not just come to this country for our "pretty blue eyes" but because of the single market and the European Union.
He said: "Frankly [those calling for Britain to leave the EU] are wrong. Much of this publicity about that is absolute nonsense. We would lose free access to the single market ... we'd have to pay for access to the single market.
"How much inwards investment coming into this country, John, that's currently helping our economy grow faster than it's grown in over a decade comes here just for our pretty blue eyes? And how much of it comes here because through Britain they have access to the single market and the European Union as a whole?"
He said that the rise of anti-establishment parties across Europe will make it "much easier" for David Cameron to renegotiate Britain's relationship with the EU ahead of his pledged referendum in 2017.
He said: " I think the results right across Europe have made a renegotiation much easier. It's apparent now to governments right across Europe that reform of the European Union is necessary - it isn't working as it should, it isn't working in the way in which European citizens think it should."
He said that while free movement is important for trade, it needs to be reformed. He said: "I think there are some things that could be done, as the Prime Minister's already said, free movement to take up work, not benefits. I don't think you can have an absolute restriction on movements, but maybe you could qualify it in different ways and I think that is something that would find an echo in many European governments, as well as here."
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I have just received the following e-mail from Catriona Crowe of the National Archives of Ireland, with some major news on the project to digitise and place online all of the 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses (with Dublin 1911 already available at www.census.nationalarchives.ie):
My apologies to everyone who has been seeking information about timescales for the further releases of the 1911 and 1901 census records online. Thank you for your patience, and your messages of encouragement regarding the Dublin 1911 material.
Our Canadian partners have been engaged in an extensive procurement and recruitment process to hire contractors who will finish the project. That process has now been completed, and I'm pleased to be able to tell you that the records for Kerry, Antrim and Down will be going online in October of this year.
The rest of 1911 will follow quickly thereafter in batches of counties, in the order listed at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/about/futureplans.html. I expect to have more precise timescales for the other counties as soon as the contractors start work, which will be in early August, but it is intended that all of 1911 and 1901 will be online by mid-2009, as originally scheduled. The timescales will be posted at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/about/futureplans.html.
Again, my apologies for your having to wait to get this information, and my thanks for your patience. I hope that the website's continuing augmentation will fulfil your expectations and provide a fruitful free resource for family and local history.
Best wishes,
Catriona Crowe
This is brilliant news for those with Irish ancestry. It should be noted that the Irish Family History Foundation only a few days ago launched its 1901 census transcription service, commencing with North Tipperary (see IFHF commences release of 1901 Irish census indexes), through which they intend to sell these records at 5 Euros a household. In light of Catriona's announcement, you may wish to keep your purse or wallet closed for a few months - the National Archives project is completely free to view, and will have the digitised remains of the original household schedules, not transcriptions.
I've said it before, but I will say it again - the National Archives of Ireland are a big bunch of luvs...!!!
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Bought this in early 2006, had been wanting a low-priced alternative to struggling to draw with a finger pad..
Tesco; £20 was the cheapest I've seen anywhere and snapped it up.
After the initial excitement wore off I forgot about it and its only recently (Oct 2006) that I've got the thing out and decided to put it to some serious use. Compared with the £200+ professional products it probably doesn't compare, but for the home user, just messing with a bit of cutting pasting or doing the odd sketch it is amazing.
The pressure you need to put on to register is something that takes some getting used to, at first you feel as if you're learning to write again. After this you begin to get a real feel for the pressure you can use. The pen feels nice and solid without being heavy.


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This is about a man who was on the right side of history. Lester Rodney, who died in late December at 98, was neither widely read nor much celebrated during 21 years as a New York sports editor and baseball reporter. He was a member of the American Communist Party when such an association was decidedly frowned upon, essentially disappeared to Southern California in the late 1950s and wasn't recognized for his greatest contribution to society until he was 86 years old.
But eventually, word got out: At a 1997 symposium organized by LIU history professor Joe Dorinson to mark the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking the color line in baseball, Rodney at last was given his due as the first white journalist in the country - and the only newspaperman in New York - to agitate for the inclusion of black players in organized baseball.
"I felt that was probably the finest contribution I made, to rescue Lester from relative obscurity," Dorinson said recently. "And thanks to Jules Tygiel [the San Francisco-based Robinson expert who also is recently deceased], Lester soon was on public radio and television and attended other symposia in California. People learned that Rodney had been in the forefront. His column was a beacon for sports-minded people who wanted changes in American society."
Born in Manhattan, raised in Brooklyn, Rodney was 25 when he talked the editor of the Communist Party's Daily Worker into starting a sports section - with himself as sports editor and columnist - in 1936. He spent his entire career at the paper not only "being race-conscious," Dorinson said, "but eager to promote outsiders."
Rodney made the Daily Worker the first white paper to reprint articles that appeared in black publications pushing for integration in baseball. He himself was the first white columnist to mention Robinson as a worthy major-league prospect.
He subsequently joined the Communist Party (which he left in the 1950s), which mattered more to the public at large than to the sports world. "To ballplayers," said former Newsday columnist Stan Isaacs, who befriended Rodney in the early 1950s and remained in touch with him the rest of Rodney's life, "he was a guy who knew baseball; they related to him as a baseball writer."
At the 1997 symposium, Rodney recalled thoroughly cordial relations with players "because I was a card-carrying member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America." But he slyly told of the time Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese brought him to greet reliever Erv Palica, who had just been sent to the mound on five consecutive days. "Daily worker," Reese motioned to Palica, "meet Daily Worker."
Dorinson remembered reading Rodney as a child. "I grew up a Red-diaper baby," Dorinson said, "which is a euphemism for having Communist parents. There were two reasons for being a Communist then: If you were working class or unemployed, you knew the Communists were calling for social security and workmen's compensation. Or if you were Jewish and worried about your relatives in Europe, you felt the Communists were the only ones standing up to Hitler in Europe."
Still, on the whole, Rodney's civil rights influence was not based on enormous readership. "People didn't read the Daily Worker," said Isaacs, himself employed at the left-wing Daily Compass in the early '50s. "Only Communists and FBI men read it. When the paper had about 12 readers at the end, maybe eight were from the FBI."
Other reporters were aware, though, of Rodney's righteous stances. In a Rodney tribute he submitted to The Nation magazine in January, Isaacs noted that often-cranky Daily News columnist Dick Young assured Rodney that he hated all "Commies" but that he nevertheless liked Rodney, and once fed him information that Young knew the Daily News would not print.
Rodney, Isaacs recalled, was the only newspaperman to react when LIU basketball coach Claire Bee, at a writers' luncheon, spoke of the racism his players faced in the Southwest. Rodney produced a column on the matter the next day.
Years before, Rodney wrote that Joe DiMaggio told him the toughest pitcher he ever faced was Negro League star Satchel Paige, during an exhibition game long before Robinson's arrival. Rodney not only campaigned in print but also wrote letters to then-baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis about Robinson and other black potential major-leaguers.
Yet when Robinson at last was signed to a Dodgers contract, Isaacs said, Branch Rickey "never wanted to give the Daily Worker credit. He gave all the credit to the Negro press. In fact, it was both that had pushed for integration."
To Dorinson, "the irony is that here is the notion of sports as an opiate of the people, an escape. Rodney and his readers felt sports was a vehicle for integration and social change, and there was no better example of that than the Jackie Robinson breakthrough. He had sounded the clarion call: Why not quality black players?"
At the 1997 LIU symposium, Rodney - who spent his later years as a religion editor and top age-group tennis player - said, "The magic of Jackie was that he changed people." But what finally had become clear was the magic of Lester Rodney.


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How to Think About Windows on ARM
The first time I went to see Microsoft, it was still up in Bellevue, Washington and it employed about 70 people. This is a company that I have followed even closer than Apple over the years and I've interacted with almost all of its leaders since 1982. I have even worked on various Microsoft projects from time to time. And as a PC analyst, I was expected to follow all of the company's moves closely, as they had a major impact on the industry and all of my customers. Consequently, I came to understand clearly every version of Windows, including a few detours like OS2 and the first Pen Computing version of Windows.
One thing that has remained constant in the development of every Windows version is the strict commitment to ensure that all legacy apps work in any new version. This has been both good and bad for Microsoft and the user community; good in that it guarantees legacy support for almost all applications created for Windows, but bad because to achieve this level of backward software compatibility, it has meant that Microsoft must build new versions on top of older versions.
In the process, the OS code grew and grew so that today it is probably one of the largest, by actual code base, software operating systems on the market. It became too large and inefficient to deliver one major thing customers really want—Windows instant boot and instant on from hibernation or sleep. Ultimately, customer's want an OS that is more responsive and flexible. Any new versions of Windows built on old Windows simply lacks that kind of feature set.
This has led many media outlets and analysts, including myself, to suggest that Microsoft make a clean break from Windows. It should instead create a fresh and clean version of an OS optimized for the next generation of devices, especially since the new world of computing is moving to the cloud.
Until recently, Microsoft fought hard to keep Windows moving forward, with full legacy app support being a cornerstone of its design. As far as I can tell, that is still true with Windows 8 on Intel-based processors. But the more I hear about Windows on ARM (WOA), the more I sense that, with this OS, Microsoft is finally taking the big leap of faith. Possibly, it is creating a version of Windows that is much slimmer yet very powerful.
For apps to work on this version of the OS, software developers have two choices: They can recompile the current app completely, customizing it for native use within the new Metro UI, or write apps anew from scratch to support Windows on ARM devices.
Indeed, if you look at the plethora of software development tools released at its recent Build conference, you can almost hear Microsoft telling developers to start over. It clearly wants people to create new apps for Win 8 on both x86 and WOA.
Looking forward, I notice the new platform for them with this OS is Windows 8 on ARM—a very important fact for both developers and customers. In fact, if this is done right, it could not only revitalize Microsoft but the entire existing PC industry, keeping Microsoft relevant for many more years. Its gutsy goal is to give developers a set of tools that will let them create a single app that works across smartphones, tablets and PCs. I say it's gutsy because nobody has been able to do this so far.
In no way does this mean the existing PC market or ecosystem with thousands of apps available for it on x86 will vanish any time soon. Some people will demand legacy apps for another 10 to15 years or so, if history is any guide. But think about Win 8 on ARM as a completely new software palette that Microsoft and its developers can paint into new devices of all sizes and shapes.
These new apps, along with various cloud apps, would allow Microsoft and its partners to bring out a lot of new devices that could tap into legacy I/O ports to take care of backward compatibility. It would not be constrained by a fully backward-compatible OS system, which alone will make it a lighter and more flexible OS.
Microsoft and its partners could more solidly build a competitive ecosystem of software and services at the Win 8 app level and with its cloud based counterparts across both x86 and WOA devices. In fact, this new OS on ARM is such a radical departure from its x86 past, Microsoft should rename it something like Windows New or WindowsNext. The new name should denote a completely new and lightweight OS for ARM based devices.
For the consumers, this means two things. If consumers have a device that runs legacy apps, they would pick a device that uses Intel's x86 processor and run that version of Windows 8 on that system. It would give users the complete Metro UI and cloud links, but most likely be a heavier OS in order to handle backward compatibility. The good news is that Intel's new low voltage processors should come close to matching ARM-based low voltage processors. These devices, in turn, could eventually match Intel's stated goal of all day computing on a laptop, as well as a tablet.
But if legacy software is not an issue, users could choose a Windows on ARM device where the OS would be lighter. It would have its own ecosystem of apps tied to the processor. If it is not forced to deal with legacy apps, that could deliver many new software innovations. Of course, cloud-based apps and cloud services would work across both systems. If Microsoft gets the sync in the cloud right, then both types of systems may always be synchronized, as well.
So, when you think about Windows 8 on ARM, you need to see it as a completely new OS to work with and innovate around. If done correctly, this new OS could actually be the heart of Microsoft's OS strategy. It could be blended to work across both core processors, especially once cloud-based apps and services replace legacy apps.
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Tim Bajarin is one of the leading analysts working in the technology industry today. He is president of Creative Strategies (www.creativestrategies.com), a research company that produces strategy research reports for 50 to 60 companies annuallya roster that includes semiconductor and PC companies, as well as those in telecommunications, consumer electronics, and media. Customers have included AMD, Apple, Dell, HP, Intel, and Microsoft, among many others. You can e-mail him directly at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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C2E2 2011: comiXology and the State of the Comicsphere
New advances in technology like the iPad and high-speed wireless networks have pushed digital comics faster and further then they have ever gone before. At the 2011 C2E2 in Chicago a panel hosted by a leader in digital comic destitution, the CEO of comiXology David Steinberger, focused on the fate of both direct market and digital comics sales. With Steinberger was Milton Griepp of ICv2.com, Patrick Brower the Co-owner of Challenger's Comics + Conversation in Chicago and comics writer David Gallaher (High Moon, Box 13).
Steinberger started with a little information about comiXology, their retailer services, and new authoring tools before asking the panel about changing trends in comics' sales over 2010 and through the current year. Griepp called 2010 a down year, based on a 10% decrease in printed issue distribution from Diamond to the retailers of comics. Griepp ascribed this drop not to the recent hubbub about the individual price of comics, but on the content of the comics themselves. He claims that both the Disney takeover of Marvel and the righting of Warner Bros. control over DC has lead to creators and editors being worried about their jobs over the content of their product, hurting its quality and effecting sales. Brower claims that while sales of comics from the Big 2 slid, the increase in sales for small press and independent comics filled the void and, at least in his shop, sales increased though the number of different comics being sold, rather than more of the same few comics selling. He went on to agree that any price change didn't have an effect on sales independent of other factors.
On the topic of the individual thing that has the biggest long-term impact on comic sales in 2010, Gallaher immediately offered the iPad, and the access to digital comics it offers. Griepp concurred and added that the association that certain non-superhero comics had with other major media projects, such as Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and The Walking Dead boosted sales. Steinberger asked if Marvel should have done more with their 2010 movies. Gallaher noted that the movies Iron Man 2 and Jonah Hex didn't drive any sales for those books, and Griepp reasoned that it was because the movie's storylines where completely original, there wasn't an exact book that told the story of and behind the movie. Finally Patrick Brower concurred, commenting that people didn't coming into the story for the more famous books based on the movies like that had with Watchmen and Road to Perdition.
Steinberger asked for the low point of 2010, and Griepp said it was the continuing decline of Manga sales caused by the closeting of bookstores in malls and the shift in programming on Cartoon Network away from anime. Brower said the closing of thousands of comic retailers, and Gallaher named the still present reluctance of publishers and creators to embrace the digital format. Steinberger counted that last point with the argument that digital comics are still expensive to produce and takes a unique set of skills.
Looking to the future, Steinberger is dismayed at the closing of the Borders book store chain, Griepp adding that that's a lot of places to buy graphic novels that are just now no longer there anymore. Brower said that not having easy access to graphic novels are going to cause casual fans to just quit buying them entirely, even avoiding buying them online as Steinberger offered as a solution. Gallaher wants to see in the future both stores and digital retailers capture those casual fans and make them into loyal fans. Something that Brower says won't happen until both kinds of stores change to sell the products that customers want, noting that he abounded comic based t-shirt sales in his shop, as the quantity of sizes nodded made the effort futile.
In 2011 there will be five major comic book movies that Milton Griepp says will keep comics exposed, Gallaher adds the Wonder Woman television show and season two of The Walking Dead, and that the mobile platforms need to be used to reach more people, it can also reduce household clutter if fans could replace physical copies with digital ones. He would also like to see some kind of digital lending program developed that will allow sharing in a similar manner as letting a friend borrow a physical comic.
Steinberger announced that the comiXology "Comics for Kids" app is at Apple for approval and then opened the floor to questions.The first regarded an app for 17+ or R-rated comics, and Steinberger said that everything short of "hardcore" material is getting though the approval process now, with only blatant or possibly litigious material being blocked. A comics fan asked about the turnover delay for digital comics, and Steinberger said that some are delivered the same day online as in stores, the timing is largely up to the publishers who need to balance digital timing with direct market pre-orders. On the prospect of digital comics on eReaders like the Nook Color, Steinberger reported that grayscale manga has worked out well so far, but there is an issue with file size and bandwidth usage on the high resolution images used in comics, but something will eventually be worked out. On the topic of a permanent 99 cent price point, Steinberger and Griepp went back and forth on how direct market retailers would react, positively or negatively to be beaten out on price by at least two dollars on every comic and the fact that at 99 cents, you could never do a sale. Gallaher added that a lot of first issues are out there now for 99 cents, like High Moon, though the first issue of that book is even cheaper- free. Griepp finished by stating that they are all really competing with copied comics, the price has to stay low enough to keep from encouraging people to turn to piracy.
On 3-D comics, Steinberger stated that the technology is not quite there, and would be at this point prohibitively expensive. comiXology at least will focus on improving the reading process.Finally on comiXology's possible plans to support Free Comic Book Day, the panel all agreed that it's not that day that needs help, it's getting the people to come to FCBD to come back the next week and buy some comics.


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This is becoming a habit for Portland Timbers attacker Diego Valeri: Score a golazo from distance... lead the Timbers to three points... pick up some accolades.
It happened three weeks ago when Valeri did this. And it's happened this week, as Valeri's individual effort in the Timbers' 2-0 win over Chivas USA won the fan vote in a landslide for the AT&T Goal of the Week for Week 22.
AT&T Goal of the Week: Week 22 Final Results:
- Diego Valeri (POR) 62.1%
- Matias Perez Garcia (SJ) 13.77%
- Chris Wondolowski (SJ) 8.2%
- Darren Mattocks (VAN) 8.04%
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Pittsburgh Theological Seminary welcomes back the scholars from the 2007 The Rev. Dr. Roy F. Miller, Ph.D., and Mrs. Florence Lantz Miller Summer Youth Institute Jan. 7-11 for a reunion.
The weekend is ideal for reuniting, catching up with faculty, and digging into theology more. Dr. Dale Allison, Errett M. Grable Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Early Christianity, will give a lecture Friday afternoon. SYI alums can also attend a Greek or Hebrew class Friday morning. Afterward, they are will join prospective students and faculty during the Epiphany Event for workshops including admissions and financial aid seminars. While on campus, the group also worships together.
"PTS is a place they can always come home to and that is important for these young leaders in the church to have reaffirmed," said Director of SYI Ellie Johns '99. "For some alums, the reunion enables them to begin the seminary search process while for others it is simply a rich experience to connect with others who like to ask big questions of faith."
The Miller Summer Youth Institute at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary provides a Christian community challenging youth to grow in faith and gain a deeper understanding of the Gospel and its implications for today's world. For two weeks each July high school scholars from across the United States study the Bible with Pittsburgh Seminary faculty, shadow local pastors, engage in mission with the community, and worship, reflect, and pray daily.
To learn more about SYI visit www.summeryouthinstitute.org.
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is a graduate professional institution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A). Founded in 1794, the Seminary is located in Pittsburgh, Pa. and approximately 320 students are enrolled yearly in the degree programs. The Seminary prepares leaders who proclaim with great joy God's message of good news in both word and deed. PTS is rooted in the Reformed history of faithfulness to Scripture and commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.


text: I've been a board member since the mid 90's. The organization has helped 1000's maybe 10,000's of people since that time. To see the partnership between us in the U.S. and the people in Haiti and Guatemala is truly awe inspiring. The provision of education, food, housing, business lending, and medical care are the foundations of our livelihoods. They are not individual accomplishments anywhere, but necessarily require the partnership of individuals in societies everywhere. Reaching out from a distant spot in the world to assist others to forge a sustainable life for themselves and their family where there was once barrenness is one of the most profound connections I will experience in this world. It is God's shedding of his grace on us and them. For me it is the best in our humanity and the essence of our faith and spirituality.


text: Where has this thing been all my life? I have a Masterbuilt 2-door propane smoker that I have been using for the last 6-7 months, and after my last smoke on it I figured I had endured enough with it. It wasn't a horrible smoker, but I had a heck of a time keeping the temps in line and it made almost zero smoke at low temps. Even after a few mods that I learned about here on SMF it was still a pain to use. I had decent but not great smokes on it, and it wasn't for a lack of trying - I have used it almost every weekend since I got it. Anyway, I decided it was time for something else and after a ton of research, I bought the WSM in the 18.5" flavor. It's running its inaugural smoke right now (a nice tri-tip), and the thing that has stunned me the most is the temp stability. I really didn't know what to expect, so I fired up 3/4 of a chimney of KBB and dumped 'em in along with maybe 10-12 unlit briquettes and a fist-sized chunk of oak. All of the vents were wide open and it got up to 325-350 degrees pretty quickly. I closed all 3 vents on the bottom and waited a few minutes. Within 10 minutes or so, temps were 210-215, so I opened 1 bottom vent about 75%. Boom! That was it. It's been between 225-230 for the last hour and a half with zero intervention from me. Unbelievable! I'm sold on this little beast, looking forward to many smokes on it. No Q-view this time around, but I'll make a point of it next time.


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Friends pack bags for Belarus trip
Local girl, Amanda Begley and her Cork friend, Roisin Bergin will travel to Belarus to volunteer in a holiday camp there this August.
On Saturday they were 'bag-packing' in Garvey's SuperValu Supermarket here in Castleisland to raise funds for their altruistic mission.
They will travel under the auspices of the Chernobyl Children's Trust. This is a non-profit making voluntary organisation. Every year the trust hosts a holiday camp for parents and children who have been affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of April 1986.
"These are people who find themselves unable to travel to Ireland to be with a host family here. The money raised through collections goes directly to funding the families staying in these holiday camps. Funds raised over that limit are spent on buying livestock for families in Belarus," Roisin explained.
On Friday week, July 26th, Kearney's Bar here in town will host a fundraising night in aid of Chernobyl Children's Trust. The OC Trio will be playing on the night and there will be spot prizes. All proceeds from the event will go directly to the organisation.
"Finally a big thank you to Garvey's Supervalu, Castleisland for our bag-packing day. Everyone's support and contribution is greatly appreciated," said Roisin.


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In a meeting of two of the state's top-10 squads, the Ridgefield boys hockey team made a statement.
Playing on the road against Hamden, the Tigers registered an impressive 5-1 victory.
Hamden (1-2) was ranked third and Ridgefield seventh in the New Haven Register's Preseason Top-10 Poll.
Ridgefield (2-1) got two goals from Anthony Rowella and single tallies from Andy DeLalla, Chris Morrow and Vin Rella.
The Tigers led 2-0 after one period and 3-1 after two.


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Tracey T. Sutton - Oceanic Ecology Lab
I am an Associate Professor at the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, Nova Southeastern University, in Dania Beach, Florida. I am also an Affiliate Scientist of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and Adjunct Faculty of the Ocean Research and Conservation Association.
My research focuses on the ecology of marine systems, particularly those of the open ocean. I am interested in the connections of a variety of trophic levels from the near surface to great depths, with emphasis on the fauna and ecology of the deep-pelagic zone (200 m to 5000 m). I combine observational, organismal and theoretical approaches to help understand Earth's largest, but least known ecosystems.
Major projects in my lab include:
- The ecological structure of large deep-sea ecosystems (Gulf of Mexico, Sargasso Sea and North Atlantic)
- Global deep-pelagic biogeography, management and conservation
- Trophic interactions of fishes and zooplankton
- Taxonomy and systematics of deep-sea fishes
Research supported by grants from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, The National Science Foundation – Biological Oceanography Program, The Office of Naval Research, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, The Sloan Foundation, The National Marine Fisheries Service, and The Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative.


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Sony Corporation is to buy out Ericsson's 50% stake in the two companies' Sony Ericsson mobile phone joint venture. Ericsson will receive €1.05bn for its stake subject to approval by the relevant authorities. The company will become a wholly-owned subsidary of Sony and will be integrated into Sony's platform of network-connected consumer electronics products. The deal is expected to go through by January 2012.
The transaction also provides Sony with a broad intellectual property (IP) cross-licensing agreement covering all products and services of Sony, as well as ownership of five essential patent families relating to wireless handset technology.
Ericsson will be left to concentrate on its wireless transmission technology and infrastructure services portfolio. However, Sony and Ericsson will work together to create a wireless connectivity initiative to drive connectivity across multiple platforms.Ericsson said in a statement that: 'During the past 10 years the mobile market has shifted focus from simple mobile phones to rich smartphones that include access to internet services and content. The transaction is a logical strategic step that takes into account the nature of this evolution and its impact on the marketplace.
'This means that the synergies for Ericsson in having both a world leading technology and telecoms services portfolio and a handset operation are decreasing. Today Ericsson's focus is on the global wireless market as a whole; how wireless connectivity can benefit people, business and society beyond just phones. Consistent with that mission, by setting up a wireless connectivity initiative, Ericsson and Sony will work to drive and develop the market's adoption of connectivity across multiple platforms.'
The move follows considerable market rumours recently that Sony was reviewing the 50:50 joint venture. Mobile phones fit well into Sony's consumer electronics product portfolio, including tablets, televisions and personal computers.
Sir Howard Stringer, Sony's chairman, CEO and president, said: 'This acquisition makes sense for Sony and Ericsson, and it will make the difference for consumers, who want to connect with content wherever they are, whenever they want. With a vibrant smartphone business and by gaining access to important strategic IP, notably a broad cross-license agreement, our four-screen strategy is in place.
'We can more rapidly and more widely offer consumers smartphones, laptops, tablets and televisions that seamlessly connect with one another and open up new worlds of online entertainment. This includes Sony's own acclaimed network services, like the PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network.'
Stringer also noted that the acquisition will afford Sony operational efficiencies in engineering, network development and marketing, among other areas. 'We can help people enjoy all our content – from movies to music and games – through our many devices, in a way no one else can.'
Hans Vestberg, president and CEO of Ericsson, said: 'Ten years ago when we formed the joint venture, thereby combining Sony's consumer products knowledge with Ericsson's telecommunication technology expertise, it was a perfect match to drive the development of feature phones. Today we take an equally logical step as Sony acquires our stake in Sony Ericsson and makes it a part of its broad range of consumer devices. We will now enhance our focus on enabling connectivity for all devices, using our R&D and industry leading patent portfolio to realize a truly connected world.'
Sony Ericsson was set up 10 years ago in October 2001 and rapidly made a name for itself, challenging market leader Nokia with camera phones, such as the Cyber-shot, and music phones, like the Walkman phone. However, in recent years it has seen its market share drop following the arrival of Apple's game changing iPhone, which revolutionised the market.
The company suffered some well publicised faults on key devices in 2010, which hindered its attempt to make a real impact on the smartphone market. Its recent devices, including the Xperia Arc, have been well received, however.
In Q2 2011, Sony Ericsson was 10th overall for worldwide sales, according to Gartner, with 7.2 million devices sold and a 1.7% market share. This was down from 11 million devices sold and a 3% market share in Q2 2010.
By the end of the third quarter of 2011, Sony Ericsson held a market share of 11% (by value) in the Android phone market, representing 80% of the company's third quarter sales. During its 10 years in operation Sony Ericsson has generated approximately €1.5 billion of profit and paid dividends totalling approximately €1.9 billion to its parent companies.
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La Tour d'Argent (2011 Ella Boulevard) has reopened, with French chef Cedric Guerin in the kitchen. The restaurant, which first opened in 1981, went out of business in March 2003 at the height of the French boycott. Cedric Guerin's restaurant, Guerin's Bistro, suffered the same fate back in those heady days of "freedom" toast. We talked to Guerin on the phone the day before La Tour d'Argent reopened and asked him about his old restaurant, French-American relations and his new menu.
"It was hard, but it was a relief," he said about closing Guerin's Bistro. "I was so tired of the boycott stuff." Over the past year, Guerin has spent a lot of time in his garden and picked up a few shifts in Houston kitchens. "I worked at a country club for a while, then I helped a new French restaurant as a consultant," Guerin said. "I didn't get to go to France, but my mother came over here for a visit." Which Houston restaurants does the elderly Frenchwoman prefer? "Any place that serves buffalo chicken wings. She loves to eat wings."
So has the relationship between France and the USA improved any in the last year? "I think the boycott stuff is over," Guerin observed. "It's like Colin Powell said: The USA and France are like an old couple. They have lots of arguments, but they find it impossible to break up."
The new Tour d'Argent hopes to appeal to a more youthful crowd, the chef said. "We have a younger staff, a younger general manager and very reasonable prices. Appetizers will start at $6 and go up to $15 for foie gras. Entrées will run 20 to 36 bucks."
And what's the food going to be like? "We will have the regular stuff," said the chef. "Texas quail stuffed with foie gras and served with grapes sautéed in Armagnac, rabbit--"
"That's regular stuff?" we asked.
"Well, for French people it is," Guerin said with a laugh. Most of his recipes come from the southwest of France, where he grew up. The rabbit is stewed in tomato and pepper sauce, then served on country bread that has been toasted and rubbed with garlic. The chef guarantees his kitchen will be cooking all its own stocks and sauces. And he's ordering his escargots and other key ingredients from France.
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There are 250 wines on the list, evenly divided between American and French. Unfortunately, the list doesn't include any selections from Guerin's home region of Bergerac, despite the fact that they're an exceptional value.
"I can't get any good ones here," he lamented.
Bergerac borders Bordeaux, and red wines from the two regions are extremely similar. Guerin's hometown of Mombazillac makes an intense, sweet white wine that was once more famous than Sauterne. Although it's hard to find in the States, it's still considered the ultimate accompaniment to foie gras in the southwest of France. "I will have to find a supplier for Bergerac reds and Mombazillac one of these days," the chef said.
As for the decor of the new Tour d'Argent, "You won't even recognize the place," he said. "It's very exciting; you know it's very old. A hundred years ago, the original lodge was built by a Canadian right by the bayou." What did the new team do to remodel the old lodge? "Well, first of all, we took out a whole lot of stuffed animals and old paintings," Guerin said with a chuckle. The new design features cleaner lines and more modern furnishings. But the original log cabin and its stone hearth are still there. In fact, the restaurant's most popular dining room is built around them. Seems the old lodge is the perfect spot for stewed rabbit over rustic bread.


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LAUSANNE: In a major embarrassment to India, the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday suspended the Indian Olympic Association.
This means that Indian athletes cannot participate in the Olympic Games under the national flag unless the suspension is revoked by the IOC. The alternative is for Indian athletes to participate in the Olympics under the IOC banner, if allowed.
Suspension also will lead to the Indian Olympic Association getting any IOC funding (it gets about Rs 8 crore in 4 years).
The decision to suspend India was taken by the IOC executive board at a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The IOC said that the IOA had been suspended due to the Indian government's interference in the electoral process.
Elections to the IOA were held as a part of the sports code framed by the Indian government which the international sports body had said was wrong.
The sanctions were imposed on IOA after the Indian Olympic Association did not comply with the IOC rules on the holding of elections.
The IOC had time and again told IOA to stick to the IOC's constitution and the Olympic Charter and not to the Indian government's sports code.
Earlier, the IOC had refused to meet the IOA's two-member delegation before the executive board meeting began. The IOA wanted this meeting to explain its position and to clear the air over the election controversy.
The newly-elected IOA president Abhay Singh Chautala had asked acting president VK Malhotra to set up a two-member panel, consisting of NK Batra and RK Anand, to plead India's case with the IOC.
LAUSANNE: In a major embarrassment to India, the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday suspended the Indian Olympic Association.


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Martin Perez is likely headed for the disabled list, and will miss at least one start — and that's a best-case scenario.
The same Perez who strung together 26 straight scoreless innings in April before being torched in his past two outings, presumably because of his elbow inflammation, or at least partly so.
It's just the latest of a season that's been filled with injuries to starting pitchers, dating back to January's fateful fall down the stairs from Derek Holland, who is hoping to return by early June but more likely headed for a July season debut. Matt Harrison and Colby Lewis are still trying to ramp up to being full strength after starting the season on the disabled list, and even Joe Saunders, who was seen as a mere stop-gap, is on a rehab assignment. Oh, and of course, Yu Darvish missed his first start after suffering from a stiff neck.
It just hasn't been a good year for Rangers pitchers, as Perez's injury makes it a rotation full of guys who have dealt with injury at some point this season.
Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said his team's depth and young arms like Nick Martinez and Nick Tepesch have him resting a little easier at night, but added a team's depth can only stretch so far.
"There aren't too many teams that can handle that. Fortunately, if Matt and Colby continue to improve and Derek comes back, we will have veteran stability and we have some young guys like Nick Martinez and Nick Tepesch," Daniels told KESN 103.3. "I like the talent, but there are only so many blows you can take."
If Perez's injury is a signficant one, it could be a nail in the coffin to the Rangers' season. They'll pray it's not.


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New York, May 10, 2013 -- Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) assigned a Caa1 rating to Clear
Channel Communications, Inc.'s (Clear Channel) proposed $1.5
billion term loan D. Clear Channel's Corporate Family Rating (CFR)
is unchanged at Caa2. The outlook remains Stable.
The company has announced an amendment to its current credit facilities
to exchange $1.5 billion of its $8.2 billion
in term loan B & C's which mature in January 2016, into
a new term loan D that matures two and half years later in July 2018.
The security and guarantee package is expected to be identical to the
existing term loans. While the final price has not been determined
as of this press release, the term loan D would pay L+600 instead
of the L+365 on the existing B &C tranche. There would
be no required amortization and in the case of any mandatory prepayments
to the bank loans, any paydowns would be applied first to the 2016
bank facilities. The maintenance covenant of the existing terms
loans will be extended out to the term loan D's maturity date where
it will be set at 8.75x.
The exchange offer follows the company's issuance of PGN notes and
a draw down on its ABL facility in February 2013 to repay its TLA facility
that was scheduled to mature in 2014. The transaction would reduce
the amount of term loans maturing in January 2016 from $8.2
billion to $6.7 billion. $1.6 billion
of cash pay and toggle notes mature in August 2016 and an additional $250
million of legacy notes mature in December 2016. While the transaction
extends Clear Channel's debt maturity profile, it is expected to
increase interest expenses by about $35 million annually,
although final pricing has not yet been determined.
Details of today's rating actions are as follows:
Clear Channel Communications, Inc
...$1.5 billion Term Loan D due July
2018, Assigned a Caa1 LGD-2, 20% rating
..Corporate Family Rating, unchanged at Caa2
..Probability of Default Rating, unchanged at Caa3-PD
....Outlook, remains Stable
Clear Channel's Caa2 (CFR) reflect the very high leverage levels of 11.4x
on a consolidated basis (excluding Moody's standard lease adjustments)
and $8.6 billion of debt due in 2016 (pro-forma for
the proposed exchange offer). The ratings also include weak free
cash flow and interest coverage of 1.4x which will be further pressured
by higher interest rates from future refinancings or extensions of its
debt maturities. While the company has made progress extending
its debt maturity profile, more progress will be needed and the
anticipated increase in interest rates could be material. Even
if Clear Channel is able to refinance its 2016 maturities, the company
will remain vulnerable to a slowdown in the economy given the heightened
sensitivity that its radio and outdoor businesses have to economic conditions.
The combination of higher interest rates from a refinancing and lower
EBITDA in the event of a future economic downturn could materially impair
its interest coverage and liquidity position. In addition,
there are secular pressures on its terrestrial radio business that could
weigh on results as competition for advertising dollars and listeners
are expected to increase going forward. Also incorporated in the
rating, is the expectation that leverage levels will remain high
over the rating horizon compared to the underlying asset value of the
Despite the company's highly leveraged balance sheet, Clear Channel
possesses significant share, geographic diversity and leading market
positions in most of the 150 markets in which the company operates.
The credit also benefits from its 89% ownership stake in Clear
Channel Outdoor (CCO) which is one of the largest outdoor media companies
in the world, although it is not a guarantor to Clear Channel's
debt. Its outdoor assets generate attractive EBITDA margins,
good free cash flow, and are expected to benefit from digital billboards
that offer higher revenue and EBITDA margins than static billboards.
However, its International operations are expected to be relatively
weak in 2013 due to its exposure to Europe. The company's strong
positions in radio and outdoor and recent sales initiatives have allowed
it to grow its national ad sales faster than many competitors in the industry
which we expect to continue. Clear Channel has also benefited from
increased political spend in 2012 of $114 million, although
weakness in its traffic division has pressured overall results.
We anticipate revenue, EBITDA, and leverage will be largely
unchanged in 2013 as weakness at International outdoor and its traffic
business offset growth in Americas outdoor.
The SGL-3 liquidity rating reflects the company's adequate liquidity
profile. Clear Channel benefits from its cash balance of approximately
$722 million as of Q1 2013 and the absence of any material near-term
debt maturities. Clear Channel benefits from its Corporate Services
Agreement with CCO that allows for free cash flow generated at CCO to
be upstreamed to Clear Channel, although a recent agreement with
some CCO shareholders may serve to limit the size going forward.
There is a revolving promissory note due from Clear Channel to CCO of
$728 million as of Q1 2013, although a $200 million
paydown would be required if the recent agreement is approved.
CCU would receive 89% of the proceeds due to its ownership position
so it would not materially impact their liquidity. Clear Channel
remains dependent on CCO for free cash flow.
Clear Channel's $535 million ABL revolver matures in December 2017,
but the maturity date will change to October 31, 2015 if greater
than $500 million of the term loan facilities are outstanding one
day prior to that date and May 3, 2016 if greater than $500
million of its 2016 senior notes are outstanding one day prior.
$247 million was drawn on the facility as of Q1 2013. The
company has a substantial cushion under its secured leverage covenant
of 9.5x as of Q1 2013 (which excludes the senior notes at Clear
Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc ("CCW")). The covenant level
steps down to 9.25x at the end of June 2013, 9x at the end
of December 2013, and 8.75x at the end of December 2014.
The current secured leverage metric, which is calculated net of
cash, is 6.0x (as of Q1 2013 and defined by the terms of
the credit agreement), down from 6.9x at the end of 2011
due largely to the dividend payment from CCO which was used to paydown
senior secured debt. This represents a cushion in excess of 35%
compared to the senior secured leverage covenant even after the covenant
steps down to 9.25x at the end of 2Q 2013.
The stable outlook reflects our expectation for flat revenue and EBITDA
performance which will lead to leverage levels being largely unchanged
in 2013. The repayment of the Term Loan A early this year leaves
only $461 million of debt due in 2014 and $250 million due
in 2015 and allows the company flexibility to continue to focus on extending
or refinancing the remaining $8.6 billion of debt maturing
in 2016. The company has the ability to buy back its term loans
through a Dutch auction and repurchase up to $200 million of junior
debt which matures before January 2016. Given the minimal debt
maturities in the near term, we expect the company to be able to
meet its debt obligations through 2015 barring a material decline in the
economy or a dramatic secular change in the radio industry.
A sustained improvement in revenue, EBITDA, and free cash
flow that led to a reduction in leverage levels to well under 10x with
improved enterprise values could lead to an upgrade. A significant
portion of the 2016 debt would also need to be refinanced so that the
company was well positioned to address its debt maturity profile.
The rating could be lowered if EBITDA were to materially decline due to
economic weakness or if secular pressures in the radio industry escalate
so that leverage increased back above 13x and valuations for the radio
assets declined. Ratings would also be lowered if a default or
debt restructuring is imminent due to inability to extend or refinance
material amounts of the company's debt.
The principal methodology used in this rating was Global Broadcast and
Advertising Related Industries published in May 2012. Other methodologies
used include Loss Given Default for Speculative-Grade Non-Financial
Companies in the U.S., Canada and EMEA published in
June 2009. Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com
for a copy of these methodologies.
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. with its headquarters
in San Antonio, Texas, is a global media and entertainment
company specializing in mobile and on-demand entertainment and
information services for local communities and for advertisers.
The company's businesses include radio broadcasting and outdoor displays
(via the company's 89% ownership of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings
Inc. ("CCO")). Clear Channel's consolidated revenue for
the LTM period ending Q1 2013 was approximately $6.2 billion.
For ratings issued on a program, series or category/class of debt,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
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or category/class of debt or pursuant to a program for which the ratings
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rating practices. For ratings issued on a support provider,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
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rating action for securities that derive their credit ratings from the
support provider's credit rating. For provisional ratings,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
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have affected the rating. For further information please see the
ratings tab on the issuer/entity page for the respective issuer on www.moodys.com.
For any affected securities or rated entities receiving direct credit
support from the primary entity(ies) of this rating action, and
whose ratings may change as a result of this rating action, the
associated regulatory disclosures will be those of the guarantor entity.
Exceptions to this approach exist for the following disclosures,
if applicable to jurisdiction: Ancillary Services, Disclosure
to rated entity, Disclosure from rated entity.
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the lead rating analyst and to the Moody's legal entity that has issued
the rating.
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for additional regulatory disclosures for each credit rating.
Scott Van den Bosch
Vice President - Senior Analyst
Corporate Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
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MD - Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance Group
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not that we hate the senators, but to me time is not the issue for junking con-ass. the key issue is that the people do not want it. that is the first reason, bar none.
that can be founded on many things – it can come from mistrust of arroyo, the fear that somehow term extension will be inserted. people are not only tired of arroyo, they can't push time to be quicker to see her move out of malacanang. if an inventor finally designs a time machine, i am sure most filipinos will donate their hard earned money to buy one to use it just once – to fast forward time to may 2010.
read in full here: http://2010presidentiables.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/we-disagree-with-the-senators-on-con-ass/
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Oregon Access to Birth Control Act Gets Governor's Approval
Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski (D) signed a bill on Wednesday that will strengthen protections for women's reproductive health. The new law, effective on January 1, 2008 requires private health insurers to cover birth control prescriptions and also requires hospitals to provide sexual assault survivors with emergency contraceptives.
The bill was introduced to the Oregon legislature in the early 1990s, but Republicans have blocked its passage in the House since then. The Democrats gained control of the House in November 2006 and, with a majority in the Senate, recently passed the legislation. funny pictures funny images funny photos funny animal pictures funny dog pictures funny cat pictures funny gifs
"This fight is fundamentally about women being able to make the best health care decisions for themselves and their families," Governor Kulongoski said at the signing ceremony. "Today, with the signing of this bill into law, we continue our ongoing work to expand personal freedom and offer women full equality in our society."
This bill comes during a time when birth control prices at college health clinics and clinics serving low-income women across the US are skyrocketing due to a change in the Medicaid rules under the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 that is just going into effect.
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Sponsor move fuels falling out with Armagh
Not only do Louth have former Armagh All-Ireland winner Aidan O'Rourke as manager for 2013, but they will also wear jersies emblazoned with the former Orchard county sponsors, Morgan Fuels, it has been revealed.
This comes in the wake of the fuel company withdrawing support from Armagh, including the naming rights of the Athletic Grounds, earlier this month.
Hugh Morgan's decision to back Louth will come as a surprise to many, with the deal beginning on January 1st.
It includes the jersey sponsorship of senior teams both in hurling and football, the junior football side, and under-21 and minor football teams for three years.
A statement which was released on the Louth website stated: "Louth GAA are pleased to announce Morgan Fuels as their new sponsor, commencing on 1st January 2013.
"At tonight's meeting of the County Committee, County Board Chairman Padraic O'Connor announced that Morgan Fuels will sponsor Louth county teams on a three-year term."
It continued: "O'Connor expressed his delight at securing the sponsorship deal with a renowned GAA family and looked forward to forging a strong working and sporting relationship between the two parties in the years to come."
The parting of the ways between Morgan and Armagh was a rather stormy one and became very public when both sides issued statements offering different versions on the matter.
Noting in a press release that his sponsorship of Armagh was 'well in excess of seven figures', Morgan continued: "In very recent times, however, we have witnessed a serious decline in the atmosphere prevailing at county level matches, reflected in poor results and the souring of key relationships.
"As the principal sponsor of the county teams and of the Athletic Grounds, we have been in a very difficult position.'
After describing how the company had been 'at odds' over what he described as the failure of the county board to provide sufficient branding and corporate facilities that were part of the arrangement, Morgan added that he requested the board should 'bring forward a strategy that would equip Armagh football to go forward with confidence and to strive for the success they had achieved previously."
The statement concluded: "I am sorry to say that my request was ignored and, consequently, I had no option but to suspend our financial support.
"This impasse has continued for the last six months and led to the complete breakdown of our relationship with the county board."
Shortly afterwards, Armagh unveiled Rainbow communications as their new sponsors, and then promptly responded to Morgan's statement.
"While our partnership with Morgan Fuels has been prosperous and mutually respectful for many years, recently some complications have arisen regarding the sponsorship of Armagh.'
They added: "While we always welcome advice on how to manage our coaching and games, we will continue to ensure that this part of our operation will at all times be under the strategic control of our county board."
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According to a survey by Intelligent Voice last fall, only 15 percent of iPhone users have used Siri in iOS7. If you're not already using Siri regularly, you should be. Why? Because Siri makes doing certain things on your iDevice so much faster.
For example, many of iPhone Life's Tips of the Day start by saying something like "Go to Settings>General>Accessibility." This requires you to open and scroll through two different menus. With Siri, all you have to do is say, "Siri, open Accessibility Settings." or Message Settings or Privacy Settings, you get the idea.
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Rita Ora And Travis Barker Are Now A Couple!
I'm willing to bet nobody saw this coming, but singer Rita Ora and ex-Blink 182 drummer are an item!
I'm willing to bet nobody saw this coming, but singer Rita Ora and ex-Blink 182 drummer are an item!
...OK, so we now know it's not Nicole Scherzinger, as previously reported.
Before you add the names of Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen to the ever-growing list of celebrity splits, here's news...
After splitting from boyfriend Lewis Hamilton, singer Nicole Scherzinger has found comfort in the arms of singer Ed Sheeran.
One of Hollywood's most durable couples won't be calling it quits anytime soon.
The rumor mill's been abuzz lately surrounding Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise's ex Katie Holmes as to whether or not they'e a couple, but the truth is...
Miley Cyrus has reportedly dropped her fiance Liam Hemsworth from her Twitter feed.
2011 has been a year of surprise couplings, from Leo and Blake to Chord and Emma to George and Stacy.
Now comes the latest seemingly odd pairing. Word has it Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes may be dating?
Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who's recently made a name for herself as a singer in the movie 'Country Strong' and on the TV show 'Glee,' may be married to a rock star — but that doesn't mean she leans on him for career advice.
In an interview in the September issue of ELLE magazine, Paltrow calls Chris Martin — her husband of 10 years and frontman for the band Coldplay — a "musical genius," but said asking him for input on her musical endeavors would be "like living with Picasso and being like, 'Should I make a little something-something?'"


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Samsung Korea has announced their new Q2 MP3 player which features DNSe 3.0 sound enhancement technology, 2.4-inch TFT-LCD display, built-in FM Radio and capable of playing WMV and MPEG4 videos.
Seoul, April 15, 2009 — Today, Samsung announced the launch of their Q2, a premium MP3 Player with intuitive user interface and the best sound quality.
The Q2 is equipped with the customizable 'User Button,' that enables users to set their frequently-used menu such as adding to playlist, rewinding audio/video around 10 seconds, or zooming photo as a hot key. Along with the customizable user button, Samsung Q2 maximizes the user benefits with the 'Auto bookmark' feature, storing 10 latest video clips, and the 'advanced music search' feature, indicating the latest updated music and the most frequently listening music.
To ensure listeners experience the most natural, full-bodied sound possible, the Q2 incorporates Samsung's most up-to-date DNSe 3.0 sound enhancement technology. With DNSe 3.0 enabled, users can enjoy sound quality that more accurately matches the tone and feel of original source. The Audio Upscale feature helps restoring missing audio element from the compression. Concert Hall feature offers several different modes for listeners to feel vividly as if they are in concert hall or cafe.
Besides the quality sound, Samsung Q2 is armed with the latest multimedia features including WMV and MPEG4 video play, FM Radio, and various games on crystal clear 2.4" TFT-LCD display with a mere 9.9mm slim design. It has three color options of Onyx Black, Pearl White, and Turkish Blue, so that users can choose their preferred color to fit with their style. To maximize users' mobile entertainment experience, Samsung Q2 supports a long enough battery life, which is able to play 50 consecutive hours of music.
Samsung MP3 Player Q2 will be available in US and European countries by the end of April and will soon be launched in other countries as well.
Source: Korea Newswire


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After the Cohn Group opened Mr. Tiki, up the block, Hale was splitting his time between the two restaurants, along with chef de cuisine Jesse Cruz (who now heads the Tiki kitchen). This proved difficult. "I came to realize it was a little too much, with two kids, two restaurants, to work at my best, so I came back here to focus exclusively on Blue Point.
"We get fish from five different companies...We found a little company that's really consistent with scallops from Boston. Scallops are so hard to get -- there's not that many out there. I feel bad because we use so many, I feel personally responsible for annihilating many, many beds... We really have to be picky with our seafood, our produce." I asked if he had the freedom to buy and cook whatever he wanted. "Yes, part of the opportunity here is that we have free rein to do pretty much anything we want. David [Cohn] is receptive to just about anything we come up with."


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"We are running this planet in a very illogical way – we are on a collision course with a set of global shifts that very few companies understand and very few are managing effectivelyâ€Â – Gil Friend.
Friend, the CEO of Natural Logic, noted that those who are ready for these shifts will make the great fortunes of the 21st century. He spoke at Sustainability Applied 2013, hosted by the Bloom Centre for Sustainability in Mississauga, ON earlier this month, and moderated a panel, 'CFOs as Sustainability Leaders' at the event.
Panelist Cathy Cobey, Assurance Market Leader, Ernst & Young LLP, sees a real shift in the role of the CFO over the past 20 years from back-room accountant to strategic organizational leader. Bloom quotes former Pritzker CFO Kevin Lynch who describes the CFO as someone who touches more parts of an organization than any other executive, while 'managing investments, expenses, returns and risks.'
But the roadblock, as Cobey noted, is the constraint CFOs feel by current accounting rules and ways of representing organizational value. While financial statements represent only 20% of the value of an organization, in her practice she sees few CFOs yet innovating in ways to better account to investors for that value.
Ultimately, Cobey says, companies will 'run two sets of books,' and the second set of books will become the more valuable in describing the future worth of an organization.
To run that second view, what is required is less quarterly focus and more real-time metrics that also project a long-term view. "We need to blend structured data with some indicators that help companies be 'feed forward' and understand where they are going,†said panelist Jean Letourneau, President and CEO, Strategic Breakthrough Value Creation Group Inc. They don't have to be perfect, according the Cobey and Letourneau. It's not about being overly obsessed with getting the non-financial numbers exactly right, but providing future focused strategic guidance and trending information.
Shifting to that future focus is easier said than done, given the fact that the current financial statement structure does not provide any 'speculative' content. "That mindset has to change. The future orientated information is what is important – it's translating your historical performance into how I value myself in the future,†says Cobey. The increasing granularity of accounting practices over the past 20 years has missed the forest for the trees, in her view. The more forward-looking leaders are making decisions by gut, according to Friend, and then supporting that with data.
That shift to focusing on value creation can come from collaboration between the CFO and the sustainability team, says Cobey. While the sustainability group may point to millions of dollars in savings made in eco-efficiencies, the CFO, with sustainability hat on, may come back to say, 'let's work together to find areas in which to save billions.' The CFO has the ability to look wider and more strategically at business-wide risks, where the sustainability team may be in the micro-zone of reducing water use or waste, for example. And the CFO can push sustainability oriented organizations to "play for financial gain,†according to Cobey—and make sustainability a revenue centre on the books.
Speaking to Gil Friend after the event, he indicated he sees three linchpins to shifting the overall picture: "Terrific success stories of companies making tonnes of money [on sustainability advancements], a variety of attempts to get the pricing right, and a growing sequence of disasters.â€
Companies often report that investors are not yet coming to them in large numbers with sustainability concerns. But, as Bob Willard noted at the Sustainability Applied event, access to capital is going to become a major future issue for those lagging. CFOs will touch on all of the these factors, so it will be interesting to see if a panel on this same subject in three to five years will get a solid turnout of forward looking financial leaders, including local CFOs who can comment on local practices.
– See more at: http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/the-cfo-and-the-fortunes-of-the-21st-century#sthash.LglEek33.dpuf