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By Patrick Hedlund
Hudson Sq. BID?
Gone are the abandoned cars and overgrown rats that many in Hudson Square remember about the old neighborhood, but can upscale retail and modern street design take the place of those former eyesores?
Thats what local business owners and developers are asking while moving forward with plans for a business improvement district, choosing this time to focus more on physical improvements over sanitation and security issues after a failed BID attempt several years ago.
I was in the forefront of the opposition the last time, acknowledged Phil Mouquinho, owner of P.J. Charlton restaurant, about a possible Hudson Square BID after a second steering committee meeting held recently. He said other essential elements are being proposed in this iteration like streetscape improvement, retail and marketing which makes the BID more attractive.
Spearheading the effort is Carl Weisbrod, president of real estate for Trinity Church, which owns approximately 6 million square feet and 18 buildings in the neighborhood. Weisbrod helped launch and then ran the Alliance for Downtown New York, the citys largest BID in terms of budget ($15 million) and geography, from 1995 to 2005.
Erin Roeder, Trinity senior real estate planner, said the proposed BID district is located in the area between Canal and Houston Sts. along Sixth Avenue, Varick and Hudson Sts. She counted streetscape development, improving foot and car traffic conditions and encouraging quality retail as the BIDs main goals, with an eye toward environmental sustainability. Roeder added she hopes to see the BID up and running within 18 months.
Landlord in crosshairs
Have all the bad-boy landlords left Lower Manhattan?
Only one Downtown property has been identified in a list of 200 buildings flagged by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development in a report detailing the citys worst residential buildings.
The four-story, seven-unit apartment building at 146 Henry St. near the Chinatown/Lower East Side border, joined eight other Manhattan buildings cited for repeatedly poor maintenance and hazardous conditions.
According to H.P.D. records, Suk Ming Tom of Yuens Realty Corp. owns the property, which has been included in the newly launched Alternative Enforcement Program aimed at rectifying code violations that generate a disproportionate percentage of H.P.D.s current enforcement activity.
The landlord will have four months to correct all violations related to heat and hot water, correct 80 percent of Class A (hazardous) and Class B (immediately hazardous) violations, and pay all outstanding charges for emergency repair work. If not corrected within that time, the property will be subject to further inspections, fees and extensive repair work to fix violations. Any new charges, if not paid, will become liens on the property.
The next-closest Manhattan property cited in the report is on 109th St. near Third Ave. Of the 200 buildings identified, 132 were located in Brooklyn, 52 in the Bronx, six in Queens and one in Staten Island. Tom could not be reached for comment.
St. Johns Center for sale?
The colossal St. Johns Center in Hudson Square will hit the market for a staggering $600 million, according to a New York Post report last week.
Owners Eugene M. Grant and Co. and the Westbrook Partners group have enlisted CB Richard Ellis to market the building, which The Villager reported a month ago could possibly see a hotel or condominiums rise atop its four-story rooftop.
The superblock building, spanning W. Houston St. between Washington and West Sts. across from Pier 40, contains Manhattans largest floor plates, and the property has an additional 300,000 square feet of developable air rights.
Mixed Use finds it odd, however, that the Post referred to local residents who hate the fact that the building soars over Houston Street ruining view corridors.
In fact, many residents currently pushing for further rezoning in Hudson Square have pointed to St. Johns as an integral part of future redevelopment.
The superblock is a remnant of a historical era, and everybody knows the prominent role the St. Johns Building played back in the era of rail, freight and cargo, said Michael Kramer, whom Eugene Grant commissioned to head up the current Hudson Square design charrette process.
Richard Forte, director of real estate operations for Eugene M. Grant and Co., declined to comment on the deal but indicated a statement would be released shortly.
With an impending verdict on the future of Pier 40 and plans for a much-maligned Sanitation facility abutting St. Johns south end, Mixed Use wonders about the strategic timing of this announcement with so many interconnected projects still up in the air.
Drawing a crowd
Speaking of the St. Johns Center, for the past month the building played host to the aforementioned Hudson Square design charrette, which welcomed a few surprise visits by local politicians and city officials before its run ended last week.
According to charrette curators, a veritable whos who of city players dropped in to view the architectural firms far-reaching visions for the future of the neighborhood.
Among the reported visitors: Assemblymember Deborah Glick; State Senator Tom Duane; Daniel Klein, director of real estate for the Department of Sanitation; Erin Roeder, senior real estate planner for Trinity Real Estate; Kate Seely-Kirk and Grey Elam, chief of staff and legislative aide, respectively, for Council Speaker Christine Quinn; staffers from Borough President Scott Stringers Office; and Hudson River Park Trust representatives.
Local architect and developer Peter Moore said the next step will be to publish a book with the charrette proposals and exhibit the designs to the architectural community. He hopes it will also lead to a larger dialogue about Pier 40, the proposed Spring St. Sanitation facility and Hudson River Park.
This all brings up the bigger issues, Moore said.
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Chutney is an excellent accompaniment to curried entrées, and it is also is delicious spooned over the cheese spread, which will appear in this column tomorrow. Vary the recipe by substituting currants for raisins, peaches for the pears, or by stirring ¼ cup chopped walnuts, pecans, or slivered almonds into the cooked chutney.
This chutney will keep for up to 2 weeks in a tightly closed container in the refrigerator.
8 dried apricot halves, chopped
½ apple, peeled and diced
¼ cup dark raisins
1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons cider vinegar or white rice vinegar
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Dash of freshly ground pepper, or to taste
2 pears, cored, peeled, and diced
Combine all the ingredients, except the pears, in a medium saucepan. Cover and cook over medium high heat, stirring occasionally, until the liquid comes to a boil.
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With Halloween right around the corner some naturals--old and new--may find themselves in a bind trying to decide what they should be. Even our males may be looking for a costume to compliment their fro-tastic partners! Here are a some creative suggestions that will allow you to flaunt your fro while in your spooky disguise.
Jhene Aiko
The soulful songstress rocked some platinum blonde faux locs earlier this year. Channel your inner r&b singer with a long protective style and a beat glamourous face for the contour gawds.
Foxy Brown
A powerful black feminist icon of the 1970s, Foxy Brown is the perfect costume for naturalistas with medium sized fros. To pull off this look all you'll need is a print button up shirt, bell bottoms, and funktastic heel boots.
Solange's wedding
If you and bae are looking for a matching Halloween costume that will be sure to make both of you stand out in a crowd, this is it. Pick your type 4 hair out, rock some gold bangles, and dress in all white with your man and his perfectly groomed beard.
"Carnival" Rihanna
Mimic Rihanna during Carnival by bejeweling your revealing bathing suit with accessories, a crown of feathers, metal necklaces, and no shortage of bright fantasy colors.
Grace Jones
Being a natural with a unique cut can seem limiting to your costume options. If you have a speciality cut like a tapered fade with a spunky personality, Grace Jones is for you. Pull out your best thigh high leather boots, larger than life attitude, and be ready to serve nothing but FIERCEness. And bonus, if your male bestie wants to tag along, he can be Dolph Lundgren.
Bellatrix Lestrange
There's no shame in being a mega fan of Harry Potter; it's not a kids only club. The spontaneity and creepiness of Bellatrix is perfect for Halloween. For the moms of kids that are Harry Potter fans, this is a great costume to match their costume. (See editor Cristina's Bellatrix tutorial here.)
Blue Ivy Carter
So many people are going to be Beyonce for Halloween, but what about her beautiful natural daughter, Blue? Just make sure you have her pretty girl side eye down pat.
George Clinton and The Parliament
This is the perfect group arrangement for 10 to 20 of your naturalista friends at a costume party. The Parliament is full of tons of creative costumes and hairstyles ranging from locs and cornrows to fros and press and curls to make y'all win the Most Creative Costume Award.
Prince Akeem from Coming to America
Now this costume is great for guys that are obsessed with Coming to America and can't decide which outfit of Prince Akeem to wear. There's the royal wedding attire and the ever popular McDowell's uniform; you can't go wrong with either one and joyous smile to capture the essence of Prince Akeem.
"The Velvet Rope" Janet Jackson
Iconic Ms. Jackson has had a wide range of hairstyles throughout her career inspiring uniqueness. The costume that embodies this album and her popular song I Get Lonely is bohemian chic with a curly hairstyle that is similar to a simple twist out or braid out.
Eazy E
Since the West Coast 90s hip hop era has re-emerged due to Straight Outta Compton making box office records, the late Eazy E costume can easily be replicated. All you need is your hubby's oversized button-up, a baseball cap, and your transitioning hair out in a wash-n-go.
FKA Twigs
Once everyone sees your thick, luscious eyebrows and smoothed down baby hairs, they'll know. Channel your inner FKA Twigs this Halloween with a few flat twists, some oil sheen, and a long lasting edge tamer to help you maintain your look throughout a night of costume partying.


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You know things have changed when you go to the historic Gdansk shipyard, where Solidarity was born, and find unemployed shipworkers hired out as ushers for a theater company renting part of the famed site. The company's doing a run of Brecht's Happy End, and these workers escort theatergoers from the factory gate to the theater, telling stories about the glory days. You thank them when you get there and wish them better luck, but then the curtain comes up and there they are, on stage, holding signs reading "Unemployed! We Want Work!"
In other words: unemployed workers temping as former workers doubling as part-time actors playing unemployed workers. Right by the monument erected in 1980 to those "who died so that we might live in dignity."
Taken together, the pieces of the decline of the neoliberal model in Poland are all right here. The dire economic situation has created critics where once there were only boosters. The humbling of a powerful labor movement has led to the specter of an authoritarian populist backlash. And then there's Brecht. This Old Left master was purged from the repertoire after 1989. His revival here is a sign too, of the willingness of a new generation to think left alternatives again.
The success story so often told about Poland is not what you find when you get there. "When I go abroad," the leader of the Solidarity trade union in the Krakow region told me, "and everyone starts congratulating me on how well Poland is doing, all I'm thinking is, Are they talking about the place where unemployment is 18 percent, youth unemployment near 50 percent and hundreds of firms, both old and new, are this close to collapse?" It's not that the country has not had successes. It has a number of modernized plants, a sizable, if recently declining, middle and professional class, and exciting world-class cities in Warsaw and Krakow. But it has hit a wall, both economically and politically, that has people more frightened than they've been in quite some time. Unemployment is now higher than at any time since the fall of Communism, and hundreds of thousands of young people, a product of the baby boom following the imposition of martial law in 1981, are entering the labor market with no prospects whatsoever.
The country had a severe crisis after 1989 too, but while that was a crisis of the transition to capitalism, this is a crisis of the real thing. Whereas that one was expected to happen, this one was not. That it has happened seems to throw everything into disarray. Where once the TINA shibboleth–"There is no alternative"–was on everyone's lips, now it seems all anyone can talk of is precisely that: alternatives.
Because this is post-Communism, however, the interest in alternatives first of all strengthens the radical right, which has been the chief opponent of capitalist transformation all along. While the former left-liberal oppositionists of Solidarity (Adam Michnik, Jacek Kuron, Bronislaw Geremek, Tadeusz Mazowiecki) saw marketization as the chance to "join Europe" and create an enlightened civil society, and the former Communists cheered them on in order to demonstrate their democratic bona fides, the religious-nationalist right denounced the post-1989 transformation as a betrayal of the nation, an assault on Christianity and a sellout to (a new set of) foreigners. One of the most dismaying things is to see the extremist right-wing newspaper Nasz Dziennik filled not only with authoritarian and anti-Semitic diatribes but with sympathetic coverage of the plight of the poor and powerful criticism of the ravages wrought by the new elite. Liberals have so focused on the positive sides of the transition that they have left the field of criticism wide open to the right. When things go so wrong, as they have now, it's no surprise the right is the first to benefit.


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Odyssey Sims scored 27 points in her final home game and Baylor advanced to its sixth consecutive regional semifinals, taking over in the second half for a 75-56 victory over California on Monday night.
Sims punctuated a game-clinching 13-2 run with a long 3-pointer with 4½ minutes left. Baylor coach Kim Mulkey could only smile even though she appeared to be calling for a different play from the sideline. Sims scored 11 points in that spurt of about 5 minutes that pushed Baylor (31-4) ahead 66-52.
Afure Jemerigbe had 17 points and Brittany Boyd 15 for Cal (22-10), a Final Four team last season. Boyd was often gimpy and grimacing in the game, put played all but the final 46 seconds even while dealing with a right ankle injury for several weeks.
Baylor, the No. 2 seed in the Notre Dame Regional, plays Kentucky (26-8) on Saturday in South Bend, Ind. That will be a rematch of the highest-scoring Division I women's game ever. The Wildcats won 133-130 in four overtimes the first weekend of December at the Dallas Cowboys' NFL stadium that will host the men's Final Four. Sims scored 47 points before being one of seven Lady Bears to foul out of that game.
Sims, the Big 12's top player also had eight rebounds and six assists for Baylor. Nina Davis, the league's top freshman, had 13 points and six rebounds. Niya Johnson had 11 assists.
After the game, the senior trio of Sims, Makenzie Robertson and Mariah Chandler held hands and basically skipped around the arena to share a victory lap while being cheered by the home fans. Baylor lost only two home games during the four seasons for Sims and Robertson, the coach's daughter who waited her turn before becoming a starter this season.
The battle of Bears included seven ties and 17 lead changes before halftime, when Baylor was without both Sims and Davis for 7½ minutes because of fouls. Both scored more than 30 pointers in Baylor's opening-round victory over Western Kentucky.
Baylor played the final 8:10 of the first half without Sims, and Davis joined her on the bench 37 seconds later after also getting her second foul.
But it was while they were the bench that Baylor built its biggest lead of the first half.
Khadijiah Cave, a 6-foot-2 freshman post, scored three inside baskets in a span of just more than 2 minutes. Her putback with 4:58 left making it 29-25.
The last lead change came on freshman Imani Wright's 3-pointer just before halftime for a 34-33 lead.
Baylor then scored the first seven points after halftime, a layup by Davis before two free throws and a basket by Sims.
Boyd made a jumper with 13:56 left to tie the game at 44, but Cal never could go ahead again. Cave, who finished with 10 points, put Baylor ahead to stay with another layup.


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Kalailan wrote:i agree in one thing:
religion is very hard to wipe. not that i try...
the entire western life is christian based. the values of hard work and good and evil are very dominant.
It's quite possible to be a hard-working, good person, without believing in God. It's also quite possible to be a lazy, nasty bum who does believe in God.


text: Marketers need to be more 'likeable' online By Gabrielle Peterson. Published on February 25, 2013. Chicago—Dave Kerpen, chairman of Likeable Media, a social media consultancy, and a speaker at the BIGFrontier Big Ideas event here Friday, said being more "likeable" online boosts brand marketing. "I look at social media as the world's biggest cocktail party," Kerpen said . He said an effective social media presence focuses on starting conversations and building relationships. "Listening has always been 50% of any communication, but businesses have been much more focused on the talking part," Kerpen said. "Social media gives us a 24/7/365 focus group. It allows us to listen to more people than ever before." Being responsive is also essential, Kerpen said. "Today's comment cards are Facebook and Twitter posts, and if you don't respond, that's now a response in itself," Kerpen said. "It means you're a company that doesn't care about a customer." For b-to-b brands, Kerpen gave specific advice about how to be successful with social media. "There's no such thing as b-to-b," Kerpen said. "Only b-to-p: business to person. You have to find the person on the end of the interaction, the decision-maker." At the "world's biggest cocktail party," b-to-b companies must get the attention of people of influence, he said. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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Loving this simple dish - steamed chicken with soy sauce and herbs. Cooked it for dinner last night and it was too delish so I decided to cook it again today for my lunch. Marinate chicken in soy sauce and salt for 30 minutes, then wrap it with foil together with herbs. Steam it on high heat for 30 minutes, let it stay in the steamer for further 10 minutes for the flavours to infuse.
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How to connect a wireless router to an existing network
In order to connect wirelessly at my house, I went out and bought a wireless linksys router. Worked great. However, after switching DSL service, they sent a router which had a DSL modem built in. Now, should I go out and buy a wireless access point, or just configure the router as an access point?
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[list=1][*]Reset the wireless router. It should have a small reset button in the back. Hold for a few seconds, and the lights should start flashing in the front.[*]Connect a computer directly to one of the LAN ports on the wireless router. Set the router's LAN ip address to an ip that's unused, and outside the ip range on your existing network. For example, if, on the main router, its IP address is 192.168.1.1, and the DHCP range is from 192.168.1.100-200, then a possible IP for the new router is 192.168.1.2[*]Disable DHCP on the wireless router.[*]Save everything, and turn off the router. Now, connect a cable from a LAN port on your main router to a LAN (or uplink, if you have one) port on the wireless router.[*]Turn the wireless router back on.[*]Connect with your wireless device, e.g. laptop. If it works correctly, the wireless router is now an access point. Your computer will get an IP through DHCP on the main router. Also, it is on the same subnet, so file sharing works perfectly.[/list=1]


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US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional League adds Pro Youth Clubs Affiliates Division
June 5, 2013 12:30 PM
FRISCO, Texas (June 5, 2013) –
US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional League (MRL)
announced an innovative competition platform within the MRL featuring teams from two Major League Soccer youth clubs and their affiliate premier youth soccer clubs in the Midwest. The Pro Youth Clubs Affiliates Division will be operated under the umbrella of the MRL but will be conducted outside of the current three-tier structure of the league. Only MLS youth clubs and their affiliates are eligible to compete in this new division.
"We are excited to have the Chicago Fire youth academy, Columbus Crew youth teams and their youth affiliated clubs compete in a unique competition platform in assisting the clubs in their goal of developing players," said US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional League Commissioner Paul Luchowski. "This initiative allows these two MLS youth clubs and their affiliates to compete in a structured competition that is a supplement to their existing MRL competition."
"This new platform is an enhancement of our current programming and increases elite level opportunities on the regional level for MLS youth clubs and their affiliates, continuing the evolution of youth soccer in the U.S.," said John Dorn, the Chicago Fire Director of Player Development. "To have this platform within the structure of the long established, premier regional platform of the Midwest Regional League and US Youth Soccer, with the support of the State Associations, provides prestige and an immediate link to the high level historical roots of youth soccer in the U.S. As the MRL continues its growth, through increasing opportunities in both its expansion and qualification for its premier divisions, it is an honor for the MLS youth clubs and their affiliates to have a level of enhancement as part of the MRL platform. The opportunities in the future that may lie ahead for high level competition and qualification for our clubs are far ranging and will greatly enhance opportunities for development through US Youth Soccer and MLS youth entities."
The clubs committed to participating in 2013-2014 include the Columbus Crew Youth teams, Grand Rapids Crew Juniors, Challenger (Cleveland) Crew Juniors, Chicago Fire Academy, Chicago Fire Juniors United, Carmel/Indiana Fire Academy, Michigan Fire Juniors, Kentucky Fire Juniors, and a new Wisconsin player development entity associated with the Fire.
"The MRL has been very cooperative in helping establish this new direction and we look forward to continuing to work with them on new initiatives such as this," said Crew Youth Director of Coaching and Player Development Billy Thompson. "We are very excited about this new platform of competition within the MRL for our Under-12 though Under-18 Girls and Boys teams with the MLS youth clubs and their affiliates. This platform will provide a great opportunity to continue to focus on player development with like-minded clubs in an exclusive environment."
The Pro division will operate both girls and boys divisions from Under-12 through Under-18. In addition to league play within the division, teams will also take part in showcase events during the Fall and Spring. Under-12 through Under-14 Boys and Girls age groups will play in both the Fall and Spring Seasons. Under-15 through Under-18 Boys will compete in the Spring. Under-15 through Under-18 Girls are expected to compete in an event in mid-November allowing for teams to participate without high school soccer conflicts.
"The Kentucky Fire Juniors are excited to participate in the Pro Youth Club Affiliates program of the US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional League," said Kentucky Fire Juniors Technical Director/Head Coach Mike Dickey. "The MRL continues to provide meaningful and competitive games and the Pro Division platform of the MRL will be another resource for college and professional scouts in their never ending search for quality soccer players. The Kentucky Fire Juniors will do their best to prepare our players to play an entertaining and attacking style. We are confident that the other MLS youth club affiliates will do the same and that this league will be one that recruiters and scouts have interest in."
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Should Jim Do Another Horton?
Discuss other upcoming Jim Carrey movies (not confirmed/rumours).
I understand what you're saying. But it realy wouldn't matter, imo. This voice-acting doesn't take a lot of time and isn't in the way for any other projects. However, there are many animated projects in pre-production at Laika, the studio that made 'Coraline'. And it's all very original! Jim Carrey to do a voice in one of those is not a bad idea ... not at all.
To tell you the truth, Tim Buton's animated movies kind of freak me out. Not a fan.
To God, every living being is beautiful... Except for you.
If Lemony Snicket was stop-motion (not a bid idea, even if I say it myself ) Tim Burton would be perfect. Well, actually Henry Sellick (he's the true man behind 'Nightmare/Christmas' and 'Coraline'. And Jim doing the voice ... sounds good to me.
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The Killing Is Back From the Dead
It appears that The Killing has been un-canceled. Showrunner Veena Sud and executive producers Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin are actively working on a third season and are back in the writers' room, according to Variety. AMC initially canned the show back in July, but then Netflix and DirecTV started sniffing around. As of now, there's nothing official in place with another entity, but it looks like that Netflix deal is nigh. Welcome, you've got Bockmail.


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By Xconomy.com
Feb. 17, 2012
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Fashion isn't exactly the first word that comes to mind when you hear "Harvard," but lately its Business School graduates have been stepping out in style. Xconomy has tracked down 19 young, fashion-focused internet companies with founders from the B-school. So what's in the water? Harvard's rising female business student population, an increasingly supportive environment for startups, and a retail industry that's ready for innovation. Add that to the success of early fashion-tech startups like Gilt Groupe, and you have yourself a trend to watch.
In other innovation news …
MIT president Susan Hockfield is stepping down after seven years on the job. Local business leaders credit Hockfield for supporting entrepreneurs, recruiting pharma and tech companies to Kendall Square and steering MIT through the economic downturn.
Our deal of the week comes from the life sciences realm: Biogen Idec is acquiring Cambridge-based drug developer Stromedix in a transaction that could be worth upwards of $500 million.
And where will Gov. Deval Patrick be on Feb. 21? Try Ruby Riot, the second annual gathering of about a thousand techies, developers, and startup aficionados in Boston. Partygoers are asked to help at least one other person there, with the eventual goal being to lift the Boston tech scene to new heights.
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Almost forgot to mention the excellent casting last night: Enver Gjokaj from Dollhouse as the erstwhile Pete, and Kirk Acevedo from Fringe as Tank Boy Mitch. Good to see those guys again.Fred Armisen is a little squirmy but Martinez was money on "TD". I expect at least one casualty from the mid-season finale to show up next week as a surprise guest too.
What was with the mudpit zombies? Was that just the gov realizing that it was too zombified out there to put his new family in danger?
Also not sure what the point in the cabin full of heads was.
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Surveillance shows convenience store robbery
Surveillance shows convenience store robbery
OMAHA, Neb. —
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Officers were called to the Big Bear Sinclair near 56th Street and Ames Avenue for a report of a robbery on the afternoon of Jan. 6.
The clerk told police that two men entered the store, displayed firearms and demanded money.
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The Earnings Game
By Phil Weiss (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Towaco, NJ (Feb. 4, 1999) -- With the large number of high-flying stocks that can be found in today's market, many companies are under significant pressure to manage earnings and make sure that they fall in line with or exceed expectations.
Many companies today appear to be going out of their way to segregate as many items as they can from operating income as companies that fail to meet earnings estimates often see their stock price suffer severely from such shortfalls. It's up to us as investors to look at these special items and decide for ourselves whether or not we agree with the way the companies have presented them. This is what I did when I looked at Pfizer's recent earnings in last night's report.
A couple of weeks ago, Rob wrote a report in which he questioned some of the numbers that are presented in Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) financial statements as well. Personally, I don't have a lot of difficulty with what the pieces referenced in Rob's report accuse Microsoft of, but then again, when it comes to our software King, there have been times when your portfolio managers have had some disagreements. I say this, though, because I believe that Microsoft's accounting is on the conservative side as it defers a portion of its revenues from software sales until the support agreement sold with the software has been exhausted. As a Rule Maker investor, I don't like big surprises like the ones we've seen from Cendant (NYSE: CD) and Oxford Health (Nasdaq: OXHP) over the last couple of years. I prefer conservative accounting any day.
For more on Microsoft's conservative accounting you can check this link
In October 1998, the SEC's Chief Accountant wrote a letter to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) on "Auditing and Financial Reporting Concerns" stating some of the SEC's concerns about how certain items are being treated in financial statements. I've also read three articles on this subject in The Wall Street Journal over the last two weeks.
Among the chief issues discussed in the SEC letter were the tendency of companies to do the following:
- Write off in-process research and development (IPR&D) costs acquired as part of a purchased business;
- Write off assets that are to be disposed of on a discretionary basis;
- Inappropriate revenue recognition practices; and
- Improper accruals and liability estimates/Excessive loss accruals (this is where Rob found fault with Microsoft).
I'll add pooling mergers and adjusting pension contributions to this list as well.
Let's talk a little more about what these things I've mentioned above are and how they can influence reported earnings.
When a company acquires a business or group of assets, the allocation of the purchase price can affect both current and future operations. This is because portions of the purchase price may be written off, allocated to purchased assets or create goodwill (the excess of the non-allocable purchase price over the amount paid for the assets). Companies prefer to avoid creating goodwill on their balance sheets because goodwill is deducted over a number of years, which means that it will result in lower earnings until the goodwill has been fully written off.
What's happening is that companies are stretching the limits of what qualifies as IPR&D by lumping certain other acquired assets together with what traditionally would qualify as IPR&D. For example, companies may attempt to classify other intangible assets such as patents, copyrights, brand names, and customer lists together with what is legitimately IPR&D. This results in a write-off of the entire amount (viewed as a one-time charge) rather than a combination of a write-off and an amortizable assets.
In order to write off assets that are no longer to be used, a company must adopt a formal plan to dispose of such assets (whether by sale or abandonment). When such a plan is adopted, the asset is no longer depreciated/amortized on the company's financial statements -- its value is just written off the books. It's also treated as an unusual item. If a company prematurely classifies an asset as abandoned, it may distort operating results and confuse investors. On the other hand, if an asset should be written down (due to a decline in value) and it is not, then operating results may in fact be overstated.
Revenue can be recognized prematurely when a company pushes a lot of product into the sales channel without making adequate provisions for returns. It could also recognize revenue prior to delivery of the product to a customer's site or prior to completion of the terms of the sales arrangement. It may even be that a company recognizes revenue from a sale when the customer still has the ability to terminate the sale unilaterally. One way to look for this practice is to look for growth in accounts receivable turnover or receivables growing faster than sales.
This can occur when a company charges costs of future periods in the current period prior to the development of a detailed plan. Or it could be the result of a company accruing too much for a specific liability. An article that I read some time ago said that many companies benefited from just such a practice when they accrued their liability due to a change in accounting for Post-retirement Employment Benefits. The article said that for several years after the change companies were slowly reversing the overaccruals back into income without openly stating this fact to investors. Many financial companies have been smoothing their earnings by manipulating reserves that have been set aside for future loan losses or sales returns. They do this by stockpiling huge reserves in good times, which can be used to protect earnings in lean times. In addition, companies can be guilty of this practice when they set up restructuring reserves. The reserve is set up and treated as a one-time item. Then the actual cost is less than the accrual. The recapture of the overaccrual is treated as part of ordinary income.
When companies acquire other companies with stock, they can choose to account for the transaction as a pooling of the assets of the two companies at stated book value. This enables the companies to avoid the creation of goodwill and, as discussed in the section on IPR&D above, results in higher earnings as well.
How much money a company has to contribute to its pension funds each year depends on several factors. Included among these factors are employee demographics and the rate of return expected from existing assets. With the rise of the stock market, some companies may be tempted to raise their projected rates of return enabling them to lower their current contributions and save money. This was something that Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) recently did. Although the cumulative effect of the change of $1.3 billion was separately stated on this quarter's earnings release, the effect of the change in assumptions could last for years.
So, how do we discover that a company may be guilty of some of the practices that I've discussed above? Well, as Rule Maker investors we know that a lot can be learned by looking at the financial statements in the 10-K and the related footnotes. Start by taking a look at the balance sheet. Keep an eye on inventories and accounts receivable. If inventories are growing too quickly, perhaps some are outdated or obsolete. If accounts receivable are growing faster than sales, there might be a problem. Then take a look at liabilities -- both long and short-term debt. Have they increased? If so, why? How about accounts payable? Finally, read management's comments. They should address any unusual numbers or patterns.
If you have any questions about any of the material that's been covered tonight, we can continue the discussion on our Companies Message Board.
One important note: Last night until 9:00 pm ET our performance numbers were in error due to gremlins that appeared when we added our biannual $2,000 to the portfolio. The numbers have been corrected now, and our new $2,000 in savings has officially been added to the portfolio. Cha-ching! (Remember: we began with $20,000 last February and we add $2,000 in new savings, which we will very soon invest, every six months.) This $2,000 will be invested within the next week or so. We'll announce the company that we're investing it in soon!
Finally, did you ever watch Walter Payton play football? If you did, you might want to say a prayer for him as he awaits a liver transplant.
Have a Foolish evening.
Phil Weiss, Fool
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After shakeup at the top, Market Basket says discount, profit-sharing will remainBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
And MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 24. 2014 8:07PM
The boardroom brawl that led to the ousting of Market Basket's CEO won't mean the elimination of employee profit-sharing or the 4 percent discount given on most items found on store shelves.
"The 4 percent discount will continue as advertised," sources close to the company told the Union Leader in an e-mail Tuesday. "Employee profit sharing will continue as an important part of Market Basket's culture and commitment to associates."
Company officials confirmed late Monday that Arthur T. Demoulas, had been fired that day, along with Bill Marsden, director of operations, and Joe Rockwell, vice president of grocery sales and merchandising.
It's been a year since board members aligned with the CEO's cousin, Arthur S. Demoulas, to gain control of the company, which operates 29 stores in New Hampshire. On Monday, the board named Felicia Thornton and James Gooch as the chain's senior managers.
Market Basket plans no job cuts, sources close to the company said.
On Tuesday afternoon, Dean Clevesy, assistant store manager at the Stratham store, said Monday's announcement left him and his workers with plenty of unanswered questions.
"There's definitely some anxiety here today," Clevesy said. "Basically, the worst part is us not knowing what's going to happen next. But in the meantime, we still have to come in and do our jobs as usual."
Amherst resident Susan Miller said she's worked in the Nashua store since 1996 and that the news has left her afraid of what the future may hold.
"I love my job and have never missed a day of work, never called in sick," Miller said. "Now I'm scared about what might happen next."
She said many of her coworkers attended a rally at the Chelsea, Mass., store on Tuesday afternoon and that she was disappointed she couldn't attend because she was scheduled to work.
Miller said ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas was known for treating his employees fairly and that there's a general air of concern over the direction the company is taking.
"They're trying to make Market Basket a Fortune 500 company, but it's not," Miller said. "This is a mom-and-pop grocery store and always has been. We've all worked here a long time, and we're all a family. And right now we're like little kids in the middle of a custody battle."
In December, that "mom and pop" was ranked the 127th largest privately held company in the country by Forbes, which tallied Market Basket's annual revenue at $3.55 billion. Other published estimates place that number in excess of $4 billion annually.
David J. Livingston, a national consultant to the supermarket industry, said "time will tell" whether prices will rise in a supermarket chain with "two very different philosophies about business."
"The Demoulas group is very successful," he said of the privately held company, which doesn't release publicly its profit and revenue numbers.
"I think because they're privately held, they have been able to make long-term decisions that are a benefit to the customer," rather than only worry about the next quarter results for stockholders, Livingston said.
Last September, a Suffolk County Superior Court judge in Massachusetts cleared the way for a $300 million payout to Market Basket shareholders, a move that Arthur T. Demoulas said would deplete 60 percent of the chain's available cash and would forever change how the company operated.
"It's a family dispute that will never end," former Market Basket worker James Annis said.
"Current employees should be very concerned now," the Amherst resident said. "Should the new team decide to cut or scale back on profit sharing and bonuses, they will be losing a major part of their compensation."
Former Windham resident Angela Flanagan, who worked at a Market Basket during her teenage years, said the company's family disputes have been long known among employees, as was the kind demeanor of the ousted CEO.
"This is a CEO that grew and expanded the company in the worst recession most people have ever lived through and posted record profits," Flanagan said. "He was loved and respected by his workers and has a reputation of treating them well."
The company early this year began a 4 percent discount, which runs until Dec. 27, that applies to everything except beer, wine, cigarettes, milk, town trash bags, lottery tickets, postage stamps and gift cards. No loyalty card or minimum purchase is required.
Outside the Hudson store on Tuesday, the parking lot was crowded as usual. Few of the customers loading up groceries were aware of Monday's firings.
Upon hearing of the executive cuts, local resident Tom Marcoux, who said he regularly shops at the Hudson Market Basket, said he hoped the changes would bring about positive tidings for consumers.
"Does this mean the prices might drop some more?" he said. "I would think that when you fire three of the top people like that, the company might be saving some money there, right?"


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Hazard Summary p-Phenylenediamine is primarily used as a dye intermediate and as a dye. Acute (short-term) exposure to high levels of p-phenylenediamine may cause severe dermatitis, eye irritation and tearing, asthma, gastritis, renal failure, vertigo, tremors, convulsions, and coma in humans. Eczematoid contact dermatitis may result from chronic (long-term) exposure in humans. In rats and mice chronically exposed to p- phenylenediamine in their diet, depressed body weights, but no other clinical signs of toxicity, were observed in several studies. No information is available on the reproductive, developmental, or carcinogenic effects of p-phenylenediamine in humans. EPA has not classified p-phenylenediamine with respect to carcinogenicity.
Please Note: The main source of information for this fact sheet is EPA's Health and Environmental Effects Profile for Phenylenediamines. (2) Other secondary sources include the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) (3), a database of summaries of peer-reviewed literature, and the Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS) (5), a database of toxic effects that are not peer reviewed.
Uses p-Phenylenediamine is primarily used as a dye intermediate and as a dye (e.g., hair dyes and dyes used for dyeing furs), as well as a photographic developing agent and a chemical intermediate. p-Phenylenediamine is also used as a vulcanization accelerator and as an antioxidant in rubber compounds. (2,4,8)
Sources and Potential Exposure Individuals may be occupationally exposed to p-phenylenediamine during its manufacture or use. (1) Exposure may occur through contact with hair dye. (2)
Assessing Personal Exposure No information was located regarding the measurement of personal exposure to p-phenylenediamine.
Health Hazard Information Acute Effects:
Acute exposure to high levels of p-phenylenediamine may cause severe dermatitis, eye irritation and tearing, asthma, gastritis, renal failure, vertigo, tremors, convulsions, and coma in humans. (2-4) Tests involving acute exposure of rats and guinea pigs have demonstrated p-phenylenediamine to have high acute toxicity from oral exposure. (5)
Chronic Effects (Noncancer): Eczematoid contact dermatitis may result from chronic exposure in humans. (4) In rats and mice chronically exposed to p-phenylenediamine in their diet, depressed body weights, but no other clinical signs of toxicity, were observed in several studies. (2,8) In one study, elevated liver and kidney weights were observed in orally high-dosed rats. (2) EPA has not established a Reference Concentration (RfC) for p-phenylenediamine.
EPA has calculated a provisional Reference Dose (RfD) of 0.19 milligrams per kilogram body weight per dayhttps://www.epa.gov/haps/about-health-effects-fact-sheets https://www.epa.gov/haps/health-effects-notebook-glossary
EPA has calculated a provisional Reference Dose (RfD) of 0.19 milligrams per kilogram body weight per day (mg/kg/d) based on whole body effects in rats. The RfD is an estimate (with uncertainty spanning perhaps an order of magnitude) of a daily oral exposure to the human population (including sensitive subgroups) that is likely to be without appreciable risk of deleterious noncancer effects during a lifetime. It is not a direct estimator of risk but rather a reference point to gauge the potential effects. At exposures increasingly greater than the RfD, the potential for adverse health effects increases. Lifetime exposure above the RfD does not imply that an adverse health effect would necessarily occur. The provisional RfD is a value that has had some form of Agency review, but it does not appear on IRIS. (6)
Reproductive/Developmental Effects: No information is available on the reproductive or developmental effects of p-phenylenediamine in humans. (2) In one study of rats exposed via gavage, fetal evaluations showed no biological or statistically significant increase in malformations or developmental variations at any dose tested. (3)
Cancer Risk: No information is available on the carcinogenic effects of p-phenylenediamine in humans. p-Phenylenediamine dihydrochloride (a hydrochloride salt of p-phenylenediamine) was not carcinogenic in a study of rats and mice exposed to the compound in the diet. Lung tumors in female rats and thyroid tumors in male rats occurred only in treated groups but at low incidences that were not statistically significant. In mice, tumors of the lungs, hematopoietic system, and liver occurred at a slightly higher, but not statistically significant, incidence in treated compared with control mice. (2,8) Other studies have also demonstrated that p-phenylenediamine is not carcinogenic by oral or dermal exposure. (2,8) EPA has not classified p-phenylenediamine with respect to carcinogenicity.
Physical Properties The chemical formula for p-phenylenediamine is C6H8N2, and its molecular weight is 108.15 g/mol. (2) p-Phenylenediamine occurs as a white to slightly red solid or crystals that darken on exposure to air; it is slightly soluble in water. (2,4,7) The odor threshold for p-phenylenediamine has not been established. The vapor pressure for p-phenylenediamine is less than 1 mm Hg at 21 °C, and its log octanol/water partition coefficient (log K
ow ) is -0.25. (2,7)
Conversion Factors: To convert concentrations in air (at 25 °C) from ppm to mg/m
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compound)/(24.45). For p-phenylenediamine: 1 ppm = 4.4 mg/m 3 .
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ACGIH TLV --American Conference of Governmental and Industrial Hygienists' threshold limit value expressed as a time-weighted average; the concentration of a substance to which most workers can be exposed without adverse effects. NIOSH REL --National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health's recommended exposure limit; NIOSH- recommended exposure limit for an 8- or 10-h time-weighted-average exposure. NIOSH IDLH -- NIOSH's immediately dangerous to life or health concentration; NIOSH recommended exposure limit to ensure that a worker can escape from an exposure condition that is likely to cause death or immediate or delayed permanent adverse health effects or prevent escape from the environment. OSHA PEL--Occupational Safety and Health Administration's permissible exposure limit expressed as a time- weighted average; the concentration of a substance to which most workers can be exposed without adverse effect averaged over a normal 8-h workday or a 40-h workweek.
The health and regulatory values cited in this factsheet were obtained in December 1999. a Health numbers are toxicological numbers from animal testing or risk assessment values developed by EPA.
b Regulatory numbers are values that have been incorporated in Government regulations, while advisory numbers
are nonregulatory values provided by the Government or other groups as advice. OSHA numbers are regulatory, whereas NIOSH and ACGIH numbers are advisory.
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Summary created in April 1992, updated January 2000
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text: A new upcoming masculine timepiece from Nixon this fall, the Magnacon is a mid-size wrist piece with attitude and style. This Nixon watch has a bit more personality with its red accents and mid-size frame. It features sub-dials to track smaller increments of time with 6-hand Swiss-made chronograph movement revealing date and day, a 200 meter water-resistant titanium carbide coated stainless steel case with sapphire crystal, and a custom developed ballistic nylon strap. Its sensual presence guaranteed to give the air of foreboding dark mystery about its wearer. Currently priced at $600. [NixonNow VIA Uncrate]


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6-year-old boy saved from gator's grip
Father, good Samaritan beat gator to free boy
6-year-old boy saved from gator's grip
Father, good Samaritan beat gator to free boy
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. —
A 6-year-old Florida boy is safe after his father and a good Samaritan rescued him from the jaws of an alligator.
Joey Welch says he was ready to go canoeing with his dad near Boynton Beach, but fell near the water's edge.
That's when the gator attacked.
"So I ran in to the water," Joseph Welch said. "I didn't want to play tug-of-war with the alligator. I didn't want to get his arm ripped out."
Welch began fighting to free his son from the gator's grip.
"I'm punching the alligator on the top of the head as hard as I could," Welch said.
Another person saw what was happening and also started beating the gator. Finally, it released the 6-year-old.
The boy was taken to a hospital to be checked out. Aside from some scratches, he was fine.


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NHL says regular season to begin Jan. 19
The National Hockey League opened for business Saturday night when the lockout officially came to an end.
The NHL and the players' association signed a memorandum of understanding to end the work stoppage, meaning training camps can open Sunday. Teams also released their 48-game schedules.
The shortened season will start Jan. 19 with 26 of the league's 30 teams on the schedule the first night. The season will conclude with 13 contests on Saturday, April 27 and the Stanley Cup playoffs will start three days later.
Under the truncated schedule, each team will play 18 of its games against division foes.
The Los Angeles Kings open their defense of their Stanley Cup title Jan. 19 in an afternoon contest at home against the Chicago Blackhawks in a game televised by NBC.
According to the league, teams will play three games against each of the 10 remaining non-divisional opponents from within the conference, playing half those clubs in a two-home, one-away series and the other half in a two-away, one-home set.
The New Jersey Devils will start defense of their Eastern Conference championship on the road against the Islanders, also on Jan. 19.
In another NBC game Saturday, a playoff rematch is on tap as the Philadelphia Flyers host the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Earlier Saturday, the players' association announced it had overwhelmingly approved a new collective bargaining agreement.
Owners unanimously approved the tentative new CBA on Wednesday and the union conducted its voting from 8 p.m. ET Thursday through 8 a.m. ET Saturday. Reportedly, 98 percent of players signed the measure.
The new accord will last for 10 years, with an opt-out clause after eight.


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"Playback" starts interestingly enough. A young man named Harlan Diehl walks around a country farmhouse with a video camera, filming recently slaughtered bodies (as we learn later, it's Diehl's adopted family being filmed and he's the one who did the slaughtering). His camera then focuses on a little baby left untouched in the mayhem. Before we learn the reason for his murdering spree, however, he is gunned down by police officers. Would it surprise you to know that the baby survives?
Mark this down, I am the first one to go on record as saying "Playback" is going to kick ass. Please keep in mind also I make this claim after doing zero research on the movie other than viewing the new trailer. But Christian Slater is in it and the movie's about some guy who filmed himself killing his family and then somehow mind travels into the body of some kid who watches the videos. Tell me that doesn't sound amazing? It's like "Shocker" meets "The Poughkeepsie Tapes" with a dash of some other movie I can't think of but will make me sound really legit once it comes to me.
"Chronicle" is a new flick about a group of boys who discover they have the power to move things... WITH THEIR MINDS! And what would any red blooded American teenage boy do if he got these powers? Figure out a way to look up girls skirts of course. Proof is in this new clip from the film. I hope I didn't spoil the end for you.
And here's a clip from "The Grey". A movie where Liam Neeson battles wolfs in the middle of the Alaska after his plane crashes. I don't know what it is but there's something about Liam Neeson telling a group of people to "be cool" that makes me feel like everything that's wrong in the world is going to be right. You ever get that? You will... you will.
Jamie Bell and Tilda Swinton look to be in talks to star in a new film from "Host" director Bong Joon-ho titled "Snow Piercer". Chris Evans is already on board for the flick which focuses on that last remaining people on earth who are trapped on a train after the second ice age comes. Because that's what people always say, when the end comes the only thing that will be left is cockroaches and trains. Or something like that.


text: Student Profiles Alex Cornell du Houx Alex Cornell du Houx Hometown: Solon, Maine Major: Government, Minor: Theater Why did you choose to come to Bowdoin? I first learned of Bowdoin when my family took trips to visit Brunswick and the Maine coast. I loved the campus and after learning more about Bowdoin through the Upward Bound program I knew I wanted to spend my next four years there. No one from my high school had ever attended Bowdoin and growing up in an area where 80 percent of the population does not have any form of higher education creates an atmosphere where its hard to imagine attending a place such as Bowdoin. However, I learned about the Mitchell Institute (a scholarship program founded by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, Bowdoin class of 1954) and realized that Bowdoin provides millions of dollars in financial aid. I can't imagine choosing a better place to earn my undergraduate degree. Bowdoin's sense of community and strong connection between students, staff and professors also drew me to the college. The fact that we get to know our professors and that it's not uncommon for students to have dinner at their house or keep in contact beyond our time at Bowdoin shows that many of our professors are truly dedicated to helping us prepare us for the adventures and challenges beyond Bowdoin. Why did you choose your major? Originally I came to Bowdoin interested primarily in astronomy; however, after a semester scrambling my way though astrophysics classes I decided to take some government and history classes and really enjoyed them. At the same time I was working with many community service programs that ranged from tutoring to Habitat for Humanity, and I started to investigate why some of the issues we were attempting to solve seemed endless. I realized that in order to more effectively solve the issues we were working on it's important to focus on both the immediate need and longer-term policy and legislative solutions. For instance, service programs such as Habitat for Humanity and homeless shelters are extremely important in their ability to care for individuals who have an immediate need to find a place for their family; even so, the problem of homelessness will continue unless the source of the issue is addressed. Policies that help reduce homelessness, such as quality education, health care, a living wage, child tax credits, and Chapter Eight housing, require legislative work and policy development. By learning that direct community service and political service are equally important to solving issues facing our society today, I became much more interested in learning how public policy affected the programs I was working with. What has been a course you especially enjoyed at Bowdoin? There are so many great classes that it's so hard to decide — in fact as I finish my education at Bowdoin it is so hard to choose my last set of classes because there are so many quality classes that I want to explore. However, Race and American Political Development was vital in highlighting issues of race as one of the driving political factors in American politics. Foundations of Indian History was a great experience in learning about how the history of southern Asia has shaped the surrounding area. One of the Bowdoin's great qualities is its liberal arts education, which enables us to explore different subjects and try something new. I still really enjoy watching the starry night, but also found a passion for government and history classes. During my last year I became involved in the theater department and finished with a theater minor. Overall, these classes helped me to see many issues from different perspectives and have given me the drive to continue exploring and learning. What professor or professors have especially inspired you during your time at Bowdoin? I could not recap my Bowdoin experience without mentioning professors Paul Franco, Michael Franz and Mingus Mapps. They have been an inspiration and helped deepen my interest in political philosophy, policy and race in politics. Whenever I had a question, needed advice or simply wanted to chat over a hockey game they have been tremendously helpful and supportive over my Bowdoin career. I also could not finish without thanking professors Davis Robinson and Sonja Moser for their advice and dedication as I explored the theater department. Have you engaged in any independent research while at Bowdoin? I spent the last year working on an honors project that examined the perceived divide students have between community and political service through a historical examination of past political and civic connections and by examining a number of surveys conducted nationally and across the state of Maine. The major theoretical question explored in the paper was whether or not young adults, specifically students, perceive a connection between political service and community service in solving issues facing one's community. I found that although most scholars believe political activity is a service to one's community, most college-age youths do not see this connection. What extracurricular or work experiences have you had at Bowdoin? I've been involved in a number of organizations and jobs at Bowdoin that have helped me learn a good deal, from effective teaching methods to working with service groups in Guatemala. My first introduction to Bowdoin was the inaugural community service pre-orientation trip where we learned about the Midcoast community through local service programs. Lydia Bell, the former director of the Community Service Resource Center (and member of the class of 2000) invited me to a Habitat for Humanity breakfast the next day and I became involved in helping build the Bowdoin sponsored house with the local Habitat chapter. I continued to work with the CSRC and helped found the community service council, which brings Bowdoin's student-run volunteer organizations together. I also had the opportunity to attend an alternative spring break service trip to Peru where we built a playground for the local community. The next spring, I helped lead a service trip to Guatemala with the Safe Passage program, which was founded by Hanley Denning, class of 1992, to help kids move from the Guatemala city dump into the classroom. Both of these were eye-opening experiences that helped me learn about the area and broadened my perspective. I've worked with the America Counts and Reads program where Bowdoin students help tutor in the local Maine schools. This was a great experience, which helped me realize I really enjoy teaching. Not much can compare with the joy of a student who has been frustrated with an equation or sentence and seeing their face light up as they understand the problem. By volunteering in different schools I was able to see how the economic differences in each community affected the schools. Although the Brunswick school system is fortunate to have a relatively new high school, Durham students have to learn in trailers parked behind the school. I'm also currently working with the Legislative Youth Advisory Commission where we are working on legislative issues that affect young adults. For instance, we are planning to submit a bill to the Maine Legislature to allow students to register to vote when they apply for a driver's license at the age of 16 to encourage youth to become more civically engaged. Previously, I worked with AdCare Educational Institute of Maine to create, examine and lobby for policies from the youth perspective. We also worked on a statewide survey that examined alcohol advertising, and some of the policies developed were adopted by the Maine Legislature. I'm also working with Mitchell Institute, which was extremely helpful in my attending college, and I'm happy to be working on their alumni council. Toward the end of my sophomore year I became increasingly engaged in the College Democrats and during the 2004 election we were successful in registering most of the campus regardless of political party. On Election Day, 93 percent of the campus voted. I then had the opportunity to become involved with the College Democrats of America where I learned a great deal about organizing campaigns nationally and helped fight a bill that prevented students from voting at their campuses. I also have a passion for photography (please visit my Web site at www.acornell.com) and enjoy working for the Bowdoin Bugle yearbook and The Bowdoin Orient newspaper, covering campus events, and weddings, sports and stories for a local paper, The Forecaster. I hope to continue taking photos after I graduate. I've also been engaged with student government and worked as the VP of student affairs, which gave me the opportunity to work with students and get to know many of the wonderful staff members that help run the campus. My experience working for residential life and alumni relations was also great and I'm looking forward to working with them in the future. I will also never forget the great memories on the soccer team, running track, organizing at the Bowdon Women's Association meetings, and filming in the Bowdoin Cable Network studio. Did you study abroad during your time at Bowdoin? I did not have the opportunity to study abroad and would love to immerse myself in a different culture. However, because my semesters were broken up with training in the marines and being deployed to Iraq for a year, I did not have this opportunity. Spending some time in a foreign environment really provides a new perspective and is an excellent way to truly learn the area's history, culture, and community. What have you done during your summers? My first summer at Bowdoin was spent training with the marines in South Carolina for 13 weeks, followed by spending the rest of the semester training in North Carolina at the school of infantry. Through the Mitchell Institute's Career Opportunity Service Award program, I had the opportunity to spend a summer working for the governor's office in Maine and spent the next summer working at the governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance helping the Dirigo Heath program, which aims to provide health insurance to every citizen of Maine. This past summer I worked at the Center for American Progress and Democratic National Committee with the College Democrats and spent the rest of the summer working at the Bowdoin Organic Garden. What is your best Bowdoin memory? One of the most memorable and relaxing times I experienced at Bowdoin was our weeklong whitewater canoe leadership-training trip with the Outing Club. Maine is such a beautiful state and my experience on the river, beach or trail was a great time to step back and relax with my friends. I will never forget the moment when I returned from Iraq and our bus pulled into the base to be greeted by my family and friends. The Bowdoin community was tremendously supportive while I was deployed and am grateful for everyone's messages, packages, and support. There are so many great memories to recount, whether it was finishing a Habitat house, playing games at the local café or enjoying pizza and company on the 15th floor of Coles Tower, I can't finish without mentioning the great times I had enjoying the nights at Baxter and Seadogs. I'll also never forget the fun times talking or listening to the radio as we drove around Maine or my time at Cleveland Street with my roommate and friends building snowpeople, making dinner and enjoying each other's company. What are your plans for after graduation? I know I want to pursue a master's in public policy in the future, but currently I will continue to be engaged in the community, and whether I focus on education, policy, or photography I'll look forward to the challenges and exciting times ahead. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first-year about the Bowdoin experience? The academics at Bowdoin are very fulfilling, but I'd also encourage any first-year student to explore beyond the Bowdoin bubble and become involved in the campus and community. There are more than 90 clubs and organizations that range from service programs to martial arts and new clubs are being created each semester. Explore a few organizations and after a semester or year you can focus on the programs you're passionate about. However, as life become crazy, it's great to step back, relax for a moment and enjoy the Quad. Bowdoin's sense of community compared to many other colleges and universities drew me to the college. While this may not be immediately apparent to prospective students, wherever I travel in the world I've come across a Bowdoin connection or alum who will go out of their way to meet and help fellow polar bears. Story posted on January 17, 2008 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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COURTLAND, Ala. (AP) -- International Paper said Wednesday it will close a north Alabama mill because of declining demand, a move that will affect more than 1,100 jobs in the Tennessee Valley.
The Memphis, Tenn.-based company said the plant in Courtland will shut down by early 2014.
The mill makes a type of paper used in magazines, forms, copiers and printers, but International Paper said demand is down as customers switch to online publications and electronic billing and record-keeping.
The decision stunned Lawrence County, where the company is the largest employer.
"It's going to be a terrible Christmas for 1,100 workers who come from throughout northwest Alabama," said state Sen. Roger Bedford, whose district includes part of the county.
The mill's closing will affect the timber industry within a 200-mile radius and will cause layoffs of truck drivers, pulp wooders and others, said state Sen. Paul Bussman.
"There is a tremendous effect that is much larger than the factory itself," said Bussman, R-Cullman.
Lawrence County's July unemployment rate of 7.1 percent was above the state average of 6.3 percent.
The company said it looked at way to save the plant, located in a town of about 600 people, but couldn't find any.
"We explored numerous business and re-purposing options for the Courtland Mill, but concluded that permanently closing the mill best positions the business for the future," vice president Tim Nicholls said in a statement.
The company said it will work with union officials on benefits and other help for hourly workers, and salaried employees can get severance packages and other aid. A spokesman said it was too early to say whether any of the plant's 1,127 workers might get positions elsewhere within the company.
Gov. Robert Bentley asked the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to provide job-training funds and other assistance to displaced workers.
"The team will meet with workers and discuss with them a wide variety of options to help them during this difficult time," he said in a statement.
International Paper acknowledged the impact on the region.
"These decisions are especially difficult because of the impact to long-serving and hard-working employees, their families and the surrounding communities," said International Paper chairman and chief executive John Faraci.
The company said its printing and communications papers business will still make uncoated freesheet and other paper at four mills in Eastover, S.C.; Georgetown, S.C., Ticonderoga, N.Y., and Riverdale, Ala., near Selma.
International Paper also has mills in Prattville and Pine Hill, and it has several smaller box plants in the state.
International Paper employs about 70,000 people in more than 24 countries. It had $28 billion in net sales last year.


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I have been quilting for about fifteen years. Have done part one of C & G Patchwork and Quilting.
My background prior to quilting was Embroidery.
Have completed four years Creative Journey courses with Pat Archibald in Edinburgh
I am based in Scotland, in suburbs of Glasgow.
Regularly visit the Festival or Quilts as well as quilt shows all over Scotland and am now involved in the organisation of the new ICHF quilt show held each year in Glasgow
Have recently been appointed as Area rep for Glasgow on the Quilters Guild Region 16 committee


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Inked Girls: Vanessa L Hall
Myself in a sentence: Natural redhead with a personality to match!
Occupation: Tech Account Analyst
Hometown: Manchester, NH
The design and themes of my tattoos: My tattoos all hold significance about that point in my life. From the first to the most recent, each one has a story behind it.
More specifics about my tattoo: Half sleeve consists of: gerbana daisy's (for my daughters birth month of April) a flying skull with wings and a jewel in the forehead as the "third eye" (for my family) a blue lotus flower with "NOK" rising from the center illumination and the Latin phrase "ad vitam aeternam" which translates to eternal life or to life ever lasting (my daughters father was murdered last year. He was an amazing graffiti artist with the tag "NOK" so the lotus is for him) under arm is a portrait of Lucille Ball w a portion of her face exposed as just the skull with my favorite quote by Oscar Wilde "every saint has a past and every sinner has a future" (this serves as a reminder of my path in life so I know my mistakes do not define me). Left breast: an Irish Sparrow with my daughters name "Madyson" in the banner Also "One Love" in script under the bird (self explanatory). Left shoulder: Hope. Right shoulder: Strength. Between shoulder blades: Spitfire Wheels fireball. Left wrist: tribal band with a shamrock on the top and "red" in the middle (my nickname). Right wrist: "Loyalty". Right foot: "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" (my grandmother's favorite quote and it's absolutely true). Right side: a Phoenix rising from the flames behind a cross with a banner saying "every sin leaves a scar". Left hip: Black Star w a Celtic design in pink (cover up to conceal an ever classic tattoo mistake I made of a boyfriend's name). Sternum/under breasts: etched shamrock with various words "etched" in stone type font "family - compassion - integrity - trust - courage - perseverance" in the center Also under each breast and under the shamrock is the Latin phrase "quod me nutrit me destruit." Which translates to What nurishes me also destroys me. Back of neck: Celtic symbol for eternal friendship. My best friend has the one to match.
My favorite tattoo and the story behind it: My favorite tattoo is the Phoenix coming from a cross with flames behind it that runs up my side. The Phoenix is a symbol of rebirth and I have the phrase "every sin leaves a scar" written in it. Every event in your life has a chance to leave it's mark on you; good or bad. You can be reborn and still carry those scars with you. It means a lot to me to always be a work in progress and to always go with the flow.
My next tattoo: I am thinking of getting a piece on the top of my thigh, but haven't decided what version of an angel I want. To get.


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Two motorcycists airlifted from separate Laconia crashes; another arrested
September 17. 2017 11:31PM
LACONIA — Police responded to two motorcycle crashes within a little over an hour Sunday evening, with two bikers airlifted to a hospital and a third arrested for driving while intoxicated.
Police said a car turning onto North Main from Blueberry Lane struck a motorcycle at 5:43 p.m.
"The male and female were thrown from the bike and the female ended up being thrown under a truck that was stopped in traffic to turn onto Blueberry Lane," police said in a news release.
The motorcyclists were first taken to Lakes Region General Hospital but were airlifted with serious injuries to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.
Drugs, alcohol and speed do not appear to be factors in that crash, police said.
At 7 p.m., emergency workers were called to 231 Rollercoaster Road for a report of a motorcycle accident.
Police said Terry Whipple, 51, of 622 Daniel Webster Highway, Woodstock, had gone off the road and hit a wall.
Whipple was arrested for driving under the influence, booked and bailed.
He is due in Laconia circuit court Oct. 5.
Police ask anyone who witnessed or has any information regarding either of these accidents is asked to call officer Sean McCormack or officer Tyler Babineau at 603-524-5252.


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Katherine Webb "Flattered" by Attention, Thinks Media Has Been "Really Unfair" to Brent Musburg
Katherine Webb is taking her sudden fame in stride.
AJ McCarron's girlfriend (who happens to be Miss Alabama USA) unintentionally stole the spotlight at Monday night's Alabama football game when ESPN commenter Brent Musburger focused an inordinate amount of attention on the brunette beauty. ESPN has since apologized for Musburger taking his commentary "too far," but Webb told Matt Lauer on the Today show Wednesday that she was "flattered" by the attention and no apology was necessary.
"I think the media has been really unfair to [Brent Musburger]," she said. "I think that if he would've said something along the line of we were 'hot' or 'sexy' or made any derogatory statements like that, that would've been a little bit different. But the fact that he said we were beautiful and gorgeous, I don't see why any woman wouldn't be flattered by that…I don't take any offense to it at all."
"I don't think [ESPN's apology] was needed, honestly," she added. "Of course, I appreciate it, but at the same time I don't think that I needed an apology."
The Southern belle said she was "honestly really shocked" at her surge in Twitter popularity (she's amassed over 200,000 new followers in two days), but she's no diva. "I think that we need to draw back our attention to who the real winners are, and that's the Alabama football team," she said, adding that she'll do "whatever I can to support the team" and her quarterback beau.
Katherine Webb, FTW!
You can watch her full interview on the Today Show at the source.


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