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The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) is a manufacturer of cleaning products, bleaches, water filters and food products. It's flagship product, Clorox, has become synonymous with bleach, and its other brands such as Pile-Sol and Kingsford are also widely known; according to the company 93 of its brands are the No 1. or No 2. in market share in their respective markets.
Clorox is working on expanding its presence to both Canada and Latin America. Despite its attempts to become a more global company, Clorox is still heavily dependent on the slower growing North American market for the vast majority of its sales.[1]
Clorox's operating margins are vulnerable to increases in commodities prices. Plastic resin costs account for an average of 6% of Clorox's cost of goods.[2] Continued consolidation among consumer packaged goods companies has made it difficult for Clorox to pass on price increases to consumers. The company said it is spending more to promote products through in-store promotions and advertising to drive sales as the world economy recovers.
Clorox is best known for its production of its namesake bleach but also manufactures laundry additives, cleaning items, water-filtration systems and food products. Clorox's products are sold in over 100 countries under two operating segments: North America and International.
Most of Clorox's products are advertised and sold in the United States to wholesalers, retail stores, and grocery stores.[6] The company also sells janitorial, healthcare, and food-service versions of its products through distributors. Outside the United States, Clorox sells products through licensees and third-party distributors.[6] Walmart Stores Inc. accounts for about 26% of Clorox's net sales, primarily within the North America segment.[1]
In May 2007, Clorox announced its 'Centennial Strategy' to guide it through its 100-year-old anniversary in 2013. The strategy aims to accelerate sales by growing existing brands through innovation and expanding into surrounding product categories. The company also aims to enter new sales channels and grow its business in developing markets. As part of the Centennial Strategy, Clorox acquired Burt Bee's Inc. in November 2007, a manufacturer of natural personal care products.[7]
With foreign sales accounting for only 20% of total revenue in 2009, Clorox is highly dependent on the domestic US household and personal product market.[3] This limited international exposure is a source of concern for the company in the long run, since spending on Household and Personal Products (HPP) is growing slowly in North America. One particular market segment Clorox started to target are Hispanic customer a huge growing segment of the consumer packaged goods market.[8] According to a Clorox study, more than 70% of Hispanic grill owners own a charcoal grill, that almost 70% of the Hispanic population grills year-round, and that the most important concern for Hispanics is for charcoal to last longer for social gatherings.[9] In turn, the company has introduced Kingsford charcoal briquets (with technology that lights faster and burns longer). A new advertising campaign targeted Hispanic markets kicked off in March 2008 titled "Let the Barbecue Go On!"[9]
Rising oil, plastic resin, and other input prices has dragged growth in fiscal 2009. Clorox uses plastic resins in a variety of products, especially in its trash bags, accounting for 6% of the company's total cost of goods.[2] In response, Clorox has raised prices, exited the low-margin private-label trash bag manufacturing business, adjusted volume expectations, and focused on promoting higher-margin products.
Clorox also depends on a number of agricultural commodities. For example, prices of soybean oil for salad dressing and corn starch for charcoal briquettes and prices of energy sources and raw materials such as chlor-alkali (an important input in bleach) contribute to Clorox's vulnerable manufacturing expenses. Any increase in the prices of these materials will clearly hurt Clorox's margins.
In the past decade, Clorox has faced stiff competition from private label brands or "store brands" of large retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target, and supermarket chains. Private label products often sell at lower price points and earn higher margins because the retailers can control the cost of their production. For example, Wal-Mart offers 5,500 products through its "Great Value" brand, which has increasingly sold as consumers feel the recession squeeze on their disposable income.[10] From 2003 to 2008, sales of Target's private label products rose an average of 15% annually. [10]
Large retailers are close to the consumers, have the point of sale data on consumer behavior and are in better position to understand consumer behavior. These strengths contribute to better private label product development, which directly compete with Clorox products. Retailers also promote their own brands as they earn higher margins on them. [10]
Retail consolidation has a high impact on product pricing. In 2009, Clorox's top five largest customers accounted for 43% of its revenue[1], with Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) alone accounting for 27% of the company's sales.[11] As supermarkets consolidate, a smaller number of firms account for larger percents of Clorox's total sales, making each of them more important to Clorox's bottom line. This gives retailers the power to negotiate for lower prices. In addition, changes in the strategies of the company's largest customers such as shelf space simplification or a reduction in the number of brands they carry may harm Clorox's sales.
A decrease in the relative value of the dollar would hurt Clorox's bottom line. Although a falling dollar drives exports which adds to the international segment's revenues, the cost of foreign inputs (commodities that go into Clorox products) sold in foreign currencies would increase with the falling dollar. 19.6% of Clorox's sales are from outside the United States,[3] so a depreciating dollar would drive growth in roughly one-fifth of the company's business. On the other hand, a depreciating dollar also feeds into higher input prices, which has been the larger problem for Clorox's management team.[12] Between July and December 2008, the dollar regained nearly all its losses again foreign currencies, and has been fluctuating since then.[13] Although Clorox uses some financial instruments to hedge against foreign currency volatility risks, it is not fully protected and favorable impacts to profit margins from exchange rates are likely unsustainable. [14]
Clorox is a relatively small firm compared to its giant competitors Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL), Procter & Gamble Company (PG), and Kimberly-Clark (KMB), with revenues $13 billion and higher. Competition in the Household and Personal Products is exceptionally stiff. Yet Clorox maintains its domination of the bleach category with 65% U.S market share under its highly recognized Clorox Brand.[15]
The household and personal product market is growing much faster in emerging markets outside of North America. Most of Clorox's competitors have penetrated the global market, gaining a valuable head start in capturing global market shares. With little presence markets beyond the United States, Clorox is the least exposed of the big industry players to high-growth emerging markets.
Clorox competes with many small private brands. Clorox's closes private-brand competitors have a close #2 position in trash bags and other categories. But because private labels don't put as strong an emphasis on innovation and new product creation, they are far less burdened by the costs of new product development (and when a new product does make it big, these private companies can ride along on Clorox's coattails to produce knockoffs that cleverly sidestep the patents). Private companies also get an added advantage in the event of a commodities costs decrease: while large firms like Clorox must stick to hedge-like long term purchasing contracts, private labels can usually purchase at the current market price, reaping the benefits of a temporary downswing in raw materials costs.
Clorox also competes with Kraft Foods (KFT), Unilever NV (UN), and Reckitt Benckiser across a number of specialty group business segments, including trash bags, salad dressing, charcoal, and STP autocare products.


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In Southern California, the Del Mar Racetrack is the place to see and be seen. And now it's the place to check into, tweet about and post via Facebook.
This Southern California institution, in business for 71 years, draws thousands every summer for horse racing, its cool bars and restaurants and a busy slate of concerts and festivals.
But like many entertainment industry venues, Del Mar attendance has dipped in recent years due to the ailing economy. But in 2010, the track added a new star to its marketing lineup – social media.
With virtually no other marketing changes, social media boosted attendance this past season by 4.2 percent.
"That's an increase of 27,000 bodies," said Craig Dado, senior vice president of marketing at Del Mar Racetrack. "In this economy, I've got to be honest, it was a little bit surprising."

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The Young Ambassadors made their worldwide debut in 1970 at Osaka's World Expo and have been entertaining audiences across the globe ever since.
The group recently returned from a three week tour in China where they visited universities, conducted workshops and outreach programs, and performed 14 shows for over 21,000 people.
This season, the Young Ambassadors are bringing an exhilarating new show to audiences called Heartsongs - Melodies of Love.
Heartsongs is a polished and exciting musical production that blends the best of Broadway with favorite international hits and love songs from every genre.
The Young Ambassadors' new production, Heartsongs - Melodies of Love, highlights some of the world's all-time favorite love songs in a vibrant musical journey through the rollercoaster of life.
With show tunes from award-winning Broadway musicals such as How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Cinderella, Singing In the Rain, and Thoroughly Modern Millie.
In addition, the show features international hits by the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Michael Bublé, Adele and Michael Jackson. Heartsongs celebrates life's unforgettable seasons of love.
It is all packaged in a spirited 90-minute showcase that is appropriate for family members of all ages.
Live musicians onstage create a high-energy performance that will be seen on some of the world's most prestigious stages.
You'll experience dance styles from tap to the syncopated rhythms of the Caribbean islands, and enjoy the next generation of contemporary sounds and choreography when you see Heartsongs, BYU's fast- paced musical revue.
Wearing colorful costumes and filling the stage with a kaleidoscope of dance and musical styles, the Young Ambassadors' concerts provide a glimpse of their unique vision of international understanding, born of decades of goodwill tours around the world.
The Young Ambassadors will bring their show Heartsongs to performance halls throughout Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia during their 2013-2014 season.
Over the past 44 years, the Young Ambassadors have shared their remarkable talent and energy in 66 countries. Since 2000, the Young Ambassadors have been to Brazil, Argentina, the 2002 Winter Olympics, Canada, Russia, Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, China, Africa, Tasmania, throughout Scandinavia, and all over the US.
The Young Ambassadors have also performed for heads of state in India, Britain, Jordan, Egypt, Japan, and the United States. Prominent past members include former Miss America Sharlene Wells Hawkes, Diamond Rio's Dan Truman, and Broadway favorites Christeena Michelle Riggs and Candese Marchese.
Throughout the world, Young Ambassadors are followed by a strong reputation as wholesome, professional entertainers.
The Young Ambassadors represent the School of Music in cooperation with the Department of Dance from the College of Fine Arts and Communications at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT.
BYU is one of America's largest private universities with over 30,000 students from all over the United States and 120 foreign countries.
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NEW YORK (AP) — MetLife Inc. is selling its $70 billion mortgage servicing business to JPMorgan Chase & Co. for an undisclosed price.
MetLife said Friday that the move is part of its strategy to focus on the insurance side of its business. It decided last year that it no longer wanted to serve as a bank holding company and subsequently sold off a number of those non-core businesses.
JPMorgan Chase said the deal will strengthen its own servicing business. It expects that business will grow as consumers refinance to take advantage of currently low interest rates.
The deal will increase the company's $1.1 trillion servicing business by more than 5 percent.


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California Gov. Jerry Brown made the comments during an appearance on MSNBC, while discussing the death toll during hurricanes last year in Puerto Rico.
"Well, the problem is, we never had a president who was engaged in this kind of behavior," Brown declared.
"I mean he's not telling the truth. He keeps changing his mind. He's sabotaging the world order in many respects." the Governor claimed.
"So it's unprecedented, it's dangerous, and hopefully this election is going to send a strong message to the country," he continued.
"The Democrats will win and then Trump — well, something's got to happen to this guy, because if we don't get rid of him, he's going to undermine America and even the world." Brown urged.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kennedy Kithuka of Wayland Baptist (Texas) has been named the NAIA National Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week and Gabe Wickham of Hastings (Neb.) has been tabbed as the NAIA National Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Kithuka and Wickham were selected based on their performances from Jan. 30 – Feb. 5. The weekly honor marks the second this season for Wickham, who was also awarded on Jan. 25.
Kithuka, a NAIA indoor All-American in each of the last two seasons, placed first in a field of 21 runners in the 5,000-meter run at the Texas Tech Open on Feb. 4. The junior from Nairobi, Kenya, clocked a time of 13:59.73 – nearly a full minute better than the runner up. That performance gave Kithuka the top time in the NAIA this season in the 5,000 meters, ahead of Concordia's (Ore.) Matthew Clowes (14:08.52). Kithuka also possesses the top times in the mile run (4:04.54) and the 3,000-meter run (8:03.24).
Wickham, a senior from Phillipsburg, Kan., continued his outstanding season with a first-place finish in the weight throw at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational at the University of Nebraska held Feb. 3 – 4. Wickham's toss of 66 – 9 ¼ trumped a field that included competitors from several NCAA Division I schools. He currently holds the top weight throw mark in the NAIA this season at 69 – 5 ¼.
For a complete listing of all the national event leaders, click here.
The next Athletes of the Week will be announced on Feb. 15.
Track Nominees: Cody Risch, Cornerstone (Mich.); Logan Moore, Siena Heights (Mich.); Andy Coy, Dakota State (S.D.); Nathan Mesta, Oklahoma Christian; Justin Jones, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Geovanni Popoca, Friends (Kan.); Dustin Heiler, Aquinas (Mich.); Philiph Tonui, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.); Monte Larsen, Morningside (Iowa); Brian Bragg, Eastern Oregon; Nathan Vogel, Tabor (Kan.); Nicholas Hestand, Evangel (Mo.); Aleksander Jakobsen, Ashford (Iowa); Pete Westerkamp, Grand View (Iowa); Taylor Nall, Baker (Kan.); Mike Hurd, College of Idaho; Curtis Bedor, Central Methodist (Mo.); Jake GunderKline, Goshen (Ind.); Erin Francis, Dordt (Iowa); Andy Reidsma, Trinity Christian (Ill.); Brijesh (B.J.) Lawrence, Doane (Neb.); Jasen Brown, Concordia (Ore.); Elton Cody, Warner Pacific (Ore.); Sullivan Stevens, Southern Oregon; Michael Blaszczyk, St. Francis (Ill.); Kyle Konigsberg, William Woods (Mo.); John Cartier, Concordia (Neb.).
Field Nominees: Bryant Langdon, Cornerstone (Mich.); Matt Leaders, Siena Heights (Mich.); Brandon Jackson, Oklahoma Christian; Cj Davis, Davenport (Mich.); Max Perry, Southern Oregon; Lucas Limberg, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Frank Miles, Friends (Kan.); Robbie Haynie, Eastern Oregon; Austin Smith, Ashford (Iowa); Cy Williams, Grand View (Iowa); Kiefer Smith, Central Methodist (Mo.); Kyle Abney, Indiana Wesleyan; Ray Zaagman, Trinity Christian (Ill.); Kameron Conley, Oklahoma Baptist ; Rob Keeney, Doane (Neb.); Eric Whalen, Concordia (Ore.); Rick Avila, Concordia (Calif.); Jeremy Kaplan, St. Francis (Ill.); Shane Rowan, Westmont (Calif.); Ethan DeJongh, Fresno Pacific (Calif.); Anthony Stockton, William Woods (Mo.).
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Week 1: Edwin Ronoh, Doane (Neb.); Rob Keeney, Doane (Neb.)
Week 2: Monte Larsen, Morningside (Iowa); Raheem Cowan, Briar Cliff (Iowa)
Week 3: B.J. Lawrence, Doane (Neb.); Gabe Wickham, Hastings (Neb.)
Week 4: Matthew Clowes, Concordia (Ore.); Robbie Haynie, Eastern Oregon
Week 5: Kennedy Kithuka, Wayland Baptist; Gabe Wickham, Hastings (Neb.)


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With bowl win comes swagger for Northwestern
Aug. 14, 2013
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — One big hurdle is out of the way. Plenty remain.
Northwestern will try to take the next big step and assert itself as one of the best in the Big Ten on the heels of a bowl victory that ended a drought dating back more than six decades.
"Our mentality has definitely changed," running back Venric Mark said. "In the past we came in kind of like as an underdog."
While Ohio State is widely viewed as the best in the Big Ten coming off an undefeated season, the Wildcats believe they at least belong in the discussion with the top teams in the conference.
After all, they went 10-3 last season and beat Mississippi State in the Gator Bowl. The only other bowl victory for Northwestern was when the 1948 team beat California in the Rose Bowl.
With five straight bowl seasons and that elusive victory in their pocket, the Wildcats believe better days are coming.
Here are five things to watch for as Northwestern heads into the season:
1. WHO'S THE QUARTERBACK?: Rephrase that. Who are the quarterbacks? "One's named Kain and other's Trevor," coach Pat Fitzgerald said. "They're going to play a lot of football for us." Kain Colter and Trevor Siemian both played plenty last season, and that's not about to change after Northwestern ranked third in scoring offense. A two-way threat, Colter threw for 872 yards while running for 894 and 12 touchdowns. Siemian, technically the backup QB, threw for 1,312 yards. "What's the old coaches (saying) — if you have two quarterback you don't have one? I think we've proved that wrong," Fitzgerald said. "The only way that works is by being (an) unselfish guy. By being a team-first player. And both Kain and Trevor are that way."
2. WHO ELSE IS BACK?: The Wildcats return eight starters on offense and seven from a defense that ranked third in the conference against the run. They also have their top special-teams players back in Big Ten co-Kicker of the Year Jeff Budzien, punter Brandon Williams and Mark, one of the top return men in the nation last season. He ran back two punts for touchdowns last season and averaged 19.8 yards on kickoff returns. He also became Northwestern's first 1,000-yard rusher since Tyrell Sutton in 2006, running for 1,366 yards and 12 TDs. Tyler Scott, who led the Wildcats with nine sacks, is back anchoring the defense along with honorable mention, all-conference players Chi Chi Ariguzo (linebacker), Damien Proby (linebacker) and Ibraheim Campbell (safety).
3. BIG TESTS: Northwestern opens at California on Aug. 31, and there aren't too many breathers after that. The schedule includes trips to Wisconsin and Nebraska, and at home, they get Ohio State along with Michigan and Michigan State. The Wildcats haven't enjoyed a huge advantage at Ryan Field over the years, but that could change if they win a few of those games. That would also show they truly rank among the conference's best. "I think there's some confidence," Scott said. "We know we have the talent to play with anybody. As long as we're executing and preparing the right way, we can play. The goal is to go 1-0 every week and that how we're going to approach each week."
4. THINKING BIG: Big things are happening for the athletic department as a whole, not just Fitzgerald's program. A new lakefront complex that includes facilities for football and other sports is in the works. There's a new men's basketball coach in Chris Collins. The football team is coming off its first 10-win season since 1995, when Fitzgerald was a linebacker and the Wildcats shocked the nation with a run to the Rose Bowl, and the swagger is noticeable. "That's something that has been starting to grow and the program has been increasing," Mark said. "The spotlight is really being shined upon Northwestern, Coach Fitz and the team. That's what football's about, having fun and being in the spotlight."
5. CLOSING OUT THE CLOSE ONES: The Wildcats believe they were only a few plays from an unbeaten season a year ago, and their ability to pull out the close ones could be something to watch this time. They blew a double-digit lead at Penn State, allowing the final 22 points in a 39-28 loss. They lost by one to Nebraska at home, when Taylor Martinez hit Ben Cotton with a 7-yard TD pass with just over two minutes left and Budzien barely missed a 53-yard field goal with 1:10 remaining. The third loss was in overtime, 38-31, at Michigan. "We knew what we did last year wasn't enough," Scott said. "We had three games that we lost — it was a play here, a play there — that could have changed the outcome. We're really focused on that and we really focused on that first game at Cal."
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(AllHipHop News) Half of Chris Brown's problems have been resolved as his bodyguard, Christopher Hollosy has been convicted of misdemeanor assault in connection.
Hollosy testified that he was the only one whom assaulted 20 year old Maryland art student, Parker Adams outside the W Hotel in Washington, DC back in October 2013. Paker alleges that not only was Brown an assailant as well, but the claims that the singer stated "I ain't down with that gay sh*t" when Parker attempted to photobomb a picture he was taking with female fans.
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MARQUETTE, Mich. – The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team earned its first win of the season on Tuesday (Nov. 20). The Wildcats dominated non-conference Finlandia University, 78-21 from the Berry Events Center.
NMU (1-1) led the game from start to finish, going up by as many as 31 points in the first half, closing out the first 20 minutes with the 38-7 lead. Sophomore guard Lauren Gruber and freshman guard Anna Liewen each accounted for six points in the first half.
The 'Cats started off the second half on a made three-point shot by sophomore center Courtney Lemon. The Lions couldn't come within less than 34 points of catching the 'Cats for the remainder of the game. NMU's greatest lead was by 57, to close out the game.
NMU had 13 players score, led by Gruber who added four points in the second half, for a game-high 10 as she shot 3-for-5 from the field and 2-for-2 from beyond the arc. Sophomore guard Sarah Miller and freshman forward Alyson Matkovich each tallied nine points.
Freshman forward Nea Makela led the 'Cats with seven rebounds, six on defensive glass, while sophomore forward Abbey DeBruin added six boards. Northern shot 28-of-67 for 41 percent and were 14-of-20 from the free throw line.
The Lions (1-3) were led by Marissa Burke and Paige Yoho who each had five points on the night. Burke, Hailey Gervias and Cole each had four rebounds. Finlandia finished the night with 26 turnovers, to NMU's 16. The Lions shot 7-of-48 for 14 percent and were 6-of-10 from the free throw line.
Northern travels to Ashland, Ohio to participate in the Ashland Holiday Inn Classic over the weekend (Nov. 24-25). NMU faces Mercyhurst on Saturday at 4 p.m. and Urbana on Sunday at 2 p.m.


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Work is underway to support JSR-303 Bean Validation with JFace Databinding Validators. This support was created after reading the Validating JFace Databinding with JSR-303 article.
You can find several plug-in projects from JSR-303 XDocReport Git which provides JSR-303 support for JFace Databinding Validators:
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- "name" property as required.
- "email" property as email pattern
package org.eclipse.core.databinding.validation.jsr303.samples.model; import javax.validation.constraints.Pattern; import javax.validation.constraints.Size; public class Person { @Size(min = 1) private String name; @Size(min = 1) @Pattern(regexp = ".+@.+\\.[a-z]+") private String email; public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } public String getEmail() { return email; } public void setEmail(String email) { this.email = email; } }
Those validation constraints can be used in any context :
- UI form could display errors when constraints are not respected. Ex : UI Text field email doesn't contains a well formatted email.
- ORM like Hibernate can use thoses constraints validation when Pojo model must be saved in the Database.
So JSR-303 gives a commons means to declare your constraint validation that you can used in several context of your application (in your UI form, in your DAO when Pojo must be saved, etc....)
Validator API for JSR-303
JSR-303 Bean Validation provides an API to validate property, value by using JSR-303 constraints validation declared with annotations. Here a sample code to validate the value "XXX" by using the annotations declared in the "email" property of the Person class :
... import javax.validation.ConstraintViolation; import javax.validation.Validation; import javax.validation.ValidatorFactory; ... ValidatorFactory factory = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory(); Set<ConstraintViolation<Person>> violations = factory.getValidator().validateValue(Person.class, "email", "XXX"); for (ConstraintViolation<Person> violation : violations) { System.err.println(violation.getMessage()); }
NOTE: this code works only if there is in the ClassPath an implementation of JSR-303 Bean Validation. If you have not an implementation, you will have this error :
Exception in thread "main" javax.validation.ValidationException: Unable to find a default provider at javax.validation.Validation$GenericBootstrapImpl.configure(Validation.java:264) at javax.validation.Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory(Validation.java:111)
Otherwise, with Apache implementation, teh console will display:
must match the following regular expression: .+@.+\.[a-z]+
Validator Implementation for JSR-303
JSR-303 Bean Validation provides an API but not an implementation. To execute validation with JSR-303 you need JSR-303 implementation. It exists several implementation like:
Provided samples with JFace Databinding support for JSR-303 use Hibernate Validator and Apache Bean Validation.
JSR-303 JFace Databinding Validator Overview
JFace Databinding Validator support for JSR-303 provides the org.eclipse.core.databinding.validation.jsr303.Jsr303BeanValidator an implementation of org.eclipse.core.databinding.validation.IValidator which uses Validator API for JSR-303.
= Create Jsr303BeanValidator
If you wish create a JFace Databinding Validator to validate "email" property of the Person class :
public class Person { ... @Size(min = 1) @Pattern(regexp = ".+@.+\\.[a-z]+") private String email; ... }
You can do that :
... import org.eclipse.core.databinding.validation.jsr303; import org.eclipse.core.databinding.validation.IValidator; ... IValidator validator = new Jsr303BeanValidator(Person.class, "email");
Use Jsr303BeanValidator
At this step you can use the validator in your DatabindingContext :
IValidator validator = new Jsr303BeanValidator(Person.class, "email"); UpdateValueStrategy updateValueStrategy = new UpdateValueStrategy().setAfterConvertValidator(validator);
Java main sample
The org.eclipse.core.databinding.validation.jsr303.samples


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SACRAMENTO - Former San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Cinda Fox reached her hands high into the air and threw them around the thick neck of her hero, Lodi Police Det. Eric Bradley.
SACRAMENTO - Former San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Cinda Fox reached her hands high into the air and threw them around the thick neck of her hero, Lodi Police Det. Eric Bradley.
The heartfelt hug came moments after Bradley became the first Lodi officer to be honored with the California Public Safety Medal of Valor - the state's highest honor - by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown.
Bradley came to Fox's aid March 4, 2009, by shooting and killing murder defendant David Paradiso, who was attacking Fox with a hand-made weapon inside her courtroom.
"I consider it an honor to be recognized with my fellow officers," Bradley said. "It continues to make me grateful for the training I have received."
Tuesday's ceremony not only honored Bradley, but also revealed that Fox remains shaken by the incident 16 months later.
Bradley accepted the award along with nine other officers from throughout the state. They too were honored for heroic efforts.
A brief description of Bradley's actions that day was read during the ceremony, revealing some yet-to-be-released details. The account:
Paradiso sat on the witness stand and made derogatory comments about the reasons he decided to kill his girlfriend Eileen Pelt of Auburn in December 2006.
His comments caused a disruption in the courtroom, and Fox ordered a recess and asked the jury to leave. During that transition, Paradiso lunged at her from behind, threw her onto the judge's bench and proceeded to stab her in the neck with a shiv he sneaked into the courtroom in a leg brace.
Bradley approached the bench, firing his gun twice and striking Paradiso once in the chest.
Although wounded, Paradiso continued his attack. Bradley then grabbed Fox by the head and pulled her back, out of the line of fire as he shot a final, fatal round.
The incident lasted six seconds.
These details have yet to be released by the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office.
As Schwarzenegger placed the medal around Bradley's neck Tuesday, Brown presented him with a plaque. The room of about 150 public-safety officers and their family members gave him a standing ovation. He was the lone officer of the 10 being honored to be met with such a reaction.
"I think it was more poignant because Judge Fox was in attendance," said Lodi City Manager Rad Bartlam, who also was on hand to support Bradley.
Fox attended the ceremony, giving the police officer multiple hugs and posing for photos with him and the governor.
But memories of March 4, 2009, eventually overtook her. When asked how important it was for her to be at the ceremony to support Bradley, she attempted to answer but could not.
Bradley escorted her out of the governor's council room and into the capital concourse.
She could be heard crying from down the hall.
Bradley declined to speak about the incident.
When asked about the standing ovation, he smiled and blushed, but expressed few words to describe how he felt.
"It's just great to be recognized," he said.
Lodi Police Captain J.P. Badel said the department is honored along with Bradley. While the detective has received recognition from other groups, such as the California Peace Officers Association, Badel said the award from the governor and attorney general is the "most prestigious."
"It's a credit to him. If it weren't for his actions (Judge Fox) would not be alive today," Badel said.
The Medal of Valor is the state's highest honor awarded to public-safety officers "who go above and beyond the call of duty," Brown said.
Schwarzenegger said he has issued every Medal of Valor since 2003, and called the annual event his "favorite day of the year."
"I have been in rooms with Hollywood writers that tried to come up with the best action scenes for the movies. I'll tell you, those Hollywood writers can't dream up heroes as amazing as those we are honoring here today," Schwarzenegger said. "I may be an action hero on the screen, but these are the true action heroes."
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RICHMOND, Va., May 17 (Reuters) - The most nail-biting U.S. governor's race this year is centering on whether a Tea Party Republican can win Virginia, the southern state that has twice backed Democratic President Barack Obama.
So far, the answer is: maybe.
Republican state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, known for his anti-abortion and tax-cutting positions, is in a tight race with Terry McAuliffe, a former national Democratic Party chairman. The election will take place in November.
With Cuccinelli set to be nominated formally at a state party convention on Saturday, a Quinnipiac University poll this week showed him with 38 percent support, behind McAuliffe's 43 percent.
"The 17 percent of voters who say they are undecided will determine the Commonwealth's next governor," Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a statement. "At this point, neither man seems to have much of an edge."
More than $11 million has poured into a race seen as crucial to reviving national fortunes for Republicans, and especially its Tea Party right wing, after Obama's re-election last year and the loss of two seats in the Senate.
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Virginia's unemployment rate was 5.3 percent in March, more than 2 percentage points below the national average. But the state is one of the biggest recipients of federal outlays, and officials fear it could be hit hard as the U.S. government cuts spending.
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Although Cuccinelli opposes gay marriage, a Washington Post poll this week showed 56 percent of Virginians were in favor of it. Fifty-five percent also support keeping abortion legal, the poll said.
McAuliffe has been criticized because of his connection with GreenTech, a struggling Mississippi-based electric car manufacturer that he helped launch. He later quit as chairman, saying he wanted to focus on his race for governor.
Critics have said the company failed to live up to its promise and undermines McAuliffe's claim to be a successful entrepreneur.
Cuccinelli has come under fire following news stories questioning his relationship with nutritional supplement company Star Scientific and Chief Executive Officer Jonnie Williams Sr. Cuccinelli has acknowledged that he took gifts from Williams, including a catered $1,500 Thanksgiving dinner.
McAuliffe is ahead in fundraising, generating $6.7 million to Cuccinelli's $4.4 million as of March 31. By comparison, almost $41 million was spent in the 2009 governor's race McDonnell won.
In a sign of the national interest in the contest, much of the money for this year's race is from outside Virginia. McAuliffe is his own top donor, giving almost $300,000.
Cuccinelli's backers include the Republican Governors Association, which has given $1 million; investor Foster Friess, who backed Republican Rick Santorum's presidential bid last year; and conservative political activist David Koch.
In New Jersey, the only other state with a gubernatorial race this year, incumbent Republican Chris Christie holds a double-digit lead over his Democratic opponent, state Senator Barbara Buono, in early polling. (Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Arlene Getz and Lisa Von Ahn)


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Thanks to @Erorus, and the brainstorming of our community, we now have a new inventory export addon called Goblinventory.
This addon allows you to export your inventory to a web interface where you can edit your published inventory and produce a web link which you can share with friends, customers, and the like.
This should serve beneficial to those running a guild, a transmogrification business, or other niches that demand this sort of thing.
If you have any feedback, concerns, or suggestions for Goblinventory, feel free to speak up!
Discussion of Goblinventory after it has gone live begins here.
Erorus has stated that he is no longer developing/improving this addon. Hopefully, though, he will fix issues as they pop up.
-Currently, Goblinventory is BROKEN since 5.0.4.
Original Post
I'm looking for an addon that will let me export inventory data. It can be any format, preferably XML or any spreadsheet format.
Basically, I have a large stock of mog gear on 2 different toons.
I also manage a forum thread on my server's forums that has all my sets and individual pieces for sale listed.
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Now, it would be nice to have both the actual item name and the itemID printed out in this export.
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The new M500 gear from Micron is punted as a terabyte flash drive but it maxes out at 960GB. Its speed varies as its capacity rises from 120GB to 240GB, 480GB and 960GB. But its top speed, we're told, is 80,000 random read and write operations a second, and 500MB/sec in sequential read and 400MB/sec in sequential write bandwidth.
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The adaptive thermal throttling reduces the product's activity if the temperature rises above a preset limit. This could be useful for fan-less devices, such as tablets.
SMART Storage announced the CloudSpeed 1000 and 1000E SSDs, the E promising a longer endurance. The 1000 has capacities ranging from 120GB to 960GB and the 1000E starts at 100GB and tops out at 800GB.
Both are built with consumer-grade 19nm 2-bit MLC NAND - we reckon the silicon comes from Toshiba. The cloud bit is perhaps a serving suggestion: fit the kit in a large data centre and run a cloud stack on it.
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The Friends of Track & Field hosted their 2014 banquet, bringing down the curtain on the high school campaign
Mike Jurkowski knew before the season began that it would be an uphill battle this year in Lackawanna League track & field action.
Honesdale's longtime varsity coach was sending two young and inexperienced teams into the fray this spring ... and he fully expected that wins might be tough to come by.
"Some years, wins and losses just aren't the main thing," Coach Jurkowski said. "There are years that your record really isn't an accurate measurement of success or failure."
He went on to say that in 2014 the focus was more on helping individual athletes attain their personal goals ... all the while building up his youngsters with an eye toward what promises to be a very bright future.
"I'm very pleased with how the kids did this year," Coach Jurkowski said. "We had some really outstanding individual performances this season. We set some records and won some medals. Overall, I really can't be disappointed."
Honesdale's boys varsity squad finished last in the always-rugged Division II.
The Lady Hornets were also shut out during the regular season, but both teams were competitive on a weekly basis against the likes of North Pocono, DV, Wallenpaupack Area and Western Wayne.
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On Wednesday evening, hundreds of local fans gathered in the Honesdale High School auditorium to honor these athletes at the 2014 Friends of Track & Field awards banquet.
Trudessa Derrick and Elizabeth Aronica walked away with top honors on the girls' side.
Derrick, a senior who specializes in throws, was named Honesdale's MVP for her performance in field events.
Trudessa came out of nowhere to take first place in the discus at this year's District Two Class AAA Championships. Derrick's seeding distance was just 86' 11", but her throw when it mattered most was an eye-popping 108' 6".
"I just can't say enough about Trudessa," said Coach Jurkowski. "She's a great kid. Trudessa worked extremely hard and all that work paid off. I was thrilled that she won a gold medal at districts."
Derrick was also honored as this year's Cathy Howell Commitment to Excellence award winner.
Aronica is still only a junior and will be back in the fray next spring.
Elizabeth was tapped as Honesdale's MVP in track events. She specialized in the 100M and 300M hurdles, earning high marks from her varsity mentor.
"I think the best thing about Elizabeth is that she's a student of the sport," said Coach Jurkowski. "She's one of those kids who works very, very hard and gets better each week."
Arcadio Kearney and Timmy Russell were the big winners on the boys' side.
A senior who's hallmark was versatility, Kearney dazzled in the 110M hurdles, going undefeated in regular season action and earning a Lackawanna League all star berth.
"Arcadio was very, very self-motivated this year," said Coach Jurkowski. "He's a really good all-round athlete who did anything we asked him to all season long."
Russell enjoyed a huge senior season as well.
Timmy set a brand new school record in the javelin with a toss measuring 175' 8". That effort erased a mark that had been on the books for 21 years.
Russell was also named to the Lackawanna League all star team, thanks to an unbeaten record in the high jump.
"You can always count on Timmy," said Coach Jurkowski. "He's a very competitive kid who gives 100 percent in every event."
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Morgan Birmelin and Caleb Benson accepted major awards as well, taking home Rookie of the Year honors.
A multi-sport standout who also excels on the basketball court, Birmelin joined the track team for the very first time this spring.
"I was thrilled when I heard that Morgan was coming out for the team," Coach Jurkowski said.
"She's obviously a tremendous athlete, but Morgan's best trait is her positive attitude. She is always smiling and upbeat."
Jenson is just a freshman, but he's already turning heads as a distance runner in cross country and track. Caleb battled illness and injury this year, but Coach Jurkowski believes he's poised for a memorable scholastic career.
"We're going to be hearing a lot about Caleb in the next few years," he said.
"I think it's just a matter of time before everything clicks into place for Caleb and he just takes off."
Other award winners include...
•Abby Firmstone: Girls Academic Excellence.
•Erin O'Neill: Girls Most Improved and Cross Country Scholarship.
•Daniel Koop: Boys Academic Excellence.
•David Galinski: Boys Most Improved.


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This little jewel of integration will leave the impression of a natural pool with a waterfall in the middle of a lush and flowery thousand species in which frolic freely hummingbirds, morphos and all their friends fond of hospitality offered to them.
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Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that develops and leases retail real estate, specifically regional malls, shopping centers, and strip malls. It the largest public U.S. real estate company, and[1][2]its investments tend to be in large metropolitan areas with very high consumer traffic and are comprised of anchor department stores alongside smaller retailers. Since Simon Property Group's holdings are substantially retail properties, it is particularly affected by the willingness of retailers to lease space in shopping centers. Simon Property Group relies on high consumer retail demand so that retailers have high demand to lease space in its malls so that it can negotiate higher rents. This is especially true with tenants of smaller retail stores in Simon Property Group's malls, many of which are on short-term leases of several months to a year, as opposed to the tenants of anchor department stores that are under leases of 5-10 years. For the full year 2010, Simon Property Group reported a total revenue of $3.93B and a net income of $610M.[3]
The company's major platforms include:
Regional Malls (62.7% of US Properties) - These are properties that range in size from 400,000 to 2,300,000 square feet of gross leasable area and contain one or more anchor big box retailers alongside smaller stores (710 anchors and 18,600 retailers in aggregate).[5]
Premium Outlet Centers® (15.2% of US Properties) - These properties range in size from 200,000 to 850,000 square feet of gross leasable area. These centers are generally located near metropolitan areas (e.g. New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C., and San Francisco) or major tourist destinations (e.g. Palm Springs, Napa Valley, Orlando, Las Vegas, and Honolulu).[5]
The Mills (16.2% of US Properties) - Properties consisting of combinations of traditional mall, outlet center, and big box retailers and entertainment uses. They generally range in size from 1 million to 2.3 million square feet of gross leasable area and are located in major metropolitan areas. The Mills Regional Malls typically range in size from 700,000 to 1,300,000 square feet of gross leasable area and contain a wide variety of national retailers.
Community/lifestyle (5.1% of US Properties) - These range in size from 100,000 to 900,000 square feet. These are designed to serve a larger trade area, typically containing anchor stores and other tenants that are usually national retailers. Simon Property Group also includes within this division traditional community shopping centers that are anchored by a supermarket, discount retailer, or drugstore and are designed to service a neighborhood area; and open-air centers adjacent to regional malls designed to take advantage of the drawing power of its malls.
European investments - International operations in Europe are conducted through two European joint venture investment entities; Simon Ivanhoe, and Gallerie Commerciali Italia, or GCI.[7] Nearly all of Simon Property Group's European properties are anchored by a hypermart, such as Auchan in Italy and Carrefour in France and Poland.
Asian Investments - include eight Premium Outlet Center joint ventures in Japan with Mitsuibishi Estate Co., Ltd. [8]
Overall, Simon Property Group currently owns or has an interest in 382 properties comprising 261 million square feet of gross leasable area in North America, Europe, and Asia.[9]
Simon Property Group Generates the majority of its revenues from leases with retail tenants, which are broken down into base minimum rents, overage and percentage rents based on tenants' sales volume and recoveries of expenditures including property operating costs, real estate tax, repairs and maintenance, and advertising and promotional expenditures. The management company also generates revenues through management fees of properties. [10]
A significant increase in interest rates could lead holders of our Simon Property Group's securities to seek higher yields through other investments, which could adversely affect its stock price. Rising interest rates could also adversely affect the amount of interest Simon has to pay on loans it uses for real estate development.
Since Simon Property Group's holdings are substantially retail properties, Simon Property Group is particularly affected by the cycles and risks inherent to the retail environment, such as levels of consumer spending, seasonality, the willingness of retailers to lease space in shopping centers, tenant bankruptcies, changes in economic conditions, and consumer confidence. These factors affect occupancy rates and ultimately rents collected for the properties Simon Property Group owns. Although the company is somewhat shielded from cyclical effects by its larger tenants which have long-term contracts of 5 to 10+ years, many of its smaller clients have leases for a year or less.
Simon Property Group has increasingly been making investments outside the U.S. to take advantage of booming real estate markets abroad. It owns an interest in approximately 50 European shopping centers in France, Italy, and Poland; six Premium Outlet Centers in Japan; and one Premium Outlet Center in both South Korea and Mexico. The Company also has seven international development projects under construction: three in Italy and four in China.[11] International expansion helps Simon Property Group hedge its risk against downturns in U.S. real estate markets.
Due to the nature of Simon Property Group's business as a real estate investment trust that develops and leases regional malls and commercial shopping centers, the profitability of its business is dependent on the profitability of its tenants' businesses. In order to help promote its tenants' businesses, SPG launched Simon Fashion Now, a free, dynamic fashion runway campaign that promotes styles at all price points at premier shopping centers located in Houston, TX; Palo Alto, CA; Boston, MA; Garden City, NY and Charlotte, NC. Every designer and style promoted on Simon Fashion Now's runways will be available in the very stores in the shopping centers where the shows will be held.[12]
Simon Property Group's direct competition comes from other United States Retail REITs. Competing REITs with significant retail holdings in the U.S. include:


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Pull Up a Seat: Counter Stool Inspiration
More and more, kitchens have become the social hub of the home. Not coincidentally counter stools have increased in popularity as more people want to hang out in the kitchen to eat, chat or just keep the cook company.
Thinking of buying counter stools? Take a look at them in situ in 15 real kitchens - do you like high or low backs? metal or wood? modern or
- Jessica & Jonathan's 'Like Eich' Atomic Ranch
- Cass & Carla's Elegant, Playful Home
- Anna & AJ's Modern T-Loft
- Kathleen & Maurizio's Imported Italian Home
- Rich & Emily's Somerville Surprise
6. Chris' Industrial "Dreamer's Dream" Loft
7. Anthony & Gregory's 1912 Contemporary Craftsman
8. Chris Savoy's California Contemporary Home
9. Emily & Craig's Logan Square Rehab
10. Ann & Dabney's Splendid Blended Storefront Conversion
11. Kristen & Mike's Mid-Century Oasis
12. Lisa & Scott's Industrial Barbara Bestor Home in Topanga
13. Mark's Delightful (and Delicious!) West Village Home
14. Sara & Rogan's Delightful Dorm Oasis
15. Stephen & Todd's Fantastic Mr. Farmhouse
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text: Citizens for Responsible Government CHAMBERSBURG — Citizens for Responsible Government will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at Mount Pleasant United Brethren Church, 2509 Black Gap Road. Topics of discussion will include Dr. Liz George's Mercersburg, Peters, Montgomery walking, biking and hiking trails; security issues in the Chambersburg School District; and smart meters. The public is welcome to attend. For more information, call Allen Piper at 369-3242. All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast SHADY GROVE — The Shady Grove Ruritan will serve an all-you-can-eat pancake and Kline's sausage breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Shady Grove Community Center. In addition to traditional pancakes and sausage, the menu will include maple syrup, blueberry pancakes, teddy bear-shaped pancakes for children, scrambled eggs, muffins, biscuits and sausage gravy. Juice, coffee and tea are included in the breakfast. Admission is $6 for teens and adults and $3 for children ages 6 to 12. Children age 5 or younger eat for free. Carry-out breakfasts will also be available. The pancake breakfast is a Shady Grove Ruritan fundraiser, which supports community programs including college scholarships, scouting, youth sports and the Shady Grove community center and playground.


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Folks, it's rare that I do this, but...
One of our own, Scott Kellogg (artist behind Twenty First Century Fox), had a stroke last night. His wife, Kathy, got him to the hospital and he is currently going through testing. There's some oddities going on, but I'd rather have Kathy tell it. They're on their forum over at the Cross Time Cafe site:
I'd ask folks who wish to give their condolences to do it on their forums (thus why it's rare for me to post this).


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MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — As a grieving family prepared for the funeral of a Hofstra University junior killed by a police officer's bullet during a standoff with an armed intruder, some on Monday questioned whether police should have waited for help, including a hostage negotiating team.
"I think the police is not very professional," the dead woman's godfather said outside the family home in Westchester County, north of New York City. "If he's professional, he should have tried negotiation," Henrique Santos said.
Santos earlier told the Journal-News: "He should have hit the guy with the first shot, not eight."
A key question is whether the officers responding to the house near the Hofstra campus at 2:30 a.m. Friday were aware the intruder was holding hostages. Police officials described the initial report as simply a robbery in progress.
One of the two officers who entered the home found the intruder holding 21-year-old Andrea Rebello in a headlock and "kept saying 'I'm going to kill her,' and then he pointed the gun at the police officer," said Nassau County homicide squad Lt. John Azzata. That's when the officer, who has not been identified, fired eight times, fatally striking 30-year-old Dalton Smith with seven shots and Rebello with one shot to the head.
Smith, who had a 9 mm pistol, never fired a shot, police said.
Edward Mamet, who spent 40 years as a New York City police officer and appears as an expert witness on police procedure, said if the responding officers knew hostages were inside the house, they should have taken a cautious approach and waited for backup.
"Unless it's clearly indicated that the lives of hostages and any bystanders are in jeopardy," Mamet said. "If that's the case, then everything goes out the window."
Police Commissioner Thomas Dale said the criminal investigation is ongoing and an internal police department investigation will follow. A spokesman for the district attorney's office said Monday it also was monitoring the police investigation.
James Carver, president of the Nassau County Patrolman's Benevolent Association, which represents the officer, did not return telephone calls for comment. He scheduled a Tuesday news conference to discuss the case.
One woman who was in the house when the intruder broke in was permitted to leave the house to get money at a nearby ATM; she called 911 and never returned to the house. It was not immediately clear if that woman told a 911 operator the intruder was holding several people at gunpoint inside the house, or whether that information was relayed to responding officers.
"There's a balancing act of trying to take decisive action, but wise action," said Eugene O'Donnell, a former New York City police officer and professor of law and police studies at John Jay College. "These situations are so unique and are differentiated by what the cops knew at the time."
A Nassau County spokesman on Monday cited state law in declining to release 911 tapes of the incident. Some news organizations have posted audio of police scanner chatter of the incident from the Internet, but its accuracy could not be verified. At certain points in the recordings, officers can be heard referring to hostages, but the chronology of events is not clear.
Azzata has said that when the first two officers approached the front door of the two-story home, a woman later identified as Jessica Rebello came screaming out of the house yelling "he's got a gun." Azzata said at that moment, officers believed Smith was in the home alone. It was only once inside the house that an officer learned two others besides the gunman were inside.
A young man was hiding behind a couch when Smith came down the stairs with Rebello in a headlock. As he headed for the back door while clutching the woman, the officer confronted him and shots were fired.
Mamet cautioned that in such circumstances, information broadcast on police radios may not always get to the officers in a timely fashion. Factors that could disrupt communication include whether sirens were blaring — drowning out the radio — or other conversations were taking place between the officers in a patrol car.
"It's going to be so important to review all the messages and the recordings of their responses and put it all together," Mamet said.
O'Donnell cautioned that even with that information "radio transmissions can be wildly inaccurate, but it's the only tool you have."
He also noted that "inaction can also have a cost."
"As bad an ending as this is for the police, imagine how bad it would have been if they were outside and something terrible was happening inside. That would be a story if the police were paralyzed standing outside while people were being killed inside," O'Donnell said.
He said the tragic circumstances that occurred Friday morning are ultimately the responsibility of the gunman. "He's the one who chose the escalation of violence," O'Donnell said.
Nassau County Police were criticized in 2009 after they waited outside a New Cassel home for several hours while a young woman was being abused, and ultimately killed, by her ex-boyfriend. The county later reached a $7.7 million settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit with the woman's family.
The news that Rebello died from a police bullet only served to compound the tragedy, said Carol Conklin-Spillane, principal of Sleepy Hollow High School, where Rebello and her twin sister graduated in 2010.
"My heart goes out to everyone. You have to empathize with the police officer. He's dealing with the consequences of a split-second decision," Conkin-Spillane said.
Santos also issued a statement on behalf of the Rebello family:
"We are heartbroken and overwhelmingly devastated by the loss of our beautiful daughter, Andrea," the statement said. "We are grateful for all of the kindness and sympathy shown to our family. In our grief, we ask for privacy as we try to make sense of all that has happened."
Speaking about the surviving twin Jessica, Santos said, "She's sleeping too much. We had to try to give her some food. When she wakes up, she says 'Oh my god, what did I do wrong?'"
The officer who fired the shots is an eight-year NYPD veteran and has been with Nassau County police for 12 years. He is now out on sick leave. Andrea Rebello's funeral is Wednesday.
Associated Press Jim Fitzgerald reported from Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.


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The Other 26: The Mountain West Enters the SpotlightPosted by IRenko on December 29th, 2012
I. Renko is an RTC columnist. He will kick off each weekend during the season with his analysis of the 26 other non-power conferences. Follow him on Twitter @IRenkoHoops.
The action was light during this past holiday week, but the Mountain West's finest took advantage of the lull to thrust themselves into the spotlight with two exciting contests, a pair of one-point games against top 10 teams decided by last-second blocks. In the final of the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii, San Diego State fell just short against third-ranked Arizona, losing 68-67 when Xavier Thames' potential winning shot was blocked by Arizona's Nick Johnson as time expired. Two days later, New Mexico visited eighth-ranked Cincinnati and emerged with a hard-fought 55-54 victory that was sealed by a last-second block from sophomore Alex Kirk. What was most impressive about these hard-fought contests is how both teams showed that even if you take away some of their key weapons, they are deep and versatile enough to compete.
The Lobos distinguished themselves not just with a victory, but the way they earned it. They are accustomed to racking up points at the free throw line, but reached the charity stripe at only a 20 percent rate, far below their season average and good enough for just six points. But they gritted out the win by patiently moving the ball against Cincy's high-pressure halfcourt defense to find open shooters and cutters. Junior point guard Kendall Williams turned in a performance befitting of a team leader, stepping up to hit several big three-pointers and finishing the game with a team-high 16 points. But it was Kirk who set the tone with his lunch bucket performance, fearlessly hurling himself into battle against Cincinnati's imposing frontline and surviving with 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting, seven rebounds, and three blocks, including a game-clinching rejection of a Sean Kilpatrick three-point shot.
The Aztecs, too, can be proud of the fight they showed in Honolulu despite coming up short. Leading scorer Jamaal Franklin was held to just nine points, his lowest output of the season. But Franklin found other ways to contribute, pulling down eight rebounds and dishing out six assists. And San Diego State found other players to carry the scoring load. Chase Tapley, who had already poured in 46 points in the first two games of the tournament, dropped 19 against Arizona to push his season scoring average to 15.8 PPG. And the Aztecs showed how strong their defense is, holding the Wildcats to 37.3 percent shooting.
This Saturday, UNLV will have a chance to intensify this week's spotlight on the Mountain West when they travel to North Carolina. In a year when the conference seems as deep as any in the country, the only lingering doubt heading into this past week was whether they had the heavyweights to compete with the nation's best teams. But as the final week of non-conference play comes to a close, the conference's top teams are leaving little doubt that they can.
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