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The first days of summer have been busy for the Baltimore Police Department, as a string of shootings and murders have swept the city.
In the first five days of summer, from June 21 to June 25, there were 27 shootings in the city. Police said nine people have been killed, bringing the homicide total, as of June 25, to 111, up nine from the 102 who had died at the same time last year.
"These acts of violence are unacceptable… and those responsible will be held accountable for their actions," said Col. Garnell Green, Baltimore's chief of patrol, during a news conference on June 25, the day five people were shot, including one who died.
That incident occurred just before 9 p.m. in the 2900 block of Gwynns Falls Parkway. Police who responded to 911 calls reporting gunfire arrived to find a man shot multiple times. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police did not immediately identify the victim.
A few hours earlier, at 6:34 p.m., a man and a woman who were headed into the Wendy's restaurant in the 2700 block of Martin Luther King Blvd. were shot by suspects who fled on foot into the 900 block of McCulloch St. The woman was transported to a local hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. Later, the man walked into a hospital seeking treatment for a non-life threatening gunshot wound, authorities said.
Police said two other shootings—one at the intersection of St. Lo Drive and Sinclair Lane and another in the 2000 block of Northbourne Road—are related. In both incidents, two men were shot in the leg. None of the injuries was believed to be life threatening.
The June 25 shootings followed another spate of violence the previous weekend. On June 22, five people, including four women and a man, were shot in the 700 block of North Kenwood. Donyae Jones, 18, who was shot in the chest, was pronounced dead at Johns Hopkins Hospital, police said.
Police Commissioner, Anthony Batts addressed the media at a news conference at the scene of Jones' shooting.
"The spike in the crime over the weekend was unacceptable," Batts said. "This is a concern. We were having an unusual high spike in crime over the weekend."
In an emotional interview with the AFRO, Anthony Harvell, Jones' husband, described his wife as a "sweet, loving person [who] wouldn't hurt anyone."
"She didn't deserve to die," he said. "I miss my wife."
Harvell said his wife was two months pregnant and they were planning to announce the big news next month.
"They took everything away from me—two gone, my wife and my unborn child," he said. "I am so lost. I don't know what to do without her."
Police officials said officers responded to 911 calls reporting shots fired on Kenwood around 1:27 a.m. According to police records, the victims were congregating outside in the 700 block of N. Kenwood when a suspect approached on foot and fired at the group. A 54-year-old woman and a 22-year-old woman were shot in the leg; a 20-year-old woman was shot in her left foot. A 26-year-old man was shot in his left arm, police said.
Joanna Harvell, Jones' mother-in-law, described the aftermath of the shooting.
"There was just so much blood in my house," she said. After Jones was shot in the chest, she managed to make her way inside the house and upstairs to one of the bedrooms.
"She drew a heart with her own blood on the wall before she died," Joanna Harvell said.
As Batts canvassed the neighborhood June 22, expressed his condolences to Joanna Harvell her family. She told the AFRO: "The police came to check on me and my family to make sure we were okay."
Despite that, she no longer feels comfortable in her home.
"I am scared to be here," she said. "I just want to move."
Elected officials weighed in on the violence.
"The weekend's senseless violence will not diminish our resolve to target repeat violent offenders gangs and illegal guns," said Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake in a statement. "We will do everything we can to reduce gun violence and make our neighborhoods safe…"
Rawlings-Blake's budget was approved on June 17 allocating additional funding to assist with public safety.
Despite the bloodbath, Batts sought to assure the community that the "crime rate is dropping." Violence, he said, tends to spike between June and September.
"The police department is doing a good job and headed in the right direction," he said.
Others had harsh words for the police.
City Hall Councilman Carl Stokes told the AFRO that he found it unacceptable that police justified the upswing in violence.
"This message shows that the police department is satisfied with the way things are happening. How is this satisfying?" he asked. "If that's the case then, people should just pack their belongings and move out of the city or be prepared for the worst."
Possibly in response to comments he made about the spike in violence that drew criticism, Baltimore police spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi was reassigned on June 26. Also on that day, police served search and seizure warrants in the 600 block of N. Kenwood Avenue, a short distance from where Jones was slain.
Several people were arrested and narcotics and handguns were seized, police said.
Batts attended the June 26 Baltimore City Council to answer questions about the violent crime wave.


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"As the Moon rotated under LRO's orbit," explains LROC team leader Mark Robinson (Arizona State University), "the ground track progressed from east to west (right to left in this mosaic)." The image run was timed to keep the Sun high up in the lunar sky but not straight overhead (its altitude varied from 69° to 82°). This created enough shadowing to define crater rims and other topography crisply, unlike the shadow-free view that we see during a full Moon. The combined image shows slight banding where the 1,024-pixel-wide swaths were stitched together.Weighing in at just 2 pounds (0.9 kg), LROC's wide-angle camera is small enough to fit in your hand. It features an aperture only 1.2 mm across and a focal length of just 6 mm (for visible-light work). Yet from LRO's very low orbit, currently only 20 miles (30 km) up, this mighty mite can pick out surface details as small as 250 feet (75 m). Click here to view the specifications for LROC's wide- and narrow-angle cameras.
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Neva Langley Fickling was entertaining grandchildren, as she often does, when she pulled an old dress out of a closet and let one of her granddaughters traipse around the yard in it.
The dress, it should be noted, carried a bit of history. Fickling had worn it five decades earlier, when she was known to Lakeland residents as Neva Jane Langley and to the rest of the country as Miss America. By the time her granddaughter, Dru, returned the white gown, it was in no condition to be worn on a stage.
The episode suggests Fickling is sentimental enough about her days as the designated national sweetheart to hold onto mementos of that time yet unsentimental enough to let the grandkids manhandle them.
Fifty-four years have passed since the Lakeland native was crowned Miss America. Fickling, who turns 74 today, lives in a house befitting the title, a golden, Federal-Italianate mansion overlooking a lake in the wooded outskirts of Macon.
When she and her husband, Bill, had the house built several years ago, Fickling unpacked souvenirs from her reign that had been boxed away for years. Visitors will see the three-foot-high trophy in a stairway nook along with a collection of photos, including images of Fickling with Bob Hope and Marilyn Monroe and a panorama of the 1953 contestants in Atlantic City.
The 19-year-old in the pictures - a lithe collegian with dark, wavy hair and arresting blue eyes - has become a handsome woman, still slender with light-brown hair swept behind her ears and lively eyes. A natural beauty who always wore little or no makeup, Fickling rues being judged solely on her appearance or compared to her younger self.
"I still get people who introduce me to strangers and say, 'She was Miss America,' " Fickling said. "Well, don't do that; I'm not Miss America now. It was a wonderful experience. I'm glad I did it, but that doesn't mean I want to keep on doing it the rest of my life."
settled in Polk County
Fickling's parents left Georgia for Central Florida in the 1920s and eventually settled in Lakeland, where Roy Langley had success as a citrus shipper. Born in 1933, Neva grew up in a house on Ninth Street, where one of her neighbors was Frances Langford, later a famous actress and singer with whom Neva would sometimes be confused.
Friends say Fickling's mother, Rosie Langley, was a beautiful woman, and Neva drew attention for her looks from an early age. She was voted homecoming queen at Lakeland High School, where she was also a Latin student.
"I never wanted to be known for being pretty," Fickling said. "I got my (high school) annual signed 'Queenie' in a lot of places, and I just hated that. I never really felt any prettier than a lot of other girls. For one thing, my family would never let me be conceited."
"Neva's mother used to say to her that pretty is as pretty does," said Joan Selph Newton, a childhood friend. "Some girls use their looks as a means to get something, but Neva never did. I think her mother instilled that into her and I think that's always stuck with her, that and her religious training."
Harold "Streamline" Sale, who was a year ahead of Fickling at LHS, said Fickling was one of the most popular people in the class. "Every time they elected things she'd come in first or second. And she was as nice as she was pretty. That's a rare combination, and she's still that way."
Fickling certainly wasn't the prissy type. As a teenager, she acquired a Cushman motor scooter, a two-seater in which she gave rides to friends. She was also an avid water skier, regularly accepting offers from schoolmate Harold Sale to go out on Lake Hollingsworth in his family's boat.
Music Was her passion
But Neva's abiding passion was music. Her family had a piano, and at age 7 Neva began taking lessons through a Works Progress Administration program at Webster Avenue Baptist Church, where she practiced on a cardboard mock keyboard. She also spent considerable time at the Selph's home, which had two pianos.
In ninth grade, Neva began training under Lakeland's Patsye Robson, a conservatory-trained player.
"She was a very good student; she was very interested in her music," said Robson, now 92. "She did some Bach. One of the last things she did was a Debussy number, an Arabesque she liked very much. She could embellish hymns, too. Some people play note by note, but she had the gift of being able to add, and whatever she added was always set beautifully with the hymn."
At 13, Fickling became the regular pianist at Webster Avenue Baptist Church; she also performed at wedding receptions and civic club meetings. Her musical ambitions were fueled by Lakeland's community concert series, and an appearance by Metropolitan Opera soprano Dorothy Kirsten made a particular impression. Venturing backstage after the concert with other girls in pursuit of Kirsten's autograph, Neva found herself at the end of a long line.
"I thought she was going to quit before she got to me," Fickling said. "I don't know what I said, but it was something like, 'Oh, thank you, I didn't think I would make it,' and she said, 'Well, this (being last) means good luck.' To me, this was just so wonderful, to have these few words from this beautiful opera star."
Amid her serious musical pursuits, Fickling also appreciated quirkier endeavors. About age 12, before anyone had heard of Elvis Presley, Fickling acquired an electric guitar and began playing in a Hawaiian slide style. Her guitar teacher even invited her to join a USO tour, but her mother made her decline.
"I probably had one of the first electric slide guitars made," she said. "I wish I could play it now."
As a high school cheerleader, Neva drew the attention of a Ledger photographer named Duane Perkins, who used her as a model and encouraged her to enter local beauty pageants. She was named Tangerine Queen at Cypress Gardens and competed at the Florida Citrus Exposition in Winter Haven and the Azalea Festival in Palatka.
Fickling didn't take those early pageants very seriously.
"They didn't require any talent," she said. "They required a pretty girl in a pretty dress."
year at Fla. southern
Fickling graduated in 1950, a few months past her 17th birthday. Her mother didn't want her to leave home so young, so Neva enrolled at Florida Southern College, even though the hometown school didn't offer a bachelor's degree in music. She plunged into campus life, becoming a cheerleader and joining a sorority. But after one year she transferred to Wesleyan Conservatory (now Wesleyan College), a women's school in Macon, Ga., to get a degree in music.
The following spring, a Macon civic group asked Wesleyan's dean to suggest students with performing skills to enter the Miss Macon pageant. Fickling was among four chosen, playing piano in a pageant for the first time. She emerged the winner, which led to the statewide pageant where Fickling was crowned Miss Georgia, gaining entry into the Miss America competition in Atlantic City, N.J.
One of the Miss Georgia judges and his wife, a former model, sent Fickling to New York City for deportment lessons at a modeling agency. Fickling's piano mentor at Wesleyan, Doris Jelks, recommended a toccata by the Russian composer Aram Khachaturian for her three-minute talent display.
"The composition had enough repetition if you cut it out you didn't really lose the gist of the whole thing," Fickling said. "And it was loud and fast and had one little soft part to it, so it had a lot of contrast and you had to have some dexterity so anybody judging could see, 'Well, she can play piano.' "
Fickling made her first appearance at the pageant in a boldly concealing gray tulle dress with a high neckline and long sleeves that "kind of made an impression." She drew further attention during the bathing suit competition, when the mothers of other contestants accused her of padding the bust of her one-piece suit, prompting a pageant official to confirm that her bustline was natural. Fickling, with measurements of 35-23-35, won the swimsuit competition.
For the talent segment, she wore a two-toned green dress with a swag draping off the piano bench. After her piano performance, Fickling's father came across one of the judges, New York Times music critic Deems Taylor.
"He said, 'Your daughter really throws a mean left hand on that piano,' " Fickling said, "and (her father) said, 'Well, she should, she's left-handed.' "
Fickling, then 19, won the talent competition but couldn't be certain of the overall title, knowing the previous year Miss North Carolina had captured both swimsuit and talent but not been crowned. She worried her southern accent might count against her.
As one of five finalists, Fickling fielded a series of questions. Asked to identify the world's most important person, she named the unpopular President Harry Truman, drawing a boo from the audience. Asked where she would like to spend her honeymoon, she slyly answered, "Atlantic City."
The pageant wasn't yet televised in 1952, and Marsha Pate Tomkow, Fickling's high school classmate, recalls tuning in a distant radio station and barely discerning through the static that her friend had been anointed Miss America. Tomkow called Ouida Langley, Neva's older sister, and broke the news to her.
"They didn't start televising the pageant till (1954), and to this day I have people tell me, 'Oh, I saw you when you won,' " Fickling said. "And I just say, 'Oh, you did?' "
Fickling returned to Lakeland shortly after her victory. The city declared Sept. 24, 1952, as Neva Jane Langley Day, giving her a symbolic key to the city and organizing a parade that drew throngs. "We claimed her for our own even though she was in Georgia then," said longtime LHS teacher Hazel Haley, "We said, 'No, she's our Lakeland child.' "
exhausting royalty
Fickling took a year off from college to serve as Miss America. Her duties required constant traveling, and in those days a cross-country flight took 13 hours, including stops. She flew on DC-3 transport planes and endured overnight "red-eye" flights.
"I would get airsick and get off and here everybody would greet me with roses and the mayor and everything," she said.
Her tightly scheduled days and nights included appearances at events both prestigious and picayune. She attended the inauguration of President Dwight Eisenhower, met Marilyn Monroe on a movie set and appeared on "The Jackie Gleason Show," but more typical were appearances at auto dealerships and events like the Yambilee Sweet Potato Festival in Opelousas, La. Fickling still has a photo of herself from a Georgia dairy festival, wearing a black dress while milking a cow, a skill she had learned out of necessity back in Lakeland during World War II.
A few days after the Eisenhower inauguration, held in frigid weather, Fickling was diagnosed with double pneumonia in Winona, Minn. She spent two weeks in a hospital there, including her 20th birthday. Once she had recovered, pageant officials eased up on her morning-to-night schedule, and the following year they passed a rule limiting Miss America to 12 hours of continuous duty.
Fickling received varying fees for her appearances, earning nearly $100,000 during her reign, with which she bought a citrus grove in Polk City. She was furnished with a custom-designed wardrobe and a Nash Ambassador, white with leather seats. "I wish I still had that car," she said.
She also glimpsed the negative side of fame. After a single date with a TV personality, she read an item in Time magazine predicting the pair would soon be strolling down the aisle.
"I was so infuriated," Fickling said. "It gave me a quick taste of what celebrity was like. What I really would have dreamed of doing is really big-time piano performance, but I didn't want to live in a fishbowl."
out of the spotlight
She departed the fishbowl in the fall of 1953, resuming her studies at Wesleyan. She also revived her acquaintance with a fellow she had met the summer before the pageant, Macon native Bill Fickling, a basketball player at Auburn University. They married during Neva's senior year at Wesleyan - honeymooning in Jamaica, not Atlantic City - and soon settled in Macon, where they have lived ever since.
Fickling felt self-conscious for a while after her year as Miss America.
"I got to the point I would not go to church right after I won because I thought everybody would want to see me looking like Miss America," she said.
Fickling went from Miss America to Mrs. Mom. She gave birth to a son, William III, in 1956. Another son and two daughters followed. Though she cherishes her family, she makes it clear giving up a possible music career was a sacrifice.
"I would have done a little more (with music) had my husband and kids and family been more supportive," she said. "They wanted me to come back here and be a typical Southern housewife, which is what I've done, except I've had a real active volunteer (career)."
Fickling has served on the boards of directors of groups devoted to the arts, education and historic preservation, and she founded Georgia Women of Achievement, which annually recognizes female accomplishments in the state.
After three decades of rarely playing a piano, Fickling rediscovered her passion for music with prodding from her husband. Bill wanted to give her a 9-foot Steinway, but Neva resisted. During a visit to New York City, she grudgingly agreed to visit a Steinway dealership, and when she laid her fingers on the keys her resistance dissolved. The Ficklings installed the piano at a second home in Park City, Utah, and they sometimes invited pianists to perform there for friends.
"I thought, 'Darn it all, I'm not going to let people play my piano better than me,' " she said. "So I started back practicing seriously three to five hours a day."
Fickling began performing publicly again in the early 1990s, playing with orchestras in Europe and Utah and giving recitals around Georgia, often in duets with Edward Eikner, an artist-in-residence at Wesleyan College. She made a triumphant return to Lakeland in 1998, playing a concert at the Polk Theatre to help raise money for restoration of the grand venue where she had watched movies as a girl. Her recitals have tapered off in recent years, though she is scheduled to perform this spring at Mercer University's Macon campus, where a recital hall is named for her. Fickling has made a few trips back to Atlantic City but no longer pays close attention to the Miss America pageant.
"I'll never forget I was back in my late 50s and one older woman was there," Fickling said, "and I thought, 'I'll never walk down that runway after I'm 60,' and I haven't."
childhood paradise
She no longer has immediate family living in Lakeland, but Fickling keeps in close touch with many friends here. She and Bill flew in for Neva's 55-year class reunion in 2005, and she still considers this city home, though she hasn't lived here for more than five decades.
"I feel like I grew up in paradise and didn't know it," she said of Lakeland.
The trappings of her current life - the mansion in Macon, a rustic cabin outside of town, the Utah winter home, frequent trips to Europe - suggest paradise and reflect her husband's success in the health-care business. But Fickling said neither her Miss America title nor her family's prosperity makes her immune to trials. Her daughter Jane required a liver transplant, and one of her nine grandchildren was born with Down syndrome.
"People here in this town (Macon) think because I live in this beautiful home - and I have been blessed, but � they think my whole life has been in an ivory tower and that's not true at all," she said. "And I'm glad it wasn't."
These days, Fickling takes pleasure in the small and unglamorous aspects of life - planting a vegetable garden and sweeping fallen leaves off the breezeway. She spends much of her time chaperoning her grandchildren, most of whom live around Macon. She often chauffeurs Sam, the grandson with Down syndrome, to therapy.
One afternoon in December, Fickling welcomed grandsons Hampton and Will into her home to help decorate a towering Christmas tree set inside a spiral staircase. Asked if he knew his grandmother was once Miss America, Hampton, a curly-haired 4-year-old, stared blankly. He knew her instead as "Nee," the one who later would be taking him to his karate class.
Nee is short for Honey, her other grandkids' pet name for her. It's a title Neva Jane Langley Fickling clearly savors as much as the one that came with the tiara now packed away in a closet. There she is - Honey.
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's federal prosecutor's office has asked police to investigate allegations that former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was involved in the massive cash-for-votes scheme in Congress that led to the conviction of several of his closest aides.
The prosecutor's office said in a brief statement posted on its website Friday night that its request for a federal police investigation stems from testimony given in September by businessman Marcos Valerio that Silva approved the monthly payout scheme and used cash from it for personal expenses while in office.
Valerio was sentenced to more than 40 years in prison and fined $1.3 million for being what the Supreme Court called the operator of the scheme that gave legislators cash handouts in return for their support of Silva's policies after he took office in 2003.
Phone calls to Silva's office in Sao Paulo went unanswered.
No allegations connected to the corruption case have ever stuck to Silva, who has always denied wrongdoing.
Along with Valerio, the Supreme Court last year convicted Silva's once-powerful former chief of staff, Jose Dirceu, of racketeering and of leading the vote-buying scheme in Congress. He was sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison. Twenty-two other figures, including politicians, aides, and bankers, were convicted on various charges. Twelve other defendants in the case were absolved of committing any crimes.
Valerio's allegations against Silva represented the first time one of the defendants in the corruption trial has told prosecutors the former leader was involved.
The scandal is known in Brazil as the "mensalao," or big monthly allowance, for the sums of up to $10,000 handed over to politicians. It came to light in 2005. The case has done little to tarnish the reputation of Silva, who left office after two four year terms on Jan. 1, 2011, with an 87 percent approval rating and near-mythical status as Brazil's first working class president and one whose policies lifted millions out of poverty.


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Land law expert David L. Callies publishes two new volumesUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Interim Associate Dean for Student Services, William S. Richardson School of Law
The second new volume, "A Concise Introduction to Property Law," published by LexisNexis, will expose first-year law students to the rich history of American property law through the study of court decisions. It gives particular attention to cases that arose in Hawai'i, the one jurisdiction in which property law history differs dramatically from the national experience.
This new 700-page casebook, designed for a shorter one-semester, four-credit course, compares with an older 1,000-page volume designed for a two-semester, six-credit course. It follows a format with traditional materials, while adding new material as well. The new volume responds specifically to the new trend of a shortened property law course in many law schools today, but preserves the "unified whole" concept that has been the hallmark of property law casebooks.
Callies is the Benjamin A. Kudo Professor of Law at the Law School and he has a long history of both teaching and practicing land use law. Before joining the faculty at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Law School, he practiced local government and land use law with the Chicago firm of Ross & Hardies, served as an Assistant State's Attorney, and taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Callies is a graduate of DePauw University, the University of Michigan Law School (J.D.) and the University of Nottingham (LL.M.), and is a past foreign fellow and present life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University.
In 2006 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Bar Association Section of State and Local Government Law. Callies was honored this week by his Richardson colleagues with a book reception at the Pacific Club.


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House of Delegates met at the usual hour.
Prayer by Rev. S. R. Brockunier.
Communication from the Senate announced the passage of House bill No. 2, to exempt, uniformed military companies from ordinary duty with ununiformed militia, without amendment; also the passage of the House bill prohibiting county courts and overseers of the poor making levies to aid the rebellion; also, the passage of the bill making appropriations for the operations of the government; also, the passage of the Senate bill appropriating $200,000 for military purposes.
Engrossed bills were taken up, and the following read a third time and passed;
House bill authorizing the Governor to borrow money on the credit of the State, for a sum not exceeding $200,000.
House bill making appropriation of $175,000 for military purposes.
House bill providing for the appointment of a vaccine agent in the City of Wheeling.
House bill authorizing the Governor to employ the county jails for the confinement of persons sentenced to the penitentiary.
The following Senate bills were taken up and passed:
Bill to re-enact and amend chapter 150 of the code.
Bill to re-enact and amend chapter 188 of the code.
Mr. WETZEL from the Committee to Examine Enrolled Bills, presented their report which was adopted.
Mr. SMITH, from the Committee on Courts of Justice, reported a bill vacating certain offices of the Commonwealth by declaring the incumbents absent, which was read a first and second time.
Mr. ZINN moved to take up the bill and substitute in relation to a division of the State.
A lengthy discussion followed in which Messrs. Zinn, Farnsworth, Smith and West participated, the two former in favor of giving the consent of the Legislature to the Convention with recommendation to taken action; Mr. Smith opposing such a course, and Mr. West favoring the middle ground taken by his substitute, of giving the consent of the Legislature but declaring the inexpediency of taking action. Mr. Farnsworth spoke at length in advocacy of his substitute and a division of the State, and had not finished his remarks when the House took a recess.
The House assembled after dinner, but in consequence of a military review of the 10th Indiana Regiment, which was about taking place, adjourned.
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By Doug Palmer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday formally notified Congress of its plans to begin free trade talks with the 27-nation European Union, an effort to leverage the world's largest trade and investment relationship to create new economic growth.
"A high-standard comprehensive trade agreement with Europe is something that will be enormously beneficial for the U.S. economy and the EU in terms of creating new export opportunities (and) boosting jobs," Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis told reporters at the U.S. Foreign Press Center.
President Barack Obama announced plans to negotiate the pact in his speech to Congress in February. But U.S. practice is for the administration to send lawmakers a formal notification at least 90 days before beginning talks.
Lawmakers and business groups welcomed the news, but said it heightened the need for the administration and Congress to work to together to pass "trade promotion authority."
That legislation would allow the White House to submit the U.S.-EU trade deal - once it is completed in one or two years - to Congress for an up-or-down vote without any amendment.
However, the trade promotion authority bill also gives Congress a chance to craft negotiating objectives for the U.S.-EU talks and another set of U.S. free trade talks with 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region slated for conclusion this year.
"To fully realize the potential benefits of a transatlantic agreement, we will have to tackle many difficult behind-the-border measures," House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, a Michigan Republican, said.
Because tariffs across the Atlantic are relatively low, the hard work of the negotiations will be smoothing out regulatory differences that have stunted trade in areas such as agriculture, chemicals, pharmaceutical and autos.
Two-way goods and services trade between the United States and the EU totals about $1 trillion annually. The two sides also have combined foreign direct investment in each other's market of about $3.7 trillion.
But bilateral trade between the two large, mature economies has grown slowly in recent years because of the effects of 2008-2009 financial crisis and competing subsidy and regulatory policies, the Peterson Institute for International Economics noted in a recent policy brief.
"A trade accord is not a magic potion for prosperity, but it can contribute to economic recovery by removing even relatively low barriers across a large volume of bilateral trade," the Washington-based think tank said.
The Center for Economic Policy Research in London has estimated a U.S.-EU free trade agreement could generate 119 billion euros ($155 billion) a year for the European Union and 95 billion euros a year for the United States.
At a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers repeatedly pressed Marantis on the need for a "comprehensive" pact that would tear down longstanding EU barriers to U.S. farm products and contain strong intellectual property rights protections for U.S. goods.
"Our past negotiations with the European Union have shown just how difficult this task can be. Let's hope that we can get it done this time," Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the top Republican on the Finance Committee, said.
Marantis acknowledged those difficulties in the letter notifying Congress of the talks, but said the potential gains from the pact "overwhelmingly justify the effort."
Exploratory discussions with the EU and key stakeholders "boost our confidence that it will be possible to find mutually acceptable solutions on difficult issues," he said.
The text of USTR's letter to Congress can be found on the agency's website: http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/03202013%20TTIP%20Notification%20Letter.PDF
(Reporting by Doug Palmer; Editing by Sandra Maler and Stacey Joyce)


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Three billionaires are changing Hawaii resort development with their digital dollars:
Age: 68
Island: Lanai
Company: CEO of Oracle
Makes: Software
Estimated worth: $41 billion (No. 3 on Forbes' list of 400 wealthiest Americans)
Investment: Purchased 98 percent of the island of Lanai for between $500 million and $600 million
Notes: A college dropout, Ellison is financing Oracle Team USA in the America's Cup yacht race. The team was recently found guilty of spying on opponents and docked five practice days. Ellison is being courted to bid on the Sacramento Kings basketball team to keep it from moving to Seattle.


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SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF, PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio and First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX ETF highlighted in Zacks Investment Ideas
Jan 16, 2013, 09:30 EST
CHICAGO, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights Features: SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB), PowerShares Dynamic Leisure andEntertainment Portfolio, (NYSE : PEJ), and First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX ETF (FXH)
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3 Great ETFs for Earnings Season
Earnings season is once again upon us, and this time, it looks to especially drive the market. That is because China and Europe are clearly in a muddle through phase, while our next politically-induced crisis, the debt ceiling debate, is still about a month away, suggesting that earnings will be the focus for the next few weeks.
Unfortunately, expectations for this earnings season aren't exactly great. Financials, which were the star in the previous season, are on shaky footing, while the latest news from tech giant Apple (AAPL) looks to rile the broader tech outlook as well.
That isn't to say that every sector is looking to have a down or underwhelming release though, as there are at least a few segments which could be poised to have a great earnings season to start 2013. One can easily find these primed sectors, and broad ETFs tracking them, by utilizing a combination of the Zacks Industry Rank along with the new Zacks ETF Rank (read 4 Best ETF Strategies for 2013).
This process should result in finding a few ETFs which are tracking strong sectors that are highly ranked, and hopefully poised to see strong earnings this month as well. With this technique, the following three ETFs could be great picks for this earnings season, thanks to strong momentum and favorable analyst estimate trends that all three look to continue as more profit reports start trickling in:
SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB)
The building and construction space was among the best performers in 2012. However, XHB trailed its counterpart (ITB - ETF report) for much of the year, thanks to its bigger focus on 'auxiliary' home construction plays like furnishings and home improvement stores.
While the sector does look to continue moving higher, we could see a shift towards these other plays in the space, as they have not seen as much of a run-up as of late, and the home furnishing sector is one of the top Ranked industries. If that wasn't enough, XHB recently moved up from a Zacks ETF Rank of 3 or 'Hold' to a Rank of 2 or 'Buy', suggesting now might be the time for this ETF.
The fund holds 37 stocks in its basket, with homebuilding accounting for about 30% of assets, followed by building products and then home furnishings. Even though it might seem somewhat concentrated at first glance, XHB also does a great job of spreading out assets, allocating less than 3.75% to any one security (read Is XHB a Better Housing ETF Play?).
The product also charges a low expense ratio of 35 basis points a year, while its volume and total assets under management are quite impressive so total costs look to be low. Investors should also note though, that the product has seen a tremendous increase in price over the past year, so it isn't likely to be much of a value pick.
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (PEJ)
This ETF focuses in on firms in the broad leisure and entertainment space, zeroing in on media, restaurants, and hotels, among others. Currently, media, leisure services, and publishing are among the top Ranked industries, so it could be a great quarter for these companies, and by extension, PEJ as well.
However, investors should note that the product has just a Zacks ETF Rank of 3 or 'Hold' thanks to its lower volume levels and relatively high expense ratio. Still, the product seems well poised to take advantage of some shorter term earnings momentum and be a strong pick for ETF investors at this time (see 3 Overlooked Ways to Target Consumers with ETFs).
In terms of the portfolio, PEJ holds just 30 stocks, but does a great job of spreading out assets; no one firm accounts for more than 5.5% of the total. There is also a big chunk in small caps, so volatility could be elevated (which is why we have a 'High' risk rating on the fund).
Expenses do come in rather high considering everything though, as the net cost is at 63 basis points a year, while volume can be light. The fund has easily beaten out the S&P 500 as of late even with these downsides, and if some of the companies can see earnings results as impressive as their underlying Zacks Ranks, this could be another solid quarter for the fund.
First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX ETF (FXH)
The health care sector has quietly had a great year, led by strong performances from major drug companies in both the broad pharma space, and in the biotech industry. This could continue here in 2013, as drugs are currently ranked in the top 20%, while medical products and insurance are also in the top half of Zacks Ranked industries.
Investors can get broad exposure to this trend with FXH, an ETF that is currently sporting a Zacks ETF Rank of 2 or 'Buy', along with a Low risk rating. The ETF not only offers up holdings in many of the segments highlighted above, but it utilizes the AlphaDEX methodology which could be a more quantitative approach to health care ETF investing (see Zacks Top Ranked Healthcare ETF: FXH).
With this process, First Trust finds only the most favorable stocks in the segment and gives higher weights to those securities that have impressive valuation or growth metrics. The company also eliminates the bottom 25%, so in theory only the best stocks are taken into the ETF.
This results in an ETF that has a heavy focus on health care providers, and then a big focus on equipment firms as well. FXH is also extremely spread out, but investors do have to pay a bit for this more involved methodology as this ETF costs investors 70 basis points a year in fees, though it does have solid levels of volume.
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When you drive a truck, there is always a little bit of luck involved to avoid incidents. The vehicle's are large, maneuvering them around turns can be difficult at times, and let's face it, the general public really has no idea how to drive safely around a large commercial vehicle.
That's one of the several reasons that the accomplishment of Con-way Freight's James Sutfin is worth noting.
Sutfin, nicknamed "Jackpot," certainly has hit one as he recently surpassed 3 million consecutive accident-free miles. A Las Vegas resident, Sutfin is the first of Con-way Freight's drivers to accomplish the milestone and he's done it while hauling an estimated 350 million pounds of freight.
Along the way, Sutfin was the first Con-way driver in Nevada to haul triple-trailer combinations, back in 1986. He reached 1 million safe driving miles in October 1995 and crossed the 2 million mile threshold in 2003.
"I'm really proud to hit the 3 million mile mark to show the younger drivers it can be done," said Sutfin. "When you're driving over 2,770 miles a week, you have close calls almost every day. You just have to be constantly aware of what's around you, and always leave enough space between you and other vehicles so you have time to respond. To have gone this many miles and this many years without an accident really means something to me."
Sutfin, a Vietnam veteran honorably discharged from the U.S. Army, has driven for Con-way for 28 years. As part of the recognition, he received a certificate from Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval.
"I commend your time with Con-way as a professional truck driver, driving triple trailers, and thank you for your safety and professionalism," the governor said.
"At Con-way Freight, safety is non-negotiable and is our company's most important principle," said Greg Lehmkuhl, president of Con-way Freight. "James Sutfin epitomizes the skill, dedication to safety and professionalism our drivers bring to work every day. We are thrilled to recognize this rare accomplishment."
Con-way Freight also has seen 204 of its drivers surpass 2 million safe driving miles while 1,639 have achieved 1 million safe driving miles.
According to Con-way Freight, three million miles is the equivalent to traveling 120 times around the world, six round-trips to the moon, or 714,285 trips down the Las Vegas Strip.
And doing it without incident. Clearly an accomplishment worth recognizing.


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The landscape of probability
We all know that the probability of some condition can lie anywhere between a sure thing (which we represent as a probability of 1) and a flat-out impossibility (0). But it turns out there are several other points of interest along the way. Let's take a tour.
When we say that something is a sure thing, we mean it is bound to be so. For example, the probability that a bachelor is unmarried is 1. This is a logical sure thing because, by the definition of 'bachelor', it couldn't be otherwise. (It could also be called an apodictic sure thing, however that's pretty much guaranteed to sound pretentious—but I'm getting ahead of myself.) Now consider the statement that an object with a positive electrical charge is attracted to an object with a negative electrical charge. This is a physical sure thing: though there may be a universe where this isn't true, it is true in ours.
Now let's move from sure things to things that are pretty much guaranteed. For example, it's pretty much guaranteed that the sun will rise tomorrow. Not a sure thing though: who knows what strange astronomical events might come to pass overnight? More about this in moment.
Nevertheless, most of the time, when we think about things that we consider likely, we're not thinking of things that are so overwhelmingly likely as the sun rising tomorrow. Likely things just have better than even odds.
Even odds (a probability of ½) is of course the sweet spot where the probability of some condition is exactly equal to the probability of its opposite. This can be interpreted as an expression of perfect uncertainty about the condition, and this was how Pierre-Simon Laplace used it in working out a solution to the Sunrise problem.
But as we continue our stroll, we find ourselves in the realm of unlikely things. Note that they don't have to be terribly unlikely. Something with a probability of 0.49 is (just slightly) unlikely, in that it has worse than even odds.
As the probabilities get thinner and thinner, we soon find ourselves encountering things that ain't gonna happen. These are the opposite of sure things. I'd love to win $50,000,000 in the lottery, but it ain't gonna happen. Well, of course it is gonna happen, but not to me (in all likelihood). Not that it's a physical impossiblity of course, much less a logical impossibility.
I'd just have to be awfully lucky.
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1. Re: Internal Software Error While Building DVDJeff Bellune Sep 23, 2010 4:10 AM (in response to Jeff_C_H)
Welcome to the forum.
Tell us about your project. Slideshows? Assets encoded outside of En? En version number?
Did you search the forum for previous threads about vobulator errors?
2. Re: Internal Software Error While Building DVDJohn T Smith Sep 23, 2010 7:12 AM (in response to Jeff_C_H)
If you have CS4, there is an update you need to do
Encore CS4 Roxio component problem http://forums.adobe.com/thread/400484?tstart=0
More on Encore and Roxio http://forums.adobe.com/thread/528582?tstart=0 or direct to
Also... some things that are legal in Windows cause problems
Long File Names Cause Crashing http://forums.adobe.com/thread/588273
And #4 Here http://forums.adobe.com/thread/666558?tstart=0
And This Message Thread http://forums.adobe.com/thread/665641?tstart=0
3. Re: Internal Software Error While Building DVDJeff_C_H Sep 23, 2010 7:35 AM (in response to Jeff Bellune)
Thanks for the replies. Sorry, should have provided more info.
I'm on CS5, running on an iMac (OSX 10.6.4). The project has three menu in total (a starting "Language Select" and then a similar menu for English and French versions of the main movies). All the assets are .mov's rendered out of Premiere CS5.
I am going to try shortening all of the .mov file names, and start there.
4. Re: Internal Software Error While Building DVDJohn T Smith Sep 23, 2010 8:01 AM (in response to Jeff_C_H)
As well as short(er) file names, make sure you have no spaces in the names and no "odd" characters, just letters and numbers
5. Re: Internal Software Error While Building DVDJeff_C_H Sep 23, 2010 10:33 AM (in response to John T Smith)
Update: no luck here. Changed all files (shorted and renamed, both source assets and timelines, etc.) and still getting the same error. I'm going to start over with a new En project...
6. Re: Internal Software Error While Building DVDJohn T Smith Sep 23, 2010 12:18 PM (in response to Jeff_C_H)
>going to start over with a new En project
When you do, have Encore go all the way through the steps to create an ISO or folder structure on your hard drive... after each asset/change... so you will be able to pinpoint any bad assets
7. Re: Internal Software Error While Building DVDJeff_C_H Sep 23, 2010 12:43 PM (in response to John T Smith)
Update again:
In the original project, I removed all gaps in the timelines, and I'm no longer getting the Vobulator error, but now and getting "OSStatus Error: -47" or "General Error".
8. Re: Internal Software Error While Building DVDChadBreaux1971br Apr 22, 2012 5:40 AM (in response to Jeff_C_H)
I had the same problem. I trancoded the video file inside of encore and it created the disc as it should. select the project tab right click on the video file in encore then select transcode settings, set them. then select transcode now then try building to dvd or what ever method you deside. let me know if this helps
9. Re: Internal Software Error While Building DVDtvenice1234 Oct 27, 2012 9:11 AM (in response to ChadBreaux1971br)
I had this problem and decided to do a little trouble shooting. The workflow went as follows: Collected files from different people and various formats. I ran all of these files through Media Encoder CS6 using the preset DVD-MPEG2. After poking around a little I discovered that some of the original files were the problem. I corrected two issues at once, so I don't know which of these is the issue. But they can both be corrected in the same step. Some of the aspect ratios were other than 720 x 480 and the frame rate of some of the offending files was not 29.97 frames per second. I put the files in an After Effects comp that was set at 29.97 frames per seconds, 720x480, D1 DV NTSC (.091) and ran that through Media Encoder using the Dynamic Link. One other change I made that I don't think was an issue, but in the remote chance that is I'll mention it. When building my Encore project I tried to put multiple files in single timelines. This created some automatic wild chapter markers which I deleted. After performing all of those steps the disk burned without a problem.


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Frantz Pinard has been named Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Basketball Rookie of the Week for the third time this season.
Pinard averaged 16 points per game in a pair of road victories for Suffolk.
The freshman guard played a major role in Suffolk's 73-68 victory on Saturday afternoon at Rivier University, scoring scored 16 of his game-total 18 points in the second half. He nailed the go-ahead three-pointer with three minutes remaining in regulation.
Pinard also scored 14 points on Wednesday evening, an 83-77 Suffolk win over Norwich.
Pinard was named Rookie of the Week in consecutive weeks in December. He has averaged 10.9 points per game on the season, with a 12.9 average in GNAC contests.
Rams basketball holds a 7-8 overall record on the season and 4-4 mark in GNAC play.


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SK Telekom in South Korea is releasing a new Galaxy S phone — dubbed the "Hoppin," named for the built-in entertainment system software (I know, we didn't get it at first either.) The phone comes with a dock that will connect it to your TV and run the Hoppin software to stream movies directly from your phone, much like Samsung's media hub that the US Galaxy S owners are familiar with. It's being reported that movies will cost anywhere from 1,000 to 3,500 won (.89 cents to $3.12 in USD), which is a very reasonable price to download a movie, especially via cell network.
Aside from that, it's pretty much your standard Galaxy S fare with the Hummingbird processor clocked in at 1GHz, 5 megapixel camera, wifi, etc. And unlike the US Galaxy S phones, it's shipping with Froyo.
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text: 2008 USL-1 season details announced November 28, 200712:00AM PST Previous Next USL The United Soccer Leagues have announced Wednesday the details for the 2008 USL First Division season as determined at the 2007 Annual General Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Tampa in Florida. Among the specifics unveiled were the league alignment, schedule format and playoff structure for the North American professional league. With the return of Seattle Sounders to defend their USL First Division championship and the absence of California Victory, who may return in 2009 under new ownership, 11 teams will be vying for the 2008 USL-1 championship and Commissioner's Cup. "The USL First Division continues to evolve into a viable alternative league model for professional soccer in North America, featuring the strength of the USL developmental pyramid with an increasing focus on international relationships," said USL Executive Vice President and COO Tim Holt. "All 11 returning USL-1 franchises enter 2008 with a realistic goal of competing for trophies and are collectively stronger as businesses than ever before. Driven by the opening of the purpose-built Stade Saputo in Montreal this upcoming spring and buoyed by ambitious new ownership groups in Portland and Minnesota, this season represents an exciting new chapter in the league's growth." The 2008 USL-1 regular season will commence no earlier than April 11th and the final match date will be September 21st, making the season two weeks longer than in 2007. The 11 teams will be making USL-1 history in 2008 when they play a 30-game schedule for the first time in league history after playing 28-game schedules in 10 of the last 11 seasons. Each club will play each opponent three times during the regular season. The top seven teams will advance to the playoff tournament, with the Commissioner's Cup winner (regular season champion) receiving a bye into the semifinals. The first round will involve the number two to number seven seeds competing in two-leg aggregate score series, with the three winners advancing to semifinals with the number one seed pitted against the lowest remaining seed. "Although disappointed the Victory will not be a part of our 2008 competition, we continue to make progress towards bringing USL-1 soccer back to San Francisco with a new ownership group conceivably to be introduced prior to even the commencement of the 2008 season," Holt added. "However, as a reflection of our confidence in and respect for the long-term health of the league, the importance of providing adequate preparation time to ensure the success of any new ownership group was prioritized above all else. Considering we are also in advanced stage dialogue with prospective franchise ownership groups in several major markets within the US states of California, Texas, and Florida, the 2009 season is shaping up to be a key expansion year for USL-1." Further details on the 2008 USL-1 playoff and championship will be released in conjunction with the league schedule projected for January 2008. Previous Next


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Mary L. Trueblood, 94
Mary L. Trueblood, age 94, of Spencer, passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at IU Hospice House in Bloomington. She was born May 6, 1919 in Shelburn, Indiana to Roy and Mattie (Nelson) Sluder. She was a 1937 graduate of Shelburn High School. She worked as a bookkeeper for the Veterans Exchange through the American Legion Women's Auxiliary and then for the Poor Relief Office in Sullivan County. She moved to Sweet Owen Manor in 1991 and then to Owen Valley Health Campus in 2006. She was a member of the Church of Christ, the Eastern Star, and the American Legion Women's Auxiliary since 1955.
Mrs. Trueblood is survived by two daughters, Judy Bain (Chuck) of Spencer and Nancy Elmore of Valdesta, Georgia; a son, William Ray Trueblood (Susan) of Camden; a granddaughter, Rebecca Elmore; nieces, Barbara Henry, Jane Flesher, Janet Holiday and Christine Trueblood; nephews, Joe Trueblood, Ted Trueblood, Mark Trueblood and Todd Trueblood; a family friend, Mary Lou Blake; and her roommate at Owen Valley Health Campus, Frances Herder.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harold W. Trueblood (1975); a son, Harold E. Trueblood (1940); three grandsons, Ryan Elmore, and Fred and Tim Bain; two infant grandchildren; three sisters; one brother; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at West & Parrish & Pedigo Funeral Home. Brother Gary Fiscus and Pastor Allan Lewis will officiate. Burial will be at 12:00 p.m. at West Lawn Cemetery in Farmersburg. Friends may call from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home, and one hour prior to the service on Tuesday. An Eastern Star service will be held Monday at 6:00 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to Sweet Owen Manor.
A special thank-you to the staff of Owen Valley Health Campus, the Bloomington Hosptical Progressive Care Unit, and IU Health and Hospice House for the special care and love they gave to Mary.
Online condolences may be made to the family at: www.westparrishpedigo.com.
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Sept. 21, 2003
Two Yale doubles teams advanced to the semifinals of the 35th annual Farnsworth/Princeton Invitational this weekend while the Bulldogs also made showings in the singles bracket.
The doubles teams of Ryan Murphy and Brandon Wai and Andrew Rosenfeld and Rowan Reynolds both fell in the semifinals, while Murphy, Rosenfeld, and Reynolds won several matches in singles before being eliminated.
In the A Singles Bracket, Murphy and Rosenfeld both made it to the quarterfinals before losing. No. 5 seed Murphy defeated Columbia's Jimmy Moore in the second round, 6-2, 6-3, while Rosenfeld beat Yoku Kiuchi of Columbia by the same score.
In the third round, Murphy fell to Cornell's No. 4 seed Scott Paltrowitz in a close game after winning the first set, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. Meanwhile, Rosenfeld lost to No. 3 seed Scott Doerner from Pepperdine in a 7-6 (1), 6-1 game.
In the consolation singles bracket, Reynolds reached the semifinals before losing to Columbia's Rohan Saikia 6-4, 6-3.
In doubles action, Murphy and Wai advanced to the semifinals off the strength of an 8-6 upset victory over Pepperdine's Doerner and Kevin Borzenski, while Rosenfeld and Reynolds defeated Penn's Justin Lavner and Mikhael Bekker by a close score of 9-8 (1).
But both teams were stymied in the semifinals, with Murphy and Wai falling 8-5 to Moore and Akshay Rao from Columbia and Rosenfeld and Reynolds dropping the game by the same score to eventual doubles champions Calle Hanson and Pedro Rico. Hanson was also the winner of the A singles tournament.
The Bulldogs return home to host the two-day Yale Invitational next weekend.


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Vanessa Hudgens: LAX Bound
Vanessa Hudgens keeps it casual and comfy as she leaves her home in Los Angeles on Monday morning (January 14).
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jenni_elyse wrote:One of my favorite moments in Breaking Dawn happens on page 592. This moment shows just how much Edward cares for Renesmee, in my opionion. And, it shows just how good of a father he is.
Edward is talking about Renesmee to the Denali coven and the following exchange takes place:"We're just looking for witnesses. If we can make them pause, just for a moment. If they would let us explain..." He touched Renesmee's cheek; she grabbed his hand and held it pressed against her skin. "It's difficult to doubt our story when you see it for yourself."
That little paragraph shows just how much love Edward has for Renesmee. I don't think there's any doubt. I just don't think we get to see his fatherly side very often because he's busy with Carlisle trying to figure out how much time Renesmee has. Remember, until the Volturi threat, they were researching old legends to figure out how to prepare for the outcome of Renesmee's life. I think Edward loves Renesmee more than anything and by touching Renesmee's cheek in that moment, it becomes the most apparent thing in the world.
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There is still hope for Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love in her Congressional battle against Rep. Jim Matheson in the 4th District. There are still some 28,700 ballots left to be counted; Matheson has a 2,646 vote lead. The ballots left to be counted are absentee and provisional ballots.
Love is one of the Republican candidates who was featured at the Republican National Convention. An American of Haitian descent, Love is widely considered a rising star in the party.


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Michael Haneke is an imaginative Austrian film director who has made provocative films like The Piano Teacher and Code Unknown. His latest and equally compelling film, Caché, centers on an upper middle class Parisian couple, Georges (Daniel Auteuil), a well-known host of a TV literary talk show, and Anne (Juliette Binochet), a book editor. Together they live with their 12-year-old son in a tastefully book-lined home, where they hold dinner parties dominated by smart talk.
There is something a touch smug about their lives. But their ostensible contentment is disrupted when mysterious videotapes and postcards of crude, violent childrens drawings begin to arrive at their home. As their lives begin to slowly unravel, anxiety and marital tensions and recriminations become the norm. Caché, however, does not concentrate on marital discord, nor does it focus on their young sons sudden resentment and transformation into a hostile alien in their midst. It centers on Georges living with a long buried childhood secret that has come back to haunt him.
The secret we slowly learn involves his betrayal of an Algerian boy who lived with his farmhand father and mother on Georges parents estate. The boy has reappeared forty years later as a soft-spoken, broken, despairing man, Mejid (Maurice Benichou), who lives in a small mean apartment with his son. The past returns with a vengeance, and Georges handles the situation rather arrogantly and insensitively, refusing to accept guilt.
Hanekes film on one level operates as a gripping psychological thriller one that contains only a single act of stunning violence. On a more significant level, Georges childhood behavior suggests in microcosm the 1961 Paris police massacre of protesting Algerians, and, indeed, the Wests relationship towards the Third World in general. People like Majid are invisible, disposable people that Georges and the West refuse to bear responsibility for.
In Caché, however, Majid has succeeded in unsettling the lives of the upper bourgeois, and we perceive that their sense of order is built on very fragile roots. But Hanekes film is far more suggestive than a simple polemical attack on the Wests complacency and guilt: Georges and especially Anne are not villains or reactionary racists. They are people like most of us, who spend little time thinking about the lives of the other and never see that our Western hands may be dirty.
The films sophisticated manipulation of the videotaped images also lifts it far above a relatively predictable political critique. An added fascination of this exquisitely controlled, chilling film is that its hard to get a handle on whats real. Haneke begins the film with a fixed establishing shot that goes on far too long of a Parisian house with cars and the occasional pedestrian passing by. We soon discover that what we are looking it is not Hanekes film but part of the ominous videotape dropped off at Georges and Annes house. For Haneke, all images television news, videotape, his film itself are artificial constructs and acts of manipulation that confuse us about what is actual.
He also sees truth itself as often elusive. The films brilliant final image an ordinary seeming long take of students leaving school, picks up in an almost accidental fashion a revelation of something that could be either terrifying or harmless. Caché is a rarity an engaging, consistently intelligent film that makes the audience work at gleaning the significance of its images.
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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Auburn is standing by a struggling Kiehl Frazier as the starting quarterback.
Tigers coach Gene Chizik said Sunday that Frazier will start Saturday against Louisiana-Monroe. The sophomore struggled throughout a 28-10 loss at Mississippi State.
Frazier had minus-2 yards passing at halftime and three completions for 18 yards through three quarters. He was also intercepted three times and lost two fumbles.
Chizik said enduring tough times is "part of a young quarterback's journey."
Backup quarterback Clint Moseley didn't get into either of the first two games. He started six games last season.
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I'm just waiting on Sky's write-up on this once everything is said and done. He lives in the Houston area and has spoke quite a bit at some of the issues he's been dealing with on this.
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Sharks, Kings head outdoors in 2015
Outdoor hockey is returning to California for a second straight season, the National Hockey League announced Wednesday.
The San Jose Sharks will be the home team against the Los Angeles Kings at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara on Feb. 21, 2015 at 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET) as part of the 2015 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series. The game will be broadcast by NBCSN and Hockey Night in Canada.
No two teams in the NHL have played against each other more than the Sharks and Kings since the start of the 2010-11 season. They have played 41 games, including the Stanley Cup playoffs, in the past three seasons, highlighted by seven-game series in each of the past two postseasons.
The Kings rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Sharks in the Western Conference first round last season. Los Angeles went on to win the Stanley Cup for the second time in three seasons.
"The growing excitement around NHL hockey in California hockey, the intensity of last season's playoff series between these teams and the state-of-the-art setting at Levi's Stadium will bring a thrilling new dimension to the Kings-Sharks rivalry," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. "We thank the Sharks, the Kings, Coors Light, the San Francisco 49ers, Levi's Stadium and everyone involved in producing the next episode of our Coors Light NHL Stadium Series."
The Sharks will be competing in their first outdoor game. They will become the 19th team in NHL history to play in a regular-season outdoor game.
The Kings will be playing in their second outdoor game. They lost 3-0 to the Anaheim Ducks in front of 54,099 fans at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 25.


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This week in Island history
100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, November 12, 1908
The big gun practice at Fort Greble today jars the houses on this island quite perceptively, especially those near the west ferry.
From the Newport Daily News, November 13, 1908
A number of poultry keepers in the island have lost some of their fowls recently, one man reporting nearly a hundred of his stolen.
From the Newport Daily News, November 14, 1908
Owing to trouble with her condensing pump, Steamer Beavertail was obliged to lose several trips this morning. Champlin's launch from Newport took her place on the early trips.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, November 10, 1933
Monday morning at the Carr school, Dr. Henry Ecroyd will complete the Schick test on the children who were unable to take the previous test given at the school.
From the Newport Daily News, November 14, 1933
The report of the survey of the public schools of Jamestown is now in the hands of the school committee. … Among other recommendations suggested by the commission was a high school for Jamestown. (A table gives the enrollment of pupils for ten years with per cent of enrollment in high school. In 1923-24 there were 55 students in high school and 291 in elementary school, 15.9 per cent in high school; in 1932-23 there were 98 in high school and 268 in elementary school, 26.8 per cent.)
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, November 12, 1958
The Jamestown School Committee banned the wear- ing of leotard (tights) by school children in classes at its meeting Monday night.
Jamestown's Armistice Day parade yesterday was watched by approximately 300 persons on its route along Narragansett Avenue. Ceremonies concluded with a wreath- laying ceremony at Memorial Square, East Ferry.
The ferryboat Hammonton, which plied the Newport Jamestown run for 27 years from 1931 has been purchased by the Newport Oil Transportation Corp., for conversion into a barge. It will be used to carry coal, under contract, to the Navy's power plant on Goat Island and for other barge purposes (The purchase price was $7,200).
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, November 9, 1983
(Approval of four bond issues in the state election included one which allows) the state to finance $45 million in highway and bridge improvements, including $18 million as the state's share of the construction cost of a new Jamestown bridge.
The School Committee will market the Jamestown School's new roof to local taxpayers with two main selling points — protecting the investment underneath the roof and making it easier to teach and learn there. The Committee learned … the latest estimate for replacing the roof and lowering and insulating ceilings is $323,312. That is down from the $328,999 estimate made last week.
From the Newport Daily News, November 15, 1983
Denied free passage for its emergency vehicles on the Newport Bridge, the town is looking for ways to charge the bridge operators for police and rescue calls to accidents, jump attempts and other crises on the span.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, November 12, 1993
Town water customers can expect to see a sizable increase in their water bills next month when the cost of trucking the emergency water is added to the usual charges.
The emergency pipeline that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will build to bring water to the island (across the Jamestown Bridge) from North Kingstown may be operational by Christmas, if not earlier.
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, November 12, 1998
The Town Council Monday got a preview of what a building that consolidated Town Hall and all other town offices into one structure might look like.
With one month to go before the state Department of Transportation "buttons up" Southwest Avenue for the winter, some concerns by residents remain, but many residents are satisfied with the responsiveness of the DOT. And one big point of contention — the composition of the sidewalk that will run along the west side of the road — was resolved by the Town Council Monday evening. After much back and forth over the past two months, the Town Council voted to request asphalt for the sidewalk instead of stone dust.


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LONDON (AP) — Britain's Princess Anne says Britons should consider changing their attitude toward eating horse meat.
The queen's daughter, a former British Olympic equestrian competitor, says creating a market for horse meat may improve the welfare of horses because owners would take better care of them if they had more value at the end of their lives.
The princess spoke Thursday at a conference on horse welfare. Other countries, notably France, value horse meat but Britain has no strong tradition of eating it.
Anne said she raised the question "because I think it needs a debate."
Anne is one of the country's top officials at the International Olympic Committee and rarely makes headlines with her opinions.


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Officials at Iowa State University and the University of Nebraska--Lincoln have approved an agreement that will bring the nation's two leading livestock producing states together in addressing the region's increasing need for veterinarians.
ISU psychologists produce first study on violence desensitization from video games
Research led by a pair of Iowa State University psychologists has proven for the first time that exposure to violent video games can desensitize individuals to real-life violence.
Roth recognized for public service
The American Veterinary Medical Association presented its highest honor for public service to Dr. James Roth, distinguished professor in veterinary medicine at Iowa State.
Iowa State's external funding reaches $280 million in FY 2006
Iowa State University generated $280 million in grants, contracts and cooperative agreements during fiscal year 2006, including $171 million for research projects.
Author on religious violence says 'sacred space' key in ending Middle East dispute
Iowa State University Associate Professor of Religious Studies Hector Avalos is author of the book "Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence" (2005) and sees no short-term solution to the current conflict in the Middle East.
Iowa State receives $795,000 grant for advanced electron microscope
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Iowa State University a $795,000 grant to purchase a state-of-the-art scanning transmission electron microscope for research in the biological and material sciences. The instrument, which will arrive late in spring 2007, will be housed in the Bessey Microscopy Facility.
ISU student named American Honey Princess
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ISU professors assess Iowa Caucus landscape as potential candidates visit state
Iowa is expected to once again host the lead-off nominating caucuses in the 2008 presidential campaign less than 18 months from now, and two ISU political science professors assess the early landscape.
Geoffroy names new budget model committee
President Gregory Geoffroy has named the committee that will coordinate the university-wide review of a new budget model for Iowa State and develop plans for implementing the model.
Iowa State, Ames Laboratory researchers win R&D 100 Award
Three Iowa State and Ames Laboratory researchers will be recognized for developing a software tool that helps engineers visualize and work with large sets of 3-D data. The result is a tool that helps engineers quickly solve problems and make decisions.
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Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-C-I-Lewiston, has helped pass comprehensive redistricting reform legislation (A.2086) as part of his continuing efforts to make state government more transparent and accountable.
"Redistricting reform can improve the way our state government is run and will strengthen our democracy," Ceretto said. "Even though Albany has long been known as one of the most dysfunctional places in the nation, re-election rates have remained above 95 percent. By making this highly political process more independent, I am confident that we will give individuals and communities a greater say in their state government."
Under the redistricting reform legislation that Ceretto helped pass Monday, an independent commission will be created and charged with redrawing both state legislative and congressional districts following the next census. The redistricting commission will be composed of 10 members: four legislative leaders will appoint two members each, and these eight members will then appoint two additional members. No member may have served as a legislator, statewide elected official, lobbyist, government staffer or county political chair for the past three years. Two members shall serve as co-executives, with one each drawn from the two parties with the most registrants in the state.
The proposed amendment to the state's constitution will now go before the State Senate for second passage. If passed, it will be voted on through a statewide public referendum in 2014.


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We love to make big salads for dinner at our house. The salad that I make most frequently is a taco salad. It's one of my comfort foods. But I also make lots of other different varieties, including rice and pasta salads. Including meat, beans, or whole grains is a great way to add more substance to a salad. I also like to sometimes include a nice cheese in place of a meat and add lots of nuts or seeds. Salads like the ones I have in the slide show below are hearty enough to make your whole family happy, but if you're worried they won't be quite enough, you can easily supplement with fresh crusty bread and grilled chicken breasts (or tofu) if the salad is vegetarian.
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