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For those that haven't heard of Fez, it is a puzzle/platformer that first made its way to Xbox Live Arcade in 2010, and ended up well-received by critics. The game is making its way to Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs this year, and developer Polytron is working on getting a port to Sony consoles. The game centers around the concept of a two-dimensional pixelated world that discovers the third-dimension for the first time. Sounds like a cool concept for Nintendo's 3DS, right?
If you like video games and have had any kind of access to the internet over the past few weeks, you've probably seen the outrageously out-of-context quotes regarding Nintendo consoles from Fez developer, Phil Fish, turning heads across Twitter and other gaming websites. Unfortunately, this isn't the first fiasco to be caused by the outspoken developer, and we somewhat agree with his critics – he is using a public Twitter account to voice his frustrations. Let's just chalk it up to bad PR.
While the less-than-140-character quotes used to headline articles across the gaming world may have turned a seemingly large group of Nintendo fans against the developer, here at NintendoDude we spent a few minutes and we actually READ the context. While we certainly may not agree with the amount of retaliation that went on, Phil made some perfectly valid, if not overly-frank points.
The conversation that started it all was a valid criticism of the 3DS' lack of a built-in second analog stick. That's when "game journalism" stepped in for the worst, taking several honest critical points and devolving them them into "Phil Fish Hates Nintendo".
In fact, the bit of Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate that he described on Twitter, he seemed to enjoy; enough to blow $20 on a circle pad pro (which even a lot of die-hard Nintendo fans think is ridiculous):
i hate myself… twitter.com/PHIL_FISH/stat…
— PHIL FISH (@PHIL_FISH) March 23, 2013
YES. He bought a Circle Pad Pro (I don't even have one of those).
Two days later, the PR machine kicks in.
i guess i need to better express myself. because i like the DS and 3DS just fine in many, many ways.
— PHIL FISH (@PHIL_FISH) March 25, 2013
and i love nintendo in ways it probably doesn't deserve. sucks to be painted as this massive hater for pointing out a few aspects i dislike.
— PHIL FISH (@PHIL_FISH) March 25, 2013
i dont think that "DS AND 3DS ARE BULLSHIT!" i think some aspects of their designs are inelegant. doesn't mean i dont like them.
— PHIL FISH (@PHIL_FISH) March 25, 2013
Over the course of the week, he did manage to stir up a bit more of the bad kind of publicity, but hey, it was during the Game Developer Conference. He probably just wanted the attention.
Back to the context, Fish proceeded to praise Nintendo, albeit in his own way, for the changes announced in the process to become a licensed Nintendo developer. Again, he brings up extremely valid points, such as a minimum threshold of sales before payment, a "business office" requirement, and other inane policies that were applied in the early days of the WiiWare, which even Nintendo has reluctantly admitted weren't the best choices, despite a few standout titles on the service like World of Goo, the Bit.Trip series, and more.
What's the real reason why we probably won't be seeing a Wii U or 3DS port of Fez? A quick look at the context (completely ignored by mainstream journalists):
@sentrygoinup because i cant do it myself,and i don't have the cashflow to pay for a port.
— PHIL FISH (@PHIL_FISH) March 25, 2013
@moreckthecat i do love nintendo. now fuck off.
— PHIL FISH (@PHIL_FISH) March 26, 2013
See, with a little context, you get the real picture. Fish does, in fact, wish he could port the game to Nintendo consoles, but the resources just aren't there. And this is where things get really interesting. Actually, Chasing Aurora developer Broken Rules even offers to get in touch with Fish to offer assistance with a Wii U port. Will anything come out of this? We'll see. In the meantime, the headline of this article brought up why Wii U and 3DS fans should still care about the game.
What makes Fez so appealing, and would it resonate with Nintendo fans?
Before I try to explain the game using information taken near verbatim from the official Fez website, why not just watch the trailer and see for yourself:
FEZ LAUNCH TRAILER from POLYTRON on Vimeo.
As mentioned at the start of this article, Fez takes place in world that was formerly 2D but a mysterious discovery causes the world to shift into 3D. In essence, Fez is a 2D platfomer that takes place in a 3D world.
Each world has four sides that can be freely rotated in in 90° increments, keeping the 2D gameplay intact. The game world seems pretty expansive, and if you took a look at the trailer, the music sounds pretty fantastic as well. Any fan of games like Cave Story and other 8-bit inspired modern games should definitely be watching this game.
Does Phil Fish need better PR? Definitely. Does Fez look cool? Yes, definitely. While I certainly wouldn't stoop to the point where I'd say I want to support his outspokenness over the internet, this does look like a game that I (and many other Nintendo fans) would want to play. For the record, Phil Fish isn't the only developer that worked on the game – he just so happens to be the most outspoken. We appreciate the work of the entire development, and as Nintendo fans, we'd actually love to see Fez come to Nintendo consoles soon.


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What are recommended mix proportions for good concrete?
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Cement and water form a paste that coats each particle of stone and sand. Through a chemical reaction called hydration, the cement paste hardens and gains strength. The character of the concrete is determined mainly by quality of the paste. The strength of the paste, in turn, depends on the ratio of water to cement. The water-cement ratio is the weight of the mixing water divided by the weight of the cement. High-quality concrete is produced by lowering the water-cement ratio as much as possible without sacrificing the workability of fresh concrete.
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Cements with higher extender contents (e.g. CEMII/B or CEM III) may develop strength more slowly and will require particular care with curing.
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Can I use any water for mixing concrete?
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Excessive impurities in mixing water not only may affect setting time and concrete strength, but also may cause efflorescence, staining, corrosion of reinforcement, volume instability, and reduced durability. Specifications usually set limits on chlorides, sulphates, alkalis, and solids in mixing water unless tests can be performed to determine the effect the impurity has on various properties.
Why is it so important to "cure" concrete?
Curing is one of the most important steps in concrete construction, because proper curing greatly increases concrete strength and durability. Concrete hardens as a result of hydration: the chemical reaction between cement and water. However, hydration occurs only if water is available and if the concrete's temperature stays within a suitable range. During the curing period - from five to seven days after placement for conventional concrete - the concrete surface needs to be kept moist to permit the hydration process. New concrete can be wetted with soaking hoses, sprinklers or covered with wet burlap, or can be coated with commercially available curing compounds, which seal in moisture.
What is air-entrained concrete?
Air-entrained concrete contains billions of microscopic air cells per cubic metre. These air pockets relieve internal pressure on the concrete by providing tiny chambers for into which water can expand when it freezes. Air-entrained concrete is produced through the use of air-entraining portland cement, or by the introduction of air-entraining agents, under careful engineering supervision as the concrete is mixed on the job. The amount of entrained air is usually between 4 % and 7% of the volume of the concrete, but may be varied as required by special conditions.
Air-entraining agents are used to produce a number of effects in the concrete mix:
· To improve cohesion and reduce bleeding
· To improve compaction of low workability concrete
· To provide stability to extruded concrete
· To give improved handling properties, stability and cohesion to bedding mortar
· To improve freeze/thaw resistance of hardened concrete (not a major problem in South Africa)
When designing air-entrained concrete it should be remembered that the compressive strength is reduced, compared to non-air-entrained concrete.
Why does concrete crack only a short time after placing?
Plastic settlement cracking occurs after the concrete has been compacted. After compaction there is a tendency for solid particles to settle and displace some mixing water which rises to the surface. This settlement will continue until the concrete stiffens. In a section where there is no restraint (e.g. top reinforcement, changes in section, etc.), such settlement rarely causes any problems.
What are the most common tests for fresh concrete?
Slump, air content, unit weight and compressive strength tests are the most common tests.
Slump is a measure of consistency, or relative ability of the concrete to flow. If the concrete cannot flow because the consistency or slump is too low, there are potential problems with proper consolidation. If the concrete won't stop flowing because the slump is too high, there are potential problems with mortar loss through the formwork, excessive formwork pressures, finishing delays and segregation.
Air content measures the total air content in a sample of fresh concrete, but does not indicate what the final in-place air content will be, because a certain amount of air is lost in transportation, consolidating, placement and finishing. Three field tests are widely specified: the pressure meter and volumetric method are ASTM standards and the Chace Indicator is an AASHTO procedure.
Unit weight measures the weight of a known volume of fresh concrete.
In essence, the compressive strength test consists of crushing three cubes from the same sample of concrete. The cubes are tested in a saturated condition. The strength of the concrete is defined as the average of the strengths of the three cubes. For the test to be valid, the ranges of strengths within the set of three cubes must not exceed 15% of the average.
How do I perform a slump test?
The surface is struck off by rolling the tampering rod across the top edge of the mould. After careful removal of the mould, the slump of the concrete present is measured to the nearest 5 mm. The slump as measured is the distance between the top of the inverted mould and the highest point of the concrete.
Why do concrete surfaces flake and spall?
- In areas of the country that are subjected to freezing and thawing the concrete should be air-entrained to resist flaking and scaling of the surface. If air-entrained
concrete is not used, there will be subsequent damage to the surface.
- The water/cement ratio should be as low as possible to improve durability of the surface. Too much water in the mix will produce a weaker, less durable concrete
that will contribute to early flaking and spalling of the surface.
- The finishing operations should not begin until the water sheen on the surface is gone and excess bleed water on the surface has had a chance to evaporate.
If this excess water is worked into the concrete because the finishing operations are begun too soon, the concrete on the surface will have too high a water content
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Although the terms cement and concrete often are used interchangeably, cement is actually an ingredient of concrete. Concrete is basically a mixture of aggregates and paste. The aggregates are sand and gravel or crushed stone; the paste is water and portland cement. Concrete gets stronger as it gets older. Portland cement is not a brand name, but the generic term for the type of cement used in virtually all concrete. Cement comprises 10 to 15% of the concrete mix, by volume. Through a process called hydration, the cement and water harden and bind the aggregates into a rocklike mass.
So, there is no such thing as a cement floor, or a cement mixer; the proper terms are concrete floor and concrete mixer.
How is portland cement made?
Materials that contain appropriate amounts of oxides of lime, silica, alumina and iron are crushed and screened and placed in a rotating cement kiln. Ingredients used in this process are typically materials such as limestone, marl, shale, iron ore, clay, and fly ash.
The kiln resembles a large horizontal pipe with a diameter of 3 to 4 metres and a length of 90 metres or more. One end is raised slightly. The raw mix is placed in the high end and as the kiln rotates the materials move slowly toward the lower end. Flame jets are at the lower end and all the materials in the kiln are heated to high temperatures of about 1400 and 1450 degrees Celsius. This high heat drives off, or calcines, the chemically combined water and carbon dioxide from the raw materials and forms new compounds (tricalcium silicate, dicalcium silicate, tricalcium aluminate and tetracalcium aluminoferrite). For each ton of material that goes into the feed end of the kiln, two thirds of a ton comes out the discharge end, called clinker. This clinker is in the form of marble sized pellets. The clinker is very finely ground to produce portland cement. A small amount of gypsum is added during the milling process in order to to control the cement's set or rate of hardening.
Are there different types of portland cement?
Though all portland cement is basically the same, five types of cement are manufactured to meet different physical and chemical requirements for specific applications:
- CEM I portland cement with a maximum of 5% minor additional constituents
- CEM II portland cement containing varying additions of secondary materials, i.e. fly ash, pozzolana, slag, silica fume, or limestone.
- CEM III blast furnace cement
- CEM IV pozzolanic cement
- CEM V composite cement
With the wide range of secondary product addition amounts allowable under the South African standard for common cements (SANS 50197-1), there are now potentially 27 products in the family of "common cements". The Cement and Concrete Institute in South Africa supplies a downloadable leaflet on the full composition details of these different cements. Alternatively, a full copy of the specification can be obtained from the South African Bureau of Standards.
White portland cement is made from raw materials containing little or no iron or manganese, the substances that give conventional cement its grey colour. White cement is used primarily for decorative purposes.
Is there a universal international specification for portland cement?
Each country has its own standard for portland cement, so there is no universal international standard. South Africa uses the specifications prepared by the South African Bureau of Standards:
SANS 50197-1 Cement: Part 1 Composition, specifications and conformity criteria for Common Cements and this is supported by SANS 50197-2 2000 Cement: Part 2: Conformity evaluation
SANS 50413-1: 2004 Masonry cement. Part 1: Composition, specifications and conformity criteria. SNAS 50413-2 covers the test methods which apply to masonry cements only.
There are a few other countries that also have adopted their own standard. Unfortunately, many do not use the same criteria for measuring properties and defining physical characteristics so they are virtually "non-translatable." The European Cement Association located in Brussels, Belgium, publishes a book titled "Cement Standards of the World."


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ABSTRACT: This study examined whether perceived coping effectiveness (PCE) was associated with better diabetes management and was higher when adolescents' dyadic coping was matched to shared stress appraisals. There were 252 adolescents with Type 1 diabetes who completed stress and coping interviews where they appraised mothers' and fathers' involvement in stress ownership (mine, indirectly shared, directly shared with parent), in coping (uninvolved, supportive, collaborative, or controlling), and rated their effectiveness in coping. Adolescents completed assessments of depressive symptoms (Children's Depression Inventory), self-care behaviors (Self-Care Inventory), and efficacy of disease management (Diabetes Self-Efficacy). Glycosylated hemoglobin levels were obtained from medical records. Higher PCE was associated with fewer depressive symptoms, self-care behaviors, and efficacy across age and, more strongly for older adolescents' metabolic control. Appraisals of support or collaboration from parents were more frequent when stressors were appraised as shared. PCE was enhanced when dyadic coping with mothers (but not fathers) was consistent with stress appraisals (e.g., shared stressors together with collaborative coping). Stress and coping is embedded within a relational context and this context is useful in understanding the coping effectiveness of adolescents.Journal of Family Psychology 09/2009; 23(4):521-30. · 1.66 Impact Factor - [show abstract] [hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Marital strain confers risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), perhaps though cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) to stressful marital interactions. CVR to marital stressors may differ between middle-age and older adults, and types of marital interactions that evoke CVR may also differ across these age groups, as relationship contexts and stressors differ with age. The authors examined cardiovascular responses to a marital conflict discussion and collaborative problem solving in 300 middle-aged and older married couples. Marital conflict evoked greater increases in blood pressure, cardiac output, and cardiac sympathetic activation than did collaboration. Older couples displayed smaller heart rate responses to conflict than did middle-aged couples but larger blood pressure responses to collaboration—especially in older men. These effects were maintained during a posttask recovery period. Women did not display greater CVR than men on any measure or in either interaction context, though they did display greater parasympathetic withdrawal. CVR to marital conflict could contribute to the association of marital strain with CVD for middle-aged and older men and women, but other age-related marital contexts (e.g., collaboration among older couples) may also contribute to this mechanism. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)Psychology and Aging 05/2009; 24(2):274-286. · 2.73 Impact Factor - [show abstract] [hide abstract]
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You could talk to your doctor about SMA. A friend of mine has a little boy who has it, but they didn't realize what a big deal it was for him to not put weight on his legs until he was almost 1 year.
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My oldest couldn't put weight on hers for a long time. Ended up being her hip muscle were to loss. We did infant massage and kinda work her muscle out, kinda like bicycling motion. She is almost 5 and is very physical little girl.
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Every Thursday Katherine hosts a Favorite Things Hop and I am linking to her this week.
I have wanted to get back to creating jewelry and I sure have plenty of supplies. I have been designing jewelry for about 5 years, just have not for a long time. So here is my the 1st I have created to share with you. It is a simple version of a beaded bracelet, the only tool is a pair of scissors, cording, 4 little beads and a cute button {wish I had my grandmothers button drawer now}. You can always add many more beads as I have seen done, but I chose to only add the four silver beads and" silver heart button" to match.
To start I cut the cording to about 14 inches to allow for the knots on the bracelet and if you use heavier cording or thin leather you would need to adjust. The closure is created when you tie your last knot, as the loop slips over the button.
For different wrist sizes you would want to adjust placement of beads and knots to accommodate the wrist size.
This is such a easy design that you could make it in about 10 minutes once you have your supplies assembled. And would be a great project that could be done as a group. You could make an arm full in an hour which would be fun to stack or add with other bracelets and a watch.
The colors are endless and I chose green as it is one of the key colors for fall as I plan on incorporating into my wardrobe. There is a Pantone color chart below of our 2013 Fall colors for clothing, fashion, jewelry and home decor, so choose your favorites in any variation from the darkest to the lightest.
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Watch: Stephen Fry invites you to a festival celebrating Verdi and Wagner
Deloitte Ignite 2013 is your chance to burst into song or strike an unfeasibly large anvil.
Deloitte Ignite 2013, entitled Verdi/Wagner and curated by opera aficionado Stephen Fry kicks off on 6 September.
The festival, which will be spread over four weeks, is described by Fry as 'a momentous celebration of two great titans of world music, Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi'.
Events include Inside Wagner's Head, a one-man show, by actor, writer and director Simon Callow commissioned specially for the festival; live radio broadcasts, workshops, and pop-up performances inspired by Verdi and Wagner; and an investigation into the physiological effects of opera with both Fry and Alan Davies. Many events in Deloitte Ignite are free including a day of singers and choral groups coming together for a Festival of Voices.
The music of Wagner will be brought to life with an installation designed to show just what goes into staging Die Walküre, while composer-in-residence Elspeth Brooks will use recordings from around the world of Verdi's Va Pensiero to create a unique sound installation in the Crush Room.
Find out more and reserve tickets for Deloitte Ignite 2013, or sign up to be first to know when more information is released.
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Players regret Bowden might lose wins
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Two Florida State football players connected to a cheating scandal say they regret their actions could cost coach Bobby Bowden as many as 14 victories, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
The two seniors, defensive tackle Budd Thacker and linebacker Dekoda Watson, said they're sorry that their actions might lead to NCAA discipline and the tarnishing of Bowden's legacy, according to the report.
"I know personally and for the guys that were involved with it, we're sincerely sorry about what happened," Watson said, according to the Sentinel. "And, I mean, that's all I can do. If I could turn back the hands of time, which anybody would say, I would."
"There was a time when I was depressed," Watson said, according to the report. "But all things happen for a reason. And now as far as Coach Bowden, I personally feel like he worked hard for [his legacy] and brought Florida State around ... they can't knock that he's still a legend.
"They can't knock that he did win all of those games, fair and square."
Bowden said "there might have been some" of his players who apologized directly to him for cheating, according to the report. But he also said the 25 players involved "have paid the price."
"It's not like they all came in here and apologized, no, and I don't expect them to," Bowden said, the Sentinel reported.
Florida State is appealing the NCAA's decision to strip Bowden of wins as part of its punishment for academic fraud that involved a total of 61 athletes, who allegedly cheated on an online music course exam. The NCAA placed Florida State on four years' probation, cut 19 athletic scholarships and ordered the school to vacate victories by 10 teams whose student-athletes were involved.
Bowden currently has 382 career wins, one fewer than Penn State's Joe Paterno. Being stripped of as many as 14 of those wins would make it difficult for Bowden, 79, to catch or pass Paterno for the all-time major college mark.
"It's horrible, man," Thacker said of the potential impact on Bowden, according to the Sentinel. "It's a bad thing. I feel sorry for Coach Bowden [but] I think he'll be all right in the end."
The NCAA found no evidence that Bowden and other Florida State coaches played a role in the scandal or knew that cheating was occurring. Bowden has pointed that out in supporting the appeal, saying it's unfair to take wins from coaches who didn't know what was going on.
"I'm just concerned about our track team, which won two national championships. I'm just concerned about that and other coaches that won games," Bowden said Thursday, according to the Sentinel. "I heard commentators saying, 'They deserve it. They deserve it.' Why do we deserve it? I mean, why do our coaches deserve it? We didn't know anything about it."
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Mobile Shoppers to Meet In-Store Micro-Targeting
We may be about to find out the level to which mobile shoppers are willing to
be targeted in stores as they shop.
Earlier this year, a study by ResearchNow showed that while a third of women shoppers love it when reminded of in-store sales by a sales associate, a majority (58%) said they would be "thrilled" if they received a personalized offer on their smartphone while in the store.
Now Swirl, the well-funded Boston-based technology company that sponsored the research, is rolling out a national platform for retailers that can deliver personalized content and offers to shoppers based on their locations within stores.
This follows a pilot program with national fashion retailers including Alex and Ani, Kenneth Cole and Timberland that showed a large (75%) in-store app open rate. Swirl executives say the company is working on plans for broader rollouts with those three retail chains and Timberland says it expects to expand it into its stores next year.
The idea is that the technology gets embedded inside a retailer's mobile app. It uses Bluetooth low energy beacons that can pinpoint a shopper's precise location in a store.
And here is the ultimate test of this type of in-store targeting.
Since the technology can be so precise as to locate shoppers as they traverse a certain aisle, we're about to see how many of the consumers who opt in stick with the program.
In the earlier women's shopping study, 17% of women shoppers said they would not share their location but most would, based on the following incentives:
- 83% -- $15 in-store credit
- 47% -- $5 in-store credit
- 20% -- $1 in store credit
And numerous studies show that consumers prefer to shop in physical stores so marketers will be testing what will appeal to these mobile shoppers.
This is yet another mobile commerce capability moving into the market, most of which has no idea it's coming.
We're in the early stages of finding out how mobile shoppers will react to in-store, micro-targeting at scale.
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Security Technology News - July 2010
RFID Security Tags Boost Anti-Counterfeit Technology
Posted by Security Technology News's European Correspondent on 07/07/2010 - 16:30:00
European researchers have developed radio frequency identification (RFID) security tags to help stem the flow of counterfeited goods across the continent.
The STOP (Stop Tampering Of Products) project has developed a number of technologies that researchers say will "empower consumers, distributors, governments and vendors to distinguish genuine goods from illegal imitations".
Foremost among these is a Radio Frequency ID (RFID) chip that can be fitted into products and, along with supporting software, can be used to track products and authenticate them.
Anti-Counterfeit Technology
Counterfeiting in Europe is on the rise, according to figures from the EU. Since 2001, customs have seized increasing numbers of counterfeited goods. In 2008 alone, over 178 million fake goods were seized. With customs agencies struggling to cope with the levels of counterfeited goods, the STOP campaign was launched by the EU to bring together companies severely affected by counterfeiting and work to find new technological solutions.
Manufacturers of high-value goods such as watches, software developers and medicine suppliers were included in the consultations. "The project partners believe that the whole system needs a shift from mere after-the-fact criminal investigations to upstream, system-wide prevention."
RFID Security Tags
The RFID security tags concept was Developed by software company SAP, the idea is to combine the concept of fitting tailor-made smart-tags to products and deploy sophisticated software that will enable a clear picture of a product's movement through the entire supply chain from manufacture, distribution and purchase, so helping weed out the fakes. Dr Harald Vogt from SAP commented: "What we have demonstrated is an effective combination of technology and organisation, an overall system that can be implemented by businesses without extensive training or extra costs."
The RFID chip and software was tested on a high-end designer wristwatch. The chip was built invisibly into the watch, with the RF signals sent through the watch's case to the software. Although Dr Vogt commented that this was a challenge, it was "quite manageable". More importantly, the results were successful and the costs remained low.
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Clearwire switches to support Dish buyout offer
June 12, 2013 @ 3:17 pm
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) - Wireless data network operator Clearwire Corp. is recommending that its shareholders approve a buy-out offer from Dish Network Corp., reversing its earlier stance to support a takeover bid by its majority shareholder, Sprint Nextel Corp.
Clearwire shares rose 3 cents to $4.40 in after-hours trading Wednesday, the same amount that Dish is offering per share.
Dish also said in a release Wednesday that its offer to pay $4.40 per share of Clearwire would be extended by two working days to July 2, and holders of 245,411 Clearwire shares had already committed to sell them to Dish.
That represents less than 0.1 percent of the 1.5 billion Clearwire shares outstanding.
Dish has said its offer is contingent on being able to buy 25 percent of the company.
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Watch a Flashback from a Goodison Park match where the Whites were seconds away from securing a historic win.
Watch the goals as the young Whites hit top form at Loftus Road to knock our neighbours QPR out of the FA Youth Cup.
Sascha Riether is keen for Fulham to build on the positive showings against Spurs and Villa when they travel to Everton.
Watch a Flashback from a Goodison Park match where the Whites were seconds away from securing a historic win.
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Fulham host Aston Villa at Craven Cottage on Sunday and Billy the Badger gives his predictions for the Whites' match and all of the weekend's Premier League fixtures. Do you guys agree?
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1625 W. Chicago Ave.
6:30-7:45 pm
Free, RSVP required: Please call to 312-743-0450 or visit the West Town branch to register.
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Host your own Social!
Tips on how right here.
Then email us to add your social to the LWA calendar.
First class letters
1 ounce: 46¢
2 ounces: 66¢
3 ounces: 86¢
3.5 ounces: $1.06
postcard: 33¢
square env.: add 20¢
International Letter Rates
Canada & Mexico
(up to 2oz) $1.10
Other countries
(up to 1oz) $1.10