text:
Complete Release in PDF Format
Horizon League Championship Quarterfinals
No. 5 Butler (20-9) at No. 4 Cleveland State (16-13)
Wednesday, March 12 - 7:00 p.m.
Wolstein Center - Cleveland, Ohio
The Opening Tip: Fresh off its 20th win of the season, Butler (20-9, 10-8 Horizon) enters the quarterfinals of the Horizon League Championship as the No. 5 seed when it takes on No. 4 seed Cleveland State (16-13, 10-8) on Wednesday (March 12) beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Wolstein Center. The two squads each finished at 10-8 in league play and tied for fourth in the regular season standings, but the Vikings earned the No. 4 seed by virtue of a season-series split with Wright State. The Bulldogs are currently riding a four-game winning streak that included a convincing 77-55 decision at CSU on March 1.
Crunching The Numbers: The Bulldogs' 20-9 overall mark is the program's best single-season record since the 1997-98 team finished the year at 25-6. Butler's 20 victories are also the most for a single season during head coach Beth Couture's six years at the helm.
Akande Earns First-Team All-League Honors: After finishing as one of the top scorers and rebounders in the conference during the regular season, junior center Lade Akande earned a spot on the 2007-08 All-Horizon League First Team. It is the first all-league first team mention of her career after earning spots on the all-league second team in her previous two seasons while also collecting an all-newcomer team nod as a freshman.
Previewing The Bulldogs: Butler continues to be one of the top defensive teams in the Horizon League this season, ranking second with 61.4 points allowed and with a +4.0 point scoring margin. The Bulldogs have also been among the best at taking care of the basketball, leading the league with only 15.1 turnovers per game and ranking second with a 0.92 assists-to-turnovers ratio. Junior center Lade Akande, who ranks seventh on the Bulldogs' all-time scoring chart with 1,349 points, has been the biggest offensive catalyst on the squad this season with a team-best 16.2 points per game while ranking second with 6.5 rebounds. Sophomore forward Susan Lester has been nearly as dominant in the post, tallying 12.6 points and a team-high 7.1 boards while adding outside shooting with a team-high 47 three-pointers. Junior guard Candace Jones is second on the team in assists (3.0) and third in scoring (7.2), while junior guard Candyce Brown has started in 12 of the last 13 games and is third on the squad with 2.4 assists. Freshman guard Brittany Bowen has been a staple in the line-up in her first season, starting in 26 games and averaging 6.6 points. Junior forward Tara Miller ranks second in all of Division-I with a 3.00 assists-to-turnovers ratio and leads the team with 3.1 assists per game. Senior forwards and co-captains Candace Bain and Cassie Freeman have been the top post options off the bench, while sophomore forward Melanie Thornton provides a quick and athletic option in the paint. Freshmen Azjah Bass, Terra Burns and Chloe Hamilton, as well as sophomore Amie Kabara, add depth. Head coach Beth Couture (85-90) is in her sixth season at Butler.
A Look At The Vikings: Cleveland State enters Wednesday's game with a 16-13 overall record after locking up the No. 4 seed with a 75-62 win at Loyola. Prior to that, the Vikings had lost six of their previous seven. CSU holds a +1.7 point scoring margin on the year thanks in part to a league-best .805 free throw percentage and a league second-best .406 opponent field goal percentage. Sophomore guard Kailey Klein leads the team and is second in the league with 19.7 points per game, junior forward Dominique Butler boasts 5.8 boards and senior guard Brittany Korth touts 3.8 assists. Head coach Kate Peterson Abiad (44-100) is in her fifth season at Cleveland State.
The Match-Up At A Glance: Saturday's game at the Wolstein Center will be the 29th meeting between Butler and CSU in women's basketball, with the Bulldogs holding an 19-9 advantage in the series that began during the 1994-95 season. The Bulldogs claimed the first eight matches and nine of the first 10 before the Vikings notched victories in seven of the following eight games. Butler had won eight in a row before CSU snapped the streak with a win in January.
The Last Time Against CSU: Susan Lester and Lade Akande combined for 51 points and 26 rebounds and the Bulldogs tied a season-high with 10 three-pointers as Butler cruised to a 77-55 victory over host Cleveland State on March 1. Lester tallied a career-best 29 points and added 13 rebounds for her eighth double-double of the year, and Akande chipped in 22 points and a season-best 13 rebounds for her fourth double-double. The Butler offense fired on all cylinders, hitting a season-high 53.8 percent from the field (28-for-52) while holding the Vikings to just 34.6 percent (18-for-52).
Butler Notches 20th Versus Valpo: The Bulldogs hit 10 three pointers for the second game in a row and used a stifling defensive effort in the final minutes to come back for a 66-58 victory over visiting Valparaiso on Saturday (March 8) for their 20th win of the season. Butler finished with a 40.4 percent effort from the field (21-for-52) while tying its season-high with 10 treys. After shooting 41.4 percent in the opening frame, Valparaiso hit just 30.8 percent (8-for-26) in the second, including an 0-for-6 stretch during the final six minutes. Lade Akande (15), Cassie Freeman (12) and Candyce Brown (11) finished with double-figure scoring totals.
Return Of The Three: Butler's long-lost friend has made its triumphant return in the last two games, as the Bulldogs have drained a season-high 10 against both Cleveland State (March 1) and Valparaiso (March 8). Butler had been averaging only 5.4 treys per game in the previous 27 contests, well below the 8.4 per game that the 2006-07 team yielded. Despite the more mild numbers, the team's perimeter shooting has been crucial to its success this year, with the Bulldogs touting a 16-5 mark when hitting more threes than their opponent.
...And Freeman Made An Impact: Senior forward Cassie Freeman played a huge roll in the Bulldogs' long range effort against Valpo, going 4-for-7 from beyond the arc for all 12 of her points, including three makes late in the second to help Butler pull away for the win.
Stop `Em At 64: Including their 66-58 win over Valparaiso on March 8, the Bulldogs are 17-0 on the year when holding their opponents to fewer than 65 points in a game.
Tale Of Two Teams: The Bulldogs have played like two different teams at times this season, with one capable of shutting down an opponents' offense and another that struggles on the defensive end. In Butler's 20 victories this season, opponents have managed just 38.1 percent from the field while scoring only 57.3 points per game. In the nine losses, however, Butler's foes have converted 51.7 percent for 70.6 points.
The First 20: How the Bulldogs play in the first period seems to have quite a bit of determination on how the team fares in a game. Butler is 16-2 this year when heading into the locker room either leading or tied at the break.
On Second Thought: Head coach Beth Couture must have some really motivating halftime speeches, because Butler has played some of its best basketball in the second period this year. In 29 games this season, the Bulldogs have averaged nearly six points more in the second period than in the first (35.6 to 29.9). Butler has also averaged only 6.5 turnovers in the second period compared with 8.7 in the first half (-2.2 difference).
Holding On To The Ball: Butler has been notably more adept at handling the basketball in the past few games, as the Bulldogs have yielded 16 or fewer turnovers in 11 of the last 14 contests, including a season-low nine against Loyola on Feb. 9. Butler currently leads the Horizon League and ranks 33rd in the country with 15.1 turnovers per game.
...Taking It From Others: Opponents have not had the same amount of luck as the Bulldogs when it comes to maintaining possession. Butler foes have turned over the ball 18.5 times per game while the Bulldogs rank fourth in the conference with 9.4 steals per game, including double-figure pick totals in eight of the last 10 contests.
...And Making Them Pay: Butler has used its opponents' miscues to its advantage this year, averaging 17.3 points off turnovers per game, including 12 games with 20 or more points. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs have only allowed 14.0 points per game resulting from turnovers. In fact, 26.4 percent (501-of-1,898) of Butler's points have come off turnovers.
Moving Up The List: It hasn't taken long for junior Lade Akande to climb the Bulldogs' career scoring chart. With her 15-point performance against Valparaiso on Saturday, the Robinson, Ill., moved past Jackie Closser (1,343) into seventh-place with 1,349 points in her career. Next on the list is Sue Morris (1,375) and Beth Piepenbrink (1,378). Akande became the 19th player in school history with 1,000 career points on Dec. 6 against Evansville.
Have A Good Year: Akande's 15 points performance on March 8 also gives her 471 points this season, the fifth-highest single-season total in Butler history. Her output this year is also one-point better than her 470 points scored during the 2005-06 season, a record for a freshman player. Sue Morris is next on the charts with 517 points scored during the 1984-85 season.
In Elite Company: Lade Akande not only ranks among the top 10 all-time in scoring but she is also fourth on the Butler charts with 110 career blocks. Additionally, with 569 career rebounds, she is 31 boards shy of becoming just the fourth Bulldog player ever with over 1,000 points, 600 rebounds and 100 blocks in her career.
Next In Line?: In less than two seasons, sophomore Susan Lester has totalled 653 points in her career, the second most among Butler's active players. She also ranks second in career rebounding with 406.
National Recognition For Passing: Junior forward Tara Miller has found herself among the best in the country when it comes to handling the ball this season. She currently ranks second in all of the NCAA Division-I with a 3.00 A/T ratio and is just four hundredths of a point behind current leader Kristi Cirone of Illinois State (3.04). Miller has been ranked first or second nationally in A/T ratio since Jan. 14, including a 25-day stint from Jan. 14 to Feb. 7 at the top of the NCAA charts. Her 3.1 assists per game are tops on the team and are 12th in the league.
Centers Of Attention: The Bulldogs have had a history of being among the best teams in the nation in three-point shooting ever since head coach Beth Couture arrived in Indianapolis, including a 2006-07 campaign that saw Butler rank second in the NCAA Division I with 8.4 treys per game. This season, however, the Bulldogs have seen a lot more action from inside the three-point arc, as junior center Lade Akande and sophomore forward Susan Lester have been the team's offensive leaders. Akande currently paces the squad and is third in the league with 16.2 points per game, while Lester is second on the team and tied for 12th in the conference with 12.6 points to her credit.
Hard To Miss: Lade Akande has not only been one of the most effective scorers in the Horizon League this year, she has also been one of the most efficient shooters in the nation. Akande is 23rd in the Division-I rankings with a .556 field goal percentage (199-for-358).
Candace And Candyce: Different spellings but the same pronunciation -- and the same results. The Bulldogs have gotten quite a few assists from the steady hands of guards Candace Jones and Candyce Brown. Jones, a starter in 18 games this season, is second on the team with 3.0 dishes per game, while Brown, a 12-game starter, ranks third with 2.4. In fact, one or the other has been the team's assists leader in 18 games this year.
Cleaning The Glass: Sophomore forward Susan Lester has continued to be one of the best rebounders in the Horizon League this year after finishing third in the league with 6.6 rebounds per game as a freshman last season. The Anderson, Ind., native is currently third in the conference with 7.1 boards per game, has posted nine or more rebounds on 11 occasions and boasts a team-best eight double-doubles.
Uncommon Non-Conference: The Bulldogs' 10-1 record against non-Horizon League opponents this season was the best mark since the 1990-91 squad finished with a 10-1 slate.
Butler Inks Two For 2008-09: Indiana high school standouts Devin Brierly and Kaley May each signed National Letters of Intent to attend Butler and play basketball for the Bulldogs beginning in the 2008-09 school year. Brierly, a 5-10 senior guard from Southwestern High School in Hanover, Ind., is a three-time all-conference and all-section team member and a two-time all-region team honoree. May, a 5-11 guard/forward from Avon (Ind.) High School, was twice named to the Hoosier Basketball Magazine All-State Team and was tabbed to the Indiana Junior All-Star Team.
Sticking Around: Head coach Beth Couture signed a five-year contract extension in September to remain at the helm through the 2011-12 season. Couture has brought Butler full circle since taking the helm in 2002, going from a three-win season the year before her arrival to the program's first appearance in the Horizon League Championship game last season.
Next Up: A win by the Bulldogs on Wednesday
would send them to the semifinals to take on Detroit, Green Bay or
Youngstown State on Friday (March 14).


text:
.- Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes of Managua said this week there is no division among the bishops of Nicaragua and that the prelates share "a beautiful friendship, unity, and we see it in a permanent way in our work: our spiritual part is what is strong. Unity in faith and practice, which is what we are called to. There are other areas in which we may differ, but that does not mean we are divided.
The archbishop's comments came as some in media claimed that disunity between the bishops led Cardinal Obando Bravo to accept an invitation from President Daniel Ortega to preside over a national reconciliation commission.
Archbishop Brenes said it was normal for there to be differences and he said he respected the personal decision of Cardinal Obando and that the Church exists "to serve and not to be served."
For his part, Bishop Jorge Solorzano of Matagalpa expressed his support of Cardinal Obando and said, "I supported His Eminence because I know him. During all the recent governments, he has worked for reconciliation and peace, that is, this is nothing new and he wants to serve. He is a bishop emeritus and I know he is very capable and will do a good job."

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Frontrunning: October 12
- Australia
- Beazer
- Best Buy
- Blackrock
- Carl Icahn
- Carlyle
- China
- Citigroup
- Crude
- Crude Oil
- Deutsche Bank
- Evercore
- Fail
- General Electric
- Germany
- goldman sachs
- Goldman Sachs
- Greece
- Home Equity
- Honeywell
- Illinois
- International Monetary Fund
- Japan
- Joe Biden
- Kraft
- Market Share
- Merrill
- Natural Gas
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- Nomura
- Raymond James
- Reuters
- Starwood
- Switzerland
- Tim Geithner
- Wall Street Journal
- Wells Fargo
- OECD: Japan Public Debt in 'Uncharted Territory' (WSJ)
- Germany holds firm on Greece as IMF pressure mounts (Reuters)
- Schäuble and Lagarde clash over austerity (FT) - it would be great if someone actually implemented austerity...
- Merkel hints at tax cuts for growth boost (FT)
- Hollande Robbed of Growth Engine as Companies Cut Investment (BBG)
- Romney Narrows Gap With Obama in Swing State Polling (BBG)
- Sluggish Growth Seen Into Next Year (WSJ)
- Softbank Founder Has 300-Year Plan in Wooing Sprint Nextel (BBG)
- Singapore Forgoes Currency Stimulus on Inflation Risk (Bloomberg) - as does China day after day
- Sharp Jabs Dominate Combative Vice-Presidential Debate (WSJ)
- Japan and China Agree to Hold Talks on Rift After Noda Call (Bloomberg)
- China's Banks Said to Resist Cutting Lending Rates (BBG)
- Australia to Hit Gas as Record Rate Cuts Fail (BBG)
Overnight Media Digest
* Japanese phone and internet company Softbank Corp is in talks to buy a significant stake in Sprint Nextel Corp , the ailing U.S. wireless carrier said. A deal would offer a multibillion-dollar lifeline that could help Sprint finance future mergers of its own and better compete with its much bigger and richer rivals.
* Vice President Joe Biden and Republican rival Paul Ryan engaged in a confrontational debate Thursday night that included interruptions, flippant asides and pointed accusations over a wide range of economic, foreign policy and social issues.
* Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Co, the biggest company by value on the Greek stock market, will move its headquarters to Switzerland and switch its main market listing to London, in the biggest sign yet of southern European companies pulling away from the troubled region.
* Spanish officials voiced defiance on Thursday after a credit downgrade left the country's rating close to junk status at two firms, saying the surprise move wouldn't affect their plans to raise money on financial markets.
* A group of bondholders that specialize in buying debt of distressed companies has, among other proposals, offered to provide between $1 billion and $2 billion in financing in exchange for big ownership stakes in a restructured AMR Corp.
* Best Buy Co is planning to match the prices of internet competitors such as Amazon.com Inc this holiday season, even as it plays down its concerns over shoppers browsing gadgets in stores only to buy them for less online.
* Siemens AG said it is planning to cut costs and simplify its business in an overhaul of Germany's flagship industrial group that may include asset sales.
* International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Greece should be given an extra two years to meet its budget targets, publicly wading into euro-zone officials' politically sensitive bailout discussions.
* A onetime Goldman Sachs Group Inc computer programmer has asked a state judge to throw out criminal charges against him, saying he shouldn't be prosecuted a second time over the alleged theft of the investment bank's secret computer code.
Indonesia's Bakrie family has proposed splitting from financier Nat Rothschild and Bumi Plc after news of an inquiry into possible wrongdoing.
Ken Clarke, the veteran Conservative politician, is to head a drive to sell expertise from the NHS to China.
Tim Geithner, U.S. Treasury secretary, spoke with BlackRock's Larry Fink on at least 49 separate occasions, an average of about once every 11 days.
BP has come under a blistering attack from Azerbaijan's president who has accused it of failing to meet production targets over the past three years.
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company is quitting the debt-stricken country in favour of a London listing and Swiss domicile.
SoftBank is in discussions to purchase a controlling stake in Sprint Nextel.
Germany's finance minister rebuked the head of the International Monetary Fund after she warned that EU leaders should ease demands for austerity.
Some of the world's biggest oil companies and traders are poised to export substantial amounts of crude from the U.S. for the first time in decades.
* Sprint Nextel Corp said Thursday that it was in discussions with SoftBank Corp over a "potential substantial investment". The talks, which began this summer, center on SoftBank, a Japanese telecommunications company, paying $12.5 billion for a stake of about 70 percent in Sprint, according to a person briefed on the matter.
* Carl Icahn escalated his proxy fight with the vehicle maker Oshkosh Corp on Thursday by offering to take over the company for $32.50 a share, or about $3 billion.
* After months of battling sweltering heat and drought, a bit of good news emerged for farmers on Thursday: the Agriculture Department revised its estimates for soybean production higher, a sign that the drought had less of an impact on the crop than feared.
* The solar panel manufacturing industry in the United States and Europe has begun a volley of trade cases against imports, following the same track as the steel industry before it - and for many of the same reasons.
* The days of France's leaders leaning publicly toward Canadian unity appear to be gone. The country's new government says its approach will be non-interference in Quebec's affairs, and gave no sign it will laud unity.
The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy had broken with tradition by taking sides in the Canadian national unity debate, suggesting that Quebec sovereigntists are an insular movement that is sowing division. But the new government of François Hollande appears to be reverting to the cagey neutrality of the past.
* Canada's financial sector fought a losing battle to stop the national banking regulator from restricting the amount that homeowners can borrow on a home equity line of credit, documents obtained by The Globe and Mail show.
Several members of the industry argued not only that borrowers with good credit would be hurt by the new rules, but also that the regulator's crackdown could prompt banks to issue riskier kinds of loans - such as unsecured lines of credit - to keep their customers.
Reports in the business section:
* The Canadian Broadcasting Corp will lose millions of dollars a year on its free music service for the foreseeable future, as the high cost of content surpasses the advertising revenue the service earns.
CBC Music was launched in February just as the broadcaster was bracing for deep budget cuts that would lead to the loss of 650 jobs and prompt the CBC to request permission to sell advertising on its Radio 2 service.
* Canada's western energy powerhouses are feeling the chill from sluggish natural gas markets.
Sales activity at British Columbia's auction for exploration rights nearly ground to a halt in September, while Alberta and Saskatchewan are being pinched as energy companies scale back their budgets for targeting new natural gas prospects.
* Quebec's opposition is accusing the new Parti Québécois government of planning to turn the province's schools into political assembly lines for churning out supporters.
It reacted angrily to news Thursday that the PQ will decrease English instruction on its list of priorities and increase teaching the history of Quebec's sovereignty movement.
* For six days last week, Calgary mom Jessica Stilwell staged a quiet anti-housework strike in her home - the place devolving into domestic chaos as she simply stopped picking up after her three daughters, whom she jokingly called her "basement trolls" on the blog she kept of her progress called "Crazy Working Mom".
Now, Stilwell is getting international attention for her cheeky experiment, as a hero for doing what many parents dream they could and also reviled for not making her children do their chores much earlier.
* Claude Mongeau, Canadian National Railway Co chief executive, reached out to his largest customers this week in a letter attempting to enlist their help in the railroad's ongoing fight to prevent new regulations on the industry. In it, he argues that while the new regulations are aimed at improving service, they may in fact do the opposite.
His message was met, however, with skepticism from shippers, who deemed it simply a last-ditch effort to stave off the new regulations Ottawa has promised in the coming months.
* CNOOC Ltd executives crafted their $15.1-billion takeover bid for Nexen Inc to pass Canada's net benefit test for foreign acquisitions.
Yet no matter what they offered, the guidelines remain vaguely defined and open to broad interpretation. It makes the deal subject to any number of biases and political motivations.
Fly On The Wall 7:00 Market Digest
3D Systems (DDD) upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at Piper Jaffray
Aon Corp. (AON) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman
BorgWarner (BWA) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup
Coca-Cola Hellenic (CCH) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan
LinkedIn (LNKD) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Evercore
OGE Energy (OGE) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies
Wal-Mart (WMT) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies
Alpha Natural (ANR) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Nomura
Alpha Natural (ANR) downgraded to Sell from Buy at CLSA
Avnet (AVT) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Raymond James
CONSOL Energy (CNX) downgraded to Sell from Outperform at CLSA
Dollar Tree (DLTR) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies
Dollar Tree (DLTR) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray
FleetCor (FLT) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo
Jive Software (JIVE) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at BMO Capital
Liquidity Services (LQDT) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BofA/Merrill
Peabody Energy (BTU) downgraded to Reduce from Neutral at Nomura
Seagate (STX) downgraded to Sell from Buy at Citigroup
SunTrust (STI) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BTIG
Titanium Metals (TIE) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup
Tyco (TYC) downgraded to In-Line from Outperform at Imperial Capital
Walter Energy (WLT) downgraded to Sell from Outperform at CLSA
Western Digital (WDC) downgraded to Sell from Buy at Citigroup
XenoPort (XNPT) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray
Acquity Group (AQ) initiated with a Buy at Roth Capital
Apollo Global (APO) initiated with a Perform at Oppenheimer
ArthroCare (ARTC) initiated with an Outperform at JMP Securities
Brown & Brown (BRO) initiated with a Sell at Goldman
Carlyle Group (CG) initiated with a Perform at Oppenheimer
Colfax (CFX) initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank
Embraer (ERJ) initiated with an Outperform at Imperial Capital
General Electric (GE) initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank
Groupon (GRPN) initiated with a Neutral at Macquarie
Honeywell (HON) initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank
ITT Corp. (ITT) initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank
Illinois Tool Works (ITW) initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank
LinkedIn (LNKD) initiated with an Outperform at Macquarie
Northern Tier Energy (NTI) initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank
OpenTable (OPEN) initiated with an Outperform at Macquarie
Orthofix (OFIX) initiated with an Outperform at JMP Securities
Plains Exploration (PXP) initiated with an Outperform at BMO Capital
RTI Biologics (RTIX) initiated with an Outperform at JMP Securities
Rockwell Automation (ROK) initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank
SPX Corp. (SPW) initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank
Teradata (TDC) initiated with a Buy at Goldman
Xylem (XYL) initiated with a Buy at Brean Murray
Zimmer (ZMH) initiated with an Outperform at JMP Securities
eMagin (EMAN) initiated with an Overweight at Piper Jaffray
Kraft Foods (KRFT) seeking buyer for Breakstone's dairy business, Bloomberg reported
BAE Systems (BAESY) sees "limited trading disruption" in last quarter of FY12
Forest Oil (FST) to sell all of its properties located in South Louisiana for about $220M.
Starwood Property (STWD) announced $107M capital deployment
Beazer Homes (BZH) announced 1-for-5 reverse stock split
Iron Mountain (IRM) to invest $30M to expand underground wholesale data center space
CorpBanca (BCA) announced agreement to acquire Helm Bank
ExactTarget (ET) acquired iGoDigital for $21M, acquired Pardot for $95.5M
Companies that missed consensus earnings expectations include:
Heartland Express (HTLD), J.B. Hunt (JBHT)
Companies that matched consensus earnings expectations include:
Infosys (INFY), Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK)
Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) applied for a permit from the Commerce Department to export crude oil in a sign of how a boom in U.S. oil production from shale rock is reshaping the country's role in the global energy marketplace, the Wall Street Journal reports
Best Buy (BBY) plans to match the prices of Internet competitors such as Amazon.com (AMZN) during the holidays, even as it plays down its concerns over shoppers browsing gadgets in stores only to buy them for less online. The electronics chain also is preparing to offer free home delivery on merchandise that is out of stock in stores, sources say, the Wall Street Journal reports
Germany insists that it's too soon to say Greece deserved more time to meet its budget-cutting goals even as the head of the IMF laid out the case for leniency, Reuters reports
Softbank Corp. (SFTBF) is in talks with three major Japanese banks to borrow $23B to finance a bid for Sprint Nextel (S), sources say, Reuters reports
The EU may consider delaying when lenders need to start phasing in tougher Basel bank-capital rules by as much as a year after warnings that pressing ahead with the original timetable may drive up costs, sources say, Bloomberg reports
Nasdaq OMX Group (NDAQ), setting up a derivatives trading system in London to compete with Europe's two biggest futures exchanges, plans to seek over a 10% market share in its first year of operation, Bloomberg reports
Aeterna Zentaris (AEZS) announces offering of common shares/warrants
Immunomedics (IMMU) files to sell 20M shares of common stock
Kinder Morgan (KMI) files to sell 69.3M shares of common stock for holders
Laredo Petroleum (LPI) Holdings 12.5M share Secondary priced at $20.25
LinnCo (LNCO) 30.25M share IPO priced at $36.50
Workday (WDAY) 22.75M share IPO priced at $28.00
- advertisements -
Tim Geithner, U.S. Treasury secretary, spoke with BlackRock's Larry Fink on at least 49 separate occasions, an average of about once every 11 days.
Now THIS is an overlooked issue. What the fuck is a sitting US Treasury head doing on the phone so much with Wall Street? Fucking crook...hang him!
He's a bought sock puppet. Old article, but this sums it up nicely: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-great-american-bubble-machine-20100405
Hell, even the original bailout plan was engineered by an (ex) Goldmanite. What a joke!
Forex this morning:
OECD: Japan Public Debt in 'Uncharted Territory'
So change the scale and chart it. Goddamnit, do I have to do everything around here?!
Overextended equity/commodity/gold/silver daily charts still indicate impending correction.
Not surprising, the 'big 4' as we call them in Australia have a track record of withholding a few basis points on each drop of interest rates on mortgages (otoh they are rather rapid to pass on the full cut on savings rates, I wonder why /sarcasm).
Some relevant material to the above point: http://www.petermartin.com.au/2012/10/short-changed-how-banks-take-with-...
As for spending, the high AUD has encouraged it in overseas sales (be it US retailers via a forward shipping service or eBay/etc) which obviously has disappointed the RBA as these dollars are spent elsewhere (and rightly so if you saw the price differences we have down here thanks to Importers). Naturally Gerry Harvey (Harvey Norman) and the retailers association have been calling on a drop of the GST free threshold on imports (currently $1000) which would only cause delays on the shipping time of goods but otherwise do nothing to help the bottom line of local retailers (the difference in price of goods being much greater than the current 10% GST rate).
Hopefully some of the above perspective from an Australian ZH reader proves to be a little educational for anyone who happens to catch this comment (or rant if you prefer). :)
edit: Link added, and fwiw I have no association with that website.
images funny images funny images Natural images Natural images funny sms strange images sky funny cartoon images funny images funny images of animals funny birthday images funny images of people 3d images background images love images flower images cartoon images baby images halloween images dog images cat images


text:
Set the table Pick your colour scheme and stick to it -- it will help focus your spending when shopping for snacks, drinks and ornaments.
Opt for buffet-style service and appetizer-size selections so guests can eat with one hand while holding their drink in the other.
A round table is great for conversation and makes this cosy dining area feel roomier than a rectangular table would.


text: Due to limitations of the iOS, there is not a user-friendly way to upload content from your iOS device to the G-CONNECT using the G-CONNECT Mobile App. However, there are some iOS apps that support the WebDAV protocol which allows users to access content, edit and upload it to the G-CONNECT. For example, with the Apple Pages app, you can create or edit a document and then "Share" and copy the file to the G-CONNECT using the WebDAV protocol.


text:
Current AnnouncementsFROM: Student Retention & Success RE: Needs List Request - DEADLINE!!
Sent: 3/25/2013 11:06:46 AM
To: Students, Faculty, Staff
The timeline for the Fall 2013 Needs List Requests are:
· March 29: Needs list request CLOSES for Fall 2013
· April 3: Received Needs List requests forwarded to departments for review
· April 12: Needs List requests returned to Student Retention & Success
· April 26: ALL needs list requests completed.
· April 29: Enrollment in courses by Permit Only through Department Chair or Secretary, except for new freshman and new transfer students, which will be scheduled through the scheduling center.
· August 16: All classes opened to Projected Capacity for registration by any students.
To access the Needs List: http://www.calu.edu/current-students/academic-resources/office-of-student-success/needs-list/index.asp
Students will be emailed regarding the status of their request.


text:
Beacon soccer defeats Mariner to finish season
The Cape Henlopen middle schools ended their 2013 season Nov. 4 at their annual meeting at Cape's Legends Stadium. When the final horn sounded and the battle was over, Beacon took home a 3-0 victory.
Uly Slagle scored two goals, and Jake Geloff tallied one score. Beacon goalies Jackson Ostroski and Wes Lewis combined for four saves. Goalkeeper Alfredo Miranda tallied 13 stops for Mariner. Beacon finished the season at 10-1 while Mariner garnered a 6-4-1 record.


text:
In this conversation, Associate Professor of Government, Eric McDaniel, discusses how religious institutions become involved in politics and how they will influence black political behavior this election season.
Eric L. McDaniel is an associate professor of Government and an affiliate of the Department of Religious Studies and the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies. McDaniel specializes in American politics. His research areas include religion and politics, Black politics, and organizational behavior. His work targets how and why Black religious institutions choose to become involved in political action and the role of religious institutions in shaping Black political behavior. McDaniel is the author of "Politics in the Pews: The Political Mobilization of Black Churches" (2008).


text:
Event Details
Exhibition Together: Junior Artists of the Department of Visual Design
|Date & Time:
from 03/27/2013 to 04/05/2013
|CVPA Campus Gallery [map it]*
|Sponsored by:
|College of Visual and Performing Arts
| Viera Levitt
|The UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts is pleased to present "Together: Junior Artists of the Department of Visual Design" on display from March 27 to April 5, 2013. The opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 28, 2013 from 4 to 6pm. This exhibition features recent work from Graphic Design, Illustration, Digital Media, and Photography students.
The Department of Visual Design is a cluster of professionally-oriented options: Digital Media, Graphic Design, Illustration, and Photography. Visual design is an art form, a craft, and a means of information dissemination for education, business, commerce, editorial and the entertainment industries. Students earning their BFA in one of these four programs explore visual communication in the widest sense, employing both traditional (analog) and contemporary electronic and computer technologies.
The examples in this exhibition demonstrate that our broadly educated student visual artists/designers are both literate and articulate and capable of participating in many levels of a wide variety of projects. Bringing together both print and digital media, this exhibition provides insight into how almost 40 junior students use visual design as a method of communication.
CVPA Campus Gallery
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747
Gallery hours: Monday through Thursday 10am - 4pm, Friday 10am - 3pm
|Additional Info:
|Facebook Event Page
|* The MapQuest LinkFree service requires the map to open in the same browser window. After viewing the map use your browser's "Back" button to return to this event page.


text:
Forgot Password?
Retrieve it
Not a member? Join
Hi all.On the street so cold, cold shackled throughout Russia.In Yekaterinburg, minus 19.My life goes on.Unwell, aching heart of the third day, that should take care of your health.
Login or register to make a comment
We'd love to get to know you a bit better so we only send you
news and recipes that you want to read. If you've got two
minutes to spare, it would be great if you could answer a quick questionnaire.


text:
Dr. Glenn Quittell specializes in general podiatry in New Rochelle, New York.
Primary Location for Dr. Quittell
Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise
Dr. Glenn Quittell has been identified as specializing in General Podiatry.
Patients may also know Dr. Glenn Quittell DPM as:
Compare Similar Podiatrists
We found 5 podiatrists nearby Dr. Quittell who also specialize in General Podiatry
Related Cities and Specialties
Find a Job
Are you Dr. Glenn Quittell?
Update your information


text:
Police in Jacksonville say they helped the U.S. Marshal's Office arrest two fugitive's from Washington, DC.
Police say 23-year-old Marcellus Jackson and 21-year-old Keir Johnson were both arrested in the 200 block of Bracken Place Monday night.
As a precautionary measure to protect public safety, the JPD Tactical Team, as well as a K-9 unit, was activated and the area was secured.
Both suspects are being held at the Onslow County Jail with no bond. There is no additional information on what they were wanted for.


text:
Julian Orrego
Quick Links:SeriousGames
Lunar Quest
Video Work
Current GoalsFind a solid company to work for around the Raleigh/Durham area.
Network with the Triangle area Gaming companies.
Establish myself in my new home in Holly Springs, North Carolina.
Update my e-Portfolio.
AchievementsSo far I have the opportunity to work in various extremely fulfilling projects during my academic and Proffesional development. I have the opportunity to work with great organizations such as:
IST (Institute of Simulation and Training)
Robin Wood Johnson Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Pearson Printing
National Science Foundation
(check out the projects page for more)
Special ThanksFIG
To go back to the Projects page click HERE
VESSEL Navy Trainer
The Flooding Control Trainer is a 3D simulation game created to train Navy recruits on how to control flooding in case of an accidet or an attack against their vessel. This project is obviously not open to the public; however, you can check out the intro that I produced for the game.
The following pictures were taken by me on a study conducted at the Great Lakes Navy base.
These are game cut scene renderings...
Article about the trainer VESSEL
To go back to the Projects page click HERE
This Page was last updated 11/04/2009


text:
Modern wedding photography with a niche for fashion and photojournalism! Visit our website – if our style matches your personality, let's meet and (more)
A photojournalistic style to capture those memories you would like to hold onto at a price you can afford. I offer all of my clients a copy of all of (more)
Based in Palm Harbor, FL. but available for travel anywhere. When you choose EyeLove, you choose to keep it simple, affordable, and fun. Michelle Cantley, (more)
Only $695 includes a FULL DAY coverage with a disc of all your HI-RES digital images and a personal online gallery where you can download, share, and (more)
Award winning contemporary wedding & familyphotographer. Capturing the moments you'll charish forever. (more)
Kathleen Hall Photography will capture your wedding with all the style, romance, and dedication the day deserves. Creative, experienced, reliable. (more)


text:
Manufacturing Facility: Indiana
Serving IN, MI, IL, OH, WV, PA, KY, TN, MO & Ontario, Canada.
Address: 1418 South 13th Street,
Decatur, IN 46733
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 866.299.0680
Manufacturing Facility: Iowa
Serving IA, IL, MO, KS, CO, NE, SD, ND, MN, WI, OK, AR and WY.
Address: 1551 15th Avenue SE,
Dyersville, IA 52040
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 800.992.9013


text:
Garden Projects and Ideas - Gardening Forums
My walkway pavers with recevored retaining blocks
Need advice about building a raised garden bed, double-digging or installing an irrigation system? This is the place to find the help you need!
1 post • Page 1 of 1
Re: My walkway pavers with recevored retaining blocks
You've been doing a lot of work. It's always such a good feeling to get things like that done. My husband and I just took a week off to do some cement block walkways around the house and under the trees. The weather's going to be iffy, hope the rain holds off enough for us to accomplish at least some of our plans.
- Posts: 252
- Joined: Jul 09, 2010 8:52 am
- Location: Zone 3
1 post • Page 1 of 1
Return to Garden Projects and Ideas
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests


text:
Not Available
Sommerset Bed
- Overview
One of the top-selling beds in the Pottery Barn collection is now scaled just for kids. Like its inspiration, the bed is crafted with the simplicity of 19th-century English cottage furniture.
- 46" wide x 79.5" long x 46" high
- Expertly crafted of kiln-dried spruce and MDF.
- Slat-roll foundation is designed for use with or without a box spring.
- Mattress platform can be raised to accommodate our trundle, or lowered to create a comfortable height for small children.
- Optional Sommerset Trundle can be used without a mattress for extra storage.
- Pair with our Classic Plush or Pillowtop Mattress (sold separately).
- Wood swatches, below, are available for $20 each. We will provide a merchandise refund for wood swatches if they're returned within 30 days.
- Assembly required.
- View and compare all available finishes at Furniture Finish Guide.
- View and compare our mattresses with our Mattress Comparison Guide.
- Dimensions & Care
- Rigorously tested to meet or exceed the highest safety standards.
- Built from spruce, spruce veneers and MDF, an engineered wood that lends exceptional strength and ensures structural integrity over time.
- The use of veneers results in high-quality furniture with flawless surfaces and consistent color tones.
- Our finishes were developed exclusively for Pottery Barn Kids. Craftsmen carefully paint our soft White finish in layers for a smooth, opaque surface. Sun Valley pieces feature a dry-brush technique that mottles the color while it's still wet to reveal the wood's textural grain. All finishes are sealed with a final coat of lacquer for extra durability.
- In order to use the trundle (sold separately), please ensure that the mattress platform is at its highest setting.
- Get tips on how to measure for furniture.
- Overall: 46" wide x 79.5" long x 46" high
- Headboard: 46" wide x 46" high x 4" deep
- Footboard: 42.5" wide x 11.5" high x 2.5" thick
- Clearance Under Adjustable Side Rails: 8" at lowest, 10" at highest
- Slats: 5
- Weight: 72.5 pounds
- Dust with a soft, dry cloth.
- To protect the finish, do not apply abrasives or household cleaners.
- Shipping & Return Info
This is an oversized item.
View Our Shipping Information
Return Policy
At Pottery Barn Kids, we take great pride in the quality and craftsmanship of our products. Attention to design, materials, safety and construction is our priority. We carefully inspect your order prior to shipment; upon receipt, please inspect your purchase and notify us of any damage. We will arrange for a prompt replacement. If, within 7 days for Quick Ship upholstery and 30 days for all other products, you are dissatisfied for any reason, you may return your purchase for a refund of the merchandise value.
If your return for Merchandise Credit Cards is greater than $10,000, we will issue $10,000 in Merchandise Credit Cards to you that day, and then mail additional Merchandise Credit Card(s) for the amount in excess of $10,000 to you.
We cannot accept returns on monogrammed, personalized, special-order items, or on items damaged through normal wear and tear. We also cannot accept returns of final-sale items, which are identified by a price that ends in $0.99.
For returns of items purchased from your Pottery Barn Kids registry, we will gladly provide a refund or exchange for the merchandise within 90 days of your event or within 90 days of purchase, whichever date is later.
For assistance, please contact Customer Service at 800.993.4923, 7 days a week, 5:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. PST.
International Returns: Online returns are available only for items that were shipped to the United States. If you would like to return items that were shipped outside the US, please see International Returns and Exceptions.


text:
to the private players and the government can itself carry out the new projects.
Anup Bagchi called for recycling of capital while Sanjay Nayyar said that domestic investors need to be encouraged to participate in the markets. There were even proposals to bring down the time taken to conclude an IPO.
No sops in first Budget
Finance minister Arun Jaitley has said the first Budget of the BJP-led government will not cater to populist measures. It is better that in the first few days we avoid transient or temporary steps and instead make ourselves more comfortable some years later, he said at a book release function held at the Prime Ministers residence on Sunday.
Single Page Format


text:
Toggle navigation
name controls
search guide
about us
You are here:
Why is your online service better with a policy driven
? Because the subscriber's view of your service starts with great DNS.
With the AnswerX DNS policy engine, your online experience is safer, more secure and faster. AnswerX operates at millions of transactions per second on standard unix handware while delivering the industry's best in class total cost of ownership. The policy driven AnswerX is smart, dynamic, secure, fast and proven with more than a trillion DNS requests and responses per week. Whether a wireless or wireline network, AnswerX speeds each request and response with patented smart cache technology and according to DNS policy and subscriber preferences.
Smart, Subscriber-aware, Preference Driven
AnswerX applications are uniquely subscriber-aware and process DNS requests according to user preferences and network policies. At high-speed, the system processes each request and responds according to the network's policy and any subscriber preferences such as self-care defined websites to block on a particular network connection. Policies and preference settings are dynamic and affect DNS processing dynamically and on-the-fly without system restarts.
Dynamic Policy Control
Policy Controls can come from central configuration points or automatically from the core engine via a feedback loop. Each node in the system shares data with other nodes so that the system learns as a whole. Responses are also dynamic. Two cache layers ready responses for a majority of the inbound recursive traffic. The system collaboratively manages caches across a wide area with a many-by-many meshed network.
Secure Resiliency and Protection
Our technology protects the DNS infrastructure. The dynamic policy engine mitigates phishing and malware attempts for users and knocks-down amplification attacks that steal capacity from the broader community. The real-time rate limiter continually governs an appropriate allocation of capacity to legitimate users away from unwanted systems.
Fast Throughput
The key to our leading total cost of ownership is speed. The system manages trillions of transactions each week applying subscriber preferences and dynamic policy to each incoming request and outgoing response.
Useful Analytics
With trillions of queries processed in DNS comes the opportunity to answer Big Data questions that can make networks more secure. The AnswerX platform features two Big Data resources. First is a TopN query engine that allows network operators to ask who and where the top N destinations are for a given time period. Second is an operational and monetization dashboard that allows business, marketing, finance and operations team to see the metrics that define the health of the DNS platform.
Cloud Services
Xerocole provides 24 by 7, service provider brand able cloud services that augment Answer X software running in the carrier network to deliver great time to market with turn key solutions. Whether the administrative portal for Name Controls, Landing Page for Search Guide or a walled garden for network notifications, our Cloud Services peer with backbone networks for 100% uptime and speed.
Sign In
Privacy Policy
Find out more:
For service providers and their customers, our mission delivers the smartest and simply the best DNS on the planet.
AnswerX white paper
Name Controls white paper
FCC white paper
AuthX white paper
Search Guide white paper
Need help:
Akamai 24/7/365 and Emergency Support:
When contacting Akamai support please be sure to tell them you are an AnswerX customer.
+1 877-425-2832 (U.S. Only)
+1 617-444-4699
© 2015 Xerocole, Inc. All Rights Reserved


text:
Have Legal Questions? Ask a Lawyer Now.
It means nothing at all. It is not abnormal to have sexual dreams about family members. Dreams are like fantasies; they're harmless unless you act on them. What you don't deal with while you're awake, you'll deal with them in your dreams. This dream doesn't mean that you're actively sexually attracted to your brother in law; it merely means that you're human and humans have sexual dreams. We seldom dream about having sex with complete strangers; we dream about people we know and like, and whom we find attractive. When you're awake, you know logically that it wouldn't be a good idea to have sex with a family member. But when you dream, these dreams have no "right or wrong." They come straight from you subconscious. No need to worry; just remember your personal ethics while you're awake!
Margaret K.
Educator, Esq: Follow up question: Is the following
DISCLAIMER: Answers from Experts on JustAnswer are not substitutes for the advice of an attorney. JustAnswer is a public forum and questions and responses are not private or confidential or protected by the attorney-client privilege. The Expert above is not your attorney, and the response above is not legal advice. You should not read this response to propose specific action or address specific circumstances, but only to give you a sense of general principles of law that might affect the situation you describe. Application of these general principles to particular circumstances must be done by a lawyer who has spoken with you in confidence, learned all relevant information, and explored various options. Before acting on these general principles, you should hire a lawyer licensed to practice law in the jurisdiction to which your question pertains.
The responses above are from individual Experts, not JustAnswer. The site and services are provided "as is". To view the verified credential of an Expert, click on the "Verified" symbol in the Expert's profile. This site is not for emergency questions which should be directed immediately by telephone or in-person to qualified professionals. Please carefully read the Terms of Service (last updated February 8, 2012).


text:
Public Profile
member since October 10, 2007
Hello internet
Comics By avisfortuna
No comics.
Comics Assisted By avisfortuna
- Fantasy |
- 415 pages |
- last: March 26 2013 |
- 16 likes
Welcome to the world of Hestonia. A mature comic with elements of renaissance, dark fantasy and industrial fantasy. Join the Chronicles as they tell snapshots of Hestonia's history, present, past...future...
Comics Recomended By avisfortuna
No words, just action
A serious (seriously!) comic depicting the (serious) events that took place before the not so serious Holy Bibble. They may be serious (seriously serious) but that doesn't mean they're not true. They're so true. They're seriously true.
A story of an unbreakable friendship between two girls when faced with one of their deaths. A manga story of friendship and love in a battle against childhood cancer and death.
A new spin on the classic legend of Dr. Faust... What happens when you sell your soul to the devil?
Award winning slice-of-life comic about love relationships and growing-up. Contains lesbian themes and a transgender character
forum topics started
Videos Shared By avisfortuna
No videos.
©2011 WOWIO, Inc. All Rights Reserved Google+


text:
May 26, 2016
Tuesday night, traffic was backed up on I96 near Hagadorn Road in Ingham County, after a car rolled off the highway.
The Sheriff's Office tells WILX that the driver didn't see the car in front of him while merging onto westbound 96.
No one was injured.
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or email@example.com.


text: Hi I was so excited when I found this site. I' sure like many of you I remember making maps with my crayons at a very young age. I some times think that is what drew me to fantasy RPGs. I also remember when I first looked at one of the maps from Tolkien, the possibilities just blew me away. Recently after a 20 year hiatus I have again begun to GM and was just looking for some resources and I found this wonderful site. I look forward to sharing some of my work and learning the techniques that are used to produce such fantastic creations that I see posted.


text:
Pick up any newspaper
or flip on the evening news and you're bound to see stories about crime.
But there are scores of crimes that never happen ... because
concerned citizens take the time to make a difference.
Their stories
often go untold. But in the FBI, we make it our business to
honor leaders who help head off crime and terrorism in their communities.
Every year, each of our 56 field offices nominates an individual or
organization for the Director's Community Leadership Award.
We'd like to
introduce you to just a few of the 2004 winners:
Julia Burney,
a Racine, Wisconsin, police officer, recognized the power of books to
make a difference in the lives of children she met on her beat. So she
created the Cops-N-Kids Reading Center, which provides free books to
local low-income children and a safe haven for them to gather and read.
Now retired, she runs the center full time.
The Fathers
Armed Together to Help Educate Restore and Save (F.A.T.H.E.R.S.) Street
Patrol is a group of men in Buffalo, New York, who take a
hands-on role in making their community safe. Among their successes:
closing down a suspected drug house; helping to rebuild a school playground;
patrolling areas near inner-city schools; and partnering with police
to deter vandalism and shoplifting at a local mall. They also serve
as role models for kids by speaking at high school career days and
other events.
Scott Erwin of
Kansas was working in Iraq as a summer college intern when he created
Ambassadors of Democracy, a civic education program that provides a forum
for Iraqi students to discuss the tenets of democracy. Tragically, Scott
was critically wounded when his vehicle was ambushed while returning
to work after the forum's final session. Now recovering in the U.S.,
he talks with law enforcement and community groups about his experience
and about using communication to bridge cultural gaps.
Cynthia Luria is
regional director of the Nevada Anti-Defamation League. Under her leadership,
the chapter has trained 1,500 law enforcement and military personnel
on how to prevent bias and ensure fair treatment for all. Concerned by
the aggressive recruitment of local youths by hate groups, she also produced
an educational video on them that's been shown to over 12,000 teachers.
Mahmoud Awadallah is
the Executive Director of the Arab American Community Center for Economic
and Social Services in Ohio. The group's mission? To promote better
understanding of Arab culture and the integration of Arab Americans into
the mainstream of American life. Born in Cleveland to Palestinian parents,
Mr. Awadallah speaks first-hand about how to bridge the cultural divide.
We salute these individuals
... and all of our Community Leadership Award winners!
Link: Community
Outreach Program
Julia Burney and Jeffrey Troy, Milwaukee Assistant Special Agent in Charge


text:
The operation Overcast (English overcast = cloudily, cloud-imposed) was a military secret project of the USA from the year 1945, over, after the defeat of the German Reich in 2. World war to recruit German scientists and technicians and their military-technical being able and knowing for own purposes. Under the code name operation PAPER tie-clip (paper clip) took place shortly thereafter the placing of the first group, the beginning of the conversion of the operation Overcast. Starting from 1946 the term Project PAPER tie-clip for the naturalization of the scientists and the continuation of the operation Overcast was used. Today the terms are often used (actually falsely) synonymously.
Basis of the operation was a secret document of the general staff dated from 6 July 1945, thus briefly after the end of the war in Europe and still before the defeat of Japan. The basic considerations began however already years before and are with the fact to be explained that in the USA the comprehensive Demobilisierung and interruption of the military research after the end of the 1. World war of many politicians and military retrospectively as errors one judged. The increasing contrasts to directly before still allied USSR under Stalin were conscious of many in the general staff, were also stirred up possibly there. The operation Overcast is to be seen particularly under the criterion to shorten and position themselves for a future arms race by incorporating German military equipment own development. At the same time these scientists and technician should be extracted from the access of the USSR and their armaments industry. The German military equipment was the allied one in many ranges around years ahead, special with jet engines and their employment in rockets and airplanes (V1, V2, Heinkel He 178, Messerschmitt ME 262)
To distribute the number of the scientists on 350 limited, who should be gotten first for six months without member into the USA, in order it there on the different branches of service, army, Air Force, navy. In the contingent no transferred war criminals should be, everyone as such were recognized, are to Germany to be sent back. In the year 1946, when it was clear that the researchers would remain longer in the USA, to establish itself partly here and would pull wives tight, followed extremely loose regulations, in order to justify for example the NSDAP and SS-membership who ago from Brauns to. Actually LV loads did not play a role with the selection, were carefully sieved in view of the limited contingent concerning the technical qualification. This is all the more remarkably, since in the context of the of processes for example the responsible arms Minister Albert Speer was condemned at the same time to 20 years detention, not least because of in the context of arms production in great quantities used forced laborers. Also the V2-Produktion in the manufacturing plant Dora central tract happened under inhuman conditions and hard labour. For the responsible persons scientists and technicians remained just as without consequences, as the civilian victims of the V1 and V2-Angriffe for example on London. Completely obviously here the military-technical self-interest of the USA outweighed. Within the American public this proceeding, the immigration of Nazis, was not first by any means undisputed. Thus J. Joesten in the weekly paper The nation wrote:
Under the pseudonym operation PAPER tie-clip was brought to 1945 the first group still in the summer by scientists into the USA. The name PAPER tie-clip (dt: Paper clip) was derived from the paper clips put into the appropriate documents, which marked the sides by relevant scientists, who were to be transferred into the USA. The scientists were called also PAPER tie-clip Boys. Originally 100 should enter, actually amounted to this contingent of 127 persons. Core of the group of scientists was the group of rocket experts, standing under the guidance of Dr. Wernher von Braun.
At the latest 1946 were clearly that it would not remain with the originally planned duration of stopover of 6 months, also the original maximum number of 350 persons were considered as no longer sufficiently. A common committee from army, navy and State Department compiled principle drafts, how together with Great Britain an expansion and a continuation of the program should be regulated. Thus the number of concerning was increased to altogether 1000, as well as regulated the Nachzug of the families up to the later naturalization. These principles were fixed in a secret document with the title employment of the Austrian and German scientists in the context of the project PAPER tie-clip. Introduced apart from the term operation PAPER tie-clip here also the name Project PAPER tie-clip for this "Unterprojekt" and also for the operation Overcast generally uses, which are not to be separated thereby any longer clearly. On 13 September 1946 US president Harry S. Truman signed the document. The "Declaration of Principle" came into force on 24 October. The presence only now became the German "Nazi" - scientist of the American public by the media admits given, on it predominantly with lack of understanding and refusal reacted.
With the technicians also the complete was shipped remaining technology remained after that war, if it fell into the hands of the American booty troops set on it. This were V2-Raketen and partly finished rocket motors from Peenemuende and from the manufacturing plant Dora central tract, not started essentially yet, which would have been assigned otherwise to the USSR.
In away Bliss, White of sand, new Mexico, should research them at the advancement of the American rocket technology. Between April 1946 and October 1951 66 V2-Raketen testweise were started in White of sand. Some were equipped with plants, some even with experimental animals, which were killed all with the landing impacts. Starting from end of 1951 the starts were shifted after Cape Canaveral, Florida. From this for a long time thereafter the manned space programs which led to the moon-landing, arose.
Among other things who ago of brown, Friedrich dry, Ernst Eckert, Hans guardian, Anselm Franz, Alexander Lippisch, Hans's von Ohain, Hans K. Ziegler, Kurt Blome, Dr. Hubertus "Strugi "Strughold
With their program for the utilization of the "brains" the USA did not stand by any means alone. All winner powers had similar programs with different emphasis. Thus Great Britain strove for German naval experts, had however, like also different winner powers, thereby problems since a majority of the population was due to the bad economic situation in GB against the immigration of German scientists. After an admiral smuggled a German submarine team to the southwest coast (German scientists were not desired), reached the mediale argument of the two groups of interests its consequence was that the Germans were taxed doubly (in GB and D).
The largest contingent secured itself however the USSR, whereby the scientists worked first in the SBZ and later completely in a night and nebula action (enterprise "Oswakim "; Start: To 4 o'clock, 22 October 1945) into the Soviet Union "moves" became. The speech is from approx. 5,000 persons, who were allowed only years later back to Germany, and/or the GDR. The Deportationsvorbereitungen lasted 24 Stunden.Eine similar action of the USSR failed 1947 pitifully.
The large influence of German scientists, engineers and technicians on the military equipment of the two superpowers documents itself particularly in the airplane and rocket production in first postwar year tenth. Thus the American F-86 Sabre and the coming MIG 15 faced each other out Soviet production in the Korea war starting from 1950. The similarity of the airplanes became for the pilots a problem during the friend enemy recognition and is with high security to the fact to be attributed that in the Design of both machines on different sides scientists and technicians were involved, who had developed "miracle weapons" still together few years before for the "final victory".
Bower, Tom: Conspiracy PAPER tie-clip: LV scientist in the service D. Winner powers. Munich: Cunning, 1988. (ISBN 3-471-77164-6)
To sources of NASA the note may be permitted that their view is not necessarily neutral who ago on the prehistory of their important coworker of brown and its colleagues, because of construction and building of the important moon rocket Saturn V.
We found here 8 articles.
O» Operation Ajax
» Operation CHAOS
» Operation CONDOR
» Operation Fortitude
» Operation Mongoose
» Operation Northwoods
» Operation Overcast
» Operation Plumbat
Index | Privacy | Terms Of Use | Sitemap | Feedback


text:
U.S. men's soccer team headed to CompassDecember 17, 2012 Updated: December 17, 2012 10:04pm
Photo: James Nielsen, Chronicle
U.S. Soccer's historic centennial celebration will stop Jan. 29 at BBVA Compass Stadium when the men's national team faces former Dynamo defender Andre Hainault's Canadian national team.
To continue reading this story, you will need to be a digital subscriber to HoustonChronicle.com.
By logging in, you agree to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.


text:
|Oracle FAQ
|Your Portal to the Oracle Knowledge Grid
Home -> Community -> Usenet -> comp.databases.theory -> Re: Navigation question
Walt wrote:
> "JOG" <jog_at_cs.nott.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:1172666781.609148.240850_at_m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
>>On 27 Feb, 20:14, "dawn" <dawnwolth..._at_gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>On Feb 27, 8:58 am, "Walt" <wami..._at_verizon.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>"dawn" <dawnwolth..._at_gmail.com> wrote in message >>> >>>>news:1172534823.070193.104950_at_k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >>> >>>>>Walt wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>"dawn" <dawnwolth..._at_gmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>news:1172505529.681070.131640_at_q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >>>>>> >>>>>>>On Feb 26, 8:28 am, "Walt" <wami..._at_verizon.net> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>"dawn" <dawnwolth..._at_gmail.com> wrote in message >>> >>>>>>>>news:1172444333.974143.227280_at_q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >>> >>>>>>>>>On Feb 23, 10:10 am, "Walt" <wami..._at_verizon.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>"dawn" <dawnwolth..._at_gmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>><snip> My questions are regarding >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>layer 7, where "logical navigation" of a database might
>>>>>>place. >>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Does that work for you? --dawn >>> >>>>>>>>>>what do you mean by "OSI layers?" Are you talking about
>>>>of >>>> >>>>>>>>>>protocols? >>> >>>>>>>>>First, I'll grant that the OSI layers are not in my area of >>>> >>>>expertise, >>>> >>>>>>>>>so I might very well have this wrong. I am talking
>>>>of >>>> >>>>>>>>>the 7 layers (of protocols) identified as the "OSI layers." >>> >>>>>>>>Could you list the layers, and give a link to a web page that >>>> >>>>describes >>>> >>>>>>>>them? >>> >>>>>>>I just did a google and I'm not sure whether you had trouble
>>>>>>>link or if this is a test to see which link I would choose. We
>>>>>>>start withhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model >>> >>>>>>I know how to google. I wanted to see what page you were reading
>>>>so >>>> >>>>>>that we could read from the same page. >>> >>>>>Perhaps I should have been reading from a page. >>> >>>>>>The page you pointed me to is a good starting place. So you are
>>>>>>about protocols. >>> >>>>>No, I'm talking about layers and not specifically about the
>>>>>between them (protocols). I'm talking about that which takes place >>>>>within the application layer, using the OSI terminology only to try
>>>>>get the focus within the app layer, rather than below it. If the
>>>>>of the OSI layers was distracting, then simply zero in on
>>>>>software development, including all software (code, metadata, >>>>>database, DBMS specs of any kind) that run or serve as input to >>>>>executables running on top of an OS, for example. >>> >>>>>>>If I had been quizzed, I would have gotten the top, the bottom,
>>>>>>>few others by name, but I have never studied nor memorized these >>>>>>>layers. I only referred to them in order to get the focus of
>>>>>>>question on the application layer. >>> >>>>>>>>>Given >>>>>>>>>these 7 layers, I am not then talking about taking any one
>>>>these >>>> >>>>>>>>>layers and further subdividiing it by protocol, but simply >>>> >>>>referring >>>> >>>>>>>>>to it so that it is clear (that obviously did not work) that
>>>>>>>>>talking about the Application Layer. >>> >>>>>>>>>> If so, it seems to me that application to >>>>>>>>>>database theory is limited to the areas where data is
>>>>in >>>> >>>>>>some >>>>>> >>>>>>>>sort >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>of formal protocol. >>> >>>>>>>>>Surely not. >>> >>>>>>I don't understand the above. "Surely not" what? Do you mean
>>>>not >>>> >>>>>>limited to areas where data is exchanged in some sort of formal >>>> >>>>protocol"? >>>> >>>>>>If that's the case, why did you refer to "the OSI Layers"? >>> >>>>>I hope I explained that satisfactorily. Since it is getting in the >>>>>way, rather than helping, ignore OSI and focus on application
>>>>>and the development thereof, including specification for and >>>>>instructions to a DBMS, for example. >>> >>>>>> Database theory is highly relevant to conceptual >>>>>> >>>>>>>>>modeling, outside of this list of 7 layers, as well as to
>>>>>>>>>interface between developer and DBMS, for example. While
>>>>are >>>> >>>>>>>>>surely some here who have an interest in data in some >>>> >>>>machine-readable >>>> >>>>>>>>>format that might not be all that useful for human eyes or >>>> >>>>application >>>> >>>>>>>>>programmers, I'm interested in Layer 7, the Application
>>>>Again, >>>> >>>>>>>>>I am not bringing this in so that we can discuss protocols
>>>>that >>>> >>>>>>>>>layer, simply so that it is clear I'm not talking about
>>>>>>>>>navigation." >>> >>>>>>If you are not talking about protocols, then why are the OSI
>>>>>>relevant to your discussion? >>> >>>>>>I'm terribly confused by what you have written. >>> >>>>>>>strictly DBMS navigation). BTW, I didn't mention Pascal. I
>>>>>>>JOG as the third. >>> >>>>>>Noted. >>> >>>>>>>>Any navigation a programmer >>>>>>>>does entirely within the application is not relevant to the
>>>>>>Cdd, >>>>>> >>>>>>>>Date, and Pascal have made regarding database data. >>> >>>>>>>Really? I thought they were opposed to "database navigation" in >>>>>>>general, whether the application is navigating its way through
>>>>>>>data or the DBMS is, or some combination. Hmmm. Perhaps one >>>>>>>difficulty with the terms is that I consider DBMS specifications >>>>>>>related to any application suite to be "part of" that
>>>>>>>suite. >>> >>>>>Did this clarify at all? Thanks. --dawn >>> >>>>It clarified a little, but I'm still confused. You can in fact divide >>>>things into "layers" without regard to protocols, and the phrase >>>>"application layer" means something to me. However, your reference to
>>>>OSI layers suggested a common interpretation (between you and me) of
>>>>term "application layer", and you are using the phrase to convey
>>>>a little different than the OSI people intended. >>> >>>>Let's distinguish between "database data" and "application data".
>>>>exist in a database, in "working storage" (to use an old COBOL
>>>>be exchange across the interface. >>> >>>>Whether you navigate in working storage or not is entirely beside the
>>>>that Codd, Date, and JOG have made, if I understand that point at all.
>>>>point about user navigation interfering with both independence and >>>>optimization within the DBMS is about the navigation of database data. >>> >>>>And, just in case, "database data" does *not* refer to copies of
>>>>data in working storage. >>> >>>Agreed, so we are talking about "logical navigation" of a database by >>>way of DBMS processes, metadata specified to the DBMS (such as foreign >>>key & target declarations), and application code. The DBMS and other >>>code might very well work in layers below the application layer at run- >>>time, but all specifications for this navigation are done in the >>>application layer. Under the app layer, the database need not be >>>navigated, I don't care about that, but the navigation of the database >>>takes place by way of specs that indicate that addressId is a foreign >>>key in the Person relation that "points to" the addressId in the >>>Address relation. Then a query can be made such as >>> >>>select lastName, Address.city from Person; >>> >>>This, from my perspective, is "logical navigation" where the developer >>>is specifying that the DBMS can "get to" the Address information from >>>the Person information following a certain "path" (the link >>>specification), then further specifying in some chunk of code that >>>what needs to be retrieved related to the Person is their lastName and >>>the city, which we know to be in Address. >>> >>>I recognize the beauty of >>> >>>select lastName, city from Person; >>> >>>which can also be accomplished with a virtual field in the Person >>>relation that logically "goes to" the Address relation to retrieve the >>>city. So, this looks less like navigation in the query statement, but >>>in the specifications to the DBMS (the virtual field) a path is >>>presented. >>> >>>This can obviously also be accomplished with a vew so that we have >>> >>>select lastName, city from PersonAddrView; >>> >>>But in most code against an SQL-DBMS it is accomplished with a JOIN >>>statement, which serves the same purpose as the "navigational" link >>>information except that the JOIN data are repeated (considerable >>>redundancy) and are spread around throughout the code rather than >>>having a single specification. >>> >>>So, does the navigation above sound like what Codd etc think to be a >>>bad thing? >> >>Yes. You have now created an Address object. To navigate you need >>locations and objects give you that. Perhaps your Address object has a >>house object inside it, with a number object and street object too, or >>whatever you might want to hide away in your chain of russian dolls. >> >>Given this, you can now of course refer to all the objections to OO >>databases made over the years, as well as to the evidence of their >>lack of uptake as an indication of why navigation in the logical model >>is suboptimal. >> >> >>>I know that there are people who have been taught that it >>>is a bad thing (I have to repair this when I hire them). >> >>Good grief. It never ends. What price a single thread, nay just one >>post, without this sort of baiting. A post just in the name of >>discussing theory and not trying to goad people? I find this very sad : >>( >> >> >>>I would like for there to be a clearer statement on navigation >> >>Statements have been extremely clear and I really don't understand >>what is confusing- Navigation is the movement from one point to >>another. In the relational model there are no locations, so there can >>be no navigation. In a network model, there are locations and paths, >>so there is navigation. Surely its not rocket science. >> >> >>>-- particularly,whether the above is within the scope of the seeming
>>>navigation or outside of it >> >>"disdain"? Pffft. Purple prose to emote reactions. Its just not that >>exciting i'm afraid - opinion is just that declarative approaches are >>preferable to navigation, nothing more. >> >> >>>and just what "logical" database navigation is wrong and why. >> >>Navigation is not 'wrong' or 'evil' - its just that declaration is >>preferable in a logical model. And the arguments seem pretty clear to >>me: >> >>1) Nothing can be done via Navigation that cannot be done with a >>Declarative approach. Navigation however requires an extra mechanism >>that is superfluous and brittle. (The Einstein, keep a mechanism as >>simple as possible but no simpler argument) >>2) Navigation in a network, and the locations or objects that it >>requires, leads to query bias due to the arbitrary nesting that it >>mandates you do. (This is the shared data, or changing requirements >>argument). Modelling using propositions instead of objects is more >>flexible. >>3) As object composition increases navigational queries to extract >>them get ever more complex and convoluted (Codds argument to IBM, a >>lumbering company with a enormous inertia and mass entrenched in >>network database technology. Yet even they were convinced.) >> >>Navigation has its place (hypertext and the web for example). Its just >>that a logical data model is probably not that place. >> >> >>>Thanks for your help and patience with me. --dawn >> >>I find myself more and more just posting to balance opinion for >>neutral readers. I have given up trying to convince you of anything - >>you appear too entrenched in your anti-RM crusade to be pragmatic and >>recognize the good points that the evolution to RM has to offer, or to >>see why it has been so successful despite its flaws :(
Huh? By whom, I wonder?
In any case, the only way to defeat a troll is to ignore her. Received on Wed Feb 28 2007 - 08:20:21 CST
Original text of this message


text:
Just put the finishing touches on my first build. Must admit I had some help from a great mechanic at the LBS. I learned alot through the process and in time will certainly build another.
Maiden voyage will take place tomorrow, probably a modest 15 miles to see how she performs.
Anyway here are some pics including the obligatory picture in front of the garage.


text:
Marital Color Line
Kennedy, Randall, The Nation
On November 7, voters in Alabama erased from that state's Constitution a provision dating from 1901 that declared that "the legislature shall never pass any law to authorize or legalize any marriage between any white person and a Negro, or descendant of a Negro." This declaration represented in part a desire by white supremacists to express as fully as possible their intention to expunge the racially egalitarian symbols, hopes and reforms of Reconstruction. Although Alabama had never enacted a law expressly authorizing interracial marriage, in 1872 the state's Supreme Court did invalidate the law that prohibited such unions. But it promptly reversed itself in 1877 when white supremacists regained power. The Alabama Constitution's disapproval of interracial marriage, however, had still deeper roots. It stemmed from the presumption that white men had the authority to dictate whom, in racial terms, a person could and could not marry. It was also rooted in the belief that certain segments of the population were simply too degraded to be eligible as partners in marriage with whites. At one point or another, forty states prohibited marriage across racial lines. In all of them blacks were stigmatized as matrimonial untouchables. In several, "Mongolians" (people of Japanese or Chinese ancestry), "Malays" (Filipinos) and Native Americans were also placed beyond the pale of acceptability.
Rationales for barring interracial marriage are useful to consider, especially since some of them echo so resonantly justifications voiced today by defenders of prohibitions against same-sex marriage. One rationale for barring interracial marriages was that the progeny of such matches would be incapable of procreating. Another was that God did not intend for the races to mix. Another was that colored people, especially blacks, are irredeemably inferior to whites and pose a terrible risk of contamination. The Negrophobic Thomas Dixon spoke for many white supremacists when he warned in his novel The Leopard's Spots that "this Republic can have no future if racial lines are broken and its proud citizenry sinks to the level of a mongrel breed." A single drop of Negro blood, he maintained apocalyptically, "kinks the hair, flattens the nose, then the lip, puts out the light of intellect, and lights the fires of brutal passions."
Although opponents of prohibitions on interracial marriage have waged struggles in many forums (e.g., academia, the churches, journalism), two in particular have been decisive. One is the courtroom. In 1967 in the most aptly titled case in American history--Loving v. The Commonwealth of Virginia--the United States Supreme Court ruled that prohibitions against interracial marriage violated the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. …


text: The Auburn Garden Club's annual plant sale will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in the parking lot at Bethlehem Lutheran Church on High Street, next to the entrance to the Gold Country Fairgrounds. There will be perennials, trees, bedding plants, dogwoods, named-variety daylilies, vegetables, garden crafts and a bake sale. Proceeds from the plant sale benefit the grants program for non-profits involved in horticultural and garden related projects. "The plant material is locally propagated by members and is right at home in the foothills including some organic and deer resistant plants," club spokeswoman Barbara Tellman said in an e-mail. "In this present economy and with the closing of many local independent nurseries specializing in native and perennial plants, the Auburn Garden Club plant sale offers buyers unusual finds at very reasonable prices." For more information on the sale, visit www.auburngardenclub.org.


text:
Containing inflation is a priority for the newly formed Indian government under PM Narendra Modi, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Thursday after a cabinet meeting.
"Containing inflation is an obvious priority for the government," Naidu told a news briefing after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a cabinet meeting.
Modi, who was sworn in on Monday after a landslide election victory, has completed his government team.
Thursday's Cabinet meeting scheduled an opening session of the lower house of Parliament for June 4-11.


text:
Fort Lewis Military Museum
This web site is dedicated to promoting the Friends of the Fort Lewis Military Museum and their mission
to support the Lewis Army Museum at JBLM, Washington.
Please call the museum information line at (253) 967-7206 for the current hours of operation prior to visiting. For complete information, including entrance requirements to JBLM, click this link.
The Friends of the Fort Lewis Military Museum were organized in 1973 to provide volunteers, monetary assistance,
and encouragement for the Lewis Army Museum. The Friends believe that the story of our Soldiers, their
families, and supporters must be preserved to educate and inspire future generations of Americans. The Friends are
a non-profit organization dedicated to keeping the history of the United States Army alive by supporting the Lewis Army Museum and its programs. The Friends membership includes active duty and retired military personnel
as well as patriotic citizens from all walks of life. Friends receive a quarterly newsletter, a discount at our gift
shop, and the opportunity to participate in meetings and programs. Please help us to promote an appreciation and
awareness of our priceless military heritage by becoming a Friend.
The Friends of the Museum gift store is open the same hours as the Musuem. Please see hours below. Selected items from the gift shop may be ordered by using the links above. (Apparel or Gifts). Please contact us by email for more information.
The museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11-4pm. For further information about the museum, base access, loan and donation policies, and other details, please visit the Museum's official government web site, Lewis Army Museum.


text:
A North Carolina man who police say arranged on Craigslist for his wife to be raped by another man pleaded guilty last year to indecent exposure in Virginia.
Police say a judge sentenced the man to 30 days for the Chesterfield County, Va., misdemeanor.
Kannapolis police Sgt. Chris Nesmitt said Friday investigators are getting details on the Virginia case as they look into last weekend's assault of the man's wife in their home.
Police say the husband found the attacker through Craigslist, the online classified service under scrutiny for sexually explicit ads.
The husband faces first-degree rape and other charges. The Associated Press, which generally does not identify victims of sexual assault, is not naming the man to avoid identifying his wife.
Investigators in North Carolina are still trying to identify an alleged rapist they say a man found on Craigslist to assault his wife.
Police in Kannapolis say they are getting help from federal investigators as they probe computer and telephone records after arresting the
25-year-old husband.
The husband faces first-degree rape and other charges and is in jail under $200,000 bond. The Associated Press, which generally does not identify victims of sexual assault, is not naming the man to avoid identifying his wife.
Police say the wife called 911 Sunday and said a man with a knife raped her in the bedroom of their home about 25 miles northeast of Charlotte. Police say the husband was in the room at the time of the attack.
North Carolina police have arrested a man and accused him of using the online advertising service Craigslist to enlist another man to rape his wife.
The 25-year-old Kannapolis husband faces first-degree rape and other charges.
The Associated Press is not identifying the man because it does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault.
The man was arrested after police responded to a 911 call early Sunday. On the call, the woman said a man armed with a knife assaulted her in her home.
Police said the woman's husband was in the room; their two small children also were in the home.
Police said the husband arranged the rape using online ads.
Police said the identity of the rape suspect is being investigated.
The wife was treated at a hospital.


text:
Our Organization
Established in 1957, Trumbull County Rod & Gun Club is a legal non-profit organization, founded in the State of Ohio.
Our Purpose
The basic purpose of this organization shall be:
- to develop sportsmanship, friendship, and sociability among its members.
- to further those characteristics of Americanism, Honesty, Appreciation, and the respect for the rights of others, which are the very foundation of sportsmanship in this, or any other land of free men.
- to purchase as much upland small game, to purchase or raise as the club can afford, and to release this game on club grounds, or land open by permission to public hunting in the county.
- to encourage and purchase wildlife habitat, and promote conservation of natural resources and land mangement practices that support wildlife propagation.
- to support the preservation of our 2nd Amendment freedoms.
- to support state game laws and demand that all others be required to do the same.
- to organize and conduct various youth and adult educational programs related to hunting, shooting, fishing, conservation, wildlife habitat, and firearms training.
- to purchase, construct, and maintain the appropriate facilities, structures, and real property to carry on the activities and programs planned by the organization, for both youth and adults; including such activities as hunting and fishing; rifle, shotgun, black powder, and handgun shooting; archery; and dog training
Organizational Documents
Click the links below to view/print (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader):
- Club Bylaws (PDF)


text:
Graduate Schools: Research Graduate Schools
- Talk with professors in your area of interest (they are THE BEST source of information!)
- Review the graduate schools selected by last year's graduates (can be provided by your career consultant).
- Career Center Library has many books on the Graduate School shelf including a full set of the Peterson's Guides.
- CollegeSource® Online features over 25,000 colleges. The site includes a profile of every accredited college in the U.S. along with links to college home pages, international college home pages, career information, and financial aid information.
- Peterson's: Colleges and Universities
- Timing: spring of junior year, summer before senior year or early in the fall semester of senior year


text:
follow on Twitter @PhotoLumination
Today, the Office of the President released the National Climate Assessment, a report that details the dangerous impact of climate change on regions of the country. But the kids in Peabody are already at work on the problem, thanks to some dedicated teachers and the volunteers of Green Peabody.
This handwritten document seems to be part of the working draft for the State of the Union but we were unable to confirm the source or authenticity. It is in short phrases and bullet points but seems to propose a radical program.
We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms. The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition; we must lead it. We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries – we must claim its promise.
In the story for children, A Tree for Max, the King of the Trees talks with all the trees of the forest. But how can that be possible? Can trees really communicate?
Mytown, a typical small city north of Boston, MA, faces an energy challenge. We now depend largely on carbon-based sources of energy, and these pose major challenges: they are expensive and costs are uncertain, supplies are vulnerable, and the use of fossil fuels threatens society as well as all forms of life through greehnouse gases and global warming. The opportunity is to transition to renewable sources of energy that can save money while reducing harm to the environment.
Call it climate change, call it global warming, or call it a solution, namely creating a sustainable energy future. I am struggling to tell a story of impending environmental disaster that both informs and motivates. The story is that of disasters that are likely to change the conditions of life for all humans and indeed, everything living on earth, and within the lifetime of my young grandson.
There are many stories and many partial solutions. Proven solutions can apply to any municipality. I have sketched out a range of options and proven pathways to success. Planning for a sustainable energy future for Mytown
"Because you still listen, because in times like these
to have you listen at all, it's necessary
to talk about trees."— What Kind of Times Are These
By Adrienne Rich. 1929-2012
In the State of the Union, the most powerful man in the world, the President of the United States, was unable to deal with the issue threatening the future of humanity: "The differences in this chamber may be too deep right now to pass a comprehensive plan to fight climate change." I seek to understand how our political system is unable to act on our behalf. As Pogo said, "We have met the enemy and he is us."
"It would be immoral to leave these young people [grandchildren] with a climate system spiraling out of control."—Dr. James Hansen
I read The Third Industrial Revolution by Jeremy Rifkin as part of my search for realistic methods to assure a better world for my grandson, a world facing major environmental degradation that imperils the future of society. Solutions are available, the problem is that we deny the reality and we cannot even have a national debate on the issues because of deep divisions and the political control exerted by the very economic forces that are driving the destruction.
We humans seem to become part of a landscape wherever we are planted, to wear it like a garment or a skin, to possess, and be possessed by the rocks and the trees of our places, and it is incredible to think that we cannot forever inhabit our land or our place.
Yesterday was the kind of warm sunny day in early December that feels like fall, not winter. Walking with my dog, Keren, past a parochial primary school playground at recess. Kids wrestling, showing off, swooping around in a ball game, chirping and shouting, making playground noises—like a flock of birds. I passed on, down the hill, and then turned back to see what the sudden rise in noise and pitch was all about.
Concerned about the mindless rush to destruction of the planet? Worried about the future for your children and grandchildren? Searching for a way to stop bullying?
Stories can be told in words or in pictures, but come to life when the reader can imagine a world created in words, and see images that relate to a physical reality as well as a fabulous environment. Such a story knows no limits. I call them "fables."
Economic meltdown? The government rushes to bail out investment banks, banking instututions, and investors in mortgages. What about people, for example elders and artists? Here are some thoughts about a new New Deal.
My appreciation of Salem MA has been confirmed. Salem's historic downtown has been recognized as one of the 10 best neighborhoods
It is more difficult to find out about progress in Salem, than the impact of the plant in Columbia. The spokesperson for Dominion, the owner of the Salem Harbor Plant, has not responded to my repeated queries.
Many of the same development vs. environment issues we see in Salem, Massachusetts are repeated for the Navajo who are considering a new coal-fired power plant.
If you grew up in New England, then you know that you just have to wait a few hours--the weather will change. Are New England winters too cold with too much snow? Or are the summers too hot? Then just wait--without your relocating to a warmer climate, global warming will move the climate in your state to a warmer place.
Al Gore searches for a new framework for understanding and action:
Today the most pressing problems for humankind include global warming and pollution. Our political systems do not seem robust enough to respond to the impending disasters heralded by climate change.
Seeing History and the Environment in Salem, MA
Salem is a proud city with a proud past. As tourists, we see grand homes and sailing ships, shops with witch costumes, cobbled streets, and a once-busy harbor. It also has hidden areas of great natural beauty. If we look only at the surface, we make pretty photographs that tell a surface story. However, if we bring some background knowledge and thought to interpret what we see, we may see things in a different light. More, with photographs: Salem's Global Warming... http://www.photoluminations.com/assignments/salem/salem-warming.html
A photograph is a work of art that can be powerful if it combines what one knows, understands, and feels. A photograph illuminates, records, and interprets.