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What you Need to Know about Probate Sales
Real estate investors are frequently on the lookout for great deals and
one of the best places to find one is at probate sales. Properties that
are sold through a court-ordered probate sale can oftentimes be an
excellent source for a property that is priced below market value, but
there are a few things you should be aware of before you jump at such a deal.
First, there are potential risks that are associated with this type of
deal. Probate sales may take longer to
close than would normally be the case with a traditional sale.
Probate sales occur whenever an individual dies in what is referred to
as intestate. This means they do not have a will and have not bequeathed
their property. When this occurs, it becomes necessary for the court to
step in and administer the sale of the property. The court will
naturally want to ensure the property is sold in a way that will obtain
the highest possible price. In order to meet that goal, the court will
often hire a real estate agent to handle the sale of the property.
Probate sales will be marketed in the same manner as any other home or
property. The estate or probate representative will sign a listing
agreement with the real estate broker and the broker's agents will show
that property to prospective buyers. The court may require an
independent appraisal to be performed.
Interested buyers may make an offer on a probate property at any time,
but it should be understood that this is where probate properties differ
from traditional properties. Any offer that is made on a probate
property must typically include a deposit of at least 10%. Despite the
deposit, the representative handling the property may elect to counter
the offer, if they so choose. In addition, even if the estate
representative chooses to accept the offer, that offer must still be
approved by the court. The estate representative can petition the court,
through their attorney, for the sale to be confirmed. The sale of the
property will have to be confirmed in court. This is where the process
can become time-intensive.
At a minimum, it can take at least 30 days for the sale date to be set.
During this period of time, the property can still be marketed. In fact,
the court will usually require that the property be advertised. Even
worse, the property will be advertised at the accepted sales price. The
buyer that has made the offer on the property will need to appear in
court for the sale to be confirmed. Any other interested party in the
matter will also need to appear. While it might seem as though it would
be a simple matter, what actually happens is that during the
confirmation, the property will actually be sold in what is similar to
an auction style arrangement. In many states, the opening bid will be
the price that has previously been accepted, in addition to 5%. It is
not uncommon for several buyers to appear in order to bid on the
property. Of course, if no one else appears, the original buyer is able
to get the property at the price they offered. If other buyers show up;
however, there is a strong chance that you will either lose the property
or need to pay more than you originally offered.
Keep in mind that the deposit which was made when the
offer was made may not be refundable. The only circumstance in which the
deposit may be refunded is if you are not ultimately the confirmed
buyer. In other words, if you make an offer and then change your mind
later, there is a good chance you will not be able to get back the
deposit. You should also be aware that there will likely be no one who
can provide you with a valid seller's disclosure on the property due to
the fact that the original owner is deceased. This could mean that there
are serious problems with the property which you may not become aware of
until after you have purchased the property. This is just one more
reason why it can be quite risky to purchase a probate property. The
best way to defend yourself against this type of problem is to have an
inspection performed on the property as early as possible. Ideally, this
should be done prior to even writing an offer on the property. While you
will need to pay for the inspection, it can be a worthy investment to
avoid possible costly repairs.
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Childdiet 'not hit by income drop'
A drop in a family's income does not affect the healthiness of their children's diet, according to research.
The Edinburgh University study compared the diet of 3,000 Scottish children at age of two and then again at five, as well as tracking their parents' income.
Researchers said changes in how parents felt about money were more strongly linked to their children's diets than their actual incomes.
The study said all children's diets deteriorated from age two to five.
It suggested that by the age of five, all children were likely to eat fewer vegetables and to have more sweets and sugary drinks than at the age of two.
The study used data from the Scottish government's Growing Up In Scotland survey.
The researchers said this could be attributed to children becoming more selective in what food they eat as they get older.
When the children were two, less than one in ten (8.1%) drank soft drinks more than once a day. By the age of five, this increased to three in 10 (28.7%).
Similarly, aged two, one in 20 (6.4%) of the children never ate vegetables, but this rate increased nearly five times (27.9%) by the time they turned five.
'Financial hardship'
Children's diets deteriorated when parents believed that they were going through financial hardships.
For parents whose financial situation changed from "feeling comfortable" to "finding it difficult to cope" as their children grew from ages two to five, children ate fewer varieties of fruit and vegetables, and ate crisps and sweets more often.
Among families whose income did not change, children from families with a low income were more likely to have poorer diets to begin with. This group also had diets improve the most from ages two and five.
About two in 10 of these children lowered their sweet consumption compared with only about one in 10 in high-income homes.
Dr Valeria Skafida, report author and Research Fellow at the Centre for Population Health Sciences, said: "Changes in how parents felt about money were more strongly linked to their children's diets than their actual incomes.
"This could be because income is not evenly distributed within the home, or because it is perception of poverty rather than measured poverty that determines food choices."

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Imprimis I give and bequeath unto Ann my beloved wife one Annuitie or yearely rent of Fortie pounds to bee issuinge and beinge out of my mill and all my lands in the parish of Saint Peters demised with Dane Court To have and to hould unto my said wife duringe the terme of hir naturall life over and above her jointure and to bee paied att such time and tearmes yearely as her Joynture is to bee paied by equable porcons the first payment thereof to bee and begin att such of the said times and tearmes as shall first happen next after my decease with power of distresse for non payment thereof
Item I doe give my mansion house of Chilson with all my lands and tenements p'cell or reputed to bee p'cell of my mannour of Chilson in the said countie of Kent unto the said Ann my wife To have and to hould unto the said Ann my wife duringe the tearme of hir naturall life (If shee contynue my widdow soe longe) she committinge noe volentary wast
Neverthelesse upon this trust that my said wife bestow
and employ one full moytie of all the rents issues and profitts yearely and every yeare by equall porcons
quarterly or halfe yearely payments to and for the use benefitt and manteynance of my daughter Dame
Mary St Leger wife of Sr Anthonie St Leger Kt. and her children for such time and soe longe as her said
husbands lands shall bee cleare of Sequestration
Then my will and intent is that my said daughter shall have all the rents issuinge and profitts of the said Lands untill shee hath recovered her ..sth of her husbands Lands allowed unto her by the ordmance of Parli't Provided that the same or any p't thereof shall nott come to her said husbands hands nor shalbee Sequestered as any p't of his estate
Item I appoynt my executors to receyve out of the lands lyinge in the p'ish of Saint John Baptist and now in the occupation of Thomas Dobbins and my lands in Saint Lawrence Fortie and five pounds yearely to such use as I shall direct bee with said lands in St. Johns and St. Lawrence I will shall bee sould for my daughters porcons when itt bee found due
Item I give unto my grandchilden Warham and Antonie St. Leger one hundred pounds a peece to be payde them when they shall accomplishe severall ages of one and twenty yeares (yf they soe longe live) by my heire or heires that shall have the greatest pt of my mannours and lands
Item I give and bequeath unto my trustie servant John Hoadley one annuitie of Fortie shillings a yeare duringe the tearme of his naturall life to bee issuinge out of a peece of land called Hammons Feild in St. Peters in Thanett payable att the feast of St. Michaell yearely with power of distresse for non payment thereof
Item I give and bequeath unto my goode frend and Cosen Daniell Gibbon gent. One annuitie or yearely rent of tenn pounds duringe the tearme of his naturall life to bee issuinge out of my winde mill and lands therewith demised situate and beinge in the p'ish of St. Johns aforesaid payable yearely at the feasts of the Annunication of blessed virgin Mary and St Michaell the Archangell or within tenn daies after eyther of the said feasts by equall portions with power of distresse for non payment
Item I give and bequeath unto Elyzabeth Downes and Margrett hir daughter my Tenement att Margate now in the occupation of Daniel Ferrier duringe theire naturall lives
Item I give unto my sonne Paul one annuitie of Thirtie pounds p annum to bee paied quarterly out of
Dane Court untill my debts bee paied
Item I give unto my sonne Willm one annuitie of Thirtie pounds to bee paied quarterly out of Hengrove and Vincent If soe much can bee raised thereof
both w'ch Annuities I desire my executors to pay
the residue of all my lands I will shall remaine In my executors hands to pay my debts out of the rents except such as I have limitted to that purpose to bee sould mentioned in a schedule hereunto annexed together with my interest in Norwood both by lease and joynt purchase (My minde is allso that my debt to Sr. Baswell Deywell bee first paied) Together with such debts as are due to me in Kent Glostershire and other where
Item I give unto my sonne Alexander (my debts beinge first paied) my mannour of Chilson with the
appurtenances allsoe my lease att Norwood together with the purpart or moytie of the demaines laitely
made over by a Feoffm't together with Nash? Court and the mannour of Dean with theire
appurtenances and all my lande in St. Johns (except Hengrove and Vincent) and lands appoynted to bee
sould as aforesaid To have and to hould to my said sonne Alexander duringe the tearme of his naturall life
and after his decease unto the first sonne of his body lawfully to bee begotten and to the heires of the body of such first sonne lawfully to bee begotten and for default of such yssue to the second sonne of the body of my said sonne Alexander lawfully to bee begotten and to the heires of the bodie of such second sonne lawfully to bee begotten And for default of such yssue to all and every the other sonnes of the bodie of my said sonne Alexander lawfully to bee begotten successively one after an other as they shall bee in theire senioritie of age and to the heires of theire severall bodies lawfully begotten
And for default of such yssue to my son Paul and to his heires males with such lymittation aforesaid
And for default of such yssue To my sonne Will'm and his heires males with like lymitation and yf noe such yssue bee Then to the heires females of my eldest third and second sonne
And for default of all such yssue to Warham and Anthonie St Leger my daughters sonnes with limitations aforesaid
And for default of such yssue to my right heires
Item I give and bequeath to my sonne Paul (my debts beeinge paied) all that my mannour of Dane Court with all the lands and tenem'ts thereunto belonginge and allsoe the winde mill situate and beeinge in the p'sh of St Peters To have and to hould unto my said sonne Paul duringe his naturall life and the remainder as in my sonne Alexands intayle the first to Alexander the second to Willm and the third as afore mentioned
Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne Willm all that my farme and lands called Hengrove with the appurtenances conteyninge bye estimation one hundred and eight acrees late in the occupation of James Boycott and my farme called Vincent all in the p'sh of St Johns with the appurtenances To have and to hould duringe his naturall life and the remainder First to my son Alexander the second to my sonne Paul and the third as before mentioned
Item the residue of my lands nott mentioned nor bequested (my debts beeinge paied) I give unto my sonne Alexander with the like linitation as I bequeathed my fore mentioned lands unto him Item I will that my executors have power to lease any of my said lande w'ch now are or shall bee out of lease the lease nott exeedinge the tearme of seaven yeares and they leasinge the same out to the best advantage that cann bee made of the same
Item I will that my executors suffer my eldest sonne Alexander (if he happen to marry) to make A
Joynture accordinge to his wyves porcon the said porcon beeinge paied to my executors towards the payment of my debts
Item I will that myne executors doe keepe eyther of them a booke of severall accounts for receipts and disbursments
Item I allow my executors twentie pounds a peece for theire paines And allsoe twelve pence a mile for theire jouneys for the due execution of this my will And my desire is that they doe repaire to Mr Francis Lovelace for his assistance by counsell yf neede bee upon my charge
Lastly I constitute and appoynte my said wife and my loveinge frend and brothers in law Allen Eppes of the Cittie of Canterbury gent and George Somner of the p'ish of St Johns aforesaid gent my executors of this my last will and testam't Intreatinge them to be aydinge and assistinge both by theire good counsell and other wayes unto my said sonnes and daughter
And I do hereby revoke all former and other wills In Wittnesse whereof I the said Richard Norwood have
to eyther sheete of this my will subscribed my name and to the topp thereof sett my seale the day and
yeare first above written
Richard NorWoode
Sealed acckowledged and published by the said Richard Norwood as his Last Will and testament in the presence of
Edward Norwood – Thomas Hardinge
A Scedule of Lands to bee sould over & above those w'thin mentioned
St Johns
15 akers late in the occupacon of Willia. Parker whear of hee & his sonne conceale? one aker & halfe
7 akers late in the occupacon of Alexander Fleete? Now of John Smith pt of this may bee in St Lawrence
3 akers 3 rods being a close at Drays with pt of a barne in the occupacon of Widow Allen
Allso certayne p'cells of land one either side the way from Church-hill to Margate to builde one leaving convenient passages one either side p. way to my other land
St Peters
1 aker at or neere .opton in Will Sackels occupacon
5 akers at Callis Court in Hen. Wilds occupacon
& if neede bee let Austin Feild in Minster bee sould allso.
A Coddicell to be annexed to this my last will made the thirtieth day of December 1644
Imprimis my will and meaninge is (if it happen my sonne Alexander doe marrye accordinge as I have expressed in my will) and the porcon beinge accordinge to his means, and that porcon to goe towards the payment of my debts that then these lands w'ch I have devised unto him shalbe clearely discharged from the payment of the remaynder of my debts w'ch porcon shalbe p'portionable to these lands w'ch he shalbe then sensed? offe w'ch I leave to the discretion of my executors
Item my will and meaninge is that if it please God my wife shall depart this present life before my sonne
Paule come to enjoye my lands to him bequeathed that my executors shall receive the rent of the same
lands (and my debts being paid) and accompt to my said sonne Paule
And if it happen my sonne Paule doe marrye with the likinge of my executors, before all my debts bee paid that he shall allowe out of his wives porcon aconsadorable some towards the payment of my said debts All w'ch I leave to the discretion of my executors.
Item if my daughter have noe Joynture setled mor? her children ..ated accordinge to Covenant immediately after shee shalbe free from Covert Barre? that my executors consine over all those lands in St Lawrence to her and her heires for ever
Item whereas I have appoynted the revenewes of my lands to pay my debts my will and meaninge is
that it shalbe such debts wherein I am principall w'ch are onely myne
Whereas I have conveyed one tenement to Elizabeth Downes by this my will my meaninge is that my Cosen Edward Norwood shall receive the proffits thereof till he bee satisfied for such money as hee hath dispursed or ..... ingaged for, for her former husband Henrye? First paid as is specified in this my will
Richard Norwoode
The above written scedule and Coddicell I doe acknowledge and publish to be my will and meaninge where unto I have set my hand and seale in the presence of
Thomas Hardinge
8th April 1645 ...Robt Marriott clico ... de Lenham Cant dioc. .... Edward Allen, Daniel Gibbon and
Leonard Browne ...
Richard Norwood armiger .. of Chilson als Chilston ... of Boughton Malherb ....
Anne Norwood widow and George Somner? Gent. ....
Will of Richard Norwood
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Novartis AG (NVS) are up 4.24% to $85.06 as the company plans to seek approval of a medicine for chronic heart failure sooner than it had anticipated.
The drugmaker announced today that "the Data Monitoring Committee unanimously recommended early closure of the PARADIGM-HF study, indicating patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HF-REF) who received LCZ696 lived longer without being hospitalized for heart failure than those who received standard care with ACE-inhibitor enalapril."
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The Toon head into Monday night's game depleted by injury and on a run of four straight defeats, while Roberto Martinez's men are chasing their first ever win at St James' Park
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Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has been given a selection headache in recent weeks, with many of his star players being ruled out through injury, further weakening sees Steven Taylor (hamstring) and Yohan Cabaye (groin) the latest names to be deemed unavailable until the New Year.
The duo join Hatem Ben Arfa (hamstring), Dan Gosling (knee), Gabriel Obertan (toe), Ryan Taylor and Haris Vuckic (both knee) on the sidelines, although Shola Ameobi could return.
Roberto Martinez could welcome back as many as six senior members of his squad from injury for the Latics' trip to St James' Park.
Antolin Alcaraz (groin), Gary Caldwell (hamstring), Albert Crusat (knee), Shaun Maloney (groin), James McArthur (thigh) and Ryo Miyachi (foot) could all return for Wigan, though Ben Watson (leg) remains a long-term absentee.
- Wigan's 4-0 home victory over the Magpies last season is the biggest winning margin either side has ever recorded in this fixture. Two goals from Victor Moses as well as as further strikes from Shaun Maloney and Franco Di Santo (pictured) secured the win.
- There has never been a 0-0 between these two sides.
- The Latics have never won a game at St James' Park, losing four and drawing three of the meetings across all competitions.
- Roberto Martinez's men have conceded more penalties than any other Premier League side this season (four).
- Newcastle's current run of seven games without a victory is their worst ever winless run under manager Alan Pardew.
- Magpie's forward Demba Ba scored twice for West Ham against Wigan in his last ever game for the Hammers, before making the switch to the north-east.
- During his time at Wigan, current Newcastle defender Ryan Taylor scored in four consecutive games against his new side.
- The Toon are currently 19th in the form table, with only QPR performing worse than them over the last six games.
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Carl J. McKinney, 26, of North Platte was in Lincoln County Court June 20 facing charges of assaulting an officer and felony arson.
McKinney accepted the deal and pled guilty.
Lincoln County Judge Kent Turnbull didnt seem to agree with the reduced charge of assault of an officer, because the assault involved blood and saliva.
Turnbull ordered a pre-sentence investigation and scheduled McKinney to return Aug. 8.
The arson charge stemmed from a fire at a mobile home in the 2000 block of W. 16th in early May. At around 11 p.m. May 11, police responded to a report that McKinney had started fires there.
According to Police Information Officer Rodney Brown, officers learned from the North Platte Fire Department that McKinney spread gasoline from a fire pit in the back yard to other areas, including an adjoining neighbors fence.
There was damage to the mobile home and a television cable too.
The assault of an officer occurred in March 2013 in McKinneys neighborhood. McKinney was reportedly banging on doors and yelling. While arresting him, he spit blood on an officer.
The May arrest was McKinneys third of the year. Jail records show he has been arrested nine times since January 2011 on a variety of charges, including driving under the influence, driving under suspension, probation violations, assault, trespassing and once because he was wanted in Logan County.
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Embiid Puts Injury Risk Back in the Center of Atttention
General managers have short memories, which is why the same situations always seem to arise in sports. A headcase is signed for his potential—he ends up trying to fight a teammate. An oft-injured player is given a chance to heal correctly—he ends up breaking his hand playing catch with his son.
But the NBA may have learned its lesson with big men and their big men issues, which is why ripples were sent through the league when it came out on Thursday that Joel Embiid, the presumed number one pick in the upcoming draft, had suffered a stress fracture in his foot. In particular, he fractured what's being colloquially referred to as "the Yao bone"—the same injury that forced the early retirement of Yao Ming, who might've been one of the best players in history were it not for the reality of not being able to land on his foot. Embiid, who missed several games at the University of Kansas with a back problem, has been described as a combination of Serge Ibaka and a panther, combining rangy leaping ability with fluidity around the rim and the potential of becoming a great two-way player.
Yes, the vagaries of the draft state he could end up blowing his signing money on playing keno in a few years, but he's considered the top prospect in what's being billed as a historically loaded draft. Still, the failure of Greg Oden to live up to the hype following a series of debilitating injuries (and the subsequent domination of Kevin Durant, who was picked second) has every team near the top of the draft re-considering its priorities. Why take a risk? Why offer yourself up to being pointed at by newspaper columnists and angry fans in Facebook comments?
"Go down the long list that includes Marcus Camby, Andrew Bynum, Yao Ming, Michael Olowokandi, and Greg Oden, and there is no lack of frontcourt monsters taken very high in the draft, each described as freakishly talented at the time, whose careers were reduced significantly by injuries," writes the Philadelphia Inquirer's Bob Ford. "You might want to add Bill Walton to the mix and, the best example of all, the center who was supposed to replace Walton for the Portland Trail Blazers, Sam Bowie."
Now, everything has been thrown into uncertainty. The Cleveland Cavaliers, who hold the top pick and still harbor fantasies of bringing LeBron James back home, are delaying their decision until Embiid's had surgery. The Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers may not want to bet on a player who could miss some of next season, not with can't-miss wings like Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker waiting to be taken. "No general manager wants to be known as the guy who passed on a chance to get the next big star for a big man who can't stay healthy," writes Sports on Earth's Shaun Powell. Meanwhile, every anonymous general manager is giving quote about how the injury is so dangerous, how their team would never take Embiid—presumably so that when he drops, they can take him.
As the center of it, though, is a 20-year old—one whose career would be irreparably altered by this turn of events, both now and in the future. "Per the NBA's rookie scale, the top overall pick will make $4.6 million next season. The third pick will make $3.7 million. The sixth will earn $2.7 million," Chris Mannix points out for Sports Illustrated. "It's a tough injury for a promising young player." Tough for him, but not everyone watching the draft as a spectator sport. At least he's not stressing out too much.


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The Behavior of Option Price around Large Block Transactions in the Underlying Security
This paper investigates the behavior of stock and option prices around block trades in stocks. The results indicate that for both uptick and downtick block trades the stock prices adjust within a fifteen minute period after the block trade. Moreover, for uptick blocks there is no evidence of any stock price reaction before the block trade. However, the adjustment of stock price for downtick blocks begins about fifteen minutes before the block trade. They also find that option price behavior differs considerably from stock price behavior. Specifically, the authors' results suggest that options exhibit abnormal price behavior starting thirty minutes before the block and ending one hour after the block. The pattern is more pronounced for downtick blocks and for put options. The authors interpret this abnormal price behavior of options before the block trade as consistent with intermarket frontrunning. Copyright 1992 by American Finance Association.
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Baker sports see success
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During my time at Baker University, I have seen many different teams, players, records and even coaches. In three years, the BU athletic department has flourished from one of the middle of the pack teams in the conference, to the top HAAC school in all sports according to the NAIA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Standings.
The difference in the success is almost mind-boggling. Obviously, recruiting, coaching and pure talent are the perfect combination to win, but there has to be more to it than that. Baker University has been an example of the domino effect.
In 2010, the women's soccer team did the unthinkable and captured the hearts of Wildcats by advancing to the Final Four of the national tournament. The pride and accomplishment that we felt, even just as fans, was amazing. This is where it began.
Quickly after that, head men's basketball coach Brett Ballard led a team that was near the bottom of the conference back to being a contender. The men's track team followed as they marched on to win a conference championship.<br/>
To begin the 2011-2012 school year, the football team got a startling win over rival Ottawa University, and the dominos started to fall. Four fall conference championships were the best Baker had seen. Most were satisfied, but the hungry weren't. The wrestling team took a historic trip to the national tournament and so did the men's basketball team. The men and women's track teams were unstoppable and both took home gold at the indoor conference meet. Now, we stand at the beginning of the spring season, and the winning needs to continue.
One team set the standard for the entire school, and suddenly winning was not only desired, but expected. Now, Baker sits in the top 20 nationally in all sports.
The following of support has been great as well. When the men's basketball team traveled to MidAmerica Nazarene University, it was the craziest environment I have ever been a part of. This is what sports are supposed to be about.
For the domino effect to continue, the dedication, and support must continue. BU has crafted a standard of excellence in the HAAC. Let the dominos fall.


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I read on a thread here somewhere about modifying Italian buttercream with fruit puree. (I think I saw it when I followed a link from this forum to the Bon Appegeek blog—a strawberry puree infused buttercream.) Does anyone here know how to do that, and does it mean you have to refrigerate the cakes up until serving time? If you cover it with fondant, will it keep longer? (I have a long drive to the wedding.)
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Sanya, China, has great potential to become a world-class city by leveraging the considerable economic strength of its resort area to better benefit the entire urban area, reinforcing it as a place focused on a high quality of life for residents as well as a high-quality experience for visitors, according to an international group of land use and urban development experts convened in August 2013 through ULI's Advisory Services program.
The panel of industry leaders offered advice to the city of Sanya on how to better connect its beachfront resorts with the rest of the city, entice tourists to visit other areas in the city, and expand economic activity. The main takeaway: to evolve into a world-class resort as well as a world-class city, Sanya must focus intently on fundamentals such as improved safety and mobility, public/private partnerships, environmental preservation, diverse recreational and entertainment amenities, an emphasis on healthy and distinctive food, a distinguishing brand, and, in particular, development that accommodates growth and conserves land. The visit marked the second time that the Institute's assistance has been sought by municipal officials in Sanya: in 2000, an Advisory Services panel advised the city on revitalization and urban development issues.
Sanya, a city of 600,000 on the south side of Hainan Island, has an extraordinarily high number of luxury hotels. The resort area currently has over 15,000 rooms—and more than 35,000 are expected to be available by the end of 2016. The sheer scale of development convinced the panel that Sanya must evolve from its current practice of project-specific development review to a more strategic approach. The panel process included extensive tours of the resort area and urban core, as well as numerous interviews with community stakeholders representing a broad range of interests and demographics.
The panelists identified the area's strengths, which include a large market of young, affluent consumers who live close to the area; minimal competition with mainland China; ample natural resources; a strong commitment to tourism; stable core industries based on fishing and agriculture; an affordable labor force; a growing university population; and a nearby airport. However, panelists noted that these strengths are offset in part by several weaknesses, including an overall lack of vision for growth; the absence of clear branding; several empty or "ghost" projects; a poorly connected transportation system that results in frequent traffic gridlock; limited airport capacity; minimal commitment to environmental quality; and a lack of focus on the human experience, as evidenced by the absence of an iconic gathering place.
To address Sanya's weaknesses and improve the economic prospects and quality of life for the entire area, the panel suggested six organizing principles:
- Protect. Develop a strategy to safeguard the natural resources, air quality, and water quality; conserve more land with urban growth boundaries; protect the city's heritage and celebrate its culture; and encourage development that distinguishes it as a destination.
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- Connect. Improve connections within the transportation system, including both airway and ground transit; create dedicated biking and pedestrian paths; and foster a greater sense of community among residents by developing both informal and structured gathering places.
- Care. Focus on improving the quality of education and health care for residents, and develop a culture of healthy living.
- Promote. Position Sanya as a unique paradise, offering a variety of recreational and entertainment experiences; increase marketing to residents in other major cities close by; target messaging to different market niches; and build awareness with branded events such as sports competitions and festivals.
- Cooperate. Foster partnerships among all stakeholder groups to create a shared vision and instill leadership; create a tourism bureau to provide information to visitors; and collect feedback to improve offerings for both returning and new visitors.
The panel's work was framed in part on recommendations involving revitalization and future development that the Institute provided to Sanya in 2000. "ULI, as an organization, is passionate about encouraging best practices in sustainable development," said former ULI Chairman Harry Frampton, chairman of the recent panel and founding partner of East West Partners in Beaver Creek, Colorado. "The fact that the organization was asked to come back and advise on Sanya's future is a testament to how valuable the Advisory Services program is to both the local government and those in the private sector."
"The return of the Urban Land Institute to Sanya after 13 years is an excellent opportunity to evaluate the panel's work from 2000 and adjust those recommendations to reflect the considerable changes that have taken place in the Chinese economy since that time," said John Fitzgerald, chief executive of ULI Asia Pacific.
ULI panels, known globally for their objectivity, have produced more than 600 studies on a broad spectrum of issues ranging from mixed-income housing to military base reuse. "The strength of the Advisory Services panel process lies in the Institute's unique ability to draw on the knowledge and experience of its nearly 30,000 members, including land developers, public officials, academics, lenders, architects, planners, and urban designers," notes Thomas Eitler, vice president of ULI's Advisory Services program. "The panel process helps build consensus to support an effort that benefits the entire community. It's often the fresh, outside view provided by the panelists that achieves these results."


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Boeing Wins $11.3B Order As Obama Visits Vietnam, Lifts Arms Embargo
Boeing (BA) has won an order for 100 737 MAX 200 airplanes from VietJet, the largest single commercial airplane purchase in Vietnam's aviation history, as U.S. President Barack Obama begins his three-day visit on Monday, hoping to lure Vietnam away from China.
The airplanes will be delivered from 2019 through 2023, doubling VietJet's fleet to more than 200 airplanes, according to the press release.
So what else to expect?
Obama is almost certain to announce a full lifting of the U.S. arms embargo, noted Eurasia Group:
This is a major event that opens to door to a much more substantial bilateral military relationship... Also, Vietnam will announce this week that it is formally requesting from the US Defense Department (via a Letter of Request) the procurement of maritime security equipment.
There will be other important gains. Vietnam may agree to allow the Peace Corps to begin operating in Vietnam, which is major indicator of growing trust given Vietnam's long-standing concerns about the Peace Corps as subversive. Both sides will also sign big commercial deals related to Boeing and GE (GE) sales to Vietnam, which will have the practical effect of further linking the two economies in anticipation of accession to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. Vietnam plans to ratify TPP this summer.
Year-to-date, the VanEck Vectors Vietnam ETF (VNM) has dropped 2.3%.
UPDATE: Yes, it did happen. After this blog was published, Obama announced that the U.S. is fully lifting its arms embargo to Vietnam.


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The first person they killed was a highway patrolman. The second was a woman during a robbery. Then, hell, why not keep on going? As their crime spree cuts a swath through rural Minnesota, some of it captured on the killers' cell phones and sent to a local television station, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers joins the growing army of cops trying to run them down. But even he doesn't realize what's about to happen next.


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The Children's Place announced that it has signed a 10-year franchise agreement with Apparel Group to open stores in the Arab Gulf States of United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.
Economic uncertainty throughout Europe and the United States and political instability in the Middle East are putting an increased spotlight on developing markets, which are forging full-speed ahead and show no signs of slowing down, according to the 11th annual Global Retail Development Index by consulting firm A.T. Kearney.
A report released by A.T. Kearney showed that Brazil once again first among developing countries for global retail expansion.
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A Death Row inmate convicted in the strangulation murder of his Tampa girlfriend's teen daughter more than 25 years ago is scheduled to be executed this month, Gov. Charlie Crist said in a letter signed Thursday.
Wayne Tompkins, 51, is set to die by legal injection Oct. 28.
Two previous Florida governors had signed Tompkins' death warrant — Bob Martinez in 1989 and Jeb Bush in 2001 — but the execution was delayed through several appeals.
The body of 15-year-old Lisa DeCarr was found June 5, 1984, more than a year after her mother, Barbara DeCarr, reported her missing. Her skeletal remains were discovered wrapped in a pink bathrobe and buried beneath her mother's Osborne Avenue home.
The girl was last seen alive by her mother on March 24, 1983.
Barbara DeCarr could not be reached Thursday for comment.
A friend of Lisa's testified during the trial that she saw Lisa struggling with Tompkins the morning she went missing. A jailhouse informer was set to testify that Tompkins confessed to him about murdering Lisa, but the informer committed suicide before the trial.
Tompkins' attorneys once challenged his sentence by raising questions after the Hillborough State Attorney's Office disclosed that DNA evidence in the case had been lost by police. Defense attorneys demanded a new trial based on that and what they claimed were other inconsistencies in the case.
The lost evidence came to light after then-Gov. Bush called for the testing of any DNA that could exonerate Tompkins, which had become Bush's policy before signing death warrants.
But before learning that the governor was calling for DNA testing or that it had been lost, a circuit judge denied a defense motion to test it, saying the request was too late and the "testing would not prove or disprove any material issues in this case."
Michael Benito, the original prosecutor who is now in private practice, said Thursday he didn't understand why the execution had been delayed for so long.
"He sat on Death Row for 23 years. It's mind-boggling to me that they can take that long to execute someone who killed a 15-year-old girl," Benito said. "If the victim would have had a choice of dying in 1983 or living until 2008, I think she would have wanted to live, just like he has."
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Weeks after watching his possessions go up in flames along with the home he rented off Mix Canyon Road, Vacaville resident Abe Ross is picking up the pieces and searching for a new place to hang his hat -- not only for himself, but for his children.
A Vacaville resident of 32 years, Ross was inside the single-story wood frame home in the 2900 block of Mix Canyon Road with a friend when the fire broke out just before 1 a.m. on Jan. 27.
After arriving home several hours earlier, Ross lit a fire in the cast iron wood-burning stove -- the home's only source of heat.
Just before 1 a.m., the 35-year-old father of three recalled hearing a noise in the living room, but assumed it was their cat walking on the home's hardwood floor and dismissed it, he said. Moments later, he saw smoke beginning to snake its way under his bedroom door.
He opened it to find "a lake of fire" covering the ceiling in the living room and immediately ran to get his 9-year-old son, Kaydan, who was asleep in his bedroom down the hall. His 16-year-old son, Elijah, was spending the night at a neighbor's house a little further up the road.
Smoke was already filling the room.
"I couldn't see," he recalled, adding that he ducked down close to the floor and made his way to Kaydan's bed.
He scooped up his sleeping son and, shielding him from the scorching heat as best as he could, bolted across the hot hardwood floor and out the front door.
"I remember being afraid his hair was gonna catch fire," Ross said of Kaydan's long, curly brown hair.
"It's amazing, he was half asleep til he was on the porch," he added.
He quickly ran and grabbed a hose, which just barely reached to the door, and frantically began spraying the flames. The quick dowsing extinguished a majority of the flames, which had spread to several bags of laundry, Ross said. However, just as he was at the brink of completely extinguishing the flames, the hose's plastic fitting at the faucet broke. With nothing to stop it, the fire quickly regained its former strength and spread throughout the home.
Once fire crews arrived at the home, situated alongside a creek and up a narrow and winding roadway, they began aggressively attacking the flames, said Vacaville Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Tim Walton.
The 22 firefighters who responded were able to control the blaze in about an hour, though the structure was a total loss, Walton said.
"You don't see it very often," Walton said, referring to the fire's magnitude and devastating effects on the home.
According to Walton, the fire, which was ruled "accidental," appears to have been started by coals that "escaped the wood-burning stove."
It wasn't until the adrenaline flowing through Ross began to slow that he began to feel the pain from his back.
"I didn't know I was burned until 20 minutes later when it started getting hot," he said.
In the seconds it took him to dash from Kaydan's room to the door, the heat from the engulfed room seared his arms, back, neck and head. Already, the skin was raised and blistered.
He later got a ride to VacaValley Hospital to treat the first-, second- and third-degree burns covering his
upper body.
Ross returned to his home as soon as he was released from the hospital and, among the charred rubble, found the cast-iron culprit completely unscathed.
"When I came back the next day, that was the only thing that looked normal," he said.
The fire caused an estimated $146,000 in structural damage, although Walton did not have an estimate of the home's contents, which Ross said included a new bedroom set for his son.
Everything in the home, from clothing, shoes, money in the pocket of his pants and car keys, were completely destroyed, Ross said.
Almost immediately, Larry Bluford Jr. of Operation THUGS -- The Harvest Unit Gathering Souls -- contacted Ross and, along with other members of the ministry, family and friends, provided for a number of their immediate needs.
Now, three weeks later, Ross said his burns are starting to heal and, on Friday, he was able to wear a shirt without bandages for the first time.
While he and his two sons are continuing to stay with family in Vacaville, Ross said his goal is to get them back into a home of their own. With both himself and his landlord uninsured, Ross said he would "love to see a push to rebuild the house" for both his boys and his landlord.
"I'm a single father and I really want to get my boys in a stable home as soon as possible," he added.
To help, a fundraiser is being held today from 1 to 4 p.m. at Hide-A-Way Lounge and Grill, 1080 Orange Drive, Vacaville.
"We're just glad to get out and are looking to try to put something together to get the boys back into a home," Ross said.
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"Project Runway" may be the gayest show on TV, but not since Season 1 has a gay man won in the finale — until last night. Christian Siriano, the "fierce" (his favorite adjective) 21-year-old, proved to be flamboyant, bitchy, dramatic … and a decidedly accomplished creator of haute fashion.Could any normal person other than a drag queen every wear his creations while shopping at Albertson's. Certainly not. And he got a run for his money from second-place finisher Rami, another gay man who never saw a Greek goddess he didn't want to layer in chiffon. (Straight girl Jillian made the most wearable clothes, which is suicide on the runway.) We liked Christian. Ego aside, he made for fascinating TV and has mad skills. He's destined to take his place along side previous "Project Runway" winners…. um… who won again last year?
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Milton, and District Directory 1908/09
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Tunstall is an interesting village situated in pretty country, and being about a mile and a half south-west from Sittingbourne. It is in the North-East Kent Parliamentary division, the upper division of the Lathe of Scray, the Hundred and Union of Milton, the Sittingbourne Petty Sessional division, and the Sittingbourne County Court district. The parish is 1,200.123 acres in extent, and possesses two miles of main roads and nearly three miles of district roads. The present rateable value is £2,602 and the population in 1901 was 270, hut this is considered to have slightly increased. The soil of the parish is rich loam and the sub-soil is chalk. The chief crops are hops and wheat with some excellent cherry orchards. The parish is ancient, and is said to have formerly belonged to Oswald in the reign of Edward the Confessor. Sir Edward Hales resided in the parish, and the Rev. Edward Rowe Mores, D.D., F.S.A., was born in Tunstall in the year 1730. The rev. gentleman, afterwards Rector of the parish, wrote a history of Tunstall and its antiquities. The principal landowners in the parish are Mr. H. Lumley Webb and the trustees of the estates of the late William Elvy and Charles Twopeny.
The Parish Church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and is in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, and has a tower containing a striking clock and six bells. These bells were re-hung and the tower restored in 1900. The Church is rich in Stained glass windows, there being no less than twelve, some of them being excellent specimens of decorative work. In the Church, too, are a number of brasses in fine preservation and tombs and monument to members of the Hales family. Some ancient armour is also preserved, and hangs over the tomb of Sir Edward Hales, upon which there is a life-size recumbent effigy. There is also a monument to the late Rev. E. R. Mores. The registers date from the year 1538, and there are 230 sittings in the Church, of which 110 are free. The living is a Rectory, of the net yearly value of £266, with nine acres of glebe and residence, and is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral. It has been held since 1894 by the Rev. Henry Edmund Tilsley Cruso, M.A., of Worcester College, Oxford. The parish is in the Diocese of Canterbury, the Archdeaconry of Maidstone, and the Rural Deanery of Sittingbourne. The Rev. H.E.T. Cruso is Rural Dean.
The Guardian for the parish is Mr. Harry Greensted, and the Overseers are Messrs. Richard William Cowper and Alfred Jones.
Parish Church : Rev. H. E T. Cruso, M.A., Rector.
Churchwarden, Mr. Harry Greensted.
Organist, Miss Spice.
Clerk and Sexton. Mr. Edward Feakins.
Miss Cruso trains the choir. Services are held on Sundays at 11 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Holy Communion 8.30 a.m. and after morning service.
Sunday School, 10 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.
National School: This mixed and infant School was built in 1846, and enlarged in 1894, and will now accommodate 65 children. There are 42 children on the books. Headmistress: Miss Helen Thomson.
Assistant: Miss Maud Hyder.
Core Court School: Gore Court is a fairly modern residence built in the Italian style, and standing in a park of over 100 acres. It was formerly the residence of the late Mr. Geo. Smeed. At the present time the premises are used as a private collegiate school, of which Mr. A. J. de Winton is principal.
Postal Arrangements: There is no Sub-Post Office at Tunstall. There are two deliveries a day at Tunstall: 6.45 a.m. and 12.15 p.m. Sundays, 6.45 a.m. Box cleared for despatches, 12.15 p.m. and 7.25 p.m. The nearest Telegraphic and Money Order Office is at Sittingbourne.
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Breakthrough Series continues to build influence
More than 20 of program's alumni were selected in last three Drafts
The seventh edition of the Breakthrough Series will be one to build upon.
The ground-breaking event, hosted by MLB and USA Baseball, expanded to four cities and greatly increased the amount of players it can impact this year. But perhaps most importantly, it featured several former Major League players serving as coaches and role models.
Dmitri Young, a two-time All-Star, was one of 15 former big leaguers involved in this year's Breakthrough Series, and he said it was a pleasure to work with a great group of kids. Young, who also operates Da Meathook Switch-Hitting University in California, said he was "all in" as soon as he was invited.
"I had influential people throughout my life that helped me along the way. And I've always said that if I wasn't a baseball player, I would've been a teacher," said Young. "Well, guess what? I'm no longer a baseball player. I do camps and clinics and I'm helping the youth of tomorrow, so now I'm a teacher. I'm a baseball teacher, and I also teach life. Where my life has been, good, bad and indifferent, I have a story to tell, and with that story, that helps out with what you have to do on the baseball field."
Young, the older brother of fellow big leaguer Delmon Young, indeed has a story to tell.
Dmitri Young was drafted fourth overall in the 1991 First-Year Player Draft, and he went on to hit .300 five times in his 13 big-league seasons. Now, he loves to teach kids about the path that he's taken, and he served as a hitting coach and manager at the Breakthrough Series in two different locations.
This year, the Breakthrough Series happened in July at four sites: Minor League parks in Bradenton, Fla., and Brooklyn, N.Y., played host, as did the Urban Youth Academies in Compton, Calif., and Cincinnati, Ohio. Young made it to the two academies, and he said his lessons always start at a common root.
"The first thing I do with any of my students is I introduce myself. And when I shake their hand, I tell them to give me a firm handshake and to look me in the eye," said Young. "And I tell them to pass that on to every time they shake someone's hand from here on out, regardless of whether they're shaking a coach's hand or a teacher's hand or anyone else. It shows a sign of respect and confidence."
That lesson, so simple, is exactly what the Breakthrough Series is trying to impart on its young charges. The point of the Breakthrough Series is to increase the exposure of inner-city athletes to pro scouts and college coaches, but it's also to help them round out as athletes and people.
Ben Baroody, MLB's senior director of baseball development and Urban Youth Academies, said that the Breakthrough Series keeps the groups small so that players can get intense individual attention. They can get an hour with a player like Young in the batting cage, but they can also learn about life.
Hall-of-Famer Frank Robinson spoke to some of the kids at the Breakthrough Series this year, and former All-Star Eric Davis was available for tips in the batting cage.
Baroody said that former outfielder Jeffrey Hammonds was instrumental in lining up several Major League peers to help as instructors. That experience, said Baroody, turned out to be invaluable.
"We had a lot of support from our different hosts at the academies and Pirate City," he said. "The Cincinnati Reds gave us the royal treatment, and the Brooklyn Cyclones were great up here. But I think the group that really helped us take the event to the next level was the support of the Major League Baseball Players Association. They helped coordinate the former players serving as our instructors. Their assistance and their experience in the game really helped make a difference for these kids."
Each location of the Breakthrough Series had its own perks. The ones at the Urban Youth Academies had state-of-the-art facilities available -- from fields to weight rooms -- and the event at Pirate City in Bradenton came with a built-in measuring stick. Each of the top prep players could look over just one field, where they'd see the members of Pittsburgh's Gulf Coast League affiliate playing their game.
"Essentially, for those couple days, they were living the life of a professional player," said Baroody. "They were staying in the dorms next to the Pirates players, eating at the same place, hanging out with them at night. And on the next field to where we were working out, they were playing Gulf Coast League games. It was definitely a reality check for a lot of these kids. This is what to expect."
One of those players, Blair Frederick from New Orleans, had the prototypical experience. Frederick, who is about to start his junior year at Brother Martin High School, has been a constant presence at the New Orleans Urban Youth Academy and has seen his game mature in time for college.
Frederick attended the Breakthrough Series in Bradenton with the hope of learning more about the game, and he got the opportunity to measure himself against some of the best talents in the country. Now, the left-handed pitcher is hoping to consolidate his gains and pitch in college or the pros.
"It was great. It was nothing like anything I'd ever done before," he said of the Breakthrough Series. "We were in the Pirates' facility, and the whole Major League Baseball atmosphere was wonderful. We had a great time. And it wasn't too strict. It was real loose. We went out there and we had fun."
Frederick said that the Urban Youth Academy has been big for him the last two years, providing a place for him to hit in the batting cages or to take extra fielding work any day of the week. Frederick, who also plays the outfield, said that he's loved baseball from the first time that he picked up a ball.
The Breakthrough Series, established in 2008, has quickly proved its importance to the game. More than 20 players with Breakthrough Series experience were selected in each of the last three Drafts, and the program just had its first alumnus -- Houston's Jon Singleton -- progress to the Majors.
Around 20 percent of African-American players in pro baseball have played in the Breakthrough Series, and that number is only expected to increase over time. The game is becoming increasingly international, but Young believes players have a responsibility to pitch it to inner-city kids in America.
That's why he's out there in California teaching kids to hit, and Young said he'd be back for the Breakthrough Series as often as he's invited. Young believes that as the Breakthrough Series continues to unearth gems, that will cause an even greater ripple effect back home in their community.
"I looked gruff when I was out in the field because I was playing the game," said Young. "But in the dugout, I kept everybody loose. You have to be comfortable out there doing what you love to do. When I played, there was no rookie hazing when rookies got called up, except maybe to call him up at 2 a.m. and make him get some food for us. But with all seriousness, with those rookies, I wanted them to be comfortable. There was a reason for them to get called up, but those guys were scared as they could be when they'd get called up. And that's the same thing with the Breakthrough Series.
"RBI was just starting when I got drafted. Now we have academies throughout the country and current players like Curtis Granderson, CC Sabathia and Torii Hunter that are doing so much on their end. On my end, I'm a retired player. I've coached. I've been there and done that. I have time to be able to spend with the young kids and to help them on the mental side. This is about life as well as baseball."
Spencer Fordin is a reporter for MLB.com This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Anthony Davis, Marquis Teague, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Kyle Wiltjer watched from the stands a year ago as the 2010 freshman class soaked up its first Big Blue Madness experience as freshmen.
On Friday, it was their turn in the spotlight.
Tipping off the season under national championship expectations, Kentucky took the floor for the first time at Rupp Arena for Big Blue Madness. As a sold-out crowd watched their every move, the Kentucky players – and their coach – didn't disappoint.
"That was crazy," Teague said. "I've never seen anything like that in my life."
Teague and the rest of the freshman class quickly learned Friday that it's one thing experiencing Big Blue Madness as a fan; it's another when you're the life of the party. Even for the nation's most heralded talent, there were some butterflies as they took the court.
"I was nervous at first, seeing 24,000 people out there," said Anthony Davis, who is widely regarded as the top freshman in the nation. "I didn't know what to do. My first shot, I missed an easy layup."
He'd bounce back just fine.
Showcasing his freakishly long and athletic game, Davis wowed the crowd with towering, one-hand windmill dunks. Kidd-Gilchrist displayed his toughness and ability to finish, Teague demonstrated the "pit bull" mentality John Calipari has talked so much about, and Wiltjer showed his old-school game (not to mention some old-school dance moves).
And that was just the freshmen.
In an offensively charged – and defensively limited – 20-minute scrimmage, Terrence Jones and Darius Miller dominated, showing just why this year's blend of returners and freshmen might be special.
"We've all been playing together for a while now, so I'm not really surprised by what we can do," Wiltjer said. "We all work hard, so that's why we're making shots."
Before the scrimmage, Calipari delivered a 12-minute State of the Union-like address. He outlined his goals for the program – it's still players first – reflected on their achievements and detailed "The Kentucky Effect."
"Tonight we feel the Kentucky Effect in full force as we once again redefine college basketball," Calipari said to a thunderous applause. "Our potential is limitless. We do more than move the needle. We are the needle."
Kentucky honored past players during its annual, season-opening spectacle. John Wall, Rajon Rondo, DeMarcus Cousins, Jodie Meeks, DeAndre Liggins, Josh Harrellson, Brandon Knight, Tayshaun Prince, Nazr Mohammed, Walter McCarty and Wayne Turner were all in attendance.
UK also unfurled its 14th Final Four banner following Calipari's speech.
But fitting in with Calipari's players-first theme, Big Blue Madness was about the players – particularly the freshmen – having fun.
"Seeing all the fans on the court coming out really gets you excited for the season," Wiltjer said.
After Friday night and beginning with two full-length practices Saturday, it's business from this point forward.
"I expect it to be a grind," Wiltjer said. "We're looking forward to it because we have high expectations this season and you can't get somewhere unless you work hard."
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2 June 2008 – for immediate release
Aston University and Transport for London (TfL) have teamed up on a project to introduce Year 10 and 11 students to the idea of transport planning as a career option.
Through a series of workshops, students from a number of schools across the UK will be given the opportunity to act as transport professionals and work on a real life case study of an area in London being considered for transport improvements.
The students will be tasked with coming up with innovative ideas to improve transport facilities in the area. Each team will put together a presentation and transport improvement plan which they will present to a judging panel at the London Transport Museum.
The project will consist of two events over two consecutive months, with the first day taking place at Aston University on 3rd June and day two at the London Transport Museum on 2nd July. Schools are invited to enter teams of five students who will also work together over the period between the two face to face events.
The Transport Planning Workshops are jointly funded by Aston University's Excellence Hub and Transport for London. The project aims to capitalise on the relevance of Aston degree programmes to the field of transport planning by highlighting the career paths available to students interested in subjects such as transport planning, logistics, geography and business.
Nick Morris, TfL's Traffic Manager and Director of Road Network Performance commented: 'This is a brilliant opportunity for young people to learn about a profession that will enable them to contribute to the future of transport facilities in this country. By using a practical scenario the students will see the wide range of factors taken into account and the fascinating balance of modal demands. They will also learn much about team work.'
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• Lianne Robinson, Aston University Press Office on 0121 204 4547
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• Angela Morris, Aston University on 0121 204 4787
Notes to Editors
1. The West Midlands Excellence Hub was established in April 2007 as part of the new Young, Gifted and Talented Programme (YG&T) managed by CfBT Education Trust on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families. There are nine regional Excellence Hubs across the country made up of local HEIs, working in partnership with regional Gifted and Talented Partnerships.
2. The West Midlands Excellence Hub, lead by Aston University, is a consortium of 11 Higher Education Institutions including Birmingham City University, The University of Birmingham, University College Birmingham, Coventry University, Keele University, Newman University College, Staffordshire University, The University of Warwick, The University of Wolverhampton and The University of Worcester.


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Chocolatefest 2012
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On Saturday, May 26, Chocolatefest will be held at the Burlington Festival Park located at 681 Maryland Avenue in Burlington, Wisconsin. This event will take place from 10 am to 6 pm.
Chocolatefest is a community festival that is family oriented and has a little something for everyone, including children. This festival is unique as all the money generated from this festival returns to the community through various charities and civic organizations. This festival is about chocolate, chocola, and more chocolate; the festival generally averages about 35,000 visitors and offers chocolate treats, cooking demonstrations, an assortment of games and prizes, a kiddie's area, and lots of music and other activities. This is the 25th year for this festival and each year more professional chocolate creators attend offering guests a large and tasty selection of chocolate goodies. This event is organized and run by community volunteers and supports more than 65 national and local charities. Guests are reminded to bring sunscreen for the children.
This event will feature many vendors with information about the local tourist area, as well as vendors selling an assortment of products for Mother's Day. This festival also offers ongoing live music, an opening ceremony, a chocolate competition, and various varieties of chocolate sure to please everyone's taste.
Banner printing and flyer printing for anyone displaying their wares at the event is available from local print shops. The cost for admission is $8 for adults, $$3 for kid's five to twelve, and parking for this event costs $5 on the grounds. For additional information about this event, visit Chocolatefest's website, or call 262-763-3300.


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The Alsalam Aircraft Company delivered a Lockheed L-100 Hercules in VIP configuration to an undisclosed customer on Tuesday. The aircraft featured an interior designed by Saudi Arabian company.
Right after the delivery, Alsalam confirmed that it has entered a new partnership with Saudi-based MAZ Aviation to extend its involvement in the design, modification and manufacturing of executive aircraft interiors. Business aviation services group MAZ specializes in interior designs and technical consultancy, and is responsible for about six large aircraft conversions annually.
Alsalam has provided heavy maintenance, technical support and engineering for both civil and military customers for 25 years. It has completed more than 15 executive conversions in that period, and offers significant capabilities in the VIP field. For instance, it is one of very few companies that produce virtually everything in-house, including galleys and bathroom facilities.
The L-100 conversion presented unique and difficult challenges, involving 12 supplemental type certificates. Along with the luxury interior, the aircraft gained a new CMC avionics suite with six-screen cockpit and a Thales autopilot. More than 40 flights were required to certify the modifications.
Through the new partnership the companies are aiming to expand in the VIP completion business. "This agreement represents a turning point and an important development in the Saudi aviation industry," said Mohammed Nur Fallatah, president and CEO of Alsalam. "For the first time there is cooperation between two Saudi companies with the aim of attracting business to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, showing the maturity reached by the Saudi aviation industry and its ability to compete globally.


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Variety's Scott Foundas has the best review I've seen yet of the new blockbuster Jurassic World; read it here.
As Foundas writes, in a deeply knowledgeable and sharply observed critique of the film, "'No one's impressed by a dinosaur anymore,' notes one character early on in Jurassic World, and it's easy to imagine the same words having passed through the lips of more than one Universal Studios executive in the years since Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg's 1993 Jurassic Park shattered box-office records, along with the glass ceiling for computer-generated visual effects. Two decades and two lackluster sequels later, producer and studio have spared few expenses in crafting a bigger, faster, noisier dinosaur opus, designed to reclaim their place at the top of the blockbuster food chain. What they've engineered is an undeniably vigorous assault of jaw-chomping jolts and Spielbergian family bonding that nevertheless captures only a fraction of the original film's overflowing awe and wonderment.
If the first Jurassic Park served as a game-changing harbinger of the CGI-era tentpole movie (as well as the movie-as-theme-park-attraction-as-movie), Jurassic World can be seen as a self-aware commentary on the difficulties of sustaining a popular franchise in an age when spectacular "event" movies are the rule more than the exception. The galloping gallimimus herd and screen-filling T-rex head of '93 now seem almost as quaint as the stop-motion ape of the 1933 King Kong after the VFX breakthroughs of Lord of the Rings, Avatar and the two Planet of the Apes movies (whose writer-producers, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, share Jurassic World screenplay credit with director Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly). And when Jurassic World begins, a similar dilemma faces the operators of the eponymous theme park, which, after rocky start, is running incident-free on that doomed Costa Rican isle of Isla Nublar, where it has become a full-fledged, Disney-like resort, complete with luxury Hilton hotel (one of the many brands seemingly unfazed by placing its products in a movie about a literal tourist trap).
Business is booming at Jurassic World, yes, but in the tourism business as in Hollywood, stasis is a kind of death. The public — and, moreover, generous corporate sponsors — want ever more bang (and teeth) for their buck, observes the no-nonsense Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard), a loyal corporate flack who oversees park operations for Simon Masrani (Irrfan Khan), the Indian billionaire who inherited Isla Nublar from the late John Hammond (Richard Attenborough). So it's time for a little razzle-dazzle cooked up by ex-Hammond geneticist Dr. Henry Wu (BD Wong, the sole Jurassic Park cast member to reprise his role here): a new, hybrid dinosaur breed known as Indominus rex (or, more precisely, Verizon Wireless Indominus rex), made from T-rex DNA and whatever else tumbled into the gene splicer. Will these people never learn? Not as long as the thrill-seeking public keeps queuing up for more."
Meanwhile, the film has grossed roughly $511.8 million globally at the box office – just for openers.