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A coroner has ruled that neglect contributed to the deaths of five elderly people who died after staying at a care home which has come under fierce criticism.
Penelope Schofield, the West Sussex coroner, said there was "institutionalised abuse" at Orchid View care home in Copthorne.
She said those involved in the neglect of pensioners at the now defunct home should be "ashamed" as it was announced a serious case review has been set up.
A five-week inquest heard how some residents were given wrong doses of medication, left soiled and unattended due to staff shortages and there was a lack of management.
Call bells were also often not answered for long periods or could not be reached by elderly people living at the home, which was deemed "an accident waiting to happen".
Ms Schofield said: "There was institutionalised abuse throughout the home and it started, in my view, at a very early stage, and nobody did anything about it.
"This, to me, was from the top down. It was completely mismanaged and understaffed and failed to provide a safe environment for residents."
Ms Schofield said it was "disgraceful" that the home was allowed to be run in the way it was for around two years. She criticised the Care Quality Commission (CQC) which gave Orchid View a "good" rating in 2010 - a year before it shut.
"I question how this could be the case and I question whether the inspection that did take place was fit for purpose", Ms Schofield added.
She went on: "It's a heart-breaking case. We all have parents who will probably need care in the latter part of their lives."
And she said a cause for concern was that many people who worked at Orchid View are still working in the industry.
Speaking outside the inquest, Lisa Martin, who first informed police of the problems at the care home, said she felt she had no choice but to come forward.
"I came forward because I had witnessed too much poor management and care to vulnerable adults and I couldn't live with the with knowledge any longer and felt I had no choice but to tell the police," she said.
"Morally I know I did the right thing but personally I have not worked for two years and the case has had a huge impact on my life.
"However, I wouldn't want to dissuade people from doing the right thing if they see vulnerable elderly people being abused and neglected."
Speaking of her former colleagues, she added: "They shouldn't be allowed to work in the industry."
The coroner said 19 residents at Orchid View suffered "sub-optimal" care. All of those residents died from natural causes, she ruled.
But five of those died from natural causes "which had been attributed to by neglect", Ms Schofield ruled. They were Wilfred Gardner, 85, Margaret Tucker, 77, Enid Trodden, 86, John Holmes, 85, and Jean Halfpenny, 77.
The inquest heard that Mrs Halfpenny was overdosed on the blood thinning drug warfarin while at Orchid View, which had failed to monitor and administer her medication properly.
Whistleblower Lisa Martin, who worked as an administrator at the home, said she was asked to shred forms after Mrs Halfpenny had to be admitted to hospital for bleeding.
Meera Reed, an Orchid View manager, looked at the medication administration record (MAR) brought into the office by a nurse and said: "Shit, we can't send her to hospital with those. They will shut us down."
Blank MAR forms were filled out instead, and Ms Martin said she was asked not to disclose the shredding of the original documents to anyone.
Ms Reed denied asking anyone to dispose of the forms, but the coroner ruled that they had been. Ms Schofield also said she was satisfied Mrs Halfpenny was overdosed on warfarin at Orchid View.
Orchid View, which was run by Southern Cross, was closed down in late 2011 after an investigation by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found it had failed to meet eight of its essential standards of quality and safety.
In the same year, Sussex Police launched an investigation into alleged neglect at the home, in conjunction with the NHS, West Sussex County Council, the CQC and Ms Schofield.
Five people were arrested, including some on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence in relation to Mrs Halfpenny's death, but insufficient evidence existed to support a prosecution and the case was passed to the coroner.
The multimillion-pound home was said to have had a "five-star" feel when it opened in September 2009. Its appearance "seduced" families into believing it was well-run.
But one staff member said: "It was like a car that looked good from the outside but it was knackered."
The inquest heard that residents were treated with a lack of respect and dignity, and there were problems with medication and staffing levels.
Linzi Collings, daughter of Jean Halfpenny, said the care home had failed to provide her mother with the "dignity and compassion" she deserved.
She said: "Whilst my sister and I are pleased with the thoroughness of the inquest and we are grateful to the coroner for investigating, the horrific details that have emerged about Orchi d View are beyond comprehension.
"How the corporate failings of Southern Cross could create these events and how such terrible standards could go unnoticed by the authorities for so long has left us baffled.
"In this day and age you expect measures to be in place to protect vulnerable members of society from being subjected to such horrendously poor care.
"Our mum deserved to be treated with dignity and compassion but Orchid View failed to provide her with even a basic level of care, despite being paid a significant amount of money to do so.
"We believe dramatic changes are needed to the current care system, starting firstly with greater accountability for care home owners if they are found to be making unnecessary mistakes and offering substandard services."
Ms Collings, of Dunstable, Bedfordshire, added that she welcomed a further criminal investigation into the running of Orchid View and called the inquest a "wake-up call" for the industry.
She said: "Southern Cross has closed down and no-one has been prosecuted for the catalogue of errors at the home so otther care homes and providers across the UK have nothing to fear by not meeting targets and Care Quality Commission standards.
"Whilst the inquest has provided some answers, we will not be able to move forward until we know measures hvae been put in place to protect elderly and vulnerable people and prevent the same catalogue of errors being repeated.
" If this inquest hasn't been the wake-up call the industry desperately needs, I dread to think how bad things could get.
"We welcome the criminal case being referred back to the CPS as we still have unanswered questions as to who was responsible for the over-administration of warfarin and the subsequent events leading up to our mum's death."
The "final straw" for Ms Martin came when she was told by a nurse that they had found 28 drug errors from just one night shift. She called police who arrived the next day.
Summarising Ms Martin's evidence, Ms Schofield said: "Lisa Martin said she couldn't watch it any more and felt no-one was listening."
Lawyers for some of the families called for a public inquiry to be set up, but the coroner said she will await the outcome of the independently-run Serious Case Review first.
During the inquest, Ms Halfpenny's daughter, Louise Halfpenny, spoke of her concerns about the standard of care at Orchid View, which cost more than £3,000 a month.
She described Sadeo Singh, the senior nurse, as "obnoxious, rude and unprofessional" and who was a problem throughout her mother's stay.
She said: "He pulled my mother out of her chair to a standing position even though she had not been on her feet for six months. My mother was terrified."
She also said that Ms Reed was often not there and would be trying to run the home in her absence, the inquest heard.
She said that on one occasion she arrived at 10am to find her mother in bed, hungry, thirsty and with the curtains drawn.
She told the court a social worker who visited her mother in February 2010 found her naked in bed, crying and complaining that she was cold.
Another resident, dementia sufferer Margaret Tucker, suffered a fractured ankle but the injury was only discovered days later, the inquest heard.
Mrs Tucker's daughter, Patricia Newman, said she "had no confidence in the nursing care" and had "completely lost trust in the home" in the run up to her mother's death.
Staff seemed unable to cope with the residents' needs and any complaints she made to the manager were not followed up, she said.
Unexplained bruises were found on her mother, who died at Orchid View aged 77 in July 2011, and she had also been left partially dressed more than once, Mrs Newman said.
On one occasion, Mrs Tucker was left half hanging out of bed for about two hours. And Mrs Newman expressed concern that her mother was not being supervised properly when taking medication.
She said: "I felt I had to go to the home every day as I had no confidence in the care she was being given.'' She believed the carers wanted to do their job but were "stretched to the limit".
Brenda Mulvaney, whose father John Holmes was at Orchid View, said she got the impression that staff levels were being run on "on a budget" and they were "getting away with the minimum they could".
There was no single point of contact for her father and it was often hard to find a member of staff to talk to, she said in a statement to the inquest.
Staff would make her father wear incontinence pads during the day, when he did not need them, and Ms Mulvaney thought this had been done for convenience.
She added that she had seen another resident being locked in her room, and visited her father one day to find he had been put to bed at 5pm.
Ms Mulvaney said: "In hindsight I regret putting dad into Orchid View. The advice I would offer to anyone else is it is the care that matters, not the home.
"The other homes had not been such flashy buildings but the staff loved their jobs. There were not enough good staff at Orchid View to make it work and as a result the residents did not receive adequate care.''
Mr Holmes's son, Jeffrey Holmes, told the court that in the seven weeks his father was at Orchid View he had lost a stone in weight.
He said: "He would wander around unsupervised. On most occasions when I visited there were no staff around. On some visits it was a struggle to find anyone."
Lindsey Ball, whose father Wilfred Gardner died on May 1 2011, broke down in tears while describing the state she had found him in at the home.
Mrs Ball flew over from her home in Australia to clear her father's flat and went to visit him on April 11 2011.
She said: "I was shocked at the way he looked. I just took one look at him and thought ''he looks terrible'. I actually turned to my son and said, 'I will not be coming home with you'.''
Mrs Ball told the court she never saw a care plan and there were several occasions when her father was in a lot of pain but he was not given medication.
When she was told he had to ask for it, she said: "He's got dementia, how would he know what to say?"
Brian Donaghey, whose mother Maureen Donaghey died on July 27 2011, told the inquest that staffing levels failed to keep pace with the increasing number of residents.
He said they had chosen the home because his 87-year-old mother had dementia but he felt many of the staff did not have the right training to deal with this.
The inquest's conclusion came in the same week that a package of proposals were put forward by the health and social care watchdog to prevent abuse and neglect in care homes.
Hidden cameras and "mystery shoppers" reporting back on their experience of services were among the package of measures put forward.
Ian Christian, of Irwin Mitchell solicitors, which represented seven of the families at the inquest, described the case as a "scandal" which should not be allowed to happen again.
He said: "We have been shocked and appalled by the gross failiings at Orchid View. Despite charging huge sums of money, Southern Cross failed to create a safe supervision and management structure, which led to a rotten culture.
"Multiple members of staff let down those elderly people for whom they were responsible and this had fatal consequences for 19 of its residents.
"We will not rest until we have uncovered exactly how this was able to happen and we are confident the appropriate steps have been taken to stop this happening again.
"These were vulnerable people who used their life savings, or had their families pay money, so they would be cared for in the final stage of their life.
"They ought to have been in safe hands and provided with a standard of care which gave them dignity in their final days. Sadly this could not have been further from the truth.
"How this could happen in a 21st century care home beggars belief, but it did, and the authorities such as the Care Quality Commission and Government need to consider why this was the case and make vast improvements to the industry to ensure negligence on such a large scale can never, ever happen again.
"The Government has made recent announcements about ways to tackle problems with the care industry, but we are yet to see action and that must be the focus."
Mr Christian said the situation at Orchid View raised questions about the quality of care being provided across the industry.
He said: "Before it closed down, Southern Cross owned 752 care homes across a relatively small area of the UK.
"The evidence revealed in this inquest is deeply concerning as it shows signs of profits being put before the well-being of residents.
"Safety should have been the top priority of any organisation involved in caring for others.
"Questions need to be asked about whether the private care route is safe, appropriate way of caring for our ageing population, which is only going to continue growing.
"We believe urgent action is needed to enforce stricter regulation on those who take responsibility for caring for the elderly and vulnerable.
"The management void within Southern Cross was shocking and how that wasn't picked up by those charged with safeguarding the residents of Orchid View is something that cannot be allowed to happen again.
"Homes cannot be allowed to get to crisis point and for lives to be lost because of failings. This inquest needs to prompt an improvement in accountability to show others in the profession that poor care and taking away people's dignity will not be tolerated by our society.
"Nothing can bring back loved ones to the families we represent and, whilst the details of the failings that have been uncovered have been very upsetting, we will continue to support them in seeking justice for their devastating loss."
Amanda Rogers, director of adult services for West Sussex County Council, said: "This was a shocking example of poor care and West Sussex County Council is pleased that it has been exposed.
"As the inquest has made clear, these were serious cases and families had every reason to expect better.
"However, while there may be isolated examples of poor practice, the public should remain confident about the levels of care in the majority of care homes in West Sussex.
"What's good is that these issues are uncovered and dealt with robustly, as the county council did through its safeguarding role. All possible measures were taken to rectify what happened at Orchid View as soon as we became aware of the severity of the problem.
"We hope that these verdicts will go some way in providing some sort of closure for the families."
Julie Jackson, an activities co-ordinator, said Sellotape was used to secure the dressing of one resident. And one staff member said a nurse told her: "They are old and they are dying, what do you want me to do?"
Following the case, Judith Charatan, whose dementia-suffering mother Doris Fielding died of natural causes, said : "I quickly realised that everything that had appealed to me about Orchid View being a safe place for my mum was just cosmetic, such as the fabric of the building and the brochures that marketed it so well.
"The actual standards of care being given were nothing short of appalling.
"I soon lost confidence in the quality of care being provided and became untrusting of what I was being told by staff. At the time I did not know the scale of problems or what had happened before to other residents.
"Not long after being admitted, mum lost weight and seemed disinterested in everything. She often seemed very anxious and agitated and would often repeat herself saying 'Help me' and 'Something is not right'.
"There was either not enough or a high turnover of staff. Problems kept emerging and agencies like the Care Quality Commission and social services would get called in.
"Sometimes there were attempts to make improvements but in the end staff, it would seem, just became very complacent about this. The main problem was that Orchid View was run as purely a commercial venture to make a profit but compromised care standards as a result.
"My mum and elderly people across the country deserve a good quality of life even if they are in failing health or near the end of their lives.
"The Government keeps talking about using Ofsted-style inspections and appointing 'mystery shoppers' but measures like this won't actually tackle the problem with this country's care industry because they are purely cosmetic."
She added: "The Government needs to wake up and take heed. More funding, resources, better training and increased standards amongst those that work in this industry are the only ways to truly tackle the crisis."
Andrea Sutcliffe, the CQC's chief inspector of adult social care, said: "I am shocked at the descriptions of the care received by residents at Orchid View in 2010 and 2011.
"This was completely unacceptable, and I extend my sympathies to the relatives of everyone who received poor care there.
"We need to learn lessons from what happened at Orchid View, which closed in 2011. I will personally oversee a root-and-branch review of our actions in relation to Orchid View to make sure we learn from it and build any findings into our new way of inspecting.
"This week, I outlined my proposals for changing the way we inspect, monitor and regulate care homes to ensure that these services are safe, caring, effective, well-led and responsive to people's needs."


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7. Coca-Cola (KO). This company is going to do something big this year. It has to. Both diet and regular carbonated soft drinks are declining at a pace that is alarming and shocking. We could be seeing the beginning of the tobacco-izing of this industry, and that doesn't lend itself to Coca-Cola's 20x multiple. The sub-3% dividend yield doesn't do much for me, either. But a big restructuring, coupled with a change in management and a possible acquisition to get it less dependent on carbonated drinks, sure would help. This is a very challenged company and, again, if Warren Buffett were to let some go, it could easily trade to $35. With restructuring, I am expecting I think we could see the stock reach $45. It's ironic -- what is saving Pepsico (PEP) from a similar debacle is its Frito Lay division. It, too, is struggling with carbonated soft drinks, but snacks remains a very viable growth business.
8. Disney (DIS). When Disney reported last, there was almost universal opprobrium for the company. It drove me crazy, because I thought it was a darned good quarter with excellent ESPN numbers -- the key metric -- as well as decent box office and excellent theme parks. Since then things have only gotten better as gasoline has gone down, as the consumer has vacationed more and as ESPN rates have held steady to higher.
But here is the real kicker for this company: With a stock that has rallied almost 50%, the Star Wars franchise is now on the horizon. Not only do I expect even fewer non-traditional Marvel/Disney movies, but I think the hype over the new Star Wars movie will be rife at this time next year. Companies like Disney are going to get much higher price-to-earnings ratios as we see that earnings aren't going down when rates go higher. As a result, I can see this stock going to $83 without much trouble, meaning a 20x multiple on next year's probable earnings.
9. DuPont (DD). This year we are going to see what a noncommoditized DuPont is made of, and I bet it is made of some pretty darned good numbers. When Ellen Kullman broke the news that she would be spinning out the company's Ti02 division, I was thrilled. Because, next to uncoated free sheet paper, fertilizer and corrugated container board, not much offers less added value than a chemical whitener company. Without this division, we should see immediate multiple expansion at DuPont, and I think the new company could earn $4 per share. That would send Dupont's stock to $80.
I believe DuPont will be one of the best-performing stocks in the index. This new DuPont is loaded with fast-growing specialty chemicals and biotech-bred agricultural products. Plus, Kullman's committed to the dividend. The stock has risen nicely since the announcement, but I think there'll be much more to be had when the spinoff is consummated.
10. Exxon Mobil. This will be the year when Exxon will get to have a multiple that might even be at a premium to the average stock in the S&P. That means it could trade to $128, and it will be one of the best performers in the Dow. Such is the power of a Warren Buffett, that he can convey higher-multiple status on a company that has slow-growing but consistent earnings and the kind of monster share buyback that he so covets.
I think that Exxon, after multiple years -- not quarters, but years -- of being just kind of an oil bank with very little production growth and replacement activity, is now seeing paydirt on its myriad projects and is going to grow consistently in a fashion that will make the other major oil companies jealous. This is Exxon's time, and it is now a very easy stock to own. So it will be bid up exorbitantly, as all darlings are.
Stay tuned later on today for my next two batches of Dow predictions.
At the time of publication,, Action Alerts PLUS, which Cramer co-manages as a charitable trust, was long AXP, CAT and OXY.
Editor's Note: This article was originally published at 8:30 a.m. EST on Real Money on Dec. 24.

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In the Argus (13.9.12), yet another Newport Council spokesperson tells us that Friars Walk is due to start next year. With the disappointing news that the number of empty shops is rapidly increasing in Newport, why doesn't the council spokesperson tell us exactly when the new development will start in order to boost the citizens' confidence? Come on, Newport Council, give us a date!
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What does an opening ceremony do? Warm up the audience for the feature event? Show them what can be done with lots of money and a bunch of has-beens singing precisely one song each? Fake ABBA perhaps lip-synching? Why not a fake Elvis Presley lip-synching? Or a fake Bhimsen Joshi?
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I am not very sure what opening ceremonies do to sporting events, but in the pre-television days they might have been a way of introducing the culture of a place and its traditions to those from the other side of the world. Today they are usually boring, over-the-top or distinctly underwhelming distractions that are routinely reported by unimpressed writers using clichés like 'grand', 'spectacular' and so on. It has reached a stage that even if someone who is half a celebrity pukes on the pitch to the accompaniment of lights and sound, the show will be seen as an 'extravaganza'.
It is bad enough at the Olympic Games, but at least one occasionally gets to see a well-choreographed piece or a genuinely spectacular visual, but at cricket tournaments they have begun to make less and less sense. The 1996 World Cup opening ceremony in India was labeled a 'flop show', even by those who automatically reach for 'spectacular' and 'grand' from their box of clichés on these occasions.
By bringing together a bunch of has-beens, never-wases and never-will-bes the IPL began its third season by putting everybody to sleep. After Ali Campbell and Lionel Ritchie, one expected the organizers to roll out Jim Reeves and Donny Osmond. Retro is fine, but the evening of the walking dead is hardly inspiring. And what were all those waiters doing there prancing around in what looked like their graduation hoods?
Why bother at all? Whom is the opening ceremony for? The people at the stadium? Television? The world at large? I am sure none of these groups will complain if there is no opening ceremony at all. If it is done as part of some necessary ritual (because everybody else is doing it), then let us be innovative and drop it altogether. The toss between captains is as good an opening ceremony as any, as far as cricket is concerned.
It wasn't until Cheteswar Poojara drove a ball to the boundary that the first classy act of the evening was seen on the ground. The opening ceremony was innocent of class, and didn't aspire to be stylish or even adequate.
What does an opening ceremony do? Warm up the audience for the feature event? Show them what can be done with lots of money and a bunch of has-beens singing precisely one song each? Fake ABBA perhaps lip-synching? Why not a fake Elvis Presley lip-synching? Or a fake Bhimsen Joshi?
The only message I could discern in all this is the obscene amount of money that must have been spent on the whole show. The captains lined up and cheerfully signed all manner of pledges – to play in the spirit of the game, to adhere to green norms, to wish Lalit Modi good morning everyday and so on. It is time they signed a pledge that they will not participate in any tournament which begins with an opening ceremony.
Soon the Commonwealth Games will be here, and a spectacular, stunning, grand extravaganza will assault our eyes there too. There's talk of a laser show and some stuff with a gigantic balloon which is expected to cost in the region of 140 crores. Cheaper to get a semi-celebrity to throw up on the field. With that kind of budget you can get full celebrities even.
Opening ceremonies should be banned by an act of Parliament. Or the International Cricket Council. Or Indian sporting bodies can voluntarily decide that they will not have any for their tournaments. It is possible that the rest of the world will actually welcome this; it might just be a question of who will bell the cat first.


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Individual differences in cognitive styles: development, validation and cross-validation of the cognitive style inventory
This paper aims to describe the construction and validation of a new instrument for measuring cognitive styles the Cognitive Style Inventory (CoSI) é–– that is particularly useful in an organizational context. Three successive studies are conducted to validate and cross-validate the Cognitive Style Inventory. The internal consistency of the Cognitive Style Inventory is high. Factor analyses confirm the existence of four different cognitive styles. To examine convergent and discriminant validity, the following measures are used: the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the Life Orientation Test (LOT), and a Likert-scale version of Rotters Internal-External (I-E) locus of control scale. Substantial support is found for the instruments convergent and discriminant validity. Future research and practical implications are discussed.
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A Book with Foldout Pages
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Cecelia A. "Ceil" Loxtercamp, age 97 of Elrosa, died peacefully, surrounded by her family on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at the Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose, Minnesota.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 26 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Elrosa with Rev. Jeff Ethen officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Parish prayers will be held at 6 p.m. Monday evening at the funeral home.
Cecelia A. Zenzen was born December 25, 1914 in Lake George Township, Stearns County, Minnesota to John and Emilie (Scholz) Zenzen. On November 10, 1936 she married Alois Loxtercamp at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Elrosa, Minnesota. The couple farmed north of Elrosa from 1936 until 1965, when they moved to Elrosa. She was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Elrosa and the Christian Mothers. Ceil enjoyed quilting, canning, gardening, sewing, baking, and attending church activities. She loved spending time with her family and serving delicious meals.
Survivors include her children, Dennis (Rosalie) Loxtercamp of Big Lake, Roger (Rosie) Loxtercamp of Rogers, Eugene (Pat) Loxtercamp of Elrosa, and Lucille (Paul) Jager of Waseca; 9 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; brother, Raymond (Laura) Zenzen of Meire Grove; sister, Sister Rachel Zenzen of Little Falls; sister-in-law, Selestia Zenzen of Melrose; and many nieces and nephews.
Ceil was preceded in death by her husband, Alois Loxtercamp on January 23, 1993; parents; infant sister, Magdelina Zenzen; and brothers, Edwin Zenzen, Richard Zenzen, and George Zenzen.
Serving as casket bearers will be Gina Loxtercamp, Chad Loxtercamp, Chris Loxtercamp, Lisa Emery, Greta Witzman, Marty Loxtercamp, Trevor Jager, Jami Juras, and Jim Boggess. Cross bearer will be Brook Loxtercamp and scripture bearer will be Kalista Jager. Gift bearers will be Haley Moog, Isabella Loxtercamp, Alyssa Emery, and Kim Witzman and the readers will be Trevor Jager and Jami Juras.


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The city of Watsonville faces several obstacles in finding ways to attract and bolster local job-producing businesses.
The social costs of Watsonville's high numbers of jobless are only too obvious, but what isn't as obvious is just what the city can do to attract employers and boost revenues.
One proposal has been to annex farmland along Highway 1 -- and that plan could begin to take shape with a June vote about extending Watsonville's urban services line that essentially keeps potential growth and development on the other side. While we've voiced reservations about extending the city further by annexing the Sakata-Kett property along Riverside Drive, we can appreciate the burden city leaders carry in trying to find solutions for joblessness and bringing in badly needed tax dollars while feeling hemmed in by what many see as unreasonable boundaries.
The city also is having to come to terms with the loss of redevelopment and the enterprise zone that gave employers tax incentives for hiring lower skilled workers.
But annexing farmland is not the only plan being hatched to deal with these problems. The city also has been looking at taking control of state Highway 152 as it proceeds through downtown, on its meandering path to link up highways 1 and 101.
As Santa Cruz can attest with the Highway 1/Mission Street corridor, having a state highway bisect your city has its blessings and its burdens. The benefit is that the state of California is responsible for maintenance. The downside is that Caltrans, the state transportation agency, is reluctant to put a municipality's concerns over the state's need to move people and vehicles.
Watsonville's downtown has long languished, suffering a major blow when a city-subsidized department store was closed after the company went bankrupt. Downtown had already been displaced for many local shoppers by the Target shopping center closer to Highway 1.
Still, city economic development manager Kurt Overmeyer hopes to find a way Watsonville can afford to keep up the 4.6-mile stretch of 152 that runs on Main Street, East Beach Street and East Lake Avenue.
Overmeyer hopes to find out from residents whether they support the change -- which would open the possibility of making major changes that would allow for more parking and wider sidewalks that could attract shoppers and strollers. It wouldn't make sense to take over the stretch of highway -- and state legislators have already cleared the way for Caltrans to relinquish control -- unless the city was able to make the kind of changes that would bring tangible benefits. The cost is estimated at around $100,000 annually -- taking it over would have to project out increased revenues to cover the cost.
Downtown Watsonville has its charms -- including a centrally located civic plaza, a Cabrillo College campus, historic architecture, along with a new county courthouse and city administrative offices, plus small shops and restaurants. Walgreen's drug store has already announced plans to build a store on lower Main near Riverside Drive.
But to become significant again means attracting restaurants and nightlife, entertainment venues and a tax base that ensures the kind of public safety measures that encourage visitors. Downtown Watsonville will probably never be a magnet for shoppers -- the Target center and possibly, long term, the Riverside Drive property would fit that niche. But taking control of the main thoroughfare through town would show property owners and potential developers the city still means business downtown.
Could it work? Downtowns across the state and country were long ago written off as not relevant. Commuters probably wouldn't be happy with 152 not starting until the road left the city. But Watsonville leaders will find out over the next year whether there's support from residents and the business community for their audacious plan. We hope they find it.


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Blessings And Beatings - Farewell Brandan
Typically, I'd reserve this space for some rhetoric on how cool our performance truck shootout we call THROWDOWN was and how fast Project Novakane ended up being. This month is far from typical, however. Truckin' is losing a member of its family and it's with mixed emotions I announce Brandan Gillogly will be joining the web team at Hot Rod magazine. Growing up getting handed Hot Rod from his older brothers, Brandan has always had a certain affinity for the mag that "started it all." Rather than hold him back, I had the joy of shaking his hand and wishing him well on his new venture.
Walking into the offices of Truckin' in September 2005, I'm not sure he had any idea of the journey he was facing would last nearly 6 years. Brandan has qualities every boss appreciates, including working hard to do the best job he can, always willing to help however needed, and best of all, able to make light of the situation with a humor that makes all of us laugh. Admittedly, I'm not the easiest guy to work for, but Brandan has persevered and turned into a great feature editor, with contacts that vary from truck owners, to shops, to marketing reps for the manufacturers. He's traveled all over the country and represented the magazine with class and a happy trigger finger. His photography skills have improved throughout his tenure and he's become a go-to shooter for features, tech, and several covers. Many of you have met Brandan at truck shows throughout the country and I'm sure you'll agree you're a better person for knowing him. One thing is for sure, Truckin' magazine was better for having him and he will be sorely missed.


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Midnight Regulation: Decisions in the Dark
September 6, 2012
The phenomenon of "midnight regulation" occurs when the federal government passes a series of new regulations in the last quarter of a presidential year. The number of new regulations is especially high when the control of the presidency switches parties, says Jerry Ellig, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center.
Ellig found that rushed midnight regulations -- those that were passed after a self-imposed deadline of June 1 -- tend to be more costly and ineffective than other regulations. For over three decades, executive orders have mandated that federal agencies conduct regulatory impact analyses (RIAs) to assess the quality and impact of a new regulation.
In the case of midnight regulations, there tends to be lower quality RIAs and an unwillingness by agencies to use the analysis. The Mercatus Center's Regulatory Report Card looks at openness, analysis and use of regulations to care midnight and non-midnight regulations.
- Regulations proposed after June 1, 2008, under the Bush administration have lower quality and use of analysis than regulations proposed in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
- Rushed midnight regulations are an average of 4.3 points worse on the Report Card than non-midnight regulations.
- Similarly, non-rushed midnight regulations also score lower than ordinary regulations.
The lower quality of these regulations can be explained by the influx of new regulations in a short amount of time, which overwhelms the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) and inhibits its ability to conduct meaningful oversight. Furthermore, agencies are less willing to take into account the RIAs when implementing the new regulations.
There are several reforms the current administration can take to address the concerns of midnight regulations.
- First, self-impose restraints such as deadlines like the Bush administration did. This would improve the quality of analysis and prevent agencies from rushing to get in all the regulations.
- Secondly, limit the volume of regulations during the midnight period. Reviewing fewer regulations would allow the OIRA to conduct high-quality analysis, which agencies are more likely to take into consideration.
- Finally, establish a judicial review of RIAs. This would allow the judicial branch to look at the RIAs, thus giving agencies an incentive to conduct high-quality analysis.
Source: Jerry Ellig, "Midnight Regulation: Decisions in the Dark," Mercatus Center, August 28, 2012.
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USF hires associate AD for fundraising
USF has a new leader for its athletic fundraising efforts, as the Bulls on Tuesday announced the hiring of Ohio University's Jim Harris as senior associate athletic director, as well as the university's associate vice president for development.
Harris, 33, spent the last four years at Ohio, where he helped secure a $10 million lead gift toward an athletics facility for the Bobcats; while at Indiana, he helped the efforts to build a $45 million North End Zone facility as well as a $25 million basketball facility.
"I am excited to join the University of South Florida family and to work with all of the wonderful donors, alumni, fans, student-athletes and administration at USF," Harris said in a statement. "It is an honor to be part of such a tremendous and growing athletic program, led by Doug Woolard, one of the best in the business, and I look forward to playing a role in the future of USF athletics."
Harris fills the opening created when Vicki Mitchell left in December to work for the USF Foundation; the Bulls' fundraising efforts also lost former athletic director and Bucs legend Lee Roy Selmon, who died in the fall of 2011. The Bulls last year completed an ambitious wave of new facilities, with new stadiums for baseball, softball, soccer and track, as well as practice facilities for football and basketball.
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Re: I am addicted to fly fishing for carp,
Matt, I find sizes 6-12 work for me. I generally use crayfish imitations in 6-8, leeches in 6-10, and nymphs and carp worms in 8-12. If you have mulberry trees anywhere on the river you fish they are carp favorites. Black bunny leeches will imitate not only leeches, but nymphs and small hellgramites. The rabbit gives excellent movement in current. I've found it very effective. I've spent lots of time on the Salmon River east and north of you, but have spent very little near your area. Do you have an estuary you fish , or flats on the lake near you? I've been curious if there are any carp on the flats like Michigan anywhere on the big O. I know no one of the many people I've met in your area that fly fish for carp, you truly are out on your own. I know the feeling. If the river you fish has any runs of steel or salmon- EGG flies.
Often I'll find large carp that will stay in an area , but refuse to feed because they know you are there. As apex predators, they know you present a possible danger, but not enough to make them flee. Stealth is really necessary with carp, more than almost any other fish. If a carp continues to feed, you still are in the game- if it stops- it's over. In shallow currents I use a Mulberry fly tied with foam as an indicator with a nymph on a dropper below it. This sometimes gets a very difficult presentation in place.
Just remember carp pick up vibrations very well- don't grind rocks underneath your feet when wading, the long leaders help too, as it keeps the slap of the fly line farther away. I pretty much use 12' leaders. Sometimes longer, but then I may sacrifice accuracy. Think as gentle a presentation as you can make. I'll underline my 6 wt. with a 4 or 5 wt. line when using smaller flies. Good hunting, and I hope you put up some reports of your success.
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Stuart Little 2Family, Adventure, Animation, Comedy · 2002
Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human brother, George, and their mischievous cat, Snowbell, set out to rescue a friend.
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AMD's Athlon II X3 435 & New Energy Efficient CPUs: Killing Intel Below $90by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 20, 2009 12:00 AM EST
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DivX 8.5.3 with Xmpeg 5.0.3
Our DivX test is the same DivX / XMpeg 5.03 test we've run for the past few years now, the 1080p source file is encoded using the unconstrained DivX profile, quality/performance is set balanced at 5 and enhanced multithreading is enabled:
DivX encoding performance is hot on the heels of the Athlon II X4 620, but still slower. Once more we're about the same speed as the Phenom II X3 720.
x264 HD Video Encoding Performance
Graysky's x264 HD test uses the publicly available x264 codec (open source alternative to H.264) to encode a 4Mbps 720p MPEG-2 source. The focus here is on quality rather than speed, thus the benchmark uses a 2-pass encode and reports the average frame rate in each pass.
x264 encoding performance is noticeably slower than the quad-core offerings. Even the 2.3GHz 605e is faster than the X3 435. Compared to the equivalently priced dual-core options from Intel however, the Athlon II X3 435 is without a doubt the chip to get. If you're encoding video however, you're probably better springing for the $99 quad-core.
Windows Media Encoder 9 x64 Advanced Profile
In order to be codec agnostic we've got a Windows Media Encoder benchmark looking at the same sort of thing we've been doing in the DivX and x264 tests, but using WME instead.
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MonicaS - Thursday, October 29, 2009 - linkI'm pretty sure its a safe bet that soon AMD will be catching up to Intel in the way of value. I can't really see the use or the need of increased performance from CPU in the near future. The C2D are more the good enough with the Quatro and i7 being over powered for what people need. It will soon come down to price as it really won't make sense to get more power.
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mapesdhs - Friday, October 30, 2009 - link
It depends what you need. The Core2Duo is not remotely good enough
for my needs (video encoding) and neither are AMD's best quad-cores.
For me, the i7 is ideal. I have a thousand hours of video to convert.
silverblue - Saturday, October 31, 2009 - linkYes, but I think you are really paying for it. Additionally, at the price point of the Athlon X3s/X4s in this review, you're not going to get anything from Intel that handles encoding comparatively well for that sort of price, however I should point out that AMD's competitors in the sub-$100 bracket are the Core 2 Duos/Pentium Dual Cores, not the Quads, and no Nehalem in sight. If Intel released a dual core Nehalem at this price range, I'm not sure even the Athlon X4s could compete with that, at least in encoding. Reply
silverblue - Friday, October 30, 2009 - linkCatching up? I was going to say that I think we've already passed that point :) Reply
teclis1023 - Thursday, October 29, 2009 - linkI'm not interested in getting into this flame war about monopolies, Intel and AMD. If anything, I certainly wish there were MORE competitive players in the field, though entrance costs are certainly staggering. I wouldn't mind being able to pick from 3 CPU makers and 3 GPU makers. Even then, it would hardly be a competitive market, but hey - I like choice, and 3 producers is hardly a flooded market!
All I know is that I'm quite satisfied that, using AMD and ATI, I can build a well-performing all-around computer for less than $800. I don't need the top of the line for my home performance, even when I want to play games like Crysis and Left 4 Dead. I just need stability and good support.
I'm also quite happy that AMD is putting a lot of effort into low-power CPUs. There's no reason we should have to pull 800W in order to play the highest end games. I'd love to see gaming systems running at 350W or below! (It's good to see Dell and HP finally embracing 80+ Certified PSUs)
I tend to purchase AMD components because I'm simply not an over-clocking, mega-gaming power user. I like games, but I also like being able to pay for other things, such as food and rent :) Sure, I'd love to have an i7, but I honestly don't know what I would do with it. Would a person like me (Tech savvy, to be sure, but not a power-gamer) really use the power? Doubtful. Honestly, most users in the world demand very little from their systems.
Before 2008, I tried my best to stay away from ATI products. I was never impressed with their performance or their driver support; however, for the money, they seem to be the best 'bang for the buck'. Paying $130 for a 4870 is a great deal for someone like me. Sure, I wish their drivers were less bulky, but overall, the products are fantastic.
Good luck duking it out - I'll stay here on the sidelines! Reply
rhog - Monday, October 26, 2009 - linkTo all you guys knocking AMD have you looked at the main stream products of Intel as of late? Have you tried a Core i5 750? This CPU is a shame. I had real hopes for it as I own two core i7 920 (3.8ghz and 4.0ghz). Having no hyperthreading and performance just slightly better than the PIIBE it is not the Killer processor I thought it coudl have been. On a side note, If you count the user posts at Newegg it "seems" not to be selling well as compared to the 920 and the PIIBE 940 and 955. In the 200 dollar range a 955BE at OC'd to 3.8ghz does very well against the Core i5 750 that has been overclocked as well. Under 200 the Core2 Quads and Duos are just not that great compared to a PIIBE processors and in the $120 and under AMD Athlon II X4 620, which I own, is a great CPU for the money. AMD is starting to come out of the red and they are doing it the right way. Most processors are bought in the Under 200 dollar catagory and the Core i5 is not competing that well, at least for now, as it is not a clear winner. Just my Opinion as an owner of a Core i5 Reply
lukem33p - Friday, August 20, 2010 - linkExcuse me? All of these multimedia tasks are eaten up right now by the i5, if you look, because it has far better instruction sets, Turbo mode, and L3 cache, which the Athlons do not. Phenom IIs, but for the latest Thuban, because of how lopsided instruction set optimization has gotten. Reply
AlmostDone - Sunday, October 25, 2009 - linkIf AMD wants a bigger slice of the cake they need decent CPU's or CPU/GPU combo for notebooks, fast and power efficient.
Notebooks growth is much faster than your desktop.
What budget mainboard do people recommend to go with a X4 620.
Thanks Reply
lujo - Thursday, October 22, 2009 - linkThis is not correct:
"Thanks to its higher clock speed the Athlon II X3 435 draws a little more power than the 620 at idle, but uses a little less under load. The new energy efficient chips can't be touched. Personally I wouldn't spring for them, but if you're looking to upgrade a building full of machines and want as much power reduction as possible the e series can deliver."
At idle 435 and 620 are running at the same clock speed and same voltage.
435 X3 is nothing more than 620 X4 without one core.
There mus be another reason why at idle 435 draws a little more power than 620.
I personally think 620 should use at idle more power than 435 Reply
LazierSaid - Thursday, October 22, 2009 - linkYet another review showing how much more power efficient AMD is on the bottom end
When you test your $75 value Pentiums on $200+ X48 boards that run 15 watts over the G4x boards people actually buy.
The X48 northbridge alone has a TDP over 30 watts.


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Where Are You Located?
We Are Located just off the I-5 Freeway In Dowtown Chehalis,WA at 545 N. Market Blvd. We are 90 Miles South Of Downtown Seattle and 90 Miles North Of Portland, Oregon. Our State Capital, Olympia, Is 22 Miles North. Use Our Home Page Directions Button To Obtain A Map.
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Within The Hotel are Retail Shops and the Aldente Restaurant. Across the street is The Book&Brush which sells Art Supplies, Books, and does framings. Visit Sweet Inspirations for Breakfast or Lunch. Billie's Designer Fabrics and Lunds' Historic Movie Theater are located across the street. The theater shows first run films daily. The Lewis County Historic Museum Is Located Less Than A Block Away in The Old Pacific Northern Train Station.
The Chehalis-Centralia Railroad offers steam train rides in the summer for a lesiurly trip through the countryside. Some Evenings the train offers dinner with travel.
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On May 6, a long-term solution to Europe's air traffic control congestion problems came a giant step closer with the launch of the Single European Sky (SES) development phase. The event, in Rome, marked the end of the challenging two-year definition phase of the SES air traffic management research (SESAR) program and the beginning of an effort that, if it succeeds, will yield an environment in which aircraft will cross Europe in totally seamless airspace. The resulting improvement in efficiency will lead to not only huge fuel savings but also help airlines to meet the ever tougher environmental demands being placed on their operations.
European air traffic management (ATM) will then have reached the Holy Grail of almost 100 percent efficiency. While estimates of fuel savings in the completed SES are impossible to predict, Eurocontrol's SESAR and ATM strategy chief Bernard Miaillier reckons that "up to 25 percent of the flight inefficiencies we see today will be eliminated."
Eurocontrol has been at the heart of the SESAR program since it was launched in 2006 and Miaillier told AIN he is "very proud" that the definition phase, which resulted in the delivery of an ATM master plan, has come in exactly on time. "It was a real challenge, and given the number of partners who worked together on this it is a real achievement," he said.
The SESAR consortium comprises all relevant sectors of the aviation industry, including more than 60 companies, European ATM service providers, airspace users associations, military airspace users and even non-European ATM stakeholders interested in global interoperability. Miaillier pointed out that there will be a substantial aircraft market for retrofitting aircraft with the necessary SES avionics.
The stated objective of SESAR is, in Eurocontrol's words, "to eliminate the fragmented approach to ATM, transform the European ATM system and synchronize the plans and actions of the different partners and federate resources." The definition phase, which has just ended, ran from 2005 to 2008, the development phase runs to 2013 and the deployment phase from 2014 to 2020.
The SESAR ATM master plan (see diagram) is the key to the whole SES concept and as such has to have legislative teeth if national ATM providers are to be kept in line with the extremely challenging timetable and the funding requirements that go with it. A crucial moment came in early June, when the European transport ministers agreed to the "second package" of European SES legislation. This put right the failure of the initial SES legislation to compel national ATM service providers to meet performance targets.
The master plan is structured in a series of five ATM service levels (0-5) divided into three implementation packages which set the dates when initial operational capability of each service level should be achieved. The first implementation package covers service levels 0 to 1, ending in 2012; package two covers service levels 2 and 3, out to 2019, and package three covers levels 4 and 5, taking the SES from 2020 onward.
Miaillier explained that Eurocontrol and the ATM stakeholders are "well along the path" to achieving service level 0, which essentially formalizes improvements such as continuous descent approach, continuous climb departure and flexible use of airspace. He added that "a lot of work has been done already" on the actions needed to achieve level 1.
Eurocontrol is not avoiding the realities of the enormous challenge it faces in bringing the SES to fruition, however, and has identified the following seven "key requirements" seen as critical for successful implementation of the master plan:
• establishing a single European legislative framework;
• achieving a performance-led approach, supported by a "comprehensive performance monitoring and reporting system";
• establishing clear ownership and endorsement of the master plan at all levels, including political, regulatory and industrial;
• defining a clear governance and leadership structure for deployment of the system;
• establishing a single system design function for the design of the technical architecture of the future ATM system;
• ensuring interoperability of SESAR results at both regional and global levels; and
• ensuring that industry understands the balance between cost and benefits.
This latter element is crucial to the expected €30 billion ($46 billion) cost of the system, much of which will have to come from the private sector. "We must be able to show industry the business case for investing in the new technologies that will be needed," said Miaillier.
Major risks have also been identified and these include the old problem, which relates only to levels 0 and 1, of non-homogenous deployment of technology advances across Europe's ATM service providers. There are also worries about delays in the availability of the necessary technologies, failure to stick to a performance-based approach to implementation and failure of the national states to agree on a suitable regulatory framework.
In Eurocontrol's favor, however, is the anticipated slowdown in traffic growth resulting from the sudden and huge increase in fuel costs. Miaillier said past air transport crises have never been used successfully to catch up on ATM improvements. This time he pledged, "We will take full advantage of the chance to catch up and improve efficiency."
The master plan has built-in flexibility to take into account the research-and-development activities emanating from the SESAR joint undertaking (JU), the legal entity formed in February 2007 under European Community law to ensure harmony between the various state and industry-funded research-and-development initiatives. As such, the JU is central to the success of the SES. It is responsible for securing funding, for defining and updating the SESAR work program and allocating work packages, and for "ensuring consistency, efficiency and technical progress on all aspects of the work program."
The SES project is probably the single most complex attempt at achieving trans-border European cooperation on a new technology-based system and as such it is bound to meet hiccups and setbacks. The delivery of the master plan already represents a huge achievement in that it sets clear, legally binding targets for the SES. The goal is an ATM system that will accommodate aircraft flying four-dimensional routes governed solely by their preferred trajectories and timings. If it is achieved, Europe will have set a precedent for ATM cooperation of which it can truly be proud.


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2011 stats:NA
The breakdown:Plant's reputation for offense sometimes leaves the linemen under the radar, but not the 6-6, 270-pound Klepal. The FSU commitment opened holes for a rushing attack that ran for 3,110 yards, including 200-plus the final seven games.
2011 stats:56 tackles, 14.5 sacks, three forced fumbles
The breakdown:The 2011 Times' Defensive Player of the Year, Love now has 22.5 sacks for his career. The 6-4, 205-pound Countryside senior DE is a lean and quick pass rusher, but also tough on the inside.
2011 stats:170-for-251, 2,426 yards, 19 TDs
The breakdown:A UCF commitment, DiNovo (6-2, 208) has rewritten all the East Lake passing records and is Tampa Bay's No. 1 signal caller heading into his senior season.
2011 stats:NA
The breakdown:A starter since his freshman year, East Lake's Cole (6-5, 267) plays bigger than his size and is one of the nastiest linemen in Tampa Bay. The junior is one of the top 2014 recruits in the state.
2011 stats:179 carries, 1,308 yards, 12 TDs; 403 receiving yards, four TDs
The breakdown:Only the Plant RB's size (5-7, 153) keeps him from being a major recruit. After totaling more than 1,700 yards from scrimmage last year, his performance on the field left him with few peers.
2011 stats:four TDs rushing, one TD receiving
The breakdown:The TBT athlete is one of the most skilled players around, and finally surrounded by talent the 6-1, 173-pound UCF commitment should have his best season yet.
2011 stats:62 tackles, eight sacks, both second on team
The breakdown:If the Commodores were a female group, and wrote Brick House, it would probably be about Jackson. The Jesuit TE/DL/LB's a solid 6-3, 235 pounds and will be a defensive force in 2012.
2011 stats:63 tackles, one sack, 200 yards rushing
The breakdown:The Plant DB is still coming into his own, though the Georgia commitment is already one of the best defenders in Tampa Bay. Big, strong and fast, he also chips in on offense.
2011 stats:89 tackles, one sack
The breakdown:The Hillsborough LB was a standout for Team Tampa's 7-on-7 national champs, and the 6-2, 195-pounder is expected to anchor one of Tampa Bay's fastest defenses.
2011 stats:138 carries, 1,832 yards, 25 TDs; 72 tackles
The breakdown:With another season like his last, the speedy Carrollwood Day RB (5-7, 160) is going to approach Hillsborough County's all-time career rushing mark. And if he doesn't have to play both ways, that record is a foregone conclusion.


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As a result of the Patriot Act, persons who are or are required to be registered as futures commission merchants (FCMs), introducing brokers (IBs), commodity pool operators (CPOs), and commodity trading advisors (CTAs) are subject to requirements for establishing AML programs, reporting suspicious activity, verifying the identity of customers, and applying enhanced due diligence to certain types of accounts involving foreign persons.
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Judge's impartiality questioned in Pirate Bay trial
Tomas Norström, the Stockholm District Court Judge who presided over the Pirate Bay copyright infringement trial in Sweden is now himself under scrutiny for being a member of two copyright protection organizations, the Swedish Copyright Association (SFU), and Swedish Association for Industrial Property (SFIR).
While the guilty verdict against the four keepers of the Pirate Bay has already been appealed, Pirate Bay attorney Peter Althin said he has filed for a re-trial on the grounds that the court was biased.
The groups to which Norström belongs are outspoken advocates of copyright law reform. SFU's membership includes members of the Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau, and members of the IFPI, the organization which earlier this year claimed that 95% of all music downloads are unauthorized.
"Every time I take a case, I must assess whether I am personally involved. I did not feel that I am biased because of those commitments," Norström said in an interview on Sveriges Radio P3.
"It's quite clearly a delicate balance, " said Leif Silbersky, one of Sweden's most famous lawyers and legal pundits. In Swedish law, the concept "Delikatessjäv" (lit: "Delicate Shuffle") refers to the understanding that in important matters, it is practically impossible to be fully impartial, so the next best thing to be is flexible. If someone is capable of bias in one way, he must be equally capable of bias in the opposite way.
Since the judge is responsible for evaluating the bias in jurors, he must also weigh his own bias and decide whether he is capable of being swayed in either direction, or else recuse himself. During the jury selection, Norström dismissed a potential juror on the grounds that he had some degree of personal involvement with copyright organizations.
Rick Falk Vinge, head of the Swedish Pirate Party, said, "This is corruption and decay on a completely inexcusable level. The judge in the most high-profile legal case of the whole year turns out to be a member of a highly partial interest group for one party in the proceedings, and also spent time privately with the prosecuting lawyers. The whole trial must be declared a material loss and redone from scratch."


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Kristi Krafka, vice president of regulatory affairs for the animal nutrition and health division of Kemin in North America, has been appointed to the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) Board of Directors. Krafka's appointment expires May 2015 and she is one of only six female feed industry leaders on the 37-member board. Most recently, Krafka was chair of AFIA's Feed Regulatory Committee.
AFIA is the world's largest organization devoted exclusively to representing the business, legislative and regulatory business of the U.S. animal feed industry and its suppliers. Members include more than 575 domestic and international companies and as well as state, regional and national associations.
Krafka was instrumental in Kemin achieving the prestigious Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) recognition at its Des Moines, Iowa, manufacturing facility in February 2013. Kemin earned the Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) 22000:2010, recognized by GFSI, which is accepted by food manufacturers worldwide. Under Krafka's leadership, Kemin continuously enhances its conditions and processes that ensure its products are safe, efficient and effective until they reach the end consumer.
"Kristi is a well-respected leader in the animal feed community," said AFIA President and CEO Joel G. Newman. "Her expertise, experience and advocacy for food safety is a valuable asset to AFIA and its members."
Krafka joined Kemin in 1996 as manager of intellectual property and regulatory affairs. Prior to joining Kemin, she served as a technical writer and director of U.S. and Canada biological regulatory affairs for Fort Dodge Animal Health. Krafka holds a Bachelor of Science in agriculture from Iowa State University. She currently lives in rural Cambridge, Iowa, with her husband and two daughters; her family is active in 4-H and raising and showing sheep.
Kemin Inspired Molecular Solutions
Kemin (www.kemin.com) provides "inspired molecular solutions" specifically developed to provide nutrition and health benefits for humans and animals. Committed to feed and food safety, Kemin maintains top-of-the-line manufacturing facilities where approximately 500 specialty ingredients are made for the global feed and food industries as well as the health, nutrition and beauty markets. A privately held, family-owned and operated company, Kemin has nearly 1,500 employees and operates in more than 90 countries with manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, India, Italy, Singapore, South Africa and the United States.


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Commerce City, Colo. - The excitement of last night's Rapids Wild Card Playoff win over Columbus was tempered on Friday when an MRI on midfielder Jamie Smith revealed a torn ACL in his right knee. The Scotsman will have surgery on Tuesday and be out of action approximately six months.
Smith was injured on a non-contact play in the 72' of the match with the Rapids leading 1-0. He was taken off the field by stretcher and replaced by Ross LaBauex (Watch below). The veteran had started in central midfield in place of captain Pablo Mastroeni, who is still recovery from a concussion he sustained on October 14.
Smith scored an MLS career-high three goals in the regular season and added four assists. After appearing in 15 of the first 19 games, he missed 10 straight while recovering from a strained calf and hamstring, returning to play in the final four games of the season and opening playoff game.
He becomes the fourth player that started the MLS Cup title game last November to be unavailable for the playoffs. Forward Conor Casey (Achilles) and defender Anthony Wallace (knee) already had season-ending surgery, and Mastroeni is still in doubt with concussion symptons.
Joseph Nane, Wells Thompson, and Ross LaBauex have all played in the center of the field in select games this year and could be options to replace Smith and Mastroeni in the lineup.
The Rapids begin the Eastern Conference Semifinals on Sunday, October 30 against Sporting KC at 5:30 pm MT at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. The return leg is on Wednesday, November 2 at Livestrong Park in Kansas (6 pm MT, FOX Soccer).


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At the awkward stages of life in which most of the music-obsessed exist, it is unusual for art to be a mirror image of ourselves. Maybe because artists are typically a little older and have guitars they think their role is to create music that floats over reality, but Jason Anderson reveals that the musician is indeed no higher than the listener. Wielding such embarrassingly familiar phrases as "totally" and "fuckin' rip one," as well as the sentimentality of, well, a K Records artist, Anderson (formerly known as Wolf Colonel) lets the quirks in young people shine through. In so doing, Anderson walks the anorexiacally thin line between coming off as either a passionate guy who is okay with who he is, or a huge loser. That's sort of the point, though; we're all huge losers. But once you're okay with it, the lush piano, delicate duets, and high school bro-down feel makes his new album New England sound that much better. Not many of the tracks vary much in tempo, nor do they steer away from the three piano chord base, but Anderson's dorky phrasings ("I'd drive like 3,000 miles"), full-ranged vocal energy, and, let's face it, boyish charm give this album more than enough to keep it from dragging on into droning slumber.
1. For Kyle
2. Pen Pals
3. You Fall
4. A Book Laid on Its Binding
5. The Moment
6. I Swear I Am
7. Hold On
8. Thanksgiving
9. I Want My Summer Back
10. So Long
11. Christmas
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What do Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lopez have in common? Well, besides their huge bank accounts, killer bodies and star status – they are both big fans of Tracy Anderson's food delivery program.
Tracy, who has sculpted the bodies of seemingly every female celebrity, is now in the food biz and she recently launched a meal delivery service that's available nationwide.
"Everybody needs to understand that anytime I'm launching something, give me a minute. I would never launch something that I don't believe is the highest quality of something that I can give people, because I'm really concerned with maintaining and being a trusted source," reveals Tracy to Health Hollywood.
It's her integrity that has made Tracy one of the most trusted fitness experts on the planet. Her meal program is held up to the same star-approved standards. Each meal is made with the healthy, clean ingredients (local and organic, whenever possible). The food is delivered right to your door offering five meals per day: breakfast, snack, lunch, dinner and dessert.
"I really cared that the food was sourced from really great places. I'm really on, we got to get rid of those hormones [in our food] and things need to be organic," adds Tracy.
The biggest drawback is the price. It costs upwards of $50 per day, but Tracy promises you will lose weight – even the most stubborn pounds.
Also, Tracy doesn't think people should diet 7 days a week; instead, people need a day or two to cheat.
"I urge people to pick five days that can be really good in row. So, opt for the five day food plan, and then on those two days off, eat something similar to the food plan meals for breakfast and lunch, and then go out and enjoy a nice dinner guilt-free. Just can't have 3 big free meals."
For more on Tracy's food delivery program, check out www.foodprogrambyta.com.
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Big bug creates a world of woe for some Android users
tremendous promise
, near field communications are starting to look like "not [ready] for consumption" in their current form. Despite NFC being successfully used throughout Japan
for years now
, America's try at NFC
courtesy of Google
Inc. (
) has been met with mixed results.
I. Google Wallets Getting Bricked
Security concerns have just been the tip of the iceberg. Now users are reporting a vast ubiquitous issue in
Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
, which "bricks" Google Wallet if you perform a factory reset on your device.
Curiously, Google, according to a
, is saying this is a feature, not a bug, and suggesting users warranty their devices. It explains that the "secure element" in the NFC firmware is designed to permanently lock users out of using Google Wallet, if the device is reset, damaged, or otherwise tampered with.
Google Wallet -- not so robust [Image Source: Boy Genius Report]
To be clear, this reset not only locks out your current on-phone account, it prevents you from performing some sort of information refresh in order to use the device for wireless payments.
II. There is a Solution -- it Just Isn't Very Practical
So far just a handful of flagship handsets such as HTC Corp.'s (
Evo 4G LTE
and Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd.'s (
Nexus LTE
received Ice Cream Sandwich
, and fewer still customers have used the new NFC features, despite wireless payment sensors
popping up across the country
at gas stations, supermarkets, and other brick and mortar retail shops.
Perhaps that's why this major inconvenience in the system was overlooked.
Google Wallet works great, until you have to reset your device. [Image Source: sweetsntreats]
For the tinkerers out there, you can back up your device's ROM and re-flash it post reset, and then reset Google Wallet from within the device settings in order to enjoy NFC goodness once more. Of course, this requires you to have the foresight to perform a backup and requires your backup to be in a good working state, or at least a state where you can live with the problems.
As resets are typically due to abrupt problems with vendor-centric firmware such as
HTC's Sense UI
, most users won't have these backups and won't be able to make a working backup when the bug lands.
For heavy users, the best advice at this point is to make such a precautionary backup.
III. NFC -- Not Ready?
But when Google's "solution" for broken NFCs is to ship the device back to the manufacturer for a new one, perhaps it's a sign that NFC isn't quite ready for prime time, yet.
Google's solution to broken NFC? Ship your phone back. [Image Source: The Consumerist]
Google -- the
world's largest smartphone operating system maker
-- is also the biggest smartphone OS maker to support NFC to date. Other NFC compatible devices include a handful of Symbian smartphones from Nokia Oyj. (
) and
certain BlackBerry smartphones
from Research in Motion, Ltd. (
). NFC is supported in Microsoft Corp.'s (
Windows Phone 7.5
, but no major Windows Phone handsets have hardware support for the tech yet. Apple, Inc.'s (
iPhone 4S
notably lacks NFC support.
If Google's NFC is deemed unfit, that's a huge blow for NFC efforts, given that Apple has thus far shown no interest in the fledgling technology. With not many BlackBerries, Symbians, and Windows Phones selling these days, Google has to get NFC right or NFC is out of the game for now. And to most customers "ship it back to us" won't qualify as "getting it right".
"It looks like the iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I'm okay with that." -- Microsoft COO Kevin Turner
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The Facebook file-publishing-application sector just welcomed another member in the form of Hike Social Apps' new Dropify offering, which integrated with Facebook's open graph to allow for more robust sharing capabilities.
Dropify allows users to make files available for download via Facebook, and to share their uploading and downloading activities via their timelines and news feeds.
Facebook users can also comment on Dropify posts, as well as follow users who upload files. Dropify is also fully compatible with mobile devices.
Hike Social Apps Co-Founder and CEO Chris Striepecke said:
Dropify changes the game of file downloads. We provide a fun way for people to both publish and discover awesome free files. We make files social.
We want artists, brands, and other file owners to publish their digital giveaways via Dropify, to give them the kind of recognition their work deserves. They may also ask people to like their Facebook pages whenever they feel their download has a special value to it. It is a great way to grow your fan base.
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The task seems, except for the most insatiable voyeur, grim: analyzing nearly every Playboy, Penthouse and Hustler ever published--660 anatomically repetitive issues. Even so, the cost seems high: $734,371, or more than $1,100 per issue. And the announced goal is fuzzy: "To lay the foundation for future studies on the possible influence, or lack of influence, of erotica/ pornography, with particular emphasis on issues of child exploitation." The Justice Department has retained Judith Reisman, a communications consultant, to head a staff of 19 researchers on the project. A broader study, involving more magazines, was started more than a year ago at...
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