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Calendar Event Has Begun Appearing in Drafts every few minutes
Using Outlook 2010 against Exchange 2007.
A couple of weeks ago I found my drafts folder was filling up with dozens of copies of a calendar item. This was not a meeting request, just a reminder on my calendar.
I could not stop it, so I deleted the even hoping that would resolve the problem.
However, the problem begain immediately with another calendar item.
The will add over 150 items in my draft folder each day. Any solutions?
This issue seems to be machine specific. Here i would suggest you to open support case with Microsoft to deal with this issue.
You can contact customer central on 1-800-936-4900 or you can create online case by visiting website http://support.microsoft.com/oas
- Marked as answer by Microsoft Outlook Forum SupportMicrosoft employee, Editor Wednesday, August 29, 2012 8:07 PM
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This has just started happening to one of our users as well within the last few days. It has been happening on multiple events. Same thing where we deleted the event causing this and it starts doing it from another event. I have googled this and this post is the only thing I have found even mentioning this.
New virus?
Hi guys,
I would confirm whether you setup your hotmail account on your Outlook? I was received some reports that some hotmail users meet the same issue as you.
For the issue, you may improve your security level for your hotmail account. Change your password first!! If you sense with those request message as spam, block those sender. Refer to this link to block the sender. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/add-names-to-the-junk-email-filter-lists-HA010355043.aspx
(You may also adjust the security setting on web access.)
More information:
Do not reveal your email address on website, some security tips, read this blog. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/securitytipstalk/archive/2010/08/06/how-do-spammers-get-my-email-address.aspx
Hope these help you.
Tony Chen
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- Edited by Tony Chen CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Monday, August 20, 2012 1:52 AM
I do not think this is the issue for me. I have not put my Hotmail account in Outlook. The event showing up in drafts is a real even on my default Outlook calendar though the initial events came from a second calendar I created in Outlook. I am connecting to Exchange 2007.
Well. You may start Outlook with the command line "Outlook.exe /safe" to check if you still receive the issue.
If you install any third party sync software both on client or server, please disable it. And turn off your firewall/AVG, especially mail scanner module for further testing.
Feel free to post back. Thanks.
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- Edited by Tony Chen CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Wednesday, August 22, 2012 2:10 AM
No Hotmail here either - No third party synch software.
This machine is part of a corporate network all running the same basic setup as far as firewall, AV, etc. goes - but this is the only machine so far reporting this issue.
I ran Malwarebytes on it thinking it might be virus related, but the scan came up clean.
Everytime we delete the offending event from the calendar and delete all the draft messages, it starts up again on a different random event on the calendar. Cannot pin down anything special about these events - totally random, but once it starts kicking out drafts, it just keeps generating them every few minutes until we delete the event. Makes over 100 per day.
Thunderpup -
Any new leads on this? I have come up with nothing, and still when Googling - this is the only discussion about it I can find.
We can't be the only 2 people in the world to have seen this.... My user had it stop for a couple of days, but now today it has started back up on a different calendar item.
very puzzling.
Not a thing on my end either. I ran Outlook in safe mode and made sure I was not logged in through Outlook on any other machines and I thought it helped but it did not stop it. It is very odd to find so little (nothing) info on a problem like us. Maybe we can have the syndrome named after us. lol
This issue seems to be machine specific. Here i would suggest you to open support case with Microsoft to deal with this issue.
You can contact customer central on 1-800-936-4900 or you can create online case by visiting website http://support.microsoft.com/oas
- Marked as answer by Microsoft Outlook Forum SupportMicrosoft employee, Editor Wednesday, August 29, 2012 8:07 PM
I don't see how it can be machine specific as far as the client is concerned. This happens even when Outlook is not running on any of my devices. In that state, where only my iPhone is getting mail I continue to get multiple copies of a calendar item the draft items folder. Maybe it is an Exchange issue or a mailbox corruption issue. My mailbox will be moved in the near future, I'll see if the problem survives that.
You are not alone!
Exactly the same, started about 2 weeks ago and sending me crazy as well. Running Outlook 2010 client with hosted Exchange 2007 (Cobweb Solutions in UK).
I have the client installed on a another PC (totaly differnt specification PC) and tried this yesterday and had the same problem so it is not machine specific.
The calendar events that cause the problem are in a seperate Calendar to my my work calendar. The events are all multiday all day events.
I have an Iphone/iPad synced via Hosted Exchang and this does not trigger any reminders thank goodness.
Sorry I was MIA for a bit - on vacation the last week.
Still no resolution, but in the case here the user has the outlook account tied to an android LG phone. The calendar itself is her main Outlook Calendar, not shared. The events this has happened on have been single day events, but some were time-specific and some were all day events.
Has anyone actually tried opening a MS support ticket on this?
They have marked this as "answered", so I don't know if that means they still watch this thread or not, or whether they will offer something more helpful here.
I just found this thread. This has been happening on my machine for about a month now.
What I have noticed is that it creates a draft of an event that I have already have and it doesn't matter if it is all day of for a block of time. I have tried deleting the offending events, but it then switches to another event and starts creating the drafts again. Another thing that hasn't been mentioned is that when the recurring reminder is opened, invite attendees has been turned on.
I had a client who had the exact same issue and like described here it only occured for Calendar events longer than 1 day.
Deleting the calendar event only causes the next day long event to start being spammed to the drafts box.
The client had multiple iOS devices set up to access the exchange, the offender seems to be their MacBook which was the only device set up to sync with their calendar, after removing the accout from the macbook the issue appears to have stopped.
Re-added accounts to the other iOS devices and so far no issue.
Most likely a recent update to OS X has caused this.
EDIT: Our servers are all running Exchange 2007, would be interesting to know if this occurs with exchange 2010 aswell
- Edited by Captain Krispy Wednesday, September 12, 2012 12:37 AM update
Good suggestion Captain Krispy. I had a hunch it might have been Mountain Lion.
What worked for me was simply unchecking Calendar syncing under my Exchange account in Mail, Contacts & Calendars. I didn't have to remove the Exchange account entirely.
Back for an update: I logged into the Outlook Web Access and went to the drafts folder - cleared that out. Then went to the calendar in OWA and removed the events that keep showing up in the drafts folder.
This appears to have stopped the drafts buildup.
You are not alone.
Corporate machine. Sync'd to iPhone and iPad. I was sync'd to the Macbook Pro (with ML) but I inactivated that for the time being.
Draft stopped for a while and they started back today. My exchange account is still inactive on the Mac.
Just got a "new" - sort of related issue occuring with this...
Now in addition to the calendar event drafts, my user has a single email stuck in drafts that keeps refreshing itself every minute. It can be deleted, but in a minute it comes right back. Then as you watch it it deletes/recreated itself every minute.
I just discovered today, contrary to what I was originally told - she DOES synch this account on her MAC at home. Previously I did not know this, but we had her change her password in order to stop the MAC from synching in case it was running.
Even after changing the password to stop the MAC, and turning off Synch on her LG Android, it continues.
Another notable aspect is that this occurs within OWA even when Outlook Client is not runnning.
When we changed my users password to make sure her MAC stopped synching with our exchange server - the problem continued for a while - but - now after a while it seems to have stopped.
She has not updated the password on her MAC account and I think what we saw was it continued synching for a while because it took some time for AD to replicate things out the where it stopped authenticating the MAC and during that delay the behavior continued.
I have instructed her to leave the MAC alone and not let it connect to our system for a couple days to see if this stabilizes. Once we know it has stopped, I will have her recreate the account on the MAC and monitor from there.
I installed a system update on the Mac bringing it to 10.8.2. This required a reboot. After I cleaned out my drafts folder this morning, I've gone all day without a single calendar event showing up there. I no longer have my iPhone but I do have an iPad still talking to Exchange. I did not fire up Outlook 2011 on the Mac but instead have used a remote desktop connection for email (usual practice). I'll fire it up and see if the problem begins again but I'm thinking maybe the Apple update fixed the problem.
- Proposed as answer by blunderdog Monday, October 01, 2012 1:07 PM
- Unproposed as answer by Thunderpup Friday, October 26, 2012 6:28 PM
I am having this problem as well in our Exchange 2007 environment. I have a single user with a PC at work, iPad, iPhone, and iMac at home. He uses outlook 2011 for mac on his iMac and events on his calendar are replicating to his DRAFTS folder. Removing his mail from his Mac is not an option though it solves the problem.
I have a user who is experiencing the same thing with two calendar events on a similar configuration. (We have Exchange 2007, but he is using Outlook 2011 and his asst. is using Outlook 2010. He also has at least one iPad and iPhone.)
Anyway, what I've noticed is that one of the events is creating a draft every 15 minutes. It has been doing this for at least 12 hours. Prior to that, it was creating one or more drafts at different intervals, including every minute for a short period of time.
The other one creates two identical drafts each time, but the frequency is much lower and not any pattern I can discern.
Both events had been calendar items with pending invitations, which I canceled. Unfortunately, that didn't change anything. All of this started around the release of iOS6 and mostly ended when Apple released the 6.0.1 patch, but I have no way to prove it's related.
His assistant populates his calendar with about 99 percent of the events, but only these two are currently causing trouble. I believe my next step will be to delete the events and add them again in Outlook 2011. Interested to see if that makes a difference.
UPDATE ... after a while, the two events for which the pending invitations were canceled stopped generating drafts. However, other random events are now creating drafts. When I checked them in Outlook 2010, they also had generated pending invitations.
I found three more instances locally, and some other techs traced it back to iCal since the release of Mountain Lion. Based on the release date of 10.8 and all the other users on this thread who have Macs involved, this sure seems likely.
- Edited by HBS Tech Wednesday, December 05, 2012 2:29 PM Update
I too, was experiencing this. There seems to be no indication of a solution anywhere on the web. HOWEVER, I figured it out.
Here's the solution: Strangely, it's not really an exchange issue, but rather an issue with calendaring on the OSX side.
So you understand here's the configuration that can cause problems:
- you are using an exchange server to connect your email/calendar/notes/tasks...
- You use a PC (or VM PC) for some/most of your exchange/outlook activities
- You may or may not have MS Office 2011 (Mac) installed.
- You have one or more Apple devices connected to your exchange account (iPhone, iPad, any Mac)
After installing Mountain lion, you start noticing events being magically duplicated every few minutes in your outlook draft folder. If you delete an event, another one takes its place.
On the apple side (OSX, IOS) you MUST turn on calendar sync in all the exchange accounts on all your devices. I thought I had, then discovered that my MS Office Outlook on my Mac was missing that sync. It doesn't seem to matter which apple device is missing the sync, it only takes one of them. Once you set calendar sync to "on" for all the apple devices that access that calendar, just like magic, the phantom multi event creation stops.
You should check all MS products on the OSX/IOS devices AND all apple devices that allow syncing. I haven't turned on notes sync through the cloud, so that isn't one of the items that cause problems.
If you do this and the multi still appears, you missed something on one of your apple devices.
- Proposed as answer by Dar1-or-Joe Sunday, December 16, 2012 6:24 PM
Hi folks
I face a similar situation with mail.app 6.2(build1499)) on (iOS 10.8.2), iPhone mail and Outlook 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2 (Citrix) syncing from an Exchange 2007 server.
The user had every possible option to sync the calendar switched on. I had him switched off these options on his Apple devices, rebooting Mac and iPhone and switching the options on again.
We only had 5mins to test afterwards. It seemed ok now. But I'm only sure it's working again if he reports back tomorrow. I'll keep you updated.Update:
The user reports, that all is fine now. So, that worked;-)
None of the above options worked for me. What I ended up doing was opening the meetings and re-saving them with no changes. What I am finding is that when my assistant sometimes sets up meetings, (on a Windows machine) there is a conflict where I cannot delete them. When I set up meetings, she cannot delete them. There were 3 meetings that were problematic. Once I opened them all (on my MAC in Outlook 2011) and re-saved, the problem went away.


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Audi E-Tron Spyder Highlights Diesel PHEV TechBy John O'Dell October 13, 2011
Germans are a practical people, so when automakers such as the Volkswagen Groups Audi churn out an expensive new concept car, theres usually a retail version lurking somewhere in the background. That the company flew the only existing version of its latest advanced-drive concept the hand-built, $2.75-million (give or take) Audi E-Tron Spyder plug-in hybrid -- from Germany to Los Angeles to let U.S. journalists sample it says even more about the likelihood of production intent. It may be a few years, but its a pretty safe bet that some sort of a production mid-engine Audi roadster will be spawned by the diesel-electric, aluminum-and-carbon-fiber E-Tron Spyder concept.
AutoObserver got a few precious minutes behind the wheel of the topless 2-seater on the winding asphalt roads in the Santa Monica Mountains above Malibu, CA., earlier this week. The media preview marked the first time, Spyder project manager Uwe Haller said, that the Audi plug-in hybrid (PHEV) concept has been driven on public streets since its debut a year ago at the 2010 Paris auto show. Its twin-turbo diesel-electric powertrain isnt likely to be what propels a retail version too expensive, Haller suggested but a standard gasoline or diesel engine from the Audi engine lineup is probable. A production version of this car likely would be slotted somewhere between Audis TT and R8 sports cars.
The concept was built in just two months last year after Audi executives gave the go-ahead to the idea of a roofless PHEV roadster to flesh out the lineup of advanced-drive concepts that began at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show with the all-electric, 4-motor E-tron coupe and was followed early last year with a shorter, lighter, 2-motor version introduced at the 2010 Detroit auto show. Although slightly wider and longer than its coupe cousin, the E-Tron Spyder borrows its wedgy, sharp-edged exterior design from the Detroit show car and incorporates many of the Detroit cars interior and instrumentation touches as well. That includes Audis console-mounted, knob-shaped scroll pad with an integrated touch-sensitive surface so the driver, or passenger, can use a finger to write information such as addresses for the navigation system. The idea is to eliminate the need to use a dash-displayed touchscreen keyboard that diverts the drivers attention from the road.
Less Distraction
At a time many makers of advanced-drive vehicles are larding the instrument panel with enough powertrain information and infotainment displays to make an airline pilot feel right at home, Audi is using a minimalist approach for its electric and hybrid concept vehicles, said E-Tron Spyder interior design chief Gallitz Dorfer. The focus is on the driver and the road and we just want to give the driver enough to use the car, so there is less distraction and not an overwhelming amount of information.
Thus there are almost no extraneous knobs, dials or switches. The climate system is controlled by touch-sensitive slides hidden behind the floating dashboards thin aluminum trim strip and ignition is via a flush, console-mounted button. The single, round combination speedometer and information-display screen is flanked by four relatively tiny backlit displays two on each side of the recessed speedo that relate information about the state of charge of the hybrid battery, the climate-control settings, diesel fuel level and status of lights, oil pressure and coolant temperature. The rest is a clean sweep of hand-stitched leather trimmed in polished aluminum. The speedometer screen also displays the regenerative braking system gauge showing how much electrical power is being restored to the hybrid batteries when the car is coasting or being braked.
New-Generation Diesel Engine
The E-Tron Spyders motive power comes from a new 3.0-liter, twin-turbocharged Audi TDI V6 diesel mounted behind the cockpit and a pair of front-mounted electric motors that draw their power from a 9.1 kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery. The battery pack and the electronic power control system are packaged to ride above the motors under the clamshell front hood. The diesel has yet to be used in a production vehicle, but should appear in the next year or so in larger Audi sedans, Haller said. It produces 300 horsepower and an impressive 479 lb.-ft. of torque.
In a production Audi diesel hybrid, the engine would drive the real wheels via an electronically shifted 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. But the concept was cobbled together in two months and the dual-clutch transmission couldnt be adapted to work with the hybrid system in such a short period, so it was replaced with a continually variable transmission (CVT) and the engine was detuned so as not to overwhelm the CVT. The electric motors one for each of the front wheels combine to produce about 88 horsepower and 260 lb.-ft. of torque. They deliver all that via a single-speed transmission. The layout means the E-Tron Spyder works part of the time as an all-wheel drive vehicle with full torque-vectoring (power apportioned to individual wheels as needed), with a default torque split of 75 percent of the power to the rear and 25 percent to the front.
New-Age Materials
Like its predecessors, the E-Tron Spyder features an aluminum spaceframe hand-built for the concept clad in carbon-fiber reinforced plastic body panels for strength and light weight. The concepts design parameters call for a car that carries a fairly large diesel engine, two electric motors, a 220-pound battery and its accompanying electronic controls and still weighs in at only 3,196 pounds, about the same as a the Audi TT convertible. As built, however, the car tipped the scales at a slightly overweight 3,638 pounds, closer to an A6 sedan. Audi and fellow German automakers BMW AG and Daimler AGs Mercedes-Benz all are heavily involved in development of carbon fiber for body and structural parts because of its strength and light weight, but the material is expensive and hard to work with in large batches, so for now typically is reserved for high-end exotics and luxury cars.
31 Miles of All-Electric Range
Audi designed the E-Tron Spyders complex driveline to enable the driver to select a blended hybrid or all-electric drive mode although the all-electric mode defaults to blended operation when the batteries are too low or the cars speed exceeds 37 miles per hour. In blended mode, the electric motors provide the powerful diesel with even more boost for passing and hill climbing. In blended or all-electric modes, the motors alone can move the car along at speeds of up to 37 mph for as far as 31 miles. The concept is still a work in progress, so the switching was done manually via a computer hidden in the glove compartment. In blended mode, per Audis calculations, the diesel-electric system should propel the car to 62 mph from a standing start in just 4.4 seconds. Top speed is electronically limited to 155 mph.
By combining the frugality of a diesel albeit a high-performance one and a pair of electric motors that use no liquid fuel at all, the E-Tron Spyder theoretically would deliver combined U.S. highway and city fuel economy of 106.9 miles per gallon-equivalent. The car carries only 3.5 gallons of diesel fuel, but thats extended by the power in its battery pack. Audi said a filled and fully charged Spyder should deliver up to 600 miles of range. Charging is via a 240-volt, Level 2 charger and takes about three hours.
Production Intent?
Because the concept car is one-of-a-kind and intended only to foreshadow production possibilities, not deliver them, Audi permitted the E-Tron Spyder to be driven only for a few miles and only at speeds of less than 40 mph. Haller rode in the thin, low-slung, deeply bolstered passenger seat, wincing and uttering soft warnings whenever he saw a rock in the road or spied the speedometer edging close to the 40-mph limit. A California Highway Patrol car preceded the car and another followed, protecting it from other traffic and ensuring that E-Tron Spyders speed limit was heeded.
Whether the CHP will ever be chasing a production E-Tron Spyder along those same roads remains to be seen, but fans of Audis and fuel-efficient sports cars can take heart from the direction the company is headed: at the recent 2011 Frankfurt auto show one of the stars of the Audi display was a near-production version of an A8 E-Tron based on the original all-electric E-Tron coupe. Audi plans to bring the A8 E-Tron which features an electric motor on each wheel to market around the end of next year.


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Like the Teddybears, Whitey carries a beer-bar-danceable message from Europe, but where Teddybears want (and do, in fact, own) the TV-commercial airwaves, these guys have scummier things up their collective raincoat sleeve, namely alt-disco sleaze tricked out with Euro-dance beats, an odd way of reinterpreting Donovan Leitch's deal and a grunge engine.
The band frequently has been spotted over the years opening for the diverse likes of Iggy, New Order, and LCD Sound System. There's obviously something confounding going on here, most easily explained by looking at the misanthropic tendencies of N.J. Whitey himself, the one-man UK operation whose 2005 release, The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train, hit stores through hipsterista label Dim Mak just this past October. Until this year, one of Whitey's guitarists was Patrick Walden of Babyshambles, but "the bright lights and hot pipes enticed him away," leaving the live support in the hands of four of N.J. Whitey's dogs from back home, including a "mysterious Bavarian guy at the mixing board," says Whitey. Eric W. Saeger


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MeadWestvaco Corporation (NYSE: MWV), a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions, today announced the official opening of its state-of-the art pilot plant located in Eastern Henrico County. A key component of MWV's Center for Packaging Innovation (CPI), the pilot plant is a 48,000 square foot packaging materials and technologies research and development facility. To help kick off the opening, MWV hosted Virginia State Senator Donald McEachin for a tour of the facility. McEachin was given an inside look at the plant's operations and capabilities. Joining McEachin were members of MWV's global innovation team and Virginia Manufacturers Association (VMA) President and CEO Brett A. Vassey.
In 2010 MWV decided to move its Center for Packaging Innovation and the pilot plant, from Raleigh, N.C. to the company's global headquarters in Richmond, Va. Since that time the company has been hard at work relocating and hiring CPI and pilot plant employees, selecting the site for the pilot plant, engineering, building out, and equipping the facilities. MWV has invested more than $13 million in infrastructure and equipment to establish the pilot plant in Eastern Henrico County. Today the pilot plant is fully operational.
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The pilot plant is located in Henrico County near the Richmond International Airport. Its close proximity to additional science and design labs and other CPI experts housed within MWV's headquarters building downtown enables the plant and its employees to better collaborate with colleagues, customers and suppliers in support of the company's work to develop innovative packaging materials and solutions for the global consumer packaged goods industry.
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"Every year, I'll still see a couple of trees on the side of the road," Hinson said. "It's nice to see when people are doing the responsible thing."
Damage caused by an Evans teen will delay the opening of Columbia County's new BMX track by more than two months.
An Evans teen was charged on Dec. 26 with second degree criminal trespass for causing more than $45,000 worth of damage to the BMX track at Blanchard Woods Park in Evans, according to a Columbia County Sheriff's Office incident report. The 16-year-old was released to his parents. His name was not made public because he is a juvenile.
A Florida man accused of a fatal August shooting made his first appearance in Columbia County Superior Court on Monday with his newly-appointed attorneys at his side. At the arraignment hearing, Daniel Nelson Robinson, 22, of Jacksonville, Fla., pleaded not guilty to murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, hijacking a motor vehicle, and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
Authorities say Robinson shot and killed William "Bill" DaVitte, 55, and assaulted his wife in the parking lot of Marvin United Methodist Church on Aug. 14.
Columbia County school officials are expecting a lot on interested parents to show up Thursday night at Grovetown High School for the first of two presentations on a proposed rezoning plan for more than 20 schools.
Officials aren't expecting to be greeted with cheers. So far, much of the feedback has come from those parents who are unhappy with the plan, said Superintendent Sandra Carraway.
"The majority of comments have been requesting that their area not be rezoned," Carraway said, referring to the 121 e-mails the county has received from concerned parents.
The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff's Office incident reports:
Man found unconscious
Deputies responded to two calls of the same man passed out in public Friday night.
The manager of a Martinez grocery store called authorities after finding a man unconscious in the store's restroom.
The manager of the Food Lion at 365 S. Belair Road said he found a man unconscious in a bathroom stall at about 7 p.m. The man said he went to the bathroom before shopping and must have fallen asleep.
Pet food drive
Donations of dog, cat, puppy and kitten food accepted at Animal House, Boots, Bridles and Britches, Grovetown Farm & Garden, Vineyard Wine Market, Martinez/National Hills animal hospitals and Wild Birds Unlimited or call for pick up; benefits local rescue groups; (706) 863-2067, pawprintsfoundation.org
Hospice help
Volunteers sought for Hospice Advantage's Georgia office, 2824 Hillcreek Drive; training provided; flexible hours; (706) 651-9841, hospiceadvantage.com
Replace the Roof
Columbia County officials hope new stop-light technology, wider highways and an interchange design that requires traffic to briefly drive on the opposite side of the road will help its communities keep pace with increased traffic resulting from considerable job growth at Fort Gordon.
By the end of February, all of the county's 65 stop lights are expected to be added to InSync, an adaptive traffic-control system that coordinates the timing of lights and enables them to communicate and work together to keep vehicles moving, even as road conditions change.
While she has been in numerous shows with Musical Theatre Workshops, Claire Lubeck hasn't been cast in a lead role until now.
The 13-year-old homeschooled girl plays Alice in the theater company's production of Alice in Wonderland, which will be presented at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at Greenbrier High School.
She is excited about the part, but it's different from the other parts she's done.
Hundreds toured the new University Hospital McDuffie on Tuesday as the hospital held a ribbon-cutting and grand-opening celebration at the state-of-the-art facility on Washington Road.
University Hospital McDuffie Administrator Sandy McVicker told officials that the hospital is expecting to care for its first patient Jan. 8.
Comments from various officials kicked off the event, followed by the ribbon cutting, refreshments and tours of the new hospital.
A $30,000 piece of equipment was stolen from a Martinez business.
Reliable Equipment Rental, located in the 4000 block of Washington Road, reported to deputies that a remote trench roller was removed from its construction site between Dec. 19 and Monday, according to a Richmond County Sheriff's Office incident report.
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The parties entered into an ISDA Master Agreement for power, gas and carbon under which the NDA will sell the output from its generating stations to EDF Energy Plc and will purchase gas for Fellside and any carbon requirements under the EU ETS from EDF Energy Plc. The contract value will depend on the performance of the generating stations and the market price, but is forecast to be around £300m net with current planned closure data for the nuclear stations. EDF will also provide balancing and back office services to the NDA. It took effect from 1 April 2011 and shall terminate at the latest on 31 December 2014.
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|Re: labels resolved (was Re: XFS volume labels)
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At Thu, 5 Apr 2001 12:06:10 -0500, Nathan Scott wrote: > > hi Ed, > > [CC'd to linux-xfs in case others are bitten by this] > > On Apr 4, 9:45pm, Ed McKenzie wrote: > > Subject: Re: XFS volume labels > > > > On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 11:26:49AM -0500, Nathan Scott wrote: > > > another thing to look into will be that /proc/partitions and > > > /dev are in a sane state - /proc/partitions should be fine > > > using an xfs kernel with procfs on, but if you've got /dev > > > mounted elsewhere (using devfs?) to /dev, then this code will > > > fail to find the devices. > > > > > > you may end up having to build mount with -g and stepping thru > > > it with gdb... I can't seem to reproduce the problem at all. > > > > *gods smack Ed* > > > > I was booting with devfs=nomount, because it broke a bunch of > > userspace stuff. I'll have to live with it for now, but mount-by-label > > does work. Sorry for the spurious bug report. > > > > No worries - good to see the problem resolved. > > > Any chance SGI might disable devfs in future prerelease RPMS? RedHat's > > I'd say thats unlikely, but its not really my area. devfs fixes several evilness-es in the way linux handles devices: As the number of attached devices increases so does the management of said devices. We would like to know now devfs is working now before things get to out of hand. Other than the "/dev/mouse doesn't exist" or "/dev/cdrom doesn't exist" what other problems have you experienced? So yes devfs will remain turned on unless significant problems are encountered. > > > official statement is that the distro is devfs-ready, but it's an > > unsupported configuration -- and I'm quickly learning how unsupported > > it is. :) > > I guess your best bet is to let the individual authors or > Red Hat know about those packages which are not working > with devfs (I've found bugzilla.redhat.com pretty easy to > use in the past). > > cheers. > > -- > Nathan
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OTTAWA, Kan. - Dakota State recorded their second win of the season Sunday afternoon over Ottawa (Kan.) 6-1 at Dick Peters Memorial Sports Complex, but dropped an 11-6 decision in the second game of the doubleheader. The Trojans and Braves gained a four-game series split.
DSU and Ottawa's overall record currently stands at 2-2.
Game 1 - Dakota State 6, Ottawa (Kan.) 1 - BOX SCORE
Dakota State opened the first game with three runs scored in the top of the third inning. Anyelo Roman hit an RBI single to score Kyle Holland for the first run of the game. The Trojans added a run scored from Anyelo Roman caused by OU's defensive error. Ryan Bouricer hit an RBI ground out to score Jason Hershfield to give DSU a 3-0 lead.
After Spenser Augustine's single to open the bottom fourth inning for Ottawa, Dustin Balmer hit an RBI triple to score Augustine to trim their deficit to 3-1.
DSU hit two solo home runs in the top of the sixth inning to extend their lead to 5-1. Hershfield opened the inning with a home run on a 0-1 count. Ryan Bouricer added another homer with one-out first pitch.
Holland recorded an RBI single to score Chaz Palmer in the top of the seventh inning to make it 6-1 in favor of the Trojans.
Bourcier had a home run and two RBIs for the Trojans. Hershfield added a home run, two runs scored and an RBI. Rays Roman, Holland and Anyelo Roman each had a single.
Balmer had a triple and an RBI for Ottawa. Jeff Montenegro, Kyle Pener and Augustine each had a hit.
The Braves committed four errors in the game while DSU had one error.
Hershfield pitched a complete game victory for DSU. He limited the Braves to one run and four hits. He struck out five batters.
Jake Kissner took the loss as he pitched seven innings. He allowed six runs - four unearned - on five hits. He recorded five strikeouts.
Game 2 - Ottawa (Kan.) 11, Dakota State 6 - BOX SCORE
Ottawa produced five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 6-6 tie game into an 11-6 victory.
The Braves scored its first run of the game in the bottom second frame. Alejandro Villegas hit an RBI sacrifice fly to score Kaylem Quinn to give OU a 1-0 lead.
Dakota State answered back in the top of the third inning to tie the game at 1-1. Corey Pasichnyk opened the inning with a hit-by-pitch. Seth Doxey reached first base by walk and advanced Pasichnyk to second. Rays Roman hit an RBI fielder's choice to score Pasichnyk for DSU's first run of the game.
OU put together a 2-run bottom third inning by Pener's RBI single and Balmer's RBI sacrifice fly to give the Braves a 3-1 lead.
DSU took the lead for the first time in the second game by scoring three runs in the top of the fourth frame. Max Garza scored caused by OU's defensive error. Bourcier added an RBI sacrifice fly to score Ryan Steffensen. Pasichnyk hit a solo home run on a 0-1 count and two outs give DSU a 4-3 lead.
Augustine hit a 3-RBI double with two outs in the bottom fourth frame as Ottawa regain their lead to 6-4.
Garza hit a solo home run in the top of the fifth inning on a 1-2 count with two outs as DSU trimmed their deficit to 6-5.
The Trojans tied the game at 6-6 in the top sixth inning by Holland's RBI single to score Palmer.
OU opened the bottom sixth inning with four straight singles. The Braves produced five runs and five hits to break a 6-6 tie into an 11-6 lead.
Dakota State was unable to answer back in the final inning. The Trojans left one runner on base when the game ended.
Garza and Pasichnyk each had a home run, two runs scored and an RBI for DSU. Holland had a single and an RBI. Steffensen recorded a single.
Augustine went 3-for-4 with a double, two singles and recorded three RBIs for the Braves. Montenegro had two hits and three runs scored. Quinn had a double, a single and two RBIs.
OU outhit the Trojans 12-4 in the game.
Kyle Bradbury started on the mound for DSU. He pitched 3 2/3 innings and allowed four runs on five hits. Mike Chartier worked for 1 1/3 innings in relief and gave up two runs on two hits. Seth Rockafellow took the loss as he started the bottom of the sixth inning. He allowed five runs - one unearned - on five hits. Brandon Womack tossed one shutout inning in relief.
Tyler Wilson pitched the first four innings for the Braves. He gave up four hits - two unearned - on one hit. He recorded four strikeouts. Augustine worked one inning in relief and allowed one run on two hits. Bret Stratton pitched 2/3 innings and gave up one unearned run on one hit. Balmer recorded the victory as he pitched 1/3 innings. Montenegro tossed a shutout seventh inning to seal the victory.
Dakota State looks to bounce back in the winning column on Monday. The Trojans play a nine-inning game with Peru State in Sabetha, Kan. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
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Susan Tissot said she and her husband are basically getting their second honeymoon in Humboldt County.
Susan Tissot will soon be the new executive director of the Humboldt Botanical Garden Foundation in Eureka, which has missions that include promoting the study, use and preservation of plants and promoting the use of botanical gardens throughout the community. She was executive director of the Clark County Historical Museum for over 10 years in Vancouver, Wash., and will join her husband, Brian Tissot. He left his 15-year job directing the science programs at Washington State University Vancouver last July to become director of Humboldt State University's marine laboratory in Trinidad.
Susan Tissot said they are thrilled to live in Humboldt County.
"This has been the longest year of my life," said Susan Tissot, who has been an executive director for 15 out of the 27 years she has worked in the nonprofit sector. "We decided to move at separate times because we have a son graduating high school this June. I love the area. It's stunningly gorgeous, with the redwoods and the ocean."
Brian Tissot said he thinks what attracted them most to the county was that they very much like being a part of their community.
"We want to live in a place where we can network really well and get involved," Brian Tissot said. "Living here is an opportunity to connect with a nice community that has a lot of different things going on."
Susan Tissot said they always had a goal to get back to the coastline. The couple moved from Oregon, where they met, to Hawaii, where their children were born, before they moved to Washington for 15 years to be closer to their family.
"We're happiest at the beach," Susan Tissot said. "When the job became available at the university, we jumped at the chance. Brian was very excited. This is something he's always wanted."
Brian Tissot said that HSU has always had a strong marine program, especially now thanks to the newly formed Humboldt Marine and Coastal Science Institute.
"My job involves helping to make sure we have really nice marine facilities, students are getting supported well and finding out from the region what kind of education and outreach needs to be done in terms of marine sciences and address it," he said.
Susan Tissot said she has been canvassing the area for a position since July.
"I'm very excited to begin this position," Susan Tissot said. "It's such a dynamic group, a real diamond in the rough. The garden has huge potential."
Evelyn Giddings, the foundation's board president, said the organization has been looking for the right person to be the next executive director for quite some time, searching the entire U.S. and even England.
"We're very, very excited to have Susan," Giddings said. "We were looking for someone with experience who can work really well with people, has really good leadership experience and is good at fundraising. I think an added bonus is that she will be joining her husband."
The Tissots met in 1987 during a graduate student party at Oregon State University. She was working on her interdisciplinary master's degree in anthropology, museum studies and forest recreation resources, and he was getting his Ph.D. in zoology. They have been married for 26 years. They have two children, and their daughter is attending college.
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A Look Inside Arunee Thai, Now Open in Jackson Heights
A Q'Stoner reader sent along photos of Arunee Thai, which opened last week in Jackson Heights. He tried the chicken pad thai and passed along good reviews. He also says that "this new space is much roomier. It was a tiny space at the other location. This space also seems more upscale (moodier lighting)." You can see a picture of the interior after the jump. The restaurant is now open at 78-23 37th Avenue; it relocated from a spot on 79th Street. Anyone else give Arunee Thai a try? Leave your reviews in the comments!
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Cutie Pie..
Ok.. so I am openly admitting that even at my advanced age (no comments please) that I think Karl Urban is just a cutie pie!
Just look at that face! I mean... reeeeally darhling!
..and he even looks cute as a blonde in Lord of the Rings!
...and as Dr. McCoy.. well.. what can I say?.....
ohh damn... woof!..
I want the photo below on a T-shirt sooooooooo bad I can't stand it!
..oh gawd..
...help me! help me~....
...oh man the cowboy is "desert" if I ever saw one~.....
ok.. done drooling for now.. guess I will have to watch Star Trek yet again! I'm one of the few people that is "glad" Karl and the others from Trek have NOT started doing conventions! I can't afford to fly somewhere and stay at a hotel just to get the autographs!! (but I'd find a way even if I borrowed the money!!) and of course I hope they DO one day..*sigh*
Oh, and by the way I've seen him in enough movies now that besides being a Cutie Pie.. he's turning into a fine, fine actor! (yes, I do notice those things too! sheesh.)


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Victims and survivors are entitled to certain notifications regarding the status of a defendant while incarcerated. This notification allows victims/survivors to be informed when a defendant is released on bail or an inmate's classification within the prison is changed or he/she is paroled or completes his/her sentence. This is accomplished by completing an application for the Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI). The victim/survivors are notified directly by the Department of Correction. Accordingly, accurate and updated information is critical. In the case of a juvenile defendant, the victim/survivor would complete a Juvenile Offender Notification & Information (JONI) and would then be notified by the Department of Youth Services Victim Services Unit.
In cases where an individual becomes a victim of a sexual assault and the defendant is convicted of the crime, the defendant is required by Massachusetts State Law to register with the Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB) and to be classified by them. The Sex Offender Registry Board allows for any victim or parent/guardian of a child victim to submit a victim impact statement. A victim impact statement affords the victims/survivors an opportunity to have the SORB hear the impact the crime has had on them and their families.


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City Running Tours Brooklyn Beer Run
Brooklyn Brewery
Sat 01/04/2014
5 mile, 5K
20 Participants
Adult, Men, Women
The running tour will start and finish at The Brooklyn Brewery --- The tour takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes to complete --- Runners are asked to check-in by 11:30am. The run begins promptly at 11:45am. --- Each runner will receive a bottle of water and a beer token. At the conclusion of the run, runners are also invited to join a free tour of the Brewery by the Brewery staff. ---- PLEASE NOTE: Runners must be over the age of 21 to gain admittance to the Brewery ----- Alcohol is not served during the run ----- Each runner receives one beer token at the conclusion of the run, good for one beer inside the Brewery. Tokens can be redeemed on the day of the run, or at any time throughout the year.
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Saskatchewan Agreement
In 1997, the governments of BC and Saskatchewan entered into an agreement in which BC would provide film classification services for Saskatchewan.
When the BC government assigned Consumer Protection BC with the responsibility of administering the Motion Picture Act in 2007, Consumer Protection BC and Saskatchewan continued the existing working relationship between the two provinces.
The Act provides Consumer Protection BC with the authority to enter into agreements with other provinces for the purposes of performing classification activities.
Consumer Protection BC classifies most of the films exhibited in Saskatchewan. An explanation of the classification categories and common advisories can be found here.
The Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan (FCAA) continues to carry out administrative duties and the Saskatchewan Film Board will classify retail DVDs and some films for repertory theatres. More information on the FCAA is available here.
The agreement benefits the industry by reducing the costs and time associated with film classification.
To obtain a copy of the complete agreement, please click here. For an updated 2017 Saskatchewan Addendum please click here.
Consumer Protection BC continues to look for classification partnerships with other Canadian jurisdictions that will allow us to extend these same benefits to consumers and industry throughout the country.


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Expected, but it was still a relief. The Pacers are barely holding onto the number 3 seed in the East and they need all the help they can get. Enter the Kyrie Irvingless Cleveland Cavaliers, who are all banged up and relying on D-leaguers to play significant minutes. Two games against these guys should equal two wins, right?
But hang on a sec. These are the Pacers we're talking about. The team that can beat any team and lose to any on any given night.
The Pacers almost lost to the Cavs in game one, falling behind in the fourth and almost giving up a lead late when George Hill (filling in for the injured Darren Collison — groin) did his best Collison impersonation and missed 3 of 4 free throws in the dying seconds to send the game into overtime. Fortunately, the Pacers held on 104-98 in OT and dodged a bullet.
In game 2, the Pacers headed back to Indiana and took care of business with a convincing 102-83 victory. To be honest, neither win was anything to write home about, but two wins is two wins. The Pacers are now 37-22 and have matched their total wins from last season (which was, by the way, their best since 2005-2006). With 7 games to go in this lockout shortened season, the Pacers have a real good chance of finishing with 41 wins, which would translate to 51 games in an 82-game season. Not bad for last year's 8th seed.


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6. Question Words
By mastering these question words, your conversational skills will be much stronger!
いつ きました か?
- itsu kimashita ka?
- When did you come? [literally "when came?" Notice the "you" is understood.]
どこ から きました か?
- doko kara kimashita ka?
- Where did you come from? [literally "where from came?"]
どうして きました か?
- doushite kimashita ka?
- Why did you come? [literally "why came?"]
- naze?
- Why? [used in the same way as doushite]
だれが きました か。
- dare ga kimashita ka?
- Who came?
なに を 買いました か。
- nani o kaimashita ka.
- What did you buy?
You can do a lot more with 何, see here.
- Even with the question word a か ka is used. (Except in casual spoken Japanese.)
- The question word is at the beginning, but after the は wa if there is one.
あなた は だれ です か?
- anata wa dare desu ka?
- Who are you? (the question word dare is after the wa)
For more on this please see our "Questions and Question Words" guide.
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Difference between 'naze' and 'doushite'
'naze' is the formal version. 'doushite' is the informal version. Both mean 'why?'
naze and doushite
Naze and doushite, are basically the same... Naze is used more frequently though as Doushite usually means what's wrong? When used alone.
So what is How?
Please see this page
Please see this page http://thejapanesepage.com/grammar/chapter_four/how_dou
Attempting basic grammar
なに Is fine here, I think なん Would sound weird in your sentence. you could add が to both sentences like so:
わたしはねことたこ が すきです。 なに が すきですか。
It is ok to leave them out, but understand you are abbreviating, which sounds more casual, and maybe a little cute/cool. Stylistic points: since you changed the subject it wouldn't hurt to add あなたは. And maybe its just me, but it sounds a little weird to say you like cats and octopus... do you like them both as pets or do you like to eat both of them? ;)
Shouldn't it be 'nan' in the example you've given? I thought that was the form it took in a sentence.
Re: なに
Technically all speech should be within "sentences" so to change the end of the word simply because it's being "used" doesn't make a whole lot of sene, since that would be the actual word!
何 is pronounced either なん or なに depending on the usage.
何か なにか
何で 何で can be read なにで if you're asking by what, and なんで if you're asking why.
There are many more examples, and it's just a matter of memorizing when to use each form.
I though when 何 was with Desu
I though when 何 was with Desu it can only be pronounced as Nan. I mean 何で pronounced as Nanidesu doesn't even sound right.
It is always pronounced なんです
It is always pronounced なんです when it's followed by です. You can say both 何で(なにで) and 何で(なんで) though. They have different meanings. I usually write なんで in hiragana to avoid confusion, but writing it with kanji technically isn't wrong.
ok thanks, I'll have to get
ok thanks, I'll have to get used to that one.
The best answer I can give
The best answer I can give for now is that it depends on how it's being used.
I'm hoping that someone can give a better explanation of how the usage differs based on the grammar etc... but I don't know enough to give a better answer than that for now. :(
なに vs なん
This is probably a generalization, but a textbook I have gives the following:
なん before words that begin with d, t, k or n and for quantities.
なに for the rest
Could be many exceptions.
Are there any situations in which naze is specifically used over doushite?
Naze, nande, doushite
I was wondering too, what's the difference between "why" words?


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Cape Town - There was widespread relief among police and volunteer organisations, when a three-year-old child reported missing in Kraaifontein was found.
Al-Jane Daniels was reported missing on February 12, but was found late on Wednesday, said Dessie Rechner of the Pink Ladies Organisation for Missing Children.
A motorist had found the child walking on the N2 and had taken her to the Manenberg police, from where she was passed on to a caregiver, Rechner said.
The toddler went missing with her mother Shivern Daniels, who was later found, but Al-Jane remained missing until Wednesday.
Cape Argus


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Monument 14: Book Review
Your mother hollers that you're going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down the street. You don't stop and hug her and tell her you love her. You don't thank her for being a good, kind, patient mother. Of course not—you launch yourself down the stairs and make a run for the corner.
Only, if it's the last time you'll ever see your mother, you sort of start to wish you'd stopped and did those things. Maybe even missed the bus.
But the bus was barreling down our street, so I ran.
Fourteen kids. One superstore. A million things that go wrong.
In Emmy Laybourne's action-packed debut novel, six high school kids (some popular, some not), two eighth graders (one a tech genius), and six little kids trapped together in a chain superstore build a refuge for themselves inside. While outside, a series of escalating disasters, beginning with a monster hailstorm and ending with a chemical weapons spill, seems to be tearing the world—as they know it—apart.
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Monument 14 is very similar to books like This is Not a Test, Quartine, and other – where teens are trapped in a space (in this case it's a supermarket) and various issues present themselves. But, unlike other books like this I've read, there are younger kids – not just high schoolers.
When Dean's bus breaks down along with his brother's on their way to school as too large to be normal hail rains down on them, fourteen kids – from elementary school children to high schoolers – are brought into a mall and told to stay there. Then the only adult with them leaves to go find help. Obviously, they don't come back. The fourteen kids are faced with deciding the fate of themselves, dealing with the unusual issues that are presented to them, and getting just plain annoyed with each other. As they become more and more worried about what the future holds – along with where their parents are – the outside world is moving on, and the kids don't know what is going on.
This book is told from the perspective of Dean, a boy with a crush on one of the girls he is trapped with, who loves his younger brother Alex, has a knack for poetry, and is one of my favorite male POVs. I really liked how Emmy Laybourne took his flaws and brought them out, made him uncomfortable in some situations, and put him in super awkward scenes.
The ending of this book was so right. The choices the characters made seemed natural, and I totally understood why they made the choices they did. Dean stayed true to himself, and Alex, his little brother, made a choice that was hard, but it made sense. The end of this book was satisfying, and if there wasn't a second one, I would be fine.


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Dell Said to Get Rival Buyout Bids From Blackstone, Icahn
(Corrects terms of go-shop period in sixth, 20th paragraphs.)
Blackstone Group LP (BX) and activist investor Carl Icahn submitted proposals to buy Dell Inc. (DELL) that would rival a $24.4 billion buyout offer from Silver Lake Management LLC and company founder Michael Dell, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Blackstone, the world's biggest private-equity firm, outlined an offer valued in excess of $14.25 a share in cash, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the process is private. Blackstone is working with Morgan Stanley, which is confident it can raise debt to finance the deal, according to the person. Icahn said he'd pay $15 a share in cash for 58 percent of the company's stock, the person said.
The proposals present unexpectedly serious challenges to Michael Dell's effort to take private the Round Rock, Texas- based computer maker he created in 1984 as it struggles with competition from smartphones and tablets. Unlike the founder's offer, both rival plans give shareholders a way to participate in any potential upside, addressing criticism from investors who deemed the buyout offer of $13.65 a share as too low.
It's also rare for one private-equity firm to seek to break up another's deal. The strengths of Michael Dell's offer include his participation and his decision to roll over his 15.6 percent stake to help finance the purchase.
Financing Commitments
It may take weeks before Silver Lake and Michael Dell need to decide to make a new offer, the person said. Tomorrow, Dell's board will say whether the new proposals are reasonably likely to be superior, or most likely say it needs more time to study the offers, said one of the people.
Under terms of the original Feb. 5 merger agreement with Silver Lake, the board would then take time to determine whether the counteroffers are superior. At that point the bidders would have to get financing commitments to support their offer. After that, if the board accepts the new offer, it is required to give Silver Lake and Michael Dell at least four business days notice to top it.
Blackstone and Icahn submitted their proposals on March 22, the deadline of a so-called go-shop period designed to solicit competing bids for Dell. Southeastern Asset Management Inc. and T. Rowe Price Group Inc. (TROW), the company's largest outside investors, have said the original deal is too cheap.
The stock, which closed on March 22 at $14.14, has climbed since the leveraged buyout was announced amid speculation that Dell would fetch a higher price.
A spokesman for the Dell special committee running the go- shop process didn't return calls or e-mails seeking comment. David Frink, a spokesman for Dell, Christine Anderson, a spokeswoman for New York-based Blackstone, and Icahn declined to comment. Mary Claire Delaney, a spokeswoman for Morgan Stanley, also declined to comment.
Francisco Partners
Dell isn't planning to disclose whether it received bids until tomorrow, people familiar with the matter have said.
Blackstone, which is working with Francisco Partners LP and Insight Venture Partners LP, would acquire Dell's shares offering existing shareholders to roll in their shares in a so- called public stub, with a cap on how much stock they can keep, said one of the people. Insight and Francisco Partners weren't immediately reachable for a comment.
Blackstone, which last year hired Dave Johnson, Dell's former head of mergers and acquisitions, was considering several options prior to the go-shop deadline, Bloomberg News reported previously. The firm had explored making a bid with private- equity firm TPG Capital, said people familiar with the matter. TPG isn't part of the group that submitted the proposal, said one person.
Dell Financial
Blackstone had envisioned a sale of the Dell Financial to General Electric Co. (GE) or another bidder, the people said. The unit's sale wasn't mentioned in the firm's proposal, according to one person. The private-equity firm has also spoken to Southeastern to see if the firm would be interested in rolling in its stake, people with knowledge of the talks said.
Icahn's proposal offers to pay shareholders $15 a share, said the person with knowledge of his plan. The 77-year-old billionaire would limit his cash outlay, meaning a minority stake of the company could still remain in public hands.
Icahn, who has acquired a stake of less than 5 percent in Dell, has called on Dell to pay a special dividend of $9 a share if the Silver Lake deal failed. He has said that he'll start a proxy fight to put up his own board candidates if Dell refuses.
Public Participation
Blackstone, led by Stephen Schwarzman, oversees $210.2 billion of assets, the most among global buyout firms. Unlike Silver Lake, which focuses on technology companies, it hasn't done many deals in the industry. Its two biggest haven't fared well.
Blackstone and two partners bought Freescale Semiconductor Inc. for $17.6 billion in 2006. They have registered a more than 50 percent loss on their $7.2 billion investment in the deal, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Blackstone was also part of a Silver Lake group that paid $10.6 billion for SunGard Data Systems Inc. in March 2005, a deal that is barely breaking even.
Michael Dell is seeking to take back majority control of the company he started in a University of Texas dormitory, after struggling to equip the PC maker for a new generation of competitors in mobile and cloud computing. He's betting that he can more effectively transform Dell into a provider of a broad range of products and services for corporations outside the scrutiny of public investors.
The deal requires the support of more than half of the company's investors, excluding Michael Dell.
Offer's Restrictions
Michael Dell and Silver Lake agreed to a number of restrictions in an effort to create a deal that would withstand shareholder scrutiny, people familiar with the matter said last month. One is that Michael Dell, 48, and Silver Lake can only make one more bid, the people said. So if they move to top Blackstone or Icahn once, they are unable to make a second offer. The breakup fee of $180 million -- which Blackstone or Icahn would have to pay if they block the deal --is half of the typical fee for a deal of this size, these people said.
Neither Blackstone nor Icahn mentioned Michael Dell's role in their offers, one of the people said.
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) and Lenovo Group Ltd. (992) also reviewed Dell's books during the go-shop period, people familiar with the matter said.
Dell had last year privately forecast $5.6 billion in operating income for 2014, a figure that is now going to come in around $3 billion, said one of these people. That rapid fall could jeopardize the bank loans for Silver Lake, said this person, if the lenders on the deal made their financing commitment based on the higher numbers.
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Singapore, Singapore, 2010/06/14 - Equal Strategy CEO Simon Faure-Field, has been newly elected onto the Board of Directors for 2010-2011.
The On Hold Messaging Association (OHMA) is an international organisation composed of audio marketing agencies who are dedicated in expanding awareness of the On Hold Messaging industry.
The tenth annual OHMA conference was held at the Westin San Diego this year, electing a new board of directors to include Allen Gaughf, Chairman, Vince Koegle, Vice-Chairman, Pete Turpel, Ex Officio Chair, Mitch Keller, Andy Hedberg, Justin Ginsberg, Jerry Brown, Nick Findlay and Equal Strategys CEO, Simon Faure-Field.
In addition to the election, the conference promoted creative and marketing strategies as well as the winners of the industrys MARCE (Marketing and Creative Excellence) awards. The 2011 conference will be held in St. Louis, MO.
Equal Strategys CEO Simon Faure-Field quotes I am delighted to be elected to the board of directors, which further drives my commitment in sharing with clients in Asia on hold messaging and messages on hold best practices and the latest sensory branding techniques.
This years focus is to encourage qualified on hold messaging and messages on hold companies to join OHMA, to strengthen the industry, and also by creating awareness of the importance of marketing on hold. OHMA promotes ethical and professional business practices and helps independent On Hold Messaging agencies develop their business. Member agencies and client relationships are also enhanced through education, self-regulation, service and support excellence.
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This is because it can contain all the necessary information they need to deliver in just a tri-fold piece of paper, for example. These marketing materials can provide an overview about a company or business; introduce their products and services; and make client testimonials available. Any business, company or organization to their full advantage can use them.
Brochure printing is easy to do. In fact, even with a limited technical knowhow on design, you can make your own copies. You can simply use simple computer programs, such as Microsoft Office or Publisher, in making a design template from scratch. You need not to worry about not getting it right the first time around. Every successful designer has experienced the stage when you cannot figure out what to do or you are not able to make your intended design. There can be many frustrations. You just need to extend your patience.
Therefore, what you need to do when printing using Microsoft Publisher are the following:
- Start with a design idea. Your output should be seamless in terms of design as well as content. In order to achieve this though, you need to organize your ideas. You need to know what design you will create, how the layout will be, and how many folds will it have, among other concerns. If you have already decided on those concerns, you can now start with the actual design.
- Create a design from scratch. There are free design templates that are available for use. However, if you want to make a unique copy that can stand out from the rest and can fully represent your business or company, you need to customize the design. Using the design ideas you have decided on the first step, create a design using Microsoft Publisher.
- Make use of images and colors. There is nothing more attractive than a marketing material that contains a combination of well-chosen colors and aptly placed photographs. Your readers can be visual, looking at the photographs first before reading the content. Thus, you need to make use of quality photos of your products and services to give them an idea about what you have to offer.
- Do not forget to include your logo. Your company or business logo is a representation of your company. That is why to foster brand recognition among your target clientele, you should include your logo. Use a high-resolution logo to avoid pixilation. Just resize the logo if it is too big to fit for print. If you have a company slogan or business motto, include this too.
- Edit, edit, edit, and edit. Check your copy not just once or twice. Review it a million times before you produce it en masse. Usually, you will find a mistake here and error there. In order to help you identify these, print a test page. You should proof read the content and make the necessary changes thereafter. Once you are done, you can now send it for an actual print.
Kaye Z. Marks is an avid writer and follower of the developments in brochure printing industry that help businesses in their marketing and advertising campaigns.


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Research Topics
Jenny Doust
Affiliation: University of Queensland
Country: Australia
Detail Information
- A systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of natriuretic peptides for heart failureJenny A Doust
Centre for General Practice, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
Arch Intern Med 164:1978-84. 2004..Natriuretic peptides have been proposed as a possible test for assisting diagnosis. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), including a comparison with atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)...
- Identifying studies for systematic reviews of diagnostic tests was difficult due to the poor sensitivity and precision of methodologic filters and the lack of information in the abstractJ A Doust
University of Queensland, School of Medicine, Center for General Practice, Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia
J Clin Epidemiol 58:444-9. 2005..This study assessed (1) the sensitivity and precision of five published search strategies and (2) the reliability and accuracy of reviewers screening the results of the search strategy...
- EBM journal clubs in general practiceJenny Doust
Discipline of General Practice, University of Queensland
Aust Fam Physician 37:54-6. 2008..This will be supported as a Category 1 CPD activity by The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in the 2008-2010 triennium...
- Diagnostic accuracy of cystatin C compared to serum creatinine for the estimation of renal dysfunction in adults and children--a meta-analysisJuliana F Roos
School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Clin Biochem 40:383-91. 2007..To perform a systematic review comparing the diagnostic accuracy of CysC with SCr...
- Information from pharmaceutical companies and the quality, quantity, and cost of physicians' prescribing: a systematic reviewGeoffrey K Spurling
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
PLoS Med 7:e1000352. 2010..The objective of this review is to examine the relationship between exposure to information from pharmaceutical companies and the quality, quantity, and cost of physicians' prescribing...
- Evidence based answers--is salmeterol safe in asthma?Geoffrey Spurling
Discipline of General Practice, University of Queensland
Aust Fam Physician 35:625-6. 2006
- The role of BNP testing in heart failureJenny Doust
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Am Fam Physician 74:1893-8. 2006..BNP level is a strong predictor of risk of death and cardiovascular events in patients previously diagnosed with heart failure or cardiac dysfunction...
- Seriously working together: integrated governance models to achieve sustainable partnerships between health care organisationsClaire L Jackson
Discipline of General Practice, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Med J Aust 188:S57-60. 2008..To identify sustainable governance arrangements for health care organisations undertaking integrated health service delivery based on best available evidence...
- Doctors as patients: a systematic review of doctors' health access and the barriers they experienceMargaret Kay
Discipline of General Practice, Royal Brisbaine Hospital Complex, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Br J Gen Pract 58:501-8. 2008....
- Systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of C-reactive protein to detect bacterial infection in nonhospitalized infants and children with feverSharon Sanders
The School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane Hospital Complex, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
J Pediatr 153:570-4. 2008..To determine the accuracy of C-reactive protein (CRP) for diagnosing serious bacterial and bacterial infections in infants and children presenting with fever...
- Diagnostic and management strategies for anaemia in adultsJenny Doust
Centre for General Practice, University of Queensland
Aust Fam Physician 32:889-94. 2003..Anaemia is often an incidental finding or is discovered when patients present with nonspecific symptoms such as tiredness...
- Is pulse palpation helpful in detecting atrial fibrillation? A systematic reviewGeorga Cooke
University of Queensland, Australia
J Fam Pract 55:130-4. 2006..Atrial fibrillation in the elderly is common and potentially life threatening. The classical sign of atrial fibrillation is an irregularly irregular pulse...
- Identifying health centers in honduras infested with Rhodnius prolixus using the seroprevalence of Chagas disease in children younger than 13 yearsGeoffrey Spurling
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris, France
Am J Trop Med Hyg 73:307-8. 2005..Developing countries with limited resources may find this strategy useful in combating Chagas disease. This strategy also identifies seropositive children, which facilitates their treatment...
- A systematic review of brachytherapy. Is it an effective and safe treatment for localised prostate cancer?Jenny Doust
Centre for General Practice, University of Queensland
Aust Fam Physician 33:525-9. 2004..Brachytherapy is a promising treatment for prostate cancer as it may have reduced rates of impotence and incontinence...
- Antibiotics for bronchiolitis in childrenGeoffrey Kp Spurling
Discipline of General Practice, Level 2, Edith Cavell Building, University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4029
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 6:CD005189. 2011..Antibiotics are not recommended for bronchiolitis unless there is concern about complications such as secondary bacterial pneumonia or respiratory failure. Nevertheless, they are used at rates of 34% to 99% in uncomplicated cases...
- How well does B-type natriuretic peptide predict death and cardiac events in patients with heart failure: systematic reviewJenny A Doust
Centre for General Practice, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
BMJ 330:625. 2005..To assess how well B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) predicts prognosis in patients with heart failure...
- Diagnostic accuracy of natriuretic peptidesJenny A Doust
Arch Intern Med 165:1199. 2005
- Evaluating diagnostic tests-should the same methods apply?Jenny A Doust
Am Heart J 156:4-6. 2008


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When some families gather to make tamales, a holiday tradition unfolds.
Families come together to make this Mexican dish during the holiday season as a way to foster togetherness.
"We are all busy, and this brings us all together for holidays," Rudy Mendez, 59, says of his family's Christmas tamale-making tradition, started 36 years ago by Mendez's late parents, Lillian and Rudy.
"There's a certain part of me that thinks I am supposed to do this for my family, and I feel the tradition has to go on."
Mendez's family gathered recently to make a whopping 765 tamales (minus a few dozen eaten during the process).
Tamale parties, called tamalades, are "a wonderful time to get the whole family together," says Maria Elana Rodriguez of Allen Park, a Mexican cuisine historian and author of "Detroit's Mexicantown." "That's what it's all about."
Rodriguez likened tamale making to a cookie exchange.
"If you want to take tamales home, you've got to help," she says.
Tamales consist of a filling such as seasoned pork coated with a layer of masa (a dough made of finely ground corn mixed with seasonings), all neatly wrapped in a corn husk.
In southwest Detroit, this is a busy time for tortilla factories and tamalerias that make the masa.
"I will go through at least 3,000-5,000 pounds of corn dough in a matter of two weeks during this time," says Susana Garza-Villarreal, 52, owner of Tamaleria Nuevo Leon in Detroit.
"I have people coming in Friday from Chelsea, picking up 85 pounds of corn dough. They come every year and, they have been for nearly 20 years."
For Mendez, this year was the first time the tamale-making took place at his home.
He still makes them the old-school way — the way his parents taught him to make them.
The dried ancho chiles are seeded and stemmed by hand and cooked in water to soften. The cumino (cumin seed) are ground in a Mexican molcajete — a stone bowl made of volcanic rock (think of a mortar and pestle).
Mendez remembers the process, but also relies on hand-written recipes from his mother's recipe box. There are several tamale recipes in the copper box that record various years and the amounts of meat and seasoning used for each tamalade.
Planning and prepping for the Mendez family event started five days before.
There were 45 pounds of pork butt to order as well as bags of dried chili peppers purchased from E & L Mercado in Detroit. The family gets masa from Evie's Tamales on Bagley in Detroit, because Mendez's father lived in an apartment next door many years ago.
On tamale-making day, family and friends arrived from around Detroit in shifts to make the tamales. Folks like Paul Wilson, 43, of Dearborn, Walt Fronczak, 49, of Wyandotte and Warren Knapp, 49, of Lincoln Park have been lending a hand for years. Most of them started out as husk runners, who are responsible for soaking husks. Now they sit and chat, spreading masa on the husks, topping with the meat and rolling.
"It's an awesome time because we don't see each other as much as we used to," Fronczak says. "It gives us a chance to catch up."
Fronczak says he likes spreading the masa and has a knack for it.
"You work hard but the rewards are great," he says.
The end result: tasty tamales wrapped with love.
"It's handmade and family-made," Mendez says.
For perfect tamales
Here are some tamale-making tips from the Mendez family's annual tamalade:
· The pork should be cooked until so tender that it's easily shredded with a fork. Gabriel (Goldie) Mendez says it should be stringy, not clumpy.
· Make the sauce ahead of time. Rudy Mendez makes the sauce for the pork the day before. The sauce, a blend of ancho chiles and seasoning, is poured over and mixed in with the cooked meat and chilled overnight. "The sauce gives the meat its flavor and color," Mendez says.
· Soak corn husks in warm water for about 20 minutes to make them soft and pliable.
· Spread the masa with care. On the shiny side of the corn husk, which must be patted dry, spread the masa starting about half way down on the husk and working up to the widest point. The traditional way to spread the masa is to use a butter knife, though Walt Fronczak used a putty knife this year with great success. Spread the masa to within about one-half inch of the top edge. If the masa is too thick, the tamale will not cook all the way through. If it is too thin, the tamale will fall apart.
· To add the filling, spread a small amount (about 2 T.) on the masa along one edge. Fold the corn husk over once. Then bring up and fold over the bottom edge so it will tuck in as you continue rolling. Finish rolling to form a neat little package.
· Steam the tamales for about 35 minutes. Serve immediately. Or cool, wrap and freeze.
Stove-Top Tamale Pie
(Makes 4-6 servings)
Tamale pie recipes can be a way to capture the flavor and concept of tamales.
1 tsp. olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 pound lean ground beef
1 can (8-oz.) tomato sauce
1 can (14-oz.) black beans, undrained
½ cup water
1 can (3-oz.) chopped green chiles, undrained
1 package (1.25-oz.) taco seasoning mix
1 package (8-oz.) corn muffin mix
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
¼ cup sliced green onion
Steps: In a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, place the olive oil and onion and saute until the onion is translucent. Add the ground beef and brown; drain the fat.
Stir in the tomato sauce, black beans, water, green chiles and taco seasoning mix. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 5 minutes.
Prepare the corn muffin mix according to package directions. Drop small spoonfuls of batter on the meat mixture in the skillet; don't worry if there are some small uncovered places. Cover and cook over medium heat 15-17 minutes until the batter is cooked through.
Sprinkle the mixture with the cheese and green onion. Recover and cook 3-4 minutes over low heat until the cheese melts.
Tested by Sylvia Rector for the Free Press Test Kitchen.
446 calories (38 percent from fat), 19 grams fat (8 grams sat. fat), 45 grams carbohydrates, 25 grams protein, 1,380 mg sodium, 75 mg cholesterol, 5 grams fiber.


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Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are fast friends. The NATIONAL ENQUIRER captured the "bro-mancers" on a Buddy Bike Ride during the late afternoon, Sunday, April 27.
After watching some beach volleyball, Vince and Owen took off on their bikes, at Ocean and 10th. The night before they hung out at Casa Tua, hotspot and foodie favorite, long past closing time.
Meanwhile, Vince's ex, Jen Aniston, is in a sudden hot romance with John Mayer. Looks like things are heating up in Miami!


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I'm baking various things to serve on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I can start baking tonight and will have various chunks of time tomorrow, Wednesday, and probably time to bake one thing Christmas morning.
I can't fit them all in the freezer, but have room in the refrigerator and cupboards. My storage containers until service are basically freezer baggies, plastic wrap and heavy duty foil (i.e., no airtight Tupperware, etc.).
I'm not sure of the order in which these should be baked, to ensure freshness, or whether they should be frozen, refrigerated, or neither.
1) Various cookies, mostly butter or sugar recipes. The hardest to store, I think, will be thumbprint cookies with jams and preserves (due to stickiness factor).
2) Genoise base for Baked Alaska.
3) Quick breads for Christmas Dinner. (I *think* those should be baked close to serving, right? Plus, they're...quick.)
4) Yeast bread (French or Italian baguettes) for Christmas Day.
I have a couple of other items I will definitely bake during Christmas Eve day, so I'd like to start getting some of these done if it won't sacrifice quality. Thanks.


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North Dakota mule deer on rise: Aerial survey shows 19 percent increase from last season
After several harsh winters that decimated the state's mule deer, the animals are experiencing a short-term comeback, according to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.
There are 19 percent more mule deer from the same time last year, researchers reported during a recent aerial survey.
Wildlife analysts covered approximately 300 square miles of land for the survey. They counted mule deer from fixed-wing airplanes, which provides an estimate of how many are proliferating, Game and Fish big game supervisor Bruce Stillings said.
"This is one of our prized big game species that hunters have a real interest in," he said. "People here really appreciate the presence of the mule deer in the Badlands."
Stillings credited less severe winters and improved mating for the mule deer uptick.
Mule deer can be identified by their large, mule-like ears, along with a white rump patch and a small white tail with a black tip.
When hunting season begins, Game and Fish will not allow female mule deer to be killed for the third straight year, in order to boost numbers.
The mule deer population peaked in the 2000s from 2005 to 2008, Stillings said.
After "horrific" winters for two consecutive years, Game and Fish workers saw a 50 percent drop in population when they conducted a survey in 2012, when mule deer counted neared only 1,000.
This year, mule deer surveyed numbered 1,944.
Biologists calculated 6.3 deer per square mile in the badlands, which is up from 5.3 deer per square mile last year.
Still, these are slightly below the long-term average of 6.8 deer per square mile.
Production of fawns has still been below average, Stillings said. Predators, like mountain lions and coyotes, proliferation of water-devouring Rocky Mountain junipers, rampant poaching and harsh winter weather can pose threats to fawn survival.
And, of course, a more industrialized North Dakota landscape, caused by oil development, has fragmented and disturbed mule deer habitats, Stillings said.
"More roads mean less habitat. It's that simple," he said.
Marshall Johnson, the Mule Deer Foundation regional director for North Dakota, said mule deer populations typically do not rise quickly from year to year. So, double-digit percentage gains are a step in the right direction.
The Mule Deer Foundation raises and pledges funds to mule deer conservation efforts. It has been working on controlled burns of ranches with Rocky Mountain junipers on them, which can also benefit cattle, elk, bighorn sheep and turkeys, Johnson said.
The Foundation will seek grants to help extend the effectiveness of the Conservation Reserve Program, a federal program that provides landowners with funds to preserve wildlife habitats.
Johnson said he would like to see game and fish officials pledge more resources to survey factors that allow fawns to survive within the first three months of life. He said the state does not have enough information about why fawn populations continue to stay at record lows.
"The fawn mortality rate is incredibly, incredibly high," Johnson said. "Just how many fawns are we getting through the fall?"