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Sprint in Talks to Buy Clearwire
Sprint Nextel Corp. is in talks to acquire the 49% of Clearwire Corp. it does not already own, Anton Troianovski reports on digits. Photo: AP Images.
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HB of CJ wrote:The folks in Grantsville. IMHO, all of this machine tool madness is fine and dandy, but it may not have any sense of practicality in the Ring Of Fire Universe. The hillbillies do not have 5% of what it would take to make what it would take to make what it would take. You get the idea. They are cut off "out of time".
Another big problem is has not been adequately discussed is that spies of various nations, (France?) have ALREADY raided the various public, private and school libraries. They know all this machine tool stuff is also possible and they might have the weight of entire functioning national governments behind them.
Sosss...what exactly IS DOABLE or WORKABLE? Dunno fur sures. Perhaps a step by step slow approach in re-establishing a machine tool capability....this is if the surrounding enemy gives the new United States any time to do so....or if the enemy does not do so on their own. Times are going to get very tough indeed. Just me. HB of CJ (old coot)
The biggest problem I have with the Grantville machine shops is replacement tools for their uptime equipment. Pretty sure they will run out of carbide and / or titanium end mill bits in short order, not to mention grinding wheels and lathe bits and drill bits and ad nauseum. Give me Atlanta and the McMaster Carr and Grainger warehouses and we have a shot. Grantville? Within 2 or 3 years, their perishable tooling is all going to be perished.

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Free Reign II
Miss You
Produced by the band themselves in their hometown of Liverpool and mixed with the assistance of Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), Free Reign is an extremely apt title for a particularly bold and assured new transmission from planet Clinic. In the fifteen years since the release of the irrepressible band's debut EP, Ade Blackburn and co. have essentially delivered an exquisite master-class in fearless singularity - consistently and steadfastly pushing the frontiers of their perfectly-defined, next-dimension pop trips on their own trajectory over the course of six, and now seven, confoundingly magnificent albums.
A Grammy nomination, performance on The David Letterman Show, high profile tours with fans such as The Flaming Lips, Radiohead and Arcade Fire and a lot of reverence from notable artists - both established and emergent - over the years have seen Clinic flirt with the mainstream and be cemented into cult firmament alike, without ever really courting either acceptance directly. Their craft, one that has always bloomed in isolation and seemed impervious to the fickle tide of trend or fad, remains both resolutely eclectic and acutely focused. The junkshop-trawling analogue fetishism of the warm, smokey instrumentation that gives their songs such a vividly placeable sense of mood and atmosphere; the surrealist bent of Blackburn's lyrics - so steeped in their own personal mythology - and the band's over-riding commitment to never straying into the realm of the obvious or complacent are all long-standing elements of Clinic's work that are furthered, perfected even, on Free Reign.
Free Reign's predecessor - the wistful, bittersweet Bubblegum - saw the band welcoming an outsider, Dallas-based producer John Congleton into their fold for the first time and as such marked a subtle but not insignificant step away from the mutated strand of post-punk that had up to that point been the band's calling card. Under Congleton's influence, the frenetic, breakneck pace of the band's usual predilection slowed a little, songs stretched out into more exploratory territory and drew from a richer, warmer palette of sounds that emphasized a new, more classically songwriter-led approach to composition perfectly. It was a record that still had marks of the murky, subterranean energy of Clinic but one that had, in Blackburn's words at the time, "mellowed" somewhat.
So, what next? A less restlessly, creatively contrary entity than Clinic at this point in their career might be content to put their feet up; continue smoothing off those rough edges, replicate Bubblegum's comparatively easy charms and settle down for good. Of course, that is not the case here. Recorded in vintage Clinic style without outside interference in the band's Liverpool bolthole, Free Reign neither turns its back on the direction of Bubblegum, nor seeks to revisit it verbatim, instead incorporating the simple, childlike melodies and spacious nature of the former whilst at the same time being as powerful, visceral and rhythmically charged as anything the band have ever recorded.
The freakish gospel crawl of opening song 'Misty' sets the bar high right from the off; Blackburn's familiar acidic incantations casting him as a kind of extra-terrestrial preacher amidst a storm of hissing electronic interference, motorik drums and almost abrasively loud, warped vintage organ wobble. When juxtaposed with the harshness of the noise upon which it floats the playful, naïve nature of the vocal melody rings like some sort of post-apocalyptic lullaby for the world itself - the disarmingly gentle proclamation of "Misty, we've won" becoming almost foreboding. It's an enigmatic, potently evocative introduction to the record and in many ways is classic Clinic - shining the spirit of vintage songwriting through their own foggy prism until it takes on strange, spooked new shapes - and yet it feels more fierce and stark now than perhaps ever before.
"We enjoyed making Bubblegum and experimenting with some more laid-back song structures and sounds but it wasn't interesting to us to try and do that again. We thought it'd be fun to gravitate towards a sound that was louder and rawer whilst keeping the emphasis on songwriting. Making the record ourselves again, in a very DIY fashion allowed us to have that feel", explains Blackburn. "We wanted to evoke the energy that our early more post-punk stuff had but without relying on the guitars to carry that. And so on this record, all the noise and abrasion comes from the drum machines and keys instead, that was something new for us."
The result of this process is a record that manages to marry together a typically eclectic and diffuse set of aesthetic touch points within a unified sense of nervous energy. 'Miss You' is an extremely off-kilter slow jam with a unsettlingly twisted funk riff that creeps along obsessively like a heavily medicated Invaders, the damaged waves of interference and ghostly effects that cut through the mix making the titular refrain sound as dark as it is romantic.
The very appropriately titled, hypnotic jazz freak-out 'Cosmic Radiation', meanwhile, sounds like The Fall playing on a Sun Ra or Charles Mingus number; a seriously sickly-sounding clarinet pushing the red as the whole thing jitters along in a way that suggests imminent spontaneous combustion. Slow builder 'You' starts by sampling schoolyard chatter dissipating into white noise and proceeds to unfold into a sprawling drug-dub with a blasted baggy swing and 'Boney M' summons the proto space rock spirit of Hawkwind and puts it in fifth gear, Blackburn barking a reverb-heavy sermon from within the maelstrom. Only the lethargically blissful 'Seasons' really takes the pedal off the metal, but with its frayed church organ and hissing, scattershot beat, even that has an intensity to go alongside its gentle, inebriated sensuality.
Unflinchingly original, hugely innovative, hopelessly weird and defiantly beautiful; a raw, DIY album of slyly virtuoso musicality and brave, beguiling songcraft, Free Reign is the new album by Clinic. Who else?
- Clinic announce new album 'Wheeltappers and Shunters'
- CLINIC Release Free Reign II
- Clinic Given Free Reign on Upcoming UK Tour
- Clinic Announce Special Liverpool Gig on Saturday, Stream Album
- Clinic Announce New Album: 'Free Reign'
- Clinic Tour Dates Announced
- Free download of a remix of 'Bubblegum' by Clinic
- Clinic UK Tour Postponed
- Stream Clinic's 'Bubblegum' This Week
- Clinic 'Bubblegum' Deluxe Vinyl Edition


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Kamikaze Attack is a small cult brand from Kojima, Japan. The owner started off working for a tattoo shop which eventually sold clothes and jeans, but he hated them all, so he decided to create his own label. Their motto: "Project to conquer the world."
Kamikaze Attack has now collaborated with Naked & Famous on a pair of super dark indigo warp + weft 14.5oz unsanforized selvedge denim with a bit of a sheen. The jeans feature half lined back pockets, KA logo pocket bags, hidden copper rivets, a deerskin leather patch featuring both brand logos and a naked punk-rock Japanese girl licking a guitar between her boobies.
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Mysterious scare: No leads in alleged abduction
The news horrified Charlottesville: A man allegedly tried to snatch an eight-year-old boy at Fashion Square mall July 10, only to be foiled by the intervention of a mysterious rescuer.
Television station NBC 29 and WINA radio repeatedly broadcast the tale. The Daily Progress carried the story July 11.
But since then? The media updates on a scenario that's every parent's worst nightmare? Nada.
What happened to the alleged predator in our midst? Why no follow-up stories, no front-page composite sketches? No breathless features on, say, a "community gripped by fear"?
And where is this Good Samaritan who supposedly saved the boy from being dragged to the abductor's "silver or dark-colored pickup truck," according to an Albemarle County police officer quoted in the Progress? Surely that person would stick around– if not for the accolades, then to make sure the boy was safely reunited with his family.
"There's nobody that's been identified," says Sgt. Shawn Schwertfeger.
According to the Progress, the incident began when a Greene County boy became separated from his parents while shopping at J.C. Penney around 6:30pm. A "dark-skinned black man," the report continues, thin, about six-feet tall, in his teens to 20s, wearing a white t-shirt and jeans, grabbed the boy by the arm, walked him through the store and outside. He ran away when another man approached him.
Apart from the Samaritan (a man supposedly wearing dark gray) who allegedly intervened, there were no other witnesses.
What about mall security cameras? Fashion Square officials declined to comment, and referred The Hook to the Albemarle police. So far, the tapes have turned up nothing. "We're still reviewing those," says Schwertfeger.
Nor is there a composite drawing. Says Schwertfeger, "If we had a good description or any other public safety information, we would get it out."
A week later, on July 19, police had nothing new to report. Schwertfeger says the incident is still an active investigation, and "We're still looking for any information."
Some initially concerned citizens are now wondering whether there even was an abduction attempt, given the absence of the Good Samaritan and the stereotypical description of a black abductor. A similar description was used by Susan Smith, a South Carolina woman who drowned her two children in 1984. Five years earlier, Charles Stuart murdered his wife in Boston, then claimed a black man had attacked the couple in their car.
And what about members of the media who report an incident that terrifies the community, and then don't follow up?
"If it's true a boy was threatened with abduction, you need to let the public know," says Wendell Cochran, professor of journalism ethics at American University. "If it's not true, you need to let the public know that, too."
Cochran understands the need to report an incident like this. But he also says reporters should come back to ask more questions.
He warns of the hazards of questioning the veracity of a child's account. "As soon as you say it might be a hoax, people will call in saying, 'How dare you accuse this kid of being a liar?' Or then you discover, 'Oh, heck, it was true.'
"It's a messy situation," Cochran continues. "That's the nature of the news."
Cochran has one other piece of advice for reporters: "You've got to be skeptical about your sources."
"If law enforcement released to the public a serious event they've proven to be false, the public has a right to know to reduce fear," says a local police officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Police declined comment when asked if they believe there was an abduction attempt. And a request to interview the boy's family was referred to the case officer, who is on vacation.
Scene of an attempted abduction of an eight-year-old boy? No witnesses, including the man who allegedly saved the boy from his alleged kidnaper, have come forth.


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CFO Moves this week include:
|Nordstrom, Inc.
|Shake Shack Inc.
|Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
|BIOLASE, Inc.
|Fourthstone LLC
|Light Engine Design Corp.
|M. A. Mortenson Company
|RPX Corporation
|Molina Healthcare, Inc.
|California Life Sciences Association
|CMS Energy
|Welbilt, Inc.
|BancorpSouth, Inc.
|USANA Health Sciences
|Canvas Solutions
|Galaxy Gaming, Inc.
|PLx Pharma Inc.
|FRONTEO USA, Inc.
|T2 Biosystems, Inc.
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Nordstrom, Inc. [SEATTLE] announced that Anne Bramman is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). She replaces Mike Koppel, who is retiring. Ms. Bramman comes to Nordstrom from Avery Dennison Corporation where she has served as Senior Vice President and CFO since 2015. She previously held the CFO position at Carnival Cruise Line and was CFO of Henri Bendel.
HBC [TORONTO & NEW YORK] (TSX: HBC) announced that the company's Chief Financial Officer, Paul Beesley, has made the decision to resign. Mr. Beesley moved to New York to join HBC as CFO in May 2014.
Shake Shack Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SHAK) announced that Tara Comonte has been appointed to serve as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Shake Shack, Ms. Comonte served as Chief Financial & Business Affairs Officer and Executive Vice President at Getty Images, having joined in April 2013 as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. Earlier in her career, Ms. Comonte served as Chief Financial Officer at McCann Worldgroup. Previously, she was a key founding member of Mediabrands, serving there as Global CFO and COO.
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. [DULUTH, Ga.] (NYSE: ABG) announced that Sean D. Goodman will join the company as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Goodman joins the Company from Unifi, Inc., where he served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer since January 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Goodman was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Americas region for Landis+Gyr, Inc., from April 2011 to January 2016. Mr. Goodman also served in various roles at The Home Depot, Inc. from February 2006 to April 2011, including Director of Strategic Business Development and Director of Finance. Before joining Home Depot, he was with Morgan Stanley, Inc.
Lumileds [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Ilan Daskal as its Chief Financial Officer.
BIOLASE, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: BIOL) announced that it has accepted the resignation of recently named Chief Financial Officer Mark J. Nelson. The Company will be initiating a search for a Chief Financial Officer. Until a replacement is named, day-to-day finance responsibilities will be handled by the Company's long-tenured Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller Brendan O'Connell.
Fourthstone LLC [ST LOUIS] has named Rob Anderson to the position of Chief Financial Officer and appointed him a member of the firm's Investment Committee. Anderson most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for PetSmart, after a stint at Save-A-Lot. Prior to Save-A-Lot, Mr. Anderson served as the Principal Accounting Officer and Executive Director of Finance for Chipotle Mexican Grill joining prior to their IPO. Mr. Anderson has also worked at Career Education Corporation as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, American InterContinental University Division and held leadership positions with McDonald's Corporation over the 12 years he worked there.
Light Engine Design Corp. [FARMER'S BRANCH, TX] (OTC PINK: TLED) announced the appointment of Paul O. Williams as the company's Chairman and CFO, and to the Board of Directors. Previously, Paul served five years on the Board of the Texas Economic Development Council in Austin, Texas. In addition to his new role with Light Engine Design Corp., he also currently serves as Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer of Bison Financial Group, Inc. Mr. Williams also currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board & Chief Financial Officer of: Dynamic Chemical Solutions, Inc., Financial Gravity Companies, Inc., Curtis Mathes, Inc., and Halo Companies, Inc. Mr. Williams currently serves as Chairman of the Board & Chief Financial Officer of Urban Vybe Holdings, Inc. He also currently serves as Chairman of the Board of: the Texas Revolution, Indoor Football League, and Day One Consulting, Inc., and he currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Texas Legends, NBA Development League. In addition, Mr. Williams currently serves on the Board of Directors & Executive Committee of the Frisco Chamber of Commerce, and previously served as their Chairman of the Board. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of The American Fallen Soldiers Project.
M.A. Mortenson Company [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Lois Martin has joined the company as its chief financial officer. Martin assumes the role following the retirement of long-time CFO Sandy Sponem. Lois most recently served as executive vice president and CFO at Ceridian Corporation. Prior to her role at Ceridian, Martin held CFO roles at Capella Education Company and Deluxe Corporation.
RPX Corporation [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: RPXC) announced that current CFO Robert Heath will be transitioning to Chief Strategy Officer, and that SVP David Anderson will be assuming the CFO role.
AdvancedMD [SOUTH JORDAN, UT] announced that Greg Ayers is the company's new chief financial officer. Ayers joins AdvancedMD after eight years at inContact.
Molina Healthcare, Inc. [LONG BEACH, Calif.] (NYSE: MOH) announced that Joseph W. White, Chief Accounting Officer, has been named Interim President and Chief Executive Officer replacing Dr. J. Mario Molina. The Board will immediately commence the search process for a permanent CEO. Mr. White has also been named Chief Financial Officer, replacing John C. Molina. Mr. White has served as Molina Healthcare's Chief Accounting Officer since June 2003. Prior to joining Molina, Mr. White was the Chief Financial Officer of Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., where he was also a member of the Board of Directors.
California Life Sciences Association [SAN FRANCISCO & SAN DIEGO] announced that Jayne McNicol has been appointed to the position of chief financial officer. Prior to joining CLSA, McNicol most recently served as Partner, Assurance Services at Ernst & Young LLP for 15 years. Prior to serving as Partner, she served in a variety of other positions of increasing responsibility in Ernst & Young LLP's Assurance Services.
Hometeam [NEW YORK] announced that Tom Etergino will be joining as the company's first-ever Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Etergino joins Hometeam from Refinery29, where he started in 2013. Prior to that Etergino was CFO of TheStreet, CFO/COO of eMusic.com, took AtriCure public as CFO in 2005, and spent 5 years as CAO & treasurer at DoubleClick.
SWBC [SAN ANTONIO] announced the promotion of Karen Meriwether to Chief Financial Officer. Meriwether joined SWBC in 2015 as Vice President of Internal Audit and Chief Audit Executive. Meriwether's professional experience also includes serving as the Director of Internal Audit for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (Windstorm) and the Texas Fair Plan Insurance Association (Fair Plan). Before that, she was Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer for Argo Group.
Sgsco [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] has hired Chris Black as the company's new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Black joins sgsco from Viamedia, Inc., where he served as CFO. Prior to Viamedia, Black was CFO and a member of the board of directors of Vivint, Inc. Prior to Vivint, Chris was the CFO for American Commercial Lines. Chris also held the position of vice president and treasurer at Wabash National Corporation and held several senior positions within the corporate and investment banking sector where he began his career.
CMS Energy and Consumers Energy [JACKSON, Mich.] announced that Thomas (Tom) J. Webb has been named Vice Chairman, after 15 years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer where he played a vital role on the team which led CMS Energy's financial turnaround and growth. Webb also announced plans to retire. Rejji P. Hayes, former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ITC Holdings, Inc. (ITC), will succeed Webb as CMS Energy and Consumers Energy Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Hayes joined ITC in Novi, MI as Vice President, Finance and Treasurer in 2012 and served as Chief Financial Officer from 2014 to 2016. Prior to joining ITC Holdings Corp., Hayes held strategy and financial leadership roles for Exelon Corporation, Lazard Freres & Co., Banc of America Securities and Merrill Lynch.
Welbilt, Inc. [NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla.] (NYSE: WBT) announced that Haresh Shah is promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Shah will assume the leadership of Welbilt's finance organization from John Stewart, who will be retiring. Shah joined Welbilt in June 2016 as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to Welbilt, Shah was Vice President, Corporate Controller for Syniverse Technologies Inc. from 2012 to June 2016. Before Syniverse, he held various financial leadership roles at Amkor Technology, Inc. from 2008 to 2012 and Alcatel-Lucent S.A. from 2000 to 2008. From 1995 to 2000, he was an Audit Manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
BancorpSouth, Inc. [TUPELO, Miss.] (NYSE: BXS) announced John G. Copeland has joined the company as Senior Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer.
USANA Health Sciences [SALT LAKE CITY] (NYSE: USNA) announced the promotion of Doug Hekking to chief financial officer. He replaces Paul Jones. Doug recently held the position of executive vice president of finance and has served the company in several management positions, including as chief financial officer between May 2011 and December 2012. He has been with the company since 1992.
Canvas Solutions [RESTON, VA] announced Ted Ridgway as its new Chief Financial Officer. Ridgway joins Canvas from Kit Check, where he was CFO/COO. He started his career as an investment banker for Salomon Brothers, Volpe Brown Whelan and Credit Suisse First Boston and has served as CFO, COO and General Manager at several companies including Radisys, Impact Displays and Credit.com.
Galaxy Gaming, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (OTC: GLXZ) announced that Harry C. Hagerty has joined the Company in the position of Chief Financial Officer. In addition, Mr. Hagerty will oversee Compliance, IT and Human Resources. Mr. Hagerty served as investment banker covering the gaming and lodging industries and was CFO of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. and Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. He was a founder of and currently serves as an officer and director of Sightline Payments, LLC.
PLx Pharma Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: PLXP) announced the appointment of Rita M. O'Connor as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ms. O'Connor succeeds David Jorden, who has served as the Company's Acting CFO since June 2015 and previously served as a PLx board member since 2005. Ms. O'Connor joins PLx from the Kent Place School, where she has served as CFO since 2013. She was previously the CFO and Chief Information Officer at Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, prior to which she was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Adams Respiratory Therapeutics. Earlier in her career she held positions of increasing responsibility during an eight-year tenure at Schering-Plough Corporation. She began her career at Deloitte and Touche.
FRONTEO USA, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: FTEO) (TSE: 2158) announced the appointment of Michael Novelly as Chief Financial Officer of FRONTEO USA. Novelly comes to FRONTEO USA with nearly 30 years of experience at companies including Dolby Laboratories and Time Warner, Inc., as well as professional services firms including KPMG and Deloitte. Novelly most recently served as CFO of Gracenote.
T2 Biosystems, Inc. [LEXINGTON, Mass.] announced that Darlene Deptula-Hicks has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer. Ms. Deptula-Hicks was most recently CFO and senior vice president at Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Pieris, Ms. Deptula-Hicks served as the CFO for a variety of biotechnology and medical device companies.


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MONTREAL - The Molson brothers - Geoff, Andrew and Justin - are proof that the early bird doesn't always get the worm.
The Molsons were the last group to enter the bidding for the Canadiens, but their efforts were rewarded yesterday when it was announced that they had reached an agreement in principle to buy a controlling interest in the team from George Gillett Jr.
The announcement yesterday ended speculation over Gillett's future in Montreal. On several occasions, he has denied that the Canadiens were for sale and said that he was merely reviewing his assets as part of an estate-planning exercise.
Gillett bought the team for $275 million in 2001, but his stake in the team and the Bell Centre is highly leveraged and he needs cash to pay down debt taken on when he and Texas billionaire Tom Hicks bought the Liverpool FC soccer team. Terms were not announced, but it's believed the winning bid could be as high as $550 million.
Included in the package are 80.1 per cent of the National Hockey League team and 100 per cent of the Bell Centre and the Gillett Entertainment Group. The remaining 19.9 per cent is held by Molson Coors.
"There are still a lot of details that have to be hammered out," said Donald Beauchamp, the Canadiens' vice-president of communications. He said a news conference to introduce the new owners was on hold until all the details are finalized. That could take several months, and final approval of the deal by the NHL is unlikely before August.
Geoff Molson first expressed interest in bidding for the team on May 24, but didn't confirm that the brothers were actively bidding until June 10.
While as many as seven groups expressed interest in buying the team, the final bidding was between the Molsons and a group led by Quebecor Media's Pierre Karl Péladeau. That group also included singer Céline Dion's husband, René Angélil, and the financial backing of the Fonds de solidarité, the $6-billion investment fund sponsored by the Quebec Federation of Labour.
There was no immediate indication of the other members of the Molson group, but it could include BCE and former Canadiens general manager Serge Savard, who dropped his own bid when the Molsons announced their intentions.
Savard has been mentioned as a possible executive under the new ownership, but he said two weeks ago: "I'm not looking for a job." He did say he would be open to making an investment and was available to offer his advice.
The Molsons can also count on several sources of financial help. Quebec Finance Minister Raymond Bachand has offered a $100-million loan to any successful Quebec-based bid, and the Fonds de solidarité said its deal with Quebecor was non-exclusive and it was available to support any Quebec bid.
Another possible source is the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the province's giant pension fund manager, which provided funds for Gillett when he bought the team in 2001.
The brothers are continuing a family tradition with the purchase. Senator Hartland Molson and his brother, Thomas, purchased the team from Senator Donat Raymond in 1957. Hartland and Thomas Molson sold the team to their cousins David, Bill and Peter Molson in 1964, and they owned the team until 1971.
Molson Breweries purchased the team from a company controlled by Peter and Edward Bronfman in 1978, and Eric Molson, the father of the new owners, was one of the driving forces in the construction of a new arena that opened in 1996 as the Molson Centre.
The brewery sold a controlling interest to Gillett in 2001. At the time, there were no Quebec bidders for the team. This time around, there were four, with Savard and Stephen Bronfman members of of the other two. There were also reports of three bids from outside Quebec, but none of them progressed past the tire-kicking stage.
Neither party was available for comment, but Gillett and Geoff Molson both issued statements in a news release.
"Our family has been very proud to be associated with the Montreal Canadiens over the past eight years and particularly to be a part of their centennial season. I am fully confident that the Molson brothers, who have been a great part of the heritage of the club, will ensure the preservation and development of this great sports institution," Gillett said.
Geoff Molson said he is conscious that the hockey club is a heritage asset and he and his brothers would endeavour to maintain the tradition while working with management to build a strong team on the ice and bring the Stanley Cup back to Montreal.
"This is a very exciting time for our family, and we are grateful to the many people and organizations who came forward to offer their collaboration in the development of our proposal," he said.
The sale was greeted with enthusiasm by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and Paul Kelly, the executive director of the NHL Players Association.
"I think to the extent that they have been able to find people who are obviously passionate about the game and structure a transaction that makes sense for everybody, that's a real plus for the franchise and the fans of Montreal," Bettman said in Las Vegas.
"I know we had two or three very prominent and impressive groups that were bidding for the team," Kelly said. "I know that the purchase price got up there in numbers that are well above all of our pay grades. That's a great franchise and a great city.
"Mr. Gillett was really a fine owner," Kelly added. "We will miss him in the National Hockey League. I thought he brought a lot of creativity and ingenuity and colour to the sport."
phickey@ thegazette.canwest.com


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Hello everyone,
Do you already know about this game? Probably not, it's called LegoWar.
It's a medieval game with a special theme: Lego…
Its your duty as Lord to choose your strategy and become the King, in this case, LegoKing. Build up your economy, build up your army. Make friends and enemies! Join a Faction (clan), are few of the main tasks to being a LegoLord. We're a small game but growing! If you want visit us, please follow this link:
so its not brikwar btw, its just an online multiplayer, in medieval time with Lego Theme.
PS if you have any questions about the game. I'll visit it this week some times. so ask if you have one.


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rarely mentioned by this name. In "Sponge-Cano," Mr. Krabs calls it this when it is set alight by fire. In "The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom," he calls it Cashy again when the Giant Krabby Patty swallowed it whole.
Appearance and Role
Cashy is a slate-gray or dark blue cash register whose sole purpose is to store money given by customers at the Krusty Krab, like any other cash register.
She appears in any episode that has to do with the Krusty Krab, except the Movie. This includes:
- "Help Wanted"
- "Squeaky Boots"
- "SB-129" (cameo)
- "Bubble Buddy"
- "Krab Borg"
- "Krusty Krab Training Video"
- "The Krusty Sponge"
- "The Krusty Plate"
- "Patty Hype"
- "Wormy"
- "The Original Fry Cook"
- "Money Talks"
- "New Digs"
- "Krabs a la Mode"
- "Le Big Switch"
- "Banned in Bikini Bottom"
- "The Splinter"
- "Patty Caper"
- "Plankton's Regular"
- "The Krabby Kronicle"
- "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One" (name revealed)
- "Sponge-Cano!"
- "Curse of the Hex"
- "Grandpappy the Pirate"
Cashy has been damaged many times, mostly by explosions.
- "Employee of the Month": The explosion decimated the whole Krusty Krab.
- "Suds": SpongeBob's suds made the Krusty Krab explode.
- "Skill Crane": Squidward's carelessness destroyed The Krusty Krab.
- "Krusty Towers": Cashy was at the bottom of the hotel and was done the most damage.
- "The Krusty Plate": The Spotmaster 6000's explosion destroyed the KK.
- "Spy Buddies": Patrick's cannon shot led the blimp to the KK exploding.
- "Pat No Pay": The trash explosion.
- "Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm": The Alaskan Bull Worm crushed the KK.
- "Dying for Pie": The Exploding Pie incident.
- "SpongeHenge": Destroyed by the sand burial.
- "Just One Bite": Squidward eats too many Krabby Patties all in single bites and later explodes along with the KK due to overeating.
- "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One": Cashy went underwater multiple times.
- "Stanley S. SquarePants": When Stanley touched her, she ignited.
- "Sponge-Cano!": Cashy gets burned.
- "Curse of the Hex": Cashy is set on fire when Mr. Krabs refuses to serve Madame Hagfish, who subsequently curses the Krusty Krab and eventually sets fire to all the money inside.
- "The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom": Once the Krabby Patty got too big and everyone started running, Cashy got absorbed by the Krabby Patty.
- One could argue that Cashy was injured in "Help Wanted" when the anchovies destroyed the ship that Mr. Krabs and Squidward were inside.
- "Eek, An Urchin!": Pounded with a mallet by Mr. Krabs, because the urchin was in it.
- Cashy's name is Betsy in the German version, the name of Mr. Krabs' mother. It is also called Betsy in the Spanish version.
- Cashy's name is 'Kassie' in Dutch.
- Mr. Krabs got Cashy when she was just a little calculator and raised her as if she was his own child (revealed in "Krab Borg"). Like Karen, she was a calculator when she was younger.
- Krabs referred to this technology as an automated money handling system.
- It could be concluded that the register is prohibited to be touched by any non-employee since no one else besides himself, Squidward or SpongeBob ever touched it without his worry and that he said not to touch in "Krusty Krab Training Video."
- She was also called Betsy in "Banned in Bikini Bottom."


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Development ongoing for young hurlers
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The focus of Thursday's White Sox bullpen sessions centered on John Danks and his continued comeback from Aug. 6 arthroscopic surgery.
But as important as Danks' bounceback is to the team's 2013 success, the continued development of young pitchers such as Jose Quintana, Hector Santiago, Nate Jones and Addison Reed stands just as important.
"I'm not sitting here thinking, 'Well, we've arrived,'" pitching coach Don Cooper said of four of the 10 rookie hurlers who pitched for the White Sox last season. "We've got more to do, more to improve, more to focus on and more to keep going.
"That was the thing we said pretty much all of last year. Just keep pushing along, whether it was a good outing or a bad outing or whatever, just keep pushing. Keep our eyes on the prize and where are we going, what do we need to do individually to get better?"
These four pitchers mentioned by Cooper will play integral roles for the 2013 squad. Reed returns as closer, with Jones' effectiveness maneuvering him into setup work, while Quintana rejoins the rotation and Santiago moves between starter and reliever.
Cooper understands that winning really is the only thing that matters at the big league level. He also understands the development component for the White Sox hurlers.
"For each guy, it might be different stuff," Cooper said. "They held up pretty well last year, so they passed the test. But you know what? There's a new test coming up this year. That's where our focus is going to be."


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Microsoft Office on iPad
Which app do you recommend for using on the iPad 2 for opening Microsoft Office files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint?)
If you literally just want to open the documents to read them, you don't need any apps. The iPad comes with built-in viewers for Microsoft Office files. However, for opening, storing and editing the files, I like two products. One is called Quickoffice Pro HD, which costs $20 and handles all three types of files you cite, and more. The other is the tablet version of Apple's iWork suite, which is sold as three separate apps for $10 each—Pages for word processing, Numbers for spreadsheets and Keynote for presentations.
This also would be a good place to note that there are reports, unconfirmed by the company, that Microsoft is considering releasing an iPad version of Office itself. I have no evidence this will happen.
Do any of your recommended Ultrabooks run Office?
All Ultrabooks run Microsoft Office. While Ultrabooks are thin and light, they are full-blown Windows laptops running the latest Intel processors, and in my tests, they ran Office very well, just as well as many heavier, thicker laptops I've reviewed.
My son was told by an Apple phone representative that the iCloud service cannot handle our full iTunes library of 6,000 songs, and it will only sync with your hand-held, wireless devices.
That's inaccurate. ITunes Match handles 25,000 songs and syncs with Macs, PCs (if they're running iTunes), the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Walt is on vacation and his Personal Technology column will return Jan. 5. Email him at email@example.com.