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When my kids were younger (younger than 13 or so) I had to be with them at Sam's Club, Costco & BJ's. I was startled the first time it happened, but the vendor politely explained that they needed the parents permission first. They didn't explain why, but it hadn't occurred to me until that moment that maybe kids ran around grabbing samples or maybe they were concerned about allergic reactions. My kids are 17 & 15 and no denies them samples now if they ask for it.Off-topic a bit but it still tickles me:I was at Sam's Club in Erie, PA with my kids, DH & MIL. My kids asked if they could grab a sample of something and I reminded them, maybe a bit sternly, to remember to say 'please' and 'thank you'. They came back with their sample while I was chatting with my MIL about something, when an older lady came up to me and asked, "Are these your children?" pointing to my two rugrats. (My MIL was hysterical with laughter because I verrrrrrry hesitatingly said, "...uh...yes?")The older lady said to me, a little sternly, "I just wanted you to know they said 'please' and 'thank you' and were very polite to the sample vendor!"Me (meekly): Oh...thanks for letting me know.
At our Sams's club, the demonstrator always asks children where their parents are. They usually just point, and the person lets them take a sample of whatever. One store that is farther away has customers who will push each other out of the way to get the samples. I never go to that store on sample day.
LOL!! Yeah, I'd answer like that too if someone came up to me like that! That's still funny that she used that tone to praise your kids!
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A recent article in the "Quarterly" by this author
expressed the fear that the Internal Revenue Service and
the courts would continue to apply the "Libson Shops
Doctrine" to 1954 Code cases even though the Libson
case was decided under the 1939 Code.
In summary, the Libson Shops decision held that a corporation's
net operating loss carryovers would survive a
corporate liquidation or merger only when there was a
continuity of business enterprise. This decision was handed
down by the Supreme Court in 1957 and there has been
considerable discussion as to the real meaning of the
Court's language.
Recent months have brought a fulfillment of the
expected application of "Libson" to 1954 Code cases. As
might be expected, the Treasury Department has jumped
in with both feet and pronounced in T.I.R. 773 that it
will continue to invoke Libson Shops in certain 1954
Code cases. This T.I.R. states that Libson will be applied
where there has been a change in business coupled with
a 50% or more change in "beneficial ownership". The
Treasury is thus enlarging the Code by using the phrase
"beneficial ownership" instead of the definition of ownership
under Section 382.
Further, the IRS says it will also use its broad powers
under Section 269 and under Section 482 to reallocate
income if this seems an appropriate way to eliminate trafficking
in loss corporations.
Early action by the Courts on 1954 Code cases went
along with the IRS. In Maxwell Hardware Company,
41 T.C. 386, the corporation had sustained losses in the
hardware business. The hardware operations were discontinued
after the corporation entered the real estate
development business, the funds for such new operation
being furnished by the issuance of non-voting preferred
stock to the former owners of the real estate. The value
of this preferred stock was two-fifths of the value of the
common stock. The operating losses suffered in the hard-
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The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture is composed of several parts. The first is a fully modularized sound driver which supports module autoloading, devfs, isapnp autoconfiguration, and gives complete access to analog audio, digital audio, control, mixer, synthesizer, DSP, MIDI, and timer components of audio hardware. It also includes a fully-featured kernel-level sequencer, a full compatibility layer for OSS/Free applications, an object-oriented C library which covers and enhances the ALSA kernel driver functionality for applications (client/server, plugins, PCM sharing/multiplexing, PCM metering, etc.), an interactive configuration program for the driver, and some simple utilities for basic management.
AlsaPlayer is a new PCM player written with the ALSA sound system in mind. It also includes support for JACK, OSS, NAS, and ESD. It makes extensive use of multi-threading and supports OGG, MP3, WAV, CDDA (CD Digital Audio), MOD, S3M, IT, and many other input types. Features include a real- time effects stream, variable speed/pitch control, SHOUTcast/icecast streaming support, multiple active visual scopes, command line mode, playlists, plugin architecture, low-latency mode, and more.
Baudline is a time-frequency browser designed for scientific visualization of the spectral domain. Signal analysis is performed by Fourier, correlation, and raster transforms that create colorful spectrograms with vibrant detail. Conduct test and measurement experiments with the built in function generator, or play back audio files with a multitude of effects and filters. The baudline signal analyzer combines fast digital signal processing, versatile high speed displays, and continuous capture tools for hunting down and studying elusive signal characteristics.
Beast is a powerful music composition and modular synthesis application. It offers multiple input methods like multitrack, piano roll, and pattern editing and supports skins. On the technical side, it has a wide range of abilities like sequencing, unlimited undo/redo history, real-time synthesis with multiprocessor support, full duplex 32-bit audio rendering, precise timing down to sample granularity, on demand loading of partial wave files, on the fly decoding of various sample formats, aliasing free oscillators, and full Scheme scripting support.
Cajun is a program that allows you to turn any computer into a massive audio jukebox for your car or home. It uses LCD displays/keypads, and supports infrared remote controls. Soundcard output is delivered to your (car or home) stereo for amplification. The software supports a playlist and shuffle mode.
You are captain of the cargo ship Chromium B.S.U., responsible for delivering supplies to our troops on the front line. Your ship has a small fleet of robotic fighters which you control from the relative safety of the Chromium vessel. Chromium B.S.U. is a fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling shooter. It uses OpenGL for graphics, OpenAL/SDL_mixer for sound effects, GLC/FTGL for text rendering, and glpng/SDL_image for texture loading.
ctrlxmms is a small Perl script designed to increase the useability of XMMS. With it, you can use most of the common GUI functions of XMMS from the CLI. You also have a few handy commands which are not available from the GUI. Together with lirc and a remote (eg. Anir Multimedia Magic), this is a wonderful tool.
A utility to edit text tags in an ICC profile.
A distance-vector routing protocol for IPv6 and IPv4.


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Published: 2013/04/24
James Murphy Comments on LCD Soundsystem's Future
James Murphy has issued a public statement about LCD Soundsystem's future. Following constant probing about possible reunion plans and band member relationships, Murphy posted the following lowercase-only message on Facebook:
pat is in the studio working on his new thing, al is on tour with hot chip and making new things as new build, tyler is off in berlin being tyler and dj'ing and making music and mixes, nancy is dj'ing in europe and working on new music with the juan and others, gavin and matt are touring and making things in the crystal ark, DSS just did that crazy beck sound and vision 360 thing, and i'm home moving furniture and cleaning up today after a stint of doing some dj'ing and producing. all in all it's pretty good.
i fully respect and appreciate that people miss us as a band—it's a huge compliment—but i also realize that we the band are just friends and we make things together and eat food together, and STILL ALL GO OUT AND DO THINGS, just not all together as LCD.
some come see us do our various things and say hi! it's been so nice to get to know a bunch of really good people in a totally different context to the "big-ish band getting bigger" way we were a little stuck in. thanks to everyone for being so amazingly supportive and nice to us. i guess that's my candy-assed thought for the day… now back to unpacking kitchen stuff.
LCD Soundsystem parted ways in 2011. Murphy is currently working on Arcade Fire's new studio album and focusing on his DJ career.


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Nuclear regulator grants construction permission for Emirates' first atomic power plant
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) The United Arab Emirates, in a first among Gulf Arab states, geared up Wednesday to start building its maiden nuclear power plant after securing approval from regulators.
The license from the UAE's Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation will make the country the first in more than two and a half decades to embark on construction of its first nuclear power plant. It covers the construction of the initial two reactors of a plant slated for a remote coastal site near the border with Saudi Arabia.
The project is designed to meet growing demand for power in the rapidly developing seven-state federation, which includes the Mideast commercial hub Dubai and the energy-rich capital Abu Dhabi. Despite its oil wealth, the OPEC member has to import natural gas to run many of its existing power plants and has struggled to keep up with demand.
FANR Director General William Travers called the granting of the construction license "an important milestone in any nuclear program."
"All of the specific characteristics of the site have been assessed," he said. "It represents at least a preliminary approval of the design that's been proposed."
Travers, a veteran of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said the UAE regulator specifically asked the plant's developer, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp., to examine lessons learned from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster as part of the approval process.
"We had an opportunity ... to take account of Fukushima and do something on paper before it was already constructed," he said.
That review prompted ENEC to propose some design changes, such as adding watertight doors in certain areas, but no major adjustments were needed, Travers said.
The license does not authorize the state-backed ENEC to physically import nuclear fuel or operate the reactors. That approval requires another round of applications to the regulator.
A UAE environmental regulator signed off on the project earlier this week.
ENEC in late 2009 awarded the $20 billion contract to build the power plant to a consortium led by Korea Electric Power Corp. The Korean company beat out more seasoned atomic power producers in France, Japan and the United States. It will be the first time South Korea is building a nuclear plant overseas.
The U.S.-allied Emirates signed a deal with Washington shortly before awarding the contract in which it agreed not to enrich uranium or reprocess spent nuclear fuel for plutonium, which is used in nuclear bombs.
American officials have characterized that agreement, originally signed during the final days of the administration of President George W. Bush, as a model for curbing the spread of nuclear weapons. The UAE plans to buy fuel for its reactors from abroad.
Other Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia and Jordan, are interested in building nuclear power plants of their own.
Iran, the UAE's neighbor across the Gulf, is meanwhile facing increasing international pressure over its nuclear program, which the West suspects is aimed at developing atomic weapons. Iran says the program is only for peaceful purposes.
Mohamed al-Hammadi, ENEC's chief executive, welcomed the regulatory approval announced Wednesday, saying it shows that the company is "committed to the highest standards of safety and quality."
The company is mobilizing a team to move ahead with construction, he added. Workers are expected to begin pouring concrete as early as this week.
Four 1,400-megawatt reactors are expected to eventually be built on the sparsely populated Barakah site in the far west of the UAE.
China was the last country to begin building its first nuclear power plant in 1985, according to the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog.
ENEC hopes to have the first reactor running by 2017.


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Friday, September 06, 2013 3:29 pm
Cat survives 11-story fall at Alaska apartment
The Associated Press
The 2-year-old cat, named Wasabi, survived but suffered a fractured leg and broken bones.
The Juneau Empire reports (http://bit.ly/155gwT4) the cat was chasing the mosquito Monday in her owners' apartment in Juneau, about two blocks from the state Capitol.
The mosquito escaped out a window, and Wasabi went after it. Stephanie Gustafson says her mother watched the female cat fall.
Wasabi landed in a parking lot, and Gustafson found her huddled nearby, bloody and wet from rain.
The cat underwent an operation, and has pins and wires holding together her fractured leg and broken bones in a joint. She also is sporting a pink cast.
Gustafson says Wasabi is expected to heal in about six weeks.
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Study Suggests Genome Instability Hotspots 72
Dr. Eggman writes "Ars Technica reports on a new study that suggests not only that certain areas of the mouse genome undergo more changes, but that changes to those areas are more tolerable by the organism than changes in other areas. Recently published in Nature Genetics, the study examined the certain copy number variations of the C57Bl/6 strain in mice that have been diverging for less than 1,000 generations. The results were a surprising number of variations. While the study does not address it, Ars Technica goes on to recount suggestions that genomes evolved to the point where they work well with evolution."


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Hey all,
I started playing paintball back in the old days.... like 1991!!!! I stopped playing and sold my gear in the late 1990's just because it was so expensive. Fast forward a decade or so later, and I find myself the dad to three boys, one of whom is a 12yo who has discovered paintball!
I took him and his friends to go play at a local indoor field (he loved it, but I was upset at the lack of control and rules), and he got hooked!
So I was browsing CL and found a lot of three guns for sale.... a MiniMag with "over $1,000 in upgrades!" and two old Tippmann Pro-Lites. I talked to the guy selling the gear and he said that guns had been sitting in a rubbermaid bin for the better part of a decade. It was only $175 for the package (maybe over priced, but I had seen Mag's for that alone) so I took a leap and paid for it.
They came in the mail the other day and OMG!!!! They were FILTHY!!!!! Using Info I found On-Line, I tore into the Mag and cleaned everything with rubbing alcohol (as I was advised to do by the owner of the local Warped Sportz) and then lightly oiled everything.
I know that I'm missing Barrel O-Rings and the Detent Nubbin..... I'll order those ASAP.
I air'd up the gun and it cycled just fine after the cleaning.
So here is the gun!
The bolt is an ANS aftermarket... Is this equivalent to a lvl7?
Now I found this on the floor.... It's definitely a machined piece... I'm guessing It dropped out of the gun during disassembly and I missed it. Any suggestions?
It has an expansion chamber that is not hooked up. The gun has a remote with a fiberglass HPA tank (needs to be hydro'd). I'm guessing that's why it's not hooked up.
The Grip is a Carbon Fiber model... Light as all heck!
If I've missed anything, forgotten something or done something stupid, PLEASE SPEAK UP!!!! This is my first EVER MAG and I don't want to mess it up!
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The nation's first antidrug warrior, a Chilean surrealist painter, former Manhattan district attorney Robert Morgenthau and his famous forebears, and a Congolese man who became a Bronx Zoo exhibit in 1906—these are the subjects chosen by biographers awarded this year's Leon Levy Center biography fellowships. The winners are Alexandra Chasin, Andrew Meier, Pamela Newkirk, and Justin Spring.
Now in its sixth year, the fellowship program supports the research and writing of outstanding biographies. Each fellow receives a generous grant of $60,000, writing space, and library privileges, and also participates in seminars and the intellectual life of the Graduate Center. "We think we have an extraordinary group this year," said Gary Giddins, executive director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography, who made the announcement in mid-April. "The quality of all applications, over eighty of them, was extremely high. However, these four, among all the others, popped out to all of us and we're very much looking forward to welcoming them to the Leon Levy Center and working with them throughout the coming year."
Alexandra Chasin, associate professor of literary studies at Eugene Lang College, the New School, will be researching and writing a biography of Harry J. Anslinger, the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. A past recipient of a Whiting Dissertation Fellowship, a Bunting Institute Fellowship, and a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts, she is the author of a nonfiction work, Selling Out: The Gay and Lesbian Movement Goes to Market, and two books of fiction—Kissed By, a collection of short innovative fictions, and Brief, an "app" novella for the iPad. Chasin earned a Ph.D. in modern thought and literature at Stanford and an M.F.A. at Vermont College.
Andrew Meier, who currently serves as assistant professor of writing at Eugene Lang College, the New School, will spend his time as a Leon Levy fellow working on "The House of Morgenthau: An American Family." He is the author of Black Earth: A Journey Through Russia After the Fall and The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin's Secret Service, both published by Norton and named books of the year by the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and NPR. Meier has reported on Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus for two decades, including as Moscow correspondent for Time, and is a contributor to the New York Times Magazine. He has been honored with fellowships from the NEH, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Alicia Patterson Foundation, and he was the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Fellow at the Cullman Center of the New York Public Library.
Pamela Newkirk, a professor of journalism at New York University, is working on a biography of Ota Benga, the Congolese man exhibited at the Bronx Zoo in 1906. Newkirk authored Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White Media, which received the National Press Club Award for Media Criticism, and is the editor of A Love No Less: More Than Two Centuries of African American Love Letters and Letters from Black America. She has worked as a daily journalist at four different news organizations, including New York Newsday, where in 1990 she was among the reporting team awarded a Pulitzer Prize for spot news. Her primary areas of interest are race in the news media and African American art and culture.
Justin Spring, a writer on twentieth-century American art and culture, will be working on a biography of the Chilean surrealist painter Roberto Matta. Spring has already written two interdisciplinary biographies, Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art and Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist and Sexual Renegade. Both biographies examine the lives of artists whose work combined the practice of visual art with literature, poetry, criticism, and social and political activism. Secret Historian was a National Book Award Finalist and received many other prizes. In addition to his work as a biographer, Spring is an award-winning curator who has published many monographs and museum catalogues, most recently Andy Warhol: Fame and Misfortune.
The Leon Levy Center for Biography was established with a gift from the Leon Levy Foundation to identify, support, and foster excellence and innovation in biography. In addition to sponsoring the residential biography fellowship competition, the center hosts many public programs, including an annual conference and an annual lecture.


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European Commission
Štefan Füle
European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy
Speech at the inauguration of President Nikolic
Inauguration of President Nikolic, Belgrade
11 June 2012
Your Excellencies,
Thank you, President, for inviting me to the ceremony for your inauguration.
I have come today to express my deep attachment to Serbia, to Serbia's people and their efforts to modernise their country, and to Serbia's European Integration, the best tool to achieve this. Serbia is now a candidate country for EU accession. It is expected to resolutely continue on its road to the EU. In the aftermath of the elections, its institutions are expected to get back to work and resume an ambitious path of reforms for preparing for accession. There are many urgent challenges that need to be tackled without delay. In the context of the economic and financial crisis, Serbian citizens are also waiting for a comprehensive response to safeguard macro-economic stability and create growth and jobs. We hear and share these concerns and the EU will be your staunchest supporter and will stand side by side with you, your government and the citizens of Serbia.
I welcome the commitments you have taken, Mr President, regarding the continuity of institutions which today's ceremony exemplifies. I am encouraged that this is conducive for a rapid government formation and inclusive constructive cooperation across the political spectrum and institutions.
I also welcome that your first official visit abroad will be to Brussels to visit the institutions of the European Union on 14 June. This is a clear sign of the priority you attach to Serbia's European orientation and your intention to continue the work of your predecessor President Tadic to whom I also pay a special tribute today.
There is still serious work ahead for Serbia before it can be expected that the Commission recommends opening accession negotiations. We will be reviewing progress in our next progress report on Serbia, in October. There are no hidden expectations or agenda. We will in simple terms look into:
President, I came today to underline that the European Union and the region need Serbia to keep the pace on enlargement policy and an EU oriented reform process at the heart of the next government's agenda.
It is the European Union's policy to provide help to each and every country to advance in their European integration and by doing so provide also a clear perspective for the region as a whole. A perspective which can help attract badly needed investment; a perspective that can act as the catalyst for the profound transformation your economies and societies have to undergo and a perspective that can bring a better life and prosperity to the citizens of the Western Balkans.
We have seen visible progress in the last two years in the region. Croatia will become the 28th member state of the European Union in one year's time. Montenegro will hopefully open accession negotiations as from the next European Council at the end of June.
Regional cooperation is a matter close to my heart and Serbia as an inclusive actor in the region will be able to make a difference to both regional cooperation and reconciliation, an area where both deeds and words are vital to move us forward.
For the progress of the entire region and in light of the good level of relations that Serbia has established in recent years with its neighbours, it will be paramount that you, as the new President, pass very clear and forthcoming messages and deliver on the promises that you have made to the Serbian people. Working through concrete deeds and delivering on the expectations of your people and of the region as whole will bring Serbia closer to the EU.
As the granting of candidate status has shown, the EU is eager to move Serbia forward on its EU path.
I am looking forward to the ever further deepening of the relations between the EU and Serbia and to working closely with you President and all Serbian institutions on this common and rewarding objective. You can and all others present here today can count on my personal support and commitment as well as that of the European Commission.
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Fire destroys barn on Ram Island
Stonington — At least one lamb, possibly more, perished Wednesday in a barn fire on the northern point of Ram Island, a private island off the coast of Noank.
Resident Dana Ragsdale said her family kept sheep, lambs and chickens in the barn, and that not all the animals were accounted for. The family's two horses escaped without injury, she said.
Ragsdale, who lives year-round on the 16-acre island with her parents, said the family was on the mainland when they received a call about the fire.
Smoke and flames were visible on the island from shore.
As he brought construction workers to the Noank Shipyard from Fishers Island, Mike Conroy, a boat captain for BD Remodeling & Restoration, said he saw flames reaching 25 to 50 feet in the air. Conroy said he could see people on the Ram Island beach following the 3:15 p.m. blaze.
Fire dispatchers received reports of the fire from people on boats, on land and from airplanes.
Mystic Fire Chief Fritz Hilbert said when his department arrived on its fire boat, "the structure was gone." He said the Coast Guard and Noank Fire Department assisted with the operation, which consisted mainly of dousing the flames and ensuring they didn't spread to the house in the windy conditions.
Hilbert said the initial report was that the accidental fire was started by a heater. The family reported at least one lamb missing, he said, and any equipment stored in the barn was destroyed. Firefighters spent about three hours working the scene of the blaze, Hilbert said.
Ragsdale said livestock and several cats called the barn home. Tools, a tractor, a lawnmower and feed were also stored in the two-story structure, she said.
"We're very fortunate to not lose the house, but we lost the barn and everything in it," she said. "We already have damage from (Storm) Sandy. We don't know what we're going to do."
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For years, the US government loudly warned the world that Chinese routers and other internet devices pose a "threat" because they are built with backdoor surveillance functionality that gives the Chinese government the ability to spy on anyone using them. Yet what the NSA's documents show is that Americans have been engaged in precisely the activity that the US accused the Chinese of doing.
What surprises me the most is that there are still people who are surprised by this.
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If you don't know the history of DES, maybe you don't get the joke you made.
I thought you did understand the history, and were making a brilliantly funny comment on it.
DES was developed by IBM, with some modifications ( the "S boxes") by the NSA. No one really knew why they made those modifications. Those modifications were later discovered to be specially designed to make differential cyrpto-analysis as difficult as possible.
So, by 3DES-ing your toilet paper you were triple wrapping yourself in the protection of the NSA, while giving the appearance to anyone outside of the knowledge of DES history to be a paranoid freak. That's hilarious. Although, now that I had to explain the joke, much less so.
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Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas, and manufacture of petroleum products, as well as transportation and sale of crude oil, natural gas, and petroleum products. This dividend aristocrat has paid dividends since 1911 and increased distributions on its common stock for 30 years in a row.
The company's last dividend increase was in June 2012 when the Board of Directors approved a 21.30% increase to 57 cents/share. The company's largest competitors include Chevron (NYSE:CVX), BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) and Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.B).
Over the past decade, this dividend growth stock has delivered an annualized total return of 11.50% to its shareholders.
The company has managed to post an impressive increase in annual EPS growth since 2002. Earnings per share have risen by 20.10% per year. Analysts expect Exxon Mobil to earn $7.83 per share in 2012 and $8.44 per share in 2013. In comparison, Exxon Mobil earned $8.42/share in 2011.
The company plans to spend $37 billion/year in capital spending over the next five years. The company is targeting over 22 projects that will deliver 1 million BOE/day by 2016. The major projects that are expected to be brought online include Kashagan Phase 1 project in Kazakhstan, Kearl Oil Sands Project in Canada, as well as a few in Africa. Its recent deal with Rosneft to explore in the Arctic and Black seas could generate long-term dividends for the corporation, which has tried to do business in Russia for years.
The company has also tried to increase its exposure to Natural Gas, through its E&P activities, as well as acquisition of XTO Energy in 2010. Unfortunately, natural gas prices have remained in the doldrums, which would affect profitability negatively. In addition, there are few factors that could lead to an increase in natural gas prices in the Americas. One bright spot, however, includes the fact that foreign natural gas prices are more robust than in the US.
Over the past 15 years, the company has consistently added to its refining capacity. Refining, however, is a cyclical business, that is mostly been seen as a cash cow for major integrated producers over the past few years.
Exxon is one of the most consistent repurchasers of stock I have seen, dedicating $5 billion/quarter for this activity. As a result, the number of shares outstanding has decreased from 6.954 billion in 1999 to 4.716 billion in 2012. However, this has resulted in a stingy dividend payout policy, and below average yields compared to its peers. The company has been able to purchase a large quantity of shares without looking at price, and I have argued that in essence shareholders would have been better off just receiving special distributions.
The return on equity has closely followed the rise and fall in oil and natural gas prices. It rose between 2002 and 2007, and then dipped in 2009, before rebounding strongly. Rather than focus on absolute values for this indicator, I generally want to see at least a stable return on equity over time.
The annual dividend payment has increased by 7.40% per year over the past decade, which is much lower than to the growth in EPS.
A 7% growth in distributions translates into the dividend payment doubling every ten years. If we look at historical data, going as far back as 1974, we see that Exxon Mobil has actually managed to double its dividend every nine-and-a-half-years on average.
The dividend payout ratio has remained below 50% for the majority of the past decade. Exxon Mobil has a stingy dividend payout, and instead focuses its excess cash flows towards stock buybacks. A lower payout is always a plus, since it leaves room for consistent dividend growth, minimizing the impact of short-term fluctuations in earnings.
Currently, Exxon Mobil is attractively valued at 9.20 times earnings, yields 2.60%, and has an adequately covered dividend. Unfortunately, I find other companies such as Chevron better values at the moment, which is why I do not plan on adding to my Exxon position significantly over the next year.


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Police get anti-theft technology
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) capacity to effectively investigate property theft has been boosted with the donation of equipment valued at approximately $1 million by telecommunications firm, Digicel.
The equipment uses synthetic Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) technology.
Some 50 kits, manufactured by British firm, Selectamark Security Systems, under its SelectaDNA brand, were presented to Police Commissioner, Owen Ellington, during Tuesday's (January 22) launch of the DNA Forensic Property Marking System in Jamaica, held at the Office of the Police Commissioner, Old Hope Road, St Andrew.
Establishment of the system is being facilitated in Jamaica by local firm, Shields Crime and Security Consultants, headed by former Deputy Police Commissioner, Mark Shields, which has partnered with Selectamark Security.
Managing director of Selectamark Security Systems, Andrew Knights, who made presentation, explained that the application is a property marking system, or a personal identification product, "entailing unique codes, which is applied to personal effects and other assets, and can be easily identified using an ultra violet torch".
This, he said, is complemented by a global database, to which Jamaica is already connected, which can be accessed by local law enforcement officers "within seconds" to verify the status of property found in the possession of persons, which is suspected to be stolen.
Ellington, in accepting the new technology, said that the JCF's Forensic Scene of Crime Division has been identified as the central point of contact with Shields Consultants and Selectamark in developing the operational protocols.
"But ultimately, we intend to have all our members on the frontline…to check on property, which we find in the custody of individuals, who we suspect have stolen them or obtained them unlawfully," he said.
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When life is fair, the Beaufort County Council and all of the local municipalities within the county will pass the necessary legislation to implement term limits on all elected offices within their jurisdictions.
They will do this, not because term limits are necessarily needed at the local levels of government but as a grass-roots effort to get rid of the blight on the nation known as the current United States Congress.
When Lord Acton said in 1887 that "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, great men are almost always bad men" I suspect, although maybe only half right, if he was looking into the future and saw the 112th Congress in session he would said power tends to bred inaction and absolute power breeds absolute inaction.
As this year nears a merciful end, we should be relieved of the unbearable number of political campaign ads, commercials, tweets and general misinformation put out by both parties, and we will once again be subjected to ridiculous posturing of the Congress as it comes to the possibility of sequestration.
Quickly, sequestration is a series of mandatory budget cuts around $1 trillion over 10 years that will affect mainly the defense budget. These cuts will automatically go into effect because of the past inaction of Congress to deal with the budget deficit. Inaction is a word frequently associated with our Congress nowadays.
However, with yearly defense expenditures probably already totaling more than the rest of the world combined, these cuts might not be a bad thing. Nevertheless, as usual with Congress they will not be implemented smartly just a ten percent across the board cut. Both parties bear responsibility for putting the country into this situation but like little children they point their fingers at each other. Responsibility is a word long gone from Congressional jargon.
Sadly, instead of implementing a more intelligent solution such as allowing line item cuts, as of January they would allow useful programs to be slashed in the name of party politics. However as usual this lame duck Congress, should be dead duck, will probably implement some obscure tactic that will permit them to extend any decision making over to the newly sworn in Congress which will just be the same old faces thanks to the Supreme Court decision to allow super-PACS to thrive.
Congressmen and women like most things today have a limited useful life cycle. Like gadgets, they start out strong and slowly deteriorate over time to the point where they must be replaced. We have limited our highest office, the Presidency to two terms, yet allow the very source of our problems to virtually remain until death do us part.
The time has come for local action by common people to show the way.
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The reality is that it has not; in fact, I often make the case that tape is actually more useful than it has ever been, especially in the cloud.
Here are three uses for tape in the cloud today.
1. Cloud Seeding.
Tape is an ideal way to "seed" a cloud. Seeding is getting the initial data to the cloud storage facility. Instead of transferring data across an Internet connection for days or weeks, it can be copied to tape and sent to the cloud provider via an overnight truck. If it will take you longer than 24 hours to seed a cloud via WAN transfer, then tape should be considered.
2. Cloud Recovery.
Tape also is a useful way to restore data from the cloud. Although an increasing number of cloud backup providers provide in-cloud disaster recovery, at some point you will want your server and its data back in your data center. With cloud disaster recovery you can run your application in the cloud so that you can return to operations quickly, but it is still not in your facility -- and you probably want it there.
[ Tape dead? Not at this school. Read What Cloud? U.K. University Tries Tape For Backup. ]
While you are running the application in their data center, the provider can send you your data on tape, which you can recover quickly on premises. The final step would be a cloud quick sync of data, updating the data that came in on tape with data that changed while it was in transit.
Some cloud backup companies with this cloud disaster recovery capability claim they have eliminated the concern over recovery time. After all, if your application is up and running in the cloud, who cares how long it takes for your data to sync back down to the local data center?
Obviously there is a reason you want that data and that application back in your data center; otherwise, you would just leave it in the cloud permanently. This is typically either a performance concern or a security concern. If those are issues, the faster you can have that data in your data center the better. As with the initial seed, if you can't restore the data set in a single overnight WAN bandwidth window, then tape is the better option.
3. Cloud Deep Archive.
A final role for tape in the cloud would be for the providers themselves to use it as part of their storage infrastructure. Doing so would allow them to offer an Amazon Glacier-like service. Although that storage capacity might have lower recovery-service-level agreements, if it were offered to you at a lower cost it might be just what you need. Also, you would not need to develop and maintain a tape skill set; the provider would have that.
For example, we use a cloud service to share files between analysts at Storage Switzerland. I want two things from one of these services that none offer as far as I know. First, not related to this subject, I want them to hard sync the most active data -- modified within the last week -- to my iPad so I don't have to count on an Internet connection always being available.
Second and more on subject, I want them to archive older data that I don't need immediate access to and lower my costs or increase my capacity. That archive could be to tape. The net result would be an infrastructure that would allow me to store, cost effectively, terabytes of information in the cloud.
As you can see, tape can play several roles in the cloud. It can help with movement between on-premises and cloud-based storage systems and it can help lower costs. Providers that embrace these capabilities will have a significant advantage over those that do not.


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Monday, April 23, 2012 6:12pm by Newsdesk
Nude photo of Madonna smoking expected to reach £5,000 at auction
A nude photo of Madonna is expected to reach £5,000 when it goes up for auction next month.
The black and white photo sees Madonna lying on a bed smoking, with her breasts exposed.
It was taken in 1990 and will go up for sale at New York auctioneers Bonhams on May 8.
She is sporting a blonde look, with the classic photo expected to sell for about £5,000.
Speaking about the photo, Bonhams' Judith Eurich said that she expected Madonna "superfans" to snap up the photo. She said:
"This is an absolutely stunning image and it is just a beautiful tone of grey. It is not just black and white it is grey and silvery. Madonna was posing for a number of photographers at the time this was taken in the 1990s when she was in her early 30s. She was going through a phase of having bleach blonde hair and heavy dark eye make-up that gave her a dramatic look - and of course she has a gorgeous body. She is a very healthy person and I'd imagine the cigarette is just a prop to make her look sexy and sultry. There are Madonna superfans and devotees across the world who would love to own it."
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Robert "Bob" Shobe, 81
Robert "Bob" Shobe, 81, died at 8:02 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, at Kindred Hospital, Lima.
He was born July 8, 1932, in Akron to Robert and Opal (Baird) Shobe. On Nov. 4, 1951, he married Mildred Morris who preceded him in death. On Aug. 9, 1997, he married Joyce Huffer, and she survives in Waynesfield.
Other survivors include children, Steve (Paula) Shobe, Britton, Michigan, Greg (Tami) Shobe, of Waynesfield, Tim (Joline) Shobe, Lakeview, Terry (Craig) Cotter, of Waynesfield, Jean-Paul (Rita) Tiendrebeogo, of Bellefontaine, Michele (John) Weddle, of Jackson Center, Kreg (Lori) Huffer, of Jackson Center, Rex (Chris) Huffer. of Lakeview; brother, Lee (Sally) Shobe, Tuscon, Ariz.; 29 grandchildren; 32 great grandchildren; one great-great granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by two great granddaughters.
Bob graduated from Waynesfield Goshen High School in 1950. He worked with his father in plumbing, heating, and electrical at Shobe Electric until 1967. In 1967, Bob joined the Electricians Union. He worked for Spartan Electric and Reynolds Electric. He retired in 1996. He has been a long time member of the New Hampshire Community Church and was very involved in the Emmaus Community. He was an avid runner and participated in countless triathalons and 5k runs. He had a passion for helping others in the community and in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Bob was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather. His presence will be greatly missed in their lives. They rejoice that he is with his Heavenly Father.
Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2, at New Hampshire Community Church (formerly New Hampshire United Methodist Church). Burial will follow at Walnut Hill Cemetery, New Hampshire.
Friends may call from 2-6 p.m. Sunday at the church and one hour prior to the services on Monday.
Contributions may be given to New Hampshire Community Church or Children's Medical Missions. Arrangements are by Armentrout Funeral Home, Waynesfield. Condolences may be expressed at: armentroutfuneralhome.com.


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source: NHL.comARLINGTON, Va. The Washington Capitals have signed goaltender Jose Theodore to a two-year contract, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. In keeping with club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Theodore, who will turn 32 on Sept. 13, won the Hart Trophy as the NHLs most valuable player in 2001-02. The 511, 182-pound native of Laval, Quebec, is a 12-year professional who spent the last two seasons with the Colorado Avalanche. He was 28-21-3 with three shutouts, a 2.44 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage in 2007-08, including a 21-13-2 record, a 2.24 GAA and a .919 save percentage in his last 37 starts.
Theodore started 20 of the Avalanches last 21 games in 2007-08 en route to his fifth career 20-win season. He ranked fifth among NHL goaltenders with a 2.24 GAA after January 1. Theodore posted a 6-1 record in shootouts this season and has a 9-2 mark in shootouts in his career.
A second-round choice of the Montreal Canadiens in the 1994 NHL Draft, Theodore spent parts of 10 seasons with Montreal, including his Hart Trophy season in 2002. He also won the Vezina Trophy as the leagues top goaltender and made his first of two NHL All-Star Game appearances that year.
Theodore appeared in his 400th career game in 2007-08 and has a career mark of 183-197-40, with a 2.65 GAA and a .909 save percentage. He ranks 10th among active goaltenders in career appearances (444) and 14th in victories (183).


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We have a lot of local ties to this year's Superbowl. Rockton native and NASCAR driver Danica Patrick was featured in one of tonight's commercials, Auburn grad Michelle Williams was part of the half time show, and of course, there's Byron native Sean Considine. There's another star part of game from Janesville.
Some of the footage from a Pizza Hut commercial that played during tonight's game was filmed by Drywater Productions out of Janesville.
It was a contest. Owner Stephen Pickering won five thousand dollars and a spot in the commercial featuring other user submitted footage.
"It's really exciting that we're going to have something that was in the Superbowl," said Pickering. "But it'd be even more exciting if it was a full spot that we directed and it was a major commercial, but that'll maybe be in the future for us."
But for now, he's already entered into other contests.


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0 A.D. (pronounced "zero ey-dee") is a cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. It's a historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of ancient civilizations, each depicted at their peak of economic growth and military prowess.
GenScriber is a transcription editor for census records, church records, birth, marriage ,baptisms, burials, index records, etc. Data can be entered in a spreadsheet grid, or a word processor text editor. Both types of input provide stable, non-volatile editors, designed for genealogical data input. All cell inputs are alphanumeric. No assumptions are made about the data type. Dates and values remain exactly as you entered them. The worksheet and text pad work independently. They can be used to edit different data by switching between the tabs. It is of course possibly to copy/paste data between the editors.
A minimalist MessagePack implementation for Java.
A network server gateway solution.


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Any Bearcat Football fans on here extremely excited for the football season? Here is a look at UC's 2010 schedule:
Sat. September 4th @Fresno State 10:00PM ESPN2
Sat. September 11th Indiana State 12:00 Fox Sports Ohio
Thurs. September 16th @North Carolina State 7:30 ESPN
Sat. September 25th Oklahoma TBA TBA
Sat. October 9th Miami Ohio TBA TBA
Fri. October 15th @Louisville 8:00 ESPN
Fri. October 22nd South Florida 8:00 ESPN2
Sat. October 30th Syracuse TBA TBA
Sat. November 13th @West Virginia TBA TBA
Sat. November 20th Rutgers TBA TBA
Sat. November 27th @Uconn TBA TBA
Sat. December 4th Pittsburgh TBA ABC/ESPN or ESPN2
So 72 days until the Cats kickoff on the West Coast vs Fresno State. What is everyone's expectations of the Butch Jones led Bearcats? I think the offense will be explosive, Collaros at quarterback, Pead at running back, Binns, Woods, Hazelton, Thompkins and Barrnet will probably be the main recievers. Anyone of those guys can take it to the house at anytime. The defense will be moving back to the 4-3 so I would think they would have to be a little better this year than last year. Also, I'v been hearing that UC is about to announce 2-4 transfers from USC soon with one being a linebacker that should play right away. We should see that announced soon. I think it will be another fun year for the Bearcats and there fans. Go Cats!


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According to Jon Heyman, the Giants have signed infielder Ryan Theriot to a one-year contract worth $1.25M, with up to $750K in incentives. With Theriot in the picture, Brett Pill will presumably be starting the year in Triple-A Fresno. Josh mentioned Theriot as a potential platoon shortstop option back in November.
At first glance, Theriot's a very uninspired signing. He's coming off a .271/.321/.342 (84 wRC+) season, and he's never been much of a hitter. His 2011 numbers, in fact, aren't all that far off from his career numbers (.282/.344/.353, 86 wRC+). His defense is probably passable, but his defensive shortcomings are quite evident as well. As an everyday player, Theriot is mediocre at best; there's a reason he's amassed all of 0.6 wins above replacement over the past two seasons.
Theriot has his uses, however. The Giants' shortstop depth chart currently reads Brandon Crawford and Mike Fontenot, in order. Both Crawford and Fontenot are left-handed hitters, and Emmanuel Burriss (career .636 OPS v. LHPs), isn't exactly going to be reliable against southpaws. Theriot, as mediocre as he is with the bat, can hold his own against lefties, with a career line of .301/.373/.401, 107 wRC+. Of particular intrigue are his plate discipline splits — 9.9% BB rate, 6.8% K rate. He'll put the ball in play with exceptional frequency, and he'll get on base.
Theriot shouldn't be penned into the lineup on a daily basis, but if utilized correctly (or even semi-correctly), he'll do enough with the bat and the glove to bring some value to the team. He's slightly worse than Jeff Keppinger at the plate, half as expensive as Keppinger would have been, and a much better defender. Anyway, solid deal.


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Bulldogs' Senior Right-hander Chosen by Pittsburgh in 10th Round of MLB Draft
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Pat Ludwig, a right-handed pitcher who graduated from Yale University last month after completing his senior season on the baseball team, signed a professional contract to join the Pittsburgh Pirates organization on Wednesday, one week following his selection in the 10th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.
Per policy of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the terms of Ludwig's contract were not disclosed.
Ludwig (Okemos, Mich.) was the 316th selection overall. It is the highest selection for a Yale player since the Boston Red Sox drafted catcher Ryan Lavarnway in the sixth round (202nd overall pick) in the 2008 Draft. In the 47-year history of the draft (1965), Ludwig is the seventh Yale player to be selected inside of the first 10 rounds.
Ludwig is one of three Yale players to be selected in this week's draft, along with junior left-handed pitcher Nolan Becker (11th round, 352nd overall pick) and senior outfielder Charlie Neil (37th round, 1144th overall pick). Together, the three former Bulldogs represent the 32nd, 33rd, and 34th players, respectively, to move on to the professional ranks during John Stuper's tenure as Yale's head coach. The selection of the three players represents the eighth straight year in which a Yale player was selected in the draft.
Ludwig, who earned All-Ivy League Second Team honors, went 1-5 in nine starts and shared the team's Ducky Pond Pitching Award, a career award for pitching excellence and character, with fellow senior Eric Shultz. Ludwig led the team in strikeouts (64), strikeouts looking (23), earned run average (2.73), and innings pitched (62.2). He led the Ivy League in strikeouts and strikeouts looking and was third in ERA, third in innings pitched and seventh in opposing batting average (.256).
"If ever a guy earned a chance to play after college, it's Pat," Stuper said following Ludwig's selection by the Pirates. "He busted his butt for four years, including pitching every summer. He worked hard on his craft and he worked hard in the weight room. He came in as a mid-80s guy with a nice clean delivery. He leaves as a low-90s guy who has touched 94. He has a great selection of pitches with a very good curve ball, slider, cutter, and a change that is improving. Our entire program is very proud of him."
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Michael D. Novy
Title/s: Director, Federal Tax Clinic
Phone: 312.915.7176
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Upon graduation from college, Mr. Novy worked in Chicago for a large financial institution and then a large building materials firm. After two years as a legal clerk for the U.S. Army, Mr. Novy returned to Chicago and became employed by the Internal Revenue Service, where he worked as a revenue agent, appeals officer, appeals manager, and appeals team chief. While with the Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Novy was a member of the instructor cadre, where he taught basic and advanced income, trust and exempt organization tax law. Additionally, Mr. Novy has been an instructor for the Becker CPA Review Course in Chicago. He joined the Federal Tax Clinic in 2001
B.B.A. in Accounting, Notre Dame, 1967
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"One of Cuvaison's best basic Pinots in years,
this is charming with its dry, crisp structure,
silky elegance and fine flavors of raspberries,
cherries and toasty oak..."
-- Steve Heimoff, Wine Enthusiast
Winemaker Notes by Steven Rogstad
A tremendous year for Pinot Noir in Carneros, La Nina conditions set up a long cool growing season with just a few bumps on the way. Our 2010 possesses vibrant notes of cherry, raspberry, and pomegranate with hints of allspice and sassafras. On the palate the wine is quite dense with both red and black fruits, especially cherry and boysenberry coming to the fore. The coolness of the wine really forges the finish with fine tannins and bright minerality to the long aftertaste.


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Man carrying umbrella charged with breach of peace
Updated 10:01 pm, Monday, December 17, 2012
RIDGEFIELD -- Wilfredo Seda was arrested Monday for openly carrying an umbrella.
And also for dressing in black.
His appearance caused an uproar here Monday morning that included a police search of the Branchville and Georgetown area and routing school buses away from the Branchville Elementary School.
Seda, 22, lives on Portland Avenue in the Georgetown section of Redding.
About 8 a.m., he was walking in the area near Route 7 and Portland Avenue.
By police accounts, he was wearing all black clothing, and a black cap with a face mask. The mask, police said, was "looking like a beard."
He was also carrying an umbrella on his back. Police said, "It had the outward appearance of a samurai sword."
However, police said a motorist passing Seda reported that he was "carrying what appeared to be a rifle."
With fear generated by the events at Sandy Hook Elementary School on everyone's mind, members of the Police Department, assisted by what police said were "many other law enforcement agencies," hurried to the area.
That combined force included State Police and officers from the Westport, Norwalk, Danbury and Bethel police departments.
Students had not yet begun arriving at the nearby Branchville Middle School.
Officials ordered all buses en route to the school to be diverted to East Ridge Middle School, where students stayed in the school auditorium.
School officials also ordered all other Ridgefield schools to go into a modified lockdown.
By 11 a.m., when police found Seda and learned what saw what he was carrying, the alert was called off.
However, Seda was charged with breach of peace.
Capt. Thomas Comstock of the Ridgefield Police Department said Seda did not take any actions that might constitute breach of peace.
Instead, Comstock said, it was Seda's "mode" of appearance -- dressed in black, with a black hood, carrying what looked to be some sort of weapon, that prompted police to charge him with breach of peace.
Seda was unavailable for comment Monday afternoon.
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Velma "Babe" Keller, 78
Velma "Babe" Keller, 78, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday June 5, 2013, with family around her.
Babe was born Nov. 11, 1934, in Punxsutawney, a daughter of Frank and Leila Harl.
After graduating from Punxsutawney High School in 1952, she attended Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa., where she served as president of her school's chapter of Chi Omega Sorority.
After college graduation, she was employed as a case worker for the Children's Aid Society of Elk County, Pa.
She married her high school classmate, Floyd H. Keller, U.S.M.C., on Oct. 3, 1959, and they celebrated almost 54 years together.
She moved to Grand Junction, Colo., in 1977 with her family upon Floyd's retirement from the Marine Corps.
During her 36 years in Grand Junction, she held various positions within the community, where she always enjoyed meeting people and making friends.
In 2000, she retired from her position as branch office administrator with Edward Jones.
She was an active member of the United Methodist Church throughout her life.
She offered her love, support and optimism to so many people and was "Mama" and "Grandma" to many more than her own.
Survivors include her husband, Floyd Keller of Grand Junction; two daughters, Sherry Keller Butler (Rick) of Ft. Collins, Colo., and Lynn Keller Conklin (Bob) of Superior, Colo.; her brother and sister-in-law, Frank and Jane Harl of Punxsutawney; grandchildren Sarah, Jessie and Matthew Butler and Davis and Tanner Conklin; and a great-grandchild, Eli Butler.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Leila Harl; a sister, Florence Harl Heasley; and a brother, Edwin Harl.
A memorial service celebrating her life will be held at First United Methodist Church, Grand Junction, Colo., at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, 2013.
The family would like to thank everyone for their love, concern, prayers and support during this time.
In lieu of flowers, please contribute to Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado, 3090 N. 12th St., Grand Junction, CO 81506.


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Transfer News: Fulham set to sign Urby Emanuelson from AC Milan
Fulham boss Martin Jol has admitted he is close to bringing in AC Milan's Urby Emanuelson until the end of the season.
Last Updated: 31/01/13 9:13am
The Dutchman was speaking after his side's 3-1 victory against West Ham at Craven Cottage which lifted them above their opponents.
Jol admitted he is targeting a couple of players before the end of the January transfer window, which closes at 11pm on Thursday.
He told Sky Sports: "As you know Damien Duff likes to play down the right. He always plays on the right, so we thought we should do something about the possibility of bringing a player in so of course Duff doesn't have to play on the left if we are short.
"Emanuelson is a midfield player who can play on the left and can play in the middle of the park and I thought it was necessary to bring in a couple of players to freshen up the team."
Jol also plans to bring in a right-back to fill the void left by Stephen Kelly's departure to Reading, admitting PSV's Stanislav Manolev is the man he hopes to lure.
Jol also played down talk that Tottenham's Tom Huddlestone could arrive at Craven Cottage.
"I think it is awful to get a permanent transfer for someone like Huddlestone on the last day," he said.
"I started five weeks ago and that won't happen on the last day."
However, Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas confirmed after his side's draw at Norwich that Huddlestone has been allowed to speak to Fulham after being left out of the squad.
"There was an interest from Fulham. I'm not sure if they're going to follow on that interest," he said. "We've allowed the club to speak to the player. He's a player we rate very highly."


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HTC has now officially updated its Desire lineup with the new budget-friendly HTC Desire 200 smartphone. Featuring a 3.5-inch screen and Qualcomm's Snapdragon S1 chipset with single-core 1GHz CPU, the HTC Desire 200 will definitely be the cheapest HTC Desire offering.
The new Desire 200 has 107.7 x 60.8 x 11.9mm dimensions, 100g weight and features a 3.5-inch LCD 480x320 display. The heart of it is the Qualcomm's Snapdragon S1 chipset with single-core 1GHz CPU and 512GB of RAM. It will be available with 4GB of internal storage expandable by microSD card slot.
The new Desire 200 has a 5-megapixel rear camera, 1230mAh battery, 802.11bgn, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and all the usual connectivity options that you would expect to find on a budget smartphone. It also comes with proximity, ambient light and accelerometer sensors and features HTC's Beats Audio music enhancement.
Unfortunately, HTC did not reveal which Android version is behind the Sense UI skin and still did not shed any light regarding the price or the actual availability date for the new HTC Desire 200.


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Monday, February 05, 2007
Two-Minute Drill: Post-Super Bowl Sugar Crash Edition
But Super Bowl Sunday? I don't think I had one nutritional calorie the entire afternoon. In fact, I'm pretty sure if you stuck a need in my veins right now, they would ooze cheese. Yesterday made the Halloween night eating habits of my youth look like the Atkins Diet.
Since the game was over the moment Rex Grossman realized he was Rex Grossman and started playing as such, a couple non-football comments/questions for those of you reading today. First and foremost...
What the hell was that Snickers commercial in the first half? Where the two dudes are fixing the car, start chomping on each side...and end up kissing. In case you missed it...
Uh, and the theory behind this ad was...what exactly? "Snickers -- So good it will make you question your sexual orientation."
Trust me, judging from the reaction of the party I was at, I don't think it made any of the guys want to rush out and buy this candy bar. Nor were the women itching for their men to swing by 7-11 and stock up on them either.
And in an MZone exclusive, we've obtained copies of the new Snickers print ad campaign...
What did Coke run, was it four ads? At $2.5 mil each, that's a hell of a lot of dough to spend on a product everybody already knows about. And what for? As somebody at our party mentioned, a comic used to do a joke about Coke and Pepsi spending hundreds of millions of dollars on advertising only to have this happen at restaurants across America every day: "I'll have a Coke." "I'm sorry, we only have Pepsi." "Yeah, that's fine."
What does it say about Madison Avenue in general when the student and "amateur" commercials were just as good - if not better - than those put out there by "professional" ad agencies? Then again, I guess I shouldn't be surprised seeing as I get much of my college football news from "amateur" sites like EDSBS, MGoBlog, etc. rather than from the "pros."
Turning to college football...
Our friend Scott at DallasSportsPowerhouse had a hilarious and Onion-esque post about canine Reveille VII withdrawing her verbal commitment to serve as Texas A&M's mascot to instead walk-on at Washington and attempt to supplant King Reboudt as the Husky mascot.
MGoBlog is reporting that Muskegon DB uberprospect Ronald Johnson has spurned Michigan and a host of others to play at USC.
Unless you're living in a cardboard box, you've probably seen the very funny SNL video, "Dick in a Box." Well, props to the folks who made the female response, the very funny (and appropriately titled), "Box in a Box." Obviously not college football related, but made me laugh...
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- MGoBlue93 said...
RE: The amateur commercial... it's been all over the web the guy who won the Doritos contest is a multimedia professional. So the term "amateur" with regard to this contest is to be taken in the same context as "amateur" and "Olympics". Besides... would anyone really trust $2.5M worth of airtime to Beavis and Butthead with a camcorder?
RE: Recruits... WTF cannot the State of Michigan cannot keep it's own anymore?
Also... check this from The Detroit News out...
Cedric Everson, a 6-foot, 170-pound defensive back from Detroit Mumford, changed his commitment from Georgia Tech to MSU on Friday.
Everson, ranked No. 16 on The Detroit News Blue Chip list and a member of The News' Dream Team last fall, will sign a national letter-of-intent with MSU on Wednesday morning at his high school.
Everson committed to Georgia Tech last October but became concerned with the coaching staff there when it was learned offensive coordinator Patrick Nix left the school to take the same position at Miami (Fla.).
Let me get this straight... you're concerned about the stability of the coaching staff at GT so you select MSU instead??? You've got to freaking shitting me for someone to suggest such a thing makes me think this kid isn't very bright.
Perhaps academics is the real reason and he came up with that BS about the coaching staff!
- February 05, 2007 12:28 AM
- Yost said...
LOL, mgoblue re: more stability at MSU. Now that's funny.
- February 05, 2007 12:37 AM
I don't want any girl that can put her box in a box.
- February 05, 2007 1:22 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
I don't want any girl that can put her box in a box.
anon 10:22
- February 05, 2007 1:33 AM
- Sundawg said...
Sure beats Girl Scout cookies!
- February 05, 2007 11:21 AM
- Kirbdaddy said...
Also, take into account that a DEFENSIVE player was concerned about losing the OFFENSIVE coordinator. Makes no fucking sense at all, and explains why he would choose MSU.
As for the "box in a box?" Hilarious! I'd like stick my....
Oh, never mind!
- February 05, 2007 12:44 PM
Gatech had pulled the schollie for Everson for some unkown reason (some say the coaching staff felt that our man might have not been oh so strong on his verbal commit!!!)
- February 05, 2007 2:44 PM
- David said...
Now if that snickers commercial had ended with two women kissing........... it would have been HANDS DOWN the best commercial of the year.
Proof positive the advertising agency who came up with it is largely female.
- February 05, 2007 5:29 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Only if it was lipstick lesbos though... nobody wants to see Rosie O'Donnell and Roseanne Barr in a passionate lip lock.
- February 05, 2007 5:52 PM
- Go Blue Gabe said...
Did anyone else feel that the overall quality of the adds was rather weak this year?
Exactly! Why in the world is a defensive player worried about an OC. Idiot.
Box in a box:
Not really impressed. Video was produced very well, but I didn't find the song very funny, or even good. Just my opinion.
- February 05, 2007 6:23 PM
- TitleIX said...
rest assured...
even the women found the snickers commercial
- February 05, 2007 10:07 PM
people may not like the kissing mechanics, but they're all talking about 'the snickers commercial'
- February 06, 2007 3:38 AM
- Yost said...
I hear you, but people were also talking about Taco Bell after the e.coli outbreak.
- February 06, 2007 10:22 AM
- dtw2phx said...
Sorry, my favorite part of SBS was the Prince halftime show. (lol) Gotta love Prince! Did you hear the crowd go apeshit after him?? They ate it up! Dig it.
And, btw, Box in a Box...too damned funny. :-)
- February 06, 2007 8:27 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
update on the Snickers commercial. M & M has pulled it. Apparently a gay & lesbian org fussed and M & M capitulated.
- February 06, 2007 11:01 PM


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Treasury yields settled down some in the latest week and so did the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate, which slipped to 4.51% from a two-year high 4.58% the week before, according to Freddie Mac's (FMCC) latest weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey. That rate has jumped from 3.35% in early May, which had nearly matched the all-time low of 3.31% seen last November.
The average 15-year fixed-rate mortgage rate similarly slipped to 3.54% from 3.60% a week earlier. up from an all-time low 2.56% in early May.
A similar 30-year mortgage rate measured by the Mortgage Bankers Association's latest weekly survey increased to 4.80%, the highest rate since April 2011, from 4.68% a week earlier. That survey also showed mortgage applications dropped by another 2.5% last week.


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ST. FRANCIS, Wis. (AP) -- Caron Butler smiled a lot through his first Milwaukee Bucks practice. He cajoled younger players and may have unnerved his new coach at the foul line.
Larry Drew missed after his veteran forward said something at the last second during a lighthearted moment at practice.
''Yeah,'' Butler said with a grin about needling Drew. ''We needed that. Coach lined it up. We bothered him a little bit and he missed it, so that was fun.''
Yup, Butler sure loves being back in his home state.
Butler's had a busy offseason since he was last on the court. The two-time NBA All-Star was dealt from the Clippers to the Phoenix Suns in a three-team deal in July that also involved the Bucks sending J.J. Redick to Los Angeles.
Six weeks later, the Bucks ended up dealing for Butler directly by sending point guard Ish Smith and center Viacheslav Kravstov to Phoenix. The end result is Butler, entering his 12th year in the league, is back in Wisconsin and just a 30-mile drive from his hometown of Racine.
Butler has been ebullient about being back home in the month since the deal has been announced. He's also focused on getting ready for camp as the offseason ticked away.
''Talked to Coach Drew a little early about some things, where he wants me and what he expects out of me,'' Butler said. ''Just prepare for that instead of just, you know, being home. I toned down and stayed to work as usual.''
The 6-foot-7 Butler figures to start at small forward, especially with Carlos Delfino out indefinitely after suffering a setback involving a right foot injury from last season's playoffs.
A starter for the Clippers the last two seasons, Butler has averaged 15.5 points in stops that also include Miami, the Los Angeles Lakers, Washington and Dallas. He's eager to get going in what he described would be an up-tempo system that would spread the ball around.
The Bucks have re-made their roster. Besides Redick, they also jettisoned notable veterans Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis while adding Brandon Knight and O.J. Mayo. In total, only four players have returned from last season's team, and they're playing with a new coach in Drew.
Which turns Butler, 33, into a sort of ''Welcome to Milwaukee'' tour guide, too, to go with his veteran locker-room presence.
''Caron is a guy, when you talk about the leadership, and what he's capable of, I see him as a ... shot-maker, a guy you put out on the floor,'' Drew said. ''And I love what he brings to the locker room.''
He might be expected to pass on Drew's defensive message, too. On the first day of practice, signs simply reading ''43%'' were plastered across the Bucks training facility in suburban Milwaukee. No explanation by what it meant on the signs themselves, but the players figured it out pretty quick - it's the percentage that Drew would like to hold opponents on field-goal attempts.
''You usually see it in the locker room, but just like that as we're doing this interview now,'' said Butler, glancing up at a 43 percent looming over the practice facility, ''that's just a reinforcement. I love his approach and the way he's tackling this whole thing.''
Welcome back to Wisconsin, Caron.
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College of Medicine Launches Facebook Page
- 02-25-2013
- By Erin E Post
The University of Vermont College of Medicine has made its social media debut with the launch of an official Facebook page. Managed by the medical communications team's Nina Shedd and Erin Post, the goal of the College's page is to offer a forum for asking questions, sharing stories, viewing photos and videos, and learning more about upcoming events.
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Perhaps tired of Republican presidential politics getting all the laughs, a pair of Democratic pollsters last week repeated a suggestion that President Barack Obama should drop his bid for re-election in favor of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Pollsters Patrick Caddell, who worked for President Jimmy Carter, and Doug Schoen, who worked for the centrist version of President Bill Clinton who emerged in 1996, argued that the only way for Mr. Obama to win in 2012 would be for him to wage a campaign so negative that it "would make it almost impossible for him to govern, not only during the campaign, but throughout a second term."
Instead, they argued Monday on the op-ed page of The Wall Street Journal, Democrats should turn to Mrs. Clinton, "the only leader capable of uniting the country around a bipartisan economic and foreign policy."
Right. Hillary Clinton. Not a divisive figure at all.
By the time next year's Thanksgiving turkey is carved, America will know its next president. Barring tragedy, it won't be Clinton. Alas, Caddell and Schoen, both now far removed from the limelight, will have to stay there.
That they should feel compelled to reprise an argument they made a year ago in The Washington Post speaks to the sad Democratic tradition of forming its firing squads in a circle. This is a party that seems congenitally unable to be content.
Yes, Mr. Obama's poll numbers are down. But his Republican challenger has yet to emerge, much less go through the crucible of an election campaign. And whoever emerges will have to persuade the American people that they should rehire the contracting firm that four years ago burned their house to the ground.
It used to be the Republicans who forever looked backward. Now it is the Democrats who idealize their past presidents (or first ladies) and present incumbents with unrealistic expectations.
The progressive journalist Jonathan Chait, formerly of The New Republic, makes that point in the Nov. 20 edition of New York Magazine in the article "When did liberals become so unreasonable?"
"For almost all of the past 60 years, liberals have been in a near-constant emotional state of despair, punctuated only by brief moments of euphoria and occasional rage," Chait writes. "When they're not in charge, things are so bleak they threaten to move to Canada; it's almost more excruciating when they do win elections, and their presidents fail in essentially the same ways: He is too accommodating, too timid, too unwilling or unable to inspire the populace."
Conservatives, he suggests, "are at least as absolutist as liberals in the ideological demands they make upon their leaders," but "are far less likely to turn against their president altogether. They assail the compromise but continue to praise the man."
Chait's article is paired with a similar cri-de-coeur by David Frum, a former speechwriter ("axis of evil") for President George W. Bush. Frum's complaint is that there's no place for moderation in his party.
"Rather than workable solutions, my party is offering low taxes for the currently rich and high spending for the currently old, to be followed by who-knows-what and who-the-hell-cares," Frum laments. "This isn't conservatism; it's a going-out-of-business sale for the baby-boom generation."
Unless reasonable voices on the right and left are heard, this is going to be a very long year.


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Google Forbids Advertising On Glass 274
An anonymous reader writes "Contrary to widespread thought, Google Glass will not be an advertising platform: 'Google Inc has lately told app developers that they are not allowed to present ads to Google Glass users and they are also not permitted to sell users' personal and private information for the fulfillment of advertising needs. The internet company has explicitly and openly said that the Glass platform should and must be clean and clear of any ads whatsoever, because the technology is designed to facilitate internet browsing and other related activities, therefore, the featured podium cannot be used to advertise products as it will cause the user experience to diminish.' Seems like Google is going for hardware-only revenue on this one." You're not supposed to resell the Glass hardware, either.


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Important to Include Men in HIV Prevention, Treatment Programs
February 8, 2012
While a focus on HIV prevention and treatment among women and children has reduced infection rates among these populations, "men have received considerably less attention in the epidemic and receive less targeted HIV prevention and treatment programs," Edward Mills of the University of Ottawa and colleagues write in a PLoS Medicine essay, adding "Targeting men in prevention and treatment ... may have a large impact on mortality, new infections, and the economic impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa." They note that in Africa, fewer men than women access antiretroviral therapy (ART), and men "typically have higher mortality," seek care later in the disease, and "are more likely to be lost to follow-up."
However, "[i]n the wake of the HPTN 052 trial results, demonstrating 96 percent efficacy of prevention in discordant couples with earlier ART treatment initiation, engaging greater numbers of men with HIV in treatment could have important prevention benefits for women and girls, and for primary prevention of vertical transmission," the authors state. "Funding organizations need to recognize the social and health impacts associated with not engaging men in primary and secondary HIV prevention campaigns," they write, concluding, "Programmatic efforts should account for this disparity, and recognize that it may be necessary to seek out men for HIV testing, care, and ART in variety of settings, and through mechanisms that that take into consideration the local culture and gender roles in partnerships, sex, and health" (2/7).
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Bluffton moves into HCAC finals with five-set win over MSJ
November 5, 2011
By: Meghan Mohr, sports information assistant
HANOVER, Ind. - The Bluffton University volleyball team moved into the Heartland Conference tournament finals when it defeated Mount St Joseph in a five-set thriller on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. The Beavers improved to 22-10 overall and will take on Rose-Hulman, a four-set winner over tourney host Hanover College, on Sunday at 1 p.m. for an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.
Offensively, the senior trio once again led the Beavers to victory with their play at the net. Jenna Eshleman (Landisville, Penn./Hempfield) slammed 15 kills in the match, Courtney Zimmerman (Leesburg/Fairfield) was nearly flawless with 11 kills and Nicole Wood (Tiffin/Hopewell-Loudon) added 10 bombers for the victors. Zimmerman had just one error while hitting .588 against the Lions.
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Holy Cross School celebrates its 150th anniversary Sunday, presenting an opportunity to look back at the founding of the historic school established by the Daughters of Charity on Jan. 7, 1863.
A celebration of the sesquicentennial will begin at 10:30 a.m. Mass, followed by students presenting Bishop Richard Garcia with a time capsule to be buried near the church, and then an open house at the school and a celebration in the Parish Hall.
The school first served as an orphanage as well as a boarding and parish day school. It was housed in an adobe originally part of the Santa Cruz Mission (founded in 1791). A few years later, local carpenter Tom Beck -- a Democrat who later became California's 12th Secretary of State -- helped construct a two-building wooden school. The current school was built in 1958.
Sister Barbara Long, an alum who heads music ministry for Holy Cross Church and the Diocese of Monterey, and teaches part-time at the school, said the anniversary is a worthwhile occasion to celebrate.
"It's so wonderful to think Catholic education has been going on on this hill for 150 years," said Long, who started first grade in 1944 and entered a convent after 10th grade.
"Just think of the thousands of students who came through and spread the influence of Holy Cross in the world. My own mother went here, too."
Planning the Party
Several alumni are expected Sunday, including families like Long's in which several generations attended Holy Cross.
Principal Michael Hooper has been working on the celebration for weeks, one of several projects the young principal has tackled since he was hired at the start of the school year. Hooper attended Catholic schools and was raised in the San Martin area. He last worked as head of the English Department at St. Francis Central Coast Catholic High School.
"This anniversary exemplifies the longevity and impact of Catholic education, which continues to flourish and is still a very important part of the community," he said. "A Catholic school is an excellent place for a child to develop in a healthy, spiritual atmosphere. That's what I received as a child, and that's what I want for our students."
Monday, Long was coordinating music and ministers for Sunday's Jubilee Mass, planning to ask the Daughters of Charity to attend and bring up the gifts during the service. She said that was a must, that the school would not exist if not for them.
The Early Days
Seven members of the Daughters of Charity came to California from Maryland in 1852, at the request of then-Bishop of Monterey Joseph Alemany, according to the order's website.
Railroads did not yet cross the country, so the nuns came by steamer from New York, crossing the Isthmus of Panama atop mules. Sisters Ignatia Green and Honorine Goodman died of cholera and were buried in Panama City. The five survivors boarded another steamer and sailed on to San Francisco, arriving 42 days after leaving New York.
Long remembers that one sister was thrilled that it only took nine hours to travel from Santa Cruz to San Francisco by steamer.
Daughters of Charity was established in France in the 1600s, by Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac, to serve "the poorest of the poor." The Daughters sponsored Holy Cross School until 1943, when the Adrian Dominican Sisters took over.
According to Sentinel archives, the cornerstone for a high school was laid at the Holy Cross complex in 1926. That three-story building still stands on the other side of Mission Plaza, though the high school closed in 1970.
The building is now used by church and social service groups but needs upgrades to meet earthquake standards. The city has ordered it vacated by 2014 if that work is not done, Long said.
Hooper said the school community has been talking about launching a capital campaign to restore it for use as a middle school.
But this week, the focus is on the anniversary.
Hooper and parents have constructed a new kiosk that stands in front of the church, and the time capsule will be buried there, containing items chosen by each class of students.
Items on display Sunday will include an original first-grade desk salvaged by teacher Amy Savoni and restored by Hooper.
The school serves about 200 students in grades pre-K to eighth. For information, visit holycsc.org or call 831-423-4447.
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Holy Cross School 150th anniversary celebration
WHEN: 10:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Bishop Richard Garcia is expected at the celebration. It begins with 10:30 a.m. Mass, followed by a ceremony in front of church, an open house at Holy Cross School and a celebration with displays, live music and appetizers from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the church's Parish Hall.
WHERE: Holy Cross Church, 180 High St. and Holy Cross School, 150 Emmet St. (The church and school are off Mission Street and surround Mission Plaza.)
INFORMATION: Call the school at 423-4447.