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Warren detectives won't seek criminal charges against a man who drove to the city from Arizona with a dead woman in the front seat, Police Commissioner Jere Green said Thursday.
The 62-year-old motorist identified as Ray Tomlinson of Clinton Township told police that the 31-year-old Roseville woman was a friend with whom he previously had an intimate relationship.
He said he drove her to his winter home in Sun City, Ariz., after she checked out of a medical facility in Aurora, Ariz., on May 28, police said. They left for Michigan late Sunday, accompanied by Tomlinson's 92-year-old mother, who sat in a wheelchair in the back of the Ford van.
When they stopped for gas in Flagstaff, Ariz., the Roseville woman exited the van and may have used a restroom, police reported. Upon re-entering the van, she put on her seat belt and fell asleep.
Police said Tomlinson told police that at approximately 5 a.m. Monday the younger woman slumped forward. She felt cold to the touch, and he determined she was dead.
After checking the Internet, he believed he had 48 hours to bring the body to a medical examiner and decided to continue to Michigan, police said.
While he was driving in Oklahoma, medical personnel from the Arizona medical facility dialed the woman's cellphone to ensure she received follow-up care. Tomlinson told the caller that the woman was in his vehicle and that she had died.
A staffer at the medical center personnel contacted police to report her missing, Warren police said.
Tomlinson continued heading to Michigan, stopping only for gas, police said. In Illinois, police phoned him and requested that he pull over and call police. Police said he did neither.
Clinton Township police contacted him when he was in the area of Interstate 94 and Eight Mile Road, near the border of Macomb and Wayne counties, and directed him to pull over. He refused.
"He said all along that he was going to take her to the county morgue. At the last minute he went to his son's house," said Green, the police commissioner.
Green said Tomlinson broke no laws but didn't endorse the township man's actions, either.
"He made some really bad decisions. The way he described his thought process during the venture, you can kind of understand what he actually thought," Green said.
"Was he right? No."
When officers arrived late Monday afternoon at the son's home on Blackett Avenue, Tomlinson was outside waiting for them.
"He was sitting on the curb, quiet and distraught," Green said. The dead woman was still in the passenger seat.
Detective Sgt. Stephen Mills said officials are not disclosing her name because police have not yet reached relatives to notify them of her death.
An autopsy did not reveal how the Roseville woman died, and officials await the results of toxicology tests to determine whether drugs were a factor.
However, Warren police suspect she overdosed. Inside the van, police recovered an empty bottle for a 30-count prescription of Oxycontin issued to the deceased woman on May 22, Green said.
The Warren police commissioner said Tomlinson has cooperated with investigators, including an interview with detectives Thursday morning. The driver's mother also was questioned.
While Tomlinson was determined to reach Michigan, his mother did not use restrooms after the front-seat passenger had died. Pads were placed underneath her, police said.
Meantime, social service officials visited the home where the elderly woman resides with Tomlinson to look for indications of abuse or poor care.
"They made their assessment and I'm confident the mom was not in harm's way," Green said.


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STOCKTON - A man representing himself in his murder retrial, having had his death penalty conviction overturned on appeal, couldn't get his points across in court. And he nearly gave up his bid to have the local District Attorney's Office removed as prosecutors in his case in a bout of frustration.
STOCKTON - A man representing himself in his murder retrial, having had his death penalty conviction overturned on appeal, couldn't get his points across in court. And he nearly gave up his bid to have the local District Attorney's Office removed as prosecutors in his case in a bout of frustration.
Blufford Hayes Jr., charged with the murder of a Stockton hotel manager 32 years ago, wasn't asking questions properly during a hearing granted to him by the state Court of Appeal, a judge told him.
The hearing was held Thursday at San Joaquin County Superior Court before visiting Judge John Ball.
"I'm done with this stupid game that you're playing," Hayes responded to the judge, saying he wanted to withdraw his motion and demanding trial dates be scheduled.
Ball warned Hayes his examination of witnesses continued rehashing issues from his original trial.
Hayes suggested through his questioning a history of conflict of interest at the District Attorney's Office in the handling of his case. Included was that prosecutors stayed silent when defense attorney Ralph Cingcon was briefly appointed to Hayes' case, knowing there were troubled encounters between Hayes' family and the attorney's half-brother, convicted killer Johnny Arafiles.
Hayes' sister had testified against Arafiles. Because of her involvement, the defendant contends his sister received threats from Arafiles and his family.
But Hayes' questions, Ball said, were framed in ways that made them irrelevant to his current claim that Deputy District Attorney Thomas Testa is too involved with the original prosecutor, Terrence Van Oss, now a San Joaquin County Superior Court judge.
Testa also refutes the claim and has said he keeps his distance from Van Oss with the exception of idle chitchat.
"I haven't even had a cup of coffee with him," Testa has said.
Hayes had questioned a total of two witnesses in the approximately six hours in court Wednesday, drawing ongoing objections from the Attorney General's Office, who is representing the county District Attorney's Office. Ball continuously requested Hayes restructure his questions.
"I'm trying to help you," Ball said to Hayes. "Unfortunately, it's not working because we're bogging down."
Hayes accused the judge of trying to set him up to fail. "You're trying to help Van Oss," he said.
Ball encouraged Hayes to accept counsel and not throw in the towel yet in his quest for a different prosecutor. He reminded Hayes of the "enormous" amount of work he has already put into getting his motion heard in court.
To which, Hayes responded: "I'm done with the motion. Don't insult my intelligence."
But Hayes ultimately agreed at least to speak to a defense attorney about his motion.
Hayes, now 57, is accused in the 1980 murder of Stockton's Rice Motel manager, Vinod Patel. Patel was found bound by his hands and feet, stabbed and robbed.
Hayes was sentenced to death years ago, but the federal court in recent years decided Hayes gets a retrial because Van Oss had made an illegal deal with a jail inmate in exchange for his testimony against Hayes.
Hayes is scheduled back in court April 8 for a continuation of the hearing on his motion.
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JAPAN Airlines is considering flying to Brisbane again in a sign the in-bound tourist market from Japan is recovering after almost halving over the past decade.
After years of retreat, JAL has been in talks with Brisbane Airport about resuming direct services from Tokyo's Narita Airport as early as November. Resumption of a second direct route by JAL would be a boost to the local tourism industry.
The number of Japanese visitors did rise by 5 per cent to almost 352,000 for the year to November. But the figure is still well down on 1997 when Japanese visitors - then Australia's largest inbound market - peaked at 800,000.
Brisbane Airport confirmed it was in discussions with JAL about a resumption of services, but said "no firm date had been mentioned for their return".
"The demand is certainly there and there is a groundswell of support from the Queensland government and business community for the return of a full-service carrier between Brisbane and Japan," the airport said.
A spokeswoman for JAL said the airline had not made any decision about restarting the Brisbane-Tokyo route. "It is not something we would commit to saying at this point in time," she said.
"Without specifying Brisbane, we do keep a lookout for markets that we don't fly to and if it makes sense for us to consider, we would definitely explore it."
JAL stopped flying between Brisbane and Tokyo in September 2010 as part of substantial cuts to its international network after it entered bankruptcy protection.
It relisted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange last year and has since embarked on a network expansion, although it has been hamstrung recently by the grounding of its fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
JAL still has daily services between Sydney and Tokyo.
Qantas recently warned that Japanese tourism would remain stagnant or anaemic due to their changing travel tastes and a lack of investment in attractions.
In 2011, Qantas stopped direct Perth-Tokyo flights, and temporarily replaced Boeing 747 jumbos with smaller Airbus A330s. Jetstar flies the bulk of the Qantas Group's services to Japan.
Regulators recently gave approval to JAL and Jetstar to code-share on the Japan route until 2017.
JAL may swell flights on Australian route
JAPAN Airlines is considering flying to Brisbane again in a sign the in-bound tourist market from Japan is recovering after almost halving over the past decade.
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Jeffrey E. Kopiwoda, member, Funkhouser Vegosen Liebman & Dunn
Jeffrey E. Kopiwoda has rejoined Funkhouser Vegosen Liebman & Dunn after spending nearly seven years as the global head of legal affairs for an international group of financial services companies. His practice areas include enterprise organization, contracts, international business transactions, intellectual property, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, securities and financial services. In his own firm, Kopiwoda has been outside corporate counsel to business clients. Kopiwoda received his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013 • 9 p.m. ET
Game #26 • Road Game #7 • Chestnut Hill, Mass. • Conte Forum
TV: ACC Network – Tim Brando (Play-by-Play) & Mike Gminski (Analyst)
Radio: Terrapin Sports Radio Network – Kevin Sheehan (Play-by-Play) & Chris Knoche (Analyst)
• Maryland returns to the road on Tuesday when it takes on Boston College in the first of four away games over the regular season's final six contests. The Terps have just two home games left – vs. Clemson this Saturday and vs. North Carolina on March 6. Road games at Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and Virginia remain after Tuesday's trip to Chestnut Hill. The Terps defeated Boston College in the first meeting this season, 64-59. Alex Len had 16 points and 13 rebounds, while Jake Layman had 15 points and Nick Faust had 11.
• On Saturday, Maryland beat Duke 83-81 and recorded its first win over a No. 1-ranked opponent since Jan. 19, 2008, when it beat North Carolina. Seth Allen knocked down a pair of free throws with 2.8 seconds left to break a tie and give Maryland the win, earning ACC Rookie of the Week honors for his effort. Allen scored all 16 of his points in the second half, including five of Maryland's final six down the stretch.
• Alex Len had 19 points and nine rebounds against the Blue Devils, and helped in the defensive effort that held Mason Plumlee to a season-low four points on 2-of-7 shooting. Len, who is tied for second in the ACC with 2.1 blocks per game, had three against Duke.
• Maryland shot 60 percent (27-45) from the field, with all nine players that saw action recording at least one field goal. The Terps, who rank second in the ACC in field goal percentage at .476, have exceeded the 40 percent mark in each of the last seven games. They also got to the free throw line often, making a season-high 25 free throws on 34 attempts (.735). Len and Allen both set career highs with seven free throws made on eight attempts.
• On the boards, the Terps enjoyed their second largest advantage of the conference season by outrebounding the Blue Devils 40-20. Only against Wake Forest (plus-21) have the Terps had a bigger advantage. Maryland ranks second nationally in rebound margin at plus-10.7 and has outrebounded 24 of 25 opponents this season.
Maryland-Boston College Series History
• The series dates back to 1958 and is tied 8-8. Boston College owns the slight upper hand since joining the ACC, having won 7 of 12 meetings since 2005.
• The Terps have won both meetings since head coach Mark Turgeon took over at Maryland. The Terps won 81-65 in the lone meeting last season, and 64-59 in the first meeting this season, on Jan. 22.
• In the win over BC on Jan. 22, Alex Len had 16 points and 13 rebounds, Jake Layman had 15 points and Nick Faust added 11. The Terps limited BC to 35.7 percent shooting and outscored them in the paint, 34-12. Layman scored 10 of his points after the half to help break a 29-29 tie going into the locker room.


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Renee Fleming is an extremely accomplished opera singer who has received numerous awards and performed in some of the most prestigious venues in the world. Recently Ms. Fleming has announced several concerts for 2015. If you want to experience one of the most talented vocalists of our time then you'll want to see Renee Fleming in concert. GoTickets has a great selection of Renee Fleming tickets to any of her upcoming shows.
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As expected His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, during his Wednesday audience, announced a consistory, which is a worldwide gathering of all of the cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, to be held in the Vatican 24 November 2007, which this year falls on the eve of the Feast of Christ the King. The main business of this consistory will be to confer the red hat on twenty-three men, among whom are two U.S. prelates: John Patrick Foley and Daniel Nicholas DiNardo.
The list of new cardinals, known as the biglietto, as Rocco, my good friend over at Whispers, where you'll find the best wall-to-wall coverage of the consistory, points out, "is arranged in order of precedence" Hence, at the head of the biglietto is "Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches" and, "Just behind him is the . . . Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Cardinal-designate John Foley."
Foley, who, until recently, served as head of Pontifical Council for Social Communications and has been serving as the pro-grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, is a native of Philadelphia. Upon being named a cardinal Archbishop Foley is now the Grand Master of the Equestrian Order, being able to drop the "pro" from his title.
Archbishop DiNardo is the archbishop of Galveston-Houston, which was only raised to an archdiocese on 29 December 2004, the same day Archbishop DiNardo was named co-adjutor to Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza. Perhaps the biggest surprise, at least for the Church in the U.S., is the absence from the list of Archbishop Donald Wuerl who, as archbishop of Washington, D.C., was widely expected to be named a member of the Sacred College. Like Archbishop Wuerl, Cardinal-designate DiNardo is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was ordained a priest, as was Archbishop Wuerl, for that diocese before being named co-adjutor bishop to Sioux City, Iowa, a see to which he succeeded before going to Galveston-Houston.
Paris once again has a Cardinal Archbishop now that Andre Vingt-Trois has been named a cardinal. As with Archbishop Wuerl's omission from this consistory, it was a surprise when Archbishop Vingt-Trois was not created a cardinal during Pope Benedict XVI's first consistory, held on 24 March 2006. Vingt-Trois was installed as archbishop of Paris on 11 February 2005. It was a surprise when his name did not appear on the list of new cardinals, but that of his countryman, Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard, archbishop of Bordeaux, another archdiocese that did not have a history of cardinal archbishops, did.
It is of great significance that among those named to the Sacred College by the Holy Father is His Beatitude Emmanuel III Delly, patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Iraq. Though he is over 80, this is a well-deserved honor for the patriarch of an ancient Church that is currently fighting for survival, not unlike the early Christian community in Rome, to which His Beatitude will now be united in a profound manner.
After next month's consistory "the College of Cardinals will number 202 members of whom 121, under the age of 80, will be electors." In addition to eighteen new members of the Sacred College who are younger than 80 and, hence, able to vote in any Papal Conclave, bringing the number of electors to one over the self-imposed limit set forth in Pope Paul VI's Romani Pontifici Eligiendo, the Holy Father, in keeping with a tradition established by his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, "also decided to elevate to the dignity of cardinal 'three venerable prelates and two worthy priests,' all over the age of 80 and hence non-electors, for their 'commitment and service to the Church.'"
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Blogito ergo sum! Actually, as N.T. Wright averred, "'Amor, ergo sum:' I am loved, therefore I am." Among other things, I am a Roman Catholic deacon. This is a public cyberspace in which I seek to foster Christian discipleship in the late modern milieu in the diakonia of koinonia and in the recognition that "the Eucharist is the only place of resistance to annihilation of the human subject."
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
A hierarchy update
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One minor correction regarding Cardinal-Designate DiNardo. He was named Coadjutor in Galveston-Houston almost a year before it became an Archdiocese. (He did go from a Coadjutor Bishop to a Coadjutor Archbishop when the diocese was elevated.)ReplyDelete
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Fred Adrian Heddleson, age 96, of Oak Ridge, passed away Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, at the NHC Health Care Center.
Fred Adrian Heddleson, age 96, of Oak Ridge, passed away Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, at the NHC Health Care Center.
Born March 28, 1917, in New Matamoras, Ohio, he was the son of Richard David Heddleson and Grace Beaver Heddleson, who preceded him in death, as did his sister, Vivian Karash and his wives, Margaret (Peggy) Heddleson, Freda Fisher and Ruth Bowen.
He grew up in New Matamoras and graduated from Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio, with a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering. After graduation and during World War II, he worked in development of the Martin aircraft top machine gun turret and electric devices for motors of the Norden bomb sight.
In 1952, Mr. Heddleson and his family moved to Oak Ridge, Tenn. As an engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, his career path led to Nuclear Safety Information and Commercial Nuclear Power Plant safety systems.
From the 1950s through 1980s, Mr. Heddleson lived in Kingston, Tenn., where he became an accomplished water skier, artist and organist. In 1972, he became a licensed pilot and in his later years he enjoyed flying remote control airplanes and playing the organ at the Oak Ridge Retirement Center and Keystone Day Care for Seniors.
Mr. Heddleson is survived by two daughters, Janet Allen of Kingston and Judy Buff of Norfolk, Va.; stepchildren, Kristina Armstrong, Kirk Haaland and Peter Haaland; grandchildren, Robin Braden and Fred Buff; great-grandchildren, Summer Wigley, and Frederick, Davis and Wyatt Buff, and step-grandchildren, Treven Armstrong, and Carsten, Tyler, Zachery and Ryan Haaland.
Mr. Heddleson was a member of Kingston United Methodist Church.
The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, at Weatherford Mortuary, Oak Ridge. A Memorial Service will follow at noon with the Rev. Sue Lynn Johnson officiating.
The family requests in lieu of flowers that donations be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
An online guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com.


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DEMO Project Closing Reception This Friday: Dominic Paul Moore
As detailed in the recent Illinois Times cover story on the state of the arts, Springfield is increasingly becoming a destination for artists from around the region and the world. Nowhere is this the case more than at the DEMO Project, located on the campus of the Springfield Art Association. Tonight is the opening reception of a new exhibition of paintings by Chicago-based artist Dominic Paul Moore, who has previously had prestigious showings in San Francisco and St Louis along with having been owner and director of the innovative, now defunct, Ebersmoore gallery in Chicago.
The exhibit closing tonight (rescheduled after the opening was cancelled due to bad weather) is called have it say this somewhere... and according to Moore's statement in a press release these paintings "involve missteps and potential undoings. The act, at some point, reaches a conclusion and there is a thing there to look at. My distrust is, I'm not so sure this painting or that painting matters to be better or worse than the one before it or the one following it. There is no presiding work that tells you how to read it. There comes the joy in making."
The reception is Friday, January 10 from 6 PM - 9PM at DEMO Project, 732 N. Fourth Street.
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Finishing touches are coming together: the driveway, walk-in closets, home automation and some remarkable wallpaper in the powder room. Master Carpenter Norm Abram visits local glass artist Carrie Gustafson to see how she's making the foyer light, and general contractor Tom Silva's helping homeowner John Stone built a quick and easy workbench with one trip to the home center.
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Submission + - The New Transparency of War and Lethality of Hatre
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Robert Wright writes that if you had asked him a few days ago, before news broke that American soldiers had urinated on Taliban corpses if such a thing were possible he would have said "probably." After all if you send "young people into combat, people whose job is to kill the enemy and who watch as their friends are killed and maimed by the enemy, [.] the chances are that signs of disrespect for the enemy will surface — and that every once in a while those signs will assume grotesque form." War, presumably, has always been like that but something has changed that amounts to a powerful new argument against starting wars in the first place. First, there's the new transparency of war as battlefield details get recorded, and everyone has the tools to broadcast these details so "it's just a matter of time before some outrageous image goes viral — pictures from Abu Ghraib, video from Afghanistan" that will make you and your soldiers more hated by the enemy than ever. The second big change is that hatred is now a more dangerous thing. "New information technologies make it easier for people who share a hatred to organize around it," writes Wright. "And once hateful groups are organized, they stand a better chance than a few decades ago of getting their hands on massively lethal technologies." It used to be that national security consisted of making sure all foreign governments either liked you or feared you; now it requires that as few people as possible hate you. "I think we should reflect on that before we start another war.""


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WOCCU Charity Auction Goes Online
Capabilities to Bid on Items Reach Beyond Conference Boundaries
June 28, 2010
LAS VEGAS – The Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions, the charitable arm of World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU), has taken its annual auction electronic this year, and shoppers around the globe will be able to bid online on contributed auction items to help raise funds for global credit union development work.
The auction, traditionally part of WOCCU's World Credit Union Conference, will be held this year at The 1 Credit Union Conference, the joint event sponsored by WOCCU and Credit Union National Association (CUNA) that will convene July 11-14 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Conference participants may examine items up for bid in person, then go to one of the computer terminals in the auction hall and place bids at www.biddingforgood.com/woccu. Individuals who are not attending the conference may also bid on items at the same Web address.
"In the past, only conference attendees could bid on the auction items, but this year the auction is open to everyone," said Judy Ensweiler, wife of Texas Credit Union League President and CEO Dick Ensweiler, who is co-chairing the auction this year with Crissy Cheney, wife of incoming CUNA President and CEO Bill Cheney. "WOCCU works every day to improve the lives of those less fortunate by developing credit union systems around the globe," she added. "So, get in the spirit and start bidding to support this wonderful work."
The auction site is available for viewing June 28, enabling bidding to begin. The bidding ends at the closing of the conference trade show July 13, at 1:45 p.m. Winning bidders will be notified via email. In addition, a live auction will be held during the conference's closing event July 14, with auctioneer Dick Ensweiler presenting the auction's premier items for bidding.
Bidders may register online with a credit or debit card (sorry, no cash accepted) and bid any time between June 28 and July 13. Log on to www.biddingforgood.com/woccu and put your money to work supporting the global credit union movement.
For more information about the auction, contact Valerie Breunig, Worldwide Foundation executive director, at +1-608-395-2055 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
For more information about The 1 Credit Union Conference, go to www.vegas2010.org.
World Council of Credit Unions is the global trade association and development agency for credit unions. World Council promotes the sustainable development of credit unions and other financial cooperatives around the world to empower people through access to high quality and affordable financial services. World Council advocates on behalf of the global credit union system before international organizations and works with national governments to improve legislation and regulation. Its technical assistance programs introduce new tools and technologies to strengthen credit unions' financial performance and increase their outreach.
World Council has implemented 300+ technical assistance programs in 89 countries. Worldwide, 68,882 credit unions in 109 countries serve 235 million people. Learn more about World Council's impact around the world at www.woccu.org.
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This is the final wek with byes, but more importantly, it's the second-to-last week before fantasy playoffs start in most leagues. Obviously, if you've secured a playoff spot, now it's all about trying to secure the best roster for Weeks 14-16. If that means planning ahead with free agent moves at the expense of better overall/short-term plays, so be it. All that matters is getting to and winning in Week 16.
If you're still trying to get in the playoffs, then you have to do the opposite -- sell out for the next two weeks. It might mean giving up a stash you saved specifically for Week 15 and 16, but that won't matter if you don't get there.
We're here to help you get there. Here are some key numbers to know about every game, plus a stud, sleeper, stumbler or injury concern to watch for with a brief explanation why. Note that the "studs" are guys who are either better than most owners realize or established stars who owners might be foolishly thinking about benching.
Bears at Rams
Stat to know: Dynamic Rams' rookies
Stumbler: TE Martellus Bennett (Rams allowing second-fewest FPPG to TEs.)
Buccaneers at Lions
Stat to know: Bobby Rainey was the star of last week's game for the Bucs, but he'll have a tough time running on the Lions. Detroit hasn't allowed an RB to score more than 8.8 fantasy points in game since Week 6.
Sleeper: QB Mike Glennon (Lions have allowed an average of 28.7 FPPG to QBs over the past five games.)
Vikings at Packers
Stat to know: Green Bay's WRs didn't suffer too much with Scott Tolzien under center last week. Jordy Nelson (8-117, 9 targets) and Jarrett Boykin (6-91, 8 targets) received plenty of looks, and James Jones (2-55, 6 targets) was still involved. This week, Green Bay gets a Vikings' defense allowing 25.1 FPPG to WRs (11th). Nelson is still a WR2, and both Boykin and Jones are WR3 considerations.
Sleeper: Packers D/ST (Vikings allowing eighth-most FPPG to D/STs.)
Jaguars at Texans
Stat to know: Cecil Shorts vocally complained about not getting enough targets last week, but the bottom line is he hasn't produced more than 8.0 fantasy points since Week 5 or 4.2 fantasy points since Week 9. Don't expect much against Houston's top-ranked pass defense.
Sleeper: TE Garrett Graham (Jaguars allowing second-most FPPG to TEs.)
Chargers at Chiefs
Stat to know: The Chiefs allowed their first touchdown to a TE last week, but before that, only one other tight end had scored more than 4.3 fantasy points against them. Antonio Gates has only once topped 7.4 fantasy points since Week 4, so he's a fairly low-percentage play this week.
Sleeper: WR Dwayne Bowe (Chargers tied for fifth-most FPPG allowed to WRs.)
Panthers at Dolphins
Stat to Know: Steve Smith has averaged 8.5 targets but just 5.5 fantasy points over the past four games. Miami is allowing the third-fewest FPPG to WRs (15.5). Smith is always a decent play because of his high targets, but he's riskier than usual this week.
Sleeper: RB Mike Tolbert (Dolphins allowing third-most FPPG to RBs.)
Steelers at Browns
Stat to know: Jordan Cameron has just 33 yards over the past two games. Even before his slump, much of his recent production had came in "garbage time," indicating his role in Cleveland's offense has changed since earlier this year. Pittsburgh is allowing just 7.2 FPPG to TEs (22nd), making Cameron a borderline starting option.
Sleeper: WR Jerricho Cotchery (Emmanuel Sanders banged up; No. 2 WRs have scored seven TDs against Cleveland this year.)
Jets at Ravens
Stat to know: Ray Rice had a resurgence last week, but that's unlikely to carry over to this week. The Jets are allowing the second-fewest FPPG to RBs (12.3). The Ravens allow just 13, so it could be a slow day for Christopher Ivory, too.
Sleeper: TE Jeff Cumberland (Ravens allowing 10th-most FPPG to TEs.)
Titans at Raiders
Stat to know: Even if Darren McFadden (hamstring) returns this week, it's already been announced that Rashad Jennings will get at least half the RB touches. Against a Titans defense that's tied for the fifth-most FPPG allowed to RBs (21.9), that's enough to make him a flex.
Stumbler: WR Denarius Moore (Titans allowing fewest FPPG to WRs.)
Colts at Cardinals
Stat to know: Donald Brown will likely get the majority of carries over Trent Richardson, but neither are good plays this week. The Cardinals are allowing just 12.2 FPPG to RBs, fewest in the league.
Sleeper: WR Michael Floyd (Colts allowing ninth-most FPPG to WRs.)
Cowboys at Giants
Stat to know: Victor Cruz, Hakeem Nicks and Rueben Randle all went for double-digit fantasy points when these teams met in Week 1, but the Cowboys pass defense has improved since then, allowing just three total receivers to hit double digits since the start of Week 6. Cruz is still a must-start, but Nicks and Randle are tough calls.
Sleeper: Cowboys D/ST (Giants allowing most FPPG to D/STs.)
Broncos at Patriots
Stat to know: Injuries to Wes Welker (concussion) and Julius Thomas (knee) are obviously concerns, but for selfish fantasy purposes, they're potential absences are only a plus for Eric Decker. However, don't expect Joel Dreessen to benefit much if Thomas is out. The Patriots are allowing just 7.2 FPPG to TEs (tied for 22nd).
Studs: RBs Stevan Ridley and Shane Vereen (Broncos allowing 11th-most FPPG to RBs.)
49ers at Redskins
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Though its building was broken and battered by the fury of Hurricane Sandy, the spirit of the Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC — and especially the people who work and volunteer there — has remained as strong as ever.
The JCC building, located on Neil Court in Oceanside, was flooded. Most of the flooring was destroyed and the bottom three feet of the walls needed to be ripped out. The roof was also damaged.
"This was probably our most challenging time ever. We had a shattered infrastructure and no communication on either end," said Arnie Preminger, the JCC's executive director. "We're the community center, we're supposed to be out there and taking care of a community that's in trouble, and yet we had nothing to work with."
Since the day after the storm, donations have been pouring in from all over the area, and with them have come amazing volunteers. Even though the JCC never put out a call for volunteers to come in, they did. Even though their own homes were damaged in the storm, many showed up at the JCC to help others.
"We went in the neighborhood and sent teams of people — we had over 200 volunteers — knocking on doors to find out the status of families and find out what they needed," said Michele Vernon, the executive director of Sunrise Day Camp, who has been spearheading the JCC's relief efforts. "Then we provided it for them. There were some people that we learned were not in a healthy condition. We sent one person to the hospital with frostbite."
The JCC had been collecting and receiving donations. Then volunteers began showing up to help, even though the JCC never asked them to. They filled up the volunteers' cars with goods — everything from food to clothing to baby items to cleaning supplies — and set out into Oceanside, Island Park, Long Beach, Freeport and Merrick.
"It's been a door to door effort," Vernon said. "It's been a personal effort."
Synagogues and Jewish organizations from all over have been sending supplies and volunteers to the JCC. "The outpouring from other communities to come down and help has been just unbelievable," said Fishkind.
The JCC is collecting now things like space heaters and cleaning supplies rather than clothes and food. And, more than anything, people need help: they need help tearing out walls and flooring or short-term rental properties while work is done on their homes.
"There are people from every age range who are going to have to start from scratch," Vernon said. "And it's an absolutely devastating experience to see someone go through and see their lives in rubble on the front stoop."
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TORONTO — Mazon Canada, the national Jewish response to hunger, started 25 years ago as a temporary fix to feeding those in need of help.
Today, the need is greater than it was then, says Ida McLaughlin, Mazon's national executive director.
"We started with allocations of $10,000, and in 25 years, we have allocated $7 million to frontline organizations that battle hunger. That's an extraordinary amount."
Mazon's mandate, she said, is to fund only those organizations that have as their primary concern the relief of hunger, or those that have a distinct program specifically targeted to an identifiable group suffering from hunger.
Organizations Mazon helps include food banks, synagogues and churches, schools and community centres across the country.
The seeds for Mazon Canada were planted, McLaughlin said, when Rabbi Arthur Bielfeld, now rabbi emeritus of Temple Emanu-El in Toronto, heard about the work of Leonard Fein, who founded Mazon in the United States in 1985 as a result of the famine in Ethiopia.
Fein's approach was to apply the three per cent principle, she said. "This means we ask our supporters to donate three per cent of the food costs of any simchah or milestone event so Mazon can allocate those funds to the hungry."
The organization encouraged the community to symbolically invite a hungry stranger to their table, and it later branched out to special events, appeals at holidays and the sale of occasion cards, she said.
"We still live by the original tenet of considering those who don't have, and including them in our everyday lives."
The community's need comes down to the housing crisis and unemployment, she said. "There is a lot of instability in people's lives. Their home may be paid for, but what about feeding their children? Sometimes they have no choice but to give up healthy eating."
The need is still so great, Mclaughlin said, that they have to turn away agencies that have asked for help. "It is difficult to choose, but we try to help out grassroots organizations. Before they get funds, we ensure that they have a charitable status, and that everything else is above board. It breaks our hearts, though, when we have to turn people away. Our job is to feed the hungry. We don't like to leave people out."
McLaughlin, who comes to Mazon from a managerial position at TD Bank, has "always been involved in food security. I have volunteered for a charity that takes care of seniors and the disabled, and feeding people in need has always been a priority for me. It is an issue I feel deeply about. I am honoured to be part of an organization that has its priorities straight."
To commemorate Mazon Canada's 25th anniversary, the organization is holding a fundraising event at Roy Thomson Hall, Nov. 27, at 6 p.m. The evening includes kosher food prepared by caterers, vintners and pastry artists, live entertainment, a silent auction and a short presentation to honour the organization's founders.
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Carl Monday: Journalism More Dangerous Than Being a War Correspondent
Carl Monday, the reporter who outed him (after he already outed himself, so to speak), was there and approached Cooper and his family after they left the courthouse. And, well, things...things got a bit heated as the video here shows.
Folks, they should start putting these Monday/Cooper Family confrontations on PPV.
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- St. Simons Island Nole said...
The blonde attorney was pretty hot! Maybe they could have shown Spank Boy beating it to her in the courtroom!
- July 17, 2006 2:55 PM
I'm curious as to what the steps are Cooper has taken to "ensure that this never happens again," as his attorney represented to the judge...
- July 17, 2006 3:13 PM
He had a Block M tatooed on his weiner. That way, it is so repugnant to him, and anyone else for that matter, that thing isn't getting touched.
- July 17, 2006 3:27 PM
The words every masturbator fears:
"I'm Carl Monday and I have a few questions for you."
- July 17, 2006 3:57 PM
- Can't spell Lloyd without 2 "L's" said...
The most ironic thing about all this is that Carl Monday probably masturbates as he watched himself on the news at night. With his tOSU shirt on, of course.
- July 17, 2006 4:25 PM
Ok...so Mr. Buckstache Cooper Sr gets to assault Carl Monday and get away with it? I'm sure the steps Cooper has taken to ensure that this "never happens again" are
1. buy his own damn computer
2. think of that picture of A.J. Hawk showing shrinkage
3. remember that if he spanks it again he will join Mo Clarett in the clinker where he will get his poop shoot pounded by the TOSU has been.
- July 17, 2006 6:29 PM
- Papa Steve said...
That is precious. I love how indignant the family members are, as if they have been woefully wronged. The Dad is such an idiot. If I were C. monday, I would go after him every chance I got, he is too easy.
On a serious note, I do feel badly for the kid and the mother, as living with that a-hole has to be a like a little slice of hell.
- July 17, 2006 8:16 PM
- Yost said...
I think you're right. Viewing those two clips (this and the one a couple months ago), it's not hard to see how Mike Cooper came to be the messed up kid he is.
- July 17, 2006 8:30 PM
- Galen said...
So I guess having your dad separated from a cameraman is not violation of parole, or didn't it start yet? Quality stuff indeed!
- July 17, 2006 9:35 PM
Since his name is Cooper, he can't beat Michigan, so he beats his meat. I think his dad is 2-10-1 in court.
- July 17, 2006 9:52 PM
Well played, 6:52! Hilarious!
How do you spell "classy"? O-H-I-O!
- July 17, 2006 10:34 PM
Will somebody PLEASE give Carl Monday and the Cooper family their own reality show already! You can't write anything this good!
- July 17, 2006 11:59 PM
I thought the funniest part was watching this 20-something (possibly) adult slide in the back of the mini-van: Mom gets shotgun, young man...
- July 18, 2006 12:35 PM
I guess in Ohio a tee shirt is proper courtroom attire. The Cooper kids mom is so hot...
- July 20, 2006 9:23 PM
It never ends. Get over yourselves Michigan. Your state sucks. I won't even bring up the people's republic of Auto Workers. So... U-M couldn't crack the top 10 in NCAA rankings AGAIN this year, but guess what Michigan cracks the national top ten in one thing, MURDER. That's right Michigan pat yourselves on the back you tied Arkansas for 9th in the nation for murder/100,000 people. I'd rather be surrounded by "hicks" than murderous D-12 8-Mile gansters all day. Good luck with your dirty casinos.
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GLEN ELLYN – In 1906, Glen Ellyn women were allowed to vote for school board candidates for the first time.
With this knowledge, a group of local women picked their candidate and campaigned for him, eventually using the three cars in town to bring women voters to the polls on Election Day.
Through the women's efforts, Charles Hudson was elected president of the Glen Ellyn School Board, and with him came better salaries for teachers and plans for new school buildings.
"They got their candidate elected because they wanted some improvement in the school," said Carol Miller, Glen Ellyn Woman's Club historian, treasurer and past president.
This group of women made up the Glen Ellyn Study Club, which formally became the Glen Ellyn Woman's Club in 1912 after being founded 17 years earlier.
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addition to improving village schools, the group also founded the public library and still provides educational and social opportunities for residents, as well as philanthropic support for various local groups.
The club now has 51 members who meet once a month from September through May at the Glen Ellyn Civic Center. Members recently finished their club year with a luncheon May 14, where they elected new board members, including Mary Ann Zeitz as president.
Zeitz joined the club in 2006 following in the footsteps of her mother, who had joined about 10 years earlier. Like some of the other women who join, Zeitz was looking to meet more women in the area after retiring from a job in Chicago.
"Initially, it was because I wanted to get to know people in town," Zeitz said. "Once I joined, I continued on because I really appreciate and enjoy the philanthropic efforts."
The positive relationship and lack of conflict among club members have helped to keep the club standing for as long as it has, Zeitz said.
"They're an outstanding group of women to get to know," she said, adding that after her mother's recent passing, several members attended the wake and sent cards.
During the club's long legacy, members have been able to place their mark on the village.
The creation of the Glen Ellyn Public Library stemmed from the need of Study Club members to have books to research topics discussed at their meetings. Members raised money to start a library, eventually housing it in a room in Village Hall.
The Woman's Club continues to contribute to the village through donations to several local non-profits, including the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry, People's Resource Center and Glen Ellyn Historical Society.
Education remains an important focus of the club, which provides a scholarship to a graduating senior from Glenbard South and West high schools every year.
The Woman's Club once was the main hub of social life in Glen Ellyn. Although the village has grown over the years, the club still hosts social and educational events, including luncheons, talks, teas and a silent auction.
The club continues to look for prospective members, and Miller, who has been a member for more than 30 years, said women should join for the opportunity to serve the Glen Ellyn community.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.—Packers Head Coach Mike McCarthy didn't hide his emotions for his team's 38-10 loss to the New York Giants on Sunday night.
"We were thoroughly beat this evening. We were beat in every facet. It starts with me. When a team is beat like that, it starts with the coach," McCarthy said in a postgame press conference like none in recent memory. McCarthy even hinted that Sunday's loss at MetLife Stadium might be the worst in his seven years as the team's coach.
At the root of the Packers' loss were five sacks of Aaron Rodgers by the Giants who, again, were able to disrupt the Packers' passing attack with a four-man rush. It was the same formula the Giants used last January to win at Lambeau Field and knock the Packers from the playoffs.
"The New York Giants have an outstanding defensive line. We had a plan. We didn't execute it very well. We got away from it and went to some spread things that didn't work very well. That was my fault, bad play calling," McCarthy said.
Green Bay's plan for neutralizing the most feared four-man pass rush in the league likely involved making the Giants defense play run as well as pass. Seventeen first-quarter points by the Giants quickly made the Packers one-dimensional, however, and as the Packers turned harder to the pass, the Giants turned harder to the pass rush.
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers was forced to scramble from the rush on several occasions. In addition to the five sacks, the Giants totaled seven quarterback hurries. One of the sacks resulted in a fumble the Giants recovered in scoring territory with 1:03 to play in the first half. They quickly converted that Packers turnover into a touchdown that staked the Giants to a 31-10 lead at halftime.
The Giants gained 390 yards of offense, including 147 rushing. They registered 23 first downs, converted six of 12 third downs and committed no turnovers.
Eli Manning was at his best following consecutively poor performances in losses to Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Manning threw for 249 yards, three touchdowns and a 114.4 passer rating.
Rodgers was outpointed by an opposing quarterback for one of the few times in the last three years. He threw for 219 yards, one touchdown, one interception and an 81.9 passer rating. Considering the pressure he was under, it was an accomplishment that he avoided injury.
"When your quarterback is under pressure like that, it affected me tonight," McCarthy said of the effect the Giants' pass rush had on the coach's play calling. "You have to protect your quarterback. It's the offense's No. 1 responsibility."
The loss ends a five-game winning streak and leaves the Packers at 7-4 and a game behind the Bears in the NFC North title race. The Packers' advantage is a Week 2 win over the Bears.
"This is a game that makes everybody look inside and find out what you're all about. It doesn't taste good, it doesn't feel good. The most important thing is accountability, responsibility. Everything we want to accomplish is in front of us," McCarthy said.
Four of the Packers' five remaining games are against NFC North opponents, beginning with this Sunday's game at Lambeau Field against the Minnesota Vikings.
"We have to make the most of them. Go back home and get some home cooking," Rodgers said.


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HUDSON � The town�will soon shake its distinction as the largest community in Massachusetts to hand-count votes, after Town Meeting Monday night approved spending $56,000 to buy electronic voting machines.
With little discussion, Town Meeting overwhelmingly approved the town�s capital plan of over $1 million, which includes $56,000 to purchase eight electronic voting tabulators. Each of the town�s seven precincts will receive a tabulator and one will be kept at the town clerk�s office as a backup.
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A special state legislative committee is being formed to address issues related to recovery from last month's floods, Colorado House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver, announced Friday.
The 12-member bipartisan panel will work with victims, disaster experts and agencies that responded to the floods to see what further state assistance might be possible for those affected and to keep the recovery on track, according to a Colorado House Democrats news release. The committee also will review existing state laws to ensure they provide effective tools to support agencies and victims during such disasters.
Longmont Democratic Rep. Jonathan Singer said Friday that he's asked to serve on the yet-to-be-appointed committee, which Ferrandino's office said will begin meeting soon.
Singer said his Boulder County House district -- which extends from Allenspark through Lyons into Longmont -- includes most of the area flooded by the St. Vrain River and its tributaries. He said he's "been on the front lines" when the floods struck and during the cleanup and ongoing recovery efforts that followed.
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The committee should look at what can be done for the economic recovery of businesses in flood-stricken areas, Singer said, and might see whether laws are needed to address whether people and businesses have been victims of any price gouging while their areas were in a state of emergency.
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Consecutive protests against the cross-strait service trade agreement are to be held by various civic groups this weekend to highlight what critics say are the pact's violation of democratic principles and the potential harm it may cause to the local service sector.
More than a dozen groups, led by the Cross-Strait Agreement Watch Association, yesterday announced they planned to protest against the pact between 6pm and 10pm on Sunday in front of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, one day before the beginning of an extra legislative session during which the deal is to be reviewed and voted upon.
Preceding Sunday's protest will be a demonstration planned by the Taiwan Association of University Professors that is to be held on Saturday on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office over the same concerns — namely, the opacity of the pact negotiation process and the possible negative impacts of an influx of Chinese investment.
"The demonstration is necessary because it seems to us that President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) administration has been trying to brainwash us all to support the pact with the explanatory sessions it has been holding across the country and to push the agreement through the legislature before the end of the extra session," Taiwan Democracy Watch convener Hsu Wei-chun (徐偉群) told a press conference.
Citing the recent series of controversies caused by land expropriations, urban development projects and cross-strait engagement, which many claim are violations of Taiwanese's constitutional rights to property and self-determination, Hsu said the central and local governments' practices "have derailed the nation from the track of democracy and jeopardized the human rights of its citizens."
Under the service pact, which is comprised of four chapters and 24 articles, 64 local service industry sub-sectors will be opened to Chinese investment, while China will open up 80 industries to Taiwan.
Representatives of the civic groups organizing the rally said they opposed the opacity of the agreement and a possible push by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to fast-track the agreement directly to a second reading in the extra session.
They also demanded that the government hold public hearings on the potential effects cross-strait liberalization could have on each sector listed under the pact.
Taiwan Labor Front secretary-general Son Yu-lian (孫友聯) said that while almost all labor rights groups opposed globalization and free-trade agreements (FTA), the signing of an FTA between two entities should at least be debated and discussed because labor conditions will be harmed by virtually any form of relaxation in any sector.
However, the Ma administration never consulted the public or service-sector workers before deciding to negotiate the pact, nor while it proceeded to do so, Son said.
Separately yesterday, former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), who has extensive experience as a trade negotiator for the government in the 1980s, said the service pact "has been nothing like the ones we have signed before."
Trade liberalization always involves the redistribution of wealth and benefits among various social classes, which is why prior consultation, discussion and explanation with the public and lawmakers are important, she said.


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We have been waiting for is quickly approaching. I am soo excited, this is a huge chance for our reds to take this division over and prove to the so-called experts just how forreal we can be. we have been in this situation before and we haven't really done the job, the cardinals have always got the best of us and have always seem to come away with the big series win but, I feel something diffrent and I feel a change coming in this city and that's winning baseball, it's just there this year..I just feel it.
we have the offense when capable, we have the starting pitching to give us quality starts and we have the bullpen when everything is clicking. I truly believe we come out of this with a sweep, I woke up this morning with a sense of urgency for this upcoming series. I feel something special is about to take place and something huge is going to happen, let's get behind our reds, I know sometimes we have arguments on here and sometimes we have diffrent point of views but tonight is something completely diffrent...tonight is about payback to what the cardinals have done to us over the course of the past few years and it's time to owe them back what they have done to us.
who's behind me?? GO REDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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But they're not telling you the whole story.
EAGLE-Net's original mission was to bridge the existing gaps in Internet connectivity in some of our state's rural public school districts that are "unserved and underserved." This was to be accomplished by working with private companies on the ground that already have infrastructure in place.
Sadly, this goal has not been achieved. Instead, EAGLE-Net has engaged in overbuilding existing networks at the expense of Colorado's longstanding rural telecommunications providers.
This is an issue that was originally brought to the attention of my office by local business owners and employees who are concerned that they are being pushed out of business by government-funded activities taking place in areas never intended. These providers employ local people who in turn pay taxes that fund the schools and libraries.
I absolutely agree with The Fort Morgan Times editorial board that our children deserve broadband access. However, so does the business owner on Main Street. The auto parts store and implement dealership need internet broadband access to stay connected to their suppliers. The local realtor uses broadband to post and check real estate listings.
According to the state legislature, EAGLE-Net is only allowed to provide Internet service to schools and other government institutions. It is not allowed to provide service to local businesses or consumers.
Thankfully, those who live and work in Fort Morgan currently have a choice between multiple internet providers. Optimum and Century Link, for example, offer Internet broadband service to the Fort Morgan community comparable to what is available to their customers in Fort Collins. I live in Yuma and have access to the Internet through at least four different providers: Viaero, Century Link, Dish Network and Premier Systems.
Not only does this competition between providers keep the price of rural broadband affordable, but it challenges these companies to constantly improve their services. Areas throughout the San Luis Valley, the Lower Arkansas Valley and significant swaths of northeastern Colorado already benefit from high speed Internet access thanks to local telecomm providers.
Unfortunately, there are still communities in our state that have no broadband access at all - like the mountain community of Silverton. Oddly, they are still waiting for EAGLE-NET to come their way and wondering what is taking so long.
Fort Morgan and my home town of Yuma certainly are clearly not unserved communities, so does that mean EAGLE-Net considers us underserved? If so, what does it mean to be underserved? The fuzzy definition of what it means to be underserved is a big part of the problem.
As a Member of Congress, I believe it is my duty to ensure that we have proper oversight of all federal programs, including rural broadband spending. That is why I have asked the Department of Commerce to look into the concerns raised by private providers. EAGLE-Net should have to account for a strategy that appears to involve overbuilding in areas that already have broadband service while sidestepping some truly needy ones.


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Value Line has initiated coverage of GasLog Ltd. (GLOG) in its flagship product, The Value Line Investment Survey. GasLog engages in the ownership, operation, and management of vessels in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market. The company provides maritime services for the transportation of LNG around the world, along with LNG vessel management services. GasLog was incorporated in Bermuda in 2003. Its common shares began trading on the NYSE on March 30, 2012. GasLog's headquarters are in Monaco, and it has 91 full-time employees, not including contractors, outsourced employees, and seafaring staff on owned and managed ships.
GasLog provides support to international energy companies and their LNG logistics chain. Its fleet, as of December 31st, 2012, consisted of 12 LNG carriers, including four ships in operation and eight ships on order from Samsung Heavy Industries. The company also manages 12 other LNG carriers, including 11 ships owned by BG Group, a major player in the global energy and natural gas markets, as well as a carrier in which it has a 25% ownership.
Each carrier has a capacity of between 155,000 and 174,000 cubic meters. Management believes this size is optimal given that it is compatible with most existing LNG terminals around the world. The ships also use tri-fuel diesel electric propulsion technology, which lowers fuel consumption and environmental emissions compared to traditional steam-powered LNG carriers that make up around 75% of the current global fleet.
GasLog operates its business in two segments: vessel ownership and vessel management. The former group (82% of 2012 revenues) generates revenues by chartering ships to customers on time charters of up to ten years. The latter segment, which is carried out by its wholly owned subsidiary GasLog LNG Services, generates sales through construction supervision services and providing technical ship management services, including training, providing a crew, maintenance, regulatory, health, and safety issues.
GasLog benefits from the fact that the LNG shipping business has high barriers to entry, as it requires a significant amount of capital, qualified personnel, and a high degree of technical management. It also has one of the youngest fleets in the industry. Once the company receives delivery of the last of its eight contracted ships, the average age of its owned fleet will be 2.7 years, compared to the current industry average of 11.3 years.
The ownership and operation of ships has inherent risks, including mechanical failure, collision, damage to the vessel, cargo loss, and marine disaster, among others. Another risk is that, as of December 31, 2012, 97% of the company's revenues were generated from one customer, BG Group. As a result, the loss, or reduction, in business from BG would clearly have a significant impact on the company's sales and earnings. However, upon delivery of two new ships, Shell will become a major customer. Another risk is the fact that GasLog's chairman, Peter G. Livanos, is a controlling shareholder, with more than 50% of outstanding shares. As a result, he has the ability to control the outcome of most matters on which shareholders vote on.
While GasLog doesn't face a large number of competitors, it does compete with a few independent owners that also have newly-built, technically advanced LNG carriers. The company also sees pressure from some of the major oil and gas producers that own LNG carriers, as well as national gas and shipping firms. The inherent volatility of natural gas prices also pose a risk to the company's profitability.
All told, we view GasLog's business prospects favorably. The company has been benefiting from recent additions to its fleet, including the Shanghai, Skagen, Sydney, and Santiago in 2013. Increased volumes, along with potentially greater voyage distances, should increase requirements for LNG carriers, and support good results at GLOG.
Subscribers interested in learning more about this owner and manager of LNG vessels are advised to consult Value Line's quarterly reports for GasLog, as well as any supplemental reports and relevant articles that may arise as important news comes to light.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have any positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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James D. 'J.D.' Felts Sr.
James D. "J.D." Felts Sr., 82, of Big Spring, Texas, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, at his residence. No services are planned.He was born Dec. 15, 1931, in Colorado City, Texas, to Effie and Elmo Felts. He was a Veteran of the U. S. Army. He was a driller for Duncan and Turner oil companies. He lived most of his life in Big Spring and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He is survived by one daughter, Connie Fletcher of Austin; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sons, James David Felts Jr., and Russell Dean Felts. Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral Home. Pay your respects online at www.myersandsmith.com


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