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AT&T is acquiring satellite TV provider DirecTV in a deal worth $48.5 billion. This will bring 20 million more U.S. television subscribers under AT&T's roof, making it the second biggest TV provider, behind Comcast. The deal is subject to regulatory approval, and to help that along, AT&T says it will sell its 8% stake in America Movil, which is a competitor to DirecTV in some areas. "By acquiring the country's biggest satellite television operator, AT&T will help bolster its competitive position against Comcast. Though pay television is considered a mature market whose subscriber growth has slowed dramatically in recent years, the business nonetheless generates billions of dollars in cash. ... Part of the attraction may be DirecTV's ample cash flow. While its business has shown little growth in recent years, it generated about $8 billion in earnings last year. Much of that will go toward future investments in growth, AT&T said, including bidding at least $9 billion for wireless network capacity that the government plans to auction off soon. By gaining satellite TV, AT&T may also be able to free up capacity on its existing broadband network."


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Patti LuPone Remembers It Well!
TheaterMania reviews Patti LuPone: A Memoir, Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt, and South Pacific: Paradise Rewritten.
Certainly, LuPone has a lot of love to spread around when it comes to some of her colleagues, including Mandy Patinkin, George Hearn, and Kevin Kline (her longtime paramour in the 1970s). As a proud Sicilian (whose grandparents were allegedly bootleggers!), she rewards the loyalty of her friends with copious affection and praise, while cursing her enemies.
In fact, LuPone is at her wittiest when she is elaborating on her unhappiest experiences. Her prose is particularly acidic in her fifth chapter titled, "The Baker's Wife, or Hitler's Roadshow." In it she deconstructs all that went wrong with the out-of-town tryouts of the infamously flawed Stephen Schwartz-David Merrick venture, and saves her harshest criticism for her co-star Chaim Topol. (Perhaps more surprising is that she also loathed working with her Life Goes On costar Bill Smitrovich.)
LuPone also talks about her Tony-winning performance in 1979's Evita, which came at a terrible price to her physical and mental health. And she aptly recalls her humiliating experience with the musical Sunset Boulevard; in which after having played Norma Desmond in London, she learned she would not reprise the role on Broadway from reading a gossip column.
But for many readers, it's the older, wiser, and calmer Patti that may be the real revelation. Armed with a healthier attitude and placed in a healthier working environment, LuPone has reached even new career heights in the past decade, and she simply cannot lavish enough praise on her collaborators in Sweeney Todd and Gypsy (for which she won the 2008 Tony for Best Actress in a Musical). Like those must-see performances, LuPone's memoir is a must-read.
Gottlieb's opening chapters betray an annoyance with the lack of reliable information on Bernhardt's early years. Just as many actresses still do today, Bernhardt made a conscious effort to obfuscate her age, so from the first sentence, it is clear that Gottlieb is unsure of her actual date of birth. (Is it 1843? 1844? 1841? Who can really be sure?) Being a child of the stage, Bernhardt recounts dramatic and thrilling anecdotes about her adolescence in her own memoirs (extensively quoted in Gottlieb's book), most of which Gottlieb views with a strong dose of skepticism.
Gottlieb shines when he lets go of the quest for empirical data in favor of presenting the legend of Bernhardt. For instance, what was her relationship with the alleged father of her son, the Prince de Ligne? Were they star-crossed lovers? Was it a plot all too similar to her signature play La Dame Aux Camelias? Or was it simply a one-night stand gone horribly wrong? Gottlieb explores all of these scenarios with a theatrical flourish.
He also liberally speculates on who might make up her pantheon of lovers, including Victor Hugo, Napoleon III, and Edward, Prince of Wales. The truth may be lost forever, but what is not lost on Gottlieb or his readers is the fact that all of this scandal and intrigue added to Bernhardt's fame and contributed to her meteoric rise as the world's first international actress-superstar.
Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, and Lady Gaga should all credit a huge portion of their respective business models to Bernhardt. Not only did she receive worldwide notoriety through scandal, proving the old adage that all publicity is good publicity, but she keenly positioned herself at the forefront of the fashion and art worlds. As Gottlieb simply states, "She made fashion." A wisely-included photo gallery of roles proves this point: Bernhardt knew how to wear a costume well.
The book also focuses a particularly strong light on the anti-Semitic criticism and occasionally violent attacks that Bernhardt had to cope with throughout her life. Despite this, she continued to tour some of the most inhospitable places in the world for Jews and push the envelope as an artist. Her 1899 portrayal of Hamlet (portions of which are now viewable on YouTube) stands out as a particularly bold move for the game-changing actress, who never seemed to tire of her craft and worked until the last days of her life.
Lovensheimer painstakingly researched South Pacific by digging through the yet-to-be-catalogued Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers collections in the Library of Congress. By doing so, he provides his readers with a rich history of Hammerstein's politics, which is crucial to understanding the sensibilities that went into writing South Pacific.
As a member of the Hollywood anti-Nazi league, Hammerstein was investigated by the FBI for potential Communist sympathies. While certainly no Communist, his revelation to South Pacific director Joshua Logan that, "I hate the military," and his progressive attitudes about race put him squarely in the category of "liberal elite."
Indeed, Hammerstein's lyrical criticism of the rising management class in post-war America is clear in a song titled "The Bright Young Executive of Today," which was eventually cut from the show. (Lovensheimer has included a full version in his very helpful appendix.) One wonders if its inclusion would have fueled the arguments of those on the political right who criticized South Pacific's message of racial harmony -- most notably evidenced in the then-controversial song, "You've Got to be Carefully Taught."
Lovensheimer's research also shows that South Pacific's anti-racist messages were much more pronounced in earlier drafts. However, Lovensheimer carefully considers the balancing act that comes when writing a musical for the Broadway stage. Rodgers and Hammerstein wanted to challenge their upper middle-class audience, but they still needed them to buy tickets.

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David Moyes has confirmed Manchester United have made a second bid for Barcelona's Cesc Fabregas.
The Red Devils had an initial offer for the ex-Arsenal man, believed to have been worth around €30 million, turned down last week.
Moyes, who also revealed last week that executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward had left Manchester United's pre-season tour in order to hold talks with Barcelona, said this morning that the second offer had been made.
"As I understand it, Ed had a response [to the first bid]," the Scot said at a press conference in Yokohama.
"We have made a second offer but Ed is dealing with it rather than me."
Barcelona vice-president Josep Maria Bartome insisted last week that Fabregas was not for sale while Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger confirmed the Gunners had first refusal on the 26-year-old and suggested he had been told Fabregas would stay at the Camp Nou for next season.
"When you're interested in good players you want to give it every opportunity to materialise and I'll do that," Moyes continued. "I hope things can continue and move forward.
"At this moment in time I can only tell you that Ed Woodward is working hard trying to make the deals happen. We can only hope that some of them fall into place shortly."
So far only Uruguayan full-back Guillermo Varela has joined Man Utd since Moyes took over from Sir Alex Ferguson earlier this summer.
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WASHINGTON, May 15, 2012 – Pentagon officials hope the Pakistani government will reopen the ground supply lines into Afghanistan "in the very near future," George Little, acting assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, said today.
During a Pentagon news conference, Little said a U.S. team has been in discussions with Pakistani officials since the government closed the border crossings in November 2011. "We are hopeful that in the very near future they will reopened," he said. "They are important supply routes for us."
Pakistan closed the routes, known as ground lines of communication, after a Nov. 26 incident in which American troops came under fire from Pakistan. U.S. forces returned fire and killed 21 Pakistani soldiers. Pakistan responded by closing the main overland supply routes for U.S. and NATO forces into Afghanistan.
U.S. logistics specialists quickly shifted to other means to supply the forces, but the routes through Pakistan are considered the most direct and most cost-effective.
Other aspects of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship were not affected. "We continue to work closely with the Pakistanis to renew our relationship that gets over some of the obstacles that we faced in the past," Little said.
The United States and Pakistan share common threats, concerns and interests, the assistant secretary said. "Terrorism is common concern that both the United States and Pakistan face," he said. "The same terrorists that come after us go after Pakistanis and have been responsible for the deaths of thousands of Pakistanis."
Little and Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. John Kirby also discussed counterterrorism in Yemen. U.S. service members continue to work with Yemeni personnel against al-Qaida and other terror groups in the country, Little said. "They have taken aggressive action in their own country against militants who want to plan attacks against Yemenis and plan attacks on the United States and other countries," he said. "We believe the government of Yemen has taken on in a decisive manner the need to go after militants inside the country.
U.S. service members do conduct operations with the Yemenis to get after terrorist targets, Kirby said. "But a large part of our effort is to help them build the capacity to do it themselves," he added.


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LMU (20-9), which fell to UCSD in the 2011 conference title game, is awarded the WWPA's automatic berth to the NCAA Championships, May 11-13 at San Diego State.
Kirsten Bates brought the Tritons within one at the 5:04 mark of the fourth quarter and UCSD had a final opportunity to knot the score with 20 seconds remaining on the clock. The Tritons ran an isolation play out of a timeout for Sarah Lizotte, but the sophomore's rainbow attempt to the far post was pushed out of harm's way by LMU goalkeeper Elise Ponce with moments to spare.
"This team gave every bit and more. I am so darn proud of these gals. They poured their hearts out today against a team that is phenomenal and quite frankly could win the national championship," said UCSD head coach Brad Kreutzkamp.
Up by one early in the game, the Lions looked as though they would double their lead after earning a 6-on-5. However, UCSD came up with a field block and responded with a long outlet to Jessica Tran. Tran took a look at the cage and floated a shot over Ponce to make it 1-1 at the 3:35 mark.
The Tritons took their first lead the next trip down the pool, as Leah Gonzales collected a rebound off Lizotte's long-range attempt. Gonzales tossed it back to the right side for Lizotte, who beat the keeper to the far post to make it 2-1.
Erin Manke tied it for LMU at with 1:24 remaining, but UCSD punched back off the restart. Lizotte took one of her patented quick shots from half tank to beat an unsuspecting Ponce and make it 3-2 in favor of UCSD.
"We put a lot of pressure on [Lizotte's] shoulders. We ask her to do a lot for this team. We called her number today and I could see it in her eyes in the first two minutes that she was ready to play. She was ripping the back of the cage and I was happy to see it," said Kreutzkamp.
Lizotte led all Tritons with three goals in the game, increasing her school-record goal-total to 91 scores this year.
UCSD could not take advantage of consecutive man-advantage opportunities early in the second and LMU made the Tritons pay. After Bates hit the crossbar at the five-minute mark, LMU's Laura Lopez floated a ball inside for freshman Mackenzie Beck, who touched-in a shot past UCSD's Allie Taylor to make it 3-3.
After LMU killed-off another Triton 6-on-5, Beck scored in nearly identical fashion to make it 4-3 at the 3:43 mark. UCSD had a chance to pull even just before the break, but Tran clanged a shot off the post after LMU's Alexandra Honny and Manke were ejected on the same possesion.
UCSD stuggled to find the net with a man-advantage, despite earning 11 6-on-5 opportunities. The Tritons converted a pair of those situations, both in the second half. LMU was 1-for-5 with a man-up.
"We picked a couple weak spots that we tried to expose. And I was really happy that we executed it exactly how we wanted. We had to stay out of foul trouble and stop their really potent 6-on-5," said Kreutzkamp.
Honny scored the Lions' only 6-on-5 goal at the 6:04 mark of the third, but Lizotte once again caught Ponce off-guard on the restart, keeping the Tritons within one at 6-5.
Up 7-5, LMU's Jessica Morelos had a chance to break the game open if not for a stellar defensive play by UCSD senior Natalie Peng. Morelos did well to gain position inside on Peng, but the UCSD two-meter defender did just enough to force Morelos to spray her shot wide of the left post.
Tran once again hit the woodwork on UCSD's first possession of the final stanza, but Katherine Biehle corraled the rebound and drew an ejection to give UCSD a man-up. The Tritons tossed it around the perimeter before Tran lobbed it inside for Bates, who rose-up and flicked it past Ponce to make it 7-6.
UCSD had two more legitimate looks at goal with less than 2:45 remaining, but Lizotte's shot from six meters grazed off the crossbar and Rachel Brooks shot from four meters was blocked by Honny.
"In one-goal games, you can point to a half-dozen things [that made the difference] either way. One thing I'd have to point out is just finishing our shots. When you score six goals its hard to win a game. They had some opportunities and bar-outs, plus Ponce played great," said Kreutzkamp.
Ponce took home Tournament Most Valuable Player after recording 14 stops in the championship game. Beck led all scorers with four goals in the game and was named All-Tournament First Team.
Bates, an All-Tournament Second Team selection, registered two goals in the final. Taylor made four saves in goal. Biehle joined Lizotte on the All-Tournament First Team.
UCSD ends the season at 21-14 overall with the program's most wins in a single season since 2003.
"I think it is one of our best season's ever. I understand that we won [the WWPA tournament] last year, but we won more games this year. We were in the conference championship for the third year in a row. This is a team that is going in the right direction and I am very proud of them," said Kreutzkamp.
The Tritons will graduate five seniors at season's end- Bates, Biehle, Tran, Peng and Taylor.


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BILL LAWRY recalls his first meeting with Tony Greig – the man who would become his commentary box offsider for more than three decades – like it was yesterday.
"He said to me: 'Aren't you the captain of Australia that lost 4-0 against South Africa?'," Lawry said. "I said: 'Yes I am, and aren't you the captain that gave up the captaincy of England for money?' From that moment on we were good friends.
"He loved a bit of a banter but the main thing was his understanding of the game. I always felt comfortable with him on air because he understood the game."
Greig will be remembered as one of the country's favourite voices of summer but it was events in 1977 that shaped the remainder of his life.
Greig was labelled a traitor by the establishment in England for his part in Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket revolution but Lawry argues the should be hailed as a visionary. Recruited by Packer, Greig travelled round the world to sign players behind closed doors before featuring as the World XI team captain.
"When we look back on World Series Cricket, all of us today – the players in particular, the spectators who were getting such great television and the coloured clothing and all that – was due very much to Tony Greig having the courage to give up the captaincy of England to join Kerry Packer," Lawry said.
"That was a very big ask and he had the courage to do it. He was a tremendous competitor. I can remember when they played the World Series Cricket game at the trotting track in Perth. Richie [Benaud] had interviewed Ian Chappell, I think, because he was captain of the other side, and just before stumps we saw this big figure striding across the ground.
"He knocked on the door of the commentary box and said to David Hill, our producer: 'I want equal time. I want the same time as what Chappell had'. That's the way he was. He was bigger than life."
While the Packer team were secretly recruiting players, Greig captained England in the other momentous cricket occasion of 1977 – the Centenary Test. The opposition captain, Greg Chappell, said Greig had felt he had little option but to become Packer's lieutenant.
"The response from the establishment in England was as strong if not stronger than the response from the establishment here," said Chappell. "And as a foreigner who had been given the captaincy of England I think he received the brunt of the abuse that flowed to all of us. He felt there weren't going to be opportunities for him post-cricket."
Greig recalled his agreement with Packer when delivering the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's in June.
Referring to a transcript of the meeting he said the conversation went like this:
"Kerry, money is not my major concern. I'm nearly 31-years-old. I'm probably two or three Test failures from being dropped from the England team. Ian Botham is going to be a great player and there won't be room in the England Test side for both of us.
England captains such as Tony Lewis, Brian Close, Colin Cowdrey, Ray Illingworth and Mike Denness all lost the captaincy long before they expected. I won't be any different. I don't want to finish up in a mundane job when they drop me. I'm not trained to do anything. I went straight from school to playing for Sussex. I am at the stage in my life where my family's future is more important than anything else. If you guarantee me a job for life working for your organisation I will sign."
On the 20th anniversary of the Centenary Test he said there were people who in England who still held against him his ties with Packer.
''There is a little bit in England,'' Greig said. ''Not in Australia. I think the Australians have behaved impeccably over World Series Cricket. The hatchet got buried. It took a few years. There were a few little teething problems for the first five years. I mean, we lived with each other. We were marketing their game. We were working with them.'
Former Australian captain Benaud, enlisted by Packer as a consultant for World Series Cricket, described Greig's role in the revolution as fearless. "There was an enormous amount of pressure on him. He was captain of England at the time and played against Australia at Lord's," Benaud recalled. "The English people turned against him.
"He wasn't just a fearless cricketer but a fearless thinker as well. Not just jump in boots first, but . . . it wouldn't matter how much pressure it put on him he would stick with it."


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Victory or Death
Writer's note: This post is kind of backwards. If you want the point, skip to the last break and start there. If you want to know how I got to that point, read the whole thing.
This has been a rough offseason for Phillies fans. We've been put through another year of crushing playoff disappointment, for starters. And considering the astronomical expectations going into the playoffs, the smug, cheeky punchability of the St. Louis Cardinals, and the most crushing final visual of any season I can remember (Ryan Howard on the ground, in the fetal position a few feet up the first base line), I'd say that the playoff disappointment of 2011 was more crushing than any in recent memory.
Where spring brings hope for most baseball teams, spring brings to Philadelphia a new (and excellent) closer, whose lunatic contract may cost the Phillies Cole Hamels or a free-agent bat (David Wright?) in the offseason. And speaking of lunatic contracts, Ryan Howard starts his fielding ground balls from a stool.
Whatever, though, Howard (when healthy) and Papelbon are both pretty good, even if they're both being paid way too much.
But 12 months have offered no comfort of any kind on two of the most important storylines for the Phillies this season: Chase Utley's rapidly degenerating joints and the never-ending purgatory that is Domonic Brown's ascent from the top prospect in the minor leagues to…well, whatever he is now.
I truly believe this is the last year of the Phillies' "window," such as it is, unless there is a major institutional change on the horizon. By this time next year, the Braves, Marlins, and (perhaps) Nationals will have reeled in the Phillies, and the overwhelming advantage in the division that we've taken for granted for the past four years will be gone. This makes me sad, because, to paraphrase Orson Scott Card, I don't like competitive imbalance in baseball, unless it means my team wins all the time.
But it also makes me unspeakably angry, because the current front office management in Philadelphia has built, barring the Bobby Cox Braves, one of the most consistently excellent National League teams in recent memory. They did so by building a core of homegrown talent in the early-to-mid 2000s (Utley, Howard, Madson, Hamels, Rollins, Burrell, Myers) with which it's difficult not to contend, then aggressively pursuing top-level parts to complement the homegrown core (Halladay, Lee, Blanton, Oswalt, Lidge, Pence) and hitting the jackpot with a couple of scrap heap pickups (Moyer, Werth, Victorino).
But yeah, you all know that. But we're teetering on the edge of collapse. The Phillies are a gerontocracy, one more Laynce Nix or Ty Wigginton in the lineup from ruin on a Roman scale. How a team could build an empire on the basis of shrewd scouting and bold pursuit of the best talent in the game, then abandon that strategy when it would pay off most confounds me. I feel betrayed. Incensed. There's a constant low boil of anger at Ruben Amaro in the pit of my stomach. And we haven't even played a meaningful game this season.
I spent seven weeks on a study abroad program in May, June, and July 2008, and as a side effect of not having Comcast in Brussels, Belgium, I didn't watch a minute of baseball while I was there. I immersed myself in soccer, watching (this is not an exaggeration) 23 of the 31 matches of Euro 2008 with Dutch commentary from my apartment and various pubs, bars, and restaurants across Western Europe.
So when I came back home, baseball was weird to me. I knew the Phillies were pretty decent in 2008, and that they'd bet relatively big on Brad Lidge's return to full physical and mental health. But having missed most of the season, I sat down to watch the 2008 All-Star Game knowing relatively little about what had transpired when I was in Europe.
I kept up my tradition that summer of keeping score at home while watching on TV, perhaps the nerdiest thing I've ever done. Scoring the All-Star Game presents an interesting set of challenges–while it's unusual for a regular-season game to see more than five or six substitutions (unless it's being managed by Tony La Russa), both All-Star teams carry about 30 players and try to use all of them. Your score sheet fills up really quickly, particularly if the game goes 15 innings. But we'll get to that later.
On the night of the game, Phillies second baseman Chase Utley was the subject of quite a bit of buzz after he'd had the defining moment of his career in the Home Run Derby. But that changed after Utley singled in the top of the sixth, moving Hanley Ramirez to third. A sacrifice fly by Lance Berkman plated Ramirez, giving the National League a 2-0 lead going into the bottom of the sixth. Utley, after being stranded on second, was lifted for then-Florida Marlins second baseman Dan Uggla.
Uggla was playing in his second All-Star game, and fulfilling his father's lifelong dream by playing in Yankee Stadium. In the bottom of the sixth, he fielded a pop fly cleanly and wasn't heard from again until he struck out against Jonathan Papelbon in the eighth. In the meantime, J.D. Drew had tied the game with a home run off Edinson Volquez. The first batter after Uggla, Adrian Gonzalez, watched Miguel Tejada steal second and advance to third on a throwing error. Gonzalez then put the National League back on top with a sacrifice fly. Billy Wagner gave the run back in the bottom of the inning.
If you remember the game, you know where this is going.
In the top of the 10th, Russell Martin and Tejada knocked back-to-back singles off Yankees closer Mariano Rivera to bring Uggla to the plate with one out and the go-ahead run on third. Uggla grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Colorado's Aaron Cook, a ground ball pitcher by reputation, started the 10th for the National League. Michael Young grounded Cook's first pitch to Uggla. Uggla booted it, putting Young on third. Carlos Quentin grounded Cook's second pitch to Uggla. He got crossed up on that, too.
As ESPN's Jerry Crasnick wrote, "In a span of three pitches, he had a GIDP and two errors to his credit." In those three pitches, the American League's win expectancy had shot up from 32 percent to 94 percent. And Uggla looked like he'd rather be anywhere else in the world than manning second base at Yankee Stadium.
Of course, the next ball put in play went to Uggla, too. Cook intentionally walked Carlos Guillen, then Grady Sizemore, like Young and Quentin, grounded to Uggla. This time, he made the pickup and got the out at home. After two more groundouts, Cook had danced through Uggla's mess.
The next inning was no easier. The first five batters Cook faced in the bottom of the 11th reached, but two of them were put out on the bases. Again, no score.
In the 12th, with his dad and a national television audience watching, Uggla came to the plate with the bases loaded, one out, and the look on his face of a man in dire need of the restroom. Uggla struck out on three pitches. Then committed another error–an All-Star Game record third–in the bottom of the 13th. Then struck out again to lead off the 15th. The National League, winless since 1996 in the All-Star Game, remained so when Lidge finally capitulated in the bottom of that inning.
Uggla, that night: 0-for-4, 3 strikeouts, one GIDP, three errors, and a WPA of -0.637, more than enough, in a vacuum, to lose the game by himself.
The reason I'm recounting this lengthy, sad, and not-particularly relevant story to you now is because it was a fascinating experience. I had the opportunity to watch a man unravel before my very eyes, on live television, in front of millions. I don't particularly like Dan Uggla as a player. He's slow, he's terrible in the field, he strikes out a lot, and his home run totals tend to inflate his value even if he doesn't do anything else particularly well.
But Fox kept cutting to his face, and I'll never forget the look. He looked like he was about to cry, or at least he would have looked that way if not for the stoic expression of shock. It would not have surprised me if, at any point during the extra innings of that game, Uggla had started weeping, run away, walked over to Adrian Gonzalez and asked for a hug, swapped uniforms with Utley and run for Canada, or broken his bat over his knee.
It's unlikely that the 2008 All-Star Game had some sort of scarring emotional effect on Uggla. He's certainly been just fine since then, and besides, he's a professional. Professional baseball players don't go to pieces because they play poorly in an exhibition game. Not good ones, at any rate. But in the moment, watching Dan Uggla was compelling human drama. I can't say watching him sleepwalk through about as bad a game as one could imagine was fun, but it was compelling. I empathized with him. I felt sorry for him. I wanted to hug him, pat him on the back, and tell him it would be okay.
Maybe it's been too long since I've seen meaningful baseball. I've had too much time to think and not enough to enjoy. There's nothing to get excited about with this Phillies team, from where I'm sitting. Sure, they're going to be very good, and the pitching is going to be great, but there's no reason to expect them to be better than (or even as good as) they were last year. And it's not because the team couldn't have been constructed better. I'm not optimistic. And you shouldn't be either.
I'll be honest, I've watched maybe two hours of spring training baseball, of which maybe 20 minutes involved the Phillies. If there's news, if a player looks good or bad, or gets hurt, I'll hear about it on Twitter or on Baseball Today. I've spent far more time this spring watching college baseball than spring training, because it's more fun to get hyped about Joey Pankake and Michael Roth than it is to worry about Chase Utley and Antonio Bastardo.
I put far too much energy and emotional investment into watching and writing about baseball for this to be an acceptable state of affairs. I'm tired of being unable to think about the Phillies without being overcome with rage. It's exhausting. I want to feel other things, like joy or empathy or excitement. Baseball used to make me feel that way. But now the Phillies are in decline, and I get the feeling there isn't going to be anything quick, easy, painless, or unexpected about it.
I'd just as soon get it over with.


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LAS VEGAS (AP) –– Undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Friday avoided jail time until June 1 in a Las Vegas domestic violence case involving an attack on his ex-girlfriend while two of their children watched in September 2010.
Mayweather, 34, had been scheduled to turn himself in Friday to begin serving a 90-day sentence imposed last month.
Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa said she weighed Mayweather's contractual obligations to a fight set for May at MGM Grand in Las Vegas against an as-yet unnamed opponent.
Mayweather's lawyer Richard Wright had pleaded with the judge to allow Mayweather to fulfill commitments regarding the fight, emphasizing the economic benefit to Las Vegas when Mayweather fights.
Mayweather pleaded guilty Dec. 21 to a reduced battery domestic violence charge and no contest to two harassment charges.
The plea deal saw prosecutors drop felony and misdemeanor charges that could have gotten Mayweather 34 years in prison.
Authorities say the case stems from a hair-pulling, punching and arm-twisting argument with Josie Harris, the mother of three of Mayweather's children, and threats to beat their sons in an argument about Harris dating another man. Harris, now 31, lives in the Los Angeles area with the couple's sons, now 12 and 10, and a daughter age 8.
Mayweather has earned upward of $20 million for his most recent fights against Victor Ortiz, which won him the WBC welterweight belt, and Shane Mosley.
Mayweather is generally recognized as one of the two best boxers in the world, sharing that spotlight with Manny Pacquiao.
Jail time is expected to limit training for a possible Cinco de Mayo date for a fight in Las Vegas, where Mayweather's management reserved a May 5 date at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for a possible fight.
Gee, I wish I had money and celebrity status to get away with murder. Like the ban on the Kardasians, we should boycott all idiots in entertainment. This guy has a contract with a casino for a fight? What? If I beat up my spouse and I was obligated by my job to work on a project, I'd go to jail and lose my job. This is rewarding him. Lock his butt up and make an example. Train to fight in the joint D-bag. His girlfriend sounds a bit cagey as well. there all nads.
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Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen has praised 'world-class' Wales teammate Gareth Bale ahead of their match against Scotland.
Tottenham winger Bale branded Scotland midfielder Charlie Adam a coward in the summer, after the then-Liverpool player caught the Welshman with a late tackle in a pre-season friendly.
This Friday's World Cup qualifier between Wales and Scotland is sure to be a feisty affair, but Allen believes his nation hold a trump card in Gareth Bale - a winger he's sure Scotland are terrified to face.
"Gareth is a world-class player who performs every time he goes on a pitch," said Allen.
"I'm sure the Scots will be scared about facing a player of his calibre. Gareth is one of the best players I have had the privilege to play with.
"He can be unplayable. There aren't many in British football who can do the things he can do when he's at the top of his game."
Allen himself has impressed at Liverpool since joining from Swansea for £15m in the summer. The Welsh midfielder followed new Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers to Anfield, and although the results have been mixed so far, Allen has been a success story.
Tottenham also have a new manager in the form of Andre Villas-Boas, and after a difficult start, Spurs have begun to find their feet under the Portuguese boss.
Gareth Bale has been excellent for the White Hart Lane club, and the Welsh winger will need to be at the top of his game this Friday for his country.
Wales have suffered a stuttering start to their World Cup qualification campaign, losing 2-0 at home to Belgium and 6-1 away to Serbia.
But they have a decent recent record against Scotland, beating their British neighbours 3-0 in Cardiff in 2009.
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BIDDEFORD, Me. – It took over 106 minutes and 25 shots, but on the 25 shot of the afternoon, Meghan O'Connell (Abington, Mass.) scored the Golden Goal, as UMass Boston (3-0) earned a 1-0 victory in double overtime over the University of New England (UNE) at Barbara J. Hazard Field.
O'Connell received a cross from the right corner from freshman Sam Bendick (New Egypt, N.J.) and headed the ball home just inside the near left post for the only goal of the game. It was O'Connell's first goal of the season and the second career goal for the senior captain.
UMass Boston had the better end of the chances throughout, as the Beacons held a 25-17 shot advantage and a 13-4 shots on goal margin. But the score would stay tied until the 106:03 mark.
Tayla Andrews (Plymouth, Mass.) led all players with eight shots, while Andrews and Krista Ledin (Bridgewater, Mass.) tied for the game-high with three shots on goal.
Goalie Kristen Spain (Quincy, Mass.) earned her second straight win and first career shutout for UMass Boston by making three saves. The sophomore has now played 196 minutes this season without giving up a goal.
Gina Iannazzi was brilliant in goal for the Nor'Easters (1-3) with 12 saves on 13 shots. She made three saves in the first overtime session to keep the score tied, before giving up a goal on the only shot she saw in the second overtime session.
UMass Boston dominated the overtime sessions, with a 5-2 shot advantage and 4-0 margin on shots on goal.
The Beacons will look to move to 4-0 when they travel to Springfield Tuesday to take on Western New England University for a 4:00 game.


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Beth Johans from the Grundy Hospital did story time on March 26. Children attending learned about germs. The next story time will be a musical presentation by Jason Willey. It will be held on Tuesday, April 9 at 10:00.
We have a lot of new books for children including board books: In My Barn and On my Leaf both by Sara Gillingham, Llama Llama Zippity-Zoom and Llama Llama Hoppity-hop both by Anna Dewdney, One Sheep, Blue Sheep by Thom Wiley, Clifford's Bedtime Story by Norman Bridwell and Easter Babies by Joy Hulm; easy readers: Dragon Goes Ice Skating, The Trail Ride by Catherine Hapka, Pinkalicious Soccer Star by Victoria Karr, Have you Seen my Cat? by Eric Carle, Splat the Cat, The Rain is a Pain and "Splat the Cat: the Name of the Game by Rob Scotton.
We also have three new Highlights books that contain crafts, recipes, stories and activities for various holidays.


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I think the Broncos can beat them. The Broncos are like the Pats in the way their team is improving as the year goes on. They actually have some pass rushers on the team, and they can score. Home field would be huge in that game. Don't discount the effect the thin air would have on the Pats going hurry up all game long.
Maybe the 49ers. They are so up and down. At their best, their D is just physically crushing people. At their best, I would not be surprised (not wishing for it) to see Welker carted off after going over the middle.
Giants, when playing well obviously can. The thought of another Giants/Pats Super Bowl makes me want to follow Hockey instead of football. At least in Hockey, your team never loses (of course your team never plays either)


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MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Red state politics may have taken on a new meaning in Alabama.
The Montgomery Advertiser reports that Alabama's Republican-controlled Legislature passed a resolution honoring Angela Davis, who was a vice presidential nominee for the Communist Party in 1980 and 1984.
The resolution by Democratic Rep. Oliver Robinson of Birmingham won approval in the House Feb. 14 and in the Senate Feb. 19. Republican Gov. Robert Bentley declined to sign it, but it still became an official act of the Legislature.
Robinson says Davis is a Birmingham native, and he sponsored the resolution because she will be appearing in Birmingham March 30.
The chairman of the House Rules Committee, Republican Mac McCutcheon of Huntsville, says he did not connect the Angela Davis in the resolution with the activist Angela Davis.


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Has the situation for Carmelo Anthony in Denver deteriorated beyond repair? Well, if we're to believe Adrian Wojnarowski over at Yahoo! Sports, it sure has.
And at least this contributor at Hang Time isn't about to disregard Woj on this one.
The Nuggets have apparently given up on Melo signing that $65 million extension and are prepared to move their franchise player. William Wesley, aka Worldwide Wes of LeBron James fame, is one of Anthony's advisors and he's applying muscle in the inevitable Denver divorce.
From the Wojnarowski article:
Denver was furnished with a short list of teams and told to get to work. Yes, this is how William Wesley and Leon Rose of CAA work now, thick with threats and ultimatums and a swagger suggesting that the sport belongs to them. After Anthony told owner-in-waiting Josh Kroenke that he still wanted out of Denver during a Sunday meeting, the Nuggets appear done trying to sell their All-Star forward on a contract extension.
If the Nuggets were to part with Melo, J.R. Smith and Kenyon Martin would be soon to follow. At least that's the thinking in the rebuilding project coming to the Mile High City.
Anthony wants to leave Denver and get his three-year, $65 million contract extension now. This partnership is rounding third and rapidly reaching disrepair. Denver is willing to trade Anthony, J.R. Smith and Kenyon Martin, and start over again, sources said.
This isn't the first time we've explored the Melo situation this summer. It's been brewing for a while now and there doesn't seem to be any end in sight. At least until he signs that contract or says definitively that he wants out of Denver.
Remember, these are the same Nuggets that were in the Western Conference finals in 2009. The Clippers and Nets are seen as probable destinations for Melo. How much closer are they to a title? Well, you have to wonder what Melo's motivation is in all of this.


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10 Rarest Dog Breeds
Whether because of geography, outdated usage, or unpopularity, there are several breeds of dog that are virtually unknown to dog lovers across the globe. Check out some of the rarest dog breeds on the planet, and let us know your favorite in the comments section!
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10. Komondor
A national treasure in Hungary, the Komondor is perhaps best known for its long, corded coat. The dreadlocks form as the dogs reach adulthood, and typically measure in at 8-11 inches long. And these coats are heavy, the heaviest in the dog world, and have historically helped make the sturdy pooches survive any number of adverse weather conditions. In Hungary, most of the two to three thousand Komondor guard livestock on farms or serve as pets in rural areas. Stateside, a similarly-sized population is primarily composed of show dogs.
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9. Stabyhoun
Originating in the Netherlands, the Stabyhoun originated as a versatile farm dog, helping out with hunting and serving as a watch dog. Today, the breed is extremely rare outside of its native land; even including the Netherlands, there are likely only 3,500 Stabyhouns worldwide. A friendly, intelligent and obedient dog, Stabyhouns make a great family pet.
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8. Canaan Dog
The Canaan Dog has a long and storied history, with depictions of the rare breed in ancient drawings in its native Eastern Mediterranean region. Indeed, this pooch has been around since Biblical times. They've survived in the desert for millenia, often wild and semi-wild. In the 1930s and 1940s, the dogs were captured to be bred for military use, and use as guide dogs and pets. Today, there are only about two to three thousand worldwide.
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7. Löwchen
For centuries, Western Europeans have been breeding the Löwchen as a companion dog. The happy-go-lucky pooches were prized among people from all walks of life: from royalty to farmers. With just a few hundred registered across the globe, and under 100 in the United States, the Löwchen is undoubtedly one of the rarest dog breeds.
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6. Thai Ridgeback
Outside of its native Thailand, the Thai Ridgeback was unknown up until recently — even today, just a handful of dogs exist outside of the country. The name comes from the ridge of hair on their back that grows opposite to the rest of their coat, a feature found in only two other breeds. Quite intelligent and athletic, Thai Ridgebacks are a little more in tune with their natural drivers than your average pooch.
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5. Norwegian Lundehund
In Norway, the Lundehund was originally bred to hunt puffins. Since the protection of puffins in the country, these cheerful and alert dogs have taken up the role of relatively mischievous companion dogs. World War II and the two following decades almost saw the extinction of the breed. In 1963, the six surviving Lundehunds were carefully bred, and today, there are about 1,500-2,000 worldwide.
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4. American Foxhound
Though they have a storied history, in 2011, the American Foxhound breed was dead last in the American Kennel Club's registration numbers. The breed originated with George Washington, who bred English and French foxhounds to help him with, well, fox hunting. The pooches are easygoing, mild-tempered, athletic, independent and stubborn.
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3. Glen of Imaal Terrier
Originating in Ireland, the Glen of Imaal Terrier (or Glen for short) is one of the rarest dog breeds in the world. Glens tend to be stoic and inquisitive dogs, and are not nearly as excitable as other terriers. Dating back to the 19th century, the era of World War II almost saw the Glen's extinction; it wasn't until the 1970s that an interest in the rare breed blossomed.
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2. Chinook
Arthur Treadwell Walden, a dog driver during Alaska's Klondike Gold Rush, created this extremely rare breed while breeding and training sled dogs in his native New Hampshire, where it is now the official state dog. After Walden and his two successive breeders died, the breed experienced a rapid decline. Then, in 1981, with a population of only 11 breedable Chinooks, breeders across the United States stepped up to save the rare pooches. Today, only about 800 Chinooks are registered worldwide, and around 100 puppies are born each year.
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1. Otterhound
Blame it on the chihuahuas if you must. In the past few decades, exotic breeds have been capturing the hearts of Brits, and several breeds of English dogs are experiencing a serious decline in popularity. And none more so than the Otterhound. That, coupled with the U.K.'s ban on otter hunting in 1978, has led the Otterhound population to dwindle, and it now holds the dubious distinction of the nation's rarest breed.
With around 1,000 living around the world, and only 300 in the U.K., the Otterhound is rarer than the Giant Panda. Luckily, though, in March 2012, the population got a major boost: two litters with 19 puppies between them were born within a few days of each other.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The on-campus cable TV service upgrade to an all-digital signal began Wednesday, Aug. 13. The entire process will span several days as different buildings are upgraded to the new service. The upgraded service will provide an expanded channel lineup with an increase in the number of high-definition (HD) channels, including 95 HD channels, 120 standard definition channels and 50 digital music channels.
Due to the change, faculty and staff are reminded that older televisions without digital tuners will no longer be able to receive the cable TV content and may need to be replaced. Check the specifications from the TV, DVR or conversion box tuner manufacturer to determine if it includes the required QAM tuner. Once your building is upgraded to the new service, you will need to run a channel scan on your TV to recognize the new channels.
Cable TV service upgrade FAQs
What equipment do I need to receive the cable TV service?
The new University Park campus cable TV service delivers all content in a digital format and requires a television set, DVR or conversion box tuner capable of receiving a digital clear QAM signal. To receive HD channels, you need a HD-compatible TV.
If you already have a TV connected to our system you can test your equipment by running an automatic channel scan to verify what channels are recognized.
You may also check the specifications form your TV manufacturer to determine if it includes the required tuner. There are several types of digital tuners in the United States and not all will work with campus cable TV service.
-- NTSC Tuner: not compatible
-- ATSC Tuner: not compatible
-- QAM Tuner: compatible and required
Some less expensive TVs sometimes come with a lower quality QAM tuner that may be unable to pick up all the digital channels. Users with less expensive brands such as Dynex and Insignia reported these types of problems.
You can purchase an external QAM tuner conversion box, but it must be a conversion box that is compatible. NTSC and ATSC conversion boxes are not compatible. In some cases it may be less expensive to just replace the entire TV. The following tuners have compatible QAM tuners that have been tested with the campus cable TV system:
We compiled the following information about television compatibility and provide this list as an informal reference for newer devices. This information was compiled from external sources and is not intended to be complete. The University cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. You should verify the specifications when you make a purchase.
-- Dynex: Only limited models have a QAM tuner
-- Insignia: Only limited models have a QAM tuner
-- LG: Most models since 2007 have a QAM tuner
-- Samsung: All models since 2009 have a QAM tuner (fifth digit of model number must be B or a letter beyond B in the alphabet)
-- Sony: Most models since 2007 have a QAM tuner
-- Sylvania: Do not appear to have QAM tuners
-- Toshiba: Most models since 2007 have a QAM tuner
-- Visio: Recent models have a QAM tuner
Please report any inaccurate information in this list via email to Auxiliary & Business Services IT Support at email@example.com.
How do I program my TV to be able to see all the channels being offered?
The procedure for setting up your TV to recognize the new signals (channel scan) will be different based on the manufacturer and TV model. Please refer to your TV's manual for instructions. In general, the procedure is as follows:
Run an automatic channel scan for cable channels. The scan may take a few minutes as the TV looks for all available signals. Once it's done, your TV should recognize all the content provided by Penn State that your TV is capable of receiving. You can then tune to the channels just like any other channel. Remember, the specific procedure may vary by TV manufacturer and model, and you may have to refer to your TV's instruction manual.
What are sub-channels?
Multiple digital TV signals can be squeezed into the same bandwidth space as a single analog channel -- splitting what was one channel into several. Digital tuners see these extra channels as sub-channels, such as 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, etc. You can tune to sub-channels just as you would tune to a normal channel.
My television does not appear to be working properly. What should I do?
Before you call for repairs, check the following:
No picture or sound?
Plug a light into the receptacle to check for electrical service. If the light doesn't work, contact your local building facility coordinator or maintenance staff. If the light works, the problem is in your TV set.
Poor reception?
Do you have a snowy, fuzzy or distorted screen? Check the cable connection. If this doesn't work, try the TV in another location If it doesn't work in he other location, the problem is in your TV set. If the TV works in the other location, try the following: Take the TV cable from the other location and try it at your location. If the TV works with the new cable, replace your cable. If the TV still doesn't work, contact the Telecommunications and Networking Services Network Operations Center (TNC NOC) at 814-865-4662 or email@example.com.
Note: If it is determined the problem is in your TV set, there may be a charge for a service call.
Sometimes the broadcast on an HD channel looks more like a standard definition channel. Why is this?
Some networks may show classic content that was originally only recorded in a standard definition format. That means that even though you are watching an HD signal, the original content was only standard definition.
I don't have a TV with the required digital or HD tuner. Will I still be able to see all the channels?
You will need a TV, DVR or conversion box tuner with a digital QAM tuner to receive the service. Please see information above in the section, "What equipment do I need to receive the cable TV service?"


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*note to my last post*
I wrote that as I was speedily checking the Lex and forgot to mention who "they" were. I meant Jasper and Alice.
However, the twisted relationship between Maria and Jasper is a lot of fun to think about as well. I've met people with similar relationships--you know the ones that you sit back and watch explode.
And as to why he didn't leave, I think he mentions it in Eclipse. He was a soldier surrounded by hostile armies. As long as he stayed with Maria, he had plenty of food, which, to a vampire, is better than sex or anything else. If he believed that armies of vampires controlled the rest of the world, staying where he had food, companionship, and safety made sense.


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A French lawyer tries to get a court to prevent Renault from naming a new car model "Zoe." He loses, but the very idea of bringing such a suit makes you stop and wonder about France:
France is known for taking first names seriously, even going so far as to block parents from giving children ridiculous names if officials deem it detrimental to their future.(Via Above the Law.)


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Fact-checking claims about Hobby Lobby
On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that certain companies with religious objections can opt out of a mandate under the Affordable Care Act to provide free contraception to their employees.
The 5-4 ruling involved a case brought by two companies owned by Christian families: Hobby Lobby, a chain of hobby stores, and Conestoga Wood Specialties, which makes wood cabinets. The companies opposed providing certain types of contraception that they believe is equivalent to inducing abortion, including morning-after pills and IUDs. (They didn't oppose other methods of birth control.) They based their case on the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act signed by President Bill Clinton.
The issue arose because birth control is included among the free preventative services mandated by President Barack Obama's signature 2010 health care law. Houses of worship and religious institutions were already exempt from this aspect of the law. The court's ruling applies to "closed corporations" which are in control by a few people, rather than public companies with many shareholders.
Associate Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, stating that women who work for these corporations can still access these types of birth control either by the federal government paying for it or through a third-party administrator.
Though the ruling was narrower in scope than it could have been, supporters of broad access to contraception expressed disappointment. One of these supporters was U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic National Committee chair from South Florida. In a statement attacking the decision, Wasserman Schultz said that contraception for women isn't just about avoiding pregnancy.
"Nearly 60 percent of women who use birth control do so for more than just family planning," she said.
We fact-checked Wasserman's claim and rated it Mostly True.
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FIRST X-FLARE OF THE NEW SOLAR CYCLE: Sunspot 1158 has unleashed the strongest solar flare in more than four years. The eruption, which peaked at 0156 UT on Feb. 15th, registered X2 on the Richter scale of solar flares. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded an intense flash of extreme ultraviolet radiation, circled below:
X-flares are the strongest type of solar flare, and this is the first such eruption of new Solar Cycle 24. In addition to flashing Earth with UV radiation, the explosion also hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) in our direction. The expanding cloud may be seen in this movie from NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft. Geomagnetic storms are possible when the CME arrives 36 to 48 hours hence. Stay tuned for
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Addressing a diverse body of new and returning faculty and staff, Palm Beach Atlantic University President William M.B. Fleming Jr. spoke of unity, one of PBA's six core values, as a guide for the new academic year during his annual State of the University presentation on Monday.
President Fleming opened his remarks in the DeSantis Family Chapel with a new University tradition of sharing a theme for the school year — PBA One: One Mind, One Voice.
"Everyone in our culture wants to be No. 1, but we are one in Christ," President Fleming said. "I hope that we may demonstrate that again and again this coming year."
The theme, which is based on Romans 15:5-6, appears on a banner that hangs in the Warren Library. The banner was unveiled during a prayer vigil attended by nearly 300 faculty, staff and students on Sunday evening.
|Palm Beach Atlantic University President William M.B. Fleming Jr. speaks to faculty and staff during Community Day.
The State of the University address was among the highlights of Monday's Community Day activities. Held in the week before classes begin, Community Day includes a worship service and an employee service award presentation. The ceremony is followed by a luncheon in the Rubin Arena of the Greene Complex for Sports and Recreation.
Classes officially will begin on Aug. 26. President Fleming noted that as the University embarks on its 46th year, "the state of your University has never been more robust, never been more prepared" to ask the critical questions "that will allow us to move to a new standard of excellence."
He said that from enrollment to retention to financial strength to student engagement, the key trends are all on an upward trajectory.
In fact, he said, the University is anticipating its largest first-year class in the history of the University with about 800 students. He also noted that many of the students are high academic achievers. "They bring with them the best preparation we have ever seen," he said.
Seventy-six of the incoming students have been admitted into the University's Frederick M. Supper Honors program, more than double the number of students admitted last year, he said.
He also said that the University's Residence Life team will provide housing for a record 1,200 students, and he thanked the team for their hard work.
|Mary Jacobs, director of special projects and parent relations, receives the 2013 Employee of the Year award from President Fleming.
President Fleming also addressed the University's recent acquisition of the neighboring Quattlebaum Funeral and Cremation Services property, which was announced in July. "That is a critical puzzle piece to the University's campus master plan," he said.
The funeral home will continue to operate there through the end of 2013, he said. One short-term plan under discussion involves demolishing the existing building and creating a lighted, landscaped parking area while the master plan is reexamined, he said.
Another highlight of Community Day was the announcement of the employee of the year, which took place following the State of the University address.
Tim Worley, executive assistant to the president, announced that Mary Jacobs, director of special projects and parent relations, is this year's award recipient.
Jacobs, who has worked at PBA since 2007, coordinates some of PBA's biggest annual events, such as Family Weekend and American Free Enterprise Day. She also serves as liaison to the PBA Parents Council.
Jacobs is described as "always smiling" and someone who "goes above and beyond the call of duty" and is "a go-getter with a winning personality that is contagious," Worley said.
Worley also noted that Jacobs keeps a meticulous record of past projects and tries to improve on them each year. She also volunteers with a number of community organizations, including the Girl Scouts, the March of Dimes and Boys and Girls Club, he said.


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We are now charging you more...
Yeah, how awful of them to charge some money to host very powerful email servers with antispam, as well as integration with just about every Google service out there. How awful.
I just don't understand why they have to blatantly lie like that. There is nothing wrong which changing your pricing strategies to improve your income. Google even retained the free service for existing users, so it can hardly be seen as a bait and switch
If they had said; "we believe the service is good value at $$ and providing the free service doesn't provide us with enough revenue", I would have completely understood it. Weasel speak was utterly unnecessary in this case and makes me wonder if some people are just so accustomed to lying that they can't avoid it.
It's hardly lying. You might just about get away with calling it spinning, but even so.
It would have been lying if Google had said "To better serve you, we're removing the following features of the free Google Apps", or "To better serve you, we're now restricting free apps accounts to three users". But saying "To better serve you, we're eliminating a free service so that we can get the revenues necessary to support the product properly", that's entirely fair.
Disclaimer: I'm sortadisappointed by this, I'm a free GA user myself and planned to use it for other projects/domains. Glad I get to keep what I have, but still.
With all due respect it seems your tolerance levels for corporate weasel speak may have become somewhat inflated. It is up to the users, not Google, to decide whether they "weren't properly served". When Google decided to introduce dedicated customer support to all new customers at the expense of $$ they decided this for the users and guess what, they chose the option which made Google more money.
And given that you were planning to expand your use of free GA, you make it clear that you were actually well se
Google did this to increase their profits for the benefit of their share holders and employees. There is nothing wrong with it, but they should have called the spade a spade.
Or maybe they did it because their Apps For Business was getting a bad rep from the folks using the free version being unable to get real-human support, getting a bad taste in their mouth over that, making the supported, ad-free, upscale version a harder sell.
In both cases the bottom line is revenue, but in only one case are they lying.
I haven't seen the data. Neither have you; it's all a matter of which preexisting bias we'd prefer to confirm.
But as a teacher about to move my classes onto GA next semester I am interested to know what extra services they will provide and whether I should get my department to pony up for the business level with support. This would be good for us since the support part has been a real problem for the vast majority of technophobe faculty, or if no exactly phobic then merely confused (sorry, no anecdotes, out of respect for my colleagues).
This is called being 'grandfathered'. Consider yourself lucky when it happens to you. Bottom-line is if you signed up to the favorable terms on-time, you're in. Otherwise, you're out.
I think I just heard Nelson say "ha ha!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather_clause [wikipedia.org]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN3gSjHsr1o [youtube.com]
Now unless you want to get yourself soaking wet, step away from that last remaining dry patch of grass, please.
I just don't understand why they have to blatantly lie like that.
Why do you think its a lie?
Weasel speak was utterly unnecessary in this case and makes me wonder if some people are just so accustomed to lying that they can't avoid it.
There official blog posts lays out the reasons why they think that the free tier was a bad fit both for most individuals and for most businesses. You may disagree with those reasons, but for them to be a "lie" means that Google doesn't believe them, and you've provided no
you aren't the product, you're the customer. A brave new world for Google!
No. They're free of advertising. You can even replace most of the Google logo's with your own corporate logos.
As a user of Adblock Plus, I did not realize there were ads in gmail until I watched someone else use their email.
The problem with ABP is that it doesn't filter all those ABP ads^H endorsements
The administrator can disable the ads on the paid version of the service
It is both, you're free to use it, but to use it you gotta pay!
I used to run all my own email etc. on a server in my house, but a year or so ago I moved it all onto a 'google apps for business' account. Since then, my kids and wife have all started using google stuff much more often and it's hugely useful for us to be able to collect all that under accounts tied to the family google apps domain.
Google should do something family-related in this area, they could cut out 95% of the features of apps for business, but the most useful stuff is creating sites, sharing docs and drive between members and most importantly for me to be able to manage the accounts of all of us. There are alternatives, but this is a nice setup which works well.
They could also lower the price (not that $50/user/year is much) but they could continue to grow their subscriber base, make some money AND keep people happy.
I would pay money for this.
You can pay money for this. The problem is that currently it's a bit too much money for a lot of people. The value is very good for what you get, but the price is still high considering that most families don't *need* it. I family pricing plan would be a great idea.
For a small business it's a godsend.
50$/person/year and you can forget about the hassle of running a mail/calendar/file server.
To beat this I'd have to spend less than 1 hour per person per year managing internal servers.
Of course, keeping your own copies of everything as a backup is just common sense.
Indeed. The only functions I use are Gmail, Calendar, and Drive.
Mostly because I don't want to deal with the annoyances of running my own mail server and spam filters.
Mostly because I don't want to deal with the annoyances of running my own mail server and spam filters.
This. I can pay $10-$15/month for a decent VPS at a reputable host and run my own mail server, but the spam situation is intolerable. If the VPS goes down for whatever reason, I get no mail. Google has damn good spam filters and they handle all the issues related to disaster recovery, failover, etc.
$50/user/year is a bargain for businesses but it a bit steep for personal users. I've used their free service since shortly after it came out (what, in 2006 or something? I don't remember, it's been so long.) whe
I used to run all my own email etc. on a server in my house, but a year or so ago I moved it all onto a 'google apps for business' account.
A year ago?? Good Lord man, how did you put up with it for so long? I ran my own SMTP server until about 10 years ago but between constant break-in attempts, keeping on top of the latest spam-filtering techniques, outgoing mail not getting delivered because of the # of hosts that just silently drop email from residential IPs... it just wasn't worth it.
Specifically to your post though, with the rate at which they're integrating Google+ and Circles into all their web apps, I imagine that's their solution for
Google's senior vice president in charge of Google Apps said Google wants to provide small businesses that use the free version of the software with dedicated customer support - something only paying customers currently get.
What I'm not entirely clear about is what happens to the middle ground of people who own their own domain and want to be able to have email address for each member of their family linked to the various Google services.
If they are now trying to push those people onto the business tier then a family of 4 with 2 grand-parents each side is going to cost $400 a year - which is way too expensive to properly consider.
(I'm thankful I set my family up several years ago before they reduced the number of users from 50 to 10)
They will likely point out that you can use any address for a Google Account, not that it helps with Gmail.
Exactly. If they want people to pay for the service start with something like a flat payment for up to 10 users, say 100$ and any additional user should pay 50$, or something like that.
If they are now trying to push those people onto the business tier then a family of 4 with 2 grand-parents each side is going to cost $400 a year - which is way too expensive to properly consider.
Well that depends.
$400.00 a year for Email for 8 people with aliases for everyone.
Document sharing, Collaboration between the whole family. Fully integrated with all kinds of useful tools.
Add to that groups and sites if used well is a huge benefit to families.
Then you add to that the calendering and lack of ads and I think that if you can afford it that a good case can be made for its worth.
Well that depends. $400.00 a year for Email for 8 people with aliases for everyone.
Document sharing, Collaboration between the whole family.
Fully integrated with all kinds of useful tools.
Add to that groups and sites if used well is a huge benefit to families.
Then you add to that the calendering and lack of ads and I think that if you can afford it that a good case can be made for its worth.
When you put it like that, it doesn't sound so bad - until you realise that if you can live without 25MB, no adver
Give us the Gmail app for cheap, leave the rest as an expensive package.
It's not like a few extra records in their mailserver configs to allow mail in/out of our domain name is a terrible drain on their resources. It's the only difference between standard gmail and the one via apps.
Hell, we're the ones who have to set up the MX records properly! They don't even have to do that!
That's all I use it for, and as I've been on there for years I won't have to pay... yet.
If I did, I'd still use it. It works and I'm happy with it. I would, however, start making use of the other features like drive, simply on the grounds that since I'm paying for it anyway, why not? Which in turn would use more of their resources than - as you say - a couple of extra MX records on top of a standard gmail account.
It's based on a business technique that's as old as the hills: Give away free stuff to crush the competition until people become dependent on your free stuff, then you put on the squeeze. Google is just a private company trying to make money, not freaking Santa Clause
You put on the squeeze by... letting them keep using it for free? No one is being "squeezed" here; people who aren't using it already aren't dependent on it either.
I was able to register for a single-user free account this morning by doing this.
http://www.labnol.org/internet/google-apps-free/26926/ [labnol.org]
How to Get the Free Edition of Google Apps
Alternatively, here's a quick and simple workaround that will still let you sign-up for the free edition of Google Apps even though Google has officially retired the free edition – all you need is a free Gmail or Google account.
Go to appengine.google.com, sign-in with your Google Account and create a new Application. You may fill in any dummy date and click the "Create Application" button.
Open the "Dashboard" and on the next screen, click the link that says "Application Settings."
Scroll down a little (refer to the video tutorial) and choose "Add Domain" to associate a domain with your App Engine application.
That's it. Now you should see a special link* to sign-up for the free edition of Google Apps. You may either use your existing domain or buy one through Google Apps.
[*] You have to access this link through App Engine as Google Apps checks the HTTP Referrer information before serving up the sign-up page for the free edition of Google Apps.
I just did this with a domain I registered a couple weeks ago. I had been meaning to set this new domain up with the free google apps but hadn't gotten around to it yet. Unfortunately, after verifying my domain with them, I see a message at the top of the screen in the dashboard that says, "Free 30 day Google Apps for Business trial", with a link to "Upgrade Now".
Ok, I think I misunderstood what I was reading: I just checked my other domain on Google Apps that I've had for years, and I see the same message. So I guess it's just an advertisement for the next level of service, not countdown until your account is closed.
So if somebody wanted to do this themselves is there a way to self host this kind of Integrated Stack??
I like the concept of EyeOS but that seems to be a Dead Project
They call personal use your @gmail.com account, not personal domains
They call personal use your @gmail.com account, not personal domains
After some searches I think you are right - but I hope you are not! We all know the way this will go "current users are not effected" is followed implicitly with "... yet".
I think they will have a lot of problems if they try to kill the current Free edition users service. So many things are tied to the Google Account, your Android purchases, your published videos on Youtube, (they add a warning on YouTube about the tie with your domain). Unless they provide an account migration from a Google Apps domain to the free service, they will be hit by a lot of adversity
Note: They did a migration from standard accounts to Google Apps a few years back, but it was very problematic and n
Exactly. I run several hobbyist sites for gaming and such. I don't run ads, I don't charge for it, it's just for fun for games I play. The free version of Google Apps was absolutely perfect for us as a free alternative to paying for hosting our own e-mail services. Plus, everyone was pretty much familiar with the Gmail interface. I've set up several gaming "guilds" with basic sites and e-mail addresses.
Back when you could have up to 50 or so accounts, this was absolutely perfect. When they reduced it
'We're not serving them well,' he said of the free users. Well, now they won't be able to serve them at all.
If you read the blog post, rather than the WSJ article, they go into more depth. They explain both how they feel individuals are generally poorly served by the free tier (which delays their access to consumer-oriented offerings, as Google Apps only gets things when Google thinks they are ready for business customers) and are better served by individual accounts, and why they feel business users are
How soon for Gmail or other services to follow this route?
Really it's the correct path: give something away free to get clients, then start charging when competitors are mostly dead. No real surprise.
Yes. Except Gmail is not even the largest email provider - much less the only "alive" one - so this case doesn't fit that prediction at all.
Sure, not today. But...sooner or later, likely.
Speaking as a keeper of my own email of course.
Ookay, this sounds like corporate speak. Translation: This is costing us more money than we are earning through ad-based revenue so we have to transition to a non-free model.
Since even the free tier of Google Apps wasn't an advertising-supported product, that's not hard to do.
It was designed as a non-time-limited starter option for business users, but it attracted a lot of consumer users who would then complain on the support forums -- not just the Google Apps support forums but those for each new consume
As a web designer I have always recommended customers use Google Apps for their Email instead of the web host, CPanel or whatever.
Lots of benefits.
- Apps interface way better than whatever most typical hosts offer.
- If the host goes offline your email still works.
- Great mobile support.
- List goes on.
However most small businesses spend maybe $10-$15 / month on web hosting (Dreamhost, GoDaddy, most Cpanel hosts etc..).
And they might have 5-10 email accounts which you can always setup free at the host.
So $50/year per email account on Google Apps is suddenly WAY OUT OF THE BALLPARK. A small busness with 10 email accounts would be paying Google $500 / year for Email
It should be ~ $50 / year for a Google Apps account that supports 10 users
Perhaps the author of the summary to exercise a bit more "journalistic integrity"....
I'm curious how this will affect businesses that are currently using postini. Since google is moving postini functionality into google apps, does this mean a business will now have to sign up for google apps to continue using any postini features?
It seems that google has been fairly quiet about exactly what the postini shutdown means for business, and I've only found vague talk of how a business is supposed to transition to google to continue the service. Especially businesses that do not use gmail, but use
Just like drug dealers.
Seeing the words "Google" and "customer support" in the same sentence is amusing.
I think that this move will not bring the intended effect on Google's bottom line. The core user that is affected by this change is the enthusiast, setting up a custom domain for email for their family, opensource project, etc. This enthusiast user was advocating the Google services. I count myself as one such user whose recommendations has led at least 3 new small business customers for Google. Also their decisions to use Android over the competing platforms.
Now Google loses all of that. And since it is hi
I've recommended Google Apps to countless users. Some of them even eventually upgraded to paying. Most now use Chrome and all the other Google ecosystem stuff.
Now that you have to pay up front I will no longer recommend Google Apps. Because it's so expensive comparatively speaking it's not an easy sell.
You have 10 email accounts and now have to pay $250+ / year.
Should be a bundle plan
Sure the mail is relatively reliable the the control tools fairly simple to use. A lot of hassles are taken out of my hands definitely.
However when there is an actual genuine issue, getting them to look at it, it's not a quick fix. It took a 50-> 100 reply thread, nearly a year before they finally fixed up the 'last logged in' display time in the console so you could actually identify when users were using the system or not. It was set to a US based time if I recall, despite Googles other services s
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GREENSBORO-The North Carolina A&T women's basketball team was picked to finish fifth and had three players named to the MEAC Preseason Team, according to the results of a preseason conference poll released Thursday.
Senior forward JaQuayla Berry, who became the 12th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points last season, was named preseason first team, while redshirt junior guard Amber Calvin and junior Tiffanie Adair were both named preseason second team.
The Aggies were picked to finish fifth in the MEAC behind Howard, three-time defending MEAC champion Hampton, Coppin State and Florida A&M. A&T had two first-place finish votes in the preseason poll conducted by conference coaches and sports information directors.
Berry enters her senior season with 1,041 career points, after averaging 14.3 points and 7.4 rebounds per game last season. Berry posted eight double-doubles and led the team in scoring, rebounding and steals in 2011-12. Berry was named second-team All-MEAC for her efforts.
Calvin tallied 117 assists last season, which is the sixth most by an Aggie in a single season. She was named the 2012 A&T Female Athlete of the Year after averaging 13.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in a great comeback season.
Adair won six MEAC Rookie of the Week awards last season and was named to the MEAC All-Rookie Team. She garnered A&T Freshman Female Athlete of the Year honors after the season. Adair averaged 12.9 points and 8.3 rebounds in conference play and shot 58 percent from the floor.
The Aggies return 12 players and five starters from last year's team that finished 15-16 overall and 9-7 (5th Place) in the MEAC. The Aggies are looking to earn their seventh regular-season crown and third MEAC Tournament Championship this season under first-year head coach Tarrell Robinson.
The Aggies begin the 2012-13 regular season on Friday, Nov. 9 as they take on the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Neb. The Aggies first home game is on Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. against Iona.


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Dorothy Faye Ford
Dorothy Faye Ford, age 56, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 at First Baptist Church, with Reverend Philip Thomas officiating. McCoy Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. She is the daughter of Clara Williamson of Sweetwater and wife of 12 years to Willie Ford, Jr. of Sweetwater. She is also survived by her sister, Thelma Traweek of Midway, GA. and Cindy Decker of Sweetwater; her brothers, Ronnie Decker of Huntsville, TX, Donnie Decker of Sweetwater, Johnny Decker and Terry Decker of Tyler, TX, Bill Decker of South Carolina, Larry Decker and Willard Decker of Sweetwater; five daughters, Clara Hutcheson of Sweetwater, Mary Ballenger of South Carolina, Jody Ford, Dorothy Posey and Rosie Reeh, all of Sweetwater. Dorothy was grandmother to 19 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two children, Tammy Jo and Tommy Jo Glasscock. She moved to Sweetwater 15 years ago from Tyler, Texas and had worked for home health and MHMR with a janitorial crew. She married Willie Ford, Jr. March 16, 1999, in Sweetwater. Online condolences may be expressed at www.mccoy.com.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. police say they believe robbery was the motive in the slaying of a 28-year-old accountant who had recently moved to the Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Jason Emma was shot to death early Monday in his car. He had parked two blocks from his rowhouse on C Street, Northeast, after a night out with friends.
Emma grew up in Arlington County and had recently moved to Capitol Hill to live with longtime friends.
D.C. Councilmember Tommy Wells, who represents Capitol Hill, says he spoke to Emma's father but has been given few details about the slaying. He says residents are concerned about seemingly random violent crimes in the neighborhood, which is generally considered one of the safer parts of the city.
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September 11, 2012 > Bill to curb blight signed into law
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced on August 27, 2012, that Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has signed Assembly Bill 2314 into law. Authored by Assemblymember Wilmer Carter, D-Rialto, the legislation provides local government and receivers with additional tools to fight neighborhood blight caused by vacant homes.Empty, foreclosed homes invite squatters, bug infestation and crime in communities, which hurts the market value of neighboring properties. AB 2314 will give new homeowners additional time to remedy code violations and would help compel the owners of foreclosed property to pay for upkeep.Other components of the Homeowners Bill of Rights are pending in the state legislature. For more information on the California Homeowner Bill of Rights, go to www.oag.ca.gov.


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Offensive tackle Ryan Harris will begin his seventh NFL offseason with the Houston Texans. Harris, whom the Texans signed on September 1 of last year, signed a one-year deal to remain with the Texans on Monday. He played in all 16 games in some capacity, beginning the season on special teams last year, and started in two games. Harris was signed to add depth to the line after tackle Rashad Butler tore the triceps in his right arm during training camp and was placed on injured reserve. Harris added a veteran presence to a right side that lacked experience as young players worked into the starting lineup. Second-year Derek Newton started 14 games at right tackle and battled leg injuries during the season. Newton had reparative knee surgery in February. Harris spent the first four years of his career in Denver and was their starting right tackle in 2009 and 2010. He ended 2009 on injured reserve with a toe injury, missed five games in 2010 with an injury and missed most of the 2011 season due to an injury. But last season, Harris was active the whole season. The Texans also re-signed nickel corner Brice McCain this offseason to a three-year deal and reserve offensive lineman Andrew Gardner. They lost fullback James Casey and outside linebacker Connor Barwin to the Philadelphia Eagles and safety Glover Quin to the Detroit Lions. Cornerback Alan Ball and running back Justin Forsett signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Houston also signed three veteran free agents who'd left teams with which they'd spent the rest of their long careers: former Ravens safety Ed Reed, former Raiders punter Shane Lechler and former Jaguars fullback Greg Jones. As of Friday, the Texans had $3.81 million of space left under the salary cap.
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Lombardi is an intriguing option as he has experience on both offense and defense having served as a defensive line coach at the University of Dayton and Bucknell. He was also a defensive assistant for the Falcons in 2006--a year in which the defensive line recorded 25.5 sacks. However, it's his exploits as an offensive coach we're most interested in and he has quite a few credentials to his name working as the tight ends and tackles coach at the Virginia Military Institute and coaching the running backs and tight ends for the NY/NJ Hitmen of the XFL, the failed league founded by Vince McMahon. Lombardi served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Mercyhurst College from 2002-2005 before joining the Saints as an offensive assistant. He was promoted to quarterbacks coach two years in and has since worked with Drew Brees who as you all know has shattered a few records along the way.
Shurmur on the other hand is another retread coach who from what I've seen and heard would be the equivalent of re-hiring Brian Schottenheimer. The Browns have had well-documented offensive struggles for years now and Shurmur was unable to rectify those struggles during his tenure.


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This week's news that Prospect Park had suspended production of 'One Life to Live' indefinitely couldn't have come as much of a surprise to anyone.
The production company said that they were still moving forward and writing scripts for 'All My Children' – but OLTL's future is definitely in limbo.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Prospect Park is hoping that a lawsuit they have filed against ABC will quickly be settled and then they'll have the funds to start production on OLTL again.
Prospect Park filed the lawsuit because they claim ABC purposely submarined their online efforts when they wanted to resurrected the cancelled ABC sudsers. They also claim that ABC "ruined" several characters when they borrowed them for 'General Hospital' – including killing of Cole and Hope.
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POTSDAM — For those intrepid enough to forge a small business, the north country seems an unlikely crucible — sparsely populated, relatively poor and saturated with a mixture of independent and corporate stores. However, local entrepreneurs have a powerful ally.
Clarkson University's Reh Center for Entrepreneurship has helped place scores of entrepreneurs on the path to success through its My Small Business 101 courses.
The program, in its ninth year, teaches practical business skills, said Marc S. Compeau, Reh Center director.
"It is really an overview," he said. "We have four weeks; we have four topics. It is really about raising awareness of the work that goes into building a business."
Since 2004, Mr. Compeau has taught the courses throughout the north country, providing guidance to more than 800 local businesses.
"The course is actually geared to folks who are looking to strengthen their existing business or people who are looking at the basics of how to get started," said Erin M. Draper, director of operations for the Reh Center.
The courses are meant to appeal to microenterprises, a class of small business employing fewer than 10 people. Mr. Compeau said microenterprises were a logical focus for Clarkson; according to the 2010 U.S. Census, there are 4.5 million businesses employing fewer than 10 people.
The course is divided into four two-hour sessions covering business basics. Classes typically have 50 to 70 participants who learn about marketing, financial management, resource management and strategic planning — subjects universal to business owners, no matter their size or the field they are in.
"We've done a lot with artists and artisans, and a lot with agriculture and farmers," Mr. Compeau said.
More importantly, the courses bring budding entrepreneurs together in the same room to share ideas and information, Mrs. Draper said.
"One of the really powerful parts of the course is the networking that occurs between the folks in the room," she said. "People start helping each other. That is a very powerful side effect and benefit of the course."
Since its inception, the My Small Business 101 series has achieved an 85 percent two- and five-year business survival rate, compared with a 45 percent survival rate nationally.
"We always love to brag about those statistics," Mr. Compeau said. "In entrepreneurship we always look at survival rate. If I call today and I call in five years and they're still there, that is the survival rate. If a business makes it five years, that is a pretty big milestone."
Mr. Compeau said the Reh Center shouldn't get all the credit for his students' success.
"I don't think we would take any credit at all. I think it is a credit to the work ethic of these St. Lawrence County entrepreneurs," he said. "They have a natural tendency to work through challenges. As I travel to other areas, we don't see the same kind of grittiness."
In the past, Clarkson students have followed up with program participants to provide business assistance as their enterprises evolve.
"It has turned into an important tool for our students because it gives them a chance to interact with actual entrepreneurs," Mr. Compeau said. "Our students really get involved in providing some of that support."
The next My Small Business 101 course will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. March 4, 11, and 25 and April 1 in Clarkson University's Bertrand H. Snell Hall, Room 212, on the university's hill campus.
To register for the My Small Business 101 course, contact Mrs. Draper at 268-3995 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
-Christopher Robbins, Watertown Daily Times staff writer