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Administration concerned over size and rowdiness. Board will wait until May 20 to vote.
Taft Union High School is considering limiting the number of people allowed in to its graduation ceremony by issuing tickets.
Administrators and the TUHS District Board discussed the sticky issue at length Monday night but will wait until the next board meeting on May 20 before making a final decision.
Assistant Principal Rona Angelo and Director of Guidance Chelle Koerner presented the idea,
They cited overcrowding, rowdiness and security concerns.
The on-campus shooting of a student in January, plus the bombings earlier in the day at the Boston Marathon played a part in the thinking.
"With the security issues we've had here and what we had in Boston today, it's a good time to consider this," Angelo told the board.
Angelo said some people are interfering with the solemnity of the occasion.
"There are loud people and there's people that aren't there for the right reasons and they're kind of spoiling it," Angelo said. "We want to make sure the people there really want to honor the graduates."
Koerner, to said she felt that some people were interfering with the dignity of the ceremony.
She said the decision to ask for the switch to requiring tickets wasn't an easy one.
"We are big on honoring our traditions, so it has been a hard thing on us to consider changes," she said.
TUHS graduation ceremonies have filled the large home bleachers, which seat approximately 3,650 people, and left crowds standing between the stands and the entry gates
School officials presented a proposal to issue about 3,600 tickets, enough to fill up the home stands at Martin Memorial Stadium.
There are 230 Taft High and Buena Vista High students eligible to graduate this year and each graduating student would get 10 tickets, Angelo said.
They could request more.
That would still leave approximately 1200 tickets available to the community and the school's classified staff by request.
Board President Rick Twisselman said he was very hesitant to impose limits on the number of people attending the graduation ceremony.
"I would like to see us exhaust all other options before we exclude the community," he said.
Board member George Harmer said he felt the stands have been getting too crowded.
"At some point we need to say 'No more people can go into the stands,' " Harmer said.
Opening up the bleachers on the east side of the stadium was discussed, but Koerner felt that would raise too many security issues.
Board member Ken Anderson said security was his major concern.
"I'm really starting to think more about security than I have in the past. Do I like it? No," he said. "I think times are changing and a new tomorrow started at our school."
The board will have to make up its mind on whether or not to require tickets at the one meeting left before the June 5 graduation.


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Dear Editor:
We at Morris Community High School have been very pleased with the leadership that Dr. Patrick Halloran has provided as our superintendent.
For the past nine years, he has led us through major financial challenges, while we face higher expectations and increased accountability. We know how fortunate we are to work for a superintendent who earned his way to his position by spending his entire career in education.
For nearly three decades, he has been a classroom teacher, a building principal, an assistant superintendent, and a superintendent. As a result of his extensive experience, he sees the big picture from all perspectives and is uniquely qualified to continue helping us move forward.
Although we do not always see eye to eye with him on every issue, we appreciate being able to talk through our concerns with him so that we can reach a consensus that works for all parties. His patience, his ability to listen, and his gift for motivating others are rare qualities that contribute to his outstanding leadership.
We fully expect that our school board will renew Dr. Halloran's contract at the Feb. 11 board meeting. However, we wonder why there has been a delay in doing so. Normally, his contract would have been renewed by now.
If this board has any reason to not support our superintendent, the public has yet to hear what that is. The shortage of qualified candidates for the superintendency is well known, and we know how fortunate we are to have someone who has mapped out a vision for our school.
With the sweeping changes educators face today, including Common Core implementation, Response to Intervention, and so much more, having stability at the helm is vital. The longer his renewal is delayed, the greater the risk of losing him to another school district that would be eager to have someone with his vision and insight.
We hope our school board truly appreciates what an asset Dr. Halloran is to our district. It is time for the board to renew his contract.
Morris Community High School Education Association — Joe Blumberg, President; Craig Ortiz, Vice-President; Andrea Gustafson, Secretary/Treasurer; D'Anna Gugerty, Grievance Chair.

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Robert Stigwood, the impresario who managed the Bee Gees and produced 1970s blockbusters "Grease" and "Saturday Night Fever," has died. He was 81.
Stigwood's office said he died Monday. The cause of death was not announced.
Born in Adelaide, Australia, in 1934, Stigwood moved to Britain in the 1950s and soon became an astute player in Britain's embryonic rock music industry.
In the 1960s he managed rock super group Cream and its guitarist Eric Clapton before signing brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, collectively known as the Bee Gees, whose melodic folk-rock achieved late-'60s success before a career slump.
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If you were a governor, would you ever appoint someone to a state board, just because of his or her race? Of course not, that would be racism, even if that person's race has been historically underrepresented on that board, and the board's mission involves tackling persistent racial inequalities! That's why Ohio Governor John Kasich wants to make it absolutely clear that when he says "On any board you want some diversification" in regards to his appointment of an ex-Ohio State quarterback to the state's Board of Education, he is not referring to the fact that the dude is black, but rather to his background. His background involves not graduating from college, and not submitting an application for the job, and completely making up the supposed charter school that he claims to have founded. Also he lives in the country and maybe he's kind of Jesus-y?
Stanley Jackson (Mr. Jackson if you're nasty, or if you're addressing him politely) did not submit a resume for his fancy new job on the Ohio Board of Education, but since already has a Wikipedia page highlighting the fact that he was on the Buckeye team that won the Rose Bowl in 1997, he obviously doesn't need one because that is the 21st century equivalent. The Buckeyes were using a weird two-QB system that year and so the dramatic winning drive was actually led by Joe Germaine, who went on play in the NFL, but whatever! Stanley Jackson helped, and also played in the Canadian Football League and the "Continental Indoor Football League," whatever that is. Oh and also he never graduated from Ohio State, so he knows the value of a good education, which is to say that he knows that if the Montreal Alouettes come calling, why bother, amiright?
Anyway, everyone seems to think that being educated isn't really a necessity for being on the Board of Ed. Ohio law apparently has affirmative action for rural residents on its school board (really! quotas!) and Jackson is "a man of faith" (faith in Christ? Yes, that's a good bet) and it's a traditionally partisan appointment and that seems to be enough for everybody. A Democratic state senator who used to be on the school board says that "His background doesn't sound like historical qualifications for the position, but there are no specific qualifications except a willingness to work hard."
Somewhat more troubling is Jackson's status as "the founder of Masters Preparatory Academy Charter School a singer [sic] gender school for African American males," since it's apparently illegal for someone involved in a school to serve on the Board of Ed. But that's OK, because it turns out that this school doesn't really exist, so how can it be illegal for Jackson to run it? Check and mate, college-educated haters. [Plunderbund/Raw Story/Columbus Dispatch]


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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) More than a dozen women's health providers have filed a federal lawsuit to block key provisions of a new abortion law that threw the Texas Legislature into chaos as it was approved.
Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union teamed up with the providers to sue Texas.
They filed their challenge Friday in Austin.
The law requires doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, only allows abortions in surgical centers and bans the procedure after 20 weeks. It also limits medical abortions.
The measure passed after a much-watched Democratic filibuster and protests on both sides of the issue at the Capitol.
The suit seeks an injunction blocking rules mandating surgical center admitting privileges and limiting medical abortions. Both provisions take effect Oct. 29.


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In LOOKING FOR LINCOLN, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. travels across America, coming face-to-face with people who live with Lincoln every day -- relic hunters, re-enactors, and others for whom the study of Lincoln is a passion. Among those weighing in: Pulitzer Prize winners Doris Kearns Goodwin and Tony Kushner; presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush; and Lincoln scholars including Harold Holzer, vice chair of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; Harvard University's president Drew Faust and history professor David Hebert Donald; Yale University history professor David Blight; and Allen Guelzo of Gettysburg College.
Visit the Website: http://www.pbs.org/lookingforlincoln


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Gowan Adds Soybean Insecticide To Portfolio
Gowan Co., LLC and Nisso America, Inc. have announced their Federal EPA registration of Justice insecticide for control of insect pests in soybeans. Gowan has exclusive rights to market Justice within the U.S. soybean market.
Justice insecticide is a dual mode of action premix containing the best in class neonicotinoid for aphid control, acetamiprid, and bifenthrin for fast knockdown of labeled insect pests and better resistance management.
"We are pleased to add another high quality product to our portfolio that enhances Gowan's continuing efforts to provide our customers with solutions to their pest control problems," said Chad Dyer, Justice Product Manager for Gowan Co. "Acetamiprid, the best active ingredient for aphid control, is finally approved for use in the soybean aphid market."
While the primary insect target for Justice is soybean aphid, Justice will also be labeled for other insect pests including, armyworm, bean leaf beetle, and soybean looper.
Justice will be marketed as unique liquid oil flowable formulation that allows both active ingredients to remain in their most biologically active form.
"We are excited to have the OF (oil flowable) formulation of Justice," said Dyer. "We tested a few different formulations, including an EC formulation, but the OF always outperformed the others in our field tests."
Justice is a foliar applied insecticide with use rates ranging from 2.5 – 3.0 fluid ounces per acre. Justice has a 30 day PHI (pre-harvest interval), a 12-hour REI (restricted entry interval), and 0-day plant back interval for soybeans and a 30-day plant back interval for all other crops. In addition, Justice is approved for chemigation, ground rig. and aerial applications.


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DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - The six Southeastern Conference teams ranked in the Top 25 should be wary of upsets in this week's women's tournament.
And with good reason - there's no reason the tournament should be any different than the regular season.
Most of the ranked teams, including No. 9 Tennessee, the SEC's regular-season champion and top seed in the tournament, lost at least once to an unranked team during the 16-game conference schedule. Unranked Missouri beat the Lady Vols.
No. 12 Georgia, the No. 3 seed, lost at Mississippi State. No. 19 Texas A&M, the fourth seed, lost its last three, including to Vanderbilt and then-unranked LSU.
Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell said that is just life in the SEC.
No. 7 Kentucky earned the No. 2 seed by closing the regular season with a win over Tennessee. Mitchell said winning the SEC tournament "is one of the greatest accomplishments in basketball."
"I'm so impressed with the quality of depth in the Southeastern Conference," Mitchell said. "I really think it's the best league in the country. I believe you could have lower seeds beating higher seeds. I absolutely believe that is possible."
Mitchell named LSU, the sixth seed which moved into the Top 25 at No. 22 this week, and unranked Vanderbilt as possible surprise teams which could win the tournament.
"I don't know if there's a clear-cut favorite," Mitchell said.
The other ranked team in the tournament is No. 17 South Carolina.
The tournament begins tonight when Alabama, which lost its last 10 regular-season games, plays Mississippi State.
Only 13 of the league's 14 teams are participating. Mississippi (9-20, 2-14) announced a self-imposed postseason ban Nov. 9. Coach Adrian Wiggins and two assistants were fired after a school investigation found academic and recruiting misconduct.
Tennessee beat LSU in last year's tournament championship game after Kentucky won the regular-season title.
The Lady Vols (23-6, 14-2 SEC) won the regular-season title in their first season with coach Holly Warlick. She spent the last 27 years as an assistant on Pat Summitt's staffs.
Summitt led the Lady Vols to eight national titles in 38 seasons. She stepped down last April after announcing in 2011 she had early-onset dementia.
The regular-season championship under Warlick was a strong statement of Tennessee's continued strength in the post-Summitt era.
"I'm never going to compare myself to Pat Summitt," Warlick said. "There's only one Pat Summitt.
"I just want this team to get better. I have an unbelievable staff. I think one thing that Pat did teach me is surround yourself with quality people."
The Lady Vols have injury concerns this week.
Point guard Ariel Massengale and center Isabelle Harrison have knee injuries. Warlick said senior guard Kamiko Williams sprained both ankles in the loss to Kentucky.
"Both of them," Warlick said when asked about Williams' injuries. "That's hard to do but she found a way to do it."
Warlick said she did not know if Harrison will be able to return for the tournament. She said Massengale is "a little sore" and is confident Williams "will bounce back."
LSU is the league's hottest team. The Lady Tigers (19-10, 10-6) closed the regular season with six straight wins, including the 67-52 win at No. 13 Texas A&M.
LSU will play Auburn on Thursday night and will have to play on four straight days to win the tournament. The top four seeds have byes until Friday's quarterfinals.
"Our chances are about as good as anyone else's," said second-year LSU coach Nikki Caldwell, the former Tennessee player and assistant.
"I know everybody in this conference knows how tough it is to win here. We beat up on each other all year long. We've been able to get hot at the right time."
Texas A&M coach Gary Blair said his message to his players after three straight losses is, "There's nothing wrong with us."
This is Texas A&M's first year in the conference, but Blair previously coached in the league at Arkansas.
"We've got to play harder, play smarter, and sometimes give credit to your opponent," Blair said. "Usually the team that wins the conference champ doesn't always win the tournament championship. That's what we're going to try to sell here.
"We've got to get that feel-good feeling again and convince our kids we don't need to go into the shop for total repairs. We just need some Band-Aids and attitude adjustment."
The Alabama-Mississippi State winner will play South Carolina after the Arkansas-Florida game Thursday. Missouri will play Vanderbilt before the LSU-Auburn game Thursday night.
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"There's a little bit of inflammation still that is contributing to the problem, but structurally he has been checked out as you can imagine, in every way shape or form. Until the soreness gets out of it, it's a bone bruise. And bone bruises sometimes take time. But as long as we're in this thing, he's gonna try to keep going out there and get loosened up and get ready, and we're going to allow it to happen, so any talk about shutting him down, from anybody other than me, is premature."
Ozzie Guillen on Jake Peavy:
"I think it would be tough for [us] to see him any time soon because he can't still throw because of the bruising on his arm. After [he starts throwing] we gotta come out with a plan to make him throw on the side, and the side day and you have to have a simulated game, [after] simulated game you gotta to go wait for a few days to recover, then throw another day, then maybe pitch in the game. I said last week, I believe I don't [think] we'll have him the rest of the year because I got to with my realistic plan, I gotta set the rotation [with] what I have now. If he come back, then we make some moves, but right now I [don't] feel like he's gonna be here soon, because we gotta go through so many different things and I don't think we have enough time for that."


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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Most Asian markets rose Thursday after key U.S. indexes clinched another record finish overnight, although Japanese stocks skidded as a firmer yen led investors to lock in recent gains despite strong economic growth data and upbeat results from banks.
The Shanghai Composite 000001, -0.38% climbed 1.2%, Taiwan's Taiex Y9999, +0.47% gained 0.9%,South Korea's Kospi SEU, -0.24% added 0.8%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.31% rose 0.2%.
On the downside, Japan's Nikkei Stock Average NIK, -1.11% dropped 0.4% to 15,037.24, managing to finish above the 15,000-point level. The benchmark had on Wednesday ended above 15,000 for the first time in more than five years.
Meanwhile, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 XJO, +0.08% fell 0.5% as commodity stocks weakened.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.34% rallied higher Thursday to end at its 20th record level so far in 2013. But while the continuing rally in U.S. stocks aided sentiment, weak economic growth in the euro zone and sluggish commodity prices kept buyers in check after strong gains for several regional benchmarks so far in May and this year. DJIA futures were on Thursday down 13 points, or 0.1%, pointing to a likely lower start on Wall Street.
Concerns about slowing growth in Asia was also in focus.
Sanjay Mathur, Royal Bank of Scotland's Asia-Pacific head of economic research, said growth in the region excluding Japan has "taken a turn for the worse" of late, in terms of gross domestic product growth, exports and manufacturing indicators.
"Overall, we believe that recovery is likely to take its own course and be moderate given the absence of either strong global demand or fresh policy stimuli. This should ensure a period of low inflation and pressure on corporate [profit] margins," Mathur said.
Stock gains in Hong Kong were led by heavyweight HSBC Holdings PLC 0005, +0.06% US:HBC which climbed 1% a day after it unveiled a plan to cut costs by up to $3 billion by 2016. The bank is planning to cut as many as 14,000 jobs across the world.
Shares of Internet services major Tencent Holdings Ltd. 0700, +0.00% TCEHY, -1.37% jumped 6.5% after the company announced strong growth in quarterly profit.
Those gains help offset losses in the energy sector as a strengthening dollar weakened the outlook for prices of commodities, including crude oil.
Shares of PetroChina Co. 0857, +1.46% PTR, -0.60% lost 2.1% and Cnooc Ltd. 0883, -0.29% CEO, -1.92% shed 1.4%.
Commodity producers also lost ground in other regional markets, weighing in particular on Australia, where BHP Billiton Ltd. BHP, -0.26% BHP, +0.09% dropped 0.8%, gold miner Newcrest Mining Ltd. NCM, -0.82% NCMGY, -0.38% tumbled 5.3% and Oil Search Ltd. OSH, -1.07% OISHY, -1.49% lost 0.8%.
A weakened Australian dollar AUDUSD, +0.2646% which recently fell below parity against the U.S. currency, also damped sentiment.
"A falling Australian dollar may put pressure on offshore investors to sell Australian dollar-denominated assets, as they look to preserve gains from a strengthening equity market," said Tim Radford, a global analyst at Rivkin Securities.
In Tokyo, meanwhile, the drop came despite data released earlier in the day showing the Japanese economy expanded at a better-than-expected rate of 0.9% in the January to March period from the quarter ended Dec. 31.
Banking stocks led the drop even after the country's three largest banks posted strong results, with the Nikkei newspaper reporting that their combined net profit for the fiscal year ended March 31 climbed 11% due to increased lending and upbeat stock and bond markets.
Shares of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 8316, -0.92% SMFG, -0.06% dropped 4%, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 8306, -1.92% US:MTU lost 3.6% and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. 8411, -2.25% MFG, -1.38% shed 3.1%.
Some exporters also weakened as the yen USDJPY, -0.75% firmed up against the U.S. dollar. NEC Corp. 6701, -0.66% NIPNF, +16.28% and Komatsu Ltd. 6301, -1.95% KMTUF, +1.99% fell 0.4% each.


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There's something on your Nevada ballot this year that no other voters in the nation see. Down at the bottom on all statewide races, a final choice.
Not a candidate, but a protest of sorts. In fact, it's called "None of these Candidates."
You can credit the Watergate scandal and a now retired Nevada lawmaker for this unique ballot entry.
The break-in at the Democratic Party headquarters during the 1972 campaign and the investigations that followed toppled a president and soured the American public on politicians in general.
The next election cycle Don Mello, then a Sparks assemblyman, discovered just how turned off the public was as he campaigned door to door in his district.
"They would tell me if they went to the polls they would vote for me because they had in the past, but they weren't going."
Worried the disgust over Watergate would keep many away from the polls altogther, Mello came up with what he thought was a solution.
The next day, he tried it out on those voters. "Everyone of them thought it was a great idea if they could vote no in a race."
But when he went to Carson City he found little enthusiasm among his fellow lawmakers.
"They hated the idea," he says. Some were open to applying the choice to the presidential races. Mello wanted it offered in all. The compromise was to use it in all statewide races--U-S Senate, the govenror and other state constitutional offices. And there it's stayed.
It passed in the Assembly with only 3 nay votes. It was unanimous in the Senate.
The public took to it. Others didn't.
"The parties wanted to do away with it. The Democratic party. The Republican party. They didn't want it on the ballot because they thought it drew votes away from their candidates."
There were in succeeding years an attempt or two to get rid of it. Veteran lawmaker Lawrence Jacobsen one of only three to vote against it in 1975 once introduced a bill to dump it. Mello says he quickly regretted it.
"A month after he introduced it, we talked with one another in the hallway and he said I wish I'd never introduced that thing. I'm getting so many calls from people saying leave it on the ballot. We want it."
So, after 35 years the choice remains. Mello says he thinks it's had positive effects, encouraging turnout by giving voice to the dismay with the choice of candidates before them.
He has only one regret.
"It doesn't go far enough."
The votes are tallied and reported, but don't directly affect the outcome.
Nevertheless, three times over the years, none of these candidates, has actually won. The Republican primaries for congress in 1976, congress and secretary of state in 1978. Those candidates went on to lose in the general election.
One man, Charles Earhart lost to "None of these Candidates" in two of those elections.
Still years later, he was quoted as thinking the choice was a good idea.


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At an East Dundee candidates forum conducted by the Elgin Area League of Women Voters Tuesday night, Lael Miller, who hopes to unseat Village President Jerald Bartels, called his opponent's attendance record into question.
Miller, a trustee, did an analysis of meeting minutes that he said shows Bartels has missed 24 board meetings in the last three years, a figure he said is equivalent to missing an entire year's worth.
Miller said he's personally only missed four meetings in four years.
Miller also called Bartels out for being the only board member to vote against freezing the recent property tax levy.
"I agreed our residents deserved a break," Miller said as his reason for voting for the measure.
According to Bartels, Miller is incorrect about the number of meetings missed -- he estimates he has missed 20 percent of the board meetings.
"I am a family man. I have three teenage kids," Bartels said. "I also travel for a living so it is true that I do not make every meeting ... but the meetings that I have not attended I will, if possible attend via phone conference."
Bartels also explained why he voted against freezing the tax levy.
"I saw that as symbolic because it was $6 per household per year (increase)," Bartels said. "To me, I didn't know that that was something to be cheering about."
The forum also included challengers Dan Selep and Kirstin Wood, who are running for trustee. Incumbent trustees Rob Gorman and Paul VanOstenbridge, as well as challenger Mark Poynor, were unable to attend Tuesday's forum. Seven people were in the audience.
Wood, who has been attending meetings regularly since January, said she is running to increase community involvement that she says is sorely lacking in the village. She would like to see more community events, board meetings that take place outside of the board room and inside businesses, where free coffee and ice cream could be offered.
"I'm a big proponent of less Facebook time and more face time," Wood said. "Our society right now is so engrossed in social media that we forget how to speak to people."
Selep, who says he has been to eight board meetings, said his main goals in office, if elected, are to bring a Starbucks, Wi-Fi and LED streetlights to the village.
East Dundee has red light cameras posted at routes 68 and 72 and also at routes 25 and 72 and the candidates have varying views on whether they are necessary.
Wood was the only one of the four candidates against them, but acknowledged she'd gotten a red-light ticket when someone else was driving her car. She was also less than impressed with the appeals process.
"There's better ways to increase revenue and quite frankly, sometimes I think those red light cameras ... can possibly cause accidents because people slam on the brakes and they're doing things they wouldn't normally do if they're driving cautiously," Wood said.
The next League of Women Voters candidates forum is scheduled for tonight. It will feature the candidates running for office in West Dundee.


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To the Editor:
When our number is up, it's up, or so the saying goes. Most of us hope in some small way that our lives make a difference for our families, friends, community.
There is no doubt that Don Peasley, photojournalist and, by extension, local historian, made a difference and left a legacy rich in the documentation of time. He held a unique position in McHenry County, not so much for his longevity of residence and business interests in Woodstock but rather because of his longtime, consistent use of photography and the written word to tell our stories.
With foresight and the support of individuals like Virgil Smith, Cheryl and Jim Wormley, and Joe Gitlin, all of Woodstock, Don's legacy photo collection now resides at the McHenry County Historical Society Museum in Union.
Because of Don's documentation and the efforts undertaken to preserve that record, thousands of area residents both past and present are part of this county's history.
The McHenry Township farmer showing off his up-to-date 1950s milking equipment; public officials at the open house for the new courthouse out on Route 47, north of Woodstock; numerous high school graduates, county dairy princesses or county fair queens; war veterans, little league teams, businessmen and women; grand openings and catastrophic fires; and, above all, people just going about the business of living their lives make up the "stuff" of history.
Don gave so many of us a role in making that history. I'd say that was a pretty generous contribution both to his legacy and to ours.
Nancy J. Fike


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Do 'Green' Cleaners Work?
Many can disinfect as well as clean
Myth: Natural cleaning products don't kill germs and therefore are ineffective.
See also: Toxin-free pesticides.
Facts: Some "green" cleaners, such as the Clorox Green Works line made from a component found in coconuts, do little more than help remove dirt. They don't disinfect — nor do they claim to — so they don't kill germs. But many other natural cleaners, both those you can make at home and those you can buy at the store, can disinfect as well as clean, says hygiene expert Donna Duberg, assistant professor of clinical laboratory science at Saint Louis University. And they do it without exposing you and your family to harsh chemicals found in commercial cleaning products that can irritate your skin, eyes and lungs.
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For example, simple and inexpensive white vinegar is very effective at killing E. coli, salmonella and shigella bacteria, says Duberg. "It's good for nearly everything — from soaking the vegetables to washing the floors," she says. "Mix it with enough baking soda to make a paste and you'll get the scum out of your bathroom."
Karyn Siegel-Maier, author of The Naturally Clean Home, suggests making your own disinfectants by combining vinegar with essential oils such as rosemary, thyme or basil. In studies, basil oils have been shown to kill E. coli, listeria and salmonella bacteria. Siegel-Maier also recommends using tea tree oil, a natural mold killer. She cleans her kitchen with a homemade cleaner made from Castile soap, a little water and 15 or 20 drops of basil or rosemary oil. Seventh Generation's line of green cleaning products uses a thyme extract called thymol to disinfect.
Studies show that when it comes to killing germs, commercial disinfectants do pack more of a punch. But Duberg questions whether you need to bring such intense firepower to simply clean your counters, especially considering the potential side effects. Instead, she says, practice prevention. Clean regularly and you won't need industrial strength cleaners to cut through the grime, she says. And when you do spray your surfaces, let them stay wet for at least a minute before wiping them down. "Vinegar is almost 100 percent effective at killing germs if you leave it on for at least 60 seconds, and it leaves a nice shine," says Duberg.
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WILLSBORO - The Lake Placid boys basketball team won its second game in a row Tuesday with a 41-37 non-league victory over Keene.
The Blue Bombers opened the season Monday with a 37-32 win over Crown Point. Tarik Cecunjanin led Lake Placid in that game with 10 points and seven rebounds, while teammate Scott Rossi chipped in seven and Chris Kordziel had six.
Keene opened the season Monday with a 49-23 victory over Willsboro on Monday. Colton Venner had 24 points for the Beavers.
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Lake Placid senior Chris Kordziel rises to take a shot over Jesse Summo of Keene during Tuesday night's game in Willsboro. The Blue Bombers won 41-37 to improve to 2-0.
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The Blue Bombers return to action Dec. 8 against Willsboro at SUNY Plattsburgh.
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SARANAC LAKE - Jayde Dukett had a goal and an assist and Tanner Stanton recorded the shutout to lead the Lake Placid girls hockey team to a 4-0 victory over Saranac Lake on Monday.
It was the season-opener for both teams.
Dukett got the scoring started with an unassisted goal 50 seconds into the game. Neither team was able to muster a goal for the rest of the first period through the second.
Emily Godin scored the Blue Bombers' second goal 4:15 into the third, and teammates Gillian McLean and Payton Barney followed suit to set the final score.
Lake Placid outshot the Red Storm 38-11. Lindsay Reeve stopped 34 shots in goal for Saranac Lake in her first varsity game.
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Half the country is in a major deep freeze right now...I walked outside tonight and thought "Huh, it's warming up" and it was 18 degrees. Even if you don't usually bother with gloves, hat, etc. in this weather, it's absolutely necessary even if you're just going from house to car to office and back. Here's a rundown of five cute choices that will keep you cozy and chic.
This cute popcorn knit hat is warm, soft, and comes in colors to go with any coat. (KMart, $3.99).
These Stormy Kromer hats are experiencing a hipster resurgence, but they are well-made here in my home state of Michigan, practical (it's designed not to blow off and has a pull-down earband), and even cute with these fabric flowers. (Stormy Kromer, $39.99).
If I could afford it, I'd wear this Kate Spade scarf anywhere, anytime, cold or not. (Nordstrom, $149).
Tech gloves usually look about as dorky as your smartphone is cool, but these long, gathered ones are something I'd wear even if they weren't phone-friendly...and they'll keep your arms protected from big gusts. (Nordstrom, $24.00)
This beanie is boho-cute with a bit of sophistication, and the aqua color really stands out. (Moosejaw Mountaineering, $14.99)
What's your favorite cold-weather accessory?
by bether89January 25, 2013 at 12:07 AM
I love a warm knit hat.
by wandepJanuary 25, 2013 at 7:40 AM
I have the tech gloves but can't find them. :(
by Rust.n.GearsJanuary 25, 2013 at 7:50 AM
That last hat would do no good in our winters. I have much more durable knitwear to go out in. You don't care if you can use your smart phone if your hands are honestly freezing. I would rather wear things made out of alpaca wool and know they will protect me from the cold.
by SarahSuzyQJanuary 25, 2013 at 7:51 AMI need a hat that's lined with fleece, or the wind will cut right through it!
January 25, 2013 at 8:05 AM
The popcorn hat is cute
by LifeCafe42January 25, 2013 at 8:37 AMI'm not much more than a hoody maybe gloves kinda girl even when it's super cold
by fraujonesJanuary 25, 2013 at 8:59 AMI love scarves.
by elasmimiJanuary 25, 2013 at 9:01 AM
I don't wear hats, cuz I can't take them off and show my hair. Don't ever wear scarves, have no style sense of how to tie/drape them. And I only wear gloves when I am going to be outside for long periods of time. In fact, I rarely even wear a coat.
January 25, 2013 at 9:08 AM
i have a beanie like the bottom one, for me and the girls. definitely have to have my thinsulate gloves too!


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I have one fool-proof method for filling out my NCAA Tournament bracket. I go straight to the 1 vs. 16 games and advance all of the No. 1s into the next round. Seeing as how a No. 1 seed has never lost to a No. 16 seed, this has never failed me.
It's after that, of course, when I start looking at 8 vs. 9 and 7 vs. 10 and begin flipping coins. Or find myself being seduced into taking every 12 over every 5. And that's when the corners of the page on which I've printed out my perfect bracket start to curl and I detect a smoky smell.
By Saturday of the first weekend my bracket is fully engulfed and a supposed underdog in our family bracket pool – my wife, my mother, my oldest son's fiancée – is well on her way to taking the money and our dignity.
This year's odds-on favorite: our beagle, Bella, who has a nose for upsets.
Once again, the tournament is said to be more "wide open" than ever. Or at least since the last time this was the unofficial mantra. A few weeks ago, Tigers coach Josh Pastner said that he truly believed all 68 teams in the tournament would have a realistic chance to win the whole thing. Of course, this is also the same coach who hugged media members after the Tigers won the Conference USA Tournament title, so he's clearly the happiest guy in just about any room.
The Tigers are a 6 seed – they were to play St. Mary's on Thursday, March 21, in Auburn Hills, Mich. – but have gotten little love from the national voices who are predicting an early exit. The Tigers are simply not a trendy pick to make a deep run.
"We lost back-to-back years," guard Joe Jackson said of their one-and-done NCAA experiences. "We kinda feel like trying to go out and prove ourselves to the world."
Which is kind of how I feel at my house; I have a track record to overcome. I also do less with more information while my wife, mom and future daughter-in-law do more with less information. Here's an example: I kind of like Butler to win a couple of games. The team went to back-to-back NCAA title games when not really on the radar.
This year, Butler is a No. 6 seed playing 11 seed Bucknell. But now they're on the other side of things. At ESPN.com, college basketball writer Eamonn Brennan said Butler hasn't played its best in a month and that early upsets over Indiana and Gonzaga "left them a little residually overrated."
Personally, I should do so well as to be a little residually overrated; I may pick Butler anyway.
There's also an abundance of free advice out there on what never to do when filling out your bracket. Don't pick too many upsets. Don't pick too few. Don't advance all 1 seeds to the Final Four. Don't exclude all 1 seeds from your Final Four. Don't go with your heart.
Pretty much all the Grizzlies violate this last rule by picking their alma mater and they are, after all, pro players.
"I've got Michigan State all the way, baby!" said Grizz forward Zach Randolph, channeling Dick Vitale.
I've got No. 1 seed Indiana taking care of first-game business. Beyond that? Well, my mother, a diehard Jayhawks fan, has again picked Kansas to win it all (that worked pretty well a few years ago, didn't it Tigers fans?). And my wife, a Kansas State graduate, is wearing purple/rose-colored sunglasses. So I shouldn't have to worry about her this year.
Meanwhile, the beagle likes those Gonzaga Bulldogs. And perhaps because I'm not a native Memphian and don't feel that instinctive hatred for Louisville, I have picked the Cardinals to win it all.
But I could be wrong. I usually am.
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Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) - New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis left Wednesday's game against the Denver Nuggets in the first half with back spasms.
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This kinky Japanese film stars Naomi as the titular wife who is kidnapped by her own husband and kept captive as his sexual plaything.
Unfortunately hubby is into some very weird stuff like wax and bondage which repulses Naomi at first, but she learns to love it.
What she doesn't love though is when a couple of thieves happen upon them in the middle of a sex game, knock out her husband and chase her through the woods so they can fuck her. Naomi runs and fights valiantly in a long, drawn out scene, but is finally tackled to the ground and overpowered.
What remains of her clothing is ripped off and the bondage ropes she's wearing are cut off by the horny thieves, who grope her big breasts and finger her exposed pussy before they take turns raping her as she screams. Her husband meanwhile lies unconscious and unable to rescue her…
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Morris Community High School graduate Lori Anderson-Lynes has always been passionate about eating and living healthy. After her children came along – now ages 5, 3 and 1 – she passed on her healthy eating habits to them.
But she's always wanted to pass on her knowledge to others, as well.
"I am so passionate about helping people make healthy choices," she said.
Anderson-Lynes left her corporate career in 2009. As an entrepreneur, she wanted to find a niche that would allow her to keep using her experiences from corporate America and work from home so she could be with her children.
It wasn't long before a group of former college friends from Illinois State University, also now mothers, contacted her to join them in their start-up company GrowYourGiggle.com.
It was exactly the niche Anderson-Lynes was seeking.
"I was in a transition period. Was I going back to Corporate America or should I do something else," she said. "This is something I can do from home and work with my friends."
It doesn't matter that her college friends/co-workers are spread out all over the U.S. — in California, North Carolina and Colorado.
The Internet-based wellness company geared toward kids is filling a need none other has filled before.
When a child and parent log onto GrowYourGiggle.com, they are introduced to the website's mascot, Vivi LeDish. Through games and interaction, Vivi teaches children all about healthy foods, portion control and moderation. All the information aligns with First Lady Michelle Obama's My Plate program.
The free website contains over 500 recipes with five ingredients or fewer that children can make, with some help from an adult. Every day there is a food of the day and recipes to go along with it.
Children log on daily and keep track of the healthy foods they eat. They can learn about measuring their food for portion control and serving sizes. Fun food facts and games make it easy and fun to do.
"We gear it toward the parents and caregivers, anyone that has children 3 to 8 years. They go through this simple program that teaches them about different foods," said Anderson-Lynes.
"I go through it with my kids on a daily basis. They have picked-up so much from it. It's something so simple that teaches kids about the foods they eat."
GrowYourGiggle.com has earned a great following – they average 25,000 views per month – and is drawing a lot of attention from other companies, organizations and even celebrities.
Vivi LeDish is now featured in the "How Cool Is That?" section on Rachael Ray's non-profit website yum-o.org, which "empowers kids and their families to develop healthy relationships with food and cooking."
The website includes recipe contributions from celebrity chefs Ina Garten (the Barefoot Contessa), Guy Fieri, Karen LeBillion (author of "French Kids Eat Everything") and Laura Fuentes (founder of MOMables.com).
GrowYourGiggle.Com has been included on a list of 10 wellness education programs for Michelle Obama; is featured by Partners in Pediatrics, Macaroni Kid, Chicago Foodies, Wall Street Journal Market Watch, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, Health Care Communication and Healthy Cells; and is collaborating on promotions with Chicago Shedd Aquarium, Chicago Children's Museum, Hearts at Home, Moms Together, and the Kids Table in Chicago.
"We are excited about these programs," Anderson-Lynes said.
But the turn-key company has more work to do to help fight childhood obesity and one goal is to get the program into schools.
It's flexible enough to fit into a teacher's lesson plan without taking up much time. It not only includes a daily dose of wellness, but uses sight words, repetition, alphabetization, illustrations and activities, among others, Anderson-Lynes said.
Two schools are already piloting the daily program, one is in Colorado and the other is Anderson-Lynes' son's preschool. It's also being considered as part of the curriculum in the Chicago Public School system; they hope to hear something in early April.
"It's free to utilize in the classroom and because it's via the Internet, it eliminates costly materials," she said.
Anderson-Lynes is excited about the company and the difference it can make in the lives and health of American children.
"We want to bring things back to basics. We want to shape healthy habits instead of breaking unhealthy ones," Anderson-Lynes said.
"We are a group of moms who got together and are paying it forward."


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Apple has released the iOS 4.3 beta and SDK beta 3 for its iOS mobile device operating system. Available through the company's iOS Dev Center, this release sits alongside Apple's developer resources on this programming portal, which also includes getting-started videos, coding how-to's, and sample code. Each release of iOS typically brings with it a hint of features soon to be found in Apple's upcoming product releases. The new OS itself promises the ability to stream live video to Apple TV using AirPlay, as well as iAd full-screen banners and HTTP Live Streaming statistics.
Initial reports have suggested that iOS 4.3 will brings four and five finger gesture recognition to the iPad, but early video demos appear to show that this will mean more of a "swipe of the complete hand" rather than anything more complex and multiuser based — although a new "pinch to select Home Screen" option will no doubt be appealing for many users.
While Apple's AirPlay exists to stream video from an app to a widescreen TV using new Media Player APIs, latest developments with AirPlay are said to now embrace video streaming from third party applications for iOS 4.3. There is also a personal hotspot feature for attention grabbing full screen iAd banners on the iPad. Apple wants to give developers the option to provide what it calls an "immersive and interactive iAd experience," with developers themselves creaming 60% of the advertising revenue collected.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will creep out of the ground and overrun parts of the East Coast.
But don't worry. They don't do any harm. It's an event that occurs in the region just once every 17 years. The bugs have been underground since 1996, feeding on tree roots.
Once the ground is precisely 64 degrees, they will crawl out, and eventually shed their outer skin to emerge with wings. Then they will make a lot of noise, mate and die. And their offspring will burrow back into the ground to start the 17-year cycle all over again.
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The title of this topic basically describes my whole problem.
I am using a javascript wich can resize my frame to the height of the page that is in it.
It all works fine, except for the fact that if you click a link in the frame while you are a little bit scrolled down, it will bring you to the top of the page again.
To explain everything a little bit more, i created this:
When you click "link 1" or "link 2" or "link 3" at the bottom of the frame (with the red background), the link will load, but the script will take you to the top of the page again.
I think it has to do something with the javascript because when i change (onload="setIframeHeight('content');") to (height="1500") it works fine.
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Former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry will not be rejoining the Gunners on loan during the January transfer window, manager Arsene Wenger has said.
Wenger, who at the end of last month had indicated that he had not ruled out bringing the Frenchman to Arsenal for a third time, confirmed he would not re-sign him after his side's 1-1 draw at Southampton.
"He is not ready, he has just come back from holiday anyway. At the moment, we are not on that case," he said. Asked whether a move could still happen, he said: "No.''
Before Christmas, the Gunners boss had played down reports linking him with a loan move for Arsenal's record goalscorer, who now plays for MLS side the New York Red Bulls.
But he then denied he had shut the door on a temporary move for the 35-year-old, who scored twice - both game-winners - in seven games during a loan spell at the Emirates last term.
"I've not lost interest in him," Wenger, who had allowed Henry to train with Arsenal for a month during the MLS off-season, said.
"I've not completely [ruled it out]. But I haven't spoken about it with him at all. We are very close [personally], but at the moment I think he has had a second spell at the club that was very successful. You have to be cautious that it's not one time too many."
Henry scored a club record 226 goals for Arsenal from 1999 to 2007.


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Though it can't be found in Nostradamus' "Quatrains," there's a new concern trumpeting the end of the world.
I always thought the advent of reality TV was a sure sign of a dying planet, but this is more frightening.
I stumbled across this, not in the scriptures, but by a chance glance at the TV. Staring back at me was a woman with a terribly pained expression. Turning up the volume, I heard her lamenting the fact that Saturday mail delivery was going the way of the dinosaur, and we were certain to follow.
I went to their website and found like-minded people calling on a nation to stock up on non-perishables in anticipation of the first Saturday without mail. The website is deliveringforamerica.com, and it emphatically contends that dropping Saturday mail will end civilization as we know it.
Why do I feel so strangely unaffected? I know I was more apprehensive with the Mayan calendar countdown. Is it because Saturday mail serves very little purpose? By the time I get a check in Saturday's mail it can't be cashed; the bank is closed. If I get a questionable bill on Saturday, I can't deal with it until Monday. Sure I'm going to miss some Presidents Day mattress sales, but I look at it this way: it's one less trip to the recycling bin.
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DENVER -- Chauncey Billups hasn't had this much fun on the basketball court in Denver since he was winning two high school state titles back in the mid-1990s.
Billups led the Nuggets to another blowout of the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night, scoring 31 points in Denver's 108-93 win.
The best-of-seven series shifts to New Orleans for Game 3 on Saturday night with the Nuggets holding just the third 2-0 edge in their 33-year NBA history.
This is the first time the Nuggets have won the first two games of a playoff series since 1985, when they took care of Utah in five games in the Western Conference semifinals.
Billups' arrival from Detroit in the lopsided Allen Iverson trade transformed the Nuggets from an afterthought to the West's second seed and a franchise record-tying 54 wins. Now, he has his hometown team closing in on its first trip to the second round in 15 years.
After his one-man offensive outburst in the opener, Billups, who attended the University of Colorado in nearby Boulder after leading Denver's George Washington High School to two state titles, had company in the limelight on this night.
Carmelo Anthony, quiet in Game 1 with just 13 points on 4-of-12 shooting, scored 22 points and dished out nine assists. J.R. Smith added 15 points.
David West scored 21 points to lead the Hornets, but he needed 20 shots to do it. Peja Stojakovic added 17 points and Chris Paul had 14 points and 13 assists.
Once again, the Hornets were hounded relentlessly by Denver's defense, finding few answers to Kenyon Martin, Chris Andersen, Nene and Dahntay Jones.
In an attempt to bottle up Billups, the Hornets changed their defensive look and assigned Paul to cover him. That didn't work, either. Billups burned him just like he did Rasual Butler in the first game when he erupted for 36 points and eight 3-pointers.
Denver took control of this one early, using an 11-0 run to build a double-digit lead in the second quarter, and Billups was right in the middle of it.
After a quick breather on the bench, Billups came in and sank a 15-footer after getting hacked by Julian Wright. He exchanged high-fives with Anthony, who was still on the bench, then swished the free throw. He fed Nene the next time downcourt with a sweet assist that had the Pepsi Center rocking.
Billups pulled up for a 3-pointer that rattled out but right into the hands of Andersen, who threw down the dunk as the crowd roared and Hornets coach Byron Scott called for a timeout.
Billups told his celebrating teammates to calm down during the break, then sank a jumper out of the timeout and two more free throws to cap the 11-point spurt.
The Nuggets took a 52-44 halftime lead thanks to Billups' third straight 18-point half in this series.
The Hornets started to get flustered in the third quarter when Billups spun free past Paul then pulled up for a jumper in the middle of a 16-4 run that turned Game 2 into as much of a laugher as Game 1.
The opener was chippy and as the week went on, Scott seemed to get more and more agitated when talking about Jones' physical play on Paul, which he said went overboard at times.
So, what's the difference between being physical and downright dirty?
"Usually winning and losing," Nuggets coach George Karl said. "The winning team thinks you're physical and the losing team thinks you're dirty. Playoff series can get intense and it might already be to the point that they don't like us and we don't like them. And that's the way it should be."
There were more hard fouls on this night and Paul got pinballed around again, but it didn't get out of hand.
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Scott showed his team the tape of the Nuggets' 113-84 win in Game 1 before tip-off Wednesday night "to get it fresh in their mind. The last thing I want them to see before we go out is the tape of the last game we played. Just the highlights -- highlights to them, lowlights to us." ... Nuggets coach George Karl, who was on the wrong side of Houston C Dikembe Mutombo's playoff successes in Seattle in 1994 and Philadelphia in 2001, was saddened to hear the big man say his career is over after a knee injury Tuesday night. "He had a few good moments against me," Karl said. "I felt bad for him last night. That was kind of a yucky moment.


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SAN FRANCISCO – Apple's latest quarterly report confirms the iPhone maker's growth has stalled along with its pace of innovation.
The results announced Tuesday mark the second straight quarter that Apple Inc.'s earnings have fallen from the previous year after a decade of steadily rising profits.
Apple's revenue for the three months ending in June barely budged from last year. That's the smallest revenue increase since the Cupertino, Calif. company unleashed a mobile computing revolution with the iPhone's debut six years ago.
Apple hasn't released another breakthrough product since the iPad came out in 2010.
The company earned $6.9 billion, or $7.47 per share, in its fiscal third quarter, a 22 percent drop from $8.8 billion, or $9.32 per share.
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I was guessing Microhoo! Then when they merge with Google/Youtube, they can be Microhoogletube!
Add in Oracle and they can be Microhoogletubacle!
Def: Yahoo = A rude, noisy, or violent person.
If you are not a rude, noisy, or violent computer user then you are not using our software!
If you had a monopoly you'd be a yahoo too!
How about Serfsoft? software for the masses.
It never been "micro" software.
So long as Oracle doesn't buy out Debian. That would be a debacle.
When that happens be on the look out for "Windows 7!"
Windows 7! = Windows 5040?
Windows 3.!1?
Windows 7! = Windows 5040?
Given how long Vista has taken them I think that's quite likely.
Ehh, I'll get to it.
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Wow. Yahoo definitely does not have stale search offerings or second-rate search technology.
Just because you're not the flavor-of-the-month search engine doesn't mean your technology is stale or second rate.
The only thing I can agree with is the unmotivated workforce--but they are in no way a mediocre bunch.
YHOO survived the dot-com bust because they are a well-diversified and complete web service company.
GOOG is striving to become that, but GOOG is flavor-of-the month because GOOG is the glamorous company that avoided the dot-com bust because they started later.
Come on, try to be objective when comparing YHOO and GOOG.
Good press does not necessarily mean better company.
Bad press does not necessarily mean worse company.
It's a shame so many of you feel this way without any sort of objective research.
Just because you're not the flavor-of-the-month search engine doesn't mean your technology is stale or second rate.
Except that Google's become synonymous with search and has pretty much owned search for the last half decade -- and Yahoo has made no appreciable gains. I would say by definition Yahoo is at least second-rate. I don't think you can call a market leader for years running, with a brand ubiquity like they've got, a "flavor of the month".
When was the last time you heard someone tell someone to "just Yahoo that" or "I AltaVista'd so-and-so"?
I work with several ex-Yahoos, they're all wonderful and bright people... but Yahoo needs to adopt the Avis mentality and try harder. They're behind in search, Musicmatch->Y! Music didn't pan out, and they've got a whole raft of other unneeded sites/services. (omg.yahoo.com anyone ? )
Living in denial about your competitive ecosystem is the surest ticket to irrelevance and extinction.
omg.yahoo.com anyone?
How have I been ignorant of this for so long? And why(!) (bleeding eyes) have I been cursed to be exposed to it now? Why has my Dog forsaken me?
Note to all the clueless idiots out there: Google got popular quick because they had a search page that would load in under a minute back when most of us were still on dial-up. Having search rankings that worked as well as anybody else's was just icing on the cake. The hardcore techies might have gone nuts over their algorithms, but the rest of us were just happy to get our search results quickly and not wait for ages for a bunch of cruft and advertising to load first.
I'd add another thing to that. This is my experience, your mileage may have varied etc etc.
Way back before then - circa 1997 - AltaVista was king of search. However, around 1999 or so the results from AltaVista started to go down the tubes - most of the hits were either spam or totally irrelevant.
Out of practically nowhere comes Google - with results which were actually useful and little or no spam. Doesn't take a superbrain to decide to stick to using Google. But the Internet is a fickle place, and it's a lot easier to visit an alternate website than it is to take your bricks & mortar business elsewhere. (For one thing, "there's only one shop in this town that sells N" is not a valid argument). The mighty can fall, and I don't doubt it will happen again.
GOOG is striving to become that, but GOOG is flavor-of-the month because GOOG is the glamorous company that avoided the dot-com bust because they started later.
How long does a company have to remain flavor-of-the-month before they get upgraded to preferred-flavor?
And how many Dot Com Failures had Google's billions of dollars *cash* in the bank (as opposed to hemorrhaging venture capital) before they imploded?
Google was around before the Dot-com bust, and in the late 1990s was already showing itself to be a fierce competitor to Yahoo. Your knowledge of search engine history is pathetically incorrect.
It's a shame so many of you feel this way without any sort of objective research.
Research is *never* objective. Objectivity is the biggest myth of the current scientific paradigm.
Google has been around for quite a few years. I don't see it as a fad. Just like back in 1994 when people said Linux is just a fad.
With software you may be first rate but if you don't innovate fast enough it becomes second rate.
Why do I get the feeling you only read the first 3-4 paragraphs of the article...
The article really isn't about whether Yahoo is stale or second rate. In fact, it was talking about a particular period of time != present.
I think this is a bit unfair.
I actually like Yahoo.
I use the my.yahoo home page. I think it is better than the Google version.
I actually like the directory. Sometimes I like to browse a subject and not do just a search for it. It is real handy when looking for things like towns in a state.
I think Yahoo has it's strengths as does Google.
I will admit that I wouldn't use my.yahoo if I didn't have firefox.
Well, as long as we are exchanging anecdotes...
I used to like Yahoo's mail. It was a pretty simple, basic web based mailbox. It didn't have much AJAX or other dynamic elements, but it was pretty easy to use and it was functional across many browsers.
Then they replaced it with their Mail 2.0 abomination. Slow, clunky, prone to mysterious errors - it was like GMail's evil twin. After they introduced that atrocity of a UI, I've been using Gmail exclusively.
GMAIL: Ajax, magic.
YMAIL: Flash dog shit.
Actually, it makes perfect sense.
Microsoft instead of proposing a more competitive deal has been busy trying to subvert the Yahoo Google deal by raising antitrust concerns, and even seems to have succeeded at getting the US Department of Justice to [investigate the deal].
I've been wondering why the Microsoft shills on this site have been the ones protesting the Yahoo/Google deal the most. Now it makes sense.
It only makes sense because Microsoft is floating upon an ocean of patent bubbles. The '361 patent is unenforceable in the real world. But it lets Microsoft get in on the Google paid search game, without possibly setting off a patent Armageddon war meltdown.
Microsoft's main revenue source (very expensive questionable quality software) is under serious threat. Google main revenue source is not under serious competitive threat. Google would get that '361 patent invalidated in a heart beat if it was a serious threat to their business. Microsoft, however, will not undertake the same tactic to get in on the paid search game, because business method patents are practically synonymous with software function patents.
Yahoo has nothing. It's no surprise corporate raiders would not take the bait. Any hidden asset value play of the '361 patent is an SCO disaster in waiting. But Yahoo is still in the game, has a chance down the line to be competitive against both Microsoft and Google.
Such navigation is what Bill Gates considered "good business skills". But MSFT can't afford to pay for the '361 patent chip, and Yahoo can't afford to sell it. And the '361 patent chip is completely worthless in the real world, but billions in stock valuations are being swung around because of it. Maybe Microsoft is just counting on the outcome that Google wouldn't press the patent nuclear war button also (as Microsoft would at least attempt to retaliate against all of Google's on-line services).
In the meantime, innovation and competition is stagnated, and consumers are worse off paying for lower quality products with higher prices -- ACROSS THE BOARD.
Once you remove the 'hidden material terms' part of the argument, the rest of it mostly falls apart. And I would be very surprised if Google had left themselves potentially open to a charge of fraud of this magnitude.
Up to that point, it was an interesting read.
I'm an attorney tangentially involved in preparing SEC documents for a major corporation. Based on my experience with how seriously companies take their disclosure obligations, I would be shocked if Google were actively engaged in hiding a "material" settlement with Yahoo.
For what it's worth, materiality is a term of art -- and certainly any royalty paid by Google to Yahoo to settle a patent claim would almost certainly be material, likely and quantifiable -- which would likely trigger Google's obligation to disclose the potential liability in its 10-K and 10-Q.
Is it possible that Google is playing fast and loose with its securities obligations, or that it has come up with some novel legal theory about why it wouldn't be required to report such a deal? Well, sure. People and companies do stupid things all the time. But is it likely....?
Wow.... that's a really serious allegation to lodge without any "smoking gun". Interesting article, but I have to think there's an element of conspiracy theorism in it that does not sound credible to me.
Things are always obvious in hindsight.
The article writer couldn't make up his mind if he was penning (1) an opinion piece, (2) a history of the deal, or (3) just trying to beat 19th century french novelists on wordiness.
I skimmed it, but all I got is: they wanted to put Yahoo into play. Is that it? Anyone have the abstract?
The article is just a bunch of BS that sounds more like a conspiracy theory than anything.
I'll tell you why Microsoft wants Yahoo in four words: internet search market share.
It is a no-brainer. Google makes a majority of its revenue from ads displayed on its internet search. Why? Because they have 70% of the internet search market share.
Think about this from the marketing perspective. I want to post an online ad to get people to come to my stupid e-store. I can cover 70% of the internet search market
That is smoke and mirrors.
Microsoft wants Yahoo because they provide e-mail for AT&T.
They would have the contract with AT&T.
Remember, contracts are what you use against people you do
business with. See SCOX.
We have never needed a good summary as much as this time!
That article was so long, I actually had to start working!
While I am aware that implementation doesn't have any real bearing on the task at hand, it does affect the culture. Yahoo makes use of open source technologies (as does Google.) Microsoft only uses Microsoft technologies. When they bought Hotmail (and subsequently turned it into a dump) they replaced the BSD boxes with Windows at a ratio of 1 to 5, (5x many windows boxen) in order to support the load.
Now Microsoft wants to buy search. Given that "search" is basically a text box that returns URLs, and Microsoft already has that capability, one has to look at what is the difference between MS and Yahoo? Why is Yahoo more valuable than Microsoft in paid search? Really, I don't know. But I can guess. Yahoo doesn't care if you're using Microsoft technologies. This has two sides - 1) you get equal support in FF and IE, 2) developers don't have to use Microsoft technologies. The "not invented here" does not apply. It's about getting a job done.
Buying Yahoo won't fix the problem if Yahoo is forced to change to the MS way. Obviously it's not worked for them.
I think MS is just buying time if they think they can do what they've always done. Clearly, the decision to buy yahoo search is the brain child of a business man with no appreciation of why things the way they are. If MS is going to buy Yahoo, then they have to admit defeat and not see it as acquiring static property to be added to a portfolio. They have to buy Yahoo then learn why they failed, or better learn why they failed first.
MS is rife with "not invented here" egoism: IE (Netscape),
Now Microsoft wants to buy search. Given that "search" is basically a text box that returns URLs, and Microsoft already has that capability, one has to look at what is the difference between MS and Yahoo? Why is Yahoo more valuable than Microsoft in paid search? Really, I don't know. But I can guess. Yahoo doesn't care if you're using Microsoft technologies. This has two sides - 1) you get equal support in FF and IE, 2) developers don't have to use Microsoft technologies. The "not invented here" does not apply. It's about getting a job done.
It's called a "brand name". Microsoft, since its first foray on to the Internet with MSN in 1995-96 has never been able to produce a popular online presence. Guys like Lycos, Altavista and Yahoo were already filling the search market, and Microsoft was unable to puncture their dominance. Google, of course, pretty much kicked the shit out of Yahoo, which now holds a very distant second place, and yet, Microsoft still isn't on the map. I think Microsoft (correctly) has come to the conclusion that it matters not at all what they do, people don't care about msn.com or live.com. They go into Tools-->Options when they get their brand new Windows computer and change it to google.com. Even having a search box that defaults to Microsoft's search has failed, as basically threats that the EU is going to go medieval on their ass have pretty much forced them to open it up more easily to competitors (read: Google).
With more and more apps set to be delivered via the Web, this is about getting a platform that they have a hope in hell of someone actually using. I still think it will fail. Yahoo is, as I said, a very distant second place. Google is indeed the new Microsoft, and as with Microsoft's competitors in the past, Microsoft is finding itself being very effectively locked out of a very important market.
I'm not at all comfortable with yet-another-computer-monopoly, and I don't buy at all into Google's "do no evil" mantra, since, so far, they've done plenty. But there's a great deal of irony. It couldn't have happened to a nicer company.
Many people have predicted the doom of MS with every little new competitor and/or technology fad. One of the things that has kept MS in the game is money. Lots of money. They still make profits on their core products which support their other not-so profitable products. Frankly if MS wasn't behind things like Xbox and Zune, those brands would have folded by now. While they are not bad products, Xbox hasn't been profitable until recently and Zune has a way to go. If they were independent companies, the
I agree. With business being business, I am considering shorting their stock since I have not seen any new value being created. And customers buy value.
Windows 95 was value.
Windows 2000 was value.
Office 95/97 was value.
DirectX was value.
Visual Studio 98 was value.
XP was not value. (It was nothing substantial over w2k)
Windows Vista was not value. (Negative value)
IE was not value.
Office 2003/2007 was not value.
Visual Studio after 2008 was not of value (a side effect of
All Microsoft services are not of value.
Virtualization is not of value (VMware leads)
So up until about 2001 MS was providing value. Since then it's all been maintenance or catch-up. But during this period, competitors advanced. What MS had provided as value was commoditized. (Linux, OpenOffice) Or people started doing it better (Apple). MS does not have a value proposition anymore.
As you indicate, they are floating on cash. If MS can't re-invent themselves, things rest on the bottom when there is no water left. Its like a ballistic trajectory, and without another rocket stage, it's going to come down. But MS does not operate in a vacuum. Ubuntu and OSX are my main reasons for supporting the short position. The EEE PC is nice anecdotal evidence of Linux providing sufficient value. I also like Qt as a good platform for Win/Lin/OS development.
Further backing the short position is that there is no one or set of technologies that needs to be delivered. In 95-2000, we needed a stable kernel and apps, we needed networking. We got those. In 2001 we needed a safe, stable browser. We got that (in 2007 with FF2).
I buy stock in what I use. This is good for me in the tech sector because I am ahead of the curve. I use FF, Apple, Yahoo, Google, Adobe, Verizon (FIOS). I keep watching Ubuntu. I'm not pining for anything Microsoft has in the pipeline. I am pining for FF and Apple, and Adobe (AIR, though I'd rather a W3C platform).
I'd get behind MS again if they ever brought value back, but they are just focusing on taking it away from others (.Net, SilverLight, Search). That is a sign to me that they don't know what to do next either.
Surprise, someone at
Most people think that it all started with Microsoft's acquisition bid for Yahoo, but this is not so. It is well-known that Microsoft and Yahoo have been negotiating since at least May of 2006
Contradictory statements. If it's well-known that they've been negotiating since 2006, then (by definition) most people would know that.
No, just really bad writing.
If Google is number one and Yahoo! and MS are contenders for the number two spot, then MS buying Yahoo! is just a way for MS to jump ahead in the standings. MS-Yahoo! might even contend for number one if MS combined the stats. Multi-billion dollar industry there.
Even with billions of dollars in the bank, 90% of the browsing population using IE, which forces people to MSN, MSN still has less than 1/2 the market of Yahoo, and not even twice the market share of AOL. This tends to indicate that MS has no clue how to direct users to content, but that they don't even know how to learn how to do such a thing. Basically, because MS cannot force MS Windows users to search with MSN, beyond what already exists in IE, and MS cannot undercut the prices of the product, as it did with XBox, MS is not succeeding in the search market. Those are it's two primary tools for success, and neither is suitable here.
The only option is go after Yahoo. There are two benefits to this, only one seems to be covered in the link. By far the most important is that the combined Yahoo/MS market share will be 35% This should help market ads. The downside risk is how many people will stop using Yahoo because of MS ownership, and the changes that the clearly incompetent MS staff(remember MSN only has 10%, that is for a reason) make to the service. This gives MS legitimacy in the marketplace.
The second, as implied by the link is that MS may be able to make trouble for google. This will result in what MS does best, funneling money from productive interests to fuel it's unproductive coffers, but will not likely affect Googles market share.
Here is why. Google is still innovating customer service. There are free apps on the web to do all sorts of stuff. They know their core business, bringing eyeballs to ads, and do what it takes to keep those eyeballs happy. Google is free to do whatever it takes. MS is not free to do whatever it takes. For instance, why is MS charging a subscription fee for MS Office. Why aren't they putting a Web version on MSN. Tell me how many people would create an MSN account and use it as their portal if they got to use even a limited version of MS word for free in the deal.
Why indeed. There are only two possible reasons. First, MS does not have the technology to do what Google is already doing. Second, the MS Office franchise, stale as it is, is still too valuable for MS to use to drive what is clear to become the future profit center for any large software concern. Again, MS looks back, everyone else looks forward. This is not bad, MS makes a lot of money on it, but it why MS can and does overpay for new tech(re: facebook), and why Yahoo is a deal that has to be done, even it eventually fails and means the end of Yahoo, and 80% market share for google.
Tell me how many people would create an MSN account and use it as their portal if they got to use even a limited version of MS word for free in the deal.
There's even someone [thinkfree.com] they could license it from!
Imagine the irony -- MS paying another company for an online version of office, to give to people for free!
Are you saying they do what they must, because they can?
I think MS's designs on Yahoo have to do not with search but with open technologies like YUI [yahoo.com] and popular sites like Flickr. With an acquisition of Yahoo, MS could kill YUI and various other open-source technologies, in a way that it has done before. (In the late 1990s they acquired Bay Area start-up DimensionX, who then made the Liquid Reality Java VRML toolkit. Liquid Reality was buried and the DimensionX developers were moved to MS's ActiveX division.)
Meanwhile, Flickr (the number 1 photo-sharing website by far) would fit into MS's standard-controlling strategy. Millions of users visit Flickr to share their content and see others' content. If all one's friends and photo-sharing communities are there, that's incentive to not jump ship to a rival site. If Flickr's AJAX/DHTML web site was replaced by a Silverlight application ("enhanced" with some Vista Aeroglass-style effects, of course), all these people would have to install Silverlight. Additionally, Microsoft could drive adoption of their Windows Media still-image standard as a replacement for JPEG, by recoding all the hosted images to WM format and serving it out only as such. All of a sudden, Silverlight is massively more popular, and WM is a major format for photographic still images.
See, that is more along the lines of what I've been thinking also. I think that the search is a significant part of the deal, but not all of it by a long shot-more like icing on the cake.
Yahoo! has an interesting patent portfolio [uspto.gov] that may be a bigger target than just the search.
I also have to wonder if MS had anything to do with Carl Icahn stepping into the picture to 'stir the mud puddle' and help push Yahoo! towards MS.
It will be interesting to see how the dust settles on this one.
Microsoft passed on buying Overture (and its patent on paid search) due to antitrust concerns. So Yahoo! bought them. Now Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo! (and squeeze Google using the patent?). What happened to the antitrust issue?
Yahoo! Is playing both sides against each other in an attempt to collect $trategic inve$tment capital from Google and cause their stock price to climb. But Google could just sit back and say, "See you in court with a copy of the Sherman Antitrust Act." to Microsoft.
I won't speak for the rest of it, but there's a huge problem, IMHO, with these assertions:
1. Adobe could have an antitrust complaint against the purchase. - I just can't see what that would be. Anyone?
2. Buying Yahoo! does very much for Silverlight. How exactly? Silverlight is a threat to Flash by simply existing, because MS *already* has the great inertia of the incumbent monopolist. What has Webmail got to do with pushing Silverlight??
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My husband and I took our daughter (8yr) to this exhibition. Having gone to see Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain Part 1 last year, we were looking forward to this exhibition. And we were not disappointed. We learned about spies from WWI and all their special skills and tactics. We got to dress up like a spy, power a radio while cycling, splat rats, smell odd things and break codes. We loved all the activities. The Horrible Histories store at the end of the exhibition is good. Bought a couple of history books my daughter is loving and some disguises she hoping to wear this Halloween. Next we're going to see Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain Part 2. Can't wait!
Yesterday afternoon, with my father, brother and ex-teacher, I went to the Imperial War Museum to see the Horrible Histories: Spies exhibition. I learnt about the different spies and how they operated in WWI. For example, Nancy Wake (Code name: White Mouse) helped the French Resistance and lived to 98. I enjoyed the activities that the exhibition had, including a spy tunnel and a machine where you could 'disguise' a picture of your face. I would especially recommend the exhibition to kids of 7-10, because it is practically made for children around that age group!


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Coin from retail sales of laffer "The Inbetweeners Movie" helped U.K. pubcaster Channel 4 deliver a profit in 2011 despite losses at the core web, which continued to lose audiences.
Profits at the pubcaster's 4Rights arm rose from £7.4 million ($11.9 million) to £18.1 million ($29.1 million) thanks in part to the success of DVD and Blu-ray sales of "The Inbetweeners Movie." 4Rights revenues surged $34.3 million to $105.7 million.
Losses at the flagship web grew from $10.4 million in 2010 to $67.5 million in 2011, as audience share fell from 7% to 6.8%.
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Overall, Channel 4's pre-tax profit in 2011 was $70.9 million — down 19% from 2010.
Viewing share for the web's portfolio of channels, which includes youth-skewed E4 and Film Four, was 11.6%, the highest since 2008.
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In many ways, Sony's new memory format for Vita seems like a step backwards. The pricey cards are a proprietary format exclusively for Vita--an odd step when you consider the PSP used the slightly more open Memory Stick format. So why did Sony change its tone for the Vita? One developer cites security as a reason.
Sony Division 2 Software Development Head Muneki Shimada said that they needed a format with "guaranteed performance," as the read/write speeds of cards across multiple formats and publishers can vary. By sticking with the proprietary route, Sony could "ensure the security" of the platform.
The PSP was plagued by rampant piracy, so Sony's attempt at making a more secure memory format from the get-go seems understandable. (However, that doesn't make the pricing any more acceptable.)
Vita's memory card can't be used as "mass storage" on a PC either. Whereas the PSP let you connect it to any computer to freely add whatever files you wanted to it, you'll have to go through a proprietary content management program. This downloadable utility is required in order to manage the contents of the Vita memory card. (PS3 firmware 4.00 also adds a Vita-compatible file browser.)
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