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* 3M in $860 million deal to buy Ceradyne
* Honeywell to pay $525 million for majority of Thomas Russell
* Moves follow talk that sellers' price expectations declining
* Ceradyne shares surge 42.9 percent; 3M, Honeywell also gain
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Oct 1 (Reuters) - 3M Co and Honeywell International Inc signed separate takeover deals to expand their broad lineups of industrial goods at a time of uncertainty for the world economy, the large U.S. manufacturers said on Monday.
3M said it would pay $860 million to buy industrial ceramics company Ceradyne Inc , the biggest takeover deal for the maker of products ranging from Post-It notes to films used in television screens since it named Inge Thulin chief executive officer in February.
Honeywell announced plans to pay $525 million in cash for a 70 percent stake in privately held Thomas Russell Co, which makes equipment used in natural gas production. Big U.S. manufacturers including General Electric Co have invested heavily to boost their exposure to that sector amid a surge in U.S. natural gas production driven by advances in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, technology.
The announcements come less than two weeks after the CEOs of both Honeywell and 3M separately said that a worrisome world economic outlook was making it easier to negotiate acquisitions by tempering expectations of what companies would fetch.
Despite those assertions, 3M seems not to have gotten Ceradyne for a bargain, paying a 43 percent premium on its Friday closing price, said Edward Jones analyst Jeff Windau.
"The valuation is pretty full on this one," Windau said. "But it does fit nicely with 3M and what their fundamental business is, and that is the materials sector. It makes a lot of sense for them."
S&P Capital IQ analyst Richard Tortoriello said 3M had paid a fair price for Ceradyne, whose shares were down about 9 percent this year as of Friday.
Ceradyne stock was up 42.9 percent at $34.91 in morning trading, just below the $35 offer price from 3M, whose shares gained 1.9 percent to $94.16. Honeywell rose 2.4 percent to $61.19.
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The deals come as worries about the U.S. fiscal cliff that could force sharp year-end spending cuts by the federal government and as Europe's debt crisis and slowing growth in Asia are sapping corporate confidence.
In response, U.S. industrials have stepped up their pace of dealmaking. So far in 2012, they had announced $50.93 billion in mergers as of Sunday, up 7.2 percent from a year earlier. During that time, the overall pace of U.S. dealmaking has declined 23.1 percent to $593.49 billion, according to Thomson Reuters data.
"When times are bad and everybody is uncertain about the future, that is the right time to buy," Honeywell CEO Dave Cote said last month, reasoning that acquisitions made in boom times are more likely to be overvalued.
Serial buyers, such as 3M and Honeywell, tend to study takeover targets for an extended time before making an offer, moving only when they feel they will be able to negotiate a price that matches their valuation models, said analyst Brian Langenberg of Langenberg & Co.
"If the asset makes sense and the price makes sense, you go for it," Langenberg said.
Not every company in the sector is looking to bulk up, though. Tyco International Ltd on Monday completed its three-way breakup, with the remaining parent company focused on commercial fire and security products, with its former consumer alarm business now trading as ADT Corp and its former water operations rolled into Pentair Inc .
Thulin told investors on Sept. 19 that he would seek fewer but larger deals than his predecessor, George Buckley, but he held to the company's long-term goal of making $1 billion to $2 billion in acquisitions per year.
The company has yet another large deal in the works - it is working to overcome U.S. regulators' objections to its planned $550 million takeover of Avery-Dennison Corp's office products business.
3M said its deal would reduce earnings by 5 cents per share in the first 12 months following closure, which it expects in the fourth quarter. Analysts have forecast 2013 earnings of $6.93 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Focusing on larger deals may be a more effective way of increasing the size of 3M, which analysts expect to generate $30 billion in revenue this year. Ceradyne would add $476.7 million to that total.
Meanwhile, Honeywell's UOP arm has the right to buy the remaining 30 percent of Thomas Russell, at a price linked to the business's operating income.
Decade-old Thomas Russell should generate 2012 revenue of about $425 million, Honeywell said. Analysts expect revenue of $38.11 billion this year from Honeywell, which also makes aircraft electronics and building control systems.
Honeywell said it expected its deal to have no effect on 2012 profit and to boost 2013 earnings.
(Reporting by Scott Malone in Boston; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)
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SAI is not listed on the New York Stock Exchange yet (!), but last night - with the help of a few hundred friends from the New York tech scene and the NYSE - we took the place over.
Specifically, we held a big bash to honor the Silicon Alley 100: New York tech's coolest tech people in 2010 and the rest of the booming New York startup scene.
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At The Mission we've been talking a lot about community—about how profoundly we long for it, about how seductively our culture lures us away from it, and about how challenging it is to really restore and foster it. Never before have I been so convicted and inspired to live my life alongside other people. And never before have I been so frustrated by the excuses I find not to.
Being a part of a church plant has forced me to confront a vicious cycle in my life, a cycle that goes something like this: 1) I resolve in my head to live like Jesus in community with those around me, 2) I start reading Shane Claiborne books and memorizing the Sermon on the Mount, 3) I get overwhelmed by how impossible it all seems, 4) I get distracted by work and daily tasks, 5) I give up, 6) I feel guilty.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
So I've been examining this cycle more closely recently, determined to find a way to break it, and in so doing have identified my top six excuses for keeping my life to myself and avoiding community:
1. "I don't have time." This is by far my favorite excuse. As the book release approaches, I've got interviews to do, blogs to write, conferences to attend, speeches to prepare, and articles to write. Add to that a neglected list of household chores, about a million errands to run, and a host of current relationships to maintain, and spending time with new people—especially people who are different than me—seems like a luxury that only the Shane Claibornes of this world can afford.
2. "My house is too messy." This excuse represents the dark underbelly of Southern hospitality, and I'm ashamed to admit how often I neglect to invite people into our home because I'm afraid they will judge me for leaving dirty dishes in the sink and smudges on the bathroom mirror.
3. "My cooking sucks." Similar to the aforementioned messy house excuse, the cooking excuse keeps me from sharing meals with my neighbors because I tend to overcook meat and am convinced this will make them hate me.
4. "I'm not cool enough." This may come as a huge surprise to many of you, but I'm kind of a dork. I read a lot. I wear old shoes. I shop at T.J. Maxx. I drive a turquoise Plymouth Acclaim. I'm not thin or hip or charming or popular. I'm pretty convinced that most of the folks at The Mission are too cool to hang out with me, so I avoid building relationships to avoid getting hurt.
5. "They're not cool enough." This is the excuse I use to maintain an emotional distance from the people in my life who I've decided are socially awkward, economically disadvantaged, or less educated than myself. I'm ashamed to admit this, but I often think of these people as "projects." They might need me, but I don't really need them, so the time I commit to them is charity, not meaningful or reciprocal or real.
6. "It's bound to get ugly." I tell myself that it's only a matter of time before these people figure out that I'm not a particularly good Christian—that I'm a doubter, that I'm selfish, that I'm prideful, that I'm judgmental, that I'm insecure, defensive, and afraid. And chances are, they are too. Relationships are draining because they come with baggage and conflict. It's so much easier just to avoid them.
As I examined these five excuses I realized there was one underlying vice beneath them all.
I've convinced myself that no one will want to live in community with me unless my house is clean, my cooking impeccable, my outfits trendy, and my life in order. I've convinced myself that work is the most important thing in my life, that I've got nothing to offer a community until I've sold a gazillion copies of my book and nabbed that elusive dangling carrot of "success." I've convinced myself that community will have to wait until I've got it all together…and until everyone else has it together too. I've convinced myself that a community is a place without sin or conflict or change.
The great irony, of course, is that community thrives on imperfection.
Where one person is weak, another is strong. When one person falls, another is there to help. When one person cooks, another can clean, another can teach, and another can lead. Where one sees the forest, the other sees trees.
We need community precisely because we are imperfect, and if we wait until we are perfect to embrace community, it will never happen.
I've just got to get over myself enough to realize that I am not the exception to this rule.
So what are your favorite excuses for keeping to yourself and avoiding community? Does perfectionism play a role? What about fear, insecurity, or pride?
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A sterling performance by LSU ace Aaron Nola was all for naught at the College World Series, and now the Tigers are facing elimination.
The Southeastern Conference pitcher of the year limited UCLA to five singles over eight innings, but two LSU errors led to the Bruins' runs in a 2-1 loss Sunday night.
The Bruins got their leadoff man on base every inning from the fourth through ninth, and their offensively challenged lineup was able to capitalize with some help from the Tigers.
"It was real frustrating, letting that leadoff guy get on," said Nola (12-1). "But it's happened to me before through the year. I battled as hard as I could until the last pitch. Unfortunately, we booted a couple balls around. You've got to forget about that, and we're going to come out Tuesday and compete."
The No. 4 Tigers are the third of the three remaining national seeds to lose at the CWS. No. 1 North Carolina lost to North Carolina State on Sunday, and Mississippi State knocked off No. 3 Oregon State on Saturday.
"It was a tough, tough loss, that's for sure," LSU coach Paul Mainieri said. "I'm certainly glad it's a double-elimination tournament. That would be a tough one to end the season on."
LSU (57-10) will play North Carolina on Tuesday, with the loser going home. UCLA (45-17) will meet North Carolina State that night.
Adam Plutko and two relievers limited LSU to five hits. LSU scored its only run on Mason Katz's fourth-inning homer. The Tigers, one of the best fielding teams in the nation during the regular season, made mistakes that allowed the Bruins to tie the game in the sixth and take the lead in the eighth.
Plutko (9-3) allowed four hits in seven innings, and David Berg worked out of trouble in the ninth to earn his 22nd save.
LSU made it interesting until the end. Katz reached on shortstop Pat Valaika's throwing error in the ninth but was erased on a double play, with second baseman JaCoby Jones' throw to first narrowly beating Raph Rhymes.
Christian Ibarra walked, and pinch-hitter Tyler Moore hammered a ball up the middle that knocked down Berg to put runners on first and second. Berg faked as if to make a wild pickoff throw into center field, but pinch-runner Jared Foster didn't take the bait and stayed put after diving back to second base.
Berg ran the count to 3-0 on Jones before inducing a fly ball to right to end the game.
Both runs against Nola were unearned. He's now pitched 24 NCAA tournament innings without allowing an earned run.
LSU opened the scoring in the fourth when Katz drove Plutko's 89-mph high fastball into the left-field bullpen for his 16th homer of the season and the first in four CWS games.
The Bruins got the run back in the sixth after Brian Carroll bunted for a single and took second on catcher Ty Ross's wild throw to first. Carroll moved to third on a groundout and scored on Valaika's sacrifice fly.
Pinch-hitter Ty Moore, batting .208, singled to left on Nola's first pitch of the eighth inning. Christoph Bono pinch ran and moved up on a sacrifice. He scored the go-ahead run when Eric Filia's hard grounder to shortstop bounced off national freshman of the year Alex Bregman for his fourth error in six NCAA tournament games.
"We knew Aaron would give us a chance to win, and he did," Mainieri said. "Unfortunately, uncharacteristically for us, we made a couple of mistakes defensively that cost us dearly. And had we made all the plays for Aaron, they may not have scored. So we'll just have to regroup, pick ourselves up by the bootstraps and get ready for Tuesday and North Carolina."
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A Georgia man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of killing two young men during Atlanta's 2010 Black Gay Pride weekend.
Twenty-four-year-old Derrick Dnorris Burden was convicted of "two counts of murder, six counts of felony murder, one count each of aggravated assault and armed robbery, and weapons offenses" for the execution style shootings of Calvin Streater and Samuel on Sunday September 5 2010, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Both men attended Black Gay Pride events over that Labor Day weekend, police reported.
Burden was sentenced Friday to two life sentences without the possibility of parole.
According to the investigation, Burden met Streater earlier in the day at a convenience store and visited with him at the townhome for a few hours. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, Jr. said Burden returned later that evening to rob and kill the victims.
Shortly after the murders, Burden was briefly detained by homeowners in a nearby subdivision who found him suspiciously lurking on their property. When police arrived, Burden fled the scene leaving behind a bag containing a laptop which police later determined was stolen from Blizzard. The bag also contained a gun, which was later determined to be the murder weapon. DNA from a cigarette butt at the murder scene also linked Burden to the crime. He was arrested following a positive identification in a photographic line-up.
Streater was visiting from North Carolina to celebrate Pride weekend with friends, according to police.. Blizzard was temporarily living at the residence with his cousin. At the time of the killings, Blizzard's father denied that his son would have "anything" to do with Black Gay Pride.
Police confirmed both men were apparently gay. "We have learned in fact they attended some Black Gay Pride activity that day," Atlanta Police Department spokesman Carlos Campos said in September 2010. "There is no evidence the shooting deaths had anything to do with the fact the men were at a gay event," he said and added there was no evidence this "was a bias crime."
The slaying of Samuel Blizzard Jr. and Calvin Streater were the second and third Black Gay Pride-related homicides within 10 days. Traxx co-owner Durand Robinson was gunned down in an apparent carjacking on August 25 2010. There are still no arrests in that murder.
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The fairytale began on September 16 2000 when Mary Donaldson, an ordinary Australian girl, met Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark at Merivale's Slip Inn in Sydney during the Summer Olympics.
Three years later the Australian beauty and the crown prince decided they wanted to spend the rest of their lives together. On October 2003 after a long-distance relationship, a short stay in Paris and a number of private visits to Denmark, Mary and Frederik got engaged.
During the ten years from the couple's first meeting until today, Mary underwent a drastic change from a sporty, sun-tanned sales director to crown princess, fashion icon, mother of two and charity activist. She is director of the Mary Foundation, an organization focused on improving the lives of children, adults and families who are socially excluded.
The changes the princess has undergone during the ten years are astonishing. Her hair has been coloured and restyled, she has undergone a body and skin transformation, her posture is more regal, and her clothing has become more classic and elegant with a clear historic influence.
The Australia-born princess' overall look is now reminiscent of the designs of Jacqueline Kennedy, Yves Saint Laurent and Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. She is no longer the neighbour's sporty daughter but a fashion icon. "It is important that I look smart and elegant and appropriately dressed for every occasion. I'm still developing my style to fit with my new role", Mary said in an interview with fashion magazine Vogue.
At official functions members of the Danish royalty are dressed glamorously, complete with sashes and tiaras. But they also go to work, to the gym, and the park.
When Mary leaves the Kancelli house to go work she wears clothes worth a total of 25,000 Danish Crowns, or approximately $5,000, says stylist Mette Louise Just Kryger, and this doesn't include the costs of her fur coats. The Danish royal is frequently seen wearing Louboutin shoes, Gucci sunglasses and Prada handbags.
Over the years Mary has developed her own style. Like other royals – such as Crown Princess Letizia of Spain, Princess Alexandra of Greece, and Monaco's Charlotte Casiraghi – the Australian fashion-icon has featured on best-dressed lists the world over.
A team of stylists helps Mary choose clothes, accessories, hair style and skin products. Mary's stylist and friend Anja Camilla Alajdi gives her advice about clothes and accessories and make-up artist, hairstylist and friend Soren Hedegaard gives her advice about make-up and hairstyles. Meanwhile facialist Ole Henriksen advises her on skin care.
All three are highly sought-after fashion stylists. Anja Alajdi is a partner of jewellery-designer Marianne Dulong, Soren Hedegaard has worked on numerous television projects as a make-up artist, and Ole Henriksen, who lives in Los Angeles, has a world-renowned spa and skin-care line. Besides royalty his clientele includes celebrities such as Renee Zelweger, Cher, Kylie Minogue and Charlize Theron.
Though fashion houses frequently send new pieces to the Danish royal palace, Mary's favorite designers are Danish. The names she turns to include By Malene Birger, Heartmade, Stories by Rikke Mai, and jewellery by Marianne Dulong.
When choosing her outfits she often takes inspiration from the past. On the day she announced her engagement she wore a simple and elegant dress – no doubt inspired by the designs of Yves Saint Laurent. She could easily have been mistaken for a young Jacqueline Kennedy.
Mary's style is characterized by pointed shoes, tailored suits, wide-brimmed hats and stockings in a natural shade. Mary's engagement shoes were pointed and accompanied by transparent stockings.
The layered look is also one of the staples in Mary's wardrobe. Mary is seen in one of the above pictures in a light pink silk top and a long dark blue shirt in the characteristic layered look. Her long hair is elegantly tied behind her neck to make the top and her beautiful face stand out.
At Frederik's 40th birthday party (bottom photo) Mary wore a Sixties-style dusty-red dress with sequin flowers and open-toe stillettos. The dress was designed by Matthew Williamson.


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If Harry Potter loses his ability to speak parseltounge at the Kings Cross Station, added onto it his ability to communicate with Voldermort. Well, in the 7th Harry Potter Book Harry Potter stil has his scar. "As Harry looked at her, he lowered his hand absentmindedly and touched the lightning scar on his forehead. ... The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well." ''So that means Harry still has his scar. So is there or not a somewhat communication from Voldemort and Harry Potter?
Please reserve questions like this for the wikianswers. It wasn't the scar that gave Harry the ability. It was the piece of Voldemort's soul that was in his body. Scars don't just go away. The reason the scar hurt when his abilities were triggered was that the piece of Voldemort's soul that was in him was trying to get out the same way it got in. --JKoch(Owl Me!) 02:10, July 16, 2010 (UTC)


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PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Alex Killorn scored twice and assisted on an Alex Fallstrom goal, leading the Harvard men's hockey team in a 3-3 tie at Brown Friday night at Meehan Auditorium. The draw, the Crimson's 11th of the season, set a new NCAA Division I record.
Brown's Massimo Lamacchia scored with one minute, 46 seconds remaining in regulation to complete a comeback from two goals down. Harvard (8-7-11, 6-4-9 ECAC Hockey, 3-2-4 Ivy League) dominated the overtime, outshooting the Bears (8-24-4, 5-12-3, 2-5-1) by a 4-1 margin despite spending two of the five minutes on the penalty kill, but could not get a shot past Mike Clemente. The Brown senior finished with 26 saves, while Harvard's Raphael Girard made 32.
The tying goal came when the Bears threw the puck into a crowd in front of the net late in the third period. The red light went on, but the referees did not signal a goal until after consulting video review.
Harvard was whistled for a penalty in overtime—handing the Bears their seventh power play— but killed it and kept the puck deep in the Brown zone for nearly all of the second half of overtime. Clemente survived several flurries of Harvard scoring chances. The Crimson killed six Brown power plays in the game and scored once on its three man advantages.
Fallstrom added an assist and was 13-7 at the faceoff dot. Killorn put a game-high eight shots on goal, while Dan Ford blocked four Brown attempts on the other end.
Danny Fick was hauled down for a tripping call for the game's first penalty, and Killorn made the Bears pay just eight seconds later, at the 8:46 mark. Danny Biega took a shot from along the right half wall that was knocked down, but Killorn pounced on the puck and fired it past Clemente from above the right faceoff dot with a wrist shot.
The Crimson killed Brown's only man advantage of the period, and Killorn later doubled his and the Crimson's goal total. Fallstrom crossed the offensive blue line and made a right-to-left pass to Tommy O'Regan, who dropped the puck back to Killorn. The senior scored from the slot for his 18th goal of the season and eighth career two-goal game.
John Caldwell laid a fierce body check on Bobby Farnham early on, and Colin Blackwell and Max Everson also contributed big hits in the period. Girard stopped all 12 Brown shots, with the toughest save coming on Matt Lorito rushing the puck up the left side.
The Bears cut into the Crimson lead before the second period was two minutes old, as Jarred Smith banged in a bouncing puck from in front of the right post.
Fallstrom pushed the advantage back to two goals at the 13:30 mark. Fick took a hard hit by two Bears at center ice in order to push the puck ahead to Killorn, who got it to Fallstrom in the slot. While being knocked to the ice, the junior flung in his 11th goal.
Jack Maclellan scored a power-play goal on a shot from the right side to cut Harvard's lead to 3-2 by period's end. Neither team scored in the first 18 minutes of the third period, with David Valek backchecking to break up a good chance for the Bears.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A woman was found guilty Tuesday of disorderly conduct for berating security officers trying to pat down her teenage daughter and then refusing to submit to the procedure herself at a Tennessee airport.
Jurors deliberated four hours before convicting Andrea Abbott. She had faced up to 30 days in jail and a $50 fine for her conduct in the July 2011 confrontation at Nashville International Airport, but the judge placed her on probation for a year because she has no criminal record.
Judge Joe P. Binkley Jr., warned the 42-year-old "to be certain you don't get into any further problems with the law."
Abbott didn't talk to reporters outside the courtroom. Her defense attorney, Brent Horst, said she was disappointed in the verdict, but felt she got a fair trial.
"She just wanted to stand on principle, because she felt that she had done nothing wrong," said Horst, who handled the case pro bono. "And I admire her for that."
The prosecution said Abbott's behavior "prevented others from carrying out their lawful activities," which is part of the definition of disorderly conduct under state law. Abbott testified during the first day of the trial on Monday that she was not unruly but did yell at officers. She said she was "irritated, but not arguing."
However, Assistant District Attorney Megan King said in closing arguments Tuesday that Abbott's behavior caused two security lanes to be halted and made a normally one-minute security check a 30-minute ordeal.
"The defendant should have been aware that her behavior would prevent others from carrying out their lawful activities," King said.
Horst said his client may have been loud, but she was only exercising her right to free speech.
"Telling a police officer your opinion, even in strong language, to me that's a First Amendment right," Horst told reporters.
According to an affidavit, Abbott first refused to allow her daughter _ then 14 _ to go through a body scan machine, saying she didn't want "someone to see our bodies naked."
Abbott and her daughter went through a metal detector and TSA Officer Karen King was sent to conduct a pat-down. King testified that before the pat-down, Abbott yelled in her face that she didn't want anyone "touching her daughter's crotch."
Abbott was accompanying her daughter to the gate but not flying herself. She eventually allowed her daughter to undergo the pat-down, but then refused one for herself. By that point, airport police officer Jeff Nolen had been called and he testified that he asked her several times to calm down, but she wouldn't.
"You're not putting your (expletive) hands on me, this is (expletive)," he recalled Abbott saying.
Nolen said he then arrested Abbott, who he said continued to curse and call officers pedophiles. Abbott had lived in Clarksville when she was charged and has since moved to Texas.
"She gave him no option," district attorney King said Tuesday. "She put him in that position with her behavior."
During her testimony, Abbott acknowledged that she did say a few curse words, but said she wasn't in anyone's face and had a "normal conversation" about what she believed to be inappropriate about the pat-downs.
Earlier Tuesday, Horst used a surveillance video of what happened to support his claim that Abbott was the one being yelled at and that she didn't create a distraction. The video, which didn't have audio, did show Nolen speaking to Abbott close up and making some hand motions. It also showed people walking around Abbott and the officers.
"It's clear from the video ... she wasn't preventing anything," Horst said.
However, district attorney King said the video "doesn't tell the complete story of this case," which she said "is not a free speech issue." She said the officers reminded Abbott several times that she could file a complaint if she had a problem with the security check proceedings.
"You can speak your mind, but you can't do it in an illegal manner," she said. "What the defendant did was a crime."
The case briefly drew national attention as hundreds offered Abbott support and donations amid debate over whether new, intrusive screening methods should be allowed at airports.
"Since 9/11, we're losing a lot of freedom, and we have to draw the line somewhere," Horst said in closing arguments.


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NEW YORK (AP) -- The euro fell slightly against the dollar Tuesday as concerns about the bailout for Cyprus continue to weigh on the currency.
The euro slipped to $1.2858 in late trading Tuesday from $1.2862 late Monday.
Details about the bailout for the bailout have not been decided yet. It's not clear how much money will be taken from depositors with more than 100,000 euros in the nation's banks.
Cyprus says it's keeping its banks closed until Thursday, after initially saying they would reopen on Tuesday. Banks have been closed for more than a week to avoid big withdrawals.
In the U.S., The Conference Board says its Consumer Confidence Index fell in March to 59.7 from a revised reading of 68 in February.
The British pound fell to $1.5155 from $1.5182.
The dollar rose to 94.50 Japanese yen from 94.04 Japanese yen and to 0.9483 Swiss franc from 0.9480 Swiss franc.
The dollar fell to 1.0164 Canadian dollar from 1.0216 Canadian dollar.


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Cisco Leading the Way in IPv6 Certifications
Cisco Leading the Way in IPv6 Certifications
IPv6 has reached an important milestone. Governments around the world are implementing mandates for the acquisition and deployment of IPv6 capable products. Industry wide, both enterprise and service providers are also gearing up to provide IPv6 capabilities in their networks. The momentum has been captured in the form of World IPv6 Launch day on June 6th.
Cisco is an industry thought leader in IPv6 and has addressed IPv6 implementation in its products to meet the requirements of government, industry and consumers. The majority of Cisco's core products have been supporting IPv6 for well over a decade. The acceleration of IPv6 adoption has increased in the last few years, with a corporate wide focus on implementing IPv6 across Cisco's product lines. Cisco understands and appreciates the leadership government has taken in the adoption of IPv6 and has invested heavily in partnering with various government agencies to enable this vision.
Specifically in the government certifications arena, Cisco has been long involved in the National Institute of Standards and Technologies, or NIST's, USGv6 program. When the US Government mandated the purchase of IPv6-certified products, Cisco was the first company to embrace this direction. We are working directly with NIST and the Department of Defense, as well as standards bodies to meet the government requirements. Cisco is at the forefront of enabling our government customers to implement IPv6 as is evidenced by the number of products we've taken through the USGv6 certification testing. Cisco was the first company to have a router, a switch and a firewall certified through USGv6.
With over 30 different product families certified, and an equally impressive number of products in the pipeline, Cisco is committed to providing our customers a broad range of USGv6 tested products for deployment in their networks. These products are feature rich and rigorously tested both internally and at government accredited certification labs.
If you are in the DC area and want to get a update on the outcome of World IPv6 Launch, please consider attending the Digital Government Institute's Government IPv6 Day .
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When Missouri estates and trusts lawyer Robert Kirkland was preparing a will for a client several years ago, it never occurred to him to include any provisions about electronic bank statements or e-file tax services, both of which were then relatively new. The result of that omission became clear only last year, when the client died unexpectedly -- and his wife had no way to access their joint online bank accounts and the other key financial records that were stored digitally. After weeks of trying to guess her late husband's passwords, the widow finally had to call on some IT specialists to hack into his computer. Kirkland still cringes when he thinks about it: "It was a headache on top of a heartache," he says.
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As more and more of our lives are put online, estate planners are grappling with how to advise clients to secure and transfer their virtual estates -- the body of nontangible, digital assets people create and store on their computers and the Internet. Thirty-six percent of adults over age 45 now do their banking on the Web, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, and millions of people store some financial records online, which are often locked behind myriad user names and passwords. But estate planners say few, if any, of their clients consider digital assets in their wills -- an oversight that can result in real-world losses to beneficiaries. And experts say the estate-planning industry itself has been slow to adopt standards for dealing with the sort of "property" that may exist only in cyberspace.
Digital assets, of course, can range from things with obvious financial value (online bank and brokerage accounts, and Web-based businesses) to less obvious but still valuable properties like domain names, blogs, Twitter accounts and even social media pages. Karin Prangley, an estate-planning lawyer in Chicago, says that merely accounting for these assets after the owner's death is often a challenge -- and can be trickier if the person paid his bills and filed his tax returns online. But without log-in information, access to those Web accounts and services may require hiring a computer-forensics expert or obtaining a court order.
And the problem isn't limited to assets. Without proper documentation, says Kimberly Foss, founder of Empyrion Wealth Management in Roseville, Calif., executors may have no way of knowing how to cancel the cable service or stop automated bill payments. Complicating matters is that accessing the deceased's online account (even that of a spouse or parent) may run afoul of terms of service agreements -- and federal antihacking laws. When Prangley's own father-in-law suffered a stroke in 2009, leaving him incapacitated, the family was left to sort through the assets of his building-supply company. Trouble was, his client records and invoices were stored digitally -- and the e-mail service provider refused to help. "All that information was trapped in an e-mail account we couldn't access," she says.
While estate-planning pros say the problem is only getting bigger, just a handful of states have passed legislation related to digital-property management after death. That large legislative gap, meanwhile, is leading a growing cadre of estate planners to be digitally vigilant as never before, creating step-by-step instructions for how heirs can access and transfer virtual properties after a client's death. For starters, Foss now asks her clients to take inventory of all their digital accounts and store an updated list of passwords on a flash drive, locked in a safe. Some pros are also looking to websites like Legacylocker.com and AssetLock.net, which enable users to release account information to designated beneficiaries after their death. Taking even a few modest actions now, says New York attorney Bernard Krooks, can keep your assets from getting lost in a cybercemetery. "In a worst-case scenario, the accounts get frozen and your heirs won't have access," Krooks says. "At the end of the day, they could potentially be gone."


text: Neil Gaiman's movie adaptation of novel Coraline, about a young girl who finds a parallel universe inside her own home, has an amazing behind-the-scenes story. In these clips, you'll discover how the crafty designers used stop motion to create a beautiful orchard filled with cherry blossoms made of popcorn. You'll also find out how 5 miles of thread created one 5-inch-tall character. Director Henry Selick embroidered his button-eyed parallel world with insane detail. He even hired an artist to hand knit the characters' itty bitty sweaters. Coraline will be released on theaters on February 6.


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2013-14 MIT Men's Lightweight Crew News
Men's Lightweight Crew Wraps Up Season at IRA ChampionshipsJune 01, 2014WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – On the final day of the 2014 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships, on Lake Mercer, the MIT men's lightweight crew team wrapped up its 2013-14 season, with both its Varsity 8 and Varsity 4 crews in action.
MIT Lightweight's Second V8 takes 2nd in Petite Final at EARC SprintsMay 18, 2014WORCESTER, Mass. – MIT's men's lightweight crew team traveled to Lake Quinsigamond for the 2014 EARC Sprints Regatta on a sunny Sunday morning. Tech entered three crews in the event. Overall, the Engineers earned 12 points, finishing just behind Dartmouth College with its 13 points in the Jope Cup.
Lightweight's Varsity 8 Claims First in Finals of Dad Vail RegattaMay 09, 2014PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – At the 76th annual, two-day Dad Vail Regatta, the MIT men's lightweight Varsity 8 boat finished in first place in the final of the Thomas W. Loschiavo Trophy on a rainy Saturday afternoon on the Schuylkill River.
Lightweight Crew Wins Three against Drexel and UPennApril 26, 2014PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - For the second weekend in a row, the MIT men's lightweight crew team competed in two races. Early on Saturday morning, the Engineers faced Drexel University and, that afternoon
Tech's Lightweight Crew Competes in Two Events on SaturdayApril 19, 2014OVERPECK PARK, N.J. – On a busy, sunny Saturday, the MIT men's lightweight crew team competed in two separate events. At the Geiger Cup in New Jersey, Tech entered three boats in the 2,000m race against host Columbia University and Cornell University
MIT's Lightweight 8 Takes Second at the Biglin BowlApril 12, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - At its first home event since the Foot of the Charles in November, the MIT men's lightweight crew team hosted Harvard University and Dartmouth College on a sunny, blue-skied Saturday morning at the Biglin Bowl.
Men's Lightweight Crew Takes Fourth at San Diego Crew ClassicApril 05, 2014SAN DIEGO, Calif. – MIT's men's lightweight crew team traveled to California for the San Diego Crew Classic, which will take place from Friday, April 5 through Saturday, April 6. Tech entered just one boat in the event, a Varsity 8, that fared well on the first day of competition.
Tech Opens Spring Season against BC and DelawareMarch 29, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT's men's lightweight crew opened the spring season on Saturday morning, returning to the recently thawed Charles River to face Boston College and the University of Delaware.
Men's Lightweight Crew Completes Final Regatta of Fall SeasonNovember 23, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT men's lightweight crew team competed in the Foot of the Charles on a cold November Saturday in Cambridge. This is the final regatta of the fall season; the Engineers will not return to the water until April of 2014 for the start of the spring season. Tech entered one varsity 8 boat and two pairs in the annual event.
MIT Enters One Boat in Dartmouth Green MonsterNovember 02, 2013HANOVER, N.H. – MIT men's lightweight crew traveled to New Hampshire for the annual Dartmouth Green Monster Invitational, a novice rowing event that took place on an uncharacteristically warm November Saturday. Tech entered just one boat in the regatta and combined with members of the MIT women's lightweight crew team to make another.
Men's Lightweight Crew Competes at Head of the CharlesOctober 20, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - On a beautiful, clear-skied Saturday in Cambridge, the MIT men's lightweight crew team opened the season at the 49th annual Head of the Charles Regatta. Tech entered just one boat in the race, a Lightweight Eights boat, that was the second to last heat to race on the final day of competition.
Hwang and Young Represent United States at 2013 World Rowing ChampsSeptember 09, 2013CHUNGJU, South Korea – Former MIT crew members Michael Hwang '13 and Steve Young '09 recently represented the United States in the World Championships that took place in South Korea on Tangeum Lake from August 25 – September 1. Hwang was part of the men's lightweight team and Young was on the men's heavyweight team during their time at MIT.


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Red is hot. Scorching, even.
It was the major color story on — what else? — the
carpet at the Emmys this year. And it's not just television stars in their freebie designer gowns who are red all over.
Walk into any clothing or accessories store and you'll find wares in every reddish hue from brick to stop-sign bright.
Why red? Why now? It's the economy, stupid.
"It's a really optimistic color and I think everyone is feeling a little uncertain," says Rokhee Kim, senior vice president of women's design for the Express chain, where shop windows and stores are brimming with all things red for fall.
"I think red is an instant mood booster," adds Susan Swimmer, fashion features editor of More magazine.
And in these dire times, I don't know a recession-weary soul whose mood couldn't use a tuneup. In other words: Wear red to beat the blues.
Kim points out that something red "can easily refresh" what you already have in your closet. "It's an easy way to inject newness without having to flip an entire wardrobe," she says.
"Is there anybody who can't wear red?" I wondered. "You're asking the wrong person," Kim replied. "I love red on everyone. Even if it's (just) red lipstick. I love red lipstick, even on a redhead."
Whether it's a lipstick, a blouse, jeans or a jacket, there's a right red out there for you — but it might take some trial and error to find it. Bluer reds often are the best choice for those with fair skin, while reds with some orange work well with darker complexions.
If you're not ready to add Coke-can red to your wardrobe or makeup kit, Kim suggests trying shades of beet, burgundy or bordeaux. They're not quite so look-at-me, "but make you feel like you're taking part in the trend."
The Express catalog shows a beautiful young blonde looking red hot in the brightest shade of the season wearing a tomato-colored jacket, shirt, pants and shoes. But for the not-a-gorgeous-model majority, Swimmer raises a red flag: "Do not wear it tip to toe."
Instead, ground your major red piece with camel, gray or black.
And if you do chose a memorable garment, "It's best when the red piece is uncomplicated. Avoid ruffles. Let the color do the talking for you," Swimmer says.
Not ready to plunge fully into the red zone? Get your feet wet with just a pop of color in a belt, bag or shoe, keeping everything else neutral. (See some great options in
Speaking of neutral, Swimmer says that if you're wearing red near your face — a shirt, coat, scarf — choose a neutral lip to avoid a costumey Miss Firecracker overdose.
In fact, just like candy, pizza and Champagne, with red it
possible to have too much of a good thing.


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I have accumulated a tremendous amount of Wills; Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates; and copies of all sorts of various other bits and pieces.
I will add lists here of these items under separate categories then if you see certain Wills you would like or certain Certificates, just note the details shown in the category you require and send me an email about it and I will send a copy to you.
If at all possible I will try to add some scanned copies to these pages and for those all you would do is click on them to get a larger image and copy and paste that.
Hopefully I will be adding these soon, if only a few at a time!!


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As the players travel along the trail, they notice a bear in the woods, following thier moves. It does not make any agressive moves, but neither does it leave. As daylight fades, the players need to decide what to do. Is it a spirit guide, or gaurdian to the forest; is it a lycanthrope, or being controlled by evil spirits; or is it just a curious bear?
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An unnamed British man has added to filmmaker Bryan Singer's woes by alleging the X-Men director sexually assaulted him in a new lawsuit.
The new suit, filed by Jeff Herman, the same attorney who filed child sex abuse suits last month on behalf of Michael Egan against Singer and three Hollywood executives, suggests Singer had sex with his client at a Superman-themed party at a London hotel, when the plaintiff was 17.
Singer and producer Gary Goddard, who has also been named in the anonymous Brit's lawsuit, have denied the claims they sexually assaulted him.
Singer's lawyer, Marty Singer, who previously dismissed Egan's claims against his client has called the new allegations "totally untrue," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
He adds, "After the substance of (Herman's) previous defamatory and fabricated filing in Hawaii was disproved based on unassailable evidence, Mr. Herman's desperation has led him to fabricate these new anonymous accusations against Mr. Singer, which we will also prove to be completely false."
Egan claimed he had had sex with Bryan Singer at a party in Hawaii, while the director's lawyer insists he has credit card receipts, cellphone bills, movie production schedules and over a hundred witnesses that will demonstrate Bryan Singer was elsewhere at the time.
In his suit, the latest plaintiff also alleges Goddard contacted him via social media when he was 14, and they eventually had sex after a series of nude webcam sessions.
Goddard's lawyer, Alan Grodin, says, "It is a shame that the specious claim made by Herman in the Egan case has resulted in this new claim that we note is over 10 years old. For now we will say the claims are denied and Gary will vigorously defend."
The earlier suit against Singer has yet to be served, prompting Singer's attorney to add, "It is time for the media and public to focus their attention on Mr. Herman's nefarious motives and tactics which seem to be driven solely by his need to shake down an innocent man like Bryan Singer. We intend to seek sanctions against Mr. Herman for his reckless, unethical behavior."
An unnamed British man has added to filmmaker Bryan Singer's woes by alleging the X-Men director sexually assaulted him in a new lawsuit.


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Accreditation & Certification Exam Pass Rates
SUNY Plattsburgh Teacher Education Accreditation Goals, Themes and Pass Rates
Plattsburgh's Teacher Education programs are designed to prepare competent, qualified, and caring teachers for tomorrow's schools. The programs are accredited by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (national accreditation) for a period of seven years, from October 2014 to October 2021.
Accreditation and Exam Performance Information
As part of national accreditation accreditation, the professional education faculty at SUNY Plattsburgh have developed a shared vision. The portion of our philosophy that provides the most clarity, coherence, and continuity among our program areas can be found in the Teacher Education Unit's claims, which are as follows: knowledge of content, knowledge of pedagogy, and professional skills.
While we use the three claims to drive our quality control system and assessment of our program, we also use a body of agreed-upon common goals, or themes, to serve as a framework for the design of our various degree offerings. Due to their overlapping connection across the claims, the themes are not assessed as program outcomes, but they focus our attention on what we feel effective teachers do. The nine themes are listed and described below:
Theme 1: Content in Context
Effective teachers know their content area and its disciplinary learning standards and adapt teaching strategies to match the needs of diverse learners.
Effective teachers are proficient scholars in the content area they teach and strive to master evolving knowledge. They use appropriate disciplinary learning standards to organize and teach content. Effective teachers use the key ideas and performance indicators of the New York State learning standards to guide development of learning experiences. They match teaching strategies to differences in learning styles using interdisciplinary approaches to connect content. Effective teachers clarify the process by which a body of knowledge is advanced in the context of a specific discipline.
Theme 2: Learning Environments
Effective teachers understand human behaviors and interactions and how those influence the learning environment.
Effective teachers understand how student behaviors are influenced by the classroom and broader school environment. They adjust their teaching strategies to accommodate the interrelationships between students, their peers and home environment. Effective teachers understand the dynamic interrelationships between schools and communities and how these influence the teaching of their discipline. Effective teachers make nonjudgmental observations of their students' behaviors to guide their teaching. They value the opinions of their students, respect their students as individuals and do not abuse their authority in the classroom.
Theme 3: Technology
Effective teachers use technology appropriately to improve instruction and communication.
Effective teachers stay abreast of evolving technologies and how they are used to enhance teaching and learning outcomes. They adopt different technologies, where appropriate, to enhance their individual teaching styles. Effective teachers exhibit competency in planning and designing learning environments and experiences using technology. They use technology to improve productivity and to enhance communication with peers, students, home and community.
Theme 4: Assessment
Effective teachers use assessment to guide their teaching.
Effective teachers use diagnostic, pre-assessment, formative and summative assessments to make data-based curricular and instructional decisions. They use a variety of formal and informal assessment tools in order to improve curricular and instructional practices. They effectively use technology, where appropriate, to improve their assessment and evaluation. Effective teachers regularly use fair and consistent rubrics and assessments, enabling teachers to reflect upon their practices and learners to both reflect upon their work and grow through self-correction.
Theme 5: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Effective teachers develop their pupils' capabilities in critical thinking, problem solving and decision making.
Effective teachers do not merely impart knowledge. They use relevant case-studies and problem-based learning, allowing students to develop skills in researching, evaluating data, constructing theories and implementing decisions. Critical thinkers are taught to construct or select from alternative concepts and theories by relating them to observations and data, and to use these concepts to solve problems and make decisions.
Theme 6: Recursive Learning
Effective teachers use developmentally appropriate and sequenced curriculum models supporting a coherent knowledge base which progressively builds upon itself.
Effective teachers plan curricula which challenge students to develop their own knowledge base. They use a variety of curriculum structures to engage different learning styles and reinforce learning using an interdisciplinary approach. Excellent teachers transition effectively from the theoretical to the practical application of content knowledge. Effective teachers organize and simplify complex content to bring coherence to their discipline and enhance student understanding.
Theme 7: Collaboration
Effective teachers collaborate with all of those responsible for student development.
Effective teachers collaborate with students, families, teachers, parents, administrators, support staff, allied professionals and the community. Good teachers implement team decision making and share responsibility for problem solving, curricular planning, instruction and assessment. They collaborate to resolve differences and conflicts. Good teachers implement collaborative learning strategies that are mutually supportive across curricular boundaries.
Theme 8: Modeling
Effective teachers exhibit professional commitment which is evident to their students.
Effective teachers exhibit multiple dispositions and are positive role models for their students. They continually strive to enrich their professional development by joining professional associations and attending professional conferences to remain current in their field and improve their teaching skills. They demonstrate caring as evidenced by professional behaviors and commitment to their students and community. They continually strive for instructional excellence with adaptive teaching strategies that reach out to all student learning styles. Their teaching is transparent, collaborative and cooperative, involving students as partners in research and scholarship. Effective teachers are life-long learners who try to spark a desire for knowledge among all of their students.
Theme 9: Multiculturalism and Diversity
Effective teachers value the dignity, talents and experiences of diverse students from many cultures and backgrounds.
Effective teachers demonstrate multicultural competencies through an awareness of personal attitudes, values and biases and a knowledge of the world views of the students they instruct. They adapt their planning and instruction to reach the diverse needs of each student, regardless of background and ability. Effective teachers show compassion and integrity when interacting with their students and peers.
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MADISON, Wis., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) today announced that it has expanded its MyCell® Products line, offering access to a number of human disease models and licensing key genetic engineering patents from Life Technologies and Sigma-Aldrich. CDI's MyCell Products include custom cell products manufactured using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology to make stem cells or differentiated cells from any individual, including those with diseases of interest to pharmaceutical and academic researchers.
CDI's MyCell Products now offer access to a number of disease models, including cardiomyopathies and arrhythmias, vision disorders, neurological disorders, and muscular dystrophies. In addition, the company is actively working on expanding its disease model offering, currently working on additional disease models for neurodegenerative disorders and drug-induced liver injury (DILI).
Within the MyCell Products line, CDI maintains the iPSC line of each of the disease models, enabling customers to request manufacture of differentiated cells, such as cardiomyocytes, neurons, hepatocytes, and endothelial cells, for their discovery research.
In addition, CDI has licensed Life Technologies' GeneArt® Precision TALs (TALENs) and Sigma's CompoZr® ZFN technologies, which act like genomic scissors to cut DNA in a precise location. These nuclease technologies facilitate efficient genomic editing by creating double-stranded breaks in DNA at user-specified locations, stimulating the cell's natural repair process and enabling targeted gene insertions, deletions, or modifications. CDI will use the TALENs and ZFN technologies to perform genetic engineering specified by the customer, for example to introduce or correct a specific mutation, thus creating human disease models and isogenic controls.
"This expansion of the MyCell Products line is the next step in our growing disease-in-a-dish portfolio and allows our customers more ready access to diseases of interest from our growing catalog of iPSCs," said Chris Parker , CDI chief commercial officer. "Through the MyCell Products line, researchers can now access human disease models either through creation of iPSC-derived cells directly from a patient, or through inducing a disease state via use of these TALEN or ZFN technologies."
Bob Palay , CDI chief executive officer, said, "CDI's commercial goal has been to provide access to human cells that reproduce human biology, and we see both of these developments as steps toward achieving that goal. We're pleased to license these nuclease technologies from Life Technologies and Sigma-Aldrich, and the combination of these nuclease technologies with CDI's iPSC-derived cells creates a new, powerful tool to better understand and target human disease."
About Cellular Dynamics International, Inc.
Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI) is a leading developer of stem cell technologies for in vitro use in drug discovery, toxicity testing and chemical safety, in vivo and cell-based therapeutic research and stem cell banking. CDI harnesses its unique manufacturing technology to produce differentiated tissue cells in industrial quality, quantity and purity from any individual's stem cell line created from a standard blood draw. CDI was founded in 2004 by Dr. James Thomson , a pioneer in human pluripotent stem cell research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. CDI's facilities are located in Madison, Wisconsin. CDI's headquarters are located in Madison, Wisconsin, with a second facility in Novato, California. See www.cellulardynamics.com.
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Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
Top Person: John H. Klippel
Top Pay:4 $432,083
Fiscal Year ending on 12/31/08
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Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct
Commentary - Rule 6.3
[1] Lawyers should be encouraged to support and participate in legal service organizations. A lawyer who is an officer or a member of such an organization does not thereby have a client-lawyer relationship with persons served by the organization. However, there is potential conflict between the interests of such persons and the interests of the lawyer's clients. If the possibility of such conflict disqualified a lawyer from serving on the board of a legal services organization, the profession's involvement in such organizations would be severely curtailed.
[2] It may be necessary in appropriate cases to reassure a client of the organization that the representation will not be affected by conflicting loyalties of a member of the board. Established, written policies in this respect can enhance the credibility of such assurances.


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Thursday evenings, join us at 6:00 for a run from Jack Greene Park, beside the Blount County Courthouse. It will be dark and there are some road crossings, so be sure to wear your reflective gear!
If this is your first time joining us, print and sign this waiver and give it to the run leader.


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Today we paddled out the back with an escort. My dad and uncle showed us the best way to paddle out and where to sit. Managed to get cleaned up by one wave when a set came wide, but otherwise made it out the back fine.
I caught two ~head-high waves, the first I rode straight for some inexplicable reason. This left me with a massive distance to paddle back out. But I wanted to know that I could get back out the back. So I paddled wide like I was told and got there. The second wave I caught was looking really nice, but I needed to be angling more straight away. The wind was making the waves really bumpy and I ended up falling off on the second ride after hitting a speed bump.
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Snider's pinch-hit grand slam lifts Bucs over Cubs
PITTSBURGH -- Travis Snider saved Wandy Rodriguez's life Tuesday night.
Not literally, but that's how the Pirates' starter felt after Snider got him off the hook for a loss. At any rate, Rodriguez said he owes his teammate a steak for his heroic swing.View Full Game Coverage
PITTSBURGH -- Travis Snider saved Wandy Rodriguez's life Tuesday night.
Not literally, but that's how the Pirates' starter felt after Snider got him off the hook for a loss. At any rate, Rodriguez said he owes his teammate a steak for his heroic swing.View Full Game Coverage
Snider delivered a two-out, pinch-hit grand slam in the sixth inning that cleared the right-center field wall by just a few feet to give the Pirates a 5-4 victory over the Cubs at PNC Park. It was his first career home run with the bases full and the Pirates' first pinch-hit slam since June of 2008.
"Tonight was the most calm pinch-hit at-bat I've had," Snider said. "Over-thinking those situations isn't going to make it any easier if you don't get a hit. So I just try to go up and be patient."
And patient he was. Snider said Shawn Camp, who gave up the home run, tries to get guys to chase balls out of the zone. After Snider got ahead in the count, 2-1, the righty didn't have that luxury. Camp elevated a changeup, and Snider turned on it.
"More often that not, home runs are thrown, not hit," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "Every night, you'll see guys try to hit them on pitches they're not capable of doing it. But balls are elevated, left in the middle of the plate."
Pittsburgh had scored a total of six runs in its season-opening series with the Cubs, and Matt Garza, starting his first game since last July, kept the Pirates off the board for five innings. After the fifth, when Clint Barmes broke up Garza's no-hitter, the Pirates had totaled just seven hits and one run in their last 18 innings against Chicago.
But Garza, on a limited pitch count, was yanked after 82 pitches and five innings in his first start. He gave up one hit, no runs and three walks while striking out five. The Pirates took advantage in the next frame off three different pitchers.
Neil Walker sparked the Pirates' offense in the sixth with a leadoff double down the right-field line. Garrett Jones dropped a single into left after an Andrew McCutchen groundout, and then Russell Martin walked. Pedro Alvarez walked on a full count after that to bring home Walker. Gaby Sanchez flew out to left, setting up a chance for Snider, who was called on to pinch-hit for Barmes.
Hurdle said with the bases loaded in that situation, he was looking for a little more than just a single, so he opted for Snider.
"You might get it, you might not," Hurdle said. "But that's why you roll the dice and send him up there. Travis answered."
Snider came through in a big way for the second time in the past week. He sent a two-run blast into the Allegheny River last Thursday against the Brewers to break a 1-1 tie, his first home run in 93 at-bats.
"I'm sure it's not where he wanted to throw it," Snider said. "But as a hitter, that's where you want to see it."
The Cubs, however, didn't see the balls they wanted for most of the night. Rodriguez got the win for the Pirates to improve to 5-2. Outside of the second inning -- when Garza sliced a two-run double to right after Darwin Barney drove in Alfonso Soriano -- Rodriguez allowed just two base runners. He surrendered three runs on six hits in six innings and struck out five.
Justin Wilson and Mark Melancon pitched scoreless seventh and eighth innings as the Pirates bullpen continued its impressive season.
Jason Grilli got into some trouble in the ninth, a rarity for the 36-year-old, who had surrendered just two runs in 18 2/3 innings this season entering Tuesday. He gave up a triple and a walk, then an RBI single by Starlin Castro, but struck out Anthony Rizzo with two outs and two on for his 18th save in as many tries.
"We still are struggling to score runs," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "Two of our runs were driven in by a pitcher. We have to be better and score runs and get those big hits and bust games open."
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Northwest Wine: Syrah continues to thrive in Northwest
During the past few years, syrah has been receiving a lot of grief.
It's somewhat inexplicable, because the red grape often associated with France's Northern Rhône Valley can make such delicious and approachable wines.
Yet sales have suffered in the past half-decade, particularly with Australian shiraz (another name for syrah).
In Washington state, however, syrah is not slowing down. Last year, Washington grape growers harvested 15,300 tons of syrah, a nearly 30 percent increase over 2012 (which was a then-record high 11,800 tons).
Certainly, a great deal of syrah is finding its way into red blends, which is the largest category of Washington wine — as it should because syrah can add a rich suppleness to other reds. A bit of syrah in the blend can provide subtle jamminess to a wine's midpalate and round out the tannins. Winemakers love its versatility.
At the lower end of the price scale (and the higher end of production), wineries have trouble moving syrah. Ironically, those winemakers who specialize in high-quality, small-production and high-priced syrah can't seem to make enough to please fans.
Here are a few luscious syrahs we've tasted recently. Ask for them at your favorite wine merchant or contact the wineries directly.
Chateau Ste. Michelle 2011 Ethos Reserve Syrah, Columbia Valley, $48: Here is an oak-lovers syrah, which features aromas of dark toast, blackberry, candied blueberry and hints of charcuterie. It is bold and brawny with a theme of roasted coffee, boysenberry and blueberry. Serve with T-bone topped with blue cheese, lamb or a roast rubbed with rosemary and thyme. (14.9 percent alcohol)
Mannina Cellars 2012 Syrah, Walla Walla Valley, $32: This Walla Walla airport winery captures classic gaminess starting in the nose, which includes blackberry, black cherry, black licorice and pepper. There's more cured meat in the mouth feel, along with a steady stream of black plum, black currant and blackberry. Its creaminess also carries flavors of dark chocolate, coffee, black olive and a pinch of mint, yet there's the critical backing of blueberry acidity. (14.5% alc.)
Northwest Cellars 2010 Coyote Canyon Vineyard Syrah, Horse Heaven Hills, $32: This starts with aromas of baked brownie, black cherry, sizzling ham, marshmallow, vanilla cream and cracked black pepper. On the palate, there are flavors of blackberry, black currant and sarsaparilla in a structure that pushes raspberry acidity well beyond tannin. (14.1% alc.)
Koenig Vineyards 2011 Three Vineyard Cuvée Syrah, Snake River Valley, $20: Beautiful floral notes of sage, lilac and lavender are joined by blackberry, blueberry, vanilla bean and black pepper. There's a delicious approach of purple fruit flavors with blackberry, plum and ripe blueberry, backed by Earl Grey tea tannins, moist earth and graphite. On the finish comes a bite of black olive. (14.2% alc.)
Swiftwater Cellars 2010 Syrah, Columbia Valley, $35: Opening with aromas of blackberry, plums, cherry juice, toast, white pepper and bacon, this luscious syrah gives way to a rich entry of blackberry and plum, followed by boysenberry acidity and elderberry skin tannins. (14.8% alc.)
Walter Dacon Wines 2009 C'est Syrah Beaux, Columbia Valley, $38: This winery near Shelton, Wash., is dedicated to Rhône varieties — particularly syrah. The aromas feature dried blueberry, black cherry, black licorice, black pepper, roasted coffee and chalkboard dust. Inside, it's rich and juicy as Marionberry flavors jump into the lead, while pleasing textures of bittersweet chocolate and black licorice serve as the sendoff. (15.4% alc.)
Helix by Reininger 2010 Syrah, Columbia Valley, $30: Here's an elegant and lighter approach toward syrah, starting with aromas of Marionberry, black cherry and boysenberry with mere hints of violet, cigar box, white pepper and dark chocolate in the background. Flavors tilt toward boysenberry, fresh plum, cherry and red currant in front of lovely tannins and graphite-like minerality. (14.5% alc.)
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Arizona's senators are having a moment. Shortly after John McCain made headlines by joining with Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski to cast a Republican health-care bill into the legislative charnel house, Jeff Flake, a first-term Republican from the suburbs east of Phoenix, has put out a new book lambasting President Donald Trump.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich emphatically declared his innocence of official criminal wrongdoing Friday, vowing to fight the accusations.
"I'm here to tell you right off the bat that I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing, that I intend to stay on the job and I will fight this thing every step of the way," Blagojevich said of federal accusations of corruption, including an allegation that he tried to peddle President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat.
"I will fight, I will fight, I will fight until I take my last breath," the governor said in a brief news conference. "I've done nothing wrong and I'm not going to quit a job that the people hired me to do."
Blagojevich said he wouldn't "do what my accusers and political enemies have been doing" by talking about the case "in 30-second sound bites."
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He asked Illinoisans to "please reserve judgment" about him and afford him the same rights as they would expect if they were accused of wrongdoing.
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Openings: Paulie Gee's, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
This has been in the works for some time, but it's now official: Paulie Gee (aka Paul Gianonne) has signed the lease on the former Paloma space at 60 Greenpoint Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and is hoping to open Paulie Gee's by December.
Anyone familiar with the Paulie Gee mythos won't find it surprising that his place will be a wood-fired Neapolitan-style joint. The oven is being built in Naples now and will be shipped over soon.
Gianonne says he'll be the sole pizzaman at Paulie Gee's but will have an assistant trained and ready to step in at anytime in case of an emergency. As of now, Gianonne says hours will be Tuesday through Thursday, 5 to 10 p.m.; Friday, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Saturday, 11:30 a.m. (brunch) to 1 a.m.; Sunday, 11:30 a.m. (brunch) to 10 p.m.
Look for pies such as:
- Arugula with olive oil, lemon juice, and shaved reggiano—with and without prosciutto di Parma
- Margherita with and without prosciutto di Parma
- Soppressata picante
- A classic bianco
- Margherita with speck and red onion ("The Spectacle")
- Margherita with hot sausage
- Lots of seasonal pies
- Guanciale and eggs for brunch, as well as speck and eggs
Says Giannone, "All these pies are tentative but very probable. I'm going to keep the standard pies to a minimum and work with what's seasonal. I will rock the fig pies in summer and kale in winter. I will also have a 'Rooftop Pie' using whatever I get from Ben Flanner at Eagle Street Rooftop Farm when he's opened.
As for nonpizza, Gianonne says he'll serve salads and cured-meat anitpasti and hopes to make a couple of dessert pies.
Full disclosure: Gianonne is a longtime commenter and member of the Slice community and a friend. As such I am preemptively removing myself from any reviews of the place or any nonobjective news reports on it.
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