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By NEMS Daily Journal
Bud Davis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Kindle "Bud" Davis, a successful philanthropist, businessman and coach, died Feb. 23, 2013, after a brief illness. He was born Oct. 25, 1926, in the Cotton Springs community of Tishomingo County, MS, to Jessie Maulden Davis and Hubert Roscoe Davis. He has an identical twin brother, Windle "Buster" Davis, still living, Fulton, MS.
The family will receive friends 5-7 p.m. today at the Davis Event Center on the ICC campus in Fulton, then Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 4 p.m. until the service at 6 p.m. at White Station Church of Christ in Memphis.
Senter Funeral Home in Fulton is in charge of local arrangements.
A private service for family and friends will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the Rotunda at Memorial Park Mausoleum in Memphis.
He is survived by one son, Gary Kindle; a grandson and family, Andrea and Chris Blaylock, Kendall Joy and Sienna Rose; one sister, Faye Davis Mock (Arlis).
He was preceded in death by his wife, Juanita Joy Brown Davis; his daughter and biggest fan, Anita Devon Davis Blaylock; brothers, Roy, Travis, Hollis and Floyd; and sister, Bertie Davis Brown.
Mr. Davis was a respected businessman and 51-year car dealer. During his last 37 years at Bud Davis Cadillac, the dealership won many awards, including 27 years as "Master Dealer" and seven years as "Top 100 General Motors Dealers," one of its highest awards.
He started his career coaching high school basketball in Tishomingo and Kossuth, Mississippi.
His last two teams at Itawamba Community College won Mississippi junior college championships in 1960-61 and 1961-62. This team was named the Itawamba Community College "Team of the Century" in 2000.
"Bud Davis and his brother, Buster, left an indelible mark at Itawamba Community College," said its president, Dr. David Cole. "Both of them coached – Bud first – and they put ICC on the map for college basketball."
Mr. Davis was a "leader of men" and prided himself on his love of family and friends. His customers were the Number 1 priority in his working life. He was devoted to his faith and to White Station Church of Christ. Always active in the communities where he lived, he was named "businessman of the year" in several communities.
Philanthropy was a huge part of his life with his latest favorites being Itawamba Community College and the Porter-Leath Children's Charities in Memphis. At his fundraiser for Porter-Leath, he loved interacting with the children and offering his "lessons for life." A lifetime joy was playing golf with his buddies.
In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to White Station Church of Christ, 1106 Colonial Road, Memphis, TN 38117, (901) 761-2007 or Porter-Leath Children's Charities at 868 North Manassas St., Memphis, TN 38107, (901) 577-2500.
"The Davis brother were as big a success in business as they were in sports," Cole said. "They are legends."
Donald Clark
PONTOTOC – Donald Gean Clark, 64, died Saturday, Feb. 23, at his home. He was born April 21, 1948, in Chickasaw County, to Virt and Vera Bailey Clark. He graduated in 1971 for the University of Mississippi. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Pontotoc. He retired from a career in business and industry. He was a avid Ole Miss Rebel fan and enjoyed sports, outdoors, gardening and spending time with family.He was a devoted husband, father, leader and friend to all. He was a man of conviction and principle who lived each day with a warmth that belied his toughness.
Service is at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Tutor Memorial Funeral Home in Pontotoc, with Kenneth Corley and Dr. Bryan Scarbrough officiating. Interment is at Poplar Springs in Vardaman.
He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Dr. Miriam Burt Clark of Pontotoc; sons, Don Clark Jr. of Germantown and Wes Clark of Hattiesburg; brother, James E. Clark (Glenda) of Houston; sister, Childa (Fred) Stevens of Okolona; nephews, Robert and Edward Clark, James and Michael Alexander; niece, Charlsie Burt Alexander; and special caregivers, Margaret and Brenda.
He was preceded in death by his son, John Martin Clark; and his parents.
Pallbearers are Q.T. Tuor Jr., James Ray Morrison, Robert Clark, Justin Brantley, Edward Clark and Vance Austin.
Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today and 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 308, Pontotoc, MS.
Billy Crabb
BOONEVILLE – Billy Joe Crabb, 73, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born Aug. 4, 1939, to Herman Crabb and Gladys Crabb Files. He was retired from Hays Construction Company after 32 years and a member of First Baptist Church Booneville. He was also a U.S. Navy veteran.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at McMillan Funeral Home with Dr. Gayle Alexander officiating. Burial will be in the Booneville Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Ann Barnett Crabb; one son, Jeffrey (Sandra) Crabb of Madison, Ala.; one grandson, Heath (Jennifer) Crabb; one granddaughter, Toni Crabb, both of Madison, Ala.; and one half-brother, Herman (Nora) Crabb of Central Point, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his parents; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pounds and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lee Crabb; and his stepfather, R.G. Files.
Honorary pallbearers will be his Hardees coffee buddies and his Sunday school class.
Visitation is 5 to 9 p.m. today and until service time Tuesday at the funeral home.
Condolences may be left at www.mcmillanfuneralhome.com.
Bobbie Arney
CEDAR BLUFF – Bobbie Jean Jones Arney, 74, passed away Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at her home. She was born March 25, 1938, in Sturgis to Lillie Jane Ray Jones and Wiley Hamilton Jones Jr. She had worked as a sales clerk at Cato Department Store, a designer-florist at West Point Flower Shop and a seamstress at Knickerbocker, MFG. Later she worked as a custodian at Cedar Bluff Baptist Church. She worked on a committee of three to write the history of Cedar Bluff Baptist Church 1895-1995, also serving as church clerk for 19 years, as well as a captain in the Church Bus Ministry Outreach program. She was presently a member of Hope Baptist Church. She was married to Marvin Arney on May 2, 1956, and he preceded her in death on May 31, 2000.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Eddie Brock officiating. Burial will follow in Craig Springs Cemetery Oktibbeha County.
Survivors include her daughter, Tami Arney Edwards (Vernon) of Cedar Bluff; three grandchildren, Traci Jean Ferguson, Diana Marie Ferguson and Jon Austin Ferguson (Alisha); seven great-grandchildren, Brianna Russell, E.J. Ferguson, Kaitlyn Jones, Devin Jones, Tristan Eggerson, Cheyanne Ferguson and Harbor Ferguson and the extended family; one sister, Lavis Coggins (Sonny) of Starkville; her brother, Willie W. "Peck" Jones (Pat) of Starkville.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her grandson, Troy Eggerson; and sister, Lecter Mae Boswell.
Pallbearers will be deacons of the church, Jim Bearden, Ricky Blake, Jimmy Edwards, Lynwood Hill, Rodney Johnson, Keith Manning, Ray Pumphrey, Rocky Wooten. Honorary pallbearers will be Jon Austin Ferguson, Clyde Edwards, John Edwards, Zachary Edwards, Billy Bennett and her friends at Hope Baptist Church.
Memorials may be made to The Gideons International, P. O. Box 661, West Point, MS 39773.
Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at Calvert Funeral Home.
Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com.
Arlie Wicker
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Arlie Franklin Wicker, 64, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at Methodist Hospital – Germantown.
Service is at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Childers Hill Pentecostal Church in Counce, Tenn. Internment is at Pisgah Cemetery in Michie, Tenn.
Visitation is noon today and will continue until service time Tuesday at Childers Hill Pentecostal Church.
Online Condolences can be made at www.magnoliafuneralhome.net.
Marvin Whitten
PONTOCOLA COMMUNITY – Marvin Woods Whitten, 64, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. He was born in Charleston on April 24, 1948, to Lindsey Noel Whitten and Beulah Mae Brown Whitten. He married Sherry Gulledge on Aug. 8, 1970, and they moved to the Northeast Mississippi area, where he worked many years as a diesel mechanic for Transport Trailer Company and truck driver for D and D Trucking Co. before becoming disabled. His hobbies included working on cars of all types and wrestling. He was affectionately called "Buddy" by his grandchildren. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was of the Baptist faith.
A celebration of life service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Tupelo Chapel of Holland Funeral Directors with Bro. Bobby Holland officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Pontotoc.
Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Sherry Whitten of Pontocola Community; two sons, Michael Whitten and John Whitten of the home; two daughters, Kim Whitten Partlow (Corey) of Pontocola and Michelle Whitten Lofton (Randy) of Southaven; mother-in-law, Hazel Peeples of Tupelo; six brothers, Lindsey Whitten Jr. (Renea) of Scobey, Rulius Whitten of Water Valley, Julius Whitten (Sheree) of Senatobia, Paul Whitten of N.C., Johnny Frank Whitten and Mike Whitten (Emily), both of Casilla; three sisters, Verna Phillips (Frank) of Hernando, Irene Wood (John) of Water Valley and Mary Cain (Charlie) of Calif.; five grandsons, James Dale, Cameron, Samuel, Gatlin and Kolten; and a special friend, Bonner Heatherly of Verona.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and two sisters.
Honorary pallbearers will be the grandsons, Bonner Heatherly, Larry Michaels and Darrell Duffie.
Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and noon until service time Wednesday.
Condolences may be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Faye Riley
FULTON – Faye Loague Riley, 77, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by McNeece-Morris Funeral home in Fulton.
Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at McNeece-Morris Funeral Home in Fulton.
Online condolences may be expressed at mcneecemorrisfuneralhome.com.
Elizabeth Stanford
SHANNON – Elizabeth Stanford, 70, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born Nov. 21, 1942, in Lee County to Ralph Long and Laverne Nicholson. As a lifelong resident of Shannon, she graduated in 1961 from Shannon High School and married James Stanford on May 28, 1965. She worked at Hunter-Douglas, retiring after 16 years of employment. She loved hummingbirds, with her backyard being a haven for approximately 100 birds each season. She enjoyed watching birds of all types, fishing, gardening, canning and preparing food for the freezer before becoming disabled. She loved having cookouts for her family, spending time with them and especially the grandchildren. She was a member of Brewer United Methodist Church.
A private family service celebrating her life was held on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013.
Survivors include her husband of 48 years, James "Jack" Stanford of Shannon; mother, Laverne Long of Tupelo; two sons, Carter Stanford (Jennifer) of Brewer and Craig Stanford (fiancée Esmeralda) of Brewer; one daughter, Susan Young of Brewer; six grandchildren, Autumn Young, Jack Stanford, Charlie Stanford, Jacob Stanford, Katelin Smith and Scott; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father; twin daughters, Melinda and Melissa Stanford; and sister, Brenda Chrestman.
Doris Terry
BLUE SPRINGS – Doris D. Terry, 74, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was a retired seamstress for Lucky Star Industries. She was a Baptist and enjoyed her pets and tomato gardening.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Waters Funeral Home with Bro. Jerry Bishop officiating with burial in Ellistown Cemetery.
Survivors include her daughter, Margaret Arabshahi (Joheil) of Blue Springs; son, Leland Ray Terry of Blue Springs; three brothers, Carey Dye, Clark Dye and Gerald Dye; grandchildren, Joey Arabshahi and Jamie Arabshahi; and one great-grandchild, Jonathan Arabshahi.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Dulaney and Jewell Pannell Dye; husband, Leland "Popeye" Terry; and stepbrothers and sisters, Franklin Dye, Cornelia Grubbs, Isabell C. Rakestraw, Kate Dunlap and G.W. Dye.
Pallbearers are Robert Wayne Payne, Randy Brown, Brad Dye, Jimmy Crompton, Ken Briggs and Bobby Lee Rogers. Honorary pallbearers are the Nurses and staff of Sanctuary Hospice House.
Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Pat Blackburn
RED BAY, Ala. – Pat Blackburn died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Deaton Funeral Home of Red Bay.
George Wheeler
BELDEN – George Wheeler died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, in Pontotoc County. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Grayson-Porter's Mortuary.
Lavada Stovall
SMITHVILLE – Lavada Stovall, 80, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at her residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by E.E. Pickle Funeral Home.
Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Memories and condolences may be shared at eepicklefuneralhome.com.
Peggy McMillien
PONTOTOC – Peggy McMillen, 59, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Tutor Memorial Funeral Home in Pontotoc.
Charles Caldwell
NETTLETON – Charles E. Caldwell, 83, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born on Oct. 14, 1929, in Monroe County to John Gilmer and Daisy Roebuck Caldwell. He was a native of Monroe County, but had lived mostly in Columbus, until residing in Nettleton for the past 13 years. He was a retired factory worker and insurance salesman for Life of Georgia, was a graduate of Wren High School and a member of Central Grove Baptist Church. He enjoyed calling square dances and being with his family and friends.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the chapel of Tisdale-Lann Memorial Funeral Home in Nettleton with the Rev. Dennis Smithey officiating. Burial will be in Wren Cemetery.
Survivors include his fiancee, Barbara Malone of Nettleton; one sister, Marie Humphries of Louisville, Ky.; one granddaughter, Tammy Russ of Columbus; two great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Murlea Caldwell of Nettleton; and a host of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille Hall Caldwell; his parents; son, Buddy Caldwell; sister, Kate Chism; four brothers, Gilmer, Franklin, Edwin and Charles B. Caldwell; and grandson, Tim Caldwell.
Pallbearers will be Brent Caldwell, Chad Caldwell, Stacy Caldwell, Mason Caldwell, George Stepp and Chuck Chism. Honorary pallbearers will be his square dancing friends.
Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home and will continue on hour prior to services Tuesday.
Family and friends may sign the guest registry and send condolences to www.tisdalelannmemorial.com.
Colette Haimes
CALHOUN CITY – Colette Haimes, 65, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at Calhoun City Health Services Nursing Home. She was born Oct. 15, 2941, in Verdun, France, to Yuan and Suzanne Perrin. She was a member of College Hill Baptist Church.
Services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Pryor Funeral Home Chapel in Calhoun City with Jon Haimes officiating. Interment is at Bethlehem Cemetery.
She is survived by her daughters, Patricia (Chris) White of Calhoun City and JoAnn Rounsaville (Dale) of Big Creek; sons, Bill (Felicia) Haimes of Vardaman and Chris (Renea) Haimes; sister, Yolanda Mathon of France; brothers, Roger Perrin and Jean Claude Perrin; nine grandchildren, Misty (John Logan) Haimes, Leona (James) Tutor, Monica (Jake) Weldon, Linda (D.J.) Dobs, Christy (J.R. Turner) White, Dylan Haimes, Stacie Haimes, Dewayne Lester and Catlin Lester; and five great-grandchildren, Alyssa Kellum, Abby James, Natalie Tutor, Nayomie Tutor and Brayden Tutor.
She was preceded in death by husband, William Dale Haimes; parents; brother, Seirge Perrin; sisters, Monique and Yvonne; and great-grandchild, Andrew Lester.
Pallbearers are D.J. Dobbs, Jake Weldon, Jarod Logan, J.R. Turner, Joe Hood and Jimmy Mooneyham. Honorary pallbearers are Boyd Hood and Jerry Haimes.
Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Online condolences can be left at pryorfuneralhome.com.
Mary Buse
GUNTOWN – Mary Bell Buse, 90, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at Golden Living Center in Tupelo. She married James (Pete) Buse in 1938. She was a past employee of Lady Lee and also for Purnells Pride. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting, sewing, fishing and visiting with friends and her great-grandchildren. She loved working in her garden and working with her flowers.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Waters Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Dwight Scott officiating. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery.
She is survived by daughters, Eula Joyner Capps (Buster) of Guntown and Patricia Montgomery of Saltillo; son, Ronald Buse of Guntown; 12 grandchildren, Edmond Joyner, Jimmy Joyner, Steven Joyner, Sandra Joyner, Anthony Buse, Ronald Buse, Christy Rogers, Susie Dugard, Gary Montgomery, Lawrence Buse and Misty Gail Buse; and several great and great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ed and Febie White Melton; husband, Pete Buse; sons, James Buse and Mitchell Buse; three brothers; three sisters; and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Jimmy Joyner, Kyle Martin, Gary Montgomery, Lawrence Buse, Shane Brown and Jason Floyd.
Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at Waters Funeral Home.
Judge Clement
BELMONT – Judge C. "J.C." Clement Sr., 95, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at ECM Hospital. He was born Sept. 30, 1917, to Doc Walker and Mary Wigginton Clement. He was an overhead crane operator for Reynolds Metals.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel in Belmont, with Bro. Roger Wood and Bro. Greg Forbus officiating. Burial will be in the Ridge Cemetery.
He is survived by four children, Joyce Clement Thompson (Dr. Donald), Jack Ronald Clement (Dawn) all of Florence, Ala., Joel Clement Thompson of Birmingham, Ala., and J.C. Clement Jr. (Patsy) of Belmont; eight grandchildren, Angela Looser, Mark Dennis, Annalisa Jager, Todd Thompson, Tammy Bostick, Clay Clement, Mollie Walker McLemore and Carter Clement; 17 great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; one brother, Charles Clement of Sheffield.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Alvalene Mayhall Clement; and 10 brothers and sisters.
Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. today and 8 a.m. until service time Tuesday at Deaton Funeral Home in Belmont.
Bernard Clark
BLUE MOUNTAIN – Bernard T. Clark, 69, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by McBride Funeral Home in Ripley.
Lena Blair
TUPELO – Lena Mae Birmingham Blair, 81, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. She was born in Alamo, Tenn., on July 17, 1931, to Walter Birmingham and Lena Mae Hill Birmingham. She was an accomplished homemaker, artist and gardener. She raised her four daughters in Jackson, Tenn., and Tupelo, where she was a member of Harrisburg Baptist Church. Later she and her husband, John Blair, lived in Houston, Texas for 25 years until his death on May 27, 2006. They were married for 60 years.
A private family graveside service will be held at Tupelo Memorial Park in Tupelo. The family will receive friends 11 to 11:30 a.m. today at Holland Funeral Directors, Tupelo Chapel, whom the family entrusted with arrangements.
She is survived by a brother, Jim Birmingham of Cudjoe Key, Fla.; sister, Ruth Overton of Memphis; daughters, Rita DeWeese (Don) of Memphis, Jennifer Locke of Columbus, Sherry Wilemon (Junior) of Tupelo and Kim Brown (Pete) of Orlando, Fla; eight grandsons and six granddaughters, Blair, Bainbridge, Britton and Kyle DeWeese, Rachel and John Bailey, Heatherly Wilemon Hopson, Trey and Chad Wilemon, Ashley Wilemon Tipton, Emily Wilemon-Holland, Summer, Jennifer and Andrew Brown; and 17 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by sisters, Rebecca Dooley, Lorene Wilson and Burlah Salyer; and brother, Hal Birmingham.
Honorary pallbearers are the grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Rd., Memphis, TN 38117.
Condolences may be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Virginia Hill
BOONEVILLE – Virginia Hill, 96, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, in Olive Branch. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by McMillan Funeral Home.
Visitation is 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Burnie Rye Jr.
SMITHVILLE – Burnie Woodfin Rye Jr., 95, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at his residence in Smithville. He was born March 18, 1917, to Burnie Rye Sr. and Sallie Peck Bryan Rye in Monroe County. He was a life long resident of Monroe County where he was a farmer. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving in WWII, Korean War and the South Pacific. He was a member of Hamilton Presbyterian Church where he had served as deacon.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Tisdale-Lann Memorial Chapel in Aberdeen. Burial will be in Oddfellows Rest Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Thelma Lucille Irvin Rye of Smithville; two daughters, Melinda Ann Rye of Dawson Springs, Ky., and Maggi R. Beardman of Smithville; two sons, Burnie L. Rye of Smithville and Charles Franklin Rye of Bartlett, Tenn.; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and several brothers and sisters.
You can sign the register and send condolences online at www.tisdalelannmemorial.com.
Minnie Holmes
HOUSTON – Minnie Mae Holmes, 77, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Belle Memorial Funeral Home in Aberdeen.
Colon Joyner
MT. PLEASANT – Colon Ennis Joyner, 69, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at Alliance Healthcare in Holly Springs.
Services are at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Carey Chapel Baptist Church. Interment is at Carey Chapel Cemetery. Holly Springs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Beatrice Northington
BELMONT – Beatrice Northington died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home in Killen, Ala. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Deaton Funeral Home in Belmont.


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Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) are up 12 cents at $40.62, as UBS's Brent Thill this morning reiterates a Buy rating, and raises his price target to $46 from $43, writing that "After visiting MSFT and speaking with insiders as well as outside close observers we are confident [Satya] Nadella is the right person to lead MSFT."
Thill cites reasons why "this is a new era at Microsoft," including Nadella's having made successes out of areas where Microsoft did not dominate, including business apps and then cloud. He understands the importance of Microsoft's "Azure" cloud computing offering, writes Thill. Challenges for Nadella, he writes, including luring more developers to Windows Phone, expanding the cross-platform strategy with Office and other apps, and de-emphasizing hardware. "We expect an update day with Nadella and investors sooner rather than later where investors will be able to hear his vision for MSFT."
Shares of Rackspace Hosting (RAX) are up $2.44, or 7.5%, at $35.16, after Morgan Stanley's Simon Flannery this morning raised his rating on the shares to Overweight from Equal Weight, assigning a $45 price target, and writing that the "stock is discounting an overly bearish outlook." He's encouraged by the company's "improved bookings momentum exiting 2013," and believes Rackspace has "differentiated service offerings" that "should allow RAX to deliver profitable growth over time."
With BlackBerry (BBRY) scheduled to report its fiscal Q4 report on Friday morning, before market open, some Street observers have been weighing in on what to expect. Tim Long of BMO Capital, who has a Market Perform rating, writes that CEO John Chen's strategic changes haven't yet affected the P&L, so "we model February results to echo last quarter's weak performance."
"We believe Service revenues continue to slide on subscriber losses, and MDM/BBM is unlikely to offset the declines any time soon." That said, he raises his price target to $8 from $7 based on a sum-of-the-parts valuation model that gives more credit to the BBM messenger program.
Speaking of BBM, Re/Code's Ina Fried this morning offers remarks from BBM biz dev executive David Proulx regarding the company's efforts to use BBM for person-to-person payments.
Shares of ARM Holdings (ARMH) are up 64 cents, or 1.3%, at $49.12, after Canaccord Genuity's Matthew Ramsay this morning reiterated a Buy rating, and raised his price target to $60 from $55, writing that "Since Apple's (AAPL) A7 processor announcement in September, the evolution of the 64-bit ARMv8 ecosystem within the mobile market has progressed even more quickly than we had anticipated." He expects 64-bit ARM technology to open new markets for ARM, "including server and enterprise networking" and urges investors to buy the shares before the Street starts raising its royalty rate estimates for ARM.
Shares of Palo Alto Networks (PANW) are up 93 cents, or 1.3%, at $74.06, after FBR Capital's Daniel Ives this morning raised his rating on the shares to Outperform from Market Perform, and raised his price target to $80 from $90, "more confidence in the business given recent checks as well as the company's expanding TAM [total addressable market]," especially after yesterday's announcement the company will buy startup Cyvera. Ives raised his estimate for the fiscal Q3 ending in April to $146.2 million from $145.2 million, and for the full year he raised his revenue estimate to $574.2 million from $570.6 million.
Merrill Lynch analysts Daniel Heyler and colleagues late yesterday issued a wrap-up note on their 17th annual Asia-Pacific Technology Conference, coming away with a warm good feeling about names including LG Display (LPL), ARM, KLA-Tencor (KLAC), Lam Research (LRCX), ASML (ASML), MediaTek (2454TW), and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM); the firm is less enthusiastic about Lenovo (0992HK), HTC (2498TW), Realtek Semiconductor (2379TW), and United Microelectronics (UMC).
As far as semiconductors, Heyler and company write, "Semi supply chain restocking appears more measured and sustainable in 2H than was the case in 2013."
"Similarly, capex is showing some signs of upward revisions. Also, we saw no evidence that TSMC's competitors were getting traction on 28nm (TSM's third year in production)."
In case you missed it, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman this morning announced New York residents who made e-book purchases, and those who made such purchases in 32 other states, will receive credits in their e-book accounts as part of the $166 million settlement with Apple and publishers Hachette Book Group Inc., HarperCollins Publishers, Simon & Schuster, Holtzbrinck, Macmillan, and Penguin Group USA, following the a verdict against those parties last year in price-fixing for e-books.
I myself received $1.67 credit this morning in my Amazon.com (AMZN) account, while my iTunes account received a credit of $48.70. You should receive emails from Amazon and Apple if you qualify for a credit.

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Court documents: Callihan admitted killing Spokane woman
SPOKANE, Wash. - Court documents released Wednesday show that Tony Callihan admitted killing a Spokane woman last Friday.
Last Thursday night around 10 p.m. Callihan drove to an acquaintance's house in a green 2006 Dodge Stratus owned by Michelle Koenen. The acquaitance "chastised" him for driving with a suspended license, to which Callihan replied, "Don't worry about that, that's the least of my worries."
He collected up his clothes, borrowed some money and left, only to return at 5 a.m. Friday morning, appeared emotionally upset and said he had "just killed a girl."
Callihan explained he got into a fight with a girl at a "meth party" in a house near the Broadway Market and he shoved and choked her.
When he showed up at his acquaintance's house he was driving Koenen's car.
Koenen's body was found later that day in a residence across from the Broadway Market in West Central Spokane.
Callihan was spotted on Monday in Ellensburg. He stole some gas from a Central Washington University greenskeeper, who was able to get the license plate number off his car before he fled the scene. The license plate number came up for Koenen's car.
- Driver arrested after Spokane Valley crash injures four juveniles
- Lawmakers don't want pot billboards to be appealing to kids
- Thousands of pennies to help nonprofit school
- Hundreds 'March for Science' in Spokane
- Pink Ribbon Run will raise funds for local breast cancer patients
- STA one step closer to Central City Line


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1927 Royal V. Heath marketed a magic effect called "The Di-Ciphering Trick" based on a math trick developed by Edmund Balducci. It consisted of these 5 dice cubes bearing a different 3 digit number on each face – 30 numbers in all. A spectator would roll the dice and the magician would quickly announce the sum of all the numbers. Quite amazing given that there are over 7700 different combination of numbers that could show on the 5 cubes. If you want to know the secret of the dice, you can watch the video, but I don't want to spoil it for those that may not want to know now. But, rest assured that if you can do quite simple addition in your head you can used these dice with great effect.
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Has anyone posted enough to make it past Padawan yet? I was wondering how many posts it takes to get beyond it, or beyond Moisture Farmer for that matter.
Has anyone posted enough to make it past Padawan yet? I was wondering how many posts it takes to get beyond it, or beyond Moisture Farmer for that matter.
Nope not yet so it seems
Once a Padawan always a Padawan
ahhhhhhhh this.....
''You fool, my reach is far greater than the Jedi.Only a Sith can wield the force over such a great distance.'' - Darth Sidious
Bigmouth here will probably make Jedi Knight by the end of the day.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Damn, no matter how much I post, I can't catch up.
"It can't rain all the time."
"Quote the Raven, Nevermore."
200 odd post and still padawan? Think I give up......
Well, if we all keep post-padding like this it won't take long to find out.
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I'm hoping it changes at 250, but I'm assuming it's somewhere between 300 and 3000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
I'm sure that's a goal we can all attain.
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"This does not answer my questions by any stretch of the imagination," Urban said this week. "It makes me think that they feel $8 million is chump change and they don't need to pay attention to it."
She called the information she received not only "really, really incomplete" but "worrisome." For example, she said, it lists gross salary payments of almost $1.1 million from 2008 to 2012 but does not say who was paid what. During some of that time, the ship was inactive.
"It's very disturbing to me that they again have given me an incomplete report," she said.
The DECD accounting only relates to the $2.5 million in state money given to Amistad America since 2008, even though the ship received state money for more than a decade before that.
Urban, who plans to meet with DECD Commissioner Catherine Smith on Thursday, has said she would call for a state audit of the money given to Amistad America if she does not get the data she has requested. Also on Thursday, Urban is set to meet with one of the original crew members of Amistad who is forming a group to investigate what legal action would be needed for the state to take possession of the ship.
In a cover letter that accompanied the documents, Smith told Urban she had attached "the data rich, data informed account of the monies spent on the Amistad Project," which she had requested.
In addition, she offered some general background about three of the "potentially transformative partnerships" that Amistad America is working on but did not say how much money they could generate for the financially struggling organization. The Day reported details of those deals last week. They include using the ship to film a 10-part NBC mini-series about the pirate Blackbeard in Puerto Rico later this year. Smith said the details of the "lucrative" agreement are confidential at this time.
"As always, DECD maintains a strong commitment to providing all information on economic development deals which involve taxpayers dollars in a timely manner," she wrote.
Urban, who has pressed state agencies for years to implement a results-based budgeting method in which programs continue to be funded only if data shows they are effective, said DECD has been the agency that has most opposed her efforts.
In the case of the schooner Amistad, she said, DECD and Amistad America should show exactly how much money was spent, how it was spent, whether the ship was doing what it was designed to do and whether anyone is better off because of the expenditure.
"No way are those questions answered by this data," she said.
Almost all of the documents and narratives given to Urban relate to how Amistad America spent $400,000 in bonding money approved for ship repairs.
How the other $2 million in state funds it received from 2008-12 was spent is detailed in a half-page graph that breaks out areas such as outside professional services, space rental, travel, marketing, printing and "misc."
The latter totals more than $700,000 but does not provide additional details. The document says "misc" is "vessel repair and Ops, Program Development Insurance, admin."
Amistad America lost its tax-exempt status after failing to file tax returns for three years. It is appealing that ruling.
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Greg Belanger, the executive director of Amistad America who is also the director of the Ocean Classroom Foundation, has said the ship will be in New London next month to announce a partnership with Love 146, a New Haven nonprofit that raises awareness of human trafficking, which Belanger said will expand the ship's message.
The schooner, launched in 2000, originally sailed to ports around the country to tell the story of the Amistad captives who were freed in 1839. But it hasn't done that for several years. It is no longer based in New Haven, has no office or website, and its board is inactive.
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In moving computers I have lost the font called Harman Down Home. I cannot find it anywhere online for purchase or download. Can someone direct me? Or assist? Or tell me in what collection I can find it?
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Posted 03 September 2012 - 03:58 PM
Sorry, I'm not familiar with that one. I hope someone else has heard of it and knows where it came from.
My Gallery I scrap with Photoshop CS6.
Posted 03 September 2012 - 04:46 PM
Perhaps it came with a program you had installed? I have a lot of fonts that came with older scrapping programs and such.
Posted 03 September 2012 - 07:50 PM
I couldn't find anything either. I saw a few sites that used it, but none to purchase. It's a neat hand writting font - Joyful Juliana (dafont.com) or Kristen (available many places) are similar.
Posted 04 September 2012 - 04:29 AM
I googled it too and looked through a book I have of fonts but couldn't find anything by that name. I hope you find it soon!
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how do you keep someone comfortable who is dying and under hospice care
Do you know how much money we spend to keep premature crack babies alive until they eventually succumb?
No surprise, it's a government run system. In its view these are not humans, they are budget items.
So if you walk into a hospital and are diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, should we just let you die because the national mortality rate says you only have a %40 chance of survival?
I believe it is morally wrong to starve someone to death or dehydrate someone to death, even if they are very sick, it is a very inhumane way to let someone die.
No. But after your 2nd surgery, and 3rd round of chemoradiation, with minimal systemic response, can we let you die then?
Or should we listen to your family who is demanding we keep pumping you full of chemo in the hopes of the 4th round generating the response we didn't get the first 3 times?
All on Medicare's dime?
FWIW a pvt insurance company is going to cut you off, too, at a certain point. Pvt insurance isn't an open ended contract. People were and currently are designated for death by their insurance companies when they cut off funds to pay for healthcare in hopeless situations....you can try to keep going out of pocket but very, very few can afford that.
And you cannot sue the government if it doesn't honor an obligation?
No. But after your 2nd surgery, and 3rd round of chemoradiation, with minimal systemic response, can we let you die then?
Agreed.......why in the hell did so many Catholics vote for the idiot in the white house that advocates this BS? I'm Catholic and was apalled to see some of the numbers.
That logic can be applied to other conditions and you essentially end up with a system where life and death is decided by panels using averages printed on spread sheets.
In this case, one which has quotas and financial incentives directly tied to a doctors ability to persuade a family to pull the plug. This includes children born with abnormalities.
And you cannot sue the government if it doesn't honor an obligation?
Only if the government says you can - which is almost never.
Already is.
This is being investigated in GB and the reason it is being investigated is because it is likely illegal.
I don't think that holds true in this particular matter....I think you'd be looking at something along the due process line.
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10. I swear @BrettEldredge gets inspiration for his one liners anywhere! This one came on the water. I think Darius lost some of his old band members. "I don't know where Hootie is, but I found his Blowfish!"
9. @KelliePickler has been kicking butt and taking her names with her last single "Tough". This is able to tell us how she gets through the criticism. "People either love ya or love to hate ya…either way I look at it, you're loved. ;) "
8. If only people would speak up, @DannyGokey wouldn't be so embarrassed. "U ever fake laugh when someones talking to u because u didn't understand what they said? Its even worse if they're asking a serious question"
7. This week, Steve Jobs' death was looked at as a tragedy. Newcomer @HelloJTHodges had the best way of describing his legacy. "Although Steve Jobs time has passed, he will never die"
6. There is nothing like a good welt to bring you into manhood. I guess @ColtFord has something to be proud of. "My Son got shot in the Chest playing Paint Ball. It looks like he got a Titty Twister from King Kong! Me and Him goona do some Deer Hunting!"
5. Before welcoming Rascal Flatts to the Opry family, @CMorganMusic took a side trip that wasn't as eventful as planned. "Hunting is slow in IL"
4. @MartinaMcBride has had 10 CD releases already – I think we all know she looks amazing without dieting. "Tryin 2 look good 4 album launch.Things I'm denying myself? Had them all 2night.. steak,bread,butter,wine,champagne,cheese,crackers.#oboy"
3. An artists profile picture is important for fans to have facial recognition. @BlakeShelton has made a big move incorporating another artist on his picture. "For those asking who's in my twitter picture it's me and Trace Adkins…. Or as I say "The High and The Mighty""
2. After a few months out of the social media world, @SugarlandMusic has made a triumphant return with many tweets this week! Here is just one of those tweets. "It's time to put on makeup, it's time to light the lights, it's time to bring the Sugar out to Wichita tonight! – Jennifer #muppets"
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Double X Extra: A monomer is a building block (mono = one) and a polymer is a chain of monomers. With a few dozen monomers or building blocks, we get millions of different polymers. That may sound nutty until you think of the infinity of values that can be built using only the numbers 0 through 9 as building blocks or the intricate programming that is done using only a binary code of zeros and ones in different combinations.
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Double X Extra: We call a fatty acid a fatty acid because it's got a carboxylic acid attached to a fatty tail. A triglyceride consists of three of these fatty acids attached to a molecule called glycerol. Our dietary fat primarily consists of these triglycerides.
Double X Extra: A triglyceride can have up to three different fatty acids attached to it. Canola oil, for example, consists primarily of oleic acid, linoleic acid, and linolenic acid, all of which are unsaturated fatty acids with 18 carbons in their chains.
Double X Extra: A hormone is a blood-borne signaling molecule. It can be lipid based, like testosterone, or short protein, like insulin.
Biohazard!The names associated with nucleic acids can be confusing because they all start with nucle-. It may seem obvious or easy now, but a brain freeze on a test could mix you up. You need to fix in your mind that the shorter term (10 letters, four syllables), nucleotide, refers to the smaller molecule, the three-part building block. The longer term (12 characters, including the space, and five syllables), nucleic acid, which is inherent in the names DNA and RNA, designates the big, long molecule.
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January was Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, but we'd like to note that sexually active people should be aware of cervical cancer in any month and continue the recommended preventive and early detection measures for it, which includes keeping up with Pap tests. To maintain awareness, we're kicking off the month for lovers–February–with a post about cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV).
Yet, despite the dangers associated with HPV, only 33.9% of American girls, ages 13-17, reported to the CDC in 2010 that they had been fully vaccinated (3 doses) against HPV. When I mapped the state by state rates of vaccination, I found a dramatic distribution, from only 19% of girls in Idaho to nearly 60% in South Dakota and Rhode Island.
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By Sun Herald, Biloxi/Gulfport
The Mississippi Legislature is a day away from completing half of its 90-day session. Let us hope lawmakers are saving the best for last, because thus far, their productivity has been less than auspicious.
Not that legislators have not made headlines since convening last month.
There was the failed attempt to establish a state commission to pass judgment on actions by the federal government.
There are also the ongoing attempts:
• To put firearms in the hands of school teachers (without, of course, a psychological evaluation).
• To keep large soft drink containers in the hands of Mississippians.
• To permit students to give voice to their silent prayers.
If by now legislators had passed a balanced budget and reformed public education and done all they could to improve the state's economy and the health of their constituents, then it wouldn't matter that such legislative initiatives occupied lawmakers' time at the Capitol.
But too little heavy lifting appears to have been done.
Gov. Phil Bryant has gotten his Education Works package passed by both chambers of the Legislature. And even before senators and representatives work out their differences on the legislation, Bryant has declared, "It is bold, it is dramatic, it will upset the status quo."
It would also be bold, dramatic and upsetting of the status quo to have a legislative session where priorities were set early on and the real issues facing Mississippians were debated and addressed weeks before legislators had to start meeting until midnight to complete their task.
Some hard choices need to be made in Mississippi, and we don't see how delay will make any of them any easier.
We appreciate that there is a legislative process and officeholders are accustomed to a certain pace and the introduction of legislation doomed from the start.
But Mississippians struggling to stay employed and healthy – or to get that way – have little tolerance for distractions.


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IceCaps, Crunch split opening games of series in Syracuse; Game 3 here on Wednesday
Published on April 23, 2012
Robin Short, The Telegram
Keith McCambridge won't go so far as to say he is satisfied with his team's split in its first two games of the first round in the American Hockey League's post season, but the St. John's coach admits the IceCaps accomplished the goal of winning at least one playoff game on the road.
"In the playoffs, you always try to steal one in the other team's building," McCambridge said Sunday, as the IceCaps were making their way back from Syracuse, N.Y., where St. John's won Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-2 Friday before dropping a 4-3 decision to the Crunch Saturday night.
"You're never satisfied with a split. But the main thing is take one and we accomplished that."
The IceCaps and Crunch resume their best-of-five series at Mile One Centre this week, with Game 3 set for 7:30 Wednesday night and Game 4 going 7:30 p.m. Friday. If a Game 5 is required, it will go 7:30 Saturday night. All games can be heard on 930AM and stjohnsicecaps.com, and viewed on Rogers TV.
On Friday, Jason King scored the game-winner with 1:22 left in regulation time as the IceCaps secured the all-important first win, a victory even more imperative in the three-out-of-five first round. Saturday, however, it was the Crunch scoring the game's final goal, when a pass from high-scoring Syracuse forward Kyle Palmieri bounced off the skate of teammate Brandon McMillan and past IceCaps' goalie Eddie Pasquale as the Crunch enjoyed a power play.
"I actually liked us better in the second game than the first," McCambridge said.
"In the first game, I thought we got better as we went on and by the third, we played a little better.
"In the second game, we did some good things in areas of the game that we had stressed. But Syracuse has a good team. They're playing some real good hockey."
John Mitchell, Mark Bell and Matt Clark also scored for the Crunch Saturday. Replying for St. John's was Aaron Gagnon, with a pair of goals, and Patrice Cormier.
St. John's opened scoring when Gagnon netted the first of his two goals just 41 seconds after the opening faceoff. Bell, the NHL veteran of 450 big league games, drew Syracuse even at 11:03 of the first period.
Clark and Mitchell scored goals within a 1:40 span in the second period before Cormier closed the gap to a goal at the 4:18 mark, with Postma drawing another assist, along with Spencer Machacek.
Gagnon tied the game 46 seconds into the third period on the power play, before McMillan's tally at 12:25 of the third, with Syracuse enjoying the man advantage compliments of Brett Festerling's tripping minor.
"We got ourselves into some penalty trouble and we were lucky enough to kill off one," said McCambridge, referring to John Albert's hooking minor.
"But at the end, we dug ourselves a hole. We were flirting with danger, getting away with killing off the first penalty, but the next one got us."
The IceCaps were nabbed for eight minor penalties ( to the Crunch's five) by the two-man refereeing crew of Mark Lemelin and Chris Ciamaga.
"Calls are calls," McCambridge said. "Every team has to deal with them."
One stat column in which Syracuse dominated was the shot clock, as the Crunch outshot their guests 77-50 through the two games.
But IceCaps' rookie Pasquale was equal to the task, making a combined 71 saves through 120 minutes of play.
"I thought he was the difference in the first game," said McCambridge of his goalie who turned aside 35 shots. "Last night, he gave us a chance to win with some nice saves. He hasn't shown any rookie nerves."
According to the Syracuse Post-Standard, rookie forward Peter Holland, the Crunch's second-leading point-getter this season (23-37-60), is making the trip to St. John's. Holland, the Anaheim Ducks' first-round draft pick in 2009 (15th overall) suffered a concussion April 14 and didn't play in the first two games of the series.


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In the tradition of the liberal arts, Muhlenberg's Theatre & Dance Department doesn't just concern itself with training actors, dancers, and designers. We aim to create an environment in which actors, dancers, and designers become thinkers and artists.
Departmental Curricular Learning Goals
Students should:
- Investigate the functions and value of performances in human life by making performances and by studying them.
- Create meaningful and vivid performances using a variety of generative artistic processes.
- Analyze performances in cultural and historical context using a range of contemporary scholarly methods.
- Integrate embodied and scholarly/analytic approaches to performance.
- Make artistic choices informed by conceptual understanding and practical training.
- Exhibit a rigorous work ethic grounded in a productive approach to collaboration.
- Develop a personal yet self-reflective voice, expressed in artistic and scholarly/analytic modes.
- Discern their individual contribution to the performing arts as producers, advocates, critics, and consumers of culture.
- Write creatively and cogently about performances.
- Cultivate an informed artistic point-of-view sharpened by the integration of knowledge about theatrical performance with insight derived from interdisciplinary connections within the broad liberal arts framework.
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Every day, Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is challenged with a difficult task: balancing the blood system.
Michelle Rogerson, director of product and hospital services for CBS, calls it the "Goldilocks effect." You certainly don't want too little blood, but you don't want to take too much of it, either — especially too much of the wrong kind.
"In Newfoundland, we have whole blood collection, we have apheresis plasma collection and we have apheresis platelet collection, so we pretty much have the full gamut," she said. "Knowing the blood group of the donor would perhaps influence which type of donation we would prefer to collect."
Apheresis refers to a process by which a specific component is extracted from the blood during a donation.
Like any blood system, Canada's is very complicated.
There are four main blood groups: O, A, B and AB. Each of these can have either a positive or negatve Rh factor.
Canadian Blood Services works closely with hospitals to determine how much blood will be needed, and organize donations based on that.
"We can get a really good idea of what demand is by doing modelling and forecasting based on previous years," Rogerson said. "But, for example, if there's a new cancer care facility that starts up in the city, then obviously that's going to change the demand pattern, so we may have to adjust our collection patterns to suit that as well."
Group O-negative blood is the universal blood type, which means it's always in demand.
"I don't think I'd ever say we've had too much O-neg," she said. "I think we're further ahead than we were five years ago, but we still don't have as robust an O-neg inventory as I would like to see."
Donors with O-negative blood are best giving whole blood. Just seven per cent of Canadians are O-negative, making donors with this blood type particularly precious to the blood system.
Doctors in hospital TV shows such as "Grey's Anatomy" demonstrate how O-negative blood can be crucial in emergency situations.
"They'll say, 'Ten units O-neg, stat to the OR!'" Rogerson said.
Solid stock
Smaller hospitals that keep little blood in stock always have a solid stock of O-negative blood because it can be used by any patient when there isn't time to test for blood type.
Dr. Lucinda Whitman, divisional chief for laboratory medicine (hematology) for Eastern Health, said because O-negative cells don't have have any A or B antibodies, which would kill the new cells, Type O blood can safely be transfused to a patient of any blood type.
"Those red cells are the least likely to cause reaction in the patient who gets them, so it can go to any blood group," she said. "Some transfusions are an emergency thing — you know, someone who's been in a car accident, for instance, may need blood and they need it really fast."
Hospitals keep a supply of blood on hand, based on predicted needs. When a situation isn't urgent, however, blood type is tested prior to transfusion.
"When a patient comes in and they're going to need blood, first of all the responsible physician orders the blood and it could be any one of a number of different blood products that we stock within the hospital," Whitman said. "Then the order comes to the blood bank with a sample from the patient, and we match up the right blood component for the right patient."
High demand
Blood type AB donors are also in high demand, but, unlike group
O-negative donors, it's not red blood cells CBS is looking for.
"The plasma from an AB person can go to an A person, a B person or an O person," Whitman said.
Because of this, Type AB donors are best used in the plasma program. Just three per cent of Canadians have Type AB blood. Plasma donors can give once a week — more frequently than whole blood donors.
"AB plasma is the blood group of choice for plasma transfusions," Rogerson said. "And that's a very rare group."
Groups A-positive and O-positive are the largest blood groups, and they both have relatively constant supply and demand. Most donors in these groups are best off giving whole blood.
"O-pos would be the most prevalent blood group in patients, so therefore we would need more
O-pos," Rogerson said.
An overwhelming 39 per cent of Canadians are Type O-positive. Their blood can be used by any person with a positive Rh factor.
"Therefore it would make sense that it would be the highest in demand on a regular basis," she said.
The same goes for group A-positive — about 35 per cent of Canadians fit in this blood group.
Though the need is great, blood from A-positive donors is compatible with fewer blood types than that of O donors.
Type A platelet donors are also needed, as they can donate to patients in both group A and group O. If you have a high platelet count and your blood type is A-positive, there's a good chance CBS will encourage you to donate platelets.
Though Canadian Blood Services is in constant need of blood, somtimes donors want to give more than is needed.
"We don't want to outdate products. We don't want to have too much," Rogerson said. "We just want to have exactly what we need to meet patient demand."
CBS usually has a higher inventory of B-positive blood, meaning these donors are not as high in demand as donors of the other blood types. The demand is simlar with B-negative blood. As the second-smallest blood type in Canada, fewer donors are required.
B donors are best used giving whole blood, but only once or twice a year, rather than more regularly. Even if a donor wants to come in each time they're eligible — every 56 days — CBS doesn't want to take a person's blood if it's not going to be used.
"It's a hard message sometimes, because they feel that you're encouraging them not to come in, so it's how to balance that well," Rogerson said.
Type B donors who want to give more frequently could also donate plasma.
CBS doesn't turn donors away, but works with them to find where their donation can be best used to save lives.
Rogerson said she often tries to encourage donors by saying, "If you give red cells — or whole blood donation — three times a year, this is what it might mean to a patient."
The Telegram is encouraging people to head down to the Canadian Blood Services clinic at 7 Wicklow St. in St. John's to help reach the goal of 250 blood donations for the annual The Telegram Saves Lives week.
The clinic is open today from
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday from
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Binghamton University hosts state-wide Odyssey of the Mind finals
BINGHAMTON, NY -- Binghamton University will host the 34th annual NYS Odyssey of the Mind Finals on Saturday, March 23. The competition theme this year is "Monster Mash."
Competition begins at 8:00 a.m. in various locations on the University campus including the University Union, West Gym, C4, the Anderson Center and the Events Center. Odyssey of the Mind organizers expect more than 4,000 people to attend the event.
In keeping with the theme, special exhibits will be open from several local organizations including Roberson, Kopernik, the Binghamton Zoo and the Odyssey Mascot, OMER will be roaming campus to greet teams.
The Odyssey State Tournament will close with an awards ceremony beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Events Center.
Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college. Students apply their creativity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics. They then bring their solutions to competition on the local, state and world level.
New York State has the largest number of Odyssey of the Mind participants in the United States. For more information and a full schedule, see the New York State Odyssey of the Mind website at http://www.nysoma.org/.


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Hasbro has covered a lot of prequel ground over the last 12 years, to the point where almost every iteration of every character has a solid, modern-quality representation. However, their Star Wars brand is an ongoing business, it still runs the figure line from the entire saga, and in doing so, Hasbro attempts to cater to the whims of younger fans who grew up with the prequels and recognize Star Wars from that, along with hardcore fans who want high quality figures of everything - all while making sure that the mainstream markets don't ignore the product for being too specialized. It's a delicate balance, to be sure.
So the question becomes, is there a reasonable abundance of good, MARKETABLE ideas left for Hasbro to mine from the prequels, or has the last few years pushed out nearly everything that could need to be done? Cite examples and we will discuss.


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"The thing I admire about the rat tail is that it takes commitment. It's not like one day you just decide you want one, you have to grow out that bad boy and you have to repeatedly convince the hairdresser to trust you because it's a great idea."
I mean you admonish me for my spelling (and misspell words) and my reading skills, then argue with me against gun laws.
Which we agree 100% on..........funny!
Is it too soon to wish a "MERRY CHRISTMAS???"
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Stan b & Elvis
So lets assume its year 2020 and there are no guns in America as of today. Back in 2012 assault rifles were used in mass kilings but since then, most wackos are using grandpa's shotgun, moms purse derringer and dads service revolver. So in 2020, we outlaw all guns. How will these wackos carry out their demonic attacks? I can think of a few right off the top:
1. Fill moms car with open buckets of gas and drive into something while igniting it.
2. do a mass poisoning? seems to be popular in countries with no guns.
3. make home made pipe bombs from products gathered at a local hardware store.
I think once guns are outlawed, the list of other outlawed items will grow exponentially.
Why are rational people (at least most of you are) trying to come up with rational ideas on how to solve this? If your not a wacko, you need to think like a wacko in order to solve this. No one in a state of mind like that is going to think to themselves "gee, there are no guns available so I guess I just have to deal with it and not kill anyone!"
For all the hard work this group does to figure out how better to communicate with their dogs, you would think we would apply the same to the twisted, deranged, wacko, pshyco's out there. Anyone who thinks they can solve this problem without understanding this is a fool in my book.
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For you Stan,
From the Urban Dictionary:
Secular Progressive 60 up, 95 down A term coined by FoxNews' Bill O'Reilly to describe liberals in a negative way as a means to perpetuate the conservative myth that all liberals are evil and want to destroy America as we know it.
A thinly veiled attempt to further divide our country in a time of national crisis in order to solidify the conservative base of "Traditionalists" as described by Mr. O'Reilly.
Cary, are you saying the term "McCarthyites" is not real? Or referring to them as "Boy Scouts" is a cliche? Sorry, don't get your argument there.
Somehow the murder of 20 children has become another lib vs con name-calling fest. I hate that. Our problems are so much deeper than gun legislation.
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"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
there's no good reason to fatten up a retriever.
Stan; I object to your characterization of Democrats. I am proudly a Democrat and proudly a gun owner. I plan to keep those two facts true until the day I die!!
Wikipedia:The political fault line here is not Dems /Repubs , or Lib/Cons. It is more urban/ rural.Progressivism is a general political philosophy advocating or favoring gradual social, political, and economic reform. Modern Progressivism emerged as part of a more general response to the vast social changes brought by industrialization.
It is left of center in the political spectrum and is to be contrasted with conservatism on the right and the revolutionary left, the former generally resisting changes it advocates and the latter rejecting its gradualism.
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After our last camp out we noticed that many of our younger Scouts seem to have been over looked when it comes to their gear and gear selections to include packing that gear. Now, let me explain here because if you have spent about a day browsing this blog and you know our Troop, gear is one of those subjects we talk about like it was a merit badge… ahhh.. maybe that's not a great example… talking and teaching about gear is like teaching first aid.. yeah.. that one works better.
We believe that gear is essential in a great camping experience. Not a lot of gear.. but the right gear. And it seems that as of late we have been a bit lazy in really getting into the nitty-gritty about gear with some of the Scouts of the troop.
Now in all fairness, the Scouts that immediately take interest in the gear they have and show excitement obviously get into those discussions with us. And parents that see that enthusiasm in their son make it a point to talk about gear choices with us.
Having said all of that…
After the last camp out the Assistant Scoutmasters and I evaluated some of the processes we have in place to teach and talk about gear. Seeking a solution to the issue we concluded that we needed to go back to square one with some of the Scouts. We identified that the group of Scouts that have not yet completed all of the requirements for First Class was our target.. and more to the point.. their parents.
We have decided that in "starting over" with these Scouts and their parents we would demonstrate what it is that we consider the gear needed to support their Scout. To do this we are going to do a full lay out of 3 sets of gear. Mine, representing average gear that is on the lighter side. Bryce, one of the Assistant Scoutmasters, will lay his gear out which will show the middle of the road gear, very affordable and easy to use. Finally Ken, another of the Assistant Scoutmaster's, will lay out his "heavier set up" with higher end items.
The thing that all three of our set ups have in common are the break down of gear types and the fact that we are pretty much carrying the same thing just in different forms, brands, and weight classes.
Our gear is broken into 3 groups.
First. The Big 3. This group includes the Backpack, the Sleep system, and Shelter.
The Backpack is essential in the discussion of gear. It's were all of this is going to end up. There are essentially two types of packs that we discuss with the Scout (and Parent) Internal Frame packs and External Frame packs. We used to not recommend Internal Packs for our Scouts, but with the modernization of the internal packs and the technology that has gone into the development of the internal frame pack, it is a far better pack than older versions. The biggest concern with internal frame packs when it comes to Scouts is the packing of the pack. Internal frame packs require a tad bit more thought in packing so the gear will give the wearer a comfortable ride. This is the advantage of the External frame pack. The weight and ride of the pack is distributed on the frame. If a Scout does not pack well, he will, by and large, still have a load that is manageable.
I switched to internal frame packs about 3 years ago and love them now that I have played with them and refined my packing.
We recommend, that no matter which style of pack a Scout gets it has at least 3900 cubic inches of space. Now, all that space does not have to get filled up, but 3900 cube will allow for the Scout to make an easier time of packing.
Next we talk about the Sleep System. Note that I did not say sleeping bag. The sleep system is the bag or quilt and the pad or insulation. When it comes to sleeping bags the sky is the limit on materials, fill, rating, size and shape. The down versus synthetic argument is one that we resolve by saying this. Down is lighter and warm but when it's wet it is not worth having. Synthetic materials are warm, heavier, and will maintain it's warmth even when wet. We recommend to parents that if their Scout can take care of it, down is the way to go. Having said that.. I have a synthetic bag.
Sleeping bag liners add about 10 degrees to any bag and are small and light. They are a great addition here in the Northwest to a sleep system and can carry a 20 degree bag well into the teens.
Ground insulation goes beyond a ground cloth. A sleeping pad whether it is a Closed Cell Foam pad (CCF) or an inflatable pad is a must. CCF pads are light and durable and work really well in the winter. Most inflatable pads lack insulation but are comfortable and still get you off the ground. There are insulated inflatable pads out there and they are well worth the extra money and weight. A current trend is to put the inflatable pad inside of the sleeping bag. This maintains the comfort and heat qualities of the pad.
The final component of the "Big 3" is the Shelter. Again, note that I did not say tent. A lot of Scouts now are finding their way into tarps and bivies. There are advantages in weight savings, ease, and multiple configurations to the tarp and bivy style of camping. Regardless of what you decide to sleep under, this part of the big 3 typically makes up a major portion of the money spent on gear.
Tarps tend to be lighter, and I should clarify that I am not talking about your standard BiMart blue tarp. We are talking nylon or silicone impregnated nylon (Silnylon). They provide good cover and are nice and light. A good tent will last a Scout for ever if he takes care of it. Most Scouts of our troop trend towards a single person tent for a few reasons. First, the ownership. The Scout takes care of gear that belongs to him better than he will if it does not. Second, the weight of a single person tent is a big savings in the pack as well as the volume. And finally, the idea that he can adapt the tent to his style, needs, and he does not have to worry about someone elses gear in there. When he is ready to go to sleep, he can.
Some have suggested that this practice takes away from the social aspect of the camp out. This has not seemed to bare out in our troop. Nylon tents are not sound proof and the Scouts set up their tents pretty close and lay there and chat. They set up tents with the doors facing and play cards in the middle. They tend to figure it out. A two person tent is a great investment also and allows for more room. You will carry a bit more weight, but for some, the added room and the flexibility to add a person.
The key when picking out a good tent is to look for free-standing, easy set up, and good coverage. Whether you pick a tarp, hammock, bivy or tent coverage, ease of use and how much you want to pay is a good way to start your shopping.
Tomorrow on the blog we will talk about the "Next 3". The next group of gear that includes the components; Cook Kit, First Aid kit, and Rain Gear.
If you have comments or questions please leave them here on the blog.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Gear Glorious Gear part 1
After our last camp out we noticed that many of our younger Scouts seem to have been over looked when it comes to their gear and gear selections to include packing that gear. Now, let me explain here because if you have spent about a day browsing this blog and you know our Troop, gear is one of those subjects we talk about like it was a merit badge… ahhh.. maybe that's not a great example… talking and teaching about gear is like teaching first aid.. yeah.. that one works better.


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Perfecting the modern craft of wood furniture design and manufacturing, Mattiazzi has a history of design, craft, industrial processes, and sustainable practices. Based in Udine, Italy, the company has over 30 years of experience in crafting wood, by hand and with advanced machinery. Mattiazzi products balance beauty and comfort, communicating to the senses the warmth and familiarity of solid wood.
Mattiazzi has been on the cutting edge of woodworking and furniture design since 1978, when brothers Nevio and Fabiano Mattiazzi founded the company. Since then, the company has developed a network of wood shops in their region that are diverse enough to support any manufacturing process the brand may need. Shops specialize in all aspects of woodcraft - from milling to lacquering. Their highly specialized craftsmen operate the most sophisticated machinery available to the wood industry. Specialized milling machines, for example, allow wood to take the complex shapes associated with injection-molded plastic. Operating such a machine is an art and Mattiazzi has pioneered and perfected the modern craft of mechanized manufacturing. All products are crafted, finished and hand-inspected through every step of manufacturing and assembly to produce wood furniture of impeccable quality and flawless design.
Konstantin Grcic was born in Munich, Germany in 1965. After training as a cabinet maker at Parnham College in England he studied Design at the Royal College of Art in London from 1988-1990. Since setting up his own design practice Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design in Munich in 1991 he has developed furniture, products and lighting for some of Europe's leading design companies such as Agape, Authentics, ClassiCon, Driade, Flos, Iittala, Krups, Lamy, Magis, Moormann, Moroso, Muji, Whirlpool. Konstantin Grcic creates industrial products widely described as pared down, simple, minimalist. What sets him apart from the minimalism in fashion today is that he defines function in human terms, combining maximum formal strictness with considerable mental acuity and humor.
Many of his products have received prestigious design awards. In October 2000 Konstantin Grcic was nominated "Guest of Honour" at the Interieur Biennial in Kortrijk/Belgium presenting an extensive show of his work. The Mayday-lamp produced by Flos was included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and won the Compasso D'Oro in 2001.View other products by Konstantin Grcic