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U.S. Equal Employment
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Meeting of February 25, 2009 - on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Implementation of Title II of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008
I am very pleased to speak to you briefly about the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement Title II of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) that the Commission has recently approved. I will summarize the twelve sections of the proposed rule, which will ultimately be published as a final rule at 29 C.F.R. Part 1635, in very general terms, noting a few issues on which we are particularly interested in public comment.
GINA was enacted in response to developments in the field of genetics, the decoding of the human genome, and advances in genomic medicine. Congress believed that individuals were not taking advantage of genetic tests that could inform them whether they are at risk of acquiring certain conditions, because of concerns about discrimination by insurers or employers with access to their genetic information. Moreover, without this legislation, Congress believed individuals might be reluctant to participate in beneficial genetic research.
Consequently, Title I of GINA amends portions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit certain insurance practices based on genetic information. And, Title II of GINA prohibits employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, joint labor-management committees, and apprenticeship programs (all of which we refer to collectively in the NPRM as covered entities) from using genetic information to make employment decisions, prohibits deliberate acquisition of genetic information from employees and applicants for employment, and strictly limits the circumstances under which covered entities may disclose genetic information about applicants and employees.
Section 1635.1 does nothing more than to state that the proposed rule's purpose is to implement Title II of GINA. Proposed Section 1635.2 is a list of definitions common to employment discrimination laws, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. As this section makes clear, GINA applies to private employers with fifteen or more employees, state and local government employers of the same size, federal executive branch agencies (including the Executive Office of the President), and the United States Congress.
Proposed section 1635.3 includes definitions of terms unique to GINA: family member, family medical history, genetic information, genetic test, genetic monitoring, genetic services, and "manifested or manifestation" as that term applies to a disease or disorder in an individual or a family member of the individual. EEOC staff developed these definitions through close collaboration– both informally, before the Commission voted on the September 26, 2008 version of the NPRM, and subsequently during the formal coordination process through the Office of Management and Budget – with agencies having the necessary expertise, such as the National Institutes of Health.
The Preamble accompanying the proposed rule specifically invites public comment on these definitions. For example, consistent with the plain language of the statute, the proposed regulation defines "genetic test" as "an analysis of human DNA, RNA, chromosomes, proteins, or metabolites that detects genotypes, mutations, or chromosomal changes." The regulation adds, however, that a test to detect the presence of a virus that is not composed of DNA, RNA, chromosomes, proteins, or metabolites is not a genetic test; nor is a test to determine whether someone is using drugs or alcohol. These points were included to provide some additional clarity and some assurance to the regulated community that certain types of tests they may legitimately conduct are still permitted, subject of course to whatever limitations the ADA or other laws may impose. The Preamble asks for comment on whether additional examples of what do or do not constitute genetic tests should be included in the final regulation or Preamble.
Sections 1635.4 through 1635.7 prohibit the same forms of discrimination as Title VII and other employment discrimination laws. Section 1635.4 prohibits discrimination with respect to hiring, promotion and demotion, seniority, discipline, termination, compensation, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. Section 1635.5 prohibits policies and practices that limit, segregate, or classify employees because of genetic information. Section 1635.6 prohibits an employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee from causing an employer to discriminate against an individual because of genetic information, such as where an employment agency refuses to refer an applicant for employment because of genetic information. Section 1635.7 prohibits retaliation against an individual who opposes any act made unlawful by GINA, files a charge of discrimination or assists another in doing so, or gives testimony in connection with a charge. Unlike Title VII, GINA does not provide a cause of action for disparate impact. Instead, it requires that a special commission study the issue beginning in 2014 and make recommendations on whether the law ought to be changed to provide for such a cause of action.
Section 1635.8 includes the general rule that a covered entity may not request, require, or purchase genetic information about an applicant or employee, and then describes six narrow exceptions to this rule. The first exception is where the acquisition of genetic information is inadvertent, which may include information that a supervisor or manager overhears in a conversation between co-workers (sometimes referred to as the "water cooler" exception), as well as inadvertent disclosures that occur in other circumstances, such as when an employee inadvertently provides genetic information as part of documentation to support a request for a reasonable accommodation under the ADA. Genetic information may also be provided as part of a voluntary wellness program, in support of a request for FMLA leave, through documents that are publicly and commercially available (such as newspapers, magazines, or books), as part of genetic monitoring of toxic substances in the workplace (so long as an employee provides prior knowing, written, and voluntary consent), and where an employer engages in DNA collection for law enforcement purposes as a forensic lab or for human remains identification.
Three instances in which we specifically ask for public comments in connection with proposed section 1635.8 are noteworthy. First, we ask for input on how the term "voluntary" should be defined with respect to a wellness program. In ADA enforcement guidance, the Commission has said only that a wellness program is voluntary if it neither requires employees to participate, nor penalizes employees for non-participation. Second, we invite comment on whether the exception for genetic information acquired through sources that are publicly and commercially available should include sources other than those mentioned in the statute – newspapers, magazines, or books. The proposed regulation also includes electronic media, such as the Internet, television, and movies. We ask whether these sources should remain a part of the regulation, and whether others (such as personal websites and social networking sites) ought to be included. Finally, we ask for comments on how the exception applicable to DNA collection for forensic labs and human remains identification will affect law enforcement.
Section 1635.9 includes GINA's confidentiality requirement and six narrow exceptions to confidentiality. Consistent with GINA's plain language, a covered entity must keep genetic information separate from personnel files, but it may keep it in the same file as medical information subject to the ADA. Also, the NPRM states that covered entities are not required to keep genetic information confidential that they obtained through sources that are publicly and commercially available, but they still may not use such information to discriminate.
The NPRM allows disclosure of genetic information in six situations, all found in the statute: to the individual to whom the information relates, if the individual requests disclosure in writing; to an occupational health researcher "if the research is being conducted in compliance with certain federal regulations;" to comply with a court order, as long as the disclosure is carefully tailored to the terms of the order and the covered entity informs the individual about the order and what information it disclosed; to government officials investigating compliance with GINA; to comply with the requirements of the FMLA or similar state or local leave laws; and to federal, state, or local public health officials in connection with a family member's contagious disease that presents an imminent hazard of death or life-threatening illness, as long as the employee is informed of the disclosure.
Section 1635.10 sets forth the remedies, rights, and procedures available for violations of GINA. Essentially, they are the same remedies, rights, and procedures that are available for violations of Title VII, including the requirement to file charges with EEOC against private or state or local government employers and the requirement to exhaust administrative remedies and meet all applicable time frames for filing complaints against federal sector employers. Statutory caps on damages apply, and punitive damages are unavailable against federal, state, or local government employers.
Proposed section 1635.11 describes the relationship of GINA to other federal, state, or local laws. GINA does not limit the protections available under any federal, state, or local laws (including privacy laws) that provide equal or greater protection than GINA provides, and does not limit an individual's rights under any federal state or local laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability. This section also includes GINA's "firewall" provision that seeks to ensure that health plan or issuer requirements or prohibitions are addressed and remedied through ERISA, the Public Health Service Act, or the Internal Revenue Code (as those laws are amended by Title I of the GINA) and not through Title II and other employment discrimination procedures. To try and put it simply, if Title I provides a remedy for a particular insurance-related practice, then that practice may not be challenged and a remedy may not be sought under Title II.
Other provisions in this section clarify that GINA does not limit or expand rights or obligations under workers' compensation laws; limit or expand the rights of federal agencies to conduct or support occupational or other health research conducted in accordance with certain federal regulations; or limit the statutory or regulatory authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or the Mine Safety and Health Administration to promulgate workplace health and safety laws and regulations. Another provision addresses the exemption from GINA of the Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains.
Finally, proposed section 1635.11 states that the provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, not those of GINA, govern the obligations of HIPAA covered entities with respect to genetic information that is protected health information. For example, if an employee received treatment at the hospital where she was employed, HIPAA would govern the collection and maintenance of medical records obtained by the hospital in its role as a health care provider. However, Title II of GINA would govern genetic information about the same employee obtained by the hospital in the course of employment, such as family medical history provided to support a request for FMLA leave.
Finally, proposed section 1635.12 says that GINA does not apply to the acquisition, use, or disclosure of information about a manifested disease or disorder, other than genetic information, even if the disease or disorder has a genetic basis. However, provisions of the ADA governing the acquisition, use, and disclosure of medical information continue to apply to information about a manifested disease or disorder.
The NPRM has been sent to the Federal Register and we expect it to be published for a sixty-day comment period this week. I would be happy to take any questions.


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Hate Crimes Against Latinos At New Record Levels
FBI data document continued disturbing and violent trend
October 28, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC – The annual Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Hate Crimes Statistics Report released yesterday documents the continued rise of crimes that police report are motivated by bias against Hispanics. In 2007, local police reported to the FBI that there were 830 victims of anti-Hispanic crimes in 595 incidents around the nation. Both of these numbers represent increases over the previous year and surpass previous highs dating back to when annual reports were first mandated by the Hate Crimes Statistics Act.
According to the report, in 2007, Hispanics comprised 61.7 percent of victims of crimes motivated by a bias toward the victims' ethnicity or national origin. In 2004, the comparable figure was 51.5 percent. Since 2003, the number of both victims of anti-Hispanic crimes and incidents increased by nearly 40 percent.
Earlier this year, Luis Ramirez, a Mexican immigrant who was engaged to be married to the U.S. citizen mother of his two small children, was beaten to death by a group of white teenagers in Shenandoah, PA. According to witnesses and local reports, he was accosted on the evening of July 12 and suffered fatal blows to the head and other parts of the body while the perpetrators shouted racial and ethnic epithets. MALDEF successfully requested the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the killing as a hate crime and the local District Attorney has filed murder and ethnic intimidation charges in the slaying. The trial will take place in the coming months.
"Hispanics are under assault in America's neighborhoods," stated MALDEF President and General Counsel John Trasviña. "Heightened anti-immigrant sentiment fueled by cable and radio talk show hosts, coupled with local police efforts to enforce federal immigration law, leaves members of our communities more in danger with less protection than ever before. The FBI report makes the enactment of comprehensive immigration reform more critical to our community's safety and the nation's future. It must be a priority for the next President and Congress."
The report goes on to demonstrate the steady growth of anti-Hispanic hate crimes after 2003.
2007: 595 anti-Hispanic crimes against 830 victims
2006: 576 anti-Hispanic crimes against 819 victims
2005: 522 anti-Hispanic crimes against 722 victims
2004: 475 anti-Hispanic crimes against 646 victims
2003: 426 anti-Hispanic crimes against 595 victims
2002: 480 anti-Hispanic crimes against 639 victims
Click here to view the full report.
For all media inquiries, please contact Laura Rodriguez.


text: DL Ebenezer Ogundeko made his official visit to Clemson over the weekend and the Tigers have moved into a tie with Florida at the top of his list. "It was good and I had a lot of fun," said Ogundeko who did not return home until today because of flight delays. "I really liked the atmosphere and the people were very nice. The coaches were pretty cool." He said he talked with Dabo Swinney, Marion Hobby and Brent Venables. Clemson recruiters will be in to visit him tomorrow and Swinney is going in next week. He has also visited Florida and Arizona State and will visit Syracuse December 7th. He plans to announce his decision at the UnderArmour Game in January.


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Sgt. Luis Delgadillo, USA Special to American Forces Press Service
FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq, Jan. 2, 2008 With small additions like street lights, a sense of safety is returning to the streets of two Iraqi communities.
More than a month after street lights were installed in Arab Jabour and Buaytha, south of Baghdad, local citizens and soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Divisions 2nd Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Stewart, Ga., are enjoying the peace of mind the lights have brought to the area.
Yassin Majid Yassin, a member of the concerned local citizens group that helps to provide security in Arab Jabour, said the street lights are just the first step in securing the night. He said he hopes that in time, he and his fellow citizens will be able to take on a larger role in securing their neighborhoods at night, for a role now performed largely by soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment.
Army Spc. Dwight Arceneaux, a combat medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, said the street lights have made night patrols a little safer, because anyone out after dark now is easily identifiable, a fact that Yassin and his fellow concerned citizens find comforting. Arceneaux added that the lights also help him and his fellow soldiers recognize which vehicles should or shouldnt be out on roads after curfew.
Yassin agreed with Arceneaux, adding that nighttime visibility also has meant that roads can stay open in the daytime, as those who would plant roadside bombs no longer have darkness to hide their activities.
If you were to ask all the people around here, they would tell you the same thing: The lights have made things safer, he said.
As coalition forces push further south into areas where al Qaeda has been pushed, concerned local citizens like Yassin will take on a larger role in defending their communities, military officials said.
(Army Sgt. Luis Delgadillo serves with 3rd Infantry Divisions 2nd Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office.)


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The monthly app has been developed by Engine Creative for BBC Worldwide's licensing partner Immediate Media, and costs £2.99 per issue.
The latest incarnation of the 19 year old magazine includes HD videos and galleries, an interactive content wheel which helps users navigate the latest TopGear news, social media links, exclusive offers and a buyers' guide for every new car available.
At its launch last night, Charlie Turner, editor-in-chief of TopGear Magazine, called the app a "huge milestone", but stressed, "the launch is just the beginning of a very long journey for Top Gear, the interactivity and features on this app will grow exponentially over time."
Engine Creative used the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite platform to design the app, and the agency's strategic director Andy Wise, said the challenge was "how to squeeze so much great content into the iPad edition?" The styling of the monthly magazine has also evolved with the app and its touchscreen-friendly design.
Top Gear Magazine used to average a monthly circulation of around 200,000 just three years ago, but since then its print circulaiton has tumbled to 155,017 in the first half 2012, down nearly 20% year on year.
The magazine remains the UK's most popular motoring title, and one of the most successful magazine brands in the world, with 30 licensed editions available in 68 territories.Follow @DurraniMix


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and other similar activities are allowed in many Park Authority parks. Guidelines have been established to assure good stewardship of the natural and cultural resources in the parks.
Download the approved list of parks where geocaching, letterboxing, and other similar activities are allowed. If a park is not on this list, geocaching is not allowed unless written permission from the Park Authority has been given. The typical reasons for not allowing a cache are safety or good stewardship – lack of trails or parking, sensitive natural or cultural resources, nearby schools, size of the park or the park's topography.
Geocaches may be placed in one of the approved parks as long as they adhere to the following guidelines:
Geocaching and Letterboxing
Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which participants (called "geocachers") use a Global Positioning System receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache (pronounced /kæ?/ like the English word cash) is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and "treasure" (usually toys or trinkets of little monetary value). Variations of geocaching are Earthcaching, Cache-In Trash Out, Event Caching, and others.
Another activity that is similar to geocaching is letterboxing.
Letterboxing is an outdoor hobby that combines elements of orienteering, art and puzzle solving. Letterboxers hide small, weatherproof boxes in publicly-accessible places (like parks) and distribute clues to finding the box in printed catalogs, on one of several web sites, or by word of mouth. Individual letterboxes usually contain a logbook and a rubber stamp. Finders make an imprint of the letterbox's stamp on their personal logbook, and leave an impression of their personal stamp on the letterbox's logbook – as proof of having found the box. Many letterboxers keep careful track of their "find count".
-from Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia
As with any activity on parkland, the Park Authority reserves the right to place reasonable restrictions on the time, manner or place in which an activity is conducted. Although most park visitors value parkland and resources, there have been many instances where individuals left private property on parkland as part of illicit activities and there are frequently unauthorized uses on parkland that could pose a threat to public safety, or damage property and/or cultural or natural resources. For these reasons, the Park Authority needs to regulate all activities on parkland.
- Geocaches shall only be located in developed park areas that have existing uses, trails and established access points. Geocaches shall not be placed more than 25 feet away from a maintained trail or developed area in a park.
- Developed areas may include parking lots, roadways, athletic fields, tennis courts, picnic areas, etc.
- Established/Maintained trails are typically asphalt, concrete, or gravel and are usually maintained six to ten feet wide. Casual (beaten footpaths) or wildlife trails are not considered maintained trails.
- The Park Authority is most concerned with trails that are not in the right place in the landscape -- e.g. go directly up a slope as opposed to across a slope, are on the banks of a stream as opposed to further away, trails that show obvious signs of flooding and abuse (e.g. a 4 foot trail that widens to 8 feet due to a wet spot isn't a good trail).
- A general rule of thumb for defining an established trail is: Would a really determined geocacher be able to get a trail-use stroller to the site (and no cheating by lifting it up and walking over non-staired sections of the trail)? If the trail being considered meets this test, it meets the intent of the guideline.
- The intent of this and other guidelines is to protect the park's natural and cultural resources. Trails are a disturbance in natural ecosystems. Any additional disturbance by going off trail can increase the dispersal of invasive plants, cause damage to underlying vegetation, and disturb wildlife. From the protection of cultural and natural resources perspective, the Park Authority generally does not authorize people to go off trail. Established trails within the parks are usually sited far enough away from sensitive resources in order to protect them -- going off trail encourages users to go into the sensitive resource areas.
- Geocaches shall be a minimum of 50' from private property.
- Geocache locations must be accessible from a safe and legal parking location whether that is along a public street or within a public parking area. If not readily evident, cache owners should include recommended parking directions on their cache page.
- The movement of already downed leaves, twigs and pieces of bark to conceal geocaches is allowed. The Park Authority prohibits the movement of rocks to make a cairn, removing bark from a tree to use as camouflage, and/or relocating a living plant. It is prohibited to excavate soils, cut vegetation, move or remove archaeological or natural objects (including living plants, animals, minerals, fungi, archaeological artifacts or features, etc.). Human-made objects of non-archaeological significance (e.g. a plastic water bottle) are considered trash and may be removed without prior notice to (or permission from) the Park Authority.
- Geocaches shall not be attached to any living or non-living natural resources in such a way that there is any possible damage to the resource. Loosely attached containers that do not restrict growth or cause damage to the resource may be used. Any attachments such as string, twine, wire, or tie wraps that cinch tightly to the resource are prohibited.
- Geocaches shall not be attached to any man-made park amenities in such a manner as to damage the object or to impede its proper usage, the physical placement or attachment of caches to any buildings, sheds, regulatory signs or informational signs is prohibited. The use of data printed on the signs as offsets for coordinates is allowed. Alteration of the sign in any way is prohibited.
- Geocachers must abide by all Park Authority rules, regulations, and other restrictions. This specifically includes park access times. Unless posted otherwise, all Park Authority parks are open from Dawn to Dusk. Night Caching in Park Authority parks is expressly forbidden. Cache Owners should include wording stating the acceptable caching hours, etc. in their cache pages.
- Caches shall only be placed in safe locations not unduly causing patron risk. Geocachers must review the topography of the location where the cache is to be placed and the potential safety risks to the patrons trying to find the cache.
- Geocachers must strive to cause no damage to the ground or vegetation that may result from cache searchers accessing the location. If damage is noted, the geocacher must contact the Park Authority for further information.
- As with all activities on park land, the geocacher assumes some risk in undertaking their activity. The Park Authority is in no way responsible for any damage to or loss of caches or equipment that is caused by others. Park Authority reserves the right to have cache owners or Park Authority staff remove any non-compliant caches. The Park Authority will remove and dispose of all unauthorized caches if unable to contact the owner of the cache to remove it themselves.
- Caches placed on Park Authority land without written permission prior to March 2008 are subject to review and may be removed if they are found to be non-compliant with Park Authority Guidelines.
Geocaching Approval Process
The Park Authority grants blanket permission for the placement of geocaches within the Fairfax County Parks specifically named in the approved list of parks. Even though blanket permission is being granted, all geocaches must be placed in accordance with Park Authority guidelines (see above). The placement of geocaches that are not in compliance with Park Authority guidelines are prohibited.
If a specific park is not listed on the approved list of parks, geocache placement is prohibited in that park unless written permission has been given. One or more of the following reasons are why a park may not be listed as an approved site:
- Lack of developed areas within the park, to include the lack of established/maintained trails.
- Lack of available safe and legal parking in reasonably close proximity to the park.
- The presence of cultural and natural resources that precludes the use of the park for this type of activity.
- The park's proximity to a public school or public safety facility.
- The size of the park and the proximity of the surrounding residential properties precludes the use of a park for this activity.
- The general topography of the park makes it potentially unsafe for geocachers and/or use of the site for this type of activity is likely to lead to damage occurring to the ground or vegetation.
Exceptions to Approved List of Parks
Geocache placement needs at parks that are not contained in the approved list of parks must be individually approved by the Park Authority. The Park Authority will attempt to respond to requests for exceptions within 30 days. The special approval process is as follows:
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 14th Sep 2010 21:28 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
"Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac launched today with a number of new features and refinements for users looking to run alternative operating systems in virtual environments on their Macs. As summarized on Parallels' site, the update brings enhancements to gaming and graphics, simpler setup and integration, greater manageability and mobility, and better performance. Beyond improvements to the standard Parallels Desktop application for Mac OS X, the company has also released a new, free iOS application, Parallels Mobile, bringing remote access on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch to users running the desktop software."
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RE[2]: Definitely an improvement
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What are you talking about guys?
I've used PD3 for a long time and it was much slower! The only thing it did fast enough for me was XP VM boot, all other operations are much slower then PD5.
And on W7 it totally sucks.
Try disabling all Mac/Win integration features, maybe it will help but even with integration it's so way faster.


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Firefly Rain
After a failed business venture in Boston, Jacob Logan moves back to the small North Carolina town of his childhood and the isolated house he grew up in. In "Maryfield," the air is oddly still and the nights are black. It should feel like home, but something is very, very wrong. He loses all his belongings in a highway accident, his car is mysteriously stolen and the townspeople seem suspicious. And then there are the fireflies that die when they come near Jacob's home, the feeling he is being watched, and the property caretaker who has so many secrets. Richard Dansky, a writer of video games and short fiction who lives in Durham, wrote this mystery tale that weaves horror and suspense. Softcover, 352 pages and $12.79.


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Over the past 23 high school football seasons, the Central District has produced 17 state champions and numerous college and professional players.
Over the past 23 high school football seasons, the Central District has produced 17 state champions and numerous college and professional players.
With the 2013 season set to kick off eight weeks from now, ThisWeekSPORTS.com has decided to whet the appetites of area football-crazed fans by focusing on the sport in our fifth-annual summer series.
Over the next five weeks, we will release the "All-Time ThisWeek Football Team" that spans from 1990 -- when the ThisWeek Community News era began -- through last season.
We've picked one quarterback, three running backs, two wide receivers, one tight end, five offensive linemen, four defensive linemen, four linebackers, four defensive backs, one place-kicker, one punter and one return specialist for our first team. We also have picked second and third teams.
We will announce the third team next week and the second team the following week before releasing the first team. We then will rank the top 10 coaches of the past 23 seasons, minus our No. 1 pick, before concluding the series with the top offensive player, top defensive player and top coach of the ThisWeek era.
Research for this series began months ago and included input from various coaches throughout central Ohio and colleagues such as long-time sportswriter Steve Blackledge from The Columbus Dispatch, in addition to the experienced staff at ThisWeek.
The "All-Time ThisWeek Football Team" continues our summer tradition of an in-depth series, following "20 Years of Upsets" in 2009, "Most Dominant Teams" in 2010, "Top Individual Performances" in 2011 and "Most Dramatic State Tournament Events" last year.
We begin this series with an honorable mention list of players in alphabetical order by position, with each player's final high school season in parentheses:Quarterback
Steve Baird (Hilliard Davidson, 1993), Cory Becher (Granville, 2008), Corry Benson (Marion-Franklin, 2012), Jeremy Ebert (Hilliard Darby, 2007), Maurice Hale (Beechcroft, 2012), Scott McMullen (Granville, 1998), Rocco Pentello (Westerville South, 2006), Rocky Pentello (Westerville South, 2000), Curtese Poole (Mifflin, 1995), Verlon Reed (Marion-Franklin, 2009), Kyle Slager (Upper Arlington, 1998), Eric Stewart (Columbus West, 2009), Cole Stoudt (Dublin Coffman, 2011), Zack Stoudt (Coffman, 2007), Kasey Wendal (Westland, 2006).
Among the standouts in this list are four players who were named ThisWeek Super 25 captains as seniors in Baird, Ebert, Slager and Wendal and a three-time Super 25 selection in Rocco Pentello. Slager went on to be a three-year starter for Brown University and Ebert started at wide receiver for Northwestern before being drafted by the New England Patriots.
Rocky Pentello had two solid seasons for Ready before having a standout senior season for Westerville South.
"Rocky still holds five state records at quarterback, but Rocco also played safety and started his last two years at both positions," said South coach Rocky Pentello, who is Rocky's cousin and Rocco's father. "Rocky is in Italy playing right now and is 30 years old but still looks like he's 20."Running Back
Le'Veon Bell (Groveport, 2009), Bo Delande (Davidson, 2006), Shane Edstrom (Reynoldsburg, 1995), Christen Haywood (Davidson, 2005), Marcus Hendren (Johnstown, 2006), Charles "June" Henley (Brookhaven, 1992), Steve Howard (Gahanna Lincoln, 2002), Godwin Igwebuike (Pickerington North, 2012), Storm Klein (Licking Valley, 2008), Lerron Moore (Watterson, 2001), Isaiah Pead (Eastmoor Academy, 2007), Erick Phillips (Davidson, 2001), Gary Russell (Walnut Ridge, 2003), Louis Willard (Grove City, 1991), Donovan Wilson (Dublin Jerome, 2012).
Three of these players -- Henley, Pead and Russell -- have played in the NFL, and Bell was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in April.
Also on this list is a pair of Davidson players who were Super 25 captains as seniors in Haywood and Phillips, and Delande helped lead Davidson to the Division I state title in 2006.Wide Receiver
Robbie Anzuini (Darby, 2007), Jalen Bell (Westerville South, 2012), B.J. Cunningham (Westerville South, 2006), Marcus Davis (Coffman, 2011), Mike Furrey (Hilliard, 1994), Ben Graves (Grandview, 2005), Jake Green (Grove City, 2010), Matt Hardy (Newark, 2002), Ryan Jones (Newark Catholic, 1997), Nick Moore (Westerville South, 2003), Chinedum Ndukwe (Coffman, 2002), Mark Philmore (Reynoldsburg, 2001), Chris Strayer (Granville, 1996), Jack Tomlinson (Westerville South, 2009), Cameron Wilson (Jerome, 2011).
The most recognizable name might be Furrey, who played in the NFL.
Coffman and Westerville South seemingly have shined year after year at this position, as well as at quarterback.Tight End
Jason Hughes (Upper Arlington, 1993), John Hughes (Gahanna, 2006), Jacob Matuska (Hartley, 2012), Austin Traylor (Walnut Ridge, 2010), Nick Vannett (Westerville Central, 2010).
Vannett seems to be on his way to increased playing time for Ohio State, and Matuska and Traylor are playing at Notre Dame and Wisconsin, respectively.
John Hughes is preparing for his second season as a defensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns.Offensive Line
Chuck Andrick (Brookhaven, 1992), Adam Asbeck (DeSales, 1990), Morgan Cotter (Marysville, 1994), Zak Crum (Westerville South, 2006), Joe Dixon (Brookhaven, 1996), Trey Fowlkes (Columbus East, 2006), Charles Grandjean (Walnut Ridge, 2002), Leon Humphries (Eastmoor, 1997), Joe Lundstrom (Westerville North, 1995), Charlie Norden (Dublin Scioto, 2002), Aaron Rittgers (Pickerington Central, 2007), Jeremy Sherman (Reynoldsburg, 1996), Josh Suchecki (Davidson, 2008), Lee Tilley (Franklin Heights, 2005), Paul Wagner (Westerville South, 2003).
The City League has produced numerous talented players in the trenches over the years, including four who weighed more than 300 pounds during their playing days in Dixon, Fowlkes, Grandjean and Humphries.Defensive Line
Tyler Backstrom (Davidson, 2008), Alex Barrow (Coffman, 2003), Emmanuel Beal (Reynoldsburg, 2012), Taco Charlton (Pickerington Central, 2012), Sam Coles (Davidson, 2011), Charles Gilstrap (DeSales, 1999), Terrell Jackson (Marion-Franklin, 2011), Travis Jackson (DeSales, 2009), Kris Luchsinger (Watterson, 2005), Miles McCollum (Coffman, 2012), Joe O'Shaughnessy (Watterson, 1995), Jay Richardson (Scioto, 2001), Damon Smith (Walnut Ridge, 1992), Granyl Smith (Gahanna, 2012), Matt Williamson (DeSales, 2005).
Central Ohio has produced a plethora of talent in this area in recent years, with players such as Beal, Charlton, Coles, Terrell Jackson, McCollum and Granyl Smith all shining in the past season or two.
Richardson will be entering his sixth season in the NFL this fall. He currently is with the New Orleans Saints.Linebacker
George Anderson (Mifflin, 2003), Andy Balling (Grove City, 1996), Chuck Berger (Davidson, 1997), Adam Brankamp (Thomas Worthington, 1999), Brett Buehler (Coffman, 2009), Lewis Carter (Mifflin, 1997), Joe Cooper (Independence, 1996), Matt Ferguson (Pickerington North, 2009), Adam Kadela (Coffman, 2002), Josh Kusan (DeSales, 2008), Joshua Perry (Olentangy, 2011), Matt Redfield (Watterson, 2010), Stuart Reid (Pickerington, 2002), Ridge Riebold (Olentangy Liberty, 2006), Will Studlien (Big Walnut, 2008).
Ferguson and Kusan both were a Super 25 captain in their senior seasons based on their performances at running back and linebacker.
Also as seniors, Anderson led Mifflin to its last playoff berth and Brankamp led Thomas Worthington to its last winning season.Defensive Back
Charles Alston (Whitehall, 1993), Todd Boulware (Worthington Kilbourne, 2001), Tim Bowers (Westerville South, 1995), Caleb Day (Darby, 2012), Percy King (Marion-Franklin, 1994), Nana Kyeremeh (Thomas Worthington, 2011), Phil Larmon (Thomas Worthington, 1998), Keith Moore (Grove City, 2008), Matt Nelson (Grove City, 1999), Brian Peters (Pickerington Central, 2006), Stevie Simpkins (Columbus East, 1999), Robbie Stover (Big Walnut, 1999), DeVante Strickland (Marion-Franklin, 2009), Ron Tanner (Eastmoor, 2010), Ethan Wetzel (Big Walnut, 2007).
Tanner is a sophomore looking to get playing time this fall for Ohio State. Strickland (Kent State), Moore (Ohio University), Day (Illinois) and Kyeremeh (West Virginia) also are playing for a Football Bowl Subdivision team.Place-Kicker
Grant Coffman (Coffman, 2012), Adam Graessle (Coffman, 2001), Ron Keffer (Ready, 1996), Richie McNally (DeSales, 2000), Mike Morgan (Ready, 2008), Craig Nye (Kilbourne, 1993), Brent Peterson (DeSales, 1997), Mike Pulsfort (Watterson, 1994), Brenden Rauh (Dublin Scioto, 1996), Matt Weade (Big Walnut, 2003).
The CCL has had numerous standout kickers over the years, with Keffer, McNally, Morgan and Peterson among that group.Punter
Jason Cox (Olentangy, 2001), Frank Epitropoulos (Upper Arlington, 2011), Kevin Gerber (Westerville North, 2002), Brandon Hannum (Westerville North, 1999), Andrew Horstman (Olentangy, 2012), Jared Karrasch (Reynoldsburg, 2004), Aaron Kingcade (Kilbourne, 2008), Matt Miller (Westerville North, 2000), Darrell Penyak (Grove City, 1997), Nick Spadafore (Gahanna, 2006).
Westerville North, which will enter the coming season on a 45-game losing streak, has had its share of good punters over the years.Return Specialist
Matt Angle (Whitehall, 2003), Trumaine Banks (Eastmoor, 2001), Thomas Douglas (Walnut Ridge, 2007), Harold Ford (Independence, 1994), Antoine Harris (Ready, 1999), Nick Hennessy (Westland, 2004), Tajh Jones (Africentric, 2009), Tyrell Massey (Marion-Franklin, 2008), Justin Mathews (Marion-Franklin, 1999), Mitch Robertson (New Albany, 2005).
Harris was a standout at numerous positions during his prep career and went on to play three seasons in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons.


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If the latest 76ers press conference to introduce their newest players – Andrew Bynum and Jason Richardson – is any indication, the Sixers, who have been hitting homers all summer, may have smacked a grand slam today in the atrium of the National Constitution Center.
If you weren't one of the at least 2,000 fans who showed up with signs, painted faces in some cases and lungs ready to serenade the new Sixers, you should be advised that it was so good and positive that the Sixers – the team currying all the good favor in this city this summer – probably would have been justified charging admission to the free event.
At least 15 minutes before Bynum, Richardson, majority owner Joshua Harris, CEO Adam Aron and president Rod Thorn ascended the podium in the sprawling, gorgeous atrium, the crowd was working itself into a frenzy. Sixers coach Doug Collins, fresh off his stint as a basketball analyst, sat in the front row, smiling from ear to ear.
The mob roared chants of "An-drew Bynum!!" "Beat LA!!' "Joshua Harris!!" and "Adam Aron!!" and, of course "Let's go Sixers!!" before, during and after the presser.
And everyone said the right things, especially Bynum.
Appearing relaxed in sweat pants and a white Sixers tee shirt emblazoned with the franchise name in red and blue across his chest, Bynum told the cheering throng that he was blown away by the crowd (which was evident in his face as he and Richardson made their way to the dais).
When asked about his future in Philadelphia, Bynum, who can become an unrestricted free agent next summer indicated that he was so excited and moved by the reception that he couldn't imagine not re-signing with the Sixers.
"To be honest, man, my first experience here has been so great I'm really leaning toward making this my home," Bynum said, prompting the fans to explode in cheers that made much of what he said after that inaudible. "I'm really leaning to making this my home."
To which Harris, grinning from ear to ear, responded: "Where do I sign."
Bynum allayed fears that anything was wrong with his knee and that the non-surgical procedure on his knee in Germany had been already scheduled for Sept. 9.
When it was over, Bynum couldn't help but return the love, signing autographs (Richardson, too) until he had to do more of his press duties.
This is probably the most excited the team's fan base has been in years. I was asked how this compared to when the Sixers signed Allen Iverson. My response was that Iverson joined a team that was wretched, one that had no expectations.
Bynum is an all-star center with a pair of championship rings whose best playing days should be in front of him. Sixers fans get that and know that this is far different.


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August 16th 2007 was the biggest event in Elvis history since Elvis died. For months there had been a gradual build up in the media to the big day. It should have been the busiest time ever for Elvisly Yours. I had arranged to have five Elvises giving a free street party outside Elvisly Yours. I should have been doing deals with papers and TV Channels to have Elvis "Readers Offers". I should have been selling to chain stores and fan clubs around the world. Instead I was forced to be in Court four times trying to evict my next-door neighbour, the Beatles Shop, from my basement.
I had allowed the Beatles Shop to use the basement when Maureen was ill, as I had to take so much time off work. We had a signed Agreement but the owner, Howard Cohen, broke most terms of the Agreement and we asked him to leave December 31st 2006. He refused and kept on refusing, even after Maureen died. So I took him to Court, but I failed to get an Injunction to have him vacate my basement before August 16th. Not only was it very damaging to business, but also I named August 16th "Maureen's Day 1". I wanted to honour Maureen with a Tribute to her in the basement featuring displays of photographs, certificates and awards, cards we exchanged. We were also fund-raising for the "Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre" in Maureen's memory. The Judge ordered a speedy Trial and I was back in Court October 23rd with two witnesses, Ian Coulson the Geordie Elvis and Eileen Weston, an old friend who until recently worked for Elvisly Yours. I had dispensed with a solicitor and only used a barrister.
It was an amazing scenario in the Court with the Judge something akin to a rottweiler. He said he would refuse my damages for loss of profits not being able to run "Elvis Karaoke Tours" of London. He said the two sides must sort it out and save having to go through a tedious Trial. In Britain it is very difficult to get damages for loss of profits. The two barristers got into a huddle and about an hour later I was happy with the settlement reached. Cohen had already moved out on September 11th but I pursued him for legal costs and other damages, to stock and equipment.
I can now get on with the rest of my life and start to rebuild Elvisly Yours and we are in negotiations with Bus Companies to start "Elvis Karoake Tours" of London with Geordie Elvis helping to launch the unique Elvis Karaoke Tours. We will announce details on our website and the next Newsletter.no more boring tours of London, you can take an Elvis Tour!
I hope to raise £5,000.00 for the Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre to have a "Counselling Room" named in memory of Maureen who was probably one of Britain's best ever counsellors. I always found it amazing that especially women would meet Maureen for the first time and within minutes tell her all their problems and their life story. Maureen had this unique gift.she could listen.
On September 14th 2007 with the support of lookalikes-unite there were ten Celebrity Lookalikes and six Elvises outside the London Trocadero, in memory of Maureen, helping to raise money for the Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre. It was a great day and at 12 noon we released 34 balloons to heaven, one for each year Maureen and I were together. The Party then started with Elvises and look-alikes taking it in turns to sing and collect money from the gathering crowds. I had a one day contract with the Trocadero to put on the Event, had got £5 million public liability insurance, but unfortunately the Trocadero Security had not informed the local police about our Event. Westminster Council officials and local community police kept on stopping the Party and this affected our fund-raising. I wrote to the Chief of Police, Sir Ian Blair, to work with the Police to help us raise more money for LJMC. It has been passed on to Inspector Rob Nanasi of the Central London Police Station. His wife died of cancer in January, also because of NHS neglect. His first blind date was at my old Youth Club, Brady and there were many other coincidences. He said he would help us to work with the police for another fund-raising event.
I would like to thank all the Elvises for their support: Ian Coulson, Gary King, Sicilian Elvis, German Elvis, Jasper Roberts and Lee Jackson.
Special thanks go to Jo Wiskin the CEO of lookalikes-unite and Deanne Keanne Diana Ross, Barbara Kealey Joan Collins, Michelle Hendricks Blondie, Terri Pace Kylie Minogue, Suzie Kennedy Marilyn Monroe, Derek Williams Sven Goran Eriksson, Tim Oliver Ricky Gervais, Shad Ellis Will Smith, Nigel Wright Joe Pasquale, and Bob Lucas Billy Connolly. The Elvises and Celebrity lookalikes gave their services for free and paid their own expenses to be at the Trocadero. Gary King and his wife Sue provided the sound equipment. I must also thank the Trocadero for providing their venue and staff for free.
See the Elvisly Yours website for many more photos: Maureen's Day 2 at the Trocadero and please donate to LJMC in Maureen's memory, simply click Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre online or by UK cheque or dollar check.
I am pleased to announce that Ian Coulson (Geordie Elvis) has joined Elvisly Yours to help organise "Elvis Karaoke Tours" of London and act as my general assistant. For our overseas subscribers a "Geordie" is a person from the Newcastle-upon-Tyne area of NE England with a very distinctive accent.
Ian has resigned his job as a Care Worker at Camden Council in London after ten years. He will work with Elvisly Yours during the week and perform Elvis gigs on the weekends. He has been an ETA for five years and got much more involved as a tribute singer after the Elvisly Yours promotion for the 50th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll on July 5th 2004. We had 50 Elvises on two double-decker buses singing Elvis songs in London and a Contest to find the best Elvis and Ian made the finals. He regularly would visit me and Maureen in our Elvis Shop. Since Maureen died Ian has been extremely kind giving his time and use of his sound equipment for "Maureen's Day 1" and sang on "Maureen's Day 2". Maureen always liked Ian and so so did I and thought he would be perfect for the 'Elvis Karaoke Tours'. Prior to the 30th Anniversary I asked Ian to join me and after discussing it with his partner Marilyn he agreed. He has been helping part-time, working off his notice with Camden. We have already contacted bus companies and there is a lot of interest and we hope to have the first "Elvis Karaoke Tour" running in the build-up to Christmas. We will keep you informed on our website and Newsletters.
Ian was magnificent on August 16th entertaining the crowds all day outside the Elvisly Yours Shop with four other Elvises until the rain came down. He was filmed and interviewed by five TV crews and had his photo taken by the world's press, making the London Times as well as New York Times. He has a powerful voice and a great personality and his audiences love him.
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Elvisly Yours products are doing so well in the shops that our licensees want to produce more Elvis products. There are some great, new designs for magnets, boxed coasters sets and a fabulous boxed Elvis mug. In the UK you will find Elvisly Yours memorabilia in Tesco, ASDA, Clintons, Debenhams, Halfords, Virgin Stores, Calendar Club, on Bid-Up TV, in mail order catalogues such as Express Gifts. In the period July-September, before major Christmas trade, the "Elvis Talking Clock" has sold nearly 10,000 units in just the UK alone. Tens of thousands of Elvisly Yours calendars have been sold as well. The new products will be available from January 2008 and will be sold through our shop and website and in major chain stores.
Next year I hope to license many more companies to produce Elvisly Yours products. EPE brag they turn down 98% of all approaches for licenses for Elvis products. Providing the products are tasteful, well-designed and interesting Elvisly Yours can license many of those companies wanting to market Elvis memorabilia, outside the USA.
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Even in death, there can only be one King. Reclaiming his top spot on the list is Elvis Presley, whose Estate generated $49 million in the past year. CKX Entertainment, the publicly traded firm which presides over the bulk of the Elvis empire (daughter Lisa Marie Presley retains a 15 percent stake) announced a massive overhaul of Graceland this summer, marking the 30th anniversary of the The King's death. Among the changes are a new hotel convention center, a state-of-the-art multimedia museum and a new, spiffier visitor's center.
The plans are already paying off: Revenues from Graceland were up 15 percent this year, to $35 million. And that doesn't include royalties generated from Elvis music, DVDs and licensing deals like the one struck with Cirque du Soleil for an Elvis-themed revue in Las Vegas.
John Lennon jumps from the No. 4 spot last year to second place this year, with earnings estimated at $44 million. In February, the Beatles settled a 15-year battle with Apple Inc. over the company's decision to get into the music business. (The Beatles' commercial interests are overseen by a firm called Apple Corps.) Two months later, the band settled another long-standing dispute with its record label EMI over alleged unpaid royalties. The settlements, which are believed to have exceeded $100 million, also buoyed the income of the other deceased Beatle, George Harrison, who placed No. 4 on this year's list, with earnings estimated at $22 million.
Earnings for top dead celebrities were evaluated for the period between October 2006 and October 2007. That ruled out recently departed superstars like Luciano Pavoratti, who passed away in September. The bulk of his earnings during our time frame, we determined, were made while he was living.
Newcomers to the Dead Celebrities list include "King of Cool" Steve McQueen ($6 million) and the "Godfather of Soul" James Brown ($5 million). Rapper Tupac Shakur rejoins the list with $9 million - he debuted back in 2002, before falling off - following the sale of catalog rights in May for upward of $5 million. Over a decade after his unsolved 1996 murder in a drive-by shooting, Tupac remains a hot commercial property. Said to be in development are a Tupac biopic, videogame and - gasp! - Broadway show.
While royalties have long been a staple source of income for the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities, who collects them has now become a hotly debated issue in the entertainment community.
Anna Strasberg, widow of famed acting coach Lee Strasberg, inherited the bulk of the Marilyn Monroe Estate from her late husband. Two years ago, she sued two photo agencies run by heirs of Monroe photographers for licensing images without her permission. (One, Sam Shaw, shot the iconic picture of Monroe over a subway grate for The Seven Year Itch.) Strasberg claimed that the images were part of Monroe's intellectual property and therefore only her heirs should profit.
But in May, both a California and New York court ruled against her, claiming that the concept of a post-mortem right of publicity did not exist until legislation to that effect passed in 1984, so Monroe could not have bequeathed them at the time of her death. (That law, dubbed The Dead Celebrities Act, grants posthumous rights for 70 years.) Those decisions pave the way for other firms to license Monroe images without cooperation from her estate.
That has made celebrities who died before 1984 fair game for licensing deals without the permission of their heirs. In early October, California passed a bill that effectively overrides the recent court decisions and grants posthumous publicity rights to celebrities who died pre-1984 to their heirs. It's still unclear what the net effect of the legislation will be on the disputed Monroe images.
Of course, in the UK, because of my landmark victory in the High Court and Court of Appeals in 1997 and 1999 Elvis Presley is public domain and other famous dead celebrities. The Appeal Court Judges ruling means even living stars do not own their own name and likeness.
Barbara Lee Rowe is a cousin of Elvis on the Presley and Hood sides of the family. She is fascinated with the history of the Presleys and has devoted many years to its study. She is now probably one of the world's leading experts on Presley genealogy.
To share her love of Elvis and the family history of the Presleys she opened a store in Gettysburg, PA in 2006. It's called the "Kin of Rock and Roll" but sadly it may be forced to close because she has had little support from Elvis fans in America or from around the world. Elvis fans have visited the store but few have bought her Elvis and historical memorabilia. The only way Barbara Lee can keep such a wonderful store open is if fans visit either visit her store and buy memorabilia or purchase memorabilia by mail order. Click on her online store to order today: Online Store .
Many diehard Elvis fans hate EPE and have stopped buying from them so why not buy your memorabilia from the "Kin of Rock and Roll" and you will be helping to preserve the history of the Presleys in the USA. Please pass this Newsletter on to fan clubs in the States and around the world. Why don't US fan clubs try something different and organise bus tours to Gettysburg for an Elvis Day or Elvis Weekend. Barbara Lee will organise Elvis Events in Gettysburg, invite guest speakers and she can pass on her wealth of knowledge about the Presleys. Check out her fabulous website:
This wonderful store deserves the support of Elvis fans and fan clubs in America and around the world. It is the most unique Elvis Store in the world and it would be scandalous if Barbara Lee had to post notices announcing "A Presley Store Has Left The Building". The Elvis World can be wonderfully supportive and now is the time to support Barbara Lee Rowe, a true Presley, who wants to preserve American history, a bit of Presleyana. Write to Barbara Lee firstname.lastname@example.com and tell your fan club members, friends and family to write offering their support. What Barbara Lee is doing is something EPE should have done years ago but EPE don't care and Barbara Lee does care as a Presley and as a huge Elvis fan. You should email or call Barbara Lee before visiting the store in the winter months. It is open long weekends until 6pm but closed during the week, except by appointment. Telephone: 1-240-344-5950
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In the last Newsletter to celebrate the 50th Elvisly Yours Cyber Newsletter I started the "best of Elvisly Yours Memory Lane" and here are some more gems from the Elvis World I have cherished for 30 years.
Screaming Lord Sutch
We had the pleasure of being friends with David Sutch who legally changed his name to "Lord David Sutch". He added "Screaming" because that is what he did as a singer.he mostly screamed but his bands he produced great rock 'n' roll. I met David at the 'Butlins Festival of the Sixties" at Barry Island, South Wales in October 1983 where I had a pop shop. He was the consummate rocker from the 60's and was always on the bill for any 60's Show in Britain and Europe.
I shook his hand and thanked him for all the pleasure he brought me and millions in the UK and around the world for his political antics. Screaming Lord Sutch was the founder and leader of the "The Official Monster Raving Loony Party" from the 1960s and stood in many by-elections and General Elections in the UK where he would stand against whoever was Prime Minister at the time of the Election. David was the quickest witted person I had ever met and immediately said "the next time there is a by-election why don't you stand for the Elvis Presley Party"? I took his advice on March 1st 1984 when a parliamentary seat became vacant in Chesterfield, a small mining town in the north of England. Chesterfield's main claim to fame is it has a church in the centre of town with a crooked spire, caused by a fire in the 19th century. You think your eyes are deceiving you, but it is bent and crooked.
It was the first test of Thatcher's new Government after the Falklands War. She had wanted to put the deposit to stand for an Election from £150.00 to £1,000.00. The famous politician Tony Benn was contesting the seat after he lost in the General Election when the Tories changed boundaries for electoral seats. Britain is a nation of eccentrics and sure enough with all the publicity the by-election was causing there were 17 candidates. There was the "Official Acne Party" but Sutch said he hadn't spotted him. Then, the "4-Wheel Drive Party", the "Peace Party" whose leader was very belligerent etc. Maureen wasn't very happy with me standing in Chesterfield but I tried to explain it was for a lot of fun and politicians should be brought down to earth. Sid and Sutch hoped to liven up the people of Chesterfield and so we did.
Our first Press Conference was different. We invited the Press and charged them just 1p a pint for beer. We were told we could not make the beer free as it is a criminal offence to ply votes with liquor. The media could not asked any questions but we asked them questions about Elvis and if they got a question right they won an Elvis gift. The next Press Conference was even more unique. It was the world's first Party Political Press Conference in a "fish and chips shop". We held up codpieces for Thatcher's emasculated Cabinet, said we would ban all fish except for "rock" and maybe some "sole" and so it went on.laugh after laugh. We were on TV news every night although I have never seen the film footage from the fish and chips shop. The Tories invited us to tea, the Liberals to coffee and the Labour Party for a pint. Everyone wanted our stickers, badges and manifestos.
On Election night Sutch told me to stand one side of Benn and he would stand the other and sure enough our photos were beamed around the world when Benn was announced the winning candidate. A friend was in Copenhagen in a bar and glanced over to the TV to see me grinning from ear to ear wearing my VOTE ELVIS t-shirt. It was a great experience and one even Maureen eventually cherished although she did not go to Chesterfiled. Years later she made two photo magnets of me and Sutch that have been on the fridge for years.
Sadly, David took his own life. He was a manic depressive unbeknown to nearly all his friends. One day I will recount the reasons for his death in my autobiography. Sutch did not know how much he was loved. He was one of Britain's great comics and brought fun into British politics for 35 years, a true eccentric. Many of Sutch's manifesto ideas over the years were brought into law, eg lowering the voting age, commercial radio stations, passports for pets.
Spooky Elvis Happenings
Over the years I have experienced some strange Elvis happenings with Elvis Shows I have promoted using our life size bronze statue of Elvis. It started with the making of our life size statue when Jon Douglas, the sculptor, tried to change the stance of Elvis. It ended up with the weight of the clay (used in the sculpting) force the metal skeleton to snap at the knees. Jon had called me in a panic and I went to his studio to help him, only for Elvis, in clay, to collapse in our arms so he had to start all over again sculpting the statue.
Jon became paralysed in his hands and could not complete the statue. It was in eight pieces the night before the unveiling. My staff and Jon's sons put Elvis together under Jon's instruction. Then, the truck carrying the statue to the unveiling ceremony was in an accident and people sitting in the back of the truck were injured but the only damage to the statue was the microphone was bent back.
Elvis always had problems at concerts with his microphones. At the second ceremony for the unveiling the sound broke down and the song, American Trilogy (played for the unveiling) could not be finished. The next show, when we took the statue for the first time out of London to Leicester, the truck carrying it broke down. Then, the sound system broke down as Charlie made his grand entry at De Montford Hall, Leicester. To add to the trauma, there was a snowstorm that day and many fans got stuck in snowdrifts trying to get to the show. For the next show ,when we again took the statue, the sound engineer had a breakdown and got to the show very late, so we had no sound for over an hour.
There followed another breakdown in our company van when we took the statue to Birmingham for the Gift Show. This really was self-inflicted because I put diesel in the van instead of petrol and it took four hours to clear the tank. When I drove my car outside my old shop in Shoreditch and the car was in line with the position of the statue inside you heard a loud buzzing sound on the radio. If you drove a foot either side of the position of the statue the buzzing immediately stopped.
I discovered this when I was driving up to my shop listening to an interview of Larry Geller on the Gloria Hunniford Show. As I parked outside my shop and was in line with the statue the buzzing started and only stopped when I moved the car and this continued forever. Again this happens at my shop in Baker Street.
One matter that wasn't spooky but very upsetting was the theft of the official brass plaque made for the unveiling ceremony. I had specially commissioned a brass plaque to be permanently by the statue giving the time, place and date of the unveiling by Charlie Hodge in London. Because it was so hectic for days after the unveiling I did not have time to have the plaque screwed to the floor or wall and just left it alongside the statue. It was stolen from my shop just a couple of days after the unveiling. A fan stole the brass plaque and has kept it in his/her collection. If you know of anyone who has such a brass plaque commemorating the unveiling of the "Elvisly Yours Statue", September 27th 1981 please let me know.
Set-ups and Long Island Tea
If you go to a bar or club in Memphis be prepared for an extortionate charge for ice and soft drinks. Elvisly Yours used to run two trips a year to Memphis for our fan club and on each trip I would give a talk to the fans the first morning after arrival to explain do's and don'ts about their stay in Memphis. For many fans it was their first time in America and like most American cities Memphis is not safe. You don't walk alone, only in groups, you don't stop if a car pulls up asking the way, you don't carry a lot of money with you etc, etc.
Then I explained certain strange anomalies like 'set-ups'. Many clubs in Memphis and some bars do not sell hard liquor, only beer. A liquor license is very expensive and hard to get so a system called 'set-ups' exists. You bring your own liquor, always in a brown paper bag. Apparently, it is against the law to show the label of a liquor bottle on the street. The clubs don't want you to sit all night just drinking your own drink so they charge extortionate prices for ice and soft drinks.
I also told fans about "Long Island Tea". This is my favourite cocktail in America and it tastes really nice but can 'knock you dead', it's so potent. I always suggested to fans to try ONE of these unique 'teas'. After one you are pretty happy, two drinks prostrate and five means you could soon meet Elvis in "Blue Suede Heaven.
Each evening during the Tours I would arrange for our bus driver to take us downtown to Beale Street or to restaurants or night clubs. One night as we were about to get off the bus at the hotel one of the fans said his wife had been in the bus' restroom for 20 minutes. The driver banged on the door but nothing. He got a special key to unlock the door but she was jammed against the door. Fans may remember Adolphe, the best bus driver in Memphis, a great guy.
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Words by Mr Freddie Campion
Get ready to see a lot more of Mr Scoot McNairy. Having spent the past 10 years hopping between guest TV appearances and cantankerous but likable leading roles in low-budget indie flicks, the 32-year-old Texas native (real name John, but he's gone by Scooter, or Scoot, for as long as he can remember) now has four films lined up with four high-profile directors - who all share a taste for moody cinematography and gritty realism, as well as a knack for making cantankerous but likeable renegades look good on camera. First he plays an amateur thief set upon by Mr Brad Pitt's notorious hit man in Mr Andrew Dominick's Killing Them Softly; then a US foreign service worker trying to escape from 1979 revolutionary Iran in Mr Ben Affleck's Argo; then a slippery circus hand in Mr Steve McQueen's 19th-century Shame follow-up, Twelve Years a Slave (also with Mr Pitt); and finally, a role in Mr Gus Van Sant's touted Oscar winner Promised Land, next to Mr Matt Damon and Mr John Krasinski.
The last one holds particular resonance for Mr McNairy. "I play a farmer," he says from his LA home, a few days after returning from the Toronto International Film Festival, where Argo was screening. "Because of my childhood, I feel as though I knew that guy."
Although he mostly grew up in Dallas, he spent holidays and weekends on his parent's ranch in rural Paris, Texas. It's where he got a love for the "wide open spaces, wildlife and nature" that he still relishes today, and why, just as Hollywood seems to be waking up to him, he and his wife (actress and fellow Texan Ms Whitney Able) now divide their time between LA and a plot of land they bought in Texas last year.
We really wanted a house in the middle of nowhere, where we can be as loud as we like and shoot guns
"I always knew I never wanted to stay [in LA]," Mr McNairy says. "And having met my wife she was of the same mind-set... We really wanted a house in the middle of nowhere, where we can be as loud as we like and shoot guns."
Did he get his wish?
"Well, picture this," he says. "You wake up in the morning, brew a nice cup of coffee, walk out onto the back porch and just start firing off firearms in your boxers."
So how did this no-nonsense Texan (he says the only similarity between his LA and ranch wardrobes is that he "doesn't really care" about either of them) end up releasing not one, but two films with Mr Pitt in just 12 months?
The answer is somewhat reluctantly.
In his early twenties Mr McNairy moved to Austin, Texas, and found himself cast in his first film role, Wrong Numbers in 2001 - a teen drinking comedy written and directed by friend and frequent collaborator Mr Alex Holdridge. The small film won the Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival, but Mr McNairy, it would seem, still wasn't taken by the prospect of becoming an actor. "I thought I wanted to be a wildlife photographer or cinematographer," he says, citing his previously mentioned love for the great outdoors. "So I moved [to LA] to go to film school."
the work
Mr McNairy stars as Andrew Kaulder in the 2010 sci-fi thriller
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Messrs Ben Mendelsohn, McNairy and Brad Pitt at the Killing Them Softly premiere during the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival, France, May 2012
Clockwise from left: Messrs McNairy, Ben Affleck, Rory Cochrane and Chris Denham in the 2012 political drama
For whatever reason, it didn't last, and after a year he dropped out and began making an income doing odd jobs in the film industry - he worked as a carpenter, building film sets, and as an extra, until eventually finding steady work starring in TV commercials.
"I did something like 200 commercials," he says. "I can't even remember them all. Everything from Chevy to Taco Bell and Bud Light."
When his agent suggested he start auditioning for theatrical roles too, Mr McNairy began taking acting more seriously, throwing himself into classes wherever and with whoever he could.
"It's my personality," he says. "If I'm going to do something, I want to do it to a T."
In fact, as we speak, he's waiting to hear if he's got another big role, and although he can't say exactly what it is, he does say that if he were to get it, he'll be spending the better part of the next month preparing.
"Everything else goes on the back burner and I put in as many hours and as many days as I can," he reveals. And this process certainly rings true for Argo. Based on actual events, he plays one of six US embassy workers hiding in Tehran for several months, and in order to accurately depict their claustrophobia and isolation, he and the five other actors portraying the group moved into the house they filmed in for nearly a week, deprived from any contact with the outside world.
Twelve Years a Slave, the story of a man who spent more than a decade in slavery after being kidnapped in Washington in 1841, was similar, if not a little closer to home. "The place we have in Texas has an 1850s Civil War cabin on it," he says. "So I just moved in there a week before [filming started]."
So is he praying for more Western roles?
"Yeah, and it'd be great if they came and shot them on my land too," he says. "Then I won't have to go anywhere."
Killing Them Softly is out now in the UK, 11 October in Australia and Hong Kong and 30 November in the US
Argo is out on 12 October in the US and 7 November in the UK


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FULTON, Mo.-- The GC Panther Basketball team suffered another tough road loss, losing to Westminster 87-62.
Alex Mumphard, Todd Albertson, and Jordan Smith were the offensive leaders for the Panthers, with Mumphard scoring 13 points and Albertson and Smith each contributing 11 points.
Mumphard and Albertson also led defensively for GC. Mumphard finished the game with 9 rebounds and a steal, while Albertson recorded 7 rebounds and a block.
Westminster was led by Verdis Lee, who scored 23 points and had 9 rebounds in the game.
This game brings Greenville's record to 8-13 (3-9 SLIAC). The Panthers will be back in action on Saturday, February 9, when they take on Spalding at home. The Golden Eagles are at the top of the SLIAC with a record of 11-1 and GC hopes to pull off the upset for the home fans.


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Annual Report to Congress FY 2004
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2004 was a special year in America's longstanding efforts to provide equal educational opportunity for all people. It marked the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which declared racially segregated schools to be unconstitutional. 2004 also marked the 40th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits racial and national origin discrimination by recipients of federal financial assistance, including educational institutions, and the 30th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Lau v. Nichols, which affirmed the educational rights of language minority students. These historic milestones helped bring about extraordinary achievements in efforts to eradicate racial segregation, eliminate educational discrimination, and ensure that all students have the opportunity to reach their full educational potential.
|"The Civil Rights Act of 1964 gives all Americans another reason
to be proud of our country. The work of equality is not done because the
evil of bigotry is not finally defeated. Yet the laws of this nation and
the good heart of this nation are on the side of equality."
George W. Bush
This report, which covers the activities of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) from Oct. 1, 2003, to Sept. 30, 2004, demonstrates how OCR's compliance program continues in the tradition of these civil rights legacies. From investigating the misidentification of minority students in special education, to ensuring accessibility of college campuses for students with disabilities, to facilitating access of women to equal academic and athletic opportunities, OCR has vigorously pursued its statutory civil rights enforcement responsibilities.
These and other reported accomplishments also demonstrate how the fair, effective and efficient enforcement of the civil rights laws can support the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act by advancing both excellence and equity . After long decades, the pernicious achievement gap is beginning to close. Reading and math test scores are rising across the country, with disadvantaged and minority students leading the way.
|"And while our schools are no longer segregated by law, they are
still not equal in opportunity and excellence. Justice requires more than
a place in a school. Justice requires that every school teach every child
in America."
President George W. Bush
In safeguarding the rights of all students to equal access to high quality education, we ensure their future and our nation's future. We need to stay the course. Our children deserve no less.
Respectfully submitted,
James F. Manning
Delegated the Authority of
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights


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A police officer, policeman, or cop was an individual who worked for a law enforcement agency and was responsible for upholding the local laws. Police officers also investigated alleged violations of laws, arrested and interrogated suspects, and protected local citizens.
In 1986, Gillian Taylor threatened to call the cops if James T. Kirk and Spock didn't leave the Cetacean Institute immediately. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
In 1996, after a decades-long ordeal on 20th century Earth, a mentally confused Captain Braxton from the 29th century called a Los Angeles police officer a "quasi-Cardassian totalitarian." (VOY: "Future's End")
In 2004, police officers of the Detroit Police Department arrested Loomis after being tipped off by Jonathan Archer and T'Pol of his involvement in a series of local kidnappings. (ENT: "Carpenter Street")
Dan Bell was a fictional police officer portrayed in the The Big Good-Bye of the Dixon Hill series. In 2364, Jean-Luc Picard underwent an interrogation while playing Dixon Hill during a holonovel. (TNG: "The Big Goodbye")
Colonel Lenaris Holem was an officer in the Bajoran civil police during the 2370s. (DS9: "Shakaar")


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Create a Mobile Website For Real Estate Agents - Front End Design and Integration
Budget $750-1500 USD
We are building a mobile web site for our real estate agent so that customers can visit the web site to search communities and properties. The application will have a front end and a backend. We have some designs ready and a flowchart. I would like to keep the designs private, so please message me if you would like to bid on the project and view the designs. We also have active database and image storage so you do not need to set any of that up. This is mainly front end design and integration.
The mobile optimized site will connect with 3 main databases and display media from our servers. We connect with the RETS MLS database, our county records database, and our proprietary databases that have information about the local communities.
We have various media that we associate with the properties that is embedded and available to the site users including photos, video, VR experiences, maps, and 3D models. We have unique ids that link the content to the communities and properties. We also used the lat and lon coordinates for the mapping of properties and communities.
The site will have a search, sort, and filter tool that helps users find properties and communities and view them.
The site has social login with Google and Facebook logins.
The consumers will be able to see their saved properties and searches in a backend interfaced.
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Consideration of these issues is even more important when the IT product is presented as a replacement for an existing product that is integral to the foundations of a social system. An excellent example is the introduction of electronic, scholarly journals. The scholarly journal plays a central role in the community of scholars and over the past few decades, a set of social and organizational norms surrounding these journals has evolved. Recent research has shown that those organizations wishing to deploy an electronic scholarly journal should consider expanding their user evaluation process beyond ease of use to include these social issues.
The new model of HCI research, which includes the user's social and organizational context, brings research in HCI closer to research which focuses on the adoption of technology innovations. The theory concerning individual adoption and diffusion of innovations through a social system provides a general framework for examining user attitudes toward using a technology-based innovation. Unlike the traditional models in HCI, which focused primarily on the characteristics that tapped the user's objective performance with the tool and the user's subjective perception of ease of use, the model of adoption presented by E. M. Rogers in his 1995 book, Diffusion of Innovations, provides a more complex picture of the technology adoption process. (See Figure 1.) This model is one of the most widely tested and cited models of adoption, and it has been found to be an effective framework for research on the adoption of a variety of innovations.
Rogers' general model of innovation adoption can be used as the basis for the development of a model for the study of HCI in a broader social context. Using the process surrounding the adoption of a scholarly electronic journal as an example, we see that potential users of a scholarly electronic journal must not only change how they interact with journals, but also must make adjustments to a set of cultural and social norms concerning their accustomed scholarly communication. For both academicians and practitioners, these norms have developed over centuries and play an important role in making decisions about the quality and reliability of a journal.
The introduction of electronic versions of scholarly research journals complicates the process by introducing a new interface. Users can no longer count on the centuries of cultural expectations (and perhaps decades of individual learning) that surround their use of paper documents to guide them in their interaction with the new electronic medium. D.A. Norman, one of the pioneers of HCI, explained in his article, Cognitive Artifacts, when computers stand between, they act as an intermediary, requiring that the user be proficient in both the task domain and with the intermediary (the computer). In as much as operations required of the intermediary are in addition to and orthogonal to the task, they can add to the overall complexity, even if that was not the intention of the designer. (In Designing Interaction: Psychology at the Human-Computer Interface, edited by J.M. Carroll, p. 331) The first refereed electronic journals were launched in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These journals were, in general, failures, and the complexity of interaction that Norman writes of contributed to their failure. However, the primary reason for the failure was that the use of electronic media for formal scholarly communication had not been approved by the larger social system. This lack of approval meant that few researchers were willing to risk having their work ignored or dismissed as low quality because of the format of publication.
The designers of the first electronic journals approached their task from a purely rational and objective point of view. They identified two problems with scholarly communications systems and believed electronic transmission would be the solution to these problems:
Although the early electronic journals met these objectives, they still failed. The important issue overlooked by the designers was that, from a social reference perspective, an individual's decision to use a given technology is not driven only by considerations of efficiency. Even though the early electronic journal designers attempted to meet efficiency criteria, it was the social aspects of the scholarly culture that ultimately interfered with widespread adoption of those early electronic journals.
Perhaps it is not surprising that the early electronic journal designers did not attend to the social context in their designs, because the focus of HCI in the early 1980s was very much on the individual's interactions with the computer. A quotation from The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction by Card, Moran and Newell (1983) illustrates this orientation: "The psychology of human-computer interface is generally individual psychology: the study of a human behaving within a non-human environment (though, interestingly, interacting with another active agent)" (p. 14).
The focus on tools or artifacts, as Norman called them, and the idea that HCI was a study that focused only on the individual's task-based interaction is indicative of the task-based orientation of HCI at the time.
In summary, today there is a clear movement, both in cognitive psychology and HCI, to move beyond artificial checklists to analyses that offer the opportunity to consider the role of organizational environments and social norms. This stream of HCI research emphasizes awareness of the social dimensions that lie beyond the boundary of HCI at the task level. For those pursuing this research area, the key to designing more effective computer applications is to begin the design process with both an understanding of the social context and of how individuals perceive their roles, tasks and tools within that context. With this broader perspective, systems are more likely to meet the true requirements for successful human-computer interaction.


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Friday, 17 September 2010 10:44 AM
PARIS (AP) — The co-author of a new book about French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy defended his sources Friday amid a media buzz over a passage that cites Michelle Obama as calling life in the White House "hell."
Mrs. Obama's spokeswoman has denied the first lady said such a thing, and a spokesman at the French Embassy in Washington said Bruni-Sarkozy "distances herself completely" from the book, which appeared in French bookstores on Thursday.
The unauthorized book, called "Carla et les ambitieux," or "Carla and the Ambitious Ones," describes the scene of a March dinner at the White House, during which the two first ladies were purported to have had a conversation in English in which they compared notes on their experiences as wives of presidents.
The book claims Mrs. Obama said, "Don't even talk to me about it, it's hell. I can't stand it."
Author Yves Derai stood by the explosive dialogue, insisting it was based on interviews with "reliable sources" — though he declined to name them, in accordance, he said, with his journalistic principles.
"In France, we have something called the 'protection of sources,' so I'm not repeating what Carla or others told me," Derai told The Associated Press in an interview Friday. "We've put in the book the narratives and the information that we verified and compiled and we totally assume responsibility for it as independent journalists."
Derai said he had interviewed about 50 people for the book and that Bruni-Sarkozy herself accorded the co-authors several interviews totaling about 10 hours. But he stressed the book was by no means an "official biography."
The French first lady "didn't read it (before publication) nor did she have the right to correct or vet it," said Derai, an investigative journalist who co-authored the book along with a Michael Darmon, a political journalist for France-2 television.
Derai acknowledged the French word used in the passage, "enfer," might not precisely correspond directly with the English word "hell."
"I don't know, maybe translated into English, hell is Dante's Inferno where they burn sinners, but in French it's really a rather common expression to say that sometimes it's just 'a real drag,'" Derai explained. He did not say what the original word allegedly pronounced by Mrs. Obama was.
"Carla and the Ambitious Ones" is the second book published this week on Bruni-Sarkozy, an Italian-born heiress and former supermodel turned singer known for her romantic liaisons with rich and famous men including rock icons Eric Clapton and Mick Jagger.
"Carla: A Secret Life," which came out Wednesday, chronicles her life from her lonesome childhood in Turin, Italy, through her years on the catwalk through her functions as French first lady.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Loral Space & Communications (Nasdaq:LORL) will hold a conference call on Friday, November 9, 2012 with Chief Executive Officer Michael B. Targoff to discuss the company's status and answer shareholder questions.
Date: November 9, 2012
Time: 11:00 AM ET
Listen via Internet: http://investor.loral.com/
Schedule this webcast into MS-Outlook calendar (click open when prompted):
Toll-free: (877) 831-3841
International: (973) 200-3060
To participate, please dial (973) 200-3060 or toll free at (877) 831-3841 approximately ten minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. A listen-only web cast of the call is available on the Investor Relations section of Loral's web site (http://investor.loral.com/events.cfm) under "Events & Presentations." A replay of the web cast will be available for 30 days.
About Loral Space & Communications Inc.
Loral Space & Communications is a satellite communications company. Loral owns 64 percent of Telesat Canada, a global operator of telecommunications and direct broadcast satellites used to distribute video entertainment programming, broadband data, and provide access to Internet services and other value-added communications services. For more information, visit Loral's web site at www.loral.com.
This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words "believes," "expects," "plans," "may," "will," "would," "could," "should," "anticipates," "estimates," "project," "intend" or "outlook" or other variations of these words or other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information. In addition, Loral Space & Communications Inc. or its representatives have made or may make forward-looking statements, orally or in writing, which may be included in, but are not limited to, various filings made from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and press releases or oral statements made with the approval of an authorized executive officer of the company. Actual results may differ materially from anticipated results as a result of certain risks and uncertainties which are described as "Risk Factors" and in the "Commitments and Contingencies" note to our financial statements in the current Form 10-K and in Loral's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The reader is specifically referred to these documents, as well as the Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to (1) risks associated with financial factors, including swings in the global financial markets, increases in interest rates and access to capital; (2) risks associated with satellite services, including dependence on large customers, launch delays and failures, in-orbit failures and competition; (3) regulatory risks, such as the effect of industry and government regulations that affect Telesat; (4) litigation risks, including patent litigation with ViaSat and (5) other risks, including a possible initial public offering at Telesat that could adversely affect the market for our common stock. The foregoing list of important factors is not exclusive. Furthermore, Loral operates in an industry sector where securities values may be volatile and may be influenced by economic and other factors beyond Loral's control.
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FERPA TrainingFamily Educational Rights and Privacy Act
To whom can information be released by the Chipola College Admissions and Records Office without student consent?
- The law allows disclosure without consent from the
Chipola College Admissions and Records
Office to:
- School employees who have a legitimate educational interest
- Other schools, upon request, in which a student is seeking or intending to enroll
- Accrediting organizations
- Organizations doing certain studies for or on behalf of Chipola College
- Appropriate parties in connection with financial aid to a student to determine eligibility, amount or conditions of financial aid, or to enforce the terms and conditions of aid.
- Parents when a student over 18 is still a dependent (see additional information under Parental Rights)
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- School officials who have a need to know concerning disciplinary action taken against a student
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21, information regarding any violation of university policy or state,
federal or local law, governing the use or possession of alcohol or a
controlled substance
PLEASE REFER ALL CALLS TO Vice President of Student Affairs (X2209) OR ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS (X2233).
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Blue Jays claim Casper Wells on waivers
Toronto, ON – The Toronto Blue Jays claimed outfielder Casper Wells off waivers from the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday.
Wells, 28, played in 93 games for the Mariners last season, posting a .228 batting average with 10 home runs and 36 RBI, He was designated for assignment on March 31 to make room for Jason Bay on the 25-man roster.
Wells was acquired by Seattle in a trade with Detroit on July 30, 2011, along with pitcher Charlie Furbush and infielder prospect Francisco Martinez in exchange for pitchers Doug Fister and David Pauley.
In parts of three seasons with the Tigers and Mariners, Wells has a .246 career average with 25 home runs and 80 RBI.