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Barr has been a most wanted fugitive in Salem County for nearly 10 months after allegedly shooting a man on Hubbell Avenue in Salem City on Aug. 31, authorities said.
According to reports, Salem City Police responded to the scene of a shooting at 9:30 p.m. that day to find Hubbell Avenue resident Roger Summers suffering from a single gunshot wound.
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Barr was arrested Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at his brother's residence on Jackson Street in Camden without incident, authorities said.
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Barr was charged with attempted murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, aggravated assault with a weapon, aggravated assault, and certain persons prohibited from possessing a weapon.
He was lodged in the Salem County Correctional Facility on $750,000 cash bail.
Following the arrest, Salem County Prosecutor John T. Lenahan credited detectives in the prosecutor's office for their efforts in leading to Barr's apprehension through their cooperation with the U.S. Marshals Service.
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Mike Harding was commissioned by The Southbank Centre to record bees for The Bee Symphony, to be performed on Sunday 6th September 2009 at The Queen Elizabeth Hall, London as part of Pestival. The Bee Symphony, with music composition by Marcus Davidson (Spire) and bee recordings by Mike Harding diffused by Chris Watson, will be performed at "Cross Pollination – An Evening of Experimental Insect Music", curated by Chris Watson.
The recordings took place at Cherry Garden Farm, Stelling Minnis in Kent, England. The hives are owned by Olivia Grove on her seven acre small-holding. Also present were Marcus Davidson, who took the photos, and bee expert Mary Hill from Old Wives Lees. You can hear the voices of all four on the episode...
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You can hear a mix of this recording on WFMU's Do or DIY with People Like Us - June 24, 2009 here
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Someone just won $30 million in the California SuperLotto Plus. It wasn't me. Doesn't it burn you up when you look up your numbers and someone else has won?
Playing the lottery isn't the only way to try your luck and make it big these days. With the proliferation of game shows, reality shows, Internet games, and sweepstakes, you might be closer to having your own "prize-winning day" someday.
After the elation—the jumping and screaming, the celebrating and leaping, the gamboling and shrieking—dies down, it's time to look at the tax side of the win, and what you'll owe Uncle Sam.
Taxes on Lottery Winnings
First things first: You need to report the winnings on line 21, "Other income," on Form 1040 and on the related state tax form.
Typically, states with lotteries, or shares in multistate lotteries, don't tax your winnings. Naturally, the IRS taxes you on all wins—at your highest tax rate (28–35 percent).
You can receive lottery payouts in a lump sum or over several years. Good money managers should take the lump sum and invest the money. Folks whose money somehow manages to trickle away should opt for annual payments.
A few things to keep in mind: If you get all the money at once, it tends to disappear rapidly—going to federal taxes, old debts, new relatives, new best friends, and luxurious indulgences. An article published a few years ago in Milwaukee Magazine called "Lottery Hell" outlined the bad things that have happened to winners. If you take the money over several years, even if you squander it in the early years, you'll have it replenished each year. You can start afresh.
Once you settle down and are ready to invest the money, be wise. Don't buy lots of assets that are encumbered by high mortgages. One woman I knew followed the advice of those "buy with nothing down" folks. At the end of her twenty-year payout, she had no savings, lots of real estate with negative cash flows, and a ton of other debt.
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A lot of TV shows are giving away prizes. You don't even have to be on the show to win. You could simply be a member of the studio audience (both Oprah and Ellen DeGeneres give prizes to their audiences). You could even be a member of the show's club, watching from home. On the Wheel of Fortune, you could win as much as $50,000 if you have a Sony card (I just signed up for mine!).
So how do you handle the taxes on these prizes?
Everyone wants a piece of these winnings!
When you're in the studio audience, you must pay taxes on the fair market value (or list price) of the prize or gift to the state where the show is filmed, to the IRS, and to your own state, if you live in a different state.
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Touch the Sun and jockey Isaias Enriquez were a winning combination Saturday at sunny Emerald Downs.
With Enriquez aboard for his second win of the day and 93rd of the season, Touch the Sun drew off for a three-length victory over Tobiah's Journey in the $10,500 The Triad Group Purse for 3-year-olds and up. The 5-year-old Washington-bred ran one mile in 1:36.30 and paid $4, $3 and $3.
Trained by Doris Harwood for owners Michael Pollowitz and Jeffrey Wilson, Touch the Sun has an 8-5-4 record in 29 starts lifetime with earnings of $80,916, including $5,775 for Saturday's win. At Emerald Downs his record is 6-2-2 in 20 starts.
Hustled to the lead from the inside post, Touch the Sun led through fractions of :24.06, :47.47 and 1:11.64. Big Bad Brown, the 9-to-5 second choice bidding for his fifth win of the meet, bid three-deep into the lane but was no match for the winner and flattened out late.
Tobiah's Journey, a 19-to-1 shot ridden by David G. Lopez, held second and paid $9.20 and $5.60. Surfliner, a 21-to-1 shot with Mike Iammarino riding, finished third and paid $4.60. Big Bad Brown, Rezar and Double Shuffle completed the order of finish.
Enriquez continues to push defending champion Juan Gutierrez in the battle for leading rider. With his 25th two-win day of the meet, Enriquez is within two wins, 95-93, of Gutierrez atop the standings.
There are seven days left in the 2013 season.
NOTES: Eliska Kubinova also rode two winners and female riders won half the races on the eight-race card, as Connie Doll and Debbie Hoonan also had wins*One of Kubinova's wins was via a DQ, as Parkers Bluff finished first but was placed second for interference with Brother Greg ($3.40) in race eight*6-year-old mare Champali Lace ($5.60) improved to 9-for-15 at Emerald Downs with a 1 ¼-length victory in race five for $7,500 claiming fillies and mares. Ridden by Ronald Richard for trainer Junior Coffey and owners K Bar J Stables & Al Rainwater, Champali Lace ran six furlongs in 1:09.70. A Kentucky-bred by Champali, Champali Lace has multiple wins here the last four years*Ba Snowbound Chick ($5) became a triple winner at the meet with a two-length victory in the Quarter Horse opener, running 350 yards in :18.12 under Leonel Camacho-Flores for owner trainer Adrian Quinones*Between them, Rf Pistol Pete (five wins) and Ba Snowbound Chick (three) have won 38 percent of the Quarter Horse races at the meeting*Trainer Dale Koler got his first win of the meet as Tichit ($12.40) prevailed in race three for owner Cinbar Stables*Live racing continues Sunday with first post 2 p.m. The featured ninth race for 2-year-olds is a $22,575 allowance event with stakes-placed He's Zuberrific the 2-to-1 morning line choice.
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The Henry Stolzenthaler Columbiette Auxiliary met Thursday and Auxiliary chefs, Barbara Dolan and Margaret Miller reported that dinner was prepared and delivered to The Church that Never Closes. Chapter and convention delegates and alternates were announced. The First Degree initiation of new members will be held April 26 at Stolzenthaler Council at 8 p.m. New members from the Stolzenthaler, Manresa, Assumption and Drumgoole auxiliaries will be initiated. Major Degree will be held June 26. The nominating committee presented a slate of officers. On May 18, Manresa Council will have its grand re-opening after being destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. The Grand Knight reported on the following upcoming events: April 27, 100th Anniversary of the Henry Stolzenthaler Council; May 19, May Crowning; May 31, Day at the Races; June 7, Night at the Races. June 29, Caribbean Night.
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The board of managers of the Staten Island Council of Churches met recently and finalized plans for a retreat on April 18 on Alzheimer's disease co-sponsored by Dr. Adam Smith of Richmond Behavioral Associates. The retreat, for families, patients and caregivers, will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Mount Manresa Jesuit Retreat House, 239 Fingerboard Rd., Rosebank. The cost is $25 and includes breakfast and lunch, To attend, call the Council of Churches office at 718-761-6782. Payments can be brought to the retreat. Limited scholarships are available. On May 11, the Council of Churches will offer a workshop for those who have experienced sexual abuse or violence in their lives, along with clergy, friends and family members who support them. The workshop will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Woodrow United Methodist Church, 1075 Woodrow Road, Rossville. The retreat will feature three women pastors of Staten Island churches. The workshop is free of charge; rather a free-will offering will be taken. A light continental breakfast and lunch is included. To attend, call Council of Churches office by e-mailing the office at email@example.com or calling 718- 761-6782. The deadline for reservations is May 4.
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The Staten Island Quilters Guild met Friday at New Dorp Moravian Church. The membership enjoyed their annual swap and exchanged notions and fabrics. Ann Nora Conte and Maria Mezzacappa reported on the Quilts of Valor; three are ready to be sent to be quilted. A new snowball design will be distributed at the next meeting. As a tribute to Pat Reilly, who passed away last year, Cathy Camp, Phyllis Elrich, Merle Flamhaft and Pat Jacobi, made and donated five children's quilts made from Pat's fabric stash to the local hospitals. Plans were finalized for the year-end luncheon on June 14 at the Marina Grand, Great Kills. The cost is $40. Send checks to Barbara Schnur. The 2014 Quilt Show Committee will discuss choosing a charity to receive proceeds of the quilt raffle. If you have a charity, please come with a short bio to present at the May 10 business meeting. A free motion workshop will be conducted at the May 24 workshop, please bring your machine and materials. Ann Collins won the My Mom's Apron block-of-the-month. New the BOM is Little House block, presented by Carolyn Krams, is due at the next business meeting. Completed projects were shown by: Cathy Camp, Ann Nora Conte, Maryellen Dotti, Margaret Miller, Evelyn Reha, Barbara Schnur and Lisbet Sehgal. The next meeting will be a workshop on April 26 and there will be a demonstration of magic mitered corners, unique prairie points, work on items for the quilt show giveaways and a preliminary meeting for the quilt show. All are welcome, for details, call president Fran Cackowski at 718-761-6596.
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The Indiana Pacers are having some fun at the expense of New York Knicks power forward Amare Stoudemire, who severely cut his hand by punching the glass enclosure of a fire extinguisher Monday night at Miami's American Airlines Arena.
Pacers TV analyst and former forward Austin Croshere posted a of a taped-off fire extinguisher, presumably outside the Bankers Life Fieldhouse locker room, with a sign that reads, "Please Do Not Hit."
Croshere tweets, "The Pacers training staff is taking injury prevention to a whole new level."
The Pacers have joined the chorus of folks talking shots at Stoudemire for his senseless act that has jeopardized his availability for the rest of the Knicks' series against the Heat (although Stoudemire says there's a "great chance" he can return for Game 4 on Sunday).
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MOBILE, Alabama - Arkansas State interim head coach John Thompson said he was pleased with what he saw from the Red Wolves in their first on-site practice Thursday morning for the GoDaddy Bowl.
The Red Wolves practiced at South Alabama's practice facility, working out for approximately 100 minutes.
"We got our guys out here and had a very, very crisp practice,'' interim head coach John Thompson, who led the Red Wolves to a 17-14 win over Kent State in last year's GoDaddy Bowl, also as the interim head coach, said after the practice session. "Our last day that we'll be physical, but we did have some hitting today. We had some drills where we were full speed, (though) not all the way to the ground. We had some things on both sides that were good and some things that we got cleaned up. I'm really, really pleased with our guys.
"We had a great night last night and took care of business this morning. We'll have a little bit of meeting time this afternoon and we're ready to roll.''
Thompson said he is pleased with the progress the team has made, both in practices in Jonesboro and in the work put in in Mobile since the team's arrival Wednesday afternoon.
"I really am (pleased),'' he said. "These guys, I'm really proud of our team, the way they handle their business. Something might go wrong - you've got 150 people and it's not smooth for everybody. But there's been no complaining. We just adjust. We adjust and they've been grateful and thankful. We all are. That's just the way our team is. I'm blessed to be a part of them.''
Quarterback Adam Kennedy, who suffered a knee injury in the first half of the Red Wolves' final regular season game of the year against Western Kentucky, took part in practice. His status for Sunday's game isn't known, but he seemed to be moving around OK during the practice.
"What little I saw - I didn't really see a whole lot - he looked fine,'' Thompson said. "We'll go back and see how it is. That's just part of getting well. Sometimes you've got a bump and you smooth it out. Maybe it hurts the next day and a little more, but it gets better. We'll see. I'll let the doctors and Adam and God take care of all that, and it's all going to be good. We'll make sure that he's 100 percent healthy. We'll see. We're really not going to know until Sunday. ... But whatever he gor done out there today was good and I'll watch it on tape.''
Thompson said he has been especially proud of the way the Red Wolves' senior class has handled the various obstacles, especially coaching changes, thrown at them in each year.
"Obviously when you look at the transitions and things that have happened to these guys, they've just battled,'' Thompson said. "They just continue to battle and go through the different coaches and times, but these guys have been to three straight bowls. They're winners, no matter what happens after today. They're winners and I think they have set a legacy here at Arkansas State, no question about that.''
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"Netflix (NFLX) has exploded the old broadcast television format," says Tero Kuittinen, discussing the implications of Arrested Development's use of a unique/complex episode structure. "Entire 10-episode cycles can be created in a way that makes them far more elaborate and tightly plotted than anything network television can handle." There could also be implications here for Amazon. Though reviews weren't great, one study pegged AD's opening weekend viewing at 3x that of the acclaimed House of Cards. Also: NPD estimates Netflix had an 89% share of Q1 U.S. subscription TV show streaming activity; Hulu had 10%, and Amazon Prime (AMZN) just 2%.
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Interest in AD4 has fallen off a cliff. Check Google Trends (http://bit.ly/178q66C). Depending on which exact terms you search (arrested development by itself or paired with other terms like netflix), and how you parameterize territory and sub categories, you'll see a decline of up to 90% or more from May 26 interest peak to June 6, less than two weeks after its debut. This performance is much worse than the three other season-dumped, binge-viewed NFLX shows. This has disastrous implications for the value of the series revival to NFLX in terms of customer acquisition/retention. There are several possible explanations--negative reviews of the entire season killed buzz, increased (3x?) binge viewing deadened social marketing dynamics, complex narrative structures didn't work for the show's fans or batch distribution--but whatever the explanation, AD4 was clearly a failure for NFLX.
I take no stand on the quality of those Arrested Development shows, old or new, as I have not seen the series. I might try it, however
But consider the really great news in this, folks. For decades, a TV series was at the mercy of network programmers and could often be cancelled with no further appeal possible. I note that NBC cancelled the Star Trek show in 1969 despite fan opinions. Now there is a new chance for TV series. We should all be glad over that!
I agree wholeheartedly. Everyone is talking about the new golden age of television (http://bit.ly/18fBJfV) for good reason. There's an amazing array of interesting new programming available from multiple sources even during the summer season, which used to be TV's dead zone (see this overview in Wired: http://bit.ly/13lHF0b). Some of the shows in the "golden age" conversation are not just great television, but some of the best works of dramatic narrative popular culture created in this generation, shows like the Sopranos, The Wire and Game of Thrones to add to the list that includes Breaking Bad and Mad Men. Not to mention a lot of other merely very good dramas and a slew of great comedy programs (check out WGA's recent list of best-written series, http://bit.ly/18fBJfW).
The WGA list of best-written TV series is interesting. And of the top ten shows listed, four are currently available on Netflix streaming, probably all the remainder can be seen via Netflix DVDs!
It's a good "best written" list with historical depth and a balanced mix of popular and artistically successful programs. And you're right that NFLX and the other DVD renters distribute almost all those shows, while NFLX and the other streaming services have some of the older classics.
the downside of a network/netflix/amazon buying a total season (sight unseen in the case of house of cards) is that there is no room for error or tweaking of the series once it is underway. What you have is all you are going to get and it better be good or it will be a huge sink hole for cash. If a network strings out a series it can either be changed or cancelled if necessary based on viewing numbers. There is no such latitude in the series dump all at once business model.
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Oregon State Police are investigating a crash on Oregon 211 west of Molalla Thursday night that resulted in minor injuries to Colton Fire Chief Richard Beaudoin.
Beaudoin was driving the Colton Fire District's marked GMC Yukon south on Oregon 211 near South Needy Road around 10:15 p.m., when an oncoming passenger car suddenly came into his lane. Beaudoin said he took evasive action to avoid a head-on crash, then drove onto the shoulder, lost control, crossed the highway and crashed into an embankment, facing the wrong way.
"I had about two seconds to make the decision – hit head-on or go into the ditch," Beaudoin said. "When I hit the ditch, it sling-shotted me across the highway and into a berm."
He said fire district's Yukon was so badly damaged and that he couldn't move it. The driver's-side door wouldn't budge, so he climbed out through the back seat.
Three or four minutes later, a southbound Honda Accord came over the hill and crashed into the front of the Yukon.
"We always tell people in a crash to stay where they are," Beaudoin said. "But something told me to get out of the Yukon. Now, I'm glad I did."
Beaudoin was taken by ambulance to Silverton Hospital, where he was treated and released.
The Honda Accord's driver, Daniel Schrock, 54, of Harrisburg, and an adult male passenger, were not injured.
Lt. Gregg Hastings, Oregon State Police spokesman, said Beaudoin was using safety restraints when his Yukon hit the embankment. The airbags in the vehicle deployed. State police were assisted at the scene by Clackamas County sheriff's deputies and a crew from the Monitor Fire District.
Beaudoin said the vehicle veered into his lane was black, with tinted windows, but that he couldn't catch the license plates.
"I'm pretty stiff and sore today – especially in the chest," Beaudoin said. "I'm going to have to lay low for a while."
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A Greenville County man was killed Tuesday night when his car ran off the road and flipped, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The wreck was reported just before 9:30 p.m. on Hillside Church Road, five miles west of Fountain Inn, troopers said.
The driver of a 2001 Nissan Altima was heading north, when it crossed the center line and went off the road, troopers said. The car then hit a ditch and rolled over, hitting several trees before coming to a stop, according to troopers.
The driver was not wearing a seat belt, troopers said.
The coroner's office identified the victim as 20-year-old Matthew Tyler Haussman.
Haussman was pronounced dead at the scene, according to troopers.
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MORE than 50 million African workers are to be invited to Europe in a far-reaching secretive migration deal, the Daily Express can reveal today.
A controversial taxpayer-funded "job centre" opened in Mali this week is just the first step towards promoting "free movement of people in Africa and the EU".
Brussels economists claim Britain and other EU states will "need" 56 million immigrant workers between them by 2050 to make up for the "demographic decline" due to falling birth rates and rising death rates across Europe.
The report, by the EU statistical agency Eurostat, warns that vast numbers of migrants could be needed to meet the shortfall in two years if Europe is to have a hope of funding the pension and health needs of its growing elderly population.
It states: "Countries with low fertility rates could require a significant number of immigrants over the coming decades if they want to maintain the existing number of people of working age.
"Having sufficient people of working age is vital for the economy and for tax revenue."
The report, by French MEP Francoise Castex, calls for immigrants to be given legal rights and access to social welfare provision such as benefits.
Ms Castex said: "It is urgent that member states have a calm approach to immigration. To say 'yes', we need immigration … it is not a new development, we must accept it."
The proposals include the creation of a "blue card" system, based on the American green card, that provides full working and welfare rights.
Blue card holders would be entitled to move freely across the EU, setting up home in any of the 27 member states.
Last night Sir Andrew Green, of MigrationWatchUK said: "England, with Holland, is already the most crowded country in Europe.
"Yet again the 'one-size-fits-all' policy of the EU produces absurd results.
"Higher levels of immigration are the last thing we need with a recession approaching."
The UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage attacked the move as "an outrage". He said: "The sooner Britain gets back control of immigration policy, the better."
The proposals – part of the Africa-EU Partnership signed in Portugal last December – also warns of the negative effects of mass immigration and calls for "better integration of African migrants".
It calls too for a compassionate approach to the eight million illegal immigrants already living in the EU.
The declaration calls on the EU to assist African governments to set up migration information centres "to better manage labour mobility between Africa and the EU".
The first was the job centre opened in Bamako, capital of Mali, on Monday. Other centres are expected to open soon in other west African states and later in north Africa.
Yesterday the Daily Express revealed that, in an apparent contradiction of immigration policy, thousands of migrants – like Kanoute Tieny from Mali – are being given up to £5,500 in grants by the EU to return home to Africa.
French immigration minister Brice Hortefeux has represented all the 27 EU states, including Britain, in a succession of whirlwind tours through west Africa to help create a strategy.
Last night the Home Office said the UK had nothing to do with this EU plan.
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There are a lot of thin film companies -- maybe 80 to 90 firms working on various aspects of the technology. I've limited the entries on this list to private firms funded by Venture Capital and Private Equity. No public firms, no subsidiaries of public firms.
The thin-film sector is by far the leading recipient of VC funds in solar (and the entire renewable energy field). That's because: 1.) VCs love multi-billion dollar industries like solar with steady 30 percent plus per year growth; 2.) The potential exists for thin film to disrupt the dominant wafered-silicon technology as well as create and enable new markets; and, 3.) VCs are looking to replicate the success of First Solar and its thin-film IPO.
Out of the 35 or so private thin-film firms, only a few will survive and even fewer will make it to the VC goal line -- an IPO or acquisition. It might be one of the well-financed CIGS firms like Nanoslar or Solyndra. Then again, one of the stealth firms now being gestated might be the black swan that changes the economics and scale of PV. Here's the list parsed by thin-film material -- thin-film silicon, CdTe and CIGS.
Thin-Film Silicon and variations thereof
Ampulse: Ampulse is funded with more than $1 million from Battelle Ventures and the DOE for "film silicon" and is seeking $10 million in its next round. Using "Hot-Wire CVD," the company coats a metal substrate with a thin-layer of silicon, which then crystallizes. Ampulse is targeting a 15 percent conversion rate for its cells and is working with NREL and ORNL.
AOS Solar: AOS claims to combine c-Si PV efficiency with high-throughput thin film manufacturing economics. The company has received angel funding and a $500,000 DOE grant.
APSTL: APSTL deposits a thin layer of crystalline silicon on a metallic substrate, claiming the approach is driven by an understanding of imperfections in silicon and its effect on electron transport, as well as "the effect of deposition processes and crystal growth conditions on the creation of various defects."
CSG Solar: Crystalline Silicon on Glass technology firm, CSG raised ~$35 million from Apax Partners and Good Energies in 2005, who joined existing investors Q-Cells, REC and IBG. Its crystalline silicon layer is less than 2um in thickness. Press releases from 2007 claim that the company is in 24/7 production in Germany.
EPV SOLAR: Privately owned EPV's 30,000 square foot, 20-MW facility in New Jersey is producing and shipping thin-film a-Si solar modules. There is another facility in Germany that brings total capacity to about 50 MW. EPV recently announced the closing of $78 million of convertible senior secured notes.
FlexCell: a-Si deposited on flexible plastic film via a very high frequency (VHF) plasma deposition technique. FlexCell received $9 million from Q-Cells in 2006.
HelioSphera (a.k.a. Next Solar): Greek firm readying 2009 production of "micromorph tandem" thin-film PV panels with an annual capacity of 60 MW, using Oerlikon's micromorph technology at 3um thickness. The firm received investment from Plainfield Asset Management and Sciens International.
NanoPV Corp: Early stage "Thin-film nanocrystalline silicon" targeting 8.5 percent efficiency large-area modules.
Optisolar (a.k.a. Gen3 Solar): Optisolar is a secretive a-Si manufacturer with more (maybe much more) than $200 million in PE funding and a 550-MW PPA from renewables-friendly Northern California utility PG&E.
Sencera: Funded by The Quercus Trust and Equinox Securities, Sencera develops tandem amorphous/microcrystalline solar cells with target conversion efficiencies greater than 10 percent courtesy of their plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) technology They recently achieved 7 percent conversion efficiency in lab tests, which triggered an additional $5.2 million investment and are in the process of raising ~$36 million in capital to build a 38MW module factory in Charlotte, NC.
Sierra Solar Power: $7.1 million from GSR Ventures and Mayfield China for thin film silicon.
Signet Solar: Signet builds a-Si panels using Applied Materials' SunFab line, producing large panels for utility scale deployment - 5.7 square meters in area. Their first production line was established in Germamy. Signet completed a first tranche of a Series A round of $5 to $10 million from undisclosed angel investors in 2007 and is working with investors in India and abroad to raise massive capital for its planned capacity expansion.
SkyPoint Solar: A thin film solar panel manufacturing firm, launched with seed capital from its founding management team, including John Tuttle, the former CEO of troubled CIGS solar manufacturer DayStar. Their technology is based on amorphous / microcrystalline silicon materials and they look to deploy their product in Skypoint-owned and operated solar power parks, both domestically and internationally. InfusionCapital is involved in their financing.
Soltaix: Funded by the DOE, Solataix is working on nano-silicon, high-efficiency, thin-film, crystalline solar cells.
Xunlight (a.k.a. MWOE): Xunlight is a spin-off from the University of Toledo developing thin-film silicon PV on flexible substrates. The thin-film silicon is deposited via PECVD while a magnetron sputter deposition system is used to deposit the non-semiconductor layers - Al, Ag, ZnO and ITO, required for the cells. They raised $40 million in several rounds from Rabo, Emerald Technology Ventures, NGP Energy Technology Partners, and Trident Capital in addition to significant R&D funding from the DOE, AFRL, NIST and state government sources.
CdTe Startups
AVA Solar: AVA Solar closed its seed round in early 2007 and its first VC round in June 2007, led by The Invus Group. AVA Solar then raised $104 million in a funding round led by DCM with Technology Partners, GLG Partners, et al. in order complete its 200MW CdTe thin film plant in Longmont, Colorado. Manufacturing method is "Air-to-Vacuum-to-Air (AVA)" belt.
Bloo Solar: Formerly known as Q1 NanoSystems, Bloo Solar has IP from UC Davis and builds nano-structured "bristles" layered with CdTe as the PV material although other materials can be used. The bristled substrate provides greater surface area and acceptance angle. It has received $100,000 from an NSF grant and are looking for their first VC round.
Canrom: Thin-film CdTe technology ready to start production but lacking working capital. Funded, at one point, by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
Golden Photon: Originally called Photon Energy, Golden Photon was acquired by ACX Technologies of Golden, CO. Early CdTe developer with the DOE and NREL, although currently inactive.
NewCyte: An array of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes form 3D solar cells from researchers at Georgia Tech. The research is sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the AFRL, and Intellectual Property Partners. MBE is used to coat the nanotubes with CdTe and CdS which act as the p-type and n-type PV layers.
PrimeStar Solar: PrimeStar was formed in June 2006 with funding of $6.2 million from individuals and a global investment bank. In 2007, GE Energy took a minority equity position in PrimeStar Solar, raising its stake to become a majority shareholder in June 2008. With CdTe technology licensed from NREL, their product will be a 60 cm x 120 cm frameless glass-glass PV module for use in large-scale grid connected installations.
Solar Fields: CdTe developer bought by Q-Cells in 2007 and merged with Q-Cells' Calyxo subsidiary to form Calyxo USA.
Sunovia: Working with EPIR, in which it has a significant equity position, Sunovia is attempting to develop CdTe on Si, for a multijunction solar cell with initial applications in CPV. Sunovia received $12 million in funding from an undisclosed source in 2008.
Xunlight 26 Solar: Spun-out from VC funded Xunlight in April 2008 to develop flexible solar cells based on CdTe and other II-VI compound semiconductors. Xunlight raised $40M in several rounds from Rabo, Emerald Technology Ventures, NGP Energy Technology Partners, and Trident Capital, et al. to develop thin-film silicon PV on flexible substrates.
Zia Watt Solar: Some past activity in CdTe PV.
Global Solar Energy: Privately held Global Solar Energy is a producer of thin-film photovoltaic CIGS solar cellsfor use in solar panels as well as in flexible, portable solar chargers. They recently installed a 750-kW system at their manufacturing site in Tucson, Ariz. In 2006, shares were sold for $16 to an anonymous European VC investor and to Solon, a German producer of PV modules.
HelioVolt: HelioVolt's 20-MW CIGS thin-film solar production plant will be financed by the firm's B round which closed at $101 million in 2007. Investors in the B Round include NEA, Paladin Capital Group, Masdar Clean Tech Fund, Solúcar Energia, Morgan Stanley Principal Investments, Sunton United Energy, Yellowstone Capital, Sequel Venture Partners, Noventi Ventures and Passport Capital. Its manufacturing process is modeled after an electroplating technique and the firm claims it can "print" on glass, steel, metal, composites and some polymers for use in BIPV and other PV applications.
ISET: Since 1985, privately held ISET has received ~$15M in funding from federal, state agencies, and private corporations. ISET has developed a non-vacuum approach to the deposition of the CIGS absorber layer using water-based inks made from nanoparticles of copper, indium and gallium oxides as precursor materials.
Miasolé: CIGS solar vendor Miasolé's first three rounds of VC from KPCB, Vantage Point Venture Partners, Garage Technology Ventures, and Firelake Capital Management totaled ~$101 million. In July 2008, the firm announced the closing of a ~$200 million round. Their product is produced on a flexible substrate. Although they have made progress in their device efficiency, there have been setbacks in personnel and technology.
Nanosolar: CIGS thin-film solar manufacturer Nanosolar is one of the largest recipients of VC and strategic funding in the solar startup world with more than $500 million raised from Benchmark Capital, Firelake Capital, First Ventury, GLG Partners, Grazia Equity, LGT Capital Group, Mitsui & Co Ltd., Mohr Davidow Ventures, OnPoint Technologies, SAC Capital, Scoll Foundation, Standford University, Swiss Re, AES, the Carlyle Group, EDF, Energy Capital Partners, et al. The firm claims to have shipped its first commercial panels in December 2007. Nanosolar's innovations include a solar ink deposited in a printing industry-like roll-to-roll process, a conductive foil substrate, and a low cost top electrode.
Odersun: Odersun, developing flexible thin-film CIS solar cells, closed a $60 million B round in early 2008 from Virgin Green Fund, PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund, AGF Private Equity, Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures, and Advanced Technology & Materials. It also received ~$30 million in German government funding. Their roll-to-roll manufacturing process uses long reels of copper tape and can be packaged in flexible or rigid formats.
SoloPower: SoloPower builds CIGS-based PV cells using something akin to electroplating. SoloPower claims to be able to add controlled amounts of gallium and/or sulfur into the absorber layer to adjust its energy gap, allowing higher voltage, better carrier collection, and higher conversion efficiency. Their products can be packaged into rigid or flexible structures. SoloPower is one of the very well funded CIGS firms with more than $230 million from Crosslink Capital, Firsthand Capital Management, Convexa Capital, Alf Bjørseth, co-founder of REC, et al.
Solyndra: Their 2007 funding of ~$79 million from CMEA and RedPoint Ventures was followed by hundreds of millions in investment from Argonaut Ventures, Rockport Capital, USVP, Masdar Clean Tech Fund, Madrone Capital (The Walton family fund which also funded First Solar). They produce radically innovative CIGS on glass cylinders for rooftop deployment and have announced more than $1.2 billion in customer contracts. The company also anticipates access to a DOE loan program.
Sulfurcell Solartechnik: Sulfurcell has been manufacturing and developing thin-film solar modules based on chalcopyrite-type semiconductors on glass (CIS/CIGSe) since 2003. They received $10 million from Masdar Fund, Vattenfall Europe, Ventegis Capital, et al. in 2007 and $134 million from Intel Capital, Climate Change Capital Private Equity, AIG, Demeter Partners, Zouk Ventures, and BankInvest in Q3 2008.
Telio Solar: Korean-headquartered CIGS startup.
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The 56th Grammy Awards kick off this Sunday, Jan. 26 at 8 p.m.
The most coveted award at the annual ceremony is Album of the Year. In recent years, that award has gone to artists from Mumford and Sons to Adele to Arcade Fire to Taylor Swift. Herbie Hancock even took it home in 2008.
This year, the Album of the Year nominees are:
- The Blessed Unrest by Sara Bareilles
- Random Access Memories by Daft Punk
- Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar
- The Heist by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Red by Taylor Swift
Overall, this year's bunch is young and out of the ordinary. Taylor Swift and Daft Punk are not only the lone former Grammy winners, they're the only two of the group that have ever been nominated. The majority of this year's honorees are complete newcomers to the awards.
Unlike the Oscars, there's no real clear-cut favorites at the Grammys. It's anyone's game at this point. The category features hip-hop (Macklemore, Kendrick Lamar), pop (Taylor Swift, Sara Bareilles) and electronic dance music (Daft Punk).
The debut album by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Heist would be the first debut album to win the award. It's received considerable praise critically and launched the producer-rapper duo to international acclaim almost overnight.
In fact, hip-hop factors heavily into this year's nominations, with Kendrick Lamar's Good Kid, M.A.A.D City also receiving a nod. The last hip-hop album to win the award was Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below in 2004.
And noticeably absent in the main category this year: rock 'n' roll.
Amidst the trophies, the evening promises some of the year's most anticipated live performances. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will take the stage as well as Daft Punk, whose only other TV appearance to date was the 2013 Grammy Awards.
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If you want to create a crochet fabric with some shape, sooner or later, you're going to have to increase! Don't worry, increasing is actually pretty easy! To increase, you just single crochet twice in the same stitch.
There are a number of ways you might see a single crochet increase written in patterns:
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Krek, R.M. and Eitelberg, G. (1993) Report on Alternative Driver Condition Studies. DLR-Interner Bericht. 222 - 93 C 28, 20 S.
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An empirical/theoretical study of safe operating conditions of the HEG has been performed. In order to prepare for operating the facility with a driver gas other than pure Helium. The resulting enthalpies and densities in the flowfield have been predicted and tabulated. It is predicted that the HEG can be operated safely also when specific reservoir enthalpies of down to 10 MJ/kg, correspondingto equivalent flight of v infinity = 4.5 km/s are required. All conditions are predicted at tailored interface mode, i.e. the reservoir conditions are expected to stay constant during the useful test time of approximately 1-2 ms. For enthalpies higher than 20 MJ/kg, only the undertailored operating conditions have been found as 'safe operating conditions' so far. After further confirmation of the modelling through tests at various enthalpies and reservoir conditions, further attempt to find safe tailored conditions at, say 25 MJ/kg initially, will be attempted.
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|Köln-Porz , Braunschweig , Göttingen
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|Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology > Institut für Strömungsmechanik > Institut für Experimentelle Strömungsmechanik
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Mark Carlson guided the 2009 U.S. Junior Select Team to its second straight World Junior A Challenge championship with a 2-1 win over Canada West at Credit Union Place in Summerside, P.E.I. Team USA completed the tournament with a 4-0-1-0 record.
Carlson, the head coach and general manager of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (United States Hockey League), led the U.S. Junior Select Team for the second consecutive year. Carlson has led Cedar Rapids to nine straight winning seasons and Clark Cup playoff appearances. In 2004-05, Carlson was named the USHL Coach of the Year after finishing the season with a 42-13-5 overall record, and winning his first Clark Cup championship. Carlson has over 300 victories and was named the United States Olympic Committee Development Coach of the Year in 2008-09.


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I like to compare transit systems, especially since there has recently been so much data available. Many, many urban planner theses on transit.
Interesting european pay idea includes multi-day cards where you pay for a certain number of 'use' days - say a 20-pack card which would mean unlimited use on any day used, so you wouldn't be paying for days not used - like a monthly pass in December with piles of holidays. I figure that it is all about the complexity of the system to implement and maintain - prestocards, as an example, are a bit of a nightmare, but seem more fair.
Though cost is a good way to gauge transit systems, many would also use value, such as:
-percentage of Toronto area served by 15-minute service (within 300m of stop)
-average trip time per km travel - very interesting: every stop has its route matched to every other stop (as the crow flies) then compared to total (departure time (+transfer) to arrival) time (best to separate high-volume from low-volume times)
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-$ per installed bus mile, subway mile, streetcar/LRT mile
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Toolia says:
Not again! I can't see how you can hype this event anymore Vivian. Local indie designers are passing on this event because it's simply not very good. Yes, Portland's FW's fees for designers to enter their works are a bargain compared to real shows like NYFW, but that's like comparing Nieman Marcus to Wal-mart! As a fan of fashion and local designers I can't see paying for overpriced tickets to a just so-so event.
VIvian: Would love to hear what others think. I agree PFW tickets are over-priced. New York fashion week shows are by invitation, not ticket, so they are free although difficult to come by. I understand the need to charge for PFW but the tiered pricing is way too complicated. I'm already hearing from readers who don't understand the tickets/party/seating stuff and all I can do is say, "Talk to PFW. Please."
What did people who attended past shows think? I quoted Elizabeth Dye in the story about why she's not participating this year. What do other designers think of past PFW events? Is it the fee that keeps other designers away? The quality of the production? Something else? I've attended hundreds and hundreds of fashion shows in my life -- sad but true -- in NYC, London, LA, Dallas, Chicago and PDX -- and want to know what others think of local shows.
Does Toolia have a personal ax to grind? A good point? A bitter and cranky attitude? Or enlightened? Anyone?
Just to make things interesting --- I will throw in a box of super cool products that have come my way including Black Licorice shower gel from philosophy; cute Big Mama makeup; Elemis pro collagen mask; Stila powder; Organics makeup; Laura Mercier undercover powderand Space NK body wash and body balm. Really, really nice stuff...all you need to do is leave a comment -- not an email but an actual comment -- and we'll give the box of cool stuff to the wittiest, most helpful or otherwise deemed worthy comment.
Komo1 : I don't think that Toolia is "hating" anything Vivian. It sounds like a simple opinion. Maybe she doesn't like being overcharged for tickets and not getting what she thought she was paying for, but who wouldn't? I don't know but if that's what the writer feels then that's what blogs are for, right? The Portland fashion shows I went to last year were pretty good. I can't say I went to hundreds of fashion shows but I've been to many of the major ones and they are on a different level. The tickets last year were overpriced in my opinion and I don't know if I will go back this year. That doesn't mean though the couple evenings of shows I attended didn't have some good things to offer or weren't interesting. It was.
Vivian Agreed. I went to all the shows and I found something to like about all of them. Also, I think people have a warped idea of what runway shows in New York really look like because they most often see the highly edited, cool cut, video versions. Here's is what fashion shows mostly are: Girls walking down a runway. Contrary to "America's Next Top Model" hype, they do not "develop" a walk. They simply walk. The average age one season was 17 years old so, really, they learned to walk not all that long ago.
Cone :Vivian,, I must say... I dare anyone to sit in my seat for six months, look at our books, and our production bills, see how much work by how many people goes into this, and then re-examine the notion that we're overpriced. Want to know something else? In our advanced ticket sale system, know what our highest volume (I don't just mean highest dollars I mean highest volume!) category of tickets sold is?? VIP. $90. Now there may be other variables at work here as far as who will tend to buy in advance and who will buy on the door, but nevertheless, it can't be ignored; there is a market in this community for an event like this, and people seem to understand. If all you want to do is get in and see the show, it's $20 for general admission. $20!!
Vivian That's interesting about the $90 tickets. Very impressive. (Full disclosure, Cone is one of the main guys behind PFW.) I've been a big supporter of local fashion designer for years. In the early ''80s I was writing about Mary Adams who soon moved to New York and has had a shop there ever since. Back then, it was one or two designers who'd struggle for a while and give up or move. So what is happening in PDX now is really exciting. I'm fortunate that because of my work, I attend many indie fashion shows and I think the idea of pulling everyone together once or twice a year to show to a much bigger audience is brilliant.
I agree with Komo1 about right for someone feeling like, s/he being overcharged. Its a feeling that depends on several factors, two of the big ones, are, buying-power of the individual and willingness to pay. The question is, what's the target audience of PFW? The answer is, very simply, anyone who's relevant in furthering commercial success of the designer...which is true for any established fashion week in the world. The ones that are on top of that list, are, press and whole-sale buyers... who gets into the shows by invitation -- no tickets required... and it's true for PFW shows as well. How successful was PFW in getting recognized by that prime audience? Well, I will mention the 4 page story in Italian BOOK MODA, 2 page story in Sweden's SVD, a hue mention in WWD, several cover story in the Oregonian just as samples. In their testimonials, several of our designers reported significant growth in their sales due to PFW.
To bolster the support for commercial success for the designers (because, Portland is not a buyer-center, like NY or LA), we added another segment to that target audience for PFW, individual buyers, only the ones that has the interest and buying power to buy from the participating designers. Unlike the press and whole-sale buyers, the only way the individual buyers can demonstrate their credential is by buying tickets to the shows of the designers they like. Just so we don't keep the other people who are very relevant to the fashion industry, like the fashion students, or a curious onlooker to the indie fashion scene who might not want to spend to much money to check-it-out but could be a potential buyer for a designer, we kept the entry-level fee at only $20. We launch the next season's collections of about 5 (sometimes up to 10) designers on a certain evening. My question is, if someone isn't willing to or has the disposable income to pay $4 (or even $2 .... that my dear friends, is less than the price of a latte in our favorite stumptown coffee) to get the privilege of the never-seen-before pieces of their favorite designer, before anybody else in the world, what are the chances s/he will spend $200 or $400 to buy a piece from that designer, atleast to the level where that designer can sustain?
About Toolia's comment about the high quality of shows in NYFW -- it's a hugely broader generalization. I have seen production costing hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Bryant Park tents (where I sometimes crossed path with Vivian), and I agree they are better than the ones in PFW, but, I also have seen several off-the-tent shows in NYFW, which could be blown away by PFW. Yes, even their staging on the right-side and left side wasn't symmetric, they have pillars in the middle of the hall, they were suffocating and steamy due to lack of air-circulation during February winter...and I am talking about shows that were published in Fashion Calendar, I didn't neat-pick some less-known shows....and if I have to talk about those, I have to put NY shows to shame....yes, I am talking about shows taking place even in Scandinavian Center in the heart of Manhattan during NYFW.
About indie-designer participation in PFW -- well, here's the list. I will bring your attention to the fact, district by district, the most commercially successful designers are continuing to participate in PFW.
Pearl District: Lucia Apparel -- the only fashion-store in the Pearl that designs and produces her own line.
NW 23rd & Missisipi: Sameunderneath - the biggest independent design label of Oregon
NE Portland: Sofada - one of the biggest label in Portland
Alberta: Idom - the most well-know indie designer in the district
Amai Unmei - sold in several boutique
Lizzie Parker - biggest indie designer of Seattle
Salvationware - winner of Seattle Fashion Award
And I didn't even start talking about internationally known designer, like Christopher Bevans, or Canadian eco-designer Elroy Apparel, that just got on-board this year.
Does this list look like indie designers are shying away from PFW? I see "PFW bringing national and international attention to Portland's fashion industry", as Portland's Mayor terms it when he awards "Spirit Of Portland" award.
Vivian has been reporting about PFW for a long time. Her exposure to international level fashion shows is unparalleled in Portland. That's why, her critic is vital for the designers, as well as to us, the producers, so that we can learn from our mistakes and continue to grow. I respect someone's decision not to attend PFW, but, encouraging Vivian not to report on this event, where scores of designers, industry professionals, set-production companies, graphic and web designers, fashion students, working round the year to get support this fashion industry, only does a disservice to the growth of Portland's fashion industry.
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I am feeling oh so fabulous, so grab your hand bags, take off the heels, hold on tight, and let's leave wal-mart out of the equation Pythagoros, I have a time share on aisle 9!
I really appreciate the fact that people are able to talk about ideas and express their opinions is this country, I know some great people who sacrificed too much for this honor.
Now plz realize Toolia that an event on the scope of PFW costs literally hundreds of thousands of dollars (half that in euros) and thousands of man hours (is there a metric conversion for this) to conceive, produce and execute.
"Not good" you say? Book Moda and several other international fashion publications covered it in their pages (with Book Moda not even covering LAFW) and their editors evidentally disagree-going so far as to dub PFW "The most sustainable fashion series in the world", while NIKE (like they would affiliate themselves with something 'not good'???!!), Christopher Bevans, Sofada, Lizzie Parker, Lucia, et al have nothing better to do that launch their 2009 lines from a sub parr production?
And please don't tell me Toolia- 20.00 is too expensive to hob-nob and network with Portland's beautiful people, in a stellar LEED Gold certified building, while enjoying regional organic food and drinks, supporting local fashions, Portland's economy, the Children's cancer Association, and the indie design community?
Perhaps you are referring to our Patron or VIP tickets along the runway?
Those tickets are reserved for the special people who appreciate the fact that they will appear in pictures in fashion magazines across the globe ( I saw you Miss V. Mac! :)
In a city where one can view a 'fashion show' almost any weekend of the year from a dive bar or nightclub for the same price, 20.00 is a bargain considering PFW has been held in years past from the dizzying heights of the 44th floor of our tallest building (I'd pay 20 just to catch the view!!!), Swan Island shipyards (a homeland security site) and now Portland's newest LEED Gold certified building in The Pearl.
As to the designers who skipped PFW due to cost constraints- these are designers not yet ready to launch a collection which the apparel buyers of America will be ordering 20,000 pieces from, they simply are not ready. PFW is about creating commerce, jobs, AND MONEY for those who participate, with dozens and dozens of designers doing their best to NOT skip their chance for an appearance on PFW's sustainable bamboo runway, and plz- our ticket system is written in plain English, even I can understand and negotiate it.
OK Vivie- I want my MTV, AND that callogen stuff to remove these brow wrinkles and laugh lines I developed from reading retorts to an annual civic event which has drawn international acclaim in just 5 short years. Toolia has made me cry as well, so I may also be in need some new water proof, mil-spec, manscara since mine has just mingled with the bitter tears of nonappreciation.
Thanks for letting me reply too pretty lady!
Hey-is that licorice stuff edible? Ice cream toppable? I'm hungry.
See you on aisle 9! (and the runways!)
-Tod Hunter Foulk
Executive Producer
Portland Fashion Week
Vivian: Tod, you have a future as a writer.
I'm working on a story on Christopher Bevans now. He is really interesting as well as talented. It's a tough world out there. Life is just high school with bigger halls.


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If you're planning to take an Easter stroll through Lincoln Park in Jersey City tomorrow morning, don't expect to find any Easter eggs.
Scores of children looked to have found every last one of the colorful eggs, some holding candy surprises, during today's 25th annual Easter egg hunt in the park. A handful held blue tickets good for gift cards.
In addition, the event included an egg dyeing station for real eggs that will undoubtedly be left out in the kids' homes with a carrot or two tonight for the Easter Bunny to hide.
The hunt was sponsored by Hudson County Freeholder Bill O'Dea, Jersey City Council members Michael Sottolano and David Donnelly, and the Jack Collins Association.
If you're still looking for an Easter egg hunt, Bayonne has one at 11 a.m. Monday at Gorman Field and another at 1 p.m. Monday at Veterans Stadium.


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Wagner College freshman hurler Nolan Long has been named Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week on Monday after hurling five shutout innings in lifting the Seahawks to a 1-0 victory over defending league champion Bryant.
With the Seahawks needing a win to remain alive in the race for the final NEC Tournament berth, Long surrendered just two hits against a Bulldog squad which boasts the conference's top offense. The 6-foot-10 righty, who also is a member of the Wagner basketball team, struck out five while improving to 3-3 with a 2.98 ERA.
The Seahawks will again lock horns with Bryant on Thursday at noon in the first game of the NEC four-school, double-elimination playoffs.
Mendez, Cundari earn DIII accolades
St. Joseph (Brooklyn) College's Joe Mendez was selected to the DIII Baseball.com 2014 All-New York Region first team while teammate Mike Cundari earned third-team honors.,
Mendez, a first-team selection a year ago out of Monsignor Farrell, set school records in home runs (11), RBI (50) and slugging percentage (.734) in his senior season on campus. The one-time NCBWA Division III Hitter of the Week, D3Baseball.com Team of the Week and USCAA Player of the Week pick also led the team with 12 doubles and had 39 runs scored in 128 at bats.
Cundari, a senior, was a steady force for the Bears in the lineup and at first base, starting all 40 games. The St. Peter's product hit a team-high .375 on the year with 36 runs scored and 34 RBI to his name. The one-time AD3I Player of the Week had 10 doubles and 10 steals as well. The first baseman was solid defensively committing no errors in 327 chances and became the second Bear in school history to record 100 hits, 100 runs and 100 RBI in a career.
St. Joseph's finished the season with a school-record 29 wins and the program's initial postseason win.


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On the way to New Delhi's international airport, three armed men lean out of the windows of a jeep, furiously waving at the steady stream of traffic to pull over.
India Insight
How to get more women into parliament?
As part of its 100-day action plan, the Congress-led UPA government is pushing for the Women's Reservation Bill, which seeks to reserve 33 per cent seats in parliament for women.
The no-vote option: Will Indians ever exercise it?
Democracy is all about choice and there have been calls to introduce a "none of the above" option in electronic voting machines so that guardians of the election process in the world's largest democracy can reject candidates who don't pass muster.


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A LaPlace teenager whose older brother was booked with murder last year by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the same homicide.
Terrell Harper, 17, of 2205 Tiffany Drive, was booked with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder after being captured by a special fugitive task force, according to an arrest record.
Harper remains in custody at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna in lieu of $1 million bond.
Harper is accused of participating in the fatal shooting of Dan Walter Kerry, 16, and the wounding of four other teenagers at a carnival near the intersection of Lapalco Boulevard and Ames Boulevard in November 2010, said Col. John Fortunato, a JPSO, spokesman.
Kerry was shot once in the head and his four brothers were wounded.
Harper's brother, Sheldon Harper, has already been arrested in connection with the shootings and remains in custody on a similar bond.
Authorities believe the shooting was tied to an earlier argument among the teenagers.


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Maryanne Louise Schwartz called 911 and reported that her 3-year-old daughter was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Florida last Friday night. The girl, Yeliani Schwartz-Ojeda, died at a hospital Saturday. And early on, the doctors noticed that something just wasn't adding up about the tragic case.
During the initial investigation, hospital staff told detectives they had reservations about the 22-year-old mother's story from the beginning, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
For one thing, there were concerns about the bruising -- it didn't appear to be from a car. Also, the child's body temperature when she came into the hospital didn't match the timeframe the mother and her friend gave for the accident, investigator Chandra Jones told the newspaper.
What is more, the hospital staff told cops about another of Schwartz's children had "multiple bruises on his body that were not consistent with normal child activities."
On Tuesday, the Orange County medical examiner ruled the girl's death a homicide, saying her injuries weren't caused by a vehicle but rather stemmed from abuse.
And now, the mother is facing a first-degree murder charge in the case, according to the Journal-Constitution.
Schwartz was originally arrested on a warrant for one count of felony child abuse, investigators told the newspaper. The first-degree murder charge was added on Wednesday.
Background according to the Journal-Constitution: Prior to release of the medical examiner's report, Schwartz was in court trying to regain custody of her 2-year-old son, who was placed in foster care following her daughter's death.
Judge Alicia L. Latimore said Schwartz's son would remain in the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families.
Schwartz was taken to the Orange County Jail on Wednesday afternoon.


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HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2534
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Michael A. Costello
To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to discharge of indebtedness of principal residence from gross income .
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2534
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen
An Act relative to discharge of indebtedness of principal residence from gross income .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 28 of the acts of 2009, is amended by inserting in subparagraph (M) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) before the words "Any amount":- (i).
SECTION 2. Section 2 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 28 of the acts of 2009, is amended by inserting after paragraph (M)(i) of subsection (a) the following:-
(ii) To the extent not otherwise excluded from gross income, in whole or in part, the discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness is excluded from gross income, subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) Basis reduction.--The amount excluded from gross income by reason of subsection (a)(2)(M) shall be applied to reduce (but not below zero) the basis of the principal residence of the taxpayer.
(b) Qualified principal residence indebtedness.--For purposes of this section, the term "qualified principal residence indebtedness" means acquisition indebtedness (within the meaning of section 163(h)(3)(B) of the Code) for the principal residence of the taxpayer, up to and including $2,000,000 if married filing jointly or $1,000,000 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return.
(c) Exception for certain discharges not related to taxpayer's financial condition.--Subsection (a)(2)(M) shall not apply to the discharge of a loan if the discharge is on account of services performed for the lender or any other factor not directly related to a decline in the value of the residence or to the financial condition of the taxpayer.
(d) Ordering rule.--If any loan is discharged, in whole or in part, and only a portion of such loan is qualified principal residence indebtedness, subsection (a)(2)(M) shall apply only to so much of the amount discharged as exceeds the amount of the loan (as determined immediately before such discharge) which is not qualified principal residence indebtedness. The principal residence exclusion take precedence over an insolvency exclusion unless elected otherwise.
(e) Principal residence.--For purposes of this subsection, the term "principal residence" has the same meaning as when used in section 121 of the Code.
SECTION 2. This Act shall apply to discharges of indebtedness on or after January 1, 2013.