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Activist Filings
Emulex (ELX)
Elliott Management disclosed that it had signed a letter of agreement with Emulex on March 27. According to the terms of the agreement, Emulex, following the recent increase in the size of its board to 11 directors, will not increase or decrease the size of any board committee on which a new director sits. In addition, Emulex agreed not to remove or replace any new directors from any committees, dissolve or decrease the scope or powers of any committee on which a new director sits, or fail to appoint the new directors "as previously contemplated." Also under the terms of the agreement, Elliott is now subject to a standstill provision that limits its ownership to no more than 15% for the next 12 months.
Elliott owns 8,925,927 shares (9.96% of the voting total) and said it had not bought or sold any shares over the past 60 days.
Original Filings
Anworth Mortgage Asset anh -0.18181818181818182% Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD5.49 -0.01 -0.18181818181818182% /Date(1490907720772-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 511712 AFTER HOURS USD5.49 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7254 P/E Ratio 34.3125 Market Cap 526751514.434814 Dividend Yield 10.92896174863388% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (ANH)
Pine River Capital Management disclosed that it now owns 9,123,514 shares (6.4%) after its purchase of 2,202,597 from March 20 through March 28 at prices ranging from $6.21 to $6.40 each. Pine River also disclosed selling 22,033 shares on Feb. 25 at $6.09 apiece. Pine River called the shares "undervalued" but did not disclose any plans or proposals.
HF2 Financial Management (HTWO)
Brooklyn Capital Management disclosed that it now owns 1,350,000 shares (6.6%) after it bought the full amount on March 22 at $10 per share. It did not disclose any plans or proposals.
Obagi Medical Products (OMPI)
Gamco Investors gbl 0.17053206002728513% GAMCO Investors Inc. Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD29.37 0.05 0.17053206002728513% /Date(1490907721148-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8210 AFTER HOURS USD29.37 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 231 P/E Ratio 7.5115089514066495 Market Cap 1151982799.86542 Dividend Yield 0.27238678924072185% Rev. per Employee 2273040 More quote details and news » (ticker: GBL) disclosed that it owns 1,941,400 shares (11.1%) following its purchase of the full amount from March 20 through March 27 at prices from $19.70 to $19.75 apiece.
Separately, on March 20, Obagi announced that it would be acquired by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX) for $19.75 in cash; the transaction priced the shares at a 42% premium over their prior closing price.
Increases in Holdings
Marcus mcs 1.6% Marcus Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD31.75 0.5 1.6% /Date(1490907721461-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 50381 AFTER HOURS USD31.75 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3583 P/E Ratio 23.345588235294116 Market Cap 839143334.911346 Dividend Yield 1.5748031496062993% Rev. per Employee 68843.6 More quote details and news » (MCS)
Gamco increased its holdings to 1,583,275 shares (8.6%) after it bought 192,481 shares from Feb. 6 through March 28 at prices in a range of $11.97 to $13. Gamco also disclosed selling 16,000 shares from Feb. 6 through March 26 at prices in a range of $12.28 to $12.84.
Media General (MEG)
Gamco disclosed that it now owns 8,989,237 shares (33%) after it bought 115,550 from Feb. 11 through March 25 at prices in a range of $4.87 to $5.69 per share. Gamco also disclosed selling 41,071 shares from Feb. 4 through March 26 at prices from $4.44 to $5.80 each.
Decreases in Holdings
Century Bancorp cnbka 1.0806317539484622% Century Bancorp Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD60.8 0.65 1.0806317539484622% /Date(1490907600455-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1940 AFTER HOURS USD60.8 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 731 P/E Ratio 16.235847041230507 Market Cap 295280160.044766 Dividend Yield 0.7894736842105263% Rev. per Employee 257810 More quote details and news » (CNBKA)
Castine Capital Management decreased its holdings to 162,036 shares (4.5%) after it sold 93,234 shares from Feb. 20 through March 26 at prices ranging from $32.63 to $34.52 each. Castine said it has been and may continue to be in contact with management and the board regarding alternatives that Century "could employ to improve shareholder value."
Quad/Graphics quad 1.3414634146341464% Quad/Graphics Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD24.93 0.33 1.3414634146341464% /Date(1490907722456-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 460271 AFTER HOURS USD24.8891 -0.0409000000000006 -0.1640593662254312% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7534 P/E Ratio 28.655172413793103 Market Cap 1283860862.0858 Dividend Yield 4.813477737665464% Rev. per Employee 191571 More quote details and news » (QUAD)
Catalyst Capital decreased its holdings to 472,102 shares (1.4%) after it sold 1,911,967 from Jan. 28 through March 28 for $21.57 to $24.28 apiece.
Superior Industries International sup 0.9960159362549801% Superior Industries International Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD25.35 0.25 0.9960159362549801% /Date(1490907721360-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 388570 AFTER HOURS USD25.355 0.004999999999999 0.01972386587771203% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4180 P/E Ratio 15.648148148148149 Market Cap 624939827.498627 Dividend Yield 2.8402366863905324% Rev. per Employee 150416 More quote details and news » (SUP)
Gamco decreased its holdings in the company to 2,751,509 shares (10.1%) after buying 2,398 from March 27 through March 28 for $18.78 to $18.86 each and also selling 2,800 on March 26 at $18.50 apiece. It also said in its filing that it will solicit proxies to elect Walter M. Schenker to Superior's board.
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Business: Specialty retailer of big and tall men's apparel.
Investor's Average Cost: $4.60 per share.
Stock-Market Value: $247 million ($5.14 per share)
What's Happening: Red Mountain Capital has met with management regarding operations, strategic direction, capital structure, and corporate governance, and Red Mountain's expectation that management will pursue appropriate measures to enhance shareholder value.
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20%: stores that have been converted to XL superstores
50%: stores expected to be converted by year end (with the remainder done by the end of 2015)
12.8%, 15.5%: increase in same-store sales for XL superstores in 2011 and 2012, respectively
Behind the Scenes: Red Mountain considers itself a constructive, long-term active investor that generally works behind the scenes with management. DXLG management is in the process of converting the recently acquired Rochester and Casual Male stores into a single superstore format called Destination XL. These stores carry not only private-label clothes, but also branded big and tall clothes from companies like Ralph Lauren. The big and tall business is extremely specialized, with unique sizing and specs, inventory management, and customer-relations issues that create barriers to entry. Red Mountain obviously believes that DXLG management has all this figured out, and the experience to distinguish itself from competitors. Operationally, the company appears to be on the right track. Red Mountain has extensive experience in serving on portfolio-company boards in a constructive manner and could be helpful to DXLG in achieving its store-conversion strategy.
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For those of you that have been living under a rock, Sonic Generations is Sega's attempt to bridge the gap between the traditional, portly Sonic of yesteryear and today's leaner, faster Hedgehog; taking both styles of play and mixing them together in one game. Act One of every zone is played as Classic Sonic, using 2D platforming, while Act Two is always New Sonic and uses 3D worlds and controls. It's a novel idea, but like all post-Dreamcast Sonic games it just falls apart in the end.
Sega did at least take Sonic 4's cold reception to heart and have gone out of their way to make sure that the 2D Classic Sonic stages look and play the way they're supposed to. No homing attacks; no wonky physics; just good old-fashioned running and jumping. Even the background music and sound effects have been pulled from the original 16-bit games; creating an overwhelming sense of nostalgia. The later Classic Sonic stages, based off the New Sonic era, can get a bit tedious, but they still follow traditional 2D design and maintain a nice balance of speed and platforming. Sadly the same cannot be for the New Sonic stages when played as New Sonic.
If you happen to have played the second Sonic Generations demo, like I did, then you were probably looking forward to the new and improved Sonic. Unfortunately while the Acts based on 2D Sonic stages are quite fun to play and are very well designed, once you cross into the stages from games like Sonic Heroes the frustration level skyrockets. I wish I could say these problems were something new, but alas they're the same as they have ever been. Let's go through the list:
Homing Attack Platforming Sucks: Crossing giant gaps is incredibly frustrating. If you fail to lock on, you will die. If you go past the first target you will often not even try to target another enemy and if you turn around you can't target the enemy behind you. This has plagued the series since it was first introduced and has some how managed to get more annoying with each passing iteration.
No Camera Controls: The camera was never an issue with 2D Sonic games because it was always fixed in the right position. With 3D Sonic it's almost always locked behind you and often obscures what you really need to see. Is there land behind that platform or a giant hole? You won't know until you take a leap of faith. On more than one occasion I had the camera jump ahead to the position required for the next scene while I was still stuck in the previous. This resulted in me being unable to even see the platforms I needed to jump to and forced me to commit suicide in order to reset it. If I had had control of the camera I could have just repositioned it. Now there are certainly some segments where the fixed camera makes sense, such as when New Sonic goes 2D or if there's a long pipe running segment, but when the pace slows down you need to have control.
Poor Hit Detection: There are a number of times when New Sonic just seems to pass through objects. Bumpers can often be difficult to hit without a homing attack and it's easy to run straight through an object that is supposed to grab you; doubly so if you're boosting. One of the later stages involves doing a stomp attack to drive floating platforms downward. If you're close to the edge you stand a very good chance of going clean through.
Walking/Turning: New Sonic is really good at running in a straight line, but add any other movements and control becomes a royal pain. In open 3D sections Sonic moves very stiffly and it can be difficult at times to get enough momentum to reach a platform. In the fast-moving scenes where Sonic is locked on a rail path, like he is in the Wii games, refined movement becomes nigh impossible. Side-to-side movement is only really possible by using the Left and Right Bumpers to do little hops and while this works great in straight segments, when platforming is thrown into the mix it all just goes to hell. Even if you come to a full stop Sonic does not return to free 3D movement; making even simple side jumps a pain.
Add some Invisible Walls: While it feels weird to say it, New Sonic's stages really need some invisible walls. It is way too easy to go flying off the edge of the stage by executing a homing attack at the wrong time or even just jumping in a turn. Boosting at the wrong time may even cause a rebound off a wall and into a large gap. It's fine to fall to your death during a platforming segment, but when it happens way too often at times when you're clearly not meant to leave the course, you have a major problem. This could also be solved if more New Sonic stages were set on the ground, like City Escape, and not on magical platforms that float in a void.
Despite it's flaws, the New Sonic stages do have a couple of things going for them and when they're good, they're very good. Many stages feature some kind of high-action set piece that offers a level of exhilaration Classic Sonic just can't match. Possibly the best example of this is the truck chase from the City Escape zone. In Act One the truck is merely a background object that occasionally smashes through the foreground, but in Act Two it's an enormous mobile death machine that bears down upon you as you desperately race away.
Actually, in hindsight this high action set pieces are a bit of a double-edged sword. On the one hand they give New Sonic an aspect that is actually fun; on the other they make the Classic Sonic stages that lack nostalgic value seem somewhat boring.
Joining the various old and new stages together is a massive overworld hub. Rather than just being a map like you'd expect to find in a modern Mario game, it's actually one big stage. An incredibly simple stage with only minor platforming, but it's still unique enough to be interesting. While in the overworld you are able to freely switch between the two Sonics, though the only difference it makes is whether you enter Act One or Act Two. For every three Zones you clear you'll uncover a Boss gate and unlock special stage challenges.
The addition of challenges is a great way to extend the experience and offer replayability, but like every other good idea Sega had, it has a tragic flaw. You see in order to enter the Boss Gate and actually make progress you must first complete at least one challenge in each Zone. This brings the game's pace to a a screeching halt and force players to endure yet more tedium.
There's also three rival battles hidden in the overworld that must be completed to earn you the Chaos Emeralds required to enter the final battle. They're fun in their own right, but like the challenges making them mandatory just slows down progression. If the challenges were optional I'd say Sega did good, but by making them mandatory they've essentially sucked all the fun out of the game.
Online functionality is present in the form of stage rankings and 30 second distance challenges, but unless you're a die-hard Sonic fan they're just not worth your time. Like a good modern Sonic Game there is absolutely no multiplayer.
Sonic Generations is a brilliant concept, but it makes same old stupid Sega mistakes. This is not a return to Sonic's glory days, but more an attempt to drown the beloved Classic Hedgehog along with his modern brother. I for one am getting sick and tired of seeing Sega flat-out refuse to acknowledge and correct the fundamental design issues that have been plaguing the series since it first went 3D. There was real hope that this would be the game to do finally do New Sonic right, but alas, are hopes were dashed. If you're one of the few people who actually enjoy modern Sonic then you'll probably love Sonic Generations. If you're an incredibly patient fan of the original games, then you might find the Classic Sonic stages enjoyable at a minimum, but otherwise this is sadly not worth your time.
Sonic Generations is rated E (Everyone) by the ESRB for Cartoon Violence.
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A preposterous premise is skillfully crafted into enjoyable, stately romance in "Mad Love."
A preposterous premise is skillfully crafted into enjoyable, stately romance in "Mad Love," in which an insecure woman and her too-secure shrink live out a second life in a painting in Madrid's Prado Museum. The potential excesses are rife, and the pic is lighter fare than it purports to be, but its classically restrained treatment and a typically buttoned-down central perf from Eduard Fernandez keep it all rooted, perhaps excessively so. Though it looks terrific, "Mad Love" remains too rarefied for mainstream tastes, and may have trouble infatuating distribs.
Psychiatrist Enrique (Eduard Fernandez) returns to Spain from abroad. His wife, Irene (Cuca Escribano), seems keen to get back with him; his friend, Alfonso (Carlos Hipolito, an underrated talent at home), is seeing a Hungarian hooker, Eszter (Eva Pallares); and his sister, Susana (Marta Belaustegui), is having an affair with a married man. So far, so many chattering-class insecurities. But these serve as just the background to the story of Enrique and neurotic Julia (Irene Visedo), an attendant at Madrid's Prado Museum. Julia is convinced she and Enrique are the characters in a Flemish painting, and she has a designer redo a room in the house she shares with her grandmother, Ana (vet Marisa Paredes), to look like the painting. Big themes about love as an illness are handled with dexterity and will have auds thoughtfully stroking their chins. Fernandez makes Enrique more credible than many tweed-jacketed cinema academics; Visedo is also convincing, playing Julia as (ironically) more emotionally fulfilled than many of the other characters, including Enrique himself. Hipolito, as Enrique's friend, is superb as a man happy to be completely self-deceived, and generates all of the pic's comedy. Transitions from the present to the imagined past are handled with skill and deft camerawork. Scene after richly textured scene is carefully composed to look as though it's hanging in a frame. Low-light interiors accurately rep the sealed-off mental world Julia inhabits. In the last hour, as Enrique slowly resolves the psychological mystery of Julia, the pic becomes progressively duller, an aridly academic victory over the exciting freedoms of Julia's troubled imagination. Clavichord-based score is sometimes lovely.Mad Love
A Nix Films, Angel Durandez, Nada Music, Quiereme, Iroko Films production, in association with TVC, RTVV. Produced by Angel Durandez, Harold Sanchez, Alvaro Zapata, Nuria Durandez, Beda Docampo Feijoo. Directed by Beda Docampo Feijoo. Screenplay, Feijoo, Gustavo Aprea, Cesar Gomez Copello.
Camera (color), Juanmi Azpiroz; editor, Irene Blecua; music, Juan Bardem; art director, Inigo Navarro; sound (Dolby Digital), Sergio Burmann. Reviewed at Malaga Film Festival (competing), April 22, 2009. Running time: 91 MIN.
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Last time Patrick Kane made the news in his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y. it was for his left hook and not his slap shot.
But the Hawks' wing headed back Friday for a game against the Sabres, and the baby-faced scoring machine didn't avoid questions about his cab driver pugilism.
Kane pleaded guilty more than three months ago to a noncriminal charge of disorderly conduct and was ordered to send an apology to the cab driver he and his cousin were accused of roughing up over 20 cents.
"When it happened it just felt like it was a dream that you never wake up from. You keep thinking you're going to wake up and you never do," Kane said Friday. "I've tried to put it behind me as best I could. It's helped me grow up a little bit, and it makes you more mature."
Kane believes he's still a happy-go-lucky kid, on and off the ice. But he says he's more aware of the ramifications of any unfortunate actions and has learned some lessons from the incident.
"I'm trying to take the positive from a negative situation and try (to think) that maybe it's better it happened sooner in life than later in your life," he said. "No one's perfect. Look what's going on in the news these days with Tiger Woods and things like that. When things were happening to me, I remember Rick Pitino was going through some trouble, and Michael Vick."
It's been a whirlwind four months for the 21-year-old Kane, who subsequently signed a five-year, $31.5 million contract extension, and become a lock to make the U.S. Olympic team that will be announced on Jan. 1. He's realized that stardom comes with a price, but it's not so steep as to send his career into a spiral.
In his first game in Buffalo in Dec. 2007, the Sabres honored him with a pregame video presentation and a ceremonial face-off. Kane isn't sure what reaction he'll get this time after the dispute with the cabbie.
"I'm not too concerned," he said. "I think it'll be a little different. I'm interested to see what happens. Half the people love you, half the people hate you ... that's just the way it is."


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3 bedroom terraced house for sale
Victoria Avenue, Redfield, BRISTOLSold STC £154,995
Property Description
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Tenure: Freehold
Ground floor
Panelled door
Stairs leading to first floor, radiator, under stairs storage, cupboard housing electric and gas meters, leading to
Lounge 15' 6" x 9' 8" (4.72m x 2.95m)
UPVC double glazed bay window to front, radiator, cornice
Dining Room 15' x 11' 7" (4.57m x 3.53m)
Back boiler, radiator, wood effect flooring
Kitchen 15' x 9' @ max (4.57m x 2.74m)
UPVC double glazed window to rear, fitted kitchen with wall and base units and roll edge work surface, stainless steel sink and drainer, plumbing for washing machine, dishwasher and space for fridge/freezer, gas cooker, tiled splash backs, wood effect flooring, panelled door to side into garden
Bathroom 8' 2" x 7' 10" (2.49m x 2.39m)
UPVC double glazed frosted window to rear, radiator, heated towel rail, white bathroom suite comprising of low level WC, panelled bath with overhead shower, wash hand basin, tiled effect flooring and white splash backs
First floor
Loft access, leading to
Bedroom 1 15' 6" x 15' 1" (4.72m x 4.60m)
UPVC double glazed bay window to front, radiator, built in storage cupboards
Bedroom 2 12' x 10' 9" (3.66m x 3.28m)
UPVC double glazed window to rear, radiator, built in storage cupboard, cupboard housing hot water tank
Bedroom 3 9' 10" x 7' 11" (3.00m x 2.41m)
UPVC double glazed window to rear, radiator
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Enniskillen Castle
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Enniskillen Castle 2011
Coordinates | 54°20′46″N 7°38′38″W / 54.346°N 7.644°W |
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Built | 1567 |
Enniskillen Castle is situated in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It was originally built in the 16th century and now houses the Fermanagh County Museum and the regimental museum of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.
The first Enniskillen castle was built on this site by Hugh Maguire in the 16th century.[1] It featured greatly in Irish rebellions against English rule in the 16th century and was taken after an eight-day siege in 1594. In 1607 it was remodelled and refurbished by Captain William Cole. The riverside tower at the south, known as the Watergate, was added at this time. In the 18th century the castle was remodelled as the Castle Barracks.
The Castle provided the main defence for the west end of the town and guarded the Sligo road. It consists of two sections, a central tower keep and a curtain wall which was strengthened with small turrets called Bartizans. [1] The design of the castle has strong Scottish influences. This can be particularly seen in the Watergate, which features two corbelled circular tourelles which were probably built about 1609.[2] Since then it has been substantially rebuilt. It is a State Care Historic Monument.[1]
Fermanagh County Museum[edit]
The castle is now home to the Fermanagh County Museum, which focuses on the county's history, culture and natural history. Exhibits include the area's prehistory, natural history, traditional rural life, local crafts and Belleek Pottery, and history of the castle. Also information on the local family Maguire
Inniskillings Museum[edit]
The castle also houses the Inniskillings Museum, which is the regimental museum of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. Displays include uniforms, medals, flags, regimental regalia, weapons and other military memorabilia.
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- ^ a b c "Enniskillen Castle" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ O'Neill, B (ed). (2002). Irish Castles and Historic Houses. London: Caxton Editions. p. 17.
External links[edit]
- Fermanagh County Museum - official site at Enniskillen Castle
- The Inniskillings Museum - official site


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Rivington by Toll Brothers offers you a lifestyle that is rich in amenities. The Rivington Club, the community's 15,000-square-foot clubhouse is the center of it all! The elegant and expansive clubhouse include a fitness center, locker rooms with saunas, a yoga studio, an art studio, a grand hall for banquets and parties, a billiard room with a bar, and a demonstration kitchen for cooking lessons. With so much to choose from, you can create your own perfect country club lifestyle.
Picture yourself spending a leisurely afternoon indulging your hobbies, getting a workout, socializing, or anything else you choose – as a homeowner, you're a full member! You can spend the afternoon shooting pool in the billiards room or playing bridge in the card room, or just hang with friends and family while you watch your favorite sports teams on television. Stay fit with your state-of-the-art fitness center featuring strength training and cardio machines, unwind and refocus with a yoga class, or relax in the sauna.
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An anonymous reader writes "Tech Crunch has an article about YouTube identifying and handing over a user's information after a request from Fox. 'Three weeks after receiving a subpoena from the U.S. District Court in Northern California, YouTube has reportedly identified a user accused by 20th Century Fox Television of uploading episodes of the show 24 a week prior to their running on television. That user, named ECOTtotal, is also alleged to have uploaded 12 episodes of The Simpsons, some quite old. Apparently Google and YouTube were willing and able to identify the owner of the username ECOTtotal, according to a report on InternetNews.com.'"


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Fort Lauderdale Child-finding Group Considers New, Woefully Misleading Name
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Currently, it's called "A Child Is Missing," but the Fort Lauderdale organization founded to quickly circulate reports of missing children to Florida law enforcement may soon name itself after Caylee Anthony.
It's not even the organization's idea. Rather, it's the brainstorm of Orlando-area U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, who told the Orlando Sentinel:
"I have five children. Every parent's worst nightmare is to lose a child," Grayson, D-Orlando, said Wednesday. "We need to do everything we can to prevent that." (bold is mine)
Hmm. Considering that Caylee's parent is accused of murdering her and hiding the body, it isn't really a case of a parent losing a child, is it? So when on the occasion that some parent actually loses his or her child and a search begins, my guess is that parent won't appreciate the name Caylee being associated with his or her missing child case.
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Republicans are poised to ride a wave election, conceivably as large as in 1994, and Exhibit A of their success may well be pronounced "Speaker John Boehner." But if you step back, it's also likely to be a temporary bump on a road toward Democratic dominance.
Other interesting news from Republicanland is a new poll showing that, given three choices, voters state who they'd likely vote for in the 2010 election in the following order: (1) Democrats, (2) Tea Partiers, (3) Republicans.
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Update: The actual 360-degree GigaPan has been successfully stitched and can be seen here: www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=23597. I took a good chunk of the intended 360 and all of a sudden, Emma, her infectious smile and her red blouse show up and agreed to be in the GigaPan. At that point in time, the ...
First GigaPan taken with a Canon SX 110. Lovett Hall contains administration offices.
The week preceding Beer Bike Race is called Willy Week and is a period of great excitement on campus. The main reason for my GigaPan adventure was to take a panorama of the large flower bed that we see before us and when I set up my robot and camera, I saw someone who I had not spoken to in a *number* of months an...
Up until 2/10/2009, this GigaPan used to have as its title, "Rice University: Approaching Sunset in the Academic Quad." Afterwards, it was changed to something more appropriate since I discovered Brian Hasse, a baritone, practicing the main part in the wings :) And this happened in November! In mid-October when ...
Saturday morning in Houston was beautiful... all blue sky, but sort of on the cold side. I went over to Rice to see if the view was clear to take a panorama of Lovett Hall, the administration building, and it was except for a thousand little girls with their teachers and parents walking across my field of view heading ...
This was a very enjoyable effort and the results are most rewarding. It was a pleasure working with Maggie and Renuka and this GigaPan glows since it is one of my most often viewed panoramas. The location can be seen from an earlier gigapan: www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=6655 An experiment to determi...
Fondren Library, M.D. Anderson Hall, Herzstein Hall, Lovett Hall and Willy.
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For my first blog post I chose analyze Madonna of the Long Neck a mannerist piece from the Italian Renaissance.
Madonna of the Long Neck was painted in 1534 by Parmigianino an Italian painter and etcher.Parmigianino is a nick name meaning "little man from Parma" his real name is Girolamo Francesco Mazzola. Parmigianino was a Mannerist painter during the time of the late Italian Renaissance. He arrived in Rome just before the "Sack of Rome" the tension had began building during 1523 it reached its breaking point in 1527. Parmigianino left the chaos of Rome after it was sacked in 1527. Arriving in Rome in 1524, he was influenced by the works of Raphael and Michelangelo. The atmosphere in Rome was tense at this time, and that tension is reflected in Parmigianino's work with its emotional intensity, strange lighting, irrational space, and erotic, lascivious themes."(finearttouch)
Parmigianino was a mannerist painter. " mannerism in art reflected the general turmoil in Europe present at the time with the sack of Rome in 1527, the Reformation, and new outbreaks of plague." His painting Madonna of the Long Neck is a great example of mannerist characteristics of distorted figures in complex, impossible poses, and strange artificial colors (Brenda Harness)
What initially attracted me to this piece is that first it is ascetically pleasing to the eye and the use of colors is beautiful but also it has mixture of tension and awkwardness or not rightness.I appreciate the way Parmigianino created a narrative with the figures by how he related the figures to each other compositionally. I think the most interesting thing to me about this piece is even though it was painted in 1534, it feels like it is a contemporary work of our current time. This piece feels like a contemporary art work because distortions in figures and strange artificial colors and poses seem to be a timeless trend in figurative art work.An example of this timeless trend is the painting Nice 'n easy painted by contemporary mannerist painter John Currin.
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The following is a letter written by Dr. William Petit in regards to the Connecticut State Legislature's recent decision to abolish the death penalty. The opinions expressed in this letter are his own and do not necessarily reflect the viewpoint of The Cheshire Herald.
"The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something."
~Carl Sandburg
I am deeply saddened that the legislators of the state of CT have walked away from justice. No surprise at all that it just happened to have been voted on at the end of a short week just before a long holiday weekend to minimize news coverage.
For certain murders and other crimes there is no other penalty that will serve justice other than the death penalty. It transcends national borders, races, and cultures. The issue here is justice, not revenge, nor many of the other arguments that the anti-death penalty abolitionists use as inappropriate arguments to take the focus away from the critical issue. I have found all of their arguments to be intellectually and philosophically dishonest and off point. Their main concerns appear to be the protection of criminals and saving money.
Justice and what is right and moral never appear to be part of their arguments, When a family member is murdered it destroys a portion of our society — all the potential of those taken away in a cruel fashion is obliterated. Those murdered can never grow and contribute to society. Those who knew them can never hold them, spend time with them, and see what they would add to their family life and society in general. A poor argument made by many of the abolitionists is that life in prison without the possibility of parole is a "worse" punishment than death-if they (the abolitionists) are so magnanimous and forgiving why are they opting for a punishment that is worse, i.e., life without the possibility of parole instead of the death penalty? In addition, the problem with the legislature is just that....the legislature. Next year, if there is no death penalty, we will see a move afoot to lessen the sentences of those sentenced to life without parole to "save money." This is not a theoretical issue as it is now being discussed in other states, as they now do not want to pay the health care costs of their aging life without parole populations.
In addition, it removes the option of the death penalty from the prosecutors as a plea bargaining tool. The legislators want us to take years to talk about the killers and allow them to utilize our resources when these animals have broken the most sacrosanct law of our society. Once you have broken this rule you have forfeited your rights to live among us — life is that precious. There is only one way to lose that privilege and it is to take another person's life unlawfully — murder.
The death penalty is lawful execution, though those in the Judiciary Committee do their best to make it nearly impossible to implement and then tell us "it doesn't work-we should abolish it." It doesn't work because they have stood in the way for the past 20 years. State Representative Mike Lawlor (D-99) has now publicly stated that, given this vote, no one will ever be executed again, as if he has some extraordinary power to both legislate and judge all those who have gone to trial and will come to trial. He has driven this agenda despite the fact that the Quinnipiac polls show 70 percent and the Hartford Courant poll shows that 67 percent favor the death penalty. The death penalty abolitionists in the legislature are excellent at pretending that they care, but they have a predetermined agenda and outcome. The "public hearing" saw them keep the public defenders' office up for several hours so they could pontificate on many issues that are off the point and allow less time for those in favor of the death penalty to speak. The main issue for those we elect should be what is just and what is right, but the Judiciary Committee and the Public Defender's Office appear to have little interest in victims. To them we (victims of violent crimes) are much like the homeless people in large cities. The Judiciary and Public Defender's Office walks by us, afraid to look us in the eyes, and then make public pronouncements about how bad it is that there are homeless (victims).
In the New Testament in James, this is referred to as "faith without works." In this case they pretend to have faith but do nothing to help victims. In fact they are going out of their way to decrease the budget for the Office of the Victim Advocate by 20 percent while increasing the budget for new programs to serve criminals.
Do you see a trend here?
Do you see a trend that tells the tale of who the Judiciary and the majority up in the legislature support? They clearly do not support the will of the constituents who overwhelmingly favor the death penalty in capital felony cases. They appear to feel that they have been elected to support criminals and defense attorneys. There are many folks on death row who should have been executed years ago. The Judiciary Committee and the Legislature in general have doubly shirked their duty as they have had years to revamp the appeals system but continue to allow defendants to appeal for years, even when it is clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are guilty. This is a denial of justice and a huge waste of taxpayers' money. Mr. Lawlor asked Kevin Kane to come back to the Judiciary Committee with a proposal to shorten the appeals process. Mr. Kane did so *but there was inadequate time near the end of the long session to truly discuss what is a complex issue. There was one short hearing, arguments about amendments, and then the item was voted down. A revision of a process this complex needs adequate time to be done fairly, but there was clearly no interest from the majority in making a good faith effort to improve/streamline the appeals process. *In addition, the proposed bill on habeas appeals *never* got out of the Judiciary Committee. *Excessive habeas appeals* allows *convicted*prisoners to appeal nearly ad infinitum without any logical reason nor shred of hope of succeeding other than delaying their execution. Judge Susan Handy at the Melanie Rieger Conference last week in Cheshire stated that she currently has an inmate before her court on his/her 33rd habeas appeal. For reasons that defy justice and common sense, the state legislators and defense attorneys think that this is an academic game played with the money of the people of the state. They can continue to appeal for those who are guilty almost ad infinitum. Who suffers? Who loses? You guessed it, the victims — always the ignored group. Where is the justice? Where is their sense of right and wrong? Clearly they have none. These violent criminals have been tried by a jury of their peers and found guilty. This occurred again in the sentencing phase and likely in most death penalty cases in several appeals. None of the people on death row in Connecticut are claiming innocence — there are no controversial cases there. When I speak of the death penalty, I am speaking of capital felony cases where no doubt is left and where there is conclusive evidence. Opponents will throw out a "DNA argument." If you actually take the time to review the literature, you will find that it is not available in many cases and will not exonerate people in the vast majority of cases. The defense wants it both ways: They claim to require 2.5 to 3 years to "prepare" for a death penalty case and then the most common cause for appeal is "inadequate defense". What does this say about their abilities when they prepare for 2 to 3 years, waste hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions, and then lose the case? To me, it attests to the obvious; that the accused was guilty and preparation for 10 years would not have changed the outcome. Yet, somehow these defense attorneys can rationalize the waste of taxpayers' time and money with these antics.
To get personal in my case the district attorney has been ready to go to court since March 2008 and the defense (Ullman and Donovan-both paid for by taxpayers) are wasting as much time as possible because they have no concern for the victims or for the thousands of dollars that they will waste. There only goal is "to win" whether their clients are guilty or innocent and the longer the trial the more hours they can charge to the taxpayers.
There are heinous murderers who have forfeited their rights to continue to live among us. I suspect many murder victims and their families would like the legislature to provide a magical mechanism for them to delay the cruel and heinous murders of our own loved ones-but these legislators seem far more interested in the murderers than the law-abiding citizens of the state.
They have failed us in many ways. They really should have been spending their time on fixing the budget crisis but have chosen to shirk their duties and, instead of focusing on cutting costs, are mainly raising taxes, fees, and repealing certain deductions. Because the Democrats have a super majority, they feel they can enforce their will upon the people of Connecticut. All the polls I have seen show that a majority of citizens of the state favor the death penalty in capital felony cases and yet these legislators feel they are wiser than we the people. They also feel that they are wiser than all the societies that have existed for tens of thousands of years before us that used the death penalty as the ultimate punishment.
It always was and always will be a deterrent — the executed person can never kill again. Many of these same legislators wanted to cuddle Michael Ross after he had been convicted of torturing, raping and killing at least eight young women and admitted to other murders for which he was never tried. In an incredibly disgusting display of self-pity Mrs. MA Handley told us all how her birthday was forever ruined as Ross was executed on that day. She did not admit to worrying or grieving over the anniversaries of the deaths of the young women tortured and murdered. Again she had no statement concerning the victims or their families. Unbelievable.
This is from an honest liberal who actually took the time to look at the deterrence data:
"The common good argument is that executing murderers would deter murder and save lives. But the death penalty opponents challenged the veracity of that assertion. Finally, the results of several recent university studies are available. A series of academic studies over the last half-dozen years analyze the hotly debated argument — whether the death penalty acts as a deterrent to murder. The analyses say yes, counting between 3 and 18 lives that would be saved by the execution of each convicted killer.
One of the studies by Naci Mocan, an economics professor at the University of Colorado, found that each execution results in five fewer homicides, and commuting a death sentence means five more homicides. "The results are robust, they don't really go away," he said. "I oppose the death penalty. But my results show that the death penalty (deters) — what am I going to do, hide them? The conclusion is there is a deterrent effect."
Statistical studies like his are among a dozen papers since 2001 showing that capital punishment has deterrent effects. To explore the question, they look at executions and homicides, by year and by state or county, looking at the impact of the death penalty on homicides while accounting for other factors such as unemployment data, per capita income, the probabilities of arrest and conviction, and more.
Among the conclusions:
1. Each execution deters an average of 18 murders, according to a 2003 nationwide study by professors at Emory University.
2. The Illinois moratorium on executions in 2000 led to 150 additional homicides over four years following, according to a 2006 study by professors at the University of Houston.
3. Speeding up executions would strengthen the deterrent effect. For every 2.75 years cut from time spent on death row, one murder would be prevented, according to a 2004 study by an Emory University professor.
The reports have horrified death penalty opponents.
Steven Shavell, a professor at Harvard Law School and editor of the American Law and Economics Review, said that his journal intends to publish several articles on the statistical studies on deterrence in an upcoming issue.
The University of Chicago's Cass Sunstein, a well-known liberal law professor and critic of the death penalty, has begun to question his own strongly held views. "If it's the case that executing murderers prevents the execution of innocents by murderers, then the moral evaluation is not simple," he told The Associated Press. "Abolitionists or others, like me, who are skeptical about the death penalty haven't given adequate consideration to the possibility that innocent life is saved by the death penalty."
Moral philosophy says to look to the common good, in this case saving the lives of innocents. To ignore this would be immoral, and the sign of a scrambled mind." (http://palosverdesblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/moral-philosophy-and-death-p...)
In summary, all I can say is that it is a very sad day to be a citizen of the state of Connecticut, as we are represented by people who do not have the courage to stand up for what is right and what is justice. They, in fact, do not take the time to ask their constituents what they want and believe, nor do they actually study the facts. I am sorry for these people's misguided philosophies that will lead to a weakening of the very fabric of our society and will deny justice to victims. Do not listen when these people say they did this for victims. They did not do this for victims, they did it for themselves and their inability to make a difficult decision and stand up for what is right and just.
William A. Petit Jr. MD
Husband of Jennifer and father of Hayley and Michaela Petit-all 3 murdered by paroled prisoners caught on site and now 670 days later still not at trial. Justice is not a word with which the State of Connecticut is familiar
Dear Dr. Petit:
I saw a rerun on Oprah of you today, and just felt so much for what you are going through. I am close to your age, and just know that the loss of your precious wife and children has proven such a horrible situation in lives in which there was everything wonderful to treasure. I believe your situation will focus attention on the lack of support for victims and their families. The lack of consideration by allowing folks to be on death row for so long after committing violent crimes which destory peoples' lives is horrible. It is so unjust that the victims and their families are victimized again by this horrible justice system. I am praying that your situation refocuses people on the importance of protecting families from evil such as you encountered.
I think of you often, and always pray that somehow you will once again find some happiness in life. I am glad you have your family to support you, and hope that someday you may find peace once again. Your story is a reminder that it is everyones' responsibility to protect family. There should not be lengthy prison sentences for evil heinous crimes. Quick justice should be a responsibility for crimes such as your family experienced.
I hope time will bring you the peace you deserve.
Love and prayers.
Dear Dr. Petit,
I am sorry for your tragedy, and that it is still in the news.
Mike Hawrylik and myself remember playing against you, while at Aquinas, and Coach Dehm lead Plainville High.
I was proud to see you went to Dartmouth then on to Medical School. I attended Western New England College in Springfield on a basketball scholarship. I graduated from college with a degree in Mathematics and went directly into the Marine Corps. I also served in Iraq and retired in 1996. Basketball in the Marines was second rate compared to those we played against in central Connecticut.
I remain personally devastated over your tragedy. Your daughters and wife are looking down on you from heaven.
If there is ever anything you need, just ask. My email address is part of this profile and HQMC also knows how to find me as a retiree.
You are guaranteed to enter heaven now. Tell the Marine at the gate you know me. They will escort you to your wife and daughters.
Captain Rory M. Walsh USMCR (Ret.)
Dr. Petit, over 40 years ago my family suffered a terrible tragedy. My then 15 y.o brother accidentally shot and killed our 16 y.o. brother in our home. I watched my parents suffer this horrific tragedy in near silence. My mother NEVER spoke about it, even years afterwards, when our father had passed on. When your tragedy occurred she seemed to identify with you. I've seen her, now in her late 80's, watch you any and every time you're on television. She watches you with the most tender, loving, attentive face I've ever seen. She observes you closely and always comments on your state of mind........... "He's beginning to look alittle better and he sounds some better." she happily yet quietly stated after your appearence on Oprah. For the very first time I was able to engage her in a discussion about our loss by talking about you and your pain. She stated, "I can only imagine how hard it must be to lose everyone you love..............I lost one son but I could not talk about it for fear of losing my other son."
Dr. Petit, even through the pain of your loss you are "Healing" others. Be strong and of good courage, you may yet see God's purpose for your pain.
After seeing you and hearing your story on Oprah, I thought of the story of Job in the bible; how he lost everything -- all! The only difference was his wife was still living. To me she just as well should have been dead because she told Job to curse God and die. The bible tells the story of someone who experienced tragedy before our time. You are someone who an awful tragedy has occurred while I am still alive. I don't know how others and I cannot say I know how you feel, but I can say God is still the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow! Everything Job lost was restored, and I am praying and believing that God will do the same for you. You are a man of God! Your belief in God has deterred the enemy's plan to destroy you completely. I know its hard for you, but God left you here for His own divine purpose. Fall in love with God thanking Him daily for your life and that your family is in Heaven with Him and the four of you will be reunited one day. Allow others to embrace you with love allowing you to heal. I know without a doubt we can still SOAR in spite of tribulations, heartaches, pain, and yes tragedies. In this world we suffer trials and tribulations, pain, tragedies and heartache, but be of good cheer because Christ has overcome the world. Yes, you CAN love again! Yes, you CAN smile again! Let the joy of the Lord be your strength. God blessed you to become a doctor that you would bless others. Someone in this world needs Dr. Petit! Ask him to give you the strength to continue to fulfill the purpose that He has for you in the earth! Let your memory of them urge you to minister to others. In Ministry of "His" Love, Jessie
Dr. Petit, if any good at all has come from this most horrific of events, it is that the world has seen in you the proof of the strength, nobility, and grace of which a human is capable. Watching you endure this for the sake of the family which meant everything to you renews my faith in humanity and fills me with the strength to bear my own burdens, so very, very minor compared to yours. I pray that the ordeals which still lie ahead of you with these trials will pass as quickly as possible, that the penalty for which you fight will be given, and that eventually you will find some modicum of peace and happiness once again. You are a hero to me and to many, and I hope all our prayers and good wishes for you will help somewhat to help you survive and overcome a burden greater than God should ever inflict on anyone. You have ensured that Jennifer, Hayley and Michaela will never be forgotten, but will live in many hearts forever.
I have just recently learned in the news about this terrible event that happened to you sir. I just wanted to take this opportunity to say how sorry I am for this. I can't even begin to imagine where you find your energy to continue on so graciosly. I pray for you that you will find peace yet in this very life. Again, I am so sorry for this!
Dear Dr. Petit,
Words cannot adequately express the shock, sorrow and complete outrage I felt when the news broke about what those two useless, filthy, vermin did to you and your family. I am so deeply sorry for the loss of your lovely wife and absolutely precious, beautiful daughters. They are gone and we all are left with the vermin...as usual. What a sad state our society is in now.
I have always wondered if a horrific crime were to happen to any of these abolitionists, would they still sing the same old song? I think not. Even as a young girl, I would hear about horrible crimes and think to myself, " I hope they get the death penalty so they cannot hurt or kill anyone else." As a child, I naively thought murderers who were sentenced to death actually WERE executed. I never could grasp WHY they were not immediately executed? Why were people saying that it costs more to execute someone than to keep them in prison for life? WHAT??!! That simply does NOT make any sense.
I believe the death penalty would be a much heavier deterrent if executions were carried out within three months after sentencing as long as there is no question whatsoever that the accused is quilty such as in your case. Once they are executed, they can no longer inflict any kind of harm ever again, period. I for one would love to see all law-abiding citizens
STAND UP, SPEAK OUT, and FIGHT BACK for JUSTICE and for what is RIGHT and MORAL.
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you and your beautiful family. I cannot believe it has been 670 days and counting and there has still been no justice in this horrific case! I have subscribed to Google Alerts so that I might know when something has finally been done concerning those murderers as I no longer live in CT. TX seems to find a way of dealing with this subject. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has quite a web-site concerning this issue.
Give me a break, these cowards were caught fleeing, where is the justice?


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Sergei Kharitonov vs. Mighty Mo on May 28 in Russia
- Written by Dave Walsh
The GLORY World Series event on May 28 in Moscow just keeps getting bigger and bigger, as yet another big name kickboxing bout was added to the event yesterday. The promotion announced that two K-1 veterans, Mighty Mo Siliga and Sergei Kharitonov will meet in the ring under K-1 rules. Mighty Mo had a bit of a career resurgence last year when Andrei Arlovski had to pull out of his scheduled appearance at the K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16 due to a broken nose and Mighty Mo happened to be in Seoul, South Korea to attend the show. The right place, right time worked out for Mighty Mo, who was able to defeat Raul Catinas via decision and move on to the Final 8.
Sergei Kharitonov was a late fill-in to start his K-1 career, when Chalid Arrab got injured and Kharitonov stepped in to fight Daniel Ghita at the tail end of 2009, only to be outclassed. Kharitonov didn't give up on K-1, making a return to the K-1 ring in 2010. Kharitonov scored a first round knockout over Takumi Sato at the Final 16, which secured him a spot in the Final 8 show in a reserve bout where Singh Jaideep utterly outclassed Kharitonov, knocking him out in the first round.
Kharitonov enters into his fourth professional kickboxing bout against Mighty Mo with the fight being a tossup. Mo is coming off of a loss to Peter Aerts in the Final 8, while Kharitonov is coming off of a win over Andrei Arlovski in the opening round of the Strikeforce Heavyweight GP. Kharitonov scored a first round knockout of Arlovski, backing Arlovski up and putting him down with a barrage of punches, proving that he has dynamite in his fists. Kharitonov is eagerly awaiting the next few bouts from the Strikeforce Heavyweight GP, where he'll find out who his next opponent is. It comes as no surprise that Kharitonov will appear on the Golden Glory card, as many of the members of the Golden Glory gym tend to fill up the bigger Ultimate Glory/Glory World series cards.


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Newfield: Promising | Fast Revival Unlikely for Indian 'Net Stocks
Helmerich: Peaking
HELMERICH & PAYNE, THE PREMIER U.S. LAND DRILLER for oil and gas, has been striking it rich. Its shares have doubled in the six months since we penned a bullish appraisal ("High-Tech Pay Dirt," Jan. 28). They shot to a 52-week high of $77 before settling at recent levels of about $69.
Demand is strong for sophisticated rigs. AP Photo/R.J. Sangosti
It's not hard to see why. Demand for the contract driller's technologically advanced FlexRigs, which enable the extraction of gas and oil from areas that would otherwise be considered impenetrable, has been notably robust.
As natural gas prices have moved up to $13 per million British thermal units from $7.50 in late January, more development has picked up in unconventional fields such as the Barnett Shale in the Fort Worth area, the Haynesville Shale in East Texas and Louisiana, and the Marcellus Shale that runs from upstate New York through Pennsylvania to Ohio and West Virginia. That adds up to steady demand for rigs that can drill horizontally, as FlexRigs do.
Just last week, Chesapeake Energy told investors it expected to quintuple the number of rigs it deploys in the Haynesville Shale, to 60 by 2010.
In the course of its last three earnings calls, Helmerich & Payne hp 0.3117692907248636% Helmerich & Payne Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD64.35 0.2 0.3117692907248636% /Date(1490713716137-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 162573 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 6964316842.7475 Dividend Yield 4.368856295833983% Rev. per Employee 365640 More quote details and news » (ticker: HP) has announced orders to build 20 new rigs. Helmerich's rig utilization rate is at 94%, and its rigs command a premium rate of $24,415 a day on average.
Helmerich's margins are at peak levels, revenues are at peak levels and cash flow is at peak levels.
Despite the momentum in the industry, it might be a good time to take some profits. Where the shares once traded at nine times 2008 earnings, they now trade closer to 17 times. On future results, the shares trade at 14 times 2009 consensus estimates of about $5 a share and 12 times 2010 estimates of $6 a share.
Matt Lamphier, an analyst at Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder's First Eagle Funds, says his firm has lightened its position in the stock because of the run-up in valuation. The company is "very well-positioned," says Lamphier, but "we're value investors" and the stock is "fully valued." While the stock might still have legs, there's now less of a "margin of safety," he says.
He cautions that the industry is extremely cyclical and volatile, as well as capital intensive, and while Helmerich's margins are at 35% today, four years ago they were at just 6.4%.
-- Sandra Ward
Newfield: Promising
OIL'S RISING TIDE HAS LIFTED ALL ENERGY BOATS, but not to the same level. Exhibit A: Newfield Exploration. NFX 1.3062409288824384% Newfield Exploration Co. U.S.: NYSE USD34.9 0.45 1.3062409288824384% /Date(1490713728270-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 339982 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 6851588212.49771 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1480890 More quote details and news »
The Houston oil and gas exploration outfit's stock has risen 25% this year and 36% since we ran a positive piece on it ("Emboldened Explorer," Dec. 18, 2006). But Newfield still trails its peer group, which is up a rousing 46% this year and 78% since mid-December 2006.
That should change in the next few quarters if Newfield, which was stigmatized by missing production targets after its rigs were hard-hit by hurricanes in 2005, can deliver on its promises. By year end, Newfield expects to see more than a 50% production increase over 2007 from just its Woodford Shale play in Oklahoma.
"In a rising or strong commodity price environment, Newfield is making more money than anybody else," says veteran energy analyst Chris Eades, of ClearBridge Advisors, which started buying Newfield about a year ago.
He says Newfield's exploration and development costs are $1.20 per million cubic feet -- versus the industry average of $2.75-$3.00. "If we find ourselves in a weak environment, that production will be economic at far lower commodity prices than other peer companies with higher costs," Eades observes.
As we noted in our earlier story, Newfield has successfully transformed itself into a much more stable onshore play, selling much of its offshore and international assets. Pro forma production this year is expected to rise more than 20% from the level a year ago.
Jack Aydin, a KeyBanc analyst who in late May upgraded Newfield to Buy from Hold, expects growth next year of 14%. He conservatively sees $10.20 a share in estimated cash flow this year and $12.80 next.
"It's going to take a little time for people to feel more comfortable that management is delivering on guidance," says Aydin. But he figures Newfield trades at a 34% discount to its risk net asset value. His 12-month price target is $77; Newfield recently was around $61. Goldman Sachs recently raised its price target to $85.
Assuming long-term oil prices of $100 a barrel and natural gas at $11.75, Eades values Newfield at $170 a share, implying a maximum upside of 160%. That compares to the group's upside of 107%. And even discounting oil to $60 a barrel and natural gas to $7, Eades sees only a 20% downside for Newfield, versus 45% for the group. That should provide investors comfort, if not outright confidence, in today's turbulent environment.
-- Robin Goldwyn Blumenthal
Fast Revival Unlikely for Indian 'Net Stocks
INDIAN STOCKS ARE OFF 36% THIS YEAR, AND THE DAMAGE has been even worse for Nasdaq-traded Indian Internet shares Rediff.com and Sify. Rediff, a major portal, is off 39.2%, while Sify, one of India's top broadband providers, is down 35.8%.
Last year ("In India, Internet Shares Hardly Come Cheap," July 16, 2007), we argued that Rediff's grip on its home market was slipping as Google and Yahoo! YHOO 0.25862068965517243% Yahoo! Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD46.52 0.12 0.25862068965517243% /Date(1490713725035-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 773524 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 44380998236.8271 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 568806 More quote details and news » made inroads in India, and that a lot of its earnings came from cash. Sify (ticker: SIFY) was suffering from increased competition, too, with fees from its franchised cyber cafes under pressure, as more and more cafes were being built.
Rediff (REDF) reported that earnings for fiscal 2008, ended in March, slid 28.5% to 17.19 cents per American depositary share from 24.04 cents in fiscal '07, even as revenue rose 13%, to $32.25 million. Its CEO, Ajit Alakrishnan, says the environment remains "competitive." In addition to Google and Yahoo!, MSN, MySpace and YouTube have India operations.
As for Sify, it reported that fiscal '08 net profit fell 98%, to $120,000 from $6.25 million, partly owing to the strong rupee.
Since our story was published, Rediff is down 74% and Sify 68%. In contrast, the S&P 500 is off 18.6%.
Last week, Rediff shares jumped after it was endorsed by Jacob Internet Fund co-manager Darren Chervitz on CNBC. Chervitz said the company could be a good acquisition for anyone seeking entry to India's Internet market. The next day, the stock reversed course, but Chervitz still likes Rediff's "registered user base of 60-million plus, an active monthly user base of 7-10 million, a pretty good share in e-mail," and promising new video initiative.
"We feel the market is attractive enough long-term," he says. "What they've built is either going to be monetized more effectively, or taken over by another company looking to get a head start in traffic."
Maybe, but in the short term, we'd stay away from both Rediff and Sify.
-- Leslie P. Norton
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A week after hackers broke into The Associated Press' Twitter feed and roiled financial markets, federal regulators say they need to find ways to deal with the impact of social media.
Members of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission didn't outline immediate action Tuesday. CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton suggested they consider imposing tougher cybersecurity rules for investment firms and others that trade. Firms could be held accountable and sanctioned if their security systems were inadequate to prevent a breech.
At a meeting of an advisory panel, Commissioner Scott O'Malia said regulators need to begin figuring out how to respond to social media.
The false tweet reporting explosions at the White House sent the stock market on a brief plunge. The CFTC, the FBI and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating.


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Confidence Propels Wright
By ODU Athletics
March 18, 2005
NORFOLK - It sprung on him as quickly as a double-leg takedown, the confidence needed to make the jump from a decent Colonial Athletic Association wrestler to a potential All-American. In one match on one day in November, Adam Wright's entire mindset flipped. The former Turner Ashby standout went out in his first match of the year at the Missouri Open facing the No. 5 wrestler in the country on his home mat. Wright, a 184-pound junior at Old Dominion, defeated Mizzou's Matt Pell in the opening round. "I'm sure it had a lot to do with it because he hadn't beaten anybody good," first-year coach Steve Martin said. "In high school, Virginia is an average wrestling state. The next weekend, he beat a kid from Indiana." Considering the Big 12 and Big 10 are two elite national wrestling conferences - those wins became huge. And it made the 2002 Group AA champion believe in himself - enough to spur him to a 30-8 record entering this weekend's CAA tournament as the No. 2 seed in his weight class. "It propelled me," Wright said. "I knew I could wrestle with the elite wrestlers in my weight class and it made me work harder to become an All-American this year, one of my main goals." To do that, he must first qualify for the NCAA tournament, where he was an alternate last year after finishing third in the CAAs. Part of what makes him so good, Martin said, is Wright's athletic ability. He was also a state champion pole vaulter at TA. Last season he won matches based mostly on his athletic skill and defensive ability. Now, he's added offensive manuevers to his arsenal. All of this is still very new for the engineering major from Dayton, one who refused to believe he possessed this sort of potential. Thanks to Martin, who coached at perennial high school power Great Bridge before this season, and his opening-match win, he does. "I didn't imagine this," Wright said. "I thought I'd be an average wrestler at most coming into college and winning a few matches here or there. [TA wrestling coach John] Fincham always told me that he saw a lot in me when I was in high school. I didn't really believe him." When he first moved from his horse-and-buggy town to metropolitan Norfolk, the Country Music Television-watcher in him didn't mesh with his new surroundings. But his ultra-personable side did, allowing for a smooth transition, even if he is the sole country boy on the Monarchs' roster. "We like to give him a hard time about that," said former teammate Matt Ulrey, Wright's best friend before transferring to Michigan State. "He's the NASCAR fan, a homegrown kid. He'd rather sit and watch NASCAR than do something else." Ulrey and Wright lived together for two years. In that time, Ulrey saw Wright's focus for engineering and wrestling - and his commitment to each. The old roommate said Wright always would have a book cracked or be working on some sort of move. If there is one knock on Wright, it's that he needs to become tougher. His friendly nature doesn't jibe with the typical thoughts of wrestlers. Ulrey couldn't remember ever seeing someone mad at the 20-year-old, which is rare around a bunch of people who compete in such a combative sport. "I was kind of surprised because he was the nicest kid on the team," Ulrey said. "No one ever got upset with him." And with his performance this year - about the only people who get mad are Wright's opponents. "He's good," JMU wrestler Jason Chalfont said. "He's strong. He's got good technique. He gets in good position and is a good wrestler." Now, though, Wright finally believes it. And he's closer to becoming an All-American. "That needs to happen this year," Martin said. "I don't' think you can wait to next year. It's a realistic goal but he's got to get hot to do it. "He's already beaten a kid who was ranked fifth at the time so he's shown he can do it. Whether he can is between his ears."


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Lenovo is rethinking the ThinkPad.
For years, the iconic laptop brand, originally created by IBM, has been known for solid construction and great keyboards, but with a boxy black design and relatively high prices. It has a business orientation, though it also has been the choice of some tech-savvy consumers willing to pay a little more and forego flashy style touches.
IBM (IBM) and Lenovo, a Chinese-owned company that bought the brand in 2005, have at times been bold with the ThinkPad's engineering. For instance, in 2008, Lenovo launched a very thin but full-width line, the X300 series, which uses cutting-edge materials and goes to head-to-head with Apple's (AAPL) ultrathin MacBook Air.
But Lenovo has been reluctant to tinker much with the ThinkPad's design. It has retained the classic but boring black-box look and preserved the solid, comfortable keyboard.
Now, to broaden the brand's appeal, the company has decided to depart from that template. It has just launched two new ThinkPads at uncharacteristically low prices, with new designs, sizes and colors, and—shudder—a revamped keyboard.
I've been testing the two new models, and, in general, I like them. They are the least expensive ThinkPads ever offered, and the first available in a color choice other than black. Each can be ordered in red as well. Also, one is the first ThinkPad in years that is a mini-notebook, rather than a full-size laptop.
Lenovo's new ThinkPad X100e.
One of these two new models, the X100e, is a small, netbook-like machine with an 11.6-inch screen—starting at $449, though the upgraded configuration I reviewed costs $599. The company refuses to call the X100e a netbook. Its keyboard, screen and resolution are better than what many netbooks offer, but it's also heavier.
The other new line is called the ThinkPad Edge. It's a full-size machine, with a 13.3-inch screen, that is more rounded than traditional ThinkPads, and has a silvery band around its edges. It starts at $579, though the step-up configuration I reviewed costs $799.
Both machines retain the solid feel of a ThinkPad. Neither is the lightest computer in its size class, though they're not overly heavy. The little X100e weighs 3.3 pounds and the Edge weighs 3.6 pounds with its base battery, and 3.9 pounds with a larger battery.
And both retain a classic ThinkPad feature—the TrackPoint, a small red nub in the middle of the keyboard that can be used to move the cursor. It is an alternative to the touchpad that each machine also includes.
In my tests, both new ThinkPads proved snappy, though neither has the latest or most potent processors. Both ran Windows 7 fine, and handled well a variety of popular software—Microsoft Office, Firefox, iTunes and Adobe Reader. One caveat: The test units Lenovo sent me had twice the standard memory of base models. And my test Edge had a more powerful processor.
Under my tough battery test, where I turn off power-saving software, keep Wi-Fi on, set the screen at maximum brightness, and play a continuous loop of music, the X100e's battery lasted 3 hours and 44 minutes. In normal use, you could likely get 4½ hours or more.
The Edge had a battery time of 4 hours and 16 minutes, so you could likely get over 5 hours in normal use. But the costlier Edge configuration I tested had a larger battery than the base unit, so would likely last only two-thirds as long.
Start-up times on the two were respectable for a Windows PC: ready to go from cold start in just over a minute. The touchpads on both also feature multitouch gestures, like the ability to use your fingers to resize or rotate photos.
What about the new keyboards? Instead of the closely packed, large, scooped keys that ThinkPad loyalists love, the X100e and Edge have "island-style" keyboards, with distinctly separated, flatter-looking letter and number keys. The Backspace, Shift, Enter and Tab keys are large and prominent. Lenovo eliminated the little-used SysReq, Scroll Lock and Pause keys.
I found the letter and number keys to be comfortable, accurate and fast, with a solid, reliable feel—even on the smaller X100e. Lenovo explains this is because the letter and number key tops aren't really flat, but have the same curve as the tops of classic ThinkPad keys.
But the new keyboard has compromises. On the Edge, the Delete key was too small and insufficiently prominent. On both devices, the Home, End, Page Up and Page Down keys are far apart, and the latter two are tiny and hard to press, especially on the Edge. The Num Lock key and virtual numeric keyboard are gone.
All in all, ThinkPad lovers looking to save money, and other PC users considering a ThinkPad, might find these new models worth a try.
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I've noticed that the minimum for sales is 50 clintz but the worse cards usually sell for 150 or so.
If we could get everyone to cut every sale they have by 3 then we could make the market cheap and easy to buy stuff.
IT would take less time to get Clintz for stuff from tournaments and if you divide EVERYTHING by 3 then the price of cards wont deminish.
I know this is probably impossible but it is a nice thought. I think it would be nice to be able to get cards faster without hurting their value.
Market economy...
Lol (GM)Kazeume said it best. but there is also the thought of less packs being bought if the market price is reduced. UR won't let it happen, even if people tried to do this, because they would make far less money off the credit purchases. It would be a bad business decision for them. If people somehow were able to do this, I'm sure UR would change the amount of clintz won in a battle and cut those by 2/3 or 1/2.