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The trick that the Village of Hoffman Estates used to delay responding to the FOIAs of four District 300 mothers is no more, courtesy of Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office.
As I blogged Dec. 29, the ladies sent a total of 10 Freedom of Information Act requests, all dated Sept. 16, regarding the Sears EDA agreement up for renewal by the General Assembly. Because of the FOIA requests' similar nature, the village treated them as being sent by one person, which allowed them to label them as coming from a single "recurrent requester."
Under the FOIA loophole that took effect last August, a government can respond to a "recurrent requester" in 21 days rather than five. The law defines "recurrent requester" as a person who makes 50 requests in a year, 15 requests in a month or seven requests in a week.
But a binding opinion released by Madigan's office over an unrelated incident prevents Illinois governments from here on out of bundling similar FOIAs together.
In this case, the village of Smithfield in downstate Illinois treated FOIA requests from a husband and wife as being from a single requester. Because the wife had filed 10 over the past 12-month period, and the husband had filed three of his own (and they filed one together), the village lumped them together to make them one single recurrent requester and put off the wife's Sept. 14 request.
Madigan ruled in the husband and wife's favor (you can read the opinion here), not only because they had not even come close to the 50 FOIA requests in a year to be labeled as recurrent requesters, but also because the village erred in lumping the two people together to count their separate requests jointly.
This opinion, had it been on the books earlier, would have required Hoffman Estates to respond to all four District 300 women in five business days. One filed four FOIA requests, with the remaining women filing three, two and one, respectively, so they would not have met the statutory limit of seven limits in seven days to be labeled as recurrent requesters.
Would it have helped the school district, which mobilized to fight for a fairer shake in the Sears deal, to have gotten what they asked for before the General Assembly deliberated and voted on extending the EDA? I don't know. But it certainly wouldn't have hurt.
I'll wrap up this post with one sad commentary. The "recurrent requesters" loophole took effect Aug. 26. It took two Illinois governments – and quite likely more that we don't know about – three weeks to figure out how to improperly stretch it to deny information.
It's very disappointing. But then again, it's what a lot of us have come to expect from Illinois and its 7,000 units of government.
(Hat tip to @jonathanderson on Twitter for giving me the heads-up on the ruling).
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King, Hawks barely sneak past Patriots in first playoff game
The Division I baseball playoffs got underway on Saturday, with Bishop Hendricken continuing its long winning streak thanks to a 5-3 victory over Portsmouth.
The Hawks, who are the top seed in the tournament after an 18-0 regular season, got three first-inning runs, saw the Patriots tie the game up in the top of the fifth and then re-took the lead for good with two runs in the bottom of the fifth.
Jarek Krajewski led the way offensively with three hits and four RBI, and sophomore John Toppa had three hits and an RBI as well. Senior ace Mike King didn't have his best performance of the year, but he still did plenty well enough to get the job done. He pitched a complete game, while allowing eight hits and striking out nine. Portsmouth's Matt Peters pitched a complete game as well, giving up seven hits and striking out eight.
The defending state champion Hawks also made an uncharacteristic four errors in the field, but were able to overcome it for their 19th consecutive D-I victory this season.
Hendricken's next playoff game is against Moses Brown on Tuesday at home at 4:30 p.m. The Quakers went 10-8 during the regular season. The game was originally scheduled for Monday but was postponed due to inclement weather.
Titans fall in opener
After winning its regular season finale to finish at 9-9, Toll Gate couldn't get anything going in its playoff opener against Cranston West on Saturday.
The Falcons, who went 11-7 during the regular season, used a six-run first inning to seize control, and they cruised to an 11-4 victory from there.
West scored another run in the second inning to make it 7-0 before Toll Gate narrowed the gap to 7-2 in the third and then 7-3 in the top of the fifth. But the Falcons grabbed four more runs in the bottom of the fifth to put the game out of reach.
The Titans banged out 11 hits against West pitchers Myles Levy and Frank Pettinato, but they also made three costly errors in the field. West had 13 hits on the day.
Toll Gate's Ryan Charette took the loss on the mound, as he pitched into the fifth inning while striking out two. James Meizoso came on in relief.
One bright spot for the Titans was Junior Rivas, who hit a home run.
The Titans will now try to stave off elimination. They play at South Kingstown today at 6 p.m., and the loser will be done for the year. The Rebels, who went 14-4 during the regular season, were upset by Johnston 7-6 in their playoff opener.
'Canes eliminated by NK
The Division I softball playoffs got underway this week as well, and the Warwick Vets softball team was dealt a tough match-up right off the bat.
Playing in the single-elimination first round, the 15th-seeded 'Canes traveled to take on No. 2 seed North Kingstown, and lost 10-0. The Skippers got a two-hits shutout from Taylor Butler and a home run at the plate from Natalie Wirth. The game was tight after two innings, but a five-run fifth for North Kingstown blew it wide open.
Kayla Bourbon took the loss for Vets. North Kingstown, which went 14-2 during the regular season compared to 3-13 for Vets, advanced into the double elimination portion of the tournament, where it beat Westerly 11-2 in its first game.


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§ 11. Andrewes and Donne compared.
Happily, there can be no question of bishop Andrewess personal piety and earnestness. The witness of his contemporaries agrees with the witness of his
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In his preaching, he gave in too much to the mannerisms of the day and the taste of his audience, but the holiness of his inner life and the sincerity of his aims were not doubted by the most frivolous, or without influence upon a corrupt court. His life forms a link between several ages. He was born in the year that Latimer was burnt, he lived to see Charles I crowned and Milton wrote a Latin elegy upon his death. Few men have owed more to their schoolmasters and few have acknowledged their debt more handsomely. Samuel Ward of Ratcliffe, to whom he afterwards gave the rectory of Waltham, discovered his merit, and prevented his parents from making a prentice of him. Richard Mulcaster, the first headmaster of Merchant Taylors school, secured him for the new school. Andrewes ever loved and honoured his Master Mulcaster and placed his picture over the doore of his Studie; whereas in all the rest of the house, you could scantly see a picture. At Pembroke hall, Cambridge, he became, in succession, scholar, fellow and master. He was always a singular lover and encourager of learning and learned men, and his friendship with Casaubon and their enthusiastic studies at Ely form one of the most attractive pictures in the history of scholarship. His stores of erudition and his knowledge of many languages were fitly employed in the translation of the
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they were less felicitously used in his sermons, where they sometimes cumber the ground. His knowledge of the fathers was wider than his knowledge of men, and his one intrusion into secular life, in the matter of the Essex divorce, was disastrous and bitterly repented.
His sermons were collected for publication by the command of Charles I, who was graciously pleased to thinke a paperlife better than none, though the editors, Laud and Buckeridge, were well aware that the printed sermons could not live with all that elegancie which they had upon his tongue. His preaching owed as much to his perfect delivery as Hookers lost by his diffidence. After-ages will always find the contemporary opinion of Andrewess sermons extravagant, but, in spite of the most exasperating faults of style, there is much to praise. He prefers to tread the well-worn highway of common Christianity, and will not easily be drawn either into the Roman controversy or into the insoluble deep points of predestination and the like, in which puritan preachers often lost themselves. The determination to extract the most possible from the sacred text leads him into over-nice distinctions, till he can only express himself with the help of brackets, and even of brackets within brackets. Yet, notwithstanding his clumsy apparatus, finicking exegesis and tortuous language, he commonly rewards the readers patience. The remark of the presbyterian lord to James I at Holyrood, No doubt your Majestys bishop is a learned man, but he cannot preach. He rather plays with his text than preaches on it, is not the whole truth. The texts which Andrewes took for his great series of Christmas and Good Friday sermons are permanently enriched by the musings of his devout mind.
It is unfortunately easy to trace the influence of Andrewes upon the younger preachers of his times. The Andrewes tradition lasted far on into the century, and, in the hands of lesser men, it lost the life which the genius of Andrewes had been able to infuse into it. When, at last, it was superseded by preaching of a plainer and sincerer style, bishop Burnet wrote its epitaph:
The impertinent way of dividing texts is laid aside; the needless setting out of the originals and the vulgar version is worn out. The trifling shews of learning, in many quotations of passages, that very few can understand, do no more flat the auditory.
John Donne, although eighteen years younger than Andrewes, survived him only six years. While Laud, Montagu, Ussher and Hall were destined to preach to another age, Donne preached only to the age which knew Andrewes. From the first, it must have been inevitable to compare the two most famous preachers of James Is reign. Both are deeply read in the fathers and love to quote them in their original languages. Neither can resist the fanciful imagery and verbal conceits that their age loved. Yet, though they work with the same clay, the one achieves a success in spite of his clumsiness, the other is a finished artist. Andrewes is read with difficulty for the sake of his matter; Donne is read by many who care little for his theology. Yet Donne was not simply a man of letters caring more for his style than for his matter. He impressed his own age, as he impresses the reader of to-day, with his tremendous earnestness. Whether the reasons which brought him to enter the ministry in his forty-second year were adequate or not, he gave himself to his new calling with an evergrowing sense of his responsibility. He took the most exacting view of the preachers office, and would excuse no mans laziness, that will not employ his whole time upon his calling. In one of his Candlemas sermons, he discusses the preachers business and maintains the need of preaching to the educated and the court in a different style from that which will suit the simple. It was Donnes
more than that of any man then alive, to preach to the learneder and more capable auditories that the times had produced. The honourable society of Lincolns inn got the preacher they wanted, and parted from him with regrets and fervent gratitude. At St. Pauls, he gave himself more preaching duties than had fallen to previous deans, and a sermon from him was an occasion of which fashionable London took advantage.
It is a little surprising that a man of his literary experience published only a few occasional sermons, such as the first sermon preached to king Charles, printed by royal command, or the sermon in commemoration of George Herberts mother, lady Danvers. A partial explanation is that his sermons, for the most part, were not ready for the press. It was not till the plague of 1625 drove him out of London and gave him some monthss leisure, that he set to work upon them. In a letter of this year (25 November) he wrote:
I have revised as many of my sermons as I have kept any note of and I have written out a great many, and hope to do more. I am already come to the number of 80, of which my son, who, I hope will take the same profession, or some other in the world of understanding, may hereafter make some use.
Again, in 1630, he utilised a time of sickness at Abrey Hatch in revising my short notes. Doubtless this free revision enabled the author to write at greater length than he had preached. Nine years after his fathers death, John Donne the younger published
Eighty Sermons;
but they cannot be identical (as Gosse suggests) with the eighty mentioned by Donne in 1625, since many of this first folio belong to a later date. A second volume and a third appeared later, forming together a larger library of sermons than Andrewes or any other divine had yet furnished.
There is some degree of eloquence required in the delivery of Gods messages, wrote Donne, and he intended to use all the literary craft he had learnt to give life to his sermons. Sometimes, his rich fancy leads him into sheer extravagance or paradox. Sometimes, his delight in assonant words will make him speak of a comminatory or commonitory cross, or he will end a paragraph with portentous sesquipedalians, irreparably, irrevocably, irrecoverably, irremediably. Coleridge disliked a patristic leaven in him, and Hallam said roundly that he had perverted his learning to cull every impertinence of the fathers and schoolmen. Yet few readers would willingly spare the penitents fond references to that blessed and sober father, St. Augustine. His wit, his learning and his poetic feeling are far more often turned to profit than used for display. The old wit has still its use when he can write, The devil is no recusant; he will come to church, and he will lay his snares there. And his poetic fancy can take unceasing delight in the metaphors of the Bible and marshal his rhythmical periods.
The obscurity of Donnes sermons has been often exaggerated. No doubt they would be difficult to follow with the ear only, but we have no means of knowing how closely the printed sermon recalls the preachers words. In spite of his profusion of metaphors and similes, he seldom leaves us in any doubt of his meaning, and he can be as simple as any man without being ordinary. It is less easy to say that we always know whither he is taking us. Every reader must be conscious of a certain arbitrariness in his treatment. And we must particularly notice how his sombre cast of thought, and his severe view of his own past failings, are apt to assert themselves in unexpected quarters. Andrewes and he begin a Christmas sermon on the same text, but Donne soon loses the Christmas feeling and brings us face to face with death and judgment to come. Death has been called the preachers great commonplace. Donne repeatedly comes back to this topic, but, with him, it is never commonplace. Never does he hold us more in thrall than when he warns in solemn, measured and impassioned tones of that which comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.
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mwh wrote:Just looking in here again. You seem to be doing ok without me!
A misprint, surely.
Qimmik wrote:I just finished the Melian Dialogue. Until now, I thought the Corcyrean Stasis was hard . . .
Qimmik wrote:Isn't this ridiculous?
Qimmik wrote:Hence, utterly un-Thucydidean!
mwh wrote:ωφελιμα κρινειν seems awkward ("hence Thucydidean"?) with the simple genitive rather than e.g. περι των μελλοντων.
Hitherto I've just taken B (ἢν μὴ αὐτὸς βούληται etc.) as meaning 'if he were not willing at some stage to stand up and fight the contest through himself', i.e. by himself incurring all the necessary expense and danger, as opposed to leaving that to the Athenians or Lacedaemonians (depending on which side he was using against the other).
Qimmik wrote:Assuming Thucydides wanted to shift to Tiss at B, how else could he have done so to make the shift clearer (apart from simply writing Τισσαφέρνη instead of a pronoun)?
mwh wrote:Fair enough, John, and you have scholars who agree with you. I'm not going to fight it, but I am a little disappointed you reject A=King and haven't taken the point about B (hoc loco) switching back to Tiss, which I suggested and Qimmik eloquently backed up.
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I have some experience driving in snow but when I found myself on a 13-hour road trip in the direct path of one of the biggest winter storms of the season, I started to worry just a little. I suspected this might happen, and that's why I opted to take the all-wheel drive 2012 Subaru Impreza on the trip. I was confident in the Subaru's ability to handle winter weather. By the time I made my way through all the roads had been plowed and salted so little was left. However, there was still some ice on the roads and a little slush at gas stations.
But it's not just the Impreza's all-wheel drive that comes in handy for a long Winter road trip, the optional all-weather rubber floor mats do a great job of handling rain, slush and dirt. This is especially handy when you have light colored carpet like in our Long Term Subaru.
My trip took me from Atlanta to Philadelphia, a trip that helped me get to know the Impreza's driver's seat pretty well. Both front seats are spacious and comfortable. They also fully reclined which was conducive to the quick naps I took so I could stay alert on the long trip. While I like the Impreza's seats, the USB iPod hookup isn't amazing. It took a while to just figure out how to shuffle my whole library instead of going A-Z. The confusing button labels weren't a welcome distraction on the winter roads. I didn't try to tackle the Bluetooth considering how much difficulty I had with the USB setup. During my weekend stay in Pennsylvania, each time I turned the car on the symbol that indicates the engine is cold came on. Strangely enough, an explanation for it is not located in the "symbols" section of the manual. Either way, the blue temperature light just means the engine is not warming up properly. The owner's manual doesn't give further instructions. I just drove gently until the light went out.
On the other hand, the seat warmers were a lifesaver in the below freezing Philadelphia weather and heated up immediately. Other driver's have praised the heated cloth seats, and I can see why.
I never use the trunk of my Corolla sedan but I became a huge fan of the hatchback/wagon layout of the Impreza - I fit everything I needed to bring and could still pull the cargo cover closed, hiding my belongings from would be prying eyes.
The sunroof was too noisy for my taste when opened but tilting it provided the perfect amount of air circulation without drowning out the radio. The Impreza isn't a luxury car but features like a cargo cover, heated seats and a sunroof seem to add real value to this $24,000 all-wheel drive wagon.
I currently drive a 2006 Corolla and that car feels more powerful than the Subaru. It seemed like I was forcing it to rev sometimes but it could have been due to the cold weather or the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT).
I also like the size of the Impreza and the wagon setup makes it feel like a mini SUV. Consider the Subaru Impreza if you're on a budget and are shopping for a compact SUV.


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The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has described Saturday's House of Representatives by-election into Ekiti, Isin, Irepodun and Oke-Ero Federal Constituency as a contest between the Peoples Democratic Party and security agents rather than among political parties, even as he expressed confidence of the party's victory.
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Truck Deals: April 2014
Our list of truck deals and incentives is a great place to start the search for your next truck. We've listed the incentives and special offers available this month on many of the most popular trucks on the market, meaning you'll find a good deal here, no matter what you're searching for.
Chevrolet Silverado
The 2014 Chevrolet Silverado is a newly redesigned full-size pickup that consistently ranks among the most popular trucks on the market. In April, the latest Silverado is offered with several incentives designed to tempt interested shoppers. The best deal is a cash-back offer, as Chevrolet is currently touting around $3,500 back for drivers looking to pay in full. For shoppers looking to finance, the automaker is offering 3.9 percent interest for up to 60 months -- not a tremendous offer, but a good deal on a newly redesigned truck. Finally, lease shoppers can get a 36-month term with payments from $299 per month after $2,800 down at lease signing.
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Ford F-150
The Ford F-150 is America's most popular pickup, offering a long list of engine choices, body styles and trim levels. In April, it also offers several excellent incentives as Ford starts clearing out dealership inventories before an all-new F-150 launches for the 2015 model year. For qualified shoppers interested in financing, the 2014 F-150 boasts several good offers, including 0.9 percent interest for 36 months, 1.9 percent interest for 48 months or 2.9 percent interest for 60 months. Better yet, each of those deals can be combined with $1,000 cash back. Shoppers looking to pay in full can also get a good deal on the 2014 F-150, as the pickup is available with up to $2,500 cash back.
GMC Sierra
The newly redesigned GMC Sierra offers a slightly more upscale take on the popular Chevrolet Silverado. Due to its recent redesign, the 2014 Sierra isn't offering too many incentives, but it does have a few available offers designed to sway shoppers interested in getting a good deal on its next truck. The best deal is a cash-back offer for shoppers looking to pay in full: GMC is touting up to $3,500 back on all Sierra models through the end of the month. But those who would rather finance can also get an incentive this month, as GMC is offering 3.9 percent interest on all Sierra models for up to 60 months, a good deal on a brand-new truck.
The RAM 1500 is a full-size pickup that boasts bold styling and available V8 power. In April, it's offered with two incentives, whether shoppers are looking to finance their next truck or buy it outright. For drivers looking to pay in full, the 2014 RAM 1500 is available with up to $2,500 cash back, a deal that's available on any of the truck's long list of trim levels. Qualified shoppers who would rather finance the pickup can get 1.9 percent interest for up to 36 months on all RAM 1500 models, a deal that includes up to $1,500 cash back.
Toyota Tundra
The full-size Tundra is Toyota's answer to full-size trucks from Ford, Chevrolet and Chrysler. In April, it's offered with several strong incentives designed to lure buyers away from those brands. The best deal is for qualified shoppers looking to finance, as Toyota is offering 0 percent interest for up to 36 months on all 2014 Tundra models. But drivers looking to lease can also get a good deal, as Toyota is touting a 36-month term with payments from $339 per month after $3,338 down at lease signing.
What it means to you: Our list of truck deals should help point shoppers in the right direction when it comes to finding a new truck at an excellent price.


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I received an e-mail from a recent widow whose husband had attended my seminars over the years and was a loyal follower of economic and business-management trends. She was in a dilemma over whether to sell the farm ground while the prices are skyrocketing in her area and liquidate the remaining debt, or continue to lease the farm ground.
Her question is one that I receive at least twice a month. While it is difficult to say when and how much land values will correct, other factors must be considered.
First, what will be the tax consequences – i.e. capital gains – of selling the land? I suggest that a tax analysis be done by an accountant prior to making a decision on the land.
Next, concerning the lease option, what will be the terms and duration of the contract? Will the lessees be good stewards of your assets, which represent your annuity or cash flow? What is their financial condition and ability to be sustainable, profitable producers? Highest land rent, like cheapest interest rate from a lender, can come back to bite you if the person or the institution behind the contract is not true to their word.
The other element to consider is alternative investments with returns over a decade period, not just one year. Are you comfortable investing in stocks, bonds, CDs and other paper assets, or are you more comfortable with tangible assets like land?
Another test that needs to be conducted is an asset and income sensitivity test. What are the implications if the assets decline by 25%? What happens if contracts have to be adjusted downward by 25%? Yes, the super cycle for commodities will end and adjustments will be made by both renters and landlords. After the adjustment, is the cash flow still sufficient for your needs compared to other investments?
While this is not a direct answer, it is a protocol and procedure of thinking through the decision objectively and weighing the options.
Editor's note: Dave Kohl, Corn & Soybean Digest trends editor, is an ag economist specializing in business management and ag finance. He recently retired from Virginia Tech, but continues to conduct applied research and travel extensively in the U.S. and Canada, teaching ag and banking seminars and speaking to producer and agribusiness groups. He can be reached at [email protected]


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BALTIMORE – Standing a full six feet and four inches tall, Stephen McCarthy generally makes one first impression.
He's big.
The towering central midfielder from the University of North Carolina was one of five players selected by the New England Revolution during Thursday's 2011 MLS SuperDraft in Baltimore, coming off the board early in the second round (24th overall). McCarthy made 18 appearances during his senior year with the Tar Heels after transferring from Santa Clara University, leading UNC to the 2010 NCAA College Cup.
Upon meeting McCarthy for the first time, even Revs head coach Steve Nicol couldn't avoid making reference to the Dallas native's size.
"He's a giant," Nicol said with a laugh. "But other than that, he likes to try and play. He's a big, physical, strong presence, but he wants to pass the ball, as well. If he can combine both of those things, he'll do well."
McCarthy, who said he was both surprised and excited when his name was announced as the 24th overall pick on Thursday, hopes to make use of his size as he adapts to the professional game with the Revolution.
"I think it's going to take a little time to get used to the speed of the league," said McCarthy. "It'll definitely (take time) getting used to everything, but I would hope [I'll develop quickly]."
The Revs have historically gravitated toward players from the Atlantic Coast Conference in past drafts, and McCarthy fits the bill after playing his senior season at North Carolina. The competitive nature of the ACC on a game-in, game-out basis has a tendency to prepare future professionals for the rigors of Major League Soccer.
McCarthy said former UNC teammate and current FC Dallas defender Zach Loyd advised him to make sure he's fit before reporting to preseason camp, and the 22-year-old plans to do just that as he prepares to make the move to Foxborough in late January.
"It's an amazing organization," McCarthy said of his new club. "I can't wait to get there."


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Bank of America Corp. BAC, -2.70% today said it made an "incorrect adjustment" on investments acquired along with Merrill Lynch five years ago. The result: The Federal Reserve told the bank to suspend plans to buy back shares and raise its dividend.
Investors aren't happy. The stock slid as much as 6% today as Bank of America had wanted to buy back $4 billion in stock and increase the dividend to 5 cents a share from 1 cent.
The calculation error led to a small decline of 5 basis points in the bank's estimated Tier 1 common equity ratio to 11.8% as of March 31. Bank of America also said its estimated total capital ratio had declined by 21 basis points to 14.8, and that its Tier 1 leverage ratio was down 12 basis points to 7.4%.
Even with the revised ratios, the bank remains "well-capitalized" under regulatory guidelines. Still, the Fed has ordered it to "resubmit its data templates and requested capital actions contained in the 2014 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR)."
CCAR is the second part of the Fed's annual stress-test process, when the regulator decides whether to approve large banks' deployment of capital through dividends, share buybacks or acquisitions. Bank of America is retaining a third party to review its capital-planning process, possibly opening up another can of worms.
Bank of America said it expected its capital deployment this year to be "less than previously proposed."
But the Fed could decide to reject Bank of America's revised capital plan outright.
That's what happened to Citigroup Inc. C, -2.36% on March 26, even though Citi had passed the Fed's stress test a week earlier with a minimum Tier 1 common equity ratio of 7.2% through a nine-quarter "severely adverse" economic scenario.
Bank of America passed the same test with a much lower minimum Tier 1 common equity ratio of 5.9%. That was comfortably above the minimum ratio of 5% but low enough for Bank of America during the week following the stress tests to lower its annual request for deployment of excess capital to $4 billion in common-share buybacks from the second quarter of 2014 through the first quarter of 2015.
That plan was approved, along with an increase in the company's quarterly dividend to 5 cents a share from a penny. Neither the Bank nor the Fed disclosed just how much capital the bank had initially planned to deploy, but the approved deployment was far less than the bank was approved for a year earlier, which included up to $5 billion in common-share repurchases and $5.5 billion in preferred stock buybacks.
The Fed in March said its rejection of Citi's plan reflected "significantly heightened supervisory expectations for the largest and most complex [bank holding companies] in all aspects of capital planning." There was no problem with Citigroup's level of capital. The concerns were purely "qualitative," and the regulator said several deficiencies, when viewed together, raised "sufficient concerns regarding the overall reliability of Citigroup's capital-planning process."
It appears Bank of America is now in the same boat as Citigroup, although the Fed's choice of words in its press release offer some hope to investors for stock buybacks this year.
"Bank of America must address the quantitative errors in its regulatory capital calculations as part of the re-submission and must undertake a review of its regulatory capital reporting to help ensure there are no further errors," the regulator said. By using the word "quantitative," and not "qualitative," the Fed appeared to be giving the bank some benefit of the doubt, at least until it reviews the new capital plan and sees the results of the third-party review.
Bank of America declined to comment for this article.


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Barile '90 G'93 Taps "The Walking Dead" for Student-Centered Learning
Longtime Revere High School English teacher Nancy Barile '90 G'93 is using the popular AMC show "The Walking Dead" to bring student-centered learning to her classroom.
Emmanuel College regulates access to and release of a student's records in accordance with the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended (PL 93-380, Section 438, The General Education Provisions Act). The purpose of this act is to protect the privacy of students regarding the release of records and access to records maintained by the institution.
In compliance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (the Buckley Amendment/FERPA), Emmanuel College has committed itself to protecting the privacy rights of its students and to maintaining the confidentiality of its records. A copy of this law is available in the Office of the Registrar.
Certain personally identifiable information from a student's educational record, designated by Emmanuel College as directory information, may be released without the student's prior consent. A student who so wishes has the absolute right to prevent release of this information. In order to do so, the student must complete a form requesting nondisclosure of directory information by the end of add/drop period. This form is available in the Office of the Registrar.
Directory information includes name, term, home and electronic address, campus address and mailbox number, telephone and voice mailbox number, date and place of birth, photograph, major field of study, participation in officially-recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, program of enrollment, anticipated date of graduation, degrees and awards received, the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended and other similar information. Some or all of this information may be published in directories such as a student directory, an electronic student directory, a sports program or other campus publications.
With regard to external inquiries, the Office of the Registrar will verify directory information, unless advised to the contrary by the student as indicated above. "Verify" means to affirm or deny the correctness of the information. The College will not provide corrections for inaccurate information. All non-directory information, which is considered confidential, will not be released to outside inquiries without the express consent of the student. However, the College will verify financial awards and release data for government agencies.
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The U.S. Government Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to their education records. They are:
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Students should submit to the Registrar a written request that identifies the record(s) they wish to inspect. The Registrar will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the Registrar, the student will be advised of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.
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Students may ask Emmanuel College to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They should write to the Emmanuel College official responsible for the record, clearly identify the part of the record they want changed, and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading.
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A school official has a legitimate education interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility.
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Soup Month — Ladies, the soup you slurp does more than take the chill off a cold day. Psychologists have discovered an astonishing link between what you ladle into a bowl and what kind of man will really bring your passion to a boil. "A recent study shows that a woman's choice of soup reveals her ideal fantasy man," says psychiatric researcher Miriam Douglas of Cincinnati, OH.
French onion
You have a daring, adventurous personality, and you're always ready for a challenge. Chances are you're attracted to men with similar tastes, and you can best bond with them by sharing some electrifying experiences.
Chicken noodle
You're a warm-hearted, nurturing woman who places your sweetheart at the center of your world. Smart men are a real turn-on for you, and you show your love by thoroughly pampering your honey.
You're a responsible person who looks for a man who's a true partner, sharing in all decisions. And if your sweetie gives you the high degree of devotion you crave, you'll shower him with affection in return.
Clam chowder
You have a habit of falling in love with love, and your taste for novelty may keep you changing partners on a regular basis. Don't be so quick to rush from man to man because you could miss your soul mate in the shuffle.
Cream of Tomato
You yearn for the good life, and an ambitious man with a lot on the ball is right down your alley. You're willing to work right alongside him to achieve the financial security you must have to be happy.
Baked potato
You're a straight shooter who demands a matching honesty from your mate. Most importantly, if a man shares your strong sense of community and volunteerism, he's sure to win your heart.


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Watch Gavin DeGraw Do the Foxtrot on 'DWTS'
Gavin DeGraw made his 'Dancing With the Stars' debut last night. As a musician, you'd assume he already has some rhythm — and he does! But he lacks the confidence in his moves that would earn him rave reviews from the judges.
"I've been wanting to get out from behind my piano at my concerts," DeGraw admitted. "When I move that out of the way, I'm more vulnerable, and I want to get confident." Good thing he was partnered up with reigning champ Karina Smirnoff!
"People think that because I'm a musician that I'd have some level of dancing ability," DeGraw said. "And I'm here to prove them wrong." The camera then shoots over to DeGraw practicing with Smirnoff and telling her, "When you do that, it looks like dancing. When I do it, it looks like an injury." We hope he sticks around on the show just for the sake of comic relief!
Smirnoff recognizes the root of DeGraw's humor: "Gavin is very funny and he makes a lot of jokes," she said, "because he's nervous about performing." One thing he's not nervous about? Checking out her behind!
When the pair took the stage to foxtrot to Lady Antebellum's 'I Run to You,' DeGraw looked like Fred Astaire, but more so in wardrobe than footwork. Donning a suit, his trademark hat and shiny shoes, DeGraw could barely keep a straight face as he danced with Smirnoff. His actual dancing wasn't bad at all — but he was visibly stiff, likely due to nerves. He and his partner looked thrilled, though — perhaps more so when it was over — but they clearly have a warm rapport.
"The foxtrot is a very fluid, romantic sort of dance, and you're a little bit stiff in your arms and your legs. It lacked musicality in your upper body," [said]. However, the judge did add that next week's jive will likely be easier for DeGraw since it's a sharper, stiffer set of movements.
"You have a great charm and a very gentle quality to your dance," [said]. "I thought you interpreted very very well." However, Tunioli told DeGraw that he sometimes "stiffens up in the wrong places." DeGraw replied that he sometimes stiffens up at the wrong times as well. Zing!
Carrie Ann Inaba tried wiping the dirty images from her mind before judging. "You have great musical interpretation, and I like the way you brought the whole story to live," she told DeGraw. "There's a tenderness to your dancing that is actually very easy to watch. I think the flow between movements is actually very nice." While Inaba disagreed with the rest of the panel on her last point, she does admit that DeGraw "hyperextends" his arms at times, making it look more like karate than ballroom dancing.
DeGraw left the stage with a score of 20 — not bad, but not stellar. Here's hoping he sticks around to jive next week!
Watch Gavin DeGraw Do the Foxtrot on 'Dancing With the Stars'


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Anonymous functions let you create simple functions as variables without having to store the functions in a file. You can construct complex expressions by combining multiple anonymous functions. Here are some sample combinations.
Function Composition
In this example we will create a single function by having one function call another.
Suppose we want to compute the standard deviation of the mean of some data—for example,
std(mean(x)). We can construct separate anonymous functions to compute the mean and standard deviation and then combine them:
f = @mean; g = @std; fCompg = @(x) g(f(x));
To ensure that the function composition works as expected, we evaluate the first function and use its output as input to the second. We then check that this two-step process is equivalent to the one-step evaluation of the result that we obtained from function composition:
x = rand(10,4); fx = f(x); gfx = g(fx); gfx2 = fCompg(x); gfsEqual = isequal(gfx,gfx2) gfsEqual = 1
We could create a generalized composition operator g(f) and use that instead:
compose = @(g,f)@(x)g(f(x)) fCompg2 = compose(g,f) gfcx = fCompg2(x); gfcEqual = isequal(gfx, gfcx) gfcEqual = 1
Conditional Function Composition
Now let's look at a more complicated composition. Suppose that we want to compute the expression:
y = sin(x) – mean(x) + 3, but we don't always want to subtract the mean or add 3. We dynamically build one function to compute y, which subtracts the mean or adds 3 only when we want it to.
Let's start by building function handles for computing the sine, subtracting the mean, and adding 3:
x = 0:pi/100:pi/2; myfunc = @sin; meanValue = @mean; three = @(x) 3;
While the variable containing each function handle retains its name, the function it describes can change. Note that this example works only when x is a row or column vector. For multidimensional data, the expressions would be more complicated, and we would use
We combine these functions conditionally. For simplicity, let's say we want to add 3 but don't want to subtract the mean. In a more realistic example, we would use logical comparisons to determine which functions to apply:
if false myfunc = @(x) myfunc(x) - meanValue(x); end if true myfunc = @(x) myfunc(x) + three(x); end
Let's try this on the data x that we created earlier:
mf3mean = myfunc(x);
Whatever functions we combine with the original function, we always have a function handle to evaluate. We can use it to specify additional information as we build up an appropriate function for our calculation.
A Versatile Technique
Using anonymous functions is a versatile technique that you might find useful in a wide range of calculations, from the simplest to the most complex. We've looked at just two examples. In fact, the number of possibilities is limitless.


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Thomas Holcombe would arrive in New England sometime between 1630 and 1633. A few short years later, he would be living on the outskirts of Connecticut's first settlement, Windsor. There, he and his wife, Elizabeth would raise a large family and prosper. Their youngest son, Nathaniel would be only nine years old when Thomas died. After that time, Nathaniel's stepfather, James Enno and his older brothers would probably have a great influence on him as he grew to manhood in the wilderness at Poquonock.
If you missed Part 1 of the story, go here . . .
|The original settlers at the remote outpost at Poquonock, circa 1640.
Nathaniel Holcombe was born on November 4th, 1648 at Poquonock, Windsor, in the colony of Connecticut. The circumstances of his upbringing seem to have had a direct relationship to him later becoming one of the "outlanders" of the region. He was born into a Puritan family and thus would start off as part of that society but after his father died, his rank in the society might have been affected by his mother's marriage to James Enno.
The Settlement at Salmon Brook
In 1660, Nathaniel received £28-12s (28 pounds, 12 shillings), his allotment from the estate of Thomas Holcombe. Nothing is known about his early adult life until 1670, when he was married to Mary Bliss of Springfield, Massachusetts. He and Mary may have lived for a few years with her family in Springfield. They would be back in Windsor by 1675. That was the same year that Springfield was attacked as part of a greater conflict known as King Philip's War. The extent of Nathaniels involvement in the war is unclear but respect and rank in later town militias seems to confirm that he gained fighting experience during the war. Nathaniel and his young family would be one of the first settlers at a place called Salmon Brook (now the Town of Granby, Connecticut) arriving as early as 1677.
Colonial expansion west from the Connecticut River valley was inevitable and planning had already begun by the 1660's. A small settlement was formed at Simsbury but abandoned during King Phillips War. After the war, the settlers returned to find homes and farms burned to the ground. While a scarcity of land was one reason for expansion, local Indian tensions as well as more global concerns also played a role in the movement west. The authorities at Windsor and Hartford planned a series of small clusters of homes along the frontier, thus creating a line of defense against the known and unknown dangers that lurked in the wilderness beyond. Those who ventured out into this frontier to live where taking a real risk as the threat from both the French and Spanish and their Indian allies was real. They were living at the edge of English civilization and along a volatile imperial border.
How Nathaniel ended up in Salmon Brook as opposed to more desirable locations in Windsor or Simsbury seems to have something do with his childhood circumstances. As stated above, living in remote Poquonock and being the stepson of James Enno may have worked against him in the politics of land distribution in northern Hartford County. His brother Joshua was rewarded with more choice land in Simsbury but he was much older and associated more with his father in the eyes of the town leaders. Nathaniel may have been more associated with James Enno, who sometimes rocked the boat in Windsor and as a Huguenot who worshiped in the Anglican Church, was always somewhat of an outsider. Nathaniel may have been guilty by association and passed-over in the race for the best land. It should be noted that most of the settlers offered land in the more remote "outer settlements" like Salmon Brook were Welsh, Anglicans, Huguenots and other non-Puritans.
|Simsbury in 1686, Salmon Brook Meadow is at the top.
(ABOVE) From "The Brittle Thread of Life," A map of Simsbury (what the Indians called Massaco) as surveyed about 1686. Already cleared areas (meadowland) made parts of Simsbury an ideal place for expansion. The "river towns" to the east, along the Connecticut River were filling up fast and open land for farming was starting to become scarce.
|The plats of the first settlers at Salmon Book.
(ABOVE) From "The Brittle Thread of Life," The first plats at Salmon Brook about 1688. At a bend at the West Branch of Salmon Brook. The occupants are: [1] Nathaniel Holcombe, Mary Bliss and seven children; [2] Samuel Willcockson Jr.; [3] Samuel Adams, Elizabeth Hill and a daughter; [4] Nicholas Gossard, Elizabeth Gillet and three children; [5] Richard Segar, Abigail Griffin and two children; [6] Thomas Griffin; [7] Josiah Owen, Mary Osborn and seven children; [8] Joseph Owen, Elizabeth Osborn and three children; [9] John Matson.Nathaniel received his Land Grant as a result of the Land Division in 1680. In that year his family, along with the Owens were the only two families living at Salmon Brook. In 1681 he was elected Town Constable. He was a joint signer of an agreement with the pastor of Hop Meadow in 1687. In that same year, he was also noted as a lister (tax assessor). In 1688, he signed an offer to citizens of Salmon Brook and Low Meadow for exchange of parts of land to better fortify against Indians. Nathaniel served as Deputy to the General Court of Connecticut for Simsbury (Colonial Assembly) between 1703 and 1705 and again between 1720 and 1722. One source noted that he was a Sergeant in the militia, "an experienced Indian fighter" and a veteran of King Philip's War. Early in the settlement of Salmon Brook, possibly because of their experience in the Indian Wars, he and Daniel Adams were called up to lead Simsbury's "train band" (militia).
As the years wore on, Nathaniel would develop a reputation as a well-respected citizen, a sort of elder statesmen of Granby. His grandson's generation would call on him to help them secure their land grants and he would serve his second stint in the colonial court while in his 70's. Salmon Brook, which became part of the Town of Granby is an important place in the history of this family line (my family line). Every Holcombe in Granby was a descendant of Nathaniel and hundreds of them raised families and lived out their lives there. Six generations from this line lived there, for over 120 years, starting with Nathaniel and ending with Apollas.
The Family of Mary Bliss
Mary Bliss was the 3rd of four children of Nathaniel Bliss (b.1622, d.1654) and Catharine Chapman (or Chapin) (b.1630, d.1711) and was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Mary's father, Nathaniel, was born in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England and came to America at about the age 13 with his father, Thomas Bliss (b.1589? d.1650?) of Northamptonshire or Gloucester and some siblings. His mother, Margaret Hulins (b.1595? d.1684) and other siblings followed soon after. They are reported to have been living in Belstone Parish, Devon prior to embarking for New England and settled in Harford, Connecticut. Nathanial Bliss settled in Springfield, Massachusetts about 1645. His mother, Margaret, and some of Nathaniel's siblings also went to Springfield at about the same time and after Margaret's husband died. She was noted as a very able manager of the family estate as it tripled in value under her guidance.
|The Marget Hulins Bliss house in Springfield (late 19th century photo)
There were at least three Bliss immigrants, two brothers and a cousin (Thomas was the cousin) that came to New England in the first half of the 17th century. According to the Bliss Family History and Genealogy website, Thomas Bliss is likely a descendant of John Blisse of Tyringham, a feudal serf. The family has been traced back, with some gaps, to the 13th century. Margaret Hulins was the daughter of John Hulins (b.1595, d.1638?) from Rodborough and Margaret (b.1566?). John Hulins (b.1540, d.1609) was the son of Henry Hulins (Huling) (b.1540, d.1608) also from Rodborough and Joane (d.1612).
Catherine Chapin was born in Pomeroy, Devon and was the 3rd of 10 or 11 children of "Deacon" Samuel Chapin (b.1598, d.1675) and Cicely Penney (b.1602, d.1682) both from Paignton, Devon. Samuel was the 5th child of six of John Chapin (b.1560) and Phillipa Easton (b.1569, d.1614) also from Devon. The Chapin family has been traced back with certainty, at least one more generation to Roger Chapin.
|The Puritan, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, depicting Samuel Chapin
|Map of Springfield from about 1645 shows the plats of the Bliss and Chapin families.
The Children of Nathaniel Holcombe and Mary Bliss
Son (Lieutenant) Nathaniel Holcombe (II) (b.1673, d.1766) would raise his large family at Salmon Brook. His life and times are covered in the next section.
- Daughter Mary Holcombe (b.1675, d.1744/45) was born at Springfield and though she lived a long life, she never married. In her will she left a Bible to her brother Benjamin "to be his forever, and the Lord be with him" her best quilt and a pair of silver clasps to her sister Esther, and to all four sisters "rest and residue."
- Son (Sergeant) Jonathan Holcombe (b.1678, d.1761) married Mary Buell (b.1677, d.1720), the daughter of Sergeant Peter Buell and Martha Cogan in 1695. Mary was the sister of Nathaniel II's wife, Martha. Jonathan reportedly "died of the falling of a small tree." Jonathan and Mary had nine children.
- Notable descendants included William Horace Holcombe (b.1837, d.1908), a civil war veteran who helped build the Chicago and Iowa Railroad and later the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. He was a political leader in Rochelle, Illinois and in 1893 was active in the management of the Transportation section of the World's Columbian Exhibition. His house is a Rochelle landmark.
- Also Chester Holcombe Jr. (b.1844, d.1912), a missionary and diplomat. The son of a pastor, he began as a teacher and later studied theology. His mother's interest in missionary work seemed to have passed to her son. In 1869 he departed for Peking and spent the next 20 years in China. He learned the language and began interpreting for American diplomats, eventually becoming a diplomat himself. He served 11 year with the American Legation which included stints as Charge d'Affaire. "As United States minister, he accompanied him (President Grant) and his party through China . . . and entertained him for several weeks in the legation at Peking." He was also involved in Chinese immigration issues and wrote and taught about China later in life.
- Son (Ensign) John Holcombe (b.1680, d.1744) married Ann Pettibone (b.1679, d.1753), the daughter of John Pettibone and Sarah Eggleston in 1706. John Pettibone, a freeman at Windsor in 1658, came to America, perhaps from Wales and was possibly a soldier under Cromwell. John and Ann had 10 children.
|John Holcomb gravesite at the East Granby Cemetery.
- Daughter Martha Holcombe (b.1682, d.1717) married Daniel Hayes (b.1686, d.1756), the son of George Hayes and Abigail Dibble in 1716. Martha's nephew, Nathaniel III would marry Daniel's sister, Thankful Hayes. Daniel was taken prisoner by Indians in 1707, carried to Canada and kept in captivity for five years. He earned his own ransom, for which he was reimbursed by the colony. His future sister-in-law, Martha Buell (Nathaniel II's wife), witnessed Daniel's capture as she was walking to get cows at the bottom of a far hill. Martha and Daniel had one son after which Martha died. He remarried and had 11 more children. His son Ezekiel would be the grandfather of President Rutherford B. Hayes.
- Daughter Hester Holcombe (or Esther) (b.1684, d.1760) married Ensign Brewster Higley (b.1679, d.1760), the son of Captain John Higley and Hannah Drake in 1708. John Higley came from Frimley, Surrey, England. It is noted that all of Hester and Brewster's eight children lived to old age (averaging 80) and had numerous descendants, many of which settled in Vermont, Central New York and the Ohio counties of Meigs and Windham.
- A famous descendant was the Reverend John Brown (b.1800, d.1859), the abolitionist. President Lincoln said he was a "misguided fanatic" and Brown has been called one of the most controversial of all 19th-century Americans. His attempt to start a liberation movement among enslaved African Americans in Harpers Ferry, Virginia electrified the nation. He was tried for treason against the state of Virginia, for the murder of five pro-slavery Southerners and for inciting a slave insurrection and was hanged. Southerners alleged that his rebellion was the tip of the abolitionist iceberg and represented the wishes of the Republican Party. Historians agree that the Harpers Ferry raid in 1859 escalated tensions that a year later led to secession and the American Civil War.
- Another notable descendant was Doctor Brewster Higley VI (b.1822, d.1911), who penned a poem in Kansas in 1872 which he called "My Western Home." He later turned it into the song "Home on the Range." Still popular, it serves as the official state song of Kansas.
|Brewter Higley and Hester Holcombe tombstones at Hop Meadow Cemetery at
Simsbury, Connecticut. The inscription on Hester's marker has all but wore away.
- Daughter Elizabeth Holcombe (b.1685, d.1700), lived to the age of 15.
- Daughter Margaret Holcombe (b.1687, d.1777) married Nathaniel North, who is likely a descendant of John North and Hannah Buell (?) in 1704. Margaret and Nathaniel had eight children.
- Daughter Catherine Holcombe (b.1689, d.1769) married Joseph Messenger (b.1687, d.1763), the son of Nathaniel Messenger and Rebecca Kelsey in 1707. Catherine and Joseph lived near Raven Swamp south of the south branch of Salmon Brook (now the west branch). Catherine and Joseph had nine children.
- Daughter Sarah Holcombe (b.1691, d.1787) married Samuel Barber (b.1673, d.1725), the son of Lieutenant Thomas Barber II and Mary Phelps in 1712. Samuel's grandfather, Thomas Barber I was from Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. He first came to Windsor in 1635 with the advance party and was also known to have been a soldier in the Pequot War. Sarah and Samuel had six children.
- Son Benjamin Holcombe (b.1697, d.1758) married Hannah Case (b.1698, 1769), the daughter of Samuel Case and Mary Westover in 1727. Samuel's father (John) sailed from Gravesend, England in 1635 on the ship Dorset and landed at Newport, Rhode Island, but settled first in Windsor, then Newton, Long Island and finally, in Simsbury. There would be many Case/Holcombe marriages including two of Hannah's cousins, who would marry children of Nathaniel Holcombe II. Benjamin and Hannah had two known children.
The next generation, Nathaniel II, would stay-on in Salmon Brook. You can read about his story in Part 3 of the report here . . .
For additional information: One of the best on-line sources about the Holcombe family can be found at Holcombe Family Genealogy. For a great source of information about Salmon Brook and with some information about the three Nathaniel Holcombes that resided there, read: "The Brittle Thread of Life" by Mark Williams (2009).


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Rokita in Washington for Voter Fraud Summit
Contact: AJ Freeney-Ruiz
Indianapolis, IN - Today, Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita will join a small group of fellow election officials and legal scholars in Washington, D.C. for a daylong Voter Fraud-Voter Intimidation Working Group organized by the federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC). Rokita and representatives from the Department of Justice, the states of Georgia and Texas, civil rights groups, and the Republican and Democrat parties will aid the EAC in developing potential avenues for future research into voter fraud and intimidation.
An advocate of Indiana's Voter ID law designed to fight identity theft at the polls and absentee voting reform, Rokita was invited as the highest elected official in the group. Since taking office, Rokita has been summoned to Washington on multiple occasions to share Indiana's efforts in statewide election administration with fellow local and national officials. As both Indiana's Chief Election Officer and as a member of the Executive Board of the EAC's Standards Board, which advises the Commission on election administration issues, Rokita has been asked to share many of the state's election efforts with leaders in Congress to state legislators from around the country.
"I intend to not only share what we have learned from our successful implementation of Voter ID, but also Indiana's accomplishments in dealing with the absentee vote fraud we have seen in the state," Rokita said. "If vote fraud is happening in good places like Indiana where folks are ethical and hardworking, it's happening across the country. Indiana has much to offer this group in developing future ways to curb vote fraud and voter intimidation."
Charged by federal legislation to conduct research on election administration issues, the EAC is specifically required to develop nationwide statistics and methods of identifying, deterring, and investigating voting fraud and intimidation in elections for federal office. As a representative of Indiana's efforts to prevent election fraud, Rokita will take with him the success of running Indiana's first statewide election using the new Voter ID law and more strict absentee voting laws.


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Microsoft Launches Games for Windows Live Marketplace with Viva Pinata Demo
The Marketplace is part of the latest version of GFW Live, now available at FileShack. With the update, Games for Windows can now be launched as a stand-alone program.
At present, the North American Games for Windows Live Marketplace offers up a demo of Rare's garden-tending simulator Viva Pinata, which hit PC in 2007, while the European Marketplace offers IO Interactive's 2007 buddy-shooter Kane & Lynch.


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Forums : MFLS Central Forum Thread : MFLS 2015 is the last...
from Stormin Union
on Sat 11/7 13:42 ET
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Thanks Mark, was a good 6 years playing in this league and
UvW was a fun division to be a part of. Best wishes for the
future and thanks for running a cool league.
from Hampton Strikers
on Sat 11/7 14:17 ET
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I am stunned too! Thank you so much Mark!
I am really sad though. This has been the most enjoyable fantasy experience. I am sad to see it end. Nothing else seems as personable or quite as entertaining.
Hopefully we can stay in touch and keep things going in other places.
from Carnival FC
on Sun 11/8 11:35 ET
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Thank you Mark for your time and dedication. I also play
fantasy football and surfing now, but MFLS was my
introduction to the fantasy world.
Going to miss beating up on my rival Seattle SC. Also,
everybody else is lucky it's over because I was going to win it
all next year.
Mark, what are your plans with the site? Have you thought
about selling the site or allowing anyone to take over?
from Seattle SC
on Sun 11/8 19:54 ET
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Looks like the Emerald City Classico will end with a 5-3 all-time lead for me. ;-) from Newport FC
on Mon 11/9 22:18 ET
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Thanks a ton, Mark. I'm sure it took a large
commitment to run the site year after year. And
with the league expanding, there is more and more
to track! I've enjoyed the friendly banter and
keen insights offered up by the many MLS fans of
this league. All the best to you and the rest of
the stalwart supporters...cheers,
from Castle Hill Comets
on Tue 11/10 11:00 ET
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Hey Mark,
Wow, you name checked me! :-)
Seriously though ... I understand, as I have also gotten burnt out
the last few years, and probably never put in the amount of time
you did. Thank you for everything, and best of luck with
wherever your life takes you! :-)
from Grass Pitch Please
on Tue 11/10 13:41 ET
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Thanks Mark. I will always remember doing a search
one day and finding your site for MLS Fantasy. It
has been enjoyable. Much Kudo's for a great game.
from Aviators
on Wed 11/11 18:13 ET
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I've enjoyed the MFLS experience for almost 20 years. Aviators, and my drafted team, Naval Aviators, thank you for all your efforts through these years.
As you can tell from the many posts in this thread, thanking you, you have generated a loyal following. Through your efforts many of us have developed long-standing virtual and actual relationships with our fellow MFLS managers.
Take a well deserved bow!
Hal Jones,
Manager of the Aviators
from Dynamo Silver Spring
on Fri 11/13 11:24 ET
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Thanks Mark (and the entire MFLS community)! I think I participated in 17 of the 20 seasons, and loved every minute of it. This site will be missed, but I'm sure the spirit of MFLS will live on within the existing competitions (or perhaps a new one). from Hotspur
on Sat 11/14 9:43 ET
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Thanks, Mark. MFLS has always been a great game with top
notch competition and focused players that will be greatly
missed. All the best in your post MFLS-life!
from Surreywood Rangers
on Sat 11/14 19:10 ET
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Let me add my appreciation, Mark. This has been a
well loved game for many years for many people,
myself included. Much thanks!
from Dynamo Salem
on Mon 11/16 23:05 ET
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I sent out a few emails. Just so MFLS would not go
out with just a whimper.
So there was a little notice on DuNord, which was
nice: http://dunord.blogspot.com/
Bruce emailed me back a link to an old article from
1996. A nice mention of Mark from the way back
Thanks again.
from Eldersgunt
on Sun 11/22 9:30 ET
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Thank you so much for all that you've done to
promote MLS by running MFLS all of these years,
Mark. I've been with you since the first year and
have enjoyed every season. With my work, it would
have been very hard to follow MLS some seasons
without MFLS pulling me back in and keeping me
engaged. It's been a ton of fun and I'll miss
getting beat up in my adopted division
(Felsenliga) next year. It's funny, I still have
no clue who those guys are, but I've played
against them for 20 years, lol.
Joe Oswald
from snedecor
on Tue 11/24 6:45 ET
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Very, very sad news. A well-known tango says that
'20 years is nothing', but it isn't true at all. I
started playing MFLS in 2007, I think, and last
couple of years I became one of those inactive
players we all used to hate, but if I'm now a big
fan of MLS that's somehow thanks to this game, which
was my first contact with American soccer. So thanks
Mark for running this game, and thanks to avery
player and forum user who have been procrastinating
around here.
Best wishes from Spain
from cYber warriors
on Sat 12/26 18:34 ET
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Mark, I was just checking out mfls.com to see if
there was an announcement about 2016 season
signups. Was gutted to learn that last season was
the last. I started playing in 1998 and have so
many fond memories. Yes there are alternative
major league fantasy sites but mfls.com was
different, because it was a community. Mark,
thank you so much I will never forget you.
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2 linked to ex-Patriot Hernandez told to testify
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Superior Court judge ordered two Connecticut men Tuesday with ties to former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez to appear before a Massachusetts grand jury.
Judge Joan Alexander issued a warrant to allow police to arrest Alexander Bradley of East Hartford and compel him to appear before a grand jury in Suffolk County, Mass., after Bradley failed to appear Tuesday at a hearing to show why he should not be required to testify.
Bradley has alleged in a civil lawsuit that Hernandez shot him in the face in February after they argued at a Miami strip club.
The judge also ordered 21-year-old John Alcorn of Bristol to appear Thursday before the same grand jury. Alcorn is related to Thaddeus Singleton III, the deceased husband of Hernandez's cousin, Tanya Singleton.
Tanya Singleton was indicted on a criminal contempt charge after prosecutors say she refused to testify before the grand jury hearing evidence in the case that's led to a murder indictment against Hernandez. She refused to testify even after prosecutors offered her immunity. Her attorney has agreed that she be held without bail.
Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd, whose body was found June 17 not far from Hernandez's mansion in North Attleborough, Mass. His defense team has called the case circumstantial and has said Hernandez looks forward to clearing his name.
He also has been linked to the investigation of a 2012 double homicide near a Boston nightclub. While probing Lloyd's death, police found an SUV, sought in the double homicide, at the home where Tanya Singleton lived with her uncle in Bristol, the former football player's hometown. The vehicle had been rented in Hernandez's name.
Massachusetts authorities have not commented on the grand jury investigation into that case.
Thaddeus Singleton III was killed in June when the car he was driving slammed into a country club building in Farmington. Police have ruled the death an accident.