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When separating couples should talk to children and have plan and agreed way to conduct these talks without blame or conflict. Mediation can help you arrange this. Call today!
Communicating with Children Ashford
The very worst thing that you can do when separating is to pretend to your children that nothing is wrong. It may seem easier for you to make up a lie or flimsy excuse as to why their parent is suddenly living elsewhere. Children of all ages can sense when something is wrong and it will only make an already insecure child even more anxious with emotional difficulties to overcome then or later in life. The important thing to remember is to see things through their eyes. How then to communicate the sensitive subject of your separation from their other parent?
Telling the truth about the separation is very important as children need to feel they can trust you. However, this must be age appropriate and care must be taken not to over-share. They do not need to hear the intimate details of adult behaviour nor how hateful the other parent is. There may well be good reasons as to why you consider your partner the scum of the earth but it would be selfish to voice these to a child who after all, loves both parents. For this reason, it would be cruel to make the child takes sides. Children need a united front to feel safe and both parents to act calmly towards each other in their presence. When they are older, children can make up their own minds as to the rights and wrongs of their parents.
So, the idea is to work together to reassure your children that you love them and always will. Youngsters under the age of eight often blame themselves for the separation and may try to act in such a way as to keep their parents together. Tell them lovingly that they have done nothing wrong and it's not their fault that mummy and daddy are no longer happy together. Explain in a simple way that one of you will be living in a different house but that you will both still care just as much as always about their welfare. Assure them that they will be equally welcome in both houses and that you will always come together to help them if needed.
There may be different rules in your ex partner's house and the children need to know what is expected of them. There may be a degree of rebellion but that is part of the upset they feel about the change in circumstances. Some children may even welcome their parents' separation as at least the arguments have stopped. So long as they are treated with honesty, sensitivity and love it will be easier for them to accept the new circumstances in time. Do make it clear that you are open to their questions and above all give them the gift of your time .
At such a traumatic time the whole family could benefit from the support of mediation. If you feel it could help don't hesitate to reach out for this assistance.
- Reaching an understanding with the parents – The first thing the grandparents can do, and one that is the most desirable option, is to reach an understanding with the parents. Not only will this ensure that an amicable relationship is maintained with the children, but it will also make things hassle free for everyone.
- Contacting a family law solicitor Ashford – If for some unfortunate reason you are not able to build any contact with the parents, or if an agreement cannot be reached, then a family law solicitor should be contacted. This is because a law solicitor will be able to provide you with useful advice and appropriate options which would be okay with both you and the parents.
- Family mediation Ashford – Finally, whenever possible you should always opt for family mediation. Whenever talks fail, mediation becomes extremely useful in helping reach an understanding. Basically, in mediation what happens is that a mediator or a moderator, who is neutral, meets with the parents and grandparents separately at first in order to evaluate whether or not mediation is going to help this case. If the case is fit for mediation, then everyone is made to attend a joint session. The main purpose of mediation is to help the parties reach and understanding that is suitable for everyone.


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Electronic Recordkeeping
Electronic Systems and Records Management in the Information Age: An Introduction
by Richard J. Cox
In the past, swift change has not been a hallmark of archivists and records managers. These crucial professionals are committed to maintaining the integrity of records over time for legal, administrative, fiscal and corporate and societal memory purposes. As a result, by the start of this decade, archivists and records managers realized that their approaches for electronic records management needed serious re-thinking, prompting a series of thought-provoking writing, conferences and research.
From the 1960s through the 1980s North American archivists and records managers followed an ad hoc approach in developing methods for working with electronic records. Individual institutions, led by the National Archives of both the United States and Canada, experimented with means to ensure the continuing use of records captured in electronic form. Other programs looked to these institutions for guidance and solutions, or they created practical, stopgap solutions of value only to their immediate organizational environments. The rapidly changing nature of electronic information systems out-raced the work of archivists and records managers, and these professions realized the need to evaluate what had been done and what was still required. Professional insecurities had emanated in the shifting of priorities to electronic records management.
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), possessing a broad mandate to lead in funding efforts ensuring the management of the U.S. documentary heritage, funded and co-sponsored with the Minnesota Historical Society in 1991 a conference on electronic records research issues. This was, surprisingly, the first effort to consider carefully research in this area (although, in general, hard and replicable research has not been particularly strong in many other functions of archives and records management work).
The resulting published research agenda influenced the priorities of the commission and led to sponsorship of a number of research and development projects that suggest the rebirth of a consensus on the mission and roles of records professionals rather than the development of solutions to all electronic records management challenges or issues. As my introductory comments should indicate, the past decade has only convinced many archivists and records managers that the search for solutions is a continuous process.
Similar conferences held in 1996 and 1997, the first at the University of Michigan and the latter in conjunction with Archives and Museum Informatics and the University of Pittsburgh, are recognition that archivists and records managers must work both more rapidly and concertedly with a wide array of information professionals to ensure that electronic records can be administered as needed for the benefits of institutions and society. It is likely that we will see such conferences, whether held in traditional venues or conducted electronically, as a part of the regular work of records professionals.
The 1991 conference was a pivotal event in the rebirth of electronic records management, pulling together a number of disparate strands of work and conceptualization as well as pointing toward future labor -- intellectual and applied. The conference identified priority research to be to "define the requirements of archival electronic records programs; explore the conceptual, economic and technological constraints on the long-term retention of electronic records; and establish criteria against which to measure the effectiveness of policies, methods and programs." At the heart of this research was the recognition that records, while crucial to every institution and individual, were not defined specifically enough to be understood by information professionals outside of the circles of archivists and records managers.
The research project funded in response to this agenda was the three-year project starting in 1993 at the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences ("Variables in the Satisfaction of Archival Requirements for Electronic Records Management," NHPRC Grant No. 93-030). This project sought to research variables that affect the integration of recordkeeping requirements for evidence in electronic information systems, and it resulted in four main products or outcomes: recordkeeping functional requirements (defining records), production rules to support the requirements (making the functional requirements unambiguous, precise, economical, provable, and expandable and translatable into a software algorithm), metadata specifications for recordkeeping (providing a software independent record or a metadata encapsulated object, potentially eliminating the need for costly and complicated migration strategies) and the literary warrant reflecting the professional and societal endorsement of the concept of the recordkeeping functional requirements.
Starting at nearly the same time as the Pittsburgh project was a project at the University of British Columbia School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. This project, drawing on an older and traditional archival science (diplomatic), has gained worldwide attention along with the Pittsburgh project for offering some solutions to the management of records in electronic systems. In one sense both projects were part of a re-focusing on the fundamentals of what constitutes a record and how such a definition of record could better facilitate the management of electronic information systems increasingly being used to create and keep records. Most observers have recognized the commonalities of records definitions, although there have been interesting divergences in how the two projects understand the core of archival work (such as the matter of the custody of records and what such custody implies).
The work at Pittsburgh and British Columbia, the use of their products in different venues around the world and new opportunities to work with colleagues on electronic records concerns have led to some fundamental conclusions. Records are part of an organization (or even individual) seeking to be compliant to external regulatory and other authorities (this is best reflected in the notion of the literary warrant -- defined as the mandate from law, professional best practices and other social sources requiring the creation and continued maintenance of records). The need for a comprehensive set of requirements that could be used in both developing and evaluating software for the support of electronic records management still has not resolved whether all elements of the requirements are always needed or whether there are different requirements for recordkeeping for corporate memory, personal recordkeeping or other types of recordkeeping.
The idea of the literary warrant, seeking the endorsement of various professionals' literature and professional best practices regarding the management of records, supports the various elements of the functional requirements and relates to the idea of a compliant organization -- the latter a key component of the recordkeeping functional requirements.
Other aspects of the concept of a record have emerged from these projects. Records as evidence of transactions supported both by historical understanding of traditional archives and records management literature and by the use of the literary or cultural warrant surfaced as an extremely workable notion of what a record is, even in the modern Information Age office. This has enabled records professionals to be able to contrast the fundamental differences between records and information as viewed in definitions of various information profession literatures. Evidence provides an important, practical means by which to define recordkeeping functional requirements, and it has other possible benefits for other archival functions such as appraisal and descriptive standards. Instead of elaborate and highly subjective schemes to describe content, this emphasis on the record's evidence (that is, the evidence of a transaction that the record captures) provides a means by which to focus on such aspects as the record's origins in compliant regulations and the record's functions and reflection of activities. The idea of evidence and a compliant organization means that the archivist/records manager is seeking aspects of compliance (helping organizations discover external regulations) and applying them to their own organizations rather than merely seeking to save old records for often difficult-to-define historical purposes and values.
Records need to be the focus of records professionals, as the source of evidence of the work of organizations and individuals and for purposes of corporate memory and accountability; in other words, records provide both essential information and, in some cases, an historical or symbolic source.
Developing the concept of a warrant for the recordkeeping functional requirements has also provided a clue to a new mission. The idea of the warrant drives records professionals to cite external regulations, legislation and best practice as the primary mandate for the management of recordkeeping systems, rather than a more vaguely defined argument for the historic value for records or the rationale of fiscal efficiency and economy in administering records warehouses.
In this issue of the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, we demonstrate the value of the new emphasis on the management of records in electronic information systems, beginning with the Functional Requirements for Evidence in Recordkeeping themselves, reproduced on the following pages. Then essays by Wendy Duff and Kimberly Barata reflect some of the inner workings and implications of the Pittsburgh project. The various reports by Mark Giguere, Clive Smith, Alan Kowlowitz and Kristine Kelly, and Phillip Bantin all show, to varying degree, how the newly developed definitions of records can be utilized in the practical work of developing records management standards and electronic records systems. It is from the applied projects in real institutions such as the City of Philadelphia and Indiana University that we will learn the most about where we need to go in the future in managing electronic records. The many policy documents listed from Web sites maintained by the International Council on Archives, the National Archives of Canada, the Australian Archives and the Archives Authority of New South Wales reflect the international scope of the effort.
More research and development is needed. The idea of studying the economics of complying with the functional requirements in particular organizational settings, determining what institutions are willing to spend to meet regulations to make them compliant, is one important need. Another possibility for substantial research is to consider the need for functional requirements for recordkeeping other than evidence, such as for decision making and corporate memory. We also need to understand the impact of electronic records on personal recordkeeping, and discussions about the degree to which individuals create records that are consistent with the principles generally associated with institutional recordkeeping have already provided another fruitful avenue for research. The notion of assembling a cultural warrant (authority for the maintenance of records for socially-valuable research purposes) could be another valuable project.
Records are important to organizations and to all of society. Headline stories in newspapers and newsmagazines on Switzerland banks and the laundering of Holocaust victims' financial assets and the deliberate destruction of records in an array of government investigations around the world (the PROFS and Internal Revenue Service cases in the United States and "Shreddergate" in Australia) are typical cases demonstrating why all people should be concerned with the management of all records, not just those in electronic form. Electronic records systems merely add new problems and concerns for the adequate management of records.
What is being described here amounts to the records professions' rediscovery of records, including a better message for archivists and records managers to take to the world. If followed up, further work using the recordkeeping functional requirements represents a shift in what archivists do, where they work and their strategies and tactics, allies and partners. Archivists need to ally with policy makers, business analysts and related groups, information technology standards setters, information technology designers and software engineers, the information brokers establishing themselves in the wild new world of deregulated information resources management and accountability agents. Records professionals have something to say, and it is important.

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How Music's Superstars Are Going Out of Their Element
The PBS series "Live From the Artists Den" puts acclaimed acts like Mumford & Sons and The Killers on stage in unusual venues, from a floating tall ship to Graceland. John Jurgensen joins Lunch Break to explain producers are hoping this approach will make a lasting impression. Photo: Colin Young-Wolff.
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Duke visits Hokies looking to become bowl eligible
Duke needs just one win in its final six games to qualify for
its first bowl berth since 1994. Getting there probably won't be as
simple as it sounds.
The Blue Devils are a combined 1-39 against their remaining six
opponents since the Atlantic Coast Conference expanded in 2004 –
including an 0-8 mark against this week's opponent, Virginia
Still, only once in the past 17 years has Duke even been this
close to bowl eligibility. There's no shielding the players from
those bowl possibilities – so coach David Cutcliffe doesn't mind if
they savor the situation a little.
"I told my wife, `I don't want to spoil a good party,"'
Cutcliffe said Tuesday. "That's not the only reason you're playing
the game, but that's just human nature. How are you going to fool
"They're starving. Why wouldn't they feel that way? To ruin
their party? I'm not going to do that. But I don't want to hear a
bunch about it in the locker room before the ball game. Better
start thinking about what you've got to do to win a game,
These Blue Devils (5-1, 2-0) are off to their best start since
the 1994 team opened with seven straight wins on its way to the
school's most recent bowl game. Only once since then – a 5-7 finish
in 2009 – have they won this many games.
Along with that success has come a little respect from the poll
voters – Duke received three poll points in this week's AP Top 25 –
but not from the oddsmakers. The Hokies (3-3, 1-1) are 10-point
"People still see us as an underdog and trying to see if we
really are who we are, depending on who we play," running back
Juwan Thompson said.
Part of the reason for Duke's success has been a manageable
schedule. Four of the wins have come against Bowl Subdivision teams
that are a combined 7-16. None has a winning record and Wake Forest
(3-3) is the only one at .500.
Now things are about to get tougher: Three of the next four
opponents – Florida State, Clemson and the Hokies – have appeared
in the Top 25 this season.
Nobody on this team knows what it feels like to beat any of the
final six opponents. Duke's only post-expansion win against any of
them came in 2004 against Clemson.
One reason for optimism: under Cutcliffe, the Blue Devils have
kept it close against Virginia Tech. Three of his four meetings
were decided by eight or fewer points, including last year's 14-10
These Blue Devils already ended one lengthy losing streak this
year, beating Wake Forest for the first time since 1999. The Hokies
want this streak to continue.
"Since I've been here, we've had close games with them, so
we've known they're a talented group," Hokies cornerback Antone
Exum said. "It was just, when were they going to put it all
together? And it seems like maybe this is that year for them. They
had a pretty successful start. Hopefully, we can tame that a little
The Duke-Virginia Tech game usually matches one Coastal
Division-leading team against another riding a long losing streak,
and so does this one. But this time, the roles have flipped.
The Blue Devils are the ones atop the division while the Hokies
have dropped three of four during their worst start since the 1992
group opened 2-3-1 and became the most recent Tech team to miss the
"I guess we'd be in crisis if we couldn't move the ball and if
we couldn't stop anybody," quarterback Logan Thomas said. "That's
not the case. We've been able to move the ball and we've been able
to stop people. We just haven't done it all in the same game
In last week's loss at North Carolina, they surrendered the most
yards rushing they've ever allowed to one player – 262 by Gio
"I wanted to see what, exactly, happened – like, what runs did
he have that were just that open," Thompson said. "Because 262 is
a big amount. … They did some things defensively that I've never
seen, like when you put everybody in the box and after you pass the
secondary, it's over.
"We're just going to go out there with the Duke schemes that we
have and play our type of football," he added.
AP Sports Writer Hank Kurz Jr. in Blacksburg, Va., contributed
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"Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime."
-Chinese proverb
Let's say you own a waterfront business that invests the time and resources to teach that man or woman to fish. You routinely offer "Fishing 101" classes. Your customer base could expand exponentially, and those newly schooled anglers could become your best customers.
Your investment – in this case, education – is the heart of what's called "creating shared value" (CSV). And strategists/visionaries Michael Porter and Mark Kramer say it's the next evolution of business. CSV harnesses what business does so well – create profit – as well as advance the social and economic conditions in the communities in which it operates. Everyone wins.
A number of well-known global brands are embracing CSV's "profits-plus," and several Colorado companies are breathing new life into their businesses based on the CSV model.
To comprehend CSV, it may be easier to understand what it's not – the sacred cow, "corporate social responsibility" (CSR). Kramer and Porter say that corporations developed CSR programs as philanthropic ways to salvage their reputations as bad stewards of the environment, jobs exporters and sweatshop operators. CSR programs, while often laudable, are peripheral expenses (cost centers), fringe programs that add nothing to the bottom line.
One example is fair trade pricing, where well-intentioned companies purchase commodities like coffee and cacao at prices above what the subsistence farmers who grow them would otherwise be able to get. Fair trade is essentially a price support and redistribution rather an expansion of value for those suppliers.
Porter and Kramer point out Nestlé's Nespresso division with its single-serve espresso machines as fair trade's next iteration. Nestlé opened the division in 2000, redesigned its coffee procurement processes and has reaped 30 percent annual growth since. Nespresso helped its farmers with new growing techniques, bank loans, better fertilizers and pesticides, all resulting in increased yields. While fair trade can raise farmer incomes as much as 20 percent, Kramer and Porter estimate CSV in coffee growing can raise them as much as 300 percent.
Energy efficiency is a natural fit for CSV because it creates value along the supply chain by cutting energy and waste costs, and General Electric turned energy efficiency into a $21 billion a year business with its Ecomagination division. Whether creating über-efficient jet engines, long-lived batteries and electric car charging stations, the division's focus on energy efficiency creates value for the company and its customers by reducing energy use and creating less waste.
Closer to home, two Colorado-based companies, both approximately 100-years-old, are reinventing themselves from a CSR mentality to a CSV model – Western Union and Newmont Mining Corporation.
Western Union is a $5.2 billion a year backbone for global money transfers with 470,000 agent locations, marketing in over 100 different languages and operations in 200 countries and territories. "We can see where people send money," says Talya Bosch, Director of Corporate Responsibility. "People literally line up at Western Union offices around the world if it's payday in, say, Germany. If the money doesn't get there safely and reliably, they literally won't eat."
Similar to microloan programs on the Asian subcontinent that foster local small business, Western Union's core business meets peoples' basic needs all over the planet. "What we do puts food on the table, helps educate children and has a tremendous impact," says Bosch.
The company started the Western Union Foundation in 2001, which operates under its Corporate Responsibility arm, and last year the foundation donated over $20 million, with 46 percent of Western Union employees contributing to that. "We've engaged our employees and agents, creating a culture of giving. That's good, but there's more that we can do," Bosch says, noting that CEO Hikmet Ersek pegs CSV as the company's new magnetic north.
Bosch describes the foundation giving as "layered," addressing issues of economic opportunity like financial literacy and job creation. And Western Union goes where few companies have gone – to underserved, poorer parts of the planet, which is precisely what Porter and Kramer say is CSV's sweet spot. (Remember the newly schooled anglers.) Bosch also says the company intends to develop programs to help the underserved stateside – small business. (We'll be in touch, Talya.)
As the foundation evolves, Bosch says Western Union's grants benefit the people the company serves. "We're not just giving grants but education," Bosch says. And that education investment can generate new business.
Based in Englewood, Colo., Newmont Mining Corporation has 31,000 employees worldwide, and is primarily involved in gold mining. Its division in Ghana, Newmont Ghana Gold Limited, is determined to avoid mining gold without properly re-seeding and re-investing in communities there.
"We clearly see we have to be a partner in the host community and in the environment in which we're working," says Randy Barnes, the Regional Vice President of Environment and Social Responsibility for NGGL. "We're trying to really flesh out what that means to them (Ghanaians)."
Newmont Ghana, too, has started with a foundation model that engages Ghanaians directly affected by mining to create local investment and ownership with an endowment that will live beyond the mine's operations.
To that end, Newmont established the Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation, run by a board with community and corporate representatives. Newmont Ghana tied community investment directly to mine proceeds -- $1 for every ounce of gold sold and 1 percent of NGGL profits made. When the company does well, that's directly channeled to improving health, education and infrastructure projects like new police facilities, upgrading water and sanitation and improving local schools and hospitals.
One key point for Ghanaians in the mine region was that one-third of jobs created go to local folk, even ahead of Ghanaian nationals. This was a stretch because 85 percent of area residents are subsistence farmers, never trained for the technical and higher-skilled jobs required in Newmont's operations.
So Newmont started its Apprenticeship Program in 2005 and has enrolled 145 students to date, including four women. The apprenticeships teach mechanical, process operation and electrical skills, and a number of grads are now working for Newmont. "One of the advantages of training locals is that you're creating value for them to stay in the community," says Barnes.
The mantra for CSR is "Do well by doing good." For CSV, it could be "Do well by engaging others in ways that create value for them." Companies that fail to do so will suffer withering market share as CSV companies create new markets by investing in the people they serve.
-Melissa Baldridge, GreenSpot
The GreenSpot blog is nationally syndicated on www.ColoradoEnergyNews.com and www.EarthTechling.com.
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Thanks, Elisa. It's interesting stuff. The authors of this theory go into a lot more detail than I had room to do, obvviously. They published it in Harvard Business Review in the Jan-Feb 2011 issue. 'Great read.
And yes, CSR was/is reflexive. It does some good, to be sure. But companies that embrace CSV harness the engine of business to (1) create profit, of course and (2) create value for others. Very cool idea. I was proud of the Colorado companies that seem to be doing it well, and other national brands (not based here) embrace it in really inspiring ways.
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NL Capsules
CINCINNATI (AP) — Billy Hamilton stole second in the 10th inning to set up Todd Frazier's game-winning single, helping the Cincinnati Reds beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Saturday.
Ryan Ludwick opened the Cincinnati 10th with a leadoff walk against Brian Wilson (1-1). Reds manager Dusty Baker then went to the dynamic Hamilton, and the speedy prospect took second as catcher A.J. Ellis dropped the ball while taking it out of his glove.
Frazier followed with a line-drive single into right field to give Cincinnati five wins in its last six games. J.J. Hoover got three outs for the victory.
Yasiel Puig hit a two-run homer for NL West-leading Los Angeles.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright bounced back from back-to-back sub-par outings with seven shutout innings and David Freese homered to lead the Cardinals to a win over the Pirates.
The victory moved the Cardinals into first place, a half-game ahead of the Pirates in the NL Central with their third win in four games. Pittsburgh has lost four of six including the first two of the three-game set. The Pirates remain stuck on 81 wins, one shy of assuring them a winning record for the first time since they went 96-66 in 1992.
Wainwright (16-9) had given up 15 earned runs over his previous two starts, both against Cincinnati. He allowed a career-high nine runs in two innings of a 10-0 loss Aug. 28. But he regained his form against the Pirates allowing just two hits.
Jeff Locke (9-5) allowed three runs on three hits over five innings.
CHICAGO (AP) — Logan Schafer hit a three-run triple and Johnny Hellweg pitched six innings for his first career major league victory in the Brewers' win over the Cubs.
Hellweg (1-3) allowed three runs on four hits. He struck out one and pitched around three walks to finally earn his first victory after flourishing in the minors.
Brewers relievers Rob Wooten and Brandon Kintzler each pitched a scoreless inning then Jim Henderson pitched a perfect ninth for his 23rd save in 27 opportunities.
Jake Arrieta (2-2) took the loss.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Freddy Galvis hit a game-ending homer with one out in the ninth inning to lift the Phillies to a win over the Braves.
Atlanta had trailed 5-3 going into the ninth, but Andrelton Simmons hit a two-out two-run homer off Jonathan Papelbon (5-1), who blew his seventh save in 32 opportunities.
Galvis, who had four hits, got Papelbon the win by connecting on a 1-0 pitch from Freddy Garcia (0-1) into the seats in right field. It was the first four-hit game for Galvis, who had been 0-for-7 since being recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Sept. 3. It was his fifth homer of the season.
Carlos Ruiz singled, doubled and drove in three runs, and Cesar Hernandez and Kevin Frandsen each had three hits for the Phillies.
Freddie Freeman had two hits and two RBIs for NL East-leading Atlanta, which dropped its third straight.
MIAMI (AP) — Ryan Zimmerman homered twice and drove in three runs, powering the Nationals to a victory over the Marlins.
Zimmerman hit a two-run shot in the first and a leadoff drive on Nathan Eovaldi's first pitch of the third.
Tanner Roark (5-0) pitched six scoreless innings as the Nationals won for the third time in four games to remain on the fringe of the NL wild-card race.
Eovaldi (3-6) lasted just three innings in his shortest outing of the season. He was charged with five runs and nine hits.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie Jedd Gyorko hit a go-ahead homer leading off the eighth inning to give the Padres a win over the Rockies.
Gyorko's shot off Matt Belisle (5-6) came right after the Rockies tied the game at 1 in the eighth inning on a San Diego error.
Gyorko's 17th home run just barely cleared the right field wall as it hit the top padding and avoided the leaping attempt of right fielder Michael Cuddyer.
Luke Gregerson (6-7) got the win and Huston Street picked up his 28th save by getting the final three outs.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brandon McCarthy pitched eight strong innings and Paul Goldschmidt had three hits, including a triple, to lift the Diamondbacks to a win over the Giants.
McCarthy (4-9) gave up one run and six hits while striking out six. Brad Ziegler pitched a scoreless ninth for his ninth save in 11 chances.
Goldschmidt broke a 1-1 tie with a triple to right center in the fifth inning that scored Adam Eaton, who walked.
Matt Cain (8-9) allowed eight hits and two runs in 6 1-3 innings. He struck out three and walked four. He was activated from the 15-day disabled list prior to the game after missing 14 games with a contusion on his right forearm. Coming into the game Cain had just one win in his last nine starts at home, going 1-5 with a 5.36 era over that stretch.


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Rindu wrote:Is this still starting on Monday? I'm anxious for info. on how it will work.
h'Arktos wrote:I "published" my entries for the first Iliad 2 lesson. I am hoping I used GTSS correctly and that my entries have been received. This is the first time I have used this system, and so I am still a little unsure of how it works. It takes me a few trials to translate reading instructions to executing them.
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Experience intense close-quarters WWII infantry combat, from the entrenched shores to the battered streets in Day of Infamy. What started out as an Insurgency mod has transformed into a full-fledged standalone game built with Source Engine.
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Day of Infamy first emerged as the most popular Workshop mod for Insurgency, with over 175,000 subscribers. With Workshop support you can expect to see custom weapons, player skins, maps, and various other mods created by our talented community.
New World's debut game Insurgency is leading a revival of the tactical shooter genre. What began as a Half-Life 2 mod has become an indie cult classic, having built an audience of nearly 2 million players and very positive 92% recommended reviews on Steam.
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Richard Littlemore | April 21, 2010
By Richard Littlemore • Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 15:26
Suit Could Hold Paper Responsible for Comments and Internet Repetitions
Dr. Andrew Weaver, one of the most respected climate scientists in Canada and one of the best climate modellers in the world, has launched a libel suit against the National Post newspaper and its publisher, editors and three writer: Terence Corcoran, Peter Foster and Kevin Libin.
In the words of a news release broadcast today, the suit is for "a series of unjustified libels based on grossly irresponsible falsehoods that have gone viral on the Internet."
The 48-page Statement of Claim (download the PDF version here) sets out a National Post pattern of reporting critical and erroneous material about Weaver and, in recent times, refusing to retract or correct when inaccuracies are brought to the paper's attention. An obvious example was an allegation that Weaver had (or was about to) quit his Nobel-winning role in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - an allegation Weaver dismissed out of hand.
Two elements of the suit could be of interest to every online publication that offers or encourages the retransmission of its material. In addition to citing reader comments among the libels posted on the National Post site, Weaver is asking for an unprecedented Court order requiring the newspaper to help track down and remove defamatory National Post articles from the many other Internet sites where they have been re-posted.
That, if granted, would cause the paper no end of trouble and could create a precedent that would make every paper in the world think twice before posting so much as a single DIGG link at the bottom of a story.
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
Go Dr. Weaver! Stop their
Go Dr. Weaver! Stop their misinformation!
Weaver vs. Corcoran
If he hasn't already, Dr. Weaver ought to start a fund to accept donations to cover his expenses. I'm sure many who believe the science would contribute.
caerbannog666 replied on Permalink
IANAL, but here's my advice anyway...
Grab 'em by the ankles and shake the pennies loose!
Antocalypse replied on Permalink
This is exactly the kind of offensive strategy that scientists and the general public need to take. It's a sad situation when the courts have to enforce what should be simple journalism, but this is what it has come to. Maybe with enough of these kinds of suits, media outlets will start to take their subject matter seriously again, instead of parroting the latest press release.
Dennis W. replied on Permalink
Canadian Libel Law
It takes a legal degree to know libel law well enough to figure out how this will go. If Weaver were in the U.S., he would have no standing if he were deemed a "public figure." I don't know if Canadian law makes that distinction. This may come down to a court deciding if a scientist counts as a public figure or not simply because he participates in international fora (Weaver is one of the IPCC lead authors) or appears on TV programs. Good luck to Weaver. denier journalism needs to get a black eye over all the lies they have been spreading.
Enough is enough
My first reaction to this story was This is great! High time somebody went on the offensive and nailed these guys for their unsubstantiated rantings. Then I started to read the writ, and what an eye-opener. I don't see that Dr Weaver has any alternative to launching a defamation suit. The vitriol being splashed around on the flimsiest of "evidence" is amazing. I wonder how these John Doe/Jane Roe defendants would react to their qualifications and moral character being smeared in this way? Nobody should be allowed to get away with making comments like those listed in the writ and then hide behind an alias. And what on earth has become of journalism? Doesn't anybody run this past the lawyers anymore? If there isn't a law, there should be.
Take the time to read it. Awhile back some of us who regularly comment here made a point of identifying ourselves and taking responsibility for our remarks. It's time to say again, have the courage of your convictions. If you don't have the nerve to comment under your own name, then think again about what you are saying.
This post is dedicated to Rob Port in North Dakota.
Fern Mackenzie
Gibraltar replied on Permalink
Re: Enough is Enough
Fern, you missed a really important point about anonymous comments.
Astro-turf is an important part of this PR war. The so-called think tanks that are publishing bogus science and press releases denying climate change are also participating in on-line comments forums in an attempt to influence (or fabricate) public opinion. If we can force their identities out into the open, we can prove it, and maybe even counteract it.
I think this is a very deliberate tactic on Andrew Weaver's part, and a clever bit of work indeed.
I think it will be important for these issues to be brought up in court of law because it will allow evidence to be brought forward on each issue mentioned in the case including Mann's Hockey stick graph. Courts are great because it will help settle somethings as well for all the AWG supporters and non supporters alike, bring it on. So don't crow so loud yet no matter what side your on look what happened to Gore in Britain the ruling was not in his favor and his film is now labeled propaganda in British schools. As Mr Littemore pointed out in the UofL paper its funny how its not the deniers who are the only ones who run to the law when confronted. look at what Mann did this week went after those who posted the Hide the Decline parody with the threat of Law suit. Interesting. Will see were this goes.
Travis Curr
Countering libel
I like the part about the NP having to help get third party websites to remove the defamatory material. It recognizes that libels can travel fast and far on the Internet and it takes a lot of work to counter them.
KeenOn350 replied on Permalink
A hopeful move
Just want to indicate support for Dr. Weaver - I do hope this will make some of the media think a little from now on, before they go off on rants!
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
Go, go go!
Good for him!
Freiherr von Mo... replied on Permalink
National Post
While we generally support the legal efforts of alarmist Dr. Weaver, we are chuckling over the fact that the Nationial Post is essentially bankrupt. No money to get out of those guys. Soon, we will be starting a new column on our own blog (www.friendsofginandtonic.org):
"The prophecies of Lorne Gunter!"
Hey, you warmists, can you sing? If so, join us here:
Ironically, Dr. Singer (the famous denialist) cannot sing and Dr. Weaver cannot weave.
Protection replied on Permalink
Correct reaction
I can only be supportive for Dr. Weaver. Journalists have the task to inform correctly, and in case of mistakes, adjustments must be taken care of. Protection
John Lefebvre replied on Permalink
GingerLadySlipper replied on Permalink
Even in the U.S.
I believe accusing someone of a crime is libel.
The National Post claimed that the break-ins did not happen. Making a false report to the police is a crime in the U.S,; I guess it is in Canada too.
Canada does not have the U.S. First Amendment which makes
libel cases hard to win in the U.S.
I suspect that if Weavers lawyers took this case forward, it will be won.
Peter Moss replied on Permalink
Another vote for Weaver
It's despicable what the NP and especially the comments said about Dr. Weaver. This sounds like a slam dunk libel case, but it is often a long and difficult process suing the media. I hope Dr. Weaver is able to see the suit through tot he bitter end. He deserves justice.
Kooiti Masuda replied on Permalink
Corcoran's distortion propagated in Japan
Tadashi Watanabe, an outspoken AGW denier and professor of industrial chemistry at the University of Tokyo, wrote about what he calls "Climategate" on a monthly science literacy magazine "Kagaku" (meaning "chemistry", not "science" in general in this case) in the March 2010 issue, and in the May issue again. The content can be viewed at the web site of the magazine http://www.kagakudojin.co.jp/kagaku/ (Note that all contents and menu of the web site are in Japanese, and that the magazine contents are in the format of "Flash" rather than PDF.)
Near the end of his article in the March issue, Watanabe mentioned that Weaver demanded resignation of Pachauri, with reference to the 27 January issue of "National Post". It was framed as if IPCC was being discredited even by its insiders.
In Japan, there is no discernible fossil fuel lobbyist activities. (On the other hand, nuclear power lobbyist activities which sometimes promote AGW alarmism is discernible though it is not strong either.) Watanabe may be an exception. His beliefs that the environment is becoming better by business-as-usual and that the goverment expense for AGW mitigation is wasterful seem to be his own, but his stories about the issue of climate change sounds to be made in North America. (Other outspoken AGW denialists say something much more original.) I do not know whether he is paid by someone to make propaganda or he does with his own missionary zeal.
It's one thing to make a mistake. But to make a few and not retract them when these 'errors' are pointed out?
Makes one wonder what their agenda is
It appears that this is the
It appears that this is the area where one is guilty until proven innocent. Surely if there were break ins, there would/should have been police reports. Easy to verify. Until day in court for all concerned, these posts are pure speculation or somewhat along the same lines as a lot of the what could be determined as "defamation" on this site. Think "Canada" "constitution" freedom of speech, etc., etc. Blogs decision appears to be "GUILTY" because we say so.
Blog post about Weaver's law suit
A blog post of interets:
"…Here's a couple of examples. On February 3, 1997, Corcoran wrote a piece for the Globe and Mail that stated that the Non-Smokers' Rights Association (NSRA) had used money from public funding to attack tobacco-industry-friendly politicians. The NSRA did no such thing, and the NSRA sued the Globe and Mail and got an apology and a settlement…" http://broughton.ca/bob-broughtons-blog-mainmenu-26/154-corcoran-2
Did the Post respond? It has
Did the Post respond? It has been over 3 weeks since the statement of claim was filed.
What has happened to this
What has happened to this suit?
Has the NP responded?


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"We fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here." This has always been one of the major justifications for 12 years of U.S. military operations in the Middle East. It is time we all realize this has been a pipe dream.
Islam has waged war on our shores for over four decades. Since the 1970s they have been sniping, killing a few here and there, testing. The escalation began in 1993 with the first bombing of the World Trade Center - and that should have been our wake up call. The brazen bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 should have been our double wake up call. Sept. 11 should have been our triple wake up call.
Finally, with massive casualties on our soil, we had no choice but to launch a counter offensive halfway around the world, targeting what we believed to be the hotbed of terrorist activities. We killed countless members of Al Qaeda only to see the Taliban kill countless members of our forces. We killed Taliban fighters only to see other factions take their place. Today there are more than 140 designated Islamic terrorist organizations worldwide.
Knowing this, it's easy to see why we've failed. And we have failed. Pulling our troops out doesn't mean it's over. It is far from over.
We are not at war with an adversary 'over there.' Our enemies are right here. On our soil, in our midst. Yet our perspective distorts the true picture. According to thereligionofpeace.com, an organization that tracks Islamic terrorist activities, there have been over 20,000 deadly attacks perpetrated worldwide since 2001. While we mourn three killed at the Boston Marathon, the world mourns nearly 1,000 by the hand of Islam during the month of March.
For Islamists to insist the majority of their believers are peaceful is like saying Nazis were good except for the SS. Islam is not a religion in the sense we understand religion. It is an ideology more akin to Communism, with an intolerance for all and a mandate for world domination. Unlike Communism, which is godless, Islam professes a mandate from God to assimilate or kill anyone refusing to knuckle under its tenets. And that elevates its threat to the highest level.
Our First Amendment makes America a soft target because we must tolerate the practice of even this 'religion.' We are held hostage to the violence of those that hate the law we love. Yet our future existence depends on the realization that the tenets of Islam cross the line and equate to sedition, that the beliefs they hold are contrary to liberty, freedom and the right of the individual to pursue their own path in life. Islam is at odds with our Constitution, and in that regard, it is an ideology very much subject to challenge.
We speculate on the timeline of 'radicalization' of the Boston jihadists but fail to understand Islam itself is radical. 'Radicalization' means nothing more than convincing the Muslim to act on commands of the Quran.
The 'scrubbing' of FBI files to avoid possible offense to Muslims shows the depth of our idiocy. Those who hate our law and vow to replace it with Sharia law and caliphate should enjoy no protection under it. Tolerating enemies within is not only foolhardy, it's deadly. How many more wake up calls do we need before we admit the war is right here?
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For the year ending Dec. 31, 2012, Daytona Beach-based Gateway Bank of Florida earned $2.8 million on assets of $230.7 million.
Earnings, assets, ranking rise for Gateway Bank
DAYTONA BEACH — For the year ending Dec. 31, 2012, Daytona Beach-based Gateway Bank of Florida earned $2.8 million on assets of $230.7 million.
As a result, Gateway Bank of Florida was ranked in the top 10 percent of all Florida-based banks in regards to financial performance.
Gateway Bank of Florida posted a return on average assets of 1.3 percent, ranking 18th among the 209 Florida-based banks.
The data was compiled by Tallahassee-based certified public accounting firm Salt, March, Cleveland & Gund.
In a news release, David K. Maholias, Gateway Bank president and CEO, stated, "Throughout the recessionary period from which we are slowly emerging, Gateway Bank of Florida worked on building core strength, maintaining capital, managing the loan portfolio and developing multiple income streams to weather the storm."
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Annual meeting date set
DAYTONA BEACH — Brown & Brown Inc. will hold its annual shareholders meeting May 8 at The Shores Resort in Daytona Beach Shores.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. The hotel is at 2637 S. Atlantic Ave.
The purpose of the meeting is to elect 12 nominees to Brown & Brown's board of directors, ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche as the company's independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2013; approve on an advisory basis named executive officer compensation; and transact any other business that may come up, according to the company's website.
Brown & Brown is a national insurance agency based in Daytona Beach whose common stock shares are publicly traded under the symbol BRO on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Ribbon-cutting planned
PALM COAST — The Flagler Humane Society Inc. will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on April 19 for the opening of its thrift shop, at 224 St Joe Plaza Drive in Palm Coast.
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Contemplating the meaning of life and what happens after death will be explored in Lone Star College-Kingwood's first spring production.
"No Exit", a famous existentialist play by the French playwright Jean Paul Sarte, explores the meaning of human existence and searches for a deeper meaning to the afterlife-specifically "hell". This production will take place Feb. 21-23 at 7:30 p.m. and on Feb. 23-24 at 2 p.m. in the college's Performing Arts Center Main Stage.
"Sarte determined, through writing this play, that his interpretation of hell is 'other people you cannot escape from'," said Eric Skiles, artistic director of theatre and drama professor at LSC-Kingwood. "We are excited to present this classic work for the first time on campus."
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After its run at LSC-Kingwood, "No Exit" will travel to LSC-Tomball to be entered in the 2013 Play Festival sponsored by the Texas Community College Speech and Theatre Association. TCCSTA is the accrediting body for two-year theatre programs. Each student actor and technical crew member will be eligible for individual awards at the festival.
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One of, if not the most globally recognized and admired media and entertainment companies in the world, The Walt Disney Co. (DIS - Free Disney Stock Report) has been a staple on the Dow Jones Industrial Average for more than two decades. It has grown from its origins as the "Disney Brothers' Cartoon Studio" (founded in 1923 by Walt and Roy Disney) into the largest multinational media conglomerate (by revenue) worldwide. Indeed, since its early heyday, the company enjoyed a lengthy stint as the iconic creative leader and trailblazer in American animation and family-oriented film production. However, at the turn of the century, the business faced some unprecedented challenges due to unfavorable ventures and the onset of the 2001 recession. This was a difficult time for DIS stock, as was the period during and immediately following the most recent recession (2007-2009). Still, since 1985, the equity has enjoyed a solid run (excluding the aforementioned downturns), with the most impressive gains generated over the past five years, as demonstrated in the Price Performance Graph located at the top of the Value Line page. The issue has quadrupled from the multiyear low it hit in the spring of 2009, and doubled from its most recent low of about $30 in September 2011. Needless to say, DIS has been a solid bet, overall.
Taking a look at the Ranks box, the stock's Timeliness rank was lowered to 3 (Average) back in November 2012. This downgrade likely stemmed from a challenging earnings climate in the December quarter, which led to an 11% decline in the stock price between October and November. Since then, the stock has roared back over 41% and achieved a new all-time peak of $67.11 on May 9th. Investors have undoubtedly been swooning over the much improved earnings performance and year-to-year comparisons, not to mention the company's myriad of intriguing prospects, including the recent acquisition of Lucasfilms. Analyst Orly Seidman notes in her Commentary that Disney's "Studio Entertainment should be spurred by its roster of summer blockbusters, and movies scheduled to be released this year." Of these major releases, two noteworthy titles from its Marvel portfolio, Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World, are pegged to be huge box-office draws. Furthermore, the scheduled 2015 release of the first installment of the new Star Wars series is sure to attract movie-goers by the multitudes, not to mention the boundless possibilities on the backend.
As a sidebar, it is hard to imagine that around this time last year, Disney had been heavily criticized for its highly publicized film faux pas, John Carter, which was dubbed a gargantuan box-office flop. Indeed, the company's ability to brush off such missteps is further testament to the scale, scope, and viability of its business model.
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All told, while some additional factors including the company's somewhat lofty price-to-tangible book ratio (about 9x) may raise some valuation and future capital-gains concerns, we believe that Disney's historical performance and financial flexibility, coupled with its enviable competitive position in the media and film markets, are solid indicators that this stock is a sound long-term investment choice even at the recent quotation. Furthermore, in the advent of clearly sustainable global economic recovery, our projections may well prove conservative, as aforementioned growth initiatives are likely to pay off handsomely in a healthier consumer discretionary spending environment.
At the time of this article's writing, the author had no positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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The first bagel rebelled against traditional dinner rolls by wearing a coat of cream cheese and piercing its bellybutton. Savor trendsetting tastes with this Groupon.
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About Bruegger's Bagels
When Nord Brue and Mike Dressell began perfecting their bagel recipe with the help of a professional NYC bagel maker in 1983, the bagel was still an anomaly in the food world—it was geographically and culturally still isolated in New York City. Fueled by a desire to change that, the duo opened up the first Bruegger's deli with the hope of eventually introducing the rest of the country to the bagel. Brue and Dressell have since realized their dream, sharing their distinctive recipes and culinary traditions at 300 locations spread across 26 states. To this day, they oven-bake their centerless bread rolls every morning and afternoon, populating counter displays that also brim with daily made breads, Vermont cream cheese, and custom-roasted coffee.
Executive Chef Phillip Smith and his network of chefs still use the original five-ingredient recipe for their dough, which they shape into more than 20 bagel varieties. Because they draw from each region's local recipes and from dialogue and Pictionary games with local consumers, certain menu items may vary from store to store across the country. The bagels are often served with Bruegger's eclectic cream cheeses such as bacon scallion or honey walnut, or as sandwiches with meats, cheeses, and veggies often sourced from local or organic produce. Coffee gets just as much attention, with house blends of 100% arabica coffee.


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Subaru To Debut Starlink At 2013 Consumer Electronics Show
STARLINK cabin technology makes world debut in Las Vegas
Jan 04, 2013, 05:36 ET
CHERRY HILL, N.J., Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Subaru of America, Inc. announced today that it will debut a new STARLINK in-car connectivity brand at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Subaru STARLINK cabin technology represents the automaker's new infotainment strategy. For the first time ever, Subaru will have a stand-alone presence at CES, demonstrating its driver-friendly Aha integration and Eyesight® driver-assist system on the all-new 2014 Forester.
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STARLINK is the product of a new, cross-functional infotainment team created by Subaru parent company Fuji Heavy Industries. The global team of engineers, planners, and marketing strategists are working together to enhance connectivity & safety technology features in Subaru vehicles, while also simplifying and reducing overall cabin complexity.
"Subaru is proud to unveil STARLINK cabin technologies at the world's largest consumer electronics tradeshow," said Akio Takai, FHI Deputy General Manager, and leader of the infotainment cross-functional team (ICFT). "We understand that the driving experience is about much more than mobility, and we know that today's car shopper is looking for technologies that are value-added but also safe, helping them accomplish their daily errands without adding to driver distraction."
STARLINK Infotainment
The STARLINK connectivity suite offerings begin with the trend-setting Aha service by long-time Subaru partner HARMAN International. With Aha, Subaru drivers can safely access tens of thousands of stations of Web-based content such as: NPR® podcasts and 900 NPR member radio stations available via streaming; on demand music services such as Slacker® MOG® and Rhapsody®; news, talk radio, and podcasts from around the world; CBS RADIO's Radio.com; free audio books; personalized hotel recommendations from TripAdvisor; customized weather, surf and local park information; Facebook® and Twitter® newsfeeds in audio; and personalized restaurant and cafe recommendations from Yelp®. The channels from Aha are constantly changing and growing, allowing customers to always be able to access their favorite content from the web.
"Subaru STARLINK is about enhancing the driver's experience," said David Sullivan, Cross-Car Planning Manager for Subaru of America. "Aha gives drivers an easy, inexpensive and safe way to interact with information from their smartphone device without touching it while driving - the simple to use interface is transferred to your vehicle navigation screen automatically. We research, talk, and interact with consumers regularly – and many are looking for a safe way to utilize their apps in-car. We think the Aha app integration is a great way to kickoff our STARLINK efforts, and has much of the content our customers are looking for."
STARLINK will continue to grow, adding content partners and connectivity capabilities over time. It will debut in the all-new 2014MY Subaru Forester in all navigation-equipped vehicles, and will also be introduced as a running change in 2013MY Subaru Legacy & Outback models equipped with factory navigation. 2014MY Subaru Impreza, BRZ, and XV Crosstrek models will all be adding STARLINK integration this summer as well.
Combining safety and convenience features, the Subaru EyeSight driver-assist system is one of the most affordable technologies of its type available in the United States market. EyeSight integrates adaptive cruise control, pre-collision braking, pre-collision throttle management, and vehicle lane departure and sway warning. Under certain circumstances, EyeSight is able to bring the car to a complete stop, thus avoiding a collision.
EyeSight uses two charge-coupled device (CCD) cameras developed by Subaru, and supplied by Hitachi. EyeSight is mounted inside the car on the upper edge of the windshield, thus reducing the potential for damage that could occur in bumper-mounted systems, such as radar. The EyeSight system processes stereo images to identify the vehicles traveling in front, as well as obstacles, traffic lanes and other items. The video information is relayed to the EyeSight module, which is also networked with the car's braking system and electronic throttle control, among others. Below closing speeds of approximately 19mph, EyeSight is capable of detecting pedestrians in the vehicle's path and can activate in order to mitigate or even avoid a collision.
"Our STARLINK connectivity strategy builds on the Subaru heritage of fun-to-drive vehicles that are recognized for best-in-class safety and durability," said Takai. "As technology evolves, so will our STARLINK offerings. We look forward to satisfying our customers more in the future with this new direction at Subaru."
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About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 600 dealers across the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill production plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. is the only U.S. automobile production plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. For additional information visit www.subaru.com.
"Subaru", all model names, and the Subaru logo are registered trademarks of the Subaru division of Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd, Japan. Features and technical data apply to models offered in the USA. They may differ in other countries.
About Aha by HARMAN
Aha, a unit of HARMAN International Industries, is the interactive service that makes Web content as easy and safe to use as radio. Aha uses the Harman Cloud Platform to organize content from the Web into personalized radio stations that consumers can listen to from anywhere – at home, on the go, or safely from the driver's seat. By the end of 2013, more than ten automotive manufacturers will launch vehicles using Aha to enable safe access to Web content for drivers, including Acura, Chrysler, Ford, Honda, Porsche and Subaru. The Aha platform and service was started in 2008 in Silicon Valley by a group of Web and multimedia veterans with a shared passion for delivering an "always on" audio experience to connect drivers to the content they really want. HARMAN, the company that designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets, acquired Aha in September 2010. For more information, visit www.aharadio.com or find Aha on Facebook and Twitter.
"CBS RADIO" and "Radio.com" is a registered trademark of CBS Radio, Inc. "Facebook" is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc. The "Twitter" name is a trademark of Twitter, Inc. in the United States and other countries. "Slacker" is a registered trademark of Slacker, Inc. "Yelp" name is a registered trademark of Yelp!, Inc. "MOG" is a registered trademark of Mog, Inc. "SHOUTcast is a trademark of AOL LLC". "Rhapsody is a registered trademark of RI". "NPR" is a trademark of National Public Radio, Inc. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.
Sheriece Matias
Subaru of America, Inc.
Sean Maynard
Subaru Press Information
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SOURCE Subaru of America, Inc.


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2013 Hyundai Veloster Re:Mix: SEMA Auto Show
- The Hyundai Veloster makes a strong showing at SEMA 2012.
- The Re:Mix special is a production car.
- Ready in time for the holidays.
Examples of the 2013 Hyundai Veloster 3-door compact car are plentiful at the 2012 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show, the once-a-year, auto aftermarket product bonanza. Only trouble is, many of them are podium queens--made to highlight what can be done with a ton of cash and some mythical track-racing weekend that a Veloster owner would probably never have.
The Veloster Re:Mix, however, is a different animal entirely. It's going to be available in Hyundai showrooms, "before the winter holidays," says the company. Hyundai has apparently been touring the United States with something called the Re:Mix Lab, a "celebration of music, art, fashion, technology, gaming, culture and design." And it has been making concept vehicles with these traits in mind.
This Veloster version has its own body kit, plus alloy wheels finished in increasingly fashionable gunmetal grey. Oh, plus a custom audio system and a push-button start function. Hyundai describes the car as a "turn-key production vehicle with a lifestyle-focused look and feel." Which is basically marketing speak for a standard car being given the aftermarket treatment before leaving the factory, as opposed to after. Although the snazzy graphics on this SEMA example is a dealer install and not part of the standard package.
Pricing starts at $19,900 for the version with a 6-speed manual transmission. For a 6-speed, DCT dual-clutch/semi-automatic model (don't worry, there are still just two pedals--accelerator and brake--but still bear in mind that this setup hasn't been well received by reviewers), we're looking at $21,150. And add $775 in destination charges to each figure.
What it means to you: Remember when Hyundai was a poor relation in the automotive family? Cars like the 2013 Hyundai Veloster Re:Mix indicate a confidence and style that permeates throughout the company's whole range.


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Are Hedge Funds Still Interested in Gold?
All three major U.S. equity indices are currently on a losing streak, but the price of gold has been relatively strong. The precious metal recently logged one of its strongest quarters in years, thanks to another quantitative easing program being launched from the Federal Reserve. After finishing 2011 at $1,531 an ounce, the price of gold now trades near $1,700. Gold is on pace to climb higher for the twelfth consecutive year, and several well-known hedge funds still appear interested in the safe-haven asset.
Late Wednesday, many institutional investment managers filed their mandatory 13-F with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The 13-F is a quarterly report of equity holdings required by managers that oversee more than $100 million in qualifying assets. The form must be filed within 45 days of the end of each quarter. The 13-F provides a peek at what hedge funds did in the previous quarter, but investors should keep in mind that hedging and trading strategies of each fund are still unknown.
Listed below are details on how popular hedge funds invested in gold names in the third quarter of 2012:
Billionaire fund manager John Paulson is known for betting against subprime mortgages during the housing bubble, but he is also a vocal advocate for gold. Earlier this year, he said in a letter to investors, "By the time inflation becomes evident, gold will probably have moved, which implies that now is the time to build a position in gold." Some have speculated that his eventual unwinding of SPDR Gold Trust shares would collapse the ETF's price, but this has yet to occur. Paulson still appears confident in his position. His firm Paulson & Co. Inc. holds 21.84 million shares of the SPDR Gold Trust, unchanged from the second quarter and valued at $3.75 billion at the end of September.
Paulson also maintained his stakes in Agnico Eagle Mines, Barrick Gold, NovaGold Resources and IAMGOLD. He decreased his position in Gold Fields to 6.54 million shares, compared to 18.03 million shares in the second quarter. Interestingly, Paulson has completely sold out of his position in JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank by assets in America. In the second quarter, he slashed his stake by 78 percent. Paired with his massive exposure to gold, this speaks volumes about his confidence in the financial system.
George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager known for breaking the Bank of England, once claimed that the "ultimate asset bubble is gold." Apparently, Soros' management team feels differently about the precious metal. The firm increased its stake in the SPDR Gold Trust by a whopping 50 percent to 1,320,400 shares in the third quarter, compared to 884,400 shares in the second quarter. The move comes after the firm almost tripled its exposure in the ETF during the second quarter, when it reported an increase from 319,550 shares in the first quarter to 884,400 shares during the April through June period. Soros Management also more than tripled its relatively new position in Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold. The hedge fund now holds almost 1.30 million shares of the miner, compared to just 385,000 shares in the second quarter.
Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn recently wrote a piece criticizing the mass printing and bond buying by central banks around the world, relating it to an American Express card that eventual hits a limit. Einhorn explains, "This buying binge brings to mind American Express cards, which are famous for their promise of no pre-set spending limits. But as some AmEx customers have learned, there is a spending limit – they just don't tell you what it is. AmEx anticipates how much you can repay based on your annual income and your payment history. When your charges exceed their estimates, they cut you off until you pay off your balance." He continues, "Central bankers should keep this dynamic in mind, as they continue to run their printing presses. While the ink may be endless, the market's tolerance is not (though there is no sign that it is nearly exhausted)."
Naturally, Einhorn is a fan of gold. While it is unknown how large of a physical bullion position Einhorn holds, he did maintain his positions in Barrick Gold and the Market Vectors Gold Miners Index ETF. As of the end of September, his stake in Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold producer, is valued at $82.2 million. Meanwhile, his Miners ETF position is worth about $322.5 million.
Although many investment firms maintained or increased their exposure to gold names in the third quarter, Third Point, the hedge fund founded by Daniel S. Loeb, reduced its stake in the SPDR Gold Trust to 130,000 shares, compared to 145,000 shares in the second quarter. This comes after the firm completely sold out of its Barrick Gold position in the previous quarter.
Steve Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors LP made several moves with gold miners. The hedge fund increased its stake in Yamana Gold nearly fivefold to 370,496 shares, compared to 75,826 shares in the second quarter. It also increased its stake in Eldorado Gold to 74,654 shares, compared to 53,671 shares in the previous quarter. Positions in Barrick Gold, Goldcorp and AngloGold Ashanti were all reduced, while the Gold Fields stake remained unchanged.
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