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John F. Sutton, former dean of the University of Texas Austin School of Law and drafter of the ABA's Model Code of Professional Conduct, died Friday at age 95, the ABA Journal reports. A Texas native and 1941 graduate of the law school, Sutton served with the FBI as a special agent at the start of World War II and then served in Judge Advocate General's Corps during the Korean War. From 1950-1957 he was in private practice and from 1957-2003 he served on the law school faculty at his alma mater, serving as dean from 1979-1984. From 1965-1970, Sutton was one of the original draftsmen of the ABA's Model Code of Professional Responsibility, which replaced the 1908 Canons of Ethics. Later, he consulted on the drafting of the association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Visitation and funeral services will be held Friday and Saturday in San Angelo. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made to the First Presbyterian Church of San Angelo, the San Angelo Area Foundation or a charity of one's choice.
Tennessee lawyers interested in any of the more than 600 positions for which the ABA president makes appointments, should file their application by Monday. The TBA's ABA Resource Committee is offering assistance to lawyers interested in applying for the various committees, commissions and other entities. Contact ABA Resource Committee Chair Jonathan Cole or ABA State Delegate Randy Noel for more information.
The ABA House of Delegates approved a range of resolutions today at its winter meeting in Dallas, the ABA Journal reports. Proposals garnering support included those urging lawmakers to provide adequate funding for federal courts and the Legal Services Corp.; creating a new national entity to help public defenders dealing with excessive caseloads; providing guidance for an amicus brief in a case on the patenting of isolated human genes; giving foreign lawyers limited authority to serve as in-house counsel in the United States; encouraging lawyers to provide unbundled legal services; clarifying a model rule dealing with conflicts of interest in multi jurisdictional cases; and urging federal courts to instruct grand jury members that they are not bound to indict just because a conviction can be obtained. The body also approved a series of resolutions addressing human trafficking, a key issue for ABA President Laurel G. Bellows.
The ABA Nominating Committee yesterday confirmed its selection of William C. Hubbard, a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in Columbia, S.C., as the association's president-elect nominee. Hubbard, who served as chair of the House of Delegates from 2008 to 2010, is running unopposed, the ABA Journal reports. His nomination was announced at the ABA House of Delegates meeting today in Dallas, where the association is holding its 2013 Midyear Meeting. He will be inducted as president-elect this August and take office as president in August 2014.
Applications are now available for lawyers interested in being appointed to any of the more than 600 positions for which the American Bar Association (ABA) president makes appointments. The deadline for submitting applications is Feb. 25. The Tennessee Bar Association's ABA Resource Committee is offering assistance to lawyers interested in applying for service on the various committees, commissions and other entities to which the ABA president appoints. Contact ABA Resource Committee Chair Jonathan Cole or ABA State Delegate Randy Noel for further information about ways in which the committee can be of assistance.
Wm. Reece Smith Jr., whose legal career was recounted in the book "A Consummate Lawyer", died Jan. 11 after a brief illness. He was 87. Smith was president of the American Bar Association from 1980-1981 and during that time established the ABA Center for Pro Bono. He also chaired the ABA's Committee on Legal Services for 12 years. During the 1980s, Smith opposed the Reagan Administration's efforts to defund the Legal Services Corporation and is credited with leading a lawyer "March on Washington" – an event that eventually led to the creation of ABA Day. Though he was born in Athens, Tenn., Smith attended the University of Florida College of Law and practiced in Tampa with the firm of Carlton Fields. Funeral services will be held Thursday at the Hyde Park United Methodist Church in Tampa. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the ABA Fund for Justice and Education, the Florida Bar Foundation, Bay Area Legal Services or the Hillsborough County Bar Foundation. Learn more about his life and the funeral arrangements from Carlton Fields.
John Tarpley of Lewis King Kreig & Waldrop in Nashville has been named chair of the Editorial Board for the American Bar Association Journal. Tarpley, former president of the Tennessee Bar Association, will assume the role in August for a three-year term.
The Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association kicks off tomorrow with a keynote address by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She is expected to talk about how the practice of law can be enhanced by an appreciation for opera. Later in the day, she will join Israeli Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran and M. Cherif Bassiouni, president emeritus of the International Human Rights Institute at DePaul University College of Law, for a program comparing constitutional law in North America and the Middle East. Also on the agenda is a keynote speech by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, who will address the Opening Assembly. The meeting will wrap up with the ABA's first ever battle of the bands featuring five groups of lawyers from across the country, and the oath of office for Chicago native Laurel G. Bellows, who will be installed as the group's new president. Read more about the meeting
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP will be among those honored by the American Bar Association's Death Penalty Representation Project for its commitment to prisoners on death row, with the Exceptional Service Award. The firm, with offices in Nashville and six other Southeastern cities, has provided pro bono legal assistance for inmates on death row since 1988. In total, Bradley Arant lawyers have helped provide representation for 22 prisoners, nearly all of them from the extremely active death penalty jurisdiction of Alabama. The awards will be presented at the Project's 2012 Volunteer Recognition & Awards Event this Friday during the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago.
The American Bar Association (ABA) will present its highest award, the ABA Medal, to Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, when the group meets next month in Chicago. In announcing the news, ABA President Bill Robinson said Dees is an outstanding example of a lawyer who has moved the country toward tolerance and equality. He is known for winning cases that helped integrate government and public institutions and for fighting white supremacist hate groups. WKRN reports
In an opinion piece in the Tennessean today, American Bar Association President William T. 'Bill' Robinson explains how Tennessee's system for selecting appellate court judges, the Tennessee Plan, is nationally respected as "an open process that is as free from political influence as possible." He warns that a proposed constitutional amendment would change the system "for the worse" and would "politicize the courts and diminish the perception of appellate judges as fair, impartial and well-qualified." The proposed amendment allows the governor to appoint judges who have gone through no public screening process, with no assurance that a broad candidate pool had been considered, he points out, saying "it is critical for courts to be insulated from undue political influence."
Only 55 percent of people in the law classes of 2011 are known to have found employment in full-time legal jobs, according to an American Bar Association report released Friday. Above the Law looks into what that means.
American Bar Association President Bill Robinson III implored members of the Chattanooga Bar Association to bring public awareness to a nationwide funding crisis in state courts, during his address at the group's annual Law Day lunch on Thursday. "We must stand up and speak out for our courts," he said, adding that 42 states had reduced their budgets for courts last year and no state contributes more than 5 percent of its budget to courts. Robinson said it's the responsibility of those in the legal profession to educate the public on the importance of the judicial branch. The Times Free Press has more
The American Bar Association's Commission on Ethics 20/20 has made final recommendations about the impact of technology and globalization on the practice of law, as well as the structure for regulating U.S. lawyers. The ABA House of Delegates will consider a series of resolutions based on those recommendations when it meets in August. Discussion will center on lawyer mobility, legal process outsourcing and maintaining client confidences. Among the report's main findings are that (1) lawyers must understand technology in order to provide clients with the competent and cost-effective services they deserve, and (2) globalization means that more clients are confronting legal problems that cross jurisdictional lines, requiring lawyers to cross real and virtual borders. The ABA Journal has more from the report
The Chattanooga Bar Association will host its annual Law Day celebration on Thursday at the Sheraton Read House. The event will feature remarks from William T. "Bill" Robinson III, president of the American Bar Association; presentation of the 2012 Liberty Bell Award; announcement of the Law Day High School Essay Scholarship recipient; announcement of the 2012 class of Chattanooga Bar Foundation Fellows; and presentation of the Judge W. Neil Thomas III Paralegal Utilization Award. For more information contact the CBA at (423) 756-3222 or visit the association online.
The American Bar Association notified Lincoln Memorial University's John J. Duncan Jr. School of Law two weeks ago that it would refer the school's appeal back to the organization's top accrediting body, according to court documents filed Thursday. The association said it would send certain issues back to the Council of the Section of the Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, which will consider the panel's written notice, including the opportunity for an appearance by representatives of the law school, at its June 8 meeting. In the meantime, the ABA has asked U.S. District Judge Tom Varlan to continue to stay the lawsuit Lincoln Memorial filed against the ABA until June 15, when lawyers would file another update on the appeal process. The suit alleges antitrust and due process violations. The school opted also to appeal the decision through the ABA. The News Sentinel has more
An American Bar Association committee has tentatively agreed on two alternative approaches to the current requirement that all law school applicants must take a valid and reliable admissions test. The first approach to altering the Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools would keep a pared-down version of the current requirement in the standards. The second would eliminate the requirement altogether. Learn more from the ABA
At its April 12-13 meeting in Washington, D.C., the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 decided not to propose changes to ABA policy prohibiting nonlawyer ownership of law firms. "Since its creation in 2009, the commission has undertaken a careful study of alternative law practice structures," co-chairs Jamie S. Gorelick and Michael Traynor said. "Based on the commission's extensive outreach, research, consultation, and the response of the profession, there does not appear to be a sufficient basis for recommending a change to ABA policy on nonlawyer ownership of law firms." The ABA has more
The American Bar Association's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar on March 17 gave preliminary approval to a new accreditation standard that would require law schools to report additional details about their scholarship retention rates and the jobs that their graduates land. But the council rejected a recommendation that it require law schools to report school-specific salary data. Transparency advocates said the omission would leave prospective students without important information about their earning prospects. Law.com has the story
The American Bar Foundation has named a new class of fellows, which includes 26 Tennessee lawyers. Those from Knoxville are Hon. Sharon G. Lee, Dwight E. Tarwater and John A. Walker Jr. Those from Memphis are Benjamin C. Adams Jr., John A. Bobango, Denise D. Burke, Charles E. Carpenter, Carl Q. Carter, Charlotte Knight Griffin, David Harris, David P. Jaqua, Connie Lewis Lensing, Cheryl W. Patterson and Kevin H. Smith. Those from Nashville are Cynthia Mitchell Barnett, J. Randolph Bibb Jr., Scott D. Carey, Robert E. Cooper Jr., Jacqueline B. Dixon, Aubrey B. Harwell III, Melvin Malone and Kevin Hunter Sharp. Other attorneys around the state who were inducted include Sam D. Elliott of Chattanooga, Michael Lee Forrester of Kingsport, Linda C. Warren Seely of Jackson and Cynthia Richardson Wyrick of Sevierville. Memphis lawyer Randall D. Noel serves as state chair of the Fellows in Tennessee. Learn more about the Foundation
A reception honoring Memphis Judge Robert L. Childers, immediate past chair of the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs, was held during the recent ABA Mid-Year Meeting in New Orleans. The reception was hosted by the Tennessee Bar Association with generous support from the University of Tennessee College of Law, the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School and Belmont University College of Law. Download the invitation


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Nashville film buffs looking for something more than the standard fare offered up by HBO and other networks lost one of their best options when the new year rang in last week.
The four-year-old Documentary Channel, also known as DOC, went dark on their Comcast cable due to a relaunch of the station and having to sever ties with Nashville Public Television.
James Ackerman, president and CEO of The Documentary Channel, said his team needed to make changes in order for the station to grow and survive. The big change was to convert to a for-profit entity, which meant that the nonprofit NPT could no longer carry the network's signal.
"When the channel launched in early 2006, it did so through a 501 c3 classified as a public interest channel, also known as a PI channel," said Ackerman. "The FCC requires satellite operators to earmark a certain amount of satellite capacity for the distribution of "educational/non-commercial" channels."
At the time of The Documentary Channel's launch, Ackerman said DISH Network was in need of a new PI channel. Overnight, DOC was available to substantially all of DISH Network's millions of subscribers. From there, the channel secured distribution through retransmission deals with local public TV stations like WNPT.
In layman's terms, a PI channel is akin to a public TV station in the sky. PI channels by and large have the same restrictions as any public TV station. Ackerman said that like all PI channels, DOC was extremely limited in its ability to generate revenue. It could sell sponsorships, but not regular commercials and its carriage agreement with DISH had to be renewed annually. Further, because cable operators are not required to carry PI channels, for the most part they don't.
"This past summer, it became very clear if The Documentary Channel was going to survive and have any hope of delivering a return to investors," Ackerman said, "DOC was going to have to abandon its PI status and become a fully commercial business. We spent much of this past summer negotiating a multi-year carriage agreement with DISH as a fully commercial channel."
With that deal in place, Ackerman was named president and CEO – replacing founder Tom Neff, who is now chief creative officer – jettisoned the 501(c)(3) status and raised a new round of funding.
Ackerman has experience in his new role. In February 2005, he founded Spinnaker Media LLC, which is a shareholder of The Documentary Channel, and served as the interim CEO of ClickStar Inc., a company founded by Intel Corp. and actor Morgan Freeman's Revelations Entertainment. (Solidus Co., which is a prominent shareholder of NashvillePost.com parent Southcomm, also holds a stake in The Documentary Channel.)
Before that, Ackerman served as CEO of Nasdaq-listed OpenTV Corp. from 2000 to 2004 and as CEO of British Interactive Broadcasting. He also was managing director of Sky Ventures, where he oversaw a portfolio of joint-venture channels including Nickelodeon UK, Paramount Comedy Channel, QVC UK, The History Channel UK and The National Geographic Channel.
After taking the helm, Ackerman says that he has had his hands full. He has moved his team to Music Row from Rosa Parks Boulevard, entered into nearly a dozen agreements to acquire documentary films and produced the channel's first original series, "DOC Talk", which premiered on New Year's Day.
Then there's the issue of distribution.
"We have been out to see nearly ever major operator, including Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, DirecTV, Verizon and AT&T among others," Ackerman said. "And we have attracted scores of new advertisers to the channel."
Asked about the termination of the relationship with NPT, Ackerman said DOC's relaunch as a fully commercial channel created some "a big hassle for both DOC and NPT" when it came to replacing commercial content.
"It seemed to us we were having to use a lot of effort to support a relationship that has no opportunity to generate additional revenue," he said. "We run a tight ship and cannot afford to expend energy on things that aren't delivering a return. So we (DOC and NPT) agreed that it was time to bring our retransmission deal to an end."
Ackerman did make a pitch for his network's hometown to help bring back his channel locally. "Most people in Nashville who watched our channel via NPT2 did so through Comcast. For those who are Comcast subscribers, we are encouraging folks to call Comcast and graciously request they carry The Documentary Channel. A simple call or email to Comcast will do the trick. Comcast pays close attention to what channels their subscribers are requesting. So every call makes a difference."


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I do believe in predestination. However, it is not the Calvinistic/Reformed view of predestination that has almost become synonymous with the term. Predestination is a biblical term, not a Calvinistic term. Those who hold the Bible to be authoritative have to do something with predestination, because it is in the text. This is true for all related terms, such as election, foreknowledge, etc. I'm not any sort of authority on this, but this is just some stuff I have concluded in my research and study on this topic.
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Visitors to gasbuddy.com reported rates for 91 gas stations in and around Spring and Klein. As of Saturday, June 9, the average price of regular unleaded gas in Spring and Klein is $3.342 per gallon. Gasbuddy.com listed the Texas average at $3.337, Houston average at $3.376, and the nationwide average at $3.566.
The average gas price in Spring and Klein last week was $3.403 per gallon.
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Oprah Winfrey No Longer the Richest Black Woman in the World?
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Oprah Winfrey is no longer the richest black woman in the world according to a report by Ventures Africa, an African business magazine and news service.
According to the report which is available on Ventures Africa's website, the richest black woman in the world is Folorunsho Alakija, a 61 year-old Nigerian fashion designer and oil tycoon who is worth at least $3.3 billion, $500 million richer than media mogul Oprah Winfrey whose wealth Forbes magazine estimated at $2.7 billion in September.
Folorunsho Alakija is the founder and owner of Famfa oil, a Nigerian oil company which owns a 60% working interest in OML 127, an offshore oil field which produces 200,000 barrels of oil per day.
Explaining the rationale for the $3.3 billion valuation on Alakija, Douglas Imaralu, Online Editor of Ventures Africa commented, "Total E&P recently sold off its 20% stake in a similar oil field to China's Sinopec for $2.5 billion. The oil field in question has a daily production capacity of 180,000 barrels a day. Similarly, other hand, OML 127 in which Famfa has a 60% interest produces about 200,000 barrels a day. When we did the math using the Total-Sinopec deal as a comparator, we came to the realization that Alakija's stake is easily worth billions of dollars. We showed our calculations on ventures-africa.com. At this point, we have no doubt that she is in deed, richer than Oprah."
The complete calculation of Folorunsho Alakija's net worth is available on http://www.ventures-africa.com.
"Among other things, Ventures Africa plans to be the global leader in providing qualified prospects and intelligence on ultra high net worth (UHNW) individuals in Africa," Douglas Imaralu says. "Through our weekly feature, Africa's Secret Millionaires, we traverse across the continent seeking out immensely successful, yet low-key tycoons and business leaders who have been largely under-reported, and then tell their stories."


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When people say its not about the money, it usually is.
But clichés dont always fit, and thats the case with Tom Horton and American Airlines. Last week, The New York Times Andrew Ross Sorkin wrote that Horton was dragging his feet on merger talks with US Airways CEO Doug Parker, because Horton stands to get a huge payday if American emerges as a stand-alone company. In past bankruptcies, management has received 5 to 10 percent of the stock in the emergent company, with CEOs getting up to 1 percent."If you follow the money, you can see why Mr. Horton may want to avoid a deal, at least for now," Sorkin wrote in his DealBook column. "On the other hand, if you follow the money, you can also see why Mr. Parker may want a deal. Surprise, surprise: there is a change-of-control provision in his employment contract that could kick-in if it is bought by another company and he is ultimately forced to leave. Depending on the structure of the deal, Mr. Parker could be paid more than $20 million."Sorkin is one of the most influential business journalists in the country, and Im a big fan. But its hard to reduce the Horton-Parker showdown to money, even tens of millions of dollars. My take is that these guys are in it to win it for their ego, their legacy and the future of their respective airlines.It's no surprise that management gets a reward for navigating a company through a grueling bankruptcy, and for the hits it took in the reorganization. Americans pilots, for example, have a 13.5-percent stake in the emergent company in their current contract offer. Thats more than the management group will get. Equity awards are the currency in bankruptcy, because secured creditors lock up the excess cash, so there will be lots doled out. And I figure that Horton and Parker will get paid either way. If Parker prevails and forces the AA-US Air combination, Horton will earn a pretty sum to facilitate and walk away nicely. If Horton runs the merged company, Parker gets his golden parachute, as outlined in the contract. Those sweeteners are in place, so that execs wont block a good deal for shareholders, even if it costs them their jobs.But did Parker pursue a merger with American to trigger that payoff? Please. The money would be a consolation prize.Parker needs American to create an airline that can compete with any carrier in the world. And he wants to be piloting it. Push a merger and make it work, and hell earn the kind of respect and acclaim that no money can buy. In the process, he believes that tens of thousands of employees will have a brighter future.Horton is driven by similar motives. Like Parker, he passionately believes that he has the best plan to make American a leader again. Analysts and the press (including yours truly) have hammered Horton and American execs for months -- for their cornerstone strategy, for lousy labor relations, for being outmaneuvered on mergers -- and Hortons determined to prove everybody wrong.Horton and Parker used to work together at American, and theyre almost the same age (Horton, 51, and Parker, 50). Most important, theyre playing a zero-sum game, with their careers and reputations hanging in the balance.It's a cliché to say that some things are more important than money. But clichés are usually true.AMR sees increase in quarterly revenue
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Private Fireworks Display Scheduled This Saturday
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A notice was posted on the City of Malibu Web site Wednesday after The News went to press alerting residents that the Los Angeles County Fire Department has issued a permit for a private fireworks display on Saturday, Aug. 22.
The pyrotechnic display is slated to be launched from a barge off the coast in the area of 30000 Morning View Drive. The event is expected to begin at approximately 9:50 p.m.
There have been widespread expressions of concern in Malibu about the impact of the growing number of local private fireworks displays on local animals, especially dogs and horses.
A fire department statement acknowledges that because of animals' sensitive hearing and keen vision, they may be terrified by the sounds and sights of pyrotechnics and become disoriented. The statement notes that it is not uncommon for dogs to run away and be injured or killed in traffic mishaps. Horses will often rear in panic and can hurt themselves in their stalls.
The fire department urges residents to "safely harbor" animals during fireworks displays, which originally were primarily part of Fourth of July celebrations, yet the agency is now approving an increased number of private permits for the displays throughout the year.
Persons who experience animal related emergencies because of a fireworks display can contact the Los Angeles County Animal Services Department or, if the matter is serious enough to require an immediate response, they can dial 9-1-1 for assistance.
The Malibu City Council is expected to address the issue of private fireworks permits at a future meeting.
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2012 has come and gone, and The Globe has seen some big changes. The loss of our tenured Artistic Director and Resident Artist has been felt, but the board of trustees and office staff have stepped up to the challenge of bringing you an exciting season, of the same caliber as you have come to enjoy and love at The Globe. Season Memberships are now available for sale, and our 2013 Season Brochure is out for your perusal. Our great patrons such as yourself, make this theatre shine across the world. So keep up the great support and we hope to see you at our first show.
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The Dream
Music by Maurice Ravel & Carl Orff,
Translated by Dr. David Corman
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OC Musical Spring Fantasia
Performances: April 26 & 27 @ 8pm
(Collaboration with OC Music Department)
Fill your ears with music from broadway musicals "Sweeny Todd," "Mary Poppins" and "Les Miserables! OC Music Department and The Globe Theatre will get together once more to produce an outstanding music spectacular that everyone is sure to enjoy.
Disney's Aladdin Dual Language Edition
Performances: July 5,12,13 @ 8 pm
July 4,7,14 @ 2:30 pm
Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, Spanish Lyrics by Walterio Pezqueira, Music Adapted, Arranged and Orchestrated by Bryan Louiselle, Book by Jim Luigs and Jose Cruz Gonzalez, Based on the 1992 Disney Film Aladdin
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Performances: August 9,10,16,17 @ 8 pm
August 11 & 18 @ 2:30 pm
by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
Three men, 37 plays, 90 minutes. This hugely popular uproarious comedy returns to The Globe (with apologies to William Shakespeare)
The Last Ball
Public Performances: Sep. 27,28; Oct. 4,5 @ 8 pm
Sep. 29 & Oct. 6 @ 2:30 pm
Student Shows: Oct. 2 & 3 @ 9am & 1pm
by Robert Hollmann
This Civil War era play by award-winning local author (Best West Texas Author 2005), is coming back to The Globe stage after its World Premiere here in 2004
The Crucible
Public Performances: Nov. 8,9,15,16 @ 8pm
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Student Performances: Nov. 12 & 13 @ 9 am & 1 pm
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Are you an advertiser with Yahoo Search? If yes this news will benefit you. HOW?
First the news.
In June 2008 Google and Yahoo announced an Ad showing deal where Yahoo was to show ads of Google Advertisers in their search and partner results.
However it wasn't a smooth ride as some advertisers and government regulators raised concerns about the deal. Here are some threads of webmasterworld that clearly shows webmasters were concerned over the deal:
Yahoo and Google announce advertising deal
Microsoft Wages War Against Google-Yahoo Ad Deal in Washington
Google Yahoo Ad Deal In Doubt Over Potential Antitrust Restriction
Apparently it seems there were too many road blocks that Google ultimately called it off.
Google in its blog says:
However, after four months of review, including discussions of various possible changes to the agreement, it's clear that government regulators and some advertisers continue to have concerns about the agreement. Pressing ahead risked not only a protracted legal battle but also damage to relationships with valued partners. That wouldn't have been in the long-term interests of Google or our users, so we have decided to end the agreement.
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang was disappointed Google didn't fight harder for search deal.
It's easy to understand why Google wasn't interested in the deal but Yahoo was. It would have given Yahoo more dollars in terms of Ad revenues simply because for many searches – especially the long ones – Yahoo just doesn't have enough inventories to fill ads. (The deal was supposed to bring Yahoo $250 million to $450 million in additional operating cash flow in the first year. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/technology/companies/07google.html)
Yahoo has a lot of advertisers in the news, sports, and finance and entertainment categories, but for others it really needs a lot of inventory to fill ads.
The deal was a boon to Yahoo, but not for Google. Secondly because of the concerns it was generating in the advertisers community it was better for Google to call it off – so it backed out.
Now Yahoo advertisers will stand to gain because of this. Why?
First, Yahoo will feel a bit insecure and that would be reason enough to make Yahoo work harder and try to be a better search engine. A proof is the letter Yahoo sent to its advertisers once the deal was over.
In short, even in the absence of a commercial agreement with Google, we intend to become an ever-stronger player in online advertising. Our certainty on this front comes from the progress we continue to make in many areas, not the least of which are the significant innovations we're making in search. We continually optimize our algorithmic and sponsored search. In fact, in 2008 alone, we have developed and launched hundreds of improvements to our search engine, including index expansions and updates, ranking models and performance tuning. Each of these features is designed to improve search quality and deliver a more relevant search experience to our users.
Secondly, due to more advertisers the competition would have increased leading to an increase in keyword bids. It is a well known fact that those who cannot afford Google turn to Yahoo for online advertisements.
An increase in bid prices would have been a setback to small advertisers.
Thirdly, since Google advertisers pay more per click, it needs no rocket science to assume that Yahoo would have shown Google Ads first before showing their own ads pushing the Yahoo only advertiser's ads to well below their current position resulting in lower clicks. Poor Yahoo advertisers would have then paid more for less clicks.
These are the reasons I think Yahoo advertisers stand to benefit because of this no-deal.
Though I feel Google advertisers, especially those who do not advertise in Yahoo, would have benefited from this deal. Unlike Yahoo advertisers they would have paid the same for more clicks and would have had an opportunity to know how their campaigns were faring in Yahoo if they had analytics in place.
For some strange reason, even Google advertisers were not happy with this deal as is mentioned in the Google blog. I think the reason why they were against it is that most were already advertising in Yahoo and felt no reason to advertise the same ads in Yahoo through Google and essentially pay more per click. (It's a well know fact that advertisers are willing to pay more per click in Google than in Yahoo.)
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Ulster Garden Villages, Northern Ireland's largest independent charitable trust, distributed just over £1.3 million in donations in 2011, a reduction of £267,000 on the previous year, according to its latest annual report.
This decrease in donations came despite an increase in income but Ulster Garden Villages (UGV) said that the reduction was not down to a change in policy but a reduction in the number of major projects supported. The annual report showed that its largest grant (£250,000) went to Townsend Street Presbyterian Church for the redevelopment of its school house. Other six figure grants were given to Action Cancer for medical equipment and to The MAC arts centre for capital work.
Many grants are in the £10,000 to £30,000 bracket and reflect UGV's interests in projects supporting disabled people, health, community, research, cultural and heritage and education and training. The smallest grant given was £2,000.
As well as giving grants UGV offers loans to charities and in 2011 provided loans totalling £695,000. Multi year grants are also provided and the charitable trust has forward commitments of nearly £3.6 million to 2014.
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Behold the Dawn
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Price: $3.99 USD. 98940 words.
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For sixteen years, rogue knight Marcus Annan has remained unbeaten on the field of battle, but waiting for him in the midst of the Third Crusade is the greatest enemy he has ever faced... His past.


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There are high expectations for the CMU receiver
MOUNT PLEASANT -- Central Michigan junior receiver Cody Wilson has been named to the 2011 Biletnikoff Award Watch List.
The Biletnikoff Award is presented annually to the nation's most outstanding wide receiver. The 2010 recipient was Oklahoma State's Justin Blackmon.
Wilson had a breakout season as a sophomore in 2010, catching 83 passes for 1,137 yards and five touchdowns. He ranked eighth nationally in receiving yards (94.8 ypg), 11th in receptions (6.9 rpg) and 13th in total receiving yards (1,137). He recorded six 100-yard receiving games in 2010, including in each of the season's final three games when he caught a combined 35 passes for 420 yards.
Wilson's 1,137 receiving yards were the third most in a season in school history, while his 83 catches rank as the fifth most in school history. The 1,000-yard receiving season was just the sixth by an individual in CMU history. Wilson is four receptions and 381 yards shy of 10th place on CMU's career receptions and receiving yards lists.
Wilson, who was named the team's Herb Deromedi Most Valuable Player, earned All-Mid-American Conference second team honors as a receiver and third team accolades as a punt returner in 2010. He also was an Academic All-MAC and CoSIDA Academic All-District IV first team selection in 2010.
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Most of us have seen Jim Carrey's 1997 movie "Liar, Liar." As a successful lawyer famous for twisting the truth to get ahead, his character repeatedly disappoints his little boy, Max, by failing to show up when he says he will. He even misses Max's birthday, causing Max to realize his daddy has a lying problem. Max blows out his candles with a secret wish that his daddy will have to tell the truth for the next 24 hours.
Max's birthday wish comes true immediately, and his daddy can't make himself tell a lie or even withhold part of the truth. He stutters, stumbles over words, tries to hurt himself to avoid telling the truth and eventually makes a hopeless mess of himself.
In the end, he comes to see that Max is more important than business success, and the happy ending shows a truth-telling father and son spending quality time together.
Although the movie is hilarious, the truth of "Liar, Liar" is that the majority of people lie routinely without so much as a twinge of guilt. A new book, Tangled Webs (James Stewart), details the problem. He says lying was originally a crime against God, condemned in the Bible. But with time and a watering down of our spiritual commitment as a nation, guilt is no longer a pressure, and lying is rampant.
Mr. Stewart tells the stories of four famous liars: Bernie Madoff, Barry Bonds, Martha Stewart and Scooter Libby. These and many others have told the ultimate in lies, lying in court while under oath. Perjury is high-risk lying, and all four have paid in spades.
Interestingly, these celebrities didn't get charged for their criminal behaviors. Instead they went to prison for lying about that (at least three of them, since one has only recently been convicted). Was lying worth their losses?
I can't wag my finger at a liar, though, having stretched the truth many times. It was fascinating to hear the author of Tangled Webs wonder aloud during a radio interview where this "epidemic of lying" originated.
He assigned blame, at least partially, to parents not teaching the value of truth to children. But his interviewer said, "I think lying is in all of us." She was right. We all want to make ourselves look good, and Satan, a professional liar, coaches us on how to do that. But God, the ultimate in truth, tells us there are 7 things he hates, and in that short list, 2 of them are lying. (Proverbs 6)
Scripture details the laws of lying: (1) if we tell one lie, we'll have to tell more; (2) lying always hurts others; and (3) the truth will come out. Thinking of these irrefutable laws motivates me to tell the whole truth.
I want God to be pleased with me, not to hate what I do or say. And telling the truth is a sure way to win his approval.
(Tomorrow: the telling of a whopper.)
"Don't scheme against each other. Stop your love of telling lies that you swear are the truth. I hate all these things, says the Lord." (Zechariah 8:17)


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Keynote Address of the Minister of Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA), Honourable Mr Fikile April Mbalula (MP), on the occasion of the Commemoration of the Africa Day
23 May 2012
Programme Director Ambassador of Rwanda in Sweden and Chair of the 2012 Africa Day Organising Committee His Excellency Venetia Sebudandi Africa Heads of Mission in Sweden Sweden Minister of Enterprise, Honourable Mr Annie Loof Members of the Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa in the Swedish Parliament Chair of the AWEPA group of the Swedish Parliament, Honourable Ms Kerstin Lundren All Honourable Members of Parliaments present here today Representatives of different States and Governments who are here to grace this glorious event Head of Africa at the World Economic Forum, Ms Elsie Kanza Chief Operations Officer of Rwanda Development Board, Ms Claire Akamanzi Distinguished Guests Members of the World Progressive Movements Members of the international media Ms Erika Bjerstrom Ladies and Gentlemen
On behalf of the South African Government I would like to take this opportunity to thank the African Heads of Mission (AHM) in Sweden and the Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa (AWEPA) in the Swedish Parliament for inviting me to deliver this keynote address to this august and historic even in the history of the African people and the peoples of the African Diaspora. This gathering is a majestic and extraordinary gathering because it takes place in the context of the African Century that is aimed at rebuilding Africa both politically and economically as well as culturally and socially whilst at the same time marks the 49th Anniversary of the birth of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa. Today it is known as Africa Day because Africans in Africa and the Diaspora commemorate and celebrate Africa's Unity. At the same time these celebrations also takes place exactly hundred years after the formation of the oldest liberation movement in Africa, the African National Congress (ANC), and 16 years after the establishment of the African Union (AU) as to consolidate the Unity of Africans as well as economic recovery of Africa based on the vision of African Renaissance. In this African Century, African Leadership and its people is hard at work ridding Africa of all ills of colonialism and imperialism in re-directing all the efforts of African tradition, chieftaincy including the systems of dictatorship and juntaism towards a progressive system of African governance through the structures of the African Union. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am rejuvenated and encouraged by the progress Africa has made thus far; I am also excited by Theme of the 2012 Africa Day which states that: "Youth and Development", with a special reference on the provision of a singular opportunity to the African Diaspora to reflect on the crucial role that the youth is bound to play in the development of Africa" The African National Congress (ANC) has long appreciated the centrality and relevance of the youth in the revolution. As Oliver Reginald Tambo once remarked that "a country, a people and a nation that does not value its youth does not deserve its future". I would like to begin this discussion on the subject of 'Youth and Development' in Africa by reminding us that "Africa, since its partition, has seen its mineral wealth exploited for the benefit of others, its fertile land left under-cultivated, its rich cultures destroyed, and its brain-power 'drained' to other parts of the world. At the centre of this calamity is the role of the West in creating an international system that reduced proud Africans to the lowest caste of the twentieth century. How will post-colonial Africans overcome this condition in the twenty-first century?" This is the assessment that Ali Mazrui makes in his Preface to Adekeye Adebajo's book, "The Curse of Berlin: Africa After the Cold War", as he talks about Africa post the infamous 1884-1885 Berlin Conference of a cartel of European states which resolved to partition Africa and slice it all up into a number of European colonies. Of this partition he says – "The partition of Africa, on the other hand, resulted in some of the most vulnerable societies in modern history." The journey from Africa's colonisation to her independence took many centuries, many generations, much effort, sweat, toil and blood, and yet today standing here today we do, we will be correct to say that the journey still to be traversed is still much longer and more arduous. The question Professor Mazrui posed addresses itself not to victims any more, but to the masters of their own destiny! This is because victims possess no capability, nor the aptitude, to overcome their situation and convert themselves from their position as victims to that of masters of their own destiny. As OR Tambo correctly pointed out when he made the clarion call to the youth of South Africa and Africa that "at this hour of destiny, your country, your people need you, the future of South Africa (and Africa) is in your hands and it be what you make of it!" It is only as such masters of their own destiny that we can answers most affirmatively and with absolute clarity the question about how we, post-colonial Africans, intend to overcome our condition of vulnerability and being the lowest caste of the twentieth century. It is in this vein that we must resolve the role of different strata in our society today to find solutions to the challenges facing Africa and in particular the role of youth. Youth as an important force for change given their inherent characteristics of militancy and energy must play critical role in Africa's development. The period of colonialisation and conquest has necessitated that young men and women get enrolled in the fight against this tyranny. This had its good and bad implications. The critical and brave role they played in the many military struggles against many foreign forces helped to expedite Africa's liberation. However in cases of conflict ravaging and stalling Africa's development youth are used as the fodder to fight pointless savage wars. Like Mr Robert Anson Heinlein has pointed out in his 1940 writings, one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of science fiction of the 20th Century when he once said in his book titled; If this Goes On?: "When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects; 'this you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know; the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holly the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not a fission bombs, not anything – you can't conquer over a free man, the most you can do is to kill him". These wise words from Mr Heinlein are relevant to Africa and the African Diaspora as they were relevant 72 years ago when he authored his book. They are also relevant today as they were relevant at the First Pan African Congress, held in London 112 years ago when leaders from the African Continent and the African Diaspora as well as Caribbean and the United States of America said: "Let the nations of the world respect the integrity and independence of the free Negro states of Abyssinia, Liberia, Haiti, and the rest, and let the inhabitants of these states, the independent tribes of Africa, the Negroes of the West Indies and America, the black subjects of all nations take courage, strive ceaselessly, and fight bravely for that they may prove to the world their incontestable right to be counted among the great brotherhood of mankind. Thus we appeal with boldness and confidence … for a generous recognition of the righteousness of our cause." Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a loud cry and appeal from the youth of Africa today; they cry loud like their forefathers did and say we also 'appeal for a generous recognition of our righteousness of our cause'. We owe to them and many more in Africa and Africa Diaspora who share the same blood and sweat who are still living in conditions of inequality, poverty and unemployment. This excruciating pain inflicted on an African youth today is the same or similar pain that their forefathers many centuries ago were endured. We also owe to them and others who dedicated themselves to fight against colonialism, imperialism and tyranny, ready to lay their lives, to ensure they rid Africa and Africa Diaspora of racism, sexism, poverty, underdevelopment, inequality and ignorance as well as humiliation. This is true because the hopes for the New International Economic Order (NIEO) arising from various international socio-economic and political negotiations, particularly after World War 2, as reported by the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research articulated recently, 'became largely misplaced in the 1950s through the 1960s, inter alia, due to the lopsided socio-economic development pattern which accompanied such negotiations. For example, the terms of trade worsened for the world's primary products, which in this case are mostly African countries, while it improved for the producers of manufactured goods, which are industrialised countries such as the United States of America and the European countries. As a result the socio-economic and even political situation of many African countries and those of African Diaspora is still nowhere comparable to the progress made in the rest of world especially in most developed European countries. This is the premise of the crisis of Africa and that of lack of youth development in Africa. Therefore as we talk about "Youth and Development" in Africa and the Diaspora today, we can't omit this historic reality that has haunted Africa until in the 21st Century. If we are serious, as I believe we are, about youth development in Africa, this is the basis for discussion and intervention. In order to developed informed strategies for interventions, countries of the North especially the West and Europe should know that according to the International Labour Organisations' 2006 Report and the United Nations' 2007 Report: "Youth (in Africa) make up 36.9% of the working age population, but 59.5% of the total unemployed, which is much higher than the world's average for 2005 which was 43.7%, reflecting serious labour demand deficiencies in the region. "The share of unemployment can be as high as 83% in Uganda, 68% in Zimbabwe, and 56% in Burkina Faso. On average, unemployment among those with secondary education or above is three times higher than among those with no education attainment, and youth are more likely than adults to be in the informal sector, and less likely to be wage employed of self-employed". According to the research paper by Mr Marc Sommers of the US Agency for International Development titled: Urbanisation, War, and Africa's Youth at Risk.Mr Sommers argues that (and I would like to quote him extensively for purposes of this presentation): "To many observers, Africa's ever-expanding urbanisation makes little sense. For example, Kempe Ronald Hope in 1998 notes, "in general African countries are substantially more urbanised than is probably justified by their degree of economic development. He adds that this is due in large part to the fact that 'the supply of urban job seekers far exceeds demand and that Mr Nelson Mandela of South Africa has noted that 'Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region in the world where urbanisation is associated with negative economic growth. Many urban areas are wracked by water and housing shortages. School and health facilities may be nearing collapse. Parks where they exist may be filled with street children and thieves. HIV/AIDS and other illnesses usually run rampant. The industrial base – a cornerstone of urban economies in the North – is frequently limited". Mr Sommers in his paper concludes by the following observations: "The challenges confronting youth in urban and peri-urban Africa are further complicated and made considerably more serious by war's pervasive impact." In this regard Mr Gavin Williams in his writings in 2002 concurred with Mr Sommers by concluding that: "No regions, and few countries, in Africa have been free of the ravages of civil wars, conflicts between African countries, dictatorial governments, and the intervention of outside powers and other African governments. These disruptions continue to drive an increasing number of African youth in particular towards cities, often causing extraordinary increases in the size of cities and expanding the purposes, utility, and culture of urban life as well as increase in the number of children who are recruited as child soldiers, forced labour and sex slaves."
Whether this observation is exaggerated or not, this situation that an African child finds him/herself in must be addressed and sooner. This is also food for thought for the youth of the Diaspora to work in partnership with the youth of Africa to derive common action for Africa's development and upliftment. Hence this presentation argues that the legacy of colonialism, imperialism and dispossession of Africans off their land is the main reason for such a situation in Africa. Ladies and Gentlemen, as we celebrate and commemorate Africa Day today, the world need to pause and take stock on the road we traversed from the first day Africa was robbed of its dignity and humanity by foreign forces and the ability of these forces to influence Africans to adopt foreign values of greed, violence and destruction. We must together as peoples of the world led by Africans accept, explain and evaluate the position that the struggle for self-assertion in Africa is a struggle against any form of foreign invasion and domination as well as aggression; and this is a theme that is recurrent in the argument for total self-determination economically, politically and socially. As we celebrate and commemorate the Africa Day, we need to appreciate the momentous role the African Diaspora played in the struggles against colonialism and imperialism. We should together urge the youth of the Diaspora to work together with the youths of Africa and progressive youth organisations in the world to continue the struggle for a better life for all African children. We continue to perceive the Diaspora as vital in the pursuit for a peaceful and prosperous Africa. As we celebrate this day, we must collectively condemn the illegitimate military actions against countries of the South especially Africa and its governments. We must collectively disapprove the notion of so-called regime-change agenda purported by the strong and powerful nations against the weak and powerless ones. We must allow Africans and their organs of governance an opportunity and space to determine their destiny and act in a decisive manner to ensure the achievement of the objectives they have set themselves, long before, in the 3200 B.C. when Pharaoh Aha united the upper and the lower Nile to form a united and integrated Africa based on common vision of the Renaissance of Africa. The birth of the African Union (AU) and the crafting of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) are a corner stone of such a vision. Ladies and Gentlemen, as we assembled here today we should call upon the youth of the world in particular the youth in Africa Diaspora, including the youth from Caribbean Community and the youth from the Community of South American Nations to standing together with the youth of African Continent in their call to:
Ladies and Gentlemen, with an objective to raise awareness and understanding of development issues in Africa, with a special reference to youth as well as to highlight the cultural richness and diversity of our Continent; I elected to raise the abovementioned issues as to provide the African Diaspora and her youth a singular opportunity to reflect on their crucial role that you abound to play today in the development of Africa, as you did during colonialism and apartheid. As Oliver Reginald Tambo, former President of the ANC, said when addressing the Second Pan-African Youth Seminar in Dar Es Salaam on 5 August 1961: "There are a welter of problems peculiar to the state of political advancement known as independence. How to tackle these I still think that the key answer is Unity. Unity must be a tired word, overused everywhere, by everybody. We are always talking of Unity. I am a member of the United Front, the South African United Front. We talk about Unity in Africa, we spoke about it before the First All-African People's Conference, it was spoken of when Pan-Africanism was first discussed, it was mentioned at Bandung, hardly a month ago we were discussing Unity at Accra, and the Theme of this conference is Unity. I think the important thing to raise here is that Unity does not grow wildly. Tanganyika is a rich country, all Africa is rich, there is plenty that grows wild, you don't have to cultivate it, and you don't have to water it, to nurse it. But Unity is not like that. It does not grow wild. It has to be nurtured, built up, it wears away. It must be doctored, treated. It also has many enemies like the enemies that enter any plant that you grow, and you have to keep vigilant against these. And where does Unity begin and where does it end? I think true and lasting Unity, as opposed to the Unity we may seek at a given time for the achievement of a certain purpose is one which is conceived on the basis of the essential oneness of mankind, based on what is basically a common human problem. Unity of Mankind!" In conclusion, the needs of youth in Africa are so diverse; and the African youth is not homogenous, their lives are so full of change that it is critical to develop programmes with them which are aimed towards the development of their continent in general and the lives of young people in particular. Thank you.
Issued by: Sport and Recreation South Africa 23 May 2012
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