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TORONTO (AP) — A man accused of plotting with al-Qaida members in Iran to derail a train in Canada rejected the charges and said Tuesday that authorities were basing their conclusions on appearances. Law enforcement officials in the U.S. said the target was a train that runs between New York City and Canada.
Canadian investigators say Raed Jaser, 35, and his suspected accomplice Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, received guidance — but no money — from members of al-Qaida in Iran. Iran released a statement saying it had nothing to do with the plot, even though there were no claims in Canada that the attacks were sponsored directly by Iran.
But the case raised questions about the extent of Shiite-led Iran's relationship with the predominantly Sunni Arab terrorist network. It also renewed attention on Iran's complicated history with the terror group, which ranges from outright hostility to alliances of convenience and even overtures by Tehran to assist Washington after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
"We oppose any terrorist and violent action that would jeopardize lives of innocent people," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday.
Charges against the two men in Canada include conspiring to carry out an attack and murder people in association with a terrorist group. Police — tipped off by an imam worried by the behavior of one of the suspects — said it was the first known attack planned by al-Qaida in Canada.
Law officials in New York with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press the attack was to take place on the Canadian side of the border. They are not authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke only on condition of anonymity.
Amtrak and Via Rail Canada jointly operate routes between the United States and Canada, including the Maple Leaf from New York City to Toronto.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Canada has kept New York posted on the investigation.
"I can just tell you that you are probably safer in New York City than you are in any other big city," Bloomberg told reporters Tuesday without discussing details.
In a brief court appearance in Montreal, a bearded Esseghaier declined to be represented by a court-appointed lawyer. He made a brief statement in French in which he called the allegations against him unfair.
"The conclusions were made based on facts and words which are only appearances," he said in a calm voice after asking permission to speak.
Jaser appeared in court earlier Tuesday in Toronto and also did not enter a plea. He was given a new court date of May 23. He had a long beard, wore a black shirt with no tie, and was accompanied by his parents and brother. The court granted a request by his lawyer, John Norris, for a publication ban on future evidence and testimony.
Norris questioned the timing of the arrests, pointing to ongoing debates in the Canadian Parliament over a new anti-terrorism law that would expand the powers of police and intelligence agencies.
He said his client would "defend himself vigorously" against the accusations, and noted Jaser was a permanent resident of Canada who has lived there for 20 years. Norris refused to say where Jaser was from, saying that revealing his nationality in the current climate amounted to demonizing him.
Canadian police also declined to release the men's nationalities, saying only they had been in Canada a "significant amount of time."
Muslim community leaders who were briefed by the RCMP ahead of Monday's announcement of the arrest said they were told one of the suspects is Tunisian and the other from the United Arab Emirates.
Esseghaier's LinkedIn profile lists him as having studied in Tunisia before moving to Canada, where he was pursuing a PhD in nanotechnology at the National Institute of Scientific Research, a spokeswoman at the training university confirmed.
In Abu Dhabi, a UAE source informed about the attack plot said there was "no UAE citizen" with the name Raed Jaser. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief media.
The investigation surrounding the planned attack was part of a cross-border operation involving Canadian law enforcement agencies, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Canadian police said the men never got close to carrying out the attack.
The warning first came from an imam in Toronto, who in turn was tipped off by suspicious behavior on the part of one of the suspect.
"I was involved in alerting police about the suspect. I made some calls on behalf of the imam over a year ago," Toronto lawyer Naseer Syed said. He would not say what, exactly made the imam suspicious.
"The Muslim community has been cooperating with authorities for a number of years and people do the right thing when there is reason to alert authorities," Syed said, adding that he was speaking for the imam, who wished to remain anonymous.
Associated Press writers Charmaine Noronha in Ontario, Shingler in Montreal, Tom Hays and Jennifer Peltz in New York, Kimberly Dozier in Washington and Brian Murphy in the United Arab Emirates contributed to this story.


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The most important item in the news this morning is this article in the Wall Street Journal:
One thing we've learned about Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein is that the former dictator was a diligent record keeper. Coalition forces have found–literally–millions of documents. These papers are still being sorted, translated and absorbed, but they are already turning up new facts about Saddam's links to terrorism.
One striking bit of new evidence is that the name Ahmed Hikmat Shakir appears on three captured rosters of officers in Saddam Fedayeen, the elite paramilitary group run by Saddam's son Uday and entrusted with doing much of the regime's dirty work. Our government sources, who have seen translations of the documents, say Shakir is listed with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
This matters because if Shakir was an officer in the Fedayeen, it would establish a direct link between Iraq and the al Qaeda operatives who planned 9/11. Shakir was present at the January 2000 al Qaeda "summit" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at which the 9/11 attacks were planned. The U.S. has never been sure whether he was there on behalf of the Iraqi regime or whether he was an Iraqi Islamicist who hooked up with al Qaeda on his own.
As others have reported, at the time of the summit Shakir was working at the Kuala Lumpur airport, having obtained the job through an Iraqi intelligence agent at the Iraqi embassy. The four-day al Qaeda meeting was attended by Khalid al Midhar and Nawaz al Hamzi, who were at the controls of American Airlines Flight 77 when it crashed into the Pentagon. Also on hand were Ramzi bin al Shibh, the operational planner of the 9/11 attacks, and Tawfiz al Atash, a high-ranking Osama bin Laden lieutenant and mastermind of the USS Cole bombing. Shakir left Malaysia on January 13, four days after the summit concluded.
That's not the only connection between Shakir and al Qaeda. The Iraqi next turned up in Qatar, where he was arrested on September 17, 2001, four days after the attacks in the U.S. A search of his pockets and apartment uncovered such information as the phone numbers of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers' safe houses and contacts. Also found was information pertaining to a 1995 al Qaeda plot to blow up a dozen commercial airliners over the Pacific.
After a brief detention, our friends the Qataris inexplicably released Shakir, and on October 21 he flew to Amman, Jordan. The Jordanians promptly arrested him, but under pressure from the Iraqis (and Amnesty International, which questioned his detention) and with the acquiescence of the CIA, they let him go after three months. He was last seen heading home to Baghdad.
Iraq was, to a degree that is still unknown, involved in the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center. It now appears that Saddam had a hand in the 2001 attack as well. The only doubt at this point would appear to be the possibility that the "Ahmed Hikmat Shakir" who was an officer in the Fedayeen might be a different person with the same name as the al Qaeda operative who helped plan the Sept. 11 attacks. If I were a member of the administration, I would devote a great deal of effort to investigating Col. Shakir, and tracking him down if he is still alive.

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Over the past months, I've covered many of the features of Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals (Team Data's). This month, I want to step back and discuss what Team Data means to development team members whose jobs aren't directly related to developing the database. As I mentioned in previous articles, database development and administration are often not considered application development roles; however, most applications have a database of some form, and a number of application team members work with it.
Imagine that you're an application developer working on some client or middle-tier application that needs to access a database. Although you're not directly responsible for writing application code on the database server or defining the database structure, you must understand the database schema in order to select the best way to access the database. You must know if any stored procedures or views can simplify access, which table structures and relationships you need to access, and whether creating a query or requesting a stored procedure or view is more efficient. Writing database-access code brings up more questions. Do you have the latest version of the database on your development machine? Do you have a representative sample of test data to ensure your code performs correctly?
Team Data can answer these questions for application developers. By storing the database schema in a version-control system, such as Team Foundation Server (TFS), you can easily access the most recent version of the database and create a representative database on your development machine. You can review the exact structure of that database and populate it by using pre-defined data generation plans to ensure that, as you develop the data-access code, it's working correctly against the application database. You can create new or use existing unit tests to ensure that as you develop or modify the code, you aren't breaking any other applications or databases that you're testing. In addition, if you are using TFS, you can become an even more integral part of the application development team. You can create basic versions of database objects that you require to implement your application then shelve this code for a database expert to review and potentially alter. (For more information about shelving, see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa718531.aspx and "Source Control Basics: Shelving, Branching, and Merging," http://www.sqlmag.com, InstantDoc ID 50216.) This functionality lets an application developer who has even a minimal knowledge of T-SQL effectively design the required database objects. Then, an expert can use that design and adjust the implementation to meet the database requirements. This process is potentially more efficient than formally submitting a specification for a new object, which would be developed by a different team.
As a database's structure changes, it can be difficult to ensure that application code that accesses the database isn't broken. A basic form of test-driven development can bring huge productivity gains to the application development team and can somewhat alleviate this problem. If the database is changed and that change breaks an area of code during the application test runs, the testers can simply assign a work item to fix any code affected by the database change. You as the developer receive the work item, pull the most recent version of the database, refer to unit tests and data generation plans to find the problem, and make a fix according to the correct version of the database. This process can significantly reduce the impact of database changes on the application by allowing identification and resolution of any potential effects related to application change. This scenario also shows why it's important for the testers to have access to the latest versions of the database, database unit tests, and data generation plans. The ability to integrate all of these pieces into the overall test architecture for an application reduces the possibility of breaking changes slipping through the cracks and can help simplify the identification and resolution of any database-related problems in an application.
Because the database can often be the one single point of failure for an application, it's important to ensure that all development team members work against the database in the most efficient way possible. Tools such as Team Data and TFS can help make the process easier to implement and can help you be consistent in your process. Never underestimate the effect of the database on the entire application development process. If there's a database in your application, you can be assured that at some time or another you will come into contact with it.


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Red Sox drop Blue Jays, honor YazBy SportsDirect Inc.
September 22. 2013 5:00PM
Jackie Bradley Jr. belted a three-run homer and Felix Doubront tossed seven solid innings as host Boston won the rubber match of the three-game series.
David Ortiz launched a solo shot to lead off the sixth inning and Ryan Lavarnway had an RBI single for the Red Sox (95-62), who have won 20 of their last 27 contests to extend their advantage over Oakland (92-63) for the top record in the American League.
After Lavarnway singled in Daniel Nava to forge a 1-1 tie in the second, Bradley followed by promptly depositing a 1-0 hanging knuckleball from R.A. Dickey (13-13) into the Blue Jays' bullpen in right field for a three-run shot. The blast was Bradley's third of the season - and first since July 9.
Making his first start since Sept. 6, Doubront (11-6) rebounded after a pair of puzzling starts to allow two runs on four hits. Franklin Morales bridged the gap to Koji Uehara, who retired the side in the ninth for his 21st save.
Kevin Pillar had an RBI single and Dickey struck out 11 for the Blue Jays, who fell for the eighth time in 12 outings.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Dickey fell to 4-1 in his last six starts after permitting five runs on six hits in eight innings. ... Boston will finish its regular season on the road, beginning Tuesday with an abbreviated two-game series in Colorado. Toronto visits the Chicago White Sox on Monday for a make-up contest. ... Bradley recorded just one RBI from June 5-Sept. 20. ... Prior to the game, the Red Sox honored Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski with a video ceremony and a statue outside of Gate B.


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This case is made from an attractive and durable leather-like material, so it provides protection for your device – in style.
Because sometimes a slim sleeve is all you need for protection on the go, the internal case is detachable for a quick on-the-go solution that fits easily in your bag or backpack.
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The internal padding of the case is formed into subtle ridges, giving you multiple options for your ideal viewing angle.
This case features a plush, padded body designed especially to protect the fragile front display of your device.


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Heart and lung problems after treatment for Hodgkin's Disease
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I had Hodgkin's Disease 18 years ago when I was 8 years old. It was in stage 2 and I had radiation. What should I lookout for now as far as heart and lung problems? I do have a murmur and asthma.
Amit Maity, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
Lacking certain information it is hard to offer specfic advice. For instance, it would be important to know whether you received chemotherapy, specifically doxorubicin or bleomycin since those are associated with heart and lung toxicity respectively. Also, it would be helpful to know the fields and doses of radiation. However, in general, radiation by itself can be associated with premature coronary artery disease. Pericardial fibrosis (scarring of the lining surrounding the heart) has also been described in patients who received high dose radiation to large parts of the heart. Cardiomyopathy (damage to the heart muscle itself) can result after high dose radiation, but this is more common if the patient also received doxorubicin. Likewise, radiation can cause chronic fibrosis (scarring) of the lungs, but this is more of an issue if the patient also received bleomycin. It is also important to avoid those things that impact on both heart and lung function. Specifically one should avoid tobacco as this leads to increased coronary artery disease, worse lung function, and increased risk of a variety of cancers. One should also maintain a healthy diet and regular exercise regimen. We do recommend patients in this situation to see a physician specializing in late effects of cancer treatment. For example there is a Late Effects Clinic at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that specializes in patients who received treatment many years ago for cancer. There may be one in your area. Or, you might consider seeing an internist and explain that you have received radiation. Bringing the old records of the radiation treatment and any chemotherapy you might have received would be very helpful.


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The Playstation Vita, Sony's successor to the Playstation Portable. It's a handheld device bursting with functionality. In theory, the system has a great many things going for it. It has the best graphical capability among the handheld gaming devices as well as some functions that even its Playstation 3 big brother doesn't have ( ex. Cross Game Chat). However, for all the great potential it has, there has been one single detrement to the system's possible rise to greatness, the price.
We wish. Vita doom and gloom won't stop until there's another Sony product coming to market for these sites to fixate on. We've already seen PS4 doom articles popping up and just weathered a spat of Wii-U doom. When we get closer to the PS4's launch and more is revealed, only then will the Vita doom talk stop, to be replaced with PS4 doom. It's sad that this is the current state of game journalism.
In game journalism, the old saying "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar," has been replaced with "You can catch more flies with crap."
That's doubtful. People cried foul about the 3DS when its price dropped as well, and the Vita was initially being sold at a loss.
The doom and gloom articles really won't stop (as others have already stated), people are too hungry for attention and clicks.
For the billionth time, the Vita IS NOT EXPENSIVE! Just because Nintendo couldn't justify their incremental upgrade to the DS with the 3DS and charge $250 for crap DOES NOT mean that that's the same situation for the Vita. The memory cards are expensive, true, but the unit itself couldn't be more affordable for the buttload of features and tech you get.
Why the hell are the media so so stupid? Even if they are bloggers, they are making those people who are trying to get going in the gaming media a very bad name by being so stupid.
It's the human condition to bitch and whine. Even more so to attack something because you have a different view (3DS VS Vita). It's disgusting and I'm personally sick of it, pertaining to video games or otherwise. Everyone grow the hell up and accept each other. Also, be a little positive about the Vita. It's beautiful on the inside and out.
Edit: and the price point? Just stop talking about it. Not even major corporations can afford to sell at a loss. It has a 10 year life cycle and Sony WILL support it. They may make mistakes but in the end they haven't dropped the ball with any console yet. Especially given it has a ten year life span, things will start to pick up in the next year or two. I personally don't even think they need to, though, just need more third party developer support. Other than that people should bite the bullet and pick one up for the current price. If that's too much for you then hunt around for a cheaper bundle.
Yes, the price of the Vita is a problem, but in my opinion, the price of memory cards is a bigger problem.
100$ for 32GB is far too much. Divide that price by 3 and you'd be on mark. Same for the rest of them. Also, take out anything 4GB or below, it's far too small these days, especially if you have PS plus.


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In case you hadn't noticed the sun has suddenly decide to grace us with its presence which is great news for everyone, except for those of us who are folically challenged. It is now the time of year when hat wearing shifts from begin a quirky affectation to a necessity. Fortunately there's a pretty good selection in the stores at …
French Connection launch watches
From next week you can get some French Connection Time, the new watch collection from the retailer debuts on Monday. Prices range from £80 to £160 which is a good price for your first 'proper' watch.
French Connection vintage trousers
Plain old trousers just wont cut it anymore, especially when womenswear retailers are frothing at the mouth over the peg-leg, carrot, and cropped varieties of the trouser this season.
Retro tank top from French Connection
There is something reassuringly old-fashioned about this French Connection tank top (£45), it reminds me of my old Chemistry teacher Mr Strom who would wear zip-up cardies like they were going out of fashion. Which they were.
French Connection's vivid blue cashmere jumper
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My new favourite colour is a rich dark blue that falls somewhere between cobalt and navy. Not as obvious as a bright Yves Klein blue but not as trad as straight navy, the colour looks great with the remainders of a tan.
La Rentrée: Time for French Connection's Airspeed Cardigan
August is traditionally the month when France shuts down, goes on holiday and people start thinking about 'La Rentrée'. You could call it the French New Year as the whole country gets gripped by 'Rentrée' fever, not just schoolchildren but grown adults too.
French Connection army bag is perfect for festivals
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For those of you who haven't yet got yourself a small everyday bag French Connection's army bag is perfect. I the way ripstop looks techy and the dark duck egg blue colour contrasts nicely with the khaki suede bottom.
French Connection marl Tivity knit
The marl effect of this fine gauge khaki jumper is nice way of adding some subtle texture to an outfit.
Incredible Hulk t-shirt from French Connection
The Incredible Hulk film is out on Friday and features Liv Tyler and Ed Norton as the Hulk. While I can't promise it will be better than the TV series you can at least pledge your allegiance to old-school Hulk with this 'Comic Boom' tee.
French Connection navy deck shoe
We've said it before, but deck shoes are the best choice for this summer. Flip flops are too scruffy and although canvas shoes are a good staple they've become a little ubiquitous.
French Connection Pad trousers
French Connection's 'Pad' trousers are a satisfying shade of rich navy which will look très chic teamed with other neutral for a classically elegant outfit. Try a white shirt with a rust coloured pocket square, or a white v-neck tee and grey cardigan for something more casual.
Trends: Watch & Wear-70s Street King
Huggy Bear, Snoop Dogg, Andre 3000; no matter how old you are, there has always been that outrageously cool, pimped-out personality.
French Connection tie
What a perfectly proportioned tie! Not too city trader wide, and not too trendoid indie kid thin this tie is exactly the kind of thing you should be looking for at the moment.
French Connection Buick Boot
Boots may not be top of your list right now but these Buick boots from French Connection (£130) are great.
How to: Cardigans
The rise of the cardigan has surely sounded the death knell for the blazer and jeans look.
Summer looks for you to shop this weekend
This might be the last thing on your mind but Easter Weekend is the perfect time to stock up on new summer clothes.


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Maine man admits to selling bogus stock shares to pair of Port of NH officialsBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
September 18. 2013 10:03AM
BRENTWOOD – A Maine man admitted to selling $50,000 in bogus stock to two Port of New Hampshire officials as part of a plea deal with county prosecutors that allowed him to dodge a trial and potential state prison sentence.
John Rummler, 65, of Kittery, Maine, pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to two misdemeanor counts of unlawful business transactions.
He received a suspended 12-month jail sentence and was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine for duping Geno Marconi, the director of the Port of New Hampshire, and his chief operating officer, Alan Cummings.
The two men believed they bought shares of Wastech International between September 2004 and November 2005, and later learned Rummler had taken their money, prosecutors said.
The surprise plea came on the same day that a judge was scheduled to hear arguments on why the case should be dismissed due a potential statute of limitation issue.
Rummler was facing a pair of theft and forgery charges prior to Wednesday's plea agreement.
In July, Rummler entered into an agreement with the state Bureau of Securities Regulation, admitting that he duped Marconi and Cummings.
"He paid both the victims back in full," assistant county attorney Patricia Conway said. "Both victims were really not interested in pursuing criminal charges, but the state felt it necessary to file something."


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Levi called us out to meet up with him at the gym. He had this sexy Latina named Mimi he was trying to pull for an episode of 8thStreet Latinas. She had an incredible ass on her, and when Levi flashed us her tits in the parking lot, we knew this girl was down. Back in the car on the ride over to the house, the teasing continued, as Mimi pulled out her huge Latina tits and started playing with them. Levi took down her pants and started to eat her pussy from behind. Mimi liked that. And when Levi started to lick her booty, Mimi perked up and shouted out in surprise.
It got her really hot. She got Levi back by sucking his cock good and getting him rock hard. Then she begged him to give it to her. Levi did just that and banged that sweet Latina pussy all over the living room. Mimi loved the pounding and orgasmed several times, as her huge tits bounced up and down. Levi got the green light to cum on her face, but Mimi had no idea what to expect. Levi unloaded on her so hard, her face was completely covered, and she couldn't even open up her eyes. This is one awesome 8thStreet Latinas video you won't want to miss!


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Skip to comments.Sperm donor for lesbian couple sued by State of Kansas for child support
Posted on 01/01/2013 4:05:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The State of Kansas, which does not recognize same-sex unions, is pursuing child support from the man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple because the childs mother is seeking financial aid. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's administration is seeking to pass the cost of that child support on to the sperm donor of the lesbian couple involved. According to the Huffington Posts Dec. 30 report, William Marotta, a Topeka mechanic, may have to pay child support for a child he signed away all his parental rights to.
The story begins when Marotta answered a Craigslist ad for a sperm donor. Angela Bauer and Jennifer Schreiner, a lesbian couple, placed the ad in March 2009. As part of the agreement between the parties, Marotta gave up his rights and his financial obligations toward any forthcoming child.
The Kansas Department of Children and Families sees it differently though and has filed a claim against Marotta. When Schreiner and Bauer sought financial aid due to an illness that Bauer unable to support her family, welfare officials demanded the name of the father before aid could be given.
Together Schreiner and Bauer have eight children. Though the couple is no longer together, they still co-parent are very close. Because the state does not recognize same-sex unions, Bauer cannot be made to pay the child support. With Bauer unable to work, Schreiner turned to financial aid to support her family.
Even though the couple has a signed agreement with Marotta, the state is arguing the validity of the agreement because a doctor did not handle the artificial insemination as required by state law. Hannah Schroller, Marottas attorney is attempting to have the case dismissed. Arguments will be heard in state court next month.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
If ONLY, nation-wide, they would implement DNA identification of fathers of EVERY inner-city tribal parasite as a requirement for public benefits OF ANY KIND, to identify the father for support obligations, AND, require mandatory periodic un-announced drug-testing to continue ANY public assistance benefits, we'd save 100's of millions or more.
When I first read about this I laughed but have since sobered and sadly thought of the child.
This story has been posted several times. The national media is trying to make it into a story about "gay" rights and since it's in Kansas it fits their narrative since we're supposed to be the place in this country with the stupidest people. In fact, it's not at all about Lesbians but about artificial insemination. The default in Kansas as I'm willing to bet in every other state is that no matter what the circumstances, the child has a right to support from both biological parents. There are exceptions but they are in a statute and narrowly defined. When rights of a minor are involved, the courts have very little leeway. It has nothing to do with gay marriage.
Lets not forget the trailer parks either...
Which is all for the best. Men should take responsibility about where they spread their sperm, the children resulting from such unions, are indeed THEIR children, and they should only bring those children into this world that they are personally capable of fathering, and willing to do so. (And the same thing goes for egg donors.) This is a wickedness that needs to stop.
I couldn't agree more. But, it's going to make that childbirthing thing a little tough for all the charming Lesbian couples out there. Do I catch a whiff of irony in the air?
Now that's REAL welfare reform!
But he signed away his parental rights, does this mean parents who adopt children can go after the birth parents for support?
She also displays poor grammar here; "Though the couple is no longer together, they still co-parent are very close." But then again I'm sure she is a credit to her Journalism school!
Something about not using a doctor as a go between...
Very interesting Grasshopper.....
The state isn't concerned about the children being brought up in an alternative lifestyle home or subjected to life without a father figure. They are just trying to cut their budget and find someone else to pay.
Very interesting Grasshopper.....
William Marotta, a Topeka mechanic, may have to pay child support for a child he signed away all his parental rights to.
William, take a wrench and slap yourself up side your head about ten times and repeat after each slap "Bill, don't be gettin involved with no queer womens cause no good can come from it".
Smarty pants!
I hope they bust this fool wide open.
What could go wrong ?!?
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A timeline of events leading to apologies that former Ohio State President Gordon Gee made about off-the-cuff remarks last December:
Dec. 5
— In audiotaped comments to the university Athletic Council, Gee criticizes Notre Dame's negotiating tactics, jokingly refers to "those damn Catholics," lampoons the academic integrity of the University of Louisville and Southeastern Conference while singling out the University of Kentucky, alleges that University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez considered former Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema a "thug," makes mildly disparaging remarks about Alvarez and Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany and laughingly suggests that Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith would have to be shot before he'd allow the University of Cincinnati to join the Big Ten.
Jan. 31
— University trustees learn of the comments.
March 11
— University trustees deliver a letter to Gee ordering him to "promptly" undertake a series of initiatives to make up for the remarks, including personal apologies.
March 18
— Gee sends an email to the Rev. John Jenkins, Notre Dame's president, asking if they could meet "in the near future" when Gee will be in South Bend, Ind., home of Notre Dame.
March 29
— In a speech to the Columbus Metropolitan Club, Gee refers to his habit of unfortunate remarks without mentioning the Dec. 5 comments, saying: "Even as my world view has greatly expanded, I have at times misstepped."
Monday, May 13
— The Associated Press submits public records request for audiotape of Dec. 5 remarks.
Thursday, May 16
— Gee speaks at the Health Sciences Commencement of Louisiana State University, an SEC school where his daughter is an assistant professor.
Monday, May 20
— During an already scheduled meeting with Roman Catholic Bishop Frederick Campbell of the Diocese of Columbus, Gee apologizes for his remark about Catholics.
Tuesday, May 21
— Gee calls Alvarez to apologize, then travels to South Bend to apologize in person to Jenkins.
Friday, May 24
— Gee calls SEC Commissioner Mike Slive to apologize.
— Leaves for a weeklong Disney cruise with his family.
Thursday, May 30
— The AP publishes a story about the Dec. 5 comments.
Friday, May 31
— University of Cincinnati President Santa Ono tweets that he accepts Gee's apology from the week of May 20.
— Bielema tweets an image of an email apology that day from Gee.
Saturday, June 1
— Gee returns from vacation.
— Gee calls Bielema and University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto to apologize.
Sunday, June 2
— Gee calls University of Louisville President Jim Ramsey to apologize.
— At 8 a.m., Gee meets with a number of his top officials and aides, including the university's top communications official, chief internal lawyer and the Ohio State human resources director.
— At 10 a.m., he leaves for the Big 10 Council of Presidents' meeting in suburban Chicago.
— That evening, Gee apologizes to the Big 10 in a statement.
Monday, June 3
— Gee withdraws as the June 8 commencement speaker at Francis DeSales High School, a Columbus Catholic school.
Tuesday, June 4
— At 8:30 a.m., Gee has breakfast with trustee chairman Bobby Schottenstein.
— At a previously scheduled lunch with Gov. John Kasich at Gee's residence, Gee informs Kasich of his decision to retire.
— At 3 p.m., Gee announces his retirement in a conference call with reporters.
— Gee holds meeting with his senior management council, the cabinet of his top university officials.
Wednesday, June 5
— Gee holds a news conference at the Ohio Union where he answers questions about his decision.
Source: AP Research.


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Tuesday marked the end of an era in Venice city government: Bob Anderson, the city's attorney for nearly a quarter-century, took his seat for the final time on the City Council dais.
"It's been a long journey, thank you very much," Anderson said, accepting a plaque from Mayor John Holic as Anderson's wife, council members, city employees and several former officials watched.
There are "no words to express all the help you've given us," Holic said. "I know your heart was in the right place. Thank you very much for your service."
Anderson, 60, served six city managers, two clerks and about three dozen council members in his 24 years as attorney.
He advised the council through more than 700 meetings, battles with the Federal Aviation Administration and an Environmental Protection Agency investigation over the illegal discharge of treated wastewater.
Anderson, highly regarded for his encyclopedic knowledge of Florida statutes, guided the city through unprecedented growth. He also came under criticism when the city was cited for Sunshine Law violations in 2009.
Often called the eighth council member because of his influence, Anderson surprised city officials in the fall when he announced he was retiring. He had just prevailed in a lawsuit by a Venice police officer, who claimed the city violated his civil rights.
Anderson had health problems the last few years and said that 24 years was long enough to be city attorney.
Anderson survived rumblings over the years to replace him.
Council members questioned his judgment when an activist sued city officials for Sunshine Law violations over plans for the municipal airport. Officials' computers were seized and forensically examined to retrieve deleted email. The suit dragged on for more than a year and ended up costing the city about $1.4 million in legal fees. Some officials claimed that Anderson could have pushed to settle the suit much earlier and for a fraction of the settlement. Anderson later called the period one of the most difficult in his career.
Anderson said he will no longer practice law, which means an end to his longtime practice and partnership with Wayne Hall, who served as city attorney prior to Anderson. Hall advised the Code Enforcement Board and filled in for Anderson. Hall continues to work as an estate attorney.
After Anderson announced his retirement, his firm had put in a bid to continue providing legal services with a younger new attorney. The council opted instead to hire Sarasota attorney David Persson over a handful of other finalists, including local attorney Jeff Boone.
Venice's attorney ends term in office
Tuesday marked the end of an era in Venice city government: Bob Anderson, the city's attorney for nearly a quarter-century, took his seat for the final time on the City Council dais.


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New ATAP Partners Support ARM Foundry Program
CAMBRIDGE, UK— Oct. 9, 2002 – ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor technology, today announced the latest expansion of ATAP™, the ARM technology access program, with the addition of four new US Partners. Automotive Integrated Electronics Corp., eSilicon Corp., Intrinsix Corp., and ReShape Inc. have joined the program, bringing the total number of ATAP Partners to 34. These new program Partners extend the ATAP engineering pool to more than 3,200 engineers.
The ATAP program provides a framework for selecting and enabling competent design centers with the ARM technology necessary for system-on-chip (SoC) designs. ARM® core-based SoC developers are able to use ATAP Partner services for some of the more complex tasks associated with SoC design, 'bridging the gap' with any skill shortfall the developer may have.
"The new US ATAP Partners join a comprehensive support network that ensures our Partners have the best resources available to produce the best products in the shortest time," said David Lewis, ATAP program manager for ARM. "Drawing on the expertise of 3,200 engineers, developers can count on a vast array of resources and design services support for ARM core-based devices available through our ATAP Partners."
Automotive Integrated Electronics Corporation (AIEC) is a leading designer of Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) and SoC solutions for the automotive industry. AIEC is the first ARM ATAP member in North America dedicated specifically to providing ARM technology-based SoC solutions for the automotive industry. Developers targeting the automotive industry with ARM Powered® solutions will benefit from AIEC's expertise in bringing high-performance, low-power semiconductor devices to the market.
eSilicon Corporation manufactures and designs custom chips for the world's leading electronics companies. Offering the industry's most flexible engagement model, their experienced manufacturing and design teams provide deep expertise at each step along the way to qualified, packaged, tested, custom chips. By joining the ATAP program, eSilicon now incorporates ARM's leading RISC technology into its portfolio while offering additional design resource expertise for ARM system developers.
Intrinsix Corp. is the largest independent electronic design outsourcing company. Intrinsix architects, designs and verifies hardware and software for complex electronic systems. At the heart of these systems are often SoC devices used in networking, wireless, medical and digital media applications. As a result of the demanding features and time-to-market requirements of these applications, Intrinsix rapidly delivers its SoC hardware and deeply embedded software to customers by using state-of-the-art co-design and co-verification techniques. As an ARM Approved Design Center, the design support offered by Intrinsix's highly-experienced engineers will continue to be available to ARM Partners.
ReShape, Inc., is an integrated circuit (IC) physical design outsourcing company that serves customers doing COT design. ReShape uses an automated physical design flow to build GDSII from netlists faster and more reliably than traditional manual/scripting methods. ARM Partners will take advantage of ReShape's unique complex IC design know-how in a highly automated physical design flow that sits on top of the highest-performance commercial EDA physical design tools available. ReShape is ideally positioned to extend its expertise in IC physical design to other ARM Partners.
About the ATAP Program
There are currently 34 Partners in the ATAP program, with a resource of more than 3,200 engineers available to work on ARM core-based SoC designs. ATAP design Partners must go through a strict qualification process to become an ARM Approved Design Center. This includes a design flow audit, training on implementing designs with ARM cores, tools, AMBA® interface peripherals and development techniques. Each Design Center must demonstrate its own unique skills in specific technology domains, as well as end-market expertise. The ATAP program also provides additional benefits such as geographic and time-zone locality and local language support. For more information on the ATAP program, please email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the ARM website.
About ARM
ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-on-chip (SoC) designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming a volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multimedia digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at www.arm.com.
The ATAP program is enjoying considerable plaudits from its members:
"AIEC designs ASICs and SoCs to the exacting standards of its customers. Now, with direct access to ARM technology, AIEC has the ability to design high-performance, low-cost SoCs based on ARM microprocessor cores. The combination of ARM microprocessor cores with AIEC's and third party pre-qualified automotive peripheral sets allows the customer to substantially reduce time-to-market. Additionally, the production-proven microprocessor cores and peripherals provide significant product differentiation through higher performance and lower cost than that of a standard product."
Richard Gauer, president and CEO, Automotive Integrated Electronics Corporation
"Our decision to join the ATAP program is the logical consequence of eSilicon's success with ARM technologies through their SUDL (Single Use Design License) program. Official recognition as an ARM Approved Design Center will enable us to deliver a more complete spectrum of IP, design capability, manufacturing, assembly and test to our customers."
Hao Nham, vice president and general manager of Design Services at eSilicon
Intrinsix provides complete design services for clients developing ASIC, system-on-chip (SoC) and Application Specific Standard Products (ASSP). "Intrinsix has the most experience integrating ARM processors in multi-processor SoC designs in the industry with 25+ designs under our belt. Becoming an ATAP member further substantiates this experience and expands our ability to quickly bring ARM processor and peripheral solutions to a broad base of clients."
Josh Schissler, vice president of business development, Intrinsix Corporation
"Combining the ARM technology access program and ReShape's unique complex IC design know-how, we are able to offer the best IC service experience to our customers for COT design. The ATAP Partnership enables ReShape to augment its offering to include ARM technology. Partnering with ARM provides us the tools to work with design teams to build high-quality IC layouts faster, more reliably, and more efficiently than labor-intensive layout services."
Bob Dahlberg, vice president of marketing, ReShape Inc.
ARM, ARM Powered and AMBA are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. ATAP is a trademark of ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc (LSE: ARM and Nasdaq: ARMHY); its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS; and ARM China.


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May 19. 2013 7:43PM
Fisher Cats power Stroman to first win at New Britain
Staff report
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - The Fisher Cats belted three home runs Sunday afternoon to power their way past the New Britain Rock Cats, 7-4, at New Britain Stadium. The three homers capped a three-game Fisher Cats (22-22) sweep and backed Marcus Stroman to a victory in his return from a 50-game suspension.
Brad Glenn was the first Fisher Cat to knock it out of the park for Stroman. With two outs in the third, Clint Robinson doubled to right field. Glenn followed with a mammoth home run - his third - to deep left field to give the Fisher Cats a 2-0 lead.
In the fifth, it was Ricardo Nanita who took starter B.J. Hermsen deep, a two-run shot to right field to plate Kevin Pillar for a 4-0 lead.
While the Fisher Cats built that lead, Stroman was dazzling. The righty hurled five scoreless innings, blowing away several hitters with a fastball registering in the low- to mid-90s. In his first pro start, Stroman struck out six, allowing four hits and a walk.
New Hampshire added to the lead with two more runs in the seventh against the Rock Cats bullpen. Robinson delivered an RBI single to center to score Nanita with the first run. After a bounce out by Glenn, Brian Van Kirk's double pushed the lead to 6-1.
New Hampshire ended up needing the insurance runs because the Rock Cats scored three times in the eighth against Matt Wright. Deibinson Romero hit a two-run homer, and Dan Rohlfing doubled Daniel Ortiz home. New Britain brought the tying run to the plate before Joel Carreno ended the eighth-inning outburst by striking out Jason Christian.
Nashua's Kevin Nolan homered in the ninth to cap the scoring for the Fisher Cats at 7-4. Carreno put two runners on in the bottom of the inning before a line drive double play ended the game.
Robinson led the Fisher Cats' 11-hit attack with a three-hit game. Nolan smacked his second homer of the series as part of a 2-for-4 afternoon. Van Kirk was on the bases three times, adding an RBI in the win.
After sweeping the Rock Cats, the Fisher Cats now head to Portland for the second series of the road trip. Marcus Walden (2-4, 2.96) starts the four-game series opener tonight against knuckleballer Charlie Haeger (1-0, 3.45) at 6 p.m.


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NEW YORK, June 14 (UPI) -- Saturday Night Live Executive Producer Lorne Michaels says there will be cast changes ahead of next next season of the comedy sketch show.
Michaels told Deadline the loss of five leading men in SNL over the last year has prompted some rebuilding of the cast, something that's still ongoing.
"There will be changes this year," he said.
"We lost four leading men at the end of last season, Fred [Armisen] and Bill [Hader] and Andy [Samberg] and Jason [Sudeikis], all of whom were very seasoned, very strong cast. We lost Kristin [Wiig] the year before," Lorne said. "All have been here a long time, and you get used to how good people are. Losing the fifth leading man in Seth [Meyers] (in early February) was a hard thing, in the middle of a season, because there's only one other time in the 39 years that we ever changed Update in the middle of a season, and that was Norm Macdonald to Colin Quinn. And that was more because a whole other set of reasons, but I think that that made it a much harder thing, in addition to having to focus on launching Jimmy and launching Seth. But SNL, we put a lot of pressure, a lot of new people. It was a hard season."


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You will learn
- How to use HANA Studio Perspectives
- How to create a connection to the HANA back end
- Getting started with the HANA Web based development workbench
By lpareek
Access your first data in a native SAP HANA Application.
20 Min.
Access your HANA instance that was created in "How to create an SAP HANA Developer Edition in the Cloud".
Chose Notepad as the Open with Editor.
Replace the current IP address in front of the hostname
hanapm with the specific IP address for this workshop which was supplied by your instructor.
Save the content and exit Notepad.
To add the HANA Studio Perspectives, open the HANA Studio via the Windows Start menu or via the Icon on your Start bar.
If your HANA Studio opens to the following Overview screen, simply press Workbench to return to the full Studio tooling:
To support the new developer centric workflow, there are two additional Eclipse Perspectives which have been added to SAP HANA Studio. These are not displayed by default.
In the upper right corner of your SAP HANA Studio, there is an add Perspectives button. Press this:
Add the SAP HANA Development perspective. This is the perspective you should be using for almost this entire tutorial:
Repeat the step and add the Debug perspective:
After adding these two new perspectives, you may also still see the initial SAP HANA Administration Console perspective as well. If so, you can right mouse click and choose Close as we will not be using this perspective:
Make sure you are in the SAP HANA Development perspective by clicking on the button:
Click on the Systems view. Right click in the white space below this tab and choose Add System….
Input the server hostname:
Input the instance number:
Enter a meaningful description of your choice. Press the Next button:
Enter the user id and password. The user id should be
WORKSHOP_<Group Number>. Your group number is
01. For this tutorial, your user id is
Enter the password:
Click Store user name and password in secure storage.
Click Finish:
You should now have a new connection with your specific user id for the HANA system. Please make sure to use this connection for the rest of the exercise.
The System ID and users shown in these screen shots might be different than the ones you are working with and will often be blurred to avoid any confusion.
Switch to the SAP HANA Repositories view. You should see the system entry you created in the previous step and a default Workspace. Right mouse click and choose Create Repository Workspace:
Confirm the file system location on your local machine which will hold the local copy of this Workspace. Click Finish:
You should now see the local workspace mapped to the remote workspace in the SAP HANA Repositories view:
Your System ID, User ID, Hostname, and System Numbers will be different than those displayed in subsequent screen shots. For this reason we have often blurred this information in screen shots to avoid confusion.
To view what you have just created, deployed and activated you can view the URL on the server via your web browser.
You have completed the exercise! You are now able to:
- Create a connection to the HANA server
- Launch the SAP HANA Web-based Development Workbench
- Create a schema
- Create access control files
- Grant access to the schema
- Create an
index.html file to test your setup
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November 18. 2013 11:46AM
Salvage barge was salvaged itself in Portsmouth Sunday
By GRETYL MACALASTER
Union Leader Correspondent
— A salvage barge was salvaged itself late Sunday night after sinking in the Piscataqua River near the Kittery Point Yacht Club on Saturday.
Around 4 p.m. Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard received a distress call from a self-propelled barge with a crane on it and operated by Pepperrell Cove Marine in Portsmouth.
The barge operator said he had struck an object near the old Naval prison, and his forward compartment was taking on water.
"He was going downriver, but the tide was coming in so he was trying to catch the eddy currents and was passing an area where some construction was going on," Coast Guard Ensign Connan Ingham said Monday. "We believe some of the rubble may have come down into the river and may have caused an obstruction."
Ingham said that is still under investigation and has not been confirmed.
The area where the boat struck something is deep, Ingham said, so the barge operator moved to the south side of the river where the barge ended up completely submerged.
Due to restrictive visibility Saturday night, salvage operations were halted, but a boom was put in around the vessel and a light was put on board to make sure no one ran into it.
Salvage operations resumed around 7:30 a.m. Sunday, and eventually crews were able to float the barge, patch it up, drain it, and bring it to shore.
It was towed to Dead Duck Landing around 11 p.m. Sunday and hauled out of the water.
Ingham said they are surveying the area where the barge struck something to see what happened, and if there is an obstruction, some sort of marker will be placed to warn other boaters.
"Because it's still under investigation, there is not too much action we can take yet," Ingham said.
The lone operator of the barge was assisted off the boat by the Coast Guard when they realized the drainage effort was not going to be successful. Ingham said they are not releasing the name of the operator, but they did conduct a breathalyzer test and ruled out alcohol as a cause.
The fuel tanks of the barge were inspected by divers while it was submerged, and they were intact. Ingham said there was a slight sheening, but they believe it came from the oily residue on the deck itself.


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Rhonda Sue Myers will succeed William Lindgren on the Rolla City Council in Ward One. Lindgren did not file for another term, and Myers was the only candidate to file.
Rhonda Sue Myers will succeed William Lindgren on the Rolla City Council in Ward One.
Lindgren did not file for another term, and Myers was the only candidate to file.
Myers's name is likely familiar to those who follow the council action. She has been active for several years in her neighborhood, working with the Rolla Police Department to clean out drug dealers and with other departments to clean up burned-out and abandoned houses.
Although she is running unopposed, Myers responded with answers to the questionnaire sent to all candidates for the council because she wanted to communicate with her constituents. Here are her responses:
1. Briefly describe your background, including education, current employment and work experience, voluntarism, public service and family.
MYERS: I earned dual degrees in business administration and early childhood education. I am the mother of five grown children and I was a small business owner for 30 years. I have a lifetime of service to my community. I am the co-founder of the group that reduced the crime rate in a high-risk neighborhood by 95 percent in less than two years. I've held leadership positions in the Optimist Club, the Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity. I am currently the vice president of the Rolla Community Garden Project and I volunteer at the Community Partnership.
2. Why are you running for this office?
MYERS: I am running for this office to advance the interests of the neighborhoods by addressing housing, crime and infrastructure issues in Ward One.
3. Why are you a better choice for the voters than your opponent?
MYERS: Although I am running unopposed I would like voters to know that I believe I am a good choice for this position because I have a very firm grasp on exactly what my job is — to assess, protect and represent the interests, needs and desires of my neighbors in Ward One to the city while working collegially with members of the council and administration.
4. Why should the city use tax increment financing to bring retail business to town?
MYERS: I don't believe we should use tax increment financing to bring retail business to town. It creates an unfair playing field for smaller local businesses who can't receive the tax breaks. The given excuse for using TIF is that every community around us is participating in this free for all money grab competition between communities that misuse of the TIF has created and if we don't do it, we can't compete. A 2011 study of St. Louis and St. Charles counties concluded that, while TIF created about 5,000 new jobs regionally, each job cost taxpayers over $300,000. Not a good trade off. If we are going to continue to use TIF, it requires careful scrutiny by public bodies so that it does not become welfare for the developers or unfair competition for existing businesses.
5. What's your solution to the funding of The Centre after the recreation sales tax ends Dec. 31 of this year?
MYERS: I do not have the solution to the funding of The Centre after the recreation sales tax ends Dec. 31 of this year. I do realize that, if The Centre is not self-supporting after all of these years, if the citizens of Rolla want The Centre to continue to operate, then the city will probably have to accept the fact that it needs to be subsidized. It is time to resolve this matter.
6. Do you want to loosen, rescind or leave untouched the workplace smoking ban?
MYERS: I am not prepared to make a public statement on the smoking issue. I am open to discussion with any Ward One resident who would like to share their views with me.
7. Should the city continue with the water fluoridation program?
MYERS: Clearly fluoridation contributes significantly to the dental health of everyone. The benefits far outweigh any risks. Yes, the program should continue.
8. Are there any departments that need drastic improvement in performance?
MYERS: The City of Rolla in general works incredibly well. Our neighborhood, just north of Ber Juan Park, has a wonderful working relationship with the police department and the environmental services department just to name two. We should not take our many blesses for granted.
9. Is John Butz doing a good job as city administrator?
MYERS: John Butz deserves great credit for leading Rolla for all of these years. Equally impressive to me personally is that I have often found Mr. Butz out in the community distributing food at the commodities distribution site, taking yards and cleaning up trash in neighborhood cleanups, etc. He truly has the needs of ALL of the residents of Rolla at heart and I hope he stays with us for a long time.
10. What question would you like to ask and answer?
MYERS: Does the city need an occupancy permit system? I believe we do. There are landlords, who may well be in the minority, who simply take advantage of their renters and their neighborhoods. We see the results of their neglect every day in our neighborhood.


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If You Go
What: Opera Colorado presents Verdi's "Rigoletto"
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, and Friday, March 21; 2 p.m. Sunday, March 23
Where: Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1101 13th St. Denver
Tickets: $20-$160 ($15-$150 Tuesday)
Info: 303-468-2030 or operacolorado.org
DENVER — If Opera Colorado wanted to give its patrons a healthy dose of confidence in its recent reorganization and revitalization campaign, the outstanding production of Verdi's "Rigoletto" that opened Saturday night in Denver should have accomplished it.
That the company would have chosen a warhorse of the Italian repertoire at this time was totally expected. That the production would have been ambitious was expected. But the tremendous vocal caliber on display Saturday went well beyond what we are used to hearing at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. All five lead singers (three of whom are making their Opera Colorado debut) gave awe-inspiring vocal and dramatic performances, lending an even more shattering impact to this ultimate tale of revenge gone wrong.
Baritone Gordon Hawkins is an imposing presence throughout, whether playing the titular jester as a vicious, mean-spirited trickster, as in the opening scenes; or as the humiliated fool who unwittingly assists in his daughter's kidnapping and defilement, or as the ultimate tragic figure whose triumphant vengeance is instantly transformed to utter despair at the end.
When he needs to be tenderer, as in his gorgeous duets with soprano Rachele Gilmore, who plays Rigoletto's daughter Gilda, Hawkins adapts himself with ease. Hawkins clearly considers this a signature role, and it shows.
Tenor Rene Barbera gives a spine-chilling performance as the lecherous Duke of Mantua
Writing a lyric tenor as a villain was a bold move on Verdi's part, and it still seems unexpected and jarring today — as it should. Barbera's sustained high notes have an assured clarity of pitch, and they ring confidently through. The Duke, of course, gets the opera's most famous tune, and despite the ubiquity of "La donna è mobile" in popular culture, its setting, especially when it provides Rigoletto with the evidence that his victim is still alive, is effective as ever.
Bass Stefan Szkafarowsky is forceful and sinister as the assassin Sparafucile, and he does double duty as Count Monterone, who places the opera's famous curse. At least one costume change is unbelievably quick.
Mezzo-soprano Dana Beth Miller, as Sparafucile's sister Maddalena, the Duke's unfortunate savior, has a glowing, penetrative voice that is best spotlighted in the famous Act III quartet.
But the audience favorite, and the cast's real standout, was Gilmore as Gilda. This is a character that can become maudlin or even pathetic in the wrong hands. Gilmore makes Gilda noble, not an easy feat. While magnificent in duets with both Hawkins and Barbera, Gilmore's solo aria at the end of Act I — the only true moment of respite in the plot — is the musical highlight of the entire production, even more so than "La donna è mobile." Gilmore soars, even floats into the vocal stratosphere, never once appearing to exert any labor to get there. In her decorative vocal runs, the notes melt into each other like butter.
Stage director Bernard Uzan, using marvelous sets on loan from Utah Opera, makes interesting and effective artistic decisions. The most striking of these is the staging of Gilda's death.
As is typical in Italian opera, Gilda sings for quite some time after she should have been long gone. Uzan mitigates this by placing Gilmore above the actual action dressed in white, as if she has already departed and Rigoletto is imagining her being alive. The usual singing from the body bag can be almost tragicomic, and this idea beautifully circumvents that.
Conductor Leonardo Vordoni effortlessly negotiates the score and is particularly admirable in following the expressive musical decisions of the singers. The chorus and supporting roles in "Rigoletto" are hugely important to the plot, and the production makes fine use of OC's Young Artists in most of the supporting roles. As usual, John Baril's chorus is impeccable.


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CAMBRIDGE, UK, 19 March 2004 – ARM Holdings plc [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)] today announces the settlement of all outstanding issues with Herodion (picoTurbo Inc's successor entity), following the arbitration process referred to in the preliminary results announcement on 27 January 2004. These issues related to the out-of-court settlement of the patent lawsuit against picoTurbo in December 2001.
Following the findings of the arbitration panel and subsequent discussions between the parties, ARM has agreed to pay £6.4 million to Herodion as part of the full and final settlement of all outstanding legal issues. This amount includes the original cash investment that ARM committed to make and settlement of Herodion claims for damages in compensation for loss of license revenue and royalty payments.
As this amount represents a post balance sheet adjusting event in respect of ARM's results for the year to 31 December 2003, it will be charged as a one-off item to the 2003 profit and loss account in the 2003 statutory accounts of ARM Holdings plc. These accounts will be posted to shareholders on 24 March 2004. The fully diluted earnings per share under UK GAAP for 2003 of 2.1p per share reported in the preliminary announcement on 27 January 2004 is adjusted to 1.5p per share as a result of the inclusion of the Herodion settlement. Similarly, the fully diluted earnings per share under US GAAP for 2003 of 1.9p is adjusted to 1.3p.
This settlement agreement is not expected to have any impact on ARM's financial results in 2004.
ARM will be announcing its results for the first quarter of 2004 on 20 April 2004.
For further information please see the attached financial tables extracted from the audited financial statements. Amended Financial Tables Q4 2003 (135kb PDF)
For further information please contact:
Sarah Marsland/James Melville-Ross
Tim Score
Financial Dynamics
ARM Holdings plc
+44 (0) 20 7831 3113
+44 (0) 1223 400 537
About ARM
ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. ARM licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-on-chip designs to leading electronics companies. The company also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming a volume RISC standard in applications such as automotive, consumer entertainment, security, imaging, industrial, mass storage, networking and wireless.
More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com


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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said U.S. unemployment may drop to 6.5% by the middle of next year and prompt the central bank to raise its benchmark interest rate from near zero.
"The current St. Louis Fed forecast for the unemployment rate implies that the 6.5% threshold will be crossed in June 2014," Bullard said today in New York. The Fed last month renewed its pledge to keep borrowing costs low "at least as long" as joblessness exceeds 6.5% and if projected inflation won't go beyond 2.5% one or two years in the future.
Bullard today repeated his proposal to adjust the Fed's $85 billion in monthly bond buying to account for changes in the economic outlook. Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has said the Fed will keep buying bonds until there's a "substantial" improvement in the labor market, and the Fed hasn't specified a date for the end of purchases.
"Without an end date, the committee may have to alter the pace of purchases as news arrives concerning U.S. macroeconomic performance," Bullard said today to the Center for Global Economy and Business at New York University's Stern School of Business.
The Federal Open Market Committee on Jan. 29-30 debated Bullard's proposal, according to minutes of the meeting released yesterday. Several participants "emphasized that the committee should be prepared to vary the pace of asset purchases," the minutes showed.
'Tapering' Purchases
Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher has also endorsed the idea of "tapering" asset purchases before halting the stimulus to avert a potentially disruptive "cold turkey" end in the buying. The central bank, seeking to stoke growth and bring down 7.9% unemployment, has expanded its balance sheet to a record exceeding $3 trillion.
In response to audience questions, Bullard said the outlook for the U.S. economy has become more favorable partly because of an easing in Europe's debt crisis, which cut growth last year.
At the same time, the U.S. economy's potential for growth may have declined from its rate before the 2008 financial crisis, he said.
The FOMC's achievement of "substantial" gains in the job market will occur gradually, the St. Louis Fed leader said.
"This suggests that as labor markets improve somewhat, the pace of asset purchases could be reduced somewhat, but not ended altogether," Bullard said.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a labor law overhaul that will allow outsourcing and part-time employment, but doesn't include clauses intended to democratize antiquated and authoritarian labor unions.
The bill has already been approved by the lower house and now goes to President Felipe Calderon for his signature. He originally proposed the measure.
The measure's supporters predict it will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs. Critics say the bill strips away job protections and seniority while doing little to combat the sclerotic leaderships that have spent decades in control of many unions.
"This is going to affect the rights of young workers to get seniority. It is generating the loss of rights for a whole generation of workers," said Sen. Alejandra Barrales of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party.
The bill doesn't do away with seniority, but makes it less of a factor in promotion, and the measure permits probationary and training contracts.
Other practices like outsourcing and part-time employment already exist in practice in Mexico, and the new law will explicitly allow them under certain regulations. For example, a part-time worker could never earn less than the daily minimum wage of about 60 pesos ($5) a day.
Salaried workers in Mexico, about one-fifth of whom are unionized, have long counted on health, housing, severance and profit-sharing benefits to somewhat offset meager wages. The overhaul could make it harder for workers to get full benefits, if companies try to abuse probationary contracts or outsource their employees to smaller firms with few assets or responsibilities.
The bill passed Tuesday was also seen as a test of the commitment of President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto and the Institutional Revolutionary Party to modernization.
The party, known as the PRI, ruled Mexico with a heavy hand for 71 years until it lost the 2000 elections. The PRI is allied with old-guard union leaders and opposed most of the union democracy reforms. Pena Nieto won the July 1 presidential election and is scheduled to take office Dec. 1, at the head of what he claims is a changed and modernized PRI.
Some legislators had proposed requiring unions to submit proposed contracts to union members for approval and elect their leaders by secret ballots. Both of those clauses were stripped out in the lower house. The Senate agreed to pass the bill along to Calderon without the democracy clauses.
Mexican unions are so undemocratic that, when opening new factories, employers sometimes select a docile union for the new facility and the first workers enter with a contract already signed behind their backs. Many workers don't even know the name of the union that supposedly represents them and takes their dues.
The new bill does try to make unions somewhat more accountable in how they use dues money.
Union "democracy was not completely eliminated," said Calderon's labor secretary, Rosalinda Velez. "Even if the president's original proposal was not preserved, there is important progress in union democracy."


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Hooksett car dealer fined for uncovered warrantiesStaff Report
June 06. 2014 6:48PM
A Hooksett used car dealer was given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay $20,933 in restitution for keeping the money customers paid for extended warranties on their cars instead of sending the payments and contracts to the service provider.
Edward J. Walter, who operates the dealership NHCars.net, was sentenced in Merrimack County Superior Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to a Class A felony of theft by misapplication. He was given a 1½ - to 3-year suspended state prison sentence.
He will be allowed to continue operating NHCars.net under a revised business plan that requires auditing of his business practice and NHCars.net.
Walter and the corporation pleaded guilty on Jan. 29, but sentencing was postponed to enable NHCars.net to pay $20,933 in restitution, according to New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph A. Foster and state Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny.
Additionally, the LLC was fined $100,000, with $50,000 suspended for five years.
Indictments against Walter and the company charged both with recklessly taking money from consumers and failing to transfer those funds to the extended service provider that was offering the contract or warranty on the car sold by the dealership.
Walter, the manager and sole member of the LLC, was directly responsible for making the payments to the extended service provider.
The investigation began when consumers complained to both the Attorney General's Office and the Fraud Unit of the state Insurance Department. Consumers reported buying cars and extended warranties from NHCars.net only to discover, when they tried to use it for repairs, that NHCars.net had not forwarded the contract or the payment to the service provider.
The money instead was deposited into NHCars.net operating account, investigators said.
Additionally, Walter also offered an "in-house" warranty by charging a fee in exchange for his promise to repair the consumer's vehicle.
New Hampshire's extended warranty law requires the auto dealer to register with the Insurance Department and demonstrate financial responsibility before offering any extended warranty program. Authorities said Walter did neither.
Under the plea agreement negotiated by the Attorney General and the Insurance Commissioner, Walter will no longer offer in-house warranties.
"If a consumer has any concerns about a dealership's authority to offer extended warranties, they should contact the Insurance Department," said Sevigny. "Businesses and dealerships need to understand the law, and they will be prosecuted if they collect charges for warrant services in violation of the law."
To report a suspected case of fraud, go to the state Insurance Department website, 222.nh.gov/insurance, and click on the "Report Insurance Fraud" link. Consumers can also file a complaint with the Attorney General's Office at http://doj.nh.gov/consumer/ or by calling the Attorney General's Consumer Hotline at 1-9888-468-4454.


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By James Saft
(Reuters) - Britain may well come to regret the exceptionally long gap between Governor of the Bank of England-to-be Mark Carney's appointment in November and his first day on the job in July.
Widely seen as a central banking superstar (a role not without its dangers), Carney is credited with helping to steer Canada's economy through the financial crisis and its aftermath with its banking system and reputation intact.
But one cost of bagging Carney as the successor to Mervyn King was a very long run-in of more than seven months, during which Britain has lurched towards and away from recession all the while giving the impression of an economy more punch drunk than strengthening.
The rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee of the BOE is widely expected to do very little when it votes this Thursday, missing an opportunity to cut rates from the record low 0.50 percent where they have sat for four years. It is also very unlikely the BOE will increase its quantitative easing bond-buying plans or further follow up or expand on its efforts to channel credit to households and businesses.
Looked at narrowly, another month or two of inaction, while a contrast to the comparative activism of the Bank of Japan and even the European Central Bank, is not that bad. The very recent run of economic data in Britain has been mildly encouraging, dampening fears that the country was listing towards its third recession since 2008. Surveys of businesses showed some strength in the dominant services sector and very slight contraction in manufacturing and construction. As well, GDP expanded in the first quarter, confounding minority expectations of a new slide into recession.
Take two steps back and the somewhat quiet period before Carney's ascendancy, if that is what his era turns out to be, is slightly more troubling. The background for the British economy is well known: this is a slump worse than the Great Depression, both deeper and without the same vibrancy of the 1930s recovery. And with years of falling living standards, many households are squeezed. A survey by a consumer advocacy group found that 20 percent of participants borrowed money or used savings to meet the cost of food in April.
Britain's coalition-leading Conservative party remains committed to a program of deficit reduction, despite criticism from the International Monetary Fund, placing more pressure on monetary policy.
"Our hopes now rest on either a significant and speedy recovery of our biggest trading partner, the euro zone economy (and that looks to be going in the wrong direction), or monetary policy," UK-based fund manager Jim Leaviss wrote in a note to clients.
"In other words do the government's hopes all rest on Carney doing something new and different, or massively increasing the scale of what the Bank of England has done before? If so we might all be disappointed."
To be sure, the BOE has taken steps to goose growth, notably making changes in April to a program designed to lend money to banks for lending on to households and businesses.
Not only has inflation been above the BOE's 2 percent target for more than three years - it now stands at 2.8 percent - prices in the inflation-protected bond market imply investors are demanding 3.1 percent over 10 years to compensate them for anticipated inflation.
That may give Carney little room to implement so-called forward guidance, a policy he has been associated with in Canada which involves trying to move market prices by telling investors how long low interest rates will be kept in place. The risks are that forward guidance either finds little traction or, conversely, erodes faith in the BOE's commitment to fighting inflation.
Opening up a hot front in the currency wars is also not an attractive option, for Britain or for the BOE. There is considerable firepower on the other side, as shown by the willingness of the other major central banks to pursue easy money policies. As well, Britain, with its consumer-oriented economy, would suffer more from the high import prices brought on by a weak pound than it would benefit as an exporter.
Carney, therefore, is going to have a hard row to hoe. Expectations are high, morale is low and global conditions, with weakness in Europe and China, are not necessarily developing to Britain's advantage.
When the new central banker does land, pressure will be high to "do something," especially by subscribers to the Great Man theory of central banking.
Carney may end up looking back fondly on his pre-BOE days.
(James Saft is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own)
(At the time of publication, Reuters columnist James Saft did not own any direct investments in securities mentioned in this article. He may be an owner indirectly as an investor in a fund. For previous columns by James Saft, click on)


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