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- Firms to Face new Rules Over Pay, Taxes (WSJ)
- US to test commercial drones at six sites (CNN)
- China's Local Debt Swells to 17.9 Trillion Yuan in Audit (BBG) - which is about 2 trillion less than where it actually is (Reuters)
- Fears after key China debt level soars 70% (FT) and in reality the debt level is saoring far more
- Pot Shops in Denver Open Door to $578 Million in Sales (BBG)
- China Says It Will Shun Abe After Shrine Visit (WSJ)
- De Blasio Taking Office Citing Wealth Gap as Crime Falls (BBG)
- China Approves $353 Million of Share Sales as IPOs Resume (BBG)
- Obama Seeks Way to Right His Ship (WSJ)
- Netflix Tests Subscription Fees Based on Number of Account Users (BBG)
- Three big macro questions for 2014 (FT)
- Australia cyclone heads inland after battering iron ore ports (Reuters)
- Latvia sees joining euro as extra protection against Russia (FT)
- Berkshire Swaps $1.4 Billion in Phillips 66 Stock in Deal (BBG)
Overnight Media Digest
* In the best year for U.S. stocks since 1995, the smart way to play the markets has been to follow the dumb money.
* Private-equity firms are set to return a record amount of cash to their investors for 2013, after taking advantage of buoyant markets to sell hundreds of billions of dollars of investments.
* Regulators are set to unleash new business rules in 2014 that will push companies to re-examine issues ranging from their taxes and suppliers to auditor relationships and interest-rate hedges.
* Cooper Tire terminated its $2.2 billion merger pact with Indian suitor Apollo Tyres, ending a deal that had unraveled in recent months.
* Prices have tumbled 20 percent this year, capping the biggest two-year plunge in a decade and highlighting commodity markets' struggle with a supply deluge.
* A feud between Apple and a lawyer appointed by a federal court judge to monitor the company's e-book pricing reform is getting more acrimonious.
* Hertz Global Holdings Inc enacted a one-year shareholder-rights plan to prevent investors from gaining sizable control of the car-rental firm, a move the company attributed to "unusual and substantial" trading activity.
* Hewlett-Packard Co on Monday said it is in advanced talks with two U.S. regulators to settle investigations concerning allegations of bribery.
Paul Tucker, former deputy governor for financial stability at the Bank of England, is knighted in the new year's honours list for his services to central banking.
The UK's financial markets watchdog is on track to receive a record number of pleas for help from overseas authorities in 2013 as cross-border scandals such as Libor-rigging underscore the global nature of regulatory investigations.
The heads of Britain's electricity networks will be grilled by MPs in the new year amid rising anger over the amount of time it has taken to restore power to tens of thousands of homes affected by last week's storms.
Local government debt levels in China have soared to almost $3 trillion in less than three years, according to an official audit highlighting one of Beijing's most daunting challenges as it attempts to sustain economic growth while avoiding a financial crisis.
London Underground is throwing its stations open to greater commercial development as part of an overhaul of the world's oldest metro system designed to boost the network's takings.
* Despite challenges that have stymied even giants like Wal-Mart Stores Inc, some American technology entrepreneurs are seeking to pursue India's untapped opportunities, and are ready to risk their money on start-ups.
* Banks in 16 countries are using a psychometric test to predict whether someone will pay back a loan. Originally a Harvard doctoral project, the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab's test has increasingly won the confidence of risk-averse bankers in places where, many economists believe, credit bottlenecks are severely stunting growth. A new partnership with MasterCard Inc has potential to speed the model's proliferation.
* Parents and advocacy groups have been using websites and social media as powerful megaphones to force titans of the food industry to reconsider the ingredients in their foods and the labeling and processing of their products. In several instances in the last year or so, major food companies and fast-food chains have shifted to coloring derived from spices or other plant-based sources, or changed or omitted certain labels from packaging.
* The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy existing homes in November was nearly unchanged from October, suggesting sales are stabilizing after several months of declines.
* Hertz Global Holding LLC, one of America's biggest car rental companies, has adopted a one-year shareholder rights plan, commonly known as "poison pill," to thwart an investor from gaining control of the board.
* Private equity firm Bain Capital said it had agreed to buy a majority stake in Bob's Discount Furniture, the chain of stores known for its low-tech commercials featuring its founder, Bob Kaufman.
* The restaurant chain Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc's board fired back at Sardar Biglari, the activist investor, on Monday, saying that it plans to continue business as is despite Biglari's push to put Cracker Barrel on the block.
* Support for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government is dropping sharply, according to a new poll showing a majority of Canadians believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.
* The world's central banks are stashing away Canadian dollars at a faster rate than any other major currency, a vote of confidence at a time when the loonie, the Canadian one dollar coin, has lost some of its shine in foreign exchange markets.
* Canada's first gold coins had barely been minted before Ottawa yanked them out of circulation a hundred years ago in an effort to stop gold from leaving the country during the First World War. After a century of sitting in cloth bags inside the Bank of Canada vault, they are among a wide range of assets the Conservative government is liquidating - in this case literally - to save taxpayers a few dollars and help balance the books.
* Toronto City Council will debate asking the Ontario government to help pay for cleanup after an ice storm that left hundreds of thousands of people without power, a bill that may ultimately be shared by Ottawa if costs rise.
Reports in the business section:
* BlackBerry Ltd Chief Executive John Chen continues to swat at critics and competitors, issuing an open letter that takes some direct shots at the company's rivals as he tries to convince the market the smartphone company can turn itself around.
* Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce signed a new deal with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority earlier this month, becoming the only bank allowed to advertise in Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport. Canadian banks are developing new tactics to attract business from immigrants, devoting greater effort to locking down newcomers even before they settle in their new country.
* Bombardier Inc says it received a firm order for 10 Challenger 350 business jets worth $259 million at list price. The Montreal-based plane and train maker did not disclose the customer's name.
* The province of Ontario has experienced a rash of plant closings recently, and with a lacking currency cost advantage, new investment doesn't seem to be in the cards.
* Alberta's opposition leader, Danielle Smith, says she is determined to win the legislature come 2016 against a government posting unbalanced budgets amid a series of petty scandals and outrages.
* Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says her vow to set up an Ontario pension plan is no bluff to twist Ottawa's arm on enhancing the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). She says she'll forge ahead because the federal government has shut down any discussion about CPP to provide Canadians with a more secure retirement income.
* Kitsault Energy Ltd has applied to federal regulators to export 20 million tons of chilled natural gas per year from the site of an abandoned mining town on Canada's West Coast, joining much bigger companies looking to tap British Columbia shale gas for delivery to overseas markets.
* Two directors, Douglas Reeson and Greg Hall, have resigned from Colossus Minerals Inc, a formerly high-flying junior mining company that is now on the verge of financial collapse.
* Canadians may be the heaviest Internet users in the world but their homegrown online retailers have yet to catch up to the performance of U.S. stores with sites in Canada, according to a report by Vancouver-based digital consultancy Chasm Digital Inc.
- China's Ministry of Land and Resources is drafting rules to ensure the supply of arable land. China must improve land efficiency to meet a level of at least 120 million hectares for agriculture, ministry vice minister Wang Shiyuan said.
- The scale of China's outward direct investment is estimated to reach $90 billion this year, said Wang Yiming, a vice president of macroeconomic research under the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
- China will implement five institutional and five functional changes in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) next year, including setting up a separate accounting unit and establishing markets for bulk products, sources told the official paper.
- Authorities in Shanghai have blacklisted 29 hospitals for failing to implement tougher smoking rules as China cracks down on public smoking. The move follows a ban in China on officials smoking in public places.
- China's urban smog reached a 52-year high in 2013, according to the National Meteorological Center. Cities suffered on average 29.9 days of smog over the course of the year.
- Revealing China's government debt to the public will help make the government's economic work more transparent, so improving debt management and supervision, said a commentary in the paper that acts as the Party's mouthpiece.
Fly On The Wall 7:00 AM Market Snapshot
Haemonetics (HAE) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Benchmark Co.
Blucora (BCOR) initiated with a Hold at Jefferies
Ring Energy (REI) initiated with a Buy at SunTrust
Hertz (HTZ) potential spin-off could spur investor interest, says Wells Fargo
ITT Educational (ESI) CFPB settlement risk manageable, says William Blair
Penn National (PENN) Q4 revenue estimate cut to $651M at FBR Capital
NASDAQ (NDAQ), Borsa Instanbul signed agreement; NASDAQ to take 5% equity stake
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) acquired flow improver business from Phillips 66 (PSX)
Hertz Global (HTZ) board unanimously adopted one-year shareholder rights plan
Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) doesn't comment on unusual market activity
Safeguard Scientifics (SFE) partner company ThingWorx acquired by PTC (PTC) for $112M
- Symantec Corp. (SYMC), which makes anti-virus and data security software sees many opportunities for growth in China. The U.S. remains Symantec's largest market, accounting for nearly half of its revenue, but its presence in the Asian Pacific region has increased over the past several years, and the region now generates roughly 20% of its revenue, the Wall Street Journal reports
- The question being raised by bankers trying to assess the flood of new regulation continuing to wash over their firms is what's the endgame. While many are resigned to the fact their business will be very different due to the financial crisis, they are unsettled by the lack of an overarching framework for the multitude of regulatory initiatives, the Wall Street Journal reports
- Dallas Fed President Fisher said his votes on the central bank's policy panel in 2014 will reflect his concern that the Fed's bond-buying risks stoking inflation and exposing the institution politically, Reuters reports
- The American Bankers Association dropped its request for a federal judge to temporarily block Volcker Rule restrictions on collateralized debt obligations backed by trust-preferred securities after regulators said they are reviewing challenged aspects of the rule, according to a filing in federal court in Washington, Bloomberg reports
- Apple (AAPL) faces opposition from the U.S. in its bid to block an antitrust monitor appointed in a electronic books price-fixing case from interviewing top executives and directors, including CEO Tim Cook and board member Al Gore, Bloomberg reports
Air Methods (AIRM) files automatic mixed securities shelf
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Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council's
Media Release re Protest Bill - 27 June 2014
The Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council congratulate the State Government on following through on their pre-election commitment with the Workplaces (Protection From Protesters) Bill 2014.
The CEO of the Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council, Jeremy Kouw, said it is completely appropriate that there are meaningful penalties for individuals that invade workplaces.
"Not only do protestors put themselves at great personal risk they risk the safety of the employees who are trying to go about their normal work. They also create a deliberate disruption of a workplace which harms the financial outcomes of the business. "
"This law is not about stopping people protesting peacefully. It is about stopping a vocal minority who think they are above the law and have a misguided belief that it is their right to deliberately disrupt a workplace, with no regard to the safety or the financial risks to the business."
"It is for those reasons that we welcome this new bill to minimise any work safety risks and to allow hard working people to go on with their business."
Taken from the Tasmanian Minerals and energy council
Im not sure what this means to legitimate protest in Tasmania? But, im sure it will have ramifications to the current imported flashmob protests we are so used to down here. That strategy, quite frankly, has not changed a thing other than make miners and everyday people dig their heals in and adds to their resolve. Some of the mines on the West Coast are in lock down because of the current methods employed by current activists. And, they will stay in lock down and locked up. for the foreseeable future. I fail to see how anyone or anything benefits for that.
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Who's Hiring & Who is Hirable? The Agile Development Methodology Talent Gap infographic from Yoh points out why it is so hard to find agile developers and why the pros get paid the big bucks.
The rapid adoption of the agile development methodology has created a sizable talent gap. The INFOGRAPHIC from Yoh uncovers the impact:
Demand outstrips supply by nearly 4xCompanies have to pay a premium for Agile expertiseThe agile talent gap is most significant in thePacific NorthwestLabor pressure for agile talent goes from bad to worseCompetition for agile talent is fierce
Good design, and certainly eye opening for agile developers and employers. The only visualization I struggled with was the Experience stacked bar, because the bar sizes don't match the data shown. Not even close.
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White House Comes Out Against The Approach In SOPA/PIPA In Response To Online Petition
from the boom deptRemember that big first petition to the White House against SOPA? As you may recall, that got enough signatures that it required a response from the White House... and that response has come out. It rejects the approaches found in both SOPA and PIPA. They say that "online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response" but that there are many things they will not support.
They will not support a bill that has the potential to censor lawful activity or inhibit innovation:
To minimize this risk, new legislation must be narrowly targeted only at sites beyond the reach of current U.S. law, cover activity clearly prohibited under existing U.S. laws, and be effectively tailored, with strong due process and focused on criminal activity. Any provision covering Internet intermediaries such as online advertising networks, payment processors, or search engines must be transparent and designed to prevent overly broad private rights of action that could encourage unjustified litigation that could discourage startup businesses and innovative firms from growing.They flat out reject anything that involves DNS blocking:
We must avoid creating new cybersecurity risks or disrupting the underlying architecture of the Internet. Proposed laws must not tamper with the technical architecture of the Internet through manipulation of the Domain Name System (DNS), a foundation of Internet security. Our analysis of the DNS filtering provisions in some proposed legislation suggests that they pose a real risk to cybersecurity and yet leave contraband goods and services accessible online. We must avoid legislation that drives users to dangerous, unreliable DNS servers and puts next-generation security policies, such as the deployment of DNSSEC, at risk.They do still say that new legislation is needed, but they want something where every stakeholder is actually involved:
So, rather than just look at how legislation can be stopped, ask yourself: Where do we go from here? Don't limit your opinion to what's the wrong thing to do, ask yourself what's right. Already, many of members of Congress are asking for public input around the issue. We are paying close attention to those opportunities, as well as to public input to the Administration. The organizer of this petition and a random sample of the signers will be invited to a conference call to discuss this issue further with Administration officials and soon after that, we will host an online event to get more input and answer your questions. Details on that will follow in the coming days.Make no mistake about this: this is the White House asking for a hard reset of SOPA/PIPA and saying start again from scratch. This is an astounding turn of events, and a much stronger statement from the White House than anyone honestly expected. This is almost entirely because of the outcry that came out of the internet over the last few months. Without that, it is unlikely that the White House ever would have come out with such a strong position that questions the key provisions of these bills.
Washington needs to hear your best ideas about how to clamp down on rogue websites and other criminals who make money off the creative efforts of American artists and rights holders. We should all be committed to working with all interested constituencies to develop new legal tools to protect global intellectual property rights without jeopardizing the openness of the Internet. Our hope is that you will bring enthusiasm and know-how to this important challenge.
Moving forward, we will continue to work with Congress on a bipartisan basis on legislation that provides new tools needed in the global fight against piracy and counterfeiting, while vigorously defending an open Internet based on the values of free expression, privacy, security and innovation. Again, thank you for taking the time to participate in this important process. We hope you'll continue to be part of it.
It will be important to continue to be engaged and to make sure that what happens next really is reasonable. Let's hope that Congress actually recognizes the importance of what the White House is saying, and that any future process really is open. Congress has a way of ignoring things like this, and until Harry Reid agrees to put PIPA on the shelf and take part in this hard reset, people need to keep the pressure on the Senate. But, in the short term, this is a rather historic moment, in that it is a case where a loud public outcry really has had a major impact on this process. When the Senate introduced PIPA early last year, it was seen as almost assured that it would pass in something close to its initial form. Now that seems impossible.
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Dr. Jonathan Orens is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include pulmonary and critical care medicine. An internationally recognized expert in lung transplantation, he serves as the director of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the medical director of the Lung Transplantation Program.
Dr. Orens received his M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center and performed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Michigan Hospitals. Dr. Orens joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1998.
His research interests include clinical outcomes of lung transplantation, chronic allograft rejection and ischemic reperfusion injury.
- Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
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Departments / Divisions
- Medicine - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
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- MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine (1987)
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Dr. Orens' research has focused on lung transplant outcomes, assessing risk factors for the development of chronic allograft rejection and primary graft dysfunction, and developing new treatment strategies.
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Shah RJ, Wickersham N, Lederer DJ, Palmer SM, Cantu E, Diamond JM, Kawut SM, Lama VN, Bhorade S, Crespo M, Demissie E, Sonett J, Wille K, Orens J, Weinacker A, Shah P, Arcasoy S, Wilkes DS, Christie JD, Ware LB; Lung Transplant Outcomes Group. "Preoperative plasma club (clara) cell secretory protein levels are associated with primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation." Am J Transplant. 2014 Feb;14(2):446-52. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12541. Epub 2014 Jan 8.
Diamond JM, Akimova T, Kazi A, Shah RJ, Cantu E, Feng R, Levine MH, Kawut SM, Meyer NJ, Lee JC, Hancock WW, Aplenc R, Ware LB, Palmer SM, Bhorade S, Lama VN, Weinacker A, Orens J, Wille K, Crespo M, Lederer DJ, Arcasoy S, Demissie E, Christie JD; for the Lung Transplant Outcomes Group. "Genetic variation in prostaglandin E2 pathway is associated with primary graft dysfunction." Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Jan 27. [Epub ahead of print].
Eberlein M, Reed RM, Maidaa M, Bolukbas S, Arnaoutakis GJ, Orens JB, Brower RG, Merlo CA, Hunsicker LG. "Donor-recipient size matching and survival after lung transplantation: A cohort study." Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2013 Oct;10(5):418-25. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201301-008OC.
Miller HL, Shah PD, Orens JB, McDyer JF. "Prevention of airway allograft tolerance by polyinosinic: Polycytidylic acid requires type I interferon responsiveness for mouse airway obliteration." J Heart Lung Transplant. 2013 Sep;32(9):914-24. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.06.017.
Shah P, Orens JB. "Impact of nutritional state on lung transplant outcomes: The weight of the evidence." J Heart Lung Transplant. 2013 Aug;32(8):755-6. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.06.001.
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Sophomore Tim Freeman's 13th place finish in the 100 breaststroke highlighted the action for UC Santa Barbara on Friday at the 2009 AT&T Short Course National Championships at the Weyerhaueser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington.
Freeman finished 13th with a time of 54.98, moving up two places and dropping .55 seconds off of his morning preliminary swim. Recent UCSB graduate Jeff Sudbury also competed in the 100 breast and finished 11th with a time of 54.68.
On the women's side, senior Anne Marie May also swam the 100 breast and placed 42nd in the prelims with a time of 1:04.74. Former UCSB standout Katy Freeman took seventh in the finals of the 100 breast with a time of 1:00.46, adding .31 seconds onto her morning prelims time.
The current and former Gauchos will all continue competition at the Short Course National Championships on Saturday. Both Freeman's will tackle the 200 breaststroke, an event Katy is seeded fourth in, while May and Sudbury will compete in the 100 freestyle.


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Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
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J. S. Afr. Vet. Assoc. vol.79 no.2 Pretoria 2008
Pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Beijing strain) infection in a stray dog
S D C ParsonsI; T A GousII; R M WarrenI; P D van HeldenI
IDST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology/Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics DepartmentofBiomedical Sciences,Facultyof Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, PO Box 19063, Tygerberg, 7505 South Africa
IIPathCare Veterinary Laboratory, Private Bag X107, N1 City, Cape Town, 7463 South Africa/PO Box 5371, Helderberg, 7135 South Africa
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in dogs is rarely reported and has not previously been documented in South Africa. A case of a stray Maltese crossbreed dog with extensive multifocal pulmonary tuberculosis due to M. tuberculosis is described. Pulmonary granulomas in this case were poorly encapsulated and contained large numbers of acid-fast bacteria, highlighting the potential for infected companion animals to excrete the pathogen. Treatment of canine tuberculosis is generally not advised, and for this reason, euthanasia of diseased animals must be advocated in most instances. Physicians and veterinarians must be aware that companion animals with active disease caused by M. tuberculosis could act as a potential source of infection.
Keywords: canine, dog, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, tuberculosis, zoonosis
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Britain's defense ministry releases its final UFO files
New documents show the MoD found no defense benefit in is UFO hotline and no evidence of ETs.
Newly declassified UFO files show that the British ministry of defense decided to shut down its public UFO hotline in 2009 because it had produced "no defense benefit" and no evidence of extra-terrestrial beings in more than 50 years.
The 209 files and approximately 52,000 pages released by The National Archives of Britain on Friday also included reports from the public on strange lights and even alien abductions. It is the final batch of UFO files in a series that the National Archives has released periodically.
One key document finally explains why the ministry suddenly pulled the plug on its UFO hotline in December 2009.
A briefing prepared for then-defense minister Bob Ainsworthy by the RAF Air Command one month earlierhad recommended that the MoD "should seek to reduce very significantly the UFO task which is consuming increasing resource, but produces no valuable defence output."
READ: The final UFO files
The briefing said that in more than 50 years "no UFO sighting reported to [MoD] has ever revealed anything to suggest an extra-terrestrial presence or military threat to the UK" and "there is no defence benefit in [MoD] recording, collating, analysing or investigating UFO sightings."
The ministry found that investigations into purported UFO sightings, even from more reliable sources, "serve no useful purpose and merely divert air defence specialists from their primary tasks."
The ministry predicted that shutting down the hotline would draw "negative comments" from ufologists but that any campaign they might mount to get it restored would be "vociferous, but short-lived."
The documents, however, show that the government was sensitive about how it handled the move, noting that the MoD deliberately refrained from raising the issue with other government to avoid any future charges of an international collaboration and conspiracy.
From 2000 to 2007, the documents show, the ministry received an average of 150 UFO sightings annually, increasing to 643 in 2009, which had made the workload "unmanageable."
The ministry said sightings tended to cluster during summer months when people were more likely to be outside walking their dog, enjoying family barbecues or relaxing in hot tubs.
Among them:
•A number of people said they were "amazed," "stunned," or "frightened" by formations of orange lights generated by the release of Chinese lanterns.
•UFOs were reported to be hovering near the Houses of Parliament in February 2008 and near Stonehenge in January 2009.
•A man in Cardiff claimed a UFO abducted his dog, car and tent while camping
with friends in 2007.
•A letter from a school child asked for the truth about UFOs after she had seen some strange lights. The letter included a drawing of an alien in an UFO waving. The document said the UFO desk sent her a bag of RAF "goodies" in response.
•A woman in Dorset reported seeing a "a bright white fireball? that entered her house through her kitchen window in August 2009. The fireball fell into a carrier bag and was followed by "blinding white sheet lightning?, but no trace of any burns was found in the kitchen, according to the documents.


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Arthur Wendell Cook
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Arthur Wendell Cook, age 75, of Barbeau, passed away Monday morning, Sept. 3, 2012 at Hospice House of the EUP.
Arthur was born Oct. 12, 1936 in Sault Ste. Marie to the late Hugh and Rubina (Brander) Cook. Arthur married Frances (Romano) Lamoreaux on Jan. 20, 1979 in Sault Ste. Marie. He was an iron worker based out of Joliet, Ill. Arthur enjoyed fishing, hunting, and berry picking. When he was younger, he would swim from Barbeau to Neebish Island. He would also swim by the Sugar Island Ferry dock where people would throw coins in the water for him to dive after.
Arthur is survived by his stepchildren: Linda Johnston of Sault Ste. Marie, Grant (Carolyn) Lamoreaux of Rudyard, Clyde (Teri) Lamoreaux of Sault Ste. Marie, Rodney (Penny) Romano of Flint, Dale Lamoreaux of Pennsylvania, and Renee "Mikki" (Bruce) Winters of Traverse City; 14 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by three brothers: Lynnwood (Pam) Cook of Jacksonville, Fla., D. Raymond (Linda) Cook of Sault Ste. Marie, and Hugh (Helen) Cook Jr. of Barbeau; three sisters: Olive Lesyshen of Ontario and Florida, Mary Marra of Florida, and Anita (Don) Monck of Barbeau; two brothers-in-law, John Lawrence and Roger Norton, and his beloved dog Tory.
Arthur was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, one step-grandson, Ryan Johnston, one great-grandson, Sebastian Decker, four sisters: Dorothy Lawrence, Arbutus Jean Paulus, Jane Niemi, and Patricia Norton; and a brother, Edward Cook.
=There will be a celebration of his life at his home on Sept. 16, 2012 starting at noon. In lieu of flowers, memorials may left to Hospice of the EUP. C.S. Mulder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be left on line at www.csmulder.com
Richard Thomas Mackey
Richard T. Mackey died on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 at the Hospice House of the EUP after a courageous battle with cancer.
Richard was born on Jan. 16, 1953 in Sault Ste, Marie, the son of Elda Mackey and the late John Mackey Sr. Richard graduated in 1971 from Sault Area High School, where he lettered in football. After graduating, Richard sailed on many U.S. Steel freighters. He entered the U.S. Air Force in 1975, working as an electrician. He later returned home to work at Kewadin Casinos before spending most of of the last 10 years of his life taking care of our late father, John Mackey Sr, who had Alzheimer's Disease. Richard enjoyed photography, reading war history, and Clive Cussler books.
Richard is survived by his son Thomas, step-son Fernando and their mother, Marisol of Madrid, Spain. He is also survived by his mother, Elda Mackey (LaFaver), his sister, Diane Comley (Rick) of Marquette; brothers John Mackey, Jr. (Mary Kay) of Sault Ste. Marie and Jeffrey Mackey of Excelsior Springs, Mo. In addition, Richard is survived by many aunts, cousins, nephews, nieces and friends. Richard will be sorely missed by special friends Jan Gunson, Rick Isaacson, Shelia Compton of Sault Ste. Marie, and by his best high school friends Stan Ronquist of Newberry and Rick Murphy of Frederick, Colo.
Richard was preceded in death by his father, John Mackey Sr. and his infant son, Richie Mackey of Madrid, Spain.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 from 5-7 p.m. at C.S. Mulder Funeral Home followed by a 7 p.m. funeral service with Father Sebastian Kavumkal officiating. Richard will be cremated at a later date with his remains retuning to Madrid, Spain. Richard loved all the staff at War Memorial Hospital Long Term Care infusion department and Dr. Bolmer. Special thanks to all of the staff and volunteers at Hospice House for their care and compassion.
Memorial Contributions may be made to the Hospice House of the EUP. Condolence may be left on line at www.csmulder.com
Death Notices
FAIRBANKS, DARYL of Sault Ste. Marie, passed away at his home on Sept. 10, 2012. He was born Aug. 11, 1928. Arrangements are in the care of Hovie Funeral Home.
MESSER, JEAN B. "BABE" (McCullen), age 65, of Newberry, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 at the home of her daughter in Newberry. She was born Feb. 8, 1947 in Newberry. Funeral arrangements are in the care of Reamer Galer Funeral Home in Pickford. www.reamergalerfuneralhome.com


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First off, a sincere apology is due. We previously (and erroneously) reported that the footage above was made by the straight-to-DVD sausage factory The Asylum. Mea culpa, Asylum. I eagerly await Carl Weathers' American Battleship.
This is, in fact, Tomcat Films' The Amazing Bulk, a film so narratively rich it required a year to marinate on the shelf to let its plot juices steep. You will finally be able to watch this film and/or screen saver on April 17. Warning: the footage looks like it was cribbed from the most low-budget California Raisins porn ever filmed.
Here's the damn synopsis:
Henry "Hank" Howard, an ambitious young scientist, struggles to develop a superhuman serum designed to improve muscle mass and prolong life expectancy. His boss, the grumpy General Darwin, will not allow Hank to marry his daughter, Hannah, until the experiment is a success. Against Darwin's wishes Hank proposes to Hannah anyway, but his life is shattered by a mugger who steals his engagement ring. Dejected, Hank injects himself with the experimental serum and is transformed into the Amazing Bulk.
The Bulk goes on a rampage through the city, destroying everything in his path. Hank is caught by a relentless detective, imprisoned by Darwin, and forced to battle the sadistic Dr. Kantlove, who threatens to blow up the moon with his arsenal of weapons.
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Dan Walters: Should California subsidize new Air Force bomber?
The U.S. Air Force apparently wants to develop a new high-tech strategic bomber – but the scope of the project, or even whether it materializes, is a bit hush-hush.
If a new bomber flies, it apparently will be a bidding competition between a partnership of Boeing and Lockheed Martin on one side and Northrop Grumman on the other – but even that is a bit fuzzy.
The aerospace giants brought their dogfight to the Capitol on Tuesday as a Senate committee considered – and changed – a bill that would provide as much as $420 million in state subsidies to the Boeing-Lockheed Martin combo.
Subsidies for manufacturing significant portions of the "advanced strategic aircraft" in California have kicked around the Capitol for months. But suddenly, last week, the Assembly passed a newly drafted measure that would provide tax credits for California jobs created by a "major first-tier subcontractor" – a term that, as defined, applies only to Lockheed Martin, Boeing's junior partner.
Assembly Bill 2389 was drafted by Lockheed Martin, along with Gov. Jerry Brown's administration, and legislators were told it must be enacted quickly to meet a Defense Department deadline in July for filing proposals, because the Legislature is recessing for a month at the end of the week.
However, when it hit the Senate Governance and Finance Committee on Tuesday, its passage – at least as drafted – became somewhat problematic.
Northrop Grumman, which has extensive operations in Southern California, cried foul, as did smaller would-be subcontractors, because they wouldn't qualify for tax breaks under the bill's narrow definitions.
The Senate leadership, meanwhile, was displeased with a potentially heavy hit on the state treasury and wanted to have the tax credits come from "California Competes," a money pot that Brown can use to underwrite job-creating investments.
The bill's backers said that imposing limits on the tax credit might doom the Boeing-Lockheed Martin bid in the Pentagon competition.
The bill's nominal author, Assemblyman Steve Fox, D-Palmdale, resisted amendments, but chairwoman Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, insisted and the amended bill passed on a 4-2 vote.
This appears to be the year for big corporate subsidies. A big tax break for the movie industry is moving through the Capitol, and Brown and legislators are working on "incentives" to persuade Tesla tycoon Elon Musk to locate a big battery factory in the state.
The Finance and Governance Committee's staff suggested in its analysis of AB 2389 that if it's enacted "without complete and verified information," legislators "should expect other firms to threaten to shift employment out of California unless the Legislature grants them significant tax benefits outside the usual process …"
Indeed they should.


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"Events like this don't just affect one part of the river," said Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Aquatic Ecologist Stuart Findlay. "It's everything from the watershed down to New York City."
Two tropical storms in August 2011 dropped an estimated 12 to 18 inches of rainfall, disrupting many lives in the region and causing ecological impacts on the Hudson River.


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Monday, March 14, 2011
Feel Judged Much?
I also have read at least two other blogs in the past week or so that had similar feelings, with different issues. Of course, many were in relation to being judged b/c of being a foster family. Oh the things people think.. but even more shocking, the things they actually say.. OUT LOUD.. TO YOU. And I thought my filter was bad!
Here's my beef: how can anyone seriously judge families that are only doing what they feel God is leading them to do? If they act out of love for their children, then how can this be harmful if they're not extremist fruit-cakes?
And, if we all screw up our kids by living out of the box.. what's it to you? How does this affect you and your life? It doesn't. I answered that for ya!
I try not to do many posts like this b/c it's just a topic that is likely to stir people up, and my goal in blogging now is just to document our walk through this journey and hopefully be approachable to anyone that stumbles upon this randomness, that might be wondering about fostering or adopting themselves. Also, I have to say, I USUALLY don't feel judged. Sure, people stare, and even giggle sometimes, at our family size. I mean, we do look rather odd, I admit it! I'd stare too I'm sure. :) People make comments like "Well you've got your hands full" but I don't see it as rude or mean. I think they are just curious, interested, and want to find a way to talk to me. They'd probably be much more obnoxious to me if they knew that 3 of my 6 children have different fathers... making a grand total of 4 "baby's daddies" to contend with - and they'd judge me harshly without knowing the truth of our situation. They'd miss that we also have two other "baby's momma's" to deal with... and when I say "deal with".. that sounds bad I guess, but in my brain-dead state it's all I can come up with. Give me a break, I've got 6 kids. Seriously.
I have no idea what the point of this post is. I guess to say, hey, we all feel judged. Even if we do what "most people do", whatever that is, there will just always be things that we feel especially sensitive about. Even if someone says something, and they're not judging, it can come across that way because of our thin skin on the topic. For example - it would not be in your best interest to try to convince me that fostering children that have no home is going to hurt or corrupt my own children. My response will likely be, "Oh.. yeah.. well I obviously don't care about my kids that much so it doesn't concern me." Humph. How else should we answer that? I did once rattle off the stat about how 1 in 3 women in the USA have been sexually abused at some point, and that 1 out of 3 women are NOT sexually assaulting children or other people in a moment of lost cool... and I think I also said, "and i'm not an idiot.. I promise I know more about this than you.. because we LIVE this.. and you don't." I'm sure that person hates me... not my best day.
So - let's all take this time to just get it all out! Pour your heart out people! Whether it's judgement you feel from homeschooling, public schooling, working, not working, spanking, not spanking, bottle feeding, breastfeeding, fostering, not fostering, or coloring your hair pink - let's have a hay day of it! Then, we can take a deep breath, feel better, and get back to our regularly scheduled programming. Everyone needs a vent day every now and then, right?
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- Wendy on Monday, 14 March, 2011 said...
Ha!! Great!!
And, as you pointed out, it often comes from knowing that "one family" who really are weirdos (hey, nothing necessarily wrong with that either, right?) that makes them think everyone out there who homeschools (public schools, fill-in-the-blank) is also whacko.
The opposite holds true, too. Because my in-laws have judged ALOUD, our decisions, we feel that condemnation sometimes from others, when it isn't really there. Everyone deserves a break.
I'm learning to feel okay in my own skin; not so defensive all the time. Had to happen, seeing as how I don't really fit in any one group, right? Red & black hair, 50's style, homeschool nature-loving artsy mom... which category do I go in? None. And most other folks, when you get to know them can't be categorized either. Because, like you said, most of us are just trying to make the best decisions for our families.
Okay. I wrote my own rambling late-night post on here. oops.
{{hugs}} :)
By the way, have I mentioned how much I appreciate your frankness?
- Mandy on Tuesday, 15 March, 2011 said...
lol Well I'm glas someone appreciates it, Wendy! ;) Trust me, I'm SURE things I say are often taken the wrong way b/c I am so frank... but things don't bother me like they do other people so I can come across as a bit unsensitive at times. God made me.. blame him. ;)
- Reagan on Tuesday, 15 March, 2011 said...
YAY for your post! I've felt judged for working and NOT working. For not co-sleeping and not doing baby-wise. For spending money on fashion and NOT spending money on fashion. For looking cute and for not trying hard enough. For not taking care of myself and for being too vain. For having two kids when the world is over-populated and for not having more children (of "my own" of course).
Sometimes I feel like I can't win for losing! But then I remember WHOSE I AM and frankly my dear, I don't give a damn. Some days I just reach that point where I feel like people can judge me all they want so long as they keep their verdicts to themselves :)
When people say things like "you've got your hands full" to me I generally reply, "The Lord says children are a blessing from God and blessed is the one whose life is full of them" so yes, my hands are full of God's blessings. Isn't He good and gracious? That generally shuts them up! Ha!
I'm might be too sassy for my own good!
Thanks for venting space
- Anonymous said...
I have had comments, they took a turn for the worse when my pregnant 16 year old niece lived with us and I,myself,was pregnant as well. I have to say,I have even had people comment on my 4 children.."Dont you know what causes that?" wow,really? I had no idea. Many years ago, I had told the school that if my daughter couldnt get the services she needed through them, I intended on homeschooling her. Socialization is the first term that came out of their mouths. If they had even one day in my house, they would understand that is a non-issue,as on a daily basis I have 6-10 kids here for hours on end. I could go on. People who are out and out rude, arent the ones who I have a problem with. The ones who mask their rudeness with well meaning comments,those are the ones who bother me. I am sure there are things in their lives I wouldnt agree with, but I would never be so unkind as to "joke" about it.
- Mandy on Tuesday, 15 March, 2011 said...
Exactly KT - I feel the same way.
Reagan - you're exactly right.. can't win for losing! You can never please EVERYONE so as long as your family is happy, then who cares?!
- Sarah on Tuesday, 15 March, 2011 said...
OK the "socialization" thing with homeschooling kills me.
We've opted to homeschool because between my hubby's "day job" of working 2nd shift (3-11PM) on the railroad and his part-time job as a Air Force Reservist, our kids were hardly seeing him! How could it possibly be MORE IMPORTANT for my children to see other people's kids than their own Daddy? Besides that... they have each other! Being a family with 4 kids means, there is ALWAYS someone to play with... learn to share with... even learn to resolve arguments with!
That crap just gets under my skin and makes me crazy. Sometimes people literally don't know what they're talking about but open their mouths anyway. Heaven help ME know when to SHUT UP!
And once again... I'm thankful for your post. I love your frankness and honesty.
- Mandy on Tuesday, 15 March, 2011 said...
Sarah, as someone whose husband works insane hours, too - I totally get that!! If it weren't for my husband being totally not for it, I would be homeschooling.. well.. now that we're fostering, I honestly don't think I could - time wise.. but I agree completely! It is far more important for your children to see their dad than to see other kids!
- Ailinh on Tuesday, 15 March, 2011 said...
Totally. Thanks for sharing this!
- Becky said...
Sam gets comments all the time when he's out somewhere with all five kids. Like the people that ask "Are they all yours?" and when Sam says yes they then ask "By the SAME woman??" Uh, yeah. Because that is any of your business! lol


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"It's really important because we're right in the thick of things right now, which is great," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said.
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On Tuesday night, they were trailing 1-0 in the third before Patric Hornqvist scored a power-play goal that tied it at 1 at 8:23.
Taylor Beck had two assists, and Paul Gaustad had an empty-netter with 14.7 seconds remaining with an assist from Legwand finishing off the win.
"This was a huge game for us obviously," Hornqvist said. "If we lost tonight, it would have been tough to make the playoffs. And now with a win, everybody is happy and we are going forward with that, but we still have to win more games to get in the races."
Matt Duchene scored on a breakaway 61 seconds into the third for Colorado, which missed a chance to sweep the Predators for the first time in franchise history.
Goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 35 saves in giving the Avalanche a chance at their second win over Nashville in four days and just their third road win this season.
"Giguere played one heck of a game for us, and that was definitely not the way to repay him, that's for sure," Duchene said.
Colorado won the first two games in Denver in ending Nashville's recent dominance over the Avalanche in this series.
But the Predators outshot them 18-10 in the third period to pull out a win Nashville needs to keep hope alive at an eighth playoff berth in nine years.
Duchene scored Colorado's goal when he got the puck just inside his own blue line, skated past at least three Predators and beat goalie Pekka Rinne with a wrister 61 seconds into the third.
That's when Nashville started throwing even more pucks at Giguere. Hornqvist tied it up with a power-play goal after Brad Malone went to the box for high-sticking at 8:01, and Hornqvist scored 22 seconds later as he poked his stick at the puck through a scrum in front of the goal.
"We had a young player take an offensive zone penalty, and they tie the game up there too," Colorado coach Joe Sacco said. "Those are just some mistakes you can't afford to make when you are going through a tough time like this."
Nashville fans then gave the Predators a boost with standing ovation late in the period.
"The last two games the third period has been excellent," Legwand said. "Tonight we pulled through it in the end there. We got down by one, and the guys did not give up. We got a power-play goal and then we piggybacked off of the crowd there at the end of the game."
Legwand fought for the puck off a faceoff, got it from Beck before skating around and throwing a shot at Giguere. Legwand then scored off his own rebound, beating Giguere between the legs with 1:14 left. Gaustad added the insurance goal after Giguere had been pulled for the extra attacker.
"Leggy I thought the last two nights is paying a bigger price, and that whole line has been paying a big price to give us a chance to stay in it," Trotz said.
Both of these teams lost on the road Monday night with Colorado losing 3-2 at Detroit, while Nashville at least got a crucial point in Chicago.
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Trotz took his timeout at 8:49 of the second, not that it helped.
Nashville had its best scoring chance late in the period as Legwand got the puck at mid-ice and took a shot from the right circle. Giguere blocked that shot, but Legwand got the rebound in the slot and just missed off the side of the post as he was hooked by Colorado defenseman Ryan O'Byrne.
The Predators' sellout streak ended at 29 straight with 16,211 on hand. ... The Avalanche are 2-14-2 when giving up a power-play goal. ... Beck has six points (two goals, four assists) in his past six games. ... O'Byrne played in his 300th career game. ... Avalanche forward Chuck Kobasew missed a second straight game with stiffness after colliding with Rinne and a goalpost in Saturday's 1-0 overtime win in Colorado, and David Jones missed his fourth straight with a knee injury.


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This week's question is:
Why would three guys sign a man's World War I Draft Registration card under the certification part? Could it have been because the man claimed "Eyes deficient" as grounds for exemption? The man in question is Marcus Lawson Kinsey (who married into my Norman family) and here are the signatures:
The signatures occur under the statement "I certify that my answers are true, that the person registered has read his own answers, that i have witnessed his signatgure, and that all of his answers of which I have knowledge are true, [except?] as follows:"
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Help Me Out Wednesday: 11 January 2012
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Hmmm. Very interesting. I like your theory and I'll be curious to see if someone Has actual experience with a situation like this.ReplyDeleteReplies
Michelle - If I can keep from getting distracted, I might take a stab at identifying the people who signed the card.Delete
I was going to say maybe one is a Dr that said his eyes were deficient, but I don't see a MD after any name.ReplyDeleteReplies
Jenna - That was my thought, and I don't even see any comments added by any of the signers - I have seen comments entered on other cards in this section. However, I may try to see who these people were.Delete
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