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Chief executives of public companies have long had a ready answer when criticized about high pay: It's all about company performance.
That argument has been put to the test by the toughest financial environment since the Great Depression. If performance is the standard, many of the Baltimore area's top-earning executives seem to be on shaky ground.
To see how last year's financial crisis and worsening recession affected pay, The Baltimore Sun analyzed the 20 companies in the metro area that paid their CEOs at least $1 million. Seventeen reported increases in their chief executives' compensation, even though just as many firms ended their fiscal year with lower-priced stock - substantially lower, for the most part.
Half the companies had losses or falling profits.
Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. nearly doubled CEO James F. Roberts' total compensation - to $3.8 million - in a year when the company's profits plummeted 65 percent and the stock lost three-quarters of its value. The Linthicum Heights coal producer, which was just acquired by a competitor, said in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Roberts "exceeded" his performance targets, including conserving "capital and liquidity through a very tough credit market."
Foundation did not return messages seeking comment.
Only three of the top-paying companies cut total compensation: money manager T. Rowe Price Group Inc., television-station owner Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. - which is considering filing for bankruptcy protection - and chemical-maker W.R. Grace & Co.
"Any time you see a significant decrease in share price, a significant decrease in [earnings] and an increase in pay, it's going to raise some questions. And some anger," said Charles M. Elson, director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware.
Baltimore money manager Legg Mason Inc., which lost $1.9 billion its last fiscal year, is feeling the heat. Shareholders, unhappy that Legg directors approved bonuses for executives, withheld a large number of votes for three of those directors seeking re-election.
And Constellation Energy Group Inc., parent of Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., is fending off state political leaders who want to try to cap its CEO's earnings.
Dissatisfaction with executive pay is nothing new, but it's at a fever pitch nationally thanks to the recession, the more than $1 trillion in promised government bailouts and highly publicized cases of corporate largesse. American International Group Inc. said some executives received death threats in March after it was revealed that the insurer, saved from collapse by federal intervention, was paying $165 million in bonuses.
The Obama administration appointed a "pay czar" in June to oversee compensation at companies that took the most bailout money. Last month the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would give the government more power to regulate incentive pay at financial companies, plus give shareholders an advisory vote on pay.
With this environment in mind, some Baltimore-area public companies were quick to offer explanations - and alternative calculations - for their executive pay.
The Sun relied on total-compensation figures the companies reported to the SEC. But a number of companies argued that SEC rules force them to put a value on potential pay rather than what their CEOs actually got.
Take, for example, Mayo A. Shattuck III of Constellation, whose compensation package ranks him No. 1 among chief executives in the Baltimore metro area.
It's $15.7 million if you go with the SEC-required calculation - an increase of 13 percent in a year that Constellation lost $1.3 billion, almost went bankrupt and saw its stock price lose three-quarters of its value. Two state senators, outraged at that sort of pay at a company that runs a public utility, asked Maryland's attorney general in June to investigate whether the General Assembly has the power to set limits.
But Constellation, which called the request "unprecedented," said the increase was driven largely by growth in Shattuck's pension, money he won't see until he retires. He can start drawing from the $33 million pension in just over seven years, when he turns 62.
The company also noted that a large chunk of Shattuck's compensation came in the form of stock options that are worthless unless the price of the struggling stock increases significantly. Right now they're "under water" and might expire that way. His cash payment - the sure thing - was his $1.3 million salary.
Constellation also argues that if you're wondering how it reacted to its 2008 performance, you need to know Shattuck's 2009 compensation: $7.8 million, half of what he got last year.
"The company's performance was down in 2008, and our CEO's compensation reflected that, declining sharply with no annual raise, no bonus and the same applied to nearly all our senior leaders," said Rob Gould, a Constellation spokesman. "Our progressive pay-for-performance policy holds executive leadership accountable in years when performance is below expectations."
Legg Mason also rushed to explain the nearly 40 percent increase in reported compensation for Mark R. Fetting, promoted to chief executive in January 2008. In a statement, the company said his $6.6 million package - fourth-highest in the metro area - includes the expense of stock and stock options that were awarded in earlier years but vested last year. Like Shattuck's options, Fetting's are under water. Legg Mason thinks a fairer measure of its CEO's pay is $3.5 million, down 29 percent from the previous year.
Companies trying to explain away increases in total compensation often do have a point, said Alan Johnson, managing director of a New York compensation consulting firm. SEC rules about how to value stock and stock options tend to overstate income when times are bad, he said - just as they understate in good times.
Even if executives didn't take big pay cuts, they aren't immune to the pinch of the recession, he added.
"We have many CEOs that own many, many times their pay in stock in the company," said Johnson, with Johnson Associates Inc. "I had a client tell me, 'I lost four years of pay last year.' It's not time for a pity party, because that's true for a lot of average citizens, too. Look at their 401(k)s. But it is a fact."
Still, Anne Sheehan, director of corporate governance with the California State Teachers' Retirement System, isn't impressed with a lot of the pay explanations out there. The argument that pension increases shouldn't be included in the tally? "It is an expense, and the company has to book that as an expense, so it's fair to count it," she said.
The refrain she keeps hearing is that executives need incentive pay in these tough times to keep them from leaving, to which she replies: "Where are they going to go?"
"It's a 'heads I win, tails you lose' kind of thing," she said of some compensation plans. "Are there truly disincentives vs. just incentives for doing your job and then a really big incentive for doing something in addition?"
Some companies don't need complex footnotes to show they've cut pay.
T. Rowe Price, which unlike fellow money manager Legg Mason did not lose money last year, gave CEO James A.C. Kennedy $5.6 million in total compensation. That's a 28 percent drop from the year before, about the same amount that the company's net income fell. Kennedy's cash-only pay decreased even more, by 31 percent, though like Legg's CEO, he did receive incentives.
"Last year was one of the worst ever in the financial markets, and clients lost money on our watch," said Edward Giltenan, a spokesman for T. Rowe Price, which saw its stock price fall 42 percent. "And we take that very seriously. As always, we remain focused on providing good results for our clients over the long haul, and on that score, nearly 80 percent of our funds have outperformed their peer averages over the last decade."
One executive dropped off the million-plus compensation list last year because he took a pay haircut - a good bit of it voluntarily. Under Armour Inc. CEO Kevin A. Plank received no incentive pay in a year when profits fell 27 percent and the stock price dropped almost by half. But his compensation plummeted from $1.5 million to $30,002 last year because he also cut his own base salary. "As our largest stockholder, he believes he should be compensated for his services based primarily on our company's performance," Under Armour told shareholders in its proxy statement.
Some companies did well last year, despite it all. Their CEOs did well, too.
TeleCommunication Systems Inc., an Annapolis provider of wireless data services, went from a loss to a $57 million profit last year. Its stock price more than doubled, and so did chief executive Maurice B. Tosé's compensation - to $4.3 million from $1.6 million.
Columbia-based MICROS Systems Inc., which makes point-of-sale computer systems for restaurants and other businesses, also gained in stock price and profit in its fiscal year, which ended in June 2008. But CEO A.L. "Tom" Giannopoulos still hastened to explain that his 81 percent increase in compensation - which moved him to No. 3 on the pay list - isn't all it appears.
He said he didn't get any stock options in the company's 2007 fiscal year because he wanted them handed out to other employees. The options he accepted in the 2008 fiscal year added up to a large chunk of his $6.9 million compensation.
"Today, of course," Giannopoulos said, "they are worth nothing."
Baltimore Sun reporters Eileen Ambrose, Hanah Cho, Edward Gunts, Jay Hancock, Lorraine Mirabella, Gus G. Sentementes and Andrea K. Walker contributed to this article.


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ESOPUS — Pedicures by day and yurts by night?
That'll be the reality for the people staying at the campsite proposed as part of the Esopus Farms Hotel and Spa project.
Manhattan developer Stefanos Economou hopes to open a 63-room hotel across Route 9W from the Marist Brothers Retreat House by 2015. He bought the 153-acre site for $3.41 million last year.
Most services will be offered in renovated historic stone buildings, and the resort will cater to city slickers looking for both luxury and adventure.
"This is a very novel concept," said Joseph Pisani, lawyer for the developers. "It's a classy outdoor experience."
Developers hope to receive final Planning Board approvals in the spring, Pisani said, and spend the next 18 months rehabilitating the buildings on site.
The hotel, restaurant and conference center will occupy existing buildings, while new structures will be put up for the pool area and fitness center.
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No RVs or trailers will be allowed at the campsite.
The developers hope to make the restaurant, bar and spa available to the general public. The conference center will be available for banquets, weddings and business functions.
Hiking trails will also be offered near Black Creek.
The signature stone barn complex — which will serve as the primary hotel building — was built in the 1910s, when Col. Oliver Hazard Payne owned the estate. Payne's family sold the West Park estate in 1968.
Since then, the stone barn complex has housed the Creamery restaurant, the Wildwycke Village gift shops and a furniture manufacturer.
The project would also increase Esopus' tax base. Nearly 20 percent of the town's $1.1 billion worth of properties are off the tax rolls, with much of it owned by religious groups.


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April 19, 2013, 04:44:58 PM »
I am thinking of putting a Cummins ISM and Allison 6-speed in my 1973 Eagle. I will be taking out a Detroit 8V71 and a 9-speed Road Ranger. I am wondering what your thoughts are on this? Also looking for someone who has done this to get some detail information. I am looking for reliability, fuel mileage and more torque to pull a trailer. We are going to go full-time and travel cross county. We are new to the group and happy to be here. Thanks!
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April 19, 2013, 04:49:01 PM »
Plenty of help with that conversion on the Eagles board
I can tell you now you will need a different rear gear and the lowest you will find will be the 4:10 $$$$
Me I would drive it Texas and let Sonnie Gray do it and be done with it
good luck
Last Edit: April 19, 2013, 04:57:25 PM by luvrbus
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April 19, 2013, 05:26:42 PM »
Thank you so much for the information!
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April 20, 2013, 07:35:55 AM »
If you're using a 9spd overdrive, the Allison world transmission set at 5spd will be the same. If the 9 spd is direct, then you can use it as a 4spd. But-with the cruising speed of the 8V-71 being at 1800rpm and the ISM being around 1500rpm, I'll bet you won't have to change the rear end ratio at all. What rear end ratio do you have now and what tire size are you using? The ISM and 6spd Allison is an excellent choice. You'll probably gain 1mpg. Also, you're torque, performance, etc will increase dramatically. Going from a 800lb/ft engine with a manual to a 1550lb/ft engine with an Allison will make a hot rod out of the bus-you'll be tickled pink. Good Luck, TomC
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April 20, 2013, 08:46:08 AM »
If he wants the benefits from the 6 speed Allison OD he will change from the 3:73 to a 4:10 TomC to make the transmission lubricate right,that setup is not a plug and play in a Eagle
He will fight getting the angle and tilt right sometime it takes several tries rolling the engine combo in and out to get the drive shaft to clear the housing
He has his work ahead of him fwiw why go to the trouble and use only 4 or 5 gears on a 6 speed transmission that would make no sense to me
He will be into the swap about 10 grand plus the engine and transmission before he is finished doing the work himself
The Eagle board will be a great help for him to many there know all the pit falls as BTDT and have the T shirts
good luck
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April 20, 2013, 11:40:24 AM »
My setup uses the ISM500 withd the 4000R and the 3.9 rear gear, works great, 60 mph is aout 1400 rpm in 2 nd o / d, great fuel mpg etc.
Will need a savy tech to do the computer wiring/interfacing, the mechanical is simple straight forward.
Do NDot use the 3000 series, it will not handle the torque of the ISM.
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April 20, 2013, 05:30:39 PM »
Tom C The 9 speed is a direct drive. Gear ratio is a 3:70 tire size is 11R 22.5 which is 500 revolutions per mile. My calculations tell me that the gear ratio would work. Some of the questions I have are:
Will it fit using the drop box?
Will I have to move the radiator back to fit the air charged cooler?
What would be the best way to drive the fan?
Thank you for your opinions.
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With you're current setup, your realistic top cruise speed at 2100rpm is 68mph. Change to the B500/4000/HD4060 (all the same, just different oil pans) and 5th (.74 overdrive) you'll cruise at 1483rpm at 65mpg-perfect for the ISM. If you want to do 75mph, then in 5th you'd be at 1711rpm and in 6th (.64 overdrive) you'll be at 1480rpm-once again perfect for the ISM. I would not change the rear end.
As to fitting with the drop box-I would mount the engine as far back as possible-even maybe designing a "hump" in the rear engine door. The longer the drive shaft, the less U joint wear you'll have. I've seen some that converted the Eagle back to the 1 with the drive axle in front with the tag behind for more drive line space. Course then you loose some storage space.
I would keep the radiator on the left side and mount the air to air intercooler on the left side where the old A/C condenser used to be. Make the dimensions of the air to air intercooler such that you can mount an air to oil cooler for the auto trans side by side. Most all buses now use hydraulics to power the fans. Then you can engineer the mounting outside the bus, and all you have to hook up is the hydraulics once in. Also-if you make the radiators on swing outs, you'll have great access to the sides of the engine and be able to run the engine with the radiators swung out. Find a junk bus with the hydraulic setup and at least use that for your template to build your system. Lots of work, but worth it in the end. Good Luck, TomC
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Your need to buy the Cummins install drawing #3107317 and the Allison TD 148 pages it explains all the gearing and what is needed it takes the guess work out of it
The 4000 mh will come in 3 different ratios for 5th and 6th overdrive 0.64 and 0.76 the most common
There will be no problem installing the ISM with a drop box the way it sets no need for a hump just get the tilt and angle right.
Eagle when they came with the M11 the inter cooler and radiator were mounted side by side on the drivers side and used 1 fan I have the drawings if you need one
Jim the rv guy has fought the intercooler on the opposite side for years with his 60 series I think he is still working on it with electric fans
The best way to drive your fan is use a Prevost angle drive and shaft at the top of the fan drive there is one for sale here in the spare tire section I have the drawing also for the Eagle fan drive it is almost the same as a Prevost if you need it
Boomer here on this board and on the EI board has a ISM in Eagle along with Bill Pratts and others Bill's was installed by Southern Oregon Diesel both can tell you what is needed and there is no hump
Not that it makes much difference but you will have 3:73 gears in a Eagle
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Thank you Tom C and luvrbus for the information! This is exactly the type of information that I was hoping for. I am comfortable with the current rear end ratio, with the overdrive transmission, I think it will be exactly what I need. My generator is in the rear right side compartment where the ac condenser was so I am planning on putting the inner cooler and transmission cooler in the left side. If I can get the drawings from you luvrbus that would be great
Also the Cummins drawing and Allison TD you mentioned, is that something I can get at a dealer or can I get it online? Do either of you have contact info for Boomer or Bill Pratts? This is in the early stages of information gathering, but time to move forward as we plan on full-timing next year.
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Yes, I have fought the CAC on the passenger side from day one. I am now using a hydraulic fan, and an enclosure to make sure the fan is not fighting the engine fan. I also have to use misters on the big hills to keep the manifold air temperature below 150*
Since that area is already spoken for, the CAC will need to be installed on the driver side. That can be a challenge. The engine is offset to the driver side and that really makes it tough to stack the CAC and Radiator. Bill Pratt's is stacked and it was a tight fit. Byron Pigg has the side by side factory unit for his Series 60. In my opinion that arrangement compromises both the radiator and CAC.
We have one member that has an Eagle with a Series 60 and the radiator/CAC in the rear (normal truck orientation - reversed for the bus). That seems to work good. They had to build an enclosure in the back to cover the extra length. That makes the fan drive very straight forward and gives great access to the engine from the side - not so much from the back.
If you do the conversion, be sure to get something like the SilverLeaf VMS system so that you can accurately monitor both water and charge air temperature.
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The QCP team is comprised of Dan Murray, a construction manager from the Boston area; Frank McKenna, eirector at the Seaford Library; Ron Bacskai, owner of RJB Contracting in Pennsylvania, who is also a sponsor at the organization's annual golf outing; Juana Rosario, a QCP staff member running for the second time; Dale Libkin, an educator and assistant superintendent from the Boston area; and Barney Williams, a Queens resident and attorney.
Second-time marathoner Dan Murray is the son-in-law of Cindy Heller, QCP's Children's Center Assistant Director. His wife's great grandmother volunteered at the school and her mother has been there for 35 years.
"I've seen some of the incredible equipment they use to help kids from age three all the way up to teens," he said. "For me this is a great charity to raise money for and support. I've very excited to see the crowds and people in all the different boroughs of New York."
First-time marathoner Frank McKenna has skydived, did a triathlon and has recently become the father of twin girls. As a library director involved in children's reading programs, he plans on wearing a Dr. Seuss hat during the marathon as homage to the appropriately themed book, Oh, the Places You'll Go!
A friend told him about QCP and presented him with the opportunity to run for the organization. He recently visited the Children's Center.
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Maspeth business owner Michael Ambrosino of Ambrosino Construction Corp. sponsored the runners' shirts. QCP will be hosting a pasta dinner and meet and greet on Friday, November 1, where runners will be presented with their official TEAM QCP running shirt.
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Antec Sonata Proto Review
A brand that many computer enthusiasts have come to know and love is Antec. Antec has had their foot in the door since 1986 and has kept up with their reputation as a worldwide leader in computer products. Mainly known for their computer cases early on, Antec has become very prolific in the computer accessory and upgrade market, including high quality power supplies, hard drive enclosures, HTPC products, and their original notebook coolers. In this review, I will be evaluating one of their newest cases, the Antec Sonata Proto. The Sonata series' main goal is to offer consumers a quiet PC without sacrificing cooling performance and maintain a sleek but subtle look for the folks who don't necessarily need all of the lighting and windows. It has been years since I've had my hands on an Antec case, and I'm looking forward to putting this one under the spotlight to see how it performs against the other cases that I've had the pleasure of testing.
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The Sonata Proto is packaged in a glossy, white cardboard box with high quality graphics wrapped around it. The words on the front of the package aside from the brand and model, state "Legendary Silence." It is obvious what Antec's goal with this case is - to be quiet. The right side of the case has text in a few different languages, explaining a few of the features and the reasoning behind the creation of the Sonata series in a slightly dramatic way. An excerpt: "Ages ago, computers were beige, boring and loud - the people cried for relief. Antec heard their cries over the computer noise and gave the world Sonata..." I enjoyed reading this as I appreciate humor in professionalism and enjoy getting to see it once in a while. The rear of the case has the specifications tabulated out in the same languages as the text on the right side as well as a picture of the inside of the case. Finally, the left side of the case has a few features listed, which will all be covered in the latter part of the review.
The case is protected on the inside like most other cases you buy, wrapped in a plastic bag between two blocks of Styrofoam. The case arrived unharmed, which is always a good feeling.
The case is supplied with the usual instruction manual, as well as mounting screws, a case badge, and a pair of keys for the locking side panel and front door. These locking mechanisms are good for LAN party goers if the user wants to be able to protect their hardware from being stolen or tampered with.
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THE LIBERTY FLEET OF TALL SHIPS' Main Office is located on historic Long Wharf. Our blue ticket booth is on the left side of the Aquarium Plaza (as you face the Aquarium) next to their Whale Watch ticket booth. The Liberty Clipper is docked on Central Wharf on the north side of the New England Aquarium. Please wait for instructions from a Liberty crewmember before proceeding to the boat.
Long Wharf is an extension of State Street at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and State Street. To reach the Liberty Fleet office, walk past the Long Wharf Marriott toward the water. After the Chart House Restaurant, the office is on the first floor of the last building on Long Wharf, just past the main entrance to the building. Look for our sign Bostons Tall Ships hanging over the # 67 doorway.
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Stay in downtown Boston aboard the SCHOONER LIBERTY CLIPPER on our 'Boat and Breakfast'. A unique experience. Enjoy the best rates in town, while staying in the historic waterfront district of Boston, a block from the North End and Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market.
You'll stay on a working tall ship in one of our cabins. We only make a few cabins available each day and they go quickly. All cabins feature a skylight, hot/cold water running sink and are paneled in yellow pine to provide an authentic tall ship experience. Our six cabins share three heads (bathrooms) and three showers which are spaced evenly throughout the ship.
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Harden, Durant lead Thunder past Warriors
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — As the injuries pile up, the Oklahoma City Thunder have stayed ahead of any reckoning.
That could change after Russell Westbrook left Friday night's 110-87 win over Golden State with what the team said was a sprained right ankle.
"We'll just see how he feels tomorrow," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said.
James Harden scored 25 points, Kevin Durant added 23 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder completed a season sweep of the Golden State Warriors.
But the All-Star point guard left the game with 1:13 left in the third quarter with what the team said was a sprained right ankle. He didn't return.
But the Thunder improved to 23-7, the best record in the Western Conference, with their third win over the Warriors in 22 days.
Westbrook, who scored 18 points, was walking without a limp in the locker room afterward.
"It's part of the game. Our organization, we don't make excuses," Scott said. "You play through it. You can't do anything about it. We have a team full of guys who are capable of playing good minutes, solid minutes and hard minutes and they did."
The Thunder were without center Kendrick Perkins (right knee contusion) and guard Thabo Sefolosha (right foot pain). Earlier this season, they lost backup point guard Eric Maynor to a season-ending knee injury.
David Lee led Golden State with 23 points. Monta Ellis, who scored 48 points the last time the teams played, had 11 in this one. Ellis went down moments after Westbrook, with 17.1 seconds left in the third quarter. The Warriors said Ellis had a hyperextended right knee, but could have returned if the game hadn't been so lopsided.
Oklahoma City, which shot 52.7 percent from the field, improved to 6-1 in games played after a loss. The Thunder had lost 96-95 at Houston on Wednesday.
A 16-2 first-quarter run gave the Warriors a 24-17 lead and Golden State was up 39-36 with 5:28 left in the first half when the Thunder scored 10 straight points.
"We played hard and played together and we were able to get some transition baskets and some easy plays in our offense and cruised on from there," Durant said.
Oklahoma City had three consecutive dunks during the run — first a one-hander by Durant, followed by an alley-oop from Durant to Harden and capped by a steal and one-handed jam by Westbrook that gave the Thunder a 46-39 lead. Oklahoma City stretched that margin to 58-48 by halftime.
"Second straight game, the second quarter hurt us," Golden State coach Mark Jackson said. "Portland had a big second quarter and tonight we give up 38 points in the second quarter. We got some good looks (and it was) the first time in a long time we've struggled to make shots.
"Other than the second quarter, I thought we did a good job."
Durant and Serge Ibaka opened up the second half with baskets for the Thunder and Golden State never cut the margin below double digits. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Royal Ivey and Durant fueled an 8-0 run to end the third quarter and put Oklahoma City up 84-65.
During that run, Westbrook steamed down the court after a steal before pulling up in the lane with 1:13 left in the quarter and hobbling off the court. Ellis' injury occurred right in front of the Warriors' bench.
Dorell Wright, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson each scored 11 points for Golden State, playing the first game in a stretch during which the Warriors will play eight of nine games on the road. Wright added 11 rebounds. The Warriors shot 34.8 percent from the field (31 of 89).
"It's a make-or-miss league and we just missed some shots," Jackson said.
The Thunder went 10 of 24 from 3-point range, led by Durant (3 of 3), Harden (4 of 7) and Ivey (3 of 7).
"If guys go down then guys have to step up," Ivey said. "Today I got the opportunity and I just tried to make the best of it. Being around these guys will give you a lot of confidence. We've been playing well this year and you don't want to let your teammates down. You want to add to their success."
NOTES: Harden's 25 points were one off his career high. … Before the game, Durant confirmed he's splitting from his longtime agent, Aaron Goodwin. Durant said he appreciates what Goodwin has done for him "but it was time for me to move on." Durant signed with Goodwin's Seattle-based Goodwin Sports Management when he entered the NBA draft in 2007 after his freshman season at Texas. Goodwin helped negotiate Durant's five-year, $86 million contract that Durant signed in July 2010. … Former Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon, a two-time Biletnikoff Award winner, attended the game.


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Career fraudster sent to federal prison
NEW HAVEN -- His graduation from the $260,000 fraud perpetrated on Newtown Oil customers in 2002 to a $4.8 million mortgage scam earned William Trudeau his "Ph.D." in scams and nearly 16 years in federal prison.
"This is not aberrant behavior," U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall told Trudeau at one point during the five-hour sentencing. "This is your way of living -- to defraud people."
Hall also imposed a 30-month prison term and a $12,500 fine on Heather Bliss, Trudeau's 37-year-old wife, who as a paralegal in Wilton helped push through mortgage applications.
"She was involved from the beginning," Hall said. "She's all over everything."
In addition to the pair, the six-year long scam included Joseph Kriz and John Bryk, two area lawyers; Fred Stevens, a mortgage broker and Thomas Preston, an appraiser, all of whom have pleaded guilty to charges in this case.
Among the 12 victims of the scam were Chase, Citibank and the now defunct Washington Mutual and IndyMac banks as well as private citizens like Christopher Coyle, a retired assistant Westport fire chief who testified during Trudeau's trial that he never received payment on the $257,500 mortgage he gave Trudeau.
The $550,000 purchase of Coyle's property at 87 Saugatuck Ave. in Westport was completed with the retired fire chief agreeing to provide a $257,500 mortgage at 5 percent interest. He said Trudeau promised to pay off after three years. That mortgage is in default.
"It's crystal clear to me that he (Trudeau) was the leader," Hall told Trudeau's court-appointed lawyers, James K. Filan and Ross H. Garber. "The fact that his name doesn't appear on any papers doesn't mean his fingerprints are not all over the fraud."
Trudeau, a 50-year-old Norwalk resident, was attempting to develop and sell multi-million dollar homes in Newtown before the financial crisis.
Filan tried to convince Hall to go easier on his client. The former federal prosecutor pointed out that the jury acquitted Trudeau of seven of the nine charges against him.
"That has to count for something," Filan said. "It's important the we respect the jury's verdict. It promotes respect for the law."
But Assistant U.S. Attorney Rahul Kale advised the judge that Trudeau has little respect for the law. "He continued to commit crimes up until the day he was brought in...While in prison he was already planning his next crime."
In the past, Trudeau, a developer, has been found guilty of nine state larceny charges after his now-defunct Newtown Oil failed to deliver on $260,000 in 2002 prepaid winter fuel contracts to customers. He also was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison after he admitted not paying $232,000 in employment taxes from 1993 to 1997 for workers at Newtown Oil and an auto repair businesses.
While facing the federal tax charge, Trudeau agreed to cooperate with the FBI and offer a $52,500 bribe to Superior Court Judge Daniel Brennan for help in that case. The bribe was recorded.
The judge, who once served as Trudeau's lawyer, pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the FBI, resigned his position, was placed on probation and has paid a $5,000 fine.
During the trial in this case, Filan blamed the banks, which he said "did not always follow their guidelines. They were giving mortgages to people who couldn't afford them and then turning around and selling those mortgagees to Wall Street."
Filan said his client, who has been incarcerated since August 2011, intends to appeal both the conviction and the sentence.
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CHARLOTTE, NC -- ZX Fitness inherited all the members of the clubs formerly known as Peak Fitness. It also inherited Peak's past baggage.
ZX Fitness President Ron Poliseno, who took over that role last month, is well aware of that fact. ZX Fitness is working with the Better Business Bureau and the North Carolina Attorney General's office — which has sued and settled with Peak Fitness in past years — to alleviate any remaining complaints and operations issues. Beyond that, it's a new day for ZX Fitness, which has nine clubs in North Carolina and three in South Carolina.
"As a result of buying the assets of Peak Fitness, we also acquired that reputation, which we are doing everything we can to eliminate," Poliseno says. "We are not Peak Fitness. We have no ownership or management that was involved with Peak Fitness."
The name change to ZX Fitness occurred in January after Fuzion Investment Capital acquired the assets of Peak Fitness out of bankruptcy from the club's parent company, Fitness Management, which filed for bankruptcy last year.
Poliseno took over the reins after Fuzion added Allstate Financial Group, Bothell, WA, as its new private equity partner. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Poliseno serves as Allstate's vice president of new business development. (Allstate is a separate company from the Allstate insurance company.)
"From a financial perspective, it was a very good opportunity," Poliseno says. "We saw an opportunity to get involved with a company that had a very good membership base of over 45,000 members."
ZX (short for "zero excuses") offers a new $10-a-month price model. Additional amenities can be added to memberships on an à la carte basis. With this model, ZX Fitness sold more memberships in August than it did in January. ZX Fitness also is averaging 150 new memberships per club per month.
Poliseno admits that ZX Fitness, which averages 35,000 square feet per club, is directly competing with low-cost clubs such as Planet Fitness, which made famous the $10-a-month model.


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The Walking With The Wounded team have been practising some of the skills they will need to climb Mount Everest.
They tested crucial kit such as harnesses, crampons and safety clips, and it was a chance for one of the injured soldiers to try out his prosthetic ice axe for the first time.
Private Jaco van Gass, who lost his left arm in a rocket blast in Afghanistan in 2009, put his own invention through its paces, and realised it needed some minor adjustments.
"It's good to get back on the ice," he said.
"It's the first time I've tested the arm. There are various bits we can change. A spike would work much better, or even just changing the angle of the axe.
"It's great to start practising and getting into it."
Four of the five injured servicemen in the team hoping to reach the 8,848m summit made the short walk from Mount Everest Base Camp to a training area two mountain guides had created.
Former British soldier and mountaineering expert Harry Taylor, 53, and Everest legend Mark "Woody" Woodward, 48, from Queenstown in New Zealand, set up a 10m vertical ice climb as well as a fixed rope course.
Although the conditions will not be identical to those further up the mountain, it was an opportunity for Pte van Gass, 25, Captain David Wiseman, 29, Captain Francis Atkinson, 31, and Karl Hinett, 25, to practice some of their skills.
Pte van Gass experimenting with his ice pick arm attachment
After tackling the wall of hard, scratchy, glacial ice, South African-born Pte van Gass, said: "We'll be facing some stuff like this on the Hillary Step, so it's really good.
"The guides know what they're talking about, and I'm taking in every word they say."
Mr Taylor, who served in the Royal Marines and the SAS, said the ice wall exercise was designed to focus on the team's footwork.
"We're going to do more and more of this," he said.
"It's steeper than most of the stuff they're actually going to do on the South Col route (to the Everest peak), but they will get some sections where it can be bullet-proof ice.
"The Lhotse Face is one point where they might encounter that."
Mount Everest is rigged with a fixed rope that climbers use as both a guide and a safety measure on the arduous ascent.
Eight-time Everest summitter Woody put out a line of around 30m to simulate what the team will encounter on the Khumbu ice fall, which is right next to Everest Base Camp.
Mr Taylor, who summitted Everest in 1993 without oxygen, said: "This piece of terrain here is exactly like the ice fall.
"They are going to go from 5,300m to 6,100m through the ice fall, so there's 700m or 800m of travelling, on ladders as well, following a rope.
"There will be difficult lefts, rights, ups, downs, back-to-fronts, squeezes, chimneys - the whole nine yards.
"So all this is totally relevant to what they need to do, and we're going to do a lot of it.
"The guys who have got bigger challenges with an arm missing or a hand that hasn't got full motor function, they're doing great. They're working round it."
Capt Wiseman used the training session to test out his new kit.
He said: "We've got brand new equipment for Everest, so I'd rather test it out now in a safe environment, than discover I've got a faulty carabineer halfway up the Khumbu Ice Fall."
The team will cross the treacherous section at night, because during the day the vast glacier is more likely to melt and move around.
"Some of these blocks of ice are the size of cathedrals," said father of two Capt Wiseman, "So you really don't want to be underneath one when it's starting to shift."
Martin Hewitt, 31, the Walking With The Wounded expedition manager from Widnes in Cheshire, chose not to take part in the training session.
He will join Capt Wiseman from Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, Capt Atkinson from Swindon in Wiltshire, former Private Karl Hinett from Tipton in the West Midlands and Pte van Gass from Middleburg in South Africa to attempt to reach the peak of the world's highest mountain in May.
Walking With The Wounded aims to raise money to help other injured servicemen and women readjust to civilian life after they leave the armed forces.
Prince Harry is the charity patron and last year he walked for the first four days of their successful trek to the North Pole.


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Darwin council has launched an online survey to get feedback on the development of a Darwin Bike Plan.
"We want to hear from everyone who has an interest, from family leisure riders to daily bike commuters.
Even if you haven't ridden a bike in years, let us know what it would take to get you out and about again," Lord Mayor Katrina Fong Lim sai
More details at the NT News or click through to the survey at http://www.darwin.nt.gov.au/darwinbikeplan


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February 24, 2013, 8:20 pm
Seth MacFarlane doesn't rise to the Oscar occasion
Seth MacFarlane is terribly talented. He can sing, dance, do cartoon voices and carry off a tuxedo.
That doesn't make him a fitting host for the Oscar ceremonies, which begs for a rather more elegant showman who engages the wider audience, someone who honors the industry even while gently knocking it.
"I just want to be a part of it," he said in the voice of Ted, the star of his movie. But, no. He won't be admitted to the ranks of best Oscar hosts.
Racist jokes, adolescent boy humor, silliness on the topic of domestic abuse, a Kardashian reference, audio troubles and too many taped bits marred MacFarlane's night as host of Sunday's 85th Academy Awards telecast.


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How Much Did The FBI Snoop On Email Messages To Uncover The Petreaus Situation?
from the all-for-what? dept
Under the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, federal authorities need only a subpoena approved by a federal prosecutor — not a judge — to obtain electronic messages that are six months old or older. To get more recent communications, a warrant from a judge is required. This is a higher standard that requires proof of probable cause that a crime is being committed.But even that isn't entirely clear. Folks like Julian Sanchez have been puzzling through the timeline of events and wondering how a simple investigation into a small number of "rude" (but not illegal) emails then uncovered thousands of questionable emails involving a different general as alleged in the news that broke last night. It feels like the FBI may have taken a simple report of misconduct (which may have been driven by another love triangle issue involving an FBI agent who seemed to take the whole thing a lot more personally than makes sense) and turned it into a massive fishing expedition.
Given how fast new parts of this story keep breaking, I'm sure there are still a number of other dominoes to fall, but hopefully this actually gets people to pay attention to just how easy it is for law enforcement to snoop on people's emails these days based on next to nothing.


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Release Date: 2011 |
This should be an insta 5. ;-)
Seriously... A Very good review Richard. With these packages, I find it important that reviewers do go into the nitty gritty of all the extras & you have done that well.
Album Rating: 4.5It would be a five if they'd released this at their peak - the band are still almost at their best, but the vocals (the band's backing vocals as well as Joe Elliot's) are just one dash away from being as good as they used to be - and if "Kings of the World" and "It's All About Believin' " had been better.
It's literally a hair away from a 5/5 but I wanted to spell out that even if it's truly amazing, that still doesn't make it perfect.
I wasn't 100% serious... Most around here know I'm a bit of a Def Lep fanboy.
I saw them on this tour & was actually rather impressed overall... But as you say, Joe's vocals struggled at times.
Album Rating: 4.5Hah, well, I've not spent as much time integrating myself into the community here as I should. Sorta felt I should have a decent set of reviews under my belt before I start swaggering around having opinions about things.
I've seen them three times now - June '08, June '09, June '11 - and each time they've been very good, though at the same time you can sense they're not quite at the top of the mountain, even if they're still near the top.
Download 2009 was truly spectacular, arguably the best gig I've ever been to - it was so good to see some songs included on the DVD from it. Be nice to know if any of the CD's songs are from either gig I attended on that tour too...
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If the guy in the rakish spectacles at the next table at Mezzaluna Wednesday night bore an uncanny resemblance to Les Claypool, it's because that indeed was the Primus bass player and bon vivant tucking into the Italian supper specialties off the 17th Street Causeway in Fort Lauderdale.
And if another guy at the table looked just like Dean Ween, guitarist and founder of the irreverent (and much-missed) rock duo Ween, well, again, that was Deaner.
But this was no mini Lollapalooza at Mezzaluna. Two of indie rock's more dynamic and cult-crushed figures were in South Florida for a much quieter passion: They were fishing.
Les and Dean, who we'll call what everyone else called him, Mickey (full name: Mickey Melchiondo), spent several days together this week fishing and shooting footage for a pilot episode of a TV show they will shop to cable TV networks. Both men (pictured on Lake Santa Barbara) expect many episodes to be shot in Fort Lauderdale.
"I've had a great time, a spectacular time," Les said Wednesday night while unwinding just before midnight at the Internationally World Famous Treasure Trove bar on Fort Lauderdale beach. The fishing that day had been spotty, so … Spectacular?
"I'm in Florida, and I'm fishing from kites," Les said, incredulously, of the lines that hovered above the sea from the back of the Fillamagilla, a Conch 27 operated out of Fort Lauderdale by brothers Phil and Greg Dunn. "I've never done that before. It was spectacular."
Les, who lives in Sonoma County, Calif., and Mickey, of New Hope, Pa., are accomplished fishermen, each with a menu of angling videos on YouTube (below a classic episode of Mickey's Brownie Troop Fishing Show with Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers). Mickey is a longtime charter boat captain on the Jersey Shore. A few years ago, Mickey was looking to do some fishing in South Florida and found Phil Dunn on the Internet. They've been fast friends ever since.
The recent turn in the weather made for some tough fishing, highlighted by intermittent battles with sailfish and free-jumping kingfish, some mahi and jacks, plus an accidental snagging of a sea turtle (quickly released).
Mickey flew in from Austin (where he was recording a Moistboyz album) more than a week before Les arrived and had much better luck with the Dunns, going seven for 11 on sailfish and hooking a blue marlin ("Had to be a few hundred pounds," Greg Dunn said) off BeachPlace on Fort Lauderdale beach.
"It was great, man, but I knew we were peaking too soon," Mickey said over drinks at the Treasure Trove.
"Mickey is serious about fishing," Les said. "I just like to have fun."
It was Phil Dunn –– to the Trove what Norm was to "Cheers," though effortlessly more cool –– who turned Mickey on to the boozy, late-night charms of the Jeff Rudd's Treasure Trove. He was a frequent, laidback presence over the past couple of weeks, sometimes sitting in with the Trove's regular live performers, solo guitarist Catfish and the rock-cover quartet the Fifth Circuit.
On Feb. 16, a Saturday, Mickey heated up a couple of sets with the Fifth Circuit in front of a packed house, most of whom had never heard of Ween (including the bus full of bachelorette partiers parked outside). The alt-rock cult figure easily acclimated himself to the setlist of the Fifth Circuit, led by Fort Lauderdale attorney Rich Della Fera on vocals and guitar, drummer and attorney Nick Reising, brother Matt Reising on bass and former Crease guitarist Fritz Dorigo, dueling with Mickey out front.
"That was so much fun," Della Fera said. "I understand his band [Ween] has kind of a … experimental sound, so I was very impressed that he just picked up our kind of classic rock so easily."
Among the songs heard that night were Neil Young's "Powderfinger" and "Cinnamon Girl," Bob Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue," the Grateful Dead's "Franklin's Tower," the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" and the Robert Johnson/Allman Brothers classic "Crossroad."
Among the other spots you would have seen Les and Mickey: fishing in Pompano Beach's Lake Santa Barbara and Dumbfounding Bay near Aventura, and dining at Coconuts, Southport and Shuck 'N' Dive. At Mezzaluna Wednesday night, Les pulled out a bottle of 2007 Purple Pachyderm pinot noir from Claypool Cellars, his winery in the Russian River Valley section of Sonoma. He later autographed the empty for a fan.
If the fishing was spotty, the camera crew seemed pleased with the footage they got of Les and Mickey merely hanging out in South Florida. Everyone agreed the one moment likely to make the cut for the pilot came on Monday as the sun set on Lake Santa Barbara and Les and Mickey got into an impromptu jam session. It was the antithesis of rock star hysteria.
"Fishing is more than the fish. It's about ritual," Les said.
For more on Mickey's exploits or to book a charter, go to MickeysFishing.com. To catch up with Les, who is scheduled to play the Wanee Festival in Live Oak on April 19, go to LesClaypool.com.
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Trekking through some of the country's most beautiful terrain just got cheaper.
Thanks to the Department of the Interior's Every Kid in a Park program, fourth-grade students can enter any of more than 2,000 of the nation's national parks and other federally managed lands and waters for free for one year.
Fourth-grade students can sign up for the free pass at everykidinapark.gov.
The first three members in a group with a visiting fourth-grader will be granted free entry as well at sites that charge per person. For those that grant payment and entry by car, any accompanying passengers in a private, non-commercial vehicle with a fourth-grader will be allowed to enter at no charge. Educators can also obtain free passes.
The Every Kid in a Park program encourages children to be active and explore nature at a time when more than 80 percent of American families live in urban areas and young people are more tethered to electronic devices than ever.
According to the program, the goal of the promotion is to "inspire fourth graders nationwide to visit our federal lands and waters, whether it is a backyard city park or a national forest, seashore, or marine sanctuary. By targeting fourth graders year after year, the program works to ensure every child in the U.S. has the opportunity to visit and enjoy their federal lands and waters by the time he or she is 11 years old."
In June, the inter-agency program announced that Every Kid in a Park has been renewed for the 2018-2019 school year. Passes will be available Sept. 1.
Learn more and get a pass at everykidinapark.gov.
If you're over 62 years old and love the great outdoors, the time is now to get the deal of a lifetime.
Right now, senior citizens can get a lifetime pass to visit national parks for $10. But that's going to change on Aug. 28 – with the price rising to $80.
An annual pass will cost them $20, which they can apply to the cost of a lifetime pass at a later point if they decide they want one. Follow this link for the application.
Money raised from the price increase will go to the enhancement of the national parks. There are more than 400 national parks across the country.
Here's a Q&A from the National Parks Service on the price increase:
Why is the price of the Senior Pass increasing?The price of the America the Beautiful – The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Senior Pass is increasing as result of the Centennial Legislation P.L. 114-289 passed by the US Congress on Dec. 16, 2016.When was the last time the price increased for the Senior Pass? The Senior Pass has been $10 since 1994.How much is it increasing?The lifetime Senior Pass will increase from $10 to $80.Why $80?The legislation states that the cost of the lifetime Senior Pass be equal to the cost of the annual America the Beautiful – The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass, which is currently $80.
What if a senior citizen is on a fixed budget?
The legislation also establishes an annual Senior Pass for $20. That pass is valid for one year from the date of issuance. Four annual Senior Passes purchased in prior years can be traded in for a lifetime pass. Additionally, access to the majority of National Park Service sites remains free—only 118 of 417 National Park Service sites have an entrance fee.What if I have a current Senior Pass?The current passes are lifetime passes and will remain valid.Will the benefits of my Senior Pass change?No. All benefits of the current Senior Pass stay the same.What if my current Senior Pass is lost or stolen?Passes are non-refundable and non-transferable and cannot be replaced if lost or stolen.If lost or stolen, a new pass will need to be purchased.Who is eligible for a Senior Pass?US citizens or permanent residents 62 years or older are eligible for the Senior Pass.
The Great American Eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21 is the first total solar eclipse to cross the continental United States from coast to coast in nearly 100 years.
NASA data visualizer Ernie Wright recently published the most accurate map to date of the eclipse's path of totality using data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, elevation data on Earth and information on the sun's angles.
Whether or not you're inside the path of totality will determine what you see in the sky. If you're outside the path, you'll likely see a partial (not total) eclipse.
To determine the most accurate eclipse path, according to Wright, you have to figure out where the moon's shadow will fall on the Earth's surface, which requires taking into account the elevation differences on both the moon and Earth's surfaces, he told Space.com.
Using elevation data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, the locations of the Earth, moon and sun at each line of latitude or longitude and how long it takes sunlight to travel to the moon and down to Earth, Wright was able to compute where exactly the eclipse will cross and for how long.
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When you look up at the night sky and wonder where the stars of the Milky Way have gone, there's a reason.
Science Advances published a paper last week that detailed how one in three people worldwide are unable to see the Milky Way -- and 83 percent of the world's population live under light-polluted skies, the Los Angeles Times reported.
According to the data, the United States and Europe have 99 percent of their population living under light-polluted skies -- keeping the Milky Way out of view for 80 percent of North Americans and 60 percent of Europeans.
"Humanity has enveloped our planet in a luminous fog that prevents most of the Earth's population from having the opportunity to observe our galaxy," wrote the research team led by Fabio Falchi of the Light Pollution Science and Technology Institute in Thiene, Italy, according to the Times.
"We've lost some of our view into the cosmos," Chris Elvidge, a physical scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who was part of the team that created the new atlas, published by the journal Science Advances, told NPR. "There are still people that can remember when they used to be able to see the Milky Way when they would walk outside at night, but those are becoming fewer and fewer."
Singapore suffers from the most light pollution and its skies never go dark, the study found. According to the Times, scientists discovered that populations in Chad, Central African Republic and Madagascar are not as affected by light pollution and still retain the ability to see the Milky Way.
Read more at the Los Angeles Times.
The Milky Way and the moon dazzle over Twin Lakes in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., in September. #SpaceSunday More amazing night-sky photos from readers: http://usat.ly/1K2mwvu(Photo by Eric Houck, Your Take)Posted by USA TODAY on Sunday, October 11, 2015
A 30-second exposure shows the Milky Way on June 8 near Strawberry, Calif.More spectacular photos from people like you: http://usat.ly/1Hpp6Mw(Photo by Eric Houck, Your Take)Posted by USA TODAY on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
There are circumstances where staying up all night are acceptable (and also highly encouraged). One is waiting until 3...Posted by U.S. Department of the Interior on Tuesday, May 24, 2016
A 42- year-old Connecticut woman climbed Mount Everest for the seventh time on Friday, breaking her own record for the most amount of times any woman has climbed the world's highest mountain, a hiking official said.
Lhakpa Sherpa reached the 29,035-foot peak from the Tibetan side, said Rajiv Shrestha of the 7 Summits Adventure company, which organized her expedition. She was accompanied to the top by a Nepali guide.
"She has broken her own record," Shrestha told Reuters.
Sherpa first climbed Everest in 2000. She took a breaking from climbing after her sixth completed summit in 2006.
Sherpa, who was born in Nepal, is one of 11 children. One of her brothers has climbed Everest eight times, and one of her sisters was once the youngest female Everest climber, Yahoo reported.
Sherpa works as a part-time housekeeper in Hartford, Connecticut, and as a worker at a 7-Eleven convenience store in the state, the New York Post reported.
Rhode Island officials released a promotional video Monday in an effort to encourage people everywhere to choose the state for their next vacation destination.
The only problem? There was a shot in the video that wasn't even filmed in Rhode Island. An intro scene shows a portion of Harpa, a concert hall and conference center in Reykjavik, Iceland.
''Imagine a place that feels like home but holds enough uniqueness that you're never bored,'' the video's narrator says as a skateboarder rides past a glass building.
But Internet users commented saying, "Hey, that's not Rhode Island -- that's the Harpa concert hall and conference center in Reykjavik."
Greg Nemes, a professor at the Rhode Island School of Design, visited Iceland in October and said he recognized the building, which has a distinct steel framework and an exterior of different colored glass panels.
''It was pretty unmistakable to me, so I did some digging around and posted on Facebook about it,'' Nemes told the Associated Press.
Other people agreed with him, posting side-by-side photos of the building in the Rhode Island ad and Harpa.
The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, the state's economic development agency, acknowledged the mistake, saying an editing company used the wrong footage.
The video was removed from YouTube Tuesday.
"As the Commerce Corporation put this presentation video together, explicit instructions were given to the local firm that helped with editing to use only Rhode Island footage," said Betsy Wall, the Commerce Corporation's chief marketing officer. "A mistake was made."
The editing company, IndieWhip, has promised to update the video at no extra cost to the state or the Commerce Corporation, which paid $20,000 for the original video.
"The footage in question is of a Rhode Island skateboarder, filmed by a Rhode Islander skateboarder," the agency said in statement reported by the Providence Journal. IndieWhip said they've create "a new version to go live soon, ensuring all shots are located in the state."
Another mistake was later revealed when people starting pointing out that Rhode Island's tourism website claimed that state, which is the smallest in the United States, boasts 20 percent of the country's historic landmarks.
"Little Rhody is packed with 400 miles of coastline and 20 percent of the country's historic landmarks," the site says.
Rhode Island has 45, or less than 2 percent, of the country's historic landmarks, and no state -- not even the biggest -- has 20 percent, according to Mashable.
The tourism site reportedly shows archived versions of the page with the incorrect statistic listed as early as 2008.
When doctors told 90-year-old Norma that she had a large, cancerous mass on her uterus just two days after her husband of 67 years had died, she decided she could either be down in the dumps or take the high road and choose happiness and adventure -- and hit the road is just what she did.
Instead of choosing one of the cancer-battling options doctors proposed, like surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, Norma told them, "I'm 90 years old. I'm hitting the road."
So Norma, her son, her daughter-in-law and the couple's poodle, Ringo, embarked on an RV trip across the U.S.
Her doctor was supportive of the decision.
"As doctors we see what cancer treatment looks like every day," the doctor told Norma's family. "ICU, nursing homes, awful side effects and honestly, there is no guarantee she will survive the initial surgery to remove the mass. You are doing exactly what I would want to do in this situation."
So far, Norma has been on the road for six months and has traveled to Florida, Mississippi, South Dakota, Louisiana, New Mexico and Arizona. She's visited popular spots like Disney World, the Grand Canyon, Mt. Rushmore and Yellowstone National Park.
"She continues to surprise us on this trip," Norma's daughter-in-law, Ramie, told ABC News. "She's getting healthier, I think, from eating well and being outside a lot. She's breathing fresh air and getting to see new things all the time."
Norma, Ramie and Norma's son, Tim, already lived full-time in the RV before they invited Norma to live with them and travel around the country.
The family documents their adventures on a Facebook page called Driving Miss Norma, where they post photos of Norma crossing things off her bucket list. The page, which has nearly 95,000 followers, lists the 90-year-olds interests as "rock hounding, basket making, knitting, reading, jigsaw puzzles, Sudoku, tea, beer, sweet wine and traveling."
"I'm pleased to know that I can be an inspiration to so many," Norma said.
According to Mashable, she has already made new friends, driven a boat, explored the beach and fulfilled her lifelong dream of riding in a hot air balloon.
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Most people have been to an aquarium by the time they're in middle school.
But you've probably never seen an attraction like the one that's soon to be at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston.
The World-Famous Weeki Wachee Mermaids will entertain guests at the aquarium March 28 through April 3.
Hailing from Spring Hill, Florida, the mermaids swim among hundreds of animals, including fish, manatees and 8-foot-long sharks.
During each show, the mermaids delight guests with a highly technical and choreographed routine to musical numbers.
The mermaids travel nationwide, but they usually perform at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in Florida.
At the upcoming exhibit at the South Carolina Aquarium, a limited number of guests will be able to experience a special date night event, Mermaids & Me, designed for all ages and featuring an exclusive mermaid performance in the aquarium's Great Ocean Tank. Each attendee will have the opportunity to meet and take a photo with a friendly mermaid on the land.
A mermaid kiss. #mermaniaPosted by South Carolina Aquarium on Friday, March 27, 2015
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A rare flower bloom could happen in one of the hottest places on Earth, where 2 inches of rain a year is common.
Temperatures in Death Valley can exceed 120 degrees.
If the valley, which spans across California and Nevada, gets a little more rain, it could create a "super bloom," a phenomenon in which millions of flowers grow in the normally barren area. It happens about once a decade. The last one was in 2005.
It's not uncommon to see some flowers there, but a super bloom is different.
Park ranger Alan Van Valkenburg advises sightseers to visit the area during the super bloom at least once.
"It could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Valkenburn said in a U.S. National Park Service video. "These areas that are normally just rock, just soil, just barren, not even shrubs, they're filled with life. So Death Valley really does go from being a valley of death to being a valley of life."
The National Park Service said in January that it spotted "fields of flowers on the black volcanic rocks."
Currently, there are about 20 wildflower species in bloom, according to park spokeswoman Abby Wines.
The park said above-average autumn rains caused the early bloom. If El Nino rains start falling, it'll be even more spectacular.
Wines recommends interested parkgoers visit Death Valley to witness the super bloom sooner rather than later. She said the flowers will start to wilt in early April, and they'll die when temperatures reach over 100 degrees or when strong winds hit the valley and dry them out. She also suggests visiting the park during the early morning or afternoon, when lighting is brighter and better and the flowers show their most vibrant colors.
Flowers that bloom include the desert gold, a yellow daisy-like flower that has covered large areas of the park, and the desert five-spot, a pink or purple cup flower that can have up to three dozen buds on just one plant.
"One of my favorite flowers is the gravel ghost," Wines said. "It's not a very showy flower. It's just plain white, but what makes it amazing (is) the leaves are flat and blend into the ground and the stalk is very thin so it looks like it's floating 2 feet off the ground."
Niagara Falls, a distinct collective of three waterfalls that straddle the border of the U.S. and Canada, will go dry in the next two or three years.
But it will only happen on the American side of the falls in New York.
For some, this will be the second time in their lifetime that the falls have dried.
In 1969 researchers stopped the flow of water to study the effects of erosion and buildup of rock at the base of the falls. That year, people traveled from all over the world to see the landmark de-watered.
According to The Buffalo News, the New York State parks system wants to halt the water on the American side of the falls to replace two 115-year-old stone arch bridges that allow pedestrians, park vehicles and utilities access to Goat Island. Officials have said the concrete bridges, built in 1901, are deteriorating. A renovation would improve safety and the overall look of the popular site.
In 2004, the concrete arch bridges were closed and temporary truss bridges were put in place for parkgoers to cross over the rapids. Ten years later, the temporary bridges, which block views of the falls and are aesthetically unappealing for visitors, are still in place.
Officials now want to replace the two stone arch bridges, a project that could take five to nine months and would cost between $21.6 million and $37.3 million, The Buffalo News reported.
"The biggest problem is coming up with the money to do this," said Niagara Falls historian Tom Yots. "These beautiful bridge designs go back to the beginning of the 20th century."
The park system's proposal will be presented at a public hearing Wednesday at the Niagara Falls Conference Center.
If approved, a cofferdam would be imposed to stop water from flowing on the American side and redirect it to flow down the Canadian side. About 85 percent of the Niagara River flows over Horseshoe Falls in Ontario, and 15 percent flows over the American Falls in New York.
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