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OWINGS MILLS, Md. – On the final day of the D3Hoops.com Hoopsville National Invitational Classic the Beacons final game came down to the wire as the host Mustangs of Stevenson University edged men's basketball by the final of 72-70 Sunday afternoon at Owings Mills Gymnasium.
The Beacons (1-1) who trailed by four with seven seconds left in the second half, got a huge three-pointer from Joshua Mojica (Loiza, Puerto Rico) which cut the lead to one (71-70). Now with only three seconds left on the clock the Beacons quickly fouled Alphonzo Hawkins, sending him to the line to shoot two shots. Hawkins would make the first and miss the second. Rahshjeem Benson (Boston, Mass.) would grab the board but by the time he was able to turn around time had expired giving the Mustangs (2-0) the slim non-conference win.
Mojica's three-pointer capped off a seven point and 11 rebound day for the sophomore guard. From the field the native of Puerto Rico was 2-for-5, with the one three and was 2-for-3 at the line. Of his 11 boards, which led the Beacons, nine were recorded on the defensive side of the court.
Carl Joseph (Brockton, Mass.), who made his first start of the season on Sunday totaled a team-best 16 points and also had six boards and two blocks. Benson posted a game-high four blocks in his second start with UMB.
Sophomore Vinny DeLucia (Miami, Fla.) was second on the team with 14 points, while Cody Edmond (Plaquemine, La.) came-off the bench to finish with 12 and five rebounds in 23 minutes of action.
Despite the loss the Beacons offense was just as consistent as they were yesterday, as they finished shooting 42.9% (24-for-56). From behind the arc they finished shooting 43.8% (7-for-16), while at the line they shot 71.4% (15-for-21) overall. On the glass the Beacons held a +3 advantage over the Mustangs (46-43).
Through the first 20 minutes of play UMB never allowed the Mustangs to really gain control of the scoreboard. They did manage to close out the half with a three point (31-28), with Mojica scoring the final jumper of the period.
In the second half, UMass and Stevenson went back-and-forth with neither team jumping out to a commanding lead. UMB's final lead of the second half came with 8:13 left when Benson nailed a pair of free throws to make it 57-55.
However Stevenson tied the game at 57-57 seconds later on a lay-up from Andrew Bishop. Bishop would then push the Mustang's lead to one on a free throw.
Stevenson would continue to try and extend their lead and would eventually get it to eight following a tip-in from James Milton with 2:50 left in regulation. A jumper from Edmond and a three-pointer from DeLucia would cut the Mustangs lead back down to three. Joseph would then make it a one-point game on a huge dunk with 22 seconds left in the contest.
The Mustangs would push their back to three following a pair of made free throws form Milton. He would then make it a two-possession after going 1-for-2 at the line with less than 10 seconds to play.
After inbounding the ball the Beacons would get it over to Mojica, who drained the near game-changing three. Unfortunately, Stevenson would hold on just as time expired to secure the victory.
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University Park Campus School: The School with a Promise
"UPCS is the school where it's cool to be smart. It's cool to do your homework. It's a change in culture and kids want to go to the cool school at University Park."
—Jack Foley, Vice President for Government and Community Affairs at Clark University
The University Park Campus School is a grade 7-12 school serving 232 students in Worcester, Mass. In partnership with Clark University, UPCS has compiled an unparalleled record of academic achievement since opening its doors in 1997. Visit US News & World Report: Best High Schools.
For the last five years, UPCS has ranked first among urban schools serving low-income students on state-mandated English and math graduation exams and in the top quartile of all high schools in the state. Over 95% of graduates from its first four graduating classes have gone on to college. Nearly all are first generation college attendees.
Operating on the same per pupil budget as other district high schools in the city, the success of UPCS is not the result of exceptional financial resources. Rather, it is the result of an exceptional school culture that promises to prepare every student for college. The school's record of accomplishment is all the more remarkable given the low academic skills and limited English proficiency of its entering students. Chosen by lottery, the vast majority of students enter at least two grade levels behind in reading and math.
The only requirement for entry to UPCS is that students live in the immediate neighborhood of the school. Located in the poorest section of Worcester, three-quarters of the students qualify for free lunch; two-thirds come from homes where English is not spoken. Thirty seven percent of the school's students are Latino, 18 percent are Asian Americans, and 11 percent are African American. Many of the white students are recent arrivals from Eastern Europe who enter the school speaking only a few words of English.
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A family is in shock after a young mother was killed after she fell out of a party bus and was run over by several vehicles.
The deadly hit-and-run happened just before 10 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 35 by the exit for Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, KS.
It is not clear how, but a 26-year-old woman fell out of a party bus onto the highway where she was hit and killed.
Kansas Highway Patrol troopers are still searching for two drivers for questioning.
To Jamie N. Frecks, being a mother meant everything.
She babysat for other families, always loved children, and finally, less than two months ago, she had a baby of her own.
"She loved every minute she had with her," a close friend, Heather Pulliam, said.
But her time as a mother was too short.
Frecks was out for a rare night of fun with 15 girlfriends for a bachelorette party when she somehow fell out the emergency door of the party bus they were riding.
"They had hired someone to make sure they got there safe and returned safe. There was no return, and we'll never get her back," Frecks' aunt, Cynthia Matteson, said.
Troopers say three cars hit Frecks and only the second car stopped.
Jeanette Hernandez, of KCK, was a passenger in one of the three cars that struck Frecks.
"Felt like a nightmare," Hernandez said.
She said the incident happened too fast, and they tried to avoid Frecks' body in the interstate, but she just couldn't.
Hernandez said several other cars slowed down after they realized what happened but drove away.
The thought that there were so many people who hit Frecks and didn't stop is horrifying to Hernandez.
"If somebody could come forward for the family, somebody knows they ran her over. It's not fair," Matteson said.
As they wait, Frecks' loved ones will remember her smile, her good heart and her love of art.
Frecks also planned to marry her fiancé next April, and then go back to school, a close friend told KCTV5.
"Her dream was actually to really be an art teacher at an elementary school," Pulliam said.
With those plans now lost, friends and family are promising the one dream Frecks saw realized. Her baby, Emma, will carry on her mother's memory.
"She will know who her mama was. Know all about her mama. How ornery she was, and I pray to the heavens above that she turns out just a little bit like her without having her around," Pulliam said.
According to the crash report, troopers did not identify the company operating the bus, but did say it was driven by a 49-year-old Basehor, KS, woman.
KCTV5 tried calling the company that is believed to have owned the party bus, but they have not returned calls.
Troopers are still investigating how the door opened. They are also asking anyone with information about the two drivers who left to call them or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
Friends of Frecks are holding an event for her family Wednesday in Loose Park. They're collecting donations for her daughter and fiancé.
Items such as formula, diapers, wipes and clothes are being requested for a 3-month-old girl and older.
A fund for the family has also been set-up.
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Big labor falls in line with Obama
Organized labor's rumblings about sitting out President Barack Obama's reelection have turned out to be an empty threat.
The Teamsters' Monday endorsement makes it the latest major union to fall in line behind the president's campaign, joining the Service Employees International Union, the AFL-CIO and many other labor heavyweights.
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Though widely expected, the endorsement of the 1.4 million-member Teamsters wasn't automatic for Obama: the union described a "months-long" process that included scientific polls of the rank and file, surveys of local offices and serious deliberations by the union's leadership. But it also underscores a broader political point: after three years of ups, downs and mutual frustrations, Big Labor is again marshaling its troops for Obama with a mood that could be described in some quarters as grudging enthusiasm.
For all their gripes, the union giants that were threatening to hold off on repeating the millions of dollars of support and a nationwide grass-roots network have backed off. Like they did in 2008, they'll organize members and they'll have those members organize more, mostly through door-knocking, phone banks and person-to-person networking on job sites and in neighborhoods.
Obama can thank two years of anti-union activity in states like Wisconsin and Ohio for overriding labor's feelings about his inconsistent record on their issues. And he can thank Romney's past at Bain Capital for kicking labor's massive effort into overdrive to keep the man the Teamsters tagged a "vulture capitalist" out of the Oval Office.
Despite taking office as the economy cratered, Obama "has led the country down the long road back to prosperity, providing relief for the middle class and fighting for workers' rights," Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said in a statement. Romney represents "everything that's wrong" with the U.S. free market system, Hoffa said, and a Romney presidency would amount to "the fox guarding the henhouse."
That's a major swing from as recently as late last year, when several labor leaders, disappointed the president hadn't focused on their agenda as much as they'd hoped in 2008, warned that they might sit out the 2012 election cycle in protest.
"Obama's a decent guy, sure, but I think he's fallen victim to a false pragmatism of bipartisanship," said RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United, a health care workers' collective, blaming Republicans' pro-business agenda for increasing the economic pain on working families. Despite the president's shortcomings, she said, "We all know that this thing could get a whole lot worse under a Romney administration."
"I said a year ago that there was a danger — Democrats faced possibility of the enthusiasm gap" sinking their 2012 prospects, said Robert Reich, former labor secretary under Bill Clinton and a professor at University of California-Berkeley. "But the Republicans once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory: they went on an anti-union crusade — some even call it a tirade — and they went at the heart of the union movement, which is the right to organize. And Washington Republicans essentially cheered them on."
As a result, "the labor union has been galvanized, even though Obama may not have done everything they wanted," Reich said. "They've done him a huge favor."
Still, several union leaders POLITICO interviewed said local agendas are driving labor organization — including repeal of Wisconsin laws that drastically restrict collective bargaining and the hotly contested recall vote for Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who pushed for them.
"I don't know if they have an Obama 2012 yard sign, but the sense is if it's a labor effort [to recall Walker] or whatever it is, it's good for the Obama campaign," one labor official said.
Meanwhile, Obama's recent courtship of labor has resembled that of a chastened spouse, touting a populist "everyone deserves a fair shake" message, delivering fiery speeches reminding them of his rescue of Detroit and blaming a do-nothing, Republican-dominated Congress for working-class struggles. If they don't help him stop Romney, the president declares, those gains will disappear.
"I haven't been a perfect president," Obama said last Monday in an off-script moment in a speech to the AFL-CIO. "But I wake up every single day working as hard as I know how to make your lives a little bit better."
Largely marginalized during eight years of the Bush era, labor's organizing and fundraising efforts were out in full force for the 2008 Obama campaign. And the pro-union candidate returned the love, vowing to push labor's agenda and famously declaring he'd don "comfortable shoes" and march on a picket line if they needed him.


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Testing Honey Bee Colonies for Hygienic Behavior
Testing Honey Bee Colonies for Hygienic Behavior
|Photo B. A comb section of sealed brood containing approximately 100 cells on each side was cut out of the comb, frozen for at least 24 hours, and replaced in the hole left in the comb.
Testing Honey Bee Colonies for Hygienic Behavior
It is relatively easy to determine if a colony of bees displays hygienic behavior by testing them using one of the methods described below [5, 6].
Two best methods to test for hygienic behavior
1. The freeze killed brood assay: In this assay, a comb section of sealed brood containing approximately 100 cells on each side (2 x 2.5 inches) is cut from a frame and frozen for 24 hours at -100 F. The frozen comb section is inserted into a frame of sealed brood in the colony being tested (Photo B). Tests have shown that it does not matter if the frozen section comes from the same colony from which it was removed or from a different colony. The frame with the freeze-killed brood insert is placed in the center of the brood nest. Two days (48 hours) later the frame is removed and the number of sealed cells remaining is recorded. A hygienic colony will have uncapped and removed over 95% of the frozen brood within 48 hours. A non-hygienic colony will take over six days to completely remove the frozen brood. The speed with which a colony removed dead brood is correlated with its ability to remove diseased and parasitized brood.
2. Liquid nitrogen: Freezing the brood with liquid nitrogen is more efficient and less destructive to the combs than cutting, freezing and replacing comb inserts. Liquid N2 is relatively inexpensive and easy to obtain; check with your local gas and welding suppliers, veterinary practice, or livestock artificial inseminating firm. There are no laws in any state restricting the use of industrial grade liquid N2 by individuals. It must be kept in an appropriate tank (e.g., a Dewar tank, which can be purchased through gas and welding supply houses), and the tank should be securely fastened to the truck during travel to avoid spillage.
|Photo C. A 3" PVC tube is twisted into the comb down to the midrib. The liquid N2 is slowly poured into the tube.
Common sense and several precautions must be used when handling liquid nitrogen. It has a boiling temperature of -320°F, which means that it is extremely cold and will kill skin (causing severe frostbite) on contact. We recommend that users read the Material Safety Data Sheet on liquid N2 from the supplier.
You will need to construct (or find) a hollow cylinder into which you will pour the liquid N2 to freeze a circular section of sealed brood. We have been using a 3-inch diameter PVC pipe. The cylinder must be at least 4 inches long because the nitrogen will boil on contact with the brood.
A minimum of 10 oz of liquid N2 is needed to freeze-kill all the brood (approximately 160 cells) within a 3-inch diameter cylinder. A smaller amount will not kill all of the brood, leading to erroneous results. Use a 10-oz or larger polystyrene foam coffee cup for measuring and pouring. Other materials will shatter on contact with the liquid N2.
Select a frame with at least a 3-inch diameter circle of sealed brood containing fewer than 30 unsealed cells within the circle. Lay the frame horizontally across a support (i.e. an empty super). Twist the cylinder into the sealed brood until it reaches the midrib. Record the number of unsealed cells inside the cylinder. Pour 1.5 to 2 oz. of the liquid N2 into the cylinder and wait for it to freeze the edges or evaporate. Then pour the remainder of the liquid N2 into the cylinder. Wait to remove the cylinder until it thaws, which may take three to five minutes (Photo C). If you have additional cylinders, you can start the next test while you are waiting for previous ones to thaw. We put a drawing pin (thumbtack) in the top of the frame to mark the frame and the location of the test on the frame. Some hygienic colonies clean and repair the comb so quickly that it is hard to locate the test when you return. Place the frame in the center of the brood nest (Photo D).
|Photo D. Honey bees bred for resistance and certain behaviors can prevent diseases and parasitic mites.
Remove the frame containing the frozen brood 48 hours later, and record the number of sealed cells remaining within the circle. When testing a colony that has been re-queened, six to eight weeks must elapse after requeening for the bees in the colony to be daughters of the new queen (Photos E-1 and E-2).
Important note: Both of these tests should be repeated on the same colony, and it will be noticed that the results between tests may vary. For example, a colony may remove 95% of the frozen brood on the first test, but only 50% on the second. This colony is not hygienic! It is very important that colonies be considered hygienic only if they remove >95% of the brood on two consecutive tests. The speed with which a colony removed dead brood is correlated with its ability to remove diseased and parasitized brood.


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Lady Antebellum Already a Dozen Songs Deep Into New Album
Lady Antebellum are in the middle of their 2012 Own The Night World Tour, and though their calendars leave them barely enough room to take a breath between shows, the Grammy-amassing trio say they already have a dozen songs for their next record. Talking to Billboard.com, Hillary Scott says the band has 12 songs ready, whether they've written them as a band or selected them from outside writers.
"Songwriting is such therapy and such a release for us," she says, "and it's a way for us to not get caught up in the madness of our schedules. We really do write a lot. Whether we're at home or on the road, we'll find time to write." And while Lady A's very recent (Sept. 2011) record 'Own The Night' is still bringing them new acclaim, as well as a flurry of new awards, Scott admits that the release felt a bit rushed.
"We're going to take our time with this one," she says, "because ['Own the Night'], as proud as we are of it, we all feel like we rushed it a little bit. So we're going to just settle in and write and write and write. We may try to go in [to the studio] at some point this year, just to try some things, but honestly it's hard to tell. We're going to really wait until we're ready."
The multi-Grammy Award-winning trio garnered their sixth gold gramophone at this year's awards, taking home the prize for Country Album of the Year. Speaking of the excitement that comes from such a big accomplishment, Scott points to the balance they have to strike as a band, especially when they're writing for a new record.
"These awards and these accolades really do spur you on and inspire you and make you go, 'OK, we need to work hard and earn it again when the next record comes out and is eligible," she explains. "But we can't overthink it, either. We haven't made it this far by overthinking it. So when we get into those environments, whether in the songwriting room or the recording studio, we just have to let all of that go and really not think so much."


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MARTINEZ — A Benicia man was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of murder in connection with the killing of a man in Rodeo several hours earlier, police said.
The name and city of residence of the 28-year-old victim were not released by the Contra Costa County Sheriff's office, which is investigating the slaying.
At 3:05 a.m. Sunday, sheriff's deputies were called to Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo to investigate after the man arrived at the emergency room with gunshot wounds, police said.
The man was later transferred to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, where he was pronounced dead at 9:20 a.m.
During the investigation, deputies made contact with Beal Xavier Hickman, 28, of Benicia, who was later arrested and booked into the Martinez Jail on numerous charges, including homicide. He is being held in lieu of $1.3 million bail.
Police did not say what led them to Hickman, but it was later determined the shooting occurred on Tullibee Court in Rodeo. Detectives are trying to establish a motive.
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Perceived threats to the United States dot the late-night landscape.
With recent sabre-rattling from Kim Jong-Un , late-night hosts brought back everyone's favorite joke constructiosn: the ones involving former basketball star and almost-diplomat Dennis Rodman. Both Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno mentioned the former NBA all-star in their monologue jokes about the hermit kingdom. Leno and Fallon also touched on topics ranging from Homeland Security's Janet Napolitano's non-use of e-mail , FAA rules for electronic devices on airplanes and the White House Easter Egg Roll .
The preeminent national news of the Supreme Court hearing arguments on the constitutionality of marriage laws took center stage on the Comedy Central shows. Stephen Colbert spent two of his three segments on the topic, while The Daily Show 's Jon Stewart used his first third of the show discussing the legality of same-sex marriage.
Fast forward to 3:10 to see why Joe Biden is excited about Easter.
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Mr. Skin, champion of celebrity nudity and high-def video alike, put together a gadget gift guide with that site's readers in mind. It's kind of funny, kind of creepy and oddly professional, all at the same time.
The guide includes pocket camcorders, webcams, zoom lenses, DVRs and Blu-ray players, all positioned as somehow related to capturing and enjoying artful nudity. A lot of the Mr. Skin guide overlaps with our own, and we actually disagree with some of his picks (like choosing the oft-impressive but unreliable Kodak Zi8 as the pocket camcorder of choice), but all in all it's a pretty solid guide for...well, you know who you are. [Mr. Skin—Not Safe for Work!]


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For the first time, President Obama has referred publicly to Monday's Boston Marathon bomb attacks as "terrorism."
"This was a heinous and cowardly act, and given what we now know about what took place, the FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism," the president said Tuesday from the White House briefing room. "Any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror."
On Monday evening, in his first statement on the explosions, Mr. Obama didn't call the attack "terror" or "terrorism;" he called it a "tragedy," sparking criticism from some conservatives that he was underplaying the meaning of what had happened. Yet right after the president's remarks, a White House official told reporters that the administration was treating the attack as terrorism.
"Any event with multiple explosive devices – as this appears to be – is clearly an act of terror, and will be approached as an act of terror," said the official, according to Politico. "However, we don't yet know who carried out this attack, and a thorough investigation will have to determine whether it was planned and carried out by a terrorist group, foreign or domestic."
Three people died and 176 were injured in two bomb explosions at 2:50 p.m. Eastern time near the finish line of the storied Boston Marathon.
By Tuesday morning, when Obama made his second public statement, he acknowledged that he had no answers – who carried out the attack, why they did it, whether it was the act of a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic, or the act of a "malevolent individual."
"Clearly we're at the beginning of our investigation," he said. "It will take time to follow every lead and determine what happened. But we will find out. We will find whoever harmed our citizens, and we will bring them to justice."
Since news of the explosions broke Monday afternoon, Obama has blended speed with caution and a tone of resolve as he has sought to reassure the nation. He spoke in the briefing room a little over three hours after the attacks, not because he had answers but to convey that his administration and all levels of law enforcement were on the case.
The president's initial hesitance to call the attack terror or terrorism was "classic Obama," says Martin Medhurst, an expert on political rhetoric at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
"It tells us he's a cautious speaker," says Mr. Medhurst. "But we've known that about Obama for a long time. It didn't surprise me that he wouldn't immediately call it terror."
Obama has come under criticism in the past for his reactions to actual or attempted terrorism, both over the speed of his response and the words he has used. On Christmas Day 2009, a Nigerian with explosives hidden in his underwear attempted to bomb a Delta Airlines flight to Detroit. Obama was criticized for waiting three days before responding publicly to the failed attack.
Last September, when the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, came under attack – resulting in the deaths of four Americans, including the US ambassador to Libya – Obama was initially vague about whether he considered the attack terrorism. Obama faced criticism, and the episode became an issue in the presidential campaign.
But the history books are full of examples where government officials and the media have not exercised caution in putting out preliminary – and ultimately false – information about who might have perpetrated an attack on Americans. When a federal building was bombed in Oklahoma City in 1995, initial suspicion focused on a Jordanian-American man, who was arrested and interrogated. Soon it became clear the attack was a case of domestic terrorism.
A year later, during the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, a bomb was set off in a park, killing two people. A security guard on the scene named Richard Jewell became the prime FBI suspect in the case, and was hounded by the media. Mr. Jewell was eventually exonerated, after investigators determined that the perpetrator was domestic terrorist Eric Rudolph.


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TMZ Live -- Gisele's Big Mouth Makes Her 'Yoko Bundchen' of the Patriots
TMZ Live Gisele's BIG Mouth Makes Her "Yoko Bundchen"
(0:00) Important Super Bowl breakdown ... of Eli Manning and Tom Brady's looks.
(5:40) The Patriots dropped the ball in the fourth quarter ... literally ... and kissed their SB dreams goodbye.
(7:40) Gisele rips the Pats receivers after the game -- should she have kept her mouth shut?
(19:24) Madonna's halftime show -- Harvey didn't watch it, Charles wasn't impressed, and Kelly loved it.
(21:30) Evan loved one thing about the halftime show -- the crazy tightrope dancer ... whose genitals are fine, by the way.
(26:00) M.I.A.'s middle finger -- John calls it the cheapest Super Bowl commercial of them all.
(32:30) A 17-year-old basketball player from Senegal is 7'5" -- so the ridiculous question ... is it wrong to adop a future NBA superstar in order to profit of him later?
(36:01) There are no secrets on TMZ Live -- Harvey learns the hard way when trying to crack an offensive joke to Charles.
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About Steve Worona
Before there was Yahoo and before there was Facebook there was The Globe at Cornell:
Others, too. Most, perhaps all, of these patents should never have been granted.
The only thing more disruptive than the Internet is the broken patent office.
It's Citizens United taken to its perversely illogical conclusion: To politicians and lobbyists, not only are corporations people, they're the only people.
Court won't reverse USCG troll charges.
According to two executives at Sony Music, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter, the price increase was the result of an error by a Sony employee in Britain, and that the company gave no orders for prices to be raised on Ms. Houston's music.
Re "You no longer have to sell fans what you want them to buy. You can sell them what they want to buy." This is the key distinction between business models based on monopoly control (i.e., Copyright) vs business models based on competition. It's why Apple invented iTunes while the labels were saying "You can't compete with free!"
If you can't imagine a business model not based on absolute control, you end up tying yourself to a railroad track.


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Hey! You! Want to win something sweet for your sweetie this Valentine's Day?
Well, are you ever in luck: I've got a copy of Rosie's All-Butter Fresh Cream Sugar-Packed Baking Book to give away. As you remember, I recently featured the recipe for Chocolate Delirium from this book.
Now, Valentine's Day is very special to bakery proprietress Judy Rosenberg--Valentine's Day 1974 is the anniversary of the first cookies that Judy made that put her into the business. Le nom!
So what do you have to do to enter to win?
It's easy. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post (comments are moderated, so don't panic if it doesn't show up right away!) with your response to the below question. But before I get to that, some important contest notes. CakeSpy Note: The giveaway will close on February 14, Valentine's Day, at 12pm PST. The randomly chosen winner will be contacted privately afterward. Because this prize is being donated and shipped by the publisher, they have requested that this giveaway be open to US entrants only. But I'd still love to hear your memories, foreign friends!
OK! That having been said, the question to answer to enter:
What is your favorite Valentine's Day dessert memory?
We have a winner!! "Sweet Eater", whose entry was chosen at random, says:
My favorite Valentine's dessert memory is when I woke up the morning of not expecting anything special to happen as I trudged to eat a normal breakfast of cereal. However, hidden behind the many boxes of cereal sitting at the table was my all-time favorite thing in the world; a Krispy Kreme glazed donut with chocolate icing and rainbow sprinkles. I couldn't help but cry out as I dug my tastebuds into the soft, gooiness and went on to eat the rest of the donuts in the fridge. Too bad those were expected to last all week for the rest of the family. ;D I love you, Mom.
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Sign up here for the HXC's Texas chapter spring adventure!
We will be putting our Hummers to the test March 15-17 at Hidden Falls Adventure Park near Austin, Texas. There's all sorts or rock crawling, obstacles and a little water fording to give your Hummer the work out you've been looking for. All Hummer owners are welcome!
You can find information on park and camping fees here: http://www.hiddenfallsadventurepark.com/
As of now, here is the plan:
March 15th: Arrive at the park at 9:00am and get some light wheeling in until noon. At that point, we will eat lunch and continue exploring, looking for more challenging obstacles to conquer. At 5, we will head to the campsites and set up for the night. (You are responsible for setting up your own camping reservations.)
March 16th: Hit the trails at 9:00am, so be saddled up and ready to ride! Break for lunch, and wheel until dark. (Dinner in Marble Falls?)
March 17th: Depending on what the group is feeling like, we can get one last wheeling rally in, or depart from the park.
Things you need to bring:
-Camping equipment/food
-Cash for camping/park fees
-A friendly attitude
-Socket set/jack/jack stands
-Spare parts such as CV axles, tie rods (inner/outer) etc.
-FRS hand held radio (walkie talkie) if your vehicle is not equipped with a CB radio.
-First aid kit
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The Federal Trade Commission has agreed to open an antitrust investigation into the proposed Google/DoubleClick merger, according to industry sources quoted in the New York Times. The fact that the FTC is investigating the deal (rather than the Department of Justice, which can also look into antitrust issue) has led observers to speculate that privacy concerns may play a role in the review—good news to consumer advocates who oppose the deal on privacy grounds.
Google snapped up the online advertising company for $3.1 billion back in April and immediately ran into opposition from business rivals. Microsoft, AT&T, and other companies tried to derail the deal, arguing that the merger would give Google a veritable monopoly in the online advertising world and make it one of the most powerful gatekeepers on the Internet.
Only days later, consumer groups got in on the action. The Electronic Privacy Information Center, the Center for Digital Democracy, and the US Public Interest Research Group filed a complaint with the FTC on April 20, arguing that "neither Google or DoubleClick have taken adequate steps to safeguard the personal data that is collected" by their respective services. They asked the FTC to put the merger proceedings on hold until Google changes certain "unfair and deceptive trade practices."
On May 1, these groups were joined by the State of New York Consumer Protection Board, which submitted a letter of its own to the FTC. In that letter, the Board worried that the merger "will result in the creation of 'super-profiles,' which will make up the world's single largest repository of both personally and non-personally identifiable information... In the worst-case scenario, this repository of super-profiles could, for example, be made available to secondary users including marketers without consumers' knowledge or consent, as well as made public as evidence in litigation or through data breaches." The CPB also calls on the FTC to halt the merger until these data protection issues have been examined more thoroughly.
There's no reason at this point to believe that the FTC will kill the deal, but the fact that both the US government and the European Union are scrutinizing the company might give Google execs pause. Microsoft's experience serves as a warning here: fighting major antitrust actions in both the US and Europe can cost billions of dollars and take a decade to resolve. Google is not yet in that position, but the company is clearly on the radar screen of regulators in both places and needs to tread lightly as it continues to expand.


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ASG must fund Siaumau Jr. death penalty defense
The trial division of the High Court has ordered the government to pay $260,000 to the Public Defender's office, which is representing Siaumau Siaumau Jr. charged in the murder of police Lt. Liusila Brown and the attempted murder of another police officer.
This order was issued on Monday morning, and Assistant Public Defenders Leslie Cardin and Mike White are representing Siaumau Jr. in this matter.
Public Defender Ruth Risch told Samoa News that the $260,000 seems like an awful lot of money, however under the American Bar Association Guidelines for handling a death penalty case there are things that must be done in order to guarantee that the client's constitutional rights are upheld.
"Although I would rather see that this money be used at LBJ hospital, for example, and there are a lot of other things that this money could be used for — because the government is trying to put our client to death, it's very important that he get the best representation possible," said the Public Defender.
According to the five-page order, on April 25 and May 15, 2012 the defendant Siaumau Jr moved to set aside public funds for approved defense costs "payable from sources other than the inadequate funding presently budgeted for in the Public Defender's office of the American Samoa Government."
The order states that on May 17, 2012, because " justification for this funding would at least partially and inappropriately reveal defense strategy in this action" and therefore the court in camera with defense counsel heard and granted the motions." (In camera refers to "in the Judge's chambers" or in private)
The order has it that on August 2, 2010 the government filed charges against the defendant for commission of murder in the first degree, two counts of attempted murder in the first degree on distinct victims, three counts of assault in the first degree against distinct victims, three counts of unlawful possession of firearm, two faculty distinct count of unlawful possession of unlicensed firearm and public peace disturbance.
According to the order, the next day the government filed a notice of intent to seek the penalty of death in this case.
The order says that the potential result of a capital case puts the defendant's life at stake and counsel representing the defendant must have the resources in terms of extensive personnel, equipment and supplies necessary to fully and thoroughly investigate and evaluate all aspects of the case in order to properly prepare and advocate the best possible defense strategy.
According to the order, no stone can be justifiably left unturned for capital cases, and the American Bar Association (ABA) has well-developed guidelines for the appointment and performance of defense counsels in death penalty cases. The order quoted ABA guidelines, which call for a defense team in Capital cases consisting of at least two qualified attorneys, an investigator and a mitigating expert.
The order goes on to state that experience with capital cases is unusual in American Samoa and the Public Defender's office is not routinely funded to provide legal representation according to expected standards for such cases.
"The defense Counsel must be provided the assistance of all expert, investigative or other ancillary professional services reasonably necessary or appropriate to high quality legal representation at every stage of the proceedings" says the order.
"ABA guidelines 4.1B, Defense Counsel are entitled to professional services independent of government, and to protected confidential communications with the providers to the same extent counsel paying with private funds have."
The defendant's former private counsel, Aviata Fa'alevao was unable to further represent him due to medical reasons, and the defendant's counsel has been replaced by Assistant Public Defender Leslie Cardin and Assistant Public Defender Mike White, who were both previously qualified to handle capital cases, and are renewing their qualification, according to the document.
"The funding sought by this motion is well justified as well as being cost effective compared to assembling a qualified capital defense team from outside of American Samoa [who] quoted in excess of $1 million in the last homicide cases occurring and initially prosecuted as a capital case here earlier this decade," the document notes.
According to the order, the government acting by and through the Attorney General of American Samoa, Treasurer, Director of Program planning and Budget development shall make funds available forthwith to pay up to the total amount of $260,000 during the current fiscal year ending September 30, 2012.
The order has it that this approved funding for defense costs in this prosecution is payable from a separate account and shall be included in ASG's budget for the next fiscal year beginning on October 1, 2012 and ending on September 30, 2013, for the purposes of inclusion in the government's next fiscal year's budget.
The Public Defender shall provide during and for the budget development process estimated defense costs anticipated in this prosecution during the next fiscal year.
According to the order, which is signed by Associate Justice Lyle L Richmond and Associate Judge Mamea Sala Jr., this order shall be served on the Attorney General Fepulea'i Arthur Ripley, Treasurer Magalei Logovi'i, and Malemo Tausaga the Program Planning and Budget Development Director or their representatives.


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In order to enjoy a great tasting glass of water, you do not need to be a Water Sommelier to indulge. Treat yourself and your guests to clean filtered drinking water at a fraction of what it would cost for boutique or gourmet water. A water sommelier, akin to a wine sommelier, becomes skilled at the technique of pairing different compositions of water from around the world with food. The fine dining experience of drinking sommelier crafted water focuses on the impact of the taste and flavor of food combined with the complexity in the taste of water.
Typically, the average consumer does not have the luxury to frequently dine out and purchase a $20.00 bottle of gourmet water, or pay around $2.50 to $5.00 per glass. With that said, we have some suggestions to help create that fine dining atmosphere at home for pennies on the dollar, while enjoying great tasting filtered water with your food.
Here are a few basic and inexpensive items you will need:
- 1 Filtered Water Pitcher like the ZeroWater Water Filter Pitcher
- A wine glass (2 if someone is joining you)
- 1 tablecloth
- Cloth napkins
- Candles in a glass votive or on candlesticks
- Light finger sandwiches/pastries
- Plates or Saucers
- Soft music
Now on to that fine dining experience!
- Pour tap water into filtered water pitcher.
- Spread a tablecloth over your dinette table or if you prefer al fresco, drape the cloth over your patio table.
- Place candles in the middle of the table and light
- Set your table with your wine glass, folded cloth napkins, plates/saucers and flatware if needed
- Place light appetizers/pastries on table
- Pour water from filtered water pitcher in wine glasses
- Bon Appétit!
You don't have to travel to faraway lands or become a water sommelier in order to have clean, delicious filtered drinking water. Water from different regions of the country vary in mineral content, hardness and contain other waterborne particles that could impact taste. While no one knows how long the trend of fine dining gourmet or boutique water will last, access to clean filtered drinking water is within your reach, without the large price tag. If you choose to add some pizzazz to your drinking water, you could add fruit or other flavors on the market.


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This non-traditional yoga class will take your little one on invigorating, imaginative adventures to places like the African savannas, Arabian deserts, and the deep blue sea. Classes begin with breathing exercises to relax and focus attention inward. Incorporating asana (yoga poses) and pranayama (breath work) into highly imaginative play allows kids to build strength, increase flexibility, and improve concentration...all while having fun! Class ends with restorative poses and breathing exercises, leaving your little one happy, inspired, and relaxed. Older siblings welcome!
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End-of-life notice: American Legal Ethics Library
As of March 1, 2013, the Legal Information Institute is no longer maintaining the information in the American Legal Ethics Library. It is no longer possible for us to maintain it at a level of completeness and accuracy given its staffing needs. It is very possible that we will revive it at a future time. At this point, it is in need of a complete technological renovation and reworking of the "correspondent firm" model which successfully sustained it for many years.
Many people have contributed time and effort to the project over the years, and we would like to thank them. In particular, Roger Cramton and Peter Martin not only conceived ALEL but gave much of their own labor to it. We are also grateful to Brad Wendel for his editorial contributions, to Brian Toohey and all at Jones Day for their efforts, and to all of our correspondents and contributors. Thank you.
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Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct
Commentary - Rule 3.2
[1] Dilatory practices bring the administration of justice into disrepute. Delay should not be indulged merely for the convenience of the advocates, or for the purpose of frustrating an opposing party's attempt to obtain rightful redress or repose. It is not a justification that similar conduct is often tolerated by the bench and bar. The question is whether a competent lawyer acting in good faith would regard the course of action as having some substantial purpose other than delay. Realizing financial or other benefit from otherwise improper delay in litigation is not a legitimate interest of the client.


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Offensive Players of the Week
For the week ending Sept. 3
By John Parker / MLB.com | September 3, 2012 10:01 AM
Wilkin Ramirez, Rochester
(.367/.387/.867, 7 G, 11-for-30, 4 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 8 R, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 CS)
The 26-year-old Ramirez closed out the season with a flourish, collecting multiple hits -- at least one of which went for extra bases -- in seven of his final 10 games. After struggling to a .253/.284/.409 line in the first half of the season, Ramirez hit .299/.347/.495 in the second half and had a superb month of August, in which he batted .337 and drove in 21 runs in 27 games. Even the outfielder's baserunning improved, as he was 5-for-7 on stolen-base attempts in the second half after going 2-for-7 in the first.
Pacific Coast League
Matt Long, Salt Lake
(.550/.565/1.050, 6 G, 11-for-20, 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 11 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB)
Long went long twice on the final day of the season, driving in five runs as Salt Lake outlasted Sacramento, 16-9. That outburst capped a prodigious week that saw him collect multiple hits three times, score seven runs and drive in nine more. Following a slow start to his Triple-A career -- he joined the Bees in early May -- the 25-year-old infielder hit .338/.404/.585 over 43 games after the All-Star break.
Eastern League
Oswaldo Arcia, New Britain
(.382/.417/.706, 8 G, 13-for-34, 1 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 13 R, 2 BB, 8 K)
Arcia, who began the season as the Twins' No. 3 prospect and was a Futures Game participant in July, was everything the club could have hoped for this year. He lead all full-season Twins farmhands with a .320 batting average and finished second with 98 RBIs while navigating the jump to Double-A ball. The 21-year-old outfielder wrapped up the campaign on a nine-game hitting streak and plated seven runs in his last four games for the Rock Cats, who fell just short of the playoffs despite winning their final six contests.
Southern League
Hunter Morris, Huntsville
(.435/.519/1.043, 6 G, 10-for-23, 2 2B, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 6 R, 4 BB, 5 K)
It was a remarkable season for Morris, a Huntsville native playing for his hometown team. With four homers and 10 RBIs over his last five games, the 23-year-old Auburn product capped a campaign in which he led the Southern League in home runs (28), RBIs (113) and total bases (his 294 were third most in the Minors). Morris was named the Southern League's Most Valuable Player after earning Player of the Month honors in both June and July. After a solid first half, Morris clubbed 21 homers and drove in 68 runs in 69 second-half games.
Texas League
Nolan Arenado, Tulsa
(.419/.441/.613, 7 G, 13-for-31, 3 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 6 R, 2 BB, 2 K)
A second-round pick in 2009, Arenado emerged as a top-flight prospect after driving in a Minor League-leading 122 runs in the Cal League in 2011 and later being named MVP of the elite Arizona Fall League. The 21-year-old third baseman started the 2012 campaign hot but seemed to hit a wall in July, when he batted just .165 with four RBIs in 27 games. Arenado rebounded to bat .358 in August and closed out the regular season with 13 hits in his last six games. He and the Drillers, who won their last nine, head into the playoffs looking for their first title since 1998.
California League
Domingo Santana, Lancaster
(.484/.590/.968, 8 G, 15-for-31, 3 2B, 4 HR, 7 RBI, 13 R, 5 BB, 7 K, 1 SB)
Part of the deal that sent Hunter Pence to Philadelphia in 2011, Santana has become a notable piece of the Astros' rebuilding process. With homers in three straight games this week, the 21-year-old outfielder finished fifth in the organization with 23 longballs and third with 97 RBIs. Though the Cal League is known for inflated power numbers -- and three of his blasts this week were at notorious launching pad High Desert -- it's hard not to like a 6-foot-5, 228-pounder who can hit .302/.385/.536.
Carolina League
Tommy La Stella, Lynchburg
(.542/.577/.792, 6 G, 13-for-24, 4 2B, 1 3B, 4 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 K)
La Stella missed almost six weeks with injuries before returning to the Hillcats on Aug. 26. It took him no time to get back in the groove, going 3-for-3 in a doubleheader that day, collecting two hits in his next game, and going 5-for-6 with two doubles and a triple on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Despite being limited to 90 games, La Stella had an outstanding season and led Lynchburg with a .302 batting average and five triples.
Florida State League
Mike Walker, Brevard County
(.350/.480/.900, 6 G, 7-for-20, 2 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 5 R, 5 BB, 4 K, 2 SB)
Walker's team-leading 12 home runs came in bunches this year, with a final surge highlighting the last week of the season. The 24-year-old third baseman homered and doubled in the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader, then went deep twice in his next game on Thursday. Walker also led the Manatees with 75 RBIs, was second with 64 runs scored, and was the club's lone representative on the FSL's postseason All-Star squad.
Midwest League
Daniel Paolini, Clinton
(.500/.556/.969, 8 G, 16-for-32, 3 2B, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 9 R, 4 BB, 3 K, 1 CS)
Paolini had an enormous month of August, hitting 11 homers and driving in 37 runs as the LumberKings went 23-7 and cruised to the second-half Western Division crown with a 10-game cushion. The infielder homered in both ends of Monday's doubleheader, collecting six RBIs in total, then went deep twice against Burlington on Wednesday. Both Paolini, on an 11-game hitting streak, and Clinton, on a 10-game winning streak, are red-hot heading into a playoff showdown with Beloit.
South Atlantic League
Maikel Franco, Lakewood
(.556/.571/.667, 6 G, 15-for-27, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 6 R, 1 BB, 2 K)
Turning 20 seems to have flipped a switch for Franco. After celebrating his birthday on Sunday, Aug. 26, the Phillies prospect went 4-for-4 at Delmarva on Tuesday, then reeled off five more multi-hit games to close out the season. Franco struggled in the first half of the season, hitting .207/.269/.338, but was dominant in the second, posting a .346/.395/.530 line and finishing tied for fourth in the Sally League with 84 RBIs overall.
New York-Penn League
Shawn Pleffner, Auburn
(.343/.465/.571, 8 G, 12-for-35, 2 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 10 R, 8 BB, 7 K, 3 SB)
Despite his 6-foot-5, 225-pound frame, Pleffner has hit only three home runs this year. Considering the way he hit everything else, however, the power will no doubt come. Pleffner ranks second in the league in hitting and showed a particular knack for getting on base this week, racking up 12 hits and eight walks en route to scoring 10 times in eight games. He also drove in a run in seven of his eight contests -- all on the road -- as the Doubledays went 6-2.
Northwest League
Stephen Bruno, Boise
(.588/.667/.765, 5 G, 10-for-17, 3 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 3 BB)
Though he was not named the league's MVP -- that honor went to Everett's Patrick Kivlehan -- Bruno was a strong candidate, having led the league in batting, on-base percentage and OPS while finishing second in runs scored. (He was also versatile in the field, playing second base, third base, shortstop and all three outfield positions -- presumably at the cost of a spot on the NWL postseason All-Star team, which has no utility position.) The 21-year-old, a seventh-round pick out of the University of Virginia in June, finished the season on a 22-game hitting streak during which he hit .447/.538/.588 as Boise won the second-half East Division title by eight games.
Appalachian League
Jeffrey Diehl, Kingsport
(.429/.500/1.143, 2 G, 3-for-7, 2 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 CS)
This week covered just two games in the Appy League, which has already wrapped up its playoffs. Diehl, a 23rd-round pick out of Rhode Island in the 2012 Draft, packed a good bit of hitting into his two games, with a homer, two doubles and four RBIs. The 18-year-old finished the season with a .251/.291/.404 line but hit an impressive .339/.381/.576 in August.
Pioneer League
Jake Lamb, Missoula
(.433/.419/.833, 7 G, 13-for-30, 4 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 5 R, 0 BB, 6 K)
A sixth-round pick out of the University of Washington, Lamb hit the ground running in his first pro campaign, batting at least .300 each month. With the Osprey battling for a playoff spot, Lamb has stepped up to another level, collecting hits in each of his last 10 games. The 21-year-old shortstop fell a double shy of the cycle at first-place Billings on Thursday, added three more hits the next night, and ultimately plated eight runs as the two clubs split a four-game set. Missoula trails Billings by one game with three to play; they play each other, in Missoula, on Wednesday and Thursday to end the regular season.
John Parker is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — The rusty stains on Shirley Carter's home are a permanent reminder of her fight with the local steel mill, just down U.S. Highway 17 near the boat docks. No matter how many cans of industrial-strength acid she went through, the red tint on her property never seemed to go away.
In 1998, Carter and her neighbors sued Georgetown Steel, then owned by the company Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney co-founded, Bain Capital. They sought millions in cleanup costs and accused the mill's owners of leaving their historic Southern neighborhood looking like it had been hit by a "chemical bomb."
State officials determined the mill was largely to blame for the pollution. As the lawsuit dragged on for years, the steel mill filed for bankruptcy and the plant ultimately settled with the residents.
In the end, Bain saw more than $30 million in returns on its steel company investment. Carter got $800.
"That wasn't even enough to paint the house," said Carter, who is a Romney supporter this election.
As a presidential candidate, Romney has pledged to roll back environmental regulations as a way to spur growth. Under President Barack Obama, he recently quipped, "a regulator would have shut down the Wright Brothers for their 'dust pollution.'"
But the story of Georgetown Steel shows how Romney's company thrived under conditions that largely allowed the emissions to continue for years, leaving locals to clean up the mess after Bain left town.
Asked to comment on the Bain legacy in Georgetown, the Romney campaign instead criticized Obama on unemployment and green energy projects. A Bain spokeswoman did not directly address the impact of the plant's emissions but instead said the firm "undertook an ambitious plan" to turn around GS Industries and invested millions of dollars into the company.
The Georgetown saga surfaced in the mid-1990s, when South Carolina environmental officials received complaints from a local resident asking why his boat kept turning red-orange. The phenomenon was more than a nuisance, like ash from a fire, as dust aggressively stained not only nearby boats but cars and homes as well.
The Georgetown residents' complaints came a few years after Bain Capital purchased the Georgetown mill and its sister plant in Kansas City, Mo., as part of a $24.5 million buyout deal. The parent company was later called GS Industries and became one of the largest producers of wire rods.
Bain Capital, a private-equity firm Romney co-founded in 1984, had an impressive track record by then. It would eventually buy dozens of troubled companies and help make them profitable, a skill Romney has trumpeted on the campaign trail as making him more suited to lead the country than Obama.
But amid Bain's profitable ownership of GS Industries, the plant's production had created unsightly byproducts. By the late 1990s, the red dust was so was so ubiquitous that those who lived in rustic, two-story homes near Georgetown's waterfront took to calling it "The Stuff" — a mineral called goethite that's used to make steel.
"Everybody talked about the red dust, The Stuff," said Marilyn Burkhardt, who owned a seven-room bed and breakfast with her husband before leaving town in 2000.
"My husband scrubbed the house probably every other week with a pressure hose," Burkhardt said. It was often difficult for guests to eat breakfast on the deck. "We had to work like crazy. And for what? Just to keep the outsides of our houses clean."
South Carolina regulators placed monitoring sensors around town and compared air-quality results with similar sites in the state capital, Columbia, and in Alabama. In turn, officials wanted to see improvements at the mill and at times cited the plant during Bain's ownership for environmental violations, records show.
They also asked that the mill's emissions "be minimized" and that management review its steel-making process to reduce staining. Indeed, the plant paved its dirt roadways, installed a truck wash and sealed gaps in its buildings to prevent The Stuff from leaking out.
The state report, made available to The Associated Press through a public-records request, said the mill was largely responsible for goethite emissions. Yet the staining continued.
So Georgetown neighbors took the mill to court, with the case growing into a class-action lawsuit covering those who lived within a few miles of the steel mill. At one point, the plaintiffs sought millions of dollars in at least three civil cases, civil filings show.
The federal government has declared goethite a hazardous substance for workers exposed to large quantities each day. It's generally not toxic like arsenic and it doesn't cause cancer like benzene, two pollutants that are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
In 1999, just as the mill's lawyers asked a local judge to force the plaintiffs to turn over more documents, Romney announced he was leaving Bain to organize the Salt Lake City Olympics. Romney's federal presidential financial disclosures report that he had no active role in Bain after 1999. Several Romney associates recently told the AP that Romney made no managerial decisions after that date, but they also said he kept his formal CEO position and continued to meet with Bain partners. And an AP analysis of regulatory documents between 1999 and 2001 also showed Romney kept up an active role in overseeing Bain-related investments.
Romney stood to benefit financially from his company's investments. And his departure from Bain also came as the balance sheets at GS Industries began to look bleak. Despite Bain's reputation for turning around troubled companies like Staples and Domino's Pizza, the Georgetown plant was in trouble.
In February 2001, the company filed for bankruptcy protection with more than $500 million in debt. Romney has blamed cheap steel from China for the plant's demise, telling Fox News in December that he remembered a few dozen steel mills also foundered.
But as soon as the bankruptcy documents were filed, company lawyers told the Georgetown neighbors that the settlement was on hold. To see any money, they'd have to get in line behind everyone else — including Bain, with its majority ownership share. The steel mill offered to settle the case for $870,000.
Bain, for its part, reported $33.9 million in total valuation of GS Industries, according to a 2004 prospectus by Deutsche Bank. By September 2003, as GS Industries was emerging from bankruptcy and after Bain sold the company, a local judge ordered that Georgetown homeowners in the lawsuit receive their money.
After attorney's fees, that came to about $113,000, split dozens of ways. And it certainly wasn't enough to repair the damage, some residents said.
"I had the house cleaned and pressure-washed all the time," said Paul Skoko, who was among those who sued. "Within two years, it needed to be done again. That's when I said, 'That's it. I'm not doing this anymore. It simply costs too much."
Skoko opted to let his house turn a hue of burnt orange-red.
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