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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard may secure federal fundingBy GRETYL MACALASTER
Union Leader Correspondent
January 16. 2014 12:42AM
KITTERY, Maine — The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will benefit from at least two inclusions in the omnibus appropriations bill released Monday night by the United States Senate and House appropriations committees.
The bill includes $11.5 million in funding for military construction at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and the procurement of two Virginia-class submarines.
The bill could be voted on as early as today.
"These investments in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard — particularly during a time of so many budgetary challenges — highlight the installation's importance to our Navy and our national defense," Senators Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, said in a joint statement released Wednesday. "The $11.5 million investment in our shipyard, the procurement of two Virginia-class submarines, and sufficient funding and predictability to avoid furloughs is a huge win for our economy, the skilled men and women who work at the shipyard, and our national security."
The two allocations represent what was included in the White House's fiscal year 2014 budget request announced in April.
The $11.5 million in military construction funding will be put toward the consolidation of structural shops, which is expected to improve efficiency operations at the shipyard and is good news after a difficult year as a result of cuts and furloughs related to sequestration across the federal government.
This project is being funded even as the Department of Defense has delayed or canceled $4.1 billion in other military construction projects during the next five budget years.
The project was originally scheduled for 2015, but was accelerated to 2014 following efforts by the Maine and New Hampshire Congressional delegations to increase investments in modernization needs at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
The appropriations bill also provides funding for two Virginia class submarines in fiscal year 2014, which are starting to replace the Navy's fleet of Los Angeles class submarines.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has taken the lead on the Virginia class submarines, completing the first maintenance of a Virginia class submarine in 2012. In addition to doing maintenance on the submarines, the shipyard has taken the lead for all four shipyards on planning and procedures for the new class of boats.


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Shia LaBeouf Met Girlfriend Karolyn Pho At Karaoke Bar
Shia LaBeouf chats on his cell phone after grabbing a cup of coffee on Wednesday (June 6) in Los Angeles.
The same day, the 25-year-old actor was spotted in a parking lot while getting to work on an undisclosed project.
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Stocks higher in early trade; Fox up on earnings
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are edging higher in early trading after investors were mostly pleased by the latest U.S. corporate earnings news.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 3 points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,881 in the first few minutes of trading. The index is about nine points below the all-time high it set April 2.
The Dow Jones industrial average increased 37 points, or 0.2 percent, to 16,557. The Nasdaq composite rose seven points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,072.
Twenty-First Century Fox jumped 7 percent after the company reported earnings and revenue that were higher than investors were anticipating.
Tesla Motors fell 9 percent after the electric car maker reported a $49.8 million first-quarter loss.
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* NEW Alive and Well (Comedy/Sci-fi). Based on the novel by Bradley Denton about an unsuspecting salesman recruited by government authorities for a mission so secret even he is not in on its purpose. Directed by Robert Rugan. Casting: Pam Dixon Casting, 10351 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025. Shoots in October.
Catwalk (Thriller). A striking young woman from Europe battles the evil within. Written by Pete Atkins and Anthony Hickox. Casting: Catwalk Casting, c/o Seven Arts Pictures, 6121 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 512, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Shoots in mid-September.
The Christmas Movie (Dramedy). A hip, upscale, young woman finds out she's pregnant and discovers what is truly valuable in life at the same time. Written and directed by Dan Gordon. Casting: Massala-Digman Casting, c/o The Casting Café, 9000 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069. Shoots in July.
Price of Fear (aka Conversations With the Monster) (Thriller). Jacob, a freelance writer and horror aficionado, finds a terror within when a legendary film star he's interviewing taps the darkest part of Jacob for his own gain. Written by Jason Parker and Dario Fagnani. Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman. Casting: Fern Champion and Paul Ruddy, Fern Champion Casting, 10203 Santa Monica Blvd., 4th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Shoots in August.
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud (Drama/Supernatural). A cemetery caretaker, who blames himself for the accidental death of his younger brother, meets a young woman thought dead in a sailing mishap and begins a relationship with her. Zac Efron is in negotiations to star. Written by Burt Steers and Craig Pearce. Directed by Steers. Casting: Allison Jones, Allison Jones Casting, 1438 N. Gower St., Box 3, Ste. 309, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Shoots the end of July.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Dramedy). The ups and downs of a wisecracking middle-school student over the course of his chaotic junior year. Directed by Thor Freudenthal. Casting: Ronna Kress, Ronna Kress Casting, 333 S. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Shoots late summer.
Elevator Girl (Comedy). An uptight attorney falls for a free-spirited woman. Casting: Perry/Reece Casting, 500 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Ste. 310, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Shoots end of July.
The Fighter (Bio/Drama). Based on the true story of boxer "Irish" Mickey Ward and his trainer and half-brother Dick Eklund, this explores the brothers' early days on the rough streets of Lowell, Mass., through Dick's battle with drugs and Mickey's world championship bout in London. Mark Wahlberg is set to star. Casting: Sheila Jaffe, 6330 San Vicente, 5th fl., Los Angeles, CA 90048. Shoots in late summer.
Flying Lessons (Drama). A young woman returns to her small-town home to find herself and make sense of loose ends and strained relationships in her life. Written by Thoma Kuehl. Casting: Steve Brooksbank, Slater/Brooksbank Casting, 1135 N. Mansfield Ave., 3rd fl., Los Angeles, CA 90038. Shoots in late August.
Footloose (Musical/Remake). A city kid moves to a conservative town where his love of rock music disrupts the high school and sends the local preacher on a mission to shut him down. Chace Crawford, who played Nate on Gossip Girl, stars. Written by Neil Meron. Directed by John Hartmere. Casting: Paramount Pictures Features Casting, Gail Levin, Andrew Brown, and Barbara McCarthy, 5555 Melrose Ave., Bob Hope Bldg., Room 206, Hollywood, CA 90038. Shoots in March 2010.
Keep Coming Back (Dramedy). William H. Macy directs the story of Taylor Ogburn, an 18-year-old with a unique and very limiting heart condition, who falls hard for an older woman. Milla Jovovich and Felicity Huffman star. Casting: Mary Vernieu, Betty Mae Inc., 1009 Abbot Kinney Blvd., 2nd floor, Venice, CA 90291. Shoots in August.
* NEW Life as We Know It (Comedy). Katherine Heigl stars as one of two single people who suddenly become caregivers to an orphaned girl after the parents, their mutual best friends, are killed in an accident. Directed by Greg Berlanti. Casting: John Papsidera, Automatic Sweat, 5243 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90016. Shoots in September in Atlanta.
Losers Take All (Dramedy). Set in the 1980s, an indie punk-rock band attracts a raucous, loyal following that it purloins into a record deal and success, before losing it all. Starting from scratch once again, the band soon finds itself on the way back up and on the brink of committing the ultimate indie sin: selling out. Written by Andrew Pope and Roger Rawlings, who directs. Casting: Adrienne Stern Casting, attn: Jennifer Ensworth, 68 Jay St., Ste. 427, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201. Shoots in July.
The No Game (Drama/Romance). A Jewish college student, Sara, journeys to Israel and returns to her native New York a changed woman. Written by Elizabeth Fein. Directed by Sherry Horman. Casting: Adrienne Stern Casting, attn: "The No Game," 68 Jay St., Ste. 427, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Shoots in late September.
Sandwitched (Dramedy). A woman's life spins out of control when her best friend plots to oust her from her own house. Written by Sharon Contillo. Produced by Raz Cunningham. Casting: Lindsay Chagg, Lindsay Chagg Casting, 14611 Hartsook St., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403. Shoots in September.
Ruby McCollum (Drama). Based on a true story as told in the 1956 best-selling book by William Bradford about the first black woman to die in the electric chair after a much-criticized trial. Directed by LeVar Burton. Casting: Mary Jo Slater and Steve Brooksbank, 1135 N. Mansfield Ave., 3rd fl., Hollywood, CA 90038. Shoots in July.
Sex in the City 2 (Comedy). The hush-hush sequel to the feature based on the TV series about writer Carrie Bradshaw and company. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, and Chris Noth star. Written and directed by Michael Patrick King. Casting: Bernie Telsey & Company, 311 W. 43rd St., 10th fl., New York, NY 10036. Shoots in September.
Tribes of October (Sci-fi). In the searing heat of a futuristic New York City, an NYPD detective tracks down a deranged cop killer. Written by Nick Vallelonga and Paul Sloan. Directed and produced by Phillipe Martinez. Casting: Donald Pemrick and Dean Fronk, Pemrick/Fronk Casting, 14724 Ventura Blvd., Penthouse, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403, attn: Tribes of October. Shoots in late August.
Valentine's Day (RomCom). True love, lost love, frustrated love--couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up around the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day. Written by Katherine Fugate. Directed by Garry Marshall. Casting: Deborah Aquila and Tricia Wood, Aquila/Wood Casting, 1680 Vine St., Ste. 806, Hollywood, CA 90028. Shoots in July.
The Ward (Horror). John Carpenter film about a young woman living in a mental institution who sees ghosts, including the one that's bent on killing her. Written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen. Directed by Carpenter. Casting: Pam Dixon, Pam Dixon Casting, 10351 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025. Shoots in late July.
You Again (Romantic Comedy). A woman totally freaks out when she learns her elder brother is marrying the witch-of-a-princess from high school that made her life complete hell. Kristen Bell stars. Written by Moe Jelline. Directed by Andy Fickman. Casting: Randi Hiller Casting, 721-1/2 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069. Extras Casting: Maryellen Aviano. Shoots in August.
The Quickening (Drama, A&E). Recently diagnosed as bipolar, homicide detective Maggie Bird gets reassigned to desk duty, something that doesn't stop here from working around the system to solve the crime. Written by Jennifer Salt. Casting: Ulrich/Dawson/Kritzer, 4705 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Ste. 301, Valley Village, CA 91607.
Terriers (Crime, FX). Two unlicensed private investigators are hired on to handle a quick and easy case for a large amount of cash, only to find themselves in the thick of a deadly conspiracy. Written by Ted Griffin. Directed by Craig Brewer. Casting: Laray Mayfield, 5620 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028. Shoots in early August.
Untitled Teen Surf Series (Comedy, Nickelodeon). High school freshmen Bucket and Skinner, friends since their sandbox days, live only to eat Mexican food and surf. Written by Boyce Bugliari and Jamie McLaughlin. Casting: Jeff Meshel and Robin Lippin, c/o CSA, 606 N. Larchmont Blvd., Ste. 4B, Los Angeles, CA 90004.
Big Luciano (Biographical Drama). The story of the adventurous life and times of Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti. Written by Ivana Massetti. Casting: Denise Chamian, Denise Chamian Casting, Sunset Gower Studio, 1438 N. Gower St., Bldg. 35, Ste. 270, Hollywood, CA 90028. Shoots in August.
A Dog Named Christmas (Family, Hallmark). A good-hearted young man convinces his stubborn father to let him foster a dog over the holiday season. Written by Greg Kincaid and Jenny Wingfield. Directed by Peter Werner. Casting: Molly Lopata, Molly Lopata Casting, 13731 Ventura Blvd., Ste. A, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. Shoots in July.
100 Questions (Comedy, NBC). An online dating service quiz becomes a journey of self-discovery for the perpetually single Charlotte Payne. Created by Christopher Moynihan. Casting: Greenstein/Daniel Casting, 6671 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 1527, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Premiere: TBA.
Boardwalk Empire (Drama). Period drama about the rise of Atlantic City and the related buildup of organized crime. Produced by Martin Scorsese and Tim Van Patten. Steve Buscemi stars. Casting: Boardwalk Casting, 330 W. 38th St., Ste. 710, New York, NY 10018. Premiere: TBA.
Brothers (Comedy, Fox). A former NFL hotshot discovers it's tougher to go back home than one would think. Michael Strahan stars. Casting: Susan Vash, "Brothers", c/o Sony Pictures Television, 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232. Premiere: TBA.
Cougar Town (Comedy, CBS). A 40-something divorcée with a 17-year-old son boldly goes where few in her small Florida town have gone before when she jumps back into the dating scene. Courteney Cox stars. Casting: Debby Romano and Brett Benner. Office address N/A at this time. Premiere: Sept. 23.
Dark Blue (Drama/Crime, TNT). The cops in an undercover LAPD crime-fighting unit struggle to do their jobs honestly, despite the rampant corruption around them. Dylan McDermott and Omari Hardwick star. Written by Doug Jung. Directed by Jeff Hunt. Casting: April Webster and Veronica Rooney, 800 S. Main St., Ste. 309, Burbank, CA 91506. Premiere: TBA.
Drop Dead Diva (Comedy, Lifetime). Resurrected Fox series about a selfish, shallow model-actor who dies in an accident and returns in the body of a brilliant, plus-size attorney. Casting: Carol Kritzer, Ulrich/Dawson/Kritzer, 4705 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Ste. 301, Valley Village, CA 91607. Premiere: TBA.
Eastwick (Supernatural, ABC). Three women discover they have supernatural powers when a handsome, wealthy, and sexy bad boy named Daryl Van Horne arrives in their small New England town. Rebecca Romijn, Lindsay Price, Jamie Ray Newman, and Paul Gross star. Casting: Susan Edelman, c/o Susan Edelman Casting, 13273 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 210, Studio City, CA 91604. Premiere: TBA.
Flash Forward (Drama, ABC). A mysterious global event causes everyone to black out simultaneously for two minutes and 17 seconds. Slowly some of them remember they hadn't blacked out at all—but shot six months into the future to see a sliver of what was to come. Joseph Fiennes stars. Casting: Wendy O'Brien, 100 N. Crescent Drive, Ste. 323, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Premiere: Sept. 24.
The Forgotten (Drama/Crime, ABC). A group of dedicated amateur detectives, the members of the all-volunteer Identity Network, attempt to reconstruct the pieces of nameless victims' lives from what little evidence is left behind. Casting: April Webster, April Webster & Associates, 800 Main St., Ste. 251, Burbank, CA 91506. Premiere: Sept. 22.
Glee (Comedy, Fox). Set at a Midwest high school, a Spanish teacher takes the glee club, populated by teenage misfits, and turns it around. Casting: Robert Ulrich, Ulrich/Dawson/Kritzer Casting, 4705 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Ste. 301, Valley Village 91607. Pilot premiered: May 19.
The Good Wife (Drama, CBS). Julianna Margulies stars as a wife and mother who must take full responsibility for her family when her politician husband lands in jail after a very public sex and corruption scandal. Casting: Mark Saks, L.A. Center Studios, 1201 W. Fifth St., Ste. M-160, Los Angeles, CA 90017. Premiere: Sept. 22.
Hank (Comedy, ABC). Forced out of a job when his company downsizes, former corporate tycoon Hank Pryor must adjust to his more mundane family life. Kelsey Grammer stars. Casting Nikki Valko, Valko/Miller Casting, 12003 Guerin St., Studio City, CA 91604. Premiere: Sep. 30.
Hawthorne (Drama, TNT). Jada Pinkett Smith stars as Christina Hawthorne, a recently widowed nurse who struggles to balance the demands of her job and the challenge of single parenthood. Written by John Masius. Directed by Arvin Brown. Casting: Megan Branman and Dylann Brander, Branman/Brander Casting, 333 N. Prairie Ave., Inglewood, CA 90301. Premiere: TBD.
Human Target (Drama, Fox). Security expert Christopher Chance fully integrates himself into his clients' lives in order to protect them. Mark Valley and Jackie Earle Haley star. Casting: Patrick Rush, 3808 W. Riverside Drive, Ste. 201, Burbank, CA 81505. Premiere: Jan. 17.
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (Fantasy/Comedy, Comedy Central). A reluctant hero struggles in the medieval world. Written by Peter Knight, who executive-produces with Keith Samples, Brad Johnson, Courtney Conte, and Flody Juarez. Casting: Jeanne McCarthy/Nicole Abellera Casting, 12340 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 233, L.A., CA 90025. Premiere: TBA.
Make It or Break It (ABC Family). A group of teen Olympic hopefuls train and prepare for their day in the spotlight. Casting: Dan Shaner and Michael Testa, c/o Shaner/Testa Casting, 4000 Warner Blvd., Bldg. 261, Burbank, CA 91522. Premiere: July 6.
Majority Rules (Comedy/Family, Teletoon). Canadian network Teletoon's first live-action series about 16-year-old Becky Smith, a resident of the small town of Mayfield, who gets elected town mayor. Produced by Suzanne Berger. Casting: Lisa Parasyn, Lisa Parasyn Casting, 373 Front St. East, Toronto, ON M5A 1G4. Email: email@example.com. Shoot date TBD.
Melrose Place (Drama, CW). Contemporary remake of the classic Aaron Spelling series about people living in a hipster apartment complex on Melrose Ave. Katie Cassidy stars. Original series stars Laura Leighton and Thomas Calabro return as Sydney Andrews and Dr. Michael Mancini, respectively. Casting: Brett Greenstein, Greenstein/Daniel Casting, Ste. 1527, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Premiere: TBA.
The Middle (Comedy, ABC). Patricia Heaton stars as Frankie Heck—the middle-class, middle-aged, middle-of-the-country wife, mother of three, and car salesman at the No. 1 used-car dealership in Jasper, Ind. Life may not be glamorous or showy for Frankie, but she's at home in the place where family comes first and folks do whatever it takes to keep that family together. Casting: Deborah Barylski, c/o 4000 Warner Blvd., Bldg. 136, Rm. 226, Burbank, CA 91522. Premiere: Sep. 30.
Modern Family (Comedy, ABC). An international filmmaker documents the lives of three families: one with a stay-at-home dad, another in which a gay couple experience first-time fatherhood with the adoption of a Vietnamese child, and the third in which a 60-year-old man becomes an instant dad when he marries a 30-something Latina mother. Casting: Jeff Greenburg & Associates, 5555 Melrose Ave., Marx Bros. Bldg., #102, L.A., CA 90028. Premiere: Sept. 23.
My Kid's a Superstar (Reality). A documentary-soap-type series that follows the up-and-down lives of parents who believe their kids are supertalents. Casting: Hedda Muskat. Contact: (310) 413-2861. Shoots mid-2009.
Past Life (Supernatural). A pair of past-life detectives investigate to find out if what is happening to a victim or perpetrator today is the result of who they were before in a past life. Kelli Giddish and Nicholas Bishop star. Casting: Cami Patton, 6464 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 707, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Premiere: TBA.
Persons Unknown (Drama, Fox). Crime drama starring Jason Wyles, Daisy Betts, and Chad Boseman. Written by Linda McGibney. Directed by Star Trek alum Jonathan Frakes. Casting: Junie Lowry Johnson and Libby Goldstein, Lowry-Johnson Casting, 100 Universal City Plaza, Bungalow 5165, Universal City, CA 91608. Premiere: TBA.
The Philanthropist (Drama, NBC). A renegade billionaire uses his wealth, connections, and power to help people in need. James Purefoy stars. Casting: Bacharach/McCollum Casting, 3800 Barham Blvd., Ste.100, Rm. 106, L.A, CA 90068. Premiered: June 24.
Roommates (Comedy, ABC Family). The network's first half-hour comedy production revolves around a group of friends trying to figure out love and life in their post-college years. Tyler Francavilla, Dorian Brown, Tommy Dewey, David Weidoff, and Tamera Mowry star. Casting: Go Casting, 6464 W. Sunset Blvd., Ste. 970, L.A., CA 90028. Premiere: TBA.
Royal Pains (Drama/NBC). Good Morning Miami alum Mark Feuerstein stars as a down-on-his-luck New York physician who saves the life of a supermodel at an exclusive party in the Hamptons and suddenly finds himself in demand as an on-call "concierge doctor" for the rich and famous. Written by Carol Flint. Directed by Don Scardino. Casting: Bonnie Finnegan and Steven Jacobs, Finnegan/Jacobs Casting, c/o Actors Alliance, 330 W. 38th St., Room 507, New York, NY 10018. Shoots end of May. Premiered: June 4.
Scare Tactics (Reality/Drama, Sci Fi). Hidden cameras show the graphic results when an ordinary person unknowingly becomes the main character in a re-enacted scene from a horror movie. Kevin Healey, Scott Hallock, and Mike Harney produce. Casting: Suzanne Broderick, c/o Bright Idea Entertainment, 3575 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Ste. 390, L.A., CA 90068. Premiere: TBA.
Shark Tank (Reality, ABC). Inspired by the successful Japanese reality format, this competition-based show follows wannabe entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas to wealthy, established executives ("The Sharks") with the hope they will secure funding and make their burgeoning dreams a reality. A Mark Burnett production. Casting: Mark Burnett Productions, 640 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049, attn: "Shark Tank" Casting. Premiere: Aug. 9.
Sons of Tucson (Comedy). Three well-off children hire a hustler to pretend to be their father, while their real dad does time in a white-collar prison. Directed by Todd Holland. Casting: Nikki Valko, Valko/Miller Casting, 3500 W. Olive Ave., Ste. 780, Burbank, CA 91505. Premiere: TBA.
Southland (Drama, NBC). Michael Cudlitz stars in the fast-moving drama that focuses on the lives of cops, criminals, and their families. Written by Ann Biderman. Directed by Chris Chulack. Casting: John Levey, senior V.P. casting, c/o John Wells Productions, 4000 Warner Blvd., Bldg. 1, Burbank, CA 91522. Premiered: April 9.
Surviving Surburbia (Comedy, The CW). The wins and woes of a family and their new suburban neighbors. Executive-produced by Kevin Abbott (My Name Is Earl). Casting: Go Casting, 6464 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 970, L.A., CA 90028. Premiered: Sept. 14.
Three Rivers (Drama, CBS). The darkest hours and complex miracles in the lives of the doctors, patients, and recipients of organ donation at the preeminent transplant hospital in the country. L Word alum Katherine Moennig stars. Casting: Aquila/Wood, 1680 Vine St., Ste. 806, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Premiere: TBA.
Zeke and Luther (Teen, Disney). Two best friends wheel their way to the top of the skateboarding world. Produced by Matt Dearborn and Tom Burkhar. Casting: Sally Steiner and Barbie Block, Stiner/Block Casting, 1040 N. Las Palmas, Bldg. 2, 1st Floor, L.A., CA. Premiered: June 22.
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TORONTO – Finally, it's a start.
The puck is now in the NHL players' end with a chance to move forward.
In a major step toward breaking the impasse on a collective bargaining agreement and beginning serious negotiations to end the lockout, the league on Tuesday offered a sweeping proposal that calls for a 50/50 split in hockey-related revenues with the players association.
The proposal also calls for no rollbacks in existing contracts, and a condensed 82-game season that would begin Nov. 2.
"It was done in the spirit of getting a deal done," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said.
The offer is contingent on having a signed agreement in 9 or 10 days, Bettman said. The condensed season would mean each team would have to play an extra game every 5 weeks.
The league locked out the players on Sept. 15, when the previous CBA expired. Talks stalled in the past month, and the entire preseason schedule, as well as the first 2 weeks of the regular season, were cancelled.
The players had been receiving 57 percent of revenues in the last agreement, and Bettman said recovering the lost monies were addressed in the proposal, which NHLPA executive director
Donald Fehr said would last "at least 6 years."
"It's not a short offer and we need to read it and understand it," said Fehr, who met with
Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly in Toronto. "Then we'll get back with the NHL today or Wednesday."
Fehr called the plan "an improvement in some respects." Union leaders were expected to have a conference call with the PA's executive board Tuesday afternoon.
More details of the plan slowly began to emerge.
According to Sportsnet, the definitions of hockey-related revenues to be shared, and the arbitration system, would remain in place, but free agency would climb from age 27 to 28 or require eight seasons played instead of seven.
Contract lengths – currently unlimited – would be restricted to 5 years, and an entry-level deal for drafted prospects would rise from 3 to 4 years. Revenue sharing would rise to about $200 million from $170 million. Also, NHL players' salaries in the AHL would count under the cap.
Toews, Sharp commit to charity game
If efforts this week to bring a speedy end to the NHL lockout prove unsuccessful, a "Champs for Charity" game featuring Chicago Blackhawks stars Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp and Dave Bolland is planned for Oct. 26 at Allstate Arena.
Also set to appear in the exhibition, which will benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana, are 10 former Hawks and 10 other NHLers.
Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. game are priced from $10 to $500 and will be available at Ticketmaster.com beginning at 5 p.m. today.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — A former U.S. congressman who visited camps housing tens of thousands of people displaced by communal violence in western Myanmar is warning that minority Rohingya Muslims face a life-threatening lack of medical care and live in fear of attack.
Tom Andrews, president of the U.S.-based activist group United to End Genocide, was issuing a hard-hitting report on Monday after a monthlong trip to the country also known as Burma. The former Democratic lawmaker is calling for President Barack Obama to use his leverage with Myanmar's government to demand protection for the stateless Rohingya.
"Clearly the danger signs are very present and growing that we could be seeing a catastrophe. There's been significant loss of life already," Andrews told The Associated Press. "It's not because of anything these people have done. It's because of who they are, their ethnicity and the God they pray to. That's why they are being targeted."
"The building blocks of genocide are there, and the warning signs of mass violence are there," he said.
Since mid-2012, close to 280 people, mostly Rohingya, have died in Buddhist-Muslim clashes in Rakhine State, casting a shadow over Myanmar's rapid transition toward democracy after five decades of direct military rule. Some 140,000 Rohingya have been forced into overcrowded camps, and tens of thousands have fled by boat. Andrews said the rate of departure by sea has doubled so far this year, despite the hazardous voyage and bleak chances of winning asylum elsewhere.
Myanmar considers the estimated 1.3 million Rohingya to be immigrants who moved to the country illegally from neighboring Bangladesh, though many were born in Myanmar in families that have lived there for generations.
Last month, the international aid group Doctors Without Borders was forced to stop working in Rakhine State, where it provided health care to about 700,000 people, including almost 200,000 displaced people living in camps and isolated villages. The government accused the Nobel peace prize-winning aid group of providing more care to Muslims than Buddhists.
Andrews said he spent four days at the camps near the state capital, Sittwe. He said that according to camp inmates, guards turn a blind eye if they choose to flee by sea but inmates wanting to reach Sittwe general hospital must pay bribes for their security. He said acutely sick people were running out of medicine, and some had resigned themselves to dying.
Doctors Without Borders has also expressed fears that shutting down its operations could endanger lives. Its chief last week visited Myanmar, and in a statement Monday the group said that high-level discussions were continuing with the government on restarting medical activities, beginning with life-saving services such as emergency hospital referrals and treatment of HIV and tuberculosis patients.
The Myanmar Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The government has said its priority is law and order in Rakhine State.
The U.S., which has led the international diplomatic effort to encourage Myanmar's democratic transition over the past three years, has called for unfettered humanitarian access and for the government to address Rohingya demands for citizenship.
Andrews said there's little domestic pressure on the Myanmar government to address the escalation in ethnic and religious tensions, amid rising Buddhist nationalism ahead of elections in 2015. But he said foreign governments, particularly the U.S., retain important leverage because of Myanmar's desire for integration into the world community.
Andrews served in Congress from 1991-1995, representing a district in Maine. His visit to Myanmar was unofficial, his second trip there since last June.
United to End Genocide also campaigns on Sudan, South Sudan, Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.


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MIAMI (AP) — Financial pressures likely contributed to a helicopter pilot's decision to continue flying through deteriorating weather before crashing in north Florida, killing a Mayo Clinic heart surgeon and technician on their way to retrieve a heart for transplant in 2011, according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board.
Neither the Bell 206 helicopter nor pilot E. Hoke Smith of SK Logistics in St. Augustine were experiencing any problems before the crash early in the morning on Dec. 26, 2011, according to the NTSB probable cause report, published late Monday.
But the helicopter was not certified to handle the sporadically misty and overcast conditions between the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville and Shands Hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
The board found that Smith's decision to continue flying in the poor conditions resulted in the crash in a remote, wooded area in Clay County, killing all three men on board.
Smith did not make any backup plans for the organ transport. Other SK Logistic pilots told investigators that they would have made the same flight but would have arranged for ground transportation or a flight by a fixed-wing aircraft if they could not complete the mission as scheduled, according to the report.
"Contributing to the pilot's improper decision was his self-induced pressure to complete the trip," according to the report.
The helicopter had some equipment for navigation in bad weather, but it wasn't certified to do so by the Federal Aviation Administration, said Bob Gretz, the senior NTSB investigator handling the crash.
"It was like pockets of good and bad weather all along the route," Gretz said. "The board, they're really not faulting him for initiating the flight. They're faulting him for continuing in bad weather."
Smith's business had faltered in the recession, and the Mayo Clinic had begun looking at other companies to fly medical transport missions. The hospital's preferred helicopter — the only one operated by SK Logistics that was certified to fly under instrument flight rules necessitated by the bad weather — had been grounded for four months while the company attempted to secure loans for engine maintenance, according to the NTSB report.
"Thus, the pilot would have been highly motivated to complete trips as requested so that he could demonstrate the reliability of his service," the board said.
Smith was a decorated veteran of combat missions in Vietnam and routinely flew medical transport flights for the company he founded in 1997, his son has said. In bankruptcy proceedings after the crash, SK Logistics listed $1.3 million in assets and more than $8.9 million in debt.
"Hoke continued to operate the company, however, and continued to put over $1 million of his own funds into the company because he had such a passion for flying and for his missions of delivering organs to patients. The accident was a real tragedy and the family was devastated," said Nina LaFleur, the attorney who represented SK Logistics in the bankruptcy proceedings.
The crash also killed heart surgeon Dr. Luis Bonilla and procurement technician David Hines.
"We will always remember the selfless and intense dedication they brought each day to making a difference in the lives of our patients," said Dr. William Rupp, CEO of the Mayo Clinic in Florida. He deferred questions about the report to the NTSB.
In response to a question from The Associated Press about Smith's lack of a backup plan for his flight, the Mayo Clinic said in a statement: "The industry standard is for the hospital to defer to its commercial flight contractor on decisions to fly, type of aircraft, and the necessity for any backup plan. Mayo Clinic adheres to this standard. In this situation, we understand the commercial flight contractor did not put in place a backup plan because they felt that the weather was conducive to flight."
No flight plan was filed for the helicopter, and Smith's last contact with the air traffic control tower at Jacksonville International Airport was routine, according to the report. There was no evidence in the wreckage of any in-flight fire or mechanical or structural malfunction before the crash, and Smith never made a distress call.
A former pilot for the company told investigators that the area where Smith crashed was susceptible to fog due to swampy terrain and turned into a "black hole" at altitudes of 200 to 400 feet, the board said.
Weather conditions in Jacksonville and Gainesville were safe, but Smith's actions showed that conditions in between were variable, said Robert Spohrer, the attorney representing Hines' family.
"He was flying at different altitudes and at different routes in an effort to stay legal or in visual meteorological conditions. We know from the circumstances of the crash that he couldn't do that," Spohrer said.
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It depends. If you just want to teach it costs around $2,500. If you want to own a center it can range from $9,000 to $38,000.
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The mission of the Retail User Group, a mutual benefit organization, is to provide retailers and solution providers a networking partnership for the sharing of information, experiences and best practices; enabling the advancement of retail solutions to solve common business problems.
We have been busy planning for a tremendous conference this year. We have added new technology representations and more networking and experience sharing opportunities for you – making this years conference a "must-attend" retail event for 2012. The conference agenda has been crafted around topics and speakers that you, our members, have requested. Our intent is to ensure that the conference is relevant for today's retail members. This year's conference will not only proved information but will also have a working mobile application to showcase. We have lined up a diverse and robust variety of compelling speakers and presentations all focusing on addressing your Connected Customer. You will have the opportunity to network with key retail executives and your peers making this conference a must attend retail event.


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Value Line is regarded as the best independent research available. More than just recommendations, Value Line provides the rationale behind its picks for greater understanding.
Mobile phone giant Nokia (NOK) is taking significant steps to reverse the fortune of its ailing cellphone business. CEO Stephen Elop, who joined the company last September, outlined a number of changes aimed at restoring Nokia to a leadership position in the smartphone market. These moves include putting in place a new leadership team and implementing a new organizational structure that will create distinct business units for smart devices and more basic mobile phones. The biggest news was that the company would be teaming up with Microsoft (MSFT - Free Microsoft Stock Report) to upgrade Nokia's smartphone portfolio.
Though still the world's largest maker of cellphones, Nokia's share of the overall market has steadily eroded in recent years. In particular, it has struggled to develop the highly profitable, upscale offerings that could compete with the likes of Apple's (AAPL) iPhone, Research in Motion's (RIMM) Blackberry devices, and phones based on Google's (GOOG) Android software. This weakness has taken a toll on the company's margins and profits. Earnings have been cut by more than half since 2007, with share net falling almost 15% last year.
Going forward, Nokia will use the Windows Phone as its primary smartphone platform. The company's relationship with Microsoft should be facilitated by Mr. Elop's considerable experience with the software giant. In fact, prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Elop served as head of Microsoft's Business division. Still, the transition to a Windows Phone-driven portfolio will likely include its share of challenges and uncertainties, such as the future role of Symbian. This operating system, which Nokia uses to power on its current lineup of upscale phones, has an installed base of 200 million users. As part of the new strategic initiative, Symbian will become a franchise platform, and Nokia still expects to sell another 150 million of Symbian devices in the future.
Investors have responded cooly to the latest moves announced by Nokia, as shares of the cellphone maker declined over 15% earlier today. (Microsoft shares were down just slightly in a relatively flat market.) At the current valuation, the stock has considerable, albeit speculative, long-term upside. This will likely be contingent on the Nokia and Microsoft collaboration developing devices that resonate with consumers, and Nokia will be trying to play catch up with formidable competitors, such as Apple and Google. Overall, then, we suspect most NOK investors would be best served remaining on the sidelines until there are more concrete indications that the company will be able to do this. More aggressive investors might want to watch the situation and act should signs this linkup show some promise.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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The northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) is a small (approx. 25 g), insectivorous migrant with one of the largest ranges of any songbird in the world, breeding from the eastern Canadian Arctic across Greenland, Eurasia and into Alaska (AK). However, there is no evidence that breeding populations in the New World have established overwintering sites in the Western Hemisphere. Using light-level geolocators, we demonstrate that individuals from these New World regions overwinter in northern sub-Sahara Africa, with Alaskan birds travelling approximately 14 500 km each way and an eastern Canadian Arctic bird crossing a wide stretch of the North Atlantic (approx. 3500 km). These remarkable journeys, particularly for a bird of this size, last between one to three months depending on breeding location and season (autumn/spring) and result in mean overall migration speeds of up to 290 km d−1. Stable-hydrogen isotope analysis of winter-grown feathers sampled from breeding birds generally support the notion that Alaskan birds overwinter primarily in eastern Africa and eastern Canadian Arctic birds overwinter mainly in western Africa. Our results provide the first evidence of a migratory songbird capable of linking African ecosystems of the Old World with Arctic regions of the New World.
1. Introduction
Tracking migratory animals between periods of the annual cycle is critical for understanding the evolution of range limits, life-history trade-offs and population dynamics [1]. The northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe; wheatear hereafter) is a small (approx. 25 g), insectivorous migrant with one of the largest ranges of any songbird in the world, breeding from northeastern Canada (CN) across Europe and Asia into AK and extreme northwestern CN. Although there is abundant of tundra breeding habitat between the two Nearctic populations, they have not met. The eastern Canadian birds belong to the subspecies leucorhoa while the Alaskan birds belong to the nominate subspecies [2]. Despite sporadic reports in temperate North America [3], there is no direct evidence that wheatears have established permanent wintering sites in the Western Hemisphere, suggesting that both Nearctic populations overwinter with Eurasian populations in northern sub-Sahara Africa [2]. This would be remarkable because individuals from AK would have to travel about 14 500 km to their wintering grounds, while individuals from the eastern CN must cross the Atlantic Ocean. For individuals using these migration routes, it would be reasonable to expect that Alaskan birds overwinter in eastern Africa and eastern Canadian Arctic birds in western Africa.
We examined these hypothesized connections between the Western Hemisphere breeding grounds and African wintering range using miniaturized light-level geolocators [4] that were attached to individuals in AK and eastern Canadian Arctic. We also used stable-hydrogen isotopes in wing coverts to estimate the African wintering origin of individuals captured at these same breeding sites.
2. Material and methods
(a) Light-level geolocators
We attached 1.2 g light-level geolocators (model Mk10S with a 13 mm sensor stalk at a 30° angle to the horizontal, British Antarctic Survey) on 30 wheatears at Eagle Summit, AK, USA (65.5° N, 145.4° W) in June 2009, and 16 wheatears at Iqaluit, Baffin Island, Nunavut, CN (63.7° N, 68.5° W) in July 2010. Geolocators were attached using a Rappole-Tipton style harness [5] made from elastic silicone–rubber mixture (MVQ Arcus, Germany; http://www.arcus-shop.de/). Leg-loop length was adjusted based on body size [6] and the total attachment with harness weighed approximately 1.4 g. The mean body mass of AK birds was 24.7 g (±1.9 s.d., n = 30) and 28.3 g (±2.1, n = 16) for eastern CN birds. Tag mass represented less than or equal to 6.1% (5.7 ± 0.3%, mean ± s.d.) and less than or equal to 5.9% (4.9 ± 0.4%) for AK and CN birds, respectively, representing a relative load similar to the suggested upper permissible limit of 5 per cent [7].
Data were downloaded from four devices (three from AK, one from CN). Light data were processed with programmes provided by the British Antarctic Survey (BASTrak suite). To identify the stationary wintering location during December, January and February (electronic supplementary material, figure S1), we used a total of 180 fixes per bird over 90 days. Wintering grounds were defined by kernel densities encompassing 50 per cent of the maximum density using the R package 'adehabitat' and the ad hoc method for the estimation of the smoothing parameter and the bivariate normal kernel (figure 1) [9]. Because we did not know whether the selection of sun elevation from the calibration (see the electronic supplementary material) applied equally well for the wintering grounds, we show 50 per cent kernel densities of the predicted location during the stationary wintering period for six different sun elevations (−2°, −2.5°, −3°, −3.5°, −4°, −4.5°; figure 1). Precision of fixes depends on season and topography (see the electronic supplementary material).
(b) Stable-hydrogen isotope analysis
Stable-hydrogen isotope values in precipitation (δDP) vary predictably according to large-scale variation in temperature, rainfall and evaporation [10], and these values are transferred up the food chain [11]. Because feathers are metabolically inert after growth, they retain the isotopic signature of their place of growth. Thus, feathers can be sampled during one period of the annual cycle to provide a rough estimate of the location of an individual during a previous period when that feather was grown [11,12]. We used this approach to estimate the wintering origin of wheatears captured at the AK and CN sites.
Approximately, one-third of wheatears undergo a partial moult of wing coverts in the wintering grounds [13]. Winter-grown coverts can be distinguished from breeding-ground coverts (grown after the previous year on the breeding grounds) by colour, shape and degree of wear [13]. At the AK site, we sampled feathers from the 29 of the 30 birds that were also affixed with geolocators. Of those, nine (31%) were identified as having winter-grown coverts. At the CN site, we sampled feathers from 87 birds, including those that were deployed with geolocators and only seven (8%) had clearly distinguishable winter-grown coverts. For all birds at both sites, we also sampled the second outmost tail feather grown the previous year on the breeding grounds [13], so we could (i) compare these values with δD values in winter-grown coverts and (ii) along with data from other breeding sites, estimate the discrimination factor between δD values in local precipitation and δD values in feathers (see the electronic supplementary material).
Stable hydrogen isotope ratios (2H/1H) are reported in delta (δ) notation in parts per thousand (‰) deviation from the Vienna standard mean ocean water-standard light Antarctic precipitation (VSMOW-SLAP) standard scale, where δD = [((ratiosample/ratiostandard)−1) × 1000]. To assign individuals to an African wintering region, we pre-defined three wintering regions (west, central and east) that together encompassed the reported wintering grounds of wheatears in Africa (figure 1) [8]. Within each of these wintering regions, we randomly selected 20–28 sites and used the Online Isotopes in Precipitation Calculator (OIPC) at http://wateriso.eas.purdue.edu/waterisotopes/ to derive a mean and s.d. of weighted mean growing-season δDP values (figure 1) [14]. Wing covert feathers were assigned a probability of origin for each region based on a likelihood function with a normal distribution [15]. We also incorporated analytical error and process error from the OPIC data (see the electronic supplementary material).
3. Results and discussion
Five of the 30 wheatears tagged in AK in 2009 returned in 2010. One could not be caught and another had lost its geolocator. Data from the remaining three geolocators revealed that the AK birds spent their winter in eastern Africa somewhere in Sudan or Uganda/Kenya (figure 1). During the autumn, birds travelled through northern Russia and Kazakhstan before crossing the Arabian Desert, a one-way trip that averaged 14 600 km (±360, mean ± s.d.) and took 91 (±11) days (approx. 160 km d−1). The same route was followed during the spring but the duration was approximately one month shorter (approx. 55 days; 250 km d−1; electronic supplementary material, figures S1 and S2).
Two of 16 wheatears tagged in the eastern Canadian Arctic in 2010 returned in 2011 but one lost its geolocator. Return rate was not significantly different from birds that were only colour-ringed at the same site (two out of 33 colour-ringed birds returned; , p = 0.49). The CN bird appeared to cross about 3400 km from Baffin Island to the western British Isles in no more than four days (approx. 850 km d−1) possibly via Greenland (electronic supplementary material, figure S3) and continued south through Europe for another 4000 km to spend the winter in western Africa on the coast of Mauritania (figure 1). During spring migration, it took a similar route. In contrast to the AK birds, autumn migration for the CN bird was shorter (approx. 26 days, approx. 290 km d−1) than spring migration (approx. 55 days, approx. 130 km d−1).
Results from stable-hydrogen isotopes also suggest that separation between these Western Hemisphere populations on the wintering grounds. Of the nine AK birds, four were assigned to eastern Africa with a likelihood of greater than or equal to 0.8, two birds to central Africa (greater than or equal to 0.9), one to western Africa (0.94), and two birds revealed no clear wintering origin as they had likelihoods of less than or equal to 0.5 for all of the three regions (figure 1). Of the seven Canadian birds with winter-grown coverts, three had negative δD values (between −68 and −71‰) that were outside the δD values of all three African wintering regions, suggesting that they probably moulted these feathers in western Europe during migration. Of the remaining four birds, two were assigned to western Africa (likelihood: greater than or equal to 0.7), one to central (0.97) and the other to eastern Africa (1.0).
The migratory journeys from both sides of the Western Hemisphere Arctic to sub-Saharan Africa could be a consequence of the Pleistocene expansion of the breeding range. The fact that Western Hemisphere wheatears have not colonized America during the winter suggests that selection has not acted against what appears to be a well-developed innate migratory programme [16]. Though our data from geolocators suggest population-specific winter regions and, on a broad scale, the results from stable isotope analysis generally support this, it is difficult to say with a high degree of confidence whether there is strong or weak connectivity between specific regions in Africa and breeding populations in the Arctic due to the low sample size and the poor spatial resolution of stable isotopes. Nevertheless, our results provide the first incontrovertible evidence that a migratory songbird regularly travels between Arctic regions of the Western Hemisphere and Africa. Scaled for body size, this is the one of the longest round-trip migratory journeys of any bird in the world and raises questions about how a bird of this size is able to successfully undertake such physically demanding journeys twice each year, particularly for inexperienced juveniles migrating on their own.
This work was supported by a Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (BA 816/15-4) grant to F.B. and H.S. and a Canadian Foundation for Innovation grant to D.R.N. We thank B. Pattinson, R. Gill, E. Paul in AK and M. Mallory, M. E. Thomas, R. Armstrong in Nunavat for advice with permits and S. Sharbaugh, K. Winker, E. Dunn, J. Hussell, and D. Strickland for support and field work. E.D., J.H., D.S. and D.J.T.H. were supported by Bird Studies CN. A. Luckner assisted with stable-isotope analysis.
- Received December 15, 2011.
- Accepted January 24, 2012.
- This journal is © 2012 The Royal Society


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French power couple reunites _ at Cabinet table
PARIS (AP) — Is this a Cabinet meeting, or a family reunion? The new French government's first meeting includes a man and woman who had four children together, split up in the public eye and are now back together in the political spotlight.
Politically speaking, it's not as awkward as it sounds.
President Francois Hollande shook up the government this week after his Socialist Party suffered an electoral defeat in nationwide municipal elections. Among two new faces in the Cabinet is Segolene Royal, a longtime politician and the mother of Hollande's children, as environment and energy minister. The two split up in 2007.
The new team is held its first meeting Friday in the Elysee Palace, with Royal and Hollande sitting almost directly across from each other.
People close to the pair say they'll keep things professional at the Cabinet table.
Hollande's and Royal's lives and careers have been interlinked since they met in the late 1970s at the prestigious finishing school for France's political elite, the Ecole Nationale d'Administration.
They entered parliament together in 1988, elected in different constituencies. They entered the president's palace for the first time together a few years later as staffers to President Francois Mitterrand.
As environment minister in 1992, Royal did something unprecedented for a French politician: she gave birth while in government, to her fourth child. And then she shocked people even more by inviting a TV camera into the maternity ward.
Royal said she did so "to help the cause of women, at a time when women are taking on more significant responsibilities." Hollande makes a guest appearance in the TV segment, joking about his big family.
Twice, Hollande and Royal competed to become the Socialists' presidential candidate.
She landed the spot the first time, in 2007 — but lost the presidential race to conservative Nicolas Sarkozy. Hollande then won the party nomination and the presidency in 2012.
Royal's appearance at the Cabinet meeting would have been even more closely watched — or perhaps simply unthinkable — a couple of months ago, when Hollande was still living with first lady Valerie Trierweiler. The two recently broke up amid reports that he is having an affair with an actress.
Royal says she'll work with the president in the most "natural and institutional" way possible. Entering and leaving Friday's meeting, the media-savvy minister and political survivor wore a broad smile.
Hollande and Royal have been talking more often in recent months, but only about political issues, according to two people close to Royal, former longtime lawmaker Jean-Louis Bianco and current parliament deputy Sebastien Denaja.
"Their relationship is completely calm, I think this will not pose any problem to work together. I think that things will go very naturally, without one bothering the other," Bianco, who ran Royal's 2007 presidential campaign, told The Associated Press.
Royal's appointment has prompted criticism from those who fear she will have undue influence thanks to her special relationship with the head of state, and who suspect she used that relationship to get the job. Her allies say that's unfair.
Royal's appearance in government may not do much to help Hollande's popularity — she hasn't won an election in seven years and is divisive to many French. But his new prime minister, Manuel Valls, is popular and hard-driving, and many are pinning hopes on him to turn around the economy.
Hollande and Royal will now meet once a week at the Cabinet table. They'll have one-on-one meetings, too, about car emissions or nuclear power or any of Royal's other new responsibilities.