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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Nora Ephron, Remembered In Her Holiday Scenes (MASHUP)
In Nora Ephron's 1998 film "You've Got Mail," Kathleen Kelly, the protagonist, describes decorating her Christmas tree and missing her mother "so much I almost couldn't breathe."
We felt that way about Nora Ephron the day she died, and we've missed her since.
The numerous tributes to the beloved writer, screenwriter and director since her death on June 26, 2012 show how many lives she touched -- from those who gathered around her dinner table to members of the HuffPost family, from Lena Dunham, whose New Yorker essay on Nora was one of our favorite pieces of writing published in 2012, to women around the world who watched her movies and recognized that Nora understood women. She wrote female characters who were imperfect and smart and worried and hardworking and exuberant and frustrated and funny, and they got the guy usually because they were multifaceted and imperfect.
In the mashup above we collected some of our favorite holiday scenes from films Nora Ephron wrote and, in many cases, directed. Every one of them reminds us of her incredible talent and what a gift her work was to all of us, and we've watched them over and over again during the last couple of weeks. To paraphrase another statement Meg Ryan's character makes in "You've Got Mail," we'll probably always miss Nora at Christmas, but it's worse this year.
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Syrian rebels fully capture town near Turkey
BEIRUT (AP) ? Syrian rebels fully captured a northern town near the Turkish border on Tuesday after weeks of siege and heavy fighting, activists said.
The takeover of Harem, a town of 20,000 in northern Idlib province, was the latest in a string of recent rebel successes that include the capture of wide areas along the border with Turkey. Most of those areas have been in northern Aleppo province, where anti-government forces have captured at least three large military bases.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rebels captured Harem in the early hours of Tuesday. Mohammed Kanaan, an Idlib-based activist, said the last post to be taken was the historic citadel, which overlooked the town. The army had turned the citadel into a military post.
"Harem is fully liberated now," Kanaan he said via Skype. He added that as the rebels pounded army posts and checkpoints in Harem, the troops withdrew to the citadel that later fell in the hands of rebels.
Rami-Abdul-Rahman, who heads to Observatory, said nearly 30 soldiers and pro-government gunmen surrendered late Monday. He added that rebels set free all gunmen at the age of 16 or less and referred others to local tribunals.
"Harem was very important because it is one of the towns that was loyal to the regime," Abdul-Rahman said by telephone about the town that is nearly a mile from the Turkish border.
In his traditional Christmas address, Pope Benedict XVI decried the slaughter of the "defenseless" in Syria, where anti-regime activists estimate more than 40,000 have died in fighting since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's rule began in March 2011.
The pope encouraged Arab spring nations, where long-serving dictators were forced to step down.
In Aleppo province, which neighbors Idlib, local activist Mohammed Saeed said rebels attacked a military base in the town of Mannagh near the border with Turkey. He said it is one of four air bases in the province.
Regime forces have been using helicopters to carry supplies to besieged areas and to attack rebel positions.
The regime has had increasing difficulty sending supplies by land to Aleppo province after rebels captured in October the strategic town Maaret al-Numan. The town is on the highway that links Damascus with Aleppo, Syria's largest city and commercial center and a major battleground in the civil war since July.
"Airplanes and helicopters are the only way to send supplies since the Free Syrian Army controls the land," Saeed said. He added that rebels are also laying a siege to Aleppo's international airport known as Nairab and threatening to shoot down military or civilians planes using it.
In the Damascus suburb of Jaramana, opposition gunmen ambushed the head of military intelligence in the area and seriously wounded him. He later died of his wounds, the Observatory said.
In Israel, top officials said they cannot corroborate Syrian activists' claims that the regime has used chemical weapons against its citizens.
Vice Premier Moshe Yaalon told Army Radio that Israel has "no confirmation or proof" the regime has employed such weapons in the civil war. He says Israel is "monitoring the situation with concern."
Defense Ministry official Amos Gilad told Israel Radio that Syria was closely guarding its chemical weapons stockpiles.
On Monday, the Observatory quoted activists in the central city of Homs as saying that six rebels died in two neighborhoods the day before after inhaling white smoke that came out of shells fired by government troops in the area. Amateur videos released by activists showed men in hospital beds suffering breathing problems as doctors placed oxygen masks over their faces.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-rebels-fully-capture-town-near-turkey-111114834.html
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Snow, sleet expected to complicate holiday travel in US midsection; tornado threat in South
NEW ORLEANS - Forecasts of snow, sleet and freezing rain threatened to complicate Christmas Day travel around the nation's midsection Tuesday as several Gulf Coast states braced for a chance of twisters and powerful thunderstorms.
A blizzard watch was posted for parts of Indiana and western Kentucky for storms expected to develop Tuesday amid predictions of up to 4 to 7 inches of snow in coming hours. Much of Oklahoma and Arkansas braced under a winter storm warning of an early mix of rain and sleet later turning to snow.
Some mountainous areas of Arkansas' Ozark Mountains could get up to 10 inches of snow amid warnings travel could become "very hazardous or impossible" in the northern tier of the state from near whiteout conditions, the National Weather Service said.
Early Tuesday, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety said some bridges and overpasses were already becoming slick. Also, Kathleen O'Shea with Oklahoma Gas and Electric said the utility was tracking the storm system to see where repair crews might be needed among nearly 800,000 customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas.
Elsewhere, areas of east Texas and Louisiana braced for possible thunderstorms as forecasters eyed a swath of the Gulf Coast from east Texas to the Florida Panhandle for the threat of any tornadoes.
Storms expected during the day Tuesday along the Gulf Coast could bring strong tornadoes or winds of more than 75 mph, heavy rain, quarter-sized hail and dangerous lightning in Louisiana and Mississippi, the weather service said.
"Please plan now for how you will receive a severe weather warning, and know where you will go when it is issued. It only takes a few minutes, and it will help everyone have a safe Christmas," Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said.
Ten storm systems in the last 50 years have spawned at least one Christmastime tornado with winds of 113 mph or more in the South, said Chris Vaccaro, a National Weather Service spokesman in Washington, via email.
The most lethal were the storms of Dec. 24-26, 1982, when 29 tornadoes in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi killed three people and injured 32; and those of Dec. 24-25, 1964, when two people were killed and about 30 people injured by 14 tornadoes in seven states.
In Alabama, the director of the Emergency Management Agency, Art Faulkner, said he has briefed both local officials and Gov. Robert Bentley on plans for dealing with a possible outbreak of storms.
No day is good for severe weather, but Faulkner said Christmas adds extra challenges because people are visiting unfamiliar areas and often thinking more of snow than possible twisters.
"We are trying to get the word out through our media partners and through social media that people need to be prepared," Faulkner said
During the night, flog blanketed highways at times in the Southeast, including arteries in Atlanta where motorists slowed as a precaution. Fog advisories were posted from Alabama through the Carolinas into southwestern Virginia.
Several communities in Louisiana went ahead with the annual Christmas Eve lighting more than 100 towering log teepees for annual bonfires to welcome Pere Noel along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. That decision came after fire chiefs and local officials decided to go ahead with the tradition after an afternoon conference call with the National Weather Service.
In California, after a brief reprieve across the northern half of the state on Monday, wet weather was expected to make another appearance on Christmas Day. Flooding and snarled holiday traffic were expected in Southern California.
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Associated Press writer Bob Johnson in Montgomery, Ala., and Ken Miller in Oklahoma City, Okla., contributed to this report.
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Buzz Off: Bedbugs Unfazed By Ultrasonic Devices
Bedbugs are becoming a common nuisance in many places. But cheap ultrasonic devices advertised as bedbug repellents don't work, scientists say.
Carolyn Kaster/APBedbugs are becoming a common nuisance in many places. But cheap ultrasonic devices advertised as bedbug repellents don't work, scientists say.
Carolyn Kaster/APWith bedbugs bunking just about everywhere these days, people battling the bloodsucking insects may be tempted to try their hand at driving them away.
But ultrasonic bug zappers, which retail for less than $25, aren't the solution, say entomologists who tested some of the devices.
"I can understand on a personal level how you would want to go to great lengths and get rid of them and protect yourself," says Kasey Yturralde, a grad student in entomology at Northern Arizona University. She had a memorable trip back in 2006 when she ran into them while visiting a friend. "It was pretty traumatic," she tells Shots.
Recently, Yturralde and her co-author Richard W. Hofstetter tried out four different ultrasonic devices available on Amazon: one designed specifically for bedbugs and three that claimed to repel insects and small furry mammalian pests.
Their simple experimental design consisted of two 5-gallon buckets lined with sound-muffling insulation that were connected by a tube. An ultrasonic device was placed in one bucket, and eight to 10 bedbugs were placed in the tube.
More care was given to how the bedbugs were housed in the lab. The researchers kept them in large jars, like those used for canning, which were placed in bins full of soapy water. And every lip or edge over which an rogue bedbug would have to crawl was covered in a slippery substance a little like liquid Teflon, Yturralde says, to keep them from escaping.
In test after test, the bedbugs showed no preference for either bucket. "They were equally distributed across the two arenas," Yturralde notes. None of the four devices drove the bedbugs away.
It wasn't entirely illogical to think that ultrasonic frequencies might work against bedbugs. After all, the bark beetles Yturralde and Hofstetter normally study communicate in the ultrasonic range of sound. The devices could interfere with bug communication. But, of course, not all bugs act the same.
"There have been tests of these devices with other insects, and they haven't shown any effect," Yturralde says. Now people can know that they won't be effective on bedbugs either, she says, "and move onto other means of extermination."
The results appear in the Journal of Economic Entomology.
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5 new breast cancer discoveries | WTKR.com ? Hampton Roads ...
Breast cancer doctors and researchers from around the world gathered at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, last week to learn about the latest developments in treating the disease.
Here are some of those latest developments:
1. ?Chemo brain? starts before chemo
It?s been known for a long time that when women undergo breast cancer treatment, they can have trouble remembering regular tasks and jobs. Chemotherapy, or so-called ?chemo brain,? has often been blamed. There?s still no good explanation for why this happens or how to treat it.
Doctors are concerned about this because patients? concerns over ?chemo brain? may result in a reluctance to accept life-saving therapy, said Bernadine Cimprich, an associate professor emerita at the University of Michigan School of Nursing in Ann Arbor, who presented a new study at SABCS.
Using an MRI, her team tested patient?s brain function while performing a working memory task in the scanner. This was done before any chemotherapy started and a month after treatment was completed.
The study involved a total of 97 participants: 28 patients receiving chemotherapy, 37 patients who got radiation therapy and 32 healthy women.
The results showed that women who were scheduled to undergo chemotherapy had the lowest activation of the part of the brain that is critical for the effective performance of a working memory task: The left inferior frontal gyrus.
Women who were not able or less able to activate the frontal brain region suffered greater fatigue over time, regardless of treatment, Cimprich said. Also, women expecting chemotherapy were more worried and more fatigued than the other groups, including the radiation group.
Cimprich believes there?s a need for increased awareness that cognitive problems can begin before a woman starts chemotherapy after her tumor is removed, including letting women know that as they wait for chemotherapy to start, they are more vulnerable to cognitive problems related to worry and fatigue.
She said ?chemo brain? may not be an appropriate label for cancer-related cognitive dysfunction because there are likely other sources that contribute to the problem or produce problems that wouldn?t exist otherwise.
2. Twice as long is better with the drug tamoxifen
When breast cancer patients take the hormone-blocking drug tamoxifen for 10 years instead of five, they can significantly reduce their chances of the cancer coming back or of dying from it, according to new data from an ongoing clinical trial called ATLAS or Adjuvant Tamoxifen ? Longer Against Shorter.
About a decade ago, the National Cancer Institute recommended premenopausal women with a type of cancer that is fueled by estrogen (called estrogen-positive breast cancer) should only take tamoxifen for five years after they?ve had tumors surgically removed.
The argument was that there wasn?t sufficient data to justify it taking longer, according to Dr. Peter Ravdin, director of the breast cancer program at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. While tamoxifen has been known to have a residual effect of another five years after a patient stops taking it, ?about one-third of relapse in estrogen-positive patients occur after five years,? Ravdin said.
Researchers from England, however, report that after taking tamoxifen for 10 years, the risk of a woman?s cancer coming back was reduced by 30% and the risk of dying from the cancer was reduced by nearly half.
These aren?t the final results of the ATLAS trial, which is a huge clinical trial. Nearly 13,000 women were enrolled between 1996 and 2005, and researchers presented eight-year follow-up data from about 7,000 of them at SABC.
There are side effects from taking this drug, including an elevated risk of endometrial cancer. But the risks are far smaller than the benefits, say researchers. Tamoxifen has been around long enough that a generic version is available and costs about $100 per month.
Once the final results of ATLAS are in and it?s compared to other similar studies, the standard of care for these patients will probably change from five to 10 years, according to the editorial accompanying the study in The Lancet.
3. Twice as much is better with the drug fulvestrant
Doubling the dose of a drug called fulvestrant improved survival in postmenopausal women who have estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer that has either spread in or outside the breast, according to one study.
Fulvestrant works by blocking the action of estrogen on cancer cells, according to the National Institutes of Health.
It was approved at a 250 mg dose, Ravdin said. But Italian researchers found a dose of 500 mg led to four months more of survival without the cancer getting worse and a 19% reduction in the risk of death, according to Dr. Angelo Di Leo, who heads the department of medical oncology at the Hospital of Prato, Istituto Toscano Tumori in Prato, Italy.
4. Twice as long is not better with the drug Herceptin
Women who are diagnosed with early stage Her2 positive breast cancer, another type of breast cancer, will be put on a drug called Herceptin, an artificial antibody which binds to the cancer cell and kills it.
Giving Herceptin for a longer duration did not improve ?disease-free or overall survival? over one year of treatment, research shows, said Dr. Martine J. Piccart, chief of the medicine department at the Jules Bordet Institute in Brussels, Belgium, president of the European Society for Medical Oncology and chair of the Breast International Group.
Piccart said this very large trial conducted in many countries (not in the United States) confirms that the current regimen is still the best.
5. Avastin isn?t indicated for breast cancer
Researchers were hoping that combining the cancer Avastin for one year with regular chemotherapy would help women with triple-negative breast cancer. This type of cancer, is very aggressive and has few effective treatment options.
According to new data presented at SABC, adding Avastin (which stops the growth of blood vessels that help tumors grow) did not improve a patient?s survival.
Sadly, researchers have nothing extra to add to standard chemotherapy for early, triple-negative breast cancer, said Dr. David Cameron, professor of oncology at Edinburgh University in Scotland, who presented the data at the conference.
Just over a year ago, the FDA withdrew its approval for Avastin for treating breast cancer patients because a review of various studies showed Avastin was not shown to be safe and effective for that use in this type of cancer.
Avastin is still approved for treating certain types of colon, lung, kidney and brain cancer (glioblastoma multiforme).
Source: http://wtkr.com/2012/12/10/5-new-breast-cancer-discoveries/
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Managing The Aches And Pains That Are In Your Back
In many cases, a doctor cannot help a person with back pain by doing any more than offering a prescription or telling them to rest. The article below contains many tips to help you with back pain.
Find a firm mattress to avoid aggravating your back pain. A firm mattress will provide greater support for your back and help relieve some of your back pain. If you?re not sure how firm your mattress should be, ask your doctor. Be sure to try out mattresses of varying firmness at different stores, so you can choose the right mattress for your back.
Keep your posture in mind at all times. Your back should always be straight, and both feet should be resting on the floor with one a bit ahead. When typing, keep elbows resting comfortably at your sides. Place your monitor so that you can look straight ahead at it and not have to look up or down at it.
Time constraints and often laziness result in people trying to lift things that are far out of their reach. People tend to take shortcuts daily that can have negative effects on their backs. You have to stand closer to things that are positioned too far away from you, and spend the time to lift correctly.
If you have back pain, your chair needs to be not only comfortable, but capable of providing excellent support. When you sit, the discs you have in your back are compressed and strained. It can help to have a comfy chair. Be sure your chair offers enough support, and don?t put too much stress on the lumbar. Arm rests are also good to help you sit in a correct way.
Your back pain can change the way you go about your day-to-day life. Using the tips from the above article should help you alleviate your back pain and enable you to live a better life.
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USDA to allow more meat, grains in school lunches
FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2012, file photo, side salads await the students of Eastside Elementary School in Clinton, Miss. The Agriculture Department is responding to criticism over new school lunch rules by allowing kids to eat more grains and meat in the lunchroom. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a letter to members of Congress Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, that the department will do away with daily and weekly maximums of meats and grains. Several members of Congress have written the department since the new rules went into effect in September saying kids aren?t getting enough to eat. School administrators have also complained, saying that set maximums on grains and meats are too limiting as they try to plan daily meals. "This flexibility is being provided to allow more time for the development of products that fit within the new standards while granting schools additional weekly menu planning options to help ensure that children receive a wholesome, nutritious meal every day of the week," Vilsack said in a letter to Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2012, file photo, side salads await the students of Eastside Elementary School in Clinton, Miss. The Agriculture Department is responding to criticism over new school lunch rules by allowing kids to eat more grains and meat in the lunchroom. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a letter to members of Congress Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, that the department will do away with daily and weekly maximums of meats and grains. Several members of Congress have written the department since the new rules went into effect in September saying kids aren?t getting enough to eat. School administrators have also complained, saying that set maximums on grains and meats are too limiting as they try to plan daily meals. "This flexibility is being provided to allow more time for the development of products that fit within the new standards while granting schools additional weekly menu planning options to help ensure that children receive a wholesome, nutritious meal every day of the week," Vilsack said in a letter to Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Agriculture Department is responding to criticism over new school lunch rules by allowing more grains and meat in kids' meals.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told members of Congress in a letter Friday that the department will do away with daily and weekly limits of meats and grains. Several lawmakers wrote the department after the new rules went into effect in September saying kids aren't getting enough to eat.
School administrators also complained, saying set maximums on grains and meats are too limiting as they try to plan daily meals.
"This flexibility is being provided to allow more time for the development of products that fit within the new standards while granting schools additional weekly menu planning options to help ensure that children receive a wholesome, nutritious meal every day of the week," Vilsack said in a letter to Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.
The new guidelines were intended to address increasing childhood obesity levels. They set limits on calories and salt, and phase in more whole grains. Schools must offer at least one vegetable or fruit per meal. The department also dictated how much of certain food groups could be served.
While nutritionists and some parents have praised the new school lunch standards, others, including many conservative lawmakers, refer to them as government overreach. Yet many of those same lawmakers also have complained about hearing from constituents who say their kids are hungry at school.
Though broader calorie limits are still in place, the rules tweak will allow school lunch planners to use as many grains and as much meat as they want. In comments to USDA, many had said grains shouldn't be limited because they are a part of so many meals, and that it was difficult to always find the right size of meat.
The new tweak doesn't upset nutritionists who fought for the school lunch overhaul.
Margo Wootan, a nutrition lobbyist for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, says the change is minor and the new guidance shows that USDA will work with school nutrition officials and others who have concerns.
"It takes time to work out the kinks," Wootan said. "This should show Congress that they don't need to interfere legislatively."
Congress has already interfered with the rules. Last year, after USDA first proposed the new guidelines, Congress prohibited USDA from limiting potatoes and French fries and allowed school lunchrooms to continue counting tomato paste on pizza as a vegetable.
The school lunch rules apply to federally subsidized lunches served to low-income children. Those meals have always been subject to nutritional guidelines because they are partially paid for by the federal government, but the new rules put broader restrictions on what could be served as childhood obesity rates have skyrocketed.
School kids can still buy additional foods in other parts of the lunchroom and the school. Congress two years ago directed USDA to regulate those foods as well, but the department has yet to issue those rules.
Sen. Hoeven, who had written Vilsack to express concern about the rules, said he will be supportive of the meals overhaul if the USDA continues to be flexible when problems arise.
"This is an important step," he said. "They are responding and that's what they need to do."
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What I Learned This Week in Active Rain-December 2-December 8 ...
I Learn Something New at ActiveRain Every Day and It's Time I Showed You. ?December 2 to December 8, 2012.
I learn something new every day at ActiveRain! ?With this series I try to highlight one post per day that gave me that ?lightbulb? moment. ?It could be something techie, about Real Estate, about a place or person!
We?ve seen many posts here talking about sellers making sure their houses are available to be shown. ?Can?t sell it if they can?t see it. ?But Sally and David show us an instance when showing the home can take a back seat.
If you don?t know who Mickey is then you haven?t read Roger?s posts. ?This is very important information and I hope you all read it.
I wish I?d known all of this when I got on Google+ when it first opened. ?If you aren?t subscribed to Debbie Gartner yet, then do it! I had no idea you could do this with circles!
Seriously, if you haven?t seen this then you owe it to yourself to spend just a few minutes to head over to Diane?s post. ?If you don?t walk away with a smile and warm feeling in your heart... I can?t help you.
Sometimes the most simple words ring the truest. ??Next time you?re facing a bad day, remember Carla?s post.
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I know this was featured on the Big Board but Kristen has so much good advice in it I wanted to give everyone a chance to read it. ??I appreciate the time and effort that goes into these webinars and let?s face it...they?re free and we can sit and listen to them in our shorts and flip flops (well if you?re in FL you can). ?However we can all use some tweaking of what we do.
?Truth in advertising? and ?Don?t game the system? ?think of this when you?re working on your websites, blogs and other social media you may use. Oh yes....read Bart?s post!
You don?t have to be a Home Stager to want to know what?s in store for us with regards to kitchens. ?I love the idea of docking stations!
Thank you for letting me do what I love to do each day... learn something new!
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Stock Upgrades: PIIGS Got You Down? Invest Instead In Pork ...
MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL Shares fell despite the best efforts of House Speaker John Boehner, whose?office sent a fiscal cliff letter to President Obama?in the afternoon. Remarkably, it arrived later the same day at its destination a few blocks away, no mean feat considering the Postal Service's annual red ink stands at $15.9 billion. If nothing else, the missive massively boosted postage meter king?Pitney Bowes?(PBI), which surged 4.02% in an otherwise down day.
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An?analyst upgraded?in-favor?Volkswagen?(VLKAY) as the German car giant reported its?best November since 1973. The very next month our 40th Vice President famously said upon being sworn in, ?I am a?Ford?(F), not a Lincoln,? but that may now be a distinction without a difference. Netflix?(NFLX) ended 6.99% in the red amid increasing doubts about its original programming including?Orange Is the New Black, billed as ?the story of one woman?s time in minimum-security prison.? Far better to invest in the real McCoy after?Corrections of America?(CXW) jumped 3.16% to near a new high.
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No top-tier economic data due today, but quarterly earnings announcements are expected out of AutoZone?(AZO),?Big Lots?(BIG),?Mattress Firm Holding (MFRM),?Oxford Industries (OXM), Pandora Media (P), Powell Industries (POWL),?Toll Brothers (TOL), and?Vail Resorts (MTN).
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Francesca?s Holdings?(FRAN): Jefferies juices its recommendation to Buy from Hold, sending shares up this morning, on its belief the company?s momentum continued into the third quarter. The price objective is also increased, to $38 from $35.
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Gold Fields?(GFI): Shares get upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
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Health Net?(HNT): HNT is hoisted to Outperform from Market Perform with Wells Fargo.
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Pandora Media?(P): Shares are moved to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs ahead of earnings.
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Partner Communications?(PTNR): The stock gets a big upgrade, to Buy from Underperform, at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.
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Public Storage?(PSA): Cantor Fitzgerald upgrades shares of PSA to Buy from Hold citing high occupancy levels and impressive pricing power.
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Renren?(RENN): Shares are upgraded to Hold from Sell at Deutsche Bank.
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SBA Communications?(SBAC): The name is now Top Pick from Outperform at RBC Capital, which takes its target up to $85 from $71.
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Smithfield Foods?(NYSE:SFD): The world?s largest pork producer gets boosted to Buy from Hold at BB&T Capital.
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An?analyst upgraded?in-favor?Volkswagen?(VLKAY) as the German car giant reported its?best November since 1973. The very next month our 40th Vice President famously said upon being sworn in, ?I am a?Ford?(F), not a Lincoln,? but that may now be a distinction without a difference. Netflix?(NFLX) ended 6.99% in the red amid increasing doubts about its original programming including?Orange Is the New Black, billed as ?the story of one woman?s time in minimum-security prison.? Far better to invest in the real McCoy after?Corrections of America?(CXW) jumped 3.16% to near a new high.
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No top-tier economic data due today, but quarterly earnings announcements are expected out of AutoZone?(AZO),?Big Lots?(BIG),?Mattress Firm Holding (MFRM),?Oxford Industries (OXM), Pandora Media (P), Powell Industries (POWL),?Toll Brothers (TOL), and?Vail Resorts (MTN).
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Francesca?s Holdings?(FRAN): Jefferies juices its recommendation to Buy from Hold, sending shares up this morning, on its belief the company?s momentum continued into the third quarter. The price objective is also increased, to $38 from $35.
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Gold Fields?(GFI): Shares get upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
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Health Net?(HNT): HNT is hoisted to Outperform from Market Perform with Wells Fargo.
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Pandora Media?(P): Shares are moved to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs ahead of earnings.
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Partner Communications?(PTNR): The stock gets a big upgrade, to Buy from Underperform, at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.
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Public Storage?(PSA): Cantor Fitzgerald upgrades shares of PSA to Buy from Hold citing high occupancy levels and impressive pricing power.
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Renren?(RENN): Shares are upgraded to Hold from Sell at Deutsche Bank.
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SBA Communications?(SBAC): The name is now Top Pick from Outperform at RBC Capital, which takes its target up to $85 from $71.
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Smithfield Foods?(NYSE:SFD): The world?s largest pork producer gets boosted to Buy from Hold at BB&T Capital.
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Ahead Of 'Jack Reacher,' Enjoy 'An Evening With Tom Cruise'
Tom Cruise plans to smash your face in with "Jack Reacher" at the end of the month. But before you punch his fist with your face, how about hearing what the man has to say for himself first? You'll have your chance during An Evening With Tom Cruise, an upcoming conversation with the actor hosted [...]
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Video: Elijah Wood: ?Lord of the Rings? changed my life
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Code hints Microsoft may add direct music playback to SkyDrive
Microsoft has been busy streamlining SkyDrive to make the most of our time in the cloud, but it hasn't yet cut out the middleman for audio playback; if a song wasn't obtained through a channel like Xbox Music, it won't play online in Microsoft's universe. LiveSide has made some code discoveries suggesting the storage service could at least partly remedy the problem with a web-based music player. We don't know much of how it would work, although the presence of interface elements hints that Microsoft is at least committed to development. The real dilemma is an absence of clues as to when (and if) playback will ever go live -- and there's nothing that would reveal whether or not SkyDrive is the heart of an upcoming option to upload personal tracks for Xbox Music streaming. If the music player mentions reflect more than just experimentation, however, the Redmond team may soon have a more direct answer to the likes of Amazon Cloud Player or Google Music.
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US seeks to drop Internet from UN telecoms talks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ? American envoys say they are working with other nations on a proposal to drop all discussions on possible Internet regulations from a U.N. telecommunications conference in Dubai.
The U.S. is leading calls to reject possible new codes on the Net by the International Telecommunications Union, a 193-nation body making its first major oversight revisions in nearly 25 years. U.S. representatives held meetings Tuesday on the proposal to take all Internet-related discussions off the table.
The U.S. fears any U.N. Internet regulations could complicate commerce and be used by nations such as China and Russia to justify further cyber-crackdowns.
But the head of the U.N. group, Hamadoun Toure, insists the 11-day talks will not limit freedom of expression and will mostly seek ways to broaden Internet services to developing countries.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-seeks-drop-internet-un-telecoms-talks-091155213--finance.html
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Blockbuster BCS main event, with iffy undercard
NEW YORK (AP) ? The penultimate Bowl Championship Series gave college football a national championship matchup low on controversy and loaded with star power.
No. 1 Notre Dame against No. 2 Alabama in Miami on Jan. 7 for the national title. No complaints.
That Fiesta Bowl with No. 5 Oregon against No. 7 Kansas State looks good, too.
After that, well, you can see why so many fans are so eager to get rid of the BCS.
No. 4 Florida goes to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans to face No. 22 Louisville, a Big East team that was unranked as recently as last week.
Then again, at least the Cardinals are ranked. Big Ten champion Wisconsin will be the first five-loss team to play in the Rose Bowl when it faces No. 8 Stanford in Pasadena, Calif.
Then there's the Orange Bowl in Miami, where No. 13 Florida State will face No. 16 Northern Illinois, the Mid-American Conference champion that took advantage of the lackluster Big Ten and Big East champions to slip into the BCS with a 12-1 record.
"It's a great story," Orange CEO Eric Poms said Sunday night, trying to put the best spin possible on a matchup that looks like a potential mismatch. "I think we'll be just fine."
Meanwhile, here's a list of teams that won't be playing in the BCS
? No. 3 Ohio State. The Buckeyes' postseason ban helped put the Badgers in the Rose Bowl.
? No. 6 Georgia, No. 9 LSU, No. 10 Texas A&M and No. 11 South Carolina couldn't get in because of the rule that permits no more than two teams from one conference.
? No. 12 Oklahoma was all but a lock for the Sugar Bowl, before NIU took the backdoor to being a BCS buster.
"We're 12-1," Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch told ESPN. "We faced tons of adversity this year. We won tons of games. ... We definitely deserve to be in there."
Maybe the Huskies can become this year's Boise State and shock the Seminoles. The fear is the team that lost to Iowa and barely beat Kansas will be more like the Hawaii version of BCS buster ? a 41-10 loss to Georgia in the 2008 Sugar Bowl ? than the Utah-kind. The Utes beat Alabama 31-17 in the '09 Sugar Bowl.
If the undercard doesn't look like much, the main event has the making of a potential blockbuster.
"The tradition of Alabama and Notre Dame brings special attention to it, but we're just trying to be the best team on Monday, Jan. 7," Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said Sunday night. "All of that tradition, what's happened in the past, is not going to help us Jan. 7, but we do respect the traditions."
The Irish clinched their spot a week ago in Los Angeles by completing a perfect regular season against rival Southern California.
Alabama earned its spot Saturday, beating Georgia 32-28 in a thrilling Southeastern Conference title game.
The program that coach Paul Bryant turned into an SEC behemoth in the 1960s and '70s, winning five national championships and sharing another during his tenure, is again dominating college football with a modern-day version of the Bear leading the way in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Coach Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide are on the verge of one of the great runs in history. Alabama would become the first team to repeat as champs since the BCS was implemented in 1998, and it would be the 11th time a team has won consecutive AP titles since the poll started in 1936. Alabama is already one of seven programs to repeat. The Tide has done it twice. Notre Dame is another.
Alabama also won the 2009 BCS championship under Saban. The last team to win three major national titles in four seasons was Nebraska, which went back-to-back in 1994 and '95 and finished No. 1 in the final coaches' poll in 1997.
In a world full of spread-the-field, hurry-up offenses, Alabama is a bastion of traditional football.
The Tide put its no-frills muscle on display Saturday, mashing Georgia with 350 yards rushing, behind tailbacks Eddie lacy and T.J. Yeldon.
The Tide has been more potent offensively this season than last to make up for a defense that has slipped, but only a bit. Alabama leads the nation in total defense (246 yards per game) and is second in points allowed (10.7 per game).
When Kelly was hired at Notre Dame three years ago, he looked at Alabama and the SEC, which has won six straight BCS titles, and decided the Irish needed to play like that.
Kelly built his reputation and winning teams at previous stops on fast-paced spread offenses. In South Bend, Ind., he has put the fight back in the Irish, who have won eight AP national titles ? only Alabama has as many ? but none since 1988.
Notre Dame has allowed the fewest touchdowns in the country (10) and is sixth overall in total defense (286 yards per game).
"It's clear that the formation of any great program is going to be on its defense," Kelly said. "If you play great defense you've got a chance. For us to move Notre Dame back into national prominence we had to develop a defense."
The face of the Irish isn't a strong-armed quarterback or speedy ball carrier. It's middle linebacker Manti Te'o, a 255-pound offense wrecker with a nose for the ball. The senior has seven interceptions and is a likely Heisman finalist.
Te'o, 300-pound linemen Stephon Tuitt and Louis Nix have formed a red-zone wall for the Irish. Late goal-line stands highlighted victories against Stanford and USC.
"This is just a good all-around football team with tremendous balance on offense and a very physical defense," Saban said.
In two years, college football switches to a four-team playoff to determine its champion, and a new way of filling the other marquee bowls. It probably won't cure everything that ails the postseason, but it's safe to say many won't miss the BCS.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blockbuster-bcs-main-event-iffy-undercard-083026672--spt.html
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Tessco declares 75-cent special dividend
HUNT VALLEY, Md. (AP) ? Wireless communications company Tessco Technologies Inc. on Monday declared a special dividend of 75 cents, the latest in a slew of companies to do so this year.
The company said it will pay out about $6 million to shareholders. The dividend is payable Dec. 27 to shareholders of record on Dec. 13.
Many companies are moving up their quarterly dividends or making a special end-of-year payment to protect investors from potentially higher taxes on dividend income starting in January. Since 2003, investors have paid a maximum 15 percent on dividend income. But that historically low rate will expire in January unless Congress and President Barack Obama reach a compromise on taxes and government spending.
If no compromise is reached, dividends will be taxed as ordinary income in 2013. That means rates will go up depending on which income bracket a taxpayer is in. For the highest earners, the dividend rate would jump to 43.4 percent.
Tessco's current quarterly dividend is 18 cents. Tessco paid its most recent dividend on Nov. 28.
The Hunt Valley, Md., company's shares added 28 cents, or 1.3 percent, to $22.05 in afternoon trading.
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Mexico swears in president amid violent protests
Mexico's newly sworn-in President Enrique Pena Nieto acknowledges the applause of the crowd as he arrives at the National Palace to deliver his inaugural speech in Mexico City, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. Protesters opposed to the new president clashed with tear gas-wielding police early Saturday morning outside the National Congress, where Pena Nieto took the oath of office. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
Mexico's newly sworn-in President Enrique Pena Nieto acknowledges the applause of the crowd as he arrives at the National Palace to deliver his inaugural speech in Mexico City, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. Protesters opposed to the new president clashed with tear gas-wielding police early Saturday morning outside the National Congress, where Pena Nieto took the oath of office. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
A demonstrator throws a tear gas canister back to police during protests against new Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's rule, outside the National Congress, in Mexico City, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. Pena Nieto took the oath of office as Mexico's new president on Saturday amid protests inside and outside the congressional chamber where he swore to protect the constitution and laws of the land. At least two protesters were injured, one gravely.(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Mexico's newly sworn-in President Enrique Pena Nieto acknowledges applause after delivering his inaugural speech at the National Palace in Mexico City, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. Protesters opposed to the new president clashed with tear gas-wielding police early Saturday morning outside the National Congress, where Pena Nieto took the oath of office. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
Two customers sit outside a Starbucks vandalized by angry protestors in opposition to Mexico's newly sworn-in president, in Mexico City, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. Protests began early Saturday morning with violent confrontations in the streets and protest speeches from opposition parties inside the congress, where Enrique Pena Nieto took the oath of office. Protesters continued vandalizing downtown businesses, smashing plate glass windows and setting office furniture ablaze outside. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Newly sworn-in Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto walks past a line of visiting dignitaries including U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, as he leaves the National Palace after delivering his inaugural speech in Mexico City, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. Protesters opposed to the new president clashed with tear gas-wielding police early Saturday morning outside the National Congress, where Pena Nieto took the oath of office. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
MEXICO CITY (AP) ? Enrique Pena Nieto took the oath of office as Mexico's new president Saturday vowing to restore peace and security and take on the vested interests that have hindered economic prosperity.
As several hundred protesters threw fire bombs at police and smashed plate glass windows, Pena Nieto marked the return of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, with a 13-point plan heavy on old-party populist handouts but with reforms designed to boost the economy and modernize the education and justice systems.
"Mexico has not achieved the advances that the population demands or deserves," Pena Nieto said in an inaugural speech unusual for its heavy emphasis on policy. "It's time for us together to break the myths and paradigms and all else that has limited our development."
Inaugural events were marred all day by protesters opposed to the return of the PRI after a 12-year hiatus.
Inside and outside the congressional chambers where he took the oath of office, his opponents called his inauguration an "imposition" of a party that ruled for 71 years using a mix of handouts, graft and rigged elections. At least four demonstrators and four officers were injured as protesters clashed with tear-gas wielding police, and 65 people were detained.
Vandals smashed windows of stores, banks and a hotel and made bonfires of furniture dragged into the streets. One downtown bank office where all the windows were broken had the words "Welcome Pena" painted across the facade in green.
Pena Nieto countered with a speech full of specifics, from creating an integrated crime prevention program to ending the patronage and buying of teacher positions that rule the public education system.
He said he will put security at the center of all policies for Mexicans and their families and will work to ensure that roads and cities are again "peaceful areas where Mexicans can travel safely without fear of loss of their liberty or life."
Mexico has suffered a spike in violence since outgoing President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against organized crime upon taking office six years ago. Some 60,000 people have been killed by drug violence since then, according to some estimates. While officials first said most of the victims were involved in organized crime, the killings and kidnapping spread to innocent civilians as drug gangs came to rule entire towns and even parts of some states.
Pena Nieto turned to his usual style of result-oriented governing with the list, having started his term as governor of Mexico State with 608 projects that he promised to complete.
The tone of his speech was conciliatory, an attempt to alleviate fears about a return to the PRI's autocratic past.
"I will respect every voice," he said. "I will run an open government that speaks with honesty, seeks opinion, listens to its citizens ... I will be a president who is close to the people."
Many of his proposals harkened back to the old populist PRI, promising pensions for the elderly, life insurance for single mothers to support their children through college, a program to end hunger and a new system of passenger trains.
Political analyst Jesus Silva-Herzog Marquez marveled at the specificity.
"It was as if the president took a pencil and drew the train route and how much it would cost to Toluca," Silva-Herzog said. "It was very concrete, very practical, zero ideology ... this is Pena Nieto. I think Pena Nieto is not a person who thinks in abstract terms."
Many remain to be convinced.
Before he took the oath of office, leftist congressional members inside the chamber gave protest speeches and hung banners, including a giant one reading "Imposition consummated. Mexico mourns."
"One word sums up Dec. 1: The restoration. The return to the past," said Congressman Ricardo Monreal of the Citizens Movement party.
Pena Nieto, who assumed office at a midnight ceremony at the National Palace, campaigned as the new face of the PRI, repentant and reconstructed after being voted out of the presidency in 2000.
Before his public swearing-in at mid-day, hundreds of opponents banged on tall, steel security barriers around Congress, threw stones, bottle rockets and firecrackers at police and yelled "Mexico without PRI!" Police responded by spraying tear gas from a truck and used fire extinguishers to put out flames from cocktails. One group of protesters rammed and dented the barrier with a large truck before being driven off by police water cannons.
"We're against the oppression, the imposition of a person," said Alejandro, 25, a student and protester who wouldn't give his last name, saying he feared reprisals.
"He gave groceries, money and a lot more so people would vote for him," the student added, referring to allegations that the PRI gave voters gifts to encourage them to cast ballots for Pena Nieto.
Protesters trailed the new president from the Congress to the National Palace, trying to break down the barriers set up in the Zocalo, Mexico City's giant central plaza in front of the palace.
"The president is like Salinas: 'I don't see you, I don't hear you,'" said Aurelio Medina, 64, a vendor and protestor referring to PRI President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
Lines of riot police closed down streets around the Fine Arts Palace near where Pena Nieto gave his speech. Police arrested a few protesters who were throwing rocks or pieces of wood. Windows of a Sears departmental store were smashed and its outside walls splashed with white paint.
Despite the protests, the atmosphere inside Congress during the swearing-in ceremony was far less chaotic than six years ago, when a Calderon security unit literally had to muscle him past blockades and protesters to get him into the building so he could take the oath of office after a razor-thin, disputed victory over a leftist candidate.
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Associated Press writers Adriana Gomez Licon, Michael Weissenstein, Carlos Rodriguez and Juan Diego Quesada contributed to this report.
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Sunday, December 2, 2012
THE FAMILY TREE ( SAT.WE--December theme) | Gather
I am part of a great growing family
I'm marvelously memorable you see;
I'm the centerpiece of every DECEMBER
---folks come from far and near to see.
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I was brought home when the baby was born
They gave me the top spot in the room---
They made me feel both loved and needed
---And cheerily cherished too.
Through many years they have loved me
Treasuring my green snow-flocked arms;
Although I may not grow fragrant fresh fir
---Their cozy Christmas lights keep me warm.
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Their chldren gave me hand-nade crafts
I've watched them grow taller each year;
Yes, I'm the faithful Family Christman Tree
---But true Love brings me back each year!
2012 by DRR
P.S. Our 6 foot snow flocked artitaifial Christmas
Tree was purchased when our son was born--
(and he's just turned 40 years old)
Happy Birthday Family Christmas Tree!
2012 by Douglas Raymond Rose
Member Texas State Historical Society
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Commercial real estate broker among those behind Kautz attack ...
A mystery in the recent Burnsville city election was at least partially solved in a Nov. 12 campaign filing.
Paul F. Gonyea, a south suburban commercial real estate broker, is listed as chairman and treasurer of a political committee that sent a pre-election mailing attacking Mayor Elizabeth Kautz.
He said this week that about 10 business owners were behind the 28,000-circulation mailing, and the committee got more than 20 donations.
?I don?t really know anyone who?s a fan of hers,? said Gonyea, of Gonyea Commercial Properties in Burnsville.
Business owners behind the mailing were chiefly motivated by the Performing Arts Center, Gonyea said. The mailing claims the mayor has underreported annual costs and ?losses? since the center opened in 2009.
?I think lots of business owners are upset with the fact that the Performing Arts Center has not done simple, legitimate accounting,? said Gonyea. His personal accountant used city records to compile the figures in the mailing, Gonyea said.
The mailing had Kautz and her supporters crying foul and puzzling over its source. The only identifier on the four-sided, red-white-and-blue flier was the name ?Coalition of Better Business in Burnsville? at the bottom of the front page.
In an interview with Sun Thisweek before the Nov. 6 election, Kautz called the mailing ?malicious, nasty and hateful.? She said it was unprecedented in Burnsville city politics.
An ad from her campaign committee that ran in the Nov. 2 edition of Sun Thisweek featured a letter from Kautz, in which she urged residents to email her with questions ?or call the city for facts.?
In? the ad, she denounced the mailing as a ?hateful smear piece? that attacked her ?character, integrity and ethics.?
It charged that the so-called Coalition of Better Business in Burnsville, whose name was on the mailing was not registered with the state and violated campaign law.
Gonyea bristled this week at the charge, noting that his Nov. 12 filing with the city clerk, even though it was post-election, fulfilled timely disclosure requirements under state law.
In the filing, Gonyea reported that the Coalition of Better Business in Burnsville spent $8,330 on the mailing, which was sent in late October.
Gonyea said there were no particular ?ringleaders? behind the mailing and that he took on the reporting duties. He said business owners involved probably ?don?t want to be disclosed.? He said he was the only commercial realtor among the core group, but ?a number of? the other business owners own buildings.
Kautz won re-election Nov. 6 with 57 percent of the vote in a rematch with challenger Jerry Willenburg. She widened her victory margin over her 2008 race against Willenburg when she won 54 percent.
Willenburg vehemently denied any involvement with the mailing. Kautz strongly suggested in media interviews that Willenburg was likely to have had knowledge of the mailing effort if not outright involvement.
Not so, Gonyea said.
?I?ve talked to Willenburg. I let him put (campaign) signs up on my property. He had nothing to do with this, nor would he. He had absolutely no knowledge of this whatsoever.?
The mailing accuses Kautz of underreporting costs and losses at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center; acting to have a stoplight installed directly across from her condominium in the Heart of the City; not supporting the now-departed Grossman Chevrolet when closure was threatened by General Motors and instead ushering in a Costco store on the property; conflicts of interest stemming from her one-time employment as president and CEO of Aravia Group Inc., whose owner also owned a development company that did business in Burnsville; and overhyping the success of the Heart of the City despite some vacant condominiums and business failures.
Gonyea said there are no City Council votes in Kautz?s 17-year tenure as mayor involving one of his properties that would turn him against her.
?I?ve actually always been cordial with her,? Gonyea said. ?I?ve been around here longer than her.?
Under state law, a political committee or fund is required to register with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board within 14 days after receiving contributions of or spending more than $750.
In city elections, such filings are made with the city. Burnsville Clerk Macheal Brooks approximated that the mailings first went out on Oct. 29, giving the sender until Nov. 12 to meet the filing requirement.
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2 die in bus crash at Miami airport; 3 critical
Law enforcement officers watch as a bus which hit a concrete overpass at Miami International Airport is hauled away, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 in Miami. The vehicle was too tall for the 8-foot-6-inch entrance to the arrivals area, and buses are supposed to go through the departures area which has a higher ceiling, according to an airport spokesperson. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Law enforcement officers watch as a bus which hit a concrete overpass at Miami International Airport is hauled away, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 in Miami. The vehicle was too tall for the 8-foot-6-inch entrance to the arrivals area, and buses are supposed to go through the departures area which has a higher ceiling, according to an airport spokesperson. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Law enforcement officers stand next to a bus after it hit a concrete overpass at Miami International Airport in Miami on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. The vehicle was too tall for the 8-foot-6-inch entrance to the arrivals area, and buses are supposed to go through the departures area which has a higher ceiling, according to an airport spokesperson. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Emergency personnel attend to injured passengers after a bus accident at Miami International Airport on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 in Miami. Officials say a bus has hit an overpass, killing at least one person and injuring more than two-dozen people on board. Airport spokesman Greg Chin says the large, white bus hit the overpass going into the airport's arrivals section on Saturday morning. The bus was going about 20 mph when it clipped the roof entrance. (AP Photo/El Nuevo Herald, Roberto Koltun)
A bus is lodged into an overpass at the Miami International Airport on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. The vehicle was carrying over 30 people when it crashed into the structure. Authorities say buses typically are routed through the departures area, which has a higher clearance. (AP Photo/Suzette Laboy)
A bus is lodged into an overpass at the Miami International Airport on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. The vehicle was carrying over 30 people when it crashed into the structure. Authorities say buses typically are routed through the departures area, which has a higher clearance. (AP Photo/Suzette Laboy)
MIAMI (AP) ? A charter bus carrying 32 members of a church group hit a concrete overpass at Miami International Airport after the driver got lost Saturday, killing two men on board and leaving three others critically injured, officials said.
The large, white bus was too tall for the 8-foot-6-inch entrance to the arrivals area, said airport spokesman Greg Chin. Buses are supposed to go through the departures area, which has a higher clearance, he said.
Police said that one man, Serafin Castillo, 86, of Miami, died at the scene. A second man, Francisco Urana, 56, also of Miami, died later at a hospital.
Chin said passengers told him they were part of a group of Jehovah's Witnesses headed to West Palm Beach. Police said in a news release that the group had chartered the bus to take them to a church convention there.
The group was made up of congregation members of Sweetwater's Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, said Sweetwater Mayor Manny Maro?o.
"This is a tragic accident that has affected many families, as well as, our Sweetwater family," Maro?o said in a press release. "I am pursuing all avenues to get in touch with the appropriate persons to officially extend our help to the congregation and those who were hurt."
A phone number listed for the center in Sweetwater went unanswered.
At the airport, two large signs warn drivers of large vehicles not to pass beneath the concrete overpass. One attached to the top of the concrete barrier reads: "High Vehicle STOP Turn Left." The other, placed to the left of the driveway and several feet in front of the barrier, says all vehicles higher than the 8-foot-6 threshold must turn left.
Three people were at hospitals in critical condition. The other 27 surviving passengers were hurt, but their injuries were less extensive, authorities said.
Eight of the 14 patients taken to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital were in stable condition while two others were in critical, said hospital spokeswoman Lidia Amoretti. Three others were expected to be discharged later Saturday.
A majority of the injuries were facial due to the frontal impact, said Miami-Dade Police spokesman Det. Alvaro Zabaleta.
"People that are passengers on a chartered bus, you are putting total confidence on the driver and they're high back chairs," he said. "It's just like sitting on a plane. You really don't get to see anything in front of you until of course they felt the impact ? the force takes them forward and a lot of them, the majority of them, were facial injuries."
Zabaleta said the driver was not familiar with the airport area and it was too early to say if charges would be filed.
"The preliminary info tells us that he wasn't too familiar with the area surrounding the airport, and that's what led him to take perhaps the wrong ramp that led him onto the property of the airport, and because of not being familiar with the airport, did not know or really see the height requirement in order for that bus to clear the overpass," he said. "Unfortunately, we all know, he misjudged it and that's what obviously caused the accident."
Osvaldo Lopez, an officer with the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, said he first heard a loud noise Saturday morning and was certain it was some sort of car wreck.
He said he went inside the bus to help and found several passengers thrown into the center aisle. He said the passengers, many of whom were elderly, remained calm after the wreck.
"It was just very bloody," he said of the scene.
After helping the passengers, Lopez suffered some injuries of his own ? his left arm and a finger on his right hand were both bandaged.
Fire trucks and police cars swarmed the area around 7:30 a.m. Saturday, and the bus was blocked off by yellow police tape. A white cooler that had been filled with water bottles was on its side behind the bus, the front of which remained wedged beneath the overpass for hours before it was towed away.
The bus was privately owned and typically used for tours, though police believe all the passengers were local residents, said Miami-Dade police Lt. Rosanna Cordero-Stutz. The driver was unfamiliar with the area near the airport and did not intend to wind up at the arrivals area, Cordero-Stutz said. Investigators were interviewing the driver, who suffered minor injuries.
The bus was going about 20 mph when it struck the overpass Saturday morning, Chin said.
The bus model is commonly used for charters and tours, with the driver seated low to the ground and passenger seats in an elevated area behind the driver's seat.
Markings on the bus show it was owned by Miami Bus Service Corp.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration records found online show the company has had no violations for unsafe driving or controlled substances and alcohol. It also had not reported any crashes in the two years before Oct. 26, 2012.
The records show it did receive three citations related to driver fatigue in April 2011.
The company owns three motor coaches, according to the records. Miami Bus Service Corp. officials did not immediately respond to a phone message Saturday.
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Associated Press reporter Jackie Quinn in Washington contributed to this report.
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