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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Allure of mystery helps recluse's gold net $3.5M
Appraiser Howard Herz talks about gold coins being auctioned off more in Carson City, Nev., on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Sixty-nine-year-old Walter Samaszko, Jr. died in June 2012, leaving thousands of gold coins in his garage. A portion of his collection brought $3.5 million today at the auction. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Cathleen Allison)
Appraiser Howard Herz talks about gold coins being auctioned off more in Carson City, Nev., on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Sixty-nine-year-old Walter Samaszko, Jr. died in June 2012, leaving thousands of gold coins in his garage. A portion of his collection brought $3.5 million today at the auction. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Cathleen Allison)
Mexican 50 peso pieces were among the $3.5 million in gold coins auctioned off in Carson City, Nev., on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Recluse Walter Samaszko died in June 2012, leaving thousands of coins hidden in his garage. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Cathleen Allison)
This Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo shows the Carson City, Nev. home of Walter Samaszko Jr. A crew sent to clean out Samaszko's house found more than $7.4 million worth of gold coins, bars and bullion left behind in the garage after his death in June. About 135 pounds (61 kilograms) of Walter Samaszko Jr.'s gold coins will be auctioned off in 11 lots Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in a courtroom to pay government taxes and fees. Carson City Clerk Recorder Alan Glover says the auction will only include about half of the trove left behind when the reclusive man died in his modest Carson City home last year. An exhaustive search identified California substitute teacher Arlene Magdanz as Samaszko's first cousin and sole heir to the fortune that was decades in the making. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) ? The tale of a mysterious Nevada recluse's gold has reached a new chapter when a portion of the trove raked in more than $3.5 million at auction.
The allure of mystery pulled some bidders to the courtroom where the auction took place Tuesday. For others, it was the sheer value of a collection unknown to the public before Walter Samaszko Jr. was found dead in his modest ranch-style home last year.
Regardless of motivation, those who converged on the auction could sense the immense value of the treasure upon arriving.
Numerous guards were stationed at the entrance, more in the hallway outside the courtroom, and finally several with bulletproof vests and others with helmets inside the room holding the gold.
Five bidders diligently inspected the 11 lots of gold displayed in plastic sleeves, tubes and felt jewelry display boxes heavily guarded room before the bidding wars began.
By the time all sales were final, however, one bidder had secured nine of the 11 lots for sale.
Carson City's Alan Rowe of Northern Nevada Coin spent $617,000 from his own company, and another $2 million on behalf of the Illinois-based Rare Coin Company of America Inc. It was the uniqueness of the gold that drove his bidding, he said.
"Every one of us has a little hoarder nature in our culture and we all like to have things, but to this degree is quite a story," Rowe told reporters after the auction, adding that the metal value "is not as exciting as the story itself, there's actually value to the story."
He added that some of the coins will be available in the store or online for locals hoping to snag a piece of history. Others, he said, will be marketed nationally and likely on television.
This auction was only for the bullion coins ? items that are not necessarily rare, just expensive because they are made of gold. There will likely be a second auction for the larger portion of the collection which is comprised of the rare coins, said Alan Glover, the public administrator for Samaszko's estate.
"They're buying and bidding on an ounce of gold, pure gold by the weight," Glover said.
In total, about 150 pounds of gold was sold at Tuesday's auction. About $800,000 will pay various fees and estate taxes, and the rest of the profits go to a substitute teacher in San Rafael, Calif., who is the first cousin and sole heir to the trove of Walter Samaszko Jr.
Because of the other coins' rarity, that sale is expected to net higher profits.
James Mitchell of Reno's Silver State Coin and a California-based group named Spectrum Group International Inc. grabbed the two lots not purchased by Rowe or his partners.
Mitchell landed the lot of 4,600 Mexican dos pesos, the largest number of coins in a single lot. He said the story posed no additional value to him.
"It had the most potential for profit," Mitchell said of his purchase. "There was one lot I wanted more, but this one will have to do."
That lot, a collection of 620 Canadian Maple Leafs, was the largest in terms of weight and the coins were the purest gold available. It fetched $1.16 million from Rowe and the Rare Coin Company of America.
No one knows exactly when the collection began, or why Samaszko never sold it. Frankly, no one knew anything about him even though he lived in the same neighborhood for decades. Weeks passed before authorities even discovered he had died in his modest Carson City home. A coroner said he died of heart problems.
When cleanup crews arrived, they made the startling discovery of the 69-year-old man's vast collection of thousands of gold coins worth millions of dollars stashed in old ammunition boxes in his garage.
Officials discovered the trove neatly wrapped and stored mostly in ammunition boxes stacked on top of each other. There were more than 2,900 Austrian coins, many from 1915; more than 5,000 from Mexico; at least 500 from Britain; 300 U.S. gold pieces, some dating to 1880; and more than 100 U.S. gold pieces as old as the 1890s.
Among the coins were meticulous records of the purchases dating back to at least 1964, when gold averaged about $35 per ounce. The precious metal currently sells for more than $1,600 an ounce.
Authorities believe that his mother, who lived with Samaszko until her death in 1992, purchased most of the coins.
Despite the millions of dollars in his garage, Samaszko didn't appear to lead a luxurious life. Records show he only withdrew about $500 a month to pay modest bills. He died with $1,200 in a checking account and just a bit more than $165,000 in a money market and mutual fund account.
Since learning of her inheritance, Magdanz has shunned publicity and not made any comments about the fortune.
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World powers and Iran end talks, sides to meet again
ALMATY (Reuters) - World powers hope Iran will respond positively on Wednesday to their new offer to lift some sanctions if Tehran scales back nuclear activity the West fears could be used to build bombs.
But any hopes of a significant easing of the deadlock in the decade-old nuclear dispute were dented when Russian media cited a source close to the talks as saying there had been no clear progress in the discussions in Kazakhstan.
"So far there is no particular rapprochement. There is an impression that the atmosphere is not very good," Interfax news agency quoted the source as saying.
The United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia presented the offer when their first meeting with Iran in eight months began in Almaty on Tuesday and the Islamic state was considering it, the powers' spokesman said.
The two sides began a second - and what is expected to be the last in this round of negotiations - day of discussions in the Kazakh city shortly after 11 a.m (0500 GMT) on Wednesday.
Western officials described the first day of the meeting as "useful". Iranian state television described the atmosphere in the discussions as "very serious".
The outcome of the meeting in the Kazakh city will be closely watched in Israel, which has strongly hinted that it could attack Iran's nuclear sites if diplomacy and sanctions fail to stop the uranium enrichment program.
Iran says Israel's assumed nuclear arsenal is the main threat to peace and denies Western allegations it is seeking to develop the capability to make atomic bombs. It says it is only aiming to produce nuclear energy so that it can export more oil.
In their latest attempt to break years of stalemate in the dispute, the powers are offering Iran a relaxation of some of the sanctions that are taking a heavy toll on its economy.
"Hopefully the Iranians will be able to reflect overnight and will come back and view our proposal positively," the spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who represents the powers in the talks, said.
"The ball is in their court," Michael Mann added after the first day of discussions on Tuesday.
He did not give details of the offer, but other Western officials have confirmed it includes some limited sanctions easing if Iran closes a underground site where it carries out its most controversial uranium enrichment work.
Diplomats see scant chances of a conclusive deal with Iran before a June presidential election - with the political elite preoccupied with domestic issues - but they hope to hold follow-up talks to the Almaty meeting soon.
IRANIAN COUNTERPROPOSAL
Iran would put forward its own proposal of "the same weight" as that of the other side, a source close to the Iranian negotiating team said on Tuesday, but Western officials said it had not done so during the first day of negotiations.
Iran has shown no sign of willingness to scale back its nuclear work. Its chief negotiator, Saeed Jalili, is close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and is a veteran of Iran's 1980s war against Iraq and the Western powers that backed it.
It argues that has a sovereign right to carry out nuclear enrichment for peaceful energy purposes, and in particular refuses to close its underground Fordow enrichment plant, a condition the powers have set for any sanctions relief.
Tightened Western sanctions on Iran are hurting Iran's economy and slashing oil revenue. Its currency has more than halved in value, which in turn has pushed up inflation.
But analysts say the sanctions are not close to having the crippling effect envisaged by Washington and - so far at least - they have not prompted a change in Iran's nuclear course.
Western officials said the powers' offer would include an easing of restrictions on trade in gold and other precious metals if Tehran closes Fordow.
The Fordow facility is used for enriching uranium to 20 percent fissile purity, a short technical step from weapons grade.
Western diplomats acknowledge an easing of U.S. and EU sanctions on trade in gold represents a relatively modest step. But gold could be used as part of barter transactions that might allow Iran to circumvent financial sanctions.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman last week dismissed the reported incentive as insufficient and a senior Iranian lawmaker has ruled out closing Fordow, close to the holy city of Qom.
A senior Israeli official said Iran was pressing ahead with its nuclear program while "everyone is talking".
"As of now, the Iranians are thumbing their noses," Sima Shine, head of the Iran desk at the Strategic Affairs Ministry, told Israel's Army Radio. "They are coming to negotiations, speaking hyperbolically, trying to talk about their right to uranium enrichment ... But in parallel they are advancing."
(Additional reporting by Yeganeh Torbati in Almaty; Zahra Hosseinian in Zurich; Gabriela Baczynska in Moscow; Dan Williams in Jerusalem; Editing by Pravin Char)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/powers-wait-hear-iran-response-nuclear-offer-043022098.html
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Friday, February 22, 2013
High School/Local College Sports Roundup for Feb. 20, 2013
February 20, 2013 10:48PM
Updated: February 21, 2013 2:13AM
Boys Basketball
Marist 62, Joliet Catholic 37: Zak Niemiera scored 20 points and L.J. McIntosh added 15 to power visiting Marist (17-9, 4-4) in the East Suburban Catholic.
Class 1A Serena Regional
Newark 53, Morgan Park Academy 37: Morgan Park Academy (7-21) was eliminated in the semifinal.
Girls Indoor Track & Field
Homewood-Flossmoor triangular: Mariah Terry won the 55-meter dash (7.33 seconds) and long jump (14 feet, 61/2 inches) in helping Homewood-Flossmoor (164.50) finish second behind Young (198.50). Mikala Barrett added wins in the 55-meter low hurdles (9.90) and high jump (5 feet) for the Vikings. Bridget Miller was tops in the 2-mile run (13 minutes, 55.03 seconds) for Andrew (50).
Men?s Basketball
CCAC Tournament
St. Xavier 95, Holy Cross (Ind.) 84: Anthony Grant had 23 points and Roosevelt Green added 21 points and eight assists to spark host St. Xavier (27-4) in the quarterfinal. Brad Karp tacked on 15 points and seven rebounds for the Cougars.
Women?s Basketball
Indiana-South Bend 70, St. Xavier 64: Morgan Stuut scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead host St. Xavier (24-6) in the quarterfinal. Suzie Broski added 16 points for the Cougars and Chrissy Heine had 11.
Contributing: Josh Krockey
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US stocks bounce back after steep 2-day slide
In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, photo, a trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, photo, a trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Strong earnings results from big U.S. companies offered investors a whiff of hope Friday. Stocks rose after a two-day slump, but remained on track for their worst week this year.
Hewlett-Packard had the biggest gain in the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index. It posted fiscal first-quarter earnings late Thursday that beat all forecasts, a relief after months of bad news for the computer maker. H-P rose $1.76, or 10 percent, to $18.86.
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. was the S&P 500's second-best performer, jumping a day after reporting earnings that beat analysts' expectations. It rose $4.21, or 8 percent, to $58.07.
American International Group Inc. rose after its fourth-quarter operating results exceeded forecasts. The company's net loss was $4 billion, mainly because of claims related to Superstorm Sandy, in the first full quarter after it finished repaying its $182 billion government bailout. Its stock rose 88 cents, or 2 percent, to $38.16.
The Dow was up 63 points at 13,943 as of noon Eastern time. The S&P 500 rose six to 1,508. The Nasdaq composite index rose 14 to 3,145.
All three U.S. indexes remain down for the week. The S&P 500 is on track for its first weekly loss of the year.
Bill Stone, chief investment strategist with PNC Wealth Management, said he expects stocks to hold up despite this week's volatility.
"You're going to get bumps and bruises along the way, but we do believe things are actually getting better, so I think there's underlying demand" for stocks, Stone said.
Stocks plunged Wednesday afternoon after minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting spooked investors. The minutes revealed disagreement at the Fed over how long to keep buying bonds in an effort to boost the economy. The slide continued Thursday.
Many analysts believe that the Fed's bond-buying and resulting low interest rates have driven this year's stock rally, which lifted indexes to their highest levels since the 2008 financial crisis.
U.S. stocks followed European stocks higher after a survey of German business optimism rose sharply, adding to evidence that the country will avoid a recession. Germany's economic vitality is crucial for the beleaguered region, offsetting economic contraction in surrounding countries.
"Germany is really the bedrock" of the region's economy, Stone said. "If it gives way, then you have real problems."
France's CAC-40 closed up 2.2 percent, Germany's DAX 1 percent.
Among the other corporate news moving markets:
? Abercrombie & Fitch sank after a key sales metric declined in the all-important holiday quarter. Its stock fell $3.10, or 6 percent, to $45.95.
? WebMD Health Corp. soared after the health website operator reported better-than-expected revenue and an optimistic outlook for 2013. The stock rose $3.51, or 22 percent, to $19.81.
? Texas Instruments Inc. rose strongly after saying it will increase its dividend by one-third and buy back up to $5 billion more of its own stock. TI rose $1.47, or 5 percent, to $33.95.
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Daniel Wagner can be reached at www.twitter.com/wagnerreports .
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Who To Follow On Twitter: Agriculture Edition | TalentEgg Career ...
You probably wouldn?t think it at first, but the agriculture industry is big on Twitter.
In particular, agriculture students, young farmers and agri-business professionals are flocking to the social network to create a national conversation about the industry, how it?s changing and the role young people have to play in the future of agriculture in Canada.
From day-to-day life on the farm, such as documenting the birth of a calf or getting ready to harvest crops, to discussing the huge national and global issues that affect the business of agriculture in our country, you can find it all on Twitter.
Not sure where to get started? Follow these Twitter accounts, see what they?re tweeting about and who they?re interacting with, and you?ll end up down the agriculture industry Twitter rabbit hole in no time.
Whether you want to work on the family farm or start a career in agri-business with an agriculture employer, you?ll be able to find a ton of useful information here. If you have a suggestion that wasn?t mentioned here, share it in the comments section below!
Bayer CropScience Careers
Leading crop production company Bayer CropScience hires students and recent grads for a number of summer jobs and entry level jobs in sales, breeding, environmental affairs and more. Follow @BCSCACareers to learn more about Bayer CropScience?s culture and stay up-to-date on their latest career opportunities.
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Canadian Young Farmers? Forum (CYFF)
The Canadian Young Farmers? Forum connects leading young agriculture producers across Canada, to provide support, encouragement and resources to promote agriculture. @CYFF often retweets other accounts related to young in agriculture, so their account is an amazing directory of who to follow, from individual farmers to employers and industry organizations.
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4-H Canada
At 100 years old,?@4HCanada (each of the four ?h?s stand for head, heart, hands and health) is one of Canada?s longest running youth organizations and has strong roots in the agriculture industry. Many students who go on to start successful careers in agriculture have been involved with 4-H and the organization also partners with employers to provide scholarships.
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Kim McConnell
Kim McConnell is the founder and former CEO of AdFarm, a North American agricultural marketing communications firm, and the winner of the 2011 Agri-Marketer of the Year award. He is passionate about the role youth have to play in the industry, so follow this industry veteran at @kmcconnell1 for some great insight.
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Youth Ag Summit
This August, 120 youth from around the world will come together in Calgary, Alberta, to tackle the topic of feeding a hungry planet. Even if you?re not participating in the summit in-person, you can share your ideas and be part of the conversation by following and tweeting at @YouthAgSummit.
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Farmers of Canada
@FarmersOfCanada is a unique Twitter account that hands over the reins to a new farmer each week, many of whom are young farmers, providing a fascinating inside look at the day-to-day activities of farming in Canada.
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Future Agriculture Business Builders (FABB)
Future Agriculture Business Builders describes itself as ?an ambitious group of influential young people in agriculture, set on helping peers and the industry alike succeed thought networking and education.? Follow @FABB_Network to discover the issues that affect young agri-business professionals in Canada.
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Agriculture More Than Ever
Ag More Than Ever is a fun marketing campaign by Farm Credit Canada that shares real stories from the modern agriculture industry. Following @AgMoreThanEver is a great way to learn more about the industry and the people working in it.
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Real Agriculture
Real Agriculture is a blog focused on the issues that are impacting agriculture from crops to machinery to livestock to farm management and more. Follow @realagriculture for the latest news and opinions from the site.
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The Western Producer
Looking to brush up on your agricultural news? Follow @westernproducer for the latest scoops in the industry.
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Blackburn Agri-Media
If you?re more interested in agri-business news from Ontario, @AgriMedia is the account to follow.
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[b]God Name:[/b] What is the name of your god?
[b]Alias:[/b]
[b]Title:[/b] What are you a god of? Keep in mind you can't be something that is already chosen, so be original here.
[b]Gender:[/b]....
[b]Alignment:[/b] (Good, Evil, neutral, etc. and it is allowed to evolve as time passes).
[b]God Appearance:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[u]Enemies:[/u] Who does your God see as their enemy?
[u]Allies:[/u] Who do they trust? Why?
[b]Alias:[/b]
[b]Title:[/b] What are you a god of? Keep in mind you can't be something that is already chosen, so be original here.
[b]Gender:[/b]....
[b]Alignment:[/b] (Good, Evil, neutral, etc. and it is allowed to evolve as time passes).
[b]God Appearance:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[u]Enemies:[/u] Who does your God see as their enemy?
[u]Allies:[/u] Who do they trust? Why?
[b]Opinion of mortals:[/b] How do you see mortals? Your own race? Others?
[b]interference:[/b] How directly does your God interfere with the lives of his/hers worshipers? Is it appreciated? Is it worth it?
[b]God?s Domain:[/b] What is your God?s domain like? Words or pictures can be used.
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[b]Alias:[/b]
[b]Title(s)/Rank:[/b]
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[b]Real Age:[/b]
[b]Visual Age:[/b] How old does she/he look
[b]Personality:[/b]
[u]Enemies:[/u] Mortal? Immortal?
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[b]Magic Abilities:[/b] does your avatar have any? (Keep them moderate and humble, no superman here!)
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[b]Capital:[/b] Just name one.
[b]Major Cities:[/b] Give a few major cities in your lands.
[b]Society:[/b] (what is it like to live amongst your people? Are they friendly? Hostile?).
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[Politics] Go back to the list of Gods and see which ones you might be allies with and which ones you know will be your enemies. Is your government stable? Have you ever had rebellions? Revolutions? Coups?
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[i]Artillery:[/i] Canons, mortars, etc. Have it? Use it?
[i]Navy:[/i] Do you have one? What is it made up of? Is it effective, yes, no? Why? Why not?
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Try to be realistic with your past wars. I doubt you'll wage war with your close allies, nor will you suddenly start trading with your enemies, unless you really have a good story.
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Flyers use late goal to slip past Penguins 6-5
Philadelphia Flyers right wing Jakub Voracek (93) celebrates with center Claude Giroux (28) after scoring the winning goal late in the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. The Flyers won 6-5. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Philadelphia Flyers right wing Jakub Voracek (93) celebrates with center Claude Giroux (28) after scoring the winning goal late in the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. The Flyers won 6-5. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin (71) looks for the puck against Philadelphia Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov (30) and defenseman Nicklas Grossmann (8) in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) battles for control of the puck with Philadelphia Flyers center Danny Briere (48) in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Philadelphia Flyers right wing Mike Knuble (9) cannot get a wraparound shot past Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tomas Vokoun (92) and defenseman Matt Niskanen (2) in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Philadelphia Flyers right wing Wayne Simmonds (17) celebrates with defenseman Luke Schenn (22) and center Danny Briere (48) after scoring during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
PITTSBURGH (AP) ? The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers picked up right where the two rivals left off in the playoffs last season.
Jakub Voracek scored the go-ahead goal with 1:31 remaining in the third period to cap his first career NHL hat trick, leading the Flyers to a wild 6-5 victory over the Penguins on Wednesday.
"It was a great game for the players, the fans, for everybody," Flyers coach Peter Laviolette said. "It was good playoff-type hockey."
It was the kind of wide-open, back-and-forth, playoff-type hockey the two teams displayed during their Eastern Conference quarterfinal round series last season. The Penguins and Flyers combined for 45 goals through the first four games of the series, a best-of-seven set Philadelphia won in six games.
Pittsburgh took a two-goal lead Wednesday before Philadelphia scored the next four goals.
The Flyers had leads of 4-2 and 5-3 in the third period, only to watch as the Penguins rallied, tying the game with 2:03 remaining.
Voracek's third goal came 33 seconds after Pittsburgh's Brandon Sutter tied the game on a wraparound.
Voracek, who had a career-best four points Monday against the New York Islanders, threw a shot from behind the goal line, which bounced off Penguins goaltender Tomas Vokoun and into the net.
"I didn't want to turn it over or do something stupid, so I just tried to throw it to the net," Voracek said.
Voracek's first goal of the game came on the power play, giving the Flyers a 3-2 lead with 9.9 seconds left in the second period. His second, the 200th point of his NHL career, put Philadelphia ahead by two goals 18 seconds into the third period.
Wayne Simmonds had two goals and an assist and Nicklas Grossman also scored for the Flyers.
Goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov made 27 saves for his eighth victory.
Evgeni Malkin and James Neal scored power-play goals, while Sutter, Tyler Kennedy and Matt Niskanen also scored for the Penguins, who had a three-game win streak end.
Penguins defenseman Paul Martin also had three assists.
Captain Sidney Crosby, with 25 points, is tied with Buffalo's Thomas Vanek for NHL scoring lead after getting an assist.
Vokoun, making his first start since a home loss against New Jersey, stopped 26 shots.
"It's unfortunate," Crosby said. "We had a good start and didn't find a way to hold the lead."
The Flyers capped a season-long six-game road trip with two victories. Philadelphia, which routed the New York Islanders 7-0 Monday, struggled early on the road trip, dropping three of its first four games before recovering with two wins.
"Anytime you finish a road trip with two big wins it's huge," said Flyers captain Claude Giroux, who had two assists. "It was good to get a couple wins in a row again."
The Flyers, despite playing 12 of their first 18 games on the road, appear right at home in Pittsburgh, where they won for the eighth time in 10 games. Philadelphia is also 6-1 at Consol Energy Center since it opened in 2010.
Philadelphia appeared to put the game away after Simmonds' second goal of the game, which hit off Niskanen's stick and went into the net, to make it 5-3 at 7:36 of the third.
But the Penguins rallied thanks in part to back-to-back 5-on-3 power plays. Neal's power-play goal at 12:46 made it 5-4 and the Penguins appeared to initially tie it with 5:39 left, but a would-be power-play goal from Chris Kunitz was kicked past Bryzgalov.
Sutter got it done, tying the game with 2:03 remaining.
"We stuck with things and earned the breaks we got, and we were able to tie the game," Crosby said. "We had the right mentality, sometimes it's a little too late."
Niskanen gave the Penguins a 1-0 lead at 5:07 of the first, the 14th time in 17 games Pittsburgh scored the opening goal.
Defenseman Kris Letang's shot deflected off a Philadelphia skate to Niskanen, who ripped a hard shot past Bryzgalov.
Laviolette called a timeout after the goal in an attempt to spark his sluggish team, which had just two shots on goal to that point, but it worked in the Penguins' favor.
Flyers forward Harry Zolnierczyk was whistled for boarding 13 seconds later, putting Pittsburgh's No. 2-ranked power play on the ice.
Malkin nearly converted seven seconds into the advantage, as Bryzgalov gloved a shot against the post, but the play was ruled inconclusive after an extra look by officials.
No matter.
Malkin scored later on the power play at 7:15 of the first, slamming Martin's rebound off the end boards inside the post. It was the ninth straight game the Penguins scored a power-play goal.
The Flyers settled down, scoring twice in the span of a minute to tie the game.
Grossman got the first one, firing a loose puck across the line after a wild net-mouth scramble that had four Penguins piled in the crease, desperately trying to prevent a goal.
Letang tried his best to keep the puck out of the net, stopping the initial shot at the goal line, but it eventually popped out to Grossman, who scored the Flyers' opening goal 11:49 of the first.
Simmonds scored a minute later, taking a Danny Briere pass and powering his way to the top of the crease where he slid a shot past Vokoun.
Then things got heated between the cross-state rivals and the penalty box quickly filled with three players apiece less than a minute after the tying goal.
Penguins defenseman Deryk Engelland went off for roughing, Flyers forward Brayden Schenn for cross-checking, and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties were also issued while Tanner Glass and Simmonds had a fight.
"I think we got too emotional in the game, too involved with the extra curriculars," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said.
The teams played a clean second period, combining for just three penalties, but the last one, an elbowing call against the Penguins' Craig Adams, resulted in Voracek's go-ahead goal with 9.9 seconds left in the period.
Voracek scored his second of the game 18 seconds into the third period, taking advantage of a miscommunication between Vokoun and Martin behind the net. Braydon Coburn's shot after the turnover bounced to Voracek, who made it a two-goal game.
Kennedy cut the deficit to one goal at 5:29, putting the rebound from Martin's point shot behind Bryzgalov before Simmonds' scored his second of the game at 7:36.
"Obviously we started off pretty rocky, and kind of finished pretty rocky, but I think in between we played a pretty solid game," Simmonds said.
NOTES: Flyers forward Matt Read left the game with an upper-body injury. ... The rivals meet again March 7 in Philadelphia. ... Both teams play next at home against Florida. The Flyers host the Panthers Thursday, while the Pittsburgh welcomes Florida the following night.
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Post-2014 Afghan force of 8,000-12,000 discussed: U.S
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO allies discussed keeping a NATO force of between 8,000 and 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, but U.S. President Barack Obama has not decided how many American troops will remain there, Pentagon spokesman George Little said on Friday.
"A range of 8-12,000 troops was discussed as the possible size of the overall NATO mission, not the U.S. contribution," Little said after a NATO defense ministers' meeting in Brussels.
"The president is still reviewing options and has not made a decision about the size of a possible U.S. presence after 2014, and we will continue to discuss with allies and the Afghans how we can best carry out two basic missions: targeting the remnants of al Qaeda and its affiliates, and training and equipping Afghan forces," he said.
(Reporting by Phil Stewart, Adrian Croft; editing by Rex Merrifield)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/post-2014-afghan-force-8-000-12-000-140936197.html
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Bullied children can suffer lasting psychological harm as adults
Feb. 20, 2013 ? Bullied children grow into adults who are at increased risk of developing anxiety disorders, depression and suicidal thoughts, according to a study led by researchers at Duke Medicine.
The findings, based on more than 20 years of data from a large group of participants initially enrolled as adolescents, are the most definitive to date in establishing the long-term psychological effects of bullying.
Published online Feb. 20, 2013, in JAMA Psychiatry, the study belies a common perception that bullying, while hurtful, inflicts a fleeting injury that victims outgrow.
"We were surprised at how profoundly bullying affects a person's long-term functioning," said William E. Copeland, PhD, assistant clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University and lead author of the study. "This psychological damage doesn't just go away because a person grew up and is no longer bullied. This is something that stays with them. If we can address this now, we can prevent a whole host of problems down the road."
A previous longitudinal study of bullied children, conducted in Finland, found mixed results, concluding that boys had few lasting problems, while girls suffered more long-term psychological harm. That study, however, relied on registry data in the health system that didn't fully capture psychiatric records.
Copeland and colleagues had a much richer data set. Using the Great Smoky Mountain Study, the research team tapped a population-based sample of 1,420 children ages 9, 11 and 13 from 11 counties in western North Carolina. Initially enrolled in 1993, the children and their parents or caregivers were interviewed annually until the youngsters turned 16, and then periodically thereafter.
At each assessment until age 16, the child and caregiver were asked, among other things, whether the child had been bullied or teased or had bullied others in the three months immediately prior to the interview.
A total of 421 child or adolescent participants -- 26 percent of the children -- reported being bullied at least once; 887 said they suffered no such abuse. Boys and girls reported incidents at about the same rate. Nearly 200 youngsters, or 9.5 percent, acknowledged bullying others; 112 were bullies only, while 86 were both bullies and victims.
Of the original 1,420 children, more than 1,270 were followed up into adulthood. The subsequent interviews included questions about the participants' psychological health.
As adults, those who said they had been bullied, plus those who were both victims and aggressors, were at higher risk for psychiatric disorders compared with those with no history of being bullied. The young people who were only victims had higher levels of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, generalized anxiety, panic disorder and agoraphobia.
Those who were both bullies and victims had higher levels of all anxiety and depressive disorders, plus the highest levels of suicidal thoughts, depressive disorders, generalized anxiety and panic disorder. Bullies were also at increased risk for antisocial personality disorder.
The researchers were able to sort out confounding factors that might have contributed to psychiatric disorders, including poverty, abuse and an unstable or dysfunctional home life.
"Bullying is potentially a problem for bullies as well as for victims," said senior author E. Jane Costello, PhD, associate director of research at Duke's Center for Child and Family Policy. "Bullying, which we tend to think of as a normal and not terribly important part of childhood, turns out to have the potential for very serious consequences for children, adolescents and adults."
Costello and Copeland said they would continue their analysis, with future studies exploring the role sexual orientation plays in bullying and victimization.
In addition to Costello and Copeland, study authors include Adrian Angold of Duke and Dieter Wolke of the University of Warwick, Coventry, England.
The work received support from the National Institute of Mental Health (MH63970, MH63671, and MH48085); the National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA/MH11301); the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation; and the William T. Grant Foundation.
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Andy Katz / After big win, Missouri Tigers coach Frank Haith reacts to notice of allegations - college basketball
- John Calipari joins Andy Katz to discuss Nerlens Noel's injury and the remainder of the Wildcats' season.
- John Calipari joins Andy Katz to discuss Nerlens Noel's injury and the remainder of the Wildcats' season.
- Bruce Pearl and Tim Welsh join Andy Katz to discuss Nerlens Noel's injury and the chances that Kentucky can make the NCAA tournament.
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The following information and resources based on this sites user demographic. Overall objective: to provide computer security awareness, related tips and self-help technical resources.
Protect Your Computer from Malware (Video)
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advice about common security issues for non-technical computer users.
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/
Security info/tips for Microsoft Windows:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/resources/home.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.aspx
Security info/tips for MAC users:
https://ssl.apple.com/support/security/
Security info/tips for Linux users:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Security
http://www.debian.org/security/
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Antivirus Live CD/DVD/USB?s
Why Live CD/DVD/USB anti-virus environments?
Most modern malware once it infects an operating system such as Windows will typically disable any security software product(s) installed, rendering them useless. Live anti-virus environments run above any installed operating system thus preventing malware from activating and/or circumvent detection and the removal process. While do-it-yourself malware removal can work favorably in most situations, I highly recommend contacting your local professional computer repair service for major problems, if malware persists or not comfortable with resolving technical issues yourself.
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Dr.Web LiveCD: http://www.freedrweb.com/livecd/
* How it works Live CD: http://www.freedrweb.com/livecd/how_it_works/
* How it works Live USB: http://www.freedrweb.com/liveusb/how_it_works/
AVG Live Rescue CD: http://www.avg.com/us-en/226386
* Download ISO: http://www.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-arl
BitDefender Live Rescue CD:
* Download ISO ( current ): http://download.bitdefender.com/rescue_cd/
* General how to: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/bitdefender-rescue-cd-removes-viruses-fails/
Kaspersky Rescue Disk: http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/rescuedisk/main?qid=208282173
F-Secure Rescue CD: http://www.f-secure.com/en/web/labs_global/removal-tools ( click on ? Rescue CD ? tab )
Avira AntiVir Rescue System: http://www.avira.com/en/support-download-avira-antivir-rescue-system?* General info: https://www.avira.com/en/downloads#tools
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General do-it-yourself computer / hard drive repair CD/DVD/USB:
Parted Magic Live CD/USB: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=partedmagic * http://partedmagic.com
Gparted Live CD/USB: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
Clonezilla Live CD/USB: http://clonezilla.org
SystemRescueCd: http://www.sysresccd.org
Ultimate Boot CD: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com
Spybot ( Free Windows version ): http://www.safer-networking.org/private/
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* troubleshooting CD/DVD/USB booting: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/ht/bootcddvd.htm?| https://www.pcworld.com/article/213263/boot_optical.html?or see product documentation or computer manufacturer website [ list ]. On my HP Laptop pressing [ F9 ] after powering on displays Boot Menu, generic desktop [ F2 ], one or more servers required changing the boot order in the bios. Once you are able to figure out the boot process everything else is easy breezy.
[4] ?follow instructions once Live CD/DVD is up and running and/or consult with product documentation. The first three listed above provide user friendly graphical interfaces once loaded. If you are able to use standard desktop anti-virus products, you?ll have no problem with any of these. Having the computer connected to a wired Internet connection is required for updating virus definitions however, the live cd downloads are generally updated [ as of download date ].
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Miscellaneous basic computer security awareness resources from the web
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http://www.colorado.edu/oit/it-security/security-awareness/antivirus
http://security.fnal.gov/checklist.html
http://ist.mit.edu/security-awareness-education
https://www.us-cert.gov/alerts-and-tips/
https://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety
http://www.securingthehuman.org/resources
http://www.dhs.gov/internet-hoaxes
https://security.web.cern.ch/security/training/en/awareness.shtml [ PDF ]
https://www.sans.org/webcasts/
http://www.colorado.edu/oit/it-security/security-awareness/hardening-your-computer
https://www.sans.org/security-resources/
http://www.colorado.edu/oit/it-security/security-awareness
https://isc.sans.edu
http://csrc.nist.gov
http://iase.disa.mil/eta/index.html
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/live-cd-antivirus-scanners-windows-start/
http://blogs.computerworld.com/security/20580/how-useful-antivirus-software
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Sina Q4 Sales Beat Street Despite Ad Market Concerns - Business ...
Feb 19 (Reuters) - Sina Corp posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue and profit amid concerns about the slowing growth of Chinese online advertising.
Shares in the company, which runs China's largest online portal and the Twitter-like "Weibo" microblogging platform, climbed 6 percent to $56.50 after-hours. They have fallen 13.4 percent since the start of the fourth quarter, underperforming a 2 percent rise in the Nasdaq.
Net profit fell 74 percent in the fourth quarter to $2.4 million, or 3 cents per share, from $9.3 million, or 14 cents per share, a year earlier. But excluding certain items, non-GAAP earnings were $9 million, or 13 cents a share, versus $14 million or 21 cents a share a year earlier.
That surpassed an average forecast for 5 cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
China's online advertising market grew 46.8 percent in 2012, but that was down from 57.6 percent in 2011, according to technology research firm iResearch. The softer advertising market, due to a weaker economic environment, has also hit Sina peers Baidu Inc and Sohu.com Inc.
Analysts say Sina's new "Weibo" advertising products have drawn muted sales.
Sina said it expects first-quarter adjusted net revenue to range between $115 million and $119 million, in line with average predictions on Wall Street for about $117 million. It forecast advertising revenue of $94 million to $96 million this quarter.
Advertising revenue came in at $110.7 million in the fourth quarter, versus a previous company projection for between $110 million and $112 million.
It posted overall fourth-quarter net revenue of $139.1 million, versus an average forecast for $133.9 million according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Non-advertising revenue decreased 4 percent to $28.5 million.
In the fourth quarter, Sina rolled out two Weibo monetization products aimed at increasing sales on its highly popular social media website.
One of the products gives advertisers a chance at promoting their tweet among users who are not following them, while the other is a platform that links popular microbloggers with advertisers.
Sina's push to monetize Weibo comes as Tencent Holdings' mobile social messaging product, WeChat, is beginning to cut into the popularity of Weibo, analysts said.
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/sina-q4-sales-beat-street-despite-ad-market-concerns-2013-2
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DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, "Doug" (24), and I (22) have been in a long-distance relationship for a year, but we were friends for a couple of years before that. I had never had a serious relationship before and lacked experience. Doug has not only been in two other long-term relationships, but has had sex with more than 15 women. One of them is an amateur porn actress.I knew about this, but it didn't bother me until recently. Doug had a party, and while he was drunk he told one of his buddies -- in front of me -- that he should watch a certain porn film starring his ex-girlfriend. ...
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/stock-index-futures-signal-more-gains-103747893--finance.html
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Florida State Parks announces new, free mobile app
Florida-- Trees, lakes, trails, wildlife- they're all things that come to mind when thinking about Florida's parks. Techonology, smartphones and applications, howeverm are probably the last things to come to mind- until now!
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Park Services department has announced the launch of their new, free mobile application, which will serve as an interactive guide for users on the go at any of Florida's 171 parks, trails and historic sites.?
They say the app will provide detailed information about campgrounds, amenities, facility maps, directions and so much more.?
Plus, in honor of the free app, the department says they will be offering FREE entry to state parks on Monday, February 18 to any visitor who shows the app downloaded to their mobile device upon entry!?
?This app is a great tool for families to enjoy Florida?s state parks, which provide incredible recreation opportunities to visitors worldwide. Also, this app is great for anyone that?s looking for an easy-to-use guide for enjoying Florida?s great outdoors," said??Governor Scott.
The app provides the following features:
- A search tool to locate nearby hiking, caping, boating and ?birding sites
- An advanced GPS and GIS mapping technology for tracking and recording trails, marking waypoints and locating friends within the park.
- An option to cache GPS maps in advance to ensure that navigation remains possible in the event of lost mobile reception
- Educational information, amenities, maps & directions
- Real-time calendar of events
- News, advisories, and weather alerts
- Social networking and photo sharing
- Potentially life-saving alert feature
- Advanced GPS mapping features
- Record trail distance and time elapsed
- Recall, post or share saved data
- Friend Finder
- Built-in compass
In the coming months, the department also plans to include GeoChallenge games and a photo share option.?
Follow FLStateParks on Facebook and Twitter?for the latest updates.?
You can download the app on iTunes or Android Market by searching ?Official Florida State Parks.? It's identified under ParksByNature Network. It is also available on PocketRanger.com and is formatted as a Mobile Website: http://fl.pocketranger.com.
Click here for a tutorial on how to use it!
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BUDGT Is a Simple Budget-Tracking App that Easily and Quickly Manages Your Expenses
iOS: You won't find a shortage of budgeting apps for the iPhone that can help you manage your expenses in all kinds of ways. BUDGT takes a different approach, and its simplicity makes it easy to enter in expenses, track your budget, and get out of the app as quickly as possible.
BUDGT has a clean design, and when you open the app you're immediately treated to a pie chart with your expenses. From there, it's just a couple taps to add new expenses, change your income, look at daily totals, and your entire month's expenses. BUDGT does most everything a budgeting app should, but it keeps it as simple as possible. It doesn't have the expanded feature set of our favorite iPhone budgeting app Money, but the fact it's so simple should make it appealing to anyone with a simple budget. Logging all your expenses and tracking your budget is still a bit of a chore, and nothing here is automated, but at least BUDGT makes it easy to navigate.
BUDGT (99?) | iTunes App Store via The Next Web
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Video Discovery Startup Fanhattan Launches A Web Interface With More Than 1 Million Movies And TV Titles
It?s not hard to find video on the web. But with dozens of premium content providers out there and millions of videos to choose from, figuring out what?s worth watching can be a challenge. That?s why Fanhattan is bringing its video discovery platform to the web.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/GOqpOD0_PKs/
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Radio telescope, GPS use ionosphere to detect nuclear tests
Feb. 19, 2013 ? U.S. Naval Research Laboratory radio astronomer, Joseph Helmboldt, Ph.D., and researchers at Ohio State University Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering analyzed radio telescope interferometry and Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) data recorded of the ionosphere during one of the last underground nuclear explosions (UNEs) in the U.S., codenamed Hunters Trophy.
Situated in the Plains of San Agustin, 50 miles west of Socorro, New Mexico, twenty-seven 25-meter parabolic dish antennas collectively make up the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope.
The VLA is an interferometer, meaning it operates by multiplying the data from each pair of telescopes together to form interference patterns. The structure of those interference patterns, and how they change with time as Earth rotates, reflect the structure of radio sources in the sky.
Designed as a radio synthesis telescope, observing bands between 1 and 50 gigahertz (GHz), the VLA is chiefly used to observe cosmic sources. While such observations require detailed calibration schemes to remove the effects of the ionosphere, this calibration data is seldom used to actually study the ionosphere.
During the Hunters Trophy event at the Nevada Test Site, Sept. 18, 1992, the VLA was observing a series of relatively bright cosmic sources at 1.4 GHz and positioned in a compact D-configuration, allowing an increased sensitivity to smaller-scale fluctuations. The data for these observations were retrieved from the VLA archives and self-calibration was performed using each source to obtain differences in total electron content (?TEC) time series for each antenna.
"One can see that between roughly 20 and 25 minutes after the UNE, the signature of disturbances in the ionosphere moving toward the northeast and southwest are nearly perpendicular to the direction from Hunters Trophy," said Helmboldt. "Given their characteristics, it seems likely that these disturbances are associated with small-scale distortions propagating along the larger traveling ionospheric disturbance generated by the Hunters Trophy explosion."
GPS can also contribute to detection and discrimination of UNEs. GPS signals are sensitive to ionospheric disturbance, and this phenomenon can be used to further validate concurrent VLA measurements. By studying the ionosphere, namely Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs) excited by acoustic-gravity waves from surface and underground explosions, the magnitude of the fluctuations greatly increased roughly 30 minutes after detonation -- consistent with GPS-derived propagation speed. The travel time and the travel distance of each event are highly correlated.
"Combining the results of both spectral techniques, we found a class of intermediate and small-scale waves," said Helmboldt. "Our exploration of VHF/UHF observations with the VLA has successfully demonstrated the power of this instrument to characterize a variety of transient ionospheric phenomena."
The resolution of the VLA is set by the size of the array -- up to 36 km (22 miles) across. At its highest frequency (43 GHz) a resolution of 0.04 arcseconds is achieved -- sufficient to see a golf ball being held 150 km (100 miles) away.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Spain's Second Largest Bankruptcy Roils Real-Estate Market ...
It's no shock that the Spanish housing market is horrible but hope has been, following the government's nationalization of various banks and creation of the 'bad bank' to soak up all the toxic crap those banks had on their books, that a recovery could blossom. It appears not - not at all. Not only are bad loans rising at record rates with house prices remaining down over 40% but now Reyal Urbis has filed for insolvency making it the nation's second largest bankruptcy as dozens of smaller firms have failed.
What makes this so important is the fact that the banks were unwilling to refinance the debt - seemingly comfortable with liquidation - summed up perfectly: "Many loans were refinanced one or two years ago, in the hope that things would get better, but it has not been the case and there is now more realism about the situation. Why would you extend a new loan today?"
Reuters reports further that the hard line taken with Reyal Urbis could be a taste of things to come as the firm leaves EUR3.6bn of debt and a property portfolio valued at a magical EUR 4.2bn - which we suggests the banks do not agree, and while the nation's bad bank is a major creditor, so it appears, is Tepper's Appaloosa holding a majestic EUR450mm in debt.
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Via Reuters,
Spanish real estate firm Reyal Urbis has filed for insolvency, the second biggest casualty of the country's property market crash and a sign banks and the government may turn their backs on more indebted companies.
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Dozens of property firm have already collapsed in Spain, where house prices have fallen around 40 percent from their 2007 peak. But until recently Spanish banks have refinanced billions of euros of debt in the hope of an economic upturn.
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Liquidations are now more likely, bankers say, as prices continue to slide in a protracted recession and lenders, after a government-led clean-up, have set aside money to cover losses.
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Sources at three bank creditors told Reuters the hard line taken with Reyal Urbis could be a taste of things to come.
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"Many loans were refinanced one or two years ago, in the hope that things would get better, but it has not been the case and there is now more realism about the situation. Why would you extend a new loan today?"
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As well as Sareb, which is owed 785 million euros, the company's creditors include Spain's biggest banks - Santander , owed 550 million euros; BBVA, owed 120 million; and Banco Popular owed 220 million.
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Barclays sold 450 million euros of its debt to U.S. hedge fund Appaloosa, while Royal Bank of Scotland is owed 300 million euros
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Reyal Urbis, which valued its property portfolio at 4.2 billion euros in June 2012, said it would continue to operate as permitted by Spanish insolvency laws. Its insolvency petition now goes to court and its fate will be in the hands of a judge, who will decide whether to appoint independent administrators.
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"Sareb holds some of the debt but has said it is not in the business of refinancing so it will be interesting to see what they do. On top of that, any liquidation wouldn't impact lenders as harshly as it would have two or three years ago," the source said, referring to the funds set aside by banks to cover losses.
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At the end of 2011, Reyal Urbis owned some 888 finished homes in a country where over 3 million homes lie empty. The company also had 8 million square metres of land for development and 237,000 square metres of commercial property, including offices, shopping centres, industrial property and hotels.
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"The high amount of land and low level of income producing property in the portfolio is clearly contributing to the pressure Reyal Urbis is under," said Roger Cooke, managing director at property consultant Cushman & Wakefield in Spain.
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Land and work in progress accounted for about 65 percent of its portfolio at the end of 2011, according to the company's last annual report.
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Orange County shooting spree leaves several dead
TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) ? Police in the Southern California city of Tustin say at least three people are dead and others wounded after a chaotic 25-minute shooting spree that moved from street to freeway.
Tustin police Supervisor Dave Kanoti says there are several crime scenes and many questions as authorities work to determine if the shootings were connected.
The first call came in to Tustin police at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, but Kanoti says the shootings are believed to have started in unincorporated Orange County with a fatal carjacking. As the carjacker moved into Tustin, police started getting reports of shots fired.
Kanoti says two victims are confirmed dead in Tustin. He says the shooter then went several miles away where he killed himself.
Kanoti says it's possible there are more victims.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/orange-county-shooting-spree-leaves-several-dead-154730398.html
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Investment group targets Walter Energy board
A U.K.-based investment fund today criticized the leadership of Walter Energy Inc., and announced that it would nominate five replacement directors at the upcoming stockholders meeting.
The fund, which is related to hedge fund Audley Capital Advisors LLP, accused Birmingham-based Walter (NYSE: WLT) of regularly missing quarterly earnings guidance, of lacking consistent leadership with four CEOs in five years, of making questionable financial decisions that have left the company with $2.3 billion in debt, and of failing to control costs that could save as much as $40 million per year.
Walter's 10-member board took the brunt of Audley's criticism. In its release, the fund skewered the board as being "stale" and "out of depth," with six directors over 65 and only three members with experience in the coal industry.
For those reasons, Audley said it plans to nominate five directors at the next annual stockholders meeting, the date of which hasn't been determined. Those nominees are Eddie Scholtz, Mark Lochtenberg, Robert Stan, Lawrence Clark Jr. and Audley Managing Partner Julian Treger, all of whom are men under 60 years old.
Walter Energy today tersely acknowledged Audley's nominees, and responded with the announcement that one of its long-time board members, Howard Clark, is retiring.
The company said Audley has not communicated with Walter about its proposed slate of directors outside of today's public announcement.
Walter's statement also said its "board and management team remain fully committed to creating value for all shareholders through the successful execution of the company's strategy."
Clark's seat will be filled by Mary R. "Nina" Henderson, managing partner at the consulting firm Henderson Advisory, the company said in a release today.
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US ready to strike back against China cyberattacks
The building housing ?Unit 61398? of the People?s Liberation Army is seen in the outskirts of Shanghai, Tuesday Feb. 19, 2013. Cyberattacks that stole information from 141 targets in the U.S. and other countries have been traced to the Chinese military unit in the building, a U.S. security firm alleged Tuesday. According to the report by the Virginia-based Mandiant Corp., it has traced the massive amount of hacking back to the 12-story office building run by ?Unit 61398?, and that the attacks targeted key industries including military contractors and companies that control energy grids. China dismissed the report as "groundless."(AP Photo)
The building housing ?Unit 61398? of the People?s Liberation Army is seen in the outskirts of Shanghai, Tuesday Feb. 19, 2013. Cyberattacks that stole information from 141 targets in the U.S. and other countries have been traced to the Chinese military unit in the building, a U.S. security firm alleged Tuesday. According to the report by the Virginia-based Mandiant Corp., it has traced the massive amount of hacking back to the 12-story office building run by ?Unit 61398?, and that the attacks targeted key industries including military contractors and companies that control energy grids. China dismissed the report as "groundless."(AP Photo)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? As public evidence mounts that the Chinese military is responsible for stealing massive amounts of U.S. government data and corporate trade secrets, the Obama administration is eyeing fines and other trade actions it may take against Beijing or any other country guilty of cyberespionage.
According to officials familiar with the plans, the White House will lay out a new report Wednesday that suggests initial, more-aggressive steps the U.S. would take in response to what top authorities say has been an unrelenting campaign of cyberstealing linked to the Chinese government. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the threatened action.
The White House plans come after a Virginia-based cybersecurity firm released a torrent of details Monday that tied a secret Chinese military unit in Shanghai to years of cyberattacks against U.S. companies. After analyzing breaches that compromised more than 140 companies, Mandiant has concluded that they can be linked to the People's Liberation Army's Unit 61398.
Military experts believe the unit is part of the People's Liberation Army's cyber-command, which is under the direct authority of the General Staff Department, China's version of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As such, its activities would be likely to be authorized at the highest levels of China's military.
The release of Mandiant's report, complete with details on three of the alleged hackers and photographs of one of the military unit's buildings in Shanghai, makes public what U.S. authorities have said less publicly for years. But it also increases the pressure on the U.S. to take more forceful action against the Chinese for what experts say has been years of systematic espionage.
"If the Chinese government flew planes into our airspace, our planes would escort them away. If it happened two, three or four times, the president would be on the phone and there would be threats of retaliation," said former FBI executive assistant director Shawn Henry. "This is happening thousands of times a day. There needs to be some definition of where the red line is and what the repercussions would be."
Henry, now president of the security firm CrowdStrike, said that rather than tell companies to increase their cybersecurity the government needs to focus more on how to deter the hackers and the nations that are backing them.
James Lewis, a cybersecurity expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that in the past year the White House has been taking a serious look at responding to China, adding that "this will be the year they will put more pressure on, even while realizing it will be hard for the Chinese to change. There's not an on-off switch."
The Chinese government, meanwhile, has denied involvement in the cyber-attacks tracked by Mandiant. Instead, the Foreign Ministry said that China, too, is a victim of hacking, some of it traced to the U.S. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei cited a report by an agency under the Ministry of Information Technology and Industry that said in 2012 alone that foreign hackers used viruses and other malicious software to seize control of 1,400 computers in China and 38,000 websites.
"Among the above attacks, those from the U.S. numbered the most," Hong said at a daily media briefing, lodging the most specific allegations the Chinese government has made about foreign hacking.
Cybersecurity experts say U.S. authorities do not conduct similar attacks or steal data from Chinese companies, but acknowledge that intelligence agencies routinely spy on other countries.
China is clearly a target of interest, said Lewis, noting that the U.S. would be interested in Beijing's military policies, such as any plans for action against Taiwan or Japan.
In its report, Mandiant said it traced the hacking back to a neighborhood in the outskirts of Shanghai that includes a white 12-story office building run by the PLA's Unit 61398.
Mandiant said there are only two viable conclusions about the involvement of the Chinese military in the cyberattacks: Either Unit 61398 is responsible for the persistent attacks or they are being done by a secret organization of Chinese speakers with direct access to the Shanghai telecommunications infrastructure who are engaged in a multi-year espionage campaign being run right outside the military unit's gates.
"In a state that rigorously monitors Internet use, it is highly unlikely that the Chinese government is unaware of an attack group that operates from the Pudong New Area of Shanghai," the Mandiant report said, concluding that the only way the group could function is with the "full knowledge and cooperation" of the Beijing government.
The unit "has systematically stolen hundreds of terabytes of data from at least 141 organizations," Mandiant wrote. A terabyte is 1,000 gigabytes. The most popular version of the new iPhone 5, for example, has 16 gigabytes of space, while the more expensive iPads have as much as 64 gigabytes of space. The U.S. Library of Congress' 2006-2010 Twitter archive of about 170 billion tweets totals 133.2 terabytes.
"At some point we do have to call the Chinese out on this," said Michael Chertoff, Homeland Security secretary under President George W. Bush and now chairman of the Chertoff Group, a global security firm. "Simply rolling over and averting our eyes, I don't think is a long-term strategy."
Richard Bejtlich, the chief security officer at Mandiant, said the company decided to make its report public in part to help send a message to both the Chinese and U.S. governments.
"At the government level, I see this as a tool that they can use to have discussions with the Chinese, with allies, with others who are concerned about this problem and have an open dialogue without having to worry about sensitivities around disclosing classified information," Bejtlich said. "This problem is overclassified."
He said the release of an unclassified report that provides detailed evidence will allow authorities to have an open discussion about what to do.
Mandiant's report is filled with high-tech details and juicy nuggets that led to its conclusion, including the code names of some of the hackers, like Ugly Gorilla, Dota and SuperHard, and that Dota appears to be a fan of Harry Potter because references to the book and movie character appear as answers to his computer security questions.
The White House would not comment on the report expected Wednesday.
"We have repeatedly raised our concerns at the highest levels about cybertheft with senior Chinese officials, including in the military, and we will continue to do so," said Caitlin Hayden, spokeswoman for the National Security Council. "The United States and China are among the world's largest cyber actors, and it is vital that we continue a sustained, meaningful dialogue and work together to develop an understanding of acceptable behavior in cyberspace."
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the report reinforces the need for international agreements that prohibit cybercrimes and have a workable enforcement mechanism.
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Associated Press writers Christopher Bodeen, Gillian Wong, Charles Hutzler and Joe McDonald contributed to this report.
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