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STOCKPORT 1 ANDROS TOWNSEND scored his first goal for the Dons as they cruised to victory and extended Stockports winless League run to 16 games. The Hatters gave their opponents an early scare when George Donnelly curled in a looping shot just 11 minutes into his home debut.
JOHN SHERIDANS side recorded successive league wins for the first time since November to keep up their play-off challenge. On-loan midfielder Dominic Green put the home side ahead with a superb 25-yard strike before Barry Conlon extended their advantage with a header while Moses Swaibus first senior goal halved Citys deficit.
MACCLESFIELD 0 STEVE LESLIES stunning second-half goal was enough to see Shrewsbury leave with the points. Macclesfield dominated the first period and could have gone ahead when Ricky Sappleton put his effort wide. But Shrewsbury improved after the break and Leslie gave them the lead when he thumped home from 25 yards.

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PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. — Smile and the world smiles with you. Well, the folks at Global Ionics
LLC, makers of the Ionic ProClean toothbrush, are smiling a lot these
days; especially since receiving the impressive results of a clinical
evaluation conducted by THE DENTAL ADVISOR. In a clinical assessment,
the Ionic ProClean was evaluated by a team of dental professionals and
107 patients in over 11,100 uses. The results? Dental professionals
reported that they observed less tartar buildup and gingivitis, and
believed the toothbrush contributed to good oral hygiene: earning the
Ionic ProClean a 4 rating from THE DENTAL ADVISOR.

The findings of THE DENTAL ADVISOR reinforce what Dr. Scott Fine, D.D.S.
has known for the past year. Dr. Fine, a prominent Manhattan based
dentist, has been a big proponent of the Ionic ProClean toothbrush since
he started seeing the results of patient use. “Over the past 9 months,
we have given approximately 500 patients an Ionic ProClean toothbrush at
their regular cleaning and exam. Since then, weve documented tangible
improvements in patients home care.” Yilda Jiminian Taveras, Dr. Fines
hygienist, added, “There is less bleeding, less plaque, and less tartar
buildup between hygiene visits.”

The Future is Now. This Isnt Your Grandpas Toothbrush!

Its 2010! Isnt it time someone introduced a little technology to the
toothbrush? The Ionic ProClean has super-charged the oral care industry
by introducing the science of ions and polarity to the plain-old manual
toothbrush. Youve heard the expression “opposites attract”? Turns out
that plaque has a ( ) positive charge and tooth enamel has a (-)
negative charge – as opposites they attract and stick. This simple fact
has caused lots of trouble for people who desire a clean, white and
healthy smile. The Ionic ProClean offers the solution!

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Teeth–they help us chew our food and speak clearly, and they give us our dazzling smiles. Some animals use their teeth for other functions, such as fighting enemies or cutting down plants to build homes. But for scientists, teeth have another benefit: They tell secrets! A peek inside an animals mouth can tell researchers everything from what the animal eats to how old it is. When scientists dig for fossils of ancient animals, they often look for dental remains. Teeth last much longer than other bones, which can break down over time. “Bones are porous, or have many tiny holes, while teeth are solid,” explains Robert Feranec, a fossil expert at the New York State Museum in Albany, New York. This means that as bones become fossils, they can wear away more quickly than teeth.
Schools across the country are connecting with
students greatest assets — their parents, grandparents, family members,
caregivers — next week through National PTA® Take Your Family to School
Week, February 7-13. The celebration emphasizes the value of parent and
family engagement in the classroom with special events and activities.

This year, PTAs are hosting lunches with principals, tea with students,
class visits, cultural diversity festivals, special theatrical
performances, reading circles, safety night for parents, wellness fairs
that focus on topics such as healthy eating and dental care,
curriculum-based family contests, workshops on supporting students
academic and social success, and more. All to build stronger partnerships
between schools and families.

“For over a century, PTA has brought families together to play a special
role in their childrens education as active participants in the schools
community,” said Charles J. “Chuck” Saylors, National PTA President. “Take
Your Family to School Week is a special time of year for PTA because it
celebrates family engagement and reinforces the positive link between
parent involvement and student achievement.”

To recognize the initiative schools are taking to promote family
engagement, and to help thousands of students and families celebrate PTA
Take Your Family to School Week, National PTA is awarding $1,897 to 32 PTA
schools from 23 states across the country and one Department of Defense
school overseas. In fact, National PTA representatives will visit several
schools to personally present a “big check” and participate in activities.
Take Your Family to School Week is held in February in honor of the date of
PTAs founding — February 17 — while the $1,897 Awards pay tribute to the
year PTA was founded — 1897.

PTAs are receiving cash awards for planned activities that are innovative
and inclusive, promote parent and family involvement in schools, emphasize
the link between involvement and student achievement, and further PTAs
mission. For the third consecutive year, the awards are sponsored by AXA
Foundation, a Proud National Sponsor of PTA.

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LOGAN — Utah States womens basketball team returns to action today after having nearly a week off when the Aggies take on Louisiana Tech at 3 p.m. in the Smith Spectrum. It is the first half of a doubleheader with the USU mens basketball team, marking the Aggies third doubleheader of the season. Utah State is 11-10 overall and 3-5 in Western Athletic Conference play.
Tripwire®, the leading global provider of IT
security and compliance automation solutions, announced today that its
president and CEO has been selected by the Oregon Council of TechAmerica as
the 2010 Technology Executive of the Year. Jim B. Johnson was chosen as
this years award recipient, recognizing his contributions as having the
biggest positive impact in the technology industry and the greater Oregon
and SW Washington community. Johnson joins an elite group of technology
professionals bestowed with this prestigious honor, highlighting his years
of commitment and service to the technology community.

Since Johnson moved into the CEO role at Tripwire five years ago, the
company has continued to grow in revenue, bookings, employee headcount and
customer base. In spite of the economic downturn and decrease in overall
IT spending in 2009, Tripwire experienced steady growth as companies sought
to improve their processes to ensure security and achieve continuous
compliance. Johnsons ability to lead Tripwire with his unique sense of
determination, tenaciousness and accountability has turned Tripwire into a
profitable organization that continues to break its own profitably records
quarter after quarter.

Bucking the trend of many technology companies, Tripwire posted strong
first quarter results this year, with the company enjoying a 20 percent
growth rate over the previous year, and in January announced the
introduction of a new product line, Tripwire Log Center. Tripwire revenue
grew 19 percent year-over-year, with bookings growing 14 percent in the
same time period.

The company also continues to be recognized for its commitment to its staff
and the environment, with Oregon Business Magazine honoring the company as
one of Oregons “100 Best Places to Work” and one of the states “100 Best
Green Companies.” Following Johnsons lead in community work, Tripwire
employees have impacted the community though a combination of donated
goods, money, and volunteer time. In 2007 their community work was
recognized by Oregon Monthly magazines annual Light a Fire Award.

Johnson actively contributes to the technology industry and greater Oregon
community through his work with high-tech and business leaders, legislative
leaders and the Oregon University System to educate Oregonians on the
long-term economic benefits of investing in Oregons universities. Among
his top priorities is ensuring the success of Oregons first Signature
Research Center, Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnology Institute (ONAMI),
a joint collaboration between several Oregon University System campuses.
The center is led by Oregon State University (OSU), University of Oregon
(UO), and private sector organizations including Hewlett-Packard and the
Pacific Northwest National Labs (PNNL). Johnson is also a founding partner
and board member of Social Venture Partners Portland (SVPP), a non-profit
organization where he is a founding partner and board member. The
organization focuses on developing philanthropy and volunteerism to achieve
positive social change within the community.

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Miep Gies used to say she was just an ordinary housewife. Austrian by birth, and Catholic, she married a Dutchman named Jan Gies and lived in Amsterdam. In the war, Miep and Jan helped hide Otto Frank and his family in a secret room, daily risking their own lives to do so. For Miep, Otto Franks young daughter Anne was a girl “full of the joy of just being alive,” and she remembered seeing Anne writing her diary with a look of utter intensity in her face.
CHRISTMAS has come and gone, even for the Eastern Orthodox, and the stores are looking ahead to Valentines Day. But many upstate lawns still have their Christmas decorations: Santa, Frosty, inflated penguins (penguins were big this year, even though they dont live at the North Pole). They stand like unbudgeable guests who have stayed at a party after the host has unplugged the coffee urn and gone to bed. They are better-humored, for they are still waving merrily, but the feelings they induce are unsettling. They have lingered past their time, like ghosts. They represent the black backside of upstate: depression. Depression manifests itself in lack of will. That is what the belated Santas show. People, in a burst of holiday cheer or a bout of family obligation, put them out. But those same people are unable or unwilling to take them down. Routine is supposed to be the great deadener of souls; how much worse is the half-completed task, the broken round, the unfulfilled routine? As usual there is a diagnosis for it–seasonal affective disorder–and as usual it tells only part of the story. The cold keeps people inside and makes them stircrazy, while the short days put them spiritually to sleep. Cold is no friend: It slips in, through door cracks and floorboards, and slaps your face as soon as you step outside. Bundling up to keep it off makes you heavy and stiff. Dusk at five oclock is no pick-me-up either. Maybe bears have the right idea: grow a girdle of fat and go to sleep. But, although the cold stays until February, the light starts growing longer after the solstice, and becomes noticeably so by New Years. Besides, winter cant explain why so many people upstate seem depressed all year long. What are the signs of depression? How about piles of stuff in the yard? This is a tricky point. One of the benefits of owning an acre of land is that you have room to put stuff. Rural residential zoning allows you to put down anything, short of a junkyard, and rural gun ownership guarantees that it will stay put, though who would want a pile of field stone anyway? But sometimes the stack of two-by-fours, or the rusted-out burn barrel, or the boat under a tarp, or the truck with a mismatched hood and fender and a notional price chalked on its windshield (the price and the truck havent changed in years), or all of these things together cross the line from husbandry to clutter. “If a man have not order within him, he cannot spread order about him,” said Ezra Pound, who should have known about inner disorder. Some lawns have all the cheer of old cemeteries. Another sign of depression is the unpainted outbuilding. Here again it is a matter of degree. The weathered barn slat can look like a wise face in an old photograph: Lincoln, Whitman. But when the slats begin to show gaps, trouble has begun. Once the horizontals and the verticals start to slip and sag, the end is near: Only an effort on the order of Robert Moses can save the outbuilding now. I remember a two-storey house on the grounds of a small, broken-down summer resort (but not dead–cars and laundry always decorate a handful of the cottages come July). Its collapse took about two weeks; my friend Doug, who has put up many buildings in his time, said, with grim relish, “Its moving!” A good wet snow brings the untended outbuilding down, like a bomb. The degrees of serious depression are measured by how long the pieces stay, uncleared.

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The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has partnered with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in Qatar to advise on the creation of a brand new, state-of-the-art childrens hospital in the Middle East.

On February 7th, senior leaders from SickKids marked the official announcement of the five-year partnership. SickKids has been enlisted to provide advisory services for the development and operation of the new 217-bed, 45,000 square foot childrens hospital located in Hamad Medical City, a large, not-for-profit health-care complex in the heart of Doha, Qatars capital city.

“This partnership is yet another example of SickKids international reputation for excellence in childrens health, and moves us one step closer to realizing our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World,” said Mary Jo Haddad, President and CEO of SickKids.

While in Doha, SickKids staff will provide expert counsel in such areas as paediatric medicine, surgical services, interprofessional practice and education, family-centred care and research. The partnership will also see staff from HMC travel to Toronto to take advantage of fellowship and learning opportunities at SickKids.

“A key component of our international strategy is to share our knowledge and to help other organizations build capacity within their own countries,” added Cathy Seguin, Vice President of International Affairs at SickKids.

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RAMAT HASHARON, Israel — Better Place today announced the grand opening of the company’s first
electric vehicle (EV) demonstration center in Israel, which is
constructed inside a refurbished oil tank, symbolizing the transition to
electric transportation taking place worldwide.

The company marked the occasion by announcing the signing of 92
corporate fleet owners to date as well as a partnership with Dor Alon,
one of Israel’s leading gas station operators, for the deployment of
battery switch stations at Dor Alon’s facilities. Leading companies
including Computer Associates and Motorola now join the ranks of 92
Better Place Vision Partners that have agreed to convert a portion of
over 45,000 internal combustion engine cars to electric vehicles from
Renault when commercially available in 2011.

The opening of the Better Place Center represents an important step for
the company as it prepares for commercial launch in Israel and Denmark
next year. The Center is open to the public to come and familiarize
themselves with all aspects of the Better Place solution: a fully
electric, battery-powered car; a comprehensive infrastructure that
includes charge spots and a battery switch station; and a comprehensive
suite of in-car services designed to provide drivers with the best
possible EV driving experience.

“Today’s announcement marks another step toward our commercial launch
next year in Israel,” said Moshe Kaplinsky, CEO, Better Place Israel.
“Israel welcomes the world to come and experience the thrill of clean,
electric vehicles.”

The Better Place Center is built on the Pi Glilot site – one of the last
gasoline storage and distribution centers remaining in Israel. The
Center sits on a 750-square-meter site, offers a unique virtual
experience along with a driving track for the electric vehicles and
expects to receive tens of thousands of visitors from Israel and abroad
in its first year.

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A SCHOOL is set to give laptop computers to all its new first- year students. St Bricins College in Belturbet, Co Cavan, is launching the IT initiative in conjunction with Co Cavan VEC.

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THOUSANDS of students have been forced to repair their own schoolbooks after a printing error went unnoticed. The Department of Education admitted there are three mistakes in the new Formulae and Tables booklet to be used for the Junior and Leaving Cert exams. The booklet replaced the old Log Tables booklet used by thousands of Irish students for 40 years.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — University of Oklahoma President David Boren today announced he will
work to launch a national campaign in partnership with the Oklahoma
Foundation for Excellence (OFE), the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation,
George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens and other national
history organizations to strengthen the teaching of early American
history to students across the U.S.

“A nation that does not know how it became great will not remain great,”
said Boren, who is founder and chairman of OFE. “It is my hope that
through a nationwide campaign, educators across America will understand
the importance of teaching American history to their students.”

The announcement took place during OFE’s Colonial Day at the Capitol,
where 500 Oklahoma students gathered to learn about Colonial America. A
group of students dressed in Colonial attire performed their own version
of a “Bill of Rights Rap” during the event.

In addition, Boren said that a goal of OFE is to have every Oklahoma
school district participate in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s
Emmy award-winning Electronic Field Trips, which bring early American
history to life through live television broadcasts and online activities
for students.

PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — Malaga Financial Corporation (OTCBB:MLGF), the parent company of
Malaga Bank FSB, today reported that net income for the year ended
December 31, 2009 was $9,494,000 ($1.65 per share basic and $1.64 per
share fully diluted), an increase of $2,418,000 or 34% from net income
of $7,076,000 ($1.24 per share basic and fully diluted) for the year
ended December 31, 2008. This record annual net income resulted in an
ROAE of 16.71% for the year and was achieved in spite of a $1,044,000
increase in FDIC insurance premiums in 2009. Malaga continues to have no
non-performing assets or delinquent loans.

Net income for the fourth quarter was $2,364,000 ($0.41 per share basic
and fully diluted) compared to $1,930,000 ($0.34 per share basic and
fully diluted) for the fourth quarter of 2008, an increase of 22%.

Net income increased in 2009 primarily as a result of a $5,297,000
increase in net interest income due to a $57 million growth in average
interest earning assets and an increase in interest rate spread from
2.74% in 2008 to 3.29% in 2009. The interest rate spread increased
primarily due to our average cost of funds declining faster than our
average yield on interest earning assets.

Malaga recorded a provision for loan losses of $120,000 in 2009 as
compared to $329,000 in 2008. The lower provision in 2009 was
attributable to lower net loan growth of $35 million in 2009 versus $59
million in 2008. Malaga’s allowance for loan losses was $2.8 million, or
0.37% of loans, at December 31, 2009.

Operating expenses increased $1,535,000 or 17% from $8,924,000 in 2008
to $10,459,000 in 2009. This increase was due primarily to a $1,044,000
increase in FDIC insurance premiums. In addition, salaries and related
benefits increased $504,000 due primarily to lower cost offset of
deferred loan origination costs as a result of lower loan origination
volume.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Kennedy Wilson, (NYSE Amex: KWIC) Mary Ricks, Vice Chair and
Co-CEO of the Company’s Commercial Investment Group, today announced the
appointment of Joan Kramer as Managing Director to head the
company’s newly formed debt origination platform. Kramer will
be located in Kennedy Wilson’s Beverly Hills office.

“We are excited to have Joan join our team,” said Mary Ricks. “Her
responsibilities will include sourcing loan origination business and
evaluating secondary loan purchases for the company. Joan will be a
tremendous asset to our company,” continued Ricks. Ms. Kramer has 20
years experience in commercial real estate, including originating,
underwriting, workouts and portfolio management. Prior to joining
Kennedy Wilson, Ms. Kramer headed Marathon Asset Management’s office in
Los Angeles as managing director in charge of originations and asset
management.

Ms. Kramer said she was excited to be joining the Kennedy Wilson team.
“The company known for its entrepreneurial culture and its real estate
investing prowess, is expanding both its reach and its capabilities and
I look forward to the opportunity to be part of that dynamic growth,”
said Ms. Kramer.

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IT was gone midnight when we passed the “Sea Level” sign. So it was only the ear-popping which gave away the fact we were closing in on the lowest point on Earth. the Dead Sea, 422 metres below. The waters health properties have been revered since Old Testament days when Herod the Great used it as a resort. The mudbath that followed was an altogether different experience. After being plastered in mud, I was placed in a human sling, wrapped in something which felt (and looked) like clingfilm and lowered into a bath of hot water. Think Guantanamo Bay for tourists! Cleopatra and Queen Sheba are among those who swore by the Dead Sea mud – thats the thing about Jordan, wherever you go, you touch ancient history.
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THE England WAGS are refusing to “here we go” to this summers World Cup – because manager Fabio Capello wont let them spend extra time with their men. Unimpressed with the “circus” at the last finals in Germany – where the girls shopped and partied while the team flopped – Capello said they could only see the players once a week. “Were going to South Africa to play, not for a holiday,” said Capello. “If they dont want to come for the day only, they should stay home.” Coleen, who gave birth to baby Kai in November, said: “Kai and me will be supporting Wayne and the team from home. We wouldnt see much of Wayne while were there because of the ban. Its what Id rather do.”

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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MAY I HAVE YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION PLEASE!” Small guy, big mouth: Hes maybe 15, black, skinny kid, but his voice fills up the noisy New York City subway car and then some. “I am selling candy! I got Snickers! I got Peanut MMs! I am trying to make some money! This isnt for school, this isnt for a basketball team, this is for ME! So I can get more candy and MAKE MORE MONEY!” The straphangers appreciate his no-malarkey sales pitch and his entrepreneurial spirit. He does a bit of business, and a few people just give him a buck and skip the candy. His name is Will, and he is not turning down a dollar. But its a tough hustle: Accounting for the cost of his product and his subway pass, it takes him about three hours to earn $20 free and clear, an implied wage of $6.67 an hour–well under minimum wage. On the other hand, its tax-free, and he sets his own hours. Will wants to go to college–and then what? “Be an independent businessman.” Hes already that, and, if persistence really does pay, hes going to do fine for himself. Theres a whole weird little economy on the subway, from candy hustlers like Will to the Chinese ladies who sell pirated DVDs of movies that have just opened in the cinemas. There are acrobats and mariachi bands, good old-fashioned panhandlers, poets, preachers, and percussionists. Its all part of the famous entrepreneurial bustle of New York. But stay on that No. 4 train a few more stops, north of Harlem and into the Bronx, and that entrepreneurial energy evaporates. Not far from the Kingsbridge Road stop is the Eighth Regiment Armory, a fantastically out-of-place 575,000-square-foot brick castle. Its been a lot of different things over the years–barracks, homeless shelter, boat-show venue, a pre-creepified set for Will Smiths I Am Legend–but it currently is vacant, as are a lot of buildings in the Bronx. Passing by, late on a weekday morning, is a local who calls himself “C,” a black man as sturdily built as the armory itself. C very much wants a cigarette. This is a problem, because he is not currently in funds, in no small part because he does not have a job. In fact, at 35 years old, C has never held a job. His friends, acquaintances, known associates (C is a little foggy on whether hes on probation or parole, but hes got some known associates): no jobs, never really had them. His father? Do not ask C about his father. In fact, the only people C can think of who have jobs are women: His mother worked, the mother of his children works. He did know a woman who was dating a taxi driver once. C says he would like to work but is more of an independent businessman. He describes the informal work he has done as “this and that,” and says he would like to “have his own place,” a bar or a nightclub. But dont expect to see him selling candy on the No. 4 train anytime soon. Asked about the recently defeated plan to convert the gigantic fortress that looms over his neighborhood into a shopping mall, C says he hasnt heard about it. If the plan had gone through, Manhattan-based developer Related Companies would have received about $50 million in tax subsidies for a project that would have created as many as a thousand retail jobs and, during its construction, employed a thousand or more highly paid union hardhats. But the city council killed the project. The Bronx delegation demanded that Related enforce upon its leaseholders a requirement that all of the jobs in the mall pay at least $10 an hour, plus benefits, much more than the prevailing wage in the Forever21-and-food-court racket, to say nothing of the $7.25 minimum wage. So a $300 million project, and a couple of thousand new jobs in a neighborhood that needs them, never happened. Bronx borough president Ruben Diaz Jr. infamously declared: “The notion that any job is better than no job no longer applies.” The New York Post pithily pointed out that when it comes to real jobs, Diaz has never had one–not in the private sector, anyway–and neither has any other member of the Bronxs city-council delegation: All are lifelong politicians, many of them having held elected offices or political appointments since their early 20s. Diaz himself has been an officeholder since he was 23 years old. Its good work, if you can get it. But theres not much other work to be had in the Bronx, where unemployment is currently at about 13.1 percent. Much of the Bronx is young and black or young and Hispanic. Nationally, the unemployment rate among blacks rose to 16.2 percent in the year-end numbers, while the rate for whites fell to 9.0 percent. For black youths, the numbers are startling: 50 percent for 16-19-year-olds, 26 percent for 20-24-year-olds. A study from the Community Service Society of New York puts actual work-force participation among black men 16-65 years of age in New York City at about 50 percent, and the number for young black men nationwide is just 40 percent.
TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today
announced COLT, a leading European provider of data, voice and managed
services, has selected TIBCOs cloud
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deploy and manage enterprise applications across physical, virtual and
cloud infrastructures in real-time.

The enhanced Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service
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These new COLT services will be rolled out in a staged approach during
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IRVINE, Calif. — Kofax plc (LSE: KFX), the leading provider of document driven
business process automation solutions, today announces Interim Results
for the six months ended 31 December 2009.

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FEW women like being snapped in a bikini – and for Linda Ralph, at nearly twenty stone, it was her worst nightmare. But as she gritted her teeth and urged husband Nick to take the photo, she knew posing in her cossie was her best chance of shedding the weight that was ruining her life. Linda, 49 – now down to just over 10st – says: “I had to be brutally honest with myself about how I looked. I knew the image of my near-naked body would spur me on to lose the weight I so desperately needed to. It was the start of an amazing photo diary recording Lindas weight loss, with the help of a strict diet and a gastric band op in October 2008.
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ATLANTA — Diet Coke and Heidi Klum are joining forces once again. For the third
consecutive year Diet Coke is partnering with Klum and the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in a national heart health
awareness campaign called The Heart Truth. To bring heart health
into the spotlight during February, American Heart Month, Diet Coke will
distribute special limited-edition packaging in support of the campaign.
For her part, Klum will return to the runway for the Diet Coke sponsored
Red Dress Collection Fashion Show on February 11, the popular kick-off
to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York.

“The Heart Truth movement is near and dear to my heart, and I’m
honored once again to join Diet Coke as their ambassador for the
program,” said Klum. “This year I want to inspire even more women and
their families to make choices that promote stronger, happier and
healthier hearts.”

Diet Coke packaging will have a new look in February. The
limited-edition packaging will graphically depict one person’s journey
from heart health awareness to empowerment to advocacy. The Heart
Truth’s Red Dress logo will also appear on more than 6 billion
packages of Diet Coke throughout the year.

“The Heart Truth campaign celebrates healthy lifestyle choices,
which have become increasingly important to Diet Coke consumers. In the
third year of our partnership with the NHLBI, we are proud that we can
continue to play an important role in this educational conversation,”
said William White, Brand Director, Diet Coke North America. “One of the
tips from NHLBI is to maintain a healthy weight. Incorporating regular
physical activity into your routine is an essential approach to
maintaining a healthy, balanced and active lifestyle. And with no
calories and great taste, Diet Coke is not only an excellent choice for
managing calorie intake, it also provides refreshment and hydration that
helps our consumers be their best throughout the day.”

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Colette and I met in our first year of high school through my French class at Las Lomas in Walnut Creek. Since then, we have spent the last 30 years or so together through the ups and down and adventures that life undoubtedly throws your way. For instance, my daughter Arielle and her second son Andrew are nearly the same age so we went through the toddler years and teen years and now onto young adults together. When her husband was let go of his job after more than 20 years, I was the listener as she went through the worries of job loss and insecurity. A year or so later, it was me who needed consoling as I experienced a round of layoffs. We go through our lives with a wide circle of friends and acquaintances but so few that stay there for the whole ride. Many we meet through our jobs and we have our work in common. Others we meet when our children are little, but when the kids are grown there isnt always much there holding the friendship together.
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One Saudi Arabian braved flash floods in Jeddah to rescue two family members and dozens of strangers from drowning. This act of heroism was made more remarkable by the fact that the driver, who threw a rope to stranded cars and then dragged them out, was a woman–which makes it a violation of Saudi Arabias ban on woman drivers.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — United Insurance Holdings Corp. (OTCBB: UIHC; UIHCW; UIHCU) (“United”
or the “Company”), a property and casualty insurance holding company,
announced today that United Property Casualty Insurance Company, a
wholly-owned subsidiary with over 96,000 homeowner policies-in-force in
the state of Florida, will be submitting applications to write property
and casualty insurance in the following states: Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, and
New Jersey.

The Company currently offers Homeowners, Dwelling Fire, and Flood
policies throughout Florida, and may offer similar products in the
states in which it becomes authorized to write policies. United believes
that these particular markets have a need for a well-capitalized,
quality independent insurance provider. United’s cash and investment
holdings totaled $194.7 million at September 30, 2009, and the Company
intends to leverage its financial resources, reinsurance network, and
underwriting expertise to provide property and casualty insurance in
these states.

“We decided that the time was right to explore other markets and
potentially expand our geographic footprint,” noted Don Cronin, United’s
CEO, “and we think United’s products particularly fit the needs of
homeowners in these regions of the United States. Our experience in
Florida at managing our exposure and adapting to changing market
conditions will assist us greatly in our attempts to expand into new
markets.”

Founded in 1999, United Property Casualty Insurance Company, a
subsidiary of United Insurance Holdings Corp., primarily underwrites
homeowners insurance in Florida. From its headquarters in St.
Petersburg, Uniteds team of dedicated employees manages a completely
integrated insurance company, including sales, underwriting, customer
service and claims. The Company distributes its homeowners, dwelling
fire and flood products through many agency groups and conducts business
through four wholly-owned subsidiaries. Homeowners insurance constitutes
the majority of Uniteds premiums and policies.

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PROVO — In his final high school meet, Judge senior Oliver Diamond had just one thing on his mind at the 3A state swimming championships this weekend at BYU — he wanted to swim fast. Diamond, the defending 3A swimmer of the meet, left no doubt about who is the best male swimmer in 3A this year. “My goals were to just come out and swim hard and support this team,” said Diamond. “I was just pumped to swim.”
PROVO — Even though Mountain Crest High Schools boys team entered this weekends 4A meet with a virtual lead of 46 points over Springville, Mountain Crest coach Yolanda Bates always knew that the winning margin — if the Mustangs indeed prevailed — would probably be much, much closer than that. Given the immense pressure they certainly had to be feeling, “big time” aptly describes what Mountain Crests backstrokers and breaststrokers did on Saturday inside BYUs Richards Building. Simply put, those guys delivered clutch swims, and the end product was Mountain Crests first boys swimming state title in school history. Bates son Timmy won the 100 backstroke with two teammates scoring lots of points behind him, superstar Jake Taylor won the 100 breaststroke with two teammates scoring beneath him and the Mustangs set a 4A record in the meets final event, the 400 freestyle relay, to narrowly prevail over Springville, 333-308.

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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MAY I HAVE YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION PLEASE!” Small guy, big mouth: Hes maybe 15, black, skinny kid, but his voice fills up the noisy New York City subway car and then some. “I am selling candy! I got Snickers! I got Peanut MMs! I am trying to make some money! This isnt for school, this isnt for a basketball team, this is for ME! So I can get more candy and MAKE MORE MONEY!” The straphangers appreciate his no-malarkey sales pitch and his entrepreneurial spirit. He does a bit of business, and a few people just give him a buck and skip the candy. His name is Will, and he is not turning down a dollar. But its a tough hustle: Accounting for the cost of his product and his subway pass, it takes him about three hours to earn $20 free and clear, an implied wage of $6.67 an hour–well under minimum wage. On the other hand, its tax-free, and he sets his own hours. Will wants to go to college–and then what? “Be an independent businessman.” Hes already that, and, if persistence really does pay, hes going to do fine for himself. Theres a whole weird little economy on the subway, from candy hustlers like Will to the Chinese ladies who sell pirated DVDs of movies that have just opened in the cinemas. There are acrobats and mariachi bands, good old-fashioned panhandlers, poets, preachers, and percussionists. Its all part of the famous entrepreneurial bustle of New York. But stay on that No. 4 train a few more stops, north of Harlem and into the Bronx, and that entrepreneurial energy evaporates. Not far from the Kingsbridge Road stop is the Eighth Regiment Armory, a fantastically out-of-place 575,000-square-foot brick castle. Its been a lot of different things over the years–barracks, homeless shelter, boat-show venue, a pre-creepified set for Will Smiths I Am Legend–but it currently is vacant, as are a lot of buildings in the Bronx. Passing by, late on a weekday morning, is a local who calls himself “C,” a black man as sturdily built as the armory itself. C very much wants a cigarette. This is a problem, because he is not currently in funds, in no small part because he does not have a job. In fact, at 35 years old, C has never held a job. His friends, acquaintances, known associates (C is a little foggy on whether hes on probation or parole, but hes got some known associates): no jobs, never really had them. His father? Do not ask C about his father. In fact, the only people C can think of who have jobs are women: His mother worked, the mother of his children works. He did know a woman who was dating a taxi driver once. C says he would like to work but is more of an independent businessman. He describes the informal work he has done as “this and that,” and says he would like to “have his own place,” a bar or a nightclub. But dont expect to see him selling candy on the No. 4 train anytime soon. Asked about the recently defeated plan to convert the gigantic fortress that looms over his neighborhood into a shopping mall, C says he hasnt heard about it. If the plan had gone through, Manhattan-based developer Related Companies would have received about $50 million in tax subsidies for a project that would have created as many as a thousand retail jobs and, during its construction, employed a thousand or more highly paid union hardhats. But the city council killed the project. The Bronx delegation demanded that Related enforce upon its leaseholders a requirement that all of the jobs in the mall pay at least $10 an hour, plus benefits, much more than the prevailing wage in the Forever21-and-food-court racket, to say nothing of the $7.25 minimum wage. So a $300 million project, and a couple of thousand new jobs in a neighborhood that needs them, never happened. Bronx borough president Ruben Diaz Jr. infamously declared: “The notion that any job is better than no job no longer applies.” The New York Post pithily pointed out that when it comes to real jobs, Diaz has never had one–not in the private sector, anyway–and neither has any other member of the Bronxs city-council delegation: All are lifelong politicians, many of them having held elected offices or political appointments since their early 20s. Diaz himself has been an officeholder since he was 23 years old. Its good work, if you can get it. But theres not much other work to be had in the Bronx, where unemployment is currently at about 13.1 percent. Much of the Bronx is young and black or young and Hispanic. Nationally, the unemployment rate among blacks rose to 16.2 percent in the year-end numbers, while the rate for whites fell to 9.0 percent. For black youths, the numbers are startling: 50 percent for 16-19-year-olds, 26 percent for 20-24-year-olds. A study from the Community Service Society of New York puts actual work-force participation among black men 16-65 years of age in New York City at about 50 percent, and the number for young black men nationwide is just 40 percent.
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The stimulus bill included $4.35 billion to encourage the states to reform their schools, and President Obama has just suggested another $1.35 billion. The program is called “Race to the Top.” As Stephen Spruiell explains on page 24 of this issue, Rick Perry, the Republican governor of Texas, has turned down his states share of the money.

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IRVINE, Calif. — Kofax plc (LSE: KFX), the leading provider of document driven
business process automation solutions, today announces Interim Results
for the six months ended 31 December 2009.

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ITS THE ULTIMATE fantasy for any low-paid, underappreciated workaday grunt: Coax the clueless corporate bigwig to leave his or her cozy office suite and experience what life is like in the trenches. At last, the fantasy becomes reality in “Undercover Boss,” a contrived, yet effective, piece of feel-good television that debuts on CBS Sunday night after the Super Bowl. In Sundays opener, Larry ODonnell serves as the first guinea pig. Were told that hes the president of Texas-based Waste Management, Inc., Americas largest trash company. But for a week, he will pose as a new recruit slogging through a variety of menial tasks. And so we have a grand time watching poor, humbled Larry as he rides along in a garbage truck and picks up stray litter at a landfill. During one segment, he is even reduced to cleaning out porta-potties.
A TRAILER for the new movie Daybreakers invites us to “imagine a world where almost everyone is a vampire.” That shouldnt be too hard. It seems like were already living in one. Vampires are everywhere. At the start of 2010, the four novels in Stephenie Meyers Twilight series ranked Nos. 2, 4, 5, and 9 on USA Todays list of bestsellers. Theyve held spots in this range for a couple of years–it might be said that theyve refused to die–and recently theyve spawned a pair of films that have grossed more than half a billion dollars combined. More are on the way. Plenty of other recent books (Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead) and movies (Cirque du Freak, Jennifers Body) also have featured the bloodsucking undead. On TV, The Vampire Diaries is the most-watched show on the CW network. True Blood has aired on HBO for two seasons and has commitments for two more. It recently launched a jewelry line. A clasp necklace with rubies shaped like drops of blood retails for $1,295. One of the hottest rock bands of the moment is Vampire Weekend. Its latest release, put out on January 11, quickly became the most downloaded album on iTunes. I dig vampires as much as the next guy who has read Bram Stokers Dracula three or four times, goes out of his way to watch monster movies, and thinks “Bela Lugosis Dead” by Bauhaus is one of the coolest songs ever recorded. Yet the present ubiquity of vampires is too much, even for me. Once upon a time, vampires were creepy and haunting. Now theyre yawn-inducing bores. Perhaps theyve finally reached their cultural expiration date. At the very least, they should crawl back into their coffins and give the rest of us a break. H. P. Lovecraft, the great 20th-century horror writer, explained the aesthetics of terror: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” The problem with vampires is that theres nothing left to fear because theres nothing left to know. At one point in their progression through pop culture, it took a purveyor of arcane wisdom like Abraham Van Helsing to defeat them. Nowadays, every fifth grader has memorized the fundamentals of vampire slaying: crucifixes, garlic, sunlight, and so on. Theyve become Halloween cliches.
LONDON (AP) — Michael Crichton was the mega-selling thriller writer behind “Jurassic Park,” “The Andromeda Strain” and TV series “ER.” He was also a private and passionate art collector who bought works by 20th-century masters including Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns. The centerpiece is “Flag” of 1960-1966, one of a series of images of the U.S. standard by Johns that transformed the art world — challenging the supremacy of abstract expressionism and paving the way for pop arts obsession with boldly colored found objects. “Its truly the first great pop art object,” said Brett Gorvy, deputy chairman of Christies, Americas. “It allowed artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein to look to the world around them.” Crichton — who died of cancer in November 2008 at the age of 66 – - was one of the worlds most commercially successful writers, whose books and films blended science and paranoia in a popular, populist brew.

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MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ — The Editorial Advisory and Securities Review Committee of BetterInvesting Magazine today announced Allergan, Inc. as its February 2010 “Stock to Study” and C.R. Bard, Inc. as its February 2010 “Undervalued Stock” for investors informational and educational use. “The committee chose Allergan because of growth opportunities involving its flagship drug Botox and other products as well as a reasonable current valuation,” said Adam Ritt, editor of BetterInvesting Magazine. “For the Undervalued selection, the committee believes C.R. Bards business should benefit when hospitals begin restocking supplies.” Check BetterInvesting Magazines February issue for more details about these selections. Committee members are Robert M. Bilkie, Jr., CFA; Daniel J. Boyle, CFA; Philip S. Dano, CFA; Donald E. Danko, CFA; Maury Elvekrog, CFA; Kenneth S. Janke, Sr.; Walter J. Kirchberger, CFA; Marisa Lenhard, CFA.
A WANNABE MP behind internet smears was forced to apologise for his behaviour. Liberal Democrat Greg Stone, who is hoping to become Newcastle East MP at the next General Election, said he has learned “a hard lesson” after being exposed as the author of rude internet blog posts. Writing under a pseudonym he criticised Foreign Secretary David Miliband, wondered how much botox is Hazel Blears on? and said another MP looked drunk. Coun Stone said: “I have learnt a hard lesson. I have made some silly comments on a political gossip chatroom.”
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OREM — Substance abuse, electronic entertainment and pornography are three counterfeits that can rob teens of real relationships, a BYU professor and author told high school and junior high school students Wednesday night at Mountain View High School. Wilcox likened himself to Timothy Mouse, who in the Disney cartoon “Dumbo” convinced the young elephant with exaggerated ears he could fly by holding onto a “magic” feather and then revealed that the feather wasnt magic at all. “There are three feathers that people try to give us so we can fly,” he said. “Tonight Im telling you that you dont need the feather to fly.” Wilcox said smoking and drinking were one feather their friends would tell them they need.
NTG Clarity Networks Inc., (TSX VENTURE: NCI) a leader in delivering network, IT and infrastructure solutions, is pleased to announce the engagement of QIS Capital as the Companys Investor Relations Consultant.

QIS Capital will serve to increase awareness of the Company in the investment community and will coordinate NTG Claritys public and investor relations activities. QIS Capital will provide corporate information to its large following of investors and will also communicate the investment merits of the Company through its relationships with newsletter editors, brokers, media, and analysts. NTG Clarity will also be published in QIS Capitals Industrial Service Company Comparison Charts which are a popular resource tool used in the investment community for comparing the fundamental performance of Canadian small-cap companies.

QIS Capital, an investor relations and small-cap investor research source, is a limited company located in Kamloops, BC. The company is owned and operated by Doren Quinton. NTG Clarity Networks Inc. and QIS Capital operate at arms length and are independent of one another.

This Investor Relations Agreement covers a period of three months from February 1 – April 30, 2010, at a cost of $2,500 per month, with an option to renew upon agreement.

QIS Capital and its principal shareholders do not currently hold any shares of NTG Clarity Networks but may purchase shares in the Company from time to time for investment purposes.

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CALGARY, Alberta — The investment opinions offered below and in this press release are
provided by Nick Hunter, RIA, of Picksthatmove.com.

At PicksThatMove, our team scours the technical and financials of
hundreds of companies to identify those stocks showing the greatest
potential for growth.

Ross River Minerals Inc. (TSXV: RRM), $0.055, 0.015, 37.50%, traded
the day away on strong gains of over 37.50%, trading in the range of
0.065 and 0.045, on significantly higher volume. The last announcement
from Ross River was on the arrangement of a private placement by the
sale of up to 10,000,000 units at a price of $0.05 per Unit for total
maximum gross proceeds of $500,000. Ross
River is a junior resource company focusing on the acquisition,
exploration and development of gold and copper-gold properties in the
territory of Yukon and Mexico.

Fission Energy Corp. (TSXV: FIS), $0.63, 0.05, 8.62%, announced
yesterday that it had granted incentive stock options for Directors,
Officers, employees and consultants allowing them to purchase 1,200,000
shares in the company @ $0.55. The options are exercisable until
February 13, 2015. FIS traded today between 0.59 and 0.67 surpassing its
52 week-high from yesterday of 0.62. Fission
Energy is a Canadian based resource company focusing on the
acquisition, exploration and development of uranium properties.

CALGARY, Alberta — The investment opinions offered below and in this press release are
provided by Nick Hunter, RIA, of Picksthatmove.com.

At PicksThatMove, our team scours the technical and financials of
hundreds of companies to identify those stocks showing the greatest
potential for growth.

Ross River Minerals Inc. (TSXV: RRM), $0.055, 0.015, 37.50%, traded
the day away on strong gains of over 37.50%, trading in the range of
0.065 and 0.045, on significantly higher volume. The last announcement
from Ross River was on the arrangement of a private placement by the
sale of up to 10,000,000 units at a price of $0.05 per Unit for total
maximum gross proceeds of $500,000. Ross
River is a junior resource company focusing on the acquisition,
exploration and development of gold and copper-gold properties in the
territory of Yukon and Mexico.

Fission Energy Corp. (TSXV: FIS), $0.63, 0.05, 8.62%, announced
yesterday that it had granted incentive stock options for Directors,
Officers, employees and consultants allowing them to purchase 1,200,000
shares in the company @ $0.55. The options are exercisable until
February 13, 2015. FIS traded today between 0.59 and 0.67 surpassing its
52 week-high from yesterday of 0.62. Fission
Energy is a Canadian based resource company focusing on the
acquisition, exploration and development of uranium properties.

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Two heavily tattooed guys were stubbing out their cigarettes in the cold as we pulled up to City Greek Express, a little gyro shop tucked into a brick building on downtown State Street. The guys werent part of City Greek Express; they belonged to the tattoo parlor next door, which was doing a land-office business on the Saturday we arrived for a late lunch. Theres a beautiful old radio cabinet, made of glowing golden wood, near the entrance. The only seating in this long, narrow dining space is bar-style, giving the whole place a lunch-counter feel, and my kids amused themselves for 20 minutes pretending to make calls on the old copper-finish dial pay phone that bisects the seating on the north wall. “I wish you called people on our phone like this,” my youngest daughter said.
Results find 96% of consumers satisfied with work done by
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BOSTON — The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers today announced the results of
the most recent poll to determine the true need for the so-called Right
to Repair bill. Commissioned by the Alliance, The Clarus Research Group
surveyed 501 Massachusetts residents over the age of 18 who own or
regularly use one car that is no longer covered by the original
manufacturers warranty to determine if in fact consumers found
independent auto repairers unable to complete necessary automobile
maintenance and repair work.

The results show that 96% of consumers surveyed were satisfied with the
repair and maintenance work done to their cars by independent auto
repairers. And contrary to the proponents’ claims that this issue is an
epidemic in need of immediate action, only 17% percent of respondents
even knew the legislation existed.

The poll found that consumers are overwhelmingly satisfied with repair
work completed at independent auto repair shops. 91% of consumers who go
to independent auto repair shops said that they have never had a problem
getting their car serviced or repaired because the shop couldnt get
information or tools from the manufacturer. Additional results show the
independent auto repairers are already completing consumers repair
needs.

The poll also confirmed that important role independent repair shops
play in the vehicle repair industry. 58% of consumers bring their
automobile to an independent auto repair shop post warranty rather than
a dealership, while only 26% of consumers bring the car to a dealership
for post warranty repair (the remaining answered either they do the work
themselves or they did not know).

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The Consumers Waterheater Income Fund (”Fund”) (TSX: CWI.UN) and The Consumers Waterheater Operating Trust (”Trust”) are providing this business update in order to outline developments in their operations.

The Fund and Direct Energy Marketing Limited (”DE”) launched a series of customer communications and marketing programs in 2009 aimed at providing customers with information regarding the services they receive under the water heater rentals program (”Rentals business”), including that service calls and repairs are provided without additional charge, our customers have 24/7 service support, and there are no punitive exit fees. The objective is to ensure customers make the best possible decision on their preferred supplier. The Fund provided approximately $500,000 of financial support towards DEs programs in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Although preliminary, initial indications suggest that the level of attrition experienced by the Fund in the fourth quarter of 2009 is modestly lower than that experienced in the third quarter of 2009. DE and the Fund intend to increase significantly their investment in customer marketing, communications and retention programs through 2010, and will assess their effectiveness on an ongoing basis. In January of each year, the Fund advises customers of the rates charged on the monthly rental of water heaters. The 2010 price increase was set at a competitive level, with the relevant factors considered including impact on customer relationships, the cost of the equipment and servicing, and competitors pricing levels. Management estimates that revenues for the Funds Rentals business for the first quarter of 2010 will be slightly higher than the first quarter of 2009, reflecting mainly the rental rate increase and estimated attrition on the portfolio. The number of water heater additions and exchanges in the fourth quarter of 2009 was essentially in line with the third quarter of 2009.

In December 2009 the Ontario Energy Board approved the billing arrangements under a new open bill access agreement (”OBA”) and proceeds transfer and trust agreement (”PTTA”) negotiated by the Fund, DE and other billers and interested parties with Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. (”EGD”). The OBA and PTTA substantially preserve the major financial terms and protections of the current billing arrangements with EGD, and have an initial term ending in March 2012. It is currently anticipated that the OBA and PTTA will be entered into by early February 2010.

SALT LAKE CITY — Toyota owners looking for company-prompted repairs are flowing into Utah dealerships, but the real flood is expected to begin next week. “Were scheduling more and more appointments,” Mark Tetzlaff, spokesman for Menlove Toyota in Bountiful, said Friday, when the dealership performed repairs for about 30 customers. “Next week will probably be (an even) heavier week.” There are 2.3 million vehicles involved in the recall, which also was announced last month. That recall came just months after Toyota recalled 4.2 million vehicles because of gas pedals that could become trapped under floor mats, causing the vehicle to accelerate. Toyota has already begun installing a modified gas pedal in newly built vehicles at its U.S. plants that should alleviate the problem.

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Canada: Economy IQALUIT, Nunavut — Global financial leaders gathered in a frigid Canadian town Friday to confront more market turmoil, which served as an unsettling reminder that they still face major hurdles repairing a broken global economy. The market turbulence, triggered by worries about unsustainable debt burdens in several European countries, forced its way onto the agenda of a two-day meeting of finance officials from the Group of Seven major industrial countries. Discussions are expected to wrap up today.
Canada: Economy IQALUIT, Nunavut — Global financial leaders gathered in a frigid Canadian town Friday to confront more market turmoil, which served as an unsettling reminder that they still face major hurdles repairing a broken global economy. The market turbulence, triggered by worries about unsustainable debt burdens in several European countries, forced its way onto the agenda of a two-day meeting of finance officials from the Group of Seven major industrial countries. Discussions are expected to wrap up today.

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Byline: ANDREW MERNIN HOUSE prices in the North East have fallen in the last 12 months, according to a new report. Estate agents say the situation is unlikely to improve significantly this year as first-time buyers continue to struggle to gain a foothold on the property ladder. House prices nationally rose by 5.9% in 2009 as the UK property market bounced back from the previous years decline, the Nationwide Building Society said. But the North East suffered a 2% drop in average house prices during the year – the only region in England to experience a fall. The average house price for the year in the region was pounds 116,154, compared to pounds 276,088 in London and pounds 162,116 nationally.
Byline: CHRIS ROBERTS HUDDERSFIELD Giants success in 2009 has been reflected on the betting front ahead of Super League XV. Head coach Nathan Browns men finished last season in third place and reached the Challenge Cup final. And on the back of a positive recruitment front, they have caught the attention of bookmakers William Hill. As a result, they have been backed from 16-1 last season to 12-1 this to finish top of the table.
SALT LAKE CITY — Somebody might want to send a tweet or a text to Cloud Nine. Pardon the championship-like celebration, but the Utah Jazz now need to come back down to earth after their heaven-sent 97-96 win over Cleveland on Thursday. They do have a game tonight against the Milwaukee Bucks, after all. Theyre a little — OK, a lot — less exciting of an opponent. But its still an important game for the Jazz, who are trying to climb up the playoff-positioning ladder.

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PROVO — BYU released its non-conference schedule Friday for the 2010 football season. Washington will visit LaVell Edwards Stadium in the season- opener on Sept. 4. The Huskies are guided by head coach Steve Sarkisian, a former All-America BYU quarterback who guided the Cougars to a No. 5 ranking, 14-1 record and a Cotton Bowl victory in 1996. BYU and Washington last played in 2008, when the Cougars eked out a 29-27 win in Seattle thanks to a blocked extra point in the closing moments. The following week, on Sept. 25, BYU hosts Nevada — marking the first time the two teams have met since 2002.
President Obama wants to slap a cumbrous new tax on American banks. “We want our money back,” he says. The government is expected to lose money on the bailouts–but not the money used to backstop the banks, which are paying it back, with interest. The real losses are expected to come from insurer AIG and from such untouchable Democratic holies as Fannie Mae, the heavily unionized automakers, and the foreclosure-prevention program.
STOCKHOLM — Regulatory News:

In the fourth quarter, the Volvo Group (STO:VOLVA)(STO:VOLVB) continued
to have substantial costs in connection with its effort to adjust the
cost structure to a considerably lower level of demand in the wake of
the financial crisis, something that contributed to an operating loss of
slightly more than SEK 2 billion in the quarter. The main focus during
the quarter was on cash flow and the Group created a positive cash flow
of SEK 8.6 billion, which is one of the best cash inflows ever for a
single quarter.

• In the fourth quarter net sales decreased by 23% to SEK 59.8 billion
(78.0). For the full year net sales decreased by 28% to SEK 218.4
billion (304.6)

• The fourth quarter operating loss amounted to SEK 2,316 M (Loss SEK
999 M) including restructuring and layoff-related costs, residual value
write-downs and inventory write-downs of in total SEK 1.4 billion. The
full year operating loss amounted to SEK 17.0 billion (Income SEK 15.9
billion)

• In the fourth quarter basic and diluted earnings per share amounted to
a negative SEK 0.99 (Negative SEK 0.67). Full-year earnings per share
amounted to a negative SEK 7.26 (Positive SEK 4.90)

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PROVO — With a No. 12 national ranking, a 22-2 overall mark and a 7-1 league record in hand, the BYU Cougars like where theyre sitting heading into the final half of the Mountain West Conference mens basketball schedule. “This is right where we want to be,” junior guard Jimmer Fredette said. “We want to be at the top and have everyone else chasing us.” Teammate Jackson Emery added, “Not having to depend on someone else losing is a big thing. Were the ones with the lead. Were the ones the others have to catch. So we just have to take care of our own business.” But even though the Cougars, with a one-game lead over New Mexico and UNLV, are on a good path to win a fourth-straight MWC regular season championship and get a favorable seed into the NCAA Tournament in March, they know the success theyve experienced so far could all go for naught if they dont finish the season strong.
SALT LAKE CITY — A couple of hairy problems seem to be under control for the Utah Jazz. For one thing, Carlos Boozer made it through his first full practice with the team on Friday morning. That means the two-time All-Star power forward is optimistic he will play in tonights big Northwest Division showdown with the Denver Nuggets after missing three games with a strained right calf. “Im doing well,” Boozer said prior to Fridays workout. “All is well.. As long as it feels great, Ill play (today).” Officially, Boozer will be a game-time decision.
SALT LAKE CITY — A couple of hairy problems seem to be under control for the Utah Jazz. For one thing, Carlos Boozer made it through his first full practice with the team on Friday morning. That means the two-time All-Star power forward is optimistic he will play in tonights big Northwest Division showdown with the Denver Nuggets after missing three games with a strained right calf. “Im doing well,” Boozer said prior to Fridays workout. “All is well.. As long as it feels great, Ill play (today).” Officially, Boozer will be a game-time decision.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Toyota owners looking for company-prompted repairs are flowing into Utah dealerships, but the real flood is expected to begin next week. “Were scheduling more and more appointments,” Mark Tetzlaff, spokesman for Menlove Toyota in Bountiful, said Friday, when the dealership performed repairs for about 30 customers. “Next week will probably be (an even) heavier week.” There are 2.3 million vehicles involved in the recall, which also was announced last month. That recall came just months after Toyota recalled 4.2 million vehicles because of gas pedals that could become trapped under floor mats, causing the vehicle to accelerate. Toyota has already begun installing a modified gas pedal in newly built vehicles at its U.S. plants that should alleviate the problem.
ATLANTA — The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds eligible Private
Non-Profit Organizations (PNPs) of the March 1, 2010 deadline to
submit disaster loan applications for Economic Injury caused by severe
storms, tornadoes, flooding and mudslides that occurred from May 3 – 20,
2009.

Private Non-Profit Organizations (PNPs) located in Ballard, Breathitt,
Carlisle, Clay, Crittenden, Estill, Floyd, Fulton, Grayson, Hickman,
Jackson, Knott, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Madison, Magoffin,
Marshall, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Russell and Trigg in Kentucky are
eligible to apply to SBA. Eligible PNPs are those that provide non
critical services such as: food kitchens, homeless shelters, museums,
libraries, community centers, schools and colleges.

SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to help meet working capital
needs, such as ongoing operating expenses for PNP organizations of all
sizes. Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance is available regardless
of whether the business suffered any physical property damage.

Interest rates are as low as 4 percent with terms up to 30 years. Loan
amounts and terms are set by the SBA and are based on each applicant’s
financial condition.

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Super Bowl revelers can get a free ride, with car in tow, from AAA if they have too many drinks. The program is open to everyone — even those who are not members. AAAs Tipsy Tow program is slated to provide a one-way ride of up to five miles for the driver and vehicle to the drivers home. If there are additional passengers who need a ride, they will be taken to the drivers home as long as there is sufficient room for them to be transported safely in the tow truck. The service runs from 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, to the early morning hours of Monday.
Delaware Ford
dealers revel at the launch of Willis Fords revolutionary new web
system. Smyrna car dealers have been
struggling to sell new vehicles, but Santosh Viswanathan, VP of Willis
Ford, has discovered a solution for difficult times and continues to turn
big profits every month. On January 1, JP Automotive Marketing delivered a
brand new website for Santosh who has redirected his attention to improving
the quality and selection of his used cars and creating a solid online
profile.

” Ford Dealers in
Delaware are seeing new car sales down across the board; however the
used car market is very strong. Ive focused my ad spend where it counts,
online. When Christian Jorn spoke at our NADA meeting I knew that search
engine optimization would be the future for car dealers. The transition to
JPMs services was very smooth, our website is amazing, and we have seen an
significant increase in Internet sales already.”

– Santosh Viswanathan, VP Willis Ford, Smyrna DE

Willis Ford chose Jorn and Price Marketing for SEO with the goal of
increasing the number of targeted leads from Googles search network.
Fortunately, Willis Ford has a reputation for excellence and has been
delivering world class service for many years. Cindy Pangburn is head of
the Internet department and was intricately involved in the design of the
website.

“The support staff at JP Marketing is incredible, its nice to have one
company that handles it all, the switch from our previous provider was
quick, and adjustments along the way have been handled quickly and
professionally. Now Im busy selling cars.”

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PROVO — With a No. 12 national ranking, a 22-2 overall mark and a 7-1 league record in hand, the BYU Cougars like where theyre sitting heading into the final half of the Mountain West Conference mens basketball schedule. “This is right where we want to be,” junior guard Jimmer Fredette said. “We want to be at the top and have everyone else chasing us.” Teammate Jackson Emery added, “Not having to depend on someone else losing is a big thing. Were the ones with the lead. Were the ones the others have to catch. So we just have to take care of our own business.” But even though the Cougars, with a one-game lead over New Mexico and UNLV, are on a good path to win a fourth-straight MWC regular season championship and get a favorable seed into the NCAA Tournament in March, they know the success theyve experienced so far could all go for naught if they dont finish the season strong.
LOGAN — Utah State Universitys Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), along with approximately 50 current student- athletes, will collect donations for the victims of the Haiti earthquake during both of USUs basketball games today in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. “Utah States Hope for Haiti is the collaboration efforts of all student groups and organizations on campus,” said USU Student Body President Tyler Tolson. “Rather than donating to Haiti in diverse ways, we decided we could make a greater impact by focusing our contributions on three specific charities in two orphanages and the Hope for Haiti Foundation. “We have set a goal of $20,000 that we feel is achievable, especially with the help of community members at the basketball games this weekend. We have set a goal to raise $10,000 at the games alone.” “This terrible disaster has to be front and center in the hearts and minds of Americans and we should all be thinking of how to help,” football student-athlete and USU SAAC President Nnamdi Gwacham said. “We collectively want to do our part as students and members of this great community to help those in need.”

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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MAY I HAVE YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION PLEASE!” Small guy, big mouth: Hes maybe 15, black, skinny kid, but his voice fills up the noisy New York City subway car and then some. “I am selling candy! I got Snickers! I got Peanut MMs! I am trying to make some money! This isnt for school, this isnt for a basketball team, this is for ME! So I can get more candy and MAKE MORE MONEY!” The straphangers appreciate his no-malarkey sales pitch and his entrepreneurial spirit. He does a bit of business, and a few people just give him a buck and skip the candy. His name is Will, and he is not turning down a dollar. But its a tough hustle: Accounting for the cost of his product and his subway pass, it takes him about three hours to earn $20 free and clear, an implied wage of $6.67 an hour–well under minimum wage. On the other hand, its tax-free, and he sets his own hours. Will wants to go to college–and then what? “Be an independent businessman.” Hes already that, and, if persistence really does pay, hes going to do fine for himself. Theres a whole weird little economy on the subway, from candy hustlers like Will to the Chinese ladies who sell pirated DVDs of movies that have just opened in the cinemas. There are acrobats and mariachi bands, good old-fashioned panhandlers, poets, preachers, and percussionists. Its all part of the famous entrepreneurial bustle of New York. But stay on that No. 4 train a few more stops, north of Harlem and into the Bronx, and that entrepreneurial energy evaporates. Not far from the Kingsbridge Road stop is the Eighth Regiment Armory, a fantastically out-of-place 575,000-square-foot brick castle. Its been a lot of different things over the years–barracks, homeless shelter, boat-show venue, a pre-creepified set for Will Smiths I Am Legend–but it currently is vacant, as are a lot of buildings in the Bronx. Passing by, late on a weekday morning, is a local who calls himself “C,” a black man as sturdily built as the armory itself. C very much wants a cigarette. This is a problem, because he is not currently in funds, in no small part because he does not have a job. In fact, at 35 years old, C has never held a job. His friends, acquaintances, known associates (C is a little foggy on whether hes on probation or parole, but hes got some known associates): no jobs, never really had them. His father? Do not ask C about his father. In fact, the only people C can think of who have jobs are women: His mother worked, the mother of his children works. He did know a woman who was dating a taxi driver once. C says he would like to work but is more of an independent businessman. He describes the informal work he has done as “this and that,” and says he would like to “have his own place,” a bar or a nightclub. But dont expect to see him selling candy on the No. 4 train anytime soon. Asked about the recently defeated plan to convert the gigantic fortress that looms over his neighborhood into a shopping mall, C says he hasnt heard about it. If the plan had gone through, Manhattan-based developer Related Companies would have received about $50 million in tax subsidies for a project that would have created as many as a thousand retail jobs and, during its construction, employed a thousand or more highly paid union hardhats. But the city council killed the project. The Bronx delegation demanded that Related enforce upon its leaseholders a requirement that all of the jobs in the mall pay at least $10 an hour, plus benefits, much more than the prevailing wage in the Forever21-and-food-court racket, to say nothing of the $7.25 minimum wage. So a $300 million project, and a couple of thousand new jobs in a neighborhood that needs them, never happened. Bronx borough president Ruben Diaz Jr. infamously declared: “The notion that any job is better than no job no longer applies.” The New York Post pithily pointed out that when it comes to real jobs, Diaz has never had one–not in the private sector, anyway–and neither has any other member of the Bronxs city-council delegation: All are lifelong politicians, many of them having held elected offices or political appointments since their early 20s. Diaz himself has been an officeholder since he was 23 years old. Its good work, if you can get it. But theres not much other work to be had in the Bronx, where unemployment is currently at about 13.1 percent. Much of the Bronx is young and black or young and Hispanic. Nationally, the unemployment rate among blacks rose to 16.2 percent in the year-end numbers, while the rate for whites fell to 9.0 percent. For black youths, the numbers are startling: 50 percent for 16-19-year-olds, 26 percent for 20-24-year-olds. A study from the Community Service Society of New York puts actual work-force participation among black men 16-65 years of age in New York City at about 50 percent, and the number for young black men nationwide is just 40 percent.
When President Barack Obama delivered the State of the Union address, he said he understood the pain the American people were going through with respect to job losses and vastly reduced business growth. We have our own small business and I know that what the president proposed will have a huge impact. Innovations and investments to rebuild and improve the countrys infrastructure and new reforms to curb reckless practices will go a long way to jump start job growth, and also display to the people that the president and Congress care about the folks on Main Street. Lets hope our legislators are able to set their partisan politics aside for the common good.

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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Security Bank of California, wholly owned and sole subsidiary of
Security California Bancorp (OTCBB: SCAF), announced its financial
results for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Highlights of the Bank’s performance for the year ended December 31 2009
include:

Net income of $1.7 million, on a pre-provision, pre-tax, up 21% over the
same period last year

Total Assets increased 31.7%, to $314.7 million

Total Loans grew 31% or $64 million to $271.5 million

Harold Ford Jr. for Senate? The former congressman (D., Tenn.) narrowly lost a tough race in 2006, and he is only 39 years old, so it makes sense to try again. Thing is, he wants to try in New York, where he now works for Bank of America. Ford is a stranger (he still has a Tennessee drivers license) with a number of right-of-center positions (he opposes partial-birth abortion and supports parental-consent laws), some of which he has expeditiously dumped (he now supports gay marriage). The only solid thing he has going for him is unease with the bland incumbent, Kirsten Gillibrand, appointed to Hillary Clintons old seat–and with Gillibrands dragonish patron, senior senator Charles Schumer, who bullied two local congressmen out of challenging his protege. Voters are restless these days–and maybe even someone as transparent as Harold Ford Jr. can turn that bucking and stamping to his advantage.
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JASPER, Ind. — Kimball International, Inc. (NASDAQ: KBALB) today reported net sales of
$275.2 million and net income of $1.9 million, or $0.05 per Class B
diluted share, for the second quarter of fiscal year 2010, which ended
December 31, 2009. Net income for the fiscal year 2010 second quarter
includes $2.0 million of after-tax income, or $0.05 per Class B diluted
share, resulting from settlement proceeds related to an antitrust class
action lawsuit of which the Company was a member and $0.2 million of
after-tax restructuring expense, or less than $0.01 per Class B diluted
share. Excluding the class action lawsuit income and the restructuring
expense, the Company recorded non-GAAP net income of $0.1 million, or
less than $0.01 per Class B diluted share for the fiscal year 2010
second quarter.

In the prior fiscal year 2009 second quarter, the Company reported net
sales of $327.6 million and net income of $8.2 million, or $0.22 per
Class B diluted share. The prior fiscal year second quarter net income
included a $4.8 million after-tax gain, or $0.13 per Class B diluted
share, related to the sale of a portion of the Company’s undeveloped
land holdings and timberland; $1.6 million of after-tax income, or $0.04
per Class B diluted share, for advance funds retained by the Company
resulting from the termination of the contract to sell the Company’s
Poland building and real estate; and $0.7 million of after-tax
restructuring expense, or $0.02 per Class B diluted share. Excluding
these items, the prior fiscal year second quarter non-GAAP net income
was $2.5 million, or $0.07 per Class B diluted share.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — MEDNAX, Inc. (NYSE: MD), the national medical group providing
hospital-based neonatal, anesthesia and pediatric physician services and
office-based maternal-fetal and pediatric cardiology physician services,
reported earnings per share for the three months ended December 31,
2009, of $1.07 on a GAAP basis, or $1.00 per share when adjusted to
exclude the favorable impact of a legal settlement and lower tax rate
for the period.

“Our results for the 2009 fourth quarter reflect a Company that
continues its successful execution of a proven growth strategy that
attracts physicians to our national group practice and delivers ongoing
operating efficiencies,” said Roger J. Medel, M.D., Chief Executive
Officer of MEDNAX, Inc. “These operating results demonstrate our
financial strength, including our solid balance sheet and cash flow from
operations, which gives us confidence in our ability to grow our
operations and to provide value-added services to physicians.”

For the three months ended December 31, 2009, MEDNAX’s net patient
service revenue was $333.3 million, up 12 percent from $297.8 million
for the comparable 2008 period, and included strong growth from
acquisitions, as well as organic growth.

Overall same-unit revenue grew by 4.6 percent for the 2009 fourth
quarter over the prior-year period. Growth from reimbursement-related
factors was 2.7 percent, and the percentage of services reimbursed under
government programs was essentially unchanged from the 2009 third
quarter. For the 2009 fourth quarter, same-unit revenue growth
attributable to patient volume was 1.9 percent across all of the
Company’s services. Patient volume at neonatal intensive care units
(NICUs) staffed by the Company’s physicians was essentially flat,
declining by 0.1 percent for the 2009 fourth quarter when compared to
the prior-year period.

When presented on a GAAP basis, MEDNAX’s results from operations for the
three months ended December 31, 2009 include items that make comparisons
difficult. MEDNAX believes that comparisons to prior periods should be
made on a non-GAAP basis after adjusting the following items:

Company Provides 2010 Guidance in a Range between $1.20 and $1.35

TAMPA, Fla. — TECO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:TE) today reported fourth quarter 2009 net
income of $53.5 million or $0.25 per share, compared to $22.0 million or
$0.10 per share in the fourth quarter of 2008. Fourth quarter results in
2009 were reduced by $0.4 million of restructuring charges, and results
in the fourth quarter of 2008 were reduced by $20.3 million of net
charges and gains, primarily taxes on the repatriation of cash and
investments from Guatemala, discussed below.

Full-year net income and earnings per share were $213.9 million or $1.00
per share in 2009, compared to $162.4 million or $0.77 per share in
2008. Full year results in 2009 were reduced by $16.1 million of net
charges and gains, which are discussed in the non-GAAP results section
below and the Results Reconciliation table later in this release.
Results in 2008 were reduced by $20.9 million of net charges and gains
reflecting primarily the fourth quarter items.

TECO Energy Chairman and CEO Sherrill Hudson said, “We are pleased with
the strong results in 2009 in the face of the economic recession which
impacted both our utility and coal businesses. In 2009, we took steps at
TECO Energy and the operating companies to position our utilities to
earn their allowed returns and for TECO Energy to deliver earnings
growth in 2010. We’re seeing some early signs of an economic recovery in
Florida, particularly in the housing market, but we expect 2010 to be
another challenging year for the State’s economy. Our unregulated coal
and Guatemalan operations are well-positioned to deliver improved
results in 2010 as a result of their 2009 efforts.”

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The California Court of Appeal has reversed a lower courts decision awarding East Palo Altos biggest landlord about $20,000 in legal fees in a case against the city, possibly saving the city hundreds of thousands of dollars in another legal case, officials said Thursday. In a published opinion posted last week, the appellate court said San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Quentin Kopp erred in granting the money to Woodland Park Management, Palo Alto-based Page Mill Properties property management arm. The appeal stems from a 2008 case Woodland Park brought against the city, in which the property management company argued East Palo Alto officials improperly raised annual landlord registration fees. Woodland Park prevailed in court, and Kopp ruled the company was entitled to recover its legal expenses based on a section in East Palo Altos 1988 rent control law. “In any civil proceeding that a landlord or a tenant initiates to enforce his/her right under this ordinance, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys fees as determined by the court,” the section reads.
MOAB — Two Utah-based conservation groups have filed a challenge in Colorado Water Court to three applications for groundwater that flows into the Dolores River. The subject of the challenge is an application for three groundwater rights permits needed for development and processing at the proposed Pinion Ridge Uranium Mill in Paradox, Colo. The conservation groups, Red Rock Forests and Living Rivers, filed a “statement of opposition” in water court, asserting concerns about the lack of an “augmentation plan” for the water rights and saying that the proposed use may violate the anti-speculation doctrine under Colorado water law. Harold Shepherd, acting director for Moab-based Red Rock Forests, said the groups are concerned about the “speculative” nature of uranium mining and milling in southeastern Utah and western Colorado. The groups also are concerned the company will hold onto the water granted by the application without ever developing the mill.
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Sir, 1. Bennett SP, Velander P, McArthur PA, McPhail J, Alvi R, Graham KE. A novel model for skin graft harvesting. Plast Reconstr Surg 2004;114:1660-1. 2. Cubison TC, Clare T. Lasagne: A simple model to assess the practical skills of split-skin graft harvesting and meshing. Br J Plast Surg 2002;55:703-4. 3. Turhan-Haktanir N, Sancaktar N. Useful material for skin flap training for inexperienced residents. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2007;60:1169-70.
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Introduction In the past, abdominoplasty has been combined safely and effectively with other elective surgeries such as liposuction, mammoplasty, abdominal hysterectomy, and cholecystectomy. [1],[2],[3],[4] However, it has not been reported in combination with posterior vaginal repair (colpoperineorrhaphy or perineorrhaphy). Between 2001 and 2006, 47 multiparous women underwent a combined abdominoplasty and posterior vaginal repair in one surgical session in Baghdad, Iraq.

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TAKE A LOOK at that black box on your desk, the one that holds your computers hard drive. Sure, its functional, but might it be a bit drab? Boring, even? Alamedas Nick Falzone appears to think so. With an eye for design and a healthy respect for a clean, Japanese look, the aspiring furniture-maker turned his computer into something that could be a centerpiece in a room rather than an afterthought on a computer table. Falzone is a computer “modder,” someone who modifies computers to their own liking. Known online as “Green Sabbath,” he belongs to a small community of men and women who arent satisfied with the look or speed of a machine right off the shelf. This community, which meets primarily online, is similar to the community centered around custom cars. But instead of hot rod chop tops and magnesium wheels, these computers are being stuffed into custom cases as odd as a taxidermy beaver or cooled by alternative methods such as water or liquid nitrogen.
Contestants Use New Smart Designer® to Compete for $2500 Grand Prize
and Five Herman Miller Chairs

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — SmartFurniture.com
is proud to announce the Smart Space Design Contest, a competition to
see who can design the best interior space using its new Smart Designer®.

The Smart Space Design Contest, sponsored by Herman
Miller® (MLHR),
gives you the chance to try out the new Smart Designer and win the Grand
Prize, a $2,500 SmartFurniture.com gift card to use towards creating
your dream space.

The $2,500 Grand Prize Winner will be chosen from the five Finalists.
Each week during the month of February, SmartFurniture.com will choose a
Finalist, and one finalist will be chosen via popular voting on SmartFurniture.com
and Facebook.
Finalists will win their choice of a Herman Miller Aeron®,
Embody®,
Mirra®
or Setu™
chair.

The Grand Prize winner will be chosen from the Finalists by a panel of
guest judges, including a representative from Herman Miller for the Home
and Eames Demetrios, principal of the Eames Office and grandson of
iconic designers Charles and Ray Eames.

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CLASSES/WORKSHOPS — Building Education Center — Earthquake Retrofitting, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Feb. 6. $95. Estimating the Cost of Labor and Materials, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 6. $95. Portable Power Tools for Beginners, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 6-7. $195. Keep Green with Untapped Water, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $45. Garden Hardscapes/Masonry Work, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $95. Attic Conversions, 7-10 p.m. Feb. 9. $45. Title 24, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $45. Kitchen Cabinet and Counter Installation, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $95. Framing Carpentry, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 13-14. $195. Feng Shui, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Classes held at 812 Page St., West Berkeley. 510-525-7610.
Walnut Creeks Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought- resistant gardening. Twice a month she and her staff share their knowledge with readers. THERE ARE MANY wonderful contributions to horticulture from the bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae), and one commercially important fruit, the pineapple. All members of the family are from the New World, and they are especially abundant in South America. Among those that grow on the ground is a small but fascinating genus named Abromeitiella. Most reference works list two or three species, all forming domelike clusters of many small heads of succulent leaves, and coming from northwestern Argentina and adjacent parts of Southern Bolivia.
The Garrido property near Antioch was no prison for Jaycee Dugard and her two girls in recent years, but rather a family home with pets, a garden and activities they joined in together, Phillip Garridos lawyer said in a court declaration. Garrido stopped sexual activity with Dugard “sometime around the birth” of their second child, in November 1997, public defender Susan Gellman wrote, citing evidence turned over by prosecutors. Gellman wants Judge Douglas Phimister to allow Phillip and Nancy Garrido to visit each other in jail, to discuss the case and the impact of their decisions on Jaycee and the girls. They have remained in a Placerville jail since their arrests in late August, seeing each other only during brief court appearances. Prosecutors charged the couple in August with 29 felony counts in Jaycees 1991 abduction at age 11 and what authorities call years of sexual bondage in a hidden backyard warren of tents and sheds. The last rape charge in the criminal complaint dates to 1997. Deputy District Attorney James Clinchard did not return a call Friday for comment on the motion.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Following the events surrounding the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, the U.S. government moved quickly to enact a law intended to “provide appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism.” This month, Congress will revisit three of the 16 provisions in the Patriot Act. It will be a time for citizens to weigh in on a law that originally involved little citizen input. Hermans points outlined the reasons why Americans should be aware of and care about what is happening at Guantanamo Bay and other detention centers where thousands of people are being held against their will because of vague associations with what government has deemed dangerous. The “dragnet,” as she calls it, has picked up people all over the world, as well as inside the United States, stripping them of their rights “for no reason.” “There is a tremendous cost to all these broad laws,” Herman said, adding that innocent people have been prosecuted for donating to the “wrong charities,” not knowing they were associated with terrorist agencies, however loosely defined that may be.
SALT LAKE CITY — Following the events surrounding the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, the U.S. government moved quickly to enact a law intended to “provide appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism.” This month, Congress will revisit three of the 16 provisions in the Patriot Act. It will be a time for citizens to weigh in on a law that originally involved little citizen input. Hermans points outlined the reasons why Americans should be aware of and care about what is happening at Guantanamo Bay and other detention centers where thousands of people are being held against their will because of vague associations with what government has deemed dangerous. The “dragnet,” as she calls it, has picked up people all over the world, as well as inside the United States, stripping them of their rights “for no reason.” “There is a tremendous cost to all these broad laws,” Herman said, adding that innocent people have been prosecuted for donating to the “wrong charities,” not knowing they were associated with terrorist agencies, however loosely defined that may be.
SEATTLE — Rabbi Steven Greenberg is not shy about proclaiming who he is, though it raises eyebrows. He is, he says, the worlds first openly gay Orthodox rabbi. Since he came out in 1999, Greenberg has traveled the world, speaking at Jewish organizations, community groups and forums. His aim: To get congregations to be more welcoming and understanding of gays and lesbians — which sometimes means just helping them learn how to even bring the topic up.

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ROCHESTER, N.H. — BrandPartners Group, Inc. (OTC BB: BPTR), a provider of integrated
retail environmental services to the financial services and franchise
industries, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary
BrandPartners Retail Inc (BrandPartners) has signed new contracts
totaling $4.6 million and $900,000 of letters of intent in the month of
January.  Under the new contracts BrandPartners will provide a broad
range of design and construction, merchandising, furniture,
environmental graphics, retail communications, and merchandising product
for its financial services customers.

“We believe that our strong January contracts and letters of
intent as well as other recent activity demonstrate that our core client
base is getting back to business and focusing on driving revenues in
their branches.  Furthermore, we have moved to diversify our revenues
with the launch of our Store in a Box subsidiary, which targets
franchise companies as well as with our newest service offerings, energy
audits and implementations.  We believe that these new initiatives
position the company to prosper in two areas that are growth industries
for the foreseeable future,” commented James Brooks, CEO of
BrandPartners.

About BrandPartnersBrandPartners Group, Inc. (OTC
Bulletin Board: BPTR), through its wholly owned subsidiaries
BrandPartners Retail, Inc., Build Partners, Inc. and Store in a Box,
Inc. provide an integrated approach to customer environments through
brand translation, business strategy, design/build services, retail
displays and in-branch communications products and services, from
concept and design through implementation and training. BrandPartners
installations are in more than 2,000 companies at more than 35,000
retail locations. The company serves its clients from its Rochester, New
Hampshire home office and regional U.S. offices.

Cautionary LanguageStatements in this news release
that are not statements of historical or current fact constitute
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
unknown factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to be
materially different from the historical results or from any future
results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The
forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally
to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in
the Company’s reports and registrations statements filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contestants Use New Smart Designer® to Compete for $2500 Grand Prize
and Five Herman Miller Chairs

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — SmartFurniture.com
is proud to announce the Smart Space Design Contest, a competition to
see who can design the best interior space using its new Smart Designer®.

The Smart Space Design Contest, sponsored by Herman
Miller® (MLHR),
gives you the chance to try out the new Smart Designer and win the Grand
Prize, a $2,500 SmartFurniture.com gift card to use towards creating
your dream space.

The $2,500 Grand Prize Winner will be chosen from the five Finalists.
Each week during the month of February, SmartFurniture.com will choose a
Finalist, and one finalist will be chosen via popular voting on SmartFurniture.com
and Facebook.
Finalists will win their choice of a Herman Miller Aeron®,
Embody®,
Mirra®
or Setu™
chair.

The Grand Prize winner will be chosen from the Finalists by a panel of
guest judges, including a representative from Herman Miller for the Home
and Eames Demetrios, principal of the Eames Office and grandson of
iconic designers Charles and Ray Eames.

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PIH spokespeople in Haiti and Boston available to provide additional insight on the situation BOSTON, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Yesterday saw a breakthrough in delivering more desperately needed medical equipment and supplies to help treat, diagnose, and monitor patients. Thanks to support from GE, a plane brought 4 anesthesia machines, 5 x-ray machines, 10 patient monitors, 10 ultra-sound machines, as well as technicians to help set up and operate this equipment, among other donations. Today, were expecting to land even more planes with supplies, including 9 more anesthesia machines donated from Partners Health Care and the University of Miami. PIH is rapidly strengthening staff and facilities in Belladere, a public hospital close to the Dominican Republic that PIH has operated for many years. As more patients leave devastated Port-au-Prince, many are hoping to find medical care across the border in the Dominican Republic. The Belladere facility is strategically placed to treat many of these patients, who may otherwise not survive the journey into the neighboring country, or not find the care they need at Dominican facilities. PIH is collaborating with the U.S. military to assist in scaling up surgical services and distribution of relief in Haiti. Since the weekend, the PIH medical team at the central University Hospital in Port-au-Prince (HUEH), as well as other PIH facilities in the Central Plateau and Artibonite, have been airlifting patients in need of advanced surgical care to the USNS Comfort, harbored off the coast of Port-au-Prince. However, the Comforts 1,000 beds are quickly filling up. The military is now turning to PIH to help set up facilities within the country to take on the overflow of surgical cases and to meet the growing need for post-operative care. Additionally the military has turned to PIHs experience on the ground to help distribute and set up tents to shelter patients and those who lost their homes in the earthquake. Today, PIH co-Founder Dr. Paul Farmer is in Montreal, Canada, attending a meeting of world leaders and public health experts from the G20 nations to discuss the short- and long-term crisis response needed for Haiti. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive are attending, along with delegates from 20 countries, the UN and the World Bank. “Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said the conference will review progress of the aid delivery to Haiti since the earthquake. It will also lay the groundwork for a larger meeting to focus on long-term reconstruction.”
PIH spokespeople in Haiti and Boston available to provide additional insight on the situation BOSTON, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Yesterday saw a breakthrough in delivering more desperately needed medical equipment and supplies to help treat, diagnose, and monitor patients. Thanks to support from GE, a plane brought 4 anesthesia machines, 5 x-ray machines, 10 patient monitors, 10 ultra-sound machines, as well as technicians to help set up and operate this equipment, among other donations. Today, were expecting to land even more planes with supplies, including 9 more anesthesia machines donated from Partners Health Care and the University of Miami. PIH is rapidly strengthening staff and facilities in Belladere, a public hospital close to the Dominican Republic that PIH has operated for many years. As more patients leave devastated Port-au-Prince, many are hoping to find medical care across the border in the Dominican Republic. The Belladere facility is strategically placed to treat many of these patients, who may otherwise not survive the journey into the neighboring country, or not find the care they need at Dominican facilities. PIH is collaborating with the U.S. military to assist in scaling up surgical services and distribution of relief in Haiti. Since the weekend, the PIH medical team at the central University Hospital in Port-au-Prince (HUEH), as well as other PIH facilities in the Central Plateau and Artibonite, have been airlifting patients in need of advanced surgical care to the USNS Comfort, harbored off the coast of Port-au-Prince. However, the Comforts 1,000 beds are quickly filling up. The military is now turning to PIH to help set up facilities within the country to take on the overflow of surgical cases and to meet the growing need for post-operative care. Additionally the military has turned to PIHs experience on the ground to help distribute and set up tents to shelter patients and those who lost their homes in the earthquake. Today, PIH co-Founder Dr. Paul Farmer is in Montreal, Canada, attending a meeting of world leaders and public health experts from the G20 nations to discuss the short- and long-term crisis response needed for Haiti. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive are attending, along with delegates from 20 countries, the UN and the World Bank. “Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said the conference will review progress of the aid delivery to Haiti since the earthquake. It will also lay the groundwork for a larger meeting to focus on long-term reconstruction.”

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Migao Corporation (TSX: MGO) will be hosting a conference call to discuss the Companys fiscal 2010 third quarter financial results for the period ending December 31, 2009. Mr. Guocai Liu, CEO, Mr. Randall Smallbone, CFO, and Mr. Jay Hussey, V.P. Corporate Finance will be hosting the call.

Migao Corporation (TSX: MGO) will be hosting a conference call to discuss the Companys fiscal 2010 third quarter financial results for the period ending December 31, 2009. Mr. Guocai Liu, CEO, Mr. Randall Smallbone, CFO, and Mr. Jay Hussey, V.P. Corporate Finance will be hosting the call.

New PARADYM™ CRT Model 8750 is the World’s Highest Output Device
Delivering 37J of Energy Quickly and Accurately

MILAN — Sorin Group  (MIL:SRN) (Reuters Code: SORN.MI), a global leader in the
treatment of cardiovascular disease, announced today U.S. FDA approval
and first implant of its next-generation of cardiac resynchronization
therapy defibrillator (CRT-D), Paradym™ CRT Model 8750. Featuring a new,
state-of-the-art battery technology, Paradym™ CRT delivers 37 Joules,
the highest energy of any implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD)
currently available. In addition, Paradym™ offers consistent charge
times throughout the life of the device (10s at Beginning Of Life, 13s
at Elective Replacement Indicator – ERI), improved longevity, and a
6-month ERI to End of Service (EOS) period, twice as long as any other
ICD.

Paradym™ CRT is designed to allow more flexibility in the management of
cardiac resynchronization and anti-tachyarrhythmia therapy in heart
failure patients. BTO (Brady-Tachy Overlap) is designed to unlock pacing
and detection to ensure delivery of resynchronization therapy at high
pacing rates during exercise without any compromise on the management of
slow ventricular tachycardias (VTs). BTO gives freedom of programming
for physicians.

“I’m impressed with the Sorin technology”, said Dr. Dwight Reynolds,
chief of the Cardiovascular Section at the University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, OK who performed the first US implant
of Paradym CRT. “They have managed to pack a lot of power into a small
can without compromising on features, good charge times or longevity. I
especially like the six months longevity post-ERI and the PARAD
discrimination algorithm to minimize inappropriate shocks…that is
extremely important to both my patients and myself.”

Paradym™ CRT, at 34cc and 11mm thin, also features the PARAD® detection
algorithm whose superior specificity in discriminating ventricular
arrhythmias has been clinically proven. Studies have demonstrated that
the absolute risk of experiencing an inappropriate shock has been
observed to be only 5%, the lowest percentage recorded thus far.

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Botulinum neurotoxin type A blocks transmission at the neuromuscular junction, having therefore a paralyzing activity. Xeomin® is a purified version of the neurotoxin. It is indicated for the symptomatic treatment of blepharospasm, cervical dystonia and spasticity of the upper limbs in adult patients. Presently, Botox®, another Botulinum neurotoxin, is on the exception drug status program, under certain conditions.

A vial of Xeomin® costs $330, whereas a vial of Botox® costs $357. From a pharmacoeconomic standpoint, and assuming that Xeomins® and Botoxs® efficacy and safety are equivalent, cost of treatment with Xeomin® is lower than Botox® in the recommended doses and for all studied medical conditions. Therefore, Xeomin® meets economic and pharmacoeconomic criteria.

According to Dr. Beer, “So many people take medications for depression that I wondered whether injections with type A botulinum toxins could offer them a better alternative. I collected some very preliminary data comparing the costs of each of the therapies and was surprised at the results.” Dr. Beer cautions that this report needs to be validated with a larger study and he hopes that such a trial will be initiated under the auspices of the National Institute for Mental Health.
Annie Chiu, M.D., a board-certified
dermatologist, has joined the physician team at the Murad Inclusive Health
Medical Group (MMG) in El Segundo and will begin seeing patients on
weekdays beginning February 1 and on alternate Saturdays starting February
13.

Dr. Chiu comes to Murad from Cedars Sinai Medical Group and practices a
full range of medical dermatology, including a multidisciplinary approach
to acne, skin cancer diagnoses and surgical treatments for benign and
malignant growths. She specializes in the aesthetics of the face –
utilizing scientifically proven methodologies to provide subtle cosmetic
rejuvenation. Techniques she specializes in include Botox®, fillers, laser
treatments, cosmeceuticals tailored to specific patient needs and peels,
including Howard Murad, M.D.s proprietary, individualized Techno
Resurfacing Skin Treatments.

Dr. Chiu, an advocate of Dr. Murads Inclusive Health philosophy, takes an
inside-out approach to patient care and works closely with each patient to
achieve beautiful skin as a reflection of total mind and body wellness. She
has participated in research studies on acne, Botox®, photoaging, eczema,
and will be an active part of the ongoing research at Murad. She has
authored numerous publications, book chapters and review articles.

MMG will be holding an open house on February 25 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm where
guests will have the opportunity to hear Dr. Murad speak on Inclusive
Health and meet Dr. Chiu and the entire MMG team.

Dr. Chiu received her Medical Degree from Stanford University and her
Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Berkeley, where she
graduated with honors and was a University Medal finalist. She completed
her dermatology residency at Emory University. She is actively involved in
the American Academy of Dermatology and Womens Dermatologic Society.

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Recently in this column, we noticed that mortal mankind, springing from God himself, is a sturdy race. Unfortunately — and this is a good reason to be sent away from heaven to do some growing up for a while — this race is more sturdy than steady. Mortals are unfinished souls, able but not so stable, durable but not always enduring. Most everything in nature is pretty consistent and reliable, except where some of these undeveloped humans are involved.
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VALLEJO — Vallejo police have arrested a 14-year-old boy they believe was an accomplice to Wednesdays brazen daytime shooting of an ice cream vendor, a department spokesman said today. The Vallejo boys name is not being released because of his age. Hes been booked into Solano County Juvenile Hall on suspicion of attempted robbery and attempted murder, police said. “We recovered the gun involved at the other kids address,” Bartlett said. Police are not releasing the address, he said. Montenegro, who is from Hayward but was living in a Vallejo foster home and attending Hogan High School, has seen himself on news reports, Bartlett said.

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Bark Group Inc. (OTCBB: BKPG), an
award-winning U.S. company with a multinational client base, announced
today, that Anaconda, the Companys Munich TV and multimedia subsidiary, has
established funding for their new short-movie called “ALMOST” (a love-
story). This production will be produced by the award-winning director Uwe
Greiner with Phillip Kirsamer on camera, both who were behind the successful
short-movie “GOOD KILL.” Cameraman Philip Kirsamer has previously worked
with the Wachowski-brothers, the producers of The MATRIX. CEO Mathias Lange
expects the production to start in May this year. The movie will be partly
government funded.

About ANACONDA, MUNICH
A new subsidiary of Bark Group Inc. in US — and a TV production company who
specializes in commercial production of own developed TV-formats — as well
as documentaries, childrens programming, light entertainment for the German
TV and internet market, ANACONDA have developed the formats, “My worst day,”
“From 5 – 2,” “We are the boss” and a number of other TV formats for the
German TV market. Anaconda has recently produced a number of “funny clip”
shows for TV stations in the European market. The companys production of
the short movie “Good Kill” in 2006 was among the runners up for
representing Germany at the Academy Awards that same year.

About Bark Group Inc.
Bark Group Inc. is an award-winning U.S. company that delivers cutting-edge
advertising and marketing campaigns to leading European businesses. Bark
develops and delivers highly effective marketing campaigns on structural,
strategic, and emotional and creative levels. Its integrated approach is
revolutionizing the communications field while offering clients a higher
return on their advertising investments. Barks objectives are to achieve
aggressive growth through acquisition and development of satellite companies
around the globe, starting with Europe. The company is adamantly pursuing
its ambitious goal to be ranked among the 10 best and most profitable
communication companies in Europe within 4 years.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and such forward-looking
statements are made pursuant to the safe harbour provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. “Forward-looking statements”
describe future expectations, plans, results, or strategies and are
generally preceded by words such as “may,” “future,” “plan” or “planned,”
“will” or “should,” “expected,” “anticipates,” “draft,” “eventually” or
“projected.” You are cautioned that such statements are subject to a
multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances,
events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-
looking statements, including the risks that actual results may differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements; projected
events in this press release may not occur due to unforeseen circumstances,
various factors, and other risks identified in a companys annual report on
Form 10-K and other filings made by such company.

OK, OK. I know Halloween was four months ago (or eight months from now), and its nearing Valentines Day, when a lot of people think about love songs. Yet horror-schlock metal-man Rob Zombie has just released his new CD, “Hellbilly Deluxe 2.” While the CD is the actual follow-up to his 2007 “Zombie Live” album, conceptually it is the follow-up to his definitive 1998 solo debut, “Hellbilly Deluxe.” However, there tends to be a little more musical blood and gore. Which means the songs on “HD2″ have a more immediate sound that spits in listeners faces.
“Black Cinema On Demand” To Celebrate The Most Influential Black
Artists

NEW YORK — Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is helping its Digital Cable customers
celebrate Black History Month by giving them access to a brand new
category of Movies on Demand (MOD). During the month of February,
viewers can access “Black Cinema On Demand,” a new category
featuring some of the most acclaimed, award-winning and influential
films featuring the most distinguished black directors, actors and
themes.

Many of the films in the new category have been groundbreaking in their
subject matter. They have enabled discourse on controversial topics, and
proven heartbreaking with their dramatic stories. Included in the new
category are current and classic films ranging from historical dramas to
documentaries, comedies, biographies and romance. Featured films come
from some of the most celebrated directors: Spike Lee’s brutally honest
“Do the Right Thing,” (1989) and the powerful Malcolm X (1992); Steven
Spielberg’s heart wrenching “The Color Purple” (1985) and historical
“Amistad” (1997), Ed Zwick’s harrowing “Blood Diamond” (2006), Denzel
Washington’s multi-award-winning “Antwone Fisher” (2002), Taylor
Hackford’s musical homage to Ray Charles, “Ray” (2004) and Tyler Perry’s
comical “I Can Do Bad All By Myself” (2007).

The movies feature great actors and actresses such as Angela Bassett,
Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Denzel Washington, Whoopi
Goldberg, Danny Glover, Chris Rock, Leonardo DiCaprio, Anthony Hopkins,
Danny Aiello and many other stars in memorable performances. Included
are two documentary tributes to two of the greatest sports figures of
our time, Muhammad Ali and LeBron James.

“We are pleased to celebrate Black History Month with the programs,
music and movies that have inspired us, moved us and entertained us,”
said William Ortiz, Senior Director of Target Marketing at Time Warner
Cable, “And we’re happy to make it easy for our customers to find this
rich programming, so they can enjoy it as often as they want, whenever
they want.”

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NEW YORK — Stocks buckled Thursday under the growing belief that the global economy is weaker than many investors expected and likely to stop companies from hiring. The Dow Jones industrials briefly traded below 10,000 for the first time in three months. Demand for safer investments sent the dollar and Treasurys higher and the euro falling. Major indexes skidded as much as 3.1 percent to their lowest levels in three months. The Dow fell 268 points and briefly traded below 10,000 for the first time since Nov. 6. The Dows 2.6 percent drop was its biggest in seven months. And it was the ninth time in 14 days that the Dow has moved by more than 100 points. Just 273 stocks rose on the New York Stock Exchange, while more than 2,800 fell. One of the weak performers was metals producer Freeport-McMoRan Copper Gold Inc., which tumbled 5.3 percent. The few winners included Cisco Systems Inc. following a big increase in its earnings. Consolidated trading volume at the NYSE rose to 5.9 billion shares from 4.3 billion Wednesday. The days news reminded investors that the global economic recovery remains tenuous. It also raised questions about whether the market can resume its rebound from 12-year lows it hit last March.
NEW YORK — Stocks buckled Thursday under the growing belief that the global economy is weaker than many investors expected and likely to stop companies from hiring. The Dow Jones industrials briefly traded below 10,000 for the first time in three months. Demand for safer investments sent the dollar and Treasurys higher and the euro falling. Major indexes skidded as much as 3.1 percent to their lowest levels in three months. The Dow fell 268 points and briefly traded below 10,000 for the first time since Nov. 6. The Dows 2.6 percent drop was its biggest in seven months. And it was the ninth time in 14 days that the Dow has moved by more than 100 points. Just 273 stocks rose on the New York Stock Exchange, while more than 2,800 fell. One of the weak performers was metals producer Freeport-McMoRan Copper Gold Inc., which tumbled 5.3 percent. The few winners included Cisco Systems Inc. following a big increase in its earnings. Consolidated trading volume at the NYSE rose to 5.9 billion shares from 4.3 billion Wednesday. The days news reminded investors that the global economic recovery remains tenuous. It also raised questions about whether the market can resume its rebound from 12-year lows it hit last March.

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GREENWICH, Conn. — United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) today announced financial results for
the fourth quarter and full year 2009. For the fourth quarter, total
revenue was $557 million and rental revenue was $450 million, compared
with $791 million and $606 million, respectively, for the fourth quarter
2008. For the full year, total revenue was $2.4 billion and rental
revenue was $1.8 billion, compared with $3.3 billion and $2.5 billion,
respectively, for the full year 2008.

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The company provided the following financial targets for 2010:

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — RSC Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RRR), one of the largest equipment rental
providers in North America, will release fourth quarter and full year
2009 earnings results after the close of trading on the New York Stock
Exchange on Tuesday, February 16, 2010. The Companys management will
host a conference call and webcast at 5:15pm Eastern time to discuss
results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.

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One Saudi Arabian braved flash floods in Jeddah to rescue two family members and dozens of strangers from drowning. This act of heroism was made more remarkable by the fact that the driver, who threw a rope to stranded cars and then dragged them out, was a woman–which makes it a violation of Saudi Arabias ban on woman drivers.
One Saudi Arabian braved flash floods in Jeddah to rescue two family members and dozens of strangers from drowning. This act of heroism was made more remarkable by the fact that the driver, who threw a rope to stranded cars and then dragged them out, was a woman–which makes it a violation of Saudi Arabias ban on woman drivers.

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One Saudi Arabian braved flash floods in Jeddah to rescue two family members and dozens of strangers from drowning. This act of heroism was made more remarkable by the fact that the driver, who threw a rope to stranded cars and then dragged them out, was a woman–which makes it a violation of Saudi Arabias ban on woman drivers.
Strait Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: SRD) is pleased to report that a Phase 1 exploration program is continuing at its Alicia project in Peru despite recent heavy rainfall that has caused severe flooding in parts of the country and neighbouring Bolivia.

A state of emergency was declared in Cusco Department where the Companys Alicia project is located, but the site of the project itself has not been unduly affected.

“The rainfall has slowed us down, but our program is progressing and we expect to be in a position to begin drilling in the second quarter of the year,” said Strait Gold President Jim Borland. “We have continued with community engagement efforts, and this week our exploration team is resuming check sampling of historical trenching as well as mapping and sampling of previously untested areas.”

The Company is conducting a two-phase exploration program at Alicia. Phase 1 consists of community engagement, surface mapping, sampling and an induced-polarization (IP) geophysical survey to identify drill targets. The second phase will consist of drilling to test for mineralization at depth. Baseline studies and preparation of an inventory of old mine workings in the area will also be conducted as required for issuance of a drilling permit.

Previous work at Alicia by Minera Anaconda Peru S.A. in 2000, identified nine skarn zones situated at the contact between a porphyry intrusive and surrounding limestone. The initial focus of the Companys exploration efforts are directed primarily on these skarn zones where trenching returned high copper values and moderate gold and silver values over significant widths including:

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SATURDAY NIGHTS San Francisco Symphony subscription concert in Davies Hall will be preceded at 5:30 by a free musical event that is both warm tribute and sad farewell. Former symphony associate concertmaster Jorja Fleezanis will host and perform at a memorial to her late husband, music historian and unparalleled program annotator Michael Steinberg, who died in July at age 80. Following the tribute, expected to last about an hour, Michael Tilson Thomas returns with the full orchestra at 8 p.m. to perform S.F. Symphonys first accounting of Charles Ives “Concord Symphony.” The orchestra and the Symphony Chorus also will perform the Schubert Mass No. 2 with soprano Leah Crocetto, tenor Thomas Cooley and bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi as vocal soloists. ESA-PEKKA SNEAK PEEK: On Sunday, Berkeley Symphonys dynamic young conductor, Joana Carneiro, gets ready for her upcoming third subscription program with the orchestra with a thematically linked preview of sorts called “Under Construction.” At 7 p.m. in St. Johns Presbyterian Church, one work by each of the orchestras four “Emerging Composers in Residence” will get an airing, all inspired by a “Greek muse” theme and thus related to “Five Images After Sappho.” That song set for orchestra and soprano with text from the ancient Greek poetess, composed by former Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor and Carneiros mentor Esa-Pekka Salonen, will be the centerpiece of Berkeley Symphonys Feb. 11 concert in Zellerbach Hall.
The top-lot of the sale was an Arnaldo Pomodoro artist proof of Rotante
primo sezionale n. 1 [Rotating First Section No. 1], 1966, estimated at the
high end at $150,000, but bringing $468,000, a very strong price for the
only artist proof of this title offered thus far. Rounding out the top
three were a newly rediscovered Georgia OKeeffe, Alligator Pear in White
Dish, which sold for $225,150, well above its estimate high of $150,000;
and Jesus Rafael Sotos Struttura, estimated between $30,000 and $40,000,
selling for $100,725.

Record-setting bids included Saul Steinbergs Art Lovers, which sold for
$22,515, several times the estimate high of $5,000 and the highest price
reported for a work on paper from 1963; Daniel Chester Frenchs Portrait
Bust of a Woman, estimated between $500 and $700, sold for $16,590, the
highest price paid for this work; and Cecilia Beauxs Portrait of Joseph B.
Thomas III, estimated at $2,000 to $2,500, brought $8,295, the highest
price reported for a work on paper by Beaux.

According to Robin
Starr , Director of American European Paintings Prints at Skinner,
“Weve spent the past year redefining the mission of Skinners paintings
department. This sale, in particular, featured works of greater quality,
and we presented them more effectively in our redesigned catalogue format.
Clearly these changes are beginning to bear fruit.” Continued Starr,
“Were very pleased with the strength of Skinners first sale of 2010.
Were finding renewed interest in contemporary works and thats good news
for the art market overall.”

Skinners next auction of American European Paintings Prints will be
held Friday, May 21st in Boston.

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OUR federal government, once limited to certain core functions, now dominates virtually every area of American life. Its authority is all but unquestioned, seemingly restricted only by expediency and the occasional budget constraint. Congress passes massive pieces of legislation with little serious deliberation, bills that are written in secret and generally unread before the vote. The national legislature is increasingly a supervisory body overseeing a vast array of administrative policymakers and rulemaking agencies. Although the Constitution vests legislative powers in Congress, the majority of “laws” are promulgated in the guise of “regulations” by bureaucrats who are mostly unaccountable and invisible to the public. Americans are wrapped in an intricate web of government policies and procedures. States, localities, and private institutions are submerged by national programs. The states, which increasingly administer policies emanating from Washington, act like supplicants seeking relief from the federal government. Growing streams of money flow from Washington to every congressional district and municipality, as well as to businesses, organizations, and individuals that are subject to escalating federal regulations. This bureaucracy has become so overwhelming that its not clear how modern presidents can fulfill their constitutional obligation to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” President Obama, like his recent predecessors, has appointed a swarm of policy “czars”–uber-bureaucrats operating outside the cabinet structure and perhaps the Constitution–to promote political objectives in an administration supposedly under executive control. Is this the outcome of the greatest experiment in self-government mankind ever has attempted?
OUR federal government, once limited to certain core functions, now dominates virtually every area of American life. Its authority is all but unquestioned, seemingly restricted only by expediency and the occasional budget constraint. Congress passes massive pieces of legislation with little serious deliberation, bills that are written in secret and generally unread before the vote. The national legislature is increasingly a supervisory body overseeing a vast array of administrative policymakers and rulemaking agencies. Although the Constitution vests legislative powers in Congress, the majority of “laws” are promulgated in the guise of “regulations” by bureaucrats who are mostly unaccountable and invisible to the public. Americans are wrapped in an intricate web of government policies and procedures. States, localities, and private institutions are submerged by national programs. The states, which increasingly administer policies emanating from Washington, act like supplicants seeking relief from the federal government. Growing streams of money flow from Washington to every congressional district and municipality, as well as to businesses, organizations, and individuals that are subject to escalating federal regulations. This bureaucracy has become so overwhelming that its not clear how modern presidents can fulfill their constitutional obligation to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” President Obama, like his recent predecessors, has appointed a swarm of policy “czars”–uber-bureaucrats operating outside the cabinet structure and perhaps the Constitution–to promote political objectives in an administration supposedly under executive control. Is this the outcome of the greatest experiment in self-government mankind ever has attempted?

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NEW YORK — Attorney Advertising. Notice is hereby given that Stull, Stull Brody
has commenced an investigation on behalf of shareholders of the common
stock of Airgas, Inc. (“Airgas” or the “Company”) (NYSE: ARG) for
possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in
connection with a series of proposals by which Air Products Chemicals,
Inc. (“Air Products”) seeks to acquire all Airgas common shares
currently outstanding.

The current investigation concerns Air Products’ price proposals and the
process undertaken by Airgas’ Board of Directors to address those
proposals. Whereas Airgas’ Board of Directors previously rejected Air
Products’ December 2009 proposal to acquire Airgas for approximately $62
per share in cash and stock, Air Products’ current proposal provides per
share consideration of $60 per share in cash. Airgas’ Board of Directors
has announced that it will review the current proposal.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Bolin
Marketing was recently awarded the Silver Award at the Advertising
Federation of Minnesota’s “The Show” for their work on the Carmex®
Kiss microsite. This was Bolin’s first-ever social media entry for
AdFed’s awards show and is just one of many campaigns Bolin has launched
for Carma Labs, makers of Carmex®
lip balm.

“We are thrilled to be recognized for excellence in creativity and
impact for our client Carmex with the virtual Carmex Kiss,” said Dane
Hartzell, growth catalyst and general manager for Bolin
Digital. “We have a team that is second to none in bringing a
creative concept to life online and engaging the consumer in a
meaningful and fun way.”

The Carmex Kiss microsite was designed to enable Carmex enthusiasts to
send unique and fun communications to one another. The initial goal of
the site was to boost the brand’s online share of voice and brand
sentiment, and has been recently updated in time for Valentine’s Day.

AdFed’s annual awards program is designed to honor the year’s best work
in interactive, advertising, design and student work. The entries are
judged by a panel of respected industry professionals from around the
nation. This year’s judges were Bart Heird-digital creative director of
JWT Chicago, Luke Sullivan-group creative director for GSDM, Pum
Lefebure-co-founder/creative director for Design Army, and Reed
Collins-svp, and executive creative director for Leo Burnett USA.

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