Monday, August 5, 2013

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Employee arrested for taking $500,000 from Chester church

CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT)- A Hopewell woman is behind bars after police say she stole $500,000 from a church she worked for. Chesterfield police arrested 39-year-old Jerri Hunter, accusing her of embezzling money over a period of several years.

Harold Crowder, spokesman with Chester United Methodist Church, first thought the lack of funds may have been due to a weak economy, but it quickly grew into something more. Crowder says the church is trying to seek justice -?but with compassion.?

"One of the things, being a community in faith, we are in prayer for all of those whose lives have been disrupted by these events," said Crowder.

It's a chain of events Crowder has never seen in his 30-some years at Chester United Methodist - $500,000 stolen from an organization that thrives off its giving and faithful spirit, as any church would.

State Police arrested and charged Jerri Hunter Monday on 11 counts of felony embezzlement.? Chesterfield Police Lieutenant Steve Grohowski says more charges are pending.??

"The accountants have gone back a few years, but they're going to have to go all the way back to 2008 to really determine what the total amount is," said Grohowski.?

According to the church's spokesman, Hunter worked as the Financial Administrator since May of 2007. She was let go this May.?

It wasn't until after her termination, staff and volunteers grew suspicious of her money-handling.?Crowder says Hunter performed a number of roles including managing checking and credit card accounts and electronic transfers.??

That half-a-million dollar shortfall could have funded much-needed renovations and missions work locally and globally according to Crowder.

"All of those things were impacted by the reduction of funds that we had to work with," Crowder noted.??

Now the church is working with police and specialized accountants to go back through all the records to figure exactly how much is still missing.???

Crowder says Hunter was not a member of the church.? Staff cannot confirm if they performed a background check before she was hired.?Hunter is being held at Riverside Regional Jail without bond. She's due in court Monday.???

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Saturday, August 3, 2013

New data leads to restated annual sales rates for U.S. auto sector

DETROIT (Reuters) - The U.S. auto industry's weaker-than-expected overall sales results for July disappeared on Friday after the federal government released updated data used to compute the annual sales rate each month.

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on Friday released the recalculated seasonal factors used to compute the monthly sales pace, resulting in a rate for July of 15.8 million vehicles, according to research firm Autodata. That matched analysts' expectations, rather than falling short - as it looked on Thursday when the rate was 15.67 before the recalculation.

Analysts, who had warned the BEA recalculation could shift results by several tenths of a point, had said the July sales to individual consumers, also known as retail sales, remains strong.

The recalculation, which is done annually to adjust for variations like weather and holidays, affected all figures, resulting in changes for every month.

For instance, April had been the only month this year to fall below an annual sales rate of 15 million when it initially came in at 14.92 million. The rate for April now stands at 15.19, now making October 2012 the last month to fall below 15 million.

Industry executives have said they expect sales for the U.S. auto industry to finish the year between 15 million and 15.5 million vehicles, which would be up from 14.5 million last year.

July's updated sales rate follows June's recalculated 15.88 million rate. That gives the U.S. industry two consecutive months with a strong pace of sales as it heads toward the fall, when automakers typically release new models that lure buyers into showrooms.

(Reporting by Ben Klayman)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/data-leads-restated-annual-sales-rates-u-auto-183630826.html

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Dell committee and buyout group close to deal: sources

By Eileen O'Grady and Poornima Gupta

ROUND ROCK, TEXAS / SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc's special committee and a group led by founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell are nearing a deal that dramatically increases the chances of his $24.6 billion buyout going through, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

The agreement, in exchange for a modification of rules for voting on the deal, would include a special dividend of 13 cents per share along with an offer increased by 10 cents per share to $13.75 per share and is expected to be announced shortly, the people said.

Dell shares were up about 5 percent at $13.60 before the opening bell.

The buyout vote, held under a new standard, would likely take place in early September, while the record date, which determines which shareholders are entitled to vote, would be reset from June 3 to sometime in August, one of the people said.

The new deal and delay in the voting date boost the buyout consortium in several ways.

Abstentions under the previous voting system counted as "no" votes, and with an estimated quarter of eligible shares not having been voted either way, that was a substantial hurdle to overcome. Under the new deal, shares that are not voted would be excluded from the tally.

A change in the record date by more than two months is also seen as enfranchising so-called arbitrage investors - hedge funds that bought Dell stock more recently to earn a few cents per share and would likely support the buyout.

Under the deal, Dell shareholders would also be entitled to three regular quarterly dividends of 8 cents per share totaling 24 cents, since the first deal with Michael Dell and Silver Lake was announced on February 5.

Dell shareholders are scheduled to convene for a third time in Round Rock, Texas, on Friday to vote on Michael Dell's original $13.65 per share buyout proposal, but this meeting will now be adjourned. The vote has already been delayed two more times, on July 18 and July 24.

Dell's founder and private equity firm Silver Lake want to take the company private, arguing that a painful restructuring can best be best performed away from stock market scrutiny.

But the battle over that deal has raged for months, adding further uncertainty about a company already shrinking along with a rapidly declining PC market.

The CEO, his advisers and proxy solicitors have gone back and forth with shareholders whose votes are needed to secure the deal. They've had some success, managing to get prominent investors such as BlackRock Inc and Vanguard onboard.

The Michael Dell-Silver Lake group said last week it would raise the offer to $13.75 per share if the voting rule was changed but the special committee rejected that offer earlier this week. The special dividend has now clinched a compromise.

Activist investor Carl Icahn, who views Michael Dell's offer of $13.65 as too low, has amassed an 8.7 percent stake in the company and is leading an opposing charge with Southeastern Asset Management Inc with an offer of their own.

Icahn has campaigned hard to get Dell to set a date for an annual shareholder meeting so he can put up his own slate of company directors.

On Thursday, he fired his latest broadside, suing Dell Inc and its board to block substantial changes to the CEO's buyout offer that would include changing the voting and record dates.

The company, created by Michael Dell in his dorm room in 1984 and which rapidly grew into a global market leader, is now a shadow of its former self.

Some investors, led by Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management, are convinced Dell still has time to transform itself as a public company into a dominant provider of business computing services.

Icahn has accused the company of resorting to "scare tactics" by disclosing bad news and dismal forecasts. Dell reported a 79 percent drop in profit for the latest quarter.

(Additional reporting by Greg Roumeliotis, Soyoung Kim and Nadia Damouni in New York and Sruthi Ramakrishnan in Bangalore. Writing by Edwin Chan. Editing by Andre Grenon, Ken Wills and Ted Kerr)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/dell-shareholders-convene-third-time-buyout-battle-escalates-040142852.html

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Friday, August 2, 2013

Reference and Instruction Librarian - University of Maryland ...

University of Maryland University College (UMUC) seeks a full-time faculty member as a Reference and Instruction Librarian (Librarian 1). UMUC is one of 11 degree-granting institutions in the University System of Maryland (USM). Working adults, military personnel, and other students around the globe are achieving their academic goals through UMUC?s innovative educational options, including online instruction, accelerated academic programs, and classroom-based courses taught during the daytime, evenings, and weekends. Currently, more than 39,500 students attend UMUC nationally, and an additional 35,000 students attend UMUC at on site classes in more than 23 countries throughout the world; about 55,000 students are active duty military, veterans, and their families. In 2011, UMUC had over 234,000 online course enrollments.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

  • Provide basic and in-depth research assistance to UMUC students, faculty and staff in a variety of formats and provide subject matter expertise
  • Teach information literacy skills and create and revise instructional materials as needed; collaborate with administration and faculty to add information literacy components to classes in the subject disciplines
  • Perform liaison activities with faculty and administrators in The Undergraduate School and/or The Graduate School in support of Library resources and services and represent the UMUC Library on USMAI committees
  • Participate in the Library?s Reference and Instruction projects including developing and designing Web-based learning objects to support academic programs
  • Perform other job related duties as assigned
  • All candidates must be willing to work onsite at the Academic Center in Largo, Maryland.? Relocation and travel expenses not covered by UMUC.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Master of Library Science, Information Science, or similar degree from an ALA-accredited institution
  • Library experience, preferably in an academic library setting
  • Experience using technology in the delivery of reference and instruction
  • Knowledge and experience in using research resources including databases, e-books, web sites, etc.
  • Knowledge of information literacy trends, practices, and issues
  • Knowledge of trends, practices, and issues in distance learning
  • Ability to communicate both orally and in written formats
  • Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
  • Ability to work one night a week and a week-end day in rotation with other team members

UMUC ? an Equal Opportunity Employer. The University distributes an annual information report which includes campus security information that is available to prospective employees.

Effective April 1, 2013 and going forward, all stateside external hires that apply to and are accepted for a UMUC stateside staff or collegiate faculty position, will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a pre-employment background review.? This includes, but is not limited to, employment and education verification and criminal records check.

* This position is for a Librarian 1 Ranking with an estimated salary of $48-50,000 annually.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Report: Apple Testing Larger iPhone, iPad Screen Sizes


Apple is reportedly conducting in-house testing of larger iPhone and iPad screens, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Citing officials at Apple's Asian suppliers, the newspaper said that Cupertino has been requesting prototype smartphone screens larger than 4 inches, as well as screen designs for a tablet measuring slightly less than 13 inches diagonally.

It is unclear whether the designs will make it to public consumption; Apple routinely tests different concepts before refining them for development, the Journal said.

Apple did not immediately respond to PCMag's request for comment.

The current lineup of iDevices got a size makeover last year, when Apple released the 4-inch iPhone 55 and smaller iPad mini, which stands at 7.9 inches.

Recently, Taiwan's Commercial Times reported that the next-gen iPhone would be delayed in order to boost the screen size to a 4.3-inch Retina display. Sources claimed Cupertino was originally planning to release the iPhone 5S in September or October ? the usual timeframe for new Apple devices in recent years ? but the phone may launch closer to the end of the year.

Most rumors, however, suggest that the next iteration of the iPhone will retain that 4-inch frame, while reports about the iPad have primarily focused on whether or not the mini will get a Retina display.

Apple has not officially released any details about upcoming smartphones or tablets. CEO Tim Cook recently acknowledged that some people are hankering for larger screens, but said that many of the "phablets" on the market sacrifice resolution, color quality, and other features for their massive displays.

"We would not ship a larger display iPhone while these trade-offs exist," Cook said. "My view continues to be that the iPhone 5 has the absolute best display in the industry."

Still, Cupertino is competing against the larger Samsung Galaxy S lineup, as well as phablets from Sony and Huawei.

Other firms have experimented with 13-inch tablets, including the 13.3-inch Toshiba Excite. But PCMag found that size to be unwieldy. There have also been some hybrid tablet/laptops with 13-inch screens, like the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13, but PCMag also found that to be "too large and heavy for comfort as a tablet."

For more, see PCMag's reviews of the iPhone 5, fourth-generation iPad, and iPad mini.

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Monday, July 22, 2013

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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Trade Deadline: The latest on Chicago Cubs? Matt Garza; Texas Rangers frontrunners

Home ? Featured ? Trade Deadline: The latest on Chicago Cubs? Matt Garza; Texas Rangers frontrunners

May 10, 2013; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Matt Garza (22) before the game against the Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Reid Compton-USA TODAY Sports

With the regular season set to resume today, Matt Garza is the hottest name on the trade market so far, and the Chicago Cubs are looking for a king?s ransom before they send him off. The 29-year-old hurler has been connected to the Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, and the Arizona Diamondbacks since last week. A contract extension between the Cubs and Garza went south, which prompted to the club make him available before the trade deadline.

ESPN?s Buster Olney tweeted earlier today that the Cubs are reaching out to teams for their ?last and best offers? and that he likely threw his final pitch as a Cub last week.

Meanwhile, according to T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com, the Cubs might prefer pitching prospects in return, and especially covet the Rangers? Martin Perez?(3rd). However, the Rangers look to keep Perez and might instead make C.J. Edwards (14th*) and Luke Jackson (6th*) available, as well as third baseman/first baseman?Mike Olt, according to Buster Olney. The latter of which was ranked within Baseball America?s Preseason Top 50 prospects this season.

It?s clear the Rangers are the front runners in the Garza sweepstakes. They have the prospects and just enough desperation (Yu Darvish,?Alexi Ogando, Matt Harrison, Colby Lewis, and Neftali Feliz?all on the DL) to make a serious run for his services. He won?t come cheap and the Rangers will likely be on the hook for around $5 million remaining on his deal. But, Texas has the personnel to make it far into the postseason this year, and adding Garza ? even as a rental ? would make them more formidable come playoff time.

Garza currently holds a 6-1 record in 11 starts. In 71 innings, he has pitched to a 3.17 ERA (3.87 FIP) and has held opponents to a .227 batting average.

* Notes player?s rank within Baseball America?s Preseason list of the Texas Rangers prospects.

Topics: Chicago Cubs, Matt Garza, Texas Rangers

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[iPad] What are the correct steps to upgrade jailbroken ipad 3 from 5.1.1 to 6.1.2?

Hello guys,

I did jailbreak my iPad 3 (32Gb, 3G) more than a year ago and now I feel a need to upgrade jailbreak to the newest one (6.1.2). I spent couple hours looking for information on different forums, but was unlucky.

To start with upgrade, I downloaded the latest Evasion 1.5.3 version. However I am stuck with instructions, where is written: "Step One: Ensure your iPad is on iOS 6.0 to iOS 6.1.2 then perform a backup of your iPad using these instructions." (Source: iClarified.com) Does it mean I have to upgrade my iPad to ver 6.0 first and only then upgrade to 6.1.2? Or I misunderstand something?

Could you explain me step by step how should I do it? Does this also apply if I want to upgrade my iPhone 4 from 5.1.1 to 6.1.2 or there are different steps?

Additional question: I am a bit concerned about my iPad, I wanted to get ready for the new jailbreak, I backed up my iPad, went to settings and tapped "delete all settings and data", wanting to increase speed of the jailbreaking process. But now my iPad is "thinking (black screen and small circle spinning)" for 2 hours non stop. Is it normal?

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Top 5 Rumoured Google Nexus 5 Features That Will Dominate the Smartphone Market

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Day 7: Pets!

Okay, okay. I know. I KNOW, OKAY! So I?ve missed a few (*cough ten*) days. Funnily enough my absence can be linked in with today?s theme ? how?s that for smooth? ;)

So today?s prompt for Day 7 is: Tell us all about your pets, past and/or present.

Well, when I was a kid my parents were really not keen on having pets at all. I had a wee hamster called Fudge and my sister had a rabbit called Thumper but until my parents split up, that was it! Of course both parents then went and got dogs which I thought was pretty unfair.

I moved out of the family home when I was 16 and as soon as I had my own place, the first thing I did was adopt some cats. My Nana and my Mum were terrified of cats so that was never an option when I lived at home. Right now we have four cats and two kittens:

This is Maftet ? we rescued her around 3 years ago, she?s a stunner but has about four homes where she goes for her dinner so she?s hugely obese:

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This is Horatio. He was born on under the boys? bunkbeds on Erica?s 2nd birthday and is probably my favourite cat. Well, if favourites were allowed.

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This is Sia, we don?t have many photos of her because her face is so dark that photos don?t show her features very well. She is a huge grouch and doesn?t come into the house very often. She is Horatio?s Mum.

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Here is Horatio with some of the hens:

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The cat on the left is Snoop Kitty Kit, she?s Mama to the two kittens. That?s our puppy, Buddy meeting her for the first time. My absence is Snoop?s fault, as she knocked a mug of tea over my laptop last week, killing it :?(
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Buddy with some of the ex-battery hens we rescued from A Wing and A Prayer:
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These are the aforementioned kittens, Chairman Miaow and Nelson Miaowdela:
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We also have a guinea pig called Morla but I have no photos of her.

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So ? from one extreme to another! From having no pets at all as a kid, we now have a menagerie! What pets do you have?

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Food poisoning kills at least 22 children in India, insecticide suspected

PATNA, India (Reuters) - At least 22 children died and dozens were taken to hospital with apparent food poisoning after eating a meal provided for free at their school in the Indian state of Bihar, officials said on Wednesday, sparking violent protests.

Medical teams treating the children said they suspected the food had been contaminated with insecticide.

The children, aged four to 12, fell ill on Tuesday after consuming a lunch of rice, soybean and pulses in the eastern state. The school, in the district of Chapra, provided free meals under the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, the world's largest school feeding program involving 120 million children.

"We feel that some kind of insecticide was either accidentally or intentionally mixed in the food, but that will be clear through investigations," said R.K. Singh, medical superintendent at the children's hospital in the state capital, Putna.

"We prepared antidotes and treated the children for organic phosphorous poisoning."

Dozens of residents took to the streets in Chapra and Patna, television channels showed. Demonstrators pelted a police station with stones, set ablaze buses and other vehicles, chanted slogans denouncing the state government and burned effigies of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

The school principal fled after the deaths became known and was dismissed, Bihar Education Minister P.K. Shahi told a news conference. The initial death toll of eight shot up to 22 on Wednesday.

"As soon as my boy returned from school, we rushed to the hospital with him," said Raja Yadav, the father of one schoolboy. "He was vomiting and he said his stomach was aching."

Nearly 25 children were being treated in the hospital, with three in critical condition, doctors and Shahi said.

Kumar has ordered an inquiry into the incident and has offered 200,000 rupees ($3,400) to the families of those who have died, the state's food minister said.

Bihar, bordering Nepal, is one of the most impoverished states in India, according to government data.

(Reporting by Annie Banerji, editing by Ron Popeski)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/food-poisoning-kills-least-20-children-india-sparks-075130471.html

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Jay-Z tops British album chart for first time

LONDON (Reuters) - Rapper Jay-Z has reached the top of the British album charts for the first time with his new release "Magna Carta...Holy Grail", sales figures showed on Sunday.

The hip hop artist knocked the English folk rock band Mumford & Sons off the number one spot, according to the Official Charts Company, which compiles the weekly rundown.

Jay-Z's new album features guest appearances by his wife Beyonce and singer Justin Timberlake. Seven of his previous albums have entered the British top 40, but none had reached the number one position, the compiler said.

He saw off a challenge from Scottish veteran Rod Stewart, whose album "Time" climbed three places to number two.

The English folk rock band Passenger took third place with "All the Little Lights".

On the singles chart, American R&B singer Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" took the number one spot, displacing British soul singer John Newman's "Love Me Again".

Swedish DJ Sebastian Ingrosso was the highest new entry, at number three, with the dance hit "Reload".

(Reporting by Peter Griffiths; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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Angry Birds Star Wars 2 launching September 19th with Skylanders-esque toy tie-in

Star Wars Angry Birds 2 launching September 19th with Skylandersesque toy tiein

In a wholly unsurprising move, Finnish game dev studio Rovio Entertainment is creating yet another entry in its prolific Angry Birds series -- Angry Birds Star Wars 2. As its name implies, ABSW2 is the sequel to the first Star Wars-themed Angry Birds entry, which launched on various mobile devices last November. Its sequel will arrive on September 19th, and apparently features "over 30 playable characters." There aren't set launch platforms just yet, but we're guessing "iOS and Android devices" is a pretty safe bet; Windows Phone 8 as well, perhaps.

What is surprising is that the newest Angry Birds entry has a physical twist that we've yet to see from the brand: something called "telepods." The Hasbro-created toy is a physical representation of an in-game character, and Rovio Entertainment's VP of marketing Philip Hickey tells us it works by using a mobile phone or tablet's built-in camera to read the toy and implement it in-game -- an interesting choice in a world where Activision's NFC-based Skylanders rules the toy-based game landscape. As such, the toys likely won't function on game consoles, making it likely that any non-mobile version of the game will require some custom work to adapt. Hickey also tells Engadget that the toys will be available at retail alongside the game's September 19th launch, and that Rovio's exploring the possibility of making them function with previous series entries.

Interested parties can get a first taste at San Diego Comic Con this week, and we've dropped the debut trailer just below for your viewing pleasure.

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Sunday, July 14, 2013

How SyFy's 'Sharknado' took over Twitter

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The Syfy channel aired "Sharknado" Thursday night - a movie about sharks being tossed on land by a tornado, terrorizing the people of Los Angeles. Twitter had a little fun with it...


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Saturday, July 13, 2013

As ice cover disappears, life in frigid Antarctic moves fast

[unable to retrieve full-text content]It might be cold in the Antarctic, but that doesn't mean that life there necessarily moves slowly. A new article reveals the discovery of a surprisingly fast-growing community of glass sponges in an area formerly covered by permanent ice. With the ice at the surface disappearing, those little-known sponges are launching a seafloor takeover.

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Sunday, July 7, 2013

Champion nano-rust for producing solar hydrogen

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Researchers have figured out the "champion" nanostructures able to produce hydrogen in the most environmentally friendly and cheap manner, by simply using daylight.

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