I'm not a Bay Area sports fan, so excuse me if I don't get all misty-eyed when it comes to the San Francisco 49ers, and the farewell game at Candlestick Park. Even locals will tell you the place is a dump. Giants players will show up for the demolition next year, and will line up to be the one to push the plunger. The stadium is done as a sports venue, but the Niners and Atlanta Falcons tonight gave it a memorable sendoff. Maybe better than it deserves.
The 49ers were a two-touchdown favorite against the Falcons, but almost saw one get away. With just over two minutes to go, Atlanta tight end Tony Gonzalez caught a two yard pass from Matt Ryan, and with the extra point, the Falcons were down by just three 27-24. Atlanta would recover an on-side kick and were just a few yards from winning the game, or at least forcing overtime. Ryan's pass to Harry Douglas was almost caught at the 11 yard line, but Tramaine Brock got a hand in to tip in the air, NaVorro Bowman looked like he ran around ten people, caught the ball, and it took it 89 yards back the other way for a score, and San Francisco won it 34-24.
It is true, though, that the 'Stick was much better to the Niners than it was to the Giants. Heck, the weather was even better. Tonight's gametime temperature, on Christmas Eve Eve, was around 60 degrees. It's not that warm there in July. Like Mark Twain said, “The coldest winter I ever spent...”, etc. Candlestick opened in 1960, and the Niners started playing there in 1971. No one seems to remember that the 49ers were dismal in the 70s, but in the eighties and beyond, the team has become one of the most successful in all of sports (it pains me to say). The 49ers have won five Super Bowls, and though none of them were played at Candlestick, the 49ers won some big playoff games there. The most remembered play will be what was known as “The Catch”. A Joe Montana to Dwight Clark touchdown in 1982.
I doubt Bowman will be remembered the way Clark has been, but the 69,732 people who were there will remember that final play, even if they say it was made by what's-his-name. The Niners are moving to a new stadium in Santa Clara next year (Levi's Stadium—make your own joke), and it's actually still possible that Candlestick isn't done yet. The Niners win clinches a playoff spot, but they will be a wild card team, and have to play on the road, unless the Niners win next week at Arizona, and the NFC West-leading Seattle Seahawks lose at home to the St. Louis Rams. That would give the park one more chance to go out the way it deserves—a lousy game on a lousy night in a lousy place. Farewell Candlestick.
The future of the 'Stick: Even when Candlestick Park was new, it was never really loved for a variety of reasons. Candlestick Park sits on Candlestick Point, almost literally in the ocean, and little protection from the elements. I read the plan is to raze the park and build a shopping center and condominiums. Sounds great. Just remember to bundle up in July.
I don't know why: Driving around and doing some Christmas shopping, I picked up the first half on 49ers flagship radio station KNBR. But the broadcasters were not those of the Niners Radio Network (led by play-by-play man Ted Robinson). Instead,we heard the Westwood One national broadcast of Kevin Harlan and Dan Fouts. I like that crew better anyway, but it doesn't make sense. Robinson and company have done many Monday night games before. Weird.


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For the majority of 2020 I helped Ensemble, a luxury multi designer store in India, build out their in house creative team
and visual languge for the brand, leading up to the launch of their digital platform. Ensemble is India's first multi designer store founded 30 years ago by Tarun and Tina Tahiliani. The challenge was to try and create a visual language for the brand that was minimal and tried to bring a fresher take to traditinal and contemporary Indian fashion. Here are some images from the digital launch campaign.
Creative Direction : Natasha Sumant
Photographer: Sahil Behal
Stylist & Copy : Sarah Ishtiyaque, Arnaz Unwala
Junior Designer : Jahnavi Singh

domain: fashion


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United States v. Ortiz, 714 F. Supp. 1569 (C.D. Cal. 1989)
June 16, 1989
Paublino R. ORTIZ and Jose Avelino Valenzuela, Defendants.
United States District Court, C.D. California.
*1570 Thomas K. Buck, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.
Nicholas A. DeJohn, Kenneth K. Wadas, Nicholas A. DeJohn & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., Ramon Magana, Law Offices of R. Magana, Modesto, Cal., for defendants.
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE
WILSON, District Judge.
Defendants Paublino R. Ortiz and Jose Avelino Valenzuela ("Defendants") are charged in a three-count indictment with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and § 841(a) (1), with possession with intent to distribute approximately 40003.4 grams of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1), and with possession with intent to distribute approximately nineteen kilograms of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1). Defendants move the Court pursuant to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to suppress the marijuana and cocaine found in their luggage.
Having considered the parties' papers and submissions and having heard testimony and oral argument, the Court denied Defendants' motion to suppress from the bench on April 25, 1988 and June 13, 1988. The Court at that time explained the basis for its rulings. This memorandum more fully sets forth the Court's analysis.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
On the evening of September 7, 1987, Lead Ticket Agent Pei Lin Lee ("Lee") was on duty behind the American Airlines ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport. At approximately 11:00 p.m., Defendants approached the ticket counter. Each man carried a suitcase. Ortiz told Lee that he and his companion held reservations under the name "Valenzuela" for a 12:15 a.m. flight to Chicago on the morning of September 8, 1987. Lee issued two one-way tickets for American Airlines flight 112, for which Ortiz paid a total of $970 in cash. Valenzuela completed name tags for the suitcases while Ortiz paid for the tickets. Lee accepted both suitcases as checked baggage, gave Ortiz the tickets, boarding passes and baggage claims, and directed the men to the departure gate.
In the course of Lee's contact with Defendants, she noticed that Valenzuela was extremely anxious. She observed Valenzuela look nervously at her and at the two suitcases. Lee further observed that Defendants fit within a behavioral profile issued by the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") to identify potential hijackers and terrorists. With her suspicions aroused, Lee purposely waited to tag the suitcases until Defendants had left the counter. Had she not suspected terrorist activity, she would have tagged the suitcases and placed them on a conveyor belt behind the ticket counter while Defendants were still at the counter. As Defendants walked away from the counter, Lee saw Valenzuela look back over his shoulder towards the two suitcases which remained at Lee's side.
Based on her observations, Lee believed the bags might contain a bomb, incendiary device or other item or material capable of endangering the passengers and crew of flight 112 to Chicago. So instead of placing the bags on the conveyor belt, which would take the bags to the airplane without any screening for their contents, Lee advised her supervisor that she was going to *1571 X-ray the bags. Lee carried the bags to an X-ray machine and upon examining the first suitcase ("first suitcase"), noted that the contents appeared to be two black squares which filled the entire frame of the suitcase. The contents of the second suitcase ("second suitcase") appeared as shades of gray with a black area in the center of the suitcase. Neither bag appeared to resemble "innocent" bags, which typically contain identifiable objects.
Lee decided to open the two suitcases to determine their contents. She took the suitcases to a back room where she could open them without being seen by Defendants. Walter Gibbons, security representative for American Airlines at Los Angeles International Airport, testified that ticket agents are instructed to open bags outside the presence of passengers who have aroused the agent's suspicion since the passenger might possess a hand-held detonator or otherwise act in a dangerous manner. Upon opening the first suitcase, Lee discovered two large, wrapped objects which smelled strongly of marijuana, an odor she recognized. Lee then opened the second suitcase, and found a light, gift-wrapped, soft cardboard box. She shook the box, removed part of the outside wrapping, removed the cardboard top, and tore part of the inside wrapping, whereupon she discovered a white powdery substance later determined to be cocaine.
After opening both bags, Lee contacted airport security and was put in touch with an agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"). The DEA agent instructed Lee to keep the bags on the ground in Los Angeles but allow Defendants to board the plane. Defendants were arrested upon their arrival in Chicago.
I. Governmental Conduct
At the time Lee searched Defendants' suitcases, American Airlines maintained a security program as mandated by the FAA and 14 C.F.R. § 108 (1988). American Airline's security program was based on the FAA's standard security program ("SSP"), and was formally approved by the FAA on January 1, 1986. Section VIII of American Airline's Security Program Manual, entitled "Checked Baggage Screening," taken verbatim from the SSP, reads as follows:
Selected Baggage. On all domestic flights ... one or more of the below listed procedures shall be followed to prevent or deter the carriage of any explosive or incendiary device in the checked baggage of any passenger meeting the selection criteria established by the FAA:
1. The passenger has provided to the air carrier evidence of identification meeting its check cashing standards. Any discrepancy between the name as it appears on the ticket and on identification presented by the passenger shall be resolved by the air carrier.
2. The baggage is not placed aboard the airplane until the passenger has boarded.
3. The baggage is inspected.
The fact that the FAA not only required domestic air carriers to implement a security program with respect to checked baggage, see footnote 4, supra, but also provided to the airlines a "Standard Security Program" setting out provisions for searching checked luggage, and ultimately reviewed and approved American Airline's security program (which adopted verbatim the FAA's model security measures with *1572 respect to checked luggage), constitutes sufficient governmental involvement either "directly as a participant or indirectly as an encourager" to make Lee's X-ray search and subsequent opening of Defendants' first suitcase a governmental search. United States v. Gumerlock, 590 F.2d 794, 800 (9th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 441 U.S. 948, 99 S. Ct. 2173, 60 L. Ed. 2d 1052 (1979); see generally United States v. Davis, 482 F.2d 893, 904 (9th Cir. 1973) ("It makes no difference that the act of opening appellant's briefcase was accomplished by a `private' airline employee rather than a `public' official. The search was part of the overall, nationwide anti-hijacking effort ...").
We find, however, that with regard to the second suitcase, Lee was no longer operating as governmental agent when she discovered the cocaine within the suitcase. In reaching this conclusion, we recognize that Lee's initial X-ray inspection of the second suitcase, like her X-ray inspection of the first suitcase, represents a governmental search. See United States v. Henry, 615 F.2d 1223, 1227 (9th Cir.1980). However, this second suitcase's X-ray search produced no evidence of cocaine; it revealed only nondescript shades of gray with a black area in the center of the suitcase.
Rather than immediately opening up this suitcase, Lee chose to open the first suitcase whereupon she identified its contents through their smell as marijuana. Once she concluded that Defendants were carrying contraband in the first suitcase, we find that she no longer had reason to suspect Defendants were attempting to hijack the plane or commit an act of sabotage. Defendants' suspicious behavior was immediately explainable as the nervousness of drug traffickers, obviating the need for any continued search of the second suitcase for implements of hijacking or sabotage. We do not believe nor credit Lee's purported explanation that she was searching for liquid PCP or any other potentially hazardous materials when she opened up the second suitcase. Lee understandably was curious about the contents of the second suitcase after the discovery of marijuana in the first, but the Court is unable to find governmental direction for her search. Instead, the Court views Lee's actions as efforts to satisfy her own curiosity as to whether the second suitcase also contained drugs and not as an effort to discharge an obligation imposed by the FAA-mandated and approved security program.
While Lee then acted as a governmental agent in performing the initial X-ray search of the second suitcase, the Court views the connection between this governmental search that disclosed no presence of cocaine and the subsequent private search that revealed the cocaine as sufficiently attenuated by the intervening events described above to purge any governmental influence or direction from the subsequent private search. See generally Segura v. United States, 468 U.S. 796, 804-05, 104 S. Ct. 3380, 3385-86, 82 L. Ed. 2d 599 (1984).
In an analogous case, the Ninth Circuit in United States v. Gumerlock, supra, addressed the issue of whether the search conducted by United Airlines employees of airfreight was governmental or private in nature. The court held that since the airfreight was not examined as part of a government mandated security program, the air carrier's employees' search constituted a private search; therefore, the search was not subject to the Fourth Amendment. Even where "the private actor is motivated in whole or in part by a unilateral desire to aid in the enforcement of law," 590 F.2d at 800, the Gumerlock court found that the search did not fall within the ambit of the Fourth Amendment. Accordingly, we find that Lee's search of the wrapped container found in the second bag is not subject to Fourth Amendment restrictions because it did not transpire as part of a government mandated security program. Lee went beyond the regulations and her ultra vires acts are deemed private in nature. See also United States v. Stevens, 601 F.2d 1075 (9th Cir.) (when federal regulations authorize a private party to conduct a specific kind of search, and the private party takes the search one step further than the regulations require, the ultra vires acts are purely *1573 private in character), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 917, 100 S. Ct. 232, 62 L. Ed. 2d 172 (1979). The cocaine discovered by Lee in the second suitcase is admissible evidence against Defendants.
II. Fourth Amendment Analysis of Search of First Bag
Having found that Lee acted as a governmental agent in her search of the first bag, we must examine whether that search violated the strictures of the Fourth Amendment. As a general rule, the search and seizure of checked baggage is per se unreasonable within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment unless it is accomplished pursuant to a judicial warrant issued upon probable cause or falls within a few, specially established and well-delineated Fourth Amendment exceptions. See Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 357, 88 S. Ct. 507, 514, 19 L. Ed. 2d 576 (1967); United States v. Licata, 761 F.2d 537, 540 (9th Cir.1985).
The exceptions that courts have applied to justify searches of passengers and their carry-on luggage the administrative search, consent and Terry stop-and-frisk exceptions cannot be used to sanction the warrantless search in this case. Nor are any other exceptions to the warrant requirement applicable here.
A. Administrative Search Exception
In United States v. Davis, supra, the court approved warrantless airport security checks of all passengers and their carry-on luggage as administrative searches. The court, relying on Camara v. Municipal Court, 387 U.S. 523, 87 S. Ct. 1727, 18 L. Ed. 2d 930 (1967), United States v. Biswell, 406 U.S. 311, 92 S. Ct. 1593, 32 L. Ed. 2d 87 (1972), and Wyman v. James, 400 U.S. 309, 91 S. Ct. 381, 27 L. Ed. 2d 408 (1971), defined an administrative search as a search "conducted as part of a general regulatory scheme in furtherance of an administrative purpose, rather than as part of a criminal investigation to secure evidence of crime." Davis, 482 F.2d at 908. Administrative searches satisfied the Fourth Amendment's reasonableness requirement because "the inspections are neither personal in nature nor aimed at the discovery of evidence of crime, [and therefore] involve a relatively limited invasion of ... privacy." Camara, 387 U.S. at 537, 87 S. Ct. at 1735. Since the government urgently needed pre-boarding screening of all passenger and carry-on articles to detect the presence of weapons or explosives in order to prevent airline hijacking, the screening was indiscriminate, and the government had to allow a person the right to refuse a search by electing not to board the aircraft, the Davis court upheld these types of warrantless searches.
The search of the first suitcase, a piece of checked luggage, cannot be justified by the same administrative search rationale that permits searches of passengers and carry-on articles. Rather than requiring airlines to search all checked luggage, the FAA has only mandated that airlines deal with the hijacking risk posed by checked luggage on a passenger-by-passenger basis. When a passenger meets the "hijacker profile," his checked luggage becomes suspect and the ticket agent must take one of three steps to eliminate the suspicion. He or she may either demand photo identification to match the passenger to his ticket and baggage stubs; load the luggage on the plane after the suspicious passenger has boarded (apparently suicidal terrorists are not within the contemplation of the FAA); or inspect the baggage.
Because the search of checked luggage is triggered by individual suspicion, it is not sustainable under an administrative search rationale. Unlike the indiscriminate searches in Davis, the search here is "personal in nature" and "subject to the discretion of the [agent] in the field" which the Supreme Court has "consistently circumscribed by a requirement that a disinterested party warrant the need to search." Camara, 387 U.S. at 532-33, 537, 87 S. Ct. at 1732-33, 1735; see Davis, 482 F.2d at 910. When searches become subject to the discretion of non-law enforcement personnel, such as airline agents, the Fourth Amendment can no longer justify the searches as administrative searches. Thus, Lee's *1574 search of the first suitcase was proper only if it can be justified under a consent or Terry stop-and-frisk theory or some other exception.
B. Consent Exception
Defendants clearly did not expressly consent to a search of their baggage. Accordingly, they argue that pursuant to United States v. Davis, supra, airport screenings are valid "only if they recognize the right of the person to avoid searches by electing not to board the aircraft." Davis, 482 F.2d at 910-11. In Davis, the court reasoned that:
[t]he risk of successful hijacking is not enhanced by allowing a potential passenger to avoid a search on a particular occasion by electing not to fly. Airport screening searches [of passengers and carry-on items], as carried out in this case and as currently employed nationwide, are not selective. A prospective passenger who elects not to fly on an earlier flight is, like all other passengers, certain to be subjected to a search before he can board a later flight.
Id. at 911 (emphasis added). Thus, Defendants contend that Lee should have requested permission to search their luggage, which would have allowed Defendants, consistent with Davis, to elect not to board the aircraft rather than submit to the search.
The Government argues that passengers impliedly give their consent to searches of their checked luggage. The "conditions of carriage" incorporated by reference into Defendants' airline tickets state that all baggage is subject to inspection. If passengers do not want their luggage searched, they can simply choose another way to travel. If they choose to proceed "that choice, whether viewed as a relinquishment of an option to leave or an election to submit to the search is essentially a `consent,' granting the government a license to do what it would otherwise be barred from doing by the Fourth Amendment." See id. at 913.
We find the Government's argument without merit. First, although the "conditions of carriage" clearly stated that all baggage is subject to inspection, those conditions were merely incorporated by reference on Defendants' airline tickets. The detailed conditions were only available in pamphlet form upon a passenger's request. No evidence has been presented that Defendants requested this information. Second, the signs at the check-in counter merely stated that passengers "may be asked ... to permit inspection of their checked luggage." Lee never asked Defendants to permit an inspection of their luggage, and it is questionable whether Defendants even understood the warnings in the check-in counter signs because these signs were only printed in English, not Defendants' native language (Spanish). Third, while the law does not as a necessary prerequisite for voluntary consent require Lee to tell Defendants that they have a right to refuse consent, it is one factor that may be considered in determining whether consent was given freely and voluntarily. See Henry, 615 F.2d at 1231; United States v. Miner, 484 F.2d 1075, 1077 (9th Cir.1973).
Viewing the totality of circumstances, we find that Defendants cannot be held responsible for having impliedly consented to the "conditions of carriage" because they were not adequately placed on notice that an inspection could occur without their permission. Therefore, the Government did not meet its burden of demonstrating meaningful consent. See Florida v. Royer, 460 U.S. 491, 497, 103 S. Ct. 1319, 1323, 75 L. Ed. 2d 229 (1983) (plurality).
C. Terry Stop-and-Frisk Exception
Under the analysis of Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S. Ct. 1868, 20 L. Ed. 2d 889 (1968), a pat down search may be justified by a police officer's fear that a suspicious individual may produce a weapon that would endanger the personal safety of the officer or others nearby. Id. at 29, 88 S. Ct. at 1884. The court limited the permissible scope of a Terry search to a patting down of the stopped person's outer clothing, for no more was required to detect the presence of weapons that might be available *1575 for immediate use against the officer. Id. at 26, 30, 88 S. Ct. at 1882, 1884.
In this case, the Government would have us expand the nature of the Terry stop-and-frisk in two ways: (1) no actual stop of the suspected persons would be necessary before a search of their belongings commenced; and (2) the search would not have to be of the suspected persons' outer clothing or even of the containers over which they still maintained control but could include any container affiliated with the suspects. We believe that such an extension of Terry goes significantly beyond the analytical underpinnings for the exception. While courts have upheld a limited detention of passengers and their carry-on luggage in order to resolve suspicious behavior, see, e.g., United States v. Homburg, 546 F.2d 1350, 1352-54 (9th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 431 U.S. 940, 97 S. Ct. 2654, 53 L. Ed. 2d 258 (1977), in each case the officers made a stop of the suspected individual and searched carry-on luggage that was within the suspect's immediate control.
Assuming arguendo that a Terry rationale could support the search of a suspicious person's checked luggage generally, we find that such a rationale would be inappropriate in the instant case. A search of this type must be tested by the Fourth Amendment's general proscription against unreasonable searches and seizures. Terry, 392 U.S. at 20, 88 S. Ct. at 1879. To make such an assessment, the governmental interests justifying the official intrusion must be identified. Those interests are then weighed against the invasion which the search entailed. Id. at 24-26, 88 S. Ct. at 1881-83.
In analyzing the governmental interests, we recognize that the Government has a general interest in protecting passengers from hijacking. This interest would not only surface with regard to the tools of hijacking that a hijacker could hide on his person or in his carry-on luggage (e.g. bombs, guns, or knives) but also with respect to the devices of hijacking that could be secreted in checked luggage (e.g. bombs or incendiary devices). The relevant question, however, is what were the Government's specific concerns with respect to the first suitcase that justified its intrusion and search of that suitcase.
The Government's concerns were triggered when Lee became suspicious of Defendants by virtue of their meeting the "hijacker profile." Specifically, she became wary of Defendants when: (1) they purchased at "the last minute" 11:00 p.m. for a 12:15 a.m. flight; (2) the tickets were purchased for one-way travel from Los Angeles to Chicago; (3) the payment was $970 in cash; and (4) one of the passengers was strangely and overtly nervous. Lee then X-rayed the first bag whose contents appeared as two black squares which filled the entire frame of the suitcase.
The fact that Defendants matched several characteristics in the "hijacker profile" does not automatically constitute reasonable suspicion to search their luggage. See United States v. Allen, 349 F. Supp. 749, 752 (N.D.Cal.1972). Recently, the Supreme Court in United States v. Sokolow, ___ U.S. ___, 109 S. Ct. 1581, 104 L. Ed. 2d 1 (1989), confirmed that while the use of a profile (a drug courier profile in that case) does not detract from the evidentiary significance of the agent's observations, it does not by itself necessarily create reasonable suspicion to search a person. Id. 109 S. Ct. at 1587. A court must "require the agent to articulate the factors leading to (his or her) conclusion" in order to assess whether that agent had reasonable suspicion for a Terry search. Id.
In examining the factors leading to Lee's conclusion that reasonable suspicion existed to believe that the first suitcase contained a threat to passenger safety, we view the factors together, in accordance with Sokolow. Id. at 1586. Nevertheless, we find these factors insufficient to supply reasonable suspicion because they "describe a very large category of presumably innocent travelers." Reid v. Georgia, 448 U.S. 438, 441, 100 S. Ct. 2752, 2754, 65 L. Ed. 2d 890 (1980). Purchasing tickets which have already been reserved about one hour and fifteen minutes before the flight is not unusual. Neither are the facts that the tickets were for one-way travel or that one *1576 of the passengers was nervous before the flight. While most travelers probably do not pay for their tickets in cash, this factor even in conjunction with the others, does not establish reasonable suspicion to believe that Defendants were hijackers.
The circumstances in this case more closely resemble the facts of Reid, where the court found no reasonable suspicion, than the facts of Sokolow or Royer, where reasonable suspicion was found. Purchasing two one-way tickets for cash within an hour and a quarter of the flight and acting nervous do not amount to the agglomeration of facts present in either Sokolow or Royer (e.g. aliases, source city, nervousness, large cash payments for tickets) justifying reasonable suspicion.
Furthermore, in Sokolow and Royer the agent making the observation was a trained and experienced DEA Agent. In the instant case, Lee, though trained by American Airlines to identify suspicious passengers, does not have the equivalent amount of training and experience in recognizing hijackers that the DEA agents had in Sokolow and Royer. See Declaration of Pei Lin Lee, para. 12 ("I have never received any training or instruction from any law enforcement officer regarding how to detect hijackers, terrorists, or drug traffickers."). Consequently, while the courts in those cases were willing to consider as a factor the considerable training and experience of the agents who made the reasonable suspicion conclusions, we do not believe that Lee's training and experience warrant any type of similar deference.
In contrast to the tenuous and vague governmental interests justifying the search of the first suitcase, the intrusiveness of the search was quite substantial considering the other alternatives Lee had available instead of searching the suitcase. For instance, it would have been reasonable to instruct Defendants to take their baggage to the departure gate for checkin, and thereby force them to either undergo an X-Ray/magnetometer search at the gate or forego travelling. See Henry, supra. Such an alternative is attractive because passengers impliedly consent to the screening process by attempting to board a flight with carry-on luggage. Id. at 1228. Or it would have been reasonable for Lee to have exercised either of the two other options in the American Airlines Security Program Manual, asking Defendants for photo identification to match the name on the identification with that on the tickets or waiting until Defendants boarded the airplane before placing their suitcase on board.
Alternatively, a hand search of checked luggage would have been reasonable if it were based on stronger evidence suggesting the presence of incendiary devices or bombs, as when a bomb threat has been made. See, Homburg, 546 F.2d at 1354; United States v. Sarkissian, 841 F.2d 959 (9th Cir.1988).
While we recognize the Government's arduous task in trying to keep the airways free from hijackers, the Fourth Amendment cannot be relaxed in the airport search context to sustain the warrantless and nonconsensual search of Defendants' *1577 first suitcase. Upon X-raying the bags and discovering suspicious items, the Fourth Amendment required Lee to ask Defendants for consent, to steer them indirectly through a magnetometer (thereby providing them with the choice not to proceed), to ask for photo identification to match with their tickets, to wait until Defendants boarded the plane before putting their luggage on board, or to summon a law enforcement officer. The officer then had the choice of requesting consent to search the luggage, or if the officer believed there to be sufficient indicia of the luggage containing a bomb, incendiary device or contraband, securing a search warrant. This is simply an application of the Fourth Amendment requirement that the search be no more intrusive than necessary. See Florida v. Royer, 460 U.S. at 500, 103 S. Ct. at 1325.
Accordingly, we find that the FAA regulation, adopted by the American Airlines Security Program Manual, calling for a warrantless, nonconsensual search of the first suitcase based on Defendants meeting the "hijacker profile" cannot be justified under a Terry rationale. Since this regulation is also not supported by an administrative search or consent theory, we conclude that Lee's search of the first suitcase violated the Fourth Amendment.
III. Good Faith Exception to the Exclusionary Rule
Despite the unconstitutional search of Defendants' first suitcase, the Government will not be deprived of the fruits of that search if the Court determines that the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule applies in this context. Our analysis focuses on whether the Supreme Court's decision in Illinois v. Krull, 480 U.S. 340, 107 S. Ct. 1160, 94 L. Ed. 2d 364 (1987), extending the good faith exception to searches conducted pursuant to statutes later declared unconstitutional, can be applied to searches conducted pursuant to a FAA regulation (adopted verbatim in the American Airlines Security Program Manual) where the search is later held unconstitutional.
In Krull, two police officers conducted a warrantless search of an automobile wrecking yard and discovered state vehicular code violations. The search was authorized by an Illinois statute which was later found to violate the Fourth Amendment. Nevertheless, the evidence obtained from the illegal search was not excluded because the officers objectively and reasonably relied on a presumptively constitutional statute. The court reached this conclusion after balancing the "likelihood of [future unlawful police conduct] deterrence against the costs of withholding reliable information from the truth-seeking process." Krull, 107 S. Ct. at 1166.
Analyzing the Krull decision, the Ninth Circuit in United States v. Luk, 859 F.2d 667 (9th Cir.1988), stated that the Krull court noted three factors to determine whether the exclusionary rule would apply:
"(1) whether suppression would affect the group conduct that the exclusionary rule was designed to punish, i.e., police misconduct; (2) the source of the error in the particular case and whether any evidence suggested that the source, e.g., issuing magistrates, was `inclined to ignore or subvert the Fourth Amendment,' [Krull, 107 S.Ct.] at 1166 (citing United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. at 897, 916 [104 S. Ct. at 3405, 3415, 82 L. Ed. 2d 677 (1984)]); and (3) the basis for believing the exclusion of evidence will have a significant deterrent effect upon the source of the error." Luk, 859 F.2d at 675.
A. Deterrence of Police Misconduct
Turning to the first Krull factor, deterrence of police misconduct, the Supreme Court has stressed that the primary purpose of the exclusionary rule "is to deter future unlawful police conduct and thereby effectuate the guarantee of the Fourth *1578 Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures." Krull, 107 S. Ct. at 1165; United States v. Calandra, 414 U.S. 338, 347, 94 S. Ct. 613, 619, 38 L. Ed. 2d 561 (1974). The rule is "neither intended nor able to cure the invasion of the defendant's rights which he has already suffered." Krull, 107 S. Ct. at 1166; Leon, 468 U.S. at 906, 104 S. Ct. at 3411. Rather, the exclusionary rule safeguards Fourth Amendment rights generally through its deterrent effect instead of being a "personal constitutional right of the party aggrieved." Krull, 107 S. Ct. at 1166; Calandra, 414 U.S. at 348, 94 S. Ct. at 620.
Since deterrence represents the exclusionary rule's chief purpose, a court should suppress evidence "only if it can be said that the law enforcement officer had knowledge, or may be properly charged with knowledge, that the search was unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment." Krull, 107 S. Ct. at 1166; United States v. Peltier, 422 U.S. 531, 542, 95 S. Ct. 2313, 2320, 45 L. Ed. 2d 374 (1975). Where the governmental agent has acted in an objectively reasonable manner,
excluding the evidence [seized in contravention of the Fourth Amendment] will not further the ends of the exclusionary rule in any appreciable way; for it is painfully apparent that ... the [agent] is acting as a reasonable [agent] would and should act in similar circumstances. Excluding the evidence can in no way affect his future conduct unless it is to make him less willing to do his duty.
Krull, 107 S.Ct. at 1166-67; Leon, 468 U.S. at 920, 104 S. Ct. at 3419; Stone v. Powell, 428 U.S. 465, 540, 96 S. Ct. 3037, 3073, 49 L. Ed. 2d 1067 (1976) (White J., dissenting).
In Leon, the court found that the exclusionary rule's deterrent objectives were not served when an officer acted in objectively reasonable reliance on a search warrant. In Krull, the court concluded that evidence should not be suppressed when officers acted in objectively reasonable reliance on a statute. The approach used in Leon and Krull can equally be applied in the present case. Deterrence, the exclusionary rule's prime purpose, is not furthered when a governmental agent acts in objectively reasonable reliance on a FAA regulation.
The same caveat to the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule highlighted in Leon and Krull is appropriate in this content as well. The governmental agent's reliance on the FAA regulation must be objectively reasonable, not subjectively reasonable. A mere unwarranted belief that a facially unconstitutional regulation was constitutional will not support an agent's good faith allegations. The standard is: would a reasonable agent have known that the regulation violates a defendant's clearly established statutory or constitutional rights. See Krull, 107 S. Ct. at 1170 (citing Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818, 102 S. Ct. 2727, 2738, 73 L. Ed. 2d 396 (1982)). Unless the regulation was clearly unconstitutional so that a reasonable agent could not have presumed it valid, we cannot expect an agent to question the judgment of the FAA Administrator.
The question thus turns to whether Lee acted in an objectively reasonable manner while acting as a government agent following the FAA regulation adopted in the American Airlines Security Program Manual calling for an inspection of luggage if a passenger met the hijacker profile. On its face, the regulation stated no language or instructions that would indicate to a reasonable agent that the regulation transgressed the FAA Administrator's statutory power or the Fourth Amendment. Though the regulation presented Lee with three options, the regulation did not indicate that any option was favored over another or that Lee should contact a supervisor or law enforcement agent before deciding which option to take. The facts indicate that Lee did contact her supervisor before opening up the first suitcase and that that supervisor did not make Lee aware of any possible constitutional infirmities in the regulation. Thus, we find that Lee acted in objectively reasonable reliance on the constitutionality of the regulation.
B. Inclination of the FAA Administrator to Ignore or Subvert Fourth Amendment
As an initial matter, the Supreme Court has observed that the exclusionary rule is *1579 aimed at deterring police or their agents' misconduct; the conduct of the FAA Administrator, like that of judicial officers or legislators, is not the "focus of the rule." Krull, 107 S. Ct. at 1167; Leon, 468 U.S. at 916, 104 S. Ct. at 3417. The inquiry then is whether there is evidence to suggest that the FAA Administrator is "inclined to ignore or subvert the Fourth Amendment." Id.
While the FAA Administrator is not a "neutral judicial officer" like the magistrates involved in Leon, he more closely parallels the role of the legislators in Krull whom the court described as not "adjuncts to the law enforcement team." Krull, 107 S. Ct. at 1167; Leon, 468 U.S. at 917, 104 S. Ct. at 3417. Like legislators, the Administrator drafts and issues broad regulations for the purpose of assuring "security against acts of criminal violence and aircraft piracy in air transportation and intrastate air transportation." 49 U.S.C.App. 1356. He has to make semiannual reports to the Congress concerning the effectiveness of the screening procedures and has to advise Congress of any regulations at least thirty days in advance of their effective date. Id. These regulations are carried out by the individual airlines, as in this case. See 14 C.F.R. 108.9 (1988). Consequently, the deliberations of the Administrator are significantly different from the on-the-spot and hurried judgments of airlines agents carrying out the regulations. Moreover, no evidence has been presented to suggest that the FAA Administrator has issued a significant number of regulations violative of the Fourth Amendment. Even the regulation at issue calling for an inspection of luggage could be effectuated constitutionally if, for example, Defendants met the hijacker profile and some type of exigent circumstances were also present to justify the search. Having no basis established from which we could find that the FAA Administrator is inclined to ignore or subvert the Fourth Amendment, we conclude that the FAA Administrator is not so inclined.
C. Deterrence of the FAA Administration
The next inquiry necessitated by Krull and Leon is whether the exclusion of evidence seized pursuant to an improper search based on an FAA regulation will have a significant deterrent effect on the FAA Administrator prescribing such regulations. Krull, 107 S. Ct. at 1168; Leon, 468 U.S. at 916, 104 S. Ct. at 3417. We begin by recognizing that the FAA Administrator, like the legislators in Krull, issues regulations for "broad, programmatic purposes," (e.g. to promote passenger security) rather than for the purpose of obtaining evidence in a particular case. Krull, 107 S. Ct. at 1168. From this starting point, we follow the Krull logic in assuming that "the greatest deterrent to the enactment of [regulations by the FAA Administrator that permit unconstitutional searches] is the power of the courts to invalidate such [applications of the regulations]." Id. Striking down searches based on such regulations serves two objectives: it informs the FAA Administrator of the need to prescribe a more precise regulation regarding checked luggage screening to comport with the Fourth Amendment; and it affects the admissibility of all evidence obtained subsequent to this Court's ruling. See id. An airline agent's good faith allegations could be more rigorously challenged if she relied on the same regulation and the same type of facts which we have held inadequate to sustain a warrantless, nonconsensual search of checked baggage.
Any additional deterrent that might happen by excluding the evidence must be weighed against the "substantial social costs exacted by the exclusionary rule." Id. 107 S. Ct. at 1169; Leon, 468 U.S. at 907, 104 S. Ct. at 3412. In weighing deterrence against the social costs of excluding the evidence found in the first suitcase, we believe that the deleterious social costs out-balance any positive deterrent effects.
Having found that Lee acted in objectively reasonable reliance on a FAA regulation, *1580 that the FAA Administrator is not inclined to ignore or subvert the Fourth Amendment and that excluding the evidence in the first suitcase would only have a minimal deterrent effect on the FAA Administrator compared to the significant costs of exclusion, we conclude that the application of the exclusionary rule in this context is unjustified.
For the foregoing reasons, we find that Lee acted as a governmental agent in searching the first suitcase. While this warrantless search cannot be justified by the administrative search, consent and Terry exceptions, we find that the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule is appropriate. Consequently, we deny Defendants' motion to suppress the marijuana found in the first suitcase.
As for the second suitcase, we hold that Lee's search of this suitcase was private in nature since she was no longer acting pursuant to any governmental direction or encouragement. Therefore, we deny Defendant's motion to suppress the cocaine found in the second suitcase.
IT IS SO ORDERED.NOTES
 The "hijacker profile" consists of approximately 25 behavioral characteristics associated with terrorists and skyjackers. Details concerning the profile have never been released to the public.
 Given the volume of drug traffic at Los Angeles International Airport, the Court believes that Lee suspected the possibility that the luggage contained drugs. It would be contrary to human nature for Lee to know of this possibility and not to have it motivate, at least in part, her search of the luggage. The Court believes, however, that Lee was primarily looking for devices or substances which could imperil the passengers and crew of flight 112 with respect to the first suitcase she opened. See infra.
 Lee's supervisor, Barbara McMillan, testified that Lee X-rayed the suitcases before talking to her. McMillan, however, characterized Lee's conduct as appropriate and "within policy."
 Congress has directed the FAA to promulgate security measures for air carriers with respect to the screening of passengers and their property for weapons in order to protect against hijacking and sabotage. Air Transportation Security Act of 1974, Pub.L. No. 93-366, 88 Stat. 415 (codified as amended in 49 U.S.C.App. § 1356). Section 108 specifically requires each certificate holder to adopt measures to "prevent or deter ... the carriage of any explosive or incendiary in checked baggage." 14 C.F.R. § 108.9 (1988).
 The "selection criteria" referenced in this section of the security manual are the "hijacker profile." See footnote 1, supra.
 In Reid, the agent knew at the time of the stop that (1) the defendant flew into Atlanta from Fort Lauderdale, a source city for cocaine; (2) he arrived early in the morning, when police activity was believed to be at a low ebb; (3) he did not check his baggage; and (4) the defendant and his companion appeared to be attempting to hide the fact that they were together. 448 U.S. at 441, 100 S. Ct. at 2754.
 In Sokolow, when the agent stopped the defendant he knew, inter alia, that the defendant (1) paid $2100 for two airplane tickets from a roll of $20 bills containing nearly twice that amount of cash; (2) traveled under a name that did not match the name under which his telephone number was listed; (3) flew to Miami, a source city for illicit drugs, staying there for only 48 hours, though a round-trip flight from Honolulu to Miami takes 20 hours; (4) appeared nervous during his trip; and (5) checked none of his luggage. 109 S. Ct. at 1583.
 In Royer, the police were aware, inter alia, that (1) the defendant was traveling under an assumed name; (2) he paid for his ticket in cash with a number of small bills; (3) he was traveling from Miami to New York; (4) he put only his name and not an address on his checked luggage; and (5) he seemed nervous while walking through Miami airport. 460 U.S. at 493, n. 2, 502, 103 S. Ct. at 1322, n. 2, 1326.
 In some cases, the evidence that the luggage contains a bomb or an incendiary device might present an exigent circumstance which would justify a search of the suitcase without a warrant. Such evidence was not produced in this case and we find that no exigent circumstances were present to justify the warrantless search of the first suitcase.
 In the same manner that the Leon court was not willing to assume that a significant number of magistrates act as "rubber stamps for the police, 468 U.S. at 916, n. 14, 104 S. Ct. at 3417 n. 14, and the Krull court was not willing to presuppose that a significant number of legislators "perform their legislative duties with indifference to the constitutionality of the statutes they enact," 107 S. Ct. at 1168 n. 8, we too do not assume that the FAA Administrator acts without concern for the constitutionality of the regulations he issues. Should future empirical evidence undermine this assumption, the Court's conclusions may be changed accordingly. See id; Leon, 468 U.S. at 927-28, 104 S. Ct. at 3422-23.

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This sequel to the New Zealand-set drama "Once Were Warriors" revisits alcoholic Maori man Jake Heke (Temuera Morrison) and his wife, Beth (Rena Owen), who have separated, largely due to ... See full summary »
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A voyage from New Zealand to Fiji aboard a large sailboat seems to be a perfect holiday until a mysterious mist appears on the second day and a distress call is picked up on the radio. Going to the aid of the ship in trouble the yacht comes across a drifting fishing boat, and find one lone survivor. When this man is taken aboard the yacht strange events begin to happen and people start acting as if they were not themselves. Written by
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I had expectations built up slightly higher than usual as I sat down to watch this, given the solid reviews from some of the more notable commenters here. The plot and set up are fairly solid but it fails to make best use of them. Three couples travelling on holiday by boat pick up a mysterious stranger from a ravaged ship and so begin a round murder and body jumping connected to Charon, the ferryman of souls from Greek mythology. There is a lot of potential here but the film conspires to fluff things from the start. An important bit of exposition at the start is badly fumbled by having a little girl whisper it rather than a decently audible narrator or just text. This makes the supernatural events less easy to follow and hence less compelling. Also the pace is a bit slack, with a lot of character development that isn't that interesting. The characters aren't especially likable or memorable and so the wait for things to hot up isn't that engaging. Fortunately the acting is pretty solid, with b movie veteran John Rhys Davis effective as ever as the mysterious stranger and some more star power provided by Kerry Fox (Shallow Grave) and Tamer Hassan. Hassan is the most entertaining of the cast since he speaks and acts in a pretty similar fashion to his roles in earthier films like The Business or The Football Factory, thus bringing a nice element of unpretentious, direct and engaging grit. The rest of the cast are OK and most get chances to shine with Craig Hall, Sally Stockwell and Julian Arahanga all getting good moments. Still, though the actors keep things afloat, the direction isn't claustrophobic enough to make best use of the cramped setting and apart from a couple of OK moments there is a lack of scares, tension or shocks. The film has a spot of violence and some mean spirited behaviour but is unfortunately lacking in gore. Also, because of the fumbling of the premise, the finale ends up being pretty silly. Original but still silly. At the end, though I've seen far worse, I wasn't over-impressed by this. Its more appreciated by others here and it has its effective moments, but I would suggest approaching with care.
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The Public-private Health Care State
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The distinctive mixing and continuous remixing of public and private roles is a defining feature of health care in the United States. The Public-Private Health Care State explores the interweaving of public and private enterprise in health care in the United States as a basis for thinking about health care in terms of its history and its continuing evolution today. Historian and policy analyst Rosemary Stevens has selected and edited seventeen essays from both her published and unpublished work to illustrate continuing themes, such as: the flexible meanings of the terms "public" and "private," and how useful their ambiguity has been and is; the role of ideology as ratifying rather than preordaining change; and the common behavior of public leaders and corporate entities in the face of fiscal opportunity. The topics--covering the period of 1870 through the twenty-first century--represent Stevens' research interests in hospital history and policy, the medical profession, government policy, and paying for health care. The volume also considers her involvement with policy questions, which include health services research, health maintenance organizations, and physician workforce policy. Section I demonstrates the long history of state government involvement with private not-for-profit hospitals from the 1870s through the 1930s. Section II examines the federal role in health care from the 1920s through the 1970s, including the establishment of veterans' hospitals and the implementation of Medicaid. Section III shows how shifting governmental roles require constantly changing organizing rhetoric, whether for inventing a federal role for health services research and HMOs, "regionalization" in the 1970s, or defining civil rights and "equity" as mobilizing vehicles in the 1980s. Section IV examines growing concerns from the 1970s through the present about the traditional "public" role of the largely "private" medical profession. Section V returns to the ambiguous public-private status of not-for profit hospitals, buffeted in the 1980s and 1990s by assumptions about the efficiency of the market.

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Huntington Valley Healthcare Has 144 Total Cases of COVID-19
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Huntington Beach, CA – Huntington Valley Healthcare is suffering from a coronavirus outbreak. The CDPH website reports that since January 1, 2020, the Huntington Beach facility has had 144 cumulative cases. Eighty-seven residents have had the disease, while 57 staff members have tested positive. So far, there have been at least 15 deaths.

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A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman b..
Bride of Chucky
Chucky, the doll possessed by a serial killer, discovers the perfect mate to kill and revive into the body of another doll.
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If you are looking to build something, particularly a piece of furniture, then there are many different building materials for you to choose from. Two commonly used building materials include plywood and pressboard.
Now, both are engineered wood products, technically speaking, but they are also very different. Let’s figure out what pressboard and plywood are, what makes them similar and different, and what both are best used for.
Pressboard and Plywood: The Basics
Before we start talking about similarities and differences, let’s first figure out what both pressboard and plywood are.
What Is Pressboard?
Pressboard is a very commonly used building material to make things like backings to televisions and radios, as well as for very light furniture.
Pressboard is made by taking recycled paper scraps, breaking them down into small pieces, mixing those scraps with a number of adhesives and compounds, and then pressing those together using great amounts of heat and pressure.
Pressboard is a fairly affordable and common building material. That said, it is certainly not designed for durability or weather resistance, but it is easy to work with, saw apart, and paint.
What Is Plywood?
We then have plywood, another type of engineered wood product that is made by taking strips of real wood, also known as veneers, and then creating layers out of them, with these layers being known as plies.
The strips are laid side by side to form single layers, with additional layers then being created, each of which has the veneers facing perpendicular to the last.
This creates what is known as a cross-grain pattern, which allows the plywood to be durable, impact resistant, and often moisture resistant too. Plywood is a commonly used building material, both for interior and exterior use, and can serve a very wide range of purposes.
Similarities of Pressboard and Plywood
Now that we know what both pressboard and plywood are, let’s determine what similarities they share. As you are about to find out, there really aren’t many similarities between the two.
1. They’re Technically Types of Engineered Wood
One of the most basic similarities shared here is that both plywood and pressboard are types of engineered wood. Plywood is made by gluing and pressing together wooden veneers, whereas pressboard is made by pressing together paper scraps, with paper of course originally being made out of wood.
2. They’re Quite Common
If we are talking about home building purposes, plywood is the more common of the two, but that said, pressboard is also quite common. You can find both of these materials in various sizes, and both are easy to find in most home improvement stores and lumber shops.
3. They’re Not All Water Resistant
The other similarity shared by both of these building materials, especially if we are talking about low-quality plywood, is that they both may not be very waterproof. Pressboard by nature is not very water resistant, and if you get plywood that is not rated for exterior use, it won’t be very water resistant either.
Differences Between Pressboard and Plywood
Now that we know what makes pressboard and plywood similar, let’s figure out what makes them different from each other.
1. Overall Durability
One of the biggest differences between these construction materials has to do with durability. Specifically, plywood, due to that cross-grain pattern, does tend to be very durable. It has a great deal of impact resistance, it can resist being cut apart, and it generally lasts for quite some time even in unideal conditions. On the other hand, pressboard is not very durable at all. Pressboard is not something that can be used for structural applications, as it just can’t handle a lot of weight or impact at all.
2. Water Resistance
Although not all types of plywood are water resistant or waterproof, many are, especially those made with high-quality veneers, particularly if the plywood in question is rated for exterior use. There are many types of plywood that are almost 100% waterproof.
On the other hand, pressboard is not very waterproof or water-resistant at all. It will absorb water rather quickly and then fall apart. It’s just not something you can use for applications that involve moisture.
Another huge difference here has to do with what both are used for. Pressboard is quite weak and is therefore usually just used for very light furniture, as well as for backings on televisions and radios. However, it’s not something structural and you cannot use it outdoors. On the other hand, plywood is very versatile, and depending on the type you have, can be used for subflooring, walling, sheathing, sub-roofing, cabinetry, furniture, shed building, and much more.
4. Appearance and Workability
Pressboard is usually always going to be smooth. Yes, it does look quite nice. On that note, pressboard is also very easy to cut, snap, score, and saw apart, and it also takes on paint, stain, varnish, and other decorative processes very well.
Plywood, on the other hand, is often quite rough and visually unappealing, and due to its cross-grain pattern and texture, can also be hard to cut, paint, and decorate.
Pressboard vs. Plywood: Which Should You Use?
If you are making lightweight furniture or just need something cheap that looks nice, as long as it doesn’t need to be strong, then pressboard is fine. However, if you need something strong and resistant to the elements, particularly for outdoor use, then it is plywood that you want to go with.
Now that you know what both pressboard and plywood are, and what makes them different from one another, you can make an informed choice between the two.


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KENT, Ohio -- Kent State slipped past Ohio University, 70-69, despite missing a rash of free throws late that kept the Bobcats close to getting a rare MAC road win Friday night in the M.A.C. Center.
"It was one of those nights,'' said Kent guard Kevin Zabo. "But we got lucky and got the stop at the end."
Zabo scored 24 points for Kent State, but missed 5-of-9 free throws himself as the Golden Flashes (8-9, 2-2) went 12-of-23 from the line, including 3-of-11 in the second half. But Zabo's last miss with 3.1 seconds to play was intentional, with the rebound going to Kent, which dribbled out the final seconds for the victory over the Bobcats (8-8, 1-3).
Both teams are traditional strong MAC basketball programs suffering unexpected down seasons. Kent entered the game losing three of its last four. The Bobcats entered losers in two of their last three.
Kent earned a 40-31 halftime lead even as the inside tandem of Adonis De La Rosa and Danny Pippen sat the bulk of the first 20 minutes with two fouls each. But the Flashes got a boost off the bench as freshman BJ Duling is starting to bring some defensive tenacity to offset some of his miscues.
Junior guard Jaylin Walker came of the bench to score 15 points.
The foul trouble continued for Kent in the second half as De La Rosa and Pippen had their third fouls less than two minutes into the final 20 minutes.
Kent was still able to build a 12-point lead, before hot shooting by Ohio allowed them to take a 69-68 lead. Then De La Rosa (eight points) hit a hook in the lane in the final minute for the final margin of victory.
Kent next hosts Western Michigan on Tuesday night. Ohio is home Tuesday night against Toledo.

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We strive to exceed our clients’ expectations on all levels while transferring our knowledge and enthusiasm for our industry to the local Stanthorpe area by being active community members.
Stanthorpe Veterinary Care Services has been a local veterinary business for over 30 years. However, we have only been at our purpose built clinic on Sugarloaf road since 2009.
Our modern, well equipped surgery provides caring, professional and up to date health care for your pets. We consider that all pets are family and so we treat them the same as we would a family member of our own. We aim to make your pet feel at ease in our clinic with a caring and gentle approach to treatment and consultations. Our dedicated staff and leading veterinarians are all passionate about pets and avid animal lovers.
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TOTAL E&P Australia (Total) has signed up to use AGR’s Riserless Mud Recovery (RMR®) system. The contract is for two exploration wells to be drilled over the next year in the Browse Basin off North West Australia.
Bernt Eikemo, AGR’s Vice President of the Enhanced Drilling Solutions (EDS) division (Asia Pacific), said: “AGR is delighted to be part of Total’s drilling team during the forthcoming exploration campaign. We hope that this is the start of a long, successful relationship with Total E&P Australia.”
He added: “Our previous experiences with several operators in the Browse Basin and the North West Shelf have shown that unconsolidated sand formations become much more benign when drilled with RMR® using a proper mud system.”
RMR® has been used by Total on several other projects internationally but this is the first time that the operator has used the system in Australia.
The main reason for using RMR® on these wells is to be able to drill through the unconsolidated sands of the Grebe Formation. It is renowned for stuck-pipe problems when drilling riserless using seawater and sweeps.
RMR® (system example attached) enables the use of weighted, engineered mud in the top-hole section. All mud and cuttings are returned to the rig with no discharge to the seabed. The top-hole section can be drilled more safely, quickly and with less impact on the environment.
RMR®, together with its sister technology the Cutting Transportation System (CTS™), has been deployed on more than 500 wells worldwide to date.
The contract will see the Aberdeen-based firm carry out a number of subsea workscopes that include well maintenance and production enhancement operations, and a number of well abandonments at various fields within Talisman’s portfolio of assets. The multi-service campaign is anticipated to last upwards of two months and will be undertaken from Well Ops’ mono-hull saturation diving and well intervention vessel MSV Seawell.
Launched in 1987, MSV Seawell was one of the pioneers of the light well intervention market in the North Sea and will soon be entering its 25th year of service across the UKCS, NCS and Danish sectors of the North Sea. During this period the vessel has performed well intervention work on more than 650 wells, as well as decommissioning over 150 live and suspended wells and 15 subsea fields.
The 114-metre (374ft) DP2 vessel features a purpose-built derrick for well intervention above a 7m x 5m moon-pool and a travelling block rated to 80-tonne lift capacity. MSV Seawell has a saturation diving capability of up to an 18-man team, and these services are supported by work-class and observation-class ROVs.
Steve Nairn, Well Ops’ regional vice president of Europe and Africa, said: “Well Ops has successfully carried out a number of well intervention projects for Talisman in recent years and we are very pleased to be continuing our long-standing relationship with the award of this two-month, multi-service project.”
The abandonment of wells is anticipated to make up a significant proportion of the estimated £30billion expenditure that will be spent decommissioning the UK’s oil and gas infrastructure. Industry body Oil & Gas UK has said that between 2012 and 2020, it is estimated that £1.6billion will be spent decommissioning wells.
Mr Nairn added: “Although well abandonment and decommissioning is being discussed more widely, there is still uncertainty as to the speed that such projects will come on stream. At the same time, due to the investments which are being made in the North Sea establishing new fields and rejuvenating existing ones, there will continue to be a demand for our broad range of well intervention, diving and light construction services.”
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McDermott International, Inc. , announced today that one of its subsidiary companies was awarded fabrication and installation work from Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to support the development of the Jack and St. Malo fields in the Gulf of Mexico. The project will be included in McDermott’s first quarter 2011 bookings.
Work will begin in 2013, with the start of fabrication of 21 rigid jumpers at McDermott’s Morgan City fabrication facility in Louisiana. Offshore installation will begin in early 2014 using McDermott’s subsea construction vessel North Ocean 102 (“NO102”) and the DB16.
“We are pleased to be able to support Chevron’s deepwater developments in the Gulf of Mexico and believe that our combined solution of NO102’s high payload and top tension capacity coupled with our ability to fabricate the high spec jumpers in house provides a unique benefit for this project’s delivery,” said Stephen M. Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer of McDermott.
The NO102 and its crew will transport and install more than 60 miles of umbilicals, including three control and two power umbilicals. The jumpers and remaining subsea controls system components, including more than 80 flying leads, will be installed by the DB16.
Located in up to 7,150 feet of water in the US Gulf of Mexico Walker Ridge lease blocks, the Jack South and St. Malo North and South subsea drill centers tie back to the Jack and St. Malo floating production platform.
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The 427-foot NO102 enables McDermott to offer versatile installation capabilities in the flexible pipe and product market worldwide. The vessel has two cranes and a moon pool to support deepwater subsea construction work and has a fast transit speed. It is currently equipped with a 7,000-ton capacity cable and umbilical and flexible pipe carousel with horizontal lay system. Plans are underway to upgrade the vessel’s capability by installing a high-capacity flexible-lay system for ultra deepwater installation work. The upgrade will include installation of a new 250-ton crane.
North Ocean 105 (NO105), the sister ship to NO102, is currently under construction at a Spanish shipyard. The 427-foot vessel will be outfitted with a high capacity rigid-reeled pipe-lay system with top-tier payload capacity. The system will also accommodate installation of flexible products including submarine cables and umbilicals and flexible pipelines. The anticipated delivery date of the NO105 is 2012.
McDermott is a leading engineering, procurement, construction and installation (“EPCI”) company focused on executing complex offshore oil and gas projects worldwide. Providing fully integrated EPCI services for upstream field developments, the Company delivers fixed and floating production facilities, pipelines and subsea systems from concept to commissioning. McDermott’s customers include national and major energy companies. Operating in more than 20 countries across the Atlantic, Middle East and Asia Pacific, the Company’s integrated resources include more than 15,000 employees and a diversified fleet of marine vessels, fabrication facilities and engineering offices. McDermott has served the energy industry since 1923.


June 11, 2010
A forensic engineering firm says a structural issue caused the Blacksburg High School gym roof to collapse in February.
Forcon International says in a preliminary report that the collapse resulted from a truss seat failure. The firm says it's awaiting results of a metallurgical analysis to determine what caused the truss seat to fail.
Montgomery County Public Schools released the preliminary report Friday.
According to the report, the gym floor and walls can remain in place if repairs are made.
No one was injured when the roof collapsed following weeks of record snow. Forcon says the snow wasn't a factor.
Students have attended evening classes at Blacksburg Middle School since collapse.


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- Turn a dresser into a stylish changing table for your little one's nursery with this changing tray. Constructed from wood it offers an understated design with a clean-lined silhouette and a neutral solid finish for a look that works with both classic and contemporary aesthetics. Its center is ideal for holding a comfortable pad to lay your kiddo on while two side compartments are perfect for putting baby powders and soothing lotions.

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A crumbling old slave fort in Sierra Leone is challenging long-held assumptions about African-American ancestry and could threaten Ghana's domination of African American tourism to the continent, writes freelance journalist Paige McClanahan in this article published in the latest issue of our Focus on Africa magazine.
For more than a century Bunce Island - a small patch of jungle off the coast of Sierra Leone - was the site of some grisly business.
Men, women and children who had been kidnapped or sold from their homes were crowded inside the island's stone fort, shackled together, and forced into holding pens.
After a wait of weeks or months, they were marched onto a ship at the end of the island's stony pier.
Those who survived the subsequent 10-week journey across the Atlantic Ocean would find themselves in an entirely new world - the rice plantations of the American colonies.
That was more than 200 years ago. Today the old slave fort is crumbling and few people outside of Sierra Leone even know that it exists.
But a committed group of historians, archaeologists and concerned citizens have set about preserving what is left of Bunce.
They want to build a museum about the island in Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital, and offer guided tours of the old fort to help people understand its historical importance.
In doing so, they hope they might help African-Americans reconnect with long-lost relatives in Sierra Leone.
"It's the most important historic site in Africa for the United States," says Joseph Opala, an American historian who is leading the work of the Bunce Island Preservation Project, the group behind the restoration efforts.
Mr Opala estimates that between a quarter and a fifth of all of the men, women and children who sailed from Bunce Island in the 18th Century ended up in either what are today the American states of South Carolina or Georgia.
"No other West African slave fort sent as many people directly to North America," he says.
Bunce, which was an active slave fort almost continuously between 1670 and 1807, was busiest in the middle of the 1700s, which is precisely when American rice plantations were producing enough to warrant slave labour.
Plantation owners in Georgia and South Carolina wanted to buy slaves who knew how to grow and process rice, a challenging crop that they had little experience with themselves.
So slaves were brought out from what was then known as Africa's "rice coast" which reached from Senegal to Liberia. Bunce Island fell right in the middle of that stretch.
Bunce shut down with the UK's abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in 1807.
It was soon completely abandoned and it has sat untouched - and largely forgotten - ever since.
That neglect is good in a way, Mr Opala says, because it means that subsequent tenants have not altered the site.
But it also means that, after 200 years of exposure in one of the wettest parts of the world, the structure of the fort has fallen into an advanced state of disrepair. Today, the buildings are in ruins.
The group's first and most pressing goal is to stop that deterioration. They have brought in a specialist engineering firm to study the fort and find new ways to support the structures that remain.
After the fort itself is secure, the group will shift its focus to building the museum in Freetown, roughly 45 minutes from the island by boat.
When the museum is finally finished - the group has set a goal of 2015 for the opening - Mr Opala hopes that African-Americans who may have links to Sierra Leone will visit the country to learn more about their ancestors.
"The people who left as slaves didn't all die in the Middle Passage," says Isatu Smith, a Sierra Leonean who is the deputy director of the Bunce Island Preservation Project.
"Some of them did make it to the other side - and they lived there and they had kids. They have descendants living there today," says Ms Smith.
"It was important for me to forge a link with these descendants because, for all you know, these might be my long-lost brothers."
To this day, hints of Sierra Leonean culture are clearly visible in the Gullah and Geechee communities along the Georgia and South Carolina coast.
There, you can find people who still eat rice three times a day, who use a smattering of language and who carry on certain traditions that would be familiar to many back in Sierra Leone.
"In Gullah country, the low-country of South Carolina and Georgia, many of the people you meet will tell you that their ancestors came from Sierra Leone," says Amadu Massally, a Sierra Leonean who is starting up a company in Freetown that will run heritage tours to Bunce Island.
"But unfortunately we don't have many African-Americans coming to Sierra Leone yet," Mr Massaly says.
"Many of them go to Ghana under the pretence that Ghana is the home of African-Americans."
Ghana's heritage tourism
Ghana draws "heritage" tourists with its luxury hotels, generally well-maintained historic sites and direct flights from the US.
This tourist infrastructure is lacking in Sierra Leone, which is still recovering from the civil war that gripped the country for much of the 1990s.
But some historians argue that African-Americans are more likely to have roots in Sierra Leone than in Ghana.
The slave castles in Ghana sent their captives to work on plantations in the West Indies, not to the American colonies.
The strong connection between the US and Sierra Leone that historians have uncovered through documentary research is also turning up in the results of DNA tests, which have become increasingly popular among African-Americans.
The poet Maya Angelou and activist, clergyman and politician Jesse Jackson have reportedly discovered that they have Sierra Leonean ancestors.
There have also been strong suggestions that the American first lady, Michelle Obama, might have a connection to the country, given that her grandfather was born in a Gullah community on the South Carolina coast.
Griffin Lotson, an American who hails from a Gullah community in Georgia, is keen to keep those connections strong.
"Our culture, the Gullah and the Geechee, had its birth on the slave plantations," Mr Lotson said during a visit to Freetown earlier this year.
"But for every birth, there is a conception. And unquestionably, that conception was here in Sierra Leone."

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Luke Bryan has his priorities in order as a father, but that doesn't mean he'll leave his fans hanging. He proved that "the show must go on" last night, when his son, Tate bumped his head and had to go to the ER.
Bryan shared the news with 92.5 XTU, showing a photograph of Tate with a bump on his head. "He had a nice goose-egg to show for it, but no glowing smile we’ve all come to know his daddy by," Andie Summers of 92.5 XTU wrote. Bryan's wife, Caroline, was home with the kids at the time and Summers relayed just how much emotion was apparent on the country singer's face as he talked about the situation. "He hated that he couldn’t be there for his little dude, and that Caroline had to weather the storm alone," Summers added.
Bryan was still able to make it to his show to perform in front of thousands of adoring fans. He took to the stage at the sold out show in Philadelphia, singing those songs that always, without a doubt, steal the hearts of those in his high-energy audience. Smiling brightly, he rocked the stage, doing what he does best. Though we're sure his son was still on his mind, as he wished he could be there for the little guy.
Tate seems to be doing well now after his accident. We're relieved and very happy to hear that. Bryan and his wife are a really great team when it comes to parenting as we've come to find out as their personal life began to become more public over the last year.
It's obvious Bryan has a deep love for his children, as they're no strangers to the stage because he often lets them join him during his concerts. Check out his other little boy, Bo, joining him for a performance.
Get well, Tate!
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The thought of Redwood’s main building submerged underwater seems unlikely. However, with increasing temperatures causing the Earth’s glaciers to rapidly melt, consequently leading to a well-documented anticipated sea level rise, the day may come when, the school winds up at Bikini Bottom.
Scientists predict that sometime by 2050, the sea level will rise at least one foot, possibly as much as six feet. But according to local climate change specialists Sarah Richmond and Bruce Riordan, with imminent changes coming, Redwood should start planning for the aquatic disaster.
Redwood borders the Corte Madera Creek, which is framed by marshlands. A sea level rise of just one foot would fill wetlands surrounding the creek with water.
“If the sea level were to rise as much as five feet, there would be no more Redwood left,” Richmond said. However, this scenario is highly unlikely.
If the sea level were to rise only one foot from glaciers melting, and that was combined with four more feet from heavy rainstorms, there is a likely chance Redwood could experience heavy flooding.
Even with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency currently working to pass new legislation cutting carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants, preventing the sea level from rising is no longer an option, according to Richmond.
However, there are several ways Redwood can begin to adapt to the changing environment, according to Richmond.
According to Richmond, the first step in dealing with the effects of rising sea levels is understanding how an area will be affected—essential for planning strategies for the future.
“Will the sea level rise prevent activities from going about as they usually do, or will it not matter if an area gets a little wet?” Richmond said. “For example, it’s okay if a soccer field gets flooded, but not classrooms.”
After doing a site assessment to better understand how Redwood may be affected by a sea level rise, the next step would be to plan potential strategies in order to mitigate the dilemma.
Riordan advised that as a school Redwood should plan some adaptation strategies that could be employed, such as different ways to restore the wetlands surrounding the creek that would block or mitigate the higher tides.
“When there’s a big rainstorm, lots of water pools at the creek, but you need to encourage that water to go into the Bay. There are things you can do to change the mouth of the creek,” Riordan said. “It would be very helpful and important to have someone look at the site.”
“If people don’t know what to do when a flood comes, then it’s just going to make the disruption that much more worse.” Richmond said.
Richmond also said if water accommodations are unreasonable, could there be a possibility of a school relocation?
“Eventually this topic turns into a community discussion because we have to ask ourselves what are the things that we care about and what are things that we’re going to have to protect from water,” said Richmond.


February 28, 2022
You’ve always taken care of your own lawn. Many homeowners take pride in maintaining their own landscaping. However, in today’s world, most homeowners simply don’t have enough time left to make their landscaping look the way they want it to. Spending all weekend working on your lawn with no time left to enjoy it can be frustrating. While you certainly can continue to spend your time working on your own lawn, a professionally maintained lawn and landscape is a great investment in both you and your property.
What are the Benefits of Professional Landscape Maintenance Solutions?
There are many benefits to professional landscape maintenance. Rather than spending all of your down time at home trying to keep up with your property, you will be able to hand that job off to the professionals and spend your free time enjoying your property and hobbies instead. Your home should feel like a place you can enjoy, not a place with a never-ending list of chores. In addition to saving time, you’ll be working with landscape experts who understand the local climate and soil composition. With the ever-changing seasons and unique soil conditions of the Ann Arbor area, you need a company who understands the area well and can make the right decisions to keep your property looking good. A landscape maintenance solution means that you will have the right people with the right equipment doing what is needed when it needs to be done.
It’s not easy to jump on a landscape contractor’s busy schedule if you aren’t already a client. A benefit of hiring a regularly scheduled landscape contractor to keep your property looking great is that in the event you need something out of the ordinary, you may have a better chance of getting “squeezed in” as a current customer. If you have a landscape project you want done and call around in the middle of July, you might not have much luck finding someone available to come out.
What is Included in Landscape Maintenance Solutions?
Mowing and edging are only one part of a landscape maintenance plan. A full-service landscape maintenance plan can include so much more, like pruning, weeding flower beds, mulching, seasonal flower installation, spring and fall clean up, tree trimming, irrigation and more. Lawn care services can include aeration, over-seeding, power seeding, top dressing, and fertilizing. If you have an irrigation system, many landscaping professionals are able to handle and service that as well. If you have drainage concerns, a landscape professional can help you address them, and with a company like Twin Oaks Landscape who has drainage specialists on staff, you can have your drainage problems fixed for good. If you don’t yet have an irrigation system but have been thinking about having one installed, your landscape contractor can most likely help with that too. With professional landscape maintenance solutions, you are not only addressing the appearance, but the health of your property as well.
When Is the Right Time to Contact a Landscape Maintenance Professional?
If you are considering hiring a professional for your landscape maintenance solutions, the time to do it is now. While that may not be your first thought when the snow is still on the ground, good landscaping companies fill their schedules quickly, and if you wait until spring, you may not find any availability. In addition, by reaching out now, you can get on the schedule for a spring cleanup and assessment of your property early in the season, so by the time summer is in full swing, your outdoor spaces will be looking their best.
When you hire a professional, you are getting the benefits of their experience and expertise, with the added benefit of time to enjoy their hard work. Rather than researching and working on your lawn during all your free time, you can enjoy your property with your family and feel good about the investment you’ve made in your home. Let’s talk about what you’d like your property to look like and what it’s going to take to get it there. Contact Twin Oaks Landscape today!
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Never leave for your holiday without some spare lamps. The Underwater Kinetics Light Cannon L1 Bezel/Reflector Module is what you need when charring spares for your Underwater Kinetics Light Cannon L1 dive light (see SKU: UKTLCEP). Offering a powerful, penetrating beam, LED's can produce 825 lumens of brightness on high power and 530 lumens on low and patented lumen booster that improves LED efficiency by pulling heat away from the LEDs. The patented optics system puts 89% of the total lumens into the center beam, delivering outstanding seeing distance with minimal glare. Other lights only put 40% of the total lumens into the beam. The Light Cannon L1 Bezel/Reflector Module has a beam distance of 520' (158.5 meters) in high-mode and 431' (131.4 meters) in low-mode on land, is depth rated to 500' (152.4 meters) and is proudly made in the USA.
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New structural efficiency diagrams are presented for laminates, showing that additional mass is incurred when (i) laminate balancing axes are not aligned with principal loading axes and (ii) principal loading ratios vary within a part with fixed ply percentages. This presents an opportunity for fibre steering and laminate tailoring in aerospace design. Non-standard ply angles are shown to offer small mass savings when laminate balancing axes are not aligned with principal loading axes. However, such angles may enhance performance in other aspects (e.g. damage tolerance, ease of manufacture, buckling resistance) whilst matching the in-plane stiffness of standard ply angle designs.
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Sunrisers are excited to announce that former professional cricketer Chris Liddle has joined the coaching team ahead of the 2023 season.
Liddle enjoyed fifteen years as a professional cricketer, playing for Leicestershire, Sussex, and Gloucestershire, before going into coaching. A left-arm pace bowler, he has joined the Sunrisers setup to work with the current seamers in the group.
The role is on top of his commitments as Northamptonshire’s Assistant Coach and Lead Bowling Coach, and has seen him work once a week with the squad so far this winter. This further strengthens the link between Sunrisers and Northamptonshire, who are one of the three First Class counties in the region.
Andy Tennant, Sunrisers Head Coach, said: “It has been great to add Chris to the high quality group of specialist coaches we have working with the players. I know our pace bowling group have loved working with him, and his simple and supportive coaching style, along with previous experience with London Spirit Women, has made him a great fit for the group. Our thanks to Northants as one of our key partners, for helping make this happen.”
Welcome to Sunrisers, Chris!

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I recently wrote about non-deterministic queries in the replication stream. That’s resolved by using either MIXED or ROW based replication rather than STATEMENT based.
Another thing that’s not fully handled by STATEMENT based replication is temporary tables. Imagine the following:
If for any reason a slave server shuts down and restarts after the temp table creation, replication will break because the temporary table will no longer exist on the restarted slave server. It’s obvious when you think about it, but[Read more...]


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Caption: Still of Petula Clark in Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Soundtrack, Actress, Composer
Born: November 15, 1932
Star sign: Scorpio
Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m)
Petula Clark was a star at the age of 11. She starred in the music halls and on BBC radio singing for the troops during WWII. She was a child star in a series of British films from the end of WWII through to the early 1950s,and by 1954 was having hit records. After a move to France in 1960, having fallen for a Frenchman, she had hit records all ...


Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR) : Adams Asset Advisors scooped up 9,104 additional shares in Murphy Oil Corporation during the most recent quarter end , the firm said in a disclosure report filed with the SEC on Jul 19, 2016. The investment management firm now holds a total of 334,156 shares of Murphy Oil Corporation which is valued at $10,228,515.Murphy Oil Corporation makes up approximately 1.71% of Adams Asset Advisors’s portfolio.
Other Hedge Funds, Including , Kessler Investment Group reduced its stake in MUR by selling 6,274 shares or 56.51% in the most recent quarter. The Hedge Fund company now holds 4,829 shares of MUR which is valued at $147,816. Murphy Oil Corporation makes up approx 0.20% of Kessler Investment Group’s portfolio. Gradient Investments sold out all of its stake in MUR during the most recent quarter. The investment firm sold 6 shares of MUR which is valued $192.Capstone Asset Management Co reduced its stake in MUR by selling 680 shares or 6.39% in the most recent quarter. The Hedge Fund company now holds 9,959 shares of MUR which is valued at $317,692. Murphy Oil Corporation makes up approx 0.01% of Capstone Asset Management Co’s portfolio.Benjamin F. Edwards Company boosted its stake in MUR in the latest quarter, The investment management firm added 2 additional shares and now holds a total of 960 shares of Murphy Oil Corporation which is valued at $30,624. Murphy Oil Corporation makes up approx 0.01% of Benjamin F. Edwards Company’s portfolio.Exxonmobil Investment Management Inc Tx boosted its stake in MUR in the latest quarter, The investment management firm added 2,525 additional shares and now holds a total of 41,898 shares of Murphy Oil Corporation which is valued at $1,284,593. Murphy Oil Corporation makes up approx 0.03% of Exxonmobil Investment Management Inc Tx’s portfolio.
Murphy Oil Corporation closed down -0.38 points or -1.23% at $30.61 with 26,68,975 shares getting traded on Wednesday. Post opening the session at $30.66, the shares hit an intraday low of $30.04 and an intraday high of $31.32 and the price fluctuated in this range throughout the day.Shares ended Wednesday session in Red.
On the company’s financial health, Murphy Oil Corporation reported $-0.66 EPS for the quarter, beating the analyst consensus estimate by $ 0.02 according to the earnings call on May 4, 2016. Analyst had a consensus of $-0.68. The company had revenue of $430.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts expectations of $412.97 million. The company’s revenue was down -53.3 % compared to the same quarter last year.During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.02 EPS.
Many Wall Street Analysts have commented on Murphy Oil Corporation. Murphy Oil Corporation was Upgraded by Raymond James to ” Mkt Perform” on Jun 20, 2016. Company shares were Reiterated by UBS on Apr 28, 2016 to “Neutral”, Firm has raised the Price Target to $ 36 from a previous price target of $19 .
Murphy Oil Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and production company. The Companys exploration and production business explores for and produces crude oil natural gas and natural gas liquids across the world. This business maintains upstream operating offices in locations including Calgary Alberta and Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. The Companys crude oil condensate and natural gas liquids production as of 2014 averaged 151647 barrels per day. The Company has operations in United States Canada Malaysia and all other countries including Australia Brunei Vietnam Suriname Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea among others. As of December 31 2014 total United States proved reserves were 204.9 million barrels of crude oil 29.1 million barrels of natural gas liquids and 226 billion cubic feet of natural gas. In Canada it owns an interest in three non-operated assets the Hibernia and Terra Nova fields offshore Newfoundland in the Jeanne dArc Basin and Syncrude Canada Ltd.


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May 18, 2022
From Singapore to Yokohama, Reflecting on an 'Electric' Week of Racing: Short Chute Show Triathlon Podcast
Will McCloy is joined by Annie Emmerson and Chris McCormack for the latest episode of The Short Chute Show, brought to you by Humango, Super League Triathlon’s official training partner.
In this week's episode the team discuss an incredible week of racing with the Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift finale in Singapore, and the first race WTCS race of 2022 in Yokohama, Japan. Are we entering a new era of dominance in triathlon, as Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde appear untouchable on the men's side? Meanwhile, in the women's race, there was heart break for some, and euphoria for others, as Jess Learmonth battled injury and Zsanett Bragmayer stormed to a shock victory in Singapore, out running Beth Potter in the final stage. To round things off, long distance legend Tim Don gives us the low down on all things St. George from the IRONMAN World Championships.
Once again, we are also joined by expert triathlon coach Lance Watson from Humango. From 12 minute Super League racing to 8 hr plus…

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