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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Somber Boeheim apologizes after Orange edge Gators
Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim yells instructions to James Southerland during the first half against Florida in an NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)
Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim yells instructions to James Southerland during the first half against Florida in an NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)
Syracuse students hold a sign during introductions before tan NCAA college basketball game against Florida in Syracuse, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)
Florida's Scottie Rosario, right, drives to the basket against Syracuse's Scoop Jardine during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)
Syracuse's James Southerland grabs a loose ball from Florida's Bradley Beal, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) ? Jim Boeheim maintained his usual stoic facade Friday night while his unbeaten Syracuse basketball team notched another victory. Behind the postgame microphone, it was a different story.
The coach returned to the subject of his fired former assistant coach, Bernie Fine, and apologized for his initial remarks involving the men who accused Fine of molestating them as minors. Two of the three men were former Syracuse ballboys. Fine has maintained his innocence.
"I believe I misspoke very badly in my response to the allegations that have been made. I shouldn't have questioned what the accusers expressed or their motives. I am really sorry that I did that, and I regret any harm that I caused," he said at the press conference after No. 4 Syracuse beat No. 10 Florida 72-68.
"It was insensitive for the individuals involved and especially to the overall issue of child abuse," he said, speaking slowly and pausing several times.
Boeheim said it was important that he get involved in terms of raising awareness and promised he would.
"I'm going to do everything I can to do that, whether I'm coaching or not coaching," he said.
Some sex abuse victims' advocates said Boeheim should resign or be fired for his initial disparaging comments about the accusers. Boeheim said he was acting "out of loyalty."
"I acted without thinking. I couldn't believe what I was hearing," he said.
As he did at Tuesday's home win over Eastern Michigan, Boeheim received a warm ovation when he was introduced to a crowd of 24,459. It was the largest on-campus attendance in the nation so far this season, and it included former Syracuse star Carmelo Anthony and former Orange assistant Rob Murphy, in his first year at EMU, in front-row seats.
Syracuse (8-0) breezed to its first seven wins with an average margin of victory of 26 points, but the Gators (5-2), whose only previous loss was by seven at No. 2 Ohio State, figured to provide a stiff challenge and they did in a game that seemed like a midseason encounter in the Big East.
One again, the game was secondary.
"It's been crazy," said Matt Roe, a Syracuse star from the late 1980s who does color on radio broadcasts. "Nonstop for 14 days. What am I going to say? I don't know anything. (Boeheim) is a good man."
He certainly seemed to have the support of the crowd, especially fans in the jammed student section, where one sign said, "In Boeheim We Trust" and another, "In Jim We Trust."
As for the game, Brandon Triche had 20 points and Scoop Jardine finished with 16 and seven assists for the Orange. Kenny Boynton led Florida with 22 points and Erving Walker had 17.
Neither team led by more than six points in a first half that was tied six times.
Florida, which entered the game shooting 42.9 percent from beyond the arc and was averaging 12 3-pointers a game, went 3 of 14 from long range in the period ? all by Erving Walker ? while the Orange struggled even more, hitting just 1 of 10.
Syracuse still managed to forge ahead at the break, 31-27, behind seven points each from Kris Joseph, Fab Melo and Triche.
After the Orange built a 39-30 lead early in the second, Boynton led the Gators back with three 3s, the last putting Florida back on top 49-46 with 9:19 to go. Triche tied it for the fourth time in the period 11 seconds later with his first 3 of the game.
Jardine fed Joseph for a one-handed slam to break the tie and Jardine's steal and layup had the Orange up 54-49 with 6:20 to go and the crowd shaking the Carrier Dome.
The roar reached another crescendo when Jardine hit a runner in the lane as the shot clock neared zero, Joseph fed C.J. Fair for a baseline jumper, and Jardine hit a 3 from the left wing in a span of 2:19.
That gave Syracuse a 61-53 lead with 3:52 left and the Gators couldn't rally back.
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Friday, December 2, 2011
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Trabasack Mini Laptop Desk and Travel Bag Review
Hokay, let’s be honest here. ?I’m going to mention something and I want you to close your eyes and picture the first thing that comes into your head. ?Ready….. Lap Tray, Stable Table If you’re like me the first thing you see in your mind is either an elderly person sitting on a floral couch [...]
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How a Chinese cave got listed on the U.S. stock market (Reuters)
YISHUI, China (Reuters) ? A Chinese tourism company listed in the United States wants investors to pour their money down a dark hole. Literally.
China's "Underground Grand Canyon," about an hour's drive outside the smoggy city of Linyi in the eastern province of Shandong, promises visitors 3 km (2 miles) of grand stalactites, multicolored lights and an exciting luge ride.
Tracing the attraction's ticket receipts back to investors in the United States proves an even more complex labyrinth to navigate. Following the trail sheds light on the lengths some Chinese businesses have gone to secure overseas listings, which bring the companies funding and prestige back home.
"For entrepreneurs, going public gives them a sense of recognition. For employees, going public gives them a sense of achievement," Zhang Shanjiu, the chairman of the company, boasted to a tourism publication four years ago as he embarked on the odyssey to list it.
The owners of the Underground Grand Canyon attraction eventually used a dizzying array of holding companies to ultimately list in the United States through a reverse merger that accomplished the feat in 2010.
That practice has come under scrutiny over the past year, as short-sellers including Muddy Waters have targeted some firms listed in the United States and Canada, publishing research reports accusing them of fraud that caused their stock prices to plummet, from which the short-sellers profited.
Some companies that listed through reverse mergers, including Chinese clean-tech firm Rino International, were eventually delisted following investigations prompted by short-sellers' accusations of accounting flaws.
The company controlling the Underground Grand Canyon in Shandong has not been accused of accounting problems and has not been implicated in any wrongdoing. However, its road to a U.S. listing presents a detailed portrait of the practice of reverse mergers.
LISTING FOR RECOGNITION
The tourist attraction, located off a small road exiting the millet- and corn-growing village of Yishui in the plains of Shandong, is the brainchild of Zhang, the local magnate who in 2004 leased the cave from Linyi officials for nearly 60 years.
With its rock-shaped ticket booths and brightly lit caverns, the cave tourism business attracted more than 670,000 visitors last year, the company says. By comparison, more than 3.6 million visitors visited Yellowstone National Park, the oldest national park in the United States, that year. (Yellowstone is not listed, nor is the U.S. Grand Canyon in Arizona).
Linyi's Underground Grand Canyon generates revenue from ticket sales, selling luge rides and entrance passes to other attractions in the cave. The firm also keeps stacks of Chinese wine in round earthen jars in the cave, which they sell to visitors.
Zhang made his ambition of listing the caves clear as early as 2007, when he said in an interview with a local tourism website that he wanted to see the company, Shandong Longkong Travel Development Co Ltd, go public as a marker for him and his employees and to make it easier to get bank loans.
"An IPO means going public and it could enormously enhance Longkong's brand reputation. Media gives far more attention to public companies than private companies. The company could leverage this intangible asset to help it get credit more easily and attract more talent in the future," Zhang said.
Listings by tourist attractions and related companies in China are hardly new -- Huangshan Tourism provides hotel and cable car services for the scenic mountain in Anhui province, while Lijiang YuLong Tourism Co Ltd offers cable car services in the southwestern province of Yunnan.
What makes Shandong Longkong Travel and its caverns unique among such companies is its prestigious U.S. listing that came through one of the controversial reverse mergers which allowed it to skirt the IPO process. The listed unit, BTHC XV Inc, is not yet traded on the OTC Bulletin Board.
LABYRINTHS
The link between Longkong and the U.S. stock market is as labyrinthine as the caves themselves.
Longkong is controlled by a shell company in Hong Kong, with little more than a mailing address. That company is owned by another holding company in the British Virgin Islands, which in turn is owned by Long Fortune Valley Tourism Intl Ltd.
Zhang was ultimately helped by Dallas-based Halter Financial Group to obtain a U.S. listing in October 2010 by merging Long Fortune into BTHC XV, a Delaware holding company born in 2003 when Halter bought out a bankrupt nursing home chain.
Long Fortune thus gained access to BTHC'S stock exchange listing and still effectively controls the complex chain of companies that eventually leads back to the caves of Shandong.
It was unclear why the company had so many holding companies between the cave business and its listing, but the journey allowed it to avoid going through the more arduous process of an initial public offering.
Halter Financial was founded by Texas businessman Timothy Halter, who made a name for himself as a guru specializing in Chinese backdoor listings, but who has been distancing himself from the industry in the recent months that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has started taking a closer look at some of the backdoor mergers.
Longkong declined to comment for this article or provide executives to speak with. A Longkong spokesman told Reuters in mid-November that Zhang was in the United States and it was unclear when he was due to return.
Back in the caves, some staff members were unaware of the company's financial foothold in the United States.
One guide, who gave only her surname, Qian, led a group of five tourists around the caves one recent November afternoon, describing to them how the garishly lit stalactites looked like scenes from the famous Chinese folk legend "Journey to the West."
A woman in her group complained to Qian that she could not see what the guide was pointing to.
"If you can imagine it, you can see it," Qian replied.
(Additional reporting by Brian Gow in New York; Editing by Jason Subler and Brian Rhoads)
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Chafee: 'Holiday' tree, not Xmas tree (Politico)
The holidays are bringing about a battle of tradition vs. political correctness in Rhode Island, where the governor is insisting on calling the Statehouse Christmas tree a ?holiday tree.?
Gov. Lincoln Chafee, a Republican turned independent, has bothered one state legislator so much that she is labeling him a ?Grinch.?
Continue ReadingNonetheless, Chafee, a former senator, pushed back on those upset with his tree description, saying that ?all those engaged in this discussion ? whatever their opinion on the matter ? to use their energy and enthusiasm to make a positive difference in the lives of their fellow Rhode Islanders,? according to The Associated Press.
The governor and the state?s first lady are scheduled to host the annual statehouse tree lighting of a 17-foot Colorado Blue Spruce on Dec. 6.
Rhode Island Rep. Doreen Costa said Wednesday she was ?disturbed? when she first heard the Statehouse tree being referred to as a holiday tree.
?If it has lights and ornaments and an angel and decorations on top, it?s a Christmas tree,? the freshman legislator said on Fox.
Costa was the sponsor of a state resolution that declared that the tree in question should be called a Christmas tree, not a holiday tree. The resolution passed the state House of Representatives in January.
?He?s just ? as far as left as you can possibly be,? Costa told Fox News Radio on Tuesday. ?He tries to be politically correct 24-7.?
She added, ?I?m sick of being politically correct. Nobody?s been offended by calling a Christmas tree a Christmas tree. If we have a Menorah in the statehouse, what are we going to call it ? a candle with sticks??
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It?s on! New National Christmas Tree lights up
WASHINGTON?? The new National Christmas Tree is settling into its new digs just south of the White House.
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President Barack Obama and his family officially marked the start of the Christmas season by lighting the tree in a ceremony just after dark Thursday.
The 26-foot Colorado blue spruce was planted in March on the Ellipse, a park that lies between the White House and the National Mall. Strong winds in February toppled the previous tree, which stood in the park since 1978.
Video: First lady, Kermit the Frog read Christmas classic (on this page)In remarks delivered during the tree-lighting ceremony, Obama urged the crowd to be generous and to help others in need during the holidays.
"In this season of hope, let's help those who need it most: the homeless, the hungry, the sick and shut-in," he said. "In this season of plenty, let's reach out to those who struggle to find work or provide for their families."
Obama welcomed troops returning home in time for the holiday, and asked Americans to express their gratitude to service members.
"In this season of generosity, let's give thanks and honor to our troops and our veterans and their families who've sacrificed so much for us," he said.
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Obama was joined at the ceremony by his wife, Michelle; daughters Sasha and Malia; and mother-in-law Marian Robinson. The first lady read Clement Clarke Moore's poem "The Night Before Christmas" with Muppet star Kermit the Frog.
Story: O Christmas tree, you?re worth a cool $2 millionThe lighting ceremony, hosted by TV's Carson Daly, included performances of Christmas carols and tunes by pop group Big Time Rush, English singer Ellie Goulding, pop band OneRepublic, country singer Rodney Atkins, soul songstress Marsha Ambrosius and the Airmen of Note, a jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force.
Story: RI governor defends ?holiday? tree in StatehouseThe ceremony marks the 89th holiday tree lighting. The tradition began with President Calvin Coolidge in 1923.
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