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Monday, December 5, 2011
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
Bernie Fine Scandal: Federal Search Reportedly Targets Locker At Syracuse Basketball Center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Federal authorities have searched a locker in the Syracuse University basketball center in their investigation of former assistant coach Bernie Fine, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the case.
Three men, including two former Syracuse ballboys, have accused Fine of molesting them as minors.
The official confirmed the search at the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center happened Wednesday. The official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday because it's an ongoing investigation, would not say what agents sought or what they recovered from the locker.
The coaches' lockers are on the second floor of the facility; players' lockers are on the first floor.
Court documents show the third search warrant was issued Tuesday and signed by U.S. Magistrate Andrew Baxter.
Fine's office on campus was searched Tuesday morning, and his suburban home was searched last Friday. The U.S. Attorney's office in northern New York, which is leading the investigation, has not said what it sought or found.
Syracuse men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim did not address the Fine investigation at the start of his weekly radio show Thursday night.
When the show began, host Matt Park said Boeheim had already "extensive comments" Tuesday.
"If you want to talk about basketball, please call," Park said. "There will be nothing more to say about the investigation."
Outside the Carrier Dome, more than a dozen students had put up tents in a temporary encampment called "Boeheimburg, already waiting by the doors for Friday's night game against No. 10 Florida.
Huddling against the cold, one group of students said they had been waiting outside since Tuesday and enthusiastically supported Boeheim. Max Kaplan, a freshman from Randolph, N.J., called Boeheim "the face of Syracuse basketball."
Earlier Thursday, Syracuse Chancellor Nancy Cantor said the school decided to fire Fine upon hearing an audiotape recorded by Bobby Davis, one of Fine's three accusers. ESPN broadcast the 2002 audiotape, recorded by Davis, of a conversation between Davis and a woman ESPN identified as Fine's wife, Laurie, in which she says she knew "everything that went on."
Cantor's comments were in a published response to a USA Today editorial Thursday that calls on Syracuse to release a "full accounting" of what it did and why Fine was kept on the job.
Fine, who was denied the allegations, was fired Sunday.
Federal authorities are not constrained by a statute of limitations should they turn up evidence Fine molested his latest accuser, 23-year-old Zach Tomaselli of Lewiston, Maine. He said he told police that Fine molested him in 2002 in a Pittsburgh hotel room after a game. He said Fine touched him "multiple" times in that one incident.
Under federal law in 2002, prosecutions for the sexual or physical abuse or kidnapping of a child under 18 could continue until the victim turned 25. Subsequent amendments changed that to the life of the child or 10 years after the offense, whichever is longer.
Tomaselli, who faces sexual abuse charges in Maine, filed a claim of sex abuse against his father, Fred Tomaselli, in June in New York. Lt. Glenn Miner, a spokesman for the New York State Police, confirmed the investigation was completed in September and no charges were brought against Fred Tomaselli.
Fred Tomaselli has said he thinks his son is lying about being abused by Fine.
As the investigation continues, advocates for sex abuse victims have said Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim should resign or be fired for adamantly defending Fine and verbally disparaging the accusers.
University trustees have been instructed to refer all questions back to the university but some contacted by The Associated Press offered support for Boeheim and said there was no indication his job was in danger.
Davis first contacted Syracuse police in 2002 regarding Fine, but there was no investigation because the state statute of limitations had passed. In 2005, Davis went to the university, which did its own investigation, but the school said the accusations could not be corroborated.
In her response to USA Today, Cantor wrote that if the tape had surfaced during the school's inquiry Fine would have been fired. And she added that the school would have fired him immediately on Nov. 17, when Davis' allegations became public, had it known about the tape.
Davis, now 39, told ESPN last month that Fine molested him beginning in 1984 and that the sexual contact continued until he was around 27. A ball boy for six years, Davis said the abuse occurred at Fine's home, at Syracuse basketball facilities and on team road trips, including the 1987 Final Four. Davis' stepbrother, Mike Lang, 45, who also was a ball boy, told ESPN that Fine began molesting him while he was in the fifth or sixth grade.
Repeated attempts to reach Davis and Lang have been unsuccessful.
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Associated Press Writers Ben Dobbin, and Michael Virtanen and Mary Esch in Albany contributed to this report.
Bernie Fine - Ex-Syracuse Assistant Coach
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Fine joined Jim Boeheim's coaching staff at Syracuse in 1976 and established himself as one of the most respected assistant coaches at the collegiate level. The longtime lieutenant to Boeheim has recently been fired from his position and is facing allegations from three individuals that he sexually abused them as young boys. Fine initially dismissed the allegations, stating that they were "patently false." Syracuse placed Fine on administrative leave after ESPN reported on the police investigation. However, Fine was fired shortly after a third alleged third victim came forward and ESPN went public with tape-recorded conversations between one of the victims, Bobby Davis, and Fine's wife, in which she seems to indicate that she was aware of the molestation. Fine joined Jim Boeheim's coaching staff at Syracuse in 1976 and established himself as one of the most respected assistant coaches at the collegiate level. The longtime lieutenant to Boeheim has recently been fired from his position and is facing allegations from three individuals that he sexually abused them as young boys.Fine initially dismissed the allegations, stating that they were "patently false."
Syracuse placed Fine on administrative leave after ESPN reported on the police investigation. However, Fine was fired shortly after a third alleged third victim came forward and ESPN went public with tape-recorded conversations between one of the victims, Bobby Davis, and Fine's wife, in which she seems to indicate that she was aware of the molestation.
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Bernie Fine - Ex-Syracuse Assistant Coach
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
TSX turns positive on U.S. data (Reuters)
TORONTO (Reuters) ? Canadian stocks fell on Thursday following three days of gains, as banks and resource issues turned lower after weak global manufacturing data and on fears that Europe's debt problems would persist.
Despite better than expected earnings by two of Canada's largest banks, financial stocks sagged more than 1 percent as weak China and Europe manufacturing data renewed fears of a global economic slowdown.
Bank of Nova Scotia led the sector's losses, falling 2.7 percent to C$50.15. Toronto-Dominion Bank dropped 2.1 percent to C$71.97 and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce slumped 1.3 percent to C$71.99, even after both lenders reported that their quarterly profits rose more than 50 percent.
"You always run into some kind of profit taking after three days (of gains) and especially the great day we had yesterday," said John Kinsey, portfolio manager at Caldwell Securities Ltd. "It will be interesting in a new month to see if this late-November rally continues."
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 90.65 points, or 0.7 percent, to 12,113.46 at midday.
On Wednesday the index had its biggest single-day gain since March 2009, spiking more than 4 percent.
Further weighing on financial stocks was a statement by the International Monetary Fund on Thursday that it would likely cut its global growth forecast after a marked slowdown in economic activity because of the euro zone debt crisis.
After jumping nearly 6 percent the previous session, the heavily weighted materials sector was down 1 percent as base metal miners were hit by a decline in copper prices on fears of a drop in demand by China, the world's largest purchaser of base metals.
Barrick Gold, fell 1.4 percent to C$53.29, Goldcorp dipped 1.8 percent to C$53.95, and First Quantum Minerals, was down 3.5 at C$19.88, leading the sector lower.
Energy stocks, which edged down 0.7 percent, were impacted by a dip in U.S. crude as government data showed that jobless benefit claims rose last week to their highest level since late October, sparking worries of a demand shortage.
Suncor Energy was among the biggest laggards, dropping 0.8 percent to C$30.47.
In other earnings news, Lululemon Athletica Inc's shares tumbled nearly 11 percent to C$45.32 in early trade after the retailer announced its quarterly profit rose but sales of its signature yoga wear missed analyst expectations.
(Editing by Jeffrey Hodgson)
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Kobo Vox
The Kobo Vox ($199 direct) aims to douse the Amazon Kindle Fire?($199, 4 stars) as an inexpensive tablet and ebook reader. But despite sharing a similar look and feel to the Editors? Choice Kindle Fire, the Kobo Vox lacks the power and polish to compete. It does a decent job as a color ereader, but beyond that it feels dated even next to the year-old Barnes and Noble Nook Color?($199, 4 stars). Its sluggish performance, unrefined software, and subpar reading experience make the Kobo Vox a hard sell, even at just $199.
Design
The Kobo Vox is a black slab, looking a lot like a Kindle Fire or BlackBerry PlayBook?($499, 2.5 stars). At 7.6 by 5.1 by .53 inches (HWD) and 14.2 ounces, it is slightly wider and lighter than the Kindle Fire?s 7.5 by 4.7 by .45 inches and 14.6 ounces. The rubberized black plastic back has the same texture as the Kindle Fire and BlackBerry PlayBook, but Kobo adds a raised diamond quilt design. The build quality is comparable to the Kindle Fire, but there's a little more flex in the case, making the Kindle Fire seem more solid in your hand.? The Vox has a physical Power button and volume rocker, which I found more useful than the Kindle Fire?s single, awkwardly-placed power button. The bezel is slightly larger than the Kindle Fire?s and houses capacitive Back, Menu and Home buttons.? Some people will appreciate these dedicated, off-screen buttons, but I found they caused trouble when using the tablet in landscape mode. The Kobo Vox has standard headphone and MicroUSB jacks, a microSD slot, and a single speaker grille. Like the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet ($249, 4 stars), the Kobo Vox lacks front and rear cameras. The Vox connects to the Internet using 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, and I had no trouble connecting to our Lab networks. There's no cellular radio or Bluetooth connectivity.
The 7-inch fringe field switching (FFS+) LCD screen is bright and the 1,024-by-600-pixel resolution makes text look clear and crisp. Kobo went with an FFS+ display over in-plane switching (IPS), claiming the former performs better in bright-light settings. The Kobo's screen is brighter than the Kindle Fire?s IPS screen, but I found the outdoor reading experience to be about the same on both. The FFS+ display also has a narrower viewing angle than the Kindle Fire's screen does. Colors are more saturated and vivid on the Fire. For reading ebooks, contrast is greater on the Vox?the black text really pops against an almost-alarming white background.
OS, Apps, Book Store
The Kobo Vox, Nook Tablet, and Kindle Fire all share the same underlying Google Android 2.3 software. Where Barnes and Noble and Amazon heavily modified their user interfaces, the Kobo sticks relatively close to stock Android. The lock screen is changed, and mimics the side-swiping unlock motion on both the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet. The five home screens are populated with pre-loaded apps like The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Press Reader and Zinio for newspaper and magazine reading, which are useful enough, but are ?also easy to remove. Unlike the Nook Tablet or Kindle Fire, Kobo stuck with home-screen widgets, including an appealing collage of links to recently read books.
There are four reading-related icons on the bottom of the home screen, along with an All Apps button.? The first three are fairly self explanatory: Read Now, Library, and Shop Kobo. The last is Reading Life, which is unique to the Kobo Vox. ?It takes you to a very neat page that displays your reading progress and statistics, ?including things like total reading time, pages turned, and pages per hour. While not extremely useful, it adds a little more fun to the reading experience.
There are also awards and accomplishments you can earn through continued reading.? Kobo is really pushing a more social edge to the reading experience, with heavy Facebook integration and sharing options. This is similar to Barnes and Noble?s Nook Friends app, but instead of a separate app, the sharing and social functions are integrated with your reading. You can comment on pages and read what other people have to say about the books you?re reading. It?s like a virtual book club, but it would have been even nicer to have a book lending option like in Nook Friends. There's also a notification bar on the top of the screen, displaying battery life, the time, Wi-Fi connectivity status, and alerts.
Gmail is preloaded, but not Google Maps or Google Talk. Instead of the Android Market, the Vox comes with a link to GetJar's Web-based app store. Most of the apps there are optimized for phones, but they look good on the 7-inch screen. Alternatively, you can install the Amazon App Store or sideload your own Android apps from APK files via the microSD slot.
Kobo's store offers a selection of more than 2.2 million ebooks, more than the million or so Amazon claims to offer. But finding books was difficult; for instance, there is no dedicated section for browsing, say, childrens' books or comics. When I did finally find some childrens' books, they looked nice, but as you'll see below, the tablet is sluggish enough that kids would likely become easily frustrated with it.
Performance and Reading Experience
Frustratingly slow performance and an unresponsive touch screen make the Kobo Vox a pain to use and downright cumbersome when compared with the Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet. The tablet is built around an 800MHz Freescale i.MX51 Cortex-A8 processor, and you get 512MB of RAM, and 8GB of internal storage (with unlimited cloud storage for Kobo content). The aging, single-core processor really holds the tablet back. The Kobo Vox scored a paltry 1,777 on our Antutu benchmark, which measures how fast components like the processor and memory run. It was significantly lower than the Kindle Fire?s 5052 score. Movements and animations were consistently slow, choppy, and generally unresponsive in my tests. Be prepared for long load times and multiple presses to get your commands registered.
The Kobo Vox also turned in a disappointing Browsermark Web browsing score of 25,051, less than a third of the Kindle Fire?s 76,739. The closest comparison is the Samsung DoubleTime?($49, 2 stars), which is a pretty poor smartphone.
The Vox's poor performance makes reading a drag. Though page turns are reasonably quick, books take too long to load. And I really missed the Kindle and Nook's page-turn animations that help bridge the tactile gap between ereaders and physical books. The Kobo Vox also had a hard time switching from portrait to landscape mode smoothly while I was reading. It takes entirely too long, hanging on a blank screen with a rotating circle icon.
Kobo claims that the Vox should deliver 7 hours of battery life with Wi-Fi turned off. In our battery test, which loops a video with the screen pumped up to max brightness, and Wi-Fi on, the Kobo Vox lasted just 3 hours, 47 minutes. That's considerably shorter than the Kindle Fire, which lasted close to 5 hours on the same test.
Conclusions
With the Vox, Kobo tries to mimic the Amazon Kindle Fire, and fails in pretty much every way. Kobo was able to hit that magic $199 price point, but at the cost of performance and polish. The Kindle Fire is a great product at a budget price. The Kobo Vox, on the other hand, is a budget product with a price to match. There is simply no reason to choose the Kobo Vox over the Kindle Fire, the Nook Tablet, or the Nook Color.?
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Friday, December 2, 2011
PFT: Colts to start Orlovsky at QB vs. Pats
APGiven that only a handful of players have been suspended for on-field conduct during the tenure of Commissioner Roger Goodell, not much attention has been paid to the league?s procedures for such situations.
The Ndamukong Suh case will change that, and the situation demonstrates very real differences between the process for appealing suspensions for on-field actions and suspensions for violation of the league?s steroids, substance abuse, and personal conduct policies.
For example, the league is willing to expedite the appeal of Suh?s suspension, which presumably applies to all other suspensions for on-field behavior.? For off-field infractions, the appeal process often takes months.? That?s good for the players, to the extent that the players want to get the situation resolved sooner rather than later.
But here?s where it?s not so good for the players.? NFL spokesman Greg Aiello tells PFT that, while his appeal is pending, Suh can?t practice with the team.
That?s the opposite of the protocol that applies when players appeal suspensions for steroids, drugs, or personal conduct.? Under those policies, the player remains eligible to practice and play until the appeal is resolved.
And it?s objectively unfair to keep the player away from his team pending the outcome of the appeal.? What if Art Shell decides on Friday afternoon that Suh shouldn?t be suspended at all?? Suh will be less prepared for Sunday night?s game against the Saints than he otherwise would have been, because Suh will be banned from practice.
It?s a loophole that needs to be addressed, and that arguably should have been addressed within the context of the new CBA.
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