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[EX Q]: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Gary Kaplan is Negative . Gary Kaplan  50  must also forfeit $43.6 million in illegally obtained revenue as part of a plea agreement. Prosecutors have said that amounts to more than half of Kaplan's total worth.
 Kaplan pleaded guilty in August to racketeering conspiracy  violating the Wire Wager Act and conspiring to violate it. Prosecutors had been investigating offshore sports gambling since 1997  and BetOnSports since 2001.
 Kaplan  sentenced to four years and three months  could end up spending another year behind bars. He has been jailed for two years and seven months since his March 2007 arrest in Puerto Rico. U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson said it will be up to the Bureau of Prisons to determine if he is given credit for time served. Attorneys in the case noted that federal rules call for him serving 85 percent of the 51-month sentence  minus whatever credit he may be given for time served.
 In his guilty plea in August  Kaplan said BetOnSports had 1 million registered customers and accepted more than 10 million sports bets worth more than $1 billion in 2004 alone. HisHis company  by then based in Costa Rica  employed 1 700 people.
 Kaplan took BetOnSports public on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market in 2004  which netted him more than $100 million that was deposited in Swiss bank accounts. For the next two years  he served as a BetOnSports consultant.
 Prosecutors said the company falsely advertised that its gambling operations were legal  and misled gamblers into believing that money transferred to BetOnSports was safe and available to withdraw at any time. Instead  investigators said  the money was used to expand operations  including purchase of a rival betting firm.
 Kaplan told Jackson in August that he initially believed that adhering to the laws in Aruba  Antigua  Costa Rica  the Dominican Republic and the United Kingdom kept him in good stead with U.S. laws. But he said he became aware as early as 2000 that such dealings violated U.S. law  and got confirmation in a legal opinion in 2002. Yet  he kept operating.
 Kaplan apologized to the judge Monday for the "pain and embarrassment" he caused to his family  and said he'd "paid a monumental price for poor decisions." His attorneys said that Kaplan  from his jail cell  has made six-figure contributions to St. Louis-area charities in recent months.
 Jackson said while recognizing Kaplan's generosity  she was "a little put off" by letters she's received from those charities on his behalf.
 "When I make a charitable contribution  I don't expect credit " she said. "I hope you will continue to support worthy charitable organizations even when it doesn't further any personal interest you may have."
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[EX Q]: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hershey is Neutral . Higher prices and lower charges sparked a profit increase for Hershey Co. as the nation's second-biggest candy maker continued to push its brands to cost-conscious consumers and gain market share.
 The company also maintained its 2010 adjusted earnings and sales forecasts while boosting its quarterly dividend. The news sent Hershey's stock up 19 cents to $37 in premarket trading.
 Hershey  based in Hershey  Pennsylvania  recently said it would not bid for British rival Cadbury PLC. Cadbury shareholders are expected to vote on Kraft Foods Inc.'s $19.5 billion offer on Tuesday.
 In the prior-year period Hershey's charges totaled 23 cents per share.
 Sales grew 2 percent to $1.41 billion during the quarter which included Halloween and Christmas -- usually a strong period for the maker of Hershey's chocolate bars and Reese's peanut butter cups. Analysts expected $1.42 billion in revenue.
 West said the candymaker will launch its Hershey's Bliss white chocolate during the first half of the year  as well as continue to expand its Pieces product line to include Hershey's Special Dark  Almond Joy and York.
 The company expect to boost its ad spending by 25 to 30 percent to promote brands such as Reese's  Hershey's Kisses  Bliss  Twizzlers  Kit Kat and its namesake. New ad campaigns are also planned for Almond Joy  Mounds and York.
 Hershey said its earnings  combined with improved working capital and higher operating cash flow  led it to raise its quarterly dividend by 2.25 cents to 32 cents. The dividend will be paid on March 15 to shareholders of record Feb. 25.
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[EX Q]: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Alina Ampeh is Negative . The Washington Post this morning piggybacks off a FOIA investigation by the AP ( nice job !) about why “ getting into prestigious Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology   a magnet school that routinely sends graduates to the most competitive colleges  ” can be extremely difficult   unless of course you can afford to file appeals   “ armed with private exams costing more than $ 500   to persuade bureaucrats their child is deserving ” of admission to the top regional school nicknamed “ TJ .” The problem ? ( bolding added by me for emphasis ) … This system exacerbates a problem plaguing gifted - and - talented programs across the nation : Black and Hispanic students almost never file the appeals that can secure their admission . Using the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to obtain 10 years of county records   The Associated Press found that fewer than 50 black and Hispanic second - graders have filed successful appeals . That ’ s less than 3 percent of the 1   737 second - graders admitted through the appeals process   further skewing a program already heavily weighted toward whites and Asians . Fairfax County has the nation ’ s 10th largest public school system   with more than 188   000 students . Of those   25 percent are Hispanic and 10 percent are African - American . But over the last 10 years   blacks and Hispanics have constituted only 12 percent of the students deemed eligible for Level IV   the most advanced academic program . There are just a few dozen black students at Thomas Jefferson   where sophomore  Alina Ampeh  is surrounded by whites and Asians — a situation  she  ’ s lived with since elementary school .  She  ’ s grateful that all those years of advanced classes prepared  her  for TJ ’ s rigorous academics   but says that doesn ’ t necessarily make  her  special :  She  thinks many of  her  classmates simply have parents who worked the system . So yeah   this situation is unacceptable and in dire need of immediate correction . But not according to commenters on the Washington Post article   who respond with a torrent of racist idiocy that   among other things   clearly violates the Post ’ s own “ standards ” for commenting . For instance   check out the top - rated (!) comments like the following   all of which are racist and / or ignorant and / or just plain nasty . “ Just a shot in the dark – People from either 1 ) a non - English speaking background   or 2 ) a culture where achievement and effort is equated with being a “ sellout ” or an “ Oreo cookie ”  will probably always be “ underrepresented ” in any gifted program .” “ Racial bias ? Blacks and Hispanics are underrepresented in gifted programs in northern Virginia   and in fact   nation - wide   because   on average   they are not as academically - inclined / interested as white or Asian students . And no amount of public monies spent on special racially - targeted programs just for them is going to materially impact that fact . Of course   until the percentage of Blacks and Hispanics in gifted programs matches their percentage of the total student body the SJWs at the WAPO will continue to dissemble and lie about the reasons for the disparity because that ’ s what they do .” “ Could it be that some culture are underrepresented because they lack sufficient households that emphasize a strict and intense work ethic ?” “ Any chance they aren ’ t as gifted as other students ? Nah   it couldn ’ t be that .” “ Probably for the same reasons whites and asians are underrepresented in the NBA .” It goes on and on like this   with no sign of a ( Com ) Post moderator in sight to enforce the “ standards ” of Jeff Bezos ’ fine newspaper . Just for comparison purposes   racist comments would be immediately deleted here at Blue Virginia and the commenters banned . Of course   then again   we also follow other principles of journalistic ethics – like linking to original sources   giving credit / attribution   etc . – that the corporate media rarely seems to care about in its race for eyeballs / clicks / etc . By the way   Sen . Scott Surovell ( D - Fairfax / Prince William County ) has been a leader on this issue ( thank you ! )  for instance with his SB787 that would have required – if it hadn ’ t been defeated in committee – Thomas Jefferson H . S . “ to accept for enrollment ( i ) a sufficient number of students eligible to receive free or reduced price meals such that the total of such students is at least 50 percent of the weighted average of the participating divisions ’ percentage of such students in the previous school year and ( ii ) at least five students but no more than 15 students from each middle school in each school division eligible to matriculate students to such Governor ’ s school who have completed at least two full years at such middle school .” Here ’ s what Sen . Surovell had to say about the WaPo article on “ TJ ” this morning . Last week   5 letters to the editor attacking my TJ admissions bill arguing that TJ is all about “ merit ” and that we just need to do a better job educating Black and Latino kids : Most of the time Merit = Wealth and having the time and ability to work your child to the right spot in the system – e . g . parents working the “ gifted and talented ” appeal process for their second graders as the AP just confirmed . Why can ’ t more leaders be honest about the shortfalls in our system ? Great question ; any answers ? More to the point   what is Fairfax County – or the Virginia General Assembly – planning to do about this situation ?
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no