A red herring is a preliminary report associated with an upcoming initial public offering (IPO) that is filed with the SEC.
The report contains important details about the business, but does not contain specific details about the IPO itself, such as proposed share price and number of shares for sale.
Red herring submissions are used in the preliminary phase of the IPO process to prepare the IPO for approval from the SEC.
The process may only involve one red herring submission, but generally contains multiple submissions as the SEC attempts to gain a comprehensive view of the company’s operations to determine if it is prepared to be listed on the public markets.
All the information contained in the red herring submissions is checked by the SEC to ensure that it is accurate and that there are no purposeful omissions of critical information.
Once all regulatory requirements are met, the company can file its final prospectus with the SEC, which contains the precise details of the IPO itself, as well as key company information intended for investor use.
The content of a red herring submission can vary substantially, but they generally contain information about the company that is relevant to the proposed IPO.
Some examples of the content of a red herring submission include intended use of proceeds from the offering, financial statements, market potential for its product/service, details regarding pertinent current major shareholders and management personnel, pending litigation and any other pertinent details.
Red herrings have an alternate purpose beyond fulfilling a regulatory requirement: advertising to potential investors.
Arguably this alternate purpose to red herrings has come to dominate their production and distribution over their original purpose.
Originally investors would seek out red herrings as a potential source of information about an upcoming IPO, whereas now companies will distribute their red herrings among potential investors as a means of generating interest.
As the main audience of the red herrings transitions from regulators to investors, the content and presentation of the red herrings have changed as well.
Red herrings often contain a wide variety of additional information that is not required by regulators, but which is intended to make the company more attractive to potential investors.
Many companies now hire professional investment bankers to write their red herrings for them, as the importance of the red herring in the investor relation process has increased dramatically.
A red herring submission can be an excellent source of information for traders looking to trade on an upcoming IPO or on a stock in general.
IPOs represent an excellent source of trading opportunities for both fundamental analysis and price action. The first few hours and days of an IPO see some of the biggest volatility anywhere in the equity markets, and traders can reap substantial returns if they have a comprehensive view of the underlying company.
Traders can use red herrings for further insight into a stock even long after the IPO has been completed.
In addition, by following the process of information disclosure, traders with a keen analytical mind can identify potential problem areas in the company, as managers attempt to cover up or whitewash certain aspects of the company during the IPO process.
Traders who specialize in shorting companies with possible internal problems use red herrings extensively in their evaluations of the internal workings of companies.
Red herring submissions are a key element in the regulatory requirements of the IPO process that have a growing importance in the generation of investor interest in an upcoming IPO.
Red herrings contain critical information that both investors and traders can use to trade an upcoming IPO, or even to evaluate a company long after the IPO process is complete.
Short sellers in particular often use red herring submissions to identify companies that may be trying to hide or whitewash shortcomings.
Red herrings can contain red flags that stand out to short sellers and signal candidates that are worthy of further investigation for possible fraud or poor management practices.
Leamington 2nds' Steve Dyer and Jimmy Gettings celebrate with bowler Will Field after the dismissal of Walmley's Nathan Hill. Picture: Morris Troughton
Leamington suffered a five-wicket defeat against a very disciplined Barnard’s Green side in Birmingham League Division One.
Batting first, Leamington got off to a steady start as Zack Fagg (17) and Jonathan Wigley struggled to come to terms with a slow-paced wicket.
Once Fagg was caught, David Bailey (32) then joined Wigley at the crease but when the home side turned to spinners Andy Ford (3-60) and George Rhodes (1-19) Leamington lost four wickets in quick succession, including Wigley who departed caught and bowled for an impressive 64.
Rob Williams (31) and Lee Hopkins (51) then set about rebuilding the innings before a cameo from James Williams (14 not out) lifted the visitors to 217 for seven off their 55 overs.
In reply, despite dismissing Andrew Curtis early, a game-changing partnership between Worcestershire contracted duo George Rhodes and Alex Hepburn (39) took the game away from Leamington.
Leamington’s spin duo of Mark Ashcroft (2-39) and Fagg (2-57) took four quick wickets but it was too little, too late as Rhodes (95 not out) played a masterful innings and was well supported by Ford (27) and Jamie Tapper (23 not out).
Leamington 2nds had to settle for a winning draw after making a welcome return to form against Walmley.
The build-up to the match was disrupted by an injury to regular wicketkeeper Will Dixon - now the fourth keeper in the club to succumb to injury - with all-rounder Jim Gethins taking over the gloves and Steve Dyer returning from holiday in Weymouth to make up the numbers.
Once again, the seconds batted first and another promising start was made, with David Hawkes looking in ominous form before getting stumped on 57.
With Neil Smith (38) and debutant Karan Patra at the crease, Leamington were looking at setting a huge score.
Tom Davison (19) added some late impetus, while Patra ended his measured innings on 66 not out as Leamington totalled 243 for eight from their 50 overs.
Paul Lawrence and Will Field took early wickets and captain Jason Butler juggled his attack well, ensuring the run rate continued to build.
Once Berridge (50) was removed by Butler, Walmley’s chances of victory were gone, although dropped catches prevented Leamington forcing a win themselves as the visitors closed on 208 for six.
A rumbustious innings saw Leamington 3rds post a best-ever total of 315 for six and gain their first Cotswold Hills Premier Division win of the season at Alcester.
James Cowan (36) and Liam Killian (58) got the innings off to a brisk start on a good batting surface, with an opening stand of 67 in 13 overs.
Major contributions in the second half of the innings came from Billy Hallett (89) and skipper Matt Dale (45 not out), who made a welcome return to form.
Supported by Wayne Killian (3-25) he reduced Alcester to 133 for nine before a spirited last-wicket stand of 33.
Getting in line early for tickets to look out a few windows at a city you know may seem like a waste of time.
At 555 feet tall, the monument offers panoramic views. After a short ride up in the elevator, you can peer out the eight windows and see landmarks the nation’s capital is known for. Maps at each window show what you’re looking at, and views reach all the way to Maryland and Virginia. Afterward, in the exhibit below the observation deck, you can learn about the monument’s construction. (Fun fact: When it was completed in 1884, it was the world’s tallest building.) On the ride back down, the elevator’s frosted glass will suddenly turn clear to let you see some of the commemorative stones lining the monument’s interior.
The Mall between 15th and 17th sts., NW; 202-426-6841. Free, timed same-day tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 8:30 am at the Washington Monument Lodge on 15th Street adjacent to the monument. Tickets are also available online or by phone for a $1.50 fee; see recreation.gov.
President Carter promised representatives of a coalition of labor, civil rights and other organizations yesterday that he would give careful thought to their request for an increase in the administration's recommended $2.50-an hour minimum wage level.
But according to Clarence Mitchell, chief lobbyist for the NAACP, the President made no commitments during the meeting with the Coalition for a Fair Minimum Wage.
Mitchell, AFL-CIO President George Meany, Dorothy Height of the National Council of Negro Women and Msgr. Francis Lally of the U.S. Catholic Conference met Carter for about 20 minutes yesterday.
A White House official said specific minimum wage figures were not discussed during the meeting. The AFL-CIO is seeking an increase in the minimum wage, now $2.30 an hour, to $3 an hour.
Mitchell said the group presented Carter with statistics showing the administration proposal would leave some 3 million working poor below the poverty level in 1980.
"This is an affort on the part of American citizens to see our people reach a level where they can live in dignity," he said. "It did seem to me that the President warmed up to that thought."
In other developments yesterday, the White House announced that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Fahd will meet Carter at the White House May 24 and 25. The Meeting is part of an initial round of talks with major leaders in the Middle East in an attempt to find a Middle East peace settlement.
The White House also announced Carter will nominate Eleanor Holmes Norton, 39, chairman of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, as chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Marion Edey, 32, chairman of the League of Conservative Voters, to be a member of the Council on Environmental Quality.
Southern Republicans attending a 13-state leadership conference here today say that George Bush's victory in Iowa has made him a threat to the candidates believed strongest in this conservative region -- Ronald Reagan and John Connally.
Republican leaders said that Bush's first-place finish has given him the winning image that they are looking for in 1980.
Although Bush now lives in Houston, he is a native New England Republican and has not always been a favorite among Deep South Republicans. r
Harry Dent of South Carolina, one of the most important Republican strategists in the South, said he volunteered to support Bush after the former ambassador and ex-CIA director defeated Reagan and Connally in Iowa.
"Bush can win the support of conservatives," Dent said, "but he has a streak of lean -- a streak of lean in you in order to go all the way [against the Democratic nominee in November]."
Dent will be Bush's campaign manager in South Carolina, where Republicans hold their first southern primary March 8.
Dent says he thinks Connally, a former Democratic governor of Texas, would make a good a president, but the Iowa results confirm suspicions that Connally cannot win in 1980.
In one of those fine ironies that seen to flourish in periods of governmental transition, a leading candidate for the California Supreme Court Seat that would be vacated by President Reagan's nominee for deputy secretary of state is none other than former president Carter's deputy secretary of state.
Justice William P. Clark, nominated last week for the No. 2 spot at the State Department, could be replaced by Warren Christopher, a Californian who had strong support in the state even before his role in the release of the U.S. hostages made him a minor American hero.
It is also within the realm of possibility that a second vacancy on the California Supreme Court, created two weeks ago by the death of Justice Wiley Manuel, could be filled by Carter's education secretary, Shirley Huftstedler, who was a judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California before joining the Carter administration. Among her supporters is Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif).
Both Christoper and Hufstedler are considered good bets for appointment to the court by Gov. Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown Jr., despite comments from Lt. Gov. Mike Curb that he believed Reagan had "taken a number of steps" to ensure Clark would be replaced with a conservative.
In any case, the two vacancies offer Brown the chance to appoint a majority of the seven-member court. Chief justice Rose Bird and Justice Frank Newman are his appointees. Justices Mathew Tobriner and Stanley Mosk were appointed by his father, former governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown Sr., and Justice Frank Richardson was appointed by Reagan.
Washington, DC - NOVEMBER 29: Four wines on November 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jennifer Chase for The Washington Post)
The holiday season is here, and this is the month when Americans buy the vast majority of sparkling wine sold in the United States. So throughout December, I will recommend a variety of bubblies from around the world, from good, inexpensive fizz to high-end champagne. Stock up: If you don't get to them all by New Year's, they'll help keep 2018 festive.
Mesnil is an area in Champagne's Cote des Blancs, where chardonnay achieves its greatest expression. Wines from Mesnil are typically big and bold flavored (Krug being a prominent example), but Michel Turgy achieves a remarkable finesse and delicacy. And at this price, it's a relative value. Alcohol by volume: 13 percent.
Distributed by Dionysus: Available in the District at Arrowine and Spirits, D'Vines, MacArthur Beverages, Rodman's; on the list at Kapnos. Available in Maryland at Balducci's and Bradley Food & Beverage in Bethesda, Wells Discount Liquors and Wine Source in Baltimore. Available in the Virginia at Arrowine and Cheese in Arlington, Balducci's (Alexandria, McLean), J. Emerson Fine Wines & Cheese in Richmond, Vienna Vintner, Wine Cabinet in Reston; on the list at Nostos in Vienna.
This wine is labeled "Champagne à l'état pur," or champagne in its pure state. That means no additives to the wine and no sulfur used at bottling. As a champagne for the natural wine movement, it is a bit rough-and-tumble, with delicious fruit and a chewy texture that shows more brawn than delicacy. Its honesty kept drawing me back for another sip. ABV: 12 percent.
Distributed by Bacchus: Available in the District at Cordial Craft Wine, Beer & Spirits (the Wharf), MacArthur Beverages. Available in Maryland at Remington Wine Company and Wine Source in Baltimore; on the list at Marie Louise Bistro and Pen and Quill in Baltimore.
The label says Contratto was the first Italian producer — about a century ago — to make sparkling wine in the traditional champagne style, with the second (bubbly) fermentation taking place in the bottle. It sports an over-the-top Belle Epoque label that promises hedonistic revelry, and it delivers. The wine bursts with delightful scents and flavors of raspberries, currants and white flowers. For bubbly fiends, it's single vintage, with no dosage of sugar added at disgorgement. It's not well known, but it is worth seeking out. ABV: 12.5 percent.
Distributed by Country Vintner: Available in the District at MacArthur Beverages, Rodman's; on the list at Fiola Mare. Available in Virginia at Unwined (Alexandria).
"Cremant" is a term for most French sparkling wines made in regions outside Champagne. The most common are Burgundy (Bourgogne), Alsace and Loire. Simonnet-Febvre is in Chablis, the northern part of Burgundy known for chardonnay. This cremant crackles with crisp bubbles and refreshing acidity, making it an ideal aperitif for a toast or to wash down appetizers. ABV: 12.5 percent.
Moldova boasts the world's largest underground wine cellar, as well as some really good, inexpensive bubbly. Cricova makes a basic brut called Crisecco that is a stunner for about $12. This slightly more expensive blanc de noirs is robust with flavors of red berries and ripe peaches, over spicy gingerbread. ABV: 13.5 percent.
Distributed by Salveto: Available in the District at Chat's Liquors, Cork & Fork, D'Vines, S&R Liquors; on the list at Ambar, Mintwood, Partisan. Available in Maryland at Dunkirk Wine & Spirits, Potomac Gourmet Market in National Harbor. Available in Virginia at Crystal City Wine Shop, Dominion Wine and Beer in Falls Church, Oakton Wine Shop in Oakton, Planet Wine & Gourmet in Alexandria, Screwtop Wine Bar & Cheese Shop in Arlington, Unwined (Alexandria, Belleview), the Wine Outlet (Great Falls, McLean, Vienna), on the list at Ambar in Arlington.
The conversation about the Redskins’ trip to Seattle would be quite different this week if veteran safety DeAngelo Hall hadn’t managed to knock the ball away from Seahawks wide receiver Tanner McEvoy on the Seahawks’ Hail Mary as time expired. For one thing, there would be a lot more talk — and likely some profanity-laced yelling from the Redskins’ camp — about the fact that the game might’ve ended one play before Seattle’s desperation heave if not for a mistake by the clock operator.
With Seattle trailing 17-14 and out of timeouts on its final drive, Russell Wilson completed a 26-yard pass to Paul Richardson, who was tackled at the Washington 38-yard line. The Seahawks hustled to the line and snapped the ball with 15 seconds remaining, and Wilson was sacked for an eight-yard loss by Terrell McClain. Officials ruled Wilson down by contact before he released the ball, meaning the clock should’ve continued to run. Instead, it was erroneously stopped with 11 seconds remaining. A replay official later buzzed an official on the field to review the play several seconds after the clock would’ve expired had it continued to run.
“Really, should Seattle have had a chance to throw the Hail Mary and possibly win the game? I don’t think so, because you had a clock error,” Fox NFL rules analyst Mike Pereira said Monday, while breaking down the final seconds of the game with fellow rules analyst and former NFL VP of officiating Dean Blandino. “You had an error in the clock. You had 12 seconds when Russell Wilson went down on a knee. A whistle was blown, ending the play. The clock operator stopped the clock, so he stopped the clock with essentially 11 seconds to go. Seventeen seconds later, 17 second later on a clock that was not supposed to stop, they’re up to the line of scrimmage and spiked the ball, and the buzz came from replay right as the ball was snapped. So they went to review it. That’s another story. My issue with this is that the clock should never have stopped. I think it’s reasonable to say that Seattle may not have gotten off another play without this clock erroneously stopping.”
“May not [have],” Blandino replied. “I think what happens here is you’ve got a situation where the quarterback is potentially down, or does he throw an incomplete pass? Now, the referee, Ron Torbert, was ruling down and pointing to the ground. The clock operator, in confusion, not knowing if it was incomplete or down, stopped the game clock. Now, we don’t know if the clock had continued to run, would Seattle have had more of a sense of urgency and gotten lined up with 11 seconds. Maybe they would, maybe they wouldn’t. We don’t know that, so we don’t know if they would have gotten another play. I think the other issue is the ruling on the field, which was correct, is that he was down by contact. Replay really can’t do anything with that. We both said as it was happening, ‘Why is replay stopping the game here?’ They did confirm that he was down, but there was nothing they could have done. They couldn’t make it an incomplete pass, because once the player’s ruled down, the only thing you can do is make it a fumble. So it was really an unnecessary stop. … It was just a weird, funky ending to the game.”
Seeing that the clock was stopped, the Seahawks didn’t rush to the line with the same urgency that they probably would’ve had it continued to run. It’s impossible to say whether 11 seconds was enough time for Seattle to get everyone on the line for one more play. As Blandino noted, clock operators are often current or former college officials, and they’re hired and trained by the league.
“Well, I’m in the camp that says they wouldn’t have gotten the snap off, because that ball hits another lineman and bounces back into the offensive backfield, and you had wide receivers that had run down deep,” Pereira said. “If they get that ball snapped in 11 seconds after that, I just don’t think it happens. Obviously there’s a mistake made. Who’s accountable? I mean, you have a suspension in 2015 in the San Diego-Pittsburgh game on a play that had no consequence at the end, because 18 seconds ran off a clock on a kickoff. To me, the league is pretty damn lucky that that pass was incomplete in the end zone, and not a touchdown by Seattle, because then there would have been a ton of discussion.”
Seattle’s Hail Mary that probably shouldn’t have happened falls incomplete. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)
Campaign ads are very often dishonest in one form or another. When they don’t mislead you, they often omit key facts and use such gauzy language that they don’t really tell you anything. That candidate supports veterans? Great. This candidate is against wasteful spending? Fantastic. I like that. Candidate C wants to Make America Great Again? Sign me up. I’m all for being great.
As these claims are being made, though, there are often carefully selected scenes playing on the screen — scenes intended to evoke very specific feelings about the candidate and/or their opponent.
Which is why the video above, from Dissolve, is so fantastic. It really just nails it almost completely, and it’s well worth your time.
“Here are a bunch of different people, matched with career signifiers — like a helmet, a uniform or a stethoscope — on the off chance that you identify with one of them.”
“And if you’re thinking about retirement, here are some old people smiling. Thank God they’re still alive to vote.”
“My record shows that I can construct a narrative by keeping the details pretty vague. Families, the economy, faith and education are all things I’ve addressed in non-specific ways.”
The Freedom Forum's offer to buy the Pennsylvania Avenue site occupied by the D.C. Department of Employment Services (DOES) has officials wondering: If the deal is approved, where does that leave DOES?
The Freedom Forum has offered to give the city $75 million to move its headquarters and Newseum from Arlington to the DOES site by 2003. The D.C. City Council is expected to approve the deal this year.
In a meeting with editors and reporters of The Washington Times last week, Mayor Anthony A. Williams said he is considering several sites for the department, but added that he won't name them publicly because he doesn't want to drive up the cost of the land.
Butch Hopkins, president of the Anacostia Economic Development Corp., a nonprofit group that works to attract new businesses to the Southeast neighborhood, said city leaders have discussed moving DOES east of the Anacostia River.
Mr. Hopkins said that may not mean the city is necessarily considering sites in Anacostia, but he said residents in the poor neighborhood would welcome the move.
"Any agency that comes to an underserved neighborhood would increase the daytime employment, and eventually you'd have a spinoff effect," Mr. Hopkins said.
Arrington Dixon, chairman of the Anacostia Coordinating Council, a group that promotes urban renewal in Southeast, said he will encourage the city to consider sites on the east side of the Anacostia River for the new DOES home.
DOES administers job training and job placement programs for D.C. residents. It employs about 700 people at offices throughout the city, although most staff members work in the Pennsylvania Avenue building.
A spokeswoman for Mr. Williams said the city may try to consolidate those offices into the new location, once it is chosen.
If DOES does move to Anacostia, Mr. Hopkins said shops and restaurants to serve its workers would probably follow. He also predicted some of the department's employees would move to the neighborhood to be closer to work.
Last year, the D.C.-based Oliver Carr Co. offered to buy the Pennsylvania Avenue DOES building and transform the prime downtown real estate into a hotel and condominiums.
As part of the deal, Carr offered to build a new headquarters for DOES on Howard Road SE, one block from the Anacostia Metro station.
Mr. Williams said last week he is "committed" to fulfilling a campaign promise to move government agencies east of the Anacostia River, saying he wants to get public services "out to the people."
The mayor tried to do that after taking office in 1999, when he proposed selling the University of the District of Columbia's Van Ness campus and moving the school to Anacostia.
Mr. Williams fared better this summer when he said he would move the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles from C Street NW to Georgia Avenue NW, part of a $111 million plan to improve that corridor. Most residents have embraced that plan.
Other sources suggested the city may move DOES to One Judiciary Square NW. That building is being used as a temporary city hall until renovation of the official hall, the John A. Wilson Building, ends this year.
The first war of the 21st century has been a resounding success for the United States. Thus far, operations have claimed fewer than 250 U.S. combat casualties, and, for the most part, U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan are being positively portrayed by the media. Hollywood has, at least temporarily, stopped denigrating the armed forces and is producing films which honor fighting men.
Recent documentaries, books and novels are capitalizing on the pro-military sentiment which Americans have always had, but the cultural elite denied. Yet, the Class of 2002 has graduated from America's high schools and colleges, and our armed forces are struggling to meet their "accession targets" this summer. Why?
Military recruiters point to one reason America's educational institutions. Notwithstanding the brutality of the September 11 terror attack, America's educators have been so hostile to the military for so long that most students don't even consider donning a uniform.
As former Education Secretary Bill Bennett, author of "Why We Fight," pointed out on my radio show last week, many educators find military service repugnant because "we are not a warlike people." That's putting it mildly. On the eve of World War II, after the Axis powers seized most of Europe and much of Asia and Africa, Selective Service the draft passed the House by only one vote on Aug. 12, 1941. And even after Adolf Hitler's U-boats sank the U.S. freighter Robin Moor on June 9, 1941 and the USS Reuben James I (DD-245) on Oct. 31, 1941, both with substantial loss of American lives, there was still considerable opposition to U.S. involvement.
But then came Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto's surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, Schofield Barracks and the Oahu airfields on December 7, 1941. Any residual antipathy toward military service evaporated 30 hours later when President Roosevelt, citing the "day that will live in infamy," asked Congress to declare war against the Empire of Japan. For the next several weeks, young men waited in lines some blocks long at military recruiting stations. Many, too young to enlist, were turned away and told to come back after their 18th birthdays.
One of them was George Herbert Walker Bush. Secretary of War Henry Stimson urged Mr. Bush and his classmates at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., to get a college education before going to war. But the future president ignored the admonition and enlisted on his 18th birthday, becoming the Navy's youngest aviator. He later flew 58 combat missions before being shot down on Sept. 2, 1944, over Chichi Shima in the Bonin Islands. His story was replicated countless times as millions of patriotic young Americans responded to their country's call.
But September 11 was no Pearl Harbor redux. Recruiters report that for a few days after September's attack, phone calls, foot traffic, and Web site activity increased. But 10 months later, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. James Cassella says the initial surge "did not translate into an increased rate of enlistments." Douglas Smith of the Army's Fort Knox recruiting office is blunt: "There is minimal impact we can attribute to September 11." And Lt. Ingrid Mueller of the Navy Recruiting Command confirmed that, "The calls are not coming from that group of young men and women we need."
What does today's military need? Bright, sober, physically fit, law-abiding, recent high-school graduates capable of learning ballistics, physics, electronics, chemistry, a foreign language and how to shoot. The Army wants 79,000 of them; the Navy 55,000; the Air Force 34,600 and the Marines want 32,700. Given the "education establishment's" hostility, meeting that goal won't be easy.
Last year, military recruiters were denied access to public schools more than 19,000 times. In July 2001, the Defense Department reported that 31 percent of public schools deny access to recruiters, and 60 percent of recruiters say they are prohibited from talking to high-school seniors, with less than 40 percent ever invited to speak to a class. The worst offenders are Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine, where up to 89 percent of schools refuse access to two or more recruiting services. Nearly 25 percent of high schools refuse to release student directory information to recruiters. Only 11 percent of secondary schools have Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) on campus. The number of students who have ever spoken to a military recruiter has dropped from 46 percent in 1991 to 37 percent in 1997, and fewer than 20 percent of high-school guidance counselors encourage students to talk to a recruiter.
Lt. Gen. Donald Peterson, former Air Force deputy chief of staff for personnel says: "It's not that our young people don't like the military, don't want to be a part of it. It's just difficult for them to see it."
And that's not likely to change next week when the National Education Association meets for its annual seance in Dallas. Instead of spewing their usual claptrap about smaller class sizes and higher pay or denouncing home schoolers and competition in education; the NEA should heed the call of President Bush, who, in a commencement speech at Ohio State University last week said, "America needs men and women who respond to the call of duty." But students can only do so if they are taught the responsibilities that come with freedom.
One organization taking that responsibility seriously is Freedom Alliance, which this summer will introduce hundreds of high-school students to the benefits of military service by taking them to some of America's most active military bases. Their Eichenberg Military Leadership Series will allow students to simulate the flight of an F-15 fighter jet and challenge their mettle on a military obstacle course. They will even get to meet Capt. Richard O'Hanlon, the skipper of the aircraft carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) which recently returned from a record deployment in the Middle East.
Computer programmers say: "Garbage in, garbage out." The same principle can be applied to education. Duty, Honor, Country are concepts that can be taught. Our president is trying. Organizations like Freedom Alliance are trying. Now if only our public schools, colleges and universities will do the same.
The Defense Department's anthrax immunization program has hurt the Pentagon's ability to retain pilots and aircrew for the National Guard and reserves, the General Accounting Office said yesterday.
The GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, concluded in a report that a "significant number" of pilots and aircrew members who received the required anthrax immunization vaccine cited the program as a major factor in reducing their participation in Guard and reserve activities or leaving military service altogether.
"Anthrax is a serious threat that our soldiers might face on the battlefield," said Rep. Dan Burton, Indiana Republican and chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, which requested the study.
"At the same time, this vaccine has been controversial, and it has caused serious reactions in some individuals," he said. "The Defense Department needs to do a better job giving accurate information to our military personnel so they can make informed decisions."
Anthrax is one of the bacterial agents most readily available to terrorists and U.S. enemy states worldwide.
Five persons across the nation died from exposure to anthrax-laced letters. More than a year later, the government has yet to make an arrest in the case. The FBI has consistently maintained that the investigation is on track and that thousands of leads have been pursued by a task force of investigators.
The GAO, in reaching its conclusion, investigated the views of pilots and other aircrew members of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve.
Investigators said an estimated 37 percent of the pilots and aircrew members surveyed had received one or more anthrax shots as of September 2000 and that of those recipients, 85 percent reported experiencing some type of adverse reaction, displaying symptoms such as redness, itching, chills, fever, nausea and dizziness.
At the time of the inquiry, the GAO said, two-thirds of the sample survey did not support the anthrax vaccine program nor any future immunization programs planned for other biological warfare agents.
"Now more than ever, an experienced and well-trained military is critical," Mr. Burton said. "I hope the DOD will take the GAO's recommendations seriously and direct the establishment of an active surveillance program to identify and monitor adverse events associated" with the program. The DOD is the Defense Department.
From March 1998 and March 2002, more than 525,000 U.S. military personnel were vaccinated against anthrax.
The Defense Department has sought to immunize all 2.4 million service members by 2004, at a cost of $130 million. The immunization series calls for six injections of the vaccine over a period of 18 months, followed by annual booster shots.
The U.S. military is the only force in the world requiring all its military troops to take the anthrax vaccinations.
Concerns have also been raised about the vaccine's effectiveness against massive doses of weaponized anthrax anticipated in an intentional biological warfare attack. In addition, the only FDA-approved manufacturer, the Michigan Biologic Products Institute, has repeatedly been cited for quality control problems.
The Anthrax Vaccine Expert Committee, a civilian panel of physicians and scientists set up to monitor the safety of the vaccinations, concluded in a report in April that the vaccinations over a two-year period had not shown a high frequency or unusual pattern of serious reactions.
The committee said that when it reviewed and medically evaluated 602 reports of adverse reactions, it concluded that the number was not excessive and that no deaths had been reported.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf agreed yesterday to step down as army chief by the end of next year, part of a deal with the hard-line Islamic opposition to end a long standoff that has stalled his nation’s return to democracy.
Gen. Musharraf also agreed to scale back some of the special powers he had decreed himself after taking control in a 1999 military coup. He will remain president, but must seek a vote of confidence in parliament within one month of stepping down as military chief, according to the agreement.
“I have decided that I will take off my military uniform by December 2004 and I will step down as chief of army staff,” Gen. Musharraf said, clad in green-and-black military fatigues, in a brief televised address. “The time has come.”
The agreement, which calls for Gen. Musharraf to quit his army position by Dec. 31 next year, was signed at a hastily called ceremony in Islamabad.
The deal is an odd marriage of convenience between the U.S.-backed president and the Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), a coalition of hard-line Islamic parties that has been deeply critical of American policy in the region, particularly its ouster of the Taliban regime in neighboring Afghanistan.
A four-star general, Mohammed Yousaf Khan, is next in line to take over command of the army. However, Gen. Khan is due to complete his three-year tenure in the No. 2 position in October, and it is not clear whether he would be in position to succeed Gen. Musharraf at the end of next year, said army spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan.
Angry about the special powers Gen. Musharraf had granted himself that give him the right to sack the prime minister and disband parliament by decree, opposition lawmakers have paralyzed parliament for months, harassing speakers, staging mass walkouts and blocking most legislation.
Under the agreement, Gen. Musharraf would have to consult with the prime minister before sacking the government, and would need to seek Supreme Court approval.
Gen. Musharraf won a five-year term as president in a referendum last year in which he was the only candidate. That October, he permitted elections to choose a national parliament and provincial assemblies, allowing a measure of democracy to return to this conservative Islamic country that has been ruled by the military for more than half its 56 years of existence.
Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali, a Musharraf ally, runs the day-to-day operations of the government, but Gen. Musharraf has remained the ultimate power in the country.
Gen. Musharraf had vowed to keep his military post as long as he felt it was in the best interest of the nation. Many observers wonder how long he will be able to remain as president without the power of his army role.
On Dec. 14, an assassination attempt came within seconds of blowing up his limousine as it passed a bridge in Rawalpindi, near the capital. Jamming devices in Gen. Musharraf’s vehicle apparently delayed the explosion. Hard-line Islamic militant groups were believed to be behind the attack.
Assistant Minority Leader Harry Reid’s obstructive eight-and-one-half hour stand on the Senate floor on Monday should give Senate Republicans all the inspiration they need to complete their own “Justice for Judges Marathon.”
Starting at 6 tonight, Republicans will spend 30 straight hours of debate attempting to shut off the filibusters on three well-qualified nominees for the federal bench: California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown, nominated to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; Texas Supreme Court Associate Justice Priscilla Owen, nominated to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals; and Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl, nominated to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. To do so, they have brought in the cots and candy bars, hoping that they might catch Democrats napping during the night, allowing at least one nominee to slip through the blockade.
It’s about time. Democrats are blocking several well-qualified nominees for the federal bench. In addition to Judge Kuhl, and Justices Owen and Brown, they are also filibustering Alabama Attorney General William Pryor, nominated to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and District Judge Charles Pickering Sr., nominated to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Seven judicial nominees could be blocked by filibusters before the year ends.
It would be surprising if the marathon changed many minds on the matter. Yet, it is a welcome move nonetheless, demonstrating that Republicans have the will and endurance to do what is necessary to highlight the obstructionism of Democrats. As Robert Novak pointed out in a column two weeks ago announcing the judicial offensive, “The GOP’s will to fight has seemed lacking.” Sen. Rick Santorum also acknowledged, “From the standpoint of putting up the fight, there’s probably more we could do.”
While attempts at accommodation have fallen flat, the filibusters have taken a toll. Two months ago, after two years of waiting for Senate approval, the eminently qualified Miguel Estrada withdrew from his nomination to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Other potential Supreme Court picks could be pushed aside by the same protracted process.
While both parties are using such judicial battles to arouse their base, control of the Supreme Court is ultimately at stake. While Republicans have realized the gravity of the situation, they have allowed “gentlemen’s filibusters” by Democrats to carry the day. The Senate floor has not seen an all-night filibuster in over a decade.
It should see more in the future, considering the obstruction that Republicans are likely to continue to encounter. Tonight, Republicans will go to the mattresses. They should not hesitate to do so again.
Saturday morning’s sleepy silence is broken with a blaring “zip, bam, boom.” It’s just after 7 a.m., but Otto Rocket and his sister Reggie already are careening down a mammoth ramp on an extreme snowboard course. Their speedy soundtrack echoes from the TV through our ventilation ducts and fills the house.
In fewer than 30 minutes, Chuckie, Tommy and the rest of the Rugrats will encounter a skunk or attempt to escape Grandpa Boris’ lax supervision, and then at 8, it’s time for an hour of “Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius.”
Saturday morning cartoons remain a ritual in my home, bridging the gap between high school and third grade. Bonding through the humor of Bikini Bottom and Timmy’s “Fairly Odd Parents,” my children hang out together as the characters of their favorite animated shows drop by for a weekly visit to share their unlikely adventures.
Like most things, cartoons look different than they did a generation ago. There are fewer talking animals in the tradition of “Bullwinkle” and “Underdog.” Instead, today’s shows feature wide-eyed child-heroes with names that sound like sushi varieties who engage in regular conflicts with extraordinary villains.
The characters live in mythical places where their magic powers enable them to safeguard humanity from week to week. Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, Digimon and Xiaolin rescue the planet from the forces of evil several times before breakfast, usually with a judicious use of air, fire, water and earth. It’s all organic in cartoon crime-fighting these days. Corrupting? Not even a little.
There also are a fair number of female do-gooders. “The Powerpuff Girls” — Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup — take their orders from Professor Utonium in an effort to “save the world before bedtime.” Girls also are the heroines on “Mew Mew Power,” a program featuring five teens who possess the powers of endangered animals to fight various evildoers who would destroy mankind. Obviously, the combination of feminism and environmentalism is no match for bad guys.
Of course, a few of the old standbys remain in the Saturday morning lineup. “Scooby Doo,” “Looney Tunes,” “Yogi Bear” and “The Flintstones” still draw an audience. The Caped Crusader still patrols Metropolis. Tanks to Cartoon Network, “Quick Draw McGraw” also still awaits children who awaken too early on the weekends.
There’s more good news in today’s cartoons: Geeks rule the world. Virtually all the shows my children love focus on likable nerds who wear glasses and short pants, are excluded from the cool cartoon crowd, yet still come out on top at the end of every episode. As morality plays go, you can’t beat Saturday mornings to reinforce individuality, integrity, courage, loyalty and the pursuit of justice.
So if the Saturday morning lineup is filled with stories of good conquering evil and heroes who do homework, just where is the corruption? It’s in the commercials. Sandwiched between positive messages and pithy dialogue are commercials that steal the innocence of young viewers and promote an insatiable appetite for buying new stuff.
Thanks to commercial breaks between episodes, my youngest daughter is convinced we need a Betty Crocker Bake’n-Fill, a two-part baking pan that creates a cavity for your favorite ice cream or pudding. She also thinks we need the Bug Wand and a Chocolate Fondue Fountain. (OK, she may have a point about needing the Chocolate Fondue Fountain.)
Being a little girl, it’s natural that she responds to ads for the new Barbie Makeover Magic Deluxe Styling Head. She has seen the commercial for it so many times she can recite the script and name all the parts “not sold separately.”
The “As seen on TV” folks push the usual offerings, such as Amazing Elastic Plastic, Slinkies and Rainbow Art sets.
The commercials for prepackaged foods have parents everywhere dreading trips to the grocery store with children who beg for unhealthy offerings by reciting advertising copy. (“It’s part of a balanced breakfast, Mom. Really.”).
Case in point: the ad in which a couple walks down a beach while a woman’s voice talks about a drug she uses to treat her herpes. I have no doubt pharmaceutical company honchos believe they’re doing a public service by educating folks about sexually transmitted viruses. I also have no doubt they make a bunch of money selling drugs to people who want to walk on the beach with a new love, free from the burden of STDs.
No matter what time of day our children watch television, they’re at risk for seeing and hearing about subjects from which we might prefer to shelter them for several years. My son’s new practice of watching ESPN in the evenings has us on guard for commercials that sell therapies for sexual dysfunction, a subject our 10-year-old simply doesn’t need to contemplate.
Honestly, is there any reason to listen to a woman talk about “lasting satisfaction” during a basketball game?
So we keep the remote in hand, ready at any moment to pounce on the “quick view” button, returning to the previous channel in the hope we aren’t confronted with a public service message about condom use and safe sex.
As for Saturday mornings, we encourage lots of channel surfing during commercial breaks. After all, you never know what Yogi Bear is doing over in Jellystone Park.
Columnist Marybeth Hicks, a wife of 18 years and mother of four children, lives in the Midwest. She uses her column to share her perspective on issues and experiences that shape families nationwide. Visit her Web site (www.marybethhicks.com) or send e-mail to marybeth.hicks@ comcast.net.
A New Hampshire gas station clerk was fired from his job of 10 years after he drew his pistol on a would-be robber early Monday morning.
Shannon Cothran, who works at the Shell on Main Street in Nashua, was confronted at about 3 a.m. by a man wielding a knife.
“He was very heavily masked and clothed. He came directly in and produced a knife and came around the corner and threatened my life,” Mr. Cothran told CBS Boston.
Mr. Cothran, who has a gun permit, said he carried it to protect himself against the rash of robberies in the area, even though carrying a firearm is against his company’s policy.
“I knew exactly what I was doing. I made a conscious choice to protect my life and put myself in a situation where I would have to find new employment,” he told the station. “I really don’t feel that I did anything this noteworthy. I just wanted to get home to my family; that’s it. I would rather find a new job than either be in a hospital bed or in a coffin.”
Nashua Police Lt. Denis Linehan said, “the clerk acted appropriately. He did fear for his life. He was in close proximity to a deadly weapon.”
Nouria Energy Corp. issued a statement Wednesday, explaining that employees are trained to deal with robberies in order to prevent the situation from escalating.
“Cashiers are instructed to give the intruder what they ask for in an attempt to resolve the conflict peacefully and as soon as possible,” the statement said. “Make no mistake: We care about the personal well-being of employees like Mr. Cothran, whose years of service are truly appreciated — not about the money in the cash register. So, we are especially grateful that this situation was resolved without injury.
“We do respect the constitutional right to bear arms. However, we believe the best way to keep our employees and customers safe is to prohibit weapons in the workplace,” the statement said.
Dallas Mavericks guard Monta Ellis, left, looks to pass off the ball against New Orleans Pelicans forward Tyreke Evans (1) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, in Dallas. The Mavericks won 112-107. (AP ... more >
A night after scoring only 2 points, his fewest in a game since 2006, Ellis scored 26 points and the Dallas Mavericks outlasted the New Orleans Pelicans 112-107 on Wednesday night.
“Coach put the ball in my hands and my teammates have confidence in me to make plays around this time,” Ellis said. “I was looking to make plays, and tonight I had it going in the fourth quarter.”
Ellis was a game-time decision Tuesday because of a sore elbow. It didn’t seem to be a problem Wednesday, when he made 11 of 19 field goal attempts, including both 3-point shots.
“He wants the ball when the heat’s on, and he’s unafraid,” Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle. “After (Tuesday), everybody was asking about his elbow, and the majority of the guys in this league would have sat this one out after going 1 for (11).”
The Pelicans’ Anthony Davis scored 31 points and added 11 rebounds, and Jrue Holiday added a season-high 30 points and 10 assists.
Davis jammed a toe in the fourth quarter, but stayed in the game. He and Williams both indicated that Davis should be fine going forward.
Harris had only seven points until the final minute of the third quarter, and then scored 13 in a 6-minute span to help the Mavericks turn a one-point deficit to a six-point lead. Ellis took over from there.
“Monta was great tonight,” Williams said. “Then Devin Harris had 20 off the bench. I thought his 3s, we had a hand up. He just hit tough shots.”
Harris had started three games in November when starting point guard Jameer Nelson was out because of back spasms. Nelson didn’t play Wednesday because of a sore right shoulder. J.J. Barea started while Harris remained in a reserve role.
Dallas had a 12-point lead in the second quarter, but the Pelicans came back with a 28-12 run to take a 51-47 halftime lead. They led 78-77 after three quarters.
Pelicans: Gal Mekel, a Maverick last season, was back in Dallas as New Orleans signed him as a free agent Friday. … The Pelicans shot 27 percent from the field (6 for 22) in the first quarter, but turned around to hit 60 percent (12 for 20) in the second. . Holiday’s previous 30-point game was last Dec. 30, when he scored 31 against Portland.
Mavericks: Dallas is 10-1 when Nowitzki scores 20 points or more. . Ellis entered the game with a team-high 20.3 points per game. . Four Mavericks also reached 20 points 8 days earlier in a double-overtime victory at Chicago. The last time there were four 20s in a regulation game was Jan. 25, 2011, against the Clippers.
New Orleans outrebounded Dallas 45-29. Omer Asik had a game-high 15 rebounds. Carlisle said, “That’s a major problem, and we’ve got to keep working on it. They had two monsters in there tonight with Davis and Asik. There’s 26 between the two guys.”
With both teams having played Tuesday, it could have been expected to see some tired players. Unexpected were the three air balls by the Pelicans in the first half. Mekel and Luke Babbitt barely hit the bottom of the net with field goal attempts. One of Austin Rivers’ free throw attempts was short, but it was also wide right.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A South Dakota woman who authorities said left her two young daughters to die in North Dakota is residing at a halfway house in Mandan until she is sentenced, after making and later withdrawing a request to stay with a convict she’d met in jail.
It’s the latest development in a case that’s included jailhouse rants and a seemingly lenient judge.
Rosebud Sioux member Michelle Wounded Face is to be sentenced Sept. 2 on child abuse and neglect charges to which she pleaded guilty in June. Authorities said Wounded Face abandoned her 2- and 4-year-old daughters in a car in a rural area of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, where she was living at the time, without adequate clothing for the bitter-cold January weather. They survived and are living with their father.
Authorities said Wounded Face exhibited more strange behavior in jail, drinking toilet water and claiming to be the daughter of gods. She also said at her arraignment that she had gone on a monthlong hallucinogenic-drug binge after the death of a close aunt and did not remember leaving her children. She also told U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland that she had gotten sober in jail and was taking prescribed antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs.
Hovland ordered Probation and Pretrial Services to put Wounded Face on a waiting list for a halfway house.
Assistant Federal Public Defender Ryan Costello filed a request June 12 for a detention hearing, saying Wounded Face wanted to be released into the custody of a Jamestown woman whom she had met in the Stutsman County jail. The woman had a history of misdemeanor driving, substance abuse and bad check convictions but no felonies, Costello wrote, and she was working to turn her life around and felt she could help Wounded Face.
Costello did not detail the circumstances of the meeting in the document. Federal Public Defender Neil Fulton declined comment, citing attorney-client privilege. A telephone listing for the woman could not be found.
Costello later withdrew the motion, saying only that “Michelle no longer wishes to be released to (the woman’s) residence and is content waiting on the wait list for release to a residential re-entry center.”
She could get up to 10 years in prison but also could be sentenced under federal guidelines to time served, about six months. Hovland has said he’d like to see Wounded Face get help rather than a lengthy prison term.
LA PUENTE, Calif. (AP) - Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials say a 61-year-old man suspected of domestic violence was found dead after barricading himself in a home for nearly 12 hours.
Deputy Juanita Navarro-Suarez says the body of Chien Yu was discovered Sunday in La Puente with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Yu’s wife reported earlier to deputies that she was assaulted by her husband. She said Yu was armed with a rifle and had threatened to kill her and himself.
Yu then barricaded himself in the home and ignored repeated attempts by a crisis negotiation team to get him to surrender.
FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2013, file photo, Illinois State associate head basketball coach Torrey Ward, right, and head coach Dan Muller smile after a college basketball game in Evanston, Ill. Ward was one of seven people killed in ... more >
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Members of the Illinois State University community continue to grapple with a plane crash a year ago that killed seven people, including an assistant men’s basketball coach and an athletics official.
Illinois State associate head coach Torrey Ward, deputy athletic director for external operations Aaron Leetch and five others were killed in the crash near Bloomington April 7, 2015. They were returning from the NCAA basketball tournament in Indianapolis.
The Redbirds wore jersey patches this season of a No. 7 surrounded by all of the men’s initials. Ward’s jersey he wore as a player at the University of Alabama at Birmingham hung in the locker room before games, and a stone fountain with seven pillars and names of the men sits outside the arena.
“It has become less about the grieving and more about the honoring,” head basketball coach Dan Muller told the Chicago Tribune (https://trib.in/1URXAkT). “There have been times guys have struggled, the guys who were closest to Torrey. I showed them it was OK to cry. We just try to help each other.”
Muller got to know Ward when they were assistants in the Southeastern Conference, and he was impressed by Ward’s attention to detail on scouting reports. He was interviewing for head coaching jobs shortly before his death, Muller and athletic director Larry Lyons said.
Ward’s trademark jokes never got old, Muller said. Ward would sometimes pull his sweats to his chest, pull the drawstring around his neck, move his cap backward and walk into Muller’s office.
“Torrey had a smile that just made people smile,” Muller said. “It comes easily, it comes often. It just makes you feel good.”
Ward’s jokes helped put players at ease, and many called him an older brother, father figure or best friend.
“He was the only person who could understand where I was coming from, even when I was wrong,” said player DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, who had “T. Ward” tattooed on his wrist.
Leetch returned to Illinois State in 2013 after a stint as athletic director at Division III Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. During football games, he often wandered away from others on the sideline and crouched at the 20-yard-line and watched.
Illinois State held a ceremony prior to a season-opening football game on Sept. 12, which is Leetch’s birthday. His wife, Lindsay, went to a spot she felt connected to him.
“I’ve had to carve out pieces of closure,” she said. “At the football game, they were gracious and let me stand on the 20. I felt like I was doing it for Aaron.”
Wives and fiancees plan to gather April 7 in Bloomington and release balloons, while the basketball team plans to remember the day privately.
In this Sept. 15, 2014, file photo, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings arrives for the ‘Netflix’ Launch Party in Paris. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File) more >
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix has already crossed off the biggest item on its New Year’s list of resolutions. The Internet video service debuted in 130 countries Wednesday in a surprise move likely to reel in millions of new subscribers.
CEO Reed Hastings revealed the scope of Netflix’s expansion at the end of a presentation in Las Vegas at CES, one of the technology industry’s marquee events.
Now, Netflix is available in 21 different languages and streaming in just about every market that it had in its sights, with the notable exception of China, the world’s most populous country. Entering China may be a formidable challenge requiring potentially prickly negotiations with a government that blocks its citizenry from seeing material it considers objectionable or incendiary.
In an interview, Hastings said the company will try to a partner in China while it tries to appease the country’s Communist government, a process that he hopes to complete by the end of this year.
“The key in approaching the Chinese business is really working on relationships,” Hastings told The Associated Press. “In the rest of the world, we are racing ahead.”
Netflix currently has no plans to push into North Korea, Syria or Crimea because of restrictions on U.S. companies operating in those countries. The company’s service also may not be an immediate hit in several other major countries, including Russia, Turkey and Poland, where it will only be available in English.
Nevertheless, investors were delighted with Netflix’s quantum leap across the globe. Its stock climbed $10.02, or 9 percent, to close at $117.68 on a grim day in the rest of the market.
Increasingly, Netflix has been buying material that only can be seen on its service, with more than 600 hours of original programming lined up for this year. That slate encompasses more than 50 exclusive TV shows and movies, including award-winning series such as “House of Cards” and “Orange Is the New Black.”
In remarks to reporters, Hastings likened the near-completion of Netflix’s worldwide expansion to a parent having a baby. “It’s a big deal, but the real work is the next 20 years,” Hastings, 55, said.
In a subsequent interview, Hastings said he hopes to remain at Netflix for those 20 years. “There is nothing else I want to do.”
PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) - A man accused of driving into a Bremerton bus stop in September, striking two people, has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and vehicular assault.
The Kitsap Sun reports (https://goo.gl/Ys7ZZD ) 23-year-old Calob Courtney entered the pleas Wednesday. He will be sentenced later this month.
Courtney was arrested in September after 31-year-old Margaret “Maggie” Parnell was struck and killed. A 63-year-old man suffered leg injuries in the same incident.
A Bremerton police officer who interviewed Courtney wrote he exhibited signs of meth and marijuana use.
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