Dane Cook Takes To Twitter To Help Find Missing Teen
Comedian Dane Cook joined in the search for missing Southern California girl Chelsea King, RadarOnline.com has learned, as the funnyman Tweeted a plea on Sunday to help find the 17-year-old honors student who was last seen February 25.
That day, King's car (with her phone and iPod in it) was located near Lake Hodges at Rancho Bernardo Community Park in San Diego. it is believed she went for a jog at the park, which has several running trails.
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John Albert Gardner, a 30-year-old sex offender listed on the Megan's Law Web site, was arrested Sunday in connection with King's disappearance, San Diego County Sheriff William Gore said.
Gore said physical evidence was recovered linking the sex offender to the missing girl.
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"This investigation is ongoing and specific criminal charges are still being determined," he said Sunday.
King is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs 115 pounds. She has blonde hair and blue eyes, according to findchelsea.com, a Web site established to spread the word about the missing girl.
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If you have any info, contact the San Diego Police Department at 619-531-2000.
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Business guru says Atcon was beyond help
Robbie Tozer, president and chief executive officer of Atcon, lacked discipline and sophistication, says Purdy Crawford, former chair of the advisory board called in to help turn the troubled companies' finances around.
The former chair of an advisory board for the Miramichi-based Atcon Group says he and his colleagues were called in too late to help turn the companies' troubled finances around.
Purdy Crawford, one of six successful business leaders who agreed last fall to lend their expertise, said it became apparent within a month or two that it wasn't going to be possible.
"I can't point to a significant incident. I mentioned one - the Deh Cho Bridge [contract in the North West Territories], issues of cash flow and customers slow in paying their bills," he said.
'I'm pretty optimistic this will unfold reasonably well for the province.'—Purdy Crawford, former Atcon advisory board chair
"Once one supplier starts raising trouble, they all become more difficult to deal with and the house of cards starts going down."
Crawford said Atcon's main problems have been the recession, design problems with the $165 million Deh Cho Bridge contract it lost in January and a lack of sophistication and discipline by company president Robbie Tozer and other managers.
Receivership hearing held
He made the comments Monday, when the financially troubled construction company was scheduled to appear in a Miramichi court for a receivership hearing.
Atcon's biggest creditor, Scotiabank, called in its loans last Thursday. Scotiabank filed court documents requesting that some of Atcon's companies be placed in receivership.
In one filing, the bank is asking the court to place several Atcon companies under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act, which will allow a court-appointed monitor to watch Atcon while it continues to operate.
The second filing is under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, which is being applied to the rest of Atcon's companies.
Last year, the new Brunswick government extended three different loan guarantees to Miramichi-based Atcon worth a combined $50 million. Those were on top of earlier loan guarantees and loans, which elevated the provincial government's exposure to roughly $70 million.
"I'm pretty optimistic this will unfold reasonably well for the province," Crawford told reporters, pointing to Atcon's "good assets."
"I can't predict how much the province will be out of pocket or how much the bank will be out of pocket, but I would be hopeful the number will not be overly significant."
Asked about the impact on employment in Miramichi, Crawford said he expects it will be "negative" in the short-term.
"Long term I doubt if it will be that significant," he said.
High hopes for president
Crawford suggested Atcon president, Robbie Tozer, a "typical entrepreneur," grew the businesses too fast.
But he also praised Tozer's intelligence and personality and is optimistic he will make a comeback on the new Brunswick business scene.
"He'll rise from the ashes and be a credit to new Brunswick some day, I'm sure," he said.
"Some of the groups he was doing construction work for have a lot of confidence in him, some of the suppliers of equipment have a lot of confidence in him and I'm hopeful he can pick that up and in a very short order get some businesses going on his own."
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Abdul Eyes Talk Show Role
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Abdul Heading to Las Vegas
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Paula Abdul in talks to headline revue-style stage show in Vegas
August 28th, 2009 LONDON - former American Idol judge Paula Abdul is reportedly in talks to bring a revue-style stage show to Sin City. Abdul, 47, was rumoured last year to be in negotiations with executives at several Las Vegas casinos to headline a cheer-themed stage show in late 2009, reports the Daily Express.
Abdul Set For Vegas Revue?
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Paula Abdul to host 'VH1 Divas' Sept. 17 concert special; Sparks, Clarkson in lineup
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'American Idol' adds Shania Twain to its list of guest judges filling in for Paula Abdul
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Paula Abdul may judge 'So You Think You Can Dance'
August 10th, 2009 LONDON - Paula Abdul may appear as judge in the talent show 'So You Think You Can Dance' after her exit from 'American Idol'. She reportedly met Nigel Lythgoe, the producer of the dance show, recently.
ABC programming chief says he told Paula Abdul he love to hire her post-'American Idol'
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Report: Paula Abdul's new manager says she may not be returning to 'American Idol'
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Paula Abdul optimistic contract will be renewed to allow return as 'American Idol' judge
July 7th, 2009 Abdul feels optimistic about returning to 'Idol'ATLANTA — Paula Abdul said Monday she has been invited to remain as an "American Idol" judge and that she's optimistic that she'll be able to negotiate a new contract. "I've been invited to stay the duration of the show, however long it lasts," said Abdul, whose contract hasn't been renewed since it expired after the show's eighth season.
Dr. Oz to leave Oprah Winfrey for his own show
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MY CHRYSALIS YEAR: Love and Taxes
My husband and I have always had a relatively pragmatic view of Valentine's Day. After twelve years together valentines are more like notes we pass to each other in the halls of an ordinary day than that one beaming roman candle that you light on a Valentine's Day early in your relationship and silently hope doesn't explode in your hands.
This year, we celebrated all things red and pink by having our taxes done. Oddly, it seemed a perfect way to honor our married 2009. No year is really over until the fat, Federal lady has sung, so we celebrated a new Year's Eve and Valentine's Day hybrid while sitting in our accountant's cubicle at H&R Block.
Fifteen minutes into itemizing it was apparent that 2009's pursuits had already begun to melt into memory. when my husband pulled out the L.A. back-up documentation folder I felt a strange, sorry sensation, as if I'd forgotten the lines of my favorite poem. there it was: the evidence of all we'd tried to do -- his rental car and hotel receipts, plane tickets, and credit card bills from the western sojourn to see what else was out there. in another folder was my own paper trail of first year tuition tax forms and textbook sales slips. Added together, could our paper pile amount to something more tangible than the year itself?
I watched our accountant tally up the deductions thinking that in its own way, each w-2, 9, form C, 1040-E and 1098 was like a kind of valentine we were sending to each other. They were more than just statements of account or interest paid, they were small proofs-of-purchase from the down payment we had made on our dreams. As each form was stapled into our 2009 tax portfolio I imagined them dusted with tiny mylar cupids and adorned with lipstick kisses. I pictured signing on the dotted lines with a neon pink pen, replacing each "i" in my name with a totem pole of bubble hearts.
'Valentine in black and white.
A solid, stapled
paper replacement
for time and trial.
And yet, and yet,
it warms
when I hold it
thinking of you.'
I was dreaming of before and after, of everything we did and want to do. That's pretty good for two gray chairs in a gray room, on a gray day in February. Pretty good, pragmatic valentine.
