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Senior Prom was finally upon them, and the butterflies fluttered in Bailey Tipton's stomach as he stood in the small "back stage" area from where the band and dj booths were. He was nervous. He'd never made a solo his entire time as a member of The Warblers, but the council had picked him tonight. Of course he wasn't lead, but second wasn't bad. All the members were given times to report back for their numbers and set free to mingle once more.
Bailey immediately returned to the gathering of students that had collected in the hall. Some were mingling, some were dancing to the music provided by the junior DJ. Bailey had stepped down for the evening. After all, this was his Senior Prom, and his first school dance with a date.
Grabbing a bottle of water, he hummed to himself, glancing around. People were having a good time, and that alone brought a smile to his lips. He recognized all of his classmates, and many of the senior girls from Dobry as well, mixed with many female faces he didn't know. But his mind was elsewhere. Someone behind him cleared their throat, and Bailey turned to see Derek standing there in his tux. A grin spread easily across his face, and he jumped into the others embrace, arms circling Derek's neck, their lips meeting for a gentle kiss.
"Hi." Derek said softly, squeezing Bailey gently against him.
"Hi. Don't you look sharp." He chuckled, straightening his boyfriends tie. Derek only smirked.
"You look amazing, Bai." The compliment caused the others cheeks to flush.
"Oh hush you." He pecked the others lips.
"Not in charge of the music tonight, I see?" Bailey shook his head.
"Well. I did write the playlist, and I trained the DJ, but I'm relinquishing control tonight. I just want to be here and enjoy prom with you." He smiled and took another sip of his water. "I am performing though."
"Oh, with the Warblers?"
"Yes, for one number. But I also have a solo." He hadn't told Derek until now. But he hadn't for a reason. The song was for Derek. The athlete looked shocked.
"Really? Babe that's great!" The models cheeks tinted again at his boyfriends enthusiasm, but he grinned. "What are you singing."
"You'll have to wait and see."
The evening was beautiful. Bailey just couldn't believe that this was the last of it. This was their last high school dance. After tonight that had only a small handful of events to look forward to before graduation. What lay beyond that was a mystery, and it was terrifying for Bailey to think about.
The model nuzzled himself against Derek as they slow danced, fingers of one hand laced together. He felt safe there, with Derek's free arm around him, music slow in the background. His heart was contently fluttering. He loved this boy much more than he would have ever thought at the beginning of all of this.
The song ended and Bailey pulled back from his boyfriend slowly, meeting those beautiful eyes he'd come to adore. He raised Derek's hand to his lips and kissed the back of it. It was time for his number.
"I'm up." He smiled, and Derek nodded, letting him disappear towards the stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the stage our second soloist for the evening. Senior Warbler Bailey Tipton, of Stuart." Some of his friends clapped, and so did Derek as Bailey made his way onto stage. The nervousness bubbled up, but he smiled and approached the microphone easily, his hand coming up to rest on it. He nodded to the band, and they began the song behind him.
There's something 'bout the way you look tonight,
There's something 'bout the way that I can't take my eyes off you.
There's something 'bout the way your lips invite,
Maybe it's the way that I get nervous when your around.
And I want you to be mine
and if you need a reason why,
There's something 'bout the way you look tonight,
His eyes focused on Derek, a soft smile on his lips as he sang. The athlete's eyes returned the loving glance and gentle smile, and Bailey let his eyes fall slowly shut, allowing the music to convey so much of what he felt.
It's in the way that you move me, and the way that you tease me,
The way that I want you tonight,
It's in the way that you hold me, and the way that you know me,
When I can't find the right words to say,
You feel it in the way, you feel it in the way.
The model sang the words from his heart, where they held so much passion and feeling. He opened his eyes, looking back at Derek, whose gaze was still solely on him. His heart gave a flutter.
There's something 'bout how you stay on my mind,
There's something 'bout the way that I whisper your name when I'm asleep, Oh
Maybe it's the look you get in your eyes.
Maybe it's the way that makes me feel to see you smile.
And the reasons they may change
But what I'm feeling stays the same.
I can't put my fingers on just what it is that makes me love you, you baby.
So don't ask me to describe, I get all choked up inside, just thinking bout the way.
Couples were dancing together, some were standing to watch him sing, but all Bailey could see was Derek. All he cared about was right in front of him. And he let himself forget about what would happen after graduation, because he knew as long as he had Derek nothing else mattered.
It's in the way that you move me, and the way that you tease me,
The way that I want you tonight,
It's in the way that you hold me, and the way that you know me,
When I can't find the right words to say,
You feel it in the way, you feel it in the way.
There's something 'bout the way you look tonight.
There's nothing more to say then, I feel it in the way.
He let his voice slowly fade out with the music, and was surprised by the sudden clapping. Grinning, he looked at Derek, who smiled back. Hopping off the stage, he made his way back to his boyfriend, who greeted him with a long, soft kiss.
"I love you." The soccer player whispered against his lips.
"I love you too, Derek." He whispered back, hand resting against the others cheek. Nothing mattered right now more than this. If he could bottle that moment and keep it forever, he would in a heartbeat.


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My sirizone server has been down since yesterday, till it's fixed and up and running I'm not interested in a Siri mod. Sirizone need to keep it up!!!
I am talking about an iPhone 4 or Spire device. No clue why he is bringing up the iPhone 4S.
Nice tweak, but I'm enjoying the WeeLyrics add-on to the NC for this purpose. Both could use support for Pandora, Spotify, etc.
I'm bringing up the 4s cause I hate how unreliable Siri is thanks to ppl like u trying to hack the software into your ip4
Just purchased this and it's pretty impressive! Said "show lyrics" and boom it was there right away!
another good review dude!
SiriLoveLyrics doesn't know any lyrics. I tried with 9 songs and got nothing. Back to Cydia to uninstall.
have the backend to support this it is useless. Let the buyer beware.
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Massed on Ukraine's border today stand 20,000 Russian troops, some apparently wearing a blue peacekeepers' uniform with the "MC" insignia. This could be seen as a replay of April, when Russia positioned 45,000 men on the frontier, which after a tense stand-off was reduced to only 1,000 personnel by June. But today the pro-Russian separatists aren't ascendent; they're losing badly to the Ukrainian military. With the rebels' backs to the wall in the almost-encircled cities of Luhansk and Donetsk, there plainly is a risk of a Russian "peacekeeping" intervention, as Moscow's request for an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the humanitarian situation in east Ukraine suggests.


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Jobless? Your pet still loves you
Survey says Americans are getting comfort and strength from the four-legged members of their households.
A poll by Catalyst Direct Inc. found that the majority of pet owners surveyed are experiencing various degrees of nervousness or stress about the economy. However, these folks don't have to face their troubles alone:
- 89% said their pets help them cope with the stress.
- 83% "value the steady presence their pets provide in an uncertain economy."
- 86% "value their pet's appreciation."
But here's the real tribute:
When asked about spending cuts, pet owners stated that they would be willing to compromise on personal purchases before cutting back on purchases for their dogs and cats: 79% would reduce spending on vacations; 77% on clothing; 49% on certain personal/family food items; 41% Internet/cable and 41% on gas.
This topic is dear to my heart. When I dealt with a long stretch of joblessness, nothing was more comforting than when my Kordell (now dearly departed) walked into my home office with tail in full swing, insisting that I scratch his head and give him a kiss on the forehead.
- Bing: Most popular dog names
In a post at Recessionwire prompted by the survey, Patrycja Malinowska also chose to focus on dogs. (Note: I'm a dog person, Teresa has cats, and Donna has no pets.) Malinowska credited dogs with:
- Providing structure. You can't mope in bed when dogs need to go out. In my home, when 4 p.m. rolls around, Furio and Phoebe -- alerted by a very accurate internal clock -- remind me that it's their dinnertime.
- Providing entertainment/happiness. Your dog is easily amused, and that's contagious. Tossing a stick in the yard is fun and it's free. So is snuggling on the couch, Malinowska said. "Plus he's actually happy that you're home all day and will never ask if you've found a job yet," she added.
- Keeping you occupied. Malinowska suggested you teach your dog new tricks in your spare time. More long walks would benefit both of you.
Also, "the keeping of a dog affords and promotes socializing in people," Sam Gosling, a University of Texas at Austin psychologist, said in an ABC News story about the differences between cat and dog owners. (Dog owners are smarter and better looking. Just kidding.)
Finally, Malinowska said, your dog never gives up. That's a helpful example. "You may be losing confidence, but your dog never doubts that you will always find a way to take care of him," she said.
If you're feeling insecure or worse about the economy, is your pet helping you cope? Would you sacrifice to keep the pet in your home? Have you had to give up a pet because of your financial circumstances?
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Ryan Reynolds really was made for the part.
Highlights from New York and London.
His latest film is showered with boos.
Glittering pantsuits, see-through robes, a feathered diaper, and a Death Star.
Helen Mirren co-stars.
The Voices isn't anybody's idea of a Sundance movie.
In reality, it's been decades since a girl vomited on him.
Now this is a dedicated fan.
"It's about living a very one-of-a-kind, curated life."
Three theories on why he hasn't been able to make it work.
"Can you see my nipples?"
Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds star in this Men in Black rip-off.
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Plus: Beyoncé and Jay-Z, and Blake Lively in short, white Gucci.
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(1) To supply to any contestant in a purportedly bona fide contest of intellectual knowledge or intellectual skill any special and secret assistance whereby the outcome of such contest will be in whole or in part prearranged or predetermined.
(2) By means of persuasion, bribery, intimidation, or otherwise, to induce or cause any contestant in a purportedly bona fide contest of intellectual knowledge or intellectual skill to refrain in any manner from using or displaying his knowledge or skill in such contest, whereby the outcome thereof will be in whole or in part prearranged or predetermined.
(3) To engage in any artifice or scheme for the purpose of prearranging or predetermining in whole or in part the outcome of a purportedly bona fide contest of intellectual knowledge, intellectual skill, or chance.
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Source(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title V, § 508, formerly § 509, as added Pub. L. 86–752, § 9,Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 897; renumbered § 508,Pub. L. 96–507, § 1,Dec. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 2747.)
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Lady Gaga's light purple Versace dress might have been upstaged by the horse that carried her into the 2013 American Music Awards. Mother Monster was glamorously understated in the gown, although she added sky-high heels and loads of necklaces. Hey, no one's ever accused her of making a boring entrance, right?
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The Statewide Federal-Aid Highways 2035 Transportation Plan is being developed by the Hawaii State Department of Transportation (HDOT). This is the first time that a plan of this type has been prepared statewide. The Plan will provide a basis for making informed land transportation decisions through the year of 2035. This planning effort will embrace the values of the people of Hawaii and identify existing and future needs for the movement of people and goods utilizing all modes of land based transportation.
In conjunction with the development of the statewide Plan, the HDOT is updating the Regional Long-Range Land Transportation Plans for the Districts of Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai using a future horizon year of 2035. The new regional long-range plans, titled Federal-Aid Highways 2035 Transportation Plans for the Districts of Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai, were last updated in the late 1990's. Since then, the State of Hawaii has experienced significant changes in population, development, and travel needs. To ensure a current and comprehensive statewide Plan, the regional Plans are being concurrently updated.
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Although the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the law faces another test in the November presidential and congressional elections. If Republicans capture the White House and enough votes on Capitol Hill to repeal the law, TMA recommends a few provisions in the PPACA for the Texas Legislature to consider as state law. These provisions, which have already proven to be effective, would not cost the state budget a dime, but in fact may save the state money in the long run by allowing people with health insurance coverage to keep that coverage and keep it affordable. That would reduce the likelihood of their falling back onto the rolls of the uninsured.
Require transparent insurer medical loss ratiosTo keep insurance companies accountable to patients, it is important to focus on the medical loss ratio (MLR), how it is calculated, and how the health plans report it. The insurance industry uses this number or ratio to show its profitability to its shareholders. The higher the ratio, the better for the insured; the lower the ratio, the better for the shareholder. So how the industry defines that share of the premium dollar that actually goes for health care becomes important.
In 2010, the five largest insurers collected $7.7 billion more in premiums than the year before, but they did not increase spending on patient care by nearly as much. Insurers have been free to spend as much of the premium dollar as they please on CEO pay, marketing, administration, lobbying, and a care-denial bureaucracy. The share of premiums Cigna spent on medical care in 2010 (the medical loss ratio) dropped to 80.1 percent from 83.9 percent the year before — a decline worth $709 million, according to a congressional report. Aetna also trimmed its health care costs, spending only 82.3 percent of premiums on patient care, down from 85.2 percent the year before. That change was worth $708 million for Aetna. UnitedHealth and WellPoint also reported lower spending on care. As illustrated in the table below, although the MLR change appears small, it translates into millions of dollars for the insurance companies. [99]
Note: Medical loss ratios as calculated by companies and in some cases restated for prior years. Consolidated medical loss ratios tend to camouflage low spending on patient care in commercial lines of business.
The PPACA places much emphasis on health plans meeting certain MLR thresholds. Plans in the large-employer group market that spend less than 85 percent of their premiums on medical care and quality improvement activities, and plans in the small-employer group and individual markets that spend less than 80 percent, must give rebates to enrollees based on their 2011 MLR reports. To impose these thresholds, regulators had to agree on a standard definition of the term and specify how plans should classify spending on certain activities.
While TMA sees worth in the minimum MLR values set by the PPACA, we believe the real emphasis should be on standardizing both the definition and the reporting of this percentage. If Congress repeals the PPACA, the Texas Legislature should require a consistent reporting of MLRs. A consistent reporting formula would allow employers and patients shopping for health insurance to more easily compare the performance of their health plan with other plans. The easier it is for employers to shop for economical insurance, the more likely they are to offer it to their employees. The formula needs to specify exactly what insurers can include as a medical cost versus an administrative cost, such as profit or expenses for items such as marketing, administration, and recruitment
Stop inappropriate insurer rescission and purging practicesThe PPACA restricts two common anti-consumer practices of the health insurance industry. If the law is repealed, Texas legislators still could curb the swelling number of uninsured Texans by looking closely at and regulating rescission and purging. A number of insurers make a consistent practice of getting rid of enrollees they don't want — the very people who need insurance — when they become a drain on profits. The widespread use of rescission and purging has made insurers one of the growing causes of the uninsured crisis. [100]
To help meet profit expectations, the for-profit insurers that dominate the industry use a process called "rescission" to dump covered persons who are less profitable or who get sick. Rescission is the insurance industry practice of retroactively cancelling policies based on errors or omissions in the insurance policy application. However, the use of this practice has drawn negative reaction and publicity because insurers will rescind policies based on an innocent mistake or omission on the insurance application as opposed to intentional fraud by the applicant. Reports found that insurers will scour the medical records of covered persons who start filing expensive claims to determine if they can retroactively cancel their policies. Insurers are increasingly paying incentives and bonuses to their company employees who find omissions or mistakes in their lengthy and often confusing insurance applications. [101]
If an error or omission is found on the insurance policy application, no matter how innocently made, the insurance company rescinds the policy rather than continue to pay the patient's medical bills. What is worse, the insurer treats the policy as if it had never existed and attempts to reclaim all previous payments made on the patient's behalf to doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers.
The 2009 congressional investigation into the rescission practices of just three large insurers revealed that they had rescinded nearly 20,000 policies over a five-year period. Rescinding those policies allowed the companies to avoid paying $300 million in claims for life-saving medical care. [102] When members of Congress asked insurance executives if they would end the practice of rescission when a person makes an innocent mistake, they said they would not. That's because dumping even a small number of enrollees can have a big positive effect on the bottom line. TMA supports the appropriate use of rescission as a response to true fraud; however, the legislature needs to prohibit and address the "gotcha" approach that leads to inappropriate rescissions by insurers.
Some insurers also wrongfully dump small groups by "purging" a group when its medical claims turn out to be larger than what the insurers' underwriters projected. The purging of less profitable accounts through unjustified premium increases may explain why the number of small businesses offering coverage to their employees has fallen from 61 percent in 1993 to 38 percent in 2009, according to the National Small Business Association. [103]
Promote real-time claims paymentOnce medical claims are submitted for payment, insurers may take weeks before they finalize the claims and approve them for payment. Patients often are surprised by the amount they owe toward the remaining portion of a medical bill. Patients' surprise is typically rooted in their policies' copayment, coinsurance, and deductible requirements. Most physicians are unable to discuss actual payment information to patients because they don't have real-time claims access to the patient's current benefit status.
Instant health insurance claims processing offers a solution to these problems. A fully adjudicated claim in real time permits patients to know exactly how much they owe at the time they receive services. Physicians also would have the information necessary to fully inform patients on what they owe. Instant health insurance claim processing reduces the chance a patient will receive a surprise bill weeks after receiving care.
Promote direct patient-physician payment options for business health care plans Consumer-directed health care plans offer a promising option for improving efficiency by eliminating the insurance company from financing a large portion of routine health care services. Under these plans, businesses establish high-deductible insurance plans for their employees, coupled with accounts that employees can use to cover their family's routine medical expenses with pre-tax dollars.
This approach improves efficiency if these plans bypass the usual process of submitting formal medical claims to insurance companies and waiting for lengthy review and payment. It strengthens the practices of primary care physicians who are particularly overburdened by the health plans' demands that every small service pass through their scrutiny. To the employer, the employee, and the physician, the value of consumer-directed health plans lies in their simplicity.
To be successful, these accounts should be seeded with initial funds and allowed to grow with tax-free employee savings that roll over from year to year. Benefits should promote employees' use of preventive health care services, such as cancer screenings, immunizations, and prenatal care. Administrative overhead should be minimized through the use of debit cards or other methods that limit transaction costs for all parties.
Promote fair contracting practices by government and private payersBecause of the imbalance in negotiating power between physicians and large insurance companies, and non-existent negotiation with government payers, physicians frequently wind up forfeiting a considerable percentage of charges for services they provide.
According to TMA surveys, 72 percent of all Texas physicians work in small practices of eight or fewer physicians. [104] Small practices have little, if any, leverage in negotiating with health carriers. When insurance carriers make an offer, they are generally too big and too busy to discuss with doctors what insurers believe to be minutia. Insurers, to ease their costs, want to administer "national paper." The physician may have only two options: to take it or leave it. Artfully drafted, these contracts and related business practices often put physicians' offices at the mercy of health carriers.
The above, coupled with increasing hassles and frustration with administrative policies and procedures imposed by health carriers, hurts the practice environment and affects physician recruitment, retention, and decisions relating to early retirement.
Texas' 2003 prompt pay legislation addressed a number of physicians' grievances regarding fair contracting in the regulated insurance market. For example, Texas requires timely payment when a physician submits a defined clean claim, and policies on bundling and downcoding are available on request. However, a new market has arisen since 2003.
The health care market has spawned a secondary market in physician contracts. The lack of regulatory oversight in the preferred provider organization (PPO) industry has resulted in the proliferation of entities that are engaged in the business of buying, selling, and leasing physician agreements and contract rates to any number of payers. These entities are called "rental network PPOs" or "lease network PPOs." When the physician discount is shared without authorization from the physician, the arrangement is referred to as a "silent PPO."
Other entities, called "repricers," exist solely to find and apply the lowest discounted rate for its clients, usually without express authorization from the physician. The activities within this market, and the entities engaged in these activities, are virtually unregulated in Texas.
In retail, when a shoplifter takes a five-finger discount, it increases the cost of goods for everyone. The same is true when PPO networks take a discount that the physician has not agreed to offer.
The secondary market in physician contracts has gained national attention. In November 2008, the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) adopted a model law to regulate rental network PPOs. NCOIL's model was the result of an effort among national associations of networks, physicians, and insurers. In Texas, in 2011, TMA introduced a bill based on the NCOIL model and negotiated heavily with a number of parties representing hospitals, insurers, and PPOs. Unfortunately, the legislation failed to pass. TMA believes the legislature should revisit and pass bills that address this deceptive practice.
Offer incentives to businesses that contract with the state or receive state economic development funds to provide employee health insurance Texas needs to expand its efforts to address the problem of the uninsured. Whenever the state uses taxpayer funds to attract business, the business must be committed to offering existing and new Texas employees health insurance coverage.
The Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) has been used to fund a variety of economic development projects around the state. Before funds are awarded, the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker must agree that state funds can be used on a project.
According to the Governor's Office, the TEF is used primarily to attract new business to the state or assist with the substantial expansion of an existing business as part of competitive recruitment.
To be eligible for TEF funds, a project undergoes a review process that considers many factors, including job creation and wages. Health insurance coverage should be added as one of the requirements these businesses must meet to be eligible for TEF funding.
Promote, preserve, and protect workers' compensation gainsTexas employers pay the 12th-highest workers' compensation premiums in the country, about 17 percent more than the national median. [105] They expect their employees' work-related injuries to be treated appropriately and efficiently. Injured workers should be able to obtain clinically appropriate, cost-effective health care in a timely manner and within reasonable geographic proximity. Any system providing health care to injured workers should be clearly defined, fair, simple to understand, accountable, and easily accessible by all parties involved.
The Texas workers' compensation system has undergone significant changes since 2001 and more so since the passage of House Bill 7 in 2005. The Texas Department of Insurance's Division of Workers' Compensation (TDI-DWC) has taken steps to reduce and/or stabilize costs and improve injured employee outcomes (such as quality of care, access to care, and return-to-work outcomes), and minimize administrative complexities. These initiatives include the adoption of:
The 2010 Sunset Review of TDI-DWC contained many recommendations to further strengthen the agency's ability to administer and enforce the system effectively. These recommendations, addressed in HB 2605 during the 2011 legislative session, cover such issues as dispute resolution, enforcement, the Medical Quality Review Panel, designated doctors, and nonsubscriber compliance with reporting requirements.
Require transparency in the insurance marketplaceTexans pay premiums with the expectation that they will receive a benefit that is worthwhile. Texas insurance companies design and sell insurance products that offer increased benefits when the insured person obtains medical or health care services from a preferred provider. If an insurance company promises increased benefits for preferred provider services, it must actually deliver a panel of preferred providers for the patient's benefit. Insurance carriers must be held accountable for the representations they make and the products they offer. To ensure that, strict governmental oversight is prudent.
In 2007, the legislature directed TDI to collect charge and payment information from Texas insurers then disclose to the public the costs of the health care services it receives. TDI has collected the data over the past few years and is poised to make it public in 2012. Texas patients deserve to know the charges for their health care as well as the payments insurers make to physicians and others to better understand their out-of-pocket responsibility. Texas physicians hope that this disclosure will bring the costs of health care to patients' attention.
Require transparent insurance rulemakingThe 2011 legislature disbanded and eliminated from the Insurance Code a large number of specific stakeholder workgroups. In January 2012, TDI proposed eliminating hearings in cases where the public asks the agency to adopt, modify, or delete a regulation. Public participation in government gives a voice to patient and physician concerns. With guidance from the public and stakeholders, appointed and elected officials are better able to make informed decisions on tough choices they may face. Transparency is key in avoiding perceived favoritism among various stakeholders. A streamlined stakeholder process with full participation of stakeholders would help avoid unnecessary delays due to impracticalities in proposed regulations.
TDI is proposing to amend previously adopted regulations on network adequacy that would weaken important consumer protections. The regulations currently require insurers to report to TDI the adequacy of their networks. If an insurer doesn't meet the regulations' requirements, the insurer must present a plan on how it would ensure the availability of physicians and bring the product it sells into compliance. Safeguarding these patient protections is important in achieving a fair and transparent marketplace for consumers.


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Local boy Andre Kikoski won the James Beard Award today for his flashy new restaurant inside the Guggenheim Museum. It replaced the once dowdy cafeteria designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, for whom the award-winning eatery is named, long a vestigial space tucked in under the museum's sweeping rotunda. Now all flashy curves and color, Kikoski's space, which opened in January, was even considered a might bit better than the food served therein by New York food critic Adam Platt. The Wright beat out another local spot, Brooklyn's Choice Kitchens & Bakery by Evan Douglis Studio, and Greensboro, Alabama's PieLab, designed by Project M. Kikoski joins recent award winners Thomas Schleeser of Design Bureaux (2009) for Chicago's Publican, Tadao Ando (2008) for Morimoto New York, Lewis Tsuramaki Lewis (2007) for New York's (now defunct) Xing, Bentel and Bentel (2006) for the Modern… (We're noticing a trend here, which maybe helps explain why the food in the city is so darn good.)
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New York-city based design and concept firm AvroKO, the masterminds behind various self-propelled projects such as PUBLIC and Double Crown restaurants, recently revealed their latest venture–as fashion designers.
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Should This Energy Underdog Take These Threats Seriously?
Matthew is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
(This article is part 5 in a series drilling down into Rex Energy through a SWOT analyis)
Rex Energy (NASDAQ: REXX) is not without its detractors. No company ever is--that's what makes a market. However, investors can't just gloss over the threats that a company is facing. In the continuation of this in depth look at Rex Energy we'll drill deeper into the treats the company is facing while keying in on their biggest treat of all.
Commodity prices
While Rex is well hedged for next year, a plummet in commodity prices could really affect the company. Right now liquids are the hot commodity and their growing opportunity here is threatened by price. They've only hedged 27% of their total liquids production though 2013, with most of that being propane.
Just one quarter ago, several companies experienced significantly lower NGL prices. In one example, Linn Energy (NASDAQ: LINE) reported a 34% drop in realized prices for their NGL volumes year-over-year, which was significant for the company as it caused their distribution coverage ratio to drop by 0.18 times, or 15.6%. Linn is notoriously one of the best hedged domestic producers because their business model is such that they use "commodity hedging to capture cash-flow margin and reduce cash-flow volatility." Now, if Linn, who is an expert at hedging, has trouble adequately hedging NGL production it shows the potential threat to Rex.
As a small company Rex will always struggle with access. On their last 10-Q they list "availability of gathering and transportation pipelines and processing and other midstream services" and "availability of equipment, such as drilling rigs and related equipment and tools" as two of their risk factors. Access to adequate midstream services is important, and that's why their deal with Markwest (NYSE: MWE) is so important. They will see a 25% increase in realized prices by hooking into their pipeline versus what they were realizing by shipping product by truck or rail. If they lost that access or access to any other services it would have a greater impact on their business than a larger peer.
Environmental and Legal Risks
Again from the 10-Q, they list "effects of government regulation, permitting, and other legal requirements," "environmental risks," and "uncertainties associated with our legal proceedings and their outcome." In Pennsylvania, for example, the state instituted an impact fee that adds a cost to each well drilled. Additional regulatory burdens could be added. In Ohio they have old laws that are sure to be supplemented, much as they have been in the keystone state. The list goes on of what could be, and while none are specific to Rex, the potential is for a greater impact due to their small size.
Economic Recovery
On March 6, 2009, in the depths of the credit crisis, Rex's stock price hit a dollar twelve a share. That's after hitting a high of $28.78 on June 18 of the previous year. To say Rex's stock is driving by the winds of the economy and the market is an understatement. Again going to the 10-Q, they list the usual suspects, such as "uncertainties regarding economic conditions" and "difficult conditions and uncertainties in the capital and credit markets." From their history those risks are real, and another recession at the wrong time could really affect the stock price and the operations. The company is well funded for the next year or so, but a prolonged economic slowdown would hurt.
Utica Unknowns
Chesapeake (NYSE: CHK) has likened the Utica to another hot energy play, the Eagle Ford Shale of Texas. Like the Eagle Ford, a company's position in the play is key to its success. While Chesapeake is praising the play, Anadarko (NYSE: APC) isn't seeing the same production from their wells farther south. Their Brookfield and Sharon wells are averaging about 600 Boe/d while their Spencer well is just at 239 Boe/d. They are currently evaluating the program and expect to make a decision to continue drilling in early 2013.
A lot is riding on the Utica, and Rex has received several analyst upgrades, in part due to the resource potential of this play. If the Utica fails to deliver on all the hype it could put a damper on Rex's liquids growth plans. Not only that, but it could severely impact their ability to grow as the assets are written down and sunk costs are lost. It would be a severe blow to the company.
Bottom Line
The good news is that the early indications are that the Utica Shale is for real. Rex should release additional production results in their third quarter report and we should soon know their 2013 capital plants for the play.
Investors still should take this threat seriously as exploration and production is fraught with risk. Companies drill dry holes and once promising plays turn out to be economically unviable. The rewards, however, are great if a company finds itself in a great position and we'll know very soon if that's Rex.
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Totally random thought here and I just feel like it would expand my imagination if I threw it out there =p.
Wouldn't it be wild if ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs were both a form of spoken math and a method of storytelling all in one, and all we're interpreting is the story...not the math.
Topics: Egypt emerald tablets giza karnak math music pyramids storytelling
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Oct 10 2012: This is not such a weird idea.
Some years ago, after studying Egyptian mythology and the Knights Templar (at the same time), out of the blue, I was STRUCK with a sudden realization. The first chapter of Genesis was written in the LANGUAGE of geometry. It was never intended to be understood verbally.
Using a compass and a straight edge, I began drawing what the words told me to draw. I ended up learning abut the origins of creation, quantum mechanics as it relates to entanglement, the big bang, time and anti-time (matter, anti-matter), bosuns and fermions, relativity, the formation of earth, the role of humans in all of this, and much more.
Furthermore, I also realized (when I got to the 6th day and was told to take dominion over my creation), I discovered that I had drawn the schematic for the Great Pyramid of Giza. All of the chambers, halls, and tunnels were perfectly placed within my rendering, and I understood that the stories I've heard surmising about the King's chamber and the Queen's chamber were clearly misunderstood.
I concluded that no stone or iron age human could have created a rendering such as the 4th day, when the sun and moon surrounded a planet against a field of stars. And no such human could have understood that there was a concept such as anti-time.
I recently read an article that talked about a computer program that was able to put biblical verses into the proper chapters of the bible, and determine whether they were written by a priestly class or not. The software was able to separate the verses into the appropriate chapters with 100% accuracy. The first chapter of genesis stood alone, and it was NOT written by a priest or any other author in the Bible.
Oct 10 2012: So where would be a good place to start learning what we do know about ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics? I also love how hieroglyphics sounds a lot like Holographics... just sayin. It would be amazing if we could plug these hieroglyphics into a computer and come out with a holographic rendering of their history and everything they knew about spirituality and mathematics in the form of a musical creation story. I would also love to see what you did with genesis. You should make a video. It sounds fascinating.
Oct 10 2012: Here is a good place to start: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/decipherment_01.shtml
At the bottom of the article are links to the British Museum and other resources.
There is a great deal of scholarship in this area, so you should have no problem tracking down reliable material.
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Votary Records present a 45 lifted from the classic Peer library album "My Thing".
Long regarded as one of the grail LPs of Library music collecting, My Thing has developed a strong following partly due to the infamous down-tempo tune Misty Canyon. This much coveted tune has long been a favourite amongst library compilers and producers a like.
Surely once considered a throwaway piece of stock music, it has since developed a unique presence in the Library scene due to its tough lethargic groove featuring droning trombone and shimmering vibraphone played Australian jazz musicians Bob McIvor (Charlie Munro Quartet) and the versatile John Sangster respectively (Don Burrows Quartet/John Sangster Underground Band).
The B-side Soul Thing is also taken from the My Thing album. Again heavy Fender bass, trombone and vibes jostle for dominance in this funky workout that offers the same warm and infectious Libaek sound similar to that of the legendary Inner Space and Solar Flares recordings.
• 45 take from the legendary Peer library LP My Thing
• The track Misty Canyon famously sampled by Danger Doom.
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Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) price has been extremely volatile in the last year, with the share price fluctuating from $419 to $700 within the past 52 weeks. The company is scheduled to announce its earnings release on Jan. 23. Barclays believes this will be the most important conference call for the company in years. In addition to the earnings numbers and guidance for 2013, the market is also expects Apple to announce a new product. Will the company beat its earnings? What will be the guidance? Will there be a new product offering from the company? Let's have a close look at these questions:
Earnings Preview
The company is expected to post EPS of $13.38 and quarterly revenue of $54.6 billion for the first quarter ended Dec. 31, 2012. Although the company managed to overcome iPhone-related supply constraints in this quarter, I believe it will not be able to beat the EPS estimate by a significant margin as the gross margins lacked the upside given new products.
The production issues improved throughout the quarter and enabled Apple to supply significant demand through the holiday season. In addition, the iPad mini experienced strong demand despite its high price point relative to the competition. I have already written a detailed post on Apple's competitors. In that post, I mentioned how Google's Nexus 7 has given iPad tough competition. Also, Microsoft has launched its Surface tablet and is set to launch the Surface Pro-tablet. This tough competition has compelled Apple to cut the iPad's price from $700 to $450. Apple is expected to announce a margin of 38.4% for this segment.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is another intimidating competitor for Apple's products. The new product releases from Amazon are dominating both the Top Electronics and Top Tablets listing on Amazon.com. Amazon recently upgraded its Kindle Fire series. It is interesting to note that two versions of Kindle Fire -- Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle E Link Wi-Fi -- secured the top four spots on the most sold electronics on Amazon.com. I believe that Amazon's own products will rate increasingly well on these lists vs. iPads for the foreseeable future.
Investor sentiment is quite negative for Apple right now, with significant concerns around demand trends for the iPhone 5 in the March quarter due to increased competition from larger-screened smartphones (especially those with Google's Android software). Top examples include Samsung's S-3 and Nokia's Lumia 920. Apple needs to hint at margin bottoming in the recent quarter in order to stem concerns.
On Apple's call on Jan. 23, management is expected to be relatively cautious on both iPhone 5 and iPad mini sales into the next quarter despite robust demand for December. Apple has been cutting orders in the supply chain for the iPhone5; this could point toward an accelerated launch of an iPhone 5S and a lower-priced iPhone for emerging markets this summer. This could also mean that Apple might be working on a larger-screened iPhone. For the first quarter, Apple is expected to sell about 31 million iPhone 5s and 10 million older models. However, investors expect sales of only 35 million to 40 million iPhones in total.
Although recent data suggests that Apple PC sales have been relatively weak, analysts are looking for the new iMac to help offset some weakness in upcoming quarters. However, for Macs near-term, Apple may be suffering from some self-inflicted cannibalization from both iPhones and iPads, and some of its own production delays. The estimates show a Mac unit decline of 2.4% y/y to 5.1 million and an iPod unit decline of 13.2% y/y to 13.4 million. The iPad shipments are expected to increase 38.9% y/y to 21.4 million units due to strong iPad-mini sales.
I believe Apple will be especially conservative with regard to guidance for the March quarter – and issue a revenue outlook several billion below the consensus of $46.9 billion (expected range is $41 billion-$44 billion) to account for a drop in demand following several new product releases during the busy holiday season and to prevent investor expectations from getting too high. Apple, however, could then set itself up better for outperformance in future periods as it readies new products and new software/services announcements into its Worldwide Developers Conference in the June/July timeframe.
I believe key topics to be addressed on Apple's conference call include sales trends of the new iPhone 5, iPad mini and further cannibalization of its Mac line from tablets. The company is also expected to comment on sales patterns for March and how it is dealing with more intense competition. Other major topics should include channel inventory levels for major products, how the company is fixing maps and whether margins are sustainable. I will also look for any additional information on the company's strategy in emerging markets – an area that is seeing more challenges.
Following is the list of new products that the market expects from Apple.
1) Smart TV software (Probability: High by year-end – it's really a tablet on a wall with Apps and access to channel guides – hardware is not as important here)
2) A cheaper smartphone for emerging markets (Probability: High by year-end – necessary despite lower margins)
3) A larger screened smartphone strategy (Probability: High by year-end – time to stop the iPhone "thumb" ads)
4) Better keyboard accessories for the iPad (Probability: Low – but it's time to stop PC convertibles and rival tablets in their tracks – what is Apple waiting for? Macs are slowing)
5) A revival of the slowing MacBook Air category with new ARM processors and form factors, bringing iOS to the Mac (Probability: High – but in 2014)
6) A payments system that enhances the ecosystem's utility (Probability: High – likely by 2014)
7) An even more aggressive appliance and automotive integration strategy (Probability: High – it is obvious that there will be a demand to be notified by your appliances)
8) A wearable computing strategy (Probability: Unknown – the Google glasses strategy may not be so far-fetched)
Foolish Bottom Line
After the death of Apple's founder, Steve Jobs, many investors believe that the company's future is not as bright as it once used to be. Moreover, they believe that the company currently does not have many product innovations in the pipeline which can be disastrous given Apple's history of being a disruptive tech company. Let's see how Apple counters those arguments in its conference call on Jan. 23.
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Today is the deadline for a local conservative group to submit enough signatures to force a public vote on whether Chattanooga city employees' gay or straight unmarried partners should receive health insurance and other benefits.
Mark West of the local PAC Citizens for Government Accountability and Transparency and president of the local tea party said he believes he will have at least 6,000 signatures by this afternoon.
"We're doing better than we planned," he said Monday.
If the group has the required number , about 4,500 signatures from registered voters who are city residents, City Council members will be asked to repeal the domestic partner benefit ordinance they approved two weeks ago. If officials won't repeal the ordinance, the Hamilton County Election Commission is required to let the public vote by referendum in the August 2014 primary election.
So far Charlotte Mullis-Morgan, the county administrator of elections, said she has verified nearly 2,000 signatures, almost half of what is needed.
West made two trips on Monday to the Election Commission office, one in the morning with 1,300 signatures and again in the afternoon with 1,000 more. He said he was told his first 2,400 signatures had a rejection rate of 25 percent.
More than a dozen pastors across the city were expected to spread the word of the petitions during Thanksgiving and on Sunday. Others stood at stop signs and red lights asking drivers for their signatures and had designated locations across the city.
Collegedale Detective Kat Cooper, who has led the local group that pushed for the ordinance, said she finds the push-back appalling. She said if the public is asked to vote on the issue, she believes more people would vote in favor of keeping the ordinance.
"I think the Tea Party and West have bit off more than they can chew. They are targeting a very small portion of our citizens," said Cooper, who convinced Colledgedale commissioners to approve domestic partner benefits for Cooper's wife, Krista. "They're not going to win."
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Television directing includes work for PBS in Maine and Philadelphia and two TV pilots, as well as film documentaries and industrials for Ski Industries America, the U.S. Dept of Energy, the U.S. Dept of Defense, Apple Computers and Eastman-Kodak
As an actor, Drucie has done film (Girl, Interrupted, Jersey Girl, Fallen, Twelve Monkeys, The Silver Linings Playbook, The Narrows, Explicit Ills, Silver Tongues), television (Law & Order, Law & Order Special Victims Unit, The Adversaries, All My Children, The Onion News Network, HBO's You Don't Know Jack) and nearly 100 stage productions (area companies include the Wilma, InterAct, 1812 Productions, Delaware Theatre Company, Act II Playhouse, Brat Productions (playing Capt. Ahab in an all-female production of Orson Welles' Moby Dick, Rehearsed), New City Stage, five productions at Walnut Street Theatre), as well as national television/radio commercials and international voiceover work.
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A new board game out of Denver puts a unique spin on Monopoly. The game's creators unveiled the "Cannabis Craze" board game after marijuana use became legal in Colorado. The goal of the game is to deal dope.The marketing campaign calls the game a way to social network like people used to back in the day. "My partner and I, Mike Genwright, decided that we would get back to the original social networking, where people actually have to deal with each other and talk with each other and get frustrated with each other and laugh with each other and just have fun with each other," said co-creator Rob Deeter.The partners came up with the idea while in high school after playing a game called Dealer McDope."That's what started everything. And it was this board game where you buy on one side and sell on the other. And back then, at 18, 19 years old, we decided, man, we should do this for Colorado," said Deeter. Still, the boys put off the game for a few decades."When the dawn of medical marijuana came to Colorado, we put our heads together and go, 'Now's the time. Let's get back on that idea we had about 20 years ago,'" Deeter said. Deeter, a graphic artist, began coming up with different versions of the game a few years ago.The cannabis game begins when you fly into Denver. The idea is to move through Colorado buying pot in eight different cities "The goal is to collect marijuana from all eight cities, sell it in Denver, make a million dollars and get back to D.I.A. The first person to do that wins the game," said Deeter. There is no word when the game will be made available to the general public.
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The UpTake: Chinese search giant Baidu may look like a healthy company on the surface, but it turns out they just barely missed being included in a list of "notorious" pirates and copyright inringers.
It's like a shopping list for shopping lists of pirated and counterfeited goods. Every year, the United States Trade Representative, who reports directly to the president of the United States, releases a list of Notorious Markets both online and off that infringe on the intellectual property rights of U.S. businesses and inventors.
This year, Baidu (BIDU Nasdaq), a search giant valued at $54 billion that completes more queries than Google and is backed by some of the most influential venture capitalists in the United States, barely dodged being added to the list—again.
"Although it is clear from recently-filed lawsuits and government enforcement actions in China targeting Baidu.com that it remains a problematic marketplace, we have not relisted the company this year in order to give Baidu.com and appropriate Chinese authorities the opportunity to effective[ly] address outstanding concerns," according to the report by the Office of the United States Trade Representative, Michael Froman.
The key word there is "relisted." The Beijing, China-based company, founded in 1999 and backed by $161 million in venture capital from Google (which sold its stake in 2006), Draper Fisher Jurvetson, IDG Capital Partners and others, was on the Notorious Markets list for years before it was removed in 2011 after it entered in "a landmark licensing agreement with U.S. and other rights holders," according to the report.
The list, which includes a who's who of large-scale intellectual property infringers, was compiled with public assistance through an open comments period at regulations.gov.
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I was born a witch. My mother was what you would think is a witch. The typical black hair and crooked nose with a hook. I wasn't. I never even knew, until when I found my mother downstairs today. I was born on June
14, 2000; which make me ten years old. I was in fifth grade because I was
smarter and they let me move ahead. I have beautiful blond hair, not like my
mother's black, and blue eyes, unlike my mother's green. I never knew my
father; he probably left when he found out what my mother was. We have a black
cat with green eyes which I named Salem, I know pretty ironic. Back to how I
found out about it.
I got home from school, early because study hall was canceled due to there being no teacher. I walked home as I usually do. The day was stormy. Black clouds covered the sun,
and it was Monday. It was windy and I almost dropped my books. As I walked in
the door of my house, thunder cracked overhead. I breathed in, as I usually do
when I come home from school because usually some good smell hits my nose. I
take my jacket off and hang it on the hook and shut the door behind me.
Something was different, I remember telling myself. My mother usually greets me
as soon as I get home. But I got home early, so maybe she was busy I thought to
myself. I hear a noise and look around.
It was my cat, Salem. He meows and rubs against my legs. I walk to the kitchen,
the door to the basement was left open, and I hear a noise down there. My legs carry me forward and I creep down the
steps quickly and quietly. I see my mother sitting in front of a huge pot-
almost like one of those cauldrons you see on Halloween movies. There was a black
cat next to her, but it was not Salem. It's green eyes flashed towards me and I
ducked back up the steps. I listened closely as my mother whispered something.
What was going on? What kind of dream was that? I walk back down and look at my
mother. "Mother?"
She whirls around quickly and stares at me blinking. "I'm so sorry Orient. I should have told you a long time ago."
I blink at her and look at the pot thing. "What is that?" I demand of her.
She sighs softly. "I always thought you were too young to understand but now I have to tell you." She looks down at her pot.
"Tell me what?" I ask and stare at her, trying to catch her eye but she avoids my gaze.
"You are one, like me." She starts off still not looking at me.
"Of course I am like you, I am your daughter." I say and laugh nervously.
"No. You are a witch." She announces.
I laugh nervously. "Yeah like I can fly on a broomstick."
She shakes her head and looks up at me, meeting my gaze with a calm look. "Yes you can. We are ancestors of the witches of Salem."
I laugh we were learning about this in school. Of course, I was not one of those freaks.
"I know it's in your blood, because of what you named you're cat two years ago." She replies and meets my gaze.
"Salem? That was just because I read that book series, Salem Ghosts." I reply with disbelief.
"Next year, you will be switching schools," she says and looks down at the black cat.
"We're moving?" I question her.
She shakes her head softly. "No. You will be going to Mariannett's School for Young Witches."
I stared at her in disbelief. What kind of sick joke is this I asked mentally? I ran upstairs mad at her for playing such a cruel joke on me.
10 years later, and that is how I found out about being a witch. I did go to that school; spent the years of my life there. I learned and loved it. I would not give up anything to change it. I am a witch and am now
proud of it. I still have Salem, and cherish him close to my heart. My life
changed forever on that day, but if I could, I would live it over again. The
excitement the fear, it was a wild ride. Nevertheless, it was my ride. Currently,
I have many names. Some call me Orient. I am more commonly known as The Wicked
Witch of The West.
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