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Bangalore: December quarter earnings and forecasts provided by two of the country's largest software firms—Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) and Infosys Ltd, hint at a potential recovery for India's $70 billion information technology (IT) services sector, as these companies trade high profit margins to gain bigger contracts and customers in the US and Europe push to cut costs.
While Infosys chief executive S.D. Shibulal gave positive commentary for the first time since June last year, India's largest software services provider TCS on Monday said it will beat Nasscom's upper end of the revenue forecast for the year to 31 March. Nasscom has forecast 11-14% growth for the sector during year ending 31 March.
"We will beat Nasscom's growth forecast this year and 2013-14 will be a better year than 2011-12 as we see the momentum is good," N. Chandrasekaran, chief executive of TCS said on Monday. "Deals are coming from across markets such as retail, financial services and transportation."
Analysts at brokerage firms CLSA and JPMorgan Chase said 2013 and the financial year ending 31 March 2014 will be better than the past 18 months, unless a Lehman-like crisis happens or the US fiscal cliff worries come true.
"While revenue growth trajectory was soft through 2012, it has flat-lined and an inflexion point is likely in 2013, posing upside risks to street revenue forecasts for next nine-12 months. 2013 is likely to be a better year for revenue growth than 2012," said CLSA analysts Nimish Joshi and Arati Mishra in their note on 14 January. They also upgraded Indian IT sector after 18 months of "underweight" rating to "overweight".
On its part, TCS had always maintained over past few quarters that it will beat the Nasscom growth projection. Rival Infosys however, kept providing a gloomy outlook for the sector and even stopped giving quarterly revenue forecasts from June last year. The October-to-December period changed all that when Infosys beat expectations and grew its net profit by 12.1% to Rs.2,369 crore for the period.
Infosys grew its December quarter revenue by 4.2% from the preceding three months, double the rate at which analysts had estimated.
Outsourcing experts said the biggest test for TCS and Infosys will be to increase their share of IT spend by top customers.
"The differentiators will be whether Infy or TCS can add BPO (business process outsourcing) deals, vertical process and discrete analytics engagements to boost their market share and to broaden their footholds in major clients," said Phil Fersht, founder of outsourcing advisory firm HfS Research. "We believe Infy started to turn the corner middle of last year with an increased focus on process and higher end IT work and now the results are beginning to bear fruit. Moreover, some pull-through business from its Lodestone acquisition is starting to materialize."
According to CLSA, after several quarters of slow growth, the sector seems to have hit an inflection point, from where it could only rise.
"A downcycle through the last 18 months saw revenue growth plummet below the trendline of mid-teens growth and an above-trend growth is likely this year," CLSA analysts said. "Inflexion point in dollar-revenue growth trajectory amid minor improvement in discretionary spends point towards a better IT spending environment in 2013 which should drive earnings upgrades aiding stock price performance," they said.
Analysts at JPMorgan India said 2013 is going to be much better as the December quarter marked the bottom in terms of growth rates for these companies.
"A discretionary spending comeback, legacy deals opening up in 2013, and the stability of client budgets could be triggers," JPMorgan analysts Viju K. George and Amit Sharma said in their 14 December report on the sector.
CLSA also upgraded TCS to "outperform" on Monday after the company announced its earnings.
"With some pick-up in discretionary spends (seen in Infosys's results as well), TCS could potentially throw up some positive surprises on revenues in the coming quarters," CLSA said.
This growth though will come at a price—Infosys could see its profit margin touch the historic low of around 25%, and TCS too is expected to settle in 24-25% margin, according to experts.
"We believe Infosys could exit calendar 2013 with margin of around 25%," said a brokerage analyst with a multinational bank requesting anonymity in a phone interview on Monday from Hong Kong.
Indeed, Infosys's December quarter profit margins are already 5.2 percentage points lower at 28.5% than the same period last year.
"Infosys's recent flexibility on pricing and deal structures have been led by a desire to protect turf in a slowing market with enhanced competition," analysts at Kotak Institutional Equities Research said after Infosys earnings on Friday. "This dogfight for share could continue unless discretionary IT spending picks up," they said.
Later this week, Wipro Ltd and HCL Technologies Ltd will announce their October-to-December quarter earnings.
Do the December-quarter results of TCS and Infosys indicate an uptick for India's IT services sector? Take Mint poll here, and tell us what you think.

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Writing at his SuperSite for Windows Paul Thurrott says Window 8 sales are well below Microsoft's expectations and the company blames PC makers for the poor performance.
Understandably the story has had a lot of publicity. Thurrott has good sources inside the company, behind the headline his story says the weak start and lack of support from PC makers explains why Microsoft choose to make its own hardware.
While the story is plausible, there's more to this than meets the eye.
Windows 8 is a big departure for Microsoft. It doesn't fix any obvious shortcomings. In other words, there's no compelling reason for consumers to upgrade – unless they own a touch screen, and in market share terms those devices are still a freak show.
Once Windows 8 native apps appear in large numbers that may change.
Also, Microsoft's timing with Windows 8 is partly about laying down a marker. It looks further ahead than recent Windows launches.
Windows customers aren't like Apple customers, they've always been less inclined to march in lock-step. Companies will upgrade in line with their refresh cycle, consumers will move to Windows 8 the next time they buy a Windows PC.
Three weeks is far too early for anyone to press the panic button. If Windows 8 sales still look poorly six months from now, it'll be another story.


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Runway Roundup | Dolce & Gabbana Fall 12Trends
Inspired by the rich history of Italy once again, this time Dolce & Gabbana turn their sights on the religious imagery that Sicily has to offer. I was especially intrigued by these tapestry-looking florals which evoke a deep nostalgia for comforting things like Grandma's needlepoint pillows, fancy tablecloths and worn looking wall hangings. Tapestry has been a big trend lately, especially for some reason in shoes. Perhaps Maison Martin Margiela's carpet shoes started off the imitations. However, the eighties were full of tapestry everything; shoes, bags, jackets and vests being most prominent. Below are some favorites found on the good ole internet.
1. Vans Tapestry Sneaker
2. Jeffrey Campbell (tapestry + cats = ♥)
3. Tapestry jacket on Etsy
4. Coin purse from Etsy
5. Miss Selfridge Tapestry bag
I certainly do remember the eighties love for tapestry…….. however I love the Victoriana feel as well……
Diane Marsland


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One of the best grind bands I've heard. I'm no grind virgin either. Very metal-influenced, grind like this is in very short supply. The best drum machine band I've heard aside from agoraphobic nosebleed. The blasts are intense, the drum fills are high quality and they know how to slow down occasionally but not to much, seeing as how it is grind. The guitar riffs are well-arranged, focusing primarily on melodic tremolo riffs that still stay true to the grind genre but also draw a very appropriate metal influence. The vocals are diverse, ranging from shrieking high-pitched screams of chaos and terror, to growls so low that your bowels will tremble in fear. The samples were nothing short of awesome, and used just in the right amount. Some of them are: A guy taking a diarreah poop and then pissing inbetween bursts of liquid shit and gas, girl-"you into metal" homosexual- "as long as it's heavy, Viking/warrior voice- "metal, substance of strength and honor. Overall I was quite impressed by this band and I would recommend them to my fellow grind-junkies and all fans of extreme music of any form.


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Durham, N.C. — Blend Cafe in Durham is hosting a Froyo Flavor Competition tomorrow. Out & About will be there guest judging the unique flavor creations!
Competitors have already been whipping up crazy creations, including Captain Crunch Blueberry Froyo and Turkey Bacon Froyo. You can vote on Blend's Facebook page for the most creative or appetizing frozen yogurt treat, and the Top Five finishers will be featured in the tasting tomorrow.
I'll be at Blend tomorrow for the event as a guest judge, so come stop by, say hello and eat some delicious treats. The competition starts at 2 p.m.
The winner will have their creation added to the menu for a year (and win free froyo for a year).


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Grant Will Revive Planning To Develop New Orleans
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
Published: April 20, 2006
Louisiana officials plan to unveil an organization today that will revive the process of creating a New Orleans rebuilding plan, using $3.5 million newly pledged by the Rockefeller Foundation.
The ambitious effort calls for six months of work by urban planners, architects and other experts, along with public meetings in New Orleans's 13 community districts and in the four cities that have taken in the greatest number of the displaced: Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Dallas and Houston.
Billions of dollars in federal community development grants cannot be released until a comprehensive rebuilding plan for the state is in place. Sean Reilly, a member of the board of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, which is readying the statewide plan, said the other affected parishes had completed their basic planning, leaving Orleans Parish as ''the last and most important piece of the puzzle.'' The city's Bring Back New Orleans Commission was putting neighborhood-by-neighborhood planning in place when federal financing dried up.
The new group, the Community Fund Support Organization, will be managed by the Greater New Orleans Foundation, a local public charity. The full budget for the planning process has been estimated at $7.9 million. The portion not covered by the new Rockefeller Foundation pledge is to be raised from public and private sources.
Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Louisiana applauded the grant and the planning process that it will produce.
''What people need is to get the right kind of information to make smart decisions for themselves, and it's the one ingredient that they have not been given,'' Ms. Blanco said in an interview. ''They just hear noises out there, but nobody has sat down in the various neighborhoods, and it has to be done that way.''
The Rockefeller Foundation, which has already provided $3 million to Louisiana since Hurricane Katrina, is one of the nation's largest foundations, with assets of more than $3 billion.
The sum it is providing for the planning effort is unusually large, said Darren Walker, director of the foundation's domestic program. Holding some public meetings outside the state will add to the time and expense required, Mr. Walker said, but it is essential that the people of New Orleans have a voice in the process, wherever they are.
''Everyone has a role to play,'' he said, adding that the effort ''marries the best of urban planning with the wisdom and local knowledge and authentic voice of community residents.''
''We owe it to ourselves as a nation,'' Mr. Walker said, ''to not allow this opportunity to pass.''


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If you have been delaying buying that BlackBerry smartphone, which by now, all of your friends, colleagues or even members of your family own, because of the price tag, then this may come as some good news for you. As per a report by The Financial Express, Research in Motion, the manufacturers of BlackBerry smartphones have reduced the prices of four of their handsets, one upto 26 percent. The handsets, which get the price cut are the Curve 8520, Curve 9380, Curve 9360 and the Torch 9860. These are very popular handsets in the market and with the price cut they may do a lot better.
RIM drops prices of four popular handsets
As per the report, Managing Director of Research in Motion, India, Sunil Dutt said, "RIM as a brand has moved from just an enterprise device to as a more consumer device. Be it our services or the product, we have seen a strong uptake by the youth and therefore, to get the devices into more hands, we are cutting the prices. The focus is not just on reducing prices, but we want to address a larger number of people and give them the overall experience of BlackBerry. We will continue to focus on bringing locally relevant products, services and applications to Indian consumers."
The report details the price reduction of each handset. The BlackBerry Curve 8520, the hottest selling BlackBerry in India is now available at a price of Rs.8,999 that fell from the earlier Rs.10,990, which is an 18 percent price cut. The Curve 9380 is down to Rs.16,990 from an earlier price of Rs.20,990, while the Curve 9360 now sells at Rs.18,990 from its previous price of Rs.19,990. The biggest price drop has been for the Torch 9860 that has been reduced by a large 26 percent. The price of the handset now stands at Rs.21,990 from an earlier price of Rs.29,990. Speaking on the drop in prices of these BlackBerry models, Dutt said, "These four handsets comprise a bulk of sales in the country, it is 60 per cent of the business from India."
RIM is keeping up with the trend of reducing their prices after earlier on slashing the prices of their tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook. The slate from BlackBerry is now available for as low as Rs.13,990.
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Neil Melanson is a Catch Wrestler, and leg lock and triangle specialist who trained under Gene Lebell, Gokor, and Karo Parisyan. In addition to being Parisyan's grappling coach and training partner, and he trains day-to-day students and numerous professional fighters.
As an analytical grappler, he has studied and mastered a number of different guard systems in search of the best way and method to perform techniques. As an instructor, his primary goal is to pass that knowledge on to his students and help them develop their grappling ability and confidence.
Outside of grappling, Melanson was in the Navy for seven years and a Special Agent in the Federal Air Marshal Service doing counter terrorism work for five years. His desire was to compete in MMA competition, but after losing sight in one eye due to Behcets disease, he was unable to follow that path.
Our members here at Xtreme Couture know our head Jits guy (Neil Melanson) as a coach who knows the science of Jiu Jitsu.
Melanson dedicates his time to his students and constantly works on perfecting his teaching skills. Instead of simply focusing on how techniques are done, he also teaches why they work and how they fit into the bigger picture.
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Condenser Fan Motor, 1/8to1/3 HP, 825 rpm
CENTURY| Zoro #: G1417491| Mfr #: ORM5488
Zoro #: G1417491Mfr. Part #: ORM5488
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Technical Specifications
|Zoro #: G1417491 Mfr #: ORM5488
|Motor Thermal Protection: Auto
|Motor Enclosure Design: Totally Enclosed Air-Over
|Item: Condenser Fan Motor
|Motor Sub Application: Condenser Fan
|Motor Application: HVAC/R
|Phase: 1
|Motor Design: Permanent Split Capacitor
|Motor Shaft Rotation: CW/CCW
|No. of Speeds: 1
|Hz: 60
|Motor Service Factor: 1.00
|Voltage Compatibility: 115/208-230, 208-230, 208-240
|Features: All Angle Mounting, Energy Efficient PSC Design, Removable Drain Plugs Each End, Rheem Mounting Holes
|Standards: UL Recognized (E46412), CSA Certified (LR43341)
|Overall Length: 11-3/8"
|Max. Ambient Temp.: 60 Degrees C
|Lead Length: 48 to 51"
|Length Less Shaft: 4-7/8"
|Duty: Continuous
|Shaft Dia.: 1/2"
|Capacitor Required: 2MDV6
|Mounting Stud Pattern: 3-5/8" x 3-5/8"
|Stud Size: 8-32
|Nameplate RPM: 825
|Ins. Class: B
|Stud Quantity: 4
|HP: 1/3 to 1/8
|Motor Bearings: Sleeve
|Body Dia.: 5-5/8"
|Full Load Amps: 2.1
|Motor Shaft Design: Double-Flat
|Frame: 48Y
|Motor Mounting Position: All Angle
|Motor Mounting Type: Stud
|Voltage: 208-230
|Shaft Length: 6-1/2"
|Country of Origin (subject to change): China
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Condenser Fan Motor, Motor Design Permanent Split Capacitor, Motor Enclosure Design Totally Enclosed Air-Over, 1/3 to 1/8 HP, RPM Range 0-1000, Nameplate RPM 825, Voltage 208-230, 48Y Frame, No. of Speeds 1, Overall Length 11-3/8 In., Shaft Length 6-1/2 In., Motor Mounting Position All Angle, Features All Angle Mounting, Energy Efficient PSC Design, Removable Drain Plugs Each End, Rheem Mounting Holes, Motor Shaft Rotation CW/CCW, Full Load Amps 2.1, Stud Motor Mounting Type


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Spirobranchus sp.
Family: Serpulidae
Range: Tropical
Size: Up to 1 inch radioles
Diet: Omnivore
Tank Set-up: Marine: Coral or rock, sand
Reef Compatible: Yes
Tank Conditions: 72-78ºF; sg 1.023-1.025; pH 8.1-8.4
Temperament: Peaceful
Venomous: No
Care Level: Difficult
The Christmas Tree Worm, or Jewel Stone, was first described by scientists in 1766. Its crown comes in a variety of different colors, but is always paired. Usually, just the crown, which is spiraled in the shape of a Christmas tree, is seen; its body is hidden within the host coral. It has an operculum (top trap door) that covers its tube when it withdraws its crown. There are often several Christmas Tree Worms in the same area, though they do not live in close groups.
The Christmas Tree Worm is somewhat shy of movement and prefers to be in the shade of rocky overhangs, out of the bright light. It is very intolerant of copper-based medications.
Breeding in the home aquarium is very rare.
Since it is purely a filter feeder, the diet of the Christmas Tree Worm should be supplemented with liquid plankton-based foods.


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WSC Real 11 promises to be the most exciting version of the top selling snooker and pool franchise for years, with a host of jaw dropping new features including 100% pixel-perfect ball physics, spectacular time-control replay system, all new online tournaments, new rewind system allowing you to retake any shot and re-designed pick up and play controls.
WSC Real 11 for PlayStation Move on PlayStation 3 will include Real Cue Action: an exciting feature that allows precision aim functionality when using the PlayStation Move controller. Players can use the Move controller to take shots like a pro for an even more realistic snooker experience.
- Supported Functions
- Online
- PlayStation Move
- All the official tournaments of the 2010/11 snooker seasons.
- All the top players from the 2010/11 seasons.
- Play against snooker fans from around the world using online play.
- Spectacular new graphics and lighting system.
- Rewind time and replay shots from any angle, over and over again.
- New dynamic challenge mode to really test your skills.
WSC Real 11: World Snooker ChampionshipPublisher: Dark Energy SportsRelease Date: April 15, 2011
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San Diego County:
Ages 12-17
2003 — 13.9
2005 — 11.2
2007 — 12.1
Ages 12-17
2003 — 12.4
2005 — 14.2
2007 — 13.3
United States:
Ages 6-11
1970 — 4.2
1974 — 4.0
1980 — 6.5
1994 — 11.3
2002 — 15.8
2006 — 17.0
2008 — 19.6
Ages 12-19
1970 — 4.6
1974 — 6.1
1980 — 5.0
1994 — 10.5
2002 — 16.0
2006 — 17.6
2008 — 18.1
Sources: California Health Interview Survey; National Center for Health Statistics
First Lady Michelle Obama will bring her campaign to end childhood obesity to San Diego on Thursday afternoon when she visits a community farm that immigrants created last summer.
Increasing access to fresh fruits and vegetables is a major theme of Obama's "Let's Move!" initiative, which was launched February.
Nutrition experts said fresh produce is particularly needed in poor neighborhoods, where residents often rely on fast-food restaurants and convenience stores because the areas lack full-scale grocery stores and farmers markets.
In San Diego County, an estimated 12 percent of children between ages 12 and 17 are obese, according to public-health researchers.
Obama's stop in the City Heights neighborhood comes at the close of her first solo international trip, a journey that took her to earthquake-ravaged Haiti on Tuesday and then Mexico City on Wednesday.
About 1:30 p.m. Thursday, the first lady will tour the New Roots Community Farm, a 2.2-acre strip of city-owned land with 89 plots that are tended by members of local Somali, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Mexican and Guatemalan enclaves.
The farmers receive support from the International Rescue Committee, a refugee assistance organization with an office in City Heights.
Their efforts likely will resonate with Obama, who planted her own vegetable patch on the South Lawn of the White House in spring 2009.
While community gardens might seem like small efforts, health advocates said they can play an important role in addressing the problems driving the nation's childhood obesity epidemic.
"Those little plots of land are not just places where fruits and vegetables grow. They are islands of dialogue," said Dr. Chris Searles, a family physician and psychiatrist with the UCSD Medical Center and co-chairman of the San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative.
The gardens trigger discussions about food supplies, economic development and environmental sustainability, he said. They also provide a glimpse of the food chain beyond store shelves.
"For some kids, this is their first chance to see what it's like to watch a tomato grow before it becomes ketchup," Searles said.
Statistics suggest that the first lady's goal of eliminating childhood obesity within a generation won't be reached easily.
Obesity rates among youngsters and adults in the United States have skyrocketed during the past decade.
In 1994, 11.3 percent of children ages 6 to 11 and 10.5 percent of those 12 to 19 were obese. By 2008, those figures had risen to 19.6 for the younger kids and 18.1 for the older ones.
The surge triggered escalating rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and other health problems among youngsters. Traditionally, these conditions had affected mostly adults.
One study estimated that obesity-related health problems cost $147 billion in 2008.
While adolescent obesity has leveled off in the past two years, medical and social ills caused by being seriously overweight will fester for years to come as the affected youngsters age and their ailments multiply.
What makes the first lady's initiative stand out from previous efforts is its direct tie to the power of federal policy, some observers said.
When Obama launched her campaign during a White House event on Feb. 9, she was flanked by President Barack Obama, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and two other members of the Cabinet.
The president has included $345 million in his latest budget proposal for tax credits, loans and grants to establish grocery stores and fresh food markets in underserved communities. Last week, a pair of lawmakers from New York announced legislation that would increase annual federal funding for healthy-food programs to $1 billion.
These efforts aren't happening in a policy vacuum. They are closely tied to the Obama administration's broader push to change the nation's health system and lower the long-term cost of medical care.
Last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a $16 million grant to local health and educational officials to promote nutritious eating and physical activity over the next two years.
Some of the money will be used to increase the number of community and school gardens, develop a food-distribution center for local farmers and expand a fresh-produce voucher program for the poor to five neighborhood farmers markets, said Cheryl Moder, director of the county childhood obesity initiative.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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What should you do with your old TV? That's an important question, especially on Earth Day, since so many consumers are abandoning old tube TVs in favor of larger, sleeker flat-panel models or even stepping up from a small LCD to a bigger screen.
Dumping it in a landfill isn't the answer. Even though newer TVs contain less toxic material than older sets—LCD TVs with LED backlights and plasma sets, for example, are mercury-free—it's still important to dispose of them properly. LCD TVs with conventional fluorescent lamps, for example, have small amounts of mercury, and the phosphors of older direct-view TVs are coated with cadmium. And TVs of all types contain plastics that can leach hazardous chemicals should they wind up in a landfill.
If you'd like to do your part, here's a quick Earth Day guide highlighting a number of green ways to get an old TV out of your house:
Fix it
With TVs continuing to get cheaper every year, it may seem as if repairing a broken older TV just isn't worth the effort or money. But sometimes, depending on the type and age of the TV, repairing an item can make sense, and it does help keep gear out of a landfill. If your TV's warranty is up, consider factory or authorized service, but don't dismiss independents. According to Consumer Reports surveys, they satisfied our readers about the same. Independents can be good for off-warranty work, especially if the repair is relatively easy and doesn't involve proprietary parts from the manufacturer. Look for servicers who will credit the cost of the estimate against the price of the repair. Also, it's easier to sell a working TV should you decide to dispose of it at a later date.
Donate it
If your TV is still in working condition, someone else may be able to use it. Check with friends and other family members to see if they can give an older TV a home; if not, consider donating the TV to a thrift store or charity, where older products can often be put to good use. Just be aware that some charities may no longer accept analog TVs now that all broadcasts are digital, so contact the the organization or check its Web site. Websites such as Earth911 and the Electronic Industries Alliance can provide searchable databases and other information about local and national organizations that accept donated electronic items. Another option: Freecycle.org, where you can list your TV online in your community.
Sell it or trade it in
Thanks to ads in local papers and used-goods websites such as eBay and Craig's List, you might also be able to sell an unwanted TV and in the process make some extra cash. Facebook now has a new integrated app, called Marketplace, where you can buy, sell or trade merchandise, including TVs. Since TVs can often be hard to ship, online buyers using any of these services can search only local items.
There are also several "trade-in" websites that offer a trade-in allowance good toward the purchase of a new product. Although most of the major ones, such as Gazelle.com, don't yet accept TVs, another site, TechForward, lets you buy a guaranteed buyback plan on TVs that locks in how much you'll receive for your trade-in in the future. Best Buy also runs an electronics trade-in program, but it currently doesn't apply to TVs. Another site, CEXchange, lets you enter a TV's make and model number to get an estimate as to its its trade-in value. Most of the items sent to CEXchange are reburbished and resold. RadioShack's HDTV trade-in program is powered by CEXchange.
Recycle it
Perhaps the fastest-growing green segment is recycling. Manufacturers, retailers, and third-party firms all offer recycling initiatives. Among retailers, Best Buy has been perhaps the most aggressive, and this week launched its newest initiative, "Recycle It On." The program asks consumers to pledge to recycle by filling out an online application and encourage others to do the same.
Best Buy also offers in-store electronics recycling on most consumer electronics, with a few exceptions, generally charging a $10 recycling fee per for some items with screens; the fee is offset by a $10 Best Buy gift card. (Some Best Buy house brands, such as Insignia, Dynex, and VPR Matrix, are excluded.) The company also has a "haul-away" program that removes an old item from a home when a new item is purchased and delivered. You can also pay $100 for Best Buy to come to your home and remove up to two televisions for recycling. Details of the company's recycling programs are available on its website.
Among other retailers, Office Depot has a recycling program that covers smaller TVs, presumably those that will fit inside one of its large $15 recycling boxes. The box can be left at the store for recycling. Walmart's TV recycling program, run in partnership with Samsung Recycling Direct, lets customers recycle Samsung consumer electronics, as well as Walmart's former private brands Durabrand and Ilo, for free. TVs from other brands are accepted for a nominal fee. And Amazon has partnered with several organizations, including Green Earth Exchange, to allow TV trade-ins in exchange for an Amazon gift card.
Manufacturer take-back programs
Most of the major TV brands now either run, or have formed partnerships for, take-back programs to recycle old TVs. For example, MRM, founded by Panasonic, Sharp, and Toshiba, accepts all types and brands of consumer electronics for recycling at its sites across the country. There's no fee for Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Sharp, Toshiba, and Vizio TVs; other brands' TV are recycled for a fee (except in those states where such fees are prohibited). Other companies support MRM sites in selected states across the country.
LG Electronics has partnered with Waste Management's WM Recycle America arm for the LG Electronics Recycling Program, which lets consumers drop off unwanted or broken LG products free at 200 designated drop-off centers. As mentioned, Samsung offers recycling through its Samsung Recycling Direct program, which combines drop-off locations, participating retailers, and special recycling events. Sony's Take-Back Recycling program, also a partnership with WM Recycle America, lets consumers drop off items (or ship them to) either WM drop-off centers, or locations supporting its Greenfill drop-off program. Vizio is also part of the WM Recycle America program.
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M&T Bank expands to Larkin Center
M&T Bank Corp. has expanded its office space once again, leasing 22,000 square feet in the Larkin Center of Commerce building on Exchange Street.
The Buffalo-based bank moved more than 100 staff members into the new office space at 701 Seneca St. in August, as part of its effort to support the growth of the bank's compliance division, said spokesman Chet Bridger.
M&T's compliance division is being expanded significantly as the bank works to comply with heightened regulatory demands imposed on it earlier this year by the Federal Reserve, which have delayed M&T's planned purchase of Hudson City Bancorp in New Jersey.
The Fed in April criticized the bank for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, citing inadequate procedures, systems and processes for preventing potential money-laundering or other criminal activity. The BSA and other anti-money laundering laws mandate that banks monitor and report suspicious account activity or other customer actions that could be a sign of illicit financing.
It did not find any evidence of wrongdoing by the bank or involving the bank, but the Fed's findings forced M&T to delay its $3.7 billion acquisition to as late as January 2014, since the Fed would not approve a merger until the problems are addressed.
M&T signed a formal written agreement with the Fed in June that required it to submit a plan within 60 days to remedy the problems, including a new written program to ensure the bank identifies suspicious transactions or violations in a "timely, accurate and complete" manner. It also had to hire an independent consultant to review accounts and transactions of any high-risk customers at either M&T or subsidiary Wilmington Trust Co. from July 2012 through December 2012.
Bridger said the bank "continues to fill open positions" and currently has 513 jobs available in Western New York, ranging from senior-level technology positions to entry-level customer service and banking jobs.
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Have reposted this here as it was on the Education board where I suspect there is less traffic. DS2 (just turned 6) has a young and inexperienced teacher this year. She is extremely nice, very organised and clearly working hard for the children and they all like her. However, my DS2 is a complicated character - excitable, chatty, spirited, silly, headstrong, and probably a pain in the neck. We've spoken about what to do with him when she can't get him to listen, how we can be consistent with the messages we give him at home/at school etc and we are making some progress. However, I think because he is a bit inattentive/disruptive/immature, she has DS pegged as not very able. He is stuck on ORT stage 3, gets given the easy peasy spellings each week etc. I'm really not being a precious or deluded mother here; he can read fine and learns the spellings with no problems at all, in fact with far more ease than his older brother who always scrapes onto the top table by virtue of being willing and biddable and I would say reasonably able...whereas I think DS 2 is actually bright. If we play games at home, DS2 will try to cheat, which would never even occur to DS1. And even if he doesn't cheat he always wins! I don't want to undermine the teacher or appear to question her judgment; I want us to work together and for her not to dread the times she has to tell me what a pain he's been, but how can I politely suggest he could be given more challenging work? I once asked if he was definitely on the right ORT level (when he'd been on Stage 2 for EVER) and she insisted he was so I didn't push it. It won't matter in the long run, I know, but I don't want him to get hold of the idea that he's deemed a bit middling, and for that to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. What can I do?
Boys have been socialised but they socialise differently so they learn differently from their experiences. They are less empathetic, have more testosterone which makes them more active and a bit more aggressive in approach.
There are reasons why boys can't keep still. What do you do if they can't learn how to overcome those? I have very high expectations of my son as does OP of hers I'm sure but what do you do when your DS doesn't reach your expectations? I am constantly trying to get him to "conform" but I can't make him when he isn't with me.
Well, I am going to try this week with school reporting his behaviour to me but I had hoped I could leave school to it
I am sure that the teacher does 'get' your ds.
She gets that he has poor concentration. She gets that whilst he is able he doesn't complete the tasks he has been set. Or that he gets muddled because he hasn't listened properly to instructions.
She gets that he distracts other children and messes around in class. She gets that he is not progressing as well as he should be in his education.
What to do about it? First of all, as a parent you could take him to be assessed by his gp to rule out conditions such as ADD. You could give him the most suitable diet, including perhaps omega 3 supplements, or whatever is recommended by the gp.
You could ask him about the class rules. These will be very clear and he should be able to reel them off. Such as no talking when the teacher is talking. Keep your hands and feet to yourself. Respect school property, and so on. You could reinforce that he needs to follow the rules.
If he won't conform then there will be consequences. These are his choices to make. The teacher will be very clear with expectations and consequences and you can support those, which will help him in the classroom.
There are some other strategies which could be used, such as Now and Next. Now we do our numeracy and Next you can play with the trains (or whatever he's into). He will learn the distinction between work and play and start to appreciate that if he puts in the effort he will reap the rewards.
Btw I work with 6 year olds and it is not a 'boy' problem. Each child is an individual and plenty of boys at that age can concentrate long enough to complete the task in hand. Please don't write him off as 'just a boy'.
How is his diet OP? I ask because my older DD was similar and when I removed all processed foods, the change was HUGE.
I removed cheese too as it's processed isn't it...so no biscuits I hadn't made myself...VERY little sugar in her diet other than naturally occurring in fruit etc.
No juice....it's amazing really as she's gone from being way behind to a level above expected for her age now she is 8.
No, but equally as someone who wanted non gender-specific toys for her children and believed honestly that differences were as a result of socialisation and unconscious prejudice affecting expectations, I am really struck by how different they are. It was DS's birthday party this morning. The boys, with only one exception (and he is an ASD child), were constantly on the move, trying to wrestle each other etc. The girls thanked me for helping them (unsolicited) and stood still and listened to instructions. I'm not saying boys CAN'T behave like this too, but there is an enormous gulf in maturity at age 6. I agree that over-compliance in girls isn't too great either, but these ones haven't been crushed or oppressed; they just naturally want to please and don't need to charge about or roll in the mud.
Anyway, galvanised by all of your advice I have just ordered a load more ORT reading books at a slightly higher level, which DS can read at home with me. Even if his teacher doesn't notice any improvement it won't hurt! We have loads of non reading scheme books but the ORT ones make DS laugh and are perfectly pitched for him in terms of vocabulary.
That's interesting Mrs Mushroom. He eats enough of the good things but probably too many sweet things/processed things as well. I think only processed cheese is processed, though, IYSWIM!
Fairenuff, thank you. I can see a lot of what you are saying makes sense and I will be more systematic about getting him to tell me class rules and explaining consequences etc. Oddly, he doesn't exactly have poor concentration. He has poor concentration IF he would rather be doing something else. If he is engaged, he can concentrate on one thing for ages. He will do a difficult jigsaw or play a game for a long time, quite happily. He has just opened all his birthday presents from his party and insisted on reading every word on every card, instead of tearing through them to get at the presents as I would have thought he might. I know there are boys who at 6 can do exactly what is asked of them (my DS1 was one), but as you say each child is an individual, and this individual finds listening and following instructions difficult. I am wondering about seeing the GP to rule out dyspraxia (he is hypermobile and very clumsy), but the original point of my post was not to try to diagnose my son, which I will leave to the professionals, but to get his teacher to see beyond the silly behaviour. If she was saying "Well of course he's more able than this but because he gets silly and distracted he isn't doing the work to justify the next steps" then I would feel reassured. But I think she just thinks he's not very clever...
It isn't totally a boy/girl thing, but it is something in the way different children mature.
DD1s Y2 teacher didn't get her at all, she just saw a silly fussy child who didn't finished things. Subsequently I've found several mum's of DS who have had trouble with this teacher too.
She is a very good teacher, but she plans very complex elaborate lessons, lots of fun additions to the basic learning.
DD1 is dyslexic (although school refused to accept this for another 4years), she'd enter wholeheartedly, into the fun bits, but avoid the actual work.
I get the feeling many of the boys did too.
My very socially mature and conventionally academic DD2 had no trouble with her at all.
I'm afraid there isn't a cure, you just have to hope he likes next years teacher more.
the original point of my post was not to try to diagnose my son, which I will leave to the professionals, but to get his teacher to see beyond the silly behaviour. If she was saying "Well of course he's more able than this but because he gets silly and distracted he isn't doing the work to justify the next steps" then I would feel reassured. But I think she just thinks he's not very clever...
The only way your son can be assessed is on the work he produces in class. If he cannot, or will not, concentrate on the task long enough to complete it, he will be assessed accordingly.
The teacher may well be able to appreciate that he is clever, but if he cannot take direction, or settle to a task, he will not achieve the levels that you think he is capable of.
If he is slow to mature, you might find that he catches up in a year or two. Or he may not.
The teacher will not move him on to higher level tasks until he has demonstrated competency in the lower levels.
As a parent, the best thing you could do is help him learn to take direction, concentrate on a task, follow instructions etc. This will be more valuable to him than focussing on his reading level, for example.
Borrow books from the library and get him to read those and ignore the school reading books. He might be acting up because he's not being challenged enough.
"As a parent, the best thing you could do is help him learn to take direction, concentrate on a task, follow instructions etc. This will be more valuable to him than focussing on his reading level, for example."
Yes, fairenuff, but how?? He was being a nuisance at dinner tonight. Kept annoying his brother and then started flicking food around. So we sent him to his room, but he was still giggling as he went up the stairs. He seemed to think he would do his time in there and then come back down and have pudding, but I put my foot down and said that a boy who throws food needs to understand that there would be consequences, and he wouldn't be getting pudding. Cue massive meltdown. I waited for all the sobbing to subside, then we had a cuddle and I explained to him that if I didn't help him realise why throwing food is not acceptable then he might do it at school, or at a friend's house, and got him to tell me how he thought teachers/other parents would react in that situation. He got the message then. But up until I said no pudding it was all a big joke to him, despite numerous requests to stop being silly, and even when sent upstairs he didn't really think he had done anything wrong. He just doesn't hear warnings, or irritation, or threats, until it's too late. So I can ask him to be good and listen to the teacher until I'm blue in the face - it just doesn't go in.
I do honestly think he'll catch up in a year or two, when he's got a bit more maturity, but I don't want him to fall too far behind his potential in the meantime.
How do you do it? By setting rules and enforcing boundaries.
Yes, he will be upset and have a meltdown. That's good. That's what should happen so that he realises there are consequences to his actions. It has to matter to him.
He was giggling because it was all a game. In the past, nothing upsetting has happened to him because of his behaviour. Now you are enforcing the boundaries, he will learn. And if he is clever he will learn fast. But it is imperative that you stand firm, otherwise all you will teach him is that if he pushes hard enough, the boundary will break.
I waited for all the sobbing to subside, then we had a cuddle and I explained to him that if I didn't help him realise why throwing food is not acceptable then he might do it at school, or at a friend's house, and got him to tell me how he thought teachers/other parents would react in that situation
This bit is where you feel guilty. Don't. You are giving him the tools to deal with life. You are making him feel safe by enforcing the boundaries.
I always think of it like this. When we get on a rollercoaster the first thing we do is push the bar in front of us. We want to know that it will hold. We want to be safe whilst we have fun. If the bar gave way, or only held fast some of the time, we wouldn't ride the rollercoaster. We have to trust the bar. He needs to trust you, as his parent, to make the right decisions for him.
Children who cannot rely on their parents, learn to rely on themselves. They can become quite disruptive with their behaviour and refuse to follow direction from adults. Your ds isn't there yet but he could be if you don't nip this in the bud.
So don't bother with the cuddle and don't give lots of attention for tears. Just continue in a matter of fact manner, as if you expect his behaviour to change. He doesn't need to know the ins and out of why you shouldn't throw food. He already knows it's naughty. He just needs to learn that these are the mealtime rules and it's up to him to choose how to behave and face the consequences, good or bad.
And when he behaves well give him lots of praise. I used to take my ds out for a meal (beans on toast at the local cafe) to practise eating out. He would sit nicely waiting for his food, have a quiet chat, use a napkin, eat carefully with a knife and fork, wait for others to finish, say thank you to the staff and walk out nicely . He was only about 3 when we started but he thought it was a great treat and I could praise him on his lovely table manners.
Well done for seeing it through. It's not easy, I know, but it will get easier the more you do it. And you will be so glad you did when he becomes a teenager and knows that you mean what you say. Good luck.
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The fan in my Lenovo 3000 V100 doesn't seem to work.
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- I don't use Windows, but I tried a bootable Windows CD and it seems the fan isn't working. I can't hear it and it doesn't seem that any air is coming out of the fan. I tried with Thinkpad Fan Controller 0.20 and manually setting the fan speed to the maximum. I noticed no difference.
- When starting the computer I can hear the hard drive the first few seconds, but I don't think I hear the fan so I don't think it's starting at all. Os is it so quiet?
How can I be sure it is a hardware problem?
I ask this because a many laptops have problems in Linux with DSDT (a file from the BIOS) than only work on Windows. And I have had this problem in the past. (I tried compiling the Linux kernel with a DSDT I fixed myself and posted in this forum 2 years ago, but this time it didn't work).
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The government gets a lot of flak for the things it allegedly does wrong. The most recent flub, of course, is FEMAs response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. There are also the mistakes of years past, like botching the investigation of John F. Kennedys assassination and arresting just one killer, Lee Harvey Oswald. Where were the hurricane rescue teams? Where was the second gunman? Only Michael Brown and the Grassy Knoll know for sure. And then there are the Dallas connectionshurricane evacuees were sent to our fair city post-Katrina and Rita, and instead of fleeing town, Lee Harvey Oswald decided to evacuate right into the Texas Theater on West Jefferson Boulevard, where he was later arrested. Are we seeing a pattern here? Also, if you turn a map of the High Five interchange on its Western edge and overlay it with a structural plan of the Mixmaster, you can just make out the face of Earl Warrenwait, wrong paper. Look for more on the High Five/Mixmaster mystery in the next issue of Nutball Theories. One conspiracy we can publicly get behind, however, is this weekends Art Conspiracy event benefiting children affected by the recent hurricanes. Local artists, writers, designers, sculptors and photographers will have 24 hours, working in three-hour shifts, to fill hundreds of blank canvases placed in the lobby of the Texas Theater. When times up, patrons can pour in and name their prices for the works, some of which are already in the planning stages. Attendees should expect the unexpected, even if theyre familiar with participating artists such as writer Daniel Miller, who says the time constraint will inspire him to work with photography from his camera phone. Miller says, Im excited to see what it will be like, having that much creativity crammed so close together. Patrons will also be treated to the acoustic sounds of the Happy Bullets, Pleasant Grove, Salim Nourallah, the Theater Fire and I Love Math while they make their bids. If anything suspicious happens at the Texas Theater, however, dont say we didnt warn you. Just ignore that man over there in the corner.
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A few weeks ago I upgraded my laptop's hard disk to a Solid State Drive (SSD). The performance improvements have been amazing, to say the least. But, I was left over with a perfectly good HDD that was just sitting in my desk drawer going to waste. Then I realized that I never use my laptop's DVD drive. Surely, all of that excess space wasted by the dormant DVD drive could be utilized.
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#1: Rush for Augustine & Henderson
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#1: Rush for Augustine & Henderson
Two young ones for one on the surface looks good. Only time will tell if thats a good move. It's for sure we need about 16 points out of Brandon if we keep him.
i didnt vote b/c I haven't seen anything of Henderson (altho I guess that what the not sure option is for), but does DJ get manhandled on the defensive end bc of his size? I dont think this team can afford another subpar defender in the rotation.
Henderson I don't know about, but if we project his ceiling to be higher than Rush, you do this. Since the Bobcats were (almost) willing to do this, I am not sure that they think Henderson will be better than Rush.
How about 10-12 points and lockdown defense?
No, Rush has the highest ceiling of anyone out of that group.
Augustin might be a nice player at PG, but if it hasn't been exactly peachy under Larry Brown (a very good evaluator of talent who tends to get most out of every player), what makes anyone think it's going to work in Pacers' bizarro land?
I voted Not Sure because I don't know enough about either of the CHA players (especially Henderson) and I worry about trading away a very good defensive talent, but at the same time it's turning one young prospect into two young prospects at a time where we need to keep adding pieces.
I had something else in mind. It's good/bad.
Ford/SJones for Augustin/Derrick Brown/DeSagana Diop.
The reason why I say it's bad is because we have to deal with Diop's contract for the next 2 years.
It's good because we get the PG we want, we move Ford, and we keep Brandon to play next to that PG who is similar to Jarrett Jack.
I also liked Derrick Brown and I think he can spot time behind Danny.
if we could get both of them for Rush, I'd do it for sure
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I think it would be a good idea. Poor Gerald, far as I'm concerned, is being the recepient of LB's famous quirk of not giving rookies any slack..or playing time. I think he would give us the same as Rush, with more assertiveness on the offensive end.
I truly echo the sentiment of a lot of national writers that DJ simply needs a change of scenery to blossum. I really don't give his size much of a thought. Yeah, He gives up a couple of inches to guys like Steve Nash and Tony Parker, but I could also see him modeling his game on theirs. I've read over and over that he has a high basketball IQ and with quickness....well....he's can be in the same mold as the aformentioned guys.
Brown is one of my all time favorite coaches, but he gets these weird vendettas against certain players, while giving others carte blanc to make mistake after mistake.
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Sure, but who could we trade Rush for to get that?
I'm not convinced that Augustin's a better fit for the Pacers, long-term, than AJ Price.
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I agree with Anthem. Why trade for a backup PG when you already have three on the roster (and two that are under contract for next season)? Gerald Henderson vs. Brandon Rush is just a "grass is greener" trade in my mind, but hey, let's give up on the guy in his second year despite everyone's agreement that 1) he would be better in a more structured offense and 2) our offense as presently constructed is neither structured nor successful.
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I think in particular with PG's, Larry Brown more often than not gets the most out of them. The ones that have failed for him, like Marbury, have failed for a reason.
What about Brown wanting to trade Reggie?
The problem with Brown is he's never happy. He wants to change players from the day he arrives until the day he leaves. He doesn't play youth much and it's hard to get out of his dog house once in it. Ask Augustin, May, Radmanovic, etc. It didn't take him long to get rid of Okefor either.
There was never a doubt how I was going to vote... HECK YES!
I watched Rush play last night. Ray Allen at times beat him like a redheaded step child. I watched a couple nice drives by Rush to the basket, and then give up a basket. He played 40 minutes and his game wasn't even close to being what he should have had. Sorry, but he's too inconsistant for me to be a starter, bench role player ok.
I really don't think DJ Agustin is any good, his numbers are not impressive. AJ Price has better stats NOW, in less minutes, as a rookie. I don't think DJ does anything to improve this team.
Henderson is a question mark... but if its just Rush for Henderson I don't see the point, I think Rush has a higher ceiling and is already a great defender and three point threat. Even if he never gets better he is a great role player right now. No way do I do this trade. Its making a trade for the sake of making a trade, and it sucks.
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Out of that group, Augustin, Radmanovic, and May; 2 out of the 3 aren't worth anything. I had to check to see if Sean May was still in the league, and Radmanovic shoots threes and plays no defense (not going to fly under Larry Brown). As for Okafor, I don't think Larry Brown drove him out of town, it was simply a matter of Tyson Chandler being assumed as a better fit for his system.Originally Posted by Justin Thyme
However, I'll raise the point again, if a PG can't develop under Brown who actually has a proven system and might be the best coach at matchups and hiding weaknesses/exploiting strengths, what makes anyone think Augustin will develop under Jim O'Brien and our bizarro world Pacers' offense? I mean I guess if you think he shoots threes and plays no defense, yeah he probably would.
Sure, there are counter examples, but there also guys like Allen Iverson, Chauncey Billups, and Eric Snow that played the best basketball of their careers under him.
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Bad idea..if we aren't getting rid of Ford, I'd like to flat out refuse to get rid of Rush.
If Artest wasn't who he is mentally, I would be tempted to part with Rush for that. Otherwise, I would want to see how Rush develops under a different coach right here.
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I hate undersized PG's, and Augustin is small. He's been in the league a few years and never really done anything at all to make me raise an eyebrow. Henderson may or may not even be an NBA caliber player. He seems like one of those guys who could thrive in the college game but isn't crafty or strong enough to be a consistent presence in the NBA. This deal really sucks, and is just a trade for the sake of making a trade. Augustin/Henderson is not something I would give a good young gun like Rush for.
So to sum it up we already have a bunch of backup PG's on our roster, and we don't need another one, so no Augustin. We could probably draft a wing in the second round that would have a bigger impact on our team next year than Henderson.
I think the trade stinks too but to say Henderson isn't strong enough is just wrong. The dude is not small. He's 6'5" and 215 pounds. Not crafty enough? Maybe. Not strong enough? wrong.
Rush has shown flashes of being a great player but two years in and it's looking more every day like his peak is as a middle-of-the-pack starting SG, and even that may be closer to best-case scenario.
I'd probably be willing to swap him even for Henderson at this point, so to get a decent young PG out of the deal makes this an easy yes for me.
If Charlotte is wanting to trade DJA this early in his career, I would say no way. IMHO Larry Brown is probably telling his front office that DJA is not a true PG and could probably never lead a team. I wouldn't do anything before the draft unless you could trade Murphy for a true PF. A Dale Davis type.
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I grew up listening to Alice in Chains, and I remember getting this for Christmas one year. I think I was around 12, and was bang into Dirt at the time. I never expected this, back then I judged a book by its cover, and from the image I was expecting a really dark, heavy and oppressive release, which was exactly what I got, just not in the way I expected.
With a large use of acoustic guitars and bass, Jar of Flies was just about a fully fledged acoustic album, save for the inclusion of electric guitars which would add to the atmosphere. At the time I first heard this, I feel I was maybe a little too young to fully appreciate the depth and scope of the material on offer here; although I certainly persisted with the album. I often find it funny how things change, and I've changed. Once upon a time I would have gladly shelved this in favor of Facelift, but now when I fancy a bit of Alice in Chains it's almost always Jar of Flies.
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