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For the year ending December 29, True Value Co. posted earnings of $74.9 million, an increase of 24.2% from a year ago, although the retailer acknowledged that the profit increase was primarily due to a litigation settlement pay out. True Value reported gross billings of $1.88 billion, an increase of 1.1% from the year earlier, and revenue of $1.4 billion, up 0.4%.
The wholesale cooperative said its comp store sales to retailers gained 2% on a gross billings basis and advanced 1.4% on a revenue basis. Retailer comp store sales gained 1.5% based on more than 1,600 reporting retailers.
For the fourth quarter True Value posted earnings of $29.1 million, an increase of 134.7% from the year-prior period. Gross billings increased 2.3% to $451.9 million. Revenue was $340.4 million, representing an increase of 3.3% versus the year-earlier quarter.
"This was one of the most profitable years in the company's history," said True Value president and CEO Lyle Heidemann. "Our largest increase in both retail and wholesale comp store sales were in the paint, seasonal, and farm, ranch, auto and pet product categories. We added 44 new core stores in 2012, a combination of new ground up stores and conversions from other distributors. We continued to support our retailers' investment in their stores. In 2012, we provided more than $25 million in loans, free inventory and other financial incentives to retailers who implemented the Destination True Value retail format. Our retailers remodeled, expanded, or opened 941,000 square feet of the Destination True Value format in 2012, bringing the total to approximately 4 million square feet since inception of the format in 2008. Stores that have implemented the DTV format continue to outperform those stores that have not."
The True Value cooperative ended the fiscal year with approximately 4,600 independent retailer locations worldwide operating under the store identities of True Value, Grand Rental Station, Taylor Rental, Party Central, Home & Garden Showplace and Induserve Supply.
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Reading Mock Draft post #31,592 the other day, I was about to comment that I wouldn't be mad about drafting a defensive end in the first round. My understanding is that finding players big, tall and athletic enough to excel at the 5-technique defensive end position in a 3-4 defense are rare, so historically they're drafted early.
I then realized that I had no idea if that were actually true. So I bit my tongue and didn't post the reply. Instead I did a little digging to try to determine if my opinion was borne out by the facts.
My Hypothesis:
5-technique DEs prospects require a rare blend of size, strength and athleticism in order to excel in the NFL.
Because players who possess these traits are rare, they are typically drafted early.
I counted twelve NFL teams ran a 3-4 defense as their base alignment in 2011. I left out the Patriots because they played the majority of their snaps in a 4-3 and left in the Ravens because they slightly favored 3-man fronts.
A word of warning:
I had a pretty busy work schedule this week so my research on this subject was quick and dirty. The arm length measurements in particular are from a variety of sources all over the web and are very "unofficial." If you see a glaring error, omission or something let me know in the comments and I'll try to correct it.
Rather than do a bunch of highly technical analysis I just took the leagues 3-4 DEs and made them into a bell curve. The 2011 stats are generally representative of the players level of skill, but were only one of several factors used to categorize them. Some guys I'm was pretty familiar with, others I had to do some homework on.
|"The Elite"
|2011 Tackles
|2011 Sacks
|Height (Arm)
|Haloti Ngata, Ravens
|6'4" (?)
|(Round 1, #12)
|Football's best d-lineman, plays every position & technique in BAL's hybrid scheme
|Justin Smith, 49ers
|6'4" (?)
|(Round 1, #4)
|Gets a lot of these sacks as a DT in sub packages, not when playing the 5-tech
|Calais Campbell, Cardinals
|6'8" (33.5")
|(Round 2, #50)
|Monster year in 2011, makes a hell of tandem with Dockett
*On passing downs Justin Smith moves inside to a 3-technique, this is where he gets the majority of his sacks.
|"Above Average"
|2011 Tackles
|2011 Sacks
|Height (Arm)
|J.J. Watt, Texans
|6'6" (34")
|Round 1, #11)
|Borderline elite and he's only a rookie
|Darnell Dockett, Cardinals
|6'4" (32.5")
|Round 3, #64)
|Has a better reputation than he deserves, is his age catching up with him?
|Muhammad Wilkerson, Jets
|6'4" (35.25")
|Round 1, #30)
|A promising rookie season. Needs to work on his missed tackles
|Stephen Bowen, Redskins
|6'5" (?)
|Broke out in his first year as full-time starter, he could be really good
|"Solid Starters"
|2011 Tackles
|2011 Sacks
|Height (Arm)
|Brett Keisel, Steelers
|6'5" (34")
|Round 7, #242)
|Solid contributor is a classic case of "hustle not muscle" but he's getting old…
|Ray McDonald, 49ers
|6'3" (34.25)
|Round 3, #97)
|Finally, a complement to J. Smith, but it took him 5 years to earn the starting spot
|Cory Redding, Ravens (2011) / Colts (2012)
|6'4" (?)
|Round 3, #66)
|Strung two good seasons together in BAL but has durablility concerns
|Randy Starks, Dolphins
|6'3" (?)
|Round 3, #71)
|Hasn't been able to replicate his monster year in 2009
|Tyson Jackson, Chiefs
|6'4" (33")*
|Round 1, #3)
|Best run stopping 3-4 DE in 2011, I hope he can continue to improve
|Glenn Dorsey, Chiefs
|6'0" (33.25")
|Round 1, #5)
|An absolute beast of run defender, but offers no pass rush what so ever
|Vaughn Martin, Chargers
|6'4" (33")
|Round 4, #113)
|Third year player was extremely mediocre
|Adam Carriker, Redskins
|6'6" (33.5")
|Round 1, #13)
|Classic Redskins move, overpaying for a below average run defender at 3-4 DE
|Jason Hatcher, Cowboys
|6'6" (33.5")
|Round 3, #92)
|First year starter will need to improve to avoid the ire of Jerry Jones
*I found a 34 1/4" arm measurement for TJax as well but the 32 7/8" number seemed more legit.
|"Below Average or Still Developing"
|2011 Tackles
|2011 Sacks
|Height (Arm)
|Kenyon Coleman, Cowboys
|6'5" (33")
|Round 5, #147)
|How did the Cowboys end up with a journeyman and sub-package guy starting?
|Antonio Smith, Texans
|6'4" (33")
|Round 5, #135)
|Don't let the sacks fool you, he's a total liability in the run game. Really a 4-3 DE
|Ryan Pickett, Packers
|6'2" (?)
|Round 1, #29)
|A great NT/DE in the twilight of his career
|Jared Odrick, Dolphins
|6'5" (34")
|Round 1, #28)
|Showed a quality pass rush, but is still a total liability in the run game
|"Stopgap Starter or Very Raw"
|2011 Tackles
|2011 Sacks
|Height (Arm)
|Ziggy Hood, Steelers
|6'6" (33.75")
|Round 1, #32)
|I'm gonna chalk this up to still developing, but he hasn't shown much impact yet
|C.J. Wilson, Packers
|6'3" (33")
|Round 7, #230)
|Rotational player in 2011 put up some monster numbers in only two games
|Corey Liuget, Chargers
|6'2" (33.25")
|Round 1, #18)
|Much like Tyson Jackson in 2009, he was the worst starting 3-4 DE in football
Things I expected:
1. Lots of height
Conventional football wisdom is that taller players have the arm length necessary to keep offensive linemen from getting to their bodies and the height to get those arms up to interfere with passing lanes. Just about every excellent player was 6'4" or taller. Just about every good player was at least 6'3".
A bad fit for the Chargers?
I'm left scratching my head at why San Diego would draft Corey Liuget with the #18 pick in 2011 Draft. That's a premium pick for a guy with less than ideal physical traits for 3-4 DE. His arm length isn't bad, but coming out of college he was projected as a penetrating 3-technique tackle in a 4-3 or a possibly a NT. What were they thinking?
2. Draft position at the top
Four of the top seven players at the position were first round picks, it will be interesting to see if former UDFA Stephen Bowen can repeat the monster numbers be put up last season. Also of note, Calais Campbell was a widely projected as a first round talent, but fell because he came of Miami after his sophomore season.
Things that did surprise me:
1. Thin is in
I though TJax was little on the lean side for 5-tech, but apparently his body is typical for the position. A lot of dominant players (Smith, Dockett, Watt) weigh less than 300 lbs. It looks like "Body by Haley" was part of a larger trend in more svelte, athletic defensive linemen.
2. Developmental players
Stephen Bowen was developed by Dallas as an UDFA, Ray McDonald took 5 years to earn a permanent spot in the 49ers starting lineup and Brett Keisel has put together a very good career after the Steelers took him in the 7th round and hung an extra 15 pounds on him. It looks like the Chargers developed a starter in Vaughn Martin after the former 4th round pick spent three years getting reps behind Luis Castillo and Jaques Cesaire.
3. Glenn Dorsey's arm length
We always talk about how Glenn Dorsey is far too short to play 3-4 DE and should traded to a 4-3 ASAP. While he's not the prototype, his 33.25" arms aren't too shabby, as evidenced by his ability to shed blockers to pick up stops in the run game. While not ideal for 3-4 DE it seems like he's got the physical tools to compete.
College Production as an Indicator of NFL Success
3-4 DEs are relied on heavily for occupying two gaps in run defense. The ability to shed blockers and make plays is not something that can be predicted by 40 time or bench press at the Combine. So I decided to see how some of the best DEs in the league performed in their last year of college. As you'd expect, the big time guys put up big time numbers. Major conference guys reliably put up 50+ tackles and non-major conference players 65+
*Due to a major injury, I used his junior stats
The Chiefs Developmental DEs
Okay, you can see I slipped Allen Bailey into the previous chart to see how he compares. His numbers aren't wildly off from the rest of the group, but are a noticeable tick lower. I do remember a certain promising interview with Georgia Tech OT Austin Barrick.
Who was the toughest player to block (in 2008)?
Barrick: Tyson Jackson is a great player. He went third overall in the draft. Great player, great combination of size, speed. Used his hands very well. Played hard. He was probably the toughest player for me to block.
Barrick: Another one would be Allen Bailey from Miami, just because he's so unbelievably strong. His arms looked like legs, and it looked like a roadmap of Atlanta, he had so many veins. I'd say those two guys are the toughest, but Tyson Jackson takes the cake, by far.
Clearly TJax has found a way to translate that size and speed into production in run defense, if he can continue to evolve and up his game as a threat to the quarterback (maybe as teams leave him single-teamed due to their new-found focus on stopping Justin Houston) he has a good chance to become an "above average" 3-4 DE and shot a being "elite".
But back to Allen Bailey. I also stumbled across this Big Board from the 2011 Draft, before the bowl games were played. There's an interesting name at the bottom:
Allen Bailey in the NFL
Allen Bailey got on the field last primarily in sub packages. In only 294 snaps he registered 9 pressures, 2 batted passes, 1 sack and 1 QB hit; good for a a +1.4 grade in rush the passer. He also scored a positive grade in run defense (+1.8 ) from pro foot ball focus, and notched a +5.1 grade overall on the year.
Keep in mind, a 0.0 grade from PFF is average whereas a positive grade indicates a above-average performance. Not bad for a rookie with a no offseason and shortened training camp. Allen Bailey certainly looks like he could have been a tremendous value pick. There are a lot of people, including me, who think that he very well might be the sucessor to Glenn Dorsey.
What about that UDFA on the roster?
At 6'7" 272 lbs. Brandon Bair was a very athletic, mobile defensive tackle and goal-line TE for Oregon. Like David Mims, he's a development project; to try to take a player with all of the ideal physical attributes that the Chiefs and transform him into a NFL football player. Bair had respectable stats his junior and senior seasons with the Oregon Ducks:
|2010 Tackles
|2009 Tackles
|2010 Sacks
|2009 Sacks
While Brandon Bair was pretty quiet in the National Championship game he shined at the 2011 East-West Shrine Bowl:
NFL Rough Draft
Brandon Bair, DT, Oregon- Bair is going to be an ideal fit as a 3-4 defensive end and showed the ability to get down the line and make a tackle outside of the tackle box. He is strong at the point of attack but agile enough to bring down a speedy running back or contain an athletic quarterback.
Bleacher Report's Top 25 Shrine Bowl Performers: No. 24 Brandon Bair
At 6'7" and 275 pounds, he is an impressive frame for a defensive tackle that could comfortably assume another 20 pounds. That size has helped him deflect 12 passes during his career, including eight this year....Overall, he is a solid run defender who does a good job of making plays behind the LOS.
Sports Illustrated:
Bair was another Pac-10 defensive lineman that impressed scouts all week. His monstrous 6-foot-6 frame stood out to everyone in attendance as did his play. Bair was unblockable during the week and displayed skill defending the run as well as rushing the passer. He has the body type which can add bulk and strength in the future and many scouts believe Bair has possibilities at a number of defensive line positions.
After looking at all the developmental guys who've made it at 3-4 DE, I think this kid has a shot, but the first order of business would be to bulk him up a bit. I would think they'd want him somewhere in the 290lbs. range. Will he be able to keep his speed and agility at his new weight? Bottom line: Bair is long-term project the Chiefs have little invested in.
Should the Chiefs draft ANOTHER 3-4 DE?
Personally, I think Dorsey is either trade bait this year or on his way to a 4-3 team when he hits free agency in 2013. Because of Dorsey's free agency situation and the lack of interest in retaining Wallace Gilberry, I think Pioli will be looking to acquire some new DE in the Draft. I just don't know when.
Even if Allen Bailey can step in and replace Dorsey this year or next, the Chiefs might still take advantage of a better-than-usual class of 3-4 DEs to grab a mid-round prospect like Cincinnati's Derek Wolfe. If Crennel isn't comfortable with Bailey (or TJax for that matter) I could see the Chiefs being in the market for a premier 3-4 DE in the 2012 Draft like Michael Brockers or Devon Still.
The 2012 Class of 3-4 Defensive Ends
It seems like this is a good crop of 3-4 DEs. Here are the Top 5 prospects mentioned in connection w/ 3-4 teams.
|2011 Tackles
|2011 Sacks
|Height (Arm)
|Projected Round
|Fletcher Cox, Mississippi State
|6'4" (34.5")
|Michael Brockers, LSU
|6'5" (35")
|Devon Still, Penn State
|6'5" (33.25")
|Kendall Reyes, Uconn
|6'4" (34.5")
|Derek Wolfe, Cincinnati
|6'5" (33.25")
The Blue Chips
Others have gone into great detail and analysis about the blue chip DE prospects and while the two biggest camps are Brockers vs. Still, I'll you draw you're own conclusions.
A Possible Sleeper
In the past, plenty of defensive ends selected in the 3rd round have gone on to be big time NFL players in a 3-4 scheme. One prospect in this year's Draft that intrigues me is Cincinnati's Derek Wolfe. Unlike current AP whipping boy Dontari Poe, Wolfe DID dominate against the inferior level of competition of Conference USA. The monster numbers Wolfe put up are similar to Muhammad Wilkerson's numbers at Temple.
While certainly not as athletic, Wolfe draws comparisons to Houston's J.J. Watt.
One Area of Concern
His college stats would indicate that Wolfe is certainly a good football player. But the Moneyball guys seem to be on to something with this arm-length as indicator of success thing. The current vogue is DE's and OLB's with arms longer than 35". Most sources I've seen consider 32" to be the baseline, 33" is good and 34+" exceptional, so it's not as if he's wildly outgunned.
Will the Chiefs take a 3-4 DE in the draft? I have no idea. Should they? Still no clue. Please feel free to tell me what you think this means in the comments.


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At this point, it doesn't sound like Luke Richardson has any interest in becoming an assistant coach in the NHL.
There have been several Ottawa fans wondering if Richardson - currently the head coach of the club's AHL affiliate in Binghamton - would be able to help the Senators with their defensive issues as an assistant coach down the road. But speaking to him on TSN 1200 Tuesday, it sounds like the 44-year-old is waiting for the right opportunity to become a head coach in the NHL.
Richardson had spent three years as an assistant in Ottawa, but in the spring of 2012 he had a conversation with general manager Bryan Murray about his coaching future. So when the Binghamton job opened up after Kurt Kleinendorst stepped aside, he knew that was the career path he wanted to pursue.
"It was great getting the experience those first few years kind of being the part-time guy, the upstairs guy and the practice guy with the Senators. But when I had that chance to become a head coach I told Bryan, 'That's what I want to be. I want to be a head coach.' It's not that I think I'm better than anyone else or better than an assistant coach's job, I just feel more comfortable in that role and I like it," Richardson said on Tuesday.
Richardson says he currently has no aspirations to leave his post in Binghamton, where he has guided the club to a first-place position in the AHL's East Division.
"I'm really happy to be here. And I take a lot of pride trying to help these young players in the organization. So my answer is that I'm happy to be here and I'm signed for another year," added Richardson.
Of course, things could change if an NHL head coaching job opened up in the summer. A couple of teams - like Buffalo and Florida - are currently working with interim head coaches and have made no guarantees about who will be behind their bench next season. Add in the usual number of post-season coaching changes and there could be several opportunities for Richardson to consider in the summer.
But he was quick to point out the Binghamton job offers him the unique luxury of being close to his daughter who is wrapping up her sophomore year at university down the road in Ithica, New York.
"It really works well for my family with our daughter Morgan an hour away at Cornell and we get to see her a lot. It's very unusual to be able to do that in the geography of the hockey world. We are fortunate to have that so right now, my answer is that I'm going to stay in the AHL."


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|Summer is finally HERE!
The arrival of baby ducks was a nice
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This club also benefits from an owner who knows what he's doing, he said. As a comedian, Gardner knows what comics go through.
"The road is a lonely, terrible place," he said. "A show may or may not be fun. People may or may not like you."
Gardner has been through that so he will treat the comedians better than most clubs do, which goes a long way, he said.
He'll also do a better job than most club owners of choosing quality acts.
"Being a comedian helps you define what good comedy is," he said.
Gardner, he said, also has a big fan base – with many of those fans coming from Kokomo. He'll draw 200 people to a show at Morty's. That will help him in the months to come, he said.
Gardner did the right thing in opening a club in Kokomo.
"I thought it was the perfect move for Mike," he said.
Gardner said he didn't open up this club to make lots of money. He did it because he believes in the venture. It will not be successful without the community's support, he told Wednesday's audience.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Netflix Inc has won a deal to pipe Dreamworks Animation movies starting in 2013, the first time a major Hollywood studio has chosen Internet streaming over traditional pay TV, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg told the newspaper the deal, worth $30 million per picture to Dreamworks over a number of years, was "game-changing" and represented a bet that viewers would soon no longer make distinctions between content streamed on the Internet or through cable.
The Netflix deal means Dreamworks — the studio behind family friendly fare from "Shrek" to "Kung Fu Panda" — is eschewing premium pay-TV operator HBO in favor of online streaming, the Times reported. HBO is a unit of Time Warner Inc. "We are really starting to see a long-term road map of where the industry is headed," Katzenberg was cited as saying to the newspaper in an interview.
The content agreement comes days after Netflix, which has seen its share price decline sharply after a series of missteps, sealed an agreement to broadcast TV shows from Discovery Communications Inc.
Netflix needs to add more content to its streaming service to keep drawing in new customers and fend off competition from the likes of Amazon.com, Google Inc and Apple Inc.
Shares of the one-time Wall Street darling have fallen 50 percent in two months. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has apologized for failing to explain moves adequately, from a surprise price hike in July to a separation of its DVD-mail from streaming services, and the company is trying to win customers back.
But adding customers is suddenly proving difficult, with Netflix on the receiving end of heated complaints from customers still upset over the price hike announced in July.
It cut its subscriber forecast by 1 million, saying it now expected to have 24 million subscribers at the end of the third quarter. The last time Netflix reported a subscriber decline was the second quarter of 2007, when Blockbuster was aggressively pushing a DVD rental package called Total Access.
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Netflix and Dreamworks were not available for comment.
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Summer is ending. People are lamenting the end of warm weather and easy living. They don't want Autumn to arrive because it will usher in the inevitable return of winter. I've always loved the Fall, but this year, I beckon her. I call out for her brown leaves and crisp air. I welcome the end of summer and the start of Fall. I welcome the death of the life that greets us in green lawns, baby rabbits, and colorful flowers all summer long. Sometimes everything needs to die.
Anyways. Autumn. The end of summer. Bring it on. This summer has sucked for us. It's been awful. In June I thought we had been hurt more than we could ever have been hurt. I was wrong. August has brought a new pain. And so I don't care, good riddance summer, you've been a cruel bitch. And there is something I know, something I cling to. Jesus can make all things new. He is the source of new and everlasting life. He can clean and purify us. But, for the tulips to bloom in the spring they have to die in the Fall. For the trees to grow lush and green in April and May, they have give up their life in September and October. And right now, I could use a little death. There are parts of our life, Mark and I's, that need to die. We are in desperate need of renewal and redemption. And I know its right around the corner, I know it's coming soon, because it feels like I'm dying right now.
Isaiah 49:4-5 says, "Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in empty futility; yet surely my right is with the Lord, and my recompense is with my God. And now, says the Lord, Who formed me from the womb to be His servant..."
This past year, we have been laboring in vain. We have spent our strength for nothing. It's our own fault, we drifted. We stepped out of the Lord's protection. We are weary and heavy burdened. It seems as though Isaiah felt that way and yet the Lord called him to be servant, and not just any servant, God made him a light to the nations. Even though he had labored in vain.
We can still be a light.
But first redemption and renewal. The dying is painful, but the renewal is beautiful.
On Sunday the pastor talked about a polished arrow, an arrow made from God's words that was made to purify and refine. To cleanse and make bright. I'll stand in front of that arrow.
Our marriage is experiencing some trouble. The 3-fold cord is threatening to completely unravel. But I am standing on God's promises. Mark and I were ordained to be joined together. And no man or woman can tear us asunder. Jesus took the failing of the last few months with Him on the cross. I don't know why we desire to cling to them. But I'm done. I am tired. I am laying our marital troubles at the foot of the cross, I am crying out for us to be washed with the blood of Jesus. And I know the Lord has heard and is already answering my prayers. I've had a vision of a renewed marriage, better, and stronger than ever. God is planting trust and forgiveness in our hearts and they are taking root in our covenant marriage. He is taking our pain and He is making something beautiful. From the ashes of this long summer, we will rise strengthened. My Dear Mark, my sexy quokka, hope is not gone, we have not gone to far. The darkness has never been overcome by the light. We are meant for redemption, for purification.
John 10:27-28, "The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice; and I know them, and they follow me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never lose it or perish throughout the ages. [To all eternity they shall never by any means be destroyed.] And no one is able to snatch them out of my hand."
Mark, you are a blood boughten, child of the living God. You are anointed. I've witnessed this anointing, I've seen the Holy Spirit work through you and I've seen you be bold for the Lord. Do not forget that. You can not be snatched from His hand. You are precious to Him. You are His child. Rest in Him.
[The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son [of His love,
In Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins. -Colossians 1:13-14 The father has delivered and drawn us, Mark and Carla, to himself, out of the control of the darkness. We have been drawn out of darkness, we no longer need to wallow in it. The love we share is meant to be in the light.
Ephesians 2:4-5
4 But God—so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us,
5 Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation).
I know you know these things, my beloved husband, I know you have these words stored up in your heart. Let the Spirit dismantle your walls so that you can feel the grace, mercy, and forgiveness you need. It's yours for the taking. We can renew, redefine, redeem what has been lost. It is not too late, it is never too late. For you, Mark, I will walk through Hell. I will cling to Christ with one hand and to you with the other, and I will never, never let go.


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This is a preliminary colour study for the finished watercolour, A Tempest, one of seven vignette illustrations which Turner produced for the last work in Rogers's Poems, 'The Voyage of Columbus' (see Tate D27719; Turner Bequest CCLXXX 202). Although the two works depict the same general subject, they differ significantly in palette and form. In this study, Turner shows the angel soaring out of the clouds with arms outstretched, as if to cast a protective shade over Columbus's ships sailing below. The composition bears some similarity with a tiny thumbnail sketch drawn by the artist in his working copy of the 1827 edition of Poems (see Tate D36330; Turner Bequest CCCLXVI p.244). The small composition also depicts ships at sea with a supernatural figure soaring across from the right. Adele Holcomb has also drawn attention to a further slight study found in the margin beside the description of the sinister spirit Merion (see Tate D36330; Turner Bequest CCCLXVI p.250). She believes this rejected watercolour vignette develops the bird-like figure hinted at by the artist.1
Inscribed by unknown hands in pencil 'CCLXXX 100' bottom right and '128 | b' lower centre left, descending left, and 'AB 83 P | R' bottom left, descending left-hand edge
Stamped in black 'CCLXXX 100' top left, descending left-hand edge
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The 7-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped from her school in Jan. 2013 and tortured for almost a full day before being left in a playground testified in court Wednesday about the ordeal.
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Two Amish sisters were abducted from their roadside farm stand near New York's border with Canada and a massive hunt to find them was under way on Thursday, the St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office said.
Dedham police officer charged as kidnapping accessory
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4.5/5 rDev +45.6%
01-27-2013 17:25:55 | More by gwiedman1
4.5/5 rDev +45.6%
08-09-2013 10:13:52 | More by emwild12
4.25/5 rDev +37.5%
Budweiser Batch No. 94106 (re-released in 2013 as Budweiser Black Crown) has a thick, off-white head and a clear, somewhat bubbly, reddish-golden appearance, with nice lacing left on the glass. The aroma is of mild hops and fruit (think pears). Taste is of fruit, white bread crust, grain, and a little hop bitterness at the end. The mouthfeel is light and watery, and Budweiser Batch No. 94106 finishes crisp, clean, refreshing, and highly drinkable. Overall, this is excellent.
01-12-2013 00:43:26 | More by RonaldTheriot
4.25/5 rDev +37.5%
11-11-2012 04:56:23 | More by ch473
4/5 rDev +29.4%
01-19-2013 16:46:28 | More by dertyd
4/5 rDev +29.4%
11-05-2012 00:21:25 | More by TaylorK
4/5 rDev +29.4%
11-30-2012 14:30:28 | More by brealbg
4/5 rDev +29.4%
10-24-2013 00:04:00 | More by jharris0624
4/5 rDev +29.4%
07-21-2014 03:07:52 | More by Petersfavoritebrews
4/5 rDev +29.4%
11-21-2012 21:46:07 | More by Beer4Mike
District of Columbia
3.75/5 rDev +21.4%
11-26-2012 00:21:02 | More by Rhettroactive
3.75/5 rDev +21.4%
Pours into the glass a a light amber color definitely not the "deep" amber that was promised. Nice clarity. Some head but gone very quickly. Slightly sweet, slight roastyness caramel nose. Taste is sweet, slightly fruity caramel. Easy to drink not sure I'd want a ton of these in a row due to the sweetness but overall pleasant. First of the 3 that I have tried and ready to try the rest.
11-02-2012 03:00:16 | More by alk3kenny
3.75/5 rDev +21.4%
03-09-2014 18:44:20 | More by RBorsato
3.75/5 rDev +21.4%
03-05-2013 20:21:05 | More by ggourde
3.75/5 rDev +21.4%
11-19-2012 18:29:10 | More by Brew33
3.75/5 rDev +21.4%
12-22-2012 00:45:17 | More by Tnkemist
3.75/5 rDev +21.4%
11-02-2012 22:39:30 | More by pirmannt1
3.73/5 rDev +20.7%
A-Deep gold/amberish....minimal lace..
S-Nice clean malty aroma....light caramel...
T-This one has something unique going on. Couldn't identify it at first but then it came to me. Pistachios. Seriously. No doubt about it. Pistachios. I really like it and the flavor overall. Not so overally sticky sweet like the vanilla one. Just a nice nutty, amber lager...
M-Clean...borders on crisp I would say....medium bodied to the light side of medium bodied.
O-I like this one. Really a unique flavor and an enjoyable beer to drink. I'd buy this one if offered at decent prices (think Killians or Amber Bock)...
11-28-2012 06:53:23 | More by ZAP
3.73/5 rDev +20.7%
Poured into a pint glass. Pours clear, light amber with a white head. The head is two-fingers in thickness and dissipates at a moderate pace. There are a lot of visible tiny bubbles in the beer. The beer smells of toasted malts and some caramel. There are some grassy hop notes as well, but they are mild. The taste follows the nose and there's the distinctive beechwood flavor normally detected in Budweiser. The nutty and malty flavors are pretty well pronounced here. It's bready with some mild sweetness. The hops provide some balance. The body light to medium with moderate carbonation. The beer finishes crisp and this is drinkable. This is a good beer.
12-05-2012 22:36:43 | More by acevenom
3.7/5 rDev +19.7%
12oz bottle purchased as part of the mixed 12 pack. Drinking out of a Samuel Adams perfect pint glass. Pours an amber-yellow body with about an inch of khaki-colored head. Malty aroma. Sweet caramel takes a good portion of the flavor. Medium bodied with fairly low carbonation. Overall not bad. A simple lager with some pleasant maltiness to it.
11-04-2012 01:14:07 | More by MrHurmateeowish
3.63/5 rDev +17.5%
If Budweiser can make kick-ass beers like their Tomahawk IPA, why do they bother with these basic beers? This is just a slightly sweet, reddish lager. It's got a very nice, gently caramelish malt component to it, and some fresh, balanced hops but it's far from anything to write home about. In fact, it initially reminded me of the first Killian's Red that I had back in 1984 - almost 30 years ago! Ahhh... putting my disappointment aside, I guess I can see this as a stepping stone for some drinkers, and there is certainly a lot more malt and flavor here than in the flagship brand, which is, I believe, still one of the best selling beers on earth. So, to a certain extent, that all makes sense. When you're that big you need to be careful about how you change your image in the eyes of the consumers that are paying the bills. And I assume they know that it'll pay off just based on people trying the beer. But here's my final conclusion. If I walked into a roadside bar one night and found only Bud, Bud Light, and this on tap which would I drink? I'd probably stick with the Bud.
03-05-2013 14:14:53 | More by NeroFiddled
3.54/5 rDev +14.6%
Nice clean coppery orange, no head.
Smell is budweiser, albeit cleaner and more...maltier?
Taste is perplexing to me. I get...malt and maybe its woody body, but...finishes surprisingly clean. Aftertaste is bit of budweiser, but not imposing.
I would expect the maltier brew to be my favorite of these "Project 12" beers, but the Pilsner has better mid-ground flavor. Its not bad at all though, and it makes me wonder if Budweiser will keep these recipes around for a re-release for seasonals. I can see this being decent as a fall/winter beer.
02-03-2013 23:39:42 | More by DM1293
3.53/5 rDev +14.2%
A good finger of head on a clear, amber colored body.
The aroma is a little grain with some fruit, the beechwood is evident too. Smells nice.
The taste is balanced and smooth. It has only the mildest bitterness to go with it's malty body (for a lager).
The texture is crisp with moderate carbonation.
It's a smooth and tasty lager.
03-17-2013 01:45:01 | More by Fatehunter
3.53/5 rDev +14.2%
Attractive. Nice copper amber and brilliantly clear. Off-white head that does settle out.
Faint aroma. A slight caramel aroma. Also a soft lager yeast character.
Clear caramel flavor that is soft enough to not be overwhelming or too sweet. Soft hop flavor. Some drying on the finish. Bitterness only to balance.
Bigger than a typical lager, but not big or even quite moderate.
I don't mind this at all. The flavors are pleasant and generally satisfying. Drinks like a lager in that it is clean and refreshing.
Thanks Spunky.
01-17-2013 01:48:29 | More by garymuchow
3.53/5 rDev +14.2%
I poured this beer into my tumbler at 45 degrees. The beer poured a light amber color with a very bubbly amber head. The beer smelled a little nutty and had a slightly sweet finish to it. Not too bad. All in all a decent beer but not as good as their amber bock. I would try it again though and maybe to a blind taste test against the amber bock just to see.
12-10-2012 17:36:53 | More by Minkybut
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@SashaKaiHarris and if the whole Torah ended right there, it would be a conclusive that the world of plants and seeds and nuts and green things were all that were meant for humans
But the following "week", Noah is given the right to eat all the animals (save for "ever min hachai)
And then, when we get to the law part of Torah - explicitly applicable to Jews - there are dozens of laws which either specifically command the eating of meat or allow for it with varying restrictions - those which we still observe
So. If you want to play vegetarian, go ahead. But don't claim to be doing it as part of a Jewish conscious - because your Jewish conscious is pretty selective
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Are you satisfied? Turns out that Nokia Lumia 900 owners are a overwhelmingly satisfied group. Nokia hired research company Nielsen to find out what Lumia 900 owners felt about their phones. The results are pretty darn impressive.
A full 96% of owners are "extremely satisfied" or "somewhat satisfied" with their Lumia 900. 95% are willing to recommend the Lumia 900 to others. When asked if the Lumia 900 was meeting their original expectations, 43% said "much better than expected", 40% said "better than expected", and 16% said it was "as expected" – Grand total of those that felt the device was meeting their expectations or went above and beyond is, 99%.
Still not sure about consumer satisfaction for the Lumia 900? Well, if you visit Rogers website and look at the reviews for the 900, you'll find that it currently has a 4.6 out of 5 stars (based on 24 reviews). Want more? Ok, Amazon has the black Lumia 900 with 4.6 out of 5 stars (based on 425 reviews) and the cyan Lumia 900 with 4.8 out of 5 stars (based on 160 reviews).
I can understand that you may be skeptical. So let's look at some of the numbers of competitors devices. On Amazon, the Galaxy Nexus (unlocked) scores a 4.2 out of 5 stars (based on 166 reviews), while the Verizon version scored just 3.4 out of 5 stars (based on 212 reviews). Galaxy SII has 4.2 (based on 200 reviews). Galaxy S3 has 4.1 (based on 30 reviews).
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One phrase sticks in the mind from the presentation of Armed Assault II. One phrase makes you ponder briefly what's changed in PC gaming, and what's changed inside our heads. When Marek Spanel says "We don't try to provide just fun - it's a deeper, more sophisticated experience than that", it catches your ear. It's not often someone derides the notion of fun, in a games presentation. Fun and games, right? They're like... shits and giggles. But Bohemia Interactive have never been frivolous, petty or whimsical. It's their continuing mission to give you an incredibly real location in which to wage a war. Whether you like it or not.
We used to like it. With our most steamy, rose-tinted glasses on, it seems that PC games were once the very essence of exploration and discovery. Passionate, skilled, and unqualified mod-makers would be carried around the world on the shoulders of thankful gamers, and 3D Studio Max was as much a playground as Quake. We're stupider now, and games like ArmA feel like an anomaly. This shouldn't be the case; ArmA sold 400,000 copies without a global publisher, or even particularly glowing reviews. How brilliantly defiant is that? Let's get the basic stuff out of the way, first. ArmA2 takes the conflict out of the fictional Sahrani of ArmA, and lands it into the equally fictional Chernarus.
Set in the very near future - the future doesn't get much closer than 2009 - it's October in this post-Soviet land, and the colour palette is appropriately rusty. Chernarusty, if you like. The country occupies 225km2 of meticulously mapped land, with terrain built from real satellite maps, with around 50 towns and villages spread amongst the game's 326km of roads (for more statistical fun see 'That's Numberwang!').
You take control of Razor Squad, a team whose well-rounded character sheets are at slight odds with the current state of the robotic communication (the generated barks don't stitch together very well at the moment, leaving you talking to a robot with mood swings). The game's cutscenes see them in full character, though - potty mouths and all.
The engine is certainly looking better, although it's still a year or two behind the cutting-edge games which rely on bonfire night visuals to woo and confound. But visuals have never been where Bohemia have been cutting edge. A good example of this is the way they've declined to offer a DirectX 10 version of the game. Ninety percent of their community don't use it, and they're working for their community, not to an imaginary new standard that was only ever really about coercing a Windows upgrade. Or, as they put it, "We prefer users over the industry".
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The latest World Bank estimates suggest that the percentage of the developing world's population living below $1.25 a day declined from 52% in 1981 to 22% in 2008. While this indicates that there is still a long way to go in poverty reduction, the progress is encouraging. Moreover, we now also appear to be in a much better position to make such statements. The numbers above, by my colleagues at the Department Research Group, are based on over 850 household surveys for nearly 130 developing countries, representing 90% of the population of the developing world. By contrast, they used only 22 surveys for 22 countries when the first such estimates were reported in the 1990 World Development Report.
While the world's population doubled in the last fifty years, global food production trebled – especially in the staple grains that form the mainstay of the poor man's diet. Yet, over a billion people in the world still go hungry - why?
As the World Bank's Global Monitoring Report of 2012 shows, it is not that the world as a whole lacks rice, wheat or maize, but produce from food abundant areas does not always make it to food deficit ones – i.e. it is not so much the availability of food that matters as access to it.
Movement of food within a country or across its borders remains hampered by dismal infrastructure and inefficient regulations, and shackled to the dictates of political economy. Yet, trading food can feed the poor at lower costs and help countries weather shocks to local production.
The potentially deleterious effects of gender disparities on growth and poverty reduction have been receiving progressively more policy attention (reflected, for instance, in the inclusion of the promotion of gender parity amongst the Millennium Development Goals and the 2012 World Development Report). Inequities in labor market opportunities are of particular concern since labor earnings are the most important source of income for the poor in the vast majority of developing countries.
Although the vast majority of the poor live in rural areas and rural non-farm enterprises account for about 35-50% of rural income and roughly a third of rural employment in developing countries, relatively little is known about gender inequities in rural non-agricultural labor market outcomes due to data-limitations. This is unfortunate given the proliferation and diversification of rural non-farm activities and their potential to alleviate poverty, especially in countries where the importance of agriculture as an employer is likely to diminish.
India experienced sustained economic growth for more than two decades following the economic liberalization in 1991. While economic growth reduced poverty significantly, it was also associated with an increase in inequality. Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen (2011) argue that Indian economic reform has been "unprecedented success" in terms of economic growth, but an "extraordinary failure" when it comes to improvements in the living standard of general population and social indicators. The contrasting news reports on billion dollar house (Mukesh Ambani's house at Mumbai) and farmers' suicides have brought the issue of income inequality to the spotlight for many people. Does the increase in inequality in post-reform India reflect deep-seated inequality of opportunity or efficient incentive structure in a market oriented economy?
Did you know that the depth of poverty is much worse for rural dwellers? In fact, 75% of poor people live in rural areas, and extreme poverty is more than twice as high in rural areas compared to urban areas in developing countries. The rural-urban income divide is not only large but increasing in most transforming economies.
Outside China, about 80% of the reduction in national poverty rates in the developing world has been due to reducing rural poverty. (With China, the figure is 56%.) The conclusion is pretty obvious: rural development is critical to achieving a world without poverty.
There is a question we often get asked when presenting our new book, Living through Crises. The question is about how the coping behavior described in the book differs from what poor people do to deal with the day-to-day shocks of living in chronic poverty. Based on qualitative, bottom-up research in 17 developing and transition countries, the book describes impacts of the food, fuel and financial crises on the lives of ordinary people and what people do to cope. It talks about the hardships and stresses from living through a period of deep crises; meals that gradually become fewer and less nutritious; people seeking more jobs and working longer hours to make ends meet; how the burden of coping often looks different for women, men, and youth; erratic school attendance and lower quality of care, nutrition and education for infants and children; and the stresses and tensions in family and community life wrought by economic hardships. The book also chronicles the sources of support people could rely upon, often family, friends and informal community groups with the state, NGOs and financial institutions playing small roles at best and being directly unhelpful at worst. The work described in the book helped inform the Global Monitoring Report 2012 and other Bank products.
In the many slums I have visited in Latin America, Asia and Africa, I am always struck by the resourcefulness and resilience of residents. Slum dwellers face many hardships in their daily life – low incomes, overcrowded living conditions in high risk areas such as flood zones or steep hillsides, and limited access to clean water, sanitation, transport or solid waste services.
These challenges are only made worse by the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. Heavy rains can quickly turn into a disastrous flood as a result of insufficient or ineffective drainage. Such flooding can destroy the limited assets of poor households, halt economic activity, contaminate water supply, lead to disease and displace residents. With the increase in weather extremes, it is anticipated that such events will happen with recurring frequency.
I'll be hosting a one-hour live Question & Answer discussion on a new report I co-wrote with Asli Demirguc-Kunt titled "Measuring Financial Inclusion: The Global Findex Database," and will discuss its data methodology and main messages.


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