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FWP is asking for your help in solving two late in the season poaching cases.
Pictured is one of the two Whitetail bucks shot and left to waste on Kuhns Road.
Officials say this could have happened late on November 30, or early the next morning.
About a week before, someone shot and left a Cow Elk near Highway 83 in the Swan Range.
One of the vehicles they are looking for may be a dark colored (possibly dark blue) Sedan, according to FWP.
"You had two great Whitetail bucks that could have been maybe harvested by a legal hunter or maybe made it through the season and maybe been harvested next year," said John Fraley, a spokesman for Montana FWP.
Fraley also mentioned authorities do not have any leads yet.
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Inland Glass Carafe Celebrates Coffee With Mad Scientist Style
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Sometimes I wish that I drank coffee. I've never liked the smell or the look of it, so I've never partaken – and as both a Lutheran and a Midwesterner, I realize how shocking this must seem to you. The reason I wish that I drank coffee isn't for the pep (you've probably realized by now that the last thing I need in my life is a stimulant), but for the accessorizing.
Coffee is such a huge part of our world, that there are countless ways out there to celebrate it. Whether it be yet another asinine novelty mug (according to countless coffee mugs, my mother doesn't appear to work anywhere), or just a cool design on an otherwise utilitarian device.
This coffee carafe has a lot of ideas going on all at once. There are the jubilant gold & brown graphics displaying various coffee bearing vessels. There's the overall Erlenmeyer flask (or "I Dream Of Jeanie" magic bottle) look that could only come from the 50's or 60's – and that goes for the crazy handle too. But I think that all of that pales compared to the lid/stopper. Echoing the overall gold & brown, it has a pointy chevron-shaped handle. Wow. No wonder it turns up at from time to time on classic TV shows.
I've said this before, but having a high sense of design is sometimes most important where it is least necessary. Imagine all of the thought and design that went into elevating this day-to-day vessel to a vestige of pop art – a time capsule! 1959 was a good year for Inland Glass, and the rest of the coffee pounding world I'll gather.


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Do you think that as women in business we should also engage in conducting competitors analysis; or as some say it is to time consuming and I rather focus on what I am doing. What can be the result of failing to conduct one?
This article proposes that as business owners, we should ask the following questions when conducting a competitive analysis.
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Tonight, I'm a bit pissed at something. I don't know why I SHOULD be pissed, but I am. And the reason why I'm pissed is living proof that I have a long memory.
Like most of you, I am a Cardinals fan. In fact, I've always identified the Cardinals as my favorite professional sports franchise, despite football being my favorite sport and the Blues being my greatest passion. And I apparently still have commenting privileges at SBN's Cardinals blog, Viva El Birdos.
But let's get to the point. Why am I pissed? Well, let's take a look at something from their GDT for tonight, then get an explanation afterward:
anybody remember a 2-3 month period when this website was populated almost exclusively by comments like "SIGN BEN SHEETS!!!!!!!!"? various fanposts extolled his glory.
in retrospect, that must have been extremely annoying. sorry.
So you say, "Geez, DK, what the fuck is your problem? Why are you so pissed?" The answer follows, young grasshopper.
Back in SLGT's neophyte days of being an SBN blog (which was, like, 19 months ago), I joined VEB. Since I am . . . a Cardinals fan. Not too long afterward, I presented them a FanPost presenting every reason why the Cardinals had no business even thinking about signing Ben Sheets. See, I'm a Cardinals fan, and I don't want the Cardinals to sign people whose arms are obviously about to fall off.
Of course, as you'll see in the comments section of said FanPost, everyone's all like "STAT ANALYSIS!" and "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!" and " . . . THE FUCK?!" about the whole thing.
Fast forward to now. Ben Sheets now pitches for the Oakland Athletics and, as Cards fans saw tonight, is not even worth about five squirts of piss. He's earning $10MM this year to . . . go 2-7 thus far in the season. I think his ERA is somewhere north of the oil barrel count of the BP oil spill, but I'll get back with you later on that. (It's 4.95.)
All I wanted to convey was that the guy had physical problems and we didn't need to be pursuing the guy. As it turned out, Sheets had surgery and missed all of last season. Then his agent somehow convinces Billy Beane to sign him for $10MM for the 2010 season, and now Sheets is considered a weak link for a team that is floundering poorly in what many consider the worst division in Major League Baseball.
Why am I pissed? Well, not once have I been given a message from these folks telling me that maybe I was right about my concerns. Or that maybe I was rational. Or maybe I was forward-thinking. Or anything of the sort. No, I'm just the guy screaming from a fucking rooftop singing praises to a cause they didn't support and, yeah, he's right, but fuck him.
Do I expect any kind of apology? No, I don't. Do I care? No, I don't. Would an apology be nice? Yeah, maybe. Is Ben Sheets pitching with a limp arm? Probably. Are the Cardinals handicapped by his seemingly diminishing talents? Not at all - in fact, we've benefited once from them.
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Pewberries are small, dark, tangy, aromatic berries that grow in small clusters on the ground. As such, they are commonly eaten by small animals. Their foliage is lush and soft, and the plant is commonly potted. It grows well in the shade.
Gladeberries grow on gladegrass on the end of a long central stem, originating from the plant's core, and sometimes reaching as high into the air as a child. The berries are very sweet and fresh flavour. It is often made into fruit juice.
Dustberries have probably the dullest taste of all berries, and it's common to find one that has seemingly no flavour. They still have a luscious texture and pleasant odour, though.
The bloodstone grows on hardy trees that enjoy warmer open climates. Despite the fruit's tough skin (so tough that it cannot be bitten through), it has soft and moist flesh with a mild flavour that is best described as fruity.
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The liver prickle has an odd name, an intimidating appearance, and a bitter taste, but it is still quite edible and does appeal to some. It grows in rather remote areas, such as in the midst of a moderate forest or amongst larger trees, and it doesn't grow well with no other plants about. Though spiky, it is not sharp to touch.
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Business briefs for Monday, Nov. 12
Ortho Express opens
Colonial Orthopaedics opened an Ortho Express on Oct. 16 at 13038 Rivers Bend Road, Chester, right next door to Colonial Orthopaedics location at 13048 Rivers Bend Road, Chester. It provides care for urgent Orthopaedic needs.
Colonial Orthopaedics also has locations at 131 Jennick Drive, Colonial Heights, and 6055 Harbour Park Drive, Midlothian.
For more information, call 804-571-5099 or 804-526-5888 or visit www.colonialorthoexpress.com, www.colonialorthopaedics.com or www.facebook.com/ColonialOrtho.
Movers award
Atlas Van Lines, one of the nation's leading moving companies, recently announced 51 of its top agents as 2012 winners of the Milton M. Hill Quality Award. Among the winners was Reads Moving Systems of Richmond Inc. of Petersburg. The 2012 recipients were presented the award at the 65th Annual Atlas Convention held Oct. 24-27 in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
For more information, visit www.atlasvanlines.com.
Wawa celebrates
Wawa celebrated the 10th anniversary of two stores in Colonial Heights and one in Chester on Nov. 2. Wawa hosted three family reunion-style in-store celebrations at 604 Boulevard, Colonial Heights, 15840 Jefferson Davis Highway, Colonial Heights, and at 11701 Jefferson Davis Highway, Chester.
Wawa recognize the Central Virginia Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation during the celebration with a donation of $51,135, raised during Wawa's in-store coin and scan campaign that took place in Virginia Wawa stores in September.
CraftMaster decides to keep Va. plant open
CHRISTIANSBURG (AP) - A Montgomery County official says a CraftMaster plant targeted for closure will remain open.
The Christiansburg plant was expected to close Dec. 31.
County manager Craig Meadows tells The Roanoke Times that the plant's manager notified the county Tuesday that CraftMaster parent Jeld-Wen decided to keep the plant open.
The plant employs about 130 workers, most of whom are full time.
Va. man gets prison for faking clients' tax returns
NORFOLK (AP) - A Virginia Beach tax preparer has been sentenced to one year and nine months in prison for falsifying clients' federal income tax returns.
Forty-nine-year-old Paul Zimmerman Jr. was sentenced Monday in federal court in Norfolk.
Federal prosecutors say the Internal Revenue Service began investigating after errors and irregularities were found in returns filed by clients of Zimmerman's tax preparation service in Norfolk.
The investigation revealed that without his clients' knowledge, among the claims Zimmerman made on the returns were illegitimate rental properties, inflated expenses and mortgage interest payments on properties without mortgages.
The falsely reported information resulted in lowered tax liabilities or generated refunds for clients.
James River Coal's 3Q loss widens on weak prices
RICHMOND (AP) - James River Coal Co.'s third-quarter loss widened as weak demand drove down prices and the coal producer experienced higher costs.
The Richmond, Va.-based company said Wednesday it lost $20.6 million, or 59 cents per share. That is larger than its loss of $3.7 million, or 11 cents per share, a year earlier.
Revenue from coal sales fell about 9 percent to $264.6 million. Total revenue fell 5 percent to $288.1 million.
Coal shipments were flat at 3.16 million tons.
Coal producers are being hit by a double whammy of weak demand. Utilities need less coal to produce electricity because of mild weather and lower power generation, while construction overseas has slowed the appetite for coal to make steel.
James River Coal has operations in Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana.
New parental app
NTelos Wireless announced today the launch of a new custom parental control app.
The new app, called Parental Control, is designed to give parents peace of mind in multiple ways, from offering custom reports that show who is texting their children to a GeoAlert feature, which alerts them when their child arrives safely at school or a friend's house. In addition, a parent can also use the location feature to locate their child's device at any time to determine where their child is located.
The Android app will be available on the Google Play store to post-pay customers at two price levels: standard for $9.99 per month; and premium, which includes multiple features as well as the ability for parents to set a curfew time for when children can use the phone, and unlimited GeoAlerts for $14.99 per month. At either price point, parents can track up to 10 phone lines via a custom website parentalcontrol.ntelos.com. An Apple iPhone version is currently in the works.
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Skycopter reports a pickup truck and school bus were involved in a crash in Jackson Tuesday afternoon.
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Astrolabes are general-purpose astronomical computers, that can perform over 600 astronomical calculations, most of which can be performed on 2play Astrolabe.
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Just a quick update today – I've decided to mix psychotherapy (CBT) with medicine. My doctor has prescribed 20mg of citalopram, just to give my brain some time to cool off whilst I start to work the CBT hard. Interesting feeling. Jaw hurts from clenching. Teeth chattering. Feels like I'm on coke without the exciting inane chatter. Pupil dilated on one side.
It's so FUN being mentally ill!
Jesting aside, I hope I can a) stick it out and b) be improved by the meds. I ummed and aahed about it for a while – and I want to discuss why in a longer post, perhaps tomorrow – but hopefully this is the right path. It might take a while but we shall see!


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PHIL Simkin has expressed his frustration at the way the current spell of wet weather is affecting his plans for the Magpies' next match.
The county town club face another big test on Saturday when they go to Boreham Wood, but the heavy rain that has blighted the region of late is causing them a few headaches.
Simkin was hoping to use tonight's reserve-team game against Moneyfields as preparation for the weekend fixture.
However, with that being postponed yesterday, the squad took part in a hastily-arranged indoor training session last night.
"We trained on the astroturf on Saturday morning when we knew our home game was off, but a third of the players couldn't get there because of the road closures caused by the rain," said Simkin.
"Then we had to change training nights from Tuesday to Monday because we had planned to use the reserve game which was off.
"Hopefully we can get a decent session in on the 3G on Thursday because it's a massive game for us at Boreham Wood.
"We've got people coming to training from different places so we want to keep them together as best we can.
"It's a nightmare for everybody. We would be a bit more relaxed about it if we were in a decent position in the league.
"But in our position you can't relax about anything and the rain is making things 10 times worse."
Simkin is without the suspended Mark Jermyn, Steve Walker and Clive Makoni for Saturday but new loan signings Jake McCarthy and Charlie Lasasso are available.
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Travel to the Yukon Territory in Canada (and nearby Alaska) – Episode 198by Chris Christensen ↓ Add comments
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The Amateur Traveler talks to Sarah from Whitehorse in the Yukon about that corner of Canada with long winters but dramatic scenery. She tells of of Winter festivals like the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous as well as Summer festivals like Dawson City Music fest, Atlin Arts and Music Fest and the Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival. We talk about sporting events like the 24 Hours of Light and Kluane to Chilkat (Haines to Haines) bike races because Sarah says you have to like the outdoors to come to the Yukon. Sarah also gives us some itineraries for road warriors like the Top of the World Highway to Dawson (and the Dempster Highway for the bold among you) and the Golden Circle route into Alaska. We walk the Chilkoot Trail but without the requirement to bring 1,000 pounds of supplies like in the Yukon gold rush. It is the beauty of Kluane National Park that you will remember but strangely enough it was something else that Sarah was looking at when she decided to move to the Yukon.
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- Air flow problems. This can result from damaged fans, blocked ducts, overheated motor or a loss of electricity to the unit. It often has a greater impact in a commercial setting, since the lack of air flow can be felt by a larger number of people in the space in question.
- Excessive dirt build-up. Dirt and dust can accumulate in commercial heaters more readily than home heaters, since many commercial HVAC systems are located on the roof and thus suffer greater exposure to the elements. When they become too dirty, individual components can struggle to do their jobs, increasing strain on the heater and resulting in higher energy bills.
- Thermostat malfunctions. The thermostat controls the heating system, and many commercial venues feature zone controls which often means multiple thermostats in a single building. When a thermostat is malfunctioning, the heater can start and stop an inappropriate times, run too hot or even fail to work entirely.
- Improper sizing. Commercial heating systems often involve multiple units, which can be added and removed from a building's HVAC network in order to meet growing or diminishing needs. That can make it easy to bring too much or too little heating power to bear; either way, it puts additional strain on the system and costs more than it should.
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - New test scores released early Friday from the state are shedding light on how are schools are doing. Kentucky schools were tested under a new program called Common Core. In addition to testing academic skills needed for higher learning and in the real world, it also measures critical thinking skills.
It is not a surprise that the results show the Jefferson County Public Schools need improvement on the whole, but there's lots of good to report too.
DuPont Manual ranks the second best high school in the state. Jefferson Country Traditional is Louisville's top middle school, while Greathouse/Shryock Traditional and Brandeis were both ranked as the best elementary schools in the Commonwealth.
On the flip side, the Academy at Shawnee actually ranked the lowest summary score in the state at 27.9. According to the ranking, five Jefferson County Public Schools were in the 10 worst. Those included the Academy at Shawnee and Valley Traditional High, Frost and Stuart middle Schools and Jacob Elementary..
Dr. Donna Hargens, JCPS superintendent, said the district is not satisfied in any sense by the scores.
"We know that we have lots of work to do," said Hargens. "But this is data that can reform the work and the interventions that will help our students do better."
Several counties outside of Louisville will probably be happy with their scores. Both Oldham and Meade counties finished as distinguished school districts. That means they tested higher than 90 percent of other Kentucky schools.
Oldham County scored in the 96th percentile, with 11 of its 17 schools ranking as proficient or distinguished.
To be ranked as proficient a school or district must have tested above the 70th percentile. Schools and districts below the 70th percentile are ranked as needing improvement. Those included Hardin County Schools which tested in the 66th percentile with 6 of 20 proficient schools.
Among other schools in WAVE Country:
Other school districts that tested as proficient were Breckinridge County, LaRue County, Spencer County and Taylor County.
Every other county district in the WAVE 3 viewing area scored below the 70th percentile, meaning they're ranked as needed improvement.
To find out how your school district ranked, click on the link to find a list of the released reports: Common Core Standard test scores.
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Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming
For the second time in eight days, a prominent liberal has blamed the developing crisis in Egypt on global warming.
Following in the footsteps of climate alarmist extraordinaire Joe Romm Monday was New York Times columnist Paul Krugman:
We're in the midst of a global food crisis — the second in three years. World food prices hit a record in January, driven by huge increases in the prices of wheat, corn, sugar and oils. These soaring prices have had only a modest effect on U.S. inflation, which is still low by historical standards, but they're having a brutal impact on the world's poor, who spend much if not most of their income on basic foodstuffs.
The consequences of this food crisis go far beyond economics. After all, the big question about uprisings against corrupt and oppressive regimes in the Middle East isn't so much why they're happening as why they're happening now. [...]
While several factors have contributed to soaring food prices, what really stands out is the extent to which severe weather events have disrupted agricultural production. And these severe weather events are exactly the kind of thing we'd expect to see as rising concentrations of greenhouse gases change our climate — which means that the current food price surge may be just the beginning.
Have food prices really soared?
As Roger Pielke Jr. noted Monday:
The figure at the top of this post is from a paper by Daniel Sumner, of the University of California-Davis (here in PDF), in which he seeks to place the 2006-2008 increase in grain prices into historical context. Current grain prices are at a similar level to the peak in 2007. Sumner's paper also has a figure going back to the mid-1800s. Good luck disentangling a long-term climate signal in the long-term data, which shows a significant decline in grain prices, much less attributing such a signal to a particular cause. Efforts to link short-term wiggles to the effects of greenhouse gas emissions go well beyond the canons of empirical science, to use a polite euphemism from The Climate Fix.
As you can see, although grains prices have been spiking of late, adjusted for inflation, they are well below where they were in the '70s as well as several decades prior.
It is of course not at all surprising that Krugman made up figures to support his argument. He's been doing it for years:
As always, you can't attribute any one weather event to greenhouse gases. But the pattern we're seeing, with extreme highs and extreme weather in general becoming much more common, is just what you'd expect from climate change.
The usual suspects will, of course, go wild over suggestions that global warming has something to do with the food crisis; those who insist that Ben Bernanke has blood on his hands tend to be more or less the same people who insist that the scientific consensus on climate reflects a vast leftist conspiracy.
But the evidence does, in fact, suggest that what we're getting now is a first taste of the disruption, economic and political, that we'll face in a warming world. And given our failure to act on greenhouse gases, there will be much more, and much worse, to come.
Actually, the evidence doesn't suggest that at all. As astrophysicist Dr. David Whitehouse noted last week:
A NASA Press Release said 2010 tied with 2005 which at a temperature anomaly of 0.63 was 0.01 above 2005. The Press Release went on to say that 1998 was in third place with 09,07,06,03 and 02. However, the reality is that 1998 and the other years are statistically equivalent being spread over a range of 0.03 deg C within the errors of 2010 and 2005. NasaGiss is thus statistically equivalent to no change since 1998 (note that in 2005 NasaGiss announced that 2005 was a dead heat with 1998. In 2007 they put 1998 behind 2005.)
Many press reports said that 2010 was a near-record breaking year despite the cooling influence of a La Nina later in the year. What was omitted however was mention of the fact that the reason why the year was marginally warmer than previous years was because of the warming El Nino.
Contrary to press reports the evidence is that 2010 was a year no different from all of the years 2001-2009 with the exception of a moderate to strong El Nino that elevated temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere's Spring, and a cooling La Nina later in the year. The standstill seen in global temperatures since 2001 continues.
As such, contrary to what alarmists like Krugman claim, the world's temperatures haven't increased for twelve years. The only thing that has changed is their argument to tax carbon dioxide emissions.
In the previous decade, it was that a supposedly warming planet was going to lead to a greater number of stronger hurricanes, melting glaciers and polar icecaps, and we'd all be swamped by rising seas.
Such dire predictions have not come to fruition, and the public - aided by ClimateGate revelations of book-cooking by these alarmists - have grown increasingly skeptical of Nobel Laureate Al Gore's favorite money-making myth.
With cap-and-trade legislation dying in the Senate last year, and little chance of it being revived in this new Congress, the climate fear-mongers are trying a new strategy to convince people that a less than one degree Celsius rise in global temperatures the past 160 years is causing food shortages that are going to lead to uprisings around the world threatening national security.
The only conclusion is they will try anything however dishonest to get their wish of taxing carbon dioxide thereby controlling all aspects of commerce and human life while redistributing the wealth from the haves to the have-nots.
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So, all of the massive riots
Submitted by rwesley2.0 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 11:48am.
So, all of the massive riots and marches I have seen coming from the Middle East since the 70's are due to Global Warming? Who knew?
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Why not
Submitted by 10ksnooker on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 11:59am.
Yell at the sun? Didn't Egyptians used to do this?
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"We're in the midst of a global food crisis"
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 11:50am.
Hmmmm. Could that be because we turn so much FOOD into ethanol, YOU JACK WAGON?!?!
But whatever we do, let's don't drill, baby drill for oil. We'll just starve the world while you geniuses try to figure out how to make really peachy windmills and solar panels.
That shouldn't be but about eight more revolutions and a billion starved kids from now, right?
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The EPA
Submitted by jon_torlin on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 1:03pm.
Don't forget about the EPA telling the electric companies around the country to reduce their output to prevent global warming, only to have rolling blackouts because it was too cold and people wanted to be warm. Imagine that. (I'm still pissed that the Texas electric companies capitulated to the EPA like the way they did just because some federal judge told them too)
And of course, the ever prevalent use of ethanol which causes more pollution and is not beneficial in any way at all.(I know it's used for race cars and some small stunt planes, I'm talking about day to day living)
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Please forgive a novice
Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 11:57am.
assuming truth in even slight warming:
1 degree higher - deserts may enlarge - How much food do we grow in and around the deserts now?
longer - healthier growing seasons for the areas we actually grow food?
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Thank the Israelis
Submitted by CobraMan on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 12:04pm.
"How much food do we grow in and around the deserts now?"
Quite a bit, actually. You can thank the Israelis for that. They're the ones who showed the entire world how to make the deserts bloom.
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Submitted by Ashrak on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 12:16pm.
I recall some really productive greenhouses that were purchased from the Israelis and given to the Palestinians. Rather then use them to grow food, the Palestinians looted them and destroyed them. I guess global warming made the Pals do it.......
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Submitted by jon_torlin on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 1:02pm.
That's proof positive that these people are nothing more than animals, nay, scavengers. They would scavenge, or in your words, loot those things instead of make use of them. If they were real men and women, they could have made use of them, but chose not to.
But then that's the way of Islam, they don't want their people to be self-sufficient, just like Marxists/Communists want the people dependent on the government. It's all about control rather than freedom.
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You actually
Submitted by 10ksnooker on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 12:09pm.
Want to check out the last glaciation period and move south of there ... LOL.
Not a matter of if, but when. The roll out may be in progress since it's been colling for 4000 years or so now.
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Who knew
Submitted by 10ksnooker on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 11:56am.
Cold weather is killing the food ...
Can't fix the sun can we? Easy to hide the lies, much harder to hide the snow ice and cold. Lessons learned recently in England.
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Submitted by Ashrak on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 12:13pm.
Wow, the climate change global warming drama really can make a person sick! Even in the UK, where the greenhouse gas scare first took massive root, the whole global warming thing is now being rejected as the bovine excrement it has always been.
Krugman is trying to connect dots from previous projections that global warming would cause food related troubles. As with so many of his other predictions, time itself busts his myths and rather than just admit he was wrong, he doubles down.
Like a gambler that thinks just one more bet will pay off, Krugman has thrown away the last bit of credibility that existed - if there was even any remaining.
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Global Warming, is also the
Submitted by bassndude on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 12:13pm.
Global Warming, is also the reason Paul Krugman is so stupid. Got that everyone?
Global Warming causes stupidity and stunted IQ's.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal/troll!!
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It's the other way around, Paul
Submitted by CobraMan on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 12:20pm.
"And these severe weather events are exactly the kind of thing we'd expect to see as rising concentrations of greenhouse gases change our climate..."
Actually, Paul, we would expect the climate to become far more stable with increasing "green house gas" concentrations. Take Venus, for example (you know, the planet with the "runaway greenhouse effect"). That planet has the most stable climate of all of the planets in the Solar System, with temperature variations of just a few percent between the poles and the equator. This means less extreme "weather" variations on Venus, something even NASA has noticed. All high winds (or even moderate winds) occur in the upper atmosphere. The lower atmosphere is extremely stable, with almost no wind and absolutely no "storm" activity. (No GE wind farms possible on Venus, alas.)
Well, if the Venus CO2 Model accounts for "global warming" as so many have claimed, then that same model shows us that, no, increasing levels of CO2 won't produce more extreme weather variations. It will, in fact, produce more MODERATE weather variations.
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"Have food prices really soared?"
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 12:23pm.
LOL - Been grocery shopping lately?
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Fair enough!
Submitted by Morganfrost on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 12:25pm.
And I blame Paul Krugman on the hormones in beef.
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Google is bereft of
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 12:23pm.
Google is bereft of connections between global food crisis and the riots in Egypt.
Even Krugman's theory doesn't pop up; that's how widespread that assessment is.
Dr. Krauthammer can add Paul Krugman to Al Gore and his Godzilla on the Mall remark.
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Insofar as food prices go up,
Submitted by forest on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 12:38pm.
Insofar as food prices go up, global warming hysteria is to blame. The statist-collectivists misuse the government to inefficiently turn food into fuel and block development of new fossil fuel sources. They are reducing supply and increasing transportation and all enegry costs for farmers and food suppliers. Prices go up, people have access to less food.
All this ego-friendly eco-kookery is to blame. Environmentalists are killing people, as usual.
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The Nobel Prize is Neither
Submitted by gopcongress on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 12:54pm.
And Kruman has certainly demonstrated his deserving of that "award."
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It's not getting warmer...
Submitted by changein2012 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 12:54pm.
What the braindead do not understand is that it is not getting warmer, it is getting cooler and that is why we have seen so many crop failures. Germany said that 2010 was the coldest year in a century. How can that be you may ask?
This is how you create man made global warming.
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The Graph of Temperature vs. Number of Stations
Submitted by upcountrywater on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 1:00pm.
The 90's the "warmest" decade, crock...
This graph sez it all..(almost).
The point of the graph above is that a change in the raw mean occurred coincidental with the big loss of stations in the early 1990s
Ask Leif Erikson about the (get this) climate deterioration in the 14th Century may have increased the demand for winter fodder and at the same time decreased productivity of hay meadows.
Ice kills green things, lots of food is green.
Government kills, Wave of the hand stop pumping! Save the _____ fish, make corn move cars.
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Loss of stations
Submitted by Rukus on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 1:57pm.
This animation demonstrates rather well.
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Gary, No to worry we have the temps from space now.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 2:53pm.
Gee whizz...Data loss in the same areas of planet earth.
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Food Prices
Submitted by stanmo42 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 1:00pm.
Krugman is true to form as usual. Commodity pricing is purely market based but once raw material is purchased, ENERGY PRICING is driving food prices up more that any other factor. Grain producers cannot afford to sow, till, and reap until pricing goes up. How do you get the price up? Produce less. BTW, there are lots of people producing corn thanks to the ethanol farce.
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Good point, stanmo42
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 6:59pm.
But we've long since come to expect ignorance of market forces from winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics.
He is the same one who tells us we're not spending enough on government-funded stimulus $$$. I've never seen this clown square the math.
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personally I blame global warming..
Submitted by redright88 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 1:28pm.
... for the painful rectal itch I have.
I assume I'll be compensated for my suffering by Al Gore.
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Hey Paul, You Moron
Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 1:41pm.
How's about showing factual figures on: 1. The earth actually warming, and 2. A substantial decrease in food production.
Or maybe, could it be that the increased cost of oil, something which so-called global warming has absolutely no bearing on, is causing the increase in cost of virtually everything? Higher oil prices mean it costs more to plow the fields, more to harvest them, more to process the food, more to transport it to market, more for consumers to go buy it, and so on ad nauseum. And isn't it almost poetic justice that those most affected (according to you) live in oil producing countries and/or regions? Seems to me that the leaders of those countries aren't going hungry. It also seems to me that, unlike this country, most of the wealth in those countries is owned by those same "leaders" instead of by many private citizens. Gee, isn't THAT strange? And here I am, just a non-intellectual, non-Nobel prize winning peon. Whooda thunk?
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um, redright88
Submitted by sherlock1 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 1:55pm.
You might want to be careful what you ask for - who knows what Al's idea of fair compenation might be now that Tipper has given him the boot.
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A New Religion
Submitted by Conservator on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 2:27pm.
When the US conducts the next Census, they need to add a new religion in their demographics for all those who Worship at the Altar of Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGP). Leftist fools like Paul Krugman reverence for AGP is akin to believing in God and never let facts interfere with their beliefs. Like any religion, believing in AGP requires FAITH and not science.
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Come on and Call the Press Conference Dr. Krugman
Submitted by Harbour11 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 2:44pm.
Obviously the institution of cap and trade policies to artificially increase the cost of hydrocarbons, would have an almost immediate and devastating impact on world food market prices since those costs would have to be incurred within almost every step of the production process from fuel usage, fertilizer production, processing, transportation and delivery. Once again his lack of scientific knowledge would be utterly laughable, if he weren't given so much credence.
If Paul Krugman was really concerned about weather-related food cost spikes, he should come out on his editorial page and be the first Obama-advising economist to push for the elimination of farm subsidies in which the Federal government pays farmers not to grow crops to prop up commodity prices. If this immediate crisis needs to be rectified, any global warming reduction wouldn't occur for decades or more in the future, even if his alternative economy and cap and tax policies were instituted today. The removal of price supports would immediately lower food costs worldwide.
I call on Paul Krugman to call a press conference with Al Gore, Obama, and the rest of the Democratic Leadership, by which they call for the immediate elimination of agricultural price supports and the immediate increase in US grain production. They should set a goal for reducing in the cost of a bushel of corn and wheat by 50% by the end of the year to assist these struggling foreign peoples. If Krugman is truly concerned about the people of Egypt, this absolutely can be done. You can get yourself another Nobel Prize. Oh, but good luck campaigning in Iowa 2012 hopefuls.
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Submitted by donabernathy on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 2:56pm.
Poor Paul
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Krugman Makes Sense
Submitted by MLGoodell on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 2:58pm.
Krugman's argument actually makes sense. It's a simple logical equation.
The Egyptian Crisis is America's fault (a given--ask any liberal),
Global Warming is America's fault.
Ergo, Global Warming caused the Egyptian Crisis.
So logical a caveman could figure it out.
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Krugman is one of the morons
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 3:50pm.
Krugman is one of the morons Sorkin says we need to save us from Sarah.
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I think someone needs to do a
Submitted by inquiringmind on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 6:36pm.
I think someone needs to do a review of the economic theory Krugeman came up with that got him his Nobel Prize. He is saying some of the dumbest things and doing it with a straight face.
If he is this wrong today every time he opens his mouth what is to lead me to believe his economic theories of yeaterday can hold water.
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This is a joke, right?
Submitted by Free Thinker on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 6:59pm.
This is a joke, right?
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stop using food to make ethanol
Submitted by merly1 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 7:14pm.
The hystery over global warming is causing food sources to be diverted to allegedly "green projects," ie ethanol.
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Some people say the blogging is dead, and we are living in the era of microblogging. Actually, microblogging helps busy people join the conversation while they are on the move, share their ideas, and build a community. Every microblogger is a potential blogger. I see the future of blogging very bright. I share my predictions for 2009 and onwards in this post.
- More Interactivity: Blogs will become more and more interactive. Videos will play an import role in this. Bloggers will learn how to capture fancy-looking and professional videos to differentiate themselves in the blogosphere.
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- Mobile Blogging: Bearing in mind the increase in smartphones which are coming with pre-installed blogging type software, the major growth will be in mobile blogging. Did you know that WordPress has released a version for the iPhone a few months ago so that the people on the move could blog? For more predictions on mobile blogging and Google's reaction to this take a look at Predictions for Google's 2009
- Make Money Blogging: Blogging makes money. The financial crisis in the world caused many well-educated and smart people lose their jobs. This will continue rising in 2009. Many of them will try making money online with blogs. Thus the number of blogs, and bloggers will continue growing. Also the competition in the make money blogs segment will be fierce.
- Companies will discover blogging: During the financial crisis, even the giant companies had to cut their marketing and advertising costs. They will discover blogging as a very cheap, effective, and creative way of promoting their services and products. Look how HubSpot's blog is getting much more links and traffic than their website: Combine SEO, Blogging, and Social Media for Results – Part 1
- Work together: Sites like CollabFinder will make working together a lot easier for bloggers. Bloggers will be looking for partners to become big. Especially the probloggers will work together to cope with the fierce competition in make money with blogs segment.
- Building a community: Blogging is all about telling stories and connecting like minded people. The bloggers who are capable of building a community will become more popular and successful in 2009.
- Bloggers meet SEO: Ever increasing traffic and ranking competition in the blogosphere will force bloggers re-discover SEO and SEO tools. Hard times for crab SEO tools producers. This time it won't be easy for you to cheat bloggers with your ordinary products. Many SEO tools will be replaced by better and more sofisticated, yet cheaper ones.
- Blog Ethics & Rules: As the number of blogs and bloggers increase, the blogging ethics will become much more important in 2009. Miguel Wickert has already started writing the rules. See Blog Ethics: Rule 1- NO DAMN POP-UPS!( I hate those damn pop-ups too!)
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Also scoring in double figures for the Pilots (7-4) were Alec Wintering and Thomas van der Mars with 15 points apiece, the latter adding eight rebounds as the team won for the fourth time in the last five outings.
The Braves (5-6), losers of four in a row and six of the last seven after winning the first four outings of the campaign, were paced by Omari Grier with 17 points, thanks in large part to his perfect 4-of-4 effort behind the 3- point line. Auston Barnes pitched in with 10 points.
Portland shot a brutal 29.0 percent from the field in the first half, including 2-of-11 behind the 3-point line, but the team was still able to build a 28-23 lead at the break. Bradley knocked down a total of just eight field goals through the first 20 minutes.
The Pilots turned the corner in the second half as they made good on an impressive 64.0 percent from the floor, en route to the comfortable win.
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WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- Sophomore Lauren Flynn won her two individual events, and three of her Missionary teammates also won races, but the University of Puget Sound swim teams coasted to a pair of Northwest Conference dual meet triumphs Friday night in Tacoma, Wash.
Loggers rang up big leads through the first 18 events and wrapped up
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Whitman returns home Saturday to conclude its regular season with a non-conference dual meet with the College of Idaho. That meet starts at 3 p.m. in the Baker Ferguson Fitness Center's Paul Harvey Pool. Five Whitman seniors will be honored prior to the first events.
Flynn posted her two wins in the 50-meter freestyle (29.04) and 100-meter freestyle (1:02.84). Puget Sound's pool is measured in meters as opposed to yards.
"Lauren's races were something to behold," Whitman swim coach Jenn Blomme said.
Flynn also swam the anchor leg as the Missionary 200-meter freestyle relay placed a close second in 1:59.35, finishing one second behind the winner. "She passed one competitor and with five more meters could have easily won the race."
Other Whitman swimmers in that relay were senior Courtney Fitzpatrick and juniors Chelsea Klinger and Kendi Thomas.
Two of Whitman's first-year swimmers won the 1,500-meter freestyle events. Chris Bendix won the men's race in 17:22.78 while Linnea Scott finished the women's race in 19:08.13.
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Sophomore Jamie Nusse won a three-way battle in the men's 200-meter freestyle. He was first 2:00.68, nipping Puget Sound's Jack Zaharchuk by 13 one-hundredths of a second. Whitman senior Noel Sollom-Brotherton was a close third in 2:01.06.
Nusse added a second-place showing in the 100-meter freestyle while Sollom-Brotherton was the runner-up in the 400-meter freestyle.
The night's "most exciting race" came in the men's 200-meter freestyle relay, where Sollom-Brotherton and Nusse teamed with senior Ysbrand Nusse and freshman Mitchell Lee for a winning time of 1:41.22. "It was close all the way," but the Missionary quartet nipped their Puget Sound counterparts by seven one-hundredths of a second."
Late in the meet, Whitman got "scoring" wins in the two 100-meter breatstroke events from first-year swimmer Monica Boshart (1:23.06) and junior George Stanton (1:13.62). Puget Sound swimmers won both of those races, but with a comfortable lead in the team scoring, the Loggers stopped scoring its competitors.Others placing second for the Missionaries included Klinger in the 200-meter freestyle, Thomas in the 200-meter individual medley, and junior Eric Molnar in the 100-meter butterfly.
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The inaugural staging of the St Ann's Bay Hospital Annual Health Fair was a major success with over 500 persons utilising the services offered at Turtle River Park in Ocho Rios earlier this month.
Registered nurse and co-ordinator of the initiative, Tracy Ann Williams, described the turnout as "very great".
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The residents, she said, were offered a variety of services free of cost and in a time of great financial crisis, many jumped at the opportunity to not only have health checks done, but to also use the services of the Jamaica Cancer Society, the Heart Institute of Jamaica and the Registrar General's Department which were among several organisations participating in the day's activities.
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T-Mobile satisfaction?
Thus far I have had an iPhone on every major US carrier save for T-Mo. I'm pretty fed up with Verizon, slow 3G (I have a 4S) and way too expensive. It's the carrier most likely to violate you if you were in prison with them.
Just prior to Verizon, I bought the 4S for Sprint. Terrible decision. Sprint's network is painfully slow and spotty.
AT&T, despite dropping calls, gave me the best experience. 3G was much faster on my 3GS than it is on my Verizon (let alone Sprint) 4S. My hunch was this was due to being a GSM network (and obviously being HSPA+). While my data usage was much less back then, even the original iPhone on EDGE never seemed too bad on AT&T.
I don't think I want to go back to AT&T (because they're the second most likely carrier to violate you if you were in prison with them), but I'm thinking and hoping that maybe T-Mobile can give me a similar experience.It appears they can cover me with 4G at my home and where I work - Good idea or bad idea?
I like where they're positioning themselves, and I really want unlimited data again.
Who here uses an iPhone 5 on T-Mo and how has your experience been? Bonus points if you're in Southern California, like I am.


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A car versus train crash has sent four people to the hospital.
The crash happened at the railroad crossing on Main Street in Alta, Iowa. All four victims in the vehicle were severely injured and had to be extricated. They were transported to Buena Vista Regional Medical Center. Two of the victims, ages two and four, were then airlifted to a pediatric trauma center in Sioux Falls.
Authorities say that during the primary investigation, all audible and visual railroad signals were working properly.
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So I know Loadholt has been playing well in practice but I just keep thinking that at some point he's going to revert to being crappy at pass protection and just generally a meh RT.
Someone please explain to me the downside of picking Jeff Otah up off the waiver wire, stashing him on IR for a year, and then potentially having the best tackle tandem in the league for a good long time to come? I know we don't have the specifics on his knee, but he's only 26 and it seems like a very low risk for a potentially high reward. If Loadholt has a HOF year, great! We stick with him and move on. If not, we've got options next year.
I know the FO isn't using the "R word" but wouldn't this, generally-acknowledged, rebuilding year be the perfect time for it?


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Is it possible to set up Auctioning to leave a set number or percentage of items when posting?
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When J.K. Rowling's new adult novel, "The Casual Vacancy," hits stores Thursday, her Harry Potter magic will be challenged in one particularly Hogwartzian way: Can she disappear the book's entire U.S print run of two million copies?
J.K. Rowling's new adult novel "The Casual Vacancy" is getting a large print run. But will "Harry Potter" fans make the switch? Chris Farley joins Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.
It is the largest print run of the year for Lagardère MMB.FR +0.12% Lagardere S.C.A. France: Paris €20.72 +0.03 +0.12% Sept. 2, 2014 5:35 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 230,627 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap €2.71 Billion Dividend Yield 6.28% Rev. per Employee €298,842 08/24/14 Amazon Can't Cage 'The Goldfin... 08/11/14 Disney-Amazon Dispute Concerns... 08/11/14 Dispute Erupts Between Amazon,... More quote details and news » SCA's Hachette Book Group, whose Little, Brown imprint is publishing the book in the U.S. while a sister division publishes it in the U.K.
Two million copies isn't big for Ms. Rowling—the final Harry Potter novel sold 11.5 million copies in its first 10 days on sale in the U.S. in 2007, says publisher Scholastic Corp. SCHL +0.26% Scholastic Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq $35.13 +0.09 +0.26% Sept. 2, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 79,696 AFTER HOURS $35.13 0.00 % Sept. 2, 2014 4:30 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2,421 P/E Ratio 25.64 Market Cap $1.13 Billion Dividend Yield 1.71% Rev. per Employee $187,866 07/24/14 Morning MoneyBeat: Earnings Se... 07/24/14 Scholastic Profit, Revenue Ris... More quote details and news » Altogether the seven-book Harry Potter series has sold more than 450 million physical copies globally since it debuted in 1997. But there is no guarantee all Potter fans will make the switch to the new book, with its new characters, setting, and adult themes.
Both the publisher and Ms. Rowling have kept the plot's details under wraps. But this week's issue of the New Yorker, which has an interview with Ms. Rowling, describes the work as "a rural comedy of manners that, having taken on state-of-the-nation social themes, builds into black melodrama."
Says Marty Helle, a Potter fan and lawyer in Austin, Minn.: "It's not the sort of thing that I'll go out and grab because she wrote it. I want to wait for the reviews. She has to earn her audience on these new ventures."
Another challenge: The e-book version of the novel will retail for $17.99, steeper than the $12.99 to $14.99 at which many best-selling e-books are still priced. Indeed, some e-books are reappearing at $9.99, following the settlement of an antitrust case between the Justice Department and some publishers. Although Hachette has settled the case and has agreed to allow retailers to resume discounting its titles, it is still negotiating its new contracts with various retailers, said David Young, chief executive.
"We aren't far from common ground but haven't gotten there yet," said Mr. Young.
Discounters are selling the $35 hardcover version of "The Casual Vacancy" for only a little more than the e-book: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT +0.33% Wal-Mart Stores Inc. U.S.: NYSE $75.75 +0.25 +0.33% Sept. 2, 2014 4:04 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4.45M AFTER HOURS $75.75 0.00 % Sept. 2, 2014 6:41 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 81,199 P/E Ratio 15.46 Market Cap $243.38 Billion Dividend Yield 2.53% Rev. per Employee $218,400 09/02/14 Home Depot Investigating Possi... 09/02/14 Dollar General Raises Bid for ... 09/02/14 China Troubles for OSI Reflect... More quote details and news » prices it online at $20.89, Amazon.com Inc. AMZN +0.99% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $342.38 +3.34 +0.99% Sept. 2, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.30M AFTER HOURS $341.80 -0.58 -0.17% Sept. 2, 2014 6:59 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 25,675 P/E Ratio 877.90 Market Cap $156.65 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $697,016 09/02/14 The Daily Startup: Google's Dr... 09/01/14 Tech's Young Guns Embrace Old ... 08/30/14 Alibaba Group Plans IPO Launch... More quote details and news » is asking $20.90, and Barnes & Noble Inc. BKS -2.93% Barnes & Noble Inc. U.S.: NYSE $23.16 -0.70 -2.93% Sept. 2, 2014 4:03 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 842,268 AFTER HOURS $23.16 0.00 % Sept. 2, 2014 4:24 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2,988 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap $1.43 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $155,643 09/02/14 KKR to Buy Stake in Smart-Home... 08/19/14 Steve Cohen: I'm Backing Amazo... 08/07/14 Barnes & Noble, Google Unite t... More quote details and news » is at $21 online.
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Some in book circles predict the book will be a hit. "It will sell truckloads of copies because people will be very curious," said Ed Victor, a London literary agent and digital-books publisher. "I don't think they'll care about the $17.99 e-book price. She is one of the five most famous authors in the world. It's a shoo-in."
Little, Brown has mounted a major marketing campaign complete with in-store promotions at major discounters, Barnes & Noble, and various airport stores. The publisher created more than 10,000 individual 10-copy displays that have been shipped to retail accounts in the U.S. and Canada.
In addition, Ms. Rowling will appear at Lincoln Center in New York on Oct. 16 with another author, Ann Patchett, an event that booksellers will be able to stream live into their stores. There will also be a substantial advertising in national media and via Facebook and NPR.
"Our expectations are very high," said Patricia Bostelman, vice president of marketing at Barnes & Noble, the nation's largest bookstore chain. "The real media floodgates will open on Thursday and word-of-mouth will spring into action as people read it and start talking."
Not everybody has been caught up in the hype, however. Lou Floyd, a retired chemist and Harry Potter fan who lives in a Cleveland suburb, said in an interview that he was "dimly aware that she was doing something, but that's the extent of my knowledge."
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WTF Was That "Happy" Song At The End Of The Apple Earnings Call?
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Earning calls are super fascinating when you think about it; For multiple hours a quarter we tune in with the thousands of other tech bloggers to dissect the financials of the public companies we spend our lives covering. Here at TC we've started calling covering these calls "putting our Rao face on," inspired by our star senior editor Leena Rao, who is just amazing at covering earnings.
Like any other collective experience, these calls have their own unique culture; Yahoo earnings calls were particularly hilarious back when Carol Bartz was CEO ("I'm going to go get a Diet Coke," I recall her randomly interjecting with once). And I've played more than one drinking game with fellow bloggers on the Google call (Larry Page says "excited," A LOT. Like so much that this happened.).
Anyways today's Apple call was seemingly uneventful, just a bunch of white guys talking about iPads and China and cash money dollar dollar bills y'all until we got to the end, when the call stopped and the most bizarre song started playing abruptly, "IT'S SO NICE TO BE HAPPY/ SHALALALALALALA/HAPPY/IT'S SO NICE TO BE HAPPY." The song is by, strangely enough, an artist called Alexia, who people @Reply me about a lot, because of the reason that you think.
Anyways, I (seriously) just emailed Apple press about who was responsible for that bizarre and disturbing choice of Outro music (watch the video above, it's super weird), because yeah, as Jay Yarow points out, that would have never happened while Jobs was still around. They haven't gotten back to me yet, probably because they're busy making fun of me for caring like the rest of the TC writing team.
(I'll keep you posted when/if they do.)
Apple just made me buy this song. Alexia – Happy – itun.es/iPW9fw #iTunes—
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Apple's record March quarter earnings call made weird by ending w/ Alexia – Happy. Seriously. Spotify link:
Ken Ray (@macosken) April 24, 2012
By far the only weird part of the Apple Earnings call was the outro music, "Happy" by @Alexia: itunes.apple.com/us/album/happy…—
Dan Frommer (@fromedome) April 24, 2012
WTF is this music Apple? "It's so nice to be happy, sha la la la…"—
Jay Yarow (@jyarow) April 24, 2012
@alexia All I can say is that this would *never* happen if Steve Jobs was still around.—
Jay Yarow (@jyarow) April 24, 2012
That outro song is funnier if you imagine Tim Cook dancing to it.—
Fake Alexia (@alexia_tsotsis) April 24, 2012
sha la la la—
conner (@connerrrr) April 24, 2012