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if the market wants profits, we ain't giving them any. So.......stuff it. Stock will be down as the assault on revenue growth void of profits resumes. Personally, I covered my short at $525 yesterday and put the money into Apple into their earnings for my "play of the day......okay, year." If I didn't think AAPL was going much higher near-term, I would be looking to short AMZN again on this guidance, if it were to continue to climb much at all.
Not sure what UBS' requirement is, but they all have one whether it's a 15% or 20% difference between the current price and the target price to justify a Buy rating. I would guess LNCO's price meets their hurdle while LINE is just a bit too high trading at $1.25 higher.
As a long, I would like to agree, but I think management needs to regain investor confidence by making progress with the business for the stock price to mount a sustainable increase. Until then, we just bounce around because the market seems to want 10%+ on the distribution to justify the current view of risk and uncertainty v. alternative investments.
The stock is demanding a 10% to 11% distribution rate because investors seem to require that level of return to accommodate the risk inherent in the business. Cutting the distribution simply to increase the coverage ratio would hugely increase investor perception of risk overall and may cause investors to require an even higher yield. Management needs to deliver some progress with the BRY acquisition to gain investor confidence and position them to raise the distribution in the future. If they do, the premium required will fall, perhaps to 8% to 9%, and the stock will go up into the mid-$30's or higher (with growth). I am a little apprehensive about whether they will show any real progress in the current quarter, but expect them to as the year unfolds.
This was a $400+ stock, but the fundamentals only justify perhaps $150 to $200 on the high side which just means this stock can go wherever the big boys take it and I have no conviction about the direction either way. However, it does make a lot of up and down movements most days, so it can be successfully traded long and short using momentum, overbought/oversold and price chart patterns without taking a stand on its long-term direction.
The only way for Citi to call a neutral is if they project the stock price to increase less than 15% or 20% (whatever their hurdle is for a buy). A price target of $32, plus the distribution, is a total return of 22%. IMO, their call makes no sense because you won't get to $32 with a distribution cut and, if there is no distribution cut, then, we are talking 22% upside which is a buy even by their standards (unless they simply ignore total return and focus solely on the PPS which makes no sense with a 10%+ distribution). Regardless, I still believe over the coming quarters, LINE has too many assets not to be successful finding a way to show meaningful progress and an even more stable coverage of the distribution.
Reminds me of the last tech bubble when stocks like EMC fell from $100 to $4. Once investors stop believing and returning to fundamentals, the air comes right out of these type of stocks. AMZN, FB, TWTR, and others have had a quick 15% to 20% correction, but where they go next is anybody's guess. Still, I started my first position ever in AMZN today at $329, but the technicals as I see them suggest it could still go to the mid-$290's before bouncing higher. And, if I get a bounce here, I will sell it and wait to see if it goes sub-$300.
I have never owned this stock because of the lack of profitability in relation to the valuation. I told a friend who is a big believer that AMZN will run the world one day to get out when it went over $400, but she continues to hold it. I wanted to short it at those levels, but was fully invested in other things. Nonetheless, I am starting to watch for a trade because if it falls into the $295 area, I think it could bounce pretty impressively higher (at least long enough to make a nice gain). Otherwise, I wouldn't touch it because it's totally traded on emotions and computer programs and not fundamentals.
Not yet, other than that they remain committed to 7.5% growth. However, getting better numbers out of China would be as good, or better, than stimulus and one or the other is coming. Either way, VALE will benefit and is undervalued and well-positioned with their high grade ore and low production costs.
Still holding that $12.65 trade? I don't view it as counter intuitive for a variety of reasons. First, China will either show better numbers or announce stimulus (the reason I bought again at $12.65 for a trade). Either would be a catalyst. Second, lower IO prices are not the same for all and VALE as a low cost producer and producer of higher grade ore sold at higher prices is well positioned with their lower cost structure to succeed at lower IO prices. And finally, VALE is valued much lower than it's peers with a much higher yield which I believe is because of it being a Brazilian company and not because it deserves to be so poorly valued. I will continue to hold my long position and my trade that I averaged down to $12.50 until we see the stimulus outcome and get the dividend. GLTA
Short squeeze or not, it's hard to believe the stock won't work it's way back up to where the dividend is in the 9% to 10% range. They just have too many ways with all of their assets to make progress moving forward to justify the current valuation being this low for long.
It appears the market thinks about as much of Jeffries' research as I do. While we have some resistance to get through here around $13.75, the upcoming dividend, any stimulus or better economic news out of China, and another solid quarterly report should push us higher. GLTA
I am in already in in the $28's on LNCO in my own accounts, but would consider more IF it keeps falling. I initiated a position for my mother today at $26.40 and would add to it as well. It could go lower, but barring any meaningful change in performance of the business, I suspect we are back in the $30's in a few weeks or months. Personally, when I am done buying, I won't watch it so closely other than to assess the likelihood that the distributions will continue as this is simply a monthly cash generator for me and whether it goes up or down in the interim doesn't change its role in my portfolio. GLTA
I will assume you do not have a Roth IRA and therefore it really does not matter for you that you don't understand the current law about how they work. However, you may want to get your facts straight before posting replies in the future.
Perhaps. But, wouldn't one buy more at a near 15% yield? Assuming management delivers some results, this too shall pass and those with an appetite to buy into the histeria will be dramatically rewarded and everyone else can just keep cashing those monthly checks. What concerns me more is whether our government will change the tax advantages one day. Look at Roth IRA's. The government says, "pay us your taxes now to convert to a Roth and your money can grow tax-free for your lifetime and your children's." Well, now Obama has legislation pending that would force Roth holders to start taking minimum distributions at 70 1/2 which pretty much eliminates the advantage of a Roth.
China just announced a plan to invest $168B to accelerate Urbanization. I do believe if their economy is truly slowing that we are going to hear more and more about stimulus type measures to support it. VALE should benefit from such spending it would seem.
Could very well have been shorts covering at end of day to take their gains and avoid holding over night.
Could be to some extent. Most of these large stock deals are followed by a period of selling pressure until the selling exhausts itself and the synergies are realized a quarter or two down the road. A lot of the early synergies in this deal appear to have been forfeited with the higher purchase price. Nonetheless, we are trading back at a 10%+ distribution rate and, unlike not too long ago, the distribution appears secure with the potential to be raised over time and the SEC overhang seems to have been resolved (meaning also the business model is in tact). I am willing to be patient and add on the dips.
Cramer has been all over the map. He's too emotional with his investments for my taste. He touted LINE as a very well managed business when he started buying. Now, he is selling it because he says they are poorly managed. If he makes money, he makes up reasons why he was right. And, when he loses money, he makes up reasons why it wasn't his fault. It's just how he rolls. I like the 10%+ distribution at this level and will continue to add if it goes lower. Once they start getting the BRY deal synergies figured out, the stock should do just fine.
With the distribution apparently secure, it's hard to be wrong here at these prices over time. Short-term, who knows. I picked up more LNCO today for my Roth to bring my APP below $29 and will continue to hold my long LINN position unless something fundamental changes in the outlook. GLTA


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Ryoko Iwata, a self-professed coffee lover, has presented us with an infographic which will make us look like coffee connoisseurs once we're done reading it.
These 20 coffee facts include some gems, like the fact that Americans consume enough coffee to fill up 14.2 Statues of Liberty, or that Black Ivory Coffee, the world's most expensive coffee, is made from—yes, that's right—elephant poo.
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Dollar General Corporation - false advertisement on thanksgiving day dollar general warren, ohio
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on thanksgiving day i was the third person in line waiting to get a portable dvd player, the doors open and there was 1 dvd player on the shelf after them being advertised as (on sale) so i ask a very rude salesman who seems so unhappy in his job why there was only 1 after the advertisement had said something else and he replied well i guess the employees decided to buy them last night before they went home. now if i am correct were they for the public? i will never set foot in a DG store againbf6a4b8
Retail Slave Mar 24, 2013 Seattle, Washington
So employees aren't allowed to buy from their own store? What planet are you from?0 0 Reply
RetailSucks Dec 10, 2012 Burlington, Kentucky
When an employee is off the clock they can buy whatever they want. They ARE the public. Just because they work there doesn't make them any less of a consumer than you. They paid full price for it.0 0 Reply
Heartless Nov 22, 2012
I work for a retail store and anyone doing that would be fired. They've even fired people for hiding items they wanted to buy later. It's first come first serve to people who do not work at the store. Another example is contest business run; employees are not allowed to enter and in most cases even direct family members are not allowed to participate. If a higher up in Dollar General found out this happened I'm sure they all would be fired.0 0 Reply
bad business › Joan Dec 09, 2012 Tacoma, Washington
I work retail if there's going to be an item(s) on sale as part of an ad, they are not supposed to display the product til the day the ad starts.0 0 Reply
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Mzansi Election 2014, the untold story
Udo W. Froese
After the May elections this year, new political party alliances will be formed. The goal is South Africa's complete political transformation with new alliances taking over. The following is an unscientific, however, strategic pattern analysis. Since 1999, former Transkei Bantustan military dictator, General Bantu Holomisa, has been preaching the formation of an opposition alliance to challenge the ruling ANC.
When the breakaway political party, the 'Congress of the People' (COPE) split into two after the fallout between COPE's leaders, Mosiuoa Terror Lekota and Mbazima Sam Shilowa, the new breakaway joined General Holomisa's United Democratic Movement (UDM).
Having been in good contact with the 'Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)' and the 'Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU)' from their onset, the former Transkei general stated shortly after the COPE breakaway had joined his UDM, "This is just the first manifestation of a black dominated coalition." Holomisa added in his Sunday Independent newspaper interview, "Our people (South African electorate) are bitter. That's why I say this election can be the beginning of real change in South Africa. It will come slowly. But it is coming."
Under South Africa's late former president Nelson Mandela and his ANC-led government, Holomisa served as a deputy minister of tourism. Soon he fell out with the ruling African National Congress (ANC). He then formed a new political party with former colonial-apartheid minister of defence, Roelf Meyer. Meyer had served to the end of the white apartheid era as minister of defence under his former colonial-apartheid president and one of the secret Boer brotherhood (Afrikaaner Broederbond, AB) senior members, FW de Klerk. But Meyer soon opted out of his UDM with Holomisa.
Is general Bantu Holomisa the dark horse in the forthcoming elections? When will a new alliance between his UDM and COPE-2, AMCU, possibly a breakaway from NUMSA, Agang SA and a host of political parties on the fringe, be formed? He talks of a "forced coalition".
Like Holomisa, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa's (NUMSA) secretary general, Irvine Jim, also hails from the Eastern Cape.
A host of small political parties on the fringe would join the new alliance Holomisa lobbies towards. He hopes to win 5 percent to 6 percent of the national vote.
Agang SA's Mamphela Ramphele has no hope at all to lead any political party, not to mention, becoming president of the country. She is just too erudite with no foot on the ground. She is accused of being unable to complete anything she touches.
As Ramphele shares the same donors with the Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, Helen Zille, she would serve her masters better in the Holomisa camp. Though the DA has similar plans for 2019, they differ. The fall-out between Ramphele and Zille seemed to be part of a strategy yet to unfold. The difference between Holomisa and Ramphele is quite obvious. Despite having been a former Bantustan military dictator, Holomisa remains hands-on and therefore relevant to local politics. He is respected in the Eastern Cape and has earned his stars. Unlike elitist Ramphele, boots-on-the-ground Holomisa is not just an airy-fairy token for the many well-heeled international Western interest groups.
In fact, Holomisa is by far the strongest and most credible of all political leaders in the opposition. All other opposition leaders are lightweight in comparison. If the ANC could rake him back into its fold, the thunder of a breakaway to the left from the ruling party by 2019 would be thwarted. The centre of the ANC would hold then. The DA would like to go it alone until 2019. It would continue with its strategic overt and covert efforts to weaken the ruling ANC. By its own admission, the DA plans to take over the Union Buildings in Pretoria. However, it seems that the DA has realised that it might not quite make it on its own. Therefore, the new DA strategy seems to attempt a coalition agreement with the ANC by 2019, after the ruling party has been severely undermined and weakened.
A long serving senior member of COSATU's central executive committee (CEC) and of the ANC leadership said, "The DA and its backers seem to work on a group of COSATU affiliates. Those include the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU), the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU), the Chemical Workers Union (CWU), and regional representations of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU), excluding its headquarters."
He explained his above-mentioned point; "The opposition Democratic Alliance would need to build a large enough power-base in preparation for a serious strategy of forming a coalition agreement with the ANC by 2019."
The role and the timing of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) seems to depend on its current leader's situation. The question mark over Julius Malema's political future and his leadership of the EFF would be addressed once the provisional sequestration order is finalised. Malema would see his political aspirations for a seat in Parliament evaporate, as being an unrehabilitated insolvent would prevent him from being a member of the National Assembly. Malema would just be dumped then, and Dali Mpofu might hope to quickly take over leadership of the EFF. However, he seems to lack credibility. Some 90 percent of the Marikana mineworkers hail from the Eastern Cape. Even the Sangoma, who addressed the crowds shortly before they clashed with the police, was from Pondoland in the Eastern Cape.
In the above context, it would seem that the timing could be right for the EFF to join the new coalition after the elections, Holomisa works hard for. New political parties would converge. They could vote in a block in Parliament with a new, now defunct 'Namibian-style Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA)' type of coalition. The new executive of the emerging political alliance possibly led by Holomisa would then show its hand. Would disgraced former COSATU general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi become the shadow economic minister? Would the likes of AMCU head, Joseph Matunjwa, NUMSA secretary general Irvine Jim, Agang SA leader Mamphela Ramphele and a possible new head of EFF, Dali Mpofu, be part of the new executive?
If that would be the case, could one assume that the AmaXhosa in the Eastern Cape are attempting to get back into national power? There could be power wrangling between Holomisa and Vavi for the top post, if the above pattern analysis is realised. Jim too could enter the new power struggle and Dali Mpofu could aim at finance. This would be the perfect storm.
All roads leading to those power political developments point to one of the country's strategists, former recalled president Thabo Mbeki. He was accused of being behind the breakaway formation of COPE after his defeat in Polokwane in December 2007. COPE consists mainly of Mbeki's followers. Allegedly, he was also seen with Bantu Holomisa, Mamphela Ramphele, Julius Malema, Mosiuoa Lekota and many others, who seem to share a common interest in destroying the ANC. Thabo Mbeki remains strategic — politically very active.
Currently, there seems to be a drive to cause a migration from the ANC, while creating a coalition of interest to the left of South Africa's ruling party. Definite emergent patterns are taking place. NUMSA's Jim announced the breakaway from the tripartite structure, forming a new, socialist political party.
The political manoeuvring seems centred around South Africa's platinum mining industry in its belt outside Rustenburg. It is currently one of the biggest revenue-earners for the country.
The South African rand currency value is weakened and wealth creation phased out. The strikers are used as cannon fodder, as their demands for a wage increase of ZAR12 500 seems too difficult to realise. It would give the owners of the platinum mining industry around Rustenburg a gap to close their mines down. The platinum deposits in the Limpopo province seem to be more attractive than those around Rustenburg. In other words, the strikes would suit the owners of the platinum industry.
If the above pattern analysis proves to be a reality by 2019, it could be described as a 'real power political scam' as it has indeed little to do with 'democracy'.
Udo W. Froese — is non-institutionalised, independent political and socio-economic columnist, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. — theotherafrika.wordpress.com


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Auto Update Causing Office 7 Program Not Responding
I have been having problems with simple functions in Excel, Word, PPT, (Office 2007 Enterprise) causing the applications to go into "Program Not Responding" mode. Some (such as attempting to bold a word or number) come back in a few minutes, others (such as 'save as - pdf') never come back.
Running a repair from the Office installation CD fixes these problems, until the next Update runs. For awhile, I was repairing Office daily. Now I've gone to doing updates manually every few weeks and then repairing Office.
I ran an update this morning and aftewards tried Office just to see if the problem of "Program Not Responding" had returned. It had - so - I ran repair again from the Office CD and it is gone.
Would love to get to the root of this problem and be able to have Auto Updates run and not have to keep running the repair.
2 Mar 2010 - I'm thinking my problem may really be VPN based. Today, rather than connect to VPN immediately (I'm in a home office connecting to the company network), I tried working with my Office apps, accessing the mapped drives and shared printer from my home system and everything worked fine. I then started VPN and things seem to be continuing to work fine.
I'd seen other comments about this issue having to do with accessing mapped/shared resources, so, I wonder if by starting VPN immediately, it has trouble with the connection to resources on my local network, whereas, if those have already been exercised before starting VPN it is happy?
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Windows® 7 Home Premium SP1 [x64]
Do you do regular Registry Cleanups & Disk Cleanups?
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Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) SP1
Are you positive that your copy of Office is legit or do you have the infamous "Office Enterprise Blue Edition"?
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I do run a registry cleaner on my home system (XP Pro w/Office 2002), but, haven't on my business laptop.
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I've heard another member of our team is having the same problem but haven't talked with her about it. Also, I've not bothered our systems experts since they are in the midst of some heavy client work.
Perhaps I should do a full removal of Office and reinstall rather than just repair?
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Could be a completely different cause, but for the last month I have been having similar problems where excel 2003 would go into 'not responding' mode whilst trying to do the simplest of things (e.g. changing text colour, format painer, bold, etc). It was driving me crazy & taking an age to update anything....
After lots of research on various forums, I first thought the problem was being caused by recent automatic updates - tried various suggested solutions but none worked.
Finally managed to solve my particular problem by simply changing my default printer settings (had recently bought a new wireless HP printer, supposedly Windows 7 compatible, & had set this as the default printer). Since doing this, my Office 2003 apps work just fine again.
Coincidence, or a problem with the printer software - I'm not techy enough to know the answer, but would be interested to find out whether anyone else has had similar issues with the same solution?
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Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized governments including President Barack Obama's administration for refusing to make the financial sector pay for the global financial crisis, and vowed to push for a financial transaction tax until it applies at least in Europe.
"It's not acceptable that especially those outside the euro region, who are time and again pushing us to take broad- based action to manage the debt crisis, are at the same time flatly refusing to impose a financial transactions tax," Merkel said at a labor union congress in the city of Karlsruhe yesterday. "I think this is not okay. We want, and we have to make, financial market participants contribute to the costs of crisis management."
Merkel said she will continue to push for a levy because "reasonable regulation" is needed for economic confidence to return. Trust in the reliability and competence of many financial market participants has been damaged, she said. Her comments were published by the government press office.
A European Commission proposal for a financial transactions tax, set to take effect in 2014 and raise about 57 billion euros ($79.1 billion) a year, would set minimum tax rates for financial transactions throughout the 27-nation the European Union, the commission said on Sept. 28. European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet has said a levy on financial transactions should be global.
G-20 Meeting
Leaders from the world's 20 biggest economies will meet in Cannes, France on Nov. 3-4 to discuss the tax and other topics. Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty before a preparatory meeting in Paris on Oct. 13 renewed his country's refusal to back a global transactions tax.
"We will talk intensively about financial market regulation," German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said yesterday, also before the Paris meeting. "We have to fight the causes of this crisis, and the main reasons of the crisis are a lack of financial market regulation and an abundance of government deficits and debt."
Obama and Merkel spoke yesterday about the "evolving financial situation in the euro zone," White House press secretary Jay Carney said. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner flew to Wroclaw, Poland, for an unprecedented 10-hour visit to warn against "catastrophic risks" from the bloc's debt crisis.
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Beer Down Under
So I'm going to Australia & New Zealand in a few weeks. A recent post asked where they can find Victoria Bitter in the U.S., so I assume it's decent. Are there any other beers that I should try? Anything I should avoid (assuming Foster's is the Budweiser of AUS I will refrain). Any breweries we should visit while we're there? Thanks.
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ditto, ditto and dittto to that. i turned myself on to it at the autrailian pub EIGHT MILE CREEK in nolita in manhattan during the world cup games. really tho coopers are all just ok, but vintage is so much better than the other coopers styles by far.
i kind of like tooheys too.
not that i've tried it all, but generally australian beers are like south american beers, not memorable at best. maybe they have a bigger craft tradition there than we know of? good luck & i cant wait to hear about it.
re: Jim Dorsch
the ales, lager, stout? all are rather bland imo. sparkling is if unique nothing much worth seeking out either. if you have your pick go for the vintage.
I was in Australia just over a year a go and two lagers I thoroughly enjoyed were Cascade and James Boag -
and yes Fosters is the budweiser down under - do not be surprised to be offered where ever you go - just politely decline and ask what they like to drink - everyone has their favorite beer - that is how I found these two lagers -
victoria - vb
new south wales - i liked toohey's. several to choose from. i recall tohhey's blue being very good. and crowne lager.
queensland - xxxx ("four x")
Coopers is a good bet. Years ago, there used to be a good "wit style" beer from Western Australia(?) Red Back. I haven't seen it stateside for many a year.
For places to find good beer in Australia check out Beer Advocate's Beerfly Guide.
Cooper's various brews, especially the Vintage Ale and Extra Stout are raved about on beer blogs I've seen. Some beer blogs also mention Little Creatures as being a very good Australian beer.
From the Sydney link above, the Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe serves a wide variety of top quality craft brews.
Absolutey any beer you try in NZed will be great! Try them ALL! (ok, maybe not all at once).
I'm serious. Every beer I tried was superb, each with its own qualities. They've never fallen into the global export trap that Castelmaine and Fosters fell into, so everything seems to have that fab craft-brewed appeal. And they are much more regional in NZed, similar to the craft brews in the US or the locals in the Netherlands.
Tui is probably the most commercial of the lot, but still great.
Enjoy the trip.
Aussie beer does taste much better down there, I don't think it travels well.
In addition to the beers mentioned above (I like VB and Fiji Bitter too,) I would also recommend Southwark Premium Lager if you can find it, and Carlton Cold. Used to drop a shot of Bundaberg Australian rum into a 1/2 pint of Carlton Cold and Chug it... delicious on a hot day.
Coopers if definatley a good recommendation for a good Australian beer... although this list could see the likes of the following:
Little creatures Pale ale + Rogers... both brewed in Fremantle Western Australia, a great brewery visit if you ever in perth)
Redback ( a larger brewed with wheat)
Cascade ( a tasmanian brew)
James Squire ( try their pilsner)
Hahn premium ( easy to drink larger)
Just stay right away from Fosters... how is that our biggest export beer???


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The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and several Central American Governments have decided waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is both a threat to and an opportunity for the region. A dictionary's worth of lengthily-be-acronymed groups convened for the ITU/United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) …
Two (sorry three, sorry four, five) main villains
Microsoft's ever upward processing power requirements encouraging users to dump otherwise viable computers. Desktop and laptop makers for selling machines with substandard components that fail prematurely (power supply fans, motherboard caps*). Cellphone networks for offering "free" phone upgrades. Phone, camera makers for specifying otherwise identical power cube and batteries that are incompatible between models, let alone between brands.
Small changes, practical in most of the above could save a vast amount of waste (as per EU ruling on phone chargers).
* This is particularly maddening given that forty year old hifi components still work perfectly.
Re: forty year old hifi components still work perfectly
I suspect the hi-fi components aren't running as hot, or for as long, as many PC and network components.
Re: Two (sorry three, sorry four, five) main villains
The minimum requirements for Vista, 7 and 8 are the same. But don't let the facts get in the way of your anti-MS rant.
@ Irongut Re: Two (sorry three, sorry four, five) main villains
The requirements for Vista, 7 and 8 may be identical (according to you, anyway) but they are significantly greater than that for XP which so many people still use for that and other reasons ( and for which Microsoft has withdrawn support).
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By the time you load up an Antivirus on XPsp3 and expect to be able to do anything else, you need 2Gb.
A machine equipped with this much ram will run Win7 faster than WinXP - mainly because MS had to optimise things a bit in order to fit it on netbooks. With the demise of netbooks, the bloatpath resumed in Win8.
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Win7 goes fine on a thinkpad T60 I set up for a relative, along with the MS security essentials. 1Gb ram and it is chugging away nicely with her Office & web. OK for a 2006 machine.
You can put Lubuntu (or even Antix) on an older machine and get more use out of it, especially if it is just sitting in a library or cafe or community centre running a Web browser. I guess that is down to admin issues & labour cost of installation.
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Given that the USA should be leading by example in that region, it's sad that they appear to be paying lip-service to the idea of recycling toxic electronic waste. It's easier to put all that crap on a ship to China and make it someone else's problem.
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Police said a Nashua resident on Sept. 21 reported someone took his personal information and had three credit cards issued in his name. Frost, who knew the man, was identified as a suspect, police said.
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- File this one under the sketchy column, but apparently Beyonce is intent on recording a "country" album.
"She is a big fan of country music and thought that would be an interesting and exciting way to go.
"She tested the waters at the American Music Awards last weekend and she is up for it."
And who is she reportedly going to for material? British singer/songwriter Amanda Ghost, who has a few hits under her belt, but what does she have to do with country music?
- Sony ATV Nashville made music publishing history this past award season by sweeping the country music publisher of the year award category from all three performing rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC) and becoming the first publishing company to accomplish that feat.
- Haven Healthcare Corporation, a nursing home company, declared bankruptcy amid a state inquiry into whether its CEO illegally used Medicaid funds to launch the Nashville-based record label, Category 5 Records. Artists recording for Category 5 Records include George Jones, Travis Tritt, and Sammy Kershaw. Poor Sammy just can't catch a break, can he?
- Garth Brooks is planning another concert, but this time it's for the benefit of the victims of the recent fires in California. The concert will take place at the Staples Center in LA on January 26. More details will be released in the next couple of days.
- Tim McGraw is launching his own fragrance next summer through Coty Inc., the largest fragrance company in the world.
"Creating my own fragrance is an exciting new endeavor for me," McGraw said. "Coty has a great creative and marketing team, one of the best in the industry, and I'm looking forward to working with them."
I wonder if Tim read the cheesy copy announcing the release of Shania Twain's perfume through the same company. If the creative team is so great, the first thing they'd do is call it something more manly than a "fragrance." Any suggestions?
- Rodney Atkins flew to Washington on November 16 to perform for the President and his wife, a few members of Congress, and a room of adopted children and their families in honor of National Adoption Month.
"It was funny, the first thing I said on stage was 'Howdy y'all.' Then I said, 'I can't believe I just said y'all in the White House, but I'm sure it's not the first time y'all has been said here.' President Bush said 'No, it's definitely not.' I just hope I represented respectfully country music and my family. It was a thrill I'll never forget. We even put the picture of President Bush with Elijah on the first page of my website. What an experience."
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Beyonce doing a country album could be interesting, in the same way Tina Turner's was back in the seventies. I'm a big fan of Tina's take on "You Ain't Woman Enough."
Taylor Swift announcing the Grammy nominees isn't a surprise. I think she's got a good shot at a Best New Artist nod. They've been nominating one country act just about every year lately.
If that Tim McGraw "fragrance" is for women, then that term seems fine, but if it's meant for us males, then cologne or aftershave seems more apropos.
RE: Beyonce – I just hope she doesn't import the melisma to country music. It will be interesting to hear how some of Music Row's finest will approach writing for her (or if she'll even approach them). It's always great when Country (or any genre) can be performed by and reach people of all different races. Music is universal and ought to be non-discriminatory.
you know, i used to work on a farm and every time i came in the house at night, my wife said i had my own fragrance. she called it 'horseshit'. she really should have been in marketing. we'd be rolling in diamonds the size of horse turds.
was it his "musk" that entranced a hillbilly woman to grab McGraw's crotch earlier this year? If so, there could be a million other names for it…
This is meant completely in jest, but I think I've got the slogan for this musk/cologne/aftershave/fragrance/scent…
"Smell Like You Live Like You Were Dying."
Or maybe they will go with "Refried Dreams."
The Beyonce thing is interesting. I think she is good, but I don't know how well this would come off. Maybe her father would bring in some Billy Joe Shaver songs, wouldn't that be interesting :)
Tim McGraw's Refried Dreams Man Musk
"Half Cherokee, Half Dead-Man Skydiving"
That's not too dark, is it??
Isn't it interesting that most of his songs could be distilled into a 30 second jingle :)
Good for Tim, I know I will buy it for my husband. Why shouldn't he go for it if he can.
I think is says something about his overall popularity and his marketing power that they would even think of using his name.
I know he sells and once again like every year his calendar is one of the best selling calendars of the year, the only country artist calendar I saw on the racks in WalMart this year. He sells lets face it and not just albums.
His face has been on display in Hallmarks stores with the greeting cards that plays his music. Its still there.
Once again he was the Top selling Male Country artist this year and the only Country Male in the Top Ten overall best selling artist in music in 2007.
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Sully's sold to AG New England
After 25 years in business, Sully's Superette will have a new owner.
John Denoncourt, grandson of the original founder of Sully's, confirmed that the store has been sold to wholesale supplier Associated Grocers of New England, and new ownership will take effect Dec. 29.
Denoncourt, who owns the store with his wife, Debbie, said the sale wasn't something they had planned.
"I wasn't out looking," Denoncourt said. "They came to me and made the offer."
The original Sully's opened in 1937 on South Main Street in Manchester, and expanded in 1987 with the opening of the Goffstown location.
The Manchester store eventually closed in order to focus attention and build on the success of the Goffstown store.
According to a statement issued by AG New England, the company supplies independent grocery stores and also owns and operates a number of stores through a subsidiary company, including Harvest Market in Bedford, Hollis and Wolfeboro, and Vista Foods in Laconia and Newport, Vt.
"Sully's has been an affiliated store customer of AG New England for several years and it is a logical transition for the family to pass the reins of the business to a company that is fully dedicated to the success of the independent retail grocers who are the owners of the cooperative," said Mike Bourgoine, president and CEO of AG New England.
In terms of operation, not much will change.
"We intend to continue operations under the Sully's name for the forseeable future," said Bourgoine. "We're extremely pleased to be acquiring this successful business."
Denoncourt said management will also remain the same, as well as current employees.
"They were able to keep all of the employees, which was a big thing for me," he said. "The only face you won't see is mine."
Denoncourt, who said he's worked in the business his grandparents built since he was 14, said he will miss his employees and customers the most.
"You develop a relationship with the customers," he said.
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We booked the Victoria Hop-On, Hop-Off Bus tour so we could take our time seeing the city. Victoria is absolutely gorgeous! Clean, pristine, and very welcoming! Our first stop was at Beacon Hill Park where they gardens are beautiful, the ducks and peacocks plentiful, but the highlight was the running of the goats from the petting zoo! At 10:10 every morning, they "run" the goats from their pens to the petting zoo area. Too much fun and too adorable! We lucked into it, but if your'e around, don't miss it! Next stop was Craigdorroch Castle, built by a coal baron for his family, but he died before it was finished. Absolutely amazing what money can build! We then stopped by the marina and had a wonderful lunch at Red Fish, Blue Fish. It's just a takeout place with a long line, but well worth the wait for the fish and chips! After that we walked around a bit and shopped a little at Roger's Chocolates (amazing) and bought our requisite magnet and Christmas ornament. After a fast-moving 5.5 hours, I wish we had more time to spend in this lovely city!
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My biggest complaint about Victoria is that we weren't there long enough! A beautiful city that I wish we had more time in!
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Unfortunately we had little time in Victoria so we took a bus tour of the town and surrounding area. And the tour didn't begin till 8:00 pm so it became too dark to see many of the sites. But the tour was enough to whet our appetite and make us want to return. Victoria seems like a charming and interfering city.
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This was the only cruise excursion we took, and it was very overpriced. We did it because we'd never been to Victoria and wanted a quick overview of the city, which we got from a friendly driver/tourguide, before exploring on our own. It had been raining earlier, so the people who had to sit outside in the back of the upstairs part of the bus were stuck with soaking-wet seats. Maybe in future the drivers could at least towel off seats? The inside part of the upstairs was immediately filled which left us sitting sideways downstairs -- not a great way to sightsee, and very conducive to locked necks. The lady next to us had doused herself in Giorgio perfume that morning; we got off as soon as possible, by which time I had a splitting headache, but thankfully a little fresh air cured that. Loved Victoria, even though it rained on and off all day. Had a great pub lunch at the Irish Times. Walked to the Emily Carr House. Took a million photos. This would be a wonderful place to retire!
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It wasn't exactly the most illustrious debut for Tim Robinson, playing the boyfriend of a man told, "No wonder you can't get it up."
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"We are excited to have such a distinguished physicist and researcher as Bob agree to join our laboratory," said Jefferson Lab Director Hugh Montgomery. "His expertise and knowledge will be a tremendous resource for the laboratory, especially as we prepare for the 12 GeV research program and other future scientific ventures."
In addition to serving as deputy director, McKeown also will become a Governor's Distinguished CEBAF Professor at The College of William and Mary. He will begin his duties at the laboratory on May 1.
McKeown's research interests have included studies of weak interactions in nuclei, neutrino oscillations, parity-violating electron scattering, and the electromagnetic structure of nuclei and nucleons. He first became interested in experimental nuclear physics while an undergraduate student at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, NY, where he received a B.S. in physics in 1974. He then continued his studies at Princeton University, where he received a Ph.D. in 1979.
After one year as a scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, McKeown took a position as assistant professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology. He became an associate professor in 1986 and a professor in 1992.
Over his career, McKeown's outstanding work has been recognized with many awards. He received a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator award in 1984, was the Alexander M. Cruickshank Lecturer at the 1999 Gordon Conference on Nuclear Physics, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He has served on the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, the Physical Review C editorial board, and on advisory committees for Brookhaven National Laboratory, Fermilab and Jefferson Lab, where he served as chair of the JLab Users Group Board of Directors in 1990-91.Most recently, he received the 2009 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics from the American Physical Society. The citation for the award recognized McKeown for "his pioneering work on studying nucleon structure using parity-violating electron scattering, in particular for the first measurement of the strange quark contribution to the electromagnetic structure of the proton." The Bonner Prize is presented annually in recognition of outstanding experimental research in nuclear physics


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"The winter-like conditions extended the season for a week longer than originally scheduled, and with the earlier-than-usual Thanksgiving weekend open, the season has been the longest in a decade," Breidel said.
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WASHINGTON — Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan would raise taxes on 84 percent of U.S. households, according to an independent analysis released Tuesday, contradicting claims by the Republican presidential candidate that most Americans would see a tax cut.
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Among those in the middle, households making between $40,000 and $50,000 would see their taxes increase by an average of $4,400, the report said. Those making between $50,000 and $75,000 would see their annual tax bill go up by an average of $4,326.
"It's very, very regressive compared to the current system, and that's largely because we're exempting capital gains, and we're taxing your spending with the sales tax," Williams said. "People at the top end don't spend all their money and they get a lot of capital gains, so they are doing pretty well here."
Cain disputed the analysis Tuesday evening during GOP presidential debate in Las Vegas, where the other Republican candidates heaped on criticism. Cain has acknowledged that taxes would increase for some but says taxes would decrease for most.
"It does not raise taxes on those that are making the least," Cain said. "All of those are simply not true."
"The reason that our plan is being attacked so much is because lobbyists, accountants, politicians, they don't want to throw out the current tax code and put in something that's simple and fair," Cain said. "They want to continue to be able to manipulate the American people with a 10 million-word mess."
Cain's plan would scrap current taxes on income, payroll, capital gains and corporate profits. He would replace them with a 9 percent tax on income, a 9 percent business tax and a 9 percent national sales tax.
Cain's campaign has gained momentum largely in response to his tax plan, which is popular in part because of its simplicity. Several polls have the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza at or near the top of the Republican field, vying with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
President Barack Obama told ABC News that Cain's tax plan would impose a "huge burden" on middle-class and working families. The president said Cain's plan would make sure the wealthiest pay less — and replace the revenue with a sales tax hitting the less well-off.
Romney criticized the plan in a conference call with reporters Tuesday.
"I believe that you're going to find with the 9-9-9 plan Herman Cain has put out that the burden shifts more to the middle class, and I think that's the wrong direction to go," Romney said. "A decision to completely jettison our current tax system for a new system always has some merit, but then you need to get into it, to figure out who's this going to help and who's this going to hurt."
Cain's rise in the polls has brought increased scrutiny, and his tax plan has taken hits from across the political spectrum. Some don't like shifting the tax burden from the wealthy to the poor and middle class; others don't like the new national sales tax.
"Anytime you give the Congress a brand-new tax, it doesn't go away," said Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. "If we give Congress a 9 percent sales tax, how long will it take a liberal president and a liberal Congress to run that up to maybe 90 percent?"
William McBride, an economist at the conservative Tax Foundation, said Cain's plan to move away from taxing savings and investment "would be a very good thing for growth in the long run."
But, McBride said, the national sales tax would be a nightmare to administer because so many state and local governments already have sales taxes, and the bases are different.
In most states, food and medicine are excluded from sales tax. Cain has said his sales tax would be applied to all new goods — only used goods would be exempt.
"It's not as simple as having all these jurisdictions simply tack on 9 percent and send it to the federal government," McBride said in an interview.
Cain has said his plan would initially raise as much money as the current tax system but do it more efficiently, leading to economic growth, which would produce higher tax revenues. The Tax Policy Center analysis agreed that the plan would initially raise about the same amount of money as current tax policy, about $2.55 trillion in 2013.
The Tax Policy Center compared taxes on U.S. households under current tax policy, with those imposed under the Cain plan. In using current tax policy, the analysis assumes that tax cuts enacted under former President George W. Bush — and extended through 2012 by Obama — would be extended.
The center did a separate analysis that assumed all the Bush-era tax cuts would expire at the end of 2012. Under that scenario, Cain's plan would still impose higher taxes on 77 percent of U.S. households, the report said.
The Tax Policy Center is a research group formed by two Washington think tanks: the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution. Researchers at the center regularly testify before Congress on tax policy. The center's analyses during the 2008 presidential campaign were widely circulated.
The center said researchers tried to consult with Cain's advisers to make sure they were interpreting the plan correctly, but they had not heard back.
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I saw a study a few days ago, promoted by the main stream media of course, that said Cain's proposal would take in a lot less revenue than is taken in now....but this study shows 84 percent will be paying more...how can that be? Both were "independent" studies of course!!
Typical teabagger response. If you don't like the reality, change it. Pizza delivery boy's 666 plan is regressive, redistributing the revenue source down the income scale. Let's do the math: Total revenue goes down, since the wealthy will pay less, and, since the middle and lower income taxpayers earn less, they will contribute less toward the total revenues, but each will pay more on an individual basis. Maybe the 99% are really the 84%?
Ok...let's do some math....a person making 50K and paying 9% is paying 4500 in taxes while a person making 500K and paying 9% is paying 45,000 in taxes....so enlighten me, who is paying more? Is that math too heavy for ya? In addition, if I am paying a sales tax I have SOME control over whether I pay tax or not....Just don't spend the money.
patriot1..."Just don't spend the money" eh...doesn't sound like that will help stimulate the economy. I'm a conservative but Cain's 9-9-9 plan is ridiculous. Lets get rid of all federal income tax and just have a federal business and small sales tax. Cut all the BS spending in Washington and we should have more than enough to fund it.
Patriot - Our taxes need to be simplified in the worst way, but I don't believe Cain's plan is a good one. To answer your question in your first post, the Cain plan could mathematically raise taxes on 84% of Americans and still generate overall less revenue. If the top 5% of earners pay over 50% of all taxes and their tax burden is cut by 50% as this study suggests, it could lower overall revenue.
Well, we know taxes would go up for 50%. The bottom don't pay any at all now. I can't say anything about the rest without having looked at the study other than to say this. I make less than 100k...not rich...and would gladly trade my current tax rate for flat 9% and increase in sales tax. Another thing people don't understand is the fact that all other taxes are being abolished. Gas tax, tobacco tax, you name it tax. So though there's an additional tax added by the 999, there is a good possibility it will even itself out. Again, I need to do the research, so personal attacks for my comments not necessary, but don't jump on a bandwagon because a "study" says so. Do your own research
Gator..Jones, I agree with your comments..with respect to "stimulating the economy" we've had enough of that already with all these Keynesian economists...let market forces stimulate the economy. We need a lot more Adam Smith and a lot less John Keynes...we found this out in the depression but had to "relearn" it again.


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..."The numbers indicate that people are being deported for minor violations, if anything at all," UM, call me crazy but maybe it's because they have not come here LEGALLY?
..."employers are going to be wary of ICE, that they are going to be coming after them" Not every business wants to hire illegal immigrants and not every business is in fear of ICE. There are MANY companies that want ONLY legal workers but they are losing ground to the greedy businesses that hire illegal workers in the name of big profit. How about we the American people just stop doing business of any kind with companies that hire illegals? Let the companies go belly up. No jobs for the illegal immigrants and the greedy business owners that hire them can go through the unemployment experience while LEGAL workers get jobs back and are able to afford housing and education. Right now America can deport great numbers of illegals, but they will keep crossing back over our borders as long as a job is waiting for them. Marilyn Stefanisko, President Employ Right - America Certified Workforce www.employright.us>


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We're slowly beginning to learn more about House of Food, MTV's forthcoming reality show that "sends a group of aspiring young chefs to a house in Los Angeles" and makes them go to culinary school. For now it seems like the educational component may be modeled on a Road Rulesstyle curriculum more than anything found at Johnson & Wales, but time will tell. The Television Critics Association press tour made a pit stop to MTV docudramaville today, and between the Wrap's panel recap and the network's landing page for the show, we at least have the first few clues about what may be lurking inside House of Food.
1. The show is rooted in the idea that teenagers are no strangers to food culture, which is apparently identical to the culture of fame.
"This demographic grew up with celebrity chefs," executive producer Mike Duffy said today, during the panel. "The fact that people get famous for cooking is part of the appeal."
2. So House of Food is like Top Chef meets Real World
So get ready to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting roulade.
3. As such, the show puts eight strangers in a house and makes them cook.
They are, at least, getting some adult supervision from three L.A.-based chefs: The self-taught Brooke Williamson of Hudson House and the Tripel, who herself appeared on Top Chef; Casey Lane of the Tasting Kitchen; and Brendan Collins of Waterloo & City and Larry's.
4. Like all reality-TV outcomes, there's only one winner.
The young chef who wins gets you may have guessed by now the "apprenticeship of a lifetime" at an as-yet-unnamed restaurant in Los Angeles. That means that if House of Food takes off, you can expect a new category of celebrity-chefs-in-training to emerge, culinary superstars who fall somewhere on the spectrum between the pint-sized rookies of MasterChef Junior and Top Chef's ubiquitous spokespersonalities.
5. This is all a prelude to more food programming on MTV.
They socialize it," executive producer Jenny Daly said, explaining why the content will work. "Its some kind of a passion for them that they, too, can aspire to be, and its a profession that has become a creative outlet, Snackdown, a competition show brought to you by Rob Dyrdek and Baohaus chef Eddie Huang, is also on its way. Expect Chrissy Teigen to make an appearance.
6. Don't worry, you'll probably like it even if you've never picked up a spatula.
The proficiencies these contestants learn are accessible to those watching," says Duffy.
MTV's House of Food premieres March 31 at 10 p.m.
MTV Is Banking on Youth Foodie Culture for House of Food [The Wrap]
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Manchester Detective Tim Patterson photographs the scene of a reported shooting at 145 Orange St. in Manchester on Friday morning. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
Detective Sgt. Joseph Mucci said Terrence Jackson has been on a breathing tube since undergoing surgery following the shooting, and that has prevented police from interviewing him about the attack.
"Not only is he a victim, but he's a witness in this case," Mucci said. "He can tell us who in fact did this to him, if in fact he does know, or give us a better description on who the suspect is."
Jackson was shot shortly before 6:30 a.m. Friday at 145 Orange St. and managed to stumble outside before he collapsed, bleeding, according to witnesses.
One upstairs neighbor said she heard the sounds of men arguing on Wednesday, and it sounded like someone was threatening Jackson.
Mucci said criminal activity has increased in that area of the city. He noted it's just a few blocks from the scene of a May 18 homicide that remains unsolved.
"It is a tough neighborhood," Mucci said.
And while police have increased their presence in the area, Mucci said they need the public's help. "Neighbors need to be vigilant and call us when they see anything they feel is suspicious," he said.
Mucci said he can't comment on whether drugs may have been a factor in what happened on Friday because the investigation remains ongoing.
Manchester has changed, Mucci said.
"It's not a small town anymore," he said. "It's the largest city north of Boston. We have big-city crime now."
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-- The Rock's Journey 2: The Mysterious Island made $27.6 million at the box office over the weekend, which was good enough for third place. While the film looked as if it would end up if the #4 spot, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island was able to pass Star Wars: The Episode One - Phantom Menace 3D, which made $23 million. So far, the film has made $102.3 million worldwide. Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., had the following to say about the film's success… "For us to win that family battle this weekend was a tremendous coup for the film."
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Fresh off a PPV victory at "Against All Odds," current TNA World Television Champion Robbie E. will appear at "Battle of the Belts" for NWA Ring Warriors on March 29th at the Fort Lauderdale National Guard Armory, 400 State Road 84.
Although his opponent has not yet been announced, despite the theme of the show and the fact he currently holds a major belt, E. will be participating in a non-title match.
Robbie E. joins an all-star lineup that includes:
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