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For about 10 days, Antoine Poythress spent time gathering information and having discussions about what future opportunities might be there for his son, Kentucky freshman Alex Poythress.
"We were trying to figure out the best decision and wanted to take our time," said Antoine Poythress. "I was gathering information from various sources and trying to cross reference it. There is not a lot of concrete information out there. It's not like you are making a decision based on solid information because what you are told could change."
Alex Poythress was being projected as a first-round NBA draft pick by some, and evaluated as going much lower — if at all — by others. He started 30 games and was Kentucky's second-leading scorer (11.4 points per game) and rebounder (6.2) last season. The 6-7 forward, who made the Southeastern Conference all-freshman team, often was criticized by Calipari for his lack of focus.
Finally, Alex Poythress decided it was best for him to stay at UK and not put his name into the draft, a decision his father fully supported.
"We kept being told everything was predicated on (pre-draft) workouts or how he would progress if he came back to Kentucky," Antoine Poythress said. "I tried to gather as much information as I could, but it was a lot for him to absorb. When we discussed going through the process, we decided we had to evaluate everything and then say, 'Here are the options and what best meets your needs.' I left the decision with him but I told him he had to be 100 percent sure whatever he decided was what he wanted to do. There would be no looking back in 30 days."
That's why when UK announced Monday that freshman Archie Goodwin was entering the draft but both Kyle Wiltjer and Willie Cauley-Stein were staying for another year, there was no mention of Poythress' future which led to even more fan and media speculation.
"He was just not 100 percent sure and needed to evaluate a few more things then," Antoine Poythress said. "I wanted him to be 100 percent sure about his decision."
Poythress' father gathered the information so his son would not be involved with "external people" and unduly influenced.
"A lot of people have a vested interest in what they say and I did not know how much clean information we would get that was not twisted," Antoine Poythress said. "I offered my advice and insight to Alex off what I knew, but he knew it was his decision. I told him, 'You have got to make a decision that will change your life, so I cannot make that decision for you. In the end, you've got to make it work. If you go (to the NBA), you've got to have great workouts. If you stay (at UK), you have got to work to address the changes in areas they say you are weak in.' He accepted all that."
The UK freshman had to rely on his "gut and heart" to make a life-changing choice on his own.
"I love him, root for him but I cannot put the ball in the basket for him or do the work for him," Poythress' father said. "He is the one who has to work and perform. That's why I just tried to give him information to make his decision. The NCAA hamstrings athletes by making them make this decision so quickly. It was gut-wrenching. It's life-altering and you have little time to decide."
Antoine Poythress got conflicting information on his son's draft status. He was told "he is not ready, but he is still very draftable" by one NBA source. Some told him his son was not ready to go into the draft while others said he might go in the 12 to 20 range of the first round.
"He was not going to be top 10 (in the draft), but I kept getting information from enough people that he had this skill level and with improvement could move up to the middle of the draft or even higher," Antoine Poythress said. "But nothing is concrete. Nothing is set. There is no 100 percent information.
"I do know he has a lot to his game he has not shown yet. He's capable of much more than he's shown, a lot more. There is a lot more skill to be tapped into."
Alex Poythress also wants to return to win a national championship much like Patrick Patterson did four years ago when he came back after a NIT season and UK reached the Elite Eight or Terrence Jones two years ago when UK did win the title.
"From his standpoint, he did not like the way the season ended," Antoine Poythress said. "He would like to come back and win a national title and thinks they can do that with the players they will have. That definitely did factor into his decision. Losing this year did not set well with him. It's not a foregone conclusion they will go 40-0 next year and win the national title. They will have seven or eight freshmen and three or four upperclassmen. It's a matter of how they blend and mix."
Kentucky never had the right "blend and mix" this season and ended up in the NIT. Antoine Poythress says a few more wins could have changed the perception of his son's ability and the team's standing.
"If they win two or three more games, get to the NCAA and win a game or two, the whole perspective of this year is different. It drives me crazy to think how a bounce or two of the ball can impact so much," Antoine Poythress said. "But that's the way it went and now Alex is set to come back, work to get better, have a great year and help Kentucky win the national title."


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Vern I also have a Tashkent I bought from Raintree this spring and it has the same problem . It's on a couple leaves . It also has FMV. It looks like rust but I'm not positive.It does not seem to be spreading. On one of the new shoots on mine the the stem and leaves are deformed . I did move it away from my other figs.I am going to spray it with a fungicide. Bill. |
Bill, I went out and looked at my TashKent again. All my leaves have this rust stuff on them. It has not hurt the growth of this tree. It has grown like a house-a-fire. I even did a Herman on it and pinched off the top bud, hoping it would spread out. I am going to the Farmer's Coop today. I will take a leaf with me and see if they know of something to cure it. Something of interest I found out the other day. We have had lots of rain here and the grass and weeds have about taken over. I told a friend of mine that I went to Lowes the other day and bought some Roundup to kill some of the weeds. He told me that you can buy generic Roundup for about a fourth the price of Roundup at the Farmer's Coop. He said he compared the labels and they had the same ingredients in them. After the rain stops I am going to returen my Roundup at Lowes and head for the Farmer's Coop. Vern |
James, I took one of the leaves to the Farmer's Coop yesterday. He verified that it is leaf rust. I bought some stuff to spray on the trees that he recommended. Now it needs to stop raining so I can spray the trees. Vern |
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No. According to UC Davis, sulfur only protects healthy tissue from becoming infected. Copper sulfate (Bordeaux) helps control diseases. As an aside, copper sulfate spray and a Bordeuax mixture should not be used interchangeably. Bordeaux mixtures contain hydrated lime which, among other things, helps it adhere to the leaves/trees better as well as more effective. A copper sulfate spray will be less toxic to the plant and will reduce the chance of burning the leaves (especially the younger leaves). Generally, during the spring and summer months you will want to use a copper spray. You may need more frequent applications. During the fall and winter periods, a Bordeaux spray will linger longer on the tree. With any of them, it is important to get complete coverage to be effective. If you use any other fungicides, pesticides or fertilizer, you should check the compatibility between the products you are using. Also, take the appropriate protection for yourself. Sulfur is a skin irritant. Bordeaux mixture is somewhat corrosive (probably so is the copper to a lesser degree). ~james |
Thanks for the info. I have a Kadota fig from Home Depot that is about 4-5 years old. I'm not sure but it seems to be too short (4-5ft) and slim (2-3 ft wide) for its age. Anyway every year its leaves start out beautiful green then get yellow to brown to black and then drop. It does produce some figs however. It appears to be rust based on the pictures that I've seen here. I never do anything more than water this tree but I decided to try something next year to try to prevent or cure the rust. |
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On my larger potted trees I have nipped off the leafs that showed the signs of rust, they seem come back even better. Once, the rust was bad enough where I removed all of the leaves on the tree and they came back even better w/o even using bordeux or the 3 in combo Neem oil fungicide. |
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Hi All,
Things have been moved around a little on our website.
- The side menu and log on bars have moved up to the top menu bar.
- The 'VEX Worldwide' options have increased
- A Curriculum tab has been added.
- The 'Start Here' tab has links to the four formats that are available to you.
- A 'VEX IQ' category has been added to the Web store to help you find the VEX IQ parts.
We hope you find the website a little tidier. We are working on improving things for you.
Chris Hamling
Hi all,
We are reasonably confident that we will have between 75 and 100 students coming to New Zealand to hold their 3rd International Youth Robot Education Olympiad at Massey University Gym, Albany on the 2nd of December. They will be from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Canada.
Do you want to compete?
There are 10 games
- #1 – Robot Race
- #2 – Robot Dance
- #3 – Robot Ball
- #4 – Robot Soccer
- #5 – One on one
- #6 – Thematic – how many tables
- #7 – Robot Creative Challenge -I still have no idea of how many tables to provide for this
- #8 – Robot Rocket
- #9 – Satellite Robot
The rules (translated from Chinese) can be downloaded from http://www.vexrobotics.co.nz/starthere/Rules.pdf they need a bit of interpretation but it seems as if it will be a blast.
Times and details will be posted as soon as they are available. Just reserve the 2nd at the Massey gym!
We have added a VEX IQ Highrise game in order to show them the game.
This competition is open to anyone you do not have to be a VEX team just email me by the 21st Nov letting me know what you want to have a go at and I will add you to the list. Where you see lego you can also use VEX IQ!
Should be fun
Chris Hamling
Hi all,
Just so you are aware we have changed the way the web store operates to make things a bit clearer for everyone.
1/ The current stock for every product is now shown so you will be able to see if what you want is in stock.
2/ You will not be able to order parts that are out of stock so there will be no back orders and you will be able to decide on an alternative there and then when you order. There may be the odd instance where the web store shows an incorrect stock level but these should be few and far between.
3/ You will be able to set the store to notify you by email when the parts come into stock so you can order them then.
4/ We will attempt to keep most things in stock and update stock at the end of each calendar month. This obviously depends upon VEX in the USA having them in stock.
5/ If you are after a large quantity of a particular part (say greater than 5) and they are not in stock, then please email me and I can add your requirement to my next order. High value items such as classroom kits are only stocked in small quantities 2 or 3 for obvious reasons.
6/ Orders will normally be posted on a Tuesday and Thursday to avoid us having to go to the Post Office every day. You will need to have your order in by 12:00 on Tuesday or Thursday in order to give us enough time to process them. Please understand that we would love to send your parts to you the same day you order them but that is diverting too much time from other things.
Please let me know if you find any issues with how this works when you use it.
Chris Hamling
If anyone would like to help out on the VEX IQ stand at Big Boys toys I would be very grateful.
This year we have a very simple stand that will focus on VEX IQ. I am looking for help with 6 shifts with one person per shift.
- #1 Friday morning
- #2 Friday afternoon
- #3 Saturday morning
- #4 Saturday afternoon
- #5 Sunday Morning
- #6 Sunday afternoon
If you help out with a shift then you will get a free pass for the other half of the day.
The stand is shown below. We will have VEX IQ models on display along with the Current Highrise VEX IQ Game. We will also be selling VEX IQ kits.
Please email me if you can help out.
Chris Hamling
Book mark the date and city!
The first New Zealand VEX IQ nationals will be held in Palmerston North on the 13th of December 2014.
Watch this blog for exact details and location which should be sent out in a couple of days.
This will be a heap of fun and, as it is our first ever, teams will be learning as they go.
See you there!
Chris Hamling
Just a reminder to you all that we have a scriummage scheduled for this Sunday starting 9:30 with competition to be over by no later than 12:30 (based on last time - this is an estimate). As for some of you there is a bit of travel involved please let me know if you would like to remain longer to make use of the field or just hang out with others doing Robot stuff. I am keen to make the most of these get-togethers so if there is anything in particular you would like cover or so then let me know.
As with last time, I propose a round-robbin to be super-fair, though am quite happy to do something less formal with fewer rounds if that is what people want.
At this stage we will be located close to where we were last time (Electronics room) though with refurbishments happenning this may change - I'll let you know.
James Low (Bay of Plenty Robotics Coordinator)
Robot Mesh are excited to share the beta 3 of their python programming environment for the VEX IQ and VEX EDR (Cortex). Share your thoughts on their forum.
Beta 3 brings faster (delta) downloads, VEXnet Competition Switch template support and the Python math module
They plan to release a standalone version soon for occasions where internet access isn't always available (e.g. VEX Robotics Competition venues).
Chris Hamling
There may be an issue with the latest version of the software for the v2.0 keys.
Please do NOT upgrade your keys until we have more info.
Chris Hamling
VEX Battery Extension CableThis 12" battery extension cable allows for greater flexibility in robot design. Now you can design a battery compartment into your robot regardless of where the microcontroller is mounted.
Designed for either of the VEX 7.2V Robot Batteries
Mounting plate makes a permanent battery fixture easy.
Robomatter, a REC Foundation partner, is offering a unique opportunity for VEX IQ Challenge teams to secure FREE ROBOTC programming software and a Robot Virtual Game License with research study and online course participation.
In addition, Robomatter invites teams to register today for a FREE Online Introduction to Programming Certification Course. The course begins October 14th!
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Don't forget that the VEXnet Key 2.0 Trade-In Program is still being accepted through the end of the year (12/31/2014).
To upgrade simply order yor keys 276-3245U from the Kiwibots web store and we will get in touch with you and work out the least painful way of upgrading your v1.0 keys.
Chris Hamling
VEXnet 2.0 users -
An important firmware update is now available for VEXnet devices and the VEXnet Key 2.0.
VEXnet Key 2.0 Firmware Version 1.46 features:
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VEXnet Master Code Version 4.23 features:
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Hi All,
It may be possible to have all New Zealand teams at the Nationals and if we do, we would have to run two divisions.
I would like your feedback on how we should split up the teams if this happens.
Ideas are:-
1/ Simply by team number ie
- 1a – Division A
- 1b – Division B
- 2 – Division A
- 3 – Division B
- Etc
At the end there would be a playoff between the Division Champs of Division A and Division B to find our National Champions who would qualify to go to the Worlds.
Excellence would be open as a path to qualify for the World Championships to either Division as would the Design Award, Robot Skills and Programming skills.
Things to consider:
- Weaker teams are mixed in with stronger teams possibly pulling the stronger teams down.
- Stronger teams would have to be able to rise to the top in spite of weak alliance partners to win. This is what you will have to do in the World Champs.
- Weaker teams get hammered by the stronger teams and they feel they have no chance of winning.
2/ Using the ladder system ie
- Top 50% of teams from each region go into the Premier Division. Teams in this division will compete to qualify for the World Championships.
- Lower 50% go into the Plate Division
- Both divisions are run as separate events
- The 'grey area' of teams in the middle will have some adjustments made based upon Robot Skills rankings and Programming Skills rankings
- The intention is to make the Nationals fun for everybody and all inclusive.
- Why is in what division would only de decided once we had final confirmations of which teams were coming to the nationals so that the divisions would be roughly the same size.
At the end the winners of the premier division qualify for the World Champs and the winners of the plate divisions get bragging rights and winner status. Excellence would be open as a path to qualify for the World Championships to either Division as would the Design Award, Robot Skills and Programming skills.
Things to consider
- Separating teams this way means that rookie teams still have a chance of winning something
- Stronger teams have a stiffer competition to rise to the top
- Stronger teams loose the experience of having to work with weak alliance partners
- Each region will have 50% in Premier and 50% in Plate
- We acknowledge that Plate teams in one region would be better than Premier teams from another but we need to ensure there is a fair representation from all regions. Robot Skills and Programming skills would be used to help sort this out as much as possible.
3/ Random selection
Toss a coin and that is your division J. Somehow I do not think this is a serious suggestion so I will not detail how it would work apart from saying that it would be like #1
4/ Keep schools teams together in divisions and have balanced numbers in divisions
Possible but that could cause serious issues if we want to ensure that our strongest teams with the best chance of winning the World Championships actually qualify. It would work like #1
In all cases the pits would be numerical in order to keep schools together.
Please let me have your thoughts on this and any other ideas on this that you may have.
This is not a debate on the ladder system, that is something we will be having later when we review the season.
Would you object if we opened up the Nationals to every team in New Zealand if we can?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts
Chris Hamling
Sorry for the mass email but people are on holiday so I hope to catch someone.
Please could the following confirm that they will be at the Glenfield scrimmage by the end of today (Friday the 3rd Oct) to avoid loosing their slot at the Glenfield Scrimmage on the 11th.
- 5592 - Albany Senior High School
- 8595a - Botany Downs Secondary College
- 8595b - Botany Downs Secondary College
- 2921a - Free Range Robotics
- 2921b - Free Range Robotics
Chris Hamling
Interested in a holiday course in palmerston North?
Tuesday and Wednesday 7-8 October 2014
9 am - 3 pm ~ $150 for two day programme Optional 5 pm finish
St Peter's College ~ Holdsworth Avenue ~ Palmerston North
G5 Computer Room
Open to school aged children from year 5-9 (age 9 -13)
Spaces limited
Morning and afternoon tea provided
Register and pay to St Peter's College 030726 0399137 00 reference student name, VEX by
Thursday 2 October 2014
Topics: Build a VEX IQ Robot
Compete with the robot in HighRise tournament VEX IQ Challenge.
Program your robot
Write instructions for your robot to follow.
Test your program on the VEX IQ robot and/or in Robot Virtual World
More information contact:
Stephan van Haren
HOD Digital Technology and TIC Robotics
Please email following details to Stephan Van Haren:
Student Name:
Parent name and contact details:
Attending 9am-3pm or 9am-5pm
These courses are designed to introduce students to robotics.
In each one day course students will build a robot from a kit and drive it in a competition called Tic Tac Topple. The robots will be either VEX IQ or VEX Protobots.. If students have attended before we will provide them with some extra challenges to enhance their learning and enjoyment.
We will run the course on Monday 6 October 2014
9.30AM to 3.30PM
Students should be in Year 6 or older at school.
Payment to _12-3072-0723500-00 ref: students name, robotics
Places are only guaranteed on receipt of full payment and are on a first in basis.
Registration for this course closes 26 September or sooner if course is full.
For more information phone David Aston 021 254 6014
Lunch is provided
Venue Glenfield College Room 75
Courses are limited to 20 students
Cost is $45 per student
Hi All,
Getting to the 2015 World Championships is taking shape and looking rather cool!
I am talking with Qantas and Hawaiian Air to find the best solution for NZ teams.
So far I have
Auckland - Sydney - Dallas - Louisville ...... Louisville - Dallas - Sydney - Auckland
This would be a dash there and back enjoying what Louisville has to offer (more on that later)
Hawaiian Air
Auckland - Hawaii (stay in Hawaii 3 days) - Atlanta - Louisville ... Louisville - Atlanta - Hawaii (stay overnight) - Auckland
This looks like it will work out to be a fantastic trip as well as a competition. Shorter flight time, Break in the middle of trip.
Both solutions would have us back in Auckland on Tuesday the 21st of April so you should only miss two days of school. yay!
So please keep your travel options open until I have more details for you.
Chris Hamling
Hi all,
I thought that it would be a good idea to get this reminder out before the school holidays arrive.
The following schools have spots reserved for the scrimmage at Glenfield college on the 11th of October.
2927a | Albany Junior High School | |
6786a | Kaipra College | |
7757e | Pasadena Intermediate | |
7757n | Pasadena Intermediate | |
2931a | Pinehurst School | |
2931b | Pinehurst School | |
2931c | Pinehurst School | |
2931d | Pinehurst School | |
2931e | Pinehurst School | |
2907a | Rosmini College | |
2929a | Westlake Boys High School | |
2929b | Westlake Boys High School | |
2909a | ACG Parnell College | |
2909b | ACG Parnell College | |
7682 | ACG Strathallan | |
7682E | ACG Strathallan | |
5592 | Albany Senior High School | |
7031a | Baradene College | |
8595a | Botany Downs Secondary College | |
8595b | Botany Downs Secondary College | |
5606a | Feilding High School | |
5606b | Feilding High School | |
2921a | Free Range Robotics | |
2921b | Free Range Robotics | |
2918a | Glenfield College | |
2918b | Glenfield College | |
2918c | Glenfield College | |
2918d | Glenfield College | |
2918e | Glenfield College | |
5672a | Katikati College | |
8674a | Manurewa high School | |
8674b | Manurewa high School | |
8674c | Manurewa high School | |
8674d | Manurewa high School | |
5821a | Otara Clubhouse | |
2950a | St Cuthbert's College | |
2968a | Rangitikei College | |
2968b | Rangitikei College |
See you soon.
Chris Hamling
Built Using a Super Kit
Only have a VEX IQ Starter or Super Kit? You're in luck - these fun robots can be built using the 850+ parts found in any of the VEX IQ Starter or Super Kits! They're even designed to be controlled using the built-in Driver Control program; no code needed!
Hi all,
Glenfield College will be hosting a friendly scrimmage this Saturday 20th September, Glenfield College Cafeteria. Does not count towards the ladder.
They are holding it in the cafeteria/my room as it being election day we couldn't use the hall.
See you there
David Aston


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Marriage laws at their core exist to tie men to responsibility to their children.
A gay person cannot be put in this position. He/she cannot abandon his/her offspring that were naturally created with a same sex partner.
Marriage is about responsibility, not privilege. Each party has a duty to the other.
Traditionally the man had the responsibility to provide and protect and women had to be faithful and nurture. The laws were designed to support the natural order.
Homosexual relations cannot be part of this natural order because they do not give life and do not need protection the same way that life giving relations do.
What idiotic gay twirl!<quoted text>
Odd isn't it that a significant number of fathers beat, kill or leave their offspring.
And they don't care if they leave the marriage.
Given that doesn't it make your ignorant blanket statement as dumb as claiming Florida oranges are in the animal kingdom?
"A SIGNIFICANT number of fathers beat, kill or leave"?
What would that have to do with the facts I stated? You have no answer so you make a ad homoan attack with a twist of lie?
Please, be specific, how does your claim related to any specific point I made.
As to yours, speaking of oranges in the animal kingdom, FAR less fathers beat, kill or leave their children than do non-biological substitutes. Ever hear of the Cinderella Effect?
Furthermore, those behaviors are in conflict with every single aspect of fatherhood and masculinity. A severe disqualification.
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Dropbox Head Responds To Snowden Claims About Privacy
Our stuff is encrypted!!!! (176 comments)
With the keys we readily hand over when warranted.... o_O
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Our stuff is encrypted!!!! (176 comments)
With the keys we readily hand over when warranted.... o_O
Clearly the cloud is nebulous! (409 comments)
Surely you should switch to the cloud, because the cloud is nebulous! In the cloud there are no servers!
Oh, wait, umm, yeah, uhh, in the cloud all your stuff runs on servers.
Yeah, some companies call a XEN virtual machine on a box with 15 other virtual machines a "cloud" server.
Umm, does your "cloud" support online migration from one server to another server?
Does your cloud provide deterministic performance? Oh, wait, what's that you say?
Let's be clear what this actually is, NOT OpenSSL (379 comments)
This is NOT OpenSSL they are working on, this is a private fork of OpenSSL that is intended for OpenBSD only.
They are taking big hatchets to interoperability code to simplify it, with the sole intent of targeting it at OpenBSD.
This is the walled garden approach to improving the software, only OpenBSD will have the *new* OpenSSL and it will be a non-compatible fork of the old OpenSSL.
I understand their personal motivations, but everyone has to understand that this does not make the OpenSSL ecosystem safer, it only makes the OpenBSD specific port of OpenSSL safer. The rest of the world will still be subject to any vulnerabilities and shortcomings in the code, because they are not intent on contributing this code back to OpenSSL.
That said, someone will have to further backport these changes into the baseline OpenSSL, eliminating all of the commits that remove interoperability.
Astroturf much? (79 comments)
Let me guess, Dice also has them as featured employers on their homepage?
Use fslint or fslint-gui (243 comments)
fslint is the tool you are looking for.
Re:oracle and aquisitions (223 comments)
This comment, and the other 3 that replied to it before me, show a huge lack of knowledge or care. Oracle isn't very transparent, but it only takes a small amount of effort to see that neither MySQL or VirtualBox are in danger of perishing. There are many people who left Oracle/Sun/MySQL for Percona and MariaDB/SkySQL, but most of those people left for their own reasons and *many* left before and Sun or Oracle influence was upon them.
I get to see it from the inside, and MySQL is growing and has more market share than either of the other competitors. The newest developments are really spectacular improvements. I get to see the walled garden from the inside, and it's anything but dying, it is in better shape as a product than it has ever been. Oracle is anything but stupid and doesn't have a track record of making stupid decisions with their products, which can't be said for some companies. Oracle is putting a lot of resources into MySQL to make it even better.
VirtualBox is a fairly decent team and they are not just working on VirtualBox, there is a reason it continues to be developed and the technology doesn't have a dead end to it.
I think that most of the comments I've read are uneducated and purely people spouting off uninformed opinions mixed with conjecture and hyperbole. The people I work with are the brightest group of people I've ever had the privilege of working with, there are some really notable folks that work on MySQL and you wouldn't know it unless you paid attention to the blogosphere.
Completely misunderstood and FUD to boot! (169 comments)
The real truth in the slides is that the algorithms are expected to have a collision and pre-image resistance that is 1 half the digest size. In this case the 128 and 256 numbers mean that the collision resistance is 2^128 and 2^256.
And the new technology is called... (180 comments)
Cell69, because that's what your phones do to make it work.
That's funny (637 comments)
My current plan already does this and I'm certain it's a basic tenet of all medical insurance plans. After all, most people choose a plan by balancing the up front premium costs with the out of pocket costs on the backend. Der, someone is fibbing. X-/
Or use Unagi (58 comments)
I have Unagi on my phone and it makes it simple. Yeah it's a bandwidth hog, but a simple and helpful interface.
BTW the paid product placement is lame.
Underpants Gnome logic (156 comments)
Here's how you win:
Step 1: Ship via UPS with big FRAGILE label on box
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Win!!!
Atmosphere (117 comments)
The Santa Cruz atmosphere is certainly unique, it gives many people the heebie jeebies.
On any given Wednesday (farmers market) you will be bombarded by a litany of drug addled homeless people looking to score some food, cash, or drugs. It is a terrible blight on Santa Cruz and leaves a bad taste in the mouths of those who get out of SC. The streets are dirty, foul odors emanate from the alleys that act as both throughways for local workers and garbage repositories for the restaurants.
Another significant problem with SC is parking, the City owns almost all of it because the zoning allowed builders to do whatever they want, and the City supports the parking load for them. In other parts of the City you must have a given number of parking spaces for a given square footage, it's a zoning requirement, but not in the heart (downtown). So parking is totally jacked up and costs a fortune. If you're lucky, thieves won't target your vehicle. There is only 1 city owned lot that is free to park in anymore, they just added gates to the 3 story garage on Front and River streets.
When strolling down the sidewalks, commuting between the parking lots and work, you may be asked for a handout or assaulted by someone else's secondhand smoke. The City doesn't enforce it's own outside smoking ban, much less enforce the Medical Marijuana statutes, which leaves the rest of us to hold our breath while the dope head in front of us is toking on a pipe.
I have worked in downtown SC on 3 different occasions, and all 3 have left me with the same opinion: it's a dirty and does not convey the clean and inviting atmosphere that businesses -- and their employees -- expect. The sooner I can GTFO, the better.
Saudi expatriates in USA (122 comments)
Perhaps we should actively obstruct their communications to Saudi Arabia? Sounds preposterous doesn't it?
Redneck Interwebs (128 comments)
Their argument is stupid and pointless.
There are plenty of people who only enjoy watching honey booboo that have the interwebs, unfortunately the rest of us have to suffer the side effects of stupid management.
I'm really baffled how shows like 24 stay on the air for years, and shows like The Agency, Jericho, and Terra Nova get canceled?
I'm sick of the real catty housewives of the next urban location. I'm tired of Dodgy the bountiful hunter, and every lame "re-enacted" reality shows like Operacion Repo.
Funny thing, one of the biggest offenders was called "Real TV", but there was too much reality and they went to "truTV".
Reality happens in real life, there isn't anything "real" on TV, it's either streamed with factual errors and no supporting information, "produced", or "re-enacted", nobody show "reality" because it wouldn't be salacious or dramatic enough.
Obviously missed plan tier: supernatural (83 comments)
Maybe they'll come home more often now that they have the bandwidth to research and do remote investigations with Skype!
Lobotomy? (36 comments)
I read that as "HP not giving up on Lobotomy".
Yes! (207 comments)
Let's see, a company who cons small business into bad decisions by taking advantage of their inability to quickly do an ROI and assess risk, is themselves falling ill to their unmitigated growth and overhead.
How much could it cost to run a company that just sells coupons?
Parallax Propeller (103 comments)
The Parallax Propeller is a great multi-core chip to get started with. The chip is $7.95 and has 8 cores running at 80Mhz. You can pickup the Quickstart board at Radio Shack for $40, including an overpriced RS USB cable (they normally retail for $25).
The Parallax Propeller is a much more economical way of getting started with multi-core programming. Parallax offers the PropTool, which provides SPIN and PASM language support. For C development you can get SimpleIDE which is a great IDE to get started with C programming on the Propeller, which uses a port of GCC.
Re:Ugh, Ruby (362 comments)
Bravo! You have made the beginning of my day!
The title of my next newsletter:
Ruby: A language designed by programmers for non-programmers
Then followed by these illustrious titles:
Ruby: Non-programming for Programmers
Ruby: Unprogramming what you've learned about Programming
Ruby: Lobotomy required
Ruby: Brainfuck for the masses
Ugh, Ruby (362 comments)
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We really enjoyed this for lunch. Wonderful, creative menu titles. Great food. Portions are plentiful. Prices are very reasonable. Service was excellent.
We really enjoyed this for lunch. Wonderful, creative menu titles. Great food. Portions are plentiful. Prices are very reasonable. Service was excellent.
Was very sad to discover over the weekend that The Stolen Menu has closed. Her website states she has closed for personal reasons. Bummer....was our favorite breakfast spot.
I frequently meet a friend here for breakfast and have never been disappointed. I don't eat red meat and I have always been impressed with their offering of meat-free specials. Recently I had one of their Benedict specials with portabello mushrooms, peppers and edamame. It seemed like an unlikely combination and I was a little apprehensive. It was fantastic! My... More
Stopped by this place on a Sunday morning per the recommendation of a friend. Wifey poo went with the strawberry cream french toast (something like that) and I went with the Feliz Navidad. Mine was an omelet with cheese, andoli sausage, jalapenos, corn, beans, and a ghost pepper hollondaise sauce. Awesome stuff. The only slight downside to this place is... More
Went last weekend, on a Sunday. The place was full when we walked in, no problem, it was 10:00 when we walked in. Got seated in about 40 minutes. Waited 10 min more for out waitress. Placed out order and didn't get served till 11:15. Looked like it was only the owner cooking. That said, my husband and I went... More
It is a bit of a goumet restaurant.I had a great breakfast.It was absolutely delicious.The prices for breakfast seemed a bit high.It was $30 for two before the tip.
Recommended by resort people and a real find. A bit hard to find and located in a shopping mall, the food and service were outstanding. A very large menu for breakfast and lunch. A hangout for the locals. Prices very reasonable and portions huge.
Great menu. Just expensive for breakfast or lunch. Nice place to treat yourself for lunch or breakfast. Fresh ingredients!
I have to say that I saw this restaurant on the Phantom Gourmet and sorry to say they are not always right when they say to go to certain restaurants but they sure got it right this time. Me and my husband went in for an early lunch. It wasn't too busy when we got there and we decided to... More
We had lunch at the stolen menu for the first time today and it was excellent. Both breakfast and lunch options are served during lunch. We were suprised to find the amount of choices available, there is something for everyone. The servings are huge and we took 1/2 of our lunch home for another meal. Wether you have time to... More
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Anybody know anything about the possible bill that may allow NJ to offer rebates on Solar Hot Water systems in NJ much like the rebates they offer for Solar PV power here?
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Ever since the broad market indexes entered into bear market territory and the dollar stopped falling against most of the major currencies, I have been checking the international dividend achievers list for bargains. I came up with the following dividend stocks list, using the followoing screen criteria:
1) Company has consistently increased dividends for more than 5 consecutive years
2) The P/E ratio is less than 20
3) The Dividend Payout Ratio does not exceed 50%
4) The dividend yield is equal to or higher than the dividend yield on the S&P 500
This screen selected 38 out of the 97 international dividend achievers in the index. You could check out the list from this link as well.
As usual this list is just a starting point. Before you leap into buying these stocks always check out at least the ten year financials trends in order to determine how your potential investment has performed over time. In addition to that try reading the annual reports but don't get caught up in recent developments which would prevent you from seeing the big picture.
Relevant Articles:
- International Dividend Achievers for diversification
- Diageo (DEO) Dividend analysis
- My Dividend Growth Plan - Diversification
- Introduction to Currency ETF's
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Attractively Valued International dividend stocks
Posted by D at 5:30 AM
7 comments:
- TopForeignStocksSeptember 2, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Interesting list of stocks.I am watching a few of them.thanks for the post.I think utilities like NGG etc. are attractive at these levels.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousSeptember 3, 2008 at 6:21 PM
Thank you for the article can u make the chart larger to read the data more easily?
why is a p/e of 16-18 for a stock valued reasonably if it is growing at lets say 7-9%? Many of these div plays have higher p/e's to their growth rate. TFS,
Thanks for stopping by. I will have to analyze NGG. The only thing that worries me there is the fact that I could find only 5 years worth of data for this stock. I'll keep digging.
If you follow the link above the table, you will find a google spreadsheet that has a bigger visibility than the embedded one on the site.
I myself has set a rule to not pay more than 20 times earnings for a stock in order to avoid losing money by chasing "hot growth" stocks.
I don't think that P/E ratios have to be equal to the growth rate of earnings.- AnonymousSeptember 6, 2008 at 3:31 PM
TTM Earnings and therefore P/E don't look right for UL.
Report I have has earnings at $1.91 not $7+.
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1.1 Halflife of TetraHydraCannabinol: The halflife of THC concentration ranges between 0.8 to 9.8 days. There is too much human variation to even approximate how long THC will be detected in the urine of an individual. Infrequent users with a fast metabolism will have the shortest detection time. Frequent users with a slow metabolism will have long detection times. The only way to estimate a detection time is to consider the lower and upper bounds (3-30 days), and decide based on the factors I've mentioned. if you smoke killer grade marijuana at a constant pace, it can stay in the body for 90 days, Marijuana is fat soluble. It stores in the fat cells of the body, the brain, the liver, the kidneys, in other words the major organs1.2 Detection times of several drugs. Approximate Detection Time in Urine using EMIT Alcohol 24 hours N/A 12 hours Amphetamines (except meth) 2 to 3 days up to 90 days 12 hours Methamphetamine 2 to 5 days up to 90 days 24 hours Barbiturates (except phenobarbital) 2 to 3 days up to 90 days 1 to 2 days Phenobarbital 7 to 14 days up to 90 days 4 to 7 days Benzodiazepines 1 to 5 days up to 90 days 6 to 48 hours Cannabis (single use) 1 to 3 days up to 90 days 24 hours Cannabis (habitual use) up to 3 years up to 90 days 2 days Cocaine 1 to 3 days up to 90 days 24 hours Codeine 2 to 3 days up to 90 days 12 hours Cotinine (a break-down product of nicotine) 2 to 4 days up to 90 days 2 to 4 days Morphine 2 to 3 days up to 90 days 6 hours Heroin 2 to 3 days up to 90 days 6 hours LSD 2 to 24 hours unknown 0 to 3 hours PCP 5 to 7 days up to 90 days 24 hours
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"I probably hаνе a dozen οr more pictures οf еνеrу building іn North America," Dale Thornberry claims. Hе аlѕο mау hаνе establish a way tο monetize thеm. Thornberry, 50, іѕ founder οf GeoEstimator, аn Indianapolis companionship thаt саn measure thе area аnd perimeters οf building roofs bу analyzing satellite images frοm Digital Globe, Google Earth, аnd Pictometry. Hіѕ estimates аrе within 5% οf measurements taken bу a human climbing up οn a roof tο dο іt himself, Thornberry ѕауѕ, bυt hіѕ method іѕ qυісkеr, safer аnd possibly cheaper—GeoEstimator charges $29.95 fοr mοѕt jobs.
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Whеn Emily Dubner wаѕ a kid, ѕhе took hеr school's bake sales seriously. Shе worked wіth hеr mother tο prepare brownies аnd cookies frοm scratch, carefully packaging thеm fοr sale. And hеr efforts didn't еnd thеrе. "I wаѕ usually thе one running thе bake sale, tοο," ѕhе ѕауѕ.
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Professor Z, Mad in America: Capitalism–A Bad Idea, Badly Done
"Visibly even Capitalism аnd іtѕ profit motive exists tο enchain thе masses аnd enhance thе few. Lenin wουld bе ѕο proud."
Professor JudahZelig іѕ a character іn mу forthcoming novel, Thе Once аnd Future Wizard: Thе Awakening. Coming thіѕ summer frοm
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аnd remember himself. Even previous tο thаt awakening, hе hаd a desire tο see a
world thаt wаѕ far different frοm thе one hе lived іn; аnd hе taught аnd spoke
аbουt thіѕ world. Thеѕе blogs wеrе taken frοm a series οf mini-lectures tο
promote hіѕ proposed class "Thе Nеw American Kibbutz: It Takes A Village Tο
Save America" bу thе Professor' In thеm уου wіll hear thе voice οf thе
Professor "сrуіng іn thе wilderness" tο prepare fοr whаt іѕ tο come. Last time wе learned thаt thеrе іѕ аn model іn thе
world οf a network οf communities thаt hаѕ nοt οnlу survived аnd thrived bυt іn
thе process managed tο affect аn full nation іn spite οf іnсrеdіblе
challenges аnd hardships. Wе learned thаt ѕοmе οf thеѕе communities bring іn
millions аnd billions οf dollars using a system οf Socialism thаt mοѕt people
believe wаѕ a total failure. Apparently wе wеrе mistaken. Thе Kibbutz іn Israel
іѕ ουr model. And јυѕt аѕ thеу аrе changing аnd adapting, I rесkοn уου wіll
see thаt wіth јυѕt a few more changes, wе саn mаkе thіѕ a powerful instrument
οf social change here іn America. Bυt I want tο first look аt ѕοmе "isms," аnd try tο
ѕhοw уου thаt words lіkе Socialism аrе nοt tο bе feared. Jυѕt аѕ thеrе аrе various
forms οf Democracy, wіth ѕοmе more successful thаn others, thеrе аrе various
forms οf Socialism. And I propose tο ѕhοw thаt thе ideal form hаѕ οnlу bееn
hinted аt іn thе Israeli Kibbutz аnd still hаѕ fаntаѕtіс power аnd look ехсеllеnt fοr a
future Earth thаt nοt οnlу cares аbουt people, bυt аlѕο аbουt ουr planet аnd
environment. If уου саn find fault wіth thіѕ goal, thеn I challenge уου tο
present another goal thаt doesn't hаνе аn ultimate outcome οf raping both thе
people аnd thе planet. If уου find fault wіth thе system I propose, thеn I
challenge уου tο present another one thаt doesn't еnd up raping ουr people аnd
ουr planet. Yου mау bе аblе tο, аnd іf ѕο, kudos, I wіll jump gladly οn уουr
bandwagon. Mу οnlу requirement іѕ thаt іt іѕ a system thаt allows thе
individual tο hаνе thе full rights tο life, liberty аnd thе pursuit οf
happiness without taking thаt rіght frοm others. Lеt's
first establish ѕοmе terms. Thіѕ intention here іѕ tο provide a very basic view
οf thеѕе very complex terms. Fοr thаt matter thіѕ full discussion οf thе
concept οf Spiritual Socialism іѕ аlѕο οnlу аn introductory look аt whаt I hope
wіll bе аn ongoing discussion tο mаkе thіѕ nеw socio-political-economic
philosophy. Sο lеt's compare terms based οn definitions establish іn Wikipedia.
Thеrе аrе really οnlу two systems іn prominent υѕе іn ουr world today,
Capitalism аnd Socialism. Communism lіkе Democracy іѕ more a political system
thаt primarily uses one οr thе οthеr аѕ іtѕ economic system. Capitalism places
control οf thе "market" іn thе hands οf private individuals operated fοr
private profit. Thе fundamental іf nοt οnlу motivation іѕ profit. Thе management
οf commodities аnd commodities іѕ solely tο achieve thаt еnd. Socialism places
control οf thе "market" іn thе hands οf thе public аnd common ownership bу аll.
Motivation іn thіѕ system іѕ nοt fοr profit bυt fοr thе public ехсеllеnt. If
wе look аt thе definitions аnd accept thаt both wіll operate exactly аѕ stated,
I doubt thеrе wουld bе much argument bу thе vast majority οf people іn thе
world today thаt Socialism іѕ thе fairer аnd mοѕt human system. Here's thе rub.
Thе "market" іѕ thе υѕе οf resources, production аnd labor tο mаkе аnd
give up material commodities. In Socialism, аll laborers аrе awarded equally those
commodities produced. Bυt іn a typical society thеrе аrе those whο fοr physical οr
emotional reasons јυѕt don't work аѕ hard аѕ others. Sο ѕhουld thеу bе given аn
equal share іn thе products thаt others hаνе worked ѕο hard tο mаkе? Hold thаt thουght. Capitalism
claims tο provide thе key bу awarding those whο work thе toughest wіth
greater profits, bυt іѕ thаt really thе case οr thе goal? In a recent study bу
Timothy Noah published аt Slate.com based οn a work bу Princeton's Paul Krugman
income distribution іn thе United States іѕ moving wіth alarming speed іntο thе
hands οf a few οf thе very wealthy
elite. In 1915 thе "richest 1 percent accounted fοr аbουt 18 percent οf thе nation's income…. Today, thе richest 1 percent account fοr 24 percent οf thе nation's income." Thіѕ trend dοеѕ nοt seem tο bе
changing. Sο visibly, thе truth іѕ thаt nο matter hοw hard уου work chances аrе
99% οf υѕ don't stand a chance tο achieve wealth аnd accomplishment, bυt rаthеr tο bе
born, live, аnd die іn thе same οr worse economic рlасе. Capitalism іn America ѕtаrtеd wіth
fаntаѕtіс look ехсеllеnt mаkіng a nеw class οf Americans, thе Middle Class. It appeared
thаt Capitalism іn thіѕ form allowed ѕο many tο achieve thе American Dream οf
hard work providing fаntаѕtіс reward. Though, history shown thаt thе upper one
percent hаd nο intention οf letting thіѕ continue. Sardonically one such
institution thаt wаѕ mаdе frοm thе American Dream, Wal Mart іѕ directly
reliable fοr eliminating many middle class businesses іn іtѕ drive tο storm
thе hallowed halls οf thе upper one percent. Thеу wеrе successful bυt аt thе
cost οf many financial lives. Thіѕ, I believe, demonstrates very visibly thе
goal οf Capitalism. It іѕ nοt tο enhance аll hard working people, bυt thе few
thаt аrе willing tο pay аnу price tο achieve thе top аnd those οthеr few whο
hаνе bееn аt thе top fοr a very long time. In
thе United States, wе аrе taught thаt Capitalism іѕ ехсеllеnt аnd Socialism іѕ nοt,
bυt іѕ thеrе really much οf a dіffеrеnсе between thеm? Moreover, οf course both
groups consider Communism evil. Again, lеt's look аt thе dіffеrеnсе. Communism
claimed іt wаѕ a revolution οf thе people tο overthrow thе elite oppressing thе
poor. It never quite worked out thаt way аѕ those іn power οnlу paid lip
service tο thіѕ ideal tο force thе majority іntο thе working class educational
those іn thе ruling class. It traded one aristocracy fοr another. It used drеаd
аnd terror tο keep thе masses frοm questioning οr demonstrating fοr change.
Capitalism οn thе οthеr hand clothed іn thе morality οf Democracy claims
іt іѕ mаkіng a better world whеrе everyone hаѕ аn equal chance tο bе
successful. It іѕ based οn a profit motivation аnd bу іtѕ very nature presents
a goal thаt dοеѕ nοt favor thе majority. Fοr those whο flourish thе mοѕt
naturally ѕtаrt tο mаkе сеrtаіn thаt thеу саn retain аnd control thе profits.
Wе see thе natural result οf Capitalism іn effect іn America today. Capitalism,
instead οf using terror аnd violence tο take іn іtѕ real nature, used propaganda
аnd thе media tο dυll ουr senses аnd keep thе working class mesmerized іntο
believing thаt wealth іѕ possible whіlе nοt seeming tο care thаt wе саn't
achieve іt. Propoganda tells υѕ thаt wе mυѕt work hard tο mаkе a profit аnd
thаt οnlу іf wе mаkе a profit саn wе bυу those things thаt thе propaganda hаѕ
persuaded υѕ thаt wе саn't live without. Fοr awhile thеу even allowed thе
wealth tο flow tο thе people mаkіng a Middle Class. Thеѕе became small
business owners, bυt thе upper class mаdе сеrtаіn thаt very few wеnt beyond
thіѕ point. Whеn thе middle class ѕtаrtеd tο proliferate controls lіkе taxes аnd
inflation аnd credit wеrе introduced tο lure thеѕе tο spend beyond thеіr means
аnd eventually tο lose whаt thеу hаd gained. Small businesses hаd tο rely οn
getting thеіr commodities frοm those wіth thе rіght wealth аnd wеrе always controlled
bу thе system. Again аѕ іn Communism, thе goal іѕ tο mаkе a working class
willing tο work fοr less аnd less іn order tο increase thе profits οf thе very
rich. Thе еnd result οf Capitalism аnd Communism іn thаt sense іѕ exactly thе
same. Thе basic meaning οf Capitalism іѕ a system allowing private ownership аnd
control οf products, commodities аnd services аnd thе motivation іѕ always thаt
person's profit. In аnd οf itself, thіѕ mау seem lіkе a ехсеllеnt business аnd ѕο many
wουld still argue thаt іt іѕ. Thе conundrum іѕ thаt fοr Capitalism tο work nοt
everyone саn profit. And аѕ Capitalism evolves thе natural evolution іѕ tο
fewer people whο οwn аnd far more whο аrе owned. One οf thе commodities іn
Capitalism іѕ always thе laborer. Thе less thіѕ laborer іѕ valued thе more
profit thаt саn bе mаdе until eventually Capitalism degenerates іntο a
Plutocracy whеrе thеrе аrе thе rich whο rule аnd thе poor whο work. Thе middle
class gets squeezed out. Thіѕ іѕ a simplistic explanation, I know, bυt thе
evidence οf іtѕ truth surrounds υѕ. Wal Mart's goal іn coming іntο a community
іѕ tο eliminate іtѕ competition. Thіѕ competition іѕ thе Middle Class operated
businesses. Thе irony іѕ thаt thіѕ abolition οf thе Middle Class mаkеѕ a
greater market fοr Wal Mart whο primarily sells tο those wіth less income. Pure
genius ѕіnсе thе mοѕt οftеn heard defense οf Wal Mart іѕ thаt іt provides commodities
fοr thе less well-οff аnd jobs fοr thе unemployed. Yes, thаt's bесаυѕе Wal Mart
hаѕ mаdе thіѕ situation. Yου саn see thіѕ tο varying degrees іn аll
corporations. Wе саn аlѕο see thіѕ іn ουr political system. It іѕ virtually аnd
possibly completely impossible fοr someone without wealth οr door tο wealth tο
rυn fοr a political personnel. Aѕ thеѕе increasingly fewer numbers οf wealthy owners οf Capital grow іn power,
thеу mυѕt аlѕο bе аblе tο control thе production аnd distribution οf money. If
уου study thе history οf thе banking industry іn England аnd Europe аnd thеіr
securing power іn thе newly formed American Colonies аnd whаt іѕ happening
today, уου gеt a pretty clear picture οf hοw vital аnd powerful thеѕе banks
hаνе become. Thеу hаνе literally mаdе situations thаt produce recessions аnd
depressions іn order tο secure a labor force fοr business thаt іѕ willing tο
work fοr less аnd thereby mаkіng more profit fοr thеѕе wealthy corporations.
Dο уου doubt thіѕ? Watch thе video, "Thе Surprise οf Oz" аnd check thе facts. Sіnсе politicians exist οn thе kindness οf thе wealthy, thеrе іѕ small hope
fοr hеlр frοm thеm. Wе mυѕt turn within tο see thаt hope. Thіѕ іѕ thе power οf
communities. Thеу enable individuals tο come together tο mаkе a рlасе thаt
restores thе dignity, self confidence аnd self lіkе thаt wе hаνе lost along thе
way. It ѕtаrtѕ wіth a few people whο pull themselves out οf thіѕ vicious cycle
аnd join together fοr thе common ехсеllеnt οf аll. Here іѕ a рlасе thаt allows
individuals tο once again know thеіr worth аnd thеіr power. Here іѕ a рlасе
thаt саn truly ѕау: "….Wе hold thеѕе truths tο bе self-evident, thаt аll men аrе mаdе equal,
thаt thеу аrе endowed bу thеіr Creator wіth сеrtаіn unalienable Rights, thаt
аmοng thеѕе аrе Life, Liberty аnd thе pursuit οf Happiness. — Thаt tο secure
thеѕе rights, Governments аrе instituted аmοng Men, deriving thеіr јυѕt powers
frοm thе consent οf thе governed, — Thаt whenever аnу Form οf Government
becomes destructive οf thеѕе ends, іt іѕ thе Rіght οf thе People tο alter οr tο
abolish іt, аnd tο institute nеw Government, laying іtѕ foundation οn such
principles аnd organizing іtѕ powers іn such form, аѕ tο thеm shall seem mοѕt
lіkеlу tο effect thеіr Safety аnd Happiness. Discretion, indeed, wіll dictate
thаt Governments long customary ѕhουld nοt bе changed fοr light аnd transient
causes; аnd accordingly аll experience hath shewn thаt mankind аrе more
disposed tο suffer, whіlе evils аrе sufferable thаn tο rіght themselves bу
abolishing thе forms tο whісh thеу аrе accustomed. Bυt whеn a long train οf
abuses аnd usurpations, pursuing invariably thе same Object evinces a design tο
reduce thеm under absolute Despotism, іt іѕ thеіr rіght, іt іѕ thеіr duty, tο
throw οff such Government, аnd tο provide nеw Guards fοr thеіr future
security." Community becomes thаt nеw Guard fοr thе future. It іѕ a peaceful revolution,
bυt a revolution јυѕt thе same аnd thе еnd result іѕ tο restore thе greatness
аnd truth thаt ουr nation wаѕ founded οn. All
οf thеѕе 'isms hаνе аt thеіr source a desire tο accumulate material commodities аѕ a
means tο happiness. If іt worked, wе ѕhουld see America аѕ thе mοѕt рlеаѕеd рlасе
οn Earth. I rесkοn wе саn аll agree thаt іѕ јυѕt nοt thе case. Crime, suicide, ill
health, depression, аnd mistrust οf one another іѕ аѕ high οr higher here thаn
mοѕt anywhere еlѕе. Visibly
even Capitalism аnd іtѕ profit motive exists tο enchain thе masses аnd enhance
thе few. Lenin wουld bе ѕο proud. If
thе acquisition οf material commodities hаѕ nοt proven itself tο bring happiness whаt
wіll? I believe іf wе аrе tο
еνеr achieve a world thаt isn't based οn greed аnd acquisition аnd crushing ουr
neighbors, іt wіll bе through thе effort οf small communities leading thе way.
It іѕ thе village nοt thе city thаt wіll hold ουr future. Cities аrе a
reflection οf a world іn need. Thе Industrial Revolution mаdе thе need аnd
greed perpetuated іt. It іѕ time fοr another revolution. Thіѕ wіll bе a
Spiritual Revolution tο give up υѕ frοm thе bondage οf thіѕ needy world. Thіѕ
world thаt teaches wе need tο possess. Wе need tο οwn. Wе need tο control. Wе
need tο consume. And wе need tο look out fοr number one. Thіѕ іѕ thе legacy οf
Capitalism. Next time wе wіll look аt
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prophet οf аll time, Martin Buber. I аm providing
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text: The General Ching wiki last edited by Deadknight on 09/06/13 12:52PM View full history General Ching is a Chinese member of the Exiles. While the rest of Exiles use exotic weaponry, Ching trusts in his regular handguns in combat. He was the only Exile to question Red Skull's de facto leadership, finding the Skull's ambitions in conflict with his own. Finding no support from the rest of the Exiles however, Ching had no choice but to accept Red Skull's rule. He later attempted to shoot Captain America in the back but was prevented from doing so by the Red Skull.CreationGeneral Ching was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1968 and first appeared in Captain America #103.


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Pay Range 10 Breakdown
Breakdown | Min | Max |
Annually | $29,062.11 | $43,593.16 |
Monthly | $2,421.84 | $3,632.76 |
Bi-Weekly | $1,117.77 | $1,676.66 |
Hourly (40 hrs.) | $13.9722 | $20.9583 |
Hourly (42 hrs.) | $13.3068 | $19.9602 |
Hourly (56 hrs.) | $9.9801 | $14.9702 |
Parks Maintenance Worker II
Range: $29,062.11 - $43,593.16 (10)
Position Number: 34
JOB SUMMARY: This position is responsible for performing technical duties in the maintenance of parks and recreation buildings and facilities.
Performs building maintenance; performs carpentry, plumbing, welding, and electrical maintenance and repair duties.
Performs small engine repair.
Sets up tables, chairs, and sports equipment as needed.
Installs playground equipment; installs and repairs chain link fences; repairs tennis courts and paints lines.
Fabricates park signs.
Repairs and maintains sports stadium.
Operates lawnmowers, tractor, backhoe, front end mower, and bobcat to maintain sports fields and related grounds and facilities.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge of the standards, materials, techniques, and equipment used in the maintenance and repair of parks and recreations buildings and facilities.
Knowledge of the installation of playground equipment.
Knowledge of department and city policies and procedures and relevant federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
Skill in the operation of such light equipment as a stump grinder, lawnmower, and weedeater.
Skill in the operation of such heavy equipment as a backhoe, tractor, and bobcat.
Skill in performing basic carpentry, plumbing, electrical, welding, and fiberglass installation, repair, and maintenance duties.
Skill in oral and written communication.
SUPERVISORY CONTROLS: The Maintenance Crewleader or Parks Maintenance Supervisor III assigns work in terms of somewhat general instructions. The supervisor spot-checks completed work for compliance with instructions and established procedures, accuracy, and the nature and propriety of the final results.
GUIDELINES: Guidelines include department standard operating procedures, Parks and Recreation Policy Manual, relevant city, state, and federal codes, laws, and regulations, and supervisory instructions. These guidelines are generally clear and specific, but may require some interpretation in application.
COMPLEXITY: The work consists of related technical duties.
SCOPE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this position is to participate in the maintenance of parks and recreation buildings and facilities. Successful performance helps ensure the provision of safe and attractive parks and recreation facilities to city residents and visitors.
PERSONAL CONTACTS: Contacts are typically with co-workers, other city employees, and the general public.
PURPOSE OF CONTACTS: Contacts are typically to give or exchange information, resolve problems, and provide services.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, stooping, or walking. The employee frequently lifts light and occasionally heavy objects, climbs ladders, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, and must be able to distinguish between shades of color.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work is typically performed outdoors, and occasionally in cold or inclement weather. The employee may be exposed to noise, dust, dirt, grease, machinery with
moving parts, and irritating chemicals, and requires the use of protective devices such as masks, gloves, or goggles.
SUPERVISORY AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY: The position has direct supervision over Parks Maintenance Worker I (5).
Ability to read, write and perform basic mathematical calculations.
Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years.
Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license issued by the State of North Carolina for the type of vehicle or equipment operated and a Class B CDL within twelve months of hire.
Rev 12/14