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Gov. Gregoire calls special session
Gov. Chris Gregoire has called for another special session as the current 30-day special session ended before lawmakers could pass all the bills they needed as part of their budget deal.
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Gov. Chris Gregoire has called for another special session as the current 30-day special session ended before lawmakers could pass all the bills they needed as part of their budget deal.
Even though any special session can run up to 30 days, Gregoire said early Wednesday that lawmakers have agreed to a one-day session.
"The intent is for folks to continue working through the night until the job is done," she said.
Lawmakers had been passing bills tied to the budget right up until the deadline, but weren't able to move everything before time ran out.
"If I let them go home, the air will be out of the balloon again," Gregoire said. "They know they need to keep working. They know they're on a deadline."
Sen. Ed Murray, a Seattle Democrat who is the main budget writer for Senate Democrats, said negotiators have essentially completed their work. Staff is now busily preparing all the bills and supporting documents, he said.
"We need a few more hours," he said, adding he believed they will finish early Wednesday morning.
On Tuesday, lawmakers announced they had reached a tentative deal, and they started moving bills. However, at various points, action came to a halt as negotiators worked out details on bills that were still in question.
Gregoire said a key sticking point was over a bill to alter health insurance benefits for K-12 employees, but that they were still working on compromise language.
The flurry of activity Tuesday started the previous day and was the culmination of months of negotiations over how to close a roughly half-billion dollar shortfall for the two-year budget cycle ending June 2013.
Part of the agreement was around a bill addressing early retirement benefits for future state employees. That measure had been a key sticking point between Democrats and Republicans.
A Republican-led coalition in the Senate had insisted on several reform-related bills, including the pension one, before taking up the budget.
Senators approved the measure Tuesday by a margin of 27-22, clearing a major hurdle in the quest by lawmakers to complete their work. The state House passed the plan shortly before 11 p.m. on Tuesday night, finalizing a deal that had eluded lawmakers for months and delayed final action on the state budget.
State workers who retire before the age of 62 already have scaled back pension benefits. Under the new bill, pension benefits for workers retiring at the age of 55 would be reduced by as much as 50 percent. The changes only apply to workers hired starting in May 2013. The plan would save the state an estimated $1.3 billion over 25 years.
The Senate also passed other budget-related bills off the floor Tuesday night. On a 42-5 vote, the Senate approved an accounting maneuver in which the state would temporarily claim control of local sales taxes before they are sent back to jurisdictions at their usual time, roughly a month after they are collected. That plan is estimated to increase the state's general fund balance sheet by some $238 million. That measure passed the House last week and now goes to the governor for her signature.
Also Tuesday, the House passed a measure that would require the state's two-year budget to be in line with anticipated revenue over a four-year period or 4.5 percent growth per year, whichever is greater. The measure, another bill that was part of the budget negotiations, was passed on a 79-19 vote and was then passed by the Senate, and now heads to Gregoire for her signature.
Sen. Mike Carrell, R-Lakewood, said Republicans weren't going to rush the process and concede on their main issues - changes he says could save the state a lot of money in the long-run.
"If we have to spend an extra day or two, it's well worth it," Carrell said. "We've got to do this right."
Lawmakers still need to pass several bills, including the health insurance one, the budget and a construction budget.
Associated Press writers Mike Baker and Jonathan Kaminsky contributed to this report.
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On Wednesday 23 February 2011, at 23.47.33, Dominique Michel
Though it would be theoretically possible to do partial refreshing of some
types of displays, that would be very, very implementation specific - and
quite pointless. In applications where you care about frequent updates with
accurate timing, you'll usually want that for the whole screen anyway. In
other applications, you just use a frame buffer and some $2 of RAMDAC hardware
to repeatedly pump that out in some standard serialized format.
This has nothing whatsoever to do with the way graphics is rendered.
(Well, true vector displays as seen in some ancient arcade games would be a
gray zone - but believe even those had some sort of "frame" buffer of sorts
somewhere; they just stored a table of coordinates rather than a 2D array of
color codes.)
> In the Amiga, the video card was vectorial, to change one pixel, all
I still do exactly that in various projects, via SDL, on Windows, Linux, Mac
OS X and a dozen other platforms. It works with OpenGL and Direct3D as well,
though it can be a bit tricky to get right, as buffering and page flipping can
be set up in a number of different ways.
> To change a part of the screen, the Amiga was using vectorial
The sprites were just tiny hardware overlays, not actually changing anything
persistently - which is the very point with them. Lots of restrictions though,
there were only 8 of them, though you could multiplex them vertically.
> So, even for complex visual objects, the
As someone who's done quite a bit of to-the-metal graphics programming on the
Amiga and PC/VGA, as well as the usual DirectDraw, GDI, X11, OpenGL etc, I
don't quite see what you mean here. Even the C64 did pretty much what we do
today; it just had a lot less data to move around!
Indeed, the C64, Amiga (and VGA) had hardware scrolling, and the former two
had those hardware sprites. Those features could indeed save loads of cycles -
but only in some very special cases. Many Amiga trackers used hardware
scrolling of a single bitplane for low cost scrolling of the pattern view, but
that's a clever trick with many limitations. The sprites were used for slider
knobs and VU meters, but as there were only 8 channels, that required some
clever coding in any non-trivial application. And, it would actually have a
*higher* cost (due to DMA stealing CPU cycles, among other things), except for
the moments when the user is actually dragging a knob...!
So, for the most part, it was the usual pixel pushing we're still doing today
- and not only that; it was dog slow and awkward to do due to the bitplane
memory layout; for each pixel you had to twiddle individual bits in multiple
locations. Same deal with anything before AGA "Chunky pixels", 256 color VGA
and the HighColor/TrueColor era.
The Amiga had the blitter of course, but that's just a simple precursor of the
3D accelerators we have now. That is, it did the same thing as you'd do with
the CPU, only a bit faster (provided you were on the standard 7.14 MHz 68000)
and more restricted.
> At that time, 3D was almost non existent. To develop the 3D
So, what's wrong with that? The alternatives are to use ancient, limited 2D
APIs, or tax the CPU with custom software rendering. 2D rendering APIs
essentially just cover random crippled subsets of 3D accelerator
I long for the day when OpenGL (or similar) is the single, obvious answer to
any realtime graphics rendering needs, so we can just forget about all this
rectangular blits and limited or no blending nonsense!
(And this is coming from some weirdo who actually likes to play around with
software rendering and other low level stuff...! :-)
> I don't get the advantage of this approach for a workstation.
It's just so much quicker and easier to get the job done! As a bonus, even a
dirt cheap integrated GPU will get the job done many times faster than a
software implementation, and without stealing cycles from your DSP code.
> A workstation is not about 3D gaming but about making some work.
2D rendering is just a subset of 3D... Where does "3D" start? Non-rectangular
blits? Scaling? Rotation? That's all basic 2D stuff, and a 3D accelerator
doesn't add much more than z-buffering and perspective correct transforms on
that level - and you can disable that to save the occasional GPU cycle.
> 3D cards are very hungry for electricity, and they will be an overkill for
A CPU consumes a lot more power doing the same job. Actually, it can't even do
the job properly unless you want it to take forever, and it'll still be much
slower. Dedicated hardware makes all the difference in the world when it comes
to efficiency.
Sure, my (now "ancient") rig burns around 1000 W when working at full speed -
but that means blending transformed textures all over my 2560x1600 screen at a
few THOUSAND frames per second! Obviously, it only takes a tiny, tiny fraction
of that power to get your average GUI application to feel responsive. And,
unless you're scrolling or somehow animating major areas of the screen all the
time, you don't even need that.
> So, I think than a complete discussion on that matter should include
I don't see how one could realistically design anything that'll come close to
a down-clocked low end 3D accelerator in power efficiency. What are you going
to remove, or implement more efficiently...?
Also, 3D accelerators are incredibly complex beasts, with ditto drivers. (Part
because of many very clever optimizations that both save power and increase
performance!) But, hardcore gamers and other power users need or want them, so
they get developed no matter how insanely overkill and pointless they may
seem. As a result, slightly downscaled versions of that technology is
available dirt cheap to everyone. Why not just use it and be done with it?
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"Mitch Daniels's record also bears similarities to Obama's, and his approach to Obamacare as governor has been an anchor on the repeal movement." –National Review, 03/04/11
MITCH DANIELS vs. TEA PARTY GOVERNORS
Did they refuse federal funding?
Unlike Many Tea Partiers, Daniels Isn't Refusing Federal Funding. Many Tea Party members – including Governors Perry, Scott and Jindal – are advocating for refusing federal funding. Daniels has not taken this position and is accepting Affordable Care Act benefits for Indiana – "Congress approved health care reform and the president signed it into law. Gov. Daniels does not agree with it, but Indiana will seek funds that help Hoosiers when there are no complicated strings or costs attached," said press secretary Jane Jankowski." [Huffington Post, 08/31/10]
Did they reject HHS grants?
Unlike Many Tea Partiers, Daniels Is Accepting HHS Grants. Many Tea Party members – including Governors Perry, Scott and Jindal – have called for refusing, and have refused, to accept grants from HHS to help implement the Affordable Care Act. Governor Daniels has already accepted $35.7 million. [Department of Health and Human Services, accessed 05/18/11]
Did they refuse exchanges?
Unlike Many Tea Partiers Daniels is Creating an Exchange. Many Tea Party members – including Governors Perry, Scott and Jindal – have called for refusing, and have refused to create state insurance exchanges for the Affordable Care Act. Governor Daniels has ordered his administration to establish and operate an exchange. [NWI Times, 01/15/11]
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Annual income for Indiana families to enroll. $13,000 more than what federal program requires
Adult Medicaid enrollment increase under Gov. Daniels
Additional Hoosiers enrolled in Indiana's health program
Mitch Daniels Isn't As Extreme on Repealing the Affordable Care Act as Many Tea Partiers. As explained by Michael Cannon in National Review Online:
- Meanwhile, Daniels is stunting both the momentum for repeal of Obamacare and his credibility as a standard-bearer for it. Indiana was party to a lawsuit in which a federal judge declared the entire law unconstitutional and void. That court order relieved Daniels of any obligations Obamacare creates. Shortly after that ruling, however, Daniels orchestrated a letter co-signed by 20 other governors suggesting "improvements" that they would like to see before implementing their own Obamacare bureaucracies. [National Review, 03/04/11]
- Daniels's decision to accept Obamacare funds and move forward with implementation is further undermining the repeal effort. Yesterday, federal judge Roger Vinson reversed his initial order forbidding the Obama administration to implement the law. He did so in part because plaintiff states such as Indiana are implementing it, which he said "undercut" their own argument that he should block it. [National Review, 03/04/11]
Like Mitt Romney in Massachusetts, Many Elements of Daniels Health Care Plan in IN are Similar to the Affordable Care Act. As explained by Michael Cannon in National Review Online:
- But Mitch Daniels's record also bears similarities to Obama's, and his approach to Obamacare as governor has been an anchor on the repeal movement. Like Obama, Daniels increased cigarette taxes to expand government-run health care. Whereas Obamacare requires states to open their Medicaid programs to families of four earning $31,000 (138 percent of the federal poverty level), Daniels expanded Indiana's Medicaid program to families of four earning $44,000 (200 percent of poverty). From 2008 to 2010, Indiana's Medicaid enrollment spiked: Adult enrollments grew 21 percent, a rate nearly double the national average. By 2010, Daniels had enrolled another 62,000 Hoosiers in government-run health care. [National Review, 03/04/11]
- Daniels and his conservative fans make much of the fact that this "Healthy Indiana Plan" (HIP) offers high-deductible coverage combined with a taxpayer-funded health savings account, whereas Obamacare simply expands traditional Medicaid with its notoriously lousy access to care. But that's just another way of saying Daniels made Medicaid more attractive: Under his plan, the government hands out coverage plus something a lot like cash. Conservatives should not consider it a selling point, then, that 94 percent of HIP enrollees are satisfied with the program, or that HIP enjoys a much higher retention rate than the regular Medicaid program, or that HIP's waiting list is now 50,000 Hoosiers long. Health savings accounts are supposed to reduce dependence on government. Daniels is using HSAs to expand dependence on government. [National Review, 03/04/11]


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Tezpur তেজপুৰ |
City | |
Sunset at Ganesh Ghat near The Brahmaputra, Tezpur
Nickname(s): City of Eternal Romance | |
Coordinates: 26°38′N 92°48′E / 26.63°N 92.8°ECoordinates: 26°38′N 92°48′E / 26.63°N 92.8°E | |
Country | India |
State | Assam |
District | Sonitpur |
Elevation | 48 m (157 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 58,559 |
Languages | |
• Official | Assamese |
Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Website | sonitpur |
Tezpur (Pron: tezˈpʊə) (Assamese: তেজপুৰ) is a city and the administrative headquarters and municipal board of Sonitpur district in the state of Assam in northeastern India. Tezpur is an ancient city on the banks of the river Brahmaputra and is the largest of the north bank towns with a population exceeding 100,000 . It is situated 175 kilometres (109 mi) north east of Guwahati, considered to be the "Cultural Capital of Assam".
The town is situated on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River.
The rivers in and around Tezpur are fast flowing, especially from the Himalayas foothills.[citation needed] [clarification needed] Tezpur has a number of small hillocks, so that flooding doesn't occur during the monsoons.[citation needed][clarification needed]
The average temperature in summer is around 21 °C (70 °F) while the average winter temperature is around 10 °C (50 °F).[2] The humidity is high during the summer.[clarification needed] Rainfall is high.[clarification needed]
Tezpur is part of Tezpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]
The name Tezpur is derived from the Sanskrit words 'Teza' (meaning blood) and 'Pura' (meaning town or city). Legend has it that the original name of this place was 'Sonitpur' ("sonit" in Sanskrit also means blood!) but when the battle between Krishna's army and Banasura's army fought for the rescue of Aniruddha (who was the grandson of Lord Krishna, according to legend) there was so much bloodshed that the whole place was stained in red. This led to the name of the place becoming Tezpur.
Historical ruins from the 8th and 9th centuries dot the surrounding areas of the city. The ruins of Bamuni Hills are the most famous. They bear resemblance to the Gupta period art. Accordingly there are plenty of myths as well. The ruins of Da Parbatia are an example of the architecture around the 4th Century AD.
Modern Tezpur was founded by the British colonial administration in 1835 as the headquarters of Darrang district. During World War II, Tezpur received large numbers of refugees fleeing from Burma, particularly the corps of Anglo-Burmese and Anglo-Indian nurses. After independence of India in 1947, it remained the headquarters of Darrang district. During the Sino-Indian War of 1962 the Chinese army advanced to the Tawang city, Arunachal Pradesh. The town was evacuated. The jails were opened and the prisoners released.[citation needed]
In 1983 a part of the district was carved out to form a separate district, Darrang. Tezpur was made the headquarters of the new district of Sonitpur.[citation needed]
Tezpur Balipara Light Railway: The existing MG (1,000 millimetres (39 in)) rail line is the oldest on the North Bank, descending from the Tezpur Balipara Light Railway built in 1885 to carry tea from upcountry estates to the then riverport of Tezpur.[citation needed]
Rock inscriptions: In 1897, Sir Edward Albert Gait discovered a copper inscription in Tezpur the deciphering of which provided information regarding the Ahom rulers.[citation needed] He referenced the nine line inscription of Harjjar Varma in his ''A History of Assam''. The inscription, dating to 829 A.D., is the first historical record of Assam. The inscription was found engraved on a massive stone some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) away from Tezpur town situated near Rudrapad Temple.[citation needed]
Hazara Pukhuri: A king of the dynasty Harjjar Varma excavated a large pond in 70 acres (280,000 m2) of land, later came to be known as Hajara Pukhuri (Harjjara Pukhuri).[citation needed]
Christian cemetery: The cemetery dates to the 17th century. It contains the graveyard of Alexander Bruce, founder of the Tea Industry in India and also of various Europeans who died here before independence.[citation needed]
Power station: The Electric first power station in this part of India was established at Tezpur by the Britishers at 1913.[citation needed]
Jonaki :The First Cinema Hall of North East India established by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala in 1935.[citation needed]
Chitraban :The First film studio of North East India established by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala in 1934.[citation needed]
The Twin lakes Bor Pukhuri and the Padum Pukhuri in the heart of the city memorialize King Bana and his daughter Usha.[citation needed]
Cultural Heritage[edit]
Tezpur is considered to be the cultural capital of Assamese culture. Being from the core Assamese cultural region, several notables including Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, Jyoti Prasad Agarwala (1903–51), Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha (1909–69), and Phani Sarma (1909–70), were from Tezpur.
Local dances[edit]
- Bihu dance is a group dance of both males and females.
- Jhumur dance is performed by the Adivasis to the rhythm of drums and flutes.[citation needed]
- Bagurumba is a Bodo folk dance.
- Sattriya is one of the famous dances among the eight principal classical dance traditions of India.[citation needed] It was created 500 years ago by the great Assamese saint Srimanta Sankardeva.
The economy of Tezpur is dependent on its Tea Gardens. There are many tea gardens surrounding the town of Tezpur. The surrounding tea gardens and agriculture contribute to the local economy. Presently Tezpur is a commercial, administrative and educational centre. It also houses a major base of the Indian Army and Airforce (Salonibari). The population is largely heterogeneous. Assamese, Bengali, Nepali, Bihari, Marwari communities form the majority. People from various tribes such as the tea-tribes (brought in by the colonial planters as indentured labourers from the Chhotanagpur plateau region), Bodos, Mishings etc. have also made it their home. Like other places in Assam, the issue of illegal migration from Bangladesh adds religious spice to the regular political debates and name-calling.[original research?] Passing through Tezpur, at Dadhara the Jyoti-Bishnu khelpathar is an important attraction. The fields are used for various cultural events.
Education and Research[edit]
Tezpur University is a Central university offering courses in mathematics, humanities, sciences, nano technology, food technology, bioelectronics, information technology, engineering, business and tourism. Tezpur also has a centre of the Indian Statistical Institute.
Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1, Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2, Kendriya Vidyalaya Central University Tezpur, Army Public School, Don Bosco High School, Sacred Heart High School, St. Joseph's Convent High School, Govt Boys Higher Secondary School, Govt Girls Higher Secondary School, Bengali Boys' H S School, Bengali Girls' High School, Guru Nanak Model School, Tezpur Academy, Tezpur Gurukul, Children's Paradise School, Maharishi high School, Asom Jatiya Vidyalaya, Carmel Residential School and Assam Valley school are some of the leading schools in Tezpur.
- Tezpur University
- KKH State Open University (Study Centre)
- Indira Gandhi National Open University (Study Centre)
- Darrang College
- Law College, Tezpur
- Tezpur College
- Tezpur Government Higher Secondary School (one of the oldest in the state)
- Tezpur Government Girls' Multipurpose Higher Secondary School
- Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2, Air Force Stn, Tezpur
- Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1, Solmara, Tezpur
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Central University, Tezpur
- Army Public School, Tezpur
- St. Joseph's Convent High School, Tezpur
- Don Bosco High School, Tezpur
- Guru Nanak English School, Tezpur
- Sacred Heart School, Tezpur
- Children's Paradise School, Tezpur
Other Institutes
- LGBRIMH (Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health)
- Tezpur Medical College and Hospital
- NERIWALM (North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management)
- DOEACC Centre (Formerly CEDTI)
- DRL (Defence Research Laboratory)
- ISI (Indian Statistical Institute) North East Centre
A very successful mathematics website Gonit Sora is managed by two alumni of Tezpur University and is now based at Tezpur and Guwahati.
Media and communications[edit]
Local Newspaper:
All India Radio has a local station in Tezpur which transmits various programs of mass interest.
Tourist Attractions[edit]
Local areas/sites of interest[edit]
- Agnigarh - Also Usha-Aniruddha Udyan
- Bhairabi Temple - Durga shrine also known as Maithan or Bhairabi Devalaya
- Hanuman Mandir - temple of hanuman near the Bhairabi Temple
- Cole Park - Also known as Chitralekha Udyan
- Kolia Bhomora Setu - The 3.015 km long road bridge across the Brahmaputra
- Ketakeshwar Dewal - Shiva shrine
- Mahabhairav Temple - Shiva shrine
- Padum Pukhuri - Central lake with an island in the middle
- Rudrapath - Shiva shrine
- Bamuni Pahar
- Da Parbatia Gate of Gupta period
- Hazara pukhuri- Pond of gupta period
- Nag Shankar- Temple of lord Shiva
- Kanaklata Udyan
- Ganesh Ghat temple( For the temple as well the beautiful sunset of the Brahmaputra)
- Garh Doul - An archaeological site situated at Tarajan Kumargaon, Tezpur.
Tezpur is located 190 kilometres (120 mi) from Dispur, the capital of Assam, and is well connected by road, rail and air transport. There are direct flights from Kolkata three times a week to Tezpur Airport, 8 kilometres (5 mi) from the city centre, and there is a daily bus service from Guwahati, 180 kilometres (110 mi) away, operated by both government and tourist buses. From Tezpur, tourist vehicles are available for hire for the nearby destinations of Bhalukpong and the Kaziranga National Park.
In 1987 the Kolia Bhomora Setu, over the Brahmaputra, was inaugurated connecting Tezpur to the southern district of Nagaon. The bridge is the longest over the river, spans a total length of 3,015 metres (3,297 yd), and has become a tourist attraction.[4] The nearest railway station of Tezpur is the Dekargaon railway station.
- ^ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=306544
- ^ [1]
- ^ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ "Kolia Bhomora". Akash Pratim Baruah's website. Archived from the original on 2009-10-25. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tezpur. |
- Sonitpur District
- Tezpur University
- TezpurOnline.in - From Anything To Everything


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Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The pound weakened against the euro after a report showed Britons' confidence in the employment outlook fell for a third month in September to its lowest level since February, underlining the fragility of the economy.
Sterling depreciated versus most of its 16 major peers tracked by Bloomberg, losing most against Switzerland's franc and Norway's krone. The Bank of England last week boosted its asset-purchase program, known as quantitative easing, by 75 billion pounds ($117 billion) to 275 billion pounds in a bid to revive U.K. growth. Central bank policy maker David Miles is to give a speech to the Royal Economic Society in London today.
"There's no massive reason to buy the pound," said Lee McDarby, head of dealing on the corporate and institutional treasury desk at Investec Bank Plc in London. "The data's been a bit mixed and has been getting worse. Quantitative easing only gives investors another reason not to buy sterling."
Britain's currency depreciated 1.4 percent to 87.19 pence per euro at 4:36 p.m. London time. That's the biggest one-day loss since Oct. 23, 2009. It strengthened 0.8 percent to $1.5684 and fell 1.8 percent to 1.4166 francs.
The FTSE 100 Index of stocks extended a worldwide advance in equities, gaining 1.8 percent. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index added 1.7 percent.
An index of consumer sentiment toward hiring prospects fell 1 point to minus 67 from August, taking its decline over the third quarter to 17 points, a unit of Lloyds Banking Group Plc said today.
Quantitative Easing
The euro rose against the dollar and the yen after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to deliver a plan to help banks and repeated a commitment to keep Greece in the single-currency area.
"There's a bit less nervousness about the euro zone and the euro is strengthening," Investec's McDarby said.
The pound fell against most of its major counterparts last week as the Bank of England's reactivation of its quantitative- easing program fueled concern that rising inflation will erode the value of the currency. The central bank, which expects to complete the new round of purchases in four months, said slowing global growth and the turmoil in Europe threaten the U.K. recovery.
Bank Governor Mervyn King said the move, the first loosening of U.K. monetary policy since the depths of the recession in 2009, was a response to what may be the worst financial crisis ever.
Growth Slows
The U.K economy grew less than economists forecast in the second quarter, expanding 0.1 percent from the previous three months, the Office for National Statistics said last week. That was lower than the 0.2 percent previously published and missed the 0.2 percent expansion forecast in a Bloomberg survey.
"There is quite a lot of scope for further quantitative easing," policy maker Martin Weale said yesterday in an interview with Sky News yesterday. Still, "the case for support has grown in the autumn as the financial situation has appeared to deteriorate," he said.
The pound has declined 1.4 percent in the past six months, according to Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Currency Indexes, which measure a basket of 10 developed-market currencies.
U.K. government bonds fell, pushing the 10-year yield up 11 basis points to 2.58 percent. Two-year note yields were three basis points higher at 0.65 percent.
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When gas hit $4 a gallon in 2008, Detroit's Big Three auto makers took it on the chin as American demand for big, fuel-thirsty SUVs and trucks suddenly disappeared. But even with gas prices again hovering north of $4, American car companies are whistling a much happier tune–all the way to the bank. [More]
Toyota Announces Lower Production Until November
Toyota says it will take until the end of the year before post-quake production levels return to normal. [More]
Detroit Loses 25% Of Population In A Decade
The rallying cry of "Detroit, What?" may have to be changed to "Detroit, Who?" following US Census results that show the Motor City has lost 25% of its population from 2000 to 2010. [More]
Bank Of America Donating 10 Homes To Detroit To Attract Cops To Live In The City
If there's one thing — aside from general ineptitude — that Bank of America's mortgage division has a surplus of, it's abandoned and foreclosed properties. Meanwhile, the city of Detroit has a lack of police officers living within city limits. Now the city will have 10 more houses for cops to live in and BofA will have 10 fewer buildings they can't unload. [More]
Detroit Mayor Offers $1,000 Homes To Cops, Firemen
In a bold offer that speaks volumes about Detroit's housing market as well as its state of public safety, the city's mayor has offered to provide homes for as little as $1,000 to police and firefighters. [More]
PCRM Asks Detroit Mayor To Issue Moratorium On New Fast Food Restaurants
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, the group behind that TV ad equating Big Macs with death, is continuing its war on the fast food industry, asking the mayor of Detroit to stop the proliferation of fast food eateries within city limits. [More]
Burger King Customer Dies After Being Punched In Face By Employee
Earlier today, a fight broke out between an employee at a Detroit Burger King and a 67-year-old customer. In the end, one man was behind bars and the other was dead. [More]
Mom Arrested For Faking Kid's Leukemia To Scam Donations
A Detroit-area mother was arraigned this weekend on charges that she had faked her 12-year old son having leukemia to scam for donations. She shaved his head and eyebrows, drugged him with opiates in his apple sauce, and started posting Facebook updates about his condition and her need for help paying his medical bills. [More]
"New" Sprint Phone Pre-Loaded With Porn
A Detroit woman is saying "What?!" after buying a supposedly new Sprint phone that had an unwanted free feature: it already had several X-rated porno videos on it. [More]
Detroit Moving Police & Fire Depts. Into Empty Casino
There are a lot of empty buildings in the Detroit area, but the beleaguered city's mayor announced today that he's found the perfect vacant space to house HQs for both the city's police and fire departments — the old MGM Grand Detroit casino. [More]
Missing Some Mail From The Early '90s? There's A Shed That Might Interest You
The AP says that thousands of pieces of undelivered mail from the early '90s were recently found in a shed in Michigan, and a ex-mail carrier is now charged with stealing mail — the punishment for which is up to 5 years in prison. [More]
Why Did The Strip Club Throw Me In Jail For Not Giving A Thumbprint?
Going from strip poles to iron bars in one night, a Consumerist reader says he got tossed in jail when he refused to give a strip club his thumbprint. Their ATM was broken so he had to pay his tab using a credit card cash advance. The club demanded a thumbprint and he refused, so cops that were already there threw him in jail. Was this legal? [More]
Detroit Airport Wants Passengers To Stop Showing Up So #%&*@$ Early
There's a downside to media reports of airport mayhem. In Detroit, destination of the flight on which a failed alleged terrorist attack took place on Christmas Day, passengers expect additional security screening and are showing up early. Too early. Early enough that they're screwing up the entire flight schedule. [More]
Target Calls Cops On Breastfeeding Shoppers
The AP says that police were called when Target employees tried to throw a couple out of the store because the woman was breastfeeding in the electronics aisle. The husband, a Detroit police officer, says they were told by the security guard that the act was "against the law." [More]
Some Ford Cars Are Reliable, Actually Worth Buying
Several Ford cars are among the world's most reliable vehicles, according to the latest annual car reliability survey from Consumer Reports.
Nobody Wants To Buy (Four Fifths Of) Detroit
Detroit tried to auction off almost 9,000 homes and lots last week—enough property to fill Central Park—but Reuters says less than 1/5th of what went on the block actually sold. Unfortunately, it sounds like speculators snatched up few decent properties, leaving actual Detroit residents looking for new homes out in the cold.
NFL Not Going To Budge On Blackouts — Will Post Games Online
The NFL's blackout rule — which prevents games from being broadcast in home markets if there is no sellout — is coming under fire lately as some teams (ok, let's face it, we're talking about Jacksonville) might not have a single home sellout all season.
GM Files For Bankruptcy Today
After failing to get its debt-for-stock offer approved last week, and missing the June 1st deadline for concessions from creditors and its union, GM will file for bankruptcy later today. Reuters notes that its filing will be the third-largest in U.S. history, after Lehman Bros and Washington Mutual, and the largest ever in manufacturing.


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Mailbag: Best coach, schedules, Texas hype
David UbbenThanks for all your emails this week. Here's where you can reach me, 24/7. Let's get to your mail! Brian Nelson in Afghanistan writes: David,Love the blog. Two things: Is this truly a make or break year for Mack Brown and if Ash at QB Brown at ...
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Lunch links: Playing 'what if?' with Texas
David UbbenThis is one of the coolest things I've seen all week ... y'all. Just never ask anyone from Alabama or Mississippi what's going on when it's raining and the sun is out. Was Mike Gundy acting on behalf of the entire Big 12 when he restricted Wes Lu...
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Stoops talks playoff, schedules, SEC, more
David UbbenPLANO, Texas -- Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops joked about the controversy he faced this offseason -- for comments about the SEC and not paying players more than a stipend -- before he sat down with me and a few reporters Wednesday night. One Sooners staf...
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Plenty to prove: Oklahoma Sooners
David UbbenEvery season, every player feels they've got at least something to prove. Otherwise, the work wouldn't all be worth it. That said, some guys have more to prove than others. These are the guys with the most to prove on their respective teams. Ne...
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The Big 12's 100-tackle defenders
David UbbenWe looked at the offensive side of the ball last week, tagging my picks as the Big 12's 1,000-yard receivers, 1,000-yard rushers and 3,000-yard passers. The defensive side of the ball is infinitely more difficult to predict. Injuries come into pla...
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Most indispensable player: Oklahoma
David UbbenWe're walking through each Big 12 team and identifying its most irreplaceable talent. He's the guy they can least afford to lose, and the guy to whom an injury or departure would have the most effect. Let's move on with Oklahoma. More most indi...
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Lunch links: Tech wants to play A&M, Cincy
David UbbenFeisty. Texas Tech AD Kirby Hocutt said the Red Raiders asked Cincinnati to schedule a game and they declined. The bigger news: He says he wants to play Texas A&M in every sport. Colleague Todd McShay has some thoughts and observations on G...
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Big 12 players aiming for next year's top 25
David UbbenWe wrapped up our postseason list of the Big 12's top 25 players, and included a few guys who just missed. What about next year's list? Here's a few guys you can probably expect to see on next year's postseason list who didn't make the 2012 versio...
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Assessing the Big 12's needs filled: Part II
David UbbenSigning day has come and gone, but we'll have plenty of coverage looking more closely at each Big 12 team's class. This morning, we're looking at how each team filled its needs. We ran down the top of the Big 12 alphabet earlier today. Here's the sec...
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Assessing the Big 12's needs filled: Part I
David UbbenSigning day has come and gone, but we'll have plenty of coverage looking at each Big 12 team's class. This morning, we'll look at how each team filled its needs. BAYLOR Needs filled: Prerogative No. 1 for Baylor is fixing its defense, and the B...
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Instant analysis: Texas Tech 34, Minn. 31
David UbbenThis Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas wasn't a pretty one. A fun first half gave way to a lackluster second half until the final minutes, when Texas Tech's offense shook awake and rallied for a 34-31 victory over Minnesota with a Ryan Bustin field goal...
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Pregame: Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas
David UbbenMinnesota (6-6, 2-6 Big Ten) vs. Texas Tech (7-5, 4-5 Big 12) WHO TO WATCH: Texas Tech receivers Eric Ward and Darrin Moore. They are big targets in the red zone and caught 24 of quarterback Seth Doege's 38 touchdowns this season. Only two other t...
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Big 12 puts 17 on Lombardi watch list
David UbbenThe Lombardi Award, which has my personal favorite description for its award, released its 145-man preseason watch list (you'll see why in a bit) and the Big 12 landed 17 players on it. Here's who's eligible: Arthur Brown, LB, Kansas State B...
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Fans talk: The best individual seasons ever
David UbbenWe've wrapped up this week's countdown of the greatest individual seasons of all-time, but I asked you all to weigh in on the best ever in Big 12 history, as well as your favorite moments from those seasons. Here's what you had to say: Dennis McEl...
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Mailbag: TCU loss, All-Big 12 NFL gripes
David UbbenThanks for all your e-mails this week. Here's where you can reach me. Let's get to it. Dan in Fort Worth, Texas, writes: Hey David, I know losing Ed Wesley and Deryck Gildon were big for the Frogs, but I think Tucker and James and our various play...
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Who has the Big 12's best defense?
David UbbenWest Virginia ran away with our poll on the Big 12's best offense, but what about the other side of the ball? Who will have the Big 12's best defense? Let's look at the real candidates. Texas The Longhorns have led the Big 12 in total defens...
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Cancer race slated for this weekend
The Relay for Life fundraiser 5K for a Cure Race will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday at the University of Mississippi Student Union on campus. Registration begins at 6 a.m.
The 3.1-mile route will be contained to the campus — starting and ending at the Student Union. The entry fee is $25 on the day of the event. It's a tax-deductible donation and includes a T-shirt and goody bag. Buffalo Peak Outfitters will be setting up and giving away prizes to the racers. (August 26, 2010, Page 2)
Lion's Club continues to be 'knights of the blind'
The Oxford Lions have helped the needy obtain eye glasses for almost 70 years when the club was first chartered.
The club gives out about two $125 grants a month to adults and children who cannot afford to purchase glasses and, for whatever reason, are not eligible for Medicaid.
The club also takes donations of old eye glasses that are recycled and given to needy families. Old eye glasses can be dropped off at most Oxford eye clinics or the Bank of Commerce, 1610 W. Jackson Ave. Monetary donations for the eye program can be mailed to Oxford Lions, P.O. Box 1751, Oxford MS 38655 or given to any local Lions Club member. For more information, call Mulkey at 234-2220. (August 25, 2010, Page 1)
Sheriff's investigators nab several in burglary cases
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department have made several recent arrests of those they feel are responsible for area burglaries including a break-in at the Lafayette High School field house and several vehicle burglaries in Wellsgate. (August 25, 2010, Page 2)
Financial issues head list of concerns
Members of the United Way Transition Income Committee have been trying to find ideas to help the financially needy in the L-O-U community in other ways than just being a Band-Aid.
Financial literacy is high on the list of areas the committee is looking at trying to promote. Al Hope, committee leader and human resource director for the city of Oxford wants to see more communication with residents on what services are available. (August 24, 2010, Page 1)
Court seeks input on pro bono proposals
The Supreme Court is asking the public for its opinion on proposals intended to improve access of legal services for the financially needy. Proposals under review call for making 20 hours of annual pro bono service mandatory for Mississippi attorneys, raising to $500 the payments lawyers may make in lieu of doing pro bono work, and increasing fees paid by out of state lawyers to $500 per case.
The Supreme Court Rules Committee is asking the public to comment on the proposed change by filing a comment with the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Gartin Justice Building, P.O. Box 249, Jackson MS 39205-0249. Deadline for filing the comments is Oct. 1. (August 24, 2010, Page 1)
Grandson follows family tradition
Retired Lt. Col. Sidney Johnson had the pleasure of performing one more duty Saturday morning as an officer in the U.S. Air Force.
Inside the sanctuary of the College Hill Presbyterian Church, Johnson swore in his grandson, Timothy Burnam, into the U.S. Marine Corps as a 2nd lieutenant. (August 23, 2010, Page 1A)
Former coroner wants his job back
Former Lafayette County coroner Lonnie Weaver has qualified to run in November to regain the position he resigned from last year after pleading guilty to embezzling funds from the Mississippi Coroner-Medical Examiners Association. (August 23, 2010, Page 1A)
Freshman looks forward to being Ole Miss student
Incoming freshman Nicholas Smith is looking forward to his new college career at the University of Mississippi. He, along with hundreds of other students, moved into his dorm room Thursday. Read about his new adventure in today's Oxford Living. (August 20, 2010, Page 1B)
Younger Scruggs asks court to vacate his conviction
In what appears to be an attempt to gain back his ability to practice law, David Zachery "Zach" Scruggs, is asking a federal court judge to vacate his conviction in a judicial bribery scheme that sent several attorneys to prison, including his father, noted former trial attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs. (August 20, 2010, Page 2A)
Lawmakers listen to public about redistricting in 2011
Even the Oxford-Lafayette County area is not safe from redistricting, according to maps and information provided Thursday evening at one of several meetings being held by the Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting.
The meeting was held in Fulton Hall on the University of Mississippi campus with about 75 in attendance. About 20 representatives and senators from around Mississippi who are on the committee were also present, including Tommy Reynolds, who represents parts of Lafayette County. (August 20, 2010, Page 1A)


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It looks like every other grocery store from the outside. But for nearly 40 years, Valley Natural Foods has been doing things differently inside. Kirsten Shabaz is the co-op's "Fresh Food Educator." "You wouldn't be able to walk into a big-box store and find dandelion greens or even ramps probably for that matter," Shabaz said.
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The guy at the farmers market said they are hotter than jalapenos but not as hot as habeneros. He just said they were "hot peppers." I don't even know how I'm supposed to know when its time to pick them. Am I supposed to pick them when they are green? Some of them are purple or half purple half green. I kind of think that guy didn't really know about them. |
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Looks like a serrano to me. Usually used green, but, if you let them go long enough they will ripen to red. When ripe, they are softer and I guess sweeter for lack of a better description. Less "green" tasting if that makes any sense. |
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Looks like serrano to me too. Heat range is between jalapeno and habanero, not quite as hot as thai. I like the red ones a lot better, same heat, more flavor. Rick |
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Like tsheets & rick_in_va, I think Serrano too. The purple you're seeing is probably just some harmless sunburn. My preference is ripe red but it's just personal taste. Bill |
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Tom Patri: Americans both men and women need to follow Stacy Lewis' lead and take back world golf
Well, now two players — Luke Donald and Rory McIlroy — have captured both money lists on either side of "the pond" in consecutive seasons. Did you notice they are both not Americans?
On a brighter red-white-and-blue note, Stacy Lewis captured LPGA Player of the Year honors, becoming the first American since Beth Daniel to do so in 1994.
I know I'm preaching to the choir, but does anybody besides me see a trend here? Yes, I do realize golf has become a global game. Yes, I do realize it is popular other places.
But do the math. We have more courses, more teachers, more junior events and junior tours, and a very well-run and competitive collegiate system — all of which are longer running then what exists anywhere overseas.
However, even though they are longer running, are they better run? Do they provide better training, or a better competitive experience?
Some would argue they do because so many young foreign players come here to be trained as juniors, and then take advantage of our NCAA system. So then the question becomes, when these players and our American youth turn professional what happens?
Why is the LPGA Tour clearly dominated by foreign players? Why are Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Charl Schwartzel, Louis Oosthuizen, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer, Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell, Ernie Els, etc., showing up so often atop our leaderboards? Many of these players hale from much smaller countries with far less resources than we have here, yet often beat our players. Why?
Is there a fundamental flaw in our system, our training methods, our society, our backbone?
I would love to hear each of your thoughts on this topic. Frankly, it makes me a bit sick to watch foreign players train here using our facilities side by side with our guys and gals, and then in many instances kick their butts.
It's time for a change, and I would love the 2013 season to be the starting point. Hey Stacy Lewis, well done! Keep it up and fire up those other American girls.
Hey Tiger, Phil, Rickie, Dustin, Keegan, and all you other American young guns, let's get our troops in gear and take back control of world golf.
Why not?
Tom Patri gives lessons at the Quarry on Immokalee Road, and is at Friar's Head in New York from May-December. Patri is a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher. Visit Patri's website at www.tompatri.com, www.facebook.com/TomPatri or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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I just received a communication from Starfleet Command. My half-sisters ship was involved in some heavy fire fighting with the Klingons at PJem. I am pleased that TElanna is ok and that there were no serious casualties reported. I keep staring at my Batleth hanging in my ready room and I am reminded about my blood ties to the Empire.
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I am wanting to expand my collection..lol Don't have very many but wanting to get different types. I have checked out ebay and think some of them are kind of pricey so I was wanting to see how you all ordered your plants. I have tried checking out how to buy overseas but no luck, so if you all have done it before maybe give me some tips. I have ordered some from Bob Smoley and thought he sent some nice plants but couldn't get the ones that I really wanted, all sold out.Thanks |
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I ordered mine last fall from Bob Smoley's and was very pleased. I was able to get the ones I wanted. Did you call and ask when they might have the ones you want? The lady I talked to was very helpful. I had wanted to order some more at a different time and she told me that a good time to order was late summer when they had restocked but before the big rush for them. |
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