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Like I said, I don't want to jump into the fray. You can read about it on the website:http://greatbreweh.com/Beer_Pump.html I have no dog in this fight. I wanted to report that I like the little pump. People can make their own decisions on what pump, if any, they want to use.
Not looking for anything either just want people to be properly informed...isn't that the purpose of forums?.....You can't believe everyhting you read nad i believe in honesty with all customers No ill intentions or upsells here ....
Good info. I'll let it go, but Joe please contact our admin TxBrew if you want to further market your products to our homebrew community; you need a Vendor membership to do so. I'm not sure about the suitability for brewing; ----------------------------------------- I'm not looking to market the pumps here, my target audience is solar water heating applications. The stainless fittings are not necessary for that purpose, and as there are brewer suppliers already selling them I'm not going to try to compete with them. My website tells me where the hits come from and a few are from here, that's why I posted. Joe Hennessey
Why would I have any fear? HBT is not an instrument for us to sell anything. It actually benefits the HBT member when we offer promotions. As for the yeast culture this may be true but in the pump world there are no Food Grade Magnets pumping fluids at 212F. 3600 rpm. They just don't exist..As always I would love to discuss further anytime Mike 800-810-1053
There is a fairly simple answer to this 'debate'. What is the coating on the magnets? To date, not one of the manufacturers or retailers has been able or willing to answer this. GreatBrewEh didn't even answer my email when I asked. And when asked earlier on HBT they responded with a generic answer again. No details have been offered as to what the temperature limits of the coating are, what it's made of, etc. To further my concern, the 'FDA food rating' would only apply under certain temperatures and circumstances and those have not been disclosed either. For example, the March pump heads are rated FDA food compliant with the disclosure of "can handle liquids of 250F intermittently." I'm not an employee of March or Chugger and have no vested interest in either operation, but I remain skeptical of these cheap little pumps in our application until someone can give me a full 'ingredient list'. March and Chugger both do so willingly, and if the pump is legit there is no reason someone shouldn't be able to do it for these as well. And for the record, I've had great experiences with both March and Chugger. I have not used one of these, and will not do so until I know what my product will contact during brewing.
I just got both of my new "little" pumps today, both run just fine and I will be placing them inservice this weekend. As for magnents and coatings and all this other stuff, I DONT CARE. I have done research and there are several high temp food safe/grade coatings out there. If I were a business selling to the public(which I am and do)I would not sell anything that would risk my economic future, I feel these guys are selling a quality product. It was as stated never ment for brewing but has been adopted for susc, much like water coolers which were also never ment for brewing, it is in a home brewers nature to be inovative and inventive in any way that can make things better and/or faster.
They use the little pumps a lot in England and Australia and have been for quite awhile and I haven't heard of anyone getting sick, or complaints of bad tasting beer. What exactly is "food safe"? In brewing forums that term is like "healthy" and "low fat" elsewhere in discussions. Are the big name pumps we use for brewing made for home brewing? Not actually, they are adaptations of chemicals pumps hence why they can withstand high temp and being magnetically coupled keeps high temps and chemicals away from motor seals. Many homes have galvanized water pipes but we won't use them in brewing. Most of frown on aluminum but go into any commercial kitchen and they are used for everything including acidic foods. Most brass contains some lead but we use it in home brewing without saying a word. PVC pipe has chemicals that can leach into water/beer at higher than rated temps but we use it in mash tun manifolds without a huge debate. The last time you ordered a beer did you ask if the tap and faucet shank were stainless or chrome plated brass? Our food comes in coated tin cans but God we won't use anything like that in brewing. There is silicone sealant that is "FDA approved" but don't think I'd put it on my breakfast cereal. How safe is styrofoam? We drink hot coffee out of cups made of it. It's a debate that will go on forever but is stupid if you ask me. How many home brewers use nothing but 304 or 316 stainless throughout the brewing process including hard piped with no hoses? Food safe means it won't make you sick under normal use and or contact plain and simple. Does it mean it won't add off flavors? Nope. Does it mean it won't cause cancer at some point, who knows. Only true pump that is truly food safe, high temp resistant is a lab style peristaltic pump. Wort never touches anything but inside the silicone or tygon hose. March and Chugger pumps are great, I use one myself but they can be out of reach for some financially and if these 12V pumps work and don't affect the taste of your beer then why not? Just recirculating from drain to top of kettle then do you really need a $160 pump plus fittings? One thing these little 12V pumps do have over any other pump is they are actually quiet!!! I'm considering trying one just for that reason as I brew in an apartment and I'm sure my neighbors would appreciate a quieter wort recirculating pump during a 90 minute mash.


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Punjab National Bank, popularly called P. N. B., initially started its business on 12th April of the year 1895. With their mission to provide banking services to the un-banked, they aim to be the leading player in global banking. Over the time, they have become a known name, especially in the Indo-Gangetic plains. The huge network of this bank includes over 5, 100 offices, which include 5 overseas branches and more than 60 million customers. This bank has continued to maintain their leadership position for its strong fundamentals, superior brand image as well as huge franchise value.
Products and Services of P. N. B.
This bank in India offers various financial services in numerous segments. Some of them are mentioned below along with their individual products:
Agricultural Banking
- Farmers Welfare Central Sector Schemes
- Credit Schemes
- Trust
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Corporate Banking
- Cash Management
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Financial Services
- Life Insurance
- Merchant Banking
- Mutual Fund
- Non-life Insurance
- Online Trading
- Real Estate Investments
- Retirement Planning Scheme
- Tax Planning Scheme
International or N. R. I. Banking
- Gold Loan Scheme
- F. C. N. R. (B) Account
- Foreign Inward Transfers
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- Non-resident Deposit Schemes (Ordinary, external and foreign currency)
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According to the financial result of the latest quarter ending or half yearly ending of the current financial year on September 30th, the net profit of this Indian bank was INR. 120, 503 lakhs. After the half yearly closing of the last financial year 2010 – 2011, the bank's net profit was INR. 107, 454 lakhs though.
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Machine Readable Rights and the News Industry day 2013
Find below links to the presentations and videos from the event, grouped by panel:
[1/ The need ...] [2/ The challenge ...] [3/ Available standards] [4/ Making rights work ...]
A summary of the day can be found in the article Technology, collaboration and education are key to protect the rights of content owners.
The topics of the day
At one time, news and photo agencies distributed content to editors at newspapers and broadcasters, who would manually select which items they would use in their products. In the process of this selection, they would be able to read any editors' notes, which could include any restrictions that needed to be observed.
However, increasingly, news outlets are fully automated, with very little - if any - editorial oversight of what is published. Amongst other things, this drives the need for the expression of rights and restrictions in a way that can be evaluated automatically. This automation would allow the editorial process to be more efficient. In general, an editor still needs to exercise their judgment as to whether a particular restriction applies in a particular context. But, automatic evaluation of rights and restrictions can identify the items that need those decisions, rather than having editors inspect every single item. (This exercise of editorial judgment means that these systems are not like DRM, in which particular actions are forbidden and typically enforced by the devices involved).
Over the last couple of years, the members of the IPTC have been paying increasing attention to the question of machine readable rights for news content. The goal has been to leverage the work done by others, rather than to invent something completely new. At this event in March 2013 the IPTC wanted to get the major players interested in machine readable rights together, to explore the possibilities of working with the members of the IPTC to take advantage of the opportunities and overcome the challenges.
Opening of the day by the IPTC Chairman Vincent Baby - 4 min
1/ The need for machine readable rights
Moderator: Andreas Gebhard (Getty Images/IPTC)
- Jeroen Paling, Vision Pictures (NL), for CEPIC (Europe):
The rights holder's view, European photographer's view - - 9 min
- Eugene Mopsik, Executive Director, ASMP (USA):
The rights holder's view, US photographer's view - - 12 min - George Galt, Associate General Counsel, AP:
The aggregator's + news agency's view - - 17 min - Andrew Moger, Executive Director, News Media Coalition:
The freedom of news vs the power of event organizers – the restrictions on creating content applied by event organizers - - 16 min
2/ The challenges of working with rights expressions today
Moderator: Stuart Myles (AP/IPTC)
- Thomas Höppner, lawyer, OLSWANG:
Publishers and search engines: cooperation or confrontation? - - 17 min - Faisal Shahabuddin, Head of Product & Service Management, Newspaper Licensing Agency:
Operational challenges with automated rights management - - Michael Steidl, Managing Director, IPTC:
Do embedded rights metadata of photos survive social media networks - - 7 min - John D McHugh, Photojournalist & Marksta Founder:
Marksta app- a photojournalist takes up the copyright fight - - 12 min
3/ Available standards and what they can deliver
Moderator: Michael Steidl (IPTC)
- Graham Bell, Chief Data Architect, EDItEUR: Onix (books) - 16 min
- Jeff Sedlik, CEO, PLUS Coalition: PLUS (photos) - - 16 min
- Stuart Myles, Director of Schema Standards, AP & RightsML Lead/IPTC:
RightsML (publishing) - - 13 min - Jonas Öberg, Regional Coordinator, CC Europe: Creative Commons (licenses) - - 16 min
- Phil Archer, W3C: W3C's rights related activities - Web Presentation - 16 min
4/ Making rights work across organisational and legal boundaries
Moderator: Vincent Baby (Thomson Reuters/IPTC)
- Andrew Farrow, Project Director, LCC:
Rights communication across media boundaries - - 15 min - Sylvie Fodor, Executive Director, CEPIC: CEPIC Image Registry (CIR) - - 12 min
- Jeff Sedlik, CEO, PLUS Coalition & Ray Gauss II, Co-founder and CTO, RightsPro:
PLUS Registry - - 13 min - Andreas Gebhard, Editorial Director, Getty Images:
Frictionless image licensing with ImageIRC - - 13 min - Zhanfeng Yue, Deputy General Manager, Beijing Copyright Bank Tech Co. Ltd:
Copyright Stamp: Principles, Representation and Circulation - - 14 min - Thomas Höppner, lawyer, OLSWANG (European view):
How common are rights relating to content – worldwide? - - 12 min - George Galt, Associate General Counsel, AP (US view):
How common are rights relating to content – worldwide? - - 5 min
Closing Roundup
Copyright notice
The copyright owners of the presentations are the individual speakers, this encompasses the documents for downloading and the spoken word of the video recordings.
The copyright owner of the video recordings is the IPTC and they are licensed under the Creative Commons license CC BY
Photos: © 2013 IPTC/Michael Steidl
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One of soul's greatest singers is curled up like a cat on her bed, wearing a long leopardskin print shirt and matching dangling earrings. She is tall and long-limbed, and she takes up still more space with her voice and presence. Her pink-walled bedroom is lit only by Wheel of Fortune on TV, the volume turned all the way down. Her five children are all at a Saturday-night birthday party, and the plant-hugged house in northeast Miami is quiet. "Now what you've got to do is stop crying," Wright insists, her voice taking on a hint of song, like a preacher's. "Put a cool cloth on your face. And pray. The Lord can alter a man's heart, you know. He's done it before."
This is a woman who has been counseling and exhorting, one way or another, for nearly all her life. In the early Seventies, she advised her female listeners against allowing the "Clean Up Woman" to pick up their men; she told them to "buy some sizzle pants and baby-sit your baby yourself" or face competition from a man-getting "Babysitter."
The person behind that worldly, sassy voice was a studious thirteen-year-old tomboy from the James E. Scott projects in Overtown when she made her first record in 1966. Nourished for more than a decade by the creative talents of songwriter Clarence Reid and producer Willie Clarke, Wright laid down scores of funky testimonies to passion and obsession, raw music about love and sex. Pure soul music, rhythm and blues with gospel, Latin, and Caribbean flavorings, later to be labeled the Miami Sound. By the time she turned eighteen in 1971, Wright had toured the world, had co-hosted a pop music show on local television, and was watching "Clean Up Woman" race up the charts to become one of the biggest hits of the year.
But once at the top, Wright was looking straight at the dizzying fear that comes with success, with having to sustain success. In a matter of a few years, her hard-core brand of rhythm and blues was being overtaken by slicker, smoother disco, born in the same Miami studios where she had recorded. Wright tried disco herself for a while, with some hits, but her heart was in soul music. She always returned to her trademark stories, pre-rap raps about living and loving and losing and overcoming. She won a Grammy Award in 1975 for writing "Where is the Love," a modest hit for her and a huge hit for Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. Every few years she'd hit the charts, with songs like "Tonight is the Night" in 1978 and "Pain" in 1986.
These days Wright incorporates some of the reigning hip-hop and rap sounds into the pop music she writes and performs -- music that not long ago many record executives told her was "too black." But she eschews labels and says she's finally learned to be content with the style that has come naturally to her all along. She also works as a vocal coach and arranger for other artists, among them Gloria Estefan. (That was Betty Wright, essentially uncredited, directing the choir behind Estefan and Whoopi Goldberg at last September's Hurricane Andrew relief concert at Joe Robbie Stadium.) Her albums sell well and she tours regularly, but somehow Betty Wright never became the superstar many had predicted. Associates and friends complain she hasn't received the recognition she deserves; some hint she's become embittered. But at the ripe age of 39, having been to the mountain, Wright declares she has made peace with her place in the world and in music.
"This is what I do. If I didn't make a living from it I'd be on a corner somewhere, singing real good," she says, her head slightly lowered and eyes fixed, direct, luminous. "I gig when they pay me, I gig when they don't pay me. That's probably why I don't live in Beverly Hills."
Wright sings for love. "She don't think commercial," says Jerry Rushin, general manager of WEDR radio and a Miami music industry insider for twenty years. When Rushin's father died four years ago, he recalls, Wright stood up to sing, unaccompanied, at the funeral. "The funeral was going fine until Betty got up there," Rushin says. "She had everybody in tears."
"To me, Betty Wright is one of the most underrated singers who ever lived," says Steve Alamo, a singer and producer who for 30 years has played key roles in scores of national hits out of Miami. "The only person in [Wright's] league is Aretha Franklin," Alamo contends. "The world may not know that, but I'm very opinionated and tough on singers, and I don't think anybody's come close."
In fact, the world does not know much about Wright, and she doesn't insist that it know. She doesn't have a manager to remind the public of her past glories or to position her among the voices striving for stardom today. She handles most of her own business affairs, and recently canceled a show in California because, she says, she felt it was more important to stay in Miami and help out a distraught friend. "I belong in the Bible days," Wright says. "I'm an anachronism."


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All rooms are romantically themed in elaborate decor, gorgeous window dressings, sitting areas, private baths and showers, one with a Balcony, queen and king size bedding, and beautiful hardwood floors and Persian area rugs. All are provided with plush bed coverings,over 500 count sheets, and alarm-clock radios. We also offer free local telephone calls and wireless high-speed internet access in our common areas. A complimentary DVD library is available 24 hours.
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text: Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants with Endocrine Activity and Blood Steroid Hormone Levels in Middle- Aged Men ; ; Giusti, Arnaud et al in PLoS ONE (2013), 8(6), 66460 Abstract Background: Studies relating long-term exposure to persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs) with endocrine activities (endocrine disrupting chemicals) on circulating levels of steroid hormones ... [more ▼] Abstract Background: Studies relating long-term exposure to persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs) with endocrine activities (endocrine disrupting chemicals) on circulating levels of steroid hormones have been limited to a small number of hormones and reported conflicting results. Objective: We examined the relationship between serum concentrations of dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate, androstenedione, androstenediol, testosterone, free and bioavailable testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, estrone, estrone sulphate, estradiol, sex-hormone binding globulin, follicle-stimulating hormone, and luteinizing hormone as a function of level of exposure to three POPs known to interfere with hormone-regulated processes in different way: dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene (DDE), polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congener 153, and chlordecone. Methods: We collected fasting, morning serum samples from 277 healthy, non obese, middle-aged men from the French West Indies. Steroid hormones were determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, except for dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate, which was determined by immunological assay, as were the concentrations of sex-hormone binding globulin, follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. Associations were assessed by multiple linear regression analysis, controlling for confounding factors, in a backward elimination procedure, in multiple bootstrap samples. Results: DDE exposure was negatively associated to dihydrotestosterone level and positively associated to luteinizing hormone level. PCB 153 was positively associated to androstenedione and estrone levels. No association was found for chlordecone. Conclusions: These results suggested that the endocrine response pattern, estimated by determining blood levels of steroid hormones, varies depending on the POPs studied, possibly reflecting differences in the modes of action generally attributed to these compounds. It remains to be investigated whether this response pattern is predictive of the subsequent occurrence of disease. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 27 (3 ULg)Chlordecone Exposure and Risk of Prostate Cancer ; ; Giusti, Arnaud et al in Journal of Clinical Oncology (2010) Detailed reference viewed: 103 (27 ULg)Pesticide exposure of pregnant women in Guadeloupe: Ability of a food frequency questionnaire to estimate blood concentration of chlordecone ; ; et al in Environmental Research (2010), 110(2), 146-151 Context Chlordecone, an environmentally persistent organochlorine insecticide used intensively in banana culture in the French West Indies until 1993, has permanently polluted soils and contaminated ... [more ▼] Context Chlordecone, an environmentally persistent organochlorine insecticide used intensively in banana culture in the French West Indies until 1993, has permanently polluted soils and contaminated foodstuffs. Consumption of contaminated food is the main source of exposure nowadays. We sought to identify main contributors to blood chlordecone concentration (BCC) and to validate an exposure indicator based on food intakes.Material and methods We used a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) completed by a sample of 194 pregnant women to estimate their dietary exposure to chlordecone and compared it to blood levels. In a first approach, chlordecone daily intake was estimated as the product of daily eaten quantity of 214 foodstuffs, multiplied by their chlordecone content, and summed over all items. We then predicted individual blood chlordecone concentration with empirical weight regression models based on frequency of food consumption, and without contamination data.Results Among the 191 subjects who had BCC determination, 146 (76%) had detectable values and mean BCC was 0.86†ng/mL (range < LOD-13.2). Mean per capita dietary intake of chlordecone was estimated at 3.3†[mu]g/day (range: 0.1-22.2). Blood chlordecone levels were significantly correlated with food exposure predicted from the empirical weight models (r=0.47, p<0.0001) and, to a lesser extent, with chlordecone intake estimated from food consumption and food contamination data (r=0.20, p=0.007). Main contributors to chlordecone exposure included seafood, root vegetables, and Cucurbitaceous.Conclusion These results show that the Timoun FFQ provides valid estimates of chlordecone exposure. Estimates from empirical weight models correlated better with blood levels of chlordecone than did estimates from the dietary intake assessment. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 89 (20 ULg) |


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In a riff inspired by the blogger Matthew Yglesias a few years ago, I proposed what I called the Green Lantern theory of the presidency to describe people who attribute all policy failures and compromise to a lack of presidential will. (For the uninitiated, the Green Lantern Corps are comic book heroes whose abilities to wield a "power ring" depend on their willpower.)
These assumptions, which come up all the time in political coverage and commentary (and are often encouraged by presidential candidates, particularly before they take office), are now creeping in to reporting and debate on potential policy responses to the elementary school massacre in Newtown, CT.
Many of those sounding Green Lantern-esque notes are advocates of stricter gun control like The Washington Post's E.J. Dionne, who called on Obama "and the rest of us" to "change the politics of guns," and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who said, "It's time for the president to stand up and lead and tell this country what we should do—not go to Congress and say, 'What do you guys want to do?"
In other cases, however, reporters have approvingly channeled Green Lantern-style arguments, or raised similar ideas themselves. The New York Times, for instance, recently quoted former Congressional aide Steve Elmendorf stating that, "Nothing's going to happen here unless Obama decides to put it front and center." More notably, in a "White House Memo" news analysis piece, the NYT's Peter Baker acknowledged the political opposition confronting Obama but framed the "critical choice" facing the president as largely one of resolve:
Should he invest his energy and the stature he won with his re-election last month in a fight he may believe in but is not sure he can actually win? And with his last election now behind him, is he willing or even able to shift the dynamics in Washington to make such fights winnable?
The reality is far from what Green Lanternites might assume. As Ezra Klein recounted in an admirably thorough overview of the political science literature in The New Yorker, the practical powers of the president to change public opinion or pass legislation in Congress are often wildly overstated. The chief executive has some leverage in promoting proposals that are already popular or increasing the salience of certain issues, but policy stalemates in Washington are not easily overcome. Presidential speeches typically fail to change public opinion (as even the "Great Communicator" Ronald Reagan came to understand), and when the president takes a position on an issue before Congress his actions often polarize opposition legislators (as Obama has learned). To take a recent example, George W. Bush tried very hard to sell Social Security private accounts at the beginning of his second term and got nowhere despite enjoying unified GOP control of Congress.
For proposals that require legislative approval (as most significant changes on gun policy would), these limitations on Obama's presidential influence are compounded by GOP control of the House and the de facto 60-vote requirement to overcome a filibuster in the Senate. Unless the latest tragedy proves to have some extraordinary impact on public opinion (rather than a brief Columbine-style bump), it's not clear how Obama trying harder or "leading" would force John Boehner and his caucus to offer concessions. (Remember, Republicans already being forced to discuss compromises with Obama over the "fiscal cliff" and debt ceiling, which creates pressure to prove their toughness to conservative activists on other issues.)
To their credit, some journalists have reported these obstacles clearly to their readers. For instance, Michael Crowley's piece in Time stands out as especially comprehensive among early coverage in noting the GOP's ability to block legislation in the House and Senate, the divided state of public opinion on gun control, and the likelihood that attention to the issue will fade.
In addition, the coverage of Obama's promise on Wednesday to propose changes in gun policy was generally more specific in characterizing the challenges he faces. For instance, though Politico buried a brief mention of the GOP-controlled House at the end of its story on the statement and The Washington Post didn't mention it at all, The New York Times's Michael Shear noted the "possibility of a bitter legislative battle" with House Republicans in the second paragraph of his story. The Los Angeles Times likewise described the "daunting legislative math [Obama] faces" in the House, while Reuters flatly stated that "changing the rules will be difficult."


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A number of former Coventry City players found the back of the net this afternoon.
Former City loanee Jon Stead scored twice for Bristol City in a 5-3 win over Barnsley.
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text: Epileptics suffer from hyperpolarization of neurons. I'm not a doctor but my friend has this condition and she talks to me a little bit about what happens in her head during a seizure. Her physicians describe it as an electrical discharge in the brain. I guess it's like an electrical short-circuit of some sort and the brain shuts down. The doctors put her under an EEG machine and start flashing lights at her in order to stimulate the activity, and then they read the brain wave signals from a printout.


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If you remember, we used 61.8 as resistance the last time we rallied off of the downmove. No we are rallying significantly again and 61.8 is in range - about 15 points above current levels. Are fundamentals and "Fed Speak" strong enough to get us there? As I post the chart, what strategies could you use if you though the downmove is the trend and the rallies are the counter-trend?
Looking forward to the data set tomorrow morning in the form of Durable Goods – how will big ticket spending fare? And remember, interest rates really started rising AFTER this data set was developed – so please watch July's number.
Bernanke is still fielding questions. Overall, I think the statement wasn't that much different from my expectations in yesterday's market commentary. There is still the possibility for more QE through various "tools". He stressed looking at economic data, so let's continue to monitor that starting with tomorrow's claims and Philly Fed.
When I said "up week" in yesterday's blog, I wasn't thinking it could be this big. But, then again, we do have the Fed tomorrow. What does the market like to do ahead of the Fed? It tests it. Remember all of the "stress tests"? Well, the Fed has passed every one. Will they disappoint this time? I doubt it. So there should be some type of accomadative rhetoric that takes back any "when" scenario for tightening. If for some reason, the rhetoric does come across with an "end in sight", then the markets could very well be very, very overvalued.
Fundamentals first. Bernanke, Bernanke, Bernanke. That is right. We have the FOMC up on Wednesday. We also have Philly Manufacturing and claims. We already had the NY fed and that was better than expectations.
Without economic data, we let the international fundamentals take over: Greece. Europe was down pretty significantly for a 3rd day. The SPX is now close to its support area of 1608 and 1600. I haven't looked below that for technical levels using support, moving averages, or GASP!! a Fibonacci that shows retracement level to the downside. If we break 1600, I will surely provide you with those levels.


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Miami-Dade Democratic Chairman Booted by State Party
Categories: Politicks
Chiszar's letter is five pages of "inside baseball," but here are a few highlights to give you an idea of the generally unprofessional tone:
- He calls the University of Miami Democrats "rich little snobs."
- Describing a phone conversation with executive director Scott Arceneaux: "Mr. Arceneaux then proceeded to rudely insult me and tell me to shut up. As you can imagine, I let him have it and put him in his place real quick. I will not be spoken to by these scumbags like that! I can only assume that you wouldn't either!"
- He calls the founder of the Democratic Hispanic Caucus of Miami-Dade, Millie Herrerra, "a gadfly who lost to a complete unknown civil rights activist in the election for State Committeewoman and still cries herself to sleep every night about it."
Chiszar, age 30, was elected last December, and as he all too often points out, is the youngest large county party chair in the nation, or so he claims.
He's being removed for the following: attempting to charge candidates and groups to access voter files (apparently in one instance to those rich little snobs at UM) despite that access being free; being rude; failing to hold a single meeting with a quorum present; and making threats against Democratic officials.
So Chiszar is gone. In his place is attorney Richard Lydecker, a close friend of Manny Diaz, who also has connections to Alex Sink and Bill Nelson. Blue in Miami, incidentally, is wondering if this means Diaz might be more likely to run for higher office.
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Another awesome airplane. This one had it's own personal security detail... and the guards were armed with fully auto M16A4s.
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Five minutes here, 10 minutes there. It all adds up, and before you know it, you're out half an hour or more. The good news, though, is that there are so many ways to get that time back for yourself, from around-the-house tasks to everyday little chores.
Around the House
• Stock a set of cleaning supplies in a caddy on each floor of your home.
• Keep kitchen garbage-can liners in the bottom of the garbage pail.
• Use kitchen scissors. There's nothing better for chopping herbs, cutting up poultry and "slicing" pizza.
• When you peel and chop vegetables, toss all the refuse into a "garbage" bowl. You'll have to empty it just once.
• Wash and try lettuce all at once for the week. Store it wrapped in paper towels in airtight bags. Likewise, pre-cut fruit and refrigerate it in individual containers.
• Never make another bed. Use fitted sheets and a duvet with a washable cover.
• Keep cleaning wipes in every bathroom.
• Store remote controls in a single basket.
• Assign a color-coded laundry basket to each child. Let them worry about collecting their clean clothes and putting them away.
• Hang towels on hooks instead of towel bars.
• Run the dishwasher at night. The next morning, use the breakfast dishes right out of the dishwasher.
• Get rid of gadgets you don't use, especially in the kitchen. They only collect dust and jumble up drawers.
• Stock up on wardrobe essentials, such as T-shirts, socks and underwear, for everyone in the house.
Life Chores
• Pay bills in one sitting. Even if you don't mail them all right away, you can mark the due date on the envelope and cover it later with the stamp.
• Book the first appointment of the day with doctors, dentists and such. And always book future appointments before you leave the office.
• Buy stamps online (www.usps.com), and buy plenty of them. You know you'll always need more, and they're not going to get any cheaper.
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My wife and I just bought our first RV from RV SuperStore in April 2014. We bought an older model RV and they took their time in explaining what an RV entails. My wife and I were very pleased that although our RV was fairly, fairly older, we were treated as though we just bought a brand new 2014 model. The people there were very helpful in going over all the facts about an RV. Thanks RV SuperStore for a great experience!!
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Vicki and I are pleased to compliment the RV Superstore for the help and service you have provided during this last year. Your parts department has been efficient and we still tell the story how you sent a mobile unit to our RV site at Terrible's Lakeside RV Park to do a small recall work on our Norcold refrigerator. You saved us the trouble of unhooking and driving in while helping us get a $50.00 gas card for the whole process. Such a deal! We have really appreciated the time and effort that Gary Rurans and Will Terry have given us in our effort to purchase a new Dutch Star from you. You have let us drive the vehicle, photograph it, measure it, bring friends to see and open it for any request we had. Your official response to our purchase offer was straight-forward and right on target. We also noted how willing you were to take care of any little (perhaps picky) details we wanted fixed on the vehicle. This all makes a big difference on how we felt. Living in Pahrump (Artesia) we and many of our neighbors feel most fortunate to have your Superstore come to our town. Those of us who own Newmar products feel especially good about having your excellent service in our backyard. We like your family attachment to Pahrump and your "hometown" attitude. We also look forward to doing business with you in the years to come. Keep up the great work! We sing your praises to all of our RV friends. By: Bill and Vicki Gladsjo |
This is the best experience we have ever had buying anything. Will, Gary and Brian and the whole staff is nice people and know their stuff. They went above and beyond to help us get the best financing and interest rate. The walk thru was very informative and professional. We have to say the entire staff at RV Superstore from sale to service will go out of their way to make sure you are pleased. We would strongly recommend RV Superstore for buying a motor home, service or parts. They are the greatest. Thanks By: Bob and Essie Evans |
I can start off by saying I LOVE my RV. I am a female customer and had Gary as a salesman. I was impressed by his knowledge as well as his easy going nature. There was nothing high pressure about this sale. I knew this was the RV I had been looking for. The RV was totally checked out and I was shown every aspect of operation before taking delivery. The Superstore itself is an awesome place with friendly, helpful people. I am a VERY, PICKY person and am extremely comfortable buying from this business that stands behind their product. IMPRESSED...
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I would like to share my experience with the staff of the RV Superstore, and most especially with their service technitian Dave. On two recent occasions, Dave has not only recommended the best performing products for my 5th wheel but also has completed the installations in a very knowledgeable and professional manner. Dave and the RV Superstore staff have been honest and forthright in their pricing and have shown me that they have the customers best interest at heart. We are fortunate to have them in our area. By: Judith Reid |
My wife and I took delivery of our third Newmar motor home from the RV Superstore in Pahrump, Nevada. It was quite an effort as the ability to obtain reasonable financing by the manager took some time and much effort. Their efforts were finally successful! We wanted to tell you how pleased we were with the buying experience at the RV Superstore. It was in fact, the best buying experience we have ever had from any dealer. The management managed to make us feel we were dealing with a close friend who had our best interests at the forefront of each and every step of the process. When I arrived to pick up the new coach, the preparation was excellent and the walk through was done with a Service Department representative who made absolutely certain I understood each component of our new coach. At the end, the Service Manager came out to make certain I was satisfied with the effort and gave me his direct telephone line and told me to call him with any questions I might have later. The owners, managers and staff of RV Superstore are simply "nice people" who also happen to be most professional. They are excellent representatives for Newmar and when the time comes for us to take delivery of our fourth newmar motor home, we know where to go. By: Thomas A Jennings |
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We would like to share with you the wonderful experience we had with your dealership and service department. From our first meeting of your sales staff, Kevin and Gary, then on to meeting William to negotiate the deal, we found all steps in the process very professional yet easy and comfortable as we never once felt pressured. We felt like family working on a family effort to bring to fruition that which we both wanted. We had a wonderful sales experience. As we live over 400 miles away, the delivery of our coach required considerable phone calls beforehand, all of which William personally received and answered any questions that arose on our part once we got back home. Your professionalism is commendable and your attitude is that which is hard to find in a sales environment. As we had to wait to take delivery of our coach for aproximately 4 weeks, you reassured us that everything would be taken care of. When we met your technical team we saw the pride in their work, we had no reservations that this coach was being treated as if it was their own. We would like to thank that team of John, Vince and Dave for their patience, expertise and outstanding work. As for Cathy, who handled all the paperwork and many questions / requests, she is a gem who shares equally in our wonderful experience at RV Superstore. Newmar is very lucky to have you as a dealership and we hope they recognize it. We watched as Monico made an excellent effort to have your dealership move to their brand. We hope that Newmar recognizes that Nevada and nearby states need a dealership of your quality, expertise, and most of all, the family values that is so much a part of the Newmar Corp. We truly hope you continue carrying the Newmar brand. We travel through California, Nevada and Arizona and have told many people that your dealership is where our friends need to go for quality sales and service, a very hard thing to recommend these days. As we will be seeking you again in the near future to complete the final touches on our coach, we once again would like to thank you for your patience, kindness and professionalism throughout this proces. By: Mike and Pat Corral |
My wife and I have had a long time dream now since our first day of marriage merely some 40 years ago. It was to purchase a Motor Home someday and travel the states when we both retired. We considered this a reward due and owed to the both of us for so many years of hard work. Finally our dream will be fullfilled on September 23rd, 2010, by Mr. Gary Rurans, the Sales Manager at the RV Super Store in Pahrump, Nevada. This is when we pick-up our new Motor Home. We have both been treated like a King and a Queen since our first contact with Mr. Rurans some 2 weeks ago. He has been such a outstanding salesman to the both of us, and ever since we first spoke with him we felt like we were the number (1) persons in his life. He has been so far ahead of us in making sure we were taken care that it has been a mere pleasure doing business for the first time in our lifetimes for many years now, as we both thought customer service was a thing in the past, never to be heard from again. Let us tell you that is not the case at the RV Super Store in Pahrump, Nevada. As customers we came first finally after sooooooooo many years now that frankly we were shocked and surprised at the same time. He made sure that we were made happy with all the many aspects during the entire purchase time of our motor home. We were and are (2) satisfied customers, and through our purchase time, Mr. Rurans has earned our deepest respect and friendship. Trust is a great thing to have when you purchase from anyone and we have so much trust in Mr. Rurans. All the many contacts with the RV Super Store in Pahrump, Nevada has been GREAT. What else can we say, we are fullfilled and happy with Mr. Rurans, Will Terry and his company. By: Ron and Gail Donaway Phoenix, AZ |
We highly recommend RV Superstore Pahrump to anyone looking to buy a motorhome. Our experience with this dealership was truly exceptional. When we decided to move to a class A from our C, we did quite a bit of research. RV Superstore was by far the most pleasant to deal with of all the dealerships we visited. They also offered an absolutely superior product in the Newmar Baystar. Most of the coaches offered by other dealerships paled by comparison. It was a big purchase decision for us and we feel very lucky to have been able to work with Gary Rurans and Will Terry throughout the process. We also want to mention our appreciation of the walk through provided by Vince, who answered all of our questions and was thorough and complete in his presentation. Gary was kind enough to put us up at a lovely, nearby RV park (Nevada Treasure--beautiful place!) for two nights just to make sure we were comfortable in the new coach and nearby in case we had any problems or questions. We can't recomment this highly enough--imagine being 100 miles away before you realize there's a problem with your new coach! By the way, we had absolutely no problems, another testimony to Newmar quality. We're absolutely thrilled with our new Baystar and the experience we had with RV Superstore. We ended up with a superior product for around the same cost as a "just average" coach. Thank you so much for your exceptional professionalism, expertise and courtesy! By: Jason and Lilly Marin Las Vegas, NV |
Diane and I wish to compliment this dealership for the outstanding way they have treated us for the last two years. First of which the service department headed up by Brian Mallory took such good care of us and our needs from time to time and convinced us that they really do care about their customers. Recently we had a new experience as it became necessary to sell our beautiful coach due to personal reasons. We sat down with Gary Rurans in the sales department and he immediately took our coach in on consignment. To make a long story short, he put forth great effort and successfully sold our coach for us. We actually got more for it then we expected and these are tough times to sell anything. The entire experience was made effortless for us and we couldn't be happier with the way the whole experience was consumated. I recommend the RV Superstore to anyone whether the need be for sales, service or consignment. We have Rv'd for years and have owned three class A motor homes and have never been treated so well as at the RV Superstore. By: Bill and Diane Swab Pahrump, NV |
We would like to thank Gary and Will for making this happen for us again. This is our second RV thru your RV Superstore and we would never go anywhere else. You all are very special people and make this experience very enjoyable and virtually hassle free. We don't know how you do it but we love you for it. We know we are getting an excellent RV without needing to see it in person. The E-mail correspondence is great! We also know we are getting the best financing and interest rate available. We have recommended your store to our friends and they would be foolish not to buy their next RV from you.
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Due to the economy we needed to lower our monthly payments and we did not think we would be able to trade in our coach for a different one because we were upside down on what we owed. You all worked very hard on the deal and made a very attractive one that lowered our payments by almost $500 a month. We are now able to enjoy the RV life again. It was a very nice experience buying from the RV Superstore. Our salesman Kevin and everyone there was very nice and helpful, no hassles and no pressure. Thank you again to Kevin and the RV Superstore for one of the best experiences I have ever had when purchasing an RV and we have purchased 12 over the last few years. Keep up the good work! By: Leonard and Nannette Abel |
Due to the economy we needed to lower our monthly payments and we did not think we would be able to trade in our coach for a different one because we were upside down on what we owed. You all worked very hard on the deal and made a very attractive one that lowered our payments by almost $500 a month. We are now able to enjoy the RV life again. It was a very nice experience buying from the RV Superstore. Our salesman Kevin and everyone there was very nice and helpful, no hassles and no pressure. Thank you again to Kevin and the RV Superstore for one of the best experiences I have ever had when purchasing an RV and we have purchased 12 over the last few years. Keep up the good work! Sincerely, By: Leonard and Nannette Abel |
Hi Gary, We appreciate the professional way that you worked with us on our recent purchase of the 2008 Safari Passage. You made the negotions easy and quick. Getting to a number that was acceptable to both RV Superstore and us was actually fun. I also appreciated the way that John handled the walk through with us. He was efficient and thorough. The whole experience was pleasurable. Since purchasing the "new to us" rig, we have been doing a lot of customization and updating. I look forward to bringing her back to show you the improvements. God Bless and thanks for your professionalism. By: Paul and Barb Schmitt Las Vegas, NV |
My wife and I started looking at RV's last fall while weekend camping several times in Pahrump. During those visits, Kevin (Salesman) was more than willing to take time to show us the available inventory, explain the features as well as the pricing philosophy of the dealership (keep prices low to continually cycle through inventory). During a recent camping weekend, we stopped by once again look at what was available and found a 2006 Alfa Founder (40' motor home) that met our needs and was in the 'ballpark' as to what we were willing to pay. After discussing price options and a value for our trade-in (which was more than a fair price), we placed a deposit to hold the RV until we could come back and test drive it. During that time, we did find other comparable RV's with lower prices and forwarded that information to Kevin. It was then we learned that Kevin was no longer at the dealership and started working with Gary (Sales Manager). Just prior to returning for the test drive, and to review all the features, a final price was presented to us that again was more than fair. We purchased the RV and had a very thorough walk-through to ensure we were comfortable with all the features and operation of the unit. The entire sales process that took several months of casually looking before our purchase was very low-key, no high pressure sales tactics, no hard core negotiations, terrific pricing and overall was a very enjoyable experience. We certainly recommend the RV SuperStore for anyone looking to purchase an RV. By: Bob and Kathy Stubbs |