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Twitter's Problems Continue
Last week, we received second quarter results from social media giant Twitter (NYSE:TWTR). While revenues and non-GAAP EPS were well ahead of expectations, the stock fell as user growth again disappointed and management had a very grim tone. Unfortunately for Twitter, the company's main problems continue to linger, which limits the potential for this premium priced stock.
Twitter shares lost a lot of ground after CEO Anthony Noto stated that the product is just too difficult to use. He believes that investors should not expect sustained user growth until Twitter can reach the mass market, which could take considerable time. Excluding SMS Fast Followers, the company reported 304 million monthly active users at the end of Q2. This was growth of 12% in the past year, which trailed Facebook's (NASDAQ:FB) growth of 13% in its reported Q2. There is a big gap here as Facebook has nearly 1.5 billion monthly active users. Not only is Twitter growing its user base at a slower rate, but its user base is about 1/5th the size. You would normally expect Facebook to have a lower growth rate given the law of large numbers, but that's not the case here.
One of the biggest issues I see with Twitter is the company's inability to make money, primarily on a GAAP basis. Even though Facebook is investing heavily this year, Facebook still had a GAAP profit of $719 million during Q2. On the flip side, Twitter lost almost $137 million. As you can see in the table below, the losses continue to pile up for Twitter. Even as revenues have soared, GAAP losses are tremendous, and I'm not sure when that will ever change. Dollar values are in thousands.
*First six months of given year.
(Source: Twitter's SEC filings and Q2 earnings linked above)
In this 4.5 year period, Twitter has booked revenues of nearly $3.43 billion, but the company has also lost about $1.73 billion. With management worried about user growth for the near term, that doesn't create a winning combination. I wouldn't be too worried about the situation if Twitter shares traded at a decent multiple, but that's not the case. While Facebook shares currently trade for less than 35 times 2016 expected EPS, Twitter shares go for more than 49 times. That's a substantial premium for a name that continues to lose money and is struggling to grow its user base.
The other item that worries me is substantial dilution. Twitter is using a lot of equity to pay for acquisitions as well as stock based compensation. In Q2 2015, the diluted share count used to determine EPS was over 655 million, compared to less than 596 million in the prior year period. When a company isn't doing well, the last thing you want is large dilution. Adding more shares outstanding to a stock that's not in demand will hurt the stock even more.
In the end, Twitter's problems continued during the second quarter of 2015. The company is having a tough time growing its user base, and management doesn't see the problem ending anytime soon. The company continues to lose money, and it trades at a substantial premium to Facebook. At this point, I would not be a buyer of shares until Twitter figures out how to appeal to the mass market while also being able to produce a profit.Tags: FB, TWTR, short-ideas
Google Controls Costs But Status Quo Remains
Last week, technology giant Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) reported its second quarter results. The company missed on the top line for the fourth straight quarter, but eliminated its six quarter EPS miss streak with a sizable beat. The company finally decided to reign in its out of control spending. As a result, shares rocketed to a new high, with the Class A premium continuing to increase thanks to no meaningful capital return news.
Prior to Google's earnings report, the Wall Street Journal reported that the company was becoming more cost disciplined under new CFO Ruth Porat. In Q1 of this year, GAAP operating expenses (not counting the cost of revenues) rose nearly 900 basis points faster than revenue growth. In Q2, that narrowed to about 200 basis points, allowing the nearly 30 cent EPS beat. On the conference call, Porat provided the following statement:
"These strong top-line results were complemented by ongoing operating expense discipline in the quarter as reflected in 31% year-over-year growth in GAAP operating income and 16% year-over-year growth in non-GAAP operating income.
The company has finally decided to reign in its spending, one reason why I previously have argued against an acquisition of Twitter (NYSE:TWTR). While Google has continued to grow its revenues by double digits, operating expense growth could not continue to significantly outpace revenue growth. While analysts have kept their 2015 revenue estimates flat since Google's Q2 report, the average EPS figure is up by 59 cents since, reflecting this cost control.
Google reported free cash flow of nearly $4.5 billion in Q2, and the company's cash balance is likely over $70 billion today. While management did not rule out capital returns on the conference call, no plans were formally announced. In fact, I'm now a little less convinced Google will detail any plans for returning capital to shareholders in 2015 based on the conference call commentary.
During Q2, the number of Class A shares outstanding rose by 0.57% sequentially to almost 290 million. However, the number of Class C shares outstanding rose at a slightly faster pace, 0.66%, and now totals nearly 344 million. The extra 54 million plus Class C shares, combined with no voting rights, has allowed the premium between these classes to continue rising. A capital return plan announcement could have changed this, but with no such news, investors continue to favor shares with voting rights. The chart below details the Class A premium since early April, the share split anniversary.
(Note: Last data point on chart is for 7/22 close)
The Class A premium has rocketed to new highs post-earnings, now around $33. Since the share split anniversary, Class A shares have risen by 28.41%, compared to a 23.63% rise for Class C. That's outperformance of 478 basis points in just 76 trading days, less than 1/3 of a market year. Despite a higher share price, Class A shares have also averaged about 50,000 more shares traded daily over the past three months.
In the end, Google shares were rewarded for the company's cost discipline, a key factor in EPS growth going forward. Under new CFO Ruth Porat, this is a new era for Google, and it was nice to see the EPS miss streak snapped. There was no capital return news announced, however, which continues the status quo. The Class A premium has soared to another new high, and I don't see a reason for the situation to change in the near term.Tags: GOOGL, GOOG, long-ideas
Intel Now In Wait And See Mode
Last week, we received quarterly results from chip giant Intel (NASDAQ:INTC). The company reported better than expected revenues, while EPS beat thanks to a one-time tax rate plunge. While the company did lower its full year revenue guidance, the decline was not as bad as feared. At this point, the stock is basically stuck, waiting to see how the PC market fares with the Windows 10 launch, and as Intel tries to complete its Altera (NASDAQ:ALTR) purchase.
For Q2, the company came in just under its $13.2 billion revenue midpoint. That ended up being a sizable beat, because as I detailed in my earnings preview article, analysts were lowering their forecasts into this report. The street's consensus figure ended up at $13.04 billion. While gross margins were ahead of guidance, the company spent more on the operating line and more than double its guidance for restructuring expenses. The company ended up beating by a nickel on the bottom line, thanks to a one-time tax refund claim and some indefinite reinvestment of non-US earnings. In the end, the Q2 numbers were a mixture of good and bad.
For Q3, the company guided to a $14.3 billion revenue midpoint, about $200 million ahead of expectations. Management did reduce its full year revenue forecast from "approximately flat" revenues to "down approximately one percent". As mentioned above, analysts had become a bit negative, expecting a 2% full year decline, so we've seen a recent snapback in estimates, seen below.
The company did boost its yearly gross margin forecast by 50 basis points. However, management increased its operating expense and tax rate guidance for the back half of the year, and restructuring expenses seem to be running a bit high. Analysts have increased their full year EPS average by 6 cents since Intel's report, although you have to remember that Q2 beat by a nickel. The Q3 average is up by 3 cents, while the Q4 average is down by 2 cents.
One of the key takeaways of this report was that Intel slashed its capex forecast by another billion dollars for 2015 to $7.7 billion. This follows the $1.3 billion capex guidance cut at the Q1 report, meaning a 23% cut from the original forecast. It does make sense to reduce capex with the PC market being weak. There are also some that believe Intel cut its 2015 forecast due to the push-out of the 10nm platform to the second half of 2017. By cutting capex this year, Intel can boost its free cash flow, which hopefully will reduce the amount of debt needed to finance the Altera deal.
It's now all about Windows 10 for Intel after the Client Computing Group showed a $1.8 billion revenue decline in the first half of 2015 as compared to the first half of last year. Analysts have become a little worried about the new operating system's potential, because Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has offered free upgrades to older system users. Additionally, the strength of the US dollar has pushed up PC prices around the globe. Finally, a major iPad refresh from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) this October, including the expected launch of a large screen tablet, could negatively impact PC sales.
I'm most curious to see if Intel can improve its operating expense structure moving forward. The company has guided to about $528 million of restructuring expenses for the first 9 months of this year, substantially above the $238 million for last year's first 3 quarters. Intel's operating expenses are running at about a $20 billion yearly pace, which is almost as much as its cost of goods sold. A more streamlined set of operations going forward could really drive profitability improvement in future years. Analysts are expecting 7.4% EPS growth in 2016, and a large chunk of those gains could come from reduced restructuring expenses and better operating expense management.
Intel shares closed Friday at $29.47, less than a dollar from their 52-week low. The weakness in the PC market during the first half of the year has really hurt revenues and the stock. At the moment, I see Intel trading mostly sideways until we get a clearer view of the PC space, but the 3.26% annual dividend yield is more than the 30-Year US Treasury bond currently. Investors may actually get more than that if we get a dividend raise for early 2016. As stated in prior articles, I think the stock's valuation is fair at the moment, but Intel needs to further reduce its PC reliance and operating expenses for long term upside in its shares.
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Orlando Magic Needs To Provide Nikola Vucevic With More Defensive Help
As the Orlando Magic and others wait for the lottery to find out where they'll pick in the NBA draft, the question remains on whom the team will pick depending on the order.
Many think the Magic have more of a need on their perimeter game and that the incredible inside play of Nikola Vucevic means they should be looking at another part of their game.
Vucevic certainly gives the Magic incredible inside power at 13.1 points and 11.09 rebounds a game with his figures from a year ago. But he'll find it tougher next season to be as dominant since his reputation has grown. He's going to need some defensive help.
But the Magic could be well advised to take the burden off Vucevic and have another inside player all set to make huge contributions. The NBA doesn't live by one tough inside player alone. Inside the paint, the Magic need more enforcers. Vucevic is only a start.
If the Magic go for an outside player like Ben McLemore rather than 6-11, 225 Nerlens Noel, they'll have to look for a trade or for a free agent to shore up that inside and make it tough to stop.
Young teams like the Magic, who have horrible seasons in 2012-13, can only bounce back if they improve defensively. Vucevic didn't have a poor defensive season. In fact, he had an impressive one. But the more solid defensive players that are in the Magic lineup, the better chance they have of returning to playoff contention status. It's going to take awhile, however.
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The Auckland electricity and gas distribution monopoly was ordered by the competition regulator to reduce gas distribution prices by 18 per cent, and gas transmission prices by 29.5 per cent.
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Has anyone taken a cruise with Treasure Junk? Their boat is relatively new and was recommended to us by Indochina Junk, whose Dragon Junk boat is completely booked for the time when we want to go.
They are very "travel/environmentally conscious" and do not visit caves for that reason, although I'm not sure what the damage to caves is from visiting them, unless its just from general foot traffic. In any case....
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Treasure Junk Halong/Bai Tu Long bay crusie?
Has anyone taken a cruise with Treasure Junk? Their boat is relatively new and was recommended to us by Indochina Junk, whose Dragon Junk boat is completely booked for the time when we want to go.
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Let check the Paloma Cruise for 3d2n which is very similar cruise itinerary of Indochina Junk which cover Bai Tu Long Bay area. I don't think you miss anything in Halong Bay with this cruise. You may also want to have a look at anewly launched Pelican Cruise.
Another opt which is more deluxe are: Indochina Sails, Ginger or Jasmine Cruise. Pls note that these cruise will do normal cruise route in Western Part of Halong and if you do 02 nights on board they will arrange you a day cruise to other part of Halong near Catba island which is call "Lan Ha" bay, this is popular swimming & kayaking area for people who do 3 days tours in Halong.
Hope this info help to narrow in which cruise and budget you can book for your trip to Halong Bay.
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Thank you, Hai!
Your post was very informative and has kept us busy researching these companies. I thought we had it down to the AuCo vs. Treasure Junk, but not now.
It is very confusing getting information about these cruises. Would it be better for us to enlist the help/advice of a local travel agent, or try to decide on our own?
Ideally, we want this:
A 2-night cruise that incorporates the lesser-traveled areas in BaiTuLong Bay,
Fishing village visit
Visit to a cave
possibly CatBa island, because we've heard its beautiful, but if too "touristy," then we don't need it.
Thanks again for any more help. We're really struggling to figure this out!
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Hi Stephanie,
I'm sorry I did not check this thread til' now.Hope you have a nice time in Ha Long!!!!!!!!!!
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No need to stop and grab food on your way to the Drive-In, hop into the 50's Cafe and Dine while you enjoy a movie. For those not coming to see a movie but craving some delicious food, we've got your covered, you don't need a ticket to just dine with us, so swing by the 50's Cafe at dinner time.
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Came for a movie and got an amazing meal. Can't believe how cool you've made the drive-in. We will be back soon.
Always enjoy the drive-in. Great value, good food and excellent movies. P.S. the new site rocks!
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Clever idea, hanging a mason jar next to the window this way for fresh flowers. I think it would also be great in the laundry room to collect those pesky coins that always seem to be in pockets!
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Fishing Update - Captain Bryan Brawner, www.crystalbeachcharters.com, 409-256-1265
July 27, 2015
Last week, Galveston East Bay was a real roller coaster with conditions going from bad to marginal each day with westerly winds pumping at night, high pressure, and dirty water and slack tides in the morning. We still managed some good catches by staying on the move and keying on slicks and areas were the water was clearing. The fresh water problem is for most purposes over now. For those who have taken my class, late summer pattern now. The last couple of days, the water is really getting in good shape and the speck bite has been outstanding. We have caught most of our trout on TTF soft plastics in geaux gleaux and phat Tuesday. We are keying on pods of nervous bait and slicks. Also getting them on morning glory as the sun gets higher. The bite is still going for those soaking bait on the ship channel and jetties. Live bait is still in short supply on the peninsula and does not live well.
I just had an opening this week and have a few weekday mid August openings.
With my on-the-water class/seminars, I am offering a new feature which includes real time text fishing updates for my clients. Call me for more detailed information and available dates. I have a limited number of class days which I offer and prices of classes are going up in the spring. Lock in your trip with a gift certificate at current prices. Some weekend dates are available for classes now. Winter is a great time to take a class to be ready for the spring action!
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I am a full time fishing guide on Galveston East Bay so I am available for charters 7 days a week. I offer half day and full day fishing trips on Galveston East Bay and also offer a no holds barred, on the water fishing class/seminar for Galveston East Bay. I plan my charters around your preferences so I offer trips for all skill levels and needs of my clients. I offer hardware (artificial lures) only trips, for the experienced sport fishermen who prefer to use only artificial lures. Also, I offer charters using live bait or a combination so we can take advantage of what they are hitting best for the day we are out. Your success and fun is what taking a fishing charter is about.
For exact fishing locations and techniques, I am conducting one-on-one classes of the Galveston East Bay System. We will spend a half-day trip exploring that bay and the techniques and timing of fishing there. Bring your hand-held GPS and a map and note pad and I will further your knowledge of the bay and patterns for fishing in all of the seasons of the year. These classes include everything from locations to tackle and lure selection; thus have a lot of content. So, I limit them to 2 persons max at a time. Call 409-256-1265 for more information. Classes start at 500.00 and are conducted in my boat on the water at the actual locations. We cover a lot of area and burn a lot of gas.
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Manual Focusing in NYC
Most people would describe Manhattan as a very fast-paced environment, and a lot of it is. If you haven't spent much time there, you may be under the impression that people in NYC are participating in a 24/7/365 game of 'Who Seems the Most Stressed Out & Busy'.
It's such a lovely place.
I don't personally get the impression that it's that crazy, but maybe I'm just used to it. There is certainly a lot going on, and the city is always packed with a fair number of people who are rushing to get themselves somewhere as quickly as possible, but it's more than that. There's truth to the stigma, especially in midtown, but it's not all fast-paced drama.
I like to casually stroll around Manhattan, observing the soon to be fading memories of millions of strangers fly past me. I think it's probably similar in most other major cities.
When I first started to get into photography last year, I spent some time playing with a Leica M, which really got me into shooting in manual focus mode. Besides technical reasons to shoot in manual, like when you want the camera to focus on the window, not what's through the window, there is the slowness of manual focusing that is very appealing to me. In a similar way to slowing down while on the crowded streets of New York, slowing down while taking photos is relaxing and makes me feel more involved in creating something worthwhile.
NYC is one of my favourite places to shoot in manual mode. It turns out that slowing down in 'the city that never sleeps' (that's such a bullshit phrase, by the way) is more than possible. It's actually really enjoyable, and you get a chance see a lot of interesting stuff fly by your lens.
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Aretha Franklin, the Beatles, Frank Sinatra all were discovered at karaoke joints. Okay, thats a blatant lie. But stumble upon any karaoke night and you will see dozens of people who think they are Aretha Franklin, Paul McCartney, or Frank Sinatra. Discreetly laughing at these folks is half the fun. However, after hours of grooving to (and perhaps participating in) alternative stylings of I Will Survive, you need a drink. Thats the beauty of Karaoke Night at Titanic: Good beer is a given.
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hello all, i have some questions about the speed of loading a lot of sprites at once..
i'm working on a little tile-based thing that randomly generates a world every time you run it. however, if there there a lot of tiles, it takes a really really long time to set it up. maybe i'm just doing it wrong.
as a little test, i chose a ridiculously large world (300x300 tiles, or 90,000 sprites), which took several minutes to generate. there are only 3 unique sprites used (grass, tree, water).
after actually generating it though, the ingame fps isn't completely awful (~40 fps while not scrolling, so a slightly smaller world should be okay.. maybe.)
i understand that it can't be done instantly, obviously, but is there any way to speed up sprite loading?
Gustavo Rangel
Question, why do you need 90.000 sprites? I mean, are you displaying all 90k sprites at once?
Do you know if this project still been monitored by some one. Do you know if there are new releases?
I stuck in a "frame per second" problem.
Sorry if I did't answer your question
well, my world consists of that many tiles, and i'm always moving the "camera" around in it, it's like a simulated world.. i'm only displaying 20x15 tiles at once (the screen size).
maybe i should keep an array which stores the type of tile, and load/unload the tiles that are nearby as i need them?
i didn't think of that until just now.
as for new releases or anything, i've no idea. i actually wanted to ask that myself..
and about setting the fps, i'm afraid i don't know. maybe you should write some code that individually advances the frame for each sprite, with a delay to get the desired fps?
Infact, you don't need to load all the sprites/tiles. You can load the images that r displaying and unload the rest. Do you use VC++6.0 to develop your app? I would like to start a new project, try to remake the Kyra Sprite Editor and make a new frendly windows editor with map editor and maybe menus editor support. My idea is to integrate some like the app "MAPWIN" and to integrate some sort of bitmap editor.
About the FPS i release that it's very very dificult.
As soon as I got some examples I'll let you know, maybe we can share ideas.
well, i fixed it. instead of storing all the sprites, i simply store their name.
and then, for every game loop, i load the sprites that are "on screen" and unload a couple of surrounding ones (a radius of about 4-5 tiles "off" the screen, far enough so that it doesn't miss any tiles if the camera moves too fast).
i also realized the real reason it loaded so slowly is because of another function call i was making, which i didn't need.
now it loads relatively fast (large worlds still take a while though), and while ingame, it runs at a decent 200 fps regardless of world size.
i can try to make an example to limit the fps on a particular sprite, if you want.
here, i wrote a short program.
is this what you were looking for, or did you mean something else?
it doesn't get an EXACT fps, since the ticks value would have to include some decimals, but it's an approximation.
oops, i looked at your post, i see that you want a separate fps value for each action. well, i'm sure you can modify it to store one variable for each action.
Well, i really appreciate that.
I notice that engine->draw it's launch in order to update all the next sprites->actions and tiles. This method is called using a SDL_Timer.
Maybe I can create another timer which update the next action frame, but if I do that what happend when engine->draw() is called?
Ok, that migth do the trick. I get it now, sprite->DoStep() is the one which update the next frame action. I could change it in order to have multiples action fps, but I'll remain with multiple sprites fps.
Thanks a lot
Ummmm and another question, do you know where I can find some gravity examples, I'm trying to to a simple platform. So i need to manage sprite jump - (go up - then go down)
hmm, i'm terrible at things like that actually, i always have trouble with it.
one easy way would be to use a physics library and try to set it up so you can control your character with it, then you'll get collision and "falling" for free, you can "jump" by simply applying an upwards force on your player's physics object.
that's all probably too much for to explain here though, but i'm sure you can find lots of samples.
here's one 2d physics engine i know of:
i haven't used it myself yet, but i plan to some day..
Daniel Bengtsson
I did some very simple gravity because I needed some bouncing balls. I manually used SetPos on the sprite and kept a y and x speed where the y speed was updated for each iteration due to gravity, and negated the y speed when the ground was hit.


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In certain moments, the Cavaliers have looked every bit the young, dynamic team Dan Gilbert promised the city he'd deliver, but at other times, they've been a colossal mess that would tremble in their boots at facing a high school team. The stability within the organization will prove pivotal in them making the playoffs. If they can add that alongside a new player or two, as done with center Spencer Hawes, then they will find it hard to not make the 2015 postseason.
Do the players believe they can become a winner? It appears so, at least Dion Waiters does anyway. After the loss, he tweeted "I just want to give the city of Cleveland what they deserve, PLAYOFFS!!! That's y I play every game like it's my last!!!!" This could be a sign of the previously mentioned stability settling in. Waiters was a constant name being discussed in trade talks, but it appears the Cavaliers and their two-guard are in it for the long haul, and they both share the same goal: playoffs.
Barring an almighty turn in form, tbe Cavaliers will not make the 2014 playoffs, but the framework is definitely in place to be there a year later than planned.
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SSH (Secure Shell) is designed with security in mind. In the old days, people often used Telnet to connect to their servers, but that was back when servers were down the hall, not over the vast expanse of the uncharted Internet. SSH adds a layer of encryption to the transmission, ensuring that you can connect to your dedicated server or virtual private server (VPS) without the risk of having your password intercepted.
Although SSH is more secure than most Internet protocols by default, you can still do more to make it even more secure. The following are five tips for SSH security bliss.
1. Restrict Root logins. There is no reason, under normal circumstances, to allow direct root logins to your server. The system administrator can become root once logged in (using su or sudo), but there is no reason to risk having your root account directly exposed to the Internet. With root logins restricted, attackers will not easily gain access, even if they manage to find out the password.
2. Jail users in chroot directories. Linux and Unix servers have permissions in place to prevent a normal user from doing something crazy, like deleting all the files in /etc, but nothing prevents them from seeing those files. Using chroot, you can restrict users to their own /home directories.
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There isn't any evidence to prove that Rep. Connie Mack intentionally used $18,000 in taxpayer money to send political postcards all over the state, but there isn't anything about the situation that makes Mack look good.
If you haven't heard about it already, all the recent hullabaloo is over 90,000 mailers that Mack sent out earlier this week using federal funds. It's technically kosher if he keeps the mailings within his district. The Tampa Bay Times found out he didn't.
While Mack's district is in southwest Florida, the cards have reportedly begun showing up at homes in Hillsborough County, Miami Beach, and Sarasota, which violates the number-one rule of "franked mail" -- if you're a politician getting free mail services, you have to send the mail for informational purposes to your constituents. Instead, the Times reported, 64 percent of them went outside of his district, and it wasn't all that informational. Mack blamed the misrouting on the company that put the mailing list together.
Expect more from the Pulp on those points tomorrow -- today we've got comment from a news conference from George LeMieux, Mack's challenger in the Republican primary. And he's not happy.
LeMieux called the incident "a coordinated campaign effort to use a taxpayer-funded mailing" and called for Mack to pay the $18,000 that was returned to the U.S. Treasury by the company he blamed. He said the "Penny Plan" was the "hallmark of his campaign" and that the mailer "very much looks like a campaign piece."
"The idea of this being a mistake is hard to believe," he said. "The list for franked mail should be coming from the congressman and the congressman's office... That information is plainly available from supervisors of elections."
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Echuca Swimming Club's Josh Kennedy and Brad Mellington came home with plenty of medals from the Victorian Country Long Course Championships.February 1, 2013 4:12am
Echuca Swimming Club's Josh Kennedy and Brad Mellington have brought home gold medals from the recent Victorian Country Long Course Championships.
Kennedy and Mellington were part of an 11-strong squad from Echuca, as well as head coach Janyce Rosin, who travelled to the championships on January 25 to 27 in Sale.
Swimming in the 13-year-old category, Kennedy reached four finals from his five swims.
He won gold medals in the 100m butterfly and 100m backstroke, which included breaking the event record in the backstroke and narrowly missed the record for the other.
He also gained a silver medal in the 100m freestyle event and finished fifth in the 200m individual medley, slicing eight seconds off his personal best.
In his final event, he placed 11th in the 100m breaststroke.
Mellington made four finals from his six individual swims.
He won gold in the open 100m backstroke event in a sensational finish, narrowly missing breaking the event record.
He won silver in the 200m backstroke and a bronze in the 50m backstroke in a swim which could have seen any of the three placegetters get gold, while he also finished fifth in the 400m freestyle final.
Louis Spencely reached four finals from his six swims.
He finished an impressive fifth in the open 200m freestyle and eighth in each of the open 200m butterfly, open 100m butterfly and the 16-17 years 100m freestyle.
He was also emergency for the 16-17 years 100m butterfly event.
Hayley Holmes made a final in her 11 years and under 50m breaststroke event, finishing sixth with a personal best time.
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Bernard Uys made three finals from his four swims in the 11 and under events of 50m backstroke, freestyle and butterfly.
He finished fifth and seventh in his finals.
Bernard also achieved four personal best times over the weekend, taking six seconds off his backstroke time.
Chris Uys made a final in the 12-year-old 100m butterfly.
He also finished 12th in the 100m freestyle and 14th in the 100m backstroke event.
Oscar Reid narrowly missed finals in the 13 years 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke events, placing ninth in each of these events.
He also achieved three personal best times over the weekend.
Nicole Woods swam in three events over the weekend in the 13-year-old 100m breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly, finishing in the top 20 in competitive fields.
Tessa Mellington swam in the 16-17 girls and open 100m backstroke events, finishing in the top 20 in her age group, while Jack McNamara competed in the 16-17 boys 100m freestyle event.
The open freestyle relay team comprising Spencely, Mellington, Kennedy and McNamara finished eighth in the timed finals.
They finished 14th in the open medley relay, with Reid swimming along with Kennedy, Mellington and Spencely.
The 14 and under boys medley relay team of Reid, Kennedy and Bernard and Chris Uys finished 11th.
Overall, the club finished 10th out of the 26 swimming clubs which took part, with the boys finishing fifth overall in the rankings.
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While giving a deposition, Hogan was probed by lawyers for the plaintiffs about dysfunction and "issues" in the Graziano family. According to RadarOnline, Nick had told the lawyers that there was violence in the Graziano family and the Hogans talked about having John Graziano move in with them.
When a lawyer asked about what type of issues John was dealing with, Nick said that John hated certain types of people. Upon further questioning from the lawyer, Nick clarified who John Graziano hated. "Homos," Nick said. "He wanted to kill homos."
The room grew silent and one lawyer put his head in his hands.
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