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Seriously, dude. "Dude…", I swear this is the universal greeting for men! Makes perfect sense why they'd throw it on a card and mail it if they had to. Key phrase - if they had to! Right?
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The Perth Wildcats have smashed the Wollongong Hawks 93-65 in front of 10,904 at Perth Arena in game one of their semi–finals, giving them a one-nil advantage in the best-of-three series.
The Wildcats were in charge for most of the night, but asserted themselves with a dominant second quarter, which set them up for the remainder of the game.
Relentless efforts on the boards also played a big part in the win, as the 'Cats pulled down twice as many rebounds as the Hawks, while offensively had one of their best shooting nights of the year, making 50 per cent from the field
It was a team effort for Perth, but putting in big performances were Greg Hire with 10 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, Kevin Lisch with 15 points and four assists, while Matt Knight scored 15 points and seven rebounds.
Cameron Tovey also had a night out after announcing his retirement earlier in the day with 11 points and three rebounds.
Tovey started on the floor for the first time this season and had an impact with an early steal and deep two, but it was the Hawks who had the early jump on the Wildcats.
However, the Wildcats fought back and after an entertaining first quarter and held a three-point lead heading into the first break.
As they've done so often this season, the Wildcats went about inflicting some serious damage on their opposition in the second quarter, scoring 24 points and opening up a 14-point early lead thanks to big halves from Damian Martin, Rhys Carter and Cameron Tovey.
Rebounding continued to be Perth's most dominant statistic as they maintained their lead in the second half and Kevin Lisch turned up the heat on Wollongong.
With the game far from sealed, the Wildcats jumped ahead in the final term with big defensive plays from Martin, while Tovey continued to have his best game of the season and rack up baskets at the offensive end.
From there, the home team romped to victory on the energy generated from a noisy Perth Arena crowd to secure an emphatic 28-point win.
Wildcats coach Rob Beveridge says despite some minor errors he was pleased with the performance.
"I think the intensity level we played at, the way we rebounded, the way we shared the ball, I think was exceptional, in the final quarter in particular," he said.
"We don't care who top scores or anything like that, some teams have higher scorers, and with us we have five or six people that can score at any time, and obviously if you have five guys in double figures it makes it very tough to defend."
The Wildcats now head to Wollongong for game two of the semi-final series on Sunday morning.
Tip-off is at 10am AWST with live coverage on NBL.TV, Sonshine FM and ABC Grandstand Digital, while Ten will cover the game from 1pm in all markets.
Perth Wildcats 93 (Kevin Lisch 15, Matt Knight 15, Cameron Tovey 11)
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New financing opportunities will arise. For instance, some company might offer a shared car for free in return for a multiyear contract to have that company operate the car—an analogue to what mobile phone operators do now when they subsidize the purchase of phones.
New insurance models would arise, as insurers get smart about how to underwrite and distribute insurance in this new world. Imagine a day when a "driver" taps out his destination using Google Maps, and the system holds a real time auction for that trip. Insurers could, in real time, make their bids based not only on the driver's risk parameters but also other significant factors including time of day, choice of route, weather conditions, and who else is on the road. At some point, the liability model will flip—with insurance becoming more of a manufacturer responsibility than the car owner's—since liability will be more dependent on the driving skills of the car than the owner.
In general, cars could be seen as a platform rather than as individual vehicles. Cars make for great antennas, and they have all the battery power they need for communication, so it would be easy to integrate them with each other. Car makers have long complained that they're left selling the metal, while all the profits have migrated downstream to the people who provide the service, the repairs, the insurance and so on. If the car makers can position themselves as the fleet manager, they could recapture the profits because they would have control over the service, the repairs and everything else.
Car makers may also open their cars up in the same way that makers of smartphones have, so that lots of bright people could write apps that would make the use of a car more productive or enjoyable. A friend who works for a major car maker and who has access to its APIs has written an app that texts his wife and lets her know when he's 10 minutes from home and is considering writing an app that will tell him when his wife's gas tank is down to one-quarter full, so he can fill it for her. He has also written an app that texts his teenaged daughter and lets her know when she is 10 minutes away from having to leave wherever she is if she is to make it home before her curfew. (He says she appreciates the reminder.)
Thinking about cars as a platform raises the prospect that someone could produce a sort of operating system for that platform and capture a huge share of the value, as Apple did with its iPod and iPhone and as Microsoft did with personal computers. It also opens up vast potential for new products and services that ride on top of that operating platform—an opportunity that is, no doubt, not lost on Google (and which I will explore in depth in Part 4).
These are but a brief scan of threats and opportunities, please offer your ideas in the comments section below.
The bottom line: Driverless cars provide an opportunity to either make or lose an awful lot of money. The companies that understand and best prepare for this new world will win over those that don't.
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In the third installment of this series, I will explore how real the prospects are for driverless cars. (Hint: The issue is when, not if—and when is sooner than you think.)
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- Will Auto Insurers Survive Their Collision with Driverless Cars?
- Driverless Cars Are Just One of Many Looming Disruptions
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One of the funnier films I've seen in a long while. Set during their father's funeral, two brothers (one MUCH more successful than the other) run the gamut of problems and family issues during the should-be-sorrowful gathering. From the wrong corpse in the casket to an alleged gay love affair, this movie really does have it all. It's original and well acted…and most of the humor is above board (there were only a few times I wish the filmmakers hadn't "gone" there). If you like British comedies, you MUST watch this one. And, even if you don't normally like the humor of the Brits, try it anyway. It's a hoot!
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Senior Golf League gains steam
YARMOUTH — Ventures large and small often begin in the most casual of ways. Take the Srixon Senior Golf League launched three years ago on a summer afternoon at Spring Meadows Golf Club in Gray.
Blaine Davis of Yarmouth, a former newspaper executive who in 1993 began a second career marketing golf, and John Fecteau of Windham, whose specialty is security systems, were playing a match when Fecteau mentioned the difficulty of gaining entry into various senior golf associations whose ranks were usually full.
"Not a problem," Davis responded, and the following season (2007), five golf clubs banded to form the Senior Golf League: Spring Meadows in Gray, Toddy Brook in North Yarmouth, Fox Ridge in Auburn, Point Sebago in Casco and Poland Spring Golf Resort. Brunswick Golf Club has since replaced Point Sebago in the host-club rotation.
"We found commonality in the golf clubs. Each was independent of the established senior associations, they had a large over-50 membership, and were 'quality' clubs," said Davis.
They also formed a convenient block geographically, Davis added, a widely known golf marketer who has also served in the past as tournament director for of the TD Banknorth Portland Open, executive director of the Maine Golf Hall of Fame, and former owner of the Portland Golf Expo annual golf show.
Davis and Scott Neely, a retired investment banker who helps coordinate the league, also established guidelines for membership which are, basically, a full golfing membership in a participating club and an established handicap.
"We didn't spend a lot of time thinking up rules," says Davis, who has pronounced Neely 'Vice President In Charge Of One-Word Answers.'
A July and August tournament schedule continues after three seasons. The only change has been to alternate play weekly between Wednesdays and Thursdays as opposed to the original Wednesday-only format. The change lightened those days when players also have evening men's league matches at their home clubs.
"The groaning gets louder as players get older, but they approach the extra nine holes [on days players also have home-club matches] in good spirit," says Davis.
The Srixon Senior League does its best to accommodate those players with same-day Srixon Seniors' and home-club matches by providing an early-play option with tee times beginning at 8 a.m., followed by lunch (included in the entry fee).
"The host clubs are generous, not just through the early block of tee times and providing lunches, but also by running closest-to-the-pin and skins competitions as well as lending staff support when needed," Davis said.
League membership has grown to more than 50 players. The clubs that host the weekly matches – many of which have been hammered at the cash register by this season's record rainfall – have welcomed the added revenue offered by the Srixon Senior League with open arms.
The League also brings an additional source of competition for area golfers and clubs. Points are awarded weekly for individual performances, then translated into points for host clubs.
Poland Spring has dominated club play the first three years, although Toddy Brook's John Cunningham in 2008 won the individual title and Ron Chenard, also of Toddy Brook, shared honors with Ralph Maines of Poland Spring in 2007.
Chenard and Maines were locked in a playoff for the inaugural individual title at Frye Island Golf Club in 2007, the first year of what has become a traditional September "bonus tourney." Chebeague Island hosted the "bonus tourney" in 2008.
"They [Chenard and Maines] kept tying scores on the playoff hole [No. 9 at Frye Island], which was ringed by a gallery anxious for the match to end so they could get to a social hour and dinner," remembers Davis with a chuckle. After several playoff holes with no winner, a thirsty gallery prevailed by calling a halt to the playoff and declaring co-champions.
The league has remained largely unchanged during its first three seasons, although Srixon's promotional participation beginning this season has lowered player fees and added a recognizable brand. New members pay a one-time $25 initiation fee and an annual $20 player fee. Weekly green fees (lunch included) are $35, with power carts optional at an extra cost.
"I'm surprised, not only by the number of players that walk, but by several who carry their bags [rather than use pull carts]. And these aren't kids," notes Davis.
As for the future, the Srixon Seniors' No. 1 priority is keeping the league enjoyable for the players, Davis says.
"But with that," he concludes, "players seem to appreciate a level of organization and adherence to rules."
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RAW sewage was left near Louth homes for two days before being cleaned up by Anglian Water, angry residents have claimed.
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The leak was close to the Anglian Water treatment works in Louth, but despite this, it took the company two days for it to be satisfactorily cleaned.
A resident living in the area had raw sewage and other waste matters including tissues and sanitary items in her garden.
She has been forced to complain to Anglian Water before and the latest incident was the third time it has happened in 12 months.
Frustrated it happened again, she contacted her ward councillor Terry Knowles, who helped to put pressure on the water authority.
The resident said a clean-up was done on Wednesday, the following day, but there were still tissues, sewage and other waste items in her garden and on the road.
She said: "I was told they would send another team on Thursday morning but they did not arrive until Thursday afternoon. I feel they only did it adequately this time because East Lindsey's environmental health team were there at the same time, thanks to Councillor Knowles.
"I feel the clean up happened too late. On the two previous occasions, they said there was no health risk but my dog was seriously poorly last time.
"They should have been out to clear it up as soon as it flooded.
"We've been here 12 years without an issue and now it has happed three times in 12 months. This is the main sewer from Louth and surrounding villages, there is obviously a fault but I feel Anglian Water are cutting back on maintenance costs and that is why the equipment has not been mended. They have admitted to me it is faulty."
Antony Innes from Anglian Water said: "We are sorry that the initial clean-up of a sewage spill near to our Keddington Lane treatment works was not to our usual high standards. We have now revisited the area and completed a thorough clean up making sure that the affected customer and the environmental health office are satisfied.
"A number of storm screens at the treatment works became blocked following the heavy rainfall on Tuesday night; these screens have now been cleaned and repaired.
"Regrettably, similar problems have happened recently which is why we are investigating options to further improve how they operate in storm conditions, and help to prevent similar spills happening in future."
Anneliese Johnson, environmental team leader at East Lindsey District Council, said the council was investigating the causes of what appeared to be a recurring problem.
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Thieves, dressed as hotel employees, make off with safes, Corpus Christi police say
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CORPUS CHRISTI - In what could have been a scene in a Hollywood heist movie, two thieves made off with a pair of safes late Saturday after posing as employees of a local hotel.
Police were called about 11:50 p.m. to a hotel in the 15200 block of Windward Drive after reports of a theft.
A 47-year-old woman told police she was working at the front desk of the hotel when she saw two men dressed as employees enter carrying cardboard boxes.
The men entered the rooms directly behind the front desk and later exited with the boxes, police said.
Employees later discovered that two safes had been stolen from the hotel with an unreleased amount of money missing.
The first thief is described as a Hispanic male, 25 to 30-years-old, between 5-feet-6 inches and 5-feet-8 inches tall and weighing about 165 pounds.
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Treece Blog: Fed issuing into bondageWritten by Dock David Treece | | firstname.lastname@example.com
U.S. investors are coming to the end of a disturbing period in financial history: the lost decade. Certainly not the first — or last — of its kind, these periods are nevertheless extremely unsettling for retail investors who lack the knowledge or perspective to make informed decisions on how best to move forward.
For instance, over the past several years — the later part of this "lost decade" — we've seen more and more retail investors moving into the bond market in some fashion. Granted, not all are going out and buying bonds directly; many are purchasing bond-focused mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, etc.
Unfortunately, this includes large numbers of "unsophisticated" investors (this isn't a slight; the SEC has a working definition of "unsophisticated" or "unqualified" investors based on income and net worth. They aren't allowed to purchase unregistered investment products like hedge funds because they typically don't understand the risks). After decades of decreasing financial literacy in the United States — few high school graduates even understand the potential impact of compound interest anymore — most of these retail investors are in way over their heads.
In conversations with a number of these investors, I've asked how bonds respond to an environment of rising interest rates. Few understand that the market values of outstanding bonds fall. Why? In order for investors to buy bonds with below-market rates, they need a discount as incentive. This relationship can be reduced to a mathematical formula. To keep our discussion relevant I won't publish it here.
Aside from this simple fundamental aspect of bonds, few investors even comprehend the sheer size of the debt market. Globally, the value of the bond market totals roughly twice that of stock markets (more than $80 trillion as opposed to $40-50 trillion), with tens of thousands of issuers, including companies, municipalities, agencies and sovereign nations.
Similarly, few retail investors today have the historical perspective to understand what happens when credit markets grow too large or grow too quickly or how quickly things can turn very bad when a debtor's repayment ability is called into question.
Consider Russia in 1998. Throughout the year, the country's national debt had been expanding and production fell in some key sectors (coal has been an oft-cited example, and in that industry, wages were actually frozen for a time).As difficulties mounted and production lagged (causing sagging exports), the ruble began to weaken in international markets.
Midway through the year, the International Monetary Fund and World Bank arranged an international loan to shore up both the ruble and Russian debt. Somehow, roughly a quarter of the funds disappeared immediately upon arrival. In this case, the claim is that they were stolen, though the cause for their disappearance is essentially irrelevant (in this country, the funds would more likely be distributed among key unions), the funds simply weren't there to help stabilize the country monetarily.
Everything came to a head Aug. 13, 1998, when the floor gave way and Russia's bond market collapsed. Investors had suddenly begun to doubt Russia's ability to repay its bonds, and once prices began tumbling, they quickly started an avalanche, which ultimately led to the noted failure of early hedge-fund Long-Term Capital Management, which counted among its directors several people with doctorates and even Nobel laureates.
At one point during the collapse, interest rates on Russian debt reached 200 percent. This means that previously issued bonds with stated interest rates of, say, 5 percent, were worth only .025 percent of their face value. In other words, a $1,000 bond paying 5 percent interest was suddenly worth about $0.25.
As a result of the crisis on Aug. 13, 1998, four days later Russia had to intentionally devalue the ruble. It also suspended interest payments on debts held by foreign investors, an all-too-common occurrence throughout history during various debt crises. It has the terrible potential impact of a future crisis for the United States, given the dollar's standing as the world's reserve currency.
The lessons to be learned from this are numerous. Hopefully, more retail investors will avoid dabbling in markets they know little about, but if they're going to continue playing the game, at least they will know more of the nuances. Namely, investors should know that when interest rates begin to rise on government debt, quite often they don't creep — they jump.
When these interest rates jump, the value of outstanding bonds doesn't slide — it plummets. When there are doubts concerning the repayment of debt by a sovereign nation (which we're already beginning to hear from both sides of the political aisle), rarely is the case that investors simply demand marginally higher interest rates in order to absorb newly issued debt. Instead, there simply is no money available. Investors refuse to buy bonds at almost any rate of interest. O
Dock David Treece is a partner with Treece Investment Advisory Corp (www.TreeceInvestments.com) and is licensed with FINRA through Treece Financial Services Corp. He provides expert content to numerous media outlets. The above information is the express opinion of Dock David Treece and should not be construed as investment advice or used without outside verification.
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How to Hang Artwork Like A Pro
Is that blank white wall in your living room staring you down? Wouldn't that wall look nicer with a cool picture or some family photographs on it?
With the right tools and information, anyone can hang framed artwork or a series of pictures like a professional. Below are our best tips for matting, framing, and hanging pictures at home.
1. Add a Mat Board to Your Frame
While you can frame something with just the artwork, glass, and backing board, a mat board makes your artwork look gallery-ready. Adding a mat board to your frame creates a nice visual buffer between the frame and piece and can help the viewer focus on the artwork or photograph. An oversized mat and a smaller image can really make your artwork look cutting-edge.
2. Consider Scale
Where you intend to hang your framed art can influence your choice of mat board. If you have a large wall with high ceilings, consider hanging a series of images to balance with the size of the room. You can also fill up a larger space with oversized mat boards. You may be surprised by how well a larger mat board and frame can work in a small room. Sometimes this unexpected combination can look really sophisticated. Finally, consider the scale and ratio of your frame, mat, and picture. A good rule of thumb is to get a mat board that is about double the width or more of your frame thickness.
3. Invest In the Correct Tools
To correctly hang your artwork, be sure to invest in the right hardware and tools. You will need a level, tape measure, pencil, hooks, pins, and hanging wire. Without these items, you risk hanging crooked or unstable pictures. Use the level and tape measure to be sure you hang images at equal distances to one another and level to the floor. Use the pencil to mark where you want to hang each piece. The hooks, pins, and wire will ensure your pictures are secure and easy to straighten on the wall if they become off-centered.
When you are ready to hang your next picture, visit BDMatboard.com for the lowest prices and archival quality matboard and framing supplies.
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