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Vicente Escobedo: The battle between former U.S. Olympians Saturday in Southern California was a must-win for both fighters, Escobedo and Rocky Juarez. Escobedo, a member of the 2004 team, has been tripped up three times on his way toward a world title. His stunning split-decision setback against unheralded Daniel Jimenez in 2006 slowed his early-career momentum and shook his confidence, which he seemed to regain only recently. Then losses to Michael Katsidis (split decision) in 2009 and Robert Guerrero (one-sided decision) last year raised serious doubt about Escobedo's ability to win a major belt. That's why it was crucial he win the fight on Saturday. Well, he came through. He survived a late rally by Juarez to win a unanimous decision in a hard-fought, competitive fight and remain relevant. The same can't be said for Juarez, who now has lost five consecutive fights.
Rocky Juarez: The 2000 U.S. Olympian's silver medal apparently will turn out to be his greatest achievement in boxing. A lot was expected of Juarez coming out of the amateurs. He had an impressive combination of boxing ability, power and toughness, which enabled him to start his professional career 23-0 (with 17 knockouts). That included victories over capable Antonio Diaz, Zahir Raheem and Guty Espadas. Juarez is 5-9-1 since, including five failed attempts to win a world title. Juarez gave hell to some elite fighters, losing razor-thin decisions to Humberto Soto and Marco Antonio Barrera and fighting to a draw with Chris John. However, the Houstonian could never get over the hump. That, sadly for him, probably will be his legacy. He's only 31, meaning it's not too late for him. However, his chances of finding great success seem to dwindle every time he steps into the ring.
Jorge Arce: Arce is as consistent as any fighter in the world in at least one regard – when he fights, you get your money's worth. That was the case again on Saturday, when the WBO junior featherweight titleholder was defending his belt for the first time and seeking to avenge a junior bantamweight loss to Simphiwe Nongqayi in 2009, Arce's most-recent defeat. The popular Mexican got the job done and entertained us at the same time. The two slugged it out for most of the abbreviated bout, Arce trying to impose his will on the tough South African but receiving great resistance. Finally, 2:01 into the fourth round, Nongqayi could take the pressure no longer and the fight was stopped. Arce, who some believed was finished after he lost Nongqayi, is 6-0-1 (with five knockotus) in his last seven fights.
Maidana knockout: The Argentine will always have trouble against a clever boxer because of limited skills, Amir Khan and Erik Morales being two recent examples. However, if you put him in with an opponent who is even slightly less skilled, odds are that the fight won't go the distance. That was the case when Maidana took on relatively unknown Petr Petrov in Buenos Aires. Maidana put Petrov down with a straight right early in the fourth round. The Russian survived only to go down again later in the round from another right and a body shot, after which referee Uriel Aguilera ended the fight. The stoppage seemed to be premature but a knockout seemed to be inevitable. Maidana (31-2, 28 knockouts) has one of the best knockout ratios in the world. He was supposed to have fought Robert Guerrero in California but Guerrero pulled out with a shoulder injury.
Ward-Froch postponement: The news is always frustrating. A big fight to which we're all looking forward is postponed or canceled because a fighter is injured or takes ill. Andre Ward suffered a cut during sparring Thursday and cannot fight Carl Froch for THE RING super middleweight and Super Six World Boxing Classic championships as scheduled on Oct. 29 in Atlantic City, N.J. The promoters are working to find a new date on a busy fight schedule, meaning it could be rescheduled for as late as early next year. An angry Froch believes five weeks is more than enough time for a cut to heal but he has no choice but adjust his schedule. The Super Six tournament has been plagued by injuries, Jermain Taylor, Mikkel Kessler and Andre Dirrell all pulling out for health reasons. The good news here is that Ward-Froch almost assuredly will happen. We'll just have to wait a little longer.
Geroge Benton: Benton's career in boxing might've been a tragic one. The gifted fighter from Philadelphia was one of the best middleweights of his time (1949-70) yet never received an opportunity to fight for a world title, reportedly because his manager refused to do business with the mob. Among those he defeated were future titleholders Freddie Little, Joey Giardella and Jimmy Ellis (who would go on to win a heavyweight belt). He reportedly was never knocked down in 76 fights. Still, no title shot. Fortunately, the story didn't end there. Benton (62-13-1, 37 KOs) would go on to become one of the most-respected trainers in the sport. He guided Leon Spinks, Evander Holyfield, Mike McCallum, Meldrick Taylor and Pernell Whitaker, working much of his training career with Lou Duva. Benton was twice named Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America, in 1989 and 1990. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001, the crowning achievement in a remarkable career. Benton died of pneumonia at 78 last Monday. He will be sorely missed.
Alvarez vs. Chavez Jr.: A showdown between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is a natural. The young Mexicans have roughly the same level of ability and are huge drawing cards in their native land, which means they'd generate a lot of money for everyone involved. The problem is weight – Chavez probably is a natural super middleweight at this point; Alvarez is comfortable at junior middleweight. Bob Arum, Chavez's promoter, reportedly is throwing out 158 pounds as a possible catch weight for the fight. Golden Boy, Alvarez's promoter, apparently is pushing for 156. Of course, the most-obvious compromise is 157. That would be a stretch for both fighters. Chavez reportedly struggled to make 160 when he fought Sebastian Zbik in June. Alvarez has never weighed more than 153¾. Maybe that's how it's supposed to be, though – a stretch for both fighters. Hopefully they find a way to make the fight. So many want to see it.
Pound-for-pound ratings: THE RING kept Manny Pacquiao at No. 1 on its Top 10 pound-for-pound list, with Floyd Mayweather Jr. re-entering the rankings at No. 2 after his knockout of Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17. The Yahoo! Sports poll of journalists worldwide arrived at the same place. Pacquiao received 26 of 43 first-place votes, 60 percent. Mayweather received the remaining 17. Pacquiao received only first- or second-place votes. Mayeather received 16 second-place votes, seven thirds, two fourths and a fifth. Mayweather supporters will blame their fighter's runner-up finish on "haters." The reality is that Pacquiao has dominated his opponents just as impressively as Mayweather has and has been more active. The Filipino has done nothing to lose his No. 1 position.
Virgil Hunter, trainer of Andre Ward: "We were sparring. And then the next thing I know, Brandon Gonzalez, one of the sparring partners, says, 'Man, you're bleeding.' Andre walks toward me. I thought that he had gotten a scratch on the bridge on his nose as he came toward me. But once I took the towel and wiped him off and saw the cut, I'm like, 'How on earth did you get that?' I was wondering how it got there. He had the face guard on so you don't get cut. We had taken all of the necessary precautions. We had put Vaseline on the face and had the head gear on and the whole bit. There didn't seem to be a punch. Nothing. Andre was wearing the best head gear that he could get. No ridges on it. It's just incredible. It just seemed like the cut came out of nowhere."


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"Our freedom is under attack like never before," said Chris Cox of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action on Friday at the gun lobby's big get-together in Houston. As if that wasn't enough, Texas Gov. Rick Perry opened his mouth.
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been moved from the Tucson, Ariz., hospital where she has been treated since Jan. 8 to a Houston facility for rehabilitation and continued recovery.
The interior secretary, defending the government's response to the ocean of oil building up in the Gulf of Mexico, says the U.S. has assembled "a team of all-stars that are now leading an Apollo 13 type effort" to kill the well and contain the disaster.
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Thanks to Annise Parker's victory in a runoff election Saturday, Houston will become the largest U.S. city to have an openly gay mayor. Parker was the target of anti-gay rhetoric but mobilized gay rights groups in her defense.
On Saturday, people took to the streets all around the U.S. to protest the passage of California's Proposition 8 and to show their support for same-sex marriage. We've compiled 40 of our favorite photos from Spokane to Houston to New York City.
By Saturday afternoon, Hurricane Ike had been downgraded to a tropical storm, but not before unleashing its full force on Galveston and Houston, Texas, along with coastal Louisiana. Both states were dealing with widespread power outages in Ike's wake, and the extent of the damage couldn't be fully assessed until flooding subsided and debris was cleared.
With no end in sight in Afghanistan and Iraq, military recruiters must be prevented from using desperate and aggressive measures to lure our nation's young people—the poorest and most vulnerable—into the line of fire.
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Regarding the drafting of disclaimers, the Enlarged Board of Appeal stated in G 1/03 and G 2/03 (OJ 2004, 413 and 448) that the disclaimer should not remove more than was necessary to restore novelty or to disclaim subject-matter excluded from patentability for non-technical reasons. The need for a disclaimer was not an opportunity for the applicant to reshape his claims arbitrarily.
In any case, the requirements of conciseness and clarity of Art. 84 EPC 1973 were also applicable to claims containing disclaimers. This meant that a disclaimer was not allowable if the necessary limitation could be expressed in simpler terms in positive, originally disclosed features in accordance with R. 29(1), first sentence, EPC 1973 (R. 43(1) EPC). In addition, a plurality of disclaimers might lead to a claim drafting which put an unreasonable burden on the public to find out what was protected and what was not protected. A balance had to be struck between the interest of the applicant in obtaining adequate protection and the interest of the public in determining the scope of protection with reasonable effort.
In the interest of transparency of the patent, it should be clear from the specification that there was an undisclosed disclaimer and why it had been introduced. The excluded prior art should be indicated in the description in accordance with R. 27(1)(b) EPC 1973 (R. 42(1)(b) EPC) and the relation between the prior art and the disclaimer should be shown.
For more on the above developments, reference is made to G 1/03, points 2.2 and 2.4 of the order and point 3 of the Reasons (OJ 2004, 443 and 445). On the issue of drafting disclaimers, see also G 2/10, point 3.6 of the Reasons (OJ 2012, 396).
T 747/00 relates to the condition set by G 1/03 (point 2.2 of the Reasons) that a disclaimer should not remove more than is necessary either to restore novelty or to disclaim subject-matter excluded from patentability for non-technical reasons. The board concluded that since, in the absence of a novelty-destroying disclosure, the disclaimer removed subject-matter without any need to do so, that disclaimer necessarily removed more than was necessary to restore novelty, which was not allowable (see also T 201/99). In T 1050/99 the board concluded that the disclaimer covered more than was disclosed in the prior art and thus removed from the claim more than was necessary to restore novelty. See also T 285/00 which concerned a disclaimer largely not based on the disclosure of a prior art document cited under Art. 54(3) EPC 1973, thereby rendering the remaining claimed subject-matter more distant from a relevant prior art document cited under Art. 54(2) EPC 1973.
In T 382/07 it was decided that the five disclaimers did not remove more than was necessary.
In T 8/07 the board had to decide on the allowability of a disclaimer under Art. 123(2) EPC. The board observed that G 1/03 stated that a disclaimer may serve exclusively the purpose for which it is intended and nothing more. If a disclaimer has effects which go beyond its purpose, it is or becomes inadmissible. Further, the necessity for a disclaimer is not an opportunity for the applicant to reshape his claims arbitrarily (G 1/03, point 3 of the Reasons). Therefore the disclaimer should not remove more than is necessary to restore novelty or to disclaim subject matter excluded from patentability for non-technical reasons. From that the board found that it could not be derived from the reasoning of G 1/03 that a patent proprietor is permitted a degree of discretion or latitude concerning the "border" within which the disclaimer should be drafted with respect to the subject matter to be excised. On the contrary, the existence of any discretion regarding the extent of the disclaimer as compared to the subject-matter to be excluded would inevitably introduce a degree of arbitrariness in the drafting of the disclaimer. This would conflict with the express findings of G 1/03. It was therefore concluded that in order to comply with the requirements following from G 1/03 with respect to the drafting of disclaimers it was necessary that these be formulated to excise only that subject-matter which could not be claimed. Further the submission of the patent proprietor that it would derive no advantage was not necessarily and inevitably correct since a broad disclaimer, in addition to restoring novelty would have the further effect of "immunising" the subject matter claimed against a potential attack of lack of novelty.
In T 10/01 the scope of the disclaimer was broader than was necessary to restore novelty. The board nevertheless referred to point 3 of the Reasons for G 1/03, saying that it could also be inferred from that decision that a disclaimer that was broader than strictly necessary to restore novelty might be allowed, depending on the circumstances of the case, if that proved necessary to prevent any lack of clarity in the claim that might otherwise result. However, in the case at issue there was no apparent justification for the disclaimer being broader than the disclosure in document (1).
In T 477/09, claim 1 was modified by addition of a negative feature or disclaimer with a view to restoring its novelty over document D1. It was undisputed that there was no basis for the disclaimer in the application as filed. The board observed that two conditions relating to the wording of disclaimers had been established in points 2.2 and 2.4 of the order made in G 1/03 and that those two conditions were equally applicable. The patent proprietor therefore could not be considered to have any room for manoeuvre in wording the disclaimer and thereby defining its scope: to satisfy the conditions set out in G 1/03, a disclaimer could not remove more than was necessary to restore novelty. In the case at hand, the board found that the scope of the disclaimer was greater than the actually novelty-destroying disclosure in D1. This meant that it did not meet the condition in point 2.2 of the order as read in conjunction with point 3 of the Reasons for G 1/03. The disclaimer in auxiliary request IV was therefore not allowable and was refused accordingly (see also point 1.2 "Intermediate generalisation - non-disclosed combinations").
In case T 440/04, the question was whether disclaiming example 1 of C63 was sufficient to restore novelty. Whereas on the one hand a disclaimer should not remove more than was necessary to restore novelty, it cannot, on the other hand, be considered to serve its intended purpose when it excises less than what is necessary to restore novelty. The disclosure in C63 of fibres having compositions and properties as required by the present claims 1 according to all requests was not strictly limited to the fibres described in example 1 of C63. "Cutting out" the latter fibres was thus not sufficient to exclude from the said claims 1 all those fibres disclosed in C63 having a composition and the inherent properties according to said claims. In the present case, the disclaiming of example 1 was thus not sufficient to restore novelty of the claimed subject-matter over C63.
In T 1843/09 (OJ 2013, ***), the opponent argued that the disclaimer contravened Art. 123(2) EPC because the wording of the disclaimer that the claimed film "is other than a film of Comparative Example 4 of EP-A 0546184" did not represent a technical feature. The board did not accept this argument. Although it was true that technical information could not directly be extracted from the wording of the disclaimer in claim 1 as such, it should be noted that the disclaimer did not merely cite a published patent document, but clearly referred to a specific disclosure in D15, namely a single film described in comparative example 4. Table 4 of D15, characterised this film unambiguously by a number of technical features. The skilled person was therefore able to determine simply by reading the comparative example in D15 which technical embodiment should be excluded from the scope of the claim. The disclaimer in claim 1 therefore represented a negative technical feature in the sense of G 1/03.


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Tuesday, 12.1.2009 / 1:04 PM ET / Blogs - Kevin Sylvester
By Kevin Sylvester - Sabres Hockey Hotline Host (@kevsylvester)
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♦ Give the defensemen a lot of credit for Monday's shutout in Toronto. They did a great job of clearing loose pucks and rebounds in front of Miller.
The back six have been a strength this season due in large part from the Tallinder/Myers pairing. Craig Rivet and Steve Montador have been solid, while Chris Butler continues to impress despite a few hiccups with his new responsibilities.
This unit will only get better with a healthy Toni Lydman starting to get into a rhythm, and you have to like the way Andrej Sekera has been bringing the puck end to end lately. If Sekera continues to show that spark, it'll be interesting to see who sits when Rivet makes his return from getting banged up in Philly last week.
♦ That game in Philadelphia last Friday felt like a playoff game, at least at ice level anyway. Great skating, checks, fights, and some dirty goals. Here's hoping the Sabres and Flyers meet in the playoffs… in any round.
♦ Give Lindy Ruff credit for the line switch against Carolina. He flopped Jochen Hecht for Thomas Vanek and it worked for both lines. Hecht and Pominville have great familiarity with one another from seasons past, and Vanek was a beast in the box with Grier and Kennedy.
♦ I'm not worried about Vanek's numbers. He's a smart, determined player. He is going to go on a tear, and I think it's going to be soon.
♦ This month is brutal with 15 games. However, nine are on home ice which provides a great opportunity to grab points. The Sabres were 4-3 on home ice in November, with one loss in OT. The visiting teams will be challenging with Montreal, the Rangers, Devils, Caps, Blackhawks, Senators, and Penguins visiting twice. The Maple Leafs are the other team, but it's hard to call them a tough test after a 3-0 shutout win.
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Kaleta delivered a heavy hit to Jared Ross and Ross had to be helped from the ice.
Here's the grey area: Ross knew Kaleta was coming and should have expected to get hit.
I can also see why the five-minute major was assessed since Ross was hit in the back and deemed vulnerable. But that play occurs in every game as forwards are coming hard on the forecheck, and asking them to back off at the last second when a player turns his back to the check is nearly impossible. And many players turn their back hoping to draw that penalty.
I think Kaleta's suspension served as a warning for all players. I also think the NHL is on the right track in protecting players by calling stiffer penalties and game misconducts. Atlanta's Colby Armstrong received a five-minute major and game misconduct for a high hit on Flyers forward James Van Riemsdyk on Saturday. And Alex Ovechkin was called for another major and game misconduct for his knee-on-knee collision with Tim Gleason of the Hurricanes.
Ovechkin was hurt on the play and it'll be interesting to see if the league decides to make an example of a marquee player too. He attacked Gleason and should forfeit a few paychecks too.
♦ Back to a Flyers/Sabres playoff match-up for a second. If that happens, here's hoping I have better luck in the Wachovia Center hallways than with the intermission sets. I'll take you behind the scenes for a bit here.
Each broadcast team in the League uses the technical crew from the city they are visiting. These are hard working professionals who work all the events in that arena; NHL, NBA, or college basketball broadcasts. Just like the folks here in Buffalo, most are friendly and excellent at what they do.
The people you can count on, the equipment not so much.
Back on November 14th, right before the second intermission report was to start, the light kit popped. That is not a rare instance. What is rare, is to have that "pop" result in a firework effect and have a piece of the red hot bulb land in the announcer's mouth. I was that announcer.
I spat out the piece immediately and grabbed a bottle of water to douse my burned tongue. Painful? Yes. So much so, that Paul Gaustad could tell something was up before his intermission interview, but the show went on.
The bad luck continued on the Friday after Thanksgiving when another lighting kit crashed (no explosion this time) and caused a sponsorship banner to fall on top of me 30 seconds prior to a return from commercial. Ron and Mike did a great job to recover with five seconds to spare. Mike commented after "you must hate Philly", my response "I'm getting close".


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I'm going on vacation in two weeks and I need to eat lighter in anticipation of eating out every day for a week. Can anyone give me your best 600 calorie or less dinner? I am in need of some inspiration!
I'm going on vacation in two weeks and I need to eat lighter in anticipation of eating out every day for a week. Can anyone give me your best 600 calorie or less dinner? I am in need of some inspiration!
Here are a few standards that we like:
Superfast Salisbury Steak (CL 1/01): 210 cal
1 c mashed potatoes (w/whole milk...those are the only calculations I could find..I make mine with skim milk): 174 cal
1/2 c cooked carrots: 27 cal
Total: 411
White Bean Enchiladas (CL 11/00): 372 cal
Pair with a salad which is low in calories
Broccoli and Cheese Soup (CL 1/02):203 cal
with a few whole wheat rolls for dunking
and some fruit with light cool whip for dessert
Grilled Pork Chops with Sweet Peach Sauce (CL 6/01):266 cal
serve with a green veggie
and 1/2c brown rice (108 cal)
Hope these help! Have a great vacation!
Thanks for the help. It was exactly what I needed. I'm going to make the pork chops tomorrow, the Salisbury Steak on Wednesday, and the enchiladas on Thursday. I have everything already on hand for these meals. My husband doesn't do broccoli so I will have to wait to try that recipe for when he isn't home for dinner. Thanks for the new ideas! I can't wait to try them.
The key is to measure your portions. What about:
1 cup of whole wheat pasta, an ounce of fat free or part skim mozzarella, a 1/4 c. of sauce with a big salad and balsamic vinegar on it plus another veggie.
4 oz. of fish or chicken with a 4 oz. baked potato or 1/2 c. barley, brown rice or wild rice and steamed veggies/salad as much as you want.
Almost every meal I cook has less than 600 calories - I don't even bother with a recipe that realistically will add up to more than that.
Most of the grilled fish and chicken recipes fit the bill as well as baked and sauted dishes. I also will add either a simple steamed veggie, stir fry -- or if I have time an interesting veggie side which I fill up on --
I don't avoid complex carbs but I do really limit my portions of these for weight control -- I might not have a carb side at dinner at all if I am planning something like popcorn for a snack.
I tend not to make any of the CL dishes that are pasta based or have lots of cheese -- I find the calories for a realistic portion are way too high -- especially when the rest of the meal is factored in.
Sorry I can't be more specific but I think I have about 2000 recipes in my database that would qualify as I the only time I would consciously and deliberately eat more calories than that at a single meal is for a festive occasion of some sort or eating out at a really divine restaurant or an ethnic dive.
450 calories - Turkish Stuffed Eggplant; Couscous.
429 calories - Greek Chicken Souvlaki Salad; Garlic Pita Chips; Baked Apple.
440 calories - Turkey; Dressing; Wild/Brown Rice/Caramelized Onions; Coleslaw.
400 calories - Omelet; Salsa/Sour Cream/Cilantro; Tamale; Fruit Cup.
461 calories - Zero Point Weight Watchers Vegetable Soup, 10 soda crackers, Baked Apple.
340 calories - Grilled Chicken Salad; Chipotle Dressing, Tomato; Cucumber, Olives; Onion; Peanuts; Cilantro; Tortilla Chips.
392 calories - 2 Pulled Pork Sandwiches on buns; Coleslaw.
500 calories - Tuna-Macaroni Casserole, Peas, Cucumber-Onion Salad, Raspberry Gelatin.
257 calories - Chesapeake Bay Shrimp; Raspberry Gelatin.
415 calories - Turkey; Dressing; Broccoli; Cucumber-Onion Salad; 2 cups Popcorn.
300 calories - Spaghetti Squash; Spaghetti Sauce; Coleslaw; Raspberry gelatin.
600 calories - Lasagna; Cabbage Salad; Apple Crisp.
492 calories - Catfish Creole Stew, Brown Rice, Coleslaw.
600 calories - Chicken Gumbo; Rice.
456 calories - Spaghetti Squash/Tomato Sauce; 2 Toffee Cookies.
459 calories - Chicken Panini with tomato/onion/aioli mayonnaise; Unsalted potato chips; Kosher Dill Pickle; Plain Gelatin.
448 calories - Baked potato/Salsa/Sour Cream/Cilantro; 1 Toffee Cookie.
600 calories - Chicken Gumbo; Rice.
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Wow! Thanks everyone for all your ideas. I generally eat well during the day, it is dinner that is the hardest for portion control. These ideas will really help.
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Whose Interests Are Central Banks Looking After?
Central banks have largely been acting in the interest of the 1%.
Note, this isn't to say that their primary intention has been to defend the interests of the very wealthiest. But that's the way it worked out.
The effect of monetary policy during the past few years has been to resurrect and entrench the economic inequalities that grew during the boom years both in Europe and the U.S.; arguably the same inequalities that were the genesis of the last financial crisis. The result of this policy could yet prove to be socially corrosive if not outright destructive.
Here's the thinking.
Excessively easy monetary policy and, importantly, evidence that central banks would effectively provide a put option to bondholders and speculators underpinned markets during the past three decades. This encouraged a credit boom and an enormous expansion of the financial services industry. It's worth remembering a considerable proportion of the 1% made their wealth either directly or indirectly from the financial services industry during the past three decades–as bankers, lawyers, private equity partners or through highly leveraged real estate.
With overleveraged economies needing to deleverage, central banks have faced a liquidity trap and the zero lower bound for interest rate policy. So they've resorted to quantitative easing. By the Bank of England's own admission, one of the primary mechanisms of QE is through the wealth effect. By supporting asset prices, the central banks are hoping to encourage consumption and get the economy going again.
But given what a large proportion of assets are held by the very rich and how little, incrementally, an increase in their wealth adds to their consumption, this is a weak mechanism. Before the bust, ordinary people could borrow against their major asset, housing, to boost their consumption, which, in turn, was a primary engine of economic growth. But this doesn't work during a deleveraging cycle.
At some point, governments will need to broaden the tax net–the burden of debt is so large. Tax rates are going up. But, once again, most of the burden has fallen on the middle classes, because taxes are linked to income rather than assets. And the very rich can choose not to take income but rather allow capital to accumulate or to take their rewards as lower-taxed capital gains.
The result is that all the very rich get richer while, by way of tighter fiscal policy, ordinary people have to bear the cost of bailing out bank bond holders. These bond holders have never suffered the consequences of their poor risk appraisals and have consistently been made whole.
The mix of fiscal austerity and very easy monetary policy means the burden of welfare for the rich falls on the majority while the rich get richer.
Nor is central banks' search for inflation likely to change things much. Those hurt most by inflation are people with modest bank savings and fixed-income pensions. The rich tend to hold big portfolios of inflation-protected assets.
But, as the U.S. election shows, politicians are beholden to the very rich. Indeed, they largely belong to the 1%. As they defend their own interests, they will increase resentment among the rest and radicalize those at the bottom.
And ultimately, as defenders of the status quo, central banks will bring upon themselves the end of their independence.


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Today, dear friends, I want to talk about the importance of fertilizing the garden, in particular we will see how to fertilize the garden.
In addition to being the Queens of the garden, the plants are not different from us; they require certain nutrients to grow generally taken from the soil directly. And what happen if the soil is deficient in these substances? The consequence is the lack of growth of some plants species or less production if this is a fruit garden. To avoid this situation, in a certain way, we have to 'give vitamins' to the land, i.e. supply the right fertilizer, in the classic form of dry manure or organic fertilizer.
Instructions to fertilize the garden:
1.- First, is essential to create the rectangular area in the ground, delimiting the chosen field area with the help of some pallet or tool which you must dig by removing part of the soil. The hole shall have a depth of approx. 40 cm.
2.- Is time to extend on the bottom of the pit the organic fertilizer (manure), a shovel may help you.
3.- After applying the fertilizer, define a new strip of land and start again to remove the land, now you are going to place this soil on the previous pit to fill rather than leave it aside.
4.- Proceed until you have manured the entire selected area.
The digging can be performed with a cultivator or manually with a shovel. If the soil is hard and compact, a pickaxe may help you.
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If you grew up in the 80s you probably remember Voltron. Although the show often had convoluted plotlines, it would somehow always end with Voltron (a super-powerful robot formed from five mechanical lions) facing off against a monster called a "Robeast". Voltron had plenty of weapons, but he would invariably strike the killing blow with his "Blazing Sword". Eventually the show became kind of routine, but to a four-year-old, it was pure gold. In the econ blogosphere, a similar dynamic has played out over the last few years. Each week a Robeast will show up, bellowing predictions of inflation
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When reached by phone at his home in Windsor, Ont., the enthusiasm in Ott's voice was obvious as he spoke about coming to Buffalo.
"I'm excited for the new opportunity. I'm a guy that loves a good challenge, loves the excitement of a new possibility, a new beginning, and to start off in a new uniform. I couldn't be happier with where I'm headed and where I'm gonna go with a first-class organization."
Regier said that by acquiring Ott, they immediately fill a void up up front.
"I think more than anything else we needed to move the balance of skill versus the physical nature of our game, and become a tougher team to play against. Steve can play and complement the higher skilled guys and contribute in a lot of different ways. I think that he will be very valuable for us."
One of Ott's closest friends is Sabres defenseman Mike Weber. Not only do the two live close to each other and workout together in the offseason, but Weber lived with Ott's family when he played junior hockey with the OHL's Windsor Spitfires. Weber was the first person to speak with Ott about the trade.
"He called me right away and was extremely excited. I could barely understand the words that were coming out of his mouth. He's extremely excited to get a new start. Obviously he had a huge fan base in Dallas, and that's always a tough transition especially with him playing there for nine years. But he was so excited about the new opportunity and coming to Buffalo."
Ott (6'0", 190 lbs., 8/19/82) had 39 points (11+28) and 156 penalty minutes in 74 games with the Stars in the 2011-12 season. A native of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Ott was selected by Dallas in the first round (25th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. In 566 career games with the Stars, he has totaled 220 points (85+135) and 1,170 penalty minutes.
The 29-year-old Ott was fourth in the NHL last season with 278 hits in 74 games. He said Sabres fans can expect more of the same when he gets to Buffalo.
"It's something I pride myself in, being at the top of leading the league in hits every single year playing a physical, hard, complete style of game. That's what I want to bring, I'm not changing my style. That's something I want to do, I want to be as consistent as possible, playing a mix of hard hockey with some skill set along with it."
Now entering his fifth NHL season, Pardy (6'4", 220 lbs., 3/29/84) spent three seasons with the Calgary Flames before joining the Stars in 2011-12. Selected by the Flames in the sixth round (173rd overall) of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, the Bonavista, Newfoundland native has recorded 29 points (4+25) and 157 penalty minutes in 183 career games.


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JPMorgan Chase Creates New Greater China, ASEAN Head Roles
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has created positions for a Greater China head as well as a new ASEAN head to take advantage of increased trade flows and greater cross-border client activity across the region, according to a memo seen by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.
The bank has appointed Greg Guyett as chief executive officer for the Greater China region and Rob Priestley to be CEO of ASEAN.
Mr. Guyett, who was head of global corporate bank for the past three years, will relocate to the region from London. Mr. Guyett is a 27-year veteran at JPMorgan and has helped in JPMorgan's foray outside the U.S into corporate banking. He was senior country officer for Japan at JPMorgan before that.
Mr Priestley, currently in Sydney running the Wall Street bank's Australia and New Zealand business, will become the CEO for ASEAN. In his 20-year career at JPMorgan he has held various senior roles across the world, including Asia Pacific regional head of fixed income and regional head of global emerging markets in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He will continue to be based in Sydney.
The two new Asia heads will report to Nicolas Aguzin, JPMorgan's recently appointed Asia Pacific CEO.
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St. Patrick's Day is upon us, meaning that a whole country's worth of functioning alcoholics are set to flood bars and pubs everywhere and chug pint after pint celtic potables like Jameson and Bailey's Irish Cream (your definition of how authentic these are may vary). Now, if you're planning on drinking this St. Paddy's Day, you're probably going to drink a Guinness. And chances are pretty good you fall into one of these categories:
1) You only drink one, because "It's so thick. It's like having a meal."
2) You drink 400, because you're an Irish-American bro or lady-bro, and you're "celebrating your heritage" while listening to Flogging Molly for the only time all year.
3) You're a craft beer snob who has decided to wholesale revolt against Guinness, largely due to the two other groups.
Now, all of you. Cut it out.
No matter what, this suggests one thing: a whole lot of you aren't judging Guinness on its own merit, for better or worse. Instead, a lot of you are falling prey to either extraordinary marketing campaigns (who didn't know someone with a Guinness poster in college?), erroneous word of mouth, or other tainted information. Today, we seek to dispel these myths, and show you how beautiful a pint of the black stuff can be. In other words, we'll show you the proper way to appreciate your Guinness this St. Patrick's Day.
How Heavy is Your Guinness?
As hinted at above, how many of you have heard one of these statements about Guinness?
"It's so thick!"
"It's liquid bread!"
"Ugh, it's like a meal"
"You can only drink one."
Let me count here — all of you? Yep. Looks like all of you. Ok, let's set this myth to rest.
Most of us judge Guinness based solely on the color of its grain. And that, my friends, is beer racism. Now, sure, Guinness is a stout, and stouts are notoriously heavy, generally speaking. But just because they're part of the same family doesn't mean anything. It just shows you how much the grains have been toasted before brewing.
Put another way: suppose I toasted the ever-loving soul out of a thick, New York bagel. Now suppose I burned the heck out of a tortilla as well. Both charred and black as night. But one is a lot thicker and more dense than the other, right? The only thing they'd really have in common is the burnt flavor. A similar principle is at play with stouts. A dark colored beer doesn't really tell you anything about alcohol content, hops or anything else. It just says they used super toasted grains, that's all.
And if that's not convincing enough, consider this. Here's some nutritional info on a couple of beers. Can you guess which is which?
Carbs: 12g
Calories: 148
Carbs: 13g
Give up? Beer #1 is Guinness — that thick, black stuff of pure, concentrated evil. Beer #2? That's Corona. You know, the light, easygoing beer you drink in order to cool down on the beach. Yep. That's about as heavy as Guinness.
"BUT WAIT!" you might say. "YOU DIDN'T PROVIDE THE SERVING SIZE! You could make ANY two foods or drinks sound similar without a basis of comparison!"
Oh, yes. How silly of me. See, the Guinness measurements are from a 14.9 ounce can. The Corona is from a 12 ounce bottle. That means, ounce for ounce, Corona is a heavier beer than Guinness (12 cal/oz vs. 10 cal/oz). So the next time you hear someone complaining about how heavy a Guinness is, ask them about their beach beer habits.
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How Fast Do You Drink Your Guinness?
Let me ask you something: when you're in a fancy schmancy restaurant, do you cram food down your gullet like some kind of hobo on a reality show? A reality show about eating?
Of course not! You use a fork and knife. And lest you predict that I'm going to try to fancify your Guinness drinking experience — relax. After all, Irishmen order this by calling it a "pint of plain." It's not high-falutin'. Plus, it's been enjoyed by slump-shouldered Dubliners for 250+ years. Nobody's going to make you use a cloth napkin. BUT! There's something to be said for the cultural experience of enjoying something. Going back to that fancy restaurant metaphor: would you choke down your food? No. Likewise, at a fast food restaurant, you're not going to expect classical music and soft candle lighting. The experience is part of, well, the experience.
Enter Guinness. Now, I'm not going to tell you not to enjoy more than your fair share. I'm just saying, look at the feeling they're trying to produce. For instance, what does a Guinness glass look like? You're all picturing it now, aren't you? Slightly tulip shaped nonic design, right? Seems like the kind of thing they'd want you to slow down and appreciate. And if that's not evidence enough, tell me: how long is it supposed to take to pour a Bud Light? I don't know about you, but I have no idea. What about Guinness? Chances are, you've heard the legend of the perfect pour (119.53 seconds, according to Wikipedia, frequently including a pause to let the head settle). Does that seem like the type of thing you're supposed to pound?
Finally, as a quick aside, if you're going to drink Guinness, look for a place that has a nitrogen-based tap system. The short version of the science is that nitrogen will create smaller bubbles — so small, in fact, that they make the head on Guinness seem thick and creamy! (Incidentally, nitrogen is what hides in that little "widget" inside of your cans of Guinness, Old Speckled Hen, Boddingtons, and the like). You'll know you're not enjoying a nitrogen Guinness if the head is grey, peppered with thick bubbles, and decidedly unremarkable.
This St. Patrick's Day, I think you should enjoy your Guinness. I just suggest taking your foot off the pedal from time to time. From the rich, creamy head of a properly poured pint, all the way to the broad, sweet flavors that express themselves better at warmer temperatures, I submit that slow is the way to go.
How Crappy is Your Guinness?
I know you, Mr. Craft Beer Snob. I know you because I was you (believe it or not, this is me in my reformed state). You say things like "Of course Guinness tastes better in Dublin! American Guinness comes from a brewery in the Caribbean! The lime content is different in the water!" etc. In fact, you're probably not even going out this St. Patrick's Day, are you? You're going to sit silently in a craft beer bar, where nobody says a thing. Occasionally, someone will mention that they taste a hint of blackcurrant in their Belgian dubbel, but that heathen shall be hushed! One must listen to the beer. Closely. After all, how else can you tell how quickly the protein in the lacing is degrading?
Or maybe that was just me. But as I've long said: if you're getting to the point where you can't engender good conversation, share the experience of life or even just enjoy a ball game with a tasty beer in your hands, you're doing this all wrong. And for the folks that decry Guinness as being "too light" (a stark contrast to our first group) or "over-produced" or "over-marketed" or whatever — dudes. Relax. This one time a year, everyone is putting down their Bud Lights and trying something different. Plus, if it's authenticity you're looking for, you won't find any drink as intertwined with the history and culture of a place than Guinness. Nope, not even you, Yuengling. You're overrated anyway.
Plus — for all you budding cicerones out there — Guinness makes an excellent food pairing. Try a Guinness float with vanilla ice cream, or drink it alongside some New England clam chowder (and swish it around your palate! The creamy chowder blends perfectly with the roasty stout). I'd bet it does wonders with creamier cheeses too, like brie, mascarpone, or, well, cream cheese.
So. You've got a historically important beer, which serves as a craft bridge for typical macrobrew enthusiasts, as well as a hell of a food pairing. Isn't that what you want out of a beer? Now, has it lost a step or two of quality over the years? Probably. But who cares? You could say that about any small business that breaks it big.
So my advice to you this St. Patrick's Day: enjoy your Guinness. Enjoy more than one. Take the time to appreciate it. And don't get so caught up in the search for brewing authenticity that you can't have fun on a holiday dedicated to drinking and hanging out with your fellow human beings.
In the meantime, I wish you all a happy St. Patrick's Day. Oh, and if my contact at Guinness is reading this, you can make the check out to B-R-I-A…
Brian Cullen writes about beer year round! If you're still stuck in winter mode, check out his take on winter beers. Or, if you're looking ahead to spring, here are some ideas for spring beers. Follow him on twitter @bucketcullen
Guinness is perfect for St. Paddy's, but did you know it has its own holiday? Read about it after you learn the secret history of St. Patrick.


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To acknowledge the high standard of papers presented at European Microwave Week each of the four conferences award Best Paper Prizes. The details of the authors together with a PDF of their winning papers follow:
The European Microwave Conference
The EuMC Best Paper Prize of €5,000 was awarded for the paper titled, "Extending Functionalities of Waveguide Slot Antennas by Means of Reconfigurable Aperture," authored by Yevhen Yashchyshyn, Krzysztof Derzakowski and Józef Modelski.
EADS sponsored two EuMC Young Engineer Prizes of €2,000 each, which were awarded to a young engineer or researcher who presented an outstanding paper at the conference. The papers were:
"A Novel Class of Compact Dual-mode Rectangular Waveguide Filters Using Square Ridge Resonators" by Simone Bastioli, Luca Marcaccioli and Roberto Sorrentino.
"Investigation of the Hot Embossing Technology for Low-Cost Antennas Printed on Polymer Substrates" by Andreas Kilian, Jochen Weinzierl and Lorenz-Peter Schmidt.
The European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference
The EuMIC Best Paper Prize of €3,000 went to Erik Öjefors and Ullrich Pfeiffer for their paper titled, "A 94 GHz Monolithic Front-End for Imaging Arrays in SiGe:C Technology."
The paper, "120 GHz Band Low Noise Amplifier with 14 ps Group Delay Variation for 10-Gbit/s Data Transmission" by Hiroyuki Takahashi, Toshihiko Kosugi, Akihiko Hirata, Koichi Murata and Naoya Kukutsu was the winner of the €2,000 EuMIC Young Engineer Prize.
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The EuWiT Best Paper Prize of €3,000 was awarded for, "Wireless Interconnect Between On-chip and LTCC Antennas for System-in-package Applications" authored by A. Shamim, M. Arsalan and L. Roy.
The €2,000 EuWiT Young Engineer Prize recognised the paper titled, "Measuring System Efficiency in Multi-mode PA Modules for Mobile Phones" by Paul N. Whatmough, Brian J. Minnis and Paul A. Moore.
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The European Radar Conference
The EuMA EuRaD Radar Prize and Young Engineer Prize, both sponsored by Raytheon, were presented. The EuRAD Radar Prize of €3,000 for the paper that best advances the state-of-the-art in radar went to, "Performance of Reiterated LMMSE Filtering and Coded Radar Waveforms" by Mayazzurra Ruggiano, Emiel Stolp and Piet van Genderen.
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The EuRAD Young Engineer Prize of €2,000 was awarded to a young engineer or researcher who has presented an outstanding paper at the conference. The paper was, "Indirect Holographic Imaging at 310 GHz" by Aleksi Tamminen, Juha Ala-Laurinaho and Antti V. Räisänen.
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A new innovation to EuMW 2008 was the Innovative Demonstration Prize of €1,000, sponsored by Thales Nederland and awarded jointly by the EuMC and EuRAD to the best presentation at the Interactive Poster Session. It went to, "Detection and Tracking of Moving or Trapped People Hidden by Obstacles using Ultra-wideband Pseudo-noise Radar" by J. Sachs, M. Aftanas, S. Crabbe, M. Drutarovský, R. Klukas, D. Kocur, T.T. Nguyen, P. Peyerl, J. Rovnáková and E. Zaikov.
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SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Seventeenth-century Maine had a gun issue far different from today's; guns were a basic necessity for hunting food in the wilderness and defense in a time of warfare between Native Americans and European settlers. Back then, too few weapons were available.
In a talk celebrating the Berwicks' 300th anniversary, local blacksmith and gunsmith Steve Woodman will discuss the perpetual shortage of firearms in Colonial Maine, the men who tried to alleviate the shortage, and the methods they used.
Sponsored by the Old Berwick Historical Society, the talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at Berwick Academy's Jeppesen Science Center on Academy Street. The public is invited and refreshments will be served.
"Among those living in our area, there were always more people needing firearms than there were weapons to arm them," Woodman said. "With low supplies and great demand, a number of men worked to keep as many guns in working order as possible."
His talk, "Blacksmiths and Gunsmiths: Building and Repairing Firearms in Maine, 1670-1720," will describe who these men were and the conditions under which they worked. He also will describe the types of work they did and will display examples of their labor.
Woodman's lecture is part of the Old Berwick Historical Society's 2013 series of talks, walks and historical events tied to the 300th anniversary of the Berwicks' existence. Events will include lectures, tours and public programs focused on the history of this area of Maine and the Piscataqua during the 1600s and 1700s.
In 1713, the old town of Berwick — comprising today's Berwick, South Berwick and North Berwick — was founded when it separated from Kittery. This anniversary series is made possible by member donations and by grants from the Maine Humanities Council and Kennebunk Savings.
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Despite some significant winter deer damage at a few orchards - and more hail damage than usual in parts of the state - experts expect an excellent apple crop in Maine this year, with good size and color.
University of Maine tree fruit specialist Rene Moran says most people who pick their own apples will not see much hail damage. Moran says most apple farms in Maine get a significant portion of their incomes from pick-your-own and retail farm stand sales. "But we still have a fair number of larger orchards that have most of their income coming from wholesale," she says, "so it's very mixed."
Moran says pick-your-own has started in southern Maine with summer varieties. She says activity picks up after Labor Day, when the main crop harvest begins the second week in September in southern Maine and continues in more northern areas into October.


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Paul Hobbs Becomes Exclusive Alto Limay Importer
Alto Limay, dedicated to the production of Pinot Noir from Patagonia, Argentina, has appointed Paul Hobbs Imports as its United States importer. Since 2008, Paul Hobbs has been working with the producers of Alto Limay as consulting winemaker in an effort to explore this frontier geographical area and its synergy with the Pinot Noir varietal.
"The proliferation of Pinot Noir from Patagonia will be a key component in the future of Argentina's wine industry," says Paul Hobbs Imports General Manager Serge Lozach. "Due to the region's strong dry winds, intense winters and cool nights during the summer, fruit often ripens slowly and has a unique expression. This combined with value-friendly pricing makes Alto Limay an exciting prospect."
Named after the neighboring Limay River in Neuquén, Alto Limay draws snowmelt from the Andes Mountains to water the vineyards in this geographically semi-desert area. Sandy, rocky soils are situated on a foundation of limestone, resulting in thick skinned Pinot Noir with an aromatic depth of red berry fruit and earthy tones to complement silky tannins.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
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- Cecily waters the roses.
- Cecily discovers that Miss Prism wrote a three-volume novel.
- Cecily lies that Miss Prism has a headache to get out of doing her German lesson. As a result, Miss Prism and Dr. Chasuble (who are crushing on each other) go on a walk together.
- Cecily meets Ernest, who is really Algernon in disguise.
- Cecily flirts with Ernest and promises to reform him.
- Cecily invites Ernest in for dinner.
- Cecily reconciles Uncle Jack with "Ernest."
- Cecily comes back out to water the roses and ends up spending more quality time with Ernest.
- Cecily reveals her and Ernest's love letters and engagement, which she has recorded in her diary for the past few months.
- Cecily reveals how much she loves the name Ernest.
- Cecily meets Gwendolen.
- Cecily and Gwendolen insult each other over tea once they've learned that they're both engaged to Ernest Worthing.
- Cecily and Gwendolen learn the truth from the boys—that there is no Ernest.
- Cecily and Gwendolen retire into the house to fume at the boys.
- Cecily and Gwendolen forgive the boys once they learn why they lied.
- Cecily is pronounced a worthy fiancée for Algernon by Lady Bracknell.
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One of the oldest myths among insurance buyers is that the color of your vehicle can impact premium amounts. According to the Insurance Information Institute, there is actually NO correlation between your car's color and insurance rates.
This is a myth similar to the one that says driving a red or a black car will cause more traffic infractions or speeding tickets. It's based on theory alone and not scientific evidence. It's true people who get more speeding tickets will have more accidents and eventually pay an increase in automobile insurance premiums, but there's actually not ANY data to prove that car color alone has anything to do with it.
Perhaps people who drive black cars are crankier than others and more inclined to road rage. It may be that aggressive people buy red vehicles. Maybe aggressive people are more likely to follow too closely or pass on curves due to bad cases of road rage.
A study released this week has perhaps confirmed just that—that the color of a vehicle likely IS representative of the owner's mood
or personality.
It's not completely unfathomable — years ago an airline had to change the interior color of their airplanes from red to a soothing neutral because there were so many fights occurring on board. McDonalds has even based their entire color scheme upon the idea that color can greatly affect our emotions and actions—the reason McDonald's is red and yellow? Because red and yellow, more so than any other colors, have been shown to invoke hunger. Although it's not known if the red inside McDonald's has caused many heated debates over the Big Mac's secret sauce, it's apparent that many people believe in the power of color. After all, there are even some psychologists and mental health professionals who subscribe to the theory of 'color therapy.'
If there's something to the psychological aspect of color—beyond the obvious ones drawn from the artwork of great artists like Picasso—and its relationship with cars, perhaps no study or insurance underwriter's speculations have ever been so interesting as the one brought forth by The CarCourting Report, commissioned by AutoTrader.ca.
This study suggests that the color of a car is very important to consumers. In fact,
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color is so important to some that 61% of those participating in the study said they'd walk away from their dream car if it wasn't the color they wanted. A third of respondents stated that driving a 'sexy' car made them feel extra attractive. According to one in three respondents under the age of 35, they feel much more appealed when driving a certain car.
But perhaps the biggest testament to the fact that people with certain personality tendencies tend to buy cars of a certain color is the study's findings that 41% of people believe that people should buy cars that 'match' their personalities. This certainly gives a bit of weight to the idea that color is a factor in auto insurance premiums.
However, even if people do buy cars of particular colors that 'reflect' their personality and thus possibly being a telling sign of driving behaviors, these bad driving behaviors aren't induced by the redness of the car they happen to be driving. Rather, it simply means that if aggressive people who have a tendency to be impatient and have road rage tend to gravitate towards red cars, then they'd probably behave the same way they would if they were FORCED to drive a white car.
Basically, your insurer couldn't care less if you buy a red sedan or a lemon yellow coupe. The insurer interested in you and your habits – like whether or not you pay your bills regularly, maintain your vehicle, and most of all, your driving history and what habits it shows.
When it comes to insurance premiums, it's all about you—not the color of your car, even if it does match your 'aura' or is representative of your personality. Picasso may have used colors to represent certain emotions and people, but no matter what colors he used, his paintings wouldn't have been any less disturbing or distorted. This is exactly the same as one's driving record—whether one has a red car or a white car, if one has an awful driving record, it's still going to be the same. The only new suggestion is that people DO actually buy vehicles the color of their 'personality,' and that certain personality characteristics could be attached to the color of their car. However, insurers aren't making such a large assumption and rating policies based off of the colors of cars.
If insurers WERE to factor in car color, it's more likely it would be due to a 'camoflauge' effect, as long as it was backed by strong statistics. For example, if insurers saw that 90% of white cars have multi-vehicle accidents in the snow, then the insurer may increase the premiums of those with white cars because it seems other drivers aren't seeing white vehicles, making them accidental targets of accidents in winter weather.
But insurers don't have any statistics showing the color of a car has an effect on driving habits, and it would be a very tricky thing to begin charging premiums based upon the possibility that someone with a red car is a hostile driver who will cause accidents and get tickets. That's why policyholders are rated according to their record—one's driving history is colorblind.
So how is insurance premium determined then? Your insurance score, a body of information about your habits, is critically important. Of course insurance scores include information about your driving history – the single most important consideration made by the insurance company. The TYPE of car you buy is the next most important factor. People who drive certain brands and styles of vehicles get into more accidents than others, like sports cars. Things like make, model, body style, engine size and safety features matter more to insurance companies than your car's color. They also look at costs associated with repairing a vehicle – it costs more to repair a fiberglass body than a steel one, for example. Therefore a vintage Corvette may be premium-prohibitive – and taking into account other important considerations around the cost of the vehicle, where you reside and the likelihood that your vehicle may be damaged, vandalized or stolen.
The conclusion to be reached is simple unless insurers make it clear that they factor in the color of someone's car. Until then, there's a possibility encompassing both the truth behind what insurers consider and the relationship of a car's color to the owner – although people may buy vehicles of a certain color because they're consciously or subconsciously drawn to it for some reason and although a color may be associated with their personality traits, it's not something considered by insurers. It seems people's driving habits affect the way their car is driven, regardless of color, instead of the other way around—a car's color affecting the way someone drives. People's personality affects their insurance premiums because driving history affects premiums, but color doesn't affect either – at all.
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The factors that influence the flow velocity in Eulerian terms are the position x and time t. The flow velocity in Eulerian terms, in general, defines the fluid passing at fixed points in space. But it can also quantify the other properties of the water.
In the Lagrangian approach, individual particles are each concentrated as the water flows out of the pipe. This means that every particle property of this flow analyzed will vary from time to time since a large same of particles will independently differ as the water flows away from the pipe. The flow velocity as a function of time can be described by a downward parabolic function.


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Is there such a thing as too much Garth Brooks? No! And certainly not in Las Vegas!
In fact, the Wynn Las Vegas has enjoyed having Garth perform there so much, they've invited him to come back for a few more shows.
Garth has added eight shows, two per day, at the Wynn's Encore Theater on Oct. 18 and 19 and Nov. 8 and 9. Tickets are $175 (plus fees) and are available through ticketmaster.com [1] or by calling (702) 770-1000.
In 2009, Garth announced that he would come out of retirement to take a residency with Wynn Encore Resorts starting that December. His first 20 shows at the famed resort sold out in five hours.
We're still waiting for his return to regular touring, which he said would happen when his youngest daughter, Allie, entered college. She's 17 now.
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One of the conditions for including a professional representative on the EPO list is that he has passed the European qualifying examination (EQE). During a transitional period after the EPC 1973 first entered into force, this requirement could be waived under the conditions laid down in Art. 163 EPC 1973 (see J 19/89, OJ 1991, 425; J 10/81). For all states acceding to the EPC 1973 at its inception, this period ended on 7.10.1981 (decision of the Administrative Council dated 6.7.1978, OJ 1978, 327). Art. 163 EPC 1973 was one of the transitional provisions, now superseded, and has therefore been deleted in the new EPC 2000.
After the above date, under Art. 163(6) EPC 1973, a person with his place of business or employment in a state newly acceding to the EPC 1973 may, during a period of one year as from that state's accession, be added to the list under the conditions laid down in Art. 163(1) to (5) EPC 1973, i.e. without having to pass the EQE. Art. 163(6) EPC 1973 retains all its significance as a grandfather clause and is therefore preserved in the EPC 2000 to deal with the situation of national representatives of states acceding to the EPC in the future. The substance of the grandfather clause of Art. 163 EPC 1973 has therefore been integrated in Art. 134(3) EPC 2000 in simplified form, as a permanent provision of the EPC.
The reunification of Germany posed its own problems, in J 18/92, J 30/92, J 31/92, J 32/92 and J 33/92, regarding the admission of professional representatives. The appellants argued that the provisions of Art. 163(6) EPC 1973 should be applied to patent attorneys, even where they had qualified in West Germany and not the former GDR. In the board's view, Art. 163(6) EPC 1973 could only be applied by analogy to those finding themselves in a similar situation to the patent agents of a country acceding to the EPC. This requirement was fulfilled only by patent agents from the former GDR and not by their colleagues who had already been admitted in the West. The board held that it would be strange if those who were admitted as patent agents in a contracting state were able to become authorised representatives without having to pass the examination merely by way of analogy with people working in a country which had just become a member. The appeals were accordingly dismissed.


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Valerie Kim Grogg and David Matthew Gates were united in marriage Aug. 6 at Big Tygart Baptist Church. Rev. Rufus E. Hoalcraft performed the double-ring ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Larry "Mike" and Donna Grogg of Parkersburg. She is the granddaughter of Kathryn and the late Gerald Maze of Parkersburg and the late Anna and the late Oscar Grogg of Parkersburg.
The groom is the son of Bill and Liesa Gates of Rockport.
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He is the grandson of Ruth and the late Peter Patterson of Parkersburg and the late Elmer and the late Cecilia Ann Gates of Rockport.
Presented in marriage by her father, the bride was attended by friend Tiffany Hall as her maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Marge Politz and Chasity Rice, friends of the bride. The flower girl and ring bearer were Ella and Emilia Horton, friends of the bride and groom.
The groom was attended by friend T.J. Breitmeier as his best man. Groomsmen were Joseph Gates, brother of the groom, and Michael A. Melrose, friend of the groom.
Ushers were church-family members of the bride and groom Rusty Hall and Heath Kidder, both of Mineral Wells. Guest registrar was Jasmine Hall, church-family member of the bride and groom. Julie Watkins, friend of the bride, was the ceremony pianist.
A reception followed at the Big Tygart Baptist Fellowship Hall in Mineral Wells. A three-tiered vanilla cake shaped as a wedding gown and a three-tiered chocolate cake shaped as a tuxedo matched what the bride and groom wore.
The bride has a master's degree from West Virginia University in elementary education with an English specialization from West Virginia University at Parkersburg. She is a teacher for Wood County Schools.
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WAITING GAME: International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn waited to be arraigned in New York Monday. He was ordered held without bail. Mr. Strauss-Kahn's attorney said his client denies accusations that he sexually assaulted a maid in a Manhattan hotel. (Richard Drew/Associated Press)
GREENING UP: One of four native Australian Banksia trees was hoisted by crane to an outdoor terrace at the nearly completed 1 Bligh Street building in Sydney's central business district Monday. It is the first Sydney building to be awarded a six-star Green Star environmental rating score. (Angela Brkic/European Pressphoto Agency)
BODIES MOVED: Forensic workers moved one of 28 bodies found decapitated on a farm in San Andres, Guatemala, on the Mexican border, Sunday. Police officials said the killings may be linked to area drug gangs. (Johan Ordonez/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
MOVING ON: Syrian children and women arrived in Dabbabieh, Lebanon, Monday. At least 15 Syrian tanks pushed overnight into a rural area near the Lebanese border, where security forces have concentrated their latest antigovernment crackdown. (Omar Ibrahim/Reuters)
FIRED UP: A woman walked in front of burning tires during a protest over housing in the Mitchell's Plain Township in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday. A lack of housing is a major issue facing the ruling African National Congress as voters head to the polls May 18 for local elections. (Nic Bothma/European Pressphoto Agency)
LAST MISSION: Endeavour lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on its final mission Monday. The shuttle will arrive at the International Space Station Wednesday with a $2 billion magnetic instrument that will seek out antimatter and dark energy in the universe. (Troy Cryder/Zuma Press)


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Hollywood Temple Beth El was once among the most prominent synagogues in Los Angeles, with congregants ranging from Hollywood's elite to some of the city's wealthiest families. Yet, over the decades, the once-flourishing temple has seen its membership fall off.
"The population of the congregation was once over 1,000 families," said Cantor Harris Shore, who has been with the synagogue for more than a year. Now, the mailing list is down to just 250 members.
The temple was established in the early 1920s and originally was located on North Wilton Place in Hollywood. It later moved to its current home, a sprawling building on the corner of Fountain Avenue and North Crescent Heights Boulevard. As membership dwindled, the massive structure became more difficult to maintain.
In 1998, the building was purchased by the Iranian American Jewish Federation (IAJF) for $2.8 million. The developers struck a deal with temple leaders, allowing the synagogue to continue holding services as Hollywood Temple Beth El in one of the building's small chapels.
Since then, the building, with its winding corridors and soaring, arched ceilings, has mostly served as a venue for lifecycle events. The temple has held services during the week and on Saturday mornings, and the organizations have coexisted peacefully.
Now, the synagogue is at a crossroads. With three years left on its lease, some members have floated the idea of simply letting it run its course and slowly fade away.
"Some say, 'Let it go,' " Shore said.
But, along with a handful of temple members, he'd rather see new life breathed into the synagogue; he envisions young people and families once again brightening the corridors. "It's one of the oldest synagogues in town," Shore said. "Let's enjoy these years, try to get it back."
If Shore has his way, the small congregation may soon find their temple in a renaissance.
In April, the temple brought on Rabbi Ira Rosenfeld, a former stand-up comedian who lightheartedly compliments Shore, who calls himself an "actor by trade."
Together, the two are reminiscent of an old-school Hollywood variety act.
"The rabbi is knowledgeable, funny, warm and has a way of engaging the people," Shore said, Rosenfeld seated next to him. The rabbi waved a hand, cajoling the cantor.
"Go on, go on," Rosenfeld joked.
The duo's plan is to reinstate Friday night services and, by doing so, to invigorate the congregation.
"Part of the reason they brought in me and [Shore] is to get more families because they aren't going to get them on Saturday morning," said Rosenfeld. "The goal is to create a service for Friday night that will attract younger people."
Rosenfeld also hopes that the temple will attract people from the many Jewish cultures in the neighborhood, including the many Russian immigrant families.
"If we can bring everyone together, it has great potential," he said. "Bridging communities would represent a nice future of Judaism."
Their hope was put to the test June 11, when they opened Beth El's doors for the first Friday night service that most temple members can recall.
As congregants slowly made their way inside, Rosenfeld descended from the bimah to shake hands with each worshiper. Many he knew by name, but some new faces appeared in the crowd.
Once attendees were seated, Shore led prayers backed by a four-part choir and a pianist, and while he stuck mostly to the Friday night script, the former Broadway performer sneaked in a duet of "May the Lord Protect and Defend You," from "Fiddler on the Roof."
"I feel these elements beautify and elevate our worship experience," Shore wrote in an e-mail after the service. "And I want to make being Jewish fun and entertaining, without compromising the sincerity of our worship experience."
By the end of the two-hour service, more than 60 people filled the seats, with more milling about in the hall. Temple members expressed their excitement at the possibility of a rejuvenated congregation.
"It was very nice, very unusual," said congregant Elena Goldenberg, 49, of the service. "This will bring more people here, which is important."
Following the service, Rosenfeld expressed his satisfaction in an e-mail. "We had a nice turnout, and everyone participated and responded well."
While there's always room for improvement, he said, it was a promising start to what may be a new beginning for the old temple. "I'm confident that our next Friday evening service will be even better, and more joyous and inspirational."
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UK residents have 6 days to listen-again to the BBC Radio 4 programme "Music from Beyond the Veil", broadcast on Sunday 13th Dec (first broadcast 14 July 2009).
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This month, the Portland Society for Architecture will hold a symposium titled "Waterfront Visions: 2050," at which the group hopes to play a central role in a conversation about sea level rise on the coast of Maine's largest city. According to a report released by the society in October, properties on Portland's high-traffic and high-visibility Commercial Street are due to incur $33 million in damage as a result of sea level rise by 2050 — $111 million by 2100. This week on the Ink & Pine podcast, incoming Portland Society for Architecture President Alan Kuniholm joins Maine Digital Press President Dan Bodoff, Bangor Daily News Portland Bureau Chief Seth Koenig and Dylan Martin of The Forecaster to discuss his organization's report, the upcoming symposium, where they got their sea level expectations, what Portlanders in low-lying areas should start thinking about even today and the hard conversations on the horizon for owners of historic waterfront buildings.
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