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Wednesday is Election Day, Wall Street-style.
At a glance
First Financial Holdings
Top executive: R. Wayne Hall
Founded: 1934 in Charleston
Headquarters: 2440 Mall Drive, North Charleston
Employees: 900
Branches: 66, mostly along the coast from Wilmington, N.C., to Hilton Head Island.
Assets: $3.2 billion
Stock symbol: FFCH. SCBT's parent will adopt First Financial Holdings Inc. as its official name and the FFCH stock symbol. The name of the merged bank has not been announced.
Website: firstfinancial holdings.com
SCBT Financial Corp.
Top executive: Robert Hill
Founded: 1933 in Orangeburg
Headquarters: 520 Gervais St., Columbia
Employees: 1,136
Assets: $5.1 billion
Branches: 84 in the Carolinas and Georgia. They operate under SCBT and four other names. One of the bank's key growth areas is the Interstate 85 corridor between Charlotte and Atlanta.
Stock symbol: SCBT
Website: scbtonline.com
Much of the attention July 24 will be fixed on the goings-on in Texas, where Dell Inc. shareholders will vote to approve or reject the teetering $24.4 billion offer by founding CEO Michael Dell and his backers to purchase all of the ailing personal computer-maker's stock. That is, unless the matter is scrubbed again, as it was last week to give Dell time to drum up more support for his proposal.
In South Carolina, investors will be casting ballots on a much smaller deal. They'll be deciding whether to close one chapter and open another for the Charleston region's largest and oldest financial institution.
The action will take place at overlapping meetings in North Charleston and Columbia, where shareholders of First Federal Bank owner First Financial Holdings Inc. and SCBT Financial Corp. will convene to approve their plans to merge.
This pivotal moment comes five months after First Federal announced it had agreed to a sale by exchanging its shares with SCBT. Few saw it coming.
The companies hope to complete the stock swap this quarter. It will create the fifth-largest lender in South Carolina based on deposits. Columbia-based SCBT, a growth-minded company that has expanded into North Carolina and Georgia in recent years, is the buyer.
The deal is noteworthy locally on several levels. First Financial traces its roots to the Great Depression. Its stock is widely held among local investors.
Its main business, First Federal, has remained independent for nearly eight decades. And over that time, the bank grew to become the largest and oldest lender headquartered in the Charleston region.
Now it's about to embark on a new phase under the ownership of an acquisitive Midlands company that's also been around since the early 1930s.
'Building a platform'
Robert R. Hill Jr., a Citadel graduate who's chief executive officer of SCBT, made the business case the day the deal was announced. He said the pairing will enable the merged banks to accelerate growth, cut costs and further expand their reach through acquisitions.
"It's really about building a platform that puts us in place to build a dominant Southeastern bank in a changing banking landscape," he said.
It wasn't a hasty decision. The seed was planted in 2009, soon after Wayne Hall was promoted to CEO of First Federal and its parent company. Hall then got to work mopping up the post-recession mess while at the same time transforming First Federal from a sleepy savings and loan institution with limited lending capabilities into a full-fledged commercial bank that could work with larger business borrowers.
But the stars didn't align quite right with SCBT until January 2013, when Hill and Hall determined the time was right to do business together. Hill has called the deal a "natural fit" and "a low-risk transaction" between "two like-minded companies."
"We've basically been neighbors for about 80 years," he said. "We've operated in each other's backyards for years. We know each other's customers. We know each other's companies and styles. That alone gives us great comfort."
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It will bring together a pair of community banks that opened their doors in the early 1930s.
Hill has called First Federal "the gold standard of banking in Charleston and the other communities" it has served since opening its doors on Broad Street 79 years ago. SCBT's predecessor started around the same time in Orangeburg, and it expanded in 2006 to the Charleston region, where it has opened five branches.
Hill, who will remain CEO after the merger, stressed that the companies share some overlapping operations, but for the most part they bring unique strengths to the table. For example, SCBT is an established bank along the bustling Interstate 85 corridor between Charlotte and Atlanta, while First Federal is more dominant along the coast and has a more robust mortgage business.
Putting banks together has been a hallmark of Hill, whose stated goal had been to complete two deals a year and who has been positioning SCBT as a "consolidator" in the Carolinas as lenders look to team up. The First Financial acquisition is different from his previous acquisitions, which in recent years have involved mostly small or troubled lenders.
It went without saying that SCBT would one day make an acquisition in the Charleston area to expand its footprint. When it finally did, it went big.
This week, shareholders will have their say, without any of the Dell drama.
Contact John McDermott at 937-5572


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Much has been written about the growing financial clout of the BRIC countries. India and China seem to garner most of the coverage. And for good reason. Their economies have radically raised themselves to almost unimaginable levels from where they stood 20 or 30 years ago. Russia has left most of the social and economic wreckage of its Communist past in the dust (except for the occasional rigged election). In fact, Russia comes in third after the U.S. and China in terms of the number of billionaires in that country. All three nations have strong life science programs in place and are usually represented at most large biotechnology meetings, especially the annual Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) conference.
Recently, I've been thinking more about Brazil. The country's superior efforts in biofuels research and production have already been well documented. But what caused me to take a closer look at Brazil was the number of Brazilian researchers I ran into at conferences I attended in 2010 and 2011 in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. I've been going to such biotech events for over 25 years and it just seems to me that more scientists from Brazil are now showing up.
What's going on? Well, it turns out that Brazil is the second largest grower of biotech crops on the globe. Also, I recently read an article focusing on Latin America on the Burrill and Company website. It reported that Brazil's business environment is such that the country has become a prime location for potential investment opportunities. The Brazilian government also has taken the necessary steps to safeguard inventors' intellectual property rights. As the Burrill article goes on to point out: "These initiatives not only promote technological innovation but also act as incentives to boost overall R&D spending, the life blood of the life sciences industry." The country exhibits particular strengths in genomics, stem cell R&D, vaccines, the neurosciences, green biotechnology, and, of course, biofuels.
A Nature editorial in July 2010 noted that "Brazilian biotechnology has matured to the point at which its scientists are players on the international stage." This quote reinforces my perception that I am seeing a greater number of Brazilian life scientists at biotech conferences all over the world.
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In his new movie, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the multi-hyphenate, 33, might have pulled off his biggest stunt yet – playing make-believe with a virtual chimpanzee.
"I still don't understand how you guys did that," Jimmy Kimmel said during Franco's Tuesday appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. "I know it's CGI and all that stuff, but it is amazing how those chimpanzees can talk and stuff."
"Yeah," Franco said. "Well, it wasn't real."
In fact, actor Andy Serkis, who played Gollum in Lord of the Rings, put on a gray CGI suit and made a monkey of himself for Franco.
"And you'd think, well, how can you act with somebody like that and pretend they're a chimpanzee, but his behavior is so realistic that you immediately see beyond it and your imagination takes over," said Franco. "It really is like acting with a chimpanzee except that he has the best acting instincts."
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This March, The Art Institutes system of schools will have more than 50 Art Institutes locations in the United States host "What Those Who Teach Can Do," a national collaboration of gallery shows paying tribute to talented art educators across the country. In Charleston, The Art Institute of Charleston, a branch of The Art Institute of Atlanta, will feature local high school art and media educators' artwork in a month-long exhibition to celebrate their creativity and thank them for positively affecting the lives of so many students.
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Top Definition
weird, whacked out, messed up, not working for no definable reason. Usually applied to technology.
"Dude, you have the wonkiest computer in the world. I walked through the room and it crashed."
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not right, odd
Jenni had a wonky eye, it was the source of all her self-esteem problems.
লিখেছেন- ILoveThom'sChickenDance 16 de অক্টোবার de 2003
Askew, non-intuitive, poorly designed, or not functioning as it should.
The UI on that site is kind of wonky.
My demo works, but when you start clicking around things get a little wonky.
My demo works, but when you start clicking around things get a little wonky.
লিখেছেন- palousa 17 de এপ্রিল de 2003
Totally messed up; Strange and out of place; not working properly.
The printer's gone wonky.
লিখেছেন- Jeremy 25 de ডিসেম্বার de 2003
crazy,loony, not quite right, out of sorts. a mix of bonkers and wacky.
My computer keeps deleting my incoming mail,a nd being all wonky
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to not work properly, to be out of sorts
my computer went wonky today.
After drinking I felt a bit wonky
After drinking I felt a bit wonky
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Another word for ketamine or the feeling of being ketimised
i should have done that bump before we even got in the club i am now wonky as fuck *proceeds to fall over*
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What a Trip!
It has nearly come full circle.
Five years ago this coming Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at an all-time high of 14164.53. On Friday, the Dow closed less than 4% below its peak.
In the interim: The stock market halved and then doubled, bonds soared, the real-estate market crashed and stabilized, and energy prices spiked, tanked and rose anew. All the while, the U.S. government was racking up massive new debts, with no clear path to paying them off.
The question for investors now: Will stocks and bonds continue their ascent, or are they rounding the precipice and headed for a steep drop?
History might provide part of the answer.
A Wall Street Journal analysis of market data provided by the London Business School finds that high public indebtedness might spell trouble for stock and bond returns. What's more, historical data show that past periods of debt portend high inflation, eroding the value of bonds and cash.
For investors, the strongest message may be this: The easy returns from 2009 to now are just about over, and a long slog is beginning. To make up for paltry returns, investors will have to home in on companies that can boost their earnings in a slow-growing economy, and try to catch bonds when they become underpriced.
"Most people want markets to do some of their saving for them. That's not going to happen," says Rob Arnott, chairman of Research Affiliates, an investment firm in Newport Beach, Calif., whose strategies are used to manage more than $100 billion. "There's a whole spectrum of asset classes to turn to that look better than mainstream stocks and bonds."
Short-Term Forecast: Heavy Fog
Investors have largely recovered from the turmoil of the financial crisis, but stock returns have been far below the levels to which investors have become accustomed.
For example, despite its volatility, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index has had an annual average total return, including dividends, of 1.1% over the past five years. Long-term U.S. Treasurys, meanwhile, returned nearly 11% annually, as investors flocked to ultrasafe assets.
But investors should prepare themselves for a rough road ahead, experts say. During the next six months, markets face a number of challenges.
Uncertainty surrounding the election and the looming "fiscal cliff"—that is, the tax rises and government-spending cuts that are scheduled to take effect Jan. 1—could destabilize markets by the end of the year. The European crisis, meanwhile, keeps rolling on. And China's slowing growth threatens to undermine what had become the driver of the global economy.
Tom Forester, the only manager of a U.S. stock mutual fund to post a positive return in 2008, says he is having trouble seeing through the fog.
Says Mr. Forester, who runs the $218 million Forester Value Fund: "What's coming is a tough question to answer. There's just too much uncertainty."
Long-Term Forecast: Heavy Slog
Investors' bigger problem is the long-term debt situation in the U.S., experts say.
The ratio of the U.S. public debt to gross domestic product, a common method of measuring a country's indebtedness, stands at about 103%.
Since 1900, advanced market economies for which there are historical market data have seen their debt-to-GDP ratios exceed 90% 21 times before the financial crisis, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research paper. On average the periods of high debt-to-GDP lasted about 14 years.
During all 21 periods of high debt, stocks returned just 4.2% annually on average, after adjusting for inflation, according to Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton of the London Business School. That is 1.2 percentage points below the long-term historical average.
Bonds, meanwhile, had an inflation-adjusted return of 0.3%, about 0.6 point below their long-term average.
To be sure, you can't draw an exact parallel between past periods of public indebtedness and today. For one, war news had an outsize impact on stock returns during World War II.
What's more, during the recent recession and recovery, the Federal Reserve and Congress have taken unprecedented steps to drive down interest rates and perk up the economy. In particular, the Fed has bought bonds—and it shows no inclination to stop buying them just yet. That could keep the bond market more stable than in past high-debt periods in the U.S. and abroad.
"It's a fairly unique situation," says Jim Reid, global head of fundamental credit strategy at Deutsche Bank, DB -6.67 % citing historically low Treasury yields, low interest rates across most countries and currencies with unusually high correlations.
Still, the historical data jibe with what other indicators seem to suggest, say analysts.
One way to make up the difference is to save more. But that is just part of the answer. Here's a guide to how the U.S. debt picture might affect stocks and bonds in the years ahead.
Stocks. On average, periods of high public debt have been marked by meager stock returns. But depending on the time and country, returns have been far below or above the 4.2% average.
For example, Japan's stocks have lost 3.1% annually after inflation since 1995, after an asset bubble and crash led to a huge debt-to-GDP ratio. On the other hand, Irish stocks returned an astounding 17.5% annually between 1983 and 1993, at the same time that Ireland was under a heavy debt burden.
But the high debt-to-GDP ratio isn't the only indicator that U.S. stocks might struggle.
The ratio of the price of the S&P 500 to its average earnings for the past 10 years, known as the "Shiller P/E" after Yale University professor Robert Shiller, currently stands at 22. Historically, that would portend inflation-adjusted stock returns of just 4% annually, notes Prof. Shiller—less than U.S. stocks' 6.2% average after inflation since 1900.
"People tend to assume the market isn't forecastable and instead go with the historical average," Prof. Shiller says. "But the cyclically-adjusted P/E shows a reasonably good fit" to future stock returns.
Given the uncertain market outlook, investors should focus on dividend-paying companies that have strong balance sheets and consistent profit growth, says Dylan Grice, a strategist at Société Générale in London.
David Scott, chief investment officer at Sunrise Advisors in Leawood, Kan., which oversees about $275 million, says he has bought companies like General Mills GIS -0.66 % and Procter & Gamble PG -1.37 % for his clients because they have pricing power, stable cash flows and 3%-plus dividend yields.
In the longer run, while the Shiller P/E for the S&P 500 as a whole might indicate the market is overpriced, certain sectors might be relatively undervalued.
Information technology, for example, has a Shiller P/E of 29. That is high for most sectors but is low for tech stocks, which have a long-term average P/E of 45, compared with the broad-market average of 16.
In the past, a Shiller P/E around 29 has led to an annual total return of 18% in the sector over the next two years, according to Barclays.
Likewise, the materials sector, which includes commodity miners and refiners, has a Shiller P/E of 23, suggesting an annual total return of about 7% over the next two years, according to Barclays.
An easy way to get exposure to either sector is through exchange-traded funds that track them, such as Materials Select Sector SPDR or Technology Select Sector SPDR, both of which carry low fees: Their expense ratio is just 0.18%.
Bonds. While past cases of high debt have bogged down economic growth, inflation still has been a menace in many of the countries involved, according to the London Business School data.
In the 21 time periods analyzed, inflation ran at an annual average of 7.9%, versus an annual average of 5.3% experienced globally after 1900. That could be part of the reason bonds have had such a paltry return during periods of debt overhang.
Since 1900, when inflation has run between 8% and 18%, bonds world-wide have had an inflation-adjusted annual average return of minus-4.6%. When inflation has topped 18%, bonds have had a real return of minus-23%.
Sure, the Federal Reserve has been able to keep its thumb on interest rates so far, sending bond prices to historic highs. (Bond prices move in the opposite direction of yields.) At the same time, the weak economy has kept inflation in check.
But in the long term, investors should prepare for rising inflation and, eventually, higher interest rates, says Mr. Arnott of Research Affiliates.
"There's going to be a consequence of increasing debt. At some point there's going to be a credibility problem," he says.
So what are investors to do?
For one, they might consider emerging-market bonds, which offer high yields relative to Treasurys. Many such nations have strong fiscal positions and can withstand economic bumps in the road, Mr. Arnott says.
The Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF EMLC -0.63 % has an expense ratio of 0.47% and a yield of nearly 4.5%, compared with a 1.5% yield for a U.S. government-bond index ETF that has a similar duration.
Investors also should look for chances to buy bonds opportunistically as rates fluctuate.
For example, Sean Simko, who heads fixed-income portfolio management for financial-services firm SEI Investments, SEIC -2.44 % says he plans to buy bonds when the yield on the 10-year Treasury note rises above 2% and sell as it approaches 1.45%.
With the yield on 10-year Treasurys at 1.63%, a 2% level might seem high, but "I wouldn't be surprised if it hit 2% within a year or two" as the economy improves, Mr. Simko says.
And at a time when bond indexes look overpriced, bond managers who can target values seem like a better bet, says Andy Kapyrin, director of research at RegentAtlantic Capital in Morristown, N.J.
His favorites include the Driehaus Active Income Fund, which has returned 5.5% annually during the past five years and has a yield of about 3.2%, and the J.P. Morgan JPM -1.59 % Strategic Income Opportunities Fund, which has returned 8.6% annually since it launched in 2008 and yields about 3.3%.
The bottom line, Mr. Kapyrin says: "You need to look for other ways to do fixed income."
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Day 1:Most Efficient Way to Sleep
Let's start with the biggest time-waster of all: sleep. Every night, you have to bend to Big Slumber's twisted whims, sacrificing perfectly good video game and pornography time just to lay completely motionless in week-old laundry for eight hours. We need to gut sleep like the little bitch it is, and for that, we turn to something called polyphasic sleeping. The basic idea is that there are five stages to normal sleep, but only one of those is actually important: the REM phase, where dreaming happens. By cutting out the chaff, you can shake down your brain until it gives up and learns to slip directly into REM sleep the second you close your eyes, thus streamlining the process. It's basically mugging the shit out of your own mind, and then pilfering the sweet dream-meats within while it lies beaten and bloody on the floor. There are several types of polyphasic schedules, but for the purposes of this test, I will be using the Uberman system, which consists of sleeping only 20 minutes per session, once every four hours.
Uberman: Terrorize your brain.
Ideally, once you've grown accustomed to that schedule, you'll only need a total of two hours of sleep for every 24-hour period. I started this last night, and it's working pretty OK so far. I'm a bit tired now, but I find that the naps refresh me just enough to keep going. However, it is supposed to take roughly a week to retrain your brain for optimal sleeping habits, so this is more of a passive test for now. We'll see how it progresses as time passes.
Day 2:Most Efficient Way to Stir Liquids
According to the Japanese, everything you've done today, you've done completely wrong. Those people are to efficiency what Wade Boggs is to whatever it is Wade Boggs does -- some kind of marsh monster, I'm assuming? Like the secret identity of Swamp Thing? Shit, I don't know: Sleep deprivation is making it kind of hard to focus.
Anyway, this Japanese method is about to call into question everything you know about stirring powder into liquids. It's going to turn the powder-dissolution world on its fucking ear! Are you sitting down? Are you ready for this? The best way to stir a powder into a liquid is actually by using lateral, straight motions, and not the conventional circular pattern we all know and love.
Eat shit and die, conventional stirring.
For those of us who frequently stir powders into our drinks and the drinks of others, this method could save literally dozens of seconds every month! Hey, speaking of stirring powder into things ...
Most Efficient Way to Take Adderall
This sleep schedule is killing me. I just put the milk outside and tried to drink out of the dog. Something must be done. Luckily, the drugs forum -- the single most reputable forum in existence -- has a more efficient way to ingest our recommended daily intake of vitamin Adderall: Just take a teaspoon or two of baking soda an hour beforehand. See, the effectiveness of amphetamines depends largely on the pH of the stomach, and alkaline agents like baking soda help speed the initial absorption, as well as decrease the efficiency of the elimination process.
Which, when coupled with a drastic increase in introduction rates, leads to something I call "the efficiency seizures."
In short: takes effect sooner, lasts longer. Technically, this works on all amphetamines, but of course a quick Google search tells me Adderall is the most widely available legal one, so let's all just assume that's the thing I'm stirring into my Grape Kool-Aid every other hour.
Most Efficient Shoe Lace Knot
Thaaaaaaat's beeeeeetter!
I don't know if it's the polyphasic sleep finally kicking in, or just the Ol' Nippon Swish kick-starting my amphetamine intake, but I really feel like I could (and should) fight some kind of snake right now. The closest thing I have to that on my agenda, however, is tying my shoes. Let's do the SHIT OUT OF THAT!
This is the Ian-knot, so named for the intertwined duality inherent in the many roles of Sir Ian McKellan and holy shit I can type so fast look at this! You can just tell that sentence was fast, right? By reading the words? They read fast as shit, right!?
Hey, OK, task at hand: Begin with a normal starting knot, cross the two laces and tuck one under and through. Then you do th...
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"The right (blue) lace is held between the right thumb and forefinger whilst the left (yellow) lace is held around the left thumb and forefinger, using the other fingers of the left hand to hold the lace taut. This move creates two loops, one with the loose end behind, the other with the loose end in front. Use the middle finger of the right hand to push the loose end of the right lace behind, whilst the left hand simply rotates forwards to swing its loop across to the right. This next move crosses the two loops over each other. Use the left thumb to push its loose end over to the right, whilst the right middle finger continues to push its loose end all the way between the left thumb and forefinger to end up inside the left loop. This tricky move requires each hand to use the two fingers inside its own loop to grab the loose end of the other hand's loop. Use the left thumb and forefinger to grab the loose right end, then the right thumb and middle finger can grab the loose left end. This final step simply completes the knot by pulling the loops tight."
See, efficiency is already paying off! Copy/pasting those directions was way faster than explaining them. Found the process a little incomprehensible? So what!? You don't need to understand shit, buddy; you've got fucking witch shoes now. Oh, and as a bonus, not only is this the fastest common knot, but it will almost never come undone -- even while kicking dozens of furious snakes!
Get off my feet!
Day 3:The Most Efficient Way to Drink
I have found the Uberman schedule to be astoundingly effective, and if a few of the neighborhood cats want to give me disturbing orders as a side effect, so be it! However, I find myself, if anything, a bit too awake right now. I can actually see through people's intentions, and I am in no way ready for that kind of responsibility. Maybe it's just an adjustment period in the sleep schedule, or maybe I wasn't supposed to factor this Japanese meth-cocoa into my hourly routine, but regardless, I now find I need to tone things down a bit. So this is as good a time as any to explore the most efficient way to have a nice relaxing drink or 12 (and without consequences!).
In 2004, a double-blind, placebo controlled crossover trial found that prickly pear extract inhibits the production of inflammatory mediators associated with the symptoms of hangovers, if consumed approximately five hours before drinking alcohol.
Further, most negative effects of alcohol are only caused in the first place by toxins called congeners, which mostly show up in dark liquors like red wine, bourbon, whiskey and tequila. Clear liquors have significantly fewer toxins. So if pear extract counteracts the effects of congeners, and clear liquors have the least to start with, then does pear vodka theoretically cancel itself out? I'm going to assume yes.
I'm going to assume yes forever!
Most Efficient Way to Peel a Potato
For maximum efficiency, I have started Nippon Swishing whatever legal kind of amphetamine I said I was taking earlier right into the pear vodka. Now I want -- nay, need -- a potato, for reasons that are unclear to me at this time.
As with all things, we must do this as efficiently as possible.
Step 1: Cut a thin slit around the circumference of the potato.
Step 2: Boil until soft.
Step 3: Plunge into a bowl of ice water for 10 seconds.
Step 4: Grasp skin by each end, and pull off.
Step 5: Become the thing you fear.
Day 4:Most Efficient Way to Move
Walking is proving impossible, and I assume that's because I've become too efficient to do things any way less than optimally. I have sown the Google, and reaped this: The most efficient way to run is heel-striking. The key is simply to contact the ground with your heel first. At first this was a little awkward, walking on just my heels, and I ended up kind of stilting around like Jack Skellington.
But eventually I nailed it. (PROPTIP: Think of it less like "walking," and more like "repeatedly stabbing the Earth with your feet.")
The most efficient way to move in general is called slipstreaming, and the beauty of it is that it's beneficial to all parties. When an object travels in the slipstream -- a kind of air wake left behind by another object -- the rear object requires less power to maintain its speed, while the leading object actually moves faster, because the rear object reduces the low pressure region behind it. Of course, the two objects have to be moving at a pretty fair clip and nearly touching to achieve this effect, but I've found the astounding results well outweigh the risk: Every single time I disjointedly doll-walk/heel-stab right up behind somebody, they take off like a fucking shot.


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There's a little more accountability in the business world now that executive pay cuts are becoming more fashionable, but we're still in the "cosmetic" phase that hints at real change but ultimately falls short. Corporate boards of directors are still experiencing difficulties summoning the courage to make chief executive officers fully accountable for their job performance and behavior at the helm.
Strong boards -- and strong corporate governance policies -- are still the exception to the rule. It's something to remember ahead of proxy season as we investors contemplate our votes. More shareholder voting and activism will hopefully encourage more real accountability -- and truly meaningful consequences -- when corporate managements fail at doing their jobs responsibly and for the good of their companies, not just themselves.
Shareholders get stung by semantics
Last week's big news about Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK ) CEO Aubrey McClendon's "retirement" is a perfect case in point. Somebody should have remembered to put real claws in the clawback provisions out there in wildcatting territory.
I put "retirement" in quotes because Chesapeake shareholders face an infuriating outcome after all the indignities they have already suffered. The company has been steeped in controversy due to McClendon's behavior at the helm, and while his departure is a good sign for better governance, it doesn't appear he's truly going to be held responsible for anything as he steps down.
The company's most recent proxy statement outlined the stipulation that should McClendon "retire" before December 2013, he would be entitled to $0 severance and even face a potential $30 million clawback.
Of course, that did sound too good to be true.
Even though the company's press release clearly says McClendon "agreed to retire," the board will treat McClendon's departure as "termination without cause" and -- surprise -- that's a horse of another color. The color green, actually.
According to the same proxy statement, termination without cause entitles McClendon to about $47 million. Clawbacks? None.
Although McClendon recently voluntarily gave up his bonus, we now know that bowing to the pressure to leave his job ensures a handsome payday anyway. This is despite the fact that myriad corporate governance problems at the company over the years -- including excessive pay for McClendon -- are just the tip of the iceberg. Although the board has found "no wrongdoing" on McClendon's part at the helm, the company is still being investigated by the SEC.
Although many people are pointing to McClendon's decision as a Carl Icahn victory given his stake in the company and subsequent board shake-up, McClendon's cushy "retirement" package isn't a massive victory for shareholders.
AIG: Always Infinitely Galling
Obviously, we shareholders continue to be aware that if we don't look out for our own interests, nobody else will, either.
Case in point: Last week, news broke that the U.S. Treasury allowed big pay raises at bailed-out financial companies like AIG (NYSE: AIG ) , despite its own supposed restrictive pay guidelines for companies that had received government funds. The report from the special inspector general of the Troubled Assets Relief Program alleges that the Treasury fell down on oversight and supervision and deferred to the companies' pay schemes. Allegedly, these companies weren't even required to link compensation to performance.
The AIG example is particularly galling, since that company was criticized following the financial crisis for considering giant bonuses appropriate under the circumstances. More recently, the company's management and former CEO Hank Greenberg had the mind-blowing audacity to consider suing the government over the bailout, even though without it, AIG would have purportedly failed. Apparently there are no stand-up good guys in this scenario, either.
More major issues for shareholders
Situations like these are why shareholder-friendly policies are important, and the issue goes deeper than the compensation issues most of the public seems to focus on.
Shareholders should also vote in favor of strong corporate governance policies such as majority voting, which allows a simple majority vote to elect directors, and proxy access, which allows shareholders to nominate their own directors to boards.
Coming up in February, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) shareholders will be able to exercise their privileges to vote on a proposal to change the company's articles of incorporation to allow for majority voting after CalPERS' successful majority voting campaign last year. James McRitchie has also submitted a shareholder proposal requiring Apple management to hold significant shareholdings until retirement age, and John Harrington is pushing for a human rights proposal to address controversies like Foxconn labor problems.
Another controversial but much-needed corporate governance policy is proxy access. Basically, such a provision allows shareholders with a minimum percentage of shares and a specific long-term holding period to nominate directors. However, some headway is being made. For example, Disney's (NYSE: DIS ) recent efforts to block a proxy access proposal didn't pass muster with the SEC, so that proposal will go to a shareholder vote this year. (A proxy access mandate has been a battleground at the SEC for years, with corporations pushing back hard, and has since fallen by the wayside.)
Putting accountability back into the boardroom
While it's nice to hear that some corporate managers are at least taking some hits to paychecks (see high-profile executive like JPMorganChase's Jamie Dimon, who's taking some accountability for the London Whale trading debacle), it won't really be enough until financial punishments really hurt, such as is the case with clawbacks.
The Chesapeake situation is just one more example of why business as usual isn't good business. Stronger corporate governance policies will ensure that managements and boards are truly held accountable, and investors shouldn't rest until their companies have adopted policies with real teeth. Policies like "clawbacks" -- and some real firings, not arguments in semantics -- would help build better companies for the long haul.
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My g23 3gen seems to have a rattle sound when I shake it up and down. Can't seem to locate the problem. If its cocked, the rattle is gone.
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November 18, 2012, 03:37 PM
My old g22 rattled like a used Chrysler. Never failed to feed, fire, or eject, though.
It'd be hard to diagnose a problem without hearing the rattle and maybe taking it apart a bit (again like my old Chrysler). If it really seems unsafe (doing something it shouldn't at the firing line), find a gunsmith. Otherwise, just keep a round in the chamber. That's two problems solved.
November 18, 2012, 03:42 PM
one of my G21 mags rattles when it has a certain number of rounds in it.
November 18, 2012, 03:49 PM
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The sound you hear is perfectly normal.
It is the striker rattling in the slide channel when it is free of spring pressure after dry-firing it.
It doesn't rattle the rest of the time because it is partially cocked and under a small amount of spring tension all the time normally. It is only fully cocked when you pull the trigger & cock it.
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Here are some of Gov. Nikki Haley's vetoes announced Thursday that affect the Charleston area and Lowcountry:
Veto 9
North Charleston crime earmark
State Sen. Marlon Kimpson had originally asked for $275,000 for an anti-crime initiative specific to North Charleston. Haley said she differed on the method. "Local law enforcement should be funded locally," she said in her veto message. "I don't want to drag the Department of Public Safety into the business of doling out earmarks."
Veto 18
Hunley Commission
A Statehouse proviso changes the composition of the 10-member Hunley Commission by removing all four members representing the Executive Branch. The group was created to help steward the restoration, display and future of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley recovered off Charleston. "Reconstituting the governing panel of a state agency within the budget is an extremely dangerous precedent that I ask you to reject by sustaining my veto," Haley said.
Veto 23
Palmetto Project
Haley vetoed $100,000 for the nonprofit, saying the group failed to meet basic performance standards set up with the Department of Health and Human Services for a "school-based strategy to ensure that eligible children are enrolled in Medicaid." The group "was to design and pilot a tool-kit that could be used across the state to support school-based enrollment best practices," her note said. "However, it has been unable to successfully complete this task," said one excerpt, and she further noted that there has been no proof the effort has resulted in a meaningful impact. "We don't need another year of this," she wrote.
Veto 30
Lowcountry Graduate Center: $300,000
The Lowcountry Graduate Center in North Charleston involves a partnership of the College of Charleston, The Citadel and the Medical University of South Carolina.
Haley said while she supports expanded access to higher education, the center is already receiving $785,009 through the budget.
"If operating this site is such a money-loser for these institutions, then they should either recapture this from the students enrolled in courses at this site or else consider another method of offering this instruction," she said in her veto message. Later Thursday, she said there's no need to funnel more taxpayer money to the Center when it already has a surplus. "Let's remember in a budget, you don't ask for money just for the sake of asking for money."
Veto 49
Sea Grants Consortium - Stormwater Research
The Sea Grant Consortium received what Haley called "a generous increase of 21.8 percent" in recurring General Fund support in this year's budget. "We shouldn't compound this by adding an extra $100,000 above and beyond that for yet another new initiative," she said.
Veto 53
Palmetto Trail: $150,000
The Palmetto Trail is slated to cover 500 miles from the coast near Charleston to the mountains; 350 miles have been completed. Haley said the effort can continue through federal, state, and philanthropic funding pursued through the Palmetto Conservation Foundation to complete the remaining segments the trail needs. "We should address the needs of the State Park System before we provide funding for other park or recreation organizations," she said.
Veto 54
Francis Marion Commission: $100,000
The body was created to plan and implement a heritage tourism trail that focuses on the life and campaigns of Revolutionary War hero Gen. Francis Marion, around the northern Lowcountry and Pee Dee areas. "As noted above, I believe we should address the needs of the State Park System before we provide funding for other park or recreation organizations," Haley said.
Veto 57
Medal of Honor Bowl
This veto covers $300,000 for the Charleston-based post-season college game plus two other exhibition games held elsewhere in the state. The inaugural Charleston game was played at The Citadel earlier this year with the players being college stars. For the next game sponsors were to get $100,000 from the state, with the budget request coming from state Rep. Samuel Rivers, R-Goose Creek.
Rivers said Thursday that because the other two games were given $100,000 each, he now may not support the project at all, including his own request, because of the questionable nature of the entire package. "Most likely I'll support her veto," Rivers said.
Haley said she was vetoing the money for the games because it's "hard to imagine that these resources would be used to provide an essential state service."
Veto 59
Southeastern Wildlife Expo: $200,000
Haley has had issue with money going to SEWE before, saying the public is being asked to subsidize an event that financially does very well on its own. "Each year, the budget contains a $200,000 appropriation for the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE), and each year, I veto it for a variety of reasons," she said. "First we shouldn't be spending taxpayer dollars to promote an event that has had no trouble attracting attendees even without our help. That's not the government's role. Second, SEWE doesn't need this money." SEWE has brought in more than 40,000 people to Charleston in some years.
Haley also pointed to SEWE's administrative set up. "The President/CEO of this organization not only draws a salary from Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, Inc. but also owns half of SEWE, LLC, which was paid a $188,739 'management fee' in FY 2012-13. This six-figure compensation package doesn't need to be taxpayer subsidized," she said. "Please sustain this veto, and please stop putting this earmark in each year's budget."
Veto 62
Black Expo: $150,000
The budget includes $150,000 to be used exclusively for the marketing and promotion of the Columbia, Charleston and Upstate Black Expos, Haley said. "These events are organized by the Thomas Media Group, LLC, which is a for-profit corporation. Taxpayers should not be subsidizing the marketing of these events." The Expo has attracted more than 25,000 people in some years.
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Saarinen, Mika
Publication type: Doctoral dissertation
Issue date: 2002-09-27
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University: Tampere University of Technology
Faculty: Department of Science and Engineering
Department: Optoelectronics Research Centre
This Thesis is concerned with resonant cavity light-emitting diodes (RCLEDs) and vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), which oscillate in the visible spectral range. It presents results obtained from studies of layer growth and device structures and the potential of RCLEDs and VCSELs as light sources for optical data communication systems at short wavelengths. In particular, it demonstrates the applicability of molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) for monolithic growth of RCLEDs and VCSELs complete with quantum wells, microcavities, and distributed Bragg reflectors, oriented perpendicular to the p-n junctions of the devices. Low-cost communication systems based on standard polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) plastic optical fibres (POFs) require reliable and inexpensive light sources that operate at 650 nm, where the fibre exhibits a local attenuation minimum. The RCLEDs of this Thesis are mainly intended for such applications. The Thesis first presents a historical background and basic design concepts of vertical-cavity light emitters. Then theoretical considerations are given where appropriate to support the experimental work and to provide theoretical explanations for the observed phenomena. A detailed description of the fibre coupling efficiency, temperature behaviour, and the overall performance of closely optimised 650-nm RCLEDs is given. Finally, characteristics of preliminary 690-nm AlGaInP / GaAs VCSELs are discussed.
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Feminine Mystique
Watches designed for women have long been high on femininity but low on mechanical credibility, but now there are timepieces and movements being created specifically for the fairer sex that are loaded with both.
A DECADE AGO, the serious business of horology belonged to men. While women had free rein over the jewelry, shoes and handbags, in the world of watchmaking, the male consumer dominated.
Change is afoot, however, and the Louboutins and Blahniks are striding into the world of watches in increasing numbers. "There are definitely more women interested in watches than 10 years ago," says Julien Schaerer, managing director of Antiquorum Geneva SA. "There is a predominance for jeweled watches or watches with integrated bracelets on the Asian market, while the rest of the world seems to be gravitating toward larger watches—apart from beautiful Art Deco Cartier models, that remain the best of the best."
Certain men's watches will always look at home on a woman's wrist: an IWC Schaffhausen Pilot or Rolex Submariner or Panerai Radiomir has undeniable sex appeal. (Pertinently, the Radiomir 1940 is being launched in a 42 mm version this year—the smallest case size that the brand has ever made.) Whereas something more daring by one of the über-cool independents, such as Greubel Forsey or Urwerk, worn by a woman is enough to bring any red-blooded horophile to his knees.
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There is, however, a growing demand for watches and watch movements to be designed purely with women in mind. As Thierry Fritsch, chief executive of jewelry house Chaumet, says: "A watch for women is not the feminine version of a watch for men; not a smaller size with a few diamonds on the case. A woman's watch must be designed for ladies—size, shape, aesthetic, color of stones. That said, a man's watch on a woman's wrist can be superb as well!" And, as if proving his point, this year's seven-pieces Montres Précieuses collection was unveiled in January, culminating in the stunning Attrape-Moi… Si Tu M'aimes complication, which uses Chaumet's iconic diamond-encrusted bee and a pink-gold spider to tell the time—the bee representing minutes, the spider the hours, as they travel around the 41 mm, white gold and diamond dial (price on application).
Undoubtedly, women will continue to lust after and wear certain timepieces created for the boys, just as they covet men's bespoke shirts and slouchy jeans, but no longer will the shrunken man's wristwatch with added sparkle and nacre, a pink strap and a quartz movement suffice. Women want more from their watches.
Adrian Maronneau, head of buying, merchandising and marketing at U.K. retailer the Watch Gallery, sums up the current mood: "The trend for women's mechanical watches in Europe started when watch brands realized the appetite of female customers for purchasing men's watches to wear themselves. The 'husband/boyfriend' watch was good, but very soon it was realized that female customers needed something tailored to their needs."
'There was a time when design was sufficient. Today, that is no longer the case. Women are looking for horological content.'
"There was a time when design was sufficient," says Antonio Calce, Corum's chief executive. "Today, that is no longer the case. Women are looking for some horological content."
This is where the big fashion houses have come into their own. Chanel, Dior and Louis Vuitton all decided some time ago to up their horology game, as did some of Europe's top jewelry houses such as Harry Winston, Van Cleef & Arpels and Boucheron.
With quartz no longer an acceptable option, relationships were formed with some of the top Swiss movement makers. Brands such as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Piaget perfectly bridge the gap between exquisite external beauty and super-sophisticated micro-engineering. Van Cleef & Arpels's Poetic Complications are the pinnacle of jewelry-meets-watchmaking. Unveiled at Geneva's Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in January was the Lady Arpels Ballerine Enchantée, featuring a miniature dancer on a guilloché and grand feu enamel dial.
Depressing a pusher at 8 o'clock initiates a double retrograde movement designed by La Fabrique du Temps. First the left-hand veil of the ballerina's skirt rises to indicate the hour, followed by the right-hand veil rising to show the minutes. Both wings remain raised for four minutes before returning to their starting positions (price on application). A stunningly pretty piece of automaton magic, the watch requires the most sophisticated of engineering beneath the dial.
Partnerships include Boucheron's Cypris cuff watch featuring black and white diamond and sapphire swans with Girard-Perregaux's famous Three Gold Bridges movement, as well as Boucheron's collaboration with Maximilian BüssersMB&F, which resulted in the JwlryMachine, recreating the HM3 as a magical bejeweled owl. Other pieces, such as Harry Winston's Premier Ladies' Automatic Excenter Bi-Retrograde (£40,500, around $61,260/€47,500), De Grisogono's Tondo Tourbillon Gioiello—with new colorways added this year in the Tondo By Night range—(£153,200/€180,000),
Blancpain's Women Complete Calendar with Moon Phase (£20,080/€23,500) and Corum's Admiral's Cup 38 Mystery Moon (£10,000/€11,700), astounded observers when they were unveiled last year.
Although Chanel manufactures both men's and women's watches, Nicolas Beau, international director of watches, regards the women's market as more challenging.
"What's clear," he says, "is that the female market allows for a lot more creativity from tiny jewelry pieces up to big traditionally man-sized chronos."
Confirmation of this approach was seen at last year's BaselWorld fair when Chanel launched the Première Flying Tourbillon (£185,000/€217,000). And, while unable to boast tourbillons, Cartier's Promenade d'une Panthère (£126,000/€147,800), with its dial-side rotor in the shape of a gem-encrusted stalking cat, Piaget's Limelight models and the Dior VIII Grand Bal collection featuring rotors (again dial side) with diamonds or feathers (prices from £22,000/€25,800), bring complicated women's watches to a wider audience.
Patek Philippe has led the way in ladies' complications with the 2009 Ladies First Chronograph (£66,200/€77,500) being followed by a highly sophisticated minute repeater (price on application) and world timer (£36,920/€43,300) and joined in 2012 by a perpetual calendar (£67,270/€78,900) and moon phase (£39,380/€46,200). And 2012 saw the introduction of some other important landmarks in women's watchmaking with new collections being launched by both TAG Heuer, with the Link Lady, and Jaeger-LeCoultre debuting Rendez-Vous, its first watch collection exclusively for women. This year sees the introduction of both the Link Lady Automatic and the Rendez-Vous Celestial.
One brand dedicated to women's watches is DeLaneau, a house specializing in decorative enamel dials created by its three enamellers. Founded in 1949 in Biel, Switzerland, DeLaneau was one of the first houses to focus on women's watches and today produces fewer than 250 pieces per year, including its exquisite Christophe Claret-designed Tourbillon (prices starting at 340,000 Swiss francs/€278,200), the hands-free 1608 with jumping hours and minutes.
When it comes to who is buying women's complicated timepieces, chief executive David Gouten is clear. "You have mature markets like Hong Kong and Singapore where consumers are very educated and interest in horology is naturally high..." he says. "The U.S. market is currently less mature in horology terms, but European women have already started to catch up."


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REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE APPEAL NOTIFICATION must be completed, and a separate form must be filed for each vehicle under appeal. The appellant must complete all applicable sections of this form, and the appeal must be signed by the registered owner.
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situs (i.e., location) of the property as determined by the Assessor's Office was incorrect, or that the property was taxed in error. When appealing the value, the taxpayer must prove that the tax value substantially exceeds the true market value of the property. Documentation should include pictures, estimates of damage if not repaired on January 1 of the year of the bill, proof of excessive mileage, etc. Values are based on average retail value as of January 1 for the year of the tax bill. The tax must be paid when due before a hearing can be scheduled. 3. The taxpayer will be notified of the hearing date of the Motor Vehicle Valuation and Review Board meeting. The taxpayer will be given the opportunity to appeal personally or to be represented by counsel.
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I think sharing a room is great for them, actually. I think we instinctually want to be together, especially at night. My kids end up in our room most nights, and it seems totally natural to me.ReplyDelete
I sometimes feel bad for putting our little girl and baby boy in a room together, but in reality, that's what they're used to and kids do enjoy the close proximity. Your boys will have good memories of their time together, I'm sure!ReplyDelete
I love that my boys share a room. And when Dash is old enough I'll move him in, too. Nicky is SO ready for that. He loves being surrounded by his brothers.
So sweet!
I loved sharing a room when I was a kid. Until I was a teen, anyway =)
Okay, so some of my fondest memories are from my mom and dad putting up a tent or a fort and letting us eat and nap in it. This picture brings back awesome memories!! Love it!ReplyDelete
Growing up, I shared a room with my sister and honestly, I have so many fun, loving memories because of that. Having a child of each sex now, I wish that they would share a room but alas, despite being attached at the hip during the day, there is no way either one would share a room. Because in my son's words, "that is just not right". :)ReplyDelete
How fun!!!!!!ReplyDelete
That is the sweetest thing I've heard all day (the room bit...). My kids share a room right now (well, when they chose to sleep in their beds and not ours..) but right now Fynn keeps saying it's only his room, LOL, no warm fuzzies here!
I bet they loved playing in the tent!
Super sweet! :-)ReplyDelete
I have the space for my girls to have their own room, but they insist on being together at all times...they have to sleep in the same bed, or else they get lonely. I used to think it was odd, but it is just too sweet.ReplyDelete
Tents are so fun... especially indoors - we love ours!!! Everybody shares here - 2 bedroomed home and eight kids!!! Luckily the rooms are huge... my kids really can't sleep without each other... like major trauma... my kids consider isolation to be the ultimate punishment - I just couldn't do it to them!!!ReplyDelete
How fun!
I remember doing that as a kid and they will too.
Hope the rest of your day was great!
I am so relieved to know that tents do not cause children to multiply. Now I can buy one, completely free of fear. ;)
And my 4-year-old asks me to put her baby brother in her room all the time. I don't think he's quite old enough yet, but I could see us heading that way, even though we have the room for them not to share.
I was wondering if you were holding out on us. ;p
My twins LOVE sharing a room and have sleepovers on each other's bunks on the weekends.
so much fun. and i think sharing a room is great. all 3 of my girls share a room and i know they would be so lonely without each other.ReplyDelete
That looks like so much fun :) Sharing a room I believe is a must.ReplyDelete
I shared a room with my sister for a good part of my childhood, and we both LOVED it!
The tent is such a fun idea! {grin}
Such a sweet pic! My boys sharing a room this past year has been a trial for sure (the baby's a light sleeper...), but I think that now we're past the first year and sleeping more at night, we'll stay together! :)ReplyDelete
Um... are you sure tents don't cause children to multiply? I think one of the ones I have running around here might have happened because of a night in a tent... I'm just sayin' :)
Awesome picture and it looks like they are having a great time!
Oh that is so sweet!! Sharing a room can be so wonderful I think. I have read a few books that talk about how it makes siblings that much closer. And hey my grandparents had eight kids in a three bedroom house. Girls in one room (five girls) and boys in another (three boys).ReplyDelete
My boys share a room as well and have since they were 1 year and a newborn. They know no different and i am sure they would be miserable without each other as well.ReplyDelete
oh the tent! We haven't had our tent out in ages but it might be time to break it out. Good idea...ReplyDelete
So cute! Did you get a new camera, Steph! Loving your pictures!!ReplyDelete
Indoor campouts are a ton of fun. Our kids love them, same with backyard camping. My boys also share a room, we asked them if they wanted their own rooms & both said NO. It's very sweet.ReplyDelete
Nothing like putting up tents and camping in the living room. My kiddos love to put blankets over the dining room table to create a fort. I just love watching their imaginations at work.
As far as sharing bedrooms, my two have their own rooms, but Dylan has a bunk bed and the top bunk is often occupied by little sis. She has to ask his permission and most nights brother is thrilled to share his room. I think it is great that the boys appreciate having each other nearby.


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Move over, Lady Gaga - there's a new sheriff in Twitter town, and he just might knock you off your top Twitter perch.
The pontiff blazed onto the social media scene by opening a Twitter account Monday, and he's already gathered more than 230,000 followers. Benedict's account is @pontifex, which is Latin for pontiff. British bookmakers Ladbrokes predicts a million or more followers for the pope by the end of the year.
Although there was much to-do made over the Vicar of Christ's social media move, Benedict has yet to send out a Tweet. The first papal Tweet will be sent on Dec. 12, according to the Vatican. The pope will respond to questions from around the world. Submit yours on Twitter by using the hash tag #askpontifex. Reports say Benedict, 85, will likely respond to at least three tweets, maybe as many as five.
Such a move could be just what the Roman Catholic Church needs to make itself more relevant to the youth of America and the Western world. The Holy See will be able to find cool websites and rockin' links that promote the Catholic message, such as this great YouTube video on Albino Luciani, better known as Pope John Paul I, "The Smiling Pope." Sadly, Luciani died after just 33 days as pontiff.
With the Christmas season upon, Punditty is predicting a "Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men (and women)" Tweet from the holy father in the not-too-distant future. Look for the pope to really turn it up a notch when it comes to connecting with the in-crowd, making every effort to come across as hip and with it. The pope started getting with the scene in early 2011, when he gave his blessing to social networking. He warned, however, that the Internet should not replace human-to-human contact. The pope currently has more than 11,000 likes on Facebook.
Twitter's director of director of social innovation, Claire Diaz Ortiz, told Vatican Radio why the firm was so keen on getting the pope to come aboard:
"As a company it's important for us to have influential leaders and the Pope is perhaps the most important religious leader in the world who's joining our platform. We've seen great work done by other religious leaders in terms of what it means to reach so many people, so we're eager and hopeful the Pope will be able to connect with believers and non-believers alike."
Right now, the pope follows seven other accounts, all of them his own but in a variety of languages. As he takes the power of his papacy to the Web, however, look for him to strike a more ecumenical tone and follow the examples of successful Twitterists like Gaga (@LadyGaga) and Justin Bieber (@JustinBieber), following lots of people he doesn't even know.
Benedict, born Joseph Ratzinger, may not be able to climb past Gaga as the top Twitter account unless he takes her approach to reciprocal following on Twitter. The Dalai Lama (@DalaiLama), for example, has had a Twitter account since February of 2010. But he's only gathered some 5.6 million followers, far behind the sizzling pace set by the likes of Gaga and Bieber. The Dalai Lama does not follow anyone on Twitter.
Gaga, raised Catholic, and Bieber, who has a huge tattoo of Jesus' face on one of his legs, rank No. 1 and No. 2 in Twitter followers with 31.7 million and 30.9 million, respectively.
The pope, however, has other tools for building his Twitter fan base. For example, the official Vatican newspaper is asking readers to follow the pope on Twitter, and if the Vatican put out the word for all parish priests to mention the holy father's new Twitter account – especially during Christmas services – tens of millions of loyal Catholics could push the pope past Gaga in a matter of days.
The Vatican's YouTube channel seems to be in need of a hit video, since it only has some 35,000 subscribers to date.
For the record, The Punditty Project (@PundittyProject) is now following the pope on Twitter and is looking forward to the big tweet on Dec. 12.
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Great stuff!
I must admit I was saddened to hear Spec# wouldn't be integrated into C# 4. But this is the next best thing; I'm glad to see design-by-contract getting some attention in the .NET framework itself.
If I may comment on the presentation, it feels like you both should have had your own presentations. It felt too rushed and too crammed.
Having Mike go deeper into the evolution of Spec# and why they chose a library instead of C# langauge integration would've been great. And Nikolai covering more real-world unit testing scenarios with Pex - for example, testing code with dependencies like the file system or UI using Pex, would have been a great presentation by itself.
Also, the rehearsed Q&A between Mike and Nikolai was cheesy. Too tongue-in-cheek!
Beyond that, great stuff guys! I'm really happy to see DbC getting some real attention, I believe it will help us write code that more clearly expresses our intent and contains fewer bugs. That's something every developer can get behind. Going to go download and play with the VS2008-integration...
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It could be the mother of all hints. In an unguarded moment Tuesday, the Duchess of Cambridge may have dropped a hint about to the sex of her royal baby?
Certainly, one well-wisher on Kate's visit to the northern English town of Grimsby clearly thinks so.
Moments after Kate, 31, received the gift of a teddy bear from a member of the crowd outside the town's fishing museum, Sandra Cook, 67, says she heard the mum-to-be utter the words, "Thank you, I will take that for my d-..."
Cook adds, "I said to her: 'You were going to say daughter, weren't you?' "
To which a radiant-looking Kate replied that the couple don't know the sex, and, "We're not telling."
The British media have made the most of the brief encounter. The best-selling Sun tabloid headlined its story with "One's D" – while rival Daily Mirror called it with more certainty: "It's A Girl!" Even the staid The Times joined in, saying, "Has the Duchess given the game away?"
What is certain is that Kate became a role model princess for those she met at a school in the town. Greeting flag-waving pupils and chatting at length, and in detail, about art and photography with students at Havelock Academy, she won even more admirers.
Nirvana Parker, 17, showed Kate her photography. "She is certainly someone to look up to," Parker said. "Everything about her – she comes across as lovely. She seemed like a normal person and spoke to us in a way that anyone would want to be spoken to."
At the academy, where Kate officially opened a new building, she also revealed something else: an apparent hint of a craving for cupcakes.
Accepting a crown-shaped biscuit with "Kate" written in icing, she remarked on the "delicious" cooking aromas in the classroom. Food technician Sharon Swales said afterward, "She said, 'I bet you are lucky enough to cook cupcakes.' She said 'delicious' about 10 times."
For more on the buzz around the royal baby, pick up this week's issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday
Are Kate & William Expecting a Daughter?
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Cigarettes are more often associated with death. But, for one teenager at Sullivan's Island Tuesday afternoon, taking a smoke break saved his life.
Sullivan's Island Fire and Rescue Department Chief Anthony Stith said he received an advisory Tuesday at 3:52 p.m. coming from a boy who was with a group of three others near Breach Inlet but could not find them. Stith was one of the first responders.
"We got to the beach within two minutes and got up with the boy," Stith said. "He said they were up to chest-deep water. He got out of the water to smoke a cigarette but his things were about a quarter mile away, so he was out of the water for about 30 minutes. He came back and didn't see anybody."
Stith said the typical rescue procedure is for jet skis to deploy when dealing with a search area riddled with sand bars like Breach Inlet. Stith said they took the boy with them in a fire department truck and rode down the beach hoping to see the rest of the group farther down the island towards Isle of Palms. He asked bystanders if they had seen any boys in the water, including a paddleboarder who had been in the water for about an hour. Stith said no one had seen the boys.
The paddleboarder went back out to help the search. Stith requested as many resources as possible, including the Coast Guard, Isle of Palms officials, a helicopter, calling for help on the harbor channel and local boats.
At 4:40 p.m., the paddleboarder starting waving his paddle in the air, signaling Stith and his crew. The paddleboarder put one of the boys – who was conscious – on his board. A jet ski picked him up and took him to be treated by EMS.
According to Stith, he said either the paddleboarder or the rescued boy said they heard someone yelling. Six minutes later, a second boy was recovered by a jet ski by Isle of Palms. The on-site medic unit treated both boys. Stith described their conditions as "exhausted. They had been in the water for over an hour."
The helicopter spotted the third boy in the water, Stith said, at 5:04 p.m. Medical teams tried performing CPR but he was later pronounced dead. All three were transported to East Cooper Medical Center.
Breach Inlet has signs prohibiting swimming, but Stith said they weren't doing anything wrong. "Where they were, you can swim. The Breach Inlet ban is only about 1,000 feet on each side of the bridge. I think what happened to these boys is it was low tide and there are three sand bars," he said, adding that the water conditions were not rough. "They were standing chest deep. They just kind of stepped off the sand bar.
"They were treading water for at least an hour. It's really amazing that two of them survived. One boy said he floated on his back for a while. That's why we couldn't see him from the beach."
No one drowned on Sullivan's Island last year, he added. One of the sand bars is so large that it runs from Breach Inlet to the area of water near the town's fire station.
Naturally, after any tragedy, people ask if the circumstances could have been avoided. This could not have prevented, Stith said. "We have plenty of signs (warning of water conditions). There are five. It's just an accident," he said. "I don't think it's anybody's fault. These are 17 and 18 year olds that just graduated or were about to graduate."
Stith said there was no evidence of alcohol use. Sullivan's Island Fire Department used to receive numerous emergency advisories from Breach Inlet years ago, but said that number had dwindled. Three years ago, during the month of April and May, Stith said they received "30 or 40 calls."
"I tell people that sand bars are like living creatures," he said. "They're different every day."
This past Saturday, a paddleboarder who was exhausted and caught in a current requested assistance getting back to shore, but that was the only emergency call before Tuesday afternoon that the fire department had received this year, Stith said. The paddleboarder was located and in good condition.
According to multiple reports, the Charleston County Coroner's Office identified the teen boy who died as 17-year-old James Williamson of North Charleston. A call to confirm was not immediately returned by the Coroner's Office.
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Hit-And-Run Suspect Arraigned, Freed on Bail
Plea Hearing Set June 27 For Brett Biedscheid
A Bend man was arraigned in a Deschutes County courtroom Thursday on charges stemming from a deadly late January crash on Third Street. Bret Lee Biedscheid, 38, is charged with criminally negligent homicide and hit-and-run.
Police had identified Biedscheid as a person of interest in the case in February, after police said Biedcheid's attorney provided a truck that fit the description of the one involved in the Jan. 26 crash that killed Anthony Martin, 48.
On Thursday morning, Biedscheid, standing beside his attorney, Stephen Houze of Portland, made no comment during his brief arraignment before Deschutes County Circuit Judge Barbara Haslinger, who set a June 27th plea hearing.
While Haslinger ordered Biedscheid held on $250,000 bail, he quickly posted the required 10 percent ($25,000) and was booked into and quickly released from jail, a process that jail officials said took about 10 minutes.
The judge imposed standard release conditions, including no use of alcohol or visiting any establishment whose primary business is serving alcohol.
Martin's family members and friends filled the courtroom for Thursday's court proceedings and their first look at the suspect in his death. Afterward, they expressed their dismay about his actions.
"It's a shame that somebody is so coward(ly) to just go away, just drive away and not even hit the brakes -- then hide behind an attorney, a big dollar sign," Martin's friend, David Crouse said Thursday.
"I just want justice to be served, you know?" said, Martin's girlfriend, Sarah Nelson. "It really saddens me. Our daughter will never know her father."
"How could somebody just drive off? she said. "How could somebody just hit another human being and drive off? I know that if you hit a deer (for instance), you know you hit something, I just want to know why did it take so long? It wasn't just a couple of days after he was hit, why did it take weeks for him (Biedscheid) to finally come forward?"
"Tony would have stopped for him (Biedscheid)," Crouse said. "It could've been his tenth DUI, Tony would have stopped."
"The last four months have been very heavy on my family, heavy hearts," Martin's sister, Teresa Gibbs of Madras, said Wednesday. "The stress of not knowing who killed him and whether they were going to be arrested or not was heavy on our hearts, also. I'm just happy this wasn't swept under the rug."
District Attorney Patrick Flaherty said the grand jury indicted Biedscheid on the criminally negligent homicide charge and failure to perform the duties of a driver when a person is killed (the hit-and-run charge).
Biedscheid was not taken into custody, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Traci Anderson. He was not arrested, but agreed to show up for arraignment on the charges.
The grand jury reviewed evidence from witnesses and police, as well as reviewing documents and video, including a security camera that taped the scene from the Albertson?s on Third Street.
Martin was struck by a southbound pickup while pushing his bicycle with a friend as they crossed Northeast Third Street, a short distance north of Revere Avenue. Martin died at the scene, and the pickup driver did not stop, security tapes confirmed.
Two days later, police said, a lawyer for Biedscheid contacted police and surrendered the 2008 GMC pickup matching the description of the one in the crash.
Court documents showed a search of the truck found front-end damage, broken pieces on the passenger-side headlight, and a red substance consistent with blood. Police examinations found broken lens pieces and a missing amber bulb that matched debris found at the scene. Police also found imprints on the bumper and passenger side consistent with a bicycle tire.
Police later served search warrants on Biedscheid?s house, seizing computers, cell phones, GPS devices and other items. Anderson said the case went to the grand jury after the Oregon State Police crime lab finished testing of suspected blood samples from the truck and other forensic work.
"I feel like if it had been myself or anyone else, we would have already been arrested just on the evidence that they already had," Gibbs said.
?The district attorney appreciates the expert and thorough manner in which members of the Bend Police Department investigated the case,? Flaherty said in a news release.
?Additionally, we appreciate the opportunity to work closely and collaborate with our law enforcement partners throughout this investigation,? the DA added.
For Martin's family, the news of Biedscheid's indictment was the news they had been waiting for. Inching closer to closure.
"It's bringing some closure to our family, knowing that something is going in here," Gibbs said. "There is a relief here, and we are going to be through it all, thick and thin."
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