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The same man appears to be responsible for four bank robberies over the past year in Bend, police said.
The most recent heist was Thursday, when a masked man, possibly armed with a steak knife, robbed the Home Federal Bank and escaped out a back door. Police converged on downtown Bend, set up perimeters and watched cars leaving the area for any sign of the man, but came up empty.
Police are concerned that it could just be a matter of time before the man strikes another bank.
"Unless we stop him, at this point, he probably doesn't see any reason not to," Bend Police Lt. Chris Carney told KTVZ.
Nobody has been hurt in the string of holdups, which began three days before Christmas last year and continued with holdups in April and July. Authorities have offered a $5,000 reward for tips leading to the culprit's arrest.
In each case, the man was described as a heavyset adult male, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, about 30 to 40 years old. Information and surveillance photos were sent to police nationwide, but as of this fall, police said they still had no solid leads.
"Any information is still good information for us. We don't care how small it is," Carney said. "Every once in a while, people talk. Whoever this person is may tell a friend."
The lieutenant cited the danger to the public from such incidents, as when a bystander tries to intervene.
"At this point, nobody's been hurt" in the string of holdups, Carney said. "We want to make sure nobody gets hurt in the future."
In the news release, Carney said the FBI is assisting in the investigation.
Thursday's robbery is Bend's fifth unsolved bank holdup in the past year. A taller, skinnier man held up a U.S. Bank last June.


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Should Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah Be a Christmas Song?Carolyn Castiglia
Mike Barthel has written an extraordinarily compelling case against Susan Boyle's recording of Leonard Cohen's famed composition "Hallelujah" titled, "Hallelujah Gets Enlisted in the War for a Christian Christmas." His post on The Awl is largely written is response to (and in support of) Maura Johnston's criticism of the Boyle cover, Johnston having included it in the 20 Worst Songs of 2010 list she compiled for The Village Voice.
It was Johnston who first insinuated that Boyle recorded the song in an effort to co-opt the tune for Christ's sake, which might be a stretch if Boyle hadn't released it on a Christmas music album. Indeed, I can't imagine why or how "Hallelujah" belongs on an album with "Do You Hear What I Hear?" and "O Holy Night." Then again, I'm not sure who authorized its use in Shrek, either. I think Boyle's use of the song is less about "a kind of Christmas Creep for the Old Testament," as Barthel writes and more about the tune's ability to be heard as "an object of abstract emotional grammar, used less for its words than for its gestalt feeling and its ability to convey meaningfulness even in the absence of actual meaning." That's Barthel's initial analysis of the song, and I think Boyle's version proves no exception. Take a listen:
Barthel is worried that conservative Christians will take "a song about different kinds of transcendence (joy, orgasms, triumph)" and turn it into a "Song About Jesus." I doubt it, unless you believe Boyle's version has already done that. Barthel notes that "Boyle's version doesn't explicitly call out the J-dogg," the J-dogg being Jesus, obvs. I can't imagine there will be too many other recordings of the song in this vein, because the truly conservative will never get past lyrics like "remember when I moved in you, the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was Hallelujah," which is probably why they were cut from Boyle's recording. In fact, the entire second half of Cohen's original was cut, in an effort to focus on the one-word chorus and to diminish the overtly sexual overtones of the verses.
My biggest complaint about Boyle's "Hallelujah" is not that she included it on a Christmas album, but rather that her rendition is terrible. In her Voice post, Johnston describes exactly what's so bad about it:
The singular quality of a lousy "Hallelujah" cover is the way that it treats the verses – bad covers of the song either approach them as a penance that has to be suffered in order to reach the transcendent chorus, or as completely incomprehensible blather. Boyle's version does both; her overly enunciated, hollow singing of each word that doesn't mean "praise God" makes you wonder if she was actually given phonetic instruction in the studio.
It's funny because it's true.
Johnston makes fun of Boyle's inclusion of the "kitchen-chair bondage" lyric, which I take exception to. Not because it isn't hilarious to listen to old lady Boyle sing about kink in an otherwise purified version of the song, but because I think those lines are the only ones Boyle actually sings with feeling. I don't think Susan Boyle is as afraid of sex as the general public might imagine she is. Sure, she's a proper British woman who remained a virgin because she never married – just like Queen Elizabeth I. Think about the song that brought Susan Boyle her current fame: "I Dreamed a Dream." That song isn't about wanting to make it in showbiz or envisioning little black children playing with little white children. It's about taking a lover who leaves you cold and lonely in the end, as in "Hallelujah."
I'm not saying Barthel isn't on to something when he says, "What's happened to Cohen's song is the same thing that's happened to Jews in America: they have become, in the eyes of Christians who don't actually know any Jews, sort of proto-Christians." Like Barthel, I grew up in rural New York State, where I was raised Catholic. I knew two Jewish kids growing up, but I didn't know anything about Judaism. When I came to learn more about the religion and the culture in college, I realized that while Jews may not be proto-Christians, Christianity – and Catholicism in particular – is derivative of Judaism. The church I attended as a kid put tons of emphasis on the Old Testament, which is probably why to this day I'm still uncomfortable with the idea of Jesus as Savior. I prefer to see him as another in a long line of prophets.
That said, maybe Boyle's "Hallelujah" represents something greater going on in American culture, but as Barthel points out, the Jewish community has contributed to the "beneficent confusion" some Americans have about the chosen people. He writes: "I can't imagine Cohen is too bothered by this; after all, what more could a Jewish songwriter dream of than writing the new 'White Christmas'?" Except, I hope "Hallelujah" isn't the new "White Christmas." As former Strollerderby blogger Helaine Olen joked, "First they turn Joni Mitchell's 'River' into a Christmas song, now this?"
Here's an interesting post-script: it looks like Boyle isn't the only one trying to use Cohen's secular song to further her faith. When I sent this story around to my colleagues, fellow SD blogger Robin Aronson responded, "At Rosh Hashannah services this year the rabbi staked a claim for Jews taking back the word Hallelujah, and then he sang some of the song. It was very moving." Fascinating. Whether or not you prefer your Hallelujah sung by Cohen or Jeff Buckley or Rufus Wainwright or K.D. Lang, let's all agree that it's best left in the hands of rock-and-rollers and not holy rollers.

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How many guns do you bring to the range?
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September 15, 2003, 06:51 PM
As it seems many members here own a plethora of guns, how many do most people take with them to the range?
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September 15, 2003, 06:56 PM
I'll usually bring both my guns. :D
If I had more I probably wouldn't take more than three or four. Cleaning can be time consuming!
4v50 Gary
September 15, 2003, 07:03 PM
My tolerance for cleaning guns is about two. Sometimes I'll pummel myself and bring three, but that's rare. Now, about two months ago I went to the range with just one rifle and wound up cleaning three. My buddy was either slow & clumsy or darn clever in tricking me to clean two of his.
September 15, 2003, 07:05 PM
I usually bring two ( one H&K rifle and one handgun).
Ala Dan
September 15, 2003, 07:32 PM
Greeting's All-
I voted 1-3, cuz there is no need to bring any more
than I'm going to shoot!:uhoh: :rolleyes: :D
Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
September 15, 2003, 07:33 PM
Between the wife and I, probably 10. You can never have too many guns to shoot!
September 15, 2003, 07:37 PM
I was dragging all my guns to the range for a while...then again that total was like 3. But now I bring maybe one of each type. A long rifle, shotty, and a pistol. Im just getting tired of dragging them all to and from the cars. Cleaning...that too :D
September 15, 2003, 07:42 PM
I take 3-5 depending on what i need to do,my wife will be shooting 2 of them.If i have a new semi auto i might only shoot it but i'll put 250-400 rounds down range.
Standing Wolf
September 15, 2003, 08:50 PM
I always take my carry gun. I sometimes take two to shoot, but often shoot just one: guns take forever and a Sunday afternoon to clean.
September 15, 2003, 09:10 PM
I'm pretty much 3-6 .... but as Standing Wolf comments ...... carry piece will always be there .... and probably first in the queue for ''excercize''!!
Cleaning is of course a downside but .. because a range trip necessitates some prep'ing of gear and some driving .... then when there, set up targets etc ... always seems worth taking enough to justify the visit.
Invariably the trusty Marlin 60 goes for the ride - every time, simply cos even at end of session .. a good plink with a .22 is a great way to ''wind down''
usually too .... there is at least one gun that needs sighted or checked for function, plus often, some new loads that need evaluated.
Last visit was ........ lemme see ........ hmmm ..... that was when I took my daughter and her old man along ..... so took ......
Super Redhawk
P97 (winter carry)
Snubby (summer carry)
.454 casull (just for kicks ... pun there!! :D :D )
Ruger 22/45
Oh and of course, the Marlin.
Oops, that was eight ..... oh well ... special trip!!
Just for my own nostalgia as much as anything .. here she is, doing great things with the P97 ...... and that too after no shooting for a whole year since her last visit!!!
September 15, 2003, 09:19 PM
3 main carries. Sometimes an extra "fun" gun.
September 15, 2003, 09:22 PM
Me, my father, and my brother always go to the range together, so about 5 or 6.
September 15, 2003, 09:42 PM
Well, I only own 2 guns, so that's not a huge decision on my part. I have a Mossberg 12-guage that I haven't shot for ages, and my Browning HP 9mm. The Browning is all that I've shot in the last while, so I guess my answer would be 1.
September 15, 2003, 09:57 PM
I try to keep it at three:
One to test - loads, sights, stock, somethin'.
One to practise with - usually my carry weapon.
One for fun/familiarization.
If I need to work with more than three, I'll usually resked another day.
September 15, 2003, 09:59 PM
Two firearms usually, three if I feel like blowing away the weekend cleaning guns.
September 15, 2003, 10:10 PM
11+ for me. I don't get too many chances to go, so when I do, I make it worth it. This past weekend, I brought 2 shotguns, 5 rifles, and 5 handguns.
lee n. field
September 15, 2003, 10:36 PM
1 or 2. If I bring more than that, I generally end up bringing _way_ too many.
September 15, 2003, 10:39 PM
By myself, it's usually around 3.
If I'm introducing a new shooter, I've been known to fill the bulletproof suburban to capacity so they'll have planty to choose from. :D
September 15, 2003, 10:54 PM
If I go alone I bring my 2.
If I go with my brothers we will have around 5 to 8 between 2 to 3 of us.
September 16, 2003, 12:44 AM
One longun(SKS, Win. '94, Win. M69A 22.LR) and one handgun(CZ 75B, S&W 910s, S&W M/P .38). I like variety, but my obsession for cleaning limits the number I want to work on.:what:
September 16, 2003, 01:15 AM
Bare minimum of two guns (so I don't have to go home if one goes TU) to all four guns.
Chuck Dye
September 16, 2003, 01:56 AM
My primary range is eight steps from the gunsafe in the livingroom, so I usually have all of my guns at the range. On those occasions I go to my friends, the shotguns generally stay behind, so 8 of 10 go.
September 16, 2003, 03:30 AM
Mostly I take both my pistols. Occasionally, I will only take one. Depends on the mood I'm in. :)
September 16, 2003, 03:47 AM
Always CCW(s) meaning at least one if not both.
At this time shooting and training time severly hampered due to schedule...but since I shoot on property of good friend/gunsmith usually something else I can play with if want to...
Sylvilagus Aquaticus
September 16, 2003, 04:03 AM
I always bring my CCW piece; occasionally I'll bring a second ancilarry handgun that may carry as a CCW from infreqent time to time. I usually also bring either a target .22 bolt rifle or my AR depending on my need for range therapy.
September 16, 2003, 04:21 AM
When I go to the out door range with my brother in law, we take the following.
.303 British * 2
We are looking into trying out the pistol range, so that will add 22LR *2, a 9mm and a 357 Mag
And "enough" ammo. Takes us almost as long to unload and then reload the car, as it does to do the shooting.
It has turned into an all day effort now, so that must be good...right?
We spend the night before cranking out ammo to make sure we have enough to keep us occupied for the day. When one gun heats up too much, we switch to the next one in line.
Last time we went out we had HV 12guage ammo...only got through half the case before the shoulder surrendered. Must remember to buy low recoil next time.......
September 16, 2003, 04:45 AM
Bare minimum of two guns (so I don't have to go home if one goes TU) Which seems to happen to Skunk more than it should...
September 16, 2003, 08:43 AM
I vote 1-3
I grab 2 and toss them in my range bag most of the time. Usually 2 of my 9mm's or 1 9mm and 1 .357 Mag .
There are exceptions to that rule. When I go to the cabin I fall into the 11+ catagory. :D
Black Snowman
September 16, 2003, 08:49 AM
Pistol it's more than rifle. I usually take every pistol I have ammo for because I don't get to the range that often. That usually comes out to be 3-5. Rifles I don't have as many and usually have a purpose so I don't take as many, usually 2.
September 16, 2003, 09:18 AM
My most local rifle range is a 40 minute drive, so bringing less than 3 guns and 2 friends seems to be a waste.
Mike Irwin
September 16, 2003, 09:26 AM
Normaly 6 to 8.
But if I'm showing a newbie the ropes, or I'm going to a THR gathering, I'll bring as many as 15.
September 16, 2003, 09:40 AM
Depends on the time of year really. During summer guns (handguns in particular) can become really hot. So I offset this by bringing a couple more guns for rotation. Come winter I usually just bring a pistol, rifle, and shotgun (for trap).
Zach S
September 16, 2003, 09:55 AM
Normally two. Sometimes one, sometimes three. I dont have a rangebag, if I did, I'd stuff it full of guns and ammo and one of my expensive habits would just cost me more.
edit: grrr, typos...
September 16, 2003, 10:13 AM
Which seems to happen to Skunk more than it should...
Techbrute, I don't think I ever had a pistol go TU at the range. More like I forgot to bring a magazine or ammo for it :o
September 16, 2003, 10:22 AM
Since all my vehicles have a dedicated .22 pistol, and since I usually take the pickup which has a dedicated shotgun and rifle. That accounts for 3.
I almost always take 3 .45's just to play with, make sure they work, loan out. Thats 6.
I usually take one of my bird guns to bust a few clays and a rifle or two, might only make sure the scope is still on a nd put it up. thats 8-9.
If more people are coming I'll bring more guns.
I may not shoot all I bring. But if I'm there and the mood hits I like to be equipped for whatever whim comes over me.:)
September 16, 2003, 10:26 AM
Always my carry gun, my Neos target pistol for some cheap fun and at least one of my old battle rifles.
September 16, 2003, 10:41 AM
I usually bring 3 for myself...pistol, black rifle, and my 10/22. I usually bring a few more if I am going with someone new to shooting so that they have a variety to choose from.
Kenneth Lew
September 16, 2003, 01:14 PM
Whatever then amount the gun bag will hold, I want to have a hand free just in case.
Ever had someone steal your stuff before?
Kenneth Lew
Missouri Mule
September 16, 2003, 01:33 PM
At least 2.
One is always cocked and locked on my hip.
September 16, 2003, 01:44 PM
One is always cocked and locked on my hip.
Excellent Point !
There is an old thread on TFL .... basically since one never knows the when and where...does one carry while shooting...
That's why for me its a given there is a sidearm even while shooting. Granted a bit easier to do when on private property...still ya never know...
September 16, 2003, 01:55 PM
I now have only 3 handguns...so I veted 1-3......otherwise I'd be bringing my long guns......too much cleaning afterward>.....:cool:
September 16, 2003, 03:15 PM
I used to bring two long guns in a double hard case and open carry a pistol on my belt. Then I got more into rifles so I got a second hard case to bring three long guns and was not shooting the pistol so much.
Now I'm back into pistols again so I'm bringing three long guns, a pistol on my belt, one in the range bag, a spotting scope and a heavy canvas bag full of ammo.
It takes me anywhere from 2.5 to 3.5 hours to clean all this stuff, another 30 minutes to put it all away and I'm starting to consider buying something larger than a Jeep Wrangler to drive to the range. Boy, these hobbies snowball. :rolleyes:
September 16, 2003, 04:00 PM
Mmm, 4 to 6. Three mimimum, Rifle, CCW, and a 10/22 for while the rifle cools, more if testing loads or new weapons etc..Sometimes it SG day too.
I dont bring everything if a newbie go's with. Too much to keep track of at once, and leaves nothing to entice them back with! And yes, I have been stolen from at the range before. No guns, just a mag.
September 16, 2003, 06:13 PM
IU can't actually think of the last time it was less than 8, and 12 is a lot more typical.
When I actuall OWNED 8 or less, it was usually all of them, always.
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"Rick's an L.A. guy and I'm a Boston girl," she told The Boston Globe.
Dushku, 33, told The Globe that she's bought a condo near Watertown and is planning to go back to school, but isn't turning her back on acting.
"I'd rather be a little physically cold here than emotionally cold in L.A.," she said. "I missed my town and my family."
Dushku told The Improper Bostonian that she will start studying for a bachelor's degree in the fall.
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NEW YORK — Carbohydrates came into their own last week, as gourmet fare at the 32d annual International Fancy Food and Confection Show.
Not the usual sugary simple carbohydrates, mind you, but the complex, all- natural, "health-food" kind of carbohydrates: breads, beans, grains and, yes, more pasta.
That is not to say that fewer chocolatiers and candy companies were represented in the miles of aisles at the show at the Javits Convention Center. But this is one of the largest trade shows in the country, having grown to 700 exhibitors from 20 countries. And much of this year's growth came in the area of wholesome, healthful, even organic, foods with less sugar,


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The Hillman boys basketball team accomplished one of its season goals on Friday after the Tigers won their second consecutive district championship.
Now the Tigers are aiming to bring home some more hardware.
Hillman is one of two area boys basketball teams taking part in the regional playoffs, which begin tonight. Hillman plays Alanson in a Class D regional semifinal at 7:30 p.m. today in St. Ignace.
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Hillman's Ty Jones (11) dribbles toward the net during a district semifinal game against Rogers City last week. Hillman, which won its second straight district title on Friday, will play Alanson at 7:30 p.m. today in a regional semifinal in St. Ignace.
"We've had a lot of firsts this year and we want to get another first and win the regional," Hillman coach Eric Muszynski said.
Mio, which also won its second straight district crown Friday, will play Beaverton in a Class C regional semifinal at Traverse City St. Francis at 5:30 p.m.
Hillman (20-1) is no stranger to regionals, having advanced to the regional final last season. This time around however, the Tigers are more experienced and focused on winning that elusive first regional championship.
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Class C regional at TC St. Francis
Mio vs. Beaverton, 5:30 p.m., today
East Jordan vs. TC St. Francis, 8 p.m., today
Regional Championship, 7 p.m., Wednesday
Class D regional at St. Ignace
Cedarville vs. Rudyard, 5:30 p.m., today
Hillman vs. Alanson, 7:30 p.m., today
Regional Championship. 7 p.m., Wednesday
"Last year when we lost to Cedarville, it almost became like a given we would end up back here," Muszynski said. "Last year we were kind of new to the whole thing, but this year we're more veteran about it and we're hoping to make some noise."
Tonight's winner advances to Wednesday's regional final against either Cedarville or Rudyard.
Alanson (9-12) may not have many wins this season, but Hillman isn't looking past the Vikings. For one thing, Alanson plays a tough schedule which features the likes of Boyne Falls. For another thing, the Vikings have several players averaging double figures and they play a 2-3 zone; something the Tigers haven't seen much of this season.
Add in the fact that the VIkings hoisted their first district crown since 2003 last week and Hillman could find itself matching up against a team that had is very much like the Tigers were last year: young and ready to prove something.
Sophomore Brett Williams paces Alanson's offense with 13.8 points a game. Senior Kody Wicker scores 10 points a game and Zack Peter averages 9.2 points.
Hillman has more than enough offense to go around with Mason VanPamel, Mike Klein and Ty Jones averaging double figures and a strong supporting cast that includes Dylan Ross, Gunnar Libby and Brenden Zimmer among others.
But it was Hillman's defense that stole the show last week in Hillman's district final win against Onaway. Hillman stifled the Cardinals early, limiting Onaway big man Joe O'Bradovich to three first-half points and getting its press going while creating some turnovers.
It's an effort Muszynski hopes to see again tonight.
"Our defense was stifling and that was the best defensive effort, we've had all year," Muszynski said. "I told my guys that if we play defense like that, we can compete with anybody in the state."
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Luis Scola had the textbook reaction of NBA professionalism and competitiveness when the Suns shuffled the lineup four weeks ago and gave the 32-year-old power forward his first bench role since he was a rookie.
Scola accepted it but not its permanence, hoping to earn a starting job back. He did, averaging 14.5 points and 7.3 rebounds with 58 percent shooting in his past four reserve games. It also helped that the Suns were about to face Memphis on Wednesday night, when avoiding anything close to the 38-point, 22-rebound performance that Grizzlies power forward Zach Randolph had against them last week was paramount.
But the move was short-lived with Randolph getting eight early points and Scola exiting after six minutes.
"The most important thing is how many minutes you play and if you play at the end but, at the same time, it helps me with my preparation toward the game," Scola said prior to the game. "It's something I'm a lot more used to doing."
It was the fourth different Suns starting lineup in as many games, although Sunday's change had more to do with Goran Dragic's illness. Coach Alvin Gentry said this shuffling could continue based on matchups but his willingness to reinsert a veteran showed Scola that winning is his priority.
"It means a lot," Scola said. "I still believe we can have a good season and have a push to the playoffs. ... I believe everyone in the organization believes that and that's very important."
Markieff Morris' performance had improved as a starter, going from shooting 35 percent (23 on 3-pointers) as a reserve to 49 percent (42 percent on 3s) as a starter. The second-year power forward set his career high in rebounds (17) against Dallas a week ago.
"I like Markieff a lot," Scola said. "He's a great player ... I'm very happy when he's playing well and I feel he's happy when I'm playing well and that's a great thing to have. That's not an easy to find that in a team and I really feel that."
The bench role, new city, new teammates and losing streak has been a lot for Scola to take in after playing his first five seasons in Houston and thinking he would retire there.
"I really like the team, the city and our team," Scola said. "What's killing me is we can't make it work. If we can make it work, this could be a great place to be."
Dudley warms up
For a guy who plays more in the off-season than any other Suns player, Jared Dudley's 3-point touch takes awhile to come around each season.
Two years ago, it took until December. After last season's late start, Dudley was cold in December and January and took off in February. This season, Dudley was 10 for 33 on 3s in the first nine games and then was 19 for 36 over 13 games entering Wednesday night.
Wednesday marked Dudley's third game back in the starting lineup, where his return was a switch to small forward to suit him defensively better.
"I still don't think he gets enough volume shots to get into a rhythm," Gentry said.
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Dragic woke up Tuesday morning with renewed strength after a stomach flu sent him home before Sunday's game and shed 6 pounds off his body.
"I was struggling horribly those two or three days," Dragic said. "I'm not 100 percent yet but I'm getting there."
"I tried to go and I couldn't. I knew if I would've been on the floor, it would've been worse because I couldn't give 100 percent. But it's horrible because we've lost seven in a row."
Dragic will meet fans and sign autographs tonight from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Zipps Sports Grill, 3647 East Indian School Road in Phoenix.
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Through five D-League games, rookie point guard Kendall Marshall is shooting 32 percent from the field (20 percent on 3-pointers) and averaging 6.4 assists and 3.8 turnovers. In the past three games, Marshall shot 24 percent and had 14 assists and 15 turnovers. Friday night, Bakersfield plays Tulsa.
* Suns center Marcin Gortat's started his 100th consecutive game Wednesday night.
* Phoenix native and free agent Mike Bibby worked out Wednesday for Memphis, whose backup point guard is Phoenix product Jerryd Bayless.


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Pay-Rod strikes again
October 30, 2007 - Chris Masse
Once again now former New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was a zero in the postseason. His lack of production when the games matter most was a big reason the Yankees lost to the Cleveland Indians in the first round of the American League playoffs.
A-Rod, though, made sure he stayed in the spotlight. A-Rod has never played in a world series and, because he so routinely goes belly-up in the postseason, he maybe never will. But A-Rod still found a way to keep himself in the spotlight during last week's World Series when his agent Scott Boras announced that he would opt out of his contract with the Yankees during Game 4.
Maybe A-Rod figured this was the only way he could do anything to make headlines during the World Series. Maybe since A-Rod has never played in the World Series he simply forgot that they play baseball in late October. Whatever the case, what A-Rod did was classless. The Red Sox were completing a sweep of the Colorado Rockies and had rightfully earned the spotlight. Leave it to a me-first player like A-Rod to try and divert the public's attention back to himself.
But really, should we be surprised A-Rod would do something like this? This is the same player who signed a 10-year, 252-million dollar contract with the Texas Rangers following the 2000 season. A-Rod claims he wants to win but then did he turn down the Atlanta Braves, a perennial world series contender back then, and instead sign with a bad Rangers team that had no pitching and no hope of contending? Simply put, he followed the money.
So forgive me if I didn't get misty-eyed when A-Rod started whining in 2003 that he was tired of losing. He could not even lead the Rangers to a winning season in his three years with Texas but he dug his own grave there. If he really wanted to win, he would have signed with a contender for less money...or he would have stayed with the Seattle Mariners who had made the playoffs three times in A-Rod's first six seasons of major league baseball, including in 2000.
But I digress. Mr. April has consistently put up big numbers for the Yankees since being traded to them prior to the 2004 season. He also has perenially done nothing in the postseason and helped the Yankees win just one postseason series in four seasons. That win came in 2004. But after the Yankees went up 3-0 in that year's ALCS against Boston, A-Rod went into helpless mode and became the equivalent of a Steve Jeltz in the Yankees lineup. When the truly great players shine, A-Rod was at his worst and the Yankees have since lost 13 of 17 playoff games. And for those great performances, A-Rod now wants even more money, probably something around 30 million a year.
So I ask a guy who claims he wants to win this question--how much money is enough, A-Rod? Do you really need any more money than you already have?
A-Rod was competing for a Yankees team that always is in contention for a World Series. The Yankees have not missed the postseason since 1993, but yet A-Rod wants out. Ironically, the Rangers are one of the teams rumored to be going after A-Rod. The same Rangers who were terrible last year. But if the price is right, you can bet A-Rod will sign on the dotted line. Don't let anything A-Rod says fool you. He has proven that winning means little to him, but money means everything.
And honestly, why would any team pay A-Rod the kind of money he is demanding? Yes, he is a great player who puts up great regular-season numbers but this is a team game and what has he done to help his teams reach the World Series? Prior to A-Rod's arrival, the Yankees had played in six of eight World Series and won four of them. Since A-Rod has been there, the Yankees have not gone to the World Series and reached just one ALCS and blew a 3-0 lead to the Red Sox as A-Rod did nothing in the last four games.
You can bet the Yankees will be better next year without A-Rod. How can I say that you ask? Just look at the teams A-Rod has left in the past. The Mariners won their first division title in four years after A-Rod left in 2001 and won a staggering 116 games. After he left Texas, the once-hapless Rangers made an amazing turnaround, won 91 games and nearly captured the A.L. West championship. The three years the Rangers had A-Rod, they finished last each time.
All A-Rod does is tie up your payroll so that you cannot sign quality players throughout your team to make that group better. The Rangers were hamstrung when A-Rod was there because they could not afford better players. Why would any team want to do that to themselves again? There's a reason Red Sox fans were chanting "don't sign A-Rod," Sunday night. They know A-Rod is the best fantasy baseball player in the game. But they know when it comes to real baseball and big games A-Rod is just another player--a selfish one without a ring. Not that that seems to bother A-Rod.
Most baseball players dream of growing up and winning a World Series. It seems like Pay-Rod dreams of rolling around in a pile of money.
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CAPE CANAVERAL - Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to one of Kennedy Space Center's twin launch pads Thursday as NASA presses ahead with preparations for the planned March 15 launch of an International Space Station assembly mission.
Mounted atop its mobile launcher platform, the 4.5-million-pound shuttle will be moved to Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A by a giant flatbed tractor originally built to haul Saturn 5 moon rockets.
Atlantis is scheduled to emerge from the 52-story KSC Vehicle Assembly Building around 7 a.m. EST Thursday; the 3 1/2-mile trip to the pad is expected to take around six hours.
The rollout was delayed one day so engineers could tackle a technical issue with the shuttle's right-hand solid rocket booster [image].
One of three sensors that monitor chamber pressure within the booster produced erratic readings during routine pre-launch testing in the assembly building. The sensor was removed and will be replaced with a spare after the shuttle reaches the pad.
The one-day rollout delay is not expected to push back the planned March 15 launch of Atlantis and a six-man station construction crew.
"At this point, there are no technical issues that would prohibit us from targeting a March 15 launch," KSC spokeswoman Jessica Rye said.
Led by mission commander Rick Sturckow, the Atlantis astronauts aim to deliver a new 17.5-ton station truss segment [image] equipped with a new set of massive American solar wings. Now folded up in blanket boxes, the arrays will stretch 240 feet from tip-to-tip once unfurled in orbit.
The solar wing set is the third of four that will generate the electricity needed to run U.S. station systems. Its arrays will be deployed from the end of the 45-foot-long truss segment, which will be latched to the starboard side of the truss. The segment is identical to a portside girder delivered to the station during a shuttle mission last September.
Nestled in a 65-foot tall transportation canister, the prime payload for the upcoming mission was delivered to the launch pad earlier this week [image] and will be installed in the cargo bay of shuttle Atlantis next Monday.
The Atlantis astronauts will fly to KSC next week to take part in emergency training at the launch pad and a two-day practice countdown. Pilot Lee Archambault and mission specialists James Reilly, Steven Swanson, Patrick Forrester and John Olivas round out the crew.
An official launch date will be selected late this month at the conclusion of a traditional two-day flight readiness review. As it stands, Atlantis and its crew are set to blast off at 6:43 a.m. March 15. It will be the 118th mission for the shuttle program and the 28th for Atlantis.
Landing is scheduled at 1:54 a.m. EST March 26.
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This book started out intriguingly as I wondered how a person could play all the top-100 courses in the U.S. as rated by Golf Digest and make the trip worth reading about. Although I was hoping the author would succeed, I found out he didn't.
After reading Larry Berle's book I still feel totally disoriented and lost as to where and when he played, and over what time span. The book feels like he played all the courses, took notes on some, while using his memory on others. The worst part is that there is no index, so in order to find a course you need to leaf through the entire book.
I did enjoy each of the little quotes before each course description and really like how, on many entries, he wrote about the history of a course. I did not really care about how he was able to talk his way onto playing a course and, after reading a few of these, thought, "Oh no, not 93 more stories like this."
More writing about the clubhouses and course histories would have made the book more enjoyable. Berle was also inconsistent about the coverage he gives individual courses. Some filled three pages while others only got a paragraph or two.
In one entry, he wrote about playing alone in the rain and enjoying the experience. For his description of Sahalee Golf Club, all I read were complaints about not getting any roll on his shots.
The book also lacks flow and didn't entice me to read more. Yet I read the whole book and, in the end, found it a chore to complete. I'm glad that Berle accomplished his mission. But I would have enjoyed it more if he would have taken lots of photographs and made a great scrapbook for himself and us readers.
As a resident of the Pacific Northwest, I searched repeatedly throughout the book for his entry on Oregon's Eugene Country Club, a place with an incredible history. I could not find it. Golf Digest lists Eugene CC in its top 100, but as I said, a lack of an index made finding this course in Berle's book impossible.
"A Golfer's Dream" by Larry Berle, Ambassador Press, Minneapolis, ISBN 978-0-615-14574-4
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Not content with its national championship in football, the University of Alabama is setting its sights on another national title.
After winning a tournament in Tuscaloosa on Thursday with a gutsy last-minute call of "scissors," UA senior Drew Hawk will represent the Tide next month at the national collegiate Rock, Paper, Scissors Championships in Acapulco.
"Hopefully, I can represent Alabama well," Hawk said Friday.
The accounting major from Albuquerque, N.M., went 5-0 in the Thursday contest, sponsored by PepsiCo's energy drink AMP, to win an all-expenses-paid spring break trip to the finals.
Sixteen universities will be represented in the USA Rock Paper Scissors League contest March 14-17, and the event will be broadcast on MTV.
The winner will take home a $25,000 scholarship.
Hawk was a last-minute entry to the Tuscaloosa contest, for which 130 registered but fewer than 30 showed up to compete.
"You gotta be in it to win it," he said.
After deciding strategy would be a waste of time and effort, he chose his "throws" at random, and credited good karma that has followed him throughout life for the victory.
"I'm pretty sure it was dumb luck," said Hawk, who also recently has done well in a casino and won free basketball tickets.
In rock, paper, scissors -- RPS to insiders -- competitors typically count to three, pumping the forearm on each count, then display their "throw" on three. A throw is either a closed fist (a rock), an open palm (paper) or two extended fingers (scissors). Paper beats rock, rock beats scissors and scissors beats paper. If both competitors throw the same thing, it's a do-over.
Various, often suspect, accounts of the history of the game place its origins as far back in history as 200 B.C., with a similar game in Japan that was called Jan-Ken. The only thing that seems to be certain is that it's commonly used on playgrounds today to settle minor disputes or pick sides for dodgeball.
Should Hawk emerge victorious, it won't be the Tide's first RPS national championship. Julianna Vaughn, then a sophomore from Inverness, won the title for Alabama at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2006. Her final throw: also scissors.
Efforts to reach officials with the sport's governing league, USARPS, were unsuccessful Friday, and the Sweet 16 bracket had not yet been posted on the organization's Web site. But Hawk said he thinks the Tide's chances to bring home another championship are as good as anyone's.
"It's a game of luck," he said. "It's just pretty much whatever you put out there."


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NEW YORK (AP) - Stephen Drew of the Red Sox hit a tying single off the Yankees' Mariano Rivera with two outs in the ninth inning, Shane Victorino lined a go-ahead single off Boone Logan in the 10th and Boston beat New York 9-8 on Thursday.
"Just a character win, a team win," said Red Sox manager John Farrell.
Victorino's at-bat in the 10th continued after first-base umpire Joe West ruled the St. Anthony High School graduate checked his swing on a 1-2 pitch - Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain was ejected after arguing the call.
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"It's frustrating because, you know what, I thought he went. But you have to be able to overcome things," said New York manager Joe Girardi, whose team had rallied from a 7-2 deficit with six runs in the seventh.
Victorino had led off the fifth inning with a homer.
Craig Breslow (5-2) earned the win, and Koji Uehara recorded his 18th save, extending his scoreless streak to 26 innings over 23 games.
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THURSDAY: 2-6, 3 RBI, run, K, SB. Drove in run with groundout in third inning, homered to lead off fifth, hit RBI single and stole third base in 10th.
SINCE ALL-STAR BREAK: 44 games, .300 batting avg. (54-180, t-5th in AL in hits), 9 HR (t-9th in AL), 30 RBI (t-5th in AL, t-8th in MLB), 34 runs (t-1st in MLB and AL), 11 HBP (1st in MLB), 7 SB, 1 CS.
SEASON: .294 batting avg. (125-425), 13 HR, 54 RBI, 73 runs, 20 SB, 3 CS, 14 HBP (t-1st in AL, t-3rd in MLB) 10 outfield assists (t-4th in AL, t-8th in MLB).
Rivera entered in the ninth with an 8-7 lead and got two quick outs. Mike Napoli then singled on a full count and pinch runner Quintin Berry stole second base and continued to third when catcher Austin Romine's errant throw bounced away. Rivera squandered a save for the sixth time in 47 tries, a day after the career leader in saves was needed for four outs.
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We're not quite ready to let go of GuilFest 2014 yet - in fact, the memories and anecdotes are still flying around the Get Surrey newsroom as we reflect on the festival's return to Stoke Park in Guildford.
We spent the weekend working out of a caravan next to the main stage, from where we heard music from acts as diverse as The Boomtown Rats, Kool & The Gang, Fun Lovin' Criminals, The Enemy, Rock Choir and Norman Jay.
But we also spent a lot of time walking round the site, speaking to punters and staff, seeking out the festival's hidden gems and catching many more brilliant bands and artists.
So here we present Get Surrey's 14 favourite moments from GuilFest 2014. Tweet us via @getsurrey to tell us your festival highlight.
Social media plays a big role in festivals these days, so here are just two of our favourite tweets from the weekend.
@GuilFest - when will Bob sing Do They Know It's Christmas?— Nicky Hack (@NickyHack) July 18, 2014
strange stuff happens at gigs…but getting bitten by a dog belonging to a former member of the pussycat dolls on the way to stage is a first— I SEE MONSTAS (@ISeeMONSTAS) July 19, 2014
Our poll to discover your favourite GuilFest act this year has been taken over by Jedward - with more than 50% of the vote - which is unsurprising given their legion of fans on Twitter and Facebook.
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The first 2010 freshman show to get a full-season commitment is also the first freshman show to get picked up for the 2011-2012 season.
FOX announced on Tuesday (January 11) that "Raising Hope" will be back for a second season next fall, as the network continues its attempts to reassert itself in the live-action comedy arena.
"'Raising Hope' has emerged as a comedic standout: wickedly smart, hilarious and full of heart," states FOX Entertainment President Kevin Reilly. "Greg Garcia and his great cast have established an appointment show on Tuesday nights this season, and we're confident it's just the beginning of great things to come."
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Enteric duplications can occur anywhere along the alimentary tract. Most often found in the ileum, duplications have been reported to occur from the tongue to the anus. The duplication may be either tubular or cystic and is usually lined with mucosa similar to that of the adjacent alimentary tract structures; however, the mucosa may be similar to the more distant alimentary structures.Enteric duplications occurring in the tongue are unusual, with, to our knowledge, less than ten cases reported. Manifestations, which are usually related to feeding difficulties, depend on the size of the lesion, the presence of communication with the oral cavity, compression of adjacent structures, and the presence of heterotopic mucosa. Respiratory embarrassment due to an enteric duplication cyst occurring in the tongue has not (to our knowledge) been reported. Although enteric duplications, in general, have a high incidence of associated anomalies (vertebral and gastrointestinal), no other anomalies have
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For some time now it has been apparent that our political class assume we, the people, are fools and that we will believe every piece of fiction that is produced from their mouths and pens.
We are regaled today with a report of Ed Miliband stating that reform is required to the EU budget, immigration policy and austerity measures; and Matthew d'Ancona weighing in with his op-ed piece in today's Sunday Telegraph. Janet Daley also throws her tuppence worth into the arena with an article headed: "We're heading for economic dictatorship" – er, excuse me Janet, but when have we not lived under economic dictatorship? When has the electorate once been given a voice over the expenditure of public money? Then to cap everything, but not quite, we find a new MP exploiting a loophole in the expenses scheme, seemingly with the blessing of the watchdog. Then of course – and this does cap everything – we have all the articles and voices on Twitter pontificating about the rise of Ukip and how brilliant shines the star of Nigel Farage.
It must be obvious to even the most brain-dead among the British people that MilibandE's change of policy is but another exercise so beloved of our political class – vote garnering. Daley and d'Ancona are not, as it is assumed by us, writing for us – they write for the political class. As a child and being taken to the circus, I always thought the clowns a tad pathetic – and, where Ukip and their Leader are concerned, whether we are talking conventional or political, nothing has happened to change my mind.
It seems to me that we not only need the Harrogate Agenda to lead the 'No' campaign, come a referendum, it is also obvious that in order to provide a balanced, sensible and factual media the Harrogate Agenda needs to turn its 'beady eye' on that collection of 'puppets'.
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Florida Gulf Coast, a No. 15 seed in the 2013 NCAA tournament, stole my heart—and that of almost every other basketball fan as well—with its freewheeling takedowns of No. 2 Georgetown and No. 7 San Diego State to reach the Sweet 16. Rarely does a high seed possess players with such athleticism and panache, qualities most commonly associated with the professionals of the NBA.
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After his dad died in a plane crash, Hal Jordan grows up to step into his dads footsteps and become one of the world's best test pilots, even if he's cocky and arrogant. When an alien crashes onto Earth after having been in a fight with a great evil, Hal gets chosen by "the ring" to take the place of the alien in the Green Lantern Intergalactic Corps, a corps that consists of species from all over the galaxy and who are set on preserving peace and battling evil everywhere.
As the first human ever to join the corps, Hal doesn't get it easy and with will as the corps' main power, Hal will quickly have to get into shape and become more responsible as the greatest evil that has ever faced the corps is about to head to Earth and destroy all of humanity.
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Green Lantern is high on special effects and has tons of detail, but this unfortunately also means that some of the CGI is overly visible and sometimes makes you wonder whether you're watching a movie or a videogame. The colors are high on saturation, making skin tones unrealistic at times as well, and the blacks aren't consistent. At times they're rich and deep, while at other moments they tend to just become a murky mess. The same can be said about the contrast which at times is really great, but then for no apparent reasons just becomes dull and flat. The transfer isn't bad, but definitely not up to par with some of the other releases we've seen recently.
The sound on the other hand, does exactly what it needs to do for a superhero flick. We get a very open and dynamic sound stage coming from the front, almost constant effects and music from the rear, and plenty of bass from the subwoofer. And when the action really starts to happen, the sound engineers open up the volume even more to get you blown off your seat. Nice!
– Theatrical version as well as Extended Cut
– Maximum Movie Mode: Green Lantern's Light
– The Universe according to Green Lantern
– Justice League #1 digital Comic
– Deleted Scenes
– Digital Copy
Over an hour of extras that give you some interesting background info on both the movie as well as the comics.
Green Lantern isn't the most well-known comic book superhero, and if this movie is anything to go from, there's a good reason for that: the story is simplistic, lacks depth, and contains quite some inconsistencies.
Hal Jordan is chosen from all of mankind to be the first human to join the Green Lantern Corps, the elite in the galaxy. After having received barely any training, he suddenly has to take on the biggest evil the corps has ever faced and what a selection of the toughest Green Lanterns in the galaxy couldn't defeat. Still, Hal does it with a couple of jets. Yes, he has all the power of his imagination at his disposal and all he can come up with are two jets. Not really convincing.
Qua consistency, I'm just going to give one example: in the beginning of the movie, the ring apparently needs to be powered up in the green lantern every so often. However, after Hal has done this once, he's good for the rest of the movie. Doesn't sound all too convincing, doesn't it?
Luckily, there's two things going for this movie: Martin Campbell is a solid director who's capable of delivering action movies (he's done James Bond and Zorro movies in the past) and Ryan Reynolds is excellently cast as Hal Jordan, a cocky jet pilot who does manage to make us care about him. If it weren't for these two factors, Green Lantern would have been a bust all around.
Hopefully the writers aren't afraid to let their imagination run rampant and deliver a better script for a possible sequel so that we can finally understand why Green Lantern is such an interesting superhero that he deserves a big budget movie release. For now, just enjoy the ation and Reynolds' charm.
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Physical Therapists: As Baby Boomers get knee and hip replacements, they often need to work with physical therapists. Perfect for those who are good in math and science and enjoy working with people, a job as a physical therapist pays a median salary of $76,700. Job growth is expected to increase by a third from current levels.
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The Jaguars don't look like a very good football team right now, but at least the business side of the team seems to have it together.
Jaguars president Mark Lamping announced today that the Jaguars are uncovering section 403 for Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears.
We're pleased with demand for tickets for this game and we're thrilled to be able to make additional tickets available to our fans. -Mark Lamping, Jaguars President
The move is significant on a few fronts. First, it gives us something tangible to point to when we say that football can, and will, work in Jacksonville. This team is mediocre at best right now, and they're still managing to increase ticket sales. Jacksonville is behind it's team, something that can't be said for a number of other teams in the league.
The move also shows that Shahid Khan is serious about losing the tarps. Ticket sales usually follow a team's success to a certain extent, and the Jaguars are already showing success on the business end of the team under Khan. Let's just hope the football side of the equation follows.
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Mortgage holders with paper based on LIBOR rates are suing for the difference and damages, some lost their homes because irates were set too high.
Chances of joehomeowner getting paid are a million to one. Chances of this dragging on for ten years is more likely.
Value those too big to fail will be sweating a long long time?
That ray of sunshine and a slew of earnings reports, all scheduled to show slowdown from the previous two quarters leaves me with another MEH selloff assessment. Retail sales with autos should show a pop, without, MEH or a drop--back to school had folks in thriftshops country wide.CPI will reflect food and fuel pop, without core will remain as placid as the indicator is unloaded of anything meaningful to those who have food clothing shelter and food on their plates. Industrial production will expand as it is the season to be manufacturing, but hopefully, housing starts will be tame so as to give existing homes continued breathing room. Continuing claims will show an adjustment upward for last week to coincide with the discovery that folks were left off the unemployment stats--California suspect--while existing home sales should show a seasonal decline--folks are buying, but, not yet, not yet, Russel, as they aren't something to Crowe about.
Plus a slew of earnings reports ought to keep joeinvestor overwhelmed however drowned in information information.
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Oct 15 8:30 AM Retail Sales Sep - 1.0% 0.7% 0.9% -
Oct 15 8:30 AM Retail Sales ex-auto Sep - 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% -
Oct 15 8:30 AM Empire Manufacturing Oct - -2.0 -2.8 -10.4 -
Oct 15 10:00 AM Business Inventories Aug - 0.5% 0.5% 0.8% -
Oct 16 8:30 AM CPI Sep - 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% -
Oct 16 8:30 AM Core CPI Sep - 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% -
Oct 16 9:00 AM Net Long-Term TIC Flows Aug - NA NA $67.0B -
Oct 16 9:15 AM Industrial Production Sep - 0.0% 0.2% -1.2% -
Oct 16 9:15 AM Capacity Utilization Sep - 78.2% 78.3% 78.2% -
Oct 16 10:00 AM NAHB Housing Market Index Oct - 42 42 40 -
Oct 17 7:00 AM MBA Mortgage Index 10/13 - NA NA -1.2% -
Oct 17 8:30 AM Housing Starts Sep - 765K 768K 750K -
Oct 17 8:30 AM Building Permits Sep - 815K 815K 803K -
Oct 17 10:30 AM Crude Inventories 10/13 - NA NA 1.672M -
Oct 18 8:30 AM Initial Claims 10/13 - 370K 360K 339K -
Oct 18 8:30 AM Continuing Claims 10/6 - 3275K 3275K 3273K -
Oct 18 10:00 AM Philadelphia Fed Oct - 0.0 -0.1 -1.9 -
Oct 18 10:00 AM Leading Indicators Sep - 0.1% 0.2% -0.1% -
Oct 19 10:00 AM Existing Home Sales Sep - 4.90M 4.70M 4.82M
Existing homes should pop, option expiration Friday. Prepare for the ride of your life. And watch the dollar if Spain which got good marks by Moodys now "qualifies" to ask for bailouts.
This is a version of those that dont need gets. You have to be financially solvent to beg.
See how that works? Even Skid Row has minimal qualifications.
Today a debate weary America turns the clock back once again to 1946 in their vain attempt to look to new housing as some sign of an expanding economy, while foreclosed homes, in decline, still wait fallow in the wings of banks accounts in the "not counted" column.
HARP II with 413 days to run allows homeowners under water to get refi'd at new rates, and HARP III is coming mid year to extend even further the ability for people no matter what the loan to value of the house is, to get better loans.
The problem is not the program, the problem is getting banks to play--the reality is you'd better be closer to 90-100% loan to value, you'd better steel yourself for a "no sale" and the credit relaxation rules are not being abided to. If you're looking at 3.5% for regular 80/20 folks, best look about 3/4 points higher--if you're stuck in any loan above 5% you might make out, if you're currently in an adjustable rate mortgage you'd probably make out UNLESS you're enjoying 3% rates now. The bottom line is, the program helps some, but not nearly the number required, and certainly means that monetization, meaning the depreciation of the dollar compared to any "thing" "must" continue.
And HARP still fails to include folding in second loans or HELOCs--don't expect relief there.
So stay tuned as America stays breathlessly addicted to the fiction that housing always goes "up"--when in actuality it's your currency going down.
That's how we got to having $100K salary replace $10K a year--it's because the 1971 Corolla at $1875 is now $18750, the $40K house now $400K, 39.9cents per gallon gas now $4, and the $4.35 silver ounce, now at bargain prices anything less than $43.00.
No wonder SLW continues to grow.
15% RISE in new housing, and low and behold, everybody forgets that the glut of housing is still out there. HARP I and II are making a difference in getting foreclosures under wraps, but folks are still out of work and neither candidate has come up with credible fix its.
Obama is the last to mention it, but the rate of Fed employees getting out and jobs being abolished is a knee in the rehiring posture--we may not like the value detracted from such jobs, but a salaried employee is a salary that can buy something, a far better boost to the people end of the economy, job for job, than making widgets.
But the country is as mired in new housing being a picture of "health" as it was saying housing "always" goes up. I don't know how that game of musical chairs ends or when, but take it while you got it.
Good retail news and a blithering blathering Fed cacaphony on inflation--yes, no maybe, sent the PM's into the toilet on the view, that Bernanke is not to be believed, the PPI CPI will shoot up, with all this stimulatum excretatum, and the Fded will pull the plug on low irates in shorter order than Bernanke predicted.
Sorry, until all homes are financed, and that includes HARP II which gives some relief for underwater homeowners--we are out of the running, in my estimation, until at least 2018.
Nonetheless, dramamine futures are up.
Did I mention option expiration this Friday?
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SPRINGFIELD - Knights of Columbus Council 63 recently earned the distinction of Star Council, one of the organization's top awards, for the 2011-2012 fraternal year.
The organization's headquarters, located in New Haven, Conn., made the announcement. The award recognizes overall excellence in the areas of membership recruitment and retention, promotion of the fraternal insurance program, and sponsorship of service-oriented activities.
The award was presented to the membership by state warden Paul Flanagan, of the Massachusetts State Council, at a special ceremony held on Oct. 10.
In announcing the local winner of the Star Council Award, Carl A. Anderson, chief executive officer of the organization, said, "Please accept my sincere congratulations upon attaining this prestigious award. Your dedication to the order is seen in the high standard of excellence you have achieved. At the same time, I encourage you to carry forward this enthusiasm to meet the challenges that will face the Knights of Columbus in the years ahead. May this award be a reminder and an inspiration to the members of your council to continue to promote the ideals of Columbianism for the good of the church, your community, and the order."
"Receiving the Star Council Award is quite an honor for us. We're extremely proud of this accomplishment," proclaimed Randy Bianchi, head of the Springfield council.
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Reconciling Semantic Heterogeneity in Web Services Composition
Xitong Li
HEC Paris - Operations Management and Information Technology
Stuart Madnick
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Hongwei (Harry) Zhu
University of Massachusetts Lowell; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Old Dominion University
Yushun Fan
Tsinghua University
September 24, 2009
MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4755-09
Composite Information Systems Laboratory Working Paper No. 2009-08
Service Oriented Computing (SOC) is a popular computing paradigm for the development of distributed Web applications. Service composition, a key element of SOC, is severely hampered by various types of semantic heterogeneity among the services. In this paper, we address the various semantic differences from the context perspective and use a lightweight ontology to describe the concepts and their specializations. Atomic conversions between the contexts are implemented using XPath functions and external services. The correspondences between the syntactic service descriptions and the semantic concepts are established using a flexible, standard-compliant mechanism. Given the naive BPEL composition ignoring semantic differences, our reconciliation approach can automatically determine and reconcile the semantic differences. The mediated BPEL composition incorporates necessary conversions to convert the data exchanged between different services. Our solution has the desirable properties (e.g., adaptability, extensibility and scalability) and can significantly alleviate the reconciliation efforts for Web services composition.
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August 19, 2013 - Al Stephenson
When Sunday night baseball comes on, you don't have a choice in who you get to watch. While the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is considered the best matchup in baseball, I would be watching the Tribe if I had a choice. But it was Sunday night and no choice was offered, so I tuned in.
In the top of the second inning Alex Rodriguez came to bat. When his at bat was over, I was obliged to watch the entire ballgame, and if you know anything about Yankee-Sox games, they take forever. After A-Rod's at bat though, I had to see if anything else would happen. Turned out it didn't. I'm guessing however, that the Yankees will not soon forget about it.
For those of you who opted for other TV fare, let me set the stage. A-Rod led off the top of the second inning. Ryan Dempster's first pitch sailed behind Rodriguez. Was a message being sent? I'm guessing so. Many major leaguers don't feel that A-Rod should be playing considering baseball is trying to suspend him for over 200 games. The fact that the collective bargaining agreement allows a player to continue playing while appealing a suspension doesn't seem to matter. Dempster seems to be one of those players.
Had this been the end of the incident nothing much would have been made of it. Dempster though threw the next two pitches in tight and on the fourth pitch of the at bat, promptly plugged A-Rod in the ribs. Just in case, one would suspect, the message did not get through with the first pitch!
I have several thoughts on the matter, but we'll start with the reaction of the Boston crowd. They roared their approval on the first pitch and were even more overjoyed when A-Rod got plunked. Though I am sure the reaction would have been similar in any other ballpark (maybe not as loud - remember Red Sox Nation hates the Bronx Bombers) it still disturbed me. I am no fan of A-Rod, but I thought this was a bush move by Dempster. The fan reaction was no better.
It brought to mind a local high school basketball game that I attended several years ago. A player on one team was a hot dog by anyone's standards and thus was not well liked by the opposing school. At one point in the game this player came down the court only to be stopped at the top of the key by the opposing team's center. After the ball was passed to the wing, the center (a la Dempster) sent a forearm shiver to the neck of the hot dog, sending him straight to the floor. The center's crowd roared its approval and I was instantly disgusted. As mush as you would want to put the arrogant player in his place, this was not the way to do it and the fans should have been aghast not approving.
Personally I think Ryan Dempster should be punished for his actions. There is no place in baseball for this kind of vigilante justice. You don't have to like Alex Rodriquez to know that this should not have happened.
The view from my seat suggests that this incident is not over. Let's hope someone does not get seriously hurt when the retaliation does come.
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Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ ) has been the worst performer on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) over the last year. HP's 38% plunge in dividend-adjusted terms cuts far deeper than second-place loser Intel 's (NASDAQ: INTC ) 19% drop. The chip giant suffers from the same adverse PC markets as HP, but it doesn't have to deal with the added pressure of management missteps and failed strategy changes. That's why the two price dives don't begin to compare.
But HP's humiliation runs far deeper than that. It's the second-worst performer in the much larger pool of S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC ) components, beaten to the bottom only by Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF ) . The metallurgical-coal producer has taken a 51% share-price haircut in the last 52 weeks, because investors aren't sure that the stellar 7% dividend yield will be around much longer.
Hewlett-Packard doesn't have a 7% dividend to defend, but the tech veteran faces demons uniquely its own. Since ex-CEO Mark Hurd was forced out under scandalous terms three years ago, the company has gone through three replacement CEOs and overarching strategy shifts. Current leader Meg Whitman is still dealing with fallout from Leo Apotheker's big software bets, and she has admitted that it will take years to repair the damage.
Furthermore, the revolving door in HP's corner office has unmasked the deeper structural problems that Hurd's heavy cost-cutting hand brought to his company. Chasing short-term profits, Hurd gave HP a long-term lobotomy. The innovative verve that made HP a natural Dow member in the first place is gone.
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The knitting collection of Loes Veenstra
by Christien Meindertsma
Dutch Design Week 2013: designer Christien Meindertsma has compiled photographs of hundreds of jumpers knitted by an elderly woman into a book and organised a flashmob in her honour (+ movie). More »
Nike Free Hyperfeel running
shoe by Nike
Knitted tree and creatures by Donna Wilson
for the Stepney Green Design Collection
East London designer Donna Wilson will contribute a special installation to Dezeen's Stepney Green Design Collection made up of a 1.8 metre-high knitted tree with a selection of her soft-toy creatures living in it. More »
Flyknit running footwear
by Nike
Helena Westerlind at The Temporium
The Temporium: this series of knotted collar pieces made of rope by London-based designer Helena Westerlind is today's entry to our Advent calendar. More »
Safety Vase by Hannah Niskanen-Benady
Kingston University graduate Hannah Niskanen-Benady presented this series of side tables that incorporate knitted containers at graduate show New Designers in London over the weekend. More »
Tape Measure Project by Debbie Smyth
Young Irish artist Debbie Smyth has created a series of objects by weaving tape measures. More »
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