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Column Length Distribution Profile Request Options (Data Profiling Task)
Use the Request Properties pane of the Profile Requests page to set the options for the Column Length Distribution Profile Request selected in the requests pane. A Column Length Distribution profile reports all the distinct lengths of string values in the selected column and the percentage of rows in the table that each length represents. This profile can help you identify problems in your data such as invalid values. For example, you profile a column of two-character United States state codes and discover values longer than two characters.
The options described in this topic appear on the Profile Requests page of the Data Profiling Task Editor. For more information about this page of the editor, see Data Profiling Task Editor (Profile Requests Page).
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THIS is the new face in charge of keeping the residents of Redditch safe.
Insp Rebecca Love has been appointed as the borough's district inspector, taking over from Ian Joseph who retired after seven years in the post and more than 30 years of service.
She began her new role on Monday (August 4) having joined from the South Worcestershire team but is no stranger to Redditch. In 2001 she was patrolling the beat as PC Rebecca Handy and later became a
local policing officer for Southcrest and Smallwood.
During her time in the borough she was instrumental in setting up the first Partners and Communities Together (PACT) meeting in West Mercia in Smallwood which was seen as the blueprint for rolling out further meetings across the force area and elsewhere. It won her the Andrew Grant Community Trophy in 2007 and the British Association for Women Police Community Officer Award.
And it is that experience and commitment to local policing which Insp Love plans to draw on going forward.
"Working in the Safer Neighbourhood team previously I've always found it's something I love and I'm enthusiastic about because of the ability to work with the community and partner agencies and have a real impact on the quality of people's lives" she told the Standard.
"I'm very privileged and honoured to be asked to return."
As well as continuing to drive down crime Insp Love said she wanted to build on the links already created with other organisations and ensure residents had confidence in the police.
"There's a lot more to tackling crime than just the police's role around locking people up. Partners are critical in preventing crime." she added.
"My aim is to be visible within the community and ensure they are confident we are delivering a high standard of policing. The standard of policing Ian left was very high and I want to continue to deliver that.
"It's always nice to hear the views of the public about what matters to them and how we can improve their quality of life and standard of living in their neighbourhoods. I'll be taking the opportunity over the coming weeks and months to get out and about and meet as many people as I can."
Supt Kevin Purcell, North Worcestershire Commander, said: "At a time when we are ensuring that every pound we have is spent wisely to ensure Redditch remains a safe, well policed town, I am delighted an officer of such a high calibre takes on this challenging role."

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The 1994 Harding-Kerrigan Scandal Gets Its Own Museum in Brooklyn
A humble shrine to the knee-whack heard round the world.By Allison P. Davis
A humble shrine to the knee-whack heard round the world.By Allison P. Davis
The look is Lena Dunham–approved.By Erica Schwiegershausen
"She couldn't conform to that beauty pageant style, and it's really the only sport that has that aspect to it."By Lindsey Weber
And the source of one of the greatest Law & Orders of all time.By Margaret Lyons
Twenty years after the Nancy Kerrigan kneecapping, a piece in The Believer argues that Harding — with her abusive husband and un-telegenic personal life — was unfairly vilified.By Erica Schwiegershausen
Whyyyy, whhhhhyyyy.By Margaret Lyons
The easiest-to-pull-off hairdo gets the spotlight.By Christina Han
Former Olympic skater's family "disappointed" by the development.By Josh Duboff
"He [Mark Kerrigan] stated that he wanted to use the phone and his father would not let him."By Jessica Pressler


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Through the magic of live musical theater, the all time favorite Beauty and the Beast comes to life on stage in this delightful production from American Family Theater. Follow Beauty's father as he is chased by wolves and comes face to face with Beast. You are there when Beauty's love for her father leads her to being trapped in the Beast's castle. Beauty's exciting adventures at the castle help her to discover the goodness and kindness within the Beast and lead her to the magical moment when the Beast becomes a man through the power of love.
Their shows burst with energy, song, and special effects. Again and again, American Family Theater proves how strong it is in creating original contemporary theater. Their engaging productions wonderfully command the attention of young audiences and their spirit is contagious"- Leslie Bennett, N.Y. Times.
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a group gathering where you are "locked" in a building. It may include games, movies, but never sleeping! sleeping is for losers :oP
Lauren and Monica went to the lock-in and didn't sleep. They were up till 6am
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Can you define these popular missing words?
The largely illegal state of a bar or pub during the period of time after last call, during which the bar is locked to all incoming would-be patrons such tha bar employees and a select group of friends can sit around and drink without all the annoying cash-paying customers bugging them.
this guy kinda blew her off, so she was all like "i need to croosh someone NOW," drags me down the sidewalk and five minutes later we're in a lock in with 5 guys
by Landau December 04, 2006
A special gathering or sleepover that takes place in a building from dawn 'till dusk, or 12 hours. At the beginning you're doing a bunch of activities and games, watching the movies the chaperones provide, until usually 9 hours in. And at this time everyone becomes either testy, zombie like, hyper, or bored. Usually the activities cease (except for the video game tournaments and the movies) and everyone falls asleep or just talks about a boring subject. By this time the food is all gone, so everyone is scavenging for any scrap of sugar.
The lock-in started at 7 pm and ended at 7 am. I think I passed out at 4 am.
by TestyWhenHungry April 23, 2011
An overnight or extended period of time when a youth group is confined to a particular space in order for them to appreciate what might not have been expected.
The public library invited all middle schoolers to a lockin featuring a popular rock band.
Our youth group held a lockin last weekend with many cool events.
Our youth group held a lockin last weekend with many cool events.
by Michael G. Terpstra, Ph.D. August 06, 2006
popular slang for a homodyne with an extremely low pass filter, which making it very narrow band. Usually includes a frequency mixer, and not to be confused with bandpass filter.
"That lock-in is essentially shot-noise limited."
"I'm using the reference from that lock-in because I don't have a function generator."
"I'm using the reference from that lock-in because I don't have a function generator."
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Elected to the House of Representatives for Throsby, New South Wales, 2010 and 2013.
Re-elected following the 2016 electoral redistribution for Whitlam, New South Wales, 2016.
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House of Representatives Standing: Economics from 25.10.10 to 5.8.13; Infrastructure and Communications from 25.10.10 to 26.3.14; Tax and Revenue from 4.12.13 to 18.3.14; Health from 18.3.14 to 9.5.16.
Joint Select: Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples from 4.12.13 to 25.6.15.
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Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development and Infrastructure from 18.10.13 to 04.03.14.
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Area: 1422 sq km (approx.).
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Industries: steel works, mining, engineering, light and heavy manufacturing, transport, tourism, construction, transport, dairy farming and retail industries.
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A few thousand high school students and their families came out for the second annual Nissan car giveaway at College of the Canyons.
Junior and senior high school students and their familes filled most of the home side bleachers at Cougar Stadium as representatives from the William S. Hart school district and Nissan of Valencia drew names from a raffle.
"We figured what's the best way to give back to our communty if not giving back to the Hart district and to all the high school kids," said Daniel Sterkel, the executive manager for Nissan of Valencia. "We're giving back to the schools and giving back right to the kids."
Sterkel sees the giveaway as a way to reward local students' hard work in class.
"The most important thing to us is that these kids that are here all went to school 97 percent of the time, so they allowed the teachers to do their job," Sterkel said.
Eleventh and 12th grade students also had to have a GPA of 2.0 or higher, and be free of suspensions to qualify for the drawing.
The smaller prizes came first, with a few dozen students winning gift cards and packages from businesses like Best Buy, Red Robin and Six Flags.
But the grand prize, a brand new 2013 Nissan Versa, was what every student had their eyes on.
To win this, four students were selected from the raffle. Each was given a key to the car, but only one key would start it.
The first two failed, but the third key started the engine. That key was turned by Canyon High School junior Crista Wyatt.
"I didn't think it was going to happen," she said. "I didn't even want to come. My mom made me."
Crista said she had been saving up for a car, but can now put that money toward college and housing.
It wasn't all bad for the three students whose keys did not start the Versa — they each won a $1,000 scholarship.
On top of that, one lucky senior was drawn from the raffle to win a $2,500 scholarship.
That prize went to Hart High School senior Asia Antoniuk. She says it will come in handy when she heads to the Air Force academy in Colorado Springs.
"I'm really happy about it," she said, shaking with excitement. "[I can] spend it on stuff I need for school... and boots."
Sterkel said he was excited about the turnout and what the giveaway means to the community.
"It's a great event and we're going to be doing it again next year," he said.


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Ok Erin's here to stir up the thread again.
I do 16-8 fasts every day. And this week I've made it a goal to "aim for" 1100 calories a day (or an average of 7700 calories a week).
I do this because as we all know, there is no way to truly be sure as to [B]how many calories you are actually consuming[/B], even if you use digital scales and measuring cups and TB and FitDay. Companies are allowed to be a percentage off in their calculations (what you read on nutrition labels), and 6 oz of red meat may have more fat (and thus more calories) than you assume when you log it in on FitDay. I use measuring and "calorie counting" as a subjective means, because I know that I[B] probably consume more than what I tally every day.[/B] Having a subjective number to aim for helps me figure out what I need to tweak each week. I "aimed for" 1300 a day last week and even with eating super clean and not cheating at all gained a little fat. Well, that's probably because I actually consumed a couple hundred more calories than I assumed. For some reason, my body just seems to do really great in the percieved 900-1200 calorie range. I'm aware that I may be wrong with all of this, and that many people will think I'm "starving myself" or "sick", but I am totally comfortable with this. Any more food would make me feel physically distressed (as in give me a stomachache). Right now I'm not at a place where I [I]want[/I] to be eating 1900 calories a day.
There seem to be two huge factions of Primal, as we all know. The intuitive eaters and the counters. I honestly see no problem with either. When I get to maintenance, I hope to shift to more intuitive eating. I'm a freak - I [I]like[/I] counting. It's like an experiment every week.
I could be completely wrong here, but the OP might have been looking for validation to start taking a little more control. She has tried the intuitive thing. Maybe it would add LESS, not more, stress in her life if she tried counting and reducing her calories. If so, I strongly suggest reading[URL="http://www.adonisindex.com/proven-never-fails-step-by-step-method-for-blistering-fat-loss/v"] the article that john_e_turner_ii posted earlier[/URL] on this thread. It's mind-blowing. And if it freaks you out and makes you think people are starving themselves, check out the Before and Afters on his page. I think they're looking preeeetttty good, to be honest ;)
And hey, nobody says you have to regiment and count calories for the rest of your life.
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10 Commandments All Sports Car Makers Must Follow
The golden rules for surviving as a sports car maker – and you're not gonna like 'em
RIP Wiesmann. The Germans sports car maker declared bankruptcy last week, and that's sad. But lots of sports car makers go under eventually, with or without the arse falling out of the economy. That's what makes Wiesmann's death something out of the ordinary. It's a surprise. Think about it: Wiesmann has been in business making sports cars since 1993, and the modern range of MFs (still such a cool name for a car) since 2006. It's not exactly last-year's have-a-go hero. Wiesmann used BMW M Division engines. Wiesmann made distinctive, unique-looking cars. Wiesmann cars were well set up, well made, and well-reviewed, universally. And yet, no-one was really buying them. The idea of a retro-styled coupe, hand-built in Germany and teamed with BMW straight-sixes, V8s and V10s with rear-drive and track-honed dynamics sounds like the ultimate car recipe, but they've gone under. Made me think 'huh, what exactly do you have to do to survive in the sports car game these days'. And so, here are the Ten Commandments for Sports Car Makers. Let us pray...
1. Doing the trackday thing? Stay smallBritain's only remaining independent sports car makers are the tiny players like Ariel, BAC, Morgan, and Radical. The link for three is that they're essentially track day cars, for a track-day obsessed British customer. Ariel only started out with six blokes on site, and if you ring the company today, you'll get through to Simon Saunders – the genius who actually invented the Atom. It's a prime example of staying small, flexible, and pulling through the hard times.
2. Own your nicheIf you're building sports cars, it's no good coming along and say 'this is as good as a Cayman', because you can be damned sure it probably isn't. Ideally, you need to have a bit of a niche, a party piece no-one else can touch. Morgan pulls this off brilliantly: wooden chassis, 1920s styling, and a three-wheeler model sold out until 2014. Or try Koenigsegg: yes, its cars are carbonfibre million-quid missiles, but that never stopped Bugatti going bust in the 1990s. Koenigsegg is now the Anti-Bugatti: same power as a Veyron, but half the driven wheels, half the weight, and ten times the fear factor. Trillionairres lusting after their twentieth cars want something different, something left-field, and that's why Koenigsegg's fabulously engineered road missiles are here to stay.
3. Madness and goodwill aren't enoughEveryone loved TVR. And the critical part of that sentence is the '-ed'. The noise, styling, no-nonsese attitude and sheer British cheek of the entire operation was legendary, but it's not a viable business model. Sooner or later, you've got to put down the chameleon-painted fibreglass and nail a car together properly.
4. Diversify into ugly carsPorsche sells more Cayenne models than Boxsters and Caymans put together. The Panamera outsells the 911. It was the Boxster that saved Porsche back in the 1990s, but it's its two front-engined, four-door models that have now made it the most profitable car company in the world – which allows Porsche to make stuff like the Cayman R and GT2 RS. Look at the two all-new Porsche models on the way next. An entry-level sports car, or mid-engined supercar? Nope. The Macan mini-SUV and Pajun sports saloon are up next. Like it or not, Porsche is Doing It Right.
5. Have a back-up secret weaponIf Lotus depended on building cars to stay afloat, it's currently about as buoyant as the RMS Titanic. Lotus Cars sells around six cars a month in the UK right now. Lotus Engineering, on the other hand, is right on the money. Everyone knows Lotus knows how to set up a chassis – including other car makers. That's why they pay Lotus Engineering to do their dynamics dirty work for them. You might only hear about it on Protons, but be in no doubt; everything from Land Rovers to Teslas have been honed by the boys from Norfolk. And they help build what might be the world's fastest car, too...
6. Make your brand super coolAston Martin has gone bankrupt more times than Kerry Katona, but the power of the brand is so strong, it's pretty impossible to see it ever going under for good now. Consistently voted world's coolest brand ahead of Apple, Jack Daniel's and Armani, no investment group (or car maker) could resist the allure of Bond. Aston never initially wanted to be associated with 007, and refused to loan DB5s to the Goldfinger team. Fifty years later, 007 is the reason Aston Martin will never die another day.
7. Keep it simple, stupidSubaru hasn't made a car to capture the imagination since the halcyon days of WRC Imprezas, while Toyota has an even more sorry story of killing off any model with a hint of sex appeal. Yet when the two brands got their heads together and came up with a low-weight, low-power, low-grip coupe, the resulting GT86/BRZ has been well-reviewed, and sold out since launch. Easy, when you think about it, isn't it? More of the same please.
8. Remember it's why we love youNo-one goes to bed wishing they had a Honda Jazz, or a Jaguar X-type. But they do lust after F-types, E-types, Integras and S2000s. Cars like that are as critical to building brand value as endless reliability and reassuring safety. Jaguar has now seen the light, and is posting its best financial results ever. Job done.
9. Exploit your marketPagani used to charge around £200,000 for a Zonda. By the time it died, Cinques and Tricolores were selling for five times that. A new Huyra is around a cool million quid. Crucially, Horacia Pagani saw the gap in the market for a bespoke, boutique supercar maker combining Ferrari levels of performance with Spyker lunacy and craftsmanship, jumping into the madness gap left by Lamborghini when the Raging Bull joined forces with Audi. Now Pagani has established itself as a 'million quid and up' supercar maker and it's sitting pretty there – the definitive example of knowing your market and orientating the product to squeeze maximum money from it.
10. Be FerrariThrough recessions and booms, through world championships and driver fatalities, when building ugly dogs and game-changing hypercars, Ferrari has endured. It's the jewel in the crown of the Italian car industry – and perhaps the world car industry, full stop. And despite the naff merchandise and increasingly chavvy customers, the Prancing Horse still has a gravitas, an aura, that very few people could resist, if offered, and almost any car manufacturer craves. It's the world's most famous car maker, and, in these Ten Commandments, Ferrari is god.
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Practice Makes Perfect Networking / Asking For ReferralsWednesday 08/29/2012
Practice Makes Perfect NetworkingBy Dr. Ivan Misner and Bertrand McHenry
Implement these 2 simple strategies and watch the referrals pour in.
These are the two things you should know about networking:
1. "Practice makes perfect" is not enough.
Practice alone is not enough. It must be "effective" practice. In martial arts, the sensei (master) says, "Perfect practice makes perfect." In other words, if you're just going through the motions, you are not learning and growing. Every time you do a kata (a system of basic body positioning and movement exercises in karate), you must do it as though you were in a tournament, or as though the sensei were there watching you. Only with that intensity of focus does one improve.
The same applies to your networking efforts. If you are applying the techniques halfheartedly, you'll get less-than-acceptable results.
Practicing the skills necessary to become a good networker is important. But would-be networkers cannot expect to become master networkers by just going through the motions. Take, for instance, the 60-second presentation or brief commercial you make every week when you attend many types of networking groups or various other organizations. Most people come to the meeting unprepared and unrehearsed, with only a vague idea of what they will talk about. While others give their presentations, instead of listening, they're thinking about how to say what they need to say. When their turn comes, they stumble through an amateurish, marginal presentation. Yes, they practiced, but it was far from perfect practice, and the results prove it.
If you're a teacher, do you wing your lesson plan? The better teachers set goals and objectives for what they want their students to learn. They spend time planning exactly what they are going to cover in class, sometimes down to the exact wording, and they prepare visual aids and handouts that reinforce the subject matter and facilitate learning.
As a businessperson, you should have similar goals and objectives. Ask yourself what, exactly, do you want your listeners to learn about your business that they can pass along to prospects for a possible referral. If you're vague and unprepared, your potential referral partners are going to leave the meeting without a clear idea of how to refer you.
You also need to practice delivering your message. Winging it is not going to get you what you want. You have to practice it perfectly if your goal is perfection.
2. Good networkers should talk about more than just business.
A referral relationship is much more than just, "I do business, you do business, let's do business." A better approach is to find common ground on a personal level, then relate your business to it.
The longer I've been involved in networking, the more I've seen the power of personal interests in making connections. Networking is about building personal relationships. If you remove the personal from the equation, you limit the amount of business that can happen. In one networking group I worked with, I introduced an exercise I call the GAINS Exchange, in which people share personal and professional information about themselves (including their Goals, Accomplishments, Interests, Networks, and Skills).
Two of the participants in this group had known each other for more than a year but had never done business. During the exercise, they discovered they both coached their sons' soccer teams. They quickly became close friends and were soon helping each other conduct soccer practices. After a few months, they began referring business to each other--two guys who had barely spoken to each other the first year because they seemed to have so little in common were now doing business because of a personal connection.
Here's another example of the power of common interests. One of BNI's most instinctive, natural networkers and an avid sailboater, whom we shall call "Bob," found himself sitting in an airport shuttle, very casually dressed, next to a man wearing a shirt with a Nautica label. "Do you sail?" he asked. "Yeah, a little bit," said the man. "Why?"
Bob started talking about his own sailing experiences. It turned out he had won a national championship sailing in the harbor where this man lived. They got into a lively conversation about sailing, the man's hometown, and other common interests and experiences.
After a half hour or so, the man asked, "So, are you a professional sailor?" Bob said, "No, I'm in the training business, but it's a lot like sailing, and here's why." They talked a bit about that, with Bob using sailing as a metaphor for much of what he did. The man expressed an interest in hearing more about it on a professional level. At the airport, the two men exchanged cards and went their separate ways.
If Bob had started the conversation by saying, "I'm a professional trainer," that probably would have been the end of it. Instead, by finding a common interest and starting with that, Bob made a connection that had a good chance of turning into business.
Perfect practice makes perfect, and personal connections lead to business. Entrepreneurs who implement these two strategies into their networking efforts get a lot more business than their competition.
About the Co-Author: Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder and Chairman of
About Our Show Advisor: Bertrand McHenry spent 22 years developing his skills in outside sales. Starting out in the cell phone business, then to Pitney Bowes, Dictaphone Division, and finally in Medical Diagnostic Equipment Sales. His expertise became finding, training, and developing dynamic and record setting sales teams. A number of years ago he was introduced to the concept of "Referral Marketing" as a strategy for growing his business. It worked and he was hooked! At a conference Bertrand was presented with the Referral Institute opportunity and "I was intrigued so I began researching the company and its curriculum. It is actually the only company teaching Referral Marketing as a strategy to business owners and entrepreneurs around the world…so it didn't take me long." These days Bertrand is doing what he loves and what he does best…teach and train! "There is a lot of misunderstanding around the words "networking" and "referral marketing". People make a lot of assumptions about those two words, and most of those assumptions are wrong! I can tell you without a doubt that Referral Marketing is the most powerful form of marketing there is. If we structure a referral marketing strategy and follow through week after week and just use the V.C.P relationship model…we can actually predict our income 6, 9, even 12 months out!" Most recently he has been quoted on yahoofinance.com, maimiherald.com, morningstar.com and USA Today featured him in an article on today's economy calling him a "Trendsetter in the New Economy!" He is also a contributing author on Brian Tracy's newest book titled "The Only Business Book You'll Ever Need to Buy" due out in February 2012 Bertrand also hosted a radio show "Business Builders Radio" on CBS radio, Talk 650 AM. The radio show was dedicated to teaching the concepts of referral marketing and helping as many business owners as possible. Bertrand is fond of saying: "I love to teach business owners to Work Less, Play More, Make More Money, and Create Referrals for Life!"


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In its push for state ownership of all mines, banks, farms, strategic enterprises and private property, the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League says nationalisation is misunderstood.
Well, let's put this into perspective: Every state-owned enterprise and state-run public service is an abysmal failure, requiring regular "bail-outs" or "recapitalisation".
All of this is a direct result of cadre deployment - putting politically connected individuals into positions of authority at entities they neither have the skills nor motivation to manage. Further, their remunerations are grossly inflated, way above the national average, placing additional burdens on these business's successes.
It is accepted that government "deployees" are far better at destroying enterprises than running them - and stealing billions with impunity -- and therefore, should they succeed in their nationalisation plans, the collapse of SA's entire economic structure is inevitable.
With these facts in mind, we can only assume that the reasoning behind "nationalisation" has nothing to do with "equalising opportunities" but rather that the ANC's cadres want to get their grubby paws on enterprises they could never have developed. In essence, they want to steal a free ride to immediate personal wealth at great cost to our economy. Once these businesses have been plundered, all that will be left is a shell, not unlike the Aurora mines.
So, will nationalisation work? The answer is no.
And, if it's done for political and not economic expedience, the reasoning is even more worrying.
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Even though he has one of the best front pages to a political website I've seen in ages, Eric Pickles cannot escape a little scrutiny from the "Tories plan purge of town hall 'fat cats'" story by Sam Coates in today's times.
According to the story, the Tories will clamp down on the pay of local government Chief Executives. But take a look at the list. Six out of eight of the councils listed in the story are Conservative led ie they can sort it out now if they wanted. The luxury of opposition does not apply for Tories in all too many local authority areas these days. If Mr Pickles seeks to push down Chief Executive salaries, the Conservatives could sort it out now. I do hope that Mr Pickles will be challenged on this – he really should give an explanation unless he wants to earn the "Do Nothing" tag like his boss.


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LUBBOCK, Texas — Baron Batch doesn't really have a preference on who his starting quarterback is next season at Texas Tech.
The senior running back from Midland sees a lot of solid qualities in both seniors Taylor Potts and Steven Sheffield, as the two continue to square off for the starting job under center.
Batch says both show leadership on and off the field, have a calm demeanor with an intensity to win and can hurl a ball downfield without much effort.
He is looking for just one thing.
"I want the one who hands the ball off really well," Batch said with a laugh. "That's important to me."
No matter who comes out on top of the QB battle before Tech's Sept. 5 kickoff against SMU, many now realize that the handoff will be a key trait of the offense this season, allowing Batch the chance to run wild and add more intensity to the new "Air Raid" offense under first-year head coach Tommy Tuberville and offensive coordinator Neal Brown.
Both Tuberville and Brown have sworn since day one that the offense will be the same at Tech.
"Who wants to change it?" Tuberville said shortly after being hired. "We just want to add a few more things to it. But the concept is still the same. Score a lot of points."
The Red Raiders were actually beginning to move toward more running near the end of last season anyways. Batch become more than just a safety route or fourth option out of the backfield on passing plays. He was now beginning to break open some runs and score. If anything, the added attention Batch gained helped Sheffield and Potts find more receivers open. Suddenly, Tech was a 56-44 pass-run team under former pass-happy head coach Mike Leach.
Leach used to shutter at a stat sheet that showed running as the majority leader of the play calling — following a win or a loss. And after last season's success in the backfield with newcomers Harrison Jeffers and Eric Stephens, plus a now healthy Aaron Crawford, Batch said the running backs really have a chance to do more and be more effective.
"If anything, it just means having more depth," Batch said. "You never know what's going to happen in a practice or a game. But with this many guys who all have experience, you have that ability to sub in someone if I go down or Aaron goes down — whoever."
Nobody knows more about coming off the field and bouncing back than Batch, who suffered two injuries in his first two years at Tech. He recently underwent surgery two months ago on a hernia in his groin; something he admits had been causing him pain for quite some time — possibly all of last season.
"It just felt like this sharp pain every now and then," he said. "It would go away and then come back and go away again. I think it may have been like that all of last year, at least the last 10 games.
"Finally, it got to a point where I just didn't feel that extra gear kick in when I wanted to take it to the house on a run or a screen. So I finally went and had it looked at and now I feel better than I did two years ago."
That's saying something if the Batch we saw last season was not a completely healthy player.
Batch led all Tech running backs with 168 carries for 903 yards and 14 touchdowns — all career highs. He had three 100-yard and multiple touchdown games for the first time in his career at Tech, including games of four and two touchdowns against Kansas and Oklahoma, respectively, where he had 340 yards of total offense.
But last season was a little bitter for Batch. He's trying to help Tech get to its first BCS game before he leaves West Texas and he wouldn't mind being the first Red Raider running back to rush for 1,000 yards since Ricky Williams (1,582 yards) did it in 1998. Batch and former Tech running back Shannon Woods (926 yards in 2006) are the only two Red Raiders to rush for more than 900 yards in a season in the last 10 years.
Again, it's why that handoff is so important to him.
"I think we have a chance to do a lot this year," Batch said. "We just have to keep working, keep believing and take advantage of those opportunities when they come to us."
More on Baron Batch next week.
Travis Cram is the Managing Editor for RaiderPower.com. Follow his daily updates and news on Twitter. Join the Official RaiderPower.com fan page on Facebook.


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Mississauga, ON, February 6, 2012 – Ricoh Canada Inc. ("Ricoh") today announced the addition of a Toronto date to the highly informative "Ricoh and U" tour, currently completing a twelve-city run across North America.
The "Ricoh and U" tour is a powerful education session designed to demystify Managed Document Services (MDS), and help businesses explore and leverage its many advantages. This industry best-practice is dramatically changing the way organizations think about their information, technologies, people and processes — and is significantly reducing costs and improving efficiencies in the process.
The Toronto session will feature input from recognized industry experts, Ricoh Executive Management, and existing MDS customers who will lend their own real-world experiences to the discussion. Attendees will hear from Executive Vice President and Chief Research Officer, Crawford Del Prete – a leading authority on IT from Industry analyst, IDC. In addition, the MDS experience from the customer side will be presented by Richard Sullivan, Associate Partner and Chief Procurement Officer at Deloitte, and by Ron Johnson, Chief Technology Officer from Eastern Health, representing the Finance and Healthcare spaces respectively.
The day's itinerary also includes discussion on general best practices, cloud technologies and mobile printing, technology trends and what it takes to lead transformational change in your organization. The session also underscores MDS as a key corporate strategy, highlighting a Ricoh Company Limited investment of $300 million in MDS over the next three years.
Ideally positioned for senior executives and IT professionals, the "Ricoh and U" tour makes its Toronto stop at 9:00 am on February 16th, 2012 at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Toronto.
About Ricoh Canada Inc.
Ricoh Canada Inc., headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh Americas Corporation, which is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 75-year old leading supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2010 sales in excess of $23 billion.
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Super Bowl Sunday means money for speedy pizza-delivery drivers: it's the busiest sales day of the year.
For their car insurers, game day means peril.
"There are definitely more accidents," said Rick Lindsey, chief executive officer at Prime Insurance Co., based in Salt Lake City. "The jump in claims is directly related to the jump in deliveries."
The NFL championship on Feb. 7 could attract 100 million viewers, according to CBS, the television network carrying the game. Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest sales day for the largest pizza companies, said Jennifer Litz, editor of PizzaMarketplace.com. Domino's Pizza expects to sell 9 million slices on game night, 44 percent more than a typical Sunday, said spokesman Chris Brandon. Pizza Hut, the largest U.S. pizza chain, expects a 50 percent sales increase.
"It's chaotic and unpredictable," said Riz Aleem, manager of Papa's Pizza in New Orleans. "It's one of the biggest nights of the year like Mardi Gras." The New Orleans Saints will face the Indianapolis Colts in this year's Super Bowl, in Miami.
Pizza delivery is part of a driving-occupation group that ranks as the ninth-most dangerous work segment, just below roofers and power-line repairers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. There were 22.8 fatalities in the group per 100,000 full-time workers in 2008.
Fireman's Fund Insurance underwrites as much as 20 percent of U.S. pizza delivery policies, said spokeswoman Suzanne Meraz. Claims will rise "just because there are so many more pizzas being delivered on Super Bowl day," she said in an interview.
Some insurers shy away from the drivers. Allstate and Progressive, the two largest publicly traded auto insurers, said they don't insure pizza delivery on personal policies.
"It's a higher risk," said Allstate spokeswoman Kate Hollcraft. "The kind of exposure that somebody would have delivering pizzas is completely different than one would have in just normal, everyday driving to and from work."
Underwriters became more selective after a lawsuit related to a 30-minute pizza delivery guarantee by Domino's, said Marla Donovan, a vice president at Burns & Wilcox, a broker and underwriter based in Farmington Hills, Michigan. In 1993 a St. Louis woman whose car was struck by a Domino's driver won a $78 million jury award. She later settled out of court with the pizza chain for an undisclosed amount. The company has shed its guarantee.
Mary Lynne Carraway, a Domino's franchise owner in Washington, said safety is a concern on Super Bowl night when some stores make 200 pizzas per hour, compared with 60 or 80 on a typical weeknight.
"During the game our phones are nonstop," Carraway said. "The stores get very excited. They know they are going to make a lot more money."
Progressive does underwrite pizza delivery on its commercial side, which typically costs more, said Michael Miller, a regional marketing director. Commercial insurers cover the risk with a non-owned auto policy, Donovan said.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the largest U.S. private-passenger auto insurer, includes pizza delivery coverage in its personal lines, said spokesman Dick Luedke.
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National Guard deploys 2 helicopters to Wenatchee wildfire
WENATCHEE, Wash. — The Washington National Guard has deployed two helicopters equipped with water buckets to help crews battling a wildfire near Wenatchee.
The National Guard says the two helicopters are a CH-47 Chinook helicopter with a 2,000-gallon water bucket and five-person crew, and a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter with a 660-gallon water bucket and four crew members.
On Thursday, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed an emergency declaration for all the state's counties east of the Cascade Mountains. National Guard helicopters are among the resources authorized by that proclamation.
Seven large complexes of fires have burned across 229 square miles of parched land east of the Cascades. On Thursday, nearly 3,000 firefighters dug lines and burned dry grass and brush in the path of the fires.


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Mrs. Elsie Rowell presented a program on the sandhill crane migration along the Platte River at the July meeting of the Beta Sigma Phi. The meeting was held in her home on Tuesday, July 1.
Mrs. Rowell gave an account of her experiences on her trip to Kearney, Nebraska, to view the annual migration of this exotic bird.
Following her presentation and the showing of a video and her personal photos, a discussion was held with all members in attendance.
Members discussed and made plans to go to the Smithsonian exhibit at the Kaplan Museum on September 24.
During the meeting jars of peanut butter were collected to be delivered to the Crowley Christian Care Center. Members were then asked to bring canned meat products to the September meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. Nancy Tislow.
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For our final picture post, we've gone back to the beginning, featuring the first signs of Halloween Time you see when entering Disneyland Park; the many Jack o' Lanterns scattered around Main Street. Better keep your head on a swivel, because they're everywhere!
|City Hall on a clear Fall morning is an awesome site
|You never know who might be watching you shop at the Emporium
|One of our favorite shops in all of Disneyland -- The Candy Palace!
|Tons of little touches adorn the windows along Main Street
|Not really Halloween, but we couldn't resist a photo of the Castle
|Not sure what it is, but the planters had a decidedly "Mickey" feel about them


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The idea comes from my friend Mike Bianchi, the outstanding sports columnist for the Orlando Sentinel. He offered a fantastic way for Bobby Bowden to go out on a high note.
Bowden is expected to announce his retirement today, which raises the question of which game should be his last game on the sideline.
It can't be that ugly loss at Florida last weekend.
It shouldn't be a ho-hum bowl game, even if, as the Times-Union in Jacksonville is reporting, it might be the Gator Bowl against West Virginia, another school Bowden once coached.
Florida State is scheduled to open the 2010 season with a home game against Samford, and there could be no more fitting farewell, short of another national championship, and that ain't happening.
Why not let Bowden coach next season's opener and then let his retirement begin?
Bowden played at Samford.
He coached at Samford.
So did the man who'll take over for him at Florida State, Jimbo Fisher.
It's a game FSU would be sure to win, and the second-winningest coach in major college history should go out with a victory. And a tribute before and after the game.
Bianchi reported that FSU officials actually have discussed the idea.
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To prime everyone for the college football season last month, I submitted an article on college football's top 25 uniforms.
Well, with NFL kickoff weekend just around the corner, I figured I should use my insight on NFL equipment to give a rundown of the NFL's best and worst attires.
The NFL is a melting pot of fresh new designs, and timeless looks that actually really intrigue. Some teams pull of masterful uniforms, while others fail miserably.
But, without further ado, here is my confidently fair list. Enjoy!


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Michael Bolton's new CD lacks spark
Michael Bolton, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough: A Tribute to Hitsville U.S.A." **
In his nearly four decade career, Michael Bolton has released some two dozen albums and has tackled various musical genres, always keeping a soft spot for classics and Motown tunes. He's covered everyone from Frank Sinatra to Glenn Miller to Etta James to Sting, but his strongest remakes have always been the unusual collaborations that put a different spin on a song, or added another dimension to an overly familiar hit.
His new 10-track Motown tribute album, however, seems to copy and paste original orchestrations in a less than stellar manner. It includes Marvin Gaye's done-to-death "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," which gets a boring and barely heard assist from Kelly Rowland, The Supremes' "You Keep Me Hanging On" and Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)."
Fans of the easy listening genre will enjoy Bolton's warm voice and correct versions, but it ultimately feels like an exercise in unoriginality that lacks the igniting sparks.
-- Cristina Jaleru, Associated Press
Etana, "Better Tomorrow" ****
Etana delivers a mature and confident sound with top-notch lyrical content and unique vocals on her third studio album, "Better Tomorrow."
The Jamaican singer's soulful roots are strong as she pays homage to earlier eras of reggae on tracks such as the empowering "Queen" and the infectious "Reggae." She finds a fresh perspective on the happy song "Beautiful Day," and "All I Need" is full of emotion and desire.
Her strong-minded nature sees the 29-year-old go to new levels on each of the album's songs, making "Better Tomorrow" her best album to date.
The album opener, "Spoken Soul," is a verbal statement speaking of her "musical journey" and need for a "better tomorrow." It's an expressive message that is simple, yet strong.
-- Bianca Roach, Associated Press
Amanda Brecker, "Blossom" ***
This collection of James Taylor and Carole King songs marks Amanda Brecker's U.S. recording debut, but the singer has a rich musical pedigree. She's the daughter of noted jazz trumpeter Randy Brecker and Brazilian singer-pianist Eliane Elias, and has performed with her mother since she was 8.
Her background gives her the confidence to perform classic songs like "So Far Away," "Something In the Way He Moves" and "Sweet Baby James" in a relaxed, respectful manner -- with a few jazzy embellishments -- that caresses the lyrics without over-the-top vocal displays.
Producer Jesse Harris brought in several King-Taylor collaborators such as bassist Lee Sklar and drummer Russ Kunkel, whose tasteful accompaniment enhances but never overwhelms the vocals. Brecker gives her most impassioned performance on "You've Got A Friend," tastefully backed only by jazz pianist Larry Goldings, a frequent Taylor partner.
The only original "You Were Mine" hints at Brecker's songwriting talent. While "Blossom" showcases her vocal talents, her next album hopefully will reveal more of her musical personality.
-- Charles J. Gans, Associated Press
The Mavericks, "In Time" ****
One of country music's most enduring bands, the Mavericks return with "In Time," their first new album in a decade. Their mix of Latin horns and rhythms, crisp telecaster leads and the Roy Orbison-like voice of Raul Malo remains as engaging as ever.
In the 1990s, the Mavericks drew attention with an incendiary live show that had fans jumping like no other Nashville act. That uplifting live sound is the focus of "In Time," which transcends genres by creating a timeless blend rooted in country music and early rock 'n' roll.
Malo brings operatic drama to a voice that can soar with power or caress with romanticism. Original drummer Paul Deakin and bassist Robert Reynolds expertly handle grooves that perfectly set up guitarist Eddie Perez, keyboardist Jerry Dale McFadden and a smoking horn section. "In Time" is a welcome reminder of why the Mavericks have always been so special.
-- Michael McCall, Associated Press


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T HE DAY of the presidential acceptance speech is usually the key moment of the convention. Thursday is the big night for the Democrats, and even bigger still because, in a break with precedent, the vice president is also speaking.
It is extremely important that both the vice president and the president do well and accomplish their goals.
For the vice president, the goal is going to be different from the public expectation of an attack on Mitt Romney. Vice President Biden's speech cannot be overly negative. It has to be strong in comparing the president's plans and Gov. Romney's. It also must spend time correcting the record and pointing out clearly where the Republicans have distorted the truth.


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With the race underway among numerous states to build the Boeing 777X passenger jet and win its high-paying jobs, the aerospace company said Monday it's testing a miniature model of the airplane in a low-speed wind tunnel.
"This is the first major development milestone for the program since we launched the program last month," said Terry Beezhold, vice president and chief project engineer of the 777X program, in a statement. "Wind tunnel testing will validate our performance models and generate a vast amount of data that our engineering teams will use to design the airplane in this phase of development."
Testing started Dec. 5 at QinetiQ's test facility in Farnborough, England. Low-speed tests measure airplane performance with a variety of high-lift surface settings to simulate takeoff and landing conditions.
The low-speed model currently being tested is about 14-feet long with a wing span of nearly 13 feet. The actual plane, when constructed, will have a wing span of 233 feet, five inches, the greatest of any Boeing airplane, with folding wingtips.
In the small model, hundreds of sensors are embedded to measure pressure to determine the in-flight loads as well as provide valuable diagnostics of the aerodynamic performance of a given design, according to Boeing.
Low-speed testing at the U.K. facility will last about five months and will move next year at the Boeing Transonic Wind Tunnel in Seattle to further validate the airplane's high-speed performance projections.
"We are on track to complete our top-level design in 2014 and reach firm configuration in 2015," Beezhold said.
The 777X family includes the 777-8X and the 777-9X, both long-range airplanes with composite wings longer than the current 777.
Boeing hopes to start production of the new aircraft in 2016 with the first delivery in 2020.
But before it can do that, the company must decide where to build the commercial aircraft.
At least a dozen states are vying to construct the new airplane after Boeing sent out request for proposals Nov. 22. The deadline for proposals is Tuesday.
Among the states mentioned as contenders or actively competing for 777X are South Carolina, California, Alabama, Utah, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Washington, where lawmakers last month approved $8.7 billion in tax breaks through 2040 to lure production to the Evergreen State.
Missouri legislators approved $1.7 billion in incentives last week. Wisconsin is submitting a proposal without being asked.
South Carolina received a request for a proposal, but the state Commerce Department doesn't comment on efforts to lure prospective businesses.
Boeing assembles and makes parts for the 787 Dreamliner at it North Charleston campus at Charleston International Airport. The company will close on a land deal Friday for 267 acres along International Boulevard adjacent to its plane-making operation. Boeing has not disclosed its use for the land, which is being bought through an arm of the Commerce Department.
Boeing said in November it would make its site selection for the 777X within three months.
The company launched the 777X program in November with 259 orders and commitments from Emirates, Etihad, Lufthansa and Qatar Airways.
Reach Warren L. Wise at 937-5524 or twitter.com/warrenlancewise.


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Tales of Ise (Ise Monogatari)
Translated by Helen Craig McCullough
Stanford University Press, 1968; Pages: 277
Review © 2001 Branislav L. SlantchevThis anonymous loose collection of poems with brief prose prefaces is the oldest work in the uta monogatari genre that it established. Although it almost entirely comprises waka (traditional Japanese short poems), the prose vignettes that serve to contextualize the poetic exchanges can be seen as precursors to the later literary works by Heian nobles. This collection, already a classic at the height of the Heian period (794-1185), has been immensely influential for the development of Japanese literature. Evidence is easily found in the frequent allusions to its waka, both in fictional works and personal diaries. It is not an exaggeration to say that together with Kokinshu, the imperially commissioned anthology of 905, Ise monogatari has formed the requisite cultural and literary foundation for generations of aristocrats, and has served as the arbiter of taste for centuries.
Despite some claims that the famous poet Ariwara Narihira (825-80) was the author, there is scant evidence to support this thesis. In its present form, Ise monogatari seems to be the result of centuries-long process of accretion as copyists and editors added explications, poems, and rearranged the structure of the existing ones. The present translation is based on a version that stems from the line established by Fujiwara Teika in 1234, which includes the first 125 episodes, augmented by another 18 episodes missing from that collection. There are 209 poems, including most of the known ones by Ariwara Narihira and Ono no Komachi.
Helen McCullough supplies a lengthy introduction, which outlines the most important features of Japanese court poetry, especially in terms of Chinese influences and indigenous developments. She also discusses the six poetic geniuses, Rokkasen, who worked between 830-80. Of these, two are the most prominent. The ubiquitous and legendary Narihira, whose mastery of the form, wit, and imagination have been widely admired and imitated. Several of his most celebrated (and oft quoted) poems:
Is not the moon the same?or
The spring
The spring of old?
Only this body of mine
Is the same body...
If you are what your name implies,or, one of my favorites,
Let me ask you,
Does all go well
With my beloved?
If this were but a worldDespite his status, usually overshadowing the lesser luminaries in the collection, Narihira is not the best poet in my opinion. This honor should doubtless be reserved for Ono no Komachi, whose passion, elegance, and strength are evident in just about every single of her waka. Although I am tempted to provide many illustrations (e.g. all of her poems), it will suffice to just give the ones that have left an indelible impression on me (the first one is from Kokinshu but is available in the appendix)
To which cherry blossoms
Were quite foreign,
Then perhaps in spring
Our hearts would know peace.
On such a night as thisor the delightfully confusing and filled with double meaning
When the lack of moonlight shades your way to me,
I wake from sleep my passions blazing,
My breast a fire raging, exploding flame
While within me my heart chars.
In this bayNo wonder McCullough says of her that "in any society Ono no Komachi would have been a major poet."
There is no seaweed.
Does he not know it---
The fisherman who persists in coming
Until his legs grow weary?
Generally, the majority of poems in Ise monogatari deal with love, or its outgrowth, like abandonment, jealousy, doubt, or rejection. Most of the fictional context provides an interesting twist to what otherwise would have been quite bland expressions. The terseness of the form sometimes makes these comments indispensable. The translation is superb, and is supplemented with copious notes, explanations, and alternative renditions. Together with the introduction, the machinery provided by McCullough complements nicely her excellent interpretive work. So much, of course, is expected from someone with her stature and talent.
This collection is a great read. Although many poems stand on their own, perhaps the greatest dividends will be paid off upon reading later literature. It is a delight to recognize the allusions, quotes, and borrowings from Ise without the help of the translator.
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Retail Cleaning Workers Set Deadline for Strike!
BREAKING: New coverage on the deadline for a strike:
- "Workers Cleaning Target Stores Threaten to Strike," Josh Eidelson, The Nation, Feb. 22, 2013
- "Retail rebellion: The next big strike could begin next week," Ned Resnikoff, MSNBC, Feb. 22, 2013
- "Target janitors threaten strike," Natasha Lennard, Salon.com, Feb. 22. 2013
Janitors who clean big box chain stores like Target earn sub-poverty wages with almost no benefits. Workers have been organizing with CTUL for fair wages and working conditions for over two years – and now they've decided that enough is enough! Janitors have decided that if the cleaning contractors where they work won't meet with them to address unfair labor practices by Sunday, February 24th, 2013, they will go on strike to protect their rights.
- Mon, Feb. 25, 10pm, Rally with Striking Workers, 2511 E. Franklin Ave.
- Tues, Feb. 26, 6am – 10:45am, Picket with Retail Cleaning Workers, Target store in downtown (900 Nicollet Ave.) – Join us for 15 minutes or four hours!
- Tues, Feb. 26, 11am – noon, Rally with Take Action in front of Target Corporate HQ, 1000 Nicollet Ave.
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We hope that retail janitorial employers will stop violating workers rights and meet with workers in sincere and meaningful dialogue, but janitors are prepared to go on strike to protect their rights if necessary.
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I'm an easy-mode guy because I enjoy playing games much more than I enjoy learning how to play games. We easy-mode gamers also enjoy winning at games much more than we enjoy losing. I love the new Madden 11 game flow mode. It makes Madden easy. Us easy-mode gamers don't enjoy spending 90 percent of our gaming time repeatedly trying to beat 1 boss on the second level. We hate playing a game for 2 hours on a work night and still not fully grasping the gameplay mechanics. We just don't have the time or patience to learn how to play each game we buy, and I know the gaming industry love us easy-mode guys because we play through their games quickly and are easily bored and quickly ready to buy the next new game or some fresh new DLC. I would not have pre-ordered Dragon Age 2 if i didn't already finish DA: Origins (on easy). I have a sick PS3 disc library and an epic PSN catalog my hardrive. The game industry has realized that catering to us is in their best interest, and we reward that realization with our hard earned money.
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As much as we want to bury the Capitals' season, they're not dead yet. They've still got like 17 games to make up maybe 5 points in the standings to get into the playoffs, so that's far from decided. The Pens, meanwhile, now have an 18-point lead in the Metro and are basically playing for eventual home-ice advantage in the East Finals if they can get there.
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2. Penalty Kill — They had to come up big against the Caps' PP, this time killing 3 minutes and change in the third period, including another big kill down the homestretch.
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GOP state senator from East Texas promotes gas tax increase to fund transportation
A Republican state senator is arguing forcefully for raising taxes to fund transportation, saying it would be more conservative to pay as you go with increased tax revenue than to go further into debt to complete road projects.
And Sen. Kevin Eltife of Tyler went a step further Monday during a panel discussion at the Texas Transportation Forum in Austin, adding that he's not concerned about how such a stand might impact his re-election chances in typically anti-tax East Texas.
"It is what it is," he said, earning loud applause from the crowd. "I was fine before I got this job. If they kick me out of office, I'll be fine."
Eltife's unusual tactic – by Texas standards, at least – came as he discussed the state's transportation funding challenges with three other state lawmakers: House Transportation Chairman Rep. Larry Phillips, R-Sherman; Sen. Chuy Hinojosa, D-McAllen; and Rep. Larry Gonzales, R-Round Rock.
Texas Department of Transportation Executive Director Phil Wilson has said the agency – and it's $10 billion annual budget – needs an additional $1 billion annually for maintenance and another $3 billion annually to grow the state's road system.
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But Eltife, chairman of the Senate Administration Committee, blazed his own path by declaring that it would've been more conservative to raise taxes 10 years ago than to go billions of dollars into debt. He added that the state is in a transportation crisis because "we have maxed out the credit card."
"There are times when taxes are the conservative thing to do," he said.
Eltife said he would add a dime to the state's 20-cents-a-gallon gas tax — which hasn't been raised since 1991 — and then index it to inflation. He said he would also look to dedicate sales tax revenue on auto repairs to the highway fund.
When moderator Rodger Jones, a Dallas Morning News editorial writer, joked that tea party voters would likely remember that idea, Eltife didn't blink. He said he's explained the transportation funding problem to some of his tea party constituents and that they said they would rather have taxes than even more debt.
But not everyone on the panel agreed — not surprising, given the political risk in seeking additional taxes.
"The gas tax is not my favorite choice," said Phillips, who explained that the gas tax is a declining revenue source because of increased vehicle fuel efficiency and other factors.
Most of the transportation funding ideas that have been suggested have focused on existing revenue, save for a proposal to increase the annual vehicle registration fee by $50. That means ideas such as dedicating the vehicle sales tax revenue to TxDOT, ending diversions from the highway fund to other state agencies and so on.
Eltife agreed that those proposals are more realistic. But he remained adamant that it won't be enough.
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Michel Gondry directed a Japanese commercial, almost causing a what-the-fuck? blackhole. Oversized body parts? Check. Manic laughing Japanese kid? Check. Confusion as to what exactly is being sold? Check. (youtube)
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New Avengers photos for your geeky enjoyment. (iwatchstuff)
Overweight, sweaty, coked-out comedian Tracy Morgan collapsed this week at Sundance. Meanwhile, the pope wore a big hat and a bear shit in the woods. (hollywoodreporter)
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Australian McDonald's now spraying criminals with DNA. The same DNA that's all over the hands of that teenager who made your Big Mac. (escapistmagazine)
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