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As a junior, Amerson finished the season with 61 tackles, a team-high five interceptions, 17 passes defended, and 12 pass breakups.
Amerson ends his career at NC State as the school's all-time leader in interceptions, and was a consensus All-American in 2011 as a sophomore. He earned second-team All-ACC honors this season.


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This is nuts.
This is nuts.
Originally Posted by Mk1MadnessOriginally Posted by Tavarish
Dude probably stole his bags of milk and poutine.
crazy, a news stories about this on the new yet?
And lol at the sensible Brit
stay in drugs, eat school, and don't do vegetables
permanent vacation
Jesus Christ.
I do love how the cameraman pretty much articulated everything that will eventually be in the comments, though. "I mean, you're jumping on the guy's roof..."
Looks like self-defense. The idiot jumping on the roof should have gotten hit.
Canadians are getting violent....It's time to mobilize.
This is a few blocks from my place actually.
Originally Posted by Mk1MadnessOriginally Posted by Tavarish
How many months does Canada have!?
Wow... I already hate cabbies due to their blatant disregard for the laws they're suppose to abide by in Toronto (crooked metres and refusing people because the distance isn't far enough or in the direction of frequent business), but this just makes me wonder... Cabbies were worthless in Mexico, they're worthless in Santiago, they're worthless in Buenos Aires, they're worthless in Chicago, and they're worthless in Rio de Janeiro. I notice a trend... Granted, yes, they did attack this cabbie. However, he flipped the **** out over them closing his door too hard/loud. If you're in a car vs. a pedestrian, it's like having a c&c. You're the biggest bitch alive. You let them call your mother and wife whatever they want, you just get the **** out of there ASAP without hurting anyone. Damage? That's what insurance is for... You already have their picture on file anyway from when they were in the cab.
This cabbie had the opportunity but circled around for more and now someone is in intensive care. Hope he gets the book wedged in his ******* and the people that attacked him get theirs as well.
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Pretty serious ****. Hope the kid pulls through. Don't people know that EVERYTHING will wind up on video nowadays.
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Cab drivers are always nuts in montreal.
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I just saw it on the news, Turns out the kids and the cabby had been arguing for 15 minutes, each trying to provoke the other. The kids jumped and kicked the car and the cabby, instead of driving away, was trying to start something.
Was in montreal last week for work and had to cab everywhere...i swear they just cannot drive. It's not even like they can't drive in the sense that they drive wrecklessly and break laws but actually do it in a good way..they just can't drive. This applies for almost every single motorist in the city. What is it about montreal and bad drivers? What went wrong? Why do you guys just suck at driving?
I rarely side with Montreal cab drivers because they're f**king retards and can't drive if their life depended on it, but these **** were f**king up his car. if you can't have a mature argument (i.e. not resorting to damaging other people's things) then maybe you deserve a crushed rib cage. that said, the taxi driver shouldn't have panicked as he did and drove back in that direction. he should have just gotten out of there...which he didn't. he circled back. why the f***...
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But really, im not trying to be a dick but the majority of drivers there are terrible, not just the cab drivers. People barely signal lane changes, cutting people off seems to be a national pass time and every other car i see has various dents, dings and scratches..I don't think very many people who have had any sort of time in montreal will disagree with me.
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We're going camping in a few weeks with a very large group. I've been trying to determine what to take because like many vegans, I compulsively overpack for everything and then end up eating less than half of what I bring along. The excess foodstuff ends up soggy and gross from being in the cooler for several days and it ultimately finds its final resting place in the trash. Wastefulness resulting from the anxiety that I'm going to be trapped in the wilderness with nothing to eat.
When it comes to vegan camping you can generally duplicate any omni treat you remember from growing up. There are vegan marshmallows (which I haven't tried, but Paul is obsessed with so I'm assuming they are good) and dark chocolate (or vegan milk chocolate...or carob..) for s'mores. There's veggie burgers and dogs for roasting on the fire. I don't feel left out in the slightest when it comes to camping.
While tofurky sausages are delicious and easy to prepare in the middle of the woods, I saw Vegan Dad's attempt at Isa's from-scratch vegan sausages. Obviously, I had to try it and see how it would hold up to the authenticity test.
The first step calls for mashing the pinto beans and it is so weird but mashed pinto beans have that 'hot dog' smell. Who knows..it could be that along with all the mystery meat and random parts there are pinto beans in regular hot dogs.
Maybe not. Maybe I don't want to know what makes up a regular hot dog and have a right to not know since I don't eat them anyway.
So, the pinto beans give them the hot dog smell (and taste) and the wheat gluten gives them their texture. The spices are just for fun and I put an ungodly amount of red pepper flake but avoided the fennel because we're not its biggest fans.
I don't think I mashed the beans enough before putting in the gluten because the mixture was sticky and a bit difficult to work with. I had the same problem making Isa's chickpea cutlets that was easily corrected by not mixing in the gluten until all other ingredients were combined. I'll try that the next time I do these dogs.
Shaping them was also an epic fail on my behalf...I didn't roll them tight enough in the tin foil and so while they were steaming they took on interesting shapes. They still tasted awesome...just didn't look as pretty and hot dog-like as they could have. Next time!
I love these things because there is virtually nothing in them...none of the chemicals or isolated soy compounds that are in the packaged brands. And I don't know if I just forget what hot dogs taste like, but these tasted pretty damn authentic to me. They were great just coming out of the steamer, but we threw them on the BBQ for a few minutes to get that real summer hot dog taste.
Paired up with peppered green beans and fresh corn on the cob from the farmer's market, they made for quite the summery meal the other night. And I think they will package up quite nicely for our camping trip (and taste awesome grilled over the fire!)
Also, I have to note...that ridiculous amount of condiment above (hindering you from actually seeing the damn dogs I am talking about) is the result of me pound on near-empty mustard and ketchup bottles, only to have them make a huge mess. I do not normally consume that much, I promise. I really should have started over with a different dog to take a classier picture but they smelled so good and I just wanted to eat them instead of fuss with my camera.


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Prime Minister John Key has suggested a tweet made by Anna Lorck calling David Cunliffe a bully reflects poorly on the leadership of the Labour Party.
Mr Key shared his thoughts yesterday on a 2011 tweet made by Labour's Tukituki candidate, Anna Lorck, in which she called David Cunliffe, now her party's leader, a "bully".
The tweet, posted on December 6, 2011, said: "Can't wait till Cunliff [sic] turns up in HB ... we haven't forgotten he sacked our DHB ... he's no leader, he's a bully." Ms Lorck had said she would not delete the tweet.
Mr Key said: "I understand she's refusing to take down the tweets. She stands by what she said ... if their [the Labour party's] own caucus or potential caucus member thinks that, it's an interesting reflection on the leadership of the party."
Ms Lorck's tweet refers to the fallout of Mr Cunliffe's February 2008 decision, when he was Minister of Health, and sacked the board of the Hawke's Bay District Health Board.
"It's time to get over it," Ms Lorck said in response to Mr Key's comments.
"I find it interesting that Key wants to make a historic tweet out to be far more than what it was. Perhaps he and Craig [Foss] should follow David and my lead and move on."
Ms Lorck said she had discussed the tweet with Mr Cunliffe. "He really listened to me, he gave me more time and respect over how I felt about the DHB sacking than I could have ever asked for, and for me that showed true leadership," Ms Lorck said.
A spokesman for Mr Cunliffe's office said: "The comments were historical, they arose out of a particular context in which Anna Lorck felt compelled to make such comments and they don't reflect her current views."
When asked if Ms Lorck had been asked to delete the tweet, the spokesman said: "As far as we're aware, she [Ms Lorck] wasn't asked to remove the tweets."
The political blogs Whale Oil and Kiwiblog featured posts about the fallout from Ms Lorck's tweet yesterday.
Kiwiblog's David Farrar said: "I suspect Labour, however, want someone who can effectively campaign for the party vote and promote David Cunliffe to be prime minister. Ms Lorck does not appear to be that person ... So why is she standing for Labour?"
Whale Oil blog's Cameron Slater suggested Ms Lorck was "clearly still holding a grudge."
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A simple cheese and parsley stuffing adds flair to ordinary flank steak. I make this entree often. —Tami Dristiliaris, Dracut, Massachusetts
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- 1 beef flank steak (2 pounds)
- 1/2 cup minced fresh parsley
- 4 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1/2 cup grated Romano cheese
- Butterfly the flank steak, cutting horizontally from a long side to within 1/2 in. of opposite side. Open and place on a large piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil (about 18 in. square). Sprinkle parsley, garlic and cheese over meat to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up tightly jell-roll style, starting with a long side. Wrap tightly in foil.
- Place in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Bake at 325° for 1-1/2 hours or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a meat thermometer should read 145°; medium, 160°; well-done, 170°). Let stand 10 minutes before slicing. Yield: 8 servings.
Originally published as Parsley-Stuffed Flank Steak in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2002, p56
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This was an impromptu lunch at Slickity Jim's on Monday after an impromptu night of drinking on Sunday. It is a cute little joint with a quirky interior and unique menu titles. There was only one – but very friendly – waitress working and one cook. The food took as long to come out with only one person cooking it all.
Our waitress informed us that they had a very busy weekend, and were out of the pulled pork. THE HORROR and disappointment in Phil's eyes was almost too much to handle on an empty stomach. He settled for his second choice, a grilled chicken and brie sandwich called Watching The Angels Fall, $10.50. It came with his choice of soup, roasted potatoes, salad, or coleslaw.
The chicken was extremely tender, despite how lack luster the sandwich looks. But overall I thought it was just okay, kind of missed the mark somewhere.
When I asked Emilie what she liked about her Artichoke Heart Brie Burger, $11.50, she said "What didn't I like. It was brie." Well said Emilie, well said.
But in all seriousness, she said eating this burger didn't feel unhealthy. The bun was quite substantial, and the vegetables fresh. It was like a homemade burger, filling without being unfulfilled. She opted for a lean ground beef patty but you could also choose from turkey, chicken, or a house made veggie patty.
I had The Breakfast of Broken Dreams for $9.50. Two easy poached eggs over an English muffin with caramelized onions, spinach, and warm gorgonzola sauce. I found it very satisfactory and only somewhat broken, as the "warm" gorgonzola sauce was actually stone cold. Like, ugggghhh, really?
Caramelized onions harmonized in TRIUMPH with the gorgonzola sauce, which despite being luke-warm at best actually tasted good. I was surprised by the uncooked spinach; it was interesting, definitely not bad but I assumed based on the menu description that it would be steamed or something.
Phil also ordered a mocha milkshake which took for-ever to arrive (granted the ice cream had been frozen like a rock according to our server) but when it arrived it was good. And topped with whipped cream. So worth the wait. However, I didn't think it was as good as my fresh fruit smoothie!
Will I go back? Yes. Why? Because I'm just too damn hungry not to, and the dishes were intriguing enough to warrant a second sitting. Also, Slickity Jim's has really cute plates. Oh, and Phil wants to try the pulled pork. And I hear they have a good dinner menu with chicken pot pie. And a fried egg and cheddar burger, one of my Bucket List meals. Ugh, I'm so hungry.


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There's no way to make everyone happy when it comes to our Star-Advertiser All-State selections. That's one thing I've learned over the years.
This year is a little more interesting. Some folks actually asked me detailed questions about the All-State picks a week, two weeks ago, thinking that we published ours already. But no, our boys and girls basketball selections — voted on by coaches and media — will be released on Sunday morning.
Some people actually thought our picks were the same as ScoringLive.com. I mean, they think SL's All-Hawaii team and the Star-Advertiser All-State team are one and the same. So I gently corrected them. I don't know how many other people are assuming the same thing. But from what I can piece together without having looked at the SL selections, our list is significantly different. That's fine. Different is good.
This isn't just about other all-state lists, though. It's about this: when coaches sit down in a conference room to determine All-League picks, it's painful. Nothing is easy in this kind of thing, even with all the available statistics. It's not an exact science.
So I rarely look at all-league picks. Over the past 24 years, I've experienced too many lopsided lists by coaches, and it doesn't really help me as an All-State voter when the coaches are looking strictly at league play — not preseason/nonconference and postseason/state tournament performances.
Besides, I've heard one too many tales of certain positions in various sports being log-jammed, and coaches then "negotiating" and trading off the ties. A you-give-me-this and I'll-give-you-that scenario. Doesn't make the coaches wrong. But that's the gist of these things. Nothing is easy and human nature often prevails.
It's one reason, many years ago, we installed a Fab 15 format for basketball and volleyball rather than position selections. Slicing things up strictly by position is a must in football, baseball and softball. But in most other sports, the game has evolved, and a pure listing and ranking is fundamentally stronger.
That being said, I always appreciate the coaches who do vote in the process of All-State balloting. Some of them even voted in the All-Defensive team and Most Improved Player selections. I'll post those results here on the blog in the morning.
For now, there's one good byproduct after the process is pau: I often feel refreshed about the amount of talent we have in the islands. Some years more than others, but this year gives me hope that the upswing in the current talent cycle — particularly in girls basketball — is real.


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Palo Alto Surges 8%: FYQ3 Beat, Juniper Settlement Draw Upgrades
Shares of networking security vendor Palo Alto Networks (PANW) are up $5.73, or 8.2%, at $75.24, after the company yesterday afternoon beat fiscal Q3 expectations and forecast this quarter's results higher as well, and also reached a settlement with Juniper Networks (JNPR) in a series of patent disputes between the two, with Palo Alto paying Juniper $75 million in cash and $100 million in Palo Alto stock.
The stock has gotten at least two upgrades today, that I can see, and several price target increases as estimates rise. The only complaint, from a couple of quarters, is the stock valuation.
Raymond James's Michael Turits raised his rating on the stock to Strong Buy from Outperform, and raised his price target to $90 from $84, writing that "With the settlement removing injunction and royalty risk, we believe a significant overhang has been lifted from the stock and PANW valuation should more accurately reflect the company's fundamentals and growth potential."
"High-end and mid-range appliance sales were strong and the company continued its 70%+ growth rates on recurring subscriptions," he observes. "We're very positive on Palo Alto's fundamental outlook as the technology leader in next-generation firewall (NGFW) with ability to expand into adjacent technologies including advanced threat (Wildfire) and next gen endpoint (Cyvera)."
Turits raised his estimates for next year to $769 million and 51 cents from $760 and 50 cents, excluding some costs.
And Oppenheimer & Co.'s Shaul Eyal raised his rating to Outperform from a prior "Perform," with an $80 price target, writing that the settlement "represents a significant risk removal [...] considering prior draconian scenarios, the quarter saw "healthy double digit growth rates," and the company's profit margin may expand.
"We envision ongoing sales momentum as PANW's next-gen security platform continues to resonate with customers."
Eyal raised his 2015 revenue estimate to $762 million from a prior $747 million, although he cut his EPS estimates to 67 cents from 76 cents to reflect the cost of the company to integration of startup Cyvera, which the company acquired last month.
Needham & Co.'s Scott Zeller reiterates a Buy rating, and raises his price target to $95 rom $87, writing that "a number of data points from the call support our thesis that PANW is increasingly viewed as a "platform" in next-fen security and is getting invited to larger deals."
In particular,
On the call, we heard (a) increasing strength in high-end products, suggesting bigger data center projects with higher throughput needs; (b) the "top 25" deals lifetime value from initial purchase grew from 21.3x to 24.5x q/q; and (c) the Global 2000 penetration grew to 800+ customer logos. Each of these points suggests increasing penetration in larger "platform" deals for network security.
Zeller raised his 2015 estimates to $775 million and 60 cents per share from a prior $761 million and 53 cents per share.
On a somewhat less exuberant note, Cowen & Co.'s Gregg Moskowitz is concerned about valuation.
Moskowitz reiterates a Market Perform rating, though he raised his price target to $80 from $70, writing that "We doubt the F3Q bookings performance (+47% y/y vs. an easier comp and slightly above the Street's +45% forecast) would have been enough to propel the stock a lot higher today, but the removal of the litigation overhang very likely will be."
We remain favorable on PANW's strategy and expect to see strong growth in 2014," but "that said, PANW now trades at almost 7x CY15E EV/sales, and we're still not confident that large upward revisions to cons. revenue and bookings over the NTM will occur, which could constrain further multiple expansion [...] At an aftermarket price of $77 (+11%), PANW trades at CY14-15E revenue multiples of 8.7x and 6.7x vs. the infrastructure software peer group median of 4x and 3.5x, though PANW is naturally growing much faster. PANW also trades at a CY15E EV/FCF multiple of 22x. Our price target of $80 (was $70) is based on a 2015E EV/ FCF multiple of 23x, and a 2014-15E EV/rev multiple of 9x and 7x.
Moskowitz raised his 2015 estimates to $778 million and 62 cents per share from a prior $773 million and 59 cents.


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Hello again, i have an another problem with dx11. When i tried to implement my sprite class i spoted that my scene draws slower... i checked fps and it was about 6k when there's nothing to draw and 4.8-5k when single sprite is on the screen... it that problem in my implementation or this is the way it's meant to be?
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I've changed my mind about having children
Until recently, my partner and I were in agreement that we didn't want children. Over the past few months, my mind has changed and I would like to have a family. My partner is still adamant that he doesn't. As I feel I need to know one way or the other - I'm 36, so time is getting on - I'm giving him until the end of the year to think about it. I don't want to leave him, but am not sure I could come to terms with being childless (or at least attempting it). DT, on the talkboard
Ditch him. You're incompatible. Get someone else and get on with your life. NT, on the talkboard
A tip - men are liable to react far more positively if their partner tells them how much "I want your child" rather than giving the impression that he had better do what you want otherwise you will exchange him for someone who will. HW, on the talkboard
Get pregnant. He'll catch up. DK, on the talkboard
Whatever you do, don't make the bargain to look after all things baby if your partner promises to tolerate a baby. Your child will want both of his parents and it's difficult, if not impossible, to explain to a child why his/her parent is not involved in his/her care. If he's not fully in line with becoming a parent and you know you will look back with regret if you do not have a child of your own, you know what you have to do. IS, on the talkboard
I was also 36 when I began to consider having children. I put it to my partner that it was now or never. My partner, who is younger than me, told me quite bluntly that it wasn't what he wanted. I decided I wouldn't mention it again and would leave him to make the first move. I did wonder if I would grow to resent him for his decision but there was no question we would split up over this.
It was almost a year since we had the discussion and it had been preying on my mind. I decided that I would broach the subject one final time. I didn't have to. He asked me! We now have a nine-month-old and my husband is keen that we have another. Julie, by email
Don't exert pressure in relationships. A friend of mine was blagged into getting engaged. He did so, but joined a dating agency and saw other women during his engagement. Later he reluctantly agreed to have a child. When he was eventually asked his true feelings during a marriage counselling session, he said: "I deeply regret marrying you and having the child." You have been warned. EP, on the talkboard
This is not a car that you can decide you can do without, wanting to have a child is a deep-seated, biological desire. You won't get over it, you will suffer for the rest of your life, you will feel incomplete. Is it worth feeling like that for any man? I don't think so, and I am a man. TA, on the talkboard
My partner was always adamant that he didn't want children of his own. We were in our mid-20s when we got together so it was easy to ignore the alarm bells. There seemed to be plenty of time, and friends and family all assured me he would change his mind.
He didn't, and during my 30s I became increasingly desperate. When I was 38 I gave him an ultimatum. I knew that there was no future for us without children, as my growing feelings of bitterness towards him were destroying the relationship.
After much soul-searching, he did agree to try for a baby with me and, at 40, I gave birth to our lovely son. We are still together and, after some difficult years, we are happy.
However, I achieved my longed-for child only after a previous pregnancy was terminated at 22 weeks due to late diagnosis of foetal abnormality.
You need to act NOW to resolve the position with your partner. The decision to try for a baby is only the start. I don't regret the fact that I had to get tough with my partner. Life without my son would be inconceivable. But in hindsight I wish I had addressed the issue sooner. Jenny, by email
To be honest, unless he has some road-to-Damascus conversion, 36 is too late already. Assuming he doesn't change his mind, then you have to find someone else, then stay with them long enough to establish them as a good bet as both a mate and father. Given the best of circumstances, this will take five years. I think you have zero chance of finding a guy who wants kids in his early 40s. Most single guys in their early 40s are already paying for a bunch of kids somewhere: the last thing they need is a newborn. Guys that don't have kids don't want them. ML, on the talkboard
That's absurd. Couples are enormously different in this regard; there's no magical timescale after which you know you're right for each other and will make good parents together. Some people figure this out after a couple of months together; some people come to this conclusion after 10 years together and still cock it up. SR, on the talkboard
If the situation were reversed, how would you feel? PB, on the talkboard
My husband has always made it clear that he is happier without children. I thought my hormones would kick in at some time and I would then force the issue, but they never did. Every time we tried to discuss it we went round in circles and left the issue hanging, unresolved. The years have whizzed by and I am now 43. I find myself occasionally overwhelmed by feelings of loss that I won't now have a family. I regret very much that we didn't explore our feelings properly 10 years ago. Why doesn't your partner want children? Why do you, suddenly? You should be talking about it together, not setting him a deadline! Finally, someone once said to me that I should leave my man and find one who wanted a family. I couldn't do this. Perhaps you need to think about whether your relationship is enough for you without children. AW, by email
Any answers?
My three-year-old has been calling me by my first name for about six weeks. I quite like it, but someone told me it was a sign of him trying to turn me into a friend rather than an authority figure, which would cause problems later. Is this true? KE, on the talkboard
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End of my first winter of beekeeping and one (out of two) of my hives died.
For a short history I saw everybody was ok back in December when we had some warm days.
Then came January in New Jersey: two weeks of below 30 and sometimes below 20 degree days. I think it's at that point that all activity in that hive stopped.
I finally got myself together to see what I could find out and here's what I saw:
- *plenty* of honey stores, esp in the lower deep.
- piles of bees in the lower box of course
- many bees just sitting on the sides of upper frames looking as if they were alive
- very few bees head-in in empty cells
- Aside from being dead they all look good. no deformities or anything.
Any guesses what killed them? I'm thinking the could prevented them from breaking cluster and they starved? the few survivors eventually died of "loneliness."
What should I do with all these frames of honey? Can I just leave the frames there as a gift for the package bees I'm ordering?
Or will that attract wax moths?
The other hive will likely decide to rob it out before the new bees come, but *if* there was a disease would it be
dangerous to let them (or the package bees) have it?
Thanks. I hate being a newbie and being so ignorant.


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Barely three minutes into the game at Palo Verde on Friday, Centennial coach Karen Weitz slammed her clipboard to the floor and called timeout.
Just that quickly, Weitz was unhappy with the Bulldogs' mental focus against their Northwest League rival.
Weitz's speech must have gotten through. Centennial responded quickly after the timeout, scoring five straight baskets and never looking back in a 90-38 victory.
Despite the hefty margin, it wasn't the Bulldogs' best performance, but Centennial did more than enough to earn its 24th consecutive league win.
"We did some good things, and at times we had lapses," Weitz said. "However, I'm proud that the things we needed to improve on after watching film, we did execute."
The Bulldogs led by 17 after the first quarter, 32 at halftime and 69-27 after three periods.
Though Centennial took a 6-2 lead after baskets by Deanna Daniels, Johnna Brown and Alexis Byrd, Weitz became concerned after her team committed two offensive fouls and two bad passes.
Highlighted by a Courtney Hayes 3-pointer, the Bulldogs (17-2, 4-0 Northwest) scored 11 straight points out of the timeout and coasted.
Brown, averaging 23 points in her last four games, led the Bulldogs with 24 and sat out most of the fourth quarter.
Byrd followed with 19 points. Daniels supplied 18 and Hayes 16.
Centennial made 27 of 40 free throws, compared with Palo Verde's 5 of 12.
Jasmin Kiley, scoreless in the first quarter, led the Panthers (6-5, 2-1) with 11.


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The Hot Seat: Paul Keating
"I hope I remain indignant about some things." ... former prime
minister Paul Keating.
Photo: Sahlan Hayes
I like a classic drape, two buttons, never out of fashion.
Paul Keeating sometimes can't help himself. If he feels passionately or thinks deeply enough about something, he's inclined to say so. "The neurons in your brain either work or they don't work," he says. "You just can't switch them off."
So, when Keating saw the three-button suit worn by Mike McLeish, playing the former prime minister in the stage show Keating!, the real PJK's neurons sparked an immediate response. "I gave them a bit of advice about dress sense," he says. "I like a classic drape, two buttons, never out of fashion. I'd never wear a three-button suit."
McLeish as Keating:
Perhaps you noticed the suit.
I think it makes me look cute.
A good couturier can have a lot to say.
And when you're in a Zegna, then you're on your way.
Keating!, "the country soul opera we had to have", returns to Sydney on Wednesday, following six sold-out seasons across the country. Last year's eight performances at the Sydney Opera House were sold out before the brief season began. This time the show's creator, Casey Bennetto, has joined forces with director Neil Armfield for a five-week season at Belvoir St Theatre.
The hero, or anti-hero, laughs at the suggestion that he has become a figure of some substance in pop culture. "A desiccated figure," he says, "and desiccating at an alarming rate." Pause. "But I hope I still have a punch or two left in me."
He threw a few last week, saying Sydney was ugly, political donations by developers should be banned, outdoor advertising companies should be kicked in the bum and the rejection of their billboards be made a national sport, and that Frank Sartor was "the mayor for [developer Harry] Triguboff".
On some days Keating feels like the television newsreader played by Peter Finch in the 1976 film Network, shouting to the world: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this any more!" Keating says: "I hope I remain indignant about some things." He's referring to issues such as "rapacious" property magnates spreading the "disfiguring eczema" of modernist design, lost opportunities, inequality, prejudice, the failure of Aboriginal reconciliation and of the nation to become a republic by the beginning of this century.
But too much indignation is not good for anyone. Keating doesn't feel like Finch every day; he likes a laugh and expects them from the show that bears his name. "Contrary to popular opinion, I am someone who doesn't have to be celebrated," he says. "I don't need stroking or patting on the head. But if someone pays you a compliment by writing about you, you know, that's nice." He met the cast after the Melbourne run, suggesting a few lines of Keating-speak.
Keating! is satire and, although the show is broadly sympathetic towards him, he is sometimes the target. "If you were straitlaced you could be offended," he says. "But you have to laugh at yourself. There's a mocking plaintiveness about the show that you have to take in your stride."
He believes one reason Keating! has proved popular is that what he calls "the game" - politics and public debate - is now without humour.
"The game is very dour. It's prim and proper and stitched up. The vernacular Australian has virtually gone. But satire can get a lot across. It can cut out the humbug."
He believes another reason is the unsolved or unsettled issues in the national debate, such as the republic.
"In the end, the flag will have to go," he says. "We can't go round with the flag of another country in the corner of our flag. We can't have King Charles, with Queen Camilla, as the constitutional head of Australia. It's absurd. People might not be talking much about this right now but these issues are like electric wires without caps on them."
He agrees with author Richard Flanagan that Australia has become more frightened and more frightening, less free, more unjust, more callous, with a greater divide of wealth and power and too much fake jubilation about prosperity. "People want a gentler, more generous Australia," he says. "That's why they go to the show, to hear that message. They go to pick up the resonances of a larger Australia, where they could be part of a greater whole, like they find on New Year's Eve and Australia Day, rather than be split off with their mortgage repayments and Commodores or Audis. They pick up the resonances with the jokes and parodies."
Keating's tastes in humour are catholic, with a particular fancy for slapstick. He mentions The Goons, The Young Ones, H.G. Nelson and Roy Slaven, Max Gillies, Rubbery Figures and much of the Australian club comedy now falling out of fashion. "It's a bit crude but gets to the nub of what we're about."
Keating himself is no stranger to crudity. "Oh, rarely," he smiles. But he believes that humour comes from a "kind of poetic creativity in people". And he can find beauty in poetic creativity.
Why be mercantile
If you can't crack a smile?
You might as well do it in style, boys.
You might as well do it in style.
"I've always been interested in beauty," he says. "I've always been run by my eyes and ears." He recalls the day his interest in classical music was born. He was 12 and riding a bicycle with his mate, Robert Campbell. Campbell's father was playing a 78rpm recording of Richard Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto. Struck by the passion and beauty of the music, Keating asked Campbell if his father would mind playing the record again.
Keating discovered that Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto was on the flip side, with Moura Lympany the pianist. One classical musician led to another: Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, Mahler, conductor Klemperer, singers Callas and Fischer-Dieskau.
"I fought my first pre-selection ballot on these recordings," he says. "I used to get energy from art, architecture, decoration and music. I still do. These things give you an inner life. Without one, you cannot carry on in politics."
Not surprisingly, he reckons too many of today's leaders don't have an inner life. "There's nothing going on. They live for the next transcript, the radio interview. Political leaders need to do a lot of cerebral work. If you're talking on radio all the time, you're not thinking about finding a place for Australia in Asia or keeping trend productivity up around 3 per cent. You might be accountable to Alan Jones or Mike Carlton but it's a phoney accountability that becomes propagandising.
"You need to be lifted above the ruck by an inner life. When you have your longitude and latitude right, when you know where you are in the big game, the observations come to you. They come with some confidence. And if you have a little bit of thespian in you, you can get them across. There has to be stagecraft to make it work."
Hey, good evening, I'm Paul.
Pleased to meet you all.
I'm the star of the show;
You probably already know.
Right now Keating's inner life is fuelled by a recording of Bruckner's unfinished Ninth Symphony, its grandeur and lyricism. "It takes your breath away," he says. "You don't know whether to clap or cry." And he tells the story of Albert Einstein and Max Planck, the father of quantum physics, having dinner with Gustav Mahler, another of Keating's favourite composers, when Planck said something like: "You must show due deference to Herr Mahler, Einstein, because he is with the gods. We are mere mathematicians."
Keating's neurons take him to another thing of beauty - Sydney Harbour. He admits to being obsessed now with East Darling Harbour. The competition prize-winning design has about 50 per cent of green, public space replacing the old wharves, with high rise towards the southern end. It's a start, Keating says, but not good enough.
He wants to see what he calls an archipelago of islands and headlands on the western side of the Harbour Bridge that would look much as they did when Arthur Phillip planted his flag on the eastern side in 1788. Sydney would be the only city in the world that could boast such beauty near the heart of the CBD so long after the first buildings were erected.
Ballast Point is now being restored with a tree canopy opposite Balls Head, reviving the image of the two headlands as the western heads. Illoura, at east Balmain, is the green part of a headland and Goat Island, off Balmain, is being restored to more like its natural state. That leaves Millers Point, on the northern tip of East Darling Harbour.
The present plan is to have it green but flat. Keating, however, wants it reshaped into its original state before it was flattened and adjoining land filled in to create wharves. He wants a hill sloping towards the water, with a couple of filled-in sections reclaimed by water to form coves. "The headland is the key," he says. "We have an historic opportunity. Ballast Point and East Darling Harbour, two great sites preserved by industrialisation in the 19th and 20th centuries, are now available to the community."
He adds : "You can't be prime minister or opposition leader forever. You have to make something of life after you leave."
A chance to make the nation richer,
An opportunity to see
A wider screen, a bigger picture ...
Keating! opens at Belvoir St Theatre on Wednesday.
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Gone are the days when a good TV commercial and a simple print media ad was all it took to qualify for a ski resort's advertising budget. Today's marketers need a YouTube channel in the hope their message will go viral, an interactive on mountain campaign to get word of mouth marketing, a killer tag line and more.
Check out our gallery of print ads that use snow to the best and worst of their ability.
But there's a fine line between being creative and actually selling your product. As ad man Leo Burnett said "we want people to say 'that's a hell of a product' not 'that's a hell of an ad'."
The most talked about ad to come out of Australian ski fields this year is the Chuck a Snowie Campaign from Hotham and Falls Creek which managed to garner some spin-off publicity about the supposed 'irresponsible' nature of asking workers to call in sick. Americans aren't the only folks that irony is lost on. Yes, that was sarcasm.
Air New Zealand are hoping their gamble of taking Lara Bingle for some heli-boarding in New Zealand pays off with the award-winning Kiwi Sceptics online campaign and six minutes of Lara being Lara with the highly amusing Rhys Darby from Flight of the Conchords providing dry commentary. Where the bloody hell are you Lara? New Zealand it would appear.
Still in New Zealand, Mt Ruapehu tried ye olde 'sex sells' angle with a "New Zealand's biggest sexiest ski area for a quickie" tag line in 2007 when trying to promote to Australians.
With supporting faux quotes from skiers and boarders such as "I'd never seen my partner go down so fast or so often" and "it was like a 25-minute orgasm." No official word on whether the campaign itself was a dud or not, but we're guessing it didn't translate.
Thredbo tried the sex angle, literally, back in the late '90s with the help of the award-winning advertising agency The Campaign Palace. Naked butts jiggling up against steamed up glass shower screens with the tag 'It's Better In Thredbo' written in the steam shocked viewers at the time and was the beginnings of what would later become the highly successful "what goes on in Thredbo stays in Thredbo" campaign.
Then there was the television campaign that featured one man and his hand puppet (please, let's not go there). But it was that taking-the-piss Thredbo ad that remains in my brain. Sometimes toilet humour can be funny.
In North America Breckenridge ski field in Colorado got burnt with their "the hill may dominate you but the town will still be your bitch" campaign in 2002. Residents objected to the term and connotation of bitch and the resort had to can their whole campaign. You can't please everyone, right?
More recently, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (known for mammoth big mountain terrain) used mobile billboards (above) to get their message across in Colorado. The giant truck billboards featured "how was practice today?" tag lines and were parked on the famous I-70 road to the ski mountains from Denver. Genius.
More genius from US telecommunications company AT&T in their winter advertising, using the static time on a chairlift and a conversation between two mates to make their mark with humour.
They hit the mark again with their 2010 Vancouver Olympics ad, using champion snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler to tell an out of this world story for them.
Car companies love the snow. Nothing says my car can handle anything more than a snowy mountain. The folks at Nissan used the Nissan Frontier as a snowboard in this classic extreme television ad that went viral.
Prefer a helicopter to a car? Protest Snowboards created a three minute online video telling the story of one Californian snowboarder who Protests the Traffic Jam. Not sure if it says much about their product but it does about their philosophy.
Personally, I love the gallery of print ads we have put together, all using winter and snow to get their tale told. Some are clever, others hilarious, some ridiculous and obvious, some downright bad but they all get people talking.
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Nani yesterday became the second Manchester United player to exit the World Cup before a ball has been kicked when he withdrew from the Portugal squad with a shoulder injury.
The 23-year-old winger sustained a fracture to his collarbone in training on Friday before Carlos Queiroz's squad flew to South Africa to complete their World Cup preparations with a 3-0 win over Mozambique yesterday. Despite treatment, Queiroz, who had been instrumental in bringing him to Old Trafford, concluded that he would not be fit for the tournament. His departure follows Rio Ferdinand's withdrawal from the England squad with a knee injury, also sustained in training.
Initially, it was thought Nani's shoulder would respond. However, in a statement yesterday the Portuguese FA announced: "Following the injury sustained to the left clavicle by Nani, a daily assessment of the damage and the completion of medical tests, we concluded that he was unable to be competitive. The file will be passed to the medical department of Manchester United."
The Benfica midfielder, Ruben Amorim, who had yet to play internationally, has been named as a replacement, flying out in time to face Mozambique – the country of Queiroz's birth – at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
The Wanderers, the spiritual home of South African cricket, saw Portugal ease to victory after a tepid first half with goals from Danny and two from Hugo Almeida. In the absence of Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo, who played the last half hour, Queiroz began with Deco and Amorim on the flanks. Nani's loss puts increased pressure on Ronaldo's shoulders.
Having played only a peripheral part in Portugal's Euro 2008 campaign, which ended with a 3-2 defeat by Germany, this was to have been the tournament in which the boy from the Cape Verde Islands proved his international pedigree. However, that will now have to wait.
Meanwhile, Fernando Torres made a scoring return from injury as Spain thrashed Poland 6-0 in Murcia last night in their last warm-up match before departing for South Africa.
Torres came on after 66 minutes and showed no ill effects from the injury which had seen him miss the end of the season with Liverpool, but Andres Iniesta went off with a thigh problem, the Barcelona midfielder's fitness was the only concern for coach Vicente del Bosque.
Iniesta was involved as Spain cruised to a comfortable 2-0 lead at half-time. He brilliantly set up Spain's first two goals in the opening 15 minutes for David Villa and David Silva, and was in a class of his own for much of the first half, but was forced to depart before the interval after feeling a teak in his thigh. It looked to be just a precaution, but with just over a week until Spain's opening game, Del Bosque was not prepared to take any risks.
Del Bosque had opted for a dynamic 4-3-3 formation, with Villa up front, flanked by Iniesta on the left and David Silva on the right. Torres, still recovering from a knee injury which required surgery in April, was kept in reserve, but the attacking quality on display was still impressive.
Xabi Alonso scored a third for Spain with a deflected effort early in the second half. Del Bosque rang the changes after that, with Jesus Navas, Sergio Ramos and Fabregas all coming on. Fabregas was quickly involved, slotting home the fourth two minutes later with an angled drive past Manchester United's Tomasz Kuszczak in the Poland goal.
Torres then came on to huge cheers and was also on the scoresheet within nine minutes, slotting home Pedro's low cross from close range to make it 5-0. Pedro make it six with a lobbed effort with nine minutes left which Kuszczak tried to palm away but the ball had already crossed the line. The keeper denied Navas a seventh Spain goal shortly afterwards.
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I really like the website Motorola has launched in the US to present its government and public safety solutions. It's quite rare to find a B2B online marketing project in general, and it's even more rare to find a B2B website that is so well done.
The site launched last month, but there hasn't been much buzz around it in the creative/marketing community, which is a pity because the work is beautiful and inspiring.
Tokioplastic is the creative mind (and arm) behind the recently launched MotoSpeed webisodes. The idea behind the digitally animated short videos is to highlight the benefits of Motorola's mobile broadband handsets. Having watched the first episode now available on the site, I'm not sure the clip really tells much about the product, but for sure it's very nicely designed and pleasant to watch. Maybe this is enough… (but I'm not sure).
OgilvyInteractive Paris just lunched this campaign for Motorola EMEA with a dual-site operation (first click here and then click on the "3G is Here" promo at the bottom right of the page). The splash page allows users to self-select their target groups: either knowledgeable of 3G and eager to get started or among those who know little to nothing about 3rd Generation Mobile Technology. Upon self-selecting, users are taken to one of two campaign sites.
Motorola is about to launch on the US market a new dynamic idle-screen technology dubbed "Screen 3″. It's a technology that pushes Internet information to the mobile phone's screen. With Screen 3 users can get news updates or any other information with just a glance at their phones, without having to open WAP browsers or other applications. RCR News reports carriers can use it to promote new services and features without bombarding user with text or multimedia messages. Motorola is already looking for advertisers interested in sponsoring the content provided through Screen 3.
New Media Age reports MTV and Motorola have signed a deal to offer free mobile content to its viewers. In Europe, people with a Motorola phone will be able to access a WAP portal and download videos, ringtones and wallpapers. Officially, the initiative aims at raising awareness of mobile video among end users, but rumors seem to indicate this is just a smart move from MTV to make the mobile channel attractive to advertisers.
Australians would rather get (and send) a text message during the holiday season than a Christmas card, according to a survey commissioned by Motorola. As ITnews reports, the findings are interesting also because they show that nearly half of those surveyed preferred to send text messages rather than talking on the phone.
If you integrate online and offline in your viral marketing campaign it would turn out far more effective. This is one of the lessons learned by Motorola in two years of online marketing. An interesting article on ContentBiz.com tells more about Motorola's online efforts.
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Bake crisps for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before serving.
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Jan. 5, 2006
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Richard Jones scored a career-high 17 points and Marvett McDonald and Wen Mukubu added 15 points each to help lift UAB to a 98-69 victory over Valdosta State on Thursday night. The win was UAB's sixth straight which matches the longest unbeaten run of the Mike Anderson era.
The UAB Blazers (10-3) were playing for the first time since starting forward Demario Eddins went down for the season with a torn Achilles tendon. Jones took Eddins' place in the starting lineup and hit an early 3-pointer to help UAB jump to a 19-0 lead.
"It was a good team effort by our guys," UAB head coach Mike Anderson said. "In terms of depth and a talent standpoint, we probably have a little bit more than they did, but you still have to play the basketball game. I thought they were a little off kilter early on...their nerves were going and you could tell."
Valdosta State's (9-3) first points came on a layup by J.T. Thomas with 15:15 left in the first half. UAB went on to lead 54-24 at halftime. The Blazers' biggest margin was 38 points while ahead 96-58.
Mike Crain scored 16 points to lead Valdosta State. Jon Rogers had 15 points and 10 rebounds while Ray Canady added 12 points and Artis Young scored 11.
The loss broke an eight game winning streak for the Valdosta State Blazers, who average 92 points per game.
Paul Delaney scored 12 points while Frank Holmes grabbed 11 rebounds and Carldell "Squeaky" Johnson had eight assists to help UAB to the victory. All 13 Blazers dressed saw action.
Ollie, a freshman from Moorhead, Miss., finished with six points in 12 minutes of play. Walk-ons Michael Anderson Jr. (a team-high tying two steals) and Patrick Hassell (two points, three rebounds) also got in the action.
UAB finishes non-conference play at 10-3 heading into next Wednesday night's Conference USA opener against Tulsa at Bartow Arena.


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The proposed Volvo-Renault merger has developed engine trouble. The problem: A group of Volvo shareholders objects that the deal favors French-government-owned Renault, which would get 65% of the combined company. The dissidents say that improving fortunes at the once-ailing Swedish outfit entitle it to a bigger share. The much larger Renault also bugs them by insisting on a proviso that allows it to block purchases of more than 10% of the new company's shares.
A showdown is looming at the Volvo stockholders' meeting on Nov. 9. The dissidents control just 29% of the vote, but they're hoping to enlist institutional shareholders, a passive bunch in Sweden. Chances of success? In 1979, similar unrest aborted Volvo's merger with Norwegian oil company Statoil.


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Melbourne software developer Mid-Comp has made its first sale in the US, rolling out its Odyssey warehousing, distribution and financials system for Nebraska-based Bosselman Energy Corporation.
Geoff Lines, business development manager for Mid-Comp, said Bosselman had eight travel centres, and 38 pump and pantry convenience stores in the US Midwest.
Over 1000 staff were employed by Bosselman Travel Centres, Bosselman Pump and Pantry, Bosselman Energy, Bosselman Tank and Trailer, Fuel Systems, Bosselman Carriers and Grandma Max's Restaurants, he said.
Though the sale was in the region of $US200,000 ($A260,780), Mr Lines said it was the exposure that was important. "There is now substantial interest being shown in our product in South America and South Africa," he said.
The Bosselman job was begun late last year when Mid-Comp staff worked remotely from Melbourne to start preparing for the data migration from Bosselman's existing JDEdwards application.
The team worked on site for three weeks in February and then returned to Melbourne, leaving the Bosselman IT team working on the project. After another three weeks' work, the system went live on April 13.
Odyssey, which was created in 1998, is written in Java. Mid-Comp has developed its own tools during the initial stages of the creation process, so making customised applications for different businesses is relatively easy.
Mid-Comp has 30 staff and is an IBM partner. An earlier product, Snapshot, is used to monitor the performance of IBM iSeries systems.
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Irrigation bosses believe a bigger say in freshwater management decisions by community groups will greatly reduce the legal challenges that have stalled economically vital schemes in recent years.
Less certain is the upshot of this brave new world of hug-a-greenie collaborative plan-making for irrigation demand and for the financial viability of the schemes delivering the water.
In its discussion document Freshwater Reform 2013 and Beyond in March this year, the Government outlined a raft of changes to the Resource Management Act to shake up freshwater management by regional councils.
Critical to the changes is the consultation of community groups in the early stages of drafting of new water management plans.
Councils will not be obliged to involve these groups but for those that do there will be limited opportunity to have their plans appealed to the Environment Court.
Environment Minister Amy Adams says the changes being proposed are the most comprehensive in a generation.
"Limiting appeals is one of the key tools for fostering consensus and incentivising upfront engagement," she told the Valuing Nature conference in Wellington last month.
An early test of this new collaborative approach has been in the water battleground of Canterbury.
After the regional council was sacked by the Government in 2010 the commissioners replacing them forged on with the difficult task of reaching a consensus on water allocation.
Pivotal to this process have been zone committees. Comprising farmers, environmental groups, iwi, and council officials, the aim of the committees is to agree where water can be extracted and environmental bottom lines such as nutrient limits for individual catchments.
A contentious proposal including a 75m-high dam on the south branch of the Hurunui River meant the Hurunui-Waiau River catchment in North Canterbury was the first catchment to assemble a zone committee.
The $400m Hurunui Water Project was granted resource consent earlier this month.
But the scheme is not the same as the company first applied for in 2009. It now hopes to build four smaller dams to the south on the Waitohi River. Though it will irrigate more land - 60,000ha compared to the 42,000ha proposed in the original scheme - the irrigated water it will produce will be 50 per cent more expensive.
Project manager Amanda Loessen says resource consent hearings took just three weeks as most of the concerns from the community had already been dealt with.
"Without the zone committee process we would have had a long appeal process. It would've taken years.
"The problem with Waitohi is it is very expensive. Farmers are comparing a scheme they thought was $5000 a hectare [capital cost] with one that will now cost them $7500 a hectare."
The new Hurunui-Waiau catchment plan permits a 25 per cent increase in nitrate levels but caps consensus approach phosphate levels to guard against increased algal growth in local waterways. Farmers complain increasing one but not the other while increasing production from greater irrigation flows isn't realistic.
All farms must also have nutrient budgets by 2016, and their own environmental plans by 2017.
A partner at Christchurch law firm Duncan Cottrell, Ewan Chapman, says a more burdensome nutrient management regime along with rising construction costs and closer scrutiny of the risks to dams posed by earthquakes are the biggest challenges facing future water storage and irrigation schemes.
"If I was to adopt a pessimistic view I might conclude that you could get a scheme where you would say there is your water Mr Farmer but don't increase your nutrients by one iota. That gets rather hard to achieve."
The chief executive of Irrigation New Zealand, Andrew Curtis, supports the collaborative direction the Government is taking on the development of freshwater management plans insofar as it should help keep irrigators out of the courts, but he says that is not all there is to getting schemes up and running.
He says communities are getting environmental as well as economic benefits from irrigation.
The $36.5 million Tarras scheme in Central Otago is a prime example, he says.
It plans to irrigate 7000ha from water out of the Clutha River and would have the added benefit of boosting flows in the adjacent Lindis River which irrigates 2000ha but is under pressure because of an over-allocation of water rights. But it is farmers who are footing the bill.
"We seem to have this expectation that one generation is going to generate intergenerational infrastructure and then be expected to do all this wonderful on-farm stuff as well... who is going to pay for all of that?" Curtis asks. He says heaping more costs on to farmers threatens to kill off demand for irrigated water.
The fewer farmers prepared to pay for water also means the less likely schemes are to make a profit and the less likely private investors are to invest to make up looming funding gaps. Wellington-based investment bank Morrison & Co has already run the ruler over the proposed Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme in central Hawkes Bay. Led by the investment arm of the regional council, the scheme fits the investment mandate for the bank's Public Infrastructure Partnership fund which is looking at public-private partnerships such as the Transmission Gully roading project near Wellington.
But the manager of the fund, Steven Proctor, says it won't be investing in Ruataniwha because of uncertainty over how many farmers will pay for its water. "That is quite a big risk because in order to use water on your farm you have to invest a million dollars to use the water efficiently. That can be a significant deterrent to younger farmers who have just hocked themselves up to buy the farm."
Proctor says other institutional investors share the same concerns. He says his fund might have invested if the Government agreed to step in to buy water in low demand years and ensured shareholders guaranteed returns.
The $260 million Ruataniwha scheme is unique among the big irrigation schemes currently coming down the line in New Zealand in that the regional council, with an $80m investment, is the cornerstone investor. Opponents say the scheme will struggle to attract enough users to be viable and is putting ratepayers' money at risk.
The chief executive of Hawkes Bay Regional Investments, Andrew Newman, is confident the demand will be there to get the scheme off the ground. But he admits it will take eight years before the scheme is operating at full capacity. Meanwhile, investors will have to accept lower returns.
Newman says though he doesn't expect a white elephant, the regional economic benefits along with boosted flows into the Tukituki River were important considerations in the council's backing for the storage and irrigation scheme. Even then it only narrowly avoided legal challenge by a local group before its application for resource consents was called in by ministers to be determined by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Newman says it still looks a hard road for schemes without ratepayer backing even with the Government's moves to straighten out the RMA.
"The complexity of these things is not to be underestimated.
"Any scheme that is getting up and running now is headed into a regulatory environment which is far more rigorous than prevailed even five years ago around nutrient limits. Tarras in Otago looks more typical of the fate likely for promoters going to councils looking for money for irrigation.
That scheme has stalled after Otago Regional Council earlier this year pulled the rug on a $3.5 million equity investment after strong objections from local ratepayers.
Step forward, Crown Irrigation Investments Ltd.
The Government set aside $80 million in this year's Budget for the company which has been up and running for little more than a month.
Cabinet papers describe Crown Irrigation as being a "reluctant" backer of schemes facing funding shortfalls but expected to be eventually fully viable at which time the company would exit its investment. The papers note the Crown-owned company "will be looking for a return but will accept lower rates of return than other investors".
Chairwoman Alison Paterson says the company will factor in more than the rate of return on taxpayers' money. Environmental and economic development will also be considered when deciding which schemes to back. "If you are looking at risk to taxpayers' money you have got to look at the other side to this which is opportunities to taxpayers which will result... if it is positive in the benefits it will deliver to the region and the nation that then is the judgment call," she says. Initial indications are that $3.1 billion worth of irrigation schemes around the country are in various states of preparedness.
Irrigation bosses spoken to by the Herald say the initial $80 million could be soaked up by one or two of the larger schemes. Just as well for them then that the Government has allocated them a further $320 million in future budgets. With investors still wary of irrigation, Crown Irrigation could be in for a busy first few years.
Tight schedule for Central Plains
The long-running saga that is the $400m Central Plains Water scheme has stepped up a gear with a new prospectus expected by the middle of next month.
Resource consents for the 60,000ha scheme drawing water from the Rakaia and Waimakariri Rivers were granted last year.
Chief executive Derek Crombie says it has been a long time coming after first applying for resource consents in 2001.
"The original consent took a ridiculous amount of time ... it took until 2006 before Environment Canterbury were willing to start the hearings.
"If the whole environmental hearings process had gone properly or to a sensible timeframe we would have finished stage one by now.''
The quakes, and hold-ups in getting government grants, had added further delays although these had been less damaging.
"A lot of the farmers are probably in a better position to invest today than they were three years ago.
"Dairy prices have consolidated and there are now two dairy factories in the district, so there is more demand for product."
Crombie says the new capital-raising will be for the $125 million first stage of the scheme, which will cover 20,000ha from Rakaia Gorge Bridge to the Hororata River.
He says farmer shareholders have so far contributed $20 million in equity and loans. Some of the equity raised will be used to refinance shareholder loans. Central Plains hopes to have the farmers' cheques by the end of September and a contractor signed by late November.
The tight schedule means it is unlikely to ask for funds from Crown Irrigation Investments which has only been in business since the start of July.
But Crombie says it is definitely interested in the government-owned company participating in fundraising for future construction stages.
"It really has a key role. It might only be 10 per cent of the scheme value but it is kind of like the second mortgage when you buy your house - if you haven't quite got enough you need that little bit more."
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175m - high dam on the south branch of the Hurunui River was proposed. The ...
$400m Hurunui Water Project was granted resource consents earlier this month, but the scheme now involves ...
4 smaller dams to the south on the Waitohi River. They will irrigate more land, ...
60,000 hectares compared to the 42,000 hectares proposed in the original scheme, but the irrigated water it will produce will be ...
50% more expensive. Farmers had been expecting $5000 a hectare [capital cost] but the scheme will now cost them $7500 a hectare. The ...
$36.5m Tarras scheme in Central Otago plans to irrigate ...
7000 hectares from water out of the Clutha River and would boost flows in the adjacent Lindis River which irrigates 2000 hectares but is under pressure. But that scheme has stalled after Otago Regional Council earlier this year pulled the rug on a ...
$3.5m equity investment after strong objections from local ratepayers.
$260m Ruataniwha scheme is unique because the regional council with an ...
$80m investment is the cornerstone investor. And now the Government has formed Crown Irrigation Investments and set aside ...
$80m in this year's Budget for the company which has been up and running for little more than a month. A further ...
$320m has been allocated for the company in future budgets.


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Jim Parsons has kept his personal life private over the years, but in a new interview with the New York Times, the newspaper reported the "Big Bang Theory" star acknowledged he is gay and in a long term relationship.
In an interview to promote his role in the play "Harvey," Patrick Healey of the New York Times wrote that Parsons mentioned his relationship in the interview.
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"'The Normal Heart' resonated with him on a few levels: Mr. Parsons is gay and in a 10-year relationship, and working with an ensemble again onstage was like nourishment, he said," Healey wrote in the piece, however no quotes from the actor accompanied the story.
Parsons previously thanked Todd Spiewack, the man whom many publications, including The Advocate, note is his partner, when he won a Golden Globe in 2011.
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Very informative Ron.
I've had two of the Cobras in the past. I'd like to find another worn one to add to the occasionally carried inventory. I've not seen one come into the shop once in three years on trade.
Thanks for sharing.
Being a Colt aficionado, I find it interesting to learn a bit about these older revolvers that unfortunately are no longer being made. While their values continue to increase, it is fun to keep a watchful eye out when a nice one pops up. Here is a brief history of the Colt SF-VI, otherwise known as the Colt Detective Special Two. My thanks to the Colt guru DFariswheel for the information.
"Other than the Python, the "D" frame Colt Detective Special and Cobra was the last of the old style action Colt revolvers. Needing a cheaper to make small revolver to stay competitive, Colt designed a new gun, loosely based on the modern transfer-bar action they pioneered with the Trooper Mark III. This new gun was built on a frame Colt named the "SF" or Small Frame and was catchingly named the Colt SF-VI, or Colt Small Frame-Six Shot.
The reason for the odd name was to prevent confusion with the Detective Special, which was still in the Wholesaler-Dealer pipeline. As soon as the last of the Detective Specials were sold, Colt renamed the gun as the Colt DS-II, or Detective Special Two.
Colt made small runs of limited production models of the DS-II, including a "Special Lady" polished and "hammerless" model for women, a few 3" barreled DS-II's, and a VERY few 4" barreled versions. Colt soon brought the gun out in .357 Magnum, and called this version, the Colt Magnum Carry. Shortly after introducing the Magnum Carry, Colt made the decision to drop most revolver production, and along with the King Cobra, the "SF" framed guns were discontinued.
The early SF-VI model had probably the lightest double action trigger ever on a revolver. The pull was so light, some users had problems with the trigger failing to reset.
The SF guns had a mixed reception. Many people were disappointed, having believed we were finally going to get an old style Detective Special in stainless, not a totally different design.
There were a number of design features on the SF guns that were specifically to reduce production costs. The end of the barrel was deeply counter sunk, and the outer muzzle was left squared off. The muzzle edges were so sharp, it was possible to actually get cut, and holsters got damaged quickly by the sharp edges.
On the plus side, the SF guns were VERY sturdy, held a full six shots, and were nearly as accurate as the older "D" framed guns. Trigger action was light and very smooth. Although the short front sight design appears strange to those used to the older shrouded Colt Detective Special, it gave an excellent sight picture.
As a successor to the "D" frame Colt's the "SF" framed guns may have disappointed older Colt owners, but they were an excellent value for the money and quite popular to those who bought them. Other than some quality control problems with accuracy on a few guns, these were excellent pistols that were prime CCW guns.
It's a shame Colt had to discontinue the "SF" series, and it looks like it will stay discontinued, as Colt has pretty well said that the "SF" will never be made again.
Due to the low production numbers, and the limited numbers produced, the "SF" guns are being actively hunted by collectors. The prime collectibles are the limited production versions like the Special Lady, the introduction versions, and the odd barrel length 3" and 4" versions.
In addition, smart shooters are hunting for these for CCW guns, especially the Magnum Carry.
As in all Colt's, and especially in limited production models, prices are going UP and FAST. Due to collector and shooter interest, these models are coming on the marker rarely, and quickly disappear into collections or holsters when they do.
A smart shopper will grab these "SF" guns whenever the price is reasonable, and hold them for the usual skyrocketing of the price Colt's have."
Colt SF-VI (stainless steel with stock grips)
I prefer wood grips on my revolvers
The SF-VI with it's earlier cousins in nickel and royal blue
Very informative Ron.
I've had two of the Cobras in the past. I'd like to find another worn one to add to the occasionally carried inventory. I've not seen one come into the shop once in three years on trade.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Brownie. Here is a link to a guy that is on the Colt Forum with a couple of Cobras in stock. The bottom two look nice.
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Thanks Ron,
Hi Ron,
Thank you for the detailed description of the SF-VI. I bought one new (hammerless, nickel finish, and added a burled wood grip) in 1996. I bought it for home protection and it's been sitting in its box ever since. Now I know so much more about it and am very proud to own it. It's a beautiful gun!
Would this be the Special Lady you referred to?
History is fascinating. I have always liked the Colt D-frames. I have both a S&W mod. 36 [Chief's Special] and a Colt Agent. I much prefer the Colt. Not only do I like the extra round, but I have always preferred the the grips on the Colt. As the snubbies were originally purchased as BUGs, I only bought the two [I got the S&W originally and then the Colt from a co-worker who was retiring and selling it cheap]. I still carry the Colt when I'm working in the brush in the yard or taking the trash to the curb. Though I generally prefer S&W in the larger frames, I love the Colt snubbies.
Thanks FLRon for informative history and great pics of your Colts. I'm fortunate to have found a S&W Chief's Special in excellent condition. One of these days I need to get a pic of the gun on the site in an appropriate thread.
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Really nice revolvers & I've often wondered why these were no longer produced by Colt
I've got a Colt Peacekeeper .357 6" that I've owned since the mid-1980's (the poor man's Python as somebody once described it). But way back there in time I had it blued. Oh well.
Thanks guys! The Detective Specials are some of my favorites.
Keywe, it is a shame they are no longer being made. Here are two main reasons.
1. Colt started to focus more on military contracts and deemphasized the civilian market.
2. Colt got into financial trouble and had to drop the revolvers that had slowed down considerably in sales. This occurred as semi-automatics gained more and more favor with the law enforcement and civilian markets.
It would be very expensive to resume manufacturing these revolvers again. The master craftsmen that made these great revolvers have since retired. New craftsmen would have to be trained and made suitably skilled and proficient. They would then be competing with less expensive revolvers on the market today, with minimal market demand. It's just not a good combination of factors.
I am new to the forums and, in fact, only arrived here as I was doing a search for info on "colt sf-vi revolver." (Thus the great amount of time between when you started this thread and my posting, today!)
The history you provide is not only wonderful but, for me, very sobering indeed.
You see, many, many moons ago I bought 2 sf-vi revolvers (one for me and one for my Dad!) and, thanks to your history, now I know the REAL reason we were having problems with the triggers restting. Fearing something was terribly wrong, and because these guns were purchased for serious defensive contingencies, I sent one back to Colt with a blistering letter. In return, I received a brand new revolver only now, it was marked DS-II. (Thank you also for solving that mystery in my mind for the last couple of decades, too!)
The correlation between the hsitory you provide and my real life experiences does not stop here, however. You see, the edges on the guns were so incredibly sharp that, after damage to a few not inexpensive holsters and cover garments, I "bobbed" the hammer on both gun. Some may say butchered as I used a dremel cutting wheel followed by a near professional polishing (have actually received compliments on both jobs from full-time gunsmiths) but, bottomline is that the holsters were much more dependable in drawing from under a cover garment, after that.
Seeing how these guns have appreciated in value now, I feel quite the fool, of course. One is in the nightsand vault by my wife's pillow and the other is in my safe, relegated to non-routine and infrequent carry.
Neither have been fired very much, just function firing when new and then occasional practice of no more than 2 or 3 cylinders full.
I am just curious about on remaining thing: roughly how much are these (standard 2" sf-vi and DS-II) guns going for and, how much could I expect to get, considering I bobbed the hammers, outside the factory?
In closing, thanks again for answering a whole passel of questions and mysteries that have nagged at me every time I have carried or considered these two revolvers in my collection!


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2. A Bird's-Eye View Of Paris
We have just attempted to restore, for the reader's benefit, that admirable church
of Notre-Dame de Paris. We have briefly pointed out the greater part of the
beauties which it possessed in the fifteenth century, and which it lacks to-day; but
we have omitted the principal thing,--the view of Paris which was then to be
obtained from the summits of its towers.
That was, in fact,--when, after having long groped one's way up the dark spiral
which perpendicularly pierces the thick wall of the belfries, one emerged, at last
abruptly, upon one of the lofty platforms inundated with light and air,--that was, in
fact, a fine picture which spread out, on all sides at once, before the eye; a
spectacle sui generis, of which those of our readers who have had the good
fortune to see a Gothic city entire, complete, homogeneous,--a few of which still
remain, Nuremberg in Bavaria and Vittoria in Spain,--can readily form an idea; or
even smaller specimens, provided that they are well preserved,--Vitré in Brittany,
Nordhausen in Prussia.
The Paris of three hundred and fifty years ago--the Paris of the fifteenth century--
was already a gigantic city. We Parisians generally make a mistake as to the
ground which we think that we have gained, since Paris has not increased much
over one-third since the time of Louis XI. It has certainly lost more in beauty than
it has gained in size.
Paris had its birth, as the reader knows, in that old island of the City which has
the form of a cradle. The strand of that island was its first boundary wall, the
Seine its first moat. Paris remained for many centuries in its island state, with two
bridges, one on the north, the other on the south; and two bridge heads, which
were at the same time its gates and its fortresses,--the Grand-Châtelet on the
right bank, the Petit-Châtelet on the left. Then, from the date of the kings of the
first race, Paris, being too cribbed and confined in its island, and unable to return
thither, crossed the water. Then, beyond the Grand, beyond the Petit-Châtelet, a
first circle of walls and towers began to infringe upon the country on the two sides
of the Seine. Some vestiges of this ancient enclosure still remained in the last
century; to-day, only the memory of it is left, and here and there a tradition, the
Baudets or Baudoyer gate, "Porte Bagauda".
Little by little, the tide of houses, always thrust from the heart of the city
outwards, overflows, devours, wears away, and effaces this wall. Philip Augustus
makes a new dike for it. He imprisons Paris in a circular chain of great towers,
both lofty and solid. For the period of more than a century, the houses press
upon each other, accumulate, and raise their level in this basin, like water in a
reservoir. They begin to deepen; they pile story upon story; they mount upon
each other; they gush forth at the top, like all laterally compressed growth, and
there is a rivalry as to which shall thrust its head above its neighbors, for the sake
of getting a little air. The street glows narrower and deeper, every space is
overwhelmed and disappears. The houses finally leap the wall of Philip
Augustus, and scatter joyfully over the plain, without order, and all askew, like
runaways. There they plant themselves squarely, cut themselves gardens from