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Natasha Kerensky
Possibly the deadliest Mechwarrior in history of BattleTech. Introduced as a mercenary working for the Wolf's Dragoons, both of whom are rumored to have ties with the self-exiled Star League Defense Force, she is infamous as a captain of the Black Widow Company, an elite Dragoon unit comprised of most unsavory types of people you can find in Inner Sphere.When the Clan Invasion begun, it was revealed that the Wolf's Dragoons were the clan reconnaissance force who have gone rogue, and that Natasha was one of the few trueborn warriors who joined it since her impatience for politics prevented her further rise in Clan society.When the recall order from Clan Wolf arrived, she returned to help Ulric Kerensky to crush the Crusader Clan ambitions.She died in rear guard action during the Refusal War, her Dire Wolf Widowmaker standing as a monument to her skill.Out-of-Universe, she was the FIRST named character in the game, back in the first boxed set.
Associated tropes:
- Ace Pilot: Only a few could match her in skill, like the The Bounty Hunter (with whom Natasha has a rivalry) and Kai Allard-Liao (though they never personally met each other).
- Badass Grandma: at 84 years, defying both Inner Sphere (retire in 40s) and Clan standards (considered useless past 30).
- Blood Knight: As per Clan traditions, though she takes it a bit further.
- Death Seeker: After her lover Joshua Wolf died, she became a lot more reckless.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: During Anton Marik's revolt in 3015, Wolf's Dragoons had been fighting on Anton's side until the last days of the war. In the end The Dragoons single-handily ended the war by The Black Widows destroying Anton Marik's palace personally with Kerensky herself dropping the roof on his head. This was in revenge both for betraying the Dragoons by trying to force them to disperse and merge into the remnants of the rebels, and by using Joshua Wolf, Jamie Wolf's wife and daughters and a number of other Dragoon noncombatants and dependents as hostages to secure Wolf's good behavior, and slaughtering them all when Wolf refused to comply.
- Generation Xerox: Her Trueborn gene-daughter Anastasia.
- Hot-Blooded
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: "The Black Widow".
Hanse Davion
The most famous ruler of Federated Suns. Almost single-handily responsible for pre-Clan state of the Inner Sphere.Died from a stress induced heart attack during the Clan Invasion.
Associated tropes:
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Hanse wears a prominent one on his face, a souvenir of a battle he was involved in.
- Large Ham: Started the Fourth Succession War during his own wedding. And with the words "Wife, in addition to this morsel, I give you an even greater gift. I present to you the Capellan Confederation!!"
- Perfectly Arranged Marriage: His marriage to Melissa Steiner was totally political in it's reasons, but they did make it work and they did love each other.
- Red Baron: He is well known among allies and enemies alike as "The Fox."
- Warrior Prince: He wouldn't be the First Prince of the Federated Suns if he weren't this.
Ulric Kerensky
The Khan of Clan Wolf. As a follower of the Warden philosophy, Ulric protested against the invasion of the Inner Sphere and declared the Trial of Refusal, but with odds stacked against him he lost, and as a punishment he and his clan were to take part in invasion.Not to be discouraged, he intentionally sabotaged the invasion by out-crusading the Crusader clans, by making fast progress towards Terra while the rest of the clans were falling behind, thus spurring them to act. But while the Wolves were prepared for the war, the other clans, expecting easy victory, were logistically unprepared and spread themselves thin trying to outperform the wolves. This eventually resulted in the battle of Tukayyid, where the clans suffered defeat.Years later Ulric was court marshaled for the failure of invasion, but he and his retinue led a successful defense by pointing out that while he and Clan Wolf performed excellently, it was the other clans that failed to achieve desirable results. The discussion shifted to the idea of restarting the invasion, and in order to thwart this he declared the Clan-wide Trial of Refusal against the leader of Crusader clans and long-time rival of Wolves, Clan Jade Falcon, starting what would be known as The Refusal War.Ulric died during the war, but still managing to cripple the Falcons.
Associated tropes:
- Batman Gambit: Most of his gambits involved exploiting the proud warrior mentality of the clans, especially the "proud" part.
- Reassignment Backfire: Being forced to take part in the invasion actually gives him the chance to stop it, even more so when he is field-promoted to IlKhan after Leo Showers got kamikazed.
Victor Steiner-Davion
The firstborn of Hanse Davion and Melissa Steiner and the symbol of FedSun/Lyran union, Victor is a main hero of the Clan Invasion and Civil War eras.
Associated tropes:
- Authority Equals Asskicking: He has been the leader of the Star League forces against the Clan Invasion, the Archon-Prince of the Federated Commonwealth, and the Precentor Martial of ComStar.
- Broken Pedestal: This probably started during the Civil War, but during the Jihad people stopped blindly idolizing him.
- Luke, You Are My Father: Was on the receiving end of this. When Kitsune Kurita revealed his parentage to the Inner Sphere, a conspiracy of reactionary Draconis hardliners called the Black Dragon Society who intended to make him a Puppet King were reviled to learn that he was "tainted" with Davion blood, resulting in a number of them committing Seppuku. Conversely, several FedSun traditionalists painted Kitsune's mother Omiko Kurita as a harlot who tried to corrupt gallant Victor. Vic himself? He was just glad that there was some tangible legacy of his romance with Omi.
- Second Love: Victor has a habit of becoming romantically entwined with daughters of both his parentage's ancestral enemies. In this case, it was for his maternal Steiner heritage: Isis Marik, truly of the Marik line (since she's the illegitimate daughter of the "Real" Thomas Marik), pulled him out of despair after his first love, Omiko Kurita, was assassinated. The two eventually married and had several children.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: And for his paternal Davion heritage, he had a clandestine affair with Omiko Kurita, daughter of Coordinator Theodore Kurita. The affair bore a son, Kitsune, whom Victor was not even aware of until the boy had become a man and was already making a name for himself.
- Warrior Prince: A bit of a deconstruction: While he is an eminent leader of armies, he is rather lacking in political savvy. His treacherous sister exploits this for all it's worth to arrogate power from him.
Katherine/"Katrina" Steiner-Davion
The main antagonist of the FedCom Civil War. Not content to live her life as a second fiddle to Victor, she manipulated the Federated Commonwealth to remove her brother from the throne and take it for herself, sparking the Civil War that she would lose.Was last seen as a "guest" of the Crusader Faction Clan Wolf.
Associated tropes:
- Manipulative Bitch]
- Meaningful Rename: Signifying her rapidly inflating ego, Katherine took up the name of her illustrious maternal grandmother "Katrina".
- Karma Houdini: For all the trouble she caused her only punishment is pretty much being exiled to a Gilded Cage, at first. Then when Vlad Ward Comes around threatening invasion with his Crusader Clan Wolf if she's not given to him, his demands are complied and she basically gets to start a new life as a member of the Crusader Clan Wolf, outlives her Brother Victor and even has a Son..although said Son is actually a artificially conceived person with her and her brother Victor's genes that she intended to groom for her revenge on the Inner Sphere.
- Karma eventually catches up to her: The very same recombinant-genome "son" eventually sees her for the dangerous monster she is, and kills her himself.
- Spare to the Throne: And she didn't like it.
- The Starscream
- It's All About Me: *Very* self-serving in her actions. She even fancies herself equal to her illustrious maternal grandmother, as evidenced by evoking her name in being nicknamed "Katrina".
- Warrior Prince: Her NOT being this was used by Victor as a legal reason to go against her.
- Too Dumb to Live: Non-lethal example. Several of her actions could have easily caused more harm to her nation than good if not for other things going on at the time that made them work to her favor. For example, sending an assassin after her brother Victor's girlfriend Omiko Kurita. Said girlfriend is a princess of sorts for long-time Lyran enemy/rival the Draconis Combine. If it weren't for troubles going on that required more attention elsewhere, the death of such a figure would had been a major event; chances are she wouldn't had just had Victor coming down on her. She followed this up by withdrawing Lyran units from planets whose leaders opposed her, leaving them vulnerable to invasion by Jade Falcon forces. Had it not been for some units defying her orders and joining with the Wolves in Exile to form the Arc-Royal Defense Cordon, the Lyran people would have been left unprotected after being abandoned by their own Archon.
Devlin Stone
The main hero of the Jihad. Nothing is really known about him besides wild rumors.
Associated tropes:
- Young Conqueror: From a minor rebel leader to Sphere-wide Coalition leader to the ruler of the defacto reborn Terran Hegemony.
- Wild Mass Guessing: in-universe there are all kinds of rumors on his actual origins, ranging from the mundane guesses of being a former member of one of the more moderate (read: not nuke em all happy) Wo B factions to outlandish of actually being Arthur Steiner-Davion, who was supposedly killed a few years before the Jihad.
The Master/The Real Thomas Marik
The Man Behind the Man for the horrible events during the Jihad was once the real heir to the throne to the Free Worlds League. A bomb from a relative seeking the throne (something common in the family) killed his father and one of his brothers as well as almost killing him too. However, he was resuscitated by Comstar but he was horribly scared and required cybernetic implants to save him. The League has a heavy anti-cybernetic stance so a body double was put in his place by Comstar. Said double would go on to be the best leader the Free Worlds League ever had while the real Thomas would become the fanatical mastermind and bank-roller of the Word of Blake and the planner behind the Jihad.Killed at the end of the Jihad when the planet he was on is scoured by nukes to ensure no Word Of Blake Members escape.
Associated tropes:
- The Man Behind the Man: The real leader of Word Of Blake being both the person who masterminded the Jihad and who was giving them their funding in the early years of the Word Of Blake existence after their split from Comstar.
- Evil Is Hammy: How could this be anything other than high-grade Prosciutto?◊
- Eye Scream: The bomb described above apparently destroyed the real Thomas marik's right eye in it's place is a cybernetic replacement.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: the bomb also heavily scarred his face and body and well he's one of the biggest villains the inner sphere had faced since Stefan Amaris.
- Karmic Death: He and the Word of Blake have nuked dozens of worlds into submission, in the end he was nuked on the planet he was hiding.
- Knight Templar: His doppelganger that he sent to pose as him to lead the Free Worlds League said that he made Myndo Waterley (who probably would have found the Word of Blake appealing had she lived) look like a "bleeding heart liberal" in comparison.
Stefan Amaris
- "You will fight to the last soldier, and when you die, I will call upon your damned souls to rise and speak horrible curses at the enemy."—Emperor Amaris' Rousing Speech to the defenders of Terra.
Associated tropes:
- Bad Boss: He ordered the death of some engineers who designed a super huge mech for him, when it broke down on its first step, he charged them for "treasonal incompetence".
- The Caligula: To the point he made Hitler look like a school boy.
- Due to the Dead: Once General Kerensky finally had Amaris dead, questions arose as to what to do with the body. Do they dispose of it into space to never be seen again? That would engender doubts that he was dead. Do they bury it? The grave site would become a martyr shrine to his followers and elicit defacement by his far more numerous enemies. So what does Kerensky do? On the suggestion of one of his subordinates, he donates it to science. There, Amaris's remains can suffer the indignity of being a curio of the medically inquisitive, and the evidence that Amaris is well and truly dead is locked away in a freezer to be brought out if anyone doubts.
- Evil Chancellor / Treacherous Advisor / Big Bad Friend : He was all of these Tropes to Richard Cameron, all to help get him into the right position for his takeover of the Terran Hegemony.
- Godwin's Law: As a consequence for his utter depravity, his name alone amounts the same level as Hitler himself.
- Good Hair, Evil Hair / Obviously Evil : Has a Fu Manchu mustache in all depictions of him and isn't really good looking in general.
- Make It Look Like an Accident: Heavily implied by a formerly sealed SLDF internal intelligence report that was later revealed by Clan Ghost Bear that he had a hand in the death of Richard Cameron's father Simon Cameron to make him take the duty of leading the Terran Hegemony before he was ready to lead it to make it more easy to manipulate Richard because of that.
- Nuke 'em: Had various places nuked because of their resistance to him and his rule.
- The Usurper: The most infamous example inverse.
Adam Steiner
Cousin of Katrina Steiner-Davion and Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth twice. He is best remembered in the animated series of Battle Tech.
Associated tropes:
- Authority Equals Asskicking: Unlike most of the LyranSocial Generals, Adam is highly competent stratigic leader and a real Badass mechwarrior.
- Canon Immigrant: Originally from the short lived BattleTech Animated Series. While the series itself isn't canon outside of existing as a propaganda-holovid in canon, Adam and a few other characters from the show became canon after the show finished airing. Adam is probably the most visible of them, not because of his jump to becoming the Archon of the Lyran Alliance, but because he survived to die of old age after the Jihad.
- Doomed Home Planet: The planet he was born and raised on (Somerset) was taken over by the Jade Falcons although he did win the planet from them in a trial of possession. However, the fifth wave of the Clan invasion was underway, leaving Somerset deep enough in the occupation zone that the Federated Commonwealth couldn't get a garrison there to protect it. Adam was forced to abandon the planet, which was promptly re-conquered by the Jade Falcon. The cartoon adds the insult of the Falcons making off with the entire planetary population as a result of the villain's Loophole Abuse. (Actual canon, however, notes that the Falcons ignored the population.)
- Reasonable Authority Figure
- Royals Who Actually Do Something
Aleksandr Kerensky
- "To all citizens of the Inner Sphere do I, Aleksandr Kerensky, send greetings.""Know that I have taken the remnant of the Star League Defense Force which has remained true to its purpose beyond the boundaries of the Inner Sphere, beyond the Periphery. I have done this, neither out of disappointment with those whom we leave behind, nor out of spite or disdain, as some will say. No, we have left the Inner Sphere because we love it too much to see it destroyed. In the wake of the Usurper's coup, and the long, bitter fighting that came with it, I fear that my forces would do incalculable, possibly irreparable, harm to our society. We are sworn to ward the Star League and its subjects, not destroy it. Thus, we have left the only homes we have ever known to place the destructive capability of this armada beyond the reach of those who would use it, not for defense, but for conquest. Perhaps, with the might of our 'Mechs and ships out of reach, the leaders who now grapple with one another will relinquish their dreams of subjugating their neighbors and learn to live in peace with them. Perhaps, one day, should mankind step back from the brink of the abyss, we, our children, or our children's children will return, to once more serve and protect and guide the Star League in mankind's quest for the stars."—The Voice of Kerensky. His final message to the Inner Sphere
- Bald of Awesome: Official art show the General has no hair.
- Big Good: Kerensky is the most beloved man in the known universe.
- Four-Star Badass: Kerensky is considered the best military mind in history.
- Named After Someone Famous / Does This Remind You of Anything?: Aleksandr Kerensky the SLDF General was most likely named after Aleksandr Kerensky, the leader of the February Revolution in Russia that toppled the Czar. In fluff, after his death, the Clans took his body and placed it in a crystal coffin on a battleship in geosynchronous orbit over Strana Mechty's largest city, with floodlights illuminating it and a rotating patrol of guards from all the Clans standing watch over it. The historical Kerensky's main rival was Vladimir Lenin who...
- Our Founder: The Clans call Kerensky the Great Father.
- Rebel Leader: Kerensy led the liberation of Terra from Amaris.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: Kerensky left the Inner Sphere as he doesn't wan't to get involved in the power struggle between the great houses.
- Shaggy Dog Story: After leading his loyal SLDF troops out of the madness that would seize the Inner Sphere to prevent the devastation their skill and equipment would bring, his people too would soon fracture along cultural lines and start an internecine war. Then Kerensky died before he could reunite his mutinous troops. Furthermore his son Nicholas would start his father's last loyal followers down a path that would result in their descendants returning to the Inner Sphere as conquerors rather than protectors and saviours.
- Take a Third Option: Amaris was dead but war again loomed as each head of the Great Houses declared themselves the new First Lord of the Star League. Kerensky could either support one of them or declare himself First Lord. He chose exile instead.
- Tragic Dream: Kerensky envisioned recreating the Star League that would lead mankind into a new age of peace. He died on the eve of a war that would finish off what was left of the Star League. The Clans then later used his own words to justify invasion of the Inner Sphere.
Nicholas Kerensky
Aleksandr Kerensky's son and founder of the Clans.
- Founder of the Kingdom: He is the founder and creator the original 20 Clans and their way of life.
- Proud Warrior Race Guy: Formed the Clans in this fashion.
Anastasius Focht
Precentor-Martial Anastasius Focht was the commander in chief of the once-secret Comstar army known as the Com Guard. He is the architect of the Battle of Tukayyid, an arranged proxy battle over the ownership of Terra between Comstar and the Clans, where the Clan invasion in the early 3050s was temporarily halted for 15 years if the Com Guard won. Since achieving victory on Tukayyid he became increasingly prominent in the affairs of the Inner Sphere as a whole. Also responsible for thwarting a power grab by Primus Myndo Waterly. Being more secular and moderate, his actions within Comstar politics would result in the schism that created the Word of Blake splinter faction.
- Badass Grandpa
- The Chessmaster
- Eyepatch of Power
- Meaningful Rename: In another life, he was Fredrick Steiner, a member of the royal house that leads the Lyran Commonwealth.
- You Wouldn't Shoot Me: Yes he would, Myndo.
Maximilian Liao
The leader of the Capellan Confederationfrom the last years of the Third Succession War until
- Body Double / Grand Theft Me: Tried this gambit to remove Hanse Davion from power. It didn't work.
- Villainous Breakdown: Twice — after Hanse declared war on the Confederation during his marriage to Melissa Steiner, Max went berserk and started to gather up the wedding china service and hurl it in all directions. Later, once he realized he had not only been the victim of a brutal Curb-Stomp Battle in the form of the Fourth Sucession War, but had also been the victim of an intricate plot by Hanse Davion to hobble his war effort, he went irrevocably insane and was sent to the loony bin.
Romano Liao
- Daddy's Little Villain: As evil and insane as Max was, she was in many ways a fitting successor to her dad.
Kai Allard-Liao
The son of the infamous Justin Xiang Allard and Candace Liao (the only sane one between herself, her father, and her sister), Kai is arguably one of the most skilled and deadly MechWarriors ever. Despite his name, he was a loyal officer in the Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth, and of Prince Victor in particular.
- The Ace: He doesn't fully realize it until Star Captain Taman Malthus, a Jade Falcon elemental infantry garrison commander on planet Alynia, half-jokingly talks about the extreme means he would have enacted if he knew who Kai really was at the time (and if they weren't both ensnared by Comstar treachery).
- Ace Custom: Pilots Yen-Lo-Wang, a Centurion formerly used by his father that has seen extensive modifications over the years.
- Tsundere: Not him specifically, but the woman who eventually became his wife and mother of his children, Dierdre Lear. She was the daughter of a Solaris VII combatant who was killed by Kai's father, and held a long grudge against him, but eventually warmed up to him.
- Why Won't You Die?: He just refuses to die during his hiding on the plant Alyina.
- You Shall Not Pass: The epic battle of Twycross. A plan to trap an entire cluster of Jade Falcon forces in a narrow pass and bury them under explosion-induced rockslides goes awry. With a Hatchetman mech with a busted laser and an empty autocannon(so pretty much down to two lasers and the axe), he goads the cluster into the pass, dances a bit with the cluster's commander (the predecessor in the subsequently stigmatized bloodname seat of the aforementioned Taman Malthus)... and then blows his mech up, escaping in a full-head ejection system with Lear, and detonating the explosives and burying the Jade Falcon cluster, leaving few survivors.
- Worthy Opponent: Taman Malthus considered him one, detailing that if he truly knew who Kai was (instead of by the pseudonym he was using before that point), he would have bid an entire star of Elementals to go after him. That's twenty five musclebound Super Soldiers clad in Powered Armor. After Kai expresses incredulity at that claim, Taman amends it to two stars. Since they were both beset by Comstar's "Operation Scorpion", this made Taman amenable to a temporary alliance with Kai to oust the Comstar usurpers in exchange for Safconnote off of the planet.
Anastasia Kerensky
One of the most prominent characters in the Dark Age. A Clanner born from Clan Wolfe-in-Exile with ambitions to conquer Terra.
- Chaotic Neutral: She'll be fighting against one faction, only to join them in a later time.
- Fiery Redhead: She is described as having red hair and green eyes.
- HeelFace Revolving Door: She has been a heroine and an enemy to the Republic in a short span of time. She aided the planet Archernar against the Steel Wolves only to join them later, then took control of the unit forming the Wolf Hunters.
- Legacy Character: To her blood mother Natasha Kerensky.


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The symptoms you are describing will need to be evaluated by your plastic surgeon. Some people with implants can have a painful capsule without significant contracture. Also, although not very common an implant rupture could be looked into with an ultrasound or MRI. The best thing to do is see your surgeon first.
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An In Vitro Evaluation of the Marginal Integrity of a Porcelain Inlay System
There is currently no consensus of opinion regarding form of the finish line for porcelain inlays. This study compared beveled and nonbeveled finishing lines. Twenty-four Class II MOD cavities of a standardised design were prepared in extracted premolar teeth. Twelve were finished using a half enamel occlusal bevel and 12 were not beveled. Porcelain inlays were fabricated and luted with a dual-polymerizing resin material. The completed restorations were stored in water, thermocycled, and analysed using a scanning electron microscope. The quality of the enamel/composite resin interface was found to be considerably better than that of the inlay/composite resin interface. The adaptation of composite resin to enamel was of equal quality for both beveled and nonbeveled preparations.
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Nice! Ingenuity at its best.
This is a discussion on Apple ipod... a pain in my butt..... within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Just thought I would throw it out there. At work I like to listen to music. The times I forget to charge my ipod it ...
Just thought I would throw it out there.
At work I like to listen to music. The times I forget to charge my ipod it dies and I am a sad panda.... well today was another one of those days but ALAS I brought a USB cord with me... hooray... or not.
Plugging in the cord to the computer results in the computer thinking it is a hard drive... eject the hard drive and it stops charging... arg.... plug it back in and stop device... it stops charging... arg!
I debated buying a power adapter charger for the dinosaur but I would much rather put the $30-$50 toward a new ipod.
A Google search yields the exact things I have been trying... ARG! Finally out of frustration a brief flicker of the idea lamp I mask off the 2 inner pins (data pins) of the USB connector with scotch tape. Bingo charging while listening to music.
Found it to be a reversible extremely cheap solution to a problem. Although this has nothing to do with anything this board is about... it goes to show that sometimes being smart doesn't mean get out your wallet.
Just thought I would share.
There is something about firing 4,200 thirty millimeter rounds/min that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Nice! Ingenuity at its best.
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I would think that if you have iTunes installed everything should work fine.
Guns don't kill people, people kill people...and chimps do, if they have a gun
ya, if ur at a computer that doesnt have itunes and you cant download it for one reason or another (such as being at work), then its crappy.
good thinking through with masking the data pins
Georg BüchnerWo die Notwehr aufhört, fängt der Mord an
(Murder begins where self-defense ends)
I guess I forgot to mention that installing iTunes isn't an option on the work computer.
There is something about firing 4,200 thirty millimeter rounds/min that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
You shouldn't have had to block the data pins for it to charge. I plug mine in at work occasionally to charge. The computer will think it's a hard drive and the little "device connected" icon will appear in the system tray. Although it doesn't actually work as a hard drive in that I can't really access what's on it with Windows Explorer, it still charges, though.
Just get a USB wall socket adapter. They are cheap (a few bucks), and they can be used to charge any device that charges over USB. Since there is no data connection on the wall side, the iPod will not try to go into sync/HD mode, and you can listen and charge at the same time.
My iPod car charger is an inverter, an AC-to-USB adapter, and a retractable iPod USB cable...
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Honestly, every rechargeable gadget I use now is either micro- or mini-USB, or USB on one side like the iPod. I haven't bought a dedicated "charger" for anything in years...
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Memorial services for Scott Michael Sanchez, 19, of Lubbock, Texas, will be held Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 2 p.m. at Church on the Move with Pas[auth] tor Jim Reeves officiating. Scott passed away in Lubbock on Wednesday, June 12, 2013.
Scott was born Feb. 13, 1994, in Roswell, to Joe and Leslie Sanchez. He resided in Roswell until the family moved to Lubbock, Texas nine years ago. He was a loving son and brother.
Those left to cherish Scott's memory are his parents Joe and Leslie Sanchez; one brother, Joshua Sanchez and his fiancé, Becca Benavides; his girlfriend, Tasia Arnold, all of Lubbock; two sisters Peyton Rutledge and Gabbi Sanchez; his great-grandmother, Lois Parsons; grandparents Robert and Le Anne Parsons; grandmother Belia Sanchez Chaparro, all of Roswell; his aunt and uncle Micheal Sr. and Jessica Sanchez, of San Diego, Calif.; uncle, Philip "Fiat" Chaparro, of Albuquerque; God parent, Mary Alice Gomez; cousins Anyssa Sanchez, of Roswell, Micheal Sanchez Jr., Miah Sanchez and Matthew Sanchez, of San Diego, Calif., and his loving dog, Zekers.
Scott was preceded in death by great-grandparents Louis and Vergie Jeter; great-grandfather, G.B. Parsons; grandmother, Linda Parsons and great-grandparents Savino, Sr., and Blacita Sanchez.
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made in Scott's name to The Roswell Humane Society.
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Pair Programming – An Extremely Agile Practice
Pair Programming. It's probably one of the most extreme practices of eXtreme Programming (XP). It's an area of agile software development that polarises opinion.
The concept is simple enough. Two developers work side by side on the same piece of work, sharing a keyboard and screen and working together to produce the code.
The main advantage of pair programming is usually cited as improving quality, which also improves productivity further down the line.
Another advantage is spreading knowledge, as at least two people will know each area of the system. And it can also help with skills development – a kind of coaching and mentoring technique with one of the pair more experienced than the other.
It's also possible to benefit from the theory that two brains are better than one. A simple way of explaining this is that two people have very different experiences. One may see a solution that the other doesn't. It's possible that two minds might lead to solutions that are quicker to implement and simpler to maintain.
Even without pair programming, it's quite common for two developers to work together when they hit a particularly thorny problem. It's usually a little while before someone declares they are stuck and asks for help. With pair programming, this situation doesn't really arise, so time is not lost with single developers perservering on their own.
The other area it can help with is motivation and retaining focus. Someone is much less inclined to become distracted and spend time on facebook, for instance, when they are working with a colleague.
The motivation advantage reminds me of DIY in my case. I hate DIY! I will put it off for as long as possible. I'm simply not interested enough, so it doesn't get done. My solution to this? Invite my father-in-law round! Once he's in, he's so keen to get started, and I have to get it done because that's why he came over. He gets me started and keeps me focused. Hopefully you don't have wide-spread motivation problems in your team, or you have deeper problems to worry about! But we all go through short periods like this, and pair programming keeps them to a minimum.
On the other hand, pair programming also has some disadvantages.
In the short-term, there is a loss of productivity, or at least perceived productivity. You have to have sufficient budget to put two developers on each piece of work. If your team needs specialist skills, you have to have a team where there are at least two people with each major skillset. And when you need to hire another person, you ideally need to hire in pairs.
I think it's also important that the team members have the right chemistry. That they spark off each other. And can work closely together without differing opinions causing endless frustration. There's a loss of autonomy, having to explain everything and constantly build concensus. Sometimes you'll be constrained by your partner; other times they may be going too fast for you.
This reminds me of back-seat drivers. It's so annoying when someone sitting beside you keeps interfering and just won't let you drive how you want to! It's tiring and frustrating.
These are important soft-factors that can make or break pair programming in practice.
In the end then, like many agile development practices, you have to look at the unique circumstances of your team, and understanding these factors, decide for yourself when and if to adopt pair programming.
There is currently a discussion on pair programming on my new Agile Community. If you have something to add, why not go and join in?
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There's one more issue with pair programming. If your team doesn't believe pair programming actually works and improves performance they'll most likely prove this.
This kind of cooperative work requires specific mindset of both engaged persons. Otherwise you lose much, if not all, of value pair programming can bring.
The problem is rather painful since typical developer has never programmed in pairs and is rather skeptical. That's why if your team programs in pairs you should recruit new people very carefully.
By the way: I gave developers much freedom to choose practices they follow in a couple of teams I led and they never even tried pair programming. I can't even remember if anyone was enthusiastic about the idea.
I don't share the experience that for Pair Programming you need an extra budget. I also don't see why you'd need more people with special skillsets – in fact, I'd argue that exactly the opposite is true. Regarding hiring in pairs, I've never seen that being necessary.
It's true that pair programming can be socially challenging. I wouldn't throw out the baby with the bathwater here, though: it's a skill that can be learned, and from which you will highly benefit outside of pair programming, too.
Great Article. I found it very interesting, and I've actually tried it myself with fair results. One thing I've found (As Pawel Brodzinski said above) is that, like anything else, if your thinks something wont work, they may create a self fulling prophecy of failure.
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A gambler bets half the money in his pocket on the toss of a coin,
winning an equal amount for a head and losing his money if the
result is a tail. After 2n plays he has won exactly n times. Has he
more money than he started with?
You have two bags, four red balls and four white balls. You must
put all the balls in the bags although you are allowed to have one
bag empty. How should you distribute the balls between the two bags
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To win on a scratch card you have to uncover three numbers that add
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Every graph of the sum of two spinners would bulge in the middle because there is more chance of making the middle number. There is little chance of getting the highest numbers so that would mean the higher and, equally, the lower numbers would come up less often.
Thomas and Holly from Hymers College explained their thinking clearly:
After figuring out the first few graphs and their corresponding spinners, we soon found out that the maximum sum of the spinners equalled the highest bar value for the sum.
We also found that a sample space diagram could be applied to the graphs involving sums.
For A and B, we saw a graph going up and down with equal steps, peaking at 8 and 12 for A and B respectively.
Therefore, we deduced that the two spinner numbers had to be of equal value. As we had already figured out, the sum of A had to be 14, so we could see that the sum was 7 + 7. For B, the sum had to be 20, so the sum had to be 10 + 10.
For C, we knew the sum was 14, and we counted 3 steps up to the peak, so we thought it was 3 + 11, still measuring the sum. It is very hard to get a graph exactly like shown in C, but 3 + 11 is the way to get it.
For D, we followed the same method, but knew the sum was twenty with 6 steps, so after inputting 6 + 14; we got a graph similar to the one shown in D.
For the remaining four, it is obvious from the shape of the graph that it must be on the difference setting, as it would be impossible to get 0 on sum setting. Since E has a maximum difference of 6, it has to be 7 + 7 (because the difference of 6 would be between 1 and 7 (as it is impossible to get 0 and 6)).
We worked on a similar basis for the remaining 3. F was 11 + 11, G was 3 + 7 and H was 4 + 11.
Jennifer from Taipei European School had a go at the final challenge:
The difference between two 1-20 spinners.
There will be 20 bars because the smallest bar is 1-1=0 and the biggest bar is 20-1=19 then 19+1=20 because the smallest number is 0 isn't 1. The second bar will be the longest because 1, the answer, appears most often when finding the difference between two numbers and the last bar will be the shortest because the only way to make 19 is 20-1.
The sum of a 1-20 and a 1-30 spinner
There will be 49 bars because the smallest is 1+1=2 and the biggest is 20+30=50
The first and the last bar will be the same and the two bars will be the shortest because only 1+1=2 and only 20+30=50.
The difference between a 1-20 and a 1-30 spinner.
There will be 30 bars because 1-1=0 and 30-1=29.
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According to police sources and court records, John Mooney, 52, of 189 Beach 112 Street broke the window of the Western Union Check Cashing establishment at 114-17 Rockaway Beach Boule ard at about 12:38 a.m. on December 14.
Police officer Charles Feldman, on patrol in the 100 Precinct, reportedly saw Mooney placing the machine in a U-Haul truck.
When Feldman tried to stop Mooney, records show, the man fled in the truck with the ATM in the cargo bay.
When Feldman finally found the truck a few blocks away, it was empty.
Police officers watched the truck, however, and Mooney returned about two hours later. He was arrested on the scene.
Court records say that a security camera inside the Western Union store shows Mooney breaking in and stealing the ATM.
Police say the ATM contained about $8,300 when it was stolen.
Officials later found that the U-Haul had been stolen from a local dealer.
Police say that Mooney's brother, Michael, was busted on January 9 on charges of attempting to get the owners of the Western Union store to drop the charges against John.
Court records show that Michael went in the store on December 18, encountering a clerk behind the counter.
"My brother didn't steal the ATM and if you don't drop the charges, I will burn your store down," he allegedly told the startled clerk, who called police.
By the time police arrived, Mooney was gone, but police detectives tracked him down and arrested him last week.
According to a spokesperson for Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, John Mooney was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on December 15, charged with burglary, grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, possession of burglary tools, criminal mischief and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
He was held on bail of $10,000 for his next court date, which was set for later this month.
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Home › Forums › Commerce › Gear Deals › Bergans UL Winter Puffy (%50 down) at the Clymb
Sep 27, 2013 at 12:15 am #1308122
The clymb has a puffy from bergans called the sastrugi, which looks like a pretty legit UL winter puffy.
Its got 12 oz of down (750 cu euro =850 US), its box walled and weighs just over 24oz total, which should give a lot of warmth for the weight. Its reversible, with pertex endurance on one side and quantum on the other. Interesting.
It retails for $650 and the climb has it for $225
Use my link or just go to the site. I get a $25 credit if you use my link, but this is my first time buying from the clymb and I was more just posting because this looks like an awesome winter jacket.
http://www.theclymb.com/invite-from/sergegiachettiSep 27, 2013 at 2:24 pm #2028963
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If you're a Clymb member already, you can use the code "FALLDEALS" to save an additional 20% on the jacket, bringing the price down to $180.
I've read some conflicting information online about its weight. Some places report 22 oz for the men's large, and some report 25 oz. Not a huge difference, but perhaps something to consider.Sep 28, 2013 at 4:42 pm #2029206
Thanks for that. I contacted the clymb after placing my order and they let me use the code retroactively. Thats good customer service. I'll post here about the jacket if anyone is interested.Oct 4, 2013 at 12:12 am #2030740
I posted this to a thread about light expedition parkas, but I'll add my first impressions here too. The short version: I like it.
Field experience is always good, but I can easily recommend a jacket thats primary function is warmth. This is definitely warm, with very high quality construction. The full box wall makes it feel like you are wearing a well tailored sleeping bag for your upper body. The baffles are well stuffed, and the hood nicely envelops your head, but also fits well with a helmet. I'm keeping the medium, which has a good belay fit on my 6'2 170 frame, but without much extra room to spare. The M covers most of my butt, and I'd say the fit is fairly long, especially compared to the deliberately short rab infinty I've used. Speaking of which, for an extra 9 oz, this jacket is in a different league of warmth and coverage. I think this provides a better margin of safety on the coldest days. My medium weighs 675 grams and the large weighed 728 grams in a L, so its a little over spec, but the warmth per weight is still very good even if it turns out none of that extra weight is down.
I think I understand the concept of the reversible jacket with pertex endurance on one side and quantum on the other. You can wear the endurance on the outside when its snowing for better protection, then reverse it later to dry it out with body heat if any moisture gets in. I was skeptical about how this would complicate the design, but its well executed. Its not that different from having two zippered inside pockets, except they just mirror the outside ones. Big enough to fit a 1L nalgene in both inside pockets. I like the two color option, as one is more muted for town, and one is a nice bright blue for mountain stuff. Only thing I don't like is the little arm pocket on one side, b/c its cold against your skin if you're wearing it with a t-shirt, and sleeve pockets are kinda dumb, right? Also, its a super lofty jacket throughout with box baffles in the chest and arms, but I think its stitch through where the arms meet the torso. Small nitpick which I think is pretty common to most box baffled jackets.
Anyway, just thought I'd post impressions, since its still on the clymb for a very good price, and its one of the warmest winter parkas I've found for the weight. Between %46-%49 down!Oct 4, 2013 at 2:12 am #2030750
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"If you're a Clymb member already, you can use the code "FALLDEALS" to save an additional 20% on the jacket, bringing the price down to $180."
Looks like I waited too long and that code has expired.Oct 5, 2013 at 12:14 am #2030968
Hi Rick, sorry I don't have a ruler handy. I can tell you that if there is a weakness of this jacket its that compared to the rest of it, the part where the torso meets the sleeves (i.e. shoulder) I believe is sewn through and there is considerably less loft. The rest of the jacket though, in my unquantified estimation, is a loft monster.Nov 14, 2013 at 9:52 pm #2044756
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Just wanted to add a couple things. Thanks to Serge for helping me with info on this jacket, he's an upstanding guy. I got one of these and it's a very nice jacket, worth a lot more than the $220 price on the Clymb in my opinion. I've let it loft fully and it's about 4" of loft and pretty damn squishy with down, which is the same as the Rab Neutrino Endurance Plus jacket that I bought recently (and returned, because their new "hydrophobic down" has resulted in much less loft). Mine weighs about 23.5 oz, which is ~3 oz less than the Neutrino Plus (size medium I bought was a little more than 26 oz), but the Sastrugi has 2oz more down than the Plus. My Rab Neutrino (non-plus) weighs 21 oz for a size medium with 8 oz of down, plus about an ounce for the stuff sack. That's only 1.5 oz less than this jacket, which has 4 oz more down, and the stuff sack is built in to the pocket! Fit is great, the craftsmanship is great. I'm stoked if you can't tell. One last detail: the shell material is actually Pertex Endurance at about 20 denier, not Pertex Shield as the Clymb says, but it has double layers around the elbows for reinforcement.
Primarily I'm posting because you can still pick one of these up even though they're no longer showing in the search results. I just bought mine so I know they're still valid. Here's the direct links:
http://www.theclymb.com/all/brand-event/1979/show-product/568206?f=mi (for Red/Gray sizes M/L/XL
http://www.theclymb.com/all/brand-event/1979/show-product/568205?f=mi (for Bright Blue/Red sizes S/L/XL/XXLNov 29, 2013 at 6:24 pm #2049187
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Humid but not wet basement...is dryloc enough?
Hi everyone,
First post! Bought this amazing 1961 Mid-Century modern house. I've had it with people coming in to give me estimates...
I pulled back 30yo paneling and discovered some efflorescence. Mostly in corners, and only in first block. There's also flooring (fake wood look) that's made of paper... given the look and the fact that only in the bathroom does it look like there any water damage (duh!) I feel confident the basement has never flooded.
Had two basement companies come in...they both wanted to sell me the trench+sump pump "deal". The prices ranged from $5500 to $11000. Given the disparity in pricing, I asked an Engineering company to come in... this guy said that because there's never been flooding in the basement, dryloc should be enough to stop the humidity (ranges around 65% without dehumidifier... walls are around 65% also.) Whereas the basement guys want to sell you "the system" I feel the engineering home improvement guy has an interest in selling you "the finish" because, well, they'd have to contract out the basement drying. He quoted me $25K to "finish" the basement (~1000sqft).
I feel I can't really trust either. And now I want to finish it myself because I have a 90's kitchen to do still...
That said, the basement looks good overall. The musty smell went away with the old finishes were demoed. The cinderblock has efflorescence in some corners but it's mostly limited to the bottom brick layer. Only half the basement is "below grade" (imagine a wedge into a hill that tapers toward the other end), and there are windows, so about 4.5ft to 5ft high "below grade.
Question is: can I just assume that since this house is 50yo and the floor has no cracks and no evidence of flooding that I can use dryloc? I read elsewhere here I can use self leveling polyurethane between the slab and the wall... is that right?
I don't want to finish a basement only to discover 4 years from now it was all for nil.
Also, I'm in East TN...it rains alot here and it's pretty humid in the summer altogether.
No, dryloc is not going to solve the problem. First thing is to get air moving down there. If it is not conditioned with the hvac system for the house, suggest doing so. If there is no a/c for the house, you need to get an exchange of air, and air circulating.
Testing the humidity was good. You can also tape all four sides of a square piece of alum. foil to the wall and check it after a few days. If the wall is damp, you have seepage, if you have water on the front of the foil, you have a moisture / humidity issue.
I'm about to use Radon Seal AND Drylok Extreme, Radon Seal first, on my basement walls.
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Hello! Welcome to the forum. I live in KY and can relate to the weather. I have a very similar basement set-up and am near completion of finishing it. I did have water on a few occasions and did have a company come in to put in a channel around the inside perimeter and sump pump and couldn't have been happier. In addition I painted the cinderblocks with 2 coats of the more expensive (premier, I think) dry-lock before framing it.
Between the two, I am sure that I will never have another moisture issue. I know that the basement channel/ sump pump is not for everyone, especially because it only manages the water, but it was by far the better deal of what I had presented to me. Company was done in 4 days or so and I loved their work. They were clean, fast and efficient. No complaints. Cost me about $5,500 or so.
As an alternative, after seeing what they did, I would now feel comfortable to install my own sump pump. Dig a 2-3 foot deep hole at the lowest part of your basement, some gravel, the sump pump in its bucket housing etc, top it off with concrete and pipe it to the outside. Just in case. I think my sump pump alone would take care of 99% of the issues.
The issue I had was mostly static pressure from below and water accumulation in the corners.
See the pictures. They were taken just days after a major rain, and proved to me that I had to have the basement system.
Another note, a product called V-Seal seals existing concrete floors which I also used on the floor. I put down laminate wood flooring over Delta-FL. I think I did everything I could to prevent a water issue from ruining the basement.
The other half that had been finished by previous owner was no longer in a condition to be lived in: eg carpet & water.
Better safe than sorry was my thinking.
Yea, I had been thinking about using the Delta-FL as well. I'm an overkill type person, if you couldn't tell...
If finishing the basement for living space, I would suggest:
Use foamboard on the walls rather than Drylock, unless a water problem is evident. If so, drylock and a drain system to remove the water collected because the drylock stops/redirects moisture to collect/pool in the bottom, at the wall/footing joint. Add to that the empty cells in CMU's collect water, no wonder it only is wet at the first course. Actually, water can wick upward and come out inside higher-up, falsely giving you the idea a leak is there. Without water signs, no drylock, just foamboard, thickness as per location; http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...g-your-basment
Delta will stop the moisture but not the heat-loss, that is the second reason for f.b. Check out the difference in heat-loss with different thickness f.b. on walls and floor in this paper, cruise around on it: http://www.buildingfoundation.umn.ed...timum-main.htm
Another heat-loss calc. where they don't even use XPS: http://www.quadlock.com/technical_li...Insulation.pdf
Also: add sill sealer under p.t. bottom plate for thermal/air/capillary break:http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/...-building-code
fire-stopping at wall top and every 10' lineally, f.b. the rim joists: http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...l_seal_rev.pdf and ADA the drywall: http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...wall-approach/
Air seal with the glue pattern as well.
It is important to use a thermal break at the wall/slab joint, as well as f.b. under the perimeter of slab. Some comparisons on page 69; http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...study-analysis
The Problem with Paint On Sealers
There are a few problems I have with "paint on sealers". One is that they need to be re-applied every few years. Also, if the product buckles, chips, or peels (and it does happen in high moisture areas), the wall will need to be completely stripped and/or sand blasted. Therefore, "paint on sealers" can actually be counter-productive.
I agree with you . I am currently working on a home in China and i installed a dimpled membrane on the basement concrete wall. We face hot hot summers reaching 35 to 40 degrees. and winter months around 0 . So i face 2 problems. 1 humid wet basement interior walls. and heat loss do to no insulation construction practice methods in interior homes in China. So i applied the trench system with the dimpled membrane , i wanted to illuminate any moisture seeping through the concrete walls as much as i could. 2nd i want to apply a metal frame wall with roxul batt insulation and waterproof drywall. but i have a question . I usually would apply a vapor barrier poly 6mm before boarding so that the humidity left in the home cannot travel in the wall cavity. Any feed back? i also went over kill on installing a di humidifier vent in every room of the basement and a dimpled tile membrane on the floor and carpet membrane in the audio room. I would like to here any other suggestion you may have since you are also into the over kill .
by now everyone ( 'cept newbies who don't research this forum ), knows what i think of this product :furious: Ameri-Dry Guy, whoever said this was a paint-on sealer other'n the label & the apron/vest sales guys ? btw, we use aurand's elec scarifiers to prep walls & remove this junk,,, xypex & kryton are far superior products but, as always, PREP is the key to good material performance provided the mtl's worth a damn to begin AND the right mtl's selected.
blister ' is probably a better term than ' buckles ' but that's just my opinion,,, others may disagree but they're wrong :laughing:
ps - in 35yrs, i have yet to see it applied to an interior conc bsmt wall :no:
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This is a discussion on 2012 STI The Dark Side within the Member Show-Off & Photography forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; ScoobY Swag...
Hot damn, I definitely want some yellow overlays for my fog lights.
Nice! That silver one is pretty.
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Although it makes me hate the '12s headlights even more lol.
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A little late to the party but great thread!
You did a great job documenting the WRB you had but your new STi is awesome. Looking forward to seeing how it progresses from here.
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is it weird that i use your pictures as my wallpaper on my computer and phone..
Haha, I'm using one for the wallpaper on my laptop too!
What are you going to get now? Those didn't last long!
I think you should go with a nice set of HREs or maybe some BBS.........
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Why a Potential New Cancer Treatment Was Covered Up
The War On Cancer, launched in the early 1970s, led to an influx of new ideas in fighting the disease. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, America's leading cancer research center at the time, was assigned the task of testing an unconventional therapy called "Laetrile" to determine if it was a legitimate therapy. Ralph W. Moss was hired as a science writer at Sloan-Kettering in 1974, and one of his first assignments was to write a biography about Dr. Kanematsu Sugiura, one of the Center's leading research scientists and the original co-inventor of chemotherapy. Moss discovered that Dr. Sugiura had been studying "Laetrile" in laboratory mice, with unexpectedly positive results. Moss tells how he worked as a loyal employee at Sloan-Kettering while at the same time helping to anonymously leak information about "Laetrile" to the American public. Moss is the subject of the documentary "Second Opinion," which opens August 29 at the Cinema Village.


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Whenever an industry consolidates, the gap between the large players and the smaller ones tends to get a lot wider.
That's certainly the case in the car rental industry, which has experienced another major shift in the playing field thanks to a couple of major deals over the past few months.
One of the deal makers, Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ), solidified its position as the second-biggest car rental company in the U.S. with its buyout of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group for $2.3 billion.
The deal was announced in late August and closed in November. It is expected to boost Hertz from No. 3 to No. 1 in car rental market share at U.S. airports, mainly because Hertz will now compete in the budget category after making its name in the premium market.
"It's an incredibly positive transaction for Hertz," said Christopher Agnew, an analyst at MKM Partners. "Hertz previously did not have a value/leisure brand. Their main competitors, Avis and Enterprise, both have a mix of leisure and budget brands, and Hertz had been losing market share. They needed to protect their market share."
Hertz had been pursuing Dollar Thrifty for a couple of years before finally securing a deal both parties could agree on. Avis Budget Group (CAR) had also made overtures to Dollar Thrifty, but dropped its bid in 2011.
The Street Smiles
Wall Street took an immediate liking to the Hertz-Dollar Thrifty deal, pushing Hertz's stock price up 8% the day it was announced. Shares have continued to rise since then and hit a five-year high of 18.79 Jan. 28.
"The benefits to Hertz are significantly compelling in the near- and long-term," Michael Millman, analyst at Millman Research Associates, noted in a report. "We estimate the acquisition will add roughly 25% to Hertz's earnings, before synergies (cost or revenue), while helping protect the Hertz classic brand."
To meet regulatory approval for the deal, Hertz agreed to divest certain assets, including its Advantage Rent A Car business.
Those terms were set because of concerns that three companies — Hertz, Enterprise Holdings and Avis — will have a stranglehold on the car rental business now that Dollar Thrifty is out of the mix.
According to reports, those three will now control about 95% of the U.S. market. The number of players has shrunk considerably the last few years following a series of mergers.
In 2006, Avis merged with Budget in a $1 billion deal. A year later, Enterprise Rent-A-Car joined forces with National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car.
While these and other deals have whittled down the playing field, not everyone sees rapid consolidation as a bad thing.
"Consolidation is a positive for the industry because it will allow for more rational competition moving forward," Agnew said. "The industry will still be competitive, and the impact on consumers should be minimal."
According to its website, privately held Enterprise Holdings has annual revenue of $15.4 billion, almost 1.3 million cars and trucks, and more than 6,000 neighborhood and airport branch offices in the U.S.
Hertz is expected to report about $9 billion in revenue for 2012. It operates from 10,400 locations in about 150 countries worldwide. When it was acquired by Hertz, Dollar Thrifty boasted 118,000 vehicles at 445 U.S. locations and generated $1.6 billion in yearly revenue.
Hertz also operates one of the world's biggest equipment rental businesses, Hertz Equipment Rental, through 340 branches in the U.S., Canada, China, France, Spain and Saudi Arabia, as well as through international licensees.
Avis has about 10,000 rental locations in 175 countries. It is expected to log $7.3 billion in 2012 revenue.
Like Hertz, Avis has been busy on the acquisition front. In early January, it announced plans to buy Zipcar (ZIP) for $491.2 million. Zipcar operates a car-sharing network in 17 cities and more than 250 college campuses in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
With car sharing, members rent a vehicle for an hour or two for short trips. Zipcar has more than 760,000 members. Its business is estimated to be at least five times larger than the car-sharing businesses of both Hertz and Enterprise.
Agnew expects to see further consolidation in the industry in coming quarters and years, with much of it taking place overseas.
"I would suspect that companies will continue to make top-end acquisitions globally," he said. "The growth for Hertz will be where the economic growth is taking place, so I expect it will look to do deals in China, which may include acquisitions or partnerships."
Hertz gets 35% of its sales from international markets. That percentage has ticked higher in recent years.
Bouncing Back
Financially, Hertz continues to bounce back from a slowdown in business that began in 2008 with the financial crisis. Although the company's top-line growth has been sluggish, it has produced strong earnings growth amid efforts to improve its operating model.
"They have managed fleet costs much more efficiently and flexibly," Agnew said.
Hertz earned 63 cents a share during its 2012 third quarter. That was up from 51 cents the prior year and 2 cents above Wall Street views.
Overall revenue gained 3% to $2.51 billion, slightly below estimates for $2.59 billion. Top-line growth has decelerated the past three quarters.
Global car rental revenue climbed 2% to $2.15 billion during the quarter, while worldwide equipment rental revenue gained 13% to $363 million.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect Hertz's Q4 earnings to come in at 31 cents a share, a gain of 29% from a year earlier.


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Full statement by Bishop Mark J. Seitz on his appointment as bishop of El paso
EL PASO, Texas - May 6, 2013 Statement from Bishop Mark J. Seitz on Appointment as Bishop of El Paso
I would like to begin by thanking Pope Francis for the confidence he has placed in me by calling me to serve this historic and extraordinary Diocese.
One never knows for sure what God has in mind. He is full of surprises for me and for you. I grew up in Wisconsin never imagining that I would live anywhere else. Then I found myself entering the seminary in Dallas thinking I would return to a seminary in Wisconsin after a couple of years. I fell in love with Texas and with the Church of Dallas. In 1980 I was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Dallas.
My life took another totally unexpected turn when, 3 years ago the Bishop of Dallas, Bishop Kevin Farrell, called me into his office. As I was entering his office he said prophetically, "I'm about to turn your life upside down." Since that time I have actually begun to like being upside down, because I have found that the Lord is there with me.
I have not anticipated any of this but the simple fact that it is not my plan or my doing gives me hope. I know the Lord will supply for my defects because this is His Church. If I allow it God will use me as His instrument.
Last Saturday a new surprise came my way in the form of a call from the Papal Nuncio to the United States. He informed me that our Holy Father, Pope Francis, had named me the next bishop of El Paso. All I could say was "Wow!"
Admittedly, I didn't know very much about the El Paso Diocese, but I did know that the Church had been planted here by the earliest missionaries little more than a generation after Europeans first came to the Americas. I knew that this was a region of Texas that I have always wanted to see. From my experience of the State in its other regions the word 'Texas' and 'mountain' did not come together. I am struck with the beauty of this place!
I have since begun to learn of the history of the Church here, with the wonderful diversity of cultures and the holiness of so many of her members. You have active Catholic communities of the First Americans. I have long admired Native American culture which has been so beautifully highlighted with the canonization of St. Kateri Tekakwitha in the past year. I was also raised to be proud of the small seasoning of Native heritage that is part of my ancestry.
Of course a large percentage of the Church here is of Hispanic origin. One of the greatest joys of my priesthood has been to serve the Latino communities in the parishes where I have ministered. Estoy aprendiendo el idioma de español. Todavía habla con errores, pero espero que ustedes puedan corregirme. He recibido mucho de la cultura Hispana, de su espiritualidad, sus valores de familia y comunidad. Debo confesar que también tengo un gran amor para la comida Mexicana.
My intention and my desire is to serve the entire community here without distinction of race or culture. But I do have one bias I hope to effectively share, that is a preferential love for the poor. I will do my best to emulate the poor myself by living simply and not putting my trust in material things. Like Pope Francis has said I too would like the Church to be poor and to be for the poor.
In my heart there is also a special place for those who have suffered from abuse, especially sexual abuse by members of the clergy. I pray that I may help bring healing to any who have suffered this terrible violation of their human dignity and I promise that it will be among my highest priorities to assure the safety of our children and vulnerable adults who are all so dear to the Lord.
I am very grateful to Bishop Ochoa for the warmth of his welcome and the assistance he has already given me. His loving and effective leadership provides me with a model I hope to build upon.
I am looking forward particularly to meeting the priests and deacons of the Diocese, both diocesan and religious. You will be my primary co-workers and my brothers. Already I have heard of your goodness and your labors.
Women religious, active and contemplative are among the greatest treasures of any diocese. I understand we have a number of religious brothers as well. What a joy it will be to get to know you and work with you!
I am anxious in these coming months to meet as many of the people of the diocese as possible, to visit parishes and Catholic institutions. I will listen a lot because I have a lot to learn. You will be my teachers. With the help of God and through the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe I promise to give my all to work in collaboration with all of you as we open this new chapter in the life of this great Diocese of El Paso!


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Round 3 of 'Baddest Chick' Tourney Begins
We're up to Round 3 AKA the Sweet 16 in XXL's Baddest Chick in the Game Tournament.
Round 2 saw its share of upsets as Beyonce, the No. 1 seed in the Wifeys and Exes bracket, became the first top seed to fall after losing to No. 8 seed Kimbella. The match saw both beauties go through countless lead changes until Kimb edged out Ms. Knowles in the final moments. Kimbella is now slated to face off with No.4 seed Jennifer Lopez in the Sweet 16.
After surviving Lil' Kim in the first round, Nicki Minaj became the second No.2 seed to see an early exit, having lost at the hands of Mya. Mya, a No.10 in the Rhythm & Booty bracket, will now compete against Cassie, a No.3 seed in the same bracket. Somaya Reece, a No.15 seed in the Hollyhood bracket, officially became the tournament's Cinderalla story after pulverizing No. 10 seed Angela Simmons. Somaya has her work cut out for her in the next round, as she's scheduled to face No.6 seed Meagan Good. The Waist Deep actress easily disposed of No.3 seed Selita Ebanks in the second round.
Amber Rose and Alicia Keys both continued their road to the Final Four. They're now set to face off in the next round. Other upsets included No. 11 seed Maliah Michel beating No. 3 seed Angela Lola Luv in the Candy Shop bracket while No. 10 seed Keyshia Dior beat No. 2 seed Vida Guerra— making Vida the third No. 3 seed to be eliminated. Dior and Michel are now set to compete in the next round while No. 1 seed Melyssa Ford will take on No. 5 seed Dollicia Bryan.
Tomorrow Round 4 AKA the Elite 8 competition will start at noon. Be sure to vote now. —XXL Staff


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It's a very monitory start to the year isn't it. Following high end announcements from NEC, LaCie and Dell itself with its luxury Crystal LCD, Michael's boys are at it again with the '2408WFP'.
The 24 incher is the little brother to Dell's debut DisplayPort offering, the 3008WFP and packs the same HDMI challenging connector along with *deep breath* HDMI itself, 2x DVI, VGA, Composite, S-Video, Component and 1x USB 2.0 upstream and 2x USB 2.0 downstream ports.
Add to this a native 1,920 x 1,200 resolution, 6ms response time, 1,300:1 contrast ratio, wide 178 degree viewing angle and 400-is-the-new-300 cd/m2 brightness and - at least on paper - you've got one cracking display. Add to this the very impressive ability to display 102 per cent of the colour gamut and even purists should be suitably won over.
The 2408WFP goes on sale immediately at Dell US with an RRP of just $748 (approx. £375). Heaven knows how the latest cross Atlantic currency conversion will turn out over here, but expect to find out in the next few weeks...


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AMARILLO -- Record oil prices and incentives to findalternative fuel sources are lighting a fire under research to turnbiomass materials such as manure into energy.
Texas Senate Bill20, signed this week by Gov. Rick Perry, compliments research under wayto determine how and where biomass can be used. The new law requiresmore renewable energy to be developed and used in the next 10 years.
Combiningconsumer energy needs and agriculture industry trends with thelegislation will push the research to become reality, said Dr. JohnSweeten, resident director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Stationat the Texas A&M University System Agriculture Research andExtension Center here.
Researchers have long worked with manureas a fertilizer and have studied ways to convert it into energy, butthis latest push of legislation and research should result in moreenergy projects becoming a reality, Sweeten said.
Research isconcentrating on finding alternative uses for the growing supplies ofmanure, Sweeten said. Irrigated cropland use of manure as a fertilizeris dwindling, but the livestock industry is growing.
Other trendscontributing to a potential excess are increasing imports ofgrain-based nutrients to feed the cattle; less irrigation water; andthe switch to crops which use less water and require fewer nutrients.
"Thingsare in reasonable shape now, but in 10, 20 or 30 years from now, weneed to have alternate uses that are not based exclusively on landapplication," he said.
Energy production has been researched formore than 20 years, but "$60 a barrel oil recruits a lot of interest inbiomass," Sweeten said.
"The question becomes, how do you convert biomass into energy?" he said.
Thesolid feedlot waste presents a different challenge than the liquidwaste from hog or dairy operations, Sweeten said. Researchers aretrying to determine what process and what mix of the product willcreate the most useable heat and, as a result, energy.
For thisstudy, composite samples of raw/mixed/uncomposted manure from theExperiment Station feedlot at Bushland have been sent for testing atseveral labs. The manure samples were harvested May 17-June 2 from twotypes of pens.
One set of pens were paved with fly-ash, abyproduct of the coal-fired power generating industry, and the othermanure was from unpaved pens. The manure was composted and test resultsfrom the two showed a large difference for several constituentsmeasured, especially ash content, Sweeten said.
Ash, an unusablematerial as far as energy is concerned, was lower in the compostedmanure samples from the paved pens than the dirt pens -- 20.2 percentcompared to 58.7 percent. As a result, the low-ash manure had abouttwice the organic matter and heating value, he said.
"The low-ashfeedlot biomass would be much better fuel than high-ash feedlotbiomass," Sweeten said. "The problem is, there is not that much of itin the commercial feedlots."
Large bulk samples from the compostpile that came from the paved pens will be tested further in asmall-scale combustion testing project in College Station.
Thesetest results will focus on using pulverized manure samples as reburnfuel in a secondary combustion chamber to lower the nitrogen oxides andspecific metal emissions from coal-firing in the primary combustionchamber, Sweeten said.
Re-sampling will begin next week uponcompletion of 50 days of composting of the two windrows. The analysiswill be repeated on the partially-composted manure to determine changesin fuel quality produced by more than six weeks of composting, he said.
Another research project involves using the byproduct combustion ash as a fertilizer or construction material, Sweeten said.
"Byassuring year-round uses of manure, the cattle feed yards in this areacould not only stay current on manure harvesting, but the fuel qualityof manure improves with more frequent harvest," Sweeten said. "An evengreater benefit is that frequent surface manure harvesting by scrapingis an accepted method of dust control."
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MACKENZIE Rosman has certainly changed since her days as Ruthie Camden on 7th Heaven.
One can only imagine what the fictional Reverand Eric Camden would say if he saw Rosman's spread in Maxim Australia which hit magazine stands today.
The former child star, who is now 23-years-old, featured in 238 episodes of the morally-righteous TV show from 1996-2007, and recently she's appeared in a few TV movies such as Ghost Shark and the soon to be released Nightcomer.
Rosman told Maxim that she currently has a boyfriend who is nothing like some of the bad boys who dated the Camden girls in 7th Heaven.
"Just be respectful," Rosman said when asked what she looks for in a man.
"I don't deal with the whole bad boy who doesn't call you. That doesn't interest me at all, and I just look the other way."


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