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The Economic Outlook: Building Momentum on the Road to Stronger Growth
Remarks by Jack Guynn
President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Construction Industry Institute Annual Meeting
July 31, 2003
Thank you for making me feel welcome. It's an honor to be here before such an important group. Kenneth Eickmann asked me to talk today about the outlook for the U.S. economy as a backdrop to your focus at this year's conference on driving greater capital efficiency. This is a fitting theme given the sluggish rate of growth we're still experiencing some 20 months after what was recently declared the end of the 2001 recession. My plan today is to offer some remarks describing where I think we are and where we're going and to comment on some of the pivotal economic issues of the day. Afterwards, I'll be glad to take a few questions.
"Defining average up"
In preparing for today's remarks I looked back over some of the speeches I gave during the heady days of the late 1990s. That was actually not so long ago, but it seems like it has been eons for our economy. One of the concerns I mentioned during a speech in early 1999 — as it turns out, the heyday of the economic boom — was the "institutionalization of unrealistic expectations." At the time, the United States was coming off three straight years of extraordinary growth, quarter after quarter — plus we saw unemployment and inflation lower than we'd seen in decades. It seemed like the best of all possible worlds. My concern at the time was the widespread perception that this exceptional performance had become the norm and would continue indefinitely. Essentially, I worried we were — to borrow a phrase from the late New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan — "defining average up."
As we now have learned, personal and business decisions based on such a euphoric outlook can lead to classic excesses and imbalances in a free market economy like ours. We're still coping with many of the consequences of this pervasive delusion in the form of excess capacity, and in some ways we still may be dealing with unrealistic expectations — just another kind. That's something I'll describe in more detail in a moment.
Compounding the excesses of the late l990s, the U.S. economy endured some nasty hits, starting in 2001. These include the September 11 terror attacks and accounting scandals that devastated not only Enron and a number of other major companies but also investor confidence. Stocks suffered a substantial across-the-board correction starting in the spring of 2002, and earlier this year we had the Iraq war and the associated spike in oil prices. Yet, it's easy to forget that even with all of these disruptive economic shocks, we've been reporting positive GDP growth for quite some time. Gross domestic product was up 1.4 percent in the first quarter of 2003. Over the past six quarters, not including the GDP figures for the second quarter released this morning, GDP growth has averaged about 2.6 percent. These figures tell us the economy is expanding. Although growth has not been impressive by historical standards, the recent performance could be viewed as a testament to the resilience of the U.S. economy, given all of the difficulties I've just outlined.
So where are we now? For some time, I've been saying that because the period before the recession was so different I thought we would have a different kind of recovery. And we have. Of course, I'll have to admit that what's unfolded has been even more different than I expected.
Today, we're still waiting for a decisive pick-up, and, like a lot of folks, sometimes I find myself getting impatient. But the economy is growing, and I am among those who expect momentum to build as we move through this year and into 2004. What I think we'll see in the coming months will be a slow build-up instead of a quick and dramatic "pop" back to a late 1990s pattern of growth.
I know there's quite a bit of conflicting economic data right now. But I believe businesses, individuals and policymakers are doing what's necessary to prepare for stronger growth. As an optimist I would suggest that in looking at the data and anecdotal evidence the tank is half full, but I recognize we still need to address some ongoing uncertainties.
Investment spending
Two key uncertainties come to mind that I believe will determine to a large extent the timing and the strength of the expected pick-up. These include business investment spending and job growth, and I'd like to spend a few moments on each.
Let's start with investment spending. When the history of the 2001 recession is written, almost certainly it will describe the downturn as an investment-spending bust. Beginning in the last half of 2000, businesses got a serious reality check and suddenly applied the brakes to capital spending.
In a broad sense, one might say we got ahead of ourselves in the late 1990s. Y2K, and the lure of new technology generally, resulted in tech spending that grew at a 10 to 15 percent rate quarter after quarter, and in many industries, plants were built to accommodate a growth in demand that was not sustained.
Consider capacity utilization for manufacturing. Today it's hovering around 74 percent, almost 7 percentage points below its 1972-2002 average. Industrial production has lagged dramatically for an extended period of time. Compared with the average of the past six recessions, the drop off is definitely more severe this time.
In general, business investment spending sputtered and then slowed to a crawl in 2001. This decline in investment spending combined with a steep contraction in manufacturing output caused GDP to come to a screeching halt and then lurch into reverse. During the last 13 quarters of the 1990s, GDP had been cruising along at an average of 4.5 percent, but its sudden turnaround in the first quarter of 2001 marked the beginning of the recent recession.
But it's not just factories that are coping with excess capacity. Office vacancy rates in major cities soared as tenants shed jobs. Just look at my hometown of Atlanta, where the office vacancy rate increased from about 11 percent just two years ago to 22 percent this year. Airline bookings and hotel occupancy levels also have suffered since September 11, 2001, following a sharp reduction in business and leisure travel.
While lots of corrections have been made, the recovery has been slowed by some of the economic wreckage that is still being cleared away. It has taken a while to realize just how broad-based the excesses and imbalances were.
For the past 2 1/2 years, businesses have overhauled their operations. The result has been a wave of plant closings, write-downs and write-offs, mergers and bankruptcies. On top of dealing with these excesses, companies have been adjusting to some new costs. Corporate governance has become more heavily scrutinized following the much-publicized accounting scandals. While the new checks and balances are a healthy and necessary response to corporate misdeeds, they have dragged down earnings and have created another type of caution and risk aversion for business leaders. Also, many organizations, most notably the airline industry, have spent a great deal of money to beef up security.
But even with these challenges, we're seeing progress. The whispers and comments I'm hearing from our contacts in the Southeast have become more upbeat over the last couple of months. Spending on computer and software has been growing again for the last 6 quarters. Even commercial real estate developers tell me they are starting to get their phone calls returned. Companies in many sectors have been reporting higher profits. This improvement in profits has helped push stock prices higher in recent months and in turn boosted the perception that we're moving forward. That's a necessary step, but rising profits alone are not enough; ultimately, increased demand and revenue growth is needed in order to fuel the type of expansion that sustains job creation and capital spending. Looking at the data and anecdotal evidence, my sense is that industry by industry and company by company, this appears to be happening.
The "job-loss" recovery — the other big uncertainty
The other big uncertainty is employment. We know that coming out of an economic downturn, employers typically wait to be sure the economy's gaining strength before making a commitment to significant new hiring. While the GDP data I cited earlier suggest the recovery has been underway since November 2001, sustained new hiring still has not occurred. As some people have said, if what we experienced in 1991 was the "jobless" recovery, this feels like the "job-loss" recovery.
The job market continues to be tough. The number of people working part time because they can't find full-time work is up about 40 percent since 2000. The employment slump has extended for 28 months, a lengthy time by historical standards. One in five unemployed individuals has been looking for work for more than six months. The more promising news is that in recent months, the economy has been shedding jobs at a slower rate, and other recent data show fewer initial filings for unemployment. But it's still not clear that labor markets have fully stabilized.
Since demand for goods and services in the economy has been growing slowly in recent quarters, it's understandable that businesses are reluctant to hire. Various factors have discouraged job creation. The rapidly rising cost of health care has deterred employment, and the need for many companies to now begin contributing again to pension plans also has added costs to each new hire. On top of that, we're seeing a continuing trend of some jobs moving to less expensive labor markets offshore.
Another consideration is productivity, a subject closely related to the conference theme of driving greater capital efficiency. We've seen labor productivity rise at about 2.5 percent annually since 1995, compared with about 1.5 percent between 1973 and 1995. Increased productivity has lent momentum to GDP growth. This in part reflects the heavy investment that businesses made during the late 1990s in automation, and as a result many operations have become more efficient. Companies are now able to do more work with the same number of or fewer people. While that's healthy for businesses, improved productivity also has had the side effect of reducing the need to increase payrolls during a time of slack growth. But when demand increases, and companies approach the limits of what they can accomplish without additional people, they will begin to rehire, and at this time new businesses also will form, further adding to payrolls.
For a while now, I've been saying that the unemployment rate could go a bit higher before we see sustained job growth. Segments of the job market have moved in fits and weak starts at best, and it will take a steady increase in the number of new jobs to push down the unemployment rate, now at 6.4 percent.
In June, we saw the number of people entering the labor force and actively looking for jobs surge by 600,000 people, which could be viewed as a sign of increased optimism. Also hopeful is the recent increase in temporary hiring, typically a precursor to expansion of full-time payrolls. The increased demand for temporary workers is a reflection of businesses' concerns with cost control. We'll have to wait and see if temporary employment expands further and develops into permanent job growth. At that time, we'll have a clear signal that the economy really is picking up momentum.
So what's ahead? I believe that as aggregate demand in the economy continues to expand and starts to outpace aggregate supply, we'll see some moderate job growth. As I think will be true with capital spending, sustained job growth will most likely build more slowly than we might like to see.
Growing list of signs pointing to recovery
But today, I think we're moving past many of the problems that took us into the recession. As I've mentioned, businesses have done some hard rethinking and made some painful adjustments over the last several years, a process that is continuing even as I believe many companies are beginning to prepare for fresh opportunities. The payback will take time, but I believe the economy is poised to accelerate to a more satisfying pace. Here's why:
- Monetary policy has been quite accommodative, sustaining and boosting interest rate-sensitive sectors such as single-family housing and autos. With mortgage rates lower than we've seen in decades, lenders project some $3 trillion in new originations and refinancing this year. The refinancings and associated cash-outs continue to unleash substantial amounts of liquidity - and potentially consumer spending - into the economy. A recent up-tick in mortgage rates may curtail refinancing and origination volume somewhat, but mortgage rates remain very low by historical standards and home sales should remain strong.
- Fiscal policy also is stimulative and fueling growth. The recent passage of the Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Act is likely to provide a near-term stimulus to GDP of as much as $60 billion for the second half of 2003. Estimates for the eventual impact of the tax cut vary widely. Some analysts, assuming that consumers will spend a significant portion of the proceeds, predict a sharp boost to the economy. Others forecast a more muted impact in which consumers spend less of the proceeds. We'll have to wait and see how consumers react to this additional disposable income to determine the eventual impact on the economy.
- The end of combat operations in Iraq bolstered consumer and investor confidence. Oil prices are off their highs from earlier this year, but at about $30 a barrel presently, the economy could still benefit from a further reduction in those prices.
- Financial markets also are supportive. Interest rates are low, and we're seeing narrower risk spreads between high-grade and low-grade corporate debt. Banks are flush with liquidity and ready to lend when borrowing demand picks up. And, as I mentioned earlier, the stock market is up almost 25 percent since its low point in March this year.
Putting it all together
I've talked about some of the powerful forces that I believe are falling into place and will fuel the economy. I also have suggested that capital spending and employment should slowly begin to pick up — industry by industry, company by company. My bottom line outlook is for an increase in investment spending, production and employment. Looking ahead, I see the rate of growth improving over the rest of this year and into next year.
Slow to moderate growth can be disappointing, especially after the heady experience of the late 1990s. But, again, it's about expectations. As I said earlier, I think the tank is half full, although I've come to realize that we can get a lot further if we trade in our fully loaded SUV for a more economical sedan. At times, these last several years have felt like driving slowly past a multicar wreck on the highway, with broken-down cars, glass in the road and other hazards. But I think it's important, as I reminded others and myself back in 1999 and again today, to set realistic expectations. My gut feeling is that the fundamentals have become more firmly set for the economy to move through this caution zone.
In this day and age, I've learned not to rule out anything. But as far as I can see, it looks like the road to stronger growth is opening up, and it's a matter of when, and not if, the economy will pick up momentum.


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Hey guy's Sold the Beaumont and can now move forward with the goat. Looking to buy interior kit, my question is have any of you used unassembled door panels for the 68-72 cars and if so how difficult was it? Thanks for any input.
They don't come with the upper door panel brace (steel part ) you have to take them to a upholstery shop and have them installed ,they also put the chrome on for you .That's what I did on both of my cars . I never tried it before I don't know how hard it would be to do yourself ?
here are some articles on door panels similar to what you have...http://www.superchevy.com/technical/sucp_1207_el_camino_chevelle_door_panels/http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/techarticles/interior/mopp_0609_dash_pad_restoration/oh... and it does not matter that its a mopar article.. its the Knowledge learned
Thank's for link Wayne.Think'n I'll just buck up for assembled ones.Any feedback on maufacture's would be appreciated
alley find 69goat #'s match 400ys,th400,3:55,249000 miles / 66 beaumont,454,tko500,3:73 auburn ls
i have a friend that bought the unasembled door panels. i will find out when i put them on in a month or so. they looked good but i don't know how they will fit. his kit came from opg.
76 455/4spd TRANS AM69 GRAND PRIX 455/5SPD
thanks Rowsly what car is he doing? I was looking at opgi also Once again I cant log on with my old user name,it's starting to P_ _ S me off AKA 66beaumont

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Strength of unsupported polycarbonate (Lexan) good enough to use as work bench area?
Building a new work bench area. Home business & space is quite limited. Could really use a gigantic light table as well.
If I made a gigantic light table with the top being a large sheet of 4' x 8' polycarbonate (Lexan), could I double up and use the light table as my new work bench area?
The only thing that would put a worrisome amount of stress on the polycarbonate would be when I use my 10" blade miter saw to cut strips of wood, similar to moulding, that are 2" x 2" x several feet. Probably weighs around 30-35lbs, plus a bit of additional force when I set it down from moving it.
If I needed to have the polycarbonate sheet sitting on more of a frame than just on the edges, how much of a frame would I need to be confident I won't break it? Would a single support beam making it two unsupported 4' x 4' areas do the trick?
I know thickness of the sheet will have a lot to do with it, that's part of what I'm trying to figure out.
Also, I need the surface to be flat when not holding heavy weight, so if what I'm planning on doing will warp/bow the polycarbonate, I'd need to build enough support so it wouldn't do that.
Does not sound like a good idea. Polycarbonate is plenty strong, but a workbench needs to be well supported and stiff. I have 2 x 6 supports every 12" on my workbench. Workbench takes a lot of abuse, in no time that polycarbonate will be terribly scratched.
Besides, get a price on a half inch or 3/4" sheet of polycarbonate--- that should effect your decision.
How about a compromise in-between. As in, make the table with a recessed portion. Put the backlit poly under one section. And then put a sheet of masonite over the whole thing. Or in sections with one that overlaps the poly portion. This way you'd have a surface that wouldn't get ruined with scratches and scuffs like the poly would. Then you'd be able to lift off the masonite to get to your poly section. You would, of course, want to avoid beating the heck out of the surface above the poly area, as there's only so much impact abuse it'd likely take before getting damaged.
I've got a bench set up with masonite this way. I made the bench top itself out of two layers of 3/4" plywood, glued and screwed together. Then I make a lip that ran around the edge of it out of 1x3 lumber, leaving the lip about 3/8" higher then the top. Into this I put a sheet of masonite. Now I can make a mess of the top and just replace the masonite when it gets too far gone.
I'd imagine you could accomplish the same sort of thing but recess a light box under one portion and just have a removable section over it. It might even be worth putting a sheet of felt or something on the underside to help cushion the face of the poly. I suggested the idea of an overlap to help prevent dust that WILL drop through from getting immediately onto the surface of the poly. You'd just need to account for the added thickness of the materials when you set it all up.
Let me start by saying that I have many years behind me working in Industrial Maintenance and have used "Lexan", one brand of polycarbonate material, many times. Most people believe that Lexan and/or "Plexiglass" ( a different chemical make-up) are super-strong and will withstand a lot of abuse. I have made many guards for machinery, put them into place, and had them develop cracks for no known reason. Funny thing about Lexan: At times you could swing a baseball bat and hit it with no damage, then again just bump the sheet with a sharp object and watch which way the crack runs. Plexiglass is worse about this. IMO--using Lexan for a table top: It sounds as if you are planning on building a frame and using a sheet (4 x 8) of Lexan without supporting cross-bracing. Even two sheet would not be adequate for a table top IMO. IF you were to do this and at some point you were to drop an object onto the Lexan, don't be surprised to see a crack develop. "wkearney99" has a good idea there.
In thinking about it, I probably wouldn't do it. Not unless you really know you'd actually make use of that large of a light box on a very frequent basis. Otherwise you'd have to keep clearing the surface in order to access it. Work surfaces are notorious for collecting stuff. Stuff which would need to be stored somewhere else in the meantime.
I'd be more inclined to come up with some other clever way to store the lightbox instead. A way that kept it's more fragile surface out of the way, and away from dust contaminating it. A box built into the work top would be hard to seal up effectively enough to keep lots of sawdust out of it. Because then you'd be making it difficult to keep the lights inside cool or replaceable. Although with modern LED tape lighting that would be less of an issue. But then you get into issues with diffusing the light effectively.
So which would work better?
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Plunging Necklines, Helen Gurley Brown, and Me
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When Kansas City, Mo.-based el dorado decided to design a new office, it didn't want to lose the industrial character of its previous digs. So the 11-year-old firm purchased a 1920s warehouse in the city's artsy Crossroads district, not far from its first few locations.
Led by principals Jamie Darnell, David Dowell, Dan Maginn, AIA, Josh Shelton, and Douglas Stockman, el dorado gutted the warehouse and created a 5,000-square-foot, second-floor office for its 15-person staff. The first floor is devoted to a 4,000-square-foot steel workshop in which the firm designs and fabricates its own custom metal building elements. The architects left the warehouse's existing bowstring trusses intact, allowing a brightly striped carpet to play up their orderly linearity.
A double-height area on the workshop level—once a loading dock—became el dorado's entry lobby. New signage, a freshly painted exterior, and spruced-up landscaping complete the transformation. "Our clients like coming down here," Maginn says. "They feel actively connected to the making of things."


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A 1967 UFO sighting in Canada
Here's the story in brief:
23 August 1967 04:00 Joyceville, Ontario, Canada...
4' white suit helmet. Driving home witness saw green light in field off road. Huge lens-shaped craft. two humanoids 4' tall white uniforms, helmets, repair activity.
The story, as compiled by Donald A. Johnson HERE...
1967, Joyceville, Ontario - While driving from his home in Toronto at four o'clock in the morning Stanley Moxon, age 20, saw a green light in a field ahead of him, not far from the road. He turned off his headlights and swung onto a side road to get closer. Turning his lights on again, he saw a huge greenish colored lens-shaped craft, and two somewhat bulky human-like entities about four feet tall, wearing white uniforms and helmets. They "seemed to be at work around the machine." When they were discovered, they quickly jumped into the craft, which took off silently at tremendous speed.
(Sources: Toronto Telegram, August 23, 1967; Kingston Whig Standard, August 24, 1967; APRO Bulletin, September-October 1967, p. 14; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1967-81, citing APRO and police reports; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, pp. 264, 473).
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Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Jason Njoku, founder of Iroko Partners and NollywoodLove, where he shares his inspiring story about how he failed for 5 years before succeeding with his online ventures.
I was having a discussion with a friend of mine recently. He is about to launch his company and is in preparation mode. We were talking about Failure. He said he wasn't afraid. That whatever happened he would learn something.
I smiled. Replied.
When I was a kid, I was naturally competitive. When I lost at football. I cried. When I lost at most things. I cried. That stopped when I was 15, though. It reminds me of a quote: "Show me someone comfortable with losing and I will show you a loser."
Most people have never really failed before. Like really failed. I'm not talking about in structured environments such as Education or Karate. I'm talking about fundamentally pouring all of your Emotional Capital (excitement, energy, money, time, relationships, reputation, etc) into something and failing.
Publicly. Failing in Life.
I have. A number of times. Actually I failed consistently from the year 2005 (my graduation) to the year 2010. Yes, five years! Five long years of being broke, as in, ass-of-the-world-broke. It was brutal but has shaped everything I have done and achieved thus far. And forever forward.
Back in 2008, I couldn't pay rent and for 9 months begged friends to hit their couch and ended up living in 6 different places. One was an empty apartment where I slept on the floor. Not a mattress. A floor.
I owed money to everybody – friends, family, employees, banks, suppliers. Some even called me scum. At one point I missed payroll at Brash (my magazine company) and all 6 members of staff walked out. I was left to edit, design and put out a magazine. Alone.
I discovered the dark arts of how to survive on £15/week in Manchester and London. Its possible.
After getting a 2:1 (second-class upper credit) from University of Manchester with 67% grade average; at 29 having to move back in with my mum. I had originally left in which big dreams in 2002. Ego-destroying.
Driving a company car and running out of fuel. Walking 3 miles to the nearest petrol station to buy fuel and a fuel can, only to realise I had £5.50, the fuel can was £3.95.
Being the butt of pretty much all of my peers jokes, where most thought I was bat-crazy, stupid or had some weird delusions of grandeur.
Girls disregarded me. Brutally. I don't blame them. Who wants to date the broke guy. Especially Nigerian girls (but that's a whole new post).
In the end, it didn't matter. I am rich now, more so than 99.9% of my peers. I have achieved things that most (including me) would never have thought I would achieve in a lifetime.
For me it was my right of passage. It was my MBA. It was important in shaping me into a person who never complains, but just gets on with things. I never had money to indulge in consumerism so don't suffer from its afflictions.
Someone who has settled into finding happiness in waking up and having control of my time and life. Poverty has fundamentally humbled me. Brought out my humanity.
I will always fight for the little guy. Because this time last year and for 5 brutal years, I was the little guy.
When I grow up. I want to be the little guy.
Jason Njoku is the founder/CEO of Iroko Partners, the company that brought full length Nollywood movies online and made them available for free on Youtube and on its newly launched platform, IROKOtv.


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Reports: The actor who played Tony Soprano passes away
TMZ reports actor James Gandolfini who played the infamous Tony Soprano in the HBO series "The Sopranos" passed away earlier today in Italy. According to reports Gandolfini suffered a heart attack. He was 51 years old and survived by his wife, their daughter and son from a previous relationship. You can read more on the story here.


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As with Fox and ESPN, now we have NBC insisting on a Brit voice for its soccer telecasts. Arlo White will be their man -- there's a nice American touch there, he was named Arlo for
folk-singer Arlo Guthrie, but he's from Leicester in England.
I've had plenty to say, none of it good, about the Brits used by Fox and ESPN, because in most cases it has been clear that they have been chosen solely because of their accent, and not because of any particular suitability for the job. Come to that, none of them seems to me any better than the leading Americans.
The case of Arlo White is rather different. Because he does know a thing or two about MLS, having been working for the last two seasons as the broadcaster for the Seattle Sounders. I've heard a lot of those broadcasts, and have found White to be one of the best MLS commentators around.
His knowledge of the game is more than adequate (I know, that ought to be a given -- but believe me, it is not, not even among all the inarticulate or over-articulate ex-players who clutter the booths these days). He identifies players quickly and clearly. And he maintains a level head.
Broadcasting for Seattle, the most successful team in MLS history at drawing massive crowds, must have been a situation full of the temptation to overhype everything, to play the role of the home announcer to the hilt.
Yet I never recall White doing this. I do recall him being level-headed and presenting an objective view of what was going on down on the field, even during heated moments.
As I say, that could not have been easy. Though there was one factor that greatly helped White to present a sharp, informative, but always up-to-the-second commentary: the fact that he was broadcasting solo. I'm pretty sure that all the times that I heard him, he was on his own.
What a difference that makes. No partner to yak with, to giggle with, to interrupt or be interrupted by, no embarrassing "competitive reminiscences" to use novelist Vladimir Nabokov's apt phrase. And none of that deadly super-clever analysis that the experts delight in lumbering us with.
What a relief! But it was to be expected that NBC would provide White with a partner. It will be Kyle Martino, coming straight over from Fox, with his good looks, his TV smile, and his strong tendency to talk too much.
Maybe White can teach him to say less, and make it more meaningful. I don't see why not. Constant -- and often quite silly -- analysis (and these guys prattle on during live action if you please) is what makes most telecasts such a pain in the neck.
We shall see. But there is one highly puzzling aspect of these telecasts. Let me quote from the NBC press release:
"Taking a page from NBC Sports Group's hockey coverage, which employs an "Inside the Glass" analyst, Martino will be stationed "Between the Benches" during the games with White in the broadcast booth. From this vantage point, Martino will provide the fans with unique field level insight in addition to game analysis."
Well, good luck with that Kyle. I'm not aware that any country anywhere -- countries that have been soccer telecasts for decades -- have had that shaft of brilliance descend upon them.
For a very good reason. Sitting at field level, on the halfway line, is probably one of the worst seats in the stadium for seeing anything clearly -- unless it happens right in front of you. Whatever Martino's "Between the Benches" site may be called, it is decidedly not a "vantage point."
Much more like a disadvantage. We always joke when a coach is asked whether he saw a certain play, and he replies "I didn't get a clear view from my position on the bench, I've got one of the worst seats in the house you know." Plenty of times, he's simply dodging the question, but he has a point.
His field level position means he has no overview of the game, cannot see positional play at all clearly, or make out patterns of play as they develop, or fail to develop. It also means that he usually has to view the action through a group of players, any one or more of whom is likely to block his line of sight. Perhaps worst of all, the halfway line position selected by NBC means that poor Martino will be around 35 yards distant from both penalty areas, where most of the crucial action happens.
I fear the worst. The only "action" that Martino will be near is the non-stop ranting and raving of the coaches. Fortunately, NBC will get under way with the Red Bulls' Hans Backe, who is wonderfully serene on the sideline. And FC Dallas' Schellas Hyndman, also a relatively relaxed presence.
Maybe it won't be too bad. But please, Kyle, spare us the "inside" chats with the coaches. You will surely have learned by now that they rarely have anything interesting to say. (Though a word or two with the referee wouldn't be a bad idea, should MLS allow you that. Which they won't.) Good luck, guys!


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My intent is to notify... Not required in Iowa... and permit not tied to anything (DL, plate, whatever).
I will have my permit and my license ready to hand the officer when he approaches the vehicle... He'll know I'm armed when I reach for the registration and proof of insurance. (I doubt I could get all the docs I need before he got to the car... but maybe... most of the times I have been stopped there probably has been enough time before he even gets out of his cruiser... he's probably doing "best out of three" coin flips to determine if I'm getting a ticket or a warning)
That last was a joke, son... a joke, I say... Just to see if you were payin' attention.
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- What is evangelism?
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Get the Big Story App
Why does this need to access
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Is there a video
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Is there a video demonstrating how to use this app? If not, do you have plans to make one?
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I often get to give presentations to groups of people (such as work colleagues) on my work helping the poor in India.
I think the New World / Big Story is a great way of explaining why I do this (because of God), and at the same time sharing the gospel message.
Do you have any of it a form where I can using Powerpoint and/or Prezi
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I'd like to see this Evangelism tool made available to the Windows family of products like Windows 8, Windows RT (tablets), and Windows Phone.
This should be relatively easy as they all accept "native code," meaning your existing apps could be easily ported over with little effort and made available on all 3 platforms.
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STARKVILLE — Furniture-industry experts, as well as government officials, will examine "The Road Ahead" at Mississippi State University's 2014 Manufacturing Summit.
The fourth-annual summit, to be held April 23, will feature Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves for the 11:15 a.m. keynote address. All activities will be held at MSU's Hassell H. Franklin Furniture Institute, located at the intersection of Blackjack Road and Loxley Way.
Gov. Phil Bryant will deliver opening remarks, via video, at 8:25 a.m.
Registration costs $99, and attendees may sign up and review the complete agenda at www.ffi.msstate.edu/summit.asp.
In addition to Bryant and Reeves, other elected officials scheduled to present include District 1 U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee of Tupelo and Mississippi Department of Transportation's Northern District Commissioner Mike Tagert of Starkville.
MSU president Mark E. Keenum and institute director Bill Martin will also speak during the morning sessions.
"In today's global economy, manufacturers must stay abreast of local and global trends, issues associated with manufacturing and potential solutions to problems," Martin said. "Our purpose is to target specific things that are current in today's business and transfer knowledge to the attendees.
"We also reach out to the manufacturers to gauge issues important to them," he added. "We then try to develop the summit around their issues."
Conference sponsors include the Franklin Furniture Institute, as well as the American Home Furnishings Alliance and Mississippi Manufacturers Association.
Other program participants include:
• Bill Perdue and Andy Counts, AHFA's vice president of regulatory affairs and CEO, respectively, discussing the regulatory environment and overarching furniture-manufacturing concerns
• Jay Moon, MMA president and CEO, moderating a panel discussion on workforce development opportunities and solutions
• Bruce Lambert, executive director of the Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies, moderating a panel discussion on transportation and logistics related to furniture manufacturing
• Jack McDougle, founder and CEO of the BluTre Strategies consulting firm, discussing the impact of competition on state and national furniture industries
• Greg Brinkman, senior vice president of supply chain at Badcock Home Furnishings, examining discuss collaborative strategies for manufacturers and suppliers
• Pepper Crutcher, a partner with Balch and Bingham LLP, explaining how the Affordable Care Act is impacting the furniture industry


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Awesome. thats the only way to describe. super light and stable at high speeds. Suffers on tight turns on hardpack (who cares), but turns on a dime in the freshies and the trees. the best ski I've ever been on. By far. (best paired w/ the Duke)


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According to Francis Boulle, The Hills star Stephanie Pratt may not be the only familiar new face we will see in the new series of Made In Chelsea, his new BFF Holly Willoughby may be joining the show too!
The bubbly blonde presenter had never hidden the fact that she is a HUGE Made In Chelsea fan, with the main object of her affection being ginger diamond dealer Francis Boulle.
So, when Boulle's Made In Chelsea stars Jamie Laing, Lucy Watson and Binky Felstead made an appearance on a This Morning episode earlier this year, show producers had arranged a little surprise for Holly.
Bringing out a giant present for her to open, Holly got the surprise of her life when, after tearing away at the box, Francis popped out causing the presenter so much surprise she tripped over her own words to tell him:
"I have this weird obsession with you! Can we have lunch after the show?"
After the show, and much to Holly's delight, the pair went for a drink together, with Holly taking to social networking site, Twitter, instantly to post a picture of them together drinking shots along with the caption:
"Believe! Its happened..me and @francisboulle… #happy."
And since then the pair seem to have formed a strong friendship, so much so that Francis says she wants in on the MIC action, and producers are keen to grant her wishes and cast her in the new series!
Discussing the situation with Star magazine, Boulle revealed:
"We spoke about [Made in Chelsea] – she was interested and the producers are, so we'll see.
"She'd be there as my mate. We'd hang out; shoot the breeze."
This would certainly mean that Francis, who we absolutely adore by the way, appears in more scenes in the next series, and that he has finally replaced Fred once and for all!
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Menzies Campbell is a former leader of the Liberal Democrats
Menzies Campbell: Those who argue against independence have a duty to recognise that most Scots want their parliament to have more powers
Menzies Campbell: The Lib Dem leader never said it would be easy, but the economic crisis is being resolved
Menzies Campbell: There is a risk of arms falling into the wrong hands, yet the government insists on vetoing the EU embargo
Menzies Campbell: The organisations helping to keep peace in the camps will be forced to withdraw without financial help
Menzies Campbell: Britain's future in Europe must be defined by its national interests, not those of the Conservative party
Menzies Campbell and Philippe Sands: The experience of Iraq should not make us deaf to Libyan calls for international support
Menzies Campbell: With underfunded, ill-equipped British troops struggling in Afghanistan, now is the time for European defence co-operation
Menzies Campbell: The Commons defeat of the policy to restrict Gurkhas' right to settle in the UK is another crack in Brown's authority
Menzies Campbell: The government is in a muddle on defence. For our soldiers' sake, we need clarity of mission about the new 'asymmetric' conflicts facing us
If governments around the world want the legal black hole of Guantánamo Bay to end, they need to take responsibility for those still held there
Menzies Campbell: The first step in our blueprint is a written constitution - written, that is, by the public.
Menzies Campbell: The relationship between Mr Bush and Mr Blair has done untold damage both at home and abroad.
Menzies Campbell: The government cannot justify the continuing presence of our troops unless it shows it has learned from its failures.
Menzies Campbell: Western sabre-rattling won't keep Iran nuclear-free. A North Korean deal stands a better chance.
Menzies Campbell: My party, unlike the others, believes in human rights, social justice and the fight against inequality.
The Victorians is strong on the great Liberal governments of the 19th century and the great characters who populated them.
We deserve the whole truth about the lead up to this disastrous war, argues Menzies Campbell.
Sir Menzies Campbell: Across Britain on Friday, people woke up to the reality of three-party politics.
Menzies Campbell: The war is an election issue - whether Blair likes it or not, writes the Lib Dem deputy leader.
Menzies Campbell: I love America and the Americans. I once nearly applied for US citizenship. Normally I would be reluctant to offer an opinion on elections in another country, but having attended the Democratic convention in Boston, and followed the Republicans in New York, I am emboldened to offer some of my American friends a little advice.
Menzies Campbell: Europe should freeze trade deals until Sharon starts to compromise.
Just what was the intelligence that led us into conflict? Only an independent judicial inquiry can get answers, argues Menzies Campbell.
Menzies Campbell: If British policy is to change, Blair owes us an explanation.
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Dear EZ Biker, I've followed your blog site for sometime and I remember reading last year about this time, how you were fed up with the Tour De France, due to doping. I'm wondering if you care to offer any thoughts on this years event, as once again, doping has occurred. Sincerely, Alice
WELL Alice I'm truly SAD to hear about this occurrence again at the TDF. In all honestly I REALLY do LOVE and enjoy the TDF! Yea OK, I said it and I admit it! After some reflection, I honestly believe the fault does not entirely fall on the TDF organizers, but the individual cyclists that choose to do the CHEATERS way to compete. I really think mandatory testing for enhancement drugs should be done on a constant basis, not only in cycling but in ALL sports, armature, semi-pro and especially pro. Anyone caught using enhancement drugs, are GONE from the sport for life and all their previous records and accomplishments in that sport are deleted, GONE! Sounds harsh? YEP, but it really needs to take on that kind of harshness, for the LOVE (Or maybe it should be deemed TOUGH LOVE) for the betterment of the sport and keeping the sports integrity 100% honest and equal to all that compete in their respective sports. The other side of society that is truly harmed by all this mess is our (Very easily influenced) young people. They see all these big muscular bound studs competing and destroying the competition; reaping all the glory; only to then to be exposed, that their fete were accomplished only because they had some enhancement drugs in their system. But then before you know, these bad little children have had their little wrists slapped and will now be allowed back in and everything is nice nice! To young people this clearly sends a message, that drugs apparently are not that bad to do and the subsequent disciplinary action (If caught) won't be career ending. Dopers are CHEATERS and they likewise taint and bring the utmost embarrassment to the honest competitors, that have sacrificed many hours of their life to get where they are in any sport! Simply put IF YOU DOPE, YOU GET THE ROPE!!!
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The Travel Study Grant program is designed to help students take advantage of the many experiential courses offered as part of the Culver-Stockton curriculum.
Students may accrue up to $1,500 in travel study grants during their four years to use toward payment of any special fees associated with domestic or international travel courses.
Earn Grants
- Beginning of first semester as a full-time C-SC student, students are entitled to a $100 Travel Study Grant.
- Beginning of the third consecutive semester as a full-time C-SC student in good standing, students are entitled to a $400 travel study grant.
- Beginning of fifth consecutive semester as a full-time C-SC student in good standing, student's are entitled to a second $500 grant plus any unused portion of the first grant.
- Beginning of the seventh consecutive semester as a full-time C-SC student in good standing, students are entitled to a third $500 grant plus any unused portions of the previous grants.
- Travel Study grants can only be used for authorized course expenses and cannot be applied toward payment of tuition, room, board, books or other usual fees.
- To redeem grants, students must be in good academic standing and must have a zero student account balance, unless the balance stems from the travel charge.
- Students must be enrolled continuously as full-time C-SC students to earn and redeem grants.
- Students who drop out of full-time status or who lose their good standing as defined in C-SC policies lose their accrued grant earnings.
- Grants not used during a student's C-SC career will be forfeited.
- Grants can be redeemed when a student registers for a course with approved travel course fees.
- Students must apply for the grant in the Student Accounts office.
- Grants will not be refunded once redeemed if students, at any time, drop the approved course.
Nursing Students
Nursing students may receive financial aid scholarships from Culver-Stockton College during their freshman and sophomore years. During that time, they are also eligible to participate in the Travel Study Grant program. Once a nursing student is accepted as a junior by the Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Health Sciences, then Blessing-Rieman determines their financial aid for their junior and senior years. The student may be eligible for the grant program through Blessing-Rieman for their junior and senior years. Please contact Blessing-Rieman's registrar for more information.


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Replacing old hood with over-the-range microwave
So I just bought a nice new over the range microwave and installed it myself with some help.
Everything went relatively smoothly except for when I wired the outlet.
The old hood was hardwired so when I took it down I shut off the breaker, drilled a hole in the cabinet above, and ran the wires up. I figured when I was done installing the microwave, I'd simply mount a box inside the cabinet and hook the wires up to an outlet so that I could plug in the new microwave.
I did all this, plugged the microwave in and went downstairs to turn on the breaker. My wife said that when I flipped it back on, a shower of sparks came from the outlet and the microwave did not turn on. If I run an extension cord to power the microwave elsewhere it works fine. Based on what shut off when I turned off the breaker, this ciruit is shared with one outlet in the kitchen plus (off all things) the washing machine in the basement. Neither of these things was being used at the time, nor did the breaker re-trip. Just sparks and no power.
I'm at a loss. What did I do wrong?
Take the outlet box apart that you made up. Make sure you don't have the hot touching the sides of the metal box.
What he said. I suspect hot was touching the box, neutral, or ground and made sparks. It should be obvious when you open the box. Did it trip the breaker??
Well that's the weird part. It did not trip the breaker.
What's more, I only get the spark shower if something is plugged into the outlet I rigged when I turn the power on.
If there was a short circuit in the box, I would be seeing the big pop regardless of what's plugged in there, yes?
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I am Not an electrician
When you have sparks like that, it's not very likely that something is overloaded. That means theres a dead short in contact with metal/ground. When something is overloaded, your breaker will trip which is overcurrent.
First, I take it that your gang box is metal?
Check that there is NO bare wiring or screws touching the box. Bare wire to green screw (Ground), black to brass screw (Hot), white to silver screw(neutral)
- If that still causes a problem, then your outlet may be faulty. Try a new outlet?
- Maybe there is a knick in the wires touching something, that may have
happened when you moved the wire/fan.
If I were you, I'd run a separate circuit for the microwave. The way the circuit you tied into is shared, I guarantee the breaker will trip if you try to nuke something while the washer is running.
WHen you take the box apart look for any indication of the short such as blackened areas around the connector or terminals.
Since an over the range microwave is also a hood, and it is cord and plug connected, then the circuit supplying it should be an individual i.e., dedicated, branch circuit. (see 422.16(4))
Sounds like it may be wired wrong if it only happens with something plugged in. I'm no electrician so I look it up every time. The hot and neutral go on opposite sides of the outlet on a specific side. And the ground has it's own separate green colored screw
Try plugging something else in. Maybe there is a short in the appliance.
The appliance is (at least it was) fine. You have a hot wire touching to ground. Could be another wire, could be the box. Inspect the box for any blackened areas. Did you use stranded wire, by chance?
Where did the power come from?
If it sparks only when something is plugged in, you could have pulled from a switch leg!
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Ferrero and Hershey in the US are considering a joint offer for the UK confectioner, which is the target of a £10 billion hostile bid from Kraft Foods. A Hershey-Ferrero takeover would have the goal of breaking up Cadbury. The Ferrero family would like the chewing gum and candy division alone since it has little interest in sharing management.
The family is expected to meet advisers Mediobanca and Rothschild ROT.UL in coming days to discuss a possible deal. Italy's two biggest banks, Intesa Sanpaolo SpA and UniCredit SpA could be among those interested in financing the deal.
Kraft's offer for Cadbury is widely regarded as too low to secure a deal. Investors are hoping that the emergence of a Ferrero/Hershey offer will prompt a bidding war.
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Youku.com IPO: Short-Term Risk, Long-Term Growth - 10711 views
MILLBURN, N.J. (IPOfinancial) -- The IPO market continues to be inundated with Chinese offerings, as the compelling long-term growth trends within the country have created an interesting value proposition for U.S. investors. But not all of the offerings out of China have been embraced by Wall Street. Moreover, strong fundamentals don't necessarily translate into a success story.
What have worked are consumer-driven stocks, such as education and retail stocks -- including e-commerce providers -- as well as hi-tech-related issues.
This leads us to Youku.com (YOKU), a leading Internet television company in China with a 40% market share of total user time spent viewing online videos in China during the second quarter. From an industry perspective, the components driving growth and expansion in China are very different from those stimulating U.S. or European markets, because the video media market is highly regulated and fragmented regarding both production and distribution.
- Youku.com (YOKU)
- Lead Underwriter: Goldman Sachs
- 15,367,500 American Depository Shares
- Current Price Range: $9-$11
- Dealsize to the midrange: $153.68 million
- Sector: Internet Content, Info/News
- Week Due: Dec. 6
There are two key points to keep in mind when examining this industry. First, there are more than 2,000 television and movie production companies in China, and there is a significant imbalance in the number of content producers compared with the number of traditional distribution channels. Moreover, the majority of video content produced in China is never distributed through traditional channels, and fewer than half of the 12,000 television episodes produced each year make their way to the public.
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The emergence of Internet television has created a new distribution channel for programming. This is where Youku fills a significant void. Since the company's inception back in 2005, it has compiled an extensive video library that contains more than 2,200 movie titles, 1,250 TV serial drama titles and more than 231,000 hours of other professionally produced content.
Efforts to diversify Youku's revenue sources by expanding its wireless and Web-based subscription services should lead to additional financial improvements, with overall demand expected to be facilitated by a rise in disposable incomes and broader proliferation of broadband users. Furthermore, China is the largest Internet market in the world in terms of the number of users and has the world's largest number of mobile subscribers, making it clear that the pool of potential users will continue to expand moving forward.
As noted above, Youku's market share in this space is roughly 40%, with its next closest competitor, Tudou, at 23% and Sohu (SOHU) at 9%. Strategies such as infrastructure investments, increases in HD content, user experience improvement, expansion of overall content offerings and diversification of revenue sources are expected to lead to an additional increase in its user base, which totaled over 203 million monthly unique visitors from homes and offices for the month of September and roughly 61 million unique visitors from Internet cafes during August. However, while industry trends present a compelling story, the financial results of the company are less than stellar.
Currently the company derives substantially all of its revenue from online advertising services, and while the online advertising market in China is growing faster than the overall advertising market, the lack of a more diversified revenue stream is cause for concern. Furthermore, while revenues have grown significantly over the past several years, they haven't been able to counterbalance expenses. Bandwidth and content costs totaled $29.365 million for the nine months ending September 2010, or roughly 83% of revenues for the period.
Moreover, these are charges that will continue to expand as the company looks to improve broadband speeds, extend its user base and add to its available content offerings. From a financial perspective, Youku is not even close to breaking even, and while this is a notable blemish when evaluating the short-term prospects of the company, an expanded outlook presents a much different picture, as long-term growth is supported by both a solid business model, as well as bullish industry, including a rapid expansion in wireless and broadband users.
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BKD, LLP's has added Jesse Alford as senior manager in the firm's audit department of its Jackson office. Alford has more than 10 years of experience providing audit and advisory services to clients in a number of industries. He also has experience with internal audit procedures and consulting services and one year of private industry experience. Alford is a member ...Read More »
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BKD welcomes aboard five interns
BKD, LLP's Jackson office has added Justin P. Egger, Lindsey B. Janous, Matthew U. Lampley, Dexter A. Nix and Anna K. Smith as interns. Egger is a 2013 graduate of Mississippi State University where he received bachelor's degrees in both accountancy and marketing. He is currently attending graduate school at Millsaps College and will complete his masters of accountancy in ...Read More »
Lauren E. Cherry has joined BKD
Lauren E. Cherry has joined BKD, LLP's Jackson office as campus recruiter. Cherry has over four years of sales and marketing experience in the areas of insurance and pharmaceutical sales. Before joining BKD, she was a marketing representative for a local insurance agency and sold property, casualty, life, accident and health insurance. Prior to that, she was employed in pharmaceutical ...Read More »
BKD promotes Michael D. Hill
BKD, LLP has promoted Michael D. Hill, CPA, to director. Hill is a member of BKD National Manufacturing & Distribution group, and BKD National Construction & Real Estate group and has more than 17 years of experience in public accounting. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants. He ...Read More »
Stein made director
BKD, LLP's has promoted Jaime M. Stein, CPA to director. A member of the BKD National Financial Services Group, Stein has 15 years of experience in public accounting. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants. Stein has also participated in the Leadership Rankin program sponsored by the Rankin ...Read More »
BKD hires Elijah C. Ladnier
Elijah C. Ladnier has been hired as a staff accountant in the audit department of BKD, LLP's Jackson office. Ladnier graduated cum laude from Millsaps College where he earned a bachelor's degree in accountancy in 2012 and a master of accountancy in 2013. He begins his career with BKD Mississippi and will assist with general audit engagements.Read More »
Brandon Nichols comes to BKD
Brandon L. Nichols has joined as a staff accountant in BKD's Jackson office. Nichols is a graduate of Mississippi State University where he earned a bachelor's degree in accountancy in May 2013. While attending Mississippi State, Nichols was on the President's List and Dean's List. He was also a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and the ...Read More »
Aren Atkinson lands BKD internship
BKD, LLP's Jackson office, has added Aren T. Atkinson as an intern. Atkinson graduated from Mississippi College in May 2013 where she earned a bachelor's degree in accounting. She joins BKD this summer as an intern in the Jackson office's tax department. While attending Mississippi College, Atkinson was on the President's List and also a member of the Accounting ...Read More »
Chase, Walker join firm
Fatima A. Chase and Brittany S. Walker has joined as staff accountants in BKD, LLP's Jackson office. Chase is a graduate of Mississippi State University where she earned a bachelor's degree in accountancy and a master's degree in taxation. While completing her master's degree, Chase served as an accounting graduate assistant for the Mississippi State University Richard ...Read More »
Burke, Short promoted
Thad Burke, CPA, has been promoted to tax senior accountant, and Jessica Short, CPA, to audit supervisor by BKD, LLP's. Both work in the accounting firm's Jackson office. Burke began his career with BKD in 2010. He has gained valuable experience working with a wide variety of business clients and individuals. He is licensed by the state ...Read More »


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Kim was one of 494 women's collegiate golfers recognized with this prestigious honor. The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50 and student-athletes must have competed in at least 50% (Division I) of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year.
Kim, who is from Phoenix, was chosen as the Big Sky Player of the Year and the Big Sky Freshman of the Year, the first golfer in league history to win both honors in the same season. She is believed to be the first female in any sport to accomplish the feat.
She is the third golf student-athlete in school history to be named Freshman of the Year and is the sixth player in school history to claim Player of the Year honors. She broke school records for scoring average, single round score, 54-hole score, tournaments won and number of par of better rounds in a season.
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Why? The "Games for Windows" program does have quite a few benefits.
Like (copied from Wikipedia)…An "Easy Install" option that installs the title on your PC in the fewest possible steps and mouse clicks
Compatibility with the Windows Vista Games Explorer (see below)
Compatibility with the Xbox 360 controller (where applicable)
Installs and runs properly on x64 versions of Windows Vista and is compatible with 64-bit processors (though the game itself can be 32-bit)
Supports normal and widescreen resolutions, such as 4:3 aspect ratio (800 x 600, 1024 x 768), 16:9 aspect ratio (1280 x 720), and 16:10 aspect ratio (1152 x 720, 1280 x 800)
Launching from Media Center (Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate have Media Center)
What's wrong with that? I quite welcome such quality standards to be honest (whether they are met 100% might be a different story but the mere attempt to bring more quality to PC gaming deserves credit in my opinion).


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Game No. 15
Canisius (5-9, 1-4 MAAC) at Monmouth (2-13, 1-3 MAAC)
Friday, Jan. 10 — Noon
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- The Canisius women's basketball team hits the road for two games in the state of New Jersey this weekend, starting with Friday's game at Monmouth University.
- Canisius and Monmouth are meeting for the first time in program history.
- Monmouth, along with Quinnipiac, is one of two new members in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference this season. The Griffs played Quinnipiac on Dec. 21, in the Koessler Athletic Center.
- Canisius snapped a five-game losing streak with a 48-47 win over Saint Peter's on Sunday. The Griffs improved to 3-0 this season in games decided by five points or fewer.
- The 2013-14 season is the 25th year that the Golden Griffins have played in the MAAC.
- Senior Jamie Ruttle was named to the preseason All-MAAC Third Team. It is the third time in Ruttle's career that she has been selected to a preseason All-MAAC Team.
- Canisius was picked to finish sixth of 11 teams in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- As of Jan. 8, Canisius is 11th in the country in assisted basket percentage (68.5), which is also the highest percentage in the MAAC.
- Canisius has shot 40 percent or better in seven games this season. The Griffs shot 40 percent or better five times in 31 games during the entire 2012-13 season.
- In the Dec. 29 game at Manhattan, senior Jamie Ruttle became the 21st player in program history to score 1,000 career points. Ruttle has scored in double figures a team-best 10 times this season and 53 times in her career.
- Senior Jen Morabito Morabito ranks sixth in program history in career 3-pointers (182) and is second in 3-point field goal percentage (37.2). Senior Jen Lennox is third in the program's Division I history with 94 blocks.
- Junior Kayla Hoohuli is one of two players in the MAAC to make a 3-pointer in 13 or more games this season.
- Monmouth enters Friday's game with a 2-13 overall record and 1-3 in the MAAC.
- The Hawks picked up their first MAAC win in a 62-57 overtime victory over Fairfield on Jan. 3, when Monmouth had a season-low nine turnovers.
- Chevannah Paalvast leads the team with a 14.6 points per game average, which ranks sixth in the MAAC. Paalvast also leads the team in rebounding (5.5), assists (31), blocks (15) and steals (21).
- Sophomore guard Jasmine Walker posted her first career double-double (13 points, 10 rebounds) in Sunday's game against Rider. Sophomore guard Kasey Chambers scored a career-high 14 points in that game.
- The Hawks are 11th in the MAAC in 3-point field goal percentage (26.8) and 3-pointers made per game (3.5) while allowing their opponents to shoot a league-best 35.7 percent from behind the arc.
- Monmouth has a 30.4 offensive rebounding percentage and 65.0 defensive rebounding percentage. The Hawks turn the ball over on 26.1 percent of their possessions, which ranks 11th in the MAAC.
- Jenny Palmateer is in her third season as head coach at Monmouth. The 1993 graduate of North Carolina State University led the Hawks to an appearance in the 2012 NEC Championship Game during her first season.
- Canisius has outscored its opponents in the paint in each of the last seven games.
- In the first seven games of the season, Canisius was outscored 31.7 to 21.4 in the paint.
- In the last five games, Canisius has outscored its opponents 24.6 to 17.1 in the paint, including 54-18 in the two games last weekend.


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2001 95 removing door lock cylinder
i am trying to change the door lock cylinder for my drivers front door can someone please tell me how to remove the cylinder also if it comes out with or without the rest of the handle.
You have to get at it from inside the door, remove the interior door panel, this info is from the WIS, it's pretty involved.
1.Open the window
2.Remove the door trim.
3.Remove the water separator carefully.
4.Remove the weatherstrip screw and lift away the strip.
5.Raise the window lift so that the window mounting becomes visible at the top edge on the lower large hole. The clips on the slide rollers will then become more easily accessible.
6.Detach the scissor-lift braces from the window mounting by removing the clips and then prising loose the braces from the rollers with a large flat chisel. Prise between the brace and the rail and close to the ball so the brace is not deformed.
7.Lift out the window by tilting up the back edge.
8.Knock out the steel cores from the rivets securing the metal finisher for the wire to the interior door handle and remove the wire from the finisher.
9.Drill out the rivets, lift away the metal finisher and unhook the wire from the lock.
10.Driver's door: Detach the guard by removing the rear nut for the handle and guard as well as the guard's screw.
11.Driver's door: Undo a section of upper window moulding and drill out the rivet. Loosen the bottom of the guide rail, 2 bolts.
12.Driver's door: Turn the guide rail forward and lift out the guard.
13.Undo the three screws holding the lock on the door.
14.Unplug the connector from the lock unit.
15.Detach the pull rod from the lock by turning the lock while unhooking the pushrod between the outer handle and the lock.
16.Lift out the lock unit.
I know this topic has been open for a while, but I just did this for my '01 driver door. The WIS instructs you to drill out rivets but I was able to extract the cylinder WITHOUT removing any of them.
You need to remove the door trim & window. Lots of threads out there on this. If the door is off the car you can power the window motor with pins 3 & 4 near the hinges. I used a 18V power tool battery pack and some simple electrical leads with alligator clips.
Remove the T25 screw and two 10mm nuts (through holes in the panel) on the black molded plastic handle guard inside the door.
Unscrew the three T30 screws holding the door lock unit. You can also undo its connector and bend it aside. Undo the two 10mm bolts on the interior face of the door (lower left) that holds the window's metal guide rail in place. There is a rivet that holds this in at the top near the manual door lock under some weatherstripping...I was still able to bend the rail out at the bottom to get enough clearance to move things around.
With things loose inside, you can now sneak the specially-formed black plastic cover behind the handle out towards the middle of the door by some tugging from within (this piece might be a PIA to get back in without drilling out the upper rivet - not somewhere I ventured).
At this point it helps to have a T20 torx allen key. You now have access to a screw holding the lock cylinder (at about 4 o'clock) that can easily be undone with such a tool - since space is tight. With the screw out, place the car key in the lock cylinder and turn counter clockwise as if you were unlocking the door. At the same time, push the key into the door and the cylinder should dislodge. Find an angle which you can withdraw the key and you should then be able to walk the cylinder off the pushrod it's connected to. You're done!
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This poor lady... Dumb a$$ operator says "we do not want to do anything rash here".. WOW.. good for this lady...oops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkS8mdbml0A here ya go
Yes it was what had been done before hand by the poor lady. I am with the lady dumping the scumbag. Had the courts or police offered any protection to her? Looks like they failed if they promised such. That's what I was wondering about. We can not depend on a piece of paper signed by a judge to protect us.
That is for sure, as that same judge will be only to happy to quote precident on. IDK about before incident, but i would say that at least there was records, as the researcher for the dispatcher found out the guys last name, and then asked if that was who he was. Gotta love it.
Guy got he deserved. I have no sympathy for stalkers or home invaders.
911 operator was an idiot. I would have just put the phone down and let her hear the play-by-play because just talking to her would have been too painful.


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It was well, at all events, that Mr. codling began with good intent.
Some codling had got caught in the net the same time as we were.
But it came to an end at last, for Mrs. codling lost her breath.
From the experiences of last year with apple scab and codling moth, more thorough spraying is to be done.
With the failure of a prophet to convince landlords and farmers, codling felt that his weak-kneedness might be justified.
Observe the colour, size, shape, and the bright copper-coloured horse-shoe on the front wing—the "brand" of the codling moth.
codling stood dumb, and looked so cowed and sheepish that Slocome tried a diversion.
Then I asked if it would be possible to capture a codling moth at this time of the year.
Mrs. codling's verdict naturally was, that it served the gipsy right, and and her father too.


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LOL That's awesome. :smile:
More than just a little boy live in a bubble.
Sometimes it's hard to believe people can be that dense!!
And unfortunately, these people voted in the last election. :mad:
it may have been a joke written by a hunter to give em something to think about...funny stuff...
If ignorance is bliss there are some very happy people in this world.
This is funny, I can't believe some people think this way and have absolutely no common sence.
I fully agree with the author, leave the animals alone!! I also wonder why farmers work so hard, or why we even need farmers? Not only go to the grocery store to get all your meat, but all the other food you need too!!
(tongue in cheek now removed)
I firmly believe if God did not intend for man to eat animals, he would not have made them of meat. YUM!
Yep, goes right along with the lady that wanted to know why the always put the "Deer Crossing" signs right where they seem to get hit? Couldn't they move them to a more safe crossing point?:rofl:
Sometimes I wish they made tree signs that stated "NO HUGGING ZONE"


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The first section of "shotcrete" walls has been poured and finished as construction continues on Novato's new downtown administrative offices. Shotcrete is concrete, or sometimes mortar, conveyed through a hose and projected at high velocity onto a surface.
The east end basement walls are being prepped for concrete, and the workers were due to pour the concrete this week.
To see a video of the first concrete pour, visit the city's Facebook page. To see current shots of construction on the site, visit http://oxblue.com/open/kitchell/novato.
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