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When the Bearcats signed Yancy Gates out of Withrow, at some point, you felt he would dominate a Crosstown Shootout.
You just didn't expect this is how he would do it.
Ripping away rebounds, slamming in putbacks and blocking shots, yeah, that makes sense.
But 17-foot fadeaways? On repeat?
"In practice we play around; I'll hit a shot and laugh and tell them I'm hot," Gates said. "I think that one was one of those shots where I really was. I just wasn't playing around."
Oh no, Gates wasn't playing around Thursday. In all, a season-high 22 points and 14 rebounds.
Although, as he ran past press row following his jumper that left him almost in the lap of the Hit King, Pete Rose Jr., Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo (I know where I'm landing), he couldn't help but slip a smile and half laugh as he ran back down the court.
I'm not sure when Gates became Michael Jordan, but I expected him to give a shrug with his palms up to Dan Hoard after the last one.
He said he messes around in practice attempting those shots.
"Not in my sight," Mick Cronin said. "He practices those out of my vision."
If Gates can provide that type of consistency on offense -- not necessarily 22 and 14 every night, but the ferocious, not-to-be-denied attitude in the paint -- this team has national legs.
"It's obvious Yancy Gates decided it was time to win a Crosstown Shootout," Cronin said. "When he plays like that, two things got to happen. No. 1, I got to point out to him let's try to do that again on Sunday. No. 2, we got to get the ball when he decides to try to dominate the paint on offense. The more we got him the ball, the more we got seperation."
--- Of course, I'm not the only one to write about Yancy Gates. Mo Egger put together a great blog. Paul Daugherty wrote a column about Gates within the concept of how good this team can be. Joe Kay's AP story centered around the Cincinnati kid.
--- Here's highlights of last night's game and the postgame interview room with Gates, Cash Wright and Larry Davis.
--- Say what you will about the schedule, against two Big East teams and a top-tier A-10 crosstown rival, UC won every game by at least 16 points.
--- I wrote a story about the lasting power of this defense. UC ranks in the top 20 in three different KenPom defensive stats -- 2-point FG percentage defense (41.1%, 16th), 3-pt FG percentage (28.4%, 18th) and steal percentage (13.2%, 18th).
UC is also ranked 10th in the country in offensive rebound percentage and 10th in adjusted overall defense. They are 17th in offensive TO percentage at just 16.8%.
--- Dan Hoard wrote about Cronin issuing a challenge to the fans on the postgame radio show.
Without a doubt, Fifth Third Arena was as raucous as it's been since Cronin took over. It made a signifiicant difference for the players.
"I think we need more of that," Larry Davis said. "I think the fans need to come out and support us. It gives us motivation. It helped me on defense. When I hear the fans yelling and everything I get hyper, not want to let the opponent score."
This was the first home game Cashmere Wright experienced as a sell out.
"I love it. That was one of the best things since I have been here and been a part of," Wright said. "To hear the crowd behind you every play you make every situation they make noise. It kind of helped us out and gave us extra push when we were doing things."
The way the Bearcats played at home, they look tough to beat, especially with the extra lift from a home crowd. The way the schedule breaks down with so many of the winnable Big East games at home, you could make an argument that the Bearcats could never win a game away from Fifth Third in Big East play and still make the tournament.
That would make them 22-9, 9-9. Steal one or two on the road and they won't even need a sweat towel on Selection Sunday.
Cronin knows it and his postgame plea for fan support spoke to the difference the fan base could make down the stretch.
"The truth of it is home-court advantage does make a huge difference in college basketball. It's a huge advantage. Our goal, I don't know if you noticed our schedule we play five teams on the road in the Big East ranked in the top 14 in the country. We need to win all our home games, we got 7 left, we need to go 7-0 at home. We need to sell those out and people need to come to the games.
"For years people been talking about us getting better, we've gotten better for four straight years. Now we're even better. We need support. We get that kind of crowd, we sell that place out and get that every night, we got a good chance of going 7-0 at home. It matters. I only look at it for winning purposes. It's nice for our kids, they deserve that, but it matters in college basketball. You would have to play in front of that crowd and you are the road team, it matters. No doubt about it.
"My message to our fans is: You want us to win? Help us. We got an undefeated team, we play another home game next Wednesday night, I know it's not against Xavier, but we need to sell the game out and have the same enthusiasm for our team. That will help us win the game."
--- Cronin asked and the marketing department responded. You can buy $20 tickets to the USF and Rutgers games now. Just follow this link and use the password TWENTY.
--- Despite the atmosphere and rivalry, the fact UC treated this like just another game was the biggest reason it ended up just like the previous 14 this season, Chad Brendel writes.
--- Even some of the harshest critics are beginning to rethink their stance after last night: Gary Parrish.
--- Rush The Court gives some credit, but realizes UC still has plenty to prove.
--- Yancy Gates is Jeff Goodman's stud of the night.
--- FoxSports.com's Rick Bozich talks about the fact UC doesn't feel it has accomplished much yet being a good sign for this team going forward.
--- Matt Norlander writes about the Bearcats and says he's starting to warm up to them. He perfectly proves the point I've been saying since Georgia Southern: critics of this team are only people that haven't watched them play. This team passes the eye test with flying colors. All the Jerry Palm number-crunchers are going to spit out RPIs and SOSs, but anybody who watches how a team plays basketball knows this team plays extremely well no matter the opponent.
This from Norlander: "Not all 14-0 records are created equal and the one belonging to Cincinnati struck me as being decidedly fraudulent.
But then I watched the Bearcats' 66-46 dismantling of Xavier up close and personal and my initial skepticism seemed misplaced. At least for one night, Cincinnati looked to have all the makings of a contender in the Big East and worthy of its recent placement in the Top 25."
Translation: When I looked at their schedule, I thought they were frauds, when I actually watched a game, I realized they are pretty darn good."
This is not a knock on Norlander, but he represents a significant segment of national media.
--- 15-0. The first time since 1998-99 and third time in program history.
--- I asked for the white throwbacks in the Shootout Breakfast and received them Thursday night. In the words of Slick Rick, the Bearcats were "fresh, dressed like a million bucks."
Now 3-0 this season in throwbacks, including a 34-point win against Dayton and 20-point win against Xavier. They won't become the common jersey, because the guys still like the current threads, but there's something to be said for the old-school charm.
"They got the skinny straps," Gates said to a laugh. "The other ones you are always tugging on. They feel like basketball jerseys in stead of all this new stuff they come out with."
--- Larry Davis said the jerseys give you extra movement in the shoulders. He was partially joking, but whatever's going on in his shoulders he doesn't need to change.
He dropped 2 of 4 3-pointers on Thursday to move his season total to 19 of 39 from deep. That's good for 48.7 percent.
The UC record for 3-pt FG percentage in a season is 47.6 by Roger McClendon in 1987.
--- Sidenote: I'd like to point out that LaZelle Durden shot 339 3-pointers in the 1994-95 season. The second-most in UC history was 248 by Nick Van Exel in 1992-93. UC's entire team has only shoot 274 3-pointers this season. Incredible.
--- The next five games in a 16-day span:
@ No. 7 Villanova: The Wildcats have won 44 straight at home
vs. USF: UC will be heavily favored, though the Bulls took UConn to OT in Storrs.
@ No. 4 Syracuse: One of seven undefeated teams in the country with wins over Michigan State and Notre Dame at the Carrier Dome.
@ No. 15 Notre Dame: All they've done is beat UConn, Georgetown, Gonzaga, Georgia and Wisconsin to only two losses.
@ St. John's: The Johnnies will be ranked. They are 3-0 in Big East with wins @WVU, @ Providence and vs. Georgetown.
--- Coming away from these five games with two wins would be nice, three wins would be great, any more than that would be reason start looking up Sweet 16/Elite8/Final 4 sites.
--- Quote of the night: Mick Cronin, joking, on how UC uncharacteristically knocked down 15 of 16 from the free throw line:
"I personally took over free throw shooting duties for this game. It starts at the top."

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Kelly Brook's ex Thom Evans is planning to introduce his new girlfriend to his parents.
Last month, we revealed the former rugby player had found love with Kelly lookalike, Canadian Jessica Lowndes, 24.
Now Thom, 28, wants the 90210 actress to meet his family on his first trip home from Los Angeles since Kelly, 33, split up with him in February.
A source said: "Thom's parents are excited to meet Jessica. They were worried when Thom split from Kelly as he was incredibly hurt. They are grateful to Jessica for putting a smile back on his face.
"Thom is incredibly nervous as he hasn't introduced anyone to them since Kelly."
Last week Jess tweeted of her London trip: "I'm getting those 'can't wait to get there' butterflies!!!"
Thom has spent the past week meeting Jessica's family in her home city of Vancouver.
The source said: "Thom is serious about Jess. He's happy he's been accepted into her family."
Kelly dated Thom for two years. She is now dating former flame Danny Cipriani, who had a fling with Jessica in 2010.


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Max Azria keeps a close relationship between the BCBG and Herve Leger brands. The resort / pre-spring 2013 collection from the former plays with the same styling, the same mood, as the latter – only it takes the strictness of bodycon bandages and replaces it with the liquidity of silk.
With prints that span the geometric to the ethnic inspired, and relaxed cuts that will have broad appeal, this is a collection that would last in the wardrobe from the resort season well into summer.
You can see all of the BCBG Max Azria resort / pre-spring 2013 collection by clicking on a thumbnail on the left. From there you can browse through each of the pictures from the collection.


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I have written about 5 posts in my head about how much I hate January. It is bleak. Dreary. Gloomy. Dismal. Desolate. Lonely. The only beauty there is, is when it snows and makes things look fresh and white, but if there is no chance of going out to play in it then I can't help the sadness that creeps in and makes everything grey and icy. It's been terribly cold lately. Unusually cold.
The little kids and I have been sick-ish for a week and half. First it was a stomach bug and now it a deep chest cold. The coughing alone would scare anyone away for miles. I'm getting rather tired of it. I'd much rather be out and about but we are cooped up, quarantined and miserable. Jammies or over-sized shirts are the latest style these days. The kids have watched too much tv and I've watched way to many episodes of Merlin while sitting on the computer trying to make a dent in my scrapbooking. It's not working. Sam has begun to hate this computer chair.
I am trying to refrain from calling my mother every other hour to tell her how bored I am. She, having raised me and knowing me the best, knows how much of this is true. I am a caged animal when I am required to stay at home for multiple days in a row. It's a hopeless situation in January. No prospects of things getting better for quite some time. The runny noses will never stop, the weather wont improve for months and there isn't a darn thing worth looking forward too.
Ok, I guess it's not so terrible. I'm being over dramatic. But seriously, this week has been no fun. If I was going to point blame on someone, I'd point right to Sam. It's all about sleep. If I'm not getting a good amount of sleep… then I'm a beast. Sam's sickness has ruined our sleep. I thought it was bad before, but it got worse. He's been waking like a newborn at night. Ok, worse then a newborn. Ever other hour and no hope of rocking, nursing or bouncing back to sleep. He's been a terror to get back to sleep. All miserable and hating his bed. It's been a week of misery and mystery. Jeremy and I have been taking turns,
grinning and bearing it. His cheeks are flushed from being sick but I did over do the photoshoping, they are not florescent pink.
But really, I was determined not to complain to much. Hah. Let's think positivity. Shall we think about all the things January is good for? Projects? Resolutions? Getting things done around the house?
Here is my little list of things I'd like to accomplish this month while we're cooped up:
1. I really want to start on my second wing back chair. Has it really been a year? Anyone want to come over and help me pull out staples? Just make sure to bring your hand sanitizer.
2. I'm doing a modified version of this Sugar Detox. January is good for shedding a few pounds, right?
3. Finish scrapbooking 2011. The best time to crank away is when the weather is bad. I don't like being more than a year behind and I'm stuck in the summer of '11. I have a gazillion photos from our beach trip then. Ahh… the beach.
4. I'd like to put up some new templates for my shop. If I don't make anything new, I wont sell anything, if I don't sell, I can't pay for hosting.
5. I'm going to start rock climbing regularly again next week. I'm hoping to be able to lead a 5.10C comfortably by the end of the month. Whoo hoo! Just that thought cheers me up.
Organize one area of my house a week. Hah! Maybe next month.
That's it. I wont make my list to long because I don't want to be an
overachiever or anything. Sheesh, maybe this will help me with my blues.
Tell me: What do you do to fight the winter blues? How do you get over your holiday hangover? Does cold grey skies affect your mood too? Are you a homebody and enjoy
being locked up staying at home or do you have an itch to get out and have adventures? How do you cope with sick kiddos and bleak winters?
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Winter is poopy. It's tooth-shattering cold here, though at least we have sunshine.
My winter-blues fight is not very adventurous as I hate driving on the sheets of ice that make up our roads (no plowing here). We stay inside as much as we can, and read a lot.
I still don't have my Christmas taken down. Maybe next week…
Hope you are all feeling better!! WIsh you could come enjoy our winter, but we still have been cooped up a little with this rain. I want to run around in the snow! I am a bit more content to stay home, though, and waste away time trying to come up with random schedules of productiveness that never get implemented. Haha. I just have a hard time starting projects. I wonder why that is??
Anyway! Hope things are looking brighter up there! xo
Hey, sisters! Thanks for the comments. Sorry about my sad and depressing post. I am feeling much better now. Everyone is on the mend, excluding the constantly runny noses, and things have picked up a bit to keep me busy enough. If I have some things to do then I can't think about myself so much. I think that is key. Stop thinking about yourself and think of others. xoxo
Hi there, stranger over in Oregon here! I've read Jessica's blog for years and found my way over to yours. Do you take Vitamin D? I HAVE to take it in Oregon to beat the winter blues. They are terrible up here – grey, rain, cold…blah. I live for the outdoors – hiking, camping, running – so I know how being locked up inside can feel. Anyway, just thought I'd drop the tip. When you're not getting vitamin D from the sun, you can feel lethargic, dull, and groggy. Good luck! Oh, and also, maybe planning something for Valentine's Day to look forward to?? Tallyho!


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Most of the gardening operations I've been exploring as part of "Urbavore's Dilemma," my summer-long series on the local urban agriculture movement, are grassroots affairs: compost bins made from recycled plastic barrels, chicken coops built in old kids' playhouses, garden fences born out of back-alley wood scraps. That's why when I heard that Holly Arnold Kinney, owner of The Fort, a legendary restaurant, was dabbling in urban gardening, I had to check it out. After all, what exactly, does a backyard vegetable patch look like for someone who has one of the most impressive historical cookbook collections found anywhere? To find out what I discovered, check out this week's Urbavore's Dilemma.
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I'm comin back to jacksonville in august. I'll be on the market for a 15-25 hp motor when I get back. Anyone gonna be sellin one around then? Lookin for a good rig but not too pricy.
Also my good huntin buddy will be deploying soon after so if anyone is lookin for someone to do some huntin with this fall, it'll be my second year in huntin lejeune so id love to find some new guys to hunt with. Not lookin for first timer/ I watched duck dynasty and want to try it kinds of guys, but actual hunters.
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Phoebe Gilmore
Phoebe Gilmore was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School Lions Club Student of the Month for February.
A senior, she is the daughter of Randy and Hilary Gilmore, of Ligonier.
A student in the gifted program, Phoebe was named to the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society.
She is a member of Allied Health, One Road Club, Theatre Guild, Ski Club and Quiz Team.
She dances competitively and participates in various community service activities, such as Relay for Life and church babysitting. Phoebe is a member of the Valley Youth Network, Primetime and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
She won a University of Pittsburgh Jewish Federation Poetry Competition, the President's Award for Academics, the Golden Sneaker Award for JDRF and was named Top Team Scorer for Quiz Team.
Phoebe plans to attend the University of Pittsburgh to study biological science and Spanish to become a physician's assistant in emergency medicine.


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Biodiesel makers face a problem: what to do with the glycerine/glycerol,that the biodiesel production process makes on the side. One answer to the problem of what to do with glcyerine made with biodieselcame across my desk from Chemisch2Weekblad a few minutes ago. I saw it in translation, the site is in Dutch. The former Methanor […]
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INTERVIEW: NY Passive House President Ken Levenson on the Booming Passiv Haus Movement
INHABITAT NYC: How did you become interested in Passive House construction?
Ken Levenson: I became interested in Passive House because I was looking at low energy lifestyles, all sorts of strategies to lower the carbon footprint of one's life, and thinking of climate change's impact on the built environment. I came about Passiv Haus on the internet a few years ago, and it was the first movement that I saw in green building and sustainable design that not only had a huge impact on energy and going beyond net zero, but was measurable and was attainable.
The predictability of Passiv Haus really spoke to me. One of the problems with green construction, as most people involved in the field are aware, is the lack of predictability. A lot of "green projects" are turning out to be big energy hogs. These buildings may have very admirable green qualities to them, but in terms of energy they're a disaster. So Passive House spoke to me in saying, if you do X, Y and Z, you're going to get THIS result, and it was a revelation. Before that it was difficult to take a full range of sustainability options to a client and say, "You know we really need to invest in these windows and we really need to invest in this and this," and the client is going to ask, "well, what's the net result," and the design team is not sure. The client really has to be altruistic at that point, but with Passive House, altruism isn't required. It's a pure transaction, and the designer is saying "if you do this, you're going to get this, and it's your decision to make."
INHABITAT NYC: How did NYPH come about? How does the organization bring together architects, designers, and clients to get projects started?
Ken Levenson: New York Passive House is a local nonprofit founded just under a year ago by Passive House enthusiasts in New York City and in conjunction with what we knew to be happening around the country. The monthly meet up events are organized through the Meetup website (used for all sorts of events and interests), advertised through the NYPH website. We bring together a pretty diverse crowd of architects, builders, homeowners, manufacturers, students, and people that just heard about it. We're just getting together a space in New York for people to connect up, and see what happens, to be a catalyst. Every week we get a few more members, more manufacturers, more professionals, more homeowners, and it's really exciting. There are a lot more projects being planned each month. It's growing fast.
INHABITAT NYC: How do you personally incorporate Passive House standards into your work at your firm, Ken Levenson Architect?
Ken Levenson: I've been very fortunate in that in the last year we've been able to have a number of projects with PH standard, so hopefully they will be certified and certifiable, because of lessons learned through shared experiences. In terms of the projects and applying those lessons, we have four projects in construction right now that are potentially going to hit Passive House certification level. We'll see how it goes. But we're doing a number of projects that are not going to hit those levels, because we're just not renovating the house to the extent that's required. Yet we're doing what we can to make those houses airtight, and much more rigorously than we would have otherwise. The windows that we are putting in are not going to be PH certified, but they will be triple glazed, much more high performance windows than we would have used normally. We're putting a high performance ventilation system in the house to get the fresh air up in the house, and trying to make it as airtight as possible. And we're using PHPP to calculate and try to figure out, maybe not as exactly as we would have for a house that we're trying to get certification for, how the house will function. So we're using a non-Passive House project and still implementing Passive House methodology up to a point. Over the next year or two there should be a number of our projects that have different levels of "passive house-ness," and we'll see how they perform, and see what's working and what's not working.
INHABITAT NYC: How do you foresee the progress of the Passive House movement throughout the country and specifically in New York City, not just in homes, but also in commercial or other types of construction?
Ken Levenson: Passive House is growing, and it's growing geometrically. If you looked at the Passive House 101 presentation (shown earlier at the event), you saw one quick Passiv Haus project timeline graph that shows a curve going up. And it's really happening in the US now; we're starting from zero, so it's still just a handful of projects, but it's going fast, and it's growing across the country. Mostly in the coasts, mostly in New York, California, Washington State, Oregon, Massachusetts, Virginia, but it's going. It's going to be big!
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THE conservative commentator Andrew Bolt has labelled the Premier, Barry O'Farrell, an ''idiot'' and lampooned his request for an inquiry into racial vilification laws as ''straight out of the Leninist playbook''.
Bolt delivered the attack after hearing he and fellow commentator Alan Jones were on a draft list of witnesses to be called before inquiry hearings in early April.
Mr O'Farrell has asked the NSW Parliament's law and justice committee to examine whether anti-discrimination laws dealing with complaints about serious racial vilification constitute ''a realistic test'' and have kept up with public expectations.
While stressing the importance of free speech, Mr O'Farrell said there had not been a successful criminal prosecution since 1989, when the laws came in.
''It nearly spoiled my holiday for all of six hours until I realised what an idiot Barry O'Farrell is,'' Bolt said on the Nights with Steve Price show on 2GB radio on Monday night, calling Mr O'Farrell's reasoning ''a joke'' and ''insane''.
''It is against the spirit of the law,'' he said. ''It is straight out of the Leninist playbook.''
Bolt asked why Mr O'Farrell did not simply ''set a quota of how many racists he wants hauled before the courts? Why not just do it as Lenin used to do, as Stalin used to do?''
Later, Bolt suggested Mr O'Farrell may have requested the inquiry to provide a forum for commentators such as himself.
''Maybe he just wants to give me a platform to say how outrageous all these attacks on free speech [are],'' Bolt mused. ''Maybe he's doing me a favour. Maybe he's not an idiot.''
The comments follow Jones's description of the inquiry as ''beyond ludicrous''.
In December, Jones was ordered by the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal to apologise on air for describing Lebanese Muslims as ''vermin'' and ''mongrels'' who ''simply rape, pillage and plunder a nation that's taken them in''.
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1. Re: Intercompany Transaction Flow Set-up when O/U's are not differentPrabhuChepuri May 9, 2013 3:22 AM (in response to emss)Hi,
Currently Inter company invoicing functionality is available in Oracle only between two operating units. There is ER 14374454 pending with Oracle for enabling this feature for transfers between two LE's of same operating unit by enhancing the transaction flow form to accept the from LE and to LE and enabling the option for entering the inter company relations..You may update the ER with your customer name as well for oracle to expedite providing this solution
2. Re: Intercompany Transaction Flow Set-up when O/U's are not differentGVRanjith Jun 5, 2013 12:54 PM (in response to emss)Hi EMSS,
When you say intercompnay transactions, do you mean IR-ISO?
We can create an IR and ISO both in same opearting unit. The whole setup is same as any other IR-ISO except for the setup in Intercompany transaction flow. Process wise, its exactly same upto ISO shipment and costing the material transactions.However, we will not be having any intercompany AR or AP invoices generated. The accounts are netted out. (we are using this in one of requiremetns and we are in R12.1.3. I am not sure from which version this is available)
Coming to accounting transactions - we used SLA for hitting the right accounts as requried by business.
Note: We cannot have any logical intercompany transactions within same OU.
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Little boy freaks out during a game of I've Got Your Nose.
There's plenty of crying in I've Got Your Nose.
The key to a good game of I've Got Your Nose isn't tricking a child into believing you've removed the nose from their face. Any adult can do that. Kids are famously easy to trick and are incredibly ignorant when it comes to understanding how the human body works. The trick to a good game is convincing the child that, not only can you remove body parts with a gentle tug, but that you can reattach them just as easily, time and time again.
It also doesn't hurt to have a child that is a straight up glutton for punishment. That's what makes Jesse Fulcher and his son the Jordan and Pippen of I've Got Your Nose. The boy freaks out when dad gets his ear, but he's still willing to put his trust, along with his nose, in his father's hands.


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Illegal downloads and copying are savaging sales in the music industry as access to the internet improves through broadband connections.
Recorded music sales figures for the first half of 2005, released yesterday, continue a worrying trend, with sales of CDs, records, cassettes and music DVDs falling 7.54 per cent on the previous year to 22.7 million units. The wholesale value tumbled 11.82 per cent to $209 million. It is the second year in a row that sales have fallen in the first six months of the year.
The malaise is seriously damaging record companies and stores. City retailer Gaslight Music closed this year; two major multinational labels, Sony and BMG, merged last year; and rumours abound that Australia's last big independent label, FMR, could be swallowed by Warner.
"The industry, both here and internationally, has gone through some reasonably difficult times over the past few years, and all of the labels have had to rationalise. It's been tough," Australian Record Industry Association chief executive Stephen Peach said.
Meanwhile, the much anticipated Australian version of iTunes Music Store could open as early as October 3, according to speculation in the US.
iTunes' owner, Apple, has sold about 1 million iPod MP3 players in Australia, but their owners are still barred from access to the online music store. iTunes accepts credit cards only from the country where the store is based, because of complexities from local copyright licensing agreements.
The ARIA sales figures do not include digital music sales, but Mr Peach played down their significance. "Initial reports suggest that this sector (download sales) of the market is still relatively small," he said.
Mr Peach said last week's Federal Court ruling against popular file-sharing network Kazaa and the impending iTunes opening would encourage legitimate downloads.
"We've seen it overseas and we'll start to see it here, that a lot of people are turning to the legitimate download services, not just because it is the right thing to do but also because they are offering superior services," he said.
According to Forbes.com, efforts by Apple to strike an iTunes licensing agreement for Australia with Sony BMG and Warner have so far come to nothing, and Apple has apparently decided to launch its online store without them.
Apple has sold 21 million iPods around the world and the various models command more than 70 per cent of the world market for digital music players. iTunes claims nearly 80 per cent of the world's legal online music sales.
Mr Peach said the subdued music sales followed downcast sales in most retail sectors, but the industry was hopeful of an upturn in the second half of the year.
One positive was the continued strong performance of Australian artists, who made up a quarter of the top 100 singles chart for the period, up from 21 per cent last year.
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Wood was born Sept. 17, 1954, in Kaufman, to Esther (Haley) and Lloyd Bruner, and died July 8, 2013.
She graduated from Scurry-Rosser High School in 1974.
She was a simple woman, but she loved her family and her grandchildren, whom she spoiled rotten.
She was a spiritual person, enjoyed attending church and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Seven Points for more than 20 years.
She taught Sunday School, was the vacational bible school director and part of the Ladies Auxiliary.
She enjoyed going to garage sales, singing and playing the tambourine in the choir and many other activities for the church.
She was preceded in death by her father, brother Billy Ray Bruner, and sisters Geneva Bruner and Connie Shaw.
Survivors include her sons, T.J. Powell and wife Jennifer of Kemp, Bubba Powell and wife Chelsea of Seven Points; daughters Lacey Wright and husband Terry of Forney, Danielle Borroum and husband Aaron of Seven Points; eight grandchildren; mother; brothers Lloyd Bruner of Scurry, Roger Bruner and wife Shirley of Styx, Billy Jack Bruner and wife Charlotte of Styx, Mark Bruner and wife Kay of Kemp; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, friends and loved ones.


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Refinishing Oak Woodwork
So our daughter is getting married this summer, in our backyard. This, of course, means that my wife is in full panic mode to make our house look like the governor's mansion, even though it's an outdoor wedding. Part of said panic is the pressing need to make our upstairs hallway gorgeous because, as we all know, wedding guests will be spending a lot of time up there.
Anywhooo... It's a big old brick house, built in 1928. Narrow oak floors, wide oak woodwork, including open oak staircase.
In the upstairs hallway, all the door frames, trim, baseboard, etc. were painted. I'm stripping them the hard and thorough way, by dismantling, stripping & sanding, refinishing and reinstalling. 4 bedroom doors, 1 bathroom & 1 closet door. The floor was refinished by a previous owner, but I will sand and refinish it properly.
I'll be using "natural" stain, because I want to show as much of the beauty of the wood as possible.
Question: What brand & type of poly would you use to "finish" this project?
I've done lots of sanding & refinishing of floors & woodwork in rental & renovation houses, but obviously this one is special. I'm not looking for a "Behr sucks crap" type response, but honest talk about what you've used and really liked.
Thanks! :)
Sikkens...cant go wrong with any of their products. They make products for wood....thats it. ;)
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Sikkens is great stuff. Use the oil if you can, especially in high traffic areas.
Awesome. Thanks guys! Good to see that there's a place here in Omaha that I can get the stuff - even though it's clear on the other end of the city.
I probably will use the oil-based stuff - at least on the floor - but will have to do it on a day when my wife is at work and I can open all the upstairs windows.
Sikkens is a good product an I like there exterior stains. We have a floor refinishing division and we choose to use Dura Deal stains, sealer, and crystal clear poly on hardwood floors. It is a professional grade product that can be found at Sherwin Williams and also dura Seal online.
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The origin of the term "prostate" was originally derived from the Greek prohistani (to stand in front of) and has been attributed to Herophilus of Alexandria, who used the expression in 335 B.C. to describe the organ located "in front of" the urinary bladder. However, while the existence of the prostate has been recognised for over 2300 years, the gland's anatomy, physiology and pathology has been described in detail only within the past six decades. Recently there has been a flurry of interest and activity in relation to the three major prostatic diseases: benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), carcinoma of the prostate and prostatitis. This is partly because demographic changes have led to an ever-increasing proportion of men attaining an age at which they are especially susceptible to these disorders, and because of the introduction of new therapies for these diseases. Central to the understanding of both benign and malignant prostatic pathology is comprehension of the zonal anatomy. This chapter relates differences in zonal anatomy to the various pathological processes which frequently affect this gland.
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My former stylist was ok, but she wasn't skilled enough to give me a cut that wouldn't require silicones & heat tools to consistently achieve my desired look. I kept seeing her because she was nice, not because she was skilled, & then I had a traumatic haircut & couldn't bear to return again.
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Mychal's the first stylist that was able to give me a truly full CG styling consult after the cut, showing me multiple looks to try with my new do. (I've never met a stylist that tried could do that without heat tools.) She really demonstrates all the versatility of my cut, & recommends styles that adhere to my low-maintenance /manipulation & kind-ingredients hair philosophy. & she shows me new looks that I never before thought I could pull off.
Mychal's skills & creativity are matched by her kindness & humor. I keep going to her because of her skills & creative eye, but getting my haircut is all the more exciting because Mychal is the type of personality one enjoys spending time with.
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When your chief competitor in a niche market sees its founder and CEO resign, it's usually a pretty good indication you're going to benefit.
That is precisely what happened this week in the specialty market of luxury electric vehicles. Privately held Fisker Automotive founder Henrik Fisker quit his post due to disagreements with the company's management team over reported talks of shopping a majority stake in his namesake firm to a Chinese company. In my opinion, this represents a big victory in the fight for dominance in the space for rival Tesla Motors (TSLA).
In contrast to the situation with Fisker, Tesla's billionaire co-founder and CEO Elon Musk doesn't appear to be going anywhere. In fact, Musk is one of those rare breed of leaders who, through the force of his intelligence, personality and vision, has managed to create a company that could redefine the entire automotive industry.
He's also managed to make a lot of investors very happy along the way.
On the auto front, in November, the Tesla Model S sedan was the first ever non-combustion engine vehicle to win the prestigious Motor Trend Car of the Year award. The company captured the top honor after a series of torturous 10-day stress and performance tests conducted by Motor Trend editors and auto industry veterans. The Model S came out on top of a 45-car field due to what the magazine described as the Model S' superb acceleration, handling, open cabin and 250-mile range.
On the stock front, shares of Tesla have driven substantially higher, particularly since November. The stock soared some 38% from Nov. 1 through March 13, and along the way, blasted through technical resistance at the 50-day and 200-day moving averages.
As you can see in the chart above, the road higher in 2013 (up more than 11% year to date through March 13) has not been without a few big potholes.
In February, the company saw its shares drop precipitously after releasing its fourth-quarter earnings results. The metrics showed that Tesla missed bottom-line expectations, with an adjusted loss of $0.65 per share versus adjusted EPS forecasts for a loss of $0.53. The company did manage to best top-line estimates, seeing revenue of $306.3 million versus estimates of $298.9 million.
In the conference call accompanying the Q4 results, Musk said that he expected the company to become profitable earlier than originally anticipated. In a letter to shareholders, Musk wrote, "We expect to be slightly profitable (excluding only non-cash option and warrant-related expenses) in Q1 2013." Most auto industry watchers aren't expecting Tesla to turn a profit until at least the third quarter.
After the post-earnings slide, the stock resumed its upward momentum and rose to a high of $39.49 on March 13, just shy of its 52-week high of $40, which was made in February. Since then, the stock has dropped below $36, and could continue to be dragged down with the broader market today.
I think that despite its volatility, and despite the fact that it's a favorite of short sellers, TSLA is the kind of stock that will continue to be a great momentum play for traders.
The company's high-quality, and potentially industry-changing, vehicles have proven to be popular and highly sought after, and soon Tesla will be making money selling all-electric cars, something green energy proponents could have only dreamed of a few short years ago.
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Matthew Morrison Engaged to Renee Puente!
Wedding bells will soon be in the air as it was revealed that Matthew Morrison is engaged to his girlfriend of two years, Renee Puente.
On Thursday (June 27), the pair stepped out at the White Tie and Tiara Ball in London where good pals Elton John and David Furnish announced the news.
Making sure everyone at the event could join in on the happy occasion, Elton and David took the stage at the annual gathering to belt out the joyous announcement.
Though their romance was speculated before, this was the same event where Matthew and Renee stepped out as a public couple for the very first time in 2011.


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If you have a thick layer of the Hard bottom paint, Do you think a person could hall the boat and sand the bottom a little and get another year out of the paint?
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Hi fishclan,
First of all, if your hard paint is is still good, you wont have to haul. Hard paint releases it''s copper without the paint wearing away-you can have all paint but no copper! The paint can then be sanded ''til the cows come home but it won''t do any good, the copper is gone. So then, you will have to haul to re-paint.
With an ablative paint, the paint wears away as the copper is released- when the paint is gone, the copper is gone.
With a hard paint, each time you apply, you have to sand off the old paint or it will build up. If you don''t sand, sooner or later you''ll have to strip the bottom because there''s just to much build up.
Alot of sailers use hard paint because it''s cheaper, but when you have to pay someone to strip the bottom, there goes your savings. Some think it protects better but I think it''s a big pain. The savings aren''t worth the work.
If you can... haul your boat... strip it... and only use ablative paint.
You could apply ablative over hard but I suggest you get rid of the hard.
At any rate... good luck.
Bottom Paint
Thanks Panagaea
I just bought the boat last July. I had new zinks put on then and I want to inspect them as I am not sure how long they will last. I guess I can see how well the paint has been doing at that time.
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Category: Greek names
Well, summer's here and with it I have a whole new list of sizzlin' summer Greek names. In the summertime, there's swimming, heat, and lots of outdoor fun. Plus, according to an article on livescience.com, summer is the time of year when the most babies are born, with August tending to be the busiest month. That being said, I hope all you expecting moms find a name you like for your little bundle of summer sunshine. Here are some ideas from the ancient Greek pantheon.
Theros — THEH-rohs– Theros is the Goddess of summer in Greek mythology and I think it has a very cool sound, reminiscent of names like Maris. With the long O sound at the end, it could conceivably be a new way to get to the nickname Rose.
Angel Thomas, best-known to the Nameberry community as Dantea, is an expert on Greek names. Today she brings us an authoritative look at Greek names that relate to the spring season.
Spring is the time of year for gentle rains and soft winds, the greening of leaves and the growing of flowers. The animals are all awakening and the season of rebirth starts. It's probably the most romanticized season. Historically, Spring has been known as the time for having babies, for birth and fertility and in recent studies, Spring and mid-Summer have statistically had more births. If you're looking for a name that represents the springtime and all its lovely flowers and greenery, I have a list of generally underused Greek names just for you.
Goddesses of the Spring
Persephone – Persephone is pronounced per-SEF-oh nee and she's the queen of the underworld, wife of Hades and goddess of spring growth. While Persephone generally has a bad rep, it's really a very lovely name. She's the reason we have flowers and green things during the Spring and Summer. Though her name has been attributed to having a negative meaning, it's really an unknown as the words for 'dark blue' and the word for 'sound' both appear in her name.
It's the first day of fall…the air is getting crisper, the days are getting shorter…the moment to think about the names of autumn.
Unlike spring, summer, and even winter, fall is not a season that immediately brings a bonanza of name possibilities to mind. But when you think about it, there are almost as many autumn blooms as there are springtime ones, there are harvest deities, and a palette-full of fall colors, among other options.
So if you're expecting a fall baby, and are looking for a name reflecting the season of their birth, there are lots of colorful choices to consider, beginning with:
The autumnal flowers and shrubs:
- Adonis (blue)
- Anemone
- Aster
- Belle of the Night
- Camellia
- Cosmos
- Dahlia
- Freesia
- Gladiola
- Iris
- Ivy
- Juniper
- Lavender
- Marigold
- Orchid
- Poppy
- Quince
- Rose
- Sage/salvia
- Susan (black-eyed)
- Yarrow
- Zinnia
Trees known for their brilliantly colorful fall foliage:
The nameberry contributor known to us as "Auburn" ruminates here on that most powerful and mysterious initial: X.
We all know this naming business is tricky, especially if your aim is to find unusual monikers which still have history — and if you're browsing Nameberry then it probably is. You think you've found one, you get excited … and then you meet five Violets in a day and realize that perhaps #141 is too popular for you after all.
The letter Y has lost some of its magic after various incriminations recently, involving either the addition of Y's to perfectly Y-free names (looking at you, Addysyn), or the apparent abhorrence of Y's by others (Ashleigh). What about its generally ignored neighbor, though? Every time I see an X name it catches my eye. I think "Wow, X? Crazy!" X is daring and attention-grabbing; it's a shortcut to awesome in the baby naming world.
The Jolie-Pitts clearly realized the power of this not-so-humble letter when they used it to round off their three sons' names: Maddox, Pax and Knox. In the same vein, Max is hot at the moment, but it is X in front that is still that Holy Grail of naming: rare.
According to the site http://yournotme.com, which searches the records to find people in Britain aged over 18 with a certain name, the top 10 X names include 7 Chinese names (Xiao, Xin, Xuan, Xiu, Xue, Xiang and Xing, for the record). The others are Xavier (795 of them), Xenia (330), and Xanthe (309). In contrast, the top A name, Andrew, can boast 508,320 bearers across the British Isles.
X names are few and far between in the popularity rankings as well, with just two charting in both the US and the UK top 1000s :
Xavier – #68 in the US, #234 in the UK
Xander – #244, #354.
Due to the large Hispanic population of North America, Ximena and Xiomara also chart at #311 and #909 respectively. Ximena is the feminine version of Ximeno, a Spanish name alternatively claimed to be a version of Simon or from the Basque for son, seme . Xiomara is the Spanish version of Guiomar, a name for either gender that belonged to a male character of Arthurian legend who was banished for his affair with Morgan le Fey.
The UK has its own pretty, feminine X name, Xanthe, which currently stands at #778. It should be noted that that means it was only given to 44 babies, though, due to the relatively small size of Britain. Xanthe is a lovely Greek choice meaning 'fair hair' and can also appear in the variation Xanthia.
Strangely enough, the US can also claim many a little Xzaviers, which comes in at #586. In my opinion it's preferable to use unusual letters in moderation, readers. Just one in a sea of A's, E's, and R's looks so much more striking than Xyzvyq, which gives the impression you were leaning on the keyboard.
Is it a coincidence that Sofia Coppola and Claudia Schiffer both picked the same unusual (in the U.S. anyway) name for their baby daughters almost simultaneously—or is it a signal that it's about to enter the mainstream?
Cosima (accent on the first syllable) derives from the Greek Kosmos, and refers to the order and harmony of the universe. It's a logical choice for both of these moms in terms of their roots: there could be a Cosima on Coppola's family tree and it's also often heard in Germany, where Schiffer was born. Cosima is used in Greece as well, and by upper class Brits: English celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has a daughter named Cosima, while Marissa Ribisi and Beck used the male form, Cosimo, for their son. The most famous bearer of the name in history is a woman with strong musical ties—Cosima Wagner was both the daughter of composer Franz Liszt and the wife of composer Richard Wagner.
With her third child, Claudia Schiffer has continued her previous pattern of choosing a distinctive, cutting-edge name starting with her own first initial, "C," as she did with older daughter Clementine and son Caspar. Clementine, although it hasn't made it onto the popularity lists yet, is rapidly becoming a favorite of both nameberries and celebrities . Kirstie Alley first revived it in the late 70s, and it's since been chosen by Ethan Hawke and Rachel Griffiths.
Caspar has been slower to catch on, but may well follow in the wake of cousin Jasper, if it can finally shake the friendly ghost association. Romy, the name of Sofia Coppola and Thomas Mars' first daughter, is also beginning to be heard more and more.
Several other celebs have followed Claudia's practice of serial-initializing, often repeating their own name's starting letter. There are, for instance, Tarian, Tristan and Tyler Tritt (sons of Travis); Corde, Cordell and Cori, children of Cordozar Calvin (Snoop Dogg) Broadus; Scarlet, Sophia and Sistine Stallone, who all share the middle name of Rose; and—the grand prize winner—director Robert Rodriguez, who named his five children Racer, Rebel, Rocket, Rogue and Rhiannon.
But getting back to Cosima—does it have the potential to move out beyond the celebrisphere? Especially since it could be limited by some possible pronunciation problems –as in coz-EE-ma.
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When I was young, I was in a car accident and I hit my nose on the dashboard. After it healed, I have a water-drop-like bump hanging off my nose!
Has anyone ever heard of this?! What surgery do I need and how much is it and will insurance cover it? I can't breathe properly out of one nostril if that helps.


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Cruz violated NCAA CARA [Countable Athletically-Related Activities] rules, which are in place to restrict the number of hours student-athletes are allowed to practice with or be supervised by the coaching staff.
USC self-reported the NCAA infraction and will self-impose restrictions on the baseball program for the remainder of this season and next year, which include a reduced number of practice hours.
"Adhering to all NCAA rules is paramount for each one of our coaches, student-athletes and staff members," Haden said in a statement released by the school. "Those who knowingly break NCAA rules are subject to termination."
In the wake of the Cruz's termination, Haden promoted associate head coach Dan Hubbs to head coach. "Dan is a good coach, he is highly-regarded in the baseball community and he has strong Trojan roots," Haden said.
Hubbs pitched for the Trojans from 1991-93.
This is his second season on the coaching staff. He spent the previous twelve years years as a pitching coach at California.
Cruz spent two seasons at USC, leading the Trojans to a 48-63 record.
USC was picked to finish 8th this year in the Pac-12 baseball preseason coaches' poll.
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After reading the regular and extended license I couldn't see specific mention about using music to promote a product, so I just wanted to check.
Looking to buy a background track to use with a video clip of the product (it's a camera dolly, you know a set of portable tracks) to put on youtube, vimeo and possibly our website.
We're a tiny company, staff of 2. Is this permissible under the Regular license?
Cheers, Chris Albert www.wallydolly.com
Hey Albert,
If you are just making a promotional video for your product on Youtube, Vimeo and your website, I am pretty sure that one regular license would suffice, as long as the video is the same on all three mediums.
Hope this helps!
Hey Albert, I agree, if the promotion comes at joutube, vimeo, etc enough to be a regular license. But if you plan to use the music in a commercial project, tv, radio, game, in which case they would have to have the license extended.
Great. It's simply background music to go onto a video clip advertising the product, that's it.


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text: MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On the day after the 2012 Presidential Election, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and BLACK ENTERPRISE are set to present a symposium on an issue most critical to America's health and economic competitiveness: education reform. On Wednesday, November 7, from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. the Gates Foundation and BLACK ENTERPRISE will host "Today's Business Crisis: Educating Tomorrow's Workforce," in the Grand Ballroom of the Peabody Memphis Hotel, 149 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110627/NY26810LOGO ) The invitation-only symposium will bring together top leaders in business, philanthropy and education to discuss the critical challenges facing American education and the role business leaders can play in education reform in Memphis and in public schools across the nation. Confirmed speakers for the forum include: BLACK ENTERPRISE President & CEO Earl "Butch" Graves Jr.; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation U.S. Program Chief of Staff Dawn Chirwa; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Deputy Director of Education Irvin Scott; Stand for Children Executive Director Kenya Bradshaw; Memphis City Schools Superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash; Universal Companies Founder & Chairman Kenneth Gamble; Universal Companies President & CEO dur- Rahim Islam; Former NBA All Star and Memphis Grizzlies Co-Owner Penny Hardaway; Gestalt Community Schools Chief Academic Officer Yetta Lewis; and Memphis Chief of School Operations, Academic Operations, Technology & Innovation Dr. Roderick Richmond. The sessions will be moderated by BLACK ENTERPRISE SVP/Editor-in-Chief Derek T. Dingle and BLACK ENTERPRISE Editorial Director Alan Hughes. "America's education crisis is not a future threat to the competitiveness of our businesses, but a clear and present danger to the economic security of our nation," says BLACK ENTERPRISE CEO Earl "Butch" Graves Jr. "BLACK ENTERPRISE has consistently sounded the call to address this crisis, and never more than in the past several years, as the system even more egregiously fails the children it is charged with educating and preparing for productive lives. We are proud to join with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to increase the focus on solutions that can ultimately resolve this crisis, solutions that cannot be successfully executed without business leaders being fully invested in the battle to reform public education."


text: 2K and Irrational Games announced today that BioShock Infinite: Burial At Sea Episode 1 will be available on November 12th on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows. The DLC, which is the second expansion for the game, will take players back to the city under the ocean, Rapture, on the eve of its fall from glory. Join Booker and Elizabeth in a film noir-style adventure as they explore Rapture as you've never seen it before, encountering characters from the original BioShock and finding new weapons as they go. BioShock Infinite: Burial At Sea rebalances the game's mechanics to put an emphasis on stealth and resource management, combining the best parts of BioShock and BioShock Infinite to make a whole new experience.


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Federal officials say they are temporarily grounding Boeing's 787 Dreamliners until the risk of possible battery fires is addressed.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it will issue an emergency safety order requiring U.S. airlines to temporarily cease operating the 787, Boeing's newest and most technologically advanced plane. The FAA said it would work with Boeing and U.S. airlines to develop a plan to allow the Dreamliner to "resume operations as quickly and safely as possible." United Airlines is the only U.S. carrier with 787s. It has six.
The FFA order applies only to U.S. carriers, but aviation authorities in other countries usually follow the lead of the country where the manufacturer is based. Fifty Dreamliners have been delivered in the U.S. and around the world.
After an emergency landing in Japan early Wednesday, two Japanese airlines voluntarily grounded their 787s, then the FAA order came.
On Wednesday, Japan's All Nippon Airways said pilots smelled something burning and received a cockpit message warning of battery problems while flying from Yamaguchi Ube airport in western Japan to Tokyo. They made an emergency landing at Takamatsu airport in western Japan, and passengers evacuated using inflatable slides.
An inspection found that a flammable liquid had leaked from the main lithium-ion battery, which is below and slightly behind the cockpit. Investigators found burn marks around the damage.
"Anytime you have a fire on board — whether it's the battery that has caused it or a passenger that caused it or another electrical component — that's a very a serious situation on an aircraft and something not to be taken lightly," said Kevin Hiatt, president of the Flight Safety Foundation.
Japan's Kyodo News agency quoted transport ministry investigator Hideyo Kosugi as saying that the liquid leaked through the electrical room floor to the outside of the aircraft.
The transport ministry said the leak could have led to an accident. ANA, which operates 17 of the jets, and Japan Airlines, which has seven, said they won't fly their 787s until they complete safety checks. That's almost half of the 50 planes Boeing has delivered since handing the first one over to ANA in late 2011.
Last week, a battery on a Japan Airlines 787 caught fire soon after the plane landed at Logan International Airport in Boston. It took firefighters 40 minutes to put out the flames.
The 787 is the first plane to make extensive use of lithium-ion batteries, which have raised concerns for their potential to catch fire.
The Federal Aviation Administration has given the batteries extra scrutiny and issued a special rule for their use in the 787. The plane has two batteries — the main one near the front and a second one in the rear.
Boeing and the airlines will need to move quickly to determine whether the problem is a flaw in the batteries themselves, in the plane's wiring or in some other area that's fundamental to the plane's electrical system.
Boeing has booked orders for more than 800 of the planes from airlines around the world attracted by its increased fuel efficiency.
The jet's design is so lightweight in part because it uses electricity to do things that other airplanes do with hot air vented through internal ducts. So a 787 with electrical problems is like a minivan that won't haul kids: It goes to the heart of what the thing was built to do.
Before it carried paying passengers, the 787 was closely reviewed by inspectors from Boeing and the FAA.
Mike Sinnett, chief engineer on the 787, said last week that the plane's batteries have operated through a combined 1.3 million hours and never had an internal fault. He said they were built with multiple protections to ensure that "failures of the battery don't put the airplane at risk."
The lithium-ion design was chosen because it's the only type of battery that can take a large charge in a short amount of time.
When he spoke last week, Sinnett said Boeing was not considering replacing the lithium-ion design with another type of battery.
Neither GS Yuasa Corp., the Japanese company that supplies the batteries for the 787, nor Thales, which makes the battery charging system, would comment on the recent troubles.
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways are two of the 787's biggest customers.
LOT Polish Airlines was beginning regular 787 flights between Chicago's O'Hare Airport and Warsaw on Wednesday and said its plans had not changed.
Because its planes are among the later ones built by Boeing, they received "proper modifications which reduce technical problems" seen in the 787s of other airlines, the airline said in a statement. A spokesperson declined to elaborate.
Boeing was already under scrutiny for last week's fire, which was also tied to the battery in the back of the plane.
That fire prompted investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration, and the FAA later said it would review the design and manufacture of the plane, focusing on its electrical systems.
The NTSB said Wednesday that it would send an investigator to Japan to join the latest probe, and that representatives from the FAA and Boeing were on their way, too.
Boeing shares dropped $2.60, or 3.4 percent, to close Wednesday at $74.34. They're down 4.3 percent since the first fire.
Also Wednesday, Goldman Sachs dropped Boeing from its "conviction buy" list of top picks, although it left the shares with a "buy" rating.


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Here's what one reviewer wrote about this book.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post8637082934401207501..comments2017-05-25T22:05:24.132-04:00Comments on The TSA Blog: Advanced Imaging Technology Automated Target email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-70441070031687222632012-01-30T12:40:34.142-05:002012-01-30T12:40:34.142-05:00Really interesting blog and point of views. Thanks...Really interesting blog and point of views. Thanks for this post. Great comments as well.Calist Cullenhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-63137592837504017892011-01-14T18:22:25.609-05:002011-01-14T18:22:25.609-05:00Monte said... It appears that the first large gro...Monte said...
It appears that the first large group of strip-search ogglers has been caught in Nigeria. I thought this was supposed to be impossible.

Monte,TSA's Website acknowledges that straight from the manufacturer the machines have the abillity to save and store images however if you go to the AIT section of the TSA's website it clearly and explicitly states email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-14687804405693538762010-11-12T18:01:07.301-05:002010-11-12T18:01:07.301-05:00The reality is that the new software still doesn&#...The reality is that the new software still doesn't eliminate the health risk of radiation from the device or email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-56201466162701470472010-11-10T19:15:04.065-05:002010-11-10T19:15:04.065-05:00Please speed this research up, and in the meantime...Please speed this research up, and in the meantime, walk back your "enhanced" pat downs. The procedures that the TSA has put in place over the last few weeks have left me so shaken, degraded, and demoralized that I cannot contemplate flying for any reason other than true emergencies.

I refuse to accept that my only choices are a government agent viewing me naked, or a email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-68662579905432918992010-11-10T17:15:44.615-05:002010-11-10T17:15:44.615-05:00Bob, is TSA reconsidering ATR on its strip search ...Bob, is TSA reconsidering ATR on its strip search machines yet?

Funny how it works in the EU but TSA can't make it work..

Kinda like how Puffers are used in many places but TSA was not competent to make them work.

Is it the equipment or TSA?RBhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-17147202442239683242010-11-03T23:39:10.766-04:002010-11-03T23:39:10.766-04:00Here is what happens if you refuse the scan: http...Here is what happens if you refuse the scan:

http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-50516567923051015112010-10-30T11:20:34.256-04:002010-10-30T11:20:34.256-04:00We are allowing the erosion of our rights. Subject...We are allowing the erosion of our rights.
Subjecting ourselves to more and more scrutiny by our government and law enforcement.
We have to get this mainstream in our firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-22663515587513321082010-10-29T03:39:59.207-04:002010-10-29T03:39:59.207-04:00Reply to TSRon: Horrific? Yes. Between machines...Reply to TSRon:

Horrific? Yes. Between machines the UK won't allow individuals under 18 in because of the indecent pictures (they consider them pornographic, but I guess I'm just making that up as well) to the new crotch pat downs (see CNN news article today) - this whole system is out of control.

I want our airlines safe as much as the next person, but there is a firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-46455850362481911752010-10-20T00:13:27.770-04:002010-10-20T00:13:27.770-04:00With all the money and resources to install these ...With all the money and resources to install these body scanners, why can't we keep our wardrobe on (i.e. belt, overcoat) and not remove our shoes. Why install these expensive machine with no improvement to the PAX firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-12354976016378401652010-10-15T07:41:19.686-04:002010-10-15T07:41:19.686-04:00Passengers - we can absolutely win this one! Ever...Passengers - we can absolutely win this one! Every single one of us needs to refuse the dangerous radiation and de-humanizing indignity of electronic strip searches. If every person refuses, the resulting slowdown at screening lines will force the TSA to back down. If you as a passenger submit to this voluntarily, I blame you for the jackboots that come next.

Strip-searching and Sommer email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-12887677214690784092010-10-04T22:05:50.198-04:002010-10-04T22:05:50.198-04:00The TSA spends so much time and energy pretending ...The TSA spends so much time and energy pretending to achieve the goals of congressional mandate that it does not actually achieve them at all. In the last year I have flown out of 4 'terrorist hotbed' countries (UAE, Bahrain, Thailand, Singapore), all of which had functioning airport security services. It's amazing that a 'small' airports like Bangkok, Dubai, Bahrain and firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-79900144168710295482010-10-03T13:27:20.638-04:002010-10-03T13:27:20.638-04:00I thought this was supposed to make things easier?...I thought this was supposed to make things easier? I went to the black diamond lane, went through the AIT then got patted down as well as having my wallet searched. I refuse to put my wallet in a bin that has my ID and credit cards in it. Not because of the xray but because it can easily be stolen while I am being patted down or they search my wallet. If I can choose, I will go the metal firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-32384377532780706492010-10-02T14:24:29.133-04:002010-10-02T14:24:29.133-04:00Anonymous, October 2, 2010 10:28 AM: If a few peop...Anonymous, October 2, 2010 10:28 AM: If a few people get cancer, then the TSA lawyers will simply pay them off. Sound familiar? Tobacco companies and their refusal to publish their data, or accept independent research, on smoking and cancer. The tobacco companies knew that they could simply buy off the people who were dying from cancer. The TSA will do the same.

They probably email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-17953093196830162862010-10-02T10:28:47.879-04:002010-10-02T10:28:47.879-04:00The TSA don't want the public to find out just...The TSA don't want the public to find out just how dangerous these scanners REALLY are. The radiation test results are deliberately buried to hide this information from the public and from independent scientific scrutiny. If a few people get cancer, then the TSA lawyers will simply pay them off. Sound familiar? Tobacco companies and their refusal to publish their data, or accept independent email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-5367761761011298132010-10-02T03:16:29.843-04:002010-10-02T03:16:29.843-04:00I honestly don't see how test results of radia...I honestly don't see how test results of radiation exposure from body scanners can be considered a national security issue?

can anyone from the TSA please firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-29141902236342435402010-10-01T11:29:50.929-04:002010-10-01T11:29:50.929-04:00Radiologists and radiologic biologists at the Univ...Radiologists and radiologic biologists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF); Columbia University; and now the Cleveland Clinic have all expressed significant concern over the safety of whole body imaging technology when applied to the millions of people comprising the traveling public. Assertions to the contrary, I worry that this will be the thalidomide debacle all over email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-52362836713430718952010-09-30T12:46:06.818-04:002010-09-30T12:46:06.818-04:00And didn't we "gift" that Nude-O-Sco...And didn't we "gift" that Nude-O-Scope to Nigeria?

AlAl firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-26037128244473548062010-09-30T11:23:41.301-04:002010-09-30T11:23:41.301-04:00Radiologists and radiologic biologists at the Univ...Radiologists and radiologic biologists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF); Columbia University; and now the Cleveland Clinic have all expressed significant concern over the safety of whole body imaging technology when applied to the millions of people comprising the traveling public. Assertions to the contrary, I worry that this will be the thalidomide debacle all over again. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-18198923077910702012010-09-29T16:11:53.761-04:002010-09-29T16:11:53.761-04:00It appears that the first large group of strip-sea...It appears that the first large group of strip-search ogglers has been caught in Nigeria. I thought this was supposed to be impossible.

http://www.gadling.com/2010/09/28/body-scanners-used-as-porn-by-airport-security/?icid=main%7Cmain%7Cdl13%7Csec4_lnk2%7C174092Montehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-75600284845622033942010-09-29T15:19:24.072-04:002010-09-29T15:19:24.072-04:00KF: This new software still doesn't address th...KF: This new software still doesn't address the issue of potential radiation.

Nor does it address the issue of passengers' belongings (including identity papers) at risk of theft during the screening process.

Question for Bob and company: How might I address that concern to the people at Headquarters? The "Talk to TSA" and "Got Feedback" email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-10930663822212779632010-09-29T14:44:57.630-04:002010-09-29T14:44:57.630-04:00Blake, TSA has stated that it will have to hire mo...Blake, TSA has stated that it will have to hire more people thanks to the Nude-O-Scopes. Not only is this an expensive waste, it's going to bloat a bloated agency even more thanks to more people working for it at higher cost.

TSA hasn't saved us any money yet. It's only ever increased its spending since the very beginning. What makes you think this is going to save firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-35768193955483658072010-09-29T12:59:41.694-04:002010-09-29T12:59:41.694-04:00This new software still doesn't address the is...This new software still doesn't address the issue of potential radiation. I don't buy the argument WBIs are safe until I see the data in a scientific peer-reviewed journal and TSA or DHS clearly explains how the machines will be calibrated, how often the calibration will be checked, and how the machines will be QC'd. I'm guessing I will be waiting email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-87838544126471161182010-09-29T11:20:48.237-04:002010-09-29T11:20:48.237-04:00@Anonymous, September 28, 2010 5:32 PM: There is t...@Anonymous, September 28, 2010 5:32 PM: There is to be no more WBI PIA's because the TSA does not believe in privacy anymore, if it ever truly did. The TSA philosophy is simple: don't bother about privacy - don't bother with a PIA.

It's not a matter of philosophy. It's a matter of appropriate response to threat. They clearly regard privacy as a dangerous email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-54841978146700264862010-09-29T11:11:07.348-04:002010-09-29T11:11:07.348-04:00I think this technology is a very interesting pros...I think this technology is a very interesting prospect for our airports. You hear a lot about people complaining of the personal images that show up on the current scanners, and this would totally eliminate that entire concern.

The fact that costs can be saved is also a huge plus for any new initiative. Not having to staff an additional person at every gate throughout the entire Blakehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-42554138134862819922010-09-28T17:32:32.614-04:002010-09-28T17:32:32.614-04:00RB said... 'So just where is the PIA for WBI s...RB said...
'So just where is the PIA for WBI strip search machines?'

The last PIA was published nearly 15 months ago. There is to be no more WBI PIA's because the TSA does not believe in privacy anymore, if it ever truly did. The TSA philosophy is simple: don't bother about privacy - don't bother with a firstname.lastname@example.com


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This year, shift.
In the very beginning of the year, my friend Ricardo Scipio talked to me about art. Creating it, offering it, and selling yourself shamelessly in service of it. (Havi Brooks wrote a terrific piece about 'shameless'. Shift.)
He talked about audience and the need for an artist to have one.
NEED. Essential.
Exhale. Shift.
I have always written. I am a compulsive journaler, short story writer, wannabe poet – I have held court at many a drunken grad school party with end of night poems and yes, I'm cringing a little (a lot) – essayist and love letterist.
What I have rarely done: shared. Published.
Oh, I share technical stuff – briefs, proposals, applications, marketing copy – on 9-5 basis. Sometimes I even sell a journalist-y piece or two. But my private, creative stuff lived in the shadows.
And now, light.
Ricardo Scipio, just by example, just by the way he lives his life – and that is art, at its most real and profound – showed me that I needed to find my people.
When I was only tentatively blogging, Josh Hanagarne told me that to reach more people, I needed to guest post. And then, when I clung to hesitation, he demanded a guest post from me for his site. And then he kept nagging/encouraging me to submit to ProBlogger. And, finally, I did. Several pieces later, Darren Rowse offered me a weekly spot.
Danielle LaPorte, six months ago, told me:
you're hot shit and the real deal and should be getting your ass published as widely as possible.
Sometimes we think we do it all, alone – and sometimes it feels like that – but the truth is that we are all in this, together.
The truth is that a well-timed word, a life lived, love offered, can shift everything.
Danielle offered thanks today. Josh offered it, too, in the most excruciatingly beautiful way. And simple: it has been a good year.
Allow me to sing with them.
I have always written. I will always write. But, for me, the thing that changed everything is finding you. My audience. My people. My co-writers.
I'm so glad we're in this together.
Thank you.


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John Harris, Blagojevich's former chief of staff, testified Wednesday in the former governor's corruption trial that three days after the Nov. 4, 2008, presidential election, the ex-governor told Harris he felt confident Obama knew he wanted to swap perks.
"The president understands that the governor would be willing to make the appointment of Valerie Jarrett as long as he gets what he's asked for. . . . The governor gets the Cabinet appointment he's asked for," Harris said, explaining a recorded call.
When will the libtards say enough he has got to go? Grow a pair libtards, if not for you, your children, grandchildren and this country!