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hi guy , i picked a 75 vette as my first project car, unless you have lots of bucks, start with something else.I bought mine for 4,500. cdn. i have since spent a year and 10,000 dollars and have yet to hear the motor run.
here's a few examples. my build buddy is building a 1970 chevelle ss ls6 (a 50,000. dollar car all matching #s)his carpets cost 158. mine $ 500. rear view mirror,$135 with bracket, $110. without. door handles, $40. header panel across the top of windshiels(used) 85. and the list goes on. I even had to pay 50. for the washer fluid bottle cause the previous owner painted it black.
vettes are a very nice car, and they turn a lot more heads than a 5.0 rustang, but be ready to pay.
before you buy.... check the frame where it comes down over the rear wheel to the frame rail (flat part on top), also right under the door, reach around to the top, they tend to go on top.
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at shootingindustry.com
they list the number of pistols sold in 2004 and 2005 by caliber group
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which one is Kahr associated with?
good find; thanks 'Baldy'
On their website they show this shot for die-casted products...
That middle piece is distinctively the "trap-door" cover that holds the ball-ramp clutch assembly.. on a harley davidson big-twin transmission... I know 'em all too well.. Amazing how these companies get around.
Another interesting fact about Kahr arms is the owner in ma facility is named moon his father started the mooneys church.
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Posted 28 April 2005 - 10:05 PM
On another note, I've never met a stick user who didn't own a stick of their own. As far as dragging one in goes, I can't imagine anyone being opposed to that, considering it's their preference. While it may have been put a little crudely, I have to agree with Badguy on this. What's the sense in using cabinets?
Like I said, my two cents.
PS Davi: I remember that JPopHouse incident! I thought there was going to be a riot! XD
Posted 28 April 2005 - 10:18 PM
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Were you at Evo? I was, and on the DC, because of the sticks, the games were freezing and pausing constantly. Needless to say, it was a total mess.
Badguy- You win.
I'm not saying that OMG GO ARCADES THAT DO PAY FOR PLAY AT CONS because i'd rather see free, too, but if they're not doing free, then i guess they have a reason.
And maybe the cost they make is going to help pay for more costs for guests next year or something, who knows. *shrug*
And what i meant was: An arcade room + console room >>>>> just a console room. In 2003, there was only one game room, and it was hectic, crazy, and quite the annoying. In 2004 there was a bit more space which was nice to accomidate for the extra people.
Either way, i never said I'M gonna be playing in the arcade room, i'm just saying that those are reasons why i thought they might do that.
jeez, sorry for posting, i'll try not to post next time if you're just gonna just jump all over my butt like that.
Posted 28 April 2005 - 10:47 PM
And what about all the players that are alienated by the fact that they don't play on sticks? Playing on arcade machines forces it upon them. If a player plays with sticks, surely they own one, but last time I checked you can't plug a Sega Saturn PS2 import pad into an arcade cab.
Besides the nonsense buisness of paying to play you're alienating all the pad-players who want to enter tournaments and you're depriving them opportunities to play stick players by segregating them to another room. How do you defend against that?
So everyone who wants to enter a tournament and only plays on a pad - every last one of those gamers, casual or serious, their badge doesn't grant them the same right as the stick players? This idea is sounding better and better, eh?
My blologna has a second name. It's R-U-S-H DOWN.
I love to do it constantly and if you ask me why, let's see...
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 01:24 AM
I busted my butt and pulled a lot of strings to make the arcades even happen this year. I will go more into detail on this when I am more awake, but please can't you be a bit gracious?
Posted 29 April 2005 - 02:11 AM
Tekken 5. You can use your own controller in the arcade. So back off. I'd rather pay to play in the arcade anyway for this game, it just feels more natural. Tekken 5 is the only "serious" 3-D fighter where a pad is usable anyway, and, look at that! There's a PS2 port on the cabinet! And I've been looking forward to dragging my card out.
MvC2. XCTU hit the nail on the head with this one. Any high-tier player will notice the difference between AC and PS2. And DC sticks are hard to come by and have a great problem of, ya know, KILLING the DC.
GGXX#R. Use the arcade stick anyway, pads aren't too great for GG. Wanna RC or FRC? Good luck. And I was more than happy to pay 50 cents to play GGXX in the arcade last year. It made me realize how much better it is to play with a stick than with a pad for that game when it comes to cancels, recovering, etc....now I play GGXX exclusively on a stick, and I'm a much better player because of it. Plus, even if I didn't play on a stick, it'd be a new experience to play in the arcade like that...which is always great.
Those are the only three fighters in the arcade. 3S, CvS2, etc., are all on console. And, as far as the room itself, it's one gigantic ballroom, last I heard. Kinda like 2003, but a bit more room. So everyone will be in the same room.
Personally, I love arcade games. I don't have an arcade in town outside of one at a hotel, with the only decent game there being Pump It Up. Being able to go to a convention and do something I normally don't get to do, which is play on arcade cabinets, is a huge plus. Take THAT away, and YOU alienate people. And I'm all about the arcade rhythm games. I can play DDR on a home pad anytime I want. I can't do the same for an arcade machine. And games like DanceManiaX aren't on home versions. I still make road trips every now and again to Iowa City to play Tekken 5 and Soul Calibur II on the arcade machines (along with DDR), even though I own all three of those games at home.
'sides, the tourneys are more or less for fun anyway. 1st place gets a trophy, 2nd and down don't get anything. Having one machine for single-elimination won't take more than a couple hours. I'd rather have tourneys on consoles myself, aside from T5, but I can deal with it. Plus, it's a good experience. When I went to Chicago for the T5 tourney and played CvS2 in the arcade there (was it at Tilt?), the sticks weren't good at all, and the employees there didn't maintain any of the machines. But it was still pretty fun.
All in all...I don't mind throwing a 20 in the changer to play for the weekend. I threw a 10 in the changer last time, and I had a good amount left over when I went home. Arcades aren't as huge as they once were, especially now that console games are becoming so good...so being able to play is worth the extra little bit of money.
As far as how much of a prick you just were to Zaps (guy in charge)...well, that was just uncalled for. Getting arcade versions of all those rhythm games is, without a doubt, AMAZING. He also runs a mean DDR tourney or two. If he were to just have it be console and nothing else, you'd hear everyone complain about there not being any arcade DDR, and how Zaps is such a moron for not having arcade machines. And I'm sure Floe would probably not like playing MvC2 on a PS2 as opposed to an arcade.
There. I coulda worded this a lot worse, but I'll save that for next post if needed. ;P
*clicks preview* Ah, there's Zaps now. ^^'
Posted 29 April 2005 - 08:34 AM
There ARE some really good DC sticks, like the Agetec stick I have I'm sure a few people have some MAS sticks they'd bring along, too.
Also, I agree with XCTU and Guardian. Stay off of zaps, cuz he worked VERY hard to get these games on cabinet here.
How many of you who were complaining can say you've played a Guilty Gear XX #Reload cabinet? Exactly.
If you don't like it, don't play. But don't complain. There's other things to do at the con than play video games.
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 09:33 AM
I know it's been said before, but those who regulary use sticks will dominate, and in the emphasis on fair play, it won't be for those of us who have never used sticks before. Besides, there are sticks for consoles, which arguably makes them the most versatile. (and just because you find sticks easier to use, doen't mean everyone will)
At past tourneys I've been to, it was never a problem to get consoles/games/controllers/adapters because everyone pratically brought their own and were willing to share. Seriously, it's much better to have people bring their own. The more consoles you have, the faster you'll cycle through everything. Regardless, people are going to bring them anyway.
Many of us have not played on the arcades b/c they are so rare and therefore prefer the console. So, just as you say a stick is easy to pick up, so are pads. And if you're still going to whine about it then bring your own stick. Again, it will adapt to the console. It won't the other way around. (And if you're still going to whine, then you can shut up and go away.)
Massive lines clog rooms, and if it's going to take take a 'couple of extra hours' to complete a tourney, --I'm sorry, but that's just crap. There are other events at the con and I personally don't want to miss them because I'm stuck in a super-long line. Everything will go twice as fast if you just use the console version.
and with the whole pay to play debate, you pay to get in, so it should be covered. Asking for another arm and leg is ridiculous as it will only discourage others.
Posted 29 April 2005 - 11:50 AM
This portion is to Badguy and the others who have problems with paying for the games:
To quote you, "Let us pretend there is no rental fee" because there IS NONE! Nickel City and Smuggler's Cove are bringing their games to the convention with NO RENTAL CHARGE!
These people, however run businesses. They make money off these games normally, so if we didn't charge I would be asking them to take a hit in their revenue. That is not cool and not fair to them. I know I there is no way I would allow this to happen to people doing a FAVOR for you, it is just bad for business.
As for the whole "I have a badge so I should be playing the games for free" argument. You do understand that if we were to have the games on free play and straight out rent them, the cost of EVERYONE's badge would go up. And I am not talking $0.50 I am talking quite a hike. Renting games is a very expensive venture, and if you don't believe me, go check it out. For four days of game rentals, and with the caliber and number of games we are getting, it would cost the convention over $100,000. So it basically goes like this, raise everyone's badge $10 or let those who want to play the arcades pay, and let the others who don't play the consoles.
To sum that up, if you don't like it, don't play the arcades!
Addressing other issues:
Game Maintenance -
Nickel City will have an attendant there at all times during the day. Also I will be there as well and I am a pretty competent tech seeing as though I maintained 40+ games at my arcade that I ran for two years. As for last year complaints, sorry, you must have missed me tearing open my hands and swapping joysticks around....
Tournaments -
If you don't like that a tournament is on an arcade, don't play. It's a free tournament, your not losing money playing it, so you have no right to complain.
So honestly, show a little respect before you go flying off the hinges about something. Some of you are acting like bringing arcades in are a huge travesty "cause other cons don't charge for their console room". Well ACEN's game room is unique because we offer both consoles AND a REAL arcade experience. And I'll reiterate myself again, if you don't like paying for arcades, no one is forcing you to play them.
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 05:50 PM
And also, I don't ever really recall mentioning that the fighting game tournaments would be held on the arcades... way to jump to conclusions!
Posted 01 May 2005 - 02:57 AM
To Guardian, heh I doubt Floe would even be at Acen this year. Since he's still in japan for SBO. Though SBO should end a week before Acen so it is possible... but whichever the case, if he shows he'll basicly win almost all of the tournaments himself for free. If not then someone else will.
Rob and XTUC, Evo used to be all arcades (MWC still is, and ECC I believe is part, and I have no clue for TS). But due to costs and being unable to locate the nessessary cabs needed for MvC2 and 3s, they had to goto console. Which resulted in several good players from more or less boycotting the event of Evo (Pyrolee for 3s and SooMighty for MvC2 for example). They were going to move MvC2 to the XBox for this years but since so many players complained they're moving back to the DC where they'll get tons of Blue Screens once again like last year. And I'm guess 3s is either PS2 or Supergun, not exactly sure. But just had to add in those 2 cents.
Posted 01 May 2005 - 12:39 PM
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Even GGXX#R, 3S, and T5? I know he's good at T5 (saw him knock Solus down to the losers bracket at the Chi-town regionals), but owning it for free would be a bit of a stretch. ElvenShadow's my guess for GG, and as for 3S...does Floe play? And I welcome the competition. It'd be a boring convention if my low-tier arse was to win. ;P
I would crap myself if the aforementioned Virtual On machine (in this thread or another) ended up there somehow. VO was the reason I got a Saturn back in the day. Playing it in the arcade would require me to wear a bib.
Posted 01 May 2005 - 01:29 PM
Posted 01 May 2005 - 07:06 PM
ShinjiGohan said:
GGXX#R -- Like I said, ElvenShadow, who won last year if I'm not mistaken.
3S -- I have no idea. I don't know how good most are at that game outside of the names I've seen for Evo, and they're mostly, uh, Japanese. ;P
Posted 01 May 2005 - 09:16 PM
GGXX#R, floe has been beating bozac lately in tourneys iirc. they're both really good and close in skill, tho.
Floe is also good at 3S. He won 3S at Acen last year, and usually wins the weeklies here.
SC2, Naruto, and DOA are probably the only games i can beat fLoE in.
Posted 01 May 2005 - 11:52 PM
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Aw, c'mon...I think Bryan is the best one of the top 4 (Bryan, Steve, Nina, Feng) that Asuka has even a chance against. That's my own thoughts, though. I have less problems with Bryan than with the other three as Asuka. And if Hatman can deal with the top-tier characters, I don't see any reason why you couldn't give 'em a run for their money.
For 3S...I hope to play against him or someone close in calibur. I probably won't be able to hold a candle to him, but if I'm gonna go to Evo this year, I'd like to go knowing what myself and the rest of Dubuque is in store for. Who does he play as, if that's okay knowledge to know?
Posted 02 May 2005 - 12:47 AM
Acen 2k2 - Fanboyed it up FTW!
Acen 2k3 - Masters-bator FTW!
Acen 2k4 - Bridget FTW!
Acen 2k5 - Alcohol induced Vomiting FTW!
Acen 2k6 - ????? FTW!
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Posted 02 May 2005 - 08:38 AM
The Ohio tourney was pretty fun, met alot of cool people. It's almost time...Be ready!
Posted 02 May 2005 - 11:18 AM
The finals will be fun to watch, that's for sure.
My blologna has a second name. It's R-U-S-H DOWN.
I love to do it constantly and if you ask me why, let's see...
'Cause DaviKaze has a way with O-K-I-Z-E-M-E
Posted 02 May 2005 - 04:54 PM
That tourney was too funny. I take it you were there?
Posted 02 May 2005 - 05:13 PM
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The finals will be fun to watch, that's for sure.
Tomorrow's lesson: Is Clayton Gay?
Acen 2k2 - Fanboyed it up FTW!
Acen 2k3 - Masters-bator FTW!
Acen 2k4 - Bridget FTW!
Acen 2k5 - Alcohol induced Vomiting FTW!
Acen 2k6 - ????? FTW!
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Posted 02 May 2005 - 11:33 PM
NappyJin said:
That tourney was too funny. I take it you were there?
Yeah, but we ended up getting there late X_x. We live 4 1/2 hours away from Columbus and we hit some mean traffic before we got out of Michigan. Jin was nice enough to let us give aka, bozac, and Clayton our money though. How thoughtful XD
And I got to see Y2khai. It was a wonderful experience.
You should PM me and we should find a good time to meet up and get some friendlies in at the con.
Clayton: Gay or Straight? (IN BETWEEN)
My blologna has a second name. It's R-U-S-H DOWN.
I love to do it constantly and if you ask me why, let's see...
'Cause DaviKaze has a way with O-K-I-Z-E-M-E
Posted 03 May 2005 - 12:10 AM
People, any con with a lot of RESPECTABLE arcades in there DO charge for games. I've seen cons that charge $1 per game, fighting games and standard upright cabs are like 50-75 cents. This isn't anything new.
As for the sticks, they're "Perfect 360" sticks. You can't get any better than that.
Posted 03 May 2005 - 05:16 AM
Posted 03 May 2005 - 06:36 AM
BakaOrochi said:
Must be an american thing then as I've helped with obtaining arcades for two UK cons, that had attendences of around 1000 people overall and did we charge for the arcades? Er no... Where the arcades decent? Yes (for late 90s, early 2000s).
Then again the americans are stupid enough to buy pay as you go phones that charge a daily rate, charge for recieving calls and charge quite a bit for making calls. Compare this to say Europe or Japan, where you buy the phone (not much difference in price to the US) and then once you put credit on the phone (about the same cost as a month of access in the US) you then have 6 months of access where you can just recieve calls for nothing.... ;
The Happ Joysticks are okay but they are not the same as Sanwa or Suzo joysticks... ;
Posted 03 May 2005 - 08:36 AM
DaviKaze said:
And I got to see Y2khai. It was a wonderful experience.
You should PM me and we should find a good time to meet up and get some friendlies in at the con.
Clayton: Gay or Straight? (IN BETWEEN)
(IN BETWEEN)LOL, I forgot about that...That was funnier than the whole "Is Clayton Gay" thing.
OSU had this Hunger Fest thing going on, so me and a friend go to check it out, and there's NO FOOD! Turns out we missed the pie-eating contest by like, an hour.
On the way there, we were pulling into the parking garage, and there was this girl with horrible legs...So I scream out the window "GET SOME NAIR!!!!"
She turns around, and gives us all this look, like, "?!" And we park. Two minutes later, her and her boyfriend (I assume) got into the car that was parked next to us.
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Protein tied to usher syndrome may be hearing's 'Missing Link'June 28, 2006
A protein associated with a disorder that causes deafness and blindness in people may be a key to unraveling one of the foremost mysteries of how we hear, says a study in the June 28 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. Scientists with the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom, have identified protocadherin-15 as a likely player in the moment-of-truth reaction in which sound is converted into electrical signals. (Protocadherin-15 is a protein made by a gene that causes one form of type 1 Usher syndrome, the most common cause of deaf-blindness in humans.) The findings will not only provide insight into how hearing takes place at the molecular level, but also may help us figure out why some people temporarily lose their hearing after being exposed to loud noise, only to regain it a day or two later.
"These findings offer a more precise picture of the complicated processes involved with our sense of hearing," says Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., director of the NIH. "With roughly 15 percent of American adults reporting some degree of hearing loss, it is increasingly vital that we continue making inroads into our understanding of these processes, helping us seek new and better treatments, and opening the doors to better hearing health for Americans."
Tapping Your Inner "Tip Link"
Researchers have long known that hair cells, small sensory cells in the inner ear, convert sound energy into electrical signals that travel to the brain, a process called mechanotransduction. However, the closer one zooms in on the structures involved, the murkier our understanding becomes. When fluid in the inner ear is set into motion by vibrations emanating from the bones of the middle ear, the rippling effect causes bristly structures atop the hair cells to bump up against an overlying membrane and to deflect. Like seats in a three-row stadium, the bristles, called stereocilia, are arranged in tiers, with each lower seat connected to a higher seat by minute, threadlike bridges, or links. As the stereocilia are deflected, pore-like channels on the surface of the stereocilia open up, allowing potassium to rush in, and generating an electrical signal. Because the "tip link" — the link that connects the tip of the shorter stereocilium to the side of the adjacent, taller stereocilium — must be present for the channel to function, scientists believe that this structure may be responsible for opening and closing the channel gate. Researchers suggest that if they can learn the makeup of the tip link, they'll be that much closer to understanding how the gate mechanism operates.
"This research identifies protocadherin-15 to be one of the proteins associated with the tip link, thus finally answering a question that has been baffling researchers for years," says James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., director of the NIDCD. "Thanks to the collaborative effort among these researchers, we are now at the closest point we have ever been to understanding the mechanism by which the ear converts mechanical energy — or energy of motion — into a form of energy that the brain can recognize as sound."
NIDCD's Zubair M. Ahmed, Ph.D., and Thomas B. Friedman, Ph.D., together with the University of Sussex's Richard Goodyear, Ph.D., and Guy P. Richardson, Ph.D., and others used several lines of evidence to identify a protein that Drs. Goodyear and Richardson had earlier found to comprise tip links in the inner ears of young chicks. The protein is referred to as the "tip-link antigen" (TLA) because it induces the production of special antibodies, which bind to the protein at the stereocilia tips.
Using mass spectrometry, a laboratory technique that breaks down a substance into its individual components, the researchers analyzed the makeup of the TLA and found two peptide sequences that match up to key segments of the protein protocadherin-15 in humans, mice, and chickens, suggesting that the two proteins are evolutionarily comparable. Additional experiments using western blot analysis, a technique that identifies individual proteins in a substance by separating them from one another by mass and testing how they react to certain antibodies, demonstrated that the antibody that recognizes protocadherin-15 in mice also binds to the TLA.
The team also analyzed the amino acid sequences of protocadherin-15 and discovered four distinct forms — three of which are present in various developmental stages of the mouse inner ear. The researchers refer to the three alternative forms found in the inner ear as CD1, CD2, and CD3 because the sequential variations occur in the protein's "cytoplasmic domain" — a stretch of amino acids anchored inside the stereocilium. (The fourth form, referred to as SI, is likely to be secreted.) With the help of two imaging techniques that use antibodies to label a targeted protein, the team found that the distribution of protocadherin-15 along the stereocilium varies by form, with the CD3 form stationed only at the tips of the stereocilia in mature hair cells, while the CD1 form is found along the lengths of the stereocilia in mature cells, but not at the tips. In contrast, the CD2 form is expressed along the lengths of stereocilia during hair cell development, but is not present in mature hair cells.
Finally, the team found that a chemical known to break tip links — called BAPTA — had no effect on the CD1 and CD2 forms of protocadherin-15 but destroyed the CD3 form. Likewise, just as tip links are known to reappear roughly four hours after the chemical is removed, the CD3 form returned within four to 24 hours upon removal of the chemical.
Based on these findings, the researchers conclude that, not only is protocadherin-15 now identified as the tip-link antigen, but it is distributed in a specific way in relation to the tip-link complex. They propose that the CD3 form of protocadherin-15, located at the tip of the shorter stereocilium, may link directly or indirectly to the CD1 form on the adjacent, taller stereocilium. This scenario could help explain how tip links that are broken in real-life situations, such as from excessive exposure to loud noise, could cause temporary hearing loss until the link re-establishes itself and hearing is restored.
In future studies, the scientists plan to delve more deeply into the role that protocadherin-15 plays in the tip-link complex and whether it interacts with other components in the formation of the tip link. They also hope to determine how tip links can be stimulated to re-form, once broken.
NIH/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
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Flatworms left in sunlight spur investigations into rare metabolic disorders
A type of flatworm could be a new weapon in the hunt for better ways to treat a group of diseases that can cause extreme sensitivity to light, facial hair growth, and hallucinations, according to a study published in the journal eLife.
Hearing protein required to convert sound into brain signals
A specific protein found in the bridge-like structures that make up part of the auditory machinery of the inner ear is essential for hearing.
Deletions and duplications in the exome can help pinpoint cause of unexplained genetic diseases
Analysis of genetic variation in the exome, the DNA sequence of genes that are translated into protein, can aid in uncovering the cause of conditions for which no genetic cause could previously be found, and this can directly impact clinical management.
Ray of hope for human Usher syndrome patients
After years of basic research, scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) are increasingly able to understand the mechanisms underlying the human Usher syndrome and are coming ever closer to finding a successful treatment approach.
Novel gene associated with Usher syndrome identified
Usher syndrome is a hereditary disease in which affected individuals lose both hearing and vision.
Researchers discover gene that causes deafness
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have found a new genetic mutation responsible for deafness and hearing loss associated with Usher syndrome type 1.
Planarians offer a better view of eye development
Planarian flatworms have come under intense study for their renowned ability to regenerate any missing body part, even as adults.
Gene mutation leads to impairment of 2 senses: Touch and hearing
People with good hearing also have a keen sense of touch; people with impaired hearing generally have an impaired sense of touch.
Study finds new role for protein in hearing
University of Iowa scientists have discovered a new role for a protein that is mutated in Usher syndrome, one of the most common forms of deaf-blindness in humans.
New test can screen all deafness genes simultaneously
Pinpointing the exact genetic cause of inherited deafness has always involved sequencing one gene at a time, a process that can take up to a year and cost roughly $1,000 per gene.
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Norton Shores Police Chief Dan Shaw told WOODTV8, that Secret Service Agents are working alongside detectives with the Ottawa County Sheriff's department to help find a lead in the case of missing woman, Jessica Heeringa.
TV8 reports the investigators plan to be in the Norton Shores area for as long as it takes to find answers.
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There sure is a lot of damage control going on at Foxwoods Theatre. To celebrate a good-faith attempt by artists to make their show suck less, we here at TONY Theater are pleased to announce a special, one-time-only contest: Correctly guess the next postponed opening date of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and you win a pair of tickets to...anything besides Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Even the show you'll win tickets to (on March 15) is a secret. Submit your guesses in the comments section below. The winner will be announced as soon as producers delay the opening again.


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Back-to-school shopping can be a nightmare, with or without your kids. There's the whining, the crowded stores, the prices. How about turning it into a game? That's what my 8-year-old sister, Sofie, and I did. We set out on a hunt for Chicago Parent to find the latest back-to-school fashions and buy as much as we could with $100.
Our mission was to see how much we could get for the money, including shoes, jeans, sweaters, shirts, even hair accessories.
This challenge might be very different if I were shopping for my brother and not my sister, considering there are many more choices for girls when it comes to clothing. Boys wouldn't shop for accessories. They are more into the basics. But I didn't have to worry about that.
A big obstacle? Finding the deals. Most stores don't want you to know they have good deals. So here's a hint: Start from the back of the store and work your way forward. The expensive items are always in the front window.
Go shopping in the morning, because the stuff hasn't been looked over by everyone else. The earlier you get started the better, and chances are the stores probably will be less crowded.
What we did
We chose to head to Gurnee Mills Outlet Mall in Gurnee, Il., just north of Six Flags Great America. It's a little bit of a drive, but it's an outlet mall, so the prices are phenomenal.
I knew we could find some grand bargains in The Children's Place right off the bat. That store has "Monster Sales" at the end of each season. The bulk of our budget ($56.46) was spent at The Children's Place. With that money, we bought a pair of pants, a sweat shirt, two skirts and three shirts.
We even decided to go back for a second look. It ended up being a good decision, because we found gym shoes that matched the outfits we had picked out earlier.
Sofie loves The Children's Place because of all the vibrant colors. It's really easy to find clothes that match, especially for those youngsters who have their own opinion about what looks best.
The Gap can be expensive, but not if you shop at the outlet. Gap is where we spent the next big chunk of our budget—by "big" I mean $18.39—for another shirt, two sweaters and three pairs of socks.
Don't forget: Clothes will always get marked down, at some point, so if it's something your child wants just wait a couple of weeks. If it's still there, I guarantee it will be marked down, no matter what store it's from. Of course, if it is something that your child really has to have, you better get it. Because there is no guarantee it will be there when you return.
The next stop was H&M, which is a big store that has something for everyone. It's like a department store that even has clothes for babies. We spent $8.80 on a long-sleeve shirt and another flowered skirt. We found the deals in H&M so fast that there was time left over for my mom and me to search through the women's section for our own bargains.
Next, we went to Jockey and found some cute underwear for $2.97.
At Old Navy (not the outlet store), we found the piece de resistance, a very soft poncho that matched every shirt we had already bought. It cost us only $8.99.
I was a little disappointed with Old Navy because I usually find a lot more deals. This poncho was the only thing that jumped out at us.
Then at Target we found the finishing touches: a pair of white tights and some pony-tail holders for a combined total of $3.98.
By the end of the day we had spent $99.59, without tax, and a lot of time. Between going to different stories, lunch, snack breaks and bathroom stops, we spent six hours shopping.
You pay the price of time for good bargains. But we had a lot of fun and it was a good bonding experience for my little sister and me.
Even though we were supposed to be shopping for Sofie, we managed to find a few extras.
We got a couple pairs of pants for my brother at Abercrombie, although he didn't want to come with us to the mall, we still found something for him. My mom stopped at her favorite store, Liz Claiborne Outlet, and even my Grandma shopped for herself at CJ Banks.
Some stores that my little sister and I have common tastes for are H&M and Old Navy. I managed to get a bikini at H&M for $3.90 a piece.
At Old Navy I bought a purple jean skirt, almost identical in style to one that my sister found at The Children's Place.
Shopping is fun. And now with these helpful hints, you are ready to embark on your own shopping journey.
Kati Pedersen, 15, of Oak Park, is the big sister to two sisters and one brother. When she is not shopping, she spends time as an artist and a soccer player. She is a soon-to-be sophomore at Oak Park and River Forest High School.
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It's a neat looking gun and congrats on having the kit. They're not cheap.
I don't know if weaponeer has some info but you could try there.
Anyone know where I can get blueprints, templates and 80% parts for the Steyr MPi69/81. Also I need a sight tool, mag loader and magazines for this gun.
It's a neat looking gun and congrats on having the kit. They're not cheap.
I don't know if weaponeer has some info but you could try there.
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They have come down in price a lot, they used to be 499.95 for a set with complete lower , but now they are 249.95 with the lower and you can buy them for 50.00 without the lower. All sets are new parts...
Magazines are available at http://www.interordnance.com/ for 20 bucks. It's wierd you were asking about this rifle. I just saw the mags there the other day and thought it was wierd they had them.
The mags that IO are selling are for a 22 cal AK not the 9mm SMG. Thats a different gun with a similar name.Originally Posted by ohmysac
Buy your US made AK-47 compliance parts here.
Best price on US made AK parts! also $5 flat rate shipping .
Oh wait, i was thinking of a different thread. There's another guy asking about the EG 22 ak with a similar name. My bad.
I only wish that they were 20.00 , the ones I can find are DSA 49.95 (some people say it is not the right mag). All others are from 65.00 to 75.00, the price is high because you can use them in the Steyr 9mm AUG.
You won't find anything at IO. They got in big trouble for selling those steyr kits. The BATF is contacting everyone that bought a kit from and confiscating the front trunnion. No one is making a replacement yet like with the other kits.
The last time I looked at the cold steel solution site they had a receiver and template for the steyr.
The DSA mags are the correct ones for the Steyr SMG. If you're going to Knob Creek there was a vendor there a while back selling them as well, IIRC he had $40 each on them but if you bought 4 or more he would knock that down to $25 each.
IO apparently got their confiscated kits back from ATF as they were selling them again a few months back. The front trunnion was still included, the part they had removed was the rear receiver section. Sold out now though.
PJ's still lists the '81 kit minus the lower, only good as spares for another kit/gun. AFAIK the Dealers Warehouse is the only other source for the partial parts kits these days.


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Black walnut sales are holding steady
Written by Jennifer Hicks Monday, 19 November 2012 00:00
Consumer interest in American black walnut (juglans nigra) is holding steady as lumber suppliers interviewed by Woodshop News have either experienced an increase in sales during the last year or have seen no change at all. But all tend to agree that the unique growing patterns of the species makes its availability unpredictable and, in turn, make it difficult to gauge just how popular it really is.
Soft maple sales have some staying power
Written by Jennifer Hicks Monday, 15 October 2012 00:00
As fall began, soft maple (Acer rubrum) proved to be a strong seller, according to suppliers and distributors interviewed by Woodshop News. They suggest the species is attractive to woodworkers because it's widely available and found at a more affordable price than other leading hardwoods. They also believe versatility plays a part in that it's both easy to work and because its light hue makes it ideal for a variety of finishes.
Invasive beetle can't curtail ash sales
Written by Jennifer Hicks Monday, 17 September 2012 00:00
Ash trees throughout the country are being threatened by the Emerald ash borer at a rapidly increasing rate, prompting states and local communities to impose quarantines on distribution of lumber products made from them.
Exotic sales could see boost in demand
Written by Jennifer Hicks Monday, 20 August 2012 00:00
Sales of exotic species are often unpredictable because they're sold at a lesser volume than mainstream domestics. Still, lumber suppliers have noticed some recent trends in consumer design preferences. They've also been able to spot how the nation's recent economic woes are impacting demand and how the international market has affected domestic sales.
Red or white, oak sales gain strength
Written by Jennifer Hicks Monday, 16 July 2012 00:00
Sales of both white oak (Quercus alba) and red oak (Quercus rubra) are fairly strong this season for solid stock, veneer and sheet goods. Lumber suppliers say their customers tend to prefer white over red, with a few exceptions. White oak has notable properties that allow it to withstand outdoor elements, but red oak has the visual appeal that some designers say is in demand.
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Famous Maker 27" 1080p IPS LED MonitorPrice: $199.99Shipping Options: $5 StandardCondition: RefurbishedComparison Links:Google Products - Amazon - Previous Woot Sales
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I used to be in a band called Famous Maker.
(No, not really.)
Foiled by the 0 again.
VESA Mounting: No
i been waiting all day for a deal on a 27" but i need vesa.
They stopped posting product's model numbers. Hard to compare...
Its the HP 27xi.I have it,and its the best one I have ever owned.Paid 259.00 new about 8 months ago.
Looks an awful lot like the HP 27xi:
yevgeniyz wrote:They stopped posting product's model numbers. Hard to compare...
A little shady isn't it?
dest135 wrote:A little shady isn't it?
I assume it's so you can't take it to new egg and have them match price, since it's an "unknown."
I got one of these, and its a refurb of a refurb. The globe sticker covering the HP logo was on crooked on mine, after a couple hours, it had to be off for at least 12 hours, then it would work a couple hours. Woot was fantastic about the return, and now I have a Viewsonic VP2770 LED and love it!
From my recent experience with DOA Woot refurbs, they get refurb'ed gadgets from some 3rd party company that slaps their own arbitrary model number and barcode. My assumption is that this model number doesn't exist anywhere else. Good luck asking the refurbisher since the closest thing to human interaction you can get is leaving a voicemail.
lvennard wrote:Crud.
VESA Mounting: No
i been waiting all day for a deal on a 27" but i need vesa.
LOL I passed on a few monitors for that exact same reason in the past. Finally bought the 27" HP QHD monitor the other day on Woot(it had a vesa mount!)... it's happy suspended from my desk mount arm now.
fourtherner wrote:I assume it's so you can't take it to new egg and have them match price, since it's an "unknown."
I don't think newegg would price match a new item to a refurbished item anyways would they? I don't think Amazon cares about them either. I would just assume it's so we don't know how little we're saving on things like these.
Agreed. Who the !#$^% doesn't put a VESA mount on a monitor nowadays??? C'mon people, it's just 4 little holes!
The monitor I purchased here (basic 23") a while back was a famous maker as well. Under the stick on logo's were HP logo's, and model information.... lol
Never looked into who made most of HP monitors.... but this one has been running everyday for 3 to 4 years without issue.
Yup, the "Famous Maker" brand is HP's refurb rebranding. The sticker in the middle of the bottom covers the hole where they removed the HP badge, the sticker on the right covers the silkscreened model #, and (on my 23" one at least), there is a giant square sticker on the back, covering the embossed HP logo. But as soon as you plug it in, it correctly identifies itself as an HP.
Mine had a few dark spots in the CF backlight (this was a different model than today's woot).
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Lance Armstrong Unlikely to Face ClawbacksBy
When Oakley severed its "long-standing relationship" with Lance Armstrong today, citing the the International Cycling Union's decision to strip the now former champion of his seven Tour de France titles, it was the last big domino to fall in Armstrong's sponsor lineup. The biggest, Nike, fell last week. Anheuser-Busch InBev, Trek bicycles, and energy supplement makers FRS and Honey Stinger have also dropped Armstrong. Burns Entertainment & Sports Marketing, which tracks endorsement income for U.S. celebrities, estimates that Armstrong made $15 million to $18 million from endorsements in 2011, with $8 million to $12 million coming from Nike. Next year, unless there are companies looking to get behind a disgraced hero, that figure will be close to zero. The tens of millions he has already pocketed, however, are probably not going back to the sponsors.
While so-called "morals clauses" are standard in athlete endorsement deals and would potentially open Armstrong to claims against his past earnings, clawbacks are unlikely, says Brian R. Socolow, an attorney at Loeb & Loeb who specializes in contract and sports law. "There are probably few companies that would want to spend that time and money to go about that process," he says. The strength of morals clauses varies depending on the negotiating power of the athlete. With a run-of-the-mill pro, companies will give themselves outs for anything they feel brings moral disrepute. For a big-time star, everything short of a felony conviction is often allowable. As a worldwide celebrity, Armstrong would have had a strong hand. Plus, if he was doping, as it now appears he was, then he knew it. Socolow guesses Armstrong was "able to demand very specific language" addressing any forthcoming doping allegations. "The language probably would have said something to the effect of, any allegation that Lance Armstrong has engaged in doping is not sufficient for a breach of this morals clause without an admission by Lance Armstrong or a final verdict or decision by a court of law after all appeals have been exhausted." This would help explain his continued denials.
Even if Armstrong didn't get such allowances, there's little incentive for Nike or others to come after him now. "By doing that," says Socolow, "they are really emphasizing their relationship with him and having it become public exactly how much he was paid, for how long … with the possibility that they would be subject to claims that they knew about doping but turned a blind eye to it." Bonuses tied directly to his Tour victories, as ESPN has reported, may be another matter.


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Analysis: As technology shifts, Asian giants wrestle for TV control
By Tim Kelly and Clare Jim
TOKYO/TAIPEI (Reuters) - LG Electronics will steal a march on its rivals by bringing forward the launch of a 55-inch flat TV using next-generation technology, raising the stakes in a cut-throat battle for the living room between Asia's top tech powerhouses.
The South Korean firm will introduce its organic light emitting display (OLED) TV in several European countries in May, well ahead of an original plan to launch in the second half, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
That would edge out cross-town rival Samsung Electronics and cement, at least for now, South Korean dominance in the television market over long-time leaders Japan, but it also highlights the fierce competition reshaping Asia's flat panel industry.
"(In the past) if you wanted a top quality TV you had to buy a Sharp, Panasonic or Sony. Those days are gone," said Steve Durose, Senior Director and Head of Asia-Pacific at FitchRatings.
The Japanese, who ruled the global TV market in the 1980s and 1990s, have been battered by their aggressive South Korean rivals, weak demand for the TVs they make and a stronger yen that erodes the value of the their exports. Sony Corp, Panasonic Corp and Sharp Corp expect to have lost a combined $21 billion in the business year just ended.
Some 200 kms across the Korea Strait, LG Electronics is expected to report a quarterly profit of $267 million later on Wednesday, even after LG Display, a flat-screen maker in which it has a near-38 percent stake, posted a $156 million operating loss for January-March. On Friday, Samsung will announce a record profit of $5.2 billion for its latest quarter alone.
The red ink bleeding across Japan's tech industry comes at a time when the TV market is heading for a technology choice - between credit-card-thin OLEDs or ultra-high definition sets - that may consign today's LCDs to the bargain shelf. Whoever can mass produce affordable OLEDs will have a headstart.
Sony, for one, will recall with concern how it lost out in a similar consumer technology battle over home videotapes in the 1980s, while Toshiba's HD DVD format was later crushed by Blu-Ray. Continued...


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I am leaving the country on August 30th and looking to sell my car before that time. I was not driving it for about two years, as I was in school. So, it has very low miles (under 30k) for its age - 4 1/2 years. I am the only owner of the car and own it outright. The car needs only a new high pressure fuel pump and it will be stage 3 ready. I never upped the software to level 2, because I started school and decided to save money during that time. There is some scuffing over the rear driver's side wheel well, that I never got around to buffing and/or repairing. It is not awful, but you will notice it if you are close and looking for it (quoted at about $800 for repair - so lowered my price a bit). There are a couple other minor scratches which I believe can be buffed out. The MSW summer tires/wheels also have a fair amount of scuffing from curbs. While not super great looking, it is difficult to see from a distance. More specific details for the car can be found below, with an itemized list of most of the OEM and aftermarket items installed.
In addition to the low miles, I am including some extra things. I have new aftermarket rotors for all four wheels, which have not yet been installed. There are also new brake pads for the front and rear. I also have an assortment of useful tools, if you are interested in doing your own maintenance/work (or would simply like more). I haven't gotten these tools all organized yet, but can update the list below when that's ready. There are a couple new oil filters I have, new break fluid, and break fluid pump. I have a euro-style trunk that I never got around to installing, so you can also have this.
Because of these additional things, I am asking $14,000 OBO.
Please contact Chris at 414-350-5702.
Here's a fairly detailed (but maybe missing a thing or two) list of the features and aftermarket items installed:
under 29k (about 28.3k atm, pictures were prior to a trip to Door County)
4-Cyl, Turbo, 2.0 Liter (FSI)
-new engine cover, replaces old air filter
-Neuspeed cold air intake
-Eurojet Front-Mounted Intercooler (FMIC)
-after market radiator hoses, red color
-deleted noise pipe for improved turbo response
-Eurojet ammo case style catch can systems
Braking and Traction
Traction Control
Stability Control
ABS (4-Wheel)
Power Steering
Tilt Wheel
Safety and Security
Dual Air Bags
Side Air Bags
Roof and Glass
Sun Roof (Flip-Up+Sliding)
-tinting on all door windows and rear window
Manual, 6-Spd
-short shifter kit
Comfort and Convenience
Air Conditioning
Power Windows
Power Door Locks
Cruise Control
Entertainment and Instrumentation
AM/FM Stereo
CD (Multi Disc)
MP3 (Single Disc)
MP3 (Multi Disc)
Premium Sound
-AUX in cable
Wheels and Tires
Detroit style 18" Alloy Wheels (some scuffing)
MSW 18" wheels, black w/ red stripe, winter tires
MSW 19" wheels, black w/ red stripe, summer tires (some scuffing, no tire pressure sensors)
HID Xenon
Pictures: https://picasaweb.google.com/1178887...eat=directlink
I will try to get some pictures up within a couple days of all the extras, like wheels, etc. For now, I am just trying to get it posted.


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I've only played it a little bit in beta here and there. I got the full version yesterday and dabbled for an hour.
My immediate impression is quite positive. If it does what it seems to do, we might finally have a worthy spiritual sequel to Master of Magic.
It has a sort of elusive charm that seems to be a part of the best in the genre.
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The majority of UK employees want their employers to offer remote working opportunities, a new study has indicated.
Research conducted by networking giant Cisco indicates that two-thirds of workers surveyed believe that, courtesy of mobile technology, they can work as productively at home or on the move as in the office.
Some 13 per cent of the 2,600 respondents said increased flexibility would increase their loyalty to their employer, while nine per cent said it would bolster their morale.
A significant 66 per cent of workers claimed they would even accept a lower paid job if this allowed them to escape the daily commute into the office.
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There was a tiny rally in gold during morning trading in the Far East on their Friday, but starting around 2:00 p.m. in Hong Kong, the gold price began to develop its usual negative bias. That ended at the beginning of Comex trading...and the sUBSequent rally got cut off at the London p.m. gold fix.
Then at 10:45 a.m. EDT, the high-frequency traders showed up...and fifteen minutes later, the gold price was down another fifteen bucks. The low tick [$1,311.70 spot] came at precisely 11:00 a.m. in New York...and from there the gold price rallied quietly until 3:00 p.m. in the electronic market, when the price popped up over ten bucks in short order before trading quietly into the the close from 3:30 p.m. onwards.
The gold price finished the day at $1,333.80 spot...down 30 cents from Thursday's close. Volume, net of roll-overs was very light...around 88,000 contracts. But gross volume was monstrous.
Here's the New York Spot Gold [Bid] chart on its own...and the fifteen minutes downward price 'adjustment' between 10:45 and 11:00 a.m. EDT is more than obvious.
It was very much the same price pattern in silver, except the 10:45 to 11:00 a.m. EDT price adjustment was even more noticeable...and the sUBSequent rally didn't get silver back to anywhere near it's Thursday closing price.
Silver closed the Friday session at $19.99 spot...down 26 cents on the day. Gross volume was very decent...around 43,000 contracts. Net volume wasn't much below that.
Here's the New York Spot Silver [Bid] chart...complete with the fifteen minute price 'adjustment'.
Platinum and palladium did not escape yesterday's sell-off...although their respective price 'adjustments' came at slightly different times.
The dollar index closed late on Thursday afternoon in New York at 81.77...and when trading resumed in the Far East on their Friday morning, it spent the rest of the day chopping every-so-slightly lower...closing at 81.66...down 11 basis points. Nothing to see here.
It should be obvious to anyone but the willfully blind, that yesterday's price action in all four precious metals had nothing whatsoever to do with the goings-on inside the currency markets.
Not surprisingly, the gold stocks spent most of the day in negative territory...but popped into winning territory on the back of the surprise gold price rally late in the electronic trading session. The HUI finished up 1.29%.
The silver stocks weren't as fortunate...and Nick Laird's Intraday Silver Sentiment Index closed down 0.53%.
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The CME's Daily Delivery Report showed that 45 gold and 30 silver contracts were posted for delivery on Tuesday. In gold it was Barclays as the only short/issuer...and the Bank of Nova Scotia as the only long stopper. In silver, it was the same story as it has been all month...the short/issuer was JPMorgan out of its client account, with 24 contracts....and JPMorgan was the big long/stopper with 22 contracts out of its in-house [proprietary] trading account. The link to yesterday's Issuers and Stoppers Report is here.
For a change, nothing happened in the GLD ETF yesterday...and an authorized participant withdrew a smallish 289,388 troy ounces out of SLV.
For the fourth day in a row, there was no sales report from the U.S. Mint.
Over at the Comex-approved depositories in silver on Thursday...nothing was reported received, but 298,624 troy ounces were shipped out the door. The link to that activity is here.
In gold, they reported receiving 32,137 troy ounces...and only shipped out a tiny 230 troy ounces. The link to that activity is here.
The Commitment of Traders Report was a bit of a surprise in silver, as the Commercial net short position in that metal actually declined by 6.04 million ounces....and now sits at 60.7 million ounces in total. Based on the price action during the reporting week, an increase appeared certain. Ted Butler says that although this headline number looks great...under the hood, it wasn't quite as rosy.
In gold, the Commercial net short position increased by a healthy 1.0 million troy ounces...and the total Commercial net short position now stands at 3.47 million ounces. Once again Ted mentioned that digger deeper into the numbers showed that the deterioration was a bit worse than even this number indicates.
So far, this rally off the lows in both metals has been very orderly. I was hoping for disorderly, but up to this point, it hasn't happened.
There was a very interesting Reuters story out yesterday that really caught my eye...and here, in part, is what had to say..."Russia, Ukraine. and Azerbaijan are among eight countries that increased their gold holdings in June, data from the International Monetary Fund shows, reflecting strong interest on the part of emerging economies to own gold as part of their reserves....Data showed Russia's gold reserves climbed 0.3 tonnes to a total of 996.4 tonnes in June for its ninth consecutive monthly increase."
It was such a small increase that it didn't even show up as a rounding error in their June data when they updated their website on July 19th. Both May and June data showed their official reserves as 32.0 million ounces.
Since this is my Saturday column, I always use this occasion to empty out my in-box...and today is no exception.
Obama, Republicans gear up for bruising U.S. budget fight
Another dramatic showdown between Republicans and the White House over federal spending looks inevitable this fall, with scary talk of government shutdowns and default on government debt.
While Capitol Hill analysts are not predicting catastrophe, they have several reasons to worry that the conflict just weeks away could be even worse than usual.
The timing is particularly bad, they say, because the political climate in Washington is unusually frayed by a host of tangential issues not present in previous battles.
This Reuters story, filed from Washington, was posted on their website in the wee hours of yesterday morning EDT...and today's first story is courtesy of West Virginia reader Elliot Simon.
U.S. blows out $16.7 trillion debt limit
The US Treasury has already exceeded the federal legal borrowing limit of $16.7 trillion in May. That signals the main structural problems remain unresolved putting at risk the fragile recovery.
The country's outstanding public debt is already $38.82 million above the statuary debt ceiling and now at $16,738,220,000,000.00, according to Treasury data.
Christopher Weafer from the Economist Macro Advisory Consultancy says the numbers show "that the debt issue along with the deficit is two very structural problems in the US that remain unresolved and without any clear mechanism on how they are going to be resolved".
"In the short term it doesn't cause any immediate crisis and that's why I guess the news is not widely covered, " Weafer told RT.
This piece showed up on the Russia Today website late yesterday morning...and it's the first contribution of the day from Roy Stephens.
Despite Declining Deficit, Foreigners Aren't Bailing Us Out, So the Fed Will Keep QE Going
Foreigners recycling their trade surpluses have been an important source of purchases for US government debt. As you can see from the chart of long-term securities purchases by foreigners, that buying collapsed during the crisis. And, interestingly, it has recently fallen sharply again.
Offsetting the reduction in purchases of US debt by foreigners, the Fed has stepped in with multiple quantitative easings (QE), buying government securities itself in order to add liquidity and drive interest rates down. The shift into an accommodative policy is easy to see in the big picture of the holdings of Treasuries at the Fed.
The loss of foreign enthusiasm for US government debt would normally be a red flag for our economy. This time around, the slack is being papered over by the Fed, which is creating money out of thin air in order to buy what is, in essence, most of the new debt being issued by the federal government. By filling the gap left by exiting foreigners, the Fed has been able to sustain low interest rates—for the time being.
This most excellent commentary by Casey Research's own Bud Conrad, was posted on their Internet site yesterday. The short article contains some excellent charts...and I consider it a must read.
Doug Noland: The One-Year Anniversary of "Do Whatever it Takes
As a whole, the global hedge fund community continues to struggle for performance. The volatile and policy-dominated "risk on, risk off" dynamic is tough on many trading strategies. Global risk markets – currencies, commodities, EM, bonds and equities – remain minefields, particularly for multi-asset class approaches. I believe enormous leverage has been employed by myriad strategies, certainly including global "carry trade," corporate, MBS and municipal debt. I'll assume there's no egregious LTCM-like leveraging, but I still worry a lot about global derivatives markets. I believe the world of speculative finance is full of problematic "crowded trades."
A few weeks back the markets were again indicating fragility – and the Fed once again demonstrated its market-pleasing low tolerance for market weakness. The flaw in aggressive QE is the notion that the Fed will be able to back away from market intervention without major consequences. Fed stimulus can spur debt issuance, market risk embracement and speculation. But if that debt is mispriced and predominantly non-productive, the system faces unavoidable debt problems. If speculative leverage is playing a prominent role in inflating securities and asset markets, the system face unavoidable de-leveraging problems. If the already vulnerable household sector continues to load up on mispriced stocks and bonds, there will be negative consequences.
If there are major risk misperceptions endemic in the global marketplace – including with ETFs, the hedge funds, derivatives and perceived low-risk strategies – then there is latent market fragility that is only exacerbated by central bank liquidity injections and backstop assurances. I fully expect history to look back at the past year's Draghi Plan, Fed open-ended QE, and Bank of Japan "Hail Mary" monetary inflation as misguided market interventions that set loose historic market Bubble excess. I will posit that global systemic risk is significantly higher today than it was a year ago. And if the current trajectory of global central bank market intervention continues, systemic risk will be even more problematic one year from now.
Doug's weekly Credit Bubble Bulletin is always worth reading...and yesterday's offering over at the prudentbear.com Internet site, is no exception. I thank reader U.D. for sending it our way.
Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords
The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet companies divulge users' stored passwords, according to two industry sources familiar with these orders, which represent an escalation in surveillance techniques that has not previously been disclosed.
If the government is able to determine a person's password, which is typically stored in encrypted form, the credential could be used to log in to an account to peruse confidential correspondence or even impersonate the user. Obtaining it also would aid in deciphering encrypted devices in situations where passwords are reused.
"I've certainly seen them ask for passwords," said one Internet industry source who spoke on condition of anonymity. "We push back."
A second person who has worked at a large Silicon Valley company confirmed that it received legal requests from the federal government for stored passwords. Companies "really heavily scrutinize" these requests, the person said. "There's a lot of 'over my dead body.'"
This very disturbing story was posted on the cnet.com Internet site late on Thursday morning...and I thank U.K. reader Tariq Khan for bringing it to our attention.
Pentagon to deploy huge blimps over Washington, D.C. for 360-degree surveillance
A pair of high-tech Army blimps is coming to the greater Washington, DC area, and soon they will be able to provide the military with surveillance powers that spans hundreds of millions of acres from North Carolina to Niagara Falls, Canada.
The airships are part of Raytheon's Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, or JLENS, and when all is said and done they'll offer the United States military what the defense contractor calls "an affordable elevated, persistent over-the-horizon sensor system" that relies on "a powerful integrated radar system to detect, track and target a variety of threats."
Once above the nation's capital, JLENS will allow the Army to see for 320 miles in any direction from 10,000 feet above the earth. The system can be set up to operate on its own for an entire month without requiring refueling, and offers the Pentagon surveillance capabilities that dwarf other options at a penny of the cost.
This essay, with lots of great photos, was posted on the Russia Today website early on Thursday evening...and I thank reader M.A. for sending it along.
Justin Raimondo: Is America a Free Country?
Jimmy Carter is making waves: "America does not have a functioning democracy at this point in time," he told a meeting of the American Bridge, held in Atlanta, when asked about Edward Snowden's exposure of Washington's secret global surveillance system. Looks like the only outlet that covered the meeting was Der Spiegel, but word is spreading and it won't be long before the Usual Suspects start ranting about what a flake Carter is, and that he should shut up already and go lock himself in his presidential library. But think about it: for a former President to say this is unprecedented in modern times.
The NSA spying scandal, he went on to tell his audience, is subverting democracy around the world: he warned that one consequence of the Snowden revelations will be increasing suspicion of American online platforms, such as Facebook and Google, both of which he characterized as major factors energizing pro-democracy movements abroad.
Carter's previous statements about the Snowden affair were mildly supportive: he told CNN he thought "the secrecy that has been surrounding this invasion of privacy has been excessive," and that Snowden's bringing the secret surveillance of Americans "to the public notice has probably been, in the long term, beneficial." Yet this new statement goes way beyond that: it is a sweeping condemnation of the current regime. That a former US President would say such a thing has got to be the scariest public pronouncement I've heard since the Watergate era. What's even scarier: Carter is right.
This excellent...and right on the money commentary...was posted on the lewrockwell.com Internet site on July 19th...and I've been saving it for today's column. I thank Danish reader Jan Gindrup for finding it for us. It's certainly a must read for all students of theNew Great Game...and certainly all Americans.
Iceland proposal to write off debt triggers S&P outlook downgrade
Rating agency Standard & Poor's yesterday added its voice to a chorus of warnings against a pledge by Iceland's new government to write off as much as 20 per cent of all its citizens' mortgage debt, announcing that it had revised downwards its outlook for the country from stable to negative.
The revision reflected a one-in-three chance that the agency could lower Iceland's credit rating within the next two years, S&P said. The country's triple B minus rating is considered the lowest investment grade, just one notch above junk. The proposed debt write-down could cost 10 per cent of 2013 economic output, and "possibly much more", the agency said.
The promise of debt relief was the main campaign pledge of the Progressive party and the Independence party, who went on to form a coalition after the election. They focused on inflation-linked loans, payments on which soared following the country's deep financial crisis owing to a 36 per cent depreciation of the currency.
This story appeared on the irishtimes.com Internet site in the wee hours of this morning BST...and I thank Roy Stephens for his second offering in today's column.
Banks shiver as UBS swallows $885 million U.S. fine
UBS will pay $885 million in a settlement with a U.S. regulator over allegations the Swiss bank misrepresented mortgage-backed bonds during the housing bubble, paving the way for billions more to be paid by other banks.
European and U.S. lenders such as Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank have set aside money to cover the cost of any losses arising from the dispute with the Federal Housing Finance Agency but estimates vary widely.
The FHFA said late on Thursday UBS will pay $415 million and $470 million respectively to government-sponsored housing enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to resolve claims related to securities sold to the companies between 2004 and 2007.
UBS is just one of 18 banks the FHFA pursued in 2011 for allegedly misrepresenting the quality of the collateral backing securities during the run-up to the financial crisis.
File this under the cost of doing business, as it's little more than a licensing fee. This Reuters story, co-filed from London and Frankfurt, was posted on their website early yesterday morning EDT. My thanks to Elliot Simon for sharing it with us.
Russia and Iran: A postmodern dance
If, as expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin undertakes the trip to Tehran in August, it will be rich in symbolism - even if he were to give up the travel plan to take a boat across the Caspian Sea to reach the Iranian shore. The congruence of interests of the two regional powers, which are neighbors, has never been in doubt.
But then, this year is also, by a curious coincidence, the 70th anniversary of the Tehran Conference of 1943, which was a poignant event in Russo-Iranian relations in their rich tapestry of history dotted with blood and betrayal.
The history of Russian-Iranian relations is stunning. Putin has been the only Russian leader to visit Tehran since the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. Yet, both countries are ancient players on the geopolitical arena.
Putin's return to Tehran nearly seven years after his hugely successful first visit in 2007 leaps out of a morality play. Russian foreign policy has come full circle. Putin hopes to clean up the Aegean stables, by literally removing the debris that accumulated during the years when he was not in the Kremlin.
This Roy Stephens offering, his last in today's column, was posted on the Asia Times website early Friday morning Hong Kong time...and it's an absolute must read for all students of the the New Great Game.
Why Buffet Bailed on India
India has long been viewed as a value investor's dream: rapid growth, 1.2 billion people pining for a taste of globalization, and underdeveloped industries ripe for turnarounds. So it surprised few when the genre's guru, Warren Buffett, placed a bet on the world's ninth-biggest economy.
What did come as a surprise, though, was last week's decision by the billionaire's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to give up on India's insurance market after just two years. Adding to the drama, the withdrawal came the same week India unveiled plans to open the economy as never before to foreign-direct investment.


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Paula Henry thought her nightmare was over when her husband's killer was convicted of the murder, six years after the man shot her husband in the face with a shotgun. She was wrong. Now the killer is suing her and she's determined to change state law to defend grieving families against convicts seeking to sue their victims.
Her nightmare started on Sept. 11, 1995, when a masked man approached Henry's husband Robert in the parking lot of the North Coast Electric Company and shot his car window before executing him with a shotgun blast to his head. Robert Henry was just 33. Witnesses in the parking lot saw the killing but could not identify the shooter, who fled on foot through a fence, and then drove away on a black motorcycle.
Paula Henry immediately fingered Larry Shandola as the likely killer. Shandola had been her husband's business partner. Tacoma Police detectives spent five years gathering enough evidence for an arrest. Shandola and Henry worked at Tacoma Public Utilities during the span of the investigation, where Shandola, the prime suspect from the beginning, reportedly harassed Henry with details of the murder of her husband. The investigation included parts of Canada, the Caribbean and surrounding Pacific Northwest states. Shandola was eventually convicted, six years to the day of the murder. He was sentenced to 33 years in prison.
Paula Henry's nightmare returned six years after Shandola was convicted when she heard a knock on her door. She was being served with legal papers that stated Shandola was suing her for violating his right to privacy and for causing him emotional distress for fighting to keep him from serving out his sentence in his native Canada rather than in Washington. He seeks $50,000 in damages from Henry and $50,000 from four other defendants.
Since the lawsuit filing a month and a half ago, Paula Henry has moved from her home out of fear that her husband's killer knows where she lives and has contacted her. She is also fighting the lawsuit through John W. Ladenburg, former Pierce County Prosecutor and Executive now in private practice. She is also seeking a Legislative change that would make it illegal for convicts to sue their victims or their families. The proposed legal change would require court permission before convicts could file claims against their victims.
"You shouldn't be able to kill someone and go to prison and then sue the victim's widow and her friends for damages because they exercised their rights," Ladenburg said. "He has cost thousands of dollars in attorney's fees. There is a lot that goes into fighting one of these things."
The lead investigator was Det. Robert Yerbury, who followed the leads wherever they went in what remains the most extensive investigation in the history of Tacoma law enforcement.
"Tacoma Police did a fantastic job," Ladenburg said. "This guy was just really good at covering his tracks and it took a while to pull the investigation together."
A judge is set to hear the case this week.