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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Investors may be in a merry mood, but U.S. retailers ranging from Target Corp to Saks Inc to Kohl's Corp are warning Wall Street to keep its expectations in check for this holiday season.
The broader U.S. stock market fell on Tuesday after discount retailer Target said it might be a stretch to meet Wall Street's fourth-quarter earnings forecast. It said early November sales were trending below its expectations, and shoppers had pulled back on discretionary purchases.
The comments were the most pointed effort to date by a retailer to lower holiday expectations, and reflected the sentiment of other industry titans such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, and department store operator Macy's Inc.
"In our view, sell-side analysts are somewhat more optimistic across most of our industry than we believe is warranted in light of the harsh realities of the current environment," Target's Chief Financial Officer Doug Scovanner said on the company's earnings conference call.
Investors have been piling into retail stocks since March, betting the worst has passed for the consumer and retailers' sales and earnings can only improve as shoppers once again begin spending.
The S&P Retail Index has jumped 77 percent since March 9, while the Dow Jones industrial average has risen 59 percent in that time.
But in the past week, retailers have made it clear that consumers are in no mood to splurge.
The all-important holiday shopping season kicks off in earnest on the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday, which falls on Nov. 27 this year.
Target said consumers are more disciplined in their spending and prefer buying cheaper private brands over name-brand items. While sales of discretionary merchandise, like apparel, improved in its recently completed third quarter, some of that demand has waned in early November.
"So much of this fourth quarter is going to be decided in the two days after Thanksgiving and four weeks prior to Christmas and nobody really knows at this point in time how good it's going to be," said Target Chief Executive Officer Gregg Steinhafel.
In early October, the National Retail Federation said it expected total U.S. holiday sales would fall 1 percent this year, compared with a drop of 3.4 percent drop in 2008.
Days after it issued the forecast, retailers reported stronger-than-expected September sales. The results raised investors' hopes that holiday sales could outperform as shoppers showed a willingness to spend on back-to-school merchandise.
That optimism faced a reality check earlier this month, when more than half of the U.S. retail chains that report monthly sales posted October results that fell short of Wall Street's heightened expectations.
"I think October...was good to bring expectations down," said Barclays Capital analyst Robert Drbul.
Upscale department store chain Saks, which slashed prices on its designer goods by 70 percent last Christmas, estimated on Tuesday that its fourth-quarter, same-store sales would be down "in the high single digits" after a year of double-digit declines in luxury sales.
While the luxury market may be improving, Saks said consumers remain "shell shocked" and will likely focus on value for some time.
If upscale shoppers are "shell shocked," middle- to lower-income income shoppers are also not ready to spend.
"Customers continue to tell us they're concerned about their own finances and unemployment," Wal-Mart U.S. chief Eduardo Castro-Wright said. "We recognize that some customers may be more cautious in their holiday spending."
The U.S. unemployment rate stands at a 26-1/2 year high of 10.2 percent, and Wal-Mart Treasurer Charles Holley said consumers would need to see a sustainable drop in the unemployment rate before they would feel more optimistic.
Retailers are planning for a cutthroat holiday season.
U.S. Walmart stores are slashing prices each week ahead of Christmas. On Tuesday, Walmart said it would offer fresh discounts on toys and electronics starting Saturday.
Walmart.com has also slashed prices on hotly anticipated books, igniting a price war with Amazon.com Inc.
Meanwhile, websites claiming to have copies of Target's advertising circular for Black Friday say the retailer will be selling a coffeemaker and a slow cooker for $3 each.
Target said it was "unable to confirm the accuracy" of pricing information posted online by other sites.
Kohl's Corp Chief Executive Kevin Mansell told Reuters last week that he was looking at new areas in which to offer exclusive brands, such as men's apparel and women's accessories, to lure shoppers.
"We recognize that in a lower spending environment that this is going to be all about winning market share," he said in an interview.
Additional reporting by Phil Wahba in New York, editing by Leslie Gevirtz


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From: "Martyn Gleaden" <>
Subject: RE: CARNALLY Surnames
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 19:57:12 +0100
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Hi Jan
There are several variants of the CANALLY surname around
Wath-Upon-Dearne, West Melton, etc. Local Parish Registers show:
CARNALEY, CARNELEY, CARNILEY, CARNLEY, CARNELLEY, CARNELLY. All
these names have been used for members of the same family from 1600
to 1800. The most common modern variant of the name is CARNLEY
which has been in use more or less unchanged since the mid 1800s.
Good Hunting !!!
Martyn Gleaden
Wath & Dearne Valley Resources:
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Subject: Surnames
The names I am researching in the Yorkshire area are:
CARNALLY from 1622 in Wath on Deane
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The euro traded near a 2-1/2-month low against the dollar and fell against the yen on, weighed down by political uncertainty in Italy and expectations the European Central Bank will cut interest rates sooner than previously thought.
Italy appeared to be inching toward another round of elections after an inconclusive one last week. Analysts are concerned that without a stable government, the country will be unable to pass reforms required to get its borrowing and debt under control.
Italian 10-year bond yields as a result rose to 4.881 per cent on Monday, underperforming all euro zone bonds apart from Greece's.
"The euro continues to be firmly out of favour, as has been the case since the outcome of the Italian parliamentary election last month," said Samarjit Shankar, director of market strategy at BNY Mellon on Boston.
"That rekindled yet another bout of investor concerns due to the political uncertainty in the country in particular and the commitment of euro zone policy makers to austerity in general."
Renewed worries about Italy, the euro zone's third-largest economy, rattled investors, sending sentiment in the currency bloc down sharply in March and fuelling speculation the ECB will lower interest rates in the near term.
Although a Reuters poll last week showed economists expected the ECB to keep rates on hold this Thursday, some strategists expect the bank to revise down its inflation projection and look for a 25-basis-point rate cut as early as the April meeting.
The euro hit a session low of $US1.2980, not far from a 2-1/2-month low of $US1.2965 struck on Friday, after the euro zone sentiment data was released. The euro zone common currency was last down little changed on the day at $US1.3018.
Stop-loss orders are cited below $US1.2960, with reported option barriers at $US1.2950, $US1.2925, and $US1.2900. A break below $US1.2900 could take the euro toward its next support at $US1.2842, its 200-day moving average at current prices.
The euro was also 0.2 per cent lower against the yen at 121.60 yen.
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President Supports Atwater In Furor Over Foley Memo
By E. J. DIONNE Jr., Special to The New York Times
Published: June 9, 1989
WASHINGTON, June 8— President Bush today renewed his support for Lee Atwater, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, amid Democratic calls for Mr. Atwater's resignation.
At a nationally broadcast news conference in which he offered his prestige in support of his beleaguered national chairman, Mr. Bush said he accepted Mr. Atwater's explanation that he was not responsible for a memorandum issued by the Republican National Committee attacking House Speaker Thomas S. Foley.
''He looked me right in the eye and said he did not know about it,'' Mr. Bush said of Mr. Atwater. ''He moved promptly to remove the person that did know about it, and so I accept that.'' President Praises Foley
Mr. Bush called the memo ''disgusting'' and ''against everything I have tried to stand for in poltical life,'' and he praised Mr. Foley lavishly.
But in an effort to combat the Democrats' contention that the hostile environment on Capitol Hill is the Republicans' fault, Mr. Bush recalled attacks on John G. Tower, his nominee for Secretary of Defense, who was defeated in a largely party-line vote.
''I don't think the atmosphere is caused by one party or another,'' Mr. Bush said. ''I expressed the same kind of outrage that I just expressed about Speaker Foley about John Tower.'' He said Mr. Tower had been ''vilified by rumor and innuendo.''
''The ugliness of this climate is bad and I don't like it,'' said Mr. Bush, who called for new ethics legislation as a way of improving the capital's political atmosphere.
His comments came as Democrats contended that whoever wrote the memo, Mr. Atwater and his aggressive style of politics were responsible for the memorandum, circulated by the Republican National Committee last week to about 200 leading Republicans. It said Mr. Foley should ''come out of the liberal closet'' and compared the Speaker's voting record to that of Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, an acknowledged homosexual. Baker's Equivocal Answer
Democrats who have been calling for Mr. Atwater's ouster got some tacit encouragement from Secretary of State James A. Baker 3d, Mr. Atwater's boss in the 1988 Presidential campaign, who would not answer directly when asked at a National Press Club luncheon if he thought Mr. Atwater should be fired.
''Well, you know, I used to be his boss but I'm not anymore. So let me tell you what his boss said,'' Mr. Baker replied, referring to Mr. Bush. ''His boss said it was 'disgusting' and I would second that.''
Mr. Baker said he understood that the President ''accepted the explanation of Lee Atwater'' and added, ''I am really not in that loop any more.'' The remark drew scattered laughter from the audience.
Mr. Foley himself has repeatedly called for an end to the dispute over the memorandum. ''I am not calling for anyone to resign,'' he told reporters today. ''I am treating the matter as having ended.'' Mr. Bush cited Mr. Foley's comments tonight, saying, ''Let's get it behind us.''
Even with Mr. Bush's support, Republicans and Democrats agreed that Mr. Atwater's effectiveness has been severely compromised.
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Meanwhile, Representative Dave Nagle, an Iowa Democrat, circulated a letter for signatures from his House colleagues demanding Mr. Atwater's resignation and condemning the Republican committee's ''scurrilous attempt'' to attack Mr. Foley through ''mean-spirited and unfounded innuendo.''
Mr. Atwater himself acknowledged in an interview today that ''every Democrat in the country wanted to find something so they could turn this whole thing against me.'' He conceded that the memorandum would ''give my enemies a sword.''
But as he has done all along, Mr. Atwater continued to insist that he had not personally approved the document. The author, Mark Goodin, resigned on Wednesday as the national committee's communications director.
Some Republicans said the incident would also call into question the effectiveness of Mr. Atwater, who for most of his life has been seen in Washington as a political wizard - albeit one given to slashing attacks on political foes.
''Somebody's supposed to be in charge over there,'' said Representative Tom Petri, a Wisconsin Republican. ''Whether it's an act of commission or omission goes to the personal moral question. But in either case, it doesn't absolve him from his administrative responsibility.''
The Democrats' eagerness to be rid of Mr. Atwater was not surprising, but Republican uneasiness with the Foley memo suggested the depth of the divisions within the party over the full-scale assault against Democrats being spearheaded by Representative Newt Gingrich, the House Republican whip. Mr. Gingrich was one of many Republicans who condemned the memo, but some in his own party used the incident to criticize his approach. 'Trashing the Other Side'
''It makes it clear that if you try to run a sleazy campaign, that if you try to build a majority by trashing the other side, it has a tremendous potential to backfire,'' said Representative Mickey Edwards, an Oklahoma Republican. ''I hope that message is clearly received.''
Mr. Nagle's open letter was addressed to Mr. Bush; Robert Michel, the House Republican leader, and Bob Dole, the Senate Republican leader. It said the memorandum was intended ''not only to defame a good and decent man as he assumed a great mantle of leadership for this country, but to obstruct the very ability of the House of Representatives to function.''
Most Republicans interviewed today said they believed that Mr. Atwater would ride out the furor over the memo, as he has survived so many other controversies over his sharp-edged approach to politics.
''The only way he'd go out of there is if George Bush told him to,'' said Don Devine, who was a top official of Mr. Dole's Presidential primary campaign against Mr. Bush. ''Nobody else can take him out.''
Throughout his political life, Mr. Atwater has been on the scene of some ferocious and cutting political campaigns. But his foes have never managed to prove his complicity in dirty campaign tactics. ''He always manages to throw the gun in the river,'' said Michael McCurry, the communications director at the Democratic National Committee.
Among the better-known incidents from Mr. Atwater's past are a campaign in which a minor-party candidate publicly used a Democratic candidate's Jewish faith against him, saying the Democrat should not win because he did not ''believe that Jesus Christ has come yet.'' The Republican candidate won, and Democrats charged that Mr. Atwater had put the third-party candidate up to the attack.
In 1988, Democrats charged that his use of the case of Willie Horton against Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts was racially motivated. Mr. Horton, who was black, raped a white woman while on furlough from a Massachusetts prison.
The dispute over the Foley memo is not the first to face Mr. Atwater in his six months as party chairman. He was also forced to resign from the Board of Trustees of Howard University, a predominantly black school here, after a vigorous student protest.
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There were numerous attempts to establish contact with the campaign and the transition team.
In trying to fend off suspicion of collusion with the Kremlin, Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner have recently provided the public with two very interesting documents. Shoving responsibility for any outreach onto the Russian side, the two men have given us with a partial account of Russian methods in approaching the Trump camp in 2016.
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As Donald Trump's troubles deepen, he keeps trying to shift attention to his old rival—but finds it no longer works like it used to.
Donald Trump's brand-new communications director got a glimpse of the challenge he faces this weekend. As Anthony Scaramucci toured the Sunday shows, promising a new era of better relations and positive vibes, his boss was firing off his most active string of Twitter complaints in some time, taking shots at Democrats, Republicans, the press, James Comey, Robert Mueller, and—for the second time in less than a week—his own attorney general:
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Terminating the special counsel would show recklessness, imply corruption, and irrevocably damage the country.
Last week, President Donald Trump fueled speculation that he might work to oust Robert Mueller, the former FBI director appointed to probe Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump could do so today, or tomorrow, or three months from now; the news could be announced in a televised speech, through a spokesperson, or even in a late night tweet sent on an impulse after his advisers have gone to bed.
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Thirty-one-year-old Ezra Cohen-Watnick holds the intelligence portfolio on the National Security Council—but almost everything about him is a mystery.
Just 24 days into his tenure as Donald Trump's national-security adviser, Michael Flynn was forced to resign, having reportedly misled Vice President Mike Pence about his contacts with Russian officials. When Flynn departed, the men and women he'd appointed to the National Security Council grew nervous about their own jobs, and with good reason. The new national-security adviser, General H.R. McMaster, promptly began clearing out Flynn's people, among them Dave Cattler, the deputy assistant to the president for regional affairs, Adam Lovinger, a strategic affairs analyst on loan from the Pentagon, and KT McFarland, Flynn's deputy, who was eased out with the ambassadorship to Singapore. Even Steve Bannon, among the most powerful people in the White House, was removed from the meetings of the NSC Principal's Committee, where he had been installed early on in the administration.
Biology textbooks tell us that lichens are alliances between two organisms—a fungus and an alga. They are wrong.
In 1995, if you had told Toby Spribille that he'd eventually overthrow a scientific idea that's been the stuff of textbooks for 150 years, he would have laughed at you. Back then, his life seemed constrained to a very different path. He was raised in a Montana trailer park, and home-schooled by what he now describes as a "fundamentalist cult." At a young age, he fell in love with science, but had no way of feeding that love. He longed to break away from his roots and get a proper education.
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Curiosity is underemphasized in the classroom, but research shows that it is one of the strongest markers of academic success.
When Orville Wright, of the Wright brothers fame, was told by a friend that he and his brother would always be an example of how far someone can go in life with no special advantages, he emphatically responded, "to say we had no special advantages … the greatest thing in our favor was growing up in a family where there was always much encouragement to intellectual curiosity."
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TOKYO—Japan's population is shrinking. For the first time since the government started keeping track more than a century ago, there were fewer than 1 million births last year, as the country's population fell by more than 300,000 people. The blame has long been put on Japan's young people, who are accused of not having enough sex, and on women, who, the narrative goes, put their careers before thoughts of getting married and having a family.
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By asking active-duty personnel to lobby Congress in their own self-interest, President Trump crossed an important line.
Last week, the head of the French armed forces angrily resigned after disagreements with his new president, Emmanuel Macron, over the defense budget.
This was the first resignation of its kind in France in six decades, but it was enough to remind me how much Americans take healthy civil-military relations for granted. Unlike the French, for example, who have had some terrible episodes between their civilian and military leaders over the years, Americans have never had to disband a parachute infantry regiment because it literally threatened to drop onto the nation's capital and depose the elected government.
That's not to say we haven't had our issues, but aside from Douglas MacArthur's repeated (and successful) attempts to embarrass himself and his profession, Americans have rarely had to worry about the U.S. military and its leadership as a threat to the Republic.
Eighty-Sixed, a new web series from the HBO comedy creator's daughter Cazzie David, taps into an uncomfortable brand of humor for a new generation.
It was pretty, pretty, pretty exciting to learn last week that one of cable's favorite curmudgeons will return to television this fall. After six years off the air, Larry David—the Seinfeld co-creator known more recently for his Bernie Sanders impression on Saturday Night Live—will bring his hit HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm back for a ninth season on October 1. But if that release date seems too far off for those avid fans counting the days, there's another comedy that could fill the void until then.
Cazzie David, the 23-year-old daughter of the Curb creator, has teamed up with a friend from college, Elisa Kalani, to make a web series called Eighty-Sixed. Though just six episodes have been released on YouTube this year, Eighty-Sixed already fits well into a new generation of shows channeling the mockingly self-centered humor that defines Curb. When it premiered in 2000, Curb Your Enthusiasm was unlike anything on television, though some of Seinfeld's comedic sensibility came through. Shot in a cinema-verité style and largely improvised, Curb followed a fictionalized version of Larry David as he managed to alienate just about everyone he ran into. With his obnoxious nitpicking and disregard for basic etiquette, David's character was comfortable being self-righteous and offensive at the same time.
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This super-simple cream pie has rich chocolate flavor with hazelnut tones enhanced with a shot of Frangelico (hazelnut liqueur). Rather than an Oreo crumb crust, you can use a blind-baked paté brisee crust. For a really decadent dessert, top with whipped cream and fresh raspberries.
Nutella, chocolate hazelnut spread, has been on the market since 1963 though the actual Ferrero recipe, from Italy, has been around since the 1940s. The American Nutella is hazelnut/cocoa flavored sugar, not a quality product, but still okay for Nutella nuts … enthusiasts. I'm a purist about some things and chocolate hazelnut spread (more of a butter) is one of them.
The recipe follows for making your own Nutella. It is very simple and you can adjust the sugar content to personal preference. There is no milk, wheat or other fillers in this recipe, just roasted hazelnuts, cocoa powder and sugar. It's important to roast the hazelnuts before grinding because any water left in them will produce a mush rather than a butter. Roasting also helps to remove the skins of the nuts. No need to add vegetable oil because the hazelnuts will make their own oil when processed. It's just like making peanut butter. Hazelnut oil is fragile and will breakdown at room temperature within a couple months so its best to refrigerate as soon as made (will keep up to 6 months refrigerated). You may substitute melted bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate chips for the cocoa powder. Start with 1/4 cup melted chocolate and add more if needed. For more information just Google: Freddy Guys Hazelnut Farm of Willamette Valley, Oregon. This recipe is adapted from a recipe of Barb Foulke's, owner of Freddy Guys.
Cream Pie with Chocolate Hazelnut
- 16 Oreo cookies
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 1 shot (1 oz) Frangelico
- 1/2 cup Homemade Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
Crush cookies and combine with butter. Press cookie crumbs into the bottom and up the sides of a tart pan or shallow pie plate, refrigerate. Beat condensed milk with frangelico in a food processor on low, add eggs and whirl until combined, add Homemade Chocolate Hazelnut Spread and whirl until combined. Pour into prepared Oreo crust. Top with a few more roasted hazelnuts. Bake for 20-25 minutes. The center should be slightly undone. Cool completely. To serve, top pie with whipped cream, berries, or more hazelnuts.
Homemade Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
Roast 2 cups of hazelnuts on a baking sheet in a 350° F. oven for 12-15 minutes or until skins crack. Transfer to a towel and rub skins off nuts. Place nuts in a blender and grind until it is the consistency of smooth peanut butter. The longer the nuts are ground, the thinner and smoother the consistency. Add 2 Tbsp. cocoa powder and 2 Tbsp powdered sugar. Check for taste and adjust cocoa and sugar if necessary. Pour into a glass jar for storage.


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Space Manufacturing 14 Conference: Space Studies Institute
The 14th Space Studies Institute Conference on Space Manufacturing and Space Settlement is set for Oct. 29-31 at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. The agenda is now available.
Commercial Space Leaders to Gather at NewSpace 2010
This annual Space Foundation Conference (July 23-25, 2010) hosted many influential players in the commercial space scene, both industry and government. The agenda is available and the major sessions (with slides) were videocast and are archived online (www.spacevidcast.com/) .
Endorsements Coming In for Obama's Space Plan
"President Obama's new plan for NASA, released February 1st, is endorsed by bipartisan groups representing governors, former legislators, astronauts, and former NASA senior managers and a half dozen editorial boards." See the Commercial Space Federation's links to all and the good news for commercial space.
Commercial Human Space Travel Provides New Research Opportunities
Katharine Sanderson's Special Report in Nature describes how commercial spaceflight can open doors for lower-cost, more frequent, flexible access to space for researchers (subscript or fee req'd). See free editorial, "Divide and Conquer", same issue, same topic.
"Person Of The Year: The Space Entrepreneur"
Dave Masten (Masten Space Systems) and Jeff Greason (XCOR) are interviewed by Aviation Week to represent their innovative emerging industry. Photo compliments of "eSpace", the Center for Space Entreprenership.
Solar Power Satellites
The latest issue of the "Online Journal of Space Communication" is devoted to Solar Power Satellites. "Evidence is building that 2010 will be the year this turns from an idea to the beginning of reality."
New Course for Space Exploration Promotes Private Firms | WSJ
The Obama administration appears to be charting a new course for U.S. space exploration by promoting use of private companies to transport astronauts and ramping up international cooperation.
Design for Reusability & Rapid Launch
Future NASA launch vehicles must be designed to launch often to support rapid innovation, as is planned for the emerging commercial space planes.
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Bolden says NASA must leverage the power and innovation of American industry and the American entrepreneur as it is tasked to do.
Space Objectives, Strategies & Payoffs - Spudis Nails It
This must-read Paul Spudis essay, "Augustine Commission and Space Exploration: Objectives Before Architectures - Strategies Before Tactics" points to a sound path ahead, including for commercial space entities.
NASA All a Twitter About Space
Heather Goss, Aviation Week blogger, finds social networking platforms allow NASA to connect with enthusiasts and the public in a way they haven't done in decades.
"Augustine Committee" Provides Sobering Human Spaceflight Analysis
The Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee sent its preliminary report to NASA and commercial space in LEO looks hot but human exploration beyond LEO looks almost frozen. Stay tuned.
Your TubeSat Personal Satellite Kit
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The Commercial Spaceflight Federation's (CSF) Industry Overview Report
This report, developed by the Tauri Group based on CSF member data, shows recent rapid market growth.
Review of Human Spaceflight Plans Committee - Final Report | NASA
Here's the options agenda to support heated discussions over the next few days and weeks by NASA and the Obama administration. Commercial space seems to be baselined.
Mike Snead's "The End of Easy Energy and What to do About It"
A detailed analysis of the global energy challenge with two proposed solutions, the key one being space solar power. It is made accessible by being clearly written, containing an Executive Summary, and providing most technical content in the footnotes. This is Snead's gift to the future.
Ex-ESA Officials Claim "Space Tourism is a Hoax"!
Who is selling tickets to people from $20K to $200K to access orbital space? Not the suborbital spaceflight industry as Engstrom and Pfeffer claim!
Market Opportunities in Space Workshop: The Near-Term Roadmap
This report summarizes this event jointly-hosted by the Office of Space Commercialization, Space Enterprise Council, and Space Transportation Association, Nov. 2001. This excellent Roadmap remains highly relevant to our community.
Small Aerospace Companies — Space Activities in N. America and Europe
"Although the aerospace industry is dominated by a small group of large companies, a sizeable and diverse universe of small aerospace companies are engaged in space activities (civil, defense/intelligence, commercial). [This includes] all elements of the value chain and provides critical and innovative components, subsystems and mission services to large prime contractors and end-user operators. This whitepaper seeks to develop a greater understanding of the contributions of smaller companies to space missions and operations in North America and Europe."


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Spring has definitely sprung in most areas of the country giving us an opportunity to increase our physical activity. Making a lifestyle change to increase your physical activity actually improves your chances of staying smokefree for good.
Health experts recommend that we get at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity activity most days of the week. We don't even have to get 30 minutes all at one time. If you are able to fit in little chunks of time during the day, before you know it you'll have racked up your 30 minutes. Even taking a two minute break, several times during the day to walk briskly can count!
Moderate-intensity activities are equal in effort to walking a mile within 15-20 minutes. Some of these activities include things like riding a bicycle, dancing, gardening, golfing, hiking, playing actively with children, playing volleyball, vacuuming, and washing a car. Many of these activities also get us outside where we can breathe fresh air.
When you think of increasing your physical activity, think back to the things you used to enjoy as a child. Did you like to ride a bike? Jump rope? Rollerblade? Finding an activity you enjoy will increase the likelihood that you'll stick with it.
This government website lists more than 100 ways of being active: www.smallstep.gov. It's chock-full of good information about increasing your activity. Noodle around on the site and I bet you'll learn something new.
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Marcel Springs Racing Post Trophy Surprise
Trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam tallied his first group I win in eight years when Marcel pulled a 33-1 shocker in the Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I) for 2-year-olds at Doncaster.
Trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam tallied his first group I win in eight years when Marcel pulled a 33-1 shocker in the Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I) for 2-year-olds at Doncaster.
Qatar Racing and Kingsclere Racing's progressive Elm Park stepped up to the group I level with style Oct. 25 at Doncaster, scoring an authoritative win in the Racing Post Trophy for 2-year-olds.
Pre-race favorite Taghrooda has a wide draw and 19 rivals to beat in a full field for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I), Europe's premier middle-distance race Oct. 5 at Longchamp.
Roger Smith's Kingston Hill charged past runner-up Romsdal with a mighty late run and won the Ladbrokes St. Leger, the third jewel in England's Triple Crown, Sept. 13 at Doncaster.
Winless but competitive in three starts this year, Epsom Derby (Eng-I) runner-up Kingston Hill is the favorite for the Ladbrokes St. Leger (Eng-I) Sept. 13.
Dazzling Royal Ascot winner The Fugue is the favorite for the Coral-Eclipse Stakes, which attracted five other group I winners among a field of 11 for the July 5 race at Sandown Park.
Investec Epsom Derby (Eng-I) victor Australia and runner-up Kingston Hill look set for their highly anticipated rematch in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Ire-I) June 28 at the Curragh.
Australia, Coolmore and partners' regally bred Investec Epsom Derby (Eng-I) victor, could try to become the 17th horse to complete the Epsom and Irish Derby (Ire-I) double June 28 at the Curragh.
Australia won the Investec Epsom Derby (Eng-I) June 7 and provided trainer Aidan O'Brien with a third straight win in the classic and fifth overall at Epsom Downs.
Australia, third in the QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-I) last month, is the favorite for the Investec Epsom Derby (Eng-I), which will have its 236th running June 7.
The QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-I) drew a full field of 14 for the first jewel of England's Triple Crown May 3 at Newmarket, with Juddmonte Farms' unbeaten homebred Kingman the pre-race favorite.
Two Breeders' Cup World Championships winners, two trainers from the iconic Head family, and a filly owned by Her Majesty The Queen were among the honorees Nov. 12 when the 23rd annual Cartier Racing Awards were presented.
Mastercraftsman leapt to the top of the freshman sire list Oct. 26 following the victories of Craftsman in the JRA Killavullan Stakes and Kingston Hill in the Racing Post Trophy.
Paul Smith's unbeaten Kingston Hill will be a horse to watch for next season's classics after trouncing the field in the Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I) Oct. 26 at Doncaster.
Kingsbarns went from debut maiden winner to early favorite for next year's Epsom Derby (Eng-I) with a victory over Van Der Neer in the Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I), Great Britain's final group of the year at Doncaster.
Aidan O'Brien has the favorite for the Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I) in the visually impressive debut winner Kingsbarns, who takes a huge step up in class in Great Britain's final group I race for the year Oct. 27 at Doncaster.
Aidan O'Brien's Camelot lived up to all his pre-race hype with an easy 2 1/4 length victory in the $312,000 Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I) at Doncaster Oct. 22.
Master of Hounds, the third-place finisher in the Oct. 23 Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I), was made the 9-2 favorite for the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT).
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Does Shamardal's son Casamento have an Epsom Derby pedigree or will he peak at 10 furlongs? Alan Porter analyzes the prospects of one of Europe's hottest juveniles.
Casamento took the lead two furlongs from home and shook off the late challenge of Seville to win the Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I) at Doncaster Oct. 23.
St Nicholas Abbey cemented himself as the early favorite for the 2010 Investec Derby (Eng-I) with a dominating performance in the Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I) at Doncaster Oct. 24.
In only his second career start, 25-1 outsider Authorized powered home to win the Racing Post Trophy Stakes (Eng-I) at Newbury on Saturday.
For most of the week leading up to Saturday's Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I), most of the focus had been on colts trained by Sir Michael Stoute and Aidan O'Brien.
Heavily favored Motivator confirmed himself as a Classic contender for trainer Michael Bell next year with an unsurprising 2 1/2-length victory in the Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I) for 2-year-olds at Doncaster Saturday.
Prince Khalid Abdulla's 2-year-old American Post, supplemented for Saturday's Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I) for £17,500, delivered in a big way at Doncaster with a 1 3/4-length victory over Fantastic View.
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Grieving is a normal process filled with pain. Sometimes the process can be made easier by talking to a someone. People who are grieving the loss of a loved one or the loss of a relationship are often confused about the meaning of the loss and have raw emotions just below (or sometimes directly on) the surface. I provide three things: 1) a compassionate place to talk about the loss, 2) ways to figure out what the loss means to you, and 3) ways to take the loving memories of the person in your heart while you manage to move on with life with a healthy sadness rather than intense despair.


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Cartoon Crazys Volume One
WinStar Catalog WHE73002DVD
Released: January 13, 1998
Running Time: approx. 100 minutes
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround/Stereo
No region coding
Standard "Cartoon Crazys" Review:
The "Cartoon Crazys" series of DVDs are collections of public domain cartoons similar to those ultra-cheap videos you often find in stores. The difference is that these are DVDs, and therefore are supposed to look and sound much better...
The picture quality of these cartoons is in fact pretty good considering that they are all public domain, and that the film prints have been around for decades. They would certainly look better if they were released by their current owners, but since most of them have not, this is the only way to see them on DVD. Any original title sequences that reveal the logo of another company (WB, MGM, Paramount) edits or blacks out those logos. In the case of Blue-Ribbon Merrie Melodies and some other cartoons, a fake video title card is created. But it's not the picture that makes these discs losers, it's the audio quality. These cartoons were made around 60 years ago, when all films had mono sound. The people at WinStar who produced this disc felt that mono sound isn't good enough for a high-quality format like DVD, so they altered the sound for each cartoon into stereo surround sound. Normally this wouldn't be such a bad thing if the original soundtrack recordings were used; DVDs of old movies like Gone with the Wind have been remixed for surround sound and they sound pretty good. But because these cartoons are public domain, the original soundtrack recordings are not available. The people at WinStar took the original mono sound and ran it through various devices which created a fake surround sound. They then recorded new sound effects and placed them into this fake sound mix, covering up the original sound effects. The new effects sound terribly fake compared to the original sounds, and the entire soundtrack often sounds as if it's emanating from a deep cave. Simply put, this modification of the original soundtrack is hideous. But it wouldn't even bother me so much if they had only included the original mono soundtrack as an alternate audio channel, which they obviously couldn't be bothered to do.
Each "Cartoon Crazys" DVD includes a preview of other volumes in the series, and a laughable "Cartoon Restoration Demo" that makes it look like they actually put some effort into making these cartoons look better. In reality they seem to be comparing the decent prints that they used on the disc to ugly, faded prints that other companies use for public domain compilations. Also included is a "Feel the Sound" demonstration, which helps to show just how awful the soundtrack mutilation really is. Most volumes also include a summary and a history of each cartoon.
The only reason anyone would want to own a "Cartoon Crazys" disc is if they are desperate to see some of these cartoons on DVD, or if there are certain cartoons on the disc that they have never seen before and cannot be found anywhere else. Otherwise, I strongly suggest that you avoid these discs and wait for someone else to release them on DVD with a little more respect.
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This first Cartoon Crazys DVD has more Warner Bros. cartoons on it than any other, and most of them are classics. But they still don't make the disc worth buying, thanks to the soundtrack mutilations. "A Corny Concerto" even has different music over the opening titles than the original version! "A Tale of Two Kitties", "Crowing Pains", "Robin Hood Makes Good", and "Have You Got Any Castles?" have fake video title cards. The two Van Beuren cartoons get much better treatment on the Cartoons That Time Forgot DVD. The only other thing on this disc is the Gabby cartoon, which is about as dull as every other Gabby cartoon ever made. Also, this DVD is not time-encoded, making it impossible to stop the disc and start it again later at the same point.
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"Crowing Pains"
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They encourage people to take time out and work on open source projects on Friday.
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The new release of Debian has a very strong focus on security.
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Two trojans in the wild are targeting Linux machines.
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The workstation comes with the latest Gnome desktop environment and support for many application build systems.
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A KIDDERMINSTER jazz club are offering free admission to first time visitors in an aim to raise enthusiasm and entice new members to the club.
Aggborough Jazz, located in the Aggborough Suite of Kidderminster Harrier's football ground, is hosting Carl Sinclair's Boogie Band on June 23, with doors opening at 7pm.
As resident house pianist at Jools Holland's Jam House in Birmingham, Carl Sinclair has also featured at the Jools Holland festival at Canary Wharf and played at jazz festivals over the country.
The band includes drummer Howard Smith and double bassist Adrian Litvinoff.
Many well known jazz artists have performed at the venue, but with attendances slipping management are trying to get more people through the doors.
For more information, or to confirm attendance contact Norman White on 01562 743552 or 07516 527687 or visit aggboroughjazz.com


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Of the six M. frenata with a pseudosacral vertebra, two animals had only two instead of three sacral vertebrae.
sacral harlotry was a substitute for the child sacrifice of females.
And there is immediate response from the sacral ganglion in some male.
The ribs which connect the sacral vertebrae with the ilia are however large.
General sense of weariness from a very short walk, especially through pelvis, sacral region and upper thighs.
The sacral ribs have been described in connection with the sacral vertebrae.
In birds, however, some of the lymphatics open into the sacral veins, and it is doubtful whether true lymphatic glands ever occur.
The sacral vertebrae which are fused with one another and united with the pelvis.
The centrum of the first is flat in front and is ankylosed to the second sacral; behind it is convex.
In most Edentata there is an extensive fusion of vertebrae in the sacral region.
sacral sa·cral (sā'krəl)
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w0w Awesome news! ;)
Have you considered TRAC ? http://www.edgewall.com/trac/ it's some thing
that integrates wiki + bug tracker + SCM (Subversion) it's nice, but it's
python... ugh ;)
I'll go to see the repository now hehe.
See you
On 1/8/06, Manuel Kasper <mk at neon1 dot net> wrote:
> Hello m0n0wall developers!
> It has finally happened - m0n0wall has a Subversion repository! It
> will be used to store PHP source files (include files, webGUI pages,
> rc scripts, captive portal stuff, ...) and other build-related files.
> I've already imported several previous m0n0wall versions (for
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> http://svn.m0n0.ch/wall
> Anonymous read-only access to the entire tree is allowed; if you want
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> Subversion accounts with commit privileges will only be given out to
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The Valley Christian baseball team was given the honor of being recent guests of the Arizona Diamondbacks as the Trojans took to the field prior to the start of the game for winning the Class 2A state title.
Valley's baseball team compiled a 25-5 record this year going all the way to the state finals and winning its first baseball state championship in school history defeating Scottsdale Christian 8-7 in the championship game.
The team set a 2A state record for home runs with 55. Ryan Cooper was named 2A state player of the year and received first team all-state honors along with Tyler Hunt. The 2A Metro West all-league honors went to Cooper and Hunt, along with Ahwatukee Foothills residents Will Lane and Jeff Paschke, while coach Rick Surls received 2A Coach of the Year honors.


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Environmental Factor, June 2008, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Upcoming Distinguished Lecturer Jonathan Samet
By Eddy Ball
June 2008
The 2007 - 2008 NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Series will welcome its next speaker, Jonathan Samet, M.D., at 11:00 a.m. June 10 in Rodbell Auditorium, when he explores the topic of "Airborne Particles and Health; What Do We Know in 2008?" The lecture host will be NIEHS Acting Clinical Director Darryl Zeldin, M.D.
Samet is chairman of the Department of Epidemiology, director of the Institute for Global Tobacco Control and the Irene B. Fabrikant Professor in Health, Risk and Society at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is widely known as one of the world's leading scientific experts on the health effects of active and passive smoking, and he was the senior scientific editor for the Surgeon General's 2004 and 2006 reports on active and passive smoking. Samet was also responsible for the first surveillance efforts to track the tobacco epidemic in China.
Samet's talk at NIEHS will review the findings of investigations into the sources and health effects of airborne particles, especially in respect to heart and lung disease. He also plans to address the current understanding of and research needs related to what characteristics of airborne particles determine toxicity; what sources produce the most injurious particles; how other co-pollutants contribute to the effects of particles; and what groups are more susceptible to the negative health effects of exposure to airborne particles.
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COE Press Equipment Appoints Quality Manager
The new quality manager will be responsible for the company Quality Management System and implementation of ISO-9001.
The new quality manager will be responsible for the company Quality Management System and implementation of ISO-9001.
COE Press Equipment (Sterling Heights, MI), a leading provider of coil handling equipment, has announced the appointment of Benjamin Goers as quality manager, a new position within the company developed to accommodate recent and anticipated growth.
Goers will be responsible for the company's Quality Management System and implementation of ISO-9001. Before this appointment, he had served as the director of quality for G&B Global (Lake Orion, MI) and program quality manager for Faurecia Automotive Seating (Troy, MI). He holds a bachelor of science in Business Management from the University of Phoenix and lives in Macomb Township.
COE Press Equipment designs and manufactures a complete line of premiere coil handling and servo roll feed equipment from stand-alone roll feeds, straighteners, reels, cradles and air feeds to complete integrated feed line systems including the heaviest and widest coil feeding systems available for the metal stamping industry today.
The company supplies and services a wide variety of global markets and industries including automotive, appliance, lighting, metal processing, housewares, lawn and garden, contract stampers, tool and die builders, and many others. To learn more, visit www.cpec.com


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How to Recycle @ MHC
Recycling for New Students
How to recycle at move in and beyond.
Residence Halls
Central bins for trash and recycling are located on each floor.
In each office, there is a deskside blue recycling bin.
Public Areas
Bins for bottles and cans are located throughout the academic and administrative buildings.
Complete the cycle — Mount Holyoke composts food waste from all dining halls and Blanchard Campus Center.
Recycling Facts and Tips
Manufacturing Life Cycle and Climate Change
Recycling is nothing more than a manufacturing process.
For more details on how the recycling process works (PDF)
Recycling Statistics
Recycling at Mount Holyoke started in 1991. Facts on what Mount Holyoke recycles and how much.
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle at MHC (PDF)
Applying the three "R's" to the Mount Holyoke College campus.
Eco-Friendly Offices
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A Cruise we could afjord!: Costa Mediterranea Cruise Review by AKyle
Overall Member Rating
A Cruise we could afjord!
Destination: Baltic Sea
Embarkation: Copenhagen
Flew independently to Copenhagen airport which has a metro connection running every 5 minutes into the city centre. ( Took about 20 minutes) Then took a local train to the port terminal. Costa berths at the furthest away terminal in Copenhagen but it was only a 10 to 15 flat walk mostly through the terminal buildings.
Costa check in was excellent and we were straight onto the ship without queueing. Only disadvantage of this was that the credit card still needed to be registered and this involved waiting in a long queue in the lounge at set times. Tried on a few occasions but the line was never less than half an hour.
Our cabin was identical to last year's cabin on Costa Serena with a more dated bathroom. Fine if you like aqua plastic. The cabin was clean and well kept and showed no signs of wear and More tear. The cabin stewards were lovely.
Had first sitting dining at 7.30p.m. but noticed that most passengers were Italian and arrived nearer to 8 0'clock! Food in the main dining room was a bit lacking interest and tasted like mass produced Hilton hotel wedding fare. Fine but nothing to get excited by! The only other evening option was pizzas in the buffet. Pizzas and pasta is the best served on any cruise ship we have been on.
Main show entertainment was very "Euro" orientated and a bit like a holiday special circa 1980! However it was pleasant enough. Music in the lounges was very similar throughout and usually a bland combination of tea dance meets lift music.
Can't comment on the quality of the library books as they are kept under lock and key and can only be accessed at a few set times!
The trip down the fjords was spectacular. The waterfalls stunning. Our cabin at the centre aft of the ship was ideal for viewing as the ship enters the fjords early in the morning.
Overall a great cruise with interesting and quaint ports helped by the excellent weather in the high 70'sF throughout. Less
Published 07/16/09
Cabin review: Bal7345
Cabin 7345Great location in centre aft of ship. Average size. 2 sunchairs and small table. Bit of noise when doors open from wake and noise of engine and occasional slight vibration but worth it for the great views.
Port and Shore Excursions
Port 3 was Stavanger. Nice shopping centre with quaint shops. Many very expensive bars at the harbourside.
Lovely walk from ship past unesco listed houses and castle. Easy to walk round. Took train up to viewing point on hill where there is a shop, snack bar, nice walks and a great view over Bergen. Lovely children's swing park and kids woodland walk with carved wooden trolls and sculptures. There is a well marked path to walk back down to Bergen.
Arrived on a Sunday with most shops shut and temperature in the 80's. Nice walk round castle and round harbour side. However the town had a distinct dead feeling to it.
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NBA Free Agency 2014: Breaking Down Under-the-Radar Players Still AvailableJuly 30, 2014
It may seem this way following the rush of free-agent signings after LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony made their decisions, but the well is not dry on available players in the NBA offseason.
Sure, the A-listers are off the board, but nobody wins a championship with one or two star players only anyway. Picking up a critical role player between now and November could give a contender or two the piece it needs to get over the top.
With that in mind, let's take a look at some of the under-the-radar players who are still on the market.
In Jordan Crawford, we are talking about a guy who certainly generated plenty of buzz earlier in the offseason, as Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports noted:
Still, nobody has pulled the trigger on the guard yet.
Crawford averaged 11 points, 3.5 assists and 2.3 rebounds a night for the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics in 2013-14 and can stretch the defense by hitting the three-pointer. If nothing else, he can be an offensive boost off the bench for a team looking for scoring.
In fact, there are a number of top teams in the league that are so reliant on their defense that they don't have all the scoring needed to make a deep run. It would make some sense if these squads at least kicked the tires on Crawford this late in the offseason as a valuable part of a backcourt rotation.
He is only 25 years old, so there are theoretically a number of productive seasons on the horizon. He likely hasn't even hit his prime yet, so whichever squad lands Crawford for cheap this offseason could have a solid contributor off the bench at a bargain price.
Andray Blatche
Andray Blatche posted nightly averages of 11.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and one steal per game last year for the Brooklyn Nets behind 47.6 percent shooting from the field. Those numbers may not be eye-popping, but you would figure some team could find room for a double-digit scorer on the block.
Blatche is 27 years old but has been in the league for nine seasons, so he is a veteran with critical experience and somewhat of a fresh body. However, durability has been an issue at times (he failed to reach 75 games played in six different seasons).
Blatche checks in at 6'11" and 260 pounds and isn't afraid to mix it up down low to come away with rebounds and loose balls. He fights through contact and is a solid free-throw shooter for his size (72.5 percent in his career) as well.
There is always room in the NBA for a physical presence who can protect the rim against opposing superstars. Blatche certainly fits that bill.
Shawn Marion
It may seem strange to call Shawn Marion under the radar considering he was once a star in this league. Still, many people simply write him off at this stage of his career when we are talking about potential NBA contributors next season.
Yes, Marion is 36 years old, but he averaged 10.4 points and 6.5 rebounds a night last season for the Dallas Mavericks. He may not be the double-double threat he was every single night when he was in his prime, but his veteran leadership, length and solid defense make him an intriguing option.
That defense should not be overlooked, and Mavericks president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson commented on it recently, via Eddie Sefko of The Dallas Morning News:
That he guarded the toughest dude out there every night. He had to guard Kobe [Bryant]. He had to guard Kevin Durant. And he had to cover LeBron [James]. He did all that and did a terrific job for us.
We're definitely not sipping from the cup without him.
It is not difficult to envision a scenario where Marion signs with a contender and provides 15-20 minutes of formidable defense and timely rebounding every night on the way to the postseason. In a grueling NBA season, depth is key, and Marion would be a solid pickup for anyone.
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HESPERIA -- The city is poised to work with a balanced budget during the next fiscal year, and a finance director is hopeful more building permits will raise additional money.
Assistant City Manager Brian Johnson said revenue is projected to increase 1 percent over last year, delivering $71.1 million to city accounts.
Expenses are projected to decrease by 1 percent, bringing the 2014-15 budget to $77.9 million.
Though the shortfall will be covered by reserves — spent only for one-time expenses such as a final $500,000 payment on water rights and $305,000 for new digital storage capacity — every major operating fund but one will retain cash reserves of at least 10 percent, Johnson said.
"The Fire Department is having some financial challenges, but it's manageable," he said.
The city's fire services have been staffed under contract with San Bernardino County Fire since 2004, said Councilman Mike Leonard, a former city firefighter.
"The fire budget has always been an issue," he said, explaining the current problem in his view seems to hinge on a lack of communication between County Fire executives and the city.
The city gets a bill from County Fire and has little control over what is presented, Leonard said, and the situation is similar to the contract for police services provided by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
Leonard said he believes a reduction in property-tax revenue, due to adjustments in assessor valuations following the economic downturn and a lack of new development, hamper efforts to balance the Fire Department budget.
He is not optimistic things will turn around soon.
On the other hand, Johnson said after three years with no new single-family construction in Hesperia, the city received permit filings for 40 residences in the past seven months or so. He expects to receive construction permit requests for about 100 homes during the fiscal year beginning July 1.
One expense that was increased at council direction is the city's Street Rehabilitation Program, Johnson said. Originally budgeted for $2 million, it was upped to $2.5 million. That will provide additional slurry sealing to affordably meet residents' expectations for road improvements.
The City Council is expected to consider the 2014-15 budget at its June 17 meeting.
The Hesperia City Council meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays monthly at 9700 Seventh Ave. in Hesperia.
Gary Brodeur may be contacted at 760-951-6245 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @DP_gbrodeur.


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We all know whatever Nia Long plays in, it's gotta to be good, because in the past, she has played inspiring roles. It has been a long time since we have seen a good movie, featuring Nia Long. Nia Long will star in this new movie, along with three other women.
Thank goodness Tyler Perry is opening up doors for black celebrity actresses who possibly have had a difficult time in the Hollywood industry getting big roles in blockbuster films. Even in the 21st century, the Hollywood industry can be somewhat prejudice in choosing certain actresses and many black women are less likely to get leading roles to star in certain movies. So, we will look forward to seeing Nia Long in this upcoming film, Single Mom's Club in 2014.


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Zac Posen Resort 2014
As Zac Posen presented his resort collection Tuesday morning, Carole King's "Beautiful" played over the stereo: "You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face . . . you're gonna find, yes you will, that you're beautiful as you feel." At the risk of sounding corny or overly sentimental, it must be said that these were fitting words. Posen designs for a woman who wants to look pretty, feminine and glamorous on purpose (not hip or effortless or moody). So yes, she might actually be starting the day in a good mood—at least after she's put on, say, one of Posen's floral or butterfly-print chiffon pieces.
The collection ranges "from decadent to practical," Posen explained. The decadent: velvet-cotton pencil skirts embroidered with flowers, hand-painted tulle ruffled tops and, of course, evening dresses—from ball-skirted showstoppers to satin mermaid silhouettes. The practical (at least in Posen's world): separates such as a stretch silk-tweed coat and a ruched silk blouse, as well as a stretch double-scuba duchesse dress which looked like it would work miracles in the way of figure flattery. Per usual, each piece shows Posen's love of technique: pintucking, pleating, and all. And you'll find a mix of structure and softness. "You want support balanced with an ease and blousiness," he said. "That's how women dress today." But back to those ruffles: They are mixed media—tulle and chiffon together at times—and a bit off-kilter or "disorganized," Posen said. "We haven't had them in quite a while, but it felt like the right kind of joyous moment to have in the season." The designer's positivity is refreshing.


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Terror Squad, True Story (* * * out of four) Fat Joe's Bronx crew comes out slamming with its first album since the untimely 2001 death of rising superstar Big Punisher (Christopher Rios). The lineup has been shuffled a bit, with mainstays Joe, Armageddon and Prospect joined by Remy and Tony Sunshine, who replace the departed Triple Seis and Cuban Link. Remy's edgy lyrics and Sunshine's smooth crooning ensure that both newcomers waste no time making their presence felt. The Squad's assault on the airwaves is led by what could be the club anthem of the summer, Lean Back. Other standouts include the soulful Nothing's Gonna Stop Me, thug love jam Take Me Home and the pointed Pass Away. Bring 'Em Back pays homage to Pun and Big L (who worked with Fat Joe before a fatal shooting) and lets the late MCs have their say. Fat Joe is the unifying force throughout, and even with the changes, the Terror Squad is still pretty rugged. —Steve Jones
Lloyd, Southside (* *) Irv Gotti's newest protégé has stirred some heat with his guitar-kissed title track with Ashanti. As with most Gotti-supervised projects, the beats are hot and soulful. Unfortunately, the same can't always be said for thug-player Lloyd. He's at his best on such sexy ballads as Hey Young Girl and Cadillac Love, but lame street-oriented songs such as Hustler and I'm a G never really ring true. As a singer, Lloyd proves seductive; but as co-writer of all the songs, he shares the blame for their inconsistency. Maybe with experience, the pen will catch up to his voice. —Jones
Scissor Sisters (* * * ½) Dismissed by the hard-of-hearing as cabaret cutups, Scissor Sisters may have to crank up a few stereos and smash a few stereotypes to convince the mainstream that they aren't the new Village People. With three openly gay players, campy threads and unabashed dancefloor lust, the New York quintet (four men, one woman, no siblings) risks novelty status, but that threat evaporates in the glorious melodies, crackling rhythms and steely pop infrastructure that solidify these flamboyant, fresh and frisky tunes. Singers Jake Shears (a former go-go dancer) and Ana Matronic, bassist Babydaddy, guitarist Del Marquis and drummer Paddy Boom bring verve and nerve to discofied glam-rock that recalls early Elton John in the poignant Mary and roaring Take Your Mama and the Bee Gees in a radical makeover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb. While the Sisters get serious about New York's conservative crackdown in T*ts on the Radio and meth addiction in Return to Oz, the club never cools, especially when the mood turns Filthy/Gorgeous ("I'm a classy honey kissy huggy lovey dovey ghetto princess"). You go, grrrls. —Edna Gundersen
Edwin McCain, Scream & Whisper (* * ½) As the title of his first studio album in three years reinforces, subtlety has never been McCain's strong suit. Still, the singer/songwriter is more musically savvy and less mawkish than many of his navel-gazing peers. And as socially conscious tunes such as Good Enough and the more graceful White Crosses prove, McCain's earnestness isn't reserved for the kind of whiny solipsism that mars so much contemporary guitar-pop. —Elysa Gardner
Dave Alvin, Ashgrove(* * *) Ashgrove begins with a youth in a California folk-music club watching aging blues legends and wanting to be one of them. Now, decades later and two years shy of 50, ex-Blasters guitarist Alvin realizes he has come to identify all too well with them, their devastated relationships and their highway blues. Facing mortality and armed with only a six-string guitar, Alvin plays the blues because that's what he does. "I'm just trying to raise the ghosts up out of their grave," he sings, and on Everett Ruess and The Man in the Bed, he's so successful you can almost see the spirits rise. —Brian Mansfield
Todd Snider, East Nashville Skyline (* * *) Folks who think singer/songwriter Snider has never equaled Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues, the hidden track from his 10-year-old debut, may finally have found their follow-up. On songs such as Iron Mike's Main Man's Last Request and The Ballad of The Kingsmen, Snider is wordy, rambling and often tremendously funny. He hurls every epithet he can come up with at Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Males, then lumps every stereotype he can think of on himself, figuring everybody's "looking for someone to blame." And, he says, there's nothin' wrong with Nashville, where he lives, "that we can't fix in the mix." And when St. Peter sends him back from the Pearly Gates with a body full of broken bones, it's the most brutal joke of all — that, or a very painful second chance. —Mansfield
Bad Religion, The Empire Strikes First (* * *) In its 24th year, the veteran California punk band hasn't lost its venom, its muscle or its backbone. Empire opens with Overture, a menacing instrumental that sets the stage for a wave of vitriolic assaults. Many of these forceful anthems would dovetail nicely with vignettes in Fahrenheit 9/11, and none of them will be on the sound system at the Republican convention. Singer Greg Graffin unleashes outrage and indignation as he rails against the Bush administration in Let Them Eat War and other teeth-gnashing, guitar-grinding tunes on this seething manifesto. Urgent and timely, Empire also addresses environmental misuse (Los Angeles Is Burning), predatory priests (Sinister Rouge) and science/religion tensions (Atheist Peace), rendering the whines of skateboarder punks feeble and self-involved. The band doesn't leave melody and hooks out of the equation, making Empire one of the year's meatiest punk efforts. —Gundersen
Universal Honey, Vicious Circles (* * *) Fifty years or so after rock 'n' roll's birth, all mainstream pop-rock has become derivative: elements of the past recycled and recombined. The trick is to make it sound fresh, and this veteran Canadian male/female duo has the knack. There are echoes of ABBA, Fleetwood Mac, The Pretenders and even Black Sabbath (Circles' riff is a pop-wrought Iron Man variation), but the closest comparison is the underrated Swedish duo Roxette. Honey's Leslie Stanwyck and Johnny Sinclair share a flair for the glorious pop chorus, the insidious guitar figure and the deeply meaningless lyric that made Roxette's pop confections such a joy ride in the '90s. The Go Your Own Way-like Wasn't It You, Unlucky and Take the Long Way are the kind of straightforward, melodic delights that have been in sadly short supply so far this century. —Ken Barnes
Regina Belle, Lazy Afternoon (* * *) Veteran R&B star Belle breathes new life into an eclectic set of jazz standards, show tunes and R&B classics. Though the songs are familiar, the arrangements often are not, and the sultry singer — backed by a stellar George Duke-led band — puts her own stamp on them. She lets the groove build slowly on Fly Me to the Moon before it eventually takes off, and offers a bluesy take on Otis Redding's Try a Little Tenderness. Her impromptu riffing with her background singers on The Love I Lost/For the Love of You is a joy. The same can be said of other songs, such as the sexy Brazilian ballad Corcovado and the hopeful The Man I Love. It's a nice way to spend an afternoon. —Jones


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LONDON (Reuters) - The process of selecting the next governor of the Bank of England lacks clarity, a leading politician said on Thursday.
"I am concerned that the process for selecting the next governor lacks clarity," Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, wrote in a letter to finance minister George Osborne.
"I would be grateful if you could set out in detail the process envisaged for the appointment of the next governor ... The choice of the next governor will be perhaps the most important public appointment the government will make."
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Samsung's Galaxy Gear smartwatch suffers a number of usability problems, but one of its core issues--a confusing user interface--might soon get a reboot. USA Today reported Tuesday that Samsung is ditching Android, the system that currently runs underneath the Gear's user interface, and is replacing it with the HTML5 version of Tizen, Samsung's own homegrown, open-source OS.
In its report, USA Today ascribed the information to three anonymous sources, and said an updated Gear smartwatch will be revealed at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month.
Obviously, Samsung may not give its interface a complete makeover, as the Gear's current UI is just a skin that could run on top of either code base. But if the sources' information is correct, it indicates Samsung might be ready to make dramatic changes to its smartwatch--a wearable that needs dramatic changes, as my review explains.
Assuming Android is out and Tizen is in, Samsung would have to embark on a different approach to third-party apps. Software would be based on HTML5, and while this may attract more third-party developers--folks steeped in the knowledge of relatively simple web coding--it would also force the Gear's software platform to start from scratch. But perhaps this is a good thing. It's not like the smartwatch's current cadre of apps has any standouts that couldn't benefit from clean-slate makeovers.
So why Tizen? Why now?
As Google gets out of the smartphone hardware business, it's moving closer to connected devices like home appliances and wearables like Samsung's Galaxy Gear. That was Google's implicit messaging after it bought Nest Labs, and then sold Motorola to Lenovo--two huge deals in January. But even though Samsung will probably prove out as a net winner in the aftermath of the Motorola sale, the South Korean electronics giant still wants to enjoy as much self-determination as possible as the wearables market grows.
Thus Tizen, an operating system that Samsung essentially controls. It could be a good hedge against an impossibly powerful Google as Google Glass and an inevitable Google smartwatch take shape. Google is committing to wearables big-time, and Samsung is looking five years down the line. With Tizen, Samsung wouldn't have to cede any control of its wearables destiny to another company--as it does so now via its Android relationship with Google.
This story, "Next version of Galaxy Gear smartwatch will ditch Android for Tizen, report says" was originally published by TechHive.


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Kurt and Cynthia Noelker, Washington, announce the engagement of their daughter, Alyssa Noelker, Washington, to Devon Ward, Washington, son of Mike Ward, Washington.
Alyssa graduated from Washington High School. She is employed by Town-N-Country Lanes Bowling Center.
Devon graduated from Washington High School. He is employed by Washington Metal Fabrications.
The couple plan a Nov. 1, 2014, wedding.


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Spring pilgrimage was punishable by death under Saddam Hussein's regime. Megan Stack reports from Karbala.
Caked with sweat and blood, beating their breasts and whipping their backs, a million pilgrims poured through hot, bright streets, dazed from walking and frenzied with grief and self-flagellation.
"Where is the reckless Saddam now?" taunted the crowds, pushing their way toward the mosque. "The oppressors of the pilgrims to Karbala?"
They limped along on blistered feet, drew swords to slash their scalps and beat themselves with chains.
It was the first time in decades that Iraq's long-suffering Shiite majority has been allowed to perform its traditional spring pilgrimage to the tomb of Imam Hussein, grandson of the prophet Muhammad. Under the regime of Saddam Hussein, the rite - held each year on the anniversary of the grandson's death - was punished by torture, arrest and execution.
A jubilant crowd revelled in its newly recovered religious freedom with people beating themselves until the city centre reverberated with the sound of palms on flesh. Others whipped themselves with chains, and some cut themselves with blades, a rite forbidden even by leading clerics.
"Haidar, O Haidar," they cried in unison, calling one of the names of Imam Ali, the son-in-law of the prophet Muhammad, whom the Shiites consider his rightful heir.
Shiites remember Ali's bloody death at the hands of Sunni Muslims at the site of his murder in Karbala and wail out of shame that their ancestors failed to protect him and his two sons, Hussein and Abbas.
The boisterous predawn scene sent a clear and, to some, alarming message: Shiites cannot be ignored.
"This is the victory of right over wrong," pilgrim Irfan Asadi said. But beneath the trappings of incense, bullhorns and fluttering flags, the rowdy catharsis of liberation was tempered by deep uncertainty. Asked about their country's future, Shiites uttered the same two words over and over: Unstable and unclear.
"It's a great pleasure and liberty to be here, but we don't know what comes next," said Kadisia Hussain Abdul Wahid.
The old government is gone, but there is no new system to replace it. Shiites are divided over whether to welcome or shun US troops; over which religious leaders to follow; over whether it's better to have a democratic government, an Islamic republic or both.
"It is important to have an Islamic government," said Watha Ali, 23, who limped slowly toward the arches of Hussein's tomb. "Democracy? I think the Islamic government will be democratic."
On streets choked with writhing bodies, pilgrims prayed - and called for an end to US occupation. They sang of the heroic death of Imam Hussein - and of the cowardly collapse of Saddam. They clutched pictures of long-dead martyrs - and of modern-day holy men who are locked in a violent struggle for control of Shiite doctrine. It was a civic exhibition, a massive campaign rally and a call to arms.
All of this is an unfamiliar, even awkward, exercise for Iraq. The nation's 16 million Shiites have long been crushed into compliance by the Baath Party, which is made up of rival Sunni Muslims.
"Freedom has been inside us all along," said Hamed Hussein. "But until now we haven't practised it."
Pilgrims spoke in one breath of gratitude for the ouster of Saddam, and in the next of their rage at the presence of foreign troops.
"We really thank America very much, but they must leave our country now," said 37-year-old Abu Ali Basri. "Otherwise, we'll fight. Just look at these rallies: The people are ready to fight the invaders." Stone-faced worshippers clutched English-language signs in their fingers and held them out for the gaze of foreign journalists.
"We want justice, freedom, independence," read one sign. "Honorable Islamic scholars are our real representatives," said another.
In the absence of Saddam's government, Shiites have begun to take charge of municipal and judicial functions.
They are determined, and likely, to claim a large chunk of power in Iraq's new government.
"There's a vacuum in power," said Saad Naji Jawadi, a political analyst at Baghdad University. "Everybody is trying to take the law into their own hands."
And in the streets of Karbala, traumatised Shiites were still struggling to shake the shadows of the past. They hesitated before answering questions and sometimes cringed when asked their names. Some admitted they still feared the old regime and there were whispers that former government agents lurked in their midst.
The self-inflicted bloodletting was one sign that the clerics might not have such a strong hold over Iraq's Shiites.
"We prefer that if people spill blood, they do so by donating it to the sick," said Sheik Hamid Meyahi, a young cleric.
"But you must understand. These people are stressed because they've been oppressed for so long. It's an understandable outburst."
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