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SALT LAKE CITY — With two key regular season games remaining and the playoffs about a week away, the Utah Jazz had an encouraging development on the injury front today.
Starting center Mehmet Okur made it through Sunday morning's full practice. He left Wednesday's loss at Houston early and missed Friday's game in New Orleans with tendinitis in his Achilles tendon.
Usual starting small forward Andrei Kirilenko, who's missed nearly a month of action with left calf injuries, also participated in half of the Jazz's workout at the training center. He took part in all of the running and shooting drills but sat out the full speed five-on-five work, according to a team spokesman.
Both hope to return to the court either Tuesday or Wednesday, ideally both nights, before the Jazz enter postseason play next weekend.
"Yeah, I'll be out there probably (Tuesday at Golden State)," Okur said before practice Sunday — a day after an MRI revealed that his injury is tendinitis with no further tissue tears or damage.
"Feeling better today," Okur said, adding that it's not nearly as tight as it was when injuring it Wednesday in Houston.
"I'm glad it's not really big deal, my Achilles," he said. "And hopefully play last two games and be ready to go at playoffs."
As for Kirilenko, he is slowly but surely progressing and believes he'll play this week — in the regular season and playoffs.
"I'm definitely feel(ing) way better," he said.
Kirilenko, who's missed 13 of the past 15 games with calf injuries, said it might take him between three to five days once he's able to go all-out to get his conditioning back in tip-top shape. He plans on going "100 percent" when he returns, though it's hard not to think back and remember that he re-injured the same calf when he came back the first time after missing some games last month.7 comments on this story
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Coach Jerry Sloan said he still isn't sure whether he'll reinsert Kirilenko back into the starting lineup when he does return, saying that he's pleased with how wings C.J. Miles and Wesley Matthews have been playing in the starting lineup in his absence.
"It's been so long and these younger guys seem to be playing pretty good to get started. I don't know," Sloan said when asked if Kirilenko would resume his starting role. "That's a fair question; I just can't answer it directly right now."
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The Best Drinking Glass
The Duralex Picardie Tumbler is a design classic, and after an additional year of long-term testing we think it's the best drinking glass you can buy. Durable, lightweight, and more pleasurable to drink from than anything we looked at, we came to this conclusion after 28 hours of research and flinging dozens of glasses off a roof to see which could survive the drop.
We have always recommended the Picardie, but it wasn't always our top choice. We found less-expensive, more-durable glassware in our testing. But over the past year, as all our finalists sat side-by-side in our kitchen, the Picardie was the glass we reached for the most. It's a pleasure to hold and use, and over time it became clear that the added cost was justified—it's a well-crafted, balanced piece we used religiously while other options sat gathering dust.
Made in France of tempered glass that's durable enough to survive an 8-foot drop onto a linoleum floor, a Picardie tumbler will withstand everyday wear and tear while providing the best drinking experience. They're stackable, lightweight, and more comfortable to hold than anything else we found—no hefty, chunky bottom like a rocks glass, no wacky ridges on the outside to interrupt the feel of the piece on your fingers. Just a perfectly contoured glass. They didn't survive a fall onto concrete, but we think the pleasurable experience of drinking out of this stylish piece outweighs whether it survived our most extreme abuse test. The best glass is the one you use, and houseguests and testers reached for this glass more than anything else. There are multiple sizes available, from 3 to 17 ounces, and two alternate color options with limited sizes in marine and amber.Bormioli Rocco Rock Bar drinking glasses are a favorite all-purpose glass (also available in ice, peach, and mint colors). They have a less-fine lip and a ridge on the outside of the glass (which is what helps it stack) that's absent on our top pick. These two features really go the extra mile to make the Duralex glasses the best. But the Rock Bar glasses withstood 8 hours of freezing temperatures, boiling water, and other extreme abuse—we had to throw them off a roof and into a concrete lot just to get them to break—and they do all of this without being so heavy they'll damage the floor or cause carpal tunnel. These are also sold at Crate & Barrel under the name "Carley," but if you buy them from Amazon they cost $1-2 less per glass.
(If you're looking for wine or Champagne glasses, we have guides for those too.)
The Research
Why you should trust us
I have been researching and writing about glassware for Wirecutter for three years, and with a 10-year restaurant career behind me I've handled (and broken) almost every glass there is. I did 28 hours of research and testing, cross-checked material science with our in-house science editor Leigh Krietsch-Boerner, Ph.D, and applied what I already know from testing more than 100 wine, Champagne, and bar glasses to reach our decision.
We also spoke to an expert, Zachary Rudolph, an artisan glassblower for more than 18 years. He currently teaches classes at the Bay Area Glass Institute in Santa Cruz.
How we picked and tested
There are plenty of product roundups but we found no pre-existing research on the best qualities of the humble drinking glass, so we did two things: We researched the materials glasses are made out of, and we called up an expert glassblower.
Zachary Rudolph, an instructor at the Bay Area Glass Institute, told us a great glass "can't be too wide because you want to be able to get your hand around it. It should feel nice in your hand. It shouldn't be too heavy and when you bring it to your mouth to drink, your lips should just fit right around the rim, and it shouldn't get in the way of your nose. You also want a nice thick bottom so when you set it down it's not going to slide off the table." Many of us have probably seen a lightweight glass hydroplane across a wet table, so this makes sense.
Through research we also decided that a perfect all-purpose drinking vessel should be made of tempered glass, a process that heats and cools the glassware in a way that makes it more durable and break-resistant (read more about that here). And when it does break, it does so in a less dangerous manner than untreated glass, crumbling into dull bits (relatively speaking – it's still glass), as opposed to shards. This is what a kitchen needs!
We narrowed down the field with these criteria and ruled out restaurant options, like these Anchor Hocking glasses, because no matter where you look for them they're only available in packs of 32.
We chose eight finalists and ran three tests. We dropped each from a height of 42 inches (standard bar height—your kitchen table might be 30 inches or less) onto a linoleum floor. Survivors then got dropped 8 feet. We dropped them onto marble tile and then onto concrete. A few simply wouldn't shatter until we chucked them from 8 feet into a concrete lot. In the end, we broke them all and charted our results.
In addition, we did two temperature tests. We pulled hot glasses from the dishwasher and immediately filled them with ice water. We also took glasses that had been in the freezer for hours and filled them with boiling water. We were trying to get them to crack.
Tempered glass is not meant to withstand constant temperature fluctuations, so we don't recommend doing this all the time. But it should still be able to withstand some abuse. When every mug in the house is filthy and the coffee must go in something, that glass needs to suck it up and do its job.
Finally, with an apartment full of company for a week, we filled the kitchen cabinets with two of every style of glass to see what people gravitated towards most. We didn't mention anything about a test. We just watched.
Our pick
Our favorite all-purpose glass is the Duralex Picardie because using it feels great. But it also has less abstract qualities that make it ideal tableware—it's made of shatter-resistant tempered glass, it's lightweight enough that lifting it isn't a chore, it stacks in cabinets, and it fits in the dishwasher. In the pantheon of drinking vessels, Duralex is the heritage brand; they're the Pendleton, Filson, or Heath Ceramics of glassware. They also happen to perform better than anything else out there.
There are two boring features that make it worth the money—the thinness of the lip of the glass and the contoured surface on the outside, which catches the way your fingers wrap around the glass perfectly. These small details are what make this glass a pleasure to use. Do you really need your glassware experience to be satisfying? Hell yes, you do: You'll use them every day, multiple times a day, for the next couple years or even decades. Our houseguests reached for this glass more than any other we had.
In our break tests, the Picardie wasn't the last man standing, but it did survive a fall from 8 feet onto a linoleum floor. That's reasonable for something made of glass, so if you bump it off a counter that's 3 feet high (slightly taller than kitchen table height) there's a good chance it won't break.
There were other options that could take a fall onto concrete, but they're extremely heavy glasses. A 12-ounce Picardie weighs 9 ounces. The same-sized IKEA Pokal weighs 13.5 ounces, and the cooler-sized Libbey Gibraltar weighs almost an entire pound (15 ounces), more like a blunt weapon than tableware. These glasses are so heavy that drinking water out of them feels weird, like a mismatch of form and function.
All the glasses, including the Picardie, survived our hot-to-cold and cold-to-hot tests, so if you dump your ice-cold drink into a warm glass straight out of the dishwasher, it should be fine. The Duralex also stack better than any glass we looked at, nesting neatly together without getting stuck or chipping. We tested 12-ounce glasses, which are an excellent all-purpose size. If you're a guzzler and want a pint glass, both our picks also come in a 16-ounce size.
From the beginning the Duralex Picardie seemed like the frontrunner. It's the only glass we found that has actual reviews. It made the Saveur 100 a few years ago, The Kitchn loves it, and The Guardian once declared the Picardie one of the top 10 "classics of everyday design."
Remodelista has included them in their roundup, calling them "A French classic, well suited for drinks from wine to water." In an article about the Top 10 Glasses the Picardie is the winner, and their praises are sung at Apartment Therapy: "They're simple, durable, versatile. They're stackable, comfortable to hold, and the perfect weight. And, amazingly, they're inexpensive."
Flaws but not dealbreakers
Glass can still break. After all, it's glass. The fact that we can drop it, heat it, chill it, bump it, topple it, jam it in the dishwasher, toast with it, chuck it in cabinets, and pound it onto a table over and over again for years is kind of an everyday miracle.
The Bormioli Rocco Rock Bar glasses survived all but the most extreme of our drop tests and they are lightweight, dishwasher-safe, and extremely compact when stacked. In fact, they were our former top pick, but over time we've come to notice how important the extra attention to detail is on the Picardie.
But the Bormioli are still one of our favorites and share all the best qualities of our top choice, just to a less refined degree. They come in a wide range of sizes and even a few colors and are less expensive than our top choice. Should you need to replace one, they're available all over. Amazon, Crate & Barrel, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Target all carry these in various sizes.
Of the four glasses that survived the most extreme drop, two of them were from Bormioli. So if you have finished concrete floors in your house and bump this off a table, there's a good chance it'll survive.
In addition to our own research, there are eight product pages on Amazon for Bormioli Rock glasses, none of which have an average rating of less than 4.5 stars. And on Crate & Barrel's own product pages, reviews for the Carley (which are these exact glasses) are resoundingly positive.
Why are my glasses exploding?
Drinkware can be made of delicate leaded crystal, borosilicate, or non-heat-treated soda-lime. However, the most durable, all-purpose drinkware tends to be made of tempered glass. When a glass is pulled out of the furnace, the piece is set aside to cool down all at once. But tempering means the glass is cooled down in two steps––first the outside layer is solidified quickly with blasts of cool air, then the inside is left to slowly come to room temperature on its own. As the inside cools down, it pulls at the stiff, already cooled outer layer, which puts everything under tension—crudely speaking, the glass is sort of pressing itself together. This is what makes our top picks so durable.
If something throws the tension in the glass out of balance, like banging it roughly on a table, it will break. Constantly subjecting your glasses to extreme temperature changes can ruin the balance, too. And unlike untreated glass, which isn't under any kind of pressure and just cracks in one place, a tempered glass will shatter completely, falling apart into tiny chunks. If you look closely, in this slowed-down footage of one of our glass drops, you can see a piece of tempered glass press itself apart long after the glass hits the ground:
So if you've ever read about a glass just "spontaneously shattering," that's what happened—the pressure released and blew the thing apart. It's a reality of the technology and it happens, but it shouldn't be common. We have had both of our top picks for more than a year and never had one break—if you find you have a set that keeps falling apart, it could be a manufacturing defect.
And while it's never good to have a glass break on you, the small, dull-ish chunks that result from tempered glass breaking are actually good news—this is why tempered glass is known as safety glass, because it breaks into small pieces. Therefore no large sharp glass shards fall on you and cut you up and massively ruin your day.
IKEA Pokal – At less than a dollar each, IKEA products always makes us wonder—is this money well spent? And does it even matter since they're so cheap? The Pokal glass was one of the most durable we tested, making it all the way to the final round of dropping. But they're heavy—13.5 oz—and they don't stack. We think you'll be happier putting that extra few bucks towards one of our other choices.
Bormioli Bodega – Nice basic glasses, but they stuck together when stacked and don't have the thick bottom we were seeking.
Schott Zwiesel Tritan Convention – A barware glass, we wanted to see how Schott's Tritan glassware could survive getting thrown on the floor. We were surprised to see those razor-thin glass walls survive fall after fall. However, this is the glass broke the floor. They don't stack and are by far the most expensive option.
Libbey Classic Collection – We considered these because they come in affordable sets. Unfortunately, two arrived broken in the box, and they didn't survive a fall from any height.
Luminarc Working Glasses – The lip is so thick that it's not pleasant to drink out of, and the glass itself is very wide. They're neat storage containers (they come with lids), but that's exactly the problem: You feel like you're drinking out of a storage container.
Care and maintenance
Though we stress-tested our glasses, tempered glass isn't meant to withstand extreme hot/cold temperature changes, so try to avoid abusing glasses that way. Porcelain and stoneware are better at handling hot liquids, so put your daily cup of coffee in those.
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When you do anything for five decades, especially when you do it as skilfully and warmly as Mac McGarry did, you can touch many lives without even noticing. As the host of "It's Academic" for 50 years, Mac McGarry saw hundreds of nervous high schoolers pass through his gantlet of trivia. I was one of them. And on behalf of that nerdy high schooler, I just wanted to say: Thank you, Mac McGarry, for making us feel like rock stars.
Growing up, Saturday mornings at 10 were sacrosanct. "It's Academic" was on, with Mac McGarry and three teams from local high schools, first buzzing in to answer general questions, then each team receiving a round of questions from one of three envelopes (the terror of selecting the envelope!) and then a grab-bag free-for-all. Over pancakes, I shouted answers at the screen and dreamed of one day joining the ranks of those trivia gods who battled it out on the screen and got to touch the hem of Mac's robe.
My mom and I managed to find an old book of "It's Ac" questions and we practiced with it until I had the questions memorized along with the answers. ("DUMB OR GLUM," for instance, was the phrase in which you would find hidden the last name of Gutzon Borglum, carver of Mount Rushmore.)
When I got to high school, actually making it on television was a dream come true. Mac was just as gentlemanly as he seemed, and he actually took the trouble to pronounce your name right. As someone with the last name Petri (it's PEE-try, not Pet-REE or Pay-tree or Pet-Ry) I have grown to expect any number of strange variants. But Mac took the time to ask. "Pea try," I said, "like a vegetable that's making an effort." And he remembered when I came back the next year. I wasn't surprised to learn that he spent an hour on the phone with the Russian embassy checking the pronunciation of a word.
"It's Academic" was a charmed alternate universe where nerds were king and your friends showed up with handmade signs with encouraging slogans — "THE FORCE WILL BE WITH YOU" "DARTH SAYS WIN" "JESUS LOVES WINNERS" (speedily amended to "JESUS LOVES SECOND-PLACE FINISHERS" once the match ended). You almost believed the rest of your life was going to be like this. You would walk into a bar and announce, "I can identify the flags of all nations!" and men would swoon and an adoring public would seize you on its shoulders and bear you aloft. Knowing the presidents by number would be a skill that actually came in handy, rather than just a series of facts that was always less impressive than you hoped, given how much effort was required to work it into conversation.
And this magical world of "It's Academic" was thanks in great part to Mac. You knew you'd made it if you got to meet Mac McGarry, whether you won or not. "It's Ac" gave me many of my most treasured friendships and a wealth of great memories (and I'll never forget who carved Mount Rushmore). I'm sure countless others can say the same. Thank you for everything, Mac.


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mikee (2354) 2011-08-02 11:14
Hi Raajaysh
Lovely girl, unfortunate situation. Misery and injustice are two of the top attributes describing humanity throughout its history.
Your composition is of good quality with wonderful light and colors. Great close-up.
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photographydoc (92) 2012-03-17 23:31
Hi Raajaysh, lovely girl. It's sad that this child alone with millions of other children living in a worn torn country a country in war, and that there are lots of less fortunate children living in poverty and only survive by begging. Very sad. Why can't our western societies like the U.S, Australia, U.K ect try and help these poor children living a harsh life in Afghanistan and also other poor countries.
The lighting, composition and close up is perfect she seems like a lovely child.
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metalheadrunner (1)You're really not sorry, Radke? Then the evil really did win. Your dog Charlie could do be...battleinthenorth (2)A mis-matched trainwreck of an album that boasts just three listenable songs compared to a...Snide (3.5)Where chaos and functionality collide...merpmerp (1)They really don't give a fuck anymore....
Epicenter (1.5)First place at the vanity fair....Drubbi (3)How are you holding up, Ronnie?...pillowhard (3)Falling in Reverse uses many elements to create a thrilling and diverse album....willchambers216 (2.5)Originally unoriginal. Bearably unbearable....
Drazor1 (1.5)Ronnie should just go solo already......Outkast150 (2)A disappointing piece of work to success their "decent" debut....
Album Rating: 1.5Probably gonna get alot of negs. First review in a few weeks
Album Rating: 1.5Pos'd largely because I agree with your sentiments and you expressed them well enough.
I'd suggest a couple of edits soonish though, the third paragraph could use some commas and a little better organization. Otherwise, pretty well done.
Album Rating: 1.5Thanks man I probably will edit in a bit. And I know. I was disappointed
He's not going to lose his fan base because of this.
Yeah, he's really not. They love that idiot.
Album Rating: 1.5Most people around where I live are burning their shirts and hating on FiR now. I hate this album, but there are some points where it is well done
Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off "The lyrics are actually tolerable and at times they sound refined however the failed dubstep beat takes away from this and leaves it terribly unappealing."
Uh, that's not a dubstep beat. That's a 8-bit song. You know, like the one use in the old Mario games. Still, overall, its a pretty good review. POS!
Album Rating: 1.5Thanks man! it sounded like dubstep to me though.
Album Rating: 5.0dear god that first sentence
Album Rating: 1.0yeah, egotistical prick kinda is a bit over the top. you could try and say something else which doesn't show your disdain for him.
Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound OffYeah, I agree with Neo. It kind of makes you a bit bias to hating this. We try to leave our personal opinions of musicians life outside of music out of the review.
Album Rating: 3.5As a post whatever album this fails but as a pop album its awesome
so this album is bad, check.
Album Rating: 1.0The first sentence is 100% spot on.
Digging: Polaris (AUS) - The Mortal Coil
Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound OffIt's funny that you think this album will make him lose fans.
Clearly you know nothing (Jon Snow) about this band or its fans.
Album Rating: 3.0"The rest of the album follow this lead, being egotistical and trying to talk about his life is better than everyone else"
please never write again.
Album Rating: 1.0 | Sound OffRonnie will truly feel "Alone" after he loses his fan base from this
Umm...the fact that he has that fanbase in the first place should be proof enough that this will change nothing.
Album Rating: 1.5I'm gonna rewrite most of it later. I found alot of errors myself
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A picture paints a thousand words... but these 3 before-and-after images in California (over a period of just 3 years) suggest only 3 words - "What a Disaster"
A picture paints a thousand words... but these 3 before-and-after images in California (over a period of just 3 years) suggest only 3 words - "What a Disaster"
Its so bad its causing earthquakes...
Those lakes and rivers should pick a depth and stick to it. Doesn't nature realize that it is supposed to be a static and unchanging backdrop?
Watch for around 32,000,000 folks to start migrating east...
If you like your lake......fuck you!
So serious that it's been causing out of control inflation for decades, even before the drought started.
Aww, who am I kidding? It's under control.
Clearly Mother Nature is a terrorist and should be placed on the no fly list.
Speaking of which..
Now would be a good time for that nuclear false flag on Vegas before Mead dries up.
I'm sure Adelson has doubled his insurance already...
I know some people who paid an extra $180 grand on top of the house price for their waterfront property. Now, they have a wonderful view of the mud flats. On a 'good day' they may see some frogs.
Desalination plants powered by human hamster wheels. You can use all you produce for free at your residence.
The Californian drought isn't serious at all. Mother Earth is doing just fine. I'm tired of all the alarmists.
I'd give a few sleeves of maples for the minutes from that McCain meeting with his ISIS boyfriends...
Upwater storage is Lake Almanor of which my family owns one the olders cabins on the Lake (resevoir).
Storage is WAY above the big drought years (see graph!).
The LOWER resevoir, Oroville, the Durden Twins of LA have posted, doesn't mean shit.
Here is the official flows from (Lee Marvins) upwater.
They have learned to keep precious cold water HIGHER to allow the salmon fingerlings to hatch.
Nor Cal ain't out of water yet. The South Central Valley, So Cal (Jew Movie Landia) and Vegas Baby are!
Fuck off and pack a load!
lostsierrahoedown.com Sept 18th-21st historic Johnsville Skibowl circa 1860.
Here is a taste with headliner Dead Winter Carpenters of West Shore Tahoe
If these are worse photos to sensationalise the topic, then you haven't a problem. I lived in Oz where lakes were dry for years. When I mean dry you could walk across the bottom and not get muddy shoes.
People need to learn ways to conserve, recycle, and do without!
"conserve, recycle, and do without" that doesn't sound very american
at least they should be able to do some good maintenance on those bridge supports, if not why not???
we can't buy enough water with food stamps, (oh excuse me SNAP) and then fill the lake back up. 46 million on food stamps, ten gallons each, maybe 460 million gallons can do something no
Man, everyone is so negative. This ain't a problem; it's an opportunity (to do some near free maintenance on those bridge foundations, etc. Look at the bright side, Guys.
Are you suggesting the source of salt water would be the radioactive Pacific?
Maybe ab ebola false flag? It is natural and organic.
Talking about a complete waste of water, Vegas comes to mind.
Maybe ab ebola false flag? It is natural and organic.
Talking about a complete waste of water, Vegas comes to mind.
Thanks for the Vegas False Flag link. It makes a good argument. Glad I don't live there, but I am downwind, so not good if they "pull it".
Mother Nature my ass:
Great info desertification . http://youtu.be/vpTHi7O66pI
no bones, thx for the good link
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This shows the REAL reason for the California drought (along with chemtrails, of course). It is AMAZING that hurricane Julio is still shown on the visible satellite, but it DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. The other three satellite images prove that it was destroyed by a HAARP downburst of dry air, on August 13, but on the next day, the visible satellite image is still showing it, like nothing happened.
The tropical depression Julio was killed before it could be pulled over to California, by the jetstream. This would have brought tons of rain to California, and Oregon, but it is now destroyed, so the California drought is extended another month.
The Gakona HAARP kills EVERY low pressure system, while it is still over the Pacific, before it can bring rain to the west coast. Several of my videos prove this is happening, so to hide the breakup of this strong tropical depression, they killed it when it was 2,000 miles from California.
It was killed, very suddenly, over a six hour period, for no apparent reason, while spinning over warm water, and no jetstream to tear it apart. To avoid the suspicion that HAARP did it, they decided to STILL show it on the satellite maps, even though it is GONE!!!
The people of California must start talking about who is buying up their private water rights. You will find many land owners have sold out, for large sums of money, and the people who bought those rights are the prime suspect in the man-made California drought.
A comment there: "CA is the salad bowl of the US and is NOT a GMO' ed state! Another reason for the drought effect by the mad scientists."
Doesn't anyone read the papers? The problem in California is 'white flight', as clearly depicted in this satellite photograph from an official site:
If people would stop drinking the stuff we wouldn't have these problems.
The Feather can fill up in a heart beat. This is Nor Cal bitchez.
The snow will fly and the salmon will spawn, Nor Cal will make it...it's those idiots down south that won't make it.
Nor Cal will always thrive bitchez.
FYI Burning Man is on "mud hold" as it just poured all over the Northern Sierra.
"The snow will fly and the salmon will spawn, Nor Cal will make it...it's those idiots down south that won't make it."
Those idiots in SoCal will make it because they steal a good portion of NorCal's water.
Sacramento has two large rivers that flow through it but has the most draconian water restrictions in the State to keep most of the water flowing south.
UMMM, Sacramento residences don't even have fucking water meters. :P
I know I paid a flat rate of $52 a month when I lived there 20 years ago. Why would a meter be necessary when the city says what I should pay?
My Father managed the hydro at this lake for 40 years. This is NOT Lake Mead and never will be, get that shit straight. Oregon doesn't have a shed like this! The Feather will always re fill.
R u kidding? how can you be controlled if they don't have data on you. I hv 2 friggin meters, so they can keep track of my house and shop. I pay double meter fee.
San Francisco steals all of its water from the Hetch Hetchy. Absolutely destroying one of the greatest natural sites in the world.
SF has been stealin that water forever. The eco system has already adapted. Imagine the lunkers at the bottom of Hetch Hetchy if you could get a lure down there.
the un is telling ignorant detroiters water is a right and absolutely free and the obomaites have bit the hook. why are they so stupid?
Detroit and Chicago will sign a deal to sell great lakes water to California by way of the Great Obama Pipeline, paid for with government Obama bonds. Canada will sue and then agree that socialist redistribution applies to water as well as all other property.
3 winters ago I skied 15 feet of snow on July 5th. A drought in Nor Cal isn't teh same as a drought in So Cal. Granted the Central Valley goes offline the nation eats Chilean veggies year round. That said, Nor Cal will always be an oasis for the hunter/gatherer who can make his way. So Cal and Vegas Baby are a complete and seperate can of worms.
Amen. Water in the west is just another Government "solution"
Lake Shasta is as bad or worse but they keep releasing heavy for the smelt and salmon runs. If you go to Whiskeytown Lake its full to the brim.... Just saying maybe they shouldn't release so much. :P
I get a kick out of the californians telling us it's not that bad, overblown by press, etc.
Their fear is palpable.
Mr Yellen can just print water. Right?
Well she can print the money to buy the water from, uh... the chinese?
oh wait no they are already buying their water from us.
Hey look over there! The Emmys!
I spent 45 years in So CA. So CA is a desert and yes of course there are droughts, it's a regular thing.
I'll consider thinking it's serious when gold courses turn brown and there's no longer any water in the swimming pools.
This is all about money.
I love it when morons say they lived somewhere a long time ago and assume nothing changed.
A lot of muni course closed or were sold to private companies because they couldn't afford the water. But yes -- nothing will be solved until people pay the actual cost of their water. It's all wasted because the subsidized prices are artificially low.
I they stopped drinking it from swimming pools, sprinkler systems, dishwashers, and washing machines they would probably be okay......but civilisations die out when the water evaporates
Folks in Cali need to just get smaller boats... it's all relative guys.
Oh, and isn't California basically a desert? Last time I lived there it was. What do you expect? Nothing to see here guys... move on.
California needs to pass a law mandating that it needs to rain more, should help.
California will soon run out of Nevada and Oregon's water too, 'cause we're all in it together right?


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Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival
Friday, October 16, 2009
Okay, stop us if you've heard this one: Sarah Silverman, Patton Oswalt and Lizz Winstead walk into a bar on U Street.
Good one, right?
Except that it's true. Dozens of comedians from Los Angeles and New York are headed to Washington next week, lured here by the Bentzen Ball, an upstart comedy festival that will place them in venues better known for drinking, dance parties and bands.
Many of the performers you know because they're movie stars (such as Oswalt or Paul Rust) or television regulars (Laura Silverman or Natasha Leggero), or because they once made a viral video insinuating some pretty naughty goings-on with Matt Damon (ahem, Sarah Silverman). On the festival's busy days, they will flit from the Black Cat to Bohemian Caverns to the 9:30 club to HR-57, sometimes doing two shows a night. (You get the sense it will be hard to walk up 14th Street NW without bumping into a comedian.)
The ball is the biggest event ever attempted by the Web site Brightest Young Things. Comic Tig Notaro approached the editors about doing a festival, and they signed on to help pull the logistical strings while she enlisted her comedian friends.
For BYT, the Bentzen Ball (named for the Danish doctor who laughed so hard watching "A Fish Called Wanda" in 1989 that he died) represents a new effort to branch out.
"I think we were a little bit ready to do something different -- meet some new people, try some new formats," says editor Svetlana Legetic. "This is more fun for us in a sense, in that we are learning, we are pushing ourselves."
We caught up with five of the festival's performers to talk about their comic adventures and the appeal of performing in Washington.
Tig Notaro
Tig Notaro had been to the city only once, to perform in last year's DCcomedyfest, when she met up with a BYT writer for an interview and ended up befriending the whole crew. After the demise of that festival, Notaro set in motion an event of her own, calling in a few of her best friends to help. (She is, for example, BFFs with Sarah Silverman and appears on "The Sarah Silverman Program.")
Next year, her inner circle may get even bigger: She'll be playing mom to Kristen Stewart's Joan Jett in the movie "The Runaways," due out next year.
What are your impressions of Washington?
It's funny, because I'm sure to the rest of the world, D.C. is this city full of business suits and monuments, and I have been firmly lodged into the arts and party world of D.C. I forget there is a president in town.


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I believe you about the rigidity. 48 or so may be the extent of single surface's capability, that's even pushing it, IMO... The problem is it's not as easy to just roll the LE over on a swept planform to use a Jedesky-style airfoil on a swept wing.
Keep the faith! The goal is worthy of the quest
vik, nice project!
I love the bird like models.
I've build one a while ago. wanted to have one that could compete with the buzzards that are flying around in light lift.
it was all made of 3mm depron (AUW 120g). jedelsky profile. aileron, elevator control. crucifix tail like yours.
it didn't fly so well: was a bit tricky to balance, wings were too flimsy (had no stiffening spar) and were flapping wildly Roll control was miserable...
If I build it again I willgo with RET (rudder elevator thrust) control.
good luck with your next flight! it's absolutely cool1
SOARBIRD is flying very well!
I finally got a morning without gusty winds, so even though the thermometer was sitting on 11 degrees early, I headed out to work out SOARBIRD's setup / flying details.
The first two packs were flown with the BPHobbies 8x6 folding prop, but it was quite obvious by the end of those flights that, even on the 3S LiPoly packs, this prop was not generating enough thrust- SOARBIRD was climbing anemicly and stalling repeatedly.
The fix? I quickly ran back to the shop and installed the MULTIPLEX 9.5x6.5 folding prop. (By the time I was heading back down to the flying area, the thermometer had made it up to 25 degrees... balmy!)
What A DIFFERENCE a prop makes!!!
This prop REALLY generates a lot more thrust, and SOAREBIRD was off & climbing nicely!
I played with battery positioning / balance and elevon reflex, ending up with the amount of reflex shown in the last photo below.
Four ravens cruised by to check out the new bird in the neighborhood, and while I think they were trading derisive remarks among themselves about SOARBIRD's flying style, they did not crowd him too closely.
After running back to the shop once more to do a quick job on the elevon linkages & wing tip tempering, I decided to finish off my morning by flying some gusty crossing winds in the small bowl just across the road from my house. It handled the challenge well, but as the wind direction was continuing to shift even farther around to an unfavorable direction, I decided to call it enough for the morning... (it was time to recharge all of the batteries again, anyway...)
I did stiffen the elevon linkages before the last flight- (I added a section of carbon fiber rod, bound to the 1/32" music wire with kevlar thread & thin Cya glue), and it did help. At high speeds / full throttle with the Multiplex folding prop, there had been a tendancy to induce some oscilations / flutter into the wing tips. I also used the heat gun judiciously to 'temper' some of the BlueCor in the wing tip area before that last flight in the gusty crossing winds, and I'd say it did improve control response, as it resulted in a bit more rigidity in those areas.
By the way: I mounted the Multiplex folding prop on a prop saver, which works great! - K.I.S.S. RULES!!!
Final assessment after this morning's flying?
SOARBIRD really IS COOL!!!
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Congratulations Bruce on your Soarbird. Perhaps it could be a bird of prey and you can bring it over to my place in the summer to take out all the gophers on Lost Creek International Airpark. Maybe you can take it bird hunting also for pheasants and grouse . Anyway the rest of your flying friends here over the pass are anxious to see your bird.
Lookin' good Bruce!
I'm following this one closely. It's just what I've been searching for. I sure do miss CO. I never should've let the missus talk me into moving. It looks like you're near treeline. That would put you at about 10.5K to 11K, right? I imagine it will really float down here near sea level.
What do you think about a very light FG skin (applied with Polycrylic) over those wings to add some stiffness? It would also reinforce that dihedral joint. The small amount of added weight would improve penetration in those gusty conditions too.
You could stiffen the wings a lot more by closing in the bottoms of them. This would help the penetration much more as well.
Looks Great
I knew you could do it.
I debated once about trying to hot-wire some foam wings in this shape but it was a bit beyond my skill and patient level. A man just about need to make up about 3 sections per side to get all the curves, sweep, and reflex.
That's where bluecore works great. Just needed to be stiffened up some.
Great job Viking
My home sits at 10,300 feet; this flying site in the flats is just about 10,100 feet elevation... (Sherman is one of Colorado's many 14'ers.)
Brad & Speedo & SPFD,
I'm inclined to build out another different high speed / high wind wing version, and leave this wing very light; [the heat tempering of the BlueCor foam in the wing tip area, along with stiffening the elevon linkages, did add enough more rigidity to have it handling the gusty cross-winds in the tight tree-lined bowl just in front of my house quite well...]
Heavily undercambered airfoils are not really good above certain speeds, so Brad's sugestion of closing in the bottom of a Bluecor wing, or SPFD's comment on hot-wiring a wing would probably be more appropriate than just stiffening the Bluecor single layer wing. A BlueCor wing closed off on the bottom with DocuLam film might be a good next design step for SOARBIRD.
SOARBIRD is really quite flyable as it is, within it's own performance envelope limitations.
I've cut some EPP wings with hot wire, (*kitted a couple of designs on a limited basis) and am definitely thinking of going that way on a later generation; this build log thread is focused on a more simple undercambered Bluecor winged slow flyer / cruiser that most builders can knock out without going into hot-wire techniques & equipment.
Hey!- the snowfall stopped, sun's out, & the winds aren't blowing- time to get off the computer soon & get out & FLY... I'll go find a slope for SOARBIRD to cruise today!
SOARBIRD does now have it's own page on my web site; I'll be adding new information there, as well as on this discussion thread:
Last edited by viking60; Nov 12, 2006 at 12:33 PM.
From what I've dug up so far, it looks like the airfoil Bill Evans used was similar to an ESA40; here's a link to one page in the NASG Airfoil Database on it:
Looks like a good flying wing airfoil with a reflexed trailing edge; no horizontal stabilizers were used, but very large vertical stabilizers were always used in Bill Evans' designs. Here's a link to a thread with a lot of his plans:
Last edited by viking60; Nov 12, 2006 at 11:56 PM.
53" Wingspan SOARBIRD now in the works
I ended up back in the shop instead of out flying on Sunday.
I'm already building another prototype SOARBIRD. This one is being built with a 53" span, and I'm also adding an elevator on the bird's tail, so I can test that variant for control response / stability in higher winds & gusty wind conditions, in comparison to the first SOARBIRD. Both will be in the air next weekend if all goes well.
I've built in about three to four degrees downthrust into the motor installation on this new body / fuselage. Either wing will mount on either fuselage, as they will have the same root chord and mount spacing, so I'll be able to swap out parts & test all of the variations.
More Later!
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Hi allI knew about cocos2d-x about two weeks ago and started. So far, I haven't got anything running yet. I saw HelloWorld only one day.
I've been struggling with issue for a week now. I really want to start my project so if anyone knows or has idea how to resolve this problem. Please share.
before I begin, my OS is Win7ndk-r9ccocos2d-x-3.0beta2python33and I use Eclipse
I fixed the problem from build_native.py where print "something" should be in () so I edited them to be print ("something")and there was seperator problem at line number 140so i indenteded them well. So build_native.py is works (but still gives an error about glfw3.h)
I fixed indentation of Android.mk with variable LOCAL_SRC_FILES where the indentation is not in TABS but 8 spaces. After I did this, build_native.py started to compile
Above took me about 5 days. So don't want to waste my time this time. Please super developers help me OUT!! please:::
build_native.py gave me an following error:cocos2d-x-3.0beta2\projects\MyGame\proj.android../cocos2d\cocos\2d\platform\desktop\CCEGLView.h:31:19: fatal error: glfw3.h: No such file or directory
So I searched where glfw3.h is. it was in \external\glfw3\include\win32(and mac). So I opened CCEGLView.h and replaced glfw3.h with "blah\win32\glfw.h"
it didn't give me missing glfw3.h error but gave me this:win32\glfw3.h:162:23: fatal error: GL/gl.h: No such file or directory
I searched where gl.h is but I couldn't find it under cocos2d-x-3.0beta2 but there was GL folder at about 7 locations.
I couldn't do anything by myself from this point. So i'm asking you for a help.
I don't know what's happening. All I wanted to see is HelloWorld with ailen-looking-coco smiling at me (may be not smiling). I attached screenshots that might be helpful if you have a look at it
Summary:glfw3.h is missing from CCEGLView.h
screenshots.egg.zip (314.2 KB)
this is the same problem:http://www.cocos2d-x.org/forums/6/topics/44009
go to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17768008/how-to-build-install-glfw-3-and-use-it-in-a-linux-project and install GLFW3l and make again
I installed glfw but the flag is -lgflw3 but not -lgflw.Is there any way to change it from -lgflw to -lgflw3 during compilation on linux?
Linking CXX executable bin/MyGame
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lglfw
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [bin/MyGame] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/MyGame.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
This helped me http://www.wizardvanblog.com/blog/cocos-2d-x-30-cceglviewh-fatal-error-glfw3h-no-such-file-or-directory/


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Polls Open in Tanzania
Around 10 million Tanzanians went to the polls Sunday in a batch of elections which are likely to give union President Benjamin Mkapa another five years in office.
Mkapa was first in line at the polling station in Bunge primary school in the center of Dar es Salaam at 7 am (0400 GMT), declaring: "I've voted for the victory of my party."
Voters across the United Republic of Tanzania, which includes Zanzibar, will vote for a union president and for members of a union parliament and of local councils.
Voters in the semi autonomous state of Zanzibar will in addition vote for their own president and for members of Zanzibar's House of Representatives.
In Zanzibar, there are widespread fears that violence might accompany the announcement of election results and some residents have taken precautions for such an eventuality by sending away wives and children and by stocking up on food.
In all, 13 parties are contesting the elections, with four of them fielding candidates for the union presidency and just two for Zanzibar's presidency.
CCM candidate Mkapa's rivals are Ibrahim Lipumba for the CCF, Augustine Mrema for the Labor Party and John Cheyo of the United Democratic Party.
In Zanzibar, Amani Abeid Karume is fighting to keep the presidency with the CCM, while Seif Shariff Hamad is determined to win it for the CUF.
On the mainland, the divided nature of the opposition fuels a general conviction that Mkapa will win another term of office and that the CCM will win a parliamentary majority.
Between 200 and 250 international observers are in the country for the elections which, at least on the mainland, they feel will be free and fair.
In Zanzibar, the CUF has complained about a variety of alleged electoral irregularities, especially regarding voter registration, police harassment and unequal coverage on state-run media.
Voting ends at 4:00 PM (1300 GMT) on the mainland and at 5:00 PM in Zanzibar -- DAR ES SALAAM (AFP)
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CES 2013: Intel Haswell HD Graphics Compared to GeForce GT 650M
Subject: Graphics Cards | January 12, 2013 - 12:02 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: nvidia, Intel, hd graphics, haswell, geforce, dirt 3, ces 2013, CES, 650m
While wandering around the Intel booth we were offered a demo of the graphics performance of the upcoming Haswell processor, due out in the middle of 2013. One of the big changes on this architecture will be another jump up in graphics performance, even more than we saw going from Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge.
On the left is the Intel Haswell system and on the right is a mobile system powered by the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M. For reference, that discrete GPU has 384 cores and a 128-bit memory bus so we aren't talking about flagship performance here. Haswell GT3 graphics is rumored to have double the performance of the GT2 found in Ivy Bridge based on talks at IDF this past September.
While I am not able to report the benchmark results, I can tell you what I "saw" in my viewing. First, the Haswell graphics loaded the game up more slowly than the NVIDIA card. That isn't a big deal really and could change with driver updates closer to launch, but it is was a lingering problem we have seen with Intel HD graphics over the years.
During the actual benchmark run, both looked great while running at 1080p and High quality presets. I did notice during part of the loading of the level, the Haswell system seemed to "stutter" a bit and was a little less fluid in the animation. I did NOT notice that during the actually benchmark gameplay though.
I also inquired with Intel's graphics team about how dedicated they were to providing updated graphics drivers for HD graphics users. They were defensive about their current output saying they have released quarterly drivers since the Sandy Bridge release but that perhaps they should be more vocal about it (I agree). While I tried to get some kind of formal commitment from them going forward to monthly releases with game support added within X number of days, they weren't willing to do that quite yet.
If AMD and NVIDIA discrete notebook (and low cost desktop) graphics divisions are to push an edge, game support and frequent updates are going to be the best place to start. Still, seeing Intel continue to push forward on the path of improved processor graphics is great if they can follow through for gamers!
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Was the GT 650M in a desktop as well, or just Haswell?
This could be Atom vs. GTX 680 and it wouldn't make a difference so long as it runs smoothly on the Atom.
Dirt 3 isn't a particularly demanding game, so without performance numbers this tells us absolutely nothing.
No FPS counter? Come on Intel, if your IGPU is really that good then show us FPS.
Lol. Next, AMD has Dirt 3 being played at similar if not better speeds on a tablet. Move along Intel graphics are still shit
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Lol. Next, AMD has Dirt 3 being played at similar if not better speeds on a tablet. Move along Intel graphics are still shit
It's nice to see Intel making strides in graphics. Hardcore games will not be satisfied, but at least the days when gaming on Intel was nearly impossible are gone.
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The clock has been turned back two decades in the country's financial capital – and it revolves around that one contentious word: 'Operation.'
With the city under fresh tension — this time sectarian — following a bomb attack near an imbargah, Monday saw the rhetoric of an operation slowly build up towards a political storm, and threatening to go even further than that.
Tension on the matter had been building up for a few days, but was truly set off by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Khursheed Shah's statement that a sweeping security operation in Karachi is on the cards to bring normalcy to the city.
The notion was also echoed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)'s chief. Nawaz Sharif expressed support for an operation in the city, saying that peace would remain elusive if "military wings of the ruling PPP and its coalition partners" continued to operate in Karachi.
"The Supreme Court had ordered in its verdict in Karachi law and order case that the military wings of the political parties be eliminated from Karachi," he pointed out, while addressing the media on Monday.
On his part, Khursheed Shah claimed that all stakeholders have been taken on board in terms of the operation, adding that all political parties, including the MQM and the ANP, supported such a move in Karachi. He was talking to media persons outside Parliament House after briefing a parliamentary committee.
The government, however, is yet to decide a "method of action" in order to avoid "collateral damage," he added.
Before him, the Senate passed a motion that recommended the de-weaponisation of Karachi, and Senators lashed out at the "militant wings of political parties" in the city.
MQM takes exception
Later in the day, Karachi's ruling party seemed to take exception to the buildup. First, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain raised the spectre of an operation similar to that in Karachi in 1992.
The reference is alarming given that the 1992 operation and its aftermath ushered in the darkest days of Karachi in terms of politico-ethnic violence.
In a speech on Monday, Hussain raised concern that "certain state powers" were baying for an operation, and his party is being made a "sacrificial lamb".
In a speech to members of the party in Lahore and Rawalpindi, Hussain said that baseless allegations were being leveled against the MQM as part of a plan to "crush the party."
Hussain said that those conspiring should realise that, unlike in 1992, the MQM now has a presence throughout the country and its supporters would protest at any action against it.
Rabita Committee
Hussain's speech was followed by strongly-worded statement by members of the MQM Rabita (Coordination) Committee, who turned on "a federal minister" for his statement on the violence in Karachi.
It is unclear whether the reference was to Khursheed Shah or Interior Minister Rehman Malik. Earlier on Monday, Malik said that the attack on an imambargah on Sunday was the work of a 'third power' and was not a sectarian attack.
The committee noted that Karachi's residents were well aware which banned organisations were involved in sectarian killings, but instead of blaming them, "the minister" was threatening Karachiites with an operation.
They noted that the passage of a resolution in the Senate, calling for Karachi to be "cleansed of weapons" was meaningful for Pakistanis. In the statement, they asked whether they were only weapons in Karachi and not the rest of Pakistan. The party leaders also questioned whether the Pakistan Peoples Party's members were "reigniting their policy against Karachi".
The senate resolution
Earlier in the day, a majority of senators agreed that the law and order situation in the financial hub of the country could not reach normalcy without abolishing militant wings of political parties.
The motion, moved by Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Shahi Syed, sought effective measures from the government to deweaponise Karachi in view of the prevailing law and order situation.
During the session, in surprising move, ANP Senator Azam Khan Hoti – the K-P chief minister's father – expressed his sympathies with the MQM, recalling that previous military operations launched in Karachi either by the Pakistan Peoples Party or the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz in the 1990s had proved to be a thrashing of the MQM rather than militants.
He went on to proceeded towards MQM Senator Babar Khan Ghauri and shook his hand, saying it was the only way to remain united against the common enemy – militancy and terrorism.
"The best way to resolve the issue is to sit together and show sincerity and honesty to correct the situation," he said.
ANP turns to SC
ANP's Haji Muhammad Adeel approached the apex court on the worsening law and order situation in Karachi, saying that the court's orders in the suo motu case on Karachi violence were violated by the authorities concerned. He filed a contempt of court petition against the Sindh chief secretary, home secretary and inspector general of the Sindh Police for this defiance.
Correction: An earlier version of the article had incorrectly stated ANP Senator Azam Khan Hoti as K-P CM's son. The error is regretted.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 20th, 2012.


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Faculty in Residence Lectures for Xavier Staff
The Faculty in Residence program offers a series of lectures by some of Xavier's best teachers designed specifically for university staff members from departments and offices across the university.
During the Fall 2010 semester, Dr. E. Paul Colella, Professor of Philosophy, offered a series of lectures on Sigmund Freud in conjunction with his undergraduate course, Freud and Philosophy. These lectures were be delivered to class-sized groups in the CTE Collaborative Learning Studio (CLC 308) at different times.Thursday, September 30 - 4:00-5:00 - Why Freud (still) Matters
Tuesday, October 12 - 9:00-10:00 - Freud on Dreams
Wednesday, November 3 - 4:00-5:00 - Freud's Critique of Religion
Monday, November 15 - 12:00-1:00 - Freud on History and Culture


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Technological progress in payment and settlement systems and qualitative changes in operational systems and processes undertaken by various players in the market have improved efficiencies for providing better service to the users of the system. It has been the endeavor of the Bank to offer services to its customers with best possible utilization of its technology infrastructure. Migration of all branches of the Bank to Core Banking Solution (CBS) platform is a great leap in this direction. Reserve Bank of India has also been issuing various instructions/guidelines, from time to time, with a view to improving the level of customer service available to the customers of the banking industry and also to empower the banks to promote efficient service. Since RBI has further advised Time Frame of 7/10/14 days for collection of Local/Outstation cheques/Instruments, the Bank is required to compensate customers for delay in collection of instruments /cheques beyond these days in addition to other deficiency in services. Accordingly, in order to increase efficiency of operations/better performance and to compensate adequately any customer who faces deficiency in services, the Compensation Policy for the Bank has been formulated.
The objective of the "State Bank of Patiala Compensation Policy (Banking Services)" (hereinafter called "the Policy"), is to establish a system whereby the Bank compensates the customer due to deficiency in service on the part of the Bank or any act of omission or commission, directly attributable to the Bank.
a) The Policy will be applicable to all banking service customers of the Bank.
b) The Policy is based on principles of transparency and fairness in the treatment of customers. It is designed to cover deficiency in service in areasThe Policy is based on principles of transparency and fairness in the treatment of customers. It is designed to cover deficiency in service in areas relating to unauthorized debiting of accounts, payment of interest to customers for delayed collection of cheques/instruments, payment of cheques after acknowledgment of stop payment instructions, remittances within India, foreign exchange services, lending etc. as specified in this Policy.
c) Grant of compensation under this Policy is without prejudice to the Bank's rights in defending its position before any Court of Law, Tribunal or any other forum duly constituted to adjudicate banker customer disputes and does not constitute admission of liability or any other issue, of any nature whatsoever for the purposes of Adjudicatory proceedings.
|4.Recognition of deficiency and compensation
|4.1 Unauthorized/Erroneous Debit
|2) ECS direct debits/other debits to accounts
|4.3. Uniformity in penal interest payable by banks for delays in credit/ return of NEFT/NECS/ ECS transactions.
|4.3.1 NECS / ECS-Credit
|4.3.3. During the NEFT operating hours, originating banks should endeavour to put through the requests for NEFT transactions received by them, either online or across the counters, preferably in the next available batch but, in any case, not exceeding two hours (from the business hours next day), from the time of receipt of the requests. In the likelihood of any delay / possible delay in adhering to this requirement, the originators / customers should be informed of the delay / possible delay and the reasons for the same.
|4.3.4 In terms of the RBI ECS (Credit Clearing) procedural guidelines which clearly stipulate that if a destination bank branch is not in a position to credit a particular transaction for reason like "Account Closed/transferred"; "No such Accounts"; "Account description does not tally"; etc. it should report the same and forward it to the Service Branch/Main Branch on the same settlement day.
4.4. Issue of ATM/Debit Cards without written consent of customers:
Where the Bank had issued a ATM / Debit card without written consent of the customer, which has been disputed by the customer without using the card, the said ATM/Debit card will be taken back by the Bank and got cancelled. The Bank would not only reverse the charges, if levied, immediately but also pay compensation to the customer Rs100/- if cancellation is done within 7 days of the representation and Rs.500/- for cancellation done after 7 days.
|4.5. Payment of Cheques after Acknowledgement of Stop Payment Instructions
4.5.1 The instruction for Stop Payment will be accepted at Home Branch through contact central/ Internet Banking (alternate channel)
4.5.2 In case a cheque has been paid after stop payment instruction is acknowledged by the Bank, Bank shall reverse the debit with value dated credit within two working days of the customer intimating the transaction to the Bank and also compensate the customer with Rs. 100/-. However, no compensation will be paid if cheque has been paid prior to acknowledgment of stop payment instructions.
|4.6. Collection of cheque drawn on foreign countries
4.6.1 The Bank would not compensate the customer for delays in collection of cheques designated in foreign countries as the bank would not be able to ensure timely credit from overseas banks. It is bank's experience that time for collection of instruments drawn on banks in foreign countries differ from country to country and even within a country, from place to place. The time norms for return of instruments cleared provisionally also vary from country to country. Bank however, may consider upfront credit against such instrument by purchasing the cheque /instrument, provided the conduct of the account has been satisfactory in the past. However, bank will compensate the customer for undue delay in affording credit once proceeds are credited to the Nostro Account of the Bank with its correspondent. Such compensation will be given for delays beyond one week from the date of credit to Nostro Account/due date after taking into account normal cooling period stipulated.
4.6.2 As time for collection of instruments drawn on banks in different countries vary and even within a country vary from place to place, delay in collection of cheques payable at foreign centres will be construed if the customer's account is not credited within 10 working days, excluding Saturdays, from the date of clear credit to the Bank's Nostro account i.e. after taking into account the prescribed cooling period for that currency, with the correspondent.
4.6.3 The compensation on account of delays in collection of instruments in foreign currency would be paid in Indian rupee, as detailed below:
i) At Savings Bank rate. if the period of delay is beyond prescribed collection period i.e. after 10 days from the cooling period(as mentioned in Para 4.6.2 above) and upto 45 days, where proceeds of the instruments are to be credited to deposit accounts.
ii) In case of abnormal delay i.e. delays exceeding 45 days, interest will be paid at the rate of term deposit rate applicable for the period and beyond 90 days, 2% above the applicable term deposit rate.
iii) In the event of the proceeds of cheque under collection being required to be credited to an overdraft / loan account of the customer, interest will be paid at the rate applicable to the loan account, if the delay is less than 45 days. For abnormal delays i.e beyond 45 days, interest will be paid at the rate of 2% above the applicable interest rate to the loan account. Such interest shall be payable with a minimum of Rs. 25/-.
|4.7. Compensation for adverse movement in exchange rates
4.7.1 FEDAI Rules No.2.B.3 and 4.A.3. (amended as on 27th June, 2007) provide for compensation for delayed collection of export bills/payment of foreign inward remittances etc. and also for adverse movement of forex rates and also for payment of interest for delay in payment to the exporters on export bills sent for collection and realized by the authorized dealers.
4.7.2 On the assumption that the customer has complied with FEMA guidelines and Bank's requirements, the following Compensation guidelines are prescribed.
a) Payment to Exporter
In case of delay beyond the date when the Forex amount is due for credit, compensation is payable for adverse movement of exchange rate. The compensation will be decided as follows:
i) In case the rate ruling on the date of payment is better for the customer compared to the rate that was ruling on the day the amount was due for credit, no compensation needs to be paid.
ii) In case the rate ruling on the date of payment is adverse for the customer compared to the rate that was ruling on the day the amount was due for credit, compensation shall be determined as 50 % of the difference between the two rates.
Note: If the exporter has expressed willingness to keep part of the proceeds in EEFC A/c, no compensation would be payable for the amount not converted.
b) Payment of foreign inward remittances.
All remittances upto USD 5000/- or equivalent meant for retail customer (i.e. individuals) to be converted at the prevailing Card Rates and credited to their respective account immediately. However, for the convenience of the customer, the facility may be extended upto USD 10,000 or equivalent. Since IRC will put through conversion transactions upto USD 10,000 or equivalent and as per FEDAI guidelines customer consent is required for remittances above USD 5000 equivalent, there may be occasions wherein the customer might require the remittances proceeds in FC. In such cases, IRC will facilitate re-conversion at level rate within 07 days from the date of transaction(s) as and when requested by the Branch on behalf of customer. Compensation would be payable:
(i) If the remittance is not converted within 10 days of receipt of remittance advice from abroad and
(ii) There is an adverse movement of exchange rate between the date of payment and the last due date. The quantum of compensation would be determined as 50 % of the difference between the rates ruling on those dates.
c) However, in special circumstances where there has been delay on the part of the Bank in conversion, compensation @ 50% of the difference between the rates (on the due date of payment and the date of conversion) would be permitted for such transactions.
|4.8 Collection of cheques payable in India
4.8.1 Payment of Interest for delayed Collection of Outstation Cheques:
As part of the compensation policy of the bank, the bank will pay interest to its customers on the amount of collection instruments in case there is delay in giving credit beyond the time period specified in Bank's Cheque collection policy. Such interest shall be paid without any demand from customers in all types of accounts. There shall be no distinction between instruments drawn on the bank's own branches or on other banks for the purpose of payment of interest on delayed collection.
|4.8.2 Interest for delayed collection shall be paid at the following rates:
a) Saving Bank rate for the period of delay beyond 7/10/14 days as the case may be in collection of outstation cheques, i.e. from 8th/11th/15th day, the interest will be payable.
b) Where the delay is beyond 14 days interest will be paid at the rate applicable for term deposit for the corresponding period or Saving Bank rate, whichever is higher.
c) In case of extraordinary delay, i.e. delays exceeding 90 days, interest will be paid at the rate of 2% above the corresponding Term Deposit rate.
d) In the event the proceeds of cheque under collection, to be credited to an overdraft / loan account of the customer, interest will be paid at the rate applicable to the loan account. For extraordinary delays, i,e, delays exceeding 90 days interest will be paid at the rate of 2% above the rate applicable to the loan account.
|4.8.3 Interest as above shall be payable with a minimum of Rs.25/-.
4.8.4 Compensation as detailed above shall be paid without any formal demand from customers and there shall be no distinction between instruments drawn on the Bank's own branches or on other banks which are payable in India.
|4.9. Compensation for loss of Cheques / Instruments in transit.
4.9.1 In the event a cheque or an instrument accepted for collection is lost in transit or in clearing process, the Bank shall immediately on coming to know of the loss of instrument, bring the same to the notice of the accountholder so that the accountholder can inform the drawer to record stop payment and also take care that cheques ,if any, issued by him/her are not dishonoured due to non-credit of the amount of the lost cheque/instrument. The Bank would provide all assistance to the customer to obtain a duplicate instrument from the drawer of the cheque.
4.9.2 In case intimation regarding loss of instrument is conveyed to the customer beyond the time limit stipulated for collection, as per the Cheque Collection Policy of the Bank,(7/10/14 days as the case may be) interest will be paid for the period beyond the stipulated collection period at the rates specified in para4.8.2 above for cheques payable in India and at rates specified at Para 4.6 above in regard to cheques payable abroad.
i) Bank will pay interest on the amount of the cheque for a further period of 15 days at Savings Bank rate to provide for possible further delay in obtaining duplicate cheque /instrument and collection thereof.
ii) The Bank would also compensate the customer for any reasonable charges he/she incurs in getting duplicate cheque/instrument upon production of receipt, in the event the instrument is to be obtained from a Bank/institution who would charge a fee for issue of duplicate instrument, subject to a maximum of Rs. 250/-.
|4.10. ATM Failure:
Compensation to customer for settlement of disputed ATM transactions
4.10.1 RBI's instructions/guidelines now stipulate that the time limit for resolution of customer complaints by the issuing banks shall stand reduced from 12 working days to 7 working days from the date of receipt of customer complaint. Accordingly, failure to re-credit the customer's account within 7 working days of receipt of the complaint shall entail payment of compensation to the customer @ Rs.100/- per day by the issuing bank provided the claim is lodged with the issuing bank within 30 days of the date of transactions and branch has failed to establish the proof of payment/disbursement by ATM.
The likely causes of frauds are:
The skimming events, as advised in (i) above cannot be ascribed to either failure of Bank's systems and/or fault of the employees. In such cases, since the customer has himself facilitated the act, he should not be compensated.
In respect of scenarios where the fault lies either with the system and/or Agent appointed by the Bank, Bank will be liable for compensating the customers.
Skimming can take place at ATMs not owned by the Bank/branch and could even be located outside the country.
In case where neither the bank is at fault nor the customer, but the fault lies elsewhere in the system, the Bank will help in restoring the actual amount involved and as a gesture of goodwill and to deal with the customers fairly, will also compensate the customer with Rs. 100/- per Rs.5000/- maximum Rs.1000/- for each instance.
Necessary support in investigation as also interaction with the ATM provider in case ATM is not of our Bank, will have to be provided by ITS Deptt., Head Office who in-tern would take the assistance from ATM department, GITC, Corporate Centre, Belapur or other agency that may be engaged for the purpose if required.
The proposal for reimbursing the customer may be implemented verifying the bonafides after prior approval of the competent authority as defined in the Scheme of Delegation of Financial Powers in the Bank. Suitable documents/agreement with the customers should be arranged and Bank will have right to recover if later on it is found that the customer was at fault or otherwise not entitled to compensation.
4.11 Compensation for delay in Pension payment
4.11.1 RBI have issued fresh guidelines for payment of compensation for delay in pension payment to the govt. Employees.
4.11.2 As per extant instructions, pension (normal pension) of Central / State Govt. pensioners should be credited to their account on any of the last four working days of each month except the pension for March every year which will be credited on the first working day of April.
4.11.3. As regards disbursing revised pension / arrears, pensioners should get the revised pension / arrears on the last day of the succeeding month, after the concerned Government announces the revision and date for implementation. In other words, each Agency Bank is getting adequate reaction time ranging from 30 to 60 days for the concerned department to obtain the revised parameters from the respective Government and set the same in the CPSS for implementing the GO in time.
4.11.4 The concerned pensioner should be compensated for the delay beyond the due date (last date of the succeeding month subsequent to issue of GO by the concerned Government) at prevailing Bank Rate (RBI's) plus 2% penal interest on the revised pension / arrears for the delay period. This compensation shall be credited to the pensioner's account automatically without any claim from the pensioner in respect of all delayed pension payments made since October 1, 2008.
4.11.5 In case of very complicated pension cases requiring reference back to the respective Government / govt. departments, the due date would commence from the date of obtention of final clarification from the Government concerned.
|12) Compensation for delay in other services
In respect of the following services provided to the customers, if the delay in providing services is beyond the time norms specified hereunder, compensation would be payable as indicated hereinafter.
4.12. Compensation for delay in Issuance of Duplicate IOI (Inter Office Instrument) / Drafts
Duplicate DD /Banker Cheque /IOI will be issued within a fortnight from the receipt of such request from the purchaser thereof. For delay beyond the above stipulated period, interest at the rate applicable for Fixed deposit of Corresponding period will be paid as compensation to the customer for such delay.
4.13. Payment of "at par" Cheques issued by other Banks
4.13.1 Bank will not pay any compensation, to the cheque holder, for dishonour of "at par" cheques issued by other banks, including co-operative banks, in the absence of adequate funds in the account on which cheques are issued even though the amount of the cheque may have been paid to the bank which had issued the "at par" cheque.
4.13.2 RBI instruction stipulate that banks will not honour cheques drawn on current accounts maintained by other banks with it unless arrangements are made for funding cheques issued. Issuing bank should be responsible to compensate the cheque holder for non-payment of cheques in the absence of adequate funding arrangement.
4.14. Lenders liability: Commitments to borrowers:
The Bank has adopted the principles of "Lenders' liability. In terms of guidelines for lenders' liability, and the "Code of Bank's commitment to customers" adopted by the Bank, the Bank would return to the borrowers all the securities /documents /title deeds to mortgage property within days of repayment of all dues agreed to or contracted, subject to any other right/lien/claim by the Bank till the relevant claim is settled /paid. If any right to set off is to be exercised for any other claim, Bank would give due notice with full particulars about the other claims and retain the securities/documents/title to mortgage property till the relevant claim is settled/paid. In the event of loss of title deeds to mortgaged property at the hands of the Banks, the compensation will cover out of pocket expenses for obtaining duplicate documents plus a lumpsum amount as decided by the Bank in the following manner.
"The Bank would pay the compensation for delay in return of securities/documents/title deeds to the mortgaged property beyond days of repayment of all dues agreed to or contracted ,subject to above conditions, @ Rs.100/- per day subject to maximum Rs.5000/- to the borrower."
4.15. Violations by Bank's AgentsBank will not pay any compensation, to the cheque holder, for dishonour of "at par" cheques issued by other banks, including co-operative banks, in the absence of adequate funds in the account on which cheques are issued even though the amount of the cheque may have been paid to the bank which had issued the "at par" cheque.
|14. Violations by Bank's Agents
In the event of receipt of any complaint from the customer that the Bank's representatives/couriers, or any other agent engaged in any improper conduct or acted in violation of the Code of the Bank's commitment to customers which the Bank has adopted voluntarily, the Bank shall take appropriate steps to investigate and redress the complaint and endeavor to communicate to the customer within 7 working days from the date of receipt of complaint and where justified, may compensate the customer suitably for financial loss as decided by the Bank. Also, steps will be taken, if required as per Bank's decision, to prevent recurrence of similar complaints.
5. Customers' responsibility:
5.1. Bank will not be responsible for the loss to the customers due to customer's carelessness in keeping the Cheque book, passbook, cards, PIN or other security information and not following DO's and Dont's issued by Bank, until the Bank has been notified by the customer.
5.2. Bank will not be responsible for the loss to the customer, if the customer acts fraudulently and/or acts without reasonable care which has resulted into loss to him/her. Bank will also not be responsible for the losses arising out of misuse, of lost PIN, compromise of passwords/secure or confidential information, suffered by the customer until the time the Bank has been notified and has taken steps to prevent misuse.
6 Disclaimer clause;
Notwithstanding any thing contained here above, the Bank shall not pay any compensation in the following cases:-
iii) Delays on account of non-functioning of business due to factors beyond the control of the bank the period covered by such events shall be omitted for calculation of delay etc.
|7. Force Majeure
The Bank shall not be liable to compensate customers under this Policy if some unforeseen event including but not limited to civil commotion, sabotage, lockout, strike or other labour disturbances, accident, fire, natural disasters or other "Acts of God", war, damage to the Bank's or its correspondent bank(s) systems, communication channels etc. beyond the control of the Bank, prevents it from performing its obligations within the specified service delivery parameters.
8. Amendment/Modification of the Policy
The Bank reserves the right to amend/modify this Policy, as and when deemed fit and proper, at its sole discretion. Bank shall also endeavour, to review the Policy at annual intervals.