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Do Programmable Thermostats Save Money? No.
Programmable thermostats are sometimes touted as a good way to save money. They are used to turn the heat down in the night when you are sleeping or during the day when you are at work out of the house.
But in our green show house in Brooklyn we are not using programmable thermostats. We plan on insulating so well that the house will not be affected that much by outside temperature. This means that if we did turn the heat down on a cold night it would take a lot more than one night to cool down. This means that the boiler wouldn't have to come on anyway.
So having a thermostat that turns the heat down at night when we sleep is pointless since the boiler won't have to come on until we are awake again anyway. I'm not doing a good job at explaining the logic.
That is why I have quoted a fellow listmember who did a better job of saying what I mean:
I was thinking about all these rocks people are throwing at Programmable Thermostats, and usually when I think it involves a model of some kind. In the 70's, programmable stats were touted as a cost effective way to turn down energy use, and I'd never questioned that idea.
A UADT spreadsheet calculation will say that a programmable thermostat saves a lot of money. But it doesn't account for mass.
Today's model was a TRACE run simulating several buildings. While simple UADT spreadsheet calculations just consider insulation and temperature difference, TRACE is an energy simulation package that can take into account mass and thermal lag.
Building 1: 1024 square feet, R-13 walls, R-19 roof, lightweight frame construction, wood floor over unconditioned basement, leaky double pane windows on every wall, electric heat and AC, fixed thermostat. (basically the 50's tract home I grew up in. )
Building 2: Same lightweight house with a programmable thermostat, set back at night and during unoccupied times in the day. 72F/65F setback in the winter, 78F/85F setup in the summer.
Building 3 – same size, but with heavyweight concrete walls, externally insulated at R-22, R60 roof, concrete slab with perimeter insulation, tight construction, same heat and AC, fixed thermostat.
Building 4 – same as building 3 (both would make nice F-5 tornado shelters) but with programmable thermostat.
Results were : the lightweight frame house saved about $60 a year, enough money to pay for a programmable thermostat in one year, but not any more than that. Whereas in the heavy building the programmable stat didn't save a watt nor a dime.
The argument is the same as the argument against turning a water heater up and down. In a massive body, turning the stat down doesn't change the temperature in the building. The building loses the same amount of heat, because its mass holds it at a nearly constant temperature, and you have a constant delta T across the insulation all night. Same heat loss whether you turn the stat down or not. You replace the lost heat the next day by charging up the mass.
In a lightweight building, the building really does cool off and delta T is less, therefore energy loss is less. You still replace some heat when you charge up the mass the next day, but it is less than you saved so it is a winner. But not by as much as people used to expect. I imagine that the lighter the building, the better these things would work. They might be good for trailer homes.
I can't think of a way that a programmable stat would use MORE energy, as has been asserted, but if someone will propose a scenario I might put it into these models and see how it comes out.
So, Gennarro, if you are remodeling a Brick brownstone, don't bother with a programmable stat, it probably won't help you much.
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After going from a whisper to a scream with their past two head coaches, the Raptors are hoping they have found a man with a normal voice, both literally and figuratively.
Have the Raptors finally identified a coach as good as Butch Carter who, unlike Carter, also can keep his personal life and professional ambitions in reasonable check?
As first reported in The Saturday Sun, Sam Mitchell is the Raptors' new head coach. A media conference to announce the hiring of Mitchell will be held late this morning.
Mitchell is expected to sign a three-year contract with the Raptors (the third year may be a team option) that will pay him between $1.5 million and $2 million US annually.
Since the news of Mitchell's hiring broke on Saturday, the reaction among Raptors fans has been split.
The hardcore basketball types recognize that Mitchell, 40, is a bright up-and-comer, notwithstanding the question of whether he's ready to take over a team of his own.
Understandably, however, casual fans have expressed disappointment that after the Raptors chose a low-profile general manager in Rob Babcock, the club opted for a low-profile coach. The team of Babcock and Mitchell lacks the star power of, say, Julius Erving and Phil Jackson.
The usual pattern is to go from one extreme to the other when it comes to the demeanours of coaches.
The players are too stressed out? Hire a soft-spoken coach. Enter Lenny Wilkens in 2000.
The players are too laid-back? Hire a paint-peeling coach. Enter Kevin O'Neill in 2003.
But in Mitchell, the Raptors may have found a middle-ground guy who can last for a while.
Arguably, the best coach the Raptors ever had was Carter. Before his explosive departure, Carter found the middle ground between praise and prodding that led to the most productive years of Vince Carter's career.
Presuming the Raptors have not already decided to adhere to the trade request delivered by Vince Carter's agent, one of Mitchell's first jobs will be to reach out to Carter, to see if there's a spark of encouragement between them.
Meanwhile, the Raptors confirmed yesterday that scouts Craig Neal, Walker Russell and Randy Wilkens have been fired. Neal and Russell had been with the club in a variety of significant roles for many years.
It's interesting that Babcock decided to jettison Neal and Russell, but chose to keep long-time front-office employees Jim Kelly and Bob Zuffelato, as well as shorter-term scouts Norm Goodman and Steve Young. Kelly and Zuffelato, in particular, were close advisors to former general manager Glen Grunwald, who was fired on April 1.
So to call what has gone on in the front office a house-cleaning is not really accurate, since the only people of consequence who have been shipped out are Grunwald, Neal and Russell. Numerically, the basketball side of the operation is a tad top-heavy, with Pete Babcock (who has not yet been hired officially), Wayne Embry, Alex English, Jack McCloskey, Kelly and Zuffelato all available at a moment's notice to bend Rob Babcock's ear.
Still, the most important relationship will be the one between Rob Babcock and Mitchell. They'll have to work together respectfully, with none of the unmanly slap-fighting that sullied the Grunwald-O'Neill era.
First up for the Raptors' rookie regime is the NBA's free-agent negotiation period, which begins Thursday.
According to league sources, the Raptors have some interest in veteran point guards Troy Hudson of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Derek Fisher of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Is the Babcock-Mitchell combination truly a new direction for the Raptors, or just a decorated version of the old one? The fans will be able to tell the difference quickly.
After going from a whisper to a scream, the Raptors desperately need to do their talking on the basketball court.

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Gordon Brown doesn't so much answer questions as download them in the form of a read-only attachment. You're not allowed to interrupt or divert him from the course of each answer. He enjoys it. Yesterday, for example, he was at the liaison committee, which consists of 32 committee chairmen, plus the chairman of the committee chairmen, if you get my drift.
At two and a half hours, it's a long slog. Indeed, nearly half of the chairpersons hadn't even come, possibly deciding that they would rather watch their grandchildren grow up. But the prime minister was unfazed. He looked almost disappointed when it ended. He might be there now, if they'd let him.
They say that the internet now contains more information than all the libraries of the world. Gordon Brown is not far behind. Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, parliamentary reform, public spending and the state of the economy: it is all in there. He had a vast sheaf of notes, distinguished by slips of sticky paper in lurid colours and covered in his famous writing, as if a large and drunken centipede had crawled out of an inkpot. He rarely consulted them. The committee seemed impressed. As Goldsmith put it: "And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew." Except that the prime minister's head is rather large, like a giant human memory stick.
They tried to ginger things up. John McFall, who chairs the Treasury committee, said that the boss of RBS was getting a £9.6m pay packet – much the same as Cristiano Ronaldo gets from Real Madrid. "Isn't it true that the bankers have won, and like Ronaldo are running rings round the government and the regulators?"
This stab at more colourful English received a long rambling answer, including the line "any excessive payments are unacceptable". This word "unacceptable" is a favourite in the Brown lexicon. He later used it about BNP policy. It means, roughly: "I don't like it, it's bad, but there is sod-all I can do about it."
He was asked if there was a doomsday plan for up to 20% public spending cuts. "Ridiculous!" he said, before going on to admit that "the profile of public spending will be different". In the same way, I suppose, the profile of Anne Boleyn was different after her head came off.
There is a circular quality to many of his arguments. He agreed that prime minister's questions should be less abusive and more constructive. "But you said that the Tories have no policies," said Sir George Young. "Is that a serious contribution to political debate?"
"Unfortunately, that is the truth," Mr Brown replied. As always, what you say is vulgar knockabout. What I say comes from the purest stream of incontrovertible fact.
Which was odd, because when they asked him what he planned to read on holiday, he replied "fiction". No doubt on one of those Kindles, so that can be downloaded too.


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Was Facebook created just to help a geek get a girl?
According to the movie THE SOCIAL NETWORK (in theaters October 1st; we got a sneak preview last week), Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg –portrayed brilliantly by Jesse Eisenberg — was just trying to prove himself cool when he created the site while he was still a student at Harvard. He was a geek who couldn't get the girl and couldn't get into Harvard's most exclusive social clubs and parties, and so he sought out to accumulate friends — or "friends" — the new-fangled way. Oh, and also, he might have kinda sorta "appropriated" the idea from some rich jock guys at Harvard. Though the best line in the movie, in Zuckerberg's defense, spoken by Eisenberg (and possibly invented by script writer Aaron Sorkin), is this: "If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook."
The pre-release buzz is that "this is the movie Facebook doesn't want you to see" — it's being described as a mean-spirited take-down of Zuckerberg and some kind of revenge move by his co-founder and ex-best-friend who collaborated with the filmmakers (Zuckerberg did not). Does this sound junior high enough to you? And yet, we have to say — and maybe it's just because Zuckerberg is played by the impossible-to-dislike Eisenberg — we don't see the big take-down. From our seats in the movie theater, Zuckerberg was just a typically nerdy-brilliant college student who was awkward with women (and tried to overcompensate for this by pretending to be an ass), incredibly ambitious, and easily swayed by the wrong people. It would be just your typical college dorm room story if it wasn't for the billions of dollars involved.
Besides, we kind of like believing that Facebook was created to help the geeky guy win the girl of his dreams. That's so John Hughes! And given all the millions of hours that men and women across the world have spent mooning on Facebook — checking an ex's relationship status, trying to decode a new booty call's status update, wondering why s/he can't return your texts but still has time to play Scrabulous — it seems only right that the founder is, well, just like us.


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I'm using Kubuntuntu 9 and I've bought a discounter bluetooth mouse last week.
My problem is that the Bluetooth Software shipped with Kubuntu seems to be broken in some way. Sometimes I can add the mouse with the new device setup dialogue and it works fine until reboot, sometimes it is detected but the cursor won't move after the setup and sometimes it isn't even detected by the setup. The worst thing is that when i get it working properly i have to do the same procedure every time i restart the system. When i turn on the mouse and it is in the list it is detected and the bluetooth software asks if i trust the mouse. But when i click "always trust" the mouse won't move. I have to remove it and hope that it will work next time i add it. The most strange thing is that every time i want to shut down the system there is a crash message from kdebluetooth4 (screen is black and only the crash pop up is visible).
Ive got a hp 6735s laptop with onboard bluetooth.
Does somebody know how to fix the problem?
this may help you
I'm using regular ubuntu, not kubuntu, but I also had problems with bluetooth mouse, so my findings may help you too. I noticed, that I have to have the mouse powered on while the system is booting up, and that's the only way the system is going to properly recognize the mouse and connect it automatically. If the mouse is powered on after the system has booted, the only way to use it was to delete the pairing and re-detect it.
Mhm, i dont think this is it because its almost always turned on when my system starts up since i dont turn it off, just let it go to standby and then move it while the system starts to grub.
There has to be an issue with the bluetooth software because it even detects it when i move the mouse, but there is no reaction when i click on always trust then :(
Isnt there a possibility to add everything to some config file manually? All the tuts i can find are about older versions, nothing about kdbluetooth4.
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PHOENIX – The stage was set Saturday for Grand Canyon to pull off another buzzer beater against Dixie State under the bright lights of the GCU Arena. In a scene that could have seamlessly fit in the Bill Murray movie "Groundhog Day", the Lopes had a shot at the end of the game to win.
But when Joshua Lowery's 12-foot jumper from the left elbow ricocheted off the front iron and into the hands of McKay Massey, Dixie State College successfully completed what 13 others teams could not do this season – defeat the Lopes on their home court.
Zach Robbins had 14 points and nine rebounds leading Dixie State to a 65-64 win in Pacific West Conference play.
Dixie's seventh straight win snapped GCU's 23-game home winning streak dating back to December 17, 2011. The Red Storm improve to 14-4 on the year and 9-1 in the PacWest.
The Lopes drop to 17-5, 8-3 in the league and fell for only the second time in the regular season at the GCU Arena since its unveiling two years ago.
GCU opened the game with the first four points before Dixie State made its next four shots en route to a 9-0 run. Shooting went cold for the Storm after that, as they connected on three of their next 17 attempts. GCU took a five-point lead, 30-25, at the half thanks to a combined 19 points from Jerome Garrison and Blake Davis.
After surrending the opening bucket of the second half, Dixie State went on another 9-0 run to take the lead, 34-32.
The half saw seven lead changes including the Lopes going back ahead 43-41 at the 14:45 mark. DSC began a momentum shifting 10-0 run with a Robbins lay-in and capped it with five free throws from Brandon Simister, DeQuan Thompson and Derek Owen.
DSC built its lead to as many as nine, but GCU rallied back within three points on a couple of occasions. A Robbins jumper with 1:10 accounted for the last DSC points and a 65-60 lead.
GCU got a 3-pointer from Justin Foreman to cut the lead to two. After a Davis steal, Lowery was fouled and had a chance to tie the game with charity shots. Lowery made the first but missed the second. The rebound fell into the hands of Garrison and set up the final play for GCU.
Lowery took the inbound, drove off a screen and fired from the elbow. The shot fell short and accounted for Massey's eighth rebound.
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Dixie State shot 52 percent (13-25) in the second half to salvage a 43 percent shooting night (20-of-46). The nation's leading 3-point percentage club hit four of nine (44.4 percent) from distance and went 75 percent from the foul line (21-of-28).
The battle of the boards ended in a 34-34 stalemate, despite GCU corralling 14 offensive rebounds. Garrison led three GCU players in double figures with 16 points.
Dixie State returns home Tuesday night for its second meeting of the year with Fresno Pacific. The Sunbirds handed DSC its lone PacWest loss, 82-80, on Dec. 8 in Fresno. FPU has won seven straight games by scoring 83 or more points in each.
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Veterans due salute, public thanks
Forty years ago, my small family sent me off to complete my training at Ft. Polk, La. Those pictures on that day reflect the proud sentiment of a typical Army PFC and his family saying their goodbyes. After nearly a year away from home, I realized just how much West Texas means to me. I learned to be bold about patriotism, love of America, flying our colors.
If it were not for my close friends, my co-workers, a God-fearing supportive community, I, like other veterans, could not survive. Freedom rings because of not only veterans, but also those who recognize and honor them occasionally.
It is not easy to serve in combat; it takes a part of your life away. So I salute those who have honorably served in the Armed forces, a salute that is often returned in the military tradition. I thank my God for bringing me back home to America.
There's more. I am so thankful for my bride of 42 years for giving me my son while I was overseas. A patriot in her own right, she faithfully honors veterans on Red Friday. Our flag flies 24/7 in honor of our veterans serving now and lowered for those who gave their last act of devotion to our nation. Thank a veteran today. Fly your colors. God bless America.
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Looking for a job is just that -- a job! The Internet can make it easier but only if you know where to start.
"The number one thing is to do your research, research the company, make sure your resume matches the job description," San Diego Workforce Partnership spokesperson Diane Rose said.
It's also important to realize that posting your resume online is a lot different than giving it directly to an employer.
"Posting your resume is just a very passive way of job search, it just simply is not affective," Rose said. "Just to post your resume on a website isn't going to do you any good at all. You need to actively be submitting to specific companies."
And there are some things to keep in mind when formatting your resume to submit it online:
- Employers now have software that scans resumes for keywords. You want to make sure your resume includes words used in the job description and the company's mission statement.
- While fancy text may look nice on your paper resume, it can often scramble the format of your online resume.
- Make sure you submit everything in plain text.
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You've been waiting for this. It's been nearly 18 months since the last time Mad Men aired, due to postponement caused by contract negotiations with the cast.
To celebrate, why not plan your own stylized 1960s Mad Men party for March 25? Don't know where to begin looking for those recipes? Take a look at the The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook by Judy Gelman and Peter Zheutlin, who have painstakingly gone through each episode to figure out where and what each character was eating or drinking.
They begin with cocktails—what else? And in the first season—first episode—we see Don Draper making notes on a napkin at what could well have been Grand Central's Oyster Bar. He orders an Old Fashioned, muddled (in which the cherry and orange garnish are mashed). The cocktails that follow: a martini (from pretty much any episode, it seems); Trader Vic's Mai Tai (as Chinese and Polynesian-themed restaurants began appearing); the Sidecar (Peggy Olson's cognac/Cointreau drink as served to her at P.J Clarke's); and the classic Manhattan (from when Draper and Olson have a heart-to-heart at the Oak Bar, season 4, episode 7.
As fun as the book is, Gelman and Zheutlin offer solid, well-researched recipes that can be confidently served to guests. "We identified every food and drink in the show," said Gelman, who has written several cookbooks including The Book Club Cookbook). "When Betty would open the fridge, we'd freeze-frame the scene so we could identify what she was taking out."
"When a scene took place in a restaurant, we would call that restaurant, if it still existed, and ask them about the recipe," said Zheutlin. For example, the Hearts of Palm Salad, which Don Draper and fling Bobbi Barrett, wife of comedian Jimmy Barret, ate at Sardi's in the second season is a recreation of that dish.
"Often, we would look for a cookbook popular at the time to re-create a recipe," offered Gelman. And thus the recipe for Roast Chicken with Stuffing, which newlywed Trudy Campbell prepared for Pete (though which got thrown off their balcony window in season 2, episode 12). The authors adapted the recipe they found in the Dinner for Two Cookbook, published by Simon and Schuster in 1958.
All the classics are here—beef Wellington, Waldorf salad, rib eye cooked in a pan, chicken Kiev, and for dessert, a pineapple upside-down cake and an apricot apple pie.
Asked if they found anything surprising in the recipes, Zheutlin answered: "Many of the recipes were actually light and healthful—as long as you don't smoke with them."
In the spirit of Mad Men and 1960s cuisine and culture, Running Press will publish in April The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Sixties Cookbook by RickRodgers (I Love Meatballs!) and Heather Maclean (who wrote The Skinny Italian with Teresa Giudice of Real Housewives of New Jersey fame). They offer fun and fact-filled recipes, cocktails, and menus for pigs in blankets; quiche Lorraine; date nut bread and cream cheese sandwiches; chicken Divan, and much more.
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Benjamin D. Cowley, Jr attended college at Rice University and earned his MD degree at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX in 1981. He completed an Internal Medicine Residency and Nephrology Fellowship at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he then served as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Biochemistry from 1985 until 1987. He was subsequently a Guest Scientist at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, conducting research on regulation of organic osmolytes in the kidney. In 1989, he returned to KUMC to join the Faculty in the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry. In 2002 he moved to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center where he is Professor of Medicine, Section Chief of Nephrology & Hypertension, and John Gammill Professor in Polycystic Kidney Disease. Dr. Cowley has conducted research on mechanisms of renal cyst development and mechanisms of renal functional impairment in polycystic kidney disease since 1987. He frequently serves as a manuscript reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals and has been a regular reviewer of research proposals for several national organizations He is currently Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation. Dr. Cowley has a busy clinical practice, with an emphasis on patients with polycystic kidney disease and patients with kidney and other solid organ transplants. He serves as the UNOS-designated Physician for the Kidney Transplant and the Pancreas Transplant Programs at OU Medical Center.
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The most exciting thing about ebooks is that I can offer these books at a third of the price of the printed copies. Yay!
|A Bid For Love - available on ebook!
All that takes time away from my "day" job of writing for my regular publisher. When I do release the older books in print, I will have to charge the higher price demanded by the print-on-demand company, which prints a book at a time, as opposed to traditional publishing which prints larger amounts, but which have to be all paid for in advance—something you can't do for older books that will likely sell fewer than ten percent of the ebook copies.
That means the people who want my older books in print form have to pay three times what they would have paid for the same ebook. No more books for $5.99 or $6.99. Nope, they would be $14.99 or more like the $17.99 that my publisher charges for my new novels. Yikes!
So if someone bought ten of my older ebooks instead of print copies, they would save more than enough to buy a Kindle. Or throw in the other five, and two of my newer books (my publisher discounts even new ebooks from $17.95 to $9.99), and with your savings, you could buy a Kindle Fire or a nice Android phone or an iPod and download a Kindle app. Once you have done this, you can get the less expensive ebooks, AND you are also ready to participate in any free ebooks offer authors/publishers sometimes send out during promotions. Win-win! And you never have to worry about not having enough room for more books.
Now I haven't mentioned the Nook because I sell less than ten percent of my ebooks there, and it's because of Amazon's KDP program, that authors and publishers can occasionally offer books for free during very limited promotion days. So, if you have a Nook, you'll need to root it or buy a special card if you want Kindle books.
That said, I want to invite you to download two FREE Kindle books to jumpstart your savings!
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What better way to celebrate the start of summer than by stocking up on books? This is the perfect opportunity to get that Kindle you always wanted—or download the Kindle app for your iPad or computer and read for free!
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Business of Research: Issues of Policy and Practice
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August 2001, Wiley-Blackwell
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2. Funding Social Science Research in Academia: Janet Lewis.
3. The Politics of Partnership in Tropical Public Health: Researching Tuberculosis Control in India: Jessica A. Ogden and John D. H. Porter.
4. Recognizing Diversity and Group Processes in International, Collaborative Research Work: A Case Study: Elizabeth Ettorre.
5. Integrating Participation into Research and Consultancy: A Conservation Example From Arabia: Dawn Chatty.
6. Multiple Scripts and Contested Discourse in Disseminating Research Findings: Gillian Lewando Hundt.
7. Researching a Contemporary Archive: Catherine Jones Finer.
8. Researching Homelessness and Rough Sleeping in the Scottish Context: Hilary Third.
9. Researching Risk in the Probation Service: Hazel Kemshall.
10. Synthesizing Research and Practice: Using the Action Research Approach in Health Care Settings: Paul Bate.
11. Balncing Research and Action: Reflections on an Action Research Project in a Social Services Department: Jan Waterson.
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Gillian Lewando-Hundt is Professor of Social Sciences in Health in the School of Health and Social Studies at the University of Warwick. Her current research interests are in the fields of sociology of health, medical anthropology, social policy and public health. She currently conducting reseach in Kenya, South Africa, the Middle East and England. She is the founding Director of a multidisciplinary Institute of Health within the Faculty of Social Studies at the University of Warwick.
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Phil Gingrey targets Paul Broun's gun giveaway; David Perdue breaks on Internet sales
To anyone who questions whether Rep. Phil Gingrey's candidacy is being cheered by Washington Republicans, witness the opening minutes of Monday's forum of Republican Senate candidates, hosted by the Georgia Municipal Association.
Rep. Paul Broun, feared by some establishment types as being vulnerable to a general election upset, was pressed on whether he thinks giving a free AR-15 to a supporter is actually such a good idea. (He offered the assault rifle on Friday.)
Broun responded as he has throughout the campaign, touting his Second Amendment chops and saying "Georgia is a pro-gun state."
It was Gingrey's response, though, that turned heads. He suggested Broun's gun giveaway was political pandering, and said that every candidate on the stage was sufficiently pro-gun rights.
"I'm not accusing him of a stunt," he said — and in so doing, made that very accusation.
After the forum was over, a crowd of reporters huddled around Gingrey to push him to elaborate. They eventually teased this from him:
"Paul is a good man. I'm not accusing Paul of invoking a gimmick," he said, adding: "It's a little gimmicky."
The other candidates didn't take the bait. But Gingrey, in his closing, gave a glimpse at his pitch to out-conservative Broun. "You need the right person to represent you – the most conservative candidate who can be elected in November."
If there was another point of departure at Monday's event, it was the topic of Internet sales — and whether companies that sell their goods online should be subject to state sales taxes like their bricks-and-mortar brothers.
Georgia passed such a law last year. The U.S. Senate has passed out the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would address the question on a nationwide scale. The six Republican candidates were asked their opinion. These were among the replies:
— Gingrey praised Georgia's effort, and said he would consider the federal version, but strongly implied that he would ultimately vote against it:
"I don't it really should be a federal issue. I know the Senate has already passed that. I know our two senators voted in favor of it. It hasn't come to the House yet. It's something I'll look at very, very closely. I'm so much against raising taxes – and [for] promoting entrepreneurship of these small shops, mom-and-pops, that are on the Internet. But we need to look closely at it."
— Broun was more succinct: "We shouldn't be raising taxes on anybody," he said.
— David Perdue, the former CEO of Dollar General, broke from the pack by endorsing the measure:
"Being the only retailer up here, I can tell you – I've seen both sides of this conversation. Look, one of the things the federal government does – or should do, frankly – is make sure all players in our free enterprise system play on an even playing field. Here's where, because of technology, they're not. Frankly, I think whether you have brick-and-mortar, or Internet sales, we should have the same rules apply to both. That's from a retailer."
— Rep. Jack Kingston portrayed an Internet sales tax as a slippery slope:
"If you put this Internet sales tax on the table, then you are also going to inch municipal bonds there. Now, I do not favor stopping the tax exemption for municipal bonds, because I know how important that is for you as a tool for economic development.
"But if you start picking and choosing which taxes you want, that's what's going to happen. When we take the plunge for tax simplification, we have to do it all at once."
— And Karen Handel said implementing the tax would be daunting:
"I appreciate that we want to have fairness across the board for businesses. I'll tell you, I have real concerns that this bill might have some unintended consequences. Remember, the revenue threshold for this is $1 million. For most small businesses, they're margins are going to be 5 percent, maybe 10 percent. The compliance aspect of this is going to be enormous…."
Over at the Associated Press, Bill Barrow added these thoughts from the event:
As the Q&A exposed some distinctions among the GOP field, it also highlighted the tightrope candidates walk as they try to yield no ground on their conservative credentials.
[Eugene] Yu stood out on immigration, saying "amnesty … is insulting to someone like me who came here legally." But he said the U.S. government should make it easier to immigrate legally.
Perdue said he opposes the Senate immigration law. But he broke from the chorus of opponents to frame the entire question as a "Washington distraction" that takes attention away from the more pressing matter of a structural budget deficit and rising national debt.
Broun, after multiple claims of being the most conservative, recalled voting for a House measure that would have barred federal law enforcement from prosecuting doctors who prescribe marijuana for medical treatment.
Perdue broke with Broun and said Congress should require online retailers to collect sales taxes. Kingston expressed sympathy for store-front retailers facing online competitors who don't collect taxes, but he took pains to say any changes should be a part of a comprehensive tax overhaul. Broun said plainly that levies on Internet sales amount to a tax increase.
Gingrey and Handel expressed sympathy for the pending proposals, heavily backed by retailers with store fronts, but they stopped short of explicit support.
Broun, who repeatedly railed against "out-of-control government spending," highlighted his work to secure federal money for an Athens health center and other projects he said were worthy.
Railing on the national debt, Handel said, "I don't think we can afford to have anything be a sacred cow." But she went on to state her general support for "priorities" that include "community development" grants to local governments.
On the same topic, Gingrey assured the audience, "I know how important they are to you, and I will continue to work very hard to make sure that this cow is just as sacred as any other."


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IMHO, unless you have a real need for a compact folding shotgun, don't get one. I use a Choate pistol grip full stock on my 870, and it is great. I have fired the Remington folding stock, and the metal stock will bite your cheek, and if you haven't mounted the shotgun properly, it willl bite you bad and leave a crescent scar on your cheek. I've used the Choate stock on Mossbergs, too, with excellent results. If you just want pistol grips, get Adventurer's Outpost (I think that's the name) or I think Tac-Star? I'll have to look. Same company makes the side saddle, which I also think should be standard equipment on a combat shotgun.
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Tim Hannagan: A demand pause seen
Now that the big crop report, by the USDA, is out of the way and 2010 crop production behind us, we can get our attention to what really drives the market and that's demand.
The next crop report, in February, will not be as bullish, with production numbers now over. Reasons, South American crops are coming in and regardless of how large or small they are they capture the lion share of worlds export business.
We're also starting to see demand slow. Weekly export sales for corn had been lower, with key Asian business, that accounts for 70% of our exportable feed grains yearly, being lower for the third consecutive week. Bean sales have been under 500,000 metric tons, the last two weeks with Chinese purchases down 2 of the last three weeks.
We're not talking bearish demand. But, we see a seasonal slowdown into early March, setting up more of an unfriendly crop report perception in February and March. The last two years saw the seasonal slowdown lead to measurable price corrections in corn and beans, the last half of January into February. But, there could be a wildcard here keeping grain stronger right into the early spring. The underlying fundamentals are identical to 2008 when prices soared to historic highs late spring. We see ending stocks of corn at 745m.b. on the USDA report, down for the sixth consecutive month and representing a 40-day supply come this fall.
With continued dryness in Argentina into February, production shortfalls there could lead to 100 or 200 million bushels more exports here in the U.S., cutting ending stocks further. We sit now, one dry summer ahead here of running out of grain in 2012. Beans see ending stocks at 140m.b. and dropping monthly.
Most believe we will end up come fall under 100m.b,. hardly enough to mention. This sets up a mindset that corn and beans need to continue to seek out prices high enough to ensure we plant more acres of each. It will be very difficult for corn or beans to steal acres way from the other. Acres will come from fields once growing hay, alfalfa, oats and other industrial feeds. But, since the corn and bean farmers already plant fence-post to fence-post, any additional acres over the year prior will be limited to two million or less.
The last three years have proven we can't produce enough grain here to meet expanding and changing world eating habits. 2008 saw the battle for increase acres using a price rise continue from January 1 through July.
If funds decide to match the 2008 fundamentals and pricing to 2011, the prices have much further to go. But, be nimble on futures trading as the current tide of fund buying could turn the tide to fund profit-taking overnight.
The probabilities of near-term price correction are becoming greater. Just a note or a reminder markets are closed Monday for the holiday and will re-open Tuesday.


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BOUNTIFUL — A family reunion for the descendants of David and Patty Barlett Sessions will be July 21 at the chapel at 250 S. Main St., Bountiful.Comment on this story
Registration is at 8 a.m. Donna Toland Smart, author of "Mormon Midwife: Patty Bartlett Sessions," will speak at 9 a.m. Smart was awarded the David W. and Beatrice C. Evans Handcart Award from Utah State University for the biography.
The reunion will include time to share biographical research, including displays, photographs and genealogical records, and break-out sessions for each branch of the family.
Patty and David Sessions arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in September 1847 and their children include Perrigrine, Sylvia and David Jr. The family lived at North Temple on 400 West and they later moved to Bountiful.


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Schuler serves District II, the largest of the national organization's eight districts. It includes colleges, universities and independent schools in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and West Virginia.
As a member of the board, she is responsible for the district's website and communication programs. She also is a member of the DII Conference Executive Committee, which is planning a three-day conference in Pittsburgh for March 3-5. In that role, she co-chairs the conference marketing committee.
Schuler joined Davis & Elkins in 2001 as director of communications and was appointed to her current position in 2011. She has a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Purdue University and a master's degree in advertising from the University of Illinois, where she also taught persuasive writing. She has previously worked in advertising, corporate marketing and public broadcasting.
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One big fat meatball pitch from Matt Albers was the final difference from keeping Daniel Bard from picking up his second win as a starter for the Boston Red Sox and third overall this season last night in Kansas City.
Look, I'm not going to bash Albers at all even with him serving up a three-run homer to Billy Butler that gave the Kansas City Royals the 6-4 win.
The Red Sox bullpen has been outstanding as of late despite the fact the local nine has lost six of their last seven games. If we were to get on anything at all, it should be the starting pitching.
Bard ventured to a place where he's normally comfortable, if he was still a reliever. For the first time this season, Bard pitched into the 8th inning. Take away his meltdown in the 2nd inning and the two walks to the last two batters he faced in the 8th, Bard threw the ball well and continued to be one of the, if not the only, consistent starter the Red Sox have had this season.
The 2nd inning runs were mostly his doing. Bard became too worried with the runners on base and lost his focus. He balked in a run and then committed another balk to move the runner to third only to see him come around to score on a Chris Getz single. Then he uncorked a wild pitch to move Getz into scoring position. Getz would score the third run of the inning on a Humberto Quintero single.
After that, Bard settled down as he retired 13 of the next 14 batters. He ran into some trouble in the 7th inning but was bailed out when the Royals tried a safety squeeze with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Alcides Escobar's bunt went right to Adrian Gonzalez who threw home to nail Jeff Francouer with Kelly Shoppach doing an excellent job of blocking the plate.
Will Middlebrooks got the Red Sox going offensively in the 2nd inning when he doubled and eventually scored on a Kelly Shoppach single. Unfortunately for the Red Sox and Middlebrooks, he had to leave with hamstring tightness, the same ailment that caused him to miss a game last week. The Red Sox added another run that inning when Dustin Pedroia reached on a bases loaded walk.
Pedroia provided the tying run in the 4th when he brought in former Royals SS Mike Aviles who had doubled the batter before. They took the lead in the 5th when Gonzalez scored on a throwing error.
Sure Gonzo has been struggling off and on for the past week or so. But if you watched his swing on his two hits last night, you could tell that he's found it again. Hopefully it sticks around for a while longer. For those of you worried about his numbers, I wouldn't be. He's one of the best hitters in the game and his numbers will come. Marlon Byrd also added two hits in the game.
This was definitely a game the Red Sox should have won. You could question as to why Bobby Valentine didn't bring in a reliever to start the 8th clean. But with Bard's pitch count under 100 at the time, it might be hard to second guess him.
A win tonight though against one of the worst teams in baseball would go a long way right now before heading back home to Fenway Park where they have struggled this season.
We'll be back later with today's lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and links from the day. So for now, let's take at look at the overnight links from the media by clicking on the read more button below if you're on the home page.
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No finishing touch as Royals top Sox [Boston Globe]
Gonzalez's birthday a Royal pain [Boston Globe]
Leg woes slow Middlebrooks [Boston Globe]
Times Co. reported near deal on Sox [Boston Globe]
No relief for Red Sox [Boston Herald]
Rare Daniel Bard balks come at bad time [Boston Herald]
Will-ing to be creative [Boston Herald]
Will Middlebrooks up, down [Boston Herald]
The search is still on for Daniel Bard's eighth-inning replacement [Rob Bradford – WEEI.com]
Butler's home run leads Royals to 6-4 win [CSN New England]
Middlebrooks leaves game with hamstring tightness [CSN New England]
Bard's late-inning control problems doom Red Sox [CSN New England]
Rapid Reaction: Royals 6, Red Sox 4 [ESPN Boston]
Middlebrooks: Hamstring 'not a big deal' [ESPN Boston]
Bard, Sox were smelling victory too soon [ESPN Boston]
Video: Kruk on what Sox need to improve [ESPN Boston]
Closing Time: Billy Butler, Royals spoil night for Daniel Bard, Red Sox [Full Count]
Will Middlebrooks Downplays Severity of Cramping Issue, Explains Team Just Playing It Safe [NESN.com]
Daniel Bard Still Learning How To Finish Games While Mixing Longevity With Efficiency [NESN.com]
Daisuke Matsuzaka Could Be Miracle Elixir for Red Sox Rotation Struggles [NESN.com]
Adrian Gonzalez Looks Like He May Be 'Rolling,' and That's Good for Red Sox [NESN.com]
Chat Live With Will Middlebrooks on NESN.com on Friday at Noon ET [NESN.com]
Brunansky's 'still in awe' over honor from Red Sox [Pawtucket Times]
Pena, Greenville 'pen combine on historic no-hitter [RedSox.com]
Valentine visits Negro Leagues Museum [RedSox.com]
Facing another lefty, Salty, Sweeney sit again [RedSox.com]
Red Sox enthused by Ellsbury's progress [RedSox.com]
Middlebrooks: Hamstring tightness not serious [RedSox.com]
Eighth-inning fatigue caps Bard's erratic night [RedSox.com]
For more slices of Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, CSN New England, ESPN Boston, NESN, Providence Journal, RedSox.com and WEEI websites.
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Hip-Hop Band Weighs in on ID
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|Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
Here's an email I just received that signals the extent to which ID is making cultural inroads:
[T]he message on Darwinian Evolution is getting out to the young people. Check out this hip-hop band's song called "Agency". It is an all out attack on Macro-evolution, Chemical Evolution, Common Descent, even Scientific Naturalism, on the whole. The song also states that "ID is a more possible explanation" and is very friendly to the ID movement and general ID thesis. This rapper is genuinely angry about the rhetoric employed by Darwinists-basing most of their arguments against ID on ad-hominem attacks and "Creationist" labels, in their refutation of ID, rather than addressing the scientific merits of the theory .
If the pop-culture is starting to understand the gross inadequacies of Neo-Darwinism to explain the origins and the diversity of life in this universe, perhaps a paradigm shift is closer than we think.
The band is called FM108 and tackles issues of biological origins, in addition to issues of criminal justice, particularly wrongful convictions and a variety of other pressing world issues. For more info contact me at: [snip]
Hear the song "Agency" by FM108 @ http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres/artist.cfm?mode=longBio&Band_Id=13736
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I do have to ask. What does hip-hop have to do with science? There are at least two songs that I have heard in the last few years that speak about Darwinism and Darwinists are not jumping for joy. It is the up and coming scientists that determine new paradigms, not the up and coming musicians.
Also, country musicians, or even pop music, talk about God in their songs and this publicity has not changed science (I am not saying that ID focuses on God, but rather my point is that just because a trend in music talks about a particular subject matter that is against mainstream science does not mean that will be the new paradigm in the future).
"Kennedy is no scientist or philosopher of science, so presumably he has spoken to the experts, who assure him that intelligent design is not science. Indeed, Kennedy himself offers no argument for why intelligent design fails to be a scientific theory. So, is that how the public debate over intelligent design's role in public school sciences classes will end? Experts on one side will say that it is a genuine science and experts on the other will say it isn't? And politicians will then take their cues from their preferred experts?"
–Dembski "Edward Kennedy — Expert on Science?"
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Imagine Linkin Park on an off day, mixed with a beat cribbed from a Yamaha keyboard, vocals by your jaded high school biology teacher….
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EZCORP Inc. (NASDAQ:EZPW) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2009-09-30.
Ezcorp Inc. is engaged in establishing, acquiring, and operating pawnshops which function as convenient sources of consumer credit and as value-oriented specialty retailers of primarily previously owned merchandise. Through its lending function, the company makes relatively small, non-recourse loans secured by pledges of tangible personal property. The company contracts for a pawn service charge to compensate it for each pawn loan. Ezcorp Inc. has a market cap of $802.6 million; its shares were traded at around $16.48 with a P/E ratio of 11.8 and P/S ratio of 1.3. Ezcorp Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 35.8% over the past 5 years.
Highlight of Business Operations:While allowable service charges vary by state and loan size, a majority of our U.S. pawn loans earn 20% per month. The pawn loan amount varies depending on the valuation of the item pawned, but our average U.S. pawn loan amount typically ranges between $80 and $120. The total U.S. loan term, consisting of the primary term and a grace period, is 60 days in most locations, but ranges up to 120 days in some states. In Mexico, pawn service charges range from 13% to 20% per month, but a majority of our pawn loans earn 18%, net of applicable taxes. The total Mexico pawn loan term is 40 days, consisting of the primary term and a grace period. In fiscal 2007, 2008 and 2009, approximately 77%, 79% and 79% of our pawn loans were redeemed in full or were renewed or extended through the payment of accrued pawn service charges.
Collateral for our pawn loans consists of tangible personal property, generally jewelry, consumer electronics, tools, sporting goods and musical instruments. Approximately 65% of our pawn loan collateral is jewelry, and the vast majority of that is gold jewelry. We do not evaluate the creditworthiness of a pawn customer, but rely on the estimated resale value of the collateral and the perceived probability of the loans redemption. We generally lend from 25% to 65% of the pledged propertys estimated resale value depending on an evaluation of these factors. The sources of information we use to determine the resale value of collateral include our computerized valuation software, gold values, internet retail and auction sites, catalogues, newspaper advertisements and previous sales of similar merchandise.
Pawn loan forfeitures constitute the primary source of inventory for our retail sales activities, although we also purchase and resell pre-owned merchandise from customers and some new merchandise from third-party vendors. The gross profit on sales of inventory depends primarily on our assessment of the loan or purchase value at the time the property is either accepted as loan collateral or purchased. Improper value assessment in the lending or purchasing process can result in lower margins or reduced marketability of the merchandise. During fiscal 2007, 2008 and 2009, we realized gross margins on sales of 39%, 40% and 37%.
For fiscal 2007, 2008 and 2009, retail activities and jewelry scrapping (sales of precious metals and gemstones to refiners and gemstone wholesalers) accounted for approximately 52%, 51% and 54% of our total revenues, or 33% of our net revenues in each year, after deducting the cost of goods sold. As a significant portion of our inventory and sales involve gold jewelry, our results can be heavily influenced by the market price of gold, which has increased over the past several years. This is particularly true for gold scrapping, which comprised 27% of total sales in fiscal 2007, 33% in fiscal 2008 and 37% in fiscal 2009.
Auto title loans Auto title loans are 30-day loans collateralized by the titles to customers automobiles. The principal amount of an auto title loan can be up to $9,000, but averages about $700. Loan amounts are established based on customers income levels, an inspection of the automobile and title and reference to market values of used automobiles. For each auto title loan, we charge a fee of 12.5% to 25% of the loan amount.
In our Texas stores, we do not offer signature loan or auto title loan products themselves, but offer fee-based credit services to customers seeking loans. In these locations, we act as a credit services organization (or CSO) on behalf of customers in accordance with applicable state laws, and offer advice and assistance to customers in obtaining loans from unaffiliated lenders. Our services include arranging loans with independent third-party lenders, assisting in the preparation of loan applications and loan documents, and accepting loan payments for the lenders. We do not make, fund or participate in the loans made by the lenders, but we assist customers in obtaining credit and enhance their creditworthiness by issuing a letter of credit to guarantee the customers payment obligations to the independent third-party lender. For credit services in connection with arranging a payday loan (average loan amount of about $550), our fee is 20% of the loan amount. For credit services in connection with arranging an installment loan (average loan amount of about $2,100), our fee is 10% of the initial loan
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Mooney 8
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Next: Akron Hoban vs. Mooney at Cene, Wednesday, 4:30 p.m.
Next: Py. Valley vs. Ursuline at Cene, today, 7 p.m.
The Cards took an 8-1 lead then held off their rivals
By Greg Gulas
Ryan Gallagher struck out eight and allowed just one run in five innings of work and the Cardinal Mooney High baseball team withstood a late Ursuline rally to defeat the Irish, 8-5, Monday at Bob Cene Park.
"My fastball was working and I didn't throw too many curveballs," Gallagher said. "We got out to an early lead and that really helped.
"It's just a great feeling to be undefeated after the first seven games of the season."
Gallagher (3-0) saw his Cardinals (7-0) get on the board first in their half of the second when Drew DelSignore, Dan Dougherty and Danny Reese all singled with one out to load the bases.
A single by leadoff batter Frank Rondinelli then scored DelSignore with the game's first run, but the Irish avoided further damage when Dan D'Andrea lined out to shortstop Ryan Strollo, who then flipped the ball to Anthony Rohan at second base to double up Reese and end the inning.
Ursuline (5-3) loaded the bases with one out in the top of the third on a walk to Paul Kempe and back-to-back singles by Jeff Podolsky and Rohan. But Gallagher, who had eight strikeouts, struck out Harrison Finelli and Pete Garthwaite to end the inning.
In the bottom of the third, Mooney took a two-run lead when Brandon Sklenar's single plated Vic Kuchmaner, who had tripled with two outs.
The Cardinals broke the game open in the fourth when they sent nine batters to the plate, scoring four times on just two hits. They were aided by three Ursuline walks and an error.
The Irish finally got on the board in the fifth when Kempe singled to lead off the frame, later scoring on a single by Garthwaite to cut the deficit to 6-1.
Mooney added to its lead in the bottom of the inning when D'Andrea's fielder's choice plated Nick Buffa and Nick Vasquez' single scored D'Andrea for an 8-1 margin.
Strollo's two-run single highlighted a four-run seventh inning for the Irish, but it was too little, too late for Ursuline (5-3).
"It was a typical Ursuline-Cardinal Mooney match-up," Mooney coach Al Franceschelli said. "Ryan [Gallagher] pitched outstanding tonight and all of the hard work in the offseason by the players is beginning to pay off for us.
"The kids have really responded and that is a great feeling."
Mooney had 11 hits with Reese's two singles leading the way.
Rohan and Garthwaite each had two hits for Ursuline.
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Looks like 4 year/88 mil or 4 year/96 mil (bit of conflicting info in the link)
Thoughts? Good move?
Looks like 4 year/88 mil or 4 year/96 mil (bit of conflicting info in the link)
Thoughts? Good move?
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We've already addressed this in other threads, but I think it's an awesome move by Houston if they can find the cap room and convince him to leave Miami. Honestly, I think he's a much better fit than Melo. Now it just boils down to what Lebron decides to do. If he bolts for Cleveland, Bosh is coming to Houston. If he decides to stay, Bosh will follow suit.
Although supposedly Dallas is pushing to get Parsons to sign an offer sheet. If that happens, it could throw a major wrench into the Rockets plans with Bosh.
Ack, I started the same exact thread at exactly the same time! mine was from Adrian Wojnarowski's 'sources'.
Why exactly are we saying Bosh would be a good fit? He's a jump shooter? He can hit 3's? He'll pull defenders out of the middle for Harden and Chandler to penetrate? He's good in pick-n-roll defense, I believe. How is he against Roy Hibbert (playing well)?
Whoa, I rarely bother looking at stats for trades... but Bosh's career numbers don't look $20M good to me. Not when compared to Terrance Jones' rookie year numbers.
Bosh is a 32% 3pt shooter? I thought he was supposed to be good. TJ shot 30%.
Bosh FG is .498, TJ's .532.
Bosh scores more, he also shoots more. Bosh has a higher free throw %, but doesn't take that many per game (and my ref theory says he'll take fewer on a team with Harden and Howard taking up the "discretionary whistles").
Unless Bosh is a tremendous blocker and defender (??) I don't see the fit. Explain it to me again?
And you bring up 3-point shooting, but Bosh was essentially a 34% 3-point shooter last season compared to less than 31% for Jones. Bosh also took more than twice as many threes per game. Also, it's worth bringing playoff numbers into the discussion. Notice Jones drop off in production in the postseason but the fact that Bosh's numbers were relatively consistent over the past four years as the Heat made four straight Finals.
I like Jones, but I think Bosh is superior in pretty much every possible way. If you can get him by overpaying for him, you do it, because players of his caliber that fit this well on paper with the Rockets are not easy to come by.
I hear the term "stretch 4" being tossed around a lot with the Rockets the past couple of seasons and it seems like this is what they're looking for in Bosh.
So essentially we're shoring up the front-court pretty strong, but we'll be a little thin in the back trying to make room on the cap and ditching Lin and whoever else.
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Are they really going to be that thin the back court, though? I like Lin, but the guy was insanely inconsistent. Between young guys like Canaan, Nick Johnson and possibly Troy Daniels, I think one of those guys could step up and be every bit the player Lin was for a fraction of the cost. And Houston could still have all or a portion of the MLE to add a veteran guard if they don't trust any of those guys to get the job done.
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For clarification, I do think Houston would be fairly thin in the back court, but I think they're pretty thin across the board right now until they fill in the rest of the roster. And I don't think they necessarily have to add a big name in the back court to be every bit as good as they were last season in the back court off the bench, because I don't think Jeremy Lin is very good.
If Harden was on the court he was expected to stand in a corner (don't back-cut! That'll take away Harden's driving lane). If Harden wasn't there, then he generally had free reign to penetrate, except Howard would insist in getting the ball and pounding it 5-6 times and putting up a turn around hook shot.
Lin's main weakness is an inability to stay in front of quicker PG's penetration (but nobody really can) AND his lack of consistent recovery to defend the PG (Beverly's biggest strength). I'm sure Houston can get a backup PG for less than Lin, but I doubt he will be better than Lin.
I'd actually call that his biggest strength, on defense. He is strong, quick and tall enough to stop players from going to the rim. There's a pretty good stat, I think it was the Seahawks/Rockets fan who brought it up last season, showing exaclty that.Lin's main weakness is an inability to stay in front of quicker PG's penetration (but nobody really can)
That's relative. He might not be better than Lin overall, but he might be just as good or even better, if he is an elite three-point shooter, playing in this team, right now.AND his lack of consistent recovery to defend the PG (Beverly's biggest strength). I'm sure Houston can get a backup PG for less than Lin, but I doubt he will be better than Lin.
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Lin had a 1.67 AST/TO, shot 41% from the field and a pathetic 5-23 from three against the Blazers. And that was a huge improvement from 2013 Playoffs.
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Via Hoopshype, via TwitterAdrian Wojnarowski: Communication flowing between Chris Bosh camp and Rockets today, preparing for landing spot should LeBron James leave, sources tell Yahoo. Twitter @WojYahooNBA
I'm so freaking excited. I'm hoping Lebron will make his announcement this evening one way or the other so at least we all know where Houston stands. If I had to pick one way or the other, I'd say that I'm leaning 60% toward Lebron picking Cleveland. But it could just be because that's where I want him to go and because I desperately want Bosh in Houston...
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Local economist Simon Medcalfe has a glass half-full view of Augusta's economy for 2014.
As recovery from the last recession forges ahead and uncertainty surrounding the fiscal cliff and financial crisis in Europe has alleviated, Medcalfe sees a more favorable outlook for the local economy this year than he did in 2013 and previous years.
Medcalfe, an associate finance professor in Georgia Regents University's Hull College of Business, told members of the business community Wednesday at the Summerville campus that Augusta had largely recovered the 7,000 local jobs lost from 2008 to 2009.
Employment numbers have rebounded to more than 216,000 jobs, Medcalfe said at GRU's sixth annual economic forecast breakfast.
"For the first time since I've been doing this presentation, I really don't see any big macro economic threat to the economy in the next year," he said.
Medcalfe said the health services field, which he called the "bedrock" of the city's economy, will continue to drive the local job market.
The sector remained resilient during the recession and has gained 2,500 jobs since 2010, he said.
Medcalfe also pinpointed the area's housing, retail, leisure and hospitality, and transportation and utilities as sectors where he expects to see continued growth.
"Spending is increasing, particularly discretionary spending," Medcalfe said.
"People are a little bit more confident now about the economy than they were two, three, four, five years ago. Because spending and employment is increasing in these sectors that bodes well for the economy in general as well."
Tallying data compiled by local real estate firm Blanchard and Calhoun, Medcalfe said that average home prices across metro Augusta have jumped nearly 10 percent to about $164,000 when compared to what they were a year ago. The increase has been even sharper since February 2009, when homes sold on average for $145,000.
"The number of days houses are on the market is declining," Medcalfe said. "The number of houses for sale is increasing."
While Medcalfe had mostly good news for Augusta's economic climate as a whole, he listed construction, manufacturing, financial and information as industries needing improvement.
In manufacturing, about 3,000 local jobs were lost since 2008 and an additional 1,500 positions were eliminated in logging, mining and construction. Neither sector has rebounded.
Augusta's unemployment rate is currently at 7.5 percent, which is down from 8.6 percent this summer but still up from 7 percent in October 2008.


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January 26, 2004
"How Many Times"
How many times can you hit bottom-
Before you finally fall through.
Don't know how good you have it-
'Till it really has you.
Comin' back down to Earth…
You're gonna write your last line-
Girl, thinkin' less of your worth,
Droppin' yourself from the skies.
I can't stand to see you breakin'
I can stand to see you shakin'
But I can't hold on forever…
Waitin' for you… waitin' for you…
Take the best grip you can-
And hang on to the ride.
This is your only chance…
Please, don't let it slide.
Courage ain't the whole truth…
Strength is only part.
You are your only proof-
That livin' is from the heart.
I can't stand to see you breakin'
I can't stand to see you shakin'
I'm not holding on forever..
This time it's up to you…
Your only fault is yourself-
If you let it get that far.
Your have no true limits…
Not even the highest star.
This is your only hope-
To make yourself brand new…
Girl, believe in yourself…
Like I believe in you.
I won't stand to see you breakin'
I won't take the shots you're makin'
I'm not holding on forever…
This is up to you… (fade)


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I wanted to make an over-sized suit and liked the design of the Arcanine character. Toughest part of this costume was discovering that even the tiniest flaw/bump/texture shows through velvet. Solved this by using a thin layer of dacron batting. The tail was the second trickiest part: it's HUGE. And keeping it upright meant lots of understructure and support. Overall, I'm happy with the result.
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3D Logo Kit 2 – The Glitch is a after effects project you can easily insert your logo into and get a beautiful 3d extruded effect, this template is easy to use and customize and includes 4 colour schemes to get you started. Includes a glitch(video interference) version & non-glitch version.
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Institute of Criminology Events
27 July 2012
The Institute of Criminology (IC) is pleased to announce two special events to take place the week commencing 30 July 2012.
1.Beyond Punishment: Frontiers of Penal Policy, A Colloquium
(6-8pm, 31 July 2012, Level 4 Common Room, New Law School)
How can prisons be managed in a way that achieve community expectations regarding punishment and deterrence while ensuring the realisation of human rights? What can we learn from other countries and prison systems about how to rehabilitate prisoners in a just, decent, humane and cost effective manner. This colloquium, to be hosted by Professor Patrick Keyzer, brings together three scholars at the forefront of penal policy and criminal justice. Each will speak for 20 minutes, and their talks will be followed by a plenary panel discussion. The speakers are Baroness Vivien Stern CBEand Professor Andrew Coyle CMG. This event is sponsored by Corrective Services NSW and is jointly hosted by the Institute of Criminology, Sydney Law School, and the Centre for Law, Governance and Public Policy.
2.Launch of the 'Forensic Science and Justice: From crime scene to court and beyond' Special Issue of the Current Issues in Criminal Justice Journal
(6-7:30pm, 1 August 2012, Level 4 Common Room, New Law School)
A small number of authors who have contributed to the 'Forensic Science and Justice: From crime scene to court and beyond' Special Issue will discuss their contribution to the journal. Speakers include:
· Dr Rebecca Scott Bray (Co-Director, Sydney Institute of Criminology)
· Associate Professor Roberta Julian (Director, Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies and co-editor of the Special Issue)
Alastair Ross AM (Director, National Institute for Forensic Sciences)
· Mehera San Roque (Senior Lecturer, UNSW)
Copies of the journal will be available to purchase at the launch. This launch and event is kindly sponsored by the Forensic Document Services.
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"We are seeing the desperation of the traditional political class. I wish to call for political unity of the social and leftist forces of the nation."
"Next month I'll be going again to Venezuela to participate in an international forum and there's nothing wrong with that. What is wrong with meeting Hugo Chavez? He is the leader of a nation, not a criminal."
"You could question his macroeconomics, but Velasco gave dignity to the people who lived in the countryside."
"We are the quiet force built up by five centuries of exploitation, tired of living under the dictatorship of the rich and ready to build a new motherland."
"We want more investors to come, to rescue the concept of corporate social responsibility. We will be a government that respects foreign investments, that has a profound respect for private property and freedom of expression."
"This is a process happening throughout the region. New regimes have surged within these conditions, democratically. We are seeing a new face of Latin America. It's trying to construct a family, a Latin American family."
"We are living a dictatorship of the rich. I am happy that the rich and powerful call me anti-system if it is their system that keeps Peru in poverty and misery."


text: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:24:38PM +0100, Benja Fallenstein wrote: > On Dec 28, 2007 3:55 PM, David Roundy <daveroundy at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Dec 28, 2007 9:51 AM, Benja Fallenstein <benja.fallenstein at gmail.com> wrote: > > > If you use intercalate to join, I would presume that you would want to > > > use an inverse of it to split. I'd write it like this: > > > > Of course, there is no inverse to intercalate > > Right; I misspoke. What I meant was that you would want a split such that > > intercalate a (split a xs) = a > > for finite, total (a,xs) (and, since it's achievable, even for > infinite xs). Of course, (split a xs = [xs]) satisfies that, but if we > add the requirement that split is also supposed to do its job :-) then > I think split is fully specified except for whether (split a [] = []) > or (split a [] = [[]]). The latter seems better to me; e.g., it > satisfies > > split a (x ++ a ++ y) = split a x ++ split a y Yes, the latter is what darcs' linesPS does. > > so if you want to use a "logical" approach, perhaps you'd want to > > define split first, and then define your join as the inverse of split. > > If your join comes out as being intercalate, I suppose it's six of > one, half a dozen of the other :-) Well, your intercalate "\n" is not the same as "unlines" and the inverse of intercalate "\n" is not the same as lines, nor is its inverse (with " ") the same as words. It is true that intercalate " " is the same as unwords, however. So it does seem like the prelude doesn't really give us any hints as to what would be a useful generic join/split pair. -- David Roundy Department of Physics Oregon State University


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July 5, 2013
A Kansas City man and two other aspiring holy war combatants in the U.S. thought their contributions to Al Qaeda would buy them front-row seats in global jihad, but instead the money was divvied up among leaders in Yemen for their personal gain, according to court records.
Hundreds of pages of court documents in Kansas City and New York illustrate how Khalid Ouazzani — a Kansas City used auto parts salesman and failed real estate investor — and two other naturalized American citizens were fleeced out of tens of thousands of dollars by Al Qaeda leaders who exploited their zeal to wage holy war, The Kansas City Star reported.
In a recent letter to a New York federal judge, a lawyer representing cell member Sabirhan Hasanoff — a Brooklyn accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers who moved to Dubai in 2007 — acknowledged that Hasanoff once dreamed about jihad glory but instead got taken by a Yemeni con man.
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Monaco is a fun, frantic game about pulling off the perfect heist
Stumble into an enemy's line of sight and they'll give chase, alerting the rest of the guards in the process. It's rare to run through a mission without getting spotted at least once, but it's obnoxiously easy to evade and escape the enemy; quickly fleeing around a corner or hiding in a vent or bush will usually save your bacon, as guards get bored pretty quickly and give the all-clear. It's simple and a little silly, but far better than if the guards were obnoxiously difficult.
Partners in crime
While it's perfectly playable as a single-player game, Monaco was made for co-op play. Team with up to three other people online or in the same room to work together, tapping the unique skill of each thief to make the heist go smooth.
Setting up a game with friends is easily accomplished through Steam, though Monaco has it's own matchmaking service to hook you up with strangers. Communication is key when pulling the perfect job, so the in-game voice chat system is a welcome addition.
If you have the means (extra controllers, keyboards, mice), you can gather everyone around the same screen. This is a little challenging on the PC version as it may get a little crowded around your desk, but there's nothing like recreating the old-school couch co-op feeling. Monaco's local co-op will probably get more popular when it comes out for Xbox Live Arcade on May 10, but PC players can take advantage of Steam's Big Picture mode and a few wireless controllers right now to get the same experience.
Monaco's roster includes the standard heist archetypes, all with their own special abilities that work well in a team scenario. If you're braving a heist by yourself, it's best to read about the mission before accepting a character--some are much better-suited for certain jobs than others.
Characters go by their talents, not their names--it's safer that way. You start with the Locksmith (an infiltration expert that unlocks doors and safes quickly), the Lookout (can see and hear enemies from far away, even without vision), the Pickpocket (with an undetectable monkey companion that collects coins for you) and the Cleaner, who knocks out enemies that aren't alerted to your presence.
As you play you will start to unlock more characters through the story, such as the Mole (who can break through walls), the Gentleman (quickly disguises himself while hiding), the Hacker (sends out viruses to shut down security) and the Redhead, who can seduce one enemy to open doors for your team.
What is that?
Many times the game becomes a frantic mad dash for the nearest hiding spot, but Monaco's graphical style relies heavily on symbols. It's an iconic look, but when the action ramps up the symbols become more like inscrutable hieroglyphics.
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Tucker Grzadzieleski wed
Shannon Tucker and Aaron Grzadzieleski were married in an outdoor ceremony at the WCROC Gardens in Morris on June 17, 2012. Parents of the couple are Tommy and Marie Tucker of Hancock and Cyndi Grzadzieleski of Morris. Grandparents of the couple are Mollie Tucker of Osakis, Jerome Williams of Kearney, Neb. and Valara White of Surprise, Ariz.
Serving as the couple's attendants were Michelle Anderson, Dani Patton-Lane, Keith Fox and Shawn Peterson all friends of the couple.
Shannon currently works at SCMC and Aaron works at Hancock Concrete. The couple currently resides in Hancock.


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This Milwaukee Polisher with 1750 RPM was built for the professional and is ideal for clearcoat finishes. An 11 amp motor provides plenty of power to maintain the right speed. This versatile model accepts 7 and 9 in. accessories.
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From the top of Inferno Cone, this is a view of the Craters of the Moon Wilderness. With Petrified Forest NP, this was one of the first two areas inside National Park Service land to be designated federally-protected wilderness (1970). The next two were in Lassen Volcanic NP and Lava Beds NM (1972), all "featuring" barren lava beds.
There is one designated campsite in this picture, one trail, and no water.
The National Park Service opposed the Wilderness Act of 1964. Can you tell?
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Ideally situated in Soho - a hotbed of art, design and culture - The James New York-Soho has brought together four dynamic partners to create a first-ever, curated Cultural Collection. Each of these local partners – New Museum, House of SpeakEasy, the Lower East Side Film Festival and The Drawing Center – was purposefully selected by The James New York-Soho because of their individual commitments to enhancing our local community through cultural contributions in art, dance, film and more.
The NYC Cultural Collection event series highlights an element of the local community and provides inside access for hotel guests, including:
- Complimentary copies of the New Museum Paper, access to IDEAS CITY events and materials, and tickets to current exhibitions
- Regularly refreshed reading materials, selected by House of Speakeasy and featured in The James library
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CIBC World Markets is putting up a big chunk of balance sheet to help Intact Financial with its $2.6-billion purchase of AXA Canada.
CIBC, the sole adviser to Intact on the transaction, is co-leading with TD Securities a bought deal of almost $1-billion on the equity side, as well as providing a fully underwritten $1.3-billion credit facility.
It's a lot of money committed to one client, but then Intact has paid a lot of fees to CIBC over the years.
Intact has been part of a long and fruitful relationship for CIBC, which was one of the lead banks when the company went public in a $1-billion IPO at the end of 2004. At that point, the company was known as ING Canada.
In 2009, ING Canada's Dutch parent unveiled plans to sell about $2-billion of stock in the Canadian company. The deal was done in two chunks, one sale to the public and one to institutional investors. CIBC had leading roles on both. It was after that that the insurer changed its name to Intact.
For the AXA deal, Intact plans to use $500-million of its own capital, plus the proceeds from the equity offering and the loan package.
On the equity side, Intact will sell 17.5-million subscription receipts for proceeds of $836-million. That works out to about $800-million after commissions, Intact said, giving a sense of the payday for CIBC and TD. The subscription receipts will be redeemable for one common share of Intact after the AXA deal closes.
There's also an option for the underwriters to buy an addition 2.6 million shares, taking the value of the equity raised to almost $1-billion.
The credit facilities from CIBC are unsecured. Intact said it plans to replace some of that with medium term notes and preferred shares, likely generating more business for CIBC.Report Typo/Error
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June 1, 2013
Clyde Sanda addresses the crowd at Sorosis Park.
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On Saturday, May 18, close to 200 local residents braved the cool and rainy spring weather to attend the fifth annual Heart of Hospice Butterfly Release to honor the loss of their loved ones.
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Stress may accelerate memory decline as you agePublished On: Wed, Jun 18th, 2014 | Neurobiology | By BioNews
Avoid undue stress in life as it may accelerate age-related changes in your brain.
Researchers have found that aged rats with high levels of the stress hormone corticosterone (similar to the human stress hormone cortisol) showed structural changes in the brain and short-term memory deficits.
"Research suggests that how the body responds to stress may be one of the factors influencing how the brain ages," said Jason J. Radley from the University of Iowa.
In the current study appeared in the Journal of Neuroscience, the team measured the amount of stress hormone corticosterone in the blood of young and old rats.
They examined cells in the prefrontal cortex — a region of the brain involved in short-term memory.
The researchers found that older animals with high levels of the stress hormone had fewer connections between prefrontal cortex cells than the older animals with lower levels of the hormone.
In contrast, prefrontal cortex cells appeared similar in younger animals regardless of stress hormone levels.
"Stress may act as a pacemaker of ageing in this key brain region," said Stanford University's professor Robert Sapolsky who was not involved with this study.
"The study suggests that the effects of these stress hormones on the brain may be much more widespread than we previously thought," Radley concluded.


text: I was reading some stuff over on the xbox.com forums and one topic was that the new elite doesnt have the silent BenQ disc drive. They came to this assumption by looking at the picture of the disk drive of the elite on IGN. What I want to know is how do you know your drive is BenQ or not? Is there a way to identify the production date of the xbox without removing the console itself?


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My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks: And Other Funny Family Portraits (Hardcover)
How do you draw your smelly dog? Your playful daddy? Your yummy mommy? See how one girl does it in this simple, clever picture book that's comprised of family portraits made out of objects. For example, her baby brother is "so "noisy he's as loud as a whistle, a horn, and even a fire truck that she creates a picture of him with whistles for eyes, a horn mouth, and holding a fire truck. After the girl has described everyone in her family (including herself, in great detail), she asks, "What does "your "special family look like?" encouraging readers to create their own portraits. With a list of objects at the end of the book to use as a guide, this is the ideal choice for budding artists everywhere.
Here's a wonderful exploration of simile and metaphor for young readers. And don't miss the companion book "My Best Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil"
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Hanoch Piven is the illustrator of several children's books, including "My Best Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil" and "What Presidents Are Made Of," a "Child Magazine "Best Book and an ABA Kids' Pick of the List. He also illustrates for a number of publications, including "Rolling Stone "and "The New Yorker." He lives in Barcelona, Spain.