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Everyone has at least one -- the house on the street that lights up in splendor around the holiday season. Decorations are in abundance both indoors and out, and just seeing the house brings on a smile. But as beautiful as it might be, that home may also be a safety risk if the decorator hasn't followed precautions like these offered by CSA Group:
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Cozy up -- Keep warm by the fireplace but be sure your gas appliances are in good working order. If the pilot light or flame goes out, turn the gas off and wait five minutes or longer (see the manufacturer's instructions) before attempting to relight. Be alert for unusual odors or flames when your gas fireplace is on, often indicating that the fireplace is not operating properly. In such cases, contact your dealer or licensed technician for servicing.
Overload on food, not watts -- Don't overload extension cords. Use heavy duty extension cords for high wattage decorations and large electronically-animated displays.
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Ford B-Max is innovative but fate of the Peugeot 1007 is a warning
|Nick Gibbs is UK correspondent for Automotive News Europe.
Any manufacturer competing in Europe's healthy small minivan market will be inspecting the Ford stand closely at this year's Geneva auto show.
Debuting is Ford's innovative B-Max, which does away with a B-pillar to allow passengers wide access into the small minivan.
A combination of rear sliding doors and conventional front doors gives a 1.5-meter wide access to the cabin without, Ford says, any loss of crash safety or body stiffness. Families in Europe are expected to be big customers for the B-Max, which will not be sold in the United States, and it could be a hit with elderly buyers too.
Door innovation isn't new among minivan makers. The Opel/Vauxhall Meriva was Europe's best-selling small minivan last year, with sales of 127,439 units, according to JATO Dynamics.
The Meriva has rear-hinged so-called "suicide" doors to aid access but with its B-pillar still intact, the opening is only 700mm wide.
If Ford gets the rest of the B-Max package right and the model proves successful, then makers could be rushing to create their own version of a small, pillarless minivan.
Ford of Romania told local newspaper Ziarul Financiar last month that B-Max production in Craiova will be 60,000 this year rising to 100,000 in 2013.
But door innovation doesn't always pay off.
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Peugeot predicted annual sales of 130,000 a year, but customers didn't take to the innovation, especially as the minivan was priced higher than competitors.
By the end of 2005, Peugeot had slashed production targets for the following year to 70,000 and in 2006 that was revised to just 50,000. In 2009, it was killed off altogether and Peugeot still doesn't have a credible competitor in that that sector.
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The 1007's sliding doors were electric, slow and prone to failing, especially early in its life. They were also the only way to get in the car, which had no conventional hinged doors.
Ford will disclose how much the B-Max will sell for in Geneva. If the price is competitive, the minivan won't suffer same fate as the 1007.
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[ Source: devscripts ]
Package: devscripts (2.12.6+deb7u2)
Links for devscripts
Debian Resources:
Download Source Package devscripts:
- Devscripts Devel Team (QA Page, Mail Archive)
- Julian Gilbey (QA Page)
- Mohammed Adnène Trojette (QA Page)
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- Stefano Zacchiroli (QA Page)
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scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier
Contains the following scripts, dependencies/recommendations shown in brackets afterwards:
- annotate-output: run a command and prepend time and stream (O for stdout, E for stderr) for every line of output - archpath: print tla/Bazaar package names [tla | bazaar] - bts: a command-line tool for manipulating the BTS [www-browser, libauthen-sasl-perl, libnet-smtp-ssl-perl, libsoap-lite-perl, libwww-perl, bsd-mailx | mailx] - build-rdeps: Searches for all packages that build-depend on a given package [dctrl-tools] - chdist: tool to easily play with several distributions [dctrl-tools] - checkbashisms: check whether a /bin/sh script contains any common bash-specific contructs - cowpoke: upload a Debian source package to a cowbuilder host and build it, optionally also signing and uploading the result to an incoming queue [ssh-client] - cvs-debi, cvs-debc: wrappers around debi and debc respectively (see below) which allow them to be called from the CVS working directory. [cvs-buildpackage] - cvs-debrelease: wrapper around debrelease which allows it to be called from the CVS working directory. [cvs-buildpackage, dupload | dput, ssh-client] - cvs-debuild: A wrapper for cvs-buildpackage to use debuild as its package building program. [cvs-buildpackage, fakeroot, lintian, gnupg] - dcmd: run a given command replacing the name of a .changes or .dsc file with each of the files referenced therein - dcontrol: remotely query package and source control files for all Debian distributions. [liburl-perl, libwww-perl] - dd-list: given a list of packages, pretty-print it ordered by maintainer - debc: display the contents of just-built .debs - debchange/dch: automagically add entries to debian/changelog files [libparse-debcontrol-perl, libsoap-lite-perl] - debcheckout: checkout the development repository of a Debian package - debclean: purge a Debian source tree [fakeroot] - debcommit: commit changes to cvs, darcs, svn, svk, tla, bzr, git, or hg, basing commit message on changelog [cvs | darcs | subversion | svk | tla | bzr | git-core | mercurial] - debdiff: compare two versions of a Debian package to check for added and removed files [wdiff, patchutils] - debi: install a just-built package - debpkg: dpkg wrapper to be able to manage/test packages without su - debrelease: wrapper around dupload or dput [dupload | dput, ssh-client] - debsign, debrsign: sign a .changes/.dsc pair without needing any of the rest of the package to be present; can sign the pair remotely or fetch the pair from a remote machine for signing [gnupg, debian-keyring, ssh-client] - debsnap: grab packages from http://snapshot.debian.org [libwww-perl, libjson-perl] - debuild: wrapper to build a package without having to su or worry about how to invoke dpkg to build using fakeroot. Also deals with common environment problems, umask etc. [fakeroot, lintian, gnupg] - deb-reversion: increases a binary package version number and repacks the archive - dep3changelog: generate a changelog entry from a DEP3-style patch header - desktop2menu: produce a skeleton menu file from a freedesktop.org desktop file [libfile-desktopentry-perl] - dget: downloads Debian source and binary packages [wget | curl] - dpkg-depcheck, dpkg-genbuilddeps: determine the packages used during the build of a Debian package; useful for determining the Build-Depends control field needed [build-essential, strace] - diff2patches: extract patches from a .diff.gz file placing them under debian/ or, if present, debian/patches [patchutils] - dscextract: extract a single file from a Debian source package [patchutils] - dscverify: verify the integrity of a Debian package from the .changes or .dsc files [gnupg, debian-keyring, libdigest-md5-perl] - edit-patch: add/edit a patch for a source package and commit the changes [quilt | dpatch | cdbs] - getbuildlog: download package build logs from Debian auto-builders [wget] - grep-excuses: grep the update_excuses.html file for your packages [libterm-size-perl, wget, w3m] - licensecheck: attempt to determine the license of source files - list-unreleased: searches for unreleased packages - manpage-alert: locate binaries without corresponding manpages [man-db] - mass-bug: mass-file bug reports [bsd-mailx | mailx] - mergechanges: merge .changes files from a package built on different architectures - mk-build-deps: Given a package name and/or control file, generate a binary package which may be installed to satisfy the build-dependencies of the given packages. [equivs] - namecheck: Check project names are not already taken. - nmudiff: mail a diff of the current package against the previous version to the BTS to assist in tracking NMUs [patchutils, mutt] - plotchangelog: view a nice plot of the data in a changelog file [libtimedate-perl, gnuplot] - pts-subscribe: subscribe to the PTS for a limited period of time [bsd-mailx | mailx, at] - rc-alert: list installed packages which have release-critical bugs [wget] - rmadison: remotely query the Debian archive database about packages [wget | curl, liburi-perl] - suspicious-source: output a list of files which are not common source files [python-magic] - svnpath: print svn repository paths [subversion] - tagpending: runs from a Debian source tree and tags bugs that are to be closed in the latest changelog as pending. [libsoap-lite-perl] - transition-check: Check a list of source packages for involvement in transitions for which uploads to unstable are currently blocked [libwww-perl, libyaml-syck-perl] - uscan: scan upstream sites for new releases of packages [libcrypt-ssleay-perl, libwww-perl, unzip, xz-utils] - uupdate: integrate upstream changes into a source package [patch] - what-patch: determine what patch system, if any, a source package is using [patchutils] - whodepends: check which maintainers' packages depend on a package - who-uploads: determine the most recent uploaders of a package to the Debian archive [gnupg, debian-keyring, wget] - wnpp-alert: list installed packages which are orphaned or up for adoption [wget] - wnpp-check: check whether there is an open request for packaging or intention to package bug for a package [wget] - wrap-and-sort: wrap long lines and sort items in packaging files [python-debian]
Also included are a set of example mail filters for filtering mail from Debian mailing lists using exim, procmail, etc.
Other Packages Related to devscripts
- dep: dpkg-dev (>= 220.127.116.11)
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Kobe Bryant named to NBA's all-defensive first team for ninth time
In an honor that NBA coaches must mostly determine by reputation, Lakers guard Kobe Bryant made a league-tying ninth appearance on the NBA's all-defensive first team list.
That total puts Bryant in a four-way tie with Kevin Garnett, Michael Jordan and Gary Payton for the most All-Defensive First team honors in NBA history, but even the most vocal Bryant supporters admit that he's mostly avoided playing defense this season out of injury and energy-level concerns. There's no doubt Bryant was once a great defender, has a strong defensive awareness and helps with pointing out where teammates need to rotate, but his responsibility playing the centerfield position hardly warrants him having stronger consideration than even some of his teammates.
Lakers center Andrew Bynum took a large ownership of the team's defensive scheme that emphasized funneling drivers to the lane, averaged two blocks a game and intimidated players with his length and size, a huge reason why the Lakers went 17-1 after the All-Star break. Though the effort came with varying degrees of consistency, Lakers forward Ron Artest was often counted on to shut down the opposing teams' top player and closing out perimeter shooters, a quality that gave the Lakers a huge advantage when Artest lived up to that billing.
That doesn't necessarily mean Bynum and Artest should appear on the NBA's all-defensive first team in place of Orlando's Dwight Howard, Miami's LeBron James, Boston's Rajon Rondo, or Boston's Kevin Garnett or on the second team in front of Memphis' Tony Allen, New Orleans' Chris Paul, Dallas' Tyson Chandler, Philadelphia's Andre Iguodala, or Chicago's Joakim Noah. But there's no question that Bynum and Artest played a larger role in the Lakers' defense than Bryant. This isn't necessarily a knock on Kobe. His role was to score and he played tremendous defense when he needed to, such as when he primarily guarded Paul in Game 2 of the Lakers-Hornets first-round series. But he's hardly the defensive stalwart he once was, even if the awards suggest otherwise.
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CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian security official says ousted president Hosni Mubarak has slipped in the bathroom in the prison where is serving a life sentence, hitting his head.
The official says the ailing Mubarak, 84, was treated in Cairo's Tora prison Saturday for head injuries and a chest bruise. He says Mubarak slipped before two months ago but did not injure himself.
The report comes at a particularly tense moment in the transition that has followed Mubarak's 2011 overthrow, as millions of Egyptians vote in a highly contentious referendum on a draft constitution written by a mostly Islamist panel.
Mubarak was convicted of failing to stop killings of protesters during the uprising. There have been conflicting reports about his health.
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Coyote Pharmaceuticals to Present at Biotech Showcase™ 2013
Jan 02, 2013, 10:10 EST
MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Coyote Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an emerging biopharmaceutical company focused on neurodegenerative diseases, announced today that President and CEO, Hiroaki Serizawa, Ph.D. will present at the Biotech Showcase™ 2013 Conference being held in San Francisco January 7-9, 2013. Dr. Serizawa will provide an overview of the company's lead compound, CNS-102, which will soon enter clinical development for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Details of Coyote's presentation are as follows:
Biotech Showcase 2013 Conference
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
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Biotech Showcase is an investor and partnering conference devoted to providing private and public biotechnology and life sciences companies with an opportunity to present and meet with investors and pharmaceutical executives during the course of one of the industry's largest annual healthcare investor conferences. Investors and biopharmaceutical executives from around the world gather in San Francisco during this critical week, which is widely viewed as setting the tone for the coming year.
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Coyote Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an emerging biopharmaceutical company focused on treating neurodegenerative diseases through the modulation of protein folding and transport vital to maintaining cellular homeostasis. The company's lead drug candidate, CNS-102, is being developed initially to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). The orally bioavailable small molecule therapeutic is designed to activate gene expression of a family of proteins – known as heat shock proteins – involved in regulating the folding and transport of other proteins. Heat shock proteins are capable of preventing and repairing the pathophysiological aggregation of other cellular proteins, which are implicated in the etiology of ALS and AD. For more information on Coyote visit http://www.coyotepharma.com.
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Aww for gawds sake Blob what the hell else has there been to talk about around here but the labour dispute?Blob Mckenzie wrote: The players will NOT get everything they want much to ukcanuck's dismay... and Lots of ways to skin the cat here but reading some of the posts in this thread make a guy want to puke
I am probably going to stay out of this thread . I swear some people to seem to actually enjoy the labour dispute more than they like the sport .
We are sports fans with a "them versus us" mentality as much part of us as breathing, of course I'm gonna turn the lockout into a sport and game!
When the solution finally comes it will probably be more acceptable to the owners than the players and that's probably always the way it has to be, but I tell you what, the owners are getting a bloody nose out of this and I'll bet the next CBA negotiation will be much more civilized...
Anyway think how bored you would be without being able to think how you are so much smarter than me?
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Lea Michele & Cory Monteith: 'Argo' Movie Date!
Lea Michele and her boyfriend Cory Monteith exit the ArcLight Theatre after watching Argo on Tuesday (December 18) in Hollywood.
Earlier in the day, the 26-year-old actress was seen walking back to her trailer on the set of her hit show Glee in Los Angeles.
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On the same day, Lea tweeted, "Back on set at #glee.. Shooting with @chriscolfer! :)."
In case you missed it, have a look at Lea looking gorgeous on the cover of Marie Claire's January 2013 issue.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An Army veteran accused of fighting alongside an al-Qaida-affiliated group of Syrian rebels is out of jail following a secret plea deal.
Thirty-one-year-old Eric Harroun of Phoenix had been charged with providing material support to a terrorist group and faced up to life in prison.
But under a deal entered in federal court in Alexandria, Harroun pleaded guilty to an obscure law regulating munition exports. He was sentenced to time served. The plea agreement itself remains sealed, though court records show it was entered Thursday.
Harroun had been jailed since March.
Prosecutors first accused Harroun of fighting alongside the terrorist group Jabhat al-Nusra, one of many Syrian rebel groups seeking to topple President Bashar Assad. But defense lawyers argued there was confusion about exactly which rebel group Harroun had joined.


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For Amy and Aaron, their Jewish wedding was all about sharing a special time with the people closest to them. The family was there to help them celebrate and there were personal touches throughout the event. Everyone had a chance to get away for a while on the Isle of Palms in South Carolina for this intimate Jewish wedding. Photography by Richard Bell Photography.The couple met on a blind date and got engaged while canoeing on a lake in Maine. They decided that simple and elegant was the way to go, and they planned a weekend at the beach where their closest family and friends could relax and spend some time together.
The natural setting was gorgeous with swaying palms, and the details of their ceremony complemented the venue.
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I like all the characters, but the ones I admire most are Captain Ross, Cosmo, and Scooter. Captain Ross has an interesting vehicle. It goes on ice extremely fast. Scooter is a mechanic. Scooter was so excited when he saw a group of meteorites that he didn?t see a bank of snow ahead. He bumped into it and flew into the air. It was awfully frightening. I wouldn?t want to look at that in real life. If I were Scooter, I would pay attention on the ice. My favorite part is when the alien gets out of his shell. This means that the next adventure is just beginning.
There are other books that are made by the LEGO Company, called Rocket Rescue, about space, and Race for Survival, about Earth. If you like to build with LEGOS, you will like this book. If you want to learn about the Arctic, there are interesting facts about the Arctic in this book.


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Kids find joy in gardening at the governor's mansion
Fried okra, collard greens and fresh salsa have become favorite food dishes of junior gardeners from the 21st Century Program, Graham Elementary School. This summer these students nurtured a 484-square-foot vegetable garden at the Illinois Executive Mansion.
The garden was started on April 22 by six youth and nine Master Gardener volunteers. The students were very excited to plant tiny seeds and watch them become plants. As horticulture educator for University of Illinois Extension Sangamon-Menard Unit, I mentored the students along with Master Gardener volunteers. Master Gardener volunteers involved with this project include Jim Nachtwey, Darrell and Vicky McMurray, Lin Vautrain, Jane Passerini, Denise Brown, John Janssen, Barbara Rogers and Bill Hunt. One of the young gardeners, Kiley Porter, commented that the best part of coming each week is, "Being here with you (the volunteers) and planting food."
The 44-foot by 11-foot garden, located on the east side of the mansion driveway, contains a variety of vegetables including lettuce, radishes, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, green beans, onions, collards, Swiss chard, cucumbers, okra, potatoes, squash and herbs.
Along the way students experienced great joys and some challenges. Rabbits devastated the lettuce, cabbage and green bean plants. Another disappointment was a failed potato crop. The greatest joy is picking and eating the vegetables. Who knew that digging carrots could be so much fun? It was a mystery: "What are they going to look like?"
Harvesting is great fun, but eating the vegetables is even more fun. Jaylee Clark summed it up: "My favorite part was planting and eating the carrots." Amy Rebbe, U of I Extension foods and nutrition program assistant, has met with the students several times to teach them how to cut and prepare fresh vegetables for making salsa and other food dishes. In addition, Amy prepared fried okra and collard greens. When it came to eating, Amy had one rule. "You have to try at least one bite of everything." While there was some hesitation, you could soon see the bottom of all the bowls. Darrell and Vicky McMurray marvel at how the students have found that they like the taste of many of the vegetables that they harvested.
The garden is a great way for the students to see firsthand how plants grow, and to experience tasting fresh, nutritious vegetables. The students take great pride in what they have been able to grow and volunteers have marveled at the excitement of the students. "I was amazed how the children learned so quickly and wanted to take seeds home to grow their own gardens and teach their parents! I found that the kids were very respectful of nature and comfortable and calm when planting and harvesting. I learned gardening can be stress-relieving for all ages," said Lin Vautrain.
Sheila Wilson-Madden, 21st Century Program site director, adds, "The students look forward to their weekly gathering place with excitement and anticipation. I personally derive great joy and satisfaction from knowing the positive impact this opportunity has had on the lives of the student participants and their families."
Junior gardeners who were selected based on their interest in the project included Jaylee Clark, Nariah Clay, Arlando Crawford, Logan Fernandes, Kolby Fernandes, Kiley Porter and Collin Porter, all of Springfield.
The project was able to continue throughout the summer due to the dedication of the 21st Century Program staff Sheila Wilson-Madden, Heather Alexander and Catherine Williams. In addition, Springfield Boys and Girls Club supplied transportation. The 21st Century Program is a site-based after school academic enrichment and youth development program. It is a joint effort between the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Illinois and School District 186.
Seeds, plants and materials for the garden were donated by: Illinois Department of Agriculture, Jacksonville FFA, Lake St. Landscape Supply, Fiskars Company, Burpee Home Gardens, Christy Webber Landscapes, Illinois Correctional Industries at Menard and University of Illinois Extension Sangamon-Menard Unit.
Harry Lewis, horticulturalist at the Executive Mansion, was instrumental in conceiving the idea and preparing the garden. He says the best part of this project is "seeing the kids walk up the driveway with big smiles looking for their Master Gardener buddy so they can start working together for the day. They delve into a weeding, harvesting or a mulching project with the enthusiasm and energy of youth, making me realize that the love of gardening and growing transcends all ages."
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But Lea expects to rapidly recoup his investment thanks to the system's potential to cut water use nearly in half, improve his trees' productivity and protect his orchard from late-spring frost.
Micro-sprinklers, installed underneath trees and vines in orchards and vineyards, gently spray a mist of water. The moisture sinks into soil, avoiding runoff. And because the Micro-sprinklers soak the lower trunks and shaded soil rather than the sun beaten-foliage above, evaporation is substantially reduced.
"Micro-sprinklers are much more water efficient than flood irrigation, and they help produce healthier trees by eliminating or reducing diseases like root rot," Lea said. "Then there's the huge advantage of frost control. If this system works the way it's designed to, it will basically pay for itself."
Used widely in Washington State and other fruit-growing areas, Micro-sprinklers are under study at New Mexico State University's Sustainable Agriculture Science Center at Alcalde.
"It's entirely new to New Mexico, but I expect many growers will adopt the system once they see all the benefits," said Ron Walser, an NMSU fruit specialist who is supervising the research.
Most New Mexico fruit growers use flood irrigation, which is only about 50 to 60 percent efficient, Walser said. Micro-sprinklers are generally 80 to 85 percent efficient, so growers can irrigate the same area with 30 to 40 percent less water.
Micro-sprinklers eliminate the flooding and drying cycles that damage tree roots and deprive them of oxygen, Walser said. That helps reduce root rot and other diseases.
In addition, because moisture from sprinklers spreads out along the entire orchard floor, tree roots will expand beyond planting rows, using the whole orchard. The extra moisture permits cover crops, like peas, to grow along the orchard floor, which can improve soil fertility by adding organic matter and nitrogen to soil.
Cover crops also increase the frost control of microsprinkler systems. "The system moistens the whole orchard area under trees so that when temperatures drop close to freezing, growers turn on the Micro-sprinklers to allow frost or ice to form on the orchard floor," Walser said. "As the water freezes, it gives off heat and warms up the whole environment.
I've seen up to five degrees protection from these systems, especially if there's a good cover crop to capture more water along the orchard floor."
Frost control may prove to be one of the system's most appealing qualities, especially for northern New Mexico growers who frequently lose part, and sometimes all, of their fruit to late spring frost.
Walser will test the system's varied benefits during the next three growing seasons on a 5-acre plot at the science center, where organic fruit trials are just beginning. Micro-sprinklers are already irrigating a half-acre vineyard on the plot, as well as newly planted rows of fruit trees.
Walser is now comparing water usage at the center's vineyard with two private vineyards in Dixon and Abiquiu that use flood and drip irrigation systems, respectively. Moisture monitoring devices have been installed to measure surface and subsurface moisture levels at all three vineyards.
In future trials, Walser will measure water usage for fruit trees, comparing microsprinkler irrigation at the center with flood systems at private orchards. He'll also measure the Micro-sprinklers' effect on temperatures in the center's vineyard and orchard, as well as soil fertility and fruit health.
As one of the first growers to adopt the system, Lea will participate in the research once his Micro-sprinklers are fully functional this summer.
"I have high hopes for this system," said Lea, who plans to irrigate two acres of newly planted high-density peach and apple trees with Micro-sprinklers. Lee expects to recoup about 50 percent of the system's cost from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, which pays half the cost of the more efficient irrigation system.
"I expect those trees to produce a total of $25,000 per year in about three years," Lea said. "Apart from all the other benefits, if the Micro-sprinklers protect the trees against frost and save just one crop, I'll have recouped the entire investment."


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Dora Connelly, 86 - September 30, 2011
Dora Opal Connelly, 86, of Gothenburg, died Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, in Gothenburg.
Visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, with family present from 4 to 6 p.m. at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel in Gothenburg.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 3, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church with the Rev. Don O'Brien officiating.
Interment will follow in the Gaslin Cemetery, Brady.
Connelly was born Sept. 19, 1925, in North Platte, the daughter of Arthur and Ruth (McClellen) Carver.
She grew up in the hills south of Brady, and attended schools in Brady and North Platte. She married Albert Connelly on Aug. 10, 1942, at Oberlin, KS.
Connelly enjoyed cooking, holiday decorations, traditional time with family and having coffee with her girls, family members said. She was the past president of Ladies Auxiliary and a member of the Pony Express Ramrodders.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says the Palestinian push for recognition by the United Nations is a bad move, but he also calls it a symbolic act that will have no major impact on any aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian relationship.
Several key countries, including France, have already announced they would support the move to elevate the Palestinians from the status of U.N. observer to nonmember observer state.
Speaking at the Pentagon after meeting with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Barak said the U.N. vote will do nothing to promote a viable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem. But he also said the vote alone will not have a major influence on events.
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I'll just come out and say it, the pre-installed text messaging application on Android devices is not great. Luckily, there's a whole bunch of replacements to download in the Google Play Store. The SMS replacement applications in the list all add features. Something important to do whenever adding a replacement text messaging application is to shut off the notifications for the pre-installed text messaging application. If this isn't done, there will be dual notifications for each incoming text message.
GO SMS Pro
GO SMS Pro adds a ton of extra features. Some of the cool features are Scheduling SMS messages, a pop-up box notifying of incoming messages, filesharing, Security lock, blacklisting numbers and a lot more. Like with any other GO application, there are tons of different skins available. The different skins don't necessarily change the operation, they just change the cosmetics. Other plug-ins are also available to add more faces and characters or add languages.
chomp SMS
chomp SMS has some features common to the other two applications in the list like pop-up replies and themes.What I like about chomp SMS is the Quick Compose Shortcut. This feature makes it easy to quickly reply to a text message. A great feature is the Passcode Lock. Without a doubt, some text messages are intensely personal. Having a built-in option to lock the messaging app is great. Another reason to download chomp SMS is it has every iPhone emoji.
Handcent SMS
Handcent SMS is super popular. The password protect feature here is super nice because it can hide individual messages with the Privacy Box. For the person who sends a lot of group messages, Handcent SMS ups the Android SMS limit from 100 to 1100 per hour. Aside from the usual customization, Handcent SMS allows mimicking of other manufacturers preinstalled SMS apps.


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My Zen Vision M has been exhibiting some odd behavior quite a bit, in that when it's on, and I decide to turn it off, and slide the power button left, it will often simply start skipping tracks one at a time instead. By that I mean.....say it's on track 8, and I slide that button over and hold it, to power if off, it will start going backwards.....8, 7, 6, etc. etc. I will make several attempts sometimes before I can get the "shutting down" on the screen.
So, just for the heck of it, I tried pushing the power button to the left, and releasing it, and it advanced to the next track, so I tried doing that repeatedly, and it advanced to the next track with every button "push and release". It functions fine in every other way, but I know it's not supposed to do that. My wife's ZVM doesn't do that at all.
This can't be normal. I seem to remember someone tell me that's it's a quirk with some of these, and his did it too, but it doesn't seem right.
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Dark side can be so tempting for college sports
Goose bumps are receding in DeKalb and cheers are quieting in Evanston.
So now what?
As often is said in sports, if you aren't getting better you're getting worse. That places the Northwestern and Northern Illinois football programs at the intersection of Progress and Regress.
No crossing guards are waving them on. NU and NIU will have to decide for themselves which direction to go.
According to head coach Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern already is intent on taking the next step toward contending for national championships.
One way that NU is moving that way is by raising funds for a $220 million athletic facility that will rank among the nation's best.
Exactly where Northern Illinois is headed hasn't quite been articulated yet, other than administrators saying the Huskies know who they are.
It would be surprising if NIU doesn't consider moving up in college football because nobody wants to remain stagnant or move down.
One thing is for sure: The future is risky when a football program decides to social climb.
Northwestern and Northern Illinois are at a point of being exemplary athletic programs. That isn't because on New Year's Day the Wildcats won a bowl game for the first time in 64 years and the Huskies played in the Orange Bowl.
Countless creepy universities led by creepy coaches deploying creepy players win bowl games and play in BCS games.
The difference here is that most indications are that Northwestern and Northern Illinois reached there the principled way.
NU and NIU have clean slates when it comes to NCAA crime blotters, succeeding without having to first or presumably later go on probation for rules violations.
All sorts of players from all sorts of teams were suspended for their behavior during this bowl season, but none of them were Wildcats or Huskies.
Northwestern and Northern Illinois also rank high nationally for their players' grade-point averages and graduation rates.
That's super stuff.
To win 10 games, as the Cats did this season, and qualify for the Orange Bowl, as the Huskies did, without compromising ethics and academics is unusual in this era of major-college athletics.
The question now is how much further these two football programs can go without being sucked into the cesspool.
Does Northwestern really want to compete for national championships against the shady Southeastern Conference? Or, let's face it, against scandal-saddled Ohio State and Penn State in the Big Ten?
Even Notre Dame, which has an opportunity next week to win its first national title in 23 years, has exposed some character flaws in recent times.
As for Northern Illinois, it is faced with in an ever-evolving, ever-jumbled, ever-challenging football landscape.
After the sweet taste of oranges down in Miami, will Huskies Nation be content returning to the anonymity of the Mid-American Conference?
NIU football might have been successful enough the past decade to be attractive to more prominent leagues, and administrators in DeKalb might be tempted to at least consider bolting the MAC.
If so, Northern would have to expand its stadium and do whatever it takes to win often enough to attract more fans to fill the place.
Northwestern and Northern Illinois deserve the benefit of trust on the integrity meter after the way they built their programs to this point.
But even the incorruptible can be corrupted -- wittingly or unwittingly -- by college football.
NU and NIU might want to stop and ponder before turning the corner toward wherever they're going.
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"Happy Taxation" is a 2011 book by Pascal Broulis, finance minister of the Swiss canton of Vaud and celebrant of the low taxes that distinguish Switzerland. But as times get tougher, discontent about Swiss tax breaks is mounting.
Cash-strapped foreign governments have already chipped away at the secrecy that allows rich individuals to store tax-free funds in Swiss bank accounts. Now Europe's governments have turned the spotlight on the incentives Switzerland offers companies.
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Swiss official company tax rates of around 21 percent compare with 33 percent in France and 29 percent in Germany, according to a 2011 survey by accountants KPMG; often companies in Switzerland actually pay much less. Denknetz, a left-wing Swiss think tank, estimates Switzerland's special tax regimes deprives other countries of up to 36.5 billion francs ($39 billion) in tax revenue each year - almost double the amount Spain's government raised in corporate tax in 2011.
Brussels has demanded that the country, which is home to nearly 24,000 "tax privileged" companies from online retailer eBay to Japanese automaker Nissan, scrap special tax breaks on some company profits.
In particular, the EU is angry that Switzerland's cantons, or states, compete with each other to attract multinationals' business, and charge less tax on foreign-earned income than they do on income earned in Switzerland. Brussels has said the practice, known as "ring-fencing", is the equivalent of providing unauthorized state aid to companies.
Last week the European Commission unveiled a plan to counter inventive tactics increasingly used by big companies to reduce their tax bills, and attacked countries like Switzerland whose policies it says encourage aggressive tax avoidance.
Switzerland is not a member of the European Union but has had a free trade agreement with the EU for the last 40 years. It says it's not doing anything wrong, and it has so far largely ignored the bloc's demands, which were first made in 2005.
In June, EU finance ministers threatened unilateral action if a "satisfactory response" is not communicated by the end of this year. The ultimate sanction would be trade tariffs, which would choke off Swiss industry from Europe, its main trade partner. Member states could take action by coordinating blacklists to be implemented at national level, said Emer Traynor, spokeswoman for the European Commission.
Harmonized EU sanctions would require "a good deal of legal assessment and unanimous agreement in Council", she added.
"It's clear that the EU is not going to back down on this," said Martin Naville, the Swiss CEO of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce who co-authored a study on Switzerland's appeal for multinationals. "There has to be a solution and Switzerland will have to give up ring-fencing."
Swiss officials point out that EU countries such as Ireland, which offers a headline corporate tax rate of just 12.5 percent, provide similar tax breaks. Google uses Ireland and the Netherlands to reduce its tax bills.
"We are called a ���tax haven' by some of our European neighbors but Switzerland is far from having the exclusivity on legal devices that allow companies to avoid taxes," Broulis writes in his book.
The 47-year-old represents the Swiss Liberals party. It's the third largest in Switzerland's parliament and stands for a slender state, low taxes and tax competition among cantons. He has distributed copies of the book, which is written in French, to every 20-year-old in Switzerland's sleepy lakeside state of Vaud. He says he wants to reach people who "have never paid taxes but are about to pay them for the rest of their lives."
In the book, he defends the Swiss system, which lets cantons determine two-thirds of the taxation paid by multinationals in Switzerland (the remainder is decided at federal level). He says it works because the system is democratic and not too burdensome, noting that the Swiss tradition of direct democracy means people are regularly consulted.
EBay - headquartered in the central canton of Bern - is one beneficiary of the system. In the past four years, it has paid an average tax rate on overseas income of between 2.5 percent and 3.6 percent - a fraction of the headline tax rate in its major markets - its annual reports show. "Tax rates are important, but it's not the only reason," an eBay spokesman said in an email about the company's choice of base. Location, workforce, infrastructure and quality of life are also important.
In Broulis' canton Vaud, the official rate of corporate tax is nearly 24 percent, but firms often negotiate a better deal. For more than a decade, Broulis has had the final say on whether a foreign company qualifies for special tax regimes, including offers such as up to 10 years tax-free, subject to conditions such as job creation.
"If taxes are too high and confiscatory they become intolerable," Broulis writes. Companies including Yahoo and Brazilian miner Vale have settled in the canton. Vale confirmed tax optimization played a role in its decision, Yahoo declined comment.
Other firms attracted by Switzerland's "ring-fence" include some of the world's biggest commodity firms. Oil traders Vitol and Trafigura, for instance, are based in land-locked Switzerland. Much of their income is generated abroad, so the tax breaks can be ample - usually less than a quarter of earnings they make abroad is taxed. Their headline tax rate can fall to just 11-12 percent of profits, or even less, says a tax official.
Vitol declined to comment and Trafigura stressed its revenue is taxed "either in Switzerland or elsewhere." Nissan said it is "a good corporate citizen in every country in which it operates." Thomson Reuters also benefits from Swiss tax rates. "The specific rates of tax we pay are at the standard Swiss rates as appropriate," a spokesman said by email.
As pressure from the EU has mounted, some firms have started quizzing tax advisers about their options.
"The roots of these companies are fairly transient and if they can get better terms somewhere else, they will consider it," said Gary Klesch, head of Geneva-based commodities trading and production firm Klesch Group.
That has prompted head-scratching among the Swiss as to how to satisfy the EU without scaring firms away. Foreign firms that invest in Switzerland employ 11 percent of the Swiss workforce and contribute to 14 percent of GDP, according to a 2012 Joint Study by the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce and the Boston Consulting Group. The 23,524 tax-privileged companies resident in Switzerland in 2009 contributed 3.8 billion francs - around half of the total tax income from all companies in the country, according to the finance department.
"The problem is serious. If all these firms were to move away, Switzerland would lose in total up to five billion francs in tax and 10,000 jobs," Eva Herzog, finance director for the canton of Basel said in October.
Some say the cantons have become totally dependent on multinationals. "Cantons are now admitting that if they lose their special tax statuses they will be in complete disarray," said Ada Marra, a lawmaker for the left-wing SP party and member of parliament's economic committee. "Effectively this is an admission that several Swiss cantons are now hostages to big companies."
There are signs that even the Swiss are fed up with firms being offered rock-bottom rates while people feel the squeeze. In Zug - home to commodity trader Glencore and mining company Xstrata - some argue that expats are pricing locals out of the market. Voters in June backed an initiative to increase affordable housing. Glencore declined comment and Xstrata did not respond.
Some lawmakers say Switzerland's foot-dragging on the tax issue may have weakened its negotiating position with the EU, which is the destination of more than half its exports and a vital prop for the economy. International pressure has already forced it to agree ways to tax foreigners' cash held in Swiss accounts.
"We have to be smart enough to play the flexibility which we should still have to our advantage," said Armin Marti, a tax and legal partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Zurich. "We're not an EU member state, we can still be creative and think of what we can do on the tax base."
Officials say the Swiss Federation is unlikely to meet the EU's year-end deadline, but they are optimistic they can have a tax proposal on the table by next spring. The European Commission has seen progress but says more is needed from the Swiss, said its spokeswoman Treynor: talks will continue and it will report on its findings in June.
Assuming the Swiss system has to change, a presentation co-authored by Switzerland's no. 2 tax official Fabian Baumer, recommended in November that Switzerland should pursue "various and bold" solutions.
One would be to charge even less: cantons could lower the standard corporate rate. It's an approach championed by Geneva, which has suggested slashing the standard rate to 13 percent by 2018 to keep hold of commodity giants. That way the EU could no longer accuse it of "ring fencing," because domestic and foreign income would be taxed at the same rate.
Traders such as Vitol have welcomed the idea. But it would leave a gaping hole in Geneva's budget which would need filling somehow - possibly by other cantons. "In my opinion we can't start subsidizing tax competition," said Christian Wanner, finance minister of the northern canton of Solothurn and president of the cantonal finance ministers.
More innovative ideas could include 'license boxes' - which allow income resulting from intellectual property to be taxed at lower rates - that are already in place in EU states such as Luxembourg, Cyprus and Belgium and the Swiss canton of Nidwalden.
However, such a solution would not cover commodity firms, now responsible for 3-4 percent of Swiss GDP, according to estimates from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs.
There could be incentives that aren't just about tax. Swiss cantons could negotiate discounts on other charges, such as giving companies free electricity, said one finance official, although he said he did not personally agree with the idea.
Switzerland is already fighting back. In October, it lured Greece's biggest company Coca Cola Hellenic, which said Switzerland's stability and ease of doing business were behind its choice.
"Switzerland knows how to preserve its fiscal system which is something that many EU countries haven't been able to do," Broulis told Reuters.
In a one-page letter sent to U.S. companies based in Belgium in early October, the marketing association Greater Zurich Area highlighted negative aspects of the Flemish economy such as rail strikes, massive public debt and the recession.
"Maybe it's time to consider changing your location and moving your regional headquarters from Belgium to Zurich," Swiss press quoted the letter as saying. The authority, which confirmed it sent the note, has since apologized. "We never intended to offend Belgian feelings or denigrate Belgium as an investment location," it said.
(Caroline Copley reported from Zurich; Additional reporting by additional reporting by Tom Miles in Geneva, John O'Donnell in Brussels and Richard Mably and Tom Bergin in London; Edited by Sara Ledwith)


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We've got a 3-0 football team to celebrate, fall in love with and despair over, but before that, a word of thanks to Sports Illustrated.
Thank you for ruining the entire Blackhawks season by A) putting them on the cover and B) anointing them as repeat champions. Crowning them, as Dennis Green would say.
Quick note to youngsters: Sports Illustrated is a "print publication" that still comes out once a week. However, since the advent of the Internet, yours truly hasn't spent a dime on that thing, opting for the freebie articles online! It's true! You can read sports articles for free on the Internet. (I personally think that's why this country has gone in the dumper, but that's another story.)
Anyway, the last time Sports Illustrated did this was 2004. Mark Prior, Kerry Wood on the cover. Ended badly for the team, ended badly for them. If you're going to believe in curses, believe in that one.
Anyway, they did it to the 2013 Blackhawks, so say goodbye to any repeat hopes. Book it: second-round exit.
To football. Yes, the Bears visit Detroit this week. Traditionally I mark that as a "W," but wait. Our defensive line is really quite pathetic. Julius Peppers runs like—gasp—Brian Urlacher last year!
And while we're making strides under coach Marc Trestman, a quick word to Jay Cutler. Jay, you are tough. Thanks for running over that safety to get the first down. However, you are "stupid tough" in the way that Jim McMahon was. Yes, he was respected. And yes, he can't remember where he is half the time anymore. So please, take caution. Your team needs you.
As for this week, it feels like a trap game. I hate domes. I hate the fact the Lions have Reggie Bush. The Bears defense is great, but thin. Dynamic, but old. Heck, we may need another five turnovers to win it! Heck, we'll probably get them! Scratch that, it's a win!
Which isn't what the Cubs are doing. Review: hosted Atlanta while the Braves clinched, hosted Pittsburgh as the Pirates celebrated.
True story: Many college football teams are trying to schedule them for homecoming this year.
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Kevin Stack
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Builder, Building Scientist, Northeast Natural Homes/Northeast Green Building Consulting
Kevin is an ecological builder, building scientist, Ecoliteracy educator, Biomimicry Speakers Guild member, BaDT, and USGBC Faculty™ who Builds, Designs and Teaches in Nature's Image.
He first described the concept of Ecological Performance Standards, the essence of his uniquely adaptable Building in Nature's Image™ system, a practical paradigm shift to 'Nature as Mentor, Measure and Model." He teaches as visiting faculty at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) and OCC, educating students about Building in Nature's Image™, Ecological Performance Standards, Building Science, and Sustainability Science & Ecoliteracy in the human-‐built environment. Kevin lectures, internationally, about Biomimicry as a member of Biomimicry Speakers Guild. Kevin serves as USGBC Faculty™ , chairs the LEED for Homes 2012 Working Group, and provides LEED Coordination, Technical Support & Rating services to a variety of projects. USGBC Faculty are the official instructors of USGBC's instructor-led workshops working with USGBC's education delivery partners. As USGBC Faculty, Kevin is authorized to teach the following instructor-led workshops:
- LEED 101: Green Building Basics and LEED
- LEED 201: Core Concepts and Strategies
- Homes 252: Understanding the LEED for Homes Rating System
- Homes 301: Implementing the LEED for Homes Rating System
- Homes 401: Green Rater Training
His projects include: defining Ecological Performance Standards for built projects; forming a community deconstruction infrastructure that mimics the ecosystem service of Decomposition; providing holistic building science & constructability, HERS Rating, and LEED Coordination, Technical Support & Rating services for a diversity of projects, including a university dormitories, advanced residential prototypes, and adaptive reuse projects; and building LEED certified homes.
Educated in forestry and biology at ESF, Kevin first began evolving his Building in Nature's Image™ framework of Ecological Performance Standards more than three decades ago, as founder of affiliated companies that focus on ecological building and design support in the human-‐built environment, and more recently as Ecoliteracy trainer and educator of thousands of architects, engineers, under-‐/graduate students, and built-‐environment professionals throughout North America.


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Common Loon (gavia immer)
Dating back 60 million years, the common loon is one of the earth's oldest living bird species. Its name comes from a Norwegian word that means wild, sad cry. Approximately 12,000 make their homes in Minnesota. Loons are large black-and-white birds with long black bills. Clumsy on land, they are excellent divers, underwater swimmers, and high-speed flyers.
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The east side of San Jose has long been infamous in the annals of Lowrider history and like many who grew up in that hotbed of Lowrider history, the scene there captivated Bill Jack. "I lived right around the corner from King and Story and that was the spot to be at in the 70's," he recalls fondly. The scene's influence took a hold of the aspiring car enthusiast, and his vision of the perfect car soon appeared. "I used to ride my bike out there on the weekends to check out all the cars. One of the clubs that really stood out to me was California Cads," says Bill. The club consisted of nothing but '67 and '68 hard top Cadillacs, and Bill was forever hooked on this automaker's American luxury style. "I would always see those guys lined up and even back then, I knew that I wanted to get me a Caddy. That's where it started for me." Bill maintains his love for Cadillacs, and his latest creation pays homage to his love affair with them.
Bill obtained this Cadillac from a friend of his for $5,000 in 2001. "I was lucky to come across this '65, and I bought it from my friend, Eric Morris," explains Bill. The car was a project, but that didn't stop Bill from getting it. "I had the car for one year and one day and I wrecked it," Bill says dejectedly. The accident happened as he was making his return from his former car club's picnic. Never wanting the hit the road without a classic Caddy, Bill sought out a temporary replacement. "I got me a '67 Fleetwood after I crashed the car, that way I could take my time in bringing the '65 back out." He took his time with the build, and it wasn't until 2004 that he was finally able to bring his car back out. The car would also have a new club flag to fly. "In 2005 Guy, Bam, and myself started Ragz 2 Envy car club, Bill explains. "We left our old club because we were more about going to car shows and picnics than the other guys."
Bill's work has paid off as he worked diligently to keep adding to his car until he was able to bring it to the level you see here in our pages. The car got the perfect nickname, too. "I'm a married man, but on the weekends, I'm always with my car; that's why I named her Weekend Girl," Bill says with a grin. He now enjoys cruising his Cadillac every weekend and driving it to shows.
Bill would like to thank Darrel Perry, his club's vice president, and Nor Cal Customs in San Jose. He also extends a special thanks to his wife, Sonia Pierce, his daughter, Damila, and his son, Kaden.
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"Weekend Girl"
Owner: Bill Jack
Vehicle: 1965 Cadillac Deville convertible
City/State: Stockton, CA
Club: Ragz 2 Envy
Engine: Bill chromed out what he could in his 429 engine with help from Peter at Anaheim Plating. The engine features a 750 Holly carburetor, and yellow top Optima battery painted to match the car.
Body/Paint: Joe at Campbell Auto Body in San Jose, CA painted the car with a white platinum DuPont paint. Angelo striped it, and Sammy from Napa, CA added the mural.
Interior: The interior is made up of burgundy leather and white pearl ostrich and it was done by Lito's Upholstery in Stockton, CA.
Sound System: Matt at the One Stop Shop installed the system that consists of a double deck Pioneer, 6×9 Rockford mids, an L7 Kicker subwoofer, 2 Hifonics amps and a 32″ Samsung on the inner trunk lid.
Setup: Danny Torres, of San Jose, CA lifted the Cadillac using double whammy Black Magic pumps, two Italian dumps, one Adex and four 31 series batteries.
Tires: Hankook 175/14s
Wheels: Chrome OG Wires


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I'm not qualified to judge this assessment by a Bay-area based "quant," but if he's right, the Geithner plan is more or less a reprise of Enron. You really have to read the whole thing, but here are a few excerpts:
So according to the FT, it appears that the banks selling assets will also be able to bid on each other's assets.
US banks that have received government aid, including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase, are considering buying toxic assets to be sold by rivals under the Treasury's $1,000bn (£680bn) plan to revive the financial system.
The plans proved controversial, with critics charging that the government's public-private partnership – which provide generous loans to investors – are intended to help banks sell, rather than acquire, troubled securities and loans.
A friend of mine, who used to be on an energy trading desk back in the early 2000s, was listening to me talk about the government plan. He couldn't believe what I was telling him about letting the banks that are selling auctions also bid on them. In the middle of my explanation, he had his own wave of nostalgia: "Man does that bring back memories…."
Before we go there, what will happen with these banks when they can bid on each other's assets? Let's do a thought exercise. Let's say you are a bidder for Bank A. You know your banking asset is worth $50, and you also know the asset Bank B has is worth $50. You call your buddy up, the trader at B, and make a deal. Happens all the time. You go to bid, and you bid $80 for B's asset. Then you wait. If B doesn't come through, you are screwed out a lot of money. And hey, isn't this wrong? Well, you are pretty sure one of those Rubin-protégé government whiz-kids has given someone who knows someone you know a wink-wink about this. You take a drink, steady the nerves. Then, the bid comes back for your asset – $80 from B. You have each bid up each others assets and traded them. And now the government is screwed. Let's chart out that payment:
Yup. Bad news. Bank A pays $6.50 for its new asset because of the leverage , and it loses all of that. It also loses the $50 from not having the asset anymore. However it gains $80, net profit – same as Bank B. The government has paid $73.50 for a $50 asset, twice. (See previous for how the levered non-recourse loan turns into a put option.) We tend to call this collusion if you and I did it.
So why did my energy trading friend get all nostalgic? "Because what you are telling me brings back some great memories from what Enron was up to back in the day. All of us energy traders back then watched with our jaws on the floor. 2000 was a hell of a year."
The Death Star strategy (yes, they called it that) was where Enron would take a fee for relieving a congested market of its excess supply by moving it elsewhere. Just like our legacy assets! There are too many of them, it is clogging up trade, let's get them to someone else who wants them. However Enron would just move the energy in a circle, collecting a fee for not doing what it was supposed to. … And, it appears that the large banks are gearing up to do just that; with the Geithner Death Star that they'll just be collecting a large fee to run them in a circle, without actually moving any of them off their collective books. For old time's sake, I hope they route their loan bids through Oregon and then Utah before putting them back right where they started.
… In case you are wondering, traders out there are licking their lips to try and find ways to game this even better than Enron.
As I say, there is lots more. A knowledgeable reader comments:
The whole thing is looking like a subterfuge in any event, but this is egregious….the scenario outlined is very plausible to me if they permit holders to bid on other holders' assets. It's just so absurd that it is hard to imagine that they would actually propose it….but there you have it….
"Absurd" is a word that finds ever more frequent application to the Obama administration. The scary reality is that Barack Obama is nowhere near smart enough to pull off the schemes that he contemplates. Don't worry, though: your bank account is standing behind all of his mistakes. Or maybe it's not a mistake; maybe this is his way of paying back all those contributions he got from Wall Street.