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Terms and Conditions
The Debitsuccess Contract – Terms and Conditions
1. Introduction
This document outlines the rights and responsibilities you have with regard to the ability of Debitsuccess to directly debit your nominated bank account or credit card for any instalments or payments due by you under the terms and conditions of this Contract. All communication relating to this Contract are to be sent directly to Debitsuccess. All queries regarding the provision of the Services should be directed to the Facility. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Contract and any terms, conditions and contractual agreements made between the Facility and the Customer that specifically relate to payment, the terms of this Contract shall prevail.
2. Definitions
In this Contract, the words and phrases referred to below are defined as follows:
"CCCFA" means the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003;
"Commencement Date" means the date that the Facility provides the Services to the Customer or such other date as agreed by the Facility and the Customer;
"Contract" means these terms and conditions together with the conditions of instruction to accept direct debits;
"Customer" or "you" means the person or party signing this Contract;
"Debitsuccess" means Debitsuccess Limited, a company incorporated in New Zealand – Phone: 09 4810400, Fax: 09 4811401, Email: email@example.com, Postal address: P.O. Box 34-770 Birkenhead, North Shore City 0746;
"Early Termination Fee" mean 25% of the remaining instalments from the date of termination to the expiry of the Minimum Term or $150.00, whichever is the lesser;
"Facility" means the entity providing the Services to you, and/or its franchisees (as applicable);
"Minimum Term" means the period indicated on the front of this Contract;
"New Facility" has the meaning set out in clause 5;
"Services" means the services to be provided by the Facility pursuant to which this Contract relates, and includes any reasonable changes made to such services following the Commencement Date to the extent that such changes do not materially disadvantage the Customer. Further, for the purposes of this Contract, "Services" means an entitlement to use the Services provided by the Facility and does not mean the actual use of the Services.
3. Term
This Contract will commence on the Commencement Date and will continue until all instalments and payments due have been paid in full, unless terminated earlier in accordance with clause 4.
Where the Customer has not elected on the front of this Contract to terminate this Contract at the expiry of the Minimum Term, the term of this Contract will continue in full force and effect following the expiry of the Minimum Term, and may be terminated thereafter on 10 days' notice in writing (unless a lesser notice period is specified on the front of this Contract), given by the Customer to either Debitsuccess or the Facility.
All payments that fall due for payment between the date of termination notice and the date of actual termination are payable in full on or before expiry of the termination notice.
4. Early termination
This Contract may be terminated at any time with the agreement of the Facility. Where the Customer requests to terminate this Contract during the Minimum Term, the Customer will be required to pay the Early Termination Fee unless the customer has suffered a permanent injury or illness that prevents exercise for a period of more than 12 months.
The Customer shall not consider that this contract has been terminated until such time as this is confirmed in writing to the Customer by Debitsuccess to the last advised address provided by the Customer. Termination of this Contract will also terminate the instruction to accept direct debits.
5. Further customer agreements
The Customer agrees that:
Debitsuccess is not responsible should any Facility refuse to accept a FITPASS or attempt to charge the customer for the use of a FITPASS.
6. Payments
As consideration for receipt of the Services, the Customer agrees to pay the instalment amount at the agreed payment frequency for the term of this Contract. The Customer may alter the payment frequency and/or day to debit by requesting a change with Debitsuccess. However, any changes shall not affect the total amount of money the Customer would otherwise be required to pay. Should there be any payments in arrears, the Customer authorises Debitsuccess to debit the outstanding balance in order to bring the account up to date. Where the day to debit falls due on a weekend or public holiday, the payment will be processed on the next business day.
The Customer may pay all amounts due during the Minimum Term at any time. Such payment in full will result in termination of this Contract.
Where this Contract continues beyond the Minimum Term, the Customer agrees that Debitsuccess and/or the Facility may give notice to increase the instalment amount payable, and such increase will not take effect for at least 30 day's following the date of notification.
7. Administration Fee
A one-off fee of an amount as set out in the payment section on the front of this Contract is payable by the Customer on signing this Contract for administrative costs associated with the Customer's membership. {$x} of this fee is paid to Debitsuccess and anything in excess of this amount is paid directly to the facility by Debitsuccess. The Customer authorises Debitsuccess to add any fees owing under this clause, to the initial instalment to be paid by the Customer (as a separate payment or otherwise) or to such other instalments as Debitsuccess may, at its sole discretion, decide.
8. Late Payment Fee
A late payment fee of $10.00 is payable by the Customer to Debitsuccess for each reversal of a payment initiated by Debitsuccess in accordance with this Contract. The Customer authorises Debitsuccess to add any fees owing under this clause to any future instalments paid by the Customer (as a separate payment or otherwise).
9. Privacy
The Customer acknowledges that:
Debitsuccess acknowledges that:
10. Liability
The Customer agrees that under no circumstances will Debitsuccess be liable to the Customer for the provision of the Services by the Facility or for the use by the Customer of the Facility's premises.
The parties agree that neither the Facility, Debitsuccess (nor any of their related companies, directors or employees) nor the Customer will be liable for any injury, loss or damage that is not reasonably foreseeable, that arises out of or in relation to this Contract.
Nothing in this clause is intended to have the effect of contracting out of the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, except to the extent permitted by law."
11. Debt Collection Action
The Customer:
12. Contracts (Privity) Act
The Customer acknowledges that Debitsuccess has been contracted by the Facility to collect the instalments due under this Contract and, for the purposes of the Contracts (Privity) Act 1982, the Customer acknowledges that all rights of the Facility pursuant to this Contract are able to be enforced by Debitsuccess as if it were the Facility, without any involvement on the part of the Facility or the consent of the Customer.
13. Severability
If any provision of this Contract is prohibited, invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be ineffective to the extent of the prohibition, invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Contract or affecting the validity or enforceability of that provision, unless it materially alters the nature or material terms of this Contract.
14. Dispute Resolution
If you have any dispute or complaint regarding the terms of this Contract you should, in the first instance, contact Debitsuccess by email to email@example.com, and Debitsuccess will attempt to respond within 7 days of you making contact. If your dispute has not been resolved within 14 days of you contacting Debitsuccess, you may wish to make a complaint to the independent dispute resolution scheme that Debitsuccess is a member of:
Financial Services Complaints Limited
Phone: 0800 347 257
Website: www.fscl.org.nz
Business address: Financial Services Complaints Limited
Level 4, 101 Lambton Quay
Wellington 6145
This scheme can help you to resolve any disagreements you have with the Facility and/or Debitsuccess. However, you should first attempt to resolve your dispute with Debitsuccess.
15. Statement of Right to Cancel
You have a right under section 27 of the CCCFA to cancel this Contract by giving written notice of the cancellation to the Facility or Debitsuccess within 5 working days of the date of this Contract or the date that disclosure is made under section 17 of the CCCFA, whichever is the latter.
If you cancel this Contract under section 27 of the CCCFA, you may be charged an amount equal to any reasonable expenses the creditor had to pay, or may be expected to pay, in connection with the Contract and its cancellation.
16. Unforeseen Hardship
If you suffer illness, injury, loss of employment, the end of a relationship or other reasonable cause, that results in you being unable to reasonably keep up with your payments, and you have not made a similar application in the last 4 months, you may apply to change the terms of this Contract by:
1. The Initiator:-
a) Has agreed to give written advance notice of the net amount of each Direct Debit and the due date of the debiting at least two calendar days before the date that the Direct Debit will be initiated. This notice will include the following message:-
"Unless advice to the contrary is received from you by the billing start date*, the amount stated on the front of this form will be directly debited from your bank account on (initiating date)."
* this date will be at least two (2) days prior to the initiating date to allow for amendment of Direct Debits.
b) May, upon the relationship which gave rise to this Instruction being terminated, give notice to the Bank that no further Direct Debits are to be initiated under the Instruction. Upon receipt of such notice, the Bank may terminate this Instruction as to future payments by notice in writing to the Customer.
2. The Customer may:-
a) At any time, terminate this Instruction as to future payments by giving notice of termination to the Bank and to Debitsuccess.
b) Stop payment of any Direct Debit to be initiated under this Instruction by Debitsuccess by giving written notice to the Bank prior to the Direct Debit being paid by the Bank.
c) Request the Bank to reverse any Direct Debits initiated by the Debitsuccess under the Instructions by debiting the amount of the Direct Debits back to Debitsuccess through Debitsuccess' bank, to the extent that Debitsuccess cannot produce a copy of the Instructions and/or confirmation that reasonably demonstrates the Customer's authorisation to the Bank to accept Direct Debits from Debitsuccess against the Customer's account, PROVIDED the request is made not more than nine months from the date when the first Direct Debit was debited to the Customer's account by Debitsuccess under the Instructions.
3. The Customer acknowledges that:-
a) This Instruction will remain in full force and effect in respect of all Direct Debits passed to the Customer's account in good faith notwithstanding the Customer's death, bankruptcy or other revocation of this Instruction until actual notice of such an event is received by the Bank.
b) In any event, this Instruction is subject to any arrangement now or hereafter existing between the Customer and the Bank in relation to the Customer's account.
c) Any dispute as to the correctness or validity of an amount debited to the Customer's account shall not be the concern of the Bank (except in so far as the Direct Debit has not been paid in accordance with this Instruction), and should be referred to Debitsuccess. Any other dispute lies between the Customer and Debitsuccess.
d) The Bank accepts no responsibility or liability for the accuracy of information on bank statements relating to any Direct Debits.
e) The Bank is not responsible for, or under any liability in respect of:-
4. The Bank may:-
a) At its absolute discretion, conclusively determine the order of priority payment by it of any monies pursuant to this or any other instruction, cheque or draft properly executed by the Customer or given to or drawn on the Bank.
b) At any time, terminate this Instruction as to future payments by notice in writing to the Customer.
c) Charge its current fees for this service in force from time-to-time.


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This mild cousin of baba ghanoush has no tahini, so you can fully taste the roasted eggplant. Be generous with the parsley, as its fresh green taste pumps up the dip.–Tori Ritchie
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Sure, pita crisps seem sorta de rigueur in terms of eggplant dip. But they're not requisite. We think some bling-y crudités, including multicolored carrots, steamed green beans, red and orange and yellow red bell pepper spears, would be quite fetching alongside this Middle Eastern-inspired dip. 'Course, if you've got any other suggestions for dippers to share, we're all ears.
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- Makes 12 servings
- For the dip
- 1 Italian eggplant (about 1 pound)
- 2 cloves garlic, unpeeled
- 2 to 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup packed flat-leaf parsley leaves
- 1 to 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- Kosher salt, to taste
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- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
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- 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
- 2. Place the whole eggplant in a baking dish just large enough to hold it and pierce the eggplant 2 or 3 times with the tip of a knife. Place the garlic cloves on a smallish square of foil and splash them with a bit of oil. Wrap the foil around the garlic, place the foil packet in the dish alongside the eggplant, and place the dish in the oven.
- 3. Bake the garlic until the cloves are soft when squeezed (you'll need to carefully open the packet to test the garlic), about 35 minutes. Remove the foil-wrapped garlic and let it cool in the foil. Continue to bake the eggplant until it's wrinkled, soft, and almost collapsed, about 25 minutes more. Let the eggplant cool in the pan on the stovetop. Leave the oven on.
- 4. Cut the stem from the cooled eggplant and pull off and discard the eggplant skin. Chop the flesh and set it aside. Peel the garlic cloves and toss them in a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Add the parsley and pulse until it's finely chopped. Add the chopped eggplant, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil and pulse until just combined. Do not purée the mixture; it should still be sorta chunky. Taste the dip and add salt, lemon juice, and/or oil to taste, and pulse again until the mixture is almost smooth. It should have the texture of guacamole. (You can cover the dip with plastic wrap, pressing the wrap against the surface of the dip, and refrigerate it for up to 2 days.)
- Make the pita crisps
- 5. Cut the pitas in half and peel them apart to make quarters. Arrange the quarters on a work surface and generously brush the top with oil. Stir together the salt, paprika, and cayenne in a small bowl and sprinkle over the pita quarters.
- 6. Stack and cut the pita quarters into wedges, slicing each quarter into 3 wedges for a total of 36 pita wedges. Spread the wedges on baking sheets and bake until crisp and golden, about 12 minutes. (The pita crisps can be cooled and stored in an airtight container for up to 2 days.)
- 7. Serve the dip in a bowl surrounded with the pita crisps.
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Under the totality of circumstances shown by the evidence, the singular fact that the defendant had absconded for 2 months is not a substantial and compelling reason to depart from the presumptive sentence.
Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; DAVID W. KENNEDY, judge. Opinion filed November 9, 2000. Reversed, sentence vacated, and remanded with directions.
Brent Getty, assistant appellate defender, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, for appellant.
Elizabeth Reimer, assistant district attorney, Nola Foulston, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for appellee.
Before BRAZIL, C.J., LEWIS and KNUDSON, JJ.
KNUDSON, J.: Johnnie McKay appeals the imposition of a dispositional upward departure sentence. The district court's stated reasons were that McKay absconded while on pretrial release and was, therefore, not an appropriate candidate for probation.
We reverse and remand for resentencing before another district judge.
McKay was charged with five counts of forgery and released on a $2,500 appearance bond without surety. He subsequently waived preliminary examination, was arraigned, and was given a trial date of March 15, 1999. Notwithstanding successful plea negotiations that would avoid trial, McKay had failed to appear for entry of his guilty pleas and had absconded from March 15, 1999, until May 17, 1999. The record is not clear as to how McKay was later taken into custody. It does not appear there was any extradition proceeding or that the State incurred any travel expenses. In any event, we know McKay was in custody from May 17, 1999, until sentenced on June 30, 1999, a total of 45 days. We also note McKay was given a total of 50 days' credit on the sentences that were imposed.
On June 3, 1999, McKay appeared before Judge Joseph Bribiesca and, pursuant to the plea negotiations, entered pleas of guilty to five counts of forgery. The State agreed to recommend presumptive sentences to be served concurrently and not to request departure. McKay was ordered to appear before Judge David Kennedy for sentencing.
On June 9, 1999, McKay's motion for a reduction of the $15,000 bond, which had been imposed when he absconded, came before Judge Kennedy for hearing. McKay's attorney told the court: "[McKay] has a wife and three children and, when he was out, he's always been employed, providing for them. Without his being out, his wife and children are otherwise eligible for assistance. His wife is also seven months pregnant."
Kennedy denied the motion and informed the parties:
"I also at this time will give notice to [McKay's attorney] the fact that Mr. McKay was gone for two months shows his inability to or at least is some indication of his inability to be rehabilitated by probation, and that that will be a factor I will be considering at the time of sentencing in this case."
On June 30, 1999, McKay appeared before Judge Kennedy to be sentenced. McKay's criminal history consisted of four prior nonperson misdemeanors. The presumptive midline sentence for each forgery was 8 months' imprisonment with probation for 24 months. In rejecting the parties' joint recommendation for concurrent sentences and probation, Judge Kennedy imposed consecutive sentences totaling 13 months and denied probation. Kennedy's reasons for the dispositional departure were: "I'll find Mr. McKay's attitude toward the seriousness of this offense, his intentional missing of a court date indicates he's not a candidate for probation. He's not subject to rehabilitation at this point in time."
On appeal, McKay contends the factor relied upon by Judge Kennedy was not a substantial and compelling reason to depart from the presumptive sentence of probation.
Our review of a sentencing departure is twofold. K.S.A. 21-4721(d) first requires this court to review the district court's departure findings to determine if the evidence supports those findings. State v. Smart, 26 Kan. App. 2d 808, 813, 995 P.2d 407 (1999). A sentence may only be enhanced if the departure factor is supported by substantial evidence. In order to reverse the district court's findings, this court must be convinced the findings are clearly erroneous or unsupported by the evidence. 26 Kan. App. 2d at 813 (citing State v. Gideon, 257 Kan. 591, 622-23, 894 P.2d 850 [1995]).
Second, this court must review the findings to see if they constitute substantial and compelling reasons to depart. Whether the district court relied upon a substantial and compelling basis for departure is a question of law over which this court has unlimited review. See Gideon, 257 Kan. at 623. The court must state on the record at the time of sentencing the substantial and compelling reasons for the departure. The court's comments at the time of sentencing govern as to the reasons for departure. State v. Jackson, 262 Kan. 119, 134-35, 936 P.2d 761 (1997).
K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 21-4716(b)(2) provides a list of nonexclusive factors to be considered by the court in ordering a durational upward departure. Leaving the court's jurisdiction and missing a court date is not one of the enumerated factors. However, in State v. Billington, 24 Kan. App. 2d 759, 763, 953 P.2d 1059 (1998), failure to appear as ordered was considered and held to be a substantial and compelling reason for imposition of an upward dispositional departure sentence. In Billington,
the defendant absconded for 2 years. In upholding the district court's decision to depart, the Court of Appeals held: "The fact that the defendant in this case had absconded for over 2 years after being placed in a halfway house on bond was a substantial and compelling reason to depart from the presumptive sentence." 24 Kan. App. 2d 759, Syl. ¶ 4.
We believe the underlying facts in Billington need to be carefully considered. Billington was on house arrest in a halfway house when he absconded for 2 years. As part of a plea agreement, the State agreed to recommend that Billington be placed on probation through community corrections. The trial court refused to impose the sentences recommended by the parties, finding the defendant's behavior showed that he was not amenable to probation. In the case now before us, there are no similar aggravating factors supporting the conclusory finding of unamenability to probation or community correction services.
"The final analysis in reviewing a departure sentence is not whether any departure factor, in isolation, can be a substantial and compelling reason for departure but whether, as a whole, the factors are substantial and compelling reasons for imposing a departure sentence in light of the offense of conviction, the defendant's criminal history, and the purposes of the sentencing guidelines." State v. Grady, 258 Kan. 72, Syl. ¶ 11, 900 P.2d 227 (1995).
McKay has no prior felony convictions. His crimes of conviction were for nonviolent misdemeanors. He has never been subject to supervised felony probation or placement in community corrections. McKay's absconding, although a serious transgression, was of limited duration and did not deter the State from proceeding with a recommendation for probation. McKay served 45 days in confinement after he was returned to custody. He has a pregnant wife and 3 children who depend on him for support. He apparently has a credible work history.
In his dissent, Judge Lewis accuses the majority of usurping the authority of the trial court. Nothing could be further from the truth. Under the sentencing philosophy expressed in Grady, we believe whether there are substantial and compelling reasons to support a sentencing departure must turn on the totality of circumstances shown of record. The holding in Billington turned on the specific facts of that case. So, also, the correct result in this case must rest upon the totality of facts we have related. We firmly believe those facts do not support the district court's decision. We conclude substantial and compelling reasons have not been shown to support a dispositional departure.
Reversed, sentence vacated, and remanded for resentencing.
LEWIS, J., dissenting: I am unable to agree that the absconding of a defendant from entering a plea in a criminal case which lasts for 2 months is not a substantial and compelling fact on which to base an upward departure. Accordingly, I dissent from the majority opinion.
In my judgment, the philosophy of the majority indicates a desire on its part to usurp the authority of the trial court in sentencing matters. It is not our function to substitute our opinion for that of the trial court.
The majority independently reviews the facts such as the fact that the defendant had no prior felony convictions, that his crimes of convictions were for nonviolent misdemeanors, that he had never been subject to supervised felony probation, and that his absconding was of limited duration. After considering all of these facts, the majority concludes that there was no substantial and compelling reason to depart from the presumptive sentence. This sounds to me like re-weighing the facts before the sentencing judge.
This is a case where the defendant absconded and removed himself from the jurisdiction of the court for a period of 45 days. He failed to appear for scheduled dates on which to enter his plea of guilty to the charges. I can find no logic in a rule that says a trial judge does not have substantial and compelling reasons to depart from the presumptive sentence of probation when the defendant has absconded from the jurisdiction of the court and has failed to appear on a scheduled date to plead guilty. The trial judge in this case is an experienced and able trial judge, and he departed by saying: "I'll find Mr. McKay's attitude towards the seriousness of this offense, his intentional missing of a court date, indicates he is not a candidate for probation. He is not subject to rehabilitation at this point in time." After making those comments, the trial judge imposed a departure sentence.
If absconding and failing to appear are not substantial and compelling reasons to depart from a presumptive sentence of probation, then I find it difficult to imagine what would suffice under the majority opinion.
We are appellate judges. We are not trial judges. We have not had the advantage of observing the defendant, of noting his demeanor, of noting his actions, of getting a feeling that one can only receive by observing an individual in a "up close and personal" manner. We have chosen to reverse a decision based on nothing more than the cold printed record. I believe this makes us, in essence, the sentencing court. I do not believe that appellate courts have this authority, and I strongly dissent from the decision the majority entered in this matter. It represents a point of way entirely antagonistic to the Supreme Court's decision in State v. Favela, 259 Kan. 215, 911 P.2d 792 (1996). I would affirm the trial court.


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Rosanne Cash in "The Wheel"
Rosanne Cash's Wheel Of Fortune
Welcome to Forgotten Videos. For some, these videos are forgotten, for others just filed away, and for others still, a totally brand-new discovery. Whichever category you fall into, each week we'll feature a video that's possibly been collecting dust when what it really deserves is a fresh look. Or vice-versa…. We're not here to judge, we just want to take you on a little trip down memory lane. Yep, you'll remember when hair was really that big, when drums were that up front in the mix, when video was young(er) and so were you.
Rosanne Cash
"The Wheel"
The Wheel was easily one of Rosanne Cash's least successful albums, as was its title track single. That's not to say it was bad; more likely just too complex for the fickle pop world, which pretty much sums up the progressive nature of Cash's work. As she got more introspective and poetic, her records tended to sell fewer copies. But The Wheel, and its predecessor, 1990's Interiors, were excellent albums exploring the fragile nature of relationships.
Produced by Cash and her frequent partner/husband, John Leventhal, The Wheel was essentially a singer/songwriter album, despite Cash's roots on the country charts and as the daughter of Johnny Cash. And the roots of the video for "The Wheel"? Well, that's anybody's guess. Like the lyrics of the song, the video is more evocative than literal, although it seems to have something to do with a medieval wedding, complete with Cash on an apparent throne on a beach pouring water from a royal chalice. By the end, the wedding is successfully consummated, and the happy couple seems to have the world in their hands (which is mostly at odds with Cash's songs and their tendency to inspect the darker, or at least less confident, side of relationships).
Like so much of Cash's later work, on "The Wheel" she proves a deeply expressive lyricist in probing some of the unanswerable questions of life and relationships. In fact, she sums it up all so well in the song's bridge: "I'm not looking for your answers/Oh, darling don't you see/That just to know the question/Is good enough for me."
Cash, whose mother is Vivian Liberto, Johnny's first wife, was born in 1955 and raised by her mother in Southern California, likely explaining her affinity for singer/songwriter sounds over straight country. In the early to mid-'80s, she scored her biggest country hits — even enjoying some crossover success — working mostly with her then-husband Rodney Crowell. Her second album, Seven Year Ache, went to No. 1 on Billboard's Country Albums chart, as did 1985's Rhythm & Romance, with the former's title track proving it had some pop mettle, rising to No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. The latter album's "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" earned Cash her lone GRAMMY win to date for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female.
But her highest-charting Billboard 200 album was 2009's The List, which followed the deaths of Johnny Cash and his singer wife June Carter Cash, as well as Rosanne's mother. The album compiles covers of some of the songs Johnny considered the most essential American tunes, including Bob Dylan's "Girl From The North Country," Merle Haggard's "Silver Wings" and the Carter Family's "Motherless Children." The album peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 and earned Cash a GRAMMY nomination for Best Americana Album.
"The Wheel" itself never charted, and the album only peaked at No. 37 on the Country Albums chart. But in the nature of a wheel, Cash continues on, with Columbia Records' Legacy imprint releasing The Essential Rosanne Cash this year. Where the wheel takes her next is hard to say. Maybe a Renaissance wedding?
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T brought some moist chocolate cakes for his colleagues last week. Some of them could not get it so they requested for it. This time I made cupcakes instead of the whole cake with the same recipe. I find that cupcake is easier to "dress-up" than the whole cake and most importantly it is FUN for me! For information, the mentioned moist chocolate cake recipe makes 12-15 cupcakes. I doubled up the recipe and made 30 cuppies.
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BARCELONA (Reuters) - FC Barcelona have fired another salvo in a dispute with Real Madrid and the Spanish football federation over the lifting of Real coach Jose Mourinho's two-match ban for poking Barca assistant Tito Vilanova in the eye.
The clash over the federation's move on Tuesday to exonerate Mourinho suggests the bad blood that has marred relations between the clubs in recent years is set to spill over into the 2012-13 season beginning next month.
Toni Freixa (Barca spokesman):
Barca believe the federation's decision, part of a general amnesty for sanctioned players and coaches, damages the image of Spanish football and can only encourage further aggression."We are angry, we do not agree with the Spanish federation's decision"
"We believe that an aggression like Mourinho's should not go unpunished. His actions were treacherous, very serious and had been witnessed by the whole world."
Mourinho, a former Barca assistant coach, was initially banned after attacking Vilanova, who has since taken over as first-team coach from Pep Guardiola, from behind during a Super Cup match last August.
His punishment was rescinded by football federation (RFEF) president Angel Maria Villar, who traditionally forgives some players and coaches after sealing re-election.
He was voted in unopposed for a seventh four-year term in February and his latest amnesty was announced at the RFEF's general assembly in Madrid on Tuesday.
Freixa said Barca had originally considered lodging a formal complaint against Mourinho but after consultation with players and coaching staff had decided to let the federation handle the case.
Now, after the lifting of the ban, the club had decided it wants a working group set up to examine the federation's disciplinary regime and Villar's amnesties, he added.
The federation's decision meant Vilanova's one-match ban for reacting to Mourinho's aggression by pushing him away was also lifted, as were bans given to Real pair Mesut Ozil and Marcelo and Barca's David Villa, who were all red-carded."Rules are needed that prevent cases like this from happening again, because this image being produced is very serious for Spanish football."
"We expect a positive response from the federation and if that is not forthcoming we'll have to look at other options. The legal course is open to everyone but it's not our basic plan."
All five are now clear to take part when La Liga champions Real and King's Cup winners Barca meet next month in the 2012 Super Cup, the two-legged curtain-raiser to the season.
The first leg is at Barca's Nou Camp stadium on August 23, with the return leg at Real's Bernabeu arena on August 30.


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Frank Maconachy is biting at the bit like a thoroughbred at the starting gate; ready to hit the field with his latest prime-time invention for the vegetable industry, a mechanized iceberg lettuce harvester.
The iceberg lettuce harvester has been designed and field tested at several private locations," said Maconachy, owner and president of Ramsay Highlander Inc., Gonzales, Calif. "We have people ready to order the equipment, but right now they're holding off for economic reasons."
Reduced vegetable acreage and stagnant prices have held buyers at bay. Vegetable plantings in the Salinas Valley are down about 25 percent, Maconachy said.
The harvester can be customized for salad packs or individually wrapped heads.
The new iceberg lettuce harvester is available in wheel or track drive. The system is available with a four-pulley band saw to cut the lettuce heads ($250,000 range) or a water knife system (about $400,000) that cuts the lettuce with water drawing on copper ion technology. The latter system can kill pathogens including E. coli, salmonella, and lysteria.
"Cutting lettuce with water is a cleaner option since the cut is cauterized which reduces or eliminates lettuce bleeding," Maconachy said. "The water knife emits positive-charged water from a copper ion generator through nozzles killing the pathogens." The system significantly reduces needed chemicals including chlorine.
Maconachy's internationally patented mechanical harvesters are geared to reduce farm labor needs.
"Depending on the machine design, you could reduce the harvest crew size from 30 to 12 or 9," Maconachy said. "The number varies based on the machine design desired by a grower or harvest contractor. Some would rather have an extra workstation for a quality control inspector or extra people sorting through product."
Ramsay Highlander's mechanized romaine harvester saves over $1 million in reduced labor, Maconachy estimates. "That's the amount that contractors are telling us based on the cost of the machine versus a labor force payroll and pounds harvested per hour."
Ramsay Highlander has sold more than 30 mechanical harvesters available in wheel or track drive since 2002. The equipment cuts spinach, aragula, chard, and baby leaf lettuces with a band saw. Spinach harvesters sell for $175,000 to $250,000 while the more elaborate romaine lettuce harvester commands $300,000 to $350,000.
All mechanical harvesters are constructed of stainless steel.
"It makes sense to spend the money up front on stainless steel so you're not spending dollars in future mechanical or maintenance costs from non-stainless steel equipment that could develop rust and be a hazard on the food safety front," Maconachy said.
Two types of "pick-up" technology are available for cutting vegetables. The "headrazor" harvester cuts veggies that stand tall like whole leaf lettuce and romaine. A different mechanism was developed for round head lettuce that rolls once its cut.
"We stand behind all of the manufacturer's warranties on all the components of the machine: the John Deere engine, the hydrostat transmissions, and running gear," Maconachy said.
Ramsay Highlander equipment harvests vegetables in California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, several Eastern states including Florida and Georgia, plus the United Kingdom (U.K.). Summer vegetables are grown in the U.K. and the equipment is moved across the English Channel to Spain for winter vegetable production. Maconachy plans to license his technology to a U.K.-based company for building the equipment in Europe.
Among the Salinas Valley and Yuma, Ariz. companies using the mechanized equipment are Western Harvesting and Classic Farms, plus Sunfresh Farms in Goodyear, Ariz.
Maconachy has been asked to develop mechanical harvesters for celery, broccoli, and cantaloupes.
Meanwhile, the company is building a mechanized harvester for the Yulex Corporation, Maricopa, Ariz., to harvest guayule, a plant native to the Southwest that produces natural rubber and energy. Guayule is grown in the California and Arizona low deserts.


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That's right, this is actually happening - DayZ will be developed as a standalone game, with me as project lead, by Bohemia Interactive. This is the fairy-tale outcome for a mod that many would have said impossible four months ago.
Development and updates of the mod will continue in parallel with the development of the game, so anyone who is playing the mod now will be able to continue to do so. The project will follow the Minecraft development model; fast iterations with the community alpha available for a heavily discounted price.
I realize people will have many, many questions - but we wanted to let everyone know the announcement now. Over the coming weeks, these questions will be answered. The game will have it's own site, and the mod will continue at it's present link.
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." - Winston Churchill


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LAKEWOOD, NJ. – Barry University's men's soccer team scored three unanswered goals to defeat Georgian Court University Friday afternoon, 3-1.
The Lions (3-1) struck first in the 7th minute when Ricardo Vascones scored following a free-kick to give Georgian Court a 1-0 lead
Barry (1-2-0) trailed for most of the first half despite maintaining possession and developing scoring opportunities throughout the period.
In the 41st minute, Bryan Brown crossed a ball into the box and connected with Mumbi Kwesele who slipped behind the Lions' defense to even the match at 1-1.
Although the Bucs seemed to control the tempo for most of the first half the game remained tied heading into the break, but luckily in the second half the score reflected Barry's dominance over the game.
Lucas Rio Torto found Thomas Coombes over the middle and Coombes then chipped the ball over the goalkeeper Rylan Gentil who was caught out of position to give Barry a 2-1 lead just five minutes into the second half.
Esteban Ochoa scored in the 65th minute to put the Bucs up 3-1, as Barry was able to put the game out of reach.
The game featured a matchup between Coach McCrath's former assistant and now head coach of Gerogian Court Dino Raso.
Barry travels to Long Island, N.Y. Sunday to battle Dowling University in the final game of the east coast roadtrip.


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The Jamestown Community Theatre's production of the delightful play, "Miracle on 34th Street" scheduled for November, has been canceled. Donna Gavin, president of the group's board of directors, said the decision was made following an unexpected low adult turnout for the auditions. "We'll put something together in the spring," she said.
Artistic Director Mary Wright added that she wished to thank the people who did audition. "I'd like to emphasize that everyone who tried out certainly did well, and all would have been offered a place in the cast."
Anna Templeton-Cotill writes, "I did enjoy your little paragraph, you know, but, you know, there is another word that, like, should be taken out of the English language, like, you know."
Our Swedish valhund, Josh, was 12 years old last Friday. Happy woofs, my best friend.
Mary Alice Lurgio, Alena Caldarone, Bob Kinder and Barbara Ann MacIntosh all agree that Kate Smith was the one who sang the best rendition of "God Bless America." Barbara-Ann added that the song was written by Irving Berlin and all the royalties go to the Boy Scouts of America. John A. Murphy called it a toss-up between Kate Smith and Melissa Etheridge who sang it at the Democratic National Convention last week.
Nobody can beat Kate. It came from her heart.
There was no response to John's poser last week. He said that the group on the Arthur Godfrey Show was The Mariners who are best known for their "I See the Moon."
The correct name of the pavilion at Ft. Getty is the Lt. Col. John C. Rembijas Memorial Pavilion.
Boy Scout Troop 1 Scoutmaster Dave Volpe writes:
"On Sunday August 17, Troop 1 Jamestown returned from a week at the Yawgoog Scout Reservation. Camp Yawgoog is situated on 1,800 acres of beautiful wilderness in Rockville. Yawgoog is divided into three separate camps: Three Point, Medicine Bow and Sandy Beach. All three camps share reservation program facilities. Each year Troop 1 Jamestown attends the seventh week at Yawgoog and stays in camp Medicine Bow at campsite Wetuomuck.
This year we had 24 scouts attend camp and they earned a total of 88 merit badges and 11 rank advancements. Some of the merit badges earned were First Aid, Swimming, Environmental Science, Citizenship in the World, Citizenship in the Nation, Camping, Art, Mammal Studies, American Heritage and Sports. There were eight scouts who advanced to the rank of Tenderfoot (Ian Archibald, Truman Christie, Milo DiGasper, Finn Dwyer, Ryan Geib, Mason Kelly, Jim Lowell and John Waddington.) Hayden Maclean advanced to Life, and Eagle Scout Brian Volpe earned his Gold Palm.
All in all this was a great year at camp. The troop also continued its friendship with Troop 40 from Mount Vernon, N.Y. through a night of camaraderie around a campfire sharing doughboys and roasted corn; this is an annual event which we expect to continue. Additionally the two troops engaged in a number of competitions including ultimate football, water dodge ball, and a card game called "Cut & Burn." This year camp was lead by Senior Patrol Leader Sal Morenzi and Assistant Senior Patrol Leader Michael Brendlinger and in addition to the above scouts was attended by scouts: Eric Archibald, Daniel Bailey, Nathaniel Hopkins, Tom Munro, Josh Nolan, Ben Normand, James Perry, Michael Pratt, Cameron Toppa, Dylan Walsh, Chris Waterman and Kyle Wright.
I would also like to thank the adult leaders for their dedication to making this week possible by camping with us. They were Diane Archibald, James Archibald, Glen Hopkins, John Keavy, Jim Lowell and Mike Perry."
Thanks Dave, great job, guys!
It's so refreshing to see someone running for national office who's not tainted by the "inside the beltway" politics. And she wears a real skirt!
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A reader sent us the September issue of the magazine "World War II" which has an article that tells of Jamestown's Ft. Getty and Ft. Wetherill and their contribution at the end of the war to educate German prisoners of war on the topic of democracy.
The goal was to return the prisoners to their homeland as a spearhead of democracy. Avoiding hardcore Nazis, the prisoners were hand-picked. In an eightweek course at Ft. Getty the emphasis was on administration and the curriculum included English, military government and American and German history. The subjects were taught by academics from Harvard, Brown and other first-rate universities.
At the police-training school at Ft. Wetherill the eight-week course focused heavily on how law enforcement operates in democratic society. The curriculum from Ft. Getty was condensed and about half the time devoted to criminal investigation, fingerprinting, crowd control and other aspects of police work.
As successful as the reeducation program was from the viewpoint of its creators, only a handful of the 528 Getty graduates eventually found jobs in the military government. The reason was another lesson in democracy, bureaucratic red-tape. But as the author points out, the greatest lesson in democracy versus national socialism was the utter physical destruction of their country that awaited the prisoners when they returned to their homeland.
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«Before we adopted the new system, we didn't have a good method for managing the flows» commented Don Wiggins, Contemporary Cabinets plant manager. «When we purchased a new machine, we would position it wherever there was space, without considering the workflow and consequently, where the machine would be best placed for maximum efficiency. As a result, the pieces moved through the factory without any logical sense. With Biesse, we designed a system to create the current flow management via the implementation of new equipment, and now everything works in a U formation, following the most efficient route through the factory».
The panels begin their journey by being loaded via a Winstore, and are then passed on to a Selco WNT610, a 1537 NBC SKill machining centre and an Akron 855 edgebanding machine. Every single element of the cabinet travels through the production line, and is subject to all of the machining processes, edgebanding, dowelling and insertion of hardware, before eventually being loaded onto the pre-assembly carriages. The cabinets then are assembled and placed on conveyor belts to be completed. The backs are secured in position to keep them square until the bonding process is complete, while a belt transports the drawers and doors. Finally, the cabinet is packed and loaded on a truck.
The company employs 100 people across 5 plants of over 9000 m2 in Edmond, Oklahoma. There is a department dedicated to the recovery of machining waste and to the panel management process. «We mainly produce cabinets for commercial projects» Wiggins continues. «We have a factory for customized products such as reception desks, conference tables and more complex pieces which cannot be introduced into the production flow of the main plant. Most of our customers are furniture stores, schools, dentists and doctors surgeries, churches and small residences. Recent projects have been completed for large hospitals, jewellers, gyms, for an oil company, and many other retail stores».
With Biesse, we designed a system to create the current flow management, following the most efficient route through the factory
The WinStore system is composed of an overhead travelling crane system that stores information on the characteristics and the positions of each panel inside it. It can hold up to 2,000 sheets of material. «We position stacks of panels in the external warehouse and inform the control system of what type of material it is and how many sheets there are in total. WinStore then loads them places them in its warehouse. If there is a new material with characteristics that are not already stored in the memory, the weight of the sheet is recorded. The panels are loaded via suction cups that create a vacuum. Before we implemented this system, the machine remained stationary for 20-30 minutes while waiting for the necessary material for machining to be loaded. Now, however, almost all the material is stored in WinStore and there are no waiting times. Also, due to the fact that it is an overhead travelling crane, stacks of material can be stored nearby, so using large lifting carriages between the stacks of material is no longer necessary. WinStore also keeps track of the material in stock and how many sheets are used by the beam saw and the NC machining centre. We started using WinStore in March 2013 and since then, our entire production flow has been redirected to work around this system. Both the Selco beam saw and the Skill machining centre are also incorporated into WinStore's working area, and as such, both can also be rear-loaded directly from the latter. The mere fact that we now have a significant production flow has greatly helped us. We have enhanced the drilling and inserting machine with a numerical control machining centre and this has given us excellent results».
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By Lisa Lambert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress is again joining the fight over public pensions, as a Republican Representative on Thursday pushed a bill to require state and local funds to give more accurate information on their assets and to bar the federal government from bailing them out during a financial crisis.
The legislation introduced by Representative Devin Nunes of California is essentially the same as the bill he offered in 2010 that languished as unions and advocacy groups for the retirement systems objected to having the federal government intervene in state and local affairs.
Although state and local governments are dealing with high pension costs, which strain their already tight budgets, no one has yet asked the federal government for a bailout.
A corresponding bill will likely be introduced soon in the Senate by Richard Burr of North Carolina. The House bill has many of the same backers as the 2010 measure, including House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
"Often hidden by opaque accounting practices, the costs of public pension funds are driving an increasing number of states and municipalities toward insolvency," Nunes said in a statement. "This bill will increase the funds' transparency and eliminate deceptive accounting practices that are already shunned in the private sector."
States and cities have frequently shortchanged their pensions over the years and when their revenues crumbled during the 2007-2009 recession, they cut back even more.
The financial crisis wrecked the pensions' chief revenue source, investment returns. Recently, the holdings of public pension funds have recovered, but the debate over the size of their revenue gaps continues.
The Pew Center on the States estimates that states combined are short at least $757 billion to cover retirement benefits and cities are short $99 billion.
Many conservative economists and lawmakers such as Nunes say the pensions project rates of return that are too high. They say using overly optimistic investment expectations makes shortfalls appear artificially small.
Meanwhile, they question the funds' methods of "smoothing" expenses over time, which they say masks the depth of the problems. Because pensions do not have to pay all their liabilities at once, many spread, or smooth, the amounts over a span of years. Some have smoothed liabilities across decades to create a sense that they are more manageable.
While the bill includes a variety of measures on reporting, the key requirement is to provide "realistic rates of return and tie assets to more reasonable fair market valuations."
Under the bill, pensions that do not report their asset levels using the prescribed formulas could cause considerable financial damage. States and municipalities with employees enrolled in those pensions would lose their abilities to issue tax-exempt bonds, the key source of infrastructure funding.
Much has changed in the last two years in the pension landscape. States such as Rhode Island instituted their own sweeping reforms as their localities tottered toward bankruptcy, and many plans have lowered their projected rates of investment returns.
On Wednesday the board of the largest pension fund, the California Public Employees' Retirement System, known as Calpers, voted to change its smoothing methods.
"While some states have improved their pension funds, a lot of the reforms comprise the same kind of accounting gimmicks we've seen before. Meanwhile, municipalities such as San Jose that tried to institute real reforms are facing lawsuits from unions," said Nunes. "With our bill, all we're saying is that pension systems need to clearly report their true financial condition."
Last summer, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board approved an overhaul of projecting rates of return on investments, which provide 60 percent of pensions' revenues. Funds lacking sufficient cash to cover benefits must lower their projected rates to about 4 percent.
GASB also requires governments to disclose what their actuaries recommend they contribute to the pension plans - a way of checking if they are underfunding the systems. Employing governments provide about 20 percent of pension revenues.
Moody's Investors Service is reviewing the ratings of 29 local governments because of concerns about pension gaps. Moody's created its own methodology for evaluating pensions, "because the manner in which these obligations are reported varies widely, and we believe liabilities are underreported from a balance sheet perspective," it said on Wednesday.
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January's nearly over, and for many of us, we may have quickly realized that while a new year feels fresh and new and time for some change, sometimes that just feels impossible. The burdens and stresses of 2012 didn't just evaporate into thin air, but there is a chance that we can do something to change it in the new year.
Did you know that doing jigsaw puzzles helps encourage the happy hormone dopamine, which regulates mood and affects concentration? Not just puzzles, but simply focusing more on your hobbies and interests, can be rewarding and soothing in itself. The task of starting and completing a project, like jigsaw puzzles or other crafts and activities, can help keep your brain focused and motivated.
Here are 7 great tips to help you manage stress levels and have a happy new year:
- We all know that exercising regularly helps us combat stress. But sometimes it seems like finding the time or energy to exercise is a stress in itself. Start slow. Make baby steps. Ten minutes every other day—and then work up. Do exercises you like, instead of forcing yourself to do something you hate. Even just stretching is good for the brain.
- In the same vein, start making some conscious decisions to eat healthier. Water instead of soda. Pour less cereal than you can eat. Go for the fruit first when you want to snack.I find that the more healthy things I opt for, the more I start craving healthy things.
- Make time for your hobbies. Doing something that you want to do—and not attaching guilt to it—can be a nice way to relax. Sometimes I prolong bedtime by 20 minutes just to fit in some reading.
- Smile! We do naturally when we're happy, but we can also start to trick our brains into tranquility the same way.
- Assess your issues. What's making you feel stressed? What would you assign it on a scale from 1-10? Sometimes taking a step back and analyzing our issues makes us realize that we're going to end up okay, that we've survived worse, and that we can accomplish what we need in order to relax.
- Write about it—releasing pent up feelings will help you let go of some of that tension, it's private, and if you find there's something you actually need to say to someone else that's concerning your stress levels, you can do it in a more composed, thoughtful way now.
- Go for a walk, or stare outside at something beautiful and let your mind wander.
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It's far more likely that personnel changes for this game will be made on defense rather than offense.
Rookie linebacker Moise Fokou has started the last two games at strongside linebacker and received the majority of playing time at that position in the last three games. But Fokou said today that he is splitting reps at that position this week with Chris Gocong, who had been the team's primary strongside linebacker the last three seasons.
"He could play at a couple different positions," defensive coordinator Sean McDermott said when asked about Gocong.
McDermott also hinted that Sean Jones could see more time at free safety in this second game with Dallas. Jones estimated he was in on five plays during Sunday's lopsided loss.
"(Experience) is something we have to consider being in a playoff game and a primetime game," McDermott said. "The speed of the game could be faster and for young players to play in those games ... it's the first time in these games. We've taken that into consideration for the game plan this week and we'll look to use each and every player that is in uniform for us this weekend."
Though Jones is in his sixth NFL season, this is his first time playing in the postseason.
McDermott indciated that veteran linebacker Jeremiah Trotter could see the field quite a bit this week, too, after having a solid second half Sunday against the Cowboys. McDermott, however, understands that he can't expose Trotter too much because of the problems he has in coverage situations. Akeem Jordan started the game at middle linebacker Sunday, but was in for just one play.
"That's the slippery slope you're looking at," McDermott said. "Trotter is a heck of a competitor and I think we all noticed a difference when he was in the game the other night. He played with great intensity. We just have to make sure that we scheme around that going into this weekend."
McDermott said he also felt as if he could have blitzed more Sunday.
"We blitzed on one of the first or second runs that they broke off and we didn't execute the blitz the right way, so we backed off a little bit, which I take responsibility for," McDermott said. "I should not have done that. There are always going to be blitzes in every game plan and there were blitzes in that game plan."


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There is something VERY wrong with this scenario – the cheap seats for next year's first national championship game START at $1,899. These are seats in the corners of the top level of the end zone at Jerry's World in Dallas. Between the 20s, the seats will only set you back $3,899 apiece and if you want a seat in one of the suites, be prepared to fork out more than $4,000. If the first national championship game of the new playoff system works anything like it did for BCS games, then a school like Florida will be required to guarantee the sale of something like 17,500 tickets. Now, those tickets won't cost the same as the ones that are about to go on sale for $1,899, but I would expect they will cost more than the tickets for Auburn-Florida State game, which were sold at more than $300 apiece. This is going to be one very expensive proposition.
We also haven't factored in the cost of the semifinals. To get to the national championship game four teams will duke it out in the semifinals, held this year at the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl. Here is a scenario for you: Florida makes the final four and is assigned to the Rose Bowl to face Oregon while Alabama gets the Sugar Bowl where it will face Oklahoma. Because you have donated more than $3,000 a year for 10 years to the UAA, you can buy two tickets to the Rose Bowl, face value of something like $500 apiece. You're down a thousand and you still haven't flow to Los Angeles, round trip for two $1,600. We're at $2,600 and counting. Hotels are jacked up and require a three-day stay so now we're out another $500 a night when you count taxes, parking, etc. Three days of a rental car will also set you back $600 by the time you add gas and insurance. So we're at $4,700 and nobody has eaten. Figure another $500. That's $5,200 for the seminfinals. And how much will you spend next week if the Gators win?
We're already seeing sections of stadiums that were filled to the rafters just three or four years ago with areas where you could take a shotgun, turn in any direction and fire away and never worry about hitting anyone. Some say it's the economy and that might have something to do with it, but I wonder are fans close to their saturation point? The first thing I hear is "winning will cure everything" but Florida won 11 regular season games in 2012 and there were games where either a whole lot of people wore their empty seat disguises or else they simply stayed home and watched on the big screen. And, it's not just Florida. It's all across the country. So many fans tell me that they can afford tickets just fine, but they find it difficult to justify the cost as a good investment anymore when they have a 70-inch TV at home where they get instant replays, air conditioning, leather sofas, no lines at the bathroom and they can drink all they want. If the fans stay away in record numbers, will we see the current economic model collapse at schools across the country, particularly those with such high debt service on their facilities? I can think of five or six schools off the top of my head that should be concerned.
We've heard since the day he arrived on campus about Quinton Dunbar's talent. He's had a productive – 90 catches, 1,147 yards and 6 touchdowns – but not exactly an earth-shattering career. We also know how talented Ahmad Fulwood and Demarcus Robinson are. We just haven't seen the ball thrown their way very much. Some people say the Gators don't have playmakers, but can we be sure of that? To make plays, someone has to get you the football and we haven't really seen anyone do that, now have we? Now check these numbers: 184 catches for 2,534 yards and 16 touchdowns; and 283 catches for 3,729 yards and 21 touchdowns. The 184 catches were by Jamison Crowder the last two years at Duke under Kurt Roper. The 283 were by Conner Vernon, who was a four-year starter. If I'm a Florida wide receiver right about now, then I'm the most inspired guy on the planet, ready to work my tail off to get this offense down pat before August 30.
In his introductory press conference at Louisville, former Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham claimed his defenses were "the backbone" of Georgia's two SEC Eastern Division championships in four years. Let's see: Georgia was beaten 42-10 in the SEC championship game in 2011 by offensively challenged LSU and in 2012 the Bulldogs gave up 512 yards and 32 points in the SEC championship game to Alabama. I think Grantham thought he was dissing Georgia when he made that statement, but the joke's on him. He really wasn't that good. And here I was thinking Bobby Petrino had an eye for good coaches.
There are whispers that one or two more coaches are about to leave the Florida State staff, per a friend who has some close associations with the coaches in Tallahassee. Jimbo Fisher had to replace six coaches off his 2012 staff and there was a seamless transition as FSU won the national championship. But he's already lost Jeremy Pruitt to Georgia and there is no way to call that anything but substantial. If Fisher has to replace one or two more coaches, you have to wonder if he can find coaches who will fit in so easily two years in a row. If more coaches go and Fisher can't pull off another easy transition, then FSU's stay at the top might have a short shelf life.
While all the experts will be touting Florida State, Alabama, Auburn and Oregon as the best four teams in the country to start the 2014 season, here are two under the radar programs poised to make some big noise. In the SEC, watch out for Mississippi State. The Bulldogs finished strong to go 7-6 and that was with a very young team. Dan Mullen thinks quarterback Dak Prescott is ready to put up Tebow numbers. He's got enough talent coming back on defense that coordinator Geoff Collins said no to Jimbo Fisher and Florida State to sign an extension with a raise to $625,000 (how do you spend that much in Starkvegas?) to stay at Mississippi State. Larry Fedora is replacing Blake Anderson with Indiana offensive coordinator Seth Littrell. Indiana was a bad team but Littrell put up 38 points a game. It wasn't his fault the Hoosiers couldn't stop anyone. Carolina will be loaded offensively. If Fedora can come up with a defense that can stop people, Carolina is going to make life miserable for a lot of people in the Almost Competitive Conference.
The crew chief of the zebra crew that called the San Francisco-Seattle NFC championship game was Gene Steratore, who officiated three Division I basketball games including two in the Big Ten the week prior to the NFL game. I think if the NFL is really concerned with its integrity, it needs to ensure that its officials aren't spending three nights running up and down a basketball court for two hour stretches the week before an important game. San Francisco-Seattle was a poorly officiated game. I am not sure if it would have been better officiated if Steratore had gotten more rest leading up to the game, but it is reason to go hmmm.
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See the [http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/Ehc/#On_EHC documentation on EHC], each paper at the ''Version 4'' part:
* Chapter 8 (EH4) of Atze
* Chapter 8 (EH4) of Atze 's [http://www.cs.uu.nl/groups/ST/Projects/ehc/ehc-book.pdf Essential Haskell PhD thesis] (most recent version). A detailed explanation. It explains also that existential types can be expressed in Haskell, but their use is restricted to data declarations, and the notation (using keyword <hask>forall</hask>) may be confusing. In Essential Haskell, existential types can occur not only in data declarations, and a separate keyword <hask>exists</hask> is used for their notation.
* [http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/pub/Ehc/WebHome/20050107-eh-intro.pdf Essential Haskell Compiler overview]
* [http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/pub/Ehc/WebHome/20050107-eh-intro.pdf Essential Haskell Compiler overview]
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* [http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/Ehc/Examples#EH_4_forall_and_exists_everywher Examples]
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This is a extension of Haskell available in GHC. See the GHC documentation: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/type-extensions.html
1 Introduction to existential types
1.1 A short example
This illustrates creating a heterogeneous list, all of whose members implement "Show", and progressing through that list to show these items:
data Obj = forall a. (Show a) => Obj a xs = [Obj 1, Obj "foo", Obj 'c'] doShow :: [Obj] -> String doShow [] = "" doShow ((Obj x):xs) = show x ++ doShow xs
With output:
doShow xs ==> "1\"foo\"'c'"
1.2 Expanded example - rendering objects in a raytracer
1.2.1 Problem statement
In a raytracer, a requirement is to be able to render several different objects (like a ball, mesh or whatever). The first step is a type class for Renderable like so:
class Renderable a where boundingSphere :: a -> Sphere hit :: a -> [Fragment] -- returns the "fragments" of all hits with ray {- ... etc ... -}
hits :: Renderable a => [a] -> [Fragment] hits xs = sortByDistance $ concatMap hit xs
However, this does not work as written since the elements of the list can be of SEVERAL different types (like a sphere and a polygon and a mesh etc. etc.) but lists need to have elements of the same type.
1.2.2 The solution
Use 'existential types' - an extension to Haskell that can be found in most compilers.
The following example is based on GHC :
{-# OPTIONS -fglasgow-exts #-} {- ...-} data AnyRenderable = forall a. Renderable a => AnyRenderable a instance Renderable AnyRenderable where boundingSphere (AnyRenderable a) = boundingSphere a hit (AnyRenderable a) = hit a {- ... -}
[ AnyRenderable x , AnyRenderable y , AnyRenderable z ]
1.3 Dynamic dispatch mechanism of OOP
Existential types in conjunction with type classes can be used to emulate the dynamic dispatch mechanism of object oriented programming languages. To illustrate this concept I show how a classic example from object oriented programming can be encoded in Haskell.
class Shape_ a where perimeter :: a -> Double area :: a -> Double data Shape = forall a. Shape_ a => Shape a type Radius = Double type Side = Double data Circle = Circle Radius data Rectangle = Rectangle Side Side data Square = Square Side instance Shape_ Circle where perimeter (Circle r) = 2 * pi * r area (Circle r) = pi * r * r instance Shape_ Rectangle where perimeter (Rectangle x y) = 2*(x + y) area (Rectangle x y) = x * y instance Shape_ Square where perimeter (Square s) = 4*s area (Square s) = s*s instance Shape_ Shape where perimeter (Shape shape) = perimeter shape area (Shape shape) = area shape -- -- Smart constructor -- circle :: Radius -> Shape circle r = Shape (Circle r) rectangle :: Side -> Side -> Shape rectangle x y = Shape (Rectangle x y) square :: Side -> Shape square s = Shape (Square s) shapes :: [Shape] shapes = [circle 2.4, rectangle 3.1 4.4, square 2.1]
(You may see other Smart constructors for other purposes).
1.4 Generalised algebraic datatypeThe type of the
2 Alternate methods
2.1 Concrete data types
2.1.1 Universal instance of a Class
Here one way to simulate existentials (Hawiki note: (Borrowed from somewhere...))
Suppose I have a type class Shape a
type Point = (Float,Float) class Shape a where draw :: a -> IO () translate :: a-> Point -> a
Then we can pack shapes up into a concrete data type like this:
data SHAPE = SHAPE (IO ()) (Point -> SHAPE)
with a function like this
packShape :: Shape a => a -> SHAPE packShape s = SHAPE (draw s) (\(x,y) -> packShape (translate s (x,y)))
This would be useful if we needed a list of shapes that we would need to translate and draw.In fact we can make
instance Shape SHAPE where draw (SHAPE d t) = d translate (SHAPE d t) = t
So SHAPE is a sort of universal instance.
2.1.2 Using constructors and combinatorsWhy bother with class
data Shape = Shape { draw :: IO() translate :: (Int, Int) -> Shape }
Then you can create a library of shape constructors and combinators that each have defined "draw" and "translate" in their "where" clauses.
circle :: (Int, Int) -> Int -> Shape circle (x,y) r = Shape draw1 translate1 where draw1 = ... translate1 (x1,y1) = circle (x+x1, y+y1) r shapeGroup :: [Shape] -> Shape shapeGroup shapes = Shape draw1 translate1 where draw1 = sequence_ $ map draw shapes translate1 v = shapeGroup $ map (translate v) shapes
2.2 Cases that really require existentials
There are cases where this sort of trick doesnt work. Here are two examples from a haskell mailing list discussion (from K. Claussen) that don't seem expressible without existentials. (But maybe one can rethink the whole thing :)
data Expr a = Val a | forall b . Apply (Expr (b -> a)) (Expr b)
data Action = forall b . Act (IORef b) (b -> IO ())
3 Examples from the Essential Haskell Compiler project
See the documentation on EHC, each paper at the Version 4 part:
- Chapter 8 (EH4) of Atze Dijkstra's Essential Haskell PhD thesis (most recent version). A detailed explanation. It explains also that existential types can be expressed in Haskell, but their use is restricted to data declarations, and the notation (using keyword ) may be confusing. In Essential Haskell, existential types can occur not only in data declarations, and a separate keywordforallis used for their notation.exists
- Essential Haskell Compiler overview
- Examples
4 See also
- A mailinglist discussion: http://haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2003-October/005231.html
- An example of encoding existentials using RankTwoPolymorphism : http://haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2003-October/005304.html
4.1 Trac
Existential Quantification is a detailed material on the topic. It has link also to the smaller Existential Quantifier page.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Director Betty Thomas neatly sums up the benefits of making a low-budget online series: a lack of high-level meddling.
"There's no network saying, 'Oh, Betty, I'm not sure viewers will like that character if she picks that banana up,'" the Emmy-winning actress turned director said. Mention that the character enjoys fruit, she said, and the network comeback may be, "But what does a banana symbolize?"
The independence Thomas enjoyed making "Audrey" for the WIGS YouTube channel came with its own challenges, including limited resources for the half-dozen episodes that are seven to eight minutes long.
"You get whoever you can force to work for no money," she said. She had the advantage of cajoling previous collaborators including Gary Cole, whom Thomas directed in the big-screen "The Brady Bunch Movie" (1995).
"Audrey," about a woman whose great passion in life is food, also allowed for the discovery of relative newcomers Kim Shaw, who plays Audrey, and screenwriter Leah Rachel. New episodes debut Monday and Friday through Nov. 16.
Shaw "is so spectacular in the piece. She came out of nowhere for me but really works in ways I couldn't have imagined," Thomas said. Rachel is "such a hip girl, with a voice I never heard before, certainly a voice I've never been able to direct before, a young, free voice."
Thomas, who won an Emmy for "Hill Street Blues" before turning to directing — with the 1997 Howard Stern film "Private Parts" among her credits — is equally enthused about the veterans behind WIGS.
Launched last March, WIGS is the brainchild of filmmakers Jon Avnet ("Black Swan," ''Fried Green Tomatoes") and Rodrigo Garcia ("Albert Nobbs," TV's "In Treatment"). WIGS is an acronym for the channel's tagline, "Where it gets interesting."
The programming, including original series, short films and documentaries, features lead female characters and stories that the channel vows will be provocative and "addictive."
"Many people are doing Web series but not in the way Jon and Rodrigo are, being supportive of women ... It's an exciting place to be," Thomas said, adding, "It's crazy, it's hard," but it encourages creativity.
Some in the entertainment industry are reluctant to get involved in online projects because they don't see any profit potential, Thomas said. She believes that will change.
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The San Antonio Spurs re-signed guard Manu Ginobili on Thursday.
Ginobili tweeted last Wednesday that he had agreed to a two-year deal with the Spurs.
The 35-year-old Ginobili averaged 11.8 points, 4.6 assists and 3.4 rebounds in 60 games last season. In the playoffs, the Argentine averaged 11.5 points, 5.0 assists and 3.7 rebounds as the Spurs advanced to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Heat in seven games.
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Worldenterer1 wrote:Ty8200 wrote:Very interesting to me. Maybe we are just piles of bones and organs that exist for the sake of random occurrence. Maybe not. Maybe the entire universe we know is a figment of our imagination. Maybe not. I choose to believe in this way because it's the one thing I can be sure of. Science is also very interesting to me, but it doesn't fall outside my belief. I feel harmony, in one word. That is the feeling.
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