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Budget means more welfare cuts
Wednesday 21 March 2012
The Budget includes £10 billion further cuts to welfare, following the Welfare Reform Act
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced the 2012 Budget today (21 March).
Reaffirming the government's "unwavering commitment to deal with Britain's record debts", he promised far-reaching tax reforms, support for growth and rewards for work. The Budget set out the government's plans in three areas – creating a stable economy, a fairer, more efficient and simpler tax system, and further reforms to support growth.
These plans include £10 billion further cuts to welfare. Osborne said that despite the passing of the Welfare Reform Act only two weeks ago, "the welfare budget is set to rise to consume one third of all public spending" and that "if nothing is done to curb welfare bills further, then the full weight of the spending restraint will fall on departmental budgets".
David Congdon, Mencap's head of campaigns and policy said: "The government's Welfare Reform Act has just received royal assent, leading to anticipated cuts in welfare benefits of £18 billion a year, and many disabled people are already deeply concerned for their future. These concerns will be exacerbated by the Chancellor's announcement that he is planning a £10 billion further cuts to welfare by 2016/17.
"People with a learning disability are some of the most excluded in society and are far more likely to live in poverty. The government has a responsibility to ensure the cuts do not disproportionately impact on those people least able to afford it, yet the Chancellor's focus on further welfare cuts means many disabled people will fear they will continue to be the hardest hit.
"If the government seeks to make further cuts in expenditure, we urge them to adopt a wider view as to how these could be realised, looking beyond just one area of spending alone."
Find out more about the Budget
had my benefits stopped last week due to my circumstances changing. Having to wait a week to have something done about it because of my social worker is on holiday. Why are we being blamed for the country,s problems when the evidence speaks for itself? people with learning disabilities shouldn,t be forced into more poverty simply because the support for employment is so patchy and is not designed to match someone,s needs and circumstances. recently Cornwall has been awarded more European money because it hasn;t been able to deal with it;s economic, problems and is still classed as one of the most poorest areas in Europe . (any welfare cut will just push vulnerable people into breaking point and potentially risk their well-being)
Hope you sort it out chris, I am worried for my son who has special needs and is being cared for 24/7 what will happen when they cap that? Maybe he will come back home??
There was a sneaky reference to localising welfare - some rough and ready illustrations http://cynicism.me/2012/03/21/effects-of-regional-benefits/
For an update. My social worker did came to visit me today to try to sort out my benefits. unfortunately the DWP's computer system was down today which meant my social worker will have to phone them again this afternoon for the paperwork to be sent by post(l think l will be forced to go onto ESA which l have been told is inaccessible for autistic people and nightmare for people with learning disabilities). will have to rely on other sources of income such as my disability living allowance and the continued support from my family which are elderly for survival. how did we get to this kind of mess? and why isn,t the care system doing more to promote proper and sustainable employment for people with learning disabilities and autistic people?
I hope that the government is planning to increase the social care budget at the same time as they are taking benefits away from people who deserve them.When someone is taking on the responsibility of caring for a severely disabled person they are saving the government a fortune.Will a situation arise that benefits are reduced so much that people are forced to put the disabled person into care,because they just can't manage financially.
unfortunately l',m unable to claim for ESa. so it means again l'm forced to rely on my family for survival once again . My social worker already said to me this week that my personal budget(which l had to fight for every single penny to get) would increase significantly if my parents weren,t here? Is the care system deliberately using families to save money? makes me angry when how much my life could change now if the "extra help" could be given to me before my parents has died.


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Obama's policies have been anything but friendly to domestic oil exploration. When he was elected gas was $2.65 at the pump, today's average is $2.89. The reason it is below $3. is because of the push for more drilling from the Senate committee that oversees drilling and their push for opening more areas to exploration. Obama wasted billions on Solar and nothing spent on CNG, which is the real future! Remember that Obama needlessly shut down drilling in the gulf after the BP accident and it was only through law suits that the gulf reopen for exploration. Shortly after, the Committee on Energy opened up over 8 millions areas in the gulf for drilling. Add the find in the Dakotas and gasoline prices should continue to fall.
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Hitler did not have to destroy democracy; he merely took advantage of the decay of democracy and at the critical moment obtained the support of many to whom, though they detested Hitler, he yet seemed the only man strong enough to get things done. F. A. Hayek from his book, "The Road To Serfdom".
I was just calling fowl on the hypocracy.
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Someday your life will flash before your eyes. It's your responsibility to make sure it's worth watching!
And you missed 'FOWL?' lol Should be FOUL.
What you get out of it is what you put into it, then a fat lady sings.
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Dear BHO..A big thank you for lowering the price of something that I have total control of if I use it or not. If only you could make it FREE it might come close to making up for how much YOU caused my insurance to sky rocket with the stupid law that you chose to sign in that dose not apply to you.
Here is your thanks. You can forward it to him if you would like, you happy now menmon?
Common sense would lead one to think that this sudden drop in prices has more to do with selling an ally down the road in the name of good faith, no thank you.


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Dr. Chandra Bhat, Adnan Abou-Ayyash Centennial Professor in Transportation Engineering, has been awarded the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award by The University of Texas at Austin Graduate School. A faculty member in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering since 1997, Dr. Bhat is highly praised for his inspirational teaching style, mentoring, and approachable manner. In addition to receiving very high ratings for his graduate course evaluations, students' comments underscore his outstanding teaching ability. From "the best teacher I ever had in my life," to "wonderful conceptual teacher" to "has genuine interest in the students' understanding," Dr. Bhat's students clearly admire him a great deal.
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Gold was little changed on Wednesday after falling to a 1 month low in the previous session, with investors likely to watch currencies for direction, while palladium held near its highest in 17 months as supply concerns sparked speculative buying.
* Spot gold was steady at $1,650.76 an ounce by 0040 GMT. US gold was at $1,651.40 an ounce, up $1.80.
* Palladium added $2.22 an ounce to $771.22 after rising to $772 on Tuesday, its highest since September 2011. Sister metal platinum rose $10.50 an ounce to $1,723.99.
* PGMs have soared in value since the middle of last year due to concerns about shrinking output blamed on mining disruptions in South Africa and a drop in supply from Russia. Expectations of robust automotive sales have also boosted prices. * Zimbabwe's government told platinum producers on Tuesday to start refining the metal locally within two years, placing a further requirement on an industry already forced to surrender majority shares to locals.
* Increased output by Russia could see it surpass the United States as the world's third largest gold miner by 2015, Sergei Kashuba, head of the Russian Gold Industrialists' Union, said on Tuesday.
* The euro hardly moved against the dollar, while the yen held firm, having swung higher in dramatic style as investors cut bearish positions after an official from the Group of Seven said there were concerns about excessive movements in Japan's currency.
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ü Fill out Request for Live Scan Services form at Safety & Risk Services. This form will be offered while you are being processed for your A badge. Starting February 7, 2014, volunteers may schedule a FREE Live-Scan screening appointment (based on availability) at this time. See related Press Release and flyer with FAQs.
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CNN has ordered "Death Row Stories," a new eight-part original series from Alex Gibney and Robert Redford. Each episode of the series will unravel a different capital murder case, calling into question different beliefs about the death penalty and the justice system. Susan Sarandon, who won an Oscar for her role as death row minister Sister Helen Prejean in "Dead Man Walking," will serve as narrator.
"The series provides stark examples of the struggle between the powerful and the powerless. The stakes -- life or death -- couldn't be higher," said the continually prolific Gibney, who heads to Sundance with new film "Finding Fela" this month. Gibney will executive produce the series alongside Redford and Sundance Productions partner Laura Michalchyshyn, Dave Snyder, Stacey Offman, and Brad Herbert.
"This series is about the search for justice and truth, we are pleased to be working with Alex Gibney to tell these important stories and give a voice to these cases," said Redford.
The first episode of the series will air on Sunday, March 9th, and will focus on how Edward Lee Elmore, a 23-year-old African-American handyman, was charged with the murder of a well-to-do white woman in Greenwood, S.C., in 1982. The jury spent less than three hours deliberating before finding him guilty, and it wasn't until legal intern Diana Holt began investigating his case that new evidence of his innocence emerged.
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Zen Pinball 2 will be making its way to the Nintendo Wii U by the end of the month, Zen Studios has announced. As with other platforms the core game will be free to download, but individual tables have to be purchased separately. Pricing for each one is yet to be announced, but we know that the Wii U version will have Plants vs. Zombies, Excalibur, Earth Defense, Sorcerer's Lair, Paranormal, Mars, Epic Quest, Captain America and Fantastic Four tables available at launch.
Zen Pinball 2™ Coming to the Nintendo eShop on Wii U™ December 2012
Hugely popular pinball game comes to Wii U as a free platform download with purchasable add-on content
Los Angeles, CA –December 5, 2012 – Zen Studios, the definitive leader in pinball videogames, today announced that their critically acclaimed arcade style pinball game Zen Pinball 2 will be available for download on the Nintendo eShop on Wii U™ later this month in both North America and Europe. Zen Pinball 2 will be a free platform download for all users, including free trials for each table and a huge library of exciting pinball tables for purchase, including the Super Hero themed Marvel Pinball™ series, and the zombie themed Plants vs. Zombies™ table.
Zen Studios also released a Zen Pinball 2 trailer, which can be linked from the Zen Studios YouTube account, or downloaded from the Zen Studios press center, along with screenshots and other assets.
Zen Pinball 2 is full of exciting Wii U™ GamePad features such as controlling the plunger on the touch screen, rotating camera views, accessing information via the dot matrix, and Free View control by tilting the Wii U GamePad. Additional features include:
Unprecedented table visuals and the most advanced ball physics on Wii U
Trial version for all tables, try them out before you buy!
Local Hotseat multiplayer, and fast paced Split-screen multiplayer game modes
Action cameras to guide and emphasize spectacular moments
Ranking support for all tables, National Ranking, and Worldwide tournaments
Continue playing on the Wii U GamePad if the TV is occupied!
Robust social features with Challenges, Pro Score, and Team Score. It's up to you to become the Pinball Champion!
Awards for each table
Regular table releases through the Nintendo eShop
Zen Pinball 2 is a free download for any user on the Nintendo eShop on Wii U, featuring demos of each table.
Zen Pinball 2 on Wii U will release with a huge content library available, including three Marvel Pinball packs, a collection of Zen Studios' original designs, and several individual tables:
Zen Classic Pack featuring Tesla, El Dorado, V12, Shaman
Marvel Pinball featuring Spider-Man, Wolverine, Blade and Iron Man
Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles featuring Marvel's The Avengers, Infinity Gauntlet, World War Hulk, Fear Itself
Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue featuring X-Men, Thor, Ghost Rider, Moon Knight
Individual DLC Tables: Plants vs. Zombies, Excalibur, Earth Defense, Sorcerer's Lair, Paranormal, Mars, Epic Quest, Captain America, Fantastic Four
For more information, please visit www.zenstudios.com.
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Spray Foam
My friend, Jason: What kind of insulation is this?
Me: Spray foam.
Jason: Like... Great Stuff?
Haha, yes. Can you imagine me spending days going through can after can of great stuff to insulate the entire basement? No, this is the kind of insulation that comes from a truck...
Down a hose and through a window...
and into the spray gun of a competent professional.
This stuff is really amazing, I could go on and on. It insulates at 6.5 R per inch, is air tight, and is water tight. The main reasons we went with this type of insulation were to keep water out of our house, and to keep heat in.
Mold needs three things to grow: water, air, and food (any organic compound). There are two common scenarios that create this condition in a basement.
Water seeping in through cracks in the foundation - Water enters the basement in a liquid form, comes in contact with wood, batt insulation, or drywall, and mold grows. To stop this, the foundation can be water-proofed from the inside or outside (so no water can't get in), you can make sure the ground is graded away from the foundation at 1" per foot for at least 3 feet (so water doesn't stay near the foundation), weeping tile and a sump pump can be installed (to remove water as soon as it's in), and you could make sure downspouts send the water at least 3 feed from the foundation (so water doesn't stay near the foundation).
Condensation on the interior walls - When warm, moist, air comes in contact with a cool surface the moisture in the air turns into liquid water, aka condensation. Think of a cold glass of water/lemonade/beer on a hot day, the glass gets covered in condensation pretty quickly. The same thing happens on the cool foundation walls when the basement air has a lot of moisture and is warmer than the walls. Without ANY insulation there's not really a problem because the walls are room temperature and if any water condenses it evaporates back into the room.
Now, if you put insulation in front of the walls there's a thermal break between the walls and the room. On a fall day the room is 70 degrees but the wall will be much cooler because it's insulated from the warm air in the room. If any air gets behind the insulation it will condense on the wall and turn into water. This is the reason you need to have a vapor barrier (sheet of plastic) on the warm side of the wall. In my example, the vapor barrier would be between the drywall and the batt insulation, the foundation wall would be cooler than the room but the vapor barrier would block any moist air from getting to the foundation. If the vapor barrier was on the cool side of the room - between the insulation and the foundation wall - moist air would get behind the insulation and condense on the "cold" vapor barrier and mold.
So, batt insulation and a vapor barrier work together to make a warm room that doesn't promote mold, but the vapor barrier is extremely important. If it's not air tight, the whole system starts to fail. If the seams of the vapor barrier aren't sealed, it doesn't work. If there's a hole in the vapor barrier, it doesn't work. Any drywall screws that miss the stud can pop a hole in the vapor barrier, any pictures hung on the wall can break the vapor barrier. If you use batt insulation and a vapor barrier, the vapor barrier has to be perfect.
Because the vapor barrier is never perfect in reality, batt insulation is not a great insulation for basement walls. The next best option is rigid foam insulation. Polystyrene (Styrofoam) and Polyisocyanurate (called poly-iso) insulate and don't allow water or air to pass through the 4x8 sheet. You need to carefully tape each of the seams and make sure there isn't a gap at the top or bottom or air can pass through and condense on the foundation. Rigid foam insulation makes a great basement insulation if you're careful to seal everything up. Spray foam insulation has the same properties as rigid insulation but is custom fit to any wall. It's sprayed on as a liquid and expands to fit every bump, hole, or crack. It becomes one continuous piece of insulation with no gaps or seams which guarantees no air can pass through to condense on the foundation. Neither rigid or spray foam is water proof but they're both so impermeable that essentially no water can pass through it.
We went with spray foam insulation because we wanted to make sure our home was safe of any mold and we didn't want to worry that the seams or gaps (which would be many with our uneven walls and floors) in rigid insulation would be letting water and air in/out. Now that we have our insulation in, our sea foam green walls are out and beige color insulation is in. Here's how everything is looking.
See the big sheet of drywall in the living room?? We'll update you more on that soon since there's progress being made as I type!
Once the insulation was up we could finish installing the shower that needs to be up before drywall. We don't really anticipate this shower getting used much so we saved some money and got a pre-fabricated shower. It looks ok for a pre-fab, right?
We may not have a toilet or a working sink, but we have a shower and we have beautiful spray-foamed walls! Now onto drywall...
Cool. How thick is it? Looks like you've got about 1-2 inches worth in there, is that about right? How did you decide on that thickness?
Looks great you guys!!! Is it strange that I REALLY want to spay foam my house? It just looks so fun! I blame Mike Holmes for this.
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(WLTX) --- Kyle Martin's pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the ninth provided some late fireworks but it wasn't enough as Vanderbilt escaped with a 3-2 win in game one of the best-of-three series at Carolina Stadium.
Carolina trailed 3-0 before getting on the board in the eighth courtesy of a Joey Pankake RBI double which scored Graham Saiko.
Martin's home run came off Vandy closer Brian Miller who earned his 13th save.
Nolan Belcher (6-5) took the loss after allowing the three runs in six innings of work. He did strike out six while allowing six hits.
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Santa's Furry Little Helper: Therapy Dog Saves Christmas!Joslyn Gray
Here's an adorable video of an incredibly well-trained therapy dog named Jasmine, helping Santa bring a little Christmas cheer to the other dogs in her neighborhood.
When she's not helping out Santa, Jasmine can be found doing laundry, fetching the remote, playing basketball, and visiting elementary schools, all of which can be seen on the YouTube channel My Favorite Pup Jasmine.
You can also follow Jasmine, who is a Havanese, on Facebook and Twitter.
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We are constantly being asked, "When should you ask a lead to sign up on your website?" There are three basic strategies that we recommend:
1. Sign up to search
There's a right way to do this and a wrong way. Some websites require the user to sign up even before they enter their search criteria or on the same page where they enter their search criteria. In the later case, once they click the search button, they're signed into the site and the search is executed at the same time. The problem with this is that lots of folks will leave that search page before signing in at all. Instead, if you want (or are required by your MLS) to have someone sign in to view search results, you're better off showing them results and asking them to sign up right away.
The image below is an example of how we do this in Boston Logic's Sequoia platform. We use what's known as a Modal Window. If you're not familiar with the term, you're surely familiar with the interface, but didn't know what it was called. A modal window is what you see when the page you're looking at goes somewhat grey and opaque, but you can still see through the grey. Another window appears over the page content, obscuring part of it from view, drawing your attention and requesting or requiring your attention before you get to the stuff you really came for.
The advantage of the modal window over requiring someone to sign up on the search form is that they can see the results. Remember, the page goes grey. They page loads and they can see the search results, they just can't get to it. It's your classic carrot and stick. They want access to those results. So, they're likely to fill out the fields in the modal window. When we implemented this feature (years ago now) we saw a big jump in lead registrations. The upgrade was obvious.
2. Give them a taste
As a general rule, the sooner you ask users to sign up within your home search, the more sign-ups you will get. The numbers don't lie. We've proven this time and again. That said, when you ask people to sign up right away, a higher percentage of those users will give you fake information. A gate to see data isn't hard to get around, let's be honest. So, if someone wants to make us answers to the questions you've asked, they will. If you show them a few listings and then ask them to sign up, the theory goes, they'll have had a taste and they'll be more likely to give you real information.
So, there's an argument to be made that by asking for a user to sign up and become a lead after viewing a few listings, you'll get better leads. This leads us to a different question, how do you judge which leads are better? Well, the answer there is another blog post altogether. For now, we'll all simply agree that leads with real contact information are better than those with fake information. That's for sure.
The question becomes, when do you get more real leads. If you allow a user to view, say, 3 listings before asking them to sign up (our platform allows you do pick the number and change it on the fly. So, it's really up to you) and you get 10 good leads and 2 fake deals per day, you might set that as as a benchmark. Then, you can turn on the lead modal on the search results page. If this nets you 20 good leads and 10 fake leads, you're ahead, if you ask our marketing team.
Now, we do have clients who don't want to have any fake leads. They tell us that their agents are quickly frustrated by fake leads and start to consider every web lead to be a poor lead. Wow. Nothing could be farther from the truth. These brokers need to educate their agents. A lead with real contact information is valuable! You can market to them now. If they'd come to your site and left without giving you any contact information, you'd have little to no chance of converting them into a customer. Now, at least, you can give them a call, if they don't respond you can simply add them to your email marketing campaigns and let them slowly incubate into the custom you want.
3. Keys to the Kingdom
The final strategy we'll cover here is the oldest one. It's simple. Don't ask anyone to sign in until you need to do so. Your site may not even have a way to log in at all. You only get a user's contact information when they ask for more information or when they decide to create an account. Within the Sequoia platform, this would be when a user performs any of the following: Asks a question about a listing, schedules a showing, emails a listing to a friend, takes notes on a listing, signs up for email listing updates, signs up for an account, wants to save a search or wants to save a listing. I think I got them all there!?!
This strategy will eliminate the fake leads. Why would someone fill out the form to schedule a showing with fake contact information. That would be a complete waste of their time. So, you only get real leads who are interested in learning more, seeing a listing, or somehow need to interact with the information in a way that requires their email address (you can choose to require a phone number at this time too, if you like).
The numbers show that if you ask a property searcher to login early in the search process, you'll get many many more leads than if you give them the keys to the kingdom. We've seen as much as an 8x multiple in the number of leads generated by asking a searcher to login on the search results page, vs giving them the keys to the kingdom. Again, if you ask searchers to login early, some of them will give you fake contact information, but if you run the math, you'll understand that you'll come our way ahead if you ask for the signup. For example, if you see 100 leads per month when you give users the keys to the kingdom and 300 leads by asking them to sign in much earlier, but 1/3 of those leads turn out to be fake, you still have 200 good leads. That's twice as many!
Beyond lead acquisition
Now, the real value of a lead isn't known for some time after the lead is generated. Around here, we like to say that a lead and a token will get you on the subway. The only way to turn a lead into cash is to have the lead convert into a client. This requires follow-up. Read our post on real estate lead follow-up and you'll be well on your way.


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Republicans hitting their media stride. Two examples, Buck and Miller.
Both of which are backed by Sen. DeMint's Senate Conservatives Fund. First up is Ken Buck, Republican challenger to incumbent Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet. This ad had an almost Gahndi like message to it. "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." Buck reminds me of the happy conservatives of old, Reagan and Kemp style. I think | Read More »


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Danny lee has a share of the lead at the Valspar Champs in Florida.
Last week Danny finished in his highest spot on the PGA tour second place at the Puerto Rico Open.
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Featuring a meta-narrative, big laughs, a bit of blood and lot of sharp edged one liners, "Seven Psychopaths" lands in theaters this weekend, bringing with it a huge cast to play along in the surreal world crafted by Martin McDonagh. Also reaching for your attention will be a soundtrack th...Read More »
After more than forty images and three TV spots debuted for "Seven Psychopaths" last week, you would think that were wouldn't be much left to show from the movie without feeling like you've seen the whole thing already. But for those who just can't wait until next week, a few more peeks have arrived...Read More »
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Because I'm fond of writer-director Martin McDonagh's debut feature 'In Bruges', I was eager to see his follow-up, especially when I saw the dream cast of oddballs and originals he assembled, led by Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, and Woody Harrelson—not to mention such iconoclasts ...Read More »
It would seem that following the success of "In Bruges," writer/director Martin McDonagh went to Hollywood -- and didn't like the experience. A meta riff on making movies, "Seven Psychopaths" is a sneering send-up of the industry that also revels in its action movie clichés. But if there is one thin...Read More »
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Continuous-Feed Inkjet Paper Options Continue to Ramp Up
Inkjet pages printed from 2008 and forecasted until 2018
Market-Intell believes that as much as 80 percent of all continuous-feed inkjet is printed on ordinary uncoated offset papers.
Coated inkjet prices have come down, as greater volumes and longer runs have helped bring down costs.
Continuous-feed production inkjet means high-speed digital printing. Digital printing. Short runs. Why do we need high-speed short runs?
As we evolve from digital printing being about short runs to digital printing being about versioning and personalization, higher speeds and greater efficiency mean lower cost. With mass customization, runs can indeed be long, but with each piece different. One example that demonstrates the value of continuous-feed inkjet is a case study with Hearst Magazines' Popular Mechanics. The project featured 4.8 million localized pages as 16-page customized inserts that were bound in the November 2011 issue of Popular Mechanics, plus 300,000 personalized onserts. There were several critical requirements that could only be met with continuous-feed inkjet. The customized onserts and inserts required digital printing, and the more than five million total pages could not be handled cost-effectively with toner-based printing. Moreover, quality had to be appropriate for a high-quality, offset-printed magazine and, with an HP color inkjet web press and Appleton Coated's Utopia Inkjet, the quality demand was met. The response rate was more than 4 percent, far exceeding the typical 1 to 2 percent response rate for direct mail.
Indeed, continuous-feed inkjet continues to be an exciting, evolving market. Interviews with various paper mills suggest that growth is strong, with several mills reporting growth rates of around 100 percent per year, and one mill reporting growth in excess of 200 percent. According to Don Burns, Kodak business development director-inkjet technology partnerships, "The technology is well past the tipping point."
Data from IT Strategies confirms this: 146 billion pages were printed globally with continuous-feed inkjet in 2013 (Figure 1). Average annual growth since 2010 has been at 93 percent. Market-Intell estimates that this represents 350,000 tons of paper in North America in 2013.
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Call it Sounders FC 2.0.
At least that's how Adrian Hanauer, part-owner and general manager, referred to the news Thursday that Sounders FC's business operations will become independent from the Seahawks starting April 30.
The teams had shared operations since 2007, when Seattle was awarded a Major League Soccer expansion franchise.
With the Seahawks' invaluable help, the Sounders hit the ground running as a professional franchise. The team's brand, with its flashy Rave Green uniforms and a familiar name that drew on decades of local soccer history, quickly grew into one of the biggest in MLS.
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Astonishing attendance numbers continue to compare favorably with any league, as the 2013 average of 44,038 ranked 22nd worldwide.
The Sounders likely will break that record again this year with an equivalent of 34,500 full-season-ticket holders, by far the most in MLS, when including all ticket packages.
Such stability has enabled the Sounders to break free, as was the organization's intention all along, in pursuit of even larger goals.
"This is a sensible business decision for our franchise," said majority owner Joe Roth in a news release. "Our vision is to grow our business to unprecedented levels, both domestically and abroad. This move will position us to achieve that goal. The Seahawks have been vital to our early success, and we thank Paul Allen and his organization for their support."
Allen will continue to hold his 25 percent ownership stake in the Sounders franchise, and fans shouldn't expect to notice much change. Home games still will be played at CenturyLink Field.
"The Sounders will continue to be part of our family as we share CenturyLink Field and will work together on mutually beneficial projects," said Seahawks president Peter McLoughlin.
Sounders team operations and practice facilities will stay at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, but as part of the change, the Sounders will move their business operations and full-time business staff from the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton to a new location in Pioneer Square.
"This move further demonstrates our commitment to our passionate fan base and our staff," said Hanauer. "We're excited to plant our flag in Pioneer Square and continue to grow our brand under the banner of Sounders 2.0."
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The Trends to Watch in 2013
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith via Peak Prosperity blog,
Rather than attempt to predict the unpredictable – that is, specific events and price levels – let's look instead for key dynamics that will play out over the next two to three years. Though the specific timelines of crises are inherently unpredictable, it is still useful to understand the eventual consequences of influential trends.
In other words: policies that appear to have been successful for the past four years may continue to appear successful for a year or two longer. But that very success comes at a steep, and as yet unpaid, price in suppressed systemic risk, cost, and consequence.
Trend #1: Central Planning intervention in stock and bond markets will continue, despite diminishing returns on Central State/Bank intervention
Intervention in the stock market may successfully keep the markets in an uptrend or a narrow trading range for 2013, but this would only increase the odds of a dislocation/crash in 2014 or 2015. Temporary success does not imply permanent success or even continued success of intervention. Why is this so?
Virtually all Central Planning intervention—fiscal and monetary stimulus, subsidies and market manipulations—suppresses market pricing of risk and volatility. In a healthy, transparent market, millions of participants openly price risk, volatility, assets, and capital. This creates low-intensity volatility and resilience. When transparent markets reprice risk, assets, and capital in a panic, the recovery is equally dramatic as participants quickly adjust to the repricing. Confidence is based on transparent pricing by participants, not officially sanctioned manipulation.
The purpose of Central Planning intervention is perception management. Central Planners want to restore confidence; not with transparent repricing, which would hurt holders of assets and banks, but by engineering a steady rise in asset prices and reversing any declines with indirect buying.
This instills confidence via participants' "Don't fight the Fed" belief that Central Planners will never let the market go down.
History rather unkindly finds that Central Planning elevation of markets and suppression of risk is impermanent: Intervention leads to crashes. Why is this so? Risk cannot be eliminated; it can only be transferred or suppressed. When it is suppressed, it eventually bursts out. The greater the suppression, the greater the eventual dislocation. There are various analogies for this; for instance, the stick-slip hypothesis of seismic faults and earthquakes. While the surface appears stable, pressure invisibly builds far below and is eventually released in an earthquake.
In our financial example, sudden repricing of risk and assets is the equivalent of an earthquake.
Many commentators have observed that the positive effects of the Federal Reserve's Quantitative Easing programs are diminishing both in duration and market pricing. The market soared for months on end after QE1, but the rally quickly fizzled after QE4.
This reveals the decay factor in intervention: Each intervention must be larger as its efficacy decays.
The policy consequence of this decay is that Central Planners must "double down" their bets to keep the perception-management "recovery" and market on track. As I explained in my book, Why Things Are Falling Apart and What We Can Do About It, the analogy is a gambler who is using borrowed money to make ever-larger bets in a casino. His first few bets are wins, prompting confidence in his skills and in his lenders. Eventually the gambler loses his entire stake in one enormous bet, and the loss is so monumental that it brings down the casino and his lenders.
The markets' ability to transparently price risk, capital, and assets has been fatally compromised. A systemic increase in brittleness and fragility is the inevitable result when low-intensity volatility and risk are both suppressed by constant intervention.
The widening credibility gap between official pronouncements of recovery and less manipulated metrics also forces Central Planners to double down on their interventions. This is evident globally, as Europe, Japan, and China are all doubling down on interventions that are yielding increasingly marginal returns.
Trend #2: The omnipotence of the Federal Reserve will suffer a fatal erosion of confidence as recession voids Fed policy and pronouncements of "recovery"
Though the Fed is nominally independent, like every other arm of Central Planning, it swims in a political sea. The initial success of QE1, 2, and 3 and ZIRP (zero-interest rate policy) boosted the political capital of the Fed. Faith in the implied omnipotence of "Don't fight the Fed" has been rewarded for four years.
The failure of its policies to engineer a durable recovery will erode that faith and the Fed's political capital, restraining its freedom of movement. We can already discern rising doubt in infinite QE and permanent ZIRP in the Fed's minutes. Outside the Fed, what can only be characterized as distain of the Fed and its destructive policies is increasingly visible.
The decay factor of its monetary-stimulus policies and the decline of its political capital will increasingly render the Fed impotent. By 2015 we may well be dumbstruck that everyone once hung on the Fed's every word as if the Fed resided on Mount Olympus.
Trend #3: The Mainstream Media (MSM) will continue to lose credibility as it parrots Central Planners' perception management
The credibility gap between MSM stories of recovery—higher GDP, auto and home sales, lower unemployment rate, etc.—and what is visible on the ground will widen, eroding MSM credibility.
With the Internet providing distribution of alternative metrics, Central Planning and the Mainstream Media will increasingly be revealed as propaganda organs rather than servants of the citizenry.
Trend #4: The failure of what is effectively the "State religion," Keynesianism, will leave policy makers in the Central State and Bank bereft of policy alternatives
Now that all Keynesian policies have been pushed to the maximum, there is essentially nothing left to deploy.
This chart of money velocity reflects the endgame of Keynesian stimulus. Money is being printed and dumped into the financial system in size, yet the velocity of that money is trending toward zero.
Trend #5: Economic Stagnation will fuel the rise of Permanent Adolescence
The social consequences of economic stagnation will attract more attention. Japan is the lab experiment for what happens to a nation's youth when opportunity declines and many young people are unable to earn enough money to buy homes and support families. They withdraw into a state of permanent adolescence, living at home, staying in college for extended periods, delaying marriage and children, working part time, surrendering long-term goals, and in some cases indulging in a lifestyle centered around video-gaming and pop-culture hobbies.
Consequences of Permanent Adolescence include lower birth and marriage rates, depressed rates of household formation, lower auto and home sales, declining tax receipts, and what might be called "social depression," as expectations and goals stagnate along with opportunity.
Soaring student debt has turned the current generation of university students into debt serfs. This will continue as alternatives to a conventional college education remain on the margins.
Trend #6: Income is the foundation of real economic growth and wealth-distribution stability
Income will continue declining in real terms. Nominally, income appears to have grown 24% since 2000. Adjusted for inflation, it has declined by almost 10%.
Trend #7: Small business—the engine of growth—will continue to decline for structural reasons
Uncertainty, globalization, recession, and higher taxes and regulatory fees have eroded the incentives to risk capital and time in starting or expanding a small business.
Trend #8: Territorial disputes will continue to be invoked to distract domestic audiences from domestic instability and inequality
The Senkaku Islands are one such flashpoint where compromise appears impossible since the domestic populations of Japan and China have been persuaded by nationalistic hyperbole that a "line in the sand" has been drawn.
It is already abundantly clear that trade will be trumped by domestic politics in territorial conflicts. This creates the potential for serious economic dislocations in global trade and capital flows.
Earthquakes are notoriously difficult to predict. So are market dislocations. Risk is inevitably mispriced when unprecedented intervention suppresses risk.
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Gabby Giffords.
The joke about Ronald Reagan's favorite vegetable, Jim Brady, wasn't made a stink about by the Democrat collectivists or anyone else.
That's kind of sick.
She went from being a sharp lady to having a mind of a 5-year-old.
Because a paranoid schizophrenic was allowed to play with hand guns.
Thems the breaks, I guess.
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How about simple reality instead. "Never before seen fiscal stimulus discovers zero percent financing." I see no sign of that abating. Real growth could achieve high single digits in my view because of that.
only way the USA can right itself is by ridding the government of corruption. When government is righteous the society will follow and with it the economy. Obama can do wonders by nominating Elliot Spitzer to head the justice department.
Ridding the government of corruption would plunge the world into darkness faster than propping up spending with a $1T tuna. Don't you know that the ponzi system is held up by corruption? Heard of TBTF maybe? Libor riging without jail time? Etc. Yeah...clean out the corruption, and you are left with pretty much nothing.
Uh... wasn't he paying for hookers out of slush funds? He was a hack chasing big cases to try and make a political career, and was removed by some little washed up cum dumpster. Put Elizabeth Warden on the case, and see what happens.
that's what wall-street and their pet-media wants you to think. So he liked having sex without having relationship. That has nothing what-so-ever to do with his ability to make wall-street bankers shit in their pants. Besides if Clinton can get away with fucking interns in oval office Spitzer can surely be pardoned for his indiscretion.
Ridding government of corruption is like ridding a human of his soul.
Spitzer....Justice Dept? Surely this is sarc...
People are missing cheap energy in the list. There is none.
No cheap energy. No cheap food. No cheap labour.
Forgot one Charles.
TREND # 9. Gold and Silver will continue to appreciate in fiat terms.
Perhaps substantially.
As for point number 7, I would attest to this trend as I work and support this market every day. But the statement made as to "incentives to risk capital" misses the point as this assumes ample capital is available to support small businesses. This really isn't the case as most small businesses secure capital from savings (hammered over the past five years by either market conditions or having to tap to support personal needs), real estate equity (wiped out in the housing bust), or from FF&CBAs (family, friends, or close business associates). As for the last source, family and friends are dealing with the same issues on savings/real estate whereas CBA's are either still rebuilding their business's financial strenght and/or allocating capital for the next downturn.
So on top of dealing with uncertain business conditions (making sales difficult to manage/drive) and an overbearing regulatory environment (taxes at every level, Obamacare, and added state laws just to name a few), the lack of readily available capital just adds insult to injury for small businesses and reinforces the severity of the structural problems plaguing this segment of the economy.
What is the core problem on the capital front is simple. The capital markets are no longer deploying capital to its most productive use and are without question, broken. Not when you have structural US deficits running at $1 trillion per year (consuming capital in the public sector at the expense of the private sector), not when the largest corporations sit on piles of cash and issue new debt to raise cash at incredibly low costs (even if they really don't need it), not when the banking industry in the country is basically nationalized with almost no incentive to take normal credit risks, and not when you really look at the PE and VC industries and realize that they basically don't even want to look at a deal that's less than $10 million in funding requirements (not when you have a billion dollars to deploy/manage).
Too much capital is concentrated in too few hands chasing too few quality deals. Remember that 4 to 5 years ago, capital and new business formation was almost non-existent during the height of the Great Recession. So companies that would have normally formed during 2008 through 2010, did not, producing much fewer quality businsses looking for growth capital 2 to 4 years later (a normal incubation period for new companies to execute a business plan and grow).
To me, this is even further supported by the velocity of money graph/chart provided in that while the amount of "cash" produced and made available during the past 4 years has basically increased 3x/4x, the velocity is diving at an unprecidented rate. The flow of cash is simply dying as a result of the inner circle of Washington, the Fed, the banks, and the largest corporations simply hoarding the funds as passing back and forth among themselves with no real benefit to the ecomony. Just one big circle jerk that has left Main Street high and dry.
delivered, you should have written the article as you point out the most glaring shortfall of government central planning in a badly broken system.
Just to add some food for thought, re: small business/Main Street, don't forget black markets, self-funding, bootstrapping, cooperatives and the general feeling among the micro-entrepreneurial class to say, "screw you" to the government and all regulations.
This is a very small start, but a start at the very bottom, at least. My first-hand experience in small, local markets is almost universal disdain, anger and disrespect for all governmental authority and it's moving up the food chain with rapidity.
When the next crisis comes - probably in February with a partial shutdown of the federal government as the morons in congress stage their "showdown" over the mythical debt limit, all gloves come off. Less and less pretense over violating rules, regulations and civil laws and authority will become the norm. People, especially small business people, are fed up with the static nature of the "post-crisis, continuing crisis" condition under which we are being forced to live.
Since those at the very top can break rules and make new ones at will without legal consequence, it's only a matter of time before the massed small business thinking goes the same way and just says, F-- it.
You want a powderkeg? individual entrepreneurs, from the florist to the baker to the plumber and millions of displaced workers that have been forced to eke out a living whatever way possible are quiet now, but when the government adds the proverbial final straw - be it gun control or government shutdown, federal, state and local governments and those who aid and abet them will be without funding and looking for cover.
America will recover from this horrid chapter in our history, but it won't be without complete rejection of "business as usual." It will come from the bottom up, not from the top down and it will be gruesome, horrifying and eventually terrific when it's finally over.
I believe we're less than six months from the cap being blown right off. A complete reset will be needed to fix everything and that will take a generation at least. If you're young, this is positive. If you're old and frail, look for help from neighbors and friends. Keep your powder dry and your wits about you, because it's finally about to get real.
And Bernanke and and the Federal Reserve keep on buying US debt with printed money.
It can't stop, it won't stop.
The math says it must come to a stop, and math is mercilessly flawless.
all the trends lead to one thing: loss of freedom. yet precious few can wrap their heads around this fact : they will eventually have to fight and kill the enemies of their freedom and , indeed, be prepared to die at the hands of their enemies.
I would rather be a dead man in a grave, than to live as a puppet or a slave.......
The bigger they come, the harder they fall ......one and all
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"Risk is inevitably mispriced when unprecedented intervention suppresses risk." Invariably too, I bet. Especially when it's unprecdented time after time after time.
I'm going to protest 2, 3 and 4.
2) Erosion of confidence in the Fed. Who's confidence? Us? We had no confidence. Politicians? If they don't go along now it would mean they were wrong to support the Fed in the past. They will double down on support of the Fed. Wall St? Confidence isn't an issue for them, working the system to make an FRN is an issue. General population? "What's the Fed? FedEx?"
3) MSM lose credibility for parroting the Fed. I've heard over and over, 'This is the nail in the coffin for MSM credibility.' If it hasn't happened by now, it won't.
4) Failure of Keyensianism will leave no policy alternatives. Don't be ridiculous. Central planners cannot see failure if it jumped up and bit them. They brains are wired that they cannot fail. They will double down on Keynesian policies.
"4) Failure of Keyensianism will leave no policy alternatives. Don't be ridiculous. Central planners cannot see failure if it jumped up and bit them. They brains are wired that they cannot fail. They will double down on Keynesian policies."
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It should be an interesting two years. As long as the Republicans hold the majority it will be tough for Washington to "Get Weimar on Gov't spending". My best guess is that the economy will fall into recession as the Student Bubble pops and the GOP blocks any significant Federal Stimulous. The DNC will of course use this against the GOP come mid-term elections. The GOP will get the boot giving the DNC a super Majority, and they will spend and print the dollar into obivion! It will the party that ends all parties, as the dollar becomes workless forcing states to secede or print their own currencies.
Possible. I'm thinking there are too many people around the world in positions of power that could make a decision, knowing the consequences, that would kick things off. Or a decision could have unintended consequences and it is off to the races. Or it could be a decision by just A Guy, say one person wants to take silver delivery from the COMEX and they can't deliver, whoosh, boom, splat. Got bullets, beans, blankets?
delivered is a smart person. I agree.
I believe the reason that gold and silver are not mentioned as a trend, or don't need to be, is because they are a non-issue. We live in a fiat world. All central banks are in cahoots. And any emerging countries will have to follow the fiat model if they want any chance of growing via being involved in global trade.
I really wonder about you gold bugs.
The US government confiscated and controlled gold back in 1934 or whenever FDR did it. The same will happen again on a more stringent level. What is the point of owning gold or silver if you can't pay your income and property taxes with it, can't buy pure water with it, can't buy groceries with it, can't pay the doctor or dentist with it, can't pay your rent or mortgage with it, can't get your car repaired with it, can't buy gas and oil with it, etc? Wealth is only wealth if you can trade it for something else, right?
The whole international banking/central banking/government/taxing authorities must operate on fiat or paper money always (and are in the process of transferring it all over to electronic money for total efficiency so it, and we and all of our transactions, can be monitored and controlled). These guys are winning big time. What makes you think they are going to be deposed or turned around any time soon? And even if so, by whom?
It's fiat and then electronic digits at least until civilization collapses and a new one is begun (and we can't assume the new one would be based on learning from the previous errors of empires, governments and economies).
Face the fact that it is gonna be paper for a long time, because that is all there will be. Make a lot of it and convert it into water, food, land and income properties and stable businesses that have demand in any economy... because that is wealth. That is all there is that will get you through hard times.
That's not how the Chinese see it.
This Nation Is Whacked Out & Has Blacked Out
The phrase "Economic Recovery" is starting to ring about as hollow as the phrase "People's Revolution" in totalitarian states.
Sadly, and despite what I said above, I doubt #3 will happen. And, therefore, #2 won't happen because you've seen the last officially pronounced recession. There are only better and worse periods of "recovery" from here out.
Trend #9: GDP/total credit market debt will continue its long descent, no matter what policies are in place. The rest is just redistribution.
Sorry to prick your narrative bubble, CHS, but Japan's issues began before WWII, what you saw in the last 20-30 years is just a part of a larger process. Kind of like here in the US, and everywhere else. The legacy of the entire 20th century is a phantom haunting the entire world.
Incidentally(?), Lord Keynes was the epitome of the 20th Century Man.
I see evidence of #5 every day and everywhere.
Young people just "hanging out" as the expression goes. Maybe ok for a 13 year old, but a 28 year old? Idle mind is the devil's workshop, ya know? Scary shit for an old geezer like me.
The ass backwards hat/baggy butt pants crowd are a troubling group.
Eventually the gambler loses his entire stake in one enormous bet, and the loss is so monumental that it brings down the casino and his lenders.
Every casino I've ever been in has increased its wealth when I lost. The casino's lenders also profited. WTF is the eventuality of the gambler and how does it hurt the casino?
"Every casino I've ever been in has increased its wealth when I lost. The casino's lenders also profited. WTF is the eventuality of the gambler and how does it hurt the casino?"
The Casino analogy is a poor one. Its not a casino but one giant ponzi scheme, where everyone thought they had wealth, but it was all just a big lie.
neil - well yes, however Bernak, Geithner and the rest will just walk away....just like Corzine..
You forgot the biggest trend of all... Coming world war...
Desperado waiting for that moment!!!! magento development


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College Hockey:Barrie, St. Lawrence Shock No. 1 Dartmouth
MINNEAPOLIS — It didn't take long for the first upset to happen in the history of the NCAA women's hockey tournament. In the opening game of the inaugural women's Frozen Four, No. 4 seed St. Lawrence shocked top seed Dartmouth, 3-1.
St. Lawrence will take on the winner of Friday night's semifinal between No. 2 seed Minnesota-Duluth and No. 3 seed Harvard in the championship game on Sunday, at 5 p.m. Central time. Dartmouth will play in the consolation game Sunday afternoon.
The Saints (24-7-3) marched on to the title game behind 31 saves from goaltender Rachel Barrie, the ECAC Rookie of the Year. Offensively, St. Lawrence attacked Dartmouth (26-4-1) on the power play, with two of the Saints' three goals coming on the man advantage.
St. Lawrence's strong performance comes on the heels of an embarrassing 7-1 loss to Harvard in the ECAC Tournament semifinal last weekend.
"Our kids played with enthusiasm and confidence, which is impressive for such a young team," said St. Lawrence coach Paul Flanagan. "Dartmouth saw us lose big last weekend, but we answered the bell right off the bat tonight and really got in their face."
St. Lawrence pounced on the early lead 4:34 into the game thanks to a two-on-one breakaway. Forward Suzanne Fiacco took a lead pass from linemate Sara Simard and raced down the right wing. When Dartmouth defenseman Liz Macri fell down at the blueline, Fiacco attacked Big Green netminder Amy Ferguson from just inside the circle, banking the puck off the far post and into the net.
"I was looking for the pass, but when I saw only one defender I decided to take the open shot," Fiacco said.
Dartmouth coach Judy Parish Oberting decided to start Ferguson in goal, breaking the season-long platoon between Ferguson, a sophomore, and senior Meaghan Cahill. Ferguson, who got the nod although she usually plays in Dartmouth's second game of the weekend, turned in an uncharacteristic performance in the first period, allowing three goals on 10 shots. Cahill replaced Ferguson in the second period, shutting out the Saints on seven shots in 40 minutes.
"Ferguson had an unbelievable game against Harvard in the ECAC championship game last weekend, and we thought tonight would be another similar pressure situation," Oberting said. "Sometimes changing the goalie gives the team a new attitude on the game. Meg certainly didn't face the same kind of shots Amy had to stop in the first period."
The Saints got to Ferguson twice more in the opening period, with both goals coming on the power play.
Winger Chera Marshall had one of those goals, scoring from the post off a gorgeous backhand feed from linemate Trisha Powers behind the goal line. The other special-teams goal came from center Jessica Wilson, who put the puck on net from the slot and watched Ferguson inadvertently knock it across the goalmouth.
"We really wanted it tonight," said St. Lawrence center Gina Kingsbury, who had the secondary assist on Marshall's goal and is another important rookie contributer for the Saints. "We made a point of jumping on the puck first tonight," added Kingsbury, who was 10-0 on faceoffs in the first two periods.
Dartmouth got on the board with 4:19 left in regulation on a partial breakaway. Playing shorthanded, Big Green winger Carly Haggard raced into the slot and threw a desperation shot on net. The puck crossed the goal line as Haggard and St. Lawrence defenseman Isabelle Chartrand fell to the ice.
"We dug ourselves a hole but we fought to get back into the game," Oberting said after her team, which has been ranked No. 1 in the USCHO.com poll for most of the season, lost its chance to play for a national championship. "We didn't come out ready to play tonight, and St. Lawrence was on fire. When you're tight and don't have a lot of confidence, your special teams really suffer.
Dartmouth had several breakaway scoring opportunities in the second and third periods, but Haggard was the only Big Green skater able to solve Barrie's stone wall. Dartmouth did outshoot St. Lawrence 11-1 in the final period, but that was not enough to overcome the early three-goal deficit.
"We came out a little bit flat," said Dartmouth co-captain Kristina Guarino. "The bounces didn't go our way and we weren't on the same page. We normally make 50 to 60 passes in a period, but that didn't happen in the first tonight. It was just a bummer."
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Mint Hill's Mike Ingersoll was the only Tar Heel named to the ACC Football All Academic Team for 2009. Ingersoll is a junior majoring in Communication Studies and plays on the offensive line. He played high school football at Butler.
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In order to lighten Apache's load people often suggest using lighttpd to serve up static content.
e.g. http://www.linux.com/feature/51673
In this setup Apache passes requests for static content back to lighttpd via mod_proxy, while serving dynamic requests itself.
My question is: how does this reduce the load on the server? Since you still have an apache process spawned for every request that comes in, how does this positively impact the load? From what I can see the size of the Apache process proxying its request through lighttpd is as large as it would be if it were serving the file itself.


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World-class swimmer Diana Nyad, shown here
training Saturday on Anna Maria Island,
will attempt to swim from Cuba to Key West.
ANNA MARIA – When Diana Nyad attempts to swim 103 miles from Havana to Key West later this month, her practice sessions off Anna Maria Island will be helping to propel her to a very personal goal.
Nyad, who turns 61 this month, trained off Anna Maria in Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico for a few hours last weekend, working toward a swim that has never left her mind, even after 31 years without swimming a single stroke.
Nyad made history in 1979, accomplishing the longest continuous swim in history – 102.5 miles – from Bimini to Florida.
But that feat was not enough to drive out the memory of the previous year's defeat – a Cuba-to-Florida marathon in 1978 that ended after 41 hours and 49 minutes of heavy weather, jellyfish stings, and recurring vomiting in a shark cage that hindered her progress when three of its four engines died.
For more than three decades, the woman who had broken the 50-year-old record for swimming around Manhattan Island gave up on her dream, seemingly never to swim again.
Then she turned 60.
The milestone transformed her swimmer's burnout into a consuming fire, a need to make the most of the rest of her life, and to inspire other 60-somethings who have given up on their dreams to dive back into life.
Once she got wet, it all came back to her, the metronomic activity, turning her head, counting her strokes and the descent into an alpha state, where hallucinations sometimes arise; she thought she saw lizards in the bottom of the shark cage in 1978.
In that state, thoughts become as deep as the ocean below.
"You're lucid," she said, "but you drift off into deep philosophical places. 'What is the meaning of life?' 'Is there a God?' 'What am I doing with my life?' "
For one thing, she's breaking age barriers and political taboos.
Relatively few Americans visit Cuba under U.S.-imposed travel restrictions. Still waiting for permission from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Nyad said that Sen. Hillary Clinton has intervened to get her clearance to travel to the island.
As Capitol Hill observers speculate that the Obama administration is on the verge of easing travel restrictions to Cuba, Nyad, a Florida native, said she chose the island because of the "magical history between Cuba and the U.S."
But this swim is personal, not political.
"I didn't make it all those years ago," Nyad said. "It's looming out there as something in my past."
Her training since January has been mostly 15- to 20-hour swims, the author and businesswoman said.
By July 11, she had made a triumphant comeback, a 24-hour swim through the Gulf Stream's open water off Key West.
The swim from Havana to Key West could take up to two and a half days, more than twice as long, she said.
She's hoping to do it before her birthday later this month, but more importantly, before the weather gets rougher in September. Calm seas and calm winds are priceless in long-distance swimming, as is warm water.
Even the Jacuzzi-warm Gulf that visitors complain about in August "is much colder than body temperature," Nyad said, pointing out the need to keep adding hot water to a warm bath to maintain a comfort zone. "Unlike cycling, you can't put a jacket on. You're naked out there."
Naked, except for a special swimsuit designed especially for Nyad with stitching on the outside to minimize seams from cutting into the skin, causing bleeding and attracting sharks. This time, there will be no shark cage.
Burning 2,000 calories an hour, more than most people eat in a day, she will stop frequently and eat peanut butter, honey and hard boiled eggs - all while floating in the water without touching the boat - just to keep from shivering. She'll drink water spiked with electrolytes to prevent dehydration, another nemesis.
Accompanying her in boats and kayaks will be a team of about 30 people, including experts on navigation, weather, sharks and nutrition.
One of the boat captains will be Sun sales assistant and Anna Maria resident Dee Brady on her custom-made Voyager I, built by Coral Island Yachts. Nyad's search for a suitable boat led to the yacht maker, who recommended the Voyager I, which Nyad approved last weekend after a test cruise.
Later this week, the team plans to meet in Key West to prepare for the event. Nyad also was scheduled to appear on the Tonight Show on Monday, Aug. 9.
But after 32 years, the swimmer who once abandoned the sea is finally closing in on her dream.
Still, she said, her voice trailing off, "It's a long, long way."


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Look Ahead — Week of March 31 – April 4
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events:
Wednesday, April 2
Subcommittee Hearing: The Crude Truth: Evaluating U.S. Energy Trade Policy
2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), Chairman
Invited witnesses include:
Panel I
The Honorable Lisa Murkowski
Panel II
Mr. Michael Jennings
Chief Executive Officer and President
Mr. Erik Milito
Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D.
Ms. Deborah Gordon
Chairman Poe on the hearing: "America is in the middle of an energy revolution. Thanks to shale plays in North Dakota and Texas, our crude production has grown 50 percent since 2008 and is expected to climb to record highs by the end of this decade. While domestic refiners are not configured to handle this type of crude, the United States is also banned from exporting it to willing buyers abroad. America performs better and prospers more when there is free trade. It is time to revisit the crude oil export ban and consider opening up this valuable commodity to the world market. This hearing will bring together industry parties and experts from both sides in order examine any needed changes to our crude energy policy."
Thursday, April 3
Hearing: Women's Education: Promoting Development, Countering Radicalism
10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 3 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman
Invited witnesses include:
Hedieh Mirahmadi, Ph.D.
Ms. Humera Khan
Kathleen Kuehnast, Ph.D.
Chairman Royce on the Hearing: "In too many places around the globe women are denied basic human rights, including the freedom to pursue an education and economic opportunity. Study after study shows that educating women and girls produces tremendous benefits to society at large. More women in the important roles as policy shapers, educators, community members and activists strengthen the stand against ideologies of violent extremism. This hearing will examine the ways in which improved educational opportunities for women can better local economies and help counter the spread of radicalism."
Thursday, April 3
Markup: H.R. 3583, Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act
Immediately following the conclusion of the Full Committee Hearing on Thursday, April 3 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman
***See www.foreignaffairs.house.gov for updates.
***Coverage note: All Foreign Affairs Committee proceedings are webcast live at www.foreignaffairs.house.gov/live-video-feed.


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ChrisHaynes, CSNNW.com Trail Blazers Insider (@ChrisBHaynes)
PORTLAND Today the Portland Trail Blazers formally introduced their newhead coach Terry Stotts in an afternoon news conference at the RoseGarden that concluded a search that lasted for over a month.
Duringthe news conference, Stotts confirmed that Kaleb Canales will remainwith the organization as an assistant.
Stotts,along with Canales, were the two coaching finalist to interview withTrail Blazers owner Paul Allen over the weekend in London, and theorganization feels like they came away from this search a winner.
That'sexactly what we consider it a win win...If Kaleb had been anassistant on another team, I think Terry would have been pursuing himand asking for permission, General Manager Neil Olshey said.
Itworks out really well for us. It accelerates the learning curve withthe players. It gives him somebody he can trust on the staff thatknows the culture here. And for Kaleb, he gets to be the protege of aguy who has 19 years of coaching experience in the NBA, and it willmake him a better coach down the road as well.
Olsheyexplained that Stotts told him during his first interview in LasVegas, that if he was to get the head coaching job, he would want tobring Canales on board his coaching staff. Stotts and Canales flewback to the states on the same flight after both interviewed withAllen and Stotts told Canales the same thing.
Havingthe wherewithal to know how Canales could help his transition toPortland illustrated how smart of an individual Stotts is. On top ofthat, the Trail Blazers didn't have to make a tough decision.
They got them both.
Thenext step for the newly crowned head coach is putting together acoaching staff. With Canales already on board, a coach who played thepoint guard position would seem like a logical necessity to helpdevelop the team's franchise point guard in Damian Lillard.
Stottswould not say who he's courting, but said he has already begun theprocess of searching for his assistants.
We'rewaiting to get permission to talk to some coaches that are on staff,Stotts said. I've gotten numerous text from people who areinterested in being on the staff...There's not a specific timeline.
Beingthat Canales was so close to being the Trail Blazers head coach, onewould think that the next step for his career would be the title oflead assistant.
However,Stotts isn't quite ready to assign roles at this current time.
Oncethe staff is put together, then the responsibilities and what'sexpected of each guy, The one thing is, I like my coaches to coach.There might be a little bit of division of labor, but I want all mycoaches to coach the players, I want them to prepared for games, Iwant them to do everything that a coach should do. Once all thepieces are in place, then we'll kind of be able to figure it out.


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Like many other employers that have signed HRO deals, the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company wants to enable its 2,000 HR managers across the globe to be more focused on contributing to the strategic business of their markets, says Kaye Foster-Cheek, vice president, human resources at Johnson & Johnson. Working with an HRO provider is one way to do this, she says.
"The first thing I ask my HR managers is 'Do you understand how your business makes money?' " she says. It's that understanding of the business that makes HR professionals relevant, she says.
"That's a capability that is not necessarily resident within the [HR] function right now because that hasn't been the expectation of it," Foster-Cheek says.
She would not identify the three providers in the running, but one analyst who declined to be identified heard that IBM, Accenture and Convergys were the three final candidates.
Johnson & Johnson began the process of evaluating HR outsourcers in January and expects to make a decision by the end of the year.
Given the company's decentralized operations, with 250 separate business units across the globe, Johnson & Johnson is taking a very cautious and thorough approach to the process, Foster-Cheek says.
"We have spoken to executives at other HRO buyers like DuPont, Prudential Financial and Pitney Bowes, and what we have learned is that we have to be very clear about what the culture and makeup of our organization is," she says. "For example, we will say that we are decentralized, but what does that really mean? Is it about the makeup of the organization or the way decision-making occurs?"
After the deal is signed, Johnson & Johnson will make it a point to evaluate its HR managers to decide who should be a frontline HR representative for the company and who might be better suited working in a services center.
"I feel personally accountable, as do the HR and business leaders here, for at least assessing and giving an opportunity for development to folks," Foster-Cheek says. "Service center leaders and customer contact individuals are critical jobs and we have to make sure that we don't inadvertently send the message that those jobs are not just as important."


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Things are better left alone
By Jo McCormickMadrid Resident
Deck the halls with boughs of holly... 'Tis the season to be jolly... Don we now our "gay" apparel... As we sing a yuletide carol... Well, there it is - in all its politically incorrect glory! Come on now, Hallmark - REALLY–what is "gay" apparel anyway? My dictionary defines "gay" as happy, carefree, merry, brightly colored, ornamental, jaunty, sporty, and full of our given to lighthearted pleasure. That's the first four definitions. So here goes definition #5: Rakish libertine. A libertine completely lacks moral restraint so is a profligate. A profligate is one lost or insensible to principle, virtue or decency. A rakish is dissolute and lewd; a rouse. A rouse is a sensualist, a debauchee. A debauchee is corrupt morally, habitually profligate, drunken or lewd. Hallmark, you spout your political correctness all you want, but as for me I will sing the song as it was written–with "gay" meaning its first four definitions. Why, oh why, must we espouse political correctness into everything. If someone chooses to be "gay" according to the fifth definition–so be they. They are members of the human race, we should love them as such, but we do not have to condone their choices and I'd appreciate it if they didn't tell me I need to because that will never happen. Judgment is God's job. When I next visit with you it will be 2014–HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I have a January column sketched out–but thereafter I will use excerpts from a narrative I have been working on called "It's My Party - I Will Cry." It starts with my conception to, so far, 2013 and me in my 75th year. Hey, this could be my "Swan Song" couldn't it? But, Deo V0lente I'll be seeing you. Jo


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|Release Date: November 06, 1987
|Running Time: 99 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG
|Box Office: $1,822,947.00
|Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Joaquin Phoenix
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Susan Walters
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Summary:During the Cold War, three boys in Key West discover a young Russian sailor who is hiding in their fort after being shipwrecked. The boys do not know that he was on an assignment with two others to steal computer parts from the local military installation when a rafting accident left him alone. So, assuming that he is friendly and harmless, they decide to help him get back home.


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