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DAYBREAK DAILY: Virginia voter ID law draws critical scrutiny
ABC7 TRAFFIC: 'Good Morning Washington' has updates every 10 minutes beginning at 4:30 a.m. http://tbd.ly/95jmWZ
ABC7 WEATHER: Rain early, the partly cloudy with highs in the mid 70s. http://wj.la/72e8x6
'GOOD MORNING WASHINGTON': Among the stories – More coverage of the body found in the Tidal Basin; North Korea and its next move; much more, beginning at 4:30 a.m.
TRENDING ON ABC7 FACEBOOK: Friends and family of the four young men who were killed in a violent crash on Kent Island Wednesday afternoon packed the football stadium at Kent Island High School for a vigil to honor their memories Thursday night. And it seemed as if all of Kent Island was there. Two were volunteer firefighters on the island. http://wj.la/XsXqSO
VOTER ID: Of predictable opposition, per the Richmond Times-Dispatch, "The vice chairwoman of the State Board of Elections says she has "some glaring issues" with the practicality and cost of Virginia's new photo ID legislation for voting that Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law last month.
"Kimberly T. Bowers, a Democrat, was appointed to a four-year term as one of the state's leading elections officials in 2011 by then-Gov. Timothy M. Kaine. She said in an interview that the process for obtaining a free government-issued photo ID "leaves a lot to be desired" and that the decision to implement a new law after Virginia has spent nearly $2 million on election reform a year ago is "mind-boggling." http://bit.ly/17uFs6z
NORTH KOREA: Apparently it wasn't bluffing, per the New York Times, "A new assessment by the Pentagon's intelligence arm has concluded for the first time, with "moderate confidence," that North Korea has learned how to make a nuclear weapon small enough to be delivered by a ballistic missile. The assessment by the Defense Intelligence Agency, which has been distributed to senior administration officials and members of Congress, cautions that the weapon's "reliability will be low," apparently a reference to the North's difficulty in developing accurate missiles or, perhaps, to the huge technical challenges of designing a warhead that can survive the rigors of flight and detonate on a specific target." http://nyti.ms/16Q7zMa
GAYS AND THE BOY SCOUTS: One member takes a stand, per the Washington Post, "With the wave of a sign at a busy Bethesda intersection Thursday, Pascal Tessier joined about a dozen classmates in a demonstration against an organization he says he loves but knows doesn't fully accept him and could, at any moment, throw him out. Tessier, a junior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, is a poet, an electric guitar player and an ice cream lover. He is also a Boy Scout and openly gay, which puts him at risk of being denied the Eagle Scout ranking he has long pursued." http://wapo.st/ZNTIHd
D.C. POLITICS: Ever so strange, per City Paper, "Women in wards 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 who turn out for most D.C. elections should be getting mailers this weekend from union groups attacking Republican D.C. Council candidate Pat Mara. The mailers are an independent expenditure paid for by the hotel workers union Unite Here Local 25, Laborers Local 657 and the local Service Employees International Union." http://bit.ly/110pehs
MARTIN O'MALLEY: Maryland's governor mulls the future, per Gazette.Net, "The question becomes, what will he do next? With one more session between himself and his term limit, O'Malley (D) is likely to shift gears and focus more on job creation next year, said Roy Meyers, professor of public policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. "One of the reasons it's an important political question is that we're looking at a very slow recovery over the next several years," Meyers said, adding that job creation will continue to be relevant for any future office O'Malley might pursue." http://bit.ly/12PDLAH
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN: An honorable obit, per the Roanoke Times, "Dempsey Morgan 's mind was clouded by age and dementia in his waning years, but at 91, he could well-remember his place in history. "I was a fighter pilot," he said in February 2012.
"Not just any fighter pilot, but a decorated member of the dwindling number of the Tuskegee Airmen , the storied black fliers who broke the color barrier for American combat pilots when they took the stick of U.S. warplanes during World War II. Morgan, a Detroit native who spent his last years at the Virginia Veterans Care Center on Shenandoah Avenue in Roanoke, died Thursday at age 93." http://bit.ly/14fWpmo
POLITICO PLAY: "When a lobbyist for families of Newtown shooting victims called the office of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to set up a meeting, the first response was a standard D.C. offer. They could get a meeting with her staff, and a quick and simple "hello" from Collins herself, they were told. The families' answer: Not good enough. According to their lobbyists, the families have a rule against staff-only meetings: they won't do them. They insist on sitting down with the senators themselves." http://politi.co/111V7X8
TIDAL BASIN BODY: Just the facts, per ABC7 – WJLA, "The body that was found in the Tidal Basin early Wednesday morning has not yet been officially identified, but sources tell ABC7 News the body is that of a tourist who disappeared Easter Sunday. U.S. Park Police officials initially got a report of a body in the water at the West Basin Drive near the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial at around 1 a.m. A short time later, D.C. police said that they recovered the body of an adult male." http://wj.la/10Vunos
FATAL BUS CRASH: And a repeat offender, per the Dallas Morning News, "A charter bus carrying senior citizens on a gambling trip to Oklahoma crashed Thursday in Irving, killing two women, including the trip's organizer. Thursday's crash was the second fatality accident involving the 65-year-old driver of the bus, Loyd Rieve of Dallas, who was seriously injured in the crash." http://dallasne.ws/12P1KA1
KEN CUCCINELLI: Of his priorities, per the Washington Examiner, "Virginia Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli skipped an invitation Thursday to meet with the state's largest teachers union to appear instead in front of an anti-abortion summit in Washington that's being organized by his largest campaign contributor. Republican and Democratic gubernatorial candidates dating back to former Gov. George Allen two decades ago have spoken at the Virginia Education Association's candidate forum, where the organization weighs who to endorse. Democrat Terry McAuliffe spoke and took questions at Thursday's gathering in Hampton." http://bit.ly/Zl2tCa
NICE HOUSE: And a nice gig, per the Washington Times, "A three-bedroom Colonial on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Southeast that houses a dozen businesses and received $3.5 million from the District government since 2010 also serves as a home base for a longtime Ward 8 politico with a history of debt and dubious financial dealings with the city, records show. The house at 3215 MLK Jr. Ave., the site of the nonprofit Congress Heights Community Training & Development Corp., lists Phinis Jones as registered agent. It also is a haven for 12 small and minority-owned for-profit businesses known as Certified Business Enterprises, or CBEs, several of which have ties to Mr. Jones." http://bit.ly/10YwFVC
THE PEOPLE SPEAK: Well, kind of, per ARLnow, "A local civic activist is calling for Arlington to improve its internal financial auditing, lest more spending snafus fall through the cracks. Suzanne Smith Sundberg, a member of the Arlington County Civic Federation Revenues and Expenditures Committee, has written an eight page report detailing what she characterizes as a lack of audit oversight over the county's finances." http://bit.ly/120XCui
SPORTS, BRIEFLY: Nationals beat White Sox 7-4; Caps beat Carolina 3-1.
STUPID CROOKS: Gotta love it, per the Frederick News-Post, "The Frederick County Sheriff's Office is investigating the attempted theft of an ATM from a New Market grocery store early (Thursday). Investigators said at least two people crashed a 2002 Ford F550 work truck into the front of the Food Lion at 11800 Old National Pike at about 3:44 a.m. The suspects were not able to get the ATM and fled the area before police arrived, leaving the truck behind." http://bit.ly/17uKSyc
NEWSTALK: Among today's topics (10 a.m., NewsChannel 8) -- Part two of our D.C. Council debate, with candidates Perry Redd (S/G), Elissa Silverman (D) and Paul Zukerberg (D).
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The Crawford
Denver, Colorado
The Crawford Hotel is Denver's newest luxury hotel, located in the iconic Denver Union Station; it combines historic elements of Union Station's past with its modern and chic guest rooms and is a short walk from the city's hottest restaurants and shops.
At a Glance
Denver's newest luxury hotel, located in the iconic Union Station
Just a 30-minute drive from Denver International Airport
Distinctive lobby with old-school train station features including vintage trunks and schedule boards
Wide choice of restaurants and eateries on-site to suit all tastes
Boutique hotel with loads of character within the newly renovated Union Station
A few minutes' walk from Denver's Larimer Square and best restaurants
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For guests who love characterful, quirky and unique hotels, The Crawford is for you...Camilla Swift
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The Crawford is the newest luxury hotel in Denver, and renovations to Union Station and the Great Hall have been done to the highest level.Camilla Swift
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With a choice of Classic, Pullman or Loft rooms, there's a style to suit everyone.Camilla Swift
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This hotel definitely has the best atmosphere and great buzz of all Denver hotels!Camilla Swift
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Call us on 858 523 9000 to start planning your vacation to The Crawford or take a look at our itineraries to The Rockies
Walking into the beautifully newly renovated Union Station with its huge windows and domed room, which acts as the "lobby" for The Crawford Hotel, you feel the warm atmosphere - it certainly doesn't have the air of a manic train station!
The hotel has a unique past; linked to everything from fires, to the gold rush, to World War II and more, The Crawford embraces its halcyon heritage and combines it with striking refurbished architecture and modern luxury.
The Crawford's rooms and suites are spacious and uniquely decorated, with sumptuous fabrics and modern features. Unique reclaimed artwork and blueprints, vintage trunks and vanity cases complete the look. All rooms offer all the mod-cons including iPads, Nespresso coffee makers, super fast WiFi and flat screen TVs. There are several interconnecting options for families or groups.
For people-watching, the glamorous Cooper Lounge is the place to be. Reminiscent of the 1930s Power Lounge, The Cooper serves hand crafted cocktails, draft beer and an extensive wine list - The perfect place to relax in a cosy armchair, enjoy a drink, and watch the world go by! The Cooper Lounge is open to all hotel guests, as well as to the public upon reservation.
After a day of exploring, or to help relax and get over the traveling, guest can soothe tired muscles with complimentary access to the Oxford Club Spa and Salon located across the street.
The hotel features 112 guest rooms on three floors. The rooms are split into three categories: The Pullman rooms are the smallest and evoke the feeling of a vintage sleeper car; the Classic rooms are light and airy with a contemporary charm; and the Loft rooms, which are located on the top floor making use of the attic space, with vaulted ceilings and shabby-chic exposed brink and beams.
Each room and suite is unique in its layout and design, but all of them offer modern-day luxuries, unique artwork, cutting-edge technology and updated bathrooms with luxurious rain.
There are no specific children's facilities at The Crawford, but families are very welcome. Interconnecting room options, spacious suites and some rooms with two double beds make The Crawford a family-friendly property.
There is an extensive choice of restaurants and eateries at The Crawford and Union Station's terminal. Dining options include The Terminal Bar, The Cooper Lounge and the Mercantile, a European style market restaurant.
Take-out style in-room dining is provided by Snooze and The Kitchen Next Door for farm-to-table pub style food.
Other services include twice daily housekeeping, a concierge service, a full service spa and fitness center at The Oxford Club and complimentary wireless internet access.
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Denver, Colorado
Denver is the Rocky Mountain gateway city and sits at 7,000 feet above sea level. It's the ideal jumping off point for a mountain getaway - in summer and winter.
When to go
Visitors to Denver are pleasantly surprised by its climate, which features over 300 days of sunshine a year, and very little rainfall. Summer's bring beautiful long days and comfortable evenings, with low humidity. Mild winters mean snow melts quickly, allowing golf courses and outdoor cafes to remain open all year round.

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I'm joining in with Yarn Along today.
(Sorry about the poor quality photo, I had to take this after dark)
This week I have been trying to get a few rows done on the stripey blanket so I can update the crochet along. I'm slowly getting there, I like to have a bit of a chunk done to post on the crochet along, so am madly hooking away most evenings. Except that this is a time of year when there are lots of things happening in the evenings, eating into my crochet time! Tonight we had an information night at the high school for Max who is starting there next year, it's the end of primary school for him, and for me the end of 11 years of being involved at that school, quite a milestone.
There is also night tennis finals to play in, award nights, a graduation dinner and various other commitments, all good things to be involved with, but I am missing my down time!
As my boys would say, first world problems mum. Laugh.
Anyway, back to the yarn along, I have started 'Hidden Empire' by Kevin J Anderson, the first book in a big sci fi series. I think this will be a good one for the summer holidays, it has nearly sucked me in, I need to read a bit more to really get involved.
I enjoy a good sci fi, so if anyone has any recommendations I'd love to hear them.
One of my favourite sci fi authors is Sheri Tepper, has anyone read her books?
If you like sci fi and haven't read anything of hers, give her a go, I love her stories!
She used to publish a new book each year around my birthday, and Gary would give me a lovely hardcover edition as a present, but I think she might be getting very old now as I haven't seen anything new from her for a few years, I hope she is still alive!
And for something completely unrelated, we had a glorious sunset tonight after a beautiful day, I think tomorrow is going to be very hot, so a bit of slothing in the shade keeping cool might be in order, and very likely a swim in the evening. Looking forward to it already!
Stay cool if you are in Melbourne.
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Kise stood there glaring holes into the newcomer's face. He'd heard about Himuro Tatsuya from Kuroko once, but he didn't think twice about how good looking he would be and the fact that he was sitting next to the sixth man—his sixth man to be more precise, made the picture he was seeing even more irritating to him than it originally was.
On top of that, it was upsetting and even more so seeing as how comfortable the teen from Yosen was getting with Kuroko. All the while the light blue haired teen wore his signature expressionless facade, it made it rather difficult for Kise to read what his boyfriend was thinking. Did he really not care, Kise began to think, his heart twisting wildly.
"Ah, Kise-kun you're finally here." Kuroko said, finally looking up from vanilla milkshake
"Tck, took you long enough." Kagami commented, taking a bite out of his burger. "We got hungry so we started eating without you."
"Obviously..." Kise murmured, his brow twitching out of pure annoyance, something he would under normal circumstances conceal without trouble.
"You remember Kagami-kun's brother, Himuro-kun?" Kuroko asked as Kise pulled out a chair and settled down next to the former shadow of Teiko middle school.
"You mentioned him once before. You're on Murasakibaracchi's team? Right?"
"That's right." The poker face smiled and Kise hated how naturally handsome he seemed to be.
He had competition and it was in a field much different than basketball.
"And why are you here again?" Kise's question came out a little too harshly though he smiled back at the other teen regardless of his unwelcoming tone.
Kuroko noticed how oddly two faced the other was being and not wanting to offend Himuro, he did what came naturally to him and elbowed the blonde's stomach sharply.
"Ahh!" Kise coughed raggedly.
"Please do not be impolite to our guest Kise-Kun."
"Kurokocchi..." The blond began to whine but the sixth man ignored him quietly and resumed sipping at his vanilla milkshake calmly.
"Kise-Kun please, there is nothing to feel threatened about Himuro-Kun." He said gently, knowing full well what was upsetting the blond so lividly. He could see why and though it was something that shouldn't be considered a thorn at their side, it really was a struggle to disagree that Himuro's good looks were on par with Kise's to an extent.
"Yeah sure, I find that hard to believe..." Kise pouted, rubbing the sore area of his stomach gingerly.
At this Kuroko sighed. It made Kise stiffen slightly and instantly he could imagine the look of disappointment and annoyance on the smaller teen's face. As the thought of displeasing his boyfriend filled his mind, Kise shrank down into his seat, his pout deepening into a sad frown.
It didn't go ignored though. While Kagami rolled his eyes, still chewing his burger leisurely, Himuro cocked his head in wonder and watched with anticipation as Kuroko turned his body to face the blond properly.
"Ryouta." Kuroko said his name, and Kise's eyes widened, his body completely frozen now.
Unmoving, his sense of hearing heightened. He could hear rustling on his left side, Kuroko obviously moving around. Swallowing, he squeezed his eyes shut out of nervousness, and before he knew it, the smaller teen took him by surprise when he felt a pair of lips press gently against his cheek.
At that moment, Kise gasped and when he turned to face his boyfriend again he was met by a soft smile that took his breath away.
"Please don't feel jealous Kise-Kun." Kuroko said, his hand reaching up to give the blond several pats on the head.
Kuroko rarely ever called him by his first name and when he did, it'd always fill Kise up with happiness. Public displays of affection that were outside of holding hands was another thing that Kuroko only ever gave him on special occasions so to be given both at the same time left the blond breathless.
"Tetsuyacchi!" Kise whined, throwing his arms around the smaller teen's shoulders and for a second Himuro could have sworn he saw a pair of dog ears and a tail wagging happily on the blonde's behind.
"Is he always like this?" Himuro whispered over to Kagami and the redhead nodded his head grudgingly with a long groan.
"Always... I have no idea how Kuroko is able to put up with him so well but he does so anyways with amazing control..." Kagami said, rolling his eyes at the display.
"Guess I know what Kuroko's type is." Himuro said, humming inquisitively but he was quickly snapped out of his train of thought once he laid his eyes on the terrible expression Kagami was giving him. "What? Am I wrong?"
Kagami didn't answer the other teen's question, his mind caught up in trying to determine his shadow's preference as well since he seemed flexible being with just about anyone, considering the generation of miracles. But looking over at Kuroko and Kise, maybe the blond was the smaller teen's type after all, since it was made obvious how Kise practically worshipped the ground he walked on as well as took the other's cold exterior better than he made it out to be. And even though there were times Kuroko would appear bothered or downright irritable with Kise, the two were like milk and cookies either way, especially when he'd catch his shadow smiling warmly at the blonde's antics both frustrating and affectionate.
Just as Kagami came to his conclusion, Himuro stared nervously at the copycat blond. This of course prompted the redhead to look up in his direction as well and the pair choked. Kise did not look the least bit happy with them and he could only assume that the blond had caught wind of their side conversation.
"Oi, quit talking about my Kurokocchi and go back to your burgers, the both of you." Kise said, eyes narrowed at them as he spoke in a tone unnatural for it to accompany his pretty face.
Unnerved, Himuro and Kagami turned back to their food in silence, all the while Kise continued to nuzzle himself affectionately into Kuroko's side as the small teen sipped his milkshake with an obvious smile gracing his lips.


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Brady sees value in veteran WRs Patten, Holt
Published: May 12th, 2010 | Tags: Brandon Tate, David Patten, New England Patriots, Tom Brady, Torry Holt, Wes Welker
We passed along some outstanding quotes from Patriots QB Tom Brady earlier on his thoughts about leadership, balancing life and football and the fact he doesn't believe the team was "mentally tough" last season.
Brady did actually spend some time during his interview on WEEI talking football, too. Speaking specifically about his group of receivers, he sees a lot of value in the addition of veterans David Patten and Torry Holt, who he said will both play on the outside in the Patriots offense — don't expect either in the slot position typically manned by Wes Welker.
"They both have very good speed, both are really precise route-runners," Brady said. "Both guys are very smart players, they know how to set up their routes. I love having David back. He's one of my favorite teammates with his work ethic. He's produced a lot in some really big games for us."
And speaking of Welker, Brady confirmed the two have been working out together as Welker rehabs his ACL injury, but didn't provide much of an update on his progress. Brady also noted second-year pro Brandon Tate has had a "great offseason" so far.


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Taipei, Taiwan, 2011/06/23 - EnergyTrend believes that global capital market condition, especially the Euro zone, will have an influence on solar industry in 2H11. Especially the financial health of European countries will directly affect the outlook of solar market.
According to EnergyTrends latest survey, the market price decline has slowed down, while demand showed some signs of recovery. In terms of polysilicon price, the lowest price has come to $47/kg, but the main closing price has stabilized. In terms of Si wafer and solar cell, although the price continued to drop, the extent has narrowed. As for module, the price only decreased slightly, compared with that of last week. In addition, the inventory problem still exists. EnergyTrend found that top-tier manufacturers have increased their production utilization and taken a positive attitude toward the market demand of 2H11. EnergyTrend believes that the market demand is poising for a recovery in 2H11, but it requires close attention to track the extent.
According to EnergyTrend, the lowest price of polysilicon has come to $47/kg, and the average price has decreased by 1.30% to $51.6/kg. In terms of wafer, the average price of multi-Si wafer and mono-Si wafer respectively declined by 4.52% and 3.65% to $2.09/piece and $2.505/Watt. The spot market price remained low because of the currently low contract price. As for solar cell, the lowest spot price remained at $0.75/Watt, but the average price merely decreased by 2.31% to $0.805/Watt. Moreover, the average price of module has continuously declined by 0.39% to $1.293/Watt, but the lowest price stayed at $1.25/Watt. Therefore, EnergyTrend believes that inventory clearance still takes time, and the speed of inventory clearance depends on the market recovery. In addition, the lowest price of PV inverter has come to $0.19/Watt, and the average price slightly dropped by 1.24% to $0.239/Watt.
EnergyTrend (energytrend.com) believes that global capital market condition, especially the Euro zone, will have an influence on solar industry in 2H11. Since the European market is still the largest market for solar energy and the solar market demand is closely tied to the capital market, the financial health of European countries will directly affect the outlook of solar market. On the other hand, British banks have withdrawn considerably huge funds from the short-term loan market of Euro zone. The Euro zone might encounter a credit crunch, and banks without sufficient capital might have to file bankruptcy, leading to another financial crisis. As a result, it is possible that the stagnated solar market demand caused by the 2008 financial crisis will be repeated.
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Libor reforms may invalidate financial contracts
London: The UK's chief markets regulator said that material changes to the way London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) is calculated risks invalidating millions of financial contracts, covering products ranging from mortgages to derivatives.
There needs to be certainty on what would happen to banks and investors if another benchmark is adopted, Martin Wheatley, managing director of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), who is conducting a review of the oversight and setting of the Libor, said.
"Any migration to new benchmarks would require a carefully planned and managed transition in order to limit disruption to the huge volume of outstanding contracts that reference Libor," Wheatley said following a speech at Bloomberg LP's office in London today.
Wheatley, 53, is conducting the review after Barclays Plc, the UK's second largest bank, was fined £290 million (Dh1.66 billion) by US and UK authorities in June. Libor is the most frequently utilised benchmark for interest rates globally, referenced in transactions with a value of at least $300 trillion.
Barclays admitted to attempting to rig rates to benefit its own derivatives trades and to appear healthier during the financial crisis. At least 12 banks, including Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Deutsche Bank AG, are being investigated for manipulating Libor and related benchmarks around the world.
The banks "are very clearly apprehensive because of the record fine that was pinned on Barclays," Wheatley, who is designated to become chief executive officer of the Financial Conduct Authority when the FSA is split in two next year, said in a separate interview yesterday. "They want as quickly as possible to have a Libor that works and doesn't expose them" to regulatory and legal risks.
Amendments to legislation
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne called for the review and said Wheatley's report would form the basis for amendments to legislation currently making its way through Parliament.
In a discussion paper tied to the review, Wheatley proposed that sanctions for manipulating Libor could be strengthened, a code of conduct could be introduced for banks submitting figures for the benchmark, and that the process be overseen by a regulator rather than the British Bankers' Association (BBA).
"This discussion paper demonstrates that we will give regulators the powers they need to prevent the manipulation of key benchmark rates in the future," Mark Hoban, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, said. "The government is also working with its international partners to inform the international work in this area and work towards a globally consistent solution."
Widened definition
Regulators may need to combine actual data from interbank transactions "with a widened definition of relevant funding to include other products such as commercial paper or corporate deposits," Wheatley said in the speech today.
Wheatley has begun consulting with banks that submit Libor rates and will seek input from the finance industry over the next four weeks. He is scheduled to present his findings by the end of September, the Treasury said.
Wheatley said banks that set the Libor interest rate are seeking a "scientific" process that will limit future liability from the scandal-ridden benchmark.
Lenders on the Libor panel, which include RBS and Barclays, would prefer Libor be set "on a very clean basis that takes their risk down," Wheatley said. A "trade reporting mechanism" to calculate the figure based on actual data is one option he is considering as part of proposals to reform Libor released today.
At least seven authorities, including the Department of Justice, European Commission, and Canadian Competition Bureau, are investigating whether banks manipulated interest rates to benefit trading positions or appear more financially sound.
Dozens of traders have been caught up in the scandal, either being fired or suspended by their employers or put under investigation by UK or US authorities. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. suspended a London-based employee, the third in a month, the bank said yesterday.
"We've found quite a lot of bad behaviour in this market and we want to fix it," Wheatley, who was formerly the chief executive officer of Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission and a deputy CEO of the London Stock Exchange, said. "We want to make a credible benchmark."
Libor is derived from a survey of banks conducted each day on behalf of the BBA in London. Lenders are asked how much it would cost them to borrow from one another for 15 different periods, from overnight to one year, in currencies including dollars, euros, yen and Swiss francs. After a set number of quotes are excluded, those remaining are averaged and published for each currency by the BBA before noon.


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Make C primary first. Use the bootable CD of Partition Wizard. This is the only download site that functions right now: Partition Wizard Bootable CD - Download
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I gave you the steps required to convert C to Primary first so it will accept the Active flag and then write the System boot files to C. You are correct that this cannot be done to a Logical partition until it is converted.
If you can boot into an OS now you should be able to do these operations from the Partition Wizard Home Edition however it is safest to have the CD for rescue purposes, and you need the Win7 DVD or System Repair Disk anyway to run the required repairs to write the System Boot files to C.
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Windows 7 32 bit
Thanks a lot for the help, got it back the way I want now.
I ended up just using the win7 install disk to delete both the partitions... that automatically combined them back into one, then did a fresh install on that partition. Sorry for taking up your guys' time.
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Corn Estimated Fund Position
Short Term: Up Net Long Futures and Options: -21169
Long Term: Down Change: -9000
Overnight Trade: N -7 Z -8 @7:30 AM
The corn finished poorly yesterday and saw plenty of follow through weakness overnight. The planting delay concerns haven't carried much weight since the limit higher move on Monday. The July contract has given up nearly half of the run up from last week's low. $6.39 and $6.32 will be the support levels to watch today. Rain, snow, and cold temperatures in the forecasts should provide support on today's break.
Wheat Estimated Fund Position
Short Term: Up Net Long Futures and Options: -39058
Long Term:Up Change: +5000
Overnight Trade: Chicago: N -11 KC: N -9 @7:30 AM
As expected the wheat tour found less yield potential than last year. Much of the wheat they see today will be much worse than what they say yesterday. The July KW closed above the pre-stocks report highs, which looks good on the charts, but we did see considerable pressure overnight despite the US breaking hard. The combination of poor planting conditions in the Corn and HRS Belts, along with the poor growing conditions in the HRW Belt, should make this break a buying opportunity.
Soybeans Estimated Fund Position
Short Term: Up Net Long Futures and Options: 48963
Long Term:Up Change: -5000
Overnight Trade: N -22 X -11 @7:30 AM
Soybeans were under heavy pressure overnight, due in part to yesterday's poor technical performance and due in part to ideas that there will be more soybean acres. Basis levels continue to improve in Illinois, which makes it hard for me to want to be short old crop beans. New crop is a different story and I would look for bull spreads to work in the long run.
Live Cattle
Short Term: Up
Long Term: Down
Opening Calls: 20-30 Higher
Live cattle futures closed moderately lower on Tuesday, after testing resistance above the 50 day moving average in the June. April expired at 128.40, which may lend support to the new lead contract. Some cash offers as high as $127 in the south surfaced on Tuesday. The firm bids this early in the week should bode well for eventual cash trade of steady to better money. We wouldn't be surprised to see June trade down to the continuation chart gap at 121.50. Outside market influences are all over the board, with a weaker Dollar unable to support equities or commodities.
Feeder Cattle
Short Term: Up
Long Term: Down
Opening Call: 20-30 Higher
Feeder cattle futures were unable to take advantage of a weak close in the corn market on Tuesday. Continued weakness in corn overnight has been enough to lift the feeders to modest gains in early morning activity. Cash index levels continue to trail the lead May feeder contract by nearly 4.00 heading into midweek. We've seen enough improvement in many of the pasture regions of the plains to promote solid demand for grass cattle. We look for feeders to begin finding support at current trading levels.
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The HTC One Reviewby Brian Klug on April 5, 2013 8:50 PM EST
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- Smartphones
- Android
- Mobile
- HTC One
- Snapdragon 600
Snapdragon 600 - CPU Performance
With the low level look at Krait 300 out of the way, let's see how the One fares in our standard suite of Android based CPU tests.
We'll start with SunSpider 0.9.1, our trusty javascript performance test.
Despite the low level improvements, HTC's One here doesn't offer any advantage over the APQ8064 based flagships from last year. I suspect what we're seeing here are limits of software/browser optimizations on the One rather than a conclusion about the performance of its hardware.
The One's standings improve as we look at Google's Octane test, effectively tying the performance of the Atom based Motorola RAZR i. The Exynos 4412 based Galaxy Note 2 continues to perform very well here, despite being built on older Cortex A9 hardware running at a slightly lower clock frequency.
Kraken is likely the least optimized for javascript benchmark we have in our suite, which makes it (temporarily) interesting. There's also the fact that the benchmark is quite large and takes a while to run on all platforms, giving us some more useful results. Here the One is second only to the Cortex A15 based Nexus 10 tablet, which should be faster given its higher TDP and much beefier microarchitecture. Otherwise the One is the fastest Android device we've tested here.
BrowserMark 2.0 goes back to having the GNote 2 on top in the phone space, nearly equalling the performance of the Nexus 10. The data is very strange but I don't have a good explanation for it, other than that we really need to move away from js based benchmarks as soon as good ones are available. The BrowserMark 2.0 performance of the One looks very similar to the iPhone 5.
Our two Vellamo benchmarks both show the One doing very well. In the HTML5 test, the One puts everything else to shame - including the old APQ8064 based Droid DNA and the Galaxy Note 2. The Qualcomm comparison is the more interesting as it echoes some of what we saw in the microbenchmarks - take into account the clock speed difference and you're looking at a 22% improvement in performance due to the new Krait 300 cores.
The Vellamo Metal score shows a smaller overall performance advantage (~11% if you take into account the clock speed difference), but still a measurable one nonetheless. Here we also see the Nexus 10 perform as expected:
Subjectively, the new Snapdragon 600 platform is appreciably quicker than the previous generation S4 Pro. The margin of improvement will really depend on the application you're using, but in terms of responsiveness the HTC One is among the best out today. The real question is how Qualcomm's latest will compare once Cortex A15 based SoCs begin shipping in phones, not just from a performance standpoint but taking into account power as well.
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MobiusStrip - Sunday, April 07, 2013 - linkYeah, because on a 32 GB device, 16 GB is consumed by Microsoft's bloated hog of an OS.
Sounds like a winner. Reply
MobiusStrip - Sunday, April 07, 2013 - linkUnfortunately the continued failure to put audio line-out jacks on Android phones makes them an inelegant pain in the ass for anyone who cares about music and sound.
Actually, I can add the iPhone 5 to that complaint, since Apple royally bungled the new (disgracefully bad) dock connector. Reply
danbob999 - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkYou already have bluetooth, USB, and headphones out. Use one of the first two if you want quality. Reply
darwinosx - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkThe new dock connector is excellent. Thin and small, carries audio, video, and data works great in the USB port of my car. Far more capable than microusb.You just don't know what you are talking about. Reply
darwinosx - Sunday, April 07, 2013 - linkWell thats a really reliable source... Reply
nehway0912 - Friday, April 05, 2013 - linkSamsung isn't the one who made the screen, JDI is. Samsung is the one who made the driver chip. Reply
Brian Klug - Friday, April 05, 2013 - linkAhh is that how you'd parse the string? That makes much more sense.
-Brian Reply
nehway0912 - Friday, April 05, 2013 - linkYes. xda has a thread about who the manufacturer behind the screen is. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3... Reply
elmicker - Friday, April 05, 2013 - linkGold? I really don't think I've ever seen one of those awarded before. I don't even think I've seen any phone win any award before. And that's not even your highest accolade? What is the highest? Reply
Brian Klug - Friday, April 05, 2013 - linkPlatinum is highest, it's a new awards tier.
-Brian Reply


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When i am typing an email and it has initially scrolled down so that the
cursor remains in view, the screen view - not the cursor - suddenly jumps to
top of email again. this is EXTREMELY annoying (and quickly going beyond
that). even if i scroll the screen back down, it does it repeatedly. GRRRR.
Have you checked for Malware lately ???
Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
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Do you have Speech Recognition enabled and a microphone turned on? If so,
disable them.
Jocelyn Fiorello
*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please reply
only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***
it is my work computer so I have no idea. Would the antivirus/spyware stuff
catch that? (i'm clueless, obviously)
nope. no microphone. any other suggestions?
Try opening Outlook in Safe Mode -- that will disable any add-ins you have
installed. Perhaps one of them is causing the problem. Close Outlook, click
the Windows Start button, click Run, then in the box type "outlook.exe /safe"
(without the quotes).
Jocelyn Fiorello
*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please reply
only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***
Did anyone find a resolution to this. One of my users is having the same
problem, for some reason while he is typing the screen jumps to the top of
the email message, even though the text he is typing is still being entered
at the bottom of the email message. He is fit to be tied and thinks we made
a mistake to update from Office XP to Office 2007 because of this bug.
I will try to run it in Safe Mode to disable any plug ins to see if the
issue still occurs, but I doubt this will resolve anything. I will get back
to you on this.
Has anyone else reported these issues beside me and pluci?
Thanks in advance.
Hi Rick,
This problem is happening in our office too--intermittently, several
times a day--to the Outlook 2007 (XP Pro) belonging to our CEO (of
course!), who is fit to be tied as well; I may have to roll back to
Outlook 2003. I have tried many suggestions, but I have not been able
to fix it yet.
It does occur in Safe Mode as well. I cannot reproduce it on my
workstation. I have a hunch it is a coding bug in Outlook/Office 2007,
possibly in one of the libraries (wwlib.dll, mso.dll, etc), enabled by
some unusual settings in Outlook, in the register, and/or somewhere
else in XP/Vista. It is apparently happening to some "victims" in
offices where others have identical software installations and are not
affected, so I don't think it is a problem with the problem
workstation having some different version of a .dll or driver
installed. Our CEO's workstation had identical hardware and was set up
at the same time, with identical software as two other users, as far
as I know.
Does your user use HTML mail, and is magnification (zoom) set to
anything other than 100%?
This problem has been reported by many, many people (some reporting on
multiple occurrences) in this and other discussion groups, and is
probably much more common than anybody realizes (including Microsoft),
but I have not seen any solutions yet:
--not necessarily in order--
in microsoft.public.outlook.general:
(1) Aqueous: reaching the bottom of the view while writing email, the
pane does not continue to create viewable text, but instead shifts
(2) N.: This is FAR from being an isolated incident. I encountered
the problem as described when I first installed in late January, and
since then every single one of my clients with a 2007 installation
also exhibits the problem. I contacted MS in February and was told
they knew about the problem and would be correcting with an update.
We're all still waiting. And manually scrolling.
(3) lovevizslas: When I reply to a message and am typing the reply, my
window keeps jumping down to the bottom (?!) of the page
(4) DJW: I experience the same problem using "Web Layout" except that
it always jumps to the top.
(5) Joylynn: Where you able to correct this problem? I am having the
same thing happen.
(6) Mike Blair: Hi Joylynn, we have a similar situation here.
(7) anon-e-moose: I've seen several questions regarding this topic,
but have not seen a solution. So I'm hoping this will be the lucky
(8) dmcquil: When I am composing an email the view often jumps to the
top of the email text even though the cursor remains at the bottom
(9) mikeyb420: I'm having the EXACT same problem, and it STINKS!
(10) cerveza_fiesta: Once scrolled down, as soon as the text auto-
returns (starts a new line) the darn thing jumps right back to the top
of the email and hides what I was just typing, forcing me to go over,
scroll back down again, continue typing until it auto-returns again
and jumps to the top of the email....again
(11) Kent V. Busse :When my typing gets to the bottom of the email
composition window, the text does not scroll up to allow me to see
what I am typing.
(12) VIP: As the vertical scroll bar appears the view 'jumps' up so
that, while the cursor is still at the bottom of the page and
characters enter in the right place, I am looking at the top of the
(13) Marsha: I have the same problem, and am surprised to find that
most people apparently don't.
(14) RHB-Rick: I am having the same problem as others have described.
(15) CW: I just installed Office 2007. Sometimes when I am replying
to a message I'll be typing along and all of a sudden the body of the
email jumps up towards the top and I have to pull it back down to
where I was typing and continue.
(16) bobc: Yes, I'm having the same thing happen to me and it happens
all the time.
(17) VIP: As the vertical scroll bar appears the view 'jumps' up so
that, while the cursor is still at the bottom of the page and
characters enter in the right place, I am looking at the top of the
(18) marklin: It is happening to our users too. So far we have 4
reported cases of email view jumping to the top, while the cursor is
still below.
(19) pluci: When i am typing an email and it has initially scrolled
down so that the cursor remains in view, the screen view - not the
cursor - suddenly jumps to top of email again. this is EXTREMELY
annoying (and quickly going beyond that). even if i scroll the screen
back down, it does it repeatedly. GRRRR.
(20) Rick at GLAC: Did anyone find a resolution to this. One of my
users is having the same problem, for some reason while he is typing
the screen jumps to the top of the email message, even though the text
he is typing is still being entered at the bottom of the email
message. He is fit to be tied and thinks we made a mistake to update
from Office XP to Office 2007 because of this bug.
(21) Peaceful Michael: I've just recently started having this same
(22) fishinwater: I have the exact same problem with viewing window
jumping to top of page while I am still successfully typing at bottom.
(23) kombobulator (this message)
in www.experts-exchange.com:
(24) rtlaw: screen jumps to top of email when typing. I only have one
user reporting this to me.
(25) dassey: I tried to find a solution, but nogo.
On Nov 5, 8:00=A0am, Rick at GLAC <RickatG...@>
Kombobulator and Jocelyn,
I opened a support case with Microsoft email support, but have not found a
solution from the suggestions that had so far.
But I did some additional testing on the system that is experiencing the
problem. the person using this system likes to use large fonts as it is
easier for him to see what he is typing.
This is what I did so far to correct the jumping issue (that is until I am
told that it did not work in the long run).
He was using the font "ARIEL BLACK 12 PT BOLD" for New and Reply To email
messages. I changed the font to "TAHOMA 12 PT BOLD" for both and for his
signature. This seems to have correct the issue of the page jumping to the
top. I do not know why it would matter, but it seems to have improved the
Also, before I changed the fonts I tried running Outlook in safe mode, but
that did not provide any good results. I also renamed a few DAT files, but
no luck. Here are the DAT files I renamed per MS Supports suggestions.
Outcmd.dat - This file is where Outlook stores all the changes that you make
to your toolbar.
This is where the Adware, Spyware and Virus applications normally hit. This
file can be corrupted, it can be found here:
Extend.dat - This file is an internal cache file used by Outlook to store
paths to all DLL files used for Outlook extensions
Frmcache.dat - This file is as an index of the individual forms that have
been cached on the computer
Views.dat - This file may exist on your computer only if you have not
created a custom view on your folders.
I hope this helps some of my fellow Outlook 2007 sufferers.
Rick LaPorte
Add me to your list. For me, it happens whenever Outlook 2007 does an
automatic send/receive. ... driving me nuts!! Has anyone else
correlated it to an auto send/receive?
Thanks Techinst and Rick.
Techinst---I added you to my list, which continues below, and which
consists of more posts I found in microsoft.public.outlook.general and
(26) Mr e:
And me! It's enormously annoying, and I can't figure it out. It seems
to occur when the characters in a line length are longer than a
previous one, but this doesn't seem to happen when the message is
still all visible and the scoll button is at the at the top, only if
the scroll button has moved, at which point it'll jump back to the
top. I'm even condsidering writing emails in haiku until a resolution
is found.
(27) jingso:
Same glitch here and it's driving me insane. I don't know where else
to look for answers. I've tried everything I can think of.
(28) mek...@gmail.com:
I have a user who has an annoying issue when composing a new email.
When the body of the message exceeds the vertical size of the text
area, instead of scrolling down with the text, the text area scrolls
to the top so she can't see what she's typing. This is Outlook 2007 on
a cleanly installed system.
(29) Gary Hillerson:
I'm experiencing a new problem, and can't figure out why. When i'm
composing a long message, the message window scrolls strangely, and
displays the top of the window, such that I'm not seeing what I'm
typing. Text entry is happening in the right place, but the window
display is wrong. I have to continually scroll back down to see what
I'm typing, and as soon as the line wraps, it happens again. ugghh
This seems to happen whether i'm using HTML, Rich Text, or plain text.
(30) Pat Adams:
On a couple of our desktop computers running Office 2007 on Windows XP
with HTML as the Outlook email format, the cursor jumps to the top of
the window rather than scroll down as the user is typing a message
that exceeds the size of the message window. It happens only from time
to time, but the same two people are the only ones having the
(I think Pat is confused about the position of the cursor and the
scrolling action that takes place--or else this is a different
(31) TechInst:
Add me to your list. For me, it happens whenever Outlook 2007 does an
automatic send/receive. ... driving me nuts!! Has anyone else
correlated it to an auto send/receive?
So there are now over 30 Outlook 2007 users who have posted that they
are experiencing this problem!!
So far I think Mr e's suggestion of writing in haiku is the most
useful workaround I have seen.
On Dec 31 2008, 4:45=A0am, Rick at GLAC
So does Microsoft plan to apply a fix to this issue or are they just going
to let us suffer and ponder the option of switching to Open Office? I have
on person out of 30 who is having this problem, but of course it happens to
be the boss. And we all know how bosses can be, they do not understand the
technical stuff, they just say, "Why am I paying for this junk from
Microsoft? Let's switch to Open Office."
I would really rather have Microsoft provide a fix to this issue post haste.
Does Microsoft monitor these discussion groups?
Thanks for listening and your compilations. It is nice to know that we are
not the only ones.
Usually not, but occasionally a Microsoft person will respond. it is not an
official support channel, however.
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
Do all of your users have any ties to a black berry server? My boss thinks
it may be his blackberry sync that is causing this issue but i am pointing it
at MS. any thoughts?
Hey all, here are some relief as to why this is happening....i hope. I had
this issue with a number of my users on different systems. I called
microsoft support and opened a ticket. They persisted at first that it was
my programs that interfere....after i think about a month or two of going
back and forth and pointing fingers....I decided to do a video capture of my
desktop and simulated it. I sent it back to them and that was the first time
they truly understood and decided to somewhat be more helpful. After another
long bout of going back and forth, i finally did something really really
silly. I logged my keystrokes on a piece of paper and discovered that at
certain settings, with certain keystrokes, this would happen. I sent the
keystrokes and settings to microsoft and their tech was finally able to
produce it.
The common things among my users having this issue is that that they have
emails that are zoomed in or resolutions that are really low. This means
outlook keeps having to readjust lines more often. BTW, it had happen to
most of our senior partners....probably because they have bad eyesight.
So far, microsoft said they admit it is their fault when i described the
exact settings they needed to trigger it... They refunded my money but said
they will work on this. haven't heard from them yet.
So solution for your people is turn the resolution higher and zoom to normal
zoom of 100%. It should solve problem.
I don't have the exact settings and keystrokes needed anymore, but if i find
i will post it and you can test it out to see if you have a similar problem.


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I hate not running.
Turns out I've got extensor tendonitis. The top of my right foot hurts. I attempted 14 miles last Saturday and that turned into just 9 + 3 miles of limping back to the car. Since there's really no way to fix tendonitis, I decided to rest it this week since it was a recovery week anyway. It seems to have worked as the pain is much, much lessor now, but I fear that it will come back should I jump back up to my 30 miles a week that I had just attained. See, due to the shin splints last fall I had been training with inserts that provided a great deal of support to my arches. Guess what aches, now. Yup, the top of my foot and the side of my arch.
This week I've been making sure to regularly try and strengthen my arch via toe crunches and flexing my arch, while taking ibuprofen, and occasionally using a heating pad. Now it only hurts when I extend my foot upwards in an extreme fashion. Up and out (away from the center) hurts the most. It still aches, though, an entire week later... the problem is, it hurt well before that 9 miler and I have no idea why. I think it really is simply the foot going from nearly full support to bam, none. I even weened myself off of the insert as I switched shoes slowly over a 2+ month span. I really don't get it.
I'm going to return to running starting tomorrow. I won't be going every day, though, like I had for a good while... 55 day streak, I had. Instead, I know that I was able to handle a 25 mile week, so I guess I'll start back up there and just try and keep that up for a while, see if the foot can handle it. Completely derails my MCM training plan. Rather than going into it strong, at best I'll be in survival mode, now. Stupid structural injuries.
This has to be the most frustrating thing about running for me. My limitation is not my strength. My limitation is not my lungs, physical stamina or mental toughness. My limitation is my bones and tendons... stuff that I have next to no control over. So, so, so frustrating.
Not running has pushed my emotional state into a bit of a tailspin. Since it's summer and I only work during the school year I've had an awful lot of time to myself. Not having found my niche here in Virginia yet means that I've not been able to share my time off with friends or family, all of them living over 1200 miles away in the midwest, or being y'all here on the Loop (thank God for you guys!). Not being able to run now, though, has just made things worse this last week. Having trouble sleeping again, always feeling down, not feeling motivated... to do anything, really.
I don't like it.
I don't like it one bit.


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By Anne Applebaum
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Like every continent, Europe has its rituals. In the spring, the storks return to the Low Countries from their winter nests in Africa. In the autumn, the French return to Paris from their beaches in the south. And in the winter, the Russians threaten to cut off the natural gas supplies to Ukraine.
Okay, they don't do it every winter. But they did it in the winter of 2005-06, they did it in 2006-07, and when they once again switched off the taps, on New Year's Day, it was impossible not to feel a wearisome sense of deja vu. This year, as in previous years, the negotiations are almost too complicated to explain, involving not only Gazprom, the Russian gas behemoth, but also various shady intermediaries, dubious deals and differing price mechanisms. This year, as in previous years, the Russians are claiming that the conflict is purely commercial, not political; that Ukraine is stealing Europe's gas; that Ukraine is not paying a fair price. But this year, unlike in some previous years, those claims are sounding exceptionally hollow.
For one thing, it was the Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, not the Gazprom CEO, who openly made the decision to switch off the gas. More important, the Ukrainians, who have engaged in plenty of pipeline hanky-panky in the past, have this time around readily agreed to let Europeans and Russians monitor their transit pipelines. They have also paid their (very large) Gazprom debt and have asked -- at last -- for a more transparent system of price-setting, one similar to those used in Western Europe (an algorithm that relates the price of gas to the price of oil). Over the weekend they even negotiated a deal with the Russians, belatedly brokered by European Union negotiators. The Russians then refused to sign it for two days before agreeing -- at least in principle -- to turn on the taps late last night (as of this writing, they aren't on yet).
But why the delay? And why cut off the gas supply for so long in the first place? This being Putin's Russia, theories abound. Perhaps the Russians thought the Ukrainians, in the throes of an economic and financial meltdown, weren't going to be able to pay that very large Gazprom debt. Perhaps they hoped to discredit the Ukrainian leadership in the eyes of the European Union. Perhaps they wanted the lights to start going out in Bratislava or Brindisi, just to give everyone a scare. Or perhaps, as some believe, Putin was trying to distract Russians from their own pending economic and financial meltdown.
For once, it doesn't really matter. In fact, the most important story is not about Russia and Ukraine but about Europe, and the European Union in particular. Europe, a Hungarian friend said to me last week, "occupies itself with unnecessary things and ignores everything that is important." And there is something to this. There are E.U. sausage-making regulations, E.U. Intercultural Dialogues, even E.U. attempts to broker peace in Gaza. But while most of Europe -- from Italy and France to Bulgaria and Slovakia -- gets at least some of its gas from Russia, there still isn't a true, unified E.U. energy policy, and there isn't a true, unified E.U.-Russia policy, either.
Instead, Gazprom -- no longer pretending to be anything but a tool of Russian foreign policy -- still does deals with European gas concerns one country at a time, picking them off one by one. Putin still deploys "divide and rule" tactics to deal with Europe, making special arrangements for Italy, buying politicians in Germany and cutting off the gas to Ukraine. And the tactics work: In 2006, when Western Europeans suddenly felt the pressure drop in their pipelines, they protested, loudly. This year, as kindergartens in Bulgaria briefly went dark, no one in Brussels seemed especially bothered. Knowing that the Russians are unreliable, Russia's European customers now build up their reserves, turn to other sources (the Norwegians have been pumping gas like mad) and keep their fingers crossed, hoping that the Russians and Ukrainians will come to their senses in time.
Instead of sending their best and brightest to create a genuinely secure system -- through expanded use of liquid natural gas, more nuclear plants, clean coal -- most European countries have settled for makeshift arrangements. Instead of using their collective bargaining power, they behave as though they are dependent on Gazprom, when the reverse is equally true: The Russians need the money they get from European sales, after all, almost as much as the Europeans need their gas. Instead of sending in crisis negotiators every Jan. 1, Europe's leaders could focus on this problem and solve it. I would love to describe this past week's events as a "wake-up call," but there have been so many "wake-up calls" already. When will Europe heed them?
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MADISON, Alabama -- Retired Huntsville police officer Kinney Bryant spends most of his days now lounging at the lake or hunting when it's in season.
He stopped by the new Madison County Satellite Office in Madison Monday morning to pick up his hunting license.
He was one of several people doing business at the new office, which opened in May, for purchases of licenses and vehicle tags.
"It's convenient," said Bryant who lives in Madison, but commanded the Huntsville South Precinct for a decade before retiring after 39 years on the force.
"The touch screen was pretty easy, too. But don't tell anyone. I don't want it to get too crowded," he joked.
Since opening in May, Madison County License Director Mark Craig said 4,400 tags have been sold and between 500 and 600 driver's licenses have been renewed.
Monday was the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly refurbish office in the former Oh! Bryan's restaurant just west of the Old Madison Pike/Hughes Road intersection. It will not only serve the people of Madison, but Triana and western Madison County, too.
"We didn't have all the equipment installed, but we now have the driver's license camera, so we're ready for people to start using it," said Craig. "This has been a long time coming. Hopefully we got the right place."
Craig had to scramble to find another place two years ago when he was given a two-week notice the Southern Family Market on U.S. 72 where the other satellite office was located was closing.
After searching for a while, his office finally decided on the 7,900-square-foot building at 100 Plaza Blvd. which will also house the tax assessor and tax collector offices. The cost was $1.5 million to purchase the property and another $237,000 to refurbish it.
Craig also hopes to eventually be able to house Alabama State Troopers to give tests to new drivers, but said money is tight in Montgomery and there are "a lot of details to work out."
He said "Wi-Fi is coming" and round tables will replace some of the chairs in the waiting area so residents may log onto the Internet while waiting to conduct business.
Madison County Commissioner-elect Steve Haraway, whose district is "Jordan Lane and west," will also have an office at the Madison site beginning Nov. 14.
"It was just no use for me to have an office at the courthouse when all of my district is out here," he said while conducting a tour of the building.
His office will also have a conference room which may be used by local groups and organizations with an entrance on the side of the building to prevent disrupting those doing business in the license department.
Madison City Council President Ronica Ondocsin said it will be especially easy for people to get "in and out in five to 10 minutes" rather than "carving out two hours to go to the courthouse." She also said once Old Madison Pike is widened, it will be much quicker for people who work in Research Park to get there.
One of the first people to use the new office was Madison Mayor Paul Finley, who said his family has already conducted business there three times.
"This is such an exciting day for the city and all the western part of the county," he said. "It's exciting what all is happening in Madison. We're not done yet."
Madison County Commission Chairman-elect Dale Strong said the effort "was not easy," but the satellite office "will be beneficial to the people of Madison County."
Strong said he hopes to eventually turn the courthouse into a "judicial-only building" with more services being provided to people throughout Madison County.
The interior of the new building was designed by architect Bill Peters while Joe Cuzzort served as the contractor and landscaper for the project.


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I was so thrilled to have the opportunity to represent Graco at the North Olmstead Babies R Us on Saturday to help them introduce the very first newborn to two-year-old car seat available on the market. If you've had babies before, and are coming back into this newborn thing again {like me}, you may not have heard that the American Academy of Pediatrics recently made the recommendation that children stay rear-facing in the car until they are two years old.
They have, and that presents a slight problem for all those growing toddlers who now need to scrunch up their legs in order to fit in the car. Not to mention the trouble it causes moms and dads who want to keep the seats in their cars scuff and muss free. Enter Graco…
It was exciting to arrive at Babies R Us – the ONLY place this new car seat is available – and meet Joanna from Mommy In Suburbia who was hosting the event. I was geared up with my iPhone, Twitter, and Instagram apps, ready to fill my followers' streams with important info about this new car seat.
Now, I don't know about you, but I'm a huge fan of Graco Baby products. We've had two SnugRide Infant Car Seats, a stroller, Pack and Play, among other things. Graco is the go-to name in safe and easy-to-use baby gear, so it makes perfect sense that they are the first company to tackle the challenge of designing a product to meet the AAP's new guidelines.
This new Graco SnugRide Click Connect 40:
- features a 4-40 pound weight limit.
- adjusts easily to an amazing EIGHT recline positions.
- boasts the Simply Safe Adjust harness system which allows parents to adjust both the headrest and harness with one hand—and NO rethreading!
- "clicks" audibly into one of two click connect strollers simply and quickly.
The event itself was a blast! A few local mom bloggers stopped by to join in the fun, play some trivia, and try for a chance to win a brand-new car seat of their own. Since Saturdays tend to be busy shopping days, especially for new moms and moms-to-be, I asked the fun grandmas working the baby registry desk {after we stopped chatting about scrumptious, kissable, baby cheeks} to make an announcement inviting people to come join us for some car seat talk, cookies, games, and fun.
Moms, moms-to-be, grandmas, and a few daddies stopped by to sign up for a chance to win, listen to Joanna talk safety features,
use their smartphones to cheat play trivia games, and eat delicious chocolate cookies:
After the fun, I got the chance to draw from the big, red bowl and choose one lucky mama to bless with her very own Graco SnugRide Click Connect 40 car seat! I had the best time – in fact, since there were TWO events held, I had the chance to bless TWO mamas! One was a bit shy, so I don't have a picture, but just look at how thrilled Katie was:
Still not sure about the fabulousness of the Graco SnugRide Click Connect 40 newborn to two year car seat? Just take a look at how cozy our sweet little model is tucked away in our display seat:
Try it out yourself – stop by your nearest Babies R Us and take a look. You just might fall in love…
The Graco SnugRide® Click Connect™ 40 – the first and only newborn to two-year infant car seat that actually grows with your baby from four pounds all the way up to 40 pounds. The car seat is designed for a parent on the go. The infant car seat can be easily removed from the base and used as a carrier when the infant is small, providing portability and convenience so you can easily move your infant in and out of the car without disturbing them.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recently made the recommendation to keep all children in rear-facing car seats until the age of 2. Graco set out to make this product so parents can keep infants rear facing longer while still keeping them comfortable.
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Graco. The opinions and text are all mine.


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Non-Contact Part IV: Take, Jive, and Flail
There was a lot of good email from last week's column, so let's just dig in. Reader D.D. had some comments about the note on which I finished up last week's talk of strikeout rates:
I'm sure you'll address this, and have already thought of it, but when you mention 'it's logical to think that if a strikeout is the best a pitcher can do, it's the worst thing a batter can do, right? But if you look at the lists of high-strikeout batters above, does the strikeout being the worst possible result show up here?'
I must be telegraphing my punches, because D.D.'s absolutely right. The PA and career strikeout minimums we required to make the strikeout kings lists coherent also virtually guarantee that many of the high-strikeout mavens would not suck-since guys who whiff a lot and also don't hit are unlikely to stick around to collect 500 plate appearances in a season, or strike out 500 times for their career. It's a little like losing 20 games-you usually have to be a pretty good pitcher to have the opportunity to lose that much.
To shed some light on this topic, let's look at some analogous lists, this time with pitchers:
Career Walk Rate, 1959-Present (min. 650 career walks) Name BB PA BB Rate EqERA Bobby Witt 1375 11003 12.50% 4.81 Sam McDowell 1312 10589 12.39% 3.85 Nolan Ryan 2795 22575 12.38% 3.90 Blue Moon Odom 788 6531 12.07% 5.15 Russ Ortiz 805 6875 11.71% 4.73 Tom Griffin 768 6567 11.69% 5.00 Shawn Estes 840 7205 11.66% 4.87 J.R. Richard 769 6669 11.53% 4.00 Al Leiter 1163 10334 11.25% 4.01 Jamey Wright 753 6761 11.14% 4.88
Now, this is our first peek at another non-contact result that some consider the opposite of the strikeout-the walk. Walks aren't even arguably the worst thing that can happen to a pitcher on the mound-the home run is almost as difficult to defend, and its impact is far more immediate-but as the second coming of Rick Ankiel reminds us, few things can derail a pitching career faster than a loss of control. Alongside their walk rates, I've given you these guys' normalized career ERAs or 'EqERAs,' taken from the translated stats section of the DT Player Cards. The translated stats are set up so that the average pitcher's EqERA is 4.50, and as you can see, a number of these high-walk pitchers still managed to pitch pretty well.
Highest Unintentional Walk Rates, 1959-Present (min. 150 IP) Year Name IP PA BB UBB Rate K Rate EqERA 1. 1986 Bobby Witt 157.2 741 143 19.03% 23.48% 5.51 2. 1991 Randy Johnson 201.1 889 152 17.10% 25.65% 4.10 3. 1959 Herb Score 160.2 712 115 16.15% 20.65% 5.67 4. 1971 Nolan Ryan 152.0 705 116 15.89% 19.43% 5.30 5. 1992 Randy Johnson 210.1 922 144 15.51% 26.14% 4.17 6. 1977 Nolan Ryan 299.0 1272 204 15.49% 26.81% 3.08 7. 1991 Jose DeJesus 181.2 801 128 15.48% 14.73% 3.98 8. 1975 Nolan Ryan 198.0 864 132 15.28% 21.53% 4.08 9. 1975 J.R. Richard 203.0 905 138 15.25% 19.45% 5.30 10. 1976 Nolan Ryan 284.1 1195 183 15.15% 27.36% 3.98
This search is refined slightly, so that we're looking at the unintentional walk rates of the pitchers in our database. This eliminates the element of managerial interference, and gives us a more direct view of the pitcher's control, or lack thereof. As it stands, we get a Hall of Famer (Nolan Ryan) another guy who's a lock to join him (Randy Johnson), plus two fellows (J.R. Richard and Herb Score) who had some nice years before their careers were cut short by devastating injuries, three if you count Jose DeJesus blowing out his elbow after his breakout season in Philly. All of the pitchers except DeJesus maintained well above-average strikeout rates. As we can see by his prominent placement on both lists, Bobby Witt was the somewhat more successful pitching counterpart of Dave Nicholson-a man beset upon by people who thought they could fix his inability to stay within the strike zone. I guess every pitching coach wants to be the guy who puts the glasses on Rick Vaughn.
Getting back to strikeouts again, reader M.P. chimed in with another observation:
One thing that seems noteworthy is that the top two rates for career percentage K rate are actually higher than the all-time season tops. I cannot think of a single other stat where that is the case-nor even many where it is feasible. What a strange stat!
I think this is another effect of the selection bias attendant to the minimums we set last time, and the fact that, for hitters, strikeouts are a negative stat; even if you're in the camp that says that a strikeout is just another out, a high-strikeout hitter is someone who's adept at making that certain kind of out. So you're likely to see careers where that player's playing time at the major league level comes in smaller pieces than, say, a hitter who's extremely adept at hitting home runs.
For example, setting the leaderboard's minimums to 400 plate appearances, rather than 500, yields an entirely new set of leaders:
Season Strikeout Rate, 1959-Present (min. 400 PA) Year Player Pos G PA K K Rate 1. 1997 Melvin Nieves RF 114 405 157 38.77% 2. 1987 Bo Jackson LF 116 434 158 36.41% 3. 2002 Russell Branyan LF 128 435 151 34.71% 4. 2002 Jared Sandberg 3B 101 401 139 34.66% 5. 1963 Dave Nicholson LF 125 520 175 33.65% 6. 1987 Rob Deer LF 134 566 186 32.86% 7. 1986 Rob Deer RF 134 546 179 32.78% 8. 1988 Pete Incaviglia LF 115 467 153 32.76% 9. 1996 Melvin Nieves RF 120 484 158 32.65% 10. 1991 Rob Deer RF 133 539 175 32.47%
As you can see, lowering the threshold drops the protagonist of last week's column, Dave Nicholson, into fifth place. In the interest of saving space, I'm linking the sortable stat reports where lower minimums are set. (WARNING: These are authors-only "all years" searches, that are, for most intents and purposes, "read only" reports; sadly, you won't be able to perform any "all years" searches of your own, you'll only be able to look at the ones that I've already set up. Sorry for the inconvenience.) At 300 plate appearances, Nicholson's 1963 season drops to tenth place, and lower the threshhold down to 200 plate appearances, seventeenth place.
If you'll indulge me one more reader mail, we'll move this discussion of batter's strikeouts along. Frank Greenberg writes in:
I know that you people in general are proponents of players who go deep into pitch counts. While no one can doubt some of its effectiveness (building up pitch counts in starting pitchers) it is also taking the aggressiveness out of the game. I am 62 years old, as a kid we were always told with two strikes on you protect the plate, if it's close, swing or at least try to foul it off. Not any more-players now take pitches with two strikes and pray that the umpire calls it a ball. Players seem to be just as happy to walk and, let the next guy worry about driving in the run.
Leaving a few things aside (such as the fact that Youkilis's strikeout rate this year, 15.13%, is below the league average of 16.78%) what is the deal with stathead types actually favoring guys that whiff a lot? If the strikeout is the pitcher's most powerful weapon, and a high strikeout rate is an important signpost of his future success, how can it also be that a high strikeout rate is a good thing for hitters, too?
The idea is that high strikeout rates bring with them things that you want out of a batter-more walks and more power. But in the Prospectus Basics article on strikeouts I referenced last week, the correlation between strikeouts and walks is tenuous (many studies suggest there's no connection at all) and the correlation between strikeouts and isolated power, while positive, isn't terribly strong.
The question might boil down to an issue of style. Not all whiff-prone batters are the same-some strike out a lot because they go deep into counts looking for good pitches to drive, others strike out a lot because they go up to the plate hacking away like a guy trying to break open a pi�ata full of diamonds. There's an ongoing nature/nurture debate over these two types of hitters, with nurture types (like Mr. Greenberg seems to be) alternately accusing the hackers of not being taught discipline, and the "take and rakers" of not being taught to hit aggressively.
The nature argument posits that these two types of hitters exist because of skill sets each naturally possesses, and that it's like trying to beat a square peg into a round hole if you insist that hacker work the count, or that a take-and-rake guy expand the strike zone. If you believe that, the key thing is to identify the best of each world, and let them be themselves-don't try to force David Ortiz to hit like Ichiro Suzuki, or vice versa.
The answer is probably somewhere in between. I'll leave you with one more list, of strikeout rates for swinging and called strikeouts, which we'll discuss next time.
Season Called/Swinging Strikeout Rates, 1999-Present (min. 500 PA) Year Name Called K% Year Name Swinging K% 2006 Pat Burrell 11.11% 2002 Jose Hernandez 25.77% 2002 Ben Grieve 11.05% 2001 Jose Hernandez 24.66% 2004 Mark Bellhorn 10.81% 2003 Jose Hernandez 24.52% 2001 Luis Castillo 10.29% 1999 Preston Wilson 21.55% 2001 Ben Grieve 10.17% 2004 Jose Valentin 21.23% 2005 Pat Burrell 10.16% 2000 Preston Wilson 21.07% 2002 Mike Cameron 10.00% 2001 Jim Thome 20.81% 2001 Pat Burrell 9.71% 2001 Richie Sexson 20.69% 2004 Adam Dunn 9.69% 2003 Sammy Sosa 20.20% 2000 Jim Edmonds 9.49% 2000 Richie Sexson 20.10%
Further Reading
James Click, Crooked Numbers, "Protons:Electrons::Swinging:Looking": A look at swinging and called strikeouts, from a pitcher's perspective.
Tom Tango, "Strikeouts-Just Another Out?": A study examining the effect on player performance of a substantial increase or decrease in strikeout rate.
Russel Carleton, "Is Walk the Opposite of Strikeout?" in By the Numbers, Feb. 2007: A more academic approach, looking at the relationship between walks and strikeouts.
Nate Silver, Lies, Damn Lies, "Strikeouts and Hitter Projections": Nate discusses the role of strikeouts as a positive value in projecting hitter performance, and the distinction between early-count and late-count hitters.
William Burke and Jason Pare contributed indispensable research to this article.
Derek Jacques is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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Part 3: The Sixth Sense to Fight Club (August - October 1999) | 24 Mar 2009 // 5:00 PM
Films that have left a lasting impression on their creators (M. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mendes, David Fincher) make up the majority of Part Three of our Films of 1999 overview.
Boys Don't Cry (1999) | 31 Dec 1994 // 7:03 PM
As the charismatic protagonist in Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry, Brandon embodies the ongoing dilemma of masculine identity. This dilemma is exacerbated by the fact that, when you see him riding that pickup truck, some fifteen minutes into the film, you already know that 18-year-old Brandon's efforts to act like a boy are complicated by the fact that he is, biologically speaking, a girl, born Teena Brandon.


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According to Rolling Stone, Gwar guitarist Cory Smoot (who performed the role of "Flattus Maximus") was found dead by bandmates today as they prepared to cross the border into Canada.
Smoot joined Gwar in 2002, and had the longest tenure as Flattus Maximus. In reference to the remaining Gwar tour dates, front man Dave Brockie released the following statement:
"At this point we are just dealing with the loss of our dear friend and brother, one of the most talented guitarists in metal today."
The cause of death has not yet been determined.