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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eye-catching quarterly results by Target, Home Depot and other big U.S. consumer names were among the bright spots in a third quarter that was disappointing for many other companies.
Major sellers of discretionary goods posted upside earnings surprises at the tail-end of the earnings season. This helped the S&P 500 stock index end the quarter about even from a year earlier. Analysts had expected companies in the index to post the first quarterly earnings decline in three years.
Consumer discretionary stocks show signs of strength that much of the S&P 500 does not - double-digit year-over-year growth, a high percentage of companies beating analyst forecasts, and strong growth projections for coming quarters.
"Consumer sentiment has been improving steadily and this is affecting retailers to some extent, and retailers are also getting a boost from consumers getting their own fiscal matters in order," said Bryant Evans, investment advisor and portfolio manager at Cozad Asset Management, in Champaign, Illinois.
The sector's strength is a hopeful sign for the U.S. economy although it does not mean U.S. growth is roaring. Uncertainty about Washington's wrangling over the fiscal cliff, and weak demand worldwide, could change the U.S. outlook in a hurry.
Still, reduced exposure to Europe and other weak overseas markets helped sellers of electronics and home improvement goods outperform the rest of the equity market.
With results in from most companies, S&P consumer discretionary sector earnings are up 12.1 percent from a year ago, the only sector boasting double-digit growth.
Strong consumer sentiment in recent months has boosted retail sales. U.S. consumer confidence rose last month to its highest level since February 2008, according to data from the Conference Board.
The household debt service ratio - an estimate of the share of debt payments to disposable personal income - fell to 10.69 percent in the second quarter, the most recent data available, according to the Federal Reserve. It was the strongest ratio since the fourth quarter of 1993.
By contrast, CEO confidence remains weak. A Business Roundtable survey released in September showed its index of CEO confidence fell to its lowest point since the third quarter of 2009.
A Thomson Reuters analysis shows earnings growth for 10 of the biggest consumer discretionary companies, including Home Depot (HD.N) and Target, is at 10.3 percent.
This is much stronger than 10 S&P 500 companies with heavy international exposure such as Coca Cola Enterprises CCE.N and Cisco Systems (CSCO.O). These show earnings growth declining 2.9 percent from a year ago.
The euro zone's debt crisis has dragged the bloc into its second recession since 2009 in the third quarter.
S&P 500 earnings for the third quarter are flat from a year ago, even though a majority of companies have missed revenue expectations. Of companies that have reported, 61 percent have missed revenue expectations for the third quarter.
Without consumer discretionary stocks, S&P 500 quarterly earnings would be down 1.1 percent, Thomson Reuters data shows. Analysts had predicted the first decline in earnings since 2009.
The percentage of companies beating expectations in the sector, at 75 percent, far surpasses the 65 percent for the entire S&P 500, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Shares have outperformed as well. The S&P consumer discretionary index .GSPD is up 14.6 percent for the year, while the S&P 500 .SPX is up 7.3 percent.
On Thursday, U.S. retailer Target (TGT.N) - one of the 10 largest consumer discretionary names by market value - posted profit that beat analysts' expectations. Wal-Mart (WMT.N), the world's biggest retailer, posted disappointing sales and said store traffic in China declined again. Wal-Mart, a consumer staples stock, derives 28 percent of its sales from overseas.
Surprisingly strong results also came this week from clothing retailers Gap (GPS.N) and Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF.N), both of which also raised their full-year outlooks. Gap's stock had already surged this year, up 81 percent since the end of 2011, while Abercrombie's stock surged 30 percent this week.
Many analysts say the mostly stronger-than-expected results from retailers signal that holiday sales could be strong this season despite a sluggish U.S. economy.
"The housing market has been posting some really really encouraging data. That should send nice ripple effects across the economy, a multiplier effect through the consumer," said Natalie Trunow, chief investment officer of equities at Calvert Investment Management in Bethesda, Maryland, whose firm manages about $13 billion in assets.
Consumer companies could keep supporting earnings in the S&P 500. Double-digit earnings growth is expected for the sector through next year, Greg Harrison, Thomson Reuters corporate earnings research analyst, said in a recent earnings report.
Earnings for the consumer discretionary sector are forecast to rise 14.3 percent for the fourth quarter as well as for the first quarter of 2013.
"That could be a very nice positive catalyst. Will it be enough to completely offset a severe 'fiscal cliff'? Probably not, but the timing might work out where it could be a pretty significant force," Trunow said.
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Location, location, location, goes the old adage—usually indicating that the geography of the pricey real estate you are considering buying justifies its expense.
But a comprehensive new Harvard-Berkeley study suggests that location may be even more important to the poor if they are to have a crack at rising to the middle class or beyond.
To put it simply, geography is destiny when it comes to social mobility—more so at least than tax credits for the poor, heavy taxation of the rich, the presence of universities, affordability of tuition or proximity to extreme wealth.
The researchers found that proximity to middle-class areas in particular made intergenerational upward mobility likelier; a strong K-12 school system, higher test scores and lower dropout rates also helped; and, "some of the strongest predictors of upward mobility are correlates of social capital and family structure. For instance, high upward mobility areas tended to have higher fractions of religious individuals and fewer children raised by single parents," the study found.
In its Monday edition, The New York Times assembled the researchers' data to create an interactive map that shows where the poorest Americans have the greatest shot at upward mobility and where they remain most stratified.
Among large American cities, a child raised in the bottom fifth in family income had the greatest chance of rising to the top fifth in Salt Lake City (11.5%), Seattle (10.4%) and Pittsburgh (10.3%). Mobility was also present in some of America's largest metropolises such as Boston (9.8%), New York (9.7%) and Los Angeles (9.6%).
Mobility opportunities were smallest in cities of the South and industrial Midwest such as Memphis (2.6%), Atlanta (4%), Charlotte, N.C. (4.3%), Indianapolis (4.8%), Detroit (5.1%) and Columbus, Ohio (5.1%).
Apart from major cities, some of the most radically upwardly mobile areas are seen in North Dakota, such as Williston (33.1%), center of that state's shale boom. The most radically stratified non-urban areas are scattered through the Deep South and in remotest Alaska, such as Nome (2.2%).
Using the Times' interactive data, one can see that a child who grows up in Chicago in the 10th percentile in family income ends up on average in the 34th percentile in income, lower than someone in Dallas (35th percentile), Los Angeles (40th) or Williston, N.D. (59th)—but a better average outcome than a child from Memphis (28th), Cincinnati (32nd) or Baltimore (33rd).
The researchers emphasize that their data are correlational rather than causal.
"What is clear from this research is that there is substantial variation in the United States in the prospects for escaping poverty. There are some areas in the U.S. where a child's chances of success do not depend heavily on his or her parents' income. Understanding the features of these areas—and how we can improve mobility in areas that currently have lower rates of mobility—is an important question for future research that we and other social scientists are exploring," the researchers state.
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The planned start of the trial of former U.S.-backed Guatemalan strongman Jose Efrain Rios Montt has been moved up to March 19.
The general's defense team said Wednesday it is trying to delay the trial.
The tribunal overseeing the case had set Aug. 14 as the start of Rios Montt's trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in connection with the slaughter of at least 1,771 indigenous people during the country's brutal civil war. The tribunal did not offer details of the date change, other than saying it was trying to comply with its mission of providing swift and complete justice.


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Employment Experiences of Older Workers in the Context of Shifts in the National Economy
the gerontological society of america's 65th annual scientific meeting in san diego, ca
- Kevin E. Cahill (presenter)
- Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes
- Tay K. McNamara
- Monique Valcour
Date of presentation: November 17th, 2012
The existing literature on the determinants of employment experiences focuses on family, organization, and societal systems. The role of the broader macroeconomy as a driving force of employee experiences has largely been unexplored. This paper uses the Age and Generations (A&G) dataset, a survey of more than 2,000 employees from nine large organizations that, fortuitously, took place just prior to and immediate following the onset of the 2007-2009 recession. We examine the extent to which job satisfaction, employee engagement, and satisfaction with work-family balance are influenced by changes in the national macroeconomy, focusing on the experiences of older workers relative to others. We find that, across all workers, the state of the macroeconomy is a statistically significant determinant of job satisfaction and satisfaction with work-family balance. When the macroeconomy performs poorly employees tend to report lower levels of job satisfaction and higher levels of satisfaction with work-family balance, suggesting that employees' job- and family-related attitudes are influenced by factors beyond the immediate job and family domains. An examination of workers by age reveals that those aged 40-54 years and those aged 55 years and older report higher engagement scores compared with younger workers, regardless of the current state of the macroeconomy. Older workers' employment experiences are also less influenced by fluctuations in housing prices compared with younger workers. One implication of our findings is that the macroeconomy constitutes an influential context which may shape the effects of managerial decisions and policies on employees' attitudes toward work and the work-family interface.


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This is an example of how a snippet of TypeScript looks:
class Greeter {
greeting: string;
constructor (message: string) {
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Why should I care ?
We are building larger and larger applications in JavaScript. This is true both to support great user experiences on the web, but JavaScript is also used more and more for many other purposes: You can create standalone applications or servers in node.js, you can use HTML+JavaScript for Windows 8 programs and other platforms. The lack of types in JavaScript means that development and debugging time can be slowed down, and bugs can be hard to find.
You might not agree with this, but consider:
- Have you ever misspelled a method in JavaScript, and not found out until that exact method ? This does not happen with TypeScript.
- Ever had to look some method signature up in the jQuery documentation, then spending time on Google to find the right one - with the TypeScript tools, you get auto completion right in the editor (Visual Studio for now).
Basically you get all the safety nets of a statically typed language, while still having all the benefits from JavaScript. The static typing also allows for features like auto-completion and refactoring support. One of the core benefits from using TypeScript is added tool support, and in turn, developer productivity.
Is this not just a rip-off of CoffeeScript ?
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Introduction to Global Food-Safety Law and RegulationBack
This introductory book concerns a new, evolving and still not definite subject: global food safety law and regulation. One of the peculiarities of food safety relies in the fact that its specificity is not exclusive or mono-dimensional, while being saddled between consumers' health protection and other economic factors and stakes, notably free trade of goods. At the same time, rules concerning food safety are characterized by few original traits: the dialectic between producers' and consumers' interests; the strategic role played by scientific findings in decision-making, which may conflict with a discretional precautionary approach; the implication of cultural, political and traditional insights, which create clashes between local specialities and global harmonization; the world-wide relevance of the public policies. All this makes food safety a crucial issue in nowadays administrative regulation. The book is divided in five sections: the first one is introductory and gives a descriptive definition of the subject; the second one illustrates its main problems and characters through the analysis of three specific legal cases; the third one is a general and articulated analysis of the international legal framework of the subject at stake; the fourth one is dedicated to the main body of global food safety law – the Codex Alimentarius Commission; the final chapter presents some conclusions focusing on the problems, challenges and future perspectives of food safety law and regulation.
About the author
Dario Bevilacqua has a Doctorate in Administrative Law, at the Faculty of Law, University of Rome "La Sapienza". He has held a post-doc position on "Extra-national legal orders and administrative law" at the University "La Sapienza". Currently he works for the Italian Ministry of Agriculture.


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[238 U.S. 153, 154] Messrs. Nathaniel T. Guernsey and George H. Carr for appellant.
[238 U.S. 153, 157] Messrs. H. W. Byers, R. O. Brennan, and Eskil C. Carlson for appellees.
Mr. Justice Day delivered the opinion of the court:
This suit was begun in the district court of the United States for the southern district of Iowa, by the present appellant, hereinafter called the Gas Company, against the city of Des Moines and others, to enjoin the enforcement of the provisions of a certain ordinance of the city, passed December 27th, 1910, whereby, from and after the 1st day of January, 1911, the rate to be charged and collected for gas in the city of Des Moines was fixed at 90 cents for each thousand cubic feet. The allegations of the bill were that to enforce the ordinance would amount [238 U.S. 153, 158] to the taking of the Gas Company's property without just compensation and operate as confiscation of its property, and thereby deprive it of the same without due process of law, and would deny the equal protection of the laws; further, that it would impair the existing contract between the Gas Company and the city, and between the Gas Company and the state of Iowa, growing out of its incorporation under the statutes of the state and of the ordinances of the city, giving rights to the Gas Company to lay its mains and supply gas to the residents of the city. A temporary injunction was allowed, and after issne made, the case was referred to Robert Sloan, Esquire, as special master in chancery to report his findings of fact and conclusions of law. The master afterwards filed his report, and the same coming on before the district court for hearing, upon exceptions, the report of the master was confirmed, and the bill dismissed 'with prejudice' (199 Fed. 204). From that decree the present appeal is taken.
The master's report, as court and counsel agree, gives evidence of very thorough consideration of the subject, and the facts found are accepted by the appellant. From the report we learn that the plant belonging to the Gas Company dates back to the year 1864; that it was owned and operated by the Capital City Gas Light Company until March 1st, 1906, when the present company was organized and the property, real and personal, of the Capital City Company conveyed to it; that the United Gas Improvement Company, of Philadelphia, became the owner of the entire stock of the Capital City Company on June 1st, 1886; that the capital stock then consisted of 3,000 shares of the par value of $100 each, and that subsequently the capital stock was increased to 6,000 shares of the same value each; that the growth of the city of Des Moines increased the demand for gas, and many extensions were added. In making these improvements [238 U.S. 153, 159] and extensions, the Capital City Gas Light Company became indebted to the United Gas Improvement Company for cash advanced, and otherwise to the amount of $105,526.49, and also for gas holder $103,958, and the United Gas Improvement Company also owned $400,000 of bonds secured by mortgage on the plant of the Capital City Company. On March 1st, 1906, the Capital City Company transferred and conveyed its property to the present Gas Company, the authorized capital stock of the new company being 22,500 shares of the par value of $100 each. At the time of this transfer, the new company executed to the United Gas Improvement Company $800,000 stock contracts bearing 6 per cent interest until paid, and also authorized and executed to the Commercial Trust Company, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a deed of trust to all property of the Des Moines Gas Company, transferred to it as aforesaid to secure the payment of $1,500,000 5 per cent gold bonds payable semiannually, which were to be issued as provided by said mortgage. The sum of $240,000 bonds were issued at the date of execution of the mortgage, one half thereof used in payment of the debt due the United Gas Improvement Company for the gas holder, and the other half to pay the amount due on account to that company. On January 1st, 1907, there were also issued $400,000 of these bonds to pay the bonds then due of the Capital City Company. When the transfer was made $45,000 was issued to pay for the Valley Junction property. This is a town adjacent to Des Moines, and something like 6 miles from the gas works of the Gas Company, to which the gas is transmitted by high pressure mains through the city, by a distribution system therein. There is nothing in the record to show the value of the Valley Junction property, except that of a high pressure main, which is also used in distributing gas in the city. Extensions and improvements have been made to the works and distribution system since the date of [238 U.S. 153, 160] transfer up to the 1st day of January, 1911, to the amount of $412,704.51, and, as provided by the mortgage, bonds have been issued by the trustee to the amount of $1,097,000, and these bonds have all been purchased by the United Gas Improvement Company. The total discount on these bonds is $33, 950; $267,000, discounted at 10 per cent, and the balance, $145,000, at 5 per cent. No dividends have been declared by the present company upon its stock, but the interest upon the stock contracts and bonds has been regularly paid, and $389,000 has been paid on the principal of the stock contracts, leaving January 1st, 1911, only $411,000 unpaid. These payments have been made out of the profits derived from the operation of the plant. The officers of the Gas Company are elected by the United Gas Improvement Company, who own and control all the stock, and these officers are also, in the main, the officers of the United Gas Improvement Company, and the latter controls the Gas Company and its business.
Various ordinances have been passed, regulating the price of gas, from which the master finds as follows:
There is no question of the authority of the city of [238 U.S. 153, 161] Des Moines, under the laws of the state, to regulate the rates at which gas shall be furnished to the city of Des Moines and its inhabitants. After valuing the real estate and various items of personal property as hereinafter stated, the master adopted as the only practical way in his judgment of determining the reasonable value of the buildings, their contents, the yard structures and the mains, house and street lamp services and meters, the process of estimating the cost of reproducing them new, and then estimating the depreciation which should be deducted, in order to obtain their present value. Under this method, the master summed up the value of the property of the Gas Company as follows:
amount allowed is $ 140,000 To this add real estate 150,000 To organization expenses 6,923 To meters in stock 6,603 Present value of physical properties aside from above items 1, 937,402 ___ "Total physical value $2,240,928"
What is called in this summary 'the present value of physical property' the report shows was arrived at by the master in the manner following: He first found what he thought was the base value of the property, i. e., 'what [238 U.S. 153, 162] it would cost to produce it at the present time new, without adding thereto any overhead charges.' This figure he fixed at $1,975,026. To this he added overhead charges, 15 per cent,-$296,254. From this he deducted depreciation, $333,878, leaving as the value of the property thus ascertained, $1,937,402.
As appears from the opinion of the court and the arguments of counsel in this case, exceptions to the master's report so far as the Gas Company is concerned pertain principally to two questions: One as to his manner of dealing with what is termed the 'going value' of the concern, and the other as to the addition of the sum of $140,000 to the valuation, because appellant insists, upon the plan of valuation by cost of reproduction less depreciation, it would cost that sum to take up and replace pavements not laid when the mains were put in, but necessary to be removed and replaced in the reproduction thereof.
Before considering the correctness of the rulings of the master and their confirmation by the district court, it is proper to notice that there is considerable difference between counsel as to what the master actually found, as to whether he included the sum of $300,000 which he was disposed to allow for going value in the $2,240,000 valuation found by him, or whether it was added to the estimate of the value of the property already made by him.
We think the master intended to value the property at $2,240,000 exclusive of the $300,000 which, as we have said, he was at first disposed to allow for going value, and also that he deducted, in reaching the $2, 100,000, the $140,000 claimed by the Gas Company as a proper allowance because of the cost of removing and replacing pavements, as above stated. We think, too, that it was the master's conclusion that, if the $300,000, which he was at first disposed to allow, as stated, or the $140,000 for paving, were included, the valuation of the plant would be such that a fair return could not be made upon the value [238 U.S. 153, 163] of the property, and therefore the company would be entitled to a decree in its favor. It therefore follows that the determination of the correctness of the decree below, confirming the master's report, depends upon and requires a consideration of these two items.
We may premise that the public authority is presumed to have acted fairly, and that the burden of proof is upon the Gas Company to show that the regulating ordinance has the effect to deprive it of an income equivalent to a fair return upon its property dedicated to public use. Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co. 212 U.S. 1 , 53 L. ed. 371, 29 Sup. Ct. Rep. 148.
As we have said, the master was at first disposed to allow $300,000 as a separate item covering the going value of the concern. After stating that he fixed the going value at the sum of $300,000 he says:
That 'good will,' in the sense in which that term is [238 U.S. 153, 165] generally used as indicating that element of value which inheres in the fixed and favorable consideration of customers, arising from an established and well-known and well-conducted business, has no place in the fixing of valuation for the purpose of rate-making of public service corporations of this character, was established in Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co. 212 U.S. 19, 52 , 53 S. L. ed. 382, 399, 48 L.R.A.(N.S.) 1134, 29 Sup. Ct. Rep. 192, 15 Ann. Cas. 1034. 'Going value,' or 'going concern value,' i. e., the value which inheres in a plant where its business is established, as distinguished from one which has yet to establish its business, has been the subject of much discussion in rate-making cases before the courts and commissions. Many of those cases are collected in Whitten on 'Valuation of Public Service Corporations,' 550-569, and the supplement to the same work, 1350-1385. That there is an element of value in an assembled and established plant, doing business and earning money, over one not thus advanced, is self-evident. This element of value is a property right, and should be considered in determining the value of the property, upon which the owner has a right to make a fair return when the same is privately owned although dedicated to public use. Each case must be controlled by its own circumstances, and the actual question here is: In view of the facts found, and the method of valuation used by him, did the master sufficiently include this element in determining the value of the property of this company for rate-making purposes?
Included in going value as usually reckoned is the investment necessary to organizing and establishing the business which is not embraced in the value of its actual physical property. In this case, what may be called the inception cost of the enterprise entering into the establishing of a going concern had long since been incurred. The present company and its predecessors had long carried on business in the city of Des Moines, under other ordinances, and at higher rates than the ordinance in question established. [238 U.S. 153, 166] For aught that appears in this record, these expenses may have been already compensated in rates charged and collected under former ordinances. As we have said, every presumption is in favor of the legitimate exercise of the rate-making power, and it is not to be presumed, without proof, that a company is under the necessity of making up losses and expenditures incidental to the experimental stage of its business.
These items of expense in development are often called overhead charges, for which, as we have already seen, the master allowed 15 per cent upon the base value (exclusive of real estate) or $296,254, in addition to his allowance of $6,923 for organization expenses. Of these charges the master said:
The matter of going value was alluded to in Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co. 212 U.S. 1 , 53 L. ed. 371, 29 Sup. Ct. Rep. 148. In that case, $ 10,000 was allowed for organization, promotion, etc., and $60,000 for 'going concern.' Of the latter item this court said (page 9): 'The latter sum we understand to be an expression of the added value of the plant as a whole over the sum of the values of its component parts, which is attached to it because it is in active and successful operation and earning a return. We express no opinion as to the propriety of including these two items in the valuation of the plant, for the purpose for which it is valued in this case, but leave that question to be considered when it necessarily arises. We assume, without deciding, that these items were properly added in this case.'
The question was presented in Cedar Rapids Gaslight Co. v. Cedar Rapids, 223 U.S. 655 , 56 L. ed. 594, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 389. That case was a writ of error to a judgment of the supreme court of Iowa, holding valid a certain ordinance regulating the price of gas in Cedar Rapids (144 Iowa, 426, 48 L.R.A.(N.S.) 1025, 138 Am. St. Rep. 299, 120 N. W. 966), and the judgment of the Iowa court was affirmed. Dealing with the question of 'going value,' the Iowa supreme court said:
Dealing with the assignment of error which attacked the correctness of the ruling of the Iowa court upon this point, this court said (page 669):
As we have already said, the master, while at first disposed to allow the additional sum of $300,000 for 'going value' as a separate item, after the decision of this court in the Cedar Rapids Case seems to have reached a different conclusion, for he said of that case:
While there is a difference between court and counsel as to what the master meant by this, we think it is apparent that he meant to say that, applying the rule of the Cedar Rapids Case, he had already valued the property in the estimate of what he called its physical value, upon the basis of a plant in actual and successful operation; for he said that otherwise its value would be much less.
As pointed out in the Cedar Rapids Case, if return is to be regarded beyond that compensation which a public service corporation is entitled to earn upon the fair value of its property, the right to regulate is of no moment, and income to which the corporation is not entitled would become the basis of valuation in determining the rights of the public. When, as here, a long established and successful plant of this character is valued for rate-making purposes, and the value of the property fixed as the master certifies upon the basis of a plant in successful operation, and overhead charges have been allowed for the items and in the sums already stated, it cannot be said, in view of the facts in this case, that the element of going value has not been given the consideration it deserves, and the appellant's contention in this behalf is not sustained.
As to the item of $140,000, which, it is contended, should be added to the valuation, because of the fact that the master valued the property on the basis of the cost of reproduction new, less depreciation, and it would be [238 U.S. 153, 172] necessary in such reproduction to take up and replace pavements on streets which were unpaved when the gas mains were laid, on order to replace the mains, we are of opinion that the court below correctly disposed of this question. These pavements were already in place. It may be conceded that they would require removal at the time when it became necessary to reproduce the plant in this respect. The master reached the conclusion that the life of the mains would not be enhanced by the necessity of removing the pavements, and that the company had no right of property in the pavements thus dealt with, and that there was neither justice nor equity in requiring the people who had been at the expense of paving the streets to pay an additional sum for gas because the plant, when put in, would have to be at the expense of taking up and replacing the pavements in building the same. He held that such added value was wholly theoretical, when no benefit was derived therefrom. We find no error in this disposition of the question.
Nor do we think there was error in refusing an injunction upon the conclusion reached that a return of 6 per cent per annum on the valuation would not be confiscatory. This is especially true in view of the fact that the ordinance was attacked before there was opportunity to test its results by actual experience. It is true the master reported that in his opinion the company ought to earn 8 per cent, but he also found that in his judgment gas could be produced for 60 cents per thousand, and the actual effect of the 90-cent rate on an economically managed plant had not had the test of experience.
The decree of the court below is peculiar in that it directs the dismissal of the bill 'with prejudice,' and adds: 'At any time on and after three years from this date complainant, its successor or assigns, may on motion reinstate this case with all the pleadings and evidence now on file, with the same and like effect as though filed for such subsequent [238 U.S. 153, 173] hearing. And each party may then file such additional pleadings and take and file such additional evidence as to each party may be deemed advisable.'
While we agree with the court below that it was right to confirm the master's report and dismiss the bill, we think, in view of the fact that the attack upon the rates was made before the ordinance went into effect, and before actual application of the rates could demonstrate whether they were remunerative or not, that the court should have followed the recommendation of the master and dismissed the bill without prejudice. We think this is particularly so, in view of the fact that ordinarily time alone can satisfactorily demonstrate in a case like this whether or not the rates established will prove so unremunerative as to be confiscatory in the sense in which that term has been defined in rate-making cases. The master's suggestion has the support of the judgment of this court in Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co. and Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co. supra.
With the modification that the bill be dismissed without prejudice, instead of, as the court below directed, with prejudice, the decree is affirmed, with costs.


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A few days ago, I posted an opinion article on the hot topic hashtag #yesallwomen. Although I encountered both positive and negative response, the great thing was, I received a response. Twitter had the worst sort of comments, Facebook had the best, perhaps because I cull the douchebags and the rest that have survived the cut, I can have a healthy intelligent debate with any day of the week. My post gathered the interest of David Youngquist, head of Dark Continents Publishing and so, this post was written and sent to me. With gratitude and pride, I offer his opinion and not just mine. - C.C.
Because I shouldn't have to hold my keys like a weapon and check over my shoulder every few seconds when I walk at night. - Sophia Bush.
Because even a taped confession admitting to raping me wasn't enough to put him in jail. - Jessi Smiles.
These quotes are only a few of the thousands upon thousands that have appeared on #yesallwomen in the last few days. Painful isn't it? Not all men Not all men are bad guys. I know this. I'm a guy. But flip that around. Turn it over and look at it. Every woman I know at some gut level has a mistrust and even outright fear of men. Because of the guys out there that are assholes. Who are misogynistic bastards who really don't care who they hurt, but feel it's their right, and in some cases their duty, to act the way they do "to keep women in their place." (Yes, I have heard that justification before. No, I will not go into how much I wanted to stomp the guy's face into a mud hole) This point has been driven home to me lately by three different women. All three had the same exact reaction to me when they walked around the corner and found me coming the other way. Immediate fear. Gasping and throwing a hand over their heart. Locked up in their step; frozen in place. It puzzled me, and bothered me at a deep level.
I'm not a big guy. I'm not a threatening-looking guy by most people's standards. I'm not all inked up with a dozen piercings and a shaved head. I don't look the stereotype (I've said for years the guys that worry me the most are the ones that look like Jeffery Dahlmer or Ted Bundy) and yet I got the same reaction from all three women. And guess what? This didn't happen in some dark street or an empty parking garage.
I wasn't some stranger to these women. One, as a matter of fact, was my wife of 15 years. The other two were at work and I had known them both for the nine years I had worked there. I apologized for scaring them (just by standing there) and we laughed it off. But it started me thinking about the why of it. In talking to one of the ladies, who was an older woman in her sixties, we kind of figured out a few things. She had grown up in the large urban area to the east of me (Chicago). The others had also lived in large urban areas. (I myself have spent times of my life in good sized cities, so I was beginning to understand things) We talked, and I asked her why I often got this reaction from women I catch off guard. "Dave," she said, "If you're a woman, you don't know if the man you see or bump into is going to be a nice guy, or drag you off to rape you or worse." That was an eye opener. That made me step back and think. This was from a well- educated woman. A woman who was an executive with this company. A woman who had worked her way up through the ranks of corporate American. A woman who had raised a family while building her career, yet she had the same gut reaction to a man she had known for nine years as she would to someone she would run into in a dark parking garage.
I don't have to live with that mindset. I don't live with that fear. I learned how to take care of myself armed or unarmed a long time ago, and have been blessed to not have to use the skills I have learned. I'm a guy. The right body language and awareness in a given situation will keep me out of a bad situation and keep most other guys from giving me shit. Some idiots will think they have to prove it, but, there aren't many of those. Women live with this fear. Even if they are confident, strong, aware, and know their surroundings, most women are going to lose out in a physical confrontation with a guy. The equalizer is a weapon of some sort. Which is why I have no problem with women carrying concealed. Which is another reason my 14 year old daughter started martial arts training when she was 10. The problem exists. Deal with it. Stop bitching about being blamed, and figure out how to be a problem solver. Don't get defensive and point your finger at women as being feminazis or cunts. Deal with it. Admit it is there. Realize your wife feels this, your mother feels this, and most likely, your daughter is going to feel this as well. You personally are not being blamed. But rather than piss and moan and dig in your heels, do something constructive like figure out how to change it.
We've sexualized and objectified women on a massive scale I believe the real starting point was in the mid 1980's, when we began to package and sell women as much as the product they were promoting or advertising. Certain women made a career out of being themselves and selling themselves based on simply who they were and what they looked like. Think Kate Moss and Cindy Crawford. Prior to that time, really, models were simply used to sell a product. These two were some of the first who actually became a product themselves. So much so that Cindy Crawford became the corporation Cindy, Inc. Women became products But that wasn't enough. As people in advertising know, sex sells.
Let me clarify that.
A woman's sexuality sells. Before you yell at me, look at the advertising campaigns out there. How many of them have sexy, ripped guys standing around in their jockey shorts (besides the people trying to sell jockey shorts) versus how many products are sold by undernourished women in their underwear? Sexuality is a business Multibillion dollar business. Everything from mangos to perfume to cars are "sexy, sleek, stylish." You don't go to auto shows and find a new model car surrounded by guys in thongs.
This sexuality has wormed its way deep into our psyche. My eighth grade daughter would come home from school to tell us of girls in fifth and sixth grade wearing pushup bras and makeup. Why the hell are we doing this? Why are we sexualizing our daughters at an age when they should be playing with dolls and stuffed animals? (don't even get me started on pageants) Because it's been ingrained in us that in order for a girl to be successful, she has to fit the image. In the media and the world around us, women have become sexualized objects. Not people. Not real human beings. Things. They have been reduced to what's between their legs. Nothing personal. Cop a grope. Yell at her. Insult her. Knock her around. She could be the CEO of a major corporation, and some guys (again, some guys) will see her as nothing more than boobs and a butt. The societal standards for what is acceptable behavior have all but disappeared What do I mean? Let me give you two examples from my Grandpa Warren Westcott.
One time, Grandpa took my brother and I all the way across the state to watch his beloved Cubs play at Wrigley Field (they lost to the Pirates 8-5 in 14 innings). We parked several blocks from the stadium. As we were getting close, we could hear the crowd. We had box seats, and were anxious to get to the field. As we were walking past some of the brownstone homes in that neighborhood, we saw an old lady trying to pull her grocery cart up the steps to her apartment. My grandpa stopped, tipped his hat and asked if she needed help. In her very thick Polish accent she thanked grandpa profusely as he wheeled her cart up the steps. We weren't late for the game, and it only took a couple minutes of his time.
Another time we were waiting in line to pay for gas. The guy ahead of us apparently was in a hurry. The clerk behind the counter was apparently new, as she was having trouble ringing up the sale. The guy started cussing and swearing and calling the woman some unflattering names. After about the third or forth outburst grandpa spoke up.
"You watch your mouth and apologize, young man," Grandpa said. "There's a lady present."
The guy turned around and glared at grandpa. "What did you say, old man?"
My grandpa was a WWII vet, and a big guy. Even when he was near 70, he could be pretty imposing.
"I said you apologize to that lady. She's doing her job. You don't have a right to be rude to her."
The guy glared at grandpa for a second longer, turned, and apologized to the clerk, who by now had the sale rung through. He took his change and left. The woman thanked grandpa, who brushed it off, and we went about our day. Those things stuck with me. They made a major impression on me. My father is the same kind of man. I never heard the man swear in the first 21 years of my life. I have tried to pass these values to my son, and from what people have told me, I've succeeded.
But how many of us drop the ball? On a daily basis? How many of us have seen guys do shitty things, and not call them on it? How many of us have heard a woman insulted, and not said anything ourselves? How many of us have looked the other way when we see a fight or argument between a couple?
I'm guilty on some counts. I'm not pure or perfect. But I try to change things where I can. When I can. We need to start patrolling our own ranks, and correct the guys who do these things and let them know they are not acceptable. Women are not objects. We need to stop selling them as sexualized products. I have a wife. We're raising a daughter. We have raised a son. You have to raise them slightly differently (believe me, boys are easier) but they are raised with the same values. One of the differences is simply the fact that my son is six foot two and two hundred and fifty pounds. He has a concealed carry permit. I have very little worry about him being dragged off. I have even less worry that he would do harm to a woman. I am more sure that he'd be the one stepping in and helping a woman out if she were in need. My daughter is five foot six, and all off 110 pounds soaking wet. She's blond haired and blue eyed. Trim, and with a nice figure. Which is why she started taking martial arts at the age of 10. I have no illusions for her future. She's smart. She's an independent thinker. She's amazingly artistic. None of that will matter if some jackass decides he wants to drag her off, rape her and blow her brains out. Our daughters, our wives, the women we know are at a risk we as men will never understand. Women are our equals. In some cases, they are our betters. (spend time in a birthing room guys, and tell me how strong you are)
I am blessed to have worked with some great women over the years. From teaching, to training horses, to writing, I have had a lot of women in my life, starting with my mother, who have taught me to respect women, to treat them as equals. To talk to them and interact with them as people. Understanding is a whole different topic, but just simple human interaction between two people regardless of gender is how it should be, and how it needs to be.
With DCP, I work with four ladies who help make this company function. They're writers, editors, and idea people. I've never resented that. I've never grumbled about it. Matter of fact, I kind of went out of my way in getting some of them involved in the first place. Why? Because they're good. I don't care if they're men or women. Tracie, Sylvia, Nerine and Carrie are exceedingly good at what they do. Talent, skill, intelligence, creativity are not gender based.
So there it is. My opinion on this matter. We can change these things. If we want to continue as a functioning society, we need to change these things. It can't be done by women alone. Guys need to realize what has happened, take some piece of this, and work to make the change as well. It's an attitude change. It's cultural change from the shallow, to the deep, more realistic, more human attitude. And it needs to change at every social strata. It's not going to be a quick, easy fix. It took better than 30 years to get here. It's going to take awhile for it to get better. To actually change, not just mouth the word. Let's get started.
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Johnathan Taylor may never walk again, but he can always say he was picked in Major League Baseball's draft. Ditto Buddy Lamothe.
The Texas Rangers chose the University of Georgia's Taylor, who was injured in an outfield collision, in the 33rd round of the annual draft. Seven rounds later, the Houston Astros drafted Lamothe, a pitcher for San Jacinto Junior College who was paralyzed in May when he dove into a river to retrieve his sunglasses.
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November and December 2012 is… TEMPERATURE
November 1st, 2012
We've had fire and snow on the brain for quite some time now, but we're starting to see a flickering light and the end of a cold, dark tunnel.
Little Inferno releases in less than a few weeks, so for the months of November and December we thought we'd see what other game developers do with TEMPERATURE.
Stay warm out there everyone!
WOW… this is going to be hard…. BRING IT ON!!
Hum…this one is hard…let see if I can have some idea for this
Oooh, lovely theme. Lets see if I find some time for it!
(My comments tend to not show, so I'm trying it again without the website. Hum.)
I'm in.
Had some ideas and already developing my prototype.
I'm sharing my ideas and the progress I make on my blog: http://micuurloon.wordpress.com
(also had a problem posting here when including my website)
I can't seem to submit a comment here. Tried several times. Is something broken on this site? Am I doing something wrong?
Anyway, Im joining this month theme.
Ok, I guess I can comment here now. Only works from my iPad. Strange.
Anyway, Im joining this month and already developing my prototype.
I'm sharing my ideas and progress on my blog: http://micuurloon.wordpress.com
Hope to see some other ideas here as well.
Ok, I guess I can comment here now. Only works from my iPad. Strange.
Anyway, Im joining this month and already developing my prototype.
I'm sharing my ideas and progress on my blog: http://micuurloon.wordpress.com
Hope to see some other ideas here as well.
(commenting only works without filling the website box)
Did we ever a get a clarification on whether or not the 2 month EGPs grant two weeks of dev time? I'm pretty sure it gets asked every time there's a 2 month EGP.
I know the spirit of the EGP is really just to toy around with ideas, you know … experiment. But the time restriction, I think, helps a lot with generating creative juices.
In the mean time, I'm going to be assuming that 7 days is still the recommended amount, and will also continue to not feel bad about taking another day or two to work out a bug. I just wanted to point out that lots of people would really like a clarification.
@ robbie hunt
it's always going to be 7 days, and I'm sure no one cares if you spend a day or two extra if you have to.
the two months is there to give you plenty of time to fit those 7 days in your calendar.
Hi everybody,
talking about the seven day limit :
For me, a day of work has 8 hours, so when I work 4 hours on sunday and 4 hours on monday, I only worked 1 day … or would that make 2 days ?!?
Which view is valid ? Please help, I'm desperate … :)
you guys put too much thought into the deadlines
it's just a friendly competition. 7 days is 168 hours, spend it and stretch it however you see fit.
Now I get it! :)
Thanks a lot!
My game for November/December is "Too Hot Too Cold" which can be played here:
It's a platformer featuring 17 levels, a NewGame+ mode, and Twitter integration. I worked on this game from November 19th-November 25th. It took me about 24 hours of actual work time over that time period.
You may need to click inside the Flash window in order for the game to register keyboard presses.
Quick and dirty prototype whilst I couldn't sleep last night. My original idea was to have a protagonist which would walk about and could only put out fires that weren't too hot, but it didn't really work. Instead, I've ended up with a more forgiving, but less logical version of Minesweeper.
Each tile is given a colour from blue, to green, to yellow, to red (like infrared vision) which changes with the number of fires either on that tile or in the 8 squares surrounding it. Win by clearing all the fires by clicking on them. If you fail to click on a tile which is alight, fire will spread; once too much of the board's on fire, you lose.
Here's my entry, Hypothermia.
It's a first-person adventure game in the style of the Bionicle Mata Nui online game.
And here is my entry for this month:
It is a 2D platformer where the player has to collect items. The player has the power to switch between summer and winter, and both seasons have their advantages and disadvantages.
Keyboard only. Arrow keys, 'space' and 'x'.
I will probably tweak/polish it a little the next few days and weeks.
Any feedback is welcome on my blog:http://micuurloon.wordpress.com/
This is my entry:
Went a little far from the theme but here is the description:
Global warming caused your home to melt. Sadly you're the only penguin that can't swim. Stay alive as long as possible by running away from the melting ice.
I'm 17 and have little experience with making games so it is quite flawed :P
I made it with unity so you need a plugin to play it.
This is my game:
Two gods fight among themselves. You'll be the fire god and will have to defeat the ice god.
Thanks for the two months off. I can only work on game weekends, so for me it was a great help.
Here is our game:
We call it Heating & Cooling
A bit busy with thanksgiving, finals, and Christmas. If we don't have time to add instructions before its due, you move right and left to catch fireballs and snowballs to adjust the temperature in your house. You want to keep it at the correct temperature (current and correct temperatures both displayed on the thermostat).
Starting in the last minute was not a good idea… Unfortunately, I could only find three days to work on, and the game is not nearly complete. However, I made enough to display the concept, and it can be seen here:
I hope to take some "overtime" and try to bring it to a more complete state by the end of this week.
The game – Defenders of the Core:
The game is a turn-based tactics game, where you control a team of firefighters trying to defend the core from overheating while fire is raging around it. You must assemble a team of firefighters of various types, each with their own attributes and abilities, and use them to control the fire and defend the core for long enough until the fire stops or reinforcement arrives.
My game is called "Hot Plates":
You are an ant in a peculiar world–navigate the hot and cold plates to get to the yummy food!
Here's an HTML link of the above:


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Virtual Teams and e-Entrepreneurship
AbstractThe advent of the virtual teams has facilitated the emergence and formation of new companies within the Net Economy which called e-Entrepreneurship. The terms of e-Entrepreneurship and virtual teams still are new in the scholarly papers. Therefore, this introductory presentation focuses on different aspects of virtual teams and e-entrepreneurship.
Suggested CitationNader Ale Ebrahim. "Virtual Teams and e-Entrepreneurship" Academic Collaboration Centre for Publication Promotion. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Dec. 2012.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aleebrahim/68
"Virtual Teams and e-Entrepreneurship" by Nader Ale Ebrahim


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IT has often been argued that the theatre can be a platform for so much more than simple audience entertainment.
For one Winchester man this is certainly the case as he embarks on a new business venture in a bid to bring something more to the stage.
Not content with the hum-drum scripted lines and strict sequences, Joe Allan has started his own theatre company to bring back a form of theatre first seen in the late 1950s.
Mr Allan, of Harrow Down in Badger Farm, began Closing The Gap to try and resurrect a somewhat controversial form of theatre which largely relies of audience participation and is frequently associated with sociological study.
Theatre of the Absurd was originally coined by critic Martin Esslin in his 1960 essay of the same name. He described how Absurd plays take the form of man's reaction to a life apparently without meaning. It looks at what happens when the meaning of human existence is removed and all communication breaks down leaving the audience to pursue some form of logic, only to find themselves incapable of doing so, giving way to irrational speech and actions.
The 26-year-old former Peter Symonds College student, who also lives part-time in Oxford Circus in London, hopes that by creating a whole new company dedicated to the Absurd movement he can give something completely different to the next generation of production runners, actors, and theatre designers.
"It's quite inaccessible and different from a well-made play," he said. "Characters can't express themselves very clearly as they can with a soap opera for example. You know everything about them, their social background, family, sexual orientation – your basic human conditions – but with this type all of that is forgotten.
Actors rehearse a Closing the Gap production
"Choices, life, death and communication – none of that exists. Whereas in a well-made play you know about their wealth and sexual preferences here it's left to the audience to decide for themselves."
Mr Allan, who studied drama and psychology at the University of West England, said he decided to launch Closing The Gap because he was unable to find his type of theatre elsewhere.
"Basically it came about from a lack of the type if theatre which I'm interested in," he said. "We've done three plays so far, including two at Camden Fringe. At the second one we did, there was a lot of post-show discussions and we asked them what they thought. The third one was completely immersive and the whole show meant the audience had to be involved with the scene.
"Because it was so immersive we have now got quite a loyal following and they've come to expect we're going to ask them for their opinions. Their reviews said that, because there were only 12 of them, they felt quite supported.
"Essentially we're asking the audience to fill in the blanks," he added. "My job is to show them they can trust us to do that but I don't know the real answer. I've only got my opinions. As well as getting new talent out there to a modern day audience and show them how this can affect their lives."
Mr Allan admits it's not always been accepted by everyone including one of their own actors.
"In the very first play we had an actor who didn't get on with the divisive process," he said. "He was taught in a particular way – there's the stage, there are the actors – and acted as he was taught. He didn't like the freedom. But generally people are really open-minded about it."
Now Mr Allan hopes to draw in other like-minded people for future projects and forge the path for budding students.
He said: "I'm working with another group and we're looking for collaborators to do our next show."
Anyone interested in learning more can visit the theatre website closingthegaptheatre.co.uk.


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Gabon Leader Omar Bongo Reported Dead
[Global News Commentary]
Africa's longest-serving leader, President Omar Bongo of Gabon, has died at the age of 73, French media say.
Mr. Bongo had been treated in a clinic in the Spanish city of Barcelona. He was reported to have cancer, and had suspended his activities in May.
There is no official confirmation of the reported death. Gabon's prime minister said he was "not aware" of it.
Mr. Bongo has led the oil-producing state since 1967, and faces a French inquiry into corruption allegations.
The death of the Gabonese veteran leader was reported by AFP news agency, who quoted a French government source, and also by the website of French magazine Le Point, quoting a source close to Mr. Bongo's entourage.
But later Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong told Gabonese TV that he had been "very surprised" to read the reports.
"If such a situation comes about, I would think that the president's family would naturally get in touch with me," he said.
Mr. Bongo became vice-president in 1967, taking over as head of state later that year after the death of Gabon's first post-independence President, Leon Mba.
Mr. Bongo is one of three African leaders being investigated for alleged embezzlement by a French judge - the others are Denis Sassou-Nguesso of the Republic of Congo and Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea.
It is alleged that the properties owned by Mr. Bongo's family in France could not have been purchased with official salaries alone.
Mr. Bongo denied any wrongdoing.
Analysts say he has built a powerful dynasty in the former French colony during his years in office.
Opposition leaders have claimed his son, Ali-Ben Bongo, currently defense minister, is being maneuvered to take over.
In 1973, Mr. Bongo converted to Islam, changing his name to El Hadj Omar Bongo.
His wife, Edith Lucie Bongo, President Sassou-Nguesso's daughter, died in March 2009.
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Modern Family star Sofia Vergara, known for her saucy Colombian sass and genetic blessings, has signed a long-term contract with Kmart to produce a line of leggings, dresses, miniskirts and leopard-print bustiers that will launch this fall, WWD reports.
Naturally, Vergara will model the clingy separates herself, telling the paper that, with the collection, they're "trying to fill a hole in the store. They wanted to appeal to a younger woman with something a little spicy. The times are changing." At 38 years old, Vergara is certainly youthful, but in an interesting twist, Sears Holding Group (Kmart's parent) EVP John Goodman actually places her new collection in line with the store's other junior efforts -- they've also got relationships with Disney Channel star Selena Gomez.
The extensive line includes not only dresses and separates, but also footwear, handbags, jewelry, and jackets, all priced between $14.99-$49.99. "There are great dresses, great jeggings, some oversize tops, some tanks, denim will be part of the line," said Goodman.
Besides the focus on dressing up one's curves, the line was a practical decision for Vergara, who cited Kmart's large Latin consumer base, and points out as a mother, "When you have kids. you don't go to Bergdorf Goodman to buy underwear and socks. You go to Kmart." And now, you go for sexy dresses, too.


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NEWS- Cougar uncaptured: Going undercover to catch...?
Remember Dateline's hit series "To Catch a Predator"? Well, the Hook has its own version now– featuring a kitty, not kiddies– thanks to National Geographic photographer Nick Nichols and a month-long sting operation to catch this area's most notorious predator: the elusive Crozet cougar.
Back in February and March, Crozet resident Susie Humphreys made front page news with her claims to have seen a very large, long-tailed cat prowling her St. George Avenue home's backyard, eating her dogs' food, and even scratching on her granddaughter's basement bedroom window.
But when a motion-sensitive camera mounted by wildlife officials in Humphreys' backyard failed to capture the cougar during two four-day sessions in March, doubts– and Humphreys' frustration– returned, particularly when she learned she'd need to gather her own photographic proof of the cougar's existence before she'd get any more help from the state.
"And how am I supposed to do that?" she asked, noting her limited income and lack of spare cash for a motion-sensitive camera.
The Hook listened to her plea and went straight to the expert at capturing big cats on film. World-renowned for his photographs of wildlife, including the stunning photos of tigers, elephants, and apes displayed as Downtown Mall banners last spring, National Geographic photographer Nick Nichols knows his way around a motion-sensitive camera– and he also just happens to live in Crozet.
"I'd love to talk about the Crozet cougar," Nichols said one March afternoon, days before leaving on one of his frequent overseas trips. Like the wildlife officials, Nichols doubts the existence of a reproducing cougar population in Virginia. But he doesn't think that makes Humphreys a liar. Instead, he suggests Humphreys' cougar had been a pet, either escaped or released once it got too big to be cute.
On Nichols' advice, the Hook dropped $99.95 on its own motion-sensitive digital camera from– where else?– the National Geographic website. The green plastic Wildview Xtreme2 camera, which straps to a tree, is admittedly far less sophisticated than Nichols' world-class gear. Still, the master promised that the camera would do the job.
"You have to leave it up for more than four days," Nichols said, "and you need to bait it."
Advice taken.
Over the course of a month, aimed at an always changing pile of Humphreys' dinner leftovers, the camera snapped nearly 500 pictures of transient visitors to St. George Avenue: a red fox, several raccoons, an opossum, a deer, and a group of hungry vultures.
Alas, the animal at the center of the storm once again eluded capture, despite Humphreys' certainty that she saw it one more time during the month at the bottom of her sloping yard.
"It was right there," she says, pointing down the hill toward the woods about 200 feet behind her house.
Is the cougar truly elusive, or is Humphreys simply "crying cat"?
Humphreys steadfastly stands by her claim. "I'm not crazy!" she has often repeated.
West Virginia-based cougar expert John Lutz believes her. He visited her property and noted several prints he says could have been a cougar's. He's also waiting for DNA results from some scat he found near her property– but those results can take up to six months to return. Lutz says he and several other cougar experts from around the country are planning to descend on Virginia in May to look for definitive proof of the big cats, including checking Humphreys' property.
Humphreys hopes that investigation may at last provide her with the proof she so badly wants, although she acknowledges it's possible the cat has moved on to someone else's yard.
Uh-oh. Could it move on to your yard? According to cougarinfo.com, the big cats– also known as mountain lions, pumas, and panthers– maul several Americans each year, and have caused at least four deaths in the 21st century.
There's one main way to make sure that doesn't happen, says Nichols: "Don't feed wildlife."
Nichols says the biggest mistake country dwellers can make is to leave food or trash out around their house. (Now that the Hook's cougar cam has been removed, Humphreys has no more food in her yard.)
While it might be delightful to see animals up close at first, Nichols says, it quickly becomes a dangerous situation not only for the humans but also for the animals, who if fed enough will lose their natural fear of humans. That, in turn, may lead to their being euthanized because of the danger they pose– which is certainly not the outcome intended by the animal lovers who offer the scraps.
Humphreys says she hasn't spied the cougar in several weeks. But her lingering concern for her granddaughter's safety, she says, means she'll remain vigilant. And if she spots the cougar again, the Hook will be there once more, cougar cam poised to shoot.


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Hay naku. Sakit yan ng karamihan dito kasi. The infamous gear wars. There will come a time when one will ultimately say, "Screw GAS, I just wanna play!" because as much as we love guitar equipment (I used to be one of the biggest boutique freaks here), it won't matter much if we don't start using our gear to play music that is meaningful to us. But on the other hand, we need at least decent to good sounding equipment to be able to convey our musical messages with enough clarity.May this guide lessen the equipment-related wars here! Please lang! Hehe
If I'm gonna buy gear that's worth more than the car I carry it in, I better be the best damn guitar player that my wife will ever see! LOL.
Yeah. I love music more than I love gear. As long as you have decent gear, it's all just supposed to be fun, not a race or competition against others. If I'm gonna buy gear that's worth more than the car I carry it in, I better be the best damn guitar player that my wife will ever see! LOL. But I'm not so I just try to be the best version of myself.
Nice guide. And you might like to add that people should not easily be offended when people comment about technique, guitars, gears or their idols. I for one once were easily offended . We might blurt out unwanted and unwarranted posts just because we think a comment is an attack when upon better inspection it is not.
9. When someone makes a personal attack, puts down, or insults a fellow member, or questions their credibility, simply for disagreeing or sharing a contrary opinion, that is not cool and likely against the rules. Proper warnings/sanctions should be given immediately and applied consistently.
Mga sir , naisama na ba sa survival guide ang "never ever badmouth a guitar god/hero unless you are ready for his lightning bolts as in wag mong iinsultuhin si joe satriani o steve vai tatamaan ka ng kidlat"...hehehehe...suggestion lang
question lang, how about the ones who just makes fun of the thread? people who just makes fun of newbies/threads and make posts that instead of helping out someone, they just directly make fun of them? a lot of them are the members who have been here a long time with 1000+ posts i met some forumers here when trading and such, they really say na palakasan dito
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|'That will be ___ the set of sun' (line from the first scene of 'Macbeth')
|Actress Garr of 'Young Frankenstein'
|Alan in the Television Hall of Fame
|Alternative to 'Woof!'
|Autumn colours
|Bad looking
|Bears witness (to)
|Bendable body part
|Capt. Jean-___ Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise
|Color akin to rouge
|Colorful ocean phenomena caused by dinoflagellates
|Composer who's the eponym of a Helsinki park
|Crowd around
|Cut (off)
|Dadaism, pejoratively
|Deceptive movement
|Dir. from Iceland to Ireland
|Dodges of the 1980s
|Edible part of a carrot or radish
|Electronically advanced, informally
|Expert in calculus: Abbr
|First game of a series
|Forgoes a co-pilot
|Heat shields?
|Hindu social division
|Impertinent sort
|Island off the western coast of Scotland
|King Lear's eldest daughter
|Lead-in to gender
|Lifeguard's skill, for short
|Like some peanuts and winter roads
|Lincoln in-laws
|Line on a band T-shirt, maybe
|Match the bet of
|Nearest target for a bowler
|Neophyte, in modern lingo
|Nonkosher lunch orders, briefly
|Part of U.S.S.R.: Abbr
|Person handing out chocolate cigars, maybe
|Person whose inner child has been released?
|Psychoanalysis topics
|Rock singer?
|Small print advertisement
|Snapped to attention, with 'up'
|Suffix of approximation
|Takes too much of, for short
|Teller of the future
|Third ___ (character who delivers the line in 60-Across)
|Tours turndown
|Truth tellers' opposite
|Western defense grp
|What a whistler whistles
|World capital where Harry Houdini and Erno Rubik were born
|Wriggly swimmer
|Yacht spot
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