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Farmers are concerned that some farm machinery won't be available for purchase in time to qualify for the increased tax deductions on equipment, which are supposed to expire at the end of this year.
"It's frustrating that many of the big-ticket items aren't available when you want to buy them," says grower Scott McPheeters, Gothenburg, NE. "A lot of times I have to order machinery at least a year ahead of when I'm actually going to use it. So it certainly is a complicating factor if you can't get the equipment that you want right away."
The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 increased Section 179 tax deductions for either new or used farm machinery from $250,000 to $500,000 for both the 2010 and 2011 tax years. The 2010 Tax Relief/Job Creation Act created a 100% bonus depreciation allowance for new farm assets purchased after September 8, 2010, and before January 1, 2012.
The high demand for farm machinery and increasingly lower inventories on dealer lots are reasons that the tax incentives should be extended, says Charlie O'Brien, vice president of agricultural services, Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). "Right now, availability of product is becoming somewhat of an issue, but a lot of that just has to do with keeping up with demand," he says.
"Since the 1980s, everybody has learned a valuable lesson about what happens when inventories are high and kept high in a volatile economic environment," O'Brien says. "If the agricultural economy suddenly goes bad, having those high inventories really puts a big financial strain on both dealers and manufacturers."
Last year, 41 U.S. organizations signed a letter to President Barack Obama and Congress urging reinstatement of the depreciation bonus and increased Section 179 expensing levels, says Vernon Schmidt, executive vice president of the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association (FEMA). Those organizations are still working to get the tax credits extended, he adds.
"Our member companies, located in rural communities across this nation, provide hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs and represent an industry we need to grow to see a recovery in our economy," Schmidt says. "So we continue to urge the president and Congress to act quickly to reinstate these important incentives."
FEMA is also encouraging Congress to make the increased expensing levels under Section 179 permanent and change the IRS Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) depreciation rate on farm equipment to a five-year depreciation schedule from the current seven-year schedule. The association is also supporting a change in the MACRS depreciation rate on special-use building construction, installed equipment and other equipment to better reflect the useful life of those assets and the changing nature of farm and ranch equipment.
Likewise, the AEM is urging the president and Congress to extend the current tax incentives for farm machinery purchases beyond 2011, O'Brien says. Still, he advises farmers to consider the possibility that no extension will be made.
"I think everybody should be looking to maximize the opportunities available to them as much as they can now," O'Brien says. "That would include updating and upgrading farm equipment before the end of the year to take advantage of these tax deductions just in case they expire."


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Cruise Ship Stateroom Selectionby Paul Motter | 02.24.12
How to get the best deals and the smoothest ride - location, size, amenities and number of beds.
|Studio Stateroom (inside with a hallway view) on Norwegian Epic
When it comes to cabin selection there are two main considerations – what kind of stateroom you want, (the category) and where it is located. Let's look at finding the best price and how location determines the smoothest ride.
There are four basic types of staterooms:
Inside – these rooms are usually on the inner side of the hallways, across from the outside of the ship. An inside cabin will not have any windows at all. When you shut the door and turn off the lights it will be pitch black inside. These are the most affordable cabins onboard, but there are usually not that many of them on modern ships.
Outside – the staterooms are called "outside" cabins because they have windows where you can see outside, but the windows do not open. Usually they are very heavy glass portholes close to the surface of the water. They can design such windows to be almost as strong as the hull, but they cannot open because that would be too dangerous. These portholes usually have heavy steel covers that can be closed and tightly screwed down in case of very strong weather conditions. Disney has an unusual style of "virtual portholes" that are actually round video screens that look like porthole windows. They show a feed from live cameras facing out from the side of the ship.
Balcony Cabins – these staterooms have a verandah with a door that opens. The deck has chairs, often a small table and a strong railing that must be at least 42 inches high.
Suites – suites are extra large staterooms, but they do not always have bedrooms separated from the living rooms as one might expect in a hotel. There are "mini-suites" and "family suites," as well as "owner's suites" and many more titles. Suites vary by cruise line, but most of them have bathtubs, mini refrigerators, extra closet space and larger seating areas.
Newer ships tend to have far more balcony cabins than older ships. This is because balcony cabins are the most popular category. Newer ships often have as many as 80% of their staterooms with a balcony and some luxury ships are 100% balcony staterooms.
First let's talk about location on the ship, because it plays into pricing. Some ships only have a few categories of staterooms; suites, mini-suites, verandah, oceanview (non-opening window) and inside (no window at all). Some ships have taken to calling balcony cabins "oceanview with verandah," so just make sure you are clear when booking a stateroom that you know how it is laid out. The cruise line web site should have a diagram of every cabin type.
When it comes to location, the smoothest ride is going to be experienced in the mid-section of the ship, also known as "amidships." This means half way between the front (forward) and the back (aft). The reason this is smoothest is because a ship is a solid metal structure. To understand its "motion in the ocean" picture a teeter-totter; the mid-point axis experiences the least amount of motion. This up and down type of ship motion is called "pitching" – referring to the front of the ship moving up while the back moves down. During high seas a good captain will face his ship into the waves because it is less dangerous than taking a large wave from the side, so pitch is more common than rolling.
"Rolling" is moving from side to side; the motion a ship makes when taking waves from the side. Now, the fulcrum of the ship is the water line, so the closer you are to the waterline in a midships stateroom the less you feel the motion of the ocean. So, the best stateroom location is on a lower deck in the midships (relative to forward and aft) of the ship.
To be clear – smaller ships tend to experience more movement than larger ships, because they are more prone to responding to every wave motion they encounter. A 10,000-ton ship will rock and roll far more than a 100,000-ton ship.
This won't matter much unless you are prone to sea sickness and encounter rough seas, then it can make a lot of difference. The most nauseating motion will be felt at the front of the ship (known as "forward" in ship terminology. If you are prone to seasickness stay away from forward cabins. The back end (stern) also experiences more motion than amidships, but not as much as forward.
On most cruises, especially in the Caribbean, you may have entire week-long cruises where you barely even feel the ship move; especially on large cruise ships in calm weather. But a small ship, such as a 10,000-gross ton luxury ship, sailing in the North Atlantic, can make a person very sick.
Cruise Booking Secret: many cruise lines charge more for an identical stateroom solely based on which deck it is on. For example a 200 square foot verandah stateroom may be $699 per person on deck six but $899 per person on deck 10. There is very little advantage to having your stateroom higher up on the ship. In fact, the lower it is the more stable it will be. Some cruise lines have even started offering "free upgrades" where all they do is move you to an identical cabin on a higher deck. In some cases we have even seen cruise lines move people to smaller staterooms that just happen to cost more because they are on a higher deck. This is not an upgrade if you are prone to seasickness.
My recommendation is to stay on the lowest deck that has the type of cabin layout you want. If you are happy with an oceanview get one on deck three or four. If you want a balcony cabin get one on the lowest deck to offer balcony cabins. Now – this applies mostly to ships that charge more according to a higher numbered deck, and smaller ships that are more prone to motion in the ocean. But lower decks also offer you a smoother ride, as well as savings.

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I was recently asked about Karate ni sente nashi and the idea of there being no first attack in Karate. Does this mean that we have to wait and get hit before we can defend? I do not believe that the maxim means this at all. Instead, I think that it means that we do not start or initiate fights.
In my mind, the fight does not start when the attacker hits you -- it starts when the attacker initiates the aggression.
This is a fine line and you would not want to be seen as the aggressor (by striking first). But at the same time, you would not want to be injured or killed either. I cannot tell you what you should do in any situation. I can only say what I think I would do.
In May 2006, I wrote, Making Sense of "Sen". I have presented it again below as it addresses this subject.
You may have heard of these expressions:go no sen
sen no sen
sen sen no sen
Basically, "go no sen" means to respond to an attack -- to counterattack. Someone attacks you and in response, you block (or do some other technique). First the attack and then the response. There is a delay.
"Sen no sen" means a simultaneous response. Someone attacks and you counter at the same time. There is no gap.
"Sen sen no sen" basically means a preemptive movement or technique. The opponent is about to attack and you prevent it. This may seem to violate the maxim that "Karate ni sente nashi" -- "there is no first attack in Karate," but really it does not. It all depends on how you look at it.
Someone walks up to you and without warning pushes you. You catch your balance just in time to see a right punch coming. In response, you block with your left hand. This is go no sen.
You know what's coming next. Simultaneously, you both throw punches (his left and your right), but you take the inside line and punch him in the face. This is sen no sen.
In this position, the attacker intends (hopes) to kick with his left foot. Before he can begin his movement, you prevent it by kicking him him the groin and taking him down to the ground. Your kick preempted his. This is sen sen no sen.
Viewed as part of the ebb and flow of the confrontation, the "sens" begin to make more sense.
Actually, we use many techniques that would be classified as sen sen no sen. For example, when we enter and strike to the face, we also trap or pin the opponent's leg. He has not even thought of kicking yet, but you have prevented it.
When Sensei Chosei Motobu visited my dojo with his friend and assistant Takeji Inaba, he emphasized the importance of multiple simultaneous movements. For example, in one of the Motobu Choki Juni Hon Kumite forms that he teaches, you block up with your right hand, check a punch with your left hand and bump the attacker with you right knee. The block is go no sen, the check may be sen no sen or sen sen no sen, and the bump (or trap) would be sen sen no sen as it prevents a leg movement. All of these happen at the same time, overwhelming the attacker's senses and making it extremely difficult for him to respond effectively. Taking advantage of this short circuit, you strike down with your right elbow. As a counterattack, this would be go no sen but it followed a simultaneous flurry of "sens."
Sorry for making "sen" plural, but I hope you get my idea.
You are walking along a dimly lit street and see someone lurking in the shadows ahead. You cross the street and walk around the threat. Wouldn't this be sen sen no sen? You have preempted the possibility of the attack by avoiding contact.
A person calls you an idiot. Rather than lose you temper and react, you remain calm. You diffuse the conflict. Sen sen no sen again?
In most of our kata, the first movement is a block and the second movement is a strike of some sort. You block and then counterattack. This seems like go no sen. But what if the block breaks the attacker's arm or disables it? Then it is preemptive as well as defensive. Thus, even a sequence that appears to be go no sen, can actually be sen sen no sen, especially as we advance in our training.
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More than a few IT organizations approach anything to do with compliance as something that requires the bare minimum effort.
But a new survey of 160 information security experts working at 46 multinational companies, conducted by The Ponemon Institute on behalf for Tripwire, a provider of compliance management tools, finds that the companies that proactively manage compliance wind up paying a lot less over the long term than those that treat compliance as a cost to be avoided.
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Can the S&P 500 Hit a Record High?
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Can the S&P 500 hit an all-time high today? If it doesn't it won't be for lack of trying.
The benchmark index has gained 0.1% to 1,754.13, just 0.3% away from its all-time high hit earlier this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Index has risen 0.1% to 15,516.11.
The markets rise comes even as economic data has been, well, kind of blah. RBS's Michelle Girard and team offer their take on U.S. durable goods orders:
Durable goods orders jumped in September by 3.7%. However, the report was not as strong as the headline gain suggested. The overall rise was due entirely to bookings for defense (+12.4%) and aircraft (+57.5). Excluding those two categories, orders were flat in the month. The results imply softer business investment spending in Q3. Following meager gains in both Q1 (+1.6% annualized) and Q2 (+3.3% annualized), business investment in equipment looks likely to have been flat to slightly down in Q3. However, durable goods inventories jumped by more than expected in September (+0.9%), so the net result will be an upward revision to our Q3 real GDP forecast from +1.6% annualized to +1.8%.
Consumer confidence, too, is looking less stellar. Newedge's Annalisa Piazza explains:
The final reading of the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment has been revised down to 73.2 after the preliminary index fell 2.3 points in October to 75.2 from 77.5 in the final report in September. The outcome is a touch lower than our forecast for a downward revision to 74. The index is now running at its lowest level since Dec-12 when household sentiment had also been affected by a vivid fiscal debate.
Most of the downward revision comes from the current conditions index that – in preliminary October - was up 0.2 point to 92.8 from 92.6 in September. The sub-index has now been revised to 89.9, the lowest since April.
Still, Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid says that markets will ignore mixed economic data for now. He writes:
As the markets' expectations of tapering get pushed out further and further, the seasonal liquidity cheer is likely to drown out any fundamental or growth concerns for now. Indeed Western DM equities continue to push new cycle highs in spite of this week's China bank liquidity worries which continues to hold back Asian markets this morning as we'll see below. Yesterday saw the S&P 500 add 0.33% bolstered by a number of solid earnings reports. Indeed, Thursday alone saw almost 10% of the index report earnings including names such as Ford, Southwest, AT&T and Dow Chemical. Of the 47 companies which reported yesterday, 77% managed to beat EPS estimates, with the revenue-beat percentage at 64%. These percentages are broadly in line with what we're seeing in the Q3 earnings season thus far.
Speaking of earnings, Avery Dennison (AVY) has gained 7.4% to $47.35 after the company reported a profit of 69 cents, beating estimates of 64 cents. It also raised guidance. Flowserve (FLS), meanwhile, has risen 5.5% to $66.97 after the makers of "flow control systems" reported a profit of 90 cents, topping forecasts for 84 cents. National Oilwell Varco (NOV) has gained 3.9% to $82.25 after it reported a profit of $1.34, beating estimates for $1.32.
It wasn't all good news, however. Eastman Chemical (EMN) has dropped 6% to $77.22 after it reported a profit of $1.68, topping forecasts for $1.64, but lowered guidance. Moody's (MCO) has dropped 4.4% to $70 after it reported a profit of 75 cents excluding one-time items, beating forecasts for 82 cents, and said that its full-year earnings would fall below analyst forecasts.


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The latest polls confirm: Golden Dawn is by far the hottest political party in Greece right now.
Golden Dawn is currently polling in third place with the support of 11.5 percent of voters according to a poll released yesterday and 14 percent according to a poll conducted two weeks ago.
In the June 2012 elections, Golden Dawn only got 6.9 percent of the vote. In other words, in less than five months,the party has expanded its support by somewhere in the range of 67-103 percent, depending on which poll you look at.
Ruling party New Democracy, led by Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras, has seen its support collapse to 22 percent from the 29.7 percent of the vote that won it the election in June.
Support for SYRIZA, the leftist, anti-bailout party that has become the top party in the polls since the election, also fell to 25.5 percent in the latest poll - from the 26.9 percent of the vote it garnered in June.
Meanwhile, PASOK, the junior party in the leading coalition, has seen a plunge in popular support as well, from 12.3 percent in June to 6.5 percent in the latest poll.
There have been several signs that support for Golden Dawn is on the rise, but the extent of the gains is significant.
And the survey definitely reveals a frightening vacuum right now in Greek politics:
When the survey questioned who would be the best prime minister for the country now, 28% of those interviewed replied Antonis Samaras, against 23% who chose Tsipras while 45% did not indicate anyone. According to the poll, 71% of Greeks surveyed said they were satisfied with the government against 26% who weren't.
It's looking like Samaras may not have an easy time passing a crucial reform bill needed to secure more bailout aid next week. Read more about the court rulings, defections, and jockeying associated with the vote here >


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Approximating Pi, a quilt by Sandy Sellers, bursts with numbers, buttons and tiny watch faces. A large circle inside square format barely contains her obsession with counting. The piece is gorgeous and relentless. It reflects a current tendency in art quilts compulsive decoration.
Pi may be the only more-or-less conventional work in the Durango Arts Centers inventive exploration into modern textile art. Guest Curator and well-known fiber artist Ilze Aviks has invited 20 professional colleagues from all over the country to participate. Some introduce new concepts; others innovate technically. The result is eye opening.
Almost all types of this ancient art form are on display, from weaving to simple stitching. But the field has been extended by digital printing and computerized looms. Thematically, the artists range from simple delight in process to intense political outrage.
Vita Plumes installation of 56 weavings from an ongoing project, Fallen Canadian Soldiers, is a dramatic example. Plume continues a long textile tradition of ritualized commemoration, from burial cloths to remembrance embroidery. She began her project in 2002 and continues to memorialize soldiers who have died in Afghanistan. Its a form of a posthumous portraiture, and Plume focuses only on the eyes plus initials as identifiers. In addition, Plume includes a key with more information: full name, birthplace and death date. Exhibited in a compelling grid, Plumes wall of faces is a new kind of war monument. It isnt bronze or granite. The pliable texture of woven material and the soft brown coloration transforms this memorial into something warmer, more domestic, touchable and touching.
The smallest work in the show is by the late Ed Lambert, professor emeritus of the University of Georgia. Lambert died last June when Aviks and her large committee began conceptualizing the exhibit. Fortunately, Lamberts widow, Donna, sent a piece to be included. Appropriately, Untitled is hung on the title wall.
A mixed medium work of simple stitchery, the piece features two rows of tiny trees, layered in front of a mirror. The result is an illusion of a forest. Instead of a date of creation, Lamberts widow submitted his birth and death dates for a lifespan dedicated to art. Lambert graduated from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1974 and inspired students for decades while creating an impressive body of progressive fiber art on his own.
Colorado fiber artist Carol Shinn shows two stunning landscapes. They appear to be quite conventional until you realize she works in freestyle machine embroidery. Piñon at Sunset and Farm Road are nothing but luminous, and nowhere do you see the base fabric peaking through. Dense and tight, these delicate images take landscape imagery into a new realm.
Shinns work is also on display at the Denver Art Museum in Sleight of Hand, a new exhibition of 14 contemporary fiber artists. Similar to the DAC show in forward-looking technology and inspiration, it will be up through November. Sleight of Hand is well worth the trip, especially if you add two other temporary DAM exhibitions, a retrospective of fashion design by Yves Saint Laurent and Read My Pins, a terrific show of Madeleine Albrights jewelry diplomacy.
Besides Shinns realistic rendering of Chimney Rock, youll see a haunting standing figure made out of resin, sand and burlap by Magdalena Abakanowicz and Nierika, one of Rebecca Medels astonishing knotted net constructions.
Laboriously, as so many fiber artists, Medel creates huge geometrical constructions out of thousands of tiny strokes, small knots. The result is a massive form thats somehow elusive. Nierika is derived from the Huichol people of Mexico and concerns the cosmic passage between life and death. Five suspended white and gray panels with implied windows and spirals float in the air and barely seem to exist. You have to see it to experience the ephemeral beauty.
In her own abstract pieces, Aviks also can work such magic. Textiles Today would be stronger if one of her elegant explorations of form or the idea of perfection were in it.
Alas, Aviks is the curator, and self inclusion is simply not done. Besides, Aviks has been invited by our State Department to appear as an honored guest and exhibitor at the U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia, for the opening of a new exhibition of Latvian-Americans. While there, Aviks will visit a cousin, her parents old farm and be a guest speaker in Latvian schools.
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Gallery: Schools, colleges and academies are reporting strong A-level results in West Suffolk
PUBLISHED: 15:50 14 August 2014
Hundreds of students in west Suffolk are collecting their results today amid national predictions of a fall in top grades, changing exam conditions and tougher subjects.
Experts have said they are expecting to see the number of candidates awarded A and A* grades fall for the third consecutive year.
But it's not all doom and gloom as universities have revealed there are an extra 30,000 university places available this year and students could still get a place even if they miss their grades.
At King Edward VI School in Bury St Edmunds, teachers and students said they are celebrating another "superb" set of A-level results. A total of 163 students sat the exams with 10% gaining A* and 28% achieving A to A*. There was an overall pass rate (A* to E) of 98% with 80% of grades at C or higher.
Headteacher Geoff Barton says: "Yet again our students have achieved stunning results. This is a nerve-wracking time for them, their parents and their teachers. Now the wait is over. Congratulations to them all.
"We are proud to have helped so many students gain places at the UK's most prestigious universities, including Oxford & Cambridge, whilst seeing them do all the things that make being a Sixth Form student special – charity work, dressing-up days, music, sport, drama and debating.
"This year's Year Group has exemplified a spirit of a character-building and leadership based on strong values. Their results show that they have done themselves and our school proud."
He added: "My thanks to all the teachers – including those in our partner primary and middle schools - who have contributed so much to the success of the 'Class of 2014'."
Teachers at St Benedict's Catholic School in Bury said they are celebrating the school's best ever set of A-level results.
This year the total points score per student stood at 1087, some 20 points higher than in 2013. Headteacher Hugh O'Neill explained: "Our outstanding results at A level reflect the tremendous work put in by students and staff to ensure that all our candidates achieve the best they can. They also reflect the very high standard of advice and support they receive throughout their time in the 6th Form from Head of 6th Form Jack Gingell and his team. Many of these students have had some difficult times along the way, but they have stuck to the task, and we have stuck with them."
Out of the 63 students sitting the exam 100% achieved A* to E and 80% achieved A* to C.
Mr O'Neill added: "As ever, we salute a wonderful group of students who have done superbly. I congratulate all of them, and thank their teachers and their families for all the help and support they have given. They will now move on, mostly to universities, knowing that they can build on the very secure foundations that they have laid here at St Benedict's."
Students at Ormiston Sudbury Academy, formerly Sudbury Upper, continued to build on last year's solid grades. A total of 80% of students achieved A* to C while 99% gained A* to E.
Principal Caroline Wilson said: "It's with great pride and pleasure that I announce further improvements to our income. Last year we reported a first year increase since becoming an academy. This year we have built on our success to report a further impressive increase. Our students have excelled themselves – they have worked tirelessly with full commitment and motivation to surpass their expected level of progress."
At County Upper School in Bury 88 students sat the exams, with 88% achieving A* to C and 99.6%% gaining A* to E.
Head teacher, Vicky Neale, commented: "These are another excellent set of results and I am particularly pleased that the results have held up at all levels despite this being the first year of the new tougher examinations system. Our philosophy of providing an outstanding all-round education, including all the extra-curricular activities, has continued to work and I thank all the staff here and in our primary and middle schools. The most important thing about today is that the students have the grades they need for the next phase of their lives and, once again, the overwhelming majority does. I thank them for their contribution to our school and wish them every success."
At Mildenhall College Academy 70 students completed courses at Level 3 this year with half studying A-levels and half studying applied vocational courses.
The pass rate for Year 13 courses was 98%. Teachers said they were particularly pleased with a "considerable rise" in the higher grades achieved by students with just under 40% achieving A*-B grades and 67% achieving A*-C grades.
Principal Susan Byles' said: "I am exceptionally pleased with this year's results for our Year 13 students. They have all done well and have bright futures ahead of them. The continuing success of our Sixth Form is at the root of developing our new Sixth Form Centre, MCA6, which is due to open in September. When we get results like these it is further proof that investment in the new facilities that MCA6 will provide is money well spent. Young people in Forest Heath deserve excellent Sixth Form facilities and outstanding teaching and that is just what they are going to get at MCA6."
Gareth Price, headmaster of Thetford Grammar School said he was "delighted" with the results "and especially with the fact that the vast majority of students achieved their first place university choice'.
In all 18 A-level students achieved 100% A* to E and 100% A* to C.
Teachers and students at Castle Manor Academy in Haverhill were toasting some of their best ever results today with 96% hitting A* to E and 60% hitting the A* to C benchmark. A total of 38 students sat the exams.
Matthew Gibson, Head of School, said: "I and all the staff at Castle Manor are very proud of the results achieved by the students today. They reflect the hard work, commitment and talent of the students and the dedication and support of all the staff that have worked with them during their time in the Sixth Form. We wish the students well with their future challenges, be they further study at university or college, work based apprenticeships or employment and know that they will make a positive contribution to their communities in the future as committed, determined and talented young people."
Nick Froy, head of school at Newmarket Academy, formerly Newmarket College, said students are celebrating improved results this year, with every
student qualifying to go to their first choice of university. Overall, success rates were up by 4% from 2013. Mr Froy said: "We are very pleased with these results which are testament to Newmarket Academy's students who, as a result of their own hard work, have secured places in some of the most prestigious universities in the UK".
The percentage pass marks were not released by the academy.
At Thurston Community College 75% of students achieved A* to C grades, with 99.5% gaining A* to E.
Principal Helen Wilson said: "We have got quite a large cohort of students. We had 450 examinations taken between them and more than half of those examinations were passed with a grade B or above which means the vast majority of our students have gone on to achieve the next stage in their education they have applied for.
"I'm delighted with their progress and attainment and congratulations to them and my staff really for another wonderful set of results."
At Thomas Gainsborough School in Great Cornard more students achieved A*to C grades than last year. In total, 67% gained these high level grades, while 98% got A* to E.
Headteacher Wayne Lloyd said "We are very pleased and encouraged by these results. They reflect the hard work and application of our students and the excellent support that they have received from their teachers. We wish them every success in the future"
New director of sixth form Kenny Alexander added: "Sixth Form education is changing massively and the future of learning at Thomas Gainsborough sixth form is very exciting. A new type of sixth form is developing at our school and the success of these students is already showing the impact of this."
Thetford Academy is celebrating its best ever results. The number of students gaining A* to C grades rose by 28% points, from 37% last year to 65%.
There was also a similar rise with the numbers achieving A* to E grades, which this year stands at 98%.
Executive principal Adrian Ball said: "We are incredibly proud of our students who are celebrating the best ever results seen at the academy. The hard work that they have put in this year has paid off with nearly all students gaining their first choice university placement."
Teachers described scenes of success, relief and joy at Samuel Ward Academy in Haverhill. A total of 70% of the A-level results were A* to C grades with students doing particularly well in Maths, Chemistry, English Literature, Geography, Psychology and Sociology. The A* to E pass rate at A-level was 100%. Of the 59 students sitting exams in Year 13, 42 took A-levels.
Imogen Senior, head of sixth form, said: 'These results are testimony to the hard work of the students and their teachers, as well as the support and encouragement of their parents. I'm really happy for them, especially as almost all of them have the grades that they need to go on to university. I would like to thank, on behalf of our students, anyone that has helped make this day possible."
Mrs Senior added: "That students were successful in a wide range of areas is especially pleasing. It means that these students have made good progress and can go on to work and study in the fields that they are interested in. From all of the staff, I wish them the best of luck."
Culford School saw 83% of its students achieve A* to C grades, and 61% of all grades were at A* to B level.
Headmaster Julian Johnson-Munday said, "We are delighted with this set of excellent results, which are just reward for the significant amount of effort pupils and teachers alike put into preparing for these important examinations. The high number of very good individual results is very pleasing, as is the value added."
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Thiessen signs with Tabor College football
Past, present, and future coaches of Tyrell Thiessen, Hillsboro High School senior, could not be happier to hear he signed a letter of intent Tuesday to play football at Tabor College this coming fall.
The 275-pound, 5'11" running back and lineman led the Hillsboro Trojans to a 10-1 record this past year, and had several post high school athletic offers to consider.
"Mo Lattimore from K-State was here to visit with Tyrell several times," Hillsboro Athletic Director Max Heinrichs said. "I have to say though it is just great for all of us to see Tyrell sign with Tabor. He is a great person blessed with great athletic abilities. I am so glad we will get to see him play at a higher level close by here. I expect he will be an impact player pretty quickly at Tabor."
Heinrichs coached Thiessen for three years at Hillsboro.
Tabor football coach Mike Gardner said there would be a transition time for Thiessen at the college level but he too looked for Hillsboro youth to make a positive impact and find a home on the roster.
"Tabor is great fit for Tyrell. He can do a variety of things for us and I couldn't be more excited to get him signed," Gardner said. "I want him to feel comfortable before I start dictating where he will be, but I expect we will use him primarily on the offensive side of the ball."
Gardner said current Tabor fullback James Monroe would be a senior this year. Bringing in Thiessen to learn under him was a great transitional position for the team and for Thiessen.
While moving the ball seems to be a given in Thiessen's future, Gardner also said not to rule out a defensive role for the Hillsboro standout.
"It is possible we might want to move him into a defensive role right away and I am sure he could make a big impact there," he said. "We will just have to wait and see how things work out."
Thiessen was joined for his signing day picture on Tuesday by his parents Linden and Dorene Thiessen, his high school football coaches Lance Sawyer and Scott O'Hare, and Tabor coach Gardner.
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As Andrew and Adam have already explained, today's decision in ACSTO v. Winn, though grounded in the technical legal doctrine of "standing," is a big win for school choice and state flexibility in education reform. Even more importantly, it makes clear that there is a difference between tax credits and government spending; to find that tax money was used for unconstitutional ends here would have assumed that all income is government property until the state allows taxpayers to keep a portion of it. That is not, to put it mildly, how we think of private property.
Of course, even had the Court found that Arizona's scholarship scheme involved the use of state funds, the program would have been insulated from Establishment Clause challenge because it offered the "genuine and independent choice" that the Court has long required in such cases (most notably the 2002 school voucher case of Zelman v. Simmons-Harris). Many layers of private, individual decisionmaking separate the alleged entanglement of taxpayer funds with religious activities: the choice to set up a scholarship tuition organization (STO), the choice by an STO to provide scholarships for use at religious schools, the choice to donate to such an STO, the choice to apply for a scholarship, and the choice to award a scholarship to a particular student.
Far from being an impediment to parental control over their children's education or an endorsement of religious schooling, the autonomy Arizona grants taxpayers and STOs ultimately expands freedom for all concerned. For more on that, see Cato's amicus brief.
Also interesting about the case is that it offers us Justice Elena Kagan's first significant opinion, for the dissenting four justices. While not surprising that she would be in dissent here, in a "conventional" 5-4 split – although the "conservatives" adopted the position advocated by the Obama administration – there do appear to be some eyebrow-raising turns of phrase. I won't comment until I finish reading the opinion, but Ed Whelan offers an initial reaction at NRO's Bench Memos blog.


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Loss Rate
There is no "standard" rate of book loss, not that ALA has established--and we don't believe that any other organizations have attempted to create such a figure. The reasoning and extent in reporting library theft varies, and so a national figure might not be reliable. Such statistics are only collected locally, and not on a national basis, so we must rely on general articles to describe the extent of the problem.
There are various surveys that have been performed over the years, but without any regularity or periodicity. Circulation, Interlibrary Loan, Patron Use, and Collection Management: A Handbook for Library Management, by David F. Kohl (Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 1986) reports a range of research studies relating to loss rates. While no rate is "acceptable," what is typical, based on these studies is a loss of .15% to .5% per year; or overall loss rates of 4-8% when an inventory, or inventory sample, is conducted periodically.
In her book Managing Overdues, Patsy J. Hansel extrapolates from surveys she conducted to posit a national "overdue rate" of .7 percent pre-automation and .4 for post-automation to suggest a national loss of 6.28 million items, or $125.6 million at a rate of $20 per book. The number of items was based on 1994 NCES circulation data.
Finally, Richard Boss in his 1999 report on library security technologies cites an "anecdotal" figure of a 3% loss rate which Judith Gelertner extends to being a $70,000 a year cost for a 50,000 volume collection, using 2005 book replacement cost figures.
Some selected references to articles on this subject include:
Boss, Richard W. "Security Technologies for Libraries: Policy Concerns and a Survey of Available Products," Library Technology Reports 35, no. 3 (1999), pp. 271-356.
Curry, Ann, Susanna Flodin, and Kelly Matheson. "Theft and Mutilation of Library Materials: Coping with Biblio-Bandits." Library & Archival Security 15, no. 2 (July 2000): 9-26.
Gelernter, Judith. "Loss Prevention Strategies for the 21st Century Library." Information Outlook v.9, no. 12 (2005) pp. 12-22.
Hansel, Patsy J. Managing overdues : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman, c1998.
Kahn, Miriam B. The Library Security and Safety Guide to Prevention, Planning, and Response. Chicago: ALA, 2008. Chapter 4 covers security for general collections.
Kohl, David F. Circulation, Interlibrary Loan, Patron Use, and Collection Management: A Handbook for Library Management (Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 1986)
Luurtsema, David. "Dealing with Book Loss in an Academic Library." Library & Archival Security. 14, no. 1, (1997): 21 ff
Mosley, Shelley, Anna Caggiano and John Charles. "The 'self-weeding' collection: The ongoing problem of library theft, and how to fight back". Library Journal v121n17 (Oct 15, 1996): 38-40
O'Neill, Edward T. and Wesley L. Boomgaarden. "Book Deterioration and Loss: Magnitude and Characteristics in Ohio Libraries." Library Resources & Technical Services. 39, no. 4, (1995): 394 ff.
Prokrym, Tatiana H., et al. "Tutorial: Missing Items: Automating the Replacement Workflow Process." Information Technology & Libraries 28, no. 2 (June 2009): 93-99.
Sewell, Bethany Badgett, and Andrew Jonathan Miller. "Managing Lost and Missing Books." Journal of Access Services 5, no. 1/2 (January 2007): 181-195.
Sharma, Kiran, and Dhruv Sharma. "A Systems Approach to Book Search in a Library." Library Philosophy & Practice 12, no. 2 (Fall 2010): 1-3.
Stack, Michael J. "Library Theft Detection Systems--Future Trends and Present Strategies." Library and Archival Security 14:2 (1998), p. 25-37.
Sung, Jan., John Whisler, and Nackil Sung. (2009) . "A Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Collections Inventory Project: A Statistical Analysis of Inventory Data from a Medium-sized Academic Library." The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 35.4 (2009): 314-323.
Tomaiuolo, Nicholas. "Deterring Book Theft: Our Common Responsibility." Wilson Library Bulletin, v. 63, no. 5 (Jan 1989): 58-59
Van Gemert, Edward V. "Where have all the 'lost' books gone?" College & Research Libraries News v57n9 (Oct 15, 1996): 38-40
Weihs, Jean. "Theft in the Library, Part One: Problem Users." Technicalities 27, no. 4 (July/August 2007), p. 7-10.
Weihs, Jean. "Theft in the Library, Part Two: Library Staff Thieves." Technicalities 27, no. 6 (November/December 2007), p. 9-11.
See also Sources of Sample Policies.
Related Reading
Perez, Carmen, Manauel Cuadrado and Amparo Cervera. "Understanding University Library Users' Mistreatment of Books." The Journal of Academic Librarianship, v. 35, no. 2, p. 177-183. Covers book vandalism, as well as deliberate non-return of items.


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New E7 at Wave Buttress
Yesterday, after a rather damp day, a good dry breeze picked up. So I called Kev and half an hour later we were walking in to Wave Buttress. I had my pick of either trying to repeat his E7 Cu Sith, or trying a new one that I'd cleaned last time I was there.


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Senator Kate Lundy, the federal minister assisting for innovation and industry, has been announced as a keynote speaker at Australia's first DrupalCon, which will be held in February next year.
Lundy's keynote address is titled 'From Open Source to Open Government'. A statement issued by the Drupal Association said that "Senator Lundy is a powerful advocate inside government for the use of the Internet, digital technology and ICT innovation. She participated in every Senate Inquiry relating to telecommunications and Information Technology over fifteen years, and spearheaded Gov 2.0 initiatives such as Public Sphere events to facilitate online public collaboration on policy development."
Along with higher education, government has been one of the fastest growing markets for Drupal, a popular open source content management system.
The road to a successful open source project: Learning lessons from Drupal
Dries' vision for Drupal 8
Noteworthy deployments include Whitehouse.gov and a number of US government departments, including energy and education, and in Australia it has been used for more than 100 state, federal and local government sites, including by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; the Department of Familes, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; and the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
Earlier this year, local Drupal shop PreviousNext released aGov, a Drupal distribution targeting Australian government agencies seeking to comply with AGIMO's mandatory Web requirements.
The day one DrupalCon Sydney keynote will be delivered Drupal creator Dries Buytaert.
DrupalCon Sydney 2013, which will be held in Coogee, 6-9 February 2013, has the theme "Growing Drupal Downunder" and will bring together users and developers of the CMS.
The conference comes in the wake of the locally organised 2011 and 2012 Drupal Downunder conferences. It will be held under the aegis of the Drupal Assocation.
IDG Australia is the official media partner for DrupalCon Sydney 2013.
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Mayoral candidate says the records are irrelevant to campaign
San Diego mayoral hopeful Nathan Fletcher, the only major candidate not to release his college transcripts as part of the campaign, also did not submit them as part of his application to be a professor at the University of California San Diego.
The university did not require such documentation, and in fact did not seek third-party recommendations before Fletcher went to work in January, according to documents obtained by U-T Watchdog.
"No outside letters are required," social sciences dean Jeff Elman wrote in an Oct. 11, 2012, email. "The stature and qualifications of the candidate should be self-evident, given their professional history."
The U-T sought college transcripts during routine background checks last month. Fletcher's decision not to release his from California Baptist University has been raised as an issue of transparency by other candidates as recently as this week. The election will be Tuesday.
Fletcher lists himself as "educator/businessman" on the ballot. His campaign said records of his 2005 degree are irrelevant to his qualifications to be mayor, but the Watchdog reviewed UCSD documents to see how relevant his academic background was to his recruitment to teach about political science.
Fletcher is paid $22,400 for the part-time work, and is taking a leave this fall to run for mayor. His hiring was unusual as a "professor of practice" recruited for his world experience, not his academic qualifications. Of 58 faculty and adjunct professors of political science featured on the university website, Fletcher is the only one who lacks a PhD.
Fletcher provided an academic biography and bibliography form to the university in November 2012 with no mention of his college grades.
One matter that was discussed, according to emails, was Fletcher's political connections to the Jacobs family, whose patriarch, Irwin, founded Qualcomm. After Fletcher left the state assembly a year ago, he was hired as an executive at the company, starting the same month he started at UCSD.
"The other strategy, which I'd like to pursue, is getting Fletcher and [redacted] to help us identify potential donors — people who have served as angels for them in the past — whom we could approach and who might cover their salary," Elman wrote in an October 2012 email, which was partially blacked out by the university. "Those monies would have to come from development funds (e.g., Friends), or else we'd have to do some laundering.
"However, my guess is that there are people like Irwin Jacobs and others who have contributed to Fletcher [redacted] and they might be willing to provide these monies — or even more."
Fletcher told the Watchdog on Saturday that he had no idea about any university effort to have him reach out to the Jacobs family.
"Nobody asked me to contact the Jacobs," Fletcher said.
When asked if he did so, despite not being asked, he answered, "No."
Fletcher did participate in a university-sponsored video promoting the professor of practice position — which asks for money to fund other, similar posts.
Regardless of how he was hired, Fletcher was a hit with the students, according to an ratemyprofessors.com, Fletcher received 4.7 on a 5-point scale. His best marks were for clarity. One student commented, "He is so charismatic and he knows how to win over the crowd. Funny, personable, and charming, he has it all."
Another student was less complimentary, writing, "Class is basically 'Story Time with Professor Fletcher.' The concepts are VERY basic (role of the media, how to avoid a scandal, different types of campaign ads) and I definitely felt like I already knew a lot through simple common sense."
Fletcher said he hopes to resume teaching even if he becomes San Diego's mayor.
"I loved what I did there," he told the U-T on Saturday. "I worked really hard, I took it seriously. So many of the students, if you engage them, they want to learn."
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What happened?
How come ESPN and the rest of the media clowns are not covering the
fact that 40% of our offensive line has "stormed" out of camp today. That
they've refused to play in our Green / White scrimmage!!! This is huge,
the Jets are in chaos what a circus the season is doomed!!!
Glad for Moore & Mangold these are once in a lifetime opportunities it
also allows other players to take their reps tonight
What happened?
I also salute REX for allowing the guys to leave the scrimmage and go support their teammates and loved ones when they need it most!
How come you do not post on the Cheatriots boards and get out of our hair?
I guess we'll see Schlauderaff at center and Slauson at RG with Vlad at LG?
I actually think their coverage helped smother the QB controversy, they spent all week looking to create one, but were apparently blown away by how Sanchez has looked and then how he looked compared to Tebow, and they had no other choice but to shift gears.


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Bright future: Taking the beaten path
Like Indiana Jones before it, local bluegrass group King Wilkie has taken its name from the unlikeliest of sources. Instead of co-opting the moniker of a beloved childhood pooch, as was the case with the whip-smart archaeologist, the group has taken the name of bluegrass legend/originator Bill Monroe's horse.
It seems appropriate that King Wilkie should so connect itself with Monroe-– though the group's five members have arrived at the bluegrass genre from various other sources (none admit to listening to the style growing up), King Wilkie does manage to pull off a nice mix of infusing tradition with youthful energy-– as did Monroe's original work, done at the always exciting start of the genre.
Hailing from homesteads as diverse as North Carolina and Wisconsin, the members of King Wilkie have come together in Charlottesville to do what they do best-– play great bluegrass music. Their recently released self-produced debut, True Songs, is mostly a collection of traditional bluegrass tunes from the pens of such artists as Monroe and Peter Wernick. The album was released with the goal of having "a new, updated project that represented the band's sound," says lead guitarist/vocalist Ted Pitney.
True Songs begins with Monroe's "Goodbye Old Pal," a great opener if I've ever heard one. From the three-note banjo lead-in, supplied by player Abe Spear, it's easy to hear that King Wilkie is a band that has its sh** together.
Everything just works– the two guitars, played by John McDonald and Pitney, complement each other across the stereo spectrum, with Spear's traditional banjo picking filling in all the gaps. The vocals, provided by McDonald, are strongly southern accented and very solid– without flourishes, they add even more authenticity to the group's already extensively Old Tyme sound.
The upright bass of Colin Mclear is not too fancy either, but the performer walks across the fret-board with skill and ease.
Equally skilled is Reid Burgess on mandolin; on the first track you can hear him swoosh in for the mandolin solo in the middle of the piece and then retreat, leaving the listener impressed by his virtuosity and timeliness.
One track younger listeners might recognize is "In the Pines," a traditional song which the late Kurt Cobain performed on Nirvana's Unplugged performance. Here it's sped up a certain amount. Thanks to tight harmonies and heavy mandolin, it's well executed and a great listen, but it's no-where near as haunting as the Cobain version.
The group's "real debut," containing more "originals and signature tunes," will be released nationwide this spring on "a major bluegrass label," or so says Pitney. For now, you can check out the group's interpretations of the classics on True Songs, or check out the group's performance this Friday at Miller's.
King Wilkie performs at Miller's, Friday, June 20. $4, 10:30pm.


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|2009-07-30, 21:10
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Homo Ludens
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Canada
Age: 29
I wouldn't expect more FMP any more than I'd expect more Haruhi after this...
|2009-07-30, 21:33
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Gamilas Rises
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
I think there were something like three mini-loops. Where something repeated twice for a few seconds. I remember two, and I think I remember a third. I guess the loops are starting to break down. It is only a matter of time before the correption destroys the loop.
|2009-07-30, 21:42
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Land Down Under
Age: 27
If the episode that ends the loop is absolute crap but it ends the loop it might get a lot of 10/10s...
|2009-07-30, 21:42
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Orthodox Haruhiist
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Making metal ... for fish
Age: 39
Kadokawa and KyoAni did one season of Haruhi. Even though they had a tiger by the tail, they didn't want to do more than one season.
Except the rabid fanbase begged them to do a second season. For three years. If I had to listen to three years of whining, I'd be getting pretty irritable too.
So they decided to produce some new material. Just to shut the fans up. Except, to make it clear how much they hate the fanbase, they decided to animate Endless Eight over, and over, and over. The only reason it's even remotely interesting is because KyoAni decided to "stick it to the man" and animate each episode fresh.
Even if the rabid fanbase hates E8, they'll buy enough of the new Haruhi stuff that KyoAni and Kadokawa will, at least, break even, if not outright profit. Except the rabid fanbase will have learned their lesson, Haruhi will be dead, and the studio can get back to the business of producing single-season shots of shiny.
Years from now, anime nerds will have this very conversation:
Anime Nerd 1: "Dude! I so wish that insert series here would get a second season, 'cuz it rocks that hard!"
Anime Nerd 2: "Shut up! Shhhh, you don't want them to do a Haruhi to insert series here do you? Just be happy they're animating this at all."
Anime nerds shudder.
In short, to echo some of the sentiment I'm seeing around here, one of the few ways this makes logical sense is if one goes into it with the assumption that the production committee truly hates the fanbase.
|2009-07-30, 21:51
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Coptic Haruhiist
Join Date: Jul 2009
I'll just be happy when all this is over. I'm just going to pray for the best. Everything's gonna be fine~
-ten seconds later-
WAIT. It's not over YET?
This has got to be a bad dream or something...I mean, using almost all the same stock footage and continuing this SEVEN TIMES?
I mean, I would have enjoyed this if they made it different each time, but they've wasted seven episodes where they could have done something else, something different, ALONG WITH THE LIGHT NOVELS.
But, no. They just have to screw with us, don't they?
KyoAni, I'm ashamed of you.
And to think Lucky Star didn't get a second season, but this ridiculous crap is able to be continued into OBLIVION.
I know SHNY has always bent the rules and went against the grain, but this is quite enough.
And to think I waited with bated breath for this episode. Pfft. I'm done.
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|2009-07-30, 22:00
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I am sure this has been posted before, but
|2009-07-30, 22:04
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Age: 39
Having worked under some messed up management before, I can easily believe that stupidity combined with vast amounts of hubris led the production committee in charge of Haruhi to think that this was a good idea. I just hope they end it next episode and aren't thinking they can actually make 12 episodes of this tripe.
|2009-07-30, 22:12
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Bug Catcher
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Australia
I'm loving this arc, mainly because of the suspense it creates. (Some episodes more-so than others). I find them entertaining, as long as you don't spoil it for yourself by skipping/keeping one eye on how much time is left.
This episode wasn't my favourite, but I still enjoyed it. The animation used in the final cafe scene was really cool. Kyon's 2 scenes waking up in his bed were hilarious as well. xD
I suppose next week will be the last E8 episode, though I was hoping that they wouldn't be so literal with the title.
|2009-07-30, 22:13
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Join Date: Feb 2009
This episode was pretty boring. It makes it really hard for me to stand up and say I like this loop against all the haters. I really don't have much of an argument this episode.
Last couple episodes were pretty cool, but a minute of looking at Koizumi's wrist was boring.
|2009-07-30, 22:14
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
I can totally imagine Kyon doing the "I RABU YUU" thing to Haruhi, but not having as great an American "accent" as Koizumi and awkwardness occurring. That'd be hilarious.
|2009-07-30, 22:16
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|2009-07-30, 22:16
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Oishi desu yo!
Join Date: Oct 2007
I want eat Kyoani with salt, pepper and ketchup right now
this is getting out of hand. EE shouldn't it end on the 8?
Like I thought this ep would be the last, w/e happens at the end would move the story along.
I'm reading the light novels now. I'm at 2.3? where is where I'm at to where the loops are. For those who know the novels. I'm at the part where they are making a movie.
|2009-07-30, 22:17
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Wannabe Sleuth
Join Date: Apr 2009
Age: 30
I think they only people that might like Endless Eight are the ones that enjoy re-watching/reading/etc things. I know for me, this is like re-watching something but each time it's slightly different to change it up a bit. It's a little nicer than watching the exact same thing over and over.
Would I rather move on? Yes.
Will I buy the DVDs? Maybe, depends on what happens with an R1 release.
Do I hate Endless Eight? Not really.
|2009-07-30, 22:17
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Coptic Haruhiist
Join Date: Jul 2009
What if they decide to strectch it out...and end it on August 31st?
-gags/cringes at the thought of this-
I don't think the production committee hates Haruhi's fanbase. Merely, I think that they thought it was a good idea, but in the end it wasn't.
Television people make mistakes like these all the time. Anyone know of the Sopranos?In the series finale, the ending cut off mid-sentence. I and many of my online friends were upset. Other people on those forums, which were many were upset as well.
It was just a super hyped idea that got REALLY out of hand, and WILL end next episode as god as my witness.
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The WhiteListed Theatre Company presents a new production of Serbian playwright Biljana Srbljanovic's award-winning play Belgrade Trilogy at the 4th Street Theatre (83 East 4th Street in New York City) Set in Prague, Sydney and Los Angeles, Belgrade Trilogy is a dark comedy, following the lives of young Serbians, spread across the globe in search of a better future. Edgy, sexy and heartbreaking, Belgrade Trilogy is a tale of love, rebellion and social misplacement.
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The U.S. budget deficit will drop below $1 trillion this year for the first time during Barack Obama's presidency, the Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday, but it warned that debt will swell to unsustainable levels without further action by lawmakers.
CBO forecast that the deficit for fiscal 2013, which ends Sept. 30, will shrink slightly to $845 billion after four straight years above $1 trillion. The reason is an improving economy and higher taxes paid by wealthy Americans.
The CBO analysis, which will feed into Congress' bitter debate over how to tame deficits, assumes that $85 billion in automatic spending cuts will launch as scheduled on March 1.
It said the fiscal tightening from those across-the-board cuts and from higher taxes will slow economic growth to an anemic 1.4 percent by the end of 2013, causing the unemployment rate to edge higher to 8.0 percent by then from about 7.9 percent currently.
The analysis is the first from the non-partisan budget agency to incorporate the New Year's deal to avert the "fiscal cliff," which restored pre-2001 tax rates on income above $450,000 for couples and let a temporary payroll tax reduction expire. The automatic spending cuts were only delayed for two months until March 1.
But after absorbing these headwinds, the economy will regain momentum in 2014 and fill federal coffers at a faster pace, even without further spending cuts or tax hikes, CBO said. It forecast a $616 billion deficit in fiscal 2014 and a $430 billion deficit in fiscal 2015, equivalent to 2.4 percent of U.S. gross domestic product at that time, a level that many economists view as sustainable.
But deficits will rise steadily from mid-decade, nearing $1 trillion again by 2023, according to the forecast. The 10-year cumulative deficit is forecast at $6.958 trillion.
"Deficits are projected to increase later in the coming decade, however, because of the pressures of an aging population, rising health care costs, an expansion of federal subsidies for health insurance, and growing interest payments on federal debt," the CBO said in the report.
The CBO warned that U.S. debt held by the public would continue to mount, staying at the highest levels as a percentage of GDP since about 1950 through the next decade, reaching 77 percent of GDP by 2023.
It argued that this would crowd out private investment and seriously limit lawmakers' flexibility to deal with challenges such as a new recession or a future war.
"Such a large debt would increase the risk of a financial crisis, during which investors would lose so much confidence in the government's ability to manage its budget that the government would be unable to borrow at affordable rates," the CBO said.
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"The CBO's report is yet another warning that we need to get spending under control. The deficit is still unsustainable," Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee Chairman and former Republican vice presidential candidate, said in a statement.
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Democrats put the emphasis on the progress made in reducing deficits and in fostering economic recovery.
"The report confirms that the economy has made important progress over the last few years, but there is clearly more to do," said Representative Chris Van Hollen, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee. "Our first priority must be putting Americans back to work, but unfortunately, congressional Republicans have blocked progress at every turn.
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