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Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., began his third term last year on an auspicious note and with an independent vote.
Reichert won a seat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, and was one of the few Republicans to break party ranks and vote for the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Unfortunately, this year, Reichert has followed the party line and opposed both financial reform legislation to clean up Wall Street, and the small business aid package that was Congress' one achievement of the fall.
Reichert is vague and unfocused in talking about issues on which a member of the Ways and Means Committee should be well versed. He has not been highly visible during the fall campaign, nor made House Republican leaders available to talk about policies they would follow should the GOP win a majority in November.
Seattlepi.com has looked at the alternative in the 8th District, Democrat Suzan DelBene, and found an impressive political newcomer. DelBene was formerly corporate vice president of the mobile communications business at Microsoft. She holds an MBA from the University of Washington and has done public service work with Global Partnerships.
DelBene is running a highly negative TV campaign against Reichert. On the campaign trail, however, she delivers sharp opinions on issues vital to the Northwest's -- and nation's -- future. She is versed on such complicated stuff as intellectual property theft and the need to modernize America's patent system.
DelBene seems to understand such matters as the need to have government support basic research, and the role of community colleges in retraining adults: The average American adult changes jobs seven times in a lifetime. She recognizes the need for high-speed rail service in the Vancouver, B.C.-Seattle-Portland-Eugene corridor.
She's a smart candidate, with the ability to ably represent a technology-export driven House district, and to quickly become a player in Congress. The House needs members with executive-level experience, and usually puts them to productive work.
Reichert does deserve kudos as one of eight House Republicans to vote for energy/climate legislation, and for working with Sen. Patty Murray to add land to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness and protect the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River.
He has, however, drawn a more substantial challenger than 2006-08 candidate Darcy Burner. We are disappointed that Reichert's campaign has dodged one-on-one debates at which voters could evaluate the congressman and his challenger.
It's a choice between the greater of goods, regardless of nastiness on your TV screen, and scurrilous rumor-spreading by a liberal blogger who believes in personal attack as a political tool.
Seattlepi.com believes that Suzan DelBene would quickly gain influence in Congress and bring needed skills to the job.
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VANCOUVER — The first winner of the golf tournament we know as the Masters sank his decisive 10-foot birdie putt on the 71st hole, 80 years ago on Tuesday.
Horton Smith's one-stroke victory over Craig Wood on March 25, 1934 was worth $1,500 from a total purse of $5,000.
In two weeks, the media will descend on Augusta, Ga., in the hundreds — TV and radio reporters and crews, golf writers, photographers, columnists and bloggers — to watch Adam Scott attempt to defend his title in the season's first major, having won $1,440,000 for his 2013 Masters victory from the $8-million purse.
Bobby Jones, the lifelong amateur who once described the typical professional golfer as "an uneducated servant," would roll over in his grave at the magnitude of their wages today.
Dr. Alister MacKenzie, the Scottish-born architect who wouldn't live to see the golf course he designed play host to its first tournament, who died before he ever received much of the $5,000 he charged for his magnum opus (he had already cut his fee from $10,000), simply would not believe the Augusta National Golf Club could ever be this solvent.
Eighty years ago, the Masters not only wasn't a major, it was barely a minor.
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It wasn't even the Masters. Jones, the club's co-founder, thought that name was too presumptuous — as late as the early 1960s, he was still calling it "the so-called Masters" — so the program for the first five years read "Augusta National Invitation Tournament" until Jones's partner, Clifford Roberts, finally got his way.
It had taken a gargantuan effort of wheeling and dealing to get the big northern papers to cover the inaugural tournament at all, and it only happened because the sportswriters were on their way home from baseball spring training, anyway. The New York Times didn't send anyone to cover it.
But Jones, the club's co-founder and the greatest player in the game's history to that point, was friends with the most influential sportswriter of the day, the New York Herald's Grantland Rice.
So when the Monday papers came out, Horton Smith no doubt had to do a forensic search of the accounts of the tournament to find any details on his triumph, because all Rice or anyone else wanted to write (or read) about was how Jones — by then four years past retirement from competitive golf, playing as a favour to Roberts in hopes of drawing a crowd — had finished 10 strokes off the pace.
All of this history is contained in two remarkable books, neither of them new: David Owen's The Making of the Masters (1999) and Steve Eubanks's Augusta (1998). But even the Reader's Digest version is stunning.
That first year, gate receipts for the week were $8,011, based on ticket prices of $1.10 for a practice round, $2.20 for a tournament round and $5.50 for an all-week badge — and the event lost money.
Hell, everything Jones and Roberts touched in the early years, trying to build a world-class golf course in the Great Depression, lost money.
Just to get the project started required appeals from Roberts and Jones to William Watt of the United Drug Company and Alfred S. Bourne, son of the founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Co., who put up the lion's share of the $70,000 it cost to option the land, which had been an old indigo plantation in the early 1800s and then the Fruitlands Nursery — and to hire Mackenzie to design the course.
Grantland Rice chipped in a little of his own money. Clifford Roberts put up a little. Jones put up none, but lent his name and reputation to it, and had specific ideas of the kind of golf course he wanted.
But when they cleared the trees, they couldn't sell the wood. When they tried to bring in monied clients to try to sell memberships, or property, it was cold and wet and nobody was buying.
"At the present moment, the trees are covered with ice and we might just as well be in Canada as far as playing golf is concerned," Roberts wrote.
As late as January of 1934, Augusta National was in deep financial distress. Income on a good day might be $48 from green fees, unless it rained. Roberts's accounting of debts at the time included everything from grass seed and rope to $5.85 for toilet paper and $1.37 for hose nozzles. MacKenzie kept pleading for Roberts to send him money, but there was no money to send.
Roberts had to write creditors begging them not to foreclose before April 15, 1934, by which time the first Masters would have concluded.
The tournament wasn't a success, though, and by its fifth year, what had been a 72-player event had dwindled to 46. But the economy eventually improved, and by the time the tournament resumed after a three-year hiatus due to World War II, the rising tide had lifted all boats, Augusta's included.
It was MacKenzie who hated rough and wanted a golf course that didn't have any, a feature that lasted until the new millennium. Jones also liked the Scot's idea of "even fours" — a course on which a good score on any hole would be four: the par-threes difficult and the par-fives birdieable — and that is still the Augusta National trademark.
Jones had reversed the nines for the debut tournament, against MacKenzie's advice, so in the newspaper stories you see references to players hitting into the water at the 145-yard third hole (the 12th today) or Jones finding the ditch at the fourth (now the 13th).
He switched the nines back to MacKenzie's original design the next year.
But on March 22, 1934, on a 6,700-yard course, it was off what is now the 10th tee that the first tee shot was struck in a "Masters," by one Johnny Kinder.
Jones shot 76-74 the first two rounds. His rusty short game deserted him, and having donated his legendary putter, Calamity Jane, to the Royal & Ancient Golf Club in St. Andrews after winning the Grand Slam in 1930, his work on the greens at Augusta was awful.
All this, we know about Jones.
Of Horton Smith, the Chicago pro, there wasn't much.
The Associated Press wrote: "Smith, leading from start to finish of the four-day battle over the beautiful Augusta national course, rose to the emergency with his chances at stake, by holing a 10-foot putt on the 17th green for a birdie and won the tournament from blond Craig Wood of Deal, N.J., by a one stroke margin."
The hole where he made the putt is, of course, now the par-five 8th. The weather was bitterly cold and raw. And his scores were 72-70-72-70.
Even 80 years later, that's pretty good playing.


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I seem to have an obsessive spot in my brain. Once I start experimenting with something I have to keep at it. I started playing with making stickers out of paintings I have done even down to the octopus. Changing the spray settings changes colors. Using the Wacom tablet, makes it possible to size the stickers smaller and larger. Nothing like recycling. I wanted to come up with a painting using stickers I had created. This is the first. The only stickers that aren't mine are the small clumps of grass at the bottom and the bubbles.
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Technically, Giacomo Puccini's first venture into the opera house was a loser -- yet it also played a pivotal role in launching one of opera's truly great careers.
Puccini's first opera, 'Le Villi,' began life as a one act drama in the early 1880's. He wrote it for a competition, sponsored by the successful Italian publisher Sonzogno. They might have been even more successful had they hired a more discerning panel of judges for the contest. Those judges heard Le Villi at its first performance, in the spring of 1884 in Milan -- and didn't even give it an honorable mention.
But apparently, that didn't faze Puccini. Rather than give up on the piece, he revised it, in a two-act version with a couple of intermezzi breaking up the action. The revision was performed in Turin the following winter, in a production observed by the still powerful publisher Casa Ricordi, one of Sozogno's chief competitors. Ricordi saw promise in the young Puccini, and promptly offered him a contract.
For a time, at least, the folks at Ricordi may have questioned their own judgment. Puccini's next opera was Edgar, which never really caught on. But within a decade, Puccini had followed up with not only Manon Lescaut, but also a trio of the most popular operas ever composed: Tosca, Madame Butterfly and La Boheme. Ricordi, in other words, made a killing -- and they're still making a healthy profit from Puccini's operas today.
Both La Boheme and the revised, two-act version of Le Villi premiered at the same theater -- the Teatro Regio, or Royal Theater, in Turin. And World of Opera will be visiting that theater for the second half of an unusual, Puccini double bill.
To begin this week's program host Lisa Simeone takes us to Charleston, SC, and the 2013 Spoleto Festival USA, for Le Villi. The production features soprano Jennifer Rowley as Anna and tenor Dinyar Vinya as Roberto.
After that, it's off to Turin's Teatro Regio for La Boheme. Soprano Erika Grimaldi stars as Mimi, alongside tenor Giorgio Berrugi as Rodolfo, in a production led by conductor Renato Palumbo.


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I am managing my summer soccer team this year and it's 41 flavors of annoying. Every player has all of this paperwork to fill out, they need to mail me a check, I have to order jerseys, I have to secure a fields, I have to send out 43 emails a day. It's just a pain in the ass.
That being said, I'm happy to do it. I really love summer soccer.
We have a handful of new players this year, which is fairly common. Girls get pregnant or move away or decide to stop playing and we have to replace them. Typically, I replace players with girls who a current teammate recommends because then I know they're probably skilled enough to be on our team (it's a very competitive league) and they're probably a good fit for our team dynamic.
Every once and a while, I'll add a player at the league's request. The league takes the names of girls who are looking for a team and forwards them along. Typically, these players are never as good as they say that they are and more than half of the time they don't pan out but I'll take the risk on an unknown or two.
Yesterday, I sent out an email update to my team.
Within just a few minutes, I get an email back from a teammate saying, "Just curious...how do you know so-and-so?"
It was one of our unknowns. I told her as much.
My teammate responds back: "I've played with her. She's a huge bitch."
Apparently, this unknown is cocky and also known for screaming at her teammates.
Not cool.
We're competitive, but we're not evil.
I promise my teammate that I will handle our potential bitch and I will. It's good to have the warning. By the time our season starts in a few weeks, I'll have my lecture down to one assertive sentence that will hopefully shut her up for good. Something along the lines of "hey, we don't talk to our teammates like that." Just in a really stern tone.
And I'll give a fair warning to most of my teammates not to put up with her shit.
I was telling Meg this story last night and I wrap it up with "so, think of some clever ways to tell her to shut the fuck up."
"I have a good one," Meg says. "How about: SHUT THE FUCK UP?"
So, that should work.
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Well here it is...
After 3 days dry( with no water ) I can see the breatharian part of my body activates and super consciousness evokes..it is only when there is no water seeping in my stomach.. I wonder why the element alies choose this.... I am seeing now they are testing me with water in, very exciting speaking with them about this..
They are seeing my body materialize slowly with a soft air like bed which allows the body cells to regrow the holes I had in my throat which isn't cancer but a unfinished growth stage. My dogs paws turned back to pink too while sleeping on a air bed.
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cool stuff! dry fasting is certainly the pinnacle!
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Dry or urine fasting is the only treatment that can be considered as a true panacea. It's leting the natural powers of the body heal itself. It's the medicine of the gods.
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Iam mineralizing so I am taking sea salt and small amounts of fruits and veggies... And herbs..
All about the connection, I hear there is powers in the urine activate growth once swallowed.
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Today is my first day of nothing... no food, no water. I'm surprised at how very calm and peaceful I feel -- and I'm also surprised at how much I'm thinking about food!! Grapes in particular.. Hmmm, don't know what that's about. Spent time in the sun, bathed in the stream on our property, just want this feeling to continue..
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Hi Cameron.
For my experience, first and second days on nothing are delightful. Problems arise on third day and get worse until day 5, when a kind of "barrier" is crossed. Then it's up to me to continue indefinitely.
I have tried this many times, but everytime I reach the point of no return I just give it up. Maybe I am not ready for such "nothingness" yet.
Now I have changed the strategy and have been on liquids for the last week. Fruit juices, rice milk and some tea. It's ok. I'm having detox symptoms but I don't feel too bad.
I will maintain this liquid diet at least until I'll get cured from several health issues that are more serious than I previously thought. Then... who knows. Maybe I'll have changed my mind in a way that I cannot imagine now, and I am ready for the final step. Or perhaps I go back to a raw vegan diet. I really don't care much about it.
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Twenty-six Fayette seniors will receive diplomas Sunday during commencement exercises in the gymnasium. The program begins at 2 p.m.
Lauren Smith will open the ceremony with an invocation and Katelyn Downing will acknowledge the teachers. Elisha Hartman will give her salutatorian address followed by Evan Stoltzfus and the valedictorian address.
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For a recent World Bank report, "Area C and the Future of the Palestinian Economy," my colleagues Massimiliano Cali, Nour Nasser Eddin, and I evaluated the possible impact of enabling Palestinian investments in so called Area C, which comprises around 61 percent of the West Bank and is currently under full Israeli control. Our findings show that it has the potential to grow the Palestinian economy by 35 percent. As numerous analytical works have shown, private sector activity in the Palestinian territories is now severely constrained. Overall political uncertainty combined with a multilayered system of restrictions on access and movement, and internal political divisions make for an unpredictable and risky business environment. Consequently, private investment, in particular in the tradable sector, has been very low. The relative size of Palestinian exports, as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), is among the very lowest in the world.
In recent years, economic growth has relied almost exclusively on large amounts of donor aid. Aid has in fact accounted for around one third of the Palestinian Authority's recurrent budget expenditures of late. With donor fatigue setting in, aid levels have dropped in recent years and are likely to further drop in 2014, and the rate of growth which dropped to 1.5 percent in 2013 is expected to improve only slightly in 2014.
Our report shows that this bleak picture could be turned around by, among other things, enabling Palestinian investments in Area C of the West Bank. Under the peace accords signed between Israelis and Palestinians in 1995, known as the Oslo II accords, the governance of Area C was to be transferred within 18 months to the Palestinian authority, except for issues the status of which was to be decided in the final status agreement. However, the transfer never took place and in the meantime Israel has kept in place a strict regime of restrictions (justified largely on security grounds), which has severely limited any Palestinian investments in Area C. Given that Area C is the only contiguous land in the West Bank (Areas A and B currently governed by the Palestinian Authority are territorial islands) and that it abounds with natural resources, the cost in lost opportunities that these restrictions have imposed on the Palestinian economy is quite sizeable.
To evaluate the economic potential of Area C, we constructed counterfactuals to measure the potential of six different sectors where the effect of the restrictions was thought to be the most significant. These sectors include agriculture, as most fertile land in the West Bank is in Area C, the extraction of Dead Sea mineral deposits, stone mining and quarrying, construction, tourism around the Dead Sea and telecommunications. Forgetting for a moment indirect effects, our analysis showed that investments in these sectors could contribute an additional US$2.2 billion to the Palestinian GDP, representing a 22 percent increase. While not all indirect effects were quantified due to time and other constraints, we estimated that indirect effects related only to the fact that for instance tourism sector's inputs are transportation sector's outputs, could contribute another US$1.2 billion. Ultimately, our calculations underestimate the true potential of Area C, as significant indirect effects, such as those associated with the development of public infrastructure, were not measured. In any event, our report shines new light on the importance of Area C for the growth and sustainability of the Palestinian economy and its public finances.
The realization of this potential, as we argue, would require more than access to investments in Area C. Above all, it would need a broad removal of restrictions on economic activity, lower political risk, and regulatory reform. With these conditions in place, a new growth paradigm for the Palestinian economy could be created. Given that 71 percent of Palestinian imports come from Israel, while 86 percent of Palestinian exports are destined for Israel, there is significant scope for joint ventures and other modes of cooperation around some projects in Area C. Both Palestinians and Israelis stand to gain from enabling such investments. As long as Israeli security concerns are addressed, investments in Area C could contribute to the ongoing peace process between Palestinians and Israelis.
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Did you consider the environmental implications of adding a third party to the 2 states already drying the dead sea up?
Is the Israeli partial control over C territories really preventing Palestinian investments in Agriculture or Industry?
How did the Palestinian economy react to the substantial reduction in number of roadblocks?
Well Shay, Israel is not "partially" controlling Area C and yes the point of the blog is to say that restrictions is impeding Palestinians from taking advantage economic opportunities in Area C.
You're seriously insinuating that it's the Palestinians fault somehow? Restriction on movement is not only roadblocks. Plus Shay, what about settlements, have you considered that?
Thank you World Bank for this report... Finally something worth reading.
In the 21st century an independent state requires an independent economy, based mainly on competitive export-oriented industry. Why there is no beginning to such an economy? the roadblocks cannot explain it all.


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4. Play with low latency.
Source: thelinuxexperiment.com.
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pacat -r --latency-msec=1 -d alsa_input.pci-0000_00_08.0.analog-stereo | pacat -p --latency-msec=1 -d alsa_output.usb-Logitech_Logitech_G35_Headset-00-Headset.analog-stereo
Tip: in case you hear some noise, try to lower the audio output level of the PC.


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Within These Walls
Hearts must be pure to come within these walls,
Where spreads a feast unknown to festive halls.
Freely partake, for freely God hath giv'n,
And taste the holy joys that tell of heav'n.
2. Here learn of Him who triumphed o'er the grave,
And unto men the keys, the kingdom gave.
Joined here by pow'rs that past and present bind,
The living and the dead perfection find.
Text: Orson F. Whitney
Music: Weston Cann
Artist: Whitney/Cann
Album: Music Published in the Church Magazines: New Era
Composition Date: 1997-03-01
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Combining a comfortable fit with excellent sound for the money, Klipsch's original Image
Well, Klipsch has apparently heard those criticisms and smartly made a tougher version that's simply called the Image S4i Rugged.
Like the original S4is, the S4i Rugged earphones, which come in
Design changes
As you can see from the pictures, the S4i Ruggeds have a sportier look than the original S4i earphones and have been toughened up with a sturdier cable, thicker rubber moldings, and a sweat-resistant design. Klipsch says the "all-weather design resists moisture and functions through extreme elements," which presumably means very hot and cold weather. Since I've only been able to use the earphones in milder weather, I can't vouch for how they'll hold up for skiing or just walking around the streets in the dead of winter in Minnesota (or New York for that matter), but I did take them on a few runs and wore them on the treadmill at the gym.
The key to what makes the S4i Rugged earphones and their predecessors so good is the angle of the earphones' post (what the eartip attaches to) and the oval shape of the silicone eartips, of which three sizes come included. The combination creates a comfortable fit and Klipsch arguably makes the best-designed silicone eartips, giving a tight seal.
As for how securely these earphones fit, for sporting use that will depend on a variety of factors. The way you're supposed to wear them is, once the tips are in your ears, to wrap the cord over and around your ear from front to back. I never particularly liked wearing earphones like this but in theory it helps create a more secure fit and helps stabilize the cord. However, a lot of folks will simply wear them with the cord dangling down from their ears.
I'd say they work well for treadmill and elliptical use at the gym, but I think a model such as the
The remote has bigger buttons and looks a little like those TV remotes with jumbo buttons that are marketed to seniors. It's not quite that big, but Klipsch refers to it as an "extra-large three-button remote for easy control during outdoor activity."


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In an unexpected twist, a stolen Lamborghini convertible reportedly owned by celebrity chef and TV host Guy Fieri has been recovered from a San Rafael teen arrested Saturday in connection with a Mill Valley shooting.
The yellow, 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder — valued at more than $200,000 when new — was recovered from a storage container in Richmond, where a 17-year-old shooting suspect was arrested Saturday evening.
"I would like to thank the Marin County Sheriff's Office and the Mill Valley Police Department for their hard work and effort in the recovery of my car," Fieri said Monday through a spokeswoman. "I'm glad we can put this behind us, and feel better knowing that justice is being served."
The vehicle was stolen in the early morning hours of March 8, 2011, from an auto dealership on San Francisco's Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco police spokesman Albie Esparza said.
It appeared a thief had rappelled from the roof of the dealership and entered through a window, Esparza said. The vehicle was later photographed by security cameras traveling north on the Golden Gate Bridge and in and out of Tiburon, he said.
At the time, San Francisco police notified other law enforcement agencies and port officials, believing the suspect might attempt to transport the vehicle by sea, he said.
"You don't just drive down the street in a bright yellow Lamborghini and not be noticed," Esparza said.
The vehicle was recovered "in very good condition" Saturday by detectives from the Marin County Sheriff's Office and the Marin County Major Crimes Task Force, who acted on a search warrant of the storage facility "belonging to the juvenile" suspect, Marin sheriff's Sgt. Mark Hale said in a statement.
They arrested the 17-year-old suspect, who was in possession of a loaded handgun, Hale said.
The juvenile is suspected of firing a handgun from a motorcycle at two people who were parked in a pickup truck on Evergreen Avenue in Mill Valley at about 11:30 a.m. April 13. The victims, one male and one female, suffered minor injuries from broken window glass but no gunshot wounds.
The suspect was booked Saturday at Marin County Juvenile Hall on suspicion of attempted murder, possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of stolen property, possession of a loaded firearm and resisting arrest. The suspect was being held without bail.
A resident of Santa Rosa, Fieri owns several Bay Area restaurants and is the host of the Food Network's "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives," "Guy's Big Bite" and "Tailgate Warriors" and the NBC game show, "Minute to Win It."
It is likely that an insurance company has already compensated the owner of the vehicle, Esparza said.
Contact Will Jason via email at firstname.lastname@example.com; the Associated Press contributed to this report.


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A report by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) shows that the plastic surgery procedure of arm lifts are up 4,000 percent in women the past 10 years according to this news release.
Upper arm lifts can include liposuction or brachioplasty, in which loose skin is removed from the back of the arms. There is no exact reason why for the increase, but the study attributes a poll that says more women are paying attention to the arms of female celebrities.
The study also revealed these statistics:
-98 percent of arm lift patients are women.
– The procedure is most popular with patients over 40. The majority of patients were ages 40 and 54.
-Average surgeon fee is $3,939 . Total spent on arm lifts: $61 million.
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Internet giant Google is once more trying to save the world, this time with its TED-rip-off "Solve for X" project.
The Chocolate Factory has launched the project after the first invite-only gathering of minds, which pulled techies and boffins together to talk about "moonshots", ie, wildly ambitious projects to solve world problems, or in the words of the Google blog:
These are efforts that take on global-scale problems, define radical solutions to those problems, and involve some form of breakthrough technology that could actually make them happen. Moonshots live in the gray area between audacious projects and pure science fiction; they are 10x improvement, not 10 per cent. That's partly what makes them so exciting.
Anyone thinking that this little mission sounds vaguely familiar would be right, it bears more than a passing resemblance to the non-profit TED organisation, which brings together folks from the Technology, Entertainment and Design worlds to talk about "ideas worth spreading".
TED has a number of annual conferences which are invite-only and, for the public, it has TEDTalks, videos from the conferences that the regular folk can watch online.
Solve for X has, you guessed it, Solve for X Talks, which are also videos of thinkers having ideas that ordinary people can watch online. And they're probably going to have annual conferences as well.
"Our gathering last week brought together a group that is already practiced at moonshot thinking to propose specific solutions," Google opined. "At least a few times a year, we hope that people will take a few hours or a day or two out of their busy schedules to dare to push the boundaries, and to consider moonshot approaches to some of the world's many unresolved challenges."
Solve for X is a bit more targeted than TED, given that it only wants ideas that present "a huge problem to solve, a radical solution for solving it, and the breakthrough technology to make it happen". And it's a bit more interactive, as it allows people to submit talks they've given or seen that they think meet the criteria.
But other than that, it's pretty much the same, even down to the non-profit bit.
"Solve for X isn't about developing a new business line or building an investment portfolio. Rather, it aims to be a forum where technology-based moonshot thinking is practiced, celebrated and amplified," Google said.
Solve for X has its own website and naturally, a Google+ page. ®


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Latest ECDC maps on vector distribution introducing enhanced information on spread of mosquitoes, ticks and sandflies in Europe. 2 April 2013: updated map on geographical distribution of Aedes albopictus mosquito now available
ECDC publishes today the latest maps on the geographical distribution of exotic mosquitoes, sandlfies and ticks in Europe, the new maps updated with a more detailed classification of the geographical presence of vector species.
Preventing vector-borne diseases in Europe: VectorNet issues the first protocols for vector sampling
Vector sampling protocols outlining the recommended methods for collecting vectors have been issued today by ECDC and EFSA, to support entomologists and public-health professionals in Europe. It is a first attempt to summarise best-practices in terms of methods and strategies for sampling mosquitoes, sandflies, biting midges and ticks.


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Here it is, friends, the big kahuna. It's like when your friends sit around and say, "what are your top 30 Arnold Schwarzenegger movies?" Only instead of that, it's me telling you the top 100 basketball players for fantasy basketball purposes. Now this is going to shock you, but I would not really go by this list during my draft. "Is it because it sucks?" Yes, it's because it-hey, wait a minute, no, that's not the reason. I would suggest cruising the positional blurbs in the 2012-2013 fantasy basketball rankings and taking tiers into consideration. How I rank my players is sort of fluid, by which I mean, my draft strategy is divided by tiers. Essentially, I take a tier from a position I want to target first, then put in the next most valuable tier, and so on and so forth. What that means is, I may be grabbing a guy ranked 60th over a guy ranked 49th because the 60th ranked guy offers me something far more valuable for my team than the other dude. Confused? Good. If you think too hard about it, you'll realize predicting the future is an inexact science, mostly because it isn't a real science. I don't think my degree from the Hubert Flarthworth School of Fantasy Athletics is legitimate, but it only cost me $7.95 plus $14.95 S&H, and it came with a free jar opener and a toilet paper doll cover (with dress), so it was worth it. The commentary is thin here, because I already wrote about most of these guys, and there's like 100 players here, give or take zero.
1. LeBron James – Overrated, clap, clap, clapclapclap. Oh, wait, no he's not. He's actually, arguably, realistically, the best player in the game. Projections: .520 fg/.750 ft/1.4 3pg/28.2 pts/7.8 rbd/7.1 ast/1.8 stl/0.8 blk/3.5 tov
2. Kevin Durant – Having the second pick in your draft is probably a lot more stressful than the first pick, because at least you don't have to make a Sophie's Choice. Projections: .480 fg/.880 ft/1.7 3pt/29.0 pts/7.5 rbd/2.9 ast/1.3 stl/1.1 blk/3.3 tov
3. Kevin Love – Love pun. Projections: .460 fg/.840 ft/1.5 3pt/27.0 pts/14.0 rbd/2.3 ast/0.7 stl/0.5 blk/2.5 tov
4. Chris Paul – Can we be sure he didn't sabotage Derrick Rose? Voodoo is real, people, Godsmack wrote a song about it (so did Body Count). Projections: .482 fg/.870 ft/1.2 3pt/21.2 pts/3.9 rbd/9.9 ast/2.5 stl/0.1 blk/2.4 tov
5. Dwyane Wade – I'd actually prefer a sexier pick for my first round choice, but I'm not going to cry about 24 PPG. *sniff* I'm not… Projections: .505 fg/.784 ft/0.5 3pt/23.9 pts/4.7 rbd/4.9 ast/1.6 stl/1.0 blk/3.0 tov
6. Russell Westbrook – If there's a negative, it's the turnovers. If there's a positive, it's owning him. Projections: .461 fg/.830 ft/1.0 3pt/24.2 pts/4.8 rbd/6.9 ast/1.8 stl/0.3 blk/4.0 tov
7. Josh Smith – Every night, 20/10 with 2 blocks. Can you dig it? I can, and I'm not a construction worker. Projections: .460 fg/.645 ft/0.4 3pt/19.5 pts/10.2 rbd/4.0 ast/1.4 stl/2.0 blk/2.7 tov
8. Dwight Howard – Boy, this guy sucks, he only had 20+ PPG in four of the last five seasons, with 13+ rebounds and an average of 2.5 blocks during that time. Oh, and he's 26. You shouldn't draft this guy. He's yucky poo poo! Projections: .596 fg/.575 ft/0.0 3pt/23.3 pts/15.3 rbd/1.7 ast/1.4 stl/2.9 blk/4.1 tov
9. Pau Gasol – I probably like Power Forwards a little too much. Still, can't go wrong with Paul, minus the L. Projections: .520 fg/.809 ft/0.0 3pt/18.8 pts/10.1 rbd/3.9 ast/0.5 stl/1.8 blk/2.3 tov
10. Al Jefferson I am super hyped about Jefferson. There's moisture in my pants. Projections: .495 fg/.770 ft/0.0 3pt/20.1 pts/9.9 rbd/1.9 ast/0.6 stl/1.8 blk/1.3 tov
11. DeMarcus Cousins: Speaking of moisture, I have an unhealthy attraction to Cousins. Projections: .455 fg/.712 ft/0.0 3pt/20.1 pts/12.4 rbd/2.1 ast/1.3 stl/1.1 blk/3.2 tov
12. Deron Williams: There's a lot to enjoy here. Could see him in the top ten, if the difference between 10 and 12 actually meant something to me. Projections: .430 fg/.833 ft/1.7 3pt/20.8 pts/3.8 rbd/9.7 ast/1.1 stl/0.3 blk/3.7 tov
13. Andrew Bynum: Finally reached 35 MPG and gifted his owners a career year. And it only took 7 seasons for him to get to it! He should see over 30 MPG with Philly, provided he doesn't shatter at some point, as is his wont. Projections: .565 fg/.680 ft/0.0 3pt/17.5 pts/11.5 rbd/1.2 ast /0.5 stl/2.0 blk/2.5 tov
14. LaMarcus Aldridge – I wouldn't kick him out of bed, provided "bed" meant "my fantasy team." Also, my bed. Projections: .510 fg/.800 ft/0.0 3pt/21.2 pts/8.5 rbd/2.5 ast/0.9 stl/1.1 blk/2.2 tov
15. Carmelo Anthony – Apparently some people want to take Batum over Anthony. I dunno, I think I'll take the 28 year old with 15,900 career points first. Projections: .448 fg/.844 ft/1.4 3pt/24.6 pts/7.0 rbd/3.6 ast/1.2 stl/0.4 blk/3.2 tov
16. Kobe Bryant – He didn't talk about this in the projections, but 3p% can be a big deal. Last year, he had a .303 3P%, and the two years before that, about .325 each year. That sucks, dude! At least he can still give you a 35+ point game every so often. Projections: .427 fg/.839 ft/1.5 3pt/25.9 pts/5.3 rbd/4.4 ast/1.1 stl/0.2 blk/3.3 tov
17. Al Horford – Who, sneaky assists. I'll take that. Projections: .555 fg/.790 ft/0.0 3pt/15.2 pts/9.9 rbd/2.1 ast/0.7 stl/1.2 blk/1.7 tov
18. Marc Gasol – The Gasols are the most talented sibling athletic team since Jacob and Ezekiel Westfield in the West Virginia Beaver Wrestling League. Projections: .501 fg/.751 ft/0.0 3pt/15.4 pts/9.5 rbd/2.9 ast/1.0 stl/2.1 blk/2.1 tov
19. Blake Griffin – I am Blake Griffin's only friend. Projections: .530 fg/.550 ft/0.0 3pt/22.1 pts/10.5 rbd/3.7 ast/0.9 stl/0.6 blk/3.0 tov
20. Monta Ellis – I'd like to see that FG% come up a bit, but he could butter my bialy any day. Projections: .436 fg/.789 ft/1.3 3pt/18.9 pts/3.3 rbd/6.1 ast/1.5 stl/0.2 blk/3.1 tov
21. David Lee – Why can't you block, David? Just raise your hands! Projections: .513 fg/.791 ft/0.0 3pt/21.2 pts/9.9 rbd/3.1 ast/1.0 stl/0.4 blk/2.5 tov
22. Greg Monroe – He's a season away from being a 20/12 guy. Count on it. Okay, don't count on it. Your choice. Projections: .535 fg/.742 ft/0.0 3pt/16.7 pts/11.2 rbd/2.1 ast/1.2 stl/0.9 blk/3.1 tov
23. Dirk Nowitzki – The greatest German since Wolf Hoffmann. Projections: .490 fg/.888 ft/1.1 3pt/21.3 pts/6.9 rbd/2.1 ast/0.8 stl/0.7 blk/1.9 tov
24. Brandon Jennings – Brandon, you are okay with me. Keep reaching for the stars! Or shooting threes. Maybe the latter. Projections: .432 fg/.820 ft/2.3 3pt/20.8 pts/3.7 rbd/5.7 ast/1.5 stl/0.4 blk/2.7 tov
25. Paul Millsap – Dude got confused and focused on assists instead of blocks. That's cool. Projections: .512 fg/.800 ft/0.1 3pt/17.5 pts/9.4 rbd/2.4 ast/1.7 stl/0.9 blk/2.0 tov
26. Kyrie Irving – Literally the only positive thing going on in Cleveland. Projections: .478 fg/.895 ft/1.6 3pt/19.7 pts/3.5 rbd/6.0 ast/1.5 stl/0.2 blk/3.9 tov
27. Zach Randolph – Throw out last season and he's a steady 20/10 guy. Projections: .482 fg/.710 ft/0.1 3pt/19.7 pts/10.1 rbd/1.9 ast/0.9 stl/0.2 blk/2.0 tov
28. Rudy Gay – I love a man who can block, hit threes, and melt me with his smile. Projections: .463 fg/.790 ft/1.0 3pt/19.6 pts/6.3 rbd/2.2 ast/1.5 stl/1.2 blk/2.5 tov
29. Danny Granger – Sometimes it's easy to forget Danny, especially if you have Alzheimer'ss. Write his name on your wrist so you keep him handy for draft day. Projections: .425 fg/.852 ft/2.1 3pt/20.1 pts/5.3 rbd/2.3 ast/1.3 stl/0.9 blk/2.5 tov
29. Brook Lopez – The Nets are back, baby. Hopefully the fantasy world cares, because I don't think New Yorkers are leaving the Knicks to go root for them. Projections: .491 fg/.779 ft/0.0 3pt/19.4 pts/7.1 rbd/1.8 ast/0.5 stl/1.6 blk/2.1 tov
30. Chris Bosh – Quiet, dependable, in Miami. Projections: .486 fg/.815 ft/0.1 3pt/18.5 pts/8.6 rbd/1.9 ast/0.7 stl/0.9 blk/2.2 tov
31. Roy Hibbert – Get ready for an endless season of tiresome Simpsons references! Projections: .499 fg/.748 ft/0.0 3pt/13.2 pts/9.3 rbd/2.1 ast/0.4 stl/2.1 blk/2.5 tov
32. John Wall – Should be fun in 12 years when everyone gets to write, "John has hit the wall!" In the meantime, let's enjoy what we have. Projections: .415 fg/.789 ft/0.3 3pt/16.8 pts/4.6 rbd/8.5 ast/1.7 stl/0.6 blk/4.2 tov
33. Tony Parker – My boy in comments, Fenris-77, said yesterday, "I'd assume from the context here that you have him ranked in the 4th round somewhere." I owe you a beer. You have to come to me to collect, though. The Razzball travel budget specifically excludes drinking expeditions. Projections: .494 fg/.795 ft/0.3 3pt/19.3 pts/3.2 rbd/8.1 ast/1.1 stl/0.1 blk/2.5 tov
34. Joe Johnson – I'm going to call him Sockless Joe Johnson even though it isn't that clever and it will never catch out. Of course, that's what they said about the Zune. Projections: .452 fg/.839 ft/1.8 3pt/19.0 pts/4.2 rbd/4.3 ast/0.9 stl/0.1 blk/2.3 tov
35. Eric Gordon – I am salivating over Gordon's season. Hopefully he doesn't break an ankle. Projections: .462 fg/.795 ft/2.0 3pt/23.2 pts/2.5 rbd/3.1 ast/1.2 stl/0.2 blk/3.0 tov
36. Tim Duncan – I thought this guy died? I loved him as the Kingpin in Daredevil. Projections: .488 fg/.700 ft/0.0 3pt/14.8 pts/8.8 rbd/2.3 ast/0.6 stl/1.6 blk/1.5 tov
37. Paul Pierce – His initials are P.P. Projections: .437 fg/.855 ft/1.5 3pt/18.4 pts/5.0 rbd/3.8 ast/1.0 stl/0.4 blk/3.4 tov
38. Rajon Rondo – In comments, I have been simultaneously criticized for underranking Rondo while not considering ratios. Okay. Projections: .454 fg/.603 ft/0.1 3pt/12.3 pts/4.6 rbd/11.9 ast/2.0 stl/0.1 blk/3.9 tov
39. Amar'e Stoudemire – I'm a Knicks fan (as previously mentioned elsewhere by me), so I hope for my sake, his sake, your sake, and Japanese sake that he does well. Projections: .522 fg/.784 ft/0.0 3pt/22.5 pts/8.3 rbd/1.8 ast/0.8 stl/1.2 blk/2.9 tov
40. Marcus Thornton – Points and threes and bears, oh my. Projections: .460 fg/.864 ft/2.2 3pt/22.5 pts/4.6 rbd/2.3 ast/1.7 stl/0.2 blk/2.0 tov
41. Marcin Gortat – It would be amazing if his FG% could surpass his FT%. Projections: .565 fg/.680 ft/0.0 3pt/14.9 pts/9.6 rbd/1.1 ast/0.6 stl/1.4 blk/1.7 tov
42. Kris Humphries – The man can rebound, but I can't quite accept how his parents spelled his name. Projections: .500 fg/.704 ft/0.0 3pt/14.8 pts/11.7 rbd/1.6 ast/0.7 stl/1.3 blk/2.3 tov
43. Kevin Garnett – He's like an old, faithful dog without the bladder problems. Projections: .498 fg/.861 ft/0.0 3pt/14.8 pts/7.9 rbd/2.7 ast/0.8 stl/0.9 blk/3.2 tov
44. Stephen Curry – I'm trying to convince my girlfriend to go to an Indian place during "restaurant week" in October. You get 4 courses for $25. It's a perfect opportunity to enjoy curry. Otherwise, it's Stephen on draft day. Projections: .485 fg/.853 ft/2.0 3pt/17.3 pts/3.9 rbd/5.8 ast/2.0 stl/0.2 blk/3.2 tov
45. Ryan Anderson – Remember when you were a kid, and you would open your lunchbox, and on top of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich that had soaked up all of the fruit preserves was a not from your mom? That's what Ryan Anderson's three pointers are. Projections: .440 fg/.888 ft/2.6 3pt/18.6 pts/8.5 rbd/0.8 ast/0.7 stl/0.3 blk/1.2 tov
46. Gerald Wallace – I had to check to make sure he wasn't 100 years old. He's been in the league since before some of you were born and he's only 30. Projections: .460 fg/.783 ft/1.1 3pt/15.1 pts/6.7 rbd/2.6 ast/1.6 stl/0.6 blk/2.2 tov
47. Serge Ibaka – He basically just stands on the court and makes windmill motions. Projections: .540 fg/.680 ft/0.0 3pt/10.0 pts/8.0 rbd/0.4 ast/0.6 stl/4.1 blk/1.1 tov
48. Tyreke Evans – I love a player that you can draft and there's nothing offensive about his game. Projections: .461 fg/.780 ft/0.6 3pt/18.1 pts/6.3 rbd/3.8 ast/1.4 stl/0.5 blk/3.1 tov
49. Andrea Bargnani – She's pretty solid. Love those PPG! Projections: .450 fg/.849 ft/1.3 3pt/21.7 pts/5.8 rbd/1.9 ast/0.5 stl/1.0 blk/2.6 tov
50. Andre Iguodala – Philly shuttles another A.I. to Denver. Should do wonders for Iggy. Projections: .444 fg/.702 ft/1.1 3pt/15.2 pts/6.2 rbd/5.9 ast/1.9 stl/0.5 blk/2.4 tov
51. James Harden – He will do wonders for your ratios, and overall is a nice player. Projections: .484 fg/.845 ft/1.4 3pt/19.8 pts/4.6 rbd/4.4 ast/1.2 stl/0.2 blk/2.4 tov
52. Ty Lawson – Don't be afraid to take him earlier! I'm not God, although you still have to smear lamb's blood on your door if you don't want me killing your first born. Projections: .502 fg/.818 ft/1.0 3pt/17.5 pts/3.5 rbd/6.4 ast/1.5 stl/0.1 blk/2.2 tov
53. Nene Hilario – Maybe dropping the last name will help him get more rebounds. Projections: .580 fg/.711 ft/0.0 3pt/14.2 pts/7.9 rbd/1.9 ast/1.2 stl/1.0 blk/2.0 tov
54. Antawn Jamison – Imagine if he could actually get the ball in the rim, he could have 20 PPG. Projections: .410 fg/.699 ft/1.1 3pt/16.7 pts/6.1 rbd/1.8 ast/0.8 stl/0.5 blk/1.4 tov
55. Joakim Noah – I hope every game he scores exactly the same number of points as rebounds. Projections: .520 fg/.749 ft/0.0 3pt/11.0 pts/10.8 rbd/2.2 ast/0.7 stl/1.5 blk/2.0 tov
56. Carlos Boozer – I miss the good old days when Boozer was king, but he still has value. Projections: .528 fg/.705 ft/0.0 3pt/16.0 pts/8.9 rbd/2.2 ast/1.0 stl/0.5 blk/2.6 tov
57. Andrew Bogut – A nice source for blocks this far down. Projections: .475 fg/.613 ft/0.0 3pt/12.3 pts/10.2 rbd/2.3 ast/0.8 stl/2.2 blk/2.2 tov
58. Luol Deng – Ctrl-F "sneaky threes" and stick it in here for Deng. Projections: .462 fg/.761 ft/1.3 3pt/17.5 pts/7.0 rbd/2.6 ast/1.0 stl/0.8 blk/2.0 tov
59. Steve Nash – Fantasy value is hurt a bit by move to LA, but his assists and Hollywood cameos are golden. Projections: .488 fg/.900 ft/1.0 3pt/12.2 pts/2.9 rbd/12.3 ast/0.5 stl/0.1 blk/3.8 tov
60. Anthony Davis – Hey, new guy. This seat's open. Projections: .475 fg/.710 ft/0.1 3pt/11.8 pts/8.9 rbd/1.4 ast/1.1 stl/2.6 blk/2.1 tov
61. Tyson Chandler – He's no Ewing, but there's double digit rebounds if you're interested. Projections: .670 fg/.725 ft/0.0 3pt/13.0 pts/10.2 rbd/0.9 ast/0.7 stl/1.5 blk/1.6 tov
62. Chris Kaman – His dad, Michael Kamen, made some nice movie soundtracks and also spelled his name differently. Weird. Projections: .470 fg/.753 ft/0.0 3pt/14.1 pts/7.5 rbd/1.9 ast/0.5 stl/1.5 blk/2.9 tov
63. Kyle Lowry – Threes and assists, threes and assists. Oh, and steals. Projections: .415 fg/.870 ft/2.0 3pt/15.5 pts/5.0 rbd/6.0 ast/1.7 stl/0.2 blk/3.1 tov
64. Nicolas Batum – I've been told in comments Batum is going to have a breakout season. I hope so! He scored at a slightly better rate but only took one more shot a game between last season and the season before, so he better step it up a bit. Also, Nicolas is 6'8″ and only 200 pounds, what the hell is that? Projections: .467 fg/.845 ft/1.7 3pt/13.7 pts/4.7 rbd/1.6 ast/0.9 stl/1.0 blk/1.8 tov
65. Paul George – Good ratios and steals, but can you trust a man with two first names? I suspect he wears suspenders and a belt, too. Projections: .460 fg/.812 ft/1.5 3pt/13.5 pts/6.2 rbd/2.8 ast/2.2 stl/0.6 blk/2.2 tov
66. Mike Conley – Assists, steals, a three or so, and his dad is an Olympic gold medalist. Nice. My dad had a mustache. Projections: .445 fg/.777 ft/1.0 3pt/13.5 pts/2.7 rbd/6.6 ast/1.9 stl/0.2 blk/2.4 tov
67. Ersan Ilyasova – I'd certainly take 10 rebounds and a three per game. Give it to me, Ilyasova! Projections: .500 fg/.796 ft/1.0 3pt/14.1 pts/9.2 rbd/1.3 ast/1.2 stl/0.7 blk/1.5 tov
68. Danilo Gallinari – Before Gallo crows, you will deny this blog three times. Projections: .420 fg/.862 ft/1.5 3pt/15.3 pts/5.0 rbd/2.0 ast/1.1 stl/0.4 blk/1.8 tov
69. Damian Lillard – Haha, seriously though, what is with my projections on Lilliard? I'm crazy like a used mattress salesman. Projections: .408 fg/.882 ft/1.5 3pt/18.9 pts/3.7 rbd/5.9 ast/1.1 stl/0.1 blk/3.4 tov
70. David West – Last season troubles me. New team, knee recovery, reduced minutes, reduced stats. There will be a bounceback, but I can't tell how much. What I can say is, David West is a tough mofo, and he will battle for every stat he gives you. Projections: .484 fg/.800 ft/0.0 3pt/15.9 pts/7.4 rbd/2.5 ast/0.9 stl/0.8 blk/2.1 tov
71. Jeremy Lin – Good luck in Houston, Jeremy. Use your new contract to buy some glue to stick to your hands. Projections: .450 fg/.800 ft/0.5 3pt/17.0 pts/2.7 rbd/5.5 ast/1.6 stl/0.3 blk/5.2 tov
72. Trevor Ariza – Eh, you know, Small Forwards. Can't live with them, still have to draft them. Projections: .408 fg/.733 ft/1.0 3pt/12.2 pts/5.7 rbd/3.3 ast/1.8 stl/0.5 blk/2.2 tov
73. Elton Brand – May be a backup, but there's still some value to owning him. Projections: .508 fg/.747 ft/0.0 3pt/13.1 pts/8.1 rbd/1.4 ast/0.9 stl/1.5 blk/1.4 tov
74. Kevin Martin – If you pump them in from behind the arc, you get delicious points totals. Projections: .431 fg/.899 ft/2.1 3pt/19.7 pts/3.1 rbd/2.9 ast/1.0 stl/0.1 blk/2.6 tov
75. Manu Ginobili – Nice ratios, good source of threes. Projections: .453 fg/.868 ft/1.6 3pt/15.2 pts/3.5 rbd/4.4 ast/1.0 stl/0.3 blk/2.2 tov
76. Kenneth Faried – Rebounds, blocks, low turnovers. Projections: .575 fg/.670 ft/0.0 3pt/12.1 pts/8.2 rbd/1.0 ast/0.9 stl/1.2 blk/1.9 tov
77. Louis Williams – As a starter, this season is his for the taking. Projections: .413 fg/.822 ft/1.3 3pg/16.5 pts/2.8 rbd/3.9 ast/1.0 stl/0.3 blk/1.5 tov
78. Anderson Varejao – Double/doubles always have value. Projections: .530 fg/.667 ft/0.0 3pt/10.2 pts/11.8 rbd/1.6 ast/1.2 stl/1.0 blk/2.0 tov
79. Jeff Teague – Jeff gave me a $10 Starbucks giftcard to rank him this high. I'm going to buy a pumpkin spiced latte. Projections: .480 fg/.801 ft/1.0 3pt/13.8 pts/2.5 rbd/5.2 ast/1.7 stl/0.5 blk/2.3 tov
80. Rodney Stuckey – We're expecting an increase in minutes, which should hopefully lead to an increase in production. He doesn't hit threes well, so hopefully he doesn't start chucking them up. Projections: .432 fg/.840 ft/0.5 3pt/15.8 pts/3.0 rbd/4.9 ast/1.2 stl/0.1 blk/2.4 tov
81. Jrue Holliday – Always seems better than he is. Isn't as bad as he could be. Jrue story. Projections: .441 fg/.798 ft/1.1 3pt/13.9 pts/3.8 rbd/5.2 ast/1.4 stl/0.3 blk/2.9 tov
82. Wesley Matthews – I went to school with a kid named Wesley in 7th grade, the one and only year I went to Catholic School. Every day, Wes would eat his mom's brown beef stew from his Thermos, and every day, he would finish lunch with a brown stain on his white shirt. His mom probably kept Clorox in business. Anyway, this Wesley has awesome ratios and can probably eat his lunch properly. Projections: .444 fg/.852 ft/2.1 3pt/14.7 pts/3.3 rbd/1.9 ast/1.6 stl/0.1 blk/1.4 tov
83. Lamar Odom – Second option he may be, but still a decent source for rebounds and assists. .494 fg/.650 ft/0.7 3pt/12.5 pts/7.9 rbd/2.8 ast/0.8 stl/0.6 blk/1.7 tov
84. Klay Thompson – He's on my radar, o-klay? Projections: .450 fg/.871 ft/1.8 3pt/14.1 pts/2.8 rbd/2.4 ast/0.9 stl/0.3 blk/2.0 tov
85. Ray Allen – A shooting guard off the bench doesn't sound that exciting, but he has terrific ratios and will give you a handful of threes per game. .456 fg/.902 ft/1.7 3pt/13.7 pts/2.9 rbd/2.6 ast/0.9 stl/0.2 blk/1.5 tov
86. Nikola Pekovic – Nikola was born in Bijelo Polje, which was Yugoslavia at the time he slipped out of his mother's womb. His home country then became Serbia and Montenegro, which then split again into Montenegro. At this rate, Pekovic will be able to buy his native land in a few years. Projections: .570 fg/.753 ft/0.0 3pt/14.5 pts/8.4 rbd/0.8 ast/0.7 stl/1.0 blk/2.3 tov
87. Jason Terry – Ouch, no rebounds? Steals are nice, threes are nice, but no rebounds? Projections: .427 fg/.872 ft/1.8 3pt/14.7 pts/1.9 rbd/3.7 ast/1.0 stl/0.2 blk/1.9 tov
88. Arron Afflalo – On drrafft day, you could do worse. Projections: .478 fg/.799 ft/1.5 3pt/15.6 pts/3.4 rbd/2.5 ast/0.6 stl/0.3 blk/1.5 tov
89. Isaiah Thomas – He's due to have a breakout season, but he needs, like, two breakout seasons in a row. Well, start somewhere. Projections: .452 fg/.843 ft/1.4 3pt/12.5 pts/2.7 rbd/4.2 ast/1.0 stl/0.1 blk/2.2 tov
90. Mo Williams – Mo Williams, mo' threes. Oh, hey, nice assists, too. Could easily be ranked ahead of Thomas, if that meant anything to me. Projections: .428 fg/.888 ft/1.9 3pt/15.2 pts/2.6 rbd/5.5 ast/1.0 stl/0.1 blk/2.8 tov
91. Shawn Marion – Definite plus on ratios, both shooting and turnovers. Projections: .477 fg/.787 ft/0.2 3pt/11.6 pts/7.3 rbd/1.7 ast/1.1 stl/0.6 blk/1.6 tov
92. OJ Mayo – Some decent points this late. Projections: .433 fg/.771 ft/1.5 3pt/14.8 pts/3.3 rbd/2.9 ast/1.0 stl/0.3 blk/2.1 tov
93. Evan Turner – Keeps his Turnerovers in check. Hahahaha. Projections: .432 fg/.722 ft/0.2 3pt/10.4 pts/6.0 rbd/3.0 ast/0.7 stl/0.3 blk/1.9 tov
94. Goran Dragic – He fought in the Ottoman–Venetian War. He lost an arm during the conflict, so his FT% isn't quite as good as it could have been. Projections: .473 fg/.685 ft/1.2 3pt/12.4 pts/2.7 rbd/5.9 ast/1.3 stl/0.2 blk/2.7 tov
95. Thaddeus Young – Decent numbers for a number 2 Small Forward. Projections: .512 fg/.752 ft/0.2 3pt/13.1 pts/5.4 rbd/1.4 ast/1.2 stl/0.4 blk/1.3 tov
96.1 Channing Frye – If you can get 11/6 and a block from a non-starter Power Forward, that's reasonable. Projections: .420 fg/.835 ft/1.7 3pt/10.8 pts/6.2 rbd/1.2 ast/0.8 stl/0.9 blk/1.1 tov Update 9/27: Like the Grinch, Channing's heart grew three sizes larger, so Frye is out for the season. Thanks to Adge for hipping me to this news.
96. JaVale McGee – We had high hopes, you and I. Projections: .544 fg/.512 ft/0.0 3pt/11.4 pts/8.2 rbd/0.5 ast/0.5 stl/2.2 blk/1.9 tov
97. Gordon Hayward – Hay, ward you be on my basketball team to help my ratios? Projections: .472 fg/.840 ft/0.9 3pt/12.5 pts/3.7 rbd/3.3 ast/1.0 stl/0.8 blk/2.0 tov
98. Brandon Bass – Solid ratios, and a block per game. Projections: .487 fg/.816 ft/0.0 3pt/13.1 pts/6.4 rbd/1.0 ast/0.5 stl/1.0 blk/1.3 tov
99. Demar DeRozan – I had a lot of fun writing about DeRozan last season, and I expect him to make it into the blog quite a bit this season. Projections: .433 fg/.810 ft/0.4 3pt/16.9 pts/3.4 rbd/1.8 ast/0.9 stl/0.2 blk/1.9 tov
100. Jose Calderon – Time to stick in a new player into the top 100, hopefully all of his internal organs work okay. Calderon is a backup, but this deep, even if he only gives you six assists with a three and a steal, that's golden. Projections: .453 fg/.876 ft/1.0 3pt/9.8 pts/3.2 rbd/7.7 ast/1.0 stl/0.1 blk/2.4 tov


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Since the EU Crisis went into overdrive in 2010, EU politicians have largely resorted to political posturing rather than implementing any actual financial solutions to the EU's debt and banking crisis.
To clarify that statement, we view a "real solution" as one that A) cleared bad debts from the system, B) brought debt levels down to manageable levels, and C) got the troubled country's economy back on track.
By way of example, real solutions would involve outright debt defaults, bank failures, and very likely one or more countries leaving the Euro. However, no major EU leader ever seriously promotes any of these ideas because doing so would akin to committing political suicide as the rest of the political class would blame them for what followed.
As a result, EU politicians continue to kick the can down the road with half-measures such as austerity measures in exchange for bailouts. The end result is that nothing is ever solved as those in charge of the decisions that matter have no incentives to actually do anything beneficial for their countries' economies. See Greece whose economy has completely imploded to the point that children are being admitted to hospitals every week for malnutrition… and it will still have a Debt to GDP of 120% in 2022!
It is now obvious that US politicians have seen this work well for their European counterparts (nothing gets fixed, not tough choices have to be made and almost no one gets kicked out of office), and are now adopting this strategy on this side of the pond.
Consider the fiscal cliff issue, which our political leaders discussed endlessly for over a month, only to then pass a "deal" which both raised taxes AND failed to cut the deficit or debt.
Again, nothing solved, but plenty of posturing and blame.
Expect more of this. Today, the top story for the US is gun control even though we will officially breach the debt ceiling in roughly one month's time. The last time we did this the US lost one of its AAA ratings from a credit agency and the markets imploded wiping out over a trillion dollars in household wealth in a matter of days.
This time around, things will be far worse if nothing is solved. If the US loses another AAA rating, then the financial markets could face systemic risk. The reason for this is that US Treasuries are one of the senior most forms of collateral used by the banks to backstop the $600+ trillion derivatives market.
As any trader who trades on margin can tell you, when the value of your collateral is called into question, those on the other side of the trade come looking for you to put up more capital on your trades. This can result in assets being sold en masse (similar to what happened after Lehman failed) and things can get very ugly very fast.
Another consequence of the US losing another AAA rating would be a potential spike in interest rates as a result of us having a lower credit rating. A 100 basis point move higher in interest rates means the US paying another $100+ billion in interest payments on its debt. The US is slated to pay some $300+ billion in interest payments in 2013. This amount could explode higher if interest rates rose.
We already have a Debt to GDP ratio of over 100%. Our deficit to GDP is nearly 10%. These are Greece type levels. And while the US has several advantages Greece does not (it produces the reserve currency of the world and is also the largest economy), the bond markets can be very unforgiving of fiscal profligacy.
But US politicians don't care. They know that the US economy is a disaster and will be getting worse. The issue for them is not fixing this, but shifting the blame for what's coming onto the other party.
Bottomline: the US debt situation is not going to be brought under control. We'll either breach the debt ceiling or pass some hurried bill to raise it. Neither of these will help our credit rating or our fiscal issues.
Buckle up, 2013 is going to be an "interesting" year.
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