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640 employees ought to be enough.
If you have a business division that you want to maintain, then there's a limit to how many you can get rid of. But Microsoft are clearly closing divisions. They are closing their x-box spin off TV studios, so all those staff can go. Clearly there are large chunks of Nokia that they want to close, likely maintaining the hardware designers but if you're in Nokia marketing, or Symbian/Android software development your coat is on a shoogly nail as they say in Scotland. Similarly, it looks like Nokia manufacturing will also be outsourced, so there are thousands more jobs that will go.
Inside Microsoft is a bit different. From what I've read, it looks like there will be some streamlining of management, so some layers of management will be cut. Most people on here will have seen how management can breed more management, so this is a pretty typical corporate response. Unfortunately for the managers losing their job it may be harder to find a new job. Where a division closes there's always the possibility of a sale to a competitor or some form of management buy out.
Its important to remember that Microsoft is only losing about 5% of its non-Nokia jobs. That makes these cuts have far less impact to the company as a whole. I work in a small consulting company of about 40 people, so this would be the same as us letting go two members of our staff because of a restructuring. That wouldn't be insignificant, but it obviously wouldn't be a major shift for our company.
As I see it Microsoft really only has one major problem, and that is to find a way to capitalize on their R&D budget. They have the fifth largest R&D budget [gsmarena.com] of any private company in the world. This far surpases companies like Apple and Google [cnn.com] which are far better commonly known for their innovative products than Microsoft. If they could actually make use of this R&D Microsoft would be in great shape regardless of what eventually happens to Windows, Office, or XBox.
Microsoft engineers are clearly being funded well enough to help Microsoft grow in the future, they just need better leadership to take advantage of their work instead of just writing salary checks.
What Microsoft sadly lacks is vision. They have great R&D teams, pointed at nothing, or at each other, or at random. If they had any kind of clue about what new technologies would be popular in the future, they could do great. They can afford to say "it may be X, or maybe Y, or maybe Z - so lets make all 3!".
But they don't they make second-rate (or acquire) products in markets other people have invented, then try to make those products the best-in-class over time. That's fine and all, but it's the opposite of leadership!
How many H1-B visas are they requesting?
About 18,000...
About half of Apple's employees are retail employees (working in Apple stores). Only about 40,000 work as developers, testers, etc.
Apple's 2013 10-K Annual Report states [sec.gov]
"As of September 28, 2013, the Company had approximately 80,300 full-time equivalent employees and an additional 4,100 full-time equivalent temporary employees and contractors. Approximately 42,800 of the total full-time equivalent employees worked in the Company's Retail segment."
oh, it gets worse than this. After MSFT fire everybody their headcount will still be higher than it was last year.
AMZN has lots of people in the warehouses. Redhat is more focused. FaceBook is more focused and has outsourced (depending on you define outsourcing) a lot of its processes. Etc. all are lousy companions.
About half of Apple's employees are retail employees (working in Apple stores). Only about 40,000 work as developers, testers, etc.
This is what I was wondering about the most when I read the summary (not just apple though).
Within Microsoft, I'm guessing there are many different groups, and many are fairly well defined. There's all the runnning-a-business cruft (management, marketing, helpdesk, support, etc), and the various product breakdowns (xbox, office, windows, vs, surface, etc etc etc). Ditto for all those other companies. I'd love to see a headcount of people that actually make stuff per product per company, and the count of tho
This post and a comment in another [slashdot.org] help explain the problems common in management systems.
Initially, you have enough managers to stay busy keeping track of the work and relaying status to the guys at the top. As base employee numbers shift, some managers become overworked and others have free time. The managers with free time try to convince the C*Os that the overworked managers are just inefficient, while the overworked managers attempt to convince the C*Os that they are overworked and need underling managers (and that the underworked managers are slackers, not really doing their job). Once a few underling managers get added, there becomes a war of status over who has the most underling managers, regardless of the actual utility of any of them. The upper managers bicker for the favor of the C*Os, the middle managers compete over improving their rank, and the lowest rung of managers is stuck either trying to do a good job and crippled by the weight of decisions from above or ignoring their job and trying to squeeze up a few tiers.
Sometimes a CEO, board of directors, or other high rank will notice that 2/3 of their budget is going to managers, 50% of their staff is management, and productive employees are leaving citing "management troubles" as their reason for going. Then starts a vicious burn cycle that tries to preserve the most competent managers and cut out all the dead weight (success rates vary), like the one that has been going on at Microsoft since Windows 8 went retail while not just ignoring but actively rejecting customer inputs about the release candidate versions.
40' RV? That's like when the trashiest of white trash wins the lottery.
... enough to deprive potential competitors of necessary human resources.
The part that I'm wondering about is with these new, ultra efficient companies that merge up like crazy how much work is there going to be for the rest of us to do? Between that an automation it just looks like we're running out of work to do..
I think that's a bit of overestimation of these 'new, ultra efficient' companies. The volume of IT work has increased a lot over the past couple of decades, despite a seemingly more homogenous IT world with fewer 'newer, ultra efficient' companies (compared to the state of things in the early 90s).
In practice, the industry has just been shuffling I think. Some key specific cases see some gains or else loudly think they got gains, but there are losers too.
Some areas that were more automation friendly actua
> Between that an automation it just looks like we're running out of work to do..
You are dead right there.
Drive for a living? Not for much longer.
Fly for a living? Not for much longer.
A broker or agent of some kind? Won't be needing you so much.
Globally huge numbers of traditional blue collar jobs are being made obsolete and they're not being replaced in sufficient numbers with new opportunities. We're going to have to adjust to the reality that within, say, 100 years... unless climate change or war or whatever hasn't significantly affected global demographics.. most of the developed world's population is not going to be economically active within the existing model of trading labour for goods. We're going to have to find cheap ways of keeping them fed and pacified whilst still being able to look at ourselves in the mirror.
You're making shit up. What he actually said is "we will continue to innovate and grow our fan base with Xbox while also creating additive business value for Microsoft," [theinquirer.net]
Sure he's cancelling the XBox Original TV Shows idea, but in all honest that idea was incredibly stupid and really added nothing to 99.99% of XBox users.
This week, I got a real WTF when dealing with Microsoft products and the amazing amount of redundancy that is possible in the company.
We have a robot product that we can communicate to using Bluetooth SPP and we are creating an application that can control it remotely. We originally went with a serial interface (after pairing, recording the "com#" of the device and then passing it to our application), this is somewhat cumbersome so we wanted to pair from our app and connect directly (saving the user from doing those operations manually).
Logically, this would be one set of APIs, but it seems there are five depending on the OS - the only ones that are common are for Vista/Win7. I would think that right here there are four teams that are redundant - pick a single, consistent API, add it in Service Packs for all supported OSes and assign one team to the job.
I would expect there are many more examples out there of similar inefficiencies that somebody within Microsoft should be able to answer with the ability to make things easier for developers and make developers available for squishing bugs.
Sorry about the rant, but standard IO interface APIs should be just that, standard.
As has been pointed out already, the "How many employees does MS need?" question is ridiculous, as there's no way ANY of us here is qualified to give even an approximate answer that's not just a complete guess.
That said, it *is* possible to talk specifics and point out areas where improvement is needed.
The last I heard, Microsoft had an internal structure where those developing new applications weren't the ones responsible for debugging them. They just spit out the code, and another team would have to fix/clean it up. To me, that makes absolutely NO sense, as the people best qualified to get a program running right are the ones who wrote it in the first place! I've heard that's one of the things that's going to change to improve efficiency, and if true -- I sure hope so, even if it means laying some people off.
I also understand that finally, the Mac and the Windows Office developers have been instructed to work as a team -- vs. treating the Mac Office developers as an isolated group in the company. (That *may* have been originally done based on a silly interpretation of the financials, vs. any true benefit to the development of the code? I remember the Mac division of Microsoft once bragging that it earned the highest profit margin of any division in the company, per employee hired -- simply because it was such a small team.)
I will say I find it telling that even Intel corporation has over 20,000 fewer employees than Microsoft does, right now. I can't really imagine that chip development and sales by the world leader in that area would require less manpower than Microsoft needs to sell and support some of the code people can run on those chips?
This guy can sell anything! Even Reversi and Windows 8!
Too bad he's gone now.
I work concurrently in a large company (45,000 employees) and a small company (50-ish, but for years we were in the 5-8 range). I am solidly convinced that the larger a company gets, the higher the number of excess employees.
How do I work concurrently in both companies? My primary employer is the small company, but the large company has subcontracted me via my primary employer to work in their HQ 3 days a week because a specific department (which my primary employer specializes in) is swamped, or so they say. So, 3 days a week I work at the big place with very little to do and end up doing a small amount of work and lots of web browsing or reading or working remotely as I'm able on tasks for the small company. And then 2 days a week I'm at the small company, swamped and playing catch-up.
Granted, this is but one example, but the contrast I see on a daily basis is stunning. Even in my smaller employer I see us getting more inefficiencies and "dead weight" employees. Back when our employee count was in the single digits, it was a whole different ballgame. We were small. We didn't have the resources to carry extra employees. When someone would quit, it was a huge deal because we'd be losing literally like a sixth of our entire workforce. And it was a fun environment! It truly felt like a tightly connected team.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. I've been employed at the small company for 16 years and have no desire to leave. But to get back to the original question, the bigger a company gets, the more dead weight they'll carry until the times get really tough. Then, you'll see where they can cut the fat.
Here's an example. A few decades ago, the Rock Island railroad was a well-known railroad across the Midwest. They went bankrupt in about 1980 if memory serves. Leading up to their insolvency, they ended up leading the industry in getting down to a 2-person train crew because they simply had no money to pay additional crew members. From what I've heard, managers literally told train crews "Tough luck, you get an engineer and a conductor because we can't afford to pay for a brakeman." And now the industry standard is a 2-person train crew.
Aside from Microsoft, a FAR better question would be (not to turn this political, but it's a fair question): "How many employees does $government really need?"
Where am I going with this? I'm not sure. Maybe I'm rambling because I'm bored.
I work concurrently in a large company (45,000 employees) and a small company (50-ish, but for years we were in the 5-8 range). I am solidly convinced that the larger a company gets, the higher the number of excess employees.
certainly large companies have more excess employees, after all the are larger and if only 10% of a company's employees are excess then, using your example, one has 45k and the other 5 excess employees. I suspect the percentage is larger at large companies because it is easy to hide employees and hire, rathe than layoff, staff.
What is the right number of employees? It depends; largely on their revenue generating ability.I've worked at companies where if an employee was billable 65% of the time everyone was
I bet you're working for the large company today
Hmmm, how'd you guess?
I like to think of it as "Silting up"... big companies with little apparent strategic direction tend to lose their most talented employees to 'churn'... The least talented employees have fewer options so they stay put marking time.. They become silt..
Most people just call that the Dead Sea Effect [slashdot.org].
I was a network manager at a large-ish company and took a job at a smaller consulting company.
I work much harder at the small company than I did at the large company. The only time I worked harder at the large company was when doing large, time-sensitive projects (ie, get to pause/finish stage or network is broken).
The upside of the large company workload was that I think I my knowledge was much higher resolution, because I had time to focus and dig into details. At the consulting job, I have much more ex
Granted, this is but one example, but the contrast I see on a daily basis is stunning. Even in my smaller employer I see us getting more inefficiencies and "dead weight" employees. Back when our employee count was in the single digits, it was a whole different ballgame. We were small. We didn't have the resources to carry extra employees. When someone would quit, it was a huge deal because we'd be losing literally like a sixth of our entire workforce.
I think you answered your own question in a sense. When your company was small, the culture was that every employee was very valuable and getting rid of someone just wasn't an option. People were accountable because they didn't want to let the team down. They could see how important they were. It was obvious every time a coworker took a week off for vacation.
When a company gets bigger, it has to shed the notion that every person is absolutely valuable and needed. Equally important is spending effort
"Tough luck, you get an engineer and a conductor because we can't afford to pay for a brakeman." And now the industry standard is a 2-person train crew.
The industry standard is a 2-person train crew because of FRED, who dates approximately from the 1980s. Another case of automation eliminating jobs.
Just a rule of thumb I've seen in the lower end of the tech market to stay profitable. At $100B revenue (per year), that's 200K employees. At 110K employees, they're around 900K per employee, which is great.
does IBM have 400k employees? is the count ~300k for temp staff?
If they really wanted to do what was right for the stock holders, they should acknowledge that they've got an incredibly lucrative income stream from a gradually dying product line. They should milk the Windows/Office franchise for everything they can, while cutting down development which only at this point enrages customers who have to spend big bucks on migration costs.
Cut everything way back, and send every penny you make straight back to the stock holders (i.e. an Income Trust).
MS Stock would instantly become the hottest income stock on the market. "Hey, we're *not* going to blow every penny we've made for the last 30 years in a futile attempt to stave off the end of our industry. We're just going to make you very, very wealthy!"
MS is sitting on the world's most profitable oil field. There's no shame in acknowledging that it won't last forever - just exploit it as profitably (i.e. cheaply) as possible and give the money to the stock holders.
If they really wanted to do what was right for the stock holders, they should acknowledge that they've got an incredibly lucrative income stream from a gradually dying product line. They should milk the Windows/Office franchise for everything they can, while cutting down development which only at this point enrages customers who have to spend big bucks on migration costs.
Cut everything way back, and send every penny you make straight back to the stock holders (i.e. an Income Trust).
MS Stock would instantly become the hottest income stock on the market. "Hey, we're *not* going to blow every penny we've made for the last 30 years in a futile attempt to stave off the end of our industry. We're just going to make you very, very wealthy!"
MS is sitting on the world's most profitable oil field. There's no shame in acknowledging that it won't last forever - just exploit it as profitably (i.e. cheaply) as possible and give the money to the stock holders.
This sort of argument shows a lack of business common sense. People need operating systems to run on their computers. That operating system needs to be continuously updated with security fixes. It is also nice to get new features every now and then. What Microsoft really needs to do is drop the Major Revision concept and just sell "Windows" or "Office" as a service. The OS gets updated periodically and people pay periodically.
Microsoft has pushed this before and the backlash was/has been huge becau
That operating system needs to be continuously updated with security fixes.
What you mean "need". The license doesn't put them in any liability for the consequences of security flaws. People don't use Windows and Office because they're the most secure products, they use Windows and Office because they are locked in. Microsoft could declare right now they're not going to fix any more security flaws in Windows, all future installations will be licensed at a fee of $1K/CPU/year, and people wouldn't have any more choice than they do now.
Consider the history of major software projects, and how many employees were required. BSD unix was a university project, developed by faculty and students. Linux was developed initially by one person, and then a relatively small team. NeXT was developed by a fairly small team over a relatively small amount of time. Mac OSX was basically the NeXT system ported over to the Mac platform; at the time, Apple had about a tenth of the employees of Microsoft, and was under significant financial stress. iOS an
Actually Windows XP was based on the Windows NT architecture. Windows 95, was based on the DOS architecture.
Windows 95 was decades ago, it wasn't up to modern standards but it was certainly better than Mac OS 7 or Linux 1.0. It's time to move on.
Actually Windows XP was based on the Windows NT architecture. Windows 95, was based on the DOS architecture.
Windows 95 was decades ago, it wasn't up to modern standards but it was certainly better than Mac OS 7 or Linux 1.0. It's time to move on.
OSX in fact precedes windows 95, let alone Windows NT. That's right, because the best parts of OSX originate in NeXT, which was sold as a product in 1988, six years or more before windows 95. And the reason why NeXT/OSX were so great so early was because they were based on the decades old Unix architecture. And don't talk about Mac OS 7. It was dead end garbage. Only the most superficial structures from Mac OS made it into OSX.
I explained this in a thread yesterday, but there's a good reason (in this case, anyway) for the buzzword-laden speech. The reason is that this is a massive layoff, and Satya Nadella doesn't want to give a single one of those 18,000 employees ammunition to use against the company in a wrongful termination or discrimination suit. At the same time, it's a PR issue - there was a lot of press coverage of these layoffs, and he doesn't want to give anything to the press to use against the company either.
In realit
What you don't realize is that "Dilbert' is now a word-smithing resource for upper level management.
I win. Too bad a bunch of ex-Nokia folks and Microsofties had to lose though.
A mass layoff would normally be a tragic thing for the employees. However, these are people with programming experience from a top tier computer company. With all the recent reports of the huge need for more coders, they should have no trouble getting new jobs. RIGHT?
Because they don't need any of the former, but low and behold, a half million of the latter.
How Many Employees Does Microsoft Really Need?
With any luck, no more than is necessary to shut the doors and turn out the lights.
HP has over 317,000 employees, thanks in large part to acquisitions - Microsoft is no different here.
Lots of redundancies can be eliminated (unfortunately for those employees) - and in some ways, this is a very bad thing. As monopolies grow, they are able to be more efficient and eliminate jobs. We don't stop and think about the fact that in a massive conglomerate corporation place once stood several competing corporations that meant competition (lower prices, better service to consumers) and more jobs - bu
... to close the door on the way out
I'm not sure including Amazon in the list is a reasonable comparison. Their numbers will be boosted by all the shelf pickers. Same with Apple and their retail stores - it's a different kind of business (OK, perhaps MS have some stores, but I doubt anything like as many). Some tasks are just more labour intensive (at least until Amazon perfects their robot pickers!)
In modern corporate thinking, the answer is two - the CEO, and a flunky to fetch coffee and do any actual work the CEO should be doing. Every other position should be either automated or outsourced.
I work for a medium-large organization (a few thousand people worldwide, nothing like a Microsoft or IBM.) Both very small and very large organizations have problems. Small businesses are usually run by a tyrannical owner and their family, and all others are treated like "the help". Large organizations develop their own political infrastructure, and yes, they collect a lot of unnecessary employees. I'm not sure which is the bigger problem.
When things get too big, there are some people who get very good at either (a) hiding out and not doing a whole lot, or (b) taking advantage of the size of the organization and slowly building empires around themselves. I'm on a very small (way too small for the amount of actual, real customer work we do) product engineering team and am sometimes amazed at how easily some other groups within our company can just ask for and receive more headcount. Good politicians do very well in large organizations. In addition, there are simply a lot of jobs that involve processes that could be automated, but for whatever reason they're not. How many large-company employees do you know that simply take an input stack of work, perform some sort of transaction on it, and pass it on to the next person in the chain? A lot of this is probably holdover from when companies actually did have thousands of people manually processing paper and requests.
Also, in large organizations with long-term employees, it's very easy for the employees to get wrapped up in the organizational procedures themselves. I have a lot of friends who work for the state university system and in local governments, and they tell me all sorts of stories about people throwing fits over the number of sick days they have banked, etc. just because it's a very important part of their work culture. There's a lot of bureaucracy just for the sake of it, and long-term employees use "the system" to maximum advantage. The problem is that it distracts from the actual work that needs to be done.
I'm not really sure we _should_ get rid of every single inefficient position, for one simple reason...these office jobs keep a huge chunk of middle class with reasonable skills and medium levels of education employed. Take those out everywhere and suddenly millions of people start defaulting on their debts and the economy collapses. In that case, either (a) the economy reorganizes around a Star Trek The Next Generation model, or (b) we start seeing some really bad stuff happening in the near future. Losing manufacturing was bad -- imagine what happens when millions more have nowhere to go and nothing to do.
That said, try to get a bug fixed or feature added in Windows or Office...it's not easy and I think I know part of the reason.
One advantage of being laid off by Microsoft. When the crappy job ad asks for the impossible, such as "5+ years experience with Windows 8", a former MS employee can actually claim to have that experience!
I worked for some time for one of the largest companies in the world during its biggest growth period. We had about 40,000 employees when I joined and about 15 years later we had about 120k. Honestly, we didn't really do anything significantly different production wise at the end that we weren't doing that the beginning, perhaps 10k of those extra 80k employees contributed to an actual increase in delivered products and services.
At the beginning a department was generally a manager who reported to a VP or GM, they had 5-6 managers under them and each manager had 6-12 employees. Those first line managers were responsible for making decisions and accountable for the results. About half the company was in manufacturing or customer support of some kind.
What we had at the end were lots and lots of meetings with lots and lots of people who all wanted a vote. Ownership and accountability were all over the place. Perhaps 3-5 people were all doing the job that one FLM was doing at the beginning. We had a ton of process and paperwork. Lots and lots of middle management. There were now as many as 7-8 layers between a first line manager and a GM or VP. That's another thing. I think we had about 9 or 10 VP's at the start and we had about 50 of them towards the end. We spent millions, even billions on things we really had no core competency on and then abandoned them when the people running them realized the quagmire they were in was about to go over their heads. We got further and further away from profitable products and services.
Then we took a seriously wrong turn innovation-wise (like we didn't do any for a while, just insisted on doing the same stuff we'd always done, the way we'd always done it) and we almost had our lunch eaten by a far less capable competitor. We lost or laid off about 30,000 employees in just a few years. Unfortunately many of them were the talented people who just didn't need to deal with uncertainty or bureaucracy anymore. Miraculously, a small group of employees coughed up a major innovation and we got back into the game and came back gangbusters. The company has such a commanding lead in the market they're in and are so efficient at manufacturing that really nobody else can profit in the segment so they'll maintain inertia for at least another 3-5 years, maybe more.
The company is still doing well, but frankly even at current employee levels you could take another 20-30k of the middle management and redundant "stakeholders" out to the parking lot, tar and feather them and not allow them back into the building ever again and absolutely nothing bad would happen. As long as you held onto the manufacturing, IT, customer service, engineering and about 50 marketing/PR people, things would go at least as well.
We worked with Microsoft a lot and I met regularly with their execs and senior management. They have pretty much the same disease. A long in the tooth cash cow that turns out money like a broken ATM and management that's sure all of that is due to their guidance and genius. Extreme narcissism and an ivory tower that goes to the moon. Most of the key decision makers and innovators are probably mired down in 7.5 hours of meetings a day and spend the other hour and a half doing e-mail and writing progress reports. Once they wander too far away from the cash cow, they burn through money and get nowhere. They absolutely fit the saying "when you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail". Its all about "how do we stuff Windows into it, and lets just try to do the same things that others already squeezed the profit out of, whether there is a real strategy there or if it even fits into anything we have any competence in".
So I'd say that with their current reasonable and profitable product set, they probably need around 65k-70k employees. I don't think at this point that they really have any valid position in the hardware business. The mobile market blew past them 3+ years ago. They might make 4th or 5th in the ecosystem business if they tried hard. They could easily be pushed right out of business in under 5 years.
As a side note. The announcement of the huge Microsoft layoffs come one week after Bill Gates calls for more imported labor.
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Have you tried the new designed retro? Is there any difference in feeling from the "old" one? And compared to say... the glide, which you also use. I'm intrested in buying a 7.5.
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I have an '08 Retro 7.5 m2, but I have not had the chance to test it against the '07 7.5 Glide.
My guess would be that the Glide will have a little more low end (deeper draft throughout the entire sail) but the new Retro 7.5 will be faster on the top end, give
a little better stability overall, and have a greater tuning range.
I've been working on ships pretty much non-stop lately, so I'm behind quite a bit on my
'08 testing. I hope to spend more time on the water next week prior to the Windfest in Hatteras at Frisco Woods 4/17-4/19 2008.
I will have new '08 Retros in 8.5/7.5/6.5/5.5 m2 sizes (plus some new Revo's and a full set of Huckers) at Windfest so come on out and try them.
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"Can I just take your Jeep? It's blocking my car. I'll be back in twenty minutes."
I was visiting my mom, and she needed to make a run to the store. It was dark out, and my Jeep Grand Cherokee tester was parked behind her car.
"Sure, see you soon" I replied.
Mom hates driving at night. She avoids it at all costs, and when she has to venture out regardless, she talks at length about how horrible it was after the fact. Accordingly, I was nervous when she hadn't returned an hour later.
When she finally did, she had a grin on her face.
"I went for a drive!" she proclaimed, holding her bag of late-night shopping.
"I could actually see! I haven't enjoyed driving at night for years!"
The new Grand Cherokee that she was driving had a set of xenon headlamps, a far improvement from the yellowed, hazy halogen lights she's used to on her 2000 Honda Accord.
"It was amazing, can you put lights like that in my car?"
Maybe so, maybe no. But this all got me thinking about the wide range of performance you'll find in factory lighting systems on new cars today – and how most folks on a test-drive won't get to see what they're like. After all, most dealerships close before dark.
I've driven over 500 new cars, all of them at night, and most at night on a winding, empty highway across parts of Northern Ontario. Not all lighting systems are created the same – and when I see a good one, it sticks with me.
The new Grand Cherokee with the optional xenon lights was one of those good ones. Xenon lights are fantastic. A good, quality set will flood the road ahead with illumination, saturating your forward vision with crisp and clean white light that's easier on the eyes than halogen. With a good set of xenon lights, most drivers will notice their eyes 'lasting' longer into a late-night drive before becoming fatigued, too. That's because they have to do less work to see properly.
The best headlights I've ever used? It's a tie between the Cadillac CTS's xenon headlamps, or the LED-fired headlights in the Audi A7. Both of these systems drenched the road ahead with white light that reached past the tree-line to the sides of a two-lane highway. Both of them left my eyes alert and fresh, even after 4 or 5 hours of nighttime driving.


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THE grass fire in Woodvale is now under control.
A CFA spokeperson said fire trucks attended the incident and the aeriel waterbomber was also dispatched.
"It happened just ahead of the wind change so it was a case of hitting it hard, hitting it early," he said.
Fire crews also battled a grass fire in Heathcote today as temperatures pushed towards 40 degrees across the state.
The fire got up to about one hectare in size and caused spot-fire up to one kilometre around it.
"The fire was on the south west edge of town," the CFA spokesperson said.
"It threatened one or two houses ... it was great work from all the local crews to pull it up."
FIRE crews have been called to Woodvale.
Bendigo firefighters have been called to the incident, with at least 10 tankers on their way to the grass fire.
The CFA website has listed the fire as being at the Loddon-Valley HIghway, Woodvale.
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Statewide program to offer expanded service to moms in honor of Mother's Day
This Mother's Day, the Arkansas Tobacco Quitline is offering pregnant women who smoke expanded services to help them quit for themselves and for their child.
"This is a useful resource, and we have had positive feedback concerning this quitline," Wanda Vester, Arkansas County Health Unit administrator, said.
Vester said to increase the chances of having a healthy baby, it is important for mothers to stay smoke free and health officials advise mothers not to smoke at home and to ask visitors to do the same.
"Nearly 14 percent of pregnant women in Arkansas smoke during pregnancy," Vester said. "In Arkansas County, nearly 22 percent of pregnant women smoke during their pregnancy."
Studies show that it takes several attempts to quit smoking, and the expectant mother or anyone should not become discouraged if the first or second attempts aren't successful, Vester said.
"They need to create helpful habits for themselves and their child," Vester said.
With the Arkansas Tobacco Quitline, pregnant women receive 10 free one-on-one phone sessions with a personal QuitCoach, which is a more intensive program than for non-pregnant callers.
"The Arkansas Tobacco Quitline provides personalized motivational and supportive coaching to help tobacco users quit," Vester said.
A smoke-free home decreases the chance of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, coughs and colds, ear infections and reduces the risk of children having asthma or wheezing or other lung programs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Services for pregnant women are available 24 hours a day by calling 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669).
For more information, also contact the Arkansas County Health units in Stuttgart at (870) 673-1609 and DeWitt at (870) 946-2934.


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Posted 19 July 2007 - 02:20 AM
As much as I like something a little Kiwi...
I like the Swiss attempt better!
I like the Swiss attempt better!
Posted 19 July 2007 - 09:34 PM
I was expecting this to be an STi ATV repost
[nerd]The Aquada convertible on that site has Miata headlights.[/nerd]
[nerd]The Aquada convertible on that site has Miata headlights.[/nerd]
Posted 26 July 2007 - 05:16 PM
Its a shame that all the VW ones were destroyed (aside from a select 1-2). They were like "watervagon" or something along those lines.
Posted 26 July 2007 - 05:20 PM
Sometimes German makes perfect sense
other times i wonder why they need a 30 letter word to say the same thing we do with 6 letters
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Congratulations to Timmy Weigand and Colton Udall finishing 1st & 2nd at today's Glen Helen Grand Prix.
Timmy Weigand and Colton Udall came out swinging at round 2 of the AMA Big 6 West Coast GP series. With Timmy locking in the holeshot, the two ace racers went wire-to-wire for a dominating 1st & 2nd on the Glen Helen Vince Gongora Memorial Grand Prix course. JCR/Honda also took home 1st place in the expert class with young gun Evan Kelly on the gas.
"I'm proud of my boys. They are riding in the zone right now and I wouldn't want to have to race against them. Up next is the San Felipe 250. Timmy Weigand and Colton Udall are already in Baja prepping and I am on my way down shortly. Make sure you stop by BajaBound.com to pick up your Mexico vehicle insurance and I'll see you in Baja." -- Johnny Campbell


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Saints cornerback Fakhir Brown
Saints cornerback Fakhir Brown held out of the first week of the team's voluntary coaching sessions, which could wind up costing him the starting job he won midway through last season.
Brown, a seven-year veteran, was the only unexcused absence when the Saints started 3 1/2 weeks of coaching sessions on May 16. The series of 14 practices in helmets and shorts runs through June 8 and leads up to the team's veteran minicamp, which is scheduled for June 10-12.
While they're "voluntary," players under contract are expected to participate. Brown became a holdout when his agent, Ted Marchibroda Jr., confirmed that he wants a new contract and is planning on boycotting the workouts until a new deal is done.
With four practices already in the books as of Thursday, Brown still hadn't attended. He and weak-side linebacker Derrick Rodgers, who continues to rehab after offseason back surgery, are the only veterans who missed the first practices.
Brown, who is entering the final year of a two-year contract he signed last spring, is scheduled to earn a base salary of $540,000 this season.
When he signed the contract, he was a reserve behind starters Ashley Ambrose and Fred Thomas. But Brown played his way into the starting lineup at mid-season and is now the starter opposite Mike McKenzie.
Brown was a regular participant in the club's offseason conditioning program that began in late March, Saints coach Haslett said. He said Brown did not alert teammates or coaches that he would be absent.
At first, Haslett said he hoped Brown forgot that the coaching sessions were to begin last week because Brown's conditioning workouts were scheduled for Tuesday through Thursday. But then he didn't show up the next day.
"He's never expressed to us that he wants a new deal or that he's out because of his contract," General Manager Mickey Loomis said. "It's news to me. All we know is that he didn't show up."
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A flop on Broadway, Tim Tebow is getting an audition in Beantown.
Whether he'll perform well enough to make it to training camp with the New England Patriots next month is uncertain. At least he has a chance to prolong an NFL career that seemed at a dead end after he was released by the New York Jets in April.
A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday that the quarterback would join the Patriots for the start of their three-day minicamp on Tuesday and sign with the team, pending a medical exam. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no official announcement had been made.
ESPN first reported that Tebow would sign with the Patriots.
Asked if Tebow had signed, Patriots spokesman Stacey James said Monday, "I do not anticipate any additional transactions to announce tonight."
Tebow would find himself in a much different, and almost certainly more comfortable, situation than he endured with the Jets, who rarely used him after signing him to great fanfare.
There is no chance that Tebow might supplant the starter, Tom Brady, as there was in New York, where Mark Sanchez was on shaky ground and eventually was benched last season for Greg McElroy.
The media frenzy won't be as intense with coach Bill Belichick's bland news conferences, compared with Jets coach Rex Ryan's colorful sessions, and Belichick's firm grip on which players are allowed to speak with reporters and what they can say.
And Tebow's expectations may have been lowered after he was let go by Denver and New York. The Broncos traded him after the 2012 season and the Jets released him less than 14 months later.
"I think they'll take their time developing him," said former Jets and Patriots offensive lineman Damien Woody, now an ESPN analyst. "The Patriots are one of those teams that like to develop guys, and they'll even trade them if it works in their favor. In the more immediate future, having played in New England, I know one thing they value is versatility. They're going to try to use Tebow in positions where they feel they can maximize his talent."
That could be at tight end, a position the 6-foot-3, 236-pound Tebow has the size to play. There is uncertainty at that position after Rob Gronkowski had his fourth surgery on his broken left forearm on May 20 and is expected to undergo back surgery soon.
With the security provided by Brady, the Patriots have been patient in developing backups.
Matt Cassel threw just 39 passes in his first three seasons then played well after Brady suffered a season-ending left knee injury in the 2008 opener. After that season, the Patriots traded Cassel to Kansas City, where he signed a long-term deal and spent the past four years before being released last March and signing with Minnesota.
Brian Hoyer was Brady's seldom used backup the next two seasons and Ryan Mallett filled that role the past two seasons and remains on the team. The Patriots released third-stringer Mike Kafka on Monday.
The presence of offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels also could help Tebow. McDaniels was Denver's head coach when he traded into the first round of the 2010 draft to take Tebow with the 25th pick.
But playing for McDaniels didn't help another of his former players in Denver and then in St. Louis, where McDaniels was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2011. Wide receiver Brandon Lloyd played for McDaniels in both places, was second on the Patriots last season with 74 catches — and then was released.
"If there's one guy in the NFL who's a fan of Tim Tebow or pulling for him, it would be Josh McDaniels," Woody said.
Belichick has been willing to gamble on players discarded by other teams. Some have succeeded, like wide receivers Wes Welker and Randy Moss and running back Danny Woodhead. Some haven't, including wide receiver Chad Johnson and defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth.
Tebow would need to show great improvement in his throwing mechanics and his ability to read defenses and run the offense.
After winning the Heisman Trophy and two national championships at Florida, Tebow threw just 82 passes in nine games, starting three, as a rookie. In 2011, he started 11 games, throwing for 12 touchdowns and six interceptions and taking the Broncos to a wild-card win over Pittsburgh before an AFC divisional loss to New England, 45-10 in Foxborough. He completed 9 of 26 passes for 136 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions and five sacks in the rout, gaining only 13 yards on five rushes.
He was traded to New York after that season when Denver signed Peyton Manning. Tebow threw just eight passes for the Jets, completing six, ran 32 times for 102 yards and was used mostly to protect the punter.
Former Broncos general manager Ted Sundquist sees the logic in the Patriots' decision to bring him to minicamp.
"If you can find a club that's mature enough to handle it as an organization, then you're going to find the right spot for him," Sundquist said. "What I mean by that is all the media mania and that sort of thing. The club says, 'Look, this is the reason we're bringing him on. We feel he can bring X, Y, Z and A, B, C to the table.' Explain it to Tim, explain it to the media, explain it to your fan base and explain it to your organization."
That's the way the Patriots operate. Now Tebow must show he can fulfill the expectations they have for him.
AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner and Sports Writer Dennis Waszak Jr. contributed to this story.
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Simple and schnazzy ;) I was asked to kreate simple, which I think I accomplished but I had to add a little 'umphf' ;), but even with some umphf, I still think it will qualify as simple. You tell me?!
* Started with a base of Shimmer White Cardstock
* Ran through the Big Shot with the Northern Flurry Embossing folder from the Holiday Mini
* With my always faithful Daubers ready to rumble, I inked one with VersaMark and swept it across the embossed snowflake images and sprinkled Heat and Stick powder. With my Heat Tool, heated the powder until melted to kreate a sticky surface
* Then layered some gorgeous White Chunky Essentials Glitter. Wishing you could see how pretty this is in person! TIP: After I apply chunky glitter, I turn the card face down and press on the backside to get any excess off or to 'secure' the 'crystals' to the sticky surface
* Finished, yup, finished off the card with the sentiment from the Hostess Lev 2 set Peaceful Season. Stamped in Encore Silver ink, hurry this may still be available on the Clearance Rack for ONLINE orders, and heat set with Clear Embossing Powder.
Easy Peasy card - under 15 minutes to kreate! Seriously it took more time trying to capture a good angle for this photo LOL (not easy to photograph white and shimmer). I do hope you like it! I'd love to know your thoughts if ya take a moment to leave me a comment! Thanks so much for stopping in for a visit
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Simple and schnazzy ;) I was asked to kreate simple, which I think I accomplished but I had to add a little 'umphf' ;), but even with some umphf, I still think it will qualify as simple. You tell me?!
12 comments:
- Lorraine said...
What a perfect match of the sentiment with that embossing folder. It must be awesome in person cause it's beautiful in the photo!
Oh, and great hint about the glitter!
- October 11, 2010 at 7:22 AM
- Carla Bazhenow said...
This is beautiful Kim, I am so anxious to make some Quick n Easy's. I love the beauty of your card. Hugs,
- October 11, 2010 at 7:48 AM
- STASIA SLOMA said...
Beautiful!!!! Great job!!! I may have to case this technique!!
- October 11, 2010 at 8:03 AM
- Linda Callahan said...
This is simple all right - simply gorgeous that is! What wow factors that silver ink and glitter are! So pretty!
- October 11, 2010 at 8:03 AM
- Cards by Gina said...
Stunning card, Kim, and I love your tips! I was never really sure how to use the Heat and Stick Powder. TFS!
- October 11, 2010 at 8:06 AM
- Pam~ said...
Gorgeous Kim! Love the sparkle!
- October 11, 2010 at 8:23 AM
- Kristie said...
This is so pretty!!
- October 11, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Ann Schach said...
Beautiful, Kim! Love the "wow" factor of the glitter!
- October 11, 2010 at 11:09 AM
- Mary Fish said...
Classic, simple and sparkling. The formula for a gorgeous card. Hugs, M
- October 11, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- Kris Kilcoyne said...
Really pretty.
I'd love to see this one in person. Bet it's even prettier!
- October 11, 2010 at 11:44 AM
- Tammie said...
Beautiful card! THanks for sharing such an easy yet beautiful and elegant card.
- October 11, 2010 at 7:11 PM
- Mary said...
What an elegant card! What did you stamp in the inside for the sentiment?
- October 27, 2011 at 9:23 PM


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I recall a terrifying experience years ago. It was my last flight of the year, and I was headed home for Christmas. The plane was speeding down the runway to take off, when the pilot suddenly reversed thrust and slammed on the brakes; the plane shook like I have never experienced before as the pilot aborted the takeoff. As we stopped mere feet from the end of the runway and caught our breath, the pilot came on the intercom and announced, "I'm sorry to frighten you, ladies and gentlemen. I have been flying for many years. There was nothing on our instrument panel that says we have any kind of problem. It just did not feel right, and I want to have some things checked out before we go vaulting into the air."
We taxied back to the gate and several mechanics descended on the plane. Within ten minutes they made the announcement that the flight had been canceled due to mechanical difficulties. As I exited, I stuck my head in the cockpit door and exclaimed, "Captain, I will fly with you any time – thank you! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas season." As a seasoned traveler, it was probably the only time in my life that I was happy about having a flight canceled.It just doesn't feel right
As of this moment, the business columns are blaring headlines about the Dow hitting a record high. At the same time, gold and gold stocks have been taking a beating. If you are like a lot of us at Casey Research and have sizeable positions in gold and silver, it can certainly be a test of courage and patience.
At times like this, it seems appropriate to review why we made certain decisions in light of new facts. Have things changed? Is it time to adjust our holdings?
As luck would have it, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Janet Yellen sheds some light on the subject. Bloomberg's recent headline, Yellen Says Fed Should Press on With QE Amid Limited Risk, sums it up well. Basically she reiterated that the Federal Reserve will keep on purchasing $85 billion in government debt for the foreseeable future. OK, no changes here, folks; we will continue to spend money we don't have, and the Fed will cover us. ...


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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev arrest photos see Boston police photographer suspended from duty
A Boston police photographer has been suspended from duty after releasing dramatic photos of the arrest of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Sean Murphy, a tactical officer for the Massachusetts State Police, released the images to Boston Magazine after he became furious with a Rolling Stone cover photo he believed glamorised the Marathon bombing suspect.
The pictures, taken when Tsarnaev was captured on April 19, show the young man bloody, covered in dirt, with the red circle of a laser target trained on his forehead as he emerged from a dry-docked boat in a Watertown backyard.
"This guy is evil. This is the real Boston bomber. Not someone fluffed and buffed for the cover of Rolling Stone magazine," Sergeant Murphy said.
Now, however, it appears Sergeant Murphy may be punished for making the photographs public.
Boston Magazine editor John Wolfson tweeted that Sergeant Murphy had been ''relieved of duty'' since releasing the photographs.
''Murphy has been relieved but not yet fired. Duty hearing next week,'' he tweeted, adding that Sergeant Murphy's gun, badge and computer had been confiscated.
''Has been ordered not to talk to media or anyone else about events at Watertown,'' he tweeted.
Massachusetts State Police spokesman David Procopio told CNN that Sergeant Murphy "is on leave and has a hearing next week.''
That hearing would determine whether he would return to full duty, restricted duty or suspended during an internal police investigation, he said.
Earlier, state police spokesman David Procopio said in a statement that the agency did not authorise the release of the photos to Boston Magazine and would not release them to other media.
"The State Police will have no further comment on this matter tonight," he added.
This is the real Boston bomber. Not someone fluffed and buffed for the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
The April 15 bombing killed three people and injured more than 260. Massachusetts Institute of Technology officer Sean Collier was allegedly killed on April 18 by Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan, who died following a shootout with police later that evening.
Murphy, who did not return a message from The Associated Press, said in his statement to Boston Magazine that Rolling Stone's cover photo, a softly-lit image of a brooding Tsarnaev, insults officers killed in the line of duty, their colleagues and their families by glamorising the "face of terror."
"It also could be an incentive to those who may be unstable to do something to get their face on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine," he said.
Rolling Stone said the cover story on Tsarnaev was part of its "long-standing commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage of the most important political and cultural issues of our day."
Boston Magazine printed more than a dozen photos from the day Tsarnaev was captured, including images of police during the manhunt and Tsarnaev as he was captured and taken away by ambulance.
Three images showed Tsarnaev as he emerged from the boat, head bowed, with red smudges and streaks on his clothing and the boat.
Two images showed the red dot of the laser sight in the middle of his forehead and just above his left eye. The other showed the dot on the top of his head as he buries his face in his arms.
In his statement, Murphy said the capture played out like a television show, but he hopes his photos show it was "as real as it gets."
"Officer Sean Collier did give his life. These were real people, with real lives, with real families," he said.
"And to have this cover dropped into Boston was hurtful to their memories and their families.
"I know from first-hand conversations that this Rolling Stone cover has kept many of them up - again. It's irritated the wounds that will never heal - again," he wrote. "There is nothing glamorous in bringing more pain to a grieving family."
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A few weeks back I visited Tim Ramey down at the Zenith Vineyard in the Eola-Amity AVA. Zenith is the home of Tim's Zenith wines, which are made by his partner Mark Vlossak of St. Innocent Wines, also housed in the big, gleaming winery at the center of the property.
Zenith is the renamed O'Connor vineyard, bottled for many years by St. Innocent through the 1998 vintage. That wine and the 1994 St. Innocent O'Connor were favorites of mine before I moved to Oregon, so it was a pleasure to make my first visit this site.
Driving onto the site, I saw that the vineyard is a fairly large planting in a bowl near the valley floor with mostly south and some east exposures. The elevation here is low as vineyards in this area go. As such, the soil is mostly alluvial, typically not something wine geeks prize because it's so fertile. Grapevines produce best in poor soils that keep down vigor and crop yields. However, the results here suggest that we shouldn't be so dogmatic about soil. Zenith is a terrific vineyard
Tim and his family bought the property several years ago and have been gradually replanting the site. From the parking lot outside the winery there's an old chardonnay block, apparently rife with phylloxera (root lice) that is next to be torn out and replanted. Above the parking lot to the west are acres of newly planted vines, soon to come into production again. Behind the winery up the hill are numerous blocks of mostly pinot noir, with a few other things like auxerrois and tempranillo scattered throughout. See a vineyard map here.
A tall, lumbering figure, Tim met me in the large tasting room and showed me around the crush and fermentation area, the underground barrel room, and cold storage room. Then we went up to the the main hall over the barrel room, site of one or two weddings every weekend. Zenith is a rare facility making extremely serious and high quality wine, and hosting weddings. Usually the two don't go together. We ended up in the large kitchen, well stocked for putting on weddings of course, but probably other great dinners and who knows what.
Back in the tasting room, Tim and I sampled through the Zenith label wines. The lightly sweet 2007 Pinot Gris was fine, and the 2006 Estate Pinot Noir rich and chunky, showing the warmth of the vintage. I preferred the 2006 Select Pinot Noir, with more perfume and depth. We also tried the 2006 Tempranillo, fragrant and medium bodied more like a pinot noir but finishing with some gripping tannin. Tim calls it ok for a first try. I like it a bit more than that. 2006 was the first year of Zenith labeled wine, and they're doing a nice job already.
Then we tried a couple of St. Innocent Pinot Noir from 2006. First the St. Innocent Zenith Vineyard, which showed lots fruit and not the tannic structure I usually associate with St. Innocent pinot noir. This seemed more elegant than the Zenith Zenith. Then the St. Innocent Justice Vineyard, a nearby planting. Tim said he thought this was the best St. Innocent red he's ever had. It's so primary and lush, I can't agree or disagree. It's clearly very nice wine with the ripeness of 2006 but still great finesse and perfume. This should last a while despite its forward nature.
Tim then had to go deal with wedding issues. He was amazingly amiable (and willing to spend time with a stranger like me) despite the large production event soon to begin. Maybe he just has the temperament for holding weddings on his site.
I love this part of the Willamette Valley. With Zenith and St. Innocent here now, along with Bethel Heights, Cristom and Witness Tree, among others, you really ought to come down to the heart of the Eola Hills. Getting there from Portland can take a while though. Tim's adamant that the Eola Hills are no further from where I live than most other northern Willamette Valley wine areas. As a bird flies, maybe. You can get here by way of Salem, or by taking 99W through Newberg and Dundee, then continuing maybe 20 more minutes south from there.
My choice, which can be quicker if you time it right, is to take the pastoral Wheatland Ferry west of Woodburn. Exit I-5 at mile 271 and head southwest to the Willamette River. The car ferry is an old school way to cross the river, allowing you to slow down for a few minutes and enjoy the water. Once on the other side, you're very close to Zenith and its neighbors. You'll be happier for the journey too.


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Roger Gerloff said there's no question as to what he'll be eating while watching the Superbowl.
"Chicken wings!" said Gerloff. "Chicken wings! Are you kidding me? Right here, chicken wings! Can't go wrong."
Gerloff will join millions of Americans in devouring more than one billion wings over the weekend. However, Cronies Grill owner Tim Bent said wholesale prices for the fan favorite cost him almost double what they were in 2011.
"Last year it was demand," said Gerloff about the higher prices. "This year it's demand plus the drought that's caused the problem."
It cost Tim the same amount to buy five wings today as it would have been to buy ten wings in 2011.
Bent said he had to increase the price of his "All You Can Eat" special, and cut it from seven days a week to just two.
Customer Walter Stanton said he keeps coming back for the wings despite the changes.
"You know, he tries to do good by his customers," said Stanton. "But prices go up for him, he has to do what he has to do too."
Gerloff said he still comes into Cronies at least once a week, but would visit even more if the prices went back down.
"We're still supporting him," said Gerloff. "Hopefully it goes down. You know, you can't beat good wings."
Gerloff hopes to beat his all-time record of eating 63 wings in one sitting during the game tomorrow.
"I love my chicken wings!" he exclaimed. "They're great! I don't know what I'd do without them."
Luckily for Gerloff, he won't have to go without them any time soon.
Cronies Grill will be offering "All You Can Eat" chicken wings tomorrow for the Superbowl. Bendt said he's fully stocked with more than 4,800 wings for the weekend.


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A 16-year-old boy has been charged with one count of sexual assault by detectives investigating the alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl that has shocked the community and inflamed racial tensions in western Sydney.
The sexual assault allegedly took place in Bill Colbourne Reserve, Doonside, on Saturday night.
Police sources confirmed to Fairfax Media that the boy had presented himself to Blacktown police station on Thursday, before being questioned by detectives and charged with sexual assault.
The teen was refused bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Friday.
The young victim, who cannot be identified, was "very happy" at news of the breakthrough, said her aunt, who has been looking after her since the attack.
"She's doing good, she's all right," the aunt said.
The family of the teenager thanked everyone who has given information to the police and has supported them through the ordeal.
The girl has been too traumatised to go to school this week. On Wednesday, her cousin took her to Bondi to help take her mind off the incident.
"She's taking it easy, she has opened up a bit," her aunt said.
The girl was allegedly walking home alone through Bill Colbourne Reserve in Doonside at 11pm on Saturday when she was allegedly sexually assaulted by six men, who she described as in their early 20s and African in appearance.
One man allegedly assaulted her before pinning her to the footpath to allow five others to assault her over 30 minutes.
The arrest came as Blacktown police led a "harmony walk" through the suburb on Thursday night in a show of unity with leaders from the African and Pacific islander communities, who feared the incident may inflame racial tensions.
Friends and family of the victim, who is of Pacific islander background, had vowed on social media to stab and kill Africans in Doonside.
Her brother claimed he knew who had carried out the attack and was threatening on social media to hunt them down on Tuesday.
"I have spoken with many community members in recent days," Superintendent Gary Merryweather, from Blacktown police, said.
"They are calm and very committed to ensuring that their good work is not blemished by speculation that doesn't reflect the reality within and between their communities.
"Blacktown is home to many communities and their collective commitment to a harmonious relationship is very real and very powerful.
"These communities have worked incredibly hard to achieve this outcome, and along with police they have ensured community harmony has become a reality."
The victim's sister desperately called for calm on Wednesday, saying "what we need is peace especially my parents and ... my baby sister".
Several emergency meetings between African and Pacific islander community leaders have been held in Blacktown this week to quell racial tensions.
Vic Alhadeff, the chairman of the Community Relations Commission, convened a meeting on Wednesday "with the objective of calming tensions and exploring how the two communities could work together".
"One of the people at the meeting said he felt a terrible shame at what had taken place," he said.
"His community [has] done nothing wrong. That is the danger of tempers being so high - groups become hyped up and seek to react or lash out against another group. It's not the community which is at fault."
Strike Force Tompo, comprising detectives from the Sex Crimes Squad and investigators from Blacktown Local Area Command, has been formed to investigate the alleged sexual assault.
Detectives have received plenty of support from members of the public to date, according to a police statement, and are continuing to encourage anyone with information about this incident, who has not yet spoken to police, to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: www.police.nsw.gov.au.


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In 1997, Case and his wife, Jean, created the Case Foundation, which promotes "citizen-centered philanthropy" with projects such as America's Giving Challenge, an online competition for people to become involved in charitable work. In addition to serving as chairman of the foundation, Case is chairman of a nonprofit dedicated to funding brain cancer research and served as the vice chair of the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy.
The Cases are among the billionaires who have signed the Giving Pledge, committing to give the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes. "We share the view that those to whom much is given, much is expected. We realize we have been given a unique platform and opportunity, and we are committed to doing the best we can with it," the couple wrote in their pledge letter.


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When it comes to resilience, few Bruins players showed more in 2009-10 than Johnny Boychuk.
The 26-year-old defenseman was a healthy scratch for 25 of the Bruins' first 28 games of the season, but never let his work ethic or enthusiasm wane. It all paid off when head coach Claude Julien decided to juggle his lineup by sitting Matt Hunwick and inserting Boychuk in early December.
By the end of the season, Boychuk's solid two-way play and ability to level even the bulkiest forward with an open-ice hit made him one of the Bruins' most vital defensemen, especially when the injury bug put them down three of their top six by the end of the regular season.
His emergence as a legit NHL regular couldn't have come at a better time, as he's ticketed for unrestricted free agency if he doesn't re-sign with Boston by July 1. While he won't break the bank this summer, Boychuk should receive a healthy raise and guarantee himself a spot at the game's highest level for years to come.
Stats: 51 GP, 5-10-15, 43 PIM, plus-10
Season highlight: After paying his dues on the practice ice and in the press box, Boychuk replaced a healthy Hunwick in the lineup against Toronto Dec. 5 at TD Garden. His one-timer from the top of the right circle off a pass back by David Krejci wasn't that huge of a goal — it gave the Bruins a 6-0 lead in a game they won 7-2. But it was Boychuk's first NHL score and it announced his arrival in the NHL. He didn't miss a game until a February injury and by the end of the season was manning the spot next to Zdeno Chara on Boston's top pair.
Season low-light: Sometimes you think it might take a bullet to stop Boychuk's nightly all-out efforts. Something akin to that fell him Feb. 6 against Vancouver, when a first-period Mikael Samuelsson blast broke Boychuk's left orbital bone. The injury kept Boychuk out five games. Instead of letting it deter him, however, he increased his body-sacrificing and shot-blocking upon returning.
Final grade: A-minus
With a rocket shot like Boychuk's, you'd like to see more pucks find the back of the net — especially on the power play. Other than that, you couldn't ask for much more from a guy that climbed from seventh to second on the depth chart over the course of the season.
The crystal ball says … Boychuk will return to the Bruins with a multi-year deal in hand and be a fixture in their top four and on their power play for the next few seasons.


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On a picture perfect day on the first day of summer, Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel and his new bride, Tracie, celebrated their nuptials with those closest to them.
Hackel, 52, and the former Tracie Damschroder, 33, gathered with immediate family, relatives and best friends of their wedding party, at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores for photographs. The group photo included a whopping 34 people.
In their initial wedding planning, the couple felt the guest list for a traditional wedding would've grown too big. So they opted to tie the knot last Tuesday in low-key style in Key West, Fla. –- which both previously listed as a place they'd want to visit –- with just the two of them there.
Gathering for photographs Saturday was the next best way for them to celebrate with those closest to them.
Emphasizing the couple's life commitment to each other was most important, Hackel said, "We still wanted everyone by participating with us in a photo of those close to us who would've stood up. It's the semblance of a traditional wedding by having photos taken – a very simple thing."
The couple had considered a reception at Freedom Hill open to the public but thought up to 5,000 might attend. Conversely, limiting an invitation-only guest list may have proven too daunting, too political and possibly left some with hurt feelings, Hackel said.
Saturday's gathering for photos still had that wedding-day feel, the newlyweds said.
"It was wonderful. We've always been very blessed to have wonderful friends in his life and mine," Tracie said. "For me, it meant a lot. It felt like my wedding day all over again with twice the excitement. This time we got to share it with everyone."
Following the outdoor event at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, a private dinner for the wedding party and immediate family was scheduled at the Freedom Hill Banquet Center in Sterling Heights. Afterward, the group planned to top off the day of celebration by attending the Four Tops and Temptations concert at the Freedom Hill amphitheater.


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Just hope they're using signed ints to store that value.
Actually, I think they use floats. See, I wrote this program to - everytime there is a transaction where interest is computed, and there are millions a day, this program rounds it down to the nearest cent and puts the remainder in an account...
Just hope they're using signed ints to store that value.
Actually, I think they use floats.
Nope. They use two integers. One for the dollars, and one for the cents. Some older programs get fancy and use a special 4 (or 6, or 8)-byte number, where 7 (or 8) bits are used for the cents, and the rest for the dollar signs. These are known as "fixed-point fractions." The important thing to keep in mind is that floating point numbers are not accurate enough for banks.
I'm sure your mom appreciates that just as much as having you at 11:30 PM GMT.[My date of birth] Is 123456789, Unix time. No shit. 29 Nov 1973. Guess I'm a confirmed geek then?
Just the Linux port of it.
It's not a big issue and as long as programmers are aware then hopefully it will be avoided.
But there are pitfalls out there now which naive programming may fall into.
I came across this one at http://www.2038bug.com/ [2038bug.com]. We hit the 31st bit of POSIX time in 2004. That means that if you add together any two current times, for example when taking an average, then you will overflow a 32 bit signed integer.
Apologies for code quality but this artificial example hopefully shows the issue:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <time.h>
int main ()
time_t t,t1,t2;
struct timeval tnow;
printf ("Time now: %s", asctime (gmtime (&t1)));
printf ("Add 100 seconds: %s", asctime (gmtime (&t2)));
printf ("Average: %s", asctime (localtime (&t)));
return 0;
gives the following on my x86 Linux system:
Time now: Wed Jan 16 11:43:18 2008
Add 100 seconds: Wed Jan 16 11:44:58 2008
Average: Fri Dec 29 08:30:00 1939
It's easy to fix by casting to 64 bit or dividing first but there may be similar examples hiding away in old code which are less easy to spot.
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Luke Scott and Sean Rodriguez each drove in two runs as the Tampa Bay Rays downed the Toronto Blue Jays, 7-1, in the opener of a two-game set.
Ben Zobrist hit a solo home run and scored twice while Elliot Johnson also drove in a run for the Rays, who have won their past two.
Tampa starting pitcher Jeff Niemann suffered a small fracture in his right fibula during the game. Niemann gave up a single and a walk in the first inning, then took a line drive off his right leg from Adam Lind. Niemann got Lind out at first then, after getting checked by a trainer, retired Edwin Encarnacion.
He came out for the second inning and started to warm up, but was removed after talking with the trainer and manager Joe Maddon. After the game, the team stated that he was put in a walking boot and was on crutches and that he would be out four to six weeks.
"The ball was not hit that sharply so I thought it would just be like a stinger kind of a thing and then he'd be able to walk it off," said Maddon.
Five relievers combined to pitch the final eight innings with Cesar Ramos (1-0) getting his first career win after giving up one run on two hits with three walks over three innings. The final four pitchers gave up just one hit and two walks over five innings.
Kelly Johnson had two hits and drove in the lone run for the Blue Jays, who have lost three of their last four. Brandon Morrow (4-2) was touched for six runs -- all but one unearned -- on four hits with four walks and seven strikeout over five innings.
Tampa didn't get its first hit of the game until the fifth inning when Will Rhymes led off with a double. Two batters later, Johnson tied the game with a single. Zobrist then grounded into a fielder's choice for the second out of the inning, but the next five batters reached base.
B.J. Upton walked and Matt Joyce then reached base on a Lind error, scoring Zobrist. Carlos Pena struck out, but the third strike was wild and he made it to first base. Scott hit a two-run single and Rodriguez followed with a two- run double for a 6-1 lead.
"Once that big inning happened for them it kind of drained us," Blue Jays outfielder Eric Thames said. "We tried to claw our way back but it didn't work out."
Ramos lasted through the fourth inning, setting the Blue Jays down in order in the frame, before handing the ball to Wade Davis, who walked one batter in his two innings of work.
J.P. Howell retired the side in order in the seventh and Burke Badenhop did the same in the eighth. Zobrist led off the ninth with a solo homer for a six- run lead.
Jake McGee allowed the first two batters to reach base in the ninth, but then struck out the next three men to end the game.
Toronto pushed its lone run across in the second. With two outs, Colby Rasmus and J.P. Arencibia worked consecutive walks before a single to left from Johnson scored Rasmus.
Game Notes
Tampa took two of three in Toronto halfway through April...Toronto went 1- for-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine on base...David Price pitches for Tampa on Tuesday while Henderson Alvarez toes the mound for Toronto...Tampa placed outfielder Desmond Jennings on the 15-day disabled list on Monday. The move is retroactive to May 12 as he has a sprained left knee.


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Demography and movement of the Northern spring salamander in four New Hampshire headwater streams", Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol, vol. 30, p. 677-680, 2009., "
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A 25-year-old Baton Rouge man admits he used the Internet, an imaginary company and nonexistent supplies of frozen chicken feet to swindle a combined total of $166,000 from 13 wholesalers.
Chicken feet sometimes are processed into animal feed in this country, but people in China and other Asian countries consider the crunchy items a dining delicacy.
Terence Ndangoh was indicted by a federal grand jury in May on seven counts of wire fraud. The Cameroon national signed a plea agreement in August.
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A defensive midfielder is a luxury for some teams but should be deemed as a position that has to be occupied in order to achieve success.
Some of the most succesful European teams have contained a defensive-minded midfield player, the best example being Real Madrid.
Real had French powerhouse Claude Makelele among their gifted ranks a few years ago and the midfielder was never afraid of doing the necessary the dirty work. Sitting just in front of the defence, Makelele stopped nearly everyone coming towards the Madrid backline.
This position gives the defence slightly more protection and, whereas other midfield players will constantly drive forward, the defensive midfielder will sit back and will only occasionally move forward.
A more recent example of a defensive midfielder helping to bring success is Arsenal and Mathieu Flamini.
Flamini has drastically improved Arsenal's side since re-joining in the summer and his defensive qualities have allowed players that would have usually sit deeper - such as Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere - to join Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud in the final third and to get themselves amongst the goals.
Arsenal have impressed so far this season and Flamini has helped shield the defence well.
For an even bigger example, last season Bayern Munich won the Champions League with Javi Martinez played the defensive-midfield role. Stopping players getting to the defence and making key tackles was his speciality last year but he was also good at starting attacks and made many inch-perfect passes.
The defensive-midfield position is one that many find hard to master. Your tackles have to be timed to perfection but must also remain behind the midfield and you cannot find yourself out of position. When the role is pulled off correctly, the team benefits.
It allows your other players to press higher up the pitch and gives the defence some much-needed cover.
This position should not be overlooked and investing in a top player in this position will enhance almost any side.
So, although not every team has the delight of containing a player who can play this position perfectly, the position clearly helps the best teams.
Some of the most successful teams across the European continent do have a defensive midfielder within their squads and this is one of the many ingredients crucial for their success.
Although it is not considered the most influential position, it is certainly one that will help a side defensively.
The position is rarely invested in, but this unique position should be one that is not taken lightly.
Investing in this position will only improve chances of success.
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