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The Crimson continues its homestand with two matches this weekend (Ben Barnhart).
The Storyline
The Harvard men's volleyball team will face two of the top teams in the EIVA this weekend as it faces No. 9 Penn State and St. Francis (Pa). The Crimson will first welcome the Nittany Lions to Cambridge Friday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. before meeting the Red Flash Saturday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m.
A live video stream featuring play-by-play man Andy Towne will be available through GoCrimson.com by clicking here. Live stats will be available by clicking here.
Last Time Out
The Harvard men's volleyball team opened its home schedule with a win Tuesday night, taking down Rivier 3-1 at the Malkin Athletic Center. The Crimson knocked off the Raiders by set scores of 25-15, 18-25, 25-18 and 25-16. Branden Clemens and Nick Madden led the way for the Crimson as each registered 14 kills.
Related Link: Men's Volleyball Records 3-1 Win Over Rivier To Open Home Schedule
Around the League
Harvard is currently in third place of the EIVA standings with a 1-1 conference mark and a 5-2 overall record. The Crimson ranks third in the conference in kills (12.12 kps), hitting percentage (.238), assists (11.46 aps) and blocks (2.60 bps), and is fourth in digs (9.00 dps).
Individually, Branden Clemens boasts the eighth best kills per set average at 3.04 and is fourth in the conference with a .358 hitting percentage. Rob Lothman ranks third among setters with 9.81 aps while Chris Gibbons comes in fifth among liberos with 2.42 dps. Caleb Zimmick and Kyle Rehkemper, meanwhile, are second and sixth in the conference with 1.27 bps and 1.00 bps, respectively.
Scouting No. 9 Penn State
Penn State enters the weekend ranked ninth in the country with a 9-2 overall record and a conference leading 3-0 mark in the EIVA. The Nittany Lions ranks second in the league in kills (12.35 kps), hitting percentage (.275), and assists (11.62), but are fourth in blocks (2.06 bps) and sixth in digs (8.90 dps).
Tom Comfort and Aaron Russell rank among the EIVA's best on the attack as they average 3.15 kps and 2.94 kps, respectively, with hitting percentages of .284 and .272. Taylor Hammond leads the conference in assists (10.88 aps), while Connor Curry ranks third with 2.55 dps. Nick Turko is the Nittany Lions leading blocker with 0.94 bps.
Scouting St. Francis (Pa.)
St. Francis sits in fourth place of the conference standings with a 4-8 overall record and a 1-2 mark in EIVA play. The Red Flash ranks just fifth in the league with 11.60 kps and is sixth in assists at 10.86 aps, but is fourth with a .223 hitting percentage. St. Francis is also ranked fifth in blocks (2.02 bps) and seventh digs (8.57 dps).
Logan Patterson leads the St. Francis attack with 3.76 kps, good for fourth in the EIVA, while Mike Krepp ranks seventh with 9.00 aps. Nick Bancroft's 2.52 dps average is fourth in the conference while Adam Roche's 0.98 bps has him ranked eighth.
MAC Attack
Harvard is 17-6 in the friendly confines of the Malkin Athletic Center since the start of 2011 including a 1-0 mark this year. The Crimson has won five straight matches at home dating back to last season and has captured each of its last three home openers.
Block Party
The Crimson recorded 17.5 blocks at No. 6 Penn State, the team's highest total over the last three seasons. Caleb Zimmick led the way with eight total blocks as Michael Owen and Kyle Rehkemper each turned in seven. Nick Madden and Rob Lothman also got in on the action, registering six blocks and four blocks, respectively.
Harvard's season high for blocks in 2012 was 17 at Rutgers-Newark.
Quick Start
Harvard swept Stevens, NYU and St. Francis (Pa.) to open the year, marking the third straight season that the Crimson has started the year with at least two victories. Harvard's three straight-set victories, meanwhile, had not been accomplished since 1993 when the squad posted four sweeps in its first four matches.
Award Winner
DJ White was named the EIVA Offensive Player of the Week Jan. 22 after leading Harvard to a pair of sweeps to open the season. White averaged 4.67 kps, 1.67 dps and 1.00 bps while hitting .420 on the weekend, including a 19-kill performance at Stevens. The sophomore now boasts two career EIVA Offensive Player of the Week honors after also receiving the award once as a freshman.
Catch the Crimson in 2012
Harvard will host 11 home matches at the Malkin Athletic Center this season and each will be streamed live online through GoCrimson.com. Fans can also watch each match On Demand approximately two hours after completion. One-year subscriptions are available for $49.95 and allow access to every home event streamed by the Crimson, including football, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's hockey and men's soccer. For more information or to sign up today, click here.
Captaining the Ship
Rob Lothman and Nick Madden will serve as the team's captains for the 2013 season. Lothman was named to the All-EIVA second team in 2012 after setting a career-high with 888 assists, the fifth-best single-season total in program history. Lothman directed the Crimson attack to a .298 hitting percentage, which ranked seventh in the NCAA, while his 10.1 assists per set were good for 18th in the nation. Madden, meanwhile, started all 24 matches last year for the Crimson and ranked second on the squad in kills (3.01) and points (3.6). His 268 kills in 2012 were good for eighth in program history while his 147 career blocks rank his sixth all-time.
Banner Year
Harvard is coming off one of the most successful seasons in program history, as the Crimson earned its first-ever national ranking in 2012 and finished the year at No. 15 in the AVCA Coaches Poll. Harvard posted an 18-6 overall record and took second in the EIVA with a 10-4 conference mark, with the team's 18 wins representing the third-highest total ever.
Head coach Brian Baise was tabbed as the EIVA Coach of the Year as a result of the squad's success while Matt Jones, DJ White and Rob Lothman all earned all-conference accolades.

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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Interview With A Boo
1. What is something mom always says to you? "Get back in the living room."
2. What makes mom happy? "When I stay in the living room."
3. What makes mom sad? "When I get out of the living room."
4. How does your mom make you laugh? "When you tickle me."
5. What was your mom like as a child? *bites lips, looks confused*
6. How old is your mom? "10"
7. How tall is your mom? "Let me go get the measuring stick to tell."
8. What is her favorite thing to do? "Drive." (uh, no, it's just what I do a lot of.)
9. What does your mom do when you're not around? "Sleep on the couch with The Bug." (not every day, kid.)
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? "When you get married."
11. What is your mom really good at? "Driving." (heh)
12. What is your mom not very good at? "If you're not doing anything you get sad."
13. What does your mom do for her job? "You do your computer." (Too bad I can't get paid for having a close, personal relationship with my laptop.)
14. What is your mom's favorite food? "Salad." (Dood, what house do you live in? Salad??)
15. What makes you proud of your mom? "When you drive, it makes me proud."
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? "You can be anything you want to be."
17. What do you and your mom do together? "We make something special for grammy."
18. How are you and your mom the same? "We both drive." (huh. Must check that odometer.)
19. How are you and your mom different? "We can be silly."
20. How do you know your mom loves you? "If you love me, if it's not Valentine's day, we cheer up." (oooookaaaay.)
21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? "Work." (Such a comedian.)
5 comments:
- T- said...
Cute cute!
- 26 March, 2009 16:08
- T- said...
BTW, this is BossMare from MO, in case you were wondering who the hell I am.
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- 26 March, 2009 18:01
- Green-Eyed Momster said...
I'm not sure I'm going to do this with my daughters because I just yelled at them for not giving the dog water again. All I know is that the dog is lucky that I haven't found a full time job yet! I'm surprised the dog is still alive! Maybe tomorrow. I copied it anyway!
I love your Boo!
- 26 March, 2009 18:54
- Ricki said...
These just make me laugh right out loud. I did this for facebook and Bekah said my favorite food was salad with ranch, and I was good at driving. Look, we're kindred spirits! LOL
- 27 March, 2009 00:27
- MsPrufrock said...
You're an excellent driver it seems. I had the same cluelessness when P kept talking about my love of shopping. She must have been either talking of a pre-child me, or another mother she has on the side.
I lvoed reading this interview. I kind of wish The Bug had some input since I suspect her comments would have been just as random as P's.
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This is the first official image released by Sauber of their new C33 race car for the 2014 Formula One season. Like the McLaren and Williams before it, it has an odd proboscis on its face that resembles certain human body parts.
And here's the rest of the car:
As Ferrari is the only team so far that has not sought to make the upcoming season a steady stream of awful jokes, I have a new prediction. They will either do very very well, or very very poorly.


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The Balcón del Mediterráneo viewing point in Benidorm
Every day is a pleasure in Benidorm, as this is a city for made for relaxation, sunbathing on beaches of golden sand, taking a leisurely stroll to look at the views… What's more, you'll feel completely at home here, as this is a holiday destination with a long tradition of welcoming international tourism, so you'll find everything from typical Spanish establishments to numerous other venues catering specially to your own national tastes. One of the places offering an experience of maximum peace and quiet is the Balcón del Mediterráneo (or "balcony over the Mediterranean"), an spectacular viewing point over the sea where you'll be able to see the remains of the old walls on the rocks. Other options include a stroll along the seafront promenade, taking a boat excursion to nearby places, visiting a local street market selling antiques or enjoying a leisurely meal of local fresh fish or rice dishes overlooking the beach. What's more, and to ensure your relaxation is complete, Benidorm also has several SPA centres with hydrotherapy treatments, as well as thalassotherapy and physiotherapy, which are perfect if you feel like pampering yourself.
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HOUSTON (AP) Joe Jackson had 13 points and 12 rebounds to lead Memphis over Rice 77-51 Wednesday night.
Jackson, who was 3 of 6 from the field, was one of five players in double figures.
Antonio Barton also had 13 points for Memphis (13-3, 3-0 Conference USA). Adonis Thomas and Tarik Black had 12 points apiece, and Shaq Goodwin added 10.
Memphis led 31-24 at halftime and never trailed in the second half. The Tigers shot 55.8 from the field for the game and had 41 rebounds. The Owls shot 31 percent and had 20 rebounds. Rice committed 13 turnovers and Memphis converted those into 21 points.
Austin Ramljak led Rice (3-13, 0-3) with 14 points and was 4 of 6 from 3-point range. Max Guercy had 13 points and four rebounds. Julian DeBose had eight points and four rebounds.
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The discovery of a submerged pickup with skeletal remains in Lake Granbury, Texas, on Thursday may have solved the mystery of a woman who disappeared 35 years ago.
The truck was found near the Lake Bridge on Business 377 in Granbury.
Investigators believe the remains are those of Helen Hollady who disappeared in September 1979.
According to Sheriff Roger Deeds, a city employee first spotted the truck partially submerged in the lake as they were driving near the bridge on Pearl Street and called police.
"The first thing we were thinking was, 'We've been looking for Miss Holladay for years.'"
The latest news from around North Texas.
Sheriff Deeds said the front and rear of the pick-up truck were sticking out of the water.
"When we pulled the vehicle out, we found the skeletal remains of a person and also found identifying information with the body to tie it to Miss Holladay," said Deeds.
Deeds said old police reports said there was some disturbance at the weekend home of Holladay in the Whippoorwill Bay subdivision north of the lake.
The disturbance was between Holladay and her husband Herman. Herman Holladay was a suspect when Helen was reported missing, according to police.
"Miss Hollady left the home after the disturbance and was last seen heading South towards Granbury on Highway 51." said Deeds. And that was the last time anyone heard from her or saw Helen Holladay.
Holladay's husband died in the 1980s.
Two surviving daughters have been informed about the discovery, the sheriff said.
Deeds also said over the past 35 years the have been searching for Holladay but couldn't find the 1970s model Chevy truck because it was covered in sediment which has built up on the vehicle over the past 35 years.
Deeds guessed the pickup was submerged in 15 feet of water until the lake levels recently began dropping and was about the same distance from the shore.
He said DNA testing to confirm the identify of the body could take weeks.
"It's not a total closure but at least the question of where mom has been all these years, we think we just solved that," Deeds said.
NBC 5's Scott Gordon contributed to this report.


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The smell is like tropical island and sunshine.
The taste like sweet summer.
A Hawaiian delicacy perched in a tree.
I had never tried Coconut Rice until a few days ago. And don't even get me started on how much I liked it. I must have said it 1,000 times with every delicious bite.
The up side? Coconut oil is rich in a fatty acid. It's also been known to increase metabolism and strengthen the immune system. The down side? It's made up of more than 90% saturated fat. Oh yah. That.
If you're throwing caution to the wind, like I do from time to time, try this sweet side dish with a kiss of coconut. The lovely ladies from Sisters Cafe paired this coconut rice with Peanut Ginger Chicken & Mango Salsa. If you like peanut butter and a touch of ginger, you'll love the chicken. It was really good too. It complimented the coconut rice perfectly.
Coconut Rice (from Sisters Cafe)2 c. coconut milk
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1 c. water
3 ½ T. sugar
½ t. salt
Combine the coconut milk, rice, water, sugar, and salt for the rice in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, stir once, then cover and cook for 18-20 minutes, or until rice is tender. Fluff with a fork, cover, and keep warm until serving. (You can also use your rice cooker.)
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These Cats Burying Their Faces in Their Paws Just Want Some Time Alone
Sometimes it's just too bright out there and even closing your eyes isn't enough.
These cats, depending on what you think happened right before each clip, either just woke up and just want to go back to sleep, or think you just did something incredibly foolish and are giving you the ol' facepalm. Considering these are cats, either options seems like a good choice.


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This term has two meanings. It is sometimes used to differentiate cancers occurring in people who do not have a germline mutation that confers increased susceptibility to cancer from cancers occurring in people who are known to carry a mutation. Cancer developing in people who do not carry a high-risk mutation is referred to as sporadic cancer. The distinction is not absolute, because genetic background may influence the likelihood of cancer even in the absence of a specific predisposing mutation. Alternatively, sporadic is also sometimes used to describe cancer occurring in individuals without a family history of cancer.


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A host of chemical emissions seep are seeping from oil and gas drilling pads with different ones coming from different places in the operation – from the wellhead to tanks to valves, according to a new study.
"The hope is that this helps us understand what kinds of emissions are coming from which equipment on a site," said Carsten Warneke, a University of Colorado researcher and lead author on the study. The data will may help regulators better manage oil and gas field emissions.
The study is one of several being done in Utah's Uintah Basin, which has been the scene of winter ozone levels that exceeded readings in New York City. The eastern Utah basin is home to more than 10,000 oil and gas wells, with 1,000 wells being added every year.
The research was conducted by scientists at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environment Sciences at the University of Colorado-Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
An earlier study by researchers at CU's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research identified 10 volatile organic chemicals, including toluene, which at high levels can affect the nervous system, and the carcinogen benzene.


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Here's the detailed BMW press release and if you scroll down to the bottom you'll find links to hundreds of photos and 20+ minutes of video of both models.
Here's the detailed BMW press release and if you scroll down to the bottom you'll find links to hundreds of photos and 20+ minutes of video of both models.
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2015 R 1200 GS Adventure
Think the GT shown on the NA site is white in order to catch the eye of the authority types?
Hope they tweaked with the final drive.
Pack your suitcases, we'll probably get moved to Straight 6 today.
Problem is: we'll never know - at least not officially. Time and some mechanical snooping will tell.
Sort of like the "Surging.....what surging? Nein, Nein!"
Then in '05, BMW goes to twin-spark ignition on the R1200's to eliminate pre-combustion and guess what? The surging they never admitted to... went away!
If they ever solve the FD issue, it will come quietly in the night - certainly not with fanfare in a press release.
Nevertheless, anxious to see these models at the IMS or in a showroom soon.
From Europe I hear a starting price of Euro 21,000.-
That's not really relevant, however, considering that the SV1000RR is signficantly less expensive in the U.S. than in Germany, for example.
My guess is, that the K1600GT will start at around $24,000.- and the GTL at around $27,000.-. All loaded up, the GTL will probably reach or slightly exceed $30,000.-, while the GT will top out a bit below $28,000.-
What a monster. I don't mind the general lines and technology. But the dash looks like out of a LEGO box, ugly as sin.
I'll stick with the GS.
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i might consider it at $22.0k.
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This bike looks like a real contender
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District's response to mosquito complaints falling short
June 29, 2011
During this week's Planning Commission meeting, several members of the panel brought up the issue of the mosquito populations on the islands of late. They noted that this year's crop of "flying bloodsuckers" is seemingly the worst it's ever been.
They also noted that the response thus far by the Lee County District Mosquito Control District (LCMCD), which provides mosquito control for Sanibel as well as the rest of the county, has been inadequate.
According to Dr. Phillip Marks, he attempted to contact the LCMCD on multiple occasions via e-mail, without receiving a single response. He said that he has also left messages for somebody to call him back, but had yet to receive a response.
"Usually if you call and tell them the mosquitos are bad, they say it's because of the rainy season... but that's certainly not the case this year," he told his fellow commissioners.
"I've got a pair of ankles that got eaten up pretty bad when I golfed over the weekend," added commission chair Michael Valiquette. "And the mosquitos this year seem to be different, because the itch doesn't come until the next day."
"Mosquito season" typically runs from May through October and their activity increases with rain, particularly after heavy rains that produce large areas of standing water. Due to the abundance of mangroves, wetlands and salt marches, Sanibel is a prime breeding ground for mosquitos.
Earlier this month, the City of Sanibel issued a statement that islanders experiencing a high number of mosquitos at their residences should make a service request by visiting www.angwatechnology.com/lee_devel/PublicServiceRequest/. In addition, they provided a phone number (239-694-2174) so that citizens could contact the LCMCD directly.
It appears that either line of communication hasn't done any good.
According to the city's statement, if the LCMCD receives complaints from a specific area or neighborhood, they have agreed to dispatch personnel to conduct a mosquito count. If warranted, district representatives will fog or spray the area.
However, the information provided on the LCMCD's website seems to contradict the information issued by the city.
"The number of phone calls for service does not determine when or where treatment for adult mosquitoes will be done," one FAQ response reads, in part. "Spraying for adult mosquito outbreaks occur only on an as needed basis and only if mosquito populations meet state guidelines for treatment."
The LCMCD goes on to explain that, in general, their staff will know where mosquito populations have increased. "Occasionally, phone calls are important because they alert the district of potential problem areas that surveillance has not predicted."
So if phone calls alerting the district to potential mosquito infestations do not determine when or where treatments will take place, why should islanders bother to contact the LCMCD in the first place? As their own words indicate, those calls are only important "occasionally."
We aren't requesting that our readers call the LCMCD en masse in order to gain the undivided attention of the district, but we would urge that the district itself respond in a more professional — and timely — manner to the concerns of its citizenry. Every phone call, e-mail and inquiry alerting them to a potential mosquito problem, be it on Sanibel or elsewhere in the county, should be treated respectfully and with real concern for resolving the issue. As Dr. Marks indicated, mosquitos can carry a number of viral diseases — including West Nile virus, malaria, yellow fever and a number of varieties of encephalitis. As such, every alert to the LCMCD could potentially prevent a devastating outbreak of disease.
We know that the LCMCD can do better, and we pray that any problems with those pesky airborne predators warrants only as much as a dab of calamine lotion.
— Reporter editorial


text: NYSE:DE - Deere & Company Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Deere & Company Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $162.98 -0.30 (-0.18 %) (As of 01/29/2020 06:13 AM ET) Add Compare Today's Range$162.40Now: $162.98▼$165.6750-Day Range$162.98MA: $173.51▼$177.6052-Week Range$132.68Now: $162.98▼$180.48Volume1.75 million shsAverage Volume1.22 million shsMarket Capitalization$51.31 billionP/E Ratio16.07Dividend Yield1.79%Beta1.13 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on StocktwitsPrint this articleShare by Email Deere & Company manufactures and distributes various equipment worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Agriculture and Turf, Construction and Forestry, and Financial Services. The Agriculture and Turf segment offers agriculture and turf equipment, and related parts, including large, medium, and utility tractors; tractor loaders; combines, cotton pickers, cotton strippers, and sugarcane harvesters; harvesting front-end equipment; sugarcane loaders and pull-behind scrapers; and tillage, seeding, and application equipment. Read More… Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Farm machinery & equipment Sub-IndustryConstruction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks SectorIndustrial Products Current SymbolNYSE:DE Previous Symbol CUSIP24419910 CIK315189 Webhttp://www.deere.com/ Phone309-765-8000Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio2.65 Current Ratio2.04 Quick Ratio1.80Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio16.07 Forward P/E Ratio17.26 P/E Growth4.02 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$39.26 billion Price / Sales1.31 Cash Flow$15.84 per share Price / Cash Flow10.29 Book Value$36.26 per share Price / Book4.49Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$9.94 Net Income$3.25 billion Net Margins8.29% Return on Equity27.11% Return on Assets4.40%Miscellaneous Employees73,500 Outstanding Shares314,810,000Market Cap$51.31 billion Next Earnings Date2/21/2020 (Confirmed) OptionableOptionable Receive DE News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for DE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. DE Rates by TradingView Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) Frequently Asked Questions What is Deere & Company's stock symbol? Deere & Company trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DE." How often does Deere & Company pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Deere & Company? Deere & Company declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.76 per share on Monday, February 10th. This represents a $3.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.87%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. View Deere & Company's Dividend History. How were Deere & Company's earnings last quarter? Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 27th. The industrial products company reported $2.14 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.13 by $0.01. The industrial products company had revenue of $8.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.41 billion. Deere & Company had a net margin of 8.29% and a return on equity of 27.11%. Deere & Company's revenue was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.30 earnings per share. View Deere & Company's Earnings History. When is Deere & Company's next earnings date? Deere & Company is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 21st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Deere & Company. What price target have analysts set for DE? 20 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Deere & Company's stock. Their forecasts range from $132.00 to $197.00. On average, they expect Deere & Company's stock price to reach $172.28 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Deere & Company. What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Deere & Company? 20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Deere & Company in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Deere & Company. What are Wall Street analysts saying about Deere & Company stock? Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Deere & Company stock: 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "For fiscal 2019, Deere projects net sales growth of 7% year over year and net income of $3.6 billion. However, results will bear the brunt of higher costs for raw materials and logistics. Also, elevated expenses due to investments in precision agriculture as well as next-generation product development programs will likely impact margins. The implementation of tariffs and apprehensions regarding stretched out U.S-China trade talks weighed on farmers' sentiment. Even though the United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA") expects net farm income to rise 10% to $69.4 billion in 2019, it lagged the 10-year U.S. net farm income average by a wide margin. This weak forecast, along with lower commodity prices, signals continued constrained demand for agricultural equipment in North America, which will likely impact Deere's results. Also, drought in Europe, weak growth in Argentina and elevated expenses remain concerns." (4/17/2019) 2. Barclays PLC analysts commented, "We just wouldn't forecast a fact pattern based on one quarter of demand; plus CNH already warned us, no? Besides, the ~5% price increase DE recognized across its businesses is very strong – a number that we recognize could moderate through the year as Construction laps its y/y gains. Tempering our margins back to the company's 12% ag guide gets us to <15% incrementals and quarterlies at ~20-30%, a level that's well within DE's means, historically speaking.There's top-line risk into 2H, different than peers. What differentiates DE's ag business vs. others is that the slowdown is not on its own due to end market peaking or in some cases, like mining, a mid-cycle demand pause. Instead, we'd see it as a direct result of the political climate, which does add to risk into 2H19 ( 2/1/19), but we see it longer term more in the areas OK Ag."" (2/19/2019) Has Deere & Company been receiving favorable news coverage? Media stories about DE stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Deere & Company earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Deere & Company. Are investors shorting Deere & Company? Deere & Company saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,800,000 shares, a decline of 6.6% from the December 15th total of 5,140,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,790,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's stock are sold short. View Deere & Company's Current Options Chain. Who are some of Deere & Company's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Deere & Company include Caterpillar (CAT), PACCAR (PCAR), Cummins (CMI), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), Toro (TTC), WABCO (WBC), Oshkosh (OSK), AGCO (AGCO), Trinity Industries (TRN), Navistar International (NAV), Federal Signal (FSS), Meritor (MTOR), Terex (TEX), Alamo Group (ALG) and Douglas Dynamics (PLOW). What other stocks do shareholders of Deere & Company own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Deere & Company investors own include Caterpillar (CAT), Boeing (BA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Walt Disney (DIS) and AT&T (T). Who are Deere & Company's key executives? Deere & Company's management team includes the folowing people: Mr. Samuel R. Allen, Chairman & CEO (Age 65)Mr. John C. May II, Pres & COO (Age 50)Mr. Rajesh Kalathur, Pres of John Deere Financial & Chief Information Officer (Age 51)Mr. James M. Field, Pres of Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division and Power Systems (Age 56)Mr. Ryan D. Campbell, Sr. VP & CFO (Age 44) Who are Deere & Company's major shareholders? Deere & Company's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.24%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.08%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.06%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Deere & Company stock include James Andrew Paterson, James M Field, Jean H Gilles, John C May II, Mary KW Jones, Pentz Markwart Von, Rajesh Kalathur and Samuel R Allen. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Deere & Company. Which institutional investors are selling Deere & Company stock? DE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Strs Ohio, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Raymond James Trust N.A.. Company insiders that have sold Deere & Company company stock in the last year include James M Field, John C May II, Pentz Markwart Von, Rajesh Kalathur and Samuel R Allen. View Insider Buying and Selling for Deere & Company. Which institutional investors are buying Deere & Company stock? DE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Retirement Systems of Alabama, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Ironvine Capital Partners LLC, Ironvine Capital Partners LLC, Karani Asset Management LLC, Loveless Wealth Management LLC and Exchange Traded Concepts LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Deere & Company. How do I buy shares of Deere & Company? Shares of DE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab. What is Deere & Company's stock price today? One share of DE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $162.98. How big of a company is Deere & Company? Deere & Company has a market capitalization of $51.31 billion and generates $39.26 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $3.25 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.94 on an earnings per share basis. Deere & Company employs 73,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Deere & Company. What is Deere & Company's official website? The official website for Deere & Company is http://www.deere.com/. How can I contact Deere & Company? Deere & Company's mailing address is ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE, MOLINE IL, 61265. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 309-765-8000. MarketBeat Community Rating for Deere & Company (NYSE DE)Community Ranking: 2.5 out of 5 ( )Outperform Votes: 981 (Vote Outperform)Underperform Votes: 945 (Vote Underperform)Total Votes: 1,926MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Deere & Company and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe DE will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. 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text: Today, as they tend to do, the LIFE photography archives released a beautiful selection of never-before-seen photographs. The new collection, released 60 years to the day after Willie Mays' major league debut on May 25, 1951, is of the Hall of Famer's earlier years as a professional baseball player. There are many more photos (by Loomis Dean, Alfred Eisenstaedt, and Ralph Morse) over at the LIFE website; this one, of Mays pelting Monte Irvin with a pillow in their hotel room, is an obvious favorite. "I've got a couple of kids, 6 and 10 years old," Irvin said to LIFE in 1954, "but when I take a road trip I've got another one on my hands. That Willie is 23 years old and he'll drink maybe seven big sodas and a dozen Cokes in 12 hours."


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A volvulus occurs when part of the large intestine is twisted on itself and the mesentery. The mesentery is a supportive tissue that anchors the intestines to the back wall of the abdomen. The twisted intestine creates a bowel obstruction that cuts off the blood supply and affects bowel function.
A volvulus requires immediate medical attention.
It is not known what causes the twisting to happen. Rarely, this may lead to bowel obstruction.
Risk Factors
Factors that increase your child's chance of volvulus include:
Congenital defects including:
- Elongated or enlarged colon
- Congenital intestinal malrotation
- Sigmoid colon unattached to abdominal wall
- Narrow mesenteric connection to the colon
- Irregular bowel habits
- Chronic constipation
- High fiber diet
- Previous volvulus
- Hirschsprung disease
In some cases, your child may not have symptoms. In those that have them, symptoms may include:
- Green or yellow vomit
- Abdominal pain and swelling
- Rapid breathing and heart rate
- Bloody stools
- Dehydration
Your child's doctor will ask you about symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Your child's doctor may recommend:
- Blood tests for electrolytes
- Hematest to check for hidden blood in the stool
Imaging tests will be needed to see your child's internal structures. Tests include:
- Abdominal x-ray
- Abdominal ultrasound
- Lower GI series with barium enema
- Upper GI series with barium swallow
The treatment goal is to unblock the obstruction and restore bowel function. Treatment may include:
IV fluids may be given to prevent dehydration and shock. Your child may need a nasogastric tube to help prevent the build-up of gas in the stomach. A nasogastric tube is a tube inserted through the nose, down the esophagus, and into the stomach.
Your child's doctor may recommend antibiotics if an infection is present or possible.
Your child's doctor will untwist the intestine and assess for any damage. In most cases, untwisting the intestine helps restore blood flow and bowel function.
If needed, the section of intestine that is damaged is removed. The two remaining healthy ends are put together with stitches or staples. This procedure may reduce the chance of another volvulus.
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According to the WQA (Water Quality Association), the most common problem reported by consumers throughout the US is hard water. According to a U.S. Geological Survey, hard water is present in more than 85% of the country. Yikes!
What causes hard water
More than 60% of the earth's water is groundwater. As it travels through soil and rock, it picks up minerals (including magnesium and calcium) along the way. These two contaminants (calcium and magnesium) produce hardness in water. Generally, hardness is measured in grains per gallon (gpg). For example, if a water test indicates a range of 1.0 to 3.5 gpg, the water is considered slightly hard. If the measurement is greater than 10.5 gpg, the water is rated as being very hard.
How to know if you have hard water
- Clogged pipes and appliances is a common sign of hard water. Hard water mineral deposits can build up in pipes or plumbing equipment, coffee makers, and more. You may notice a reduced water flow.
- You may notice a film on their shower tiles or bathtubs, or even on yourself. The film that is left often results in additional scrubbing and scouring of the affected fixtures, and can cause hair to be dull and limp, and dry the skin. Also, your water heating costs could increase as a result of hard water. Hard water mineral deposits can form an insulating barrier between the heating element and the water to be heated.
- The calcium and magnesium in hard water negatively act on many detergents and soaps causing a reduction in their cleaning capabilities. The soapy residue they form can be abrasive and reduce the life of clothing.
How to solve your hard water problem
To solve the problem of hard water in your home, filtration will be the most effective approach. By investing in a water softening system, it will "swap out" the excessive magnesium and calcium (as well as other hard water minerals present) for sodium ions. These ions will decrease the negative effects of hard water in your home.
Three main parts make up water softeners:
- Resin bed: Made up of small bead-like materials. The beads will attract and hold positively charged ions(such as sodium), but will exchange them whenever it encounters another positively charged ion such as magnesium and calcium.
- Resin tank: Contains the resin bed
- Brine tank: Holds the dissolved salt solution that is necessary to "regenerate" the resin (i.e to reverse the ion exchange operation). The salt will force the magnesium and calcium ions to be released, where they are then discharged as waste during the backwashing cycle. The beads will then be ready to once again attract hardness ions from the water.
Chances are you'll come face to face with hard water and some point in time, but with the right tools, you can reduce the chances of it being a consistent nuisance in your home.


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Solar Hot Water Pays Off
There's never been a better time to invest in systems that will capture the sun's power and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. For the majority of homes in the United States, heating domestic hot water is the second largest use of energy, consuming an average of 16 percent -- and as much as 30 percent -- of every dollar spent on energy. Because of this daily assault on your finances, you'll get the greatest investment return on a solar system if you start with a domestic hot-water system.
How It Works
The operation of a solar water-heating system is simple: Sunlight strikes the south-facing surface of a flat-plate or heat-tube-style solar collector (see Types of Solar Collectors on page xx) that's typically angled to match your latitude. The controller's sensor detects the rising fluid temperature, which activates an electrical pump. On some systems, a photovoltaic (PV) panel on the roof generates direct current to power the pump.
The pump moves a heat-transfer fluid of glycol and water in a closed loop from the solar collector to a heat exchanger that's located either inside or outside a storage tank. The internal heat exchanger transfers heat energy (captured by the collector) and fluid to potable (drinking-quality) water in your storage tank. External heat exchangers have a second pump to move potable water from the storage tank through the heat exchanger, transferring the heat energy.
A thermostatic scald-guard mixing valve limits the temperature of potable water that leaves the tank and flows to the home's fixtures. The result is that you get to enjoy free liquid sunshine while reducing your dependence on fossil fuels.
This type of solar hot-water system is indirect, since the solar heat is transferred via a heat exchanger from the fluid to the potable water. Another type of system, called direct, uses a pump to circulate potable water from a storage tank through tubes in the solar collector, where the water is heated, and back to the tank.
Indirect systems are recommended for northern climates, due to the need to drain the roof panels (automatically or manually) when nighttime temperatures fall below 42 degrees F to prevent freeze damage to the collector, as well as during off-peak load demands. These are commonly called drainback systems. Direct systems are more commonly used in southern regions where freezing temperatures are rare.
Closed-loop systems are either active, in which a pump moves the fluid, or passive, which do not have any moving parts. Passive systems rely on gravity thermal migration. In these systems, a storage tank is located above the solar collector. As the water is heated, it rises into the tank, while colder water sinks into the collector.
Choosing a System
Determining which solar hot-water system is the best option for price, performance and energy savings can be a daunting task. One source that can help is the Solar Rating & Certification Corp., an independent certifier of solar systems.
The SRCC tests solar systems for their performance and lists the results in its OG-300 certification report, which you can access at http://www.solar-rating.org. The SRCC serves a great cause by helping [homeowners] avoid the fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants systems [like those] that were installed in 70s and early 80s, says Peter Biondo, a solar consultant and owner of USA Solar in Sedona, Ariz.
The best system that requires the least maintenance will be a closed-loop one with a solar PV-powered pump to avoid any issues of overheating [the fluid or water] should the electric company's grid fail, explains Mike Tierney of Aspen Solar Systems, located in Aspen, Colo. A closed-loop solar water-heating system should easily provide anywhere from 30 to 90 percent of a home's hot-water needs.
The installation of solar systems requires proper planning, roof penetrations, electrical and plumbing work, and the installation of heavy panels on rooftops. Permits and inspections also will be required, so professional installation is recommended. Contractors should have insurance coverage to protect themselves and you.
Sizing depends on your location (you'll need to have direct sunlight at your site from approximately 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.), the number of people who will be using hot water, their bathing habits, panel size and storage capacity. To get an idea of the system size appropriate for your home, as well as the cost and potential savings, you can use the My Solar Estimator tool available on the Find Solar website (http://www.ebike.net/solar). The site also can help you locate manufacturers, dealers and installers in your area.
Solar Costs
If you're interested in a solar hot-water system but the cost is a stumbling block, consider this: If you've owned your home for more than five years, you may already have paid for a solar hot-water system. But instead of keeping your hard-earned money, you've given it to a utility company. Now that those energy bills you've been paying have risen by 20 to 50 percent, your current energy costs probably have rising enough to make a solar system economically viable.
Price has not been an issue with our customers, says Damon Vilppu, of Golden, Colo.-based Industrial Solar Technology Corp., who notes that the average installed price of a solar hot-water system is $6,000 to $9,000. By the time our customers call us, they've already educated themselves about the long-term savings and literally can't wait for their system to be installed. With the new federal tax credits and increasing fossil-fuel energy costs, we've noticed a large increase in the number of phone calls.
Helping to offset the initial cost of a solar hot-water installation are the rebate programs and tax credits offered by states and municipalities throughout the country. For a complete listing of federal and state-by-state tax and rebate incentives, visit the Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy at http://www.dsireusa.org.
In addition, the new federal tax incentive program can offset your investment even more -- by as much as 30 percent, up to a maximum of $2,000 for a qualified solar hot-water system. An additional credit of equal value is available for a solar PV system.
The credit for a solar hot-water system is deducted directly from taxes owed and can be rolled over to the following year. For example, let's say your payroll deductions total $800 annually and you invest $5,000 in a solar hot-water system. Thirty percent of $5,000 is $1,500, so you'd receive a credit of $800 (your prepaid taxes) for the current year and be eligible for an additional tax credit of $700 the following year.
The best news, however, is that once your system is installed, you'll not only reduce your taxes but start cutting energy bills right away by as much as 30 percent. When it's all added up, it means that every dollar invested is actually worth an average of $1.30, says Tom Lane, president of ECS Solar Energy Systems, based in Gainesville, Fla. You can view his calculations at http://www.ecs-solar.com/solar_tax_credit.htm.
To qualify for federal or state tax credits and/or rebates, the system might need to be certified for performance by the nonprofit Solar Rating & Certification Corp. or a comparable organization endorsed by your state government.
Given the cost, efficiency and environmental benefits, now is the right time for you to invest in a solar water-heating system.


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I didn't have the best experience the first time I went for a Thai massage – I went to a salon that was slightttllyyyy on the rough side and the whole experience was messy. Fast forward a few years and you can barely move for the Thai massage salons open in Manchester (my town!). It's interesting how such a specialist area has become popular enough to warrant so many new salons but after a few more positive treatments, I am now a keen follower of Thai massage.
I have visited 3 salons recently in Manchester (common link: I had Groupon offers for all three!!!) and every experience was decent…
The Eastern Spa is located outside of Manchester City Centre, near Old Trafford in an old warehouse which looks dodgy, but it actually a hotel. Inside, there's a really nice exposed brick work kinda feel. It has a nice intimate, quiet atmosphere and the rooms are perfect for relaxing in.
I had a 90 minute oil massage here which definitely had the hard edge of thai massage, and a lot of shoulder work – it was intense and there were only a few times when it was hard to take the pain (on my sides and shoulders!). The lady who did my massage was small but lethal (they all are) and there was some back climbing like in a traditional thai massage and spreading out the muscles.
This place was the best place for a medium-hard massage…it definitely isn't a wimpy treatment, but at the same time didn't leave me in tears and I felt really relaxed afterwards. If there were any weaknesses they were specific to the day I went for treatment which was, the room was a bit too cold and the music a tad too loud, even if the decor itself is lovely.
Score: 7/10
The One Thai Massage is located in the City Centre – when you walk through the frosted doors it's actually quite sparse inside! The reception area has a desk and a sofa, but that's it – it looks more like an office than a spa (no wonder the windows are frosted).
There was some confusion over the appointment (is there TWO of you?) – er no, just me – but once we got into the treatment, it was fine. The room was sparse (I thought PLEASE LET THERE BE MUSIC IN CASE I PUMP), but it wash't too uncomfortable overall.
The treatment itself is the most gentle of the thai treatments I've had and it felt more like a deep tissue massage (no climbing on my back) – definitely bearable if you are scared of massages. The lady was very friendly 'You have niceeee skin, I like this massage" etc. but it was a really nice treatment overall without any tears involved.
Score: 7/10
Nattaya Thai Massage
I didn't have much hope for Nattaya Thai Massage, maybe because I was judging on where it was located (Cheetham Hill Road).
Inside is a reception area that looks like a spa but also like an auntie's front room – it's not a problem at all, just a very traditional look. The rooms are nice and dark, nice temperature and are relaxing.
This massage is one of the hardest ones I've had, and the closest to a traditional treatment. It is, despite the fact I thought I was going to burst into tears, the best massage of the lot because I felt loosened and better afterwards. One of the things she did is cracked all my toes and fingers (OUCH) which…although I wanted to cry, takes some skill to do.
Score: 9/10
I am totally converted to Thai massages now purely because I find general body treatments don't do ANYTHING (why would I pay you £50 to put a mask over my legs?) at least Thai massages take some real welly and make you feel better afterwards!


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Welcome, adventurer, to the lands of the old Empire. Once Calradia was a great empire, with good roads and low taxes, the Emperor and the peasants were friends, and land prospered. But those times are now legends and the empire is broken into many factions. Each faction has a leader, who claims the throne of Calradia, fighting other leaders to grow larger. Taking advantage of that conflicts, bandits and looters have taken control of the situation and now, only the gods may have power to restore Calradia to it's former glory. As you are a god, all factions would want you to clean Calradia of the outlaws, but you can choose your own way.
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Menopause is the point in a woman's life when her ovaries stop producing enough hormones to keep the menstrual cycle going. It's sometimes called "the change of life." It usually happens around age 50, but every woman's body has its own timeline.
Some women go through menopause early because of cancer treatment or surgery to remove the ovaries.
Menopause is a natural part of growing older. You don't need treatment unless your symptoms bother you.
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If you're looking at the picture above and now checking your screen to see if you have a dead pixel, don't worry, you don't. That's just Venus hiding through Saturn's rings. Taken by the Cassini, Earth's twin planet looks like a blinding white speck of dust.
NASA says the picture was captured approximately 498,000 miles from Saturn at a sun-Saturn-spacecraft angle of 178 degrees. Each pixel is roughly about 28 miles. NASA describes the image:
One special image of Venus and Saturn was taken last November when Cassini was placed in the shadow of Saturn. This allowed Cassini to look in the direction of the sun and Venus, and take a backlit image of Saturn and its rings in a particular viewing geometry called "high solar phase." This observing position reveals details about the rings and Saturn's atmosphere that cannot be seen in lower solar phase.


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This article will show you how to test the functionality of memcache using a php script. If you do not have memcache installed, please see one of these supporting articles.
How to install Memcache on CentOS
How to install Memcache on Ubuntu
For the example, we will be using an Ubuntu server, and testing the script from the default document root; the file name will be memcache_test.php.
To begin change directory to the document root:
Then, lets create a new file and call it memcache_test.php
In this example we are using vi, but you can use vim or nano
Using this snippet of code you can test the functionality of memcache, we have included error reporting to provide troubleshooting steps if your code does not work.
ini_set('display_errors', true);
$mem = new memcached();
$mem->addServer("127.0.0.1", 11211);
$result = $mem->get("Test");
if ($result) {
echo $result;
} else {
echo "Test key not found, adding key";
$mem->set("Test", "I found a match, memcache is working") or die("Nothing Saved...");
To test the code, simply visit your servers IP in the browser followed by the file name:
If the script worked, you should see Test key not found, adding key. On refresh it should say I found a match, memcache is working
Congratulations, you have successfully verified that memcache is working.


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from the because-its-unfair-competition-with-my-wife dept
Earlier this week, I wrote about a lawyer in Florida suing Apple for millions because he couldn't be bothered to figure out how iTunes works. Little did I know that this wasn't the craziest law suit brought by a lawyer against Apple.
A tipster pointed us to a 50-page complaint filed in federal court last month seeking damages and injunctive relief against Apple for making devices that can display porn, or as the rest of us call it, the Internet. The complaint gracefully skips from pop psychology, to comparing porn to handguns, to appeals to the divine rule of the Almighty.
This wasn't the best week for Apple in the courtroom, but at least the in-house lawyers have this suit to look forward to defending…
The plaintiff, Chris Sevier, is an attorney in Nashville. A news report of his arrest last month on unrelated charges of stalking country music star John Rich (the guy whose obnoxious song mars my weekly viewing of College GameDay) states that Sevier's 36, though his Model Mayhem bio says he's 26. For someone mad about porn on the Internet, he's already adopted its first cardinal rule: models always lie about their age.
Sevier's complaint makes a simple request: Apple should sell all products with an installed filter blocking all Internet porn. If the buyer, over the age of 18, wishes to unlock the Internet, he or she is free to contact Apple, sign a form acknowledging the ills of pornography, and receive a code to remove the filter. Sevier argues that the burden must be shifted from parents to the manufacturer to sell a locked device. That sounds like a fair enough, even laudable goal. But Sevier also wants these filters installed lest the responsibility be up to *shudder* individuals exercising self-control.
The complaint describes some of the societal harm porn causes, such as "lead[ing] to American girls traveling abroad to be abducted and cast into sex trafficking." Someone was watching Taken while drafting this complaint. But Sevier has also suffered personal harm:
The Plaintiff is a victim of Apple's product that was sold to him without any warning of the damage the pornography causes. "But for" the Plaintiff's use of the Apple product, the quality of the Plaintiff's life would have been much better and injury would have been avoided. The Plaintiff sustained these unwarranted damages in the course of using Apple's product as designed. Apple's product was not adequately equipped with safety features that would have otherwise blocked unwarranted intrusions of pornographic content that systematically poisoned his life.
Sevier got his J.D. at Vanderbilt Law, and perhaps they should revisit the role Palsgraf plays in their 1L Torts lectures. Based on the tale outlined, there are a few intervening acts between Apple building a web-ready computer and Sevier joining Adult Friend Finder. This is not to deny that sex can have addictive qualities, but just as drug and alcohol rehab focus on individuals facing up to their personal role in facilitating their disease, Sevier might want to look in the mirror before blaming Apple.
But Sevier maintains the proximate cause is Apple's browser and an honest spelling error:
In using safari, the Plaintiff accidentally misspelled "facebook.com" which lead him to "fuckbook.com" and a host of web sites that caused him to see pornographic images that appealed to his biological sensibilities as a male and lead to an unwanted addiction with adverse consequences.
I'm incredulous. But in fairness to Sevier, the complaint is so riddled with spelling and grammatical errors (including a few in that block quote) that maybe typing just isn't his thing. I, however, posit that he made all these mistakes intentionally to bolster the credibility of this argument. Well played, sir.
Apple basically should have known better:
As human beings themselves, Apple employees know that a man is born full of harmonies and attacked to by women engaging in sexual acts with the intent to cause vicarious arousal.
I'm guessing he meant "hormones." Unless he was making a very highbrow reference to the Temptations.
The complaint, brilliantly, alleges "Unfair Competition" — between hot, hot porn actresses and Sevier's wife:
UNFAIR COMPETITION AND INTERFERENCE OF THE MARITAL CONTRACT: The Plaintiff became totally out of synch in his romantic relationship with his wife, which was a consequence of his use of his Apple product. The Plaintiff began desiring, younger more beautiful girls featured in porn videos than his wife, who was no longer 21. His failed marriage caused the Plaintiff to experience emotional distress to the point of hospitalization. The Plaintiff could no longer tell the difference between internet pornography and tangible intercourse due to the content he accessed through the Apple products, which failed to provide him with warnings of the dangers of online pornography whatsoever.
"Who was no longer 21." No further comment, that was just an awesome sentence.
The best part of his suggested solution to America's online porn addiction is that it will help out businesses. Porn businesses:
THE PLAINTIFF'S SUGGESTION HELPS THE PORN ECONOMY: For the proponents of the bricks and mortar pornography industry, the Plaintiffs reasonable request here supports their cause. Forcing Apple to install preset porn filtering software could have a positive financial impact on the traditional porn trade. The porn industry has the same regulatory and supply and demand problems that the music business and print media does, as a consequence of the free flow of information online. There is so much free porn on the internet that ultimately its going to be difficult for porn providers to rely on the income generated from their work to continue to make a living….
...unregulated internet porn is hurting brick and mortar or "mom and pop" porn shops. This is no different than how illegal downloading of musical content and movie content has caused the collapse of traditional record stores and video rental entities, such as block buster.
First of all, "mom and pop" porn shops is going in the pantheon of greatest phrases in a legal complaint. Second, there's something admirable about Sevier's commitment to professional porn. As Jackie Treehorn put it, "standards have fallen in adult entertainment." Modern porn viewers constantly find themselves asking, "but why was she ordering a pizza?"
In the end, the complaint is not just about protecting kids and even protecting Sevier from his interest in the naked ladies, but a jeremiad against the modern age:
In the 1950s, before there was in the internet and the ACLU, we had prayer in school, males were not flaming out academically, there was no need for viagra commercials to clog up our televisions late at not, homosexuals were substantially fewer in number, sex trafficking was virtually nonexistent, prostitution was way down, and child porn was unheard of. Why are things different – easily accessible pornography accessible through high speed internet and devices like Apple products is one contributing factor in that complex answer.
Except the ACLU was alive and active in the 1950s, school prayer was never as widespread as its advocates suggest, men still got Fs, gay folks were still there (just closeted), America had just completed a war against Germany and Japan (both of whom engaged in large-scale sex trafficking, e.g., the Joy Division without Ian Curtis), prostitution was rampant (as Don Draper's childhood flashbacks attest), and child pornography and pedophilia persisted as the Catholic Church scandals are bringing to light. There just was no golden age, certainly not in the 1950s that Sevier longs for, yet never personally saw, regardless of which age he admits to being.
There's nothing really wrong with the suggestion that Apple should default to stronger parental controls. There's a logic to the idea that it's easier for parents to disengage a lock than to install one. However, implementing the procedural hurdles Sevier seeks for the sake of protecting him from himself crosses into a disciplinary nanny state.
But, maybe he's into that.
The full 50-page complaint is reproduced below. If you can suffer through the typos, there are many more gems, including an explanation of Apple's role in creating the proliferation of male enhancement drug commercials and how Sevier knows what women really want. Enjoy!
Filed Under: chris sevier, liability, porn, unfair competition
Companies: apple


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Pocket-lint doesn't like jogging. Let's get that out of the way early on. But in the name of research, we put the Jabra Sport to the test.
In our ears they went, and off we went. To the petrol station up the road. At least a 5-minute jog / walk - plenty of time to test out the features on board.
Features such as the FM radio, A2DP technology for beaming over your tunes, the remote control and the wind-shielded microphone.
All worked a treat and, considering that we're used to in-ear (and custom fit) buds usually, we found that the earpieces stayed in place nicely and the sound quality was more than okay.
Physical protection is offered up by US Military Standard rain, dust and shock resistant certification, ensuring that come rain or shine you'll still be able to get your work-out in - so no more excuses when it's a bit drizzly outside.
The chord is covered in a powder like substance that makes it water and sweat resistant and the ergonomic behind-the-ear design works well and doesn't feel as heavy as we feared it might have.
The Sport setup also comes with a free download of Endomondo Sports Tracker app, a fitness tracking application for smartphones that functions as a motivational tool for running, giving quick updates on speed, distance, and lap time when you tap the button on the earpiece.
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On May 15, more than 400 senior finance professionals came together in San Diego for the 17th Annual CUNA CFO Council Conference.
It was the largest, most successful conference in the council's history, in part because of the improved economic conditions, the draw of San Diego, and the content-rich agenda.
There were many timely topics presented at the conference. Here are some highlights.
Pre-conference workshops
The conference started Sunday afternoon with two exceptional pre-conference workshops: "Building a Better Bean to Count: Innovation Best Practices" from Filene Research Institute Chief Innovation Officer Denise Gabel, and "Using the Interest Rate Risk Model to Build Effective Balance Sheet Strategies" by Tom Bowers, vice president of client services at ZM Financial Systems.
Gabel discussed what innovation truly means in the financial services industry. She worked to change participants' perception of innovation, and explained how to manage innovation in credit unions. She gave real-world examples to help credit unions stand out, have fun, and become more profitable.
Tom Bowers taught CFOs how to progress their analytics beyond pure compliance reporting to proactive design of the risk/reward tradeoff. He also examined the building blocks of a robust risk culture, as well as key rate duration, a tool that characterizes a credit union's economic value "gap."
Conference highlights
Walter Bond, former NBA player and current business owner and motivational speaker, started the conference by discussing the most effective ways to lead and how to be likeable.
Bond highlighted the importance of connecting, not just communicating. In a society and business environment that's moving so fast, his message was vital for all CFOs to hear.
One of the most widely anticipated sessions of the conference was "Interchange: Now What?" Chris Joy and Norm Patrick from PSCU Financial Services presented the challenges that lie ahead for credit unions regarding the pending interchange rule.
They talked about possible outcomes of the rule, and various strategies to assess, monitor, and manage the debit card portfolio.
Joy and Patrick suggested assigning ownership for the portfolio and handling the card program like any other business unit, complete with a profit and loss statement.
They said managing the portfolio—tracking the number of cards issued and percent activated, directing card activity to more profitable channels, knowing what the most popular and profitable purchases are, etc.—may result in more income after the interchange rule goes into effect.
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