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Liz LaManche creates tattoo art depicting Boston's seafaring roots
Boston Pier is teeming with history, long bridging the gap between nations, states, land and water. Artist Liz LaManche is showcasing the seafaring city's colorful cultural melting pot with her latest project, a series of tattoo designs at Boston Harbor Shipyard and Marina. The tattooed masterpieces are in the works at Boston's HarborArts, the city's largest public arts space.
LaManche, of Earthsign Studios, has at least 14 tattoo designs planned, each of which represents a different culture that has contributed to Boston's seafaring roots. The tattoo art pieces will feature connecting motifs, illustrating how intwined the different cultures and influences are in The Hub of the Universe. So far six tattoos have been created. Once the project is complete, the design could span 1,000 feet, and it could qualify as the World's Largest Tattoo, according to the Dock Tattoo Project.
For the project, LaManche, who has a background in graphic design and large-scale murals, is using dyes and stains on the weathered cement surface of the harbor. She will be using art motifs from different cultures that contributed to Boston's seafaring past in the last 400 years. The tattoos feature art, phrases, compasses and other representations of the people who brought ideas and items to trade through Boston's harbor.
LaMache's harbor tattoo masterpiece features people and cultures from all over the world, including Basque fishermen, New England sailors, native Americans (including the Wampanoag, Mohegan and Pequot), Taino (native people from the Caribbean), Maori/Pacific Islands, West Africa, Ireland, Haiti/Afro Caribbean, Japan and India.
LaManche's work will be a part of the fourth annual HarborArts Festival in Boston, which will take place on Saturday, September 20, 2014. The focus of this year's festival is increasing the awareness of climate change and sea level rise. In keeping with the theme of the festival, LaManche is using eco-friendly stains that seep into the concrete of the harbor over time, eventually becoming a part of the landscape.
The 2014 HarborArts Festival will feature local and international artists, musicians, artisans and prominent thinkers and experts on climate change. The festival will also serve up locally grown food and beverages.
Images courtesy of Nick DeLuca
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Freshman right-side/setter Kelly Murphy recorded her eighth consecutive double-double and the Florida defense found its rhythm Wednesday as the #8 Gators swept South Carolina, 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-15) in the O'Connell Center. Florida (15-1, 9-0 Southeastern Conference) out-dug South Carolina (14-4, 6-3), which entered the match as the league's top defensive team.
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UPDATE 3-Charming Shoppes posts Q1 profit, but Q2 outlook bleak
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BANGALORE May 21 (Reuters) - Women's plus-size apparel retailer Charming Shoppes (CHRS.O: Cotización) posted a surprise quarterly profit, but forecast weak second-quarter results as it struggles to cut costs and weather a challenging retail environment, sending its shares down 11 percent.
The company has operated with much leaner inventories to improve merchandise margins as customer visits to its stores fell in the wake of rising fuel prices and the U.S. economic downturn.
Since hitting a 52-week high of $12.92 last May, Charming Shoppes' stock had lost more than two-thirds of its value to touch a low of $4.01 in January.
But the stock has recovered 39 percent from its January low as the company cut jobs, closed stores and planned to shed its non-core brands.
Charming Shoppes, whose core brands include Lane Bryant, Catherines and Fashion Bug, had also earlier this month resolved a proxy contest with hedge funds Crescendo Partners and Myca Partners by appointing two of their nominees to its board.
JP Morgan analyst Christopher Kim had said earlier he believes the company has taken the right steps in protecting its margins, but sales would be hurt given difficult store traffic trends and its "economically-sensitive customer base."
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Merlin in Liberia: influx of refugees from Côte d'Ivoire puts added pressure on health services
The number of refugees from Côte d'Ivoire crossing the border to Liberia is growing steadily, adding to the country's struggle to recover from over a decade of civil war and rebuild its health services. The large number of refugees escaping violence in their home country are in need of food, shelter and emergency medical assistance.
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Eoin Cameron talks about his recovery from brain surgery
Eoin Cameron returns to the 720 Breakfast program to speak about his recovery from brain surgery with ABC's Gillian O'Shaughnessy, who is filling in for the big man on brekkie.
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ABC's Eoin Cameron is a larger than life character, which no doubt helped get him through his recent health scare.
He returned to his breakfast timeslot this morning to talk about his fall, concussion and subsequent brain surgery.
Cameron says he didn't think much of a fall he suffered at home eight weeks ago while trying to move furniture with his wife Wendy, until the physical symptoms started weeks later.
"I started getting headaches worse and worse... I was running out [of the studio] during news bulletins to be sick," Cameron told ABC's Gillian O'Shaughnessy.
It wasn't until a Mother's Day lunch that the symptoms became too obvious to ignore.
"I was talking to an elderly relative along side of me and I thought, 'What's gone wrong with her? Her face has gone all red'".
"Then I looked across the table and I thought, 'Everyone's gone red', then I realised something was wrong."
Cameron passed out shortly after and can't remember much about the following days except when he was diagnosed with a hematoma, or blood clotting, on the left side of his brain.
"The clot had dried but it was pressing on the tissue around the brain and was causing minor haemorrhages, which is what caused the blackout," he said.
Before surgeons operated, Cameron was told he could be left with a severe speech impediment, affected motor skills or a permanent disability.
"Obviously I'm making light of it now but it could have been terribly serious."
Luckily, his recovery has been relatively smooth apart from experiencing a 'mini stroke' one week after the surgery.
Cameron is eager to get back behind the microphone permanently but says he needs the OK from specialists before returning to work.
"It's up to them to give the all clear because as they said in this matter, I have no say, which is unusual."
Always finding the amusing side of situations, Cameron now refers to the significant scarring on his head as his 'cat flap' and has been enjoying lots of rest, which is a change from his usual 3am starts.
"I'm sleeping 12 and 13 hours a night, which is just bliss, but as everyone keeps saying, I'm looking much younger," the modest presenter explains.
One of the highlights of his ordeal was being able to watch his favourite annual television event with the benefit of an altered state of mind.
"I can tell you though, the way to watch Eurovision is with the benefit of morphine."
Cameron said he was also lucky to receive a free haircut while in hospital but explains despite his good looks, he didn't have any other 'work' done.
He said he was overwhelmed by the support received after surgery from the 720 Perth audience with correspondence flooding in via email, SMS, phone calls, letters and social media.
"I was so moved by the niceness of everyone, I made a pact while I was in hospital that because everyone's been so lovely I am turning over a new leaf and I'm going to be lovely for 48 hours after I get back."
If you would like to send Eoin a message, you can conatct the 720 Breakfast program or leave a message on the 720 ABC Perth Facebook page.


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1a : having elements close together a tight formation a tight line of typeb : so close in structure as to prevent passage or escape (as of liquid, gas, or light) a tight ship a tight seal — compare lightproof, watertightc : fitting very close to the body tight jeans; also : too snug tight shoesd (1) : closely packed : very full a tight bale of hay (2) : barely allowing time for completion a tight schedule tight deadlinese : allowing little or no room for free motion or movement a tight connection a tight crawl space; also : having a small radius a tight turn
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3a : difficult to cope with in a tight spot financiallyb : relatively difficult to obtain money is tight just now; also : characterized by such difficulty a tight job marketc : not liberal in giving : stingy tight with a penny
4 : characterized by little difference in the relative positions of contestants with respect to final outcome : close a tight race for mayor
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6 : having a close personal or working relationship : intimate is tight with the boss
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Keep a tight grip on his hand when you cross the street.
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Middle English tiht, thyht dense, solid, watertight, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse thēttr tight; akin to Middle High German dīhte thick, Sanskrit tanakti it causes to coagulate
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Definition of tight for English Language Learners
: difficult to move : fastened, attached, or held in a position that is not easy to move
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Alex Rodriguez may not hit home runs as frequently as he used to, and his run at the all-time home run record may have slowed, but the slugger did manage to top a prestigious list Tuesday.
The New York Yankees third baseman hit his 23rd grand slam, tying Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig. Manny Ramirez has 21, followed by Eddie Murray with 19 and Willie Mays and Robin Ventura with 18.
"It means a lot," Rodriguez told reporters. "It's very special. This game is very, very difficult. If you're not going to enjoy these great moments, then it's not any fun. Lou Gehrig is not only one of the all-time greats, but he's one of ours."
BOX SCORE: Yankees 6, Braves 4
Said Yankees manager Joe Girardi: "It's hard to fathom what he's been able to do in his career. To be mentioned with Lou Gehrig, that's special."
Rodriguez took a 3-2 pitch from Atlanta Braves reliever Jonny Venters and drilled a line drive over the fence in left field at Turner in the eighth inning. The home run tied the game, which the Yankees won 6-4.
"What a game, right?" said right fielder Nick Swisher. "It just goes to show you, you've got to play all 27 outs."
The Yankees have struggled this season with the bases loaded, going 10 for 67 (.149) before Rodriguez's homer.
"I almost felt like it was a swing for the team," Rodriguez said. "I felt like everybody needed that hit. We've all been waiting for it, but it definitely feels good to pick up our big man CC and to give our team a win."
Rodriguez, 36, ranks fifth on the all-time home run list with 639 home runs, 123 behind Barry Bonds. He has 10 home runs this season while posting the lowest OPS of his career at .798 entering Tuesday.
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Middleweight Osumanu Adama (18-2, 14 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over local favorite Angel "Toro" Hernandez (30-9, 17 KOs) to claim the vacant IBO International title on Friday night at the UIC Pavillion in Chicago. Adama, a 2000 Ghana Olympian, won by near shutout scores of 120-108, 120-108 and 119-109.
In the co-feature, junior middleweight "King" David Estrada (25-6, 16 KOs) scored a fifth round KO over Franklin Gonzalez (13-7, 9 KOs). Gonzalez was on the deck twice before the bout was waved off at the 1:05 mark.
In a special attraction USBO cruiserweight title bout, heavy handed Carl "Iron Fist" Davis (15-3, 11 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over former world champion "King" Arthur Williams (47-6-1, 30 KOs) by scores of 97-93, 96-93, 96-93. Davis had a 10-8 round in the fifth stanza when Williams was given a standing eight-count.


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Another Tremendous Loss for Microsoft's Online Division
ADOTAS – If you were thinking Apple is an evil empire that's tracking all of your moves via your smartphone, here's some news to cement it for you: thanks to spectacular iPhone sales, Apple was $700 million more profitable in the third quarter of fiscal 2011 (net income of $5.99 billion) than Microsoft (net income of $5.23 billion). Last year, Apple's market cap surpassed Microsoft's, but the gap has only grown — $318.45 billion vs. $224.43 billion.
One evil empire steps over the husk of another. That is, if you think Apple is evil — I'd say the location data scandal, something that first drew questions last year, just displayed its arrogance.
Microsoft may have surpassed Wall Street expectations with a lot of help from its Office, Xbox and Kinect products, but the numbers coming from the company's online services division — Bing and MSN, brothers in underperforming — are still gag-worthy. As we noted last quarter, that area has lost Microsoft nearly $2.5 billion in the prior four quarters alone — online services haven't been profitable in more than five years.
There seemed to be a silver lining though — the losses were dwindling every quarter (if you can call millions of dollars lost dwindling…), suggesting Microsoft may have turned the corner. However, despite a 14% increase in revenue for this quarter the company said was primarily driven by paid search advertising, losses for the quarter were $726 million, down from $709 million the year before. It was the second biggest loss for the division, barely coming in behind third quarter of fiscal 2009.
Bing's search market share is up to 14% (around 30% if you count Yahoo!, which Bing powers, but Yahoo! still sells and receives… some revenue from search advertising) and online advertising revenue rose 17% during the quarter, attributed to search and display. However, the company admitted that the revenue per search from the Bing/Yahoo! marketplace fell below expectations (something we've heard from Yahoo's camp as well).
Binghoo is starting to have the whiff of a failure… And we're left again wondering how long Microsoft can shoulder such colossal losses. While Windows income decreased slightly year over year, execs must be feeling in their spines from decreasing PC sales.
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Painting Aluminum Siding
We are planning on painting the aluminum siding on our house. It has never been painted before, what is on it is what came on it from the factory. On the sides of the house that get the hot sun the paint is chipping off. We have power washed already. On the sides where the paint was chipping off a lot more came off with the power washing. ALOT! On the other sides we couldn't get the paint to chip off. We plan on washing with TSP as our next step. We are looking into paints. Dutchboy Duraweather Maxbond is claiming that you only have to wash with the TSP and not use a primer first. I am having no luck finding reviews on this paint. Does anyone know anything about this paint or used it on aluminum siding without applying a primer first? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Kelly, do a search on here and you will find dozens of threads about painting aluminum siding.
If you have pressure washed already and got most of the dirt/chalkiness off, you don't need to do any further cleaning. To me, cleaning with the TSP adds another variable into the painting equation that could potentially cause you problems down the road. I am surprised to hear that paint is chipping off. Usually the factory finish is on there pretty good and eventually it chalks off. I've never seen it actually chip off. If you have paint that is peeling off, you may now have to use a sander to get any more flaking paint off. You really don't have to prime aluminum. Use 2 coats of a quality paint like SW's SuperPaint. DO NOT USE DUTCH BOY. Even though SW owns Dutch Boy the quality is just not there. Superpaint in Satin finish........apply 2 coats......DONE!
I agree on the Super paint but disagree on the sheen. Semigloss would be a much easyer finish to keep clean.
The flater a paints finish the harder it is to keep clean.
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The first picture is the worst side. We have not power washed or cleaned this side yet. This is reason we are having to paint. The second pic is where we have power washed. The third pic is a side that does not get much sun but still chipped off with power washing. The bad sides are down to bare metal. I have searched and everyone talks about chalking, this is much more that chalking. Do you think we still don't need to prime before painting?
Kelly, that siding has become pitted and is now flaking off. You may have to use an orbital sander or a sheet sander with fairly coarse grit (60 or 80) to try and remove that and get down to a sound surface. Again, you don't have to prime. Aluminum doesn't have the same qualities as steel........it does not oxidize and produce rust. I guess if it gives you some peace of mind you could apply a metal primer before painting, but, I've done aluminum for 34 years WITHOUT priming and have had virtually ZERO problems with adhesion. Joe suggests a semi-gloss and that's an ok choice.........it just exaggerates any imperfections on the surface such as dings and dents from hail, etc.........satin hides those a little bit. Anyway, you're well on your way to making that house look great.
I can't believe we just figured this out!!!
Upon further examination we have discovered that the siding is not aluminum but steel and the trim and soffets are aluminum. The siding is not Pitted but has a wood grain texture. Does this change anything that you have recommended? thank you so much for your help. I have not been impresses with any help I have gotten in Paint stores. Thanks.
Steel, if it has not rusted anywhere, can be treated the same as aluminum..........2 coats of SuperPaint. Yes, it will be trickier to get down into the wood grain groves with a sander, but, with patience, it can be done. Did a home like yours about 8 years ago and after a recent pressure wash, it looks as good as the day it was put on.
Kelly, maybe to be on the safe side, after a thorough sanding and cleaning, apply a rusty metal primer to all bare spots. They make rusty metal primer in red and gray.........I would use the gray so it will be easier to cover with your finish coats. This will give you peace of mind that rust spots won't flash through your finish coats. Good luck. You will be amazed at how nice your home will look.
Locally, I've never run into steel siding. It doesn't appear to be rusted where the paint is chipping in the photos. Can I assume the siding is hot-dipped galvanized.
If so, it may be a mistake to apply any oil based coatings, including primers.
I think this job is screaming for primer. That surface is looking rough, and you're investing a lot of time and effort into washing, scraping, sanding, and painting. Why not just go all the way and prime it? I think I would do the whole thing with something like Zinsser 1-2-3 (instead of the spot metal primer), and you may even need a little less sanding. This primer is good on aluminum, iron, and steel, and is a rust inhibitor. Plus, there is a $4/gal rebate through July 15. One more thing, I agree the post suggesting satin (or low lustre in some brands/lines). I think if you use semi-gloss over your entire house you may find it to be really bright and shiny, and will definitely show every imperfection.
It'll be easily identifiable, "I live in the shiny house" . . . Ohhhh, okay.
Semi is a trim enamel. For field work like that a satin is about the most you want. That's even a bit much for my taste.
Definitely a 911 there.
So maybe poorly worded due to trying to give a short reply, but I'll clarify that if rust is an issue, and/or if there is a real concern about future rust, I will recommend Coronado's Rust Scat Acrylic Primer.
As for the next post who only uses it on drywall, your prerogative I suppose, but I've had lots of success with it over the years on all kinds of surfaces. I like it as an inexpensive all-purpose (interior & exterior) primer.
What did you decide on? Did you prime? We have the exact same siding and situation. Paint stores are not helpful. I'm leaning towards priming the bare areas with zinser 123 or Ben Moore Super Spec HP acyrlic primer and then a latex exterior top coat.
Aluminum priming is also done with electroplating i.e an advantage of electrolysis.It will definitely overcome your problem.
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Posted by Richard Fichera on September 24, 2012
This week, the New York Times ran a series of articles about data center power use (and abuse) "Power, Pollution and the Internet" (http://nyti.ms/Ojd9BV) and "Data Barns in a Farm Town, Gobbling Power and Flexing Muscle" (http://nyti.ms/RQDb0a). Among the claims made in the articles were that data centers were "only using 6 to 12 % of the energy powering their servers to deliver useful computation. Like a lot of media broadsides, the reality is more complex than the dramatic claims made in these articles. Technically they are correct in claiming that of the electricity going to a server, only a very small fraction is used to perform useful work, but this dramatic claim is not a fair representation of the overall efficiency picture. The Times analysis fails to take into consideration that not all of the power in the data center goes to servers, so the claim of 6% efficiency of the servers is not representative of the real operational efficiency of the complete data center.
On the other hand, while I think the Times chooses drama over even-keeled reporting, the actual picture for even a well-run data center is not as good as its proponents would claim. Consider:
Posted by Charles Golvin on September 12, 2012
To the surprise of no one, Apple today announced its new iPhone 5. Given that the iPhone 5 is unlikely to solve the European debt crisis or bring peace to the Middle East, it won't be surprising if we hear a resounding "meh" from Apple's critics, with them dinging the company for a paucity of innovation. Indeed, competitors like HTC and Nokia have already offered some of the features that Apple highlighted today, such as those for imaging. But Apple still outpaces the competition when it comes to the entire package — the new iPhone unites significant improvements in industrial design, imaging, audio, and connectivity, along with the wealth of new capabilities that iOS6 enables. Apple will sell a boatload of iPhones — especially now that both Verizon Wireless and Sprint will have an iPhone (the 8 GB iPhone 4) for consumers' favorite price: free.
But make no mistake, this is not about the iPhone 5 versus the Samsung Galaxy S III or the iPad versus the Kindle Fire HD; this is about customers' attachment to the larger ecosystems that those devices inhabit. Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft all aim to translate customers' investments — of money, information, personalization, and social connections — into a gravitational field of loyalty so powerful that few customers will ever attain escape velocity. This market is still taking shape, but the iPhone 5 will markedly increase Apple's pull, already the strongest out there.
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At its event in Los Angeles today, Amazon announced five new Kindle models: an ultracheap E Ink Kindle; a new "paperwhite" Kindle with a touchscreen and LED light to compete with Barnes & Noble's Nook with Glowlight; an update of its 7-inch Kindle Fire with improved hardware and software; and two "HD" models, with 7-inch and 8.9-inch screen options. Amazon also announced that it would offer its own basic data plan (through AT&T) for its 4G Fire--a very disruptive move that puts pressure on OEMs and carriers to offer their own lower-price plans, and sets the stage for an expected Amazon smartphone launch next year.
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Weekly Stats: .417 (5-for-12), 4 R, 3 BB, 1 2B, 7 RBIs, 3 SB, .500 SLG %, .533 OB %
Season Stats: .405 (17-for-42), 15 R, 11 BB, 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 16 RBIs, 4 SB, .595 SLG %, .527 OB %
Notes: Freshman Nick Senzel hit .417 for the week as the Vols swept La Salle in midweek action and took two of three from No. 24 Arizona State in Tempe. He was 5-for-12 at the plate with a double and four runs scored and recorded a team-high seven RBIs. The Knoxville native walked three times and was 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts. Senzel is currently riding an eight-game hit streak and has reached base safely in all 14 games he's played this season. The rookie recorded an even .500 slugging percentage and a .533 on-base percentage for the week.
The Farragut grad was 1-for-2 with a three-RBI double, two runs scored and a walk against La Salle on Wednesday. He opened the Arizona State series with an RBI single on Friday, added another RBI single in the Vols' 6-5 win over the Sun Devils on Saturday and closed the series with a 2-for-3 performance with two RBIs, two runs scored and two walks against ASU. He also stole home in the finale in Tempe.
The freshman currently leads the Vols in batting average (.405), RBIs (16) and on-base percentage (.527).
The Tennessee Volunteers continued their hot start to the 2014 campaign, sweeping an abbreviated midweek series against La Salle by a combined score of 24-2, and then taking two out of three at perennial power Arizona State over the weekend. It marks the Vols' first weekend series win over a Pac-12 team since taking two out of three against California during the 1999 campaign. The Vols are now 14-1 on the season - the best start in 105 years of baseball at the University of Tennessee.
Freshman designated hitter Nick Senzel continued the great start to his UT career by hitting .417 for the week. The Knoxville native was 5-for-12 at the plate with a double and four runs scored. Senzel recorded a team-high seven RBIs and stole three bases. The rookie is currently riding an eight-game hit streak and has reached base safely in all 14 games he's played this season. Senzel went 4-for-10 in Tempe, driving in four of the Vols' 13 runs on the weekend. Sophomore shortstop A.J. Simcox led the team with a .476 average on the week, compiling 10 hits - all singles - over 21 at-bats, scoring five runs and stealing three bases. Senzel currently leads the Vols in batting average (.405), RBIs (16) and on-base percentage (.527). Simcox has a team-high 22 hits and is tied for the team lead with five stolen bases.
The Vols got great work out of their bullpen last week, with two of the team's four wins coming from relievers. Freshman Hunter Martin went 2-0 with a spotless 0.00 ERA. He allowed six hits, struck out four and walked just one over 5.2 innings pitched. Junior college transfers Josh Peterson and Bret Marks also picked up wins and did not give up any runs over a combined 8.2 innings for UT. Peterson made three appearances, throwing 5.2 innings, giving up just three hits and striking out four with no walks. Sophomore lefty Andy Cox's scoreless streak came to a stop at 15.2 frames, but the southpaw led the Vols with five appearances this week. He allowed just one run on two hits and struck out a team-high six for the week.
After dropping the series opener and suffering their first loss of the season at Arizona State on Friday, the Vols rebounded to beat the 24th-ranked Sun Devils 6-5 on Saturday and 6-4 on Sunday to take the series. UT was forced to come from behind for both wins against the Pac-12 power.
Tennessee continues its season-long seven-game road stretch when it visits Middle Tennessee on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET. The Big Orange opens SEC play on the road at Missouri from March 14-16.
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British Airways has ordered 18 new Airbus A350 aircrafts as part of a move to phase out its fleet of 30 Boeing aircraft over the next 10 years.
The order, announced by BA's parent company International Airlines Group (IAG), allows for an option of a further 18 A350 aeroplanes.
As well as its new Airbus aircraft, IAG plans to place firm orders on 18 Boeing 787s, which together will be used to replace BA's fleet of 30 Boeing 747-400 planes between 2017 and 2023.
Willie Walsh, IAG's chief executive, said: "The A350-1000 will bring many benefits to our fleet. Its size and range will be an excellent fit for our existing network and, with lower unit costs, there is an opportunity to operate a new range of destinations profitably.
IAG said it was also talking to Airbus and Boeing about supplying aircraft for its Spanish arm, Iberia.
The order for the Airbus A350s is a welcome boost to Britain's aviation industry.
The aircrafts are powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, and the deal is worth $1.6 billion (£1.04 billion), the company said.
Walsh said: "This order will secure jobs in Britain and Spain. The A350's wings are made in Britain while its horizontal tail plane, horizontal tail plane boxes and lower wing covers are made in Spain. Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines are assembled in Britain."
The order for the A350 aircraft follows BA's decision in 2007 to buy 12 Airbus A380s, the first of which will be delivered this summer.
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Hey everyone. Just got into the world of Subarus after leaving Honda-tech and my civic si with an integra type-r motor.
A couple things I must say about the Subaru are:
1.) There is alot more torque!
2.) I'm worried my transmission is going to snap everytime I shift
3.) The motor whistles like crazy, not used to turboed motors.
4.) I love the nuetrality of the suspension setup on it.
Here is what I have done so far:
Vishnu DP (old version)
Vishnu axle back(old version)
Cusco subframe brace
Whiteline upper front strut bar
Tein S-tech springs
Some zero sports bling bling intake tube
Oh yeah the WRX is a black 02 with 23k miles and wingless!!
My civic is still for sale to though in case anyoone is looking for a quick civic done the right way with pretty much all OEM parts.


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The Kiwanis recently awarded former Los Alamos High School student Shannon Blair, a scholarship. Blair graduated in May and plans to attend Whitman College and was active in Los Alamos Youth Leadership and was selected as the recipient of the Clendenen Student Athlete of the Year award.
Pictured left to right, Blair's parents, Steve and Barbara Blair; Blair, President of Kiwanis Fran Berting; and Kiwanis Key Club Mentor Morrie Pongratz.
Basketball skills camp
Coach Justin Black will run a basketball skills camp for grades three through eight, July 18-21. The event will be at Chamisa Elementary with a high school option available. The camp will run in the afternoons and varies depending upon age.
The cost is $45 and the money raised will benefit the Chamisa and Aspen Elementary school Physical Education programs. For more information email Black at email@example.com or call 505-716-1149.
What's up with all that global warming stuff? Temperatures haven't gone up noticeably since around 2003 or 2004, so perhaps the scare is over and people can get on with other problems?
Charles "Chick" Keller will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at Pajarito Environmental Education Center, addressing these issues. New evidence continues to emerge showing that the Earth is indeed warming and that it's us.
Keller's talk will take a look at what we know and what still needs to be learned.
The bottom line is that all the important general issues are now understood, but there remain many secondary issues that we are still exploring.
Four members of the Los Alamos Pony Club will represent the U.S. Pony Club Southwest Region at the USPC National Championships in Lexington, Ky. in mid-July. The site of the competition will be the Kentucky Horse Park, where the 2010 World Equestrian Games were held.
Megan Reader, 18, daughter of Lisa and Garth Reader, will compete in the multi-sport event of tetrathlon, with scores combined from competition in running, shooting, swimming and jumping a complex course of fences on her horse, Redford.
Reader, a 2011 graduate of Los Alamos High School, was on the USPC International tetrathlon team in 2010.
The Los Alamos Animal Shelter, 226 East Road, 662-8179, has a great selection of on-site adoptable pets; others are in foster care with loving, temporary homes.
Thanks to the shelter staff for outstanding service to the community during the Las Conchas Fire evacuation.
July 10-16 2011
For information, call the Betty Ehart Senior Center (BESC) at 662-8920, the White Rock Senior Center (WRSC) at 662-8200 and "Day Out" (adult day care, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.) at 661-0081. Reservations must be made by 10 a.m. for daily lunches.
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The Betty Ehart and White Rock Senior Centers are open as from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Regular evening activities will also resume this week.
Homebound meal recipients are being served and transportation services are fully operational.
Welcome Back! Did you spend a portion of the last 10 days building assets? I'll bet you did! There's nothing like a huge evacuation to bring a state together.
The time may not have been spent building the assets in youth, but there was an outpouring of asset building within communities.
The Los Alamos Juvenile Justice Advisory Board is up and running after the evacuation and continues to offer services to local youth and families.
JJAB aims to engage youth through both prevention and intervention programs.
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Selene Yachts will attend the Hiswa Amsterdam in-water Boat Show with the Selene 42 Europa.
On the stand you can take a look at the Selene 42 Europa and there will be information available of the whole Selene range.
We hope that we can welcome you at our stand: E23
For more information of the Hiswa Amsterdam in-water Boat Show. Click Here
The new Selene 54 will be shown from 6 till 11 September at the Cannes Boatshow Quai Saint Pierre 008.We'll hope that we may welcome you at the new Selene 54 to give you information about this Selene Yacht or other Yachts of the Selene fleet.
Selene 54 Comedian overwintered again in the boathouse of Selene Yachts in Leeuwarden. This is where additional service and maintenance works took place on the yacht. This movie was made on his journey from Leeuwarden back to his summer berth in Laboe. Click here to view the movie.
This is where a Selene is designed for. Making beautiful journeys wherever you want to go. The Selene 60 Sea Breeze is making a trans atlantic trip where she passed Iceland on her way to Greenland. Even in this hars environment it's still comfortabel on board of the Selene.
Visit Selene Yachts at Boot Düsseldorf 2016
Meet Selene Yachts Europe from 23-31 January 2016 at Boot Düsseldorf in Germany: Hall 7a, stand B13.
Selene Yachts Europa will attend the world's largest water sport trade fair. On the stand you will find all the information of new and used Selene Yachts. Selene Yachts Europa would be delighted to welcome you at boat Düsseldorf to give a impression ........
The Selene 42 Europa demo is fitted with a John Deere Diesel, reaching a maximum power of 180 HP at 2400 RPH. The large fuel capacity of 2650 litres will guarantee a long cruising range. She manoeuvres easy with a Sidepower bow thruster as well as stern thruster of 11 HP.
The yacht owns a very spacious saloon, cockpit, fly bridge and engine room and has covered sidewalks. The master stateroom is placed forward and the guest stateroom on starboard has a double bed. The head is on portside and has a separate shower. The aluminium alloy mast is stated in the middle of the fly bridge where antennas can be mounted and it can also serve as a tender-lift. The flybridge includes an L-shaped sofa with FRP table, helm seat and a bureau for BBQ.
This Selene 42EU is lying at the Selene office in Leeuwarden where it can be inspected and sea trialed any moment. Of course the yacht can be outfitted to new owners standards and it's possible to deliver the ship excluding a VAT price.
Jet Tern Marine is one of a group of companies in the Jet-Tern Group owned by the Chen Family. Howard Chen ( CEO ) founded Jet Tern Marine in 1998. This manfacturer of Selene Yachts is based in Taiwan, with manufacturing facilities in Dong Guan, Canton, China. Read more..


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Our mission is to help build a digital ecosystem in India, which is open, fair and competitive.
Our reportage attracts a readership of business decision makers, policy wonks and investors with an eye on Internet, Telecom, Payments, Ecommerce, Classifieds, Video, News and Entertainment domains in India.
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What do flying celebrities, a speeding cruise ship and a misbehaving monk have in common? Well, other than a collective disregard for authority, they're all featured in The Most Bizarre Travel Stories of 2011, our collection of stranger-than-fiction happenings that took place this year.
While these tales were crazy enough to make the news in 2011, there are undoubtedly untold weird and wild adventures lurking in the memory banks of most travelers. And now that the year is coming to an end, it's time to purge. We want to hear your battiest travel tales! What happened to you during your travels that was unexpected, unexplained or unbelievable?
We'll go first. You may have heard about the Airbnb debacle that took place earlier this year when a savage renter ransacked the San Francisco home of an Airbnb host. Well, Sarah Schlichter, Editor of IndependentTraveler.com, had her own bizarre — albeit somewhat less newsworthy — experience with Airbnb.
When visiting Vancouver, Schlichter stayed in the spare room of a West End condo along with her host and another guest. On the second night of Schlichter's stay, an argument erupted over toilet paper — and let's just say the stay didn't end well for all parties involved. Read the whole wacky story here.
Now it's your turn. Tell us about the most bizarre thing that happened to you while traveling this year and you could win a prize. Post your comment by 11:59 Eastern Time on Tuesday, January 3. We'll pick one commenter to receive a set of packing cubes and a pair of SuperSmartTag luggage tags.
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WATCH Lindsay Lohan's mum confronted in shocking interview
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Lindsay Lohan's personal troubles are well known and many believe that her legal and substance issues are partly the fault of her mother Dina Lohan.
Since Lindsay rose to fame as a child actress in The Parent Trap, Dina has been accused of capitalising on her daughter's fame and personal struggles in order to launch her own career.
She even controversially brought in cameramen from entertainment show Entertainment Tonight to film her visiting Lindsay when the actress went into drug rehabilitation in 2007.
In an attempt to fight back at slurs and defend her parenting abilities, 'momager' Dina has given an interview to TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw.
But it's clearly not the positive PR move that Lindsay's mum was hoping for as she's been attacked for her alarming conduct on the show.
Dina is seen slurring her words and crying during the erratic interview, unable to give coherent answers about the behaviour of the Mean Girls actress and her capabilities as a parent.
Dr. Phil tells her that she's been called: "The worst mother in America, the worst parent ever."
And the 49-year-old tearfully replies: "That's so mean."
Dina painfully squirms in her seat as the TV personality runs through the very long list of Lindsay's arrests, convictions and court appearances, which have turned her into one of Hollywood's most notoriously troubled starlets.
Faced with accusations that the mother-of-three has exploited her children for her own gain, Dina lashes out at Dr. Phil: "Look at you, you're in your little tie and your little shoes...."
The no-nonsense talk show host angrily responds: "I'm in my little tie and my little shoes...what the hell does that mean?
"You have come on here being phony and flitting around."
Dina defensively tells him: "I'm not flitting around. I'm being scrutinised by you people. Can I go home now?"
No doubt Lindsay, who is currently trying to revive her ailing career, will not be best pleased with her mother's antics.
Especially as the interview highlights all the negative press that the actress has tried so very hard to put in the past.
The full interview is due to be screened on US TV on Monday 17th September.
Watch a preview of the Dr. Phil interview below:


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Perfect for the modern home or for the eclectic designer, this table lamp fuses both geometric shapes with organic accents. Best of all, it's eco-friendly.
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Obesity may be driving C-section rates higher: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The larger a pregnant woman is when she checks in on delivery day, the greater her risk of having a cesarean section, according to a U.S. study.
Nearly one of every three births in the United States is now delivered by cesarean, a surgery that has been linked to complications for both mother and baby such as infection, bleeding and hysterectomy.
This rate is about 50 percent higher than it was in the mid-1990s, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"As clinicians, we are faced with so many issues when taking care of patients with higher BMI (body mass index), and one of them is a greater risk for cesarean," researcher Dr. Michelle Kominiarek of Indiana University told Reuters Health.
She added while previous studies had already linked cesarean delivery and body mass index (BMI) -- a measure of weight that takes into account height -- none had been large or detailed enough to determine how other factors might alter that risk, such as prior births or cesarean sections.
So Kominiarek and her colleagues collected data on nearly 125,000 women from the National Institutes of Health's Consortium on Safe Labor who gave birth between 2002 and 2008.
They analyzed the circumstances surrounding each birth, as well as the delivery route.
A total of 14 percent of the women underwent cesareans, report the researchers in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (link.reuters.com/fyc74n). They found that for every unit increase in BMI, as measured on arrival for delivery, a woman's risk of cesarean delivery rose by 4 percent.
The team also discovered that this risk varied depending on whether or not a woman had given birth before or had previously undergone a cesarean section. Continued...


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Texas is a gun-friendly state where lawmakers have been historically reluctant to restrict citizens' rights to own and carry firearms.
Firearms can be sold to anyone but minors, those known to have criminal intentions, and people who are intoxicated.
Use is barred in public places, across city streets, and in other situations.
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I have a carrier unit air conditioner system in a two story home that is 6 years old.
Dont know how long this has been going on but the at the bottom or base of the the first floor unit I had a pool of standing water, about 2 gallon. I noticed this after I opened the cover of the unit. Below the coils, this water somehow leaked out and went under the wood floors next to the unit. I knew that the water was underneath the wood floor because the wood began to change color and I can hear a squishy sound.
I sucked out all the water with a shop vac and placed a fan pointing down toward the air conditioning system vent to try to dry it out. I will probably end up replacing the wood in this area but not until I fix the root cause of the problem.
I compared the bottom system to the top and I dont see any water in the bottom/base of the upstairs system.
I did notice that for the downstairs unit there is some water in the pipe that the overflow valve is placed in where the upstairs unit pipe is dry as a bone.
I have not turned on my downstairs system since I found the problem but am curious to know what the hell happened? And what will it take to fix the problem? What I mean by this is how much will it cost, is this a DIY job, what material/parts are needed to repair?
ever had this water problem before? does that pvc white drain line have a trap on it?so the fan section is above that coil there,and sucks air up that return duct where the water is.unit might of iced up left on when the night cooled off with no load inside....just wondering.is the condensate pan clean on the lower left corner of that coil....lets hear back on trapped or not?
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it was workingbut i don't see an actual trap off either line abd one is above the other? somebody else might kick in on the trapping question.definitly seal those refig lines openings with rolled armaflex and push it it....so no air is sucked in or blown out.could case condensation dripping away from the pan when the unit is running..
So its not broken? Will the bottom/base need to be replaced? When I touch it it was very soft. What do you call the bottom/base section? Will it every dry completely? How do I get the water out of the pvc pipe that holds the overflow switch?
that second pix is the return duct where the air comes back from the house back up into the unit.the water in the ver flow switch has to come from that pan so sop up the water in there or cycle the water out....yes that will dry up in the base of that return throw some towels newspapers down with the unit off...it will soak it up.then the return air will dry it out...might want to put an air freshener down there it will scent the entire house...esay way to do it.the only proof the drain setup works there this is the first time you had this problem? how is your stat setpoint during the day and night as the outside cools down....?
Generally I keep my thermostat on 79 degrees hold mode. So the thermostat will only kick in when the room temperature goes above 79 degrees otherwise it will stay off.
Never had this issue before. About 2 years ago i had a ac service tech come to my house for a routine maintenance service on my units. I remember he showed me a drain pipe that was outside near the fan unit. He told me that it can get clogged and that I should vacum it regularly. Well I never did it and was wondering if this had anything to do with my problem.
I mean why is there water in the pipe where the overflow switch is in? Something is happening to keep water in there. That is why Im thinking I have a clog somewhere.
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On Saturday, Carl Froch will click into what he calls a**ehole mode. This weekend marks 12 weeks until his super-middleweight world title fight against Mikkel Kessler at London's O2 Arena, a grudge match on May 25 in which 'the Cobra' will hope to atone for his defeat at the hands of the Dane three years ago.
As the fight gets closer, Froch's heartbeat changes, the rhythm getting stronger and louder, even affecting his breathing as he puts his head on the pillow and lies in bed contemplating how to get the better of Kessler.
"Closer to a fight, I can really feel my heartbeat in my chest," he says, sitting in a London hotel room. "I can hear it beat through my mouth, this 'gunk, gunk, gunk' rhythm.
"I remember the first time it happened Rachael [his model partner] said, 'What's the noise, why is your breathing doing that?' It's because my heart is beating that fast when I'm thinking about the fight.
"It's not the only thing before the fight. In the 12 weeks beforehand, I turn into a bit of an a**ehole. I speak different to people like Rachael, just short answers like I'm agitated. Rachael's fine as she's used to it but I'm short tempered because you worry as the pressure builds on you.
"And when you do interviews nearer the time, I feel like saying, 'F*** off, how many questions have you got left?' which is unlike me as I like to talk."
Thankfully, for now at least, Froch is in a conversational mood. It's not long since he was voted Britain's coolest man, coming out ahead of David Beckham, Prince Harry and the current James Bond, Daniel Craig, in a recent magazine survey.
In the ring, the 35-year-old is exactly that but paints a different picture out of it. He claims to be at his happiest in a tracksuit and pair of old trainers playing with friends at his local Nottingham snooker hall or winning £40 at Bingo and celebrating by buying a round of drinks.
"I've had mates taking the p**s out of me for that but they're just jealous," says Froch, who relishes such awards as they are part of the long overdue recognition he has craved, felt he has deserved but only started getting last year, most notably following his demolition of the highly-rated Lucian Bute.
It is hard to see why Froch, whose 17,000-seat fight rapidly sold out, was not more revered as with some of his British boxing peers. He is entertaining, honest and avoids talking about himself in the third person like most fighters. And, for the most part, he avoids trash talk, well, certainly in the case of his upcoming opponent.
Froch's rise to the top may have been less like a cobra and more akin to a koala but he has made it there and is set to take part in the biggest British fight of 2013.
Of his new-found recognition, he says it's "overwhelming, humbling really" although there is a sense of bemusement rather than bitterness as to why it was not forthcoming sooner.
It is 27 years since he first laced up his gloves and was taken to the local gym by his boxing-mad father, Frank, barely a year after his parents' divorce.
"Dad used to have a bag and I'd punch it not very well while he had all these combinations," he recalls. "And you look up to your dad. He had so much hate in him when he fought and he used to want to smash them to bits."
Froch Snr was the son of Polish immigrants who raised their son with what Froch calls "an iron fist". He adds: "He'd be thrashed when he was in trouble and he ended up on the streets when he was 14. He was in borstal by the time he was 15 or 16, then a young offenders' institute and finally a men's prison until he was 21.
"He got up to stuff like breaking into a building and trying to take the safe out of the wall and another time he was driving around in a nicked car. But prison sorted him out and he got a joinery qualification."
Froch admits his dad was strict when he was growing up, partly to ensure his son did not go down a similar route of crime — and boxing in particular helped in keeping him on the straight and narrow.
From the age of eight, Froch Jnr would go to the gym three or four times a week and relished it.
He says: "Boxing's a bit like the Army, nine out of 10 people come out as pretty nice people. It taught me self-worth, to respect my elders and what the right thing was to do. As a result, I don't think I even got a single detention at school. It helped me to be good."
The route to the top was not without its difficulties. He was a bricklayer to start with and then worked for three years in an office for former telecommunications company NTL.
"I didn't enjoy sitting, watching the clock, and I remember times of having no more than a fiver in my pocket," he says. "I took home £700 a month, my mortgage was £400 and then I had other bills. So I'd say there were four or five years that were s**t."
His bank balance is now the least of his worries as he approaches what he calls "the twilight years" of his career, with enough to support his two-and-a-half-year-old son Rocco and Rachael, who is expecting the couple's second child, a girl, in April. The couple found out the sex of the baby with a Christmas card from their maternity nurse, which sat at the top of their Christmas tree for two weeks before they allowed themselves to open it on the big day.
Since then, they have spent time mulling over names, with Natalia the current favourite.
With the bout approaching, the timing of the birth is not exactly ideal — the last occasion Rachael was pregnant at a fight it was the first Kessler loss.
The birth aside, Foch says his focus will be solely on Kessler, a defeat he describes as "one of only two blemishes on my record", the other being his loss to Andre Ward.
"I can let the Ward one go because of the way he fights," he argues. "Losing to him was almost like being burgled or pickpocketed. He's so tricky and fast and Kessler described him as being like a magician or a trickster. I remember losing to Ward and thinking, 'F***ing hell, b******'."
With Kessler there is respect, almost admiration between two similar fighters, or "warriors", as Froch calls them. They are both 6ft, have the same reach and their punching power is within an ounce of each other.
"We also love our motorbikes and he was talking about his, the engine on it and he said [in a Danish accent] 'F***ing hell, this is crazy, man' as he talked about spinning the back wheel."
Despite that respect, he calls his next bout "the biggest British fight of the last decade" and boasts that "Kessler hasn't got much of a chance".
Froch readily admits to thinking about their past encounter when he puts his head on the pillow at night, a fight he believes he should have won.
OF their 2010 clash, he says: "There's nothing more boring than listening to excuses but I should have been better if that volcano hadn't put up all that ash in the air. My flight was cancelled so I had a barbeque and ate some burgers and fizz pop.
"But the day before the weigh-in, I found out they'd put a private jet on for me so I thought, 'Sod it, I'll go'. So I spent the night before in a red-hot bath trying to sweat off the weight and replicate a sauna. It left me a little bit drained but I went in thinking I could get him with just one shot. This time I'll be better prepared."
He will learn to hate Kessler in the two weeks before the fight, as he did three years ago, in what is his first fight in London since beating Brian McGee in June 2006, watched by a mere 1,200 at York Hall in Bethnal Green.
It is the fight nights that he relishes — "Don't get me wrong, I love the training although the runs are a b*****d" — and not just stepping in the ring.
"I love all of it, people's stories afterwards of going for beers, the fights before and their stories afterwards," he says. "I love being a part of that. I love the build-up, the apprehension and worry. I like that worry as I know I wouldn't be as good without it.
"Without those lows, you don't get to enjoy the highs."
Defeat for either fighter will effectively end their career and Froch has made no secret of the fact he will hang up his gloves if Kessler gets the better of him. However, he does not envisage such an outcome and fully plans to be the king cobra in London in May.
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Website: http://www.administaff.com
Price (2/4/99): $17 7/16
As a provider of human resource services for small businesses, Administaff had taken advantage of the strong U.S. economy and launched an aggressive expansion plan since going public in January 1997. Recent economic uncertainty among small business owners, though, left Q4 revenue gains short of projections and Administaff shares hobbled.
While the stock nearly doubled to over $50 a share a year ago, thanks to a ballyhooed co-marketing deal with American Express (NYSE: AXP), it was knocked down to $22 by the market turmoil last fall. Still, by January, the shares had recovered to $34 as the economic fears seemed to have waned following the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts.
Small business owners, however, didn't get the message. On January 27, Administaff announced that Q4 earnings would be about $0.27 per share, below the consensus estimate of $0.31. The company's core clients were supposedly "reluctant to hire it for payroll services" given economic fears.
So the company experienced lower-than-expected increases in average payroll for worksite employees, which rose 5.5% versus an 8.3% pace in Q3. Also, the average number of worksite employees increased by 29% versus 31% in Q3. This slowdown crimped already thin profit margins because the company has been opening a new office every quarter.
Analysts had been looking for revenue gains in the 35% to 40% range to cover expansion costs. The slowdown clearly sparked fears that the company's entire business model could gradually implode if revenue growth continues to cool. The stock immediately got tripped up for a $15 1/2 loss to $15 3/4.
Administaff is a leading Professional Employer Organization (PEO), basically serving as the human resource department for small- and medium-sized corporations. It recruits workers; oversees payroll and collects payroll taxes; and administers unemployment and workers' compensation insurance programs, 401(k) plans, and health insurance plans.
PEOs promise to free the owners of small businesses (average of 16 employees) from these administrative headaches. Also, economies of scale make various benefit programs more affordable, helping companies offer compensation packages that appeal to employees. Administaff takes over a client's employee base and leases it back for a service fee. It can also generate revenue by getting a share of the cost-savings it can deliver to clients.
The company targets firms with mostly white-collar employees, a population believed to be less susceptible to economic cycles and with less disability exposure.
Administaff has 23 offices nationwide in 14 markets. It plans to enter the New York City market in April, on the way to establishing 90 offices in 40 markets over time. In FY97, Houston and Dallas together accounted for just over half of revenues, down from 80% in FY96.
In February of 1998, American Express paid $17.7 million to acquire 0.7 million shares of Administaff, plus warrants to purchase another 2 million shares at prices between $40 and $80. The deal was part of an arrangement by which AmEx markets the firm's services to its 1.6 million small-business clients and cardholders in exchange for a monthly fee for each client it delivers.
Direct PEO competitors include Staff Leasing (Nasdaq: STFF) and The Vincam Group (Nasdaq: VCAM). Competitors operating mainly in related sectors include Paychex (Nasdaq: PAYX), Automatic Data Processing (NYSE: AUD), and NovaCare Employee Services (Nasdaq: NCES). Insiders own 48.6% of the stock.
Income Statement
12-month sales: $1,561.5 million
12-month income: $8.8 million
12-month EPS: $0.60
Profit Margin: 0.6%
Market Cap: $258.1 million
Enterprise Value: $189.6 million
Balance Sheet
Cash: $68.5 million
Current Assets: $104.5 million
Current Liabilities: $50.1 million
Long-Term Debt: N/A
Price-to-earnings: 26.5
Price-to-sales: 0.17
EV-to-sales: 0.12
According to the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations, the fragmented PEO industry grew by 30% a year between 1992 and 1998 to $18 billion. Prospects remain wide open since companies like Administaff claim just 2% of the estimated $1.3 trillion paid out in 1997 as wages and benefits to workers at small and midsize businesses.
While Administaff's national expansion strategy is designed to attack this market opportunity, investors had to be concerned about the margin trend. The monthly cost per worksite employee has been growing faster than the revenue per employee. For all of FY97, this cost metric rose by 11.4% while the revenue metric increased by just 10.3%.
This trend continued into FY98. For the first nine months of the year, revenue per employee jumped 8.5%, but costs increased by 9%. In Q3, the revenue metric edged up by just 7.9% while costs shot up 8.3%.
Simply put, operating margins have been declining despite the exceptionally strong revenue gains of 42.6% in the third quarter and 41.4% for the first nine months of 1998. And this despite the supposed marketing efficiencies created by the American Express partnership. A business built on operating efficiency ought to produce rising margins from a increased revenue base, even when it is spending money to grow the business.
Also, while insiders have a massive amount of the stock, and no doubt need to diversify their assets, it's discouraging to see nothing but insider selling, even when the stock dipped last fall.
Administaff expects to report $0.62 per share in earnings for FY98, a nickel below the previous consensus. That's up just 5% for the year if you exclude a one-time charge incurred during FY97. Analyst reports are slowly trickling out, but they'll probably project FY99 earnings of about $0.76 to $0.80 per share.
That's at least 22% growth, or well shy of the previous 35% long-term growth estimates. Using a multiple of 25, fair value would be about $20, which is the 12-month target announced by Jefferies & Co. when it upgraded the stock to "accumulate" after the shares slumped. Of course, that firm also said the stock could trade in a $10 to $24 range, no doubt depending on whether Q4 represented just a blip or something worse.
Administaff's board sees a bargain, approving a repurchase of up to a million shares. CFO Richard Rawson noted the firm's belief that "our shares are significantly undervalued relative to our business model and long-term growth prospects."
At the end of December, Administaff had over $70 million in cash and equivalents. There is some seasonality both to the company's earnings and cash holdings. The firm usually reports a Q1 loss due to the effects of employment-related taxes. A year ago, for example, Administaff had $66.6 million in cash, $19.2 million of which was payable in early January for withheld federal and state income taxes, FICA, and other payroll deductions. Still, it's got plenty of cash to fund the buyback.
Another apparent positive is that the co-branded American Express website opened in November and should generate more benefits for Administaff. However, BancBoston Robertson Stephens cut the stock to "market performer" partly because of concerns that Administaff is "targeting too narrow a customer base with a too-high-priced product" and relying too much on the relationship with American Express to "replace its traditional sales channel."
Administaff has an enormous revenue base, but the simple fact is that its net margins are tiny. That's par for the course when gross margins run in the 4% area. While the stock might prove a bargain at the current price, the basic business is simply not that attractive.
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LONDON – A helicopter crashed into a crane on top of an unfinished 51-story apartment block in London on Wednesday, killing the pilot and another person and strewing burning wreckage over the area.
At least 13 people were injured after the chopper broke off part of the crane, which was attached to a tower of luxury apartments at Vauxhall, near the headquarters of MI6, the spy agency on the south bank of the River Thames.
The top of the building, The Tower at One St. George Wharf, was shrouded in mist at the time of the crash, which occurred during the morning rush hour at around 8 a.m. Witnesses said the boom of the crane fell onto a street below, sending construction workers fleeing for their lives, while the helicopter plunged to the ground in a thick plume of black smoke before exploding into flames.
Police said the pilot, who was alone in the helicopter, was killed, along with another person on the ground.
The aircraft, an AgustaWestland 109, was on a commercial flight, said Philip Amadeus, managing director of RotorMotion, an executive helicopter charter business. The company identified the pilot as Peter Barnes, 50, whose career included flying in films including "Saving Private Ryan" and the James Bond movie "Die Another Day."
A spokesman said Barnes, who also worked on the filming of last year's London Olympic Games, was "one of the most highly qualified helicopter pilots in the U.K.", adding the company was "devastated" by his death.
Police believe the second fatality is Matthew Wood, 39, from Sutton in south London.
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tbossart wrote:Due to the loss of so much CRP land in ND over the last couple years, anywhere more than 50 miles east of the Missouri has gotten very spotty for pheasants. You can find them, but you have to work damn hard and the numbers are way down. You can shoot grouse all over from as far east as Valley City and then moving west. Huns are really spotty and have been so scare that we wont shoot them if we do jump a covey. I hunt mainly south of I-94 though, not sure abotu north of there. West of the river the pheasants are in better shape, however, the land gets posted up really tight, more so the farther west you go. Not that you cant ask and get on land, but be prepared to have people want to charge you to hunt for the day. Not everyone does, but lots do. You can obvioulsy find PLOTS and federal land open to public hunting, but those areas tend to get worked damn hard and the brids get pushed onto private land pretty quickly. That being said, you can simply drive around in the morning and at end of the day and find birds as they gravel too. Watere fowl is a different story. After huting early goose this weekend, it appears the ducks are goinig to be in great shape. We had non stop mallards in our goose decoys from the time we set up untill the time we broke the spread down every day. Geese were tough to come by as so little wheat was off, but that wont be a problem next weekend.
As it has been said, get your lodging in place soonest. If you are willing to drive couple horus to hunt, I would suggest the Jamestown area if you are more interested in water fowl and Bismarck if you are more interested in upland. You can hunt ducks/geese five miles ( on out) in any direction of Jamestown...and working really hard find some pockets of pheasants. You can drive for two hours west of Jamestwon and a bit closer and be all around the pheasants..IF you can get on the land or find them in PLOTS. Basic reverse situation in Bismarck speaking very generally of course. Good luck
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Most large corporations, including Telstra and the big banks, have had a "central command" media unit for some time. But smaller companies are now limiting who can and cannot speak to the media by appointing either a chief executive or media representative as a mouthpiece.
"In the corporate world there's the 'oh sh-- there's a journalist on the line' mentality," said Peter Wilkinson, a former broadcast journalist who runs issues management group Wilkinson Media. "So that means for those people the nervousness encourages a bunker mentality, which is to go to someone they know is a good media performer and can rely on them exclusively."
Since high-profile collapses such as One.Tel, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has tightened disclosure rules, forcing businesses to tread carefully.
"ASIC reporting requirements pose a host of problems for spokespeople of listed companies, so what you get are companies that are required to put everything through corporate affairs to make sure it doesn't breach any reporting rules," Mr Wilkinson said.
"People distrust journalists because these days they are driven more by circulation rather than the public's right to know."
Investment banking firms such as Citigroup Investment Research and Deutsche Bank recently restricted media access to their analysts, who must now seek permission before speaking.
"We need to ensure that the media are informed of our business relationship with other companies, so there will be times when we restrict analysts because of transactions we are working on," an investment bank insider said.
Most media companies, with the exception of Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd, which regularly snubs the media, profess to be "free and open", but they monitor most comments made by senior executives.
Governments have set a template for media management that corporations are following.
The Kennett and Carr governments were famous for their "central command" structure, in which the media unit was centralised and bureaucrats were prevented from publicly commenting unless they sought clearance.
"Every government will, if it's in power for long enough, have a very tight media/public relations machine because the thing that undermines governments constantly is junior ministers and others speaking out," Mr Wilkinson said.
Public relations veteran Ian Kortlang said bureaucrats rarely speak to the media unless they get permission from the political wing, but their expertise can add credibility to an issue.
"You use them because they may have more believability than ministers," he said.
Mr Kortlang was one of the first spin doctors to apply the centralised media structure to the corporate sector when he founded his first agency in 1989.
"You can control the message a lot more," he said. "I think it's been in place for quite some time, only it's gone from being the exception to the mainstream."
But does all this spin arouse suspicion about the quality of the information being fed to media outlets?
"I always thought the general public were pretty smart, and the fact that they now have the word 'spin' in their lexicon means they know that these things can be embellished," Mr Kortlang said. "Spinning isn't lying, spinning is just putting forward the best aspect of something."
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LONDON (Reuters) - Some musicians, like Mozart, have an overbearing parent pushing them. Perhaps only one, Northern Irish piano virtuoso Barry Douglas, would credit a gospel-singing policeman from the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
It happened after Douglas, 50, a Belfast native who spent a fair amount of his teenage years being beaten up by Catholics because his father was Protestant, and by Protestants because his mother was Catholic, met an RUC policeman who sang in a church choir and helped Douglas identify his latest assailants.
"He was Protestant and he said one thing which made a huge impression on me. He said all of the fighting was a complete waste of time. Why don't people realize that we have more in common on this island than not? Why can't we just get together and have a united Ireland?"
That looked like an Emerald City pipedream at the height of the Protestant-Catholic bombings, shootings and violence of the 1970s and 1980s "Troubles" in the British-ruled province.
But a year after the 1998 Good Friday accord started Northern Ireland on the path to a reasonably stable peace, Douglas, by then established in the top ranks of pianists after winning the prestigious Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow in 1986, got a chance to practice what the policeman preached.
In 1999 he founded Camerata Ireland, an Irish-based, not-for-profit organization which brings together young Irish musicians from Northern Ireland and the southern republic for training, performing and an ambitious touring program.
The orchestra has performed in Europe, South America and China and will travel to the United States for a fourth tour and a Carnegie Hall debut this month following a concert on Thursday (March 3) at St. Cecilia's College in Derry/Londonderry.
"It was post the ceasefire and people saw and smelled that something was happening, so it came at the right time," Douglas, in an interview, said about the orchestra's early days. "It kind of took on a life of its own and it gained that interest which it might not have had I done it 10 years later." Continued...


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I am now with my new dad! I've been on quite the adventure, let me tell you!
It all started after I didn't get adopted at the shelter. My foster mom, Emily, was uncertain of my future, she couldn't keep me forever, but she didn't want to give up on me. She almost had to make the decision to put me to sleep.
Then James stepped in. James and his wife, Melodie contacted Emily and said they would love to try and help me. That was in Feburary. The wonderful people at the forums of www.idog.com were all pulling for me. One member knew a transport coordinator, so she put Emily in touch with her.
That is when the ball started rolling! The coordinator set up the legs, and sent out e-mails. Eventually, all the legs were filled. All 13 of them!! They were filled just in the nick of time too. We almost didn't know if we'd have enough people.
I left out on my great adventure Saturday, March 12, 2005 when Emily drove me just outside of Alabaser, Alabama. I was picked up and taken to Cullman, Alabama and from there I went to Brentwood, Tennessee. From Brentwood, I went on to Sunnyhill, Tennessee to Oakland, Tennessee, where I spent the night. On Sunday morning, I traveled from Oakland to St. Louis, Missouri; from St. Louis to New Florence Missouri. From there I went to Lamine, Missouri then to Topeka Kansas where I was picked up by James!
From Topeka, I will travel all the way to Colorado where I will live. I am so happy to have been given a third chance at life! I feel great!
Thank you to everyone that helped out with this incredible task. Cyber hugs to all!
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Hi all, Ernie here.
I am in urgent need of a home. My foster mom is very upset at the thought of having to have me put to sleep. I really don't know what that means, but I don't like when she is upset.
She says she loves me, but can not keep me. Because if she keeps me, then she won't be able to help any other homeless doggies like I was. She doesn't think it would be fair to me, to her, or to the homeless doggies that don't even get a chance at life. I have had a great life here, but I am a bit naughty at times. It is only because there are so many other doggies here to play with that I get distracted easily! My foster mommy does not have the time to spend with all of us individually very often.
I love it here, but I want to know what it feels like to be a true pet! I want to have a home that I can call my own, have my own bed and my own human. Most of all, I don't want to see my foster mom upset because I don't have a home to call my own.
Please contact my foster mom if you may be interested in me. I am an adorable little guy. I may just look like an average medium sized mutt, but really, you've got to look at the inside as well. I'm something special!
Well, my adoption didn't work out. I just didn't get along with the existing dog. We had some jealousy issues going on. My new dad tried to keep me, but he was afraid I would hurt my doggie sister. I would do great in a home with no other dogs or with a dog or dogs that is bigger than me. I do great and love to play with all my foster doggie siblings. They are all bigger than me, though. Isn't there someone out there for me?
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