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WASHINGTON — They had 80 hours to finish or fail.
Stuck in a "fiscal cliff" stalemate, trust nearing tatters, President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans changed the game after Christmas. It took the rekindling of an old friendship between Vice President Joe Biden and GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell, an extraordinary flurry of secret offers, a pre-dawn Senate vote on New Year's Day and the legislative muscling that defines Washington on deadline.
Yet the fate of the final agreement remains in doubt as House Republicans show signs of rebellion against the plan.
How the final days of private negotiations pulled the country — maybe only temporarily — back from the precipice of the fiscal cliff marked a rare moment of bipartisanship for a divided government. Several officials familiar with talks requested anonymity to discuss them because they were not authorized to discuss the private details publicly.
Obama, having cut short his Christmas vacation in Hawaii, huddled with congressional leaders Friday afternoon at the White House. Talks between the president and House Speaker John Boehner had failed, so Obama put the fate of the fiscal cliff in the hands of McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
McConnell made the first move. The Kentucky Republican proposed a plan late Friday night that would extend tax cuts expiring Jan. 1 on family income above $750,000 a year, according to officials. He also wanted to keep tax rates on wealthy estates at 35 percent, slow the growth of Social Security cost-of-living increases, and pay for an offset of the sequester — Congress's term for across-the-board spending cuts __ by means-testing Medicare. His offer did not include the extension of unemployment benefits Obama had demanded.
Democrats balked and began preparing a counteroffer. It called for extending tax cuts for family income up to $350,000, a concession from Obama's campaign pledge to cap the threshold at $250,000. The Democratic leader also insisted that any deal include a way to deal with the sequester, plus an extension of the jobless benefits for 2 million Americans.
The negotiating teams traded ideas back and forth on a wintry Saturday. Shortly before 7 p.m., McConnell presented another offer. He dropped the tax cut threshold to $550,000, put the sequester on the table, and offered a one-year extension of the jobless benefits as long as they were paid for through Social Security savings.
Rather than make a counteroffer, the Senate Democratic negotiating team said it was going home for the night. They reconvened Sunday morning — less than two days before the combination of tax hikes and spending cuts were due to kick in — but still had nothing new to present to McConnell.
Reid's inaction, officials said, was due in part to McConnell's insistence on keeping the tax cut threshold above $500,000, a level Obama refused to agree to.
A frustrated McConnell felt he had one last option. He called Biden, his longtime Senate colleague and frequent negotiating partner, and implored him to step in. Seeking to up the pressure on the White House, McConnell publicly announced that he was reaching out to Biden during remarks from the Senate floor during the rare Sunday session.
Until this late stage, Biden had played a secondary role in the "fiscal cliff" talks. He spent Saturday at his home in Wilmington, Del., and was planning to travel to the Caribbean island of St. Croix with his family for the New Year's holiday.
Obama and Reid both agreed that Biden, a 36-year veteran of the Senate, should take the lead. And once he did, negotiations with McConnell rapidly accelerated.
Around 8 p.m. Sunday, Obama, Biden and staffers met in the Oval Office to discuss what the vice president would deliver to McConnell as the administration's final offer.
The president set the upper limit for the tax cut extension at family income of $450,000. The sequester must be dealt with, he said, and any delay must be offset through a combination of spending cuts and revenue increases. And Obama demanded that the jobless benefits be extended for one year without a way to make up the $30 billion cost.
Shortly after midnight, Biden had McConnell's consent on nearly all of the outstanding issues. Only the sequester was unresolved, though both men were open to a plan that called for a separate vote on the sequester, pending Reid's consent.
The president, vice president and senior staff met in the Oval Office until 2 a.m. to talk through the final details. Obama's legislative director, Rob Nabors, then headed to Capitol Hill to join Senate negotiators in drafting the outlines of a bill that could be moved on quickly Monday.
Nabors worked continuously throughout the final stages, stopping at home only to change his shirt after leaving the Capitol and before heading to the White House before 7 a.m. Monday.
By then, the White House had spoken to Reid, who rejected the notion of holding a separate sequester vote. Biden broke the news to McConnell in a pre-dawn phone call.
The sequester remained the sticking point throughout Monday, with Biden trading proposals with McConnell's office for much of the day. By early evening, discussions coalesced around delaying the automatic spending cuts by two months and paying for the move through a combination of new spending cuts and revenue increases. A hiccup over the estate tax was also resolved.
Shortly before 9 p.m., with three hours until the deadline, Biden and McConnell agreed to the final deal. After Obama called Reid and Pelosi to get their sign-off, the vice president headed up to Capitol Hill to sell the bill to Senate Democrats.
Lawmakers and staff rang in the new year in cramped offices in the West Wing and on Capitol Hill, surrounded by empty pizza boxes and the stray bottle of cheap champagne.
Midnight also marked the moment the government technically went over the "fiscal cliff," although financial markets were closed Tuesday for the holiday. But optimism ran high on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue that the impact would be negligible. The Senate overwhelming approved the Biden-McConnell deal in the early hours of Tuesday morning and sent the bill to the House for final approval.


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Universal Function Call Syntax
written by Walter Bright
March 28, 2012
Over my years of experience programming, I have become more and more convinced that the key to code reusability and scalability is encapsulation — having subsystems communicate through small, well-defined interfaces and letting them hide their own implementation details. I know what you're thinking, "did he fire 5 shots or 6?" Er, scratch that, you're thinking "duh!" and "join the party!" Please indulge me, I hope you'll find the payoff worthwhile.
A corollary to that is that language features that make encapsulation easier or more effective are good things. Designing proper abstractions (and their corresponding encapsulations) turns out in real life to not be as straightforward as various texts and articles would have you believe. The community's understanding of encapsulation has improved over the years, and consequently the related features frozen in programming languages may sometimes seem slightly outdated.
Let's consider just one encapsulation feature we all know and love — the class. A class encapsulates data (fields) and the functions (methods) that manipulate that data:
module mylib; class C { void set(int x) { enforce(x >= 1 && x <== 100); this.x = x; } int get() { return x; } private: int x; }
That's about as simple as it gets. But then, we often find it reasonable to add more methods which manipulate the data:
class C { ... int square() { return get() * get(); } }
And an interesting thing starts to happen: we don't know when to stop adding methods. The list of required primitives tends to be rather short and stable, but the list of convenient, nice-to-have methods tends to go on forever. At the same time, such methods are quite desirable. Some usage patterns of primitives are frequent, and many consider the syntax
better than
The class tends to get larded up with all kinds of methods. After all, we cannot anticipate every way someone might use a class, so just in case, we throw in the kitchen sink. After all, someone using the class may not be able to modify the class declarations in the import files supplied.
The next stage in our thought process is "derive from class C, and add those extra methods there!":
class D : C { int square() { return get() * get(); } }
Ok, but now every instance of
new C();
must be found and replaced with:
new D();
and of course this falls over completely when Fred derived D from C to add method square, and Bill derived E from C to add another method cube, and both methods are needed. (Of course, there's the dreaded multiple "diamond" inheritance, but I think there's a better way. Read on.)
Scott Meyers recognized this problem back in 2000, and wrote an insightful article How Non-Member Functions Improve Encapsulation about a solution — use free functions instead when they can be implemented as non-friends. (His arguments are compelling enough that I won't even try to improve on them.) Free functions in the D programming language would look like:
In fred.d:
import mylib: C; int square(C c) { return c.get() * c.get(); }
In bill.d:
import mylib: C; int cube(C c) { return c.get() * c.get() * c.get(); }
And it would be used like:
import mylib: C; import fred: square; import bill: cube; ... auto c = new C; ... auto s = square(c); auto b = cube(c);
and that works. But there's a problem. We'd really prefer using
instead of:
After all, there's the matter of consistency. When there's both:
x.toInteger(); toString(i);
it just seems arbitrary. Chaining methods like:
looks wonky compared with:
But it's more than just cosmetic. A template may rely on structural conformance, meaning it is looking for specific methods. An example of this would be an input range (from std.range) which looks for the methods empty, popFront, and front. There's no way to add that functionality to an existing class without cracking it open and inserting them, and input ranges don't recognize free function versions. For built-in types, most languages do not allow adding methods.
I hope you've borne with me so far, because here's the payoff:
Universal Function Call Syntax
New to version 2.059 of D (and implemented by Kenji Hara) is the notion of universal function call syntax. It's been around in D since the beginning in a nascent form for arrays, but it's now available for all classes and structs. It's nothing more than if the compiler sees:
and square is not a member of class C, then it looks for a free function of the form:
That's it! Now it's easier to follow Scott Meyers' advice to minimize the number of methods in a class to just those that need to access its private state. Implement the rest as free functions. Methods can be "added" by third parties without changing the original class definition. Additions from multiple third parties can be used simultaneously. And payment will only be made for the methods that are actually used. Hopefully, this helps spell the end of "fat" and "kitchen sink" classes.
A different design to address this problem is called Extension Methods. Extension methods differ in that they require a special syntax to differentiate them from regular functions, and that they may only be called using the infix notation, i.e. c.foo(args). The D design does not require a special syntax, and the methods may be called with either the infix notation or the prefix notation, i.e. foo(c, args).
C++ STL algorithms avoid this problem by standardizing on the non-member function call syntax. They take iterators instead of containers, so they never call container member functions, and because iterators may actually be pointers, they never invoke member functions on iterators. Function objects are invoked as if they were function pointers, which they may in fact be.
Only time and usage experience will tell which of D's approach that allows both c.foo() and foo(c) to coexist, C#'s approach to only allow c.foo(), or C++ STL's approach to only allow foo(c) is superior.
Thanks to Scott Meyers for his helpful suggestions on this, Andrei Alexandrescu for repeatedly explaining it to me and offering helpful suggestions, and to Kenji Hara for implementing it for D, and to Eric Neibler, Bartsoz Milewski and David Held for their helpful suggestions.

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This skirt, labeled a size 5-6, was roomy in the hips but a perfect fit at the waistband (calling for easy alterations). Below are the alterations I performed on both…
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Steps 1 through 3: The first issue I addressed on this blouse were the too-wide shoulders. In the past, I meticulously detached shoulders and re-cut the armhole openings. This was very hard to do and took me days as a non-skilled sewer, plus the outcome was far from perfect.
This time, I decided to experiment with a shortcut. I added ruching (gathered-up fabric) to the top of the shoulders, which effectively narrowed the shoulder width and shortened the sleeves. Basic ruching is quick, easy and useful. Details on how to add ruching via hand-sewing:
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Koreas Set Talks To Resume Cross-Border Family Reunions
North Korea has agreed to talks with the South to resume cross-border reunions of families separated for decades by the most militarized border in the world.
On Sunday, a spokesman for the Pyongyang's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, said it had agreed to talks, hosted by the Red Cross, that are to take place on Sept. 19 at North Korea's Diamond Mountain resort.
In the past, temporary thaws in bilateral relations have allowed some families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War to meet briefly at the border.
But tensions that have accompanied the ascendency of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stalled such meetings.
The North also shut down a joint industrial zone — one of the few areas of cooperation between the bitter rivals.
Last week, the Koreas agreed to work toward restarting the joint operation.
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So: Who is your personally favorite college football player ever?
Tim Tebow's college career might not be halfway over, but I think Tebow is my favorite college player of all time. Between that and my excitement over Tebow poised to break through the Heisman's "Class Ceiling"*, I'm really excited about the award ceremony tonight.
But this isn't about the Heisman: It's about that first idea -- who is your personal favorite college player of all time?
Source material: For some, it's a player from their formative age of fandom (my wife's favorite college player of all time is Emmitt Smith); for others, it's a player who happened to star while they were in college (or just graduated); for others, it's an annual September-December fling with the nova stars that define college football -- spectacular Saturdays today, gone tomorrow... either to the NFL, or more likely, obscurity.
It will probably not surprise you to know that I have representation in all three categories. But there's something about Tebow -- the combination of skills, charisma, humility... obviously, the fact that he plays for my favorite team.
As other Gators fans will attest, Tebow presented a near-instant idolization from fans. Among
But the real question is back to you: Do you have a favorite college football player of all time? It could be a player from your youth, from your college years... hell, like me, he could have emerged THIS year.
Call it your personal lifetime Heisman: The "I-sman." Who wins?
* - Thanks for the name-check hat-tip on that "Class Ceiling" phrase on NPR's "All Things Considered" yesterday, Stefan Fatsis; you made my mother's week.
Very quickly through today's top headlines:
Bonds pleads not guilty: Could he have put this behind him with fans by New Year's Day if he had pleaded guilty? Particularly since...
The Mitchell Report comes out next week. Apparently Thursday. If MLB is lucky, it will be a Friday, muting its impact. Going to be fascinating.
Georgia Tech hires Navy's Paul Johnson: Who else thinks Johnson short-sold himself, and if he waited another week, he'd be coaching
NBA: Celtics off to best home start in 23 years. I always love any Celtics mark from this year's team that bests the 1986 team.
CBB: OK, so apparently, Lute Olson needs to take the entire season off because he's going through a divorce? Still seems a little sketchy.
NFL: Reggie Bush has bad knee injury. Will keep him out of Monday's game, and possibly out for the rest of 07. Dud end to dud year for him.
Meanwhile, there's this new book coming out about Bush's improprieties at USC that will push the ball forward to strip him of his Heisman. Would be wild to let Heisman voters decide his fate, although it's easier for the Heisman Trust board to strip it from him.
Let's hope they do the right thing and award the Heisman to that year's runner-up, Vince Young, rather than vacate the award for that year. I don't think any fan will complain. In fact, I think most fans would approve.)


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I posted before about the previous doctors I've finished, but I'll go ahead and show them all in order and then show off the massive Tardis they can fit inside!
First Doctor, 1963-66, William Hartnell |
Second Doctor, 1966-69, Patrick Troughton |
Third Doctor, 1970-74, Jon Pertwee |
Fourth Doctor, 1974-81, Tom Baker |
Fifth Doctor, 1981-84, Peter Davison |
Sixth Doctor, 1984-86, Colin Baker |
Seventh Doctor, 1987-89, Sylvester McCoy |
Eighth Doctor, 1996, Paul McGann |
Ninth Doctor, 2005, Christopher Eccleston |
Tenth Doctor, 2005-2010, David Tennant |
Eleventh Doctor, 2010-present, Matt Smith |
Tardis and Tenth Doctor |
Eleven Doctors and the Tardis |
Fourth Doctor and the Tardis |
Eleven Doctors and the Tardis |
Tenth Doctor and his sonic screwdriver with the Tardis |
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While electronic cigarettes may be marketed as alternatives that will keep teenagers away from tobacco, a study suggests that may not be the case.
Trying e-cigarettes increased the odds that a teenager would also try tobacco cigarettes and become regular smokers, the study found. Those who said they had ever used an e-cigarette were six times more likely to try tobacco than ones who had never tried the e-cig.
Researchers from the Center for Tobacco Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco, analyzed data from the 2011 and 2012 National Youth Tobacco Survey, a federal questionnaire administered to students in grades 6 through 12 in middle and high schools nationwide. It asked teenagers whether they smoked electronic or tobacco cigarettes or both.
The survey found that students' use of electronic cigarettes doubled from 3.3 percent to 6.8 percent in 2011 and 2012. But the number of smokers declined only slightly, from 5 percent to 2011 to 4 percent in 2012.
Teenagers who smoked were more likely to use e-cigarettes, and vice versa. In 2012, 57 percent of those who had tried cigarettes had also tried e-cigarettes. And 26 percent of current smokers used e-cigs as well. By contrast, 4 percent of teens who had never smoked had tried e-cigs, and 1 percent said they use them currently.
E-cigarettes don't burn tobacco. Instead, a battery heats up liquid nicotine and turns it into a vapor that's inhaled into the lungs.
Director Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has called the rise of e-cigarette use among teenagers "alarming," because nicotine is still an addictive drug. Frieden also has expressed concern that electronic cigarettes may be a gateway to tobacco cigarettes.
"The adolescent human brain may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of nicotine because it is still developing," the authors write. Their study was published Thursday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
The study is one of the first to try to get a grip on how e-cigarettes affect tobacco use. It couldn't look at whether e-cig use caused tobacco use, or vice versa, or why teenagers decided to use the products. And it doesn't answer the question of whether teenagers used e-cigarettes in order to avoid tobacco.
Although cigarette makers deny they target teenage customers, researchers say the companies aggressively market glamorous and sexy images that appeal to a teenager's sense of rebellion and tendency toward risky behavior. Those same tactics are now being used for e-cigarette ads, tobacco control advocates say.
The electronic versions also come in a variety of flavorslike strawberry, watermelon and licorice. There are far more restrictions on tobacco cigarettes including a ban on offering sweet or fruity flavors, as well as restrictions on advertising and sales to minors. The Food and Drug Administraiton is currently considering whether and how much to regulate electronic cigarettes.
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Poached Quince And Red Fruit Cake
This is going to be a short post I fear today. I can't shake this cold and can somebody tell me why it is 70F after midnight….talk about throwing a migraine into the loop!!
It's December for crying out loud!! Time for mulled wine, sweaters, fireplaces, clementines, hot cocoa, pomegranates, and quinces. Instead the fall/winter produce stalls have to share their space with berries and juicy melons. Upside down, inside out…completely out of the box, which is kind of where I went with this cake. Innocent looking cake, filled with poached quinces, topped with berries, baked and served in a box used for Brie or Camembert instead.
The idea came to me over lunch the other day as we were finishing the last of the Brie and while we were planning our friend J.'s birthday party for Friday. J. is a prankster. A good one for sure but it's pretty much non stop with him. A get together with him and his wife is never just that.
On the ride to their house, we are always wondering what he's got in store, who will be involved and how long we are going to talk about it on the way back home. They're nice pranks but after so many years, we are all scheming on how and when to get him back. All in good fun. Well, except for a couple of us like F. who is ready for pay back since the day he found his motorcycle on the roof of his house…long story…
I figured that handing him a cheese box at dessert time was still a little obvious so I topped the cake with different fruits, strawberries, raspberries, pomegranate, grapes and glazed them all with some apple jelly. That way, he would still be unsure about what was underneath.
I got B. fooled so I am hoping that will work too. Can't take credit for the look novelty as I inspired by the look of one of my pastry bad boy, Michalak. I had already decided to use my tried and true cake recipe but I could not pass on his cute presentation. And no, the cake did not smell of stinky cheese…
Ever tried to apply fruit glaze or jelly to fruits over tart shells or cakes and they keep moving, rolling around and never staying put? Imagine applying glaze to a beautiful lemon curd tart topped with a gazillion rolling blueberries. Not that easy!
Here is my trick for stress free glazing: warm up your glaze so that it is very liquid in consistency, fill a travel size spray bottle with it and spray your tart or cake with the glaze as quickly as possible.
Poached Quince And Red Fruit Cake:
Makes 2 cakes, 4 inches round
For the poached quince:
1 quince, peeled, cored and sliced
2 cups water
1/4 cup (50gr) sugar
3 cloves
1 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon lemon zest
In a large saucepan set over medium high heat, place the quince and the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and continue to cook the quince for about 45 minutes, until soft and pink. Remove the quince from the liquid and let cool to room temperature.
For the cake:
3 eggs
1/2 cup (100gr) sugar
1/2 cup (115gr) sour cream
1 cup (135gr) cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 tablespoons (60 gr) butter, melted and cooled
About one cup of mixed berries or any fruit of your liking
About 1/2 cup apple jelly to glaze the fruits
Preheat oven to 350F. Line the top and bottom part of a Brie or Camember box with parchment paper or aluminium foil. Coat with cooking spray and set aside.
In a mixer, whip the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the sour cream and mix until incorporated. Add the flour, baking powder and melted butter and mix on medium high speed until all the ingredients are well blended and the batter is smooth.
Stop the mixer and by hand fold in the poached quince. Divide the batter among the cake "pans" and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
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Payment of the winning bid amount, buyer's premium and shipping/handling charges will be made at the time the auction is reconciled and invoiced (email) by SA, using the credit card on file for the Bidder. In the event that no credit card is on file, the Bidder will be directed to SA's credit card payment website and also provided with instructions for payment by wire, cashier's check or money order. All credit card payments are due at the time the auction is invoiced by SA. All other payments are required to be received by the 4th day's mail delivery following the invoice being sent by email. In consideration of SA's approval of the application of the Bidder to bid in SA's auction, Bidder hereby authorizes SA to charge the credit card currently or previously on file provided by Bidder as specified herein. A $50 handling fee will be assessed for each declined credit card transaction and Bidder agrees to such charge. Requests for other payment arrangements will only be considered prior to the opening of bidding in any auction.
We provide handling, packing and shipping services solely as a convenience for our Bidders. Because Bidders most often opt for these services, we include an ESTIMATED AMOUNT in the auction invoice.
. We ship primarily by USPS priority mail within a commercially reasonable time following credit of the Bidders payment to our account. On average, a Bidder may expect to receive their items within 4 weeks following their payment. The actual cost of shipping, insurance, registry and confirmation services is charged to the Bidder, as well as a packing/handling fee not to exceed $3 per item, to defray the cost of labor involved. Large, heavy, fragile or otherwise unusual items will incur additional charges. Under special circumstances, SA may ship items using USPS Express Mail, private carriers or pack and ship enterprises, the cost of which shall be charged to the Bidder. SA will not entertain shipment using lower classes of mail due to the increased risk of loss. Requests earlier shipment or special handling may be accommodated on a limited basis at SA's sole discretion and may incur additional handling charges. All costs charged to a Bidder's original invoice are estimates and SA reserves the right to charge additional amounts if such estimates are exceeded and Bidder hereby agrees to such additional amounts. SA may, at its sole discretion, combine the shipment of items from multiple auctions over a 7-day period to reduce shipping costs.
All US domestic shipments are insured at the total bid amount contained in the shipment (other add-on charges are not covered by insurance). The estimated cost of insurance is included in the Bidder's invoice.
Shipments to Alaska, US Territories and Foreign Countries – Shipping and handling charges to these locations are higher and often require registry or express mail. Insurance coverage to foreign locations may also be limited by the shipping carriers. SA will ship items to foreign locations using the same classes of mail and additional postal services that it uses to ship to US locations, to the extent that such services are available, and, insurance coverage may be limited or unavailable. IT IS THE FOREIGN BIDDER'S OBLIGATION TO BE AWARE OF AND INSTRUCT SA REGARDING ANY ALTERNATIVE SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS WHICH MAY BE DESIRED TO INCREASE INSURANCE COVERAGE. War will not be liable for any shortfall of insurance either on foreign shipments or on the non-coverage of additional invoice charges exceeding bid amounts.
Foreign Bidders are solely responsible for the compliance with all export and import requirements of the items they purchase, both out of the US and into their country of delivery. To the extent that SA is required to assist foreign Bidders in these matters, the time expended by Sa will be billed at $32 per hour.
Storage fees of $4 per day per item will apply to all items held for any Bidder after the normal shipment date due to circumstances existing at the Bidder's delivery location.
Our responsibility for damage to or loss of any lot ends once it has been turned over to the USPS, or other shipping enterprise for delivery and/or packing. By bidding, the winning Bidder agrees that any and all claims for loss or damage to the lot will be handled solely through the insurance claims process or the carrier and acknowledges that insurance may be subject to deductibles or other limitations which are not the responsibility of SA.
No items will be shipped to any Bidder for any particular auction until all charges for the auction have been paid in full and all funds have cleared. Even if paid in full, no items will be shipped to any Bidder for any particular auction if the Bidder has any balances with SA from other auctions which are not in compliance with the provisions of PAYMENT above, until such balances are paid in full and all funds have cleared. SA may, at it's sole discretion, require any Bidder to return a signed sales receipt prior to shipping.
The Bidder is a Non-Paying Bidder (NPB) if the Bidder has not met the requirements of PAYMENT above. Storage fees of $4 per day will apply to items which remain unpaid beginning on the normal shipment date. A service charge of 2% per month shall apply to all balances owed by a NPB beginning after the date such NPB's payments were due under PAYMENT above. Anytime following 30 days after sale, SA, at its sole option, may convert the unpaid transaction with the NPB to an authorized return and instead bill the NPB the specified restocking fee. Any such restocking fee will then, itself become fully collectible from the Bidder under all of the relevant provisions of these General Terms and Conditions. Payment of any restocking fee does not give the NPB the right to receive auction items.
All sales are final, no lots are sold on approval; placing a bid is a legally binding obligation. There are no returns or exchanges. All lots are sold as is, where is, with all the faults, imperfections, omissions and errors in the written description, estimates, appraisals, graphics and photography. SA is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the description, graphics or photography provided or in the bidding software. Due diligence to verify the condition and description of a lot is the sole responsibility of the Bidder prior to placing any bid. Returns may only be made with the advance written authorization of SA and are in SA's sole discretion to approve. To request a return you must provide a written request fully explaining the basis for the return no later than 4 days after your receipt of the lot. Under no circumstances will any amounts other than the winning bid amount be refunded. A restocking charge of 20% of the full invoice amount may apply in SA's sole discretion. Any allowed returns must be received in exactly the same condition as when originally shipped to Buyer, or they will be returned to buyer at Buyer's cost. Any unauthorized returns will be refused. DELIVERY REFUSAL OF ITEMS SHIPPED BY WAR TO THE BIDDER CONSTITUTES AN UNAUTHORIZED RETURN IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THESE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
If any dispute occurs between Buyer and SA that cannot be resolved, then the parties agree to the rules, regulations and procedures of the dispute resolution described herein and agree to the following procedures for resolution of the dispute: If either party alleges that the other party is in default under this agreement, then the dispute or allegation shall be submitted to binding arbitration in the State of Texas. SA shall select a neutral arbitrator. The arbitration process shall be initiated by either party requesting arbitration which must be served upon the other party by certified mail. Failure to participate in the arbitration is a default. Each party shall simply present their case (limited to a maximum of one hour for each party) to the arbitrator. The parties agree and acknowledge that they are completely waiving their rights to have the dispute heard in a court of law. The parties agree that the arbitrator shall have complete jurisdiction over the dispute and can issue an award to the prevailing party. Arbitration fees shall be paid by the party not prevailing in the dispute or as seen fit by the arbitrator. Any award determined by the arbitrator shall be binding and the prevailing party shall be awarded full reimbursement of its actual paid fees in connection with the dispute.
By signing up to participate in a SA auction, Bidder specifically agrees to the dispute resolution specified in the foregoing paragraph as Bidder's SOLE means to resolve any and all disputes which may arise with SA. By doing so Bidder specifically agrees that Bidder will not file a dispute of any kind with an online venue, a credit card, or any other third parties. Bidder specifically waives the right to initiating a credit card chargeback dispute on any basis of claim and agrees that Bidder will pay SA a minimum of $400 plus hourly charges and costs for any such chargeback dispute opened, due to the severe administrative burden of such disputes and their direct violation of the dispute provisions above. In the event that Bidder violates this dispute resolution provisions, in consideration of SA's approval of the application of the Bidder to bid in SA's auction, Bidder confesses judgement to fraud having been committed by Bidder against SA and further agrees that Bidder is liable to SA for all damages, losses and costs, including time charges, resulting.
In no event shall SA's liability for any breach, or act or omission exceed the purchase price actually paid by the Buyer, and in no event shall SA have any liability under any circumstances for special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages (including for loss of profits or revenue, costs of obtaining alternative property, claims of customers of Buyer or otherwise), whether in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or otherwise, arising out of, resulting from or in any way relating to the lot or its purchase, sale, delivery or non-delivery, or the acts or omissions of SA or SA's agents, representatives, officers, directors, stockholders, members, managers, employees, consultants or affiliates.
Bidder's bid at all times represents an irrevocable offer by Bidder to enter into a binding contract to purchase the lot in accordance with the specific provisions of the listing and these general terms and conditions, as applicable, even if a higher bid was received by SA. In the event that any reserve price of a lot is not exceeded by any Bidder's bid SA, in its sole discretion, with or without the knowledge of or notice to any Bidder, may reduce any reserve price to an amount below the bid of Bidder at any time during an auction and accept the bid made by Bidder. Reserve prices are always the confidential information of SA and are not disclosed to Bidder's unless specifically stated as such during bidding. Nothing contained in any listing shall be construed to disclose any reserve price. In the placing of any bid the Bidder understands and agrees that the bid placed, once accepted by SA, will be the winning bid if there is no higher bid by another bidder and if any reserve or reduced reserve on the lot is exceeded. All bids are binding, irrevocable and non-cancelable by Bidder.
There are no provisions for the placing of bids to "mark the lot" or to "test the system", etc. and any requests to cancel bids on these bases, or due to a Bidder not reading a listing, not being familiar with the bidding platform, not doing proper due diligence or failing to maintain proper control over Bidder's bidding terminal, bidding by mistake and the like will be denied. Such requests to cancel bids are null and void and will not excuse Bidder from Bidder's legal and contractual obligation to complete a transaction.
If you are the successful Bidder, you agree to pay the amount of your bid plus all applicable taxes and charges in the time and manner designated by the SA. Failure to make such payment shall be deemed to be a breach of these general terms and conditions, and, in addition to all other rights and remedies SA may have under applicable law, you will be charged a re-stocking fee on transactions. equal to (a) 20% of the amount of your invoice, plus $20; or (b) the cost associated with re-marketing and re-selling the lot, whichever is greater. Bidder is responsible for any and all costs associated with collection of amounts owing from the Bidder, until collected; and SA reserves the right to bill and collect any such costs from Bidder. Costs associated with collection may include, but are not limited to, time charges, incidental expenses, attorney fees and costs associated with the use of a collection agency. And, SA may direct the Bidder to pay any third-party collection assistance directly for their services.
The winning Bidder's failure to complete the purchase in accordance with the terms provided herein and in the listing will cause the Bidder to be faced with all, or any combination of the following measures: elimination of all future bidding privileges on the hosting site; credit agency reporting; legal and/or collection action.
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If any provision of these terms and conditions or of any listing be void, unlawful or unenforceable under applicable law, that provision shall be modified to the minimum extent possible to comply with applicable law, or if modification is not possible, deleted and severed from the remaining provisions. Any such modification, deletion or severing shall not affect the enforceability or validity of any of the remaining provisions.
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All property is sold "AS IS", and ALL SALES ARE FINAL. Property is open to thorough public inspection. It is the Bidder's responsibility to determine condition, age, genuineness, value or any other determinative factor. SA may attempt to describe the merchandise in advertising and on the Internet but makes no representations. In no event shall Sunshine Auctions be held responsible for having made or implied any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Bidder shall be the sole judge of value.
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Irving H. Picard, the BakerHostetler partner who serves as the court-appointed trustee handling the Bernie Madoff bankruptcy, wants approval to return another $505 million to victims of Madoff's Ponzi scheme. If a federal judge approves the request, The Wall Street Journal reports, "more than 2,000 people who invested with Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities would start receiving checks shortly after a court hearing scheduled in March." And if the amount is approved, the total amount returned to victims so far would amount to $5.438 billion, according to the newspaper. A court hearing on the proposed payment is scheduled for March 13. The average payment to each customer will be $458,000, Mr. Picard says, noting that 2,178 accounts are eligible for a payment under the proposed distribution. The Journal reports that an estimated $17.3 billion in principal was lost in the Madoff Ponzi scheme, which came to light four years ago. So far, the newspaper says, Mr. Picard "has recovered roughly $9.3 billion for customers through lawsuits and agreements."
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George Will + Sherrod Brown = trouble for big banks? That's the thesis of this New York Times blog post from Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund and the current Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. He notes that the conservative Mr. Will, in his most recent column, endorsed proposals from Sen. Brown, an Avon Democrat who is a leading voice for breaking up the country's largest banks. Writes Mr. Will: By breaking up the biggest banks, conservatives will not be putting asunder what the free market has joined together. Government nurtured these behemoths by weaving an improvident safety net and by practicing crony capitalism. Dismantling them would be a blow against government that has become too big not to fail. Aux barricades! This is evidence, Mr. Johnson writes, that Mr. Will and Sen. Brown "have both figured out that our largest banks are taking part in an inefficient, dangerous, nontransparent government subsidy scheme. Irrespective of how you view the desirable balance between public and private sector in other parts of the economy, the subsidies for global megabanks need to be curtailed."
If you've ever wondered, "Why are greeting cards so expensive?," this is the story for you. The answer, according to TheAtlantic.com, "starts with classical economics, takes a world tour to China, and ends with you." Consumers are expected to spend $860 million on about 150 million Valentine's Day cards this year, the story notes, suggesting an average price of more than $5 per card. Some of that is in materials. High-grade paper "is necessary to distinguish greeting cards from something you could print from a home computer, and it's getting more expensive," according to the story. Labor costs are rising, too, especially in China, where greeting cards with "special treatments" — sound chips, most frequently — often are produced. But, as TheAtlantic.com notes, "costs are not the same as prices, and there might a sophisticated psychology lurking in greeting card price tags. The story continues this way: "A higher price for simpler [cards] encourages consumers to substitute up" for more expensive cards, said Agata Kaczanowska, a senior analyst at IBISWorld. To see what she means, imagine a world with two varieties of Hallmark card. A cheap card for $0.99 and a premium card for $7.99. That's a big difference, enough to shock you into rejecting the expensive card as a rip-off. But pricing the typical Hallmark card near $3.99 or $4.99 softens the difference. It makes $7.99 seem relatively affordable. Then there's this: greeting card companies "haven't seen much downward pressure on prices because there hasn't been much competition." TheAtlantic.com says IBISWorld estimates that the two largest greeting card companies, Hallmark and Brooklyn-based American Greetings, control more than 90% of the market. "Their deep relationships with major both paper companies and distributors (book stores, drug stores, and the like) ward off start-ups who might compete down the price, over time," the story concludes.
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Unusual Herbs to Grow in Your Spring Garden
You're already growing sweet basil, dill, and mint. Your parsley and cilantro are always abundant in your garden. Yet, for some strange reason, you want to kick it up a notch. You've mastered the basics and you want to grow some herbs with exotic flavor and international intrigue. I've chosen six herbs that will rock your world. These are temperate-climate herbs that are suitable to grow in North America, although transplanting times and growing seasons vary by region. Are you ready to grow an even more fragrant garden? Are you excited to introduce new flavors to your cooking? Let's get started.
Chocolate mint: There is chocolate, and there is chocolate mint. If you have ever been fortunate enough to smell a patch of chocolate mint, you know the distinction that I am making. Chocolate mint smells like a peppermint patty, or an after dinner chocolate mint wafer. It smells like mint with an edge of chocolate. The smell is more chocolatey than the taste. However, chocolate mint is an excellent addition to iced tea, mixed drinks, and desserts. An aggressive perennial that spreads quickly, it is best to plant chocolate mint in a container so that it does not invade your yard and garden.
Lemon basil: The smell of lemon basil is unbelievable. Both citrusy and with the spicy edge of basil, it is one of the most fragrant herbs that you could plant in your garden. This pungent plant with small green leaves prefers well-drained, rich soil. One whiff of lemon basil growing in the sun of your garden, and you'll be hooked on growing it for life.
Epazote: Epazote is hard to find in American supermarkets, but it is a dominant herb in Mexican cooking. Though it is delicious, it is an invasive plant that should be planted in containers away from other plants. It grows with minimal maintenance in hot, dry climates. At once peppery and minty, epazote will add a delicious and authentically Mexican flavor to beans and stews. Medicinally, it is said to reduce flatulence.
Hyssop: Hyssop grows wild in the Mediterranean and Middle East. It is a common flavor in Middle Eastern cooking. It's an attractive-looking plant with purple blooms and fragrant leaves that is known to attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. It can tolerate dry conditions, preferring well-drained soils. An excellent dip for homemade bread is olive oil with hyssop, sesame seeds, and sea salt.
Caraway: The caraway seed is technically a fruit. It is a tasty and fragrant addition to homemade rye breads and homemade sauerkraut. It is hardy in zones 5 and up. While caraway seeds are easy to come by in the supermarket herb and spice aisle, you'll enjoy it fresh even more. If you are part of the growing movement of people who are fermenting sauerkraut at home, kick up your kraut with fresh caraway from your garden.
Chervil: Chervil is often compared to parsley, but it is more delicate than parsely and has a slight anise-like flavor. Not often found in American supermarkets, chervil is common in French cooking. If you want to introduce the subtle and authentic flavor of chervil to your cooking, growing this annual is easy. Chervil likes sun and warm weather; it can be damaged by frost. Although it is an annual, it will actually reseed itself. I have personally planted chervil thickly in a square foot garden bed in the rocky soil of western Colorado, and it grew profusely.
Herbs are so fragrant and fun to grow in pots. Enjoy the diversity of fragrant herbs this spring and summer in your garden.
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