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But Segro has a long way to go yet.
Like many investors, I remain wary of UK commercial property. With over £50bn of distressed property loans sitting in the work out units of Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) and Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE: RBS) alone, there is a massive overhang of property that would come on to the market in normal circumstances.
It doesn't because the scale of such forced selling would depress valuations across the board, the last thing the banks want, so they continue to support existing owners and "extend and pretend". It is a logical strategy, but makes property valuations fragile if not unrealistic.
That is a problem in the investment market. Property companies also have to grapple with issues in the occupier market, the real world of tenants, rents, leases, costs -- and vacancies.
Vacancies are the fly in the ointment for industrial REIT Segro (LSE: SGRO) which reported full-year results last week. Though the overall vacancy rate fell during 2010 from 13.5% to 12% (calculated as a percentage of the full rental value), it still represents a large amount of property not generating any rent.
And the impact is not just on rent foregone. Tenants pay service charges covering utilities, staffing, repairs, insurance etc. Not all of these costs go away if a property is empty. Of Segro's £63m of property operating costs, over a third, £23m, were costs relating to vacant properties.
But problems are opportunities, as the management consultants would have it. Add the £40m or so additional rent if the properties were fully let to the £23m, and Segro's recurring rental profits of £127m would be half as big again.
More accurately, the company calculates that each 1% drop in the vacancy rate would add £6m to earnings. In a sense, the vacancy rate adds a level of operational leverage.
Segro describes itself as Europe's largest provider of flexible business space. It owns some of the largest industrial estates in the UK, especially concentrated around Heathrow and the M4 corridor, including the Slough Trading Estate, the largest estate of its kind in Europe, upon which the company was originally founded in the 1920s as Slough Estates.
In 2009 it acquired its distressed rival Brixton Estates for a bargain £190m, although the vacancy rate on former Brixton properties is 18.6%.
In 2010 it acquired BAA's 50% interest in the Airport Property Partnership, a joint venture with Aviva Investors containing airport-related industrial assets mainly at Heathrow, injecting £237m of its own assets into it. The company aims to grow and improve its portfolio by clustering assets in core markets, and it now has over £1bn of assets under management at Heathrow, both land-side and air-side.
By value, 72% of the portfolio is in the UK, 80% of which is located in the South East. The remainder is in Continental Europe, where the company is now focussing on Germany, France, Poland and Benelux.
In addition it is pursuing limited new development activity, with £68m of capital expenditure committed on pre-let projects which should yield £9m of rentals. A limited program of speculative development has started on the land bank in Europe.
Segro reports both statutory IFRS accounts, which reflect changes in property values whether realised or not, and industry-standard EPRA results.
On an IFRS basis the company swung from a pre-tax loss of £248m in 2009 to a profit of £197m. That was mainly due to a £55m actual loss on sale of properties in 2009 and a £271m write-down, against a net property gain of £26m in 2010. This was mirrored by EPS which rose to 28.5p from a negative 41.3p.
EPRA profit before tax -- essentially recurring rental profits -- increased 22% from £104m to £127m. Though EPRA earnings also rose, EPRA EPS was down from 18.3p to 17.1p, due to the dilution of a deeply discounted rights issue in 2009.
The capital value of the investment portfolio rose 1.9%, combining a 4% rise in the UK clouded by a 4% decline in Europe. Germany was particularly hard hit with a 10% decline following the insolvency of a major tenant, Karstadt-Quelle, and unexpected refurbishment costs. The former is a fact of life for property companies, the latter looks careless to say the least.
Net borrowings reduced, with gearing dropping from 91% to 80%. This is comfortably within the company's tightest banking covenant of 160%. Property values would have to drop 28% to breach this limit. Interest cover was 2.2 times against a covenant of 1.25 times.
Net asset value per share rose from 354p to 366p.
At 317p the shares are lower rated than the sector as a whole.
New management -- the FD takes over from the CEO in April and the UK property head has departed -- will no doubt work to narrow the gap, but fundamentally Segro's fortunes lie in a resurgent occupier market.
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Timothy A. Caylor, 1972, motion to revoke probation, pleaded not guilty, appointed public attorney.
Timothy Allen Caylor, 1972, first-degree indecent exposure, pleaded not guilty, appointed public attorney, bench trial set for April 27.
Seth Allen Keith, 1980, non-payment of fines, continued to March 30.
Seth Allen Keith, 1980, non-payment of fines, continued to March 30.
Edward Gravely, 1981, complicity receiving stolen property under $10,000, first-degree persistent felony offender, motion to revoke bond, recall bench warrant.
Wallie Asher, 1985, motion for jail time credit, denied.
Paul Lloyd Beverly, 1990, probation violation, motion to revoke probation.
Regina Brackin, 1990, two counts of complicity trafficking in a controlled substance, continued to March 19.
Jesse J. Brandenburg, 1978, incest, continued to April 18.
Marsha Harper to Gregory B. Daniel.
Larry G. Burch to Deborah J. Burch.
Edwin T. and Phyllis M. Hendrix to Jeffrey J. and Cynthia M. Smith, lot 1272, Elk Lake Shores Subdivision, $2,100.
Regina Vaughn to Edward Pfaehler, Mason Lane, $27,000.
Hack Grace Estate to James R. and Teresa M. Hamilton, Jonesville Road.
Bobby Allen Handy, Jerry T. Handy II and Molly Handy to Steven A. Handy, $3,500.
Larry and Rita F. Mack to the Larry Mack Trust dated April 11, 2000 and the Larry Mack Trust Dated April 11, 2000.
E. Thomas and Associates Inc. vs. Elk Creek Vineyards, motion to compel, continued to March 6.
Robert W. Vonbokern vs. Owen County and Owen County Fiscal Court, status conference.
Andrew Callen vs. Martha Brown, motion to transfer child support, remand.
Ashley Young vs. Amanda Young, motion for decree of dissolution of marriage, see order.
Kentucky Housing Corporation vs. Bee B. Cammack, motion for judgment and order of sale, see order.
The Bank of New York Mellon vs. James Hunter, motion confirming sale, taking credit and ordering deed, see order.
Brian E. Trusty, 1986, theft by unlawful taking, continued to March 23.
Brian E. Trusty, 1986, possession of marijuana, continued to March 23.
Saint Elizabeth Medical Center Inc. vs. Berry Howard, motion for default judgment, continued to March 23.
Saint Elizabeth Medical Center Inc. vs. Larry D. Ligon, motion for default judgment, see order.
Eagle Valley Camping Resort vs. Dennis Orme, settled.
Danny L. Carrier, 1980, theft by unlawful taking under $500, bench warrant set for $500.
Tyler K. Buck, 1986, non-payment of fines, in jail, $325 cash bond set, to pay or no release.
Steven D. Epperson, 1978, flagrant non-support, contempt of court, in jail, $2,000 cash bond set, preliminary hearing set for March 2.
James B. Hill, 1979, show cause deferred, installment payment, to pay $50 a month, continued to May 4.
James Brandon Hill, 1979, show cause deferred, installment payment, to pay $50 a month.
Jennifer Isaacs, 1981, theft by unlawful taking, in jail, $2,500 cash bond set, preliminary hearing set for March 2.
Andrew Oliver, 1983, second-degree burglary, receiving stolen property under $10,000, transferred to grand jury.
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Pyrandon was kind enough to work with me in creating a world map of my current homebrew campaign setting that I am in the process of completely fleshing out. Pyrandon created the map from a fractal map made with a random generator that I had given him and we went from there. After a dozen or so e-mails he had a nearly finished product and I went to labeling. At some point I will be getting down to the nitty gritty and labeling/naming all of the mountain ranges/forests/rivers/ruins etc. (which will take me quite some time). Overall I am extremely pleased with the end results and I present them here to share with all of you.
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News: Ministry team hosts Ramadan fast-breaking service
Story by Sgt. Christopher Calvert
FORT HOOD, Texas –The unit ministry team for the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, held a Ramadan fast-breaking service for more than 60 soldiers and family members at "The Ohana Place" 19th Street Chapel here, Aug. 6.
Ramadan, the holiest month of the Islamic year, is a monthlong fast where Muslims around the world abstain from food and drink, to include water, from 90 minutes before sunrise until sunset.
During the fast-breaking service, known as an Iftar in the Islamic faith, Maj. Khallid Shabazz, an Alexandria, La., native and chaplain for 1st ACB, broke the fasting with a large celebration.
"Last night we had a big feast and gift exchange in celebration of the last day of fasting," said Shabazz, an Islamic leader known as an Imam, and one of only four Muslim chaplains in the U.S. military. "It was akin to Christmas for those of the Christian faith."
For Muslims, enduring the physical rigors of fasting is an opportunity to evaluate their spiritual lives in the light of Islamic teaching, said Shabazz.
"Fasting increases our awareness of God and self-restraint," Shabazz said. "Abstaining from something so natural such as food and water allows ourselves to gain a greater respect for those who suffer on a daily basis."
Sgt. Jessica Covello, a San Antonio native and 1st ACB chaplain assistant, said she attempted to fast for Ramadan to fully understand the challenges Muslim soldiers face throughout the monthlong Islamic occurrence.
"I tried to fast and only made it to 10:30 a.m. the first day," Covello said. "At that point, I had to chug a bottle of water. Fasting is much more difficult than you think, especially as a soldier out in the heat."
Covello said the experience opened her eyes and gave her a new appreciation for those who meet the challenges of going without subsistence for upwards of 16 hours.
"I'm very impressed by these soldiers," Covello said. "They truly are disciplined and I have nothing but respect for them."
Muslims not only abstain from ingesting food and liquid throughout the day, but they also refrain from a variety of other actions as well, said Shabazz.
"During the Holy Month of Ramadan, we abstain from obscenity, intercourse throughout the day, and all things that take us off of our spiritual track," Shabazz said. "Fasting in Islam does not just consist of refraining from eating and drinking, but from every kind of selfish desire and wrong-doing."
Ramadan has three significant objectives: to promote nearness to God, increase self-control, and encourage charity for those in need, Shabazz explained.
"Charity and generosity are especially urged during Ramadan," Shabazz said. "We learn to give, and not to take. The deprivation of fasting makes us sympathize with the suffering of others, gives us a desire to alleviate it, and makes us remember the blessings of life which we normally take for granted."
As the brigade chaplain for 1st ACB, Shabazz said Ramadan echoes all the values the UMT strives to promote to its soldiers on a daily basis.
"Ramadan is a back end to what we strive to do every day," Shabazz said. "We serve people of all faiths every day; that's our mission. Whatever programs we put together, they're all to meet the commander's philosophy of taking care of soldiers."
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Why Blood Simple Towers Over No Country for Old Men
Characters in the films of Joel and Ethan Coen tend toward the archetypical, but rather than existing in their expected cinematic habitat, they're placed in ridiculous and macabre situations they simply are not prepared for. Though it is usually a delightful conceit, in No Country for Old Men (2005), it starts to become a belabored what-if scenario rather than a meaningful set of juxtapositions. No Country is a meditation on mortality and the eternal fight between humanity and inexplicable evil, set in rural Texas in the early 1980s, the same locale and era as the Coens' early neo-noir Blood Simple. Both feature postmodern aesthetics, pitch-perfect and witty dialogue, the celebration of regional variances in language and culture, and characters suffering from a surfeit of poor decisions. They are both without question exceptional films. Comparisons between them are unavoidable, though in terms of style and substance, Blood Simple is the more successful of the two.
In Blood Simple, a series of misunderstandings and double-crosses combine with darkly comic undertones in a situation that could be resolved, or at least improved, if the two main characters had just talked to each other. The characters are at times very silly, an endearing trait in a film that examines the tragedy of poor choices. The Coens have since ceased caring whether the audience sympathizes with characters or not, though that tack is quite effective in No Country for Old Men. While Blood Simple is about lack of communication, No Country shows us that, sometimes, communication makes no difference at all. A flattened affect throughout the film heightens the realization that emotional connections simply do not matter in the face of true evil.
Where this flatness of emotion goes wrong is in No Country's tendency to leave moments unfinished. The Coens at one time were more than willing to let audiences figure things out for themselves. Ambiguity in No Country, such as not showing a key death or ending a scene abruptly, is not meant to lead the audience to fill in points of the narrative themselves, but rather to allow the filmmakers to limit the emotions available to the audience. It's artifice designed specifically to deny catharsis, grief or resolution, all part of the Coens' rigorous cinematic control, but at great expense to realism.
Blood Simple, like most Coen brothers films, is clearly referential. One of the best such moments is the brazen borrowing of the famous ground-level swooping shot from Evil Dead (1981), a film which Joel Coen had worked on as assistant editor. The reference simultaneously invokes humor, the horror genre and a nod to burgeoning indie film movement of the film's time. But where references like these in Blood Simple are natural and lighthearted, in No Country they are cold, calculated moments of manipulation. No Country, for example, copies the restaurant scene from Fargo; in these scenes, police officers in both films achieve necessary moments of clarity. It's heavy-handed and out of place in No Country, a lazy quotation of their own cultural milestone without thought for its relevance.
Early in the Coens' filmmaking careers, contempt was not a successful trait in a character. M. Emmet Walsh's P.I. in Blood Simple possesses an undisguised derision for everyone around him, but it is undermined by the resourcefulness and luck of those he's trying to con. For the Coens, the purpose of contempt has changed, and is now often the single biggest factor in resolving conflict: A character who shows contempt almost always wins out.
This is especially true in the case of the psychotic Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) in No Country, a killer whose contemptuous attitude is proven right time and again. It is his most important and identifiable characteristic, one that allows his particular brand of evil to succeed. Meanwhile, small-town sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) is just as exasperated with the folks around him, though he keeps his contempt in check, leaving him powerless against the sociopath's self-imposed moral superiority.
The disdain for humanity in No Country, as in many of their other films, spills over into the filmmakers' contempt for the audience. The Coens seem loathe nowadays to even acknowledge there is such a thing a worthwhile everyday person. In Blood Simple, Ray (John Getz) is an everyman archetype, on the surface as bland as John Gavin in Psycho (1960), yet we're fascinated by his actions and sympathetic with him when things go wrong. In No Country, a series of everypersons, both men and women, are grotesques, stubborn and dull and frustrating. In an attempt to lead the audience into the mind of a killer, the Coens want us to be as unimpressed with these everyday people as Chigurh is; once you resist, Chigurh becomes caricature, just another dead-eyed psycho with a gimmick.
In the process of subverting themes in No Country for Old Men, the Coens often dispense with narrative altogether, preferring to use the film as a vehicle for delivering their own signature style. The film never quite gets around to challenging the validity of conventional cinematic narrative techniques, though it clearly means to do so. Blood Simple, in contrast, challenges common genre constructs precisely because it uses standard narrative techniques, and also allows for a humanity that encourages viewers to more closely engage with the moral and ethical dilemmas presented. Though both films are fine works in their own right, Blood Simple is a more exceptional one—even if it is more traditional.--Stacia Kissick Jones
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Three new eateries are expected to open this summer at The Highlands.
Ohio County Development Authority members learned Tuesday that work on Building 2, located near the Wal-Mart entrance, is progressing.
Two of the structure's future tenants, Wings to Go and Fusion Japanese Steakhouse, plan to open by mid-July or early August.
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Tuesday. Three new eateries are expected to open there this summer.
It was also noted walls for a new Quaker Steak and Lube will be going up this week and the restaurant aims to open in August. It is located in front of Cabela's.
Site work on a future Sheetz gas station near Cabela's at The Highlands also is expected to begin later this week.
Actual construction is expected to begin in about two weeks. Sheetz purchased its lot from the development authority.
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The Ohio County Development Authority is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. June 16 in the county commission board room, located on the second floor of the City-County Building, 1500 Chapline St., Wheeling.
The authority also conducted a closed-door session for consideration of tenant and property transactions, but no related action was taken during the open meeting.
Meanwhile, Greg Stewart, authority secretary and treasurer, said he expects the authority's new Web site to be ready next month. It is being designed by Wheeling Park High School students who also will maintain the site. There currently is a Highlands presence on the web, but Stewart noted in the past that the county does not own that Web site. Attempts to contact the person who maintains that site have been unsuccessful.
"Our timing was good. They have two students who are in a national competition for Web design who will be working on this project," Stewart said without identifying either student.
Each authority member also will be given an e-mail address and will be able to access some information not yet meant for public consumption, Stewart noted.
Some meeting minutes also will be posted, he added.
Also, work on the future Straub car dealership lot continues. Stewart noted additional dirt has been placed on the area where the actual building will sit.
"That pile of dirt is actually heavier than the building that will sit there," Stewart said, noting as a precaution the extra dirt will "squeeze out any potential settlement."
The future Straub lot is situated near The Highlands, across Interstate 70. Another dealership, Bob Robinson, already has relocated from the downtown to The Highlands area.
In other matters, mitigation work on Middle Wheeling Creek is expected to be completed in June, Stewart said. The mitigation must be completed before earthwork related to a planned Wild Escape theme park begins.
David Sims, authority member and Ohio County commissioner, said he believes Wild Escape President Steve Minard currently is working on engineering plans related to the park. All the necessary federal and state permits are in place to allow the project to go forward.
Minard said previously that it would be "several months" before any work would begin. Minard is expected to bid out and pay for the earthwork, which will involve filling in a portion of Storch's Run.
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Cochran and Crosthwaite Taking Big Steps on Offensive Line
Offensive line duo getting plenty of work with first team unit during spring practices.
2012 Team Awards Announced
Isi Sofele and Steve Williams named Offensive and Defensive MVP, respectively
Seven on Pac-12 Football All-Academic Teams
Chris Adcock and Matt Summers-Gavin first-team selections.
Cal Hosts Southern Utah Saturday
Golden Bears and Thunderbirds Meet For First Time in School History
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CAL CAREER (Career Stats): Has played in three games off the bench, all as a redshirt freshman in 2011, recording no stats other than participation.
2012 (Game-By-Game Stats): Listed as the team's No. 2 center on the post-spring depth chart.
2011 (Game-By-Game Stats): Played in three home games off the bench against Presbyterian, Utah and Washington State.
2010: Redshirted ... did not play ... named Co-Scout Team Player of the Year on offense.
DALLAS CHRISTIAN HS: Tabbed a four-star recruit by ESPN, who recognized him as the No. 8 guard in the nation, the No. 33 player overall in Texas and the No. 214 overall player in the nation ... ranked nationally as Scout's No. 8 center and ESPN's No. 9 offensive guard ... a Prepstar All-Region choice who was rated the No. 119 player overall in Texas by the organization ... a four-year varsity letterwinner who started each of 49 games possible as a prep, helping his squad to a 43-6 overall record during the four-year span ... team was voted Division I Region II champions during his senior campaign and earned a spot in the state semifinals after winning the state title in his junior season with a perfect 14-0 mark ... also a member of a state finalist squad during his 2007 sophomore campaign and a playoff club when he was a freshman in 2006 ... team was District champs in each of his final three years ... the first freshman to ever start on the offensive line at his high school ... earned All-American honors from the National Private School Athletic Association, named to the Dave Campbell Texas Football State Super Team and was an honorable mention MVP for all of Texas private school football as a senior, while ranking among the top 15 offensive linemen and top 80 players overall in Texas ... team captain as a senior ... also played on the defense line as a senior, collecting 54 tackles, 14.0 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks, five forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries ... earned Division II first-team All-State recognition in each of his final two seasons and first-team All-District honors in each of his final three campaigns ... the only sophomore on the All-District team the first time he received the award and was also honorable mention All-State as a sophomore ... earned All-Region honors by the National Private School Athletic Association as a junior ... earned academic All-State honors as both a junior and senior ... also participated in track and field, taking sixth in the state meet in the shot put as a junior to help his squad win its first state title ... class valedictorian ... served as his high school's council historian during the 2009-10 school year.
PERSONAL: Full name is Christopher Fulton Adcock ... born November 3, 1991 ... parents are Jeff and Christina Adcock ... father played offensive line at UC Davis from 1979-83 ... has been on mission trips to Africa and New Orleans ... major is business administration.
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OMAHA, Neb. They were in some crummy hotel out near a lake one year at the Southern Conference baseball tournament, and Ray Tanner and Andy Lopez got to talking.
They talked about the coaching profession, sure, because that was the most obvious thing they shared Tanner as South Carolinas coach, Lopez as Floridas. They also talked about their families, about how Tanner and his wife were trying to have kids, about how to keep life in perspective amid the madness of coaching in SEC.
We talked about all the things that we dont get a chance to talk about a lot about, said Lopez.
Lopez arrived at Florida in 1995, two years before Tanner got to USC. Tanner recalled that they just kind of hit it off, back then because I think were both maybe high strung a little bit.
Tanner remembered Lopez being an inspiration to him in those years, with their conversations about the important priorities in their lives. There were lighter moments, too, like the rain delay at Florida when Tanner and Lopez chatted for a while before Tanner looked up and realized Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley was helping pull the tarp. Tanner got a little nervous about standing idly by, and figured maybe one of them should go help the boss.
Tanner and Lopez, old friends, met again Saturday morning, joking through a press conference, with a back slap here and there, on the eve of their matchup in the College World Series best-of-three final. Tonight at 8, Tanner and USC will meet Lopez and Arizona in Game 1.
The Gamecocks will start sophomore right-hander Forrest Koumas, because their top three starters arent available. He started Game 1 of the championship series last year against Florida and allowed a run and three hits in 5 2/3 innings, leading USC to a win.
He didnt pitch this year from March 31 to May 2 because of a stress fracture in his elbow that Tanner has said might require offseason surgery. This will be his fourth start of the season and 18th appearance. He hasnt thrown in a game since May 25, in relief in the Southeastern Conference tournament.
But his two appearances before that, both starts, were solid. At Arkansas, he allowed five hits and no runs in 5 1/3 innings, while striking out four and walking two. Against LSU, he threw 4 1/3 innings and had five hits, three runs, one earned, two walks and four strikeouts. Those were his second and third games since returning from the layoff.
Sophomore righty Konner Wade will start for Arizona, which is 8-0 in the NCAA tournament. He is 10-3 with a 4.17 ERA, 102 strikeouts and 36 walks in 127 1/3 innings. Wade threw a complete game five-hitter in Sundays win over UCLA his fifth complete game of the year.
For all the similarities and familiarity between Tanner and Lopez, who went to Arizona from Florida in 2002, the profiles of their starting pitchers tonight arent the only major difference between the two coaches teams.
USCs strength is pitching. The Gamecocks rank 10th nationally with a 2.95 ERA and first with 1.12 walks plus hits per inning pitched. In the NCAA tournament, USC has a 1.71 ERA.
Arizona relies on hitting. The Wildcats.330 batting average is fourth nationally. Their 7.4 runs scored per game ranks sixth. They have seven regular players hitting .300 (five more than USC), and theyre all hitting at least .324. In the NCAA tournament, Arizona is out-scoring opponents by an average of 9.9 to 3.3.
Tanner returned to his teams hotel Friday night after USC beat Arkansas, its third win in two days, to make the World Series final. He showered quickly and was eating a slice of pepperoni pizza when his sports information director, Andrew Kitick, brought him Arizonas stats and pointed out the Wildcats batting average.
Andrew, can I just get through one piece of pizza? a weary Tanner wise-cracked.
Tanner stayed up until 2 or 3 a.m. Sunday, poring over the Wildcats stats and admiring their discipline, evident right there in the strikeout column. Arizona has 305, USC 460. Tanner in recent weeks watched Arizonas games and noticed how the Wildcats use the entire field and are willing to hit the ball the opposite way, rather than trying to pull every pitch.
Lopez has said they must play like that because their home ballpark, Hi Corbett Field, where they moved this season from their campus stadium, is so large 366 feet to left field, 349 to right, 392 to center and 410 and 405 to the gaps. By comparison, USCs Carolina Stadium is 325 to left and right, 400 to center and 375 to the gaps.
If you do make a mistake, a lot of times youll say a team will capitalize and get a run, Tanner said. Theyll get four.
While the teams styles contrast, their coaches clearly connect.
The first thing Lopez said at the press conference was: Were excited to be invited to the Ray Tanner Invitational. He recognizes how well his friends team has performed in Omaha. Tanner is 23-8 here and USC is trying to become the second team to ever win three straight titles.
Tanner knows Lopez is a formidable opponent, having won the 1992 title at Pepperdine and made two trips here with Florida. This is his second trip with Arizona, which is staying in the same hotel as USC. Tanner joked that he got one of Arizonas players to give him the Wildcats room list and was going to try to use that to his advantage on the eve of Game 1.
It is an important game, but at least for Saturday, the mood was light-hearted between the two old friends. They were sharing the story about their conversations at that crummy hotel near the lake, talking here about perspective, just like they did there.
Lopez couldnt resist one more opportunity to make Tanner laugh with a quip: I tell my athletes all the time, Hey, believe it or not, I dont go home and get in a closet, my wife shoves food under the door and I show up the next day: Come on, what are we doing? Lets get the bunt defense ready. I have a life.


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Jean-Claude Mignon from France elected PACE President
Strasbourg, 23.01.2012 – Jean-Claude Mignon (EPP/CD) from France has just been elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Taking over from Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Turkey, EDG), he is the 26th President of the Assembly since 1949 and the first French person to hold this office in 23 years.
First and foremost, I want to make sure in my new position that the rule of law, respect for human rights and the promotion of democracy are not just empty words, and that we are moving forward in these areas, including beyond our borders, in particular by engaging with Europe's neighbours who are moving down the path to democracy," he said today.
In close co-operation with the Committee of Ministers and the Secretary General, Jean-Claude Mignon intends to put the Council of Europe back at the centre of the European and international stage. To this end, he wants to make PACE even more responsive and more relevant to topical debates whenever human rights come under threat. "The vision that I have for the Council of Europe is as follows: that the Europe of human rights should become an inescapable reality," he declared. Read more...>>
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Where We are Now – A Summary
The Senate Bill will go through the "reconciliation process" with the House version that was passed in November.
Both houses will vote on it and the President will try to sign off on it by the time of the State of the Union address in late January.
The President is leaning it is said toward the Senate rather than House bill, especially in terms of the funding. [tax on middle class insurance benefits rather than on wealthy income.]
The Biggest Dispute for Reconciliation -- Funding
The House wants to increase income taxes and fund health care by taxing individuals making more than $500,000 and couples earning over $1 million. This would generate $460 billion over 10 years.
The Senate wants to tax insurance companies (which would be passed on to middle class consumers) on plans valued over $8500 for individuals and $23,000 for couples. This would raise $150 billion. [a 40% excise tax on "high value" plans will affect up to 20% of union plans in 2014, and nearly 100% of such plans by 2025. It will influence employers to reduce benefits and shift costs to employees.] [There is a Senate amendment that exempts certain "high risk" occupations, which are male-dominated. Once again, there is a gender imbalance in the bill, after the horror of the abortion rights restrictions.]
Other House Bill vs. Senate Bill Issues
Public Option:
The public option has been dropped from the Senate plan and is drastically watered down in the House plan. The Senate bill includes a provision under which the federal Office of Personnel Management would oversee at least one national, non profit plan in the exchange.
Mandated Purchasing:
The bills mandate people without insurance purchase it or be penalized.
Both bills offer subsidies to lower and middle income people but the House bill is more generous. Both bills provide subsidies to buy health insurance for people who earn up to 400 percent of the poverty level ($43,320 for an individual, or $88,200 for a family of four). The lower your income, the higher your subsidy. The subsidies in the House bill, however, are more generous than those in the Senate bill.
Both establish exchanges where some citizens can shop and compare insurance plans. The House sets up nationally run exchanges, the Senate sets up state oversight. [A national plan would give residents of less social-servicing states access to the same quality of coverage as everyone else.]
Pre-existing conditions:
Both bills ban pre-existing health conditions.
Abortion Restrictions:
They differ over how to restrict taxpayer funding for abortions. Stupak amendment in House Bill. In Senate Bill Nelson's inclusion to allow individual states to prohibit abortion coverage in all plans offered through the exchanges. [the anti-abortion restrictions undercut union negotiations for member plans.]
Illegal Immigrants Restrictions:
They differ over whether illegal immigrants should be allowed to buy coverage in the new markets with their own money. The Senate forbids undocumented immigrants from getting low-income insurance subsidies. It demands citizenship verification so that no immigrant can purchase insurance through an exchange. The House bill forbids coverage through subsidies but allows undocumented immigrants to purchase through exchange with own money. [This Senate rule will eliminate healthy young immigrants donating to risk pool which would help raise funding, and would continue costly emergency room visits]. [empowering the Joe Wilsons in government]
Start Up Dates and Scope of Coverage:
House begins plan in 2013, Senate in 2014. The House bill covers 35 million uninsured Americans over 10 years, costing more than $1 trillion, while Senate bill, cheaper, covers 31 million. By 2014 when the bill will be in full effect, a minimum of 24 million people will remain uninsured. This is considered a minimum number destined to increase as costs escalate maybe two or three times faster than working people's incomes. [keep in mind the premature deaths happening now and that will continue to happen through 2013 or 2014 and beyond. Right now 45,000 a year. Medicare was passed in 1964 and up and running in 1965]
Anti-trust Exemption:
The Senate sustains the insurers' antitrust exemption, the House doesn't. The House voted to make insurance companies subject to same anti-trust regulations of other private corporations. The Senate bill also gives insurance companies for the first time permission to sell policies across state lines. Cut-rate plans will be offered from "low regulation" states.
Medicaid Expansion:
The Senate bill expands eligibility for Medicaid and ends the disparity between states, which set their own at times grossly unjust eligibility levels. The Senate will cover 12 million people, the House 15 million.
Insurance Vouchers:
Sen. Wyden of Oregon has long advocated moving from an employer-based system and proposed an amendment that would allow people to take an insurance voucher equal to employer coverage and go to the exchange and apply it there. It is limited to certain income levels. It would be impactful if it survives the conference.
Regulation of Medicare:
The Senate bill supports a toothless version of a Medicare Commission, the House a stronger one. This independent commission would oversee Medicare if it were allowed the authority and freedom. Both houses are reluctant to cede substantial power to such a commission.
Drug Sweetheart Dealing:
In the Senate bill the pharmaceutical industry won 12 years of patent protection for certain classes of drugs, many of which were developed using public funding. The Senate rejected a proposal to allow the re-importation of prescription drugs from Canada.
Miscellaneous Advantages for the Insurance Companies
There are few provisions to keep health care affordable.
There are few provisions to prevent waste and fraud.
Insurance companies can charge more based on age.
Insurance companies can continue to rescind policies after they have been written (often using fraud or intentional misrepresentation as pretext)
Insurance companies can cherry-pick new customers and limit payments for catastrophic illnesses.
Insurance companies can refuse to allow policyholders from choosing their own doctors and hospitals.
Insurers can charge up to four times more for policies based on age plus certain conditions, double charge for people failing "wellness" programs because of diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol, etc.
Exempting state protections passed by allowing insurers now to set up in less regulated states.
Extorted Pork and Sabotage by Senators at Eleventh Hour with Senate Bill
Senator Landrieu got $100 million in extra Medicaid funding,
Senator Ben Nelson was granted a complete exemption from Nebraska payments into enhanced Medicaid benefits
Senator Baucus won automatic Medicare eligibility for asbestos-exposed citizens of Libby, MT (after blocking expansion of Medicare everywhere else in America)
Senator Ben Nelson added anti-abortion language into the final draft that will allow individual states to prohibit abortion coverage in all plans offered through the exchanges.
Senators Baucus and Lieberman prevented a Medicare buy-in for those 55+, eliminating any trace of a public option sensibility in the Senate bill.
Peter Mahr on Single Payer:
My frustration doubles when I realize that there is a viable, efficient and affordable alternative to health care financing that could be enacted tomorrow. With a system of national health insurance, we could cover 100 percent of Americans at a dramatically reduced cost for families, businesses and our country. Under a national health insurance plan everyone pays into the insurance pool via progressive income or payroll taxes.
Let's call this our premiums. Then, when we are sick and go to the doctor or have a surgery, the doctor or hospital gets paid from the money in the pool. It is not socialized medicine: Doctors and hospitals continue treating patients as before. They remain private and autonomous.
Since a national health insurance system eliminates the profit motive, as well as the advertising and executive pay associated with private insurance and slashes burdensome and expensive administration on the doctor and hospital level, it would finance access to health care for all while reducing costs dramatically.
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Am just wondering which hotel would be closer to public transport please - Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown Nashville, or Holiday Inn Express at 920 Broadway? (also, if it's the Holiday Inn Express, will that be noisy every night near bars? I am travelling with my 75 yr old mum so would like to avoid a noisy area).
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ROSEMONT, CA -- Fri., March 9 is Jessica's Day at Albert Einstein Middle School.
Jessica Funk-Haslam, 13, was murdered earlier this week. Her body was found inside a dugout in Rosemont Community Park Tuesday morning. The park is directly behind Albert Einstein Middle School were Funk-Haslam was in the 8th grade.
The school is flying the Sacramento City Unified School District's flag at half-staff. Students are leading a number activities Friday in Funk-Haslam's honor, including creating a time capsule with items that remind the students of Jessica.
School district officials say counselors are on-hand to speak to students and there is an increased police presence around the school while the murder investigation continues.


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Rebekah Brooks has been released on bail, the Metropolitan Police confirmed early on Monday.
The former News International chief executive went to a London police station by appointment on Sunday at noon, and was arrested on suspicion of corruption and phone hacking.
She was released on police bail early today. So far it is not clear whether she will give evidence to the Culture Commitee of the House of Commons on Tuesday. Yesterday there was mounting speculation that she would not be able to appear before MPs, or that even if she did, would not be able to give any meaningful evidence because of her bail conditions.
Brooks is the 10th person to be arrested in connection to the new investigation into allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World.
In a statement, police said: "The MPS has this afternoon, Sunday 17 July, arrested a female in connection with allegations of corruption and phone hacking.
"At approximately 12.00hrs a 43-year-old woman was arrested by appointment at a London police station by officers from Operation Weeting together with officers from Operation Elveden and is currently in custody.
"She was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications, contrary to Section1(1) Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of corruption allegations contrary to Section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906.
Media lawyer Mark Stephens said police were trying to get a grip on the scandal. He told Sky News: "I think the police are trying to move pretty quickly… One of those areas of concern is the suggestion that officers at all levels may have been the subject of receiving money as Rebekah Brooks told parliament when she last appeared before them."
Rebekah Brooks released a statement saying she was assisting police with her inquiries, and this was a pre-arranged appointment.
|@ tweetminster : S&P puts News Corp.'s ratings on creditwatch negative (via @zerohedge)
"This does raise more concerns about the relationship between the police and the press, and we need urgent answers from the Met.
"Despite the concerns raised about hacking and the police investigations into News of the World, the Deputy Editor at the time ended up being employed by the Met police. And the Editor at the time ended up employed by the Prime Minister.
"Like Downing Street, the Met need to provide more answers about the security and propriety checks they did before making this employment decision and they need to provide more answers about what seems a very questionable judgement.
"We pressed from the start for the wider relationship between the press and the police, as well as between the press and politics to be part of the judicial inquiry. But we cannot wait for the inquiry for this level of openness and transparency to be forthcoming", the Shadow Home Secretary told LBC.
Detectives are examining a computer, paperwork and a phone found in a bin near the riverside London home of Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International.
|@ KeirSimmonsITV : Incredible: Scotland Yard statement says former NoW journalist Alex Marunchak worked for the Met as an interpreter from 1980 - 2000.
James Clappinson says: "We will want to try and find out as much more as we can about this tomorrow. It is the first opportunity we've had to see Sir Paul Stephenson and to ask him for his views on it."
39% of the public say their opinion of him has gone down since the scandal. 27% say their opinion of Nick Clegg has gone down and 20% say their opinion of Ed Miliband has gone down,
As Theresa May put it in an impressive statement to the House earlier, "These allegations are not, unfortunately, the only recent example of alleged corruption and nepotism in the police." She then vowed to open an inquiry into these matters, which will stand in addition to the two already announced by the government. The panel will have plenty to look at, as Michael White explained in the Spectator a few years back.
These figures, from the UK's highest regarded political pollster, will bring real cheer to both coalition partners. They are in very sharp contrast to YouGov which in recent weeks has been showing Labour with significant leads.
Another Times poll is due laterhttp://www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2011/07/18/lds-up-4-and-lab-down-3-in-new-icm-poll/
Alan Johnson tells Channel 4 News: "What happened when the Guardian story blew - one newspaper reporting this in July 2009 - is that the Met were very clear that we'd had the inquiry, we'd had two people put away and there's lots of other things to do - should we go on a wild goose chase? The Director of Public Prosecutions was looking at all the evidence... only one newspaper is reporting it. We didn't know than about Milly Dowler, we didn't know then about 7/7 families, so at that time that kind of lethargy..."
At a time when the reputation of News of the World journalists is at rock bottom, it needs to be said that the paper's former showbusiness correspondent Sean Hoare, who died on Monday, was a lovely man.
It is normal practice that officers are not made aware of complaints until after they have been recorded. Therefore Sir Paul Stephenson would not have had any knowledge that a complaint had been received until the meeting concluded this morning and he was duly notified.
"The Menezes case raised serious issues about both the accountability of and trust in the police. People have not forgotten the lies and deliberate misinformation that they put in the public domain to justify the killing of Jean. The News of the World hacking case and the inappropriate relationships senior officers had with senior figures at News International has brought many of those same issues back to the fore, raising questions of integrity of many of the same officers such as John Yates and former officer Andy Hayman. The family of Jean faced years of obfuscation from many of these senior officers in their quest for justice."
ICM/Guardian: CON 37% (nc), LAB 36% (-3), LDEM 16% (+4)
|@ TomParmenter : News Intl have 'no comment' at this stage regarding reports that hacking whistleblower Sean Hoare has been found dead.
|@ seandilley : A police source tells me they're making representations for top brass to examine all MP Expenses docs to be thorough, learning from NI case
Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbiz reporter who was the first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead, the Guardian has learned.
In a statement, the campaigning group say:
There is an undercurrent of corruption in several key UK institutions. This scandal alone has shone the spotlight on the media, the police, politicians, regulatory scrutiny and the ethical integrity of a major UK company.
Yet several anti-corruption oversight structures are being hastily dismantled or severely cut back under government plans.
This should be put on hold until the consequences have been properly examined.
|@ fieldproducer : Sky sources confirm the IPCC is investigating John Yates for allegedly inappropriately giving a job to Neil Wallis's daughter #NOTW #NewsInt
He told Sky: "The Prime Minister is unable to show that leadership because of the decision he made to hire Andy Coulson in the first place, because of his failure to answer questions about Andy Coulson and his being brought into the heart of Downing Street. Also his inexplicable failure to apologise for his terrible error of judgement in hiring Andy Coulson."
See more at ladbrokes.com
Earlier on this afternoon I informed the Home Secretary, the Mayor of London and the Chair of the Police Authority of my intention to resign as Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service. It is with great regret that I make this decision after nearly 30 years as a police officer.
I wish to pay tribute to the many fine officers and police staff with whom I have served. I will miss them hugely, but I know that they will continue to do their utmost to protect the public and of course this great capital city.
We in the Police Service are truly accountable. Those of us who take on the most difficult jobs clearly have to stand up and be counted when things go wrong. However, when we get things wrong, we say so and try and put them right. As I have said very recently, it is a matter of great personal regret that those potentially affected by phone hacking were not dealt with appropriately.
Sadly, there continues to be a huge amount of inaccurate, ill-informed and on occasion downright malicious gossip published about me personally. This has the potential to be a significant distraction in my current role as the national lead for Counter Terrorism. I see no prospect of this improving in the coming weeks and months as we approach one of the most important events in the history of the Metropolitan Police Service, the 2012 Olympic Games. The threats that we face in the modern world are such that I would never forgive myself if I was unable to give total commitment to the task of protecting London and the country during this period. I simply cannot let this situation continue.
It is a matter of great personal frustration that despite my efforts, on a number of occasions, to explain the true facts surrounding my role in these matters since 2009, there remains confusion about what exactly took place.
I have acted with complete integrity and my conscience is clear. I look forward to the future Judge-led inquiry where my role will be examined in a proper and calmer environment and where my actions will be judged on the evidence rather than on innuendo and speculation as they are at present.
They said today in a statement:
We have today received referrals from the Metropolitan Police Authority about the conduct of four current or former senior Metropolitan Police officers.
"It is with great regret that I make this decision after nearly 30 years as a police officer", he says.
He condemns "malicious gossip" that had been published about him. "I have acted with complete integrity. My conscience is clear."
What's News Corp. (NWS) really worth? At least 50 percent more without Rupert Murdoch.
One of the striking things about the wall to wall hackgate coverage on the 24 hours news channels is the absence of Tory voices defending the Prime Minister. It is coming to something when the leader of another political party, Nick Clegg, is doing more to defend the PM than most of the Tory members of the Cabinet.
|@ RAGreeneCNN : Yates, lately of the Yard, cancels live statement, makes it on tape instead. Ahem.
"Once Sir Paul Stephenson resigned, it became inevitable that John Yates would step down as well, given his close connections to the original investigation.
"John Yates has done some superb work for the Met, however by his own admission he spent just 8 hours reviewing 11,000 pages of evidence within which were buried details of the most heinous crimes. Literally hundreds of victims of phone hacking were failed and his resignation is long overdue. He made a monumental error of judgment which rendered his position untenable."
"We now need urgent action to rebuild London's senior police team so they are in post and able to rebuild the Metropolitan Police's credibility and be ready for their biggest challenge next year, the security arrangements for the Olympics."
There was a mistake due to an admistrative error first time round.
|@ lucymanning : Cameron flying home early from trip


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NAES Awarded Installation Contract
Project will bring plant capacity to 31 MW, continue push toward renewable energy reliance
NAES Corp. announced that NAES Power Contractors Inc. has been awarded a contract by Kodiak Electric Association for the installation and commissioning of an 11.25 MW vertical Pelton turbine/generator unit at the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project, a remote site on Kodiak Island, Alaska, U.S.A.
NAES Power Contractors will provide the labor and supervision for the installation of a third turbine and necessary ancillary equipment in the existing powerhouse. The addition of the third turbine will increase the total power plant capacity to 31 MW.
The company said the project will help Kodiak achieve its goal of having 95% of its electrical needs supplied by renewable energy by 2020. The project will provide the city of Kodiak, the U.S. Coast Guard Support Center, and the communities of Chiniak, Pasagshak and Port Lions with cost-effective and sustainably generated power. The new turbine is scheduled to be placed in service by October 2013.


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Two women from Mea Shearim tour capital's bars on eve of Jewish New Year in bid to convince secular girls to become religious, advising them to stop desecrating holiday and to dress modestly
Moshe Heller
Published: 09.20.13, 15:02 / Israel Jewish Scene
Moshe Heller
Eyewitnesses say the two women walked around the city center carrying bags filled with Psalms and leaflets, which they handed out to young secular women. They asked them to return to their homes, to avoid desecrating the holiday and to dress modestly.
The women began their tour at Zion Square, where they attracted many people who gathered around them to listen to what they had to say or argue with them.
Haredi women in action
Later, they approached young women hanging out on a bar on Yoel Moshe Salomon Street and tried to start a conversation with them. The young women ignored them, but the haredi women continued talking to them against their will. Several men demanded that they leave the place and stop harassing the young women. They walked out, accompanied by partygoers who began filming and taking pictures of them.
Only when they noticed that some people were taking pictures of them, causing a further desecration of the holiday, the two women fled towards the Mea Shearim neighborhood with some of the youngsters chasing them. There were no reports of physical violence in the incident.
"We don't enter haredi neighborhoods and try to convince them to leave religion, so they shouldn't come to us," complained a young secular man.


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Sleep issues. Help Please!?
Marco Asked: Sleep issues. Help Please!?
So, its summertime, has been for a bout a month now, and my sleep schedule ( as usual ) has gotten way off.
I know its pretty normal, but i wanted to be sure. A lot of people are constantly pulling all nighters, as am I. So, ill wake up around 3-5pm and fall asleep around 6-7am. Ill sleep for about 10-12 hours everyday. (Im 15, btw. )
The thing that has bothered me with this though, is that, i'm having a huge difficulty falling to sleep now as well. Some nights it takes me 2 hours to fall asleep, even if i am/feel tired. I also feel tired all the time to.
So, I was just wondering if this Insomnia and feeling tired all the time is because i'm sleeping so much and my schedule is far from normal, and that if I got my sleeping schedule back on normal if that would fix it?
Thank you for helping if you can 🙂
It's because you're not doing anything when you're awake to make yourself tired (It's summer so you're not working your mind or your body).
try sugar
I don't think it's insomnia.If you drink alcohol it could be that, alcohol affects sleep.If it isn't, try some of these tips:
Don't have a white, blue or green colored pillowcase. Don't use lemon scented products in your bedroom. Wear socks to sleep. Don't watch television or use the computer an hour before you go to sleep. Don't drink coffee or caffeinated drinks after four o'clock.
If that doesn't work, it could be the summer heat or possibly puberty.
Insomnia is sometimes caused by a vitamin deficiency, even having just a little vitamin deficiency could cause muscle tension in addition to insomnia it mightbe smart to go and see a doctor where you can test for any vitamin deficiency. Vitamin D can be a cause, Calcium Deficiency can cause numerous things one particular being insomnia. Go to your doctor to be safe. Hope that helps.


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