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Undaunted by storm reports, Republicans descended on Florida as Mitt Romney's team worked Sunday to cram four days of events into three after the threat of tropical storm Isaac forced the soon-to-be nominee to scale back his national convention.
Blue skies with patches of clouds hung over Tampa early Sunday, though winds were picking up as the major storm approached.
As aides in Tampa scramble, Mr. Romney is taking a rare day off the campaign trail at his lakeside vacation home in New Hampshire, receiving updates on the storm and making final preparations for the Thursday speech with which he will accept the Republican Party's presidential nomination.
"The safety of those in Isaac's path is of the utmost importance," Romney tweeted after Republican officials announced they had called off Monday's convention proceedings.
Because of possible storm surges and flooding Isaac could bring, convention organizers said they were making contingency plans to move delegates who have been booked into beachfront hotels to other locations if necessary. They indicated the schedule shift also was meant to prevent overburdening emergency response personnel at the height of the storm.
The GOP made the announcement late Saturday, saying that while the convention would officially be gaveled into session on Monday as scheduled, events would be postponed until Tuesday.
Convention spokesman James Davis said organizers were closely monitoring the storm's path but planned to rely on emergency management officials to guide decisions on whether to relocate delegates at waterfront hotels. So far, none has been moved nor had officials received word of major problems for inbound delegates.
Mr. Davis said the GOP's advice to delegates was "if your travel plans have not been interrupted and they're set, we recommend you come on down."
With Isaac boring down on the coast, President Obama, who had been at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, dispatched the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a command center and move more resources into the state. Vice President Joe Biden scrapped a planned campaign trip into Florida that was to counter the start of the GOP convention.
Republicans hope to use this week's convention to cast Romney as a determined leader with the know-how to fix the country's economy. They also want to introduce him as a family-oriented figure to counter the image of him as a ruthless businessman, as Democrats have sought to brand him.
Romney and his wife, Ann, looked to show off the more personal side with a joint interview airing Sunday.
"I wish everyone could see him how I see him, because as a mother, I've seen him, how compassionate he's been with me, as a wife and my raising these small children and how he always valued my work as being more important than his," Ann Romney said in the "Fox News Sunday" interview taped at the family's summer home in New Hampshire.
The candidate described his wife as his "best friend, obviously, and my counselor throughout my life," according to an advance transcript.
While the Romneys reveled in their convention, Mr. Obama was due to travel next week to college towns in Iowa, Colorado, and Virginia to court young voters and college students. The president's nomination for a desired second term is set to come a week later in Charlotte, N.C., during a Democratic convention beginning Sept. 4, right on the heels of the Republican convention.
In an interview with The Associated Press published Saturday, Obama sought to portray Romney as someone beholden to "extreme positions" on economic and social issues. Obama took pains to paint Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, as ideologues at a time when voters seem frustrated by government gridlock.
After a near-constant travel schedule since he was announced as the GOP vice presidential candidate, Mr. Ryan was also taking a break. Following a Saturday evening fundraiser in Manchester, N.H., he returned home to Janesville, Wis. Aides said Ryan planned a quiet Sunday. Then, before flying to Florida, he was to appear at a Monday rally in his hometown that was likely to offer him a hero's sendoff.
A few of Romney's former presidential rivals were holding events of their own in Tampa. Herman Cain and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann – both have endorsed Romney – were appearing at a joint event. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who hasn't conferred his blessing on the presumptive nominee, was anticipating thousands at a University of South Florida rally.
Associated Press writers Philip Elliott and Steve Peoples in New Hampshire and Ken Thomas in Washington contributed to this report.


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American Roll Form Products, Painesville, OH, has opened a 53,200-sq.-ft. metal-fabrication plant in North Las Vegas, NV, equipped to process 200,000 lb. of material per day. The plant, which expected to employ 25 people by the end of July 2013, primarily manufactures metal pilings for the solar-panel industry. Its new rolling mill features a double-ended uncoiler with 10,000-lb. coil capacity, and a five-roll straightener. The machine will accept coil widths to 24 in. and has a total of 24 forming passes, with the flexibility of adding additional forming passes. At the exit end is a three-axis part straightener and a high-speed hydraulic flying post-punch and cutoff system.
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Robin Thicke and Wife Paula Patton -- The IRS is ALL OVER Our Sexy Asses
Robin Thicke and Wife The IRS is ALL OVER Our Sexy Asses
Robin Thicke and his wife made a BLOODY FORTUNE in 2009 and 2010 ... problem is, they forgot to share the love with the federal government ... and now Uncle Sam has issued a lien on their property.
According to official documents filed in L.A. ... Thicke and his super-hot actress wife Paula Patton owe the government $492,583.49 for failing to pay income taxes two years in a row.
Patton isn't just a pretty face ... she received critical acclaim for her role in 2009's "Precious" and co-starred with Tom Cruise in the 2011 flick "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol."
But a rep for the Thicke family tells TMZ ... the couple is aggressively trying to fix the problem ... telling us, "They've already paid more than half of this and they're working with the IRS to pay the rest."
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I, like so many, knew very little about the Amish culture/order before meeting Ray Yoder last year. I knew he and his family dressed in traditional Amish garb, that he was a very good, honest, upstanding man, and that we actually started our businesses similarly, out of the small garages back when. Funny to think we have quite a bit in common but we do. While we were in Ohio, we worked hard to finalize and tweak design samples but all the while, we were also getting to know Ray and his family better. In fact, on the last day before flying out, Ray offered to introduce us to his wife and younger children we hadn't met yet. We drove just a short gravel driveway up the way past his 30,000+ square foot L&J Woodworking shop that runs off of hydraulic power to a very cute home, not unlike you'd find in all parts of the country. In fact, that surprised me on my last trip to Amish country because I'd assumed that Amish families live in either old white farm houses or log cabins...because I'm an idiot. The differences are noticeable but only if you're really looking. You won't find electricity lines connected to Amish homes and you'll see lines of clothes drying out back. Oh, and no cars, of course. But otherwise, they're very similar to our homes. In fact, Ray's home is much larger than mine here in California.
Ray's wife was warm and open, just like Ray. They shared how they live but even more than that, they shared so much of who they are. Much more than I would have expected a business partner to share and I was honored to be on the receiving end. We laughed and talked about things that affect every family in the world: not enough time spent at home/too much work, kids not coming home at curfew, and the balance between work and mom-hood. In fact, when Katie and I mentioned that our husbands do most of our laundry, she smiled and said, "Keep it that way," after showing us her laundry set-up which is a manual washer and wringer.
When we weren't getting lost on gorgeous, country roads or eating at Amish-style buffet restaurants, we enjoyed some down time at The Inn at Amish Door. If you're in the Akron/Canton area, you have to book a room. It's an unbelievably wonderful hotel with restaurant, shops, and indoor pool. I would love to share more photos of Ray and his facility, but I want to respect his privacy. For now, enjoy the shots we took while pulling over on the side of the road, unloading a toy box, getting shocked by an electrical fence and quickly moving on our merry way. We couldn't have looked more out of place but we felt right at home.
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's swimming team swept visiting Gordon a dual meet at the Tripp Athletic Center Tuesday evening. The Corsair women won, 127-83, and the Corsair men won, 132-112.
The women won 15 of 16 events. The 200 yard medley relay team of senior Meredith Maki (Holden, MA/Wachusett Regional HS), junior Maggie Conlon (Methuen, MA/Methuen HS), sophomore Morgan Cooper (Sunderland, MA/Frontier Regional HS) and freshman Leslie Martin (Pittsfield, MA/Pittsfield HS) won in a season best 2:02.18. Multiple event winners included senior Kim Moore (Billerica, MA/Billerica HS), who won the 1000 yard freestyle and the 500 yard freestyle, Conlon, who took the 50 yard backstroke and 50 yard butterfly, Maki, who won the 200 yard freestyle and 100 yard backstroke, junior Lindsay Days (Mattapoisett, MA/Bishop Stang HS), who won the 50 yard breaststroke and 100 yard breaststroke, and freshman Brooke Garvey (Billerica, MA/Billerica HS), who won both the one meter and three meter diving.
For the men, multiple winners included freshman Edward Olean (Seekonk, MA/Seekonk HS), who won the 200 yard freestyle, the 100 yard butterfly and the 100 yard backstroke, junior Kevin Janofsky (Brookfield, CT/Brookfield HS), who won the 50 yard freestyle and the 100 yard freestyle, and sophomore Christian Francia (Hampton, NH/Winnacunnet HS) , who won both the one meter and three meter diving.
"We are wrapping our last week of intersession training, heading into taper week," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Cathy Motta. "We are excited to have most of the team participating at the New England Swimming Championships in Vermont and the diving championships here at UMass Dartmouth."
UMass Dartmouth's women are now 3-5, while the UMD men are 2-3-1. The Gordon women are now 0-10, while the men are now 0-8.
The Corsairs will return to action when they host WPI Thursday evening, while the Scots will host St. Joseph's (Maine) February 4th.


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Fundraising machine at full steam
Barack Obama's fundraising machine is operating at full steam.
Obama for America, the president's campaign committee, raised $84.7 million in August — $35 million more than it did in July, federal campaign finance reports released Thursday night show.
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The campaign spent $83.7 million — mostly on media consulting, production and buys ($66.3 million), online advertising ($2.5 million), payroll ($3.1 million) and travel ($2 million) — and ended the month with almost $89 million in reserve. That easily eclipses the $50 million that Mitt Romney's campaign committee reported in the bank through August.
The Romney campaign raised about $67 million and spent about $66 million, meaning Obama for America beat it in both categories — a notable turnaround from the past several months, when Romney was largely generating more campaign cash.
The figures for both candidates don't include money they raised in conjunction with national party committees. In this realm, the Romney campaign enjoyed a greater measure of success in August, although Obama's fundraising apparatus still won a narrow financial victory — $114 million to $111.6 million.
More than $25 million of Obama for America's August contributions came in the form of "unitemized" donations from small donors — contributions of $200 or less.
That obliterated the Romney campaign's total, which stood at $9.4 million for the month. And it serves to bolster the Obama campaign's assertion that its greatest strength is its grassroots support — people who may not boast unbridled riches but will boost the campaign however they're able.
Obama campaign spokeswoman Katie Hogan said its August report was 170,000 pages long — up from 90,000 pages in July — and helps account for "three million donors who show that the grassroots continue to be the backbone of this campaign."
Nevertheless , outside groups such as super PACs and politically active nonprofits have helped Romney significantly more than Obama.
This trend continued through August, federal filings show, with the main pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future spending more than $21 million, primarily on ads attacking Obama.
Comparatively, the main pro-Obama super PAC, Priorities USA Action, spent about $9.5 million, although it raised more money than its counterpart for the first time during any month this election cycle.


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Weekend Confirmed 122 - DYAD, Borderlands 2, Metro 2033
Garnett Lee, Jeff Cannata, "Indie" Jeff Mattas, and Andrea Rene deliver another discussion-filled episode of Weekend Confirmed. Topics include DYAD, Borderlands 2, Metro 2033, Spec Ops: The Line, and some of the top video game news stories of the week.
Garnett and the two Jeffs are joined by regular guest Andrea Rene this week to liven up the summer gaming drought with discussions about a number of games and some recent news. The psychedelic action game DYAD gets praised some more, and some fresh Borderlands 2 details are shared. In the spirit of clearing out summer backlogs, Garnett finally dives into the post-apocalyptic Russian subway system of Metro 2033, and comes away quite impressed. The mild controversy surrounding the Fez patch also gets discussed, before the crew brings it all home with Finishing Moves.
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Is your car watching your every move? Can the cable company track your DVR habits?
Those two privacy issues are bubbling up in Congress, where lawmakers this week filed bipartisan legislation that would give car owners control over data collected in black box-style recorders that may be required in all cars as soon as next year. The move follows a separate proposal made earlier this month that would block telecommunications companies from tracking viewer activity with new digital video recorders (DVR) technology.
Most new cars already have black boxes, known as event data recorders (EDRs), but manufacturers aren't required to inform vehicle owners about their existence or the data they collect, according to the lawmakers.
"For me, this is a basic issue of privacy," Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA) said in a statement. "Consumers should have control over the information collected by event data recorders in their own vehicles and they should be able to exercise control over the recording function. Many consumers aren't even aware that this technology is already in most vehicles."
Last year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed a new standard that would require all light passenger vehicles (weighing 8,500 lbs or less) and motorcycles built on or after Sept. 1, 2014, to have EDRs. The recorders, while similar in function to black boxes in airplanes, record far less information.
In response to the proposed new rules, Capuano and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) filed the "Black Box Privacy Protection Act" to give vehicle owners more control over the information collected through a car or motorcycle EDR. The legislation requires manufacturers to notify consumers if an EDR is installed in their vehicle, to disclose its data collection capabilities, and provide information on how data collected may be used.
The bill also gives vehicle owners control over the data. All data collected by an EDR becomes the property of the vehicle owner under this legislation. The bill would make it illegal for anyone other than the vehicle owner to download or retrieve information without owner consent or a court order.
The legislation also requires manufacturers to give consumers the option of controlling the recording function in future vehicles equipped with event data recorders.
"As a strong supporter of the Fourth Amendment and privacy rights, I believe vehicle owners should have ultimate control over information collected by their vehicle's black box, including what data is recorded and who has access to it," Sensenbrenner said.
According to the NHTSA, however, EDRs do not collect any personal identifying information or record conversations and do not run continuously. What they would record is:
Vehicle speed;
Whether the brakes were activated just before a crash;
Crash forces at the moment of impact;
Information about the state of the engine throttle;
Air bag deployment timing and air bag readiness prior to the crash;
Whether the vehicle occupant's seat belt was buckled.
"EDRs provide critical safety information that might not otherwise be available to NHTSA to evaluate what happened during a crash -- and what future steps could be taken to save lives and prevent injuries," said NHTSA Administrator David Strickland. "A broader EDR requirement would ensure the agency has the safety-related information it needs to determine what factors may contribute to crashes across all vehicle manufacturers."
But lawmakers said many consumers are not aware that this data could be used against them in civil or criminal proceedings, or by their insurer to increase rates.
No federal law exists to clarify the rights of a vehicle owner with respect to this recorded data, according to Capuano.
A bill to stop your DVR from spying on you
On a separate matter, Capuano and Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), filed the "We Are Watching You Act" in response to reports that national telecommunications companies are exploring technology for DVRs that would record the personal activities of people as they watch television at home.
"This may sound preposterous, but it is neither a joke nor an exaggeration," Capuano said. "These DVRs would essentially observe consumers as they watch television as a way to super-target ads. It is an incredible invasion of privacy."
For example, late last year Verizon patented DVR technology that monitors viewer actions in order to better target advertisements.
Intel has announced plans for a media streaming service and DVR with a camera this year that will track with recognition technology similar to that used in Microsoft's Kinect box. Unlike Kinect, Intel's box won't track motion, it would identify users and bringing up preset configurations on the box, according to Jon Carvill, director of Intel corporate communications.
The "We Are Watching You Act" requires prior consent from the consumer before a behavior-tracking DVR can be installed in a home. The operator of the technology must provide specific details on how collected information will be used, and who will have access to the data.
When the recording device is in use, the words "WE ARE WATCHING YOU" would appear, large enough to be readable from a distance, for as long as the device is recording the viewing area. If consumers opt out of the new technology, companies are required to offer a video service that does not collect this information but is otherwise identical in all respects.
Paul O'Donovan, an analyst with Gartner's Consumer Electronics Research Group, agreed with Capuano that DVRs are indeed becoming a very invasive technology.
It "goes way beyond the service provider monitoring what you're watching in order to offer recommendations or targeted advertising," he said. "That is already common place especially on sites like Amazon. But this is quite different, very invasive.... I'm not at all surprised that it [the legislation] is being proposed."
O'Donovan referenced Microsoft's Kinect motion-sensing game controller systems and how they could be used to track user's activity. But he said it remains unclear how images or audio, especially in the volumes that would be collected by millions of game owners, would be analyzed.
"Are there going to be rooms full of people watching the TV viewers in their homes, deciding what they are doing then deciding which adverts to show them?" he said. "This seems very subjective, expensive and not particularly efficient given the number of subscribers. So I suspect this is a technology that is unlikely to penetrate the market in any kind of volume in the near future."
Capuano, however, said that while DVR technology is in its early stages, it is important that Congress establish clear boundaries now before it becomes reality.
"Right now, there is nothing preventing companies from utilizing the technology, no obligation to notify the consumer before it is used and no obligation to give consumers the chance to opt out," Capuano's office said in a statement.
This article, Lawmakers move to block black box recorders in cars, was originally published at Computerworld.com.
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When former Baltimore Colts great and Hall of Fame quarterback John Unitas died yesterday of an apparent heart attack, so did an era in Baltimore when a professional athlete embodied the spirit and passion of a city.
Unitas was so Baltimore, and Baltimore was so Unitas.
When he was the leader of one of the NFL's most storied franchises here from 1956 though 1972, every kid who played quarterback in this town - in sandlot, high school or college - was named Unitas. The receivers changed, but never the quarterback.
There had to be tears shed last night when they broke out the old Colts films around the country. We adored the man, and all his characteristics - the sloping shoulders, the crew cut, the black high-top cleats and the piercing look.
Unitas to Berry. Unitas to Orr. Unitas to Mackey. Unitas to Moore. He made Sundays so special.
But even more than the great arm that put up 40,239 yards and won back-to-back NFL titles in 1958 and 1959, Unitas was loved throughout this city because he was one of us, a common man with a strong, blue-collar work ethic who said exactly what was on his mind.
Simply put, Unitas had guts. He was the NFL's ultimate tough guy. He was also the perfect Baltimore hero, an underachiever who played with a chip on his shoulder.
"John Unitas was the best quarterback ever," said Ernie Accorsi, the New York Giants general manager and one of Unitas' closest friends. "He was direct, and he expected you to be direct. If you crossed him, then there was trouble. He was in a class by himself as a quarterback. The rest can go in any order - Otto Graham, John Elway, Dan Marino, Joe Montana. They may have all had a little more than John in some ways as far as arm strength or physical attributes, but John Unitas won with what was in his stomach."
Ravens owner Art Modell said: "You could never get to John Unitas as a football player, and you never thought life could get to him, either."
Maybe we were all lulled into that falsehood. Unitas, 69, pulled off more miracles than the ancient prophets. If he had walked on water, no one in Baltimore would have been surprised. He was our miracle worker, the master of the two-minute offense. With Unitas, we either won or suffered a temporary setback.
There will never be an athlete in this town to match his presence. We loved watching his bowlegged walk to the line of scrimmage, because no one could bring as much confidence as Unitas.
"When you think of Baltimore, you think of John Unitas," said Ravens senior vice president Ozzie Newsome.
"This is a tremendous loss, especially here in the hometown he adopted and made better with his community efforts," said Ravens coach Brian Billick. "His presence in Baltimore and in the history of the NFL is unmatched."
But Unitas' era is gone from the NFL. The salary cap has created a rent-a-player mentality. Players are drafted, and just when they become quality players and citizens, they move on to richer ground. But Unitas never betrayed us. He went to San Diego briefly to close out his career, but no one really cared, because we all knew the prodigal son would eventually come back home.
We knew Pittsburgh was his native town, but Baltimore was his adopted home. He lived here during the offseason and had restaurants and freight hauling and numerous other businesses in Baltimore. Unitas was known for the tough persona, but Baltimore stole his heart.
His friends say he cried in private when owner Robert Irsay moved the Colts to Indianapolis in 1984. He always had harsh words for Irsay afterward, and he never appeared in Indianapolis for any Colts functions. When it was announced the Cleveland Browns were going to move here in 1996, one of the first people to greet Modell was Unitas.
He gave out the ball for the inaugural game. Jim Harbaugh gave Unitas the game ball when the Ravens beat the Colts, 38-31, in their first meeting here in 1998. Unitas was often on the sidelines for Ravens games.
"We were certainly not the most lovable characters at the time," Modell said. "The Colts came from a different era. They could have resented us coming here trying to take away their legacy. But the Jim Mutschellers, Lenny Moores, the Art Donovans, they gave us a big, big welcome. John Unitas, he was one of the first to reach out to us."
Unitas and the Colts began turning professional football into the nation's No. 1 sport with the sudden-death overtime win against the New York Giants in the 1958 championship game on national television.
"I have to go by Yankee Stadium on the way home, but every Dec. 28, I would call John up on the cell phone," said Accorsi, who often dined with Unitas on Thanksgiving Day. "I'd say, I just went by the Concourse Plaza Hotel where John Unitas had to wake up to meet his destiny.
"John really never knew how big he was when he played," said Accorsi, a Colts assistant public relations director in the 1970s. "He had that typical Western Pennsylvania working man's mentality. Hospitals would request him, and he would say, 'Why do they want me?' I would say, 'John, don't you understand how big you are?' "
But he would always go.
Yesterday, former teammates wept upon hearing of Unitas' death. Friends and former players recounted how Unitas would spend endless hours at charitable events. Jim Phillips, the longtime director of the Colt Corrals, recalled how Unitas would appear at yearly bull roasts and cookouts.
That might command a fee of a couple thousand dollars these days. Unitas did it for free.
Everyone who ever played with him or watched him play in Baltimore seems to have a Unitas story.
"In 1966 or 1967 against the Bears, John Unitas broke his nose, and he refused to come out," said formers Colts kicker and lineman Lou Michaels. "He wouldn't even tell anybody. That's the kind of guy he was.
"He would walk into a huddle, tell the linemen to block, and 'I'll win the game for you.' He would say, 'I'm not bragging, but that's just the way it is.'
"Tough guy on the field, but big heart off of it," said Michaels, starting to cry. "He was very simple, very straightforward. No matter what I asked him to do, he would do it. If a kid asked him for an autograph, John would go out of his way to get it done."
Vince Bohn, 42, a salesman at Finch Services in Baltimore, recalled trying to be one of those kids.
"I was 8 years old, standing outside of Gill Gymnasium at Western Maryland College waiting for him to come out," Bohn said. "He comes out, and all of these 10-, 11-, 12-year-olds are screaming in his face. I don't get an autograph because I was in awe. I froze up."
Phillips said: "The first game I ever saw in Baltimore we were losing 13-10 to Detroit, and he pulled it out with two minutes left. You were always sure he was going to bring you back in the last couple of minutes. Recently, you'd see him on the sidelines at Ravens game. Even if the guy was 200 years old, and you had met him six, eight, 10 or 12 times, you'd still feel as though he was still playing."
Maybe the most fitting tribute to Unitas came during his last game in Baltimore. On Dec. 3, 1972, Unitas threw a 63-yard touchdown pass to Eddie Hinton. Early in the fourth quarter, a plane flew overhead with a banner trailing that read: "Unitas we stand!"
The noise was deafening as Unitas drew a standing ovation.
Almost 30 years later, we're still standing, still honoring the greatest sports hero in Baltimore history.
When former Baltimore Colts great and Hall of Fame quarterback John Unitas died yesterday of an apparent heart attack, so did an era in Baltimore when a professional athlete embodied the spirit and passion of a city.


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Geoff Cooper said that the Government should use the Budget to scrap VAT on home improvement products and introduce tax relief on mortgages for first-time buyers.
"I know the economists will shriek with horror, but these are not conventional times," Mr Cooper said. "Any type of conventional measure is only going to scratch the surface."
Mr Cooper was speaking as Travis Perkins, which owns Wickes, reported a 16pc rise in annual pre-tax profits to £313m but warned of "volatile" trading conditions.
The company saw its like-for-like sales fall 1.4pc in 2012 due to a lack of activity in the housing market and pressure on consumer spending hindering Wickes sales.
Mr Cooper also warned that like-for-like-sales fell by 5.1pc in the first seven weeks of 2013, with the snowfall in January impacting trading.
However, total sales rose 1.4pc to £4.8bn in 2012 as Travis Perkins was boosted by the acquisition of trade retailer Toolstation.
The Travis Perkins chief executive said that improvements in mortgage and housing transactions data could boost the company and its markets later in 2013.
However, he warned: "Whilst there are indications, for the first time in a while, that growth will return to our markets later this year, we anticipate volatile conditions will persist in the short term, further troubling weaker operators."


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Intel's Paul Otellini took the stage today at the Intel Developer Forum to tout the company's next two 45nm processor designs, codenamed Penryn and Nehalem.
Penryn in November
On the Penryn front, Intel is promising 15 new 45nm products by the end of this year and another 20 in the first quarter of 2008. At least nine of those new products will be a slate of Xeon dual-socket parts set for release on November 12. The 1333MHz FSB Xeons will start at $209 and 2GHz on the bottom and go up to $1,172 on the top (80W and 120W TDP, respectively), while the two 1600MHz variants will clock in at 2.8GHz for $797 and 3.0GHz for $958.
Intel claims that Penryn will offer a 20 percent performance boost over the current 65nm products within the same thermal envelope. This performance boost will come courtesy of a number of microarchitectural enhancements (described previously) and the inevitable clockspeed bumps.
Also on tap for sometime next year is the "Silverthorne" 45nm mobile processor. Silverthorne will be aimed at ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), a form factor that looks sexy enough but has yet to really take off. I think part of the problem with UMPCs is Microsoft still hasn't figured out how to make a mobile version of Windows that's bearable to use. So we'll have to see what Apple and the Linux crowd can come up with for this form factor. One thing's for sure—Silverthorne will help bring bring real x86 laptop power down to pocket size for the first time, so if the software can catch up, 2008 should be a great year for gadget freaks.
Moving up on the size ladder a notch, Otellini referenced Intel's Montevina platform. Montevina will debut in the first half of 2008 as the successor to the recently launched Santa Rosa platform. Aside from the newly announced 25W Penryn that will form the heart of the platform, Montevina's most talked-about feature is undoubtedly its WiMAX support. With Sprint hard at work on a WiMAX rollout here in Chicago by year end, I look forward to putting Montevina through its paces from a café somewhere in the city.
Note that AMD's Griffin and Puma combo, which I've previously covered in detail in a technical article, will face off against Montevina when it launches.
Nehalem next year, and 32nm in 2009
Otellini also talked briefly about Intel's forthcoming 45nm part, Nehalem. If Penryn is the 45nm "tock" to Conroe's 65nm "tick," then Nehalem is the next "tick" in the cycle. Or, if the reference to Intel's "tick-tock" strategy is too confusing, just think of it this way: Penryn is a process shrink of the 65nm Conroe design with minor improvements, but Nehalem is a whole new ballgame.
Nehalem will be designed from the ground up for Intel's 45nm process, and it will eventually carry the line into the 32nm realm in 2009. Otellini stated that Nehalem is still on track for the second half of next year. Intel had a fully functional Nehalem demo box on-hand for the show, but they apparently turned it off and wouldn't let anyone fool around with it after the presentation.
Otellini also insisted that the 32nm transition is still on target for 2009, and to prove it he showed off the world's first 32nm test wafer containing some logic circuitry and SRAM cells.
Intel and AMD trade press releases, barbs
AMD has been working to counter Intel's IDF announcements with a combination of product announcements and YouTube videos. Monday's tri-core announcement was the first counter-punch in the PR battle, and today the company has been mailing around two videos: one on AMD's quad-core architecture and another on the triple-core processor.
Speaking of the triple-core announcement, Intel's Otellini got off a shot at AMD by responding to the Inquirer's query about whether Intel would ever consider making a triple-core part with this zinger: "We see a distinctive advantage in having all the cores on one die work."


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WASHINGTON, May 4, 2007-The U.S. Department of Agriculture today published a final report on a variety of pilot projects conducted throughout 2004 to test technologies and procedures recommended for use with the National Animal Identification System (NAIS).
Many of the projects tested the system in real-world scenarios, integrating animal identification and movement reporting into everyday commerce. The results provide valuable information about the day-to-day use of animal identification and tracing technology.
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Damage mitigation is not just for tanks or PVP. Good use of your damage mitigation abilities make for happy healers and happy raid leaders.
Barkskin is a druid ability that is full of win:
The druid's skin becomes as tough as bark. All damage taken is reduced by 20%. While protected, damaging attacks will not cause spellcasting delays. This spell is usable while stunned, frozen, incapacitated, feared or asleep. Usable in all forms. Lasts 12 sec. 60 second cooldown.
It costs no mana and triggers no global cooldown so there's really no excuse for not making the most of it.
Here are some ideal times to use Barkskin for each boss in Dragon Soul. Most of these situations are also good times to use Divine Protection if you are a Paladin since the two talents are quite similar.
Normal and Heroic: Barkskin should be usable once every crystal phase. The best time to use it is just before a Stomp. If you are one of the crystal soakers, you can time your Barkskin so it is active for both a Stomp and the following Resonating Crystal damage.
Warlord Zon'ozz
Normal: Barkskin is best used during the Black phase on this fight to reduce the damage taken by Black Blood of Go'rath.
Heroic: Use Barkskin at the beginning of the Black phase, as that is when raid damage is highest (as adds are killed there is less damage going out). You could also use Barkskin when you are affected by Distrupting Shadows if it will not be cleansed off.
Yor'sahj the Unsleeping
Normal and Heroic: The ooze combinations on this fight are unpredictable, so it's hard to time your Barkskin to get the most use out of it. In general, try to use Barkskin whenever the raid damage is heavy. The Red oozes will cause the most damage, so using Barkskin anytime that is up is a good idea. Make sure you're popping Barkskin after the oozes reach the boss – there's no damage while they're travelling to them. It's also a good idea to use it when Black is active and you have an add hitting you.
Hagara the Stormbinder
Normal and heroic: Main phase – use Barkskin if you are soaking Ice lances. You can also use Barkskin if you are placed in an Ice Tomb.
Lightning phase – Damage during this phase ramps up the longer it lasts, so wait a few seconds before using Barkskin.
Ice Phase – Use Barkskin if you are standing in the Watery Entrenchment (this is a strat you're more likely to use in heroic mode). If you aren't in Watery Entrenchment, you shouldn't be taking any damage so Barkskin shouldn't be needed (though you can pop it just to be safe in case you get hit by an Icicle).
Normal and heroic: Use Barkskin on cooldown to prevent as much damage as possible from Unstable Monstrosity. If your Barkskin comes off cooldown just before an Hour of Twilight is going to be cast, hold off and use it after you come back out of the Twilight Realm.
Warmaster Blackhorn
Normal and heroic: In phase 1 use Barkskin whenever it's available and you are about to take damage from either a Twilight Barrage or a Twilight Onslaught.
In phase 2, use Barkskin before as many Disrupting Roars as you can.
Spine of Deathwing
Normal: There are a lot of good opportunities for Barkskin on this fight. You'll want to use it as often as possible, when you're affected by one of the following:
Grasping Tendrils – You will be taking a fair amount of damage while you're waiting for Deathwing to do a barrel roll.
Fiery Grip – You will be stunned, but you can still use Barkskin.
Superheated Nucleus – This happens when the Amalgamation is about to explode. The whole raid will take significant damage for a few seconds until it dies.
When you're affected by one of the above and Searing Plasma, Barkskin is particularly effective since any healing on your will be absorbed.
Madness of Deathwing
Normal: During phase 1, there are two times when Barkskin is particularly effective. First, when an Elementium Bolt is going to hit. Second, when Blistering Tentacles are up and you are taking damage from Blistering Heat.
In phase 2, use Barkskin when Deathwing's health reaches 10% and you are taking extra damage from Corrupted Blood.
Also don't forget to use Dream during this fight. In phase 2 you want to save it in case you get targeted by Shrapnel, but during phase 1, you can use it whenever you're taking damage.


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Ramen is one of those dishes I find myself craving at least 3 or 4 times a week. Unfortunately, I live too far from a really good ramen place and can't really satisfy those cravings other than making it myself. (Note to Ippudo: please open a Brooklyn location.)
A quick and easy version to make, if you don't have the many hours it takes to create a luscious tonkotsu (pork bone) broth, is miso ramen. I use a red miso paste made with soy beans, but there are plenty of other red, white, or yellow varieties made with barley, rice, or buckwheat. Dashi is the soup stock usually used for miso ramen, which can also be quickly made with dashi granules, but you can substitute it with vegetable or chicken stock.
As for the other ingredients, I used corn, spinach, and eggs for this basic meatless version. But the beauty of ramen is that you can add or substitute leftovers in your fridge. Tofu, bean sprouts, mushrooms, cabbage, and leftover roast chicken come to mind. You can also be creative with fresh in-season produce. Today I made a delicious bowl of ramen with sautéed ramps in place of raw scallions. And yes, it was a-maze-ing.
For the seaweed garnish I like to use a few sheets from the little snack packs like Annie Chun's or Seasnax, which are widely available and MSG-free. Though it is difficult to not snack on them and finish a pack or two before you're done making the ramen. Hide them under a dishtowel if necessary.
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Serves 2
- 2 large eggs
- 8 ounces spinach
- 2 packets dried instant ramen (about 6 ounces)
- 4 cups dashi, vegetable stock, or chicken stock
- 3 tablespoons miso paste
- Soy sauce to taste
- 1/2 cup corn kernels
- Dried seaweed (the individual packs of nori snacks are perfect for this)
- 2 scallions, green parts chopped
- In a medium pot, cover the eggs with water and bring the water to a boil. Lower the heat to a bare simmer. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes for soft-boiled eggs or 10 minutes for hard-boiled. Remove the eggs with a slotted spoon or mesh strainer and rinse under cold water. Peel the eggs and slice in half. Set aside.
- Add more water to the pot (enough to cook the spinach) and return to a boil. Blanch the spinach for 1 to 2 minutes, then drain and run under cold water until it's cool enough to handle. Squeeze the excess water out of the spinach and set aside.
- Cook the ramen noodles according to package instructions, either in a pot or microwave. Drain and separate into 2 serving bowls.
- Bring a pot of dashi, vegetable stock, or chicken stock to boil, then lower to a simmer. Add the miso paste and stir until fully dissolved. Season to taste with soy sauce (miso pastes tend to differ in levels of saltiness, so taste before you add the soy sauce.) Turn off the heat.
- Pour the soup over the noodles in the bowls. Divide the eggs, spinach, and corn into the serving bowls. Top off each bowl with dried seaweed and chopped scallions and serve.
(Note: Steps 1 through 4 can all be done one right after another in the same pot. Or to cut down on time, you can do steps 1 and 2 together and 3 and 4 together.)


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech cross country teams head to Alabama Saturday to compete in the 2012 Ohio Valley Conference Championships. The meet will be held at Oxford Lake Park in Oxford, Ala., and is hosted by Jacksonville State.
The day's schedule begins with a women's 5K race at 9:15 a.m., with the men's 8K contest planned for a 10 a.m. starting gun.
It marks the first time that Jacksonville State University has hosted the meet since the Gamecocks joined the Conference prior to the 2003 season. The meet is free and open to the public.
Golden Eagle coach Tony Cox has his lineups set for the meet, with eight men and eight women scheduled to compete.
Two different runners have set the pace for the Tech women's team this year, with senior Beth Mitchell leading her team in three of the five meets and junior Rebecca Cline pacing the Golden Eagles in the other two. Each has finished second in every race that she wasn't the team's leader, and they are expected to play those same leadership roles on Saturday.
Also running for Tech will be Meghan O'Donoghue, who has finished third on the team in four of the five races. Joining that threesome will be Kathryn Forbes, Landry Loving, Elizabeth Mitchell and Peri Winborne. Forbes and Mitchell have each posted their career-best times this season. Loving placed third on the team in the most recent meet, the Berry College Invitational.
Three different runners have led the Tech men's team this year in its five meets. Matt Bishop was the TTU pacesetter in each of the first two meets, Michael Mahan led in the next two, and Sterling Smith was the top placer in the Berry meet. One other runner who has consistenly been among the top three has been Adam McLeod.
Joining that threesome in Tech's lineup Saturday will be Kolbe Andrzejewski, Daniel Francis, Charlie Jordan and Matt Pennycuff. Andrzejewski, Francis, Mahan, McLeod and Smith have all raced to their career-best 8K times this year.
This will be the 51st OVC men's championship, as the first one was held in 1962. Eastern Kentucky has won the most OVC Championships (20), including the last six in a row and seven of the last eight. EKU has had the individual champion in each of the last eight years.
The women's championship will be determined for the 34th time this year. Eastern Kentucky has won 25 of the previous 33 championships, although Eastern Illinois enters the meet as the defending champion. EKU has had the individual winner each of the last three years.
This year's meet includes 12 teams for the first time, as SIUE is postseason eligible for the first time and Belmont is in its first year in the league.
The OVC Athletes and Freshmen of the Year, which are determined by coaches vote, will be announced on Friday and awarded along with Coach of the Year, Athletes of the Championship and All-OVC honors following Saturday's Championship.
Men's Preview
Eastern Kentucky, the six-time defending champion, enters Saturday's race as the favorites as they enter the meet ranked No. 13 nationally in the USTFCCCA poll. That marks the highest-ranking in school history for the program that finished 26th at NCAA Championship a season ago. The Colonels have competed at several of the top meets in the country this season, including most recently the Wisconsin adidas® Invitational where the team finished ninth out of a competitive 45-team field. The squad also won meets at Memphis and Vanderbilt and finished fifth at Notre Dame. Junior Soufiane Bouchikhi, the two-time defending OVC Champion, was 13th overall at the Wisconsin meet, but for the first time in his career was not the top EKU finisher in a race; Bouchikhi finished three spots behind sophomore Ben Toroitich who ran the fastest 8K time in the OVC this season (23:36.0) to finish 10th.
Eastern Illinois has finished as runner-up at the OVC Championship in two of the last three years and enters the meet ranked 15th in the Midwest Region. Sophomore Bryce Basting finished 11th at the OVC Championship as a freshman and was named OVC Runner of the Week on Sept. 18 after his performance at the Illinois Intercollegiate. In his last race he ran the fifth-fastest 8K time in the OVC this season (24:23.00) at the Bradley Classic.
Southeast Missouri finished as the meet runner-up in 2008 and 2010 and was third a season ago. Junior Brent Collins placed 10th at the OVC Championship last season and owns the top 6K time in the OVC this season (19:28.4). Senior Nate Shipley is looking to lockup his third-straight Top 10 finish at the OVC Championship as he was ninth in 2010 and third a season ago.
Host Jacksonville State recorded its best OVC Championship finish in 2007, the only time the meet has been held in the state of Alabama (Samford hosted in Hoover that year). Senior Matt Brick earned a pair of OVC Runner of the Week honors this season for the Gamecocks.
Although not currently in the regional rankings, Belmont has been regionally-ranked this season as it prepares for its first OVC Championship. In its tune-up meet for this weekend's championship, the Bruins were seventh at the Blue Ridge Open hosted by Appalachian State.
Austin Peay senior Konnor Kessler has been the Governors top finisher in every meet this season including posting the fifth-best 5K time (16:17.35) in the league this season at the Front Runner Invitational two weeks ago.
Morehead State has made strides under second-year head coach Brent Ericksen including winning the Fast Cats Classic in Owensboro, Ky. two weeks ago. Junior newcomer Zachariah Elliott led the Eagles in that meet and has been MSU's top finisher in each race this season. Overall Morehead State has placed fourth at the Championship each of the last two years.
A young Murray State squad has been paced by freshmen Lucas Prather and Jared Koerner this season. Overall the MSU roster includes six freshmen and three sophomores.
After completing its reclassification to Division I, SIUE will compete in its first OVC Championship this weekend. The Cougars have been paced by senior Aaron Werths this season; Werths took first place at the SIUE John Flamer Invite two weeks ago and ran a competitive time at the Greater Louisville Classic earlier this season. Freshman Clint Kliem has also been solid for SIUE this season.
For the first time in six OVC Championships Tennessee State did not finish at the bottom of the pack a season ago. The Flying Tigers look to continue its improvement on Saturday with a roster that includes sophomore Adrian McDaniel who led the team at the Front Runner Invitational two weeks ago.
Tennessee Tech has finished seventh at the OVC Championship in each of the past two seasons. The Golden Eagles were led by freshman Sterling Smith's 12th place finish at the Berry College Viking Open two weeks ago.
A year ago UT Martin placed fifth at the OVC Championship, marking the program's highest finish since joining the league in 1992. This season the Skyhawks will look to improve on that finish with senior Tallon Scott and freshman Justin Morgan, who have been the team's most consistent runners this year.
Women's Preview
By placing four runners in the Top 11 last season Eastern Illinois claimed its second overall OVC Championship and first since the 2001 season. The Panthers return four of its top five finishers from a season ago including senior Olivia Klaus who is looking to lock up her fourth-straight All-OVC selection this season. Klaus was eighth as a freshman in 2009, fourth in 2010 and fifth a season ago; this season she owns the third-best 6K time (21:35.00) time in the OVC, a mark that stands as the EIU program record. Senior Erika Ramos was the Panthers top finisher at the meet last year, placing fourth overall, while senior Britney Whitehead holds some of the top 5K and 6K times in the league in 2012.
Despite having two of the top three finishers a year ago (including senior Lydia Kosgei who qualified for the NCAA Championship) Eastern Kentucky missed out on winning its sixth-straight OVC Championship. Although currently not regionally-ranked, EKU has been in the rankings this season and has competed against some of the top competition in the country. Sophomore Ann Eason, who was ninth at the Championship last year, holds the top 5K (17:37.26) and 6K (21:26.10) time in the OVC this season. The team also features freshmen Viivi Rantanen and Julia van Velthoven who look to contend.
Belmont enters its first OVC Championship ranked 14th in the Southeast Region. Sophomore Mia Elbon has earned a pair of OVC Runner of the Week honors this season and has the third-best 5K (17:42.59) and second-best 6K (21:34.52) in the Conference in 2012. A year ago she was named Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year.
Southeast Missouri is looking to improve on its third-place finish from a season ago. The Redhawks have been paced by sophomore Rebekah Lawson this season. Lawson earned OVC Runner of the Week honors on Sept. 18 and warmed-up for the OVC Championship by placing 29th in the Black Race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals two weeks ago in Louisville.
Murray State has been a contender for the OVC Championship in each of the past four years. Freshman Abigail Ashbee-Simmonds has performed well this year leading the Racers in three different meets. Junior Carolyne Tanui led the team at the Notre Dame Classic earlier this season, placing 10th in the Gold Race where MSU placed sixth as a team.
Jacksonville State is looking to become the first host to win the OVC women's championship since 1990 when EKU hosted and won the event. Senior Kailey Jensen earned OVC Runner of the Week honors earlier this season and was the team's top finisher two weeks ago at the Alabama Crimson Classic.
Junior Xiamar Richards led Austin Peay a season ago at the OVC Championship, placing 10th overall and earning second-team All-OVC honors. Three weeks ago she won OVC Runner of the Week honors after taking first place out of 87 runners at the JSU Foothills Invitational, which was held on the same course the OVC Championship will be contested on.
Morehead State prepared for the OVC Championship by running some of the top times in school history two weeks ago at the Fast Cats Classic. Seniors Anya Martinez and Holly Mandzak each recorded Top 10 program times in the 5K, with Martinez putting up the fifth-best time (18:12.90) in school history and Mandzak running the ninth-best time (18:39.90).
Although a member of the OVC since 2008, SIUE just finished its reclassification effort to Division I this past August and will be competing in its first OVC Championship this weekend. Junior Claire Brown and freshman Kirby Hale have been two of the squad's top runners this season. Hale took first place at the team's John Flamer Invitational two weeks ago.
Tennessee State will look to redshirt freshman Oteia Prince to lead its squad this weekend. Prince had a strong effort at the Front Runner Invitational two weeks ago, placing sixth among OVC runners (20th overall) with a 2-mile time of 12:27.01.
Tennessee Tech has consistently been paced by senior Beth Miller and junior Rebecca Cline in its meets this season. Cline was the team's top finisher at the OVC Championship a season ago.
Senior Amanda Wardlaw has been one of UT Martin's top runners this season. She along with junior Hannah Wolters, who was 21st at the OVC Championship a season ago, will look to lead the Skyhawks this weekend.
Golden Eagles head to Alabama for OVC Championships
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shastab24 wrote:I just wanted to say that, even though he's your Mxyzptlk, this page reminded me of "The Great Brain Robbery" from Justice League Unlimited and Flash as Lex Luthor after being asked if he washed his hands when leaving the bathroom: "No, because I'm eeevil."
hi sorry for the loooooong response. but yeah that was the inspiration for Simple Simon. *sigh* i miss justice league unlimited.


text: HKSS.com | Community > Discussion Forum > View topic - Music: ELLA KOON "Original" Home Community Superstars Music | What's New | Help HKSS | Search* Discussions | HKE Chat | Reflections of Life | Virtual Cards | Member Galleries Please excuse our mess. HKSS is currently under re-construction and some links/sections don't work yet. What's New: Latest updates | Member Galleries | Music | HKE Chat | About HKSS.com Community Discussions HKE Chat Reflections of Life Member Galleries Virtual Cards* Play Music Superstars Profiles* Galleries* Reviews Gossip & News Other Privacy Policy Terms of Use Link to HKSS* HKSS.com What's New About Contact* Advertise* Help HKSS Links YesAsia yuenStudios Do you like HKSS? My Watched Topics | My Favorites | My Profile Private IMs Register Log in Help | Stats | Members | Groups Search Forum Music: ELLA KOON "Original" HKSS.com Forum Index -> Reviews View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message MavisCrazed FanJoined: 07 Oct 2003Posts: 113 Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 4:16 am Post subject: Music: ELLA KOON "Original" Ella made a name for herself when Sam Hui had her as one of the regular guests in his concerts. Coming from Tahiti (have fun looking up where that is, but for some reason a lot of Chinese live there), Ella has one of the better vocals among female newcomers this year. "Original" is a very well produced album. The composers of the songs, like Paul Wong, Jun Kung, Eugene Pao are some the best musicians in the business. First plug song in the album is track 2 "Going ashore", a song with the cool ocean feel that suits Ella well. The big hit has been track 3 "Level of horizon", a simple song that shows off Ella's good vocal. Track 6 "Blue, white, red" is the most interesting song in the album. Written by Eugene Pao, "Blue, white, red" is a blues melody that's rarely seen in HK pop. Unfortunately Ella's vocal didn't fit quite well with the song. I think it would be a lot better if it was sung by a male singer. "Original" also includes Ella's version of Sam Hui's new song "Continue to smile". Honestly, I hated that song...way too corny for the 21st century. Music wise, "Original" is one of the better albums from a female newcomer this year, but I wonder if that would translate to some newcomer awards for Ella at year end. Rating: 7.5/10 Buy the CD here Recommendations: Track 1 - Things are most beautiful when they are far away Track 2 - Going ashore Track 3 - Level of horizon Track 9 - How much can you love (Hustler version) Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First HKSS.com Forum Index -> Reviews All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Entertainment----------------All EntertainmentReviewsGossip and NewsIdol DiscussionsMusicMoviesTV Shows Non-Entertainment----------------General DiscussionsNew MembersFun and GamesReflections of LifeHobbies, TravelFood and CookingHelp!Websites HKSS.com----------------Announcements/ What's New?Help HKSS.comFeedback/ Contact HKSS.comWishlist You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Back to top Copyright © 1996-2014 HKSS.com™. All Rights Reserved. About | Link to HKSS.com | Advertise | Contact | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use Information and images accessed from this site are protected by international copyright and/or other intellectual property rights. You may infringe these rights if you download, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, or exploit such content without the explicit consent of HKSS.com. > Site design by yuenStudios.com (2006)


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Martin Unveils Milestone 15 Millionth Guitar Da Vinci Unplugged
C.F. Martin & Co. has unveiled the 1.5 millionth Martin Guitar at the 2011 NAMM Show.
Dubbed "Da Vinci Unplugged," over the past year and a half, the parts of this milestone guitar were carefully crafted at the Martin factory in Nazareth, PA, and then sent to expert luthier and inlay artist Harvey Leach, who designed the Leonardo da Vinci-inspired Mona Lisa headstock, Last Supper pickguard and Vitruvian Man back. Scrimshaw artist Bob Hergert then added his expert touch, including intricately engraved illustrations - based on an array of da Vinci drawings - to Style 45 hexagons that were cut from fossilized mammoth ivory and inlaid into the fingerboard and bridge wings. The guitar was then returned to Nazareth for final assembly, delicate Style 45 perimeter inlay, and finishing.
"Since I became chairman and CEO of the company, I have been fortunate to have overseen the creation of several milestone guitars, including the company's 500,000th in 1990, 750,000th in 2000 and one millionth in 2004, and each of these accomplishments leaves me in awe," said Chris Martin IV. "The unveiling of the 1.5 millionth Martin Guitar marks the shortest period of time we have taken to produce a half-million Martins. This is testament not only to the demand for our guitars and the perfection expected from us, but also the quality of work, passion and skill of the craftsmen and women behind each hand-made instrument."
The 1.5 millionth Martin also features special gold tuning buttons engraved by Tira Mitchell, a case is crafted by TKL, and a strap hand-tooled and donated by leather artist Chuck Smith. For more information on the creation of "Da Vinci Unplugged" - including a first-person account from Mr. Leach - visit the Martin Guitar Blog.


text: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Senate and House Propose End to SGR, Therapy Cap Repeal Also Discussed House and Senate proposals now on the table would end the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula that has confounded adequate payment to Medicare providers since its inception. The Senate version also suggests a permanent repeal of the Medicare therapy cap. The proposals are scheduled for discussion this week. Both proposals—created by the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees—repeal the current SGR formula and freeze payment rates for 10 years. During this 10-year period providers are eligible to earn payment above the base level through value-based performance programs and alternative payment models. The Senate Finance Committee proposal also includes a full and immediate repeal of the Medicare therapy cap. However, manual medical review would remain in place at the $3,700 level through 2014, followed by the development of a modified medical review process beginning in 2015. The Senate proposal also calls for the creation of a new data collection system to replace the current functional limitation reporting system and includes language directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to explore new payment models for outpatient therapy. The bill also requires that beginning in 2015, claims for outpatient therapy include data on whether a physical therapist assistant provided the service. The House Ways and Means proposal focuses solely on repeal of the SGR formula and does not include a repeal of the therapy cap or any Medicare extenders. The House committee is expected to discuss its proposal sometime this week before adjourning on Friday, December 13. APTA continues to work with legislators and staff on the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees as these proposals make their way through the legislative process. APTA will provide additional resources for members and an analysis of the impacts on the physical therapy profession after this week's discussions. Comments Any hope of doing away with MPPR? That alone would be helpful. I think we should have a review process, it will reward PTs and their patients who treat and document properly. Unfortunately, many PTs do not want to risk a review and tell their patients, "sorry you've met your cap and I have to discharge you now. Or you can pay out of pocket." Terrible! I have sent 2 reviews out this year to our RAC and both were fully approved. Don't be afraid of this process if you are doing the right treatment and documentation! Nancy Reynolds, PT Chapel Hill, N.C. Posted by Nancy Reynolds -> =JW\= on 12/12/2013 12:55 PM


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Over at NCRegister, Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez begins an essay ostensibly on the immigration debate by lamenting that too often, "we are just talking around the edges of the real issues." He then continues for nearly 3,000 words without saying a single thing about immigration policy.
But Archbishop Gomez is not himself "talking around the edges of the real issues." He has done something new for a Church leader in America. He has provoked, in the best sense of that word, what should be a wide consideration among American Catholics of what it means to be American and what it means to be Catholic in America.
The Archbishop knows well that how an American Catholic understands his history and identity fundamentally frames his response to the immigration debate. As it stands, I think it's fair to say, the self-concept of a good majority of American Catholics leads them inevitably toward a legalistic and often nativist approach to the immigration debate. Archbishop Gomez' has done something groundbreaking for a church leader by suggesting not policy, but a framework for American Catholics to understand their history and purpose, which while true, is very little attended to.
As I read him, there are two major points in Archbishop Gomez' article that I think should provoke a spirited round of self evaluation among American Catholics:
First - He asserts that the part of our history which is pre-statehood, ie., Hispanic and Catholic out West, should still inform our current American identity. He argues against a diminished or "downsized" view of American identity which begins at Plymouth Rock and proceeds only through the thirteen colonies on out to the Pacific.
The rest of the story starts more than a century before the pilgrims. It starts in the 1520s in Florida and in the 1540s here in California.
It is the story not of colonial settlement and political and economic opportunity. It's the story of exploration and evangelization. This story is not Anglo-Protestant, but Hispanic-Catholic. It is centered, not in New England, but in Nueva España — New Spain — at opposite corners of the continent.
From this story we learn that before this land had a name its inhabitants were being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. The people of this land were called Christians before they were called Americans. And they were called this name in the Spanish, French and English tongues.
From this history, we learn that long before the Boston Tea Party, Catholic missionaries were celebrating the holy Mass on the soil of this continent.
Catholics founded America's oldest settlement in St. Augustine, Fla., in 1565.
Immigrant missionaries were naming this continent's rivers and mountains and territories for saints, sacraments and articles of the faith.
We take these names for granted now. But our American geography testifies that our nation was born from an encounter with Jesus Christ.
California does not have a Jefferson City or a Washington, but it does have a Sacramento. It may surprise the people of Marin County, California that Pt. Reyes got it's name because Spanish Carmelite priests celebrated Mass there on the Feast of the Three Kings in 1603, but it shouldn't. San Diego, Santa Barbara and Carmel were named in similar fashion by Spanish Carmelites more than 150 years before Blessed Junipero Serra founded the California Missions and 250 years before California became a State.
Speaking of California and the Southwest, Archbishop Gomez says, "Before there were houses in this land, there were altars." We should not forget that history or omit it as part of our story and identity, Archbishop Gomez argues. Nor should we fail to assume the mission of those saintly missionaries who named and evangelized the West and Southwest. They too and their mission are part of the American story:
This is the real reason for America, when we consider our history in light of God's plan for the nations. America is intended to be a place of encounter with the living Jesus Christ. . .
. . .When we forget our country's roots in the Hispanic-Catholic mission to the New World, we end up with distorted ideas about our national identity. We end up with an idea that Americans are descended from only white Europeans and that our culture is based only on the individualism, work ethic and rule of law that we inherited from our Anglo-Protestant forebears.
Second – And Archbishop Gomez does this more subtly, but he all but says that America's needed economic, political, spiritual, cultural and moral renewal is dependent on "new, youthful" Hispanic Catholics and that this renewal has something to do with God's plan for salvation.
. . .I believe our immigrant brothers and sisters are the key to American renewal.
And we all know that America is in need of renewal — economic and political, but also spiritual, moral and cultural renewal.
I believe these men and women who are coming to this country will bring a new, youthful entrepreneurial spirit of hard work to our economy. I also believe they will help renew the soul of America.
In his last book, Memory and Identity, written the year he died, Blessed John Paul II said: "The history of all nations is called to take its place in the history of salvation."
We must look at immigration in the context of America's need for renewal. And we need to consider both immigration and American renewal in light of God's plan for salvation and the history of the nations.
Well, reading that again, maybe he wasn't so subtle.
What is remarkably refreshing about Archbishop Gomez' approach is his candor. His candor has been met with similar candor in opposition to his points over at the Register's combox. I do not think that is bad.
All through the DREAM Act debate, it was very clear that argument over the contents of the bill was merely a proxy fight for competing broader narratives*. It seems that rational debate over policy will never be achieved until we confront, examine and debate those underlying narratives. I am very grateful to Archbishop Gomez for so forthrightly laying out his. I also think his has the benefit of being true, but regardless, he has introduced a new and vital way of approaching the debate.
* – I hesitate using the word "narrative" because I generally used it as a pejorative, but I am using this in a generous sense allowing that some narratives are narration.


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Tony Stewart didn't have time for a debate. He had one last chance to grab the win at Kansas Speedway, and it came down to one critical decision.
Two tires, or four?
The two-time series champion asked for two on the final pit stop Sunday, and crew chief Darian Grubb immediately agreed with the strategy. The rapid thinking got the race lead for Stewart, known as "Smoke", and he held on over the final 26 laps for his fourth win of the season.
"He asked me what I thought, I kind of put my vote in, and he said it was exactly what he was thinking," Stewart said. "It made me feel good that we both agreed on the same thing that quick. It was like, to both of us, it wasn't even an option. We pretty much knew what we both needed."
What he needed was a win.
After a rocky start to the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, Stewart found himself in danger of allowing Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson to pull the title out of his reach in just the third of 10 races. Stewart went into the race fifth in the standings, 106 points behind leader Martin, and in a slump of five of six finishes outside the top 10.
Grubb knew they needed to turn it up, and soon, to stay in title contention.
"We knew going into the Chase it was a must-win situation," Grubb said. "You're going to have to win races against these competitors. You have to go in with the mindset you have to win races."
The victory at Kansas moved Stewart up one spot in the standings to fourth, and his deficit was cut from 106 points to 67 behind Martin.
Stewart then raced through his celebration to fly off to Iowa, to compete with teammate Ryan Newman in the Knoxville Dirt Late Model Nationals, which were rained out Saturday night.
"As soon as I get done with this stimulating conversation that we're having here ... then I'm going to get to Knoxville as quickly as I can," he said in his post-race news conference. "That's my goal, to get out of here soon. Just a hint."
Martin, the pole-sitter, finished seventh and maintained his lead in the standings. He's up 18 points over three-time defending series champion Johnson, who finished ninth after a bad pit call put him in traffic that he couldn't overcome.
"We'll have to get home and look at the car and see what is going on there," Johnson said. "So many guys took two, and we took four. There at the end, we were just trying to get some track position back and I just didn't have the speed that I had the start of the race and had lost a couple of more spots.
"At the end of the day, we finished ninth and that isn't too bad. We hate to see guys we are racing in points ahead of us."
Martin wasn't in a celebratory mood despite maintaining his lead: There were only three drivers within 100 points of him at the start of the race, now the field has seven within 103.
"Look at it however you want," Martin said. "What is there, seven more to go? I don't think we should be getting all hyped up about the tally right now, you know? We've got a lot of racing to go."
Gordon, who battled a poorly handling car at the start of the race, was thrilled with the final outcome — until a NASCAR official informed him he'd only gained one spot in the standings to seventh.
"That's it? Can't you read it different? Just tell me I'm fifth," he said.
He still cut his deficit from 122 points to 103.
Stewart said Gordon was coming fast in his rearview mirror.
"He was getting bigger," Stewart said. "The big thing was not to drive the tires off. We had a little left, but we didn't leave too much out there."
Biffle was third, followed by Juan Pablo Montoya, Denny Hamlin, Kahne and Martin.
David Reutimann was the only non-Chase driver in the top 11 with an eighth-place finish.
Chase leaders 1. Mark Martin5,5512. Jimmie Johnson-183. Juan Montoya-514. Tony Stewart-675. Kurt Busch-916. Denny Hamlin-997. Jeff Gordon-1038. Greg Biffle-1149. Ryan Newman-16410. Carl Edwards-16511. Kasey Kahne-19012. Brian Vickers-250Next race WHAT: Pepsi 500.
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text: Coming into his first season as the Boston State College lacrosse coach, 25-year old Gordon Webb was quoted as saying, "We are cautiously optimistic." The team was coming off a 5-6 season in 1971 and was heading into just its third year of existence. Webb's optimism translated into a 12-1 season, which would be the first of 11 campaigns in which his teams would post double-digit wins. He directed the Warriors to an 11-2 mark and a United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association National Tournament berth in just his second season and more of the same followed. In 11 seasons at the helm of Boston State lacrosse, Webb posted a 124-46 mark, good for a .729 winning percentage, while capturing six Colonial League Championships, including three campaigns with an unblemished record in league play and five ECAC tournament appearances. Webb's players benefited from his guidance individually as well, with two All-Americans donning the green and gold, five playing in the prestigious North/South National All-Star game and 74 being named to the All-Colonial League team. Following his tremendous success with the Warriors, the mentor made the transition to UMass Boston, where he coached the Beacons' first lacrosse program and led it to a 10-3 mark and its first-ever ECAC tournament appearance, while becoming a fixture as one of the university's faculty members as a professor in the human performance and fitness department for 20 years. Webb's dedication to the sport was not limited to the field as shown by his involvement with the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association from 1974-80. He was the NEILA's president from 1977-80 as well as the President of the Colonial League from 1975-82 and served as an Executive Board member of the USILA from 1981-82. Following his coaching tenure at UMass Boston and a 10-year coaching hiatus, Webb returned to the game as Head Boys Varsity Coach of Nashua High School in New Hampshire. During his time at Nashua High, he amassed a 61-28 record in five seasons from 1995-1999, won a New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I state championship in 1998, coached 16 NHIAA All-State Players, 14 New Hampshire/Vermont All-Stars and three All-Americans and was named NHIAA Division I Coach of the Year in 1995. Webb also served as an assistant coach for the Boston Blazers of the Professional Indoor Lacrosse League, from 1995-1997. In his twenty years of coaching, Webb accumulated an overall record of 202-80-1, good for a 72% winning percentage, and is a member of the 200 wins category of the US Lacrosse Century Club. His most recent honor came in 2001, when he was inducted into the New England Lacrosse Hall of Fame. A 1964 graduated of the University of Massachusetts, he was instrumental in creating the New England Premier Lacrosse Recruiting Showcase to spotlight the top prep lacrosse players in the nation.