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From Darren Lynn Bousman, director of Saw II, III ans IV, comes this tale of an entity trying to enter our realm via heaven's 11th gate. Watch the trailer
Jessica Brown Findlay stars in this British indie as a young woman with literary aspirations who begins an affair with the father of her new best friend, played by Felicity Jones. Watch the trailer
Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale and Ben Foster star in this remake of an Icelandic thriller about an ex-smuggler forced to make one last run to save his brother-in-law's life. Watch the trailer
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Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez star in this direct-to-video tale of a happy couple who go on a dive where they encounter a killer shark. Watch the trailer
From writer-director Dee Rees comes this very personal film starring Adepero Oduye as a teenage woman from Brooklyn struggling to come out to her family and friends. Watch the trailer
Linda Cardellini stars as an Iraq War vet trying to readjust to life stateside with her husband, played by Michael Shannon, and kids. Watch the trailer
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Two employees at an old New England inn that's scheduled to close are determined to prove the place is haunted, but get more than they bargained for in this horror film from director Ti West. Watch the trailer
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Nadia Toto is a Montreal designer whose clothing is featured at a fashionable shop on South Granville — which is where I spotted and tried on the perfect little-black-dress sporting a price tag that said Ouch!
Later, with a Google search, the identical dress showed up on the website of a Quebec online boutique offering free shipping. The cost: one third less, for a saving of $158. How could I resist?
This phenomenon, whereby a consumer sees something in a store, touches it, tries it on, checks it out, but subsequently opts to make the purchase online, has grown so common it has a label: "Showrooming."
And those selling exclusively online, like the Quebec online boutique, are known as "e-tailers."
The world has changed, and traditional B.C. retailers are feeling squeezed.
While retail sales right across Canada took a surprising jump in May — mainly due to vehicle sales, the B.C. Business Council reported earlier this month that "retail spending has been quite soft in B.C." so far in 2013.
"Retail sales have essentially been flat since early 2012," in contrast to other Western provinces, especially Alberta, which has seen a six-per-cent gain in sales.
The business council notes that B.C. has seen weak job growth, and indebted consumers remain cautious. Cross-border shopping is another challenge.
Then there's new, enhanced competition from big American retailers.
A soon-to-be-reconfigured building in downtown Vancouver, formerly accommodating Sears, will open in 2015 as a Nordstrom store. Holt Renfrew and Hudson's Bay Company will now have to compete against the sexy Seattle-based retailer, famous for service levels that go beyond what Canadian stores typically offer.
And news broke on Monday that HBC could soon be featuring Saks Fifth Avenue merchandise in its Canadian stores.
Last May, U.S.-based Target began opening outlets offering cheap chic across B.C. Ten stores have already sprouted.
British Columbians should be concerned about the health of their homegrown stores because the retail sector is the province's largest employer.
It accounts for nearly 10 per cent of the labour force, some 300,000 employees working in 30,000 locations.
Accordingly, the Retail Council of Canada's B.C. branch wants Christy Clark's government to encourage British Columbians to quit crossing the border to do their shopping.
But, of course, it's doubtful any government ad campaign would be able to convince financially strapped locals to pay higher prices or choose from a more limited range of stock, when they don't have to.
Profit Magazine in January cited a survey showing Canadian retailers believe they lost 7.3 per cent of their 2012 sales to cross-border shopping. That percentage is likely to grow.
While Torontonians must drive two hours to get to Buffalo, a Vancouver shopper is just 65 minutes from Bellis Fair Mall in Bellingham.
In addition to debilitating competitive forces, B.C. shopkeepers had the hassle last April 1 of switching their accounting systems from the HST back to the PST and GST.
Some might be wondering, more broadly, whether stores in their current form could one day become dinosaurs, as the world grows ever more globalized and the Internet more pervasive.
Certainly, the marketplace has changed. "General stores" first made their appearance in the U.S. in the 1700s; department stores sprung up in Paris in the mid-1800s; and strip malls and later big-box retailers became commonplace in the last century.
With so many shoppers enjoying the diversionary pleasures of browsing and buying, it will be a pity if retailers, in B.C. and elsewhere, aren't able to find enterprising ways to endure, and thrive.

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The rantings of a Public Defender constantly fighting against society's pervasive Police Industrial Complex. Enjoy the unique perspective of one whose life's work is to fight the system through the system.
Saturday, September 03, 2011
And You Thought You Had a Difficult Case.
The gist of it is that Luhron Gorman was in New Orleans with a friend, and they were running from the police. At one point Mr. Gorman and friend went into someone else's house to hide, wherein the friend robbed that family at gunpoint. The friend got away with $60. Mr. Gorman was arrested 2 weeks after the crime from a crimestoppers tip, and he starts confessing. He says he had no part in THIS robbery. He merely went in to make sure his friend did not hurt the 97 year old resident, and he never displayed HIS gun. But he also confessed that he had stolen the gun that he had on him from somewhere else.
Mr. Gorman was tried for 4 crimes within 24 hours, among which is the home invasion robbery and the possession of a stolen firearm. Although it is not evident from the article how it happened, his attorney, Public Defender Jessica LaCambre, "tried unsuccessfully to stop the testimony" of Mr. Gorman. I assume that that means that she told him not to testify, and objected when he insisted on taking the stand, etc. It appears that Mr. Gorman felt it necessary to testify, against the advice of his attorney, and that he didn't do well enough in testifying to save himself from being convicted. The jury convicted him of everything. Mr. Gorman now faces 99 years for the robbery, and 10 to 20 for the gun. At some point Mr. Gorman accused his Public defender, Jessica LaCambre, of having an inappropriate relationship with the prosecutor (I don't know what that means, but it always sounds bad), and of failing, I guess, to negotiate him a better plea deal. The article speculates that Mr.Gorman did this to either get a mistrial or lay the groundwork for an appeal.
Look, Mr. Gorman sounds pretty guilty of SOMETHING, because he confessed to numerous things. And he likely slit his own throat when he confessed to the police. Who knows how much he hurt himself by testifying, often a difficult proposition. I don't know anything about Public Defender Jessica LaCambre, but I will assume that, as a PD, she was doing what she thought was right for Mr. Gorman, trying to dodge one or two icebergs on what was obviously the Titanic. I've been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with DDA's before by clients because, God forbid, I was talking to the DDA about their case when they couldn't hear (or someone else's case, for that matter). Clients facing years in prison may be a bit paranoid, or even a lot paranoid, but, WOULDN'T YOU BE? I mean, if someone you don't know, who you don't trust, who you don't pay, is defending you it is reasonable to distrust that person. And with the horror stories defendants tell each other (too many of them true) about overworked PDs with no time, no experience, no compassion, no competence, it is all understandable. I don't know if Public Defender Jessica LaCambre, Mr. Gorman's PD, did anything wrong here. But I can say, WITH CERTAINTY, that this was a difficult case, a difficult client, difficult facts, and no client control. Bad day for the attorney, worse day for the client. I think we've all been there.
Here's the things that interested and bothered me about the article. 1) The article states that the (bad) verdict capped off a contentious "Daylong trial." Really? All this was in a single day, so large a day that it had to be "capped off?". I don't know how things work in New Orleans, but wasn't there other things she could have done? If Mr. Gorman was going to testify, was there some mental defense that might have been pursued? Were there perhaps some legal flaws with the confession? Wasn't there SOMETHING that would have militated more than one day of trial? If 1 day is all that it takes in New Orleans to get, in essence a death sentence (by incarceration), then this is a bad jurisdiction indeed. That is a freight train that moves WAY TOO FAST. I my guy's getting that much time, I will make the DDA will earn it, thank you very much. And earning it means taking more than one day.
2) The jury convicted Mr. Gorman of the home invasion robbery by a vote of 10 to 2. The robbery that's going to get him 99 years. 10 to 2. 99 years. DO YOU HEAR WHAT I AM SAYING?!? A non-unanimous jury gets him 99 years? That's outrageous!!! What the fuck?!? And maybe Mr. Gorman had something going here, because two jurors surely DID buy what he was saying. I am being a little petty here, but maybe Public Defender Jessica LaCambre might have devoted a wee bit of time challenging this rigged procedure. It boggles my mind that a guy can get 99 years from a non unanimous jury. Oh, and since this was a grueling daylong trial, perhaps more time might have been spent picking the jury. Pure speculation here, but since Mr. Gorman is Black (his photo is in the article), and since New Orleans went through massive racial changes in its jury pool after Katrina (lots of African Americans left New Orleans after Katrina), maybe, just maybe, there were some Batson v. Kentucky issues here worth exploring? It's speculation, but I'm willing to bet 10 to 2 that I am right.
3) At one point Mr. Gorman was removed from the court because he was "disruptive," probably because of all those accusations he made against his Public Defender. According to the newspaper article, no explanation was given to the jury for his absence from the courtroom. Later, during that same (grueling) daylong trial, he was brought back into court so that he could be ID'd by the victim, after which Mr. Gorman testified. That sure doesn't sound right to me. Seems like there should have been a mistrial here, or at least a really strong admonishment by the judge.
Dennis R. Wilkins
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- matthew whitten said...
Although I applaud the defense for not playing the race card (Batson), I agree and believe one day is extremely short for a trial where a defendant is ultimately sentenced to 99 years. However, it may be that there simply wasnt a plethora of evidence to present fro either side. In that case, it sunds like the defendant pushed for trial against the advice of counsel, and testified against the advice of counsel as well. I see no reason to jump to concluaions that the defense was epjneffective, but, then again, on post conviction if I would certainly make that argument.
in addition, it would be appellate counsel's job to argue Batson, not the trial counsel, right? Correct me if I'm mistaken.
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DETROIT – A United Way volunteer is walking the halls of the maternity ward at Sinai-Grace Hospital with a start-up kit for new parents to help them commit to reading to their new baby for 15 minutes each day.
Allyson Jones delivers an unexpected gift to new parents at the Detroit hospital. She's giving them the book "Time for Bed" and a magnetic picture frame.
With the gift, Jones is asking for something in return: for parents to read to their new baby for 15 minutes every day. Lashawna Vereen signed the contract and made the commitment for her new daughter, Madison. Chonita Wilson signed it, too.
"I think that is extremely important, especially for a city like this," Wilson said. "Where a lot of people may lack in other areas, well, now you have no excuse."
The two moms are among 300 parents to commit since the United Way launched this project in the fall with the help of a $27 million donation from the GM Foundation.
"We've gotta make sure that we start from the day of a child's birth to really capture those first three years of promise where the brain develops in order to be successful when they come into high school," said Michael Tenbusch, vice president for educational preparedness at United Way for Southeastern Michigan.
Wilson can't wait to read her new book to her daughter. She started reading to her little girl while she was still in the womb. For these parents, it's about reading and creating memories with your child.
"And that memory, as they get older, will help them be resilient," said Jones. "And that's been shown in research. Children that have a literacy-rich environment and nurturing relationship with their parent, they are more resilient when they get older."
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Case History: Elliot B.
- 42 year old male
- Weight: 268 lb. Height: 5' 10 ½"
Main Complaint:
- IBS – symptoms for 20 years but diagnosed 5 years ago and getting worse.
- BM: 7 – 8 times/day. Diarrhea, mostly liquid.
- 1 to 2 x/mo will pass blood with bowel movements if has more movements than usual.
- Bloating, gas and heartburn.
- Abdominal pain and gurgling.
Secondary Complaints:
- Extremely depressed.
- Very irritable and anxious.
- Loud noises bother him; he's startled easily and easily upset.
- Severe claustrophobia. Never had the problem 20 years ago. - can't get into a car w/ others unless he's driving.
- Can't drive anywhere unless he knows exactly where the bathrooms are.
- Sums up his problem as debilitating. Had to quit his job and become a consultant so that he could work from home.
- He can't do any hobbies or desired activities.
- When family went on vacation he would stay in his room.
- Won't go outside the house much. - gets worried about leaving home.
History / Family History
- Had gas pains as a child and thinks he's always been lactose intolerant.
- Feels good at 200 lb but currently weighs 268lb; recently gained 20 lb.
- Drug use: abused drugs in 1980s; underwent rehab for cocaine.
- Sister who is anorexic and also has drug abuse history.
Current Medical Diagnosis
- Obesity (BMI 37)
- Anxiety
Diet Diary
- Breakfast – fast food
- Lunch – subway sandwich or tacos – fast food
- Dinner – fast food or chicken, rice and veggies (at home)
- Snacks – pretzels, cookies, fruit, crackers
- Needs coffee to get going in the morning
- Drinks 3 litres of diet soda/day.
- Lexapro 10 mg/day. 4 years ago was on Paxil, it stopped working so switched to Lexapro.
- Lorazapan for anxiety as needed for 5 years.
- Ativan – as needed
- Discover the source of the bowel irritation. Rule out food reactions and infections.
- After removing any irritants, heal the bowels.
- Evaluate adrenal function.
- Educate on healthy diet.
Lab Tests:
- Stool analysis
- Adrenal profile – salivary testing
- Comprehensive blood analysis – fasting
- Gluten test – blood and saliva
Results of laboratory tests:
- H. pylori, Clostridium Difficile toxin A and moderate Proteus species were identified.
- Stage II adrenal fatigue with low afternoon cortisol, low DHEA and very high cortisol : DHEA ratio.
- Cholesterol – 216
- Direct LDL – 150 (high)
- Total Fe binding capacity – 401 (high)
- Cortisol (blood)– 4.85 ( very low)
- Hemoglobin A1C – 6.10 (high)
- Gliadin – borderline in saliva, negative in blood
- Modified Elimination Diet – eliminating the most common food allergies from the diet for 10 days followed by a reintroduction.
- Lifestyle and dietary management.
- Antibiotic therapy to treat H. pylori and C. Difficile infections followed by probiotics.
- Supplements to support adrenal function, enzymes, B12 injections and sublingual B12 on days not receiving injections.
Current Status:
Best communicated from a report written by the patient after being on the program for 90 days:
IBS ruled my life. I could not go anywhere where I was not absolutely sure that there was a close bathroom. I tried to take over the counter and prescription diarrhea medicine, but it would only last a few hours. Because of my symptoms, I was also on depression medication on a daily basis to "help" me deal with the anxiety that was caused by my IBS. I also suffered from extreme claustrophobia, and could not travel in my car without stopping to go to the bathroom every 20 minutes or so. I would say on a good day I had 6-7 bowel movements and on a bad day 8-9 - every day. I have had IBS for the last 20 years, but this bad, only for the last 2-3 years.
I could not go skiing, running or walking outdoors. Traveling was a nightmare for me and my family. I was always stressed about when I would have to next go to the restroom.
I remember at our first meeting Dr Petersen told me that she could help me, not with arrogance, but with confidence. She showed me pictures of what my insides probably looked like, but explained it in an easy to understand, matter of fact way. Dr Petersen told me I would have to give up eating like I was (eating myself to death, or a certain heart attack), but I could do it gradually.
I was given a diet that included none of the things I had been eating or drinking. It included giving up caffeine and gluten and sugar and aspartame. I had come to the clinic willing to try anything and I knew it would be hard but nothing could have prepared me for the withdrawal from caffeine and sugar. I thought that during the first week I was getting sicker, but I made it through. No real progress on my IBS, but I felt different. We went through blood tests and saliva tests and stool samples. It turned out I had 2 infections in my intestines that were not letting me digest food. The antibiotics at first made me feel even worse, but I was in this for the long haul. I knew I was on the right track because soon I started to feel better. Maybe the IBS was not cured yet, but I had more good days than bad, and I felt better emotionally and physically than I had in a long time. About one week after I finished the antibiotics, I began to lead a normal life. I was only going to the bathroom 3-4 times a day, and the experience was much better. Two weeks later, I had a few days in a row with only 2-3 bowel movements per day. In three days, I had what would have been one of my bad days, but with no anxiety or discomfort.
The side benefit of my gluten free diet is that I am off of my "maintenance anxiety drug". This did not happen because my new doctors told me not to take it, I just forgot to about two weeks ago, and have not had the need for it. Today I got in a car w/ 4 other men and I wasn't doing the driving. It suddenly dawned on me that I would never have done that before. The anxiety would have prevented me.
I have also lost 18 pounds, which was not why I came here, but is a definite benefit.
It is very difficult to explain the pain and suffering that I went through and that I put my family through with my panic attacks and IBS. I am lucky that they supported me and did not leave me. I feel that I can start to be the person that I am meant to be. My life gets better every day. Maybe everyone is not as sensitive to gluten as I am, but for me it is poison. It is easy to pass up gluten with the great results I am seeing. I asked Dr Petersen if it was just the caffeine that made me so irritable. The doctor explained that for some people gluten is neurotoxic. This was definitely the case for me and understanding that makes it easy to stay on a gluten free diet. I also realized that all of the food that made me sick has gluten in it....bagels, bread, pizza, pasta, sandwiches......I was killing myself while trying to eat healthy. When I had a salad with bread and croutons, it defeated the purpose.
Anyway...that is my story so far. I feel better everyday. I can not thank Dr Petersen enough for helping me change my life.
Elliot B.
Case study submitted by: Drs Vikki and Rick Petersen, DC, CCN.
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The Wall Street machine is brokenAugust 2, 2012: 12:12 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, and Abbott Laboratories, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
Technology is a great thing until it runs amok. That's the plot line of scores of good (and bad) sci-fi novels and movies. But it's also the sad reality for investors.
The Knight Capital Group trading glitches Wednesday are just the latest example of how an increasingly short-term oriented market can fall victim to colossal computer screw-ups. Knight said Thursday it had removed software responsible for erroneous orders. But the damage is done. The company reported a $440 million pre-tax loss tied to the snafu. Shares of Knight (KCG) lost half their value Thursday, raising some doubts about the firm's future.
I wish that this Long Day's Journey into Knight was an isolated incident. But it's not. Ironically enough, Knight is one of the many firms that were burned by the Nasdaq's (NDAQ) mishandling of the Facebook (FB) initial public offering. Earlier this year, a smaller stock exchange known as BATS was forced to cancel its IPO -- because of technical problems on its own exchange the day it was set to go public.
Related: UBS lost $356 million on Facebook, suing Nasdaq for it
And we all still remember the infamous Flash Crash of May 2010. The Dow plummeted nearly 1,000 points in a matter of minutes. It's still not entirely clear what caused this event, but many argue that computer algorithms and so-called high frequency trading programs exacerbated the problem.
Technology is supposed to help improve our daily lives and make things more efficient. But it's become Frankenstein's monster for many investors. So many market makers and brokerages are touting ever-faster ways to trade. Knight even has a product with the amusing name of Sumo. (Aren't most sumo wrestlers too big to be fast?) There's an insatiable need for people to execute an order a picosecond faster than the next guy or gal. Every penny counts!
It's hard not to look at the insane volatility on Wall Street and conclude that some of the more sophisticated trading programs are doing more harm than good for average investors. Why should people put money into stocks if they have to worry that some rogue computer (call it HAL if you are child of the 60s or Skynet if you're a Gen X-er like yours truly) can easily malfunction and cause a market crash.
It is understandable why there is a growing sense of distrust regarding the stock market, a sense that Wall Street is a rigged casino where the house always wins. And even though Bill Gross, the bond king of investing firm Pimco, can rightfully be accused of being self-serving after opining about the dying "cult of equity" in his latest letter to investors, he has a point.
Related: Should we listen to a bond king trying to time stocks?
Many investors are no longer willing to accept the notion that stocks should outperform other assets over the long haul. And that's unfortunate. I think most people would be foolish to exclude high-quality stocks from any long-term portfolio.
Of course, bonds, commodities like gold, and real estate can all be good things to own for a period of years as well. If history has taught us anything, it's that diversity is key. The easiest way to lose a lot of money is by having a lot of exposure to a small group of similar investments.
There is nothing wrong with the idea of buying strong companies and holding onto them for a period of decades -- as long as these companies continue to grow of course. You probably won't find too many disgruntled shareholders who've owned blue chip stocks like Apple (AAPL), Starbucks (SBUX), Wal-Mart (WMT) or Walt Disney (DIS) for many years.
It is unfortunate that the increasing number of technical trading glitches may scare away investors for good. I can't blame them --- even though I think it's the wrong decision to shun stocks entirely.
What's the solution? I'm not advocating that we turn the machines off and go back the old days of doing everything by phone. Or manually with pen and paper. But Wall Street firms clearly have to take a hard look at themselves and figure out if technology has come too far. Instead of striving for quicker trades, companies should aim to make sure their systems are less prone to fail and bring down entire markets.
Unless the Knight debacle is treated as a true wake up call on Wall Street, we're likely to see another incident like this again in the not-so-distant future. Heck, it may even be Flash Crash 2: Electric Boogaloo.
For the brave few of you out there who still invest with a time horizon beyond the next half hour -- Wait. Did someone in Spain just cough? Sell sell sell! -- I wouldn't blame you for completely abandoning the market for good if you get screwed yet again. Enough is enough.


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'The Care Quality Commission: Regulating the Quality and Safety of Health and Adult Social Care: Department of Health (HC 1665)' details how the Care Quality Commission had a difficult task in establishing itself, and has not so far achieved value for money in regulating the quality and safety of health and adult social care in England.
The Commission, formed in 2009, had to merge three existing regulators to establish a new organisation and implement a new regulatory approach, which for the first time integrates health and social care. The Commission's budget is less than the combined budget of its predecessor bodies, even though it has more responsibilities. Even so, it spent less than budgeted in both 2009-10 and 2010-11. This was partly because it had a significant number of staff vacancies.
The process for registering care providers did not go smoothly. Although 21,600 providers are now registered, the timetable for two of the three tranches of registrations was not met. The Commission diverted inspectors from compliance activity to registration work in a bid to meet the timetable. As a result of this and the number of inspector vacancies, the Commission completed only 47% of the target number of compliance reviews between October 2010 and April 2011.
Although clearly defined, the Commission's role as a regulator has not always been communicated effectively to the public and providers. In addition, proposals to extend the Commission's role risk distracting the Commission from its core work of regulating health and social care. In the absence of measures of impact, the National Audit Office assessed value for money in terms of whether the Commission delivered what it set out to.
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Steel Garage Doors Oceanside:
Steel garage doors are probably the most durable and the most stylish when it comes to safeguarding your dwelling. They can take almost any weather and wear and tear. They're easy to keep shiny and clean
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The traditional beauty, classic wooden garage doors never go out of fashion. You can find the most amazing designs, textures and finishes to complement any style.
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Glass garage doors are probably the most in-vogue products that we store. They are unique, immensely stylish and are 100% YOU
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Aluminum is being widely used in making garage doors these days. It is because it is light, practically maintenance-free and available in various designs and finishes.
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This is probably the most confusing part when it comes to maintaining your home. You just don't know whether to repair or replace a garage door. You can find plenty of replacement options with ADS and then some. All that you have to do is go through our vast collection of garage doors and choose the one that suits your home or taste the best. Our deft craftsmen and installers will fix the door in no time.
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Be it right wind or left wind, we know what the right spring for your needs is. The best thing that you could do is just show us the garage door and tell us about your needs and the comfort level that you seek. From installing the torsion spring to maintaining its condition to keeping your hands tension free, we do it all before you can count how many times you've been frustrated with your garage door in the past. We understand the holding power and tension strength of the spring well enough to choose the perfect one for your door.
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(Pocket-lint) - Sony's latest waterproof compact camera, the TF1, has a name that, when said fast enough, sounds a lot like "Tough One". Which is most apt as it's also sand, freeze and dustproof, as well as being tough enough to survive watery plunges down to 10m.
When we first saw the TF1 on Sony's stand at the Consumer Electronics Show 2013, we were very pleased to see its stripped-back, bare bones design. See, previous Sony waterproof models have had a slide-up cover mechanism that, while it might look all swoosh from the outside, is an open sore for dust and grime. Not an issue for most normal cameras, but chuck a bunch of sand and grit at it and the body, and potentially the lens, would end up scratched to bits in no time at all. Not so with the TF1 - Sony's headed in the right direction here.
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The Rich and Famous are Not Immune to Domestic Abuse
This article originally appeared on CNN.com on June 18, 2013.
By Michele Weldon
Believing that celebrity and success -- even attractiveness -- guarantee immunity from domestic violence is like believing famous people are magically protected from the dangers of other drivers on the road, airborne pathogens from a stranger's sneeze, or the path of a wild fire.
Domestic violence knows no boundaries, affecting women — and some men — who meet every descriptor of race, age, socioeconomic or educational status, sexual orientation, demography, geography, ideology, disability or theology. Domestic violence is more common than breast cancer and left-handedness.
Famous or anonymous, one in four women in this country will experience domestic violence in her lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Each year in the United States, 5.3 million women experience domestic violence, at an annual cost to the American economy of $5.8 billion.
According to the U.N. Women's 2011-2012 annual report, "This pervasive human rights violation affects all countries and communities." The World Health Organization reports that 15% to 71% of women ages 15 to 49 in a multicountry study had experienced intimate partner violence.
Notably, nowhere on this planet is there 0% violence against intimate partners. Nowhere on this planet is there a society immune to domestic violence. And no upscale neighborhood or celebrity-frequented restaurant is off limits.
So why should the recent public altercation between TV chef Nigella Lawson and her handsome, successful husband, Charles Saatchi, surprise anyone? In light of tabloid photographs that show Saatchi holding a tearful Lawson by the neck, it should be clear that intimate partner violence is a universal scourge. Why does the myth that intimate partner violence exists only in lower socioeconomic communities persist?
Saatchi has not been charged in connection with the incident and has denied his actions were abusive, calling the encounter a "playful tiff." Horrified observers reportedly had a different take.
Certainly no one wishes the suffering of violence on anyone regardless of who they are. But this alleged incident provides a painful reminder that it is time to permanently dissolve the mythology that domestic violence only happens to low-income women. And it is time to take such an outrageous public display of apparent violence seriously.
Shortly after the publication of the photos, Britain's Nick Griffin of the National Party tweeted: "If I had the opportunity to squeeze Nigella Lawson, her throat wouldn't be my first choice." Next, he followed up with this: "To feminist cranks whining re my 'objectifying' Nigella, she was happy to use her curves to sell books. Her chorizo & potato soup v good btw."
That's about as funny as referring to a sleeveless tank top as a "wife beater" and thinking that's OK.
Saatchi's downplaying of the incident as "playful" to the media is also no surprise. As a survivor of domestic violence myself, and an advocate and spokesperson for nonviolence for the past 18 years, I know that sentiment is on par with the common rationalizations for domestic violence I have heard: "She asked for it. She likes it. She made me mad. She provoked me. It was her fault."
Saatchi's comment does not match in scope the most outrageous response I once heard from a police officer about a man who shot his wife: "She ran in front of the bullet." But Saatchi's flippant dismissal matches our universal misunderstanding that domestic violence is not about us. It is always about other people somewhere else.
Unfortunately, the sorority of successful and powerful women who have reportedly been victims of domestic violence includes Halle Berry, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Pamela Anderson, Mariah Carey, Tina Turner, Meredith Baxter and Rihanna.
Sometimes a batterer is the most charismatic man in the room; they are lawyers, doctors, politicians, business titans, actors, celebrities, singers and professional athletes.
I understand; domestic violence was not something I ever thought would happen to me. I married a man I knew my whole life; he was smart, handsome, kind and ambitious. We dated for three years with no hint of violence. That changed four months into our marriage. At the time, I thought I was powerful and successful enough to change him; I was not. We have been divorced 18 years.
What I learned is a partner's behavior is not something you can control, no matter how educated you are, no matter how idyllic your life was growing up, no matter how much you dreamed your life would go well.
And no matter if you are a vibrant, internationally successful best-selling author and chef.
Though she and her children have moved out of their family home, Lawson has yet to publicly comment on the situation. We don't know whether she views herself as a victim of domestic violence, but those photographs tell a story we need to keep repeating.
So many of us who believe the myths of domestic violence don't tell because we are ashamed to tell. We believe as successful women we are immune, that it happens to others. Millions of women around the globe in all manner of circumstances think they cannot say the truth about the violence in their lives because they will die of embarrassment.
But we all need to remember, in the most severe cases, it is never embarrassment that kills them.
- Michele Weldon is an assistant professor of journalism at Northwestern University.


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The Academic Study of Religion
The academic study of religion is not concerned with evaluating truth claims. The scholar of religion seeks not to discover what is religiously true or false, but to understand the truth claims made by particular religious traditions.
The scholar seeks to understand those truth claims not in order to evaluate their validity, but to understand how those claims influence the lives, beliefs, and practices of their adherents.
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It is not necessary for the scholar to seek one common "essence" of a tradition. Religious traditions claiming the same source (for example, Christianity) may make competing truth claims, employ different religious practices, and exclude other groups from membership. The scholar looks for the characteristics each group displays and prioritizes, and seeks to understand how each group understands itself and its tradition. Religious traditions seldom have one point of origin, and the scholar seeks instead to discover many (often conflicting) strands of origin.


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Bankruptcy held for Montreal, Maine & Atlantic
Company filed for bankruptcy Wednesday
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has granted a motion by the Maine railroad whose runaway oil train killed 47 people in Canada to continue its business operations pending the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee.
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic lawyers made their first appearances Thursday in courtrooms in Bangor and Montreal a day after the company filed for bankruptcy protection.
In Canada, a judge granted the railroad creditor protection, but also criticized it for how it's handled itself since the accident July 6.
That's when an unattended MMA train carrying crude oil derailed in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, setting off massive explosions that destroyed much of downtown and killed 47 people.
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An advertisement taking up the entire front page of the Vancouver edition of 24 Hours calling Liberal Leader Christy Clark the "comeback kid" has left the NDP irritated, a journalism professor appalled and some readers offended.
The ad, a wraparound page that envelopes the real front page of the daily, shows a photo of a triumphant Clark underneath the words "paid advertisement" and it also shows poll figures that indicate Clark is perceived to have sounded most like a premier during the televised leaders debate earlier this week.
NDP leader Adrian Dix says he will leave others to judge the ad, but says he thinks political parties should not be spending money on "creating illusions" around a story.
The full poll by Ipsos Reid is not referenced in the newspaper ad, but it isn't as flattering as the ad would suggest.
The online results show of the 677 British Columbians surveyed, more people thought Dix had won the debate than Clark and a wide majority thought Dix had better ideas than Clark.
Clark said the front page ad was for sale and her party bought it, adding the fact that it's advertising is clearly marked on the page. She said the Liberals, like all other political parties during the May 14 election campaign, are using advertising to get their messages to voters.
"That's what we are talking to people about everyday and I'm sure the piece talks about too," she said at a news conference in Penticton where she toured a local modular building construction company. "As you know, there are lots of TV ads, there's lots of advertising that all the parties are doing and that's part of the way we all communicate with the pubic, and this is part of it."
Dix, campaigning in Cariboo on Wednesday, said he would let readers draw their own conclusions from the ads.
But he added: "I think it's unwise for political parties who should be addressing the issues of our time to try and create the illusion around and spin around the story in that way."
"The Liberals needed to buy the front page of the newspaper to claim victory, but I depend on the work that's done by actual journalists on that question," he said.
After questions were raised about the ad, the Liberals forwarded a Toronto Metro front page that ran during the 2011 federal election. The near-full-page picture shows a smiling Jack Layton with the headline: "On May 2, Vote For A Leader You Can Trust" and below the picture are brief sentences about some of the federal NDP's campaign pledges.
Readers are notified it's paid advertising in tiny print on the bottom of the page.
Both 24 Hours and Metro are free publications aimed at commuters.
Josephine Alesna who was selling flowers outside a Canada Line transit station in downtown Vancouver was surprised to learn the wraparound was an advertisement and not a newspaper story.
"It feels like it's a fraud, not fraud but deceiving the people," she said after the words "paid advertisement" were pointed out.
Just metres away and sitting on a bench eating her lunch, Leah Reimer said it took her a moment to realize the advertisement wasn't a newspaper story, too.
"I'm a little offended," she added, noting the ad made it look like Clark was celebrating prematurely.
Fellow Vancouver resident Laura Reimer who was sitting next to Leah said she thought the premier was sly before the ad was published but now she won't bother voting for the Liberals.
"I think it's an indication of what Christy Clark stands for and also 24 Hours," she added. "Now I both see them in a bit of a different light."
But Elizabeth Willoughby of Richmond, B.C., said the wraparound looks like an advertisement, although it hasn't changed the way she'll vote.
"I guess everything in the newspaper is for manipulating purposes of some description whether it's a news story that wants us to think a certain way or an advertisement that wants to us to buy a certain product," said Willoughby.
"This just feels like they're trying to sell me a product and Christy Clark is that product that they're selling, but I'm not going to buy because I'm voting NDP."
Ross Howard, a former reporter who is now a journalism ethics professor at Langara College, suggested 24 Hours made a mistake by running the ad the way it did.
"It's a classic political ad but 24 Hours made a serious mistake of not more clearly distinguishing that it's a political ad. They put the words Paid Advertising in the middle of the page . . . but the ad content, the ad placement, even the style of headlines, everything looks like it's a news story," Howard said.
"It's unfortunate because in effect, 24 Hours has sacrificed its credibility, its reliability and it didn't have to. They could have controlled the way that ad was positioned or revealed."
A spokesperson for 24 Hours was unavailable for comment.
Dix was in Quesnel visiting a forest seedling nursery to discuss his forestry platform. He said an NDP government would improve and protect the province's forestry sector by reinstating an inventory of forest resources, investing in research and reforestation, and reducing raw log exports.
Dix stressed the importance of meeting domestic demand first, and keeping jobs in B.C., before exporting abroad.
"That doesn't mean there won't be raw log exports, there will," he said. "There are many regions of our province where our manufacturing capacity is not there right now, and we have to be realistic, but it would also be unrealistic to allow domestic manufacturing to decline because of short-term market conditions."
Dix then spent Wednesday afternoon in Barkerville, where he was given a tour by the historic site's costume-clad staff, and spent some time in the gift shop trying on bowler hats and leafing through books.
At the Penticton tour of Britco Structures Ltd., manufacturing plant, Clark kept up her attack on Dix, saying their out-of-control spending will drive away business and increase taxes.
"We have a jobs plan," she said. "They have an Alberta jobs plan."
Clark said the NDP's spending plans, which she pegs at $3 billion, will hurt communities like Penticton because there will not be enough money to fund capital projects like redevelopment plans for Penticton Regional Hospital.
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Tusshar suggested numerological changes for 'Bhajathe Raho'
Krishika Lulla's "Bhajathe Raho" was earlier titled "Bajate Raho", until actor Tusshar Kapoor suggested that she consult a numerologist and bring the required changes for luck
Tusshar, whose elder sister Ekta Kapoor is known for being superstitious, suggested a numerologist to Lulla so that she could consider changing the spelling of the title.
"Krishika, as a producer, is very flexible and has always taken suggestions of all her cast and crew as and when she got one. Tusshar told her to consult a numerologist and Krishika indulged in it. That is how the spelling of the title was changed from 'Bajate Raho' to 'Bhajathe Raho'," said a source from the film's unit.
"Bhajathe Raho" will be co-produced by Eros International and Multi Screen Media (Sony Entertainment).
Directed by Shashant Shah, the film went on floors in Delhi recently. Apart from Tusshar, it also features Ranvir Shorey, Vinay Pathak, Ravi Kishan and "Vicky Donor" fame actresses Dolly Ahluwalia and Kamlesh Gill.
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Your furniture will arrive on a truck with one driver.
Due to insurance and union rules, the driver(s) cannot assist in the handling of furniture beyond the back of their truck.
You are responible for getting the furniture from the curb to your inside location.
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- We Stock most Collections on our website and will ship within 5 working days after we receive the order. Any furniture that is out of stock OR special order can take anywhere from 4-12 weeks to build and another 2-4 weeks for delivery depending on the shipping method chosen at checkout. We will email you a estimated completion date after your order is completed. Please remember that our Amish Craftsmen craft your furniture by hand, and the completion dates are approximate and are subject to change.
- Our professional curbside and inside delivery shippers handle and ship our furniture very carefully. The company that will deliver your furniture will contact you prior to delivery to schedule the delivery appointment and to go over the process.
- We will send an email to you with your delivery details at the time your order delivery is scheduled.
- Circumstances that delay your furniture delivery may arise that are beyond our shippers' control – these include weather, traffic, natural disasters, and other uncontrollable events.
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- Someone must be present during the delivery. If you have made and confirmed a delivery appointment with a shipper and fail to keep that appointment, you may be charged additional redelivery/storage fees and your delivery may be delayed.
- Some pieces do not ship completely assembled, or come in two pieces – such as leg tables or large hutches.
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Oak Creek Furniture's warranty covers every piece of standard size furniture with ONE year manufactures warranty against defects in materials and workmanship. If within one year of receiving your item, it is determined that the material or workmanship is defective, we will repair or replace the item at our discretion. Please be prepared to send pictures to us (via email) that shows the problem so that we can assess the correct measures to be taken. This limited warranty covers defects in materials and workmanship but does not include damages to property or persons caused by the misuse, improper installation or lack of care of the item. Real wood MUST be kept in a climate controlled environment at all times! Ideal room humidity should be kept at 35 – 45% at all times.
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Driver accused of hitting Marquette University student charged
The driver accused of hitting a Marquette University student on a skateboard with his vehicle has been charged.
Adolph Key, 41, faces charges of intoxicated use of a vehicle and failure to stop after he allegedly struck MU senior Aryn Sobchak Wednesday.
According to the criminal complaint, Sobchak was traveling east on Wisconsin Avenue on a skateboard with two other people.
The complaint states that as the three reached the intersection of Wisconsin and 16th Street, a green van crossed Wisconsin against a red light and struck Sobchak and continued north on 16th Street without stopping.
Two Marquette University Public Safety officers were in the area of the collision and were able to stop Key's vehicle on Wells Street until Milwaukee Police arrived.
The complaint states that an MPD officer found a strong odor of alcohol on Key, who was also slurring his speech and had glassy eyes. The officer said key performed a field sobriety test poorly.
Police said Key was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital for a blood alcohol test. The test results have not yet been received by police.
Officers said Sobchak was taken to Froedtert Hospital with a broken leg, hand, elbow and lacerations on her liver and right lung.
Key faces up to 27 years in prison if convicted of both offenses.


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Dancing With The Stars Tom Bergeron Nominated For 2012 Critics Choice Award
Not sure why Dancing With The Stars isn't nominated for "Best Competition Reality Series" in the 2012 Critics Choice Awards, but, give it up to our favorite TV host, Tom Bergeron. If you haven't heard yet, Tom has been nominated for "Best Reality Show Host" for Dancing With The Stars. Other top hosts nominated in this catagory are Nick Cannon (America's Got Talent – NBC), Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance – FOX), Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race – CBS), and RuPaul (RuPaul's Drag Race – Logo). The Critics' Choice Television Awards honors programs and performances that aired between June 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012. Winners of the awards, given away by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, will be announced at a gala awards dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on June 18th, 2012. For a full list of nominations, visit Deadline.com. Note how ABC is in 2nd place with 13 nominations.
I hope Tom wins. He's so deserving!! Below is one of my favorite Tom Bergeon moments on Dancing With The Stars this past year. I love his golfer reporter voice. He makes this show as enjoyable as the dance couples do….
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How would I do that for a string of random letters, numbers, and symbols, to have just one name for all of them?
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Many people get feelings of stress when they feel excluded from something, and results from a recent study, published in the journal Psychological Science, shows that feelings of inclusion can even come by way of a complete stranger.
Often times, human nature will dictate a need for us to be connected to something larger than ourselves. This is normally achieved through various social groups, like a book club, joining a sports team, or singing in a church choir.
Researchers Eric Wesselmann of Purdue University, Florencia Cardoso of the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, in Argentina, and Samantha Slate and Kipling Williams, both of Purdue, wanted to examine if a small and seemingly insignificant gesture could make someone feel connected.
"Some of my co-authors have found, for example, that people have reported that they felt bothered sometimes even when a stranger hasn't acknowledged them," said Wesselmann, in a statement.
Students from Purdue University were selected as participants for the study.
A research assistant walked along a well-populated campus path, randomly picked a subject, and either met the subjects eyes with a glance, met their eyes with a coupling smile, or looked in their general direction, but pretended the subjects weren't there.
Afterward, another research assistant was signaled to stop the subject and asked how disconnected they felt from others?"
It was learned that people who had gotten eye contact from the research assistant, whether a smile was included or not, felt less of a connection than people who had been looked at as if they weren't there.
"These are people that you don't know, just walking by you, but them looking at you or giving you the air gaze, looking through you, seemed to have at least momentary effect, explained Wesselmann.


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Boston — Faced with possible 3,000 percent increases in fees for playing copyrighted music in Australian group exercise classes, Fitness First Australia, a chain of more than 85 health clubs in Australia, recently partnered with The International Health Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) to fight back. IHRSA warns that if the increase is successful, American record companies could try to do the same.
"Global music companies are looking for new sources of revenue, as sales in their traditional business — the sale of CDs — have dropped," Tony deLeede, managing director of Fitness First Australia and a member of the IHRSA board of directors, says in a statement from IHRSA. "The music industry has already had a significant victory with nightclubs in Australia. If music companies have success here raising fees for health clubs, it will have an effect around the world."
IHRSA and Fitness First Australia have pledged $135,000 to fight the issue and are looking for Australian health clubs to match these funds. The current Fitness Class Tariff in Australia, which is paid to the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA), is an Australian dollar value of $0.90 ($0.80 USD) per class with an annual cap of $2,654 ($2,302 USD). The PPCA has been studying how music is valued and is suggesting that the proposed fee either be increased to $31.67 ($26.89 USD) per class with no cap — an average increase of 3,172 percent per club — or that clubs be charged a rate of $26.08 ($22.55 USD) per member per month.
Fitness Australia says it plans to challenge the model that the PPCA is using to value music in health clubs.
"Either scenario would devastate the industry and has serious implications for clubs in other countries, since PPCA sister organizations around the world may well decide to restructure their fees in a similar way," Joe Moore, president of IHRSA, says in the statement. "For the sake of the global industry, we need to stop this issue in Australia."
For more on this story, go to http://fitnessbusinesspro.com/news/australian-music-licensing-affect-2608.


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Actually, initial status would have to have been 4 bytes like the status immunities, because one byte alone cannot point to all the possible status conditions that can be active on the enemy, otherwise the status immunity section would have only been one byte, but that is only possible with 8 statuses, and there are definitely more than 8 .
it is likely that the 2 byte unknown was originally a fourth manip/berserk move that was scrapped for whatever reason at the end.
as for the 32 byte unknown, that would require looking at every enemy's data to see if there is a possible pattern to be seen, it is hard to tell from a few enemies . here are a few more enemies and their values (including the ones you mentioned KM) maybe throwing a few out there will get some ideas flowing, though it would still be easier with a complete list of all enemies and their values:Grunt - d200 (3rd/4th bytes)Sweeper - 5e01 (5th/6th bytes)Guard Scorpion - 1301 (11th/12th and 13th/14th bytes)Grashtrike - 1301 (3rd/4th bytes)Rocket launcher - d600 (first two bytes)Blugu - d700 (3rd/4th bytes)Special Combatant - d200 (3rd/4th bytes)Smogger - d800 (5th/6th bytes)Air Buster - db00 (5th/6th and 7th/8th bytes), 1301 (15th/16th bytes)i think all of these share the same position as a specific attack the enemy uses (as in the same position as the 32 block of the enemy's attacks), so it could be something to do with the camera movement, guard scorpion has 1301 set in the same position as the two unnamed moves it uses to switch between stages, and grashtrike has it in the same position as it's silk attack. the way to figure out what it is would be to compare the way the moves are used with the value there, and with the value as FFFF (i.e. unused), but my guess is that is somehow changes the camera, possibly by "borrowing" the animation used by another attack. it is probably likely that my guess about what it does is wrong (since they would likely just replace the camera movement in the attack data instead of borrowing the camera from another), but it definitely has to be related to the moves in some way.
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If the federal government can force someone to purchase health insurance based solely on citizenship and on being alive, then why can't state lawmakers force their citizens to purchase a firearm?
Well, that's the reasoning behind a new bill being introduced in South Dakota. ArgusLeader.com reports:
Five South Dakota lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require any adult 21 or older to buy a firearm "sufficient to provide for their ordinary self-defense."
The bill, which would take effect Jan. 1, 2012, would give people six months to acquire a firearm after turning 21. The provision does not apply to people who are barred from owning a firearm.
Nor does the measure specify what type of firearm. Instead, residents would pick one "suitable to their temperament, physical capacity, and preference."
The measure is known as an act "to provide for an individual mandate to adult citizens to provide for the self defense of themselves and others."
Rep. Hal Wick, R-Sioux Falls, is sponsoring the bill and knows it will be killed. But he said he is introducing it to prove a point that the federal health care reform mandate passed last year is unconstitutional.
"Do I or the other cosponsors believe that the State of South Dakota can require citizens to buy firearms? Of course not. But at the same time, we do not believe the federal government can order every citizen to buy health insurance," he said.
Although these lawmakers are only proposing this bill to make a point about health care, they do have a case to be made. As I stated above, if the government can force us to buy a product or service, such as a health insurance policy, what is to stop politicians from forcing us to buy a gun?
Also, I have noticed other blogs worry about the strategy of bringing guns and the 2nd Amendment into the Obamacare discussion, but I don't think the panic is necessary. Is it possible these lawmakers are bringing up the "guns-for-everybody" argument, because it is something that scares liberals just as much as socialized health care scares conservatives?
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Thank you for the show, it was worth the 960 km travel from Vienna to Essen.
Kevin Steen is live much better then on DVD, his match with Bosh was my MOTN, SD/DR vs. Cape Fear was great too, the rest was good.
So PWG please come back, maybe in 6 or 12 months. I will be there.
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Signed for 3 more years at 52 million dollars, the White Sox now will be paying him as roughly a 4 WAR player when you assume a slight decline phase and factor in a discount for a long term deal. So does Peavy figure to be worth that much? Well, ZIPS thinks him currently capable of a 3.24 FIP. If you raise that .5 points for moving out of PETCO and moving to the tougher league, than he projects to be about a 4.5 WAR player over a full season. Considering that the White Sox are right in the mix of the playoff race this year, and there are no teams who figure to run away with the division next year, this certainly seems like a good return for the White Sox.
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Sanders Demands Limits on Oil Speculation
WASHINGTON— Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., introduced legislation Wednesday that would require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to impose strict regulations over oil speculators blamed for rising gasoline prices.
Sanders said if the agency failed to meet the two-week deadline outlined in his legislation, he would call for the resignation of commission chairman, Gary Gensler.
The legislation, if passed, would cap the amount of oil that speculators are allowed to buy and sell annually to 20 million barrels, increase the amount of money investors would have to back bets with from 6 to 12 percent and redefine investment banks as speculators rather than hedgers — investors who use the product they are buying for business.
The bill would limit speculators' influence over the energy futures market.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission defines a speculator as any person who "does not produce or use the commodity, but risks his or her own capital trading futures in that commodity in hopes of making a profit on price changes."
These speculators drive up energy prices by pouring billions of dollars into commodities markets, in effect, creating a demand for futures that would not naturally exist if the only people in the market were users or consumers of a product.
A similar bill has been introduced in the House.
"There is mounting evidence that the increased price of gasoline has nothing to do with supply and demand and everything to do with Wall Street speculators jacking up oil and gas prices in the energy futures market," Sanders said.
In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee in March, Rex Tillerson, the CEO of Exxon Mobil, stopped short of blaming speculators for high oil prices but said the price of crude oil would be between $60 to $70 a barrel if based only on the laws of supply and demand.
Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for July delivery fell to $97.17 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange Wednesday.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a co-sponsor of the bill, said: "These price increases have been absolutely crushing. We need to attack these increasing prices that are the result of gaming and gambling. The CFTC should have acted five months ago."
The Frank-Dodd Act, the financial regulatory reform law enacted last summer, requires the CFTC to restrict the amount of oil that speculators could trade on the energy futures market. The commission failed to meet the law's Jan. 22 deadline for new regulations on oil speculators.
R. David Gary, a spokesperson for the commission, declined to comment.
The CFTC dismissed suggestions in 2008 that oil speculation was driving up market prices at the time. In a report the agency said it "does not support the proposition that speculative activity has systematically driven changes in oil prices." The agency said then that the price of crude oil — over $140 a barrel at the time — was due to market supply and demand.
The agency charged several oil traders in May with allegedly manipulating prices in the crude oil market from January to April in 2008. They will face trial later this year. The companies involved in the cross-market trading scheme earned more than $50 million in unlawful profits, the commission said.
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