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When industrial activity increases, railroads are an obvious beneficiary. But so is the transportation sector in general. Mired by a history of bankruptcies and union strikes, airlines have fallen out of favor. I recommend looking at their ability to scale operations and hedge against fuel charges after screening for credit risk and multiples. Below, I present my case on Southwest and Union Pacific.
Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV): The Good & The Bad
As the only major airline that has not gone bankrupt and, in fact, still maintains an investment grade rating, Southwest has done well. This is certainly true year to date, as the stock has appreciated by 18.8% and outperformed the S&P 500 by around 620 bps. It is in the process of integrating AirTran, which I believe will generate meaningful revenue synergies by improving network connections. Southwest has recently reported that it will manage routes in four more cities for AirTran by next April as full integration continues. Moreover, management is looking to modernize its fleet, which internal reports guide for $700 million in savings starting 2015.
Several tailwinds look promising for carriers. The President recently signed a bill that shields US carriers from European carbon emission fees on travel over American soil. Moreover, several analysts are forecasting oil price declines from high production and domestic inventories. Outperformers in the industry include JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU), which grew passenger miles by 8.9% in the third quarter, and have hedged considerably against price increases. For the fourth quarter, more than a quarter of anticipated fuel use is hedged.
Southwest trades at a respective 14.8x and 10.4x past and forward earnings versus corresponding figures of 11.2x and 8.4x for JetBlue. The Street is generally reserved on both stocks, but even their growth forecasts have put the PEG ratio solidly below 1 in both instances. Perhaps the reason is because of weak value creation. JetBlue generates a ROIC of just 4%, which is around 300 bps lower than the industry average. Southwest is even worse with a ROIC of just 2.9%. The airline industry is expected to see 2% annual EPS declines over the next 3-5 years, but Southwest is forecasted for an 8.5% rate and Southwest for a 16% rate.
If You Are Bullish on Transportation, Go with Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP)
If you don't like the idea of buying stock in companies that ship people, maybe companies that ship goods are more interesting. This railroad has a solid track record (in fact, it has by far the largest number of tracks in the United States!) and trades at a respective 15.3x and 13x past and forward earnings. Analysts forecast 13.9% annual EPS growth over the next five years. Assuming expectations are met, 2016 EPS will come out to $14.04. At a multiple of 15x, this translates to a future stock value of $210.60. Discounting backwards by 10% yields a present value of $130.80. Although this is not an incredible premium to the current prevailing price, it is enough given Union Pacific's steady earnings growth.
Union Pacific is also strengthening the market's confidence in its long-term trajectory. Management increased the dividend payout by 15%, which will be payable for shareholders of record Nov. 30. In addition to the tailwinds from built up demand due to Sandy, management is securing solid contracts in intermodal--the main catalyst. Specifically, in late October, Union Pacific reached an agreement with Pacer International to have the latter handle intermodal freight transportation between Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Though Norfolk Southern is forecasting a decline in coal far into 2013, Union Pacific's diversification in intermodal should buoy long-term confidence. The CEO of Union Pacific has also stated that he has not seen customers react negatively to the fiscal cliff in terms of scaling back production. Rather, he points to the auto market, which is more concerned with railroads decreasing capacity than with scaling back its own operations. With a 13.5% ROIC (100 bps greater than the industry average) and a $150 price target by FBR Capital, I strongly recommend buying shares.
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The conundrum healthcare providers are facing is how do they financially succeed in an era of growing patient demand and shrinking reimbursement. Additionally, the financial model is changing where healthcare providers are being pushed towards assuming a higher level of financial risk based upon patient outcomes, and financial penalties for not improving their quality performance (e.g. Value Based Purchasing).
Therefore, where should healthcare providers focus their energy, reducing costs or improving quality outcomes? To most organizations, these two concepts are in direct conflict. If you reduce costs, there is the risk of quality being compromised. If you improve the quality of outcomes, there is an associated premium cost. For healthcare providers, there is a fallacy in this logic. Healthcare providers have the opportunity to reduce costs and derive the benefit of improved quality outcomes.
Some organizations have taken the approach of looking for peer reviewed best practices data and trying to indoctrinate it within their organization's practices. Any organization that has taken this approach has found the progress slow and difficult as they encounter pushback from the physicians and clinical staff. The common challenge to this approach is that physicians will say their patients are sicker or different from those profiled within the published best practice. The best way to overcome this hurdle, and implement change at a faster and more effective manner is by making the clinical staff part of the solution.
The approach to developing this solution is collecting the clinical practice data of physicians by the highest cost DRGs detailing patient services, associated costs, and outcome. This data includes products used (e.g. knee replacement) and associated technology, unit cost and quantity of supplies (e.g. Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)), treatment care path and stay duration within various medical units (e.g. ICU), and outcomes. Therefore, comparable patients are compared showing cost comparison, physician practice patterns, and outcomes. When this data is presented to the physicians and clinical staff with their identities blinded, they are able to view objectively the lowest cost and highest quality outcomes across peers. This type of information enables physicians to discuss with their peers clinical practices, outcomes and associated costs. By empowering physicians with this information, they are open to consideration of changing their practice patterns and supplies used.
A healthcare organization can help facilitate the transition of physician adoption of best practices by implementing a Gainsharing model. This is an approach where physicians and the healthcare provider organization share in the financial benefit of reducing costs while improving the clinical outcomes. This approach and associated shared financial incentive creates and alignment of cost reduction, improved quality outcomes and greater alignment of physician practice patterns towards internally agreed upon best practices.


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I'm curious about the graphic artists that Microsoft hired to work on the icons. You normally think of artistic types as taking some pride in their work and trying to come up with something original, maybe not completely but at least to build on the current idiom. But I get the feeling that MS's graphic artists do not care, or can't afford to care, about artistic integrity. Or perhaps it's MS who doesn't really care about those things at all and the poor illustrators are just happy to have a steady job. Albeit doing uninspired, mind-numbing mimicry.
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Marijuana delivery lands FedEx in a lawsuit
A Massachusetts woman says after a 7-pound box of pot wrongly came to her house, FedEx gave her address to the drug dealers.
Plymouth, Mass., resident Maryangela Tobin filed a lawsuit against FedEx (FDX) on Feb. 12 after just such a scenario unfolded at her house over a stretch of several days. Tobin's suit alleges FedEx violated state privacy law by handing out her address and that it put her and her two children in danger from drug dealers seeking retribution for their lost stash.
Tobin originally thought the package was a present for her daughter. She told CBS (CBS) Boston it was filled with a thin layer of peppermints over packages of "what we thought was potpourri." She got the first three letters right as Plymouth police identified the contents of the vacuum-sealed bags as pot and called FedEx so it could flag the package.
About an hour later, a man knocked on Tobin's front door asking repeatedly if FedEx had delivered the package. Two of his associates sat behind him in a car parked in her driveway. It doesn't require a viewing of "Gone Baby Gone" to see how this could have ended badly.
Plymouth police have since made an arrest in the case, but Tobin still believes FedEx gave away her address and put her family in danger. The suit claims FedEx disclosed her address "despite explicit Police advisory against such disclosures" and violated Massachusetts privacy laws.
FedEx told The Associated Press it doesn't comment on pending lawsuits. The online marijuana community, meanwhile, doesn't think too highly of shipping any amount of weed in the U.S. TheWeedBlog noted three years ago that the U.S. Postal Service was becoming the delivery method of choice, but it was intercepting increasing amounts of marijuana before the packages reached their intended recipients.
Folks on marijuana forums like Nuggetry and RollItUp responded to an inquiry about shipping weed by calling it a "sketchy thing to do" and "risky," urging people to stick with in-state supplies instead.
In Tobin's case, however, the knowledge that she's dealing with rank amateurs moving weed in one of the worst ways possible was likely little consolation when those folks showed up at her door.
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Name: Cory and Kristine Hankins
Location: Bucktown — Chicago, Illinois
Size: 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom + den
Years lived in: 9 months — rented
In a short amount of time, newlyweds Cory and Kristine Hankins have managed to turn their one-bedroom rental into a calm, inviting space. Kristine tends to favor a classic look, where Cory's style is more modern, but the two have come together to form a cozy, surprising mixture.
Cory and Kristine are warm, thoughtful and ambitious, all of which are reflected in their home. They seem ever-ready to tackle new challenges, whether that comes in the form of repainting, reupholstering, or re-carpeting. Cory, a graphic designer, has created most of the art in their home, lending the walls perfectly punctuated bursts of color. And despite the fact that they only have two small closets in the whole apartment, the space feels tidy and open. What's more, the highly organized couple has managed to make their home a marvel of multifunctionality. Kristine recently started her own business, Kristine Aletha Weddings, and she works from home, which means constantly streamlining so that that she has adequate space for both her personal and work life.
For the most part, the apartment is decorated in cooler tones, and the walls are painted a soothing, uniform shade of gray, allowing the rooms to flow organically into one another. Traditional furniture, rustic touches, and a mix of textures and materials temper the more modern, graphic aspects of their decor, making for an engaging yet peaceful space. Things get a little bit sassy in the kitchen with an orange-striped accent wall that you may recognize from the 2011 Room for Color Competition. Cory and Kristine chose this color scheme as an homage to their orange tabby, Rafa, and it certainly makes the kitchen a vibrant place to be.
What with being recently married, starting a new business, creating a new design blog, and planning several trips, journeys (of both the real and metaphorical sort) seem to be very important to Cory and Kristine. But amidst the host of exciting changes happening in their lives right now, they have succeeded in making a comfortable, relaxing space to come back to at the end of the day.
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Our Style: Modern Rustic
Inspiration: We're both really drawn to prints with type, image, and graphic patterns and have filled our walls with hand-cut typographic posters, silhouettes, oil paintings, silkscreen prints, and photography (it helps that Cory is a graphic designer and can make most of the things himself!). We gain a lot of our inspiration from home design blogs (like Apartment Therapy!), Dwell, and, of course, Pinterest!
I suppose we're both a bit sentimental when it comes to our home as well. We love displaying photos and items that mean something to us like a photo of Kristine's great-grandparents on their wedding day in 1929 which hangs above an eerily similar shot of the two of us from our engagement session. I think it's safe to say that most of everything in our home has a story. In addition, we're always inspired by the incredible places we've traveled so many of our photos and prints have a travel theme to them as well.
Favorite Element: We went out on a limb by painting big, orange stripes in our kitchen, and were quite pleased with the result! Since the rest of our apartment is fairly muted with grays and blues, we wanted something bold and out-of-the-box for the kitchen. The space is probably in need of the most updating (like those cabinets!) but the punch of orange really makes a huge difference. We actually enjoy spending time in our kitchen now and hardly notice the less than desirable parts.
Biggest Challenge: Let's see. Probably painting the entire apartment gray and getting all the walls to match (since gray is such a tricky color). Also, finding unique ways to organize and store things with only one closet!
What Friends Say: Our friends seem to really love the space and instantly connect it to us and our sense of style. Kristine is more classic, Cory more modern, but the two tastes fused together create a really unique space.
Biggest Embarrassment: The kitchen cabinets are still pretty dreadful!
Proudest DIY: When we moved into the apartment, the bedroom had 20-year old teal green carpet with countless stains in it. Cory's family had some extra beige carpet lying around so he decided to rip up the old stuff and lay new carpet (which he had never done before). The transformation was pretty incredible. The room became lighter, softer, and larger.
Biggest Indulgence: Our living room furniture! We did a good amount of research before purchasing anything. We wanted to choose pieces that would both last a long time and be versatile. Ultimately, we chose all different pieces of furniture but we really like how they match but also give an eclectic feel to the room.
Best Advice: Your home should be a testament to who you are and what you value. When people come over, they should feel as though they're walking into your home. More than that, when you walk into your home, you should feel welcomed and greeted by it. Also, I think it's important to take designing and decorating slowly. Let things come together on their own. Choose a theme--something that inspires you--and build your home around it. And keep building! We like to think that our apartment is a work in progress. That not only takes off the pressure of trying to have it all together but it also makes it fun. And, I think we would both advise to live simply and avoid clutter. Especially living in a small space!
Dream Sources: Apartment Therapy, Dwell, Real Simple, West Elm
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• Armless Chair: World Market
• Ektorp Sofa: IKEA
• Lamps: IKEA & Target
• Armoire: Family hand-me-down
• Nesting Tables: Walmart
• Wicker Chest: Target
• Coat Hanger: IKEA
• Area Rug: IKEA
• Mirror: JCPenney
- • Book Shelf: IKEA
• Desk: Garage Sale (to be painted in the future!)
• Chair: IKEA
• Curtains: Target
• Short Chair: Bought from Goodwill, then recovered
• Lamps: Target
• Desk Lamp: IKEA
• Filing Cabinet: Walmart
- • Bar Cart: Craigslist
• Bar Tray: West Elm
• Rug: Crate and Barrel
• Dining Table and Chairs: IKEA
• Lamp: IKEA
- • Bed: IKEA
• Side Table: Family hand-me-down
• Curtains: Target
• Dresser: IKEA
• Chair: Bought from a sidewalk sale, then painted and recovered
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If that were my kitchen, all the walls would be filled with hanging storage. And the counters would be full of stuff. You guys have so much restraint, working with a small space.
I also really like the symmetrical display on/above the black expedit.
Rafa is beautiful!
Oh, and yeah - very sweet and stylish apartment.
Love your place! I see some items I have my own home. :-) Nice to see a list of resources where items don't cost thousands. You've done a great job with what you have.
Love the gray walls. Would you share the paint brand/color? Thanks!
happy to see i'm not the only one that has to use the top of the cabinets for small appliance storage.
love what you've done with the bold color palette here and there to spruce it up. without it, i think it would look kind of drab and 'pottery barn-ish'.
also love all the prints in the hallway/den/office. looks like you're on etsy as much as i am =)
I love how accessible your style is. I have your kitchen countertops! I didn't realize that painting orange stripes would make them look better so THANK YOU for that!
I love your place. Very inspirational for someone like myself who is just starting out (21 y/o college grad). Is it just me, or would slapping some paint on that armoire do tons for your living room? It's nice how it is but I think it would look even better. Either way, congrats to the two of you! :)
Very nice place. I agree, painting the armoire a dark charcoal grey or a charcoal/black would make a huge difference and modernize the rest of the living room.
this MIGHT be my favorite house tour yet (after 2 years of looking through EVERY house tour)
love the gray/blue walls with bright pops of color. love the bright blue-ish painting on the gray walls.... we have gray walls with an orange rug and i LOVE th combo
see the rug in our house tour here:
granted our home is nowhere NEAR as beautifully curated as yours, but one day :D
What a lovely calming space! You have a great eye for art placement, for which I am somewhat envious. I once painted a rental kitchen bright orange. Let's just say...it didn't work out quite as well as yours! ;)
Smart, accessible and terribly stylish. The "art of placement" is alive and well in this space. And great "best advice". Thanks for sharing.
Great place...cute cat. AND, you get my vote for adorable couple of the year!
It's definitely difficult to mix modern and traditional senses of style well. You guys have achieved a nice balance. If I may, the only things that I would change are the armoire and wicker furniture in the living room. The graphic art work, modern/contemporary chairs and rug don't mesh well (in my opinion) with the 80s-style ornate armoire or the wicker chest. I think the wicker chest would look nice with the other wicker in the more feminine/subdued bedroom. As for the kitchen cupboards, would you consider painting them black, gray or white? Overall, you've succeeded in decorating a home that's stylish AND comfortable. Thanks for sharing!
A HUGE thank you to everyone for your kind words. It means a lot! We're so excited and honored to be featured on Apartment Therapy and we so enjoyed getting to know and hang out with Carolyn for a bit. What a thrill!
@JUBILEE1818 The gray is Behr Sparrow, the orange is Behr Orangeen, & the blue in the bathroom is Behr Cool Dusk. Thanks for asking!
@MISSCYNTHIABELL Painting the armoire is a GREAT idea. We have some other painting projects on the list that we'll get to when the weather warms up. Thanks for the suggestion!
@TWO BALLOONS BLUE Thank you for your suggestions also. We've brainstormed various ideas on sprucing up the cabinets but we're hesitant to put a lot of money into them as we're only renting. The armoire and chest in the living room are definitely more functional pieces. We plan on updating in the future. :)
Thank you, thank you!
I love the idea of displaying your wrapping paper in a basket. Gift wrap is my one and only hoarding tendency, and the thought of using it for decor helps justify my addiction! Thanks for the inspiration.
This is a charming serene place. I cringed, however, when I saw the graphic prints--Do what you love, Love what you do, and Keep calm and carry on. Please replace these with something that is less of a cliche and reflects more of who you really are as individuals. You seem to have a lovely sense of style--surely you can come up with something more creative.
That orange striped wall is inspired.
On a side note, why are the house tours on a seperate page? Has AT thought about doing a lightbox or something else that doesn't take you away from the content?
+1 to painting the armoire - but I think with a big piece like that I'd go for white, rather than a dark colour. It'd balance the sofa better too.
Love the house, love the orange stripes in the kitchen, and love the kitty!
that is one cute cat
I love the unit. Love the kitty. One question though...who sleeps next to the wall? If you have the space in the room, and I really can't tell from the photo, why don't you place the bed so that you each have walking space to your respective 'sides?' My bed is against the wall because there is no space to place it elsewhere. I hate climbing over a bedmate, and hate being climbed over.
CORY! It's Ashley! I was just perusing my favorite home design blog when I saw your smiling face on the front page! Your home is beautiful and you two look so happy together. Congratulations on the wedding and your great space!
Miss you,
Ashley R
Re: Do what you love, Love what you do, and Keep calm and carry on. Please don't replace these with something else if they inspire you and reflect who you really are as individuals.
Can you source the shower curtain?
Thank you all for your comments, feedback, suggestions, and kind words! As we often gain inspiration from Apartment Therapy, it was really rewarding to pull our apartment and unfinished projects together, clean like we've never cleaned before and ponder what it is that really makes our space feel like home [at least for us].
ANNA LISA---The restraint is certainly Kristine's strong suit, not mine! She's very good at constantly paring down our belongings to ensure we don't carry too much clutter in our small space.
51 DESKS---I think ELLABEE is right on when she says if these are the words that inspire us, we should display them proudly. I can certainly see where one might think the Keep Calm and Carry On print has been overdone and reached a point of cliché, however it's an original by sfgirlbybay and Kristine's had it for nearly 4 years [not to mention she grew up in San Francisco and carries a certain allegiance to Northern CA]. Regarding the Love What You Do/ Do What You Love prints, Kristine connects wholeheartedly with these words as she has recently begun her own business venture doing what she feels most passionate about! See here for more details: kristinealethaweddings.com
J&H---Thanks so much for the huge compliment!
GIT---You make a valid point. It would be excellent for both bedmates to be able to have some walking room on either side of the bed, unfortunately the width of that particular wall in the bedroom provides only enough space for the bed and a small side table!
PSEUDO/Ashley---Thanks so much for the encouraging words and well wishes!
Hope you all have a wonderful week and thanks again, so much, for taking time to view our house tour!
I really loved this tour! It actually looks like a lovely combination of stuff you love, not stuff you just thought "This would look cool and impress people!" I had to smile at just about every picture, and I feel very inspired for my own space. Sometimes these tours feel out of reach and unrealistic, but I loved this one, even the armoire because it looks familiar. Thanks for sharing!
I love your shower curtain. May I ask where you found it?
I love it. That said, I have the bed, dresser, sofa, dining table and chairs (different chair pads), and the crockpot. So I might be biased.
love the kitty!
Painting the armoire is an excellent idea - perhaps another shade of grey that gives a new dimension to the existing greys in the room? Other wonderful aspects are the stripes in the kitchen (reminiscent of a Penguin classics book cover) and the unmatched seating in the living room. Kudos to the artist of the painting above the sofa. It is beautiful.
Cute house, adorable cat.
I really like this space especially the colors and mix of elements. Only two gripes - the armoire needs some color and the table with the two lamps feels too even and divided. Work in some odd numbered arrangements and break it up a little.
You've done a great job working around a lot of that "rental" look and have made it your own. Lovely job!!
Very cute place. Don't understand the wine glasses over the stove though--don't they get foggy from condensation or greasy? Maybe you don't cook much?? Maybe put them over the bar cart where the wine is. Sorry, you just seemed so well-organized otherwise.
How do you open the oven door? It seems like it would hit your table?
I love this house tour, it's so calming and peaceful as though we could walk in and feel at home. I for one love the Keep Calm posters no matter how many times I see them. I also love the art in photo 42, did you get those from Etsy?
Hey! I love the gray paint! A few questions:
1) What is the color in the kitchen and living room?
2) Where can I find the prints with the cities in California and Europe?
You have phenomenal taste.
Hi, cute cat! I'm wondering if and where you found the frame for your Chicago map. I have two (Seattle and Brooklyn) and am still searching for frames that fit them.
Hi LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your sweet home! I really enjoyed looking to see where all your furniture was from! All within my modest budget :) Cute family ;)
CALIFORNIAAVOCADO and SJP---The Gray paint we used for the kitchen and living room is Behr Sparrow. As for the prints, I did them myself. They're actually cut out of black paper and adhered onto a white backing. I felt inspired by vintage road/subway signs of some of our favorite places.
KALEXANDER---Kristine had that print custom framed. I guess she had a difficult time finding the right size too!
ROSSINI19---Thanks for the wonderful compliment. That painting above the sofa is a Cory Hankins original. Still hoping to build a float frame for it someday!
AILCOOK---The shower curtain is from none other than Target.
I agree with lolo1025 about the wine glasses above the stove... but love the orange stripes! What a difference!
I love that even though much of the furniture is from big box stores, when the rooms are looked at on the whole, you don't see it. Good job at making them your own. I am sure it is an inspiration to many singles and newlyweds starting out, without a ton of money to spend on furnishing an entire place.
I love your desk / workstation with the bulletin boards above it. Functional and good-looking! Also like your bookcase. Thanks for sharing!
I love everything about your home! I recently moved in with my boyfriend and have been frequenting Apartment Therapy and Pinterest among other blogs to get ideas for decorating our new place. I must say, as far as apartments go, yours is truly an inspiration! I especially love your artwork and have been eyeing the Ork Screen Print of Boston like the Chicago one in your den. Thanks for sharing your creativity!
Just FYI - "Keep Calm and Carry On" is a poster and motto from WWII in England, not from some girl in San Francisco. Your apartment is very cute & I have the exact same orange tabby with white paws too!
I love this space! Your sense of symmetry really makes it an inviting, calm atmosphere. I also adore the little ginger kitty -- an awesome model.
Completely charming. I admire that there are so many pictures and graphic elements, yet the space appears calm and orderly. I, too, love the painting above the sofa. Three cheers for budget decorating.
I can't take another house tour with a Keep Calm And Carry On print.
Love it! You've made such an inviting space with such accessible sources. Great job!
@51DESKS - See, this is what I find a big abhorrent about style criticism. Yes, we all have our opinions about what may or may not suit us personally or what we're drawn to or what makes us "cringe." And that's absolutely fair enough.
But telling someone to please remove something in their home and replace them with something that is better suited somehow is exactly opposite of the point of design and personal spaces.
I'm convinced this must be my dream decor style home. I have the EXACT same Andy Warhol poster, waiting to be resurrected IN THE ENTRYWAY of my own apartment. My mouth gaped open in shock at the sight. Such an inviting space!
I used to live in a historical flat in denver... and man to I miss those walls- I painted a classic gray- and sheen white trim. It's classic and lovely. Absolutely beautiful. I also love your art throughout the place... I'm an artist so it always catches my eye!
Thanks for sharing,
Jessica Rae
We have very similar cabinets. Hate them. We are trying to figure out what to do to improve without too much of an investment since we may (or may not) be moving next year anyway. I love how the stripes does pull you away from the cabinets a bit. Wonder if something similar would work for us.
Lovely, lovely home. I don't feel I got the full sense of it though, there were an awful lot of pics of the same thing (the living room) and not enough of others (the bathroom looked very promising but I didn't see enough). I'd have also loved a little sketch of the layout.
I could learn a lot from your editing of stuff!!
The space is amazing! I especially love the orange stripes! The shower curtain is from Target.


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How to play sound in Java ME
From Nokia Developer Wiki
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Created: wang_shui (20 Mar 2007)
Last edited: hamishwillee (30 Jul 2013)
MMAPI (JSR 135) allows Java ME applications to easily access MultiMedia functionalities, like playing and recording both video and audio data. This article shows the steps required to play a sound, from both local and network resources.
Playing Sound
You need to import the following packages:
import java.io.*;
import javax.microedition.media.*;
The following code helps to play sound which is embedded in your jar file
InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("sound.wav");
Player p = Manager.createPlayer(is, "audio/X-wav");
The following code helps to play sound which is stored in a web server
Player p = Manager.createPlayer("http://server/sound.wav");
You may also try other sound formats by minor changing ie; by changing the mime type.
Also you have to keep in mind while giving the url in the second case, use of special characters like '&' etc are not supported. In such case you should follow the following method
HttpConnection hc = (HttpConnection) Connector.open(url);
InputStream in = hc.openInputStream();
Player p = Manager.createPlayer(is, "audio/X-wav");
- When playing a multimedia file, you should always check if the used format is supported by the target device. To do this, you should use the Manager getSupportedContentTypes()
- Also, you should always check which protocols are supported, by using Manager getSupportedProtocols() method
Related resources
- MultiMedia section on Java Me Developer's Library
- MMAPI Wiki article


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DETROIT -- They gave tens of thousands of dollars to the nonprofit Kilpatrick Civic Fund only to find out that the return on their investment was a trip to federal court.Michael Nairn testified that his investment firm gave Kwame Kilpatrick's nonprofit $2,500, but after speaking with city treasurer Jeff Beasley, a Kilpatrick frat brother, they kicked in another $7,500. In all, they gave $20,000.Michael Hudson said his investment firm forked over $10,000. Not long after, they got a city pension deal, but he didn't want to talk about any of that outside the courthouse.In all, officials from four firms who did work for the pension fund testified that they gave money to the mayor's nonprofit. So where did all that loot go? $3,000 went for Nike golf clubs and a golf bag emblazoned with "The Mayor" on the side.Kilpatrick's attorney suggested that hizzoner may have used the golf clubs while conducing business. He questioned who ordered the embroidery.More than 9,500 from the civic fund went to crisis manager Judy Smith and her nonprofit. Smith is the Washington-based expert Kilpatrick turned to for advice during the text message scandal. She didn't do him any favors on the witness stand, though. When Kilpatrick attorney Jim Thomas asked whether she did work for the Kilpatrick Civic Fund, her answer couldn't be clearer. She said she worked for the mayor.The donors we heard from Tuesday had two things in common. They said they didn't know how the money would be used, and they said that if they knew, they would have held on to their money.
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MORRIS – The city of Morris Park Board hopes to use state Legacy Grant funding to reuse the concession stand building at Pomme de Terre Park. Last year, the Morris City Council voted to hire an architect to study the area and develop plans for the building. On Tuesday, the...
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City approves tax abatement for Heartland Motors
MORRIS – On Tuesday, the Morris City Council approved a request from a local automotive dealership for tax abatement on a proposed project to build a new facility at the corner of Highway 28 and Highway 9 in Morris. But for the project to move forward, the request for tax abatement...
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August 23, 2014
Auto dealership asks for tax abatement for new facility in Morris
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Stevens County will interview auditor/treasurer, engineer candidates next week
MORRIS – The Stevens County Board of Commissioners will interview finalists for the open positions of auditor/treasurer and county engineer next week. Interviews for the five finalists for auditor/treasurer are scheduled for Monday, Aug. 25. The two finalists for county engineer...
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August 22, 2014
Morris Fire Department adds thermal imaging cameras
MORRIS – The Morris Fire Department has purchased three new thermal imaging cameras to help with search and rescue operations and to keep firefighters safe in burning buildings. Fire Chief Dave Dybdahl said most small departments are lucky to have a single camera. With...
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The ZZ-R11 long reigned as speed top dog, but that all changed in 1996 when Honda's Super Blackbird assumed the title of "Fastest Production Motorcycle". Intriguingly, however, the ZZ-R continues to impress, aceing the the Blackbird in top gear roll on tests, remaining a great all-rounder and now being better value than ever.
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In 2012, the most popular names for girls all ended in 'a,' according to parenting website BabyCenter.com.
The popular girls' names in 2012: Sophia, Emma, Olivia, Isabella and Ava.
For boys: Aiden, Ethan, Liam, Mason and Jacob.
"Names from two generations back are meaningful and retro and have a cool factor," BabyCenter.com's Linda Murray told USA Today.
BabyCenter.com released the list last week (and updates it frequently), just days before Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton announced they are expecting their first royal baby.
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According to BabyCenter.com, Catherine was not in the top 100 for girls' names in 2012, but William is no. 12 on the boys' list so far. Another royal saw his name skyrocket in popularity: The name Harry is up "a whopping 57 percent" according to BabyCenter.com. Pippa is up 35 percent.
Florida's own state list, based on Social Security data, is not yet available. But in 2011, the top five baby girl names in Florida were Isabella, Sophia, Emma, Olivia and Emily. The top five baby boy names in Florida last year were Jayden, Jacob, Daniel, Noah and Michael.
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The Wake County Board of Commissioners approved a $1.066 billion budget Monday that includes an extra $3.75 million to increase supplements to teacher salaries.
Commissioners voted 6-1 in favor of the budget, with the only dissenting vote coming from Betty Lou Ward, who said the budget did not do enough for teachers.
The adopted budget reflects an increase of $3,887,000 from the recommended budget, and includes increased spending for education compared to the recommended budget.
The budget represents a 4.3 percent increase in spending on education compared to FY 2014, however it does not include a 3.5 percent increase for all Wake County Public School System employees as proposed by Wake Schools Superintendent Jim Merrill.
The budget increases the direct allocation to the WCPSS by $13.9 million, to a total of $341,426,400, which makes up 51 percent of the county's general fund budget.
In April, the Wake County school board approved a $1.37 billion budget that included a $39 million contribution from the county -- $29 million of which was earmarked for employee raises. However county commissioners said they cannot fund those raises; rather the county will wait for action from the General Assembly to see what lawmakers will offer in terms of teacher raises.
The state of North Carolina is looking to push up teacher pay, which has lagged in recent years. But individual school systems can decide to pay teacher more than the state salaries.
The House of Representatives and the Senate have passed individual budgets that include raises for teachers, but have not agreed on a final spending plan. The Senate is proposing about an 11 percent increase for teachers in exchange for them relinquishing their tenure or "career status;" while the House is proposing about a 5 percent increase funded by increased investment in and ultimately sales from the lottery.
While the Wake County budget doesn't boost teacher pay, commissioners did approve $3.75 million to increase supplements to teacher salaries to the tune of about $225 per year. Total salary supplements are currently an average $6,204 per teacher.
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Pearl Jam's bassist talks about teaming up with Joseph Arthur, breaking rock 'n' roll rules and the future of Pearl Jam
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It's been more than three years since Pearl Jam has released a studio album, and bassist Jeff Ament has found plenty of ways to bide his time between records.
He's released three albums in the past 36 months, including a solo record and a record with Tres Mts. The latter was 10 years in the making due to Ament's commitments to Pearl Jam, but it didn't take nearly that long for Ament to record an album with his latest side project, RNDM (pronounced "random").
The band is a power trio which features Joseph Arthur, an accomplished singer-songwriter, who, along with Ben Harper and Dhani Harrison make up Fistful of Mercy, and Ament's Tres Mts. collaborator Richard Stuverud. Earlier this week the group released its debut record, "Acts," which was put together during a four-day session at Ament's home in Montana.
"The three of us had still only been in the same room together for seven days during the whole course of this, so it's still a pretty honeymoon feeling. Most of it has been Joe and I sending texts back and forth," Ament said, describing RNDM and their time in the studio.
Ament said the newness of the group and their relatively quick recording process helped the fledgling band's creative flow.
"I think sometimes when you take that little bit of pressure away from a situation it really frees you up because there isn't really anything there. There are no expectations. There's nobody at the other end saying 'Hey, when's the record going to be done? Is it good enough to stand up to the rest of your catalog?' I think sometimes that freedom can make it better because there's no fear involved with any of it. With Pearl Jam we have certain expectations with ourselves. We don't want to do anything half-assed. You kind of want to your best foot forward."
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MSN Music caught up with Ament before RNDM started a month-long tour in support of "Acts" and he talked about the band's origins, its peculiar color scheme and Pearl Jam's future plans.
MSN Music: Is the band's name any indication of how the three of you got together? Is there any meaning behind RNDM?
Jeff Ament: For me, I'm really visual, so if somebody says something I sort of visualize the word, and Joe was telling us this crazy story. Some artist friend of his was telling him that he had to go to his neighbor's house because there was something he had to see. So he went over to the house and he had this whole room full of gongs. And he goes, 'Yeah, there were random gongs everywhere.' And I was like 'Man, that's a band name, Random Gongs.' So that was kind of the working title for the project for three or four days. We actually even wrote an instrumental track called "Theme from Random Gong."
That's kind of the way the whole project went. We were constantly spewing stuff back and forth between one another. But then as time went on I was like 'the gong is kind of wearing off on me, but I like random.' And then to kind of contemporize it we pulled vowels out of it and that's the name.
I read that you guys had a four-day recording process. That sounds pretty intense.
You know, there really wasn't any plan for there to be a record or for this to be a band. If I had anything in the back of my head, I was thinking maybe we'd release a seven-inch, or a four-song EP, and it would be this weird little thing we threw out there. But after the first day we had six or seven things down already and then we started talking as if we were a band. & We all thought we probably had a record, but we weren't thinking about being a band. But then after sitting with the record for a couple of weeks it was like, these songs would be fun to play live. They're all pretty straightforward and most of it kind of rocks, so after a few dozen texts back and forth we kind of turned it into a real thing.
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Was it difficult to get Joseph to turn things up a bit? He's more of a quiet singer-songwriter on his solo material and RNDM is a rocking power trio.
The song that he put vocals on for my last solo record, "When the Fire Comes," sort of started this whole thing. The conversation we had at PJ 20, when we played the song, he said it was really fun to work on that song because it is a little more up-tempo than what he is used to doing. ... That was probably the one premeditated idea we had about the band; that we wanted it to rock a little more than some of the stuff that he would normally do.
You mentioned that you're a very visual person. Tell me about the orange color scheme with RNDM.
I think the orange thing initiated from my drum kit in Montana. It's a florescent orange and one of the tracks was called "Orange Drum in the Forest" or something like that; I can't remember what it was called right now. And so over the course of these texts Joe and I would send back and forth, it got to the point where it was like, 'OK, having been in the music industry for 30 years, you see bands where everybody has an opinion on different things. You always witness somebody in the band doing something where you're like, you should never do that. What that guy is doing right now should be against whatever is in this book of unwritten rock rules.' So we started talking about all of this stuff and we thought that this band should be all about breaking all the rock rules we've created over our crusty 30 years of being in bands. Let's do some things we never would do in our respective bands and careers.
Then we just started pushing ourselves to do these things. Let's shave our heads. Let's all dress up in orange jumpsuits. Let's wear suits. I've always been an anti-suit guy. So it sort of became this thing where we were daring each other to do things that we never would do. That just ended up making the whole process super fun and edgy.
The various members of Pearl Jam have all these side projects: Ed is touring solo, Mike is working on a Mad Season release, Stone has Brad and Matt is obviously busy with Soundgarden. Are these side projects a key to Pearl Jam's longevity?
I don't know if it's key. I think it's one of the fringe benefits of being in the band. That's how I met Joseph, and how I met Dug Pinnick was because I was in Pearl Jam. I got to become friends with these people, and the fact that I can do something like call up Joe and ask if he wants to do some recording, that's really awesome. It's how I would imagine it would be if you were Kevin Durant. He can call up LeBron James and say, 'hey do you want to work out this summer? ' It's sort of the same for me. I can call up these guys who are some of my favorite musicians and artists and we can collaborate and have fun and learn a ton in the process.
What are Pearl Jam's plans for 2013?
There really are no plans right now. We have a few shows in South America on the calendar and that's about it. I think that's kind of by design. I think the idea is that everybody takes the holidays off and then at some point somebody will pick up the phone, maybe late January or early February, and that will kind of start the (recording) process over again.
People want to know what's going on with the next record, and I think everybody has sort of talked about it, but it still really isn't anything. We still don't really know exactly when we will finish it, so it's hard to talk about it. It really could be anything at this point. Even though we have seven or eight songs recorded, it's still sort of a blank slate and that's exciting.
I don't think there's any doubt we're going to make a record, but when that's going to be, and when everybody is ready to do it, well that's another story. And there's no pressure. So if at any point the guys called up and said 'Hey, we're ready to do this,' I'd have no problem dropping everything because that's my first love. I'm going to do whatever works for everyone else.
That lack of pressure has to be a nice byproduct of being an independent band now, and being able to call your own shots when it comes to recording and releasing an album.
I think just as long as we create deadlines for ourselves. I think, well, we've all witnessed how that turned out for Axl Rose. ... You know how it is when you write. You can always rewrite everything. You can make it better, or different, or more unique. Every day you're going to improve as a writer and your take on things might be different. At some point you just have to let go and move on to the next thing. That's always the tricky part of being in a band. When is it good enough? When is there too much paint on the canvas and when isn't there too much paint on the canvas? That's always a tricky balance.
So right now it's sort of like a blank canvas with only a sketch?
Yeah it really is. There is some stuff that's pretty well finished and sounds good right now, but who knows if that stuff is going to end up on the next record. We may get together this spring and come up 15 things that are better than that, and that's the new record. As long as around the first of the year we have some studio time booked and we're focus on a new batch of songs, that's the fun part of being in Pearl Jam: Just being in a room with those guys and watching a riff turn into a song.
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How does Pearl Jam tread the line between being a relevant band and not a nostalgia band?
I think the reason we've never become a nostalgia band is because we've never gone three years or so without making a record. It's been a little more than three years since we released a record this time around, but we've been in the studio four times since, and we have a huge bunch of new ideas and songs. I think that as long as every six to nine months we go in the studio and write some new music, that keeps us out of the nostalgia conversation.
There are plenty of bands out there that haven't made a record in 10 years or 15 years and are still out there touring, telling people that they've been a band for 20 years. But I don't know if that constitutes being a band for 20 years if you've only released three records. And that's fine. There are plenty of bands that don't make records very often that I will go see at the drop of a hat. Our influences in terms of that stuff are guys like Neil Young and Bob Dylan; guys that are changing things up and making relevant music and changing things up. "Le Noise" by Neil Young is one of the greatest left turns ever. Seeing someone in their mid-sixties making relevant music is pretty inspiring. That's what I'd like to see happen with Pearl Jam.
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LOUISVILLE (October 6, 2009) -- Mayor Jerry Abramson and local fire chiefs today encouraged families to learn ways to prevent fires in their homes as part of National Fire Prevention Week, which runs from Oct. 5 to Oct. 12. This year's theme is "Stay Fire Smart – Don't Get Burned."
Burn injuries result in hundreds of thousands of emergency room visits a year. Thermal burns outnumber scalds nearly two-to-one.
"We want all our citizens to be fire-smart and burn-smart," said Abramson. "Children are especially vulnerable to burns – not just from fires but also from hot objects, hot water or chemicals. This year's safety message is critically important for families."
According to a new report issued by the National Fire Prevention Agency, only 13% of burn injuries that were treated at emergency rooms in 2008 were due to fire or flames. More than 216,000 people went to emergency rooms last year for treatment of burn injuries. The majority of those burns (55 percent) were thermal burns, most often resulting from contact with hot objects. Other types of burn injuries seen in emergency rooms included scalds (28 percent), chemical burns (8 percent), radiation burns (6 percent), and electrical burns (2 percent).
The NFPA report noted that children under the age of five face the highest risk of non-fire thermal burns, scald, chemical, and electrical burns. People over 65 had the lowest rate for these burns, but the highest rate of home civilian fire deaths.
"We want to show people how to avoid risky habits or behaviors so they can prevent fires in their homes," said Louisville Fire Chief Greg Frederick. "Having a working smoke detector in every home is a critical element of fire safety. We hope sharing this information will reduce the numbers of fires and injuries in our city."
Louisville firefighters will kick off Fire Prevention Week on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Frederick and several suburban fire chiefs will lay a wreath at the firefighter memorial in Jefferson Square at 10:30 a.m. After the ceremony, city and suburban firefighters will meet the mayor and fire chiefs at the National City Plaza, located at Fifth and Market streets, where they'll give away information on fire safety and serve free chili.
On Sunday, Oct. 11, firefighters invite families to celebrate the 25th annual Great Louisville Fire Drill from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Waterfront Park. Visitors can enjoy free food, live entertainment, and fire prevention education. Free parking is available at the garage on Witherspoon St. Families are encouraged to practice their own escape drills over the weekend.
"It's never too early to start talking to your kids about fire safety," said Paul Barth, chief of McMahan Fire District and the mayor's liaison to suburban fire districts. "During Fire Prevention Week, we're looking forward to helping families learn how to avoid some common causes of fires and burns. We want to keep everyone safe."
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2008:37 civilian injuries91 firefighter injuries5 civilian deaths
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A group of four Republican lawmakers and a pair of conservative watchdog groups filed a lawsuit Monday morning seeking to suspend the use of Minnesota's new, web-based voter registry.
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, a Democrat, implemented the online registration system this fall at mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us. It has been used by 1,900 people for a first-time registration or to make changes to an existing registration.
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The lawsuit was filed in Ramsey County District Court.
The plaintiffs allege Ritchie has "once again exceeded the constitutional authority of his office and usurped powers reserved to the legislature." They believe the registration system should have required legislative approval and that it is vulnerable to fraud.
"It's like he's saying, 'So what about the law? You don't like it? So sue me.' Well, we shouldn't have to sue our chief elections official to get him to follow our election laws, but here we are again." - Andy Cilek, Minnesota Voters Alliance president
"Even after the recent data privacy issues with MNSure and the Department of Public Safety, this was done behind closed doors, with no oversight, and deals with Minnesotans' most personal data." - Dan McGrath, Minnesota Majority president
Nathan Bowie, spokesperson for the Secretary of State's office, released the following statement Monday:
"We don't comment on litigation, but we are on firm legal ground providing eligible voters with common sense tools based on Minnesota law. Online voter registration follows a series of other digital services we have introduced to help Minnesotans, while saving taxpayers' money. Thousands have already benefited from these tools and we look forward to continuing to serve our citizens with the most efficient government possible. Our state is at the top of the nation in voter participation and election administration, and we work hard to make sure we stay number-one."
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LINCOLN -- A 9-year-old tries helping his mother from an attacker, only to be bitten by the man's dog. Saturday night in the 200 block of F Street, a 32-year-old woman was allegedly kicked and knocked down a flight of stairs by 41-year-old Cedric Fowler. The woman's 9-year-old boy jumped Fowler, who sicked his dog on the boy. Animal Control has the dog. Fowler is in jail for 2nd degree assault, felony child abuse and domestic assault. Both the woman and child were treated for minor injuries.
Cedric Fowler (Courtesy of LPD)