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Gore has an army worth of snowmakiing going and in addition to the 130 new tower guns placed throughout Gore Mountain's four peaks this fall, installation of 30 more low-profile guns has been completed on the signature Showcase trail.
Showcase is a 1.25 mile cruiser located under the lift line of the high-speed Adirondack Express. The 10' super-efficient tower guns are located to not impact the lift, as the snow is blown under the cables. The water flow is variable, which allows Gore's snowmakers to control the quality and amount of snow produced as the temperatures change.
The energy savings of these 160 new guns amounts to offsetting 1,428,721 KWH of electricity, which is 11% of Gore's annual usage, or enough to power 260 average three-bedroom homes for a year!
The snowmaking guns have been accompanied by several other improvements for 2011/2012, which include the addition of two new glades on Little Gore Mountain, the all-new Open Pit Grille on the sundeck, a renovation to the Tannery Pub & Restaurant, and a long extension of the Chatterbox Glades.
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At Pats Peak, NH, for just $43 per person, you can get access to skiing, snowboarding, snowtubing, lesson tips, rentals, bonfires, and entertainment on Saturday nights from January 7, 2012 through End of Season 2012 from 3pm to 10pm. Snowtubing hours are from 5pm to 10pm.
Arrive earlier in the day on Saturday and get rental equipment to start skiing/riding earlier and spend more time on the slopes. "Step Up To POP Tickets" are available from 12pm-10pm for $73; 1pm-10pm for $63; 2pm-10pm for $53; 3pm-10pm for $43. These are the only tickets available on Saturday nights for all ages. Rental equipment is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
New Year's Eve 2011 Goes POP from 3pm-10pm on Saturday, December 31, 2011 for only $53. In addition to the regular POP benefits, there will be a live band, comedians, party favors and fireworks to kick off the new year.
"Our Saturday Night POP ticket is significantly discounted to give guests new to skiing or snowboarding a chance to try it at a very affordable rate. It's also a great opportunity for skiers to try snowboarding or vice versa, since the rental equipment and lesson tips are included in the ticket," says Kris Blomback, General Manager.
The Sled Pub is open on Saturday nights until midnight, with live music from 4pm-9pm and food service continues until 11pm.
Pats Peak offers night skiing "Under the Lights" starting December 26th on 100% of the mountain with beginner through expert trails.
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When it comes to buying skis my mantra has always been - Demo, Demo, Demo. Try before you buy is the way to go especially now with all the variations of rocker technology that is evident in every ski manufacturers' lineup.
Okemo Mountaion Resort understands the need to Demo and is celebrating the opening of "Edges," a new equipment demo and sales center located beneath Okemo's iconic clock tower, in the Resort's original base area. Edges opened for business on Saturday, Dec. 17.
Edges Demo and Sales Center offers the newest skiing and riding equipment for the enthusiast looking to test ride before making a purchase. Edges also serves the discerning skier or rider who is looking to demo the latest technology. Brands represented include Salomon, Atomic, Elan, Rossignol, Ramp, and Stockli.
"This is the best way to buy equipment," says Okemo Snowsports Shop Assistant Director Dave Martin. "Why would you purchase new skis and snowboards any other way?"
Skiers and riders visiting Okemo can try all the new toys: fat skis, twin tips, carving skis, telemark skis, snowshoes and helmets, for a daily fee, or with the purchase of a new "Demo Pass" season pass package. Edges also demos lightweight, composite ski poles and top-of-the-line helmets.
Edges Demo Center's daily prices are $45 per day for one pair of skis/snowboard; $60 per day for three pairs of skis/snowboards; $80 per day for an unlimited number of products. Premium pole and helmet demos are $15 per day. Daily demo fees up to $135 can be applied toward the purchase of any ski/snowboard any time during the season.
Edges offers a variety of special Demo Center season passes. The World Cup Pass is $299 and includes 10 demos to be used throughout the season. $135 can be applied toward purchase of new skis or a snowboard. The Defiance Pass is $399 and includes 16 demos. $150 can be applied toward a purchase. The Double Diamond Pass is $499 and includes 22 demos. $175 can be applied toward a purchase. The Chief Pass is $699 and includes 34 demos. $200 can be applied toward a purchase. Demo Center season pass holders can use two products per day.
For more information about Edges Demo and Sales Center, call (802) 228-1565 or visit www.okemo.com.
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Pats Peak, New Hampshire, invites Adults to join a Weekday Lesson Clinic, the most cost effective way to learn or improve your skills with lots of attention on individual development. Skiers & Snowboarders of all abilities welcome!
Adult Clinics include a professional Lesson Clinics with the Pats Peak Snowsports School, a morning half-day lift ticket and lunch - all for less than the cost of a Half-Day Lift Ticket!
Adult Clinics can be taken Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday morning, starting January 3, 2012 until the end of the season (exclusions apply).
On Wednesdays, starting January 4, 2012, women can participate in the WOW, Women's Only Wednesday, Program. Women start the day off at 9am by enjoying a continental breakfast and an exciting morning discussion, designed specifically for women.
Discussion topics include: skiing/snowboarding fears and risk factors, yoga, skiing/riding exercises, nutrition, strength & power, stance and balance, physical and psychological gender differences, confidence building, equipment and boot fitting, and video analysis to enhance basic skills and improve personal skiing/snowboarding.
After morning discussions, participants head out onto the slopes for on-hill clinics taught by women only. The morning ends with a delicious lunch with instructors, allowing students and instructors to discuss their morning on the slopes.
"The WOW Program is a great program for women to feel comfortable learning on the slopes", say Holland. "Our female instructors personalize the program to the wants and needs of the group of participants," says Bertie Holland, Snowsports School Director.
Cub's Club Kids Programs are available for children whose parent is participating in the Adult Clinics or WOW Program. Cub's Club Child Care at Pats Peak opens at 8:15 am. Advanced reservations are required. Cub's Club Child Care is available for children ages 4 months to 6 years old and Cub's Club is available for children ages 3 years to 6 years.
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Sugarloaf unveiled a new mobile app this week that allows skiers and riders to track their experiences on the mountain, compile their stats online, and share them with friends, all with the push of a single button. The new app, called "Sugarloaf Replay," is completely free, available to anyone, and operates on both iPhone and Android devices.
Developed with the team at AlpineReplay.com, the Sugarloaf Replay app utilizes the GPS technology in smartphones to calculate a user's accumulated vertical feet, total mileage, number of runs, average speed, and even calories burned throughout the course of the day and the season.
Skiers and riders are able to track their day on the mountain using the app, and then review the information at the end of the day. Users' stats are stored in their profile on AlpineReplay.com, and they are able to compare them to stats of friends who also use the Sugarloaf Replay app.
"Skiers have been comparing their days and boasting about stats since the dawn of skiing," said Brad Larsen, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Sugarloaf. "Sugarloaf Replay is the next step for Sugarloafers in continuing that tradition in an online, social media environment."
Alpine Replay profiles also easily sync with Facebook, meaning users can automatically share their experiences on the hill with friends and family on Facebook.
Sugarloaf Replay users can compare their accumulated stats to those of other Sugarloaf skiers and riders, as well as to stats of skiers and riders from around the world. The app also features a "challenge" function, which allows users to challenge their friends to achieve various statistical milestones.
Sugarloaf Replay users will also be able to accumulate medals for achieving various milestones throughout the season. There are a total of 10 Sugarloaf specific medals, and 14 Alpine Replay medals.
In addition, the app will also provide users with the latest information from up on the mountain, including up to date lift status, grooming reports, the Daily Report, and instant updates through Sugarloaf's Twitter Feed, all from within the app.
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Sugarloaf Replay is completely free, and available through the iPhone App Store and Android Martket.
To download for iPhone, please visit: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarloaf-replay/id479536967?mt=8
To download for Android, please visit: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sugarloafreplay.android
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Thanksgiving marks the unofficial start of the ski and snowboard season all around New England, and Okemo Mountain Resort is ready to welcome guests for a holiday weekend to remember.
Okemo's snowmaking team is taking advantage of every opportunity to make snow in preparation for opening day. Mother Nature thwarted Okemo's plans to open on Nov. 19, as originally planned, with warm temperatures that made it impossible to make snow. But more seasonal temperatures have finally arrived and Okemo plans to open as soon as possible - prior to Thanksgiving if all goes as planned. Okemo typically starts the season with advanced terrain located at the top of the mountain.
In addition to skiing and snowboarding, Okemo plans to offer Thanksgiving Weekend visitors plenty of fun and adventure off the slopes. Okemo's Adventure Zone will be operating all weekend with 18 holes of miniature golf, the Stump Jumper Bungee Trampoline and the thrilling Timber Ripper Mountain Coaster.
Thanksgiving Dinner will be served in Coleman Brook Tavern on Thursday, Nov. 24, from 3-8 p.m. A traditional repast with all the trimmings is just $29.95 per person. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling (802) 228-1435.
If visitors want to burn off the calories from that extra slice of pumpkin pie, The Okemo Trot It Off 5k takes place on Saturday, Nov. 26, in the Jackson Gore base area. This running/walking race is perfect for the avid runner or the recreational walker. Registration is $25 per person and proceeds go to local community assistance programs. All participants will receive an event t-shirt. The Tots Trot, a kids' fun race for children 12 and younger, will take place just before the 5k. Race registration starts at 8 a.m. Trot It Off starts at 9:30 a.m.
Last year's Trot it Off raised $1,000 in proceeds to benefit the Patch Chit Neighbor in Need Fuel Assistance Program.
Visit Okemo Mountain Resort for more information and for rates and hours of operation.
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Sunday River Ski Resort and PistenBully USA are teaming up to provide the resort with even better slope conditions thanks to the addition of two new cutting-edge PistenBully 400s to the resort's grooming machine fleet. Both companies plan to celebrate their partnership this Friday, 11.11.11 proclaiming it as National Corduroy Day for all. Corduroy is an industry term for well-groomed snow because the end product looks like the fabric.
"For Sunday River, all of those straight lines represent perfectly groomed slope conditions which will be made even easier for us thanks to PistenBully," Dana Bullen, Resort President and General Manager, says. "What better way to announce our partnership than with a day celebrating well-groomed terrain."
Manufactured in Germany and designed for precision, the PistenBully 400s are known for their AlpineFlexTiller, which produces a well-aligned groom and easy transition when grooming machines overlap on the hill.
"The anatomy for seamless corduroy is built into our Alpine Flex Tiller," says Dennis McGiboney, Vice President of Sales for PistenBully. "It starts with the radius tuned cutter bar for accelerated snow processing, continues with adjustable snow flow for hard or soft conditions, and ends with a memory urethane / windshield wiper effect finisher system. These all add up to produce a high definition corduroy surface that is super fun to ski or ride."
To celebrate National Corduroy Day, Sunday River and PistenBully invite everybody to check out the two new 400s located in the Barker Base Lodge parking lot. Later this winter, PistenBully will bring to Sunday River several models from its grooming fleet for a more in-depth look at their engineering.
Currently, Sunday River operates 16 grooming machines including the two new PistenBulley 400s.
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With favorable snow making temperatures and a snow storm in the forecast, Mount Snow, Vermont is planning to fire up a few of its high output fan guns starting Thursday night, October 27 in preparation for a pre-season fundraising event and rail fest this Saturday and Sunday, October 29 & 30.
Weather permitting; Mount Snow will open one chairlift on its learning terrain and plant some terrain park features in the snow for a rail-fest-type teaser weekend. All proceeds from the $10 lift tickets will go towards helping North Star Bowl, the popular Wilmington bowling alley, frequented by locals and visitors, that experienced significant flood damage from Tropical Storm Irene.
The lift will spin from 10:00am ? 4:00pm both Saturday and Sunday, October 29 & 30 with lift tickets available for purchase in the Clocktower Building starting at 9:30am both days. Terrain park features will be planted in the snow for park riders to brush up on their skills in preparation for this coming winter.
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Hi folks - We're gearing up for winter 2011-2012 here at Ski the East and, more certain than seeing snow on Halloween, is the debut of a new Warren Miller Production.
Like There's No Tomorrow, the 62nd Warren Miller production, had it's premier showing in Salt Lake City last Friday. I happened to be around the Salt Lake city area and was invited to the pre-movie press conference with most all of the athletes and production bosses in attendance.
As is typical of a Warren miller film there were segments of awesome skiing and comedic antics from snowy places around the world.
One of the highlights in the movie is a segment at Tuckerman's Ravine with New Hampshire native and ski mountaineer extraordinaire Chris Davenport and Québécoise Hugo Harrison.
Tuck's was not in a springtime friendly mode for the movie, with a lot of blue ice shining. After the press conference I mentioned to Chris Davenport that I have to laugh when skiers in Utah say a run was icey. They don't know "ice" and I told Davenport to tell them what I tell'em we don't have ice back east - we have loud powder.
It's good to be getting back into a winter mode so check out the schedule for Like There's No Tomorrow. If you don't see a venue near you it's easy to arrange a sponsored show - makes for a great fundraiser.
Once your all stoked up from the movie grab your checkbook and head to a ski show for good times and great bargains - see you at the Boston Globe Ski and Snowboard Expo.
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Check out this Whiteface Mountain spring skiing video from Evan Williams of PureAdirondacks.com .
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RDEV 630 Fundamentals of Real Estate Development and Finance (3)
This course provides an introduction to real estate finance and development. Students learn the basic financial analytical methods (IRR, discounting, compounding, etc.) and apply them to real estate transactions. The course is taught in a Socratic method, with frequent visits from guest speakers from various segments of the real estate finance and investment industry. After taking this course, the student should have a good foundation in real estate finance and should be able to create basic pro forma projections as well as being able to value a variety of property types.
RDEV 635 Capital Markets & Real Estate Investments for Developers (3)
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RDEV 650 Essentials of Design and Construction Management for Development Professionals (3)
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RDEV 688D Principles of Property Management for Developers (3)
This course when offered as a corporate property management course, concentrates on the demand side of commercial real estate focusing on the tenant/user perspective, but with the dynamics of a dual viewpoint: (A)the Corporate Real Estate Professional's (CRE) objectives and constraints; along with planning and analysis, reporting and internal approval functions, all of which impact transactions. (B) And the Owner, Investor who markets to and negotiates with the CRE, and as a consequence must understand these issues for successful design, marketing and deal making. Coursework will include guest lectures, case study and group project work, with an emphasis on interactive participation in the classroom.
RDEV 688E Resolving Conflict and Negotiating Agreements (Also PUAF 752) (3)
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RDEV 688I Capstone Course in Real Estate Development (3)
This is the culminating course styled as an independent study course, directed by a faculty member, that will provide two alternative options; a) Practice Based - marketing feasibility analysis of a proposed project, its schematic design and cost estimation and complete financial analysis that may be in a studio format or independent study, or b) Research Based - an approved analytical or theoretical paper to explore a relevant development topic or problem with a real estate professional.
RDEV 688L Essentials of Commecial Leasing (3)
Through a hands-on look at commercial real estate leases, lease provisions, and current market activity, students will learn: (1) the role commercial leasing plays in the development process; (2) the terminology of commercial leasing; (3) the principal parties and participants in the leasing process and their roles; (4) the various lease types (e.g. office versus retail) and lease structures (e.g. full service, modified, triple net); (5) the economic drivers of a lease and their pro forma impact; (6) critical analysis of leases for acquisitions; (7) the negotiation process; (8) relevant statutory and case law; and (9) essentials for a down market.
RDEV 688R Affordable Housing - Roots and Rudiments (3)
The course consists of an examination of public policy and private actions to promote the development and operation of affordable housing for lower income families. This embraces an historical and analytical survey of key challenges to the enterprise, focusing on approaches - failed and successful - designed to ameliorate such problems, and includes broadly related aspects of community development. The course utilizes an assigned textbook, two or three leading court decisions, contemporary academic reports and analyses, and expert practitioner guest lecturers.
RDEV 688X Introduction to Principles, Practice and Process of Real Estate Development (3)
The course provides an overview of the real estate development process from entitlement to site and financial analysis. Through the prism of market analysis and valuation, we will explore the factors of supply and demand for a variety of residential and commercial land uses. The course includes guest lecturers representing a variety of professions engaged in the real estate industry including practitioners in development, law, finance, brokerage and analysis. Team projects include conducting market and valuation analysis of actual projects within the Washington Metropolitan area.
RDEV 688Y Practical Issues in Sustainability (3)
This is a practical issues course addressing the business impacts and drivers of sustainability. Students taking this class will receive broad-based business issue exposure to a wide range of sustainability-oriented topics and be challenged to think about the business issues and impacts of sustainability across numerous subject matters. The goal is for students to apply macro insights gained from this class to their ongoing curriculum, coursework class assignments, and professional careers.
RDEV 689B Financing and Investing with Historic, Low-Income and New Market Tax Credits (3)
Many new income producing real estate projects as well as many rehabilitation projects meet the criteria for various tax credits (federal, state and local) making tax credits a potential equity source for a wide variety of projects. To qualify for tax credits, a developer must understand the various tax credit programs, their application, impact on the project and project structure, the monitoring and reporting requirements, and the syndication and investment markets to turn credits into equity. This course provides an understanding and, through various spreadsheet exercises, practical application on how the rehabilitation tax credits (historic), low-income housing tax credits, and new market tax credits - are used to enhance equity.
RDEV 689F Advanced Real Estate Finance: Real Estate Repositioning (3)
Real estate companies, banks and investment firms face strategic challenges during rapidly changing economic cycles. This course will focus on strategies in analyzing markets, repositioning troubled assets/debt, cost control techniques and managing internal change and conflict during uncertain times. The course incorporates lectures, class discussion, case studies and guest lecturers. The guest lecturers include; real estate transaction workout/bankruptcy attorneys, bankers, finance executives, real estate developers, market analysts and strategic planners. Topics include:
* Evaluating financing sources and structures
* Monetary and non-monetary loan default resolution
* Developing an asset or portfolio plan
* Purchasing and selling real estate in a credit constrained market
* Bankruptcy and consensual workouts
* Developing and implementing workout plans and alternative strategies
* Evaluating your overall position within the market
* Strategic planning in a rapidly changing economic environment
RDEV 689K International Development Challenges and Practices (3)
This course will acquaint students with the international real estate development industry, and its process, etiquette, particulars between internal regions within a state and illustrate a broader understanding of regulatory differences between foreign and US practices. Understand the motivations and the cultural differences encountered by US developers overseas as well as the nature of development, regulatory, political and economic perspectives in the global arena. Explore legal issues and ethical choices with oversight provided by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The course will give a basic understanding to the student who is considering a career in international development.
RDEV 689L Risk Management for Real Estate Developers (3)
This course focusses the students' attention on pure risk (as compared to speculative or transactional risk). The course includes a visit to a local shopping center to understand property and liability hazards, guest lectures on habitational risk issues and environmental risk issues and a final project that requires the students to apply conceptual and practical risk management strategies to a fictional real estate portfolios.
RDEV 689P; 689Q, 689R Public Private Partnerships (1)
The series of 1 credit courses is designed to introduce and familiarize students with the predevelopment process for Public/Private Partnerships. Students will assess the attractiveness of multiple RFQ/RFPs for different project types including downtown redevelopment, new town centers and transit-oriented development. Students will also apply market demand theory, complete site capacity models and complete mixed-use developer pro formas to determine financial feasibility. Students will prepare public economic impact models to determine job creation and tax revenue impact of real estate development. Students will also learn about different public funding sources including the application of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) to assist in gap financing. Includes lecture, hands-on lab assignments (Financial Modeling) and site visits to notable public/private developments around the Washington DC area.
RDEV 690 Capstone Project/Thesis in Real Estate Development (3)
This is the culminating course styled as an independent study course, directed by a faculty member, that will provide two alternative options; a) Practice Based - marketing feasibility analysis of a proposed project, its schematic design and cost estimation and complete financial analysis that may be in a stuido group format or independent study, or b) Research Based - an approved analytical or theoretical paper to explore relevant development topics or problems.


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This game started at 7:40 PM ET. The Rangers scored the first goal of the game in the second period in game 3 at the Verizon Center in our Nation's Capital. The Capitals answered before the end of the frame. Both teams had chances in the 3rd period, but both goalies stood tall and we went to yet another overtime in this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs. Ho hum, it went to OT, but we wouldn't be talking about this game if it just went one overtime. Oh no, this one turned into a marathon. Brad Richards made a beautiful play to set up from behind the Caps' goal near the end of the third overtime, and Marian Gaborik stood right in front of rookie goalie Braden Holtby and shuffled the puck 5-hole on him with less than 5 minutes remaining in the third overtime. You heard me, it was close to going to a 4th OT. When Gaborik finally scored the third and final goal of this game, the clock read 12:14 AM ET.
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Roasted Chicken on Acorn Squash
A perfect fall dinner from Melissa Clark, New York Times Wednesday Oct. 24, 2012, Roasted Chicken on Delicata Squash. My vegetable bed is acorn squash.
This was soooo easy, and has lots of flavor. I used thighs and drumsticks. Put them in a bowl so you can mix them with the seasonings and oil. Salt and pepper of course, sage and she called for coriander seed. I had none, so did without.
Let this sit. She says 30 minutes. Whatever works for you.
She tops the chicken pieces in the oven with slices of lemon that are first blanched quickly (dropped into boiling water for a couple of minutes). Doing this seems like it's worth skipping, but it really does make the rind less bitter. Strain and add them to the chicken in the bowl.
Next, do follow this other tip of her's that does make a difference in the flavor. She mixes the squash slices in maple syrup. But first she boils it for a couple of minutes with butter and chili powder. She says this is something chefs do to concentrate the flavor. I thought it was worth it once I tasted the squash.
Ready to assemble now. Spread the squash around as the bottom layer. Put the chicken pieces on top. Then put the lemon pieces on the chicken.
Roast at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Then put on top sliced scallions. I had none so did without. Then bake another 20 minutes.
Not one of my finer pictures. I was busy eating and lost track of the need for one!
Check out the video embedded int the article, it is very helpful, too.
I totally recommend this dish. The squash was delicious. It was very flavorful. Yes, the flavor is maple syrup, what's not to like! Because these are thin slices - 1/4 inch or so, the flavors really penetrate the squash.
I think I'm going to get more chicken tomorrow. Have plenty of squash. Want to make this again on Sunday, before the hurricane hits!


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Before Warren Buffett exhorts Congress to raise taxes on the rich, he might look first to ensuring a company he's investing in pays its share to the government. To wit, General Motors. GM -0.26447252424331474% General Motors Co. U.S.: NYSE USD33.94 -0.09 -0.26447252424331474% /Date(1411160741302-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13557779 AFTER HOURS USD33.93 -0.01 -0.02946375957572186% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 963620 P/E Ratio 13.072952777135814 Market Cap 54462905108.3163 Dividend Yield 3.5356511490866236% Rev. per Employee 714726 More quote details and news »
The Detroit auto maker got a $50 billion bailout from the U.S. in June 2009, in exchange for a 61% equity stake, taking with it $45 billion in tax-loss carryforwards, which could be used against any future earnings. But when the U.S. Treasury, which oversees the Internal Revenue Service, cut its GM stake to 26% in GM's November 2010 IPO, the change in control triggered a rule that would have eliminated the carryforwards. Treasury's solution? Declare that the law didn't apply to it.
Now that GM has been profitable for 11 straight quarters, perhaps Buffett, who raised his stake in GM by 50% in the third quarter, can put his head together with Treasury and, as investors, prevail upon GM to ante up to the federal kitty.
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Last Week: Review
Mixed Bag on Jobs
U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose by a seasonally adjusted 146,000 in November, much better than the 80,000 that had been forecast by economists. A separate survey of households showed the jobless rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point, to 7.7%, the lowest level since December 2008. The Labor Department said Hurricane Sandy didn't "substantively" affect national employment estimates for November. But payrolls were revised sharply lower in October and September, with October rising 138,000, versus an initially reported 171,000, and September's tally cut by 16,000.
Cliff Notes, Continued
Republican House Speaker John Boehner accused President Barack Obama of pushing the economy to the edge of the fiscal cliff, by insisting that tax cuts that expire Dec. 31 be extended for the middle class but not the wealthiest. Any budget deal is likely to be hammered out by Boehner and Obama. Meanwhile, Coach coh -0.7500669702652023% Coach Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD37.05 -0.28 -0.7500669702652023% /Date(1411160499790-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6398458 AFTER HOURS USD37.05 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 282413 P/E Ratio 13.232142857142858 Market Cap 10175114965.3381 Dividend Yield 3.6437246963562755% Rev. per Employee 279432 More quote details and news » and Oracle ORCL -4.21179302045728% Oracle Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD39.8 -1.75 -4.21179302045728% /Date(1411160455591-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 82594265 AFTER HOURS USD39.87 0.07 0.17587939698492464% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4084842 P/E Ratio 16.378600823045268 Market Cap 177304585175.408 Dividend Yield 1.2060301507537687% Rev. per Employee 315557 More quote details and news » became the latest to move up special dividends.
Bank's Behavior Questioned
The SEC is probing charges by three former employees of Deutsche Bank DBK.XE 2.1291952363767592% Deutsche Bank AG Germany: Xetra EUR28.3 0.59 2.1291952363767592% /Date(1411166114000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 29783010 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 39033428385.1981 Dividend Yield 2.65017667844523% Rev. per Employee 420767 More quote details and news » that the bank failed to recognized as much as $12 billion of losses during the financial crisis, helping it avoid a government bailout, the Financial Times said, citing complaints. Deutsche Bank said the allegations by the former employees were "wholly unfounded" and that its "valuations and financial reporting were proper." Deutsche Bank, Europe's largest bank by assets, survived the financial crisis without state aid. It said it's cooperating with the probe.
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Glum Outlook
Germany's Bundesbank cut more than a percentage point off its economic-growth forecast for 2013. ECB held rates pat, but was reportedly "open" to cutting the main interest rate as soon as January.
Oil Clear
Canada approved Cnooc's $15.1 billion takeover bid for oil-sands operator Nexen, giving China its biggest foothold in North American energy. Canada also gave the nod to a Malaysian concern's $5.26 billion proposed bid for Progress Energy.
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• The Supreme Court said it would rule on the legality of a law denying benefits to same-sex couples.
• American Airlines pilots backed their first new contract in nine years.
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One of the two serial burglars involved in a spree of residential burglaries across the region from 2008 through 2010 was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison followed by five years of supervised release on gun theft charges.
Bernard McAllister, 43, of Lisbon was sentenced in Bridgeport for stealing and possessing numerous firearms, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill ordered McAllister's 108-month federal sentence to run concurrently with his state sentence. McAllister is scheduled to be sentenced in state court on April 2, at which time he is expected to receive a sentence of 25 years, suspended after 16 years.
McAllister and his partner in crime, Mark Missino, formerly of Waterford, were found in possession of 19 guns, part of a cache 8,000 other stolen items in an East Lyme storage locker in 2010. Police said they estimate the two men stole more than $1 million in goods, mostly from unoccupied homes.
Prior to November 2010, McAllister had been convicted of multiple felony offenses in several states, including burglary, robbery, breaking and entering, and making terrorist threats with intent to terrorize another.
McAllister and Missino have been detained since Nov. 18, 2010, when they were arrested in Massachusetts. On June 6, 2013, McAllister pleaded guilty to one count of possession of firearms by a previously convicted felon. Missino, 46, of Waterford pleaded guilty to the same charge on Jan. 30 and awaits sentencing.
In addition to many other crimes, authorities said McAllister admitted that he and Missino had carried out the armed home invasion in November 2009 of a jewelry store manager's Griswold home and the subsequent burglary of the Grader's jewelry store on West Main Street in Norwich.
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The Iguana 29 is a far shot from that flying hovercraft, but it does sport a similar versatility. Hidden in the hull of the boat are a pair of retractable caterpillar tracks that allow it to leaves the water and traverse some of the most challenging of terrain. Unfortunately, top speed caps out at about 5mph, which means you won't be driving from your home to the water's edge, unless of course you live a few hundred feet from said lake. However, it is capable of jetting through the ocean at up to 35 knots, which ain't too shabby considering it is an amphibious vehicle.
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Ive been doing skull crushers on an incline... Is it more effective if I do it flat?
Ive been doing skull crushers on an incline... Is it more effective if I do it flat?
Shouldn't make a difference as long as you have a full ROM.
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That's good to know. I like decline because I can just reach back and grab the bar from behind me when I start the set.
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I'm on the fence whether the complex cat dps spec is good or bad. Boomkin dps is very very simple. Tanking as a bear is slightly more complex, but is incredibly gear dependent; you have the most aggro issues of any tank class (i've tried them all). Bears can be great tanks, but its not a faceroll tank class like some others. Trees; i'm an expert tree, and honestly there are half a dozen buttons we use, with 2 CDs. It's not all that hard to be honest. However, I pretty much ignore procs and cool things like that, since I am always putting out heals. Its not like 'oh gee OOC proced, now i can cast this spell'. No, i am always casting, and usually I am top healer or among the top if gear is anywhere near equality. (although total heals done is probably not the best judgement of 'top healer', but i dont know what is).
Anyhow. Cat dps. INSANELY complex. Fun, but complex.
And here's my major problem.
I have a boomkin set that i can put on and not do terrible dps if i need to dps a raid or heroic (main spec is tree). I also have a PVP set i'm working on. I used to have a bear set, but gave up bear tanking (i have other better tank toons). That's already 3 sets of gear, and two specs, ideally 3 specs, but I don't have a PVP spec. Now if you want to add a cat set and a bear set, that would be 5 sets total, and 5 completely different specs. Now, you can go ahead and get those extra sets if you want to go cat/bear, but keep in mind all the heroics you will be grinding. It takes, what, 300-400 badges for a decent set. You can do the math.
Bottom line, druids if we are to play our specs to their capability, then you really need a dedicated spec/armor set, no matter what. I'll leave to you to decide if that's a good thing or not. To me, I would *like* to be a bear or a cat, but I dont have it in me to run all the heroics, get all the gear required, not after 3 nearly full sets of armor already in my bags.


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Plavix Saves Lives From Severe Heart Attacks
March 9, 2005 (Orlando, Fla.) - Adding the blood thinner Plavix to standard heart attack treatments could cut deaths from severe heart attacks by more than a third.
"There will be about a million heart attacks in the U.S. this year and about a third of them will be this type of severe heart attack; that's about more than 300,000 heart attacks," says researcher Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School.
Doctors refer to these severe heart attacks with the term "ST-elevation" due to specific changes that are seen on a heart monitor. These heart attacks occur when blood flow to the heart is severely reduced.
Severe heart attack treatment usually includes clot busting drugs and aspirin. But Harvard researchers say adding Plavix, a potent blood thinner, cuts deaths and second heart attacks by 36% compared with standard heart attack treatment.
In the study, patients who took Plavix as part of their heart attack treatment were also 20% less likely to need heart bypass surgery. The study was funded by Plavix makers Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Sabatine says Plavix, which is already standard treatment for people who have blocked, works with aspirin to keep blood clots from forming in blood vessels. "It keeps the vessels open," he says.
'Good Treatment for Heart Attack'
"This is a major finding," Robert Bonow, MD, chief of cardiology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, tells WebMD. "This is likely to have a major impact."
Christopher P. Cannon, MD, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a co-researcher of the study, tells WebMD that "we are 99.99% sure that this is a good treatment for heart attack."
Sidney Smith, MD, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Science and Medicine at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, tells WebMD that the findings are "the missing link."
"We knew that Plavix worked in mild heart attacks, but we were waiting to see if it would work the same in [more severe heart attacks] -- and it does," he says.
Sabatine tells WebMD that the best way to open a completely blocked artery is to immediately perform aThat approach is only available in about 25% to 30% of U.S. hospitals. "So most heart attacks are treated with medical therapy," he says.
Results of the 3,500-patient study were reported at the American College of Cardiology 2005 Scientific Sessions. The study was also published online by The New England Journal of Medicine.
In the study, about half the patients were given clot busting treatment plus aspirin and Plavix. The other half received clot busters, aspirin, and a placebo. Patients who took Plavix were initially given 300 mg of Plavix, followed by 75 mg daily for eight days or hospital discharge, whichever came first.
Because Plavix is a potent blood thinner, there was some concern that giving aspirin and Plavix together could increase risk of serious bleeding -- including bleeding in the brain.
Sabatine says, however, that major bleeding did not occur any more frequently in the patients taking Plavix.


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Dr. Wendy Walsh: On the Monday after New Year's Day, millions of Americans will begin working on their New Year's resolutions. In the weeks of January, health club membership sales will soar, and the sale of "sinful foods" like chocolate and alcohol will decline. Yet despite all these great intentions, most New Year's resolutions will have been abandoned by February. But not all of them!
Some people will truly succeed in making lifestyle changes. Sticking to resolutions is easier for them because they have a biological predisposition to tolerate change. They are born to love change, adapt quickly and seek new experiences, while others are predisposed to do things the way they've always been done. Psychologists who've studied behavioral change have come up with a few factors that increase your chances for success.
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5. Instant feedback. We've all heard that small, incremental changes are best because they feel less painful and inconvenient. But sometimes BIG changes work better because the immediate environmental feedback is so positive. A sudden weight loss, for instance, brings compliments and better-fitting clothes -- which in turn inspire people to continue changing. If you want to kick off a savings program, start with a big deposit. A hefty nest egg will inspire you to sit on it!
6. A time commitment. New behaviors must be repeated over and over before they can become habits.
7. Frequent rewards. Reward behaviors, not results. If you stayed on a 1,500-calorie-a-day diet all week and have promised yourself one dessert on Friday night, give yourself the reward even if you haven't lost the three pounds you intended to lose. Remember to give yourself small rewards instead of a pass or fail grade.
8. Self-forgiveness. If you "fall off the wagon," look at it as an important part of change, not a permanent setback. Nobody gets it right the first time. It is important to get back to your positive behaviors and not beat yourself up. Feeling like a failure will make you one. Feeling like a champion will help you win.
|Dr. Wendy Walsh holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, and her area of interest is attachment theory -- a psychological, evolutionary and ethological theory that provides a descriptive and explanatory framework for understanding interpersonal relationships. As a psychological assistant registered with the California Board of Psychology, Dr. Walsh has treated individuals, couples and families for a variety of mental-health concerns, including personality disorders, anger management, eating and substance disorders and depression. Connect with Dr. Walsh on Facebook.
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Since the factory head studs stretch and fatigue over time we are using ARP fasteners to attach the head to the block. Being over twice as strong as the factory units, ARP studs help prevent the head gasket from blowing out and spraying coolant all over the pavement in case the head lifts during a high-boost run.
Because the 2JZ-GTE engine has solid lifters and our head has gone through some major changes, we needed to double check the valve shims to be sure we are maintaining factory-spec clearances. Using the factory manual as guide it is fairly easy to cross-reference the current shim thickness with each current clearance to get the corresponding new shim size. It turned out that all of our intake shims needed replacing. But the exhaust shims were all within spec.
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The Steelers quarterback situation isn't one that is drawing a lot of envy from other teams around the NFL, and it's not going to fix itself for at least another week. After dropping a game to the Cleveland Browns, the Steelers will have to trot out Charlie Batch or Brian Hoyer against the 9-2 Baltimore Ravens.
Roethlisberger was reportedly given a 35 percent chance earlier this week to start, and that's now been downgraded to absolute zero. Byron Leftwich was also ruled out with a similar injury to Big Ben, which means the job is up to Batch and Hoyer, a matchup that the stout Ravens defense has to be salivating over.
There was some hope that the Steelers would have Big Ben back, as he said that the decision would come down to the strength in his throwing arm. Roethlisberger was even able to practice earlier this week which made it look like Pittsburgh would get him back this week, but the Steelers will have to look another way for another week.
However, it's not all bad news for Pittsburgh. Safety Troy Polamalu is expected to return this week, and it has been said that he'll get a "significant role" in the defense. The Steelers can also expect Antonio Brown to be an option on Sunday for whoever ends up throwing him the ball, but if the Steelers struggled against the Browns, one has to feel a bit bad for what awaits Pittsburgh this week.
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