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An area organization is looking back at how successful their summer camps were this year. Angela Widmer from Crooked Creek Christian Camp says they had more kids than last year at their different summer camps and there were no major injuries or storms.
She adds a lot of positive response has been received from both the kids and parents about their experiences.
Widmer notes many of the kids return each year as well. She says they are already in the process of getting ready for next year's summer camps.
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Portal 2: Ending Credits Song (Warning: Spoilers!)
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I think that Still Alive shows GLaDOS' personality better and shows more emotion. Still a great song, love it.
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This song is better composed. With that said, it didn't bring the same feeling as Still Alve. Still Alive made you feel sorry for GlaDOS. This one didn't. And another thing, "Litte Caroline is in here too.", what is thait suppose to mean (SPOILER) Glados deleted her right?
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I thought the more serious tone of this song well represented GLaDOS's shift in demeanor between games. Rather than compare their quality to each other, I prefer to appreciate each for what it is on its own.Posted: April 22, 2011 6:48 AM -
As someone who has never played the games and listened to the songs independently, this song is superior to "Still Alive".
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I prefer Still Alive's more classic sound to the new one's new-wave or whatever sound. But times change, so it's cool and just as funny-smart lyrically.
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That was a very good song.
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the first portal seemed to be more about the song then it was about the game. Portal two is the opposite. And i loved it!
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It was perfect right after what you see at the end of the game... seeing it on here kinda takes it out of context. The end gave me chills. For me this was probably the best first person game since Half-Life 2. AWESOME!!
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There is a song that this song sounds unsettlingly similar too, cant put my finger on it right now though.
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I like it, but the original is so creepy. It's a song you get stuck in your head for days. This one is a nice little ditty, but it doesn't even mention cake.
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Gross. Not even close to the original. I want this song GONE.
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i actually love this song in another way dont get me wrong still alive is amazing because it was what it was if this song was in the first game and still alive was the song for portal 2 it wouldn't be as good the fact is that the original is better because you had that warm and fuzzy feeling with it. that being said this is an awesome song for an awesome sequel.
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Although California, at almost 2.8GW, still ranks third among all US states, Oregon and Washington both joined the 2GW club this year due in large part to the windy Columbia River Gorge that separates the two states — both of which offer significant incentives and maintain busy ocean ports that cater to wind components.
New Mexico ranks a distant fourth with just short of 600MW but no other state in the region has yet reached 150MW. The leading state in the region in terms of pipeline is Oregon, with over 3GW of developments planned. The three other leading states in the region —California, Washington and Nevada — all have healthy development pipelines around 2GW, and Idaho has planned developments of more than 1.5GW. Only Hawaii of the region's other states surpasses 500MW of projected pipeline.
California's Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative, an effort to identify regions that can host wind projects by 2020, is in its early stages. Washington and Oregon, both planning regional transmission expansion, already ship a significant amount of their wind power to California, and sparsely populated New Mexico is seeking to build export lines to Nevada and Colorado. An Idaho bill passed last summer guarantees that qualifying transmission providers can recover costs through electricity rates — and some long-distance 500kV lines are proposed.
The Western states are also important because of their ports, some of which are the country's busiest for wind imports, linking with key overseas markets such as China.
Way is clear for colossal projects
The windy Pacific Northwest's wide-open spaces will see some truly massive mega-projects completed within the next few years. Oregon's Gilliam and Morrow counties are set to host one of the world's largest developments — Caithness Energy's Shepherds Flat, a 909MW project that, by 2012, will feature some of the first 2.5MW GE turbines in North America. Another massive Oregon project, Horizon Energy's 300MW Antelope Ridge, is planned for Union County next year, while BP Alternative Energy has been given consent for its 400MW Golden Hills project in Sherman County.
In Washington, the final 100MW phase of Cannon Power Group's Windy Point/Windy Flats project in Klickitat County is expected to bring that development's total to 500MW by 2012. Meanwhile, construction on the 343MW first phase of Puget Sound Energy's Lower Snake River is underway and due for completion in 2012. New Mexico could also see a pair of huge projects as soon as next year — Caithness Energy is developing the 500MW Mescalero Ridge project near Roswell, while DKRW Wind and Karbon Zero are planning the 300MW first phase of G3 Wind in Torrance and Lincoln counties.
In California, the first 150MW phase of developer Terra-Gen's Alta Wind Energy Center got underway earlier this year, with a further 570MW to be added and longer-term plans to build the project out to around 3GW.
Limited role for manufacturing
The Western US is home to very little in the way of supply chain manufacturing for two main reasons: equipment makers tend to prefer middle America's access to nearby wind corridors and transportation lanes, while several busy West Coast ports are capable of bringing the gamut of components from around the world to California, Oregon and Washington, where most of the wind power activity occurs. While major turbine manufacturer Clipper is based in southern California, its nacelle factory is in Iowa. Similarly, blade-maker TPI Composites is based in Arizona but maintains manufacturing facilities in Iowa, Mexico and China. Thus, the region's supply chain is reduced mainly to a smattering of bearing, gearbox and other subcomponent manufacturers, along with a handful of metal and composite fabricators primarily concentrated near major coastal cities in Washington and Oregon.
Veteran research lab gets wind brief
Sandia National Laboratories, with primary campuses in New Mexico and California, has a history that traces back to the Manhattan Project and World War II. Although its primary focus is non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons, the laboratory's mission also includes renewable energy with an emphasis on wind turbine blade design, testing and system reliability through partnerships with universities and industry.
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, located on the grounds of the University of California-Berkeley, is part of the US Department of Energy and produces an ongoing series of case studies that analyse the innovative practices of state clean-energy funds in support of renewable energy – often concentrating on wind power.
The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), based in Colorado, established a test site in 2008 at the 30MW Kaheawa wind farm on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The goal of the facility is to increase understanding of how to manage variable output by monitoring Hawaii's small, closed grid.
Four ports make US top ten list
The US West Coast is home to some of the world's best and busiest facilities for importing wind power components. Two Washington ports, Vancouver and Longview, ranked first and third nationally in 2009 for wind-related import tonnage. Vancouver, across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon, established itself as a go-to port for wind equipment in 2006 by purchasing what was then the largest crane in North America. Longview recently invested in its own mega-crane and a pair of heavy-duty forklifts, while expanding its lay-down yard in an effort to enhance its wind-related capabilities.
Also ranking highly was the Columbia Snake River port system, which straddles the Oregon-Washington border and moves wind components into the renowned Columbia River Gorge and beyond. Southern California's Port of San Diego also featured in the top ten US wind-equipment importers.
A handful of other viable West Coast ports failed to crack the top ten, although California's Stockton and Long Beach Ports are significant players. Choice of port often comes down to cost, but can also depend on other considerations, such as exclusive contracts with manufacturers.
With an excess of wind and not many people to use the power generated, some of the big square states that make up the region have started selling the electricity they produce to more populous, less windy states.
The most populous state in the region, and the one with largest installed wind power capacity is Colorado. Denver, the state capital and the only city of its size for more than 500 miles in any direction, has long been the regional hub for all sorts of industry and transportation, not least the energy-related fields of oil and mining — and the wind power industry is no different. The Mile High City with its sprawling metropolitan area is home to a number of federal agencies concerned with wind power, and through the state's higher education system, wind energy research is a high priority. The metropolitan area is home to major turbine manufacturing facilities, while a few hours south lies the world's largest turbine tower manufacturing plant.
Colorado is looking to more than double its installed wind capacity in the coming years, with 1.4GW of projects in the pipeline. The other three states in the Rocky Mountain Empire have yet to harness fully their vast wind energy reserves, but plans are afoot in these areas to do just that.
With a 3.3GW pipeline, Wyoming has big plans for wind expansion and export, as has Montana, with some 1.4GW of wind projects planned or under development. Montana has plans to establish itself as a supply chain centre, having just welcomed a turbine manufacturing plant of its own.
Region poised to go large
In terms of installed capacity, Colorado is the regional leader, but by the end of 2011 each state in the region is set to become home to a number of the country's largest wind farms. Wyoming's 3.3GW pipeline is dominated by the state's largest upcoming scheme, the 2GW Chokecherry and Sierra Madre wind energy project. So far only the land has been purchased; developer and owner the Power Company of Wyoming is addressing conservation concerns raised by the scheme and hopes to begin construction in 2012.
Other large projects in the state include Duke Energy's 200MW Top of the World plant in Converse County and Horizon Wind Energy's 300MW Simpson Ridge.
Pattern Energy's 300MW Pole Canyon plant in Huerfano County is due to go live in 2013. Further down the line the potentially massive Cheyenne Ridge Wind Project will start coming online in 2011. If the project is completed to its upper potential it could provide up to 600MW of electricity, enough to power 180,000 Colorado homes. A further two 250MW projects are planned in the state – BP's Cedar Creek II in northern Colorado and Cedar Point 80 miles east of Denver, being developed by Renewable Energy Systems Americas.
In Utah, Milford Wind plant, now under construction, is to provide 203MW from 97 turbines and is due online this year. In Montana a number of other large schemes are in the pipeline, including Iberdrola's 309MW Rim Rock facility and Horizon's 300MW two-phase Martinsdale project, the 243MW second phase of which is in the permitting process.
Home to world's biggest tower factory
Metropolitan Colorado is the hub for turbine production in the region and in terms of supply chain in the Mountain States, turbine manufacture Vestas is the big player. Despite its North American headquarters being in Portland, Oregon, the Danish firm operates three plants in Colorado, with a fourth due to open in 2011. The plants are a blades factory in Windsor, a nacelle assembly factory in Brighton, and a tower manufacturing facility — the world's largest — in Pueblo.
The company has recently announced plans to hire more than 1000 new workers across its three plants in response to a surge in orders. Firms from metropolitan Denver and its surroundings wider manufacturing base, such as the once-mighty Gates Corporation, also provide raw materials and specialist parts for turbines such as hydraulics and tower platforms and doors.
Further afield, the mining town of Butte, Montana is home to turbine manufacturer Führlander AG's North American manufacturing base. The plant employs 150 people and builds machine housings for the company's FL 2500 turbine. The German firm chose Butte for its available industrial workforce, proximity to Canada and good transport links to other US states.
Haven for wind research
Colorado is home to many federal agencies covering all aspects of the national economy and, in terms of government wind research, it is again the big hitter in the Mountain states. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the federal government's flagship renewable energy research institution, and its National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) are based in metropolitan Denver. Roughly a quarter of the NREL's $150 million budget in 2009 went on its work in wind power and the two bodies have proved to be huge draws to turbine manufacturers and their research arms looking for a location.
With its headquarters in Boulder, 30 miles north-west of Denver, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is the federal government's main weather and climate research facility. The NCAR and the other federal research institutions collaborate with the state's universities to form the Center for Research and Education in Wind, with a primary focus on turbine development.
From the private sector, Siemens' North American wind research and development arm is also based in Boulder. The company cited proximity to the NREL and the NWTC as reasons for their choice. The University of Wyoming's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences has been researching wind energy for more than a decade. It focuses on blade aerodynamics and wind flows, as well as training graduates to provide the state with a pool of skilled wind power workers. It is planning a dedicated wind research building for its campus in Laramie, Wyoming.


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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos loves forcing functions. At some point before 2010, Bezos decided that it was time for Amazon Web Services to make some rapid progress, so he started a project to move the computing infrastructure for Amazon.com on to AWS. As you would expect, AWS had to be adapted to handle Amazon.com, and became a stronger product with respect to handle web-scale applications. Amazon.com no doubt became a better and more efficient application in the process. This is just the result that Bezos was looking for.
While AWS made progress because of this forcing function, it is reasonable to ask: Was there a better forcing function? Recent moves by IBM and enterprise-class cloud firm Virtustream shows that Bezos may have made the wrong choice in forcing functions if he were seeking the largest market possible for AWS, not just increased operational efficiency for Amazon.com.
Bezos had his eye on the wrong set of applications when he conceived his forcing function. My argument is quite simple:
- Modern web-scale applications are built to run on the AWS cloud, which is constructed out of components that offer weak SLAs for performance.
- A massive share of the $3.8 trillion that Gartner says will be spent on IT in 2014 goes to supporting traditional enterprise applications, which were built to run on components that are scalable and reliable.
- These applications will be with us for decades and won't easily be rewritten to use a web-scale cloud, but they could benefit from cloud hosting.
- A better forcing function would have improved AWS with respect to traditional enterprise applications.
In other words, the forcing function Bezos should have pursued was one in which he approached 10 companies from a selection of different industries such as finance, manufacturing, retail, pharmaceuticals, and logistics and then asked them to work with Amazon to move as much as possible of their data centers to AWS.
The problem with this forcing function is that it may have driven Amazon back to the drawing board. The digital DNA of AWS was not designed for scalability and reliability of the individual components. Rather, it was designed to meet the promise of high levels of automation, rapid deployment and scalable capacity. AWS has made progress toward meeting the requirements of enterprise computing through dedicated instances and other means, but these are band aids, not the top-to-bottom engineering needed to really solve the problem.
"AWS started out without the notion of strong SLAs for performance. As they mature, they are bringing on more heavy duty solutions for performance of IOPS, computing, memory, etc.," said Sean Hull, an IT consultant who specializes in high performance architectures and is author of the Scalable Startups blog. "Some enterprise apps will be able to run on AWS and some may not. In my experience, to get consistent high performance when using AWS, there are still many components such as databases that benefit from dedicated hardware."
The World of the Polyglot Cloud
In the past five years, both IBM, Virtustream, and others have been working on the enterprise forcing function mentioned above, and they have made progress. It is worth looking at the difference between how these clouds work and what AWS offers. The bottom line is that we now are living in a world of a polyglot cloud. It is possible to move most of the apps in the existing data center to a cloud and run them there reliably without having to compromise on performance, security, or scalability, and without having to rewrite the applications. (See "How to Build a Reliable Cloud for Legacy Apps" for a longer discussion of app architecture.)
IBM and Virtustream have different strategies for constructing the enterprise cloud. Today we examine Virtustream and I will check in with IBM about its strategy in the near future. (My starting point for my look at IBM is this article ("How SoftLayer is Beating Amazon in Supporting the Application Lifecycle") written just before SoftLayer was purchased by IBM.)
What Virtustream has done is broken the unit of computing down further so that it can solve the allocation of resources problem. Using an abstraction called a microVM, Virtustream can define a set of resources that has enough computing power, memory, IOps, and Network Ops to run an enterprise application. Unlike AWS, where you get an instance but no guarantee of performance, microVMs come with hard SLAs. This means that enterprise apps can be simply moved over to a Virtustream cloud, without modification or worries about degraded performance. Of course you can move any application you want to AWS, and if performance doesn't matter, then there will be no impact. But if a person is waiting for a consistent speedy response from the app, you may be in trouble.
Like other clouds, Virtustream offers elastic capacity, so if you need a temporary increase in microVMs, you can get it. Unlike most other clouds, Virtustream has enterprise friendly features for compliance and security such as info about geo-tagging, automated compliance processes, risk-weighted threat analysis. In addition, Virtustream supports ESX, the hypervisor used by VMware, and KVM, the hypervisor used by OpenStack. This allows apps that run on VMware or OpenStack to be easily moved to the Virtustream cloud.
Virtustream's cloud pricing is based on compute resources used, not compute resources allocated as with AWS and many other clouds.
The point of this discussion is that it is time for CIOs to start seriously considering a polyglot solution in which enterprise apps live in an enterprise cloud, web-scale apps live in a public cloud, and only the most high performance, mission critical apps stay in a data center. "The economic benefits of the polyglot cloud have sundered existing restraints on outsourcing the cloud," said Dr. Robert B. Cohen, Director, TM Forum's Enterprise Cloud Leadership Council.
How the Enterprise Cloud Market is Changing
I spoke recently with Rodney Rogers, CEO of Virtustream, about the increasing pace of enterprise cloud adoption and the forces driving it.
Rogers said after the company was founded in 2009, they had an uphill battle to convince buyers that they could really run their crown jewel applications on the cloud. But in the last half of 2012, thinking changed, and the early adopters and the first wave of early majority arrived in force, increasing the size of the sales pipeline by a factor of 10 in 6 months.


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In 1879, veterans of the Army of the Cumberland dedicated an equestrian statue of Southampton's most distinguished son in Washington's Thomas Circle. He peers down 14th Street toward Virginia today, as dense traffic runs around him; perhaps one passerby in a thousand knows who he is and what he did for the nation.
After Thomas died, Grant was able to say that he was "one of the great names of our history, one of the greatest heroes of our war." Sherman relented so far as to write that "during the whole war his services were transcendent." Yet even then, the two generals seldom mentioned his name without repeating their assertions of his caution. When the two surviving Thomas sisters were nearing 90, they allowed the general's prize sword to go to the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, where it remains. As a further gesture of reconciliation, they sent acorns from the great oak outside the home place to be planted around his statue in Washington.
The acorns never sprouted.
Ernest B. "Pat" Furgurson is the author of Freedom Rising and other Civil War books. He lives in Washington, D.C.


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There's always the danger that, if you leave something until the last minute, something else will crop up to get in the way. Take, for example, the writer who waits until the night before the deadline to write her article, feels a migraine starting and then realises she can't retire to a darkened room after all.
Sitting on the train home, I was longing for painkillers and sleep. Trying to think about what I was going to write became increasingly difficult because, no matter how many great ideas I have stored up, no one wants to think about sex when they have a headache. Sitting in front of a computer screen and typing is one thing – ouchy yet bearable – but trying to focus on a bit of nooky is downright impossible.
However, we've all heard the rumours that sex can relieve headaches, so I figured that it couldn't hurt to do a quick bit of online research and find out if an orgasm or two might be better than the old paracetamol and ibuprofen trick. It would certainly be a more fun way to banish my headache!
About.com is often the first link to come up when you type questions into Google and they certainly didn't disappoint me this time. Their article on the subject, entitled Orgasm, Headache and Migraine: Does the "Big O" affect headaches and Migraine?, was extremely informative and cited some useful research. Although it would seem that orgasms are in no way a guaranteed way to relieve the symptoms of a migraine – apparently 49.1% of the quoted study's participants experienced no relief at all – for those women who did see an improvement, it was impressive.
"For those who obtained relief through orgasm, the level of relief varied, but it is interesting to note that of those who obtained any relief, the largest subset is those who obtained complete relief."
So you can't be certain that it will help, but it sounds like it's worth it if it does. Over on Associated Content, I found out that some types of headaches that are caused by sex are actually the sole effect of intercourse and not necessarily the orgasm itself.
"Therefore, as blunt as it sounds, self-satisfaction is the best cure for headaches or migraines that costs nothing and is entirely safe. Sex is a close second if your headaches or migraines are not of the three above-mentioned varieties."
Basically, even though it might not work for everyone, it's most definitely worth a try. Sex and masturbation both help to reduce headaches by encouraging your body to release endorphins, which have a similar effect on your body as morphine. In addition, because orgasms are 100% natural, you won't overdose or have any complications if you 'use' them in conjunction with other medicines. Sounds like win-win to me. I'm off for some more practical research!
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William Friday is one of the most respected leaders in higher education. He is considered one of the most influential people in the state of North Carolina over the past half century and has long been a major advocate for reform in intercollegiate athletics. He was the founding co-chair of the Knight Commission. But I doubt he ever expected his own alma mater would be at the heart of a major NCAA investigation concerning improper benefits and academic fraud within the Tar Heel football program.
There has always been a certain amount of academic compromise at even the best schools when it comes to admissions, but not eligibility. If a football player wants to maintain his eligibility and the coaching staff needs his contributions, then the school has every incentive to provide any means of academic support allowed under the rules. This is particularly true in football. While the overall GPAs of scholarship student-athletes outperform the general student population, football tends to be consistently near the bottom of all sports. It is no secret that college football has become a major driver of alumni support, major fund-raising, university marketing and revenue generation at almost all of the major schools and at many of the mid-level and smaller colleges. Using the recent revelations about his own university as the example, Friday is creating more national attention about what he calls, "the over-commercialization" of college athletics.
This creates quite the conundrum for athletic directors, coaches, and university presidents. While college football is at an all time high in terms of television contracts, bowl guarantees, marketing rights fees and commercial exposure, presidents, chancellors and trustees see the signs of trouble brewing. At first glance, the revenue from ESPN, IMG and booster groups at the major conference member schools is staggering – until you see the other side of the Income Statement. The cost of college athletics, meaning the expenses to operate 30-40 varsity sports practicing, training and playing in state-of-the-art facilities, continues to outpace revenues at 88% of the nation's largest colleges (just 14 of the 120 bowl subdivision athletic departments finished in the black in 2009). While we continue to hear the calls for paying college athletes, the economic data demonstrates the fallacy of this concept. On a college football team, the school is allowed to have 85 players on full scholarship. 22 of them are good enough to be starters, plus the kicker, punter and deep-snapper, so let's call it 25. Of the 25 players, the average number who are good enough to go on to play professionally (using the top 120 bowl subdivision schools) each year is two (2). Less than 30% of the scholarship athletes are starters. That means for the other 70%, the college probably spent more in scholarship, academic support, meals, training, equipment, travel and other benefits than it received in "requisite contributions" from the athlete. Some will make the argument that the "elite" players at the schools are the ones being taken advantage of because of the use of their images in various commercial and promotional efforts. I beg to differ. In fact, I would argue the relationship between the elite athlete and university is actually in balance as an efficient market exists for those players to receive commensurate compensation at the professional level (the lowest paid players in the NFL make just over $300,000 and the 2009 league average was around $7 million) and monetize the benefits of an outstanding and well-publicized career. However, for the university, it must incur the same costs over four years (roughly $400,000 on average per athlete) for the star running back as it does for the fourth-string tight end. It's a good deal for the running back and tight end, but it's a growing problem for the schools.
Universities, being essentially government bureaucracies, always struggle to reduce costs. Even though departments of athletics are organized and managed as stand-alone departments, they are deeply embedded within the total university ecosystem and almost always overseen by the trustees, chancellors and presidents. Add to this large and costly infrastructure the fact that the federal government has required the departments to meet certain criteria for gender equality (Title IX) in its athletic scholarship offerings. Is any wonder the athletic departments struggle mightily to reduce costs and overhead? So, if they can't significantly reduce costs in order to avoid operating losses, they must put more and more emphasis on driving revenues. Increasing revenues means focusing on:
a) attendance
b) premium seating
c) sponsorship
d) guaranteed media rights
This is why IMG, the world's largest sports marketing company, has recently acquired Host Communications, International Sports Properties and The Collegiate Licensing Corporation in order the create the most powerful and integrated collegiate sports marketing company in the industry. Colleges can't generate this revenue from within. They need to partner with, outsource to or accept guarantees from entities like IMG and ESPN in order to maximize revenues. What determines the value of these deals? The answer, plain and simple, is winning. Thus, the immense pressure on athletic directors and head coaches to win conference championships and get to bowl games. When the pressure is this intense, the money this great and the scrutiny this acute, we should expect to see the best and the worst in people. The strength of a person's character and the ethical values of an organization's culture will be revealed. Oh, and forget about banishing football from the athletics department. Not one major college athletic program that operates without football was able to generate a profit in 2009. More and more, it is clear that college football is the bus upon which all the other sports need to catch a ride.
If a university with such a previously clean record and national reputation for academic/athletic balance like the University of North Carolina can succumb to the pressure, what other schools are crossing the line? Where will the next shoe drop? What will university presidents do about it? How do you control costs in collegiate athletics when the business is basically a government entity with expense obligations it cannot control? When a system breaks down, like it did at USC and UNC, who is ultimately responsible? If it is isolated to a particular sport, is only the head coach held accountable? How do you appropriately punish the cheater/s without penalizing innocent student-athletes?
These are just a few of the myriad of questions the leaders of college athletics will be forced to wrestle with as the commercialization of college football grows. And, I haven't even mentioned high school football. You can't imagine how much potential commercialization exists and just how many companies are already deeply engaged in the early stages of monetizing the high school sports affinity market. The storm has been building for at least 15 years…but that's for another article.


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cannot run the class file using the java command
hi. I am having trouble running simple codes due to some problems.
I have my class here name MyClass.java inside a package
Java Code:package com.sm; class MyClass { public static void main (String[] args) { System.out.println("FUBAR"); } }
MyProject> source,classes
I was able compile the application and put it in the classes>com>sm folder using this code
Java Code:javac -d classes (diretoryToMyJavaFile)/MyClass.java
Java Code:Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: MyClass (wrong name: com/sm/MyClass)
What if you try to run it from the classes directory via
Java Code:java com.sm.MyClass
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that did it! thanks! :DI guess need to read more about packages :)
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Day One of the Consumer Electronics Show has brought the launch of a variety of devices, including ultra-HD TVs, smartphones and other smart appliances.
The gains came after data showing China's December trade surplus jumped to $31.6 billion, well above economists' expectations for a $19.6 billion surplus, as exports climbed 14.1% from a year earlier. Read: Why investors should care about China data.
The data "adds to the raft of positive anecdotes and news on the Chinese activity front," said Sue Trinh, a senior currency strategist at RBC Capital Markets. "Consensus expectations of Chinese growth have yet to catch up to these developments," she added.
In Hong Kong, property firms and banks were among the notable gainers after the data. New World Development Co. 0017, -0.83% NDVLY, -1.57% jumped 5.4%, Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd. 0001, +0.42% US:CHEUY climbed 1.9%, Bank of China Ltd. 3988, -0.76% BACHY, -0.44% improved 1.7% and Bank of Communications Co 3328, -0.49% BCMXY, +0.95% added 0.5%.
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A majority of public schools in the Greater Boston area will be closed on Good Friday, the most solemn of Christian holy days.
But 17 school districts will hold classes, in cities such as Malden and Marlborough, and towns such as Belmont and Georgetown. The number of schools open changes as districts strive to balance the secular school calendar with religious holy days.
The Old Rochester Regional School Committee — which represents Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester — next month may reconsider its March vote to hold school on Good Friday in 2015. All district schools are closed for the holy day this year.
"I don't know if that will happen," said Jim O'Brien, chairman of the School Committee, on the proposed change for next year. "But since we voted, we've heard from people who have concerns about going to school on that day."
Similar questions are being raised in Bedford, Belmont, and Gloucester. Meanwhile, the Christian holy day falling before the start of April school vacation week raised conflicts with teacher contracts in Malden, Marlborough, and the Nashoba Regional School District, which draws students from Bolton, Lancaster, and Stow.
The decision to hold school on a religious holiday is a local one. In general, school districts decide after reviewing the school population, said Tom Scott, executive director of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents.
"It depends on the community, and what its demographics may be," Scott said.
State and federal law requires a school district to accommodate teachers and students by allowing them to take personal days or excused absences. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issues a memo before the start of each school year, reminding districts of the requirements.
"You can't introduce any new material, or test, on those days," Scott said.
In Bedford, recent anti-Semitic incidents at the high school have prompted officials to rethink the policy on religious holidays, Superintendent Jon Sills said.
"The recent events around anti-Semitism has prompted us to reflect on a number of practices, including how we treat religious holidays," Sills said.
Bedford schools are open on Good Friday and the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. But on Good Friday, students have a half day, and teachers a whole day, Sills said.
In Belmont, the district's longstanding policy of opening a half day on Good Friday is being reevaluated, Superintendent Thomas Kingston said.
"It's stipulated now in the teacher's contract," Kingston said. "But it's under review in negotiations."
The Gloucester School Committee will review its Good Friday policy at its meeting on April 30. In recent years, Good Friday has been a half day.
But this year, schools are closed. Next year, they are scheduled to be in session for a full day.
"We're going to take a look at it, for a more consistent policy," Superintendent Richard Safier said.
Some districts have eliminated religious holidays from the school calendar, out of a desire to treat all religions fairly, or to ensure the school year does not extend too far into June, educators said. The state requires at least 180 school days, but half days are included in the count.
Mansfield Public Schools will be off for Good Friday this year, but will be open for a full day in 2015, after the School Committee voted last year to eliminate all religious holidays from the school calendar, Superintendent Brenda Hodges said.
"As communities become more diverse, communities have to make sure they're being equitable in all aspects of education," Hodges said. "We have to look at what days we do, or don't, hold classes, including looking at holidays that would occur during the school week."
Mansfield formerly gave one day off for either of the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur if both fell during the school week, Hodges said.
Hodges said: "If both fell during the school year, then [the School Committee] made a decision, which would be off, and they usually chose Yom Kippur," the most solemn Jewish holy day.
Georgetown schools for years have gone to school for a half day on Good Friday, School Superintendent Carol Jacobs said.
"Our district felt there needed to be an acknowledgment of the holiday, but we didn't want to count it as a day off from school," Jacobs said.
Four years ago, Harvard Public Schools eliminated Good Friday, Rosh Hashana, and Yom Kippur as school holidays.
"Harvard spent more than a year really investigating or debating the whole religious holiday issue," said Superintendent Joseph Connelly. "[The School Committee] adopted a policy that would call for school to be in session during those three days. . . . It's been successful."
North Reading in 2012 made Good Friday a half day of school, to build flexibility into the calendar in case of excessive snow days, Superintendent Kathleen Willis said.
"We've continued the practice since then," said Willis. "It allows us to attend school that day and have it count toward our 180-day [state requirement]."
Malden, one of the state's most diverse school districts, two years ago eliminated all religious holidays from its calendar.
"We have contractual language that says teachers can't use a personal day to extend a vacation," said Malden Superintendent David DeRuosi.
But Good Friday was changed to a half day after nearly 400 teachers and classroom aides applied to take a personal day.
"We had so many requests, we could not have opened the schools safely," DeRuosi said.
Teachers who wanted to observe the entire day are allowed to take a personal day, DeRuosi said.
But this year, the timing of Good Friday with the start of April school vacation, created a conflict. The teacher's contract does not allow a teacher to take a personal day on the day before or right after a school vacation, DeRuosi said.
A one-time exception was made for this year, after some Malden teachers raised the question of religious freedom. The teacher's union and school administrators agreed to suspend the language for this year, DeRuosi said.
Fewer than 40 of the 700 teachers and aides in the district applied to take a personal day, according to DeRuosi.
"Staffingwise, it's a workable number for us," he said."We'll have more teachers in the classrooms."
In Marlborough, which has a full day of school on Good Friday, teachers had to apply to Superintendent Richard Langlois to take a personal day, a spokeswoman said. "This Good Friday was unusual, since it fell right before spring break," said Beth Wagner, the communication liaison for Marlborough schools. "They [teachers] needed to have it approved in advance, so that we could make sure we had appropriate staffing." The Nashoba Regional School District faced a dilemma of another kind. The teacher's contract requires that a professional development day be held the day after a night of parent-teacher conferences, which are scheduled for Thursday.
The district usually has a full day of school on Good Friday. But this year, students from Bolton, Lancaster, and Stow will have no school. "The day off is more of a result of where we put the teacher conferences," said Nashoba Superintendent Michael Wood. "We really try to have a faith-neutral calendar."


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So about 2 weeks ago Mom checked my teeth like she so often does and noticed my canine tooth was broken, I said to Mom Good Riddance!! I don't need a dog tooth in my mouth! Anyways Mom was worried anyways. Anyways Mom asked the vet right away and she said that if the pulp is exposed it either needs a root canal right away (within like 24 hours of breaking or something, or let the tooth slowly rot till it needs to be taken out). Obviously Mom doesn't want me in pain forever till it has to come out, but she didn't know when it happened so not sure if the other option was still possible. Today Mom took me to the vet, and the dr had a look at my toothy and said that the pulp is NOT exposed, and that as long as the tooth does not chip anymore or wear down much it will be fine! The vet had talked to Mom before about how to look for the pulp and Mom didn't see it so she was hoping for the best. Anyways the trip to the vet obviously was not fun. So scary I had to hide under the blanket the whole way there. Mom put Galaxy in the cage with me at the vet, she said he needed vaccines. After that car ride, I decided things are only going to get worse them there on so I shut myself off and ignored the world. When Mom took me out I clung onto her for dear life because I had no other option. But nobody poked me!! I thought everyone got poked at the vet! Then another long ride home. Finally I am safe and sound at home. So good news that my tooth is good the way it is for now. Bad news is, the vet saw my teeth and said I needed a dental. Happy to be home, Blade
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I'm impressed. That's very nice and the colors are beautiful. On a side note. My daughter in law is at the point with her 2 and 1 year old children where she is thinking about their homeschool. I just bought her 3 of your wonderful books. Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us through your writing and blogging!
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It is so nice to hear that another generation of home teachers are embarking upon my books.
Rachel, Hold onto your interest. Someone is bound to know how to knit among your circle of acquaintances, sooner or later. My mother taught me the knit and purl stitch when I was a girl. Years later I read knitting books. Click "Knitting" In the Labels. Scroll to the end of the post "A Little Dabbling . . . " and you will find a DVD for beginners.
Karen A.Karen,
I LOVE your story and the vest! although I don't knit, I do crochet quite a bit! As for Rachel learning to knit, I recommend two sources, first is You Tube (which is where I have learned many of the crochet stithces I use) and also JoAnn Fabrics or a store that sells yarn. I'm sure there are classes for enrollment.Dear Karen,
I've so enjoyed your blog. Thank you for sharing this knitting story. I checked out the knitting DVD you recommended previously and I've been learning to knit. It is so rewarding to see the stitches growing underneath me needle. I'm looking forward to your next post!
Thank you,
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I just finished a dark green poncho. It uses a broken cable pattern. The neck is supposed to be a high turtleneck, but that's a bit too warm for me. I modified it into more of a mock turtleneck. Now I have to wait until January (around here) for cold enough weather! It was certainly the largest knitting project I've ever undertaken. Each row has 296 stitches.
Now I'm working on a sweater for my husband. No cables this time, just stockinette stitch.
I bought this nifty cable needle while working on my poncho. It is around 3 inches long and has this little niche that keeps the stitches snuggly on the needle. I really like it.
I like the cables on your vests. The word beautiful comes to mind, but my husband tells me that clothing for males should not be described as beautiful. He's still trying to think of the appropriate adjective... I wonder if there is a more masculine word that describes the intricate beauty of a knitted cable.
Susan Yes, I think "beautiful" is acceptable. In the French language "beau" is masculine and "belle" is feminine for beautiful. A belle of the ball is a girl. A beau is a boyfriend. I can understand a man's hesitation and caution in using this adjective in conversation with another man in reference to male clothes. We women talk far more about clothes, anyway don't we? In our talkative natures we tend use words like "beautiful" more freely - especially the word "cute." Think of the emotion wrapped up in that word. I'm smiling.
Thank you, Ladies.
Karen A.Lovely words Karen and the way that you weave the story together, combining the everyday with just a touch of charm.... reminds me of reading Tasha Tudor's words. My next knitting conquest is a Tea Leaves Cardigan for myself. Having just finished lacework knee socks, I am ready for the challenge even in the weather is not (h.o.t.)
Glad to have found your blog.


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The following are some maintenance recommendations for technicians for their annual air conditioning system inspections.
Warning: Disconnect the main electrical power to the unit before attempting any maintenance. Some systems may have more than one breaker such as a split air conditioner. Failure to disconnect the electrical power may result in equipment damage, personal injury, or death.
1. Keep the air filters clean. A new home may require more frequent filter attention until dust from construction is removed.
2. Replace glass fiber filters when dirty.
3. Clean semi-permanent plastic impregnated fiber filters by:
a. Vacuum cleaning; or
b. Washing with detergent and water, air drying thoroughly, and reinstalling.
Important: Do not operate any system without filters.
Note: If an electronic air cleaner is installed, remove any mechanical filter from the air handler or furnace. Follow the maintenance instructions furnished with the electronic air cleaner.
In todays products, indoor blower motor bearings and outdoor unit fan motor bearings are pre-lubricated by the motor manufacturer.
For motors with oiling ports: Add 10 to 20 drops of electric motor oil or an SE grade, non-detergent, SAE 10- or 20-grade motor oil to each bearing:
a. Every year for continuous duty;
b. At least every three years for somewhat continuous duty; or
c. At least every five years for light duty.
To access oiling ports or to relubricate the sealed bearings of the indoor blower motor, remove the blower assembly.
For access to the outdoor fan motor, remove the unit top and turn the motor onto its side with the oil ports up.
Outdoor Coil Cleaning
Remove the top of the unit to clean the outdoor coil, flushing water through the coil from the inside out.
Keep the outdoor coil clean for complete airflow and proper operation. Do not allow leaves, grass clippings, or other material to obstruct the coil. Do not allow anything to block the coil. Keep fences, shrubs, or other obstructions at least 24 inches from the coil air inlets.
If the coil becomes obstructed, clean it with water from a garden hose.
a. First turn off electrical power to the outdoor unit.
b. Remove the top with the outdoor fan attached.
c. Flush water through the coil from the inside out.
Note: Do not get water on any controls or other electrical devices. If any electrical component gets wet, dry it thoroughly before energizing.
d. Replace the top and turn on the electrical power.
There are commercial coil cleaning solvents. Follow the solvent manufacturers instructions when using. Normally the solvent is sprayed onto the coil. Allow several minutes for the solvent to dissolve any organic matter. Wash away the solvent and any dissolved matter with water from a garden hose.
Never use a weather cover over the outdoor unit. The unit is designed to operate outdoors. A cover traps moisture in the unit, which can cause rust and corrosion.
There is the added danger of starting the system with the cover on. This prevents airflow through the outdoor coil causing excessive system pressures. Compressor damage can result.
Indoor Coil Maintenance
Inspect the indoor coil at least once a year for cleanliness, and clean as necessary.
1. The coil can be cleaned when dry. If it is coated with lint or dirt, blow compressed air or nitrogen (never use refrigerant) through the supply air side of the coil fins. Place a sheet of metal
or cardboard under the return air side of the coil to catch any debris before it gets into the furnace or air handler.
2. If the coil is coated with oil or grease, clean with a mild detergent and water solution. Rinse thoroughly with clear water. Be careful not to get water into the furnace or air handler.
3. After cleaning the coil, inspect the drain pan and condensate line. Remove any debris from the pan and flush with clear water.
4. Use high-pressure water to clear any clog in the condensate line.
Important: Do not use caustic household drain cleaners in the condensate pan or near the indoor coil. These drain cleaners can quickly damage the indoor coil.
Inspect Ductwork
Check the duct system and seal any noted leaks. Air leakage of only 3 percent in a return duct can cause a 5 percent loss in system capacity. A 3 percent leakage rate on a 3-ton system is only 36 cfm. Two or three unsealed S or drive cleat joints can cause this much leakage. Sealing the return and supply ducts pays dividends in increased system capacity and lower operating costs.
Electrical Checks
Inspect the systems electrical wiring and check for loose connections. Inspect the contactor for pitting and replace if pitting is observed. Inspect the conditions of wiring and connections for evidence of overheating. A discolored connection equates to a bad connection. Inspection and/or testing of capacitors should also be done. Any capacitor showing evidence of leakage must be replaced.
Motor And Fan
Check the motor bearings. If the motor bearings are showing wear, the motor should be replaced before failure occurs. Inspect the fan blade. If visible cracks or missing balancing weights are detected, replace the fan blade.
Refrigerant Charge
Check the systems refrigerant charge. If the system is undercharged, add refrigerant; if overcharged, remove refrigerant.
Check system refrigerant charge. Before checking the charge:
1. The indoor conditions must be within 2 degrees F of the desired comfort conditions.
2. Ensure adequate indoor airflow before checking charge.
3. Run the system until the operating conditions stabilize (about 5 minutes).
If the system is undercharged, add refrigerant. If overcharged, remove refrigerant.
Other Considerations
The technician should also flush the condensate drain and observe any changes to the users lifestyle that may impact system performance (these might include a room that is no longer used where the homeowner has closed the diffuser).
Finally, a record should be kept of all maintenance and repairs made to the system. It is always helpful to have a history of the system, especially when a customer has a question.
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Release Number: 12-0185-DAL
US Department of Labor announces grant increment to assist workers impacted by base realignments and closures throughout Texas
WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded a $3,058,366 National Emergency Grant increment to continue providing re-employment services to about 1,450 individuals affected by the realignments and closures of military facilities throughout Texas. These facilities include Fort Bliss in El Paso, Fort Hood in Kileen, the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, and multiple bases in San Antonio.
"Today's grant award will provide crucial job placement assistance, skills training and other re-employment services to help workers launch new careers," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "When base realignments and closures lead to job losses for those who support our military communities, it is our government's responsibility to assist these workers on their path toward new opportunities."
On March 1, 2011, a National Emergency Grant was approved for up to $6,116,896, with $3,058,530 released initially, to serve military personnel and their spouses who were impacted by the decisions of the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, as well as local dislocated workers needed to fill critical labor shortages in communities experiencing growth due to base realignment and closure actions. Today's increment, awarded to the Texas Workforce Commission, completes the total grant amount.
National Emergency Grants are part of the secretary of labor's discretionary fund and are awarded based on a state's ability to meet specific guidelines. For more information, visit http://www.doleta.gov/NEG/.


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Steamboat Springs When the best aerialists in the world take to the freestyle jumps in Sauze d'Oulx in Italy this February, several skiers with ties to Steamboat Springs could be among them.
Ryan St. Onge, a Lowell Whiteman School graduate, and Jana Lindsay are former members of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. They are members of the U.S. Ski Team and are in contention for spots on the 2006 Olympic team.
"I'm definitely focused on making the Olympic team this season," said Lindsay, who was a forerunner -- an honor given to up-and-comers -- at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. "That's what I've been working for, and I'm excited for this winter."
St. Onge attended the Lowell Whiteman School from 2001 to 2003, and he has climbed the ranks of the U.S. Ski Team since his departure.
In September, he won a World Cup competition at Mount Buller in Australia and is riding a wave of confidence as he heads toward a possible Olympics berth.
"It's going to be a challenge to make the Olympic team but winning a World Cup helps take some of the pressure off," St. Onge said.
St. Onge is one of several top American jumpers competing for spots on the team. Eric Bergoust, Joe Pack and Jeret Peterson are also contenders for the limited number of spots.
But earning an Olympic team berth is something that many of St. Onge's former coaches have predicted of their pupil.
"I coached him on and off when he was attending Whiteman," said Damian Wells, a longtime Steamboat freestyle coach. "He was always very coachable. You would tell him something, and then he would go out and do it."
But, Wells said, the thing that set St. Onge apart from other athletes is his ability to observe the things around him and figure out how they can work for him.
Wells said it helped that the talented skier grew up in Winter Park and seemed destined to end up on the U.S. Ski Team even before he arrived in Steamboat.
Wells said he is rooting for all of his former skiers as they make bids for this year's Olympic team.
"It might be a little selfish of me, but I'm going to be pulling for all of them to make it," Wells said.
Thanks to Lindsay and teammate Kelly Hilliman, who also trained with the Winter Sports Club for several years, Wells could be cheering for several skiers in Italy this winter.
Hilliman was ninth in the opening weekend of World Cup competition, and Lindsay finished 15th.
For Lindsay, the journey to make the Olympic team has required significant commitment.
While living in South Dakota with her family, she often commuted to Steamboat to train and compete with the Winter Sports Club.
Wells said Lindsay had a strong background in gymnastics when he met her, and the young skier just needed more time on snow.
Lindsay said she has wanted to be an aerialist since watching the 1988 Winter Olympic Games on TV.
"I told my mom that I wanted to do that," she said.
Sixteen years later, she is poised to take the stage in Italy for her first Olympics appearance.
"I'm really looking forward to coming back to Steamboat Springs for the Olympic qualifiers," Lindsay said. "I've trained on that hill, and knowing Steamboat, I'm sure there is going to be a huge crowd."
St. Onge, Lindsay and Hilli--man are expected to come to Steamboat in late December for the Olympic-qualifying event. The skiers who win the men's and women's aerials Dec. 30 at Howelsen Hill will earn an invitation to Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Olympics.


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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Stocks ended mixed on Monday after a day of choppy trading, following the election in Greece which yielded a win for the pro-bailout party.
While that was an initial positive for the markets, Greece's economy is far from out of the woods, and Europe's debt crisis is still hitting other sovereign nations hard.
"The Greek election is the lack of a negative," said Peter Boockvar, an equity strategist at Miller Tabak. "I won't call it a positive though."
Spain's 10-year yield moved back up above 7%, raising worries about that country's ability to stave off a bailout.
With meetings of the Group of 20 and the Federal Reserve on tap this week, investors are wary of making any big bets. Trading volume remained light Monday, according to several market watchers.
The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) shed 25 points, or 0.2%. The S&P 500 (SPX) gained 2 points, or 0.1%. The Nasdaq (COMP) added 23 points, or 0.8%.
There had been worries ahead of the weekend that a victory by austerity opponents would lead to a Greek debt default and a potential breaking up of the eurozone.
At the same time, investors think the Fed might announce another round of bond buying or plans to continue its so-called Operation Twist at the close of its two-day meeting Wednesday. And that could prop up stocks in the short term.
"The environment is paralyzing decision making," said Boockvar. "Every day there's some policy or political event that investors are waiting on to decide whether to take risk up or down."
U.S. stocks rose Friday, with all three indexes ending a second straight week with gains.
World markets: In Asia, the major indexes held most of their early gains to finish higher. Japan's Nikkei (N225) ended up 1.8%, the Hang Seng (HSI) in Hong Kong rose 1%, and the Shanghai Composite (SHCOMP) gained 0.4%.
But while European markets opened with solid gains, they soon pulled back.
London's FTSE 100 (UKX) and Paris CAC 40 (CAC40) both swung between slight gains and slight losses, ending in mixed territory. The FTSE closed up 0.2%, and the CAC dropped 0.7%. Only Frankfurt's DAX (DAX) remained in positive territory throughout the trading day, ending up 0.3%, although that was well off its high of the day.
Greece's Athex composite index jumped nearly 4% on the election results, but shares of the National Bank of Greece (NBG) dropped nearly 7%.
Spain's IBEX 35 index slipped 3%. It was led lower by bank stocks, an indication of investors' focus on Spanish problems.
Shares of Banco Santander (SAN) and BBVA (BBVA), Spain's two largest banks, were down 5% in U.S. trading and in Madrid.
"The news out of Greece was comforting, but the rates going through the roof again in Spain and Italy are overshadowing [it]," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital. He believes U.S. markets will likely continue to focus on news out of Europe, at least until the Fed's meeting concludes Wednesday.
While Spain has requested help with a €100 billion bailout of its banking sector, it has yet to request a bailout for its own sovereign debt. But the higher yields could raise borrowing costs to a level that that would force it to do so.
Economy: Greece will be front and center as world leaders meet in Mexico Monday and Tuesday for the Group of 20 summit. Analysts are expecting a lot of talk but not much action.
In the United States, the Supreme Court could hand down a ruling this week on the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration's health care reform legislation.
While the court is focused primarily on the law's individual mandate provision, which requires most Americans to buy health insurance or face financial penalty, the justices could strike down the entire legislation.
Large insurers such as UnitedHealth Group (UNH, Fortune 500), WellPoint (WLP, Fortune 500) and Aetna (AET, Fortune 500) will be affected by a decision on the law.
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Shares of footwear retailer DSW (DSW) plunged 11% Monday after it warned that its fiscal second-quarter earnings would come in at 60 to 64 cents a share, far below its previous guidance and a consensus forecast of 76 cents a share.
Shares of Groupon (GRPN) surged 11% after the online coupon site was upgraded by an analyst at Morgan Stanley.
Shares of Facebook (FB) continued to rally Monday marking a third straight day of gains.
An article in Monday's Wall Street Journal said decisions by Facebook's lead underwriter Morgan Stanley (MS, Fortune 500) were responsible for many of the problems with the IPO. Morgan Stanley closed down 3%.
Many of the nation's largest banks -- Goldman Sachs (GS, Fortune 500), Citigroup (C, Fortune 500) and Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500) -- also closed lower due to the uncertainty in Europe.
Currencies and commodities: The dollar was little changed against the euro, and higher versus the British pound and Japanese yen.
Oil for July delivery fell 76 cents to $83.27 a barrel.
Gold futures for August delivery fell $1.10 to $1,627.00 an ounce.
Bonds: The price on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury dropped slightly, pushing the yield up to 1.58% from at the 1.57% level reached late Friday.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
"The 26 Teams"
Information on these old wordmarks is hard to come by, but we can narrow down the timeframe. The presence of all the former AFL teams, and the absence of the Seahawks and Buccaneers, helps us date it between 1970 and 1976.
What strikes me today is how many clubs are still using these marks. Here's a version I worked up using the logos from 2013:
In addition to the Packers, the Bears, Bills, Cowboys, Colts and Washington have retained their classic looks virtually unchanged. Those old Browns and 49ers wordmarks endured until relatively recently (2003 and 2004, respectively). Also worth noting that the Vikings have since reverted to an earlier wordmark that predated our poster (the Browns might have, too).
Then there are the minor changes; the Chiefs introduced a modified upper-case version of their old lower-case logo sometime before 1983, the Raiders tightened up their kerning a bit, and the Saints made the most subtle change, losing the dot over their "i".
As for the others, you can see a trend towards arcs, arches and protrusions, meaning the names don't all fit together in my version as neatly as their 1970s counterparts did.
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Strange. I was just working in a home today whose downstairs (basement) bathroom had a wallpaper with this as its pattern. It was monochrome however, which is decidedly less garish (although the homeowner still didn't like it).
What's more, I have a pillowcase that I've had as long as I can remember (I'm 29) with this same pattern. I always got a hoot out of the red-white-and-blue Patriots logo.
Here's a picture I took of it. I don't use it anymore, though.
http://i.imgur.com/9WVEqFf.jpg - December 19, 2013 at 1:24 AM
- December 19, 2013 at 8:34 AM
The Bills have changed however, their word mark was tweak on the 2010 logo slick.
- December 19, 2013 at 9:52 AM
- Chance Michaels said...
Can't believe I forgot to mention the Bears! Thanks, now fixed.
- December 19, 2013 at 3:22 PM
- Chance Michaels said...
Do you mean the Bills used a different logo with their awful CFL uniforms and then re-adopted this one, or that this wordmark isn't current? Sportslogos.net shows this one only, but that site is hardly infallible.
- December 19, 2013 at 3:24 PM
- lifewithmikey52 said...
The Bills word mark did change slightly with the 2011 new unforms. Its not drastic but feel more modern. link here- http://cassadybenson.com/Buffalo-Bills
- December 20, 2013 at 11:05 AM


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