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byThere were moments when, if you closed your eyes, you'd have sworn that you had tuned in to Geraldo. Tabloid newsman Richard Kaplan was offering a cable-TV audience fresh details about Presidential candidate Bill Clinton's alleged womanizing. His tidbits weren't all that dramatic. Kaplan, the editor of Star magazine, was giving the Jan. 30 interview mostly to peddle a story that ran three days later in his tabloid.
More interesting than the message was the medium: Kaplan was appearing as a guest on CNBC, a 24-hour cable network known more for its stock quotes than salacious gossip. "We do a lot of things that are eye-opening," says Tom Rogers, president of NBC Inc.'s cable division, owner of CNBC.
That may come as a surprise to many viewers who still know CNBC as the network with the stock tape spooling across the bottom of the TV screen. But CNBC is recasting its image froma nuts-and-bolts financial-news channel into a network offering information on everything from initial public offerings to interpersonal relationships. On Mar. 9, CNBC will roll out a $20 million marketing campaign to drive home its jazzier image. The ads will even plug a new talk show that deals with human sexuality.
FUZZY FOCUS. It's a long way from the old CNBC, a no-frills network whose full name, Consumer News & Business Channel, hardly raised pulse rates. The three-year-old network began changing its image last May when it bought and absorbed its prime competitor, Financial News Network Inc. CNBC won FNN after a spirited bidding war with Dow Jones & Co. and Westinghouse Broadcasting Inc. that drove the price up to $154 million. The deal instantly made CNBC a major player: The network picked up most of FNN's 35 million households. Now reaching a potential 45.3 million households, CNBC is only 12.7 million behind Cable News Network.
But if the FNN deal brought CNBC access to a bigger audience, it also further muddled the network's identity. Already an odd mix of business coverage and lifestyle programming, CNBC has been struggling to integrate FNN's hard-news focus. "We haven't created a true umbrella image for CNBC," concedes network President Albert F. Barber.
So CNBC hired BBDO Worldwide to create a new logo and ads that play the network up as a source for all sorts of news and information. Marketing Director Caroline Vanderlip says the new logo also stresses the NBC in CNBC. The old logo, she says, made some viewers think CNBC was an offshoot of CNN.
Barber hopes this positioning will broaden CNBC's appeal beyond brokers and executives. CNBC's daytime programs draw a respectable 0.3 rating from A.C. Nielsen Co. And CNBC's actual daytime viewership is higher, since Nielsen doesn't measure those who watch in offices. Problem is, CNBC hasn't yet figured out how to keep those viewers watching once they get home. In prime time, CNBC's rating falls to a paltry 0.1. By contrast, CNN's 9 p.m. talk show, Larry King Live, routinely draws a 0.8 and sometimes cracks 1.0.
NO STAR. CNBC's Lilliputian ratings have prevented it from attracting lucrative prime-time advertising. Ninety percent of the network's ad dollars come in daytime, when financial-services marketers such as Fidelity Investments take advantage of low airtime prices to ply viewers with spots urging them to dial toll-free numbers. Barry Fischer, a media buyer at Wells Rich Greene/BDDP, says the network must upgrade its prime-time programs to lure more blue-chip advertisers.
The trouble is, CNBC still doesn't have a marquee attraction on the order of Larry King. Its main prime-time offering is The Real Story, a two-hour talk show featuring personalities such as John McLaughlin and Jack Anderson. Cable-industry observers say the show has improved, but some insiders say it isn't strong enough to anchor the prime-time schedule.
Next month, to coincide with the marketing campaign, CNBC will rearrange the prime-time lineup it beams from its studios in Fort Lee, N.J. The Real Story will concentrate on harder news issues, while CNBC will add two new programs: Real Life and Real Personal. Real Life will offer softer lifestyle coverage, and Real Personal will feature talk about relationships. Barber says it won't be a CNBC version of Love Connection. But he adds: "People from Kinsey Institute could be on the show."
Plenty is riding on such decisions. Larry Gerbrandt, a cable analyst at Paul Kagan Associates, estimates that CNBC has run up at least $60 million in operating losses from 1989 through 1991, on top of the $154 million for FNN. Barber says CNBC will break even this year on a cash-flow basis. And he predicts the network will recoup its FNN investment within five years. To meet that goal, CNBC will have to offer more than just a peek at the Star's next scoop.


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Debris to close waterways Friday
DENHAM SPRINGS - Emergency managers in Livingston Parish said some waterways there and in Ascension Parish will be closed Friday because of debris being washed downstream.
Both the Amite River and the Diversion Canal in those parishes will close to all recreational boat traffic at noon on Feb. 15, according to Mark Harrell with the Livingston Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
Parish President Tommy Martinez said boats also couldn't use Bayou Manchac in Ascension Parish.
Harrell said parish officials are watching water levels, and dealing with debris floating downstream from St. Helena and other northern parishes which saw strong storms recently.
There's no word on how long the waterways will be closed.

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Believe it or not, but its been four years since Timbaland released Shock Value II, his last full-length album. When he isn't in the studio creating hits for Jay Z, Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke, however, he has been hard at work crafting his next studio LP, Textbook Timbo. While there is no announced release date for the project, we finally have the lead single in our hands ears. Enter Know Bout Me, which finds Timbo being joined by Drake, Hova (on the intro and outro) and hook singer du jour James Fauntleroy (on a near-the-end change-up). Per usual, Timbo's production chops, not his rhymes, are the star of the show, as his guests provide ample support.
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A Manager at Deloitte will manage and deliver components of client engagements that identify, design, and implement technology and creative business solutions for large companies. Key responsibilities will include:
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- Develop statements of work and/or client proposals.
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At Deloitte Consulting LLP, our Analytics and Information Management team is responsible for transforming numbers and statistics into actionable information for our clients. We help them predict, plan, and adapt their business strategies to meet real-time challenges and confidently help navigate past whatever obstacles come their way. We take a holistic approach to data and offer a broad range of integration and analytics capabilities, including: Information Delivery, Data Management and Architecture, Performance Management and Advanced Analytics Enablement. Learn more about our Analytics and Information Management practice..
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by Doug Short
Was the March 2009 low the end of a secular bear market and the beginning of a secular bull? At this point, over five-and-a-half years later, the S&P 500 has set an inflation-adjusted record high based on monthly averages of daily closes.
Let's examine the past to broaden our understanding of the range of historical trends in market performance. An obvious feature of this inflation-adjusted series is the pattern of long-term alternations between up-and down-trends. Market historians call these "secular" bull and bear markets from the Latin word saeculum "long period of time" (in contrast to aeternus "eternal" — the type of bull market we fantasize about).
The key word on the chart above is secular. The implicit rule I'm following is that blue shows secular trends that lead to new all-time real highs. Periods in between are secular bear markets, regardless of their cyclical rallies. For example, the rally from 1932 to 1937, despite its strength, remains a cycle in a secular bear market. At its peak in 1937, the index was 29% below the real all-time high of 1929. For a scholarly study of secular bear markets, which highlights the same key turning points, see Russell Napier's Anatomy of the Bear: Lessons from Wall Street's Four Great Bottoms.
If we study the data underlying the chart, we can extract a number of interesting facts about these secular patterns (note that for the table below I am including the 1932-1937 rally):
The annualized rate of growth from 1871 through the end of December (the latest month for which we have an inflation rate) is 2.25%. If that seems incredibly low, remember that the chart shows "real" price growth, excluding inflation and dividends. If we factor in the reinvested dividend yield, we get an annualized return of 6.86%. Yes, dividends make a difference. Unfortunately that has been less true during the past three decades than in earlier times. When we let Excel draw a regression through the data, the slope is an even lower annualized rate of 1.76% (see the regression section below for further explanation).
If we added in the value lost from inflation, the "nominal" annualized return comes to 9.06% — the number commonly reported in the popular press. But for a more accurate view of the purchasing power of the market dollars, we'll stick to "real" numbers.
Since that first trough in 1877 to the March 2009 low:
- Secular bull gains totaled 2075% for an average of 415%.
- Secular bear losses totaled -329% for an average of -65%.
- Secular bull years total 80 versus 52 for the bears, a 60:40 ratio.
This last bullet probably comes as a surprise to many people. The finance industry and media have conditioned us to view every dip as a buying opportunity. If we realize that bear markets have accounted for about 40% of the highlighted time frame, we can better understand the two massive selloffs of the 21st century.
Based on the real (inflation-adjusted) S&P Composite monthly averages of daily closes, the S&P is 144% above the 2009 low and only about 1% off its record close.
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Let's review the same chart, this time with a regression trend line through the data.
This line is a "best fit" that essentially divides the monthly values so that the total distance of the data points above the line equals the total distance below. The slope of this line, an annualized rate of 1.76%, approximates that number. Remember that 2.25% annualized rate of growth since 1871? The difference is the current above-trend market value
The chart below creates a channel for the S&P Composite. The two dotted lines have the same slope as the regression, as calculated in Excel, with the top of the channel based on the peak of the Tech Bubble and the low is based on the 1932 trough.
Historically, regression to trend often means overshooting to the other side. The latest monthly average of daily closes is 91% above trend after having fallen only 13% below trend in March of 2009. Previous bottoms were considerably further below trend.
Will the March 2009 bottom be different? Perhaps. But only time will tell.
For a more optimistic view, see Chris Puplava's assertion a year ago that The Secular Bear Market in Stocks Is Over. Chris's commentary includes some interesting demographic analysis based on the ratio of the higher earning, bigger spending age 35-49 cohort to less financially empowered age 20-34 cohort. Unfortunately this ratio is being savagely trumped by a far more powerful demographic shift: The ratio of the elderly (65 and over) to the peak earning cohort (age 45-54). The next chart, based on Census Bureau historical data and mid-year population forecasts to 2060, illustrates this rather amazing shift.
In the chart above, the elderly cohort (red series) is dramatically increasing in numbers. The ratio of the two, the blue line in the chart, peaked in 2007 and began its long rollover in 2008, coincident with the beginning of the last recession. We have many years to go before this ratio approximately levels out around 2030.
Even more disturbing is the elderly dependency ratio, the label given by demographers to the ratio of the 65 and older population to the productive workforce, which for developed economies is usually identified as ages 20-64. The next chart illustrates the elderly dependency ratio with Census Bureau forecasts to 2060. Note that in this chart I've followed the general practice in demographic research of multiplying the percent by 100 (e.g., the estimated mid-year 2014 elderly dependency ratio is 24.3% x 100 = 24.3).
As the chart painfully illustrates, the elderly dependency ratio is in the early stages of a relentless rise that doesn't hit an interim peak until around 2036, over two decades from now. Given the unprecedented demographic headwinds for today's investors, I'm unable to share the Chris's confidence that the US is now in a new secular bull market.


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App of the Week: RoadAhead Makes Road Trips Easier
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App: RoadAhead Platforms: iPhone Web site: Apple Link Cost: Free
I love a good road trip. There's something magical about getting behind the wheel and putting your hometown in your rearview mirror. I've taken quite a few of them, solo and otherwise, in the last ten years and there are a few things a person learns when driving long distances. First, make sure and have good music in the stereo. Second, snacks and cold drinks must be at the ready. Finally, if you are on empty and you see a sign for a gas station, don't try to make it one more exit, particularly in west Texas.
Fortunately, especially when it comes to that last one, there is an app for the iPhone that takes the guesswork out of what is coming around the bend at the next exit. Meet RoadAhead; an app so usable, it makes road trip lovers like me think, "Why didn't I come up with that?"
There are plenty of apps that will help you locate any number of things: restaurants, gas stations and the like. What makes RoadAhead so unique is that rather than searching for specific stores and pointing out where they are on the map, it checks your GPS coordinates and shows you everything coming up at the next few exits down the highway.
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Think of RoadAhead as a mobile version of those giant road signs that show all the lodging, food and gas options at the next exit. In this case, it tracks every stop on a highway and puts those options at your disposal. If you really have a hankerin' for Whataburger, no need to wonder when the next one will show up on the roadside. Just check RoadAhead.
Having reviewed and played with a bunch of apps, I'm convinced that ease of use is one of the most, if not the most, important characteristics of a good mobile phone application. No one should have to search through complex menus or swipe through multiple screens to find the information they need. The developers of RoadAhead clearly made that a top priority.
Once the app is open, it finds your location and starts displaying information for your highway route. If you are stationary, like I was when writing this, you can choose a highway and scroll through the various exits. This particular option is great in rural areas where signal strength might be an issue. Pull up the next 10 or 12 exits and you don't have to worry if your bars hit zero in the middle of nowhere because the info remains on your screen.
The display shows the exit number and name along with any of a number of stopping points, from restaurants to hospitals. Preferences set what types of establishments you might want to find as well as how many of each type you want on the screen. Scroll down to see the upcoming exits and what they have to offer. Tap any exit and get a Google map giving distance and directions.
It's simple and incredibly handy when on the road. I can think of a few times when driving through Mississippi I could have used RoadAhead, and I can assure you it will be with me on my next road trip.
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This park is part of two triangular tracts formed by the Kansas Turnpike cutting diagonally through the southeast side of Wichita.
The park is used for sports.
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Picnic tables are scattered throughout the park.
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Picnic area: 1 paved parking lot with 77 stalls.
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This 6.5 mile trail follows the Gypsum Creek from the vicnity of Towne East Square at Douglas and continues south along Armour Drive to Turnpike Drive.
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Rococo rosewood Victorian center table attributed to J. & J. Meeks with the original oval white marble top (some normal minor wear to top). The identical table is shown on page 130 of American Furniture of the 19th Century by Eileen and Richard Dubrow. It has a undulating open laminated carved skirt that features a cluster of petal flowers with foliage on all four sides. There is a similar floral carving at the top of each of the graceful legs. Four open carved stretchers support a gorgeous central carved finial. The smaller bottom portion of the finial was missing when we purchased the table. We had it professionally recreated one can really not ever tell that it has been replaced. It sits on the original brass castors. The center table is the focal point of the Victorian living room. This table is one of the best and made by one of the premier NYC Victorian firms of the period. It is in the remarkable original condition that the sophisticated collectors covet! Circa: 1850 Dimensions: 31″H x 46″W x 29″D Finish: Excellent original finish with deep rich patina. The vibrant stunning grain of the rosewood is on full display. Price 29,500.00 More photos available on request
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Police vehicles are interesting in their diversity. No two agencies seem to agree on what they should look like or how they should be equipped. Much like the uniforms of the agencies that field them, police cars can have unique styles and fits, and come in many shapes and sizes. Officers, too, come in many shapes and sizes. The puzzle is making the two, officers and cars, fit together.
There are a tremendous number of manufacturers producing the aftermarket equipment for police vehicles. Each has their own take on the best solutions, and some are clearly better executed than others. The hard part for fleet administrators and purchasing agents is deciding on the best solutions for their own particular needs. Unfortunately, these decisions are often hurried, perhaps under-informed, and almost always budget-driven. That said, the wrong decisions on aftermarket products have real consequences for the patrol officer using the vehicle.
The term "mobile office" is frequently used to describe the modern police vehicle. Often the emphasis of the description rests with the amount and variety of specialized equipment inside the police vehicle. But I think it more correctly should be emphasizing that officers do their work inside the car. That is a significant difference and goes to the very heart of the problem—too often the equipment inside our mobile office gets in our way. It actually hinders our ability to do work. Worse yet, it may make our mobile office less safe in a number of situations and affect our long-term health.
It takes only a simple Web search to bring up a number of significant articles and studies discussing police vehicle ergonomics. I found some of the information obvious, some useful, and some to be near fantasy in the likelihood anyone would actually implement it. The latter seemed to be written primarily by physicians. While I am not an expert in the science of ergonomics, I am intimately familiar with the practical application with regards to police vehicles. And I know we need to do better.
To do better, it is necessary to begin with the process of upfitting the police vehicle, including equipment and vehicle platform selection. With the demise of Ford's Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, we have likely lost the last of the traditional police sedans. The Crown Vic, for all its faults, was easy to upfit and had lots of room for additional equipment.
As we select replacement vehicles, it is important to strongly consider the specialized law enforcement equipment you want to install in the new vehicles. Despite early claims that the majority of components would transfer from the Crown Vic to the new cars, experience has proven something else. You will at the very least require new brackets, different mounts, and other components to ensure proper fit.
Vehicle Ergonomic Rating
Many of you wisely inform your purchasing decisions with the annual police vehicle testing done by the Michigan State Police and Los Angeles County Sheriff. One of the MSP evaluation categories is vehicle ergonomics. Check out these ratings. The neutral and detached evaluation on the mobile office is very helpful.
Keep in mind, these are in-factory vehicles with no upfitted gear. Not just no partitions and no consoles, but no radios, no radar, no e-printers, no laptop and no in-car camera. This can be a significant issue in that much of the space you might seem to have in a vehicle can be rapidly reduced by aftermarket items. A vehicle that gets a low rating with no upfit gear will obviously get a much lower rating fully upfitted.
If your police equipment wasn't smartly designed for the exact vehicle it's going into, this encroachment can be even more problematic. My solution is to ask your police vehicle supplier to provide an upfitted sample vehicle for you to evaluate, or check with a neighboring agency or upfit provider to see an actual finished police vehicle. It will be eye-opening. You may find Plans A and B are not going to work, or that you have to spend additional funds to find a new solution.
Unfortunately, it often does come down to money. If I have learned anything from upfitting the new breed of police vehicles, it is that you can only have two of the following three: cheap, correct or quick. It is necessary to budget adequately for the new vehicles and to consult with your upfitter regarding what works and what doesn't. The hard truth is that just because it worked in the past, it will not always work going forward.
It is vital to involve your officers in the selection process, including a review of what they like and don't like about their current setups. After all, the best time to make a small change is when you are already making a big one.
Once the vehicle selection has been made and the aftermarket equipment decided upon, the success and ergonomic viability of your finished police vehicle requires the work of a knowledgeable and experienced upfitter. Literally anyone can install equipment in a vehicle. I have seen everyone from garage mechanic to stereo installer, and off-duty cop to on-duty inmate do the upfit. The end product is usually far less than ideal. The difference a proper upfit makes in the usability of your "mobile office" cannot be overstated.
Given that there are absolute limitations on just how ergonomic we can make a police vehicle, I offer the following guidelines designed to ensure the finished vehicle is practical, user-friendly, and minimally intrusive to the working officer. These are the keys to providing an ergonomically useable police vehicle workspace.
Partition Design
If you typically operate single-officer vehicles, select one of the newer partition designs that offers full driver seat adjustment while cheating the front passenger seat of a bit of rearward travel. These designs should be considered carefully if you run two-officer cars. They may not offer enough space for all passenger officers, particularly if you are using computer mounts that intrude on the passenger side.
Also consider the newer single-cell partitions that offer full recline for the driver seat and provide storage space behind the driver. It is known that front seat backs are designed to collapse rearward in collisions to help absorb impact forces. Solid wall, full-size partitions don't accommodate that safety feature.
Console Size
Consoles should be as small as possible and not unnecessarily encroach on the driver's hip space. Today's consoles are very rugged and constructed of heavy sheet metal. They mount solidly—one has 11 mounting points—and they can pose a crush hazard in serious crashes. Make certain your choice is designed specifically for your application for best results.
Armrests and Cupholders
Provide armrests for the officer's comfort. Use folding or pivoting designs where possible. Consider the strong possibility the officer may have to lay down to escape incoming fire or have to egress on the passenger side in the event of an emergency. Look at your console solution and see if that's even possible.
Cup holders are easy to overlook, but a needed accessory for folks who spend the majority of their time in a car. If you don't provide them, they will. And their solution might be unsafe, unsightly or unworkable. Spilled drinks can damage expensive electronics and make for a nasty "office."
Power and USB Ports
Along the same lines, consider adding several DC power ports and at least one USB port for the officer's use. If you don't, officers will install splitters and junk outlets that will blow fuses and add clutter. An iPod stereo interface jack is nice for long shifts and drives, too. Forget the CD players—they are already a thing of the past.
Microphone Location
The biggest frustration I encounter when upfitting is finding a place to mount microphones. The small mounting clips are not intrusive, but there is seldom an obvious home for them in today's vehicles. The dash arrays are jammed with electronic displays and switches, while the consoles lack real estate. There is always a make-do solution, but few are easy to access or use under stress. Radio mics need to be eyes-free and PA mics need to be easy to access under the stress of a high-risk traffic stop. Look at dedicated brackets, overhead mounting, or magnetic mounting solutions. This is a problem with no universal solutions.
Flashlight Mounts
Flashlights, too, need to be easily accessible yet out of the way. Honestly, the old, full-sized metal flashlights are also a thing of the past. Today's smaller LED lights are far brighter, have a lower life-cycle cost, and are easy to locate in a vehicle. They also are more power efficient, able to last an entire shift on a single charge. My advice is to consider trunk mounting the charger and carrying the light on the belt. Provide an AC charger for the officer to use off-duty, and they will find they seldom use the DC one.
Interior Lights
Interior lighting can enhance the officer's workspace. Most police vehicles offer a dual-color (white/red) dome light option and I recommend them. In addition, a variety of LED interior lighting options are available from the major lighting manufacturers and they can be a great addition for enhancing interior lighting for paperwork, computing, prisoner observation, and digging around in the trunk.
Computer Mounts
Computer mounts must be selected carefully and with strong consideration for how and how often the officer will use the terminal. Are they simply running tags and making brief data entries? Or are they completing all reports from the vehicle? Can the mount be easily adjusted and rapidly stowed? Will it interfere with easy access to emergency equipment controls and radio mics? Is the mounting solution airbag friendly and secure enough to contain the computer in a crash?
Keep in mind that there is currently no way to allow an officer to achieve ideal ergonomic computing posture inside their "mobile office." However, the better mounting solutions offer substantial improvements in this direction. Some of the companies that make mounts have mobile computing ergonomic guidelines on their website.
Power Seats
Purchase upgraded seating options, i.e., power seats. These provide much more multi-axis adjustments for the driver seat. The improvement in adjustment over manual standard seats is tremendous and can be the difference when accommodating your largest and smallest officers and especially for obtaining a comfortable computing position.
Control Switches
Siren and lighting control switches should be placed forward in the console where they can be easily accessed and visually scanned for status. Use tactile switching for lighting and siren, including a three-position slide switch for primary warning lights and a rotating knob for primary siren functions. The vehicle's horn button, the largest button in any police car, should be interfaced with the siren to allow for easy tone changes.
Generally, organize all controls and equipment based on a priority of use. Decide what is used routinely and what is used under stress. Make the routine items comfortable to use and the items used under stress rapidly accessible. Both should be convenient.
Radar is getting smaller and most allow for further footprint reduction by separating the display from the signal processing unit. Place displays on the dash but don't get fancy. Ideal dash-mounting location in my experience is just offset from center, slightly angled to the driver. Proper location allows officers to glance from straight ahead to the display quickly without having to squint or re-focus and keeping the roadway in their peripheral vision.
Make sure officers can reach the controls easily when seated and wearing duty gear. Mount antennas in accordance with manufacturers' guidelines and in the lower or upper-most portions of the windshield, as to not interfere with the officers' vision.
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Video system components should also be reduced where possible, such as eliminating the monitor by using the computer as a display. Today's digital systems are decreasing in size, so consider upgrading your new vehicle. In some cases, the recording unit can be mounted in the trunk or on the partition wall to help reduce console and workspace clutter.
Gun Racks
Gun racks should be mounted upright, between the seats, on the partition in almost all current police vehicles. Overhead racks may not be compatible with side curtain airbags except where the weapons are extremely compact registered short-barrel rifles or shotguns. Weapons should be front mounted, not trunk-relegated, as officers may not have the spare seconds to access the trunk in a crisis. Release buttons need to be hidden, yet accessible.
Interior-mounted warning lights are very popular and effective, but be certain they will not reduce driver vision too much. Select application-specific products to ensure the best fit and eliminate flashback. Be mindful of how interior light mounts can interfere with the preferred mounting locations for your video system.
Educate your officers on keeping their workspace uncluttered. I often see mounds of files, loose objects, so-called organizers full of junk, and other flotsam and jetsam occupying space inside the police vehicle. These things can interfere with proper equipment use, limit mount articulation, damage components, and become missiles in a crash. My favorite was a seat organizer with 12 pocket knives clipped to the outside. These acquired blades would make a roll-over crash a real adventure. Loose gear should be minimized.
The above recommendations are not all inclusive or universal. They are based on my experiences as an officer, an emergency vehicle operations instructor, a supervisor, an administrator, and an upfitter. Lots of research is available to assist you in determining where your efforts to improve the ergonomics of your police vehicles should focus. A systems-based approach should be used and I typically build the upfit around the mobile computer, as it takes up the most space and affects all other upfit decisions.
The NextGen police vehicles represent significant improvements to legacy vehicles with regards to performance, handling, and technology. Even so, the majority of the new vehicles, particularly the sedans, pose substantial challenges with regards to mounting space for after-market equipment.
Police vehicle upfitting may seem simple and, really, it used to be—just install item A in car B and you were done. But we have continued to add more and more varied equipment as our needs and missions grew. How that equipment enhances or detracts from the mission and its effects on your officers' health and productivity can be mitigated by diligent preparation for and execution of your total vehicle upfit. The new vehicles require new thinking and new solutions.
Matthew Ayers is a Captain with the Sevierville, Tenn. Police Department and the owner of Command & Control Installations. He may be reached at email@example.com or email@example.com.
From the United States Department of Labor, OSHA:
"Ergonomics is the science of fitting workplace conditions and job demands to the capabilities of the working population. Effective and successful "fits" assure high productivity, avoidance of illness and injury risks, and increased satisfaction among the workforce. Although the scope of ergonomics is much broader, the term here refers to assessing those work-related factors that may pose a risk of musculoskeletal disorders and recommendations to alleviate them. Common examples of ergonomic risk factors are found in jobs requiring repetitive, forceful, or prolonged exertions of the hands; frequent or heavy lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying of heavy objects; and prolonged awkward postures. Vibration and cold may add risk to these work conditions. Jobs or working conditions presenting multiple risk factors will have a higher probability of causing a musculoskeletal problem. The level of risk depends on the intensity, frequency, and duration of the exposure to these conditions. Environmental work conditions that affect risk include intensity, frequency and duration of activities."
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First planted tank for senegal bichir, need feedback Just so this is clear, I do not yet have the bichir that I'm going to put in this aquarium. This will be my first planted tank, and I'm hoping to get an idea of how many and what kind I should get. I have read the stickied threads about the nutrients plants need, how balancing is very important, and such; I just need some information specified to the setup I have in question. Alright everyone, so here's what's going on: 40 gallon tank, approx. 36x14x12 inches, so it's a wider aquarium than some others. This is going to be a growing tank for now, but I'm thinking about breeding my bichirs in it in the far future, not anytime soon. Despite that fact, I would like to plant it according to a suggested bichir breeding environment, which is a more heavily planted tank with lots of bushy plants. So, I was wondering if two Bichirs of around 4 inches would be able to sustain plant life that is suitable to them in a large quantity, and about how many plants that would be, or if not, how many plants I should reduce it to, to keep it so that filtering is not required and I only have to do a weekly water change (and of course other important tasks). I would also like to know what plants they would enjoy most, and what substrate would be best to use. Thanks for any -helpful- or -kind- replies. |
Sorry for the double post, but I forgot to edit in that it'd be much appreciated if I could get suggestions on the species of plants that the Bichirs would most enjoy and what substrate would be best. |
For bushy plants maybe some amazon swords would work. If you go to the tropical fish profiles area there is also a section freshwater plants that has some of the more common plants kept in the aquarium. You may also want to look at sweet aquatics website for ideas, they have pictures for most of the plants that they have available which can help with finding the look that you want and also if I remember right gives some general details on the different plants. You can also look at the different plants in the tanks of members here, many have listed what they have in their tanks and can tell you what a specific is in thier tank. If you look at the aquarium tab on a persons name it will give you the link to their tank if they have set up. |
This is a semi-nocturnal species with poor eyesight and it prefers dimly-lit waters. So plants will best be those that manage in low light, such as Anubias and Java Fern, both of which can be attached to rock or wood and wood especially should be featured in an aquascape for this fish. Anubias is also native to Africa where this fish occurs. These plants will allow for a good cover of floating plants, important to help reduce the light and make the fish less shy and frightened which it may be in direct light. Water Sprite is ideal for this, it will easily grow across the surface. The red tiger lotus is another native to the habitat, and it will send up surface leaves entirely. The soft acidic water will benefit these plants as well as the fish. For once I don't have to talk about larger tanks, since I believe you understand that larger quarters will be necessary before too long.:-) This could be a very nice, authentic aquascape. A soft substrate of sand, with some rounded "river rock" as boulders and several chunks of bogwood, plus the afore-mentioned plants. Byron. |
Thanks guys, this information is exactly what I was looking for. I just need to know if only two growing Bichirs would be able to sustain a more fully-planted tank without much added help in the form of liquid nutrients and such. |
You will probably need a liquid fert, most use Fluorish Comprehensive. I have a fully stocked 50 which I use Fluorish on 1-2 a week. |
Yes, I agree. The hardness of your tap water also plays into this, but assuming you will provide soft water for the bichir the liquid supplement will be even more necessary. Flourish Comprehensive Supplement is also my preference, everything is in it. The substrate in a planted tank should not be vacuumed/cleaned; organics work their way down into it and bacteria break it down. You probably won't have substrate-rooted plants [although the Amazon Sword Barb mentioned would likely manage in what I've suggested previously] so the sand can be 1-2 inches depth, no more needed. |
Alright, thanks much. A few final questions, Will any filtration (via a mechanical filter) be needed for this tank setup? Is there some sort of equipment available that can create a gentle water flow (something that hopefully wouldn't contribute enough CO2 loss to effect the plants)? I think I've heard of 'current makers', but I've never used one. I would like to get something of the sort to circulate the water to make sure the temperature is universal all across the tank, if that is feasible. EDIT: Also, the water I have around here is quite hard. Even though I buy natural spring water in gallon jugs. Is there something I could use to make the water soft/softer? |
On softening hard water, the only safe way is to dilute the tap with pure water. You can use RO, distilled or rainwater (if collected safely, and depending where you live). You can read a bit about this in my article on hardness and pH, here: http://www.tropicalfishkeeping.com/f...quarium-73276/ Once the hardness is reduced, the pH will naturally lower. I can explain more if asked. B. |
Thanks Byron, I think I have a clear idea on how to go about setting up this tank now. Though, I will say that I'm beginning to change around what fish I'm going to put into this aquarium, for monetary reasons. I would absolutely love Bichirs, but I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to accommodate their future necessary tank size. I'm thinking of getting cats or sharks that would fit in the tank I have more permanently. I probably should have come to this conclusion sooner (I feel bad for wasting your time in posting in this thread), but I suppose it's better that I have realized this now instead of after I've gotten everything to set up the aquarium. Nonetheless, all the information that you guys have shared with me will be carried into thoughts for my change in fish species. |
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Delicious! The spinich did not wilt, but it was fine. Used chopped hard boiled eggs, a little tomato, goat cheese and threw in some pasta for a satisfying meal. A nice change, and I will make it again.
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I left out the chopped apple because I thought it would be plenty sweet without. Tossed in some golden sweet pepper. Absolutely delicious.
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This was a good recipe but nothing too original. I did change it up a bit and used arugala instead of spinach and added a bit more apple for sweetness. Word of caution: serve the salad immediately so the bacon stays crisp. A nice winter salad
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TOPEKA – (May 1, 2014) – Kansans safely disposed of nearly 6 tons of unused medicines during last weekend's National Drug Take-Back Day, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today.
Kansas law enforcement officers collected 11,687 pounds of medicines at 117 locations throughout the state during last Saturday's event, according to a report from the federal Drug Enforcement Agency. Law enforcement agencies turn the drugs they collect over to the DEA, who safely destroys the medications.
"Kansans recognized the importance of safely removing these unused drugs from medicine cabinets, where they could be accidentally or intentionally misused," Schmidt said. "These medicines are now out of harm's way and on their way to safe destruction."
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Kati Goldstein '13, an English major in the Creative Writing/Poetry track, has been awarded a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Arts Award. Goldstein will pursue an MFA in poetry at Columbia College in Chicago starting in the fall.
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Goldstein, of Cutler Bay, Fla., says her time at CC "could not have been a better experience. I had the opportunity to take blocks with amazing visiting writers such as Diane Seuss and Jim Moore, and also to develop meaningful relationships with my peers and professors within the program." Goldstein especially cites English Professor Jane Hilberry's guidance and mentorship, saying Hilberry had been invaluable in assisting in her development as a writer. Hilberry "has been generous with her support since I first showed interest in the Creative Writing program and played an integral part in my growth every step of the way," Goldstein said.
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i am trying to replace [cartopol] with [expr sqrt(($f1*$f1)+($f2*$f2))] and [expr atan($f2/$f1)]
when the real input is negative and the imaginary input is 0 (i.e. no argument to cartopol) it should give pi, but it gives -0.
wtf? did i use the atan function wrong somehow?
nope. :)
if $f2 is 0, in principle atan has no way to know if $f1 is > or < 0.
to achieve what you're looking for, you should either set up some conditions to manage signs and 0s, or use atan2 instead.
ok will try both .. i am not really sure what atan2() actually does …
managing signs … i have no idea … .. abs() wont help much to get the same output than from cartopol :)
I had to look up what atan2 actually does too…but that's awesome, never knew it was so common. That would have saved me some stupid ifs in Java as well. Works like a charm, thanks!
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Police, who suspect a drugs overdose as the cause of death, said Hoffman was found with a needle in his arm, and there were 50 envelopes of heroin, syringes and other pills in the apartment.
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The same church was the scene of the 1994 funeral of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, the wife of assassinated US president John F Kennedy.
Subdued fans have laid roses, photographs and beer outside the apartment at 35 Bethune Street where he was found dead, close to the home of his three children and estranged girlfriend Mimi O'Donnell.
Police investigating Hoffman's death arrested three men and a woman with a large amount of heroin in Lower Manhattan yesterday.
The three men, aged 22, 48 and 57, and the woman, 22, were all detained on drug-related charges, a police spokesman said.
According to US media, police said heroin found in Hoffman's apartment did not contain fentanyl, a powerful additive that has been tied to 22 recent fatal overdoses in Pennsylvania.
Hoffman had admitted in May to falling off the wagon more than a year previously, after two decades of sobriety, starting with prescription pills and escalating to heroin use.
The actor was last seen on Saturday and O'Donnell raised the alarm when he failed to show up to see his children on Sunday.
She was quoted by US media as saying he was high when she last saw him and spoke to him on Saturday.


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Please feel free to share any links to queer or queer related topics of interest. You can post a blog entry you made, a website you found interesting. Anything goes as long as it is queer in nature.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
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- Fab Fierce Femme said...
- June 7, 2009 at 12:22 AM
- Renee said...
Rob and Arnie Of Omaha Pick On A Trans Child: These two shock jocks went as far as to suggest violence against a child because they find it abnormal on the radio.
You're Gay: Looking at how to talk to children if they are being called gay as an insult.
Bruno Teabags Eminiem: Sacha Baron Cohen in the character of Bruno decides to teabag Eminem to highlight his homophobia. In the process Sacha end up employing all the stereotypes used against gay men. - June 7, 2009 at 7:30 AM
- Alex Draven said...
A selection of free queer romance fiction: alexdraven.org.uk
- June 7, 2009 at 8:20 AM
- durkART said...
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- June 7, 2009 at 8:50 AM
- Kelli Anne Busey said...
KRXQ Radio Hosts Have History of Obscenity Involving Children: TAKE ACTION
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies
Call to action
Transyouth Famlies and Allies
Open Letters to KRXQ Sacramento
Parents of Gender Non-Conforming Children Speak Out For Tolerance
'Rob and Arnie' broadcast on radio station KRXQ Omaha encouraged physical attacks and mental anguish directed at transgender children.
Although unapologetic radio station KRXQ has removed it's link on its website to this broadcast.
You may here in in its entirety here.
The removal of that link was only done because we have successfully lobbied over 10 of KRXQ's major advertisers to pull there ads.
GLAAD, TransYouth and Allies, Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies and a host of others will not be satisfied until KRXQ offers a public apology and retraction.
This is not the only occurrence of this behaviour at KRXQ. They have through the years defamed and maligned gay, lesbians and children. They last stepped over the line in 2004 and were fined $55,000 dollars by the FCC for hateful language against woman and children.
Please help us insure that the language broadcast at KRXQ in the future does not advocate 'beat downs' and verbal abuse on woman and children. - June 7, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- Fortunate said...
simple blog, I talk about my thoughts and viewpoints on GLBT things - June 7, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- Douglas Gibson Jr said...
Help me raise money for the DC AIDS WALK https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=299353&lis=1&kntae299353=8B9F1CB31BF748E9BA169F67DF34A8CB&supId=254463076
- June 7, 2009 at 4:15 PM
- philadelph-eli said...
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- June 7, 2009 at 4:44 PM
- philadelph-eli said...
If we're going to be shameless, I'd love to get my blog out there. It chronicles my transition and gender musings post transition as well.
www.bodyinprogress.blogspot.com - June 7, 2009 at 4:45 PM
- bridgeout said...
Hey QU!
Happy Sunday!
I want more than a visit to the hospital out of our President!!!
bridgeout.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/i-want-more-than-a-visit-to-the-hospital/ - June 7, 2009 at 4:59 PM
- thegayte-keeper said...
- June 8, 2009 at 12:02 AM
- Truthspew said...
I know, I know. It's Monday. I had a busy Sunday.
June 6 Protest in RI
Obama Declares June Gay Pride Month
- June 8, 2009 at 10:02 AM


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From the Minnesota Historical Society's Local History News of 15 August 2012 comes the news of a new DAR chapter forming. If you haven't explored the DAR website, visit it now: www.dar.org
New DAR ChapterDaughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is forming
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For those of us this year that drafted Tim Lincecum in the early rounds of our fantasy draft or used a nice chunk of our auction budget to pick him up, we are all probably asking ourselves the same question, "Will the real Tim Lincecum please stand up?"
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From the William B. Umstead World War I Collection
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WRISTWATCH, "Elgin" movement with brass bezel, stem-wind, stem-set, Elgin USA serial number 20,655,472 [confirming 1917 manufacturing date]; silver snap-back casing stamped on interior "Fahys/Sterling/Patent Pending/3/0/9872337" and "5/16" hand-engraved inside case; leather band and gold-tone buckle; hallmark and "California Saddle Leather" stamped onto back of leather band; case diameter 1.25" (3.2 cm), overall length with leather band 8.75" (22.2 cm); working condition, minute and second hands intact and operational, crystal unbroken with only minor scratches, case back lightly dented in half dozen spots, watch face slightly darkened. |
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Military paraphernalia -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Soldiers -- North Carolina. Umstead, William Bradley, 1895-1954. United States. Army -- Equipment -- Catalogs. United States. Army -- Uniforms -- Catalogs. United States. Army. Machine Gun Battalion, 317th. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection -- Catalogs. World War, 1914-1918 -- Equipment and supplies -- Catalogs. World War, 1914-1918 -- Equipment and supplies -- History. World War, 1914-1918 -- North Carolina. |
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Prior to World War I, wristwatches were marketed principally to women, so men's wristwatches were relatively few in number in Europe and the United States. The war changed this, especially in the military. Many soldiers in this technologically advanced conflict needed smaller, durable, easy-to-read timepieces to coordinate artillery fire, to synchronize troop movements and supply schedules, and for other purposes. At that time, however, standard watches were not issued to American military personnel; soldiers bought their own. Lieutenant Umstead wore this 1917 Elgin while in service. Note the orientation of the numerals on its dial. The "12" is next to the winding stem, where the "3" is usually situated on today's watches. The placement of the "12" at the stem on early wristwatches was in keeping with the traditional format of larger pocket watches. |
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Christ Has Set Us Free 5
1For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
2Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. 3I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. 4You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified[V] by the law; you have fallen away from grace. 5For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. 6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
7You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8This persuasion is not from him who calls you. 9A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. 11But if I, brothers,[W] still preach[X] circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. 12I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
13For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 15But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
Walk by the Spirit
16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21envy,[Y] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. 26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
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At least 75 people went missing in Bangladesh on Saturday after a trawler capsized in Buriganga river near capital Dhaka.
The accident occurred when a small cargo vessel collided with a trawler carrying around 100 passengers, leaving the trawler upside down and 75 passengers missing at 8.15pm, private new agency UNB quoted police and locals as saying.
Around 20 passengers of the capsized trawler, however, managed to swim ashore.
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The map below (click to enlarge) shows the ideologies of states in 2012 as estimated from their votes in the U.N. General Assembly. It is the global equivalent of maps you may have seen of the U.S. where more liberal districts are different tones of blue and conservative ones red. So, in Latin America you see that Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua are dark red, which means that they are further removed from the U.S. than Chile and Argentina, which are orange/yellow. Note that this map does not measure alliances: Saudi Arabia is quite distinct from the U.S. in its foreign policy preferences even though the two countries often work together for pragmatic reasons.
The U.S. is very lonely. There are a few dark blue countries but you can barely see them because they are so small (Israel and a few Pacific islands). Moreover, as I showed in an earlier post, the situation has gradually gotten worse. This cannot just be blamed on President George W. Bush: Alienation from the U.S. started before him and the tide was not turned by President Obama. Perhaps it is because of China, or domestic politics, or just the price of being the only true superpower.
For comparison, the map below is from 1995: There is more blue, although much of that is due to a few (rather important) countries: Russia, Argentina and Turkey. There is also evidence for the often-heard assertion that the U.S. pivot toward Asia has alienated Latin American countries. Asia looks a little less red in 2012 than in 1995. The reverse is true for Latin America.
Finally, a map from the Cold War (sorry, I was too lazy to adjust state boundaries). There are two power blocs that are heavily polarized with a distinct middle group of nonaligned states. We should be grateful that global polarization does not look this way in 2012.
This paper (co-authored with Michael Bailey and Anton Strezhnev) explains the methodology. The data (all the way back to 1946) is here.


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Catalogues of more than 100 Indian companies, covering a wide range of sectors such as machinery, tools and equipment, textiles, automobile and spare parts, building material, foodstuffs and spices and fashion, were on display at a two-day show organized by the Consulate General of India in Baha, which ended yesterday.
Ali M. Mongash, vice chairman of Baha Chamber of Commerce and Industry, opened the catalogue display at the chamber premises at the premises and lauded such initiatives from the Indian consulate.
Hatim Saeed Al-Safi, vice chairman, said the catalogues displayed at the show provided a "unique opportunity" to the local business community to get first hand information of India's goods and services.
Chamber Secretary General Safar G. Al-Zahrani conveyed his happiness over the show, which had a large turnout of visitors.
M. K. Ghildiyal, consul (commercial) at the Indian Consulate, expressed hope that with this show the bilateral business ties would expand further.
"The commercial wing of the consulate is always available to assist the local business community," he added.
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By Kian Terani | June 29, 2012 | Comments |
Brooke Hogan tells Miss Tessmacher backstage that she has gotten her a gig with Direct Auto Insurance. Tessmacher says it means a lot to her. Gail Kim shows up and says she wants to talk business she wants her rematch. Tessmacher says she would be glad. Brooke tells Gail not to tell her how to do her job but her rematch is next week.
X-Division Tournament Qualifier: Rashad Cameron vs. Mason Andrews
Rashad attacks Mason as soon as the bell rings. Mason backdrops him over and out and flies onto him with a corkscrew splash. Back in the ring, Rashad whips him in and hits a knee to the gut for 2. Rashad misses a moonsault off the top. Mason hits clotheslines and a jumping knee and springs off the ropes into a crossbody for 2. He misses with the 2nd crossbody and Rashad kicks him to the outside and follows with a Senton dive over the top. He gets 2 on Mason in the ring. Mason hits a hurricanrana off the top and gets 2. Rashad hits a dropkick to the back and a reverse STO for the win.
Winner by pin: Rashad Cameron
Rashad tells Christy Hemme he is the next X-Division Champion.
-Gut Check decision is next
The Gut Check judges are in the ring and Taeler Hendrix is introduced. Taz says yes.
Joey is in the front row with a sign that says "87% can't be wrong." Taz gets in his face. Ryan tells him to hit him. Taz tells him to jump over the rail. Snow calls for security and the producers come to remove Ryan.
Snow tells Taeler "no." Taeler cuts a final promo and says she is hungry. Prichard says he likes Taeler and she is green. But he says yes. She shakes their hands and thanks the fans in the camera.
Kurt Angle is backstage with AJ and tells him that he has respect for him for what he did for his friend with Dixie. They pep each other for their tag match tonight against Kaz & Daniels.
-Dixie and Claire are in the audience.
TNA World Tag-Team Championship: Angle & Styles (c) vs. Kazarian & Daniels
Kaz starts off with AJ. AJ takes him down and tags Angle. Kazarian slaps Daniels hard on the arm for a tag. Daniels catches Angle with a boot in the corner. Kaz and Daniels have communication issues. Angle hits a suplex on Daniels and tags AJ. AJ hits a hurricanrana off the apron and rolls in to break the count then sends Daniels into the rail. Daniels and Kaz have words on the outside.
Daniels is in control of AJ in the ring. Daniels springs off the ropes with a moonsault but AJ gets hits knees up and tags Angle; Daniels wants none and tags Kazarian. Angle hits a belly-to-belly and 3 Germans. Daniels comes in and gets the trifecta too. Kazarian counters an Angle Slam and hits a Diamond Cutter for 2. Angle tags AJ who flies into the ring. Kaz tags Daniels. Both men collide in mid air. Daniels plants AJ. Daniels and Angle knock the ref down. Daniels grabs a chair but Kazarian takes it from him. AJ hits the Pele. Kaz gives Daniels the finger and tells AJ to finish him. Kaz comes up from behind and hits AJ with the chair and grabs the ref to make the count.
Winners by pin and NEW TNA Tag-Team Champions: Kazarian & Daniels
Daniels grabs a mic and says AJ is the father of Claire's bastard child. Dixie is beside her self.
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It's time for the results.
As you know, I received a lot of texts and it had been very difficult to choose.
You had to wait quite a long time so, in compensation, a top 10 has been chosen instead of just a top three.
I won't write a long speech, I think you prefer results right now :
1: Text 31 - Fremmeno wins a Guru Cr
2: Text 26 - -Grave Lie- wins a Sum Sam Cr
3: Text 20 and 41 - TnT_Mathwiz and coolasc win a Marlysa Cr each
4: Text 12 - Omicron wins Armanda Cr
5: Text 21 - GarionKaiser wins Dragan Cr
6: Text 15 - Babs Hartley wins Sigmund Cr
7: Text 23 and 6 - pl ayer:3386113 and W M Daexen win an Elya Cr each
8: Text 7 - Gumbo123 wins Splata Cr
9: Text 24 - beanerz wins Jim Cr
10: Text 29 - UM_Korovief wins Selsya Cr
There is also a very long text which is not following the rules but all the jury loved it a lot. I thought the author deserved a prize too. We can call it the jury's special prize.
I'm talking about Text 48 written by player: 7205329 who wins Reine Cr
Congratulations to the winners
Congratz! 4 of my friends in the top 4, especially well done to thralas/fremmeno
Can u tell me the full results of it coz I wanna kno
Next time I need to start writing before 30 minutes before the deadline
Congrats, fremmeno, especially, and everyone else!
@tagahanga - lolllzzz, you really wrecked my hopes when you ranked be 35th. turns out...my story must not have been that bad after all.
And once again Trinity displays its prowess, with 3 members in the top 10.
Way to represent, Dweezil and Babs!
Hey, sorry I couldnt enter. But if Euzebe, if you make another one, I'll def join for the fun ... and prizes
Thanks for the congratulations and congratulations to my fellow winners.
For the rest.... Eat your heart out! Lol... Jk.
Congratz to all winners, turns out babs wouldn't have won anything if it hadn't take that long...
Congrats to all winners!
Thanks for the Selsya