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Truck Deals: June 2013
Some of the most popular trucks on the market are available with incentives this month. We've rounded up the best pickup truck deals on our favorite models to help shoppers who are searching for a brand-new pickup in June.
Chevrolet Silverado
The full-size Chevrolet Silverado is among the most popular vehicles in the U.S. In June, Chevrolet is offering especially good deals on the 2013 Silverado to make room for an all-new model scheduled to arrive soon. For cash buyers, that means up to $2,500 cash back on the Silverado 1500, while the heavy-duty Silverado 2500 is limited to $2,000 back. Qualified shoppers looking to finance can get 0 percent interest for up to 60 months on both models. Chevrolet even has a rare lease deal available, touting payments from $299 per month for 39 months on an extended-cab Silverado LT after $2,359 down at lease signing. For shoppers who would prefer a Silverado LT Crew Cab, Chevrolet is offering a lease deal on that model starting at $319 per month after $2,799 down.
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GMC Sierra
Like its Chevrolet Silverado cousin, the GMC Sierra is heading for a redesign later this year. That means GMC is clearing dealer lots as soon as possible. So, through the end of the month, shoppers interested in a 2013 Sierra can get up to $2,500 cash back on Sierra 1500 models if they're paying in full. Qualified buyers looking to finance can also get a deal this month, as GMC is offering 0 percent interest for up to 60 months on Sierra 1500 and 2500 models. Unfortunately, GMC isn't offering the same lease deals as sister brand Chevrolet.
Honda Ridgeline
The Honda Ridgeline is a car-based pickup with four doors and a standard V6. The Ridgeline is rarely featured with incentives, so we're excited to see a special offer available on it in June. Through the end of the month, Honda is offering the Ridgeline to qualified buyers with 0.9 percent interest for up to 36 months, or 1.9 percent for up to 60 months. Unfortunately, Honda isn't offering any lease or cash-back deals on the Ridgeline this month.
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Nissan Frontier
The Nissan Frontier is one of the last remaining midsize pickups still on the market. Through the end of the month, it's available with incentives whether shoppers are looking to lease, finance or pay with cash. For lease shoppers, Nissan is offering a 39-month term with payments starting at $229 per month after $2,999 down at lease signing. For qualified shoppers looking to finance, Nissan is offering 0 percent interest for 36 months, 1.9 percent for 60 months or 2.9 percent for 72 months. And for those looking to pay in full, the Frontier is available in June with up to $1,000 cash back.
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Nissan Titan
The full-size Nissan Titan competes with large pickups from RAM, Ford, General Motors and Toyota. Through the end of June, it's available with several incentives, whether shoppers want to lease, finance or buy their next truck outright. For those paying in full, Nissan is offering cash-back deals as high as $4,350. For finance shoppers, Nissan is offering 0 percent interest for 36 months or 2.9 percent for up to 72 months. And for lease shoppers, Nissan also has a deal in June: payments starting at $499 for 39 months after $2,999 down at lease signing.
The full-size RAM 1500 remains one of the most popular trucks on the market. In June, it's offered with deals whether shoppers are looking to lease, finance or pay with cash. For lease shoppers, the RAM 1500 Express Quad Cab is available with payments from $289 per month for 36 months after $2,899 down at lease signing. Those financing can get 2.9 percent interest for up to 36 months plus up to $1,500 cash back, depending on the model. And for drivers paying in full, the RAM is offered this month with cash-back deals of up to $3,250 for top-end trim levels.
Toyota Tacoma
The Toyota Tacoma is one of the only midsize trucks left for shoppers who don't need a large pickup. In June, it's available with two incentives. The first is for qualified buyers looking to finance. Through the end of the month, Toyota is offering 0 percent interest on the pickup for 36 months. Toyota is also offering a lease deal this month on the Tacoma DoubleCab PreRunner. Through the end of June, shoppers can get payments from $239 per month for 36 months after they put down $2,638 at lease signing.
Toyota Tundra
The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup that competes with large trucks from RAM, GM, Ford and Nissan. In June, it's available with low-interest and lease deals for shoppers interested in a deal on a new pickup. For lease shoppers, Toyota is offering a 36-month lease with payments starting at $299 after $3,298 down on a Tundra Double Cab. Meanwhile, for qualified buyers looking to finance, Toyota is offering 0 percent interest for up to 60 months on all 2013 Tundra models.
What it means to you: Shoppers searching for the right truck should find our list of pickup truck deals to be an excellent starting point.


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My client is a start-up company that has created a DVD to promote healthy living through a concept called "Never Touch Bottom". The exercise is treading water (not swimming). The DVD teaches you different techniques to keep yourself from touching bottom for specified periods of time. You set goals higher and higher the more physically fit you become. It promotes goal setting and discipline.
[important] The goal is to get yourself to a point where you "never touch bottom" and that mindset will translate into your daily life and affect you in a positive way. You will never give up on yourself in any situation, not just the water.
In reality, it's probably geared more toward the older crowd, but it really doesn't matter who you are, what ethnicity or age group. Anyone can benefit from this low cost, low impact exercise and life fitness concept.
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Leon: 20th Anniversary Edition (UK - BD RB)
Marcus watches Gen 1 Transformers with Matilda while learning to 'Clean'...
When Matilda (Natalie Portman)is the only member of her family left after Stansfield (Gary Oldman) and his gang kill her entire family because of a drug deal gone bad, she is taken in by lonely hitman Leon (Jean Reno). The unlikely pair soon set out on the path of training Matilda to become a hitman (or "Cleaner") and their relationship soon becomes the most important thing in both of their lives.
Leon is 20 years old and outside of the odd 90s fashion choice with some of the characters it still feels as fresh, heartfelt and as exciting as ever. The core story of the professional hitman and a recently orphaned young girl apprentice is still a beautiful thing and the way the pair bounce off of each other is still as touching 20 years on.
Luc Besson hits all the right notes in this one and considering the more manic side of the director's filmography, this is great to see. Jean Reno never feels like an actor playing a cool as a cucumber hitman, he totally embodies the role, making Leon one of the best hitmen in the history of film. This guy gets the job done and it's still impressive stuff when you see his attention to detail and the way that he works. Countering that, seeing Leon's life outside of the jobs he does and how Matilda changes all that is just the sweetest thing. These two are a classic onscreen duo and the fact we all not-so-secretly pine for Portman to return to the role to see how far Matilda goes in the cleaning business is a credit to the lasting appeal of the film and its characters.
Then there's Gary Oldman. With all of his recent more level headed character roles (such as his wonderful Jim Gordon performance) it's almost easy to forget he used to do manic, utterly awesome stuff like he does in Leon. He's such a good villain in this world of corruption and he embodies evil (with a devilish twinkle in his eye) entirely.
Anyway, there's little more to say about Leon that hasn't been said many times before. It really is a modern classic and with its 20th Anniversary upon us the film gets a sparkly new steelbook edition (which unfortunately I didn't get with the review disc), so just what's in store for Leon's big birthday?
The image here is good but a little off of striking. Edges range from sharp to a little soft, detail skips between strong and a little flat and while the image is clean and bright there's a distinct feeling of the film's age all of a sudden (20 years, where did that go?). Strong black levels can often feel a little patchy in places, direct sunlight can sometimes blast out details on faces and the general slick crispness of modern Blu-rays is never really achieved, even though the HD upgrade is always noticeable.
There are real highlights. Little Portman's boots when we first meet her look like they're dangling off the top of the TV in your very own living room.The leaves on Leon's plant are so fresh sometimes you can almost smell 'em and as with all good Blu-rays, the light sourcing brings the presentation to life exactly how you want your favorite films to.
Leon is a favourite of mine and while this isn't the perfect visual presentation its a good one. It just would have been nice if this 20th Anniversary edition came with an upgrade as opposed to the existing remaster from the original Blu-ray release in a Steelbook case.
The score and general mood of the film is very good from the offset. The gun fire is strong and central, packed with a real punch. Dialogue sounds fantastic, filling rooms with realistic acoustics and the score is almost the extra character in the already great ensemble. The strings are crisp, the melodies really drive the scenes and bass underpins everything with real confidence. Every element is almost perfectly balanced in the film's well pitched moods and Leon has rarely sounded better. It's not the finest audio mix out there but it serves the film as well as it always did and all the elements compliment one another throughout.
So, there's less extras than the previous UK Edition. Sure we get the Director's Cut extended version as expected but then its just and 'Interview with Jean Reno' (06:45 HD) which is all too brief but still great. Then it's all over with an 'Interview with Eric Serra' (09:40 HD) the film's composer, which again is great but very short.
So lets sum up. Same great film. Both great versions. No new transfer, new but short features, no old features included and a shiny steelbook. It's a mixed bag and not exactly a fitting 20th Anniversary celebration of the brilliant Leon. So I guess it just comes down to how much you love steelbooks this time around because you get get pretty much the same deal with more extras for much cheaper in the previous edition. Shame.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 3rd February 2014
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 English, LCPM 2.0 English
Subtitles: English HoH
Extras: Interviews
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman
Genre: Drama and Thriller
Length: 110 minutes
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Milestones: 1991
- Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (CRA) thereby overruling several Supreme Court decisions rendered in the late 1980s that had made it more difficult for plaintiffs to prevail in their employment discrimination suits and to recover fees and costs when they won their lawsuits. The CRA amends procedurally and substantively Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The amendments provide for the first time that the parties can request jury trials and that successful plaintiffs can recover compensatory and punitive damages in intentional employment discrimination cases. The CRA also expands Title VII's protections to include Congressional and high level political appointees and eliminates the two and three year statute of limitations period for filing private lawsuits under the ADEA.
- The Supreme Court decides International Union, UAW v. Johnson Controls and addresses the issue of fetal hazards. In this case, the employer barred women of childbearing age from certain jobs due to potential harm that could occur to a fetus. The Court rules that the employer's restriction against fertile women performing "dangerous jobs" constitutes sex discrimination under Title VII. The Court further rules that the employer's fetal protection policy could be justified only if being able to bear children was a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) for the job. The fact that the job posed risk to fertile women does not justify barring all fertile women from the position.
- The Supreme Court in Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane rules that an individual who has signed an agreement to arbitrate employment disputes with his or her employer cannot proceed with an Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) lawsuit in court but must instead submit the dispute to an arbitrator. This decision differs from the Court's earlier decision in Alexander v. Gardner-Denver, where the court held that an employee could proceed with a Title VII lawsuit even though the union which he belonged to had agreed in a collective bargaining agreement to submit discrimination disputes to arbitration.
- The Commission publishes proposed regulations and an interpretive appendix explaining the requirements of the Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) one year before the ADA is to become effective.
- AT&T Technologies agrees to pay $66 million, the largest recovery in the agency's history, as a result of an EEOC lawsuit. The Commission alleged AT&T discriminated on the basis of pregnancy by forcing employees to take leave before medically necessary and failing to guarantee a return to their position following pregnancy leave on the same basis as other temporary disabilities.
- Beginning early this year, Commission representatives testify at eight Congressional hearings over the next 15 months.
- Former EEOC Chairman Clarence Thomas is nominated by President George Bush to be an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. As a result of issues raised in his confirmation hearings, the issue of sexual harassment becomes better understood by the public. The Senate confirms Thomas.


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72 Scenes from the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, 2012
31 December, 2012
On September 30, I spent a geektastic day at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. I arrived early and got a look at many booths before they opened (later, they would be swarmed by thousands of attendees). For much of the day I was one of several referees for the Classic Tetris World Championship. The whole day was a joy — a convention hall filled with classic games, from Atari to Zelda, with pinball in between. And, this being a Portland event, there were game-themed crafts everywhere.
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The mad dash to mobile computing, with people and organizations adopting smart phones and tablets at an increasing rate, will make the Android operating system the most common OS in the world, according to a forecast by IDC.
If the projection holds, Windows would be unseated as the top OS for the first time in decades.
It's not that Windows and other PCs will be going away — IDC projects PC sales to grow between now and 2016 — but that they will be surpassed by mobile devices, for which Android is the dominant OS.
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Between 2011, the latest year for which data is available, and 2016, IDC forecasts that Android's share of the OS market will grow from 29.4 percent to 31.1 percent, while Apple's iOS will grow from 14.6 percent to 17.3 percent.
Windows' share, meanwhile, will dip from 35.9 percent, which currently leads the pack, to 25.1 percent.
The projections reflect both the move toward smart, connected devices and the appeal of relatively inexpensive ones, IDC said. "Android's growth is tied directly to the propagation of lower-priced devices," Tom Mainelli, IDC's research director for Mobile Connected Devices said in a statement.
The fast pace of mobile devices' growth also reflects the fact that people are using more than one. "We are in the multi-device age," said Bob O'Donnell, vice president of Clients and Displays at IDC, "and we believe the number of people who use multiple devices will only continue to increase. The trick, moving forward, will be to integrate all these devices into a unified whole through use of personal cloud-type applications and services. That's the real challenge of what we have often called the 'PC Plus' era."
Government also is picking up on the mobile trend, with agencies establishing mobile-device programs, mulling "bring your own device" policies and, in the Defense Department, working on a secure Anroid kernel for use in the field.
Adoption of smart phones and tablets won't erase desktop and laptop PCs from offices any time soon. In fact, IDC says the growth of smart phones will be driven by users in the Asia-Pacific region more than any other.
But where users go, organizations are likely to follow, and mobile use could eventually take up an even bigger place in the enterprise. A 2011 study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, for example, noted that an increasing number of people use their smart phones as their primary access devices to the Internet.
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You know bring your own device is what they should do for the Judicial branc too. You can not be carrying 2 cell phones personel and work, just to be able to keep up with your life and work. Give them an allowance that they already pay for those phones and let them use there own phone. They have to keep them maintianed and working at all times. They just need to be compatible with work apps to be able to do that, which 99.9% of them already do have. Bottom line lets be smarter. Then they can use whatever carrier works best in there area.
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perispomenon wrote:Last year I have been busy typing the grammar part of Pharr in betacode (which I could convert to unicode). I stopped at paragraph 922, also left out numerals and the declination of participles.
annis wrote:Reaaaallly. With some tweakage that could be turned into nice web pages, or a nicer PDF.
perispomenon wrote:I would have to complete it then It already turned out a very fine Palm format ebook.
Not if we could convince a few other people to type up particular sections.
alauda wrote:Hmm... now I'm wondering, where can I find a unix betacode to unicode converter... Time for some googling.
annis wrote:I would be delighted to host a Unicodified version of Pharr's grammar on Aoidoi
alauda wrote:Second, to Annis, yes, I'm a total Emacs geek. I keep my hand in on vi and find it very useful, but for lots of typing, Emacs is the way to go for me.
Unfortunately, I've NEVER gotten Emacs to display polytonic fonts. Annoying, because almost all my other programs have no problem. Emacs font configuration has always been alien to me.
-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
(modify-coding-system-alist 'file "\\.html\\'" 'utf-8)
Third, I found several converters, and I'm checking out that vi one too, but just as a fun project, I decided to write my own using Perl and a custom xml notation.
annis wrote:I would be delighted to host a Unicodified version of Pharr's grammar on Aoidoi, if you have nowhere else to keep it. I could do random bits of data entry from time to time, too.
perispomenon wrote:I just OCR-ed Pharr's grammar paragraphs. It requires proofreading and the insertion of Greek examples (my OCR software does not recognize polytonic Greek), so still a bit of work.
This, combined with the paradigms I already typed: is it enough to give the momentum needed for this project?
annis wrote:What all is ready so far?
perispomenon wrote:my OCR software does not recognize polytonic Greek
perispomenon wrote:I OCR-ed paragraphs 456 up to 1192. The OCR software seems to have done a really good job on the English part. Tables and everything Greek would have to be checked though.
Brendan wrote:That whole technical Unix discussion went completely over my head, though. I can do grunt work, as long as I have very explicit directions.
Brendan wrote:I am no expert on this, but I'd vote for HTML.
Annis, I'm happy to enter and/or proofread text...just waiting for someone to tell me what to do. I don't want to lose the momentum on this project!
alauda wrote:But I see that much work has been done on this project, and I missed out. HTML? Proofreading? I'd love to help. That sort of thing is definitely my bailiwick.
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Joel Dickinson is a professional magician who has been performing for over a decade. Along with close up and stage performances for corporate events, trade shows, weddings, celebrity and private parties Joel also has taught magic and circus skills in schools for many years.
Some of Joel's past client's include Microsoft, ASDA, Tesco, GAME & GAMESTATION, Lake District Estates amongst others. On the day Joel will be teaching a mix of close up magic, circus skills and cabaret with an emphasis on fun. Joel's skills have been recognised by winning the 2011 and 2012 North West Magic Championship and his crowning as the Fool of Muncaster Castle.
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Russian authorities claim to have found the impact sites of some of the fragments of the Chelyabinsk meteor, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. Two have been found near Chebarkul Lake—one of them pictured here. The other one is near Zlatoust, a town 80 kilometers northwest of Chelyabinsk.


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The final numbers are up, and the standings are mostly the same as last year.
I did find a couple of instances of double team management, and I gave zero ranking points for the guilty teams.
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thanks for posting these, Kerry. from The Laws of Lalas
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i second that, great job to Kerry. who were the dual managers? always interesting to see. also, not sure it matters, but a few people cheated the last week of the season in the predictions game. TEAM GRETTA, fhqwhgads, and Chisquito USA all appear to be culprits. their removal would change the plpr numbers to some extent, but i leave it up to you. thanks again for the hard work. from SDFC Macross
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I'm not going to name names. Dan has the proficiency to figure it out because he has data scraping tool, or you can stare at the numbers.
Randall, if you have proof of cheating, would you contact me via e-mail with the justification? I thought that final week score looked high.
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no proof other than that people said the prediction window
didn't close and those three all had outlandishly high scores,
including getting exacts in the 5-0 CMB v DCU game.
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oh they cheated no doubt about that
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I would have to agree that these teams tried to cheat the final week, so I am also giving zero ranking points for those teams. As a result, the Smackdown Hotel division has 0 PLPR points and is removed entirely from the PLPR rankings. La Armada Invencible falls out of a tie for fourth in CPR to sole possession of fifth. Smackdown Hotel is removed from its ten team podium finish, and the ROOKIE BALL division benefits by climbing to a tenth place CPR podium finish.
ADPR is unchanged.
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What's a working mum to do when her three kids have after-school sports practices at three different times and they need to be fed first?
What's a working mum to do when her three kids have after-school sports practices at three different times and they need to be fed first?
Not scramble to make dinner!
Instead, grab take-out and hope it's ready quickly.
A stop at Dickey's Barbecue Pit in Lodi proved just the thing for a hectic Monday meal.
Dickey's is a franchise chain that first opened in Texas. Its Lodi outlet came to town in September.
It's a cheery, country-themed eatery in the Lowe's Shopping Center featuring wagon-wheel lighting fixtures and blue gingham-covered tables.
Inside, a menu over the counter features comfort food such as Texas-style chopped beef brisket, Southern pulled pork, Virginia-style ham, pork ribs and two kinds of sausage. There are barbecue sandwiches and meat plates. The sides would make Paula Deen proud. We're talking fried okra, green beans with bacon, mac and cheese and more carb-laden options including a baked potato casserole.
We chose to order off the "Big Barbecue" menu, which featured packs - a picnic pack, family pack or XL family pack.
Our Family Pack order was billed as serving four to six people and including a choice of two meats, three sides, six rolls and barbecue sauce for $36.95. Sodas, in yellow, 32-ounce cups, are $2.25 each. Save the cup and bring it back to Dickey's for discounted refills. Our friendly server bagged up our order and offered us cups to take servings of Dickey's free soft-serve vanilla ice cream home.
We chose sliced beef brisket and pulled pork for our meat options. Then, much to the bewilderment of our kids, we picked green beans, fried okra and barbecue beans.
Fried okra? What is that?
The offspring couldn't get their heads or their tastebuds around the okra.
Not even ranch dressing compelled them to try seconds.
It's crunchy on the outside and slimy on the inside, they pouted.
OK. But for someone with a grandmother from Arkansas, it was yummy.
The beans - both the barbecue and the green - were good but no one wanted seconds.
The meat, however, was a huge hit.
As was the barbecue sauce - we wished we had ordered extra.
The brisket was delicious. It was trimmed of most of the fat and sliced in big chunks. The pulled pork was tender and tasty but even more so with generous helpings of barbecue sauce.
The rolls tasted fresh and yeasty. We wanted more of those also.
The kids quickly turned the rolls and meat into sandwiches.
They cleared their plates and took off for practice.
Hours later, the oldest was happy to dig into the leftovers.
Dickey's is definitely a kid-friendly place. On Sundays, lil' wranglers eat free. And there are plenty of value options, including a $2 barbecue chicken sandwich on Mondays. They also do catering, such as for Super Bowl parties.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A 9-0 second-half run enabled the UC Santa Barbara women's basketball team to rally for its fifth consecutive victory Wednesday night as the Gauchos defeated Cal State Fullerton 68-54 in the Thunderdome.
UCSB has now evened its overall record for the first time this season at 6-6, also improving to 2-0 in Big West Conference play. The Titans - who have now lost 24 straight games at the hands of Santa Barbara since 1996 - fell to 2-10 and 0-2.
Fullerton appeared focused on ending its streak of futility against the Gauchos during a first half in which the visitors never trailed and opened an early 14-4 advantage courtesy of a nifty low-post move and bucket by senior center Amber Pruitt. The CSF lead was still at nine points when Pruitt scored again the 5:10 mark to make the scoreboard read 24-15, but a later 6-0 run capped by Karena Bonds' old-fashioned three-point play brought UCSB within 26-25 with just over three minutes until halftime. The home team misfired on numerous chances to tie or take the lead before intermission, and Pruitt's buzzer-beating lay-in gave her squad a 30-26 advantage heading into the locker rooms.
The Titans' momentum carried into the final period, when their advantage ballooned to 43-36 at the 13:04 mark thanks to another basket in the paint from Pruitt, making the 521 die-hard fans in the Thunderdome collectively nervous. However at that point the Gauchos' eased those fears with their aforementioned nine unanswered points, which included a pair of scores by sophomore post player Kat Suderman. Her second basket knotted the game at 43-43 with 10:47 to play, and Bonds gave UCSB its first lead of the night less than 30 seconds later with her fast-break layup.
Fullerton responded with a pair of free-throws on its ensuing possession, but would not enjoy another lead as the home team embarked on a 6-0 spurt ignited by a Jenna Green score courtesy of Jessica Wilson's assist. The visitors later pulled as close as 53-50 at the 5:29 mark before another Santa Barbara run of seven unanswered points put the contest all but out of reach. The final score was the Gauchos' largest cushion on the evening, and the end result was their 45th consecutive victory against a current member of the eight-team Big West.
UCSB senior forward Autumn Nichols broke out of her brief scoring slump to record a game-high 14 points, followed by 13 courtesy of Bonds and 11 from Green. Bonds also dished off five assists without a turnover, while Green and Wilson led all Gauchos with nine rebounds apiece. Santa Barbara was out-rebounded by a 44-42 margin, and struggled from the free-throw line where it converted just 16-of-31 attempts (51.6%).
Junior Charlee Underwood led a trio of Titans in double-figures with 13 points and just missed a double-double with nine boards. Pruitt contributed 12 points and Toni Thomas added 11. Fullerton shot 40.0% in the first half but finished with just a 32.8% field goal mark, and also hindered its effort with 22 turnovers.
The Gauchos will seek their first road victory of the 2005-06 campaign when they continue Big West Conference play on Saturday, Jan. 7 at Long Beach State (7-5 overall). Tip-off in the Walter Pyramid is slated for 2:00 p.m.


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I cannot predict when tomato plants will start showing up in local garden centers, but it could be any time now, including today (March 14) as I work on this article. There are advantages to starting early, but also risks due to the potential for chilling or even freeze injury to your plants.
I cannot predict when tomato plants will start showing up in local garden centers, but it could be any time now, including today (March 14) as I work on this article. There are advantages to starting early, but also risks due to the potential for chilling or even freeze injury to your plants.
One advantage to an early start is that hopefully your plants will have the opportunity to set lots of fruit before hot temperatures arrive. Prolonged periods of temperatures in the 90s F will definitely reduce fruit set, and in fact fruit set could be compromised even from the mid- to high-80s. In addition, if early summer is both hot and dry, and good water management isn�t happening in your garden, tomatoes ripening at that time will be far more susceptible to blossom end rot.
Of course, the risk to planting this weekend or next week is that weather conditions in March or even early April could present challenges to the health and survival of your plants. Freeze injury is one concern, but chilling injury to tomatoes can occur within a temperature range of 32 to 41 degrees (and peppers are even more cold-sensitive than tomatoes). If your new plants do survive a cold spell, remember that this cold event may affect flowering and fruit set that occurs weeks later, even if there are no visual signs of damage to the plants.
A variety of strategies might be considered if your preference is to purchase tomato plants at the first opportunity. You might shop early for best selection, and then hold the plants in a protected site until we get into the last few days of March or early April, keeping up with weather forecasts in the meantime. If you only have a few plants, you could plant early but have some sort of provision for cold protection if needed. Protection could be as simple as a floating row cover or burlap placed over the stakes or cage. Another approach is to buy and plant at the first opportunity, with additional staggered plantings in subsequent weeks. One of those plantings is likely to hit the weather trends perfectly.
Commercial Horticulture Agent Nicole Sanchez, housed in the Jones County office, reminds me that grafted tomatoes are becoming quite common in the garden centers and garden catalogs, and are being planted in increasing numbers both in home gardens and in commercial production. This trend is largely driven by the public�s interest in heirloom tomatoes, which are highly desirable for their flavor and quality, but also highly susceptible to soil-borne pathogens such as nematodes and bacterial wilt. Grafting the plants onto resistant rootstock greatly reduces the risk.
If you�d like to try grafting tomatoes at home, visit www4.ncsu.edu/~clrivard/TubeGraftingTechnique.pdf or contact our office for a copy of this excellent tutorial on the subject.
On Monday March 18 at 5:30 p.m., we will resume our third-Monday landscape plant selection discussions here on the grounds of the Craven County Agricultural Building. This event is free and open to the public.
Tom Glasgow is the Craven County Extension director. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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AP Psychology – Chapter 15: Personality
an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
free association
in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing
Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts
according to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware
contains a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. The id operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification
the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that, according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality
col-lg-5">the part of personality that, according to Freud, represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future aspirations
psychosexual stages
the childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) during which, according to Freud, the id's pleasure-seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones
Oedipus complex
according to Freud, a boy's sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father
the process by which, according to Freud, children incorporate their parents' values into their developing superegos
according to Freud, a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual stage, in which conflicts were unresolved
defense mechanisms
in psychoanalytic theory, the ego's protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality
in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness
psychoanalytic defense mechanism in which an individual faced with anxiety retreats to a more infantile psychosexual stage, where some psychic energy remains fixated
reaction formation
psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which the ego unconsciously switches unacceptable impulses into their opposites
psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which people disguise their own threatening impulses by attributing them to others
defense mechanism that offers self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threatening, unconscious reasons for one's actions
psychoanalytic defense mechanism that shifts sexual or aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person, as when redirecting anger toward a safer outlet
collective unconscious
Carl Jung's concept of a shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species' history
projective test
a personality test, such as the Rorschach or TAT, that provides ambiguous stimuli designed to trigger projection of one's inner dynamics
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
a projective test in which people express their inner feelings and interests through the stories they make up about ambiguous scenes
Rorshach inkblot test
the most widely used projective test, a set of 10 inkblots, designed by Hermann Rorschach; seeks to identify people's inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations of the blots
terror-management theory
proposes that faith in one's worldview and the pursuit of self-esteem provide protection against a deeply rooted fear of death
according to Maslow, the ultimate psychological need that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is achieved; the motivation to fulfill one's potential
unconditional positive regard
according to Rogers, an attitude of total acceptance toward another person
all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question, "Who am I?"
a characteristic pattern of behaviour or a disposition to feel and act, as assessed by self-report inventories and peer reports
personality inventory
a questionnaire (often with true-false or agree-disagree items) on which people respond to items designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviours
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
the most widely researched and clinically used of all personality tests; originally developed to identify emotional disorders, this test is now used for many other screening purposes
empirically derived test
a test (such as the MMPI) developed by testing a pool of items and then selecting those that discriminate between groups
social-cognitive perspective
views behaviour as influenced by the interaction between persons (and their thinking) and their social context
reciprocal determinism
the interacting influences between personality and environmental factors
personal control
our sense of controlling our environment rather than feeling helpless
external locus of control
the perception that chance or outside forces beyond one's personal control determine one's fate
internal locus of control
the perception that one controls one's own fate
learned helplessness
the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events
positive psychology
the scientific study of optimal human functioning; aims to discover and promote strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive
spotlight effect
overestimating others' noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance, and blunders
one's feelings of high or low self-worth
self-serving bias
a readiness to perceive oneself favourably
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From Voodoo to Vogue
One really wonderful development in the tattoo community lately has been a greater prominence of women's voices. There's the third edition of Margot Mifflin's Bodies of Subversion being released (review to come); tattooed woman-centered Things & Ink magazine, the Ladies & Ink blog, and more features on female tattooers in general industry mags.
Now a new project is set to be released that is getting tons of buzz: "From Voodoo to Vogue," described as "A look into the breakthrough of female artists in the tattoo industry through one of its leading pioneers, Shanghai Kate Hellenbrand."
Filmmaker Eric Cannon has been capturing Kate's stories and her adventures as she travels the world, but there are also the stories of fellow tattoo legends, and even an interview with Louise Collins, Sailor Jerry's widow, among much of the footage. The potential for this film is immense, but it needs funding to get off the ground.
The Kickstarter campaign for From Voodoo To Vogue launched yesterday and is seeking a hefty sum to move forward. It's a gamble, but as Eric says on the Kickstarter page, a smaller fundraiser won't cover the goals of the full scale production planned. There's a listing of expenses from production to publicity, and donations can be made as low at $1 ($10 and over gets you perks).
Here's more on the film from:
Through Kate's colorful stories and anecdotes, we will be highlighting the female role in the art of tattooing from the beginning of time. Key Messages: A brief historical overview of how the modern tattoo industry evolved globally from prehistory Ice Age through the industrial age mechanization of electric tattooing to the "Old School" days of military paydays to the current trendy embracement of modern tattooing.And here's a taste of the footage here:
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Pseudopod 306: Night Fishing
by Ray Cluley
'Night Fishing' first appeared in issue 3 of Shadows & Tall Trees, from Undertow Books, in 2012.
Ray Cluley is a writier from Hampshire in the UK. His work has featured in Ellen Datlow's BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR and has also been translated into French. He has been published most recently in Black Static and Interzone from TTA Press, and in the anthology DARKER MINDS. His debut collection, PROBABLY MONSTERS, is now complete and looking for a publisher and he occasional writes about other projects at his similarly named blog, Probably Monsters, the link to which can be found at his by-line above.
Your reader this week, Eric Luke, is the screenwriter of the Joe Dante film EXPLORERS, comic books GHOST and WONDER WOMAN, and wrote and directed the NOT QUITE HUMAN films for Disney TV. Eric recently made his reading of his own "metahorror" novel, INTERFERENCE, available on I-Tunes for free (click link under name). You can find out more about it by checking out the homepage at www.Quillhammer.com .
"'So they don't mind that I'm just a lowly fisherman.'
'Nah, Christ was a fisherman so they're good with that. Your lack of religion, though…' Bobby tut-tut-tutted.
Terrence had grinned, chewing his food. 'Means you're the only one going to Hell.'
Looking up at the bridge, buffeted by a chill wind and rocked in the chop of an irritable sea, Terrence hoped there was no such place, but he knew there was because he was in it most days. Those gathering at the prow only proved it. Laura, Matt, and now the shin-splintered Lee holding himself up by the gunwales; Terrence had pulled all of them from the water over the last year, pulled others out after, and none of them would leave him alone.
The three stood, as best as they could, looking out at the bridge they had jumped from.
The Golden Gate Bridge was once the world's longest suspension bridge and was declared a modern wonder. With the exception of London's Tower Bridge, it was the most-photographed bridge in the world. It was also the world's most popular suicide spot. 'From the golden gates to the pearly ones,' Bobby had joked once, back before his own dive from its heights. 'People come from all over to do it. A permanent solution to their temporary problems.'
Statistics varied. One jumped every two weeks or thirty jumped per year, and Terrence had read somewhere else that every month saw as many as five people drop to their deaths. The only thing that didn't vary was the fact that from that height, three hundred feet or so, hitting the water was like hitting concrete. Some survived, but not many. And usually not for long.
Terrence only ever found the dead ones."


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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Moleskines and permanent legacies
In his blog a few weeks ago, Markus Fix wrote about leaving a legacy. I think it's definitely true. In fact, I think I share his fondness for fine paper and fountain pens. I do far too much with a computer these days and I know that I'm not leaving as much legacy as I could be. There's something odd about that, having all this technology, but all of it so impermanent.
My own preference is for Moleskines, which I discovered at 43folders, and a Waterman fountain pen from Levenger, which I have owned for almost a decade now. I noticed that Peter Seibel seemed to be carrying a small Moleskine pocket notebook at ILC 2005.
Indeed, Peter was carrying a couple Moleskines. The small one was ruled, IIRC, while the large one was blank. He had printed a grid to lay between the pages so he could write neatly without having the heavy grid that Moleskine incorporates in their notebooks.
I commented on his notebooks as I pulled my own Moleskine out of my bag. I carry two of the pocket notebooks: one squared and one music. I may switch to the blank notebook and take up Peter's technique.
Sorry I didn't get to meet you at ILC, Dave, although I think I might have seen you napping during McCarthy's talk ;)
I have always preferred Cross (any color / tip) for ballpoint, and Uniball Micro (blk-blu-red/0.2mm)for liquid ink. The Cross are always smooth writing and the Uniball stands up to laundering pretty well (sad to say this is learned from running my wallet through the laundry more than once). Not being an aficionado, I have no idea about the pH but the pages in my 40+ year-old Bible don't seem to have suffered any ill affects from these pens. :-)
I'm surprised that people are finding the signo inks to work with the Moleskine, I have tried both the Signo RT and 207 and both of them smear easily even after a minute or two of drying time. The G2 is better, but still takes a while to drive. My favorite ink for my Moleskine is the Cross Gel Roller Ball refill which works very well. I actually use it in a Water Phileas Rollerball pen, it fits nicely and the ink seems to work better on the Moleskine than the Waterman rollerball refill.
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Penguins keep rolling with win over Lightning
Tampa, FL – Jussi Jokinen potted two goals and added an assist on Thursday to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 6-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning at Tampa Bay Times Forum.
Pascal Dupuis registered a goal and two assists, while Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin and Tanner Glass each scored once for the Atlantic Division champion Penguins, who have won three straight and 18 of their last 20 overall.
Pittsburgh, which clinched its first division crown in five years with a 5-3 win over Carolina on Tuesday, received 16 saves from netminder Tomas Vokoun.
"When I got traded here and found out who I was going to play with I was expecting a lot from myself," said Jokinen. "This was a good game for everyone here and luckily I was able to contribute."
Teddy Purcell scored twice and Brett Connolly lit the lamp once for the Lightning, who have lost three of their last four and sit eight points behind the New York Rangers for the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference with eight games left.
Ben Bishop allowed all six goals on 41 shots in the setback.
"They were getting pucks in off skates, off sticks and that's what happened," said Bishop. "They did a good job of getting bodies in front of the net and creating some confusion."
Jokinen opened the scoring just over four minutes in when he pounded home a rebound off a Brenden Morrow backhander to make it 1-0 at the 4:07 mark.
Dupuis followed with a power-play marker just under two minutes later, as he buried a rebound from the low right side to double Pittsburgh's edge at 6:02.
Purcell's tip-in tally with four minutes left in the first trimmed the deficit in half, but the Penguins answered while on the power play early in the second when Jarome Iginla's one-timer from the top of the left circle deflected off Kunitz before slipping past Bishop to make it 3-1 at the 1:48 mark of the second.
However, the Lightning responded just under four minutes later when Connolly lit the lamp with a one-timer at the 5:46 mark.
The Penguins, though, outshot the Lightning 14-4 in the third and scored three times in the frame to pull away.
Malkin started the flurry at the 1:24 mark when he came up with a steal near the Tampa Bay blue line and made his way to the low right side before beating Bishop with a quick wrister for a 4-2 lead.
Nearly 3 1/2 minutes later, Douglas Murray flipped a shot on net from the left point that Jokinen tipped in past Bishop to make it 5-2 at the 4:45 mark.
With the Penguins on a 5-on-3 and under four minutes remaining, Glass put home a rebound from in close to push the margin to 6-2 at 16:40.
Purcell's second of the night accounted for the final margin at the 19:42 mark.
Game Notes
Glass' goal snapped a 65-game goalless skid for the Pittsburgh winger ... Pittsburgh defenseman Kris Letang (lower-body injury) returned from a six-game absence and registered an assist in just under 24 1/2 minutes of ice time ... The Lightning have lost six straight against the Pens and have been outscored 33-15 during the skid.


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First of all, thank you for taking the time to review our project, we appreciate very much that you're spending some time with CUBAN POSTER ART – The New Generation.
We discovered the amazing power of Cuban poster art. First, Natalie Seisser, a graphic designer from Paris, came up to see us this year in April to show striking work from her Cuban designer friends. Lars Harmsen (editor of Slanted) went to Cuba this summer and met some of Natalie's friends – as well as other artists and photographers. All of them are creating beautiful work, more analogue than digital, with a very human and warm touch. How could we create wider awareness for their amazing work and give those artists an international voice? As editor of Slanted magazine, together with Markus Lange and Falko Gerlinghoff (Burg Giebichenstein, University of Art and Design), we thought it would be great to publish this special issue: CUBAN POSTER ART – The New Generation.
Beyond cigars, American old timer cars and Che Guevara T-shirts Cuba has a strong tradition of graphic design. From the fifties until the embargo the county has been a major center for new ideas and creative design experiments. Nowadays the contrast is striking as there is in Cuba barely any publicity billboards, packaging, flyers, stickers, brands … They have all been replaced over the years by government propaganda posters but against all odds the spirit of creativity remains still much alive. Since the nineties a new generation of graphic designers has emerged and they hold on tight to the course of history. They are unfortunately still unknown and they strive to survive in a complicated economic and political situation without any means to be recognized by the rest of the world.
During over fifty years of revolutionary power, the history and evolution of Cuba are connected to images and pictures. The society is based on culture and puts forward its creativity and diversity. Cuban poster production has reached its summit between the years 1965 and 1975. Artists and Graphic Designers have created their own efficient graphic language in order to educate and convey revolutionary ideals. The history of Cuban Graphic Design has seen then the birth of its masters.
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In 1984, the government opens the first Graphic Design School in the country, the ISDI (Superior Institute of Industrial Design) with the target to train professionals in the Design and Communication sector. Five years later, the first Graphic Designers graduate, start to work and boost the poster production. Little by little the organisms work again with this new generation and the history of Cuban Graphic Design is revived.
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If you are using SQL 2005 and find User Defined Functions helpful, be sure to read my new article over at SQLTeam:
Returning Complex Data from User-Defined Functions with CROSS APPLY
SQL Server User-Defined Functions (UDFs) can return either a single value or virtual tables. However, sometimes we might like for a User-Defined Function to simply return more than 1 piece of information, but an entire table is more than what we need. For example, suppose we want a function that parses a single VARCHAR() containing a street address and returns:
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Matt Smith cast in 'American Psycho' stage musical
LONDON (AP) — Fresh from roaming the universe in "Doctor Who," Matt Smith is to play a style-obsessed killer roaming New York in the stage musical "American Psycho."
The musical is based on Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 novel about a homicidal yuppie obsessed with high-end clothes and beauty products. It was later made into a movie starring Christian Bale.
Producers announced Monday that Smith, who leaves BBC sci-fi series "Doctor Who" later this year, will play Patrick Bateman, "one of the most iconic antiheroes of the 20th century."
Rupert Goold will direct the show, opening at London's Almeida Theatre on Dec. 12.
It is written by Tony Award-winning songwriter Duncan Sheik ("Spring Awakening") and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who worked on TV series "Glee" and the Broadway production of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."


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Victoriano III and Amanda Garza, Protection, announce the birth of their son, Adrian David, at 12:02 p.m. Dec. 12, 2012, at Pratt Regional Medical Center. He weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long.
Sariah, 11, and Victor IV, age 9, welcome their brother.
Grandparents are Norma Dias, Francisco David Basaldva, Trinidad Salas and Victoriano Garza Jr.
Margarita Garza is a great-grandmother.


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A Std 8 student of a private school in Haryana's Sonepat was killed allegedly by two of his classmates, after he had asked one of them to return his cellphone, police said on Monday.
Shubham, 14, had lent his cellphone to one of the suspects a week ago and when he insisted on getting it back, he was asked to come to the school's backyard on Friday to collect it, Sonepat's Superintendent of Police Arun Nehra said.
"On reaching the spot, Shubham was strangled to death by the suspects. His body was dumped in the bushes near the school's boundary wall by the duo," Nehra said.
The victim's body was recovered on Saturday night and the investigation led to the two suspects who confessed to the crime, he said, adding that they were arrested on Sunday.
Shubham's father had filed a missing complaint after he did not return home on Friday.
The suspects, around 14 years of age, have been lodged in juvenile home in Ambala after being charged with murder. They have no criminal past, he said.


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Stafford County Economic Development received a $150,000 allocation to generate funds for rental housing construction.
Stafford County Economic Development received a $150,000 allocation to generate funds for rental housing construction.
The Kansas Department of Commerce announced today that 28 nonprofit organizations will share $4.13 million in tax credits under the Kansas Community Service Tax Credit Program (CSP).
Stafford County Economic Development will use the tax credit to implement an innovative non-profit housing development in the community.
"This will generate $214,000 in funding for this project," said Carolyn Dunn Stafford County EcoDevo director.
"The way the tax credits work is that contributions are collected from individuals, and based on their contribution they receive a 70 percent tax credit on their Kansas income taxes. So if they make a $1000 contribution they can reduce their Kansas income taxes by $700.
"They can also deduct the value of their contribution from their federal income taxes if they itemize."
The tax credits are refundable, meaning that if they made a $1000 contribution and their Kansas income tax due is $500, they would get a $200 tax refund. Dunn said the credits are also transferable.
"We are thrilled at receiving this award because it will allow us to generate the funds to begin construction on the duplexes. Housing is limited as it is in this county, and as we work in economic development to grow the population base we have to have more housing available. The last time a new rental property of this type was constructed in Macksville was 1948, in Stafford it was 1956, and in St. John it was 1977. So this progress is a big deal."
To participate in the program you have to contact Carolyn Dunn at the County Economic development office at 620-549-3527 or stop by their offices at 210 E Third, St. John.


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Many leading companies and organizations have worked hard during the past several years to become lean, agile, and flexible. Among other initiatives, they have taken a close look at support function staffing (including procurement) and have downsized, right-sized, outsourced, and off-shored with the net effect resulting in an environment where employees are having to do more with less resources or more without more resources. Another set of companies and organizations have taken a different path, and, as it relates to purchasing goods and services, have never upgraded the effort nor staffed their procurement organizations appropriately. In either case, the net outcome has been one where real and significant savings have been left on the table because there were not enough resources or not enough skilled resources available to competitively bid a maximum amount of the company's or organization's spend for goods and services.
With the remaining resources, highly skilled organizations take a position of focusing on ensuring that crucial goods and services are protected by contracts and rebid every one to five years. These companies leave the smaller spends to sort themselves out with the help of dozens or even hundreds of business end-users following procurement policy to engage suppliers and hope for the best. The companies that have less skilled purchasing departments continue to focus on transactional buying with little professional oversight. In both cases, organizations are paying more than they need to pay and also are putting their companies at risk by not formally vetting many of the suppliers they are using.IMPROVING THE WHOLE
In the effort to cut costs, many companies in the pharmaceutical industry and other industries have purposely taken an approach that reduces cost by cutting infrastructure, including significant reductions in full-time employees. Although much of this cutting is needed and laudable, there are many examples where cuts have been equally applied to all internal functions (e.g., 15% for all support staff). Although this approach fixes one part of the business (i.e., procurement labor costs), it has a negative impact on the organization as a whole. Procurement is one of the few functions that can have a direct and ongoing impact on the bottom line and should be staffed or supported appropriately for maximum savings delivery and overall risk mitigation.
To offer an example of the value of procurement, take the case of a small but growing pharmaceutical company that had no real center-led procurement strategy or organization. When it came to purchasing indirect goods and services (i.e., all goods and services with the exception of direct materials to make products), senior management and administrative assistants became the purchasing experts, which resulted in little, if any, competitive processes being used, suppliers not properly being screened, and generally creating unnecessary cost and risk for the organization. Poor procurement practice was evident when buying contract research organization services; marketing services; facility services; maintenance, repair, and operations; office supplies; benefits; and other services.
After reviewing the company's buying practices, limited policies, and several recent purchases, it was clear that the company was over-paying onaverage by a minimum of 20% for indirect goods and services. This organization spent approximately $100 million per year on indirect goods and services with revenues of approximately $250 million. It was recommended that the company make an investment in upgrading its procurement capability by naming a head of procurement to institute a center-led program for purchasing direct materials and indirect goods and services. The investment would easily have a 50 times return during an 18- to 24-month period, according to conservative estimates.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Shares of the following companies made notable moves in Tuesday's U.S. stock market:
Array BioPharma Inc. ARRY, +4.26% shares climbed 14.6% to $2.75 a day after the research biotechnology company reported results for the second quarter of fiscal 2012.
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Edwards Lifesciences Corp. EW, +1.69% shares advanced 5.6% a day after it said initial trials of its heart valve yielded more positive results than in the past.
Hologic Inc. HOLX, +1.86% shares gained 6.2% a day after the medical-device maker hiked its full-year earnings forecast.
Mattel Inc. MAT, +0.59% shares rose almost 5% after the toy maker reported robust fourth-quarter earnings and hiked its quarterly dividend to 31 cents a share from 23 cents.
Parexel International Corp. PRXL climbed almost 18% after the pharmaceutical-research contractor late Monday projected third-quarter earnings that topped consensus estimates.
United States Steel Corp. X, +0.62% shares climbed 5.1% after the steel manufacturer predicted better results in the first quarter.
VeriFone Systems Inc. PAY, +10.00% shares rose more than 8% after J.P. Morgan said the maker of credit-card terminals would likely reap the most from MasterCard Inc.'s MA, -0.83% use of new technology.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. VRTX, -0.94% shares jumped 6.4% after the Food and Drug Administration approved its drug to treat cystic fibrosis.
Align Technology Inc. ALGN, +1.19% shares lost 7.2% after the manufacturer of teeth-straightening products late Monday projected first-quarter profit short of estimates.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. ADM, +0.54% shares declined 3.6% after the grain processor reported a second-quarter profit that came in short of analysts' estimates.
Avery Dennison Corp. AVY, +2.05% shares slid 5.4% after the office-supplies maker reported disappointing fourth-quarter results.
CNH Global NV CNH, +5.56% U.S.-listed shares slumped 10.3% after the farm and construction-equipment maker offered a disappointing 2012 outlook.
RadioShack Corp. RSH, -1.12% shares fell almost 30% a day after the consumer-electronics retailer suspended share buybacks and reported initial fourth-quarter earnings below Wall Street's expectations. The results also hit RadioShack competitor Best Buy Co. BBY, -1.99% down 5.6%.
Rent-A-Center Inc. RCII, -0.41% shares shed 9.1%, a day after the rent-to-own retailer projected 2012 earnings lower than market estimates.
Rex Energy Corp. REXX shares slumped almost 11% after the oil-and-gas company late Monday said it would offer 7 million shares.
Tellabs Inc. TLAB shares lost 9.3% to $3.80 after the maker of communications equipment reported a fifth consecutive quarterly loss.
Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. WDR, +2.08% shares dropped 7.2% after the mutual-fund company reported a 14% profit drop in the fourth quarter.
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