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31 August 2007|
You got to love the big V-8, style and performance of this ride. I've always been big fan of Mercedes-Benz and the elegant performance they possess," says Joe Maynard.
A self-described devout auto enthusiast with more than 15 years active involvement in the scene, Maynard is the head honcho, the big kahuna, the bossman and the shot caller at Marketing In Motion (MIM) in Lake Forest, CA. His automotive lifestyle marketing company has been involved with award-winning "image vehicles" for DaimlerChrysler, Ford and GM. Some of the custom cars they've built include a Chevy Cobalt SS, Pontiac Solstice and Dodge Caliber R/T.
MIM's had success with domestic image vehicles in the past, so it's no surprise this German-made 2007 R550 crossover utility vehicle turned out to be such a great technology showcase for MTX Audio at last year's SEMA show in Las Vegas.
With a build cost tally that inflates the vehicle's original price by almost $80,000, the build-up of this one-off ultimate street sleeper took place at MIM Cars headquarters. Lasting about four months, the project's first eight weeks saw the 5.5L Mercedes V-8 engine get supercharged and intercooled, a SLR-inspired custom exhaust installed and H&R springs with a MIM custom suspension lowering module added. Power and torque have risen from 382 and 391 to 420 hp and 450 lb.-ft. of torque, respectively.
The top notch custom BASF Flint Mica Grey and Sunset Orange paint job with ghost graphic sets the tone well. Sized 11-inches wide in the rear and 10-inches in the front, the matching deep dish 24-inch NC Forged six-spokes and thin Toyo tires go perfectly with this vehicle's custom grille and VIP-style body kit that consists of revised rockers and a more substantial lower rear bumper. While the Mercedes pointed star badge remains, all model placards were removed for a less cluttered appearance.
But, the makeover and performance injection were only teasers. "I knew that if I could get my hands on a Mercedes-Benz with three rows, we could really have some fun," Maynard recalls with a smirk. "The crossover utility vehicle segment was really hot." So, after his crew's hands were free and wiped clean, the vehicle was sent to Image Audio Designs in Orange county to get stuffed and cooked to near perfection.
Now just two weeks before deadline, installers Shawn Bennett and Peter Johnson succeeded in overhauling the R-class' spacious interior into a private über theatre-on-wheels complete with in-your-face video and soothe-your-ears sounds. The perfect place for MTX reps to entice prospective dealers.
From either front seat though, things seem normal enough. The only hints as to what's back there is a Sony MEX-DV2000 DVD head unit that's mounted stealthily into the passenger-side glove box. The mood is much different back where the split-folding-reclining third row seats are (the only remaining stock items).
A custom "limo-style" divider was installed directly behind the front seats to house a high-definition 32-inch LCD monitor. It's really well integrated and, with the second row of seats gone, there was space for a custom hardwood and leather floor and more than enough room for all the speakers, amps and subs they could throw at it. Flanking the screen are two speakers stacks that make up the front stage. Each side has three individual sealed fiberglass enclosures that contain MTX Thunder Axe high-end components – four-inch TXC4.1s and 6.5-inch TXC6.0 dedicated mid-bass speaker – as well as Thunder9500 series 10-inch woofers and extra tweeter.
The high, mid and low frequency assault doesn't just come from the front. In fact, there's a single MTX Thunder 9515 15-inch superwoofer further back in the trunk floor. The custom sealed fiberglass MDF sub enclosure with fiberglass trim panel is wrapped in factory Mercedes leather and not only looks good, it feels good when the volume is cranked. To fill out the entire soundstage as best as possible, the installers re-tooled the rear pillars to accept another four-inch TXC4.1 driver and tweeter combo inside custom fiberglass baffles. A Sony Marine Commander wired remote let's viewers take control of the audio and video aspects of the performance.
With a pair of Optima batteries on board, the total I.C.E. system wattage is just shy of 2,000 Watts (1,950W) and is generated by a trio of MTX Thunder Elite amplifiers. The front and rear convertibles get 125 Watts per set from a four-channel MTX TE1004 amplifier while a TE602 amplifier supplies each 10-inch woofer with 225 Watts at two Ohms. Powering the beastly 15-inch sub is the job of MTX's hardy TE1501 D monoblock. A thousand Watts of boom is enough to get anyone's rump shaking. As for locations, the TE602 and class D amps have been nicely flush-mounted into custom rear side panels beside the rear seats. The TE1004, however, is more prominently displayed inside a sunken front amp rack behind a Plexiglas window with the MTX Audio logo cut into it.
For their parts on this project, Maynard offers special thanks to 3D Carbon, BASF Paint, H&R Springs, House of Tints, Image Audio, MTX Audio, Meguiar's, Mercedes-Benz USA, NC Forged Wheels, Optima Batteries, Toyo Tires; plus the entire MIM Cars team!
In stock form, the R-class transports up to seven passengers in total luxury, safety, comfort and space. In fact, it's one of the poshest crossovers around. The current configuration is really fun and MIM gets full points for attempting to void all of Mercedes-Benz warranties on this crazy build-up. My only requests are for some cup holders, privacy glass (for the divider) and perhaps electric window blinds (for the glass panel roof) to ensure total darkness inside.
Owner: Joe Maynard
Location: Lake Forest, CA
Vehicle: 2007 Mercedes-Benz R550
Supercharged and intercooled 5.5L Mercedes-Benz V8 engine
MIM SLR-inspired custom exhaust
Flint Mica Grey & Sunset Orange-BASF paint
MIM Cars custom VIP body kit
MIM Cars custom grille
3D Carbon fender vents
Custom two-tone paint with ghost graphic by South County Autobody
NC Forged six-spoke wheels and Toyo tires
-Front: 24- x 10-inch, 275/30-24 Proxes 4
-Rear: 24- x 11-inch, 275/35-24 Proxes 4
Suspension / Brakes
MIM Cars suspension lowering module
Second row removed
Custom-built hardwood/leather floor
Audio / Multimedia
Sony MEX-DV2000 DVD head unit
Sony RMX55M Marine Commander/UniLink wired remote control
MTX TXC4.1 4-inch components (x2)
MTX TXC6.0 6.5-inch dedicated mid-bass speaker
MTX 10-inch T5510 subwoofer (x2)
MTX 15-inch T9515 superwoofer
MTX TE602 amplifier
MTX TE1004 amplifier
MTX TE1501 D monoblock amplifier
32-inch LCD flat panel HDTV in custom divider
Custom in-trunk floor sealed fiberglass / MDF sub enclosure
I.C.E. installation by Image Audio Designs in Orange, CA
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Here I would like to open a discussion on the latest one "Basic statistical analysis in genetic case-control studies".
The protocol tries to realize a great idea: to help you in understanding the reasons and basic steps in conducting the case-control associations analysis, both for candidate-gene and genome-wide approachers. In paper you can find the theory and corresponding examples with downloading data and true Plink commands.
The structure of the paper is just perfect! It's very easy to read and follow.
It has clear sub-devisions:
Conceptual basis for statistical analysis,
Models and measures of associations,
Tests for associations,
Multiple testing,
Interpretation of results,
Identify file formats
Basic descriptive summary
Single SNP tests of associations
Data visualization
Adjustment for multiple testing
Population stratification
CG study
GWA study
It provides a useful glossary and exact statistical formulas for the basic associated tests.
I did my first round of reading with a great pleasure and expectations of a high benefit. However, when I started to repeat the protocol procedure myself and read the text more careful, I found a lot of small but very confusing and even disturbing nuances, especially for a person not that much familiar with Plink (However the paper says in the abstract: "Assuming no previous experience with software such a PLINK"). Here I would like to share my notes with you. Did you get the same or other filings while reading and following the protocol?!
1) The paper pretend to teach us about basic approaches in statistical genetics but produces a confusion, narrowing the focus only to Plink while saying absolutely nothing about other possibilities (including GenABEL). Nowadays there is a great variability in bioinformatical tools for association tests, and it would be really interesting to know the (theoretical/practical) reason for such a pre-selection?
2) It was nice to learn the connections between the contingency tables and association tests (Box 2) and the Plink models. However not perfect correspondence between the therms used in the paper ("allelic test of association", "simple chi-square-test tests of association") comparing to the Plink manual terminology was for a first moment very confusing.
Actual correspondence looks like:
The term in the protocol "allelic test of association" is equal to the therm in Plink "Basic case/control association test" and the correspondent command is --assoc.
The therm in protocol "simple chi-square-test tests of association" is equal to the therm in Plink "Alternate / full model association tests" and the correspondent command is --model.
It would be useful to specify right away that the results of the "full model" given by command --model based on "allelic model" (see the output file 'data.model' and the values [TEST: ALLELIC]) is equal to the results of "Basic case/control association test" given by command --assoc.
The other small detail to stress is that the adjustment for multiple testing is not provided for the "full model" based on "allelic model" (there is NO (!) command --model-allelic --adjust) and can be carry out ONLY by --assoc --adjust.
3) One more small nuance: the command will not work if you use a single long dash in a command, e.g. –model, instead of two small dashes --model. Unfortunately the protocol is not careful with that...
I focused on that details because you need to know them if you try to reproduce the results from the protocol on page 131, "ANTICIPATED RESULTS | CG study | Summary of results. Table 4".
4) So, going further to the discussion of the examples. On page 129 the paper says, that 40 markers were use for the candidate gene analysis, however in data file there is only 37 markers. It's confusing...
5) In table 4 on page 131, as far as I understood Plink manual, the columns named "Genomic control", "bonferroni", and "Holm" are related to the adjusted p-values, so it's confusing to call them "Unadjusted" like in the table 4.
6) In the same table 4 the values in columns "Holm", "Sidak single step", "Sidak step-down", "FDR BH", and "FDR BY" look to be absolutely wrong... Do you also, like me, see other values when try to repeat the protocol ???
7) Again table 4, column "Family-wise permutations". Rows for SNPs rs4135247, rs2120825, rs3856806 give me other values than in the table, and are equal to 0.001998, 0.001998, 0.1129 correspondingly. Do you have the same???
8) Discussing the results in table 4 on page 131, the paper says: "Here we have defined a P value to be significant if at least one of the adjusted values is smaller than the threshold required to maintain a FWER of 0.05". It sounds strange, first, that the protocol supposes the threshold for the p-values and FDR values to be the same. And, second, that the protocol doesn't discuss at all, which p-values they would suggest to publish and by which reason? To publish all that p-values? To choose the single test with the smallest p-values for the top-hits? How would you do that and why??
9) QQ-plot. Starting on page 128, Data visualization | 5 | (A) Quantile-quantile plot | (iii): What was the reason to calculate the expected p-values in such a way? Where is a reference?
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exp <- -log10( c(1:length(obs)) /(length(obs) + 1))
I know a very useful R-script, proposed by a brilliant guy Stephen Turner (http://gettinggeneticsdone.blogspot.com ... plots.html),
which help to construct a very nice QQ-plot. It uses ppoints() which is an R-function from a standard package "stats" to calculate the ordinates for Probability Plotting. Ppoints() has the references and calculates the sequence of probability points as
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(1:m - a)/(m +(1-a)-a),
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where "m" is length(n), "a = ifelse(n <= 10, 3/8, 1/2)".
So, in our case "a" shoud be equal to 1/2, but not 1 as in the current protocol... The difference is not may be that big, but confusing...
10) Let's go to the LD plot. Figure 1.
First of all a small confusing thing, the text and the picture promise that I will see the significant SNPs in white boxes... Do you? I don't ... I had to find them myself based on SNP-names in table 4 …
Second, the statement "Block 2, which is a 52-kb block of high LD (r-sqr > 0.34)" sounds kind of strange... How this value of 0.34 was calculated over the LD block? Would you personally say that the correlation of 34% is really high?...
Finally, my LD-plot (my reproduction of the protocol) represented the same LD blocks, but absolutely different correlation coefficients in the diamonds (please, see the file cg.LD.png attached)!... And what do you see?...
So, with all of that my impression is that sometimes the paper looks very promising, but a lot of small misleadings give a feeling that you can't really get the idea, and something which you would like to understand just gets lost...
Or may be I just did something wrong ?

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Reuse + Recycle: 10 Delightful DIY Planter Ideas
I just finished helping my mom plant the last of her outside plants, and now I'm craving some new plants of my own. Always looking for an opportunity to craft, I figure it would be fun to make a new (to me) planter as well. Here are ten planter ideas using odds & ends you just might have laying around your home.
1. Clothespin Bag Wall Planting, DIY from Justina Blakeney
2. Vintage Ladle Plant Pot, DIY Vivere a Piedi Nudi
3. Upcycled Herb Cans, DIY from Changing My Destiny
4. Cinderblock Lego Planter, DIY from Crafty Girl for Bubblews
5. Copper Bundt Cake Pan Planter from BootsNGus
6. Plastic Animal Planters, DIY from Tim and Mary Vidra for eHow
7. Coconut Hanging Planter, DIY from Rachel from OH NO Rachio for Poppytalk
8. Planted Vintage Dump Truck from Potted Store via Apartment Therapy
9. Sock Planter Cozy, DIY from Orla Kiely for Rachel Ray
10. Sweater Covered Flowerpots, DIY from Duo Fiberworks


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Sit wrote:Also to Thierry... Ok article. You didn't say that you were shit at soccer haha and will Red Dead Redemption still be played in 2013? Haha.. Also Rubio hates you!
"He's got a good touch," Henry stated, "Must be an Argentine thing." ....... "But he sucked."
Undrafted European vow to surprise everyone and make the NBA
Undrafted Croatia point guard , Luka Mandich , is very optimistic about his future in the NBA. He said the only reason a NBA team hasn't picked him is his former problems with drugs and alcohol. "Maybe teams are thinking I'm not serious about this , and that I just want to make a little bit money and go back home to Croatia. Well no people, I am serious , I am talented , I am willing and I have more that plenty of motivation" – the former highly regarded international prospect said.
"I know there are a lot of doubters out there, but that's okay , I like that. It is a challenge, and challenges are my specialties. Those people just motivate me more and make me more confident that I will succeed. In fact , if people don't like you, you are actually worth something"-Mandich is full with determination to make an impact in the greatest basketball league in the world, the NBA.
He is not one of those un exciting european players. With a wingspan of 6'5" and vertical leap of 41 inches Mandich can throw down as good as any point guard in the game . "Dunking was my favorite thing about basketball a couple of years ago. I lived for he dunks , and I dreamed that one day kids will have my posters just like Vince Carters."-Mandich said optimistically.
The 6 foot tall guard was actually surprised about not being drafted at first, because he did post great numbers overseas playing for Cibona Zagreb. 19.4 points a game, 8.2 assists a game, 4.1 rebounds a game, 1.6 steals and 0.5 blocks a game.
Mandich has talent, he has will , and if all things come together , he could make an impact in the NBA
2013 Offseason Recap
Summer LeagueStealth Rookies Shine In Summer League
JULY 20 2013, UTAH – Seattle Stealth assistant coach Rasheed Wallace and second year players Jao Wu and Senso Rancati were not the only ones turning heads at the 2013 Utah Summer League. The surprising performances of the team's three draft picks brought just as much positive feedback as Sheed's near-perfect coaching debut and Wu's and Rancati's leadership and play.
PF and number 30 pick Jamaal Garrett averaged an impressive 10.3 points and 8.7 rebounds in 8 games for Seattle. Garrett was praised for using his size to beat the competition. SF and number 32 pick Peter Carpenter started all 8 games and averaged a modest 5.2 points. However, it was his contributions on the defensive end that raised eyebrows as he held Bucks' second year pro Liam Washburn to 2 points and 1-8 shooting in one game.
Australian prospect and number 60 pick Rich Tyler wasn't as impressive as his fellow draftees but Stealth GM Will Sit did mention that Tyler was going to be picked up by the team and developed. "We'd like to see how much he can improve over the season and also playing in the D-League." As for Garrett and Carpenter, Sit stated, "I'm feeling that Jamaal might get a shot as the last man on our playing roster. Peter is definitely a year away from making the first team."
Although the Stealth lost two key players in their rotation in PF Chris Wilcox and SF Trevor Ariza, second year players Wu and Rancati proved that they could be relied upon this season. Wu, the number 1 pick from the 2012 Draft, averaged a team-leading 18.9 ppg, 5.5 apg, 1.8 spg. Rancati, the number 10 pick from the 2012 Draft, was a surprising performer by averaging 16.3 ppg and scoring a Summer League-leading 2.4 three pointers a game.
Read More…Martin Might Be Top Rookie
JULY 20 2013, CHARLOTTE – Julian Martin has Bobcats President of Player Operations Michael Jordan licking his lips after averaging 22.6 ppg in Summer League play. Martin could redeem Jordan's many mistakes over the years with player drafts for the Bobcats and an earlier stint with the Washington Wizards.
Martin was originally projected to be drafted in the second round after his draft plummeted following an off-court incident and altercation with a teammate at UCLA. However, a number of positive workouts put him back on tract and he was surprisingly selected by Charlotte with the fourth pick of the NBA Draft. Martin is relishing the second chance, "I was very lucky to be picked by the Bobcats. I'm going to play very hard to pay back the faith."
Martin has outshined all his fellow rookies so far although one Western Conference scout cautioned, "It's only Summer League. The NBA is a lot different to this environment." Number one pick Coby Clark struggled for Toronto and finished Summer League with averages of 6.5 ppg and 7.2 rpg. Number two pick Sam Slater was able to average double figures, albeit on poor shooting percentages: 13.2 ppg on .398 FG% and .273 3PT%. Number three pick Christian Bullard didn't fare any better as he averaged 8.9 ppg for the Spurs although he did play great defensively.
Read More…Portland Picks Up Brezhnev
JULY 30 2013, PORTLAND – The Portland Trailblazers decided to award undrafted PF Lev Brezhnev with a 1 year contract after the 7 footer from Russia's CSKA Moscow impressed them over Summer League play. Brezhnev only averaged 4.6 ppg and 2.3 rpg but was said to have shown much promise during training sessions.
The Russian national may have dropped out of the second round because he stay in Russia to train with the national side during the leadup to the NBA Draft. His agent, upon announcement of the deal with the Blazers, said that his client was 'happy to secure a contract and is looking forward to working hard and cracking the rotation.'
Read More…Knicks Sign Greek Rookie Koukoulis
JULY 30 2013, NEW YORK – PG George Koukoulis, 19, has always dreamed of playing in the NBA. That dream came true as the Knicks offered him a one year deal that will likely see him compete in the D-League but no less one step closer to the NBA.
Koukoulis, from Greece, comes over to America after plying his trade for Olympiacos since the tender age of 16. After 2 years training with the senior team, he finally joined them as a surprise starter last year after their starting PG was injured. Suddenly thrust into the spotlight, the youngster averaged a modest 3.6 ppg and 3.3 apg.
This past Summer he played three games for the Knicks' Summer League squad before jetting to Greece to train and trial for his national side. Although he did not make the final cut, he was able to train with the team for the entire duration of the European Championships. The Knicks waited for him to return to the States before signing him up to his 1 year contract.
He made the foolish move of declaring for the NBA Draft after being advised that he was strong enough to be picked. However, poor workouts forced him to be left with no team to go to. Fortunately for Koukoulis, the Knicks are ready to take a stab at him and hope that it all works out for the best.
Read More…Mandich Will Play For Toros
JULY 30 2013, AUSTIN – In some sad news, aspiring PG Luka Mandich was unable to secure an NBA contract. He will stay in America though to play for the Austin Toros in the D-League. The hard working player is fighting past alcohol and substance abuse to be able to play in the NBA.
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League TransactionsCalderon Joins Gasol For Lakers
SEPTEMBER 29 2013, LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Lakers traded for PG Jose Calderon and PF Udonis Haslem in a bid to stay in the playoff hunt as the careers of SG Kobe Bryant and PF Pau Gasol edge closer to a close. Calderon will join Bryant and fellow Spaniard Gasol in the starting lineup for the Lakers, which also features C Andrew Bynum and SF Trevor Ariza.
Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak said that Calderon had always been a target for the team but admitted that he never did a deal in high hopes that PG Rodney Stuckey would become a solid starter at the position. Kupchak made the tough decision of losing the defensive presence of C Brendan Haywood and a future first rounder in order to acquire Calderon. "I didn't want to lose a pick as well as Brendan but we had to do what we had to do. Brendan loved LA but he will get more opportunities in Toronto. Sometimes you got to give to receive," Kupchak said. PF Channing Frye was also traded to the Raptors in this deal.
Read More…Bulls Cash In On Deng's Expiring Deal
SEPTEMBER 29 2013, CHICAGO – SF Luol Deng had mentioned that he did not want to play for Chicago after his contract runs out and the Bulls cashed in on his expiring contract by acquiring C Roy Hibbert and veteran SG Stephen Jackson.
Deng, the number 7 pick of the 2004 draft, averaged 16 ppg last season. The 28 year old, 10 year pro has a 12 million dollar expiring contract. The Bulls opted to bring in 7'2" 17th pick of the 2008 Draft, Hibbert, who might start at centre for the team and 6'8" 35 year old Jackson who averaged a serviceable 11 ppg last season for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Wolves were happy to get rid of Jackson who was deemed disruptive in the locker room last season. Captain Mike Bibby said, "Stephen was really positive for us when he first got here but he's really been holding us back a little bit in recent times." The Wolves get Deng who is in his prime and a player who could thrive playing alongside SG Kevin Martin. Bibby noted, "This could be a very good season as we have quite a talented team."
Read More…Cleveland Trades For Passing Point Guard
SEPTEMBER 29 2013, CLEVELAND – Mo Williams' time as starting PG is over after the Cavaliers finally got their hands on a pass-first playmaker. Cleveland traded SG Rudy Fernandez and a future first round pick to acquire PG Raymond Felton from the New Jersey Nets.
Felton demanded a trade out of New Jersey after becoming unhappy with the lack of playing time due to playing behind All-Star Barney Steele. Felton became disenchanted with playing second fiddle and struggled whenever the Nets used him at SG. The 29 year old averaged 10 ppg and 5 apg from off the bench for the Nets.
Fernandez leaves the Cavs and a crowded backcourt to join the Nets to play behind 2010 first overall pick Jeremy Mason. Fernandez is confident of competing for the starting spot though after the 28 year old averaged 9.6 ppg last season for Cleveland. "I had to play with Rudy Gay and Lebron James every day. I started most games and I was in the NBA Finals. I think I am capable to start for New Jersey Nets," Fernandez told reporters after being introduced as a Nets player.
Read More…Bosh Fails Physical, Nixes Trade
SEPTEMBER 29 2013, MIAMI – The blockbuster deal sending Chris Bosh to the Miami Heat has been cancelled after Bosh failed two physicals over three days. The All-Star PF will be playing for Toronto after all once the regular season resumes. Details of the failed physicals have not been disclosed to the media.
Heat SG JR Smith will return to Miami and claimed that he felt no ill feelings towards the franchise that nearly traded him away, "The NBA is a business. I've walked away from the Nuggets before for a better situation. Miami included me in this trade because they thought they would be in a better situation. I can't do anything except play my tail off and prove that I am the best player they could have."
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League NewsIverson Doubtful For Season Opener
OCTOBER 29 2013, SEATTLE – Seattle Stealth SG Allen Iverson is in serious doubt for his side's season opener after getting hurt in a training session. Iverson is sidelined for 1-2 weeks with a strained hamstring.
Read More…Kings Aim For Back-to-Back
OCTOBER 29 2013, SACRAMENTO – Moses Chara is telling anyone who will listen that his team is good enough to be the first side to win back to back titles since the LA Lakers did it at the beginning of the last decade. "If we can win back to back titles, we are instantly one the best team of this decade," Chara stated, "And I think that we really deserve that."
The reigning MVP also aims to add to his collection, "I think I can repeat as MVP as well. As long as the Kings come in the top 3, I am going to be a back to back MVP." The Kings are certainly capable of repeating as they enter the season with the same team as last season except for the absence of C Shaquille O'Neal and the addition of SF Rashard Lewis.
Read More…Bosh To Stay In Toronto For Now
OCTOBER 29 2013, TORONTO – Toronto's All-Star PF Chris Bosh is stuck in Toronto after the Raptors have failed to find a suitor for his services. Bosh would have been in Miami had it not been for a failed physical last month. Bosh will start Toronto's season opener after sitting out the entire preseason schedule.
Read More…Bucks' Villanueva Disgruntled and Demands Trade
OCTOBER 29 2013, MILWAUKEE – PF Charlie Villanueva has issued an ultimatum: Play me or Trade me. The disgruntled reserve has received limited minutes because of Jay Gray and claimed that he understood 'his situation' but wanted more of a run. "I want to win as much as any other guy on this team," he said, "But if I'm not getting minutes, I'd rather be somewhere else."
Read More…Splitter's Freak Injury Postpones Debut Season
OCTOBER 29 2013, SAN ANTONIO – Tiago Splitter will not make his NBA debut for another year after breaking his leg in a freak biking accident. Splitter was holidaying in the Swiss Alps when he was forced off the road by a motorist whilst he was bike riding. The 7 footer from Brazil is yet to sign a deal with the Spurs.
The Spurs have stood behind Splitter and state that he will be signed to a deal next season. They also lamented the bad luck on the eve of the Euroleague MVP and champion finally joining their team. It comes as a huge disappointment as the Spurs prepared a roster spot and additional minutes for him. San Antonio signed Aaron Gray to a one year deal in light of this news.
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hova- wrote:Ahh c'mon, Bosh is still there?? Well, with Haywood, Bosh, Clark, the soph (forgot his name) and me, we will have a nasty team. Still, it will take some time to get everybody the shots he likes. I hope I can deliver
Lamrock wrote:Nice twist with Bosh. Hova must be pissed. Speaking of pissed, L-Train is too good for Summer League. When's the last time a team assigned it's borderline All-Star SF to the Summer League?
dare wrote:MJ definitely picked the right guy this time.
King Dee wrote:finally, my player found a home. lol. Chris Bosh staying? I thought he is headed to South Beach.
megarover wrote:I was planning on posting an article but of course halfway through it the browser closed .
Thierry • wrote:Bosh back to Toronto, don't like it
Bucks' Washburn Taking New Approach In Sophomore Season
October 24, 2013 (AP) - "Our team, baby. Our team!", Bucks forward Liam Washburn exclaimed after a 105-93 pre-season win over the Sixers, in which the second year player notched 21 points, 8 rebounds and most notably, 7 assists. The new mantra, while clearly a parody of Kevin Durant's now (in)famous "my team" catch phrase, is no joke. Washburn, affectionately nicknamed "The L-Train" is serious business this year.
After a scorching hot start to his rookie season, Washburn ran into the all-too familiar face of adversity. He fell into a major shooting slump to finish the season, was narrowly upset by Janis Kalnins for the rookie of the year award, and suffered a heartbreaking conference finals defeat at the hands of his idol LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. After being compared to the great Larry Bird early in the season, Washburn was labelled a "black hole", due to his paltry 0.8 assists per game. Adding insult to injury, Washburn, who had considered himself a borderline all-star, was required by his team to play in the Summer League.
"I spoke to Liam this Summer, and you could just tell that he was upset," says teammate Jay Gray. "It was a real ego-ectomy for him, but he didn't let it get him down. He took it as motivation, and it shows in his play."
Washburn struggled in Summer League, attempting to be more of a facilitator, as well as the focal point of the offense. As a result, he committed over 4 turnovers per game, in addition to shooting 37% from the field. In pre-season however, he has looked like a new player, frequently leading the Bucks in scoring and averaging nearly 4 assists per game.
"He's really refined his game," says coach Scott Skiles. "I think people really underestimated this kid's work ethic and wrote off his potential due to his relative lack of athletic ability. He has the skills of a shooting guard, and yet he's almost seven feet tall. He's finally learning to use his size advantage and has also stepped it up on the defensive end. We may not be the most talented team in the league, but in Gray and Washburn we have a tandem built on basketball IQ and teamwork."
When we spoke to Washburn, he shrugged upon hearing his pre-season stats. "I used to be a huge stats geek. Last year, I would check Basketball Reference daily to see if my PER went up or down. However, I'm starting to realize that it's how you play that truly matters. Coach [Skiles] devised this thing called a 'Teammate Grade'. It rewards assists and good shot selection, but marks you down for bad spacing, calling for passes excessively, doing things that just causes you to lose games. That's what I'm about right now.'"
Most NBA experts are pegging the Cavaliers to return to the NBA Finals this season, but don't be surprised if athletic freaks LeBron and Rudy Gay are thwarted by Wisconsin's favorite students of the game.
Valor wrote::lol: @ chris bosh failing his physical
Nice deal for the Bulls, getting rid of Deng for some solid pieces, Hibbert and Jackson will fill in nicely
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Curiosity: Molyneux's great cube caper begins
Curiosity: What's Inside The Cube has launched. VG247's Dave Cook begins his cube tapping journey, and ponders if Peter Molyneux's project is actually a work of genius.
I pause for a second to give my screen-tapping finger a rest. I've been chipping away at Molyneux's box of mystery now for about half an hour, and my VG247 shift starts in ten minutes. Shit. Where did the time go?
People often find it easy to debunk Peter Molyneux's harebrained pitches as dreamy-eyed fantasies that'll never come to pass. In the olden days he'd likely be branded as some kind of male witch: today, he's a free-thinker with independence, a new studio and a bloody big cube.
He's looking on, like some mad baron, staring at his bank of monitors while we toil away at his cube like subservient ants. He's the scientist: we're the rats.
When I interviewed Molyneux in September, he told me that from the day Curiosity launches on iOS – it released this morning – he would be watching, in real-time, as hundreds and thousands of participants tap at their screens to chisel away the squares that makes up the cube.
It really is this simple. When you first download and start the app, you are greeted with a message that tells you how many players have registered – I'm the 1,680th – but then it reminds you that only one person will win the 'life-changing' prize in the middle.
Whoever taps the final square at the middle of the cube will "win," and that's the rub: no one knows what's in there.
That's the power of Curiosity. You'll begin to chip away at the cube's first layer – of which there are many – and if you get a good flow going you get a rhythm bonus that awards you with more coins. Once you clear a screen you get a bonus for your trouble. The uncovered green colour makes you feel almost accomplished. Doesn't it?
The time passes away unnoticed, and you start to get into a hypnotic flow. Before you know it you've chipped away a decent-sized patch of square, and gained a hefty bank of coins with which to buy bombs and other square-busting power-ups.
"Not bad," you think as you admire your handiwork. Maybe you'll be the one after all. Then you zoom out to see how you're doing compared to those penis-drawers and idiots on the other side of the cube:
Yes, it really is that big, and that tiny patch of squares took me about ten minutes to chisel away. You start to feel deflated until you spin the cube around at a fully zoomed-out glance and you see what other people are up to. Some are drawing cocks, others writing messages, and some are making neat designs.
It's a social experiment, not just some naff cube. Molyneux's watching you right now. Watching us finding this:
What is it? Molyneux has revealed that images are hidden under each layer of the cube, including the Facebook images of the cube's biggest destroyers. He also said that clues of 22 Can's first full game are hidden in there too, making this one of the maddest and potentially brilliant marketing campaigns for a game ever.
Note I said "potentially," as people could get bored and the ploy could end up being a flop, but somehow I'm not sure. Over 2,000 people have registered now. The scientist built it. They will come.
What's in the cube? Who knows? But the journey towards finding out could be as equally as interesting.
UPDATE: It's been a few hours since I wrote this piece. Here's a clearer look at what that mysterious image now looks like:


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It sounds like you've got a very good supply of milk. So I would contact an IBCLC and get that baby on your breast! Baby is MUCH more efficient at drawing milk from the breast than a pump. It's hard in the beginning to commit to getting them on the breast. To learn to trust that baby is getting what they need. But it does sound as if that should be your next stage, a focus of baby on to the breast.
Once you get that established, you'll get a little more sleep. Pumping, feeding, washing pump parts, washing bottles.... That's a lot of work to get into 2 - 3 hours when it starts all over again. Going straight to the breast you just nurse, finish and fall asleep with baby! You'll still be tired (can't be avoided during the early days) but you'll have more sleep than you're getting now.


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The face that has replaced duck face in selfies. It is often found on instagram and facebook pictures posted by girls. It is achieved by opening one's eyes are far you can and slightly puckering your lips, in order to look like a sparrow.
Those Jenner kids sure like to make sparrow face. They do it in almost all their selfies.
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My Event is Covered by WARN. What Notice is Required?
Based on the answers you provided, your event is a covered event under WARN.
To help in determining whether or not notice is required, the Advisor will now ask you a few more questions.
An employer is not required to provide notice to workers who are part of the bargaining unit(s) (a bargaining unit is the group of employees who are represented by a union for collective bargaining purposes) involved in the labor negotiations that led to a lockout or strike when the strike or lockout leads to a plant closing or mass layoff. This exemption does not apply if a plant closing or mass layoff occurs for reasons unrelated to the strike or lockout or if the plant closing or mass layoff is intended to evade the purposes of WARN. Non-striking employees who experience an employment loss as a direct or indirect result of a strike and workers who are not part of the bargaining unit(s) involved in the labor negotiations that led to the strike or lockout are still entitled to notice. Workers at other plants at which there is no strike but at which a plant closing or mass layoff occurs as a result of the strike or lockout (for example, where the struck or locked out plant is a major supplier of or a major customer of the affected plant) are entitled to notice.
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In the Matter of
Jean-Paul Bolduc, Brian J. Smith, C.P.A.,
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate to accept the Offer of Settlement ("Offer") submitted by Constantine L. Hampers, M.D. ("Dr. Hampers" or "Respondent") pursuant to Rule 240(a) of the Rules of Practice of the Commission, 17 C.F.R. § 201.240(a), for the purpose of settlement of public cease-and-desist proceedings instituted against him by the Commission on December 22, 1998 pursuant to an Order Instituting Public Administrative and Cease-and-Desist Proceedings Pursuant to Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 102(e) of the Commission's Rules of Practice ("OIP").
Solely for the purpose of this proceeding, Dr. Hampers admits the jurisdiction of the Commission over him and over the subject matter of these proceedings, and consents to the entry by the Commission of this Order, which orders Dr. Hampers to cease and desist from committing or causing any violation and any future violation of Section 13(b)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and Rule 13b2-1 thereunder, and from causing any violation and any future violation of Sections 13(a) and 13(b)(2) of the Exchange Act and Rules 12b-20, 13a-1, and 13a-13 thereunder.
On the basis of this Order and the Respondent's Offer, the Commission finds that:1
1. Respondent Dr. Hampers was the founder of National Medical Care ("NMC") and chairman and chief executive from 1971 through June 1996. From March 1991 until December 1996, Dr. Hampers was an executive vice president and member of the board of directors of W.R. Grace & Co. ("Grace").
2. Grace was a New York corporation with its principal executive offices in Boca Raton, Florida during at least 1991 through 1996. Grace's primary businesses were packaging, specialty chemicals and health care services. During the relevant time period, Grace had a December 31 fiscal year end.
3. Between at least fiscal years 1991 and 1995, NMC was Grace's main health care subsidiary, with its headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. NMC provided kidney dialysis and home health services and manufactured specialized medical products. During the relevant period, NMC comprised the bulk of Grace's Health Care Group, which group was, until the first quarter of 1995, one of Grace's core businesses and was reported as a segment in Grace's consolidated financial statements. The Health Care Group contributed a significant portion of the consolidated pretax earnings of Grace during the majority of the period 1991-1995.
4. As described in greater detail below, during the fiscal years 1991 through 1995 ("relevant period"), Grace engaged in fraudulent conduct by deferring income earned by NMC primarily to smooth the earnings of the Health Care Group. Grace deferred reporting income by increasing or establishing "excess reserves" that were not in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). Grace used the reserves to manipulate the reported quarterly and annual earnings of the Health Care Group and Grace.2
5. Beginning in 1990 or 1991, NMC experienced a significant and unanticipated increase in revenues and earnings, in excess of Grace's internal forecasts, due to changes in Medicare reimbursement procedures. Dr. Hampers and other members of NMC senior management deferred some of the unanticipated income by increasing or establishing reserves (an expense).
6. At some point in mid-1991, as the reserves reached a level of between $10 and $20 million, certain members of NMC senior management realized that the reserves were going to be significant by year end and contacted Grace management to determine how Grace wanted NMC to account for the reserves, which became known as the "excess reserves." Grace management directed that NMC maintain the excess reserves and report Health Care Group earnings consistent with Grace's targeted levels (specifically a 24% growth rate for 1991 and a 27-28% growth rate for 1992) because Grace would not be credited by the investing public for growth rates beyond the targeted levels. Thus, rather than report its actual earnings, NMC, at the direction of certain former members of Grace senior management, underreported its earnings for 1991 and 1992.
7. The final reported 1991 growth rate for the Health Care Group was 24%, and the final reported 1992 growth rate was 27.5%.
8. During the relevant period, the excess reserves were primarily used for profit planning purposes, i.e., to bring the Health Care Group's quarterly reported results of operations in line with Grace's targets for the Health Care Group. In general, from 1991 through the first quarter of 1995, the reported Health Care Group growth rates remained relatively steady - from about 23% to 37% -- whereas the actual growth rates fluctuated from about an 8% decline in growth to a 61% increase.
9. However, at various times, Grace also directed NMC to release some of the excess reserves to increase Grace's earnings per share. For example, Grace requested NMC to report an additional $1.5 million in income for the fourth quarter of 1994 because Grace needed the additional income for its consolidated results of operations.
10. Throughout the relevant period, Dr. Hampers and other officers of NMC and Grace discussed the creation and use of the excess reserves with Price Waterhouse LLP ("PW"), Grace's independent auditors. (PW merged with Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P. on July 1, 1998 to form PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.) Also throughout the relevant time period, PW performed audits of Grace's consolidated financial statements and issued audit reports containing unqualified opinions thereon.3 Additionally, during the relevant time period, Grace's audit committee was advised of the excess reserves and that PW had concluded the excess reserves did not significantly affect Grace's consolidated financial statements or the financial reporting process. Dr. Hampers was aware of PW's conclusions as communicated to the audit committee.
11. Dr. Hampers, in his position as CEO of NMC, knew NMC was entering the excess reserve information in NMC's books and records at the direction of Grace management as a step in the process of consolidating NMC's financial information into Grace's financial statements, and allowed the activity to continue. Thus, Dr. Hampers, through his actions or omissions, was a cause of (i) Grace filing periodic reports that contained material misstatements and omissions, and (ii) Grace's failure to make and keep books and records which accurately reflected its transactions and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that transactions were recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP.
12. On December 22, 1998 the Commission issued the OIP against Respondent and other members of senior management of Grace and NMC. In re Bolduc, et al., Administrative Proceeding File No. 3-9793.
13. Based upon the aforesaid conduct, Respondent Dr. Hampers was a cause of Grace's violations of Sections 13(a), 13(b)(2) and 13(b)(5) of the Exchange Act and Rules 12b-20, 13a-1, 13a-13 and 13b2-1 thereunder.
Respondent Dr. Hampers has submitted an Offer of Settlement in which, without admitting or denying the findings herein, he consents to the Commission's entry of this Order, which: (1) makes findings, as set forth above; and (2) orders Dr. Hampers to cease and desist from committing or causing any violations, or future violations, of certain provisions of the federal securities laws, as set forth below. As set forth in Dr. Hampers' Offer of Settlement, Dr. Hampers undertakes to cooperate with the Commission staff in preparing for and presenting any civil litigation or administrative proceedings concerning any transaction that is the subject of the Order.
On the basis of the foregoing, the Commission deems it appropriate to accept Respondent's Offer.
ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that:
Respondent Dr. Hampers cease and desist from committing or causing any violation and any future violation of Section 13(b)(5) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13b2-1 thereunder, and from causing any violation and any future violation of Sections 13(a) and 13(b)(2) of the Exchange Act and Rules 12b-20, 13a-1, and 13a-13 thereunder.
By the Commission.
|Jonathan G. Katz
|The findings herein are made pursuant to Respondent Dr. Hampers' Offer of Settlement and are not binding on any other person or entity in this or any other proceeding.
|On June 30, 1999, Grace consented to the entry of an Order by the Commission (the "Grace Order") requiring Grace to cease and desist from committing or causing any violation and any future violation of Sections 10(b), 13(a) and 13(b) of the Exchange Act and Rules 10b-5, 12b-20, 13a-1 and 13a-13 thereunder. See In the Matter of W. R. Grace & Co., Securities Exchange Act Release No. 41578; Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release No. 1140 (June 30, 1999). Pursuant to the Grace Order, Grace also undertook to establish a fund of $1 million for program(s) to further awareness and education relating to financial statements and generally accepted accounting principles.
|On June 30, 1999, the Commission, on consent, ordered two PW partners who were involved in the audits of Grace's consolidated financial statements during the relevant period to cease and desist from causing any violation and any future violation of Sections 13(a) and 13(b) of the Exchange Act and Rules 12b-20, 13a-1 and 13a-13 thereunder. See In the Matter of Eugene Gaughan, C.P.A., Securities Exchange Act Release No. 41580, Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release No. 1141 (June 30, 1999); In the Matter of Thomas Scanlon, C.P.A., Securities Exchange Act Release No. 41581, Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release No. 1142 (June 30, 1999).
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Markham Centre's development is premised on New Urbanism principles - mixed land use, compact urban form, transit, live/work relationships, pedestrian-orientation, grid network of streets; centre and edges in each community; emphasis on the public realm and a high quality of urban design.
Sustainable Intensification in Markham Centre will create a vibrant, human scale, mixed use City Centre. It will set a new standard in "smart growth" that will enhance the economic vitality of our community; will be sustainable for future generations; will protect and enhance our natural environment; will be built on transit and existing infrastructure; and celebrates Markham's community values and quality of life.
Sustainable communities and smart growth plans are supported by the Ontario Government as a vision for fostering and managing growth. Based on building strong communities, strong economies and a clean and healthy environment fostered on the principles of: LIVE, WORK, PLAY and LEARN.
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President Barack Obama's pledge to more narrowly restrict and monitor the country's use of drones to strike targets overseas may garner some applause from allies abroad. But he was careful not to over-promise, signaling that the CIA's covert war in Pakistan is likely to continue at least for now.
Obama acknowledged this week that U.S. drone attacks are not a cure-all in the fight against terrorists. And he put America on a course to slowly pull out of the once-renowned global war on terror and focus more intently on a military, intelligence and law enforcement campaign against suspected terrorists.
Some questions and answers about the program:
Q: What are they?
A: The U.S. has an extensive fleet of remotely piloted vehicles, known as drones, but it relies most heavily for targeted strikes on the Predators and Reapers, which are armed with Hellfire missiles. They are controlled from as far away as the U.S., but also from bases closer to the war zones, including Djibouti and Sicily.
Q: Who conducts drone strikes?
A: The U.S. military has routinely conducted drone strikes in war zones, including a bit more than 500 in Afghanistan last year, an increase over the 2011 number of nearly 300. Those drone strikes are largely known and are part of the military's warfighting effort. The CIA, meanwhile, conducts its own, more secret drone war, mainly concentrating on strikes in Pakistan's border region, as well as some in Yemen, where the military has also conducted some operations.
Q: How big is the CIA program?
A: While the government does not disclose details about the classified program, independent groups have collected data on the CIA drone strikes. The best estimates are that the CIA, has conducted more than 350 drone strikes in Pakistan since 2004 and, along with the military, has conducted fewer than 100 total in Yemen and Somalia. U.S. officials have only rarely referred to the agency's secret drone program publicly, but there is now a shift to transfer authority for drone strikes to the military for all but those conducted in Pakistan and Yemen. Estimates suggest that as many as 3,000 people have been killed by U.S. drones since 2004, the majority in Pakistan. The group New America Foundation estimates that roughly 21 percent of those killed are believed to be nonmilitants.
Q: How will U.S. drone policy change?
A: Obama said the administration has routinely briefed Congress on drone strikes, but that information is often classified, so is not available to the public. Obama pledged Thursday to consider ways to try to increase the oversight of drone strikes outside war zones. And he said he has signed new policy guidelines for the use of drones. The policy calls for drone strikes only when the target poses a "continuing and imminent" threat to the American people and when there is no other way to effectively address the danger. The president also said that before any strike is carried out, there must be "near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured."
Q: What is the administration's legal rationale for using drones to kill terror suspects, including U.S. citizens, overseas?
A: Administration officials say the basis for the armed drone program derives from the president's constitutional power to protect the U.S. from imminent attack. The administration has also cited the authorization for use of military force, which Congress approved shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, as legal backing for strikes against al-Qaida and its affiliates.
Q: Does Obama have the authority to kill an American citizen on U.S. soil?
A: Attorney General Eric Holder, testifying on Capitol Hill, did not rule out such a possibility but said he could only foresee that happening in an extraordinary circumstance, such as the 9/11 attack or the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Obama said he does not believe it would be constitutional for the government to target and kill any U.S. citizen - with a drone or a shotgun - without due process. He added, "Nor should any president deploy armed drones over U.S. soil."
Q: What does the American public think of the drone program?
A: Most polls show Americans broadly support the use of drones to target suspected terrorists in foreign countries, though support drops somewhat if the target is a U.S. citizen and drops dramatically if they were to be used in the United States. A CBS News/New York Times poll in April found that 70 percent of Americans favor using drones to attack suspected terrorists in foreign countries, while 20 percent opposed it. Republicans were most supportive of drones - 79 percent favor their use, compared with 70 percent of independents and 64 percent of Democrats.
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What's a drone? How is US drone policy changing?
President Barack Obama's pledge to more narrowly restrict and monitor the country's use of drones to strike targets overseas may garner some applause from allies abroad. But he was careful not to over-promise, signaling that the CIA's covert war in Pakistan is likely to continue at least for now.


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It has long been Michigan's policy to promote private- and public-sector unionization and to ensure that labor unions have a source of funding. One mechanism for achieving this has been the enforcement of "agency fee" clauses in collective bargaining agreements. The advantage of a guaranteed revenue stream, however, ought to be coupled with some basic responsibilities. Union officials have an obligation not to abuse the privilege of collecting mandatory dues, and a responsibility to run operations that are efficient, transparent and focused on providing effective representation.
The residents of Michigan, home to some of the nation's most powerful unions, are in a key position to determine for themselves if unions are using their dues and agency fees appropriately. Are unions acting as responsible stewards ofthe mandatory dues they collect from the men and women they represent? We examined fiscal year 2006 federal LM-2 forms from six unions with a strong presence in Michigan and used the data to create rough estimates of their spending on representation, politics, charity, overhead and administration.
Our examination indicates that a relatively small amount of union dues money is actually used to represent workers. At best, the picture that emerges from many LM-2 forms is one of bloated, directionless union organizations with excessive overhead and administrative costs. These findings call into question the entire rationale behind the state's policy of allowing unions to negotiate for agency fee clauses in collective bargaining agreements. Even if one accepts the premise that individual workers should be forced to support a union — regardless of how they feel about it — in order to ensure that the union has adequate resources for effective representation, it is not evident that Michigan unions need all the money they receive in mandatory dues in order to accomplish this.
The LM-2 forms are not without shortcomings: loose definitions and the absence of independent verification, combined with a strong motivation for union officials to obscure political activity and inflate representation, have led to a number of irregularities. For instance:
- Three Teamsters locals in Michigan reported between $60,000 and $110,000 in "Steward Dues" paid to themselves and listed as a cost of representation. These steward dues payments made up close to 10 percent of representation spending for all three locals.
- The National Education Association claimed that contributions to the Economic Policy Institute, The Campaign for America's Future, The National Coalition on Health Care and America's Agenda were representational in nature.
- One Michigan UAW local listed $10,000 in softball field rentals and over $30,000 in athletic uniforms as representation expenses. (For this and similar reasons, the LM-2 form from this local was not used in our estimates.)
- SEIU National Headuarters claimed payments to ACORN International, sponsorship of Air America and a donation to the Michigan Republican Party as representation expenses.
- One AFSCME local in Michigan claimed that 100 percent of its officer and staff time was spent on representation, with no time dedicated to internal union administration. Two other Michigan locals claimed no money or significant staff and officer time was spent on representation. (LM-2 forms from these locals were not used in our estimates.)
Our findings are subject to the limitations of our data; we do not claim that our estimates are particularly precise. But our review of LM-2 reports does allow us to make rough estimates of what a typical union budget might look like, and of the percentage of membership dues that go to various categories.
Among the six unions that we reviewed, representation made up as much as 55.2 percent and as little as 29.5 percent of total spending. On average, the unions we examined spent less than half of their funds on representation. General overhead took up more than a quarter; overhead and administrative costs combined made up nearly as large a portion of union expenditures as workplace representation.
By comparison, an average non-profit's spending on administration and overhead should be roughly half of its spending on core programs. LM-2 forms suggest the union movement is a fairly bloated one, with overhead and administrative costs far out of line with what is needed to support the core union mission of worker representation.
While the Department of Labor deserves considerable credit for updating LM-2 forms and rules, our review revealed numerous weaknesses in the system. An even greater oversight, however, is the failure of the state of Michigan to establish any financial reporting requirements for unions representing state or local government employees.
For decades, the policy in Michigan and other states without right-to-work laws has been to allow unions to negotiate for and collect mandatory union membership dues or agency fees from the workers they represent. This significant curtailment of workers' rights of free association has been tolerated out of a belief that unions require a reliable stream of funds to represent workers effectively, and that it is unfair to allow individual workers to be "free-riders" who avoid bearing the costs of representation. These assumptions are essential to understanding union objections to right-to-work laws; if unions do not need these funds, the moral case against free-riders loses whatever force it might otherwise have.
A review of LM-2 forms filed by various unions undermines that rationale. Based on the information in these reports, it appears that the typical Michigan union could effectively represent workers on just over half of its current revenue. This could be accomplished by reducing political activism and reining in excessive overhead and administrative costs.
Were Michigan to enact a right-to-work law, empowering workers to withhold financial support from a workplace union, the effect on union revenue would probably be substantial. But unions would be unlikely to see a cut in revenues that approaches 50 percent. A revenue reduction of 10 to 25 percent would be far more likely. This amount should still provide unions adequate resources for representing their workers.
For decades unions have enjoyed privileges rarely extended to other private organizations. This report indicates that Michigan unions have been negligent toward, and in some cases may have abused, these privileges. There does not appear to be a compelling reason for these practices to continue. Michigan unions do not really need all the money they have been given.


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Yet another discrepancy between what the rules say, and what is enforced
Truehoop wrote a great piece on yet another discrepancy between what's in the rulebook, and what the refs allow, or in this case, how the league office interprets their own rules.
You might remember the scuffle in Game 6 when DeShawn Stevenson and Udonis Haslem started shoving each other during a timeout. Players from both benches — who were already on the floor — came over to try to break things up.
At the time, the announcers said that the "rulebook" allows players to come off the floor during timeouts. We looked it up, and discovered the rulebook doesn't say anything about players being allowed to do that during timeouts. It has just become an accepted practice, and it never became an issue until Sunday's game when it butted up against the rule that IS in the rulebook to not come on to the court during an altercation.
Because the rule of players coming off the bench and getting involved in an altercation IS in the rulebook, we thought that the league would have had to suspend some of the players (if there was going to be a Game 7) if they were to follow the letter of the rulebook like they did in the 2007 playoff series between the Suns and Spurs.
As Truehoop notes, Stu Jackson, who heads up NBA basketball operations, said back in 2007 after players came off the bench during that altercation, "If you break it (the rule), you will get suspended, regardless of what the circumstances are."
And David Stern said, "Is it a red-letter rule? Absolutely."
Then we learned the NBA issued this statement during the second half of Game 6:
A player will not automatically be suspended for leaving the bench if he has already left the bench because a timeout was called.
As TrueHoop writes, "The rule is the rule is the rule is a reasonable position. The rule is the rule is the rule, except once in a while … that does not fly."


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Thursday, July 1, 2010
Daphne near Syntagma Square
Daphne works as a journalist and a copy editor. She likes fashion but not shopping. She always goes to the shops alone and with a plan in mind.
"Shopping with other women can be problematic. They get confused searching for the perfect outfit and can spend hours thinking about it. I, on the contrary make quick decisions. I shop two or three times a year when I want to renew my wardrobe. I go to specific shops that sell clothes that fit my personal style. I prefer small boutiques with professional employees that will help me to put together the right outfits. It is a pity that such shops seem to go extinct.
Generally, I prefer to wear clothes that are comfortable as well as stylish. I like eccentric details and I am not afraid to combine bright colours with floral prints.
I like long skirts because they give me the freedom to move. I wear jumpsuits for the same reason. I don't like to attract attention so I dress simply and sometimes I add one piece of clothing or an accessory that makes a difference; but it's only one piece. For example, I never wear high heels with my long skirt. It is my personal rule.
I usually don't spend a lot of money on clothing. Today, I am wearing a Zara jumpsuit, a pair of shoes I bought in Rome and my beloved large summer bag. I wear a belt, originally belonging to a pair of jeans, in an attempt to match it with my denim shoes."
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- Marlous said...
Dear AthensWears-Team,
I'm totally enthusiastic of what you're doing. I'm a German student and blogger and I'm gonna live in Athens for about a year. I always searched for something concerning fashion in Athens, but I didn't find. You really helped me to get a first impression.
If you want to you can check out my blog- in september there you'll also find aspects about creativity in Athens.
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- July 19, 2010 at 12:55 PM
- ANDWHATELSEISTHERE said...
Great jumpsuit, it look really simple but lovely!!!
- July 30, 2010 at 6:57 PM
- Alecca Rox said...
great jumpsuit and i totally agree about small boutiques - so prefer them to megastores and it's a shame they tend to close down one by one...
- August 6, 2010 at 8:07 PM
- Louis Vuitton Handbags said...
outfit and the bag are perfectly matched! *thumbs up*
2nd orange body bag i saw today....really cooool!
- August 25, 2010 at 3:36 AM
- Shakti yoga studio said...
Well, the styling is awesome!I love how you dont need anything expensive to just dress up greatly!well done!
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- September 7, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- Karel Novy said...
This outfit looks little bit strange, but it doesn't look bad. I like it :)
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- Andy said...
clothes that you wear a very simple but looks cool
- July 3, 2011 at 5:52 AM
- Andy said...
very simple style
- July 18, 2011 at 3:17 AM
- deal-deal said...
Shopping with other women can be problematic... He he :)
- May 1, 2012 at 9:41 PM
- evi said...
the jumpsuit is fabulous...
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- evi said...
tha jumpsuit is fabulous
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Great style, really nice outfit!!!!!
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- creativefashionglee said...
I love this printed jumpsuit. To think that jumpsuits are hot trend for fall once again.
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