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I'm going to try to go by book value, but as long as we're close, I really just want to get a deal done!
2011 Panini Pierre Garcon Crown Royal #'d 37/100
2011 Press Pass Legends Michael Irvin #70
2011 Press Pass Graduating Class Jake Locker/ Christian Ponder #97
2011 Press Pass Legends Christian Ponder #'d 8/250
2011 Press Pass Authentics Saturday Signatures Tyrod Taylor Auto SS-TT
2011 Panini Studio Rookies Demarco Murray #26
2011 Topps Patick Peterson RC 267
2011 Topps Randall Cobb RC 149
2011 Topps A.J. Green RC 151
2011 Topps Torrey Smith RC 274
2011 Topps Prime Stevan Ridley RC 114
2012 Prestige Cyrus Gray RC Auto #'d 423/499 (need atleast $8 for this)
2012 Sage Hit Emmanuel Acho Auto A118
2012 Sage Hit Alex Tanney Auto A111
2012 Bowman Jarius Wright Auto RC BCRA-JWR
2012 Sage Hit Ryan Tannehill RC 126
2012 Topps Ryan Tannehill RC 134 x2
2012 Topps Brandon Weeden RC 3
2012 Bowman Morris Claiborn RC 160
2012 Bowman Courtney Upshaw RC 134
2012 Topps Trent Richardson RC 380
2012 Upper Deck Justin Blackmon RC 98
Tall Boys 2012 Topps
Troy Polamalu
Dez Bryan
Joe Flacco
Jimmy Graham
Dustin Keller
Arian Foster
Darren Sproles
Julius Peppers
Andy Dalton
2000 Pacific Johan Santana RC 50-U $10
2009 Upper Deck O-Pee-Chee David Freese RC 579
2008 Upper Deck Mike Sweeney Jersey TM-MS
2010 Upper Deck Kevin Hart Jersey 2 Color UDGJ-KH
Lets make these move! I'm looking to get rid of them! offer on a good sized lot and get a huge discount :)


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CHENEY STATE PARK — On Sunday, May 30, the Ninnescah Sailing Association (NSA) will conduct its annual Memorial Day Regatta at Cheney State Park's Sailboat Cove. The day will begin with registration from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. followed by a competitor's meeting at 10:45 a.m., the Harbor Gun at 11:20 a.m., and the First Class Flag at 11:55 a.m. The first of three races will begin at noon, followed by a 5 p.m. happy hour and Memorial Day dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Participants will have access to the Afterdeck Clubhouse, camping sites, electrical hookups, sandy beaches, restrooms, hot showers, boat ramps, free crane with mast raising device, and guest docks.
All classes of sailboats are welcome. Four or more one-designs make a fleet. All others will sail to Performance Handicap Racing Fleet handicap requirements. State park permits are required, including $4.20 daily vehicle permits, $8.50 overnight camping permits, $7 daily utility hookups, and cabin rental fees (if available, phone 316-542-3664). Regatta entry fees include $10 skipper fees, $5 crew member fees, and $5 youth entrant fees. Fees include a potluck dinner, and regatta guests are welcome.
Trophies will be awarded in each fleet, one trophy per four boats. Regatta rules are governed by the 2009-2012 International Sailing Federation (ISAF), Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), the prescription of the United States Sailing Association (US Sailing), and local appendixes. The regatta is designated Category B of Appendix G. A boat entering as a member of a one-design class must conform to class rules.
The Ninnescah Sailing Association (NSA) is located on Cheney Reservoir, 30 miles west of Wichita. From Wichita, drive west 25 miles on US Highway 54, turn north on Highway 251, and drive 3.4 miles to 21st Street. Turn west (left) on 21st Street and drive 3.4 miles to Cheney State Park entrance, then north (right) and follow the regatta signs to the NSA at the state park's Sailboat Cove.
For more information, phone Mark Simpson at 316-796-1704 or 316-304-4453, or phone Gary Cheatum at 316-260-3987 or 316-617-1246.


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You know the names: the likes of Abby Wambach, Sydney Leroux, Hope Solo and Alex Morgan, the fiancee of the Dynamo's own Servando Carrasco. And soon you'll be able to see some of the biggest stars in women's soccer in Houston on a regular basis after today's announcement that the Houston Dash will begin play in 2014.
If you didn't follow the league closely this year, let's run through the basics.
The NWSL opened for business in 2013 with eight teams, four of which were members of its predecessor, Women's Professional Soccer. The United States Soccer Federation (USSF) administers the league. There is a salary cap. The USSF subsidizes the salaries of the top American players and the Canadian and Mexican federations do the same for their own elite talents. The 2014 NWSL College Draft will take place on January 17 in Philadelphia. There will also be an expansion draft, player allocations and discovery signings to build the Dash's 18-20-strong roster.
This year's competition lasted from April to August with each team playing 22 regular season games, eleven at home. The team with the best regular season record was awarded the NWSL Shield. The top four clubs advanced to the playoffs, with first playing fourth and second playing third in one-off semifinals.
The championship match was won by Portland Thorns, who beat Western New York Flash 2-0. As the finalist with the best regular season record, the Flash hosted the match. In 2014 the season will again run from April to August and each team will play each other three times for a total of 24 games each.
The Dynamo are the second MLS franchise to own and operate an NWSL club. The Portland Timbers run the Portland Thorns and the two share Jeld-Wen Field. The Thorns are the biggest draw in the NWSL, with an average crowd in 2013 of 13,320.
Though the capacity of BBVA Compass Stadium will be set at around 7,000 for games, it seats 22,039, making it the biggest arena in the league ahead of Portland's Jeld-Wen Field (20,438) and Sahlen's Stadium (13,768) in Western New York. A crowd of 15,643 saw the U.S. beat China 4-0 at BBVA Compass Stadium exactly twelve months ago.
Abby Wambach of the USWNT and Western New York Flash was named 2013 Female Athlete of the Year last month by the U.S. Soccer Federation. It was Wambach's sixth title. She was the 2012 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year and is on the 2013 shortlist with Brazil's Marta and Germany's Nadine Angerer. Wambach broke Mia Hamm's all-time international scoring record in June this year.
Lauren Holiday of Kansas City finished the season as top scorer with 12 goals, one ahead of Wambach and Leroux. Holiday also led the league in assists with nine, one more than Wambach.
Here's a rundown of the eight teams who'll face the Dash:
Boston Breakers
Home: Dilboy Stadium, Somerville, MA
2013: 5th in league
USWNT players: Kristie Mewis, Heather O'Reilly
Chicago Red Stars
Home: Benedictine University, Lisle, IL
2013: 6th in league
USWNT players: Shannon Boxx
FC Kansas City
Home: Shawnee Mission District Stadium, Overland Park, KS
2013: 2nd in league; lost playoff semi-final
USWNT players: Nicole Barnhart, Lauren Holiday, Amy Rodriguez, Becky Sauerbrunn
Portland Thorns FC
Home: Jeld-Wen Field, Portland, OR
2013: 3rd in league; won playoff final
USWNT players: Rachel Buehler, Alex Morgan
Seattle Reign FC
Home: Starfire Stadium, Tukwila, WA
2013: 7th in league
USWNT players: Stephanie Cox, Sydney Leroux, Megan Rapinoe, Hope Solo, Keelin Winters
Sky Blue FC
Home: Yurcak Field, Piscataway, NJ
2013: 4th in league; lost playoff semi-final
USWNT players: Jill Loyden, Christie Rampone
Washington Spirit
Home: Maryland SoccerPlex, Boyds, MD
2013: 8th in league
USWNT players: Ashlyn Harris, Christine Nairn
Western New York Flash
Home: Sahlen's Stadium, Rochester, NY
2013: 1st in league; lost playoff final
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MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- Houlihan Lawrence branch manager Zef Camaj thought pictures alone could not tell the story of the lifestyle advantages for the home at 3 Tennis Court Road in Mahopac.
Instead, he and listing agent Arlene Simone had a professional video service produce a 1:29 comercial video of the property that gives prospective buyers a glimpse of the beautiful views, activities to pursue and lifestyle features.
"It's tough to sell the lifestyle just on paper,'' Camaj said. "With video you can show how it is to live on the lake and the different things you can do. The video just showed a glimpse of all the options. You can kayak, paddle board, and swim. There's a lot more you can do with video. It enhances the imagery of an active lifestyle."
The five bedroom, five bathroom home is listed for $1,875,000 with Arlene Simone as the listing agent. The complete listing is available to be viewed online .
Video is becoming more common among realtors in their marketing. "Now it's all about video,'' Camaj said. "They have become a lot easier to make and the quality is so much better."
Houlihan Lawrence works exclusively with PlatinumHD.TV , a global digital film-making company which produced the video. The company is a leader in its field having worked on some of the best real estate videos in the world, winning many awards for its creativity and success.
It required two days to shoot, edit and create. Camaj notified the homeowners when the video crew would be arriving and then let the videographers take it from there.
"The viewing and media consumption habits of people have changed significantly over the past 10 years,'' said Duncan Schieb of PlatinumHD.TV. "By bringing commercial film-making techniques into real estate we are able to raise the marketing bar. We take our inspiration from film, TV and commercials and apply this to real estate. We want to bring story telling and emotion into real estate marketing. Buyers want to be shown something so they want to make an emotional connection. And using video can tell the homes story."
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Taíno Art and Archaeology in Public Museums of Puerto Rico
TAÍNO TREASURES: THE LEGACY OF RICARDO E. ALEGRÍA provides an overview of the extraordinary achievements of these ancient people, and the power of their culture, dominant in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica and the Bahamas from about 1200 AD to the arrival of Columbus in 1492. Such was the power of the Taíno that elements of their rich legacy can still be found today throughout the Caribbean.
The exhibition's fifty art and archaeological objects are on loan from the collections of The University of Puerto Rico's Museum of History, Anthropology and Art;The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, Division of Archaeology; and The Museum and Center for Humanistic Studies, University of Turabo.
These museums are direct beneficiaries of the dedicated efforts of Dr. Ricardo E. Alegría, whose lifelong commitment to the preservation of Puerto Rico's indigenous artistic andcultural history has forged the establishment of public institutions which are responsiblefor the study, preservation, and research of Taíno art and archaeology.
Taíno Art and Archaeology
About 300 B.C., the Arawak Indians living in the Orinoco region (now Guyana and Venezuela), began to migrate north throughout the islands of the Antilles in the Caribbean. They traveled in canoes, carved from tree trunks, large enough to hold up to a hundred people.
By the 11th century, the Arawaks had encountered the cultural influence of the Maya and other major civilizations of Central America. At about this same time, a branch of the Arawaks developed into a distinct Taíno culture, establishing communities in Puerto Rico numbering in the thousands.
The Taíno culture in Puerto Rico reached its fullest development with the construction of large ceremonial plazas, where religious events called "areytos" were held, and where the Indian ball games took place. The balls were made of rubber, a material as yet unknown to the Europeans.
Art pervaded Taíno life and culture; objects of extraordinary beauty and utility were created for worship, warfare, ceremonial and everyday use. Clay stamps were used to apply ornamental designs to the body.
The mastery of stone and wood by the Taínos of Puerto Rico in particular is evident in their sculpture. Their idols (zemis), representations of guardian spirits, were generally made of stone, but also of clay, shell or bone, and are considered among the finest examples of New World sculpture. They were carved by the Taínos using chisels made out of the hardest mountain rock, and polished with sand and porous stone.
Other unique sculptural objects created by the Tainos were the massive stone collars or belts (collares); these large oval stone rings (believed to have been used in the ceremonial ball games) were carved with reliefs of guardian spirits in human and animal form.
A third remarkable artifact is the "dujo," or ceremonial seat, used by chiefs (caciques), shamans, and high officials. These were carved primarily of wood and stone— low benches, with seats and backs made in one piece, resting on four very short legs—and, like the collares, decorated with reliefs of gods and guardian spirits. Some were also embellished with shells and gold-leaf encrustations.
Taíno art also included stone instruments, such as daggers, mortars and axes ,beautifully painted ceramic vessels and bowls, large petroglyphs, and fantastic carvings of manatee bone, conch shell and semi-precious polished stone.
Finally, the Taino excelled at ritual objects—amulets, necklaces, and personal adornments made of a variety of crystal beads—and stones also carved with faces of gods, animals and humans.
The objects in this exhibition also include examples of the pre-Taíno, Saladoid and Igneri cultures (200 B.C.–600 A.D.), closely related to both the early and late Taíno, (300 B.C. to 1500 A.D.) They represent the last days of the flourishing of Taíno art, which ended with the arrival of the Spanish in the New World.
It is important to remember that since the very beginning of Spanish colonization in Puerto Rico the Spanish language has been enriched by hundreds of Taíno terms describing the natural world: hamaca (hammock), sabana (savannah), tabaco (tobacco), cayo (key), huracán (hurricane), and maíz (maize). Through Spanish, these words were then incorporated into French, English and other modern languages.
Dr. Ricardo E. Alegría
Dr. Alegría's sixty years of leadership have earned him a place as one of the outstanding men of the century. Dr. Alegría is one of the major voices defending cultural values, the Spanish language, and the history of the native peoples of Puerto Rico.
Luis Muñoz Marin, Puerto Rico's first elected Governor, selected Dr. Alegría to lead the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and to create a heightened consciousness of Puerto Rico's cultural history, from its pre-Columbia inhabitants to the present day.
Dr. Alegría's unique contributions have earned him important recognition, honors and awards: he was awarded the Frankel Prize by the National Endowment for the Humanities (presented to him at a White House ceremony by President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham. Clinton). President Francois Mitterand of France awarded him UNESCO's Gold Picasso Prize for his work in helping to preserve the City of Old San Juan as an Historic World Heritage Site.
On Dr. Alegría's seventy-fifth birthday, he received the James Smithson Medal of theSmithsonian Institution honoring his fifty years of extraordinary contributions to Arts and Letter and to World Culture.
Dr. Alegría has curated many exhibitions, including "Exposición de Esculturas de los Indios Taíno," visited by their Royal Highnesses, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia of Spain in 1992 and presented at el centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe. Recently, Dr. Alegria contributed scholarly catalogue essays to "L'Art Taíno," at the Musee Du Petit Palais, Paris, and to "Taíno, pre-Columbian Art and Culture of the Caribbean," at El Museo del Barrio in New York.
Dr. Alegría's valuable contributions to the preservation of archaeological and historic sites, and to the scholarship of Caribbean archaeology, has provided our generation with a deeper undertanding of, and a greater pride in, the indigenous cultural past of Puerto Rico's earliest inhabitants.
Visitors to the exhibition will have an opportunity to experience an intimate and personal view of Taíno civilization through its remarkable artistic legacy. In conjunction with the exhibition, there will be a public symposium honoring Dr. Alegría, related screenings of his films, and an exhibition of his publications in the Lehman College Library and on the Lehman College Art Gallery web site.
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Running has not always been the main focus for Iowa State junior Alex Dillenbeck. More of a hobby, running began as an afterthought behind basketball and soccer. It wasn't until getting cut from his high school basketball team that he decided to devote more time to the sport.
Upon being cut, the high school track coach suggested that he try out indoor track. The Aurora, Colo., native immediately showed talent in the sport, setting the Cherokee Trail High School freshman records in the mile and 800-meter run. The following year, Dillenbeck was the school's fastest 800-meter runner. From then on, it was full speed ahead for the future Cyclone.
"I originally thought soccer was going to be my focus and running would be something fun on the side," Dillenbeck said. "That ended up switching pretty rapidly to pure track and cross country after my freshman year."
Dillenbeck gained recognition as one of the top runners in the state during his junior and senior seasons. Dillenbeck drew the attention of former Iowa State head track and cross country coach Corey Ihmels after earning fifth-place finishes in both the 1600-meter and 800-meter runs at the Colorado High School State Track and Field Championships.
When Dillenbeck committed to run for the Cyclones, he took the same training discipline he developed in high school and applied it at the next level.
"I was in a very tough high school class of runners," Dillenbeck said. "There was a lot of competition with multiple guys continuing on at the Division I level. If you wanted to make a name for yourself at the state meet, you had to train as hard as or harder than everyone around you."
After redshirting his initial cross country season in Ames, Dillenbeck made an impact on the course, running as one of Iowa State's top-seven runners at the Big 12 Championship. He would only improve as a redshirt sophomore. Dillenbeck was the Cyclones' second finisher at the Big 12 Championship in 2012, placing 29th overall in 24:45.
Many runners have superstitions about racing, whether it is a pre-race meal, a lucky charm or a handshake shared with a teammate. Dillenbeck, however, has never bought into luck-based antics.
"I'm not very superstitious," Dillenbeck said. "Every race is different and your strategy is going to be different every time you step up to the starting line. I just try to prepare for the race ahead and be as relaxed as possible. The biggest thing is being ready for change in a race and I think having superstitions or routines would get in the way of that for me. You have to be ready for anything that could come up."
This season, under a new coaching staff, team leaders were a key component to keeping focused on the goal. Multiple runners stepped into the role, including Dillenbeck.
"I do whatever I can to be a good teammate," Dillenbeck said. "It's hard to point out one person as a leader because we're all very good at different things. If I feel something needs to be said, I'm not afraid to step up and say it. We made sure everyone on the team was all in. No program can be successful without all of its parts working towards the same goal."
Dillenbeck's growing role on the team has certainly caught the eye of Iowa State director of men's and women's track and cross country Martin Smith.
"Alex has really emerged this year as a team leader," Smith said. "He does a great job of leading by example. He worked very hard over the summer months to enter the fall in the best shape he's ever been in. That, paired with his leadership ability, he has made the transition to a new coaching staff very smooth and positive."
Assistant coach Jeremy Sudbury is quick to echo Smith's sentiments.
"Alex is one of our major role players on the team this season," Sudbury said. "He's a strong runner and we've seen a major commitment from him. He's really stepped up his game both on and off the track. He's been a real leader for the guys with the new coaching staff and has really bought into what we're trying to do as a program."
Dillenbeck's accomplishments in the classroom are equally as impressive as those achieved on the course. The redshirt junior has garnered Academic All-Big 12 accolades three times in his collegiate career while majoring in kinesiology, a field he hopes to use in his future endeavors.
"I have always liked trying to understand the human body," Dillenbeck said. "I like learning about what makes us run as fast as we do and what helps a basketball player hit a shot from beyond the arc. I really like both the science and mental aspects of it. I want to coach at the collegiate level when I finish school, and those fields should really help me."
Dillenbeck and the Cyclones are in action Oct. 5 in Bethlehem, Pa. at the Lehigh Paul Short Run.


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Florida Marlins OF Mike Stanton (quadriceps) is expected to miss at least four or five Grapefruit League games after straining his right quadriceps Sunday, Feb. 27, according to MLB.com's Joe Frisaro. OF Bryan Peterson started in right field Monday, Feb. 27, with Stanton out.
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Grains is a blanket term describing the edible seeds or fruits of a variety of different grasses. The most commonly cultivated grains include maize (corn), wheat, rice, barley, and oats, though there are many others. As a group, grains are the largest agricultural crop in the world by weight and are a significant component of diets worldwide. Grains are also important as commodities and are used in myriad food and beverages products.
This article describes forces that affect all grains. For specific commodities, see the articles on Oats Prices, Rice Prices, Wheat Prices, and Corn Prices.
Many companies and industries rely on grains for the production of their goods, making grain prices important factors in various markets. Grain prices themselves are subject to several forces. Consumer demand for grains and grain-based products can significantly impact the price and availability of grains. As an agricultural crop, the supply of grains can be affected by weather conditions, whether natural disasters or gradual changes in climate. Also, new uses for grains can put a strain on existing supply and demand balances. One such example is the rising demand for corn-based ethanol, a potentially viable biofuel, which is putting pressure on the prices of both corn and other grains.
The chart at left shows continuos front-month futures prices for Corn traded on the CBOT.
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|Livestock feed, malting for alcoholic beverages, health foods
|Livestock feed, various food products, alcoholic beverages
|Bird feed, various food products, alcoholic beverages
|Various food products, animal feed, topical skin products
Increased ConsumptionConsumption of grains, especially wheat, is at an all-time high. The production of grains has increased as well, though not enough to keep up with demand. For the first time in recent history, world wheat production is less than wheat consumption, which is putting upward pressure on prices. Developing countries are particularly strong drivers of this trend. As incomes increase in countries such as China and India, people are consuming more grains and products that use grains than before, resulting in higher grains prices.
Impact of Weather
As an agricultural product, grains require certain growing conditions to fully develop. Changes in weather can greatly impact the yield of grains crops and, as such, grains prices. Grains are also grown across the world, exposing different crops to a variety of weather risks. For example, if a monsoon were to hit South or Southeast Asia, the world's rice supply would be significantly impacted, but barley crops would be largely unaffected. Currently, wheat prices have increased substantially over 2006 price levels due to a combination of freezing temperatures and flooding in Kansas and drought-like conditions in Eastern Europe, a large wheat-producing region.
Demand for Ethanol
Increasing demand for corn-based ethanol is driving up corn prices, which are up 70% from 2006. The International Grains Council estimates that over 86 million tons of corn will be used in ethanol production in 2007, an increase of 32 million tons over 2006. The demand for ethanol can also affect other grains' prices. As corn becomes more valuable, farmers are more likely to switch to corn production, which can decrease the supply of other grains. The demand for ethanol, and the subsequent increase in grains prices, is being driven primarily by the U.S., where rising oil prices and U.S. energy regulations are spurring the development and implementation of biofuels such as ethanol.


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Meter rates down to $1
Once you'd paid the meter, you might as well have gone to D.C. as to Annapolis. Both capitals charge $2 per hour for meter parking. That's 25 cents for seven and a half minutes, or 16 quarters to fill a meter. No wonder we who park in both cities carry rolls of quarters.
For Annapolis, the burden is lifted. Until March 31, rates fall to a mere $1 per hour at the city's 384 meters.
So come to town, park and spend. Economic stimulus is the reason for the bargain rates.
"Data from January 1 through the end of March indicates a 26 percent drop in meter usage compared to other months of the year," said Ward One Alderman Joe Budge. "It's worth seeing if the lower rates will increase meter usage, supporting turnover in parking spots for local businesses."
New mayor Michael Pantelides agreed. "We understand the need to stimulate economic activity during months that historically have a lower demand for parking," he said. "This is all part of our overall market pricing strategy, keeping the pricing in line with supply and demand."
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Chelsea Clinton says she plans to become increasingly involved in the international health projects of her father's foundation and to speak out for gay rights.
The only child of former President Bill Clinton told The Associated Press that her focus will be on the Clinton Foundation's work in various countries, especially linked to health.
Clinton said Tuesday on the sidelines of a women's conference in Malaysia that she hopes to return to Southeast Asia, specifically Myanmar, where the foundation will work with local authorities to distribute medicine and health products, including HIV drugs and child vaccines, at cheaper prices.
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General Comments: Futures were a little lower as traders get ready for the USDA January reports that will be released on Friday morning, Chicago time. A stronger U.S. dollar hurt demand ideas, but ideas are that the overall pace of export sales remains strong. Some are wondering if planted area might be lower next year here in the U.S. because of weak prices against competing crops. The area lost would go mostly to Corn and Soybeans. Current weather features some precipitation in Delta and Southeast areas, but western Texas was mostly dry. Trends are not well defined on the charts, but ideas are that the market can continue to work higher overall.
Overnight News: The Delta and Southeast will be dry today and tomorrow, then will see rain move from west to east the balance of the week. Temperatures will average above normal. Texas will get dry weather except for some rain on Wednesday. Temperatures will average above normal. The USDA spot price is now 70.80 ct/lb. ICE said that certified Cotton stocks are now 0.097 million bales, from 0.094 million yesterday.
Chart Trends: Trends in Cotton are mixed. Support is at 74.60, 74.40, and 73.70 March, with resistance of 75.90, 76.40, and 76.95 March.
General Comments: Futures closed lower again as favorable weather remains in the forecast for Florida. Temperatures remain mild in the state, and conditions are mostly dry. More rain would be beneficial, but current forecasts are on the dry side. Fruit is holding for now, and irrigation is being used by producers to hold crop condition. Winter is here, and with winter comes the threat for a freeze to Oranges and other fruits grown in Florida, but there is no real cold weather in the forecast. Harvest in Florida of mid and early oranges is continuing. Demand for domestically produced Juice remains down from last year. Weather in Brazil is reported to be good. Brazil is seeing warm temperatures and light showers or dry conditions.
Overnight News: Florida weather forecasts call for mostly dry conditions. Temperatures will average near to below normal. ICE said that 0 delivery notices were posted today and that total deliveries for the month are now 0 contracts.
Chart Trends: Trends in FCOJ are down with no objectives. Support is at 108.00, 107.00, and 104.00 March, with resistance at 118.00, 122.00, and 126.00 March.
General Comments: Futures were lower as London seemed to reverse from its short term rally. Charts still show that New York and Sao Paulo are in a trading range, with both possibly trying to complete a bottom. London futures fell back into a trading range with the price action yesterday. Brazil still has most of its production to sell and is getting some competing offers in the short term from Central America and Colombia. Current crop development is good this year in Brazil as moderate temperatures have been reported, but production areas could use more rain for the developing crop. Some rain is forecast for Coffee areas starting today. Central America crops are getting harvested, and conditions are called good there. There are widespread reports of rust on the trees and leaves, and Roya has become a big issue as well. It is possible that many Central America and Mexico producers will harvest much less Coffee next year if they are affected by this disease, and many seem to be affected. We are already hearing significant loss estimates for the next crop due to Roya. Colombia is reported to have good conditions.
Overnight News: Certified stocks are a little lower today and are about 2.585 million bags. The ICO composite price is now 133.86 ct/lb. Brazil should get scattered showers through the weekend. Temperatures will average near to above normal. Colombia should get scattered showers, and Central America and Mexico should get mostly dry conditions, but a few showers are possible in southern Mexico and northern Central America. Temperatures should average near to above normal. Conab said that Brazil could produce between 46.98 and 50.16 million bags of Coffee in 2013, from 50.83 million in 2012.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are mixed. Support is at 146.00, 143.00, and 141.00 March, and resistance is at 152.00, 155.00, and 157.00 March. Trends in London are mixed. Support is at 1900, 1870, and 1860 March, and resistance is at 1935, 1945, and 1975 March. Trends in Sao Paulo are mixed. Support is at 182.00, 179.00, and 178.00 March, and resistance is at 188.00, 190.00, and 193.50 March.


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The Le Corbusier-designed National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo was named a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site on Sunday, following the recommendation in May by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) to list the museum and other buildings designed by Le Corbusier as World Heritage sites.
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee decided Sunday at its meeting in Istanbul to register the National Museum of Western Art and 16 other works by Corbusier in seven countries.
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2.—(1) The Environmental Protection Act 1990(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 29 (preliminary)—
(a)after subsection (5) insert—
"(5A) In relation to controlled waste—
(a)a reference to the management of such waste is a reference to the collection, transport, recovery and disposal of such waste and includes—
(i)the supervision of such operations;
(ii)the after-care of disposal sites; and
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(b)"collection" means the gathering of such waste, including the preliminary sorting and preliminary storage of such waste for the purposes of transport to a waste treatment facility; and
(c)"recovery" refers to any of the operations listed in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011, and any other operation the principal result of which is waste serving a useful purpose by replacing other materials which would otherwise have been used to fulfil a particular function, or waste being prepared to fulfil that function, in a plant or in the wider economy,
and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly."; and
(b)in subsection (6), for "includes its disposal by way of deposit in or on land" substitute "has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011".
(3) In section 33(1)(c) (prohibition on unauthorised or harmful deposit etc. of waste), for "treat, keep or dispose of" substitute " keep or manage".
(4) In section 34 (duty of care etc.)—
(a)in subsection (1)—
(i)after "broker" insert "or dealer"; and
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"(ba)on the transfer of any waste oil, to ensure that this is separately collected where technically feasible; and";
(b)after subsection (2) insert—
"(2A) It shall be the duty of any person who produces, keeps or manages controlled waste, or as a broker or dealer has control of such waste, to take all such measures available to that person as are reasonable in the circumstances to apply the waste hierarchy set out in Article 4(1) of the Waste Directive.
(2B) The duty in subsection (2A)—
(a)may be departed from where this is justified having regard to the overall impacts of the generation and management of such waste; and
(b)does not apply to an occupier of domestic property as respects the household waste produced on the property.
(2C) The Scottish Ministers may give guidance on the discharge of the duty in subsection (2A), including the circumstances in which that duty may be departed from under subsection (2B)(a).
(2D) A person seeking to discharge the duty in subsection (2A) must, in doing so, have regard to any guidance given under subsection (2C).";
(c)after subsection (4A) insert—
"(4B) In this section—
"separately collected" means collected separately from other types of waste so as to facilitate a specific treatment;
"waste oil" means any mineral or synthetic lubrication or industrial oil which has become unfit for the use for which it was originally intended, such as used combustion engine oil and gearbox oil, lubricating oil, oil for turbines and hydraulic oil."; and
(d)in subsection (6), for "duty imposed by subsection (1)" substitute "duties imposed by subsections (1) or (2A)".
(5) In section 35(3) (waste management licences: general) omit the "and" immediately following paragraph (a), and after paragraph (b) insert—
"(c)to the location of the boundaries of the specified land;".
(6) In section 37 (variation of licences)—
(a)in subsection (1), for "subsection (3)" substitute "subsections (2A) and (3)"; and
(b)after subsection (2) insert—
"(2A) The conditions of a site licence may not be modified under subsection (1) so as to remove any of the specified land referred to in section 35(1) from the licence.".
(7) In section 38 (revocation and suspension of licences)—
(a)after subsection (3) insert—
"(3A) In the case of a site licence, a revocation under subsection (3) may extend to the whole of the land to which the licence extends or to any part of it.";
(b)in subsection (5), at the beginning insert "Subject to subsection (3A),";
(c)after subsection (6) insert—
"(6A) In the case of a site licence, the suspension may extend to the whole of the land to which the licence extends or to any part of it.";
(d)in subsection (8), at the beginning insert "Subject to subsection (6A),"; and
(e)after subsection (12) insert—
"(12A) If, in the case of a partial revocation referred to in subsection (3A), the authority is of the opinion that it is necessary to modify the conditions of the licence to take account of the revocation, it shall specify the necessary modifications in the notice served under subsection (12) and the modifications specified in the notice shall take effect on the date specified in the notice.".
(8) In section 39 (surrender of licences)—
(a)after subsection (2) insert—
"(2A) A surrender of a site licence may extend to the whole of the land to which the licence extends or to any part of it.";
(b)in subsection (4)(a), for "licence" substitute "application";
(c)in subsection (9), at the end insert "or, in the case of a partial surrender referred to in subsection (2A), the licence shall cease to have effect in relation to the land to which the surrender extends"; and
(d)after subsection (9) insert—
"(9A) If, in the case of a partial surrender referred to in subsection (2A), the authority is of the opinion that it is necessary to modify the conditions of the licence to take account of the surrender, it shall specify the necessary modifications in the notice of its determination issued under subsection (9) and the modifications specified in the notice shall take effect on the date specified in the notice.".
(9) In section 40 (transfer of licences)—
(a)after subsection (1) insert—
"(1A) In the case of a site licence, a transfer under subsection (1) may extend to the whole of the land to which the licence extends or to any part of it, and in this Part "transfer" and cognate expressions used in relation to a site licence include such a partial transfer.";
(b)in subsection (5), at the beginning insert "Subject to subsections (5A) to (5C),"; and
(c)after subsection (5) insert—
"(5A) The authority shall effect a partial transfer of a licence by—
(a)issuing a new licence to the transferee as respects the land to which the transfer relates; and
(b)returning the original licence to the holder endorsed to record that there has been a transfer, the particulars of the land transferred and the land to which the original licence now relates.
(5B) In the case of a partial transfer, the conditions included in the new licence and original licence after the transfer shall be the same as the conditions included in the original licence immediately before the transfer in so far as they are relevant to the sites covered by the new licence and the original licence respectively, but subject to such modifications as, in the opinion of the authority, are necessary to take account of the transfer.
(5C) A partial transfer shall take effect from such date as may be agreed with the applicants and specified in the endorsement and new licence.".
(10) After section 40 insert—
"40A Consolidated Licences
(1) Subsection (2) applies where—
(a)a licence has been varied, or affected by a partial revocation, surrender or transfer;
(b)there is more than one site licence held by the same person and applying to the same site; or
(c)there is more than one mobile plant licence held by the same person.
(2) The authority may replace the licence or licences, as the case may be, with a consolidated licence.
(3) A consolidated licence must not contain any new conditions in respect of any land, mobile plant or activity.".
(11) In section 42 (supervision of licensed activities)—
(a)after subsection (6) insert—
"(6ZA) In the case of a site licence, a revocation under subsection (6)(a) or a suspension under subsection (6)(c) may relate to the whole of the land to which the licence relates or to any part of it."; and
(b)in subsection (7), for "subsections (5) and (12)" substitute "subsections (3A), (5), (12) and (12A)".
(12) In section 75 (meaning of "waste" etc.)
(a)for subsection (2) substitute—
"(2) "Waste" means—
(a)anything that is waste within the meaning of Article 3(1) of the Waste Directive, as read with Articles 5 and 6, and which is not excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 2(1), (2) or (3);
(b)radioactive waste within the meaning of section 1A of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 which is exempt from the requirement for authorisation under section 13 or 14 of that Act by virtue of an order made, or having effect as if made, under section 15(2) of that Act;
(c)where land is undergoing on-site remediation of contamination, that land including unexcavated contaminated soil and any contaminated buildings permanently connected with that land.";
(b)after subsection (2) insert—
"(2A) "Broker" means any undertaking arranging the recovery or disposal of waste on behalf of others, whether or not such arrangements involve the broker taking physical possession of the waste; and "dealer" means any undertaking which acts in the role of principal to purchase and subsequently sell waste, whether or not this involves the dealer taking physical possession of the waste.";
(c)subsection (10) is repealed; and
(d)for subsections (11) and (12) substitute—
"(12) In this Part, "the Waste Directive" means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste.".
1990 c.43, as relevantly amended by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c.40) section 33; the Environment Act 1995 (c.25) Schedule 22 paragraphs 64, 65, 66(2), 70(1) and (3), 72(1) and (2), 73, 74 and 76 and Schedule 24 paragraph 1; by S.I. 1999/1820 Schedule 2 paragraph 102(2)(b) and (c); and by S.S.I. 2000/323 Schedule 10 paragraph 3(3) and (4); 2005/22 regulation 3(3) and 2009/247 regulation 3.
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Master the Jigsaw
The jigsaw generally gets a bad rap as a rough tool that's best suited for kitchen installations and odd-ball carpentry jobs.
And while I do use my jigsaw for coarse operations – I also consider it one of my essential tools for building fine furniture.
With the right blade, a little confidence and – most important – the right body position, you can do almost anything with a jigsaw that you can do with a band saw. Plus you can do a lot of things that are impossible to do on the band saw.
Here's a taste: Recently we were installing a kitchen and had to remove 1″ of the depth from a finished cabinet against one wall. The only tool I needed was a jigsaw, and it took just a few minutes to do the job.
Here's another: Early in my cabinetmaking career I made historical reproductions for another shop down the road. A lot of these pieces had fancy bracket bases, but we didn't know what the profile would be until the customers placed their order. So we had to cut the scrollwork on the base after the entire cabinet was assembled. This technique worked so well that it's how I do many of my cabinets today.
These cuts on the bracket base, when done well, require little or no sanding. I can usually just hit the edge with some sandpaper and am done with it.
And, of course, I've used my jigsaw for rough carpentry: cutting vent holes in roofs, framing stud walls, cutting drywall, PVC pipe and sheet metal.
A lot of woodworkers lack the confidence to make finish cuts with a jigsaw, but I contend that it's easier than you think. Read this article, then take some strips of plywood and practice some cutting in the shop. It doesn't take much practice to get good at it.
Choosing a Saw
This isn't a tool review, but there are some general guidelines I would follow when buying a jigsaw. First, if you cannot afford a good saw, I'd wait until you can.
What's a good saw? When I buy a jigsaw I'll first turn it on. If it's relatively quiet and doesn't shake too much, that's a good sign – low vibrations contribute to a smoother finished cut.
I also don't like it when a jigsaw heats up in use. Again, this is something that you can only check by turning on the saw and putting some time in on it.
I also prefer the barrel-grip designs to the traditional top-handle designs – although a Metabo top-handle design is used for this article because top-handle models are more common. The top-handle tools are good, too, but the barrel grips allow me to get my hand closer to the work, which improves my accuracy.
Preparing the Tool
Jigsaws tend to get handled a little roughly and are frequently knocked around or dropped. This rough treatment is hardest on the base of the tool.
Why should you care? If you're having trouble tracking a line then chances are your base is out of kilter. And if you can feel the tool rock on the work, your base is definitely not flat.
There are two flavors of bases: cast metal and stamped steel. If your base is a casting (as in the jigsaw shown at right), you can crack the base if the jigsaw takes a tumble to a concrete floor. If your base is stamped steel you can bend it back, but these steel bases seem to go out of alignment more often. So neither base has the real advantage in my mind.
If I suspect my steel base is warped I'll place it on a known flat surface, such as my table saw, and see if I can detect any problems with my eyes or by rocking the base of the jigsaw at the corners.
If I find a problem, I'll bend the high corners down with pliers.
Another thing to check: Routine use can cause the base to tilt a degree or so. I'll check the blade with a square to ensure the blade is 90° to the base.
Most jigsaws have orbital settings – these control how much the blade moves forward and backward as the blade moves up and down. At "zero" the blade moves only up and down and is not aggressive. At "three" the saw is a monster.
For building furniture, I keep the saw set to "one." This offers a good balance of a fine but aggressive cut. When dealing with thick stock, I might switch to "two." When I'm poking a hole in a roof: "three." I almost never use "zero" because I find that the saw cuts so slow that it heats up the blade too quickly. Sometimes I'll choose zero when working in plywood, however, because it does reduce chipping on the face veneer.
Most jigsaws also have a speed setting that you should be aware of. Usually there's a dial that limits the jigsaw's top speed. But the trigger allows you to increase and decrease the speed in that speed range with finger pressure. On a jigsaw with six speed settings, I'll generally keep the top speed at "five." I use the slower speeds for metals and plastics.


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A major gambling expansion was considered but put on hold, and a bipartisan effort in the House to substantially increase funding for the state's ailing freshwater springs was pushed aside for a more modest approach. There was no talk of accepting the billions in federal Medicaid money available to the state under Obamacare and blocked last year by House Speaker Will Weatherford.
But lawmakers did boost education spending, showed compassion for immigrants seeking college degrees and passed $500 million in tax cuts and fee reductions for Floridians. In the end, they passed a record $77.1 billion budget.
Although modest in its accomplishments, the session offers a good start toward correcting years of neglect for education and the environment. We hope that momentum continues into the 2015 session.
Weatherford, a Republican from Wesley Chapel, should be applauded for standing up for immigrants who earn high school diplomas and deserve a shot at an affordable college education. Under a measure he championed along with Sen. Jack Latvala, a Republican from Clearwater, thousands of immigrants will be eligible for much cheaper in-state tuition rates.
With $1.2 billion in surplus to spend in an election year, lawmakers decided to reduce car registration fees by as much as $25 and add sales tax holidays on hurricane supplies, back-to-school supplies and energy efficient appliances, providing some relief to taxpayers.
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And state universities will get $200 million to divvy up based on new performance standards and another $250 million for facilities, including $10 million for the University of South Florida St. Petersburg business school and $20 million for USF's Heart Institute and College of Medicine. Those are substantial allocations for important higher education facilities in the Tampa Bay area.
We wish lawmakers had been more generous when tackling child welfare issues. Lawmakers approved only $21 million to hire new child abuse investigators next year, far less than what some lawmakers wanted and what Gov. Rick Scott requested. It leaves more work to be done next year on fixing the state's child welfare system, a task that shouldn't be delayed.
Lawmakers were equally stingy with funding for freshwater springs despite an excellent bill calling for hundreds of millions in recurring funding for springs protections. But lawmakers rejected the $380 million the House had proposed, and only about $30 million is expected to be available next year for springs restoration, $20 million less than the governor requested. Though disappointing, the issue is expected to be revisited next year, something every Floridian should encourage.
Lawmakers passed a measure that opens the flood insurance market to private carriers, offering hope to some homeowners faced with staggering rate increases under recent changes to the federal flood insurance program. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Brandes, a Republican from St. Petersburg, is of particular need in the Tampa Bay area.
Also passed were compassionate measures allowing an immigrant from Largo to obtain his law degree, and allowing patients suffering from epilepsy and cancer to get relief from a marijuana strain known as Charlotte's Web.
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As we complete the Braun chamber I have no amendments to the substance of the quest worth nothing here., we run into one of my trickier objections to Fallout 3's story design: the part where we're actually reunited with our father comes off awkward and not especially satisfying. Partially this is for emotional reasons, since the story's kept our attitude towards our father more or less in limbo since his inexplicable and extremely irresponsible departure from Vault 101, but more practically it is because what we really need is a sequence where we hash things out with dad and it doesn't fit into the established meter of this section.
Even story-first players such as myself will get impatient if too much time is spent frozen in conversation limbo right after a sequence that's overly scripted or linear. It's bad design to jump straight from the Braun chamber into our heart-to-heart dialogue with our father; we need a little time to roam around and stretch our legs with some unscripted mechanical engagement. Besides, it would feel weird to have a serious talk in the Stanford prison vault…although given that it seems perfectly safe and clean, and how emotionally urgent this scene is, it also feels weird not to unless there's actually a good reason.
Because you know what else feels weird? Busting your dad loose, trading a few perfunctory pleasantries, then agreeing to defer conversation until you've both silently trekked across the wasteland, punching animals and putting the Project Purity band back together.
What would be natural would be to catch up with your father as you exit together, but the engine can't handle that and it wouldn't feel right even if we found a workable compromise–for example, breaking the conversation up between "nodes" along our trip. Our story demands a face-to-face comfortable dialogue the logistics of the scene isn't disposed to give us.
There has to be a better way.
It wouldn't be such a big deal, only this scene is kind of the emotional highlight of the whole arc. If it's a little bit janky, that's more than a little bit of a problem. Here are my best immediate fixes:
- Transition straight into another action beat. The player's tripped the Vault's security somehow and after only a few lines of dialogue, the player and father have to shoot their way out. Basically, remove the Vault itself as a safe quiet space for a conversation and we remove the player's reasonable desire to have one there, even if it's a little bit awkward.
- Once the players are outside the Vault in the wasteland, that's clearly not the right place to have a heart-to-heart. However, James knows a good place nearby. We can take advantage of an already existing location (is that one fishing shack nearby? I forget) or posit our own—some wasteland diner selling dog meat and chips in discreet booths, maybe.
- Once the player reaches that place, and sits down with James, then they have their important discussion.
I've made no secret about my dislike for James as portrayed in the main game. I think he's shortsighted, impulsive, unwilling to take responsibility for his actions, and a thousand times more boring than any of these qualities suggest because the game won't acknowledge them. Occasionally the player can say something like "That was really stupid, dad," and he'll say, "You're right," and then everyone involved will smooth over it. His most dangerous mistakes aren't treated as consequences of who he is or the logical products of his principles; they're basically on the level of forgetting to buy orange juice at the grocery store.
This conversation has to have some passion to it, even if the player isn't interested in picking a fight. I want to give Liam Neeson something to do. This is where that voice acting money's gonna come in, because this conversation's going to have an uncomfortably high number of branching permutations.
The talk will always start the same way: dad, who's clearly been rehearsing this on the way over, says something to the effect of: "I appreciate your help, but I really didn't want you to come after me, and while I respect your choices I think it would be best if you returned home until…"
At which point the player gets to tell him, with optional degrees of sass: "You know I got kicked out, right?"Which, frankly, they'd have WAY more reason to be furious about in the original than in my version.
He's going to react with anger and outrage—"I can't believe the overseer would do that, he's insane, what kind of blah blah"—and the player will have their first real choice in the discussion.
On the one hand, they can challenge this reaction. Not because he's wrong, but because the intensity and duration of his anger is clearly a defense mechanism excusing himself of wrongdoing. It's the emotional logic of guilty people everywhere: if the Overseer's actions were irrational, delusional, unethical, maniacal, then James is absolved of any responsibility for jeopardizing his child with such an irresponsible and miscommunicated escape. Players may point out to James that while the Overseer is a tyrant, he should have taken that into account when deciding to run away. James will not react gracefully to this point; he'll overflow with excuses. It's not my fault. I thought he was reasonable. You're a grown adult, you can take care of yourself. There's more lives at stake than mine and yours. In the face of these rationalizations and dodges player will have options to let off the heat, to hold firm, or to fire back. Stepping off will return the conversation to the middle, and the already tense and charged conversation will continue as normal. Holding firm will make it clear that for one reason or another, James is barely holding it together and will probably have a breakdown if he lets himself realize he's at fault. Firing back will get very, very ugly.
The other initial reaction available to the player is the comfortable one: to echo their father's anger at the Overseer. By bonding over mutual indignation, the player offers James solidarity, relief, and absolution. The player gives themselves the gift of bonding positively with one's father at the expense of an honest emotional accounting. People make choices very much like this with their families every day.
After the confrontation there is a chance to make James justify his actions, either by simply asking him to explain himself or by demanding he return home for your sake (a request he'll hotly refuse). James expresses how deep a depression he'd fallen into; how useless and helpless he felt, how he couldn't shake the feeling that all he was doing was make himself and his family comfortable at the expense of increasing human misery in 101. His dreams became haunted with his wife, the player's mother, and the heartbreaking feeling she'd died for nothing. He kept his past from the player out of an earnest but misplaced desire not to inflict the burden of his choices and sacrifices on them. He explains that no good can be done without sacrifice. He will ask for forgiveness.
If things go well, the player is asked to join him at Project Purity. If things don't, the conversation will probably end decidedly prematurely. He will leave somberly, telling you (with barely concealed anger) to return once you've both had time to think things through, and the quest will be marked resolved. Then, some time later, a new quest will emerge: Confront your father.
[1] I have no amendments to the substance of the quest worth nothing here.
[2] Which, frankly, they'd have WAY more reason to be furious about in the original than in my version.
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