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dang im so excited bout the jays while watching the raps!
dang im so excited bout the jays while watching the raps!
They still haven't given us a 3 for that shot Barny made. Watch us lose by a point. NBA find any way to make us lose.
These refs!!! AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here comes the referee bullshit.
and now comes the crash for [Klieza]
Can someone who knows baseball explain what's up with the Jays? (I'm not very well informed)
Casey should flip the fuck out at the refs.
This could be T Ross' game. With DeMar playing a lot last game. Just needs to to take wide open shots don't force anything.
linas is like a chicken with his head cut off today. man needs to relax a bit.
the raptors equivalent would be trading for Nash and Pau gasol
That "Up-and-Drive" by Bargnani is the exact move somebody in another thread was saying Bargs doesn't have anymore ...
Roy hibbert should foul out in the first half of most games.
Flying V with the putback!
im loving terrance this game
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qwrri_f uwiiv vo-payj Chicago and vicinity — u t af | settled weather thursday with prob tssl h*s ably showers cooler by night fri fc~~l<n'fg a _ / day generally fair and cooler brisk o r 5~f winds shifting to westerly cjbhbv j range of temperature low m jgsj f\f average 0 vol ix no 259 a m Chicago examiner thursday Chicago october 19 191 j 18 pages thursday restored domestic equilibrium should there be anything lacking in your domestic establishment that makes for comfort consult the columns headed situations wanted about it cooks domestics governesses and nurses many of them advertise in thesj columns t tsssi &-» rrtceone cent «*««; & eg wilson admits sullivan gave him job after lorimer won robert j shields confesses wiehe sent him over con tinent after evidence to clear htnes of charges agent of lumber interests also admits that he visited canada to get te-stimony to support Illinois senator conversation in pullman car wherein 100,000 fund was discussed part of in caiiry to unseat statesman in a lengthy hearing replete with sen sations the committee of the united states senate which is investigating the election of senator william lorimer of Illinois yesterday cncovered the follom-ing startling facts state representative robert e wil son democrat the man who was ac tive iu the election of senator lorimer republican and the man concerning whom three witnesses have sworn tbat he distributed to tbein their shares of the notorious corruption fund known as the jackpot testified tlint roger sullivan democratic national commit teeman from Illinois obtained for him a job in the office of county clerk robert m sweltzer after wilson's vote had helped elect lorimer this statement was interpreted to in dicate that sullivan thoroughly counte nanced wilson's position in the lorimer ease wilson was forced to admit that while 1 the previous senate committee was in ses sion in Chicago investigating the lorimer election be was visiting detroit and several canadian cities and registering under the name o j smith then wilson topped j it all liy saying that he did not know tho committee was in session or that it was looking for bim shield locates witnesses i.,t>crt jt molds insurance man of superior wis testified that he was sent by c v wiehe secretary of the edward mines lumber company to locate several persons who later took the stand iu behalf of wiehe and hincs — the latter being the man al leged to have actually bandied the money which put lorimer over shields was forced to admit tbat he refreshed the memories of the wit besses io question shields went to see eight persons to s*t statements from them shields prepared four of the affidavits before he even went to see the persons ex pected to sign them shields swore that he left his busi ness for about two months traveled through canada then to seattle and back into lowa and indiana on wiehe's behalf and received no pay for his work the firm of shields £ harper makes • profit of 20,000 a year on the busi ness r receives from the edward hines lumber company and its sub sidiary corporations shields appearance on the witness stand was anticipated with much interest to those concerned in the progress of the in vestigating committee he had become known as elusive bob during the ses sions of the committee in washington last summer several witnesses were encoun tered who admitted tbat their recollection of certain events had been rather hazy un til mr shields called on them the com mittee then became interested in mr shields and several efforts were made to lo cale him investigation showed that mr shields had not teen at his home in superior for some time and none of his relatives or friends had beard from him his partner did not even know where he was committee goes after shields eventually the committee took a recuss for nearly two months after instructing its agents to locate shields and have him ready to be called to the stand iu chi cago the testimony in which shields was most concerned had to do with a conversation which occurred on a train between duluth and virginia minn iu march of this year william burgess of dulntb testihed tbat 1 he talked with wiehe ou that occasion and tbat wiehe told him of the 100.0 ii fund which bad been used lo elect lori ner saying be had made a contribution i to it shields went into canada and over aj good portion of the united states looking ] for persons present iu the car al the time | of the conversation the persons be found testified that they had beard no snch talk it was then the committee discovered their emoric-s had been somewhat refreshed attorney marble representing the com mittee examined shields when he took the mrs nat moore again weds won by lemuel h arnold mrs lemuel h arnold jr former helen fargo widowed by tragedy here marries in new york i * new york oct is mrs nathaniel f moore young widow of the son of j ho bart moore Chicago millionaire and pres ident of the itock island railroad was quietly married this afternoon to lemuel ■i hastings arnold jr who was divorced last year and whose wife was a member of a prominent brooklyn family the wedding took place at the beautiful ! summer home of william congdon fargo the bride's father near seabright n j only a few members of the bride's imme diate family were present a mutual love for out-of-door sports that drew the former mis moore and her late husband together was the loadstone lu the most recent romance of the pretty widow | the young people became engaged last i summer but only a few of their more j intimate friends knew of their marriage i plans widowed by tragedy mrs arnold was made a widow two years ago by the death of her husband under sensational circumstances in a Chicago re ' sort she at once returned %> her father's home in new york city she has spent the j larger portion of the last two years in santa barbara and at her father's country estate at seabright before her husband's death the former mrs moore was prominent in Chicago so cial circles she and ber husband gained a reputation by the lavishness of their en tertainments they were married in no vember l'joo at st thomas during mr moore's life the young pair lived at 3104 lake shore drive weds master of hounds mrs arnold knew her present husband when he and his former wife were distin guishing themselves by their athletic ac tivities at sputa barbara arnold's first wife surprised society a few months after her divorce by marrying samuel willetts of | brooklyn former master of the hounds at i the meadowbrook hunt club she created i a sensation at santa barbara two years 1 1 ago by appearing on horseback dressed in | male riding breeches coat and hoots she was miss marie holsington a member of cie well-known holslngton family of long island arnold owns the orchards the magnlfi-l cent country estate at garden city he is a yale graduate wife 26 causes arrest of husband aged 74 Chicago french teacher accuses ' george wilkinson of toledo with abandonment after a week george wilkinson seventy-four years old president ol the wilkinson water purifying company who a year ago married a woman out little more than one-third his age and deserted her a week later was arrested at toledo 0 yesterday on a warrant charging him with wife abandonment the warrant was sworn to by the wife mrs laura m dresser-wilkinson twenty-six years old a teacher of french wilkinson is preparing to fight extradition wilkinson came to Chicago from toledo 0 about a year ago to establish his son in business while searching for a room he read the advertisement of miss laura m dresser 901 gait avenue teacher of french and a rooming house keeper according to mrs dresser-wilkinson he fell in love with her and they were married at grace episcopal church for six days the bridegroom seventy four years old and the bride twenty-six years of age lived at the brevoort hotel returning to the hotel oue afternoon un expectedly wilkinson is said to have seen a stranger leave his wife's apartment mrs wilkinson explained tbat the stran ger was her brother but wilkinson lett and didn't return edison wins nobel prize inventor to be honored for scientific achievements special cable to the examiner stockholm oct is a xobei prize is to be conferred upon thomas edison the famous americau inventor for his scien tific achievements according to a report originating in educational circles temy egypt annexation special came to the e'mmlrc.r london oit 18 the foreign offiie is sued a statement to-day that the reports that england was about to annex egypt are without foundation a dispatch from london had fixed october 23 as the day on which england would proclaim the annex | ation . mrs j l jones is dying madison wta oct 18 mrs jtjukm i lloyd jones is sinking capiuiy her dot 1 ti r srld she would probably not survive lb night tradedy ends army romance of Chicago 1 ! captain at fort leavenworth suicide was to marry j major's daughter their wedding day near miss jeanette clark expecting bridal gown gets news of death instead i the most tragic of endings to a real love affair occurred yesterday with the sui cide of captain a i oarr student office in the staff college at fort leavenworth the eighteen-year-old sweetheart of the young officer miss jeanette c.urk daugb | ter of major and mrs c c clark of fort sheridan was planning their weddiug the date of which was to have been november 1 neither the beart-bro.,eu young woman her parents nor the parents of the officer j j mr and mrs w g carr of west georgia vt can offer an explanation for the sui cide y'esterday miss clark went to the office of the baggage master near tlie fort to see if the long and anxiously ooked for pack age containing her wedding gown had ar rived from new york many girl friends were consumed with curiosity to see the creation and the bride-to-be was very hap py over the expected treasnro the package was not ut the station and when miss clark returned home there was a telegram there telling of the death of her fiance no answer to telegram tuesday night a telegram was sent to fort leavenworth asking captain carr it be could possibly come to fort sheridan next saturday to attend a reception that mrs clark has planned in honor of her daughter's approaching wedding there i was no answer ! i miss clark thought the death message ! was an answer to the ir.vitatiou she had sent ews given out at the fort where cap tain carr was statloued was tbat lie !)»• a twenty-day furlough had been to chi cago and had returned to his station the night he killed himself the officers be lleved tbat he was visiting miss clark major clark when asked abotit the visit denies it and said her daughter had re : eelved a letter from the captain every dny i ' and each letter was postmarked and sup posedly written at the fort after tbat ex i planatlon major clark burst into tears j and seemed distracted he was a very i close friend of captain clark and it was a year ago when they were both at fort leavenworth that the romance between carr and the major's daughter began - nothing worrying him 5 , he was a fine fellow the finest-i have 1 1 ever known major clark declared and 1 ' mrs clark said the same and the major continued every letter that jeanette ' had was cheerful there wasn't anything 1 worrying him that we know of i am heartbroken for my poor little ' girl mrs clark wept when she spoke of it why she is only a girl just a mite of a girl and she loved so sincerely i a dispatch from fort leavenworth says " , that captain carr bad a lengthy conver ' i sation over the telephone with his fiancee ' on tuesday night before he shot himself it i was thought at first that the young woman ' | whom he was to marry had broken her engagement but her family positively deny that there was any quarrel at all between the two the | l.i's parents said nothing ! | about the conversation by telephone j the leavenworth dispatch also says that ' ! captain carr had applied for nnd been ! l granted a six days leave of absence and ihad planned to leave the fort for fort ' sheridan ou next monday to assist in his wedding arrangements mr and mrs w g carr parents of the suicide sent word last night from their home in vermont that the funeral would 1 j be held there on friday and asking miss ''■clark to try if possible to be there they sent messages of condolence to the young ' woman who is too ill from the shock to ' make the trip to vermont before captain carr went to fort leavenworth he was a member of the i sixth field artillery at fort riley he ' has a brilliant army record according to ' ■major clark and was one of the most • popular men at every fort at which be has been stationed be was thirty-four i years old i j miss clark ia well known in society at < lake forest and highland park she is i : a favorite wiih all the soldiers wherever ' ■her father is stationed ; the weddiug was to have been a military 1 oue and the young woman bad arauged j ' i even the minutest details ' i no mo'.ive for act ; leaven vv.orth kan oct is.-the army board lttvestigat.ng the death of cap tain w ij carr has found no motive what ! , e.er some of his mosi intimate friends think it was an accident others tlial lie was mentally unbalanced due to ov^rstud.v ; he was f a studious disposition a grud : date of the scbool of the line and a stu 1 dent in the stall college he was in uo « i danger of failing iu his siudies captain i ■j carr was not addicted to liquor and had i no vicious habits | novelist m.gorky ill special cable to the examiner home oct is maxln gorky the kus siau novelist is reported serio.isly ill ut i i millions of pullman graft j immediately investigated the charges against \ pullman officials and i want to sav that i found all the allegations made by the examiner to be true john s runnells . 1 cbert t lincoln e«tl«efil favored relatives folloi-vs expose by examiner general r way supply shew i to h ve sold car ma-u'actur^rs ma enai thev cou'd have fla je ch-aply at rice hgh above rhe market pu chasers was.e big sums pres runnells after lincoln resigns pushes the inquiry 0 head nf corporation dec'ares facts revealed by p pe are substantiated m his later investiga tion is sure that concern is now free from waste after losses estimated at 3^,000,000 since december 1910 investigators oi the pullman com pany have established the fact that graft of almost unbe lievable proportions lias existed in the supply purchasing manufacturing and ether departments of the great corpora tion that have to do with the expenditure of money this investigation had for its foundation data which had been collected by reporters of the Chicago examiner it was found that millions of dollars had been lost to the company through the extravagance waste and graft of men occupying responsible positions the conditions were parallel with the enormous Illinois central railroad graft the examiner's investigation revealed such an amazing s*tate jof affairs that the facts were laid before the interstate commerce commission the commission after considering the subject fo several days decided it could not officially take cognizance of the matter but through its attorney john h marble recommended that the examiner bring the subject at once to the attention of the high officials of the pullman company i urges no publication of facts with a view to publishing the facts the examiner presented jits information to john j mitchell president of the Illinois trust bank and a director in the pullman company mr mitchell ex i pressed his amazement at the condition exposed he stronglv j urged that no publication be made until the directors of the pull jman company had had an opportunity to make a thorough inves tigation this recommendation was adopted in the following month january 1911 robert t lincoln president of the company asked for and was granted a leave ol absence john s runnells was made acting president and under his direction the company's investigation was prosecuted in the following may mr lincoln resigned from the office of president thereby surrendering active supervision of the com pany's affairs including control of all heads of departments and assumed the purely formal place of chairman of the board of directors after mr lincoln's retirement from the presidency mr run nells was elected to the vacancy and prosecuted the investigation with even more vigor than had been shown before the result was that aftar several months the fact was estab lished that every detail which had been presented to mr mitchell by the examiner was found to be entirely accurate as the in vestigation proceeded an even more amazing state of affairs was j developed than had been shown before the result was that mr i runnells lost no time in effecting a sweeping reorganization ot the various departments controlling the expenditure of moneys runnells corroborates examiner's findings the lesult of the investigation is best presented by mr run nells himself in a statement made yesterday to the examiner the information gathered by the Chicago examiner and given to mr john j mitchel president of the Illinois trust & savings bank and a director in the pullman company last december was trned over to me and has resulted in aa entire reorganization of the pullman company said mr runnells the data showing waste in the administration of the company wen received laie in december hr robert t lincoln the then lent of the pjlman company took the matter up in detail with . e in j-n ary the matter was referred to me pa investigation as lilr lin:jln took a leave of absence at his own request but did not resign ntil m y of this year i immediately investigated the charges against pullman offi cial and i want to say that i fo ind all the allegations made by the examiner to be tr.;e i did not investigate the matter as to patents because it is necessary for us to purchase them regardless of whj invented them as a result i want to say that we are table to build p_u 1 john £'. itannells orville wright falls with new aeroplane narrowly foils death veteran aviator rolls twenty feet in sand after tumble from low height kitty hawk n..c oct i orville wright narrowly escaped serious injury this afternoon when the aeroplane which ! he is testing at the kill devil hill camp lost its equilibrium at a height of fourteen j feet and plunged sidewise to the sand the aeroplane was wrecked and wright | was pitched out rolling over the sand for j at least twenty feet before he could arrest i the momentum beyond some minor bruises and a severe shaking up he found | that he had sustained no injury his great i est grief was that his machine had been so badly demolished that it will take prac tically a day to repair it the accident was the finale to an hour's experimenting dnriug which the famous pioner aviator remained in the air for one minute and fifteen seconds breaking his own world's record for free gliding flight he performed this feat twice to-day and each time remained absolutely stationary in the air at a height of sixty feet for a period of over five seconds after wright bad picked himself up from the sand he said ' i am well pleased with the results of this experiment it demonstrated exactly what i wanted to know there are many things i know now tbat we must not do which i simply knew theoretically before i proved my theory and i am happy that i broke my own gliding record tbat is one of the things i came down for dewey guest of rescurer i spends night with veteran who pre served his life cleveland 0 oct i spending the night in the humble home of his old-time friend admiral george dewey the hero of manila bay came to cleveland secretly i and got away again last friday without his visit being known the admiral was the guest of martin watrous of 4020 east ninety-third street who once saved bis life while the two were seameu on board the mississippi in civil war hues iu the morning before he left the ad nirai mad ' watrous a present of a well-till.-d purse as a 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I don't know exactly how many blondes it takes to screw in a light bulb, but I suspect the number is more than one and something less than 163. Honestly, the questions isn't all that interesting, the punch line probably less so, but since we're on the subject, let's dispense with any misogynistic concerns and acknowledge that Legally Blonde: The Musical, like the movie upon which it's (egad) based, has pro-feminist pretensions, if only of the lipstick variety. So please, let's not go getting our panties in a bunch; the whole thing is pretty harmless. After all, Actors Cabaret — where the show runs through June 2 — is all about fun, atmosphere and community.
Measured by any standard, then, Legally Blonde indubitably qualifies as an unrepentant piece of theatrical fluff, and as such, its success should depend entirely on the answer to this single inquiry: Is ACE's production fluffy enough? To which I say: yes and no. Staged under the zippy direction of the talented Joe Zingo, Legally Blonde offers up just enough percolating burble and referential nostalgia to satisfy fans of the silver-screen original, and just enough independence and individuality to justify its existence.
Heather Hach's book is a hash, and best viewed as a mere perforation of the movie — a sort of greatest hits about a seemingly ditzy but actually quite shrewd valley girl who, with pluck and perk, pursues her Harvard-bound sweetheart by getting into the law school. Where, of course, OMG LOL, by just being BFFs with her own quirky self, she wins the day.
As everyone's fave femi-floozy Elle Woods, Megan Simón brings a courageous slant to a role popularly owned — lock, stock and apparel — by Hollywood ass-kicker Reese Witherspoon. Simón, who is lanky and athletic-looking, not only gives us a different take on Elle, but she dispenses wholesale with what Reese wrought. She possesses the title role, so much so that it isn't until the second act that you come to appreciate the subtlety of her performance — a combination of bemused half-innocence and uptalky charm that channels the resilient comic goof of Lucille Ball by way of Kristen Wiig.
The production is a bit uneven, yet buoyant and funny enough to be worthwhile. Many of the problems reside in the musical itself, a hybridized, sloppy-seconds crowd-pleaser with only moderately successful music and lyrics. Hand it to Zingo and his cast, who more often than not locate the necessary effervescence to make Legally Blonde percolate.
A number of strong performances further hoist the fun factor: As the proudly part-Irish hairdresser Paulette, Michelle Sellers brings down the house; Megan Robertson is spot-on as the aerobicizing accused murderer Brooke Wyndam; and Mark VanBeever, in the dual roles of Grand Master Chad/Carlos, again proves his strong comic chops, and serves as the production's choreographer.
Legally Blonde: The Musical plays through June 2 at Actors Cabaret of Eugene; info & tickets at ActorsCabaret.org or 683-4368.


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- Pumpkin Room by edg CreativesDavid Ho from edg Creatives turned to Cinderella for a way to sass up the firm's offices in China. Inspired by the fairytale horse carriage made from a pumpkin that carried the belle to the ball, the pumpkin room is made from polycarbonate panels wrapped around a cylindrical structure. The fantastical room is designed to give employees a creative space in which to hatch awesome brainstorming sessions.1
- Pumpkin Room by edg CreativesThe Pumpkin Room by edg Creatives was inspired by the Cinderella fairytale2
- Pumpkin Room by edg CreativesLike the magically-transformed carriage, this small partition creates a special space in which to hatch creative ideas3
- Pumpkin Room by edg CreativesThe polycarbonate panels are wrapped around steel structures4
- Pumpkin Room by edg CreativesCompletely modular, the panels can be used as partitions or in whole mini-rooms5
- Pumpkin Room by edg CreativesThe pumpkin room has won numerous innovation awards6
- Pumpkin Room by edg CreativesThis diagram details the finer points of David Ho's fairytale space!7


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Image: Walking towards reconciliation 2
- School: Banksmeadow Public School, Matraville Sports High School
- Artist: Collaborative
- Medium: Mixed media
Students looked at the styles of various Indigenous artists and the use of symbols to represent personal experiences and emotions. They were also inspired by the art work of Jordan, a Year 11 student and an ex Banksmeadow pupil.
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- Jane Stanley
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In plain English: expect another rate cut
Interest rates aren't like elevators. They don't only rise and fall, they can go sideways, too, and at its rate-setting meeting, the Reserve Bank found good reasons to do the sideways shuffle.
Here's the heart of the statement it issued with this afternoon's announcement that the cash rate is being left at 3 per cent, with my comments interleaved.
''Inflation is consistent with the medium-term target, with both headline CPI and underlying measures at around 2¼ per cent on the latest reading. Looking ahead, with the labour market softening somewhat and unemployment edging higher, conditions are working to contain pressure on labour costs. Moreover, businesses are likely to be focusing on lifting efficiency under conditions of moderate demand growth. These trends should help to keep inflation low, even as the effects on prices of the earlier exchange rate appreciation wane. The Bank's assessment remains that inflation will be consistent with the target over the next one to two years.''
Translation: Inflation is actually sitting at the low end of our target of 2 to 3 per cent, so there's no barrier to us cutting the cash rate further when we want to – and the forces that are keeping inflation down include some that are keeping rate cuts on the agenda, including weakness in the jobs market, one of our core areas of concern.
''During 2012, there was a significant easing in monetary policy. Though the full impact of this will still take further time to become apparent, there are signs that the easier conditions are having some of the expected effects: the demand for some categories of consumer durables has picked up; housing prices have moved higher; there are early indications of a pick-up in dwelling construction; and savers are starting to shift portfolios towards assets offering higher expected returns.''
Translation: We cut rates four times between May and December last year, pulling the cash rate down from 4.25 per cent to 3 per cent. That's a hefty reduction, and there's evidence that it has boosted activity. Even though this variable rate-based economy spreads the cut fairly quickly, however, we don't think we have seen the full impact of those earlier cuts yet.
''On the other hand, the exchange rate remains higher than might have been expected, given the observed decline in export prices, and the demand for credit is low, as some households and firms continue to seek lower debt levels.''
Translation: It also has to be acknowledged that there's some negative issues. At around $US1.04, the Australian dollar is simply too high, for one thing. It is making our exports less price competitive at a time when domestic demand is soft, and that's something we really don't need. It is aloso making omports cheaper in $A terms, cdreating a double-whammy for local companies outside the mining sector.
The currency is high mainly because rates in the developed economies overseas are at or close to zero, however. Foreign money has been pouring in, to capture our still-relatively high fixed interest rates, and to hide from the northern hemiphere's economic carnage. Another rate cut won't change that dynamic materially. The $A is probably high until either the northern hemisphere begins growing strongly again, pushing rates there higher, or – a much worse ''solution'' – global growth stalls, killing australia's resources economy in the process.
''The Board's view is that with inflation likely to be consistent with the target, and with growth likely to be a little below trend over the coming year, an accommodative stance of monetary policy is appropriate. The inflation outlook, as assessed at present, would afford scope to ease policy further, should that be necessary to support demand.
''At today's meeting, taking into account the flow of recent information and noting that there had been a substantial easing of policy as a result of previous decisions, the Board judged that it was prudent to leave the cash rate unchanged. The Board will continue to assess the outlook and adjust policy as needed to foster sustainable growth in demand and inflation outcomes consistent with the target over time.''
Translation: We have room to cut rates a bit more, and while 3 per cent is at or very close to the low for this rate-cutting cycle, we may still need to nudge rates down a bit further at some point this year. 2013 has started fairly positively, however, both here and overseas, and in both the real economy and in the markets. That gives us time to watch and listen, and we are going to use it: it's not procrastination – its precaution.
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On my first return visit to Scotland and Europe, I happened to be near the right place at the right time for my first ASPO conference since Pisa in 2006. In two parts, here are my thoughts on some of the energy related themes of the conference.
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Unconventional Oil and Gas
While there are big question marks about the financial and environmental sustainability of existing unconventional oil and gas production, I think it's fair to say that the industry has ramped up production of these low-grade resources faster than many peak oil forecasters anticipated.
But when it comes to how much more of this resource we are going to turn into flows of oil, the short answer is we still don't really have a clue. Euan made a courageous attempt in his presentation, with estimates for tar sands, EOR, tight gas, shale gas and coal-bed methane that respectively increase the ultimate recovery of oil and gas by more than 500 and 600 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
From an engineering point of view, it appears to me that access to the resource and energy return is sufficient for a good deal more tar sands production, although I have little idea how soon the availability of water might become a limiting factor. Otherwise it seems that value judgements by the Canadian people themselves, about the level of mining they are willing to tolerate, will be the long-term deciding factor in how much of the tar sands are converted to oil. Having just spent two months in Canada, it does not feel like the Albertans are about to lose enthusiasm anytime soon.
Despite valid questions about the size of the accessible resource and how quickly it can be produced, peak oil analysts would be wise not to dismiss the future production as inconsequential.
In the short and medium-term, a contracting economy and a low oil price could easily disrupt additional development. Given that tar sands have high marginal costs, even existing operations could be shut-down by a weak economy.
Gas and Coal to Liquids
There wasn't much in the other presentations that has changed my view on Gas or Coal-to-Liquids (GTL, CTL). The capital costs for GTL plants are staggering and I can't see anybody confident enough in the long-term cost of the feed gas and value of the produced liquids to build many more such plants. The capital costs for coal-to-liquids are similarly staggering but it just may be that somebody with ready access to cheap coal gets desperate enough for liquid fuels that they are willing to stump up the cash. If so, it would be the realisation of my recurring climate nightmare.
Geopolitics of Oil
Out of the first day of the conference, it was the discussion by Michael Klare and Karen Smith-Stegen about the geopolitics of oil that I found most interesting. In short, it's as important as it ever was, but there are new players, new themes and new front lines.
The Middle East
Unrest and discontent in the Middle East is still easy to trace back to decisions made by the imperial powers after the first world war. And the importance of oil is everywhere, not just in the places that first come to mind. Egypt used to be a net oil exporter. But with the population growing almost four-fold in sixty years, and oil production declining, Egypt now consumes all of its oil internally and will soon depend be competing for imports. With such a turn-around in their balance of trade, it looks like a tragic story of riches to rags, and not hard to see how that could lead to desperation among the deprived young men and women of Egypt.
How the sabre rattling between Israel, Iran and the United States will play out is anyone's guess, but Michael Klare thought the June meeting could not pass without either some compromise or confrontation.
The new power struggle of course is between China and the United States. The optimistic American view is that with relatively stable demand and strong production from Canadian tar sands, Gulf of Mexico and Brazil that U.S. dependence on the Middle East may actually fall. At the same time, Chinese domestic production is flattening out while consumption continues to rise, so their dependence on the Middle East and Africa grows ever stronger. One consequence is that China will depend critically on transit of oil around south-east Asia. Throw in some contested resources in the same South China Sea off the Philippines and you can see why the U.S. has just refreshed its relationship with the Philippines and planted naval resources in the area. Less strategically but still quite symbolic, Australia has also signed up for a new phase of military cooperation with the United States. Not something I would have chosen if I'd had any say in it.
Canada and the United States
Issues of access to oil resources are also playing out in the heart of North America. Observers in other parts of the world may not be aware how politically significant the approval or otherwise of the Keystone XL pipeline has become. The pipeline is intended to transfer Canadian oil sands production to markets in the U.S. While currently blocked by President Obama, Mitt Romney has promised to sign the approval on his first day in office. It appears that this is one element of his election platform, which will promise to return America to the era of happy motoring.
Biomass and Heating Oil
One of the sponsors of ASPO Vienna was Pro Pellets, an Austrian company providing wood pellets and high efficiency burners for home heating.
The pellets are delivered by truck and are blown into household storage and to the burners somewhat like a liquid. By maximising the time in the combustion zone and controlling the temperature of combustion and oxygen supply, they claim that combustion is close to 100% and emissions simply CO2 and water. (What happens to the nitrogen and everything else in the intake air?) The burners ignite and dose the pellets automatically so fuel use is well optimised to provide just the amount of heat required.
Wood pellets are about half the cost of heating oil, but the downside is the capital expense. 12,000 euros for a household system is a big investment (and would normally be combined with solar thermal). But 2,000 euros for a simple room heater fed with bagged pellets is a good deal more affordable.
Austria seems to produce and use quite a large amount of biomass in its energy mix. It would be good to know more about where this is produced and in what quantities. There are also quite significant imports from North America. Apparently forestry areas that used to supply paper mills are now exporting to Europe as the demand for paper has fallen?
Biomass for Heat rather than Biofuels
The key point here is that biomass is much more efficient if you use it directly, rather than messing around with it. Simply cutting and drying the wood and converting it to pellets involves a lot less energy inputs than the complex process of trying to convert corn and other biomass into biofuels.
Given a limited amount of land that can be used to grow biomass, it does seem more sensible and efficient to replace heating oil with wood pellets than to displace gasoline with ethanol from corn. The logical conclusion is that the amount of land currently growing corn for ethanol production would be better off turned to short rotation forestry.
Living in Australia it's easy to forget about how much heating oil is used in Europe and North America. Whether it's wood pellets, gas, solar thermal, heat pumps or a combination (including turning down the thermostat) there are several ways in which 5-10% of the world's oil consumption could be switched without any great difficulty. That alone makes for a pretty useful wedge of displaced oil consumption.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - At a time when the city has been talking cuts, it's now saying spend.
In a way, it is a windfall of money. The mayor's office refinanced some city loans and found $12 million in savings. The mayor wants to spend $9 million downtown.
On Tuesday, City Council members got a look at the plan and are beginning to have their say.
The ideas on how to improve downtown include bringing in new business and parking to make it a destination for a place people want to go.
Mayor Alvin Brown hopes putting the $9 million into his new Downtown Investment Authority will do that.
Several council committees, including the finance committee and recreation and community development committee, and took up the issue Tuesday, focused on technical matters like transfer of funds. In the end, once it's eventually approved, the move will make sure City Council will have some say on how the money will be spent.
RIght now, there are no set ideas, and council members told the new committee, the DIA, to give them something soon.
"It's tough to know how long it will take us," said Oliver Barekat, who's on the DIA committee. "A lot of us on the authority have preconceived notions on what directions we would like the funds to go and where downtown. We need to develop a consensus."
The most likely way the money will be spent is to use the money to entice developers to build new projects, but it could also go to improve what is already there.
"We are a new authority and we need to build trust with the public," Barekat said. "And I think these baby steps are a good story to tell."
If the City Council doesn't like the story or the direction the DIA is going, the council can make changes. Some members were concerned that the money should just go into a general fund and used where it's needed most, not just downtown.
Finance chairman John Crescimbeni said there is the option to do that.
"If you are asking me should they spend on some other non-downtown priority that may arise in the future, if that is the case, we have to evaluate that," he said. "And if we need the money to make that happen and it's a priority, we go into our own account and spend it on that newly identified priority."
Right now, all sides believe this will work. They say it will let developers know the city is serious about downtown.
The issue will go before the full council next week, when there's expected to be more debate on how that money will be spent.
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PN64E8000 picture is awesome, internet apps, motion and voice control
Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?)
I am very pleased with the performance of the TV for viewing DVD and satellite programming. Based on reviews prior to purchase, I did not expect much from the voice or motion control. And I wasn't disappointed. It doesn't even work well enough to show off a little bit, much less use for real to control the TV. The picture out of the box was pretty darn nice, but you always want more, right? I investigated doing a calibration and came across some setup values in a C-Net review of the 60" model. I made those changes to the setup values and now the picture is breath taking. Whenever a landscape scene or something with a lot of depth crosses the screen, I rewind and freeze it and say to my wife "Look at that picture!" Now I see why plasma owners rave about the picture. It is awesome. I don't see how a calibration by a professional could make an appreciable difference, especially considering the cost benefit. I finally did get Skype working, but I had to create a new account. It would not recognize my known-good account used on other devices. But once up and running, the breadth of the picture and the excellent response by the microphone and camera were notable. We were sitting 8-9 feet away from the screen and spoke to our caller in normal tones. The camera also handled a somewhat low-light situation very well. We played with the 3D with some of the demo content that is included and it did seem to work very well. I have ordered Avatar 3D to check out 3D more.
Pros: Picture quality is awesome. Wireless connection to internet was easy to set up and works well, even viewing online video.
Cons: Motion are voice control are not really usable. The included Skype and Netflix apps are the only two I tried and they were disappointing. I gave up on successfully navigating NetFlix and had to use the online Skype, not the included one.


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. The singing is pretty razzle-dazzle too. Elena Obraztsova
is a splendid Carmen
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. Alvarez's Don Giovanni is terrific both vocally and dramatically
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This is 'Classical' Mozart at its most superb."Classics Today
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. Leonore, in the arresting figure of Camilla Nylund, is slim and appealing, truly believable as a young man.... The Zurich Opera forces sing and play with well-prepared assurance under Harnoncourt's concentrated and elevating direction."Gramophone


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While healing from recent surgery, Diego Sanchez had an idea.
Unable to lift weights due to shoulder surgery and slowly trimming down because of it, the current welterweight today told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) he's seriously considering a return to the lightweight division.
And he even has a few potential matchups in mind.
"I'm probably going to be going down to 155 for the next fight," he said. "And there are some possible opponents I'm looking at."
Sanchez has been on the mend since his UFC on FUEL TV 1 loss to Jake Ellenberger in February. After two years of dealing with a torn labrum, he decided to go under the knife and is now on the mend following successful surgery.
The time off has given him plenty of time to think about his immediate future.
"We'll see where I end up, but I'm still kind of a lighter welterweight," he said. "I really try to lift weights, but the shoulder injury sort of set me back. As I heal up, my body's going to get a little smaller, so I might just go down to 155."
Prior to the Ellenberger loss, Sanchez picked up welterweight wins over Paulo Thiago and Martin Kampmann. All three bouts won "Fight of the Night" bonuses, and the past two came in main-event fights.
Sanchez has had recent success at welterweight and could continue getting big fights. Yet his three-fight lightweight run ended in a lopsided TKO loss to then-champ B.J. Penn.
So why consider a move back there?
"The last time I was at 155, I was just a wreck," he said. "Mentally, I was still young and partying a lot, and I was still smoking weed. I was just a wild child. Now that I'm grounded and have my life together and am married, I'm just focused. So maybe 155 might be a better weight for me.
"Like (UFC president) Dana White said, maybe I can jump from either weight class as long as I do it professionally. And I will. If I have to go down to 155, it's only going to make me more strict with health and nutrition and diet. That's my hardest part (of training). But at 155, there's no messing around. You've got to do it right."
In the talent-rich lightweight and welterweight divisions, Sanchez knows he can get a good fight at either weight. But at 155 pounds, he sees one matchup he likes more than others: former WEC champ Anthony Pettis, who recently was skipped over for a title shot so the organization could book champ Benson Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar in a rematch.
Like Sanchez, Pettis recently underwent shoulder surgery.
"We'll be recovering about the same time," Sanchez said. "I think he got the same surgery as me, so it'd be an event playing field. I told Dana I really liked that fight.
"I want to fight a guy who's a fan favorite and who has a lot of fans and is a big draw. It'd make us both better, the sport better. Plus, the guy has a win over the champ, so that'd bump me up right to the top (of the division)."
If not Pettis, Sanchez also likes the idea of fighting Nate Diaz. He met the cantankerous fighter's older brother way back in 2005 at The Ultimate Fighter Finale 2, where Sanchez won a unanimous decision. Nick Diaz has made no secret of his disdain over the decision, so little brother Nate could look to avenge it.
Sanchez, though, isn't worried so much about the bad blood as the matchup itself.
"Them Diaz brothers are just scrappers," he said. "It'd be a 'Fight of the Night.' You're going to get the ground game, standup. You're going to get it all. You're going to get a real fight with a Diaz."
Some point to that Penn loss a reason Sanchez shouldn't go back to lightweight. After all, Penn has suffered through tough times recently (and may be retired for all we know). Additionally, since the Sanchez win, Penn has won just one out of five fights.
Sanchez, though, said he got a vintage Penn in their December 2009 fight, which was stopped in the fifth round as Sanchez's face gushed blood.
"I fought the best B.J. Penn ever that night," he said. "That was the best B.J. Penn ever. Anyone who knows MMA knows that. That was the legend. That was the epitome of the legend of B.J. Penn.
"I went in there and got caught early in the fight, and I never recovered. He beat me down in that first round. I watch it now, and I'm like, 'How did I survive that?'"
Of course, Sanchez isn't considering a return to lightweight simply because Penn is now out of the picture. He's no more likely to get a title at 155 pounds than he is at 170 pounds. He just thinks he's better suited for lightweight, especially now that he has his personal life and training in order.
But yeah, priority No. 1 is a title.
"No doubt about it, it's a title shot," he said. "That's what you want. You want to be the champion. I'm 30 years old. I'm coming into my peak. More than anything, mentally and spiritually, I ain't that foolish young kid anymore.
"I'm turning a corner with my striking, and I really feel at my best. On the right night and the right opponent, I could put the belt around my waist. That's my dream."
MMAjunkie.com Radio broadcasts Monday-Friday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) live from Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino's Race & Sports Book. The show is hosted by "Gorgeous" George Garcia, MMAjunkie.com lead staff reporter John Morgan and producer Brian "Goze" Garcia. For more information or to download past episodes, go to www.mmajunkie.com/radio.


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The Piedra Vista junior varsitys second matchup with the Bayfield High School baseball team went better than the first.Instead of 10-0, BHS (6-2)won 7-2 on Friday in Farmington.Basically it was a real good game, BHS head coach Tom Horton told The Durango Herald on Saturday. Real solid outing for pitching. Hitting was good.Clay Miller went six innings on the mound, giving up two hits and two runs, neither of them earned. He had 10 strikeouts and a walk.
Matthew Knickerbocker threw one inning in relief and went 2-for-4 at the plate, while Miller went 2-for-4 with a home run and a triple, Drake Rhodes was 2-for-3, and Tyler Kerr was 2-for-2 with a triple and a double.


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Last week's debate was important not only because Mitt Romney "won" and thereby energized his moribund campaign. It was important because Romney won in a way that exposed and deepened President Barack Obama's two greatest vulnerabilities in this election, while overcoming, at least for one night, Romney's greatest weakness.
Maybe we should have seen this coming. For weeks, Romney had performed so badly and had fallen so far behind in swing states that if this campaign were a Ryder Cup singles match, you'd have said the president felt he had the match in the bag with just a few holes left to play. So he did the worst thing you can do in match play golf: He started playing not to lose. He continued with an uninspired, vague and cautious campaign and just waited for Romney to keep hitting balls out of bounds. Romney, his back to the wall, had no choice but to start aggressively playing to win.
He did so by repositioning himself as a center-right Republican moderate. Yes, this required him to mischaracterize and disguise key aspects of his platform on taxes and health care. But because Obama did not pounce on that abrupt Romney shift to the center, Romney's arguments were allowed to be presented without any counter and, as I said, scored a direct hit on Obama's two greatest vulnerabilities.
The first, and the most dangerous threat to Obama's re-election, is a critical mass of voters saying this: "Barack Obama, nice man, good father, great that we finally elected an African-American. He tried hard. But you know what? I just want to try something new, even if I don't know it will work."
That sentiment is deadly for Obama. As long as Romney didn't seem like a credible alternative, Obama kept it at bay, even though the economy has stagnated. But Romney reawakened that mood by the confident and crisp way he talked about the mechanics of how jobs are created — through startups, small businesses and entrepreneurship — and the catalytic power of markets. His presentation crackled with a freshness and a sense of possibility that was completely missing in Obama's monotone discussion of health care, deficits and government programs. And where Obama had a chance to talk about how his own green jobs initiative has actually spurred all kinds of innovations and startups, he whiffed. (As some have noted, it is too bad the debate rules didn't allow him to phone a friend.)
I confess, spending time with inventors, social entrepreneurs and people who start companies really floats my boat — and I am not alone. If there has been one consistent weakness to this president's public messaging, it is that it is often lacking in any excitement about innovation and entrepreneurship — the real drivers of our economy. In recent years, all net new jobs in the United States have come from startups.
Obama knows this, and, in his convention speech, at least he actually spoke to it eloquently, saying: "We honor the strivers, the dreamers, the risk-takers, the entrepreneurs who have always been the driving force behind our free enterprise system."
Yes! Yes! Yes, Mr. President! And, in the next debate, look into the camera and tell us what you are going to do in a second term to multiply the number of those risk-takers by 10. Give those people who are saying, "Nice guy, but I just want to try something new," a real reason to be excited that you not only want to deliver national health insurance but also an innovation economy that will ensure we can afford it.
Your closing statement was awful: If you re-elect me, I will "fight every single day on behalf of the American people and the middle class." That's a given! What great inspiring journey are you going to take the whole country on to invent the future and spark more good jobs?
The other Obama weakness exploited by Romney was the country's political paralysis. Obama is right — most of that gridlock was orchestrated by the Republicans to make him fail. But the fact is, a lot of Americans today look at our politicians and feel as though we're the children of permanently divorcing parents — and they are sick of it. There is a longing to see our politicians working together again. So when Romney spoke about how he met with Democrats once a week as Massachusetts governor to get stuff done, that surely touched a hopeful chord with some voters. Obama needs to stress that he, from his side, aspires to restore bipartisanship and has a plan to overcome paralysis and pull the country together in a second term.
The weakness Romney overcame was the notion that he didn't care about or know how to talk to 47 percent of the country. This was the first time Romney addressed the whole country directly, rather than a purely Republican audience. He didn't have to worry about the nut balls he was running against in the GOP primary and was not forced to cater just to the tea party base. So he finally took out the Etch A Sketch and moved to the center.
Is this how he would really govern? I wouldn't trust it — not with all his voodoo math — but it was a lot more effective messaging than that by the Romney of old. This new Romney sounded like a man applying to be the CEO of a country that needs a turnaround. Obama sounded like a man who forgot — or resented — that he needed to reapply for his job at all.
Thomas L. Friedman is a New York Times columnist.


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It's Saturday! Hope you're all sleeping in, enjoying an Irished coffee, hanging out in your bunny slippers. While you do that, let's phone in our posts today! Describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words. For more information, try clicking here.
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Yeah, a bit of an attitudinal fit for you this morning. I don't even know if attitudinal is a real word. And I don't care if you think it isn't! Pffft!
What I DO care about is that you participate! All that's necessary to participate is to post your own six words. If you do so in your blog, please add a link to the Mr. Linky. I appreciate a link back (shiny code below!) but I'm not going to delete your entry or punch you in the face if you don't. Otherwise, you're welcome to leave your six words in the post as a comment.


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Earlier this month, rumors were revived that Google really
was finally
making a "GPhone". The phone's name was quickly
leaked -- the sci-fi-esque designation Nexus One. Google also
confirmed that it had given employees a snazzy next generation phone
for Christmas (it was these loose lipped employees that originally
spilled the beans on Twitter). According to reports, this time
around Google personally customized the OS and designed all the basic
software bundle for the phone, unlike past Android handsets where it
split software responsibilities with its partners. Reportedly,
HTC is producing the hardware for the Nexus One handset.
more details have been reportedly leaked. Reportedly the phone
will be primarily carried in the U.S. by T-Mobile, but also be
available in unlocked form for use with other G.S.M. carriers -- in
the U.S. that means AT&T can handle the phone as well.
to T-Mobile News' "internal sources" at
T-Mobile, the phone will launch on January 5 at 9 a.m. via online
orders only.
According to a
later report from Gizmodo, the phone will not be sold
at-cost as many speculated. Rather than bringing a phone
revolution and offering unlocked-only and profit-free handsets,
Google instead appears to be opting for a more capitalistic approach,
offering the unlocked handset for a tidy sum of $530 and a discounted
handsets for $180 with a two year T-Mobile contract.
To keep
existing T-Mobile plans -- such as the Family plans, Flexpay,
SmartAccess and KidConnect plans -- you must opt for the unlocked
phone, reportedly. Otherwise, you can pick up a specially
designed voice+text+web plan for $79.99/month. That's just
slightly more than the basic iPhone plan with 200 texts
Other notable restrictions reportedly will
apply. You can only purchase five phones per Google account
(okay, this isn't such a big deal, as making new accounts is a
breeze). And more importantly, if you cancel the contract on
the T-Mobile-carried phone, you'll reportedly have to pay the
difference between the unsubsidized phone and the discounted phone --
$350. However, there's a significant catch -- you can send your
phone back to Google and not pay any phone-specific ETF (though
T-Mobile might still hand you an ETF).
Google has invited
reporters to "an Android press gathering" on January 5,
lending credibility to the hoards of leaked info. A Google
spokeswoman said that the press conference would be held at 10 a.m.
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REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Alcohol may have played a role in a two-car crash in Redford Township Sunday morning. A father driving a white mini-van was traveling West on Fenkell Street at Telegraph Road, Sgt. Duane Gregg of the Redford Township Police Department says.
The white mini-van ran a red light, and a black BMW traveling North on Telegraph Road hit the van in the driver-side door.
When emergency crews arrived, the father driving the van was unconscious. He was transported to the hospital. No word on his condition, but he is still alive.
Also inside the white mini-van, a 3 year old child was not strapped into a car seat. The child did not suffer serious injuries, and is now in the custody of the mother.
The driver of the BMW is an 18-year-old male, and was treated at the scene and released with minor injuries.
Police say the father driving the mini-van did have alcohol in his system. Sgt. Duane Gregg says charges will be sought for Child Endangerment, as well as Operating While Intoxicated and Driving While Suspended.
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Firstly, consider Naruto's Rasenshuriken ( RS )
The RS was analysed by Tsunade after it was used on Kakuzu, and she discovered that it destroys the opponent on a cellular level.
Now, consider Pein's abilities
He controls dead bodies via a series of chakra receivers implanted on them. These receivers are obviously not just stuck on, but dig deep into the face of said body.
So, what do we have? If Naruto uses his RS on a Pein body, its cells near the chakra receiver will be destroyed, leading to the dead body becoming - a normal dead body.
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Discussion in 'Junior League & Tournament Talk' started by ga tennis, Jan 24, 2013.
5-10%? 30% after tax on my son.
I think this is a pretty good assessment
Not sure how much time Michael Chang actually teaches tennis in China. I think he is pretty busy playing exhibition and senior tours.
Holy mackerel!!
Not for me to say the Chinese billionaire, or you, is stupid.
A friend of mine is a lot crazier - they would spend almost everything after basic family needs on their daughter and son's tennis training. Both kids were attending a full-time tennis academy. The daughter is playing for a Big 10 power house. The son is a blue chip. For many Chinese families, children are the main focus of their daily life!
We could have spent the same amount for our son to attend a good private school. About 30% of children in Delaware attend private schools. Would you say that these families are stupid and waste their money? Would the children attending private school have a better life than those attending public schools? But I am sure that these parents just want their children to have the best education possible. For us, tennis would allow my son to have a lot better chance of getting into an Ivy. Tennis has made my son happier and healthier, given him confidence, allowed him to meet so many good friends... It's really worthy every penny!
Agree. Not for me to judge. Hope the intention behind my prior post was not misunderstood
I do agree with you that spending $700 a day or $250,000 a year is insane or not very smart!
If $250,000 is 30% or less of the family's annual after tax income, how can we say it is not smart?
Now, if the money is being spent so the kid has "a lot better chance of getting into an Ivy", of course it is good to understand those odds.
Each Ivy sport has its number of "slots" with its admissions office. The candidates it proposes to the admissions office need to have academic stats close to or above the minimum Academic Index score. I would say for tennis there are two, maybe three slots per year.
Some Ivies require each sport to meet the Academic Index minimum. Others combine the scores across all sports, so that if the recruits in some sports are a little below the threshold, a high Index number in other sports can compensate.
In the former case, sports...not only tennis....can be a tiebreaker between two applicants with the same academic credentials, as long as those credentials exceed the Index standard. In the latter case, unfortunately for tennis families, Ivies usually look to tennis recruits to offset low Index scores from kids in other less civilized athletic pursuits. So at these schools the tennis recruits probably would have been admitted even without tennis.
Links about the academic index have been posted here before you joined, but if you google it, you will be directed to the key sites
That family wanted to make their son a professional tennis player. However, top tennis coaches in China did not want to train him. Based on this only, I just don't think spending $250,000 a year in US would make this kid a touring pro that can make a decent living. So, this is not smart money.
On the other hand, if the boy is smart and is willing to work hard, he may improve his tennis enough to become a 5 star. In addition, he may get 2,000 SAT to meet minimum AI for an Ivy. Again, if getting into a top college is the goal, then one only needs to spend far less than $100,000 a year with Evert or Bollettieri.
How about donating $1,000,000 to an Ivy? Would that help kids' admission?
I think the minimum AI for Ivy athletes is about 190. Safe is maybe about 210. Don't see where 2000 SAT is the key criterion or minimum. Maybe that donation would help you, who knows!
Sorry, I'm not saying it literally, but meaning that you can't just buy a tennis player. I'm just assuming they are doing it to make him a pro as per the post about that kid. Hey if parents want and can afford to fork out wads of cash keep it coming, but doesn't guarantee a tour player, which I suspect many of the parents are looking for.
I agree with that!
(But maybe you can buy an Ivy Leaguer. Not sure about that myself, hope more people post up on that topic)
Well I know a kid who is on Harvard, one of their top players and he trained pretty much with one coach, at small club, and had 4.95 gpa. Never full time, and not sure what his parents spend but I would guess about one month of bills was about the same as one day for the kid from China.
Winston Lin, the #1 single at Columbia, ranked #40 something ITA, was coached by his dad, a professor. He only hit one hour a day in the winter. His dad did not start to play tennis until he was about 40. Really amazing!
In percentage terms?
I'm calling a time out for myself, because I don't see from this thread or anywhere else where this supposed Chinese family was trying to buy a ranking or an Ivy admission. For all we know the exorbitant tennis expense was chump change to them and a frolic.
On the other hand........lots of indications on the Board that good ol' 'mericans are spending a high percentage of their wealth on just those objectives.
Not judging this to be good or bad.......just wondering how China got dragged into this. Because Li Na made the finals?
Anyway, I'm on time out here for at least a few more posts.
From page two.......
"My daughter trained with a boy from china who is here to become a pro. The mom said there are few choices and competition is too strong to get the top pros attention in china. Here she buys the time and gets what she wants. She is of new money where she says that her son will never have to get a job so she will do whatever it takes to reach her sons dream. She spends $700/day on tennis!"
I'm only commenting on this, not racist or anything else. Why do posters on here get so bent out of shape? As a teaching pro I personally think parents spend more than needed in chasing the tennis dream, but it is their money and dreams to pursue. I see parents pulling kids out of school to train full time and their kids are barely ranked top150 locally. But, it is what it is, academies have a business to run.
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The Yankees, winners of four straight for the first time since June, will have to continue their winning ways without their ace.
CC Sabathia was placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday, retroactive to Thursday, with left elbow soreness.
Manager Joe Girardi said Sabathia initially felt the pain two days after his start against the Mariners on Aug. 3 and that it went away but crept back again.
"He had a stiffness, had a test, the MRI revealed nothing," Girardi said. "The stiffness went away. [He] threw again in Detroit and the stiffness came back a couple days later.
"It's not any worse than it was after the first start, but our concern was that it didn't go away. As far as concern, it's pretty low."
Girardi expects Sabathia, who will undergo another exam Monday, to come off the DL when he is eligible to return on Aug. 23 and then start the next night against the Indians.
Sabathia was slated to start Monday against the Rangers and tried his best to avoid going on the DL, said Girardi, but the team did not want to take any chances. The southpaw will speak to reporters about the injury on Sunday.
As of now, Sabathia is not scheduled to undergo any further tests, such as an MRI, but Girardi said there is a possibility he could get a cortisone shot to help with the pain, something he described as common.
Girardi contemplated a couple options but ultimately felt that a DL stint would be the most effective way to eliminate the inflammation.
"The MRI came back good and it is not like it got worse. It just kind of stayed the same, the inflammation came back," Girardi said.
One of the other options was to skip his next scheduled start, but the Yankees passed on that because it still would have required Sabathia to throw this upcoming week.
"I was a little bit concerned, but he didn't express anything. He didn't have any symptoms before the game [today]," Girardi said. "We were trying to prevent [a trip to the DL]. The treatment that he has had over this time has responded OK, but the fact that it came back concerned us."
Had it been September or October, Girardi said Sabathia probably would have pitched, and the fact that he threw well through the pain was an encouraging sign.
While an Aug. 8 outing in Detroit was Sabathia's last start, he threw on flat ground on Friday in Toronto. Speculation had grown prior to Saturday's game that Sabathia's elbow was bothering him after he was seen icing his elbow, but Girardi initially downplayed the significance of it.
Sabathia had already spent time on the shelf in late June and into early July with a Grade 1 left groin strain.
In five starts since coming off the DL, Sabathia is 3-0 with a 3.89 ERA. He has struck out 35 batters and walked just six in 34 2/3 innings of work over that stretch.
Sabathia is 12-3 with a 3.56 ERA over 20 starts this season.
"We are going to have to deal with it, that's the bottom line," Girardi said. "We don't want to, but we need to have him healthy."
Sabathia joins Mariano Rivera, Alex Rodriguez, Andy Pettitte and Brett Gardner on the DL, among others.
Girardi would not speculate who would take Sabathia's turn in the rotation, but there are reports indicating that right-hander David Phelps, who has been pitching out of the bullpen, will get the vacant rotation spot. Phelps has made three starts with the Yankees this season and was a starter his entire Minor League career.
Veteran Derek Lowe, who was released by the Indians on Friday, has agreed to a contract with the Yankees and will pitch out of their bullpen. The deal is expected to become official prior to Monday's game.
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The tournament gets underway next Friday with the first of three fishing days. As the name implies, the focus of the tournament is on white marlin, but unlike other high-dollar tournaments in recent weeks, there won't be any billfish weighed at the scale at host Sunset Marina. The tournament's winner will accumulate the most release points over the three days of fishing.
In addition to the billfish release division, there will also be separate meatfish divisions for tuna, dolphin and wahoo. Cash prizes will be paid out to the top three finishers in each category and the weigh-ins will be held each day, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Sunset Marina from 5 p.m. p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event gets underway next Thursday, September 1, with registration and a captain's meeting at the Marlin Club beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Last year, first place in the billfish release division went to the crew on the "Grande Pez" with 16 white marlin releases worth a tournament-high $5,190 payout. The crew on the "Fin-ness" also released 16 whites during the tournament, but settled for second place and a $1,765 payday because of the timing of their last catch. Third place in the release division went to "Spike's Boat" with 14 white marlin releases worth $600 in prize money. Carole Speicher, fishing aboard "Spike's Boat," was honored with the Master Angler award for 13 white marlin releases of her own.
The crew on the "Par Five" took fourth place in the billfish release division with 10 white marlin releases, while the "Last Straw" crew took fifth place with 10 marlin releases, the last of which was caught later than the last release on the "Par Five."
In the various meatfish divisions, a handful of boats swept most of the major awards. The crew on the "Last Call" swept the yellowfin tuna division with a 74.4-pounder, a 72.4-pounder and a 64.6-pounder taking first, second and third place respectively.


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1. Were you at all surprised by the description Bella gave of the dullness that surrounded her life for the past four months? How did that make you feel? No, it made sense because when Edward left, he took her heart with her.
2. Did you agree with Charlie that Bella should go and be with her mother again? Why or why not? No, because the sun on the water would remind Bella of Edward, and who knows what would happen.
3. Bella chose to spend her first attempt at normalcy with Jessica Stanley. Why do you think she chose Jess and not one of her other friends? Do you think Jess was a good choice? How do you think this event impacted their relationship? Jessica doesn't see past the outside. No, she wasn't a good choice because Jessica is a HUGE gossip. This messed up their friendship because Bella was acting so strangely.
4. When Bella first heard Edward's voice, did you think it was REALLY his voice or just in her head? What do you think of her solution to hear his voice more often by putting herself in danger? I thought it was really him. I thought that she should have resorted with something else rather than putting herself in danger. She should have done something else that would have made Edward mad.....like......DATING MIKE NEWTON!!!! (I'm shuddering just at the thought)


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@ sami: yeah I think she could have been more subtle... the weeping angels have to be the most frightening enimes for me... when ever tehy are in an episode I don't blink all the way through!!
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I only have the Corbin Seat. Very comfortable piston for back and arms. Looks great.
I only have the Corbin Seat. Very comfortable piston for back and arms. Looks great.
Is that set for sale? If so, is it heated and how much?
I obviously cant't spell or proof read- SEAT!
The seat is heated. It is a one piece seat. It cost me about $650 or so. I'm asking $325.
If you're interested, I'm sure we can work something out. PM me if interested.
I'm on my way back from China and I can reply back on Tuesday.
I would like to have the seat; Ph 303-771-2836 or email@example.com when you get home.
[QUOTE=ken6217;768250]I decided to sell my GT.
I bought a 2011 RT in March of this year. I want a GT. If you are interested in working out a swap please PM me. My bike is Thunder Grey with all the options plus quite a few extras I have added. Now has 12,200 miles on her.
And I see one for sale in the MOA News with about 2,000 miles on it, so you're not the only one....the bike is not for me...ken6217
I find myself fascinated with these bikes, especially after I recently listened to a friend start up his CBX.
I can imagine the sound of a Remus equipped GT...
"When you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there."
I have seen many GT's and GTL's for sale as well. I was thinking that many folks realize they can't afford a bike pushing 30k especially when they don't ride. I especially like the used ones listed for 25k while the left over new 2012's the dealers have you can pick up for under 24k right now. I wanted to buy one but wasn't willing to pay sticker price, so I bought an RT instead.
I can't think it's just affordability. And if someone has just spent a lot of coin on a new bike, they're going to want to avoid the depreciation hit from an immediate sale....many for sale...can't afford a bike...Inga211
I wonder if the six cylinder concept has brought in buyers who have owned other genres or makes of bikes, and and who then find out that the GT / GTL just doesn't work for them for one reason or other. Indeed, the OP, who has ridden many bikes, and who previously owned a BMW, states that he was "intrigued by the engine". Reading the threads here and in other forums, it is clear that there are all sorts of factors that can prevent an owner from liking a machine. It could be vibration, wind turbulence, heat, handling, weight, or brake feel. And then there may be mechanical issues. Or they might realize that they prefer a simpler machine that has more of the basic motorcycle vibes and sounds.
I recall a long ago post by an Oiler owner who went back to an Airhead, which surprised me.
To really get to know a bike, it needs to be taken on a multi - day trip, which just isn't possible for the purchasers of most new machines. You go in cold turkey.
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"When you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there."
'You can say what you want about the South, but I almost never hear of anyone wanting to retire to the North.
I had a similar experience with a R1200C/Montauk .
found one, beautiful pearl beige , an "04" with just over 400!! miles on it. Shipped it here, bought and installed touring bags....took a trip. On the trip I doubled the mileage on it +....by the time i got home...hated it. Can't explain all of it, just felt?..wrong...one thing definite...it about killed my back.
Got lucky though, put it for sale in IBMWR and first guy came from yet another state, gave asking price...I lost a bit that I spent on shipping, but...
I have a 99 R1100RT that I wanted to replace as my main riding/touring bike.
I considered a new RT at one time. I am glad, I didn't go this route. I very much like the RT, but I am sorry, the Boxer just doesn't compare with the GT's powertrain.
Interesting post. I too have a 2008 RT. I bought it new but when I went in for the test ride I had an appointment to ride the 2008 GT. I had all the specs. in my head and was blind sided by the 160 HP (or was it 155?) anyway the sales guy took one look at me and says "you may want to ride the R1200RT instead". We went out with me on the GT and the salesman on an 08 RT. About half way through the ride he had me switch. That was it, the RT just fit me and I love the torque and pull through the rpm range.
So, yesterday I filled out a form on line to schedule a ride on the 1600GT.
Once again I feel like I need the power and up grade if you can call it that.
This morning I read this post about calling it quits with the GT?
I read a post several months ago and a guy in this forum said the GT was boring. Someone came back with, "how is 160 HP boring?.
Confusing but what a great problem. We are so fortunate.
Jeff Anderson
I ride a 2008 R1200RT
Nothing beats a BMW boxer twin.
In 1985 I took a test ride on the then-new K100RS and have not considered owning a BMW K for a nanosecond since.
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